"keel-boat" with the Indians along the Ohio river
exchanging supplies for furs and ultimately selling his
peltry in New Orleans. The proceeds, in silver coin,
he concealed in kegs labelled "nails" and brought back
to Pittsburgh. Black, learning that McClintock was
a blacksmith by trade, and having a blacksmith shop,
with no one to operate it, offered him a house and farm
if he would remain and operate the smithy. Alexander
McClintock stayed one year and then moved to Pittsburgh, about 1813. He located at the northeast corner
of Liberty and Water streets, within the lines of what
was once old Fort Pitt. His name, location and occupation, "Tavern and Ferry," appear in the Pittsburgh
directories of 1815 and 1819. He also conducted a
blacksmith shop. The ferry from the foot of Liberty
street was known as the "Lower Ferry," in distinction
from the "Middle" and "Upper Ferry" on the Monongahela river. The lower ferry was owned by McClintock's friend, Samuel Black, but later passed into
McClintock's ownership. His diversity of occupation
was characteristic of the period, when business opportunities were many and men to utilize them were few.
Alexander McClintock married Elizabeth Rutledge
Bain, of Harford county, Md., born Dec. 14, 1781, died
Jan. I6, 1857. They had six children, of whom Washington McClintock (father of Oliver McClintock) was
born in Pittsburgh, Oct. 23, 1814, died July 28, 1870.
He married Eliza Thompson, daughter of Samuel and
Mary (Parke) Thompson.
Samuel Thompson, of Salisbury township, Chester
county, Pa., born May 29, 1783, died May 30, 1846, was
the son of Daniel Thompson, born in Scotland, and
Rachel (Woolman) Thompson, o f Chester county, Pa.
He married Mary Parke, Nov. 2, 1803, born April 28,
1787, died July II, I862, of Fallowfield township (now
Highland), Chester county. They moved to Pittsburgh
that same year. Samuel Thompson said that "at that
time there were only three houses on the Allegheny
side of the Allegheny river," Gen. William Robinson's,
Davy Stevenson's, who kept the ferry, and a small
cabin. The population of Pittsburgh in 1810 was
4,740. Samuel Thompson's name appears in Pittsburgh's first regular City Directory of 1815 as "Samuel
Thompson, merchant taylor, west side of Market St.
between Front (now First avenue) and Water." He
made uniforms for American officers of the War of
1812. After the close of the war, he took a long journey
on horseback into Kentucky to collect debts from officers for uniforms furnished them.
Later he moved his store to the opposite side of
Market street, two doors from Front (now First avenue), his family living over the store in each place.
He took his brother John into partnership, which connection continued for a brief period. Their signature
as S.  J. Thompson was on the citizens' petition addressed in 1817 to Congress, requesting the granting of a
branch of the United States Bank to Pittsburgh. The
bank did not prove to be the financial blessing anticipated. Party dissentions and too much politics undermined and destroyed the usefulness of this national
system of banking, so that it was abolished by Act of
Congress in 1836. The Bank of Pittsburgh N. A. has
a photogravure copy of the original citizens' petition.
PITTSBURGH 
The original petition is now in possession of Mr. George
P. Smith, of Philadelphia, formerly of Pittsburgh. 
The spirit of commercial enterprise and venture,
inspired among the merchants of Pittsburgh by the
constant stream of travel and traffic which poured
through Pittsburgh as the "Gateway of the West," the
entrance to the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, was exemplified by Samuel Thompson. He shipped a stock
of ready-made clothing to Nashville, Tenn., under the
charge of Robert Lusk, who became one of the city's
leading and wealthy citizens. He also shipped a similar
stock for a branch store in St. Louis, Mo. Its firstclass United States fort-Jefferson Barracks-made it
an active trading and outfitting center for soldiers,
trappers and settlers. The family still have a letter
he wrote to his brother Jacob, in 1832, describing his
journey by steamboat to Nashville and St. Louis and
saying: "The object of my journey is to examine into
the state of my two establishments,-the one at St.
Louis and other at Nashville, with a view of bringing
them to a close."
This same Pittsburgh spirit of commercial enterprise,
in a later period, led Samuel Thompson's son-in-law,
Washington McClintock, in 1850 to open a branch
store for carpets in the young and booming town-of
Cincinnati, Ohio, in charge of J. L. Ringwalt, who
ultimately purchased the business. A young German,
George F. Otte, a clerk in that store, became afterwards the leading dealer in house furnishing goods in
Cincinnati.
The rapid development of Pittsburgh induced Samuel
Thompson to expand his business from merchant tailoring to that of a general store and to move to the
northwest corner of Market and Fourth streets (now
Fourth avenue). Again, in 1830, having bought from
Henry Holdship the property on Market street near
Liberty, on which the McClintock building now stands,
he changed his business to that of dry goods and carpets exclusively.
The hereditary qualities of Samuel Thompson's
Scotch ancestry were naturally manifested in both the
enterprise and the integrity of his commercial life, and
also in the deep convictions and consecration of his
religious life. He was an elder in the old Second
Presbyterian Church, of Pittsburgh, as was also his
son-in-law, Judge Walter H. Lowrie, and in a later
period in the same church his grandsons, the brothers
Oliver and Thompson McClintock. He was first treasurer of the Western Foreign Missionary Society of
the Synod of Pittsburgh, when it was organized in 1830
in the Second Presbyterian Church, with Rev. E. P.
Swift, D. D., as secretary. After several years of active
and successful missionary work in foreign countries,
it was merged into the Board of Foreign Missions of
the Presbyterian Church, organized by the Presbyterian
General Assembly in 1837.
Washington McClintock, Samuel Thompson's sonin-law, and R. D. Thompson, his son, succeeded to his
business in 1837, under the title of W. McClintock 
Company, but the firm was dissolved in 1844, Washington McClintock continuing alone on Fourth avenue,
near Wood. His store was destroyed in the great fire
of 1845. Having bought his father-in-law's store prop45'
Even his law practice and his university duties, how-   commissioned first lieutenant; on March 7, 1903, he
ever, did not absorb all the energies of this highly-   became battalion adjutant; and on March 4, 1904, was
endowed man.  He was largely interested in banking,   promoted to the rank of captain and regimental adjugas, oil, manufacturing, and mining enterprises, being   tant, serving until June 19, 1912, when he was made
director of the First National Bank of Mercer, Pa.;   maj or, adjutant-general's department, and assigned to
the Moncton Tramway, Electricity and Gas Company,   duty as brigade adjutant, 2nd Brigade. He filled this
Ltd; the Pittsburgh Transformer Company; the Pitts-   post until 1916, when he was  one of the first four
burgh Oil and Gas Company; the Porter Gas Com-   officers commissioned in the Officers' Reserve Corps of
pany;  the Patten  Oil  Company,  of California;  the   the United States Army under the National Defense
Union Metal Mining Company; the Barnsdall Corpora-   Act of 1916.  He was a member of the national execution; and the Pure Oil Company.  Judge Mehard was   tive committee of the Military Training Camp Associa member and elder of the Second United Presbyterian   ation, and when the United States entered the World
Church, of Mercer, Pa.                                      War he was ordered on duty at the first officers' trainOn July I, I88o, Samuel Smiley Mehard married, in   ing camp, assigned as instructor at Fort McPherson,
Sioux City, Iowa, Ida Augusta Brown,  daughter of   Georgia.  On Aug. 15, 1917, he was assigned to the
George H. and Joan (Gaston) Brown, and they became   321st Field Artillery as major, and in the following
the parents of one son, Churchill Brown, a sketch of   October was ordered to the School of Fire at Fort
whom follows.  Mrs. Mehard died May 29, 1883.               Sill, Oklahoma.  Major Mehard completed his course
on Jan. I, I9I8, and was retained at the school as inCHURCHILL   MEHARD-The  outline  of  Mr.   structor, later being rated as senior instructor.  On
Mehard's career falls naturally under two heads, that   May I, 1918, he was ordered to join his regiment and
of his accomplishment in the law and his military serv-   soon afterward embarked for France.  He was in the
ice.  Both contain a story of ability and faithfulness   battle line with his organization for one hundred and
in the performance of duty, and are placed in these   fifty-six days, serving through the second battle of the
pages  as  an  integral  part  of  Pittsburgh  annals.   Marne, on several fronts of the St. Mihiel offensive, and
Churchill Mehard is a son of Judge Samuel Smiley   throughout the entire Meuse-Argonne  operation.  In
Mehard, and grandson of Dr. Samuel Smiley Mehard,   October, 1918, he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel
one of the pioneer physicians of Western Pennsylvania,   in the field and from that time until his regiment received
(q. v.).                                                    sailing orders for America he was at its head.  Colonel
Churchill Mehard was born in Mercer, Pa.  After   Mehard was severely gassed at L'Esperance, Oct. 6,
attending the public schools he was a student in West-   1918, was twice cited for gallantry in action, and was
minster  College,  New  Wilmington,  Pa.,  Haverford   three times recommended for a full colonelcy.  He reCollege, Haverford, Pa., and the Pennsylvania Mili-   turned to the United States, April 8, 1919, and in Octotary  College,  Chester,  Pa.   From  this last named   ber of that year was appointed colonel of the field
institution he was  graduated with a degree in civil  artillery of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, organengineering  in the  class  of  1902.   He  then  came   izing and now  (1921)  commanding  the 107th Field
to Pittsburgh and entered the Pittsburgh Law School,   Artillery.
receiving his LL. B. in I905   During this same period         Mr. Mehard is a member  of the Pittsburgh, Duhe studied under his father's preceptorship, and in 1905,   quesne,  University,  Allegheny  Country,  Edgeworth,
upon admission to the Allegheny county bar, he began   and Young Men's Republican clubs.  His membership
active practice, specializing in corporation and business   in the Beta Zeta Epsilon fraternity dates from his collaw.  In 19o6 his father admitted him to partnership,   lege years.  He  is widely acquainted in his city, is
the firm name being S. S.  C. Mehard,  an asso-   held in universal regard, and is numbered among the
ciation that continued unchanged until Jan. I, 1910,   forward-looking,  progressive  element  of  Pittsburgh.
when  Churchill Mehard was appointed assistant dis-   The honorable traditions that came to him from a district attorney under William A. Blakely, serving until   tinguished father have gained lustre in his keeping.
his resignation in July, 1912.  In April, 1912, he and        Mr. Mehard married, in June, 1905, Mary Kline, of
his  father formed  a partnership with Cornelius  D.   Savannah, Ga., daughter of Maj. Theodore D. and Ida
Scully as Mehard, Scully  Mehard, the firm enjoying   Eugenia  (Holst) Kline, a descendant of a family of
a large corporation and general law practice until the   early American  residence and tracing maternally to
death of the elder Mehard in 1919, when the partner-   Danish royalty.  Major Kline held his rank in the Conship was dissolved.  In addition to his legal work, Mr.   federate army, was the builder of the Mexican National
Mehard has extensive business and industrial connec   railroad, and at his death in 1904 was general manager
tions, principally in oil production, and he is president   of the Central Railroad of Georgia.   Mr. and Mrs.
Of the Decatur Oil Company, president of the Perry   Mehard have one daughter, Ida Brown.
Oil Company, president of the Lewiston Oil and Gas 
Company, and vice-president and general counsel of the        MR.  FLORENCE  CLIFTON  MILLER-It  is
Miracle Company, of Hopewell, Va.                           probably not necessary to have Quaker blood in order
As early as 1903 Mr. Mehard became interested in   to succeed in the legal profession, yet when one conmilitary affairs, and part of his education was obtained   templates the long list of eminent lawyers descended
in what is admittedly one of the finest military schools   from Quaker ancestry, one is convinced that such dein the country.  On Jan. 12, 1903, he enlisted in the   rivation is at least advantageous.  Their wisdom, stu18th Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania, and was   diousness, and steadfastness, their quiet recognition andappreciation of law and order, these, with other valuable
traits, seem to have been transmitted to their posterity.
Mr. Florence Clifton Miller traces his ancestry back
to certain Quakers who came to this country in 1685,
and is, like his father before him, an attorney-at-law.
His birthplace was Pittsburgh, Pa., and the date of his
birth, Aug. 4, I858. The father, Alexander Hamilton
Miller, and mother, Maria (Morrow) Miller, were for
years well loved residents of Pittsburgh. The father,
besides being a lawyer of note and very active in his.
profession, was also one who took a live and valued
part in civic matters. For a long period he shared in
the local management of the Whig party, and when,
later, this was merged with the Republican party, he
continued his service as advisor and county chairman.
Mr. Florence Clifton Miller began his education in
the public schools, but soon entered Newell Institute,
where he spent eleven years. He followed this with
special studies suited to his needs under the able teaching of Prof. Samuel A. McCreery. With this thorough
preparation he entered the University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, and was graduated upon completion of a course
in law. Returning to his birthplace, he engaged in the
practice of the profession in which he has been so
successful. Mr. Miller is a Republican. While avoiding office holding, he still has been active as a city and
county committeeman for twenty years. Through a
greater part of this time he has also been a member of
the Campaign and Rules committees of his party.
Interest in the military affairs of Pennsylvania brought
him into the National Guard, in which he became captain of the 14th Regiment. For many years a Mason,
he is a member of Franklin Lodge, No. 221, Free and
Accepted Masons, of Pittsburgh, and of the Masonic
Veteran Association of Western Pennsylvania. College associations have been kept alive as a member of
the Theta Theta chapter, Sigma Chi fraternity, University of Michigan.
Mr. Miller has never married. Though of Quaker
ancestry, he is a member of the Presbyterian church
and unobtrusively active in all good works.
IRWIN JUSTUS MOYER-Among Pittsburgh's
physicians, Dr. Moyer holds honorable rank, and during
his thirty-three years of continuous practice, he has won
public confidence to a degree most unusual. He traces
ancestry from the Mayflower Pilgrims in this country
and through English ancestors to a period far back in
the centuries. A physician of prominence, a good citizen and a man of pleasing personality, Dr. Moyer has
a host of true friends and is very popular.
(I) Jacob Moyer, the American ancestor of this
family came from Switzerland to Pennsylvania in 1742,
settling on land in Center Valley, Lehigh county, there
securing lands which he cultivated and on which he
lived until his death. He was a member and a preacher
of the Mennonite faith, which he aided in establishing
in Lehigh county. Upon coming to Pennsylvania, Jacob
Moyer was accompanied by his widowed mother, a
sister, and three brothers, William, Henry and Peter,
descendants of these four brothers being numerous in
Bucks, Berks, and Lehigh counties. Jacob Moyer
married, and had one son, Philip.
(II) Philip Moyer was born in Lehigh county, Pa.,
about 1750, and he was one of the many Moyers who
thus displayed his loyalty to the land of his fathers'
adoption. He served in the 8th Company of the 6th
Battalion, Pennsylvania Line. Philip Moyer married,
and had one son, George.
(III) George Moyer was born in Lehigh county, Pa.,
about 1780, and died at Sharpsville, Pa., in 1845. He
married, about 18o2, Susannah Hoobler, born in December, 1789, who survived him more than a quarter
of a century, and died in the State of Iowa, July II,
1871. About the time of their marriage, George and
Susannah (Hoobler) Moyer moved to Mercer county,
Pa., where their thirteen children were born, this
branch descending through the fifth child, William.
(IV) William Moyer was born Feb. 2, 1813, and
died near Greenville, Mercer county, Pa., Feb. 21, I888.
He was a farmer of West Salem township, Mercer
county, all his life, and held several of the township
offices. He was a Whig, later a Republican, and an
earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He married, April 6, 1837, Agnes Nancy Dunham,
daughter of Johnathan and Mary (Clark) Dunham. It
is through this Dunham alliance that descent is traced
to John Dunham, the first of his name to come to New
England, and through him to Robert Dunham (1430),
who married Margaret Stafford, of the twenty-sixth
generation tracing from Pepin D' Heristal, a ruler of
the Franks, born about 65o, died 714, a grandson of
Pepin Landin. The Staffords were of royal lineage,
tracing through English kings to William the Conqueror, and through him to Charles II., "The Bald,"
King of France and Emperor of the Romans, 823-877,
and to Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, 742-814, to
Pepin d'Heristal, 650-714. Rev. Edmund Dunham,
grandson of John Dunham, the American ancestor of the
Dunhams, married Mary Bonham, daughter of Nicholas
and Hannah (Fuller) Bonham, the latter a daughter
of Samuel Fuller and granddaughter of Edward Fuller,
who came in the "Mayflower."
William and Agnes Nancy (Dunham) Moyer were
the parents of nine children: I. George, died unmarried in 1858. 2. Peter, born 1839, died unmarried in
1904. 3. Sanford J., a soldier of the Union army,
wounded in battle. He studied law and died in Pueblo,
Col., where he was practicing, Sept. 27, 1902. 4. Jonathan, died in 1879, married. 5. James S., a soldier of
the Union army; married Mary Welk, and died at
Greenville, Pa., Aug. 24, 1903. 6. Jerusha, died in
youthful womanhood. 7. Emma, died at the age of
twenty-four. 8. Xerenia, died in infancy. 9. Irwin
Justus, of whom further.
(V) Irwin Justus Moyer, of the fifth American generation of the family founded in Pennsylvania by
Jacob Moyer, was born in Mercer county, Pa., Sept.
5, I858. After completing public school courses he
entered Mount Union College, going from that institution to Edinboro Normal School, whence he was graduated with the class of 1882. He prepared for his
profession at Western Reserve Medical College, Cleveland, Ohio, and in I886 was awarded his degree of
M. D. For a year, thereafter, he was engaged in hospital work, following that experience by a course of,y/ fcvpost-graduate study in the medical department of the
University of Pennsylvania.
His preparation complete, Dr. Moyer began private
practice in the city of Pittsburgh, Aug. 16, I888, and
has steadily adhered to a line of general practice during
the thirty-three years which have since intervened.
From I888 until 1899 he practiced in downtown Pittsburgh, then moved to the Oakland district. His professional standing is very high, and he has won the
respect of his brethren of the profession as a learned
and skillful physician, practicing according to the highest code of ethics. He is a member of the faculty of
the University of Pittsburgh; of the medical staff of
Mercy Hospital; member of the American Medical
Association; Pennsylvania State Medical Society; and
the Allegheny County Medical Society; and also of the
Pittsburgh Academy of Medicine, of which he was a
charter member and at one time president. He is well
and favorably known as a contributor to the medical
journals, and ministers professionally to a large clientele.
In politics Dr. Moyer is a Republican and deeply interested in public affairs as a good citizen, and a true
descendant of those names in American histories, the
Pilgrims of the Plymouth Colony and the heroes of
the Revolution. He is a member of the Society of
Mayflower Descendants, Sons of the American Revolution, the Masonic order, Phi Beta Phi fraternity,
University Club, and Oakland Methodist Episcopal
Church, which he serves as a trustee.
Dr. Moyer married, April I9, I892, Lillian Carter,
daughter of John and Mary A. Carter, of Preston,
England. Dr. and Mrs. Moyer are the parents of three
sons: I. William Irwin, born July 7, 1893, graduate
of the University of Pittsburgh, class of 1915; now
president of Boyd's Business College, Pittsburgh, of
which college he and his brother, J. Sanford, were
the founders. During the World War he enlisted in the
United States army, and was stationed at Camp Ben
Harrison, Indianapolis, Ind. 2. Joseph C., born Dec.
II, 1894, died in 1895. 3. J. Sanford, born Dec. 26,
I896, a graduate of Pittsburgh public schools, grammar and high, and of the University of Pittsburgh,
M. D., June class of 1921. He is treasurer of Boyd's
Business College. He enlisted for service during the
World War, and was a student in the Army Training
Corps. Mrs. Moyer is a member of the Civic Club,
and the Moyer home is the abode of a generous and
gracious hospitality.
During the World War Dr. Moyer was a member
of the Volunteer Medical Service Corps, authorized by
the Council of National Defense, and approved by
President Wilson. He had charge of the Students'
Army Training Corps, and was also a member of the
examining board and the medical advisory board.
JULIAN KENNEDY-In the course of a long
career in industry and engineering, combined with a
large measure of business activity, Julian Kennedy has
gained international reputation. Industrial engineering
is the field that has most completely absorbed him, and
his achievements in this line place him among the
foremost technical men of his day. In the solution
of construction and production problems, Mr. Kennedy has brought out numerous valuable patents now
in general use, and in almost half a century of useful,
productive effort, has joined the roles of engineer, industrialist, inventor, and man-of-affairs. Pittsburgh
has shared his talents with many countries, but for
three decades has claimed him as her own.
Julian Kennedy was born in Poland township, Mahoning county, Ohio, March 15, 1852, eldest of the
seven sons of Thomas Walker and Margaret (Tuesdale) Kennedy. Thomas Walker Kennedy was a construction engineer of the first rank, the foremost designer and builder of blast furnaces of his day, many
of his inventions and improvements in constant use
today. He died July 4, 1896.
Mr. Kennedy first attended public schools in the
neighborhood of his home, then entered Union Seminary, at Poland, Ohio, whence he was graduated, when
seventeen years of age. His first employment was with
the Struthers Iron Company, on the Mahoning River,
a short distance below Youngstown, Ohio, where he
filled successively the positions of draftsman, shipping
clerk, and stationary engineer. An inherited aptitude
for mechanics was here brought to a point where advanced study was needed and he entered the Sheffield
Scientific School of Yale University, being graduated
in 1875. Here he made civil engineering and chemistry
his major branches, completing a two years' chemistry
course in one year, remaining at college as instructor
in physics in 1875 and 1876, at the same time pursuing
post-graduate studies in the chemistry of iron and steel
and a special course in higher mathematics and astronomy. Mr. Kennedy was in charge of the Physical
Laboratory, and delivered a course of illustrated
lectures on physics and mechanics before the students
of the several schools of New Haven, Conn.
At Yale, Mr. Kennedy entered with enthusiasm into
crew activities, and in rowing found the recreation necessary from his heavy scholastic schedule. He was on
the'varsity crew from 1873, when Yale won the Springfield, Mass., regatta over thirteen entries, until 1876,
when he rowed in the first eight-oared race against
Harvard. In 1875 he won the inter-collegiate championship for single sculls at Saratoga Lake, and was
in the winning shell in fourteen out of eighteen events.
In 1876 he stroked the Yale four to victory in the
Centennial Regatta, this victory carrying with it the
inter-collegiate championship. In the same year he
and James Riley, of Saratoga, won the pair-oared
event at Greenwood Lake over Eustic and Downs, of
the Atlanta Rowing Club, of New York, and Smith
and Eldred, of the Argonauta Club, of New York, and
Mr. Kennedy at that time also won the amateur singlescull race.
After leaving Yale, Mr. Kennedy was for one year
superintendent of the blast furnaces of the Briar Hill
Iron Company, at Youngstown, Ohio. During the following year he held the same position with the Struthers
Iron Company, and then for the same length of time
was superintendent of the Morse Bridge Works at
Youngstown. In 1879 he entered the organization of
Carnegie Brothers  Company as superintendent of the
blast furnaces, of the Edgar Thomson Steel Works at
Braddock, Pa., an office that he filled until 1883, afterwhich he was with the allied firm of Carnegie, Phipps
 Company as superintendent of the Lucy furnaces in
Pittsburgh for two years. From 1885 to 1888 he was
general superintendent of Carnegie, Phipps  Company,
with headquarters at Homestead, Pa. In all these
offices Mr. Kennedy was in charge of both construction and operation, and it is a sufficient commentary
upon his success in practical industrial management
to note that during his connection with the Edgar
Thomson and Lucy furnaces they held the world's
record for pig iron production.
In I888, Mr. Kennedy became chief engineer and engineer in charge of plant construction of the Latrobe
Steel Company, at Latrobe, Pa. In 1890 he withdrew
from this concern and, opening an office as a consulting and contracting engineer in Pittsburgh, established
in the field in which the most important part of his
life work has been performed. He has executed commissions in the building and equipping of steel plants for
nearly all the large companies of the United States, and
has been called to engineering projects in England,
Austria, Germany, Russia, India, Canada, and Mexico.
Accomplishments of note in his special field have placed
him at the head of his profession, and the path he has
followed to that eminence is the road of unflagging
endeavor, diligent study, and tireless application to the
heavy tasks that have confronted him. Well known
among the inventions that have given him reputation as
an industrial efficiency expert are improvements on hot
blast stoves, blast furnace filing devices, blowing engines, blooming mills, special machinery for hammering
and rolling locomotive tires, and an improved process
for making rails. One famous enterprise with which
he was connected was the building of the locks of the
St. Ste. Marie Canal, during which construction he
was in the government employ. Mr. Kennedy's offices
are in the Bessemer building, and there he has a force
of technical men employed on the work that keeps
him in touch with the industrial life of the time.
Mr. Kennedy has extensive business connections, and
is president of the Poland Coal Company, the Ontario
Gas and Coal Company, and the Emerald Coal and
Coke Company; vice-president of the Lowber Gas Coal
Company; and a director of the Toledo Furnace Company. He is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of
Commerce, and his professional affiliations are with
the American Institute of Mechanical Engineers, the
American Institute of Mining Engineers, the British
Iron and Steel Institute, and the Engineers' Society of
Western Pennsylvania. Yale University conferred upon
him the honorary degree of Master of Arts in I900, and
Stevens Institute of Technology honored him with the
degree of Doctor of Engineering.
Mr. Kennedy is a member of the Pittsburgh Academy
of Science and Art, the Pittsburgh Athletic Association,
the Automobile, Country, University, and Golf clubs,
of Pittsburgh, and the University and Engineers' clubs,
of New York City, and when opportunity offers, enjoys
the social environment they afford. He is a member
of the First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh, a liberal
supporter of all its work, and a loyal friend of charitable
and beneficent organizations in his adopted city.
Mr. Kennedy married, at Lowellville, Ohio, Nov.
14, I878, Jennie E. Brenneman, daughter of Joseph and
Elizabeth (Lynn) Brenneman, of Poland township,
Mahoning county, Ohio. Mrs. Kennedy is a member
of the Civic Club of Allegheny count-y, the Tuesday
Musical Club, the Twentieth Century Club, and was
one of the founders of the Equal Franchise Federation
of Pittsburgh, having long been active in the cause
of woman suffrage. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy are the
parents of: Lucy B., who married J. O. Miller, of
Pittsburgh; Joseph W., a mechanical engineer, associated professionally with his father; Julian, 2nd, also
identified with his father's interests; Eliza J., who
married R. Templeton Smith, of Pittsburgh; Thomas
Walker connected with the General Electric Company
at Schenectady, N. Y. The Pittsburgh residence of
the family is in the East End and their summer home
"Crusoe Island," Muskoka Lake, Canada.
GEORGE BRYAN LOGAN-Pittsburgh, Pa., has
few enterprises with which a family name is more intimately identified over a long period of years than the
Logan-Gregg Hardware Company, with which members
of the Logan family have been associated for three
generations. John T. Logan was the founder of this
concern, establishing, in 1831, the business which is now
one of the most active and prominent wholesale hardware houses in Western Pennsylvania. The story of this
enterprise is of general interest, covering, as it does,
ninety years of history, each step coincidental with the
progress of the city of which it is a living part.
In 1831 John T. Logan came from Lancaster, Pa., accompanied by a cousin, Robert P. Kennedy, to what was
at that time little more than frontier settlement at the
forks of the Ohio river. Here these young men established themselves as wholesale hardware merchants, under the name of Logan  Kennedy, with slender money
capital, but with great resources in ambition, industry,
and practical knowledge of the business. They were
immediately successful, and from the first the business
developed steadily. In the beginning their stock was
largely imported from England, and was hauled over the
Allegheny Mountains in Conestoga wagons. Their
market extended into sparsely settled districts, which
were reached mostly by boats along the three rivers, or by
wagon. As the hardware industry came into being in
this country, John T. Logan was one of the first to introduce the product of the American factories, and in
spite of prej udice, convinced people that American
manufacturers were producing goods equal, if not superior, to foreign products. Throughout his lifetime
John T. Logan carried this business forward, and now
the second and third generations are continuing it along
the same lines of progress. The successive changes in
firm and firm names to date are as follows: Logan 
Kennedy, 1831 to 1848. Mr. Kennedy sold out and the
firm became Logan, Wilson  Company until 1857,
when the firm of Logan  Gregg was formed. In 1867
the firm of Logan, Gregg  Company was formed, and
remained in that style until 1896, when incorporation
occurred, Logan-Gregg Hardware Company becoming
the corporate name, as it continues to the present.
John T. Logan also was connected with the large inqterests of his time in other branches of endeavor. He
was identified with the Penn Cotton Mills, the Pearl
Flour Mill, and was one of the heavy stockholders in
the Allegheny Valley railroad, and treasurer of that
road, which is now a part of the Pennsylvania system.
When he first started in business he purchased a tract of
land, which was then known as Woodlawn, in old Allegheny, and as he prospered, improved it. A part of this
property, now one of the old landmarks, is still owned
and used as a residence by George Bryan Logan. John
T. Logan died in 1871.
George Bryan Logan, eldest son of John T. and Henrietta (Bryan) Logan, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Dec. 21, 1845. Educated in the schools of Pittsburgh,
he entered the hardware business with his father. He
has now been at the head of the Logan-Gregg Hardware Company for fifty years, having filled the offices
of president and treasurer, and now is chairman of the
board of directors. He has held the standards of the
concern at the highest mark, and has been content with
nothing less than a constant forward and upward movement. 
In every branch of endeavor which counts for community progress, Mr. Logan has always been interested.
As a youth in his teens he enlisted in the Civil War,
serving in Knapp's Battery, and in 193rd Regiment,
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He is still actively
serving as president of the board of trustees of the
Presbyterian Hospital, and also of the Western Theological Seminary, of Pittsburgh. He is a member of
the Freedman's Board of the Presbyterian church. He
was for forty years a member of the advisory committee o f the Pittsburgh and Allegheny Protestant
Orphan Asylum, and is still deeply interested in the
work of that institution. For more than half a century
he has been an active member and a ruling elder in the
North Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh. Mr. Logan
was the candidate of the Good Government party for
mayor of Allegheny in 1906. This was one of the outstanding attempts of the friends of political reform to
loosen the grip of the politicians, but was a fruitless
effort. Mr. Logan served several terms as school director of the old Fifth Ward of Allegheny, and during this
period introduced numerous progressive methods and
measures, among them the adoption of a manual training course, work then unknown in the schools of the
district. He was a trustee of the Teachers' Pension
Retirement Fund, and throughout his active business
career was a forceful factor in the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce. He has also given liberally of his
time and means to the Associated Charities.              
Mr. Logan has always been particularly interested in
all outdoor sports. Before professional baseball existed
he was captain of the old Enterprise Baseball Team, of
Pittsburgh, and has always kept informeed of the progress of our national game.'  
Mr. Logan married, on Feb. 22, I87o, Frances Grant
Lyon, of Pittsburgh,'Pa., and they celebrated their
golden wedding on Feb. 22, 1920. Mrs. Logan died
Aug. 21, 1920. Children:  Patton Lyon Logan born
in Pittsburgh,  April 30,  1874; was graduated  from
Washington and Jefferson College, A. B., in 1894, and
has been associated with the Logan-Gregg Hardware
Company, of which he is now president, since the completion of his education. After the entry of the United
States into the World War, in 1917-18, he entered the
second Officers' Training Camp at Chattanooga, Tenn.,
and was commissioned captain, being assigned to duty
with Company H, 64th Infantry, 7th Division. He was
sent overseas with his company, and at Thiacourt, in
the Meuse-Argonne offensive, on Nov. 10, I918, lost a
leg in action. After many months in hospitals he was
honorably discharged, in July, 1919, returning to Pittsburgh and resuming his business connections. He married Lottie Eymann, of Pittsburgh, Pa. and they have
a daughter, Frances Lyon. 2. Dr. Archibald H. Logan,
who since 1910 has been a member of the famous Mayo
Clinic at Rochester, Minn. He is a veteran of the Spanish-American War, having served with the 18th Regiment,  Pennsylvania Volunteer  Infantry.  He  married 
Amy H. Dunlap, of Washington, Pa., and they are the
parents of four children. 3. Alice Lyon Logan, married
Dr. Robert W. Dunlap, and is now a Presbyterian missionary in China, with four children. 4. Henrietta
Bryan Logan, who lives at home and is actively interested in the Pittsburgh Young Women's Christian Association and other charitable and philanthropic work. 5.
George B. Logan, Jr., a graduate of Princeton University, A. B., class of 1915; he entered the ambulance
service of the Red Cross immediately after graduation,
and was sent to Serbia, where he was in active service
for more than a year. Returning to the United States,
he enlisted for service in the artillery on the Mexican
border, and after his honorable discharge went again
to Serbia and resumed Red Cross work. When America joined, the Allies he enlisted, while in France, in the
United States aviation service, and at the close of the
war returned to Pittsburgh, where he entered the Logan- 
Gregg Hardware Company. Ill health, resulting from
the exposure and hardships of his long military service,
makes advisable his residence in the mild climate of
Florida, where he now lives. He married, while in
France, Agnes Mann, of Inverurie, Scotland, a  Red
Cross nurse. They have one daughter, Henrietta Bryan.
WILLIAM REED THOMPSON was born in Allegheny (now the North Side, Pittsburgh), Pa., March 
30, 1845, and died in New York, June I8, I906. On both
sides he was descended from rigid Scotch Presbyterians of Pennsylvania. From his parents he inherited
strong religious traits, and a high regard for the best
in literature and art. His father, Andrew Purdy Thompson, in his desire for an education, walked from Carlisle to Canonsburgh to enter Jefferson College, and in
after years became principal of the grammar school held
in the basement of the United Presbyterian church on;
Stockton avenue, Allegheny. In 1844 he married Elizabeth Donaldson, of Washington county, Pa., and- in
1847, with his wife and infant'child, William R., jour
neyed by sailing vessel to Trinidad, West Indies, where
he served as a missionary at Port of Spain until 1849.
His missionary principles and sympathy for.'the negro
led him to a deep interest in the anti-slavery movementand an unceasing activity in assisting slaves to reach
Canada by the "underground railway."
From the instruction of his mother, the son, William
R. Thompson, entered the fourth ward public school,
then under James R. Newell, a graduate of Dublin Uiniversity. The limited finances of the family made it
necessary for the lad at the age of twelve to become an
errand boy and salesman in the U~nited Presbyterian
Book Store, then located on Third street near Ferry.
There, under the superintendence of Dr. Rodgers, he
lived for years among books, gathering knowledge and
cultivating a taste for the best literature, which gave him
through life a great happiness. The hard school of
necessity prevented an early acquaintance with art. The
boy loved music, and his voice and personal charm were
nature's gifts. His father was precentor in the United
Presbyterian church on Stockton avenue, leading the
worship of song with a tuning fork.
In the summer of 1865, Mr. Thompson joined Knapp's
Independent Battery, and stationed in the swamps of
the Potomac at the old Seventh street bridge guarded
Washington City. At the close,of the Civil War his
ambition to enter West Point, or Washington and Jefferson College, was frustrated by circumstances. He
entered the banking business as a clerk, first with Hart,
Caughey  Company, and in the seventies became cashier
of the Mechanics National Bank on Fourth avenue, and
later its president. During the railroad riots in 1877,
the securities of the bank were taken by him as cashier
from the vault and buried in the ashes behind the building, remaining thus hidden for several days. In I881,
Mr. Thompson purchased the interest of John B. Jones
in the banking house of Semple  Jones, and conducted
the business under the firm name of William R. Thomp
son  Company at the southeast corner of Fourth avenue and Wood street until April I, 1900, completing
thirty-five years on the Wall street of Pittsburgh.
With easier conditions of life came opportunities for
travel, which not only brought mental rest and recreation, but the enjoyment of a wider view of the world
and an illumination of his knowledge of books and
peoples. In 1882, Mr. Thompson went to California, and
later spent three summers in Europe. In I9oo, he journeyed to the "Land of the Midnight Sun," and met William Hohenzollern, at that time German Emperor, on
his yacht. After 1894, he spent the greater part of each
year with his family in his country home in Rockland
county, N. Y., an estate overlooking the Hudson, opposite Irvington.
Mr. Thompson's developed character and religious
training did not permit him the enjoyment of a merely
selfish leisure. He yielded to the impulse to public
service, and recognized the responsibility to use his talents and privileges for the welfare and happiness of
others, and the higher citizenship. His interest in the
arts led him to serve for eight years as president of the
Art Society, the forerunner of the Pittsburgh Orchestra, and International Salon. He willingly acted as
treasurer of the Charleston Earthquake Fund, and of
the Johnstown Flood Relief in 1889; of the Russian
Famine Fund and of the Relief of the Unemployed in
the city parks, 1893 and 1894, while from time to time
conserving many local funds, work appealing to his
sympathetic nature. As a trustee of Washington and
Jefferson College, he built a library for the College for
a memorial to his mother, and it is interesting to note
that this institution received its first endowment for
books by a gift of ~40 from Benjamin Franklin.
Of the marked religious character and ideals of Mr.
Thompson this only may be noted here that, after I886,
he was for many years the superintendent of the North
Church Mission School in Allegheny. In deference to
his father's prejudices, he joined no clubs, but sought in
his library and home the enjoyment of his leisure hours.
There his musical talent led him to write to a Welsh
tune the song "Pennsylvania," sung at the meeting of
the Pennsylvania Society in New York City.
In April, I896, Mr. Thompson was one of three Pittsburgh delegates to, and one of the three secretaries appointed, at the American Conference on International
Arbitration, which met in Washington, D. C., and was
presided over by John W. Foster and George F. Edmunds. At the dinner given by the Pittsburgh Chamber
of Commerce at the Hotel Lincoln in June, 1897, commemorated by a bronze medal, Mr. Thompson acted as
toastmaster and happily distinguished the occasion by
welcoming the South American delegates with a few
words in Spanish. He served on the committee to report
at Tampa, Fla., on our coast defences before the Spanish-American War. This sense of public responsibility
as a citizen, along with his strong moral convictions,
favoring every true reform, led him as an Independent
Republican to oppose the political "Ring" and cheerfully
act as the candidate of the Citizens' party in I897 for the
office of treasurer of the Commonwealth. Although
defeated, he was satisfied to have drawn public attention to the misuse of the finances of the State of Pennsylvania.
This brief record of Mr. Thompson's life cannot describe the high regard and affection felt toward him by
all who intimately knew him, but it may serve as an
illustration of how possible it is for one born in limited
conditions and without special opportunities to develop
a steadfast character, to attain large usefulness in church
and state, and to offer an encouraging example to
every youth who in our land seems without favoring
circumstances or assisting friends. 
M. B. CAIN-Modern business and industrial conditions, ceaselessly changing as science and invention have
made their contributions to all forms of commercial
intercourse, present problems whose successful solution
means success and fortune to him who finds the key.
Methods of procedure that yesterday were recognized
standards are to-day superseded by systems more efficient and it behooves the man who would hold his place
in affairs to watch closely every tendency of his own
and related lines. Originality of thought and action is
one of the prime movers of business, and in the organizations in the Pittsburgh district of which M. B. Cain
is the head, this is the basis of success. From mercantile operations of comparatively small scope, Mr. Cain,
about 1910, branched out into real estate and the promotion of business opportunities, and the decade of hisactivity in these lines includes a vast amount of productive effort, mutually profitable to him and his associates and valuable in its relation to the general prosperity of the district.
Mr. Cain is a native of County Roscommon, Ireland,
son of John Cain. John Cain brought his family from
Ireland to the United States in 1872, and from that time
until his death, July 8, 1917, was a resident of Western
Pennsylvania. M. B. Cain received practical preparation for the work of life in the Pittsburgh schools, and
in I890 entered grocery dealings, in which he remained
for seventeen years. Success attended his endeavors in
this line, but he planned a broader, more responsible
work, and when the time and conditions seemed favorable he launched his enterprise. Real estate offered him
his first opportunities, and the organization of which he
became the head transacted a large volume of business
in property in Pittsburgh and the vicinity. At about
the same time he put into execution the major part of
his plan, working as a "business opportunities broker,"
and reaching into all branches of enterprise with quickening and vitalizing effect. He has placed many men
in touch with business connections that have raised them
far above the level they had reached by their own efforts, and has brought to organizations, fundamentally
sound but apparently unprofitable, the man power they
have needed to take their rightful place among the prosperous concerns of the day. To accomplish these results
has required a vast amount of study of conditions and
requirements of various lines on the part of Mr. Cain,
and an exact and comprehensive knowledge of basic
economic laws, with an accurate j udgment of human
nature. His advertising slogan makes effective use of
his name, and "Cain is Able" figures in all of his original publicity material. In addition to his interests outlined above, which have exerted a most beneficial influence upon industrial and commercial progress and development, Mr. Cain is president of the Park View Land
Company, of New Kensington, Pa. He has achieved
a substantial success, commendable especially in that he
has carried many others with him in his upward course,
and has performed a real and enduring public service.
Mr. Cain married, in April, 1914, Sophia G. Stubenbort, of Pittsburgh, and they are the parents of one son,
M. B., Jr. 
NEGLENY ANCESTRY-The Negley family is descended from John Nigeli, of Canton Berne, Switzerland, co-temporary and fellow worker with Zwingli,
with whom he went from Switzerland into Germany in
the sixteenth century, preaching the Reformation. The
original Swiss spelling of the name, "Nalgeli," still
maintains with the Swiss branch of the family. Some
slight variation in the spelling of the name Negley is
noticeable in early documents, as in most names at that
time, but the present anglicized form dates back more
than a century. The Swiss name has a floral signification, meaning "a little pink," and the crest used by one
branch of the Swiss family in modern times presents the
carnation as its distinguishing feature. The name is
beloved by the Swiss, as also by the Germans, through
their devotion to Hans George Nageli, Doctor of Philosophy, the illustrious composer, lecturer and author of
valuable works on music, member of Congress and
simultaneously president of the Swiss Association of
Music. He was born in the Canton Zurich, March 27,
1773, and died in Zurich, Dec. 26, 1836. He is affiectionately known as "Fater Nageli," "Father of the folk
songs of Switzerland," and founder of choral societies.
A pedestal bust to his memory stands in the public park
in Zurich.
Another illustrious member of the Swiss family was
Carl Wilhelm Nageli, naturalist, born in 18I7, near
Zurich, professor of botany at Zurich and later at
Munich. He opened new fields in all branches of
botany and was the author of a large number of master
works on this science. A collection of his works, including many specimens, have been collected in a museum in a park in the suburbs of Zurich. A German
branch of the family has long been identified with
Heidelberg, Professor Nageli having occupied with distinction the chair of medicine in Heidelberg University,
in which office he succeeded his illustrious father-in-law,
Professor Mai, a great-uncle of Mrs. Matthew B. Riddle, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
(I) Jacob Negley, descendant of the John Negley, of
Switzerland, and father of the founder of East Liberty,
Pa., now the beautiful residential suburb of the city of
Pittsburgh, was born at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany. He and two brothers sailed from Germany with
their families for America in I739. Jacob Negley died
en voyage, and was buried at sea, his widow and three
children, Alexander, Casper and Elizabeth, proceeding
to this country, settling in Bucks county, Pa., when
Alexander was but five years of age. One brother
settled in Maryland, and the other settled on the banks
of the Delaware river, and Negley's Hill, still so-called,
within the suburban limits of Philadelphia, commemorates the family residence there.
(II) Alexander Negley, son of Jacob Negley, was
born in Frankfort, Germany, in 1734; came to America
in 1739. He grew to manhood in Eastern Pennsylvania,
receiving a good education in the eastern schools of
that day. It is said he became enamored of the West
during his term of service in the Revolutionary army,
and determined to make it his future home. Upon
leaving Bucks county, owing to the Indian insurrection in
the vicinity of Fort Pitt, however, he first located for
a time on a farm between New Florence and Ligonier,
Pa., and this property is now a portion of the estate of
his great-grandson, James Ross Mellon.
In 1762 Alexander Negley married Mary Ann Berkstresser, and their son John was born within Fort Ligonier in 1778, the family being in the fort at the time
of his birth, seeking refuge from the Indians. Later in
the same year, with his wife and five children, the father
migrated to what is now Allegheny county, and settled on a farm of three hundred acres on the Allegheny river, the present site of Highland Park. Here
he first built a log house, and later a red brick mansion,
the brick being burned on the farm, and he also beautified the grounds with orchards and groves.
Mr. Negley is said to have been the first permanent
white settler in the East Liberty Valley, and thisvicinity was long known as Negleystown. He utilized
Negley's Run, which took its name from him, by erecting a grist mill and a fulling mill for the cleaning of
wool. He purchased a farm for each of his children.
He served his country in the Revolutionary War, the
government records showing that Alexander Negley was
a member of Captain Samuel Moorhead's Independent
Company of Pennsylvania Troops, which was annexed
to the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment, Oct. 9, 1779, and his
name is on the list of the men of that company present
in Pittsburgh, June 15, 1777. His name also appears on
the petition presented to the Legislature, Feb. I5, 1787,
for the erection of Allegheny county.
True to his ancestral blood, Alexander Negley was
ever loyal to his Christian faith, and proved himself the
strong supporter of the renowned Rev. John William
Weber, who accomplished so much at an early day in
establishing German Reformed churches through Western Pennsylvania. Mr. Negley was one of forty-two
men whose names are recorded as the founders of the
first church organization in Pittsburgh, that of the First
German United Evangelical Protestant Congregation at
Smithfield street and Sixth avenue, the land for that
purpose being conveyed from William Penn the younger
and William Penn the elder for the sum of five shillings, June I8, 1788, property now worth more than a
million. In these early days the country was wild,
Indians roaming about, and the roads bad in winter
time, so that for the people of Negleystown to attend
church service at such a distance was difficult. For
this reason Alexander Negley had a preacher, usually
Mr. Weber, come and hold religious services at his
home, now Highland Park, about once a month, for his
own family and neighbors. It was at one of these services, in 1790, that his son Jacob first observed and
became enamored of his future wife, Barbara Anna
Winebiddle, who was then but twelve years of age.
About five years later, June 19, 1795, they were married,
and in turn became the initial founders of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church, the first church organization
in the East Liberty Valley. Alexander Negley personally
was a man of noble character and ideals, as well as of
superior judgment and foresight. He died Nov. 3, I809,
aged seventy-five years, leaving his noble widow and
eight surviving children, three having died in childhood.
Mrs. Negley died in 1829. Both were buried on the
home farm, as were about fifty of their neighbors and
some members of their family. The center of this old
private burial ground is marked by a beautiful granite
monument to the memory of these noble pioneers, and
surrounded by an iron railing, and is known in Highland Park as "Negley Circle." Their children were: I
Felix, born Sept. 22, 1764, died April I9, 1836. 2. Jacob,
of whom further. 3. Peter, died in infancy, 1768. 4.
Elizabeth, born Feb. 15, 1772, died Nov. I5, 1855; she
married John Powell, and was the mother of eight children. 5. Peter, born Feb. 6, 1774, died in 179I. 6. Margaret, born June 10, 1776, died March II, 1857; married
Phillip Burtner, and they had ten children. 7. John,
born April 6, 1778, died Aug. II, 1870. 8. Alexander,
Jr., born Aug. I, 1781, died Aug. 2, 1807. 9. Casper,
born March 17, 1784, died May 23, 1877.  I0. Mary Ann,
born Aug. 20, 1786, died Dec. 4, 1833; married Samuel
Byington, and they had four children. II. Henry, born
Oct. 20, 1790, died 1791.
(III) Jacob Negley, Sr., who laid out East Liberty,
and for whom the avenue on which he resided is named,
was the second son of Alexander Negley, Sr., and was
born Aug. 28, 1766, in Bucks county, Pa., coming with
his parents to East Liberty in 1778, when but twelve
years of age. His descendants have to a greater extent
than any other branch of Alexander Negley's family
remained in Pittsburgh, where many of them have
proven themselves important factors, especially so in
the molding of the religious and educational life of the
city. In addition to the property inherited from his
father, Jacob Negley purchased large tracts of land, his
holdings comprising about fifteen hundred acres, on
which he laid out a town at the junction of the Pittsburgh and Greensburg turnpike and Frankstown road,
to which Mr. Negley gave the name East Liberty. He
continued to operate his father's mills. His great landed
interests, to which were added his wife's large real
estate holdings, together with superior judgment and
acumen, made him a recognized power of his day in
Western Pennsylvania. In I8I6 Mr. Negley erected the
first steam flouring mill west of the Allegheny mountains, for at this early date milling throughout the
country was done by rudely constructed mills on small
streams, which became dry and the mill stood idle
throughout the summer, causing great inconvenience and
sometimes partial famine. The cost of the mill was
great, as the machinery had to be brought over the
mountains by wagons from Philadelphia.
Mr. Negley was a civil engineer and a manager of
the Pittsburgh  Greensburg Turnpike Company. His
appreciation of the future importance of Pittsburgh is
shown in the fact that he laid out Penn avenue one
hundred feet wide as far as it passed through his own
and his wife's domains, which is now the business center
of East Liberty. On March 8, I8I6, a civic charter was
granted to Pittsburgh, and in the same year the Pittsburgh and Greensburg turnpike was constructed through
East Liberty. As Mr. Negley superintended the moving
back of his fences in preparation for the widening of
the thoroughfare, his neighbors and passing travelers
jocularly criticized his waste of land, but he calmly
replied that the day was coming when the valley would
need a wide thoroughfare. He endeavored to have that
width continue into the city, but was unable to convince
the other property holders of the wisdom of his proposition. He was a director of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Pittsburgh, in early days located on
Third street, between Market and Wood streets.
June 19, 1795, Jacob Negley married Barbara Anna
Winebiddle, daughter of John Conrad Winebiddle.
In 1808 he built what was then regarded as the finest
residence west of the Allegheny mountains, a large red
brick edifice known as the Negley Mansion, at the intersection of what is now North Negley and Stanton avenues, the brick being made on the grounds. This old
mansion stood until about the opening of the present
century. Mr. Negley located Negley avenue in a direct
southerly line from his front door to the Pittsburgh andGreensburg turnpike.  He planted fruit trees and had   mother of one church in this vicinity.  Its Centennial
about a hundred acres around his home under fine cul-  was gratefully celebrated, April 12-20, 1919, under the
tivation.                                                  very successful pastorate of the Rev. Frank W. Sneed,
These hardy pioneers heartily appreciated the neces-   D. D., after which a Centennial History was published.
sity for providing religious and educational advantages      Jacob Negley, Sr. died March I8, 1826.  His wife,
for their children.  In the early part of the nineteenth   Barbara Anna (Winebiddle) Negley, was born in Pittscentury, some years previous to 1819, Jacob Negley built  burgh, Sept. 15, 1778, and died May 10, 1867.  During
a comfortable frame school house of good dimensions   the forty-one years of her widowhood, as well as in
on the site of the present East Liberty Presbyterian   earlier life, Mrs. Negley proved  herself a woman of
Church edifice, on what is now the corner of Penn and  rare graces of character, as well as superior executive
South Highland avenues, to provide educational facil-  ability, ever in touch with any movement for the welities for his own children and the youth of the growing   fare of the community.  Her latest gift to the church
neighborhood.   For  years previous to 1819 religious  she so dearly loved was the melodious bell which still
services were held in this school house, also in the   summons to worship, and whose first peals sounded her
spacious parlors of the Negley Mansion, where he had a  requiem, as the funeral procession wended its way to the
portable pulpit erected, and some of the children were   Negley family lot in the beautiful Allegheny Cemetery,
baptized.  In the year I8I9 the school house gave way   where she and her husband and their twelve children are
to a church building, the first in the East Liberty Val-   interred.              
ley on the same site, erected upon a lot containing one      These  noble  pioneers  and  their  co-laborers,  who
and one-half acres of ground, which on April 12, 1819,  bravely endured hardships in their faithful struggles to
Jacob Negley and his wife, Barbara Anna (Winebiddle)   erect a solid foundation, built on the rock of Christian
Negley, conveyed to certain persons to be held in trust  faith and effort for the superstructure of social, educafor the East Liberty congregation, the property being a  tional, industrial and religious life, which we now enjoy,
portion of Mrs. Negley's ancestral inheritance, which   are worthy of our highest esteem.
has ever since been consecrated ground.  Mr. and Mrs.        The children born to Jacob and Barbara Anna (WineNegley also contributed largely to the building fund, as  biddle) Negley were:  I. John, born June 28, 1796, died
the old record specifies "of building a school and meet-   Feb. 20, 1802.  2. Elizabeth, born June 23, 1798, died
ing house, said Meeting house to be for the use of the   Nov. II, 1799. 3. Jacob, Jr., born Feb. 16, I8oo, died Jan.
Presbyterian Congregation, called the East Liberty Con-   30, 1830. 4. Daniel, born April 10, 1802, died Dec. 4,
gregation."  Mrs. Negley's property adjoined her hus-   1867.  5. Mary Ann, born Oct. 4, 1805, died in October,
band's estate. and from their united possessions they   1829; married Daniel Berlin, and had two children, one
selected this location as the most advantageou's site for   dying in infancy.  6. George Gibson, of whom further.
a church.  It is an interesting fact that the original Mil-  7. Catherine R., born Feb. 13, 181o, died Aug. II, 1897.
itary Grant, which included this site, issued by Colonel  8. Margaret, born Feb. 7, 1812, died May 3, I8I5.  9.
Boquet to Casper -Taub, maternal great-grandfather of   William, born June 25, 1814, died Sept. 14, 1816.  10.
Mrs. Negley, and dated Fort Pitt, Nov. 12, 1762, has   Sarah Jane, born Feb. 3, 1817; married Judge Thomas
been preserved in the Negley family.  In 1784 a patent   Mellon.  She died Jan. 19, 1909.  II. Alexander, born
was taken out for the property, which Casper Taub   March 2, 1819, died Feb. 12, 1864.  12. Isabella M., born
bequeathed to his daughter Barbara, the maternal grand-   Oct. 25, 1821, died March 3, 1849; married Richard C.
mother of Mrs. Barbara Anna (Winebiddle) Negley, to  Beatty, M. D.; they had three children.
whom the title descended.                      (IV) George Gibson Negley, son of Jacob and BarThe first church building on this sacred site was of  bara Anna  (Winebiddle)  Negley,'was born April 27,
brick, forty-four feet square, with one corner toward   I808, at the Negley home North Negley and Stanton
the Greensburg turnpike, now Penn avenue.  The pulpit  avenues.  He was educated in the private schools of
occupied one corner.  The first Sabbath school was or-  Pittsburgh and while the schools and academies of that
ganized with two teachers and nine pupils.  The formal   day did not afford the elaborate curriculum of a later
church organization was not effected until Sabbath, Sept.  era, yet they provided excellent instruction in the essen28, 1828  When the petition was presented to the Pres-  tials of a good education.  Composition and penmanship
bytery for a church organization in East Liberty, spir-  were given important consideration, hence the dignified
ited opposition was encountered from the representa-  style of letters and documents of that period.  Some of
tives of Beulab Church, who regarded it as a serious   Mr. Negley's letters, which have been preserved, form
infringement upon their congregational boundaries. In   a striking illustration of this fact, the choice diction and
1847, when the congregation was about to erect the sec-  manner of address giving a dignity to the correspondond house of worship, also a building called the lecture  ence which is too often lacking at the present day.  The
room in which Mr. Moore's Academy held its sessions,  neatness and lucidity of his business documents also
Mrs. Negley added another piece of property eastward   show the impress of this early training.  His father died
of her former gift, which proved a wise addition.  In   when George G. was not quite eighteen years of age, he
1864 the third church building became necessary, and in  being the eldest unmarried son at this time.  After his
1887 the present spacious structure was erected on the  father's death his health became impaired, and it was
same sacred site, and the East Liberty Presbyterian necessary for him to seek a less rigorous climate. He
Church has been the mother of eight churches, the went South for a short time, locating in Milledgeville,
grandmother of three churches, and the great-grand- Ga., where he taught a private school, remaining untilhis health was entirely restored, when he returned to be
the counsellor and mainstay of his widowed mother.
Mr. Negley engaged in business with his brother Daniel, and for some years they were the leading merchants
of the East Liberty district, conducting the present-day
department store in embryo on Penn avenue. George
G. Negley later withdrew from the firm, and devoted
his time to the management of his own large real estate
interests, and as the efficient assistant of his mother in
the management of her finances. Mr. Negley, throughout the seventy-five years of his useful life, was closely
identified with the growth and advancement of his native
city, but the East Liberty district, settled by his ancestors, and the scene of his boyhood days, as well as later
life, always claimed a special share of his loyal interest
and labors.
Mr. Negley inherited large tracts of land in the East
End, Pittsburgh, and owing to his wide experience along
these lines, he was recognized as an authority on real
estate values, and his superior judgment and counsel
were ever in demand by civic authorities as well as private individuals. While his father, as a civil engineer,
originally laid out the town of East Liberty, George G.
Negley laid out and named many of the later streets.
As a director in the old Birmingham Street Railway,
he took an active part in advancing transportation facilities. His innate love of horticultural and agricultural
pursuits made him a potent factor in the work of the
Allegheny County Agricultural Society, of which he
was a leading director, and he gave stimulus to the annual exhibits by contributing the finest specimens from
his own private gardens, which frequently took first
rank.
On Highland avenue, two squares north of Penn avenue, Mr. Negley's homestead, "Rural Home," was located, which long stood as a landmark in the East End.
The mansion was a spacious structure built after a modified Colonial style of architecture, and was most beautifully placed in a picturesque setting of more than seven
acres of finely cultivated grounds. When clad in summer verdure, the green lawns, wide-spreading shade and
fruit trees, the long driveways and flower gardens, planted
with exquisite taste from Mr. Negley's private conservatory, made the place one of the most strikingly beautiful and attractive in Pittsburgh, a love of floral culture
being a characteristic taste in the Negley family. In
the early days Rural avenue was a private driveway to
"Rural Home," and when it was opened to the public
Mr. Negley deferred the naming of the new street to
his wife, Mrs. Eliza J. (Johnson) Negley, who named
it Rural avenue in honor of the old homestead, which
name it still retains. In the march of time the house
has been removed and the property divided into building
lots, two churches, many dwellings and business houses
occupying the old site.
As one of the early stockholders and a member of the
board of directors of the City Deposit Bank, the first
institution of the kind in East Liberty, Mr. Negley
helped to build up a sound banking system. He was a
firm Abolitionist, and an ardent supporter of the Union.
Even before the Civil War opened, not a few oppressed
slaves were assisted to freedom from cruel taskmasters
by his kindliness and generosity. During the war, in his
unostentatious way, he personally relieved much destitution in families of those whose bread-winners had
gone to the front. After the war he gave substantial
assistance toward the building of a house of worship
for the negroes in the East End, a church organization
which still continues. When Pittsburgh did honor to the
good and great President Lincoln, Mr. Negley was a
member of the reception committee appointed to receive
and honor him, who later became our Martyr-President.
Although Mr. Negley's own children were educated
almost entirely at private schools, yet no man of his
day did more to establish and advance in efficiency the
public school system of the East End. He was an energetic promoter and director of the township schools
of the old Nineteenth Ward, when the district was
known as "Collins Independent School District," previous to annexation to the city. He was also a member
of the board of directors after annexation to the city,
and rendered most efficient service. He made a point
of keeping in personal touch with the nature of the work
being done in the school.
Identified from his youth with the East Liberty Presbyterian Church founded by his parents in all its varied
activities, Mr. Negley was, during many years of his
life, an honored officeholder and contributed by personal
work and of his means to the building up not only of
that church, but, like his ancestors, to the establishment
of a Christian community where family life may enjoy
the safeguards of spiritual and intellectual culture.
George G. Negley was a "gentleman of the old school,"
genial, kindly and unselfish in disposition, devoted to
his family and home life, faithful to his friends, true to
his country, dignified and retiring in manner, generous
and sincere. While he gave liberally of his time and
means to advance the public welfare, he was not solicitous of public office or preferment. Possessed of deep
piety and a tender conscience, he held a pure and lofty
standard of Christian living, not only adhering to the
letter of the law, but recognizing the higher Christian
ethics of the Master, and His Sermon on the Mount.
True to his ancestral blood, he left the impress of his
sterling integrity and wise judgment on the life of
Pittsburgh.
Mr. Negley was twice married. Oct. 25, 1832, he married Eleanor Boyd, daughter of Rev. Abraham Boyd, of
Tarentum, Pa., born Jan. 5, 1807, died May IO, 1854.
By this union there were the following children: Jacob
B., William Mcllvaine; Olive N., who died in childhood; Henry Hillis, Theodore Shields, and Mary E.
On Feb. 21, 1856, Mr. Negley married Eliza J. Johnson,
a resident of the North Side, Pittsburgh. The following
children were born to them: Sarah J. Mellon, Anna
Barbara, M. Alice, Georgina G., Alexander Johnson.
Mrs. Eliza J. (Johnson) Negley was a woman of most
attractive personality, of rare graces of manner and
beauty of character, who shared with her husband his
noble ideals of life. She was born in Coleraine, County
Antrim, Ireland, March 25, 1835, the daughter of James
and Sallie (Boyd) Johnson, the descendant of ScotchIrish covenanters. Her father was a grandson of Rev.
Patton, D. D., of Edinburgh, Scotland. Mr. Johnsonwas a man of fine qualities of head and heart, a civil
engineer, and a brother of Dr. David Johnson, of Glasgow, Scotland, an eminent physician and surgeon of his
day. On the sudden death of her father, in Mrs. Negley's childhood, her mother's deep grief prompted her
to seek a change of environment, and having relatives
in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, who urged her to come
to America, she consented to do so, and left the beautiful
ancestral home, which is still standing, its sloping terraces extending down to the picturesque River Bann.
She located on the North Side, Pittsburgh, where she
lived until her death, April 12, 1856. Mrs. Johnson was
the granddaughter of Rev. Oliver Cameron, a minister
and author of numerous religious works, of Bush Mills,
County Antrim, Ireland. She was also a cousin of the
revered Dr. John Boyd, M. P., of Dunduan House,
County Londonderry who, for many years, until his
death, Jan. 2, 1862, represented in the Imperial Parliament the borough of Coleraine, where, after more than
half a century, his memory is still fragrant. Mrs. Negley died May 12, 1883. Mr. Negley died March 26, 1884.
(V) Jacob B. Negley, eldest son of George G. Negley, was born Sept. 30, 1833, died Jan. I5, 1898. He graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa. He was
engaged in the banking business in Muscatine, Iowa, for
a number of years; returning in 1874 to his native city,
he became cashier of the City Deposit Bank, where he
rendered efficient service for many years. He was an
active member of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church.
In June, 1874, he married Cynthia Trull. She died May
12, I901.
(V) William McIlvaine Negley, born Sept. 5, 1836,
died Nov. 27, 1915, son of George G. Negley, was a
graduate of the old Saltsburg Academy, Saltsburg, Pa.
He was for many years connected with the coal interests of Pittsburgh. During the Civil War he joined the
15th Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, mustered into United States service under command of
Dr. A. H. Gross for a short time. He was a member
of Alexander Hays Post, No. 3; an active member of
the Fourth United Presbyterian Church; married Isabella Douglass, Sept. 28, I865; she died Aug. I6, 1914.
They had eight children: Anna B., Sadie Bell, William
Douglass, George Gibson, Eleanor Johnson, all deceased;
Harvey B., mechanical draftsman; Walter, died in infancy: Oliver James, associated with the Pittsburgh 
Lake Erie Railroad Company, married Cornelia Elliott,
and they have one child, Florence; they reside in Pittsburgh.
(V) Henry Hillis Negley, son of George G. Negley,
was born in East Liberty, Pa., June 29, 1843, died May
7, 1912. He was educated in private schools and Moore's
Academy, after which he entered the Pennsylvania State
College, being a member of the class of 1862, which disbanded shortly before graduation in response to Lincoln's call for volunteers. At the time of the building
of the Davis Island Dam, over the Ohio river, Mr. Negley was associated with Captain Mahan, and rendered
efficient assistance in that work. For the last two
decades of his life he gave his attention largely to real
estate investment, and was considered an authority on
real estate values in Pittsburgh. He was a life member
and director of the Pittsburgh Board of Trade, ever
taking a deep interest in the upbuilding and efficiency
of this organization, where he served in various official
capacities. Mr. Negley was a member of the board of
directors of the Oakdale Boys' Home and of the Allegheny Cemetery. He was an active member of the
Botanical Society, and was especially interested in the
private culture of rare orchids. He was for many years
a member of the Civic Club of Pittsburgh and was ever
ready to assist in the advancement of civic interests. He
was a member of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church,
founded by his grandparents, and for twenty-one years
served on the board of trustees of that church, and for
nineteen years as president of the board. He proved
himself capable as a teacher of young men in the Sunday
school, and was a charter member of the Young Men's
Christian Association of East Liberty. Mr. Negley was
a man of genial sympathies, generous but retiring disposition, quite an extensive traveler, yet fond of home
life. Nov. 9, 1897, he married Margaret Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Johnson, deceased. Mr.
Negley died May 7, 1912. His widow still survives and
occupies the homestead at North Negley avenue.
(V) Rev. Theodore Shields Negley, son of George G.
Negley, born June 17, 1846, died May 18, 19II. He was
graduated from Princeton University in 1873, and from
Princeton Seminary in 1876. His first pastorate was
that of the East Brady (Pa.) Presbyterian Church followed by a pastorate in the Presbyterian church of Wilcox, Pa. For twenty-two years he was the beloved and
efficient pastor of the historic Little Redstone Presbyterian Church of Fayette county, Pa., which during his
pastorate celebrated the centennial of its organization,
and from which he retired owing to failing health only
a few weeks before he entered into rest. For many
years he served as stated clerk of his presbytery, and
was much beloved by his fellow ministers. Oct. 25,
1876, he married Susan C. Todd, of Stamford, Conn.
They had three children: Mary Hunter, deceased;
George D., who Jan. 25, 1911, married Angeline Wallace, of Chicago, and had one child, George D., Jr., who
died in infancy; Jeanette B., resides with her mother in
Belle Vernon, Pa.
(V) Mary E. Negley, eldest daughter of George G.
Negley, was educated at private schools and the Pittsburgh Female College. Her noble Christian life, fruitful in good works, was lived in Pittsburgh, where she
died Dec. 22, 1894.
(V) Sarah J. Mellon Negley, daughter of George G.
Negley, graduated from Vassar College, Poughkeepsie,
N. Y. For some years after her graduation she occupied the chair of Belles Lettres, at the Pennsylvania
College for Women, with efficiency and honor. She
resides at the family home, North Negley avenue, Pittsburgh.
(V) Anna Barbara Negley, daughter of George G.
Negley, was educated at private schools and the Pennsylvania College for Women. Oct. I6, 1879, she married Joseph K. Brick, of Philadelphia, Pa., and spent the
remainder of her eminently useful life as a resident of
that city, where she was an active and efficient member
of the West Walnut Street Presbyterian Church. Mrs.Brick died June 22, 1909. Her husband, Joseph K. Brick,
died July 16, 1912.
(V) M. Alice Negley, daughter of George G. Negley, was educated at private schools and the Pennsylvania College for Women. During the World War,
1917-18, she rendered efficient service in volunteer canteen and other Red Cross work. She resides at the family home, North Negley avenue, Pittsburgh.
(V) Georgina G. Negley, daughter of George G. Negley, is a graduate of the Pennsylvania College for Women. She resides at the family home, North Negley
avenue, Pittsburgh. For some years she has been genealogist of the Negley family; in 1919, by official appointment, she compiled the large and beautifully illustrated Centennial History of the church founded by her
grandparents, with the title of "East Liberty Presbyterian Church with Historical Setting and a Narrative of
the Centennial Celebration, April 12-20, 1919."
(V) Alexander Johnson Negley, youngest son of
George G. Negley, represents the fourth generation of
the historic name of the founder of the family in the
East Liberty Valley. Mr. Negley was educated at private schools, the Newell Institute, and University of
Pittsburgh. He was for many years identified with the
banking interests of his native city, first with the City
Deposit Bank and later with the Bank of Commerce,
since merged with the Mellon National Bank. He was
afterward engaged in the development of lumber and
mining interests in the West. Among other things Mr.
Negley's cultivated taste is manifested in his love of
nature. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States, Washington, D. C., the Pittsburgh
Chamber of Commerce, the Pittsboard Board of Trade,
the National Geographic Association, the American Forestry Association, the Archaeological Institute of America, the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania,
and the Audubon Society. During the World War, Mr.
Negley offered his service gratuitously to the American
Red Cross in connection with the Pittsburgh Chapter,
and received official recognition of "service faithfully
performed in behalf of the nation and her men at arms."
Oct. 12, 1893, he married Elizabeth Grayson Wishart,
daughter of Dr. John W. and Mary (McClurg) Wishart,
deceased. They reside at the family home, North Negley
avenue, Pittsburgh.
(V) Major-General James Scott Negley, son of Jacob
Negley, Jr. and Mary Ann Scott, and nephew of George
G. Negley, aforementioned, was for many years a conspicuous personage in the history of Pittsburgh. He had
an enviable record for heroism in both the war with
Mexico and the Civil War, and was promoted to the
rank of major-general after the battle of Stone River.
He was born Dec. 22, 1826, at East Liberty, Pa., and
was educated at the public schools and at the Western
University of Pennsylvania, but before his graduation
he enlisted in the Duquesne Grays, which organization
became a part of the First Pennsylvania Regiment. He
participated in the siege of Vera Cruz and the battles
of Cerro Gordo, La Perote and Las Vegas, and was at
the siege of Puebla. After this war ended he returned
to Pittsburgh, and for a time engaged in manufacturing
pursuits, but soon began farming and horticulture. He
became one of the most skilled horticulturists in the
country. While thus engaged, and prior to the Civil
War, he took a deep interest in the military matters of
his State, and was chosen brigadier-general of the
Eighteenth Division of the State Militia. Foreseeing
the civil conflict coming on, he as early as December,
I86o, made formal offer of an organized brigade to the
governor of Pennsylvania, but it was not until the president's first call for troops, April 17, I86I, that authority
was given him, after having been summoned to Harrisburg by the governor, to recruit and organize volunteers. He was mustered in as brigadier-general of volunteers and placed in command of the State encampment
at Lancaster. General Patterson chose him to lead one
of his brigades in the Shenandoah campaign during the
early part of the rebellion. He was prominent at the
engagement at Falling Waters, Va., and after his three
months' term had expired he was placed in command
of the volunteer camp at Harrisburg and later, with his
brigade, joined General Sherman's command in Kentucky. Under General Rosecrans, General Negley became quite prominent in the operations of the Tennessee
campaign. He led the forces against Morgan's command
at Shelbyville; was at the battle of Lavergne, Oct. 7,
1862, and defeated the Confederates under Anderson and
Forrest. At the battle of Stone River, in front of Murfreesboro, he commanded the Eighth Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, and throughout that never-to-beforgotten campaign performed heroic services of which
the government was not unmindful. He drove Breckenridge from the intrenchments and insured final success
to the Union army. For this valor and gallantry in
this signal victory, he was promoted to the rank of
major-general of volunteers. He led the advance at
Lookout Mountain and drove the enemy from its position and skillfully saved General Thomas' corps from
an overwhelming defeat at Davis' Cross Roads. At
Chickamauga, Rossville and Chattanooga his services
make for him, indeed, a proud record.
Soon after the latter engagement General Negley resigned, took leave of his command and returned to
Pennsylvania. In 1868 he took an active part in politics
and was in the campaign of "Grant, Colfax and Peace,"
and elected to a seat in the Forty-first Congress from the
Twenty-second Congressional District of Pennsylvania
by almost five thousand majority. He was reelected
to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses, and
again in 1874 was elected to Congress as well as to the
Forty-ninth Congress, after which he retired, and in
New York City embarked in railroad enterprises. While
in Congress he conceived the idea of making Pittsburgh
a deep water harbor and obtained the first appropriation
for this purpose. He also aided Ohio river and other
river and harbor enterprises. He was largely interested
in Mexican railway building. At one time he was president of the Union National League of America; member of the Grand Army of the Republic; Scott Legion;
Masonic fraternity; National Board of Steam Navigation; Shipping League, etc., holding official places in all.
Pittsburgh will long remember his work in securing the
appropriation for the Davis Island Dam.
General Negley was twice married, in 1848 to KateLosey, by whom he had three sons, Clifford, James S.
and George, all deceased. By his second marriage, to
Grace Ashton, he had three daughters: Grace, who
married Enoch S. Farson, and has two sons, James Negley, and Ensign Enoch S., Jr., of the United States
Naval Reserves, who, Sept. I5, 1917, married Louise
de Camp Butter, of Baltimore, Md.; Edith, and Mabel.
General Negley died Aug. 7, 1901, and was laid to rest
in the Negley family lot in Allegheny Cemetery with
military honors.
EDMUND W. MUDGE--Belonging to modern,
progressive Pittsburgh, his business operations on an
extensive scale contained in the two past decades, Mr.
Mudge has acquired holdings and interests that have
placed him among the city's foremost men of affairs.
He is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Philadelphia,
Jan. 12, 1870, son of Thomas Henry and Mary Emma
( Sheppard) Mudge.
Edmund W. Mudge was educated in private schools
of Philadelphia, and in young manhood entered business
life in Pittsburgh. Having gained a wide acquaintance
in the business world of the city, and familiarity with
the resources and opportunities of the district, he established, in 1905, the Edmund W. Mudge Company, dealers
in pig iron and coke, of which he became president, continuing its active head to the present. His business
connections have gradually widened, remaining, in the
main, in the field of industrial production, and he is
now (1921), in addition to the presidency of the organization bearing his name, chairman of the board of
directors of the Winton Steel Company, treasurer of
the L. P. Seeley Company, director of the Stove and
Range Company, of Pittsburgh, and the Edgewater Steel
Company, and president of the Westmoreland-Connellsville Coal and Coke Company, the Ella Furnace Company, the Reliance Coke Company, the Claire Furnace
Company, Redstone Coal and Coke Company, Mudge
Oil Company, and treasurer of the Huntley Oil Company. Mr. Mudge is also a director of Pittsburgh
Hotels' Company, the Hotel Service Company, the Columbia National Bank of Pittsburgh, and the Fidelity
Title and Trust Company. The number of his associations and the important part he bears in many of them
indicate his position of responsibility in Pittsburgh's
circle of business leaders, a place won in the vigor and
vision of young manhood. Mr. Mudge belongs to the
new order of industrialists and manufacturers, men who
make allies of science, system and efficiency, and has
directed numerous large undertakings in prosperous continuance. 
To a record of unusual brilliance in practical affairs
he has added a chapter of devoted service in civic matters. He is a trustee of the Associated Charities of
Pittsburgh, Allegheny General Hospital, and the Children's Service Bureau, and is a supporter of all forward
movements in his city, a man whose influence is constantly found upon the side of right. He is a Republican
in political belief, and well known socially, a member of
the Pittsburgh, Duquesne, Union, Oakmont, Country,
Press, Automobile, University and Country Longue Vue
clubs of Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, also the Union Club of Cleveland, the Chicago
Athletic Association, and the Union League of Philadelphia.
Mr. Mudge married, April 4, 1889, Pauline Seeley,
daughter of Leonard P. and Mary (Gordon) Seeley, of
Pittsburgh, and they are the parents of Edmund Webster, Jr., born Nov. 30, 1904; and Leonard Seeley, born
June 23, 1906. The family home is at Fifth and Morewood avenues.
FRANCIS TORRANCE, manufacturer, born in
Letterkenny, Donegal County, Ireland, Feb. 7, I8I6,
died in Pittsburgh, Pa., March II, I886. He was the
son of Francis Torrance, a prosperous North of Ireland farmer, and was one of a numerous family. His
educational advantages were exceptionally good. In
1840, at the age of twenty-one, he came to this country,
settling first in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he found employment as bookkeeper. Later he removed to Wellsville,
Ohio, and engaged in the grocery business. After some
years he returned to his native town in Ireland, married,
and went into business. Another seven years and he
was back in America, this time locating in Philadelphia,
where he again followed the grocery business. After a
few years he left Philadelphia, locating permanently in
Pittsburgh. He became the manager of the Schenley
Estate, having charge of its entire interest in America,
a property valued at over $3o,ooo,ooo. In the administration of this trust he was notably successful, and held
this office at the time of his death.
Mr. Torrance formed a business association with
James W. Arrott and John Fleming, and with them
established in 1875 the Standard Manufacturing Company, now (1921) the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing
Company, the most extensive concern devoted to the
manufacture of plumbing and sanitary goods in the
world. In this line of production, which has since
played so important a part in the advancement of health
and comfort, Mr. Torrance and his associates were
practically pioneers. Prior to 1875 sanitary pottery had
been mostly imported from England in small quantities,
and was almost unknown in rural communities. Some
few attempts in the manufacture of sanitary ware had
been made by progressive spirits, but had been abandoned because of the great difficulties attending the production of a commodity which was subject to heavy
losses during experimentation. In the case of one pioneer firm at least these losses amounted to 90 per cent.
Aside from the material there was also the difficulty in
finding men willing to undertake a task which carried
with it so great a risk of damage. Finally there was
the problem of educating the public as to the need of
sanitary plumbing, and the finding of a market for the
product. Mr. Torrance lived, however, to see the Standard factory on a sound producing basis. Development
and expansion, through the able management of his son,
the late Francis J. Torrance, and those associated with
him, have brought it to its present high industrial status.
In addition to his business activities, Mr. Torrance
was interested in the moral, educational and civic welfare of his community. He was a member of the Sandusky Street Baptist Church, and was for a number ofyears president of its board of trustees. He was a member of the Central School Board of Allegheny-now
Northside, Pittsburgh-for eighteen years, and served
for a succession of years as a member of the Select
Council of Allegheny. He was a Republican in his
political views, and although he never sought office or
public preferment of any sort, held the most exalted
ideas of good government and the responsibilities of
citizenship. He abhorred publicity, and for that reason
the great number of public services he performed as
well as his frequent benefactions will never be chronicled. Magnetic in personality, and genial and sympathetic in disposition, possessed of an unusual humor, it
was said of Francis Torrance that his death "deprived
Pittsburgh of a man whose business talents were of the
highest order and whose will was simply indomitable.
Full of work, of fiery energy and unquenchable hope, he
represented a type the value of which to a city it is impossible to estimate. The influence of such men ramifies
all through the commercial and industrial life, extending
itself to the entire social economy, and every man from
the toiling laborer to the merchant prince receives benefit from them."
Mr. Torrance married (first) in Letterkenny, Ireland,
Ann Jane McClure, who died in 1855. By her he had
three children. In 1857 he married (second) Jane
Waddell, daughter of John Waddell. She was the
mother of one son, the late Francis J. Torrance, a sketch
of whom follows; and one daughter who died in infancy. Jane (Waddell) Torrance was a woman of
much native ability and great charm of person and
manner. On her death, in 19o8, Dr. A. J. Bonsall, in
conducting her funeral service, said:
This stainless, stately, gracious lady withdrew years
ago from active participation in the whirling movement of the outside world to the retirement of her quiet
room. Here she had a throne, and affection and solicitude waited upon her in unfailing courtesy. She heard
the rush and roar of our tumultuous human life only as
a subdued murmur; she felt only the fainter vibrations
of its jar. But both mind and heart were fully awake,
and her spiritual vision had a wide horizon. She
watched the progress of the Kingdom of God. She
cherished a keen interest in the higher things of life.
Surrounded by books and all the instruments of culture, she retained a freshness of feeling for these
things that did not wither to the last. * * * And
here she waited with tranquil spirit for the coming of
God's messenger. She knew Whom she had believed
and was persuaded that He was able to keep what she
had committed to Him. Early in life she made a public
confession of Christ. For over fifty years she was a
member of the Sandusky Street Baptist Church. In
other days she was personally active in its organizations; always she shared in them by her sympathies
and support. Her faith was strong, her hope was
bright, her peace was the deep peace of God. At last
he came, the messenger. With his broad pinions he
overshadowed her for weary days and nights, hovering
over her, drawing nearer, ever nearer, till at last he
touched her heart. It ceased to beat, and her spirit
went to God.
FRANCIS J. TORRANCE-n setting forth for
future generations the outline of the life of Francis J.
Torrance, as Time weaves its web between his era and
the present, the fact that commands and holds instant
attention is the vastness of his accomplishments in the
two fields that claimed the largest share of his time and
effort, business and philanthropic work. He was one of
the heads of a business that did more than create industrial activity and supply a commercial need, for the
Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company marketed
products that fostered health and the public welfare,
and in private and organized charitable work he filled
out a career whose highest aim was the service of his
fellow-men. Many other fields of endeavor knew his
influence and interested participation, but these were
his major interests., There remains for mention, before
the detail of his career is given, the naming of the
center and source of the inspiration for his ministry of
well-doing, his home life, which, in the words of another
of his biographers, "was rich in the treasures of sympathy and affection that outweigh every other earthly
good."
Francis J. Torrance, son of Francis and Jane (Waddell) Torrance (q. v.), was born in Allegheny City,
June 27, 1859, and died at his Pittsburgh residence, Jan.
8, 1919. He received his elementary education in the
public schools of his native city, graduating from the
Third Ward school in 1874. Later he took a course at
Newell Institute, completing his scholastic work in the
Western University of Pennsylvania. While still a
young man he became a clerk in the offices of the Standard Manufacturing Company, an organization founded
by his father and associates for the manufacture of
enameled ware. At an early age he had mastered the
details of the business, and had served an apprenticeship
in every department of the factory and office. He
worked in the pattern shop, in the foundry, at the enameling furnaces, and in the mixing room in the preparation of the secret enamel formulae, a branch with which
he continued in active touch for many years. His ability and genius were recognized, and in I886 he was made
treasurer of the rapidly growing company, a place he
was eminently qualified to fill.
In the early eighties Mr. Torrance had perfected the
process of dry enameling, and while realizing the possibilities laid open by the invention, he saw too that a
wide-spread educational campaign would be necessary
to produce a sentiment for improved sanitary appliances, for then modern plumbing was almost unknown.
This work was begun as early as 1887, and became a
vital force for right and healthful living. The history
of modern sanitation is written around Mr. Torrance's
busy, eventful life.
In I899 the Standard Manufacturing Company, the
Ahrens  Ott Manufacturing Company, Dawes  Myler,
and other smaller concerns consolidated and formed the
Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company. Mr. Torrance took a leading part in the merging of these concerns, and on Jan. I, I9oo, became first vice-president
and chairman of the executive committee, offices he filled
until his death. The principal factories of the company
were at Pittsburgh, Pa., Louisville, Ky., New Brighton,
Pa., Kokomo, Ind., Tiffin, Ohio, and Toronto, Canada.
Branches, warehouses, and offices were established in
every prominent city in the United States and in many
foreign countries, and a market of remarkable scope was
developed. The chief ambition of his business life was
to make the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company the greatest of its kind in the world, and he left
behind him a monument of energy and business sagacityerty on Market street near Liberty from his estate,
he moved his carpet business into that building. The
present McClintock building was erected on that site.
In 1862 he took his oldest son Oliver into partnership,
the firm title being W. McClintock  Son. In 1863
he bought out Robinson  Company, his chief competitor, and organized it into a new and separate firm,
Oliver McClintock  Company. In 1864 the firm
of W. McClintock  Son was merged with Oliver
McClintock  Company. Oliver's three brothers were
successively taken into the firm, Walter Lowrie McClintock in 1864, Thompson McClintock in 1874, and
Frank Thompson McClintock in 1884. In 1897 the
old firm was incorporated as the Oliver McClintock
Company, with Oliver McClintock, president; Walter
L. McClintock, treasurer, and Frank T. McClintock,
secretary, to conduct a wholesale and retail business in
carpets, rugs, furniture and draperies. The firm's personnel included also Oliver's sons, Norman and Walter.
On April I, 1914, the firm was finally dissolved.
Besides its independent continuance during fifty-two
years, the Oliver McClintock Company was in turn the
lineal successor of Samuel Thompson and Washington
McClintock, respectively grandfather and father of the
five McClintock brothers of the present time, and so
has covered a period of one hundred and six years of
continuous mercantile activity by three generations of
a single family. The firm was at its close, without a
doubt, the oldest mercantile firm in Pittsburgh. It saw
and had a part in the tremendous changes which have
taken place in the manufacture, transportation and distribution of merchandise during the past century.
Samuel Thompson's first business of clothing for the
person naturally preceded the use of coverings for the
floors. At one time in this period, according to Mrs.
Elizabeth Denny, a member of a pioneer family, "a
rag carpet was the finest and only floor covering to
be found in Pittsburgh." Then followed the wonderful
development of the American manufacture of floor
textiles of every description, and at the present time
in the use of costly Oriental rugs, not as a luxury
but as a necessity of living. In transportation, Samuel
Thompson traveled to New York by stage-coach, and
hauled his goods from New York to Pittsburgh over
the Allegheny mountains by four-horse Conestoga
wagons. Washington McClintock transported his carpets by the Pennsylvania canal, which was opened
between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in 1829, but now
the canal is superseded by fast railroad transportation,
at greatly reduced rates. The similar revolution in
the methods of selling and distributing of goods is
illustrated by the history of the Oliver McClintock
Company, devoted for half a century to one branch of
business exclusively, then yielding their premises and
business for the erection of the Rosenbaum Company's
large modern department store.
Oliver McClintock, oldest of seven children of Washington and Eliza (Thompson) McClintock, was born
Oct. 20, 1839, on Pitt street (now Stanwix), near
Liberty street, Pittsburgh. His preparatory education
was received at the academies conducted by Rev. Joseph T. Travelli in Sewickley, Pa., and Prof. Lewis T.
Bradley in Allegheny (now North Side, Pittsburgh).
He graduated from Yale in 1861, receiving the degree
of M. A. "in course" in 1864. He entered his father's
business in 1862 and continued in the business of carpets, rugs, furniture and draperies, wholesale and retail,
to 1914, a period of fifty-two years. Oliver McClintock's active and successful business life did not deter
him from taking a leading part in patriotic, philanthropic, religious and educational movements of city,
State and county. He and his future wife, then Miss
Clara Childs, were both members of the Pittsburgh
Subsistence Committee organized in 1861, afterwards
an auxiliary of the United States Christian Commission.
Their special task was to feed and care for the 5o0,ooo
United States soldiers of the Civil War who passed
through Pittsburgh.
Mr. McClintock was a corporal in Company D, 15th
Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, which saw active
service during the two invasions of Pennsylvania by
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. At the time of the
first invasion, when the battle of Antietam took place,
Sept. 17, 1862, the regiment was rushed into Maryland
to aid General McClellan's army. They arrived after
the battle, but gave useful service to our weary army.
It was a drawn battle, but had the result of compelling
General Lee to abandon his invasion, to recross the
Potomac and withdraw into Virginia. At the time of
General Lee's second invasion, when it was uncertain
whether he intended to attack Philadelphia, or Pittsburgh, he was compelled to fight the battle of Gettysburgh, July I-3, 1863, and receive a crushing defeat.
The I5th at that time saw arduous service in the hasty
construction of defenses for Pittsburgh. Mr. McClintock is a member of Post No. 259, Grand Army of the
Republic, Department of Pennsylvania.
In 1863 he was elected elder in the Second Presbyterian Church; was first president of the Young Men's
Christian Association (I866-I868), when it was reorganized in I866, after the Civil War; has been
continuously a trustee of the Western Theological
Seminary (Presbyterian) since 1876, and president of
the board in 1907. In 1872 he became trustee of the
Pennsylvania College for Women, and has been president of the board since 1905. In 1883, with the primary
motive of fitting their sons for college, he, with his
brother-in-law, Albert H. Childs, and six others, founded
Shadyside Academy, with Prof. William R. Crabbe as
principal. Their sons composed the first class with a
four years' course, graduating in 1887, all becoming
prominent and useful in after life.
He is an Independent Republican in politics, a
member of the Citizens' Political Union, a member
of the Duquesne Club, of Pittsburgh, and of the Huron
Mountain Club, Big Bay, Mich. He now has the distinction of being the oldest member of the Pittsburgh
Chamber of Commerce; was a director from I89o to
1914, a member of its Committee on Municipal Affairs
since 1892, chairman of that committee, I907-08, vicechairman, I909-II. As committeeman, he was author
of reports on various municipal problems which were
adopted and printed by the Chamber. For several
years he has been director of the Civic Club of Allegheny County, its vice-president 1909 to 1910, president
from 1911 to 1915, also member of the American Civicimpressive in its proportions. In no way did he more
convincingly prove his title to eminent place among the
business men of his day than in his attitude toward his
employees. They caught the spirit of his own enthusiasm, and, learning that faithfulness and ability were
always recognized, gave him efficient, intelligent service.
Mr. Torrance was financially and officially associated
with other industrial and business organizations, none
of which he permitted to conflict with the demands
upon his time and strength made by the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company.
Mr. Torrance was deeply interested in political affairs
as a Republican, and served sixteen years as a member
of the Select Council of Allegheny City, for ten years
as president of that body. He was a delegate to the
Republican National Convention at Minneapolis, Minn.,
in 1892, which nominated Benjamin Harrison for the
presidency, and in 1896 was a delegate-at-large to the
Republican National Convention at St. Louis, where
William McKinley was nominated. The cause of education in all forms found in him a stalwart champion, and
he was a director of the Allegheny Preparatory School
and a trustee of Bucknell University, which conferred
upon him the degree of Master of Arts in 1908. In
December, 1893, he was made a director of the Western
Pennsylvania Exposition Society, and in January, 1897,
was elected president, a position he held the remainder
of his life. In 1896 he was chosen chairman of the
Republican City Committee of Allegheny, an office he
held for several years, and he later was president of the
Americus Club for two terms.
On May 2, 1895, Governor Hastings appointed Mr.
Torrance commissioner of the Board of Public Charities, and a member of the Committee on Lunacy. From
that time until his death he served uninterruptedly as a
member of the board through reappointment by each
succeeding governor throughout twenty-four years, and
for the last thirteen years of his long tenure of office
was president of the board. He gave himself wholeheartedly to its work, spent himself prodigally in the
cause, and made the Board of Public Charities a potent
factor for efficiency and righteousness in the conduct of
public institutions throughout Pennsylvania. He personally visited nearly all the public institutions of the
State, state controlled, semi-state controlled, hospitals,
homes, almshouses and jails, and through his associates
was constantly well-informed as to their condition and
work. His annual reports, rendered to the State Legislature, were models of exactness and clarity, and most
of the recommendations he submitted in this manner
were referred to the proper authorities for execution.
While Mr. Torrance left the impress of his personality
and wise judgment upon many Pennsylvania institutions, elemosynary and corrective, he was responsible
in important degree for the construction of the new
penitentiary in Center county, Pa. He urged the building of that institution for many years before he won his
point, and when the Legislature finally ordered its erection his influence caused it to be done along the most
modern lines, governed by the principle that a prison
may serve reformatory and educational as well as punitive purposes. Bright and airy cells, means of recreaPitt8.-1-5
tion and study, and many other privileges and opportunities that society has found it wise to offer those whose
segregation is necessary, were made part of the plan of
this institution, and Mr. Torrance felt the joy and satisfaction that comes with a good work well done. He
was also one of the founders of the Woods Run Settlement, and active in numerous other associations for the
betterment of the unfortunate throughout the State.
His private charities were so great in extent that much
of his valuable time was devoted to aiding those who
needed advice or aid. Mr. Torrance's interest and
energy were characteristic in the planning of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane at Blairsville
intersection, the railroad station now called Torrance.
This asylum is now in course of construction, and will
be one of the finest and most modern in the East.
During 1917 and 1918, Mr. Torrance devoted a large
part of his day to his duties as secretary of the local
draft board for the eighteenth division of the city of
Pittsburgh, and was tireless in the performance of his
obligations in this connection. To almost every one of
the thousands of men passed upon by this board he gave
a parting handclasp and words of friendly advice or
cheer. He gave of his time and energy prodigally to
further our participation in the great World War, and
so tireless was he that there is not the slightest doubt
but that he can be numbered among the casualties of
this war, his death directly attributable to great strain
and exertion.
At the time of his death, Mr. Torrance was a member
of the American Academy of Political and Social
Science, the American Bible Society, the Pennsylvania
Society of New York, the Civic Club, Duquesne Club,
Union Club, Press Club, Americus Club, Pittsburgh
Country Club, Manufacturers' Club of Philadelphia,
New York Club of New York City, Pen and Pencil Club,
of Philadelphia, Old Colony Club of New York, Fulton
Club of New York, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and
the University Club of London. He was also a member of Crescent Lodge, No. 576, Free and Accepted
Masons, of Pittsburgh. His gentleness, courtesy, and
kindness to all, young, old, friend or chance acquaintance, endeared him to all hearts alike. His was a rare
personality, sympathetic, considerate, benevolent and
lovable. He was a lifelong member of Sandusky Street
Baptist Church, and at the death of his father, in I886,
succeeded him as a member of the board of trustees, and
for thirty-three years served as its president.
Francis J. Torrance married, Nov. 6, 1884, Mary
Rachel Dibert, daughter of David and Lydia (Griffith)
Dibert, of Johnstown, Pa. Their one child, Jane, married Horace Forbes Baker, and they are the parents of
Francis J. Torrance Baker, and Mary Rachel Dibert
Baker.
Mr. Torrance's funeral services were held in the Sandusky Street Baptist Church. They were marked by
the sincerity and poignance of the grief of those in
attendance who came from every walk of life. The
concluding paragraph of this record is quoted from the
words of Dr. A. J. Bonsall who conducted the ceremonies:No man I ever knew was more unstained by selfishness than he. I never saw in him envy of others, nor
any disposition to detract from their deserts. He was
trusted and loved; trusted because trustworthy, loved
because so lovable. His social qualities were extraordinary, and his manner and actions were crowned
with a princely courtesy as natural as it was unfailing. He loved his home and books, and a retentive
memory made his mind a store house of information.
He was controlled by a conscientiousness that led him
to carry burdens and labor under responsibilities that
many another might have thrown aside or refused.
JAMES A. McCRORY-Thne father of our subject,
John McCrory, was both a personality and a firm in the
steel business, and under his father, and with the firm
of the same name, James A. McCrory came to his expert
knowledge of the steel business. The son has gone on
in the business, and since 1916 has been secretary of the
American Steel Company.
James A. McCrory, son of John and Margaret (McCully) McCrory, was born in Joliet, Ill., Sept. 23, I886,
and there until 19o2 he attended the public schools. In
that year at the age of sixteen, he became associated
with his father in the steel business, and the firm, John
McCrory  Sons, became well known. In 1912 that
firm was absorbed by the American Steel Company, and
James A. McCrory was appointed sales manager of the
absorbing company. Four years later he  was elected
secretary of the company, a position he has now most
capably filled for five years. Mr. McCrory is a member of the Union Club of Pittsburgh, and of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association.
Mr. McCrory married, in Pittsburgh, Aug. 29, I906,
Florence V. Reynolds, and they are the parents of two
children: Florence V., and Adrian.
EDWARD GREGG-To say of a man that he was
a pioneer business man of Pittsburgh-the center of the
Industrial World-is equivalent to claiming for him the
distinction of membership in an order of knighthood,
but this is what might with truth be said of the late
Edward Gregg, for years a power in business affairs
of the Iron City.
Edward Gregg was born in Allegheny county, Pa.,
March 16, 1815, son of Levi and Elizabeth (Beltz);
Gregg. Levi Gregg was a native of Pennsylvania, and
Elizabeth Beltz was born in Germany. His father was
of Scotch-Irish descent, from ancestors who have resided near Philadelphia for many generations Levi
Gregg came to Allegheny county when a young man,
and located on a farm near Bridgeville, and later settled
at what is known as Gregg's Crossing, on the Panhandle railroad, near Oakdale, and followed agricultural
pursuits.
Edward Gregg was reared on his father's farm, and
educated in the common schools. When fourteen years
of age he came to Pittsburgh and learned the hardware
business as apprentice in the store of Benjamin Darlington. Later he entered the employ of Logan  Kennedy, and in 1838 became a member of the firm of Logan,
Wilson  Company. In 1857 the business was reorganized under the name of Logan  Gregg, and upon the
death of John T. Logan, in 1871, the firm name was
changed to Logan, Gregg  Company, of which Mr.
Gregg was the senior member and the active managing
partner up to his death. When confronted by the inevitable difficulties and obstacles which are encountered
by every man who enters the commercial arena, Mr.
Gregg displayed a force of character which enabled
him to overcome them and continue his steadfast course
on the pathway to prosperity. In 1896 the business was
incorporated under its present name, the Logan-Gregg
Hardware Company. A number of financial institutions
in which Mr. Gregg was interested derived great benefit from his wise counsel, which was that of a man of
mature judgment, capable of taking a calm survey of
life and correctly estimating its opportunities, its possibilities, its demands and its obligations. For eighteen
years he served as director and vice-president of the
Safe Deposit  Trust Company. He was a director of the
People's Savings Bank, the Iron City Bank, the Western
Insurance Company, and a stockholder in several other
business enterprises. The goal of his ambition was success, but he would have no success which had not for
its basis truth and honor, and on these sure foundations
he reared the fair fabric of his fortune.
A liberal giver to charity, Mr. Gregg always shunned
publicity, and the full number of his benefactions was
known only to the recipients of his bounty. To any
project having for its end the promotion of the welfare
of Pittsburgh he lent his hearty cooperation, and his
genial nature and companionable disposition caused him
to be prominently identified with the social life of the
city. He was a member of the board of trustees of the
Reform School at Morganza, and in the early days
served as chief of the Pittsburgh Volunteer Fire Department. Mr. Gregg was a regular attendant of the First
Presbyterian Church. In politics he was a Republican.
Mr. Gregg married, June 10, I85o, Clara A. Parke,
daughter of John Parke, a prominent silversmith of
Pittsburgh, who was a soldier in the War of 1812, member of the Pittsburgh Blues. By this marriage Mr.
Gregg gained the life companionship of a charming and
congenial woman, one fitted by native refinement, a
bright mind and thorough education, for her position as
one of the city's favorite hostesses, and withal an accomplished home-maker. Mrs. Gregg is prominent in
church and social circles, belongs to the First Presbyterian Church, and is a member of the board of managers of the Homceopathic Hospital of Pittsburgh. Mr.
Gregg was a man of strong domestic tastes and affections, passing his happiest hours at his own fireside,
where he delighted to entertain his many friends. Mr.
and Mrs. Gregg were the parents of three children, who
died early in life.
The death of Mr. Gregg, which occurred April 4,
1890, closed a career of usefulness and honor, a career
strikingly illustrative of the fundamental principles of
a true life, the record of which is unmarred by any
shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil. Edward Gregg,
astute business man and public-spirited citizen, had the
modesty which always accompanies genuine elevation of
character. Self-laudation was impossible to him. His
motto was "Do." Such men are the glory of Pittsburgh.
ROBERT M. REPP-A lifetime of service in one
business interest is Mr. Repp's record in active life. The
clerk of Logan, Gregg  Company of 1882 became the
vice-president of the incorporated organization in I9I8,this statement covering a period spent in diligent purSuit of the company's interests and a steady rise to positions of greater importance and responsibility. He has
been associated with the life of Pittsburgh in many
relations, social, religious, and musical, and has supported all organized effort for her advancement and
welfare.
Robert M. Repp was born in Pittsburgh, Aug. 18,.
1864, son of Charles and Barbara Repp, long residents
of the city. He attended the public schools of Pittsburgh, and was graduated from high school in the class
of 1881, the year following entering the employ of Logan,
Gregg  Company in the capacity of clerk. His industry,
application, and quick comprehension of all details of the
business gained approving recognition, and he was advanced through several grades of service, in 1896, upon
the incorporation of the business as the Logan-Gregg
Hardware Company, becoming general manager and a
director of the company. In 1918 he was elected vicepresident of the company and fills this office at the present time. The four decades of his connection with the
business have witnessed its steady growth in volume and
prosperity, to which his wise judgment and strong
direction have generously contributed.
Mr. Repp is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of
Commerce. His recreations are largely those of the
out-doors, and he is a member of the Stanton Heights
Golf Club and the Beaver Valley Country Club. He is
a devotee of music, and as a young man was for ten
years organist of the Smithfield Methodist Episcopal
Church. At that time he was a member of the Mozart
Club, and for a number of years was secretary of that
organization. He is a member of Christ Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Mr. Repp married, in November, 1884, Lida Brickell,
daughter of William B. Brickell, descendant of one of
the old pioneer families of Pittsburgh. Her father held
high place in Pittsburgh banking circles. They are the
parents of two children, Lida and Robert M., Jr. The
family home is at No. 452 South Atlantic avenue, East
End.
THOMAS ALBERT PARKE--very great city is
to a certain extent the creation of her merchants and
manufacturers, but of Pittsburgh this is true to a preeminent degree, and among those who have contributed
largely toward making her the "Workshop of the
World" must be numbered the late Thomas Albert
Parke, of the widely known firm of Logan-Gregg Hardware Company, and for many years closely identified
with the leading interests of the Iron City.
Thomas Albert Parke was born in Canonsburg, Pa.,
April 14, 1849. His father, Thomas C. Parke, was the
son of John Parke, one of the early settlers of Pittsburgh, and a member of the Pittsburgh Blues during the
War of 1812. Thomas A. Parke was reared and received his early education in Wellsburg, W. Va. When
thirteen years of age he came to Pittsburgh and entered
the employ of his uncle, Edward Gregg, in the hardware
house of Logan, Gregg  Company, now the LoganGregg Hardware Company. In this position his industry
and energy, his courage and fidelity to principle, insured
hit speedy success, and in 1867 he became a partner in
the firm. Upon the death of Mr. Gregg, in April, 1890,
Mr. Parke became general manager of the business and
continued as such until his death. Of this firm Mr.
Parke was a presiding genius, building it up and maintaining it by his force of character, sound judgment and
wisely aggressive methods. As a business man he was
in many respects a model. He would have no success
which had not for its basis truth and honor, and no
amount of gain could lure him from the undeviating
line of rectitude. His unvarying justice and kindliness
toward his employees caused him to be greatly beloved
by them and won for him their most loyal support.
The vigorous, compelling nature of Mr. Parke, and
his keen, practical mind insured the success of every
undertaking to which he gave his vitalizing energy. He
was a director of the Allegheny Insurance Company, the
People's Natural Gas Pipeage Company, and the People's Savings Bank, of Pittsburgh. He was president
of the board of trustees of the Presbyterian Hospital of
Pittsburgh and Allegheny, and was one of the original
committee to settle upon the plans for the Carnegie Library. In politics Mr. Parke was a Republican, and a
man of great influence in the councils of the party. In
1885 he was elected to represent the Second Ward in
the Common Council of Allegheny City, and in 1887
became president of the Council and held that office until
death. As a citizen with exalted ideas of good government and civic virtue, he stood in the front rank, and
no project which in his judgment tended to advance the
welfare of Pittsburgh lacked his hearty cooperation.
Widely, but unostentatiously charitable, he was ever
ready to respond to any deserving call made upon him.
He was a member of the Second Presbyterian Church
of Pittsburgh, and president and treasurer of the board
of trustees and in charge of the church finances. In
later years Mr. Parke was connected with the North
Presbyterian Church, of Allegheny, and served as a
member of the building committee when the church was
rebuilt. Realizing that he would not pass this way
again, he made wise use of his opportunities and his
wealth, conforming his life to the loftiest standards of
rectitude. The countenance and bearing of Mr. Parke
were indicative of his noble nature, his commanding
abilities and his genial disposition. Few men have been
more beloved, and his friends, who were numberless,
were to be found in all classes of the community. Mr.
Parke was a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Mr. Parke married, June I, 1871, Letitia Howard,
youngest. daughter of the late Rev. W. D. Howard,
D. D., for many years pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, of Pittsburgh. By his marriage Mr.
Parke gained the life companionship of a charming and
congenial woman, one fitted by native refinement, a
bright mind and thorough education for her exacting
duties as a leader of Pittsburgh society, duties which
she discharged with the most perfect grace and winning
tactfulness. Withal Mrs. Parke was an accomplished
homemaker, and her husband, who was never so happy
as at his own fireside, surrounded by the beings he loved
best on earth, ever found in her a helpmate truly ideal.
The death of Mrs. Parke occurred April 2, 1912. Mr.and Mrs. Parke were the parents of one son, William
Howard Parke, whose sketch follows.
The death of this gifted and lovable man, which occurred Dec. 5, 1895, at the comparatively early age of
forty-six years, was mourned as sincerely by both high
and humble as ever falls to the lot of any. Not his works
only will perpetuate his name, but the far sweeter monument of grateful memories. Passing away ere he had
reached his prime, he accomplished more than do most
of those who attain to "three score and ten." Honorable
and generous in business, sincere and true in his friendships, devoted in his family relations, his public and
private life was one rounded whole-two perfect parts
of a symmetrical sphere. With an optimistic outlook
upon life, with faith in humanity, with a helping hand
and word of cheer for all who needed to have their pathways made smoother, Thomas A. Parke won a place that
was all his own in the hearts of those privileged to know
him.
WILLIAM HOWARD PARKE-Among those
citizens of Pittsburgh who, by their contribution to the
solid business interests of the city, have helped to build
the economic prosperity of their community is William
Howard Parke, secretary of the Logan-Gregg Hardware
Company. Many minds, many types of ability, and many
and diverse personalities go into the making of a big
business organization, and not the least essential is that
type which most ideally meets the exacting requirements
of the secretarial office. To ably and efficiently fill that
office in a big organization is to contribute that which
goes far towards insuring smooth-running efficiency in
the operation of that complicated system of wheels and
wheels within wheels which makes up the complex
mechanism of modern business. Such has been the contribution of William Howard Parke, son of Thomas
Albert and Letitia (Howard) Parke, born in Pittsburgh,
Aug. 22, 1876 (q. V.).
William Howard Parke received his education in the
public schools of his native city and in preparatory
schools, and then became associated with his father in
the Logan, Gregg  Company hardware concern. Inheriting many of his father's gifts of clear thinking,
accurate analysis, and systematic, scientific methods of
working, he early showed his fitness for positions of
trust in the work of the company. He was made secretary of the company, and as an able, efficient incumbent
of that office he has shown himself to be a farsighted,
able, and highly gifted business man. Like his father,
upright, and conscientious, standing for the highest
ideals of business honor and integrity, he is one of the
rock characters upon which the foundations of business
must rest, if that business is to endure.
In addition to his business interests, Mr. Parke finds
time for club activities. He is a member of the Pittsburgh, the Duquesne, the Pittsburgh Golf, the Long Vue
Country, the Oakmont Country, and the Republican
Americus clubs, also the Pittsburgh Athletic Association.
Both he and his family are members of the First Presbyterian Church, of Pittsburgh.
On Nov. 20, I908, in Pittsburgh, Mr. Parke married
Elizabeth McClelland Friend, daughter of James Wood
and Martha A. (McClelland) Friend.
OSCAR HOLMES BABCOCK, SR.-As a people
the Americans are rather disposed to self-complacency,
and if we may believe our observers in foreign lands,
not at all prone to underrate their own achievements,
traits, perhaps not the most commendable in the world.
And yet when we regard the little short of miracle
through which a vast uncharted wilderness has been
turned in a little better than a century or two into the
present mighty empire, there seems not a little excuse
for a certain amount of satisfaction with what has
been done, for truly it would be a difficult thing to
overstate so huge a matter. Nowhere than in Pennsylvania are the results of this transformation more strikingly seen if we will but use the eye of fancy to call
up to view those gloomy wastes, vague and dim, stretching no man knew whither, the dwelling place of savage
tribes, and then witness, with the eye of flesh, the bustling cities, the prosperous farms, the churches, schools
and universities, symbols everyone of civilization, wealth
and culture. This work is the deed of many. Thousands of heroes, especially in the great wars, have put
their shoulders to the wheel and have fallen at the task
unremembered by us, the beneficiaries of their efforts;
it is the work of the rank and file of our people from
whom none shall take the credit. It is for this reason
that we honor a host of staunch old families. Generation after generation, with unconquerable purpose and
cheerful courage, have striven to further the great work
of all our hands; their members have been typical of that
ideal, honest, open-hearted, kindly, and unfearful spirit
which we delight to think of as the true American. The
names of such families is legion, if we consider this or
that section of it comprised within the boundaries of a
single State, but perhaps if we turn our attention to a
more restricted neighborhood, it will be appropriate to
pick out and call by name certain such as have there
deserved high regard and honor.
In the southwestern section of the State of Pennsylvania lies the county of Allegheny, and prominent there
for a number of years has lived the Babcock family, of
whom the subject of this brief review, Oscar Holmes
Babcock, Sr., is a most worthy representative. For
many years the Babcocks have played a prominent part
in the history of the State and Nation, figuring in the
development of its politics, industrial, and educational
life. It may also be truthfully said that there are many
communities in at least a half dozen states who practically owe their beginning, in fact their very sustainance, to this grand old family.
The name Babcock was introduced from England in
various forms, such as Badcock, Badcook, Badcoke,
Badcooke, and Babcock. The early settlers usually
spelled it Badcock, which is the form in general use in
England.
James Badcock, the immigrant ancestor of the family of that name in Pennsylvania, was born in England, in 1612, in County Essex, and died June 12, 1679.
He came to America in the schooner "Ann" about 1640,
and settled first in Portsmouth, R. I., where he was
admitted an inhabitant of the town in 1642. He had a
grant of land; was admitted a freeman on July 10,.
1648; was juryman several times, and assessor in 1650:Association, the National Civil Service Reform
League and the Civil Service Reform Association of Pennsylvania, Ballot Reform Association and
Indian Rights Association of Pennsylvania. Since
1898 he has been a mmber of the executive council
of the National Municipal League, and vicepresident since 1916. His reports to the Chamber
of Commerce, bearing upon important municipal
problems and as their delegate to the Annual Conferences of the National Municipal League, were adopted
and printed by the Chamber. In 1910 he was secretary
of the Citizens Committee for relief of sufferers by the
explosion in the Pittsburgh Coal Company's Darr
Mine at Jacobs Creek, Pa., Dec. 19, 1907, when of 239
miners at work only one survived. He wrote the
committee's report (pp. 32) on the management and distribution of the public relief fund of $IOO,ooo, which
has since been accepted and followed as a model for
procedure and distribution in similar disasters.
He was a member of the Emergency Public Safety
Committee, appointed by a public mass meeting, which
functioned for two weeks in place of a collapsed city
government at the time of the great railroad strike and
rioting of July, 1877, when the efforts of the mayor, the
county sheriff and the State and local military utterly
failed in quelling the disorders.
He was on a joint committee from the Chamber of
Commerce and other civic organizations, which secured
from the State Legislature in 1907 a Civil Service Law
for cities of the second class (Pittsburgh, Allegheny
and Scranton). In 1909 he was a member of a similar
joint committee, which secured from the State Legislature, in spite of the strenuous opposition of the State
political machine, the abrogation of Pittsburgh's antiquated, unwieldy and corrupt double-branch system
of city councils, elected by wards, and the substitution
of a small council of nine, elected at large, on a nonpartisan ballot. Its operation in Pittsburgh has brought
about a great advance in efficiency, economy and honesty
in Pittsburgh's councilmanic administration. Mr. McClintock was one of the organizers of the Citizens'
Municipal League of Pittsburgh in 1895, and a member
of an Executive Committee of Five, empowered by a
citizens' mass meeting in I896, to select candidates for
the ensuing municipal election, and to conduct a campaign in their behalf. That campaign was remarkable
for its aggressiveness and heat, and for its awakening
of the people to realize that good city government
should be conducted on the business principle of efficiency only, and be entirely divorced from the corrupt
and ruinous partisanship of national political parties.
The whirlwind campaign took the machine party by
surprise, and yet the reform party was defeated by a
reported majority of only I,ooo on the face of the returns, having been fraudulently counted out, as was
afterwards conceded by the leader of the dominant party.
He said, "We were not prepared to lose control of the
city, and when, at midnight, we found the election
returns going against us, the returns were halted until
we could fix the ballot boxes to suit us. Our business
interests demanded that we retain control at any cost
and by any means." An unsuccessful effort was made
to have the court order a recount of the vote.
The "tables were turned," however, when as a member of the executive committee of the Citizens' party,
in the next election of 1898, he had his reward in a
sweeping victory for the reform party's city and county
tickets, electing Hon. George W. Guthrie mayor, four
United States congressmen, a number of city councilmen and lesser officials. This time the manipulation
of the ballot boxes was not tried. So effective was
Mr. McClintock's part in these municipal contests that
it called forth many tributes of appreciation. From one
of these we quote the following by Lincoln Steffens in
an article entitled "Pittsburgh, a City Ashamed," in
"McClure's Magazine," May, 1903:
If there is one man in Pittsburgh, who deserves
credit for successful results of reform in municipal
politics, it is Oliver McClintock, for many year.s one
of the most aggressive foes of the political machine.
It was on the foundation laid by Mr. McClintock and
his associates in 1895-96 that the Citizens' Party
gained an overwhelming victory in the municipal election of 1898, and it was only after the party leaders
of 1898 had repudiated the principles he advocated,
and for which he fought, that he left that party to
continue his persistent fight for purification of city
politics. Victories have not alway.s been with Mr.
McClintock, but it was his indomitable persistence,
despite defeats, that won for him the admiration of
even those whom he fought.
In responding to the editor's questions, as to his ancestry and the chief activities of his life, Oliver McClintock writes:
Whatever of zeal I may have had in promoting religion and higher education, and in contending for
the rights of the people and the welfare of Pittsburgh, my native city, I believe that the main spring
of my inspiration lies in my native American ancestry-in the McClintocks, Thompsons and Parkes, and
still farther back, in my Scotch-Irish ancestry. I have
only yielded to the irresistible impulses of my hereditary hatred of both ecclesiastical and political domination. As the psychologists say, a man is apt to become a saint or criminal because of his forebears, so
I became a political reformer and a fighter against
the boss and political machine, because of my forebears in Scotland and in the American Revolution.
It was in my blood; I couldn't help being a reformer
and setting my face against autocracy in church, or
state.
I have never desired, nor sought public office, but
have been content to be a "hewer of wood and drawer
of water," in support of any movement having for
its purpose the better government of my native city
and state. I have endeavored to perform my part as
one having to give an account. I found my greatest
discouragement in the skulking cowardice and political apathy, in civic matters, of prosperous and contented fellow-citizens, when the right and wrong of
political issues seemed to me so plain and so compelling, and when those issues, so vital to the welfare
of the people, were hanging in the balance at the
polls.
Norman McClintock, eldest son of Oliver and Clara
(Childs) McClintock, was born June 13, I868. He was
a graduate of Lawrenceville (N. J.) Academy, and
Yale, receiving the degree of B. A., I89I. He married,
Feb. 14, 1906, Ethel Lockwood, born April 12, 1874,
only daughter of Rev. Henry B. Lockwood, D. D.,
rector of Christ Episcopal Church, Syracuse, N. Y.
Four children: Eleanor Lockwood, born Nov. 28, 1906;
Oliver, Jr., born Aug. 27, 1908; Henry Lockwood, born
Jan. 13, 1915; Emma Childs, born Oct. 19, 1916.
After graduation from college, Norman McClintock
was employed in the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, and then in mercantile life with
the Oliver McClintock Company. Then, following his
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7    7  2 -                (wwas on the committees to treat with the Indians and
other important committees for the town; and was a
member of the General Court in 1657-58-59. He was
on committees to lay out highways and settle boundary
lines in I661. He removed to Westerly, R. I., in March,
1662, and owned lot No. 52 in that place. He married
(first) Sarah, whose death occurred in 1665. They were
the parents of four children, as follows: James, born in
1641, married Jane Brown; John, born in I644, married Mary Lawton; Job, born in 1646, married Jane
Crandall; Mary, born in 1648, married William Champlin. He married (second) Elizabeth, and they became
the parents of three children, as follows: Joseph, Nathaniel, and Elizabeth.
James Badcock's name appears in various records
in connection with grants of land for churches and
other important buildings, and also in connection with
grants of land for the later settlers of Westerly, R. I.
To this worthy pioneer Mr. 0. H. Babcock traces his
descent.    
Mr. Babcock's great-grandfather was the Rev. Jesse
Babcock, of Westerly, R. I., who was for many years
an elder of the old Hill Church of that city. Mr. Babcock's grandfather was Col. Jesse Babcock, who was a
distinguished officer in the United States army.
On the maternal side Mr. Babcock is directly descended from one Robert Vose, who came to this country in 1599 from County Lancaster, in Garston, near
Liverpool, England, and settled in Dorchester, now
Milton, Mass. He was also a prominent citizen of his
town, being one of the three petitioners for its incorporation. 
Oscar Holmes Babcock, whose name is the caption
of this article, was born in the town of Fulton, N. Y.,
July 10, 1869. He was the son of Leman B. and Harriet (Vose) Babcock, who were highly-respected citizens of Fulton for a number of years. Mr. Babcock
obtained his early education in the public schools in the
place of his birth, later attending the Falley Seminary
of Fulton for several years.'
Coming to Pittsburgh as a young man, he became in- 
terested in the lumber business, in which he has successfully engaged up to the present time. From a comparatively humble beginning, Mr. Babcock, by his own
unaided efforts, unexcelled business ability, shrewd man- 
agement, persistence and sterling honesty, has become
one of the greatest lumbermen of the United States.
He is vice-president and director of the Babcock Lumber Company; secretary and director of the Babcock
Brothers Lumber Company; vice-president and director
of the Babcock Coal and Coke Company; vice-president
and director of the Babcock Lumber and Boom Company; vice-president and director of the Babcock Lumber and Land Company; vice-president and director of
the Tellico River Lumber Company; vice-president and
director of the Davis Supply Company; director of the
Allemenia Fire Insurance Company; director of the
Great Mountain Colliers Company, of Tennessee; and
a trustee of the Associated Charities of Pittsburgh.
Inasmuch as these interests extend to not only Pennsylvania but also to Tennessee, West Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Florida, it may be safely
said that Mr. Babcock has been a boon to humanity,
for in advancing his own interests he not only gives
employment to over three thousand men, but gives, in
fact, the means of living to whole villages of people.
His huge milles, lumber camps, iron and coal mines,
commergial and financial institutions, are so extensive
and require so many people to operate them that in
many places the small towns are made up of just people
who are in the employ of Mr. Babcock or the different
companies of which Mr. Babcock is one of the controlling heads. It has been said, and true it is, that
there are no happier or a more contented number of
employees than those in the service of the various Babcock Companies.
Mr. Babcock is a strong Republican in politics and is
deeply interested in the issues that confront the country. However, he has never cared for political preferment, though in 1908 he became a national elector.
In fraternal affiliation he is a member of the Free and
Accepted Masons, the Knights Templar, and the Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also
a member of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, of the
Duquesne Club, of Pittsburgh, and the Old Colony
Club, of New York City. In religion, Mr. Babcock and
his family are members of the Shadyside Presbyterian
Church.          
Mr. Babcock married, June 21, 1899, Ann Frazer
Morley, a descendant of the distinguished family of
that name, of Cornwall, England, and a daughter of
James and Ann (Perry) Morley, who were for many
years residents of Johnstown, Pa. Mr. Morley was one
of the early officers of the great  Cambria Steel and
Iron Company, being one of the pioneer iron and steel
men in the country, and the owner of the Sarah Furnace. He took a great interest in education, and introduced the first night school in the United States. To
Mr. and Mrs. Babcock was born one son, Oscar Holmes,
Jr., who is in school. 
In concluding this review, the biographer may truthfully say to the young man who seeks to amass a competence and to make for himself a good name in the
community in which he lives that he need look no further for an example than the foregoing history of the
subject of this review. No breath of scandal has ever
beclouded his name, and he is a man of the most genial
open nature and that sort of cheeriness which one instinctively feels flows from a manly, courageous, kindly,
and sympathetic heart. The diverse occupations and
varied business interests has brought him into contact
with a great number of men of every class and type,
and has acquainted him with the motives and springs of
human nature beyond the range of many, making him
at once tolerant of his fellows. His home life, too, is
ideal, and he has proved himself no less a loving husband and father than a true friend, an excellent business man, a good neighbor, and a model citizen.
JAMES PARK, JR.-Pittsburgh's industrial his
tory contains the life records of three generations of the
family of Park who have passed on from the scene of
their endeavor and achievement. The line has representation in the city's business men of to-day, where the70                         ~~~~HISTORY OF PITTSBURGH
records of a century past furnish heartening inspira-        There were great financial hazards for early particition and splendid example.  This is the life story of  pants in the manufacture of crucible steel, and to preJames Park, Jr., son of the American founder of that  vent misfortune to his family during these trying times,
name, and an industrial leader to whom  Pittsburgh's   Mr. Park took out life insurance to the amount of three
world of affairs accorded high honors.    hundred thousand dollars, and until his death carried
James Park, father of James Park, Jr., was a native  this sum.  He was a wise and practical executive, yet
of Ireland, and early in the nineteenth century came to  into his relations with his associates, whether equals or
the United States, settling in Pittsburgh in 1812, where   subordinates, put a warmth of understanding and a perhe became engaged in business, and was a prominent   sonal touch that won their hearty and sincere cooperafigure in Western Pennsylvania manufacturing circles.  tion.  He  gave an example of tireless industry and
He married Margaret McCurdy, of West Virginia, and   absorption in his work that reacted with telling effect
among their seven children was James, Jr., of whom   upon his organization, who followed willingly the exfurther.                                                   ample of their leader.
James Park, Jr., son of James and Margaret  (Mc-           Mr. Park was a Republican in politics, active in his
Curdy)  Park, was born on Third avenue, Pittsburgh,  party principally with his influence and his vote. He was
Pa., Jan.  II, 1820, and  was  educated  in the com-  generously charitable, but shunned publicity in his good
mon  schools of his birthplace.  As a young man of  works.  During the Civil War he was actively engaged
seventeen years he entered the china and metal store on  in the work of the Subsistence Committee, the Sanitary
Second street, owned by his father, and in 1840 he and   Fair, and other local agencies championing the Union
his brother, David E., were admitted to the firm.  Upon   cause, and he was a director of the Western University,
the death of the father, in 1843, the firm of James Park,  the Law and Order Society, the Humane Society, the
Jr.  Company was organized, its activities devoted ex-  West Pennsylvania Hospital, and a regular contributor
clusively to metal lines.  In a few years, in association  to each of the Holly Tree inns.  His last activity was
with John McCurdy, they founded the Lawrenceville  toward building the hospital in Allegheny, of which he
plant, known as the Lake Superior Copper Works, and   was a director, and which was then in the course; of
when James B. Scott took Mr. McCurdy's place in the  erection.  His religious faith was Presbyterian, and he
organization the name became Park, Scott  Company,   was an elder in the First Church of that denomination.
and later, Park, Brother  Company. The passing years        James Park, Jr., married Sarah Gray, a sister of
brought operations of constantly increasing scope, and   Capt. Richard C. Gray.  Children: William G., married
the company, largely through the initiative and wise   Elizabeth, daughter of Gen. J. B  Sweetzer, and died
leadership of James Park, Jr., advanced to a leading  Jan. 19, 1909; David E., a sketch of whom followvs;
place in Pittsburgh industry.                   Richard G., now deceased, who married Anna WentIn 1861 the firm founded the Black Diamond Steel  worth; James H., married Ettie Bryson, daughter of
Works,  where, on May  1st, operations were begun.   Hon. S. A. Purviance; Charles C., married Helen KitThese works reached new high standards in production  tridge; Margaretta B., married Samuel R. Kelly; and
efficiency and  quality, and  in this connection James   Eleanor G.                                
Park, Jr., was most widely known.  The plant covered        Mr. Park died April 21, 1883.  The following words
ten acres and operated with the most complete and   of a contemporary,  which  appeared editorially in a
modern equipment, including what were at that time   Pittsburgh journal, summarize his place in the public
the largest steam hammers in the United States, and prior   esteem:
to 1875 the company had sent across the Atlantic three       James Park, junior, was the hihgest type of the sucshipments of their celebrated "homogeneous crucible cast  cessful, far-sighted and courageous Pittsburgh manusteel boiler and fire-box plates," also having manufac-   facturer, with great faith in his legitimate enterprises
and the advancement of the city. We have not an ovtured about two thousand plates for use in the con-   ersupply of this kind of men, and therefore Mr. Park's
struction  of locomotives f or service in Russia.  In con-   loss will be severely felt outside his immediate rela_         tives and close friends.  It is a public calamity in
nection with this important interest Mr. Park found many respects. 
time for service in advisory and executive capacity with                                               
numerous other concerns, including the Penn  Cotton          DAVID  E. PARK-In  finance and  industry the
Mill, the Suspension Bridge Company, McIntosh, Hemp-   name of David E. Park was prominent in the past genhill  Company, and the Pittsburgh Bank for Savings,  eration.  A  share of his achievements were along the
while in earlier life he was a director of the Allegheny  lines first traced by his distinguished father, but as new
Valley railroad, and part owner of the Banner Cotton   times brought new problems, more complex and difficult
Mill, and Smith, Park  Company's National Foundry.   than those of earlier conditions, he proved the possesMr. Park was vice-president of the American Iron and   sion of the same, mental alertness  and strength, the
Steel Association, and was appointed on the Tariff Com-   same decision and forcefulness, that had characterized
mission, spending almost the entire year preceding his  the elder Park.  A man of large talents, his active life
death, in 1883, at Washington in the interests of the   was spent in the direction of large affairs.
tariff.  He was not a lobbyist in the ordinary sense of     Son of James, Jr., and Sarah (Gray) Park (q. v.),
the word, for the work he performed there was educa-   David E. Park was born in the Third Ward o f Old
tional and valuable, tending rather to inform legislators  Allegheny, Oct. 20, 1849.  After attending the Third
on the subject that was his specialty rather than to in-  Ward school he studied under private instruction, comfluence their views upon its protection.                   pleting what was practically a technical course in metallurgy, specializing in the relation of this science to the
steel industry. He became his father's associate in
Park, Brother  Company, and as new responsibilities
were steadily added to those at first entrusted to him,
he became a conspicuous figure among steel manufacturers. In 1899, after a long and thorough experience in
the production of steel, Mr. Park organized the Park
Steel Company, capitalized at ten millions of dollars,
to take over the ownership of the Black Diamond Steel
Works. During this same period he was an important
factor in the incorporation of the Crucible Steel Company, which began operations with an imposing and
comprehensive program of which he had been a chief
shaper. Subsequently, the Crucible Steel Company absorbed the Park Steel Company, and upon the consummation of this transaction Mr. Park virtually retired
from steel manufacturing.
Banking claimed him almost entirely, insofar as business interests were concerned, until his death, and he
was connected with the largest and most powerful institutions of the city. For many years he was vicepresident of the Union Savings Bank and the People's
National Bank, was a leading factor in the organization
of the Pennsylvania National Bank, and was a director
of the Mellon National Bank, the Union Trust Company, and the Union Fidelity Insurance Company of
Pittsburgh. Mr. Park was also a director of the firm
of McIntosh, Hemphill  Company. The qualities
that gave him outstanding position in industry made
him an influential figure in financial circles, and Pittsburgh banking has had few more able exponents. He
was thus occupied without interruption, excepting for
service to the Spang-Chalfant Steel Company immediately after the death of John W. Chalfant, head of
the company and a veteran steel manufacturer. This
company, while in no way in financial difficulty, was in
need of careful reorganization after the removal of the
man who had dominated its affairs so completely, and
Mr. Park, who acquired holdings in the company, applied himself energetically to the creation of a wellbalanced, efficient, systematized organization, an end
that was successfully attained. Mr. Park's willingness
to leave the beaten path and to enter new fields of endeavor is nowhere better illustrated than in his giving
to Pittsburgh its first "skyscraper," the Park building
on the corner of Fifth avenue and Smithfield street.
This office building, erected on the site of the old post
office at a cost of several millions, was the introduction
to Pittsburgh of the modern type of office building,
which to a large extent has solved the business housing
problem of congested areas.
Public life made no appeal to him, although his views
were always decided and the weight of his influence
was definitely placed. He was vice-president of the
Allegheny General Hospital, and was numbered among
the generous friends of numerous other philanthropic
and charitable institutions. He was a member of the
First Presbyterian Church. His clubs were the Duquesne and Pittsburgh.
David E. Park married, June I, 1885, Mary P. Lewis,
daughter of Charles H. and Mary C. (Anderson) Lewis,
of Louisville, Ky. Her death occurred July 5, I888, and
from that time until his death Mr. Park made his home
with his sister, Miss Eleanor G. Park. Mr. and Mrs.
Park had one son, Lewis A. Park, who was born in
Pittsburgh, Aug. 9, I886. He was educated in the Allegheny Preparatory School, St. Paul's School, of Concord, N. H., and Yale University, and in active life
has geen identified with Pittsburgh interests. He is a
director of the Union Trust Company and the Union
Savings Bank, and is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce. He is a trustee of the First Presbyterian Church. His social memberships are in the
Pittsburgh, Duquesne, Pittsburgh Golf and Allegheny
Country clubs. During the World War Mr. Park enlisted in the United States navy and spent one year in
the service.
David E. Park died May 30, 1917. His death took
his name from the roll of Pittsburgh's active leaders and
placed it in the list of her sons whose fidelity and service have entitled them to enduring honor, and there it
shall always remain.
HERBERT R. WALTER-One of the oldest names
in the lumber business in Pittsburgh is that of Walter.
Three generations bearing this name have contributed
largely to the permanence of the city's prosperity through
this business which is so vital a part of the construction
world. In 1831 three brothers came to Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Leonard, Sr., Peter and George Walter, the former the
grandfather of Herbert R. Walter, who founded the
business of which Herbert R. is now the head. Each of
the three brothers entered a different line of business,
Leonard, Sr., establishing himself in the lumber trade,
which for ninety years has been in the Walter name.
George later followed this business also. From Peter
Walter came Peter (2) Walter, father of Peter Grant
Walter, a sketch of whom follows. Leonard Walter,
Sr. founded the lumber business about 1835, beginning
in a small way, but with the true spirit of the pioneer
he labored early and late, gaining ground steadily and
surely, and when he handed the business on to his son
it was a large and prosperous interest for the period.
He died in the year 1892.
Leonard Walter, Jr. was born in Pittsburgh in 1837,
and died in 1908. Associated with his father for many
years in the lumber business, he inherited this interest at
his father's death, increased and developed it. and in
turn handed it on to his son. He was a man of sturdy,
upright character, served throughout our Civil War on
the Union side, and until his death was a member of the
Grand Army of the Republic. He was also a member
of the Masonic order. Leonard Walter, Jr. married
Isabel Reeves, who was born in Marion, Ind., and was
a descendant of early Colonial pioneers. The immigrant
ancestor of her family came to New Jersey in I6oo, and
certain branches of the Reeves family still remain in
that State. Leonard, Jr. and Isabel (Reeves) Walter
were the parents of three children: Herbert R., of
whom further; Ralph Emerson, of Vicksburg, Miss.;
and Lillian B. Ralph Emerson Walter's son, Fred
Benton Walter, is the last descendant of Leonard Walter, Sr.
Herbert R. Walter was born in old Allegheny, now apart of Pittsburgh, May 12, 1873, almost in the same
house and near the same street where his father was
born. He gained his early education in the old Fourth
Ward school, then entered the University of Western
Pennsylvania, electing the engineering course. A change
of plans, however, induced him to give, up this study,
and he did not remain to be graduated. He made his
start in the world of industry, working in several different places, among others the Pittsburgh Wire Company, but soon decided upon a future in the lumber
business in which his father was making a success. In
1891 he began to learn the business, and in 1894, when
only twenty-one years of age, took over the interests
of the business of which he is still the owner. Ever
since the foundation of this business, upwards of ninety
years ago, a Walter has held active management. The
business has been moved several times, but only to another location in the same district. At one time the
plant was in old Pittsburgh, but the ground became so
valuable that another location was found, and it was
removed to Allegheny. The present plant is 170X124
feet in area, and is improved by one, two and three
story buildings. Mr. Walter handles a complete line of
high grade hard and soft lumber, the stock always being
restricted to the very best grades. He will touch nothing of inferior quality. This one point has placed the
Walter plant higher in the trade than others which may
be more extensive, and commands for this firm the most
exclusive patronage. A planing and saw mill adjoining
the plant was sold some years ago.
Politically, while never interested in the emoluments
of office, Mr. Walter is awake to the progress of the
Nation's affairs, and gives unfailing support to the
Republican party.
PETER GRANT WALTER-One of the three
Walter brothers, Peter Walter, mentioned in the preceding sketch, who came to Pittsburgh in 1831, was the father of Peter (2) Walter, a druggist, now deceased, who
married Alice McDonald, and they were the parents of
Peter Grant Walter, of Pittsburgh, now at the head of
the drug business which has been operated in the family
name about eighty-six years, and which he owns. Peter
(2) Walter was a well known politician of Pittsburgh
and Allegheny, but always refused office, although he
could have had anything within the people's gift.
Peter Grant Walter was born Feb. I, 1885, and obtained a good preparatory- education in Pittsburgh public schools. After special academic study he entered
the University of Pittsburgh, whence he was graduated
Phar. G., class of 1904. He spent the following year
at the university doing post-graduate work, receiving
the degree Phar. D. with the class of I905   He then
purchased his father's drug store. He is a skilled pharmacist, and has won high standing among the business
men of his city.
Dr. Walter is a member of the board of directors of
the School if Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, and
now secretary of that board. He is a member of the
University Alumni Association, the Business Men's
North Side Association, the Providence Presbyterian
Church, and belongs to lodge, chapter, council, commandery and consistory of the Masonic order, is a noble
of the Mystic Shrine, member of the Grotto, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Knights of
Pythias.
Dr. Walter married, April 4, 1907, Mary Speer, a daughter of William J. and Sarah (Moore) Speer, of Parker's Landing, Pa., and they are the parents of a son,
Donald Frederick Walter. Dr. Walter is one of the
popular young professional and business men of the
North Side, his place of business at No. 626 Chestnut
street.
GEORGE TALLMAN LADD-The George T.
Ladd Company, manufacturers of water tube boilers, is
a Pittsburgh concern of twelve years standing, youthful
in comparison with institutions whose histories reach
far into the city's past, but nevertheless a recognized
leader in world markets in its field. This is the record
of the career of George Tallman Ladd, its founder
and president, with an outline of the life of his distinguished father.
The Ladd family, whose name has been variously
used, De Lad, Le Lad, and Ladde, was founded in England in the train of William the Conqueror, Deal, eight
miles from Dover, becoming the family seat. The
American ancestor was Daniel Ladd, who came from
England in the "Mary and John," of London, March 24,
1633-34. George Tallman Ladd is a descendant of the
Connecticut branch of the family, and traces ancestry
to Elder William Brewster and Gov. William Bradford. Mr. Ladd is a son of George Trumbull Ladd,
and grandson of Silas Trumbull and Elizabeth (Williams) Ladd. Silas Trumbull Ladd was treasurer of
Western Reserve College from 1842. to 1850, was deacon
in his church, filled various town offices, and was held
in high esteem for his integrity, industry, and kindliness-a genuine Puritan of the highest type.
George Trumbull Ladd was born in Painesville, Lake
county, Ohio, Jan. 19, 1842. He early gave indications
of the studious habits that characterized him through
life, and at the age of eight years his first savings, two
dollars, were spent for a copy of "Josephus and Plutarch," while when eighteen years of age he read Kant's
"Critique of Pure Reason." Most of his work in preparing for college was done by himself, only a portion
of the time being given to the curriculum in the Painesville High School and the Rev. Mr. Brayton's private
school. He entered Western Reserve in I860, graduating in 1864. While in Reserve College, Morgan's "raiders" brought the "troublous times" of the Civil War
close home, and the young college boy went forth as
one of the Squirrel Hunters to defend Cincinnati, the
certificate for which service is still preserved. After
graduation he went into business with his father. His
constant studies, however, seemed to turn his steps naturally toward a higher institution of learning, with the
result that in 1866 he went to the Andover (Massachusetts) Theological Seminary, where he was graduated
In 1869. His first pastorate was in Edinburg, Ohio. In
1871 he went to the Spring Street Congregational
Church in Milwaukee, Wis., where he remained till
called to the professorship of philosophy at Bowdoin2:7(9
II  t
Ii  ICollege in 1879, and thence he was called to Yale, in
I88I, filling the chair of moral philosophy and metaphysics until 1905, when he was elected professor emeritus. Western Reserve conferred upon him the degree
of D. D. in 1879; Yale that of M. A. in I88I; Western
Reserve that of LL. D. in 1895, and Princeton that of
LL. D. at the sesquicentennial in 1896.
Dr. Ladd was lecturer on church polity and systematic theology at Andover Theological Seminary, 1879I88I, and was several times lecturer and conducted the
Graduate Seminary in Ethics at Harvard in 1895-96. In
1892 and 1899, on invitation of the Imperial Educational
Society and the Imperial University of Tokio, he lectured at Doshisha and the Summer School of Japan.
His work made of this an international episode of note,
marked in Japan by the Emperor's admitting him to audience and decorating him with the Third Degree, Order
of the Rising Sun, and in this country by the report of
Minister Buck to the effect that these services had been
worth more for cementing friendly relations between
the two countries than much diplomacy. On a second
visit to Japan, Dr. Ladd received the second degree,
Order of the Rising Sun. The doctor also lectured on
philosophy before the University of Bombay, India, in
1899-1900, and on the philosophy of religion at Calcutta,
Madras, Benares, and other cities in India.
While in Milwaukee, Wis., Dr. Ladd was customarily
on the Home Missionary and other committees, and before leaving, was for several years one of the advisory
committee of the Chicago Theological Seminary. He
founded, in 1893, and served as second president of the
American Philosophical Association in 19o4. He was a
member of the American Society of Naturalists; the
American Oriental Society, section of Religion; and of
the Imperial Educational Society of Japan.
Dr. Ladd's writings embrace: "Principles of Church
Polity" (1882); "Doctrines of Sacred Scripture," two
volumes (1884); Lotze's "Outlines of Philosophy,"
translated, six volumes (1887); "Elements of Physiological Psychology;" "What is the Bible?" (1883); "Introduction to Philosophy" (1889); "Outlines of Psysiological Psychology" ( I89o); "Philosophy of Mind"
(189); "Primer of Psychology" (1894); "Psychology,
Descriptive and Explanatory" (1894); "Psychology of
Knowledge" (1897); "Outlines of Descriptive Psychology" ( I898); "Essays on Higher Education" ( I899);
"A Theory of Reality" (1899); "Lectures to Teachers
on Educational Psychology" (in Japanese); "Philosophy
of Conduct" (1902); "Philosophy of Religion," two volumes (I905) ); "In Korea with Marquis Ito" ( I908) 
"Knowledge, Life and Reality" (I909); "Rare Days in
Japan" (19I0); "Elements of Physiological Psychology,"
revised and rewritten (19II; "The Teachers' Practical Philosophy" (I9II); also articles in various magazines. Some of the books have been translated into
Japanese and some into the language of the blind.
George Trumbull Ladd married (first), Dec. 8, I869,
Cornelia Ann Tallman, daughter of John Tallman, of
Bellaire, Ohio; he married (second), Dec. 9, I895, Frances Virginia Stevens, daughter of Dr. George T. Stevens, of New York. He had four children, three of
whom are living. Dr. Ladd died at New Haven, Conn.
Aug. 8, 1921.
George Tallman Ladd, son of George Trumbull and
Cornelia A. (Tallman) Ladd, was born in Edinburg,
Ohio, Aug. I7, I87I. His early education was obtained
in the Milwaukee public schools, and the Hopkins Grammar School of New Haven, Conn., after which preparation he entered Sheffield Scientific School, of Yale
University, where he was graduated B. S. in I89I. His
entrance into the business world was made in the employ of the Roberts Safety Tube Boiler Company, and
he subsequently entered the service of the Pittsburgh 
Lake Erie (New York Central) railroad. During this
period he continued advanced study, and in 1895 received
a degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University. From that time his advance was rapid. For a
time he was assistant to the engineer of machinery with
the Brooks Locomotive Works, of Dunkirk, N. Y., then
was sales engineer with the English Supply and Engine
Company, of Kansas City, Mo., after which he returned
to the Brooks Locomotive Works in the capacity of
locomotive designer. The following ten years were spent
as chief engineer of the Bass Foundry and Machine
Company, of Fort Wayne, Ind., where he remained
until I909.
In I909, Mr. Ladd founded the George T. Ladd Company, of Pittsburgh, a close corporation, whose capital
stock is all owned by him. The company manufactures
water tube boilers, and its equipment for the design,
manufacture and installation of boilers of all types is
most complete. The personnel of the company includes
designers, engineers, and installation experts, and every
contract, regardless of its size, receives the specialized
service of this corps of experts. Every boiler manufactured by the company is installed by its representatives, however distant the country of its final destination, and the range of horse-power developed by boilers
built by the George T. Ladd Company is from 125 to
IO,OOO. The general offices are in Pittsburgh, a branch
office in Chicago, Ill., and in China, Japan, and the
Orient, its representatives are the China, Japan and
Orient Trading Company, while in Europe, Africa and
South America its business is handled by the Baldwin
Locomotive Company. The company's warehouses are
at Wilkinsburg, Pa. The following is a partial list of
important Ladd installations: United States Steel Corporation; Standard Oil Company; Wheeling Steel and
lron Company; Pennsylvania Railroad; Spang, Chalfant  Company, Inc.; Bibb Manufacturing Company;
Brownell Improvement Company; Afton Development
Company; Mexican Coal and Coke Company; American
Window Glass Company; Union Switch and Signal
Company; McKeesport Tin Plate Company; United
States Naval Training Station; Kentucky  West Virginia Power Company; Baldwin Locomotive Works;
Transcontinental Oil Company; United Engineering and
Foundry Company, and the Ford Motor Company.
The installation at the plant of the Ford Motor Company, at Detroit, Mich., was the erection of the largest
boilers in the world. The following is a brief description of this great work, quoted from a souvenir pamphlet issued on the occasion of the visit of the Cleveland
Engineering Society to the Ford plant, Aug. 28, I920:
These boilers are the largest that have ever been
built, containing in each boiler 26,470 square feet ofnatural bent, he devoted himself with zeal to ornithology and nature photography. His keen observation and
study of nature at first hand brought forth fruit in his
popular lectures on birds and wild animals, illustrating
them, at first, by lantern-slide pictures taken and colored by himself. He was also the author of instructive
magazine articles on "Birds," "The Taming of a Great
White Heron," in "Bird Lore," and "A Hermit
Thrush's Nursery" in the "Outlook."
Later, the advent of the moving-picture camera in
photography opened up a new field for his genius and
scientific energy. He not only took up the new art
with zeal, but kept abreast of the rapid development
of the moving-picture machine. He was satisfied with
none but the best apparatus and with none but the best
possible pictures of his own production. His conscientious art kept aloof from the prevalent mercenary
degradation of the moving-picture business. On the
contrary, Norman McClintock's genius and energies
have always been devoted to the nobler field of instruction in Natural History. His hunting was with a
camera and not with a gun. His pursuit robbed no
nest of its protector and left no baby-birds as orphans
to perish from starvation. His high art moving pictures and interesting lectures accompanying them have
won a deserved appreciation and a wide popularity.
He has lectured before the National Geographical Society of Washington, D. C., and the American Museum
of Natural History of New York, and has been the
favorite lecturer before the Audubon societies throughout the United States. For his repertoire of movingpicture reels, he has laid under contribution the Lake
Superior region for white-tailed deer; and for migratory birds their winter paradise on the Louisiana
shore of the Gulf of Mexico, west of the Delta of
the Mississippi, and both coasts of Florida and Martha's Vineyard for its almost extinct heath hen. Undaunted by the rigors of snow and cold of winter
exploration in the wilds of the Rocky Mountain region,
the time when big game are most accessible for observation, he secured remarkable moving pictures of
buffalo, moose, elk, antelope, deer and Rocky Mountain sheep. These were made possible under the favoring auspices of government officials in the Yellowstone
Park, Montana, and in the Jackson Hole country of
Wyoming, where he found a herd of 3,500 elk, in their
winter refuge, being fed by the paternal bounty of the
United States Government.
A recent experience was with an expedition of scientists and members of the National Geographic Society to the Bahama Islands, under the auspices of the
Miami Aquarium Association. He accompanied them
as photographer and moving-picture operator. One
achievement of the expedition was his securing the
first moving picture ever taken by anyone of the
American flamingos (so named because of their flaming color), a large and most beautiful bird, robed in
brilliant red. It is now almost extinct on the American
continent, and only found in the innermost recesses of
Andros Island of the Bahamas. Success was achieved,
but not without enduring hardships from millions of
mosquitoes, and wading through miles of tidal marsh,
waist deep in the "Swash" (the local name for the
bottom of soft marl), carrying his heavy picture machine strapped upon his back.
Walter McClintock, second son of Oliver and Clara
(Childs) McClintock, was born April 25, 1870, graduate of Shadyside Academy, Pittsburgh, 1887, and of
Yale in 1891. Yale conferred upon him the honorary
degree of M. A. in 1911, in recognition of his achievement in his Indian book, "The Old North Trail."
His lectures and publications relating to the Indians
are the embodiments of his experiences and original
investigations among the Blackfoot Indians during fifteen years. His knowledge of them is first hand. He first
entered their country in 1896, as a member of the
Government Forestry Expedition under Hon. Gifford
Pinchot. One of their guides was a famous Indian
scout, who served under Generals Custer, Miles, and
Reno in the Indian wars on the plains. When the work
of the Forestry Expedition was completed, Walter
McClintock recrossed the Rocky mountains eastward,
led by this Indian scout, and joined the tribal camp of
the Blackfeet on the plains. There he met many of
their head men, among them Chief Mad Wolf. Thus
began a friendship unusual between an Indian and a
white man. Mad Wolf adopted his young friend as his
white son in an elaborate ceremony. Then, in a second
ceremonial, the old chief formally made him a member
of the tribe, baptizing him with the Indian name of
A-pe-ech-eken (White-weasel-moccasin). A skin of
this animal was included in Mad Wolf's sacred Beaver
Bundle (an important and ancient ceremony), because of
its power as a hunter.
Thus Walter McClintock was introduced to the innermost circle of their tribal life. He made friends
with their chiefs and medicine men. The open-hearted
friendship and confidence accorded to him gave him
an open door of access for investigation and study of
a most interesting Indian cult, which had come down
from the Stone Age. He was intimately associated with
their family life, accompanying them on their travels and
hunting expeditions, meanwhile making use of all opportunities of observation.
By means of camera, graphophone, note book, and
moving-picture machine, he gathered an extensive
collection of valuable records of the life, legends and
sun worship of this little known plains tribe of Northern Montana and Alberta. The old chiefs and medicine
men, with whom he associated, are dead, and with them
have passed forever their ancient tribal organization and
cult. They had no written language, no native historian,
no tribal records, other than oral tradition. The younger
generation of Indians are indifferent towards their
ancient customs and traditions and to their preservation. The invasion of white civilization compelled them
to give up the nomadic life of their fathers and to live
the settled life of white men. McClintock's records
of fifteen years among them, therefore, never can be
duplicated.
He set forth the results of his investigations in a
series of popular lectures, illustrated by motion pictures, Indian songs and colored photographic lantern slides. His lectures were heard with interest and
enthusiasm by scientific societies in England, Germany
and the United States. In Germany he gave a seriesheating surface, which is exclusive of superheater
heating surface, or surface of future economizer. Inasmuch as this heating surface is substantially all in
the tubes, it required for each boiler nearly six miles
of 3 1/4" tubing. Steam will be generated at 240 pounds
pressure per square inch and superheated 200 degrees
Fahr. The main steam and water drums are 5' 0" inside diameter by 25'10 3/4" long, with 1-5/16" thick
shell plates. The steam is led from the two main top
drums to a 36" steam drum equipped with two 10"
nozzles, which connect with the two saturated steam
headers of the superheater. The floor space occupied
by each unit is somewhat less than might be expected,
being but 29'O"x31' 0" column centers. The furnace,
while irregularly shaped, is approximately 23' 0"x24' 0"
inside by 55'0" high above the ash pits. The combustion space allowed by this furnace, exclusive of ash
pits, is about 5 cubic feet per normal rated horsepower. The total height of the boiler from the ash
pit floor to the top of the superheater piping is
82'9 7/8". Much careful thought was given in the design of the structure to possible expansion strains.
The main suspensions are provided with toggle hangers, which allow the long top drums to expand freely
and provision is made in the dampers and main arch
supports for liberal movement due to the elongation
of these members. The settings of these boilers presented many difficulties, owing to the extreme size of
the furnaces.  The lower main walls are 33 3/4" thick
at the haunches, with a 9" vertical invert at the center. All the high temperature zones in the furnace are
lined with 13~" of fire brick and the entire setting is
insulated with Sil-O-Cel. The two sides of the boiler
enclosing the rear pass are equipped with steel casings, carrying 5" of refractory brick and also insulated
with Sil-O-Cel. The entire structure of boiler, superheater and setting, is supported entirely on the building steel. The total weight per unit, exclusive of
stack, is approximately 2,250,000 pounds. Mr. Ladd
has a picture in his Pittsburgh office showing that
each unit of this system is large enough to hold eight
Ford motor cars with their tops raised.
During the World War Mr. Ladd was called upon for
specialized services in the Navy department, and was
commissioned lieutenant, senior grade, in the United
States Naval Reserve Force, June 5, 1918, lieutenantcommander, Dec. 5, 1918, and was, at his own request,
placed upon the retired list, Feb. 8, 1919. The special
need he was asked to meet came into existence in December, 1917, when General Pershing cabled the necessity
for railway gun mounts, these to be capable of throwing
at long range large calibre, high explosive shells, and
to be self-contained, mobile, and movable as far as location of operation was concerned. The outfits being for
land operations, the project was originally put to the
army for the construction of such mounts as were
desired. Army ordnance wanted approximately eighteen months for the production of the first five 14"
mounts. The navy then requested permission to design
and build these mounts, having reserve guns, applicable
to battleships, in stock, and promising early delivery.
The design was started at the Naval Gun Factory in
Washington, under the supervision of Commander Delano and his chief draughtsman, George Chadwick, the
latter part of December, was completed and contracts
awarded Feb. 13, 1918, to the Baldwin Locomotive
Works at Philadelphia, delivery to be made by June 15th.
At the same time contracts for seventy-five steel cars,
many of them armored, were placed with the Standard
Steel Car Company of Pittsburgh. These cars consisted of ammunition cars, berthing cars, hospital cars,
radio cars, anti-aircraft cars, crane and construction
cars, there being a complement for each gun mount of
fifteen cars. At the same time additional contracts were
placed with the Baldwin Locomotive Works for six
locomotives complete. Each outfit consisted of its mount
and train of fifteen cars.
Early in March, 1918, at the request of Capt. Thomas
Kearney, acting chief of the Bureau of Ordnance of the
United States navy, Mr. Ladd was called into the service
as Naval Inspector of Ordnance at the Baldwin Locomotive Works at Philadelphia, and given charge of the
inspection, construction, and production of this work.
After the organization of his forces he had at his command from twenty to fifty men picked from the Great
Lakes Naval Training Station, Philadelphia Navy Yard,
and the Tenth Regiment of Marines, together with a
number of high class mechanics, thoroughly familiar
with tool, j ig work, and interchangeability of parts.
The first gun mount was completed seventy-two days
from the date the contract was placed with the
Baldwin Company and taken to Sandy Hook for
proof-firing, where it was demonstrated to be IOO%
perfect. Complete shipment of the five mounts was
made May 25th, while the cars and other miscellaneous
equipment, consisting of supplies, tools, etc., were ready
by June I, I9I8, hardly one hundred days from the date
contracts were placed, and only one hundred and fiftyfive days from the date the project was first considered.
Practically no changes in design or construction from
the original ideas were required, all original drawings
being final.
Concerning the performance of these guns in the field,
and the destruction wrought as a result of their operation against the German forces, the following is
quoted from the report of Admiral Charles P. Plunkett,
commanding officer of the five units:
The range of these guns is practically twice as great
as that of any other gun used on the Western front by
any country, with the exception of the German "Big
Bertha," which latter gun, as is not well known, was
nothing but a freak and was used more for its moral
effects than on account of the material damage of which
it was capable. However, an examination of the various targets fired upon by these 14-inch guns, after the
Germans evacuated, has disclosed that the damage
wrought by these weapons of destruction was terrible and their accuracy marvelous. From an interrogation, also, of Russians and other prisoners recently released by Germany, after cessation of hostilities, we are informed that the moral effect of our
guns on the Germans was far greater than that which
the "Big Bertha" had on the French, and, furthermore, that the Germans were in great awe of, and in
fact, regarded with fear and superstition, shells the
size of a box car sounding like an express train coming through the air, which landed with fearful havoc
so far behind their lines that it was inconceivable to
them how a gun could be built that could hurl them
such a distance. Also, from the mobility of the guns,
they were led to believe that the Allies had hundreds
of these guns with which they were destroying their
vital supply railroads and main lines of communication, simply demoralizing them; and this belief was
further impressed upon them from the fact that each
gun belched forth nearly a ton of solid destruction
every three minutes.
Mr. Ladd was also detailed to duty in connection with
the production of 7" caterpillar tractor mounts, an entirely new design of field artillery perfected by the navy,
which was manufactured without the building of an
experimental mount or the conducting of exhaustive
tests.
The following is a quotation from a publication of
the United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Md., by
Lieutenant-Commander L B. Bye, United States navy;
74Lieutenant-Commander George T. Ladd, U. S. N. R. F.,
from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, gave up his own business and volunteered to take up the inspection work
while Dr. Buell was abroad. Lieutenant-Commander
Ladd was familiar with the entire project, for he had
assisted Mr. Buell for several weeks during the busiest days as a sub-inspector of ordnance. He was a
very competent officer, for under his supervision six
railway mounts similar to those with the United States
naval railway batteries were built for the Ordnance
Department of the army, and besides, he handled the
inspection of a large contract for 7" tractor mounts
that were building for the United States Marine Corps.
Many men of the type of Ladd and Buell volunteered
their services to the government during the war, and
it is hoped that their assistance was appreciated by
others as much as the navy appreciated the services
of these two men.
Mr. Ladd addressed the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania, April 12, 1919, on the "History and
Description of 14" Naval Railway Battery and 7" Caterpillar Tractor Mounts." From this paper all of the
foregoing military and technical facts are quoted.
Mr. Ladd holds membership in many scientific and
technical organizations, as well as a number of social
and athletic aims. Among these are: American Society of Mechanical Engineers; American Geographical
Society; Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania;
National Geographic Society; Railway Club of Pittsburgh; American Uniform Boiler Law Society; United
States Naval Institute; American Boiler Manufacturers Association; American Iron and Steel Institute; Academy of Science and Art; Chamber of
Commerce, of Pittsburgh; Navy League of the United
States; United States Junior Naval Reserve; Duquesne Club, University Club, Civic Club, Pittsburgh
Athletic Association, Cornell Club, Automobile Club,
Pittsburgh Country Club, Stanton Heights Golf Club,
Fellows Club, Pennsylvania Society, and the Woodmont
Country Club, all of Pittsburgh; Montour Golf Club, of
Coraopolis, Pa.; Chicago Athletic Association, Chicago,
Ill; Hermit Club, of Cleveland, Ohio; Associated
Western Yale Club; Mount Chateau Club, of Mount
Chateau, W. Va.; Revels Island Club, of Wachapreague,
Va.; and the Old Colony Club and Railway Business
Association, both of New York City.
Mr. Ladd holds the thirty-second degree in the Masonic order, and also holds membership in Syria Temple,
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His
political faith is Republican. He is fond of all out-ofdoor sports, and his favorite recreation is fishing and
hunting. Mr. Ladd is well known in the southern
regions bounded by tarpon waters, and is familiar with
the best trout streams and bass waters of the North.
One of the ornaments of his office is a large mounted
tarpon, landed by Mr. Ladd off the Florida coast after
such a fight as only these "silver kings" can make.
Mr. Ladd married Florence E. Barrett, of Fort Wayne,
Ind. He has one son, Tallman, a graduate of Cornell
University, now associated with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
JAMES H. GRAY-In Pittsburgh the name of Gray
is prominent in legal circles, father and son having both
achieved success in this profession. James H. Gray, the
present representative of this name, whose offices are in
the Frick Building Annex, is a son of Joseph H. Gray,
who was born in Allegheny county, Pa., in 1832, and as
a young man was a farmer in Plum township, but later
came to Pittsburgh. He enlisted for service in the
Civil War, in the 105th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was severely wounded in the battle
of Fair Oaks, then, after his recovery, was attached to
the War Department at Washington, D. C. Upon returning to Pittsburgh he became active in public life
and in the profession of the law. He served for three
terms (nine years) as registrar of wills for Allegheny
county, and was sheriff of this county in 1885-86-87.
He had served as colonel of the 14th Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, for a long time, but resigned
his commission to take up his duties as sheriff. He was
for many years an active member of Post No. 3, Grand
Army of the Republic, of Pittsburgh. He died in 1897,
at the age of sixty-five years. He married Mary Kuhn,
who still survives him and resides in Pittsburgh, at the
age of eighty years.
James H. Gray, son of Joseph H. and Mary (Kuhn)
Gray, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 20, 1872, and
received his early education in the Oakland Grammar
School and spent one year in high school. Having then
no intention whatever of entering the law, Mr. Gray
went to work in the experimental laboratory of the late
George Westinghouse, in the capacity of draftsman, but
his father persuaded him to read law, and securing books
from the late R. B. Petty, then a very prominent Pittsburgh attorney, Mr. Gray read law during his evenings
and whatever spare time he could command during his
six years' connection with the Westinghouse plant, completed his studies, and was admitted to the Allegheny
county bar in 1895. He has since practiced continuously
in Pittsburgh, except during three years spent in Colorado on account of his health, when he was admitted to
practice in all courts in that State. With health restored, he returned to Pittsburgh, in 1899, and has attained gratifying success in the field of his permanent
choice. He has always practiced alone.
Mr. Gray is a member of the Pennsylvania State and
Allegheny County Bar associations. Politically, he supports the Republican party, but takes only the interest
of the citizen in public affairs. He is a member of the
Sixth Presbyterian Church, in which he has been an elder for the past fifteen years. For recreation Mr. Gray
turns to horticulture,  and cultivates many varieties of
rare flowers, as well as the old favorites of the garden
and greenhouse.
On June 15, 1900, Mr. Gray married Anna Dunlap,
daughter of John and Mary J. (Duncan) Dunlap, of
Pittsburgh. John Dunlap was the pioneer tinware manufacturer of Pittsburgh, the John Dunlap Company having been founded by him. Mr. and Mrs. Gray have one
child living, James Dunlap, who attended Wightman
Grammar School, was graduated from Peabody High
School, took a preparatory course at Shadyside Academy, and is now taking an economic course at the University of Pittsburgh. Another son, William, died at
the age of two years and nine months.
J. ALEX. HARDY-In the city of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
the name of Hardy is well known, both in private enterprise and in various branches of public endeavor. J.
Alex. Hardy, a leader in the retail jewelry businesscomes of Scotch-Irish stock, which has given to Pittsburgh many of its most prominent families. He is a son
of Joseph and Rebecca (Kelly) Hardy. Mrs. Hardy
came to Pittsburgh from Ireland when a child of ten,
and attended the old Franklin School. Her father, Alexander Kelly, settled first in Pittsburgh, later removing
to New Brighton. The elder Mr. Hardy, a native of
County Galway, Ireland, was a civil engineer and merchant, his store having been located on the Fifth avenue extension. While still in the prime of life, he met
accidental death by drowning. The children were still
very young, and being left without other means of support, the mother took charge of the business, and by
untiring effort carried it on successfully, giving her children the advantages of practical and school education.
J. Alex. Hardy was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 18,
1861, and received his early education at the old Forbes
School, under Prof. L. H. Eaton, attending the high
school, both in the academic and in the commercial departments. He began work at the early age of twelve
years, when he was employed by W. W. Wattles, a Fifth
avenue jeweler, and continued with him for a period of
thirteen years, working his way up to head clerk of the
business. He then organized the firm of Hardy  Hayes,
which was later incorporated under the name of the
Hardy  Hayes Company, Mr. Hardy becoming president of the concern. This company has for years been
one of the largest and most prominent retail jewelry
houses in the Pittsburgh district.
Mr. Hardy is widely known as a collector and connoisseur of pearls and precious gems, and many of the
finest assemblages of pearls in this section have been
made by him. His love of pearls has made this work
one of his greatest pleasures, and he possesses the happy
faculty of inspiring in others his love for these wonderful products of nature.
In connection with this, his principal interest, Mr.
Hardy has for many years been broadly active in different lines of effort. He is a director in many organizations, and has large property interests in Pittsburgh.
One of his holdings in real estate is the Penn building,
and its annex, on Penn avenue; another is the Stanwix
building, on the corner of Fifth and Penn avenues.
But it is not only in the way of individual interest
that Mr. Hardy has been active in the field of real estate
development and improvement. He has always taken a
constructive interest in the public welfare, and some years
ago was instrumental in organizing the Penn Improvement Company, being now its president. He made a
special study of Pittsburgh downtown street problems,
and worked out through the Penn Improvement Company a project for raising a mile of streets, from the
"Point" to Eleventh street, above flood level, thus permanently removing an ever-present menace to a large
section of the city's most valuable business district, constituting one of the greatest public improvements in the
history of the city. He is a member of the Citizens'
Committee of the City Plan of Pittsburgh, a member of
the executive committee of the Downtown Triangle Association, which furnished the stand and scope of the
Boulevard of the Allies.
Mr. Hardy is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber
of Commerce, and a member of the Shadyside United
Presbyterian Church. His uncompromising endorsement
of the prohibition sentiment which has now become a
national principle has led him to decline affiliation with
the various clubs of the city.
On April 22, I886, Mr. Hardy married Margaret J.
Brown, a schoolmate. They have three children: Mary
Rebecca, Paul Sexton, and Norman Brown. Both sons
are actively identified with the Hardy  Hayes Company.
JOHN EDWARD HAUDENSHIELD-One of
the foremost names in the produce markets of the Pittsburgh district, both wholesale and retail, and also among
the producers over a wide section of country, is the name
of Haudenshield. John Edward Haudenshield, whose
name heads this review, has been particularly active, and
in a very broad way, in the development of both the producing interests and marketing facilities of this section.
Samuel Haudenshield, the founder of this family in
America, was born in Switzerland, Jan. 25, 1789, and
came to this country in 1831. He passed through the
city of Pittsburgh on his first westward trip, locating in
Ohio. Remaining in that State for only a short time,
however, he returned to Pennsylvania and settled permanently in St. Clair township (now Scott township),
where he became a prosperous and enterprising farmer,
continuing in this field of endeavor throughout his lifetime, and passing away Dec. 31, I868, having nearly
reached his eightieth birthday. He married Marie Am,
who was born in Switzerland, July 8, 1787, and died in
Allegheny county, Oct. 6, 1848. Both now lie buried
in Chartiers Cemetery, Pittsburgh. They were the parents of six children: John, of further mention; Hannah,
who became the wife of Daniel Dougherty; Elizabeth,
who became the wife of Charles F. Bock; Jacob;
Charles; and Caroline, who became the wife of John
Henry Clatty. The last two children were born in
America.
John Haudenshield, eldest child of Samuel and Marie
(Arn) Haudenshield, was born in Switzerland, May 28,
1820, and was in his eleventh year when his parents came
to America, bringing their little family. He went with
the family into Ohio; then, as they finally located in Allegheny county, he was his father's assistant on the farm,
continuing this association of interests until he was
twenty-seven years of age and his younger brothers
were of an age to bear the responsibilities which had
fallen to his share. He then entered upon the dairy
business in Lower St. Clair township in partnership with
Charles F. Bock, remaining at this location, near the
West End of Pittsburgh, for about twelve years. At
the end of that time he purchased a farm in Upper St.
Clair township (now Scott), where he cultivated small
fruits and garden products, which he sold in the markets of Pittsburgh for many years. He served as a
member of the Scott Township School Board from 1861
until 1873. He died June 10, 1882, at the age of sixtytwo years. He married, in 1857, Sabina Prager, who was
born in Germany, May 31, 1829, and came to this country with her parents as a child, settling on a farm in
O'Hara township, north of Sharpsburg, Pa. She died
Dec. 2, 1877. They were the parents of six children, as
follows: Elizabeth, born Aug. 8, I858, died Aug. 9,
1859; Samuel, born Nov. 29, 1859; John E., the subject:BIOGRAPHICAL                   77
of this sketch; Jacob T., born Oct. 10, 1863, died July
22, 1915; Charles H., whose life is reviewed in the following sketch; and William, born March 4, I868, died
June 14, 1889.
John Edward Haudenshield, third child and second son
of John and Sabina (Prager) Haudenshield, was born
in Scott township, on the farm where he is still located,
Dec. 14, I86I. His formal education was limited to the
opportunities of the public schools, and one winter's
attendance at Williams' Academy, in Carnegie, Pa., attending school in the winter months only from the time
he was able to be of any assistance whatever on the
farm. His school days were ended at the age of fourteen years, and he then became associated with his father
and brothers in the regular conduct of the farm interests.
They produced large quantities of fruits and vegetables
of all kinds, selling in the market places of Pittsburgh.
It was the custom for farmers to keep stands in the various market places of the city, and the Haudenshield
stand became well known for the quality of the produce
displayed, which was all raised on the home farm. Mr.
Haudenshield continued with his father and brothers
until the death of the former, and thereafter the brothers conducted the business under the firm name of
Haudenshield Brothers, until the year 1911, the brothers
then dividing the property, and each continuing along the
same general line independently.
The activities of John E. Haudenshield have been
far broader than the boundaries of his own interests.
He was actively identified with the organization of
the Gardeners' and Fruit Growers' Association of Allegheny county in 1890, and served as secretary of this
organization for more than fifteen years. He was
a member of the Committee on Markets, and was one of
the leaders in the movement which brought about the
establishment by the city of Pittsburgh of markets on
the wharves of the city, along the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, accessible by boat to the river farmers,
who form a material factor in the produce question in
the Pittsburgh district. This organization, with its
breadth of influence, has had much to do with the improvements in the markets of the city, as well as in the
general agricultural and horticultural advance among
the farmers of this region at that time.
For three years Mr. Haudenshield served on the
council of Green Tree borough, and was elected treasurer by that body, serving without compensation. He
was a member of Scott Township School Board from
1902 to 1918, and was president of this board five years
before retiring from that body. During his membership
in this body a resolution was passed to make the district liable for the tuition fees of high school pupils in
the adjoining high school districts of Knoxville and
Carnegie, some time before the adoption of the school
code of 1911, which made this compulsory on school
districts. In association with a neighbor, M. C. Dunlevy, Mr. Haudenshield also circulated the petition which
resulted in the establishing of the first rural free delivery route in Allegheny county.
Mr. Haudenshield resides in the house where he was
born, but has remodeled the structure, making it one
of the most comfortable and delightful farm homes of
Allegheny county. It is beautifully situated, only a
short distance from Dormont, one of Pittsburgh's newest and most charming suburbs, and stands in a commanding situation, from which portions of Washington and Beaver counties are visible on a clear day. Mr.
Haudenshield is a member of Lafayette Lodge, No. 652,
Free and Accepted Masons of Carnegie. He was confirmed in the Lutheran church of the West End of
Pittsburgh but now, with his family attends the Presbyterian church of Carnegie.
On May 13, I886, Mr. Haudenshield married Mary
Holmes Burk, who was born in Union township, this
county (now Green Tree borough), May 10, 1869, and
was educated in the common schools of her native
town. Mrs. Haudenshield is a descendant on her paternal side of the Daniel Boone family, and is a daughter
of William Burk, who was born in Baltimore county,
Md., in 1837. He came to Pennsylvania when a young
man and settled in Union township, where he worked
in the lime kilns as a lime burner for ten years, and
died in February, 1869. He married Susan Steel, who
was born in Franklin county, Pa., a descendant of Rev.
John Steel, of Carlisle, Pa., and came to Allegheny
county when sixteen years of age. They were married
in Union township in 1859, and were the parents of the
following children: Margaret, Ellen, Nancy Steel, William Andrew, Elmer Ellsworth, and Mary Holmes.
After the death of Mr. Burk his widow married Christian Lampe, and to this union was born one child, Samuel C. Lampe.
John Edward and Mary Holmes (Burk) Haudenshield are the parents of eight children: I. Kate Steel,
born July 24, 1887, who died in infancy. 2. John R.,
born Sept. 10, I888, who is now identified with the Carnegie Trust Company; he married Ella May Holliday,
of Belair, Ohio, and they now reside in Carnegie with
their two children, Mary Jane, and John David. 3.
Margaret Ellen, born April 15, 1891, the wife of James
Hayward, residing at Green Tree borough, Mr. Hayward being a prominent dairyman; they have one daughter, Anna May. 4. Samuel Steel, born July 4, 1892; married Ida Kirkbride, of Carnegie, and is a prominent dentist of that borough; they have two children, Suzanne,
and George Kirkbride. 5. George V., born July 3, 1894,
at home with his parents. 6. Emma Catherine, born
Oct. 30, 1896, at home with parents. 7. Christian L.,
born July 15, 1901, who is a salesman in the employ of
Botsford  Company, of Carnegie, and resides at home.
8. Minnie May, born May 14, 1903, and resides at home.
CHARLES HENRY HAUDENSHIELD-Among
the most progressive men in agricultural circles in Allegheny county, Charles Henry Haudenshield is a prominent figure. Coming of a family long identified with
this branch of endeavor in a most progressive way, he
has won success for himself, and been instrumental in
advancing the general interests of the farming communities of this region. Mr. Haudenshield is a grandson
of Samuel and Marie (Am) Haudenshield (q. v.), and
son of John and Sabina (Prager) Haudenshield, of
mention in the preceding sketch.
Charles Henry Haudenshield, fifth child and fourth
son of John and Sabina (Prager) Haudenshield, wasborn in Scott township, Allegheny county, Pa., Oct. 30,
I865. He received his education largely in the Johnson
Public School of his native town, later attending a
German school in the West End of Pittsburgh for a
period of six months. At about fifteen years of age he
left school and became engaged in farm work with his
father at the homestead. Here he became thoroughly
familiar with the allied activities of gardening and fruit
growing, which he has since followed with a short interruption, developing a very successful business. After
the death of his father, which occurred June 1O, 1882,
Mr. Haudenshield continued with his brothers until his
marriage, in 1893, when he took charge of a country
coal bank, where he was engaged for about eighteen
years. Upon the division of the homestead farm, which
comprised about sixty-two acres, his share was apportioned in a twelve-acre plot, which he has since managed with such skill and industry as to win a modest
competence in the culture of such fruits as cherries,
apples, pears, peaches, grapes, raspberries, and vegetables of all kinds, marketing his produce in the city of
Pittsburgh. For a number of years he sold through the
various market places, but has recently handled most of
his products by wholesale, supplying the retail merchants of Crafton, his farm being located only about
one mile from the center of this borough. His practical
knowledge of the business, and his energetic and up-todate methods, as well as the honest and j udicious
handling of his product, form the foundations upon
which he has built an enviable success.
In the public life of the borough of Green Tree, Mr.
Haudenshield has long been a figure of significance.
Always a staunch supporter of the principles and policies of the Republican party, he has served on the
Borough Council for a period of twenty-five years. He
is a stockholder of the West End Bank of Pittsburgh.
Fraternally, he holds membership in Pittsburgh Lodge,
No. 484, Free and Accepted Masons. He was formerly
a member of the German Evangelical Lutheran church
of Pittsburgh (West End), but is now a member of
Mount Pisgah Presbyterian Church of Green Tree borough, and serves on the official board of the society.
On March 29, 1893, Mr. Haudenshield married Emma
Mary Lampe, who was born April IO, I86I, in Pittsburgh (South Side), and as a child came with her parents to Baldwin township, where she received her early
education. When she was about eleven years of age
her parents removed to Crescent township, where she
remained until about sixteen years of age, after which
she was employed in Pittsburgh until her marriage.
Mrs. Haudenshield is a daughter of William Lampe,
who was born in Germany, in 1833, and came to America with his brother, Christian Lampe, in 1854. He was
long a resident of this county, first living in Pittsburgh,
and working on the Monongahela river boats, later being engaged in hotel work in Bridgeville, Baldwin township, Pa., then working on a farm for a Mr. Kennedy.
After his marriage he established a peddling wagon,
buying farm products through Washington and Allegheny counties, and carrying these products to Pittsburgh, where he established a profitable round of customers. Later, he was engaged in the hotel business
for himself on the Brownsville road for about three
years, thereafter purchasing a farm, which he conducted
up to the time of his death, which occurred Aug. 24,
1871. He married Mary Dorothy Thea, who was born
in Germany in 1830, and came to the United States alone
in 1856. Here she worked for Mr. Lampe's (then)
employer, Mr. Kennedy, and she and Mr. Lampe were
married in 1857. They were the parents of five children:
Christian F., Emma Mary, now Mrs. Haudenshield;
William, who died in infancy; Henry H.; and Anna
Mary, now Mrs. Daniel Eberle. After the death of
Mr. Lampe, his widow married William Ackman, of
Mount Washington, and one son, Albert, was born to
this marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Haudenshield have no
children. Mr. Haudenshield is a cousin of Charles
Frederick Haudenshield, a review of whose life follows.
CHARLES FREDERICK HAUDENSHIELDIn the business world of Pittsburgh, and also in the
world of production, throughout a wide agricultural district, Charles F. Haudenshield is familiarly known as
one of the leading wholesale merchants of this city who
has worked his way up from the bottom in spite of
handicaps, and has attained a position of broad influence, in which he is friend and fellow-worker with the
large force of employees which make up the personnel
of his business organization. Mr. Haudenshield is a
grandson of Samuel and Marie (Am) Haudenshield (q.
v.), and son of Jacob and Louisa (Gass) Haudenshield.'Jacob Haudenshield, fourth child and second son of
Samuel and Marie (Am) Haudenshield, was born in
Switzerland, June IO, 1826, and came to America with
his parents as a small child. He began life comparatively poor, but became one of the leading citizens of
Green Tree borough, and by his own industry and good
judgment placed himself and family in comfortable circumstances. He married (first) Ann Dougherty, who
died, leaving two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. He
married (second), Louisa Gass, who was born July 9,
1835, and bore him eleven children: Caroline; Emma,
deceased; Laura; Mathilda; Annie; Bertha; Charles F.,
of whom further; Sophia; Ida Louise; Henrietta; and
Ella Nora. The last four died in infancy. Jacob
Haudenshield visited the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, in 1876, and shortly after his return to his
home, was stricken with typhoid fever, and died on
Nov. 2, 1876. This left the mother with a large family of children, and her only son not yet three years of
age. Mr. Haudenshield had a beautiful farm of two
hundred acres, upon which there was an indebtedness
of $27,000, and the widow was advised to sell the property, but being a woman of indomitable courage, she
decided to hold the farm and pay off the obligations.
With the aid of her children, who all worked on the
farm early and late, she paid off the entire indebtedness.
Nine years before her death she divided the farm among
her children, removed to Allegheny City, and lived a
retired life of well-earned ease, passing away Aug. 21,
I899.
Charles Frederick Haudenshield, son of Jacob and
Louisa (Gass) Haudenshield, was born in Union township, Allegheny county, April 5, 1874, being the only sonin the large family above noted.  He was educated in   Mrs. Haudenshield have two children: Ciarice W., born
the public schools of Green Tree township and Curry   April 30, 1915; and Charles Frederick, Jr., born Nov.
College of Pittsburgh, during vacations, from earliest  19, 1917.
childhood helping his mother in the work of the farm,
as he was left fatherless when a little child.  When about        JAMES  CAMPBELL  PATCH-Among  the many
seventeen years of age he purchased a stall in the Pitts-   branches of mercantile activity which go to make up the
burgh market, and for about two years sold produce.   prosperity of the city of Pittsburgh is counted the
He then formed a partnership with his brother-in-law,   Weaver-Costello  Company,  jobbing manufacturers  of
under the firm name of G. B. Robinson  Company,   confectionery, of  which  corporation James  Campbell
handling every kind of farm products, a considerable   Patch is the president.  The life history of Mr. Patch
part of the merchandise being produced on the Hauden-   is an interesting record of progress and achievement.
shield farm.  In 1905 Mr. Robinson withdrew from the           Mr. Patch is a son of Finley and Anna J. (McClung)
partnership, Mr. Haudenshield continuing the business   Patch, and was born at Blairsville, Pa., Jan. I5, 1856.
alone for a time, but six months later Mr. Robinson   Finley Patch was an old time resident of Blairsville, Inagain became a member of the firm, and so continued   diana county, Pa., and was connected with the mining
until May I, 1921, when Mr. Haudenshield became sole  interests of the town.  When the Civil War broke out
owner of the business.  Meanwhile, the business devel-   he enlisted in the Fifty-sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania
oped extensively, with the healthy growth that counts   Volunteers, and served for three years.  He had just
for permanency, and in August, 1919, the firm opened   reenlisted for the duration of the war when, at the
an exclusive wholesale establishment at Nos. 62 and 64   battle of the Wilderness, he was killed.  In honor of his
Twenty-first street, in the heart of. Pittsburgh's great-   memory the Blairsville Post of the Grand Army of the
est wholesale produce section, which has since been   Republic was named the Finley Patch Post.
under the management of George Backinger.                      The death of the father forced the son, James CampMr.  Haudenshield is one of those progressive and   bell Patch, to enter active life when still a child of only
broadminded  men  who  hold  the ideals of business   nine years.  Thus, with meagre educational opportunthrough all the stress of competition and the exacting   ities, he faced the world.  His father's last request had
problems of present-day distribution.  He believes that   been that he should learn a trade, but until he was old
the employee should share in the prosperity of the busi-   enough for that he worked at any employment that he
ness organization in which he bears a constructive part,   could secure. He learned the trade of blacksmith and
and has inaugurated the profit-sharing plan in his estab-   hammer man in Johnstown, Pa., going from there to
lishment with the result that he enjoys the full support   Braddock, Pa., with the Carnegie Steel Company until
and utmost loyalty of every employee, many of whom   1879.  He learned steel making thoroughly, becoming a
are stockholders in the business.  This organization, be-   practical man in all departments.
sides dealing in general  farm  produce,  also handles         In 1879, when he had placed himself on a secure footfruits,  foreign  and  domestic, handling an  enormous   ing in one branch of industry, Mr. Patch ventured into
business, both wholesale and retail, the great success   another field, which had always held interest for himfrom first to last being due to the ability and integrity   the grocery business.  This was his first mercantile exof Mr. Haudenshield, who has always been the head of   perience, but he met with early success.  After four
the enterprise, governing the policy of the firm and the   years in retail grocery operations at Braddock, Pa., Mr.
activities of the entire personnel of the organization.      Patch located in Cincinnati, 0., where he entered the
In the public life of his own community, Mr. Hauden-   jobbing, branch of the business.' He then moved to Canshield has never had leisure to take an active part, but   ton, Ohio, his business remaining the same, and during
is deeply interested in all progress, and supports the  his residence there, was a neighbor and personal friend
Republican party.  Fraternally, he is a member of Wash-   of the late ex-President McKinley.
ington Lodge,  No. 253, Free and Accepted Masons;  In 1886, Mr. Patch returned to Pittsburgh, purchased
Shiloh Chapter, No. 257, Royal Arch Masons;  Pitts-   a seat on the Stock Exchange, and there operated as a
burgh Commandery,  Knights Templar; and of Syria   broker for one year.  Largely through this activity, in
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic   1887, he became connected with the present firm, then a
Shrine.  He is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of   partnership, known as the L. T. Yoder Candy Company,
Commerce, of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and   jobbers.  He took charge of the business as manager,
the Syria Automobile Club.  He and his family are   and its growth and development owe much to his abilmembers of the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Pitts-  ity.  In 1889, Mr. Patch, with E. C. Weaver and C. W.
burgh, and they reside at No. 4928 Baum Boulevard,  Costello, purchased the business, which continued as a
Pittsburgh.          partnership under the title, Weaver-Costello   ComMr. Haudenshield married. (first) in 1906, Ida M.   pany.  The business was incorporated in 1902, and the
Snider, who died in 1909.  On Feb. I5, 1912, at Tilden,  Weaver-Costello Company is one of the largest manuNeb., he married (second) Clara B. Whitwer, who was   facturing jobbers of confectionery in the Pittsburgh
born in Nebraska, July 22, I886.  They met when she   district.  Their territory includes Ohio, West Virginia,
was visiting friends in Pittsburgh.  Mrs. Haudenshield   Maryland, and the entire State of Pennsylvania.  Duris a daughter of Bernard and Minnie (Draube) Whit-' ing the last few years Mr. Patch has delegated much
wer. Her father was born in Switzerland and her routine business to other hands, and is acting more and
mother in Germany, both coming to the United States more in an advisory capacity, but he is still the conin their youth, and being married in the West. Mr. and structive and guiding force in the company.of lectures before the Berlin Society for Anthropology,
Ethnology and History in the Imperial Museum Voelkerkunde. He also gave a series of lectures at the Royal
Institution, London, the Royal Society of Dublin, and at
the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. He addressed scientific and popular societies throughout England, Scotland, Germany and Denmark. In the spring
of 1907, in response to a special invitation, he gave a
lecture before President and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
in the historic East Room of the White House in
Washington. The distinguished company present included members of the Cabinet, the United States Supreme Court, the diplomatic corps and other notables.
During the same year, he lectured in the United States
Embassy in Berlin before the imperial ministers of the
German Emperor, ladies in waiting of the Empress,
ambassadors of foreign countries, and the military
and naval attaches. He was invited to dine with the
German Crown Prince and Crown Princess at their
Berlin Palace in Unter den Linden, and gave a "command lecture" before the members of the imperial
family and their friends at the Marble Palace, Potsdam.
In recognition of the value of his work, the United
States Department of the Interior conferred upon him
the honor of giving the name "McClintock Peak" to
a mountain on Cutbank Pass, in Glacier National Park,
Montana. In 1910 his book, "The Old North Trail,"
containing a vivid portraiture of Indian social life, and
an accurate record of the legends, ceremonies, and sun
worship of the Blackfoot Indians, was published by
Macmillan  Company, of London, England.
A reviewer of the "London Times" wrote: "Mr.
McClintock gives us a thousand charming pictures, a
few reproductions in color of excellent drawings, many
more the work of his camera, but most and best of
all, prose descriptions irradiated with the joie de vivre
of the nomadic life of the foothills.....His book
is a mirror, in which the soul of the red man, misunderstood for so many generations of his conquerors, is
faithfully reflected, and yet is luminous with light from
within."
The "Nation," (London), (R. B. Cunninghame Graham) said: "Many have written of what they saw and
told us of their sports, the wars, the loves and the
pastimes of these peoples of the Stone Age, but, since
the days of Hunter, only the writer of the present volume has told us of their souls and their interior life.
This book and Hunter's are perhaps the best books
that have been written on the American Indians."
The "Standard" (London), said: "The extraordinary
interest and value that are attached to this book have
their foundation in the fact that no such book can ever
be written again. The Blackfeet Indians of Alberta
and Northwestern Montana are a dying race..
The book must take its place among the standard works
of ethnology."
In the winter of 1914, Walter McClintock made his
seventh trip to Europe. He lectured in the German
language before popular audiences in the theatres of
Berlin and Copenhagen. Because of the favorable notices and attention given his lectures by the entire
Berlin press, scientific societies and theatres arranged
for his appearance during 1914 on the lecture stage
throughout Germany, Austria, and Hungary. But this
trip had to be abandoned on account of the European
War.
His book, "The Old North Trail," had been accepted
for publication by the Vita Deutsches Verlagshaus, of
Berlin. It had been translated into German under the
title, "Das Schwannenlied des Roten Kriegers" (The
Swan Song of the Red Warrior). The type had been
set up and the printed proofsheets read, but the great
war caused an indefinite postponement of the undertaking.
Emma Childs McClintock, daughter of Oliver and
Clara (Childs) McClintock, born Sept. 25,.374, married Thomas Darling, Esq., of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., June
3, 1902. Four children: Thomas Darling, Jr., born July
26, 1903, graduate of Phillips-Andover Academy, 1921;
Edward Darling, born Jan. 2, 1906; Clara Childs, born
April 17, 1907; Elsie Lowrie, born March 27, 1914.
Thomas Darling, a descendant on both parental sides
of prominent pioneer families of the Wyoming Valley,
the only son of Edward Payson and Emily Hollenback
(Rutter) Darling, of Wilkes-Barre, was born in WilkesBarre, May 29, 1863.
A Yale graduate in I886, he studied law under the
direction of his father, a lawyer, and professionally
a prominent factor in the corporation interests, which
centered in Wilkes-Barre. He was admitted to the bar
of Luzerne county in 1889. On the death of his father,
Oct. 2, 1889, he became junior partner in the law firm
of E. P.  J. V. Darling. Frank W. Wheaton (afterwards Judge Wheaton), coming into the firm, its title
was changed to Darling  Wheaton. J. Vaughan
Darling dying in 1892, John Butler Woodward replaced
him in the firm, its title becoming Wheaton, Darling
 Woodward. After several years, Messrs. Wheaton
and Woodward were successively elected judges of
the courts of Luzerne county. Then, associated with
Mr. James L. Morris, whose connection with the firm
had been contemporaneous with Mr. Darling's, their
law practice has continued, largely in the management
of estates and the service of corporations.
Mr. Darling was for several years member of the
City Council of Wilkes-Barre, is member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution, of the
Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, of the
Pennsylvania Bar Association and the American Bar
Association, a member of the vestry of St. Stephen's
Episcopal Church, and of the Wyoming Valley Court
of Honor of the Boy Scouts' Association, and of the
Pennsylvania Forest Association. He is a director of
the Wyoming National Bank, of Wilkes-Barre. He is
vice-president of the board of trustees of the WilkesBarre Academy, of which his father was a founder,
and of which he has been a devoted and energetic supporter throughout. He was one of the founders of the
Westmoreland Club.
One can see, in this partial record of Mr. Darling's
activities, the animating spirit of philanthropic service
throughout. His conscientious sense of responsibility
has constantly directed his unceasing and self-sacrificing
labors for the welfare of the community in which he
lives.
Harvey Childs McClintock, Esq., third son of OliverHISTORY OF l
Mr. Patch has always been much absorbed in his business interests, having but few outside connections. He
is prominent, however, in the Masonic fraternity, holding the thirty-second degree in that order, his lodge
Braddock Field Lodge, No. 510, Free and Accepted
Masons. He is also a member of Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is
identified with the Pittsburgh Athletic Association,
Americus Republican Club, and the Chamber of Commerce. He is an associate member of Finley Patch Post,
Grand Army of the Republic, of Blairsville, Pa. For
recreation he turns to the great out-of-doors, and enjoys hunting, fishing, and motoring. He attends the
services of the Methodist Episcopal church.
On April 16, 1880, Mr. Patch married Mary A. Williams, of Cambria county, Pa., and they had one child,
who died in infancy.
JOHN PHILIPS MOORE--Throughout his entire
career interested in improvement and development of
properties and general conditions, John P. Moore has
been identified with individual enterprise and public endeavor, and is now serving the people in an office of public trust. Mr. Moore is a son of George and Ann Moore,
of Pittsburgh, Pa. His father was a brick manufacturer, a leader in the Republican party, and for many
years a member of the City Council.
John P. Moore was born in Pittsburgh, April 12,
1856, and received his early education in the public
schools of the city, taking the first year of the high
school course, and then attending Duff's Business College. While still in school he spent the summer months
assisting his father in the brick-yards. On March 12,
188I, he became connected with the Knoxville Land
Improvement Company, with which company he has
since been continuously identified, now holding the office
of vice-president. He has also been connected with the
Pittsburgh Incline, in the capacity of treasurer, and is
president of the Hill Top Ice Company.
In the public service Mr. Moore has long been prominent. He has served five sessions in the State Legislature, and two terms as State Senator, and resigned to
accept the office of county controller, in which office he
is now serving a second term. He is a member of the
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, and fraternally affiliates with the Masonic order.
Mr. Moore married Mary E. Scott, of Pittsburgh,
Oct. 20, I88I, and they are the parents of three children:
Alice M., George V., and Jean A. The son, George V.
Moore, volunteered for service in the World War, and
was connected with the Fourth United States Infantry,
Third Division, American Expeditionary Forces, and
served through the entire period of the war. He was
one of the few survivors of his old Company E. of the
veteran troops, held the rank of lieutenant, and was a
platoon leader. Lieutenant Moore is now assistant
United States district attorney. He has written a book,
entitled "A Soldier's Story of the Late War."
WILLIAM S. McKINNEY-Not all the men to
whom Pittsburgh, Pa., owes her commercial celebrity
were her sons by birth. Many came from parts of
PITTSBURGH
Pennsylvania remote from her boundaries, and others
from portions of the Union far distant from the Keystone State. Conspicuous among the business men inseparably associated with the Iron City, but not born
within her confines, was the late William S. McKinney,
president of the McKinney Manufacturing Company,
and identified with a number of leading financial instituitions. Mr. McKinney took an active interest in charitable and religious work and was prominent in the social
life of his adopted city.
William S. McKinney was born Aug. II, I844, in Troy,
N. Y., and was a son of Robert and Mary Jane
(Smythe) McKinney. The boy was educated in public
and private schools of his native city, and in I86I removed with his parents to Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1878
Mr. McKinney came to Pittsburgh, which was his home
during the remainder of his life. He was president of
the McKinney Manufacturing Company from the date
of its organization until his death, and the concern was
built up chiefly by his tireless energy and aggressive
methods, enforced by an unimpeachable integrity which
inspired universal confidence. The specialty of the
company was the making of hinges and bolts, and in
this line of manufacture they had no superior. Forceful, sagacious and resourceful, Mr. McKinney was recognized as one of the inmost circle of those closest to
the business concerns and financial interests which most
largely conserved the growth and progress of the city.
To his associates he showed a kindly, humorous side of
his nature which made their business relations most
enj oyable, while his conduct toward his subordinates
was marked by a uniform justice and benevolence which
won for him their most loyal service, and was in fact, one
of the secrets of his phenomenal success. He was a director of the Allegheny Trust Company, and the Pennsylvania Light, Heat and Power Company, and had large
financial interests in many of the leading business and
monetary institutions of the city.
As a citizen with exalted ideas of good government
and civic virtue, Mr. McKinney stood in the front rank.
Always searching for a channel through which the material and moral welfare of Pittsburgh might be advanced, he never failed to lend a strong hand in the
guidance of such advancement. As a Republican he took
an active part in public affairs, and for years represented his ward in the Allegheny Council. For nearly
twenty years he served as one of the managers of the
Pennsylvania Reform School at Morganza, his last commission being issued by Governor Tener in June, 1911.
Ever ready to respond to any deserving call made upon
him, the full number of his benefactions will in all
probability ever remain unknown, for his charity was
of the kind that shuns publicity. He belonged to the
Duquesne Club and the Pittsburgh Country Club, and
was a member of the Shadyside United Presbyterian
Church, in the work of which he took an active interest.
A fine-looking, genial man, his countenance radiated an
optimistic spirit and also gave evidence of the strong
mental endowments by which he was distinguished. His
business capacity was of the highest order, and his judgment of men exceptional. He possessed a frankness
and kindliness of disposition and a courtesy of mannerI.3which made him a delightful companion, and he was a
dependable man in any relation and any emergency,
ready to meet any obligation of life with the confidence
and courage born of conscious personal ability and an
habitual regard for what is best in the sphere of human
activities. The briefest conversation with him revealed
those versatile talents which won for him the admiration of his fellow-citizens.
Mr. McKinney married (first) Mary Frances Harper,
of Hamilton, Ohio, and they were the parents of two
daughters: Mary Alice, and Katherine Eliza. Mrs. McKinney died, and Mr. McKinney married (second) Aug.
14, 1884, Jane B. McGunnegle, daughter of James and
Maria Louisa (McKee) McGunnegle. The following
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. McKinney: Robert
Grant; William S.; Virginia, who married Dawson
Callery, Jr., deceased; and Louise, who is the wife of
Roland G. Wood. Mrs. McKinney, a woman of rare
wifely qualities, was admirably fitted by her excellent
practical mind to be a helpmate to her husband in his
aspirations and ambitions, possessing also those domestic
qualities which enabled her to make the home a refuge
from the storm and stress of business and public affairs.
Mr. McKinney loved no place so well as his own fireside, and was never so happy as when surrounded by
his family and friends, for he delighted in the exercise
of hospitality and was, as all who were privileged to be
his guests can testify, an incomparable host.
The death of Mr. McKinney, which occurred Aug. 30,
1911, was a direct blow to Pittsburgh. Unostentatious in
his activities, he nevertheless was a man of most progressive endeavor, and no more loyal lover of his city
was to be found within her confines. The financial and
commercial concerns, the educational, political, charitable and religious interests which constitute the chief
features in the life of every community, all profited by
his support and cooperation, and few men have enjoyed to a greater degree the confidence of their fellowcitizens. Albeit not by birth a Pittsburgher, none could
have partaken more largely of the spirit of the Iron
City than did her adopted son, William S. McKinney.
He seemed to share with her that secret of perpetual energy which is and ever has been her peculiar possession,
and his record abundantly testifies that he had adopted
for his own her distinctive motto--"Do!"
SAMUEL HAMILTON, for more than a third of a
century superintendent of schools in Allegheny county,
was born in Washington county, Pa., June 30, 1856. His
father, Samuel Hamilton, was a farmer and a Civil War
veteran; his mother was Mary Patterson, of Donegal,
Ireland.
The subject of this sketch was educated in the public
schools, Laird Institute, Oakdale Academy, and under
private tutors. From Grove City College he received
the degree of Master of Arts, and later completed the
course required by that institution for a Doctor's degree.
In 1918 the University of Pittsburgh honored him with
the degree of LL.D.
For a period of more than forty years Dr. Hamilton
has been a prominent figure in the educational affairs of
the State. As a school principal, training teacher, lecPitts.-1-6
turer on all phases of school work, and as superintendent
of schools of Allegheny county, he has made his contribution to the educational progress of the State and
Nation. In 1894 he served as president of the State
Educational Association of Pennsylvania, and in 1913
as vice-president of the Department of Superintendence
of the National Educational Association. The records
of these bodies show that he has appeared on the programs of the former almost annually for thirty years,
and on those of the latter frequently. In 1887 he organized the first County School Directors' Association in
Pennsylvania, and in 1894 he outlined a plan for
the formation of a State School Directors' Association,
which came into existence a year or two later. A series
of lectures on the weaknesses of Pennsylvania school law,
which Dr. Hamilton gave in many counties and before
many audiences, was largely i nstrumental in creating
a demand for a new school code. The school laws on
compulsory attendance, directors' associations, assistant
county superintendents, play activities, and those that
relate to the equipment of the office of the county superintendent may be traced almost directly to his influence,
and in many cases to his pen.
Early in life Dr. Hamilton read law in the office of J.
McF. Carpenter, later judge of the Common Pleas
Court in Pittsburgh. While a law student he went on
the stump for the late Senator Quay in his campaign
for the office of State treasurer The Senator never
forgot the service, and years afterward sent Judge Miller, of Mercer, and President Ketler, of Grove City
College, to see whether Dr. Hamilton would accept an
appointment as Superintendent of Public Instruction in
Pennsylvania, but the former campaigner for Mr. Quay
did not believe that politics should interfere with school
affairs and modestly declined. 
As a contributor on educational subjects and as an
author Dr. Hamilton's influence has covered a wide
field. He is the author of "The Recitation," a professional book for teachers and superintendents now used
as a text in several normal schools and universities. He
is also the author of four series of arithmetics bearing
his name. These texts are used extensively in the elementary schools of the nation.
In 1902, through an unfortunate accident, Dr. Hamilton lost both his limbs, yet his activities in his chosen
field continued almost unabated.
In business, social, civic, and religious affairs he
always has taken a leading part. He was one of the
organizers of the State Bank of Braddock, and while
he resided there, was one of its directors. For six years
he represented his ward in the Town Council of Braddock, serving as president of that body for much of
the time. In religious activities he has served in almost
every capacity, filling practically every office within the
gift of the church.
Fraternally, Dr. Hamilton is a thirty-third degree
Mason, a past master of Braddock Fields Lodge, No.
510, Free and Accepted Masons; past eminent commander of Tancred Commandery, No. 48, Knights Templar; past sovereign prince of Pennsylvania Council,
Princes of Jerusalem; and for twenty years he served
as a district deputy grand master in Pennsylvania.82                                   HISTORY OF PITTSBURGH
In I886 Dr. Hamilton married Minnie McCune, of   tor of the First Presbyterian Church, of Washington,
Braddock, Pa., who died a year later, leaving one son,   Pa. They had: Eleanor; Mary Jane; James Irwin, a vetPaul Holland Hamilton;  after ten years he married   eran of the World War, married Elizabeth Hibbard, of
Mary R. Kennedy, of New  Brighton, and from this   New  York  City;  Loretta, and Andrea.   The  eldest
union came two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary.              daughter, Matilda Taylor, married, in Ireland, Robert
Connolly, and had eight children: Sarah, Elizabeth,
WILLIAM LEECH TAYLOR   Of the leadig        Alexander, Mary Jane, who died in infancy; Robert L.,
retail houses of the city of Pittsburgh is that of Taylor   Taylor, and had three children, Rosetta, William T.
Brothers, of which William L. Taylor is president and   and Mary; Ellen E.; Rosetta L.; Margaret.  The sectreasurer, and principal owner.  Mr. Taylor was born   ond daughter, Mary Jane Taylor, died in young girlon "Nelson Farm," in the parish of Finvoy, County   hood, and is buried in Finvoy Presbyterian Church
Antrim, North Ireland, and is a son of Robert and   Cemetery, Ireland.  The third daughter, Rosetta TayMary (Leech) Taylor.                                       lor married Robert M. Taylor, a native of Banbridge,
Robert Taylor was born in 1820, and spent his active   County Down, Ireland, secretary of Taylor Brothers;
business lifetime in Ireland.  For many years he con-   children: William E., a mining engineer, deceased; Mary
ducted a general store, and supplemented his income by  Agnes, now Mrs. Robert L. Connolly; Major Samuel
serving as superintendent of "Keers Mill," living and   James Taylor, who served with the 312th Machine Gun
rearing his family on "Nelson Farm." Following his   Battalion in the World War.  The fourth daughter,
retirement in 1883 he came to America, and here his   Mary Jane (2) Taylor, married Craig Lee; she died
death occurred, in his seventy-third year, in 1893..He   aged thirty-eight years, and is buried at Cross Creek,
is buried in Parker City, Pa.  Mary (Leech) Taylor  Washington county, Pa.
was born in Kilraughts, County Antrim, Ireland, in           William  L. Taylor,  after finishing his elementary
1824, died in 1877, and is buried in the churchyard of   educational training, came  to America when he was
Finvoy Presbyterian Church, County Antrim.  She was   seventeen years of age, settling in Parker City, Pa.,
a daughter of Frank and Molly (Henry)  Leech, her   where  his first employer  was  Elisha M.  Robinson,
mother born at what is known as the "Cross."                farmer and oil producer, and where he remained two
Robert and Mary (Leech) Taylor were married by   years.  Desiring a better education, he attended school
the Rev. Andrew Todd, pastor of Finvoy Presbyterian   the following two winters, later taking one year of work
Church, who also baptized all of their nine children,   at Clarion Collegiate Institute, Rimersburg, Pa.  His
five sons and four daughters, of whom William Leech   second position was with Wilson  Manifold in the dry
Taylor, of this review, was the eldest son.  The second   goods business for two years, and his third a clerkship
son was Robert F. Taylor, deceased, joint founder of   with George D. Prest, at Parkers City.  The funds
Taylor  Brothers, who  participated with William  L.   saved from his earnings in these positions he used for
Taylor in the oil, shoe and furniture business.  The   his educational expenses.  In 1877 he and his brother,
third son was James Henry Taylor, of Liverpool, Eng-  Robert F., became actively interested in the oil business,
land, architect, builder, musician, painter, and temper-   operating in oil production until I88o, when the price
ance advocate.   He  died  March  20, 1920, at "Ivy   of crude oil dropped from four dollars to fifty cents
Lodge," New  Brighton, Liverpool, England, survived   a barrel, and the profits of years were wiped out.  In
by a son, James H., and a daughter, Rosie. The son,   I88o, under the firm name of W. L. Taylor  Brother,
James H., at the age of eighteen, volunteered for the  they established in the shoe business at Parker City,
World War, and saw four and one-half years of con-   and continued actively in this line for nine years.
tinuous service.  The fourth son, John L. Taylor, was,  In I886, Robert F. Taylor came to Pittsburgh and
following the death of Robert F. Taylor, for a time   began in the manufacture of a patented washing maconnected with Taylor Brothers, but now resides at   chine.  This venture proving unprofitable, he put in a
Seattle,  Wash.,  where  he  is a  prominent  manu-   small stock of furniture, and in this way the present
facturer and citizen.  He married Clara Jones, of Pitts-   business was started at Nos. 12 and 14 Wylie avenue.
burgh,  daughter  of Thomas  Jones,  a court official   Following his retirement from the shoe business in
and veteran of the Civil War, and has two sons, Rob-   1889, William L. Taylor removed to this city and beert and Craig Lee, and a daughter, Janett.  The fifth   came actively connected with the present organization,
son, who rose to eminence as a scholar and minister,   putting the entire proceeds from the sale of the shoe
was Rev. Andrew Todd Taylor, D. D., pastor of the  business into the new venture.  In 1890, following the
First  Presbyterian  Church,  of  York,  Pa.,  whose   death of Robert F. Taylor, he succeeded to the active
death  occurred  Dec.  21,  1919.   He  was  educated   management of the store.  When Mr. Taylor came to
at Grove City, College, Western Theologicl Seminary,   Pittsburgh in 1889, the store was doing a business of
and Princeton University, receiving the degree, D. D.,   about $15,ooo yearly, and the steady and healthy growth
from Grove City College in 1906. He was ordained in  of the enterprise is indicated by the fact that at the
1893, and served as minister in Mount Prospect, Pa; in  present time it transacts a business of $700,000 annually,
Gaston  Memorial  Church,  Philadelphia:  in  Cooks   in a new and modern building containing floor space
Church, Toronto, Canada; in Third Church, Trenton,   in excess of 20,000 square feet, with splendid show rooms
N. J., and on Dec. I, 1916, was installed pastor of the   and warehouse facilities.  Conducted for many years as
First Church, of York, Pa.  He married Loretta Bron-  a partnership, the business was incorporated in 1919,
son, daughter of Rev. Dr. Bronson, for fifty years pas-   the personnel of the company as follows:  William L.Taylor, president and treasurer; R. L. Connolly, vicepresident; and R. M. Taylor, who has been the firm's
accountant for many years, secretary. They handle
every kind of furniture in large assortments, and a fine
motor delivery equipment enables them to supply a
patronage extending over a radius of one hundred miles
from Pittsburgh, including adjacent sections of Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio.
Mr. Taylor is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber
of Commerce. Politically he supports the Republican
party, and while he has never sought political preferment he has long been an earnest worker in all advance movements of the city, commonwealth, and nation,
bearing the part of a fearless advocate for the long prosecuted and finally successful prohibition reform. He
is vice-president of the Ulster Society, and a member of
the Western Pennsylvania Historical Society. Mr. Taylor was one of the organizers of the Park City Society,
formed to bring together in annual reunion former
Parker City residents and their descendants now living
in Pittsburgh and vicinity, and for the 1921 meeting he
prepared a history of pioneer days in Parker City which
was widely published in the daily papers. He takes
much time for philanthropic activities, and is president
of the board of directors of the New Covenant Mission.
He is also a liberal patron and a member of the board
of directors of the Boys' Industrial Home at Oakdale,
Pa. He is interested in charitable and church work,
both home and foreign missions, contributing to the
support of many, but particularly interested in the
Italian Mission in Pittsburgh. He received his early
religious training in the Finvoy Presbyterian Church
in County Antrim, Ireland, and recently built the Craigs
Sabbath School Chapel as a memorial to his parents,
Robert and Mary (Leech) Taylor. Finvoy Presbyterian Church has a remarkable record for the length of
service of its pastors. Rev. James Elder was ordained
in 1780, and was moderator of the Synod of Ulster in
1843, served this church for sixty-three years; his successor, Rev. Andrew Todd, filled its pulpit for fortyeight years; and his successor, Rev. William Craig, has
served (1921) for thirty years; the pastorate of these
three men covering a period of 141 years. Mr. Taylor
is a member of the Third United Presbyterian Church
of this city, in which he has been an elder for the past
thirty years. He is a frequent contributor to the church
publication, "The United Presbyterian."
On May 12, 1903, Mr. Taylor married Mary Denham, of Wellsville, Ohio. Their city residence is No.
136 North Dithridge street. Mrs. Taylor is a daughter of Alexander and Mary (Logan) Denham, Mary
Logan a daughter of John Logan, who came from Ireland about 1819, settling in Shaler township, near
Sharpsburg. John Logan married a Miss McCulley, sister of James McCulley, founder of the McCulley wholesale grocery house of the early days. Alexander Denham came from Douglas, Scotland, when twenty-five
years of age, settling at Wellsville, Ohio, where he
spent his business life as a merchant. Mr. and Mrs.
Denham had three children: Jane K., died unmarried,
aged sixty-five; John M., died in January, 1921, aged
sixty-seven years; Mary, who married William L. Taylor, as stated above.
SIDNEY ALEXANDER CHALFANT, M. D. -
Among those physicians of Pittsburgh whose large
abilities, thorough training, and faithful service have
won for them a high place in the esteem of their fellows is Sidney Alexander Chalfant, specialist in gynecology and efficient staff member of many hospitals,
where his wide knowledge and rare skill have been of
invaluable service.
(I) Dr. Chalf ant comes of a very old Colonial family, the founder of which, John Chalf ant, came to
Pennsylvania with William Penn on the ship "Welcome" in 1682, and was deeded 640 acres of land in
Chester county. In 1699, he settled on a tract of 250
acres in Rockland Manor, Chester county, for which
he received a warrant, Oct. 22, 1701. He died in August, 1725, leaving two sons, John, mentioned below, and
Robert.
(II) John (2) Chalfant, son of John (I) Chalfant,
married and among other children had three sons: John,
Solomon, and Robert, mentioned below.
(II I) Robert Chalfant, son of John (2) Chalfant,
married Ann Bentley, daughter of John and Mary
Bentley, of Newton, Chester county, Pa., and their
children were: John, mentioned below: Mary, Jane,
Ann, Robert and Elizabeth.
(IV) John (3) Chalfant, son of Robert and Ann
(Bentley) Chalf ant, married and had one son, Henry,
mentioned below.
(V) Henry Chalfant, son of John (3) Chalfant, married, Aug. 5, 1740, Eliza Jackson, and they were the
parents of nine children, the eldest being Jonathan,
mentioned below.
(VI ) Jonathan Chalfant, son of Henry and Eliza
(Jackson) Chalfant, was born April 8, 1743. He married, Dec. 24, 1777, Ann, daughter of Thomas and Sarah
(Carter) Barnard, Bernard, or Burnard. Jonathan and
Ann (Barnard) Chalfant became the parents of nine
children: Thomas, born Nov. 2, 1778; Ann, born May
II, 1780; Jonathan, born May 15, 1783; Jacob, born
Nov. 3, 1786; Annanias, born Aug. 24, 1788; Henry,
mentioned below; Eliza, born Oct. 8, 1794, died Oct. I5,
1794; Eliza (2), born Aug. 25, 1797; and Amos, born
Dec. 9, 1799.
(VII) Henry (2) Chalfant, son of Jonathan and Ann
(Barnard) Chalfant, was born May 13, 1792. He removed to Turtle Creek, about 1827, kept a general
store and the post office and relay station for the old
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia stage coach line. He married, March 27, 1827, at Carlisle, Pa., Isabella Campbell Weakley, born Jan. 12, I8oI, daughter of Samuel
and Hetty (Lusk) Weakley, and their children were:
John Weakley, born Dec. I3, 1827, died Dec. 28, 1898;
William Barnard, born July 8, 1829, died Aug. I, 1830;
Sidney Alexander, born May 14, 1831, died in December, 1913, in Pittsburgh; Ann Rebecca, born Aug. 8,
1833, married, in 1874, Albert G. Miller, and died Oct.
17, 1896; Hetty Isabella, born April 4, 1835, died Jan.
30, 1840; Henry Richard, mentioned below; James
Thomas, born May 18, 1839, died April 20, 1901; George
Alexander, born March 13, 1841, died in August, 1904;
William Lusk, born Aug. 3, 1843, died April 20, 1895;
and Albert McKinney, born Oct. 6, 1846, died in 1915
in Pittsburgh. Henry Chalfant, the father of thisfamily, died Dec. 14, 1862, and his wife, Isabella
Campbell (Weakley) Chalfant, died March 4, 1885.
(VIII) Henry Richard Chalfant, son of Henry (2)
and Isabella Campbell (Weakley) Chalfant, was born
July 25, 1837, and died Sept. 30, 1887. He married
Evaline Graham, and they are the parents of eight children: James Graham, county engineer of Allegheny
county; Mary Isabella, Mrs. Alanson H. Scudder, of
Brooklyn, N. Y.; Martha, Mrs. William 0. McNary,
Denver, Colo.; Sidney Alexander, mentioned below;
Henry Richard, Loveland, Colo.; Frederick Bernard,
assistant city engineer, Pittsburgh; Evaline Macfarlane,
at home; George Albert, died at two years of age.
(IX) Sidney Alexander Chalf ant, son of Henry
Richard and Evaline (Graham) Chalfant, was born on
a farm in Wilkins township, Allegheny county, near
Wilkinsburg, Pa., July 7, 1875. He attended the
Franklin School in Wilkins township, and then the Wilkinsburg High School, from which he graduated in
189o. After his graduation from High School, he attended a preparatory school for one year, and then deciding to leave school, he obtained work in Homestead, Pa., where he continued for two years, from
1892 to 1894, inclusive. He then entered Geneva College, from which he was graduated in 1897 with the
degree of Bachelor of Science. In the fall of the same
year, he entered Western Pennsylvania University (now
the University of Pittsburgh) matriculating in the
Medical School, but later transferred to the University
of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1901 with the degree of
Doctor of Medicine. For one year he served as interne
in Mercy Hospital, and then took special work in gynecology, and began practice in January, 1903.
Dr. Chalfant's wide knowledge in his special line, his
well known skill, and his faithfulness have caused him
to be much sought by many hospitals for staff service.
From 1904 to 1913, he was assistant on the staff of Allegheny General Hospital, and from 1913 to the present
time (1922) has served as chief gynecologist in the same
institution. From 1904 to 19o6 he was assistant on the
medical staff of Western Pennsylvania Hospital. From
1909 to 1911 he was on the surgical staff of Southside
Hospital. From 1910 to 1917 he was gynecologist at
St. Margaret's Hospital. In 1913, he was appointed
gynecologist at Columbia Hospital, which appointment
he still holds, he being also, at the present time (1922),
attending physician on the gynecological staff of the
Elizabeth Steel Magee Hospital. He is a member of
the American Gynecological Society; of the American
College of Surgeons; of the American Medical Association; of the Pennsylvania State Medical Society; of the
Allegheny County Medical Society; and of the Pittsburgh Academy of Medicine.
With all his professional interests and activities, Dr.
Chalfant finds time for club affiliations other than professional. He is a member of the University Club, of
Pittsburgh; of the Stanton Heights Golf Club; of the
Edgewood Golf Club; and holds membership in the
Phi Delta Theta, college fraternity. He is also a
thirty-second degree Mason, member of Fellowship
Lodge, No. 279, Pennsylvania Consistory, and Syria
Shrine. Politically, he is a Republican. He is a golf
enthusiast, and in that out-of-door recreation finds the
relaxation and recuperation needed by nerves that must
often work under tension and that must always be steady
and well controlled.
On April 24, 1905, at Philadelphia, Pa., Dr. Chalfant married Edith List, daughter of William Henry
and Ella (Murdoch) List, and. they are the parents of
one child, Evaline, who is attending the Peabody High
School.
ALEXANDER COCHRANE ROBINSON- In
financial, civic, educational, and religious fields in Pittsburgh Mr. Robinson has found his opportunities of service and accomplishment. He is a son of Alexander
Cochrane and Catharine Mather Ely Robinson, descendant of Scotch-Irish and early New England ancestry.
Alexander Cochrane Robinson was born in Ripley,
Chautauqua county, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1864. In 1875 he
entered the preparatory school of the University
of Pittsburgh, and in 1878 began courses in the
university, being graduated in 1882 with the degree
of Bachelor of Science, later receiving the degree of
Master of Arts. Upon the completion of his studies,
Mr. Robinson became a member of the firm of Robinson Brothers, prominent bankers of Pittsburgh, where
the major part of his business life has been passed. In
1910 he became first vice-president of the Commonwealth Trust Company, of Pittsburgh, resigning in 1916
to accept the presidency of the Peoples Savings 
Trust Company, of Pittsburgh, an office he holds at
the present time. Mr. Robinson is also a director of
the First National Bank, Pittsburgh; the East End
Savings  Trust Company, Pittsburgh; the American
Railway Company and its subsidiaries; National Union
Fire Insurance Company; Twin Falls Oakley Land and
Water Company; Salmon River Canal Company, Ltd.;
Superior California Farm Lands Company; Morris
County Traction Company; and the Hillman Coal 
Coke Corporation; secretary and treasurer of the North
Penn Coal Company; president of the Twin Falls, Salmon River Land  Water Company; and president and
director of the Western Allegheny Railroad Company.
In addition to these business connections Mr. Robinson has long been deeply interested in those institutions which represent organized effort to promote the
well being of humanity. He is president of the board
of trustees of the Pennsylvania College for Women, a
director and trustee of the Western Theological Seminary, a member of the board of freedmen of the Presbyterian Church, United States of America, a trustee
of the Sewickley Valley Hospital, an elder of the Presbyterian congregation, of Sewickley, Pa., and chairman
of the Sewickley branch of the American Red Cross.
Both Mr. Robinson and his family are members of the
Presbyterian church, of Sewickley. In political faith he
is a supporter of the Republican party.
Mr. Robinson married, at Sewickley, Pa., Oct. 2,
1890, Emma Payne Jones, now deceased, daughter of
John Bright and Katherine McGrain Jones. They
were the parents of: Alexander Cochrane, John Noel,
and David.
HARRY B. WASSELLL0-One of the leading members of the Allegheny county bar, widely known in his
profession, and also in other activities, is Harry B.(3Wassell, of Pittsburgh.  Mr. Wassell comes of a very. Joseph Ball, brother of William Ball, was
old and honored family of Staffordshire, England, many   the father of Mary Ball, who became the mother of
generations of this name having been connected with   George Washington, first president of the United States.
the steel industry, in that country, and builders of en-   Mary Ball, daughter of William and Mary Ball, died
gines.  The family coat-of-arms is as follows:              I8I6.  She married Thomas  Brown, who  received a
Arms--Or,three fleurs-de-lis-gules, a chief ermine     grant of land for services to the cause of the Nation
d-i   e          i                    during the Revolutionary War as a member of Second
John Wassell, grandfather of Harry B. Wassell, and   Troop, First Regiment, Light Dragoons,  Continental
the first of this family to emigrate from their native   Troops, under command of Captain John Watts.  Reland, came to the United States in his early manhood,   becca Brown, daughter of Thomas  and Mary  (Ball)
bringing his young wife and children, and settled at   Brown, was born in 1772, and died in 18o2; married
Bradys Bend, Armstrong county, Pa., where he became   Joseph Sailor, son of Joseph and Hannah  (Holawy)
identified with the Bradys Bend Iron Works, the asso-   Sailor, of Ohio.   Mary  Ann  Sailor, their daughter,
ciation continuing throughout his active lifetime.  He   married Daniel Rhoudebush, of Clermont county, Ohio.
died Jan. 13, 1884, at a ripe old age.  He married, May   Mary Ann Rhoudebush, their daughter, married WilII, 1826, at the old church in Sedgeley, England, May   liam  Rowswell,  and of their children, Emma,  born
Turley Shaw, who died May 7, 1841.                          Aug.  I6, 1852,  married  William  Wassell,  as noted
William  Wassell,  son  of John  and  May  Turley   above.  Mr. and Mrs. Wassell were the parents of
(Shaw) Wassell, was born May 22, 1838, at Claridge   eight children:  Clara F.; George K., of Dallas, Tex.,
House, Staffordshire, England, and was a child of six   deceased; Harry B., of whom extended mention follows;
years when he emigrated to America with his family.   Jennie  M.,  wife  of  Oscar  B.  Winey,  of  PittsHe was educated in the schools of Armstrong county,   burgh; F. Lloyd, of Chicago, Ill.; Martha W., wife of
Pa.  At an early age he became interested in the same   Joseph C. Faloon, of Pittsburgh; Helen B.; and W.
line of endeavor as that of the family tradition, and be-   Dale, of Pittsburgh.
came a roller in the employ of the Carnegie Steel Com-       Harry B. Wassell, third child and eldest living son of
pany, at their Upper  Union Mills, continuing for a   William and Emma  (Rowswell) Wassell, was born in
number of years.  Later he took an active interest in   the old Fifteenth Ward of Pittsburgh, Dec. 2, 1877.  He
various Pittsburgh enterprises.  William Wassell was   began his preparation for his career in the public schools
one of the first to enlist in defense of the Union, in   of his native city.  Early in life he entered upon the
I86I, and as a member of the Fifteenth Regiment, Penn-   duties of office boy, in the employ of the Carnegie Steel
sylvania Volunteer Cavalry, saw service in many im-   Company.  Making this only a means to an end, howportant engagements under the late General Palmer,   ever, he entered Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa.,
of Denver, Col.  In later life he was a member of the   from which he was graduated with honors in the class
Union Veteran Legion, and of Duquesne Post, No. 259,   of I9oo.  Thereafter entering Pittsburgh Law School,
Grand Army of the Republic.  He was a devoutly re-   he was graduated from that institution in 1903, and on
ligious man, an honored member  and deacon of the   September 26, of the same year, was admitted to the
Shady Avenue Baptist Church.  During the latter years   Allegheny county bar.  He has since practiced continof his life he served as tipstaff in the Orphans' Court.   uously in this city, winning prominence in corporation
He died June 12, 1911, and although more than a de-   law, handling the affairs of some of the foremost opercade has now passed since that time his name is still  ators in coal, oil and copper, and becoming an authority
widely honored in many circles,                             in this branch of the law.
William Wassell married, Nov. 13, 1873, Emma Rows-          Fraternally, Mr. Wassell is widely known, having
well, daughter of William and Mary Ann  (Rhoude-   served as national secretary of the Phi Gamma Delta
bush) Rowswell, of Pittsburgh.  The family of Emma   fraternity.  He is a member of Fellowship Lodge, Free
(Rowswell) Wassell traces back through four gener-   and  Accepted  Masons;  of  Tancred  Commandery,
ations of maternal ancestors to the Ball family, famous   Knights Templar; and of Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic
in Colonial history, earliest mention of which appears   Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.  His clubs are the
in the person of William Ball, of Berks, who died in   Duquesne, the Union, and the Pittsburgh Athletic AssoI480.  Through ancient and incomplete records the line  ciation, also the Oakmont Country Club, where he finds
is traced by the head of the family in each generation,   his favorite recreation on the golf links.  He is a memRobert Ball, of Berkham, being son of William Ball,   ber of the American, the Pennsylvania State and the
died 1543; William Ball, son of Robert Ball, died 155o;   Allegheny County Bar associations.  Early in FebruJohn  Ball, son of William Ball, died I599  married   ary, 1918, Mr. Wassell volunteered for service in the
(first) Alice Haynes,  their children  being  William,   World War, and after many months was recommended
Richard, Elizabeth and James; married (second) Agnes   for a commission as captain, on Oct. 30, 1918, but the
Holloway, their children being John, Robert, Thomas   armistice bringing an end to hostilities, the commission
and Rachael; John Ball, son of John, and Agnes (Hol-   was never issued.  Mr. Wassell is a Republican by
loway)  Ball,  died  1628,  married  Elisabeth  Webb;   political affiliation, is a member of the First Baptist
Colonel  William  Ball,  son  of  John  and  Elisabeth   Church, of Pittsburgh, and broadly interested in every
(Webb)  Ball, died  I68o, married  Hannah  Atheral;   phase of public progress.
Captain William  Ball, son of Colonel William and             Mr. Wassell married, Nov. 30, 1920, Edith Taylor,
Hannah (Atheral) Ball, died I699, married Margaret   second daughter of William D. and Mary V. (Gwynne)
Downman; William Ball, son of Captain William and   Taylor, and great-granddaughter of Rev. John Taylor,
Margaret (Downman)  Ball, died 1740, married Mary   first rector of historic Trinity Church.HENRY M. BRACKENRIDGE-The name Brackenridge, borne by a thriving Allegheny county community, is also an honored family name in the Pittsburgh district, and borne by that veteran of the city's
business world, Henry M. Brackenridge, only surviving child of Benjamin M. and Phillipine (Stieren)
Brackenridge, who at the time of the birth of their
son were residents of Harrison township, Pa. Henry
M. Brackenridge, his grandfather, was a lawyer, government official, and large land proprietor of Western
Pennsylvania, founder of the Brackenridge estate, so
ably administered by his grandson, Henry M. (2)
Brackenridge, and his great-grandfather, Hugh Henry
Brackenridge, was a judge of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania.
Hugh Henry Brackenridge was born near Campbellton, Scotland, in 1748, and in 1753 was brought to this
country, where he worked his way through the college
of New Jersey, Princeton University, and finished with
the graduating class of 1771. He taught tor five years
following his graduation, then entered the field of journalism and was editor of the "United States Magazine
of Philadelphia." He was also a student of theology,
and during the Revolutionary War served as army chaplain. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 178I,
and opened a law office in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was
active in all the political controversies of his day, and
strongly advocated a peaceful adjustment of the trouble
in Pennsylvania in 1794, known in history as the
"Whiskey Insurrection." In 1799 he was chosen a
judge of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He died in
Carlisle, Pa., June 25, I8I6. He published, in 1772,
"The Rising Glory of America," which he wrote in collaboration with Philip Freneau while at college;
"Bunker Hill," a drama, was published in 1776; "Eulogium of the Brave Who Fell in the Contest with Great
Britain," in 1778; "Incidents of the Insurrection in
Western Pennsylvania," in 1795; "Modern Chivalry or
the Adventures of Captain Farrago and Teague
O'Regan his Servant," in 1796; "Gazette Publications
Collected," in I8o6; and "Law Miscellanies," in 1814.
Henry Marie Brackenridge, son of Hugh Henry
Brackenridge, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., May I I,
1786, and died Jan. I8, 1871. His father very early
decided to cultivate the lad's intellect to its highest
capacity, and his early tuition was under private tutors
of which his scholarly father was one. At the age of
seven years he was sent to a French Academy at St.
Genevieve in Upper Louisiana, and there he completely
mastered the French language. He was fifteen years of
age when his father was made a judge of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and the lad was then placed in
the office of the prothonotary to prepare him for the
study of law under a preceptor, and at the age of twenty
he was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar. He then
spent a year at home in Carlisle, making a special study
of equity and marine law. A year later he went to the
city of Baltimore, intending to open an office there and
practice his profession, but he found too many lawyers
there already, in his opinion, and he located instead in
Somerset, the capital of Somerset county, Pa., where he
heard there was but one lawyer. He there practiced
very successfully until 1810  when he went South to
Upper Louisiana, where he tried some cases, going
thence to St. Louis, where he continued his compilation
of data for a work on Louisiana, which was published
in Pittsburgh in 1812.
In the year I8II he was appointed deputy attorney
general for the territory of New Orleans, later the State
of Louisiana, and later was appointed district attorney.
He was personally acquainted with President Madison
and President Monroe, and took an active part in favor
of having the United States acknowledge the independence of South American republics. He was secretary
of the first commission of Congress to visit South America in 1817, and wrote a book, "Voyage to South America," published about 1920. The latter, addressed to "An
American" was sent to President Monroe, and it was
republished in England in "The Pamphleteer," and
later was translated into both Spanish and French. In
1821 he. was appointed United States judge for the
western district of Florida, an office he held for over
ten years.
Mr. Brackenridge married Caroline Marie, of Philadelphia, owner of a valuable tract of land in Western
Pennsylvania, and in 1832 they took possession of that
tract of about 2,000 acres, upon which Mr. Brackenridge
founded the town of Tarentum, between which and
Natrona, his country residence yet stands, another town
just above Tarentum has grown up on the estate, much
of the original property being yet owned in the family.
In 1840 he was elected to Congress, and in the following year received his last public appointment, that of
commissioner under the Mexican treaty. He was a
member of the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1844, and
from that time until his death, Jan. 18, 1871, lived retired.
Henry M. Brackenridge left a son, Benjamin Morgan Brackenridge, who never took active part in
business, dying at the age of thirty-five. He married
Phillipine Stieren, and they were the parents of Henry
M. (2) Brackenridge, who has developed the Brackenridge estate, established glass iron and steel industries,
the borough of Brackenridge being so named in his
honor.
Henry M. Brackenridge, born July 17, I856 was educated in public schools, under private tutors at Western
University of Pennsylvania, and at the Royal Polytechnic Institute, Dresden, Germany, spending two
years at the last-named institution. He then returned
to the Western University of Pennsylvania to pursue a
special course in chemistry, intending to become an
analytical chemist. Circumstances, however, prevailed,
and instead he left college and assumed the management
of the important Brackenridge estate.
In the course of his business career, he has administered large interests, and has been a valuable factor
in the development of his city. Among the diversified
business and financial organizations he serves or has
served as officer or director are: The Brackenridge
McKelvey Land Company, as president and director;
Bank of Pittsburgh, director; Tarentum Glass Company, president and director; Allegheny Steel  Iron
Company, treasurer; James H. Baker Manufacturing
Company, treasurer; First National Bank, of Natrona,
vice-president and director; National Bank of Tarentum, vice-president and director; and the United Coal
Company, director.
In politics Mr. Brackenridge is a Republican, but beyond the interest dictated by good citizenship, he has
taken no part in political affairs. He is a member of
the Duquesne Club. The chief concern of his life
has been his business responsibilities.
Mr. Brackenridge married, Oct. 7, 1885, Madge
Richards, daughter of W. H. Richards, of Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Brackenridge are the parents of two
daughters: I. Helen, married Frank McCormick Painter,
and resides at No. 441 Shady avenue. Mr. and Mrs.
Painter have two children: Frank M. and Cornelia. 2.
Cornelia, married Minton W. Talbot, and resides in
Norfolk, Va. The Brackenridge family residence at
Natrona Heights is one of the fine suburban homes of
the Pittsburgh district.
FRANK McCUNE--It is a pleasure to read the
biography of a successful self-made man. Peculiar
honor attaches to that individual who, beginning the
struggle of life unaided, gradually overcomes environment, removes one by one the obstacles in the pathway
of success, and by master strokes of his own force of
character, energy, and perseverance succeeds in forging
his way to the front and winning for himself a position
of esteem and influence among his fellowmen. Such is
the record, briefly stated, of Mr. Frank McCune, general manager of the Monongahela Connecting Railroad
Company, and it may be truthfully added that there is
perhaps, in the whole city of Pittsburgh, no more popular or highly esteemed railroad official than he whose
name is the caption of this review. A progressive man
in every sense of the word, he gives his earnest support
to any movement that promises to benefit in any manner
the community in which he lives.
Frank McCune was born in McKeesport, Allegheny
county, Pa., Sept. 13, I860, a son of George and Jane
(Grahame) McCune, well known and highly respected
citizens of that place, both born in Westmoreland
county, Pa. His father, George McCune, was a versatile
man, who moved about considerably and frequently
changed his occupations. He was for a time engaged
in agriculture in Westmoreland county, and after continuing successfully here for several years removed to
Elizabeth, Allegheny county, Pa., where he became a
boat-builder. Afterwards he went to McKeesport, and
after successfully conducting a hotel there for five years
came to Pittsburgh. Here he again engaged in conducting a hotel, and continued successfully until 1890,
when he retired and lived with his son Frank, until his
demise, which occurred in 1897. In political views Mr.
McCune was a staunch Republican, but never cared
for the honors of office. He and his family were members of the Presbyterian church, in the affairs of which
he was actively interested. His death was sincerely
mourned throughout the State, for his friends were almost numberless. In his demise Pittsburgh lost not
only a true gentleman and good business man, but one
of whom any city might be proud.
Frank McCune obtained his early education in the
public schools of his native city, later attending the
schools of Shippensburg, Chambersburg and Pittsburgh.
In 1877 he entered Duff's Business College, of Pittsburgh, and there gained an insight into business methods
and theories. Completing his studies, Mr. McCune then
accepted a position with the Pennsylvania railroad, as
telegrapher, where he remained nearly a year. He was
then transferred to the engineering department, and
after a year here resigned in order to accept a better
position with the Pennsylvania lines, West, which was
known as the Pan Handle railroad. For eighteen years
he was associated with them, acting as telegrapher,
freight and ticket agent, baggage master, passenger
agent, yard master, car distributor and general yard
master. In I899, he came to the Monongahela Connecting railroad as superintendent of transportation. His
all-around experience had well fitted him for his work,
and it was not long before his exceptional ability was
recognized. In 1903 he was made general superintendent, and in 1909 he became general manager, which responsible position he holds at the present time.
Belonging as he does to that representative class of
American business men who promote public progress
in advancing individual prosperity, Mr. McCune's private interests never precludes his active participation
in movements and measures which concern the public
good. In politics he is a staunch Republican, and
though he takes every true American's interest in the
affairs of the State, he has never cared to accept office..
He is also well known and liked in fraternal circles,
being a member of the various Masonic bodies, the Veteran Masons Association of Western Pennsylvania, the
Duquesne Club, of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Athletic
Association, and the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce.
In religious affiliations he and his family are members
of the Presbyterian church, and he takes an active
interest in its affairs.
On Feb. 15, 1879, Mr. McCune was united in marriage at Burgettstown, Washington county, Pa., with
Emma M. Burgett, a daughter of Boston Grimm and
Sarah (Markle) Burgett, highly respected residents of
that place. Mrs. McCune is a lady of true refinement
and culture, combining the qualities of a true homemaker and accomplished hostess, and is a fitting helpmate to her husband. To Mr. and Mrs. McCune was
born one son, George Boston, born March 17, 1881; he
is engaged in the business of superintendent of steel
works, American Sheet and Tin Plate Company, in
Vandegrift, Pa.
The career of Mr. McCune is an apt illustration of the
value of character in determining the measures of success possible to attain. Through his long connection
with the railway systems of Pennsylvania, he has become one of the best known railroad men of that State.
The occupations that he has been engaged in and the
different official positions he has held has brought him
into contact with a great number of men of every class
and type, and has acquainted him with the motives and
springs of human nature beyond the range of many,
making him at once tolerant of his fellows. Regular
as a clock in his business habits, watchful as a lynx
of his tremendous interests, broad-minded, liberal in his
views upon all public topics, he is a true type of the
successful American business man. His home life too
is ideal and he has proved himself no less a loving husband and father than a true friend, a good neighbor,
and a good citizen.CHARLES A. O'BRIEN-In legal circles in Pittsburgh Mr. O'Brien is well known for his broadly constructive activities in the public service during the nearly
twelve years in which he held the office of city solicitor.
He is now devoting his entire attention to his growing
private practice.
Mr. O'Brien is a son of John H. and Jane (Neel)
O'Brien. The father was born in Carrick, Ireland, and
came to Allegheny county, Pa., in 1828. He was for
many years a resident of (then) Baldwin township, and
named Carrick, Pa., from the town in which be had
formerly lived in Ireland. His wife was a native
of Allegheny county.
Charles A. O'Brien was born in Carrick, Pa., Nov.
27, 1853. He attended the old McGibeny district school,
later attending St. Vincent's College, Wheeling, W. Va.
After his graduation from that institution he began the
study of law in the office of Samuel C. Schoyer, who
was his preceptor. Admitted to the bar on Dec. 16,
1876, he soon developed an extensive general practice,
and was active as a trial attorney until April I, 1909.
On that date he entered upon his duties as city solicitor
of Pittsburgh, by appointment of Mayor Magee. One of
his first acts in that capacity was the reorganization of
the office of which he took charge, and during his long
term of service in the legal department of the city,
some of the most important questions came before him.
Notable among these was the matter of the bond and
hump reduction, new city county building, the wharf and
water rights of the city and vast highway improvement
litigation. The adjustment of these and many other
matters vital to the prosperity of the city, both current
and future, went through his hands. Filling the office
of city solicitor through the administrations of three
different mayors, his period of service closed in January, 1921. Since that time he has resumed his private
practice, but makes a specialty of municipal cases and
corporation law. In both the State and County Bar
associations Mr. O'Brien holds membership, and he
is a member of the Republican Tariff Club, also of the
South Hills Country Club, and of the Pittsburgh
Athletic Association. He attends St. Paul's Cathedral
(Roman Catholic), although not a member of this congregation.
On June 26, 1879, Mr. O'Brien married Lucy Bingey,
of Pittsburgh, and they have three children living: Alan
Neel, educated in the Pittsburgh schools and the Bordentown (New Jersey) Military Academy, who served
seven years in the United States army, and is now in
business in Utah; Elizabeth, educated in Pittsburgh
schools and a graduate of Mount De Chantal College,
degree of Bachelor of Arts; and Charles A., Jr., educated
in Pittsburgh grammar and high schools, and a student
of Kiskiminetas College when the United States entered
the World War. He at once volunteered, served overseas in the 111th Infantry, and was in all actions from
Chateau Thierry through the Argonne, to the end of
the war. Four children have died: Jane and Caroline in
infancy; Paul, while in the United States army and stationed in California, his burial taking place on the day
he was twenty-six years of age; and Rose, who became the wife of Dr. Harry O'Connor, and died in
1915, leaving four children: Harry, Rosemary, Emily
and Nellie, these children being Mr. O'Brien's only
grandchildren.
PERCY FRAZER SMITH-In the year when the
discovery of gold at Captain Sutter's mill in California
started the nation trekking across the continent and
around the continent, employing every means then
known to the ingenuity of man in order that they might
seek fortune in a far land, there was born in Pittsburgh,
on Christmas Day, a child whose life has been a denial
of the "far fields for trea sure" theory. Instead of
treasures in far fields he has sought and found his
acres of diamonds at home, and his birth on Christmas
Day, 1848, was a Yuletide gift of peculiar value to
Pittsburgh-and to his many friends.
The father, John C. Smith, tin and coppersmith, and
also bailiff of the Criminal Court of Allegheny, died
in 1888; the mother, Eliza Ann Smith, died in 1869.
The boy attended the public schools of Pittsburgh,
selling papers after school hours in characteristic,
sturdy, cheerful independence-and incidentally radiating genial friendliness. When he was sixteen years old
he went into the office of the "Chronicle" as office boy,
but was soon assigned to police reporting, becoming the
youngest known reporter to fill such a position. The
"Chronicle" office was on Fifth avenue at the time, and
William A. Collins, one of the most able editors of his
time, was in charge. Associated contemporaneously with
him were such men as Daniel O'Neill, E. M. O'Neill, A.
W. Rooke, C. E. Locke, C. D. Brigham. William Anderson and the two Davids-Fickes and Lowry. Working with these men young Percy Frazer Smith acquired
a thorough knowledge of his profession, and soon became a star reporter, especially of trials in the county
courts. He wrote a swift longhand, so quickly and accurately grasping and sifting out important facts and
details that his reports for the "Chronicle" and later for
the "Dispatch" came to be relied upon by lawyers and
judges as dependable summaries of proceedings. It
is said that Pittsburgh has possessed but one reporter
who could equal him for speedy and accurate news
writing, that one being William B. Horer, of the old
"Gazette," who in one day's longhand filled eight
columns of the next day's issue.
In I869, Mr. Smith became associated with the "Commercial" as legal reporter, and in 1873 was made secretary to the Hon. George H. Anderson, State Senator.
At the close of the session he took a position on the
"Evening Telegraph," which he held until 1876, when
he became associated with the "Dispatch" as court reporter. Two years later, he returned to the "Chronicle" and became assistant editor, which position he
filled with his usual energy and ability for two years.
In 188o, the dreams of the sunny, determined boy
selling papers after school hours were realized, and Mr.
Smith began business on his own account. He opened
a job printing establishment, which he conducted successfully for thirty-eight years. In November, 1913, he
was elected to the office of jury commissioner, and at the
expiration of his first term was re-elected. During his
first term he made a special study of the function of thejury system in order to increase his efficiency in that
office. That the public he served appreciated the high
quality of his work is evidenced by the fact that in the
second election he received the largest number of votes
any candidate for that office had ever received. In
1920 Mr. Smith, while still jury commissioner, was appointed a member and became chairman of the Board
of Assessment and Revision of Taxes of Allegheny
county. He then resigned the office of jury commissioner.
Soon after Mr. Smith's election as jury commissioner,
he closed his job printing business in order that he
might give full attention to his public duties. Since
that time, his service to the public has been continuous
and of a very high order. He has been secretary and
treasurer of the Humane Society, chairman of the membership committee, and a director of the Chamber of
Commerce. He was also one of the original organizers
of the School for the Education of the Blind. In fact
there have been few movements for improvement,
few worth-while people, and few worthy activities of any
kind in Pittsburgh during the last fifty years, with which
Mr. Smith has not had some important and useful connection. When Pittsburgh entertained the Grand Army
of the Republic in 1894, he was chairman of the committee on badges, and it is characteristic of his independent resourcefulness that the badges were made from
a brass cannon made during the Civil War. The remainder of the cannon he had re-made and placed in
the Soldier's Memorial Hall in Pittsburgh. Fraternally, he is a Free and Accepted Mason and a member
of the Knights of Malta. He attends the First Presbyterian Church at Ingram, Pa., and has always taken
an active interest in the Sunday school.
A delightful sense of humor, united with strength
and steadiness of purpose, together with fine sensibilities and a downright gift for friendship, have endeared
Mr. Smith to a wide circle of friends and have greatly
increased the value of his services to Pittsburgh. He
has written a great deal, both in prose and verse, and
with the late Hon. Morrison Foster gave to the world
in book form the music and songs of Stephen C.
Foster. His "Memory's Milestones," containing a
wealth of reminiscences extending over seventy years
of a busy life in Pittsburgh, is a treasure house of memories for Pittsburgh's citizens, as well as an arsenal of
intimate facts for those who would inquire into the finer
side of the last seventy years of the life of the city.
Friends of Mr. Smith who come and "sit by the fire"
with him enjoy a rare treat, and so rich has been his
experience along the friendly road, that still to partake
of "Soulwine and loaves o' love beneath the Yule's
holly tree" is one of the dearest pleasures of this man
who came to Pittsburgh one Christmas Day, long ago.
Mr. Smith married Catherine J. Bryce, Oct. 23, 1879.
Their one daughter, Elizabeth French, married Jay
Yohe, of St. Louis, Mo., who holds a position of trust
in the controller's office of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company.
HOMER DAWSON WALLACE, A. B., M. A.,
M. D.-Among the group of physicians in which Pittsburgh takes justifiable pride is Dr. Homer Dawson
Wallace, one of six members of his family who have
practiced medicine here, all of the Homoeopathic School.
Dr. Wallace is a son of Rev. Jared and Mary (Brown)
Wallace. Robert Brown, from whom Mary Brown descended, came from England in company with the Allen
ancestor for whom Allentown, Allegheny county, was
named. Robert Brown settled first in Birmingham,
later moving to Shaler township, and settling on the
farm that is now the Wallace homestead. Rev. Jared
Wallace in early life was a minister in the Methodist
Episcopal church, a gifted preacher, and deeply devoted
to the work of the church. Failing health compelled him
to relinquish his career in the ministry, and upon the
advice of his physicians he retired to out-door life on
the farm. Both Dr. Wallace's parents are now deceased.
Dr. Wallace was born in Remington, Allegheny
county, Pa., on the farm, Feb. I8, 1874. His education
was begun in the district schools in the vicinity of his
home, and a preparatory course in the Park Institute
followed. This completed, he entered the Western
University of Pennsylvania, now the University of
Pittsburgh. From this institution he received his degree
of Bachelor of Arts, being graduated in the class of
1896, and in 1899 the degree of Master of Arts was
conferred upon him For two years following graduation he taught school, then entered the Cleveland
Homceopathic Medical College, now the Homoeopathic
College of Ohio State University, from which he was
graduated in I93I with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. The same year he began professional work in
Pittsburgh, and has continuously and successfully practiced here for twenty years.- He is a recognized specialist in internal medicine.
Dr. Wallace was one of the first physicians of Pittsburgh to volunteer in the late World War, but was
unable to pass the physical examinations. He was for
five years on the staff of the Pittsburgh Homoeopathic
Hospital and Dispensary, having charge of the skin
clinic. He is a member of the American Institute of
Homoeopathy, and of the Pennsylvania State and Allegheny County Homoeopathic societies. His college fraternity is the Phi Upsilon Rho. Politically, the doctor's convictions lead him to ally himself with the Democratic party. He is an earnest and devoted church
worker, a member and elder in the First Presbyterian
Church, North Side. Dr. Wallace holds the thirtysecond degree in the Masonic order, and is also a
member of Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine.
Dr. Wallace married, Dec. 25, 1902, Alice Belle
Wible, daughter of Andrew and Josephine (Burchfield)
Wible. Both the Burchfield and Wible families are of
pioneer record in Allegheny county, and Mrs. Wallace's
maternal grandfather was a business man of Pittsburgh
at an early day. Children: Homer Dawson, Jr., born
Oct. 26, 1903, a graduate of Allegheny High School,
now a student in the pre-medical course at Pittsburgh
University; Robert Wible, born March 30, 1908, a student in Allegheny High School, class of 1925. The
family residence is at No. II8 East North avenue, their
summer home the old Wallace homestead in Shaler
township.90
JOHN ALEX CUMMINGS- The production of
food luxuries has come to be one of the most important
industries of modern times. The American, in his
success, does not care to take himself altogether seriously, and attractive confections seem to be a necessary
part of American relaxation. This being the case,
whether common sense or merely a fashion, the production of wholesome sweets becomes at once an industrial opportunity and responsibility. That John
Alex Cummings is filling his responsibility to the public
health is a matter of j ustifiable pride to himself, and
congratulation to his trade. Mr. Cummings is a son
of Samuel and Harriet L. Cummings, of Connellsville,
Pa. The elder Mr. Cummings is a large coal operator,
holding extensive mining interests, and has been more
or less interested in the production of coke.
John Alex Cummings was born in Connellsville, Dec.
17, 1883. He attended the public schools of his native
town, then took a course at the California State Normal
School, California, Pa., finally being graduated from the
University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Cummings entered the
business world on his own responsibility, at the age of
twenty-three years, in the retail drug line. This venture
was successful, and he continued along this branch of
mercantile interest for six years; then in 1912 entered
the field in which he has made a spectacular rise. In
1912 he organized the J. A. Cummings Company, retaining in his own hands the presidency and general
managership of the business. Although founded only
eight years ago, this company is to-day the very
largest wholesale confectionery house in this section.
This success is wholly due to Mr. Cummings' own remarkable business ability, and places him among the
foremost men in mercantile lines in this city. Mr.
Cummings is preeminently a business man, having few
interests outside the business which, of necessity, commands a large share of his time. He is, however, a
member of Wilkinsburg Lodge, No. 683, Free and Accepted Masons; Chapter No. 285, Royal Arch Masons;
Lincoln Commandery, Knights Templar; Consistory,
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; Syria Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also
a member of the Edgewood Country Club.
Mr. Cummings married, Aug. 17, 1915, Sarah Helen
Klingsmith, of Pittsburgh, and they have two sons, John
Alex Jr., and Samuel Thomas.
WILLIAM B. SCAIFE-From the days of Danish
daring and hardihood, when Danish seamen ventured
far, carrying with them sometimes terror but always
energy, ability and loyalty to certain fixed principles
and virtues, they have handed down to our present time
many qualities of character which have been invaluable
in the building up of our western nation. The history
of the Scaife family has been traced from Denmark to
England back nearly three hundred years. George
Scaife, of Raisgill Hall, Orten Parish, England, born
1650, is the earliest recorded ancestor in the direct
line.
The grandfather of William B. Scaife was Henry
Scaife, of Cambridge, born 1749. Jeffery Scaife, father
of William B. Scaife, was born in England, in 1774,
and came to Philadelphia, Pa., in 1782, afterward moving to Pittsburgh in I8oI. In 1802, he engaged with
William Borrett in the manufacture of tin and sheetiron ware, establishing a business which became one of
the most important of its kind in the United States.
In March, I8Io, he married William Borrett's daughter, Lydia. There were born of this marriage: William Henry, who died in infancy; William Borrett, of
whom further; Sarah Ann, died in infancy; Howard
Watson, born 1815, died 1870; Lydia Ann, married
William A. Fairman; Thomas W., born 1820, died
I85o:; Maria Louisa, married Benjamin Haulk, of
Beaver county, Pa.; Elizabeth, died in infancy; and
Anna Mary, married James Shryock.
William Borrett Scaife was born Sept. 5, 1812. After
receiving the best education obtainable at the time in
his native city, he went into his father's business, where
he developed a most remarkable and precocious mechanical genius. At the age of nine years he constructed
articles which were sold along with those made by the
best workmen in the shops, and in 1834, the William B.
Scaife Company was organized, the shares of which,
in 1838, William B. Scaife bought out, becoming at
the age of twenty-six years the sole. proprietor of an
important industry. From the manufacture of tin,
iron, and copper parts for the steamboats, then so important to Pittsburgh, there developed an independent
branch of the business-the building and equipment of
steamboats.
Always active and yet always a student, Mr. Scaife
not only developed a special taste for metaphysics, but
delighted in the solving of problems of all kinds, and
turned his resourceful mind to the task of overcoming
practical business difficulties whenever they presented
themselves. The old slow way of floating coal down
the river seemed to him inefficient, being wasteful of
time and uncertain. He was one of the first to advocate
the more efficient method of towing. He was also one of
the earliest manufacturers of iron roof frames and corrugated iron for roofings and sidings, ventures which
proved very profitable and brought orders from all
parts of the United States. He was the designer and
manufacturer of the present style of the kitchen range
boiler now in almost universal use. Prompt and efficient in his business, Mr. Scaife kept in touch with
all labor-saving inventions, and was one of the first to
install each new kind which could be  advantageously
used in his factory. He was also a constant seeker for
whatever would tend to improve the condition of his
workingmen.
Always keenly interested in the welfare of Pittsburgh, he gave substantial aid to philanthropic and
religious enterprises that seemed calculated to secure
progress. He was a strong believer in temperance, also
the abolition of slavery, and assisted these causes with
both his influence and means. He was the organizer
of a society known as the Philo Institute, a debating
club, which possessed a fine library and numbered
among its members many men who later became prominent. Politically, he was first a Whig and then a
Republican. He was a lifelong member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
On Dec. 23, 1834, William B. Scaife married Mary
Frisbee, daughter of Ephraim Frisbee, of Schohariecounty, N. Y.  They were the parents of thirteen chil-   (Doyle) Verner, his wife, came from Ireland to Penndren, including the following sons:   Oliver P., died   sylvania in I8o6.  After a ten years' stay in Pittsin 1903; Charles Cooke, died in I9I5; a sketch of whose   burgh they went to Williamsport, Pa. (now  Mononlife follows in this work; Lauriston L., an attorney of   gahela City) in I8I6, but in 1820 came back to PittsBoston, Mass.; William Lucien, chairman of the Scaife   burgh.  In 1834 Mr. Verner purchased 460 acres of
Foundry and Machine Company;  Marvin  F., died in   wooded property at the site of the present borough of
1921; and Walter B., of Berkeley, Cal.                       Verona  (formerly called Verner's Station), about ten
Mr.  Scaife died in Pittsburgh, Pa., April 2, 1876,   miles from Pittsburgh.  Clearing part of the property
leaving an enduring monument to his ability in the vastly   and erecting thereon a house, he removed from Penn
developed business of William B. Scaife   Sons, and   street, Pittsburgh, in 1836, but moved  back to that
a still more  lasting memorial  to the integrity  and   city in 1841, again residing on Penn street.  Later Mr.
nobility of his character in the loving memory of his   Verner engaged in the brewing and lumber business
hosts of friends,                                            with James Brown under the firm name of Brown 
Verner. James Verner, Sr., died in 1854, at the age
CHARLES  COOKE   SCAIFE,  father of James   of seventy-one, his wife dying two years later at the
Verner  Scaife, was  educated  in public and  private   same age.  They were the parents of four children:
schools of his native city, and belonged to one of the   Elizabeth, who  married  Samuel  Morrison,  and  died
first classes of the old Central High. School.  He early   in 1887; Ellen Holmes, married, Nov. 3, 1835, Bishop
associated  with  his  father  in the  latter's business.   Matthew Simpson, of the Methodist Episcopal church,
Proving himself to have inherited a full share of the   died Dec. I9, 1897; Matilda, married W. W. Wallace;
ability hereditary in his family, he very shortly became   and James, of whom  further.
a member of the firm, with which he was closely iden-          James Verner, youngest child of James and Elizatified for over fifty years.  Under his able leadership   beth (Doyle) Verner, was born Aug. 30, 1818, at Mononthe scope of the business was greatly enlarged, and the   gahela City (then called Williamsport), Pa.  He  atcompany now owns an immense plant at Oakmont, em-   tended the private school kept by John Kelly, in old
ploying about five hundred men.  Mr. Scaife was thor-   Allegheny City, now the North Side of Pittsburgh, and
oughly familiar with every detail of the business, and   later attended Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa.  After
his vitalizing energy pervaded every department of the   leaving college he worked with his father on the farm,
concern.  Mr. Scaife was a veteran of the Civil War,   clearing and  fencing same, and continued  to reside
having  enlisted  Sept.  I5,  1862,  in  Company   C,   there for some time after his father's removal to PittsFifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia,                    burgh in 1841.  He also, later in life, added very largely
While  closely  attending  to  his  business  affairs,   to the original property holdings. After the completion
Charles C. Scaife ever manifested a keen and active   of the Allegheny Valley railroad, he formed a company
interest in everything pertaining to the city's welfare,   to lay out a village which now constitutes Verona borand his name was associated with projects of the utmost   ough, and secured the location of the Allegheny Valley
municipal concern.  The financial and commercial in   railroad shops there.  Returning to Pittsburgh somestitutions, the educational, political, charitable and re-   what later, he became a partner in the brewing firm of
ligious organizations, which constitute the chief features   George W.  Smith   Company, in which business he
in the life of every great city, all profited by his sup-   continued for many years.  Becoming interested in the
port and cooperation.  He was the owner of much real   Excelsior Omnibus Company, which carried passengers
estate, and a fine judge of the dormant possibilities of   and baggage from the Pennsylvania railroad in Pittslanded property.  A  Republican in politics, and known   burgh to the Fort Wayne  railroad in Allegheny, he
to be an attentive observer of men and measures, he  operated the transferring business for some time, then
was frequently consulted in regard to questions of pub-   sold out and applied for and obtained a charter for the
lic moment.   Although  repeatedly urged to run for  Citizens' Passenger Railway Company, which was put
public office, he steadfastly declined.  Mr. Scaife was a   in operation in 1859, being the first street railway opermember of Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, and   ated west of the Allegheny mountains.  Later this road
its oldest trustee in point of service at the time of his   was consolidated with the Transverse road in the Citideath.  He died Dec. 31, 1915.                               zens' Traction railway.  Still later, Mr. Verner organCharles C. Scaife married, Dec. 24, 1867, Priscilla M.   ized the Pittsburgh Forge and Iron Company, and beVerner, daughter of the late James Verner, of Pitts-   came its first president.  Energy, enterprise, and clear
burgh, and the following children were born to them:   and accurate judgment brought success to his undertakJames  Verner, William  B., Charles  Cooke,  Jr., died   ings, and under his guidance this last undertaking was
Nov.  13, 1915; and Anna Verner, wife of John H.   very successful.
Ricketson, Jr.                                                 Public-spirited and always interested in the advancement of his community, Mr. Verner served for a numJAMES   VERNER-Among   the   many   hardy   ber of years as a member of Council from the Fourth
pioneers of Scotch origin, coming to this country from   Ward, being first a Whig and later a Republican in his
Ireland, were the ancestors  of James  Verner.   His   party allegiance.   He  was exceedingly  fond of field
grandmother died at Verner's Bridge, County Armagh,   sports, and had the reputation of being the oldest "wing
Ireland, where her life had been passed, and where her   shot" in Western Pennsylvania.   He was one of the
husband had died before her.                                 first to take an interest in the breeding of hunting
Her  son, James Verner, born  1783, and  Elizabeth   dogs, and was one of the organizers of the Sportsmen'sBIOGRAPHICAL.'    ""'f:-                   9
and Clara (Childs) McClintock, born fan. I6, 1882,   ments of the business, taking instinctively to the indusmarried, Nov. II, 1911, Fanny Brower, daughter Charles   try and displaying unusual capacities and capabilities.
DeHart Brower, Esq., and Mary B. Brower, of New    John G.A. Leishman was associated with Mr. Snyder
York City.  Two children: Harvey Childs, Jr., born   in the Schoenberger employ and they planned an indeNov. 2, 1912; Bailey Brower, born May 6, 1918. Harvey   pendent partnership that materialized in 188o in the
C. McClintock is a graduate of Shadyside Academy,   firm of Leishman  Snyder, iron brokers. Until 1888
1898; Phillips-Andover Academy, 1899; Yale College,  this firm enjoyed successful continuance, Mr. Leishman
B. A. 1903; Harvard Law School, 1906.  After admis-   then withdrawing to accept an interest in the Carnegie
sion to tire Pittsburgh bar, 1907, he practiced law as a   Steel Company, of which he later; became president.
member of the firm of Young, McClintock  Painter.   Afterward Mr. Leishman entered the diplomatic servIn 1911 he was candidate for judge of the County Court   ice and was ambassador to both Turkey and Germany.
On the Keystone party ticket.  In 1915 he served as   Mr. Snyder became sole owner of the business by pursecretary to Col. Arthur Woods, police commissioner chase of the Leishman interest and as W. P.,Snyder 
of New York City, and later as special deputy police   Company the business was conducted by Mr. Snyder
commissioner.  Since 1918 he has been associated with   until his death, one of the few iron brokerage firms with
the law firm of White   Case, No. 14 Wall street,  such a record of service and success.
New York City.                                 In 1894-95 Mr.  Snyder was vice-president of the
Elsie Thompson, twin daughter of Oliver and Clara   McClure  Coke Company, maintaining his connection
(Childs)  McClintock,  born April 10, 1886, married   with the concern until its absorption by the H. C. Frick
Frank Dwight Nicol, of Detroit, where they reside.   Coke Company.  As a close friend and business assoMr. Nicol is member of Nicol, Ford   Company,   ciate of Henry W. Oliver, Mr. Snyder cooperated with
brokers, Detroit.  One child, Jeannette, born March   that gentleman in a large number of important underI6, 1919.                                                 takings.  Mr. Oliver and his associates performed the
Jeannette Lowrie, twin daughter of Oliver and Clara   pioneer work in the present immense  production of
(Childs)  McClintock,  born  April  Io, I886, married   Lake Superior iron ore, Mr. Snyder being particularly
Wallace N. Qsburn,' of Detroit, March I6, 1919, where   interested in these operations and acquiring extensive
they reside.  Mr. Osburn is vicepresident of the Gem-   holdings in the Lake Superior region. " Mr.  Oliver
mer Manufacturing Company, of Detroit.                     and Mr. Snyder are credited by the iron and steel
industry of the country with being the first manufacWILLIAM  PENN  SNYDER-The  passing years   turers to successfully use one hundred per cent. Mesabi
inexorably take from their places even those men and   ore in a blast furnace, a method until then believed imwomen whose loss can apparently least be borne, and   practicable and now a general practice.  In the producearly in its course 1921 found a shining mark in Wil-   tion of coking coal Mr. Oliver and Mr. Snyder headed
liam Penn Snyder, a leading industrialist of the Pitts-   an organizations the Oliver  Snyder Steel Company,
burgh district and a citizen who considered no effort   which had the largest output, next to the H. C, Frick
too great as the price of the privileges of his citizenship.   Coke Company, in the fifth, bituminous district of PennMr. Snyder was. a member of a family of German   sylvania.  This company finally disposed of its business
origin, of Pennsylvania residence from 1726.  The first  and properties to the American: Steel and Wire Comof the name to come into prominence was Simon Snyder,   pany.        --    5''''',;,''''  "'.,,
who in his boyhood was apprenticed to a tanner at           In 1904 Mr. Snyder was elected president of the
York.  He applied himself in his spare hours to the   Clairton Steel Company, and completed the Building of
task of self-improvement, becoming not only skilled  the large steel plant at Clairton, Pa., which'was taken
in his trade but a man of wide and exact information.   over by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906.
In 1784, with the money he had saved, he established   In this year he founded the Shenango Furnace Comhimself in Selin's Grove as a storekeeper and mill owner  pany, to which, after Mr. Oliver's death in 1904, pracIn 1790 he was chosen a member of the State Consti-  tically his entire efforts were turned.  With vast ore
tutional Convention, where his wise conservatism and   holdings in the Northwest, blast funaces, coal mines,
strong common sense were noted and appreciated.  In   and coke works in Western Pennsylvania, he had the
I8o8 he was elected governor of Pennsylvania, was   nucleus of a powerful organization. Only one depart--
twice reelected, and received the further tribute of hay-   ment was lacking-vessels, so from 1906 to 1912 Mr.
ing Snyder county named in his honor.                    Snyder built a fleet of large bulk freighters to transport
William Penn Snyder was born in Hollidaysburg,   the ore from the Northwest down the Great Lakes
Pa., in I86I, son of the Rev. Edmund Bowman and Mary   to his Pennsylvania plants, and upon the completion of
(McCoy)  Snyder, his father a noted minister of the,  this undertaking the Shenango Furnace Company was
Methodist Episcopal church, pastor of Christ Church,   securely intrenched as one of the strongest independent
Pittsburgh, and the North Avenue Methodist Episcopal   companies of the United States.               
Church, Allegheny, having been instrumental in the        Mr.  Snyder was  also president of the Shepango
erection of the latter edifice.   William Penn Snyder   Steamship  Company,  the  Shenango  Steamship  and
attended the public schoolsf studied under his father's   Transportation Company, and the Antoine Ore Comdirection, and in early youth became an office boy in  pany.  He was a director of the Pittsburgh Trust
the employ of Schoenberger   Company, one of the   Company and the Union Trust Company, of Clairton.
pioneer iron manufacturing firms of Pittsburgh.  As   Several years after the formation of the United States
opportunity offered he mastered the various depart-  Steel Corporation Mr. Snyder was offered the presiAssociation of Western  Pennsylvania,  an association   Dr. Frederick's operating work absorbs him comorganized for the protection of fish and game.  Mr. Ver-   pletely during the large share of his time devoted to
ner was affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church.   his practice, but the ability to meet his ever full schedule
Mr. Verner married Anna Murry, daughter of James   of professional  engagements  comes  from  the wide
Murry, of Murrysville, Pa., Aug. 10, 1841.  She was   variety, of his interests in other relations of life and the
born at that place, May  10, 1824.  They' became the   relaxation that is felt in complete mental change, even
parents of five sons and five daughters, of whom five   when physical activity is maintained.   He has always
lived to maturity:  Priscilla M., born Aug. 20, 1845,   been in close touch with public affairs, his political
died Sept. 22, 1916, married Charles C. Scaife, whose   sympathy strongly Republican, and for several years
biogaphy  precedes this in the work; Amelia maried      he was a member of the City Council, serving on the
biographur     prcedes ofthisadtelphia; JameslK.,  marnried   important committees, of finance and corporations.  In
Arthur Malcom of Phildelphia; James K., born  1852,   1914, Dr. Frederick was appointed a member of the Civil
died 1891, married Kate L. Lewis, of Cincinati, Ohio;    Service Board of Pittsburgh, and in 1918 was chosen
Murry A., married Barbara Bailey; and Morris Scott,   president of this board, a position he now fills.  He is
married Anna Melsom, of Christiana, Norway.  James   a member  of the Allegheny County Medical Society,
Verner died in his eighty-third year, Aug. 8, I90I  his   Pennsylvania State Medical Association, and the Amerwife dying twenty years earlier, April 10, I88I.             ican Medical Association.  He is a thirty-second degree
The death of Mr. Verner was a distinct loss to the   Mason, belonging to lodge, chapter, council, commandcommunity.  As a capable, energetic business man of   ery, and consistory, as well as to the shrine, also affiliatlarge ability, he, was throughout his career closely iden-   ing with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
tified with the interests of Pittsburgh.   Clearly fore-   He is a member of the Highland Country Club and
seeing the possibilities of the city, he worked unceas-   president of the Union  Club, having held this office
ingly for the development of her interests, and was one   for two years.  Dr. Frederick finds his greatest pleasof the largest owners of real estate.  Friends and busi-   ures in the recreation of the out-of-doors, hunting, fishness associates sadly missed the advice and wise coun-   ing, golfing, and among his memberships in organizasel of this resourceful man, upon whose strength and   tions  devoted  to  these  pursuits  are  the  Duquesne
judgment so many had leaned, and to whose ability so   Hunting  and  Fishing  Club,  the  Twin  City Campmuch of their own success was due.                           ing Club, and the Conneaut Golf Club.  His summer
home is an attractive residence on Conneaut Lake.
FRANK HARLAN FREDERICK, M. D.-Despite                 Dr. Frederick married  (first) Mary  Patterson, of
his prominence in a profession that demands single de-   Pittsburgh,  who  died  in  1912;  (second)  in  1913,
votion from its followers, Dr. Frank Harlan Frederick   Josephine Jones, and they are the parents of one child,
has extended his sphere of activity and influence far   Frank Harlan, Jr., born Sept. 2, 1914.  Eminently sucbeyond the field of surgery, in which he has achieved   cessful professionally, popular socially, and useful in
brilliant record, and  in the public service, fraternal   responsible degree in public office, Dr. Frederick fills a
work, and social and sportsmen's organizations is held   distinctive place in the Pittsburgh community, whose
in equally high regard.   Dr. Frederick is a son of   welfare he has come to hold as of premier importance.
Franklin J. and Margaret  (Robinson)  Frederick, his 
father a farmer of Jefferson county, Ohio, who died in         BENJAMIN  GILBERT  FOLLANSBEE-Chairhis eightieth year, his mother surviving her husband,   man of the board of the Follansbee Brothers; Company,
having celebrated her eighty-third birthday on Novem-   with main offices in Pittsburgh, Pa., and works at Folber 27, 1920.                                                lansbee, W. Va., and Toronto, Ohio, Benjamin Gilbert
Frank Harlan Frederick was born on the home farm   Follansbee continues the representation in Pittsburgh
at Richmond, Jefferson county, Ohio, in April, 187o,   of an honored family name established here by his father
and after attending the country schools in the neigh-   three-quarters of a century ago.
borhood  of his birthplace, became a student in the            Mr. Follansbee is a descendant of old Massachusetts
schools of Richmond, Ohio.  At the age of seventeen   families.  Somewhere between 1634 and 1638 Robert and
years he taught school, then pursued his advanced edu-   William  Follansbee came  from  Derbyshire, England,
cation, which he financed independently.  He was grad-   and settled in Newbury, now Newburyport, and from
uated from  Richmond  College,  Richmond, Ohio,  in   Robert Follansbee this branch of the family descends.
1892, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in 1897         Benjamin G. Follausbee is a son of Gilbert Follansbee,
he received his M. D. from the Medical Department of   and grandson of John Follansbee, a soldier of the War
the University of Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh of 1812 as a member of the Haverhill (Mass.) Light
University). For one year Dr. Frederick served as Infantry. John Follansbee's marriage with Elizabeth
interne in the Allegheny General Hospital, in 1898 es- Haynes, daughter of Thomas and Nancy Anne (Mooers)
tablishing in private practice in Pittsburgh, which, with Haynes, gives Mr. Follansbee descent from a Revolusurgery as his special interest, has continued to the tionary ancestor, Thomas Haynes serving as a private
present time. Dr. Frederick is a member of the staff in Captain Moses Newell's company, which marched on
of the Presbyterian Hospital, of Pittsburgh, and as- the "Lexington Alarm," and also taking part in the
sistant surgeon of St. John's Hospital, one of the lead- battle of Bunker Hill. His patriotic forbears include
ers in his profession in the city. He has a wide reputa- his great-grandfather, Amos Hunting, who was a memtion as a surgeon, able and successful, and the pro- ber of a company of volunteers raised by the town of
fessional demands made upon him are heavy. Dedham  (Mass.)  for service in the Continental army                    2/    j
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during I78o.  He saw varied duty, and was present at   3,500 people has developed.  The original plant, which
the execution of Major Andre.                                began operating in 1904, has been greatly enlarged, a steel
Gilbert Follansbee, father of Benj amin Gilbert Fol-   plant added, also a plant devoted to sheet metal spelansbee, was born in Plaistow, Mass., Jan. 5, 1821, and   cialties, and the company is about completing another
died at the home of his son, Benjamin Gilbert Follans-   plant near Toronto, Ohio.  This steel and sheet steel
bee, in Pittsburgh, May  I5, 1917, at the remarkable   plant has its own coal mines, rail and Ohio river transage of ninety-six years, four months and ten days.  His   portation, a large modern power plant, and about 100
parents moved from New England to Philadelphia, Pa.,   brick houses  erected for their employees.   Its main
when he was a child, and in the latter city he grew to  offices are located in Pittsburgh, with distributing points
manhood, learning the business of shoe manufacturing,   in the larger cities.  The company has developed into an
and following this line in Philadelphia as manufacturer   important enterprise in its field, and its stability has beand dealer.  In his early years he was for some time in   come assured.
charge of a branch shoe house in Lynchburg, Va.  In            Mr. Follansbee is a director of the Brooke County Im1845 Mr. Follansbee came to Pittsburgh, and here he   provement Company, organized for the building of homes
was  prominently engaged  in banking and  mercantile   for the workmen; Follansbee Water and Light Company;
lines until his retirement from active affairs in 1878.   Sheet Metal Specialty Company; and is a trustee of the
He was associated with the banking firm of William A.   Dollar Savings Bank.  He is a perpetual member of the
Hill  Company, and was one of the organizers and a   Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, also a member of the
director for many  years of the Pittsburgh Bank of   Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and the PittsSavings, also being at one time superintendent of the   burgh Board of Trade, and of the Board of Corporators
Chamber of Commerce.  Gilbert Follansbee was a Pres-   of the Allegheny Cemetery.  Mr. Follansbee's interests
byterian in religious  faith, a member  of the Third   in civic affairs is in part indicated by his membership in
Church, and affiliated with the Masonic order, holding   a number of organizations devoted to public welfare.
membership  in the Masonic  Veterans' Association  of   Among these are the Pittsburgh Civic Club, the Western
Pennsylvania.  Great length of years fell to his lot and   Pennsylvania  Humane  Society, and the National  Seat no time throughout their course was he without a   curity League, in all of which he is a life member.  He
following of loyal friends, who granted him their re-  is a trustee of the University of Pittsburgh, and is a
spect and honor for a life passed in uprightness and   member of the Duquesne and Oakmont Country clubs.
integrity.                                                   His  patriotic ancestry gives him  membership  in the
Gilbert Follansbee married, in Boston, Mass., Maria   Pennsylvania Society Sons of the American Revolution.
Jackson  Haynes,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Betsey   Like his father, he is a member of the Third Presby(Hunting) Haynes, and descendant of Jonathan Haynes,   terian Church, which he serves in the office of trustee.
born in England, in I6I6, who came to Massachusetts,          Benjamin  Gilbert Follansbee married, Oct. 6, 1887,
settling in Newbury (now Newburyport), between 1635   Frances  S. Wright, daughter of Captain Edward  S.
and 1640.  He and his children were captured by the   Wright, a sketch of whom follows.  Mrs. Follansbee is
Indians, but escaped.  Four years later, he and one of   a member and director of the Twentieth Century Club,
his sons were captured, and he was killed.  The son,   a member of the Tuesday Musical Club, and of the
however, was redeemed and returned to his home.  Gil-   board of directors of the Young Women's. Christian
bert and Maria Jackson (Haynes) Follansbee were the   Association.
parents of five children, of whom  Benjamin  Gilbert 
is the eldest son.                                           CAPTAIN  EDWARD  S. WRIGHT  was among
Benjamin Gilbert Follansbee was born in Pittsburgh,   the first to advocate and put into practiced many of the
North Side.  After obtaining his education in the public   reforms which, in the last half century, have put the
schools of the city and the Newell Institute, he began   prison in its proper place in relation to society, as a
business life in the employ of the Union line of the corrective rather than a punitive institution. His milPennsylvania railroad, subsequently being identified with itary record in the Civil War was notable, but it was
Park, Scott  Company, manufacturers of sheet and bolt overshadowed by his thirty-three years of service to
copper, and dealers in metals. Subsequently, the copper the State and to society as warden of the Western Penmanufacturing was taken over by the Parks, and the itentiary. He advocated development of responsibility
other part of the business reatly enlarged, particularly in the men under his care, and once wrote "do a little
the tin plate, which was then imported from England of. the trusting yourselves instead of discharging them
and Wales. Death caused the withdrawal of the Scott from confinement  with a very small gratuity, shabby
interests, and in September, I89, with three associates, clothing, and a good-bye, and then wondering why the
Benjamin G. Follansbee organized the Follansbee poor fellow cannot get work." He favored training in
Brothers Company as a Pennsylvania corporation. Mr. the trades for men while in prison, that they might earn
Follansbee served as president until January, 1916, when an honest livelihood when released.
he became chairman of the board of directors, continuing       Edward Smith Wright was born at Dudley, England,
active contact with the business.  The company manu-   Dec. 5, 1829, the son of George  and  Ann  (Smith)
factures hammered open hearth steel, tin plate and sheets.   Wright.  His father's family, for several generations,
In 1896 the company built a tin house in Pittsburgh,   manufactured anvils at Dudley and exported many of
North  Side, and in 1902 the business had grown  so   them to the United States.  John Wright, an uncle of
rapidly that a manufacturing site was purchased at Fol-   Edward  S. Wright, came to this country in 1832, and
lansbee, W. Va., where a flourishing industrial town of   the latter followed in 1847.  He became a junior clerkin a grocery store and later the chief clerk of the Pitts 
burgh "Gazette," with which paper he remained four
years.
In 1855 he was elected water assessor for the city of
Pittsburgh, which position he occupied until the beginning of the Civil War. He then organized two companies and was elected captain of one which became
Company F, of the 62nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, one of the first three-year regiments.
He was in the field until the close of the Peninsular
Campaign in Virginia, when he suffered an attack of
malaria fever and was sent to a Washington hospital
Upon recovery, Captain Wright was assigned to detached duty, and succeeded Colonel Charles T. Campbell as military provost marshal for Pittsburgh. At
this time, 118 of Morgan's raiders, men who had terrorized the people of southern Ohio and Indiana by their
incursions in behalf of the Confederacy were confined
in the Western Penitentiary as prisoners of war. It
was Captain Wright's duty as provost marshal to see
that these men were properly cared for, and through
this came his first connection with the institution to
which he should later give so much of his life's work.
Prisoners of war are not always a contented lot, but
forty years later one of these men wrote: "Please say
to Captain E. S. Wright that I have never ceased to be
grateful to him for his manly and soldierly courtesy to us
as prisoners."
Captain Wright was mustered out of service in July,
1864, with the command from which he had been detached. He then went into the oil business and later
became president of the Pittsburgh Glass Manufacturing
Company. In I866 and 1867 he was a member of the
Common Council of Pittsburgh, and for a time returned
to his old position as water assessor.
In February, 1869, Captain Wright was elected warden
of the Western Penitentiary and continued in this position until ill-health compelled his resignation in the fall
of 1901. Soon after his election a change was secured
in the State law, which permitted the prisoners to be
brought from their solitary cells and assembled for work,
school and worship. A chapel and workshop were built,
and the new warden started a school where illiterate
men were given a chance to learn to read and write.
In these reforms and in many others inaugurated in later
years, Rev. J. L. Milligan, the chaplain of the prison,
who began his lifelong work there the same day as did
Captain Wright, gave hearty cooperation. The buildings occupied by the Western Penitentiary when Captain
Wright became warden were situated in the West Park,
Allegheny. Later this became insufficient to accommodate
the numbers of men sent, and in 1878 the property in
Woods Run, now occupied by the prison, and formerly
occupied by the House of Refuge, was assigned by the
State to the Western Penitentiary. The new prison
buildings were gradually built during the succeeding
years, the prisoners moved down as buildings were ready,
and finally, in 1885, the old buildings were razed and
the property returned to the city for park purposes.
Captain Wright was a charter member of the National
Prison Association, organized in 1870, and served as its
president in 1900. After his retirement from active
prison work, he still retained his membership in this
association and through it, kept in touch with the movement for prison reform throughout the country.
For sixty-two years Captain Wright belonged to the
Masonic order, being a member of Lodge No. 45, Free
and Accepted Masons, Zerubbabel Chapter, No. 162,
Royal Arch Masons, Gourgas Lodge of Perfection,
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, thirty-second degree;
Tancred Commandery, Knights Templar; Syria Temple,
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
Through his military service he held membership in the
Grand Army of the Republic, the Union Veteran Legion,
the Army of the Potomac, and the Military Order of
the Loyal Legion, and he kept in touch with his former
comrades of the war in these organizations. As a
young man, he was a member of the First Baptist Church
of Pittsburgh and, in later years, gave his support to the
North Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, North Side.
Captain Wright married (first), in 1849, Sarah,
daughter of Francis C. Flanegin, a lawyer of Allegheny
county, and (second), in 1895, Annie Wilson. There were
eight children by his first marriage, of whom four survive: George F., married Mary Emma Straw; Frances
S., married B. G. Follansbee (see preceding sketch);
David Leland, married Maude Aiken; and Mary Losey,
married Dr. David C. Boyce.
Captain Wright died Feb. 28, 1916. In his work as
warden he stood out among the men of his time as a servant of society well worthy of his trust, and Pittsburgh
is honored by the work he did here.
THE DENNY FAMILY-Of Anglo-Irish origin,
the Denny family was planted in Ireland in the sixteenth
century. First of the line in later historic times was Sir
Edward Denny, who went to Ireland in the reign of
Queen Elizabeth of England, and settled at Tralee,
County Kerry. He was descended from John Denny,
who fell in the French wars of Henry V. In the sixth
generation from this John Denny was Sir Edward
Denny, who was summoned to Parliament in 1604, as
Baron Denny, and was created earl of Norwich in 1626.
Sir Edward Denny, of Tralee, was the eldest son of Sir
Edward Denny, uncle of the deceased Earl of Norwich.
Tralee Castle, the ancient residence of the Desmonds,
came into the possession of the Denny family as a reward
to Edward Denny, the first settler of the family in Ireland, for making a prisoner of the Earl of Desmond, who
was accused of causing a dreadful massacre of the English at a feast to which he had invited them. Although
the direct connection has not been discovered, it was
from this stock that William and Walter Denny, brothers, early settlers in Pennsylvania, in the beginning of
the eighteenth century, were probably derived. From
this William Denny came the Denny family of Pittsburgh, Pa., while the Denny family of Chambersburg,
Pa., is descended from the other pioneer, Captain Walter
Denny. The Denny coat-of-arms is as follows:
Arms- Gules, a saltier, between twelve crosses, patee or.
Crest- A cubit arm, vested azure, turned up argent,
holding five wheat-ears or.
William Denny came to Pennsylvania as a young man,
about 1720, and subsequently removed to the Cumberland
Valley. He died in Pennsborough township, Pa., in 17501751. He married, about 1728, in Chester county, Pa.,Agnes Parker. Issue: I. Walter Denny, of whom below.
2. Martha Denny, married John McClure, son of John
and Jenet McClure. The father of John McClure was
the first settler on the site of Carlisle, Pa. The son
sold the land on Letort's spring, inherited from his
father, to Adam Hoppes in 1760, and removed to the
Monongahela. He was coroner of Cumberland county,
1754-1758, and at the time of the sale to Hoppes was in
command at Fort Pitt. Issue: John, William, James; a
daughter who married Richard McClure; Mary, and a
daughter who married John Hoge. 3. William (2)
Denny, of whom below.
Walter Denny, brother of the preceding, also came to
Pennsylvania about 1720, and settled, in Little Britain,
Lancaster county. He died in 1752. He married, in
Chester county, about I726, Marjorie. Issue:
I. John Denny, of whom below. 2. A daughter, married
Robert McQuestion. 3. Sarah Denny, married John
Evans. 4. A daughter, married David Denny, son of
William and Margaret Denny, of Uchlan township,
Chester county, born in 1743, died in 1820; was active
in the war of the Revolution.
John Denny, son of Walter and Marjorie Denny, settled in West Pennsborough township, Cumberland
county. He died in 1785-86. He married Marjorie,of Lancaster county, Pa. Issue: I. Walter Denny, who went to Virginia. 2. Sarah Denny. 3.
Ann Denny. 4. Elizabeth Denny.
Captain Walter Denny, eldest son of William (I) and
Agnes ( Parker ) Denny, lived in Middleton township,
Cumberland county, Pa., where he was a taxable. He
was active in the Revolution, and was a captain in the
second battalion of the Cumberland County Associators,
1777-1778. He commanded a marching company under
Colonel Frederick Watts, in March, 1778, and was killed
in the disastrous action at the Crooked Billet, May I,
1778. His eldest son was captured in the same action
and kept for three months on board a Jersey prison
ship. Issue: I. William Denny. 2. Walter Denny. 3.
David Denny, of whom below. 4. Daniel Denny. 5.
Mary Denny, married Ramsey.
William (2) Denny, second son of William ( I) and
Agnes (Parker) Denny, was born in Chester county, in
1737. In his manhood years he lived in Carlisle, Pa.,
and was the contractor for the erection of the first Cumberland county court-house in 1765. He was coroner
of Cumberland county, 1768-1770. During the Revolution he was commissary of issues. He was a gentleman
of the old school, high-minded, dignified, and courteous.
He died about I8oo. He married, in 1760, Agnes Parker.
She was a daughter of John and Margaret (McClure)
Parker, and was born near Carlisle, in 1741.
( Parker. The Pennsylvania Parker family was of
Irish origin, and came to America in the early part of
the seventeenth century.
Richard and Janet Parker were pioneer settlers of the
Cumberland Valley. Coming from the Province of
Ulster, Ireland, they settled adjacent to the glebe lands,
at Meeting-house Springs, on the Conodoguinet river.
He died prior to 1750, his wife surviving him for fifteen
years.
John Parker, son of Richard and Janet Parker, was
born about 1716, and died prior to 1785. He married,
April 20, 1740, Margaret McClure, daughter of John
and Jenet McClure, the first white settlers on the site
of Carlisle.
Richard Parker, eldest son of John and Margaret
(McClure) Parker, was born in 1743. He served in the
Revolution, and afterward removed to Kentucky, where
he died. One of his daughters married Thomas Crittenden, a brother of the Hon. John J. Crittenden.
Elizabeth Parker, daughter of John and Margaret
( McClure) Parker, married Francis Campbell, who, in
his day, was a leading citizen of Shippensburg, Pa. Their
eldest son, Parker Campbell, married Elizabeth Calhoun,
a daughter of Dr. John and Ruhannah (Chambers) Calhoun. Another son, James Campbell, a lawyer in York,
Pa., married Cassandra Miller, daughter of General
Henry Miller.
Alexander Parker, another son of John and Margaret
(McClure) Parker, was born in 1753, and died in 1792.
He served in Colonel's Irvine's regiment in the Revolution, and was a captain of the Pennsylvania line. After
the Revolution he laid out the town of Parkersburg, at
the mouth of the Little Kanawha river, in West Virginia. He married Rebecca Blair, daughter of William
Blair, and she, after his death, became the wife of
Charles McClure, Judge William McClure, of Pittsburgh, being a son of this second marriage. Judge McClure was thus a nephew of John Parker's wife, Margaret McClure, she being a sister of his father.
Mary Parker, another daughter of John and Margaret (McClure) Parker, married William Fleming, of
Cumberland county. They had two sons, James and
John, and eight daughters. The eldest daughter, Ann,
married William Lyon, and was the mother of Margaret
Lyon, who became the wife of the Rev. David Denny;
and of Alice Lyon, the wife of Judge George Chambers, of Chambersburg. All the daughters of William
and Mary ( Parker ) Fleming intermarried with old
Cumberland county families, including the Greggs, Elliotts, Randolphs, and Crains.
Agnes Parker, daughter of John and Margaret
(McClure) Parker, married William (2) Denny, above).
Issue of William (2) and Agnes (Parker) Denny: I
Ebenezer Denny, of whom below. 2. Priscilla Denny,
born May 28, 1763, died in Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 22, 1849;
married Simon Boyd, an officer, according to tradition, in
the second battalion of the Cumberland County Associators; no issue. 3. William Denny, born March 24, 1765,
died in infancy. 4. Nancy (Agnes) Denny, born Aug.
31, 1768, died unmarried, Jan. I I, 1845. 5. Margaret
Denny, born June 25, 1771, died Dec. 8, 1847; married,
April I I, 1793, Samuel Simison. Issue: i. Parker
Simison; ii. Elder Simison; iii. John Simison; iv. Boyd
Denny Simison; v. Nancy Simison, married Elisha
Doyle; vi. Isabella Simison, died in infancy; vii. Eliza
Simison. 6 Mary Denny, born Feb. 13, 1775, died in
1777. 7. Mary Polly Denny, married George Murray, of
whom below. 8. Elizabeth Denny, born April 22, 1781,
died, unmarried, March 27, 1848. 9. Boyd Denny, born
Feb. 20, 1783; died in Pittsburgh.
David Denny, son of Captain Walter Denny, was born
near Carlisle, Pa., in 1767. He was graduated from
Dickinson College, and was licensed and ordained by the
Presbytery of Carlisle. He was pastor of the PathValley Presbyterian churches in 1792-1800, and of the
Falling Spring Presbyterian Church, Chambersburg,
1800-1838. For several years after the beginning of his
Falling Spring pastorate he combined with his clerical
duties those of principal of the Chambersburg Academy.
He died in Chambersburg, Dec. I6, 1845.
He married, July 25, 1793, Margaret Lyon, daughter
of William and Ann (Fleming) Lyon. She was born
in Carlisle, May 9, 1770, and died in Chambersburg, Feb.
17, 1838. William Lyon, her father, was surveyor early
in life under his uncle, Colonel John Armstrong. He
was an officer in the French and Indian War, and for
many years was a court-house officer in Carlisle. One of
his daughters, Alice Lyon, married Judge George Chambers, of Chambersburg. Issue: I. John F. Denny, born
in Path Valley, in 1798, died Sept. 27, 1850; a leading
lawyer of the Franklin county bar. 2. William Denny.
3. Walter Denny, died in 1828; a lawyer in Port Gibson,
Mich. 4. James Denny, married and had issue: William,
David and Fanny. 5. David R. Denny, a lawyer in Bedford, Pa. 6. Daniel Denny, a lawyer. 7. Ann Denny,
married Ewing. 8. Alice Denny, born Nov. 4,
1809, died unmarried, Nov. 24, 1865. 9. Margaretta L.
Denny, died, unmarried, Feb. 27, I886.
Major Ebenezer Denny, son of William (2) and
Agnes (Parker) Denny, was born in Carlisle, March
II, 1761. At the early age of thirteen he was entrusted
with despatches for the commandant at Fort Pitt, crossing the Allegheny mountains alone, concealing himself in
the woods at night. On two of these expeditions he was
chased into Fort London by the Indians. For a time he
was employed in his father's store in Carlisle, but learning that a letter of marque was about to sail from Philadelphia for the West Indies, he shipped as a volunteer.
For his gallantry in numerous sea fights he was promoted
to command the quarter-deck.
As he was about to ship for a second voyage he received a commission as ensign in the First Pennsylvania
Regiment, in the Continental army. The army was then
on the march to face Cornwallis at Yorktown. Near
Williaimsburg the regiment had a successful encounter
with British forces under Simcoe, and when the terms
of capitulation were agreed upon, Ensign Denny was
designated to plant the first American flag on the British
parapet.
In the ceremony of surrender Lieutenant-Colonel
Richard Butler, in honor of his services, and the signal
part his regiment had taken in the capture of the redoubt, was appointed to plant the first American flag
upon the British parapet. Colonel Butler, who was a
short, heavy person, detailed his youngest ensign,
Ebenezer Denny, for this service, who in figure and
stature was a contrast to himself and probably partial
to him as coming from his own town, Carlisle. The
young officer mounted the parapet in the presence of
the three armies, and was in the act of planting the
flagstaff, when Baron Steuben rode out of the lines,
dismounted, took the flag and planted it himself. The
disappointed and mortified subaltern had nothing to
do but submit. But not so his colonel, who had
avenged the baron's flight from Simcoe. He that night
sent the arrogant foreigner a message, as every one
expected, and it took all the influence of Washington
and Rochambeau to prevent a hostile meeting. (See
Denny's "Military Journal," p. 10).
He was subsequently with General St. Clair in the
Carolinas, and was at Charleston during the investment
and evacuation of that city. In later campaigns against
the Indians, conducted by Generals Clark, Harmar, Harrison, and St. Clair, Denny bore a conspicuous and at
times confidential part, being adjutant to Harmar, and
aide-de-camp to St. Clair. After St. Clair's disastrous
defeat on Nov. 4, 1791, Denny was dispatched to carry
the intelligence to President Washington at the national
capital. In 1794 he was commissioned captain, and sent
in command of a detachment to protect the commissioners
in laying out the town of Presque Isle, now Erie, but was
turned back when he reached Le Boeuf, on account of
the objections of representatives of the Six Nations to
having this point occupied at that time.
During the years of 1795-1796, he resided with his
family on his farm, six miles from the city of Pittsburgh, on the banks of the Monongahela river. While
there he was a candidate for the Legislature, but was
defeated. In 1796 he was elected one of the commissioners of Allegheny county; thereupon he disposed of his
farm and made his home in Pittsburgh. In 1803 he was
elected first treasurer of the county, and again in I8o8.
In 1804 he was appointed a director of the branch of the
Bank of Pennsylvania, established that year in Pittsburgh, the first bank west of the Alleghenies. He was
one of the original members of the Society of the Cincinnati, was a prominent member of the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, being one of its trustees,
and was the first president of the Moral Society, formed
in I8o9. In the War of 1812 he was commissary of
purchases for troops on the Erie and Niagara frontier.
When the city of Pittsburgh was incorporated, March
18, 1816, he was elected its first mayor. He died in Pittsburgh, July 21, 1822. He married, July I, 1793, Nancy
Wilkins, daughter of Captain John Wilkins, of Pittsburgh. She was born in 1775, and died May I, I8o6.
Captain John Wilkins was the only son of John and
Rachel (McFarland) Wilkins. Issue: I. Harmar
Denny, of whom below. 2. William H. Denny, of whom
below. 3. St. Clair Denny, of whom below. 4. Nancy
Denny, married Edward Harding, of whom below.
Harmar Denny, son of Major Ebenezer and Nancy
(Wilkins) Denny, was born in Pittsburgh, May 13,
1794. He was named for General Harmar, the bosom
friend and brother officer of his father. He was educated in Dickinson College, and being graduated therefrom in 1813, read law, and was admitted to practice in
November, I8I6. Subsequently he was taken into
partnership by Henry Baldwin, with whom he had studied,
and who afterward became a judge of the United States
Supreme Court; and soon he attained high rank as a
lawyer. Elected to the Legislature, he there exercised
a commanding influence and then was elected to Congress, serving from Dec. 7, 1829, to March 3, 1837. In
1837 he was a member of the convention to revise the
constitution of the State. He strongly advocated the
construction of the Pennsylvania railroad, and subsequently became president of the Pittsburgh and Steubenville railroad. He encouraged the importation and improvements of farm stock, and the use of improved implements in agriculture, while the cause of education
always found in him an unwavering friend.
He was a trustee and one of the board of examiners
of the Western University of Pennsylvania, and a director in the Western Theological Seminary, in Allegheny
City. In 1848 he was elected a member of the American
96Philosophical Society. In 1850 he was nominated for
congress to fill the unexpired term of Moses Hampton,
resigned, but he declined that honor. He was elected a
member of the electoral college in the presidential campaign of 1840. In early life he became a member of the
First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, and on April
12, 1829, he was ordained a ruling elder, which office he
held until his death. At its inauguration in I8I8 he
was elected the first president of the Allegheny county
branch of the American Bible Society. He died Jan.
29, 1852.
He married, Nov. 25, 1817, Elizabeth F. O'Hara, daughter of General James and Mary (Carson) O'Hara. (See
O'Hara). She was born Dec. 31, 1796, and died Jan.
I9, 1878. Issue of Harmar and Elizabeth F. (O'Hara)
Denny: I. Ann Wilkins Denny, died young. 2. Mary
O'Hara Denny, married J. Walter Spring. He died in
I85I and she died in 1904. Issue: i. Elizabeth Spring;
ii. Mary Spring, married the Rev. Reese Alsop; iii. Anna
Melezina Spring. 3. James O'Hara Denny, of whom
below. 4. William Croghan Denny, of whom below. 5.
Elizabeth O'Hara Denny, married Robert McKnight, of
whom below. 6. Catharine Denny, died young. 7. Agnes
Denny, died young. 8. Caroline Sophia Denny, married
the Rev. William M. Paxton, of whom below. 9.
Amelia Melusina Denny, married Captain Thomas J.
Brereton, of whom below. 10. Harmar (2) Denny, born
in 1834; educated in Oxford University, England; was
a member of the Society of Jesuits and secretary to
Archbishop Manning. Died Sept. 4, 1908. II. Matilda
Wilkins Denny, who died Feb. 17, 1918. 12. Henry
Baldwin Denny, died young.
William Henry Denny, son of Maj or Ebenezer and
Nancy (Wilkins) Denny, was born in Pittsburgh, March
18, 1796. He studied medicine and practiced in his native
city. Apart from his professional activity, his most
important work was the editorship of his father's "Military Journal," to which he contributed an introductory
memoir, and which was published by the Historical
Society of Pennsylvania.
He married (first) Sophia Du Barry. Issue: I.
Ebenezer Denny, of the United States navy. 2. Sophia
Denny, married Brady Wilkins. 3. Du Plesis Denny.
4. Rebecca Denny, married Dr. T. S. Verdi. 5. Juliette
Denny, married Thomas Gibson. William Henry Denny
married (second) Maria Poe, daughter of George Poe.
Issue: 6. Georgiana Denny. 7. William Henry Denny.
8. George Tolman Denny.
St. Clair Denny, son of Major Ebenezer and Nancy
(Wilkins) Denny, was born in Pittsburgh in I8oo. He
entered the military academy at West Point in I8I8, and
was graduated June 30, I822. Promoted to be second
lieutenant in the Fifth Infantry, July I, I822, and to be
first lieutenant Nov. 30, I827, he served on the frontier
at Fort St. Anthony, Minn., 1822-1825; was with Major
Long's Missouri Expedition, I823-I824; and was afterward at Fort Snelling, Minn., Jefferson Barracks, Mo.,
and Fort Howard, Wis. He was assigned to duty as
assistant quartermaster, I830-I834, and became captain
April I, 1836. During the Canada disturbances in 1838,
he was on the northern frontier, having been transferred
to the Eighth Infantry. He resigned April 30, I839, but
returned to the army Oct. I5, I84I, as paymaster with
Pitts.-1-7
the rank of major, and continued in the service until his
death. He died Aug. I8, I858.
He married Caroline Hamilton, daughter of Major
James Hamilton, United States army. Issue: I. Elizabeth O'Hara Denny, married her cousin, William Croghan Denny, of whom below. 2. Willoughby Morgan
Denny, died young. 3. James Hamilton Denny, died
young. 4. St. Clair Denny, died young. 5. Annie H.
Denny, married William M. Corcoran. Issue: i. Caroline Denny Corcoran, married Asa P. Childs; issue:
Joseph DuBarry Childs; St. Clair Denny Childs. ii.
William St. Clair Corcoran, married Jeanie C. Howe
(both deceased). 6. Caroline St. Clair Denny, married
Joseph N. DuBarry. Issue: Emma DuBarry, died
young; St. Clair Denny DuBarry, died young; Elizabeth Denny DuBarry; Joseph N. DuBarry, Jr., married
Rebecca Hagen, issue: Joseph N. DuBarry, and William Hagan DuBarry. 7. William Irwin Denny, married
Elizabeth Wellendorf. 8. G. M. Brooke Denny.
Nancy Denny, only daughter of Major Ebenezer and
Nancy (Wilkins) Denny, married Edward Harding, a
native of Maryland. He entered the military academy
at West Point in 1814 and was graduated in I8I8. He
was appointed second lieutenant in the artillery corps,
July 24, I8I8; was transferred to the second artillery,
June I, I82I; was commissioned first lieutenant, May
I0, 1826, captain of ordnance, May 30, I832, and major,
July I0, I85I.  He died Feb. I5, I855   Issue:  I. Ebenezer Denny Harding, of whom below. 2. Elizabeth
Harding, married Oliver W. Barnes. 3. William Harding. 4. Martin Van Buren Harding.
James O'Hara Denny, son of Harmar and Elizabeth
F. (O'Hara) Denny, was born in Pittsburgh, in 1821.
He was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa.,
and, studying law in Pittsburgh under the Hon. Sydney
Bradford, was admitted to practice. Afterward turning
his attention to business, he took charge of the O'Hara
Glass Works, and was identified with other interests in
Pittsburgh. He was captain in the First Pennsylvania
Infantry in the war with Mexico. He died Jan. 31,
I859.
He married (first) Catharine Dallas, daughter of
Judge Trevanion B. and Jane S. (Wilkins) Dallas, of
Pittsburgh; and (second), Nov. 10, I852, Margaret Darragh Stevenson, who died Nov. I6, I895.
(Stevenson. The Stevenson family to which Margaret Darragh Stevenson belonged was of distinguished
Irish origin.
George Stevenson, the great-grandfather of Margaret
Darragh Stevenson, was educated for the ministry in
Trinity College, Dublin. The prospect of a life devoted
to the ministerial calling was not agreeable to him, however, and he left home and came to America, locating in
York, Pa. He married a sister of General Thompson,
and had one son and one daughter. His daughter, Catharine Stevenson, married General John Wilkins, whose
sister, Nancy Wilkins, married Major Ebenezer Denny.
(See Denny).
George Stevenson, son of the preceding was a physician. He married Mary Holmes of the distinguished
Holmes family of Baltimore, Md.
Harry Stevenson, son of George and Mary (Holmes)
Stevenson, married Elizabeth Darragh, daughter of Johndency of this great organization, but declined the honor ences, with the possession of valuable mineral deposits,
on the ground that he preferred independent interests immense plants, and transportation lines the foundation
rather than the direction of a dominating combination, of its unassailable position. Mr. Snyder has continued in
He possessed the essentials of successful leadership, the policy outlined by the founder of this successful encourage, initiative, and constructive imagination, and terprise, and has directed its operations in steady prosintertwined with his executive talents was a rugged   peity. He is also vice-president of the Shenango Steam
honesty and uprightness that kept his reputation free ship Company, vice-president of the Antoine Ore Comfrom any taint of questionable practice.  Mr. Snyder   ship Company, vice-president of the Antoine Ore Comheld the confidence and trust of his associates to a pany, vice-president of the Lake Erie Limestone Comremarkable degree, and their unswerving loyalty ac- pany, and director of the Pittsburgh Trust Company and
counted for a large part of his success. He was a just the Lake Erie Carriers' Association.  He is a member
and loyal friend, independent, in. disposition, but re-  of the Ameican Iron and Metallurgical Institute, American Insponding readily to any. call made in friendship's name. stitute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, the AmerMr.  Snyder was a member  o f the American  Iron   ican Pig Iron Association, Yale Engineering Associaand  Steel Institute, the Pennsylvania  Society of the   tion, and the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, taking
Sons of the American Revolution, and the Duquesne   especially great interest in the work of the last named
and  Pittsburgh clubs.   In Duluth  his club was  the   institution.  He is a trustee of the University of PittsKitchi Gammi;  in' Cleveland the Union, and in New   burgh, succeeding his father in 1920, and is secretary of
York  the  Lawyers'. For  many  years Mr.  Snyder   the Associated Western Yale Clubs. 
served as a trustee of the University of Pittsburgh,            Mr. Snyder is a member of the Duquesne, Pittsburgh,
and as a member of the board of governors of the   University,  and  Allegheny  Country clubs, the Kitchi
Allegheny  General Hospital.                                    Gammi Club, of Duluth, Minn., the Pittsburgh Athletic
William Penn  Snyder married, in November, I887   Association, and the Yale Club, of New. York City.
Mary C. Black, daughter of Dr. Alexander Wylie and              Mr. Snyder married, in New  Orleans, La., Feb. 19,
Margaret (Watson)  Black.  Children: William Penn,   1917, Marie Elsie Whitney, of that city; and they have
Jr., a sketch of whom follows; and Mary Black.                one son, William Penn (3rd).; 
William Penn Snyder died Feb. 3, 1921.  His record'.:  
will long stand in Pittsburgh anhals as that of a man       REV. JOHN TAYLOR PRESSLY-"He left a mewho realized the best possibilities of rich gifts, and who morial in his work and a fragrance in his name through
strove steadily with honest purpose and high ideals. which his memory has been made. dear to countless
hearts. These words were spoken of Rev. John Taylor
WILLIAM PENN SNYDER, JR.-The weighty Pressly, D. D., for thirty-eigh years the loved and honresponsibilities for which he was trained came to Mr. ored pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church of
Snyder early in life, and he is now an offial of organ- Allegheny, Pa. There are many in that community who
izations whose operations are widespread and of leading; remember Dr. Pressly, and there are many throughout
importance. Mr. Snyder bears a name that, through his the land, filling hundreds. of pulpits, whose hearts burn
own activities and those of his honored father, has been with affectionate and grateful remembrance of him as
in a position of leadership in industrial affairs for many   their theological instructor.          
years.`John  Taylor Pressly was: born'  March 22, 1795,' in
William Penn Snyder, Jr., son of William Penn and  Abbeville District, S. C., a son of David and Jane (PatMary C. (Black) Snyder (q. v.), was born in Sewickley, terson) Pressly, both of Abbeville District, and dePa., Aug. 8, I888. His educational advantages included scended from Scottish ancestors, who were among the
a course in the Shadyside Academy of Pittsburgh, after early and influential settlers of that State. It has been
which he entered Sheffield Scientific School of Yale Uni- truly said of Dr. Pressly that "he was an honored memversity, being graduated,in 1919 with the degree of Bach- ber of an honored family." He received' his early educaelor of Philosophy. When beginning business life he en- tion in a local academy, afterward entering Transyltered naturally into the field that had claimed the elder vania University, Kentucky, and graduating with the
Snyder, and spent a year in each department of the class of 1812. Having resolved to devote himself to the
Shenango Furnace Coimpany, blast furnace, mining, and ministry'of the gospel, he entered the Associate Resteamshipping, where he gained an experience in produc- formed Theological Seminary, New York, where he was
tion that could have been obtained' in no other manner. under the instructions of the eminent Dr. John Mitchell
In 1913 he entered the executive offices of the company, Mason. Having completed there a full three years'
where  he  supplemented his practical knowledge  with    course of study, he was licensed'in the spring of 1815
study of executive problems. For two years he was as- by the Second Associate Reformed Presbytery of South
sistant to the president, afterward serving as vice-presi- Carolina, and for a year devoted himself to missionary
dent, where he came into added responsibility in the ad-   work,  traveling on horseback through  several of the
ministration of the company's large interests.  In I9I8   Southern States and as far north as Pennsylvania and
he became president of the company and has filled that   New York.
office to the present time.  The Shenango Furnace Com-    On his return home Mr. Pressly was called to the paspany, miners and shippers of coal and iron ore, and man-   torate of the church, in which he had been baptized,
ufacturers of pig iron and coke, is one of the best known   the Cedar Springs Congregational, and there he minorganizations in its field.  The company is so organized   istered for fifteen peaceful, pleasant and profitable years,
that it is almost entirely independent of outside influ-   dating from ordination, July 3, I8I6.  Gladly would heDarragh, who was the second mayor of the city of
Pittsburgh; she was born in I799 and died in February,
1883.
Margaret Darragh Stevenson, daughter of Harry and
Elizabeth (Darragh) Stevenson, married James O'Hara
Denny, above.)
Issue of James O'Hara and Margaret Darragh (Stevenson) Denny: I. Henry Stevenson Denny, of whom
below. 2. James O'Hara Denny, born Sept. I5, 1855.
3. Francis Herron Denny, born Nov. 28, 1857; married
Mary Clark Speer, daughter of Charles E. and Sarah
(Dawson) Speer, of Pittsburgh. Died Sept. 2, 1919.
William Croghan Denny, son of Harmar and Elizabeth F. (O'Hara) Denny, was born in Pittsburgh, June
20, 1823. He was captain of the Pittsburgh City Guards
of the Twelfth Pennsylvania Regiment in I86I. He died
in I866.
He married (first) Elizabeth O'Hara Denny, daughter of St. Clair and Caroline ( Hamilton ) Denny. Issue:
I. St. Clair Denny, born in 1846, died in 1876; served six
months during the Civil War. 2. Edward Harding
Denny, died young. 3. Harmar Denny Denny, born in
1852, of whom below. He married (second) Mrs. Nancy
(Tripp) Stevenson. Issue: 4. Elizabeth Febiger Denny,
married (first) Charles W. Sargent. Issue: i. William
Denny Sargent; ii. Elizabeth Febiger Sargent; iii. Clement Sargent; iv. Matilda Denny Sargent; married
(second) Addis M. Whitney. 5. William Croghan (2)
Denny, married Anna F. Duryea.
Elizabeth O'Hara Denny, daughter of Harmar and
Elizabeth F. (O'Hara) Denny, married Robert McKnight, son of William McKnight. Mr. McKnight was
born in Pittsburgh in 1820, and was admitted to the
Allegheny county bar in I842. He was a member of the
Common Council, 1848-1850, and a representative in Congress, 1859-1863. He was ordained a ruling elder in the
Central Presbyterian Church of Allegheny and was frequently a delegate to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. He was also a delegate to the PanPresbyterian Council in Belfast, Irland, in 1884. He
died in 1885, and his widow, Elizabeth O'Hara (Denny)
McKnight, died in 1896. Issue: I. Harmar Denny McKnight, died unmarried. 2. Woodruff McKnight, married
Cora Burden. Issue: Kate Cassatt McKnight. 3. Kate
Cassatt McKnight, died unmarried. 4. Bessie Denny
McKnight, married Major T. J. Gregg, U. S. A. Issue:
i. Elizabeth Denny Gregg; ii. Martha McMurtrie Gregg;
iii. Ellen McKnight Gregg; iv. Alice Matilda Gregg. 5.
Henry McKnight. 6. Flora McKnight, married William
L. Pierce. Issue: i. Elizabeth Denny Pierce; ii. William
L. Pierce; iii. Robert McKnight Pierce; iv. Harmar
Denny Pierce. 7. Mary Spring McKnight, died in infancy. 8. Robert McKnight, died unmarried. 9. Philip
Sidney McKnight, died in infancy. Io. Alice Matilda
McKnight.
Caroline Sophia Denny, daughter of Harmar and
Elizabeth F. (O'Hara) Denny, married, Nov. 8, I855 the
Rev. William Miller Paxton. Dr. Paxton was born in
Adams county, Pa., June 7, 1824, and died in Princeton,
N. J., Nov. 26, 1904. He was graduated from Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa., in 1843, and from the
Princeton Theological Seminary in 1848. After serving
the Presbyterian congregation in Greencastle, Pa., for
a brief period, he was pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Pittsburgh, 1851-1865; professor of sacred
rhetoric in Allegheny Theological Seminary, 1860-1867;
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in New York
City, 1867-1883; and professor of ecclesiastical and pastoral theology and homiletics in the Princeton Theological
Seminary, 1883-1904. He received the degree of D. D.
from Jefferson College in I86o, and that of LL. D. from
Washington and Jefferson College in 1883. Mrs. Paxton died Nov. 8, 1920. Issue: I. Elizabeth Denny Paxton, born in Allegheny, Pa., Dec. 30, 1858; died Jan. 28,
1914. 2. James Dunlap Paxton, born in Pittsburgh, July
26, I86o. Graduated from Princeton University in
188o, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1883.
He has served Presbyterian congregations in Schenectady,
N. Y., Philadelphia, Pa., St. Paul, Minn., Lynchburg,
Va., and Paris, France. He married, May 22, 1883, his
cousin, Helen Jane Paxton. 3. Amelia Maria Paxton,
married May 27, I886, Frank C. Roberts, of Philadelphia,
Pa. Issue: i. Caroline Roberts; ii. Katharine Roberts;
iii. William Paxton Roberts; iv. Frank C. Roberts, Jr.;
v. Harmar Denny Roberts. 4. William Miller Paxton,
Jr., married Elizabeth Thomas. 5. Caroline Denny Paxton, married Feb. II, 1896, the Rev. Lewis Seymour
Mudge, born in Yonkers, N. Y., graduated from Princeton University in 1889, and from Princeton Theological
Seminary in 1895. 6. Harmar Denny Paxton, died, unmarried, Feb. 27, 1896. 7. Margaretta Paxton. 8. James
Donaldson Paxton, married Myra Reading Gulick.
Issue: i. William Miller Paxton, 3d; ii. Myra Gulick
Paxton.
Amelia Melusina Denny, daughter of Harmar and
Elizabeth F. (O'Hara) Denny, married, Oct. 12, 1854,
Captain Thomas John Brereton, who was born in Washington, D. C., Aug. 13, 1822, and died in Yonkers, N. Y.,
Sept. 14, 1870. He was a son of John A. and Amelia
(Lovering) Brereton, and a grandson of Thomas and
Sarah (Marshall) Brereton. He entered the military
academy at West Point in 1839, and was graduated third
in his class, June 30, 1843. His military record is as follows: Promoted to be brevet second lieutenant in the
Fourth Artillery, July I, 1842; transferred to the Ordnance
Department, July 20; second lieutenant March 3, 1847;
brevet first lieutenant, May 9, 1846, "for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca
de la Palma, Mexico"; first lieutenant, Oct. 31, 1851, and
captain, July I, 1857. After serving on General Taylor's
staff at Palo Alto and Resaca, he was placed in command of Fort Brown, the base of supplies for the army
under Taylor. Following the Mexican War he served
at the Frankford, Allegheny, and Mobile arsenals. While
at the Allegheny arsenal he obtained a furlough and, as
chief engineer, and afterward president, built the Allegheny Valley railroad, as far as Kittanning. He resigned from the army in I858 to manage the large estates of Mrs. Denny, and also engaged in the oil business as a distiller of petroleum from coal. He was an
early adherent of the Oxford movement in the Protestant
Episcopal church; a vestry-man and warden of his parish, and a member of the standing committee of his diocese. Issue: I. Elizabeth Denny Brereton, born June 21,
I856. 2. Thomas John Brereton, born Sept. 21, 1858.
Graduated from Columbia College in 1879, and from99
the School of Mines, Columbia College, in 1883; he has
been engineer of the Cumberland Valley railroad since
1893. He married, Dec. 31, 1884, Frances Lindsay,
daughter of William H. and Jane (Seton) Lindsay.
Issue: Thomas, Seton Lindsay, Francis Marshall,
O'Hara Denny, and Amelia. 3. William Denny Brereton,
born Oct. 14, 186o, in Pittsburgh, Pa., married Helen
Hyde. Issue: William Denny Brereton, Jr.; Lewis
Hyde Brereton. 4. Caroline Emily Brereton, born June
II, 1863; married Dr. C. J. Nordstrom. 5. Henry Edwin
Harmar Brereton, born July 12, 1865; married Helena
Loup. 6. Denny Brereton, born Nov. 29, 1867; married
Mary Whiteside and has two sons, Randall and Denny.
Ebenezer Denny Harding, son of Edward and Nancy
(Denny) Harding, was appointed second lieutenant in
the Eighteenth Infantry, United States army, June 9,
1862; breveted captain, Nov. 25, 1863, for gallant and
meritorious service at the battle of Mission Ridge; promoted to be first lieutenant, Jan. I5, 1863; transferred to
the Twenty-seventh Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866; promoted
to be captain, Jan. 7, 1867. He died Dec. 28, I868.
He married Lavinia Morgan, daughter of James B.
Morgan. Issue: I. Julia Morgan Harding. 2. Edward
Harding.
Henry Stevenson Denny, son of James O'Hara and
Margaret Darragh ( Stevenson) Denny, was born in
Pittsburgh, Feb. I6, 1854. He was educated in Newall
Academy and the Western University of Pennsylvania
in Pittsburgh. Since early manhood he has been prominently connected with the business interests of Western
Pennsylvania. In association with J. H. Frank, he organized the National Bank of Ligonier in 1903, and was
elected vice-president of that institution. He has been
deeply interested in military affairs throughout his life,
and early became a member of the National Guard of
Pennsylvania, as a member of the Eighteenth Regiment.
He was elected captain in 1875 and served in that capacity
for five years. Interested in public affairs, he has been
active in the councils of the Republican party in Pennsylvania, and has represented his district in many State
conventions, while in I896 and again in 1900 he was
elected a delegate to the Republican National Convention. He built and now occupies a handsome residence
on property near Ligonier, Westmoreland county, that
was once owned by General Arthur St. Clair and that
was designed as a homestead by his father. He married,
Oct. I, 1883, Irene Ashcom, daughter of Dr. John Ashcom.
Harmar Denny Denny, son of William Croghan and
Elizabeth F. (O'Hara) Denny, was born June 25, I852.
He was educated in the Pennsylvania Military College
in Chester, Pa. He has been engaged throughout his
life in the care of the Denny estate.
He married, June 5, 1884, Elizabeth Bell Marshall,
daughter of A. M. and Mary Jane (Bell) Marshall, of
Allegheny, Pa. Issue: I. Harmar Denny Denny, Jr.,
born in Allegheny, July 3, I886, a student of Yale University, in the class of I9o8. He married, April 10,
I915, Mary Blair Burgwin, daughter of George Collinson and Mary (Blair) Burgwin; issue: i. Harmar
Denny Denny, 3d, born March I, I9I6, died March 29,
1016; ii. Elizabeth Marshall Denny, born April I, I9I7.
iii. James O'Hara Denny, born Aug. 2, I919. 2. Archibald Marshall Denny, born Nov. 6, I887; married, Sept.
28, 1907, Katherine Varnum Kendall; issue: i. Archibald Marshall Denny, Jr., born Aug. 22, 1908. ii. Katharine Varnum Denny, born Jan. 27, 1910. iii. Kendall
Whitney Denny, born Dec. 9, 1912.
From "American Families of Historic Lineage," The
Americana Society, New York.
THE O'HARA FAMILY-The O'Hara family,
from which the O'Haras of Western Pennsylvania are descended, is of old and distinguished lineage, tracing its
descent to the ancient Celtic kings of Ulster. In 1409
there is a note of Bishop Bryan O'Hara and in 1485
of Archbishop O'Hara. In I607, when an intended uprising in the North of Ireland was due, the O'Haras
hastened to enter the Spanish service.
Teige Buihde O'Hara, the last lord of Leyney, was
killed by an O'Connor. His son was Teige Oge O'Hara,
who left two sons, John and Cormac, John the elder, f orfeiting his estate under the Cromwellian settlement of
Ireland. Cormac's son, Charles, was the father of Dermod, and Dermod had a brother, Sir Charles, Baron
Tyrawley. The baron's son, James, was the second Lord
Tyrawley. Felix, the son of Dermod, was a major in
Dillon's regiment of the Irish Brigade, in the service of
France. John, son of Felix, born in France, was also a
major in the same regiment. General James O'Hara,
the subj ect of this sketch, was the son of John. Sir
Charles O'Hara was created a baron in 1706, taking his
title from the castle and desmesne of Tyrawley in
County Mayo. His son, Sir James O'Hara, received his
first title in recognition of military services rendered
Queen Anne of England.
General James O'Hara was the first Napoleon of industry in Pittsburgh. He was the pioneer of the glass
industry, ship-builder and merchant, founder of the
Schenley and Denny estates in Pittsburgh, and the first
quartermaster-general of the United States army.
General O'Hara was born in Ireland, in 1752, received a
good education in France, and was commissioned in the
celebrated Cold Stream Guards. He emigrated to America
in I772 and landing in Philadelphia, entered the service
of a firm in that city as Indian trader, an occupation
which took him to Western Virginia. Afterwards, from
December, 1773, until March, I774, he was employed by
Devereux Smith and Ephraim Douglas, of Pittsburgh, in
the same capacity. In I774 he was appointed a government agent among the Indians, and so continued until
the outbreak of the War of the Revolution. While thus
employed, he made many friends among the Indians and
acquired a knowledge of the wily Indian character as
well as a knowledge of many of their dialects, which,
added to his fluency in French, was of great value to
him in after years. His many hair-breadth escapes from
Indians and other dangers are more thrilling than those
of many a romance. Upon one occasion, having been
sent to the upper Moravian town on the Muskingum
river, he was apprised by a friendly Indian runner that
a party of hostiles were on their way to capture or kill
him. Heckvelder, the celebrated Moravian missionary,
immediately procured for him a conductor, and with
this Indian for a guide he set out for Fort Pitt. They
were successful in throwing the hostile Indians off the
trail and reached Fort Pitt in safety. This Indian, withhis father, mother and entire family, was massacred by
the whites at Gnadenhutten a few years afterwards.
At the breaking out of the War of the Revolution,
James O'Hara enlisted in the Virginia regiment as a
private, but was almost immediately promoted to a captaincy, and raised and equipped his own company. He was
stationed at Fort Kanawha, to hold the Indians in check
and prevent them from aiding the British forces and
was with the famous expedition of General George
Rogers Clarke against Vincennes and other border towns,
in pursuit of the Indians. The hardships of the march
were severe, but the success of the expedition insured
the safety of the western frontier from the savage incursions of the Indians. After the successful completion
of that campaign, O'Hara's company was so reduced
(numbering only twenty-nine men) that it was annexed
to the Ninth Virginia Regiment, and Captain O'Hara
being relieved, was sent to Pittsburgh with dispatches.
In 1780, Captain O'Hara was appointed commissary of
the general hospital at Carlisle, Pa. In I78I he was made
assistant quartermaster-general and attached to General
Green's command during the campaign against Cornwallis in the Carolinas. From a brief diary kept by him
during that campaign, it appears that he was present at
Cowpens, Guilford Court House, and Eutaw Springs.
Little is known of his participation in Greene's campaign
in the South, except that he was with "Mad Anthony"
Wayne's army and, as quartermaster, provided for the
same.
At the close of the war, Captain O'Hara returned with
General Wayne to Philadelphia, where he married Mary
Carson, daughter of William Carson of that city. From
there he took his newly-wedded wife to Pittsburgh, over
the mountains in a wagon, the only means of transportation except on foot or horseback. His residence then
consisted of a log house, but in it were all the comforts
and many luxuries of the age, including carpets, then
almost unknown in the western county. In I789, Captain O'Hara, as presidential elector, cast his vote for
General George Washington to be first President of the
United States.
After the close of the War of the Revolution, Captain
O'Hara took the contract to furnish supplies to General
Harmar' s army during the campaign against the western
Indians, and was appointed to act as quartermaster and
paymaster. In 1792 he was commissioned quartermastergeneral of the United States army and served as such
until 1796. In that capacity he accompanied General
Wayne, in 1794, in the campaign which brought the
Indians to terms. All the duties pertaining to these
various offices were performed with ability and fidelity.
His tours of inspection and supervision led him not only
through Western Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Ohio, but
to New York and Michigan, and through Illinois down
to Kentucky and Tennessee. These journeys were mainly
made on horseback by a trail or bridle path through an
otherwise trackless wilderness, or, if by water, in a skiff
or canoe, or, at best, a barge; but, whether by land or
water, encountering dangers from savage Indians and
savage beasts.
After his services in the Revolution and in the wars
with the Indians which followed, General O'Hara returned to Pittsburgh and devoted his energies to mercantile and industrial pursuits. He was the pioneer in
all the industries which have made Pittsburgh great. He
established a glass works in I795 and the difficulties he
surmounted in accomplishing that undertaking can
scarcely be realized in this day. The pots were made
in Pittsburgh, but the clay for making thent was brought
from Germany and Philadelphia, being transported from
the latter place across the mountains on the backs of
pack horses or mules. The expense was enormous, but
at last heroic endeavor was rewarded and the first bottle
of green glass was turned out at a cost of thirty thousand
dollars, quite a little fortune in those days.
A project of more imposing and daring proportions,
so far as transportation  was concerned, was General
O'Hara's original scheme to bring salt from New York
State to Fort Pitt. During the period when he was supplying the northwestern army he found that salt from the
Onondago works could be furnished more cheaply than
salt brought from Baltimore. But great difficulty lay in
transporting it, as there were no good roads, no vessels on
the lakes, and no efficient means of water carriage down
the Allegheny river. All these had to be provided. General
O'Hara, however, quailed at nothing. He created the
entire line of transportation vessels on Lake Erie, buying
wagons and securing boats for the river carriage. The
road to French Creek from Erie was improved also.
Flour and provisions, packed in barrels suitable for salt,
were sent from Pittsburgh, General O'Hara reserving the
barrels in his contract. The undertaking was a complete success, the salt was set down in Pittsburgh at
four dollars per bushel, and the salt-carrying trade over
the Allegheny Mountains was done away with. Later
the price was brought to two dollars and forty cents per
bushel.
General O'Hara also built ships at Pittsburgh. They
cleared from this inland port and made voyages to Liverpool, or South America, or West Indies, taking a
cargo of fur and peltries for the English port, and flour
for South America and the West Indies. In I8o5 he
built the "General Butler," which sailed for Liverpool,
taking a cargo of glass for river ports and taking on a
shipment of cotton at New Orleans. A return cargo
was also taken on. Captain Samuel Lake was the captain, and W. C. O'Hara, the general's eldest son, was
supercargo. In May, 1807, the good ship again sailed
down the Ohio, but was captured by a Spanish schooner
in the Caribbean Sea and was taken to Vera Cruz. The
"Betsy," another vessel built by him, plied between Baltimore and the West Indies.
General O'Hara's hospitality was famous. His house
was always open to rich and poor alike. When Louis
Philippe, heir to the throne of France, came to Pittsburgh, together with General Moreau and other French
officers, the general entertained them. Prince Louis was
then in exile on account of the French Revolution. When
the Branch Bank of Pennsylvania was established in
Pittsburgh in 1804, General O'Hara was chosen one of
the directors and succeeded General John Wilkins, who
was the first president. This was the first bank established west of the Allegheny Mountains.
General O'Hara died, in the sixty-seventh year of his
age, on Dec. 21, 1819, at his home on Water street,
Pittsburgh, and the entire town mourned. It is saidthat at his coffin the tears of the rich and poor were
commingled, for he had been the firm friend of both,
treating all with justice. His wife, Mary Carson O'Hara,
survived him several years. She died April 8, 1834,
aged seventy-three. Issue: I. William Carson O'Hara,
who married his cousin, Mary Carson; no issue. 2.
James O'Hara, married Elizabeth Neville, no issue. 3.
Charles O'Hara, died young. 4. Richard Butler O'Hara,
of whom below. 5. Elizabeth Febiger O'Hara, married
Harmar Denny. (See Denny Family). 6. Mary Carson O'Hara, of whom below.
Richard Butler O'Hara, son of James and Mary (Carson) O'Hara, married Mary Fitzsimmons. Issue: I. Mary
Carson O'Hara, married William McCullough Darlington.
Issue: i. O'Hara Darlington; ii. Mary O'Hara Darlington; iii. Hilborn Darlington, died young; iv. Edith
Darlington, married Samuel Augustus Ammon. Mrs.
Ammon died in 1920. 2. James O'Hara, married Eliza
Winston Pride. Issue: i. Anne Price O'Hara, married
the Rev. George Beecher and had, I. Lyman Beecher, who
married May Steele, and had Mariana Beecher and
George B. Beecher; II. Norman Buckingham Beecher;
III. Katherine Beecher (died); IV. George Beecher
(died); V. Georgiana Buckingham Beecher. ii. John
Price O'Hara, died young; iii. Mary O'Hara, married
Dr. Louis de Cazanovo and had James O'Hara de Cazanovo and Louis de Cazanovo; iv. Lucy O'Hara, married (first) David Morrison and (second) Samuel
Balkan Schoyer; v. Richard Winston O'Hara (died); vi.
Jane McDowell O'Hara, married Frederic G. Kay, and
had Alfred Goddard Kay and Lucy Starling Kay; vii.
John Price O'Hara (died). 3. Elizabeth Denny O'Hara.
Mary Carson O'Hara married William Croghan, of
Louisville, Ky. Issue: I. William Croghan, died
young. 2. Mary Elizabeth Croghan, married Captain
Wyndham Harrington Schenley, of the British army
(both deceased). Issue: i. Elizabeth Pole Schenley,
married the Hon. Ralph Harbord. Issue: Edward Harbord, who married Evelyn, daughter of Riley Smith, and
had: I. Bridget Harbord; II. Horatio Harbord, killed
in action in South Africa; III. Florence Mary Harbord; IV. Georgiana Agnes Harbord; V. Emily Francis
Harbord, married Captain Des Barres, and had Augustus
Des Barres; VI. Ida Harbord. ii. Jane Inglis Schenley,
married the Rev. H. W. Crofton. Issue: I. Jeoffrey
Hugh Schenley Crofton; II. Mary Crofton, married
Henry Farquharson, of Eastbury, and had Richard Farquharson and Ronald Farquharson; III. Edrica Crofton,
married Captain Forester; IV. Hermione Crofton; V.
Millicina Crofton; VI. Violet Crofton. iii. William
Croghan Schenley, died young. iv. Henrietta Agnes
Schenley, married Charles Ridley, issue: Alberta Mary
Ridley. v. Edward Clarence Paget Schenley, died
young. vi. Richmond Emmeline Mary Schenley, married
Captain Charles J. Randolph. vii. Millicina Alice Isabel
Schenley, married Colonel Frederic Gore. viii. Octavia
Hermione Courtney Schenley, married Commander Lord
Ellenborough, Royal Navy. ix. George Alfred Courtenay Schenley, married Grace Aikinson Hughes, and had
Mary Una Gardner Schenley.
From "American Families of Historic Lineage," The
Americana Society, New York.
JOHN CADWALADER DILWORTH-The f amily name of Dilworth was originally a place name, and is
probably very old. It may be German, Dutch, or English,
the reason for its widespread use the nature of the two
constituent elements, Dil-worth. Dill is undoubtedly
one of the oldest of Teutonic personal names; it must
have existed long before hereditary surnames became
general. The Di- in Di-l is the same primitive Germanic
root found in Du-tch, Deu-tsch, Die-trich, De-tur.
Theode-ric of Verona was called "Dietrich of Berne" in
the middle ages. It would seem that the old Dutch personal name, Dye or Dey, which survives also in the
patronymic Tyson, comes also from the same primitive
Germanic root, Thiud, which means "people." The "1"
in Dil is the survival of the Teutonic diminutive ending
-li, -lei, or -lein, an ending that is common in many
hundreds of Germanic personal names. The second half
of Dilworth appears as a common suffix in many English names of places, for example, Charlesworth, Hepworth, Wigglesworth, Tamsworth, Wordsworth, and the
like. This suffix, -worth, means "small estate" in the
Teutonic languages and represents one's worth in real
property. Dilworth or Dillworth, whether English or
German, is therefore literally "the estate of Dill," and
Dill was in all probability a widely used personal name
long before hereditary surnames or family names were
resorted to as a necessary step in the onward march of
civlization.
The line of Dilworth of interest here was founded by
James Dilworth, concerning whom the following entry
was made in the "Book of Arrivals;" "James Dilworth, of
Thornley, in Lancashire, husbandman, came in the ship'Lamb,' of Liverpoole, the master, John Tench, arrived
in this river in the 8th month, 1682, had a son named
William." In 1692 this William settled in Bucks county,
Pa., where he purchased 1,ooo acres of land. He died
there in 1699. He married Ann Waln, sister of Stephen Waln, a prominent Quaker, and they were the parents of seven children, among them William. The line
of descent is through William (2) Dilworth; his son,
Anthony Dilworth; his son, Samuel Dilworth and Elizabeth (White) Dilworth, his wife; to William Dilworth,
grandfather of John Cadwalader Dilworth.
William Dilworth, of the fifth American generation,
was born in Dilworthtown, Chester county, Pa., May 20,
1791, and as a child of four years was brought over the
mountains. In 1812 William Dilworth entered military
service, marching to Sandusky against the British and
the Indians under General Harrison as a member of the
"Pittsburgh Blues." He became a builder and contractor,
building numerous bridges in the county, and was a man
of distinguished prominence in business, religious, and.
public life. In 1834 he was a member of the State Legislature, and until a few weeks prior to his death, Feb.
I8, 1871, he was president of the board of managers of
the House of Refuge. His home after his marriage was
at Mount Washington, and there he built and maintained a school, which was attended by his and his
neighbors' children, paying all the expenses of the school
including the teacher's salary. His wife was Elizabeth (Scott) Dilworth, daughter of Samuel and Sarah
(Thompson) Scott, and they were the parents of twelve
children.HISTORY OF
John Scott Dilworth, son of William and Elizabeth
( Scott) Dilworth, was born Sept. 12, 1819, and died
Jan. 8, 1877. He attended private school at Mount
Washington, Pa., and entered business life in the employ
of Dilworth  Colter, his father's firm, by whom, during the period of his association, the Monongahela river
bridge and the Allegheny county court house were built.
Subsequently, as agent for the Hazard Powder Company, he built a powder magazine on the Dilworth property at Mount Washington, there storing large quantities of explosive. Still later, having been a large stockholder in steamboats plying the neighboring rivers, he
accepted a clerkship on a vessel whose run was between
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati.
Mr. Dilworth was one of the founders of the wholesale grocery house of Williams  Dilworth, located on
Wood street, the business conducted subsequently as
Schriver  Dilworth and still later as John S. Dilworth
 Company, to which Mr. Dilworth admitted his sons
William P., Neville B., and De Witt. In I88I the business was sold, being continued as the Dilworth Brothers
Company, an enterprise that has pursued a constantly
prosperous course since that time. Mr. Dilworth extended his business interests to include oil and coal operations in Ohio, and he was the owner of the Mount Nebo
coal mine and the Lowellville iron furnace at Lowellville, Ohio, in addition to numerous other important oil
holdings throughout the State.
Mr. Dilworth spent the winter months, as a rule, in the
South, generally in Louisiana, and there, both before
and after the Civil War, it was his practice to purchase entire sugar crops from plantation owners, shipping the product to the Pittsburgh and New York markets. One of his ventures in this field was the purchase, in 1868, of the famous Magnolia Grove plantation,
which he conducted successfully until 1871, when he sold
it. Mr. Dilworth was a director of several banks, among
them the Pittsburgh Bank of Savings and the Citizens'
National Bank. He traveled extensively in his own and
foreign countries, his journeys made to benefit health
none too robust and because he enjoyed new scenes and
experiences. He was a business man of courage and
vision, backed by unerring judgment, and ample rewards
attended his activity. He held high standing in his,
community and possessed a vast number of friends.
Mr. Dilworth married, at Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 15,
1841, Mary Olivia Parry, born Oct. 16, 1820, died Sept.
19, 1903, daughter of Henry Parry, born in South Wales
in 1761, died in Pittsburgh Oct. 7, 1847, and his wife,
Sarah (Cadwalader) Parry, daughter of General John
Cadwalader, a native of Philadelphia, Pa., who died on
his plantation in Maryland. Their children: I.Agnes
Eliza, born Sept. 17, 1842, died June 28, 1845.. 2. William Parry, born March 10, 1844, died at Allegheny;
General Hospital, North Side, Jan. 19, 1906, unmarried.
3. Mary Laura, born March 2, 1846, died March 14, 185o.
4. Neville Bausman, born Nov. 19, 1848, died at San
Diego, Cal., Aug. 3, 1912, married; Dec. 28, 1899, Jessie
Black. 5. James Reese, born Sept. 26, I85o, died April
4, 1853. 6. De Witt, born Oct. 27, 1853, married, at
Philadelphia, Pa., March 6, 1877, Florence Coe; they
are the parents of Edward Coe Dilworth. 7. Linford
Lardner, born  in Oakland, Pittsburgh, Oct.  14, I855
PITTSBURGH' -
died Dec. 4, 1904, unmarried. 8. Harrison Parry, born
Sept. II, I857, married, June 20, 1899, Annie Stephenson, and they have a son, Harrison Parry, Jr. 9. John
Cadwalader, of whom further. 10. George Morgan,
born Aug. I8, 1863, died Nov. I8, 1908, married, April
3, 1905, Carrie S. Hays.
John Cadwalader Dilworth, son of John Scott and
Mary Olivia (Parry) Dilworth, was born in Oakland,
Pittsburgh, Pa., July 6, 186o. After attending public
and private schools in his birthplace and Philadelphia he
entered his father's wholesale grocery establishment, and
later turned his attention to oil brokerage, the manufacture of oil tanks, and salt production.  His business
career has been busy and productive, spent in connection
with old and valued Pittsburgh concerns and younger
organizations in whose founding he has played a part.
Mr. Dilworth is a member of Calvary Protestant
Episcopal Church, and a trustee of the Pittsburgh Hospital. He is a life member of all the Masonic bodies, and
holds membership in the Americus Republican Club and
the Duquesne Club.
Mr. Dilworth married (first) at Philadelphia, Oct.
12, I886, Julia W. Creighton, who died Jan. 19, 1892.
Their son, Creighton, born in Pittsburgh, Aug. 28, 1887,
married, in 1914, Blema Silliman, and they have children: Julia May, born March 22, 1915, and John C.
(2), born Oct. I6, 1919. Mr. Dilworth married (second)
at Meadville, Pa., Jan. 4, 1899, Elizabeth Shryock Gill.
There is one son of this marriage, John Gill, born at
Pittsburgh, Dec. I7, 1900.               
JAMES MELANCTHON NEVIN-Among those
who, going from Scotland to the North of Ireland, have
eventually sailed from Ireland for the land to the westward, where opportunity looms large and where hard
work and keen wits win their reward, are the ancestors
of the Nevin family in America. From Scotland into
County Antrim adventured one early branch of the
family, and from County Antrim to Philadelphia, United
States of America, came one John Nevin, progenitor of
the numerous and highly gifted families of that name in
this country. Nearly all of the professions and callings
are represented by the descendants of John Nevin, several of whom have won fame, and a few of whom have
won world renown. Highly endowed with energy, resourcefulness, ability and willingness to work and develop their gifts for the service of themselves and their
fellowmen, the family have contributed to the life of the
nation.
John Nevin, the pioneer ancestor who, born in County
Antrim, May I, 1740, came to Philadelphia, Pa., with
his wife and children, settled first in Chester county, Pa.,
but, as the frontier was moving westward and the wilderness of Western Pennsylvania began to be opened
up, he followed the westward drift of the most active
and courageous of the population and, crossing the mountains, settled near Mingo Meeting House in Washington
county. After working a leased farm for about two and
a half years, he then, in June, 1794, purchased a farm
from James Hamilton, being part of the patent called
Hamiltonsburg, situated on Streets Run, in what is now
Baldwin township, Allegheny county, improved it by the
erection of new buildings and by diligent cultivation, andthere lived until his death in 1814. He married Janet
Brown, born in 1739, died in I8II. Both he and his
wife were members of the Mifflin congregation of the
Associate Reformed Church, and are buried in the
graveyard connected with that church, located near Dravosburg. The two became parents of eight children:
I. James, died in infancy. 2. John, a farmer, moved
from Washington county to Beaver county, in 1832, and
there died in 1845. 3. and 4. William and Hugh, both
farmers, moved in early life to Circleville, Ohio, and
later to the neighborhood of Dayton, Ohio. 5. Samuel,
a farmer, moved to the State of Indiana, near Tippecanoe,
and died there. 6. Robert, a farmer, died in Beaver
county, Pa. 7. James, of whom further. 8. Jeannette,
married a man named Sample, and died near Columbus,
Ohio.
James Nevin, the youngest son of John Nevin, was
born at Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Ireland,
Sept. 20, 1782, and in 1788 was brought to Pennsylvania
by his parents. Having sold the homestead devised to
him by his father, he, in 1829, with his wife and child,
Abraham Scott Nevin, removed to East Palestine,
Columbiana county, Ohio, where he bought a tract of
about two hundred acres of forest land, the entire extent
of which was afterward discovered to be underlaid with
coal. This he sold to the Carbon Hill Coal Company, of
East Palestine, Ohio, and then spent the remainder of
his life, which ended May 19, 1874, with his son John.
He married, June 24, 1823, Hannah Scott, daughter of
Abraham and Sarah (Hamilton) Scott, and a granddaughter of James Hamilton, of Hamiltonsburg, Baldwin
township, Allegheny county, Pa., and they became the
parents of four children, one of whom was Abraham
Scott Nevin, father of James Melancthon Nevin. Of the
other three, John died in Lisbon, Ohio, Jan. 20, 1916,
leaving to survive him a son, Dr. Walter Nevin. Jane
married Jonathan Hasson, and Sarah married Taggart
Chamberlain, and dying, left to survive her a son, Nevin
Chamberlain, of East Palestine, Ohio.
Abraham Scott Nevin, eldest child of James and
Hannah (Scott) Nevin, was born on his parents' farm
(part of Hamiltonsburg), in Allegheny county, in 1824.
He was taken by his parents to Ohio, where he attended
the public schools of that locality, and then worked on
the farm of his father until after his marriage, when he
purchased a farm adjoining his father's, which was soon
discovered to be richly underlaid with coal. Selling his
farm to advantage, he bought another farm at New
Waterford, Ohio, which he cultivated during the remainder of his active life. He sold this farm and located
on another farm at Enon Valley, Lawrence county, Pa.,
where he died Jan. 2, 1879. A man of strong character
and of wide sympathies, he always held a prominent position in the community. He was an officer of the Ohio
State Militia, was a justice of the peace, and served for
many years as a school director. He was a Democrat
and later a Republican; belonged to the United Presbyterian church and was active in church work. On Oct.
I, 1846, he married Mary Jane Campbell, who lived until
Jan. 2, 1921, daughter of Robert and Sarah (Richardson)
Campbell, and they became the parents of: I. James
Melancthon, of whom further. 2. Robert E., died Oct.
28, 1911, at Ashley-Hudson, Ind. 3. Margaret, who died
in early womanhood on June 22, I88I, unmarried. 4.
Laura, married John H. Watt, and resides at Ben Avon,
Pa. 5. William S., a minister of the Presbyterian
church, died in Philadelphia, July I9, 1920. 6. John C.,
killed in a railway accident in Cripple Creek, Col., Feb.
7, 1900. 7. Joseph C., secretary of the board of the
Fourth Federal Reserve Bank, Cleveland, Ohio. 8.
Hugh, cashier of the First National Bank of Homestead
and treasurer of the Monongahela Trust Company, of
the same city.
James Melancthon Nevin, eldest son of Abraham
Scott and Mary Jane (Campbell) Nevin, was born at
East Palestine, Ohio, June I9, 1849. He attended the
public schools of his native town, and then entered Monmouth College, Monmouth, Ill., from which he graduated in 1879, with the degree of Bachelor of Science.
Entering the University of Iowa, he graduated two years
later, I88I, with the degree Bachelor of Laws, and a
year later received the same degree from Washington
University, of St. Louis, Mo. In 1883 he received the
degree of Bachelor of Arts from Monmouth College.
Locating in Pittsburgh in 1882, he, after admission to the
Allegheny county bar, began practice in that city, where
his practice speedily grew. Faithfulness to the interest
of his clients, and fidelity to high principles of professional honor and ability of a high order, bought their
reward, and a long and eminently successful career has
been that of James M. Nevin. While he has given close
attention to his extensive professional duties, Mr. Nevin
has found time for other interests and obligations.
Mr. Nevin was one of the organizers and has been
continuously since its organization in 1900, president of
the State Bank of Elizabeth. He is also interested in
gas and oil properties. Politically, he is a Republican.
He is a member of the alumni societies of all the universities from which he has received degrees, and in
June, 1921, attended the fortieth reunion of his class in
the University of Iowa. He is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association and of the Pennsylvania
State Bar Association. He prefers to spend his vacations in travel, and is fond of the mountains where the
keen, invigorating air builds and recuperates nerves that
need rest and relaxation after strenuous labor. For
many years he has been a trustee of the United Presbyterian church. He is a member of the American Geographical Society and belongs to several clubs.
Mr. Nevin married, in 1884, Emma Lucile, daughter
of John and Elizabeth Gordon, of Monmouth, Ill., and
they are the parents of seven children: I. James Gordon, who attended the public schools, and is a graduate
of Westminster College, from which he received the
degree Bachelor of Arts, and of the University of Pittsburgh, degree Bachelor of Laws, 1906. He was admitted
to the bar in 1908, since which time he has been associated
with his father. He married Mary 0. Sloss, of Lawrence county, and has four children: James, Elinor
Lucile, Marie and Ruth. 2. Lucile, educated in the
public schools and at Westminster College, degree Bachelor of Arts; married Dr. R. C. McKelvey, of Denver,
Col. 3. Norma, educated in the public schools and at
Westminster College, degree Bachelor of Arts. She is
now a Latin teacher in the high school of Donora, Pa.
4. Lois, educated in public schools and at WestminsterCollege, degree Bachelor of Arts. She was formerly
engaged in high school work but is now paying and receiving teller in the State Bank of Elizabeth. At the
outbreak of the World War she was traveling in Switzerland and had difficulty in getting home. 5. David McDill,
educated in the public schools and in Pennsylvania State
College, Agricultural Department. He entered the service of the United States army Sept. 10, 1917, as a private, Company I, 319th Infantry, Camp Lee, Virginia. Was
appointed corporal, Oct. 12, 1917, and sergeant on Nov.
17, 1917. He attended the Third Officers' Training Camp
from Jan. 5, 1918, to April 19, 1918, and was commissioned a second lieutenant June I, 1918, being at
that time attached to the 155th Depot Brigade for one
month, but later transferred to Replacement Battalions,
6th, 15th, 19th and 10th, at Camp Lee, Virginia. As second in command of the 114th Company, 0. A. R. D., he
was scheduled to sail for France on the 11th of November,
I9I8, but was called back the same day to Camp Stewart, Newport News, Va., and later attached to the 20th
Battalion Replacement Camp, Camp Lee, Virginia. He
was honorably discharged Dec. I6, 1918. 6. Sibyl, educated in public schools and graduate of Pennsylvania
State Normal School, at California, Pa. She is now a
teacher in the high school of Monessen, Pa. 7. Millicent,
educated in the public schools, now a j unior in Westminster College.
ROBERT GARLAND, president of the Garland
Manufacturing Company, and for several years a prominent figure of Pittsburgh's City Government, was born
in County Tyrone, Ireland, the son of Robert and Eliza
Jane (Atwell) Garland.
The Garland Manufacturing Company, of which he
is the active head, is one of the oldest industries in
Pittsburgh, and as a business executive, Mr. Garland
is held in high esteem among his contemporaries. He
is active in many other directions, and has frequently
been called upon to hold positions of trust and responsibility. He is a member of the Pittsburgh City Council
of nine members, elected at large, having held office
since 1911; a director of the Third National Bank, of
Pittsburgh, and a director of the Pittsburgh Athletic
Association. He is a trustee of the Carnegie Institute
and Carnegie Library, also of Grove City College. Mr.
Garland's clubs are: The Duquesne, University, Union,
and Pittsburgh Athletic Association. He is a member
of the Board of Governors of the Stanton Heights Golf
Club, a past president of the Pittsburgh Chamber of
Commerce, and also a past president of the American
Hardware Manufacturers' Association. Fraternally he
is a Mason, holding the Knights Templar and Shriner's
degrees.
Mr. Garland married Alice (Noble) Bailey, daughter
of Henry J. and Catherine (Graydon) Bailey, of Pittsburgh, and they are the parents of a daughter, Alice
Garland, now Mrs. Roy H. McKnight. With his f amily Mr. Garland attends Calvary Protestant Episcopal
Church, of Pittsburgh.
COLONEL CHARLES ALEXANDER ROOK is
both in continuous service and in identification with one
paper, "The Pittsburgh Dispatch," the dean of Pittsburgh
publishers, a distinction of which he is very modestly and
justly proud. However, he was born into the profession
of journalism, his father, Alexander W. Rook, also a
native of Pittsburgh, having spent the greater part of his
long and useful life in this city. The ancestors of Alexander W. Rook were for many years residents of the
State of New York, his parents coming to Pittsburgh
when the city was still in the first decade of its municipal existence. The youth was given all of the scholastic
advantages the city then afforded, and he was early
apprenticed to a job printing firm as a roller and typesetter, taking advantage of his evenings to complement
his education by special courses in night school. From
the job office Mr. Rook hastened to broaden his opportunities and became a "devil," first in the Pittsburgh
"Post," and finally in the "Chronicle," the latter, Pittsburgh's pioneer evening paper, still one of its prominent
journals, He made progress so rapidly that he soon
was one of the very rapid compositors, indeed one of the
most expert in the city.
Desiring to "see the world," Mr. Rook went to Philadelphia and was for a time employed on the Philadelphia "Ledger," and afterwards upon the New York
"Herald" under the elder James Gordon Bennett.
He returned to Pittsburgh in I85o and became the
local representative of the recently organized Typographical Union. He bought an interest in the Greensburg
"Argus," an old and reputable western Pennsylvania
paper in 1852, but came back two years later to take the
foremanship of the "Evening Chronicle," and soon made
it the finest expression of mechanical excellence in the
West. He became the partner of Colonel J. Herron
Foster and Daniel O'Neil in the ownership and operation of "The Pittsburgh Dispatch" in I865, having charge
of the composing rooms. Colonel Foster died in 1868,
and O'Neil and Rook became proprietors, the paper continuing in this relation until the deaths of the principals, and afterwards in that of their families until its
absorption by the Rook family a few years ago.
Colonel Charles Alexander Rook was born in Pittsburgh, Aug. II, I86I, son of Alexander Williams and
Harriett L. ( Beck) Rook. His elementary education
was received in Ayers Latin School, and in Schmidt
Academy. Directly he came out of school, Colonel Rook
went into the office of the "Dispatch," in I88o. Eight
years later he was made secretary, in 1896 became treasurer, and on March 10, 1902, president and editor-inchief, the latter relation still existing.
The story of "The Pittsburgh Dispatch" is the history of journalism in its most progressive sense in
America. The paper itself is and has been the largest and fullest expression, in its interpretation of the
genius of Pittsburgh, indeed, of all of Pennsylvania,
of any paper in the State. It has been the fixed
theory and practice of its publishers to make its community and State its ideals, regardless of politics and
selfish interests, and therein have laid the confidence of
the people and the influence of the paper. Generations
of Pittsburghers and Pennsylvanians have succeeded
each other in abiding faith in the intelligence and integrity of the "Dispatch," a reputation not peculiar to
many present-day journals which have made profit rather
than principle paramount./Colonel Rook has had four decades of strenuous labor
in the accomplishment of this desideratum. He has kept
in the path of his pioneers, but the State and National
developments in his years of direction have necessitated
broader views and more drastic actions than in their
days. He has kept pace with the times, indeed, in many
instances, previsioning them and acting accordingly.
His city, his State, and his Country, have, however,
not been indifferent to his services in their behalf. He
has never sought public office, although frequently suggested and often offered. His sturdy independence, while
keeping him at all times free from all entanglements, has
indicated to him that the Republican party is the best
expression of the genius of his country, and his allegience
is ordinarily to this organization. He has ever been regarded favorably by the many labor organizations of
State and Nation, and these have many times urged his
candidacy for offices ranging from mayor of Pittsburgh to governor of and United States Senator from
Pennsylvania, but in no instance has he allowed himself to be swerved from what he believes to be his manifest destiny, the publication of his paper, "The Dispatch," "his first and only job."
His service outside of the "Dispatch," has been director
of The Associated Press; honorary member of the Typographical Union, No. 7; inspector, since Jan. 17, 1908,
of the Western Penitentiary of Pennsylvania; lieutenantcolonel upon the staff of many governors of Pennsylvania; representative of Pennsylvania in the convention
of the National Rivers and Harbors at Washington, D.
C., December, 1907, by appointment of Governor Stuart;
also to the conference at the White House, May, 1908,
between President Roosevelt and delegates concerning
the conservation of the Natural Resources of the United
States; delegate-at-large to the Republican National
conventions of 1908, and district delegate to the convention of 1920. He was elected by the Pennsylvania delegation to the Republican convention of 1908 to represent
Pennsylvania on the committee to notify William
Howard Taft of his nomination as President of the
United States. He was minister plenipotentiary and
envoy extraordinary to the one hundredth anniversary
of Mexican independence in 1910, by appointment of
President Taft. Every labor organization in Pennsylvania endorsed and urged Colonel Rook to become a
candidate for United States Senator in 1909, but he
declined. The Republican State organization in 1912
asked him to allow the use of his name for nomination
as Congressman-at-large, but he refused. He is chairman of the Prison Labor Commission of Pennsylvania,
having been appointed to the commission by the inspectors of the Western Penitentiary. 
A distinguished honor came to him from Great Britain
when he was invited by that kingdom to be one of eleven
American newspapermen to visit England, Scotland, Ireland, France, and Belgium and the battlefields of the
war, as a guest of England. The party left New York,
Sept. 25, 1918, and returned November 26, after a thrilling historical trip. While in London, Colonel Rook was
received by King George V, and members of the Royal
family at Sandringham Palace. President Poincare, of
France, also received him in Paris, and the party was
entertained by the generals of the Allies at the battle
fronts. Colonel Rook was selected as a member of the
advisory committee of the National Republican Committee in the recent National Campaign (1920).
Socially, Colonel Rook is a member of the Duquesne
Club, the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, the Pennsylvania Society of New York, Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Blind Association,
Newsboys' Home, and is a member of the Protestant
Episcopal church.
Colonel Rook was married in Pittsburgh, Sept. 9,
1884, to Anna Wilson. Their three children are: Mrs.
Helen Emma Grange, Charles Alexander Rook, Jr., and
Mrs. Florence Anna MacConnell.
KENNETH BUFFINGTON-Among the promising members of the younger group of Allegheny
county, Pa., is Kenneth Buffington, son of Orr and
Lottie (Hyde) Buffington, born at Kittanning, Pa., Feb.
15, 1893. The father, Orr Buffington, is an attorney-atlaw, practicing in Kittanning, Pa.
Kenneth Buffington received his early education at
Washington and Jefferson Academy, Kittanning. Entering Amherst College, he graduated in 1914, with the
degree of Bachelor of Arts, and then went to the
University of Pittsburgh, where he entered the law
school, graduating in 1917 with the degree of Bachelor
of Laws. Since that time he has been engaged in the
practice of his profession. In common with thousands
of other young men whose careers were interrupted by
that cataclysm, the World War, he gave two precious
years to the service of his country. He enlisted, May
17, 1917, and became a sergeant, first class, in Company
C, 103rd Signal Battalion, 28th Division, attached while
in action to the 111th Infantry, and was engaged in four
of the famous battles fought along the lines defending
the regions of the Aisne and the Meuse. He took part
in the battle of the Aisne; in the Aisne-Marne battle;
in the Oise-Aisne; and in the Meuse-Argonne. On May
19, 1919, he received his honorable discharge, and in a
short time resumed the practice of his profession. In
church affiliation, Mr. Buffington is Episcopalian. He
is a member of two Greek letter fraternities, the Psi
Upsilon and the Phi Delta Phi, the latter being a legal
fraternity.
EDWARD ARMSTRONG CRAIG-A lifelong
resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., Mr. Craig was a striking
example of the successful business man who, without
special education and through his own industry and efforts, worked himself up from lowly position to one of
the most important in the great Westinghouse organization, that of manager of the export department of the
Westinghouse Air Brake Company. This was a most
responsible position, but a higher honor had been accorded him and he was about to enter upon a position
of even greater responsibility and authority when death
intervened; the appointment having been made that
would have taken him to San Francisco, Cal., as president of the Westinghouse Pacific Coast Brake Company, and Pacific district manager of the Westinghouse
Air Brake Company. Edward A. Craig's position in the
air brake organization was in many respects unique. His
connection began when he was fifteen years of age, amessenger between the shop and the office. This was in
1888 when the air brake plant was still located on Robinson street, Allegheny City (now North Side, Pittsburgh). In this way he became acquainted with the
men in the shop as well as the office; and as he was the
possessor of a sunny temperament, and a most obliging
manner, he became an immediate favorite with all. He
grew up with the organization, gaining in favor as time
went by, and although circumstances transferred him
from the shop office to the general office, he never forgot
his former associates nor the boys in the shop. Indeed,
his loyalty and faithfulness to these early connections
made him a special favorite with the men in the plant.
As far as the veterans are concerned, he was their idol,
because they recognized it as a matter of pride that he
had served with them in the ranks, and they appreciated
the fact that in his subsequent success and advancement
he was always one of them. The members of the Veteran Employees' Association made it a point to single
him out for any special distinction they were able to
confer. As a result it was usually "Ed" Craig who was
given full charge in making arrangements for picnics,
and it was "Ed" Craig who was made the permanent
toastmaster at the annual reunion and banquet. In fact
these functions would have been considered incomplete
and a failure unless "Ed" acted in that capacity. And the
men showed good judgment, because by his spontaneous
wit, never-failing humor, droll remarks and jokes, he
added greatly to the success of these events.
Edward A. Craig was a son of Capt. James M. and
Anna J. (Armstrong) Craig, his father a veteran of the
Civil War, captain of Company H, 23rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Capt. Craig was wounded
at the battle of Cold Harbor while leading his men, and
spent some time in the hospital. After his recovery he
returned to his regiment and served until the war ended.
Edward Armstrong Craig was born at the family home
in Arch street, Pittsburgh, North Side, Jan. I, 1873, died
in the city of his birth, at his home No. 349 Maple
avenue, Edgewood, Aug. 28, 1921. He attended the
public schools until fifteen years of age, then entered the
employ of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, as a
messenger boy between the company's shops and office,
his father being employed in the shops as a brass turner.
That was in I888, and until his passing, thirty-three years
later, he was never out of Westinghouse Air Brake Company employ. While serving as a messenger boy, the lad
acquired a knowledge of stenography and in a remarkably short time he had advanced to the position of secretary to the general superintendent of the plant. A few
years later he was filling the position of assistant auditor
of the company, and not long afterward was appointed
auditor and assistant secretary of the company at Wilmerding. These ofices were so capably filled that promotion could not be denied, and when in 1905 the Air Brake
Company established the Southeastern district with headquarters at Pittsburgh, Mr. Craig was chosen for the
position of manager. The management of the affairs
of the Southeastern district were capably administered by
Mr. Craig until January, 1920, when the company organized the export department, and in the consideration
of an executive head for that department the management once more showed its faith in Mr. Craig's abilities
by giving him the appointment. However, there were
still further honors in store for him. Sometime ago the
management of the Air Brake Company deemed it advisable to reorganize the Westinghouse Pacific Coast
Brake Company and the Pacific Coast district and in
the selection of a president for the Westinghouse Pacific
Coast Brake Company and manager of the Pacific Westinghouse Air Brake Company, Mr. Craig was chosen
for both positions. But the latter honor was one in
name only, for the edict had gone forth and his work
was finished. As manager of the Southeastern district,
Mr. Craig was associate manager of the National Brake
and Electric Company and of the Westinghouse Traction
Brake Company in that district.
In 1910 Mr. Craig made Edgewood his home and there
took an active part in all civic movements tending to
the betterment of the community, being at the time of
his death a member of Edgewood Borough Council. He
was a director of the National Foreign Trade Council;
the Exporters' Association of New York; a member of
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce; Manufacturers' Club
of Philadelphia; Queen City Club of Cincinnati; a director of the Pittsburgh Workshop for the Blind; treasurer of the Central Young Men's Christian Association
of Pittsburgh. He held membership in the Pittsburgh
Athletic Association, the Rotary, Old Colony, Duquesne,
Oakmont Country, Edgewood Country, and the Edgewood clubs, having served the last-named as president for
two terms and as a member of the building committee
in charge of the erection of the new club home. He
was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion of the United States, an honor inherited from
his father. In Freemasonry he was affiliated with
George W. Guthrie Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons,
and had attained the degrees of chapter and commandery,
was a noble of the Mystic Shrine, and a thirty-second
degree Mason of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite.
His membership and deep interest in the Veteran Employees' Associations of the Westinghouse Air Brake
Company has been noted. He greatly enjoyed the annual
reunion of that organization and was proud of his membership therein.
A Presbyterian in religion, Mr. Craig served the Edgewood church of that faith as elder and general superintendent of the Sunday school. He was a musician well
known locally, having served as a director of the Pittsburgh Choral Society, and leader of the Fourth Presbyterian, the South Avenue Methodist Episcopal, and
the Mufflin Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church choirs at
different times.
Mr. Craig married, June I, 1897, Kate Anna Roth,
daughter of George J. and Elizabeth (Ploch) Roth, and
granddaughter of George Frederick and Dorothy
(Grimmer) Roth, the last-named coming to the United
States in childhood from Germany. George J. Roth was
born at the Roth homestead in the Squirrel Hill district
of Pittsburgh, Dec. 12, 1844. He became a farmer of
the Castle Shannon district, and as a farmer, landowner
and banker, passed a long and useful life. He was one of
the founders of the Methodist Protestant Church at Castle Shannon, and served as a member of the board of
trustees until his death. He was a talented musician and
for more than thirty years was a choir director. He was
deeply interested in young people and ready to support
any civic movement promising the betterment of his community. He died Oct. 2, 1918, approaching closely
his seventy-fourth birthday, a man honored and highly
esteemed in his community. His wife, Elizabeth (Ploch)
Roth, yet survives him, now (1921) in her seventy-sixth
year. Mrs. Craig survives her husband, with three
children: George Roth, Edward Armstrong (2), and
Katherine Virginia. The family home is at No. 349
Maple avenue, Edgewood.
The funeral services of Mr. Craig, held in the Edgewood Presbyterian Church, were marked by an exceptionally large attendance of former friends and associates, including many of the shopmen from the air
brake plant at Wilmerding. Rev. Dr. S. J. Fisher, who
delivered the funeral oration over George Westinghouse
in New York City seven years previously, officiated.
Herman H. Fleer acted as organist, and George W.
Kirk rendered two solos. The pallbearers were John F.
Miller, T. S. Grubbs, S. C. McConahey, F. H. Parke,
Dr. George B. Moreland and Harry Dangerfield. Burial
was in Allegheny Cemetery. On the evening of August
29th, at 7.00 o'clock, a large delegation from the Westinghouse Air Brake Veteran Employees' Association,
with the venerable "Chris" Horrocks as the leader, assembled at the Edgewood station and marched in a body to
the home and there paid their last mark of respect to
their fallen friend and comrade. The following appreciation was sent to the offices of the Westinghouse Company in many parts of the world:
It is with great sorrow and sincere regret that we
chronicle the death, early Sunday morning, August 28,
1921, of Edward Armstrong Craig, Export Manager, a
highly respected and capable member of our field
organization and with one exception, the oldest in
point of service.
We all looked upon Mr. Craig as the embodiment of
health and manly vigor, and his untimely death in his
forty-ninth Year, after only a week's illness that gave
rise to no apprehension, was a distinct shock to his
friends and associates.
"Ed" Craig was a real "Air Brake product," his late
father having been one of the earliest employes of the
Westinghouse Air Brake Company and the son taking
the duties of office boy and messenger with the company at the age of fifteen. The deceased saw the Air
Brake Company grow from a modest beginning to the
great industrial corporation it is to-day.
Mr. Craig was in every sense a self-made and educated man. Lack of academic training proved no
handicap to him. He improved his leisure moments
by study and when he reached man's estate had
acquired a very thorough knowledge of the things
that make for success and that make life worth living. Literature, art, music, religious work, improvement of the lot of those less fortunately placed than
himself, and everything else that is worth while had a
definite place in his daily life and the position he occupied in the community will be as hard to fill as that
made vacant in our own organization by his sudden
demise.
His home life was ideal, his family an unusually
interesting one, and his friends, business and social,
were legion. His family has lost a devoted husband
and father; greater Pittsburgh a public-spirited and
progressive citizen, and the Westinghouse Air Brake
Company a loyal and intelligent and valuable employe,
who, through his own efforts, rose from the humblest
place in the ranks to one of the highest positions in
the gift of the management. Plans were maturing for
according him still greater honors when death claimed
him and terminated a life of great usefulness.
Signed,
THE WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY,
W. S. Bartholomew, Vice-President.
JAMES GALLOWAY BUCHANAN-Professional
attainments of high order stand recorded in the name of
Buchanan in Pittsburgh history, covering the activity of
three generations. The first of these, Dr. James Galloway Buchanan, was born March 21, 1825, in Steubenville,
Ohio, and was a son of the Rev. George and Mary
(Junkin) Buchanan. Rev. George Buchanan was a man
of strong personality, great piety and much loved in his
community. He preached to the same congregation in
Steubenville for forty-seven years, his ministry closing
with his death.
In the early part of the last century a clergyman's income was limited, but without other resources than his
salary, Mr. Buchanan managed to furnish all his children not only an ordinary education, but complete courses
in the most advanced education of the times. His eldest
son, Rev. Joseph Buchanan, trained for the ministry,
became the leading educator of that section of Ohio, and
for two generations was at the head of the public school
system of Jefferson county. Another son, Rev. John
Buchanan, was for many years before and during the
Civil War a prominent minister in Allegheny City. James
Galloway Buchanan received his education in the schools
of his native town, supplemented by a thorough classical
course in an academy conducted by his brother-in-law,
Rev. John M. Galloway. Making choice of medicine as
a profession, Mr. Buchanan began a course of preparatory study under the preceptorship of Dr. Benjamin Tappan, a widely known physician and naturalist of Steubenville, and son of the distinguished Judge Tappan.
Dr. Tappan, whose wife was a sister of Edwin M.
Stanton, President Lincoln's secretary of war, was a man
of great scientific attainments and of unusual professional ability. He was a world-wide traveler, and had an
intimate acquaintance with many of the scientists of that
early day. The prominent trait of his character was his
hatred of shams and the plainness of his speech. To his
tutelage, Dr. James G. Buchanan owed much of the
habits of thought and contempt of pretenders which
characterized him throughout his life. It was rather unusual then for a medical student to spend more than a
few months at a medical school. Indeed, most of the
practitioners of medicine in this country, at that time, got
their education in the offices of their preceptors. Mr.
Buchanan, however, attended the complete course of two
years at the medical department of the University of the
City of New York, and received his surgical training
from the distinguished Valentine Mott. After receiving
his degree of Doctor of Medicine, he returned at once to
his home town and entered upon the practice of his profession, removing after a time to Wellsville, Ohio, where
he married Amanda F. Jenkins.
Upon the outbreak of the Civil War he was appointed
by his friend, Edwin M. Stanton, then secretary of war,
surgeon to the Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
with which he served until near the close of the war,
when he received the appointment of medical director
of the military hospitals at Atlanta, Ga. In 1866 Dr.
Buchanan established himself in Allegheny, Pa., now
North Side, Pittsburgh, and soon became prominent in
surgical practice.
The first of the railroads which were later merged into
the present system of Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh was the Cleveland  Pittsburgh. In the early
fifties its rails were laid through Wellsville, and through
the influence of his lifelong friend, J. N. McCullough,
107the railroad's first president, Dr. Buchanan was made
its first surgeon, which office he held with the exception
of the period of his military service until he moved his
residence to Allegheny City. His position as company
surgeon was continued in his new location, and his
sphere of surgical work enlarged by his appointment as
surgeon to the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne  Chicago railway. When the Pennsylvania lines were consolidated he
continued to act as its surgeon until death terminated his
service. This continuous surgical service for more than
fifty years with the same company is probably unique in
railway experience.
Dr. Buchanan's early success in surgical work was
gained when the work of the surgeon was performed
without the many modern aids that science has offered,
and when there were vastly more difficulties to overcome than at the present. He was one of the first surgeons of the district to adopt the modern antiseptic system when it sought recognition in the profession, and
was always alert to utilize the valuable results of research and experiment.
In politics Dr. Buchanan was a Democrat, but never
took an active part in public affairs. He was a member
of the Fourth United Presbyterian Church, of Allegheny, for more than forty years, and the successive
pastors during that period were among his most intimate
friends. In the character of Dr. Buchanan were combined all the elements which go to the making of a good
physician-strong mental endowments, sound education,
large experience and kindliness of disposition. Of medium height, his aspect and bearing gave a favorable impression, and his strong features bore the stamp of the
qualities which made him what he was. His dark eyes
were at once keen and thoughtful, and until he had
passed the age of seventy, his hair and full beard were
black, after that becoming iron-gray. He was a loyal
friend, a man of large faith, strong brain and great
heart.
Dr. Buchanan married, March 23, 1850, Amanda FitzAllen Jenkins, daughter of John M. and Margaret (McKinley) Jenkins, the latter a member of the McKinley
family of Ohio, of which President McKinley was a
representative. The following children were born to
Dr. and Mrs. Buchanan: George McElroy, who died
young; Mary Junkin, of whom further; and John Jenkins, a sketch of whom follows.
Mary Junkin Buchanan was educated in the public
schools of Allegheny, and at the Pittsburgh Female
College, receiving, in 1870, the degree of Bachelor of Arts,
magna cum laude. She was married, Feb. 27, 1873, at
Allegheny, to John Cowley, of Pittsburgh, who died May
I, 1911. After rendering for ten years voluntary service
as supervisor of the city playgrounds, Mrs. Cowley was
in February, 191I, elected supervisor of twenty-seven
playgrounds and vacation schools and ten social centres
of the North Side. In October, 1912, she was appointed a
member of the Board of Public Education of Pittsburgh, under the new school code, the board consisting
of twelve men and three women, named by judges of the
Court of Common Pleas. Mrs. Cowley is president of
the Playground and Vacation School Association of Allegheny, Incorporated, and of the Business Women's Club,
of Allegheny, Incorporated, and director of the Western
Pennsylvania Branch of the Consumers' League, also
musical director of the Tourist Club. She has published
various articles on playground activities and social centre
work. Mrs. Cowley belongs to the Daughters of the
American Revolution, the Academy of Science and Art,
and the College Club of Pittsburgh, and is a member of
the United Presbyterian Church. The Mary J. Cowley
(public) School of Pittsburgh was named in her honor.
Mr. and Mrs. Cowley were the parents of the following
children: Elizabeth Buchanan, of whom further; Mary
Helen, died in childhood; James Buchanan, also died in
childhood; Mary Marguerite, died in girlhood; and
Eleanor, died in infancy.
Elizabeth Buchanan Cowley received from Vassar College the degree of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts,
and from Columbia University the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy. She also studied at the Chicago University
and at the Universities of Gottingen and Munich. She
has been a teacher in the public schools, and from 1902
to 1912 was an instructor in mathematics at Vassar College, where she has been since 1912 assistant professor of
mathematics. She has contributed articles to mathematical and astronomical journals, and is assistant editor of
the "Revue Semestrielle des Publications Mathematiques," Amsterdam, Holland. Miss Cowley belongs to
the Daughters of the American Revolution and the
National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild, is secretary of
the Vassar College Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa, and
a member of the American Mathematical Society, the
Deutsche Mathematiker Veieiningung, the Circolo Mathmatico di Palermo. She is an authority on plane algebraic curves and the definite orbit of comet algebraic
curves. She was a member of the International Congress of Mathematicians held in 1912 at Cambridge,
England.
In his family relations Dr. Buchanan was peculiarly
fortunate, and he was a man to whom the ties of home
and friendship were sacred obligations. It was the lot
of this useful and honored man to survive all his local
professional contemporaries, and when he passed away on
Sept. 21, 1909, his death removed the oldest physician in
Allegheny county. He was mourned by all classes of
the community, for by all he was admired and respected,
and by many he was held in deepest love and gratitude.
JOHN JENKINS BUCHANAN, son of Dr. James
Galloway and Amanda Fitz-Allen (Jenkins) Buchanan,
was born in Wellsville, Ohio, Sept. I5, I855. When he
was about ten years old his parents moved to Allegheny, Pa., now North Side, Pittsburgh, and his preparatory education was received in the schools of the Second
Ward of that city. He afterwards studied at the Western
University of Pennsylvania, now the University of
Pittsburgh, graduating in 1877 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In I88o his alma mater conferred upon
him the degree of Master of Arts. His professional training was received in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, and in I88I he was made by
that institution Doctor of Medicine. In 1905 he received
from Washington and Jefferson College the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy, and in 1919 from the University
of Pittsburgh the degree of Doctor of Science.Immediately after graduation Dr. Buchanan established
himself in Pittsburgh as a general practitioner, giving
his attention more and more to the practice of general
surgery until about 1897, since when his whole time has
been occupied with surgical practice. In 1881-82 he was
resident physician at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital,
and in 1892 he became surgeon to the Mercy Hospital.
In I9o1 he was appointed professor in surgery in the
Western Pennsylvania Medical College (later merged
into the medical School of the University of Pittsburgh),
and this chair he still occupies. He is a frequent contributor to medical literature, is a member of the Societe
Internationale de Chirurgie, a fellow of the American
Surgical Association, a member of the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, the
Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania, and the
Allegheny County Medical Society. Politically Dr.
Buchanan is a Democrat, but has always avoided active
participation in the organization of his party, having
neither time nor inclination for public affairs.
Dr. Buchanan married, June 30, 1887, Ellen Grier,
daughter of David A. and Mary (Aiken) Grier, of
Pittsburgh. Mr. Grier, who was engaged in the wholesale grocery business, died in 186o. Dr. and Mrs.
Buchanan are the parents of two sons, John Grier, of
whom further; and Edwin Porter, of whom further.
John Grier Buchanan, son of John Jenkins and Ellen
(Grier) Buchanan, was born July 24, I888. He received his general education at the Liberty School, Shady
Side Academy, and Princeton University, and was
awarded by the last-named institution the degree of
Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in 1909. As an
undergraduate, he was a member of the editorial board
of each of the three college publications, "The Daily
Princetonian," "The Nassau Literary Magazine," and
"The Princeton Tiger," and was a member of the University Debating Team which defeated Harvard. He
received his professional education at the Harvard Law
School, where during two years of the theee year
course, he ranked first in a class of over 300 men.
While a student at the Law School, he was an
editor of the "Harvard Law Review," and during his
last year was in charge of the Department of Recent
Cases of that periodical, and a member of the Board of
Student Advisers. He graduated with the degree of
Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, in 1912. Since that date
he has been engaged in the general practice of law in
Pittsburgh, having been admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1912, and to the bar of
the Supreme Court of the United States in 1918. He
has been associated with the firm of Gordon  Smith,
Frick building annex, ever since his admission to practice,
and on July I, 1916, became a member of that firm. In
1914, he became a member of the faculty of the law
department of the University of Pittsburgh. During the
great World War, he served on the staff of the judge
advocate general of the army, and is now a major and
judge advocate in the Officers' Reserve Corps. He
married, Nov. I4, 1916, at Pittsburgh, Charity A.
Packer, daughter of Ira Mitchell and Mary Elizabeth
( Robb) Packer, of Howard, Center county, Pa., and
niece of Gibson D. Packer, of Pittsburgh. He is the
father of two sons: John Grier, Jr., born Sept. 23,
1917, and Gibson Packer, born April 15, 1920. Mr.
Buchanan is a member of the Society of Phi Beta Kappa,
and of the American Bar Association, and is an elder
in the East Liberty Presbyterian Church, of Pittsburgh.
Edwin Porter Buchanan, son of John Jenkins and
Ellen (Grier) Buchanan, was born June 7, 1890. He
received his preparatory education at Liberty and Fulton
schools, and in 1908 graduated from Shady Side
Academy. In 1909 he entered Princeton University and
was graduated in 1913. He then entered Harvard Medical School, class of 1917, and after graduation received
a commission as lieutenant in the Medical Corps of the
United States army, in which he served for twenty-two
months, until after the close of the great World War.
The last eleven months of his service were spent as surgeon in mobile and camp hospitals in France. After
receiving his discharge he returned to Mercy Hospital,
Pittsburgh, where he completed his year's service as
resident physician and surgeon. In January, 1920, he
entered into partnership with his father in the exclusive
practice of general surgery, this partnership continuing
until the present time. On Oct. 16, 1920, Dr. E. P.
Buchanan married Marian Vesta Bayley, daughter of
Edwin Allen and Lucia (Watkins) Bayley, of Lexington,
Mass. They have one daughter, Lucia Bayley Buchanan,
born Aug. 29, 1921.
(The Junkin Line).
The Junkin family is first found in the neighborhood
of Inverness, Scotland, and the name is probably of Danish origin, the race having presumably been planted in
North Britain by one of those adventurers who, at an
early period, took possession of parts of the coast.
Joseph Junkin, the first ancestor of record, was of
County Antrim, Ireland, whither his parents had migrated from Scotland at some period prior to the revolution of I688. They were strict Convenanters and left
their country for conscience sake. Joseph, their son,
aforementioned, emigrated in the early part of the
eighteenth century to the American colonies, probably
landing at New Castle, Del., whence he found his
way to Pennsylvania. He married, probably where Oxford, Chester county, now stands, Elizabeth Wallace,
who was also of Scottish parentage, at least, on the
maternal side, her mother having gone from Scotland to
Londonderry, Ireland, and endured the horrors of the
famous siege which, successfully resisted, gave to William of Orange that vantage in Ireland which proved
to be so largely instrumental in seating him securely
upon the British throne. Joseph Junkin and his wife
crossed the Susquehanna river at Harris' Ferry (now
Harrisburg) and settled in Cumberland county, Pa., on
500 acres of land which now include the site of the town
of Kingston. On this land Joseph Junkin built a house
which became the home of his family. His death occurred in 1777, and that of his widow in 1796.
Joseph (2) Junkin, son of Joseph (I) and Elizabeth
(Wallace) Junkin, was born in 1750, on his father's
farm, and was a soldier of the Revolution. In 1776 and
1777 he served against the British, and in 1778 against
the British and Indians on the upper Juniata frontier,
assisting in the erection of a fort near the site of Hollidaysburg. His service of 1776 and 1777 was chieflyin New Jersey, and in the latter year he commanded a
company of Cumberland volunteers in the battle of
Brandywine. He married, May 24, 1779, the Rev. Alexander Dobbin, D. D., officiating, Eleanor Cochran,
daughter of John Cochran, who married a Miss Baird,
the former a native of the North of Ireland, though of
Scottish descent, and the ancestors of the latter being presumably of the same nationality. John Cochran settled,
about 1750, in Pennsylvania, he and his wife being married soon after their arrival in the province, and their
daughter Eleanor was born on a farm near the present
site of Waynesboro, Franklin county. Mr. and Mrs.
Junkin became the parents of the following children,
all of whom, with the exception of the youngest, were
born in the stone house erected by Joseph Junkin, the immigrant Elizabeth, married Hon. John Findley, of
Mercer county, Pa., Eleanor, became the wife of Hon.
Walter Oliver, for years a member of the Pennsylvania
Legislature; Joseph, died young; John; Joseph (2);
George, who became a clergyman; William, died in
childhood; Mary, mentioned below; Agnes, married
(first) Rev. James Galloway, first pastor of Mercer, and
(second) Hugh Bingham, father of Hon. John A. Bingham; Benjamin, twin to one who died in infancy unnamed; William Findley; Matthew Oliver; and David.
Mary Junkin, daughter of Joseph (2) and Eleanor
(Cochran) Junkin, was married, June 6, 1812, to Rev.
George Buchanan, father of Dr. James G. Buchanan.
RALPH CARTER DAVIS-The name of Davis,
in the careers of father and son, has for more than four
decades been prominent in legal circles in Allegheny
county, Pa. Ralph Carter Davis is the present representative, a leader among the younger generation of
Pittsburgh attorneys, son of the late Judge Livingston
Llewellyn and Anna B. (Carter) Davis, grandson of
John Davis, and great-grandson of Isaac Davis, one of
the early settlers of North East, Pa., and proprietor of
one of the first stores in Erie county.
Livingston Llewellyn Davis, son of John and Elizabeth (Findley) Davis, was born in Sheakleyville, Mercer
county, Pa., March 7, 1853. He was graduated from
Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., in the class of 1878,
having during his senior year registered in Pittsburgh
as a law student. Upon the completion of his preparation he was admitted to the Allegheny county bar, April
29, 188o, and until 1885 made Allegheny ( Pittsburgh
North Side) his residence, in that year moving to Homestead. He rose rapidly and steadily in his profession,
and was meeting the demands of a large practice when,
in 1908, he was appointed to succeed Judge S. A. McClung in Common Pleas Court No. 3. Upon the expiration of the term he had been named to fill out, Judge
Davis was unanimously nominated by both parties to
succeed himself, his term of ten years beginning in
January, 1910. On Dec. 12, 1917, he was stricken with
pneumonia, and five days later, Dec. 17, 1917, his death
occurred. Intermingled with his earlier professional work
is a record of productive activity in business affairs, for
he was widely known as a man of affairs, of broad
talents, as well as possessing a leading reputation as
an attorney. He was an organizer and a director of
the Homestead Savings Bank, which he also served for
several years as solicitor, and among the other organizations which he helped to found and with which he was
associated in official capacity were the Homestead 
Mufflin Street Railway Company and the Homestead
Park Land Company. Judge Davis had numerous fraternal affiliations, holding membership in the Masonic
order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Royal
Arcanum, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks. In the first named order he held the degrees of
lodge, chapter, commandery, and shrine, in the last named
a member of Syria Temple. He was a member of St.
Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Church, serving its congregation for many years as vestryman. Judge Davis
represented all that is best in business and professional
life, and in public and private life his every action was
beyond reproach. His elevation to the bench placed at
the service of his fellows exceptional mental gifts, and
every case that came into his court, whether of small or
weighty importance, received the same careful scrutiny,
the same thoughtful deliberation, and the same impartial
justice. Judge Davis was mourned in many circles, for
his interests and influence were unusual in their extent.
He is survived by his wife, Anna B. (Carter) Davis.
Ralph Carter Davis was born in North East, Pa.,
Sept. 22, 1881, and when three years of age was taken
by his parents to Homestead, Allegheny county, where
he attended grammar and high school. Subsequently he
became a student in the University of Pittsburgh, being
graduated in the class of 1902 with the degree of LL. B.
On Oct. 4, 1902, he was admitted to the Allegheny county
bar, thereafter being granted the right to practice in the
State and Federal courts of the district. He has devoted
his energies largely to corporation law, and has built up
a splendid clientele in this special field of practice. Mr.
Davis is a member of the Pennsylvania State Bar Association and the Allegheny County Bar Association.
He is financially interested in a number of industrial organizations in the Pittsburgh district, and is a director
of the Homestead Brick Company, the Homestead Park
Land Company, and the Homestead Mufflin Street Railway Company.
Mr. Davis is a member of the Church of the Redeemer
(Episcopal), having served as vestryman of St.
Matthew's Church, Homestead, for a number of years
prior to moving to Pittsburgh. He holds the thirtysecond degree in the Masonic order, his lodge, Homestead, Free and Accepted Masons, and he is also a member of Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine, likewise affiliating with Homestead
Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Politically he is a Republican, and is a life member of the
Americus Republican Club. He has served as a member
and president of the Homestead School Board. In
1913 Mr. Davis removed from Homestead to Pittsburgh. He finds his recreation in travel and out-ofdoor sports.
Mr. Davis married Darl 0. V. Shoemaker, of Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 19, 1906, daughter of James K. P.
and Mary Elizabeth (Carns) Shoemaker. They have
three children: Anna Elizabeth, attending Miss Simonson's School, Nida Jean, and Dorothy Darl, attending
Whiteman Manor School. The city residence of the
family is at No. 5825 Northumberland avenue.THOMAS M. BENNER-For more than two hun- of Moose; Americus Republican Club, Pittsburgh Athdred and fifty years the Benner family has been rep-  letic Association, Duquesne Club, and the Chamber of
resented in Pennsylvania. The pioneer Benners settled Commerce. Mr. Benner finds his outdoor recreation in
in Bucks county, Pa., but Jacob Benner, the grandfather   golf.  He is a pianist of unusual talent, and is also a
of Thomas M. Benner, came to Pittsburgh, later remov-   wide reader, especially in the realm of history, having
ing to Allegheny City (now North Side, Pittsburgh).   collected a remarkably large and well chosen library.
He was engaged in the flour milling business for many    Mr. Benner married, Sept. 20, 1910, Charlotte Conyears, and being an inventive genius, he perfected the   salus, daughter of John and Julia M. (MacDowell) Confirst successful smut machine used generally in the flour   salus, of Troy, N. Y., who is a descendant of Don Emmilling industry, and was also the inventor of the long   manuel Gonzalez, a Spanish nobleman, who settled in
handled pruning hook now in general use by orchardists.   Saratoga county, N. Y., early in the eighteenth century,
His son, Thomas McC. Benner, was born in 1839, and   and of Anneke Jans, one of the historic characters of the
died in 1898. He was long connected with the iron in- early Dutch days of Manhattan. The great estate of
dustry of Pittsburgh, was a Civil War veteran, serving   Anneke Jans is now in the possession of Trinity Church
in the  11oth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was   of New York City.  Mr. and Mrs. Benner have no chila prominent member of the Grand Army of the Re-   dren.  Their home is at No. 1637 Beechwood boulevard.
public, Post No. 88, of Allegheny.  He  married Mary 
Armstrong, a native of Dundalk, Ireland, but for prac-         THOMAS  McKENNAN  REED,  who  for many
tically all her life a resident of Pittsburgh.  She is still  years has been identified with the book and stationery
living (1921), at the age of seventy-six years.  Thomas   business of Pittsburgh and vicinity, has been the head
McC. and Mary (Armstrong)  Benner were the parents   of the firm of Reed  Witting, now the Reed  Witting
of six children:   Margaret C.; Ada  B.; Anna  M.;   Company, for a period of twenty-one years.  Mr. Reed
Samuel A., died March 26, 1921, one of the leaders of   was born near Washington, Pa., and is descended from
the younger generation of steel men of the country, hav-   old Washington county families, and is a son of the late
ing served as president  of the Orford Copper Company,   George W. and Matilda (McKennan)  Reed.
general manager of sales of the Carnegie Steel Com-           The family removing, in his childhood, to old Allepany, assistant to the president of the Pittsburgh Steel   gheny City, (now Pittsburgh's North Side), Mr. Reed's
Company, general manager of sales of the American   education was received in the old fourth; ward public
Steel Export  Company,  vice-president of the Federal   school of that city.  While still scarcely more than a
Export Company, and president of the Empire Tube   boy, he entered the business world in the employ of S.
Steel Corporation; Thomas M., of whom further; and   A. Clarke   Company, booksellers and stationers, reJacob Wesley, superintendent of the Homestead works of   maining there for some time.  Thereafter he was emthe Carnegie Steel Company.                                  ployed by Joseph Eichbaum  Company in this same line
Thomas  M. Benner attended the grammar and high   of business, for about twelve years.  In 1900 Mr. Reed,
schools of Allegheny City, then entered the University   with Mr. L. L. Witting, formed the firm of Reed 
of Michigan, being graduated with the degree of Bach-   Witting, and beginning in a small way built up a large
elor of Laws in I896, after which he continued his studies   and prosperous business. The concern was incorporated
in the offices of Richard B. Scandrett, of Pittsburgh.   in 1917 with the following officers:  Thomas McK. Reed,
His application and his ability have made for him a   president, Leonard L. Witting (now retired) vice-presiprominent place among the younger attorneys of Pitts- dent, and M. S. Crawford, secretary and treasurer. They
burgh.  His comprehensive grasp of details and marked   now  have  a thoroughly  up-to-date plant,  electrically
executive ability have enabled him to render valuable   equipped, with the most moderrn machinery, and do an
service, and he is  generally recognized as one of the   extensive  business  as  manufacturing stationers,  also
skillful trial lawyers of the Allegheny county bar.  He   handling printing, binding and publishing.  They have
represent's numerous corporations, and has built up a   6,ooo square feet of floor space, and employ fifty hands.
large general practice,  On May  I, 1914, he was ap-   As head of this interest, Mr. Reed is widely known, and
pointed assistant city solicitor, and was chief trial at-   he holds a seat in the Pittsburgh Chamber  of Comtorney until April, 1919, when he was made first assist-   merce.  He is a member of the Pittsburgh Athletic Asant city solicitor  for Pittsburgh,  now  continuing  in   sociation, and of the Edgeewood Club.   
that important position.  He is a member of the Ameri-        On June I, 1893, Mr. Reed married Margaret Marcan,  Pennsylvania  State, and  Allegheny County  Bar   shel Clarke, who was born in Washington county, this
Associations.                                              State, but reared in Pittsburgh.  They have five sons:
Politically he is a Republican, and active in all move-   Alexander Clarke, now a farmer; Thomas McKennan,
ments for the promotion of better civic conditions.  He   Jr., a graduate of the Pennsylvania State College (meis a member of Christ Methodist Episcopal Church, and   chanical engineering degree), and now actively engaged
his genial, friendly nature finds pleasure in numerous   as a mining engineer; Marshel Clarke and Robert Renfraternal affiliations. He is a thirty-second degree Mason,   toul, students in the same college; and Leonard Witting,
member of Crescent Lodge, No. 576, Free and Accepted   a student in the high school.
Masons; Shiloh Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Tancred
Commandery,  Knights  Templar;  Pennsylvania  Con-            PAUL  COOPER  BRUCE,  M.  D., one of Pittssistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; and Syria Tem-   burgh's younger physicians, whose excellent training and
ple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,   experience with the American Expeditionary Force, gave
He is also a member of Allegheny Lodge, Loyal Order   him a foundation for great success, is a member of theold Scottish family of that name, his great-grandfather
having been the first to settle in the United States. Dr.
Bruce is a son of Rev. William R. and Sarah Melissa
(Pardoe) Bruce. The father was a graduate of the
Allegheny Theological Seminary, and received the degree
of Doctor of Divinity from that institution. He died
in 1907. The mother, who is still living, comes of the
old Pennsylvania family for whom the town of Pardoe,
Mercer county, was named.
Dr. Bruce was born in Sheakleyville, Mercer county,
Pa., Dec. 20, 1890, and after covering the common school
course at the public schools of his native town, attended
high school in Erie, Pa. Thereafter he entered the
University of Pittsburgh for one year's preparatory
course, then entered the medical department of the same
university, and was graduated in 1914 with the degree
of Doctor of Medicine. Serving as interne at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital for one year, he also spent
six months in the Municipal Hospital as interne, then
began his private practice in 1916. He was still active in
institutional work, however, being assistant on the surgical staff of the Ohio Valley Hospital, and did considerable industrial work until, with the need of medical skill in Europe, he enlisted in the United States
army. He was commissioned first lieutenant, March 21,
1918, and was detailed to the officers' training camp at
Camp Greenleaf, thence to Camp Beauregard, where he
was assigned to the 156th Infantry (39th Division), and
went to France with the same unit. He was later
made regimental surgeon of the 138th Infantry (35th
Division). With this regiment he remained on the St.
Mihiel front until March, 1919; he then returned to the
United States and was discharged- from the service,
May 29, 1919, having served for fourteen months. Returning to Pittsburgh he resumed his interrupted practice, and now, in connection with his growing practice,
he is on the medical staff of the Presbyterian Hospital.
In the American Medical Association Dr. Bruce holds
membership, also in the Pennsylvania State and Allegheny County Medical societies. He is a member of the
Phi Rho Sigma fraternity, and of Belleview Lodge, No.
530, Free and Accepted Masons. Politically he reserves
the right to independent thought and action, and his religious convictions place his membership with the United
Presbyterian church. He finds relaxation in out-door
sports, playing tennis and occasionally golf.
On April 10, 1920, Dr. Bruce married Thalia Jane
McCartney, of Indiana, Pa., and they have one son,
Robert McCartney, born Jan. 10, 1921.
JAMES I. KAY-As an able lawyer of distinguished
ability, a humanitarian of countless good works, and a
citizen dependable in all services, James I. Kay filled a
large place in the life of Pittsburgh for many years. He
was a native of this district, educated in local institutions,
and in the period he grew in professional prestige there
came into being at the same time the needs that he met
in valuable charitable and philanthropic work, for which
he took time from pressing legal obligations. James I.
Kay occupied an honored place in the records of his city,
and the results of his endeavors continue in constant
benefits.
Mr. Kay was born in Allegheny, Aug. 12, 1853, and
after attending Newell's Institute, studied law in the
office of the firm of Bakewell  Christy. He was admitted to the Allegheny county bar in 1874, and was the
organizer of the firm of Kay  Totten, which later became Kay, Totten  Brown, of which he was senior
member at the time of his death. His professional record
is a list of honorable accomplishments, and he was known
as a lawyer whose abilities were of unusual order. He
was a member and president of the Patent Law Association from its organization. For many years he was a
golf enthusiast, and also traveled extensively in Europe
and in the United States.
Throughout his entire life Mr. Kay was a leader in
charitable activity. For a number of years he was president of the Pittsburgh Newsboys' Home, and at the
time of his death he was serving on its advisory committee, and was active in the same capacity in the Industrial
Home for Crippled Children. He was a trustee of the
Western Theological Seminary, a member of the Freedmen's Board, and a devoted, practical supporter of many
other good works. He was a member of the Duquesne
Club and the Pittsburgh Golf Club, and for many years
was a member of the Pittsburgh Club and the Oakmont
Country Club. He was for a long time a member and
elder of the North Presbyterian Church and later the
Sixth Church, and in 1901 was made an elder of Shadyside Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Kay married Jenny Mieville Totten, daughter of
Robert Christy and Mary Louise (Mellier) Totten,
(q. v.), and granddaughter of William J. Totten (q. v),
builder of cannon for the Mexican War, trustee of Western University of Pennsylvania, and one of the founders
of Allegheny Cemetery. Robert C. Totten was a member
of the pioneer iron firm of Pennock  Totten. Mrs.
Kay survives her husband with a daughter, Louise K.,
who married George S. Ebbert. Mr. and Mrs. Ebbert
have two sons, James Kay and George S., Jr.
Mr. Kay's death, Feb. 20, 1921, was a distinct loss to
the profession he ornamented for many years, and of
whose finest traditions he was a zealous custodian. A
Christian gentleman in the fullest meaning of the term,
he guided his life by a sure and safe path to a glorious
reward. The following Resolution was adopted by the
Patent Law Association of Pittsburgh:
In the providence of God, Mr. James I. Kay has been
removed from among us by death, February 20, 1921.
Mr. Kay, in the spirit which always distinguished
him, was the principal organizer of this Association.
He has since been its President, and has always taken
a deep interest in its affairs. His professional activity covered a period of more than forty-five years,
and he was recognized by all with whom he came in
contact as an able lawyer and honorable man.
Therefore be it resolved that we express our sorrow
in this loss to ourselves and to our common profession.
We tender to his family the assurance of our sympathy and spread a copy o f this resolution upon the
records of the Association.
(Signed) WESLEY G. CARR,
MARSHALL A. CHRISTY,
CHARLES M. CLARKE,
WILLIAM G. DOOLITTLE,
JO BAILEY BROWN,
Committee.
The following Resolution was adopted by the Session
of the Shadyside Presbyterian Church:-            ~~IN MEMORIAM
JAMES I. KAY
1853-1921.
James I. Kay was a faithful and actively interested
member of the Shadyside Presbyterian Church. He
was installed and ordained an Elder, March 31st,
1901. In 1903 he united with the Sixth Presbyterian
Church, helping to establish that church in its present
location. He returned to the fellowship of the Shadyside Church and resumed his place on the Church Session, November 11, 1916, continuing in that position to
the time of his death, February 20, 1921.
He was devoted to the spiritual welfare of the
church, a man of prayer, regular in his attendance upon
the Sunday and week day services and activities of
the church.
The advancement of the Kingdom of God held a
supreme place in his heart, and he never lost hi,s enthusiasm for the cause of Christian Missionary work
among newsboys, in the home field, and in the fields
beyond the sea.
Possessing always a happy heart, he was interested
particularly in childhood and youth, giving time and
thought to their well being and well doing, and rejoicing when they were received into the fellowship
He was of a kind and gentle spirit, enjoying success
with humility, bearing illness and disappointment with
high hopefulness, conscious of his integrity and confident in his Christian faith.
He died with a prayer on his lips and a song in his
heart, and his brethren of the Se.ssion on behalf of
the congregation that loved and trusted him express
gratitude to God for his faithful and friendly life,
and proffer sympathy to his dear family in their
sorrow.
May God bless and keep them in the faith for which
he lived and in which he died.
HUGH THOMSON KERR,
WILLIAM A. RENSHAW,
Adopted by the Church Session March 27, 1921.
WILLIAM J. TOTTEN-The name Totten has
been prominently identified with Pittsburgh, Pa., for
nearly a century, William J. Totten, the founder of the
family here, having come to the then village of Pittsburgh (also known as Fort Pitt) in 1823. He was succeeded after his death by his son, the late Robert Christy
Totten, and he, in turn, by his son, Robert D. Totten,
of the law firm of Kay, Totten  Brown.
William J. Totten was born in Orange county, N. Y.,
March 14, 1804, his parents being members of the sturdy,
respectable farmer class, but of limited means. While
William J. was still a boy, the parents moved to Westmoreland county, Pa., and it was in the neighborhood
schools here and in Orange county that the lad received
the foundation of his education which, though meager
in its beginning, was throughout the years of his life
constantly added to and enriched until he came to be regarded, by associates competent to judge, as one of the
best educated men in the city of Pittsburgh. About the
year 1823 young Totten came to Pittsburgh and began
his career in the humble, but respectable, capacity of a
carpenter's apprentice. In his leisure hours, which were
comparatively few, he took up the study of mechanical
drawing, and with such industry, fidelity, and ability did
he make use of his precious study time that he was
shortly transferred to the pattern shop, and soon afterward entrusted with the supervision of that department
in one of the largest manufacturing establishments in
the city. Here, through repeated changes of ownership,
he continued for more than twenty years the acknowledged head and director, finally becoming a partner in the
business. Though originally familiar with only one dePitts.-1-8
partment of the extensive business carried on by McClurg, Wade  Company, he soon became thoroughly
acquainted with the theory and practice of all branches
in which they were engaged,no small achievement since
the firm was engaged in the manufacture of an endless
variety of articles for domestic use in the western and
south-western states, including the manufacture of
engines to be used on land and water, in addition to the
filling of the largest contracts ever filled in the West
with the Federal Government for the making of cannon,
for the construction of iron vessels for lake and ocean
use, and for the making of special machinery. A careful reader and an accurate observer, the young
mechanician seldom lost what he had once acquired, and
his mechanical ability enabled him to use the material
thus gathered with the skill that is the magic of genius.
But even genius could not withstand the tide of financial
ruin which swept the country during the panic of 1837-8,
and the splendid business of McClurg, Wade  Company
shared the fate of thousands of other enterprises. It
failed in 1838.
After the crash, Mr. Totten became general manager
of the Spang Rolling Mill, at Etna, Pa., continuing in
that position for four years, but he was only awaiting
opportunity and favorable conditions for the revival of
the old business. In 1842, obtaining a government contract for cannon through the good offices of Judge
Wilkins, then Secretary of War, he formed a partnership with Charles Knapp and under the firm name of
Knapp  Totten continued the business of manufacturing cannon and heavy machinery. Additional capital
being needed, the firm became Freeman, Knapp  Totten
for a time, but Mr. Freeman's interests were later purchased, and the firm continued as Knapp  Totten until
the death of Mr. Totten, April 3, 1850. Mr. Totten's
relations with his workmen were the result of intelligent understanding and fair dealing. A skilled mechanic
himself, and having been an operative, he steadily sought
to promote the intellectual and social well-being of those
in his employ, and as they had implicit confidence in his
statements, such difficulties as arose were settled to the
satisfaction of both sides before serious collision could
occur.
Always interested in public affairs, both municipal and
national, he gave strong and generous support to the
cause of internal improvements, to the promotion of
temperance, to the increase of popular education and to
all benevolent institutions designed to better the condition of the masses. He did not hesitate to sacrifice his
own convenience and to give freely of his own time and
money, if by so doing the advancement of community or
national or human welfare could be secured. He was for
many years a consistent member of the old Second Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Totten married Eliza Christy, in 1832, and they
were the parents of eleven children, of whom Robert
Christy Totten was the eldest, a sketch of whom follows.
The death of one so trusted, and from whom so much
of valuable service might yet have been expected, was a
severe loss to the community and caused the deepest
sorrow among hosts of friends and acquaintances. Called
from his many activities at the early age of forty-six
years and twenty days, he had already given to Pitts"I3burgh twenty-seven years of constructive service, which
continues to form a part of the foundations of this evergrowing city. The feeling of the community in the
presence of its loss was expressed by the following editorial, published by the Pittsburgh "Gazette," Thursday,
April 4, 1850:
DEATH OF WILLIAM J. TOTTEN, ESQ.
It will be with deep regret that our community will
see by reference to our obituary head that one of our
most valuable and estimable citizens has passed from
amongst us forever. Mr. Totten was the active business partner of one of our most prosperous iron establishments, and had before him, apparently the prospects of a long, successful, and useful career. Death
has, however, craved him for its own, and he has suddenly, and at an early age, been translated from a
temporal to an immortal and, we doubt not, far happier state of existence. In his death our city loses one
of her most efficient members, and his family and
friends suffer a loss which is entirely irreparable.
May Heaven "temper the wind" to them.
ROBERT CHRISTY TOTTEN, eldest son of
William J. and Eliza (Christy) Totten (q. v.), was
born at the Totten Homestead, on Pennsylvania avenue,
near Fifteenth street, Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. I6, 1833, and
died Dec. I, 1913, in his eighty-first year. He received
his education in the schools of Pittsburgh, and entered
his father's business, that of Knapp  Totten, manufacturers of cannon and heavy machinery, in 1849. His
father, who was the active managing partner in the business, died a year later, and unusual responsibilities were
placed upon the boy of seventeen. That he was equal to
his task, however, is evidenced by the fact that six years
later he had become general manager, and in another
year was made a member of the firm, now Knapp, Rudd 
Company, in 1857. In 1858 misfortune came in the form
of a fire which entirely destroyed the plant. Mr. Knapp
wished Mr. Totten to join him in re-building at this
time, but Mr. Totten, failing to find financial backing,
preferred to try the West. He settled in St. Louis, Mo.,
purchasing an interest in the Western Foundry of that
city, where he remained until 1863. After his return to
Pittsburgh, he was invited to take the place of Mr. Rudd,
of the firm of Knapp  Rudd, Mr. Rudd being absent
on account of illness. He later joined with Joseph Pennock, under the firm name of the Pennock  Totten
Fulton Foundry, manufacturers of heavy machinery, and
on Mr. Pennock's retirement in 1866, continued the business under the name of Totten  Company, with Mr.
N. B. Hogg as junior partner. In 1899 the name was
changed to the Totten  Hogg Iron and Steel Foundry
Company, of which Mr. Totten was the active head until
his retirement in 1901.
Robert Christy Totten was not only a veteran business man, but for a long life time devoted much of his
time and means to civic, philanthropic, and religious affairs. A Presbyterian all his life, he had served as an
elder for over fifty years, and had been for some years
a member of the Third Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh. He was one of the founders of the Pittsburgh
Young Men's Christian Association and one of the
pioneers in the establishment of this institution in the
United States. The incident which aroused Mr. Totten's
interest in this direction is significant. A communication
was printed in the "Gazette" of those times from a young
man who stated "that coming to Pittsburgh from his
home he did not find any association of young men that
he could enter and find the companionship of Christian
young men." The communication was not signed, but
Mr. Totten obtained the name of the young man from
the publishers of the "Gazette," took the matter up with
the young men of all denominations, arousing their interest in a most wonderful manner. A meeting was soon
called, and the Young Men's Christian Association of
Pittsburgh was the result. The young man who, by the
simple statement of a need, set in motion these constructive forces was W. E. Hunt, later a minister, who lived
to a good old age in Coshocton, Ohio. Mr. Totten was
a hard worker, of a bright and cheerful disposition,
which encouraged and inspired to their best efforts those
with whom he-was associated, and in every enterprise
in which he engaged, this quality was one of his most
valuable contributions. This ability to radiate cheer he
retained to the time of his death at the age of eighty
years.
Mr. Totten was survived by his wife, Mary Louise
(Mellier) Totten, daughter of Albin and Jenny (Mieville) Mellier. Albin Mellier was a native of Lyons,
France, who came to America and to Allegheny county,
and purchased Friendship Hill. He was a member of the
commission sent to settle the boundary line between
Texas and Mexico in 1840. On his return journey he was
stricken with yellow fever and died at Louisville, Ky.
His wife survived him but one year. Mr. Totten was
also survived by the following children: Jenny Mieville,
wife of the late James I. Kay (q. v.); Adelaide, the
wife of Frederick A. Russel; Robert D. Totten, of the
law firm of Kay, Totten  Brown; Louise, the wife of
Charles Millington, of New York; and Caroline, the wife
of Clarence Shriver, of Baltimore, Md.
The foundation of the city of Pittsburgh was being
laid in those far-off days when William J. Totten, of the
preceding sketch, worked and wrought and exercised the
magic of his genius in the once famous Fort Pitt cannon
foundry. What manner of city would rise on those
foundations was only dimly foreseen by those who built
the beginnings of the huge business enterprises which
to-day are the outstanding characteristic of "Pittsburgh
the Powerful," and it a far cry from the simple and
almost primitive business methods of those days to the
complexities of both method and device of the present.
Orders for cannon in those days were divided among four
foundries-the South Boston foundry, the West Point
foundry, the Richmond (Virginia) foundry, and the Fort
Pitt foundry. "There was no competition," says Robert
C. Totten in his brief review of the history of the Fort
Pitt cannon foundry, "a fair price was fixed and each
establishment received exactly the same number of cannon on each order." The two most celebrated makes of
cannon, the "Dahlgren" of the navy and the "Rodman"
of the army, were practically developed and perfected
at the Fort Pitt foundry. Even before the death of
William J. Totten and the entrance of Robert Christy
Totten into the business, 1849-50, iron vessels were made
at the Fort Pitt cannon foundry for revenue service on
the lakes and launched on the Allegheny river. The Fort
Pitt cannon foundry was a busy place. Hours were
long, from sunrise to sunset, and Robert C. Totten
notes that even in those days his father looked towardthe time when only eight hours would be required. All
business letters were copied by hand, and some partners
put off writing until late in the afternoon, in no wise curtailing the length of their communications because of the
lateness of the hour. But pioneer work is always hard
and requires long hours,-and these were the pioneer
days for the business concerns in Pittsburgh. The Fort
Pitt cannon foundry was a very prominent factor in this
work. The part it played during the Civil War is well
known, and its closing career under the firm of Knapp,
Rudd,  Company, and under later management, served
to emphasize the achievements of its early history.
The third generation of the Totten family is now
making its contribution to the life of Pittsburgh, and in
the person of Robert D. Totten, of the law firm of Kay,
Totten  Brown, the Totten name is still prominent and
the Totten qualities of character are still enriching the
business, civic, and social life of the city of their adoption.
NEVILLE B. CRAIG, of Philadelphia, for a quarter
of a century connected with civil engineering work conducted by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey,
the Corps of Engineers, United States army, various
railways and the Department of Public Works of Philadelphia, is a great-grandson of Major Isaac Craig, and
great-great-grandson of General John Neville, both distinguished officers in the Revolutionary army.
Major Isaac Craig was born in Hillsborough, County
Down, Ireland, about the year 1742, and came to Philadelphia about the close of the year 1765. He had
learned the trade of a carpenter in his native town, and
after working as a journeyman for a time to familiarize
himself with the mode of doing business in his adopted
city, became a master carpenter and builder, acquiring
some eminence and material success prior to the breaking
out of the Revolution. In November, 1775, Isaac Craig
was appointed first lieutenant of the first company of
marines, recruited and sent out by the new government
of the American colonies. He served for ten months on
the "Andrew Doria," commanded by the gallant Captain
Nicholas Biddle, of Philadelphia, who later lost his life
on the Carolina coast by the blowing up of his ship, the
"Randolph," in an action with a British cruiser. The
"Andrew Doria" formed one of the fleet under the command of Commodore Hopkins, and among its more noted
achievements was the descent upon the Island of New
Providence, West Indies, and the capture of the two
forts, Nassau and Montagu, with a large amount of
cannon, military stores and provisions, of which the
struggling colonies were in great need. The capture
was effected by the landing of the marines, under the
command of Captain Samuel Nichols and Major Isaac
Craig. In the expedition were also others who later
achieved great distinction in military and naval warfare, among whom were Paul Jones and Commodore
Abraham Whipple. Soon after his return to Philadelphia with the captured stores, Lieutenant Isaac Craig
was promoted to a captaincy of marines, and Captain
Nichols became a major. In the autumn of 1776, Major
Nichols and his corp of marines were ordered to join
the army as infantrymen, and as such took part in the
capture of the Hessians at Trenton on Christmas night,
1776, serving with Colonel Thomas Proctor's artillery.
He was commissioned captain of artillery, March 3,
1777, in Colonel Proctor's regiment, with which he continued to serve until the close of the Revolution. He
took part in the second battle of Trenton and at Princeton. He was wounded, though not dangerously, at the
battle of Brandywine, had command of the company that
cannonaded the Chew House during the battle of Germantown, and spent the winter in the log huts with General Washington's army on the bleak hillsides of Valley
Forge.
Early in the spring of 1778, Captain Craig was sent
with other officers to Carlisle, Pa., to take instruction in
a chemical laboratory under one Captain Coren, in order
that they might be able to assist in and superintend the
manufacture of gun-powder for the use of the army,
The proficiency there acquired, in the military laboratory, was, especially valuable to him and the country
he served, long years after, when as quartermaster and
storekeeper at Pittsburgh he was called upon to furnish munitions of war to the armies of St. Clair and
Wayne, on the Western frontier. He remained at Carlisle until August, I778, and then joined his regiment
in New Jersey. On March 30, 1779, he was ordered to
the command of the fort at Billingsport, but remained
there barely two months, being ordered on May 20, 1779,
to report with the regiment at Easton to join General
Sullivan in his expedition against the Six Nations and
their white allies at Wyoming, in which expedition the
artillery, of which Captain Craig was an officer, took
an active part. They returned to Easton in October, and
proceeded soon after to the headquarters of the army
at Morristown, where the winter was spent. Captain
Craig was detailed to command the expedition of Jan.
14, 1780, against the British fortifications on Staten
Island. On April 20, 1780, he was ordered to move the
artillery and military stores from Carlisle to Pittsburgh,
and accomplished the journey by May 29, 1780, without
expense to the Continental treasury. He was in command
at Fort Pitt until July 29, 1781, when he embarked with
his command for the falls of the Ohio, to join General
George Rogers Clarke in his expedition against Detroit,
which failed for want of funds and means of transportation. In November, 1781, Captain Craig began his laborious journey back to Fort Pitt, where he arrived forty
days later, on Dec. 26, 1781, having been promoted to the
rank of major during his absence. Fort Pitt and the
town of Pittsburgh was destined to be the residence of
Major Isaac Craig during the remainder of his life. The
fort itself was rebuilt under his direction in 1782, and an
attack by the British and Indians thereby averted. In
November, 1782, Major Craig was sent with a small detachment to examine and report upon military posts said
to have been established by the British at Sandusky and
at the mouth of the Cuyahoga. After a toilsome and
perilous journey through the wilderness, he reached his
destination and accomplished the purpose of the journey,
but, by a misunderstanding with those in charge of his
provisions, he failed to find them when he started to return, and had a very painful and trying journey back to
Fort Pitt in the winter season.
At the close of the war, Major Craig formed a partnership with Colonel Stephen Bayard and carried on themercantile and trading business at Pittsburgh. They
also dealt in lands and received a grant from the Penns
for the first land sold within the limits of Pittsburgh,
Jan. 22, 1784, the territory thereabouts having been previously claimed by the Province of Virginia and included
in the county of Augusta, the seat of which was for a
time at Fort Pitt. The town was laid out four months
later by the Penns, and Craig and Bayard, waiving their
rights under the previous purchase, received a deed for
thirty-two lots in the town, dated Dec. 31, 1784. They
formed a partnership with William Turnbull, Peter
Marmie and John Holkar, of Philadelphia, established
branches near the present site of Youngstown, Ohio, and
elsewhere, and greatly extended the scope of their business.
Major Craig, "who had a taste for and a very respectable knowledge of mathematics, was an excellent carpenter, and was fond of mechanical arts generally and
of philosophical experiments," was, unexpectedly to himself, elected a member of the American Philosophical
Society in May, 1787 He was named as one of the
trustees and incorporators of the Presbyterian congregation of Pittsburgh, by Acts of Assembly in September,
1787. Colonel Bayard retired from the firm of Craig 
Bayard in the spring of 1788, and in October, 1789, the
Philadelphia partners bought out Major Craig's interest.
Having married in February, 1785, Amelia Neville,
daughter of General John Neville, then residing in Woodville, about eight miles from Pittsburgh, near the Washington turnpike, on land taken up under the Virginia
patents, Maj or Craig took up his residence on a farm
adjoining his father-in-law, and his brother-in-law,
Presly Neville. He, however, remained there but a short
time, as with the organization of the new government
under the Federal constitution, his old commander and
friend, General Henry Knox, was appointed secretary
of war, and in February, 1791, Major Craig was offered
and accepted the situation of deputy-quartermaster and
military storekeeper at Pittsburgh, then really a frontier
town, and destined for many years to be the most important post for the distribution of troops, arms and provisions to the forts extending from Mackinaw to Fort
Adams on the Mississippi. In this position his duties were
various and at times very onerous. He had to provide
flatboats to convey the troops, military stores and provisions down the Ohio and Mississippi, as well as keel
and other boats to convey similar supplies up the Allegheny river and French creek, to Fort Hamilton and le
Boeuf, and ox and horse sledges and wagons for overland supplies to Presque Isle, now Erie, and other points.
With his experience in the artillery regiment and in
building fortifications, it frequently devolved upon him
to superintend the erection of fortifications; under orders
of the war department, building at Pittsburgh, in 1791,
Fort Lafayette, and later, similar works at le Boeuf,
Presque Isle and Wheeling. Likewise, in 1794, he undertook the establishment of a line of mailboats on the Ohio
to Fort Washington, the superintendence of which devolved upon him.
Major Craig was the trusted representative of the
War Department during the Whisky Insurrection of
1794, and in the equipment and transportation of Wayne's
expedition against the Indians in the same year, and was
offered the position of commissary-general of Wayne's
army, but declined. The correspondence of Major
Craig, while holding responsible positions in the public
service, constitutes a very important addition to the
history of that part of the country in which the busy
years of his life were spent. In the possession of Neville B. Craig, the son of Major Craig, at the time he
prepared his "Sketch of the Life and Services of Isaac
Craig," published in 1854, were seven folio volumes
of manuscript copies of correspondence of Major
Craig, with the secretaries of war and treasury, with
quartermaster-generals, commanding officers of the
various military posts along our whole western frontier
during the twelve years, 1791-1803, and three bound volumes of letters from these various officials to him during
the same period; as well as all the commissions of Major
Craig, from lieutenant of marines in 1775 to major in
1781; various memorials addressed to the Marine Committee, the Commander-in-Chief, and letters from Washington, Gates, Irvine, George Rogers Clarke, etc.
In 1797, in connection with James O'Hara, Maj or
Craig established the first glass works erected west of the
Alleghenies. He seemed destined to be linked with
every important event in the history of our western
frontier beyond the mountains. In 1798, when the trouble
with France loomed large on our national horizon, it
was decided to erect two row-galleys at Pittsburgh, to be
used on the lower Mississippi, and the duty of superintending their construction devolved upon Maj or Craig.
On May 25, 1798, he wrote to the Secretary of War
that the galley "President Adams" was launched on the
19th, inst., and was then lying at anchor in the Allegheny, and that the keel of the second galley, the "Senator Ross," was laid, the completion of which he reported
on July 27, 1798, and the launching on April 5, 1799,
the water having been too low in the interval for her
launching.
Major Craig was a strong Federalist, and, soon after
Jefferson became president, was removed from office.
During the War of 1812-14, his experience as a military
officer, and the knowledge he had acquired in the military laboratory under Captain Coren, were again valuable to his country in preparing munitions of war for
the Northwestern army. This was to be his last public
service. In I8I5 he removed to a valuable farm inherited by his wife on Montour's Island in the Ohio
river, nine miles below Pittsburgh, where he passed his
latter days in comfort, dying June 14, 1826, at the age
of eighty-four years. His remains were followed by a
vast concourse of people to their last resting place in
the graveyard of the First Presbyterian Church of
Pittsburgh, of which he had been one of the founders,
and long a consistent member.
Major Craig had two brothers and one sister in
America, all of whom he survived. His brother, James
Craig, a Philadelphia merchant, died there Aug. 20,
1798, of yellow fever, and John and Jane died in New
York.
Major Craig married, Feb. I, 1785, Amelia Neville,
born in Winchester, Va., April 4, 1763, daughter of
General John and Winifred (Oldham) Neville. She sur"I7
vived him nearly a quarter of a century, dying on Montour's Island, in February, 1849.
General John Neville was son of George Neville, whose
residence on a branch of the Occoquan, near the head of
Bull Run, is laid down on a map in Spark's "Life of
Washington," and in Governor Pownall's, and Dry and
Jefferson's maps of that section of Virginia. Ann (Burroughs) Neville, the mother of General Neville, was a
cousin of Lord Fairfax.
General Neville was born here, July 26, 1731. He was
an early acquaintance of George Washington, and served
under him in Braddock's expedition against Fort Duquesne in 1755. He subsequently settled near Winchester, Frederick county, Va., where he held the office
of sheriff. He purchased land in what is now Washington counties, Pa., on Chartier's creek, then claimed by
Virginia, and, erecting a dwelling thereon, removed
there prior to the Revolution. He took part in Dunmore's expedition in 1774, was selected a delegate from
Augusta county to the Provincial Convention of Virginia, which appointed George Washington, Peyton Randolph and other delegates to the Continental Congress at
Philadelphia, but sickness prevented his attendance. On
Aug. 7, 1775, he was ordered by the Provincial Convention to march, with the military force of which he
had command with rank of colonel, and take possession
of Fort Pitt. On Dec. 23, 1776, he was commissioned,
under Virginia authority, a j ustice of "Yohoganie"
County Court, but, owing to the distracted state of that
section over the boundary dispute and his position under
Continental authority, as commandant at Fort Pitt, he
wisely declined the appointment. He was colonel of the
Fourth Virginia Regiment throughout the Revolution,
and rendered valuable services in Pennsylvania, Virginia,
New Jersey and South Carolina. He was elected to the
Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania from
Washington county, Nov. II, 1783, and two years later
to the responsible position of a member of the State
Board of Property.
He was a member of the convention that ratified the
Federal constitution and of the convention that adopted
the Pennsylvania Constitution in 1789-90. In 1791 he
was appointed inspector of United States revenue for
the Fourth District of Pennsylvania, at Pittsburgh, and
held that position during the Whisky Insurrection of
1794, when his house and other buildings were besieged
and burned to the ground by the mob. Judge Wilkeson,
in his "Early Recollections of the West," has this to
say of General Neville's attitude during the insurrection:
In order to allay opposition (to the excise law) as
far as possible, General John Neville, a man of the
most deserved popularity, was appointed inspector for
Western Pennsylvania. He accepted the appointment
from a sense of duty to his country. He was one of
the few men of wealth who had put his all at hazard
for independence. At his own expense, he raised and
equipped a company of soldiers, marched them to Boston, and placed them, with his son, under the command
of General Washington. He was the father of Colonel
Presly Neville, the brother-in-law of Major Kirkpatrick, and the father-in-law of Major Craig, both of
them officers highly respected in the western country.
Besides General Neville's claims as a soldier and
patriot, he had contributed greatly to relieve the sufferings of the settlers in his vicinity. He divided his
last loaf of bread with the needy; and in a season of
more than ordinary scarcity, he opened his fields to
those who were suffering with hunger. If any man
could have executed this odious law, General Neville
was that man.
He was appointed agent for the sale of lands at Pittsburgh, under the Act of Congress, passed May 18, 1796.
He died on Montour's Island, now Neville township,
Allegheny county, Pa., July 29, 1803, and was buried at
the First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, where a
tombstone, erected to his memory, bears a lengthy inscription, in part as follows:
During his long life he filled many important offices
both civil and military, in the former he was virtuous and disinterested, in the latter patriotic and
brave. He enjoyed the friendship and confidence of
the illustrious Washington. The day of his death witnessed the most pleasing tribute that can be paid to
the memory of a mortal-the sincere regrets of his
friends and the tears of the neighboring poor.
General Neville was, however, a consistent member of
the Protestant Episcopal church, and built a church of
that denomination, at his own expense, on the site of the
present church of Woodville.
General Neville married, Aug. 24, 1754, Winifred
Oldham, born in Virginia, 1736, died in 1797 at Pittsburgh, Pa., daughter of John Oldham by his wife, Anne
(Conway) Oldham, and granddaughter of Colonel Samuel Oldham (1682-1762), of Westmoreland county, by
his wife, Elizabeth (Newton) Oldham. General and
Winifred (Oldham) Neville had two children: Presly
Neville, born Sept. 6, 1755, and Amelia, wife of Major
Isaac Craig.
Presly Neville was a distinguished military officer
during the Revolution, attaining the rank of colonel, and
was for some time aide-de-camp to the Marquis de
Lafayette, taking part in most of the principal battles.
He died on land granted him, for his Revolutionary
services, at Neville, Clermont county, Ohio. He married,
Oct. 15, 1782, Nancy Morgan, daughter of the celebrated General Daniel Morgan, and they had fourteen
children, said by H. M. Breckenridge in his "Recollections" to have been "as numerous and beautiful as the
children of Niobe."
Neville B. Craig, son of Major Isaac and Amelia
(Neville) Craig, was born March 29, 1787, in the
old redoubt erected by Colonel Bouquet in 1764, at
Pittsburgh, used during Major Craig's occupancy of
the post as officers' quarters, and the only Colonial fortification now existing. He attended the Pittsburgh
Academy, and received some instruction in the classics
from Rev. Robert Steel, a Presbyterian clergyman, prior
to his entrance to the College of New Jersey, now
Princeton University, in 1803. His collegiate course, was,
however, suddenly broken off by his becoming involved
in a clash between the students and the local constabulary
of Princeton. He applied for a midshipman's warrant
in the navy, and it is said was only prevented from accompanying his cousin, Merriwether Lewis, in his f amous exploring trip to the Pacific, by the hope of receiving
the appointment, long delayed and finally refused. He
resumed his studies at the Pittsburgh Academy, and in
1807 began the study of law in the office of Alexander
Addison, a Scotchman, graduate of the College of Aberdeen, and for twelve years president judge of the courts
in the Pittsburgh district.
Mr. Craig was admitted to the bar, Aug. 14, I8Io, and
on May I, I8II, was married to Jane Ann Fulton, whose
father had several mercantile establishments or trading
posts in that locality. Shortly after his marriage, hishave spent his life there, but he was known not only as
a great preacher, but as one eminently qualified to educate
preachers, and in 1825 he was appointed Professor of
Theology by the Associate Reformed Synod of the South.
The duties of this position he discharged acceptably until October 10, 1831, when he was elected professor of
theology by the Associate Reformed Synod of the West,
and on Jan. 5, 1832, entered upon his duties in Allegheny
Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa. His singular fitness for the work was soon recognized and added a new
attraction to the Seminary.
In October, 1832, Dr. Pressly was called to the First
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Allegheny,
and on Aug. 27, 1833, was installed as the first pastor
of that congregation, having previously served the church
while reserving his decision. The history of this congregation is an interesting one. It was organized in the
third story of what was known as "Semple's Long Room,"
a building which is still standing on the west side of
West Diamond street, four doors below South Diamond
street. In this room the congregation worshipped for
some time after Dr. Pressly took charge, but the purchase of a lot, one hundred and twenty feet square, on the
corner of what are known as South Diamond and East
Diamond streets gave it an abiding place. In 1838, the
congregation having become too large to be accommodated in this building, it was decided to erect a more
spacious structure on the same site. This was done, but
at the close of 1853 additional room was again found
necessary and a lot was procured on Ridge street on
which the Ridge Street Church was built to take care
of the overflow, as the congregation was too large for
one church. Once more, in 1867, it was decided to build
a new house of worship and the result was the erection
of the present structure on Union avenue. It is Gothic
in its general style of architecture, and the front is rendered imposing by two massive square towers about one
hundred feet in height. In 1834 a charter for the congregation was granted by the Supreme Court of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and in 1872 a new
charter was granted by the Court of Common Pleas of
Allegheny county.
From the very beginning of Dr. Pressly's pastorate,
the young congregation entered upon an era of prosperity. Large attendance became the rule, attracted by
the earnest and eloquent preaching of the pastor, and
there were many applications for admission to membership. The record of the passing years was one of rapid
but permanent growth. The forces of the congregation
were organized and these organizations flourished. As
a preacher, Dr. Pressly was remarkable for clearness of
conception and expression, and his fine personal appearance, his strong and sonorous voice, and his dignified
and solemn action, gave to his delivery power approaching the magisterial. As a pastor he was watchful, tender
and faithful, visiting, counselling and praying with his
people in their homes and at their beds of sickness.
In a high degree, Dr. Pressly embodied the Roman
ideal of perfect manhood, "a sound mind in a sound
body." Throughout his life he apparently did the work
of two or three ordinary men. In addition to the cares
and burdens of a great congregation, he carried on for
sixteen years the entire work of the Theological Seminary, while during the remaining twenty-two years of
his pastorate he served continuously as a professor in
that institution. In I842 he founded "The Preacher," a
semi-monthly religious paper, now "The United Presbyterian," and for two years was its editor, proprietor and
business manager, also contributing on a wide range of
subj ects to other periodical literature. Meanwhile he
found time to publish several volumes on controverted
points of theology, and at the meetings of the various
courts of the church he was a familiar figure. He was
one of the most prominent factors in the negotiations
which resulted in the happy union of the Associate Reformed and Associate churches, and at its consummation no one rejoiced more heartily than he. He was
faithful in the discharge of the duties of citizenship,
taking a deep interest in all that pertained to the welfare of Pittsburgh, so long the scene of his labors and
the home of his heart.
To be the right man in the right place was the happy
lot of Dr. Pressly. He was one of the few men to
whom it is given to minister to a great congregation and
a great community in the formative period of their history, and upon that congregation and community he left
an indelible impression. Throughout the entire United
Presbyterian church his influence was felt, and it was
in recognition of his invaluable services in helping to
adj ust the differences that separated the Associate and
Associate Reformed churches that he was unanimously
accorded the high honor of presiding as moderator over
the first General Assembly of the united body, which
was held in Zenia, Ohio. His fine executive talent gave
him great influence in church courts, and in ecclesiastical
matters generally, but undoubtedly his greatest service to
the denomination was the signal influence he exerted as
a professor in the Theological Seminary. His power as
an instructor resulted in part from his personality and the
reverence it excited, and in part from the fullness of his
knowledge, the clearness of his statements, and his exceptional power of analysis. The personal appearance of
Dr. Pressly was strikingly impressive. Six feet in height,
with clear-cut, strong, sensitive and refined features, iron
gray hair and keen dark eyes, he looked at once the
clergyman and patrician. He was a fine horseman, and
when mounted suggested a resemblance to his cavalier
ancestors. In manner he may have seemed to some
somewhat austere, as he never lost the dignity of his
profession or the demeanor of a cultured, Christian gentleman, but no one could be near him and not teel that
he had a great, loving heart. In character, in life, and
in all the work of his life, he was a good man.
Another institution with which Dr. Pressly was identi--
fied was the Jefferson College, of Canonsburg. In 1832
he became a member of its board of directors, retaining
the office until the college was merged with Washington
College as the Washington and Jefferson College. For
many years he was a member of the Board of Education
of Allegheny City.
Dr. Pressly married, July 4, I8I6, Jane Hearst, daughter of Joseph and Jane (Pressly) Hearst, of Abbeville
District, S. C., and their children were: Joseph H., now
deceased, formerly a clergyman of Erie, Pa.; Louisa
Jane, married John Steele, of Kentucky, and is now
deceased; Mary Matilda, also deceased; Sarah, diedeyesight failing him, he was temporarily incapacitated
for following his legal profession, and took charge of a
store belonging to his father-in-law at New Lisbon,
Ohio, where he remained for three or four years. In
1821 he was appointed deputy attorney-general for Allegheny county, and filled that position for several years.
About this time he began to take a lively interest in
politics, and to write for the Pittsburgh "Gazette,"
edited by his accomplished cousin, Morgan Neville. He
purchased the paper in 1829, and was its proprietor and
editor until 1841. He was a controversial writer of
ability, and an eloquent and caustic speaker in debate.
He was elected to the State Legislature in 1842, and was
the Union candidate for Congress in 1843, but through
a division of his party on State issues was defeated by
his Democratic opponent. On Jan. I, 1845, Neville B.
Craig began a monthly publication known as the "Olden
Time," which was continued for two years. This periodical attracted much attention and is often quoted as a
high authority by the most eminent of late historians.
In I85I he wrote and published his "History of Pittsburgh." In 1854 he published his "Memoirs of Major
Robert Stobo," which is the historical basis of Sir Gilbert Parker's "Seats of the Mighty," and in the same
year he wrote the "Sketch of the Life and Services of
Major Isaac Craig," before referred to, a few copies of
which he had printed for members of the family and
intimate friends. In 1859 he published a reply to H. M.
Breckenridge's "History of the Western Insurrection,"
entitled "An Exposure of a few of the many Misstatements in," etc. In the same year he published "Registres des Baptismes et Sepultures qui se sont fait au
Fort Du Quesne," during the French occupation.
Jane Ann ( Fulton) Craig, the wife of Neville B.
Craig, died Jan. 14, 1852, in her sixty-third year, having
been born Aug. I I, 1789. She was the daughter of
Henry and Isabel Fulton. They had nine children.
After the death of his wife, Neville B. Craig resided alternately with his three surviving daughters, one of whom
rived in Raleigh county, Va. His last days were spent
with his youngest daughter at his farm, "Bellefield," in
Pitt township, Allegheny county, where he died March
29, 1863.
The Pittsburgh "Gazette," under the administration of
Neville B. Craig, was opposed to the extension of slavery, and in January, 186o, he was selected without his
knowledge president of the "Church Anti-slavery
Society," formed in Pittsburgh. After reading the proceedings of the meeting and declaration of principles of
the society, he promptly declined to accept the position,
stating that: "While I have long been an open and
avowed Anti-Slavery man, my opinions have never been
such as those expressed in the Worcester Declaration,"
of which the Church Society professed to be an
auxliary.
Isaac Craig, sixth child and eldest son of Neville B.
and Jane Ann (Fulton) Craig, born July I8, 1822,
always took a lively interest in historical matters. The
late Dr. Egle says of him: "Few men are deserving of
more grateful recognition than Mr. Craig. As author
and historian he is an authority on the history of Western
Pennsylvania and the Ohio Valley, etc."
Mr. Craig's long and useful life, spent in Allegheny
City, Pa., was devoted to study and research, and he is
the author of many historical papers. Though his published historical contributions were numerous and valuable, they alone give no adequate idea of the extent of
his researches. He was constantly in correspondence
with historical writers all over the country and always
ready to serve them by gathering facts, investigating
mooted questions, correcting errors and revising proofsheets of their books.
Bancroft, the historian, writing from Washington on
March 12, 1879, said: "My Dear Mr. Craig: I never
venture to give an opinion to a man who understands
the subj ect inquired about very much better than myself. It is to you, on a question relating to Western
Pennsylvania, that I should come as my teacher and my
guide."
He was vice-president of the Historical Society of
Pennsylvania, a member of the Chicago Historical
Society, and the Virginia Historical Society and, in
right of his grandfather, Major Isaac Craig, was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati and of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution.
The maternal ancestry of Isaac Craig was, like the
paternal, of Scotch-Irish origin. Richard Fulton, of
Paxtang, Lancaster county, Pa., was born in Londonderry, Ireland, in 1706, and died in Paxtang, now Dauphin county, in 1774. He came to Pennsylvania in 1722,
and settled on the banks of the Susquehanna below Harrisburg. He married Isabel McChesney; his daughter,
Isabel, married Hugh Wilson; and their daughter, Isabel
Wilson; married Henry Fulton, born 1768, in Cecil
county, Md., died in Jeffersonville, Ind., in 1824, and a
distant relative of Richard Fulton, of Paxtang, his wife's
grandfather. They were the parents of Jane Ann Fulton, the mother of Isaac Craig. Isabel (Wilson) Fulton, the mother of Jane Ann, was born March 9, 1773,
and died in Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. I, 1832.
Isaac Craig married, Jan. 12, 1847, Rebecca McKibbin, daughter of Hon. Chambers McKibbin, and had ten
children.
Neville B. Craig, eldest son of Isaac and Rebecca
(McKibbin) Craig, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. I,
1847. He received his early education in the private
schools of his native city, and had passed through the
first part of his junior year at the Western University
in Pittsburgh, when he left that institution to enter the
academic department of Yale, where, after taking the
third sophomore and second senior mathematical prizes,
he graduated in 1870. For some months afterwards he
was a law student in the office of A. M. Brown, at Pittsburgh, but in September, 1871, resumed his studies at
New Haven, as a student of civil engineering at the
Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University, graduating a second time in 1873. Two weeks before completing his course in civil engineering, he began his life
work as an aid on the United States Coast and Geodetic
Survey, and for more than a quarter of a century after--
wards continued in the almost uninterrupted practice
of his profession, along the Atlantic coast, through the
whole Mississippi valley, across the Andes in the Republic
of Colombia, and through the vast primeval forests of
Brazil. In his long professional career, Mr. Craig has,
in addition to his service with the United States Coastand Geodetic Survey, had prominent commissions in the
service of seven different railways, two of them in
Mexico, one in the Republic of Colombia, one in Brazil,
and three in the United States. He has served altogether,
about fourteen years in the Department of Public Works,
of Philadelphia, and took part in the triangulation of the
State of New York, under James T. Gardner, director.
He was four times in the service of the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey, was six times engaged upon
river and harbor improvements under the United States
Army Corp of Engineers, and took part in many important surveys under this department.
One of the most memorable enterprises with which
he was connected was an unsuccessful effort, in 1878,
to construct a railway around the falls and rapids of
the Upper Madeira river, near the western boundary of
Brazil, so as to connect navigable waters above and below
the falls and establish a great commercial highway between interior Bolivia and the principal seaports of the
world. The expedition was the result of a great international scheme to exploit the vast and fertile territory
drained by the Amazon and its tributaries-of world-wide
consequence, but of special importance to the United
States. The corps of engineers employed was of unquestioned ability, but the expedition failed on account
of legal and financial complications, and partly because
of the almost insuperable difficulties involved in exploring tropical forests and jungles. In 1907, Mr. Craig, at
the request of the Madeira and Mamore Association,
composed of the survivors of the expedition, wrote its
history, which was published by the J. B. Lippincott
Company, under the title of "Recollections of an Illfated Expedition to the Headwaters of the Madeira River
in Brazil." This history attracted immediate attention
both in this country and England, and was considered
one of the chief literary achievements of a year of great
literary activity. A modern critic of prominence has
said of it: "The work reads like a romance of adventure
and there is no tale of recent travel or exploration that
has greater fascination." In recognition of the permanent service of this narrative to geographical literature,
the Royal Geographical Society, of London, elected the
author, Mr. Neville B. Craig, a Fellow of that society,
an honor only conferred on persons of high achievement.
Mr. Craig is a member of the Society of the Cincinnati,
and of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution,
in right of his great-grandfather, Maj or Isaac Craig,
and is also a member of many other associations of a
social, intellectual, patriotic and semi-political character.
Mr. Craig married (first), Jan. I, I88o, Margaret E.
Sullivan, daughter of Daniel and Margaret ( Coffee)
Sullivan, of Boston, Mass. They had five daughters,
viz.: I. Margarita, born Nov. 25, 188o. 2. Winifred
Neville, born Sept. 23, 1882, married Walter Still Gee,
of New York City, June 5, 1909. They have three children, viz.: Neville B. Craig Gee, born Aug. 9, I9I0; Winifred Craig Gee, born March 2, 1914; and Walter Still
Gee, born April 14, 1921. 3. Edith Oldham, born July
22, 1884; married Frederick William McCabe, of Warrenton, Va., Jan. 27, 1911. They have had one child,
Craig McCabe, born Aug. 23, 1912. 4. Rebecca Eleanor,
born June 23, I888, died Aug. 2, 1898. 5. Lillian, born
June 2, 1889, died Sept. 4, 1889.
On May 2, 1911, Mr. Craig married (second) Gertrude Agnes Byers, of Philadelphia, born Dec. 14, 1873.
the only daughter of Ellwood and Agnes Virginia
( Dickson ) Byers, both deceased. Mrs. Gertrude A.
(Byers) Craig comes of a family noted for the number
of prominent civil engineers it has produced, who in early
times constructed some of our great eastern canals and
in recent years have been identified with the Pennsylvania, Missouri Pacific, Western Maryland and other
railroads. Her father, like nearly all her male relatives,
early in life displayed a remarkable taste for railroad
work, in which he subsequently achieved marked success. During the Civil War he served in Company K,
Second Virginia Cavalry, Confederate States of America,
generally known as The Albermarle Light Horse, and
for many years was assistant real estate agent of the
Philadelphia  Reading railroad. The only child of
this second marriage was Neville Burgoyne Craig, 3d,
born Jan. 4, 1914, died March 19, 1914.
CHARLES A. FAGAN is one of the prominent and
successful lawyers of the Allegheny county bar. He
was born in Pittsburgh, July I, 1859, his parents being
Thomas J. and Mary (McLaughlin) Fagan.
His education was acquired, successively, at St. Mary's
Academy, Ewalt College, and the Pittsburgh Catholic
College, now the Duquesne University. He was admitted
to the bar in 1887. For a time he held office as deputy
district attorney under District Attorney W. D. Porter,
now judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and
displayed such ability in his conduct of cases that he
was appointed to the office of assistant district attorney
in 1894 by Hon. Robert E. Pattison, then governor of
Pennsylvania, to fill the unexpired term of Hon. John C.
Haymaker, now judge of the Court of Common Pleas
of Allegheny county. For many years Mr. Fagan was
associated in the practice of the law with Hon. William
A. Magee, the firm practicing under the title of Fagan 
Magee. Upon Mr. Magee's election to the mayoralty
of the city of Pittsburgh in 1921, the firm was reorganized under the name of Fagan, Dillon  Fagan, Mr. Leo
M. Dillon being a member of the original firm, and Mr.
Charles A. Fagan, Jr., being the new member. The
firm with which Mr. Fagan is connected has a general
practice.
Mr. Fagan gives his political support to the principals
of the Democratic party, and has been an active factor
in the councils of this party. He was Democratic presidential elector for the Twenty-second Congressional
District of Pennsylvania in 1892, and was chairman of
the Democratic County Committee of Allegheny county,
1894-1895. The following year he was elected one of
the delegates-at-large to the Democratic National Convention of that year, and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention held at St. Louis in 1916, and
one of the delegates-at-large to the Democratic National
Convention at San Francisco in 1920.
In addition to the demands made upon Mr. Fagan by
his legal work, he is interested in a number of corporate
institutions, being president of the Iron City Sanitary
Manufacturing Company; director in the Pittsburgh and
Lake Erie Ship Canal Company; the Anthracite Coal
Company; the Natalie and Mt. Carmel Railroad Company; the East Williston Colony Company of New York;
the Lake Shore Realty Company of Ohio; the Logansport Coal Company; the Gracemont Coal Company and
other corporations. He is also receiver of the Pittsburgh Railways Company. He is a director of the
Duquesne Club, and a member of the Oakmont Country
Club, the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and the Pittsburgh Press Club. He is the president of the Pittsburgh
Hospital, is a member of the board of directors of the
Boys' Industrial School of Allegheny County, and a
member of the board of trustees of St. Paul's Cathedral.
GEORGE WOODS, LL. D.- When the gift of
sympathetically and effectively imparting knowledge and
principles of life belongs to a man of upright character,
the world is given a great teacher, and when to this quality are added strong executive ability and keen practical
judgment there is found such an educator as Dr. George
Woods, for twenty-two years chancellor of the Western
University of Pennsylvania (now the University of
Pittsburgh). His educational and business activities were
broad in scope, but his most enduring monument is the
work that forms an important chapter in the history of
Pittsburgh.
Dr. Woods was a descendant of English ancestry, his
family in America dating to 1630 at Dorchester, Mass.,
where was founded a line of honorable record in many
walks of life. His father, Joseph Woods, was a carpenter of Yarmouth, on Casco Bay, eleven miles from
Portland, Me., a man of industrious and pious habits
and real intellectuality. He was a lover of literature,
possessed a large library, and was a warm friend of
public education, being one of the earliest contributors
to the endowment of the well known Yarmouth Academy.
Joseph Woods married Elizabeth Boston, of English
family, a woman of unusual beauty of form and character.
Dr. George Woods, son of Joseph and Elizabeth
(Boston) Woods, was born Jan. 24, 1813, at Yarmouth,
a place then under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, as
it remained until the formation of the State of Maine,
1820. His early studies were pursued under favorable
conditions as far as home environment were concerned,
for by both his father and his mother he was encouraged
and aided at every turn. Public schools were available
for but two of the winter months, the majority of the
pupils being needed on the home farms during the other
seasons, and this attendance was supplemented by courses
in a private school. Here he was advised to pursue advanced studies, counsel doubtless given by one who appreciated his talents and capacities, and in preparation
therefor he entered the academy near his home, at the
same time working to defray his tuition expenses. In
1833, with capital of but twenty dollars, he entered
Bowdoin College, and so diligently did he apply himself
to his studies and his material maintenance that at graduation he was but one hundred dollars in debt. A number of friends, learning of this debt, offered to aid him,
kind advances that he, with characteristic independence,
courteously declined.
Mr. Woods had graduated among the best students of
the large class of 1837 and decided to make the most of
the reputation he had acquired as a scholar by entering
the teaching profession, selecting from the several positions offered him one in Gorham Seminary, then one of
the most flourishing institutions of its grade in the State.
In 1839 he left Gorham, bearing high testimonials from
the board, to accept the chair of mathematics and natural
philosophy in Jackson College, at Columbia, Tenn.,
whose president had been his preceptor during his preparation for college. At that early date, with primitive
transportation facilities, the journey from Maine to the
South was quite an undertaking, fraught with experiences and uncertainties that do not now attend it. The
entire time consumed was twenty-three days, two weeks
of which were required to traverse the distance between
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. In 1841, in consequence
of the financial distress under which Jackson College
was then laboring, Mr. Woods resigned his professorship, spending the following year at Andover Seminary
and in attendance on lectures in Boston, at the same time
seeking to improve his health, which had weakened under
too close application to study.
Ever since his entry upon educational work Mr. Woods
had received repeated invitations to assume the principalship of the academy in his native town, which his
father had aided during its earlier years and which he
himself had attended as a boy. In I842, influenced by
interest in his birthplace and by a liberal offer, he accepted the post, and although his impaired health handicapped him in his work, his enthusiasm, zeal, and ability
brought the academy to high rank among New England
institutions. Students were attracted from many states
of the Union and also from Cuba and San Domingo,
Garcia and Gomez, the celebrated Cuban leaders, and
President Dole, of Hawaii, being numbered among the
students of the academy while Mr. Woods was at its
head. Upon his resignation in 1854 Mr. Woods' services were sought by numerous institutions, including
one under the control of a sect differing widely from him
in religious belief, but offering him absolute control for
ten years of the property, income, and a large endowment
to be increased by many thousands of dollars. He taught
for two years at Auburn, Me., after which one year
was spent in business in Portland. He became interested
in shipping, purchased several ships, and conducted a
large trade with China and other Asiatic countries, his
success in this enterprise being worthy of note, inasmuch
as he had never personally followed the sea.
In 1859, entirely without his solicitation, Mr. Woods
was unanimously elected principal of the Western University of Pennsylvania, that being then the chief executive's title. The institution had suffered from two disastrous fires and from mismanagement, work having
been suspended from 1849 to I856, and a strong opposition to the university had grown up among the citizens
of Pittsburgh. When Mr. Woods entered upon his
duties there were but thirty-five pupils, two full teachers, two instructors in the modern languages, no classes
in the collegiate course, and a property valued at no
more than $5o,ooo. This was a truly discouraging outlook, but Mr. Woods began at the bottom, interested influential supporters, introduced desirable courses of study
and secured teachers able to make the courses valuable,
and within a short period had surrounded himself with
a group of capable men, inspired by his resourceful.I
9hopeful leadership, and, impressed by his energetic
prosecution of the task at hand, gave to the revitalizing
of the institution their best efforts. The preparatory,
collegiate, engineering, and scientific departments came
into being and were enlarged, and the foundation for
the present comprehensive, well-planned system was
laid. Several new buildings were erected, many new
chairs were added, and a large endowment fund was
raised to the amount of $200,000, one-half of which was
the gift of the noted capitalist and philanthropist, William Thaw, a warm personal friend of Dr. Woods, the
first chancellor of the University. Professor Langley,
one of America's greatest solar astronomers and father
of areonautics, was brought to the University during
his administration and Allegheny Observatory was established largely through his efforts. During Dr. Woods'
chancellorship, in 1863, Jefferson College bestowed upon
him the degree of Doctor of Laws, an honor also conferred
a few years later by his alma mater, Bowdoin College.
An admirer of Mark Hopkins, the noted educator, once
said "that his idea of a university was a log with Mark
Hopkins sitting on one end and a young man on the
other." In great degree this applies to Dr. Woods, for
throughout the many years of his educational work he
became the friend and guide, the counsellor and companion of hundreds of boys and young men, who first
learned to respect him in the classroom and then added
to that respect their constant love and admiration. Such
an influence as he wielded cannot be measured, for it
has been expressed throughout the years in fine manhood,
strong character, and high ideals in the lives of those
youths who were privileged to sit under his teaching
and to know him in the other relations of school life.
In I88o Dr. Woods resigned the chancellorship and
became connected with the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, organizing the Pittsburgh branch, and, with the
assistance of his son, Edward A. Woods, established
a large and successful business which has since, under
the management of his sons, grown to large proportions.
Advancing years caused Dr. Woods' retirement in 1889,
although he still retained an interest in the business.
In addition to his prominence as an educator, won
through many successful administrations in various institutions, Dr. Woods was widely known as the author
of several works on technical education, his books having
a large sale in domestic and foreign markets. He was
a frequent contributor to various periodicals, and his
writings, the result of deep and earnest thought and
embodying the fruit of long experience, are still widely
read. Dr. Woods was always a strong proponent of
technical training in college and it was his constant aim
to establish a training school in connection with the university of which he was chancellor. Two of his addresses on this subject, "Practical Education" and
"Technical Education," were published and widely circulated for years. He possessed notable ability as a
public speaker and his gifts in this direction made him
especially effective from the lecture platform, which he
frequently graced. Dr. Woods was a hearty supporter
of civic progress in his city, and threw the weight of his
influence behind many worthy causes, moral, social, and
charitable, although his liberal benefactions were performed so quietly that few knew of his good works. He
was largely responsible for bringing Francis Murphy to
Pittsburgh to aid in the temperance campaign, undertaken
at that time.
Dr. Woods married (first), Aug. 29, 1843, Caroline
Haynes, and of their five children one survives, Helen
A., widow of Enoch T. Roberts, of Philadelphia. Dr.
Woods married (second), March 8, 1864, Ellen C.,
daughter of Joseph A. and Esther M. (Goodrich)
Crane, of Fall River, Mass., and they became the parents of three sons: Edward A., president and manager
of the Edward A. Woods Agency, Inc., general agents
of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United
States; Charles A., an attorney; and Lawrence C., vicepresident and assistant manager of the Edward A.
Woods Agency, Inc.
Dr. George Woods died June 7, 1899, in Sewickley, Pa.,
his home since 1877. More than two decades have
passed since he went to an assured reward, yet the
memory of Dr. Woods is as green and fragrant as it was
when he was but a short time gone and his influence is
increasingly multiplied. He who teaches men to live
so that they may realize their high estate cannot fall entire victim to death, and while Dr. Woods' time of labor
is long past, the harvest for which he strove is garnered
day by day.
CHARLES BORREMEO MILLIGAN-There remain to-day, in this country, but few veterans of the
sixties, and of these remaining nearly all were, at the
time, boys under military age, but so fired with the spirit
of the times that they stopped short of nothing to get
into the conflict. Charles Borremeo Milligan, of Pittsburgh, was not yet fourteen years of age when the first
gun was fired on Fort Sumter, yet he was in the service
long before the war was over. Now he holds responsible
positions in the public service in this city, and is one of
the youngest veterans of that war.
Mr. Milligan was born in Pittsburgh, Sept. 8, 1847, the
son of Patrick and Mary Ann ( Cready) Milligan.
Patrick Milligan was a man of great courage and determination. He was born in Pittsburgh, was a carpenter,
a thorough and careful worker, and he had a share in
building the Pittsburgh of that day, which was only the
forerunner of what it is at the present time. He married, in Pittsburgh, and his wife was a descendant of an
old Pittsburgh family who came to this section in the
very early days. Her family is being perpetuated only
through this son, Charles Borremeo Milligan, who was
the only living descendant before the birth of his children.
Charles Borremeo Milligan received his early education
at the old first ward school, and then attended the parochial school. At an early age he was obliged to go to
work, but he had made the most of his educational opportunities, and has always been a student of affairs and
conditions, and has kept pace with the progress of the
times. In his early years Mr. Milligan worked at different occupations, and the interruption of the war took
him away from this city, but he returned to make his life
residence here. For years he followed the trade of
marble polisher, then worked in a factory, soon becoming foreman and holding that position for a considerable
time, and later he was a salesman on the road.In 1872 Mr. Milligan became pension agent, and also
notary public. He is now the oldest living pension claim
agent in this section. His work in these capacities
brought him constantly in touch with the political world,
and his administrative ability was quickly recognized. In
1900 he was made ward assessor for a term of two years,
and in 1902 was elected alderman, which office he still
holds. In political affiliation he is a Republican. Mr.
Milligan is a man of broad views and sound philosophy,
and very much absorbed in the multitudinous duties which
come to his hand. He is a member of Lieutenant James
M. Lysle Post, No. 128, Department of Pennsylvania, of
the Grand Army of the Republic, and belongs to St.
Peter's Roman Catholic Church.
Mr. Milligan married Anna A. Koch, and they have
three living children: I. Mary C., who married Patrick
T. Clark, and they have seven children: Eleanor M.,
Alice G., Joseph C., James G., John F. R., Lorretto,
Lillian. 2. Charles E., who married Mary Snyder, and
they have four living children: Myrtle, who married
John Yarmer; Hazel, who married William J. Buettner,
and they have two children: Evelyn and William; Nellie,
Charles. 3. Anna E., who married Robert H. B. Abbott,
and they have eleven living children: Florence M., Robert H. B., Jr., Kathryn E., Joseph C., Ruth A., Mary R.,
Mildred G., Helen J., Dorothy R., Virginia M.,
Thelma M.
Looking back on a long and useful life with his children and grandchildren about him, Mr. Milligan is still
hale and hearty and more active than most men who
are many years his senior. The city of Pittsburgh owes
much to his constructive hand in her affairs, and Mr.
Milligan's contemporaries in public service hope that he
has yet a long period of activity before him.
ROBERT L. FORSYTHE--Among Pittsburgh's
alert, progressive business men who are holding their
city in the lead as a business center, and making every
step of her industrial growth a stride, Robert L. Forsythe, treasurer of The Robert L. Forsythe Company,
Inc., printers, obtains honorable mention for his public
attitude, as well as for his own private and business
ideals. He is of an old Pennsylvania family, his American ancestor "a gay, young Presbyterian," who quickly
toned down to a staid Quaker when his lot was cast
amid the staid members of that religious sect that have
made Chester county, Pa., the home of education, morality and thrift.
John (2) Forsythe, a school teacher of Chester county,
Pa., highly esteemed for his ability as an educator, was
born in Ireland, June II, 1754, and there passed the first
nineteen years of his life, coming to Pennsylvania in
1773. He was a son of John (I) Forsythe, who married
Margaret Cox, of an English family, and to them were
born nine children, the eldest a son, John (2) Forsythe.
An old account of John (2) Forsythe says: "When the
younger John arrived in this Quakerly region, he was a
gay, young Presbyterian, with long sandy hair, dressed
a la mode, and all his apparel made according to the
fashion of the world's people. He had received a good
education and was, moreover, endowed with fine musical
taste, being an expert performer on the violin." But
the "young son of the Emerald Isle" quickly came into
full sympathy with the views and principles of the
Society of Friends, this due probably to the influence
of the William Kirk family with whom he boarded. He
made request for admission to Uwchlan Monthly Meeting, Jan. 4, 1776, and was admitted a member the
following month. The next year, upon his removal to
Birmingham, he transferred his membership to that
Monthly Meeting. For many years he taught the school
held under the auspices of the Concord Monthly Meeting at Birmingham Meeting House, and through his diligence and interest he excited a taste for knowledge, and
there accomplished more than any other teacher in developing youthful intellects. Men who later made their
mark in the world were glad to acknowledge the debt
they owed the Birmingham schoolmaster, both for aid in
mind development and for the sound religious doctrine
he inculcated. When Friends School at Westtown was
established, about 18oo, John Forsythe was called upon
to inaugurate the enterprise, and he remained its head
until it was strongly fixed among the sound educational
institutions fostered by the Friends of Chester county.
He presided at the first meeting held in I8II to promote
West Chester Academy, and contributed generously to
that good cause. He finally retired to his farm and comfortable home in East Bradford, and there passed a
serene old age, superintending farm operations until his
passing, March 3, 1840, in his eighty-seventh year.
John (2) Forsythe married, in Birmingham Meeting,
according to Friends' ceremony, Hannah Carter, daughter of John and Hannah Carter, of East Bradford,
Chester county, Pa. They began their married life at
their own home on her father's farm, and lived there all
their lives. They were the parents of three children:
John (3), born May 19, 1783, died Sept. 30, 1870;
James, born July I, 1785, died March 9, 1851; Hannah,
born Dec. 8, 1787, married Enos Thomas, of Goshen, and
died Aug. 30, I868. The sons, John (3) and James, engaged in the iron business, and built Thorndale Rolling
Mills, near Philadelphia, Pa.
It is from this sedate and conscientious Quaker schoolmaster that Robert L. Forsythe descends, he a son of
Joseph Pusey Forsythe, a man of strong character, who
served in the United States navy during the Civil War.
After the war ended, he returned to his native Chester
county, and in 1866 moved to Pittsburgh, and here his
death occurred in I891. His widow, Amelia (Vaughn)
Forsythe, is now (1920) a resident of Pittsburgh.
Robert L. Forsythe, son of Joseph P. and Amelia
(Vaughn) Forsythe, was born at the homestead in Chester county, Pa., March 17, 1879. He attended the public
schools, but was eager to be out in the world doing something that would lead him more quickly into business
life. After the family removed to Pittsburgh, he left
school, being then thirteen years of age, and secured
employment in the printing establishment of Joseph
Eichbaum  Company. Young Forsythe first filled the
time-honored position of "printer's devil," and after learning the trade with that company remained with them for
about eight years in all. Later he worked in various
places as a printer, finally becoming associated with the
James McMillen Printing Company, where he passed
through the different departments and became sales manager, a position he held until his present business wasI- - f BIOGRA
established. In 1916 Mr. Forsythe organized the Robert
L. Forsythe Company, starting with four employees. In
1919 the business had developed to such an extent that it
was incorporated, with Joseph. B. Roos, president, Robert
L. Forsythe, treasurer, and Ed. T. Aston, secretary.
They now have a successful and growing business, mostly
in Western Pennsylvania and the city of Pittsburgh, theirs
the most modern equipment for doing the finest grade of
printing.
Mr. Forsythe enlisted in the Eighteenth Regiment,
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, for the SpanishAmerican War, as a private. Although he saw no service outside the country, he was promoted to corporal of
Company A, then sergeant, and was mustered out in
1899, holding the latter rank. In fraternal orders, and
in social and business organizations, Mr. Forsythe is
widely connected. He is a member of Avalon Lodge,
No. -657, Free and Accepted Masons; Bellevue Chapter,
No. 286, Royal Arch Masons; and Pennsylvania Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. He also belongs to Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine; is a charter member and director of
the Lambskin Club of Bellevue, Pa., member and director of the Typothetae of Pittsburgh, and chairman of
its Apprenticeship Committee; charter member of the
Pittsburgh Advertising Club; and a member of the
Credit Men's Association and the Chamber of Commerce. Politically he is a Republican.
Mr. Forsythe married, April 30, 1901, Mary E. Littell,
of Pittsburgh, a descendant of an old Colonial family, a
member of the Daughters of the American Revolution,
and a granddaughter of General John S. Littell, a gallant Pennsylvania officer of the Civil War. Mr. and
Mrs. Forsythe are the parents of three children: Robert L., Jr., Alma G., and Edna A. Their home is in Ben
Avon, Pa. The family are members of the United Presbyterian church.
JAMES A. McNALLY-Engaged in active business
for a period greater than the years many men reach,
James A. McNally, retired since 1916, has to his credit
an imposing record in practical affairs. Founder of the
house of James A. McNally  Sons, he occupied a responsible place in Pittsburgh's business circles, and to
many other of her leading interests he has made the
same valued contribution. He is among the small number of survivors of pioneer days in the city, and reviews
a career long and honorable.
Mr. McNally was born in Crobane, County Down, Ireland, Nov. 8, 1833, son of Michael and Bridget McNally. His father died as the result of an accident at
the age of seventy-five years, while his mother attained
the great age of ninety years. He was reared on the
home farm, and improved the opportunity for a good
public school education, remaining in his native land
until he was twenty-three years of age, when he came to
Pittsburgh and entered the coal business in the employ
of his brother, Hugh. This work had no attraction for
him, and a few months later, in I856, he began independent dealings in linen importing. Two years afterward he went to Canada, established headquarters in
Toronto, and covered Eastern Canada in the same line,
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and Nova Scotia. Widening his interests to include
woolen importing, he transacted a successful business
in linens and woolens until his return to Pittsburgh in
1865. On April I, 1867, he opened his first store and
warehouse at Ninth street and Penn avenue, with a fine
line of imported woolens and Irish linens. Later his
place of business was moved to Fourth avenue and Wood
street, and he was for many years located on the present
site of the Union Bank building. No. 809 Liberty
avenue was the next home of the enterprise, and in 1896
the McNally building was erected at No. 711 Penn
avenue. At about this time the linen department was
discontinued and the business confined to woolens, imported and domestic. Mr. McNally was the pioneer in
this field'in the district, and for many years was the
only woolen merchant of consequence in Western Pennsylvania, guiding his concern into high standing among
the mercantile establishments of Pittsburgh. The reputation of the house for stability and adherence to a high
standard of commercial honor is almost proverbial in the
Pittsburgh world of affairs, and there has been built into
its sturdy structure much of the character, the steadfast
purpose, and strict integrity of James A. McNally.
Mr. McNally was one of the charter members of the
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce. In this connection
he has supported all organized effort for a bigger, more
prosperous, better Pittsburgh, while in generous cooperation with charitable and philanthropic movements he has
worked from another angle toward the same objective.
For many years he was a prominent member of the old
Country Club, and, like most of his fellow-members,
owned, drove, and loved fast horses, his stables containing many animals of blooded stock. Mr. McNally is
the oldest living member of the Columbus Club. For
many years he has been a devoted member of St. Peter's
Roman Catholic Church, has long been a member of
the church committee, and he was an intimate friend of
Bishop Phelan. Those who have been associated with
him in business know him as a man to whom honesty
in all things is a guiding star, and his ready wit and
kindly geniality are remarked wherever he is known.
As a story-teller he is unsurpassed, drawing from a wide
and varied experience a vast store of interesting and
amusing anecdotes, and few men have held, through
virtue of magnetic, personal qualities, a larger place in
the hearts of their fellows.               
Mr. McNally married, June 26, 1866, Mary Anne Ingoldsby, born in Pittsburgh, daughter of Patrick Ingoldsby, the latter one of the city's early hotel proprietors and owner of the Hotel Ingoldsby at Third avenue
and Grant street. Mr. and Mrs. McNally are the parents
of two sons:  Charles M. and James P.          
CHARLES M. McNALLY-The name of McNally
has been prominent in the mercantile world of Pittsburgh for over half a century, the original house of
James A. McNally having been organized in 1867.
Charles M. McNally, one of the present heads of the
firm, is a son of James A. McNally, the founder, and
Mary Anne (Ingoldsby) McNally (q. v.).
Mr. McNally was born in Pittsburgh, April IO, 1867.
After completing his preparatory studies he attended
Duquesne University, then was graduated from Georgeyoung; David A. P., died Feb. 22, 1845; Elizabeth Caroline, died young; Samuel, also died young; and Margaret Malinda, now living on the North Side, a woman
of wide culture, greatly beloved by a large circle of
friends. Mary Matilda Pressly, now deceased, became
the wife of Thomas McCance. Their children are: Jane
Hearst, married Dr. John Mabon, of Pittsburgh; Joseph
K., a physician of Pittsburgh; Pressly T., also of Pittsburgh; Mary Louise; Margaret M.; and William J., of
New Haven, Conn., married Anna Hodge.
In his wife, who died April 4, 1873, Dr. Pressly found
a helpmate worthy of his high calling, and he ever delighted to acknowledge that it was to her unfailing aid
that he owed much of his success. Mrs. Pressly possessed in a high degree the beautiful, womanly traits of
Christian character which, modest and unassuming as
she was, shone out of her life with radiant beauty in the
sweet sunlight of a perpetual cheerfulness. She seemed
to be gifted with a power to secure the confidence, win
the affections, and touch the better chords in every heart
by her simple presence and by a single word. No one
could bind up a broken heart with a tenderer hand or a
kindlier sympathy. Her presence was the light and joy
of her own home, and her visits a bright summer day in
the homes of the congregation, but it was in the abode of
sickness and sorrow that she was most frequently found,
and her coming constantly brightened the dwellings of
the lowly. Dr. Pressly was a man who regarded the ties
of family and friendship as sacred obligations. What
he was to those nearest and dearest to him, they alone
could tell. His life as a husband and father was one of
rare beauty, and his home was the central spot in the
congregation where the poorest and humblest were as
welcome as the richest and most honorable.
In the early summer of 1870 Dr. Pressly's health became seriously.impaired. A trip to the Great Lakes
brought no relief, and on August 13, a few days after his
return home, he ceased from his labors. He died in the
harness, in the seventy-sixth year of his age, the fiftyfifth of his ministry, and the thirty-eighth of his pastorate in Pittsburgh. He was mourned with a sorrow
unfeigned, not only by his people but by many who had
never been members of his congregation, and the largest
assembly of mourners that had ever gathered in the city
came together in the church, in which he had ministered
for so many years to pay tribute to his memory. People
of all denominations felt that a great man, had fallen in
Israel. While he lived he spoke, and being dead he
still speaks by the lives and lips of the great multitude
who have never ceased to manifest the impress of his
teachings.
In November, I88I, the First United Presbyterian
Church of Allegheny celebrated its semi-centennial anniversary, and on that occasion was unveiled a tablet to
the memory of Dr. Pressly. It was placed upon the
wall at the right of the pulpit, and is of white marble,
having in the center a shield of black marble on which,
in gold letters, is the following inscription:
In Memory of
Rev. Jno. T. Pressly, D. D.,
for 38 years
The beloved and honored pastor
of this church.
A good and great man
Whose pure life, tender affection,
Wise counsel, unflinching fidelity,
And abundant labors
Are enshrined in the hearts
of a grateful people.
Born March 22d, 1795,
Died August 13, 1870.
The Righteous Shall Be In Everlasting
Remembrance.
A noble and enduring tribute, but truly has it been
said: "Dr. John T. Pressly needs no other memorial,
among the living who knew him, than the tablets of their
own hearts." Many of those to whom his stately and
benignant presence was familiar have now passed away,
but his influence abides, and his works do follow him.
SAMUEL P. HARBISON-The outstanding fact
of Samuel P. Harbison's useful, ideally-consecrated life
was his constant increase of power and accomplishment
through the years-his progress to a position of leadership in his line of industry, his ever-enlarging service
to his denomination, and a steadily-developing sphere of
helpfulness toward his fellowmen. The record of his
life is the story of a man of commanding abilities in
practical lines, abilities transcended by an inspired sense
of stewardship. He was a man who never lost sight of
his responsibility to the Donor of all his gifts, and who
so lived that the thought of him is a fragrant, blessed
memory, with many to bear witness to the strength, purity, and beauty of his life.
Samuel P. Harbison was of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and
took from his progenitors a physical wiriness and
strongly-marked religious convictions. His paternal and
maternal lines date to about the middle of the eighteenth
century in Pennsylvania, when both the Harbisons and
Pollocks came to America. Bakerstown, Butler county,
finally became the family home, and there Samuel P.
Harbison was born Sept. 26, 1840, son of James and
Martha (Pollock) Harbison. He was reared on the home
farm, attended the Bakerstown school, and displayed such
an aptitude in his studies that at the extremely early age
of sixteen years he became an instructor in the local
schools. After one year in Bakerstown school, he went
to Allegheny and continued teaching work, first in a
school at Minersville, and later in a school situated on
Marshall avenue, Allegheny. By this time he was able
to indulge his desires for greater educational advantages,
and he attended Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., and
Eldersridge Academy, Indiana county, Pa., obtaining a
thorough theoretical business training. He entered business life as a bookkeeper in the employ of Col. William
A. Herron, then clerk of the courts, and used his time
in the evening during this period of several years in
keeping the books of the Star Fire Brick Company.
This company was organized in 1865, and Mr. Harbison's
association began in May, 1866. He gradually grew into
a position of responsibility in the organization, and on
Aug. 29, 1870, when the original organizer and manager,
J. K. Lemon, resigned, Mr. Harbison was appointed
manager by the board of directors. In August, 1874,
the old firm was dissolved and was succeeded by the
firm of Reed  Harbison. In January, 1875, Mr. Hay
Walker purchased for his son the interest of Mr. Reed,
and the firm of Harbison  Walker resulted. This parttown University, Washington, D. C., in the class
of 1886. Immediately after leaving school Mr. McNally entered business in association with his father,
and has since been closely identified with the firm of
James A. McNally  Sons. The character of the business has been the same since it was established, the
wholesale merchandising of woolen fabrics, and the
name has remained unchanged. In addition to his principal interest as outlined above, Mr. McNally is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and is a director of
St. Paul's Orphan Asylum. His clubs are the Manhattan,
of New York; Americus Republican and Rotary, of
Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh Athletic Association, Shannopin
Country Club, and the Knights of Columbus. His outof-door recreations are golf and trap shooting.
Mr. McNally married, Oct. 23, 1895, Alice G. Curran,
daughter of James and Catherine (Neeson) Curran, the
former of the firm of Thomas  James Curran. Mr.
and Mrs. McNally have thirteen children: Mildred Mary,
James Curran, Alice D., Madeline, Charles M., Jr.,
Mary Elizabeth, Richard Paul, John Austin, Robert Emmet, Ann Ingoldsby, Jane Frances, Marjorie Patricia, and
Eleanor Genevra. The family residence is at Ben Avon,
Penna.
HENRY S. ATWOOD STEWART-Pittsburgh,
like every other great city, places her main reliance for
power and prosperity on the strength of her financial
institutions-and not in vain. They are indeed her Gibralter, fortified and controlled as they are by men of
sterling worth, men of the type of Henry S. Atwood
Stewart, vice-president and director of the Fidelity Title
and Trust Company, and officially connected with other
leading monetary institutions and with great manufacturing concerns. For more than forty-five years Mr.
Stewart has been prominently identified not only with
the business interests of Pittsburgh, but with all the
elements essential to her existence as a powerful municipality. Henry S. Atwood Stewart was born Dec. 5,
1846, in Steubenville, Ohio, a son of William and Eliza
(Glenn) Stewart. Henry S. Atwood Stewart was educated in public schools of Steubenville and Gambier, Ohio,
and began his business career at McConnellsville, Pa.,
in association with the oil industry, then in its infancy.
This was about I858-6o, and at the end of the two years
he became freight bookkeeper for the Pan Handle railroad, looking after the freight agents between Pittsburgh,
Pa., and Columbus, Ohio. Before taking this position
he had made his first essay as a Pittsburgh business man
by serving as clerk for a coal company in that city.
It was there that he first became, in 1867, an independent manufacturer, owning and operating, in connection
with his father, a small refinery on Thirty-third street,
the business being in the name of H. S. A. Stewart.
There, until 1874, he engaged in the manufacture of
burning and lubricating oil and then sold out to the
Standard Oil Company. For ten years thereafter he
remained with this famous concern, looking after their
refineries in Pittsburgh, developing those executive abilities and gaining that ripe experience which have made
him a forceful factor in the business world. He next
turned his attention to real estate, becoming an extremely
successful operator and developing, by building and in
similar ways, Negley avenue, Stanton avenue, Hays
street and other portions of the East End. For about
sixteen or eighteen years he was engaged in this manner,
and during that time did much to improve with handsome residences this part of the city.
At the present time Mr. Stewart devotes the greater
portion of his attention to the care of his own extensive
private interests, being prominently associated, however,
with various large financial institutions. He was one of
the original subscribers to incorporate the Fidelity Title
and Trust Company, and when it was incorporated, Nov.
27, I886, he was elected one of its first directors, and
has been a director continuously ever since. In 1904 he
became one of its vice-presidents. He is also a director
and member of the executive committee of the Crucible
Steel Company, vice-president and director of the Western Insurance Company, director of the People's National Bank and the Union Fidelity Title Insurance Company, and trustee of the C. L. Magee estate and the
Elizabeth Steel Magee Hospital. He has been at different times financially connected with many Pittsburgh
concerns, both in the oil business and along manufacturing lines. In all business transactions he is characterized
by quick appreciation, prompt decision and the courage
to venture where favorable opportunity is present-a
combination of qualities which insures the realization of
hopes and the consummation of enterprises.
Public-spirited and possessed of rare rapidity of
judgment, Mr. Stewart has been able, in the midst of
incessant business activity, to give to city affairs valuable effort, and notably was this the case at the time when
he was a member of the old Fourth Ward School Board,
serving also on the financial committee, the other members being James M. Bailey and Dr. Charles Shaw,
both now deceased. Mr. Stewart was active in the
building of the North School at Eighth street and Duquesne way, and so advantageously did the financial committee dispose of the old school property, situated where
Joseph Horne's store now stands, that it was not necessary to levy a tax to erect the new school building, and
after the completion of the structure a sum remained
sufficient to defray its expenses for several years-a
thing unprecedented in Pittsburgh school annals and
largely due to the public-spirited efforts of Henry S.
Atwood Stewart.
In politics Mr. Stewart is a Republican and has occupied a seat in the Select Council, the only office he ever
consented to hold with the exception of that of member
of the School Board. No good work done in the name
of charity or religion appeals to him in vain. He belongs to the Duquesne Club, of which he was for two
years president, the University Club, the Pittsburgh Golf
Club, the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and many
other similar organizations, both in Pittsburgh and elsewhere. He attends the Presbyterian church.
The impression conveyed by Mr. Stewart's personality
is that of a broad-minded man of much quiet force, a
progressive man accustomed to exerting a strong influence in business circles. Of average height, and florid
complexion, his head crowned with snow-white hair and
his face lighted by grey eyes which, with all their keenness, are yet most kindly in expression, and in manner
always genial and courteous, he wins friends in all gradesof society. A man of cultivated tastes and liberal views,
he advocates progressive interests with a ready recognition of his duties and obligations to his fellowmen.
Mr. Stewart married, Dec. 4, I888, Annie E. Armstrong, daughter of William H. and Annie Armstrong,
of Williamsport, Pa., where Mr. Armstrong was engaged in the practice of law. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart became the parents of one child: Henry S. Atwood Stewart, Jr., born May, 1890, and educated by tutors and in
private schools. Mrs. Stewart, who passed away Jan.
II, 1904, was a woman of fine fibre and delicate culture,
invested with the charm of domesticity, and presiding
with innate grace over the beautiful home in the East
End which was a centre of hospitality.
Few men, throughout the entire course of their business careers, have touched life at as many points as Mr.
Stewart, and still fewer have been so uniformly successful. Public-spirited in all things, he has caused the
fruition of his labors to benefit not himself alone, but
also the city with which they have been identified. Nor
has it been in material prosperity only that he has rendered Pittsburgh stronger and more opulent. By his
efforts in behalf of her school system he has helped to
lay the best foundation for the making of good citizens.
The man who does this deserves to be held in lasting
honor, and Pittsburgh will not show herself ungrateful
to Henry S. Atwood Stewart.
RT. REV. HUGH C. BOYLE, Roman Catholic
Bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, was born in Cambria, now a part of Johnstown, Pa., Oct. 8, 1873, son of
the late Charles and Ann Boyle. He was preliminarily
educated in the public and parish schools until his fourteenth year, when he was sent, as preparatory to the
priesthood, to St. Vincent's College, Latrobe, Pa. Four
years later he was entered in the seminary connected with
the college as a student in theology, whence he was graduated and ordained as a priest by the late Bishop Richard
Phelan, of the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Father Boyle
was sent to St. Aloysius Church, Wilmerding, as assistant
to the pastor, Father Michael H. Ward, remaining there
five years, when he was transferred to the old Cathedral
at Fifth avenue and Grant street, Pittsburgh. Later,
when this building was sold and abandoned, Father Boyle
was sent to the Church of the Epiphany, Washington
street, where he was engaged until the completion of St.
Paul's Cathedral (new) at Fifth avenue and Craig
street, when he became assistant rector and secretary to
the bishop of the diocese. Because of his familiarity
with affairs of the diocese, Father Boyle was appointed
diocesan superintendent of schools in 1906, in which
position he remained until, upon the death of Father
John J. Bullion, he was appointed rector of St. Mary
Magdalen's Church, Homestead, in 1916, in which he
was incumbent until his elevation to the Bishopric of
Pittsburgh, April 27, 1921, by Pope Benedict to succeed
Bishop J. C. Regis Canevin, who had resigned because
of ill health.
The appointment of Father Boyle was in the nature
of a surprise to many of the clergy and laymen of the
great diocese of Pittsburgh, for, while his name had been
mentioned among others of the younger priests, and
while he was favorably known because of his valuable
services as pastor and superintendent of the diocesan
schools, it was generally thought that one of the older
clergymen who had been mentioned would receive the
appointment. However, the designation of Father Boyle
was joyously acclaimed by every priest, prelate and
member of the church in the great diocese.
Directly the appointment of Father Boyle had been
made, preparations for his consecration were begun, and
all of the preliminaries thereto arranged by several committees made up of the clergy of the diocese. These
committees were: Arrangements, chairman, Rt. Rev.
Martin Ryan, LL. D.; general secretary, Rev. William
J. McMullen; finance, Dr. Ryan, chairman, with Father
P. C. Danner, as secretary, and Monsignori Francis
Keane, Grzynski, Goebel, Walsh and Father D. J.
O'Shea; entertainment and invitation, Very Rev. Francis
J. McCabe, LL. D., chairman, Rev. John G. Beane,
secretary, Revs. John Faughnan, David Shanahan, LL.
D., William Kelty, A. Kazinczy, L. Stenger, J. P. Gallagher, David H. Hegarty, Francis Beneventano, and R. L.
Hayes, LL. D.; speakers and literature, chairman, Rev.
J. W. O'Connell, secretary, Rev. Dr. R. L. Hayes, Rt.
Rev. Archabbot Aurelius, 0. S. B., Revs. J. P. Gallagher, Thomas Bryson, J. B. Barry, T. F. Coakley,
C. J. Stripling and J. V. Gerold; reception, chairman,
Very Rev. Thomas Devlin, secretary, Rev. L. A. O'Connell, Revs. M. Lynch, E. M. McKeever, D. J. Devlin,
P. J. Quilter, Thomas Rosensteel, A. J. Mayer, M. C.
Slatinski, R. McDonald, Willam Dunlea, C. Kovats,
Julius Vrana, M. A. Ward, Thomas Gillen and M.
Mueller.
These committees, general and special, quietly and effectively accomplished the preliminaries to the consecration which had been fixed for Wednesday, June 29. Immediately thousands upon thousands of requests for
tickets of admission to the cathedral were sent to the
committee of invitation, and it was soon seen that only
by the exercise of the finest discrimination that the limited capacity of the Cathedral could be doled out to
those to whom invitations would be sent. The aggregate
of applications was over 11o,ooo. About I,ooo visiting
and local clergy had to be taken care of, and in addition
to these members of the various orders within the diocese
were anxious applicants for the privileges of the cathedral. Protestants by the thousands were also very candid
in their expressions of anxiety to be witnesses of the
rare event, and it was thought best to accommodate
those as far as possible. As it was, the tact and discrimination of the committee was j ustified and commended by all who generously regarded the physical
possibilities of the committee and as generously respected
the wisdom of the awards.
The consecration was in reality the ideal of the Roman
Catholics of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, visually and
spiritually, being carried out after the ordinances of the
denomination with all the ceremony and circumstance
that inhere in such affairs, at the same time invested with
the incidental pomp that is as inextricably a part of the
sacred affair. The musical program arranged by Professor Joseph Otten, director of St. Paul's Cathedral
Choir, was beautiful, simple and apposite to the occasion,
and was rendered by a choir of sixty men and boys specially trained.The interior of St. Paul's Cathedral had been beautifully decorated for the consecration under the direction
and general supervision of Architect John T. Comes.
Sateen had been used in purple, green, red, yellow, black
and white. Purple and green are the bishop's colors, the
former used in his official dress, the latter his heraldic
color. Red is the cardinal's color, black and yellow the
colors of Pittsburgh, and yellow and white the papal
colors.
His Eminence, Dennis, Cardinal Dougherty, of Philadelphia, arrived the evening before the consecration at the
East Liberty station of the Pennsylvania railroad, where
he was formally received by Mayor E. V. Babcock, in the
presence of 50,000 people, after which he was escorted to
the episcopal residence on Dithridge street as the guest
of Archbishop Canevin. In the car that brought Cardinal Dougherty to Pittsburgh were Monsignori Martin
Ryan and Francis Keane, the special committee appointed to go to Philadelphia and escort him to Pittsburgh, Bishop M. J. Hoban, of Scranton, Bishop P. R.
McDevitt, of Harrisburg, and Bishop J. J. McCort, of
Altoona. At Pittsburgh were Most Rev. George W.
Mundelein, D. D., Archbishop of Chicago, Rt. Rev.
Thomas J. Shanan, rector of the Catholic University of
Washington, D. C., and Bishops John M. Cannon, of
Erie, Schremes, of Toledo, and Donahue, of Wheeling,
together with many other priests and prelates of the
church.
The great auditorium of St. Paul's Cathedral was
ablaze with color and life, Wednesday morning, June
29, when the head of the procession escorting Cardinal
Dougherty, Archbishops Mundelein and Canevin, and the
bishops and prelates of the Roman Catholic Diocese of
Pittsburgh entered it to consummate by consecration the
appointment of Pope Benedict of Father Hugh C. Boyle
as Bishop of Pittsburgh. Archbishop Canevin was consecrating bishop and was assisted by Bishops McCort, of
Altoona, and McDevitt, of Harrisburg; deacons of
honor who occupied seats on the throne, besides Cardinal Dougherty, were Mgrs. Martin Ryan and Francis
Keane, preachers; Archbishop Mundelein, of Chicago,
together with his chaplains, Mgrs. Goebel and Kittell;
assistant priest, Rev. W. J. Mullen; deacon of the mass,
Rev. Stephen J. Schramm; sub-deacon of the mass, Rev.
E. P. Griffin; chaplains to Bishop-elect Boyle, Revs.
Gallagher and Stenger; chaplains to Bishop McCort,
Fathers Faoughnan and Kacinczy; chaplains to Bishop
McDevitt, Fathers Siwiec and O'Shea; notary, the officer who read the official proclamation of Pope Benedict,
Mgr. Stephen Walsh; masters of ceremonies, Revs.
Burns, Hayes, Greiner and Connors; chanters Revs.
Sanderbeck, Bullion, Malloy and F. X. Williams, C. S.
Sp. Archbishop Canevin invested the new bishop with
the insignia and other regalia of his order, and imposed
upon him the obligations of the office. At the conclusion
of the consecration ceremonies, Bishop Boyle faced the
people and, escorted by the two assisting consecrators,
descended the altar steps and gave his first official benediction to his flock.
The evening of the consecration a reception was held
in Syria Mosque at which thousands were present to greet
Bishop Boyle and the archbishops, bishops and clergy of
the diocese. The Cathedral choir furnished the program
of music, while the laymen's reception committee, also
upon the platform, were in charge of the details of the
reception. Addresses were made by Willis F. McCook,
Esq., F. W. Ries, Jr., John E. Laughlin, and by
Bishop Boyle. The luncheon succeeding the consecrating
exercises was at the William Penn Hotel.
Bishop Boyle is at the head of the six largest diocese
of his church in the United States. It is by no means
the sixth in importance.
CHARLES F. McKENNA-In writing a sketch of
Judge Charles F. McKenna it is a matter of great difficulty to determine where to begin, so dominant a figure
has he been in many fields-soldier, writer, lawyer,
judge, progressive citizen. His career as a lawyer and
as a judge compares favorably with the legal giants of
the earlier days who depended more upon their oratorical skill than their exact knowledge and application of
the law. In the field of diplomacy, Judge McKenna has
been one of the leading representatives of this country,
and as a patriot the public recognition accorded him has
been sufficiently manifest on various occasions. His
record as a soldier extends over the entire Civil War,
during which time he was an active participant, carrying
a musket as a private in all the great battles of the Army
of the Potomac, from Antietam to Appomattox, and was
with his regiment, the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, at the surrender of General Lee's
army.
Judge McKenna is of the third generation of his
family in this country, and is of Irish ancestry. His
grandfather, Hugh McKenna, came from the County of
Tyrone, Ireland, in 1830, bringing with him his wife,
six sons, and four daughters, and settled in the city of
Pittsburgh, with which the family has been identified
ever since that time. James McKenna, born in I8oo,
father of Judge McKenna, died in Pittsburgh in 1846,
and his wife, who was born in I8o1, died in 1884. Their
six children all attained maturity and among them were
Judge Charles F. McKenna, of whom further, and Hon.
Bernard McKenna, who died June 20, 1903, and who had
served as judge of the Second Police District Court of
the City of Pittsburgh for a period of twelve years, and
as mayor of Pittsburgh from 1893 to 1896. In the year
1839 Judge McKenna's father was elected by the people
to be city and county overseer of the poor, an office of
importance.
Judge Charles F. McKenna was born in Pittsburgh,
Pa., Oct. I, 1845, and lost his father before he was one
year old. The public and private day and night schools
of his native city provided him with his early education,
and in them he was an assiduous scholar. In his fourteenth year, having exhibited marked talent for free
hand sketching, he was apprenticed to learn the lithographer's profession, and his success as an engraver and
an artist was of undoubted quality, as shown by specimens still preserved, but when the call of President Lincoln for more Union soldiers came, in July, 1862, young
McKenna enlisted as a private in Company E, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers,
then being recruited from the city of Pittsburgh. Judge
McKenna enlisted at the early age of sixteen. The regiment in which he enlisted saw some of the hottest fightij
yp+jjjing of the entire war. His regiment was assigned to
Humphrey's division, becoming a part of the renowned
Fifth Corps, Army of the Potomac, and in less than
three weeks from the time of enlistment, Judge McKenna was at the battlefield at Antietam. During the
three years that followed, until the close of the war,
young McKenna had taken an active part with his regiment in famous battles as follows, all of which battles
are inscribed on the Regimental Colors by official order
of General Grant, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Five Forks, and Appomattox. There were many
other Pittsburghers who participated in these battles and
who later gained distinction in professional and financial
works in Pittsburgh. In camp life Judge McKenna resumed, in long winter quarters, his studies, having for
his teacher Sergeant George P. Fulton, who subsequently
was for many years principal of the Highland public
schools of Pittsburgh.
At the close of the war Judge McKenna returned to his
native city and commenced reading law with the firm
of Mitchell  Palmer. Admitted to the bar of Allegheny
county in 1869, he at once attracted attention by the
masterly manner in which he conducted the cases entrusted to him and soon acquired a large clientele. Many
of the most celebrated cases reported in the Supreme
Court of the State of Pennsylvania have had the benefit
of the eloquence of Judge McKenna as one of the advocates, and his presentation of evidence has been the
admiration of his colleagues as well as of the laity.
In June, 1904, President Roosevelt requested from Attorney General P. C. Knox, and Hon. John Dalzell,
Congressman of Pittsburgh, recommendations for the
Judgeship of the United States District Court of Porto
Rico, and on the unsolicited recommendations of these
fellow members of the Pittsburgh bar, President Roosevelt appointed Mr. McKenna to said office. This nomination was at first declined by Judge McKenna, but he
later reconsidered his decision and accepted the honor.
After a service of two and one-half years, however, he
was obliged to resign this commission and return to
Pittsburgh, as the climate did not agree with him. Upon
his resignation, President Roosevelt, in an autograph
letter, and the Department of Justice, paid complimentary tributes to his administration. Upon his return
to Pittsburgh, he resumed his legal practice in association with his nephews, E. J. and J. Frank McKenna. His
services have been in demand by corporations, and other
organizations, some among these being: General Solicitor of the Western Pennsylvania Human Society since
its organization about forty years ago, solicitor for the
City National and the City Savings banks while they
existed, counsel for the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh,
and for cemetery and charitable organizations until 1892,
when he resigned because of the press of his other legal
work, during this time having been under the administrations of bishops, the late Rt. Rev. M. Domenec, the
late Rt. Rev. John Tuigg, and the late Rt. Rev. Richard
Phelan; counsel for the Ladies of the Grand Army of
the Republic Home at Hawkins Station, and for the
splendid Memorial Hall at Pittsburgh.
Not long after the return of Judge McKenna from
Porto Rico, he was appointed by Governor Stuart, of
Pennsylvania, as a member of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Commission, which had in charge the
erection of a memorial monument to the Pennsylvania
soldiers who fell in that battle, this tribute to cost
$300,000. He has been serving as president of this commission for several years. When the Allegheny County
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall was to be erected
by vote of the taxpayers of the county at a cost of
$2,000,000, Judge McKenna was elected historian of the
Soldiers Memorial Hall, and has, since its dedication in
1910, served as chairman of the tablet committee. He
was unanimously chosen by his comrades as a member
of the committee of ten veterans of the Civil War who
were to have charge of its erection and administration.
He was appointed by the State Commander in 1910,
judge advocate general of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Pennsylvania, and served several
terms. While in Porto Rico, Judge McKenna was commissioned by John K. Tener, later governor of Pennsylvania, grand exalted ruler of the Elks, to organize the
Elks in Porto Rico, and he became exalted ruler of the
Elks for two terms, to San Juan Lodge, of Porto Rico.
On his retirement from these positions to return to
Pittsburgh, he was voted and presented with embossed
resolutions and j ewels and badge of San Juan Lodge,
Elks. In the field of literature Judge McKenna has also
rendered signal service. As a member of the Western
Pennsylvania Historical Society many articles have come
from his facile pen pertaining to the local history of
Pennsylvania. He edited and illustrated a volume of
eight hundred pages, entitled "Under the Maltese Cross
from Antietam to Appomattox," which was published in
1908 by the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania
Volunteers Regimental Association, a work which occupied the attention of Judge McKenna for a period of
four years, so broad in its scope and so thoroughly have
all the details been executed. Both press and public were
unanimous in their commendation of this stupendous
piece of work. His latest service in patriotic work was
furnishing, at request of the Pennsylvania Historical
Commission, an alphabetical and reference index of the
names of all Pennsylvania soldiers and officers participating in the battle of Gettysburg, as officially installed on
the regimental and organization mural tablets on the
Pennsylvania State Memorial at Gettysburg. This publication being in demand by all survivors of the battle of
Gettysburg, their friends and descendants, will be
accessible to all public and historical libraries of the State
of Pennsylvania. He was also chairman of the committee on tablets, and aided in the compiling of the names
of over thirty thousand soldiers who enlisted from Allegheny county in the War of the Rebellion, and which has
been placed in bronze tablets in the Soldiers and Sailors
Memorial Hall of Allegheny county. Judge McKenna
is a charter member of Post No. 3, Grand Army of the
Republic; he is also a charter member of the Union
Veteran Encampment, No. I, of Pittsburgh, in which organization he was elected colonel, only veterans who had
served not less than two years in the field during the
Civil War being admitted to the membership. While
Judge McKenna has generally affiliated with the Democratic party in National campaigns, he has the courage
of his independent opinions, and frequently has cast hisvote independently of party questions. He led a revolt
of soldier Democrats on the first nomination of William
J. Bryan, and was honored by being made chairman of
the Allegheny County Soldiers in the McKinley campaign which visited Major McKinley at Canton. In the
same campaign he accompanied Generals Alger, Sickles
and Bragg, and other prominent Civil War soldiers in a
speaking tour throughout the West for William J. McKinley.
On June 6, 1911, Judge McKenna was appointed by
Governor Tener, Judge of the newly created County
Court of Allegheny county, this court having jurisdiction
over civil and trespass cases, and also over domestic
relations, known as the Juvenile Court. Among the
happy congratulations tendered to Judge McKenna on
his election about this time was the following extract of
congratulatory letter of ex-President Roosevelt:
THE OUTLOOK
287 Fourth Avenue
New York
Office of
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
August 22, 1911.
My dear Judge:
Pray accept my heartiest congratulations. I particularly appreciated your service in Porto Rico and
I am glad that you are now to serve on the bench in
our own country.
Faithfully yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Hon. Chas. F. McKenna,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
The following fall he became a candidate to succeed
himself, and in the general election held in November,
1912, he was elected for a term of ten years, by a majority of over 30,000, the entire vote against him being
less than his majority-a flattering testimonial to the
esteem in which he is held. At the great re-union on the
fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, where
survivors of the Blue and the Gray fraternized, the War
Department distributed the special Congressional Medals
of Honor in commemoration of the historic event to all
members of the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Regiment
who participated in the great battle. These medals of
honor were presented on Little Round Top at the identical position occupied by that regiment in the capture and
defence of that place in the great battle. Comrade McKenna treasures this souvenir very highly.
From early boyhood Judge McKenna has been possessed
of artistic talent, which, if cultured professionally, would
doubtless have brought him distinction among illustrators. His office is ornamented with numerous pencil
sketches of scenes at the front during the Civil War.
Among these sketches are a splendid perspective of a
military camp, an exceptionally realistic picture of the
firing line; another of soldiers dancing the "hoedown,"
and another showing him receiving the congressional
medal. His war sketches have caught a life-like military
spirit, and their execution is remarkably fine.
Judge McKenna married, Oct. I, 1872, Virginia White,
daughter of Dr. Norval W. and Annie (Flick) White, of
Allegheny City (now North Side, Pittsburgh).
In personal appearance Judge McKenna is distinguished, and his bearing distinctly marks the soldier.
His hair is snowy and abundant, and he wears a white
moustache and beard. His eyebrows are heavy, and
overshadow eyes which sparkle with a kindly gleam.
He is dignified yet sympathetic in manner, and young
and old alike go to him to have their differences adjusted. He has an original manner of speaking, his sentences being short and trenchant, his delivery rapid, and
his thoughts are couched in classical language. He has
probably more friends than the majority of men, his idea
Of friendship being to look for and recognize the good
in others, and to take a genuine pleasure in the companionship of others because of this good, a feeling which
is very generally reciprocated.
Judge McKenna was one of the earliest members of
the Allegheny County Bar Association, an organizer and
charter member of the Pennsylvania State Bar Association, and also belongs to the American Bar Association,
in all of which he takes an interest, and gives his time,
when possible, to other than military affairs, and has
also been for years an active member of Lodge No. II,
Pittsburgh Elks, Civic Club and the Pittsburgh Chamber
of Commerce.
At a recent election, Nov. 8, 1921, Judge McKenna
was elected for a second term of ten years as judge of
Allegheny county, Pa., from January, 1922, having the
high honor paid him at this election of being unopposed,
a grand tribute by the citizens of his native city and
county in recognition of his high character and faithful
discharge of his duties.
THOMAS MELLON, citizen, lawyer, jurist, banker
and philanthropist, is in many respects the foremost
Pittsburgher. While not a native, he came to the immediate vicinity of the city two years after its municipal
incorporation, and for ninety years was not unidentified
with its meaning in some element of its importance. He
was of Irish birth, having been born Feb. 3, 1813, at
Camp Hill Cottage, on his father's farm, in lower Castleton, parish of Cappaigh, County Tyrone, his parents
being Andrew and Rebecca (Wauchob) Mellon. The
Mellon family dates its residence in Ireland from the
time of the Norman Conquest. The North of Ireland,
although primarily not adapted to general agriculture,
became, under the care and culture of these pioneers, one
of the finest farming sections in the world, as it is to-day.
As farmers, then, the Mellons continued for centuries
before some of them decided to try their fortunes in
America.
The genealogy of the family is most interesting, involving, as it does, several of the most historic and important
of the racial elements of the continent of Europe, as it
was from mediaeval times forward. The admixture of
the Norman blood with that of the early inhabitants of
the British Isles did much to diversify and to develop
that individual and collective nation, and to give it that
development that has thus far made it invincible in the
mental and physical contests that have characterized its
progress.
Thomas Mellon's grandfather, Archibald Mellon, became dissatisfied with the economic conditions in Ireland, particularly in the instance of taxation, and disposing of his possessions, sailed to America in 1816, and
found a satisfactory farm near Murrysville in western
Westmoreland county, Pa., whither his son, Andrew Mellon, followed him two years later. Andrew Mellon married Rebecca Wauchob, whose ancestors emigrated fromHolland when the Prince of Orange came to the throne
of England, the Wauchobs settling in the North of Ireland in the vicinity of the Mellons. Thomas Mellon was
born five years before his parents left Ireland. The immigrants at once sought the parents of Mr. Mellon,
with whom they remained until the spring of the ensuing year, when a farm was bought in the vicinity and
their career in America begun.
Thomas Mellon received the rudiments of his education at the knee of his mother until he was old enough
to attend school, and later went to the Westmoreland
Academy, for one term, of which Thomas Gill was the
most efficient principal. Mr. Gill was a most versatile
gentleman, being a fine Latin and Greek scholar and
scientist, and competent to impart information to his
pupils. This term kindled in young Mellon the desire
to qualify himself for the position that he might afterward select, and stirred in him aspirations and ambitions
that his industry and intelligence were successful in accomplishing. His father had intended that he should be
an agriculturist, and tried hard to turn the trend of his
son's thoughts toward this objective, but the youth just
as sturdily clung to his own idea of his future without
showing disrespect or disregard of his father's desires
for his future. Removing in a few years into Allegheny
county, the opportunity to attend the select Latin School
of Rev. Jonathan Gill came, and by working upon farms
and in other employments, Mr. Mellon was able to prepare himself for entrance to the Western University of
Pennsylvania, then under the presidency of Rev. Robert
Bruce, D. D., one of the real, substantial ministerial and
educational pioneers of Western Pennsylvania. Farm
work strengthened the frame, and study developed the
brain of the student, and Mr. Mellon passed quietly and
successfully through the years of his studentship in the
University, graduating in 1837 with credit and honors.
Concurrently with his collegiate curriculum, the young
man for two years before his graduation had studied
law, having become a student in the office of Shaler 
Simpson, leading practitioners at the Allegheny county
bar in those years. One year before his graduation in
1838, he was admitted to the bar and took an office on
Fifth avenue, near Market alley, the court house at that
time being on Market square. Addressing himself, immediately he began practice, to the speedy adjudication
of his cases, he hurried to trial all of those that he
could not otherwise adj ust. He was soon one of the
busiest and most successful of the attorneys. For twenty
years he continued in practice, the last seven of which his
wife's nephew, William B. Negley, was his partner. He
was persuaded by his friends and his associates of the
bar to become a candidate for assistant law j udge of
Common Pleas, Court No. I, which had recently been
created, and he was elected to sit with Judge W. B.
McClure, one of the ablest attorneys and jurists of his
day. Judge McClure died three years later, and Judge
Mellon succeeded him as judge, the late Hon. Edwin H.
Stowe being the successor of Judge Mellon, as assistant
law judge.
Meantime other ideas were forming in Judge Mellon's
active brain. Always a profound student of finance,
commercial business and the principles of manufacturing,
indeed, of general economics, he determined not to stand
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for reelection to the bench, and declined to permit the
use of his name, although urged by both bar and citizenry
to thus round out his career. He had given special attention as practitioner to commercial law, and in this
knowledge he concluded that banking offered a greater
field for the exercise of his talents than the law, and
soon after retiring from practice he opened a banking
house under the name of T. Mellon and Sons Bank. He
began this enterprise with the same degree of circumspection and attention that had marked his legal career
in 1869. He had the confidence and respect of all classes
of citizens in Western Pennsylvania, and rapidly his new
venture began to succeed. To signalize his retirement
from the Allegheny county bar, his associates and friends
tendered Judge Mellon a banquet at which numerous expressions of regret were made and very many assurances
of interest in the success of his new enterprise.
The bank founded by Mr. Mellon continued under his
management until I886; the title was changed in July,
1902, to the Mellon National Bank, that name subsisting
until to-day, the bank ranking as one of the few
great institutions of the world. In the firm of T. Mellon
 Sons he had associated with him his sons, Andrew
William Mellon and Richard Beatty Mellon, the sons
having served years of apprenticeship under their competent father. The Mellon National Bank began business
with deposits aggregating $8,5oo,ooo, and two weeks later
the call of the comptroller of the treasury developed the
circumstance that it stood second in the list of Pittsburgh's
thirty-six banking houses. In March, 1903, the Mellon
National Bank took over the National Bank of Commerce, with deposits in excess of $5,000,000, thereby becoming the ranking bank of Pittsburgh, a position it has
since maintained. Judge Mellon continued to cooperate
with his sons and his associates until the encroachments
of age warned him to abate his efforts, and conserve his
physical resources. He retired to his home, one of the
simplest but one of the most beautiful and ideally comfortable in the East End of Pittsburgh, and there on his
ninety-fifth birthday, Feb. 3, 1908, he peacefully passed
away.
In all essentials that go to the composition of a career
of a great man, Thomas Mellon was, perhaps, Pittsburgh's most prominent and distinguished citizen. This is
true in a larger sense, because he was never conscious of
the fact that he had done anything that had not been
strictly in line with the performance of his indicated
duties. He was religiously industrious, and passed the
greater portion of his nine decades in orderly, productive
labor, both manual and mental. He mastered both the
philosophy and the psychology of every problem whose
solution his intellect undertook, and in this rule of action
and in its results his success is not phenomenal, but a
natural sequence. He was always sensible of his duties
as a citizen, and gave of his time and of his means to the
betterment of civic conditions, serving as a select councilman from the Twentieth Ward from 1877 to I886, in
which years he was one of the ablest members.
He believed as well in the constant industry of money
as he did in that of the individual, and in this belief he
furnished the means and advice that started many of
he greatest of the industrial, mining and commercial
enterprises that combine to make Pittsburgh the city itis at the present time. He, in his confidence in the outcome of many of the plans for building mills and factories, and developing mines in the valley of Pittsburgh
and in the city, not only advanced the means but contrived to impart his confidence to those who had charge
and ownerships in these concerns, thereby assuring their
success. Constructively, Thomas Mellon is more largely
responsible for structural Pittsburgh than any other
citizen and business man who was before or after him
or his contemporary.
Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton were
among his ideals, particularly the former, whom he regarded as par excellence the statesman, the philosopher
and the sage of the country. Judge Mellon, at his own
expense, had printed many copies of Franklin's autobiography for distribution among the young men whom he
wished to stimulate to emulation.
Judge Mellon's domestic life was as fortunate and successful as his business career. He married, in 1843,
Sarah J. Negley, daughter of Jacob Negley, whose ancestor had owned the greater portion of East Liberty,
and who had built the first church in that then outlying
district, the East Liberty Presbyterian Church. Of the
seven sons and one daughter born to them, the following
survive: James R. Mellon, business man and banker for
fifty years, the present president of the West Penn Hospital, and other philanthropic institutions; Andrew William Mellon, secretary of the Treasury of the United
States; and Richard Beatty Mellon, president of the
Mellon Bank of Pittsburgh. Mrs. Mellon died a year
after her husband passed away.
SAMUEL RICHARD McCLURE, a member of
the Pittsburgh bar, came to the profession of law from
that of pedagogy, utilizing the hours outside the classroom for his preparatory study, and entering the field
that has since claimed him in I9oo. The qualities of the
scholar and educator lend themselves readily to productive use at the bar, and the transition brought Mr. McClure into a position of greater service to his fellows,
for he has retained all of his old interest in educational
affairs and has given the fruits of his long experience
to his community.
Samuel Richard McClure is a descendant of Robert
McClure, who came from County Donegal, Ireland, to
what is now Lake township, Mercer county, Pa., prior
to the Revolutionary War. Robert McClure served in the
War of 1812 with the American forces. The line from
Robert McClure continues through his son, Robert (2)
McClure, who spent his life as a farmer on the McClure
homestead. He married Hannah Axtell, daughter of Daniel (2) and granddaughter of Daniel (I) Axtell, the latter a soldier of the Revolution, serving from Washington
county, Pa. (Pennsylvania Archives, Ser. VI, Vol. II,
p. 82.) This branch of the Axtell family sprang from
Thomas Axtell, who came from England early in the
Colonial period and settled at Sudbury, Mass., early in
the seventeenth century.
The head of the third American generation, George
McClure, son of Robert (2) and Hannah (Axtell) McClure, was born on the home farm in Lake township, and
there spent his active years as a farmer and dealer in
cattle. He enlisted in the Union army, Aug. 3, 1861,
and served until honorably discharged, Aug. 30, 1864.
(Bates "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers," Vol.
XXX, p. 358.) George McClure married Sarah Elizabeth Alexander, a teacher (as he had been in early life),
daughter of Samuel Tait and Ruth (Dodd) Alexander,
granddaughter of Joseph and Sarah (Martin) Alexander,
and maternal granddaughter of Ithiel and Elizabeth
(Tuttle) Dodd. Joseph Alexander came from the
North of Ireland, and before the Revolution settled in
Mercer county, Pa., being one of the builders of the
Presbyterian church at Cool Spring, the first church
built in Mercer county. Ithiel Dodd, also among the
first settlers of Mercer county, was a descendant of
Daniel Dodd, who came from England and settled in
Connecticut in 1646. Robert McClure, Daniel Axtell,
and Ithiel Dodd had part in the erection of Fairfield
Presbyterian Church in the village of New Vernon, another of Mercer's first churches. George and Sarah
Elizabeth (Alexander) McClure were the parents of
eight children; Samuel Richard, of whom further;
Hannah Jeannette; Mary Ruth; Jennie Euphemia; William Alexander; Sarah Eunice; Audley Brown, and
Matilda Grace.
Samuel Richard McClure, son of George and Sarah
Elizabeth (Alexander) McClure, was born in Lake
township, Mercer county, Pa., July 31, I860. After attending the local public schools he entered Grove City
College and was graduated A. B. in the class of 1891, receiving his degree of Ph. D. in 1897, upon the completion
of special courses in political and social science. He
began teaching while a college student, first in the district public schools of Mercer county, later in institutions of more advanced grade. He taught at the West
Freedom Academy in Clarion county, was principal of
North Washington Academy, Butler county, and taught
in North Braddock High School until promoted to the
principalship. For seven years he supervised the work
of this institution, in which he maintained high scholastic standards, and during that time he was active in organized educational endeavor throughout the district.
During this period Mr. McClure began reading law
under the preceptorship of Robert E. Stewart and Horace Thomas, and in 1900 was admitted by the board of
examiners to the Allegheny county bar. He established
an office in Pittsburgh in the same year, and has since devoted himself to legal work, acquiring a large clientele.
Mr. McClure is a member of the Allegheny County Bar
Association, and in two decades of general practice has
gained reputation as a learned and able lawyer, devoted
alike to his clients' interests and the highest aims of his
calling.
Mr. McClure's resignation from the principalship of
the North Braddock High School did not sever his
relations with educational affairs, for he has since 19oo
served continuously as a member of the North Braddock Board of Education. He has also kept in touch
with school matters, serving as president of the Allegheny County School Directors' Association and as president of the directors' department of the Pennsylvania
State Educational Association, accepting the responsibilities and opportunities of these offices as a civic duty he
would not evade.
Among his extensive fraternal connections are hisaffiliations with Braddock's Field Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Pittsburgh Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; Syria Temple ( Shriners); Braddock's Field Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows;
Valletta Commandery, Knights of Malta; and Monongahela Council, Order of Independent Americans. In
religious faith he is a Presbyterian and an elder of the
First Church of Braddock. Through professional, civic,
fraternal and church relations, Mr. McClure touches
almost every interest in community life, and his friends
are legion.
Mr. McClure married, Aug. 18, 1897, Jennie Hamill,
daughter of William Trimble and Mary (Ray) Hamill,
of Indiana, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. McClure are the parents
of five children: Robert Hamill; Mary Elizabeth;
George William; Eleanor Ruth, and Jeannette Eunice. 
WILLIAM H. LATSHAW-The lessons of life
which have real value are gleaned from biographies
wherein are set forth the plans and methods which lead
the individual into large and successful undertakings.
Carlyle has said, "biography is the most interesting reading as well as the most profitable reading," and it can be
truthfully said that the life story of the late William H.
Latshaw reads like a romance. To rise from a comparatively poor boy to the dignity of a prominent place
among the leaders of business and finance in an important
city is an example such as should be spread before the
vision of earnest youths who are hoping by their struggles and self-sacrifices, and by plodding, to eventually
climb to the pinnacles of greatness. Pittsburgh is a big
city, a city of big men, a center of learning whereto are
drawn many of the nation's illustrious thinkers. And
the standard of eminence in the city of Pittsburgh is
proportionate, so that when it is appreciated that the
comparatively poor boy, by his own efforts, his ability,
his study, his natural capacity of mind, and his rigid
adherence to the strictest principles of honor, advanced
himself to the foremost among the leaders of the city, it
will be acknowledged as an achievement worthy of permanent inclusion in a work of this character, if for
nothing else than for the inspiration it will bring to some
young men who toil, and in their toil need encouragement to continue until the achievement of success. The
study of the life story of William H. Latshaw, who
started his many years of effort cheerfully and hopefully,
with apparently scant opportunity, will be of help to
more than one boy similarly placed.
William H. Latshaw was born in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Sept. 3, 1855, a son of Peter William Henry and Elizabeth Cook (Aughinbaugh) Latshaw. The father of
William H. Latshaw was associated as a partner with
the late Joshua Rhodes in the grain business, and they
were also the owners and operators of the Eagle Cotton
Mills on Sandusky street, Allegheny City (now North
Side, Pittsburgh). When William H. Latshaw was
three years of age his parents removed to Des Moines,
Iowa, but returned to Pittsburgh when he had attained the
age of seven years. For seven years he was a pupil
of the old First Ward school, and after completing his
studies, entered upon his business career. Mr. Latshaw's
first position was with the Pittsburgh  Cleveland Railroad Company, and when he left this he found employment with the Allegheny National Bank, in whose service he remained for a period of seven years. He then
became associated with Joshua Rhodes, in 1876, in the
Pennsylvania Tube Company, the responsible position of
secretary and treasurer being assigned him. When the
company became merged with the National Tube Company in 1899, Mr. Latshaw was elected to the office of
assistant treasurer, with offices in Pittsburgh. Not long
afterward, he was elected to the office of third vicepresident and manager of the sales department, the duties
of which offices he discharged with such exceptional
executive ability and success that he was honored by
election to the second vice-presidency and was given
charge of the local financial matters, while he still continued in charge of the sales department. Later, he was
elected to the office of first vice-president, but the accumulated duties of these various offices had an ill-effect
upon the health of Mr. Latshaw, and he retired from the
active management of affairs in 1903, although his counsel was frequently sought as director of various concerns. During the many years that he was connected
with this institution Mr. Latshaw  was a power in the
financial world, exerting a most wholesome and inspiring
influence. His mature judgment and ripe experience
caused him to be much sought as an astute and capable
advisor, his conservatism making him a factor of safety
in business interests. Besides his connection with the
National Tube Company, Mr. Latshaw was also a director
of the Colonial Trust Company, the Germania Bank, the
Allegheny National Bank, and the Standard Engineering
company.
As a citizen, with exalted ideas of good government
and civic virtue, Mr. Latshaw stood in the front rank,
and wherever substantial aid would further public progress, it was freely given. Belonging as he did to that representative class of American business men who promote
public progress in advancing individual prosperity, Mr.
Latshaw's private interest never precluded active participation in movements and measures which in any way
would assist the advancement of the community and its
people in which he lived.
He was a Republican in politics and as a vigilant and
attentive observer of men and measures, holding sound
opinions and taking liberal views, his ideas carried
weight among those with whom he discussed public
problems. His rapidity of judgment enabled him, in the
midst of incessant business activity, to give to the affairs of the community effort and counsel of genuine
value, and his penetrating thought often added wisdom
to public movements. Ever ready to respond to any deserving call made upon him, the full number of his
benefactions will, in all probability, never be known, for
his charity was that kind that shuns publicity, and his
left hand never knew what his right distributed.
Mr. Latshaw was also well known and liked in fraternal circles of the city, he being a member of the
various Masonic bodies, and the Duquesne Club, the
Pittsburgh Club, the Pittsburgh Country Club and the
Pittsburgh Athletic Association. In religious affiliations,
he and his family were members of the Presbyterian
church, and he took an active interest in its affairs.
Mr. Latshaw married, Dec. 14, I88o, Ann Wilson
Filman, a daughter of Anthony and Frances (Wilson)132                                     HISTORY OF PITTSBJJRGH
Filman, well known and highly respected residents of this   judge of the Court of Common Pleas No. 2 of Allegheny
city.  Mrs. Latshaw is a lady of true refinement and cul-   county, Nov.  5, I9oo, and later, upon  the consolidature, possessed of those qualities that make the ideal   tion of the Common Pleas courts, he became president
home-maker and accomplished hostess, and was a fitting  judge of the reorganized Common Pleas court, serving
helpmate to her husband.  Mr. and Mrs. Latshaw be-   until January, 1915.  In November, 1914, Judge Frazer
came the parents of three children, as follows:  I. Henry   was elected a justice of the Supreme Court of PennHart, married Sarah Verner Lloyd, of Pittsburgh, and   sylvania  for the term  1914-1936.   Judge  Frazer  is a
they are the parents of a son, John  Lloyd Latshaw   United Presbyterian.  His clubs are the Duquesne, Pittsand a daughter, Ann Wilson Latshaw.  Mr. Latshaw is   burgh Golf, and Pittsburgh Country.
associated with the Dollar Savings Bank of Pittsburgh.        He married, Sept. 25, 1879, in Upper St. Clair town--
2. William, resides at home with his mother.  He is also   ship, Allegheny county, Pa., Loretta Gilfillan, who died
a well-known business man of this city. 3. Frances, who   Dec. 16, 1908.  Their children are John G., a member of
is the wife of Claude F. Pugh, of Pittsburgh, and they   the Allegheny county bar; Robert E., of Akron, Ohio;
are the parents of a daughter, Anne Virginia Pugh.            and Sarah, who lives at home.  Judge Frazer's residence
Through  all the varied responsibilities of life Mr.   is at No. IIoo Shady avenue. 
Latshaw acquitted himself with dignity, fidelity and
honor, and won the approbation and esteem of opponents           HON.   MALACHI   G.  LESLIE-Among   those
as well as  friends.   His  large experience and  great   Scotch groups who settled in that section of the State of
energy were displayed in all the enterprises that he had   Pennsylvania now known as Westmoreland county, and
undertaken, and he was eminently a thoroughly practical   there gave their strength and their ability to the building
and true type of a self-made man.  Democratic in his   of a new community, one of the most prominent and
manners and associations, he nevertheless was cool, cal-   active was the Leslie family.  The hard conditions of
culating and safe in all his business transactions.  He   pioneer life demand  that rugged  strength, endurance,
was a man of strong and clear convictions, which are   initiative, and resourcefulness with which the Scotch are
the result of independent thought and careful study. He   so abundantly blessed, and it is to their sterling qualiwas a man  of culture and refinement, which, coupled   ties that many sections of this country are indebted for
with his genial manner and warmth of his attraction   the firm foundations upon  which later prosperity has
towards friends, had secured for him a high place in the   been built.  German thoroughness and patience added its
affection and esteem of his circle of acquaintances.  His   contribution to the heritage of the American Leslies, and
heart was ever in ready sympathy with the sorrows of   the combination produced valuable citizens.  The Leslies
the unfortunate, and his hand was ever ready to con-   came from Scotland soon after the Revolution, but the
tribute to the alleviation of distress.                        maternal  line, the Huffmans,  came  from Holland  to
But perhaps the most beautiful traits of his character   Lancaster county about 1777.  Malachi and Martha Ann
were his strong domestic sentiment and habits, which   (Huff man)  Leslie lived on a farm in Westmoreland
impelled him to seek his greatest happiness in the family   county for many years, and there all the seven sons were
circle, and render him its joy and its light.  He was a   born.   Captain  Malachi  Leslie, farmer and merchant,.
plain man whom prosperity had not elated.  His man-   was a three years' veteran of the Civil War, served as
ners were those of a genuine gentleman, frank, ready,   Captain of Company H, 206th Pennsylvania Heavy Arand courteous.  He looked with pride to his early life  tillery, and died in I868 as a result of exposure during
with its struggles and hardships, not so much to con-   service, leaving six of his seven sons to become progenitrast it with his later position, but to teach the lessons  tors of long lines of worthy citizens.
Of his success.  In social life he was universally respected     Malachi G. Leslie, son of Captain Malachi and Martha
by all classes of citizens.  In the large circle of his ac-   Ann (Huffman) Leslie, of Burrell, Pa., was born April
quaintances he formed his opinions regardless of worldly   6, 1864.  When four years of age, Malachi G., or "Max"
wealth and position.  He had labored, and not in vain,   Leslie, as he is familiarly known. to thousands in Pittsfor his city, state and nation, and enjoyed in a marked   burgh, was brought to Pittsburgh, where he attended the
degree that reward of an honest citizen, the respect and   public schools and then went to Duff's Commercial Colconfidence and love of his fellowmen.                         lege, from which he was graduated.  Alert, energetic,
resourceful, he soon won recognition, and at the early
HON.  ROBERT  SELLERS  FRAZER, justice of   age of twenty-three was appointed chief deputy revenue
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, son of Caleb T.   collector of Pittsburgh, the responsible duties of which
and Sarah J. (Baker) Frazer, was born in Fayette City,   office he ably and efficiently discharged until 1894, when
Pa., and began his education in the public schools.  He   he became a member of the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange.
continued his studies in private schools, preparing at   In 1909 he was made vice-president of the Donald McWest  Chester  Military  Academy,  later entering  the   Neil Company, general contractors, and of the National
University of Pittsburgh. He prepared for the pro- Construction Company.
fession of law, was admitted to the Allegheny county            Mr. Leslie holds a responsible place among the busibar, March 29, 1873, and began practice in Pittsburgh.   ness men  of Pittsburgh, but he is best known to the
A  Republican in politics, he was elected to the State   people of his city because of his long connection with
Legislature in 1877, 1878, and 1879, then continued in  city and state governmental affairs and because of his.
successful practice until 1896, when he was elected judge   activity in civic advancement, having been for the past
of the Court of Common  Pleas No. 2, of Allegheny   three decades a supporter of every movement designed
county, being reelected in 1906. He was made president  to make the city a better place in which to live. He was4c
p    pa member of the Pittsburgh Common Council from 1896
to 1904, serving as president from 1901 to 1902, and during the same period serving as chairman of the Republican City Executive Committee; he served as delinquent
tax collector for Allegheny county from 1909 to 1913,
and in 1918 was elected to represent his section in the
State Senate for four years. That the confidence of his
constituents has not been misplaced is being demonstrated
by his faithful and efficient discharge of the responsible
duties of that office. In I908 he served as delegate to
the National Convention that nominated President Taft,
and in 1920 to the convention that nominated President
Harding, and since 1904 has been continuously a member of the Republican State Executive Committee. Mr.
Leslie is a life member of the Americus Republican Club
and of the Young Men's Republican Tariff Club. He
is also affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, with the Fraternal Order of Eagles, with the
Knights of the Maccabees, the Junior Order of American
Mechanics, and is a life member of the Pittsburgh Press
Club.
Mr. Leslie married, Dec. 5, 1889, Lillian Bell Over, of
Pittsburgh, and to the marriage were born three children: I. Marie Bell, who married Ernest Albert Stifel,
and has one son, Ernest A. (2). 2. Inez Bryson, who
married Abraham Hopkins, and has a son, Malachi Leslie. 3. Artemis Cameron, who is a graduate of Prince.
ton University, class of 1919. He enlisted in the World
War, was assigned to aviation service at Princeton
Campus, and was just completing his training when the
Armistice was signed. He is a student in the University
of Pennsylvania Law School, class of 1923. He married
Margaret Sutcliffe, of Trenton, N. J. Mrs. Leslie died
March 15, 1909. She was a daughter of George W. and
Susan (Bell) Over, the latter a sister of General John
Bell. The family are members of the Butler Street
Methodist Episcopal Ghurch.
GENERAL ALBERT J. LOGAN, president of the
A. J. Logan Company, and identified as an officer or
director with various other financial, civic, philanthropic,
and military organizations of the city, has long held a
position of prominence in the industrial world of Pittsburgh. His parents, James and Elvira Mathilda (Gill)
Logan, were descendants of pioneer families who were
foremost in their time in the work of building communities in the wilderness. His great-grandfather, John
Gill, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving as
a private in the Fifth Pennsylvania Line. The family
were all staunch adherents of what is now the United
Presbyterian church, and contributed largely to the religious and civic life of their communities.
Albert J. Logan, son of James and Elvira M. (Gill)
Logan, was born at East Liberty, now a part of Pittsburgh, July 7, 1857. He attended the schools of the
city, and then entered the Pennsylvania Military College, Chester, Pa., where he remained for two years,
leaving in 1876. In 1878 he became shipping clerk and
salesman in the employ of a firm engaged in the upholstering business, and in 1882, having gained a wide practical experience, he went into business for himself under
the firm name of A. J. Logan  Company, manufacturing mattresses and bedding. He continued this business,
adding similar lines of production, and constantly enlarged the business until I908, when the business was
incorporated and continued as the A. J. Logan Company,
Mr. Logan serving as president of the company, Robert
B. Harrison as vice-president, Charles C. Bright as secretary, Frank M. Weikal as treasurer, and Thomas F.
Walter as manager of sales.
During these years, filled with the cares of a large
and growing business, he was called upon to fill many
positions of trust in the commercial, civic, and political
life of the city and State. He was director of an insurance company, the Bellefield Company, and of the
Bank of Pittsburgh, National Association. He was the
leading spirit in securing the organization of the Pittsbugh and Allegheny Furniture Exchange, which for a
number of years was of great value to the industry and
a mutual benefit to the members. In 1884 he actively
assisted in the celebration of the opening of the Davis
Island dam, and during the Allegheny Centennial celebration, Sept. 24, 25, and 26, 1888, he very successfully
managed the providing of quarters and subsistence for
the visiting military organizations from Ohio, West
Virginia, and Pennsylvania. He was one of the original
members of the committee organized by the Chamber
of Commerce in 1894 to study the question of a ship
canal to Lake Erie, and helped organize the Lake Erie
and Ohio River Ship Canal Commission which made
the first survey and report concerning the possibilities
of building this water way between Pittsburgh and the
Great Lakes, and he was one of the organizers and vicechairman of the Pittsburgh Flood Commission in 1908,
which has done such effective work in protecting Pittsburgh and neighboring communities from the muchdreaded floods, as well as in relieving suffering caused
by floods. He was also one of the committee sent to
Johnstown at the time of the great flood, being one of
the first on the field and one of the most active in providing and caring for supplies and in ministering to the
afflicted. In 1893 he served as secretary of the Citizens'
Committee that secured voluntary contributions to the
amount of nearly $300,000 and gave employment to hundreds of workmen who were thrown out of their positions by the financial depression of that time. He was
also executive director of the Citizens' Committee that
arranged for the Twenty-eighth national encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic in the city of Pittsburgh, September, 1894, making the unique record of
providing for and paying expenses amounting to nearly
$IOO,ooo and having a large unexpended balance to be
returned to contributors. He was a member of the
Soldiers' Relief Commission, which during the summer
and fall of 1898 provided food and shelter to soldiers
with transportation to their homes. Thus in many and
diverse ways General Logan has served his community,
his State, and his Nation.
He has been an active worker and a director in the
Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh since 1892, serving for several years as vice-president and for two years
as president (1902-03), besides serving on many important
committees. He is also an active member of the Oakland Board of Trade, and a member of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, of which body he served as director in 1912-13. He is a past vice-president and formany years was a director of the Western Pennsylvania
Hospital, and is a director of the Historical Society of
Western Pennsylvania.
Politically, he is a Republican and has taken considerable interest in party work. In 1884, he was one of the
founders of the Americus Republican Club. In 1914, after
much urging by friends, he became a candidate for the
office of congressman-at-large in Pennsylvania, on the
Republican primary ticket, entering the field some weeks
later than other candidates in the field. Failing of the
support of Philadelphia, he was not elected, though he
received a large vote throughout the State. In the campaign for securing legislation providing for the annexation of Allegheny to the city of Pittsburgh, he was one
of the leaders, and he served on the committee that arranged the united cities into new wards. When the Department of City Planning was established, he was appointed upon the commission in charge of the work, and
for two years served as chairman of the commission,
giving much study to the subject and making many valuable suggestions.
General Logan entered the military service of the
State as private in Company F, 18th Regiment Infantry
(Duquesne Greys), Pittsburgh, in July, 1875, but
through some oversight no proper record was made until
Feb. 2, 1876. He served as a non-commissioned and
commissioned officer to that of colonel in command of
this regiment. He served with this company during the
Railroad Riots at Pittsburgh and the Coal Riots in Luzerne county during 1877, and during this service passed
to the grades of corporal and sergeant. In December,
1877, he was transferred to Company G of the same regiment, and was appointed sergeant, Nov. I6, 1878; first
sergeant, July 12, 1879; first lieutenant, Aug. 5, I88o;
captain, March 17, 1881; and resigned Sept. 8, 1882. On
July 2, 1885, he was again elected captain of Company
G, 18th Regiment, which position he held until February, 1887. On March 5, I89I, he was appointed major
and quartermaster on the staff of Brigadier-General John
A. Wiley, of the Second Brigade, with whom he served
in the industrial disturbances at Mount Pleasant in 1891,
at Homestead in 1892, and at Punxsutawney in 1894.
On Jan. 29, 1895, he was appointed colonel and quartermaster general of the State on the staff of Governor
Daniel H. Hastings, and served in that capacity during
the year 1898 when the call to arms, resulting from the
war with Spain, made sudden demand for quick transportation and housing of troops at Mt. Gretna, which
was accomplished with so much credit to the National
Guard through the successful work of his department.
On Aug. 17, 1898, he was elected colonel of the 17th
Regiment, National Guard, Pennsylvania. On Jan. 13,
I9oo, he was assigned to duty on the staff of Governor
William A. Stone as colonel of the 17th Regiment. On
Feb. 24, 1903, he was appointed colonel and commissary
general of State on the staff of Governor Samuel W.
Pennypacker, on which he served four years. He was
reappointed to the same position, Feb. 14, 1907, on the
staff of Governor Edwin S. Stuart. On May 17, 1909,
he was elected colonel of the 18th Regiment, National
Guard, Pennsylvania. On Sept. 12, 1912, he was appointed by Governor John A. Tener brigadier-general
of the National Guard, Pennsylvania, and assigned to
the command of the Second Brigade.
On the call of the president of the United States for
State troops to serve on the Mexican border, General
Logan, in response to the orders of the governor of
Pennsylvania, reported on June 22, 1916, to Mt. Gretna,
with his command, the Second Brigade of Pennsylvania
Infantry, consisting of his headquarters and the 10th,
16th and 18th Regiment Infantry, Pennsylvania National
Guard, and on July 4, 1916, proceeded with his command
to El Paso, Texas, where he remained in the Federal
service until Jan. 3, 1917, when the troops in his command were ordered returned to Pennsylvania, and on
Jan. 17, 1917, was returned to the State service. On the
call of the President for the National Guard for service
in the World War, General Logan was ordered on duty
with his command, the 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry
Brigade, July 15, 1917, his command being designated for
Federal service, the 56th Infantry Brigade, 28th Division.
The command was mobilized in Pennsylvania at their
home stations. On Aug. 5, 1917, the National Guard
was drafted into the Federal service, and General Logan
was commissioned a brigadier-general in the National
army and assigned to command the 56th Infantry
Brigade, 28th Division, and on orders from the Department of the East left Pittsburgh, Aug. 23, 1917, with his
headquarters for Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., arriving
there Aug. 25, 1917. Early in September all the units
of the brigade having arrived, the work of reorganizing
the brigade, in accordance with the new table of army
organization for an infantry brigade and training, was
proceeded with. The 10th Regiment was transferred to
the 55th Infantry Brigade; the 16th and 18th regiments
left as base regiments for the 56th Infantry Brigade. To
the 16th Regiment were added officers and men from the
8th Pennsylvania Infantry, and to the 18th Regiment
officers and men from the 6th Pennsylvania Infantry to
bring their numbers up to the requirements of the table
of army organization. The 18th Regiment became the
111th Infantry and the 16th Regiment the 112th Infantry. These regiments of infantry with the 109th Machine
Gun Battalion (the latter being from Units of the disbanded organization of the Pennsylvania National
Guard) with the Brigade headquarters consisting of five
commissioned officers and eighteen enlisted men became
the 56th Infantry Brigade, 28th Division, that entered
the service for the World War, with a total strength of
officers and men of 8,415. The supervision of the reorganization of that brigade and the training was under
the direction and command of General Logan until Jan.
30, 1918, when he was relieved of his command and honorably discharged from service on account of physical
disability, thus ending his active military service which
had covered a long period of years.
Returning to Pittsburgh, he associated himself with
many activities for the support of the nation's war
strength, becoming an active member of the Allegheny
County Branch of the Council of National Defence; of
the Pittsburgh War Service Committee; of the Four Minute Men Service; and of the War Service Committee
of the National Association of Bedding Manufacturers;
in all of which organizations he did effective service,
giving freely of his time and of his means. Mr. Logan'sreligious affiliation is with the Presbyterian church, and
he is a member of the sons of the Revolution, Duquesne
Club, Fired Club, and Pittsburgh Athletic Association.
Mr. Logan married, Sept. 6, 1882, Susan E. Murphy,
daughter of Colonel John and Sarah (Price) Murphy,
of Pittsburgh. He is a life-long resident of Pittsburgh.
GEORGE M. HOSACK-A former member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Mr. Hosack has
been active in the legal profession for thirty years, and
occupies a position of prominence and importance in his
calling. He is a son of Alexander Blackburn Hosack, a
descendant of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and Eliza (Wrigley)
Hosack, who was born in England and came to the
United States in childhood.
George M. Hosack was born in Dayton, Armstrong
county, Pa., Oct. 7, I866. He attended the Dunbar
schools, and in I886 was graduated from the Connellsville High School. Upon his graduation he entered the
employ of Wood, Morrell  Company at Wheeler, serving with them in the capacity of clerk until the fall of
1887, when he entered the literary department of the
University of Michigan, specializing in the study of
economics in the School of History and Political Science.
In the fall of 1899 he entered the law department of the
same institution, graduating in 1891 with the degree of
Bachelor of Laws, and being admitted to practice in the
Circuit and Supreme courts of Michigan. In the same
year he entered the office of S. Leslie Mestrezat, of Uniontown, Pa., later a justice of the Supreme Court, and
was admitted to the Fayette county bar in 1892, and
after one year's practice moved to Pittsburgh. At this
time he was admitted to the Allegheny county bar, the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the United States
District and Circuit courts. His legal practice has been
devoted largely to corporation work, although he has in
several instances opposed important corporate interests.
He is now senior member of the firm of Hosack, Wickersham  Hosack, his son, George M. Hosack, Jr., and
Frank B. Wickersham, Jr., son of Judge Frank B. Wickersham, of Dauphin county, his professional associates.
Corporate taxation has been a subj ect to which Mr.
Hosack has devoted long and continuous study, and when,
under war conditions, taxes became so numerous and
varied, he was an organizer of the corporation, Hosack
 Hartman, Inc., of which he is president. This company engages exclusively in the preparation of all kinds
of State and Federal tax reports and the adjustment of
taxes.
Mr. Hosack is a Republican in political faith, and
throughout his entire active career has participated in
political action. Among his early associates in party
councils were Frank M. Fuller, former secretary of the
commonwealth, and John R. Byrne, chairman of the
Fayette County Republican Committee. Mr. Hosack
became secretary of the Republican County Committee
of Fayette county, and served in that capacity until his
removal to Pittsburgh, where he continued his interest
in party affairs and filled positions on ward, city and
county committees. It is significant of his rise to popularity and influence in his new home that within three
years after changing his residence he was nominated for
the House of Representatives and was elected from the
Fifth Pittsburgh District with a majority of more than
13,ooo. He was subsequently reelected to the sessions of
1899 and 1901. He became recognized even in his first
term as a useful and influential member. As chairman
of the Oleo (Margarine) Investigation he secured a reorganization of the Dairy and Food Commissioner's
office, and won popularity and admiration by his refusal
to accept mileage allowance from the state while serving
upon a legislative investigating committee on the ground
that having the use of a railroad pass he was not entitled
to charge for mileage. As a result of this declaration
the State saved $50,000 during that session, and the
practice was discontinued. In the session of 1899 Mr.
Hosack was appointed chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee, a position always difficult, but particularly
trying at that time because of a deficit of $4,ooo,ooo, and
the promotion of a project for the erection of a new
State capitol to replace the one which had been burned
two years before. He introduced a number of measures
which were enacted into law through his sturdy championship, one of them known as the Bonus Act, relating
to foreign corporations, which places them upon an
equal basis with domestic corporations, an act that has
brought hundreds of thousands of dollars into the State
Treasury. His productive activity was recognized in the
passing of appropriate resolutions of gratitude by the
Ways and Means Committee, from which the following
is an excerpt: "Mr. Hosack has shown himself well
equipped for the position, with a broad and comprehensive knowledge of the subject of taxation, and has been
uniformly consistent and fair to all parties-that we, the
Committee of Ways and Means of the House, tender
him our thanks for his effort and the results accomplished at the present session." This resolution was
signed by Quay, anti-Quay, and Democratic members
alike, and was an expression of the general appreciation
of his disinterested and devoted service. During this
same session and in that of 1901 Mr. Hosack was a
member of the corporations committee, and assisted in
securing legislation of importance and benefit to business interests and the people-at-large. Mr. Hosack is a
member of the Masonic order, holding membership in
Lodge, Chapter, Commandery and Shrine. He is also
a member of the Duquesne Club and the Pittsburgh
Athletic Association. Since his college years he has belonged to the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He is a
director of St. Francis Hospital, and gives generously
of his means and time to the furtherance of all movements for the common good.
George M. Hosack married, Nov. I6, 1893, Della Clark,
daughter of William P. Clark, of Connellsville, Pa.
They are the parents of two children: George M., Jr.,
and Margaret, who married Francis O'Hara Moreland,
and has one son, Francis O'Hara, Jr.
George M. Hosack, Jr., is his father's associate in the
firm of Hosack, Wickersham  Hosack. He enlisted in
the United States army during the World War, and
served from April 12, 1917, to March 28, 1919, in Company K, 111th Regiment, United States Infantry (formerly 18th Infantry, Pennsylvania National Guard). He
saw service in the following maj or engagements:
Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne, and MeuseArgonne, and Thiaucourt Defensive Sector. He is now
first lieutenant in the 176th Regiment of Field Artillery,
National Guard of Pennsylvania.MATTHEW BROWN RIDDLE, D. D., LL. D.One of the eminent names in Biblical research, and in
the critical and commentary literature so prolific during the last quarter of the nineteenth century, was that
of Matthew Brown Riddle, scholar and educator, and
for years professor of New Testament Exegesis at the
Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh.
Professor Riddle was a son of David H. Riddle, also
a man of high scholastic attainments, and president of
Jefferson College from 1857 until 1862. He married
Elizabeth Blaine Brown, daughter of Matthew Brown,
the first president of Washington College, and later
president of Jefferson College.
Matthew Brown Riddle was born in Pittsburgh, Oct.
I7, 1836. In early childhood he displayed remarkable
mental capacity, and his home atmosphere was such as
to develop it to the utmost. At the age of ten years
he was able to read Latin, and he read Greek at the
age of eleven. His classical studies were begun at the
old Western University of Pennsylvania (now the University of Pittsburgh), and he entered the sophomore
class of Jefferson College at the age of thirteen years.
He was graduated from this institution in the class of
1852, taking the second honor. Early determining upon
the ministry as his field of future effort, the young
man entered the Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, but completed his course at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, N. J.,
from which institution he was graduated in 1859.
Meanwhile, during the college year of 1857-58, he was
professor of Greek at Jefferson College. In May, 1859,
Professor Riddle was licensed to preach by the Classis
of Bergen, Reformed (Dutch) church. In I86o-6I he
studied for a considerable period at the University of
Heidelberg, Germany, then for a few months served as
chaplain of the Second Regiment, New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. From 1862 until 1869 he was pastor of
churches in Hoboken and Newark, N. J. Thereafter
for two years he traveled in Europe, and upon his return accepted the chair of New Testament Exegesis, at
Hartford Theological Seminary, Hartford, Conn. He
filled this important chair from 1871 until 1887, a period
of sixteen years, then accepted the same chair at the
Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh.
During these, the best years of his life, years of
ripened intellect, yet of the full vigor of manhood,
Professor Riddle made many contributions of permanent value to the religious literature of his time. In
1871 he was appointed a member of the New Testament revision commission, which was formed in that
year. He translated and edited the epistles to the Romans, Galatians, Ephesians and Colossians for the American edition of Lange's "Commentary." He contributed to Schaff's "Popular Illustrated Commentary on the
New Testament," and in 1883-84 edited the Gospels of
Mark and Luke for the American edition of H. A. W.
Meyer's "Commentary." He revised and edited Robinson's "Harmony of the Gospels," both in Greek and
in English. He also edited parts of Bishop Coxe's edition of "The Ante-Nicene Fathers," contributing "The
Teachings of the Twelve Apostles," and "The Second
Clement," and editing "The New Testament Apocrypha." He also edited for "The Nicene Fathers," by the
same author, Chrysostom's "Homilies on Matthew," and
Augustine's "Harmony of the Gospels." In 1895 Professor Riddle published an "Outline Harmony of the
Four Gospels." He was the author, editor and translator of twenty-two volumes in all. He contributed a
series of articles on the New Testament to the "American Supplement of the Encyclopedia Britannica" on the
following subjects: "The Hebrews," "The New Testament," "Paul," "The Pastoral Epistles," "Peter," "The
Phillipians," "Revelations," "Romans," and "The Thessalonians," also articles of this nature for many other
works. He served on the editorial staff of the "Sunday
School Times" (Philadelphia), and furnished the critical notes on the New Testament, which are a leading
feature of that periodical.
In 1870 Franklin and Marshall College conferred
upon Professor Riddle the degree of Doctor of Divinity, in 1894 the Western University of Pennsylvania
(now the University of Pittsburgh), conferred upon
him the degree of Doctor of Laws, and in 1896 Princeton University conferred upon him the degree of D. D.
He was a trustee of Washington and Jefferson College, and was a member of the Loyal Legion. He died
Aug. 30, 1916.
On Aug. 2I, 1862, Professor Riddle married Anna
M. Walther, of Heidelberg, Germany. Children: Walther, chemist at Mellon Institute, and president of the
Highland Iron Company; Mary Moorhead, wife of
Bishop Herman Page, of the Diocese of Spokane; Susanne, wife of Lieut. Russell S. Paine, of Worcester,
Mass.
JOHN STEVENS RANKING, M. D.-The Rankin
family is of Scotch-Irish origin, and has been prominently identified with the growth and development of
Western Pennsylvania since before the Revolution. The
illustration with this sketch is that of the late John
Stevens Rankin, M. D., a well known physician who
practiced in Pittsburgh thirty-five years, during which
time he served actively on the staff of the Homoeopathic
Hospital for twenty-five years preceding his demise at
his residence, No. 827 South Negley avenue, Pittsburgh,
April 21, I899.
Thomas Rankin, his first American ancestor, emigrated with his wife, Elener, and their three sons, John,
William and James, from the North of Ireland in
1760, and after trying the Laurel Ridge section for a
short time settled upon a tract of 331 1/2 acres called
"Tyburn" in what is now Washington county, Pa., near
the village of Linden, about midway between Finleyville and Canonsburg. It was then in Augusta county,
Va. The station called Mollenauer on the Wheeling
branch of the Baltimore  Ohio railroad is on the easterly side of that tract, which before his death in 1814
he divided into three farms about equal in size and
deeded them to his three sons, the westerly one to William, the middle one to James, and the easterly one to
John. The deeds are on record at Washington, Pa.,
dated in I8o7, 1812, and 1813, respectively.
The easterly farm conveyed to John Rankin is now
owned by A. E. Mollenauer, and part of the farmhouse is log, which was probably the residence of
Thomas Rankin at the time of his death. His father
was Thomas Rankin, who was born in Scotland in
1704, and removed to the North of Ireland in 1716,
where his son Thomas, who emigrated to this country,
was born in 1728.
James Rankin was born in Ireland, in 1757, so that
he was no doubt the youngest of the three boys, and
was a mere child when his father located in the then
wilderness of Western Virginia. Family tradition has
it that he served ten years as a soldier, from 1775 to
1785-eight years in the Continental army, and two
years against the Indians. The Virginia records of
those border days are not as complete as we would
wish, but it is established by the affidavits of his
brother John (who also served with him), and of his
wife, Martha (Stevens) Rankin, filed in support of her
application for a pension, that he served in the Revolutionary War as a private from 1776 to 1779, and that
at the time of his discharge Biggs was his captain, and
Gibson was the commanding colonel. In Doddridge's
Notes at page I85, it is related that Benjamin Biggs
was a captain under Col. John Gibson, left in command
of Fort Laurens, erected in the fall of 1778 on the bank
of the Tuscarawas river near the present site of the
village of Bolivar in Tuscarawas county, Ohio. If he
was in that company that winter he suffered great hardship, and was fortunate in escaping with his life, for
the garrison of I50 men under Colonel Gibson was
nearly reduced to starvation during the bitterly cold
winter of 1778-1779, when they were besieged by a
force of British and Indians.
This James Rankin, on Jan. 10, 1792, married Martha
Stevens, daughter of Samuel and Lois ( Sanford)
Stevens, who having lost their money through the
depreciation of Continental currency in the Revolutionary War, emigrated from New Canaan, near Stamford, Conn. (where the family had settled in 1642) to
Washington county in the fall of 1789. Martha Stevens was born in White Plains, Conn., Aug. 12, 1771, and
died on the Rankin farm, Sept. 29, 1863, in her ninetythird year. Their children were: Hannah, John, Samuel, Mary, Rebecca, Thomas, Sarah, James, and Martha Ellen. Thomas married Catherine Wright, of near
Finleyville, Pa., and they removed to Nebraska and
became the progenitors of a large family.
John Rankin was born on the farm, "Tyburn," Jan.
27, 1795. He married Charlotte W. Lytle, of Pittsburgh, April I8, I8I8. They lived in Pittsburgh and in
McKeesport for a time, and later took up their residence in Carrollton, Carroll county, Ohio, where he
carried on business as a cabinet-maker. There he died
Jan. 27, 1846, and there he is buried. His widow later
took up her residence in Pittsburgh, where she died
Jan. I, 1872. John and Charlotte W. (Lytle) Rankin
had eight children: 1. James, born Feb. I5, I819, died
Sept. 21, 1894; married Margaret Palmer, and settled
in Iowa City, Iowa; ten children were born to them.
2. Mary Jane, born in October, I820, died in 1894; married James Moody; nine children were born to them. 3.
Martha Ann, born Nov. 8, 1822, died Dec. 24, 1900;
married David Merrill, and settled at Fort Davis, Tex.,
where they raised a family of six children. 4. Samuel,
died in infancy. 5. Martin W., born Oct. 27, 1826, died
at his residence in Hazelwood, Aug. I5, 1902; on March
I8, I858, he married Adaline McCurdy, and nine children were born to them, namely: i. Mary McCurdy, who
married S. Harvey Thompson, a member of the Pittsburgh bar; ii. Martha, died unmarried in I886; iii. Edwin G., of Blackshear, Ga.; iv. Harry M., died in infancy; v. Lillian Louise, wife of John M. McKibbin,
of Pittsburgh; vi. James Walter, Ph. D., Professor of
English at University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.; vii.
John Jay, of Pittsburgh; viii. Ada Lois, of Detroit,
Mich.; ix. Elizabeth, of Pittsburgh. Martin W. and his
brother Thomas carried on a wholesale grocery business on Smithfield street for some time, and for many
years before his death he was president of the Commercial National Bank which carried on business on
Fourth avenue, until it was merged into the Commonwealth Trust Company; he was an elder in the Hazelwood Presbyterian Church. 6. Catherine L., born Nov.
26, 1828, died unmarried, March 10, 1852. 7. John Stevens, of whom further. 8. Thomas, born in Carrollton, Ohio, Nov. II, 1834; he came to Pittsburgh as a
young man to go into business; he retired from the
wholesale grocery business in the early seventies, and
later removed his residence from Mt. Washington to
what later became Rankin borough, from which he removed to Tuscarora street, near Braddock avenue,
Pittsburgh, and from there he was buried after his.
death, Aug. 6, 1910; while a resident of Rankin, he
was an elder in the Presbyterian church at Braddock;
on Jan. I, I86I, he married Abbie Jane Olmsted, who
was born in Norwich, Conn.; they had one child, Clara
Lois, who married Dr. George A. Sloan, Jan. I, 1891;
they reside at No. 7609 Tuscarora street, Pittsburgh.
John Stevens Rankin was born in Carrolton, Ohio,
April 7, 1831. He was fifteen when his father died, and
he completed his academic education while teaching
from 185o to I856. He then entered Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, where he received his M. D.
degree, March 2, I858, and started out to practice his
profession at Carlisle, Pa. After six months he removed to Allegheny, where he had offices at No. I6I
Sandusky street until he removed to Pittsburgh in 1864,
and had offices at No. 288 Penn avenue, above Ninth
street, and at No. I9I Penn avenue, next door to
Library Hall, above Sixth street, from early in I868 to
the fall of 1872. He then removed to Nos. 59 and 6I
Grant street, where he continued his offices for a number of years, but took his family, April I, 1875, to live
in Shady Side, first on Fifth avenue, opposite Aiken
avenue, then on Aiken avenue, below Fifth avenue,
where they remained until April, 1887; from there he
moved to No. 58oI Fifth avenue, remaining until April
I, I892, when he removed the family residence and also
his office to No. 827 South Negley avenue, corner of
Howe street, where he continued his practice until his
death, April 21, 1899. He was prominently connected
with the Homceopathic Medical and Surgical Hospital
of Pittsburgh from its organization, and served on its
staff for twenty-five years prior to his death.
On Nov. 10, 1863, he married Louisa Giffin, daughter of Hervey and Margaret (Boggs) Giffin, at the
Giffin family home on the Brownsville road, in what
was then Lower St. Clair township, but is now in Knoxville borough, opposite Giffin avenue, Mt. Oliver borough. Six children were born to them: Charles Park,
George Herbert, Harry Howard, William Wirt, John
Quincy, and Louis Giffin. Three of these continue to
reside in Pittsburgh: George H. Rankin, a sketch of
whom follows; Harry H. Rankin, who took the degree
of Civil Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, and is practicing his profession; and Louis G.
Rankin, who is president of the Bankers' Guaranty
Mortgage Company. Charles P. Rankin and William
W. Rankin are actively engaged in business. John Q.
Rankin took his engineering degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic, and is practicing his profession in New
York City with the Foundation Company. Charles P.
Rankin married Bertha Breidwieser, in 1887. Their
only child, Ralph Ray, died June 30, 1916, aged twentythree years. Harry H. Rankin married Emily Boothe,
daughter of Willis A. Boothe, of the Pittsburgh bar,
in 1903. They have one child, Sarah B., now in school.
William W. Rankin married Lois Nuttall Robinsteen,
daughter of John Robinsteen, in 1903. Their only child,
Kenneth G., is a freshman at Columbia University.
John Q. Rankin married Helen Jane Hoyt, in 19o4.
They have one daughter, Janet, now in school. Louis
G. Rankin married Bessie Smith-Swindell, in I908.
They have one son, Edward S., attending school.
GEORGE HERBERT RANKIN was born Aug. II,
1869, at (old) No. 191 Penn street, Pittsburgh, Pa., the
second son of Dr. John S. Rankin and Louisa (Giffin)
Rankin, a sketch of whom precedes this.
In 1875 the family residence was removed from down
town to Shady Side, where he attended Liberty school,
and then the Central High School, graduating in 1887.
Not having made his choice of a career at that time,
he entered the accounting department of the H. C.
Frick Coke Company, in their Pittsburgh office, and
remained there until September, 1891, when he entered
the University of Virginia. For two years he devoted
his time to regular academic and law studies. Then he
entered the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he took a year and a half course, and then
took his examinations, being admitted to the Allegheny
county bar in September, 1894. Since then he has built
up a large civil practice, always working alone, but with
office associations with other members of the profession. His life has been spent in the Shady Side district, of Pittsburgh, and his residence is on Woodland
road, between Fifth and Wilkins avenues.
Along with his exacting professional duties, Mr.
Rankin has found time for numerous other interests.
He was one of the organizers of the Western Pennsylvania Audubon Society, and finds both pleasure and
intellectual profit in the study of birds. He is a member of the General Council of the Pittsburgh Academy
of Science and Art, and is a member of the Duquesne
Club, the Pennsylvania State Bar Association, the Allegheny County Bar Association, and the Western Pennsylvania Historical Society. He is a deacon in the Third
Presbyterian Church, and on the committee of management of the East Liberty Young Men's Christian Association. True to his inherited characteristics, he puts
into his work and into his civic and social activities the
energy, enterprise and initiative which bring success to
himself and render service to the community. Politically, Mr. Rankin is a Republican.
Mr. Rankin married Mabel Alice Brown, daughter
of Theodore F. Brown, a retired officer of the Pennsylvania railway system, and of Anna (Loomis) Brown.
She is a member of the Pittsburgh Chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution. They were married June
30, 1897, and have one child, Ruth, who was educated in
the Winchester Preparatory School, Wellesley College,
and in the Pennsylvania College for Women.
JOHN MELLOR-The influences which govern the
destiny of the individual are not always the great primal
forces of life. A habit of thought, a customary figure of
speech, and the healthful impulse of the normal human
being to see for himself-to know by investigation,
rather than by report-these are the forces which draw
men to new doors of opportunity, to new fields of
achievement. Because the accident of birth placed him
in the shadow of Sheffield, the great steel city of the
United Kingdom, and because the great steel city of
America is called the Sheffield of America, it was to
Pittsburgh that the steps of John Mellor were turned
when, as a youth of high aspirations and indomitable
determination to realize those aspirations, he turned his
back on the traditions of his childhood and sought the
place in which he should stand, a man among men, and
bear his share in the work of the world.
Mr. Mellor's ancestors were men of great force of
character and fine physical vitality. His father was
Sampson Mellor, a man of great stature and powerful
frame, and a blacksmith by trade. He was a man of
mighty will power, and governed his children autocratically. He lived to the age of ninety years, his death
occurring in 1920. He married Amelia Cook, a woman
slight of stature, of refined spirit, possessing remarkable intellectual talent, and an almost phenomenal memory. She lived to be eighty-seven years of age, her
death occurring on Jan. 7, 1922.
John Mellor was born at Wadsley Bridge, just across
the river Don from Sheffield, England, July I9, 1864.
His early years were such as those of every healthy
young lad, spent largely in the schoolroom, storing his
mind with the fundamentals of education, with the exception that in young Mellor's case his thirst for
knowledge made books a delight instead of a drudgery.
Too early for him was the door of the schoolroom
closed, by his father's decree that he should learn a
useful trade. The father's care was the economic
independence of the boy, and his own line of work
appealed to him as the only certain means to that end.
Accordingly the boy was apprenticed, at fourteen years
of age, to Henry Steel, of Bolsterstone, a fine type of
an old English country blacksmith. He lived. in the
home of Mr. Steel, and it was here that he first saw
real books, and he was allowed the use of the very
fine library. Inheriting largely his mother's mental4
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zl4nership in its later developments became the Harbison 
Walker Company, incorporated July 29, 1894, afterward
the Harbison~Walker Company, incorporated June 30,
1901. In 1902, in combination with other fire brick interests, the Harbison-Walker Refractories Company was
formed, Mr. Harbison filling the office of chairman of
the board of directors of this organization at the time of
his death. The Harbison-Walker Ref ractories Company
has become the most extensive of its kind in the United
States, operating thirty-three plants in Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Alabama, Wisconsin, and
Georgia.
His success, and his life was a success along most
comprehensive lines, was based upon a minutely thorough knowledge of the branch of manufacturing to
which he devoted his time and efforts. He was an authority on all matters relating to clays, especially those used
in the manufacture of fire bricks and for the lining of
high temperature furnaces. The following is quoted
from a history of his business life, which he wrote in
response to often urged requests of his sons: "The
Lord had very graciously guided every step; and my
habit on my return home to my room where I was then
boarding as a single man, was to thank the Lord for all
I had been led and cared for." "I to-day can only praise
Him for the gracious, kindly providence that has been
about me in my business relations, especially in giving
me the kind of men with whom I have been associated
in all these years, who have only one purpose before
them-to do a thoroughly honest business." It was characteristic of Mr. Harbison that he remained in close
touch with a large number of his employees, to whom
his sincere friendliness and constant sympathy were an
ever-present source of pleasure and inspiration.
For a long period Mr. Harbison was a member of the
First Presbyterian Church of Allegheny, but about
twenty-five years before his death he withdrew from that
congregation and united with the McClure Avenue Presbyterian Church, of which he became an elder. His
parental teaching, the influence of a God-fearing ancestry and deep personal convictions, early in life led him
to become a liberal contributor to the support and work
of the church, and for many years he followed the tithing
plan and gave ten per cent. of his income for the extension of the Kingdom. As his fortune grew he found
greater needs than this amount would supply, and his
gifts for religious and philanthropic uses came to include all of his income above his living expenses. He
was chairman of the board of directors and member of
the board of trustees of the Western Theological Seminary of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a member of the board of
directors of Grove City College, a liberal benefactor of
both institutions. He was also chairman of the board of
trustees of the Young Men's Christian Association, a
member of three committees of the Presbyterian General
Assembly, and a director of the Allegheny General Hospital, the Western Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane,
and the Presbyterian Hospital. While he was most intimately in touch with institutions in the vicinity of his
home, he ever felt it his privilege and pleasure to aid
undertakings of similar nature even when these were
quite far removed from his personal touch.
He was known as a generous friend of the Theological
Seminary of the West at Omaha, Neb., and the Dubuque
Theological Seminary for Foreigners at Dubuque, Iowa.
There was no individual or group in need of aid to reach
a higher plane of life that was not included in Mr. Harbison's universal sympathy. His love for humanity recognized no distinctions of color, creed, or condition. Nowhere was this catholicity of spirit more apparent than
in his earnest, fruitful efforts for the uplifting of the
negro. He was active in the Board of Freedmen of the
Presbyterian Church, and contributed largely to industrial schools throughout the South. Desiring to express
more completely his personal idea of the most efficacious
methods for the benefit of the negro, he founded Harbison College at Abbeville, S. C., and in addition to close
cooperation with the authorities of this institution during
his lifetime he insured the permanence and success of
this work by giving the land and buildings. The buildings of this institution were destroyed by fire after Mr.
Harbison's death, and his estate reorganized its work as
an agricultural college for colored boys, located at Irmo,
S. C. Here the school has a tract of 500 acres, which
are cultivated by the students under the direction of the
faculty. In addition to this land, which is used solely
by the school, 800 acres have been purchased and resold
in tracts of forty acres each to deserving and industrious
negro families who pay for the land from the proceeds
of their crops and are given title thereto upon the completion of payment. The only condition upon which the
deed is refused and money refunded, providing that the
new owner's reputation is clear, is in the event of his
failure to attend church and Sunday school with his
children. In the further development of this plan 2,400
acres are now being added for settlement, and in this
manner a prosperous, law-abiding, agricultural community of colored people is being built up, with the college
and church as its center. While Mr. Harbison's name
has not been so widely heralded as other benefactors of
the colored race, he was inspired by the spirit that gave
to the world and to the salvation of the negro race such
men as Armstrong and Frissell, and he was a loyal,
steadfast follower of the cause that was theirs.
Mr. Harbison married, Feb. I, 1870, Emma J. Boyd,
daughter of William Boyd, of the firm of William Boyd
 Sons, leading contractors, and they were the parents of
one daughter, Fanny, who died in her fourteenth year,
and two sons, William Albert and Ralph W.
Mr. Harbison died May 10, 1905. Physical life had not
been easy for him, but the shortcomings of his body
were more than atoned for by the vigor and wealth of
his spirit. This record of his strenuously active, boundlessly beneficial life may well end with the following
quotation from the writing of one of his associates in
religious work:
This man's faith worked out into his daily life. He
ever honored God. All his abundant prosperity he
ascribed to God. His sorrows and adversities he took
as discipline of the Father. He was sympathetic with
human souls; women trusted him; children loved him;
young men honored him, and rejoiced in his fellowship and sympathy. Experienced men depended upon
him with boundless confidence. He was truly able to
say: "The life which I now live in the flesh I live
by faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave
Himself for me."capacity, the lad read wisely, as well as extensively.
When a night school was opened for the benefit of the
farmer boys of the neighborhood, he attended the sessions regularly, and studied metallurgy, political economy, Latin, English literature, and shorthand.
Thus it was with an unusual fund of general information that John Mellor faced the world when, at the
age of eighteen years, he broke these ties and started
to see the world. He traveled all over England and
parts of Scotland and Wales, sight-seeing and financing
his own movements by work at his trade of blacksmith
in many different places. During this time he never
missed an opportunity of gaining knowledge. He read
much classical literature, and attended lectures on many
topics, by the most noted orators of the day.
In the course of his travels he heard many political
speeches, and not being mentally endowed by any universal pattern, he formed opinions of his own on every
public question. In I886 he returned to his native village on the occasion of a general election. He entered
into the struggle with great enthusiasm, and thereby
discovered himself possessed of oratorical powers of no
insignificant calibre. He was appointed district secretary for the Liberal candidate for Parliament, Home
Rule, Frederick Thorpe Mappin, and had the satisfaction of contributing largely to the overwhelming majority by which the public sentiment placed this candidate victorious over that of the opposition, who was of
high nobility.
Mr. Mellor continued his travels thereafter for some
months, always absorbing a wealth of practical experience, and the material for future mental development.
Meanwhile his physical hardihood had become remarkable, a tramp of fifty-two miles in a single day being not
unusual in his experience. On one of these tramps he
reached Liverpool, with no thought of a sea voyage, but
before the day was over he had fallen in with a chance
companion, the conversation had turned in this direction,
and the two had made a deposit on transportation to
Pittsburgh, "the Sheffield of America." The standing
of the Mellor family in their native town is shown by
the fact that on the occasion of the young man's final
leave-taking, the men of the mills where his father
worked for fifty years were released a quarter of an
hour earlier than usual in order that they might gather
at the station to wish him Godspeed. The plans for the
trip included a stay of two weeks in Pittsburgh, but
Mr. Mellor is still a resident of this city, and it may be
said, in passing, that his companion also remained in
Pittsburgh.
It was in March, 1887, that Mr. Mellor came to America, coming immediately to Pittsburgh. It was only a
short time before he determined to remain here, and
secured employment in the H. K. Porter Locomotive
Works, where he remained for more than six years,
working at his trade as blacksmith. But he was not to
follow this line of work for long. His self-education
was more than reading- it was culture in the truest
sense of the term. Spirit and mind had broadened and
developed with the absorption of the published thoughts
of the best writers, men whose work has lived long
after them, and is still the best literature, because it
dealt with the deep and fundamental truths of human
nature. The young man had read all, practically, of the
best in English literature. The poems of Homer were
as familiar to him as those of Tennyson, then Laureate
of England. In philosophy, political economy, and in
his occasional excursions into the realm of fiction, it
was always the writer of force and consummate art
that held his attention.
Thus it was that, as he came to an age when he
realized his own capabilities, and was able to appraise
with justice as well as enthusiasm the significance of
his tastes in relation to his future achievements, Mr.
Mellor was fearless when it came to the point of striking out in a new and untried field. The presentation
of the opportunity is a story in itself.
Mr. Mellor became a citizen of the United States by
naturalization, in 1892, and a few days later he was
elected secretary of the Republican party of the Eighteenth (now Tenth) Ward, of the city of Pittsburgh, and
took part in the election of that year, in which Grover
Cleveland defeated Benjamin Harrison. As feeling ran
high Mr. Mellor gave expression to a popular current
of sentiment in verse, following the form of "A Salt
River Ticket," used then as a political joke. Mr. Mellor's verses suited the occasion, and on the impulse of
the moment he took them to a printer for publication.
This was Mr. Mellor's first glimpse of a printing office,
and in it he saw a breadth of opportunity which no
other field had opened to. him. It was as if by inspiration that the possibilities of self-expression becoming
successful achievement were revealed to him. He had
a conference or two with Mr. Beisel, the printer, and
three days later the first issue of the "Lawrenceville
Record" appeared, with John Mellor as publisher.
Then followed the struggle which tested the man to
the depths of fortitude. He was obliged to borrow
money for his equipment. He was comparatively a
stranger in a strange land, with no influential friends or
relatives, lacking both capital and credit, and totally
ignorant of the complex business of printing. Realizing the odds against him, and never forgetting the little
family dependent upon him, for the first year he continued his work as a blacksmith, toiling all day in the
locomotive factory, and toiling far into the night as editor and publisher of the little sheet which eventually
became a power in the newspaper world. At the end of
that year Mr. Mellor had reached the point where he
was justified in laying aside the always distasteful labor,
and devoting his entire time to the rapidly growing business for which his tastes and talents were so well
adapted.
For it was increasingly evident to the friends which
Mr. Mellor was constantly making that in this venture
into a new world, a realm of brain rather than brawn,
the man had found himself. His latent talent for creative writing soon began to develop, and both editorially
and later in verse his touch upon the vital meanings of
current topics, as discussed in literature and in the press,
became that of the hand which hurts to heal, or which
delights to encourage if growth and development are
wholesome and right. Fearless always, destructive
never, and forceful in every utterance, Mr. Mellor'seditorial position was graphically stated by a contemporary on one occasion, as follows:
The "Record" at no time and on no question has
given forth an uncertain sound. It has championed
no good thing in a half-hearted way, but always
enthusiastically and persistently. It has opposed no
wrong in a timid or vacillating manner, but fearlessly,
doggedly and unceasingly. It has been servile to no
man or clique, and has hewn to the line wherever the
chips might fly or fall.
For twenty-two years Mr. Mellor continued the
"Record," then, when the day of the weekly paper had
long since passed, he discontinued it, in 1914. For the
last few years of its existence it was far from profitable, but it was an institution which those who cherished
it regretted most sincerely in its passing.
But it was with the World Struggle, which is still
the source of poignant suffering to so many thousands
on both sides of the Atlantic, that Mr. Mellor's work
as a writer and as a publisher reached an international
audience. From the bursting of the war-clouds is 1914
he was continuously identified with war relief work of
some nature, and is still "carrying on." It began in this
wise. He engaged passage for England for Aug. 5,
1914, intending to visit his aged parents. On account of
the outbreak of the war on Aug. 4, the boat sailed
without passengers. By persistent efforts, however, Mr.
Mellor succeeded in reaching England on Sept. 3, 1914,
the day on which Von Kluck reached a point within
seventeen miles of Paris, and all the world believed
that the salvation of that city was beyond hope. John
Mellor, the man, was instantly aroused to action, and
John Mellor, the poet, saw as quickly, and with true
intuition, the way to help the most. Remaining in England for three months, he gathered much information,
more of the wonderful spirit of the people, and as a
concrete working basis about sixty phonograph records
of British war songs as sung by the flower of Britain
as they entered upon their duty to their country and
to the world.
Returning to Pittsburgh, where his name now counted
for influence in every circle, he immediately began giving concerts, the first one being for the purpose of
sending comforts to the boys who had enlisted from
Wadsley Bridge, his native town. Fresh from the
scenes of parting, and himself sharing deeply the spirit
of his fellow countrymen, Mr. Mellor reached the
hearts of the people in the stirring addresses with which
he accompanied the concerts. The money poured in
lavishly, the people responding with true American
impulsiveness. The immediate purpose being amply
covered, there was still a popular demand for more
entertainments of this nature, and Mr. Mellor continued
them indefinitely, devoting the proceeds to many worthy
causes, including the British Red Cross, St. Dunstan's
Home for Blinded Soldiers and Sailors, in London, and
also for Belgian and French relief. Later he published
a book of these and other war songs popular in England
at that time, entitled "British War Songs," the profits
from which he devoted to similar objects, and just
before America entered the war he exhibited a series
of British war pictures in Carnegie Hall, which also
were enthusiastically received.
These various activities netted over $13,ooo.oo, and in
response to its distribution Mr. Mellor received personal
letters of appreciation from Sir Robert A. Hudson,
chairman of the joint finance committee of the British
Red Cross and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem;
from Sir Arthur Pearson, the publisher of "Pearson's
Weekly" and many other publications, who, himself
blind, founded St. Dunstan's Home; from Arthur Balfour, former Prime Minister of England; from Henry
Chappell, the celebrated poet, this accompanied by a
copy of his works; and from many others prominent
in various lines of endeavor.
As soon as American intervention became a fact, Mr.
Mellor discontinued his efforts for overseas objects, and
threw all his energies into American War Relief Work,
and the many "Drives" by which the people so warmly
supported the American Expeditionary Force. Mr.
Mellor was appointed secretary of the National War
Savings Committee, of which James Isaac Buchanan
was the able chairman. He was further appointed
director of Fraternal Organizations of Allegheny
County, of the National Council of Safety, and was a
member of Industrial Team No. 1o, and an indefatigable
worker in their series of Liberty Loan mass meetings
held in the mills of the Lawrenceville district.
On the occasion of the "War Exposition" in Pittsburgh, Mayor E. V. Babcock appointed Mr. Mellor
chairman of the Committee on Arrangements for Britain's Day, Dec. 7, 1918. The man's genius for administration was then fully revealed to the public, and the
success of the day's ceremonies was such that the turnstiles of the Exposition registered an attendance of
42,ooo, an attendance greater by 10,000 souls than that
of any previous day in the history of the Exposition.
At the mass meeting on this day, the assembled thousands adopted resolutions offering greetings to David
Lloyd George, and wishing him success in the elections then in progress, adding an invitation to the eminent Englishman to visit this country. As chairman of
the Committee on Arrangements of the occasion, Mr.
Mellor sent cable and letter, and in due season received
a response from the Prime Minister expressing his
thanks and a hope that some day he would be able to
visit this country.
With the signing of the Armistice, Mr. Mellor's activities by no means ceased. He is still taking a leading
position in the many branches of relief work with which
the United States is trying to lighten the sufferings of
stricken Europe. Also, as was inevitable, Mr. Mellor's
writings have of recent years been tinged with the grief
of the world, colored with the horror through which the
nations have passed. Particularly powerful is his
poem, "The Rhyme of the Woodman's Dream," picturing the remorse, unrelieved by the slightest trace of
penitence, of the "Man of Lost Majesty," who caused
all this bitter suffering and brought about his own
downfall. This poem Mr. Mellor has published in book
form, together with other poetical works from his pen,
comprising many of his best verses. The third edition
of this book is now on the press, and a London edition
is being prepared. Besides "The Rhyme of the Woodman's Dream," Mr. Mellor is the originator and publisher of "The Ginger Jar Song Sheet," a small eightpage work of which he has printed millions.Notwithstanding the fine poetical quality of Mr. Mellor's writings, he is a broadly capable business executive. The printing plant which he founded in the old
days of struggle is now one of the big interests in this
line here in Pittsburgh, all the achievement of this man
of many talents. It is one of the finest equipped printing and publishing plants in this district, and the only
house in Pittsburgh doing die cutting for the trade,
with a capacity for die-cutting half a million labels per
day. The plant fronts 165 feet on Forty-sixth street,
and has a depth of Ioo feet with a store room annex,
2Ox10O. Besides being equipped with a dozen printing
presses, ranging from fast-running, self-feeding jobbers to huge cylinders, the plant has its own typesetting
machines, a complete bindery equipment, and special
machinery for round and open hole punching, perforating, crimping, round cornering, wire stitching, eyeletting, tin edging and tub cutting. Some years ago the
business was incorporated, and the personnel of the
company is now as follows: President, John Mellor;
secretary and treasurer, Harry Norman Mellor; vicepresident and superintendent, Walter Cook Mellor, the two
latter gentlemen being Mr. Mellor's sons. Besides the immediate property connected with the printing plant, Mr.
Mellor, through his sagacious business methods, has a
very considerable amount of real estate in this city, in
Butler county and in Florida. Thirty-five years ago he
came to this country, alone and friendless, possessing
the sum of $32.40.
In August, 1921, Mr. and Mrs. Mellor started on a
three months trip to Europe in order to see his aged
mother and other relatives, to renew old friendships,
and to visit London, Paris, Brussels and the battlefields
of France and Belgium. Two days before they left, the
Pittsburgh Council met in special session and passed a
resolution which is embodied in the following letter
issued by Mayor E. B. Babcock:
Hon. David Lloyd George,               August 9, 1921.
Prime Minister of Great Britain,
London, England.
Dear Sir:The Bearer of this letter is John Mellor, a citizen
of Pittsburgh for the last thirty-five years, who has
taken a leading part in the business activities of this
City and is also a well-known scholar and poet.
At a meeting of the Council of this City held this
day, the following Resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, The Honorable David Lloyd George, Prime
Minister of England, expects to visit the United States
in the near future; and
Whereas, John Mellor, a citizen of Pittsburgh for
the past 35 years, is about to pay a visit to England;
and
Whereas. Mr. Mellor is a prominent business man of
Pittsburgh, a scholar and a poet, who took prominent
part In all war activities; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Mayor be and he is hereby
authorized and requested to delegate Mr. Mellor to
personally invite The Honorable David Lloyd George
to visit this City during Mr. Lloyd's visit to this
country.
As Mayor of the City, it is my great pleasure to
invite you to visit this City during your contemplated
visit to this Country. As you know, this Ciity is
named after one of your great predecessors in office,
The Honorable William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. Among
its pseudonyms is the Sheffield of America. We think
it is a great and wonderful city and well-worthy of
the visit from you.
If you will honor us, we will do all in our power to
make your visit here a pleasant one. It will be profitable not only to us but to you.
Very respectfully yours,
(Signed) E. V. BABCOCK,
Mayor.
One week after landing in England, Mr. and Mrs.
Mellor were received by Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd George at
Ousethwaite Hall, Yorkshire, where Mr. Mellor presented the letter to the Prime Minister. As mementoes of this occasion Mr. Mellor brought back with him
four pictures, in which he and Mrs. Mellor are shown
standing on the portico of the hall with the Prime
Minister and Mrs. Lloyd George.
In his native village Mr. Mellor and his wife got a
wonderful reception on account of the help rendered to
the local war relief organizations during the early years
of the war. He presided at the annual memorial services, and they were the guests of honor at innumerable
social functions. Two days before they left for their
home in Pittsburgh, a dinner was given in their honor,
attended by 150 old friends and schoolmates and their
wives, at which they were presented with a beautiful
silver tea set, lined with gold and suitably inscribed,
and the children in the public school, to show their
appreciation, contributed their pence and half-pence and
presented Mrs. Mellor with a case of scissors and Mr.
Mellor with a tobacco pouch, both having silver monograms.
With other business concerns of Pittsburgh, Mr. Mellor is closely identified. He is president and director
of the New Process Copper Castings Company; is vicepresident of the Loose Leaf Company, of Pittsburgh;
vice-president and a director of the Union Mortgage
Company; a director of the Butler Land and Improvement Company, and of the Butler Highfields Water
Company, and is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber
of Commerce.
In his more personal interests, Mr. Mellor's activities
are also broad. He is a member of the British Empire
Dinner Association, of which he is vice-president. As a
recognition of his services in behalf of the British Red
Cross during the war the organization presented him
with a very beautiful silver loving cup. He is a member of the Knights of Malta, and past commander of
the order, a member of the Sons of St. George, a member and past commander of the Maccabees, and a member and past officer of the Pittsburgh Typothetae. His
religious convictions place his membership with the
Episcopal denomination, in St. James Memorial Church.
While interested in all art and science, Mr. Mellor has
but two fads, books and stamps. He has collected a
very fine library, and possesses some very rare and valuable stamps.
Late in July, I888, after being a resident of the
United States for a year and a half, Mr. Mellor took a
hurried trip to England to claim his bride. By special
dispensation the marriage was arranged for Aug. I,
I888, when he married Mary Norman, and three days
later started on the homeward trip with his bride. Mr.
and Mrs. Mellor are the parents of three sons: I. Harry
Norman, born May I7, I889; was educated in the Pittsburgh grammar and Central high schools; learned the
printing business with. his father, and is now associated
with him; married Rebecca McCord, of Pittsburgh. 2.
Arthur, born Oct. 16, 1890, died Oct. 20, 1918, leaving a
wife, Marie Bertha (Knobel) Mellor, and a little son,
John Knobel Mellor, born Feb. I5, I9I8. They were
married in August, 1915. 3. Walter Cook, born Feb. 25,1893; also educated in Pittsburgh; is a practical printer   and great-grandson of Alexander, was born in Franklin
with his father.                                            county, Pa., in 1781, and removed to Washington county
The youngest son, Walter Cook Mellor, volunteered   in I8o6.  He married Mary Proudfit, of York county,
for service in France as soon as the United States   Pa., and they were the parents of children, among whom
entered the World War.  He was assigned to the Elev-   was James McCalmont, who married Sarah McBurney,
enth Regiment of Engineers, which was a part of the   and they were the parents of James Proudfit McCalfirst unit which went overseas to France-the first, and   mont, who was born in 1842, and died in 1912.  He
also the last unit of American soldiers to sustain cas-   married,  in 1867,  Mary  Catherine  McFarland,  born
ualties in France.  Young Mr. Mellor was in France   1844, died 1920.  They had six children, two daughfor twenty-two months, and fought with the British,  ters and four sons, of whom John E. is the fifth in order
French and American armies.  The safe return of the   of birth.
soldier from the dangers of war was marred only by            John  E.  McCalmont,  son of James  Proudfit and
the loss of the second brother, whose death is the one   Mary  Catherine (McFarland)  McCalmont,  was born
great sorrow of Mr. and Mrs. Mellor's lives.                Nov. 29, 1878, in Washington county, Pa.  He attended
-                                            the public schools of the county, and then prepared for
JOHN  E. McCALMON-T-The  McCalmont family   college at Ingleside Academy,  McDonald,  Pa., after
can be traced  into early Scotch  history, and  while   which he entered Westminster College, New Wilmingdescendants of the common ancestors of the various  ton, Pa., graduating in the year 1900 with the degree of
branches of the family spell the name differently, some Bachelor of Arts. For the next three years he studied
preferring McCamant, McCammon, or McCommon, all law in the law school of the Western University of
concede that McCalmont is the original and correct spell- Pennsylvania (now the University of Pittsburgh), was
ing. The name Almont is of French origin and is admitted to the Allegheny county bar in 1904, and began
common in France to-day. One of that name emigrated   practice in the office of Henry A. Davis, Esq., remainto Scotland in the Sixteenth Century, where the prefix ing in that association until the death of Mr. Davis,
"Mac" was added as a clan designation. Some of the March, 1910, when, having by that time established a
Scotch descendants emigrated to Ulster, Ireland, where reputation for himself, he remained alone and built up
the Scotch "Mac" became the Irish "Mc." The family for himself a successful practice He engaged in genmotto was  "Fortitude," and the coat-of-arms an elk   eral practice, with the exception of criminal work which
head.                                                 does not appeal to him. He keenly interested in
Sometime between 1722 and 1728, Alexander McCam-   civic and community welfare enterprises and his coopant, with his wife, Mary (Black) McCamant, and prob-   eration can always he counted upon in any undertaking
ably their five eldest children, emigrated from County   that seems to him wisely planned for the good  of his
Down,  Ireland, and settled in Philadelphia, Pa.  He   native city. Politically, he is a Republican. He is a
brought with him considerable property, and about six,  member of the Allegheny county bar the Allegheny
years later removed to Lancaster county, Pa.  In 1733    County Bar Association and the American Bar Associaand 1738, he received from Thomas Penn warrants for   tion. Fraternally, he is a Free and Accented Mason,
396~ acres of land in what is known as Salisbury town-     is affiliated with the Duquesne Club the University Club,
ship, Lancaster county. A patent was granted him for  Pittsburgh Athletic Association the Americas Republican
these warrants in 1741, as recorded in the Land Patent  Club, the Pitt Handball Club and exhibits considerable
Office at Harrisburg.  Alexander McCamant was a pious  ability as a handball player. He is a member and trusChristian, and an early member of the  Pequea Presby- tee of the Third United Presbyterian Church, Squirrel
terian Church, Lancaster county, Pa.; organized in   Hill district, Pittsburgh, Pa. A man of strength and
married Mary Black and they became the parents  of  and greatly trusted by friends and business associates.
six children, the eldest of whom, William, died intes-         Mr. McCalmont married,  Aug. I8, 1915, Sidney A.
tate in 1763, leaving his widow Mary (Simpson) Mc-   Robinson, daghter of Matthew and Priscilla (McGinCamant and eight children, all minors to survive him   nis) Robinson of Pittsburgh and they are the parents
dier in the Revolutionary War under General Wash-   of Elkins is one of the oldest of American lines, dating
ington, became the ancestor off the branch of  the family to Heinrich Elkins, of New Amsterdam, in 1620. Christo which John E. McCalmont belongs. He was a cooper tened Henry Elkins, he was one of a large number of
by trade, and some time after the sale of the home farm, Englishmen who, early in the seventeenth century, fled
in 1768, moved to Shippensburg, Pa. He later settled the religious persecutions of their native land and found
in Washington county, Pa., and in 1814 located in asylum in Holland, and there he assumed the Dutch
Brooke county, Va., now W. Va., where his wife died. form, Heinrich. In one of the original charters of the
He later returned to Washington county, where he New Amsterdam Company he was referred to as Heindied in 1817. He married Mary Livingstone, and they rich. It is of record that he counselled the Pilgrims
were the parents of thirteen children, one of whom was to make settlement on Manhattan Island instead of at
John. Plymouth. Heinrich Elkins was one of the New AmJohn McCalmont, son of John, grandson of William, sterdam colonists of 1620, and from him is descended thefamily that has been for three centuries prominent in   beautiful North Highland avenue residence, where his
New York and Pennsylvania.                                   death occurred, June 7, 1905.  He was a Mason from
Col. George W. Elkins was a representative of the   early manhood, having been a member  of Harmony
line whose  life activity, occurring principally in the   Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Philadelphia.  He
latter half of the nineteenth century, was productive of   was a member of the Sixth United Presbyterian Church,
substantial benefit to his time. He was a son of George  and his charities and philanthropies were many. These,
W. and Susannah (Howell) Elkins, his father a pioneer   however, were performed simply and quietly, despite
paper manufacturer and one of Philadelphia's wealthy   their magnitude, and he sedulously avoided public notice
and influential citizens of an early day.  Col. George   in his benefactions to such good effect that most often
W.  Elkins was born in Philadelphia, March I5, 1828,   only he and the recipient of his aid knew of his genthe death of the father occurring when the son was a   erosity.  He saw life as a field for the performance of
boy at school.  He  attended Philadelphia institutions   valuable practical works and as a succession of opporand, marrying in young manhood, came to Pittsburgh in  tunities to advance the welfare of his fellowmen.  This
I868.  The oil business offered him his first field of   his record, brilliant and honorable in the minutest detail,
work, his first venture in association with his brother,   shows, and its preservation in the annals of the district
William L. Elkins, in the organization of the River-   in which his best work was accomplished is an honor
side Oil Company, whose works were the largest and   gladly accorded.    
most complete in the district.  This company marketed          George W. Elkins married, in 1861, Elizabeth Hogerthe first gasoline in Pittsburgh and the Elkins remained   betz, and they reared a large family, Mr. Elkins hayin control of the enterprise until 188o, when it was   ing been survived by his wife and nine children, as
taken over by the Standard Oil Company.                      follows: Mrs. H. C. Peepels, of Rochester, N. Y.; Mrs.
Mr. Elkins was among the first to see the need for   J. P. Knable; Mrs. W. S. Fraser, of California; W. L.
better traction service in Pittsburgh and to conceive   Elkins; George P. Elkins; H. H. Elkins, of Middleplans for improving the existing condition.  With his   town, N. Y.; Louise B. Elkins;: Mrs. Albert Curry;
brother and P. A. B. Widener, he obtained control of   and P. B. Elkins, of Boston.
the old Fifth Avenue line, whose equipment consisted                                   - -               
of poorly maintained horse cars and inferior tracks.           ALVIN  E. MASTEN-The  men most influential in
The Pittsburgh Traction Company, with Mr. Elkins as   promoting the advancement o f society and in giving
president and general manager, was organized and the   character to the times in which they live are of two
line was equipped with the then modern cable system,   classes-the  men  of  study and the men  of action.
which gave the city its first rapid transit service.  Mr.   Whether we are more indebted for the improvement of
Elkins threw himself enthusiastically into this pioneer   the age to the one class or the other is a question of
project, and it was not an uncommon sight to see the   honest difference of opinion; neither class can be spared
usually staid and dignified financier in his shirt sleeves,   and both should be encouraged to occupy their several
directing operations during the work of converting the   spheres of labor and influence, zealously and without
line to a cable system.  The new cable line resulted in   mutual distrust.  In the following review are briefly
the rapid development of the East End  section, and   outlined the leading facts  and characteristics  in the
Mr. Elkins profited largely from investments in prop-   career of a gentleman, who  during his lifetime was
erty which the new method of transportation made avail-   considered one of Pittsburgh's leading financiers, and
able for residential purposes.  Upon the formation of   who  combined  in his makeup   the  elements  of  the
the Consolidated Traction Company he sold his inter-   scholar and the energy of the public-spirited man-ofests and virtually retired from active affairs, although   affairs.  He won for himself an honorable name and
he served as a director of the Consolidated until its  high reputation as a business man, and upon his record
merger with the Pittsburgh Railways Company. Colonel   as a financier his fame securely rests. His dominating
Elkins was one of the original promoters of the Chi-   qualities and the foundation stones of his success were
cago system  of elevated railways, and  he was  also   energy, force and discernment; his business instinct was
extensively interested in traction projects in Philadel-   keen, his judgment sound, and men  were willing to
phia.  In the latter city he and his brother built many   follow where he led.  He was  progressive and  farworkingmen's houses, supplying an imperative need at   seeing,  yet  possessed  a: caution  tha t protected  him
a critical period in housing conditions.  He was an im-   against visionary undertakings.   He  was  strong and
portant figure in the United Gas Improvement Company   self-reliant, strict integrity, marking his course through
and the Otto-Hoffman Company, the latter a by-product   life, a man who could be relied upon in any relation and
gas plant at Glassport, Pa. The Philadelphia Company   every emergency.  He was essentially  cosmopolitan in
and the Standard Oil Company were among his princi-  his ideas, and a representative of that strong American
pal interests, and he was for some years a director of   manhood which commands and retains respect by reason
the old Freehold Bank before the merger with the   of inherent merit, sound sense, and correct conduct.
Colonial National Bank.   Colonel Elkins was one of   Measured by the accepted standard of excellence, his
the outstanding figures of the day in business and   career has been eminently honorable and useful, and his
finance, numbered among the men  whose vision and   life fraught with great good to humanity and the worldjudgment set in motion great progressive forces.            at-large.
Upon  coming to Pittsburgh,  Mr.  Elkins made  his          Alvin E. Masten was born on April 3, 1863, on a
home  on Forty-fourth street, moving in 188o to his   farm in Mahoning county, near Goshen, Ohio, a son'4           ~~~~HISTORY OF PITTSBURGH
GEORGE  W.  FLOWERS-In  legal practice and   received his education in local schools.  He also was a
extensive business  connections,  Mr.  Flowers  has  for   farmer, and resided until 1869 in Allegheny county, remore than thirty years been active in Pittsburgh's affairs.   moving in the latter year to Westmoreland county.  He
His family has long been resident in the commonwealth,   was a Republican, and for a number of years filled the
and is allied with other Pennsylvania lines of distin-  various local offices of township supervisor, school diguished record.  The Flowers family came from Eng-   rector and councilman.  He was one of the organizers
land, having originally located after the Norman Con-   and a member of the first board of directors of the
quest in Oakham, Rutlandshire, which county was rep-   Equitable Building and Loan Association of Irwin, Pa.,
resented for many years in the English Parliament by   now a large and flourishing institution, which, in the
William Flower and his son Roger, the latter having   thirty years of its existence, has helped thousands of
served as Speaker of the House of Commons during five  its members to build or purchase homes.  He was a memsuccessive Parliaments.  The first of the family in this   ber and trustee of the First Reformed Church of the
country came with William Penn, and settled in Phila-   same place. His death occurred April 28, 1898.  He mardelphia, Pa., in 1683.  The first institution of learning   ried, June 21, 1855, Sarah Lenhart, daughter of Joseph
in Pennsylvania was the school established by Enoch   R. and Elizabeth (Baughman)  Lenhart, of WestmoreFlower, or Flowers, in Philadelphia, in that year.  A    land county, Pa.; she was  born Dec. 25, 1834, and
nephew, Henry, settled in Philadelphia, and a brother,   died Dec. 12, 1911.  Her great-grandfather, Christian
William, in Delaware county, Pa., where many of his   Lenhart, of York county, Pa., was an ensign or second
descendants still live.  A  number of their descendants   lieutenant in the Third Company, Eighth Battalion of
fought in the ranks of the Continental army during the   the Continental Line, commanded by Lieut.-Col. James
War for Independence, and one of them, Richard Flower,   Ross in the Revolutionary War.  Andrew Byerly, her
was a member of the Committee of Safety during that   great-great-grandfather,  was  one of the first settlers
struggle, and at least two of them laid down their lives   west of the Allegheny mountains, having located in 1759,
on the field of battle.                                      with his wife and family of small children, near the
(I) George Flowers, great-great-grandfather of George   Forbes road at Bushy Run, a short distance north of the
W. Flowers, was also a soldier in the Revolutionary War,   present town of Irwin, Pa.  His nearest neighbor was at
being a member of Capt. Christian Schaffer's company   Fort Ligonier, twenty miles east. At that time he was an
of the Fifth Regiment of Foot, commanded by Maj.   express rider, carrying messages between the commandRichard Salter.  After the war he went into business as   ant at Fort Pitt and Philadelphia.  Four years later, on
a flour and feed merchant in Philadelphia, Pa., residing   Aug. 5, 1763, he rendered signal service under Colonel
for many years at the corner of Eighth and Race streets,   Boquet at the important and decisive battle with the
where he died in 1819.  His wife, Hannah Flowers, sur-   Indians at Bushy Run, in which he was a member of
vived him several years.                                     the advance guard, two-thirds of whom fell at the first
(II) Jacob Flowers, son of George and Hannah Flow-   fire. John Horning and Sarah (Lenhart) Flowers were
ers, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1762, and when a   the parents of the following children:  I. Joseph F., of
young man moved to Harrisburg, where he married, in  Wichita, Kan., married Emma McIntyre, and has four
1789.  Later he moved to Allegheny county and pur-   sons: Charles Clarence, James J., Harry E., and Willie
chased a farm on the Brownsville road, about three miles   A.  2. George W., of whom further.  3. Grant L., of
south of Pittsburgh, and in 18o4 erected there a stone   Ottumwa,  Iowa, married  Bertha E. Jones, and their
house, which is yet standing.  Here he engaged in agri-   children are:  Edmund H., Dwight L., and George H.
cultural pursuits, and was also for some years the pro-  4. Sarah Anne, married William H. Crock, of Irwin, and
prietor of a hotel.  He died in 1831, and his wife, Eliz-  is now deceased.  5. John H., in the plumbing business
abeth in 1833.                                               in Pittsburgh; married (first) Caroline Colerick, of Ir(III) George  (2) Flowers, son of Jacob and Eliza.   win, Pa.; (second) Margaret M. Broderick, of Buffalo,
beth Flowers, was born at Harrisburg, Pa., in 1797, and   N. Y.; children by first marriage:  John H.  (3), and
was a small boy when the family moved to Allegheny   Leonard Colerick.
county.  Later he became a farmer of that county, pur-          (V) George W. Flowers, son of John Horning and
chasing about two hundred and seventy acres of land a   Sarah (Lenhart) Flowers, was born near White Hall,
short distance south of White Hall, where he lived until   Pa., May  I5, 186o.  After attending public schools he
his death, in 1877.  In politics he was a Republican, and   entered Irwin Academy and was later for one year a
in religious belief a Lutheran.   Mr.  Flowers married   student in Washington and Jefferson College.  At the end
Elizabeth Horning, daughter of Christopher and Eliza-   of that time he entered the junior class at Yale and rebeth (Mantell) Horning, of Allegheny county, and their   ceived his B. A. degree in the class of 1884.  His legal
children were: Jacob; John Horning, of whom further;   studies were pursued under the preceptorship of Judge
Lavinia, wife of Frederick Olenhausen, of Allegheny   Alexander D. McConnell, of Greensburg, Pa., and George
county;  Priscilla,  married  John  Aber,  of  Allegheny   W. Guthrie, Esq., of Pittsburgh, who was later minister
county; Martha, married Herman H. Niemann, of Pitts-  to Japan.  In 1886 Mr. Flowers became chief deputy in
burgh; Sophia, wife of Charles Meyran, also of Pitts-   the prothonotary's office in Greensburg, and two years
burgh; and Mary, who married J.C. Matz, of Allegheny   later  was  appointed  prothonotary  of  Westmoreland
county.                                                      county.  In 1889, at the close of his term, he was ad(IV) John Horning Flowers, son of George and Eliz-   mitted to the Westmoreland county bar, and in the same
abeth (Horning) Flowers, was born Feb. 24, 1821.  He   year to the bar of Allegheny county, two years after"14          ~~~HISTORY OF PITTSBURGH
of Landon and Harriet (Santee) Masten, old and prominent residents of that place. He lived there until he
reached the age of fourteen, attending the village schools
in the winter months and assisting on the farm during
the summer. The family then removed to Canfield,
Ohio, where, when not attending school, he was employed in a sawmill. In the evenings he studied telegraphy, and with the assistance of a friend, who was
engaged in this business, soon became an expert in this
line of work. After four years in Canfield, he left his
home on the day President James A. Garfield was
assassinated and went to Mentor, where the mother and
sister of the President were living. There he received
bulletins by wire regarding the condition of the wounded
President.
Some time later, Mr. Masten became associated with
the Great Western railroad, now a part of the Erie
system, as a telegraph operator, and after remaining
with them one year, accepted a similar position with
the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne  Chicago railroad, at an
increase of salary. In 1883, Mr. Masten came to Pittsburgh and entered the offices of the Pittsburgh, Fort
Wayne  Chicago railroad as dispatcher, and continued
in this position until I888. In the spring of that year
he accepted a position with one of the leading brokerage houses of this city, and after a short time in their
employ, severed his connections with them and engaged
in the real estate business for himself, opening offices
in the old National Bank of Commerce, at Sixth avenue
and Wood street.
In 1890, Mr. Masten, in company with J. F. Stephenson, T. E. Young and D. J. Holman, organized the
firm of A. E. Masten  Company. After one year of
successful business activities, the three partners retired
and for the succeeding five years Mr. Masten continued
alone, In 1896 the firm was reorganized and he discontinued his real estate business and devoted himself
exclusively to dealing in stocks and bonds, grain and
metal. In July, 1903, the present firm was established,
with Mr. Masten, his brother, F. C. Masten, and George
M. Paisley, as partners, under the firm name of A. E.
Masten  Company. This company is considered one
of the leading brokerage firms of the State of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Masten, who was one of the first in the
country to recognize the importance of the copper
industry from a brokerage standpoint, was considered
an expert on the copper situation throughout the
country.
Soon after coming to Pittsburgh and engaging in
business, he became a member of the old Petroleum
Exchange, and was one of the charter members of the
Pittsburgh Stock Exchange when it was organized,
holding the office of president for two terms. In 1915,
when John B. Barbour was elected president of the stock
exchange, Mr. Masten was honored with the chairmanship of the Law and Offense Committee of the
exchange.
In addition to his stock exchange affiliations here,
Mr. Masten was a member of the New York Stock Exchange, the Boston Stock Exchange, the Chicago Stock
Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade, and the New
York Cotton Exchange. He was also director of the
Pittsburgh Trust Company, and the Terminal Trust
Company.
In politics, in which he took a true American's interest, Mr. Masten was a Republican, but never cared for
the honors of office. Religiously he was a Presbyterian.
Mr. Masten was also well known and liked in the fraternal circles of the city, being past high priest of
Shiloh Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Tancred Commandery, Knights Templar; and Syria Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; he is also
a member of the Jesters' Club, the Duquesne Club,
Bankers' Club of New York, Pittsburgh Country Club,
United States Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and the Americus Republican Club.
Mr. Masten married Adah Lee Johnston, a daughter
of Leri and Laura Johnston, of New Castle, Pa. Mrs.
Masten was a lady of true refinement and culture, and
possessed of a sweet, gentle and charitable nature, which
endeared her to her many friends. Her death was
mourned by countless numbers, high and low, rich and
poor, throughout the community in which she lived. Mr.
and Mrs. Masten were the parents of two children, as
follows: William S., a sketch of whom follows; and
Thalia, who is the wife of George Hoevler, also of this
city.
This necessarily brief record of the life of Alvin E..
Masten reveals a man who was strong in executive ability, with the capacity for the organization and management of great enterprises. His is the story of a life
whose success was measured by its usefulness-a life
that has made for good in all its relations with the
world. Always calm and dignified, never demonstrative, his life was, nevertheless, a persistent plea, more
by precept and example than by spoken word, for purity
and grandeur of right principles and the beauty and
elevation of wholesome character. To him home life
was a sacred trust, and friendship inviolable. He was
a true American gentleman in every sense of the word,
whose life was an honor to his city, state and nation, and
who leaves to his children the priceless heritage of an
untarnished name. The following was said of Mr.
Masten to his son, William S., by a lifelong friend:
During the long years of close association with your
father, which It was my privilege to maintain, I
learned to appreciate his sterling qualities as a friend,
a man, and an American. We can ill-afford to lose
such a leader. To have known him was to admire him,
and association with him made one just that much
richer for the acquaintanceship. His passing marks
definitely that word "friend."
WILLIAM SANTEE MASTEN-Among the
young men of Pittsburgh who are undeniably exercising, and will continue to exercise, a powerful influence
in the great business of the Iron City, especially in financial circles, is William Santee Masten, now at the head
of the firm of A. E. Masten  Company, brokers.
Without detracting from the merits of thousands of
other young men who have gained honorable distinction
in industrial, professional and financial circles, we may
safely say that very few men of his years have gained
for themselves in the business world the confidence,
esteem and popularity that this worthy son of a most:
highly honored and esteemed father has.Mr. Masten was born on Feb. 28, 1895, in Pittsburgh,
Pa., a son of Alvin E. Masten, whose biography precedes this. He obtained his early education in the public schools of his native city, later graduating from the
Hill School at Pottstown, Pa., and the University of
Pittsburgh. Having a natural love and aptitude forbusiness, and being a confidant of his father's, the
founder and head of the widely known firm of A. E.
Masten  Company, the young man soon became associated with his father in business, having acquired a
valuable supply of knowledge concerning its details.
By close application and attention to the wants and
interests of their patrons, by being aggressive, but cool
and prudent, farseeing but exact, he soon became a
prime factor in his father's business. His genial, kindly
nature, his courtesy and kindness, gained him hosts of
friends, and so, upon the death of the father, it was
conceded at once by the members of the old firm that
he was eminently qualified to fill the place so vacated.
That the judgment of the elder Mr. Masten's old partners was not at fault is proved by the fact that the
firm is growing in popularity and strength, and unquestionably the firm of A. E. Masten  Company stands
among the leading financial institutions of America.
Politically, Mr. Masten is a staunch Republican, but
never cares for the honors of office. Fraternally, he is
a member of the Sigma Chi college fraternity, the
Union Club, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and the
Chamber of Commerce. In religious affiliation both he
and his wife are Episcopalians, and are always actively
interested in the affairs of the church.
Mr. Masten married, June 28, 1919, Katharine Webb
Spring, a daughter of Robert Webb and Minnie P.
(Hugg) Spring. Mrs. Masten is a woman of grace,
charm and tact, and the home over which she presides
is noted for its refinement and true hospitality.
Mr. Masten is a true American citizen, interested in all
enterprises which have for their base the moral, social
or financial improvement of the community, and he is
ever ready to aid them by his means and influence. He
is high-minded and liberal, keenly alive to all the varied
requirements of life, and thoroughly capable of conducting operations of the most extended and weighty
character. "Good business" with him does not necessarily mean volume, but quality, and everything he says
and does is in his belief exactly as he represents it. His
personality is most pleasing, dignified, and courtly, and
in the foregoing traits rests his great popularity. He
most truly exemplifies the sturdy virtues which he has
inherited, and is justly ranked among the most useful and
public-spirited citizens of Pittsburgh.
HON. THOMAS CALVIN JONES--The history
of Western Pennsylvania is brilliant with the achievements of sturdy pioneers who early came from the
British Isles, and among the early people none stood
out more prominently than the Scotch-Irish and the
Welsh. Hon. Thomas Calvin Jones is indeed fortunate
in having the blood of these two sturdy peoples coursing
through his veins.
His paternal grandfather, William Jones, leaving the
hills of Wales, settled in Eastern Pennsylvania and
Pitts-1-1O
later moved to the western end of the State. His wife
was Sarah (Hughes) Jones, a Welsh girl, and to this
union David Jones, the father of Thomas Calvin Jones,
was born in Luzerne county, Pa. His maternal grandfather was Thomas Conway, a North of Ireland Scotch
Presbyterian, whose wife was Mary (Morrison) Conway, of the same sturdy race, and to them was born a
daughter, Elizabeth. David Jones, the Welshman of
Luzerne county, married the Scotch-Irish Elizabeth Conway, and to them were born in the late borough of
Birmingham, now the South Side of Pittsburgh, Thomas Calvin, Sarah 0., Mary E., Wilhelmina and Daisy A.
Thomas Calvin Jones was born Sept. 2, 186o. He
spent his early life in Pittsburgh and in the vicinity of
West Elizabeth, where as a boy he formed a close
friendship, which continued throughout later years, with
two men held high in public esteem, Hon. J. Denny
O'Neil, a former recorder and county commissioner of
Allegheny county, and the late Hon. Robert J. Cunningham, county controller and state highway commissioner. After attending the local public schools and
McKeesport Academy, he attended Waynesburg College, and in 1884 was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan with the degree of
L.L. D., and in the spring of 1885 was admitted to practice at the Allegheny county bar. He was early associated in McKeesport with James Evans, lawyer, banker,
and later county commissioner.
Being a man of force and public spirit he early entered politics and served the city of McKeesport as
councilman, and from 1894 to 1898 he served as city
solicitor of that city, during the period when its growth
was most rapid. Subsequently he not only maintained
his interest in the welfare of his home city, but actively
engaged in the political and public life of Allegheny
county. For the greater portion of his legal career he
practiced law alone, but in 1914 he became a partner
in the firm of Boyer, Jones  Morton, which continued
until October, 1919, when it was dissolved.
In 1911, on the creation of the County Court of
Allegheny county, he was appointed a judge by Governor Tener and served in that capacity with honor and
distinction. He later devoted his entire time for fifteen months as secretary of the Board of Appeals for
Allegheny county, which had under its supervision and
control all draft boards within this district during the
World War. In 1918 his ability and the service that he
had rendered the community led Governor Brumbaugh
to appoint him to a vacancy in the County Court, and in
1919 he was honored by being elected to fill the judicial
office for a period of ten years. This election was noteworthy in that Judge Jones was honored by the en--
dorsement of all political factions, it being one of the
few times within the last century in which an appointed
judge was elected without partisan opposition. For
sometime past he has been presiding over the Juvenile
Court of Allegheny county, and he brings to this office
a kindness, an interest and an understanding of human
nature.
For twenty years Judge Jones has been a member of
the Carnegie Library Association of McKeesport, and
has served as president of the association for ten years.In I9o8 he was appointed a member of the Perry Victory Centennial Commission, and served as secretary
thereof, and since the dedication of the Perry Memorial
at Put-in-Bay he has been a member of the Federal
Commission having charge of the perpetuation of
Perry's exploits on Lake Erie. In politics Judge Jones
is a Republican. He is a Knight Templar, a Shriner,
and a member of the Presbyterian church.
In 1889 Judge Jones married Minnie E. Muse, daughter of John J. and Ella Z. (Craig) Muse, and to them
have been born three children: I. Harry M., who
attended McKeesport and Pittsburgh schools, and graduated from Brown University in 1911, and from the law
department of the University of Pennsylvania. During
the World War he served in France as captain of the
Headquarters Company of the 371st Infantry, and upon
his return he resumed the practice of the law. In 1921
he was elected city solicitor of McKeesport. 2. Thomas
Calvin, Jr., graduated from McKeesport High School,
and from Yale University with the class of 1919. During the World War he left college and served with the
French army in the Ammunition Transport, and upon
the entry of the United States into the war he entered
service as a second lieutenant and served in France as
first lieutenant of Company H, 147th Infantry. He is
now a law student. 3. Eleanor E., the only daughter,
is now a student at Maryland College for Women.
CLARENCE A. WHITESIDE-Among Pittsburgh's business houses none is more widely known or
commands more genuine respect from its patrons than
the William G. Johnston Company, printers, stationers,
engravers, bookbinders, manufacturers of school supplies and loose leaf devices, some of them patented by
the house. Over this large company, which reaches out
over a wide territory and enters many fields, Clarence
A. Whiteside, a native son, is the capable, efficient
executive head. He is not only a native son of Pittsburgh, but also had his business birth in the company
of which he is now president, for he stepped from the
school room into the counting room of the William G.
Johnston Company, and has never known any other
business allegiance.
Clarence A. Whiteside was born in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Jan. 5, 1883, son of Alexander K. and Eleanor (Purse)
Whiteside, his parents both yet residents of Pittsburgh
(I922).
Receiving a practical education in the Pittsburgh
grammar and high schools, Mr. Whiteside was graduated from high school, Feb. 14, 1899. On the following
day he entered the employ of the William G. Johnston
Company as assistant bookkeeper, and was later promoted to head bookkeeper, then chief accountant, then
secretary-treasurer, and on Sept. I, 1920, was elected
president of the company, the history of which is hereinafter reviewed at length.
Mr. Whiteside is a director of the Typothetae of
Pittsburgh, a director of the Manchester Savings and
Trust Company, and a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, and the Credit Men's Association.
Politically, he supports the Republican party. He is a
member of Franklin Lodge, No. 26, Free and Accepted
Masons.
On  April 10, I90  Mr. Whiteside married Eleanor
Louise Succop, of Pittsburgh.
The William G. Johnston Company is one of the
oldest, and probably the oldest, printing establishment
west of Philadelphia, Pa. The company was founded
in 1797 by Zodak Cramer. In 1807 he took a partner,
and for three years the business was carried on under
the name of Cramer  Speer. In I8IO another partner
was received into the firm, which became Cramer, Speer
 Eichbaum, continuing thus until 1815. In that year
William Eichbaum absorbed the entire interest and for
three years did business under his own name. From
I8I8 until 1824 the firm was Eichbaum  Johnston;
from the latter year until 1857 it was Johnston 
Stockton, then became William G. Johnston  Co.
Until 1914 it was a partnership, but in that year the
business was incorporated under the name of William
G. Johnston Company.
To review the last period of its history, the business
was housed in 1857 in a building located on the north
side of Wood street, near Third street (now Third
avenue), the number being fifty-seven. At this time
they were pressed for space, and a year later they
leased a building at the rear, fronting on Third street,
and three years later they secured room at the east
side of the plant, at No. 59 Wood street. This sufficed
for twenty and a half years, then, more room being
urgently required, they secured a very desirable property, on lease, at the head of Wood street, on the north
side of Liberty street. They were located there from
1878 until I885 when they removed to their own building, located at the southeast corner of Penn avenue and
Ninth street. The continuous growth of the business
soon demanded further expansion, and adjoining space
was purchased on Penn avenue, a connecting building
being erected that was completed and occupied by July
I, 1898. Still again the plan was outgrown, and in
1914 the present extensive buildings were begun, and
two years later were completed and occupied. The
present plant at No. 1130 Ridge avenue, North Side,
was erected from the company's own plans and specifications, and is a model of modern fireproof construction, with saw tooth roofs, plate glass front, and power
plant. Its dimensions are 315x158 feet, containing 49,770
square feet of floor space exclusive of the general offices
at the front, which occupy two stories. Not included
in the above outline is the company's retail store at No.
429 Wood street, 30X1I8, five stories in height, where
a complete line of commercial stationery is carried in
stock.
This company does all kinds of printing, bookbinding,
engraving, and embossing, and has the latest improved
machinery for every process. Their loose leaf devices
are numerous and comprehensive, several covered by
their own patents. Their keyless lock binders and library
magazine holders are sold wherever a magazine is published. Their catalog and color departments are complete and cover a wide range. They manufacture all
kinds of school supplies and transact a large business
in Christmas cards of their own designs. In 1895 they
started and copywrighted a "Voter's Guide," a publication which is authority on all points concerning the
franchise, and is endorsed by the courts. They havetheir own offices in New York City and Philadelphia,
and while their field is principally domestic, their magazine holders reach many foreign countries. At full
capacity 200 persons are employed.
In their relations with their employees an interesting sidelight is thrown on company methods and principles. Many men remain with the company for long
periods of time. William H. Murphy, now the oldest
employee, still actively engaged in the work of the
plant, entered the employ of the house on Oct. 14, 1869,
making a continuous term of service of nearly fiftytwo years. The next oldest, in point of service, Charles
H. Clough, has been with the company for over fortyfive years, or since April 14, 1876. These names are
still on the active list and present records of employers show continuous employment in four cases of from
thirty-five to forty years; six, thirty to thirty-five years;
ten, tweny-five to thirty years; eight, twenty to twentyfive years; three, fifteen to twenty years; eleven, ten
to fifteen years; and sixty-five, five to ten years. Samuel Semmann, long in the employ of the company, is
now manager of their retail store on Wood street,
Pittsburgh.                                            -
VAN ARA BARRICKMAN-Among the many
able and successful attorneys of Pittsburgh, the name of
Van Ara Barrickman holds an honored place.'Equally
honorable is the ancestry from which the Barrickman
family traces its descent. The name Barrickman is of
German origin, from "Bergmachnn," meaning "a dweller
in the hills," and by implication "a tiller of the soil."
The immigrant ancestor of the family was Henry
Barrickman, who came to this country during the last
quarter of the eighteenth century, and formed a part of
that sturdy stream of German stock which poured into
Pennsylvania with the westward advance of the frontier, helping in the work of conquering a wilderness.
On the mother's side Mr. Barrickman is descended from
the vigorous, resourceful Ulster-Scotch from the North
of Ireland, the- ancestral immigrant being Josiah Crawford, who was an officer in the British army during the
Revolution, and was a kinsman of Lord Cornwallis,
whose surrender at Yorktown ended the war. Like
many others, Josiah Crawford. remained in America
when the war was over, and became the progenitor of a
large family of able and. intellectual folk, many of
whom have been prominent in law, letters and politics.
David Crawford, a son of Josiah Crawford, was a
classical scholar, a schoolmaster, an able public speaker,
and prominent in the councils of the Democratic party
in Greene county, Pa., and Monongalia county, W. Va.
He married Nancy Agnes Workman, and their youngest daughter, Mary Moselle Crawford, became the wife
of Nimrod Barrickman, and the mother of Van Ara
Barrickman. Many members of the Crawford family
have won renown as writers, public speakers, and members of the bar. David Crawford, Jr., a brother of
Mary Moselle Crawford, was an eminent lawyer, and
for many years a member of Congress, where he won
a reputation as an orator. William H. Crawford, a
younger brother of Josiah Crawford, was one of the
four candidates for president of the United States in
1824, and Francis Marion Crawford, the novelist of
world fame, was also a descendant of one of these
brothers.: Thus talent as writer, public speaker, and
member of the bar seems to be inherited from the Crawfords, while strength of character has been derived
from both sides of the ancestry of Van Ara Barrickman.
Nimrod Barrickman, grandson of Henry Barrickman,
the immigrant, was a farmer and prominent citizen of
Class district, Monongalia county, W. Va. To Nimrod
and Mary Moselle (Crawford) Barrickman were born
eight children: Nancy A., wife of David S. Brewer;
Almeda; Elizabeth; Robert D.; Kughn F.; Charles M.;
David; Lucy P.; and Van A., Almeda, Elizabeth, and
David died in infancy.
Van Ara Barrickman, youngest son of Nimrod and
Mary Moselle (Crawford) Barrickman, was born on
a farm near Cassville, Monongalia county, W. Va.,
Sept. 20, 1874. An infant of five months when his
father died, Van Ara Barrickman knew from earliest
childhood the restraining yet strengthening struggle
which the pinch of straitened circumstances makes
necessary, and he early developed an ambition to make
the most of those powers which were his rich heritage
in spite of the lack of even the necessities of life, at
times. Graduating from the public schools of his county
at the age of eighteen, he taught school for one year,
then went to Fairmont State Normal School, where he
studied for one year. Aided and helped forward by the
inspiration and encouragement of his mother, who
through all the hardships entailed by the struggle to
raise a family and give them the best possible preparation for life, never faltered, aiding in ways of which the
boy himself often did not know, he completed his education in the West Virginia University, receiving the academic degree A. B. from the classical department and the
degree LL. B. from the law school, and completing sufficient work in both of these departments to entitle him
to the degree of Master of Arts.
It was not without interruptions that the young man
reached the goal of his dreams. In large measure he
had to work his way through college by teaching school
and by selling books, in both of which occupations he
gathered much valuable experience. He was admitted
to the bar, Oct. 29, I9oo, and began practice at Morgantown, W. Va. While in Morgantown, Mr. Barrickman
occupied the office on Chancery row which had been
occupied by Waitman T. Willy, the first United States
Senator from West Virginia, and his famous colleague,
John J. Brown. It was in these rooms, too, that Jonathan P. Dolliver, that able champion of popular government, was a student of law. 
Success has attended the work of Mr. Barrickman
from the beginning. His reputation is high with the
legal fraternity and with the public-at-large. He has,
with his general practice, given special attention to
criminal and corporation law, winning for himself the
name of being one of the best criminal lawyers in the
State. He is generally known as a lawyer of brilliant
natural gifts, of great industry, and as one scrupulously
devoted to the interests of his clients. In swaying a
jury he is at his best, and few lawyers have to theircredit so large a percentage of successes as defending
counsel, and his addresses have been widely published
in legal journals. A considerable portion of his work
was before the State Supreme Court. Among the celebrated cases in which he took the leading part during
his West Virginia practice were several which were the
outgrowth of the State prohibition law and in which the
constitutionality of certain provisions of the act were
questioned by Mr. Barrickman. He was the defending
counsel in the three historic cases, ex parte, Barneo,
State of West Virginia vs. Andy Sixo, and Emsweller
vs. Wallace, in which his contention of unconstitutionality of sections of the prohibition law were sustained
by the Supreme Court of West Virginia.
In the business world he has been equally active and
successful. As founder of the busy industrial suburb,
Star City, he has reason to be proud of the substantial
and growing industries of that place. Many of the corporations of Star City were organized by Mr. Barrickman. He organized the Keystone Industrial Company,
with the purchase at $30,000 of the William T. Boyers
farm of 122 acres, in 1903, and the Empire Brick
Company, in 191I. The former corporation laid
out the present town of Star City, and brought into it
an eight-inch pipe line from its two gas wells which it
had drilled in Greene county. It later sold its holdings
to the Randall Gas and Water Company, a liberal franchise being given by the city of Morgantown into which
the line was extended. It was largely as the result of
Mr. Barrickman's efforts that this important step was
taken, and private consumers have benefited by the
annual saving of $1oo,ooo. He also organized the Randall Glass Company, now owned and operated by the
Seneca Glass Company. The Iron City Oil and Gas
Company, later absorbed by the Union Gas and Water
Company, was organized by him, in 1900, and was the
first competing gas company to enter Morgantown. The
Shriver Lumber Company, also, was brought to Star
City by him; the Farmers' and Laborers' Building and
Loan Association was organizedn by him with a subscribed capital stock of $14o,ooo and an authorized capital of $390,000; and the Star City Bank is also one of
the monuments to his organizing genius.
In 1916 Mr. Barrickman removed to Pittsburgh, and
on June 30, on motion of Edward C. Chalfant, he was
admitted to Common Pleas Court. On Oct. I5, 1917, on
motion of R. L. Crawford, he was admitted to the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He became a member
of the Allegheny Bar Association, Dec. 10, 1918.
Politically Mr. Barrickman is a Jeffersonian Democrat, and believes Woodrow Wilson to be "the living
breathing conscience of the age." On July 10, 1917, he
was appointed by United States Attorney General Gregory as assistant United States attorney on the recommendation of Maj. E. Lowry Humes, who stated at the
time that "merit was the only consideration in picking
a man for the vacancy." He continued in this important
work until July I6, 1920, having general charge of the
vast number of cases arising out of the enforcement of
war measures effecting prohibition, espionage, railway
war time regulations, and a host of other special
infringements of Federal statutes. Of over 2,000 cases
intrusted to his care, not to exceed half a dozen were
lost by the government. During his work in this office
he compiled a volume of "Precedents and Forms,"
embodying convenient reference material and elucidation
of the many war statutes and regulations which, while
definitely covered by statute, had never been placed on
a comprehensive working basis. This volume, representing a vast amount of research and compilation
labor, covering over 750 pages, will be published as a
handy exposition of Federal war time practice. He
served as assistant United States attorney from July IO,
1917, to July 16, 1920, when he resigned in order to
resume more actively his general practice. He has
since been retained in various government cases, one in
particular in which he defended The Parry Medicine
Company in the United States vs. Parry Medicine Company, the trial covering Nov. 24 to Dec. 24, 1920, resulting in dismissal in the case, as were hearings before
twelve Federal courts in nine different states, including those of Judges Anderson, of Indianapolis, Rose,
of Baltimore, Hazel, of Buffalo, Westenhaver, of Cleveland, and Baker, of West Virginia.
A precedent forming case in which he gained a noteworthy victory was that of Kelly vs. Llewellyn, in
which he contended that the National Prohibition Act
does not vest a collector of internal revenue with authority to collect the penalty by distress and sale, but that
such penalty can only be enforced by suit in District
Court, and was sustained in this contention by the court.
He has never sought office, but in 1898, under pressure, became the candidate of his party for the House
of Delegates. The odds were such that election was
practically impossible for any candidate of his party to
overcome, and he was not elected. Since then, he has
not yielded to pressure brought to bear in that direction
and held to his first aim-to aid the industrial uplift
of his country and State, and to promote the general
independence and well being of his fellow citizens in
every way possible, without office holding.
Fraternally, Mr. Barrickman is prominent, being identified with the Masons, the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and the Junior Order of
American Mechanics, in all of which he has held office,
and at the fraternal banquets of which his graceful and
polished manner of public speaking is much in demand.
Mr. Barrickman married, Jan. 2, 19o6, in Pittsburgh,
Pa., Mae Fletcher Jenkins, daughter of John J. and
Sarah Jenkins, of Dubois, Pa., and they became the
parents of two children: Lucile, born Dec. 2, 1906;
and Van A., Jr., born March 17, 1911.
JOHN B. BARBOUR, Jr.-The prestige of the name
of Barbour has been ably upheld in Pittsburgh by John
Baxter Barbour, Jr., and he has been an important
factor in the business, financial, athletic and social life
of the city. He is a brilliant, fertile-minded man, and
combines with these qualities executive ability of a high
order.
John Baxter Barbour, Sr. was born near Belfast,
Ireland, Sept. 26, 1836, son of Joseph and Margaret
(Baxter) Barbour, and came to the United States
when eighteen years of age, at the same time as hisparents. Bright and energetic from his earliest years,
he had no difficulty in finding employment of a suitable
kind. His first position was with Lyman, Wilmarth 
Company, of Pittsburgh, which he left in order to accept
an engagement with the Allegheny Valley Railroad
Company. This position he held until the outbreak of
the Civil War, which made changes throughout the
business world. The oil refining business had begun to
be one of great importance by this time, and after the
close of the war Mr. Barbour formed a connection in
that line with Brewer, Burke  Company, subsequently
engaging in the same line of industry independently and
very successfully, and continuing in it until his plant
was merged into the Standard Oil Company.
The spotless character of Mr. Barbour was reflected
by his reputation as a business man, and he was called
upon to fill many important offices. His connection with
the National Transit Company secured for that corporation a number of rights owing to the foresight, energy
and sound business judgment of Mr. Barbour. For a
number of years prior to his death, Mr. Barbour held
office as superintendent of the right of way department of
this corporation, and in this capacity secured the right of
way to the seaboard of the company's great trunk pipe
lines. Strong, decisive and firm in his convictions, Mr.
Barbour held independent views on political matters,
although he gave his support to some extent to the principles of the Democratic party.
In matters concerning religion Mr. Barbour was as
sincere and earnest as in all the other affairs of life.
He gave substantially both of time and money to the
Sixth Presbyterian Church, in which he served as
trustee for years, and to what is now the East Liberty
Presbyterian Church, of which he and his wife were
members. His fraternal affiliations were with Franklin
Lodge, No. 22, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he
was a life member.
Mr. Barbour married, October, 1858, Isabella Frackelton McKelvy, daughter of William and Eliza J. (Dick)
McKelvy, of Pittsburgh. Mrs. Barbour died Feb. 26,
I888. Children of John Baxter, Sr. and Isabella F.
(McKelvy) Barbour: John, Jr., see forward; William
McKelvy; Margaret, married Ernest K. Barr, of Philadelphia; Robert Wilson; Frederick Prentice; Isabella
Fulton, married Frederic B. Black, of Franklin, Pa.
The death of Mr. Barbour occurred Dec. 28, 1894.
His broad and liberal views rose above the prejudices
of the hour, and he was earnest and unflinching in his
maintenance of the right. He was solicitous for the
welfare of others, and exhibited a commendable public
spirit and enterprise.
John Baxter Barbour, Jr., son of the late John Baxter, Sr. and Isabella F. (McKelvy) Barbour, was born
in Pittsburgh, April 16, 1862. He acquired his education in the public schools of his native city, and was
graduated from its high school in I88o. He supplemented this training with a comprehensive course in
stenography, after which, in the spring of I88I, he
became bookkeeper for Thomas J. Watson, at that time
the leading oil broker in Pittsburgh. While the speculative craze in oil was at its height, during 1882 and
after that time, Mr. Barbour was at the head of the
office affairs for Mr. Watson, and it is due to his clearheaded judgment that important enterprises were carried to a successful issue. Subsequently he formed a
connection with another broker, James S. McKelvy,
with whom he remained until Jan. I, 1890. He then
became the local exchange representative of Rea Brothers  Company, stock and grain brokers, and upon their
retirement in 1892 Mr. Barbour succeeded to their business. The business was a general one in stocks, bonds
and grain, and Mr. Barbour made a specialty of local
and investment securities. So pronounced and widely
recognized was the business and executive ability of Mr.
Barbour, that he was honored with election to membership in the old Oil Exchange when he was but nineteen
years of age, and he is now one of the oldest members
of the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange, of which he was one
of the organizers and a charter member. He was its
first secretary and treasurer, and served one term as
vice-president. Later Mr. Barbour served five successive terms as treasurer, and after that served three
terms as vice-president and then became president in
1911, and later declined reelection on account of ill
health. He was for several years director and chairman of the two most important of its committees,
namely, on securities and law and offenses, and on
May 3, 1916, was again elected president. As a representative of James S. McKelvy, at the time of the
great Penn Bank Syndicate in 1883-84, Mr. Barbour was
a member of the New York Petroleum Exchange. As
treasurer of the Pittsburgh Petroleum, Stock; and Metal
Exchange he served two terms.
In political matters the dominant personality of Mr.
Barbour has also been beneficially felt. Until the Blaine
campaign of 1884, Mr. Barbour was a staunch supporter of Democratic principles. At that time, however, he became convinced that the country was in better
hands when the Republican party held the reins, and he
transferred his allegiance, in which he has never wavered, to that party. He has served as delegate to a
number of conventions. He has been a school director
of the new Eleventh Ward for several years, and also
served as treasurer of the board. He is also president
of the Republican Association of his district, a school
visitor, and the treasurer of the City Republican Executive Committee. He and his wife are members of the
East Liberty Presbyterian Church. His fraternal affiliations are numerous, among them being: Dellas Lodge,
No. 508, Free and Accepted Masons; Shiloh Chapter,
No. 257, Royal Arch Masons; Tancred Commandery,
No. 48, Knights Templar; Syria Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; East End
Council, No. 275, Royal Arcanum. He is a past archon
in the Improved Order of Heptasophs, and was a deputy supreme archon. He is a member of the Duquesne
Club, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, Stanton Heights
Golf Club, and Americus Republican club. In the latter
he has held offices since I887, was a trustee from I889
to 1895, and served in the office of vice-president, 18951896-7, and in January, 1916, was elected major of
the Americus Battalion, and member of the board of
trustees. H~e was a charter member of the Pittsburgh
Athletic Club, which he was largely instrumental inorganizing in 1883, has served three times as president, and was manager of the baseball and football
teams. He was also one of the original directors of the
Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and resigned owing to
failing health.
Mr. Barbour married, Dec. 22, 1887, Laura B. Rogers,
daughter of James E. and Sarah (Marshall) Rogers,
and they have had children: Isabella McKelvy and
Marshall Rogers. Mrs. Barbour is a charming and
amiable woman, and a companionable helpmate to her
husband.
Mr. Barbour is as active in the social and civic world
as he is in the business and financial worlds. He has
been a director of the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh for about twelve years, and is now the first vicepresident of that body. His intelligent grasp of complicated situations have caused his counsel to be sought
by men his seniors in point of years, and his quick and
decisive methods have saved many a perilous situation.
In all he is a plain, strong, dependable man, who has
that indefinable something called personal magnetism
that draws men to him.
DON ROSE, son of Professor Homer Jay and Margaret (Shaw) Rose, was born Feb. 8, 1881, at Grove
City, Mercer county, Pa. In 1889 the family moved to
Sewickley, Allegheny county, Pa., and he received his
early education in the common and high schools of that
village. He entered Princeton University in the fall of
1898 and graduated from that institution in 19o2 In
the fall of 1902 he began the study of law in Pittsburgh,
attending for a time the Pittsburgh Law School, and
was admitted to the practice of law in the courts of
Pennsylvania, in 19o5. Since that time he has been an
active practitioner in the courts of the country. He
served two years as assistant district attorney of Allegheny county under the late William A. Blakeley. He
is a senior member of the firm of Rose  Eichenauer,
and is counsel for the Pittsburgh Coal Company and
other large interests. His clubs are: Pittsburgh Club,
Duquesne Club, Allegheny Country Club, Edgeworth
Club, Tariff Republican Club, Americus Republican
Club, and the Elm Club of Princeton, N. J. He is also
a member of the American Bar Association, the Allegheny County Bar Association, and the Pittsburgh Law
Club. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church,
of Sewickley; and of Fellowship Lodge, No. 679, Free
and Accepted Masons, and for many years has been a
member of the Town Council of Sewickley.
Mr. Rose is a descendant of John Rose, who fled from
England to Holland to escape religious persecution,
afterwards coming to America, landing in New York
in 1720, and a little later settling in New Jersey.
Descent from this ancestor to Don Rose is through the
son of John Rose, Andrew, a soldier of the Revolution;
his son, James, a soldier of the War of 1812; his son,
James McKinley; and his son, Homer Jay, father of
Don Rose.
Andrew Rose, in 1796, moved into the vast wilderness of Western Pennsylvania and located two miles
north of Grove City, Mercer county. James Rose, son
of Andrew Rose, was a man of giant stature and
strength, well fitted by nature for the life of a pioneer.
He reared a large family, giving them exceptional educational advantages for that early day. He was one of
the founders of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
of Jackson Center, Pa., and was accustomed to walk
to and from religious services, a distance of six miles.
On April 3, 1806, he married Martha McKinley, a
great-aunt of President McKinley and a sister of James
McKinley. She had in her veins the blood of both
Irish and Scottish kings. James McKinley married
Mary Rose, a sister of James Rose. She was the grandmother of President McKinley. Martha McKinley was
born Sept. 3, 1785, and died April 21, 1872, and was a
daughter of David McKinley, a soldier of the Revolution.
Don Rose married, Dec. 26, 1907, Jean Agnes Evans,
daughter of Judge John Albert and Anne (Allen)
Evans. They were the parents of the following children:
John Evans, born Aug. 27, 1908; Margaret Shaw, born
Sept. II, 190; Anne Allen, born April 4, 1911; Donald,
Jr., born July 21, 1915; and Jean Evans, born Sept. 3
1916. They live in Sewickley.
JAMES L. ADAMS-A legal practitioner of Pittsburgh since 1906, Mr. Adams, in public And private
capacities, has made his professional qualifications and
activity a source of wide and varied usefulness to his
city. He is a member of a family long seated in this.
district, his grandfather, James Adams, having come
from County Antrim, Ireland, to the United States,
settling in Allegheny county, Pa., and there leading the
life of a farmer and merchant. James Adams married
Jane McClure, and among their children was William,
mentioned below. Mrs. James Adams was an aunt of
Samuel S. McClure, publisher and owner of "McClure's
Magazine.'~
William Adams, son of James-and Jane (McClure)
Adams, was born Aug. 23, 1845, and was a blacksmith
and farmer. He was a Republican, taking an active
interest in political affairs. He married, in July, 1871,
Em-ma Butler, daughter of James and Mary (Ackleson ) B utler, of Allegheny county, Pa., her mother a
descendant of the old McConnell family of Washington
and Allegheny counties. William and Emma (Butler)
Adams were the parents of the following children:
Grace M., wife of G. C. Link, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; James
Lee, of whom further; William A., living on the homestead in Allegheny county; Samuel H., a physician of
Pittsburgh; Laura E.; and John Charles, an attorney of
Pittsburgh. William Adams died Aug. a8, 1912. He
was a man of sterling integrity,- highly respected in his
community. Mrs. Adams survived her husband not
quite one year, passing away Aug. x8, 1913.
James Lee Adams, son of William and Emma (Butler) Adams, was born May 27, 1873, in Robinson township, Allegheny county, Pa. He received his early education in the public schools, then attended the Pittsburgh Academy, the Slippery Rock Normal School, and
the Western University of Pennsylvania (now the University of Pittsburgh), where he was graduated from
the L~aw School in 1905. In January, 1906, he was
admitted to the bar. Mr. Adams entered at once uponk\ /
/
6the active practice of his profession, establishing himself in Pittsburgh, where he has since continuously
remained. He devoted himself to general law, and
unswerving fidelity to the trusts committed to him has
placed him in possession of a large and constantly
increasing clientele.
In early manhood Mr. Adams associated himself with
the Republican party, and has never failed in his allegiance. From 1907 to 1909 he served as State representative, demonstrating so fully his peculiar fitness for
public life that in 1909 he was elected to the State Senate. During his term of service he bestowed much
attention upon the subject of securing good roads for
Pennsylvania, and was largely instrumental in promoting their construction. For this all public-spirited citizens of the Keystone State feel deeply indebted to him
He affiliates with Lodge No. 45, Free and Accepted
Masons; Coraopolis Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Tancred Commandery, Knights Templar, and Syria Temple,
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His
clubs are the Union, Pittsburgh Country and Pittsburgh
Field. His church is the Union United Presbyterian.
Mr. Adams was a member of the Pennsylvania PanamaPacific Exposition Commission, representing Pennsylvania at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, at San Francisco. He was also appointed by Governor Brumbaugh
on the special commission of five to attend the dedication of the Pennsylvania State building, held March I8,
1915, at the Exposition grounds, San Francisco, and
made an address at the dedication of the building.
Mr. Adams was very active in all war work in support
of government, relief, and welfare organizations, and
as a four-minute man and in committee labored tirelessly for the common cause. He is held in high regard
in a wide circle of friends, is identified with all the elements of progress in Pittsburgh, and has achieved professional distinction of high order.
Mr. Adams married, Feb. IO, 1917, in Philadelphia,
Elise N. Walton, daughter of Henry Foster and Ella
(Norman) Walton. Henry Foster Walton is a lawyer
and official of Philadelphia county, and a trustee of the
State Institution for Criminal Insane at Fairview, Pa.,
of which he was one of the founders. He was speaker
of the State Legislature for five terms.
THOMAS E. CLARK-As president of the Marine
Manufacturing  Supply Company, Incorporated, of
Pittsburgh, Thomas E. Clark holds a position of prominence, both in the city and among the interests which
use the rivers as an avenue of trade and distribution.
Mr. Clark was born Sept. IO, I858, in old Allegheny
City's first ward, now known as the twenty-first ward,
North Side, Pittsburgh, and is a son of John R. and
Katherine Clark. Although Mr. Clark is still in the
prime of life and an active factor in the business life of
to-day, he recalls many changes, of which he has been
an eye witness, changes which have brought about a
new and improved order of things. As a boy he
gained what preparation for his life work he could in
the schools of the day. Himself a poor man's son, he
shared with the sons of the rich the rudiments of education, applied with liberal applications of ruler or rattan
in the old first ward school. At the age of thirteen
years he was sent to the oil country to learn the blacksmith's trade from an uncle living at Brady's Bend,
Armstrong county, Pa., who made tools for the drilling
of oil wells. Too small to reach the long lever which
operated the primitive bellows, the boy was stationed
on a box where he could accomplish the task, and stood
for hours together manipulating the lever, while he
heard and saw more fortunate boys outside playing the
then new game of baseball. He was glad when he was
allowed to return to school. At the age of fifteen, in
1873, he left school to take a position in a book and wall
paper store on Federal street, Allegheny, now the North
Side of Pittsburgh, but after a time his health failed so
seriously that his family despaired of his life. Eventually he recovered, however, and in 1876 began to learn
the tin and sheet iron business in connection with the
steamboat trade. But this being one of the poorer
trades at the time, he gave it up after two years, going
to work at the pattern making trade with the Pittsburgh Locomotive Works, and continuing until he had
mastered it. Completing this apprenticeship, he entered
the employ of the Westinghouse interests, under George
Westinghouse, where he worked on the first rotary
engine and dynamo which that great inventor ever
built. In that day Mr. Westinghouse and his dreams
were the laughing stock of men who are now entirely
forgotten. After three years in this connection Mr.
Thomas entered the steamboat business (I885), with the
old firm of Rees  Shook, remaining with them for
more than two years, after which he established a foundry business, which was not successful.
Meanwhile, realizing the trend of the times in mechanics, and ambitious to gain mechanical experience, Mr.
Clark had attended night school four evenings each
week for this purpose, learning mechanical drawing.
Returning to the river business he established the factory of the Shook-Anderson Manufacturing Company,
which was located on Ferry street. This was in 1889,
and this firm of steam engine builders and machinists
became one of the most successful interests of the city.
Twelve years later this business was merged with five
other concerns under the name of the Pittsburgh Valve,
Foundry  Construction Company, with a capitalization of $3,500,000.00, and a plant located at the corner of
Twenty-sixth and Railroad streets. This left Mr. Clark
free to develop a business which he had long had in
mind, and his plans crystallized into the Marine Manufacturing  Supply Company, Incorporated, which was
organized in 1901. The growth of this business has
been steady and permanent. With plant at No. 35 Water
street, it is now one of the principal shops doing work
on steamboats plying between Pittsburgh and New
Orleans. Mr. Clark, as president and general manager
of this important business, is considered an authority
on river machinery, his forty years' experience on
marine work making him an expert in his line. He has
received many flattering offers from large firms who
desire his services as mechanical engineer, but prefers
the independence of his own successful business.
Mr. Clark is president of the Allegheny River Improvement Association, having been elected to that officeby his business associates of Pittsburgh. This association has as its object, as its name implies, the furtherance of all projects increasing the usefulness of this
stream, which the United States Government is now
making navigable from Pittsburgh to Oil City. In
September, 1919, Mr. Clark built a stern wheel steamboat at West Hickory to demonstrate the practicability
of navigation to that point. It had been almost forty
years since a stern wheel steamer had been seen that
far up the Allegheny and excitement ran high, some
of the public schools even giving the pupils a holiday
so that they might enjoy the novel sight of a steamer
navigating the Allegheny river in eight inches of water.
There were thirteen expert pilots aboard the boat, which
was named the "Allegheny," but despite these precautions to insure a successful voyage, the vessel ran
aground twenty-six times before reaching the end of
the journey of 170 miles. All along the route crowds
of people on both sides of the river cheered the accomplishment, which seemed a forerunner of greater river
traffic in the near future.
Fraternally Mr. Clark is well known. He is a member of Franklin Lodge, No. 221, Free and Accepted
Masons; Duquesne Chapter, No. 35, Royal Arch Masons;
No. I Commandery, Knights Templar; and Pennsylvania Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. He is
also a member of Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of
Lodge No. 30, of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Order.
His church is the Methodist Protestant of Bellevue.
Mr. Clark has been a lifelong Republican, and although
he has never sought political preferment, has had the
distinction of serving four successive terms (twelve
years) as school director of the first ward, Allegheny,
in which was located the school in which he received
his early training. After his removal to Bellevue his
fellow citizens of that place elected him to the School
Board for five consecutive terms, Mr. Clark then declining reelection.
On June 30, 1887, Mr. Clark married Nettie A. Yost,
of Allegheny City, and they have had five children, of
whom only one son is now living, John Eckels Clark,
born May 16, I9o1. The beautiful family residence is
in the suburbs of Bellevue, about five miles down the
Ohio river.
JOHN GRIER HOLMES-The passing of John
Grier Holmes, head of the private banking house of
N. Holmes  Sons, of Pittsburgh, Pa., removed from
the business life of that city one of its strong and useful men; from Christ Methodist Church one of its
strong pillars of support; and from the social circles
in which he moved one of its most agreeable and popular members. He was a native son of Pittsburgh, and
closely identified with the city, for he was of the third
generation of Holmes bankers, his father, Nathaniel (2)
Holmes, and his grandfather, Nathaniel ( I) Holmes,
having developed the private banking business to which
John G. Holmes was admitted a partner in 1869.
Through his efforts and those of his two brothers the
name of Holmes was interwoven with Pittsburgh's business interests and there were few lines in which it was
not represented.
The firm of N. Holmes  Son is the oldest private
banking house west of the Allegheny mountains, and
with one exception the largest in continuous existence,
under the name of its founder, in the United States.
The house was founded by Nathaniel Holmes, who was
born in the north of Ireland. He came to Pittsburgh
and engaged in merchandising. In 1842, he bought
out J.  J. Gilmore, a firm of brokers, and established
in Pittsburgh, then a town of 8,ooo population, the banking house of N. Holmes. The bank was on Market
street, and there it remained for half a century. Later
Nathaniel Holmes admitted his son, Thomas R. Holmes,
to an interest, and the house was then given the name
of N. Holmes  Son. In 1840, Nathaniel (2) Holmes
was admitted, and the title, N. Holmes  Sons became
permanent. In 1849, the founder passed away, leaving
his sons in control, and not until 1857 was the personnel
of the house changed, Thomas R. Holmes then retiring. In his place came James H. Wright, who died in
186I, and then John H. Ebbert, who retired some years
later, leaving Nathaniel (2) Holmes in full control. In
1866, he, too, passed away, and in I869 John Grier
Holmes was admitted to the house, to which later came
William R. Holmes, son of Nathaniel (2) Holmes, and
still later Nathaniel (3) Holmes. James J. Donnell, who
had been with the firm since 1857, became a partner in
1870, but in 1899 retired to accept the presidency of the
Bank of Pittsburgh. William R. Holmes retired in
I9oo, because of failing health, and the same year J.
Denniston Lyon was admitted. There were no further
changes in the firm until the removal of the head, John
Grier Holmes, in 1904. In the year I9oo the house
moved to its handsome quarters at Fourth avenue and
Wood street.
John Grier Holmes, son of Nathaniel (2) Holmes,
was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., July 22, 1849, and died on
the steamship "Teutonic," at sea, Sept. 5, 1904, enroute
to Vichy, France. He passed through the public schools
of Pittsburgh, and after graduation from the high
school, completed his education in Dickinson College.
Upon arriving at legal age he was admitted to the
banking house of N. Holmes  Sons, finally becoming
the head of the house. He was also president of the
Citizens' Traction Company; treasurer of the National
Union Fire Insurance Company; director of the Safe
Deposit  Trust Company, of Pittsburgh; and director
of the Third National Bank. He carried his responsibilities for more than thirty years before breaking under
the strain, but during the summer of 1904, he was
forced to withdraw from affairs, and with his wife,
son Joseph, and daughter Elizabeth, sailed for Europe,
intending to spend a month at Vichy, France, noted as
a health resort. He had booked return passage for
October I5, but on September 5, died in mid-ocean. His
body was taken to Queenstown, thence to his home in
Pittsburgh, where he was laid to rest in the Allegheny
cemetery.
From youth Mr. Holmes was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he was one of the most
influential laymen of the Pittsburgh Conference. His
membership was with Christ Church, Center avenue and
Rebecca street, Shadyside, and he was at the time of his
death president of the board of trustees of that church,treasurer of the Centenary Fund Association, of the
Pittsburgh Conference, and in direct charge of the
finances of that conference. Before sailing on his last
voyage he arranged for the investment of a quarter
million dollars of the association's funds with such
care and caution that it suggested the thought that he
realized the seriousness of his physical condition better
than did those around him. In earlier years Mr.
Holmes was superintendent of the Christ Church Sunday school and when Andrew Carnegie founded the
Carnegie Technical School he selected Mr. Holmes as
a member of the board of managers, and to the problem of management he gave much thought and time.
Mr. Holmes married Sue E. Horne, daughter of
Joseph and Mary E. (Shea) Horne, a sketch of whom
follows, who survives her husband. Their children were:
Joseph H., Nathaniel (4) Holmes, and a daughter, Mary
Elizabeth. The family home "Holmhurst," is located on
Braddock avenue, East End.
Such in brief is the life history of one of Pittsburgh's
loyal sons, whose life was spent in the service of her
institutions. The honor due him was not withheld by
his associates of the business world and church, but in
sincere and eloquent manner they voiced their regard
and respect personally and by official resolution. His
memory is warmly cherished, not alone in the house that
he created and loved, but in the busy places of a city's
affairs, where his name is spoken as that of a friend
and trusted partner.
JOSEPH HORNE-This record stands in the history of Pittsburgh as a memorial to a man who left his
impress upon his day and generation, and who builded
into an institution that endures to the present so much
of his character and personality that the city of to-day
knows what manner of man he was-Joseph Horne.
Merchandising was the field he chose for his life work,
and his own business ideals, his own conception of a
house to serve the public, his own expression of mercantile honor, were the foundation of an enterprise that has,
in prosperity and usefulness, outlived its founder by
three decades. To write of Joseph Horne solely as a
merchant, to name him as of the type of A. T. Stewart
and Marshall Field, would be to pen a narrative unfaithful, because incomplete, for while his activity in
that line has had a more intimate influence, perhaps,
than any other, he was a man of broad interests. A
descendant of an ancestry in whom piety was a strong
trait, he himself was deeply religious, in a manner of
such earnestness and sincerity that there was no contradiction in his attitude toward his fellowmen from the
Sunday school superintendent's desk or from his place
as a business executive. He was a man of cultured tastes
in art and literature, their generous patron, and a friend
of all educational and philanthropic work. Pittsburgh
appreciated and honored him, and his place is among her
distinguished sons for all time.
Joseph Horne was a descendant of Henry Horn, born
Oct. I5, 1758, who came to Philadelphia during the
progress of the Revolutionary War, and enlisted in the
American army. He married Elizabeth Preston and
after peace had been restored he settled in Leesburg,
Va., later going to Bedford county, Pa., where he was
well known as a substantial farmer and a Methodist
exhorter. He was a man of superior education and ability and his influence cultured and Christian always. It
was through his efforts that the first Methodist
church, a rallying point for the early members of that
faith, was built. This church was constructed of logs,
was known as the Horn Church, and is still standing,
one of the prized landmarks of Bedford county. His
son, John Horne, born March 13, 1790, was the father
of Joseph Horne of this record.
Joseph Horne, son of John and Catherine (Otto)
Horne, was born at the home farm in Bedford county,
Pa., about eight miles from Bedford Springs, the county
seat, Jan. II, 1826, and died in Dansville, N. Y., Oct.
I9, 1892. He attended public schools and Bedford
Classical Institute, and as a youth was ambitious to
enter the medical profession. No opportunity for the
fulfillment of this desire presented itself, and at the
age of seventeen years, he began his mercantile career
as a clerk. In 1847 he located in Pittsburgh, where he
was for a time employed by C. Yeager, a dealer in
notions, after which he filled the same position in the
notions and fancy-goods store of F. H. Eaton. He was
admitted to a partnership in this latter business in due
course, and eventually became its sole owner through
the purchase of Mr. Eaton's interest. No. 79 Market
street was his location at this time, and he developed
the business to include wholesale and retail dealings in
notions, millinery, and fancy-goods. His endeavors
were attended by success and prosperity, and in January, 1872, he rented the Library Hall Building at No.
197-199 Penn avenue, housing his retail departments in
that place. The wholesale branch then occupied all of
the old place until I88I, when Mr. Horne erected a large
building at the corner of Wood and Liberty streets, for
the wholesale department, which was known as the
Pittsburgh Dry Goods Company. This part of the business, in I900, was moved to No. 935 Penn avenue, its
present location. A short time before his death Mr.
Horne planned and had in the course of construction the
modern business block at Fifth street and Penn avenue,
the present home of the Joseph Horne Company Department Store.
Mr. Horne possessed a personal magnetism that
gripped his entire organization. He has been spoken
of as "a man who set the highest standards for himself
no less than for those who worked for him," and in
conformity with these standards he built up a great
organization that to-day reflects his virility and strength
of character. There is no greater incentive to human
excellence than the power of example, the urge of tradition, and to the great store of to-day Joseph Horne
gave a code of principle and practice that has dominated its policy at every turn. In the early days of
the company he taught by precept and example the
necessity for courtesy at every point of contact within
the organization and with the purchasing public, and so
strong was his insistence upon perfect reliability in
statement and in product, that the Horne store has constantly enjoyed the public confidence. Many instances
might be cited in which he taught well these cardinal
virtues of life and merchandising, which have been
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until they have permeated the whole Horne establishment.
Mr. Horne was a loyal and devoted member of
Christ Methodist Episcopal Church, and gave much of
his time and substance to the work of that congregation. He was a Sunday school superintendent and
founder of a mission from which grew two strong
organizations with churches of their own. The absence
of educational opportunities in his youth did not deter
him from study and appreciation of the literary and
artistic treasures of the ages, and a direct and vigorous
mentality was adorned with the graces and accomplishments of the student. He was a trustee of the Western
University of Pennsylvania, a trustee of Allegheny College, Western Pennsylvania Hospital, and Pittsburgh
Female College. His warm heart and generous nature
worked together for the relief and aid of the unfortunate, and in addition to his large private benefactors, he
was a proved friend of charitable and philanthropic work.
Joseph Horne married (first), May 6, I85I, Mary
Elizabeth Shea, born Feb. 4, 1833; died June 15, 1862,
a daughter of John Shea. He married (second) Emma
Galway. Children of his first marriage were: John,
deceased; Durbin, deceased, a graduate of Yale College,
class of 1876, and president of the Joseph Horne Company at the time of his death in June, 1910; Sue E.,
married John Grier Holmes, of Pittsburgh (q. v.);
Joseph Otto, deceased. There was one son of his second
marriage, Bernard Shea, a resident of Princeton, N. J.
GAITHER-FOWNES FAMILY-The family of
Gaither has long been one of the most prominent of
Maryland, and it is of this line that Mrs. William
Clarke Fownes, of Pittsburgh, is a member. The
founder was John Gaither, who came from England and
settled in Virginia in I636, moving to Maryland in I650.
Mrs. Fownes is a daughter of Lieut. William Walter and
Malinda Catherine (Dom) Gaither, her mother a greatgranddaughter of Sir John Jacob Hentz, who was born
in Beuern, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and was educated in the University of Marburg.
Lieut. William Walter Gaither was a son of the Hon.
Samuel Gaither, an attorney-at-law of Somerset, Pa.,
and the father and son were associated in the establishment of the first newspaper in Beaver, Pa. Mr.
Gaither was engaged in newspaper work in Pittsburgh,
studying law on the side. He handled financial and
court work and later became political editor. He was
secretary to Governor John K. Tener, of Pennsylvania,
who later appointed him a member of the Public Service
Commission. He belongs to the Harrisburg Golf Club.
Lieut. William Walter Gaither won his rank in the Union
army in the Civil War, serving with distinction in that
conflict as did his three brothers, Maj. John Calvin
Gaither, Capt. Charles A. Gaither, and Lieut. Oswald
Hampton Gaither. The children of William Walter
and Malinda Catherine (Dom) Gaither, were: I. Ross
Forward, an official of the Baltimore  Ohio railroad, residing in Baltimore, Md.; married Priscilla Almina Titus,
and they are the parents of Earle, Rowene and James. 2.
Harrison Null, inherited journalistic talent from his
father, and his clear writings and keen discrimination
in news values attracted the attention of the owners of
the Pittsburgh "Dispatch." He was sent abroad in the
interests of this paper He reported the celebrated coaching trip of James G. Blaine and Andrew Carnegie, accompanying them through Scotland. Upon his return
from Europe he was appointed city editor and later managing editor of the Pittsburgh "Dispatch," and in 1896
went with the New York "Press." In 1898 he went to
Porto Rico to report the Spanish-American War, and
while there was a member of the staff of Brig.-Gen. Guy
V. Henry. Mr. Gaither became city editor of the New
York "Press" upon his return from Porto Rico. He is an
ardent sportsman, particularly enjoying hunting and fishing, and is a member of Ancient Lodge, No. 724, Free and
Accepted Masons, of New York City. He married
Elizabeth Williams, a descendant of Roger Williams,
and they are the parents of the following children:
Jessie, a graduate of Barnard College, New York City;
Bonnet, a graduate of Berkeley Institute, New York
City. 3. Ida Belle, a member of the Daughters of the
American Revolution and the Maryland Historical
Society, served during the World War as an active
organizer of Red Cross work in New York, Baltimore
and Pittsburgh. 4. Jessie Garver, a graduate of Madam
Seiler's School of Music, Philadelphia, Pa., a member
of the Society of Colonial Dames and the Daughters of
the American Revolution. She married William Clarke
Fownes, a prominent steel manufacturer of Pittsburgh
and a member of the Duquesne, Pittsburgh Athletic
and Oakmont Golf clubs. They are the parents of
two children: i. Florence, a graduate of Miss Gleim's
Preparatory School for Girls, Pittsburgh, Pa., and the
Graham School of New York City; married Lieut. Ray
Y. Gildea, of Baltimore, Md., a graduate of Cornell University, who made an excellent record in the World
War during two years of overseas service. ii. Capt.
Henry Gaither Fownes is a graduate of Taft School,
Watertown, Conn., and Yale University, where he was a
member of the Berzelius Society; he married Mary Dale
Biggs, of Sherman, Texas, a graduate of Belcourt
Seminary, Washington, D. C. He served in the World
War as a first lieutenant, and later as a captain
of the Infantry. He served in France with the 18th
Infantry, First Division as first lieutenant, and after
nine months of line service was sent to the United States
as a bombing and bayonet instructor, and stationed at
Camp McArthur, Waco, Texas, where he was promoted to captain of Infantry, and honorably discharged
in December, 1918. He is now President of the Fownes
Fuel Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., and a member of the
University Club. 5. Walter Hugus, a resident of
Harrisburg, Pa.; married Marie Bradley, and they are
the parents of one son, Walter Hugus, Jr., who is now
at college at St. Luke's, Wayne, Pa.
WALTER GRAHAM CRAWFORD-Prominent
in legal circles in Pittsburgh, and interested in other
activities varied in nature, Walter Graham Crawford is
one of Pittsburgh's successful attorneys. Mr. Crawford was born in Pine township, Allegheny county, Pa.,
a son of John and Lydia (Graham) Crawford, coming
of old Pennsylvania stock, his father having been born
on the same farm which Mr. Crawford now owns,
which his grandfather located and took up in 794.HISTORY    
OF
Pittsburqh and Environs
BY
Special Contributors and Members of the Editorial Staff
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
NEW YORK and CHICAGO
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6b**??*. Gaining his early education through private tutors,
Mr. Crawford attended Witherspoon Institute, Butler,
Pa., then took a course at Westminster College, New
Wilmington, this State. Thereafter he entered upon the
study of law in the office of Graham  Riddle, of Butler,
Pa., the senior partner of this firm being his full cousin,
Walter L. Graham, who was then widely celebrated in
Butler county and vicinity. During his school attendance Mr. Crawford worked, not of necessity, but
because he desired independence, and thus financed his
own education. He was admitted to the bar in Butler
county, Jan. 12, 1874, and at once came to Pittsburgh,
where he established his office, and has practiced here
continuously since, and holds a leading position among
his contemporaries. He is a member of the Allegheny
County Bar Association.
In addition to his profession, Mr. Crawford is also
interested in the development of an enormous industry
having as its basis a property he owns which contains
300 acres of silicon sand, situated in Monongahela county,
W. Va. The deposit is forty feet deep, and a conservative estimate places its bulk at over 200,000,000 tons.
Here Mr.Crawford has in course of erection an industrial plant for the production of glass, sand and five
hundred other products. He was one of the leaders in
oil and gas promotion, organizing many companies and
opening many fields, among them the Mars Station field,
the Connoquenessing, the Moon Township, the Wildwood, the Hardy, the Burgettstown, the Gould Tunnel,
and the Macksburg, Ohio, fields, all of which have produced over 4,000,000 barrels each.
Mr. Crawford has transformed his homestead farm
into a motor club outing and resting place. He has
improved and beautified the farm until it is now a park,
but one of its chief charms is comprised in the many
fine natural springs. Wild and cultivated fruit grows
in abundance, and it is free to the club members. This
farm lies sixteen miles from Pittsburgh, and is on three
main automobile thoroughfares.
In public life Mr. Crawford has always held a deep
interest, but has kept aloof from political activities,
although he has supported the Republican party at all
times. He is a member of the First United Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh. For his vacations he goes
to Atlantic City or other shore resorts, always, however,
spending part of his leisure time on one of his farms.
On Oct. 2, 1879, Mr. Crawford married Emma Louira
Hays, of Allegheny county, Pa., a daughter of William
and Eliza (McCafferty) Hays, the former a veteran of
the Civil War. Mrs. Crawford is a very brilliant and
highly educated woman, who has always been active in
church and welfare work, and, with her daughters, is a
member of the "Outlook Alliance." They are the parents of five children, of whom the two sons, Frank and
William, died in infancy. The daughters are I. Maud
Louira, educated in Pittsburgh public schools, Central
High School of Pittsburgh, and the Kindergarten College of Pittsburgh; taught kindergarten for seven years;
is now the wife of Harry D. Stark. -2. Anna May, educated in Pittsburgh public schools, Central High School
of Pittsburgh, and the Margaret Morrison Technical
School, taught for six years; is now the wife of Douglass Keen Ballard, of Pittsburgh, and the mother of one
daughter, Virginia. 3. Margaret Eliza, who was educated in the same schools as her eldest sister; taught
kindergarten school for five years; is now the wife of
Dr. Albert McCreery, of Pittsburgh, and they have one
daughter, Marjorie.
JAY G. SPARKS-One of the most progressive and
up-to-date men in many lines in Pittsburgh, Pa., is J. G.
Sparks, optometrist, president of the Pittsburgh Optical
Manufacturing Company, and oil producer. Mr. Sparks
was born in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence county, N. Y.,
Sept. II, I89o, a son of James and Cornelia (Gates)
Sparks. His father was a grocer, both parents now
deceased.
The boy received a thorough grounding in the essentials of education in the public schools of his native
town. Upon reaching the age of eighteen years he
struck out, for himself in life and went to Ansonia,
Conn., where he entered the employ of a jewelry firm,
remaining in this connection three years. Appreciating
the possibilities of this business, particularly the optical
branch, he had made the most of every opportunity to
learn its principles, and at the end of his period of
employment with the Ansonia people went to Fultonville, N. Y., where he established himself in the jewelry
business. He seriously took up the study of optometry,
and in I89I installed an optical department in connection with his business. He remained in this location for
eight years, then was induced to sell  the business in
Fultonville and remove to New Castle, Pa. This was,
as it proved, only a step toward a larger city, and Mr.
Sparks came to Pittsburgh soon after, entering the
employ of the William Stieren Optical Company, where
he remained twelve pears.
In 1913 Mr. Sparks went into business for himself in
Pittsburgh, and has developed a large and prosperous
business, handling everything in the line of optical goods
in both wholesale and retail operations. His commodious store at No. 2037 Jenkins arcade is equipped with
the latest and most expensive fixtures and conveniences,
and is most harmoniously decorated. In addition to
this retail establishment, Mr. Sparks founded, in 1918,
the Pittsburgh Optical Manufacturing Company, at No.
7615 Frankstown avenue, of which he is president. This
company manufactures all kinds and varieties of reading lenses, not eye-glasses, and employs ten operatives,
selling to the wholesale trade only. This class of work
has always been done in Germany, and the closing of
the avenues of German production created a need in
this country which Mr. Sparks recognized as his opportunity.
Mr. Sparks is associated with John T. Bealor as the
Plibrico Sales Company, representing the Jointless Fire
Brick Company of Chicago, manufacturers of plibrico
jointless fire brick. This is an unbaked, high grade fire
brick. It is plastic and is shaped and joined into place
like molded clay, the furnace lining being thus made first
and afterwards baked out and vitrified, resulting in a onepiece, jointless furnace lining superior to a plain fire brick,
guaranteed to stand 3100 degrees of Fahrenheit, and
that will not leak air or gas, or will not crack or spall.
Given a boiler in good condition, with properly constructed setting and plibrico jointless fire brick lining,under ordinary care and operation, there is found the
foundation and beginning of economical power equipment. The remarkable results accomplished by the fuel
administration during the war have brought power and
plant owner to a realization of the criminal waste of
fuel in the majority of plants, and no agency for economy has proved greater worth than plibrico jointless
fire brick. Mr. Sparks and Mr. Bealor have created a
large market for this product in the Pittsburgh district,
and have built up a prosperous enterprise.
Mr. Sparks is connected with D. W. Hubley in the
Sparks Oil Company of Bellevue, Pa. Mr. Sparks and
Mr. Hubley are the owners of an oil lease situated in
Ross township, Allegheny county, Pa., on what is known
as the Albert Haley Farm, comprising about seven acres.
This tract is located on the Jacks Run road, about midway between the West View Oil Fields and approximately one mile from either field, both of which have
producing wells, some of which have been active for
the past twenty years or more. Mr. Sparks and Mr.
Hubley are promoting the drilling of a well on this
tract, and have subscriptions for interests in the enterprise well under way.
Mr. Sparks is prominent in the public life of Pittsburgh, and more widely in his own lines of business. He
is a member of the National Optical Association, of the
Pennsylvania State Optical Association, and also of the
local branch of this organization. He is a member of
Pittsburgh Lodge, No. 50, Knights of Pythias; and is a
charter member of the Kiwanis. Club. In political matters he reserves his right to individual decision, and
gives no party his unqualified support. His religious
faith leads him to worship with the Baptist church.
Mr. Sparks married, in Pittsburgh, Clare R. Randolph, of this city.
WILLIAM HOLMES STEVENSON, who enjoys
the well earned reputation of being one of Pittsburgh's
foremost public spirited citizens, is a descendant from
families, some of whose ancestors settled in this country
prior to the Revolution, while others came to the United
States from the North of Ireland in the early years of
the nineteenth century.
His first American ancestor was Jacob Keeports, who
was born in 1713. In 1752 he was a well known citizen
of Baltimore, Md., where he died in I789. He was
known as Captain Keeports, and was the purchasing
agent for the State of Maryland during the Revolutionary War. His son, Jacob Keeports, was a soldier
in the Revolutionary army, and his daughter Katherine,
born April 8, 1859, married, Dec. 20, 1780, Capt. Paul
Bentalo, who accompanied General Lafayette to America and with the latter joined the American army. When
General Lafayette visited the United States, in 1824,
Captain Bentalo rode in the carriage with him in the
Baltimore procession. Captain Bentalo was also attached
to the command of the noble Pole, Count Pulaski, who
died in his arms. In I86o Captain Bentalo and his
wife visited France, and because of his connection with
the Jerome Bonaparte-Elizabeth Patterson marriage he
was thrown into prison by the Emperor Napoleon for
awhile and treated with much rigor. Another daughter
of Captain Keeports, Anna Margaretta, born Aug. 14,
1749, married Rev. John Christian Faber, and died Nov.
8, 1828. Mr. Faber was born in Mosbach, Baden, Gerfany, his father, of the same name, having also been a
minister. He became the first minister of the first German Reformed church in Baltimore, built in 1756. Their
daughter, Catherine Faber, married George Morton,
Dec. 10, 1795. Their daughter, Elizabeth Snider Morton,
born at Chambersburg, Pa., July 21, I8oo, married
William Stevenson, about 1820, and died in Pittsburgh
in 1872.
William Stevenson was born in 1788 in Letterkenney,
County Donegal, Ireland. He was a mercer in Belfast,
but emigrated to Chambersburg, Pa., where he attended
the Falling Spring Presbyterian Church. He removed
to Pittsburgh in 1829, where he died in 1849.
His son, George Keeports Stevenson, born in Chambersburg, Feb. 4, 1828, married, Nov. 9, 1852, Mary
Dickson Brown, born Jan. I, 1831, daughter of James
Thompson and Mary Jane Brown, his wife, natives of
Liverpool, England. He died in Pittsburgh, April 4,
1910. He was the founder of the well known firm of
George K. Stevenson  Company, dealers in fine
groceries.
His son, William Holmes Stevenson, was born in
Pittsburgh, Jan. 19, 1857. He was educated in the public and high schools of Pittsburgh, and entered into
business with his father, upon whose death he became
the head of the firm in which his brother, James B.
Stevenson, is associated with him. He is also president of the Liberty Baking Company.
Mr. Stevenson has always taken great interest in public affairs. In 1902-04 he was a member of the Common Council of Pittsburgh, and chairman of its finance
committee. From 19o6 to I909 he was a member of
the Select Council, and he was one of the very few
members of councils who opposed the action by those
bodies which developed a great graft scandal, the result
of which was the granting of a new charter to Pittsburgh and the creation of a single council of nine paid
members. He also strongly advocated the creation of
a Greater Pittsburgh by the consolidation of Pittsburgh and Allegheny City.
In 1909 Mr. Stevenson was the independent citizens'
candidate for mayor, polling about 24,000 votes. In 1908
he was the chairman of the general and executive committees of the great Sesqui-Centennial Celebration of
Pittsburgh and also of the Councilmanic Committee. In
1909, on the re-organization of the Historical Society of
Western Pennsylvania, he was chosen chairman of the
executive committee, and two years later was made
president, a position he still holds. Under his administration the Society fostered three great celebrations,
the Centennial of Steamboat Navigation on the western
rivers in 1911, the one hundredth and twenty-fifth anniversary of the creation of Allegheny county, in 1913,
and the Centennial of Pittsburgh City charter in 1916.
For all these celebrations he was chairman of the general committee. During his administration the Society
also greatly increased its membership, erected a fine
building, established a library and museum, and began
the publication of the "Western Pennsylvania Historical
Magazine."
In 1913 Mr. Stevenson was made a member of thePennsylvania State Historical Commission, and in 1919
became its president, an office he still holds. He was
largely instrumental in securing the purchase and preservation of the property of the Harmony Society at
Economy. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania
War History Commission. During the World War he
was chairman of the Allegheny county Division of the
Pennsylvania Council of National Defense, and performed much valuable service.
For many years Mr. Stevenson has been one of the
most active workers in the Chamber of Commerce of
Pittsburgh, having been a director for a long period.
In 1913-15 he was president of the organization. He
was chairman of the rivers and harbors committee of
the body, and is now head of its municipal affairs committee. He largely aided in securing a considerable
reduction in telephone rates. He was one of the original directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States of America.
Mr. Stevenson has long taken a great interest in providing playgrounds for the city, and was for years
chairman of the advisory committee of the Pittsburgh
Playground Association. He has always been an independent Republican in politics. He was a prominent
member of the Orphans and Citizens party. He was
the Pittsburgh chairman of the Union party in 1901-03
and of the Lincoln and Civic parties in 19o5-o6, which
organizations greatly aided in the election of George
W. Guthrie as mayor. He actively supported the successful candidacy of William A. Magee for mayor in
1921.
Mr. Stevenson, while in Council, was a member of the
Carnegie Institute Board of Trustees. He was largely
instrumental in securing the land needed for the Carnegie Technical Schools at a moderate price, and also
the site for the building of the United States Mines
Bureau. He is a member of the Carnegie Hero Fund
Commission and also of the Flood Commission of
Pittsburgh.
Mr. Stevenson has for many years taken an active
interest in the development of our interior waterways,
and during the last decade has been deeply interested in
the project to construct the Lake Erie and Ohio River
canal. In 1915 he was appointed by the governor as
president of the Lake Erie and Ohio River Canal Board
of Pennsylvania, and has worked unceasingly to secure
this great waterway, the construction of which will be
of vast benefit not only to the entire Pittsburgh district
but to the Nation generally. He is president of the
Mississippi to Atlantic Internal Waterways Committee,
having representatives in twenty states. Mr. Stevenson
is a member of the Bellefield Presbyterian Church, and
in 1907-09 was president of the Presbyterian Union of
Pittsburgh.
On April 7, I88I, Mr. Stevenson was married to
Fannie Laune Large, daughter of Henry and Anna
(Greenlee) Large, of Pittsburgh. They have two sons:
Henry Large and William Holmes, Jr. A daughter,
Anna Large, died in 1921.
Mr. Stevenson is of the type of our best citizenship.
He is an untiring worker for the public good and enjoys
the esteem of a great number of his fellow-citizens.
BREESE MORSE DICKINSON, M. D.-The history of the medical profession in Pittsburgh is wellnigh coeval with the existence of the city,,and is a
record of steady upward progress and ever-increasing
renown. Its standing at the present day is higher than
ever before, and among its foremost representatives
must be numbered Dr. Breese Morse Dickinson, distinguished as a specialist in the treatment of diseases of
the nose and throat. Dr. Dickinson, in addition to his
work as a practitioner, is widely and favorably known
as a contributor to medical literature.
John Dickinson, grandfather of Breese Morse Dickinson, was a Virginian, of noted Colonial descent, and
was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. He
married Lucinda Nottingham, also of Virginia. The
death of the Rev. Mr. Dickinson occurred about 1888.
As a useful and earnest man of unblemished character
he was an ornament to his sacred profession.
Martin B. Dickinson, son of John and Lucinda (Nottingham) Dickinson, was born Jan. 8, 1837, near Jonesville, Va., and became a ranchman in the west, later
engaging in business in Kansas City, Kans., where he
is now living in retirement. He married Carrie Finley
Twist, daughter of James and Jane (Chamberlain)
Twist, who were both of English descent and emigrated
from Ireland to the United States, first making their
home in Pittsburgh and later removing to the West.
The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs.
Dickinson: Don P., a farmer of Kansas; Breese Morse,
mentioned below; Robert Lee, died in boyhood; William
Boyd, a lawyer of Kansas City, Mo.; Ray T., a merchant of Baker, Kans.; Cedric M., a journalist of Fort
William, Ontario, Canada; Rebecca, wife of Cornelius
Mills, a contractor of Blue Springs, Mo.; Eva, wife of
William Modie; twins; Lucy; and James John, a nose
and throat specialist of Pittsburgh, associated with his
elder brother.
Dr. Breese Morse Dickinson, son of Martin B. and
Carrie Finley (Twist) Dickinson, was born April 4,
1871, at Robinson, Kans., and received his preparatory
education in the schools of his native town, afterward
entering the University of Kansas, and graduating in
1895 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. His professional training was received in the medical department
of the University of Pennsylvania, that institution conferring upon him in 1898 the degree of Doctor of Medicine. After spending one year as interne in Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia Hospital, Philadelphia, Mr. Dickinson entered upon a career of general
practice in East Liberty, a suburb of the Iron City.
During this period he fitted himself for his present work
as a specialist by studying in different cities and
acquainting himself with the most advanced ideas in
regard to that branch of his profession. In 1905 he
established himself as a specialist in the treatment of
diseases of the nose and throat, and down to the present
time this work has continuously occupied him. He has
acquired a large practice, and is one of the most prominent specialists of his class in Pittsburgh. His pen,
meanwhile, has been frequently employed in the cause
of medical science, various articles of his authorship
having appeared from time to time in the medical journals, and he has also read before medical societies
papers which have been received with distinguished
approval. He is a member of the Academy of Medicine of which, in I9I3, he was vice-president, and he
also belongs to the College of Physicians, the American
College of Surgeons, the American Medical Association,
the Pennsylvania State Medical Association, and the
Allegheny County Medical Society.
The political affiliations of Dr. Dickinson are with the
Republican party, and as a Mason he affiliates with
Hailman Lodge, No. 321, of Pittsburgh. He belongs to
the Press, University and Crystal Springs Hunting
clubs, and the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity, the members
of which are selected by their respective colleges for
their high standing.
While the words, "a learned, aggressive and thoroughly well balanced physician," would furnish a lifelike
description of the personality of Dr. Dickinson, they
would fail in conveying a complete idea of a character
as fully developed as his, including as it does all that
constitutes what-is known as an "all-round man." Dr.
Dickinson is eminently social, and greatly enjoys life
in the open, hunting being one of his favorite recreations. The glance of his eyes, his countenance, manner
and bearing all show him to be the man he is.
Before Dr. Dickinson had been many years a resident of Pittsburgh he added to the ties which already
bound him to the city by espousing one of its fairest
daughters- Clara, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Gotthart) Fite, Mr. Fite being a wholesale grocer. The
marriage took place on March 21, 1905, and Dr. and
Mrs. Dickinson are now the parents of the following
children: Breese M., Dorothy, Virginia, Marian, and
Clara Fite. Dr. Dickinson and his wife occupy a prominent place in Pittsburgh society.
A descendant of Virginia ancestors, and born in the
Middle West, Dr. Dickinson came to Pittsburgh a representative of a family presumably allied to one already
famous in the annals of the Keystone State. For more
than a century and a half the name of Dickinson has
been associated in Pennsylvania with traditions of
learning, patriotism and public and private virtue. Dr.
Dickinson has already made it synonymous with distinction in the medical profession, and his record indicates that, as the years go on, they will bring with them
steadily increasing prestige.
REV. JOHN W. O'CONNELL-Through all the
centuries civilization has moved forward in the light
of the church, and in this day those nations and those
communities which cling most closely to the Christian
faith, and follow most sincerely the precepts of the
church, are the nations and communities which lead
their contemporaries in progress and prosperity. In
Pittsburgh, Pa., the church leads the people in the truest
sense of the word; and in every public movement and
in all good works, the church and the people go hand in
hand. Rev. John W. O'Connell, the pastor of St.
Peter's Roman Catholic Church, is a man of broad and
benevolent mind, most assiduously devoted to the holy
offices of the church and the ever-present needs of the
people under his charge.
Father O'Connell was born in Pittsburgh, Nov. 28,
1857. Early dedicated to the church, he received his
education at St. Michael's Seminary, then at St. Vincent's Seminary, at Beatty, Pa., completing his studies
at the Grand Seminary, Montreal, Canada. He was
ordained by Bishop Mullen, of the Erie Diocese, at St.
Vincent's Seminary, Dec. 17, I88I. The first charge to
which he was appointed was at Huntingdon, Pa., where
he remained from Jan. I, 1882, until March, 1882. He
was then sent to St. Peter's, as assistant, and for nine
years he served this church in that capacity, becoming
greatly beloved by the people, and doing very effective
work. At the end of that period the little Church of St.
Mary's of the Mount was in a struggling condition, and
needed the care of just such a young man of vital energy
as Father O'Connell had proved himself to be. He was
therefore appointed to this charge, and immediately began
to raise money for the erection of a new church edifice.
His enthusiasm was contagious, and funds poured in.
The new building was begun very soon after his appointment, and completed in due time. He remained in this
charge for twelve years, and his whole period of service was marked with great progress in all the various
branches of the church work.          
It was on Oct. 25, 1903, that Father O'Connell was
made pastor of St. Peter's Church, Pittsburgh, and
great was the rejoicing among the people when the
appointment was announced. As assistant they had
loved him, now as pastor they loved him no less, and
they revered in him the spirit which long devotion to
his calling had ripened and strengthened. The years
which have since passed have brought church and people
into closer relationship, under Father O'Connell's guidance, and have deepened the influence on the community of the church as an institution. St. Peter's is now
one of the largest and finest churches in the city.
During the recent World War, Father O'Connell led
his people in all the work that was from time to time
inaugurated to assist and sustain the Expeditionary
Force. Largely through his encouragement and advice,
the Roll of Honor of this church mounted to the magnificent total of 684 enlistments in the service, and this
church supported one of the largest and most efficient
Red Cross units in the city.
The following is an outline history of St. Peter's
Church:
The early settlers of Allegheny attended the Cathedral, but their numbers having become sufficient to
render the formation of a separate congregation both
feasible and necessary, a meeting was called for that
purpose, Sept. 17, 1848. Rev. James O'Connor, brother
of the Bishop, was appointed pastor of the incipient congregation, and measures were taken toward the erection
of a church.
Lots were purchased on Anderson street, near Washington, from Judge Irwin, at the cost of a little more
than $6,ooo, and the erection of a church was soon after
begun. Toward the end of the following year Father
O'Connor was succeeded by Rev. Edward McMahon.
The church was finished the following spring at the cost
of about $Io,ooo, and dedicated under the invocation of
St. Peter the Apostle by Bishop Whelan, of Wheeling,
April 21, I85o. On the 24th of the same month FatherMcMahon, on account of the energy and prudence which   pastorate of St. Peter's in February, 19o3, and the preshe displayed, was promoted to the rectorship of the   ent incumbent, Rev. J. W.  O'Connell, took charge on
Cathedral and vicar-general of the diocese.                  Oct. 25, 1903.. 
On April 24, 185o, Rev. James Kearney was made pas-         St. Peter's congregation has the honor of having the
tor of St. Peter's.  A school was opened in the basement   largest Holy  Name  Society in the diocese, and  has
of the church, and St. Ann's Convent, commonly known   always carried off the honors of the Holy Name procesas the House of Industry, was built on Washington   sion, having the greatest number  of men  in line of
street about the year 1854.                              march.  There is a Lyceum, second to none, where most
Father Kearney was succeeded, Oct. 24, 1854, by Rev,   of the young men of the parish spend profitable and
T. Mullen.  Under his able administration the congre-   pleasant evenings.  The sodalities of our Lady of Mercy
gation continued to increase both in numbers and im-   and the Children of Mercy are well organized, while the
portance.  Even with three masses on Sunday St. Peter's   Sunday school, with a teaching staff of 120 well trained
began to be inadequate to the accommodation of the   teachers, speaks well for the Catholicity of St. Peter's
large number of Catholics; and as a result St. Andrew's   Parish.  The members of St. Peter's parish all take a
parish was formed from St. Peter's.  Father Mullen,   great pride in their beautiful church, and well they
on Dec. 2o, 1863, began building a church for the accom-  might, for nowhere, in this diocese, or any other diocese
modation of the Catholics of Manchester district.  For   of the United States, is there a more beautiful edifice
several years it was attended from St. Peter's.              than St. Peter's.  St. Peter's has been greatly honored
The erection of the new church and the withdrawal   by having three of her former pastors chosen Bishops.
Of a part of the congregation afforded but a temporary   The growth of the church has been enormous, and the
relief.   A   larger  church  was  absolutely  necessary.   present rector, Rev. J. W.  O'Connell, is ably assisted
Measures were being taken toward its erection, when   by Rev. P. J. Kitrick and Rev. J. V. Sharp in ministerFather  Mullen  was  promoted  to  the  See  of  Erie,   ing to the wants of the people of their parish.
Aug. 2, I868.
On bidding faeewell to the congregation over which he    PRESCOTT  METCALF  FRAMPTON, was born
presided, he left them in thevhands of Father Phelan,   Feb. 22, 1873, at Transfer, Mercer county, Pa. a son of
who succeeded Bishop Mullen July 21, 1868. The first  David A. and  Delora  (Stewart)  Frampton.   He  recare of the newly appoionted pastor was the erection of   ceived his education in the public schools of his native
the church Additional lots were purchased adjoining   town, and in 1885, at the age of twelve years, he started
those already owned by the congregation on the corner
of Sherman avenue and West Ohio street.  Plans for         to work in manufacturing end of the lumber busi-....                                   ness, and as time went on his field of action came to inthe building were obstained, and the cornerstone was dude Virginia, Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio and
laid with imposing ceremony by Bishop Domenec, April,  Pennsylvania, his activities embracing every branch of
16, 1871.  The  church was  completed and  dedicated   the business from cutting logs to operating saw mills.
Sunday, July 5, 1874.                                        In December, 1912, he formed the Foster Lumber ComThe church is of the Gothic style of architecture, but   pany of Pittsburgh, which in 1914 was changed to the
without a transept.  It is 165 feet long by 70 feet in   Frampton-Foster Lumber Company, of Pittsburgh, manuwidth, consisting of a nave and two aisles.  The aisles   facturers of pak, pine and hardwoods, with mills in Virare 30 feet to the ceiling and the nave 55 feet.  The   ginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and
entire cost of this splendid edifice was about $125,000.   Pennsylvania.  About ninety per cent of their business is
The recory was built in 1876.  On' Nov. 4, I886, the   railroad material, such as timbers, car lumber, switch ties
church was destroyed by fire, and while the church was   and cross ties. During the World War the entire organbeing  rebuilt the congregation  held  services  in  St.   ization,  composed  of  the Frampton-Foster  interests,
Mary's Chapel.  The church was rebuilt on the original   worked for the railroad administration in supplying railplans, and dedicated in the spring of 1888.                 road material, etc.
Bishop  Phelan remained at St. Peter's until May,           In addition to his leadership of the Frampton-Foster
1891, when he took up his residence at the Cathedral.   Lumber Company, of Pittsburgh, Mr. Frampton is presiHe was succeeded by Father Stephen Wall, who re-  dent of the Shenango Lumber Company, of Youngstown,
mained at St. Peter's until his death, Aug. 21, 1894.  It   Ohio, the Bessemer Lumber Company, of Detroit, Mich.,
was during Dr. Wall's pastorate that the Annunciation   the Frampton-Foster Lumber Company of Tennessee, of
parish was formed from St. Peter's.  The first mass for   Knoxville, Tenn., the Frampton Furniture Company, of
this new congregation was read in Eckert's Hall, West   Pitttsburgh, Pa., and the Rocky Run Lumber Company,
End avenue, now Brighton road, Jan. 22, 1893..Dr. Wall   of White Sulpher Springs, W. Va..He is also a director
preached the sermon and introduced the first pastor of   and leading factor in several other manufacturing comthe Annunciation Church, Rev. Francis McCabe.              panies and business organizations, a member of the ChamUpon the death of Rev. Dr. Wall, Father Bush left  ber of Commerce and of the Board of Trade.
his Altoona parish, at the call of his Bishop, and took         Mr. Frampton married, Oct. 23, 1917, in Pittsburgh,
up his duties at St. Peter's, October, 1894.  Father Bush   Patty A. Plumer, daughter of Ralph C. and Margaret
built the school and convent, which are beyond a doubt   (Dieringer)  Plumer,  of  Franklin,  Pa.   During  the
the finest in the diocese.  The Sisters of Mercy have   winters Mr. and Mrs. Frampton reside in Pittsburgh,
charge of the schools, which number more than 900 and the summer months they spend at their country home
children. Owing to ill health Father Bush resigned the in Mercer county, Pa.WILLIAM  EWING  FOSTER has been associated   three floors, giving 10,300 square feet of floor space.
with the lumber business for twenty years.  He is a son   Here they employ twenty-five hands, and their represenof Gilbert D. and Mary  (Buchanan)  Foster, and was   tatives travel in West  Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, and
born at North Liberty, Pa., Feb. I8, I88o.  He there at-   New York State, and throughout the Pittsburgh district.
tended public schools, later completing his studies at         Mr. Klingensmith is a member of the Chamber of
Slippery Rock State Normal School.               Commerce, of Pittsburgh;, and of the Credit Men's AsAfter leaving school, Mr. Foster entered the lumber   sociation, also of the National Association of Extract
business and continued in the same for himself until   Manufacturers.  Politically he supports the Republican
December, 1912, when he entered into a partnership with   party.  Fraternally he is a Scottish Rite Mason, being a
P. M.  Frampton.   They  formed the Frampton-Foster   member of Beta Lodge,  No. 647, Free and Accepted
Lumber Company, at Pittsburgh, Pa., with headquarters   Masons, and as a thirty-second degree Mason affiliates
in the Bessemer building.  In June, 1920, this company   with Pittsburgh Consistory.  He  is also a member of
was incorporated.  In addition to being vice-president of   Syria  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic Order Nobles of the
the Frampton-Foster Lumber  Company, of Pittsburgh,   Mystic Shrine, and has for years been a member of the
Mr. Foster is vice-president of the Bessemer Lumber Com-   Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
pany, at Detroit, Mich., the Frampton-Foster  Lumber            He married Dorothy Alice Clark, of. Coshocton, Ohio,
Company of Tennessee, at Knoxville, Tenn., the Shenango   daughter of Thomas  H. and Sarah A.  (Talmadge)
Lumber Company, at Youngstown, Ohio; and a director in   Clark.- 
several other manufacturing and commercial enterprises.
He is a member of the Pittsburgh Credit Men's Association, the Chamber of Commerce, the Almas Club, of Dor-           SAMUEL  R. UPHAM,  from youth up, has been
mont, and the Presbyterian church.   In the Masonic   connected with the stock brokerage business, beginning in
order he is a member of the Ancient Accepted Scottish   Boston at the age of seventeen, his association with imRite, Chartiers Commandery, No. 78, and a noble of the   portant financial institution of that city continuing until
Mystic Shrine.                                                1907, with the stock and bond departments.  With the exMr. Foster married, Sept. 23, 1903, Nellie M. Glenn,   perience gained with these houses, he came to Pittsburgh
daughter of Andrew and Jennie (Miles) Glenn.  They   and established in business for himself as an investment
have two daughters:   Lois Eleanor and Maxine Mae   broker.  He has been very successful, and has won a
Foster.   The family home  is at No.  3100 Pinehurst       strong following among investors. He is a son of Wilavenue, Dormont, Pittsburgh, Pa.                              liam Frederick and Elizabeth M.  (Rich)  Upham,  his
father engaged in the paper business in Boston, Mass.
JAMES   L. KLINGENSMTH,  preident of the        The Upham family is of ancient English ancestry, the
JAMES  L.  KLNGESMITH, prssident of the                  name Upham being found in a deed to lands signed by
Pittsburgh Foods Products Company, is actively engaged    Hugo de Upham, under date of 1208.  The first to bear
in a business which closely concerns the well-being of   the name in New  England was John Upham, son of
the public.  Mr. Klingensmith was born in Armstrong   Richard and Maria Upham, born in Devonshire, Engcounty, Pa., Jan. 2, 1865, and is a son of Joseph and   land, about 1600.  He married, Nov. I, 1626, Elizabeth
Priscilla (McKean)  Klingensmith, both of whom  sur-   Slade, and on March 20, 1635, with wife, three children
vive and reside at Indiana, Pa.              and two sisters, sailed for New  England, arriving at
With limited educational opportunities he entered the   Boston, May 6th following.  His son, Phineas, was the
business world early in life, and in steady progress won   only son of John Upham who left children, and he is the
his way to success.  For three years he was a clerk in a   ancestor of all Uphams of early Colonial ancestry.   Both
retail store in Blairsville, Pa., coming to Pittsburgh, in   he and his father were men of energy and influence,
1886, and entering the employ of the L. H. Smith Wooden   Phineas rendering military service during King Philip's
Ware  Company,  in the order department.   Later he   War.
became a house salesman, and in 1889 went on the road           Samuel R. Upham  was born in Waltham, Mass., in
for this concern, covering the Pittsburgh district until   1878, and there was educated in the public schools.  At
1913.  His savings were invested in the company, and   the age of seventeen he entered the employ of Richardhe became a member of the firm, serving as secretary   son, Hill   Company, of Boston, Mass., Bankers and
until he sold his interest in 1913.  In 1911 he had pur-   Brokers.  He remained with that company in their stock
chased the Pittsburgh Food  Products  Company,  and   department for five years, then transferred his services
when he withdrew from the L. H. Smith Wooden Ware   to Fisk  Robinson, Bankers, remaining with them three
Company he devoted himself actively to the management   years in their bond department.  In 1903 he represented
of this concern, whose business he has built up to large   in Boston, Trowbridge  Niver, bond dealers of Chicago,
proportions.  Mr. Klingensmith is president and man-   Ill., continuing their Boston agent four years.  He loager; M. C. Cochran, vice-president; and D. A. Klin-   cated in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1907, and has there passed
gensmith,  secretary.  They  manufacture  extracts and   the years which have since elapsed.
flavorings in great variety, baking powders and crushed          Mr. Upham is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber
fruit syrups.  In connection with these products they   of Commerce, the Duquesne Club, Pittsburgh Athletic
handle, as jobbers,  soda  fountain  supplies  of every   Association,  and  Monitor  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted
description, and bakers' and grocers' supplies.  Their   Masons, of Waltham, Mass.
building, located at No. 815-17 Locust street, Pittsburgh,       Mr.  Upham  married, in Pittsburgh, in 1919, Mary
is 42x82 feet in dimension, and their business occupies   Craig Brace, of Pittsburgh.BIOGRA
WILLIAM McCULLOUGH DARLINGTON--
Eminent in the law, Mr. Darlington possessed more than
the legal learning necessary to practice successfully, his
characteristic traits contributing their due proportion in
gaining him the eminence at the Pennsylvania bar which
he attained. One of these characteristics was the faculty of quickly discerning the essential points in a case
and separating those vital points of a case from the mass
of trivialities upon which some lawyers depend to becloud
the true issues. Knowing thus the strong vital points of
his case, he could present it to court or jury with wonderful clearness and force, drawing from the rich storehouse of his mind, and with all his zeal and eloquence
convincing and persuading in a truly logical way without
vehemence or affectation. He was an authority on the
law of real estate, and was frequently consulted by other
leading lawyers and by judges on the bench. His life
was one of singular completeness and well-rounded
symmetry, irreproachable and beneficent in every public
and private relation. He stands preeminent in the legal
annals of his profession, not only by reason of brilliant
talents, but as an upholder and an exemplar of the loftiest principles of his profession. As an author of historical works he left abundant evidence of public spirit
and literary ability, and his writings will be read with
increasing value and interest as the years pass by.
William McCullough Darlington was a native son of
Pittsburgh, a descendant in the fifth generation from
Abraham Darlington, son of Job and Mary Darlington,
who were residents of Darnhall, Cheshire, England.
Abraham Darlington came to Chester county, Pennsylvania, from England in 1711, and in 1716 married Elizabeth Hillborn. Their son, Thomas Darlington, married, in 1754, Hannah Brinton. Their son, Amos Darlington, married, in 1789, Elizabeth Powell. Their son,
Benjamin Darlington, born in Chester county, Pa., married, in Pittsburgh, Agnes McCullough, and they were
the parents of William McCullough Darlington, to whose
memory this review is dedicated.
William McCullough Darlington was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., May I, I8I5, and died at his home "Guyasuta," Allegheny county, Pa., Sept. 28, 1889. He was
educated in private schools and Jefferson College (Canonsburg, Pa.), his legal training being pursued under
the preceptorship of Richard Biddle, of the Allegheny
county bar. In 1837 the young man, then twenty-two,
was admitted to the bar of Allegheny county, and until
his death, fifty-two years later, he was one of the shining lights of the legal profession. He won at this period
a most important case before the United States Supreme
Court concerning a Spanish land grant. He at once
began practice in Pittsburgh, but was still a close
student, in fact, he never felt that he had mastered the
law. He was a hard worker, and his industry, with his
natural ability and his learning, brought him well-earned
reputation among his brethren of the bar, a reputation
augmented by the passing of the years. He gave special
attention to laws relating to real estate, his knowledge
of the principle involved in titles and those laws governing their alienation and descent being full and complete.
During the latter years of his life Mr. Darlington, while
not the oldest lawyer then practicing in Pittsburgh, was
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the oldest living member of the Allegheny county bar.
His seniority was acknowledged in I888, when upon the
completion of the new court house he was presented
with the keys to the Temple of Justice.
As a citizen Mr. Darlington was interested  in all
movements which tended to improve the moral and social
tone of the community, and aided many good causes
with his influence and means. A Republican in politics,
he steadfastly refused all public office for himself, yet he
was strong in the faith, and his was a potent voice in
party councils. He was a devout Christian, an attendant of the Presbyterian church, and no good work done
in the name of charity or religion ever sought his
cooperation in vain. His was a strong, charming personality. Simple and dignified in manner, he had withal
a certain warmth and geniality which drew men to him,
and closer acquaintance but inspired them with a loyal
regard which was the natural response to the friendship
of a nature like his.
One of Mr. Darlington's great joys was his library of
about 14,000 volumes, peculiarly rich in the literature and
in historical works. Second only to his love for the
law was his love of history, and in addition he was
consulted by historians as an authority on all historical
matters pertaining to Western Pennsylvania and the
Ohio Valley. He was vice-president of the Pennsylvania Historical Society and others, and was the author
of: "Illustrative Notes to Journal of Colonel John May,
Boston, 1788-89;" "Christopher Gist's Journals, with
Notes and Biographies;" "An Appendix of Illustrative
Notes to Colonel Smith's Narrative of Captivity with the
Indians, 1755-59." 
Mr. Darlington married Mary Carson O'Hara, of
Pittsburgh, a descendant of Teige Oge O'Hara Buidhe,
156o, one of the Clan O'Hara, in Ireland. (See following sketch.)
William McCullough and Mary Carson (O'Hara)
Darlington were the parents of four children: O'Hara,
died in 1916; Hillborn, who died in 1862; Mary O'Hara,
a resident of Pittsburgh; and Edith, deceased, wife of
S. A. Ammon, of Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Mary Carson (O'Hara) Darlington was born at
"Guyasuta," Allegheny county, Pa., and died June I8,
1915. As a child she spent much time with her grandmother, the widow of Gen. James O'Hara, who lived
in Pittsburgh, where Miss O'Hara studied under governesses. Later she attended Edgeworth Seminary at
Braddock's Fields, and the-famous school for girls, Mrs.
McLeod's School, on Staten Island, N. Y. Soon after
her return home she married Mr. Darlington, and
at "Guyasuta," their home, they read and studied, for
like him she was deeply interested in history and the
library at "Guyasuta," and their historical writings are
a monument to both. She was in all respects a fitting
helpmate for her gifted husband, and devotion to family
and home was the ruling motive of Mr. Darlington's
life.
Mrs. Darlington was able to read French, Italian,
German and Spanish, this being of great assistance in the
research work necessary in exhaustive studies of history of this country. In 1892 she published "Fort Pitt
and Letters from the Frontier," which was followedfrom time to time by many articles of historical value.
One of these, written in 1901, was a list of the officers
of the Colonial and Revolutionary armies who died in
Pittsburgh and were buried in the historic graveyards
of the First Presbyterian and Trinity churches. Each
name on the list was accompanied by a sketch of the
officer named, and the reading of the paper before the
Pittsburgh Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, of which Mrs. Darlington was an honorary member, awakened such an interest that a bronze tablet has
since been placed on the stone wall on Oliver avenue
back of the two churches. This tablet contains the
names of these officers and of others of whom Mrs.
Darlington wrote sketches, for the use of students of
history. In 1920 appeared "History of Colonel Henry
Bouquet," by Mrs. Darlington.
For several years an attendant of the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, Mrs. Darlington later became a member of the Sharpsburg Presbyterian Church,
and there in youthful womanhood she taught a Bible
class, and in later years was in charge of the infant
department of the Sunday school. She made two trips
abroad with her family, and enjoyed travel, but her great
happiness was in her home, with her books, her flowers
and her family. Nevertheless she never for a moment
lost her interest in local, national or international affairs,
nor did her desire to be helpful to others ever fail.
Hers was a long and a beautiful life.
Mr. Darlington closed his long and honorable career
at his home, "Guyasuta," the birthplace of his wife, who
survived him a full quarter of a century. His death
deprived the Pennsylvania bar of one who regarded his
profession as an order of government, and believed that
whether in office or out of it he who measured up to his
full height should render public service. He stood as
an exemplification of what a lawyer's life and attitude
should be, not merely to the bar, not merely to his
clients, but to his country-at-large and to the community in which he lived. In private life he was one of
the most genial of men, delighting in hospitality, and
many were the tears shed for the true friend and host,
the man it was a privilege to know, and whose memory
will long remain green. His life was one of singular
completeness, well-rounded and symmetrical, and in every
public or private relation was irreproachable. His contributions to historical literature evidences his public
spirit and time will but increase their value. As a lawyer he stands preeminent, and his contemporaries not
only knew him as a man of brilliant talents but as an
exemplar of the highest professional ethics.
GENERAL JAMES O'HARA-(I) Teige Oge
O'Hara Buidhe, 1560. (II) Cormac. (III) Charles,
whose second son was Sir Charles, Lord Tyrawly, born
1640, died 1724. Son of Sir Charles, Lord Tyrawly, was
Sir James, Lord Tyrawly, born 1690, died 1774. (IV)
Dermod, eldest son of Charles (III). (V) Felix.
(VI) John. (VII) James O'Hara, quartermaster-general of the United States army, 1792.
The coat-of-arms of the O'Hara family of County
Mayo, Ireland, is as follows:
Arms-Vert on a pale radiant or, a lion rampant
sable.
Motto-"Try."
(Gen. James O'Hara had always this coat-of-arms
hanging in his house in Pittsburgh.)
James O'Hara was born in Ireland. His father and
grandfather, political exiles, were officers in the Irish
brigade in the service of France. He was educated at
the College of St. Sulpice, Paris. His relative, Lord
Tyrawly, gave him a commission as ensign in the Coldstream Guards, but he preferred a different kind of life
and entered a ship-broker's office in Liverpool to learn
business methods before coming to America. He had
received a legacy of money from his cousin, Lady Mary
O'Hara, so soon after his arrival in Pennsylvania, about
1772, he was able to join with Devereux Smith and
Ephraim Douglas, of Pittsburgh, in trading with the
Indians. After March, 1774, James O'Hara was government agent among the Indians until the commencement
of the Revolution. He raised and equipped a company of
volunteers and was elected captain. This company saw
much service on the frontiers at Kanawha, and joined the
forces of Maj. George Rogers Clark on the expedition
to Vincennes against the British and Indians. In 1779
Captain O'Hara's company was reduced to twenty-nine
men, the others having been killed by the Indians, and
the company was annexed to the Ninth Virginia Regiment by General Brodhead. Captain O'Hara was sent
with a letter from General Brodhead to General Washington, asking for supplies for the soldiers. He was
then made commissary at the General Hospital and stationed in Carlisle, Pa. In 1781 he received the appointment of assistant-quartermaster and went with
the army of General Greene through the Southern
campaign against the British, furnishing provisions and
transportation. He rented warehouses in Philadelphia
to store supplies until they could be sent to the army.
He continued with the army until 1783. After the Revolution he was actively engaged in business, among other
things filling large contracts with the government for
supplying the army in the West.
When the town of Pittsburgh was laid out, and afterwards the reserve tract opposite Pittsburgh, on the north
bank of the Allegheny river, he made large purchases
of property at the low prices offered by the Penns and
the State of Pennsylvania. He also acquired large
landed property in Ohio and Illinois. He was foremost
and led the way in every enterprise calculated to promote the business and growth of Pittsburgh. In his
various active movements his life was constantly exposed and in danger. The Indians in the interest of the
British had planned to murder him at Schoenbrun, one
of the Moravian towns. The Moravians discovered the
plot, and sent one of their most trusty Indians, called
Anthony, to guide him through the woods, avoiding the
trail to Fort Pitt, which place he safely reached, although hotly pursued by eleven Hurons. In 1788 James
O'Hara was a presidential elector, and cast his vote for
George Washington at the first presidential election. In
1792 he received his commission as quartermaster-general
in the United States army, and his services were so successful during the campaign of Gen. Anthony Wayne inI795 (which put an end to Indian hostilities at the battle
of Fallen Timbers and the treaty of Greenville), that it
was said that the army had been saved by the quartermaster-general. He was with the army throughout the
campaign. In May, 1796, his resignation was reluctantly
accepted by the government. He continued to act as
army contractor until 1802.
In 1797 General O'Hara, in partnership with Maj. Isaac
Craig, erected the first glass works in Pittsburgh. It was
a stone building on the south side of the Monongahela
river, nearly opposite the Point. Peter William Eichbaum came from Germany to superintend the works.
Green glass bottles were made. In a note of General
O'Hara's, found among his papers after his death, he
says: "To-day we made the first bottle, at a cost of
thirty thousand dollars." Though the transportation was
most difficult, he made successful arrangements for
bringing salt to Pittsburgh from the Onondago works
in New York State, by means of boats and teams, to the
Allegheny river. It formerly had been carried on packhorses across the mountains. Ships were built by him
in 1805. The "General Butler," commanded by Capt.
Samuel Lake, with William Carson O'Hara as supercargo, went down the rivers with a cargo of glass for
intermediate ports, and was to take a cargo of cotton
at Natchez for Liverpool and return with goods for
Philadelphia or New Orleans. Gen. John Wilkins was
owner of one-fourth of the ship and cargo. Great surprise was caused by the arrival of this ship in Europe,
as until then Pittsburgh was not known as a seaport. On
a second voyage, in 1807, the "General Butler" was captured by a Spanish schooner and taken into Vera Cruz.
Other vessels were built by O'Hara and Wilkins for the
river trade. In 1804 General O'Hara was appointed director
of the branch bank of Pennsylvania, established that
year at Pittsburgh. This was the first bank west. of the
Allegheny mountains. Gen. John Wilkins, Jr., was the
first president, and he was succeeded by General O'Hara.
On the first board of this bank were also these officers
of the Revolutionary army: Gen. Presley Neville, Maj.
Abraham Kirkpatrick, Maj. Ebenezer Denny, Gen. Adamson Tannehill, Surgeon George Stevenson. A large
proportion of the prominent citizens of Pittsburgh at
this early period were officers of the army, and they
necessarily constituted a majority on the boards of trustees of the church, the bank and the academy. General
O'Hara's knowledge of French and the Indian languages
was of great service to him.
After the Revolution, Gen. James O'Hara married
Mary Carson, daughter of William Carson, of Philadelphia. To their residence in Pittsburgh all were welcome, from the countryman who came for rest and refreshment to his guests of honor, Louis Philippe, Gen.
Moreau and other French officers. James O'Hara and
his wife (who survived him until 1834) had four sons:
William Carson, who married his cousin, Mary Carson;
Charles, died when a child; James, married the daughter of Presley Neville; Richard Butler, married Mary
Boyd Fitzimmons, and their daughter was the late Mrs.
William McCullough Darlington. The older sons died,
without children, before their father. Gen. O'Hara's two
daughters, Elizabeth Febiger O'Hara (Mrs. Harmar
Denny), Mary O'Hara (Mrs. William Croghan), and
his son, Richard Butler O'Hara, survived him. General O'Hara's sister married, in Ireland, William O'Hara,
who was not related to her; on her husband's death she
and her two daughters came to live in Pittsburgh; her
descendants are well known in Pennsylvania.
Gen. James O'Hara died at his home, on the bank of
the Monongahela river, Dec. 21, 1819, in the sixtyseventh year of his age. He was very popular, and his
integrity and honor were never doubted. He was deeply
regretted and esteemed, as many writers have testified.
The genealogy of Gen. James O'Hara is from O'Hart's
"Irish Pedigrees" and personal letters from Mr. O'Hart
to Mrs. M. C. Darlington ( Mrs. William McCullough
Darlington) also from information obtained by William
McCullough Darlington in London. Authority for the
life of James O'Hara was found in letters and documents in possession of the Denny estate; some of these
letters were published in "Fort Pitt and Letters from
the Frontier," Pennsylvania Archives, Colonial records,
etc.
CAPTAIN DALLAS CADWALLADER IRISH
- Although brevetted maj or and lieutenant-colonel for
"gallant and meritorious service," Captain Irish was always
known by the rank to which he was appointed by President Lincoln, that of "captain." He made a brilliant
record in the war for the.preservation of the Union, as
did his ancestor, Capt. Nathaniel Irish, who fought with
General Washington in the War of Independence. Of
honorable lineage, a brave soldier and high-minded
business man, Captain Irish left a name that is cherished
with affectionate pride in Pittsburgh, his home city.
The Pennsylvania branch of the Irish family dates
to Colonial times, and bore arms thus described:
Arms-Azure, a f ess argent, over all a bend gules.
Crest-On an oak tree eradicated and erect proper a
dragon or, pierced through the breast with a sword of
the first, hilt of the second.
(I) The founder of the Pennsylvania family was Nathaniel Irish, born of English parents on the island of
Montserrat, one of the Leeward Islands of the West
Indies, who early in the eighteenth century came to the
Province of Pennsylvania, settling on Saucon Creek,
near Philadelphia, where he acquired lands, built grist
and sawmills, and prospered. His home was then in a
part of Bucks county, and there he was commissioned
a justice of the peace, in April, 1741. Nathaniel Irish
married, and left a son, Nathaniel (2), and a daughter,
Ann. He died in 1748, at Union Furnace, Hunterdon
county, N. J., leaving a considerable estate to his two
children, both minors.
(II) Nathaniel (2) Irish, son of Nathaniel (I) Irish,
was born at the family home in Saucon, Bucks county,
Pa., May 8, 1737, died in Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. II, I8I6,
having been retired from active life for several years
previous. He was eleven years of age when his father
died, but his interests were safeguarded by a guardian,
and upon coming of suitable age he became manager of
Union Furnace, Hunterdon county, N. J., an industry
established by his father. He was making cannon there
from wrought iron during the early part of the Revolution, but that fact became known and a British expe-   William T. Sherman, one of its companies led by Capt.
dition destroyed the furnace.  He  then raised a com-   Philip H.  Sheridan.  Captain Irish served during the
pany of artillery and entered the Continental army, be-  entire war, won  distinction, and brevet promotion for
ing commissioned captain, Feb. 7, 1777, in the regiment   "gallant and meritorious service" at the battle of Arkancommanded by Col. Benjamin Flower, and remained in  sas Post and at the siege of Vicksburg, and for a year,
active service until Jan. I, 1783.  He received from the   thereafter, remained in service on the plains, at Forts
State of Pennsylvania for his services in the Revolu-   Riley and Leavenworth, Kans., and also in Colorado.
tion a land grant for five hundred acres, located in the   He resigned his commission April 9, I866, and returned
first district in what was subsequently Lawrence county,   to Pittsburgh.
a part of which is yet owned in the family.  After the         A  year later Mr. Irish moved to New  Castle, Pa.,
war he settled on a tract of land on Plum Creek, now in  there residing until 1894, when he returned to Pittsburgh.
the county of Allegheny, and about  1790 located, in   For many years he was a Republican, but later assoPittsburgh, where he was elected first assistant burgess   ciated himself with the Prohibitionists.  He was a memupon the incorporation of the borough in April,1794.  He   ber of Point Breeze Presbyterian Church, inherited his
was one of the original members of the Society of the   father's membership in the Society of the Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, and a man of high standing.  Captain Irish   and in his own  right was a member of the Military
married (first) in 1758, Elizabeth Thomas, daughter of   Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States.
John Thomas, ironmaster, of Merion, Pa.  Mrs. Irish,   Through his patriotic grandfather he held membership
called a "glorious matron of the Revolution," on account   in the Pennsylvania Society Sons of the American Revof her patriotic service, died at the Plum Creek home-   olution.
stead, in Allegheny county, July II, I789.  Captain Irish      Capt. Dallas C. Irish married, Jan. 7, 1869, Linda
married (second) Mary Irwin, who is buried with him   Jack, daughter of Samuel and Fannie (Say) Jack, and
in Trinity Churchyard, Pittsburgh.  His children were   they were the parents of three children:  William Beckby his first wife, five growing to mature years:  Anne,   ford, an eminent physician, who died March 22, 1907;
married Maj. George McCully; Elizabeth, married Capt.   Franklin Cadwallader; and Charlotte Dallas Irish.
Thomas  Wylie; Nathaniel  (3), born in 1766, died in           The  property,  on  now  Federal  street,  Pittsburgh,
18II; Mary, married Col. Henry Smith; and William   owned by Captain Irish and his sister, was bought by
Beckford, of further mention.                               their grandfather,  Capt. Nathaniel  Irish,  from  John
(III) William Beckford Irish was born in Philadelphia,   Penn and John Penn, Jr., at the close of the Revolution,
Pa., Aug. 21, 1773, died in Lawrence county, Pa., March   the original deed being preserved in the Irish family.
23, I85o, was buried in New Lisbon, Ohio, and later
reinterred in New  Castle, Pa.  His early years were           JOHN  HOWLAND  RICKETSON-Turning  the
passed in Pittsburgh, but the greater part of his life was   pages of Pittsburgh history of a generation past uncovers
spent in New Lisbon.  He was United States marshal   the source of the greatness of the city of to-day in the
under President Monroe, and a man of substance and in-  lives of her leaders who lived in that time.  Memberfluence in his community.  He married (first) Hannah   ship in this class of citizenship belongs rightfully to
Cadwallader, of prominent Virginia family, the only one   John  Howland  Ricketson, whose abandonment  of an
of their seven children to reach maturity being a son,   already successful legal career gave to Pittsburgh an
Dr. Franklin Irish, a leading physician of Pittsburgh,   industrial leader ranking among  the city's most  diswho  served as a surgeon throughout the Civil War.   tinguished men of affairs.
William B. Irish married (second) Lydia Cadwallader,           Mr. Ricketson is a descendant of an old New England
born at Brownsville, Pa., daughter of  Septimus and   line, allied with the Slocums, Russells, and Howlands,
Sarah (Dallas) Cadwallader.  Children:  Elias H., at-   whose names figure conspicuously in the history of the
torney in Pittsburgh, and State Senator, died Nov. 24,  early colonies.  Mr. Ricketson was born in New  BedI866; Dallas Cadwallader, of further mention; William   ford, Mass., son of Benjamin  Tucker  and Elizabeth
Beckford (2), born in 1835, died in 1853; Ellen, born in   Cowdrey  (Warnick)  Ricketson.  He first attended the
1537, died in 1897, married William Stanton; Nathaniel,   Friends Academy in his native city, and was afterward a
a lieutenant in Hampton Battery F, Pennsylvania Light   student in Mr. Pierce's School at West Newton, Mass.
Artillery, and later its captain.                            Here his preparatory studies were finished, and he ma(IV) Dallas Cadwallader Irish, second son of Wil-   triculated at Harvard  University, being graduated  in
liam B. and Lydia  (Cadwallader)  Irish, was born in  1859 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.  His room
what is now Lawrence county, Pa., April 3, 1832, died in  mates at Harvard were William Everett, son of Edward
Pittsburgh, Nov. 7, 1899.  His boyhood home was New   Everett, and James Shouler, the historian.  He  began
Lisbon, Ohio, but in 1858 his mother came to New   legal study in the office of Governor Clifford, of New
Brighton,  Pa., with her children, and later to Pitts-   Bedford, and was admitted to the bar in that city, from
burgh.   The  young  man  completed  his education at  which time he planned his life work along professional
Washington and Jefferson College, and afterward con- lines. About I86I he came to Pittsburgh, Pa., and was
ducted successfully a wholesale and retail commission   associated in practice with Mr. Loomis and Mr. Shiras,
business in Pittsburgh.  In 1861 he was appointed by   the latter afterward being elevated to the Supreme Court
President Lincoln a captain in the regular army and as-  bench.
signed  to Company  G,  Thirteenth  Regiment,  United          For two years he followed legal work with a degree
States Infantry, a regiment then commanded by Col.  of success that justified his colleagues in their high expectations for his future usefulness, for he was a profound student, naturally fond of solving abstruse legal
problems, and gifted with a judicial mind that enabled
him to weigh fairly and evenly the merits of different
courses of action in his work. His relinquishment of his
profession was in deference to the wishes of his fatherin-law, Abraham Garrison, one of the noted manufacturers of early Pittsburgh who, having no son to assist
and succeed him in business, desired Mr. Ricketson to
enter his firm. Thus it was that Mr. Ricketson changed
his carefully laid plans, that the legal profession lost an
accomplished member, and that business circles in Pittsburgh gained a recruit whose future achievements were
of high order.
The Garrison firm, owners of the historic old Pittsburgh Foundry, had early led the way in pioneer work,
rendering the United States independent in the chilled
roll industry by bringing domestic manufacture to the
level of foreign competition. After Mr. Ricketson became connected with the business in the capacity of vicepresident, he was entrusted with large responsibility in
the administration of its affairs, and the infusion of new
blood gave fresh impetus to its already extensive line of
activity. He developed practical abilities equal to the
proved and promised talents of the bar, and came to an
undisputable place among the most influential leaders of
the Pittsburgh industrial world. Upon the incorporation
of the company in 1887, he became president of the
company. Mr. Ricketson was a director of the Bank
of Pittsburgh, and was also a founder of the Chamber
of Commerce.
His concern for the public welfare was above the
restrictions of party or faction, and his work for the
improvement of his city was always performed independently of these influences. He was a public speaker
of graceful and easy presence, possessed of unusual
power of eloquence, and he was frequently placed in
charge of ceremonies when Pittsburgh was visited by
personages of importance. The most memorable of these
occasions was in 1872, when the city entertained President Grant and a number of government officials, Mr.
Ricketson serving as host and representative of the city
in their welcome.
Mr. Ricketson was a prime mover in the organization
of the Duquesne Club, and was its first president, also
aiding in the formation of the Harvard Club of Pittsburgh, of which he was president to the close of his life.
He was also a member of the University Club of Pittsburgh, and at one time its president, and a member of
the University Club of New York. He had been reared
in the Unitarian faith, and was the founder of the first
Unitarian church in Pittsburgh, although it was his
custom to attend the Protestant Episcopal church with
his wife. Mr. Ricketson was a scholar of discriminating
tastes, and in the patronage of the arts and literature he
found much of his greatest enjoyment. He combined in
remarkable manner the qualities of the student and the
man of action, and was equally at home in a gathering
of men of affairs or litterateurs and savants.
John H. Ricketson married, May 8, 1862, Clementine
Garrison, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Clement)
Garrison, and they became the parents of four children:
I. Oliver G., married Retta Carnegie, daughter of
Thomas Carnegie. 2. John Howland, married Anna
Verner Scaife, daughter of Charles C. Scaife. 3. Sarah
G. 4. Mary R., married Col. Herbert J. Slocum, of the
United States Army. The family homes were their
Pittsburgh residence, and a summer place, "Nonquit,"
on Ricketson's Point, Mass., which was named in honor
of the immigrant ancestors, the first white people to
settle in that region. Mr. Ricketson died at "Nonquit,"
July 20, 1900. His passing was mourned as the loss of
a man who in uprightness and virtue had served well his
time. Among the many tributes offered to Mr. Ricketson's character and work was one from his fellow-directors of the Bank of Pittsburgh, which concluded with
these words: "In a rare degree he personified the graces
of a thoroug gentleman'without fear and without reproach.'"
ABRAHAM GARRISON-His birth more than a
century ago, his early life contemporaneous with the development of the steamboat, railway, and telegraph, the
life of Abraham Garrison is nevertheless of great interest to the Pittsburgh of to-day. He was one of those
industrialists who, by virtue of superior vision, talent,
and courage, wrote their names large upon their times,
and who bequeathed a vast legacy to the present in an industrial fabric whose beginnings were made firm and
strong.
The Garrison family was of English origin, and in
1686 a branch was transplanted to what is now Putnam
county, N. Y. Garrison's Landing, on the Hudson, derived its name from this family and was owned by them
for many generations. Beverly Garrison, great-grandfather of Abraham Garrison, was the first to develop
the famous Forest of Dean iron mine in New York
State. Oliver Garrison, grandson of Beverly Garrison,
had property on the Hudson near West Point, and was
the owner and captain of a sloop which ran between
Albany and New York. He married Catharine Kingsland, whose ancestors were among the first English settlers of New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Garrison were the
parents of five sons: Abraham, mentioned below; Oliver, Daniel R., and Isaac L., all of whom settled in St.
Louis; and Commodore C. K. Garrison, of New York
City.
Abraham Garrison, son of Oliver and Catharine
(Kingsland) Garrison, was born near the Hudson river,
below Newburgh, Orange county, N. Y., March 4, 1804.
One of the earliest recollections of his childhood was
that of being taken, in August, 18o7, to see Robert Fulton's first steamboat on her maiden trip to Albany. It is
interesting to note in connection with his active career
that he was connected more or less intimately with the
beginnings of several of the greatest advancements of
science and industry. In 1831 he was present at the
opening of the first railroad from Albany to Schenectady,
and in 1846, soon after Congress appropriated $25,o00
to enable the inventor, Morse, to construct his line of
telegraph from Washington to Baltimore, Mr. Garrison,
in association with Thomas Bakewell and John Anderson,was appointed to go to Washington on public business,
and his name and those of his companions were among
the first transmitted over the new telegraph line.
From the age of fourteen, Abraham Garrison was his
father's assistant in the navigation of the sloop "Hudson," of which the elder Garrison was owner and captain. Before reaching man's estate, Mr. Garrison had
assumed command of the vessel, but on attaining his
majority left the river and engaged in grocery dealings
in New York City. He remained here but for one year,
and in 1826 began an association with the city of Pittsburgh that endured for almost seventy years. He first
became a clerk in the office of Kingsland, Lightner 
Company, then the proprietors of the Jackson and Eagle
foundries, the senior partner of the firm being his maternal uncle. In 1829, having planned to learn the foundry business, he entered the service of Howard, Nott 
Company, iron founders of Albany, N. Y. In 1830 he
returned to Pittsburgh as foreman for Kingsland, Lightner  Cuddy, then owners of the Pittsburgh Foundry.
He obtained an interest in the business in 1836, in partnership with H. L. Bollman, and in January, 1840, Kingsland and Lightner disposed of their holdings in the Pittsburgh Foundry to the firm of Bollman  Garrison. From
1840 to 186o, Mr. Garrison bestowed on the manufacturing department of the firm's business the major share
of his time and attention, and became known in the steel
industry as the foremost American in the manufacture
of chilled rolls equal in excellence to those of foreign
make. He drove foreign chilled rolls out of the American market, and established the chilled roll industry on
a firm footing in the United States.
The foundry of which Mr. Garrison was then a proprietor was the first iron foundry in Pittsburgh, and
probably the first west of the Allegheny mountains. It
was built in 1803, and in it were cast the cannon balls
used by General Jackson on the memorable 8th of January, 1815, also the projectiles shipped to Commodore
Perry on Lake Erie. To-day this foundry furnishes
chilled rolls to upward of three hundred and fifty mills
in the United States, from Maine to California, and
from Canada to the Gulf States. At various times, rolls
have been sent to England, France, Belgium, Russia and
Mexico. In 1842, Mr. Garrison first began to furnish
the sheet brass mills of the Naugatuck Valley, in Connecticut, with chilled rolls, they having prior to that time
been imported from England.
The generous measure of success and prosperity that
attended Mr. Garrison's operations throughout his entire
life was attributable to his innate qualities of thoroughness, accuracy, industry, and power of leadership. That
his faculty for detail was likewise highly developed is
proved by the fact that for at least sixty years he kept a
record of the price of pig iron in the Pittsburgh market,
and for fifty years purchased the metal used at the
foundry. His association with his fellows was rendered
agreeable by a genial, kindly disposition, while to his
employees he was fairness and consideration personified.
He saw life and the events of every day in their true proportions, and his judgment was never warped nor, his
vision blurred by conditions of temporary import. Almost to the close of his life of ninety years he was president of the Diamond National Bank, the Safe Deposit
Company, and the Birmingham Bridge Company, and he
was also a director in a number of other institutions.
He was a member of St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal
Church, having been one of the founders of the congregation. He was a citizen with exalted ideas of good
government and civic virtue, and demonstrated his public spirit by labors and achievements which increased the
prosperity and welfare of the community.
Abraham Garrison married, Aug.- I, 1830, Mary Clement, daughter of Samuel Clement, of Rensselaerville:,
N. Y., and of their children the following reached mature years: Clementine, matried John Howland Ricketson (q. v.); Sarah Ellen; Mary Catherine, widow of
Walter Laurie McClintock. The Garrison home was
ever the abode of domestic affection and of a cordial
hospitality in which hosts and guests delighted.
Abraham Garrison died May 10, 1894, in his ninetyfirst year. Length of years had meant to him only added
opportunity for achievement of far-reaching effect and
the further service of his fellows. Twentieth century
Pittsburgh points to him with pride as an early shaper
of her industrial destiny and a citizen in whose life there
was nothing that fails of commendation.
WILLIAM NEEB-For forty-seven years William
Neeb was connected with journalism in the city of Pittsburgh, his entire connection with newspaper work covering a period of sixty-two years. William Neeb and his
cousin, John Louis Neeb, became joint owners of the
"Freiheits Freund," a paper with which both had been
connected in Chambersburg, Pa., but moved to Pittsburgh by its owner, John Scriba, in 1837. The cousins
for nearly half a century guided the destinies of the
"Freiheits Freund," and within its sphere, which was a
wide one, the paper was a power for good. William
Neeb was strongly endowed mentally and his gift of
leadership brought him prominently into the public eye
in connection with the many movements, political, moral
and material, which in their culmination brought Pittsburgh to its high plane of prosperity. The slogan "Pittsburgh Promotes Prosperity," is not a twentieth century
invention or thought, but the men of the last half of the
nineteenth century bore it emblazoned on their banners,
and as trail breakers and leaders of the van, the press of
the city has earned proud place among the impelling
forces for progress and prosperity. Courageous, loyal,
broad-visioned and public-spirited, tall of stature and of
strikingly dignified appearance, he was a popular leader
and his private record like his public was without a flaw.
William Neeb gave his life to Pittsburgh journalism
and trained his two sons to succeed him. His eldest son,
Senator John Nicholas Neeb, was managing editor of the
"Freiheits Freund" at the time of his death in 1893, his
brother, Charles William Neeb, succeeding him in that
position. Six years later the veteran journalist passed
over, and the son reigned as chief. In 1901 the "Freiheits Freund," the first German newspaper ever published in Pittsburgh, was consolidated with the "Volksblatt" after an independent existence of sixty-four years,
1837-1901, and from 1842 under the Neeb name.
William Neeb was born July 3, 1822, in Naunheim,merce. His religious membership is in the Reformed
Church of the United States.
Mr. Flowers married, June 14, 1894, Mrs. Sarah E.
(Cole) Gregg, daughter of Henry G. and Lucy A. (Lenhart) Cole, of Irwin, Pa. Mrs. Flowers is a member
of the Century Club and Federation of Women's Clubs,
and is interested in local civic work.
WILLIAM SAMUEL HADDOCK-It is always
an honor to be placed in Aresponsible public office by
the votes of one's fellows, but it is an even greater
distinction to fill a difficult post with such devotion to
duty that popularity is increased and favor heightened
by the period in the public eye. This has happened to
William Samuel Haddock, since 1917 sheriff of Allegheny county, long connected with journalistic circles
in Pittsburgh, and widely known through an association
of many years with all fields of amateur athletics.
William Samuel Haddock was born in Swansea,
South Wales, July 28, 1875, son-of Rev. William and
Sarah (Lewis) Haddock. His father was a noted
Welsh preacher, of strong influence in religious activities, who had journeyed on various missions to Welsh
colonies throughout the United States. He was also
an author of reputation. During one of his journeys
from the homeland, in 1883, his wife died, and in 1887
he brought his family to the United States, locating at
Frostburg, Md., where he engaged in ministerial work,
his death occurring about a year later.
In 1889, a youth of fourteen years, William S. Haddock came to Pittsburgh, where he entered newspaper
work and was first employed on a Welsh newspaper
for a short time, leaving this paper to begin a twentyeight years' term of service with the Pittsburgh
"Press." For fifteen years of this time he was manager
of the circulation department, the  influence of this
large and highly reputed j ournal dependent in great
measure upon his ability to place the paper in the
hands of the reading public. His success in building
up the circulation of the "Press," his able administration of that department upon which the value of all
other departments depends, is attested by the long period
during which he remained in charge of the circulation
of the paper.
There are few men who have contributed more to
the maintenance of high standards in amateur athletics
or given more freely of their time and service for the
proper organization and supervision of the athletic
games that have been responsible for the physical excellence of American youths than Mr. Haddock. He
is president of the National Baseball Federation, the
governing body of all amateur and semi-professional
baseball organizations; president of the Greater Pittsburgh Baseball Commission, supervising amateur associated baseball clubs in the city; member of the American Olympic Committee for the games at the Antwerp
Olympiad; member of the National Championship
Committee of the Amateur Athletic Union; vice-president of the International Skating and Hockey Union
of the United States; treasurer of the United States
Football Association, the governing body of soccer
activity throughout the United States; and president of
the Allegheny Mountain Association of the Amateur
ward being admitted to practice in the United States
courts. Mr. Flowers came to Pittsburgh in 1890, immediately taking up professional work, and the thirty
years of his activity have established him as an authority on corporation law, with a large practice in this
branch of his calling. He is a member of the Westmoreland and Allegheny County Bar associations, and of the
Pennsylvania State and American Bar associations.
Mr. Flowers has entered fields unrelated to his profession. In 1892 he was one of the organizers of the
First National Bank of Irwin, becoming a member of its
board of directors, and for the last twelve years has
been serving as vice-president. In 1902 he was instrumental in the organization of the Manor National Bank,
of Manor, Pa., and is a member of its board of directors. He was a founder of the First National Bank of
Gallitzin, Pa., and the First National Bank of Trafford
City, Pa., serving for some time on their directorates.,
In 1900 he aided in the organization of the Parkersburg
Iron and Steel Company, and has since been a director
oi the company, also holding advisory and official positions in a number of other industrial and financial concerns, including the Citizens Savings Bank and the Fifth
Avenue Bank of Pittsburgh. Mr. Flowers founded the
Irwin "Republican" in 1891, and for twelve years was
its owner and part of the time its editor. Later he purchased the Irwin "Standard," consolidated the two papers under the name of the "Republican-Standard," and
finally disposed of the journal to its present owners.
Irwin has been Mr. Flowers' home for many years,
and he is the author of "A History of Irwin and Vicinity," a work that is regarded as authoritative, and
written in a clear, forceful, and at the same time entertaining style. Mr. Flowers has long' been active in local
affairs, and has given largely of his time, means and
service for the improvement-and advancement of the
community. For several years he was solicitor of the
borough, and served a number of terms as a member of
its Board of Education. In 1895 he gave to Irwin its
public school library, which has become an important part
of its educational system. Later he performed much
efficient work in securing the establishment of the Irwin
Union High School for the town and vicinity. As early
as 1878 he began publicly to advocate the compulsory
education of all children of school age. Mr. Flowers
is believed to be the first person in the State to take a
public stand for this principle, then because of Pennsylvania's large industrial population, most unpopular, but
now universally conceded to be a proper exercise of
government. He also assisted in the drafting of the
first bill presented to the Legislature of Pennsylvania for
furnishing free text books to all pupils in the public
schools.'Mr. Flowers is a member of Westmoreland Lodge,
No. 518, Free and Accepted Masons; he is also a member of the Westmoreland Historical Society and of the
Western Pennsylvania Historical Society, and president
of the Bushy Run Battlefield Association. He belongs
to the Americus Republican Press and Union clubs, of
Pittsburgh, and to the Century Club, of Irwin, in which
he has for many years taken an active part. He was for
several years president of the Irwin Chamber of Comnear Giessen, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, and died in
the city of Pittsburgh, Pa., "full of years and honors,"
Jan. 7, 1899. In 1824 William Neeb, only child, was left
fatherless, and in 1832 he was brought to the United
States by his mother and uncle, Caspar Neeb. They
landed in Baltimore, Md., but soon, in 1836, William and
his mother moved their residence to Chambersburg, Pa.,
where he began learning the printer's trade in the office
of the "Freiheits Freund," owned and edited by Victor
Scriba. The following year, 1837, Mr. Scriba accepted
offers made to him from Pittsburgh and moved his entire printing plant to that city, making the journey with
equipment and printing office force in wagons. Two boys
of this force were William Neeb, a lad of fifteen, and
his cousin, John Louis Neeb. The next five years in the
life of William Neeb, 1837-1842, were most important
ones and during their continuance he finished his trade
in the reestablished "Freiheits Freund" office; worked in
the printing business in New Orleans, La., and Boston,
Mass., and published a German newspaper in the lastnamed city.
During the same period John Louis Neeb bought the
"Freiheits Freund" from Victor Scriba, and in 1842 William Neeb returned to Pittsburgh and became joint
owner of the paper, which the cousins owned and edited
until William Neeb's death forty-seven years later. During those years William Neeb acquired high reputation
as a man of literary strength and journalistic ability, his
paper representing the best interests of the city. He was
one of the founders of the Republican party in Pittsburgh, organized at Lafayette Hall in I856, and made
the "Freiheits Freund" a powerful organ of that party.
In 1876 he was a presidential elector on the Republican
State ticket, but he made no demand for office for himself. He gave the support of his paper to every movement tending to promote the welfare of his city, and no
worthy cause of charity or philanthropy but had his
support. He was a director of the Germania Savings
Bank, the German National Bank, and the Lincoln National Bank. He was a member of McKinley Lodge,
Free and Accepted Masons (North Side), and of the
German Evangelical church.
On May I6, I85o, William Neeb married Elizabeth
Voegtly, born in Allegheny City, Pa., Feb. 22, 1827, died
at her home, No. 210 West Stockton avenue in the same
section of the city ( Pittsburgh, North Side), Dec. 23,
1902, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Stout) Voegtly.
The Voegtlys are descendants of an ancient Italian family of noble birth, their arms thus described:
Arms-Or on a mount vert and in front of two pine
trees a stag courant proper.
Crest-A man habited gules, sleeves argent, a cap of
the first mounted on a bay horse passant and holding
in his dexter hand a staff sable.
The founder of the family in Pittsburgh was Nicholas
Voegtly, a wealthy land owner of Switzerland, son of
John Jacob Voegtly, and grandson of Nicholas Voegtly,
born in 1710.
Nicholas Voegtly, of Pittsburgh, was born in Basle,
Switzerland, April IO, 1769, and died in Pittsburgh, North
Side, Dec. II, 1852. He married Elizabeth Herring in
Switzerland, in 1792, and after his children were grown,
he came to the United States, arriving in Pittsburgh,
Nov. 19, 1822, having been enroute sixty-six days. He
bought a large tract of land in what is now Pittsburgh's
North Side, and in 1833 donated to the First United
German Evangelical congregation land for a church edifice and a cemetery.
John Voegtly, son of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Herring) Voegtly, was born in Basle, Switzerland, in 1802,
and in 1822 came to Pittsburgh with his father. He
owned and operated a flour mill in the North Side for
many years, but finally retired to his country estate at
Mount Troy, where he died in November, 1883. He
married, in 1826, Elizabeth Stout, of paternal and maternal Colonial ancestry. She was born near Harrisburg,
Pa., in 1803, died in May 1871. Her mother was a Miss
Fisher. Elizabeth (Voegtly) Neeb was a faithful member of the German Evangelical Protestant church, a
woman of great beauty of character. Of wide charity,
in a quiet way she did a great deal of good.
William and Elizabeth (Voegtly) Neeb were the parents of eight children, the male line now extinct: I
John Nicholas, of whom further. 2. Mary Elizabeth,
married John M. Goehring, of Pittsburgh. 3. Sara Anna,
a graduate of Bishop Bowman Institute, Pittsburgh, and
a resident of that city; she has traveled extensively
abroad and at home, but devotes a great deal of time to
philanthropic societies and work; she is a member of
the National Red Cross Association, the Navy League,
Associated Charities of Pittsburgh, Young Women's
Christian Association, and many other organizations. 4.
Charles William, of whom further. 5. Ella S., married
Chester Hoag, of California, and left children, Elizabeth, Charlotte. John, Chester, all living in California.
6. Ida Flora, died in infancy. 7. Cora M. L., married
Francis F. Williams, of Chicago, and has two daughters,
Virginia and Willa. 8. Olga V. C., married John L.
Boyd, of Seattle, Wash., and left two children, Catherine and William Neeb Boyd.
Such is the life story of William Neeb, a man whose
memory is green in the city he loved. The journal he
founded has passed from the family name, but the good
he accomplished can never pass. His home which he
erected and which was to him the dearest place on earth,
and where the gracious host and hostess dispensed a hospitality as bountiful as it was charming, has been broken
up by death and removal, the only one now living and
bearing the name being a daughter, Miss Sara Anna
Neeb.
This expression from his brother directors of the Germania Savings Bank gives a contemporary view of William Neeb, of whom it can be said:
His life was gentle and the elements so mixed in
him, that Nature might stand up and say-"This was
a man."
Though quiet and unassuming in manner he gave to
the trusts reposed in him the highest degree of intelligent and conscientious care. It has been the good fortune of his a ssociates on this board to profit by that
wisdom and counsel, sterling integrity and business
sagacity which have long rendered him a distinguished
and honored citizen of the community. His death
brings profound sorrow to this board, while his memory and example remain to be cherished and emulated.
I67JOHN NICHOLAS NEEB-A man of strong
character, most aggressive in nature, yet most lovable,
vigorous, energetic and talented, John Nicholas Neeb,
journalist and State Senator, was one of the men who
grip the public heart and hold it forever. He was a
young man at his passing, but he had accomplished much
in journalism and in political life and was one of the
strong men of the Republican party.
John Nicholas Neeb, eldest son of William and Elizabeth (Voegtly) Neeb, was born in Pittsburgh, North
Side, March I9, 1851, and died Feb. 10, 1893. He was
educated in public and private schools and Western University of Pennsylvania (University of Pittsburgh), but
at the conclusion of his junior year he left college to enter upon his life work-journalism. He began as a compositor in the "Freiheits Freund" printing office-and
worked his way through all grades of promotion to the
managing editor's desk, a position he held until death.
A Republican in politics, Mr. Neeb early entered public life and at the age of twenty-one was elected councilman. In 1890 he was elected State Senator from the
Forty-second district, and at the time of his death was
the incumbent of that office. He was one of the organizers of the Pittsburgh Press Club and was numbered
among its honored presidents. He served under three
governors as a member of the board of managers of
Pennsylvania Reform School; was a member of the
board of directors and secretary of the Altenheim, located in Allegheny county, the first State appropriation
that institution received being through Senator Neeb's
interest. He was many years a member of the Allegheny County Republican Committee, and was one of
the trusted leaders of his party. In younger years Senator Neeb was a member of the "Duquesne Greys," a
famed military company; his social organizations, the
Allegheny Turnverein and Teutonia Mannechoer. His
political club was the Young Men's Republican.
Senator Neeb never married, the strong bond of affection which existed between the parents and sons and
daughters of this family filling his conception of home
and happiness. Of charming personality he made
friends easily, while his beauty of character held them
ever to him. He will long be remembered.
CHARLES WILLIAM NEEB, Ph. D.-Charles
William Neeb, youngest son of William and Elizabeth
(Voegtly) Neeb, was born at the family home in Mount
Troy, Reserve township, Allegheny county, Pa., April 26,
I858, and died July 4, 1914. After graduation from
Western University of Pennsylvania, he went abroad
and there completed special courses of study, receiving
from the University of Heidelberg the degree of Ph. D.
He then spent a year in foreign travel, returning at the
close of his tour to Pittsburgh, where he became a member of the reportorial staff of the "Freiheits Freund,"
owned by his father and uncle, his brother, John Nicholas Neeb, its managing editor. From the reportorial
he was advanced to the editorial staff and for five years
his talents were thus employed. Later he was transferred to the business department, but in 1893, when
Senator John Nicholas Neeb died, Charles W. Neeb
succeeded him as managing editor. He filled that post
most satisfactorily until 1898, when William Neeb,
founder and owner, died, and he then became head of
the business. In I9o1 the "Freiheits Freund" was consolidated with the "Volksblatt" and Charles W. Neeb
retired from active participation in journalism.
During his business career Mr. Neeb acquired important commercial interests. He was a director of the
American Vanadium and Vanadium Chemical companies,
and a stockholder in many manufacturing enterprises.
He was a Republican in politics, and from the early
days he represented the First Ward on the old Board of
School Controllers of Allegheny. He also was councilman and member of the State Legislature, filling each
office with honor and efficiency. He was a member of
the Pittsburgh Press Club, the German Club, the Academy of Science and Art, and numerous literary and
other societies. He was a member of the First German
Evangelical Protestant Church, better known to the
older members as "Voegtly's" from the fact that Nicholas Voegtly, Mr. Neeb's great-grandfather, donated land
for the church and cemetery.
After retiring from journalism in 1901, Mr. Neeb
spent twelve years in rest, recreation, and travel. He
visited nearly every part of the world, saw nature in
her wildest, rarest phases, visited the rare art collections and centers of culture and learning, and feasted his
soul upon the wonders of the earth. He never married.
Like his brother, the bond of affection was very strong
and he loved his sisters with a rare and deep devotion.
Fifty and eight were the years of his life, and during
their passing he accomplished much for the permanent
good of his city. By will he provided for the carrying
out of his particular wishes, and two of these bequests
are worthy of the widest publicity. To "Voegtly
Church," of which he was a member, he left a trust fund
of $30,000, in honor of his mother, to be known as the
Elizabeth Voegtly Neeb Fund. The house in which he
was born in Mount Troy he left to the city to be used
as a play ground, under the control of the school board.
Now the record is closed, and it is one of great abilities consecrated to the best uses. As editor, Mr. Neeb
upheld strict principles and high ideals. As a legislator
he sought only the public good, and as a citizen his daily
life was an example that all may emulate.
WILLIAM E. FRICK-In his connection with the
Frick  Lindsay Company, Mr. Frick is identified with a
Pittsburgh organization that in its years of existence has
grown into conspicuous position in its field and into
membership among Pittsburgh's distinctive institutions.
Since 1891 Mr. Frick has been identified with the interests of the city, and he has formed connections in many
fields intimately affecting her welfare. He is numbered
in a group of progressive, dependable men of affairs
whose influence has counted heavily in good causes.
Mr. Frick is a son of William E. and Amanda (Merrick) Frick, his father a native of Philadelphia, where
he engaged in contracting and building until his death
in 1862 in young manhood. Mr. Frick attended Philadelphia public schools until he was seventeen years of
age, when he entered the employ of the Phoenix Iron
Company, of Trenton, N. J., remaining with this firm inclerical capacity until he was twenty-two years of age.
In 1883 he became associated with the John A. Roebling's
Sons Company of that city, manufacturers of wire
cable in all its forms, and was with this company as a
traveling salesman until 1891. Coming to Pittsburgh in
that year, Mr. Prick organized the Frick  Lindsay
Company, distributors of oil well, mill and mine supplies.
This company was also the agent in Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, and West Virginia of his former
employers, John A. Roebling's Sons Company. The
company began operations on a small scale, expanding
gradually in healthy growth until it is now one of the
most important houses in its line in Pittsburgh, and the
largest in the section it serves. Its employes, originally
ten, now number three hundred, and this comparison is
an index to the sturdy progress it has made in the three
decades of its existence.
In 1905 Mr. Frick organized the Frick-Reid Supply
Company, which engages exclusively in dealings in oil
well supplies throughout the mid-continent field. The
Frick-Reid Supply Company has twenty-six branches
throughout the principal oil fields and has acquired a vast
patronage among oil operating companies. Part of its
growth could be naturally attributed to increased activity in oil production, but the company's expansion has
distanced competition to an exter that places the responsibility and credit for its extremely successful career
upon its executive heads. Mr. Frick, in addition to his
connections in supply lines, is treasurer of the Gem
Manufacturing Company of Pittsburgh, manufacturers
of pressed steel specialties. He is also a director of the
Western National Bank of Pittsburgh. His business
reputation is that of a man whose cardinal principles
have been those of strict fair dealing backed by tireless
industry wisely applied in industrial development.
Mr. Frick is a director of the Dixmont Hospital for
the Insane. The welfare of this institution, in whose
work he is a most ardent believer, has been a matter of
deep concern to him, and he has given of his best efforts
to further its work. He is a trustee of the Presbyterian
church of Sewickley, Pa., and his clubs are the Allegheny Country and Duquesne. His political faith is
Republican.         -~
William E. Frick married, Oct. 14, 1900, Elizabeth
Ward, daughter of Thomas R. Ward, of Freehold, N. J.
Their one son, Richard T., is associated with the Frick
 Lindsay Company, is a graduate of Princeton University, A. B., class of 1920, and served in the United States
Navy during the World War.
GEORGE SNOW-The predominant qualities of
the typical Pittsburgh business man may be said to be
insight and aggressiveness-the power to discern possibilities and the executive talent to realize them. One of
the men who has most strikingly exemplified the possession of these qualities is George Snow, a leader for
the last twenty years among the city's real estate operators.
Mr. Snow comes of old Colonial stock, his ancestors
having helped to make the history of Massachusetts and
Maryland. The arms used by the Snow families of New
England are:
Arms-Or, on a fesse sable between a fesse embat--
tled doubly embattled, a lion passant of the first, langued gules.
Crest--A demolition rampant, or, langued gules holding in the dexter paw a tassel sable.
Motto-Per Crucem ad Coronam.
(I) Nicholas Snow, founder of the Pennsylvania
branch of the family and first of the name to come to
America, landed in Plymouth, Mass., in 1623, having
made the voyage from England in the ship "Ann." He
was one of those allotted land in 1624, and in 1654
moved to Eastham, Mass., where he became town clerk,
selectman and deputy to the General Court. In I65o and
1652 he was elected a representative to the provincial
government at Plymouth. Nicholas Snow married, prior
to 1626, at Plymouth, Constance Hopkins, daughter of
Stephen Hopkins and his first wife, name.unknown.
Constance Hopkins came to Massachusetts in the "Mayflower," with her father and her stepmother, Elizabeth.
Nicholas Snow and his wife were the parents of thirteen children, one of whom, Mark, is mentioned below.
The death of Nicholas Show occurred Nov. 15, 1676, at
Eastham, Mass., his age being presumably from seventy
to seventy-five years. He was a man of considerable
wealth and eminence in his community. His widow
passed away in October, 1677.
( II ) Mark Snow, son of Nicholas and Constance
(Hopkins) Snow, was born May 9, 1628, and in 1643
was counted among those able to bear arms at Plymouth.
Later he moved to Eastham, where he was magistrate,
selectman, and deputy to the General Court. Mark
Snow married (first), Jan. I8, I65 at Eastham, Anne,
daughter of Josias and Elizabeth (Ring) Cook, who
died July 7, I66  leaving one daughter, Anne.  Mark
Snow married (second), Jan. 9, 1661, at Eastham, Jane,
born Nov. I, 1637, at Duxbury, Mass., daughter of
Gov. Thomas and Mary (Collier) Prence, and among
their sons and daughters was Nicholas, mentioned below. Mark Snow died in I695, and the death of his
widow occurred in 1711, at Harwich, Mass.
(III) Nicholas (2) Snow, son of Mark and Jane
(Prence) Snow, was born Dec. 6, 1663, at Eastham,
Mass. He married and had children, among them a son
Richard, mentioned below.
(IV) Richard Snow, son of Nicholas (2) Snow, was
born, probably, at Eastham, Mass. He is known to have
removed to Pittsfield.
(V) Abraham (sometimes written Abram) Snow,
son of Richard Snow, when a boy went to Fort Groton,
Conn., with his father, after settling in Pittsfield,. Mass.
He married, at Brookfield, Mass., May 12, 1785, Elizabeth Hale, a cousin of Nathan Hale, the Revolutionary
hero. Among the children of Abraham (or Abram)
and Elizabeth (Hale) Snow, was Charles Goodrich, mentioned below.
(VI) Charles Goodrich Snow, son of Abraham (or
Abram) and Elizabeth (Hale) Snow, was born in Pittsfield, Mass., Jan. II, 1790, and later removed to Baltimore, Md., where he was the owner of sailing vessels.
He affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, and was generally known (no doubt by reason of his occupation),
as "Captain" Snow. He married Cynthia Wight, of
Baltimore, a descendant of the old Wight family of
Maryland, and their children were: Charles Henry, mentioned below; Edward Jesse, and Elizabeth. Mr. Snow
died in Baltimore, aged about seventy years.
(VII) Charles Henry Snow, son of Charles Goodrich
and Cynthia (Wight) Snow, was born Dec. 14, 1882, in
Baltimore, and attended Dickinson College. Afterward
he engaged in the business of his father, sending merchant vessels to all parts of the world. Like his father,
he was a Mason and a Whig, but later became a Republican. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church, in this, also, following in the footsteps of his
father. The son cast his first vote for Henry Clay.
Charles Henry Snow, in his turn, was popularly called
"captain." He was present, with his father, when the
first spike was driven in the first railroad between Baltimore and Washington. Captain Snow married Ellen
Atkinson Inloes, and their children were: Jessie, wife
of Benjamin F. Leitch, of Baltimore; William Inloes,
of Chicago; Henry, of Baltimore, head of the firm of
Snow, Ward  Company; Frank, also of Baltimore;
Charles Henry, Jr., head of the firm of Snow, Mecaslin
 Company, Baltimore; and George, president of the
Forbes Realty Company, mentioned below. On March
28, 1915, Capt. Snow died in Baltimore, having attained
the very unusual and venerable age of ninety-two.
(VIII) George Snow, son of Charles Henry and
Ellen Atkinson (Inloes) Snow, was born June I8,
1868, in Baltimore, Md., and received his education at
the Baltimore City College. In 1891 Mr. Snow entered
the business world in association with the wholesale and
retail coal business, in Pittsburgh, Pa. He remained in
this sphere of action four years, gaining experience and
developing that aptitude for affairs of which he has
since given such signal proof. In 1895, discerning the
possibilities of real estate, and conscious that in that
field he should have wider scope for the exercise of his
abilities, he entered it with what was soon proved to be
well founded confidence. Success even beyond his anticipations attended him and, as president of the Forbes
Realty Company, of Pittsburgh, he is to-day one of the
most wisely aggressive operators to be found within the
limits of the Iron City. In the results he has achieved,
it is possible that the personality of Mr. Snow has played
no inconsiderable part, expressive as it is of the traits
of character which have insured his success. In adhering to the Republican party, Mr. Snow has maintained
the political traditions of his family, but has never had
time nor inclination for office-holding. At the same time
no citizen could take a more loyal and helpful interest
in all that concerns the welfare and advancement of his
municipality, his State and his country. He belongs to
the Duquesne and Oakmont Country clubs, and also the
Seaview Golf Club, of Absecon, N. J. He and his wife
are members of the Third Presbyterian Church of
Pittsburgh.
Mr. Snow married, Nov. 10, 1891, in Pittsburgh, Anna
Margaret Hutchison, born in that city, Dec. 3, 1871,
daughter of David and Margaret (Mawhinney) Hutchison, of Pittsburgh, the former deceased. Mr. Hutchison
was a brick and tile manufacturer and served several
terms in the City Council. He was one of the city's
most aggressive business men and philanthropic citizens.
Mr. and Mrs. Snow are the parents of the following
children: Margaret, born Nov. 9, 1892, and now deceased; George, born Nov. I, 1894, educated at Washington and Jefferson Preparatory School, and Haverford School, Philadelphia; Helen Hutchison, born Sept.
4, 1897, educated at Winchester School, Pittsburgh, and
the Bennett School, Millbrook, N. Y.; and Anna Margaret, born Nov. I, 1903, attending the Thurston School,
Pittsburgh. Mrs. Snow, a woman of charming personality, is an accomplished home-maker and one of the
city's favorite hostesses. Both she and her husband-a
man of uncommonly strong domestic affections-delight
in the exercise of hospitality and their beautiful home
in the East End is the scene of many social functions.
Mr. and Mrs. Snow are actively interested in various
philanthropic enterprises.
The family of which George Snow is a representative
has members in all parts of the United States, many of
them filling positions of importance. The Pittsburgh
branch, transplanted from its original home in New
England, first to Maryland and then to Pennsylvania,
has preserved in its migrations its vigor of stock and
fineness of fibre. This fact, proved as it is by Mr.
Snow's career as a successful business man and progressive, public-spirited citizen, is abundantly recognized by
the metropolis of Pennsylvania.
MOSES ATWOOD-Since 1905 death has removed
two members of the Atwood family, father and son,
from official position in the Pittsburgh Valve Foundry
and Construction Company, Moses Atwood's death occurring at the age of fifty-six years, his son, Major John
Baird Atwood, giving his life as a part of the price of victory in the Meuse-Argonne drive of the fall of 1918 in the
World War. The following is the record of an old New
England family transplanted into Pennsylvania soil, and
the story of their commendable accomplishment in varied
fields of endeavor in the Pittsburgh district.
The founder of the family line in America was Harman Atwood, who came from Sanderstead, near London, England, to Boston, Mass., about 1642, and the
name is one frequently met in New England. Moses
Atwood, of Pittsburgh, was a son of Moses Atwood,
Sr., who had an older sister Harriet who, after her marriage to Samuel Newell, accompanied him as a missionary to India, one of the first women to enter that country
on Christian work. Moses Atwood, Sr. was born in
Haverhill, Mass., March II, I8o1, and died in April,
1848. As a young man he was of roving disposition and
for a time followed the sea, making one voyage to the
West Indies in a sailing vessel with a cargo of lard.
The ship was becalmed for days in the tropics and the
melting cargo was in danger of spoiling entirely, but
he finally reached port and made a good profit on the
commodity. Mr. Atwood was later a business man of
New Castle, Henry county, Ky., and was there married.
In 1831 he came to Pittsburgh, Pa., then a small town,
making the journey by boat, and there became a commission merchant, with a warehouse on Water street,
running through to First street. He was also the local
agent in fire insurance for the Insurance Company of
North America, the business in this line being conducted
after his death by his partner and brother-in-law, Wil--f 1 ,          /
2liam P. Jones, and later continuing in the family of the
latter's son, William L. Jones. Mr. Atwood, early in his
Pittsburgh residence, was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, but in 1832, with thirty-six other young
men, mainly from New England, organized the Third
Presbyterian Church and built a house of worship at
Ferry street and Third avenue. He and a number of his
friends, nearly all of this congregation, desiring country
homes, purchased a large farm in what is now Oakland,
East End. The place was called "Third Church Colony," and in the division of the property Mr. Atwood
took twenty acres, building a house and there residing
until his death.
Moses Atwood, Sr. married, in New Castle, Henry
county, Ky., Harriet Jones, daughter of the Rev. John
Jones, a Presbyterian minister, in August, 1831. They
were the parents of four sons and one daughter. Henry
M., Frederick, and later Moses Atwood were engaged
in business as members of the firm of Atwood  McCaffrey, founded in 1865 and in 1898 merged into the
Pittsburgh Valve Foundry and Construction Company.
Frederick and William were the two of the four sons
who were in the Union army during the Civil War, and
William was commissioned in the regular army as first
lieutenant of the 21st Regiment of Infantry. He served
as a staff officer in Mississippi during the reconstruction
period, and then was a member of Gen. Philip St. George
Cooke's staff, Department of the Lakes, meeting his
death when the steamship "R. G. Coburn" foundered in
Saginaw Bay, Oct. 15, 1871.
Moses Atwood, son of Moses Atwood, Sr. and Harriet
(Jones) Atwood, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 14,
1848, and died there, March 17, 1905. His scholastic
training was obtained in the Western University of
Pennsylvania (University of Pittsburgh) and for a time
hc was employed in an auditor's office in Columbus,
Ohio. Later, in partnership with his brothers, Henry M.
and Frederick, he became a member of the firm of Atwood  McCaffrey, and in the consolidation of this concern into the Pittsburgh Valve Foundry and Construction Company he became vice-president and general
manager of the new organization. He devoted himself
to the affairs of this company as his main business interest, and until his death in 1905 was a potent factor in its
continued prosperity and progressive development along
vigorous, healthful lines. Mr. Atwood was a man of
high repute in the business world, contributing earnest
service toward the extension of Pittsburgh's commercial
and industrial leadership, and wielded the influence of a
successful business definitely committed to high standards. He was a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of
Commerce, a patriotic ancestry gave him membership in
the Sons of the Revolution, and his social organizations
were the Duquesne and Allegheny Country clubs. He
was a communicant of the Presbyterian church.
Moses Atwood married, in Washington, Pa., June 8,
I88I, Jane Wilson Baird, born in Washington, Pa.,
daughter of John and Harriet ( Clark) Baird. They
were the parents of two sons: I. John Baird, born April
25, 1882, was graduated from Princeton University, B. S.,
in 19o5, taking his Master's degree in 1908. He then
entered the service of the Pittsburgh Valve Foundry and
Construction Company and was serving as assistant
superintendent of that company in 1916, when, prior to
the entry of the United States into the World War, he
attended the Plattsburg Training Camp. He was commissioned captain at Governor's Island, and at the first
Officers' Training Camp at Fort Niagara, N. Y., in May,
1917, was given the rank of major. In August, 1917, he
was assigned to duty at Camp Meade with the 316th
Regiment of Infantry, 79th Division, and in June, 1918,
left for overseas duty with the 3rd Battalion of this
regiment. He was one of the first of Pittsburgh's sons
to join the American Expeditionary Forces, and was
killed in action in the Argonne, Sept. 28, 1918. The official records and the testimony of his fellow officers show
him to have been a brave, and fearless officer, an inspiring leader, and a commander whose courageous example
won and held the respect and admiration of his men who
followed without question where he led. 2. Frederick
Harman, born July 19, 1891; was graduated from
Princeton University, A. B., in 1913, and from the law
school of the University of Pittsburgh, LL. B., in 1916.
He married, Dec. I, 1919, Alice Thompson, daughter of
Charles E. Thompson, of Denver, Colo.
HENRY W. OLIVER- A picture painted in bold,
strong strokes, a story told in terse, gripping sentences,
a concerto composed in compelling chords-this was the
life of Henry W. Oliver, one of the greatest industrialists produced in the history of a city whose fame as a
manufacturing center is known round the world.
Son of Henry W. and Margaret ( Brown). Oliver,
Henry W. Oliver was born in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland, Feb. 25, 1840. He was a child of two
years when his parents came to the United States, settling in Pittsburgh, and in the public schools of that
city he obtained his early education. He began business
life as a youth of thirteen years, entering the employ of
the National Telegraph Company as messenger. Two
years later he secured a position with Clarke  Thaw,
pioneers in the forwarding business, and at the age of
nineteen became shipping clerk in the iron firm of Graff,
Bennet  Company. He was in the service of this concern at the outbreak of the Civil War, and he left them
to join the first contingent that responded to the President's call for troops. He enlisted for three months, and
in 1863 again served as an emergency volunteer in repelling the invasion of Pennsylvania by General Lee,
when he participated in the battle of Gettysburg.
Upon his return to Pittsburgh, Mr. Oliver began his
first independent operations in the firm of Lewis, Oliver
 Phillips, a bolt and nut manufacturing house. From
a small beginning this enterprise had developed, prior to
I88o, into a large iron specialty house, and its remarkable expansion and growth were due, in a leading measure, to the influence of Mr. Oliver's direction. His
energy was dynamic, communicated to all those associated with him, and his organization was noteworthy for
its unity of purpose and closeness of cooperation. Nor
was this spirit confined to its executives and department
heads, for at one time when failure was imminent, and
the meeting of the weekly pay-roll a matter of grave
concern, their employes voluntarily worked for twoweeks without wages, thus relieving the pressure upon
the company. This example stands out with especial significance in a period of industrial turmoil.
In 188o, Mr. Lewis retired from the firm, and, two
brothers of Mr. Oliver having been admitted to partnership, its title was changed to Oliver Brothers  Phillips.
In 1888 incorporation was made as the Oliver Iron and
Steel Company. In addition to his controlling interest
in this organization, Mr. Oliver was for many years
president of the Oliver  Snyder Steel Company, and
heavily concerned financially in the Monongahela Tin
Plate Company, now the property of the American Sheet
and Tin Plate Company.
It is characteristic of Mr. Oliver's operations that they
were largely centered in basic propositions in lines serving as the source of great development. This held true
in his faith in Pittsburgh's future and his appreciation
of the value of railroad connections touching otherwise
inaccessible districts. He was a projector and large
stockholder of the Pittsburgh  Lake Erie railroad,
and for many years was a director and for five years
president of the Pittsburgh  Western railroad. He
was a leader in securing better railroad facilities and
service between Pittsburgh and Chicago by promoting
the Akron and Chicago junction connection of the Pittsburgh  Western with the Baltimore  Ohio. He followed the various lines of industry in which he was interested in all of their departments, and was one of the
earliest advocates of the use of pressed steel cars, for
which purpose vast amounts of steel are now used. The
pressed steel car ranks with the air brake in promoting
the safety of railroad travel. Mr. Oliver was also the
founder of the Oliver Wire Company, which was later
merged with the American Steel and Wire Company.
His mining interests formed one of Mr. Oliver's most
important fields of endeavor, and included holdings in
Pennsylvania coal lands, Arizona copper and Minnesota
iron properties. His entrance into the Minnesota ore
production was accidental, and is an especially interesting incident in a career filled with dramatic possibilities.
In 1892 he was elected delegate to the National Republican Convention at Minneapolis, and while in that city
he heard for the first time of the discovery of iron ore
in the Mesaba range. At Duluth, whither he hastened to
investigate the truth of the reports he had heard, he
found the town crowded with prospectors. Hotel accommodations were impossible to secure, and he was
obliged to sleep on a billiard table. On the following
morning he bought a horse, rode through the wilderness
to the new ore mines, and at the camp of the Merritt
brothers was shown property out of which ore could be
dug like sand. He leased a large mine from-the Merritts, and it is a matter of record that this project,
embarked upon at the spur of opportunity, realized a
profit of thirteen million dollars. He organized the
Oliver Iron Mining Company, and because of the magnitude of the enterprise secured financial support of the
Carnegie Steel Company in the development of the Lake
Superior property. Andrew Carnegie, speaking of this
combination of interests, said: "Harry Oliver'was a
man who saw far ahead. He could not carry all the
game he had captured, and he appealed to the Carnegie
Company to join him. It did, and carried the treasure
safely through with its money and credit."
It would be instructive in the highest degree and valuable to future generations if it were possible to analyze accurately the exact source of such remarkable
success as Mr. Oliver achieved. Power of decision,
sturdy self-reliance, and unbending integrity that won
universal confidence, were certainly potent factors. How
much this last-named quality contributed to Mr. Oliver's
success is demonstrated by the fact that when financial
difficulties arose, as they inevitably do in large affairs,
people who were already his creditors were among the
first to offer him further assistance. His ability to bear
the strain and responsibility of enterprises of such magnitude as those upon which he embarked permitted him
to remain in active control of vast interests throughout
many years, and many branches of industry and large
numbers of individuals profited by his powerful leadership.
Mr. Oliver's public spirit led him to devote much of
his time and large shares of his wealth to the well-being
of Pittsburgh, his home. He had large investments in
city real estate, improved and unimproved, and the Henry
W. Oliver building on Smithfield street, the largest office building in the city, erected by his estate, is an imposing monument to one who contributed so largely to
Pittsburgh's greatness. He was charitable in the extreme, but disliked publicity in connection with his benefactions and while great good was accomplished
through the medium of his wealth, its exact extent will
probably never be recorded.
Mr. Oliver was unusually well informed on current
affairs, and in matters affecting national policy he was
especially decided in his opinions. In local affairs he was
practically non-partisan, and in State politics he was
always an important faotor. As a young man he was
elected to the Common Council, and for three years he
presided over this body with diligent concern for the
public welfare. He was chosen a delegate to four National Republican conventions, 1872, 1875, I888, and 1892,
and it was a tribute to his standing in party councils
that in each convention he served as a member of the
platform committee. In 1882, when tariff revision was
under considerationl, he was appointed by President Arthulr a member of the commission of experts as the representative of the iron and steel interests of the country.
In January, I88s, he received the nomination of the Republican legislative caucus for the United States Senate,
but division in the party brought about his defeat.
Mr. Oliver married, in 1862, Edith A. Cassidy, of
Pittsburgh, and their one child, Edith, married Henry
R. Rea, of Pittsburgh (q. v.).
Henry W. Oliver died Feb. 8, 1904. His loss was
felt not as the sorrow of any one circle, but as the loss
of a community. His record stands as one of the greatest individual achievements of a generation; his character shines forth with inspiring and guiding strength.
HENRY R. REA-Educated in leading institutions
of the East and in a famous university of Germany,
Henry R. Rea entered business life in the engineering
department of the Robinson-Rea Manufacturing ComAthletic Union, which has jurisdiction over all amateur
sports in Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West
Virginia. In these capacities he has labored earnestly
to foster a spirit of true sportsmanship in athletic contests, to keep amateur athletics free from any taint of
commercialism, and to enable contestants competing
under the rules of the governing bodies of which he is
an official to realize the best benefit from their competition and training.
Mr. Haddock served in the American army during
the Spanish-American War, enlisting in April, 1898, as
a private in Company C, 10th Regiment, Pennsylvania    ciatioin, and the Union St. Clair Country and Americus
Volunteers (the "Fighting Tenth") and serving with
his regiment in the Philippine Islands, participating in
a number of heavy engagements. He was honorably
discharged from the service in August, 1899. He is a
member of McKinley Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
and of Merrill Allen Camp, United Spanish War
Veterans.
In common with most journalists, Mr. Haddock has
been deeply interested in, and a close follower of, political action, as an Independent Republican, and his
wide acquaintance and following through his semipublic work in athletic connections showed to advantage
when he became a candidate for elective office. In
November, 1917, he was elected sheriff of Allegheny
county for a four years' term, and has discharged the
duties of that office in a most efficient, acceptable manner. He attended the Republican National Convention
of 1920 at Chicago as a delegate from his district. Mr.
Haddock is a type of citizen not at all in accord with
the popular conception of sheriffs, and his businesslike,
thorough, and faithful performance of his duties has
also been far above average. His term covered the
period of the United States' participation in the World
War, when Pittsburgh, as one of the world's greatest
industrial centers, supplied many of the instruments
and munitions of war to the American and Allied governments. Professional agitators and propagandists
made the city their headquarters in campaigns of obstruction, strikes were fomented, and unrest of all kinds
was encouraged by these influences. Insofar as these
conditions came under his jurisdiction, and he was to a
large extent responsible for the maintenance of law
and order, Mr. Haddock exercised his authority
judiciously and effectively, with the result that there
was a singular lack of rioting and violence. The great
steel strike of 1919 was even a more severe test, for
the authorities among the strikers placed no price too
high for victory. The most wily and resourceful leaders came to Pittsburgh in a body and directed the
foreign element, the uneducated, and the unscrupulous,
in baiting the authorities in an attempt to force them to
overstep legal limits. Mr. Haddock marshalled his
forces with splendid generalship, and in cooperation
with the police handled the trying and critical situation
in such a manner that it was never necessary to call
upon military aid, which was needed in many other
steel manufacturing districts. Popular approval in generous measure was the reward of his share in delivering
Allegheny county from the lawlessness that had accompanied other periods of labor trouble, and his hold
upon the public esteem was strengthened by his conscientious discharge of his weighty responsibilities. 
He is a member of the Masonic order, affiliating with
Dormont Lodge, No. 684, Free and Accepted Masons;
St. Clair Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Chartiers
Commandery, Knights Templar; and Syria Temple,
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine;
also affiliating with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks;
the Knights of Malta; and the Protected Home Circle.
He is also a member of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and the Union, St. Clair Country and Americus
Republican clubs.
Mr. Haddock married, Aug. 30, 1907, Wilhelmina S.
Kreis, daughter of John C. and Rose Kreis, of Pittsburgh. They are the parents of: Sarah Rose, Ruth,
Gwen, Joan, and William.
ALFRED E. HUNT-It is truly characteristic of
Americans that they cling with unfaltering loyalty to
those men who have served them well in critical times,
and it is equally true that the names connected with great
industrial and scientific achievements never lose their
place of honor. Thus it is that Capt. Alfred E. Hunt,
of Pittsburgh, is held in grateful remembrance for distinguished service in the Spanish-American War, while
his name is linked in close union with that of Hall in
the gift to the world of aluminum. Pittsburgh proudly
accords him a place in her annals.
Captain Hunt was a descendant in the eighth generation from William Hunt, who in 1635 came from Salisbury, England, and was one of the original settlers
of Concord, Mass. He was a son of Leander B. Hunt,
of East Douglass, Mass., and among his ancestors were
men who in civil and military life served their country
well. His Grandfather Hunt was the founder of the
Hunt Axe  Edge Tool Works at East Douglass, and
Captain Hunt came rightfully by the qualities that gave
him eminence in industry and interest and aptitude in
military affairs.
Captain Hunt was born in East Douglass, Mass., March
31, 1855, and died in Philadelphia, Pa., April 26, I899.
After preparatory education he entered the Boston Institute of Technology, and was graduated in the class of
1876. During the latter part of his senior year he had
busied himself during the afternoon with analytical and
metallurgical work for the Bay State Steel Company, of
South Boston. He continued with them for some time
after his graduation, assisting in the erection of the
second open hearth steel plant in the United States.
After the completion of his studies the manager of the
Bay State Steel Company recommended him for a mission to the West, the investigation of some newly discovered ore deposits in northern Michigan, and his favorable reports were the first steps in the development of
mines which are now a part of those in the most profitable iron district of the world. In 1877 he formed an
association with the Nashua Steel Company as metallurgist, and was in charge of chemical and metallurgical
work for their open hearth department until I88I, when
he resigned to become metallurgical chemist and superpany, of which his father was a founder, and became a
leading official of that organization. Subsequently heavy
responsibilities fell upon him in the administration of the
estate of his father-in-law, Henry W. Oliver, of which
he was a trustee, and the exacting duties of this charge,
in addition to his private connections, made his business
life strenuous. The record of his life adds a chapter of
merit to the history of his family, and in every relation
of life measured up to high standards of manhood and
citizenship. The wars of this country, to which country
his great-grandfather, Samuel Rea, came in 1754-55,
have ever found representatives of the family in service,
and the World War gave Henry R. Rea his opportunity
to perpetuate a family tradition, existing from the Revolutionary War, in his service at Washington as a "dollar-a-year-man," as he and his associates were popularly
and proudly designated.
Henry R. Rea was a son of William Rea, grandson of
Gen. John Rea, and great-grandson of Samuel Rea, of
Scotch parentage, founder of the American line. Gen.
John Rea gained the rank of captain in the Revolutionary army, and that of maj or-general in active service in
the War of 1812. He was as distinguished in peace as
in war, and represented his district in both the State Legislature and the National Congress.
Henry R. Rea was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., May 29,
1863, son of William and Matilda Anne (Robinson) Rea.
After attending private schools in his native city and
the Western University of Pennsylvania, he entered
Stevens Institute of Technology. He was graduated in
1884 with the degree of Mechanical Engineer, and subsequently pursued post-graduate study at the University
of Gottingen, Germany.
Upon returning home from his foreign study, Mr.
Rea entered the engineering department of the Robinson-Rea Manufacturing Company. He gained a familiarity with the operations and policy of the company and
was elevated to the vice-presidency, an office in which
he served until the merger of the Robinson-Rea interests
with the Mesta Machine Company. Upon the death of
Henry W. Oliver, in 1904, Mr. Rea was appointed trustee of Mr. Oliver's estate, and its vast and intricate connections occupied him during the remainder of his life.
Among the many varied interests with which he was associated, and which he served in advisory and executive
capacity, were: The Mellon National Bank, Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company, New
York and Cleveland Gas and Coal Company, Oliver Iron
and Steel Company, Oliver  Snyder Steel Company,
Pittsburgh Coal Company, Safe Deposit and Trust Company, Union Savings Bank, Union Trust Company, Calumet  Arizona Mining Company, and the New Cornelia
Copper Company. He was trustee of the Peoples Savings Bank, and president of the Morris County Traction
Company, and Morris Railroad Company, both of New
Jersey.
Mr. Rea was a member of the board of directors of
the Allegheny General Hospital and ever ready to aid
with his influence or his means any movement of progress or improvement in his city, a course in which he had
the example of his honored father. Despite the important place he held in the city's industrial, financial and
commercial circles, Mr. Rea disliked public notice, and
avoided a conspicuous place as far as was in his power.
His technical training and executive ability were qualifications that made him valuable in the government
service during the World War, and for more than a
year he served without remuneration at Washington,
D. C., on the committee on production of the Council
of National Defense.
Mr. Rea was president of the Pittsburgh Club, vicepresident of the Allegheny Country Club, a member of
the Pittsburgh Golf, Duquesne, and Oakmont Country
clubs, and the Pittsburgh Athletic Association of Pittsburgh; he was also a member of the University, Racquet
and Tennis, and Brook clubs of New York.
Mr. Rea married, April 23, 1889, Edith Oliver, daughter of Henry W. and Edith A. (Cassidy) Oliver (q. v.),
their children: Edith Ann and Henry Oliver.
Henry R. Rea died in New York City, Dec. I9, 1919.
Those who knew him carry the refreshing memory of a
courteous gentleman of forceful personality. Of his
business career it can be best said that he proved himself
the master of every difficult situation that confronted
him, and that he bore with ability beyond criticism the
weighty responsibilities that devolved upon him.
JOHN S. WELLER-Pittsburgh's supremacy among
the steel cities of the world is based primarily upon her
superior brain-power, not upon her muscle or her coal,
and the great reservoir of that brain-power has always
been found in the strength of her bench and bar. That
strength has steadily grown with the lapse of years, and
among those counsellors whose learning and ability most
worthily maintain at the present day the prestige of the
legal profession is John S. Weller, a leader of the bar
of the Steel City and ex-State Senator from the Thirtysixth District. Mr. Weller has been for nearly thirteen
years a resident of Pittsburgh, and is prominent in her
legal, financial and political circles.
John S. Weller was born Nov. I, 1867, in Somerset
county, Pa., and is a son of the late Dr. Frederick S.
and Mary A. (Hammer) Weller. His preparatory education was received in the public schools of Bedford
county, Pa., and by private tuition, and later he entered
the Pennsylvania State College, where he graduated as a
civil engineer in the class of 1889. Subsequently he was
employed on the staff of the United States Geodetic
Survey, making a record which showed that his prospects
of success as a civil engineer were good. It was, however, to the legal profession that Mr. Weller's talents
and inclinations predominantly drew him, and it was
not long before he began to study in the offices of Russell  Longenecker, prominent attorneys of Bedford
county. In September, I89I, he was admitted to the
Bedford county bar and immediately began practice.
From 1894 to 1897 he served as district attorney for
Bedford county, administering the office in a creditable
manner. In 1898 he was elected to the State Senate for
a term of four years, representing the Thirty-sixth District, and made a good record. In the autumn of 1901
Mr. Weller removed to Pittsburgh, where he is a member of all courts and has a large clientele. He was a
member of the Pittsburgh City Planning Commission,'74          ~~~HISTORY OF PITTSBURGH
having been appointed in 1912 by Mayor William A.   posit Bank of Allegheny, and the Central Accident InMagee.  In politics he is and always has been a Repub-   surance Company.
lican.  He  affiliates with Hyndman  Lodge, Free and          A  Republican in politics, Mr. Ober for three terms
Accepted  Masons, and Bedford  Chapter, Royal Arch   filled a seat in the Select Council of old Allegheny, where
Masons, and belongs to the Duquesne Club, Pittsburgh   he represented the Thirteenth Ward, and where, on leadCountry Club, Oakmont Country Club, Longacre Coun-   ing committees and in the general work of the Council,
try Club, Seaview Country Club, Pittsburgh Athletic   he was tireless in his work for the public good.  His
Association, and the Beta Theta Phi college fraternity,   public spirit was one of his most pronounced attributes,
and one of his most conspicuous acts of public importJOHN PETER  OBER-To  write of John Peter   ance was the transformation of the unsightly old HayOber as a manufacturer and man of important affairs is  market Square at Federal, Diamond and Ohio streets into
to record a career of commendable and richly productive   one of the beauty spots of the city.  This old square had
activity, while the recital of his work for the public wel-   been one of the playgrounds of his boyhood, and he
fare and for the furtherance of philanthropic enterprises   secured the aid of John R. Murphy and Samuel C. Greer
in Pittsburgh might well be the story of a man who   in giving to the use of his and future times a more
devoted himself almost exclusively to such interests,  attractive and more healthful recreation place. A beauBlended in the character and personality of Mr. Ober   tiful fountain, which was called the "Olivet Fountain,"
were the qualities of the vigorous business man, and the   named  for his granddaughter,  Olive Ober  (Straub)
kindly philanthropist, of the successful manufacturer and   Miller, was one of his gifts to the city of Allegheny,
the industrial welfare workers of the capitalist and of the   and the charitable and philanthropic institutions of the
social reformer, all combining to make the man Pitts-  city knew him as a generous and dependable friend.  He
burgh knew and loved-the friend of all his fellows,        gave his time and effort, as well as largely of his means,
John P. Ober was born in Allegheny City (Pittsburgh,   to the support of their work, and an institution which
North Side), Aug. 21, 1848, the son of George and Mary   he took particular interest in was the St. Joseph's Or(Vogel) Ober, his father of German descent and a prom-   phan Asylum.  Each Easter the little wards of the ininent brewer of the city  Mr. Ober attended the public  stitution, about three hundred strong, were brought from
schools, and as a youth of fifteen years entered his  their home to his residence across the street, and there
father's employ, learning, in the seven years of his con-   they were given boxes of candy and Easter eggs.  Antinuance there, all of the principles and details of the   other festival that was observed in the same manner was
brewing  business.   As  a young  man of  twenty-two   Hallowe'en, when their gifts were of nuts and confecyears, he formed a partnership with his brother-in-law,   tionery.
William Eberhardt, and they founded a brewing estab-         Mr. Ober was of a congenial, social disposition, and
lishment in Allegheny City.  This enterprise was started  this side of his nature found play in his membership in
in 187o, and in 1883 incorporation took place as the Eber-   numerous clubs, among them the Union Republican Club
hardt   Ober Brewing  Company, at which time the  of Philadelphia, the Pittsburgh Athletic Club, the Linplant of J. N. Straub  Company was absorbed.  Mr.   coln Club, of Pittsburgh, the Americus Republican Club,
Ober was the guiding spirit in this organization, and his   the Automobile Club, Brunot's Island Club, the Motor
forceful methods and sound judgment brought it a lib-  Federation, the Schenley Racing  Club, the Allegheny
eral measure of success and prosperity.   In 1889 the   Turners, and the Teutonia Singing Club.  In fraternal
Eberhardt  Ober Brewing Company and the Pitts- relations he affiliated with Jefferson Lodge, Free and
burgh Brewing Company became allied, and consolida- Accepted Masons; Lodge No. 339, Benevolent and Protion with the latter concern was eventually made. Of tective Order of Elks, and the Independent Order of Odd
the resulting enterprise, Mr. Ober was elected treasurer,   Fellows.           
and he discharged the duties of this office with outstand- Mr. Ober married, Sept. I, 1871, Salome Eberhardt,
ing ability until his death. He was ever a determining daughter of Conrad and Salome (Blesse) Eberhardt.
factor in the formation of the company policy, and his Mrs. Ober was a woman of rare qualities, an accominterests extended into all departments of the business. plished homemaker, and, moreover, the possessor of exHis close personal supervision resulted in systematic cellent judgment, which enabled her to fill the role, not
order and efficiency, and his official acts were always only of devoted wife, but of trusted confidante. She
marked by careful regard for his employees, and there died Aug. 4, 1913. Mr. and Mrs. Ober were the parents
was no Pittsburgh institution where faithful service was, of one child, Wilhelmina, who married Edward H.
more promptly rewarded with promotion and advance- Straub. Mrs. Straub married (second), March 15, 1921,
ment. Due in large measure to his personal attitude, Harry Winfield Scott. She is a member of the Wothe organization was characterized by a high degree of men's Club, member of the Board of Pittsburgh's Home
intelligent cooperation, the intimate relation between the for Babies, and an active worker on behalf of many
company's welfare and that of its employees a recog- charities of Pittsburgh, to which she is a generous connized fact. In other fields of endeavor, Mr. Ober had tributor. By her first husband she had three children, as
far-reaching connections; he was projector of the Troy follows: I. Homer Ober, who served as a corporal in
Hill Street Railway, a director of the Columbia Malt- the Field Artillery of the United States Army during
ing Company of Chicago, the Standard Ice Company of the World War; he married, Jan. 19, 1921, Zeralda De
Philadelphia, the German National Bank, the Safe De- Chantal. 2. John Ober, served in the United States Marine Corps during the World War, now associated with
his brother, Homer Ober, in the firm of Straub Brothers,
garage owners, on Forbes street. 3. Olive Ober, married Hartje Miller, of Pittsburgh, and has two children,
Calvin and Melissa.
John P. Ober died in Pittsburgh, Nov. II, 1909. His
place is secure in Pittsburgh's history, for he identified
himself with the best of her institutions, served his day
and time wherever opportunity offered, and received the
approval and benediction of all who knew him. One of
his biographers, concluding a review of his life with a
mention of the fountain that he erected in Allegheny
Park, wrote as follows: "And there it stands unto this
day, massive and graceful, surrounded by flowers, adorning Allegheny Park, delighting with its beauty every
beholder, and speaking to all of the large and beneficent
nature which found expression in such a gift, while its
spray, ascending heavenward, typifies the grateful
thoughts of the multitudes whose hearts were made happier and whose lives were brightened by John P. Ober,
who loved his fellow-men."
WILLIAM GLYDE WILKINS-To Pittsburgh
William G. Wilkins stood in the relation of a native son,
who, after training and experience in circumstances unrelated to his old home, returned there for the greater
part of his life work, and who, in its brilliant performance, brought attention and honor to the city that
proudly named him as hers. As head of the W. G.
Wilkins Company, architects and engineers, he was
widely known professionally, and it was said of him
that he planned and directed the construction of more
coke plants than any other engineer. In addition to
prominent professional position, Mr. Wilkins was a litterateur of wide reputation, and was particularly noted
for his studies in the works of Charles Dickens. Public service of merit and value was another phase of his
busy life, and all of his associations were productive of
good to his city.
William G. Wilkins was born on the present site of
the Stock Exchange on Fourth avenue, Pittsburgh,
April I6, 1854. He was a graduate of the Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, with the degree of Civil Engineer, and from 1874 to 1876 he was a member of the
engineering department of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne
 Chicago railway. One of his first independent professional assignments was on the government surveys of
the Mississippi river from 1879 to I88o, and from I88o
to 1887 he was assistant engineer of construction of the
Pennsylvania railroad. In this latter year he opened an
office as a consulting engineer in Pittsburgh, and in
1890 was joined in professional activity by George S.
Davison, under the firm name of Wilkins  Davison,
with offices in the Westinghouse building. This firm
was dissolved in I9oo, but the business was continued by
Mr. Wilkins at the same location under the name of the
W. G. Wilkins Company.
Mr. Wilkins made a specialty of professional work
connected with bituminous collieries  and coke works,
and throughout his long career he designed and built
many notable industrial plants in Pennsylvania and adjoining states, and without doubt had constructed the
largest number of coke plants credited to any single
engineer. Mr. Wilkins had many business affiliations
not connected with the W G. Wilkins Company. He
was a trustee of the Thaw coke interests. At one time
he served as a member of the Flood Commission, which
was seeking to prevent the disaster resulting from the
rivers overflowing their banks each year, and was chairman of the sub-committee on flood prevention at that
time. He was identified with the leading professional
and technical associations of this and other countries,
and held memberships in the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania, of which he was a president; the
American Society of Civil Engineers, which he served
as director; and the American Institute of Consulting
Engineers, the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, the American Mining Congress, the
North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical
Engineers, and the Coal Mining Institute of America.
On June 5, 1911, Mr. Wilkins was one of the original
nine councilmen appointed by Governor Tener. This term
of appointment was followed by election for a second
term, and Mr. Wilkins held a seat in council until the
end of 1915, giving himself enthusiastically and devotedly
to the duties of his office, and gaining reputation in
Pittsburgh as a public servant of constructive, progressive ability. Mr. Wilkins possessed one of the largest
private collections of books in the city, and was internationally recognized as being without peer as a student
of Dickens' works. He wrote a number of critical and
appreciative essays on subjects bearing upon Dickens and
his writings, and at the time of his death there was in
the hands of his publisher, the Bibliophile Society of
America, a volume written by him, entitled "Dickens in
Cartoon and Caricature." Mr. Wilkins was a member
of the Dickens' fellowship. He was also a member of
the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, the
Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Pennsylvania Society of New York, and the Duquesne Club. He was a
member of the North Presbyterian Church, and was
held in universal honor and respect as a gentleman of
high attainments, whose life work had been directed in
paths of distinguished usefulness.
William G. Wilkins married, in Troy, N. Y., Dec. 29,
1880, Sarah R. Simmons, by whom he is survived. He
died April 12, 1921. He was appreciated in Pittsburgh
for the many splendid qualities that distinguished him
and for the good citizenship that was a characteristic
attribute.
JOHN BEARD JACKSON-A very close friend
of John Beard Jackson wrote on the night of his passing:
We knew him to be wise in counsel, to be faithful
to every duty assumed or laid upon him, to be thoughtful of others and respectful of their rights, to be liberal and considerate with those who differed with him
in opinion, to be at all times the courteous gentleman.
We knew him to be broad, generous, and silent in his
charities and we know how we learned to rely upon
and greatly defer to his judgment.
Said his brethren of the church:
His loss will be felt throughout the whole church;
from all parts of the country, as well as the diocese
his help was sought, and it was freely given. He
regarded himself not as the owner but as the trustee
of his wealth and he endeavored so to administer thetrust as to be ready to give a just account of his
stewardship.
His devotion to his native city, Pittsburgh, is thus
attested by his associates of the Chamber of Commerce:
He stayed here in Pittsburgh and denied himself the
travel he loved because of his appreciation of the life
of Pittsburgh and his wish to serve his city.
From another source came this eulogy:
He was a type of the very best American citizenship,
a lover of nature, an advocate of everything that tends
to the betterment of humanity, a far-seeing man of
business, a devoted friend, one of God's noblemen.
Conservative to the degree of eschewing rash experiments, his life was ordered along progressive lines
and his success was due to careful planning enforced
by vigorous action. His industry in business and in all
charitable endeavors was proverbial. His wise counsel was eagerly sought by those about to embark in
new enterprises and in more than one season of financial depression he rendered substantial aid toward restoring public confidence.
There was for him no subtle distinction between
personal honor and business practice. He was the
same courteous high-minded gentleman, splendidly upright, personally, in the counting house and directors'
room as in the home; and no one ever doubted the
purity of his motives whether in public affairs or private. Men of this sort are modest, plain,' outwardly
matter of fact, unpretending as well as unassuming.
But to live as they do in the very thick of the market
place, in the din of dollars, and the turmoil of traffic,
without ever a thought of taking advantage of their
neighbors or stooping to do the base thing because
others perchance do it-this is the mark of true chivalry. And such a soul and such a life was John B.
Jackson's.
Such were the words of men who knew John B. Jackson well, knew him in his youth and all through his busy,
useful life and watched his rise to great prominence in
the financial world, and knew him under every circumstance of life. And his is "one figure which looms commandingly through the mist of the receding years and
shines with a lustre all its own-the lustre of a noble,
stainless life." 
The Jackson ancestry is traced through the Doncaster,
Yorkshire, England, branch, a family which bore arms
thus described:
Arms-Per pale gules and ermine cotised argent,
between three shovelers (virds ) of the last, a cross
crosslet between two annulets of the field.
Another Jackson coat-of-arms:
Arms-Gules, three shovelers tufted on head and
breast argent. Each charged with trefoil vert.
Crest-A shoveler as in arms.
Motto-Malo morl quam foedari.
The line is traced in the Doncaster branch to James
Jackson, who was born April 24, 1642, in Fairburn, in
the parish of Ledsham, Yorkshire, England, the family
seat for several generations, the parish registers bearing
the name as early as 1542. He was succeeded by his
son, Charles Jackson, born in Fairburn in 1711, who
married Jane Booth. Their son, Charles Jackson, born
in 1739, was in Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland, as
early as 1757. The line from Charles Jackson and his
wife Mary is traced through their eldest son, John Jackson, the first of this branch to come to the United States.
He was the father of George Whitten Jackson, and
grandfather of John Beard Jackson, and all three men
won for themselves honorable position in Pittsburgh
annals.
John Jackson was born in Roscrea, Ireland, in 1766,
and died in Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. I6, 1826. At the age
of forty years he came to the United States, settling in
Pittsburgh, Pa., in I8o6, engaging in business as a manufacturer and meeting with a fair degree of success.
He was a man of education, and gave his children the
best educational advantages. Strong in body and character, he won high standing for his manly virtues and
devotion to his church. He married, in Ireland, Margaret Davis, and they were the parents of three daughters and a son, the youngest child born in the United
States, the others in Ireland.
George Whitten Jackson, the only son of John Jackson, the founder, was born in Roscrea, Ireland, and there
spent the first five years of his life. He died in the city
of Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. I9, 1862. In 18o5 his life in
Pittsburgh began, and after school years were over he
began business life as a grocer's clerk. Later he was admitted to a partnership with his employer, John Albree,
the firm Albree  Jackson continuing until December,
1826, when the j unior partner sold out to assume the
management of the manufacturing plant left without a
head by the death of John Jackson. The business established by his father did not suit the young man and was
disposed of. His next connection was with the pork
packing business, a venture which brought him fortune.
In 1845, in association with R. W. Cunningham, Mr.
Jackson added a mercantile line to his packing business,
and later dealt heavily in grain and in iron, steel and
glass of Pittsburgh manufacture.' New Castle, Pa., was
made the seat of this business, the firm also operating
there a foundry and machine shop. In 1849 Mr. Jackson secured an interest in the Anchor Cotton Mills, one
of the first cotton mills established in Pittsburgh. These
allied interests, all of importance, gave him unusual
prominence and he was in fact one of the leading business men of Western Pennsylvania.
He was a director of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Bank of Pittsburgh, elected in 1837, and in 1857
was chosen a director of the Allegheny Valley Railroad,
which he aided to promote. He served two years, resigning on account of his health in 1859. He was a
member of the Smithfield Street Bridge Board, a director of the Bank of Pittsburgh, member of Common
Council, president of Select Council, and after the great
fire of 1845 served on the relief committee charged with
distributing the funds contributed by outside communities.
Originally a Democrat, he was strongly anti-slavery
and joined with the movement which resulted in the
forming of the Republican party. He sat as a delegate
in the convention of that party which nominated John
C. Fremont as its first candidate for president in 1856,
and was actively interested in the colonization project
which resulted in the Kansas conflict and hastened war
between the states. He was very charitable and gave
largely to philanthropic causes, and a member of St.
Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church.
George W. Jackson married, in 1836, Mary Beard,
daughter of Peter and Ann ( Coffey) Beard, paternal
granddaughter of Edward and Mary (Coleman) Beard,
of West Hyde, Hertfordshire, England, and maternal
granddaughter of Cornelius and Matilda (Montgomery)
176intendent of the heavy hammer department for Park
Brothers  Company's Black Diamond Steel Works, at
Pittsburgh, Pa. In 1883 Mr. Hunt resigned from this
employ, and in association with George H. Clapp, who
had also been trained in the Park Brothers establishment, founded a chemical and metallurgical laboratory.
They operated under the name of Hunt  Clapp, and
acted as consulting metallurgists for many of the mills
in the Pittsburgh district, performing chemical work for
the Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory, which had been established in the same year by William Kent and W. F.
Zimmerman. Hunt  Clapp later came into control of
the Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory, greatly enlarged its
field of work, and made it a pioneer enterprise in work
of this class. Under Captain Hunt's earnest and aggressive management the business became highly prosperous,
and a corps of fifty or more chemists, metallurgists, inspectors and assistant engineers were at time employed.
Throughout a business and professional career, whose
demands were extremely heavy, Captain Hunt retained
a deep and constant interest in his alma mater, found professional openings for many of its students, extended
warm hospitality to any "Tech" man who looked him up
in Pittsburgh, and for many years conducted the examinations at Pittsburgh for entrance to the institute.
In consultation, in legal work, and in many spheres of
professional life, Captain Hunt was in continuous demand, and he was called upon for assistance in the perfection of metallurgical processes to supplement the Hall
Process for the reduction of aluminum. This process had
been tried by a metallurgical firm of prominence and
had been rejected. Mr. Hunt was quick to see its merit,
and as soon as he had convinced himself of its possibilities he organized a company among his personal
friends to purchase the control of patents and to erect
the first works of the Pittsburgh Reduction Company.
An illustration of his marvelous energy and decisiveness
in action, as well as showing the confidence of his associates in his judgment and integrity, it is interesting to
note that only half a day elapsed from the time that he
decided to try to secure the rights to this process until
he had the subscription of funds, the assignment of the
patent rights, and the plan of operation outlined. Aluminum was then marketed at fifteen dollars per pound;
the company that he formed lowered the price of the
ingots to twenty cents per pound in normal times. It
was then a rare metal, occasionally used in a small way
by an instrument maker for some purpose demanding
special lightness; the output of the concern he organized
rose to more than fifty million pounds per year. In the
course of its operations the name of the concern was
changed to the Aluminum Company of America. Aluminum came to dispute actively the place of copper and
brass for large, long-distance electric conductors, all
branches of industry employ it, and no well equipped
kitchen is without its quota of aluminum utensils. Captain Hunt early realized that great profits rested in the
lowering of the cost of production, and that if a large
output was to be marketed, it must be manufactured at a
price that would at least compete with copper. This narrowed his search to a quest for the richest mineral, the
cheapest power, and the best factory appliances, and,
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these found, its price was brought down to from ten to
twenty per cent. below that of brass or copper, measured
bulk for bulk, or for equal electric conductivity. The
profound chemical skill of Mr. Hunt receives its due
and generous recognition for the invention and perfection
of the process, while it was Captain Hunt whose scientific knowledge, bold business judgment, and inexhaustible energy have brought commercial success and gave
the arts and industry a new metal for use, without regard to cost.
While a student in the Boston Institute of Technology, Mr. Hunt became enthusiastically interested in the
course in military science and tactics given by Lieut.
(later Captain) E. L. Galinski, Fifth Artillery, United
States Army, and was placed in command of one of the
companies in the Institute Battalion. Before graduation
he had enlisted in the Ninth Regiment of Massachusetts
Militia, and in that regiment rose rapidly from private
rank to corporal, sergeant, lieutenant and captain. He
resigned upon his removal from Boston to Nashua, but
soon joined the New Hampshire Militia, was appointed
first sergeant, six months later was commissioned lieutenant, and a month afterward was made captain, resigning from the New Hampshire Militia when he came to
Pittsburgh in 1881. About fifteen years prior to his
death he organized, in Pittsburgh, Battery B, enrolling
first as a private, and soon rising to captain's rank, the
third time he had been elevated to the command of a
company. Under his captaincy Battery B became one
of the crack military organizations of the State. In his
effort to bring the discipline and military efficiency of
his battery to the highest possible standing, Captain Hunt
visited, as opportunity offered in the course of business
travel, the militia of other states, repeatedly attended
battery drill of the United States Regulars, and inspected
the English military evolutions at Aldershot. In recruiting Battery B a grade of men of exceptionally high
standing was reached. The drivers were many of them
young, active teamsters, thoroughly familiar with the
care and training of horses; the gunners and gun crews
of the Gatlings came largely from the excellent mechanics
in which Pittsburgh abounds. Just prior to the declaration of the war with Spain, the battery had been
equipped with modern steel guns, and when mustered
into Federal service it had among the United States
volunteers no superior in equipment, discipline, or personnel.
Within twenty-four hours after President McKinley's
call for troops, the members of the battery had met, and
without a single exception they voted for active service,
the battery thus being the first to volunteer for the
Spanish War. Nor was this action taken without the
sacrifice of personal interest. Captain Hunt himself had
in course large undertakings which, owing to the long
commercial depression, imperatively demanded his care
and supervision, but his response to the call of patriotism
was instant and unquestioning. He was a skilled chemist and had qualified as a sanitary expert, and he sought
unremittingly from the first day of camp life to inculcate and command complete obedience to sanitary precautions, disregard of which exacted a heavier toll than
enemy fire could have done in a much longer period.Coffey. George W. and Mary ( Beard) Jackson were
the parents of two daughters: Anna Margaret, married
Francis Semple Bissell; and Mary Louise. Their only
son, John Beard Jackson, is the principal figure of this
review. Mrs. Mary (Beard) Jackson was a woman of
high character and lovely in face and mind, Saxon in her
type of beauty, tall and most gracious in her manner.
Mr. Jackson was devoted to his home and there spent
his happiest hours. He was most hospitable and with his
gracious wife delighted in entertaining friends. Mrs.
Jackson survived her husband until June 9, 1879.
John Beard Jackson was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb.
17, 1845, and there met accidental death through a fall
from his horse, Oct. 31, 1908. He was educated in private schools, University of Western Pennsylvania, and
ill health prevented graduation, but he was in later years
a trustee of Kenyon College and received from the University the degree of Master of Arts. His first connection with the business world was in settling his father's
estate and in closing up the affairs of the Anchor Cotton Mills. In time he succeeded to directorship in those
corporations which the father had served, notably the
Western Insurance Company, the Bank of Pittsburgh
and Allegheny Cemetery. From March, 1882, until his
passing he was a director of the St. Clair, now Sixth
street bridge, and on Dec. 12, 1887, was elected president of the Fidelity Title and Trust Company, an office
he held for nearly twenty-one years. Perhaps this was
the business institution nearest his heart and into it he
fairly "builded his life." Between president and company, officials and employees, the most cordial relations
existed and they were to him his "boys." The annual
dinner he gave them at the Duquesne Club was an event,
and one of his treasures was a silver loving cup from
"The Fidelity Boys" presented at the annual dinner,
Nov. IO, 1906.
For twenty years Mr. Jackson was a trustee of the
Dollar Savings Bank, and on Dec. I8, 1903, was elected
its vice-president. He was vice-president of the Union
Fidelity Title Insurance Company, and held directorships in the Allegheny Valley Railroad Company, Pittsburgh  Lake Erie Railroad Company, Union Switch
and Signal, Company, Standard Underground Cable
Company, Pittsburgh Life  Trust Company, Pittsburgh
Stove  Range Company, Garland Corporation, Pittsburgh Steel Foundry, Allegheny Cemetery Association.
As president of the Cemetery Association, which he
had served many years as director, he was given the
privilege of riding through the grounds on horseback, his
favorite recreation. When a boy he was taken by his
father to witness the laying of the cornerstone of Western Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane at Dixmount,
and his interest in that institution ceased only with his
death. For a third of a century he served the Deaf and
Dumb Institution as trustee, and he was equally interested in St. Margaret's Deaf Mute Mission and in Pittsburgh branch of the Pennsylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf. For a short time he was a
trustee of the Carnegie Library, but resigned and later
became a trustee of Carnegie Institute, holding this until
his death. He was for a number of years president of
the Institute of America in Pittsburgh, took a deep inPitts. Vol. I.-12
terest in the Carnegie Technical Schools, was always
present at Founders Day ceremonies of the Institute and
used his influence to aid in carrying forward the plans
of these institutions.
For many years Mr. Jackson was a director of the
School of Design and a member of the Art Society. He
gave an oil painting to the permanent collection in the
Carnegie Galleries, his the first gift from a resident of
the city to that exhibit. He was one of the original
guarantors of Pittsburgh Orchestra, and until the strain
of business deprived him of the pleasure, always attended
the concerts. He was a student and lover of literature,
delighting in travel, and in earlier years toured both the
United States and Europe. His first tour of Europe
began in I869 and covered a period of fifteen months.
He spent the summer of 1872 abroad, and in September,
I88o, made a tour of the world beginning at San Francisco, the tour ending in November, 1881. After becoming president of the Fidelity Title and Trust Company
he seldom left the city except on business or for needed
rest.
Like his honored father, Mr. Jackson was a member
of Saint Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church, a
teacher in the Sunday school, and for a quarter of a
century its superintendent. He served the church as
vestryman, warden and delegate to diocesan conventions,
but in 1893 his remote residence compelled his withdrawal from the parish, although his interest was never
withdrawn. He acted as a member of the building committee in charge of the erection of Calvary Episcopal
Church, contributed liberally to the building fund, and
with his sister gave to the church its fine organ.
Mr. Jackson was a member of the Pennsylvania Society of New York City, the Union League, Duquesne
Club, University Club, Pittsburgh Golf Club, the Church
Club, several shooting and fishing clubs. His membership in the Winons Point Shooting Club of Sandusky
Bay was given up, like his travel tours, as it interferred
with his duties as president of the Trust Company. The
amount of work Mr. Jackson accomplished was possible
only through the regularity with which he ordered his
life. He rose at six, spent the following two and onehalf hours in his library, at the breakfast table and in
going to his office in the Fidelity, reaching there at half
past eight. Each portion of the day was apportioned
in a similar way, and this explains what was always a
marvel to his friends. He was a man of strikingly attractive personality, his appearance a sure indicator of
his character. He was an example of strong, pure,
manly living, and an upholder of generous, noble and
patriotic standards. He never married, but lived with
his unmarried sister at the home in which his parents
died, and in which he was born, until forced to remove
through changes which made a move imperative. They
then built a new house in a desirable location and "Pennham" was the family home until the passing of Mr.
Jackson left the sister with her wonderful memories of
a devoted brother. The mutual love and devotion existing between him and his sisters was unusual, and his life
with Mary Louise Jackson, the presiding genius of his
home, was one of rare beauty. United in thought, f eeling and purpose, companions in travel and in the seclusion of home, the communion of brother and sister was
interrupted only by death. Returning from his usual
weekly horseback ride into the country, Oct. 31, 1908,
Mr. Jackson was thrown suddenly from his horse, death
resulting. The mourning was general and all felt the
keenest sorrow as expressed by the different tributes with
which this review opened. Pittsburgh yet holds in love
and honor the memory of John Beard Jackson, but her
pride in him as financier, philanthropist, citizen, is surpassed by her glory that in each of these characters he
was stainless and above reproach. His record is unclouded. His fame is whiter than it is brilliant.
AUGUSTUS PHILLIPS BURGWIN-For the
past two decades Mr. Burgwin's professional work, until
his appointment as Special Assistant United States Attorney for this district, was an assistant general counsel
of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh, and in
this connection he was widely known to his legal associates. He entered the Federal service as a major in the
Judge Advocate General's Department during the World
War, and shortly after his return to civil life entered
upon the duties of his present important post.
Mr. Burgwin is the youngest son of Hill and Mary
(Phillips) Burgwin, his father for many years an emiment lawyer, and a great-grandson of John Burgwin, of
"The Hermitage," near Wilmington, N. C., for a time
treasurer of the colony of North Carolina. He is also a
great-grandson of Abner Nash, second governor of
North Carolina and member of the Continental Congress, 1782-86. Mary (Phillips) Burgwin, his mother,
was a daughter of Maj. Asher Phillips, U. S. A., of
Lawrenceville, N. J., a granddaughter of Oliver Ormsby
and a great-granddaughter of Maj. John Ormsby, who
was a graduate of the University of Dublin and an officer in the expeditionary force under General Forbes
which made its entry into Fort Duquesne in 1758. Maj.
John Ormsby was one of the earliest of Pittsburghers,
and his tombstone with its quaint inscription has for over
a century stood in the old Trinity Churchyard on Sixth
avenue.
Augustus Phillips Burgwin was born in Pittsburgh,
Pa., Dec. I, I86o, and his early life was spent at Hasell
Hill, the old family home in Hazelwood. He attended
the Episcopal Academy in Pittsburgh, and St. Paul's
School, Concord, N. H., being graduated later with
honors from Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., with the
degrees of Bachelor and Master of Arts. In I885 he was
admitted to the bar of Allegheny county and soon afterward entered the office of D. T. Watson, the noted
Pittsburgh lawyer, subsequently becoming associated
with his brother, George C. Burgwin, in the law firm of
H.  G. C. Burgwin. In 1901 Mr. Burgwin became
assistant general counsel of the Pennsylvania lines west
of Pittsburgh, and was engaged with the work of his
department until the entry of the United States into the
World War. Early in the conflict, Mr. Burgwin was
commissioned major in the Officers' Reserve Corps,
Judge Advocate General's Department, reporting first
for duty at Camp Sam Houston, Tex., where he was a
member of the staff of Major-General Holbrook. Later
Major Burgwin was assigned to duty at Camp Greene
and at Camp Zachary Taylor, and was honorably discharged in October, 1919.
In October, 1919, Mr. Burgwin was appointed special
assistant United States attorney, and his work in this
office has conformed to the high standard of his former
activity as corporation counsel. He is a member of the
bar of the Supreme courts of the United States and
Pennsylvania, and of the Allegheny County, Pa., and
American Bar associations.
Mr. Burgwin has many relations to the life of his
city outside his profession. He is a member of the Art
Society of Pittsburgh, and was at one time president of
the Tuesday Night Club, the well known dramatic club
of its day. He is also a member of the Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh Golf, Junta, and Church clubs, having been
president of the last-named organization for four years,
and is also a member of the University Club of New
York, Metropolitan Club of Washington, D. C., and the
Cape Fear Club, of Wilmington, N. C.
Mr. Burgwin married, April 26, 1893, Mildred Carlisle,
daughter of James Mandeville Carlisle, of Washington,
D. C., for many years a distinguished member of the
bar of the Supreme Court. She was a great-granddaughter of Gen. Pierce Butler, one of the five famous
fighting Butlers, of Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Their
son, Lieut. Pierce Butler Carlisle Burgwin, served during the World War with the British Royal Flying Corps.
Mrs. Burgwin died in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 23, 1919.
J. GUY McCANDLESS, M. D.-Pittsburgh's present greatness is but the sum of the earnest efforts of its
leading citizens of bygone years, and to them, even more
than to its leaders of to-day, is honor due. To acknowledge this debt, to pay the tribute of the present to the
past, and to honor the memory of J. Guy McCandless,
physician, public official, and exemplary citizen, this
record is printed.
Dr. J. Guy McCandless was born at Perrysville, Allegheny county, Pa., Jan. I, 1839, son of Dr. Alexander
G. and Margaret A. (Guy) McCandless. His greatgrandfather, Witham McCandless, a farmer by occupation, who emigrated from Scotland to the North of Ireland, and thence to America, died in Washington county,
Pennsylvania.
The son of Witham McCandless, Archibald McCandless, who was born in Allegheny county, Pa., in
1756, removed to Illinois, and died in Macomb, McDonough county, of that State. Of a retiring disposition
and an earnest Christian, Archibald McCandless was
for nearly fifty years an elder in the Presbyterian
church. He married Elizabeth McCandless, who died
Feb. 25, 1838. She joined the Presbyterian church at the
age of fifteen years, and all her life was a devout church
worker.
Dr. Alexander G. McCandless, one of the thirteen
children of Archibald McCandless, was born Jan. 15,
I8I6, in Allegheny county, Pa. He had practiced medicine for many years before removing to Pittsburgh, in
1849. There he owned real estate and built several
houses upon Center avenue. He died Feb. 24, 1874. He
married, Feb. I5, 1838, Margaret A. Guy. The Guys
were settlers of Allegheny county while the hostile Indians infested the district, and often compelled them and
their neighbors to seek refuge in the old fort. The
father of Mrs. Margaret A. McCandless was a farmer
and a staunch Presbyterian, being for many years an
elder in the church. Of his nine children one died in infancy. The children of Dr. Alexander G. and Margaret
A. (Guy) McCandless were: Josiah Guy (J. Guy), of
whom further; Elizabeth Jane, widow of Phineas R.
Gray; Dr. Alexander.
Dr. J. Guy McCandless, after receiving a common
school education in Pittsburgh, attended the Cleveland
Medical College for a year, and graduated from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1863, with the
degree of Medical Doctor. He at once entered the army
as surgeon of the Fifty-second Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteers, and served for two years in the war. At
the battle of Gettysburg a cotton factory was turned into
a hospital for the wounded, and he remained in charge
of it for a year. After the close of the war he settled
in Pittsburgh, where he built up a very large medical
practice.
Dr. McCandless was a highly intellectual man, of
quick perceptions and sharp discrimination; of great
eloquence and always spoke to the point. His being
possessed of a thorough classical and medical education, in combination with his innate talents, explains
also why he attained the prominent place in medical circles which was his. He loved science for science's sake,
was a hard student, and was ever enthusiastic in his
efforts to cultivate and elevate the standard of the medical profession. A man of action rather than words, of
remarkable talents, Dr. McCandless demonstrated his
public spirit by actual achievements, and had a long and
most creditable career in the public service. In politics
he was a Republican. He served on the School Board
as member, and also as president of the Franklin Board,
and represented his ward in both the Common and Select
councils of Pittsburgh, acting as president of each. In
1901 he was appointed director of the Department of
Public Works of Pittsburgh, and to all trusts committed
to his care he gave able and close attention. He was a
member of the Masonic fraternity, and the Grand Army
of the Republic, and was fourteen years surgeon of the
Fourteenth Regiment Pennsylvania National Guard. He
was a prominent member of the Sixth Presbyterian
Church, of which he was an elder from 1875 until his
death.
Dr. McCandless belonged to that class of men who
wield a power which is all the more potent from the
fact that it is moral rather than political, and is exercised for the public weal rather than for personal ends.
To all those interests which promoted culture in lines of
art and which work for the Christianizing of the race
he ever gave his influence, and to all charities he was a
liberal giver. A man of distinguished bearing, his highbred face and stately form made a striking impression
on strangers, while all those who encountered him in
social or professional circles felt the charm of his personality.
Dr. McCandless married, Sept. 14, 1876, Margaret E.,
daughter of John F. and Eliza (Evans) Cluley, of
Pittsburgh, and had by this union three children: I
Walter C., born June I6, 1877, died July 10, 1905. 2.
Ida May, wife of Stephen Stone, of Pittsburgh, and
mother of five children, Margaret, Natalie, Ellen, Marian
and Stephen, Jr. 3. Alexander Wilson, born Oct. 9,
1883; educated in public schools of Pittsburgh, including its high school; Lafayette College, graduating 1906;
University of Pittsburgh Law Department, graduating
1909; admitted to bar of Allegheny county, 1909, now a
partner in law firm of Wright, Chalf ant  McCandless;
Republican; member of Sixth Presbyterian Church;
member of University Club; Mason, member of Crescent Lodge, No. 576; married, Sept. 3, 1912, Pauline,
daughter of ex-Congressman Joseph B. and Ellen M.
(McKee) Showalter, of Pittsburgh.
On May 23, 1915, Dr. McCandless closed a life of enlightened endeavor and self-denying usefulness, a life
which, as physician and citizen, had been governed by
the noblest purposes and inspired by the truest spirit of
devotion, a life consecrated to the service of humanity.
Words of laudation coupled with the name of Dr. J. Guy
McCandless are idle and superfluous. His character and
work are their own eulogy.
JAMES ALFRED WAKEFIELD-James Alfred
Wakefield is one of the lawyers now practicing at the
Pittsburgh bar who can look back upon thirty-two years
of successful and honorable endeavor. Mr. Wakefield
has been active in the political life of his city and State,
both as a lawyer and a citizen.
The Wakefield family is of ancient English origin,
tracing lineal descent from Gilbert Wakefield, the author of a version of the Bible which is now numbered
among the treasures of the British Museum. The original Tower-the Round Tower-f London, in which
the crown jewels are kept, was named when built, and is
still known as the Wakefield Tower. The branch of
the family to which the Pennsylvania Wakefields belong
is understood to have migrated from Yorkshire, England, to County Antrim, Ireland.
(I) Thomas Wakefield was born Oct. 2, 1757, in Ireland, and emigrated to the United States, presumably
during the Revolutionary War. He married, Sept. 25,
1779, Elizabeth, born March 5, 1760, daughter of Samuel
Morton, who was a brother of John Morton, one of the
Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Thomas
Wakefield served during the Revolution as a private in
Capt. Noah Abraham's company, Cumberland county
militia. This was in 1780, and shows that he was at
that time a resident of Pennsylvania. The death of
Thomas Wakefield occurred Nov. 20, I844, in Indiana
county, Pa., and his widow survived him but six months,
passing away May 9, 1845.
(II) Samuel Wakefield, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Morton) Wakefield, was born March 6, 1799, and
was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. He
was the author of "Wakefield's Theology" and of many
other works, religious, musical and literary. He also
constructed the first pipe organ west of the Alleghenies,
preached the gospel for seventy-five years, and at the time
of his death was the oldest living Free Mason. Dr. Wakefield married, Aug. 21, 1821, Elizabeth Hough, born
Aug. 22, 1803.  Mrs. Wakefield died Sept. 29, 1894, andher husband did not long survive the faithful companion of more than seventy years, dying Sept. 13, 1895, at
the venerable age of ninety-six.
(III) David H. Wakefield, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hough) Wakefield, was born Aug. 16, 1822, and led
the life of a country gentleman. He was noted for introducing many new fruits into Western Pennsylvania,
and his conservatory of flowers was greatly admired by
all who were privileged to behold it. Mr. Wakefield married, July 31, I844  Mary  Covert, and they were the
parents of seven children among whom was James Alfred, mentioned below. Mr. Wakefield died April 4,
1900, and his widow passed away Dec. I I, 1902.
(IV) James Alfred, son of David H. and Mary
( Covert)  Wakefield, was born May  3, I865  in Redstone, Fayette county, Pa., and received his elementary
education in local public schools, afterward attending
Allegheny College at Meadville, Pa., where he took
several oratorical prizes and successfully represented
his college in the Intercollegiate Chautauquan Oratorial
Contest. In 1889 Mr. Wakefield graduated and immediately thereafter began the study of law. In 1890 he was
admitted to the bar and is now a member of the Superior and Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania, also of the
United States District and Circuit Courts and the Supreme Court of the United States. After entering into
practice, Mr. Wakefield rose steadily into prominence,
proving that he possessed the, essential qualities of a
truly successful lawyer and winning the confidence of
the profession and the public. He has been connected
with many important cases and has devoted special attention to complicated insurance litigation, achieving some
of his greatest successes in this department.
In politics Mr. Wakefield is an ardent Democrat, but
has never allowed the attention he gave to public affairs
to interfere with his legal practice. In 1910, in compliance with urgent entreaties, he allowed his name to appear
as the candidate of his party for Congressman from the
Twenty-second District of Pennsylvania, opposing John
Dalzell, who was nominated by the Republicans; Mr.
Wakefield was defeated, but made a highly creditable
canvass against great odds, receiving the full party vote
and adding to his already great popularity in his district.
Among the organizations in which Mr. Wakefield is
enrolled are: The Sons of the Revolution, of which he
is the president of the Pennsylvania State Society; the
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, the National Democratic Club, the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, the Church Club of Pittsburgh, and the New
York Club. He retains his membership in the Delta
Tau Delta fraternity, and is a past master of Hailman
Lodge, No. 32, Free and Accepted Masons.
James Alfred Wakefield will leave a record worthy of
his race and name to be incorporated in the legal annals
of his county and State.         -
JAMES SCOTT-Son of a father who' spent his life
in steel manufacture, James Scott found his way naturally into that field of work, and there he too spent his
active years. There is no more efficient combination of
qualities than the thorough training and knowledge of a
European trade apprenticeship and American methods of
organization and intense production and this union occurred in Mr. Scott's mastery of the steel business. He
left his Scotland home in young manhood, and in the
Pittsburgh district became one of the early associates
of Andrew Carnegie. Leaving to others the financial
department of the business with its manipulation of company stocks, the organization of subsidiary concerns, the
combatting of rival interests, and the like, he applied
himself to the basic problems of production with all of
his boundless energy and enthusiasm. He filled a distinctive place in the organization of the Carnegie Steel
Company, for not only was he superintendent of the
leading furnaces of the company until his retirement,
named by Andrew Carnegie as the "Dean of the blast
furnace corps of the world," but to have served under
him in the mills was a badge of honor proudly worn
by many executives who afterward directed the destinies
of the company. His contributions to the Carnegie interests were those of faithful, long, and expert service,
of many technical improvements in methods of manufacture, and of unceasingly loyal efforts toward high
standards in every department of the mills under his
supervision. His reward was the honor and respect of
all of his associates for his tried and proved ability and
the strong and sincere love of the many who were privileged to know him well.
James Scott was born in Dalkeith, Scotland, Dec. 8,
1850, son of James Murray and Jessie (Brown) Scott,
his father a steel worker all of his life, filling for many
years the position of foreman in Caddel's Steel Works,
in Bridge Nest, Scotland. James Scott was educated in
Lord Hopton's School near Edinburgh, and upon the
completion of his education served a six years' apprenticeship in the steel industry in his native land, working
under able masters of the steel-making art, and gaining
a comprehensive knowledge of the methods and practices
of the industry as then conducted. In 1872, a young
man of twenty-two years, he came to the United States,
and for five years was employed in Brooklyn, N. Y., at
the end of that time coming to Pittsburgh, Pa., where
the beginnings of the present gigantic steel business were
then in progress. He became an early associate of Andrew Carnegie, whose name is deathlessly associated with
steel manufacture, and was first with the Carnegie Company at the Lucy Furnaces. His term of service began
January I, 1877, and continued until his retirement, Dec.
31, 1912. His thirty-five years of activity in the affairs
of the company witnessed his rise through various grades
of service in connection with steel making to the office
of general superintendent of the Lucy, Isabella, Edith
and Naville furnaces, retiring as the oldest superintendent
in point of years of service, his career amply justifying
his title of dean of superintendents of the company, and
Mr. Carnegie's broader phrase, "Dean of the blast furnace corps of the world." It was Mr. Scott's privilege
to give to many young men in the course of their preparation for executive work the benefits of his long years
of experience in brief periods spent under his instruction, condensing into small compass the exact knowledge
in steel-making lore that he had gained through years at
the furnaces and in the shops.  Steel making was his
life, and he devoted himself to it with all the ardor and
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Vprovements in methods and in formula, and making possible higher production for his company and better quality in their product. Mr. Scott was the first man to
build a thin lined blast furnace that proved successful in
operation, and this furnace is in existence to-day. He
also took important part in the introduction of the Scott
bronze bosh plate and the pig casting machine, and the
first practical application of the dry blast method originated by James Gayley was made at the Isabella Furnace of the Carnegie Steel Company under Mr. Scott's
direction. It would be a mistake, however, to think of
Mr. Scott as only interested in mechanical appliances and
their improvement. Few men put more of the personal
element into their work, and his many associates testify
in loving consideration to his kindliness, his generosity,
and his willingness to perform any possible service for
his fellows. The employes in the department under his
direction recognized in him a friend who would do all
within his power to safeguard their interests, business
and personal, and from them he received a degree of
cooperation that made for harmony and efficiency in the
Carnegie Company.
Mr. Scott was director of a number of corporations
and financial institutions at one period of his life, but
later withdrew from these connections. His political attitude was independent, but he leaned toward Republican
sympathies. He was a member of the Sixth United
Presbyterian Church. He was also a member of the
Carnegie Veterans' Association, composed of the early
associates of Andrew Carnegie; the American Iron 
Steel Institute, and the Engineers' Society of Western
Pennsylvania. His club was the Duquesne, and he was
also a member of the St. Andrew's Society, and a trustee
of the Homewood Cemetery. He held the thirty-second
degree of the Masonic order, belonging to lodge, chapter, commandery, consistory, and shrine.
James Scott married, in Pittsburgh, June 20, 1876,
Helen E. Johnston, who was born in India, Oct. 13,
1854, being brought to Scotland when she was a child.
Her father, George Johnston, was a quartermaster in the
British army, spending his entire active life in the service, and fighting through the Crimean and Indian Mutiny
campaigns. Children of James and Helen E. (Johnston ) Scott: I. Jessie Brown, married Alric Garland,
of Pittsburgh, Pa. 2. Fanny Maxwell, married John K.
Henry, of Pittsburgh, Pa. 3. Margaret Murray, married Edward Groetzinge, of Pittsburgh, Pa. 4. Helen
E., married Frederick C. Fairbanks, of Pasadena, Cal.
5. Bessie Bryson, married J. Farley Walton, of Pittsburgh, Pa. 6. George J., of Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr. Scott died in Pittsburgh, May 19, 1920. His death
closed a marriage relation of unusual happiness and
sweetness that had continued for nearly forty-four years,
took from his family a father whose parental care had
been of the tenderest and kindest, and from the Pittsburgh community a citizen who had striven and attained
worthily. Pittsburgh history has space to devote gladly
to recognition and appreciation of men whose service
carried so much of benefit and value to the community,
and this memorial is dedicated in a spirit of earnest
gratitude for his life and work.
JAMES WESLEY KINNEAR-Prominent among
attorneys and business men of Pittsburgh is James W.
Kinnear, head of the well known law firm of Kinnear,
McCloskey  Best, who has been for more than a quarter of a century a resident of Pittsburgh, and is known
not only as a leader of his profession, but also for his
active identification with the essential interests of his
home city.
(I) William Kinnear, grandfather of James W. Kinnear, was a pioneer of Venango county, Pa., removing
in the early part of the nineteenth century from Juniata county, and purchasing from Cornplanter, the chief
of the Seneca Indians, a tract of land now included within the limits of Oil City. At the mouth of Oil Creek,
the present site of the business part of Oil City, he built
the first furnace of that vicinity, and in other ways did
much toward promoting the growth and advancement of
the place. In the latter part of his life he removed to
Tidioute, Warren county, Pa., where some of his descendants are still living.
(II) James Kinnear, son of William Kinnear, was
born Jan. 22, 1814, in Juniata county, Pa. He married
Jeanette Parshall, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth
(Goucher) Parshall. James Kinnear was a millwright,
lumberman and oil operator of Warren county, Pa.
(III) James Wesley Kinnear, son of James and Jeanette (Parshall) Kinnear, was born Aug. 2, 1859, in Tidioute, Warren county, Pa. He received his primary education in the public schools of his native village, passing
thence to the high school and graduating in 1878. He
then entered Allegheny College, receiving from that institution in 1882 the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in
1885 that of Master of Arts. Subsequently he registered as a law student with the firm of Brown  Stone,
of Warren, Pa., and after spending a year in the law
department of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, was admitted in I885 to practice law in Warren.
After spending two years in general practice, Mr. Kinnear came in 1887 to Pittsburgh, and rapidly built up an
extensive civil practice in the County, State and Federal
courts.
During the past ten or fifteen years Mr. Kinnear has
devoted most of his time to a number of large manufacturing corporations which he represented as attorney.
In this way he became identified with these companies,
and now holds executive positions in a number of them,
his career thus being diverted into industrial lines. He
is president of the Wolf-Tongue Mining Company;
president of the American Stainless Steel Company;
vice-president of the Washington Steel and Ordnance
Company, Washington, D. C.; vice-president of the
Firth-Sterling Steel Company; vice-president of the
Western Savings and Deposit Bank; a director of the
Keystone National Bank; director of the Pittsburgh Cold
Rolled Steel Company; director of the Chemical Products Company; and member of the Pittsburgh Chamber
of Commerce. In all concerns relative to the city's welfare, Mr. Kinnear ever manifests a deep and sincere
interest, giving substantial aid to any project which he
deems calculated to further good. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party, but his professionalt8                          ~~~~HISTORY OF PITTSBURGH
Although himself worn out and invalided home from kansas, and worked incessantly under the tremendous'
Chickamauga, and again overcome with malarial fever in pressure. He realized that his strength was impaired, and
Porto Rico Captain Hunt had the deep satisfaction of arranged to take a few days' recreation with his wife
bringing back to thier 1oved ones in Pittsburgh every and mother at Atlantic City. Stopping for a short time
man that he 1ed away at the beginning of hostilities. The in Philadelphia, he was taken seriously ill, rapidly became
useful resources of this command, with an experienced worse, and death overtook him, April 26, 1899, almost
engineer in charge land a corps of trained and" skillful before the friends who had witnessed his strenuous activbridge erectors in the ranks, were employed at the land- ity realized that he was unwell.
ing at Arroyo, where they quickly constructed a long  Captain Hunt was prominent in the membership of vapier on which the guns were' taken ashore, and at a rious technical societies. He had been president of the
stream running in a deep ravine-on the line of march Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania; vice-presacross Porto Rico, through whose waters the able team- ident of the American Institute of Mining Engineers;
sters of Hunt's Battery'were'the'first to lead the way. and was a member of the American Society of MechanA day later Captain Hunt, his bridge crew supervising ical Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers,
and with many willing hands assisting, built, in about and British Iron and Steel Institute, and the Institution
eight hours' time," a crude bridge over this ravine strong of Civil Engineers of Great Britain. The American Soenough to bear up under a troop of cavalry at full gal- ciety of Civil Engineers, in 1893, awarded him the Norlop, and over which the remainder of the army train man gold medal for his paper on methods of testing
passed with comfort and ease. At the request of the   structural steel, and many of his scientific writings are
editors of the "Technology Review," Captain Hunt pre-   regarded as authoritative.'
sented a brief outline sketch of some of these experiences     Captain Hunt  married, Oct. 29, 1878, Maria Tyler
in the issue of March 2, 1899.  At the close of the war   McQuesten, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Lund)
members of this' battery were actors in a very dramatic   McQuesten, of Nashua, N. H, her father a railroad man
incident, described in the first number of the "Technol-   of that State.  They were t he parents of one son, Roy
ogy Review,"  The'Spaniards were disputing the way of   Arthur, born Aug. 3, I88I, married, June II, 1913, RaGeneral Brooke's division; the Mauser bullets were al-  chel McMasters Miller, daughter of Mortimer C. and
ready whistling; Hunt's Battery had the head of the line  Rachel (Mcasters)  Miller.  They have one son, Aland was drawn up for action with loaded guns trained  fred Mortimer Hunt, born April 2, 1919.'Mr. Hunt is
and a sharp engagement was about to begin. At' this a vice-president of the Aluminum Company of America,
point a messenger hastened forward and handed General  nd a director of the Mellon National Bank, the AlumBrooke a cablegram announcing the protocol and cessation  mum Manufacturers, Incorporated, the Aluminum Goods
of fighting. "Harper's Weekly" published a life-like re-  Manufacturing Company, and  the Pittsburgh  Testing
production of this scene. Captain Huntls likeness does   Laboratory Company.      ~''?/    
not appea in this picture because of  the fact that the        In an active career of less than a  quarter of a cenartist was some miles in the rear when the event occurred,   tury, Captain Hunt realized great scientific and indusand when the battery at the request of the artist, posed   trial achievements, and wort a place in the hearts of his
for the photograph some days later Captain Hunt Ms   associates that was distinctively his own. A genial huin the hospital with material fever. He was, in fact, mor and genuine love of fun stood between him and the
standing at the side of General Brooke and in front of  sharp edges of life, and his companionship was a pleashis battery when the cablegram was received.            ure to all who knew him. He possessed and exercised
Captain Hunt had always taken an active part in the the cardinal virtues, took much joy from life, and conpromotion of good government in Pittsburgh, was influ-' tributed as much to the joy of others, and in his home
ential in the inception of the movement for' the purifica- was the kindest, most devoted husband and father. Aption of its public water supply, and at the time of his preciation of his life and tributes'to his work and chardeath was associated with the eminent scientist, John A.' acter appeared numerously in the daily journals at the
Brashear, on'a Commission appointed by the city to in-  time of his death, and were recorded by the many orvestigate remedies for the smoke nuisance.  Upon his  ganizations with which he was  identified.  An editorial
return from the war he was urged'by prominent men of   in a Pittsburgh newspaper said, in part:''  m
both parties to accept the nomination of mayor of Pitts-      Captain Hunt, besides: being a soldier, was a busiburgh, but declined feeling that with the pressure of   ness man of conspicuous ability. As the moving spirit
private affairs his health would not stand the strain of   in the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, he may be resuch service.                                              which has grown to vast proportions.  He  will be
He was a thorough student of economic conditions, and   mourned here, at his home, by thousands of friends
governed his business'activity in accordance with the   will be honored wherever it is known.  Pittsburgh has
principles that determined the industrial and commercial   suffered a great loss in  his death in the prime of his
prosperity of a country. Quick to see signs of renewed     mature manhood.
activity, upon his return from military service he at once    HARRY   SCOVL BRICKELL-The  place  of
began work upon enlargements of the already extensive   Harry S. Brickell in Pittsburgh annals is that of a man
works of the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, doubling   of unusual talents who found a definite and constructive
the capacity of the rolling mill near Pittsburgh and of   method for their application to the service of his fellowtheir electric smelting  works  at Niagara.   He  also   men.  He was known and loved for his distinctive qualplanned the development of new bauxite mines in Ar-   ities and personality which, while causing him to standwork and business enterprises have so occupied his time
that he has ever refused to become a candidate for office,
although frequently urged to do so.
While at college Mr. Kinnear was prominent in literary circles, and was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta
and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities. In 1894 he was appointed a trustee of his alma mater. He is an official
member of the Emory Methodist Episcopal Church of
Pittsburgh. He has given much time and attention to
the Sunday school work, and is now the teacher of an
adult Bible class numbering over four hundred. He is
also a member of the executive committee of the World's
Sunday School Association, the Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association, and the Allegheny County Sunday School Association.
Mr. Kinnear married, May 12, I886, Edith M. Rich,
daughter of John S. and Hannah (Robertson) Rich, of
Oil City, Pa., where Mr. Rich was a well known oil operator. Mr. and Mrs. Kinnear are the parents of three
children: Jeanette, Esther, and James Wesley, Jr.
James W. Kinnear is a man who has touched life at
many points. By his career as a lawyer he has added
to the prestige of the Pittsburgh bar, and his work as a
manufacturer, financier and aggressive man of affairs
is crystallized in the present prosperity of his city.
GEORGE MILLER SHILLITO, M. D.- For
many years the medical profession of Western Pennsylvania knew Dr. George M. Shillito as a leading physician,
a leader in learning, in practice, an in influence. For
forty-eight years he engaged in professional work, the
greater part of that time in Pittsburgh, in his seventyseventh year called from his labors by death, the grim
pursuer from whose too early grasp he had been able
to release so many of his fellows.
Dr. Shillito was a descendant of Thomas Shillito, the
Quaker missionary and philanthropist of Manchester,
England, who came to Pennsylvania in 1728, remaining
in the province seven years. His grandfather was
George Shillito, a native of Washington county, Pa., who
settled in Beaver county, where he engaged in agriculture and there became a man of prominence. His son,
George Shillito, father of Dr. George M. Shillito, was
born on the family homestead, Dec. 2, 1799, and died in
1867. He was for many years an elder of the United
Presbyterian church, having changed his allegiance in
young manhood from the Associate Reformed church.
His wife was Elizabeth Anderson, born in 1803, died
Jan. 30, 1896, daughter of Benjamin Anderson, a farmer
of Beaver county, of Scotch-Irish descent. They were
the parents of five children.
Dr. George Miller Shillito was born on the Beaver
county, Pa., homestead, Nov. 2, 1840, and obtained his
academic education in the public schools and Beaver
Academy, applying himself to his studies with the earnestness and fidelity that afterward marked his devotion
to his profession. For two years after his graduation
from the academy he taught school, although his aim,
even at this time, was medicine, not pedagogy, and in the
year that he attained his majority he began the study of
medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. M. D. Hill, of
Washington county. He continued his preparation in
the University of Michigan, subsequently enrolling in
Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, being graduated M. D. in the class of 1869. His first practice after
being awarded his degree was in Clinton, Allegheny
county, Pa., and soon afterward he established in Allegheny City (Pittsburgh, North Side), the scene of his
future activity. He became a surgeon of skill and reputation, never specializing in this branch of his profession, but performing his operations upon his own patients in the great majority of cases. He followed closely
the march of progress in his profession, and was an indefatigable student both along professional and scientific lines and in fields of general classical culture. His
patients benefited daily from his broad and exact professional knowledge, and he combined with his commanding mastery of medical science the confidence-inspiring, strengthening personality that marks the ideal
physician: The worthiest traditions of an honored profession were safe in his keeping, and his record adds
lustre to the history of his calling in Western Pennsylvania.
His practice prevented his participation in public affairs as an office holder to any great extent, although for
fourteen years he filled the post of school director from
the Fourth Ward of Allegheny and was always ready
for such service to the cause of progress and civic improvement as he could render. He was a director of the
Real Estate Savings and Trust Company. Until his
death he was a member of the Shadyside United Presbyterian Church, in whose work his life has long been
active.
Dr. Shillito married, Sept. I7, 1891, Kate J., daughter
of William Penn and Rebecca (Roup) Baum, granddaughter of Christian Baum, a native of Adams county,
Pa., and a Revolutionary soldier who became a prominent contractor and builder of Baltimore, Md., and Margaret (Darr) Baum, of a Virginia family, his wife.
William Penn Baum was born in Baltimore, Md., June
6, 18oo, and died Jan. 30, 1867. He came to Pittsburgh
at the age of twelve years with a friend of his father,
Charles Volz, educating himself by evening study while
working, and became a merchant of the city, conducting a
toy business on a large scale. He occupied important
place in the Pittsburgh business world, connected with
several financial institutions and executed many trusts
during his lifetime, serving as financial agent for the
Economite Society. He was one of the directors of the
Merchants' and Manufacturers' Bank during the active
years of his life. He was active in the formation of the
Republican party, and was an ardent Abolitionist all his
life, championing this cause at a time when it was most
unpopular and when the heritage of its supporters was
ostracism, contumely, and often violence. Mr. Baum was
a founder of the East End Calvary Protestant Episcopal
Church, which he served as a vestryman. He lived in a
day that was replete with pressing problems of staggering national importance, and labored for the sure founding of Pittsburgh commercial and industrial greatness at
a time when its sure beginnings were made through the
efforts of men of his high type of citizenship. His death
came soon after the close of the Civil War and the triumph of the cause of freedom he so zealously espoused,a consummation that brought him deep gratitude and
sincere happiness. His wife was Rebecca, daughter of
John and Kitty (Winebiddle) Roup, the Roup family
old in Lancaster county, Pa., the Winebiddle line founded
by John Conrad Winebiddle, a native of Germany, who
gave his name to a Pittsburgh avenue, the Roups distinguished in the same manner. Of the nine sons and
one daughter of William Penn and Rebecca (Roup)
Baum three sons, William W., Jonas H., and George
R. W., survived, also the daughter, Mrs. Shillito.
Dr. George M. Shillito died Feb. 14, 1917. The places
that knew him still hear the respectful, loving mention of
his name, and it will not be until the younger generation
to whom he ministered has followed him that a written
memorial and tribute will be needed. To preserve the
record of his work, to perpetuate the worthiness of his
achievement, this chronicle is dedicated.
WILLIAM THOMAS TREDWAY-The bar of
Pittsburgh is of ancient origin and honorable record.
Older than our independence, its annals form part of our
Colonial, Revolutionary and National history. With
each decade it has acquired new lustre and to-day stands
unrivalled in all that makes for the best in jurisprudence,
practice and culture. Conspicuous among those who
now maintain its ancient prestige is William Thomas
Tredway, for a score of years a leader in his profession,
actively associated with the political interests of the
"Iron City" and intimately identified with the best elements of its life and progress.
William Thomas Tredway was born Feb. 12, 1862,
near Warsaw, Coshocton county, Ohio, and is a son of
Crispen and Melvina (James) Tredway. His ancestors
were farmers, owning and cultivating large tracts of
land, and on the paternal side were of English origin,
the maternal lineage being German. The boy was
brought up on his father's farm, receiving his early education in the public and private schools and being prepared for college at Jefferson Academy, Canonsburg,
Pa. The training which he received at this institution
would, however, have availed him nothing had he not
possessed a strength of purpose which refused to recognize obstacles. By teaching a country school and studying much at night he was enabled to enter Washington
and Jefferson College, graduating in I886. He was class
poet and business manager of the "Washington Jeffersonian," the college publication. On Sept. 17, I886, he
registered as a law student and read law with the firm
of Weir  Garrison, being admitted, Dec. 22, I888, on
motion of Solomon Schoyer, Jr., to the Allegheny county
bar.
Until April, 1892, Mr. Tredway practiced in connection with the firm of Weir  Garrison, then became associated with Stone  Potter, with which firm and its
successors he remained for a considerable period. Mr.
Tredway now conducts a general and corporation practice, standing high in the esteem of his professional
brethren and of the public-at-large. Possessing that
judicial instinct which makes its way quickly through
immaterial details to the essential points upon which the
determination of a cause must turn, his arguments are
ever logical, forcible and clear, and his utterances carry
conviction with them. He is noted for his quick appreciation of the points counsel are endeavoring to establish, and for his invariable success in getting to the root
of the matter by questions during arguments. He has a
broad, comprehensive grasp of all subj ects that come before him, and an unusual facility in penetrating to the
bottom of every contention submitted. He organized and
was counsel for the East End Savings and Trust Company for more than twenty years; also the Ohio Valley Trust Company, the Coraopolis National Bank,
Pittsburgh Factory Site Company, Modern Savings 
Trust Company, Vilsock Land Company, and various
other corporations. He is a director in the Potter Title
 Trust Company, Ohio Valley Trust Company, and
Coraopolis National Bank, and is counsel for many financial institutions. In 1904 he prepared and published
"The Law of Banks and Trust Companies in Pennsylvania."
As a citizen with exalted ideas of good government
and civic virtue, Mr. Tredway stands in the front rank,
In politics he is a Republican, and in 1906 was elected
vice-chairman of the county committee, succeeding William A. Magee. At a noted meeting of the committee
that was called together afterward, Mr. Tredway was
reelected. He has been many times a delegate to the
Republican conventions, but notwithstanding the active
interest which he has always taken in politics has steadily concentrated his energies on his professional duties.
No plan for the betterment of Pittsburgh finds him unresponsive and no good work done in the name of charity or religion seeks his cooperation in vain. He is the
owner of much real estate and is a fine judge of landed
property, being quick to detect its dormant possibilities.
During the World War, the government availed itself
of the services of Mr. Tredway as a public speaker in
putting over the various Liberty and Victory loans, and
the continuous drives for United War Work and betterment of the soldiers in the camps at home and in France.
More than eight hundred times was he called upon to
address audiences in all large theatres, moving picture
houses, churches and lodge rooms. In the Third Liberty
Loan, he was selected by the President of the United
States as one of eight who covered the Cleveland-Pittsburgh Federal Bank District, on the "Trophy train"
which covered thirty-two of the large municipalities in
Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio, and after the
signing of the armistice, was chosen by the government,
under the Department of Labor, to deliver addresses all
over Pennsylvania to the various Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade in the large cities, urging the
immediate launching of the vast public and private improvements and enterprises to give employment to the
returning soldiers. In the recent campaign headed by
Herbert Hoover for relief of the three million five hundred thousand suffering children of Central Europe he
was again called upon and rendered valuable services in
raising the thirty-five million dollars sent to their relief
by the people of the United States.
In appearance no less than character and temperament,
Mr. Tredway is a perfect type of the able, aggressive
lawyer and earnest public-spirited citizen. Tall and finelooking, with strong, incisive face, dark hair and mus184'HISTORY OF PITTSBUIRGH                                                    --
tache, dark, penetrating eyes which, with all their keen-   desirable one, Mr. Reighard was ambitious to locate in a
ness, hold in their depths the glint of humor, dignified   large city.  Accordingly he came to Pittsburgh and, enand at the same time alert in bearing, his presence car-   tirely without resources, accepted the first business openries with it the suggestion of intense individuality.  One   ing that offered, which was as a clerk in a' store on
of his most conspicuous traits is his fidelity.  To what-   Water street.  Later he was employed as clerk in the St.
ever he undertakes he gives his whole soul, allowing none   Claire Hotel, where his cordial address and sincere, tactof the many interests intrusted to his care to suffer for   ful manner were reflected in the increased patronage of
want of close and able attention and industry.  In all his   that hostelry.  Shortly afterward his first important busirelations to the bar, he is essentially courteous and af-   ness opportunity presented itself, and he resigned from
fable, but always dignified.  In private life he is one of   the employ of the hotel to enter into association with a
the most genial and companionable of men.  Loyal and   number of the leading oil operators of the Pittsburgh diswarmhearted, the number of his friends is legion.             trict.  His department was the handling of the crude
Mr.  Tredway married, March  I4, 1894, Cora Alice   oil, and until 1864 he continued in this relation, gaining
Watson, daughter of Thomas F. and Mary A. (Moore)   an experience and an insight into the industry that served
Watson, of Coraopolis, Pa., and they are the parents of   as the foundation upon which he built his future great
two children:  Jean and William T.  Mrs. Tredway, a   success.  In 1864 he leased the tract of land at the Allewoman of charming personality, is admirably fitted by   gheny river and the Allegheny Valley railroad, erected
mental endowments, thorough education and innate grace   the Empire Refinery, and directed its affairs throughout
and refinement for her position as one of the potent   its prosperous  existence.   The  following decade  witfactors of Pittsburgh society, and is withal a most ac-   nessed the absorption by the Standard Oil Company of
complished home-maker, causing her husband to find his   practically every feature of the oil industry, its methods
fireside a never-failing refuge from the cares and excite-   those of ruinous competition or purchase at exhorbitant
ments of a peculiarly strenuous professional life.  Mr.   valuation, depending on the nature of the opposition enTredway is a man to whom the ties of family and friend-   countered.  Numerous  propositions were made to Mr.
ship are sacred, and his happiest hours are passed in the   Reighard, all of which were steadfastly refused, and the
home circle. One of his greatest pleasures consists in   great boom in the oil industry in and around Pittsburgh
the exercise of hospitality,                                  enabled the Empire Refinery, one of the few independent
The- professional career of Mr. Tredway has thus far   concerns surviving, to transact an enormous business,
been rich in results, but before predicting its future it is   and to keep its large plant in operation day and night for
necessary to remember that the years between forty and   manye months on end.  The counsel of his friends and
sixty have been said to be the most brilliant and fruitful   associates all tended toward Mr. Reighard's' surrender to
period in the lives of men of distinguished ability; also -the vested interests, but his plan of campaign, incomprethat the nation has called to serve her, in positions of   hensible to business men less shrewd and less far-sighted,
exalted responsibility, members  of the Pittsburgh bar,   was clear in his mind, and results proved the soundness
and that those whom she has thus honored have been   of his reasoning and the stability of his business strucmen of the type of William Thomas Tredway.                    ture.  The years 1877 and 1878 were particularly fruitful financially despite his long-drawn out battle with the
DAVID  P. REIGHARD-The  development of the   monopoly.  It was about this time that the Standard's
oil industry of Pennsylvania from an obscure experi-   interests discovered that the lease on the land on which
mental enterprise to one of the world's richest fields of   the  Empire  plant was  located  expired  in about six
business brought into the public view many interesting   months, and it was thought that an effective means of
personalities, some holding public attention and notice   securing his retirement from the field had been found.
for personal qualities of strength and leadership, others   The ground was leased to the Standard Oil Company at
through commanding  ability in organization, and still   a large figure, but Mr. Reighard had anticipated this
others through some successful coup that brought fame   move of his resourceful enemy, and in the meanwhile
and fortune.  David P. Reighard, for many years an out-   had procured a tract of ten acres in the nineteenth ward.
standing figure in this industry, won the public admira-   Here he erected a larger- plant and opened the Globe
tion and regard by a courageous, resourceful, and deter-   Refinery when compelled to move from his old location.
mined opposition to- monopolistic interests in the refin-   Not only did he continue a defensive fight, but he caring field throughout a long period, only heeding friendly   ried the action into the enemy's territory by allying with
overtures when  it was apparent. that he had won his   him P. A. B. Widener and William L. Elkins, of Philfight and that his own best interests would be served   adelphia, capitalists, whose names were forces to conjure
through combination.  The outline of his life follows:        with in the financial world.  A  charter was obtained,
David P. Reighard, born in St. Clairsville, Bedford   plants were opened in Philadelphia, and another charter
county, Pa., in 1839, was a son of Thomas Reighard, who   was obtained for the Atlantic  Western Pipe Lines for
drove a stage between Hollidaysburg and Bedford, Pa.   the transportation of crude oil.  Docks were built on the
He attended the public schools and a business school at   Delaware river, and Mr. Reighard gained control of a
Waynesboro, Pa., and as a young man of twenty years   pipe line through the oil section of Washington county,
became employed in Hollidaysburg by Lloyd Henry    these steps indicating the vigor of the new enterprise and
Company in the capacity of clerk.  This company oper-   their fearless attitude toward all the straining influences
ated the largest mills in Western Pennsylvania at that   in the industry.  The thousands of miles of pipe lines
time, and although the connection with the firm was a   tributary to the Globe Refinery, its oil tanks on all the(-7                                                       -railroads, and the immense amount of its exports both in
barrel and bulk, constituted the most formidable opposition encountered by the Standard Oil Company, and all
of the field interests were directed by Mr. Reighard as
general manager, while he was also a cogent force in the
dictation of the policy of the independent company.
Finally when its independent status and success had been
fully demonstrated, as well as its ability to fairly contend with any monopoly of whatever magnitude, its owners, Mr. Reighard and his associates, entered the Standard combination, and became heavily interested in this
controlling company. Their admission into the combination was on their own terms, for in the field of open
competition they had gained standing as rivals whose
influence was not to be ignored, and whose holdings constituted a serious obstacle to Standard domination in the
oil field.
Mr. Reighard, in addition to his vast oil holdings, was
interested in numerous financial, industrial, and commercial institutions of Pittsburgh, among them the Duquesne Light Company, of which he was vice-president,
the Pittsburgh  Allegheny Telephone Company, and
president of the Central Bank.
David P. Reighard was a member of the Lutheran
church, a man whose private and business conduct was
beyond reproach. Throughout the years of his active
life he was a power in his particular field of business,
won the high position he occupied through the force of
sterling ability, untiring energy, and keen business instinct. In all of his operations, whether they were
small or extended into the millions, his word was the
equivalent of his signature on a document, and his reputation for integrity and uprightness was known wherever
his business interests reached. He was a member of the
Masonic bodies, including St. John's Commandery, No. I,
Knights Templar, and a member of the Duquesne Club.
Mr. Reighard married, at Connellsville, Pa., in 1877,
Isabel Lytle, of Newhaven, Pa., daughter of J. Milton
Lytle, for many years a justice of the peace at Connellsville. Mr. and Mrs. Reighard occupied a handsome residence at Stanton and Highland avenues, Pittsburgh. No
children were born to this union.
Mr. Reighard's death, Dec. 9, 1913, at Pittsburgh,
marked the passing of one of the conspicuous figures of
the oil industry, a man whose drama of life was well
played, a man who bore in death, as in life, the respect
and regard of all who knew the excellency of his life
work.
FRANK CHEW OSBURN-Mr. Osburn, member
of Pittsburgh's legal fraternity since 1881, is a descendant of numerous families of long and honorable lineage
and record. Through his mother he is a direct descendant from Gov. John Haynes and Gov. George Wyllys,
both early governors of Connecticut; John Eliot, the
Apostle to the Indians, of Roxbury and Boston, Mass.;
Daniel Warner, son of William Warner, of Ipswich,
Mass., 1637; Matthew Griswold, of Saybrook and Lyme,
Conn.; Capt. James Avery and Capt. George Denison,
both of New London, Conn., both of whom served
through the King Philip Indian War; Robert Williams,
of Roxbury, Mass.; and several other noted New England families. Through his father he is a direct descendant from Col. Samuel Chew, of Herrington, Anne Arundel county, Md., and of John Osburn, one of the early
settlers of Loudoun county, Va.
Franklin Osburn, father of Frank Chew Osburn, was
a son of Benjamin B. Osburn, born May 2, 1792, died
Aug. 23, I86I, and his wife, Mary (Chew) Osburn, borL
Sept. 4, 1799, died Nov. 4, I868, daughter of John Chew,
of Alexandria and Loudoun counties, Va. Franklin
Osburn was a Virginia planter in his early life and
moved to Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1865, there entering the
lumber and cotton business. He also had business interests in Steubenville, Ohio. He married Henrietta Williams Warner.
Frank Chew Osburn, son of Franklin and Henrietta
Williams (Warner) Osburn, was born in the home of
his maternal grandparents, Griswold Eliot and Maria
( Sheffield) Warner, on North Canal street, Allegheny
City, Pa., Dec. 20, 1854. He attended private schools in
Jefferson county, W. Va., and in Sewickley, Pa., and subsequently entered the Western University of Pennsylwania, whence he was graduated in 1874. From 1876 to
I879 he read law with John C. McCombs and James W.
Over, and from 188o to 1881 attended lectures at Columbia Law School, New York City. In the latter year he
began professional practice in Pittsburgh and there has
continued in legal work. In 1908 Mr. Osburn served as
vice-president of the Allegheny County Bar Association,
and in 1909 and 1910 was president of that body. He is
also a member of the Pennsylvania and American Bar
associations.
Long a Democrat, Mr. Osburn was on numerous occasions the candidate of this party for office. In I888
he was a candidate for the State Senate, in 1892 ran for
Congress, and in 1893 had the nomination for State
Treasurer. In 1892 he was a member of the National
Democratic Committee. Since 1896 he has been a Republican. Mr. Osburn's professional interests have absorbed him almost entirely, although he was a director
of the Second National Bank of Pittsburgh prior to its
consolidation with the First-Second National Bank. He
is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Osburn married, in Pittsburgh, Nov. 28, 1906,
Virginia Claire Hays, daughter of Henry Blake and
Mary (Howard) Hays, her father a member of the firm
of.J. H. Hays Coal Company, and a prominent figure in
Pittsburgh coal operations for many years.
JOHN McLEOD-A graduate Mechanical Engineer, and thoroughly experienced by practical contact
with engineering and managerial problems, Mr. McLeod
now holds the responsible post of assistant to the president of the Carnegie Steel Company. At the age of fifty
he retired from that same post and spent five years in
leisurely contentment, greatly improving his game of
golf and his health, for that healthful out-of-doors sport
was his principal occupation. Five years, however, was
all he could stand of a retired life and he "came back,"
finding his old position ready and waiting for him. He is
of Scotch-Irish ancestry, a descendant of John McLeod,
who settled in Scotch Plains, N. J., and is a son ofAlexander and Sarah Ann (Mather) McLeod, his father
a former secretary of the Lobdell Car Wheel Company,
of Wilmington, Del.
John McLeod was born in Wilmington, Del., May 30,
1855, and there completed the public school course, and
prepared for college in the W. A. Reynolds School. He
obtained his technical education at the Polytechnic Col-.
lege of the State of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, there
receiving his degree M. E., class of 1875. His first
position was with the Edgemere Iron Works, now a part
of the American Bridge Company, and, later he served
as an inspector of bridges. He was next an inspector of
bridges and building materials for the Chicago, Milwaukee  St. Paul railroad, with headquarters at Milwaukee, Wis., and later he filled the position of inspector of materials with other railroads, serving the Baltimore  Ohio for three years in that capacity.
Mr. McLeod first settled in Pittsburgh, in 1892, joining the engineering corps of the Carnegie Steel Corporation as an assistant engineer of tests. Shortly afterward he was made chief engineer of tests, and still
later, assistant to the president, a position he filled until
1905, when he retired. In 1910 he returned to the same
position, assistant to the president of the Carnegie Steel
Corporation, and still continues as such (1920).
In politics Mr. McLeod is a Republican, and in church
relation, a member of Shadyside Presbyterian Church.
His clubs are the Pittsburgh Country, the University, and
the Duquesne. He is affiliated with lodge and chapter
of the Masonic order, his chapter, Delta, of Wilmington,
his lodge, Fellowship, of Pittsburgh.
Mr. McLeod married, in Wilmington, Del., Lily Josephine Chandler, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Carpenter) Chandler. Mr. and Mrs. McLeod are the parents of three sons: Norman Chandler, born in 1887;
Donald Mathers, born in 1888; Ralph Carpenter, born
m 1900.
S. JARVIS ADAMS-Nature has its course when
a man lives well his life and after his death passes
shortly from the memory of all but those bound to him
by the ties of relationship. Equally true does she have
her course when a citizen of prominence passes from his
accustomed places, and, because men have benefited in
large measure from the fruits of his talent and genius,
he is held in grateful remembrance even by those who
were not privileged to know him well. To the latter
class belonged S. Jarvis Adams, whose long and useful
career is reviewed in the following paragraphs, and
whose death, July 5, 1918, took from Pittsburgh's community a citizen whose influence touched industrial, philanthropic, fraternal, social, and religious circles, and
whose contributions to each were worthy and valued.
S. Jarvis Adams, son of Calvin and Cynthia (Gifford)
Adams, was born at Oak Hill, Greene county, N. Y.,
April 21, 1837. He was one year old when his parents
removed to Wheeling, W. Va., and still but a child when
they located in Pittsburgh. His father, Calvin Adams,
was a manufacturer, and enjoyed the distinction due to
a pioneer in the manufacture of malleable iron in the
United States, which he first manufactured in New York
State. Later he removed to Wheeling, W. Va., seeking
a larger and better field. Little time was required to
convince him that he had not chosen the best location,
and, since Pittsburgh was to be the metropolis of all
that region and was likewise the center of the coal and
iron production, he removed to that city, where he established the first malleable iron plant west of the Allegheny Mountains. As he was a man of foresight and
unusual intelligence, his mind was open to liberal and
progressive ideas. He planned broadly, making wise use
of the means and opportunities for the successful accomplishment of his plans. Therefore, he found in Pittsburgh all the advantages of material and the means of
transportation, together with the additional advantage of
being the very center of coal and iron, as stored by nature. He organized the Pittsburgh Novelty Works and
built up a prosperous business. He combined the genius
of the inventor with the practical qualifications of a
manufacturer and business man. Among his inventions
were the hand coffee mill, which came into general use,
and the Janus-faced lock. He also invented the spring
snap, now universally used on watch chains, harness and
in numberless other ways. In 1872 Mr. Adams sold his
business, together with his manufactory. He was a man
of ability and sterling integrity, a director in some of
the strong financial institutions. He was a member and
vestryman of Trinity Episcopal Church, and very active
in its building, being chairman of the building committee, giving his entire time to it, as well as contributing
largely to the funds necessary for its erection. For
many years he was active in Sunday school work, and
in this relation was devoted to the welfare of the young.
Later, Mr. Adams was vestryman and warden of St.
Peter's Episcopal Church.
S. Jarvis Adams was reared in Pittsburgh and educated in the public schools of the city and at Burlington
College, under Bishop Doane, at this latter institution.
The trend of his mind was in the direction of the industry established by his father. Arriving at his majority, he was associated with his father in the works
that had been established by his father and of which the
latter was head. In 1870 he established the business of
an iron founder on his own account, which ultimately
became the firm of S. Jarvis Adams  Company. He
was endowed with original ability and independence, but
at the same time inherited the talent or genius for invention for which his father was noted. His training
qualified him for carrying on a large business enterprise
in the same line of industry, and his close application to
the business for which his firm was organized gave him
remarkable success. The industry which he built up was
of great value in itself and of relative importance in
the industrial development and permanent prosperity of
Pittsburgh. A man of singularly strong personality, he
exerted a wonderful influence on his associates and subordinates, and toward the later in particular his conduct was ever marked by a degree of kindness and consideration which won for him their loyal support and
hearty cooperation. Force and resolution, combined with
a genial disposition, were depicted in his countenance, and
his simple, dignified and affable manners attracted all
who were brought into contact with him. He was one
of the men who number friends in all classes of society.BIOGRAPHICAL                                                      187
Mr. Adams' inventions were more numerous than duties, and the making of an ideal home for her husthose of his father, and all of them apply to the line of band and children, the three surviving children all marmanufacturing established by himself and to kindred in- ried. The more than half century of their married life
dustries. He patented over one hundred of his inven- was marred in its perfect companionship and happiness
tions, the most notable of these being the Adams' Patent only by the loss of two of their children. On Nov. I7,
Jarring Machine, which revolutionized the method Of 1912, they celebrated their Golden Wedding. Mrs. Adams
moulding. The old way of moulding was to tamp the is a member of Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church,
sand around the pattern, and, of course      vice-president of the Ladies' Aid Association of the
could not be applied evenly, and the heavy metal when   Homoepathic Hospital, vice president and treasurer of
poured in pressed out in the weak places.  In the Adams' of the Society for the Improvement of the Poor. She
~ of the Society for the Improvement of the Poor.  She
jarring method the sand is packed properly by jarring the is on the board of management of the Home for Aged
whole mould, causing the sand to settle evenly and com Couples, the Home for Epileptics, and a member of the
pactly, and gives results which could not be obtained by Pittsburgh Art Society. She is a member of the Daughany other method.  Notably among the articles manu-   ters of the American Revolution, and treasurer of the
factured by this method were the balls manufactured by   Block House Association, that society which preserved
Mr. Adams and used in the manufacture of pipes and   for posterity the historic "Block House" at the "Point,"
tubing.  These were so superior to any other that could   as well as numberless other deeds of patriotism.  Her
be made that Mr. Adams' firm manufactured practically   Revolutionary ancestor was Maj. Obadiah Holmes, who
all that were used in the United States.  They also   served in the militia and acted as a scout between Fort
manufactured about ninety per cent. of the wagon boxes   Pitt and Wheeling, Va.  He was with the Colonel Crawmade in the United States.  When Mr. Adams first went   ford expedition in 1782 that resulted so disastrously and
into business, one moulder was only able to turn out sixty  cost Colonel Crawford his life. He received a grant of
moulds, or one hundred and twenty pieces a day, and when   land from the government for his Revolutionary service.
he retired from active business, by his new moulding          Children of S. Jarvis and Emma V. (Anshutz) Adams:
process one moulder was turning out five hundred moulds,   Ida Janette, married John Lake Garner, and resides
or four thousand pieces per day.  All of Mr. Adams   in Los Angeles, Cal. children: i. Emma Virginia, marinventions contributed to the development of his own   ried Alfred B. Hastings; ii. Janette Adams, married Kenfactory, and at the same time came into general use   neth Carothers  Grant; child, John  Garner;  iii. John
throughout the country.  In 1899 Mr. Adams  retired  Lake, Jr., married Celeste Dorr; child, Fred Dorr.  2.
from active business, but he retained financial interests  Calvin Jarvis, deceased.  3. Alfred Holmes, deceased.  4.
in numerous enterprises until his death.                    Marcellin Cote, married Ida E. Bright, of New Haven,
All movements tending toward civic betterment and   Conn.; child, Emma  Virginia.  5.  Stephen Jarvis, Jr.,
municipal reform received from Mr. Adams active in-  married Margaret W. Jones.                   
terest and energetic cooperation.  He was a Republican        These are the outstanding facts in S. Jarvis Adams'
in politics, but' as far as possible removed from office-  life, and this article stands as a memorial to a man of
seeking, concentrating his energies on business and finan-  vision and mental brilliance, whose keen practicality was
cial matters, though never failing to give due attention blended with a softer, finer nature that added a genuine
to public affairs and to cast his vote for the candidate   love and tender regard to the admiration felt for the
of his party.  In charitable and religious work he always   industrial leader. 
took an earnest interest.  He was an active member of         
Calvary Episcopal Church, which he served as vestry-          JOHN  LOUIS NEEB-To  recall the lives of some
man  for several years.  For twenty-one years he was   men a space of twenty-five years is a long stride into
superintendent of the Sunday school, a line of work that  the shadows of oblivion, but to turn back the hands of
always specially appealed to him.  He was one of the   time more than a quarter of a century to the lifetime of
executive board of the Homoeopathic Hospital, and the   John Louis Neeb is only to take a step to yesterday.
board of managers of the Allegheny Cemetery.   His   This is because the influence of his active, useful life
fraternal affiliations were with the Masonic order in both   survives in a journalistic institution to which he devoted
the Ancient York and Scottish Rite.  In the former he   his best talents and efforts, and since the work of his
was a Knight Templar, and in the latter he attained the   manhood was worthy in the highest degree, a part of his
thirty-second degree. His ancestry entitled him to mem-  reward is to live, first in the hearts of those who knew
bership in the Mayflower Society, and Sons of the Amer-   him, and second in'the continued service to the commuican Revolution, and with both of these societies he was   nity of the "Volksblatt and Freiheits Freund," of which
connected.'                     he was for almost half a century joint owner under the
Mr. Adams married, Nov. 17, 1862, Emma  Virginia  title "Freiheits Freund."   
Anshutz, daughter of Alfred P. and Eliza Jane (Holmes)        The family of Neeb is of German ancestry, and RietAnshutz. Her great-grandfather, George Anshutz, is stap designates it as of Leyden, Holland and Tiral, with
said to have built the first blast furnace west of the   arms as follows:                     
Allegheny Mountains.  Her maternal grandfather, Shep-         Arms-Argent, a heart gules surmounted by a treley Ross Holmes, M. D., was a noted physician, and one   foil vert and pierced fesswise by an arrow  azure,
of the first in Pittsburgh.  Mrs. Adams has combined in  feathered gules; the point to the sinister.
admirable manner her social religous and philanthropic          Crest- A sun in splendor or, between two buffalo/John L. Neeb, son of Casper and Catharine (Paulin)
Neeb, was born in Naumheim, near Giessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, March IO, 1819. His father was a
cooper in calling, and in 1832 brought his children to the
United States, the mother of the family having died in
Germany. They landed in Baltimore, Md., later moved
to Chambersburg, Pa., and after five years went to
Richfield, Summit county, Ohio, where Casper Neeb
died about 1870. John Louis Neeb became an apprentice in the office of the "Freiheits Freund," a German
newspaper of Chambersburg, when sixteen years of ago.
In 1837 this paper was moved to Pittsburgh, Pa., by its
owner, Victor Scriba, at the solicitation of the German
residents of the latter place. Mr. Scriba brought with
him John Louis Neeb and his cousin, William Neeb,
who were his assistants in the printing office. The paper
prospered greatly in its new home, and John Louis Neeb,
retaining his connection with the journal, advanced
through positions of increasing responsibility to a half
ownership. He gained this interest, Jan. I, 1848, and on
July I, 1850, his cousin, William Neeb, returned to
Pittsburgh after a two years' absence in Boston, Mass.,
and purchased the other half, Mr. Scriba retiring from
its management. Mr. Neeb had played an important part
in the upbuilding of the paper's prestige to the point at
which it then stood, and with the cooperation of his
cousin the "Freiheits Freund" was lifted to an even
higher plane of journalistic standing. The paper was
noted for its liberal and enlightened views, its sturdy
championship of the right, and its elevated moral standing. The careers of John Louis and William Neeb were
intimately interwoven with the record of the "Freiheits
Freund," and through its pages they wielded a farreaching influence upon the life of the city.
Mr. Neeb was first a Whig and later a Republican
in political faith, and while he took a fearless and uncompromising stand in public matters that merited attention, he steadfastly refused to enter the race for political office. All philanthropic and charitable enterprises
knew his helpful interest, and his private charities were
practiced to an extent that few knew, but which were
productive of wide-spread good. He was a member of
the Evangelical Lutheran church, a member of several
German fraternal orders, and officially connected with
numerous institutions of the city.
John Louis Neeb married, in November, 1848, Amanda
Malvina Allison, daughter of Richard Allison. Children: Harry Adolph, a sketch of whom follows; Albert and Otto, died in infancy; Amelia Mary, Frank
Casper, and Alfred Rudolph, all deceased.
John Louis Neeb died July 15, 1896. Pittsburgh journalism sustained a heavy loss. The wide circle of
friends who were bound to him by his many graces and
virtues of mind and heart felt the keenest loss, while in
the circle of his home there came a sorrow brightened
only by the precious memories left behind him. The
mother of the family survived her husband eighteen
years, her death occurring July 26, 1914. This record
closes with a brief quotation from the many columns
written concerning his life by contemporary editors. "A
life of great business ability was ended by the death of
John Louis Neeb. His was a life of high ambition. He
was a man of many friends, and his death is deeply regretted by all those who were fortunate enough to possess his friendship."
HARRY ADOLPH NEEB-In connection in presiding capacity with a Pittsburgh journal eighty-five
years old in the city, Mr. Neeb has his Pittsburgh affiliations rooted deep in the past, while he is also officially
identified with organizations and institutions that represent the most modern and progressive industrial
achievement of the day. His relations to the life of his
native city are manifold, and he has met the obligations
of citizenship with public-spirited, willing service. The
name of Neeb has in his career gained representation and
influence in fields of vital importance to the welfare of
Pittsburgh.
Son of John Louis and Amanda Malvina (Allison)
Neeb, Harry Adolph Neeb was born in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
April 9, I85o. He first attended the public schools of
his native city, and pursued advanced studies in the Unixersity of Western Pennsylvania. His business career
began in his father's newspaper office, where he learned
the details of all departments of journalism. He has
never left the field in which the family has gained such
eminence, and is now president of the Neeb-Hirsch Publishing Company, publishers of the "Volksblatt and Freiheits Freund." In lines far removed from journalism,
Mr. Neeb has acquired important connections. He is
treasurer and director of the American Vanadium Company, director and treasurer of the Standard Chemical
Company, and director and treasurer of the Rosanoff
Process Company. The Standard Chemical Company is
among the pioneer and largest producers of radium in
the world, the first concern to produce commercially
this valuable product. Steel manufacture has known no
more revolutionizing innovation than the introduction
into general use of vanadium, and in the development of
the Peruvian fields, the largest known deposits of vanadium in the world, and in the invasion of industry with
this remarkable metal, Mr. Neeb has borne full share
of responsibility, his contributions those of initiative and
mature judgment.
Mr. Neeb is a Republican in political faith, a supporter
of all movements for civic improvement, and a loyal
friend of good government. He is a member of the
board of managers of the Pittsburgh Free Dispensary,
and is a life member of the Humane Society. He is also
a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh,
the Academy of Science and Arts, the Duquesne, Lincoln Press, and Automobile clubs of Pittsburgh, and the
Travel Club of America.
Mr. Neeb married, Aug. 22, 1904, Ida M. (Ingham)
Neeb, daughter of John B. and Catherine (Neeb) Ingham, of Allegheny, Pa., and widow of Frank Casper
Neeb, whom she married, Nov. 6, 1884; he died Feb. I,
1902. Mrs. Neeb, like her husband, is active in philanthropic work, and is well known socially. She was
educated in public and private schools in Pittsburgh and
Allegheny. She is a member of several clubs, among
them the Tuesday Musical Club. She is a member ofChrist Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Neeb's father,
John B. Ingham, was one of the pioneer contractors of
Allegheny, and was prominent in the affairs of his city
for many years.
JOHN H. STRAUB-Pittsburgh has furnished the
field of endeavor for three generations of the family of
Straub, founded in this city in 1830 by John N. Straub.
John N. Straub was succeeded by his son, John H.
Straub, whose death occurred in 1901, and the present
day representative of the line in Pittsburgh business is
Walter S. Straub, grandson of the founder. John N.
Straub came from Baltimore, Md., to Pittsburgh, making the journey on foot at a time when the metropolis
of to-day was but a town, and in 1832 opening a brewery that prospered in large degree and was operated under the name of John N. Straub  Company. In 1883
a merger was made with the Eberhardt  Ober Company, and the business that he had inaugurated and
guided in such prosperous paths lost its distinctive identity. John N. Straub married Elizabeth Lang, who died
April 23, I888, and he survived her until Nov. I8, 1891.
John H. Straub, son of John N. and Elizabeth (Lang)
Straub, was born in Allegheny City (Pittsburgh), Pa.,
Dec. 19, 1851. He attended the schools of his native city
and the Western University, and upon the completion of
his studies in these institutions went to Darmstadt, Germany, where he supplemented his general scholastic training with courses in chemistry and music. Upon his return to the United States he became associated with his
father in the affairs of the Straub Brewing Company,
and for many years held the office of treasurer of that
firmly founded, substantial concern. In the organization
of this company he was a potent force, his wise business
judgment aiding largely in the determination of its policy,
and his fair-mindedness, democratic nature, and friendly
good will contributing in generous measure to the maintenance of cordial and satisfactory relations in the plant.
Mr. Straub was a Republican in political faith, never an
office holder, yet a believer in the principles of his party
and a worker for its success. He was a member of the
Masonic order and a communicant of Grace Reformed
Church.
John H. Straub married, April 26, 1877, Caroline E.,
daughter of Carl John and Louise (Hatry) Schultz.
Carl John Schultz was the founder and principal owner
of the Schultz Bridge and Iron Company, of McKees
Rocks, Pa., now a part of the organization of the American Bridge Company. He was a native of Germany,
there educated for the profession of architecture, and
after coming to the United States was for a time engaged
in professional and technical pursuits prior to the establishment of the company bearing his name, as the head
of which he became prominent in bridge building circles, first in the construction of wooden and then of iron
bridges. He was a resident of East Birmingham, public spiritedly active in public affairs, and filled a position of responsibility and importance in his community.
He served for fourteen years on the Central Board of
Education, presented the South Side schools with a library, was one of the staunchest friends of education,
and served as burgess of South Side. His wife died
Feb. 21, 1900, and his death occurred a little more than
a year later, April 13, 1901.
John H. and Caroline E. (Schultz) Straub had children, Walter S., of whom further; and Louise Emilie,
who married Henry Oliver Evans, an attorney of Pittsburgh, and they are the parents of Oliver and Louise.
Walter S. Straub was educated in the Bethlehem Preparatory School and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, N. Y. He is now associated with the
Vacuum Oil Company. Mr. Straub has a long and honorable military record, including almost two years of
service with the American Expeditionary Forces in
France. He attended the 1916 officers' training camp at
Plattsburg and was commissioned second lieutenant in
the Reserve Corps. In that capacity he was ordered to
the first officers' training camp at Fort Niagara, at its
close being assigned to the 304th Supply Train at Camp
Meade, where he became adj utant to the train commander. He was ordered overseas, Dec. 6, 1917, and in
France was stationed at La Pallice as motor transportation officer, where he established the first American
works at what later became Base No. 5, one of the largest motor bases in France, being the first American officer assigned to that area. On March 12, 1918, he was
located at Meaux, France, to receive convoy instructions
from the French, and there was granted a license as
convoy pilot, being assigned to duty with a French supply
unit. On May 30, he was transferred to Marseilles,
later becoming convoy pilot of the 309th Supply Train
of the 84th Division, serving with that division until
after the armistice. He was for a time at the headquarters of the 79th Division at Verdun, before sailing
for the United States, where he received an honorable
discharge.
He has continued active in military affairs in the National Guard of Pennsylvania, and has been given the
rank of captain in the I8th Regiment. It is interesting
to note that this is the same organization in which, under
the name of the Duquesne Greys, his father held the rank
of major, serving on the staff of Governor Hartranft.
Major Straub was in active service during the riots of
1877, when he was placed in charge of the commissary,
charged with rationing the Philadelphia troops.
Captain Straub married Rachel McClintock, daughter
of J. R. and Elizabeth (Arbathnot) McClintock. They
are the parents of four children: Walter S., Elizabeth
A., Graham, and Rachel Graham.
ALBERT HENRY CHILDS- Albert H. Childs,
who was long identified with the iron business in Pittsburgh, was born in old Allegheny, Nov. 29, 1839, and isa son of Harvey and Jane (Lowrie) Childs, the former
named for many years having been a leading shoe merchant in Pittsburgh. Jane Lowrie was a sister of Judge
Walter Lowrie, of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Receiving his early education in the private schools of
Pittsburgh, Mr. Childs entered Yale University in September, 1857, and was graduated in the class of I861.
He began his career in the manufacture of cotton, and
was associated with the Hope Cotton Mills, of Pittsburgh, until 186g, when the plant was completely destroyed by fire. Thereafter he entered the iron commission business, and for thirty-six years continued in this
field of activity. Retiring from business in 1905, he has
since devoted his time to personal interests, and to his
duties as director in various financial institutions, business enterprises and charitable organizations, namely:
Citizens' Traction Company, Exchange National Bank,
Fidelity Title Trust Company, Monongahela Inclined
Plane Company, Standard Underground Cable Company.
He has also spent much time in travel. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Homoeopathic Hospital, member of the board of trustees of the Western
Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. Mr.
Childs has been a member of the University Club, of
New York City, since 1884, and is a member of the Duquesne Club, the Golf Club of Pittsburgh, the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian) Church, and Milnor Lodge, No.
287, Free and Accepted Masons.
In 1864 Mr. Childs married Nannie McDowell Price,
of Hillsboro, Ohio, and they are the parents of two children: I. Starling Winston, resides in New York City,
where he is a member of Boabright  Company, Inc.,
bonds; married Jennie Coffin, of Lynn, Mass.; children:
Starling Winston, Jr., Edward Coffin, Richard Storrs,
Barbara Winston. 2. Clara Courtney, became the wife
of Winfield K. Shiras, of Pittsburgh; an attorney; children: Winfield K., Jr., Yale College, class of 1923;
Anne McDowell, Bryn Mawr College, class of 1924.
Mr. Childs' brother, Col. James H. Childs, was killed
in action during the Civil War at the battle of Antietam.
J. CHARLES WILSON-This record touches upon
the lives of three generations of the line of WilsonSamuel Wilson, founder alike of this American branch
of the family and of the business that has been held in
the name for almost three-quarters of a century; J.
Charles Wilson, president of the A.  S. Wilson Company, and prominent Pittsburgh citizen; and the sons of
J. Charles Wilson, who are their father's associates in
business and who achieved meritorious military record
in the World War. Through the activity of these representatives of the family the name of Wilson has become inseparably associated with substantial achievement and progress in Pittsburgh, its long time home.
Samuel Wilson was born March 19, 1825, in County
Down, Ireland, son of Adam and Agnes ( Moreland)
Wilson. He was educated in his native land and there
grew to manhood, coming in I85o to the United States,
and joining his brothers, Alexander and Joseph, in Pittsburgh. In 1852 they formed the partnership of A. 
S. Wilson, contractors and builders, a firm which has
ever since, through all the changes of time, circumstances and reorganization, maintained and strengthened
the commanding position to which, in the early years of
its existence, it rapidly attained. This success was very
largely due to the industry and energy, the courage and
fidelity to principle which, throughout his career, were
Samuel Wilson's predominant characteristics. As a true
citizen Mr. Wilson willingly gave his influence and support to the furtherance of all good measures that conserved the interest of good government. Politically he
was affiliated with the Republican party. Ever ready
to respond to any deserving call made upon him, he was
quietly but unostentatiously charitable. He was a member of the Third United Presbyterian Church. Mr.
Wilson was one of the early directors of the Union National Bank, and continued as director until his death.
He was one of the board of directors of the Western
Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, in
which position he was succeeded by his son, J. Charles
Wilson. He was a man of mature judgment, ready to
meet every obligation of life with the confidence and
courage born of conscious personal ability and an habitual regard for what is right and best in the sphere of
human activities.
Mr. Wilson married Eliza Mitchell, daughter of Joseph and Agnes (Johnston ) Mitchell, and they became
the parents of the following children: Adam, died Dec.
17, 1912; J. Charles, of whom further; Mary Johnston,
died Sept. I3, 1912; Howard Mitchell; Victor Grant,
died in May, 1920; Clara Jane; Emma Eliza; Agnes
Mitchell; James Ingram Moreland; Harry, and Oscar.
Mr. Wilson was most domestic in his tastes, and was
never so happy as at his own fireside. His death, which
occurred April I3, 189I, deprived Pittsburgh of one of
her sterling citizens who in every relation of life had
stood as an upright, honorable man.
J. Charles Wilson, a son of Samuel and Eliza
(Mitchell) Wilson, was born in Pittsburgh, Oct. 2, 1857.
He obtained his education in the old Second Ward
schools, at the Pittsburgh High School, and at the Western University of Pennsylvania, now the University of
Pittsburgh. He then learned the carpenter's trade under
his father, and worked under him for some years, acquiring all details of the business. On Feb. 9, 1887, he
became a member of the firm of A.  S. Wilson, and
upon the death of his father, in 1891, Mr. Wilson, together with his brother, Adam Wilson, took over the
business. Incorporation was made in 1902 as A.  S.
Wilson Company, and it thus continued until the death
of Adam Wilson in 1912, since which time J. Charles
Wilson has been president of the company. Mr. Wilson
is first vice-president of the Builders' Exchange of
Pittsburgh, and is a leader in the business in which his
life has been passed.
Mr. Wilson has important philanthropic connections,
and is as well known in civic and fraternal circles as in
the business world. He is president of the Western
Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, having
succeeded the late John B. Jackson in this office. He
was formerly a director of the Pittsburgh Free Dispensary. Politically he is a Republican, but has never accepted office. His club is the Union, of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Wilson holds the thirty-second degree, Scottish
Rite, in the Masonic order, and is also a member of
Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
Mr. Wilson married, April 8, 1891, Nellie Blanche
Allen, daughter of Adam R. and Alice (Read) Allen,
of Pittsburgh, and they have the following children: I
Pauline Elizabeth, educated in Pittsburgh schools and
St. Margaret's School; married John Nesbit McDonald,
of McDonald, Pa., and has children: John N., Jr., Ann,
and Joseph. 2. Joseph Charles, Jr., born June 20, 1893;
educated in Pittsburgh schools and Carnegie TechnicalInstitute. He enlisted in the American army for service
on the Mexican border during 1915 and 1916, and was
a member of Troop H, First Regiment of Pennsylvania
Cavalry. In August, 1917, he enlisted in the Royal Air
Forces, at Toronto, Canada, and was commissioned second lieutenant before going over seas. In January, 1918,
he was promoted to a first lieutenancy, and was seriously wounded in air combat, July 19, 1918. He was
awarded the distinguished flying service cross and other
recognitions of valor. He returned to Pittsburgh after
being honorably discharged from the service, and is now
vice-president of the A.  S. Wilson Company, of Pittsburgh. He married Mary McKee, daughter of D. F.
McKee, of Oakmont, Pa. 3. Lawrence Allen, born in
July, 1895, educated in Pittsburgh schools and Chamberlain Military Academy of New York, enlisted in the
Royal Air Forces at Toronto, Canada, in January, 1918.
He went over seas in June, 1918, attained the rank of
first lieutenant, and was honorably discharged at the
end of the war. Returning to Pittsburgh, he became
associated with the A.  S. Wilson Company, of which
he is now a director. He married Marian King, of
Pittsburgh. 4. Maitland Alexander, born Nov. 28, 1900.
ALFRED V. D. WATTERSON-It was given to
Alfred V. D. Watterson to attain eminence in his profession, the law, and at the same time to come to fill a
place of such diverse usefulness in his community that
at his death his loss could not be named the misfortune
of any group of men, but the sorrow of an entire community. He took much time from his legal and business interests for movements more broadly affecting the
public good, and in the course of a life that was cut
short in its prime he proved himself a loyal friend of
the cause of education and his church. Pittsburgh was
proud to number him among her sons, though he held
that place but by adoption, and in devoted, useful service
he proved himself worthy of the name.
Mr. Watterson was the youngest of the eleven children of John Sylvester and Sarah ( McAfee) Watterson, and was born in Blairsville, Indiana county, Pa.,
Oct. 4, 1855. After attending the parochial school of
his birthplace he entered Mount St. Mary's College, at
Emmitsburg, Md., and was graduated from that institution June 27, 1875. Ten years later the college honored
him with the degree of Doctor of Laws. Soon after his
graduation he came to Pittsburgh, studying law in the
office of the late Major Mercer Brown, father of Judge
Marshall Brown, and was admitted to the Allegheny
county bar Dec. 21, 1879. In 1892 Mr. Watterson formed
a partnership with Ambrose B. Reid under the firm
name of Watterson and Reid, an association that endured
until Mr. Reid's election in 1911, to the judgeship of the
Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county.
Mr. Watterson confined his legal activities to civil
law, and in the course of his practice achieved statewide
reputation as an attorney of learning and ability, energetic and successful in the prosecution of litigation,
trustworthy and dependable in the administration of the
many important financial obligations committed to his
care. He was a member of the Allegheny County Bar
Association, the Pennsylvania State Bar Association,
PHICAL'9'
and the American Bar Association, respected for his
ability and attainments by his professional brethren and
the laity alike. He was associated with a number of
the leading business institutions of the city in professional and advisory capacity, and at his death was attorney and director of the Real Estate Trust Company,
offices he held for about seventeen years. He was also
attorney and director of the City Insurance Company of
the city of Pittsburgh, director of the Devillier Land
Company, and a former director of the Anchor Savings
Bank, which he served for ten years.
Mr. Watterson's political sympathies were Democratic,
and although he believed firmly in the principles of his
party he was ever ready to lay aside factional prej udices
and differences and to work on a non-partisan basis for
the welfare and advancement of his city. For ten years
he was president of the board of managers of the St.
Francis Hospital, and was also a member of the advisory
board of Duquesne University of the Holy Ghost, and
chairman of the advisory board of Mount St. Mary's
College, of Emmitsburg, Md. His interest in his college and his devotion to her service endured throughout his entire life, and for twenty-six years he was
president of the National Alumni Association of Mount
St. Mary's College, his enthusiastic leadership rallying
her sons in constant, practical support of their alma
mater.
In the affairs of his church, the Roman Catholic, both
local and national, Mr. Watterson took responsible and
prominent part. He was an organizer and charter member, in the Pittsburgh district, of the Knights of Columbus, a member of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association, the Columbus Club, of Pittsburgh, of which he
was for seven years president, the Catholic Club, of
New York, and the Apollo Club, of which he was president for two years. For more than thirty years he was
a member of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church,
of Pittsburgh, for the greater part of this time a member of the church committee, tireless in his efforts in the
extension of its work.
Mr. Watterson married (first) Mary Augusta Jeffords, of Altoona, Pa. He married (second) Caroline
Grace Gloninger, born July 15, 1864, daughter of John
Ringold and Mary (Ledlie) Gloninger. Children, all of
his second marriage: I. Alfred, deceased. 2. Florence
Agnes, married Wesley Haines, who served in the World
War in Headquarters' Company, One Hundred and
Seventh Field Artillery, Twenty-eighth Division, with
the rank of corporal, participating without inj ury in
many important actions in which his regiment was engaged. 3. Hubert Sebastian, served in France with
Company K, Three Hundred and Twentieth Infantry,
and was severely wounded during the Meuse-Argonne
offensive, Oct. II, 1918, spending ten months in the hospital and being honorably discharged from the service
in August, 1919. He is a student in the Carnegie Institute of Technology. 4. Hilary D., a graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology, now an architect, served
in the United States Aviation Corps during the war.
5. Raymond S., deceased. 6. Bertrand G., educated in
Mount St. Mary's College and Reno Hall College, of
Pittsburgh, now employed with the American Steel Company. There was one child of Mr. Watterson's first marriage, Alice Augusta, who married Cyril J. McCann, of
Pittsburgh.
Alfred V. D. Watterson died Feb. 20, 1918. Expressions of regret, spoken and written, personal and formal, came from the many spheres of his activity to the
family that had been his joy and pride and the inspiration
of much of his best work. At the annual reunion of the
National Alumni Association of Mount St. Mary's College in June, following his death, memorial resolutions
were adopted, eloquent tributes of esteem were paid by
his former co-workers, and it was ordered that a bronze
tablet be placed in his honor in the College Chapel. The
resolutions said, in part:
Were we to sum up in one word the life of him
whose memory we honor to-day, it would be that he
lived his years wearing beautiful tapestries of virtue.
In our generation the "Mount" has had no more devoted servant than he. He was never ungenerous or
forgetful in the busy and active years of his professional career in that service. HiS personal life, lived
under the scrutiny of men, shines out clear and unimpeached. Success in his profession came to him early
in life and he possessed the esteem of all with whom
he came in contact.
Length of years might well have been expected by
Mr. Watterson, but additional time was not necessary for
him to realize high ideals of service, commendable standards of practical accomplishment, and the fulfillment of
his every duty. He wasted no opportunity, and his life
was complete in every element and relation.
ALAN W. WOOD-Receiving traditions of industrial usefulness from three generations of his name who
preceded him in iron and steel manufacture, Alan W.
Wood, a Pittsburgher of two decades ago, became in his
time one of the foremost representatives of an industry
that is a rich source of the greatness of the city of
to-day. Dedicated to his memory not alone for sterling
achievements in the world of business, this record is
penned in tribute to a man who aspired and attained to
high aims in the ordinary relations of life, and who carried constantly with him an atmosphere of strength and
cheer.
Alan W. Wood was a son of W. Dewees and Rosalind (Gilpin) Wood, descendant of an old Pennsylvania
family long resident in Philadelphia. Alan W. Wood
was born in Philadelphia in 1850, and in the following
year was brought by his parents to Pittsburgh, where
his education was obtained. Early in young manhood
he became associated with the great steel manufacturing
industry founded by his father, and was elected secretary and treasurer of the McKeesport plant of the W.
Dewees Wood Company. As advancing years and failing strength made his administrative burdens too heavy
for the elder Wood, Alan W. Wood assumed an increasing share of executive responsibility in the organization, and was the virtual head of the noted company.
After the death of W. Dewees Wood, the founder, his
three sons, Alan W., Thomas D. and Richard G., were
associated in the ownership and management of the business. In 1901 the plant was purchased by the United
States Steel Corporation for a sum said to be the largest ever paid for a sheet steel mill. Not long after his
retirement from the business, Mr. Wood moved to New
York, and for the remainder of his life made his home
in that city.
Standing out above his eminence as a powerful man of
industry is the interest that attaches to Mr. Wood's personal relation to the organization of which he was a
head. During his connection with the company he was
acquainted with everyone of its employes, knew their
domestic needs and circumstances, and came to their aid
with advice and financial assistance when the recipient
of his kindness was unaware that his plight was known.
Modern industrial methods include, as far as possible,
such welfare work among plant personnel, but Mr.
Wood's activity along this line antedated such organized
effort and sprang solely from a warmly sympathetic nature and a generous heart. Mr. Wood was a Republican
in political faith, but was independent in his support of
such men or measures as he deemed able and j ust.
Among his memberships were those in the Republican
and Pittsburgh clubs.
Alan W. Wood married (first) Nannie Knox, daughter of David Smith and Rebecca (Page) Knox, and sister of Philander C. Knox. They were the parents of
one child, W. Dewees, who died unmarried, April I8,
1916, at San Diego, Cal., where he had resided for a
number of years. Mr. Wood married (second) Frances
Alberta Carrier, and their children were: I. Parke Carrier, deceased; married Edna Rolfe, of Pittsburgh, deceased. They resided in Pittsburgh for sometime, Parke
C. Wood being employed in the W. Dewees Wood Mills
at McKeesport, then lived for many years at Hayden,
Colo. Their children were: Elizabeth, married John
Snook, of Pueblo, Colo.; Alan W., Alberta, Parke C.,
Jr., Edward Rolfe, and Louise. 2. Rosalind, married
Walter Duff, of Craig, Colo.; they have one child, Walter Wood Duff. 3. Roland G., a sketch of whom follows.
4. Anita, married William H. Hays, Jr., of Pittsburgh,
and they have four children: William H., 3rd, Alan,
Crossan, and Anita. 5. Alberta, married Crosby C. McLean, and they are the parents of: Crosby C., Jr., Rosalind, and Charles B. 6. Laura Gilpin, married Edward
H. Jennings, Jr., of Pittsburgh. and they have three
children: Edward H., 3rd, Jane, and Evans. 7. Helen
Foster, married Robert Addison Lyne, of Pittsburgh, and
they are parents of one child, Helen.
Mr. Wood died in New York City, Aug. 13, 1905, in
his sixty-fifth year. The news of his passing was received
in Pittsburgh with emotions of sincerest respect and
sorrow. At the McKeesport Mills, although it had been
four years since he had official connection with the business, associates of former days gathered in the midst of
silent machinery and bore witness of their regard for
their friend and benefactor. His record stands as an
honorable monument to a man who lived nobly and unselfishly in the unwavering esteem of all who knew him.
ROLAND G. WOOD-A native son of Pittsburgh,
Roland G. Wood has won honorable position among the
younger business men of his city as a member of the
firm of Wood  Pugh, investment securities. He is one
of Pittsburgh's sons who were missed from their placesduring the World War, and who returned from the work   Roberts, Steele F. Roberts, C. W. Roberts, and John M.
Of war to the work of peace.  He is a son of Alan W.   Roberts, Jr.  In 19o6 the business was incorporated, with
and Frances Alberta (Carrier) Wood  (q. v.).                  Mr. Roberts as president.  Few men in the jewelry trade
Roland G. Wood  was born in Pittsburgh, Nov. 24,   were so widely known as he.  His reputation was naI888.  He  was  educated in Brennan's private school,   tional, and he exerted a powerful influence in organizing
Pittsburgh, and  St. Mark's  School, Southboro,  Mass.   the trade, standardizing its methods, strengthening its
He left school in 1908, and at once secured a clerical posi   credit, and increasing its prestige in the public eye.  He
tion with the National Tube Company, remaining with   organized the Jewelers' 24 Karat Club of Pittsburgh,
that company until 1913.  He was variously engaged dur-   and he was a member of the executive committee of the
ing the following three years, and in 1916 established the   American National Retail Jewelers' Association, both of
firm, Wood  Pugh, investment brokers and dealers in   which he served as president.  The following- appeared in
investment securities, the business of the firm being with   a trade journal at the time of his death:
investors.  They are members of the Pittsburgh Stock            The accession of Mr. Roberts to the ranks of the
Exchange, and are well known in financial circles,            organized trade inaugurated, in a sense, a new epoch
On April 4, 1918, Mr. Wood enlisted as a private  were those who claimed that the different associations
the United States Army Aviation Service.  He enlisted   were but poorly representative of the trade at large,
at Fort Slocum and was sent to Curtiss Field, Buffalo,   large jewelry houses of high standing.  For this reaN. Y., for training.  He was in the service fifteen months    son, the organization leaders regarded with  special
r                  ~~  gratification  the accession  of Mr.  Roberts  to their
and was honorably discharged with the rank of second ranks, but they did not then realize to the full the
lieutenant.  Mr. Wood is a member of Crescent Lodge,   extraordinary enthusiasm, energy, ability, and unselNo. 576, Free and Accepted Masons;  Buffalo Consis-   the organized trade thaat these qualities  * * *  were
tory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, thirty-second de-   given prompt recognition in his elevation to the presito * toss r A  ~ * ^ 1 a,,,,dency of the National Association, his efficient work in
gree; Syria T emple, Ancient Arabic Order N obles of   this position entitling him to the honor of a second
the Mystic Shrine; and is a member of Pittsburgh Lodge,   term, which was appreciatively recorded.  It is a. trite
N    II Be      t   d P  tti   O d    fElk    Hi' saying that if you wish to know a man thoroughly you
clubs are the Pittsburgh Athletic Association and the   me~mbers of the Pittsburgh 24-Karat Club elected and
A.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~reelected him their president is his neighbors' tribute
Pittsburghz Country Club..                                   to his fine character, broad mind, and amiable personMr. Woo    ared  in Pitbrh*e.2 190  Louise  maiy.I  itv hbsetnreue thhat his enthusiasm in the cause
McKinney, daughter -of William S. McKinn-ey (q. v.). further to the sorrow which his host of friends in the
Mr. and Mrs. Wood are t1e~parents of two sons:  Ro-   traade will feel on hearing the sad news of his sudden
land G. (2), and W~. Grant Wood.  The family attend              Inrcgiino.          M.Rbrs.aubl   evcst  h
the Episcopal  Church of the Ascension.   The  family   jewelr tradenio a fM. Roberts' MeoralFundble  sriestablihed
hom  isat  ot  724WalingordstretPittsburgh, East   JwlytaeaRbrs   eoilFn   a   salse
home is atN.42xalnfr tet                                      to be invested and controlled by the American -Retail
End.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jewelers' Association for the advancement of association
STEELE FOSTER  ROBERTS-During the period   work and general trade betterment.'In addition to his
of life of the associates of the active years of Steele'  connection with the organizations previously mentioned,
Foster Roberts there will be no need for the Roberts   Mr. Roberts was a director of the Pittsburgh'Chamber of
Memorial  Fund  except as it shall foster and  further   Commerce and a member of the Pennsylvania Jewelers'
wzork in which he would have been actively engaged had   Association.  Hie was  a life member of the Western
his span of life been longer, for in the hearts of his wide   Pennsylvania Exposition Society, held the thirty-second
circle of friends and associates is his most intimate mem-   degree in the Masonic order, and was a member of the
orial and the assurance of his greatest appreciation. This   Oakmont, Country, and- Pennwood clubs, a governor of
record, preserved in the history of the city of his birth   the last named.  His political belief was Republican. -In
and the scene of his labors, shall confine itself to the out-   religion he was a Methodist, a trustee of Christ Methline of his career, and quotations-from the pens of those   odist Episcopal Church.                            -  
who were his close associates.                   -Steele Foster Roberts married (first), April 29, x88o0
Mr. Roberts was a son of John Marks and Elizabeth   Martha Jane, daughter of Dennis and Jane Leonard, of
Porter  (Steele)  Roberts, sand grandson of Joseph H.   Pittsburgh, and they became the parents of three- chilRoberts, a native of Manchester, England,. who came to  dren, of whom one survives,' Jeane Elizabeth.  He marthe United States with his wife, Sarah (Whitaker) Rob-   nied (second), Sept. 17, 1904, Jeannette B., daughter of
erts, in 183S0, settling in Pittsburgh.  John Marks Rob-   Washington and Sophia (Gtray) Bartley, of Pittsburgh.
erts was a well known'jeweler of Pittsburgh, and in            Mr. Roberts died Feb. 9, 1913.  No'  concluding sen1848 established the- firm which afterward became E. P.   tence could be more fitting than the-heartfelt remark of
Roberts  Sons.                                               a friend:'''--'
Steele Foster Roberts was born in Pittsburgh, June II,        Steele F. Roberts was first of call a man and a geni85o, attended the public schools of his native city and   tleman, with all the virtues that term implies, chief of
the Wetr    nvriyo   enyvna                     NI6   e truly exemplified In his life.
entered his father's business and, the death of the founder'
occurring that year, continued in the establishment un-          CHARLES  HARRY  BRACKEN,  LL. B.- In the
der his uncle, the Hon.,.Thomas H. Steele who conducted   group of professional men who are holding the city of
its affairs until 1875.  In that year the firm became E. P.   Pittsburgh in the front line of progress, Charles Henry
Roberts   Sons, the members  Mrs. Elizabeth Porter   Bracken, LL. B., is a prominent figure.
Pitts-i-l3'94          ~~~HISTORY OF PITTSBURGH
Mr. Bracken comes of one of the very earliest f amilies who located in Western Pennsylvania. Rev. Reid
Bracken came to this section in 1778. He was the pioneer
minister who founded the historic Mt. Nebo Church in
Butler county, and his devoted labors did much to cheer
and encourage the early settlers whose lives were, at
best, full of hardship. Reid Bracken, Second, was the
son of this pioneer divine, and the next in line is Charles
Covert Bracken, who married Jennie Martin. Both were
born in Butler county, Pa., and they now reside in the
Carrick district of Pittsburgh.
Charles Harry Bracken, LL. B., is a son of Charles
Covert and Jennie (Martin) Bracken. He was born in
New Brighton, Beaver county, Pa., April 7, I886. The
family removing to Pittsburgh in the eighth year of his
age, the boy attended the public schools of this city, and
was graduated from the Central High School in the
class of 1905. For his higher education he entered the
University of Pennsylvania, and was graduated in the
class of 1908, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He
entered upon his career immediately, returning to Pittsburgh, where he was admitted to the Allegheny county
bar in the following year. Subsequently he was admitted to the higher courts, both of the State of Pennsylvania, and of the United States.
During the twelve years in which Mr. Bracken has
continued the practice of law, he has handled largely
corporation and municipal practice. He has attained
more than ordinary eminence in the profession, and has
won a position of dignity among his colleagues. He is
a director of the Carrick Bank, also a director of the
Bletcher-Anchors Company.
Mr. Bracken's name is identified with civic progress
in various ways. He was a corporator of Brentwood
Borough, and has served since its organization as Borough Counsel. He has also served upon the school
board of the borough as secretary. Politically, he supports the principles of the Republican party.
In fraternal circles Mr. Bracken is well known. He
holds the thirty-second degree in the Masonic order, is a
member of Pittsburgh Commandery, No. I, Knights
Templar; of Pittsburgh Consistory, Ancient Accepted
Scottish Rite, and also of Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic
Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a popular
member of the South Hills Country Club.
On July 12, 1911, Mr. Bracken married Olive May,
daughter of William R., and Margaret (Hawks) McShane. Mrs. Bracken is a graduate of the California
State Normal School, of California, Pa., and for some
time taught in the public schools of Pittsburgh. She is
now active in many civic interests, and is identified with
several of the leading women's clubs. Mr. and Mrs.
Bracken have three children: William Charles; Harry
Oliver; and Jean Mildred.
The family are members of the Spencer Methodist
Episcopal Church, of Carrick, in which Mr. Bracken is
a member of the board of trustees.
BRICE WALTER LEMMON-Brice Walter Lemmon, president of the B. W. Lemmon Company, of Pittsburgh, is a man of broad business experience in the automobile world, and is placing his company in the forefront of progress in this section.
Mr. Lemmon is a son of Walter Reed and Mary
Elizabeth (May) Lemmon. The elder Mr. Lemmon was
secretary of the Lemmon, Arnold  Hamilton Casket
Company, now the National Casket Company, of Pittsburgh.
Receiving his early education at the Hill School, of
Pottstown, Pa., from which institution he was graduated in 1907, Mr. Lemmon entered the University of
Pennsylvania, and was graduated in 1912 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He at once entered the
business world, starting as salesman for the Oldsmobile
Company of Pittsburgh. His ability was apparent from
the first, and he was recognized as a young man who
would not long remain in a subordinate position. He
was made assistant manager of the company early in
1914, then in August of that year, in association with
G. S. Morrow, Mr. Lemmon took over the interests of
the local Oldsmobile Company. On Aug. I, 1916, he
bought out the interest of Mr. Morrow and became the
active president of the company. Beginning with about
fifteen employees, he has developed the business of the
company until now sixty-eight people are regularly required to handle the business. In 1920 the company discontinued handling the Oldsmobile cars, and became distributors in this district for the Cole Aero Eight cars.
The business, already a leading automobile interest of
Pittsburgh, is rapidly growing, and bids fair to outstrip
many of its competitors.
Mr. Lemmon, like so many other young men of the
day, dropped the business in which he was making such
excellent headway to follow the colors overseas. He
served as lieutenant in the Air Service, enlisting in the
fall of 1917 and serving until January, 1919, at the
General Air Service headquarters in Paris. He was
mustered out at Garden City, Long Island.
Socially Mr. Lemmon is very popular. He is a member of the Pittsburgh Automobile Club, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, Pittsburgh Field Club, the Country
Club, University Club, and the Kiwanis Club. He is a
member of the Masonic order, belonging to Fellowship
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. His religious convictions place his membership in the Second Presbyterian
Church. He is a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity,
and also of the West Penn Cot Club. In politics he is
a Republican. Mr. Lemmon is fond of out-of-door
sports, especially golf and tennis.
Mr. Lemmon married, Dec. 15, 1915, in St. Andrew's
Episcopal Church, of Pittsburgh, Harriet DeForest
Haskell, daughter of Ledyard S. and Jean Rider (DeForest) Haskell, of this city, and they have two children: Jean Elizabeth and Harriet Haskell Lemmon.
Mr. Lemmon's city residence is at No. 6429 Bartlett
street, and his summer home at Geneva-on-the-Lake,
Ohio.
FERDINAND G. AFFELDT- Ferdinand G. Affeldt, secretary-treasurer and general manager of the
B. W. Lemmon Company, of Pittsburgh, is widely known
in automobile circles, both here and in Michigan.Ii                                    -I                                                                                  ]
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UMr. Affeldt was born in Lansing, Mich., in 1887, and is
a son of John M. and Rose V. (Bauman) Affeldt, his
father being a merchant of that city. The boy received
his education in the grammar and high schools of Lansing, then took one year at business college. A business
career was the future that appealed to him, and the
business of the day was automobiles. For several years
he traveled for the Oldsmobile Company in their Lansing district, with ever increasing success. In August,
1915, he became associated with the Oldsmobile Company of Pittsburgh, then, in 1916, was made secretarytreasurer and general manager of the B. W. Lemmon
Company, who are now distributors of the Cole Aero
Eight cars. This company is one of the leading automobile firms of Pittsburgh. Mr. Affeldt is a member
of the Pittsburgh Board of Trade and the Chamber of
Commerce, the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and the
Pittsburgh Automobile Club; he attends the Point Breeze
Presbyterian Church. Golf and motoring are his favorite recreations.
Mr. Affeldt married, in Pittsburgh, in 1917, Elda V.
Eckert, daughter of Oscar J. and Harriet (Gass) Eckert,
of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Affeldt reside at No. 6757
Thomas boulevard.
GEORGE L. WALTER- Nominally retired from
business since 1915, George L. Walter retains numerous
financial and advisory connections with interests in the
neighborhood of Pittsburgh and Sharpsburg, Pa., the
latter place his home since 1879. Mr. Walter's associations have not been confined to business and industry,
for he has found time to devote generously to the public
service, and, by the votes of his fellows, has been
placed in practically every borough office within their
gift. His identification with Pittsburgh and its environs
dates from his birth, and he has contributed substantially to the development of its resources, the outline
of his life and work contained in the following paragraphs.
George L. Walter is a son of Peter and Anna B.
(Niderhauser) Walter, his father having come to Pittsburgh in 1831 and here marrying in 1833, his wife a
native of Switzerland. Peter Walter was a shoemaker
and conducted a retail shoe store on Market street,
until his death about I86o. Mrs. Walter then moved
the family home to the Fourth Ward of Allegheny, and
here George L. Walter's schooling began in the old
Fourth Ward School. He was one of ten children,
three boys and seven girls, of whom he is one of three
survivors, two of his sisters residing in Denver, Colo.
His brother, Peter Walter, Jr., was long active in political affairs in Allegheny.
As a youth of fifteen years, George L. Walter entered the Western University, and attended this institution for six months, leaving at the end of this time
to begin the business of life. The Workingman's
Savings Bank, of Allegheny, was organized at this time,
and he became a bank messenger, continuing in the
employ of this institution until 1879, and rising through
the various grades of service, including bookkeeper and
teller, to the office of cashier. He was the youngest
man to hold the office of cashier in a Pennsylvania bank.
In 1879 Mr. Walter severed his connection with The
Workingman's Savings Bank and came to Sharpsburg,
Pennsylvania, where, with Messrs. Darragh and Yerkins, he organized the firm of Walter, Yerkins 
Company. This company built a saw and planing mill
at the foot of Thirteenth street. They bought their
lumber at the camps at the headwaters of the Allegheny
river, rafted it to the mill, which had a daily output
of twelve thousand feet, and retailed the manufactured
product. For three years this mill enjoyed a prosperous career, but the establishment of mills further
up the river, and nearer the source of supply, made
heavy inroads into their business, and the firm was
dissolved. Mr. Walter later was an organizer of the
lumber firm of Walter  Saint, which later became
Geo. L. Walter  Company. This business increased to
such magnitude as to make incorporation imperative, so
the George L. Walter Lumber Company was formed,
of which Mr. Walter was president, Fred W. Pilgrim,
vice-president, and Charles C. Brenner, secretary and
treasurer. Mr. Walter remained at the head of this
enterprise until his retirement in 1915, and his wise
direction resulted in the upbuilding of a business of
such large dimensions, that its operations were widespread throughout the surrounding territory. Its physical properties were extensive, and numerous buildings
were constructed from time to time, and new yards
opened to accommodate its rapid development and
steady progress. The company had a branch yard at
Dehaven, Pa., from which center the country trade was
supplied. In 1915 Mr. Walter transferred his interests,
and retired from the company.
One of Mr. Walter's most successful and profitable
single operations in the lumber trade was the organization, in 1884, of the Sewickley Oak Lumber Company,
which purchased the old McCain property and twentysix hundred acres near Leetsdale and Sewickley. He
erected a portable saw mill and cleared this area of valuable hard wood. In 1889, in association with Henry
Warner, Henry J. Heinz, L. H. Smith and A. P.
Kirtland, Mr. Walter was organizer of the Aspinwall
Land Company and became secretary and treasurer of
this concern, which plotted and sold the town site of
the present borough of Aspinwall. The founders of this
most successful enterprise are, with the exception of
Mr. Walter, all deceased, and he has become the owner
of the holdings of the original incorporators.
Among Mr. Walter's interests unconnected with the
lumber trade are: his presidency of the Farmers' and
Mechanics' Bank of Sharpsburg, an office he has held
for ten years, having been a director for a much longer
period; and his directorship of the Ward Baking Company, in which he is a large stockholder. Mr. Walter's
political faith is Republican, and he has filled almost
every office in the borough of Sharpsburg, including
member of the Borough Council, and school board, and
burgess. He is also a director of Thorn Hill School.
Since 1876 he has fraternized with the Masonic order,
and his memberships are in Stuckrath Lodge, Free and
Accepted Masons, of Pittsburgh, North Side; Allegheny
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Allegheny Commandery,
No. 35, Knights Templar; and Syria Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He has given
liberally of his time and effort for the welfare and advancement of his community, and Sharpsburg acknowledges a heavy debt to his energetic, progressive, public
spirit. Mr. Walter has a multitude of friends, made
in business and in civic connection, and holds their
confidence and respect for straightforward and dependable qualities of citizenship and manhood.
Mr. Walter married, in 1884, Bella S. Kelly, of
Saltsburg, Pa. There were two sons of this marriage:
George L. Walter, Jr., and Howard K. Walter.
George L. Walter, Jr., was born in Sharpsburg, Pa.,
prepared for college in the Sharpsburg schools and
at Kiskiminetas, and was graduated from Cornell University. He studied law in the Pittsburgh Law School;
was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Pittsburgh for
three years. He married Marie, daughter of Charles
S. Fagan. When the United States entered the World
War he enlisted and was sent to the officers' training
camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, where he received
a lieutenant's commission, and was ordered overseas
to join the American Expeditionary Forces in August,
1918, attached to the 34th Regiment of United States
Infantry. He died in France, Jan. 23, 1919, having just
prior to his death been recommended for a captaincy.
His death, no less a part of the national sacrifice than
had it occurred on the field of battle, came with particular shock and sadness, because the signing of the
armistice had brought relief to his family from the
anxiety of the days of warfare.
Howard K. Walter, the second son, was born in
Sharpsburg, attended school at Sharpsburg and Kiskiminetas, and was graduated from Harvard Law
School. He enlisted in the United States army at the
outbreak of war, was commissioned lieutenant at Plattsburg Training Camp, served in the American Expeditionary Forces, and upon his return took up the practice
of law in Pittsburgh with the firm of Patterson, Crawford, Miller  Arensberg.
WILLIAM ALBERT CHALLENER-Rarely does
the profession of the law give to any city a more
brilliant group of men than that in which Pittsburgh
takes just pride, and the reputation of William Albert
Challener for extensive knowledge of and successful
practice in his profession, is more than a local one.
Mr. Challener's family is of English origin, and
both his parents were born in England, coming to
America in their youth. William H. Challener, Mr.
Challener's father, was a pioneer coal miner of the
Pittsburgh district; later he engaged in farming in
Washington county, whence he removed to McKeesport, Pa., where he conducted a general store. He was
born Jan. 8, 1837, and died May 4, 1905. He married
Jane Clasper, who came to America in her thirteenth
year, with her family. She was born in 1831, and is
still living.
William Albert Challener was born in Monongahela
City, Pa., Dec. 24, I866, and is a son of William H.
and Jane ( Clasper) Challener. He received his early
education in the public schools near his home, then was
employed on the farm until his twentieth year. At this
time he set out to realize a long-cherished ambition,
undaunted by the long period of exacting preparation
intervening between him and his goal. He entered the
old Newell Institute, then an academy of high standing,
to prepare himself for the study of the law. Completing
the usual three years course in one year of intensive
study, the young man entered the law offices of J. Scott
Ferguson, where he read law. He continued here for
one year, then while employed with a real estate firm,
pursued his studies during the evening, finishing the
prescribed course in a period of two years.
On March 17, 189o, Mr. Challener was admitted to
the Allegheny County Bar, and subsequently was admitted to the State Supreme Court, and to the Federal
Courts of the United States. He entered upon his professional career with the courage and determination
which are the forerunners of high achievement. During
more than thirty years of active practice he has distinguished himself in more than one direction. As
counsel for various medical societies, it is believed that
he has handled more medico-legal cases than any other
member of the Allegheny County Bar. He has had
a large volume of general railway practice, and for
many years has been chief trial attorney of the Pittsburgh Street Railway Company. From the early years
of his practice he has specialized in negligence litigation,
and has handled an enormous number of cases of this
character. Some of his early work along this line
attracted wide attention, and he is constantly sought
for such services, now being considered one of the best
authorities on this branch of the law. He has also conducted considerable litigation arising out of bank receiverships. During all these years Mr. Challener
has continued to devote many hours to a painstaking
study of the law in all its phases, keeping intimately
informed of its constant development and tendencies.
He is an omnivorous reader, history and science being
his favorite subjects, and possesses a memory of great
tenacity and extreme precision. His private library
contains the best works of all times on themes pertaining to the law.
Mr. Challener's success is the natural return won
by interminable application from an exacting profession.
He stands very high, both in the legal world and in
the esteem of his fellow-citizens. He lived for many
years in McKeesport, where he was very active in all
civic progress. The multiplicity of his professional interests induced him to change his residence to the city
of Pittsburgh, in order to facilitate his reaching his
office.
Mr. Challener is a member of the Pennsylvania State
Bar Association, and is a member of the Library
Committee of the Allegheny County Law Library.
Politically, he reserves his right to personal decision,
and has always consistently declined to interest himself
in partisan politics.
Fraternally, Mr. Challener is a member of Friendship Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. His religious
convictions have long since placed his membership with
the Christ Methodist Episcopal Church. For relaxation from the exacting duties of his profession, Mr.
Challener gets out into the open, spending a few
hours, whenever possible, on the links at the Stanton
Heights Golf Club, of which he is a member.
On June 12, 1894, Mr. Challener married Elsie May
Dietz, daughter of Mrs. Amanda Dietz, of McKeesport,Pa. Mrs. Challener died Sept. 20, 1919, and left two
children: Dorothy E., a graduate of Winchester School,
and the Ogontz School of Philadelphia; and William
Albert, 2nd, a student at Allegheny College, class of
1922.
SAMUEL WYLIE BLACK-As head of the real
estate company bearing his name, Mr. Black is one
of the leading operators in this field in Pittsburgh. He
is active in civic affairs and interested in many movements affecting the public welfare.
Mr. Black is descended paternally and maternally
from families of long Pittsburgh residence. He is a
son of Dr. Alexander Black, and grandson of Rev.
John Black, D. D. Rev. John Black was of ScotchIrish descent, and was born in County Antrim, Ireland,
coming to the United States in 1798, and soon afterward locating in Pittsburgh. Here he organized the
congregation of the Reformed Presbyterian (Covenanter) church, and he ministered with fidelity and
fruitful effect to this body for fifty years. His son, Dr.
Alexander Black, was for thirty years among the
leading medical men of the city. He had been graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, and from
post-graduate courses in Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, and was one of the highly educated
and cultured men of his time in Pittsburgh. His
death occurred in 1874. He married Margaret Watson,
orphaned daughter of Alexander Watson, Jr., and
granddaughter of Alexander Watson, who settled in
Pittsburgh in 1784, and purchased an eighty-acre farm
in what is now the Webster avenue district and extending from Sixth avenue to Elm street. Dr. Alexander
and Margaret (Watson) Black were the parents of
twelve children, of whom Samuel Wylie Black was the
seventh child and third son.
Samuel Wylie Black was born in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Nov. I8, 1849, and attended the public schools. With
part of his first year in high school his scholastic training ended, and he began his business career as errand
boy in the furniture house of T. B. Young  Company.
In the three years of his employment with this firm
he rose to the position of salesman, and the three following years were passed as clerk with the old Pittsburgh Novelty Company. He left this latter company
to become clerk in the cashier's office of the Duquesne
freight depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
and continued there for two years, when a threatened
breakdown made outdoor life advisable. Mr. Black
went to Texas and for one and a half years worked
on a farm near Dallas, where favorable climate and
healthful environment restored him to his former vigor.
In 1878 he returned to Pittsburgh, Pa., and engaged in
the real estate business that has occupied him to the
present time. In the more than forty-two years that
have elapsed since that time he has built up an organization that has handled a volume of valuable real estate,
especially downtown Pittsburgh property, that is unsurpassed by any firm in the city. In 1904 incorporation
was made as the S. W. Black Company, Mr. Black becoming president, in which capacity he now serves.
He is a member of the Pittsburgh Real Estate Board,
of which he was an organizer, and in which he has held
the offices of president and member of the board of
governors. Mr. Black is a member of the Pittsburgh
Chamber of Commerce, and was a director for some
years.
Matters of general interest in Pittsburgh have known
his hearty cooperation and support at all times, and he
is a member of the Citizens' Committee on Civic Plans
of Pittsburgh. He is also a member of the Civic Society of Pittsburgh. In addition he is a member of
the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania, and
of the Art Society of Pittsburgh. There is no single
institution to which Mr. Black has given more time
and more earnest, careful thought than The George
Junior Republic, of Western Pennsylvania, of which
he is vice-president. The Republic was established at
Grove City, Pa., Dec. I, I909, for the purpose of reclaiming to useful citizenship and society, wayward
boys and girls. It is a development of the idea of
William R. George, founder of the first Junior Republic in the United States, at Freeville, N. Y., and
due in a measure to the unselfish, whole-hearted interest
of Mr. Black and his associates at the head of the institution. The George Junior Republic of Western
Pennsylvania has enjoyed uninterrupted success and
usefulness from the time of its foundation.
Mr. Black's residence is in Edgeworth, Sewickley
Valley. At his place in Edgeworth he has ample opportunity for the indulgence of his fondness for floriculture, and his gardens are rich in many rare and
beautiful specimens of the art.
ROBERT MAURICE TRIMBLE-Mr. Trimble is
a native of this district, in which the major part of
his professional work has been accomplished and with
whose history the families from which he descends
have been so intimately identified. The founder of
the Trimble line was Thomas Trimble, his great-grandfather, who came to this country from County Down,
in the Province of Ulster, Ireland, in 1790, settling
first in Cumberland county, Pa., at Shippensburg,. In
1807 he moved to Middlesex township, Butler county,
Pa., where he died in 1837. He married a Miss Patterson and had four daughters and one son, Samuel.
(II) Samuel Trimble, son of Thomas Trimble, was
born in Shippensburg, Cumberland county, Pa., about
1797, and accompanied his parents to Butler county
in 1807, there growing to manhood and spending his
lifetime. His death occurred about 1855. His first wife
was Ellen Beery, by whom he had two sons, Robert
and William Foster; after her death he married Elizabeth Love, of the pioneer Butler county family of that
name, and of this marriage John Harvey Trimble was
the first of four children, the others being: James,
Thomas and Margaret.
(III) John Harvey Trimble, son of Samuel and
Elizabeth (Love) Trimble, was born on the homestead
in 1841. After attending the public schools he was
apprenticed to the carpenter's trade with Samuel Purvis in Butler, later coming to Allegheny City, where he
enlisted in August, 1862, in Company E of the 123rd
Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Colonel Clarke. After his honorable discharge from the army he returned to Allegheny City,and in 1871 engaged in business as a general contractor
as a member of the firm of Trimble, McIntyre  Company. This concern later became Trimble  Company,
and consisted of William F. and John H. Trimble.
Upon the dissolution of this partnership in 1885 John
H. Trimble continued in the same line independently.
In 1891 his brother James became associated with him,
and as John H. Trimble  Brother they were active
in contracting and building operations until John H.
Trimble's death in 19o8. He was a prominent business
man and citizen, served from 1892 to 1902 in the Allegheny City Council, and was for fifteen years a member
of the Allegheny School Board, from 1876 to 1891,
being its oldest member in length of service at the time
of his resignation. He was an elder of the Sixth United
Presbyterian Church, and was held in respect and
regard throughout the city. He married Elizabeth A.
McAllister, who was born in Pittsburgh, the daughter
of John and Lavinia D. (Jack) McAllister, and granddaughter of Lieut. James Jack, who served in the Revolutionary War with the Cumberland County Militia and
was a member of General Washington's bodyguard. John
McAllister was born in the Province of Ulster in the
North of Ireland, in 1788, and died in Allegheny City
in 1870, and his wife, Lavinia D. (Jack) McAllister,
was a first cousin of Rev. Francis Herron, first pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church; of Pittsburgh. John
H. Trimble died in April, 1908, his wife's death having
daughter of William J. and Mary Hamill, of Allegheny,
where her father was for many years a well known
merchant. Mrs. Trimble is a graduate of the Pennsylvania College for Women. She is a member of the
College Club of Pittsburgh, the Women's Club, of
Ben Avon, and is active in church work and allied
charities. Children: I. Robert Maurice, Jr., a graduate of Princeton University, A. B., class of 1920, was
one of Princeton's great all-round athletes, being a
member of the'varsity football, baseball and basketball teams; he was halfback on the football team of
1919 and in that year was chosen by many of the
leading critics as one of the best backs in the country;
he was captain of the 1920 baseball team; he enlisted
in the United States Naval Aviation service in the
World War, and was in training at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology ground school when the armistice was signed; he is now associated in business with
his father. 2. Mary Hamill, a graduate of Ben Avon
High School, and attended the Pennsylvania College
for Women for over two years. 3. William Hamill, a
graduate of Ben Avon High School, class of 1919; he
attended Shadyside Academy in 1920, and is preparing
for Princeton University. 4. John Harvey, 2nd,, a
student of Ben Avon High School, class of 1924. The
family residence is at Ben Avon, one of the most beautiful residential sections of Western Pennsylvania.
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of whom further, and Francis Herron.                         long life of seventy-nine years was one of useful service,
(IV) Robert Maurice Trimble, son of John Harvey   professional, civic, and military, and both as district
and Elizabeth A. (McAllister) Trimble, was born in   attorney of Allegheny county and in private practice
Allegheny City, Pa., May  15, 1871.  He completed a   wrote his name high in the annals of the legal profescourse  in the public schools  with  graduation  from   sion.  He  was  long a distinguished member  of the
Allegheny High School in the class of 1887, after which   Pittsburgh community,  resuming in I865 the profeshe was for a time a student in the Western University   sional practice interrupted in I86I by his enlistment in
of Pennsylvania,  now  the University of Pittsburgh.   the Union army, in which he rose from the rank of
He  left school to join his father in business and in   private  to lieutenant-colonel,  his  record  marked  by
1892 entered the office of a Pittsburgh architect, where   citations for gallantry on the field of action.  Other
he obtained his training in the profession that has since   wars since then have brought heroic officers and men,
claimed  him.   In  1898  Mr.  Trimble  established  an   but Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania, who offered a part
office in Pittsburgh, where he has become known as   of the battlefield of that conflict, stand ever ready toy
one of the city's leading architects.  Many public build-   honor their sons whose services won such a glorious
ings of his design have been erected in the city and   end in the Civil War.             
surrounding territory, and he is the architect of many          Col. Levi Bird Duff, son of Samuel and Catherine
of the city's finest residences.  The list of his work   (Eckeberger) Duff, both natives of Pennsylvania, was
is imposing and shows devoted and energetic pursuit   born in the village of Saulsbury, Barre township, Huntof his calling and a large measure of public preferment.   ingdon county, Pa., Sept. I3, 1837.  In 1841 the family
Mr. Trimble is a member of the American Institute   moved to the borough of Clarion, and in 1845 to Pike
of Architects, and of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the   Furnace, Clarion county, where Levi Bird Duff lived
American  Institute of Architects; he has served the   until 1853, there attending the public schools.  He was
chapter at various times as director, secretary, and   then for a year a student in Elder's Ridge Academy,
president.   He  is also a member  of the Pittsburgh   there preparing for study in Allegheny  College,  at
Chamber  of Commerce.   His  church is the United   Meadville, Pa., whence he was  graduated with first
Presbyterian of Emsworth, Pa., and he is a member   honors in the class of 1857.  Taking up legal study
of the Freedmen's Board of the United Presbyterian   under the tutorship of George S. Seldon, he was adChurch of North America.  Public service, not as an   mitted to the bar April I, I86o, at once establishing
occupation but as a civic duty, has become a family   in practice in Pittsburgh.  He had time for but a year
tradition, and many  years as a member  of the Ben   of professional work when, May  I, I86I, he enlisted
Avon Borough Council Mr. Trimble has continued it  in the  Pittsburgh  Rifles, a volunteer  company  uniin his day.                                                  formed and armed with Sharp's rifles by a group of
Mr. Trimble married. Oct. 29, 1896, Sarah Latimer,   wealthy and patriotic citizens of Pittsburgh.  His termK- C4Kt$s%4yQQ t$t\S
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4-7    4.out from his fellows, at the same time drew them, paradoxical as it seems, close to him, for he was devoted
to his friends. Learned, able, idealistic, sincere, always
natural and ever upright in all relations, his name is one
that will long live in the memory of his many devoted
friends and pupils.
Harry Scoval Brickell was a son of Capt. Zachariah
and Ione (Flannigan) Brickell, born May I8, 1869, in
Pittsburgh, his father a pioneer river captain of this
region. His mother, Ione (Flannigan) Brickell, was a
daughter of Francis C. Flannigan, the first district attorney of Allegheny county. Harry Scoval Brickell attended school for a short time, and at an early age was
attracted by the theatre, of which he made a close study,
being a friend of many noted actors of the time. In
young manhood he became impressed with the importance of proper physiological education, and determined
to devote his life to assisting his fellowmen by developing that science. With a view of fitting himself more
fully for that work, he made a thorough study of anatomy, receiving in December, 1897, a diploma from the
Pittsburgh School of Anatomy. It was in his knowledge
of the living human organism that Mr. Brickell excelled.
Opening an establishment for the promotion of physical fitness, he introduced into his practice new ideas of
physical training, without apparatus, and built up a large
and influential clientele. He was a wide and diligent
reader, his studies covering all subjects, and a well developed interest in metaphysics and psychology brought
him to trace the connection between physical health and
well-being and mental development. He was a confirmed
disciple of the maxim that a sound mind and a sound body
were inseparable, that mental disorders, causing irrational and improper conduct, were a reflection of lack of
proper physical condition. He demonstrated that disease
was to be treated, not by drugs and pills, but by a physiological education designed to meet the needs and requirements of the individual human body.
He had a large suite of offices in the Union Bank
building, and among his clients were the leading business and professional men of Pittsburgh. His "Institute
of Physical Fitness" was an institution of unique conception. Mr. Brickell became known as the father of
physical training without apparatus, and his success in
studying individual cases of physical imperfection and in
supplying courses of exercise, original with him, to restore body efficiency, gave him an international reputation. Particularly was he successful in the treatment of
nervous and run-down cases, for through his studies and
his personal work he learned the intimate relation between the body and the mind and how to accomplish
the desired result. His Institute was distinctive in that
the cases treated were limited to a certain number each
year, and his list of applicants contained names from
wide distances, as far as Europe. He was an authority
on anatomy, wrote many articles for professional journals, and had planned in the near future to devote his
entire time to writing, in order to let the scientific world
learn the wonderful results to be accomplished by his
methods and to instruct others as fully as possible how
to apply the principles he developed.
Good health in the making may be said to have been
the work of Mr. Brickell. The average man or woman
considers good health to be a matter of being able to get
about without pain, whereas Mr. Brickell was convinced
that good health was nothing of the kind. He believed
that before any person could be said to enjoy good health
he must be 100 per cent. efficient, and that anything less
than this meant a loss of ability, enjoyment and happiness.
Such 100 per cent. efficiency was to be obtained, not by
purchasing the same at so much per bottle or tablet, but
only by being striven after and gradually won by honest
effort. The needs and requirements of each human system had to be individually studied, and a course of
physiological exercises prescribed for the peculiar condition of any one particular person, for the body of any
one person differs from that of all others, just as his
physiognomy is unlike that of any other person. The exercises prescribed had to be performed as directed, as it
was impossible to accomplish any miracle, the results
desired were only to be achieved by faithful and accurate
application of the work prescribed, and in no other way.
It was necessary to give a physiological education of almost unlimited variety, and of as yet untested possibilities. Inasmuch as his method produced remarkable and
astonishing personal efficiency, it is perhaps unnecessary
to add that it cured or corrected so-called incurable diseases and physical imperfections, as is testified to by the
many surprising and amazing results which Mr. Brickell
achieved with his fellow workers, which have astounded
many members of the medical profession. Mr. Brickell
demonstrated that the possibilities of a proper physiological education were virtually unknown, and that such
an education was of far greater utility and possibility
than any known to scientists before he performed his
great work.
Mr. Brickell was a member of St. John's Lodge, No.
219, Free and Accepted Masons; Duquesne Chapter, No.
192, Royal Arch Masons; Pittsburgh Commandery, No.
I, Knights Templar; and was also a member of Syria
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine. He was a director of the Parting of the Ways
Home, and a member of Trinity Episcopal Church. He
was also associated with the Lincoln Farm Association,
the Luther Burbank Society, and the National Geographic Society. He was an organizer and ardent member of the organization called The Flying Squadron,"
composed of theatrical and newspaper men, which flourished in Pittsburgh ten years before his death. His clubs
were the Pittsburgh Automobile and Pittsburgh Field,
and he was also a member of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association. The time that was free from his business he
spent largely in his home. He was a lover of music,
composed pieces of merit, and was a proficient performer
upon the harp and several other string instruments. His
tastes in literature were as cultured as his appreciation,
and he found great pleasure in collecting rare editions
and beautiful bindings, and in literary circles he was
known as a connoisseur of the best of early and modern
works. His range of intellectual exercise was wide, he
was an omnivorous reader, and a devotee of the works
of nature and of man alike.
Mr. Brickell married Emma D. Hogue, daughter of
William Henderson and Esther (McKelvey) Hogue, herof enlistment was for three months and, the quota of
the State having been filled, they went into camp and
were subsequently mustered into the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, forming Company A, 9th Regiment, commanded by Col. C. F. Jackson. The company left
Pittsburgh for Washington, July 23, I86I, and soon
afterward Mr. Duff was enrolled in the United States
service, appointed a corporal in Company A. He held
this rank until discharged to join the 105th Regiment
of Pennsylvania Volunteers, in which he was commissioned captain May 20, 1862. During his service
with the gth Reserves he was in action in the battle of
Drainsville, and was one of four members of Company
A recommended by his commanding officer "for reward
for gallant conduct." During 1861-62 he was engaged
in the battles of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Seven Pines,
Kettle Run, Bull Run, Chantilly, and Fredericksburg.
On May 31, 1862, in the battle of Seven Pines, he was
shot through the right lung while leading his company
into action. Upon his recovery he rej oined his regiment and resumed command of his company at Harrison's Landing, Aug. i6, 1862, serving also as acting
assistant inspector-general of the 1st Brigade,- 1st
Division, 3rd Army Corps, on the staff of B rig.-Gen.
Charles K. Graham. During 1863 he participated in the
battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Manassas Gap,
Auburn, and Kelly Ford. On May 4, 1863, he was
promoted to the rank of maj or "for meritorious conduct displayed on the field of battle" (Chancellorsville),
and during the summer of 1863 served as acting assistant
inspector-general of the 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps,
on the staff of Brig.-Gen. Charles K. Graham, and on
the staff of Gen. D. B. Birney until Nov. 25, 1863. On
this date he was placed in command of the IIoth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, and upon the reenlistment of the Iosth Regiment and its return from
veteran furlough he rejoined it at Brandy Station, Feb.
14, 1864. On April 9, 1864, he was appointed acting
assistant inspector-general of the 3rd Division, 2nd
Army Corps, on the staff of General Birney. His
regiment was engaged in the battles of the Wilderness,
Po River, Spottsylvania Court House, North Anna,
Telepotamy, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. The 63rd
Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers was added to his
command and on May 18, 1864, he was promoted to the
rank of lieutenant-colonel, continuing in command of
the two regiments until June I8, 1864, when in front
of Petersburg, he was wounded in the right thigh by a
Minie ball so severely that amputation was necessary.
Reporting for duty after his recovery in October, 1864,
and having no post assigned him, he tendered his resignation and was honorably discharged from the service
Oct. 25, 1864.
He returned to the practice of his profession in
January, I865, with a determination and enthusiasm that
physical disability could not quench, and in the fall
of that year was elected district attorney of Allegheny
county. The three years of his term of office showed
him as faithful in the performance of his duty in the
offices of peace as of war, and the public interests were
ably safeguarded by his strong legal ability and his
close application to his official responsibilities. From
1868 until his death he continued in active practice,
appearing as counsel in much conspicuous litigation
of the time and being accorded honored position among
his brethren of the law. In the course of his long
legal activity he delved deeply into the lore of his
profession, and upon a firm foundation of exact knowledge built his successful career. He possessed eminent
qualifications in the law, learning, eloquence, resourcefulness, and foresight, gifts and talents that served well
the large clientele by whom he was retained. During
the campaign of 1881 Colonel Duff was a candidate for
the office of lieutenant-governor on the Independent
Republican ticket. From the time of Horace Greeley's
campaign for the presidency he was a supporter of the
Democratic party, was active in the organization of the
party in Allegheny county, and was a Democratic candidate for a judgeship.
Colonel Duff was a member of the Military Order of
the Loyal Legion of the United States, and until his
death, which occurred at Lansing, Mich., Jan. 21, 1916,
was interested and active in the associations of Civil
War veterans. He was prominent in the Society of the
Army of the Potomac, the Third Army Corps Union,
and the Union Veteran Legion, of which he was national judge advocate-general for many years. There
are few of his day and generation surviving, but he
made his impress upon his city, and those whose weight
of years 15 less, remember him as a gentleman of the old
school, actuated in his daily life by high ideals, and
adhering to lofty principles of professional and private
honor.
Colonel Duff married, in 1862, Harriett Howard
Nixon, daughter of Hezekiah Nixon (q. v.). She died
in July, 1877, and he married (second), in I88I, Agnes
Kaufman, of Pittsburgh, who died in July, 1913. Children, all of his first marriage: Levi Bird, who died in
infancy; Samuel E., of whom further; Helen G., died
in 1887; Edgar Lea, died in infancy; Hezekiah Nixon,
a journalist, a resident of Lansing, Mich.
SAMUEL ECKEBERGER DUFF-Belonging to
the Pittsburgh district by birth and educated in her institutions of learning, Samuel E. Duff has long been a
member of the engineering fraternity of the city, although the first ten years of his active professional life
were spent in the Northwest. Mr. Duff since 1908 has
confined himself to engineering work in consultant
capacity, and has an extensive clientele in the eastern
half of the United States.
Samuel E. Duff was born in Allegheny, Pa., Nov. I,
1867, son if Col. Levi Bird Duff (q. v.). He attended
the preparatory department of the Western University
of Pennsylvania, and then entered the University, being
graduated in I886 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts,
in 1889 receiving his Master's degree. For ten years
after his graduation he was employed in railroad and
bridge engineering and construction work in Oregon,
Washington, and Idaho. From 1887 to 1896 he occupied
various positions with the Northern Pacific Terminal
Company, of Portland, Ore., becoming chief engineer in
1893, serving until 1896, when he became associated with
the Riter-Conley Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of structural and plate steel construction. The firstfour years of his connection with this concern were spent
as designing and contracting engineer, and he was then
for eight years manager of their plant, resigning in 1908
and opening offices as a consulting engineer. His work,
in advisory and executive capacity, has reached into
many fields of industry, and among the able and learned
scientific and technical men in whose possession Pittsburgh is so fortunate he holds prominent place. Mr.
Duff is a director of the Memphis Steel Construction
Company, but has few business interests outside of his
profession. He is a member of leading professional
associations, and in I9I6 was president of the Engineers'
Society of Western Pennsylvania.
Mr. Duff is a Mason in fraternal relation, holding
membership in Bellevue Lodge, No. 530, Free and Accepted Masons, and the other local Masonic bodies.
Through the military service of his father he is a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the
United States, valuing highly his hereditary privileges
in this patriotic order. He is an attendant of the United
Presbyterian Church and a supporter of its work. Mr.
Duff has never entered public life, but in the role of
private citizen has served his city well. His club is the
Duquesne.
Mr. Duff married, in Pittsburgh, Jan. 23, 1890, Agnes
Eccles, daughter of Robert Eccles, of this city. They
are the parents of: Levi Bird, and Catherine Duff.
HEZEKIAH NIXON-Many mayors have served
this city since Hezekiah Nixon was mayor of Allegheny
in 1844 and 1845 and another generation has come and
gone, but in the list of men of the district who served
their time faithfully and well his name stands prominently
in view, well deserving of the memorial of these paragraphs.
Hezekiab Nixon was a son of Thomas Nixon, who
came to Pennsylvania from New Jersey and settled on
the farm that is now the site of the Leasdale station of
the Chartiers Valley railroad, now a part of the Pennsylvania railroad. Thomas Nixon married Jane Lea,
daughter of Col. William Lea, a noted resident of that
district. Hezekiah Nixon was born on the South Side,
in Scott (formerly St. Clair) township, Allegheny county,
Pa., May 21, 1802. His father's death occurred when he
was a lad of nine years and he made his home with Robert Bell, a neighboring farmer, until old enough to
choose and learn a trade, when he apprenticed himself
to an uncle, Robert Lea, living in the Lea home. After
becoming a journeyman in the carpenter's trade he was
employed for several years in the rural districts, in 1824
settling in Allegheny, where he engaged in independent
contracting operations. His first work was the building
of the rolling mill of Cowan  Brown on the present site
of the Fourth Ward school, and he next built the Blake
 Anderson rolling mill on the bank of the Allegheny,
between Darragh street and the outlet of the Pennsylvania canal. This was followed by the construction of
the Hurd  Howard paper mill in Allegheny. Through
these conspicuous operations he became well known in
the trade and pursued a prosperous career. For a number of years he was associated with Richard Dewhurst
under the firm name of Nixon  Dewhurst, and the work
of the partnership, and his private business likewise,
conformed to uniformly high standards of quality and
satisfaction. Mr. Nixon built and for ten years operated
a saw-mill that was known as the Outlet Saw-mill, which
supplied him with much of the lumber used in his extensive operations. This mill was eventually destroyed
by fire.
Hezekiah Nixon was one of the first councilmen
elected in Allegheny, and proved to be such a useful and
efficient member of that body that in 1842 he was elected
president. His diligence in the public service and his
high place in the general esteem led to his election to the
office of mayor of Allegheny in I844 and he was reelected in the following year, his administrations marked
by his capability in the execution of the general business of the office and his establishment of a police court
presided over by the mayor. Upon his retirement from
the chief magistracy he was again elected to the Select
Council, in which he served for eight years. In 1848
he was elected recorder of deeds for Allegheny county
and upon the expiration of his term became interested in
the steamboat business on the Ohio river. In I856 he
was stricken with total blindness and relinquished all of
his connections, business and public, his death occurring
May 12, 1858.
As a young man Mr. Nixon was a member of a military company known as the Jackson Independent Volunteers and was elected its captain. In politics he was
first a, Federalist, then a Whig and Anti-Mason, and
finally a Republican. He was a member of the
first temperance organization in the county, was a
strong abolitionist, and was ever on the side of
right in the combating of moral and social evils. He
was a humble and devout Christian, a lifelong member of the church, first the Associated Reformed and
then the United Presbyterian, assisting in the organization and afterward becoming one of the elders of
Rev. John T. Pressly's congregation, the First Associate
Reformed Church, now the First United Presbyterian
Church of Allegheny. In I85I he was one of the organizers of the Second Associate Reformed Church, afterward the Third United Presbyterian.
Mr. Nixon married, March 3, 1831, Rose Anna Frew,
daughter of Charles Frew, of Union township, Allegheny
county, Pa., and they were the parents of seven children,
two of whom died in infancy. Those attaining mature
years were: Harriett Howard, who married Col. Levi
Bird Duff (q. v.); Mary C., married Rev. Hunter Corbett, who was a noted Presbyterian missionary at Che
Foo, China, now both deceased; Cornelia C., deceased,
married Samuel 0. McKee, a resident of Seattle, Wash.;
Agnes S., deceased, married Rev. Cyrus B. Hatch, a
minister of the United Presbyterian Church, formerly of
Allegheny; Thomas L., a surveyor and civil engineer, a
long time resident of Tacoma, Wash., now deceased.
LEWIS Z. BIRMINGHAM, JR.-Since 1912 Mr.
Birmingham has been engaged in general legal practice
in Pittsburgh, and is active in the affairs of his city
contemporaneously with his father, Lewis Z. Birmingham, vice-president of the Hazelwood Savings  Trust
Company. Lewis Z. Birmingham, Sr. was formerly alarge coal mine operator in this district, and was an
organizer of the Hazelwood Savings  Trust Company
in 1901. He married Sarah Williams, whose grandfather,
W. W. Williams, was widely known as the owner of
many boats on the local rivers.
Lewis Z. Birmingham, Jr. was born May 13, 1887, and
was educated in the public schools of California, Pa.,
and graduated from Pittsburgh High School, class of
1906, and Washington and Jefferson College. From this
latter institution he was graduated in the class of 1909
with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, following this with
a course in the Pittsburgh Law School, being graduated
in 1912. In the year of his graduation Mr. Birmingham
was admitted to the Allegheny county bar, and Pittsburgh has been. the scene of his professional activity.
His practice has been directed along general lines and he
discharges the legal business of a large clientele. Mr.
Birmingham is a loyal Democrat, active in behalf of his
party. He fraternizes with the Masonic order, holding
membership in Franklin Lodge, and his club is the University. Since his college years he has held membership
in the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. His recreation is golf.
CHARLES 0. GOULDING, M. D.-The honored
professional reputation and the large private practice that
Dr. Goulding enjoyed in Pittsburgh, the scene of his
life's labors, was the inevitable result of a complete
mastery of medical science and a personality embodying
the kindly and reassuring characteristics so essential in
general practice. Depth of knowledge and tested powers
were the source of the confidence and reliance placed in
him in his special field, diseases of the heart and lungs, in
which he was called in consultation at home and abroad.
His death, in the prime of life and at the height of his
useful professional eminence, left a void in the medical
field, and deprived humanity of a good and faithful
servant.
Charles 0. Goulding was born in Pamelia, Jefferson
county, N. Y., in 1859, son of Madison and Eliza P.
(Huntington) Goulding. He attended public schools and
obtained his preparatory education at Andover, Cazenovia, and Antwerp, of New York State, taking up the
study of medicine in Bellevue Medical College, New
York City. He was graduated with the degree of M. D.
in 1887, and after completing an interneship at Mercy
Hospital, Pittsburgh, began general practice in this city.
With the exception of his hospital work (and he was a
member of the medical staff of Mercy Hospital for a
quarter of a century), Dr. Goulding passed his entire
career in independent practice, specializing in cardiac
and pulmonary diseases, and during his latter years holding an assistant professorship of clinical medicine in the
University of Pittsburgh.
During the fall of 1898 and the spring of 1899 Dr.
Goulding engaged in post-graduate work at the University of Berlin (Germany), specializing, in his study and
research, in internal medicine. He became noted as a
specialist of remarkable learning and skill, famed as a
consultant, and was called to the principal cities of the
United States and to London in cases of unusual gravity. His capacity for work and study was apparently
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boundless, his untiring application to his profession the
source of his unquestioned genius
Dr. Goulding was a member of the Allegheny County
Medical Society, a charter member of the Pittsburgh
Academy of Medicine, and a fellow of the American
Medical Association. His clubs were the University and
the Duquesne, and his fraternal affiliations were with the
Masonic order, in which he held the thirty-second degree, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, being a member
of the Pittsburgh Consistory, and also holding membership in Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine. He was a member of the Sixth
United Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Goulding married, in Pittsburgh, in 1900, Helen
M. Haven, daughter of Curtis S. and Mary E. Haven,
and granddaughter of William S. Haven, one of the
founders and incorporators of the Dollar Savings Bank
and the Pittsburgh  Connellsville railroad. William
S. Haven was also a founder of the Dixmont Hospital,
a man of power and influence in Pittsburgh business and
civic life. Children of Dr. and Mrs. Goulding: Charles
0., Jr., a student in high school; Haven Huntington;
and Helen M.
Dr. Goulding died Nov. 27, 1917. His life had been
guided by high ideals in paths where opportunities for
service crowded close, and the sum of his devoted, able,
high-minded endeavor was scattered over hundreds of
lives made better and brighter by his ministrations. In
the classroom, in the home, in the laboratory, in the
hospital, everywhere he was the same, a talented, upright
gentleman, striving toward a splendid goal, the cure of
human ills.
WILLIAM GALBRAITH STEWART-The law
firm of Brown and Stewart has been a Pittsburgh institution for forty years. This is the record in outline, of
the activity and service of William G. Stewart, of that
firm, a prominent figure in the legal fraternity and a citizen whose interest in civic affairs has been productive of
widespread benefit. Mr. Stewart is a son of Galbraith
and Phebe ( McKeever ) Stewart, of West Middletown,
Washington county, Pa., his father a farmer and general
merchant of Washington county.
William Galbraith Stewart was born Jan. 5, 1856, and
prepared in the public schools of Washington county for
Washington and Jefferson College, whence he was graduated in the class of 1877 with the degree of A. B. At
the completion of his classical course he entered Harvard
Law School, and in September, I88o, was admitted to
the bar of Washington county. In the following year he
was admitted to the Allegheny county bar. This year,
188I, also saw the formation of his law partnership with
Thomas S. Brown, an association that has continued in
useful, distinguished and profitable service to the present
time. The list of Pittsburgh law firms contains no name
that has been given a more generous share of the public
confidence and none whose legal record is more brilliant.
Mr. Stewart is a director of the Wilkinsburg Real Estate Trust Company, and was for a time director of the
Wilkinsburg schools, having long taken a constructive
interest in educational affairs. Throughout the WorldWar he was in constant service in the many causes that
made contribution to the successful prosecution of the
war, and he gave himself unsparingly to their aims. Mr.
Stewart is a member of the First Presbyterian Church
of Wilkinsburg.
Mr. Stewart married, Oct. 16, 1890, Josephine Howard,
of Wilkinsburg, daughter of Andrew and Margaret
(Potter) Howard. Andrew Howard was the organizer
of the Phoenix Glass Company and, as its president until
his death was a conspicuous figure in the glass trade.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are the parents of: Margaret
Elizabeth, Andrew Howard, Phebe McKeever, William
Galbraith, Jr., Josephine Howard, Thomas Howard, and
Anne McKeever.
HENRY JOHN BAILEY-Succeeding his father
in the plumbing business in Pittsburgh as a youth of
eighteen years, Henry John Bailey, in manufacturing
operations that extended far beyond the scope of the enterprise in which he began his career, gained reputation
as one of Pittsburgh's leading men of industry and as
the head of a concern of premier importance in its field.
His record, as written in Pittsburgh's industrial annals,
and a character sketch, as he was known to his associates of two decades ago, have place here as a memorial
to him as a foremost citizen of his day.
Son of George and Sarah (Chantler) Bailey, Henry
John Bailey was born in Pittsburgh, May 30, 1839. His
early education was obtained in the old South School on
Ross street, and in his youth he entered the plumbing
business with his father. At the age of eighteen years
he succeeded the elder Bailey, and a few years afterward
admitted his brother-in-law, John Farrell, into partnership under the name of Bailey, Farrell  Company. In
1865 the firm withdrew from plumbing operations and
entered the manufacture of lead pipe, sheet lead, and shot,
as well as brass and iron work for plumbers and gas
fitters and mechanical and engine builders' supplies. The
concern was incorporated in 1891 as the Bailey-Farrell
Manufacturing Company, and the development of its interests continued until the company became the largest
and most widely known in its line west of the Alleghenies. Mr. Bailey remained the guiding force in this
highly successful organization until his retirement from
active affairs in April, 1903, and his controlling interest
is now held by his children. Mr. Bailey's business connections outside the company bearing his name were
largely confined to real estate operations. He owned a
large amount of Pittsburgh property, the greater part
of which is improved with a good class of buildings, and
among his downtown holdings was the old homestead
on Fourth avenue, opposite the post office, and adjoining
the Columbia National Bank building, which was the
birthplace of three of his children, and is now one of the
most valuable properties of Pittsburgh.
One of Mr. Bailey's biographers, writing in the year
following his death, gave this description of his personal
attributes: "Mr. Bailey was a man of strong personality and intellect. His habit of close application and
study upon any subject in which he became interested
caused him to master quickly its every detail. His ability to acquire accurate knowledge was one of his chief
characteristics. Among his earliest achievements was
the development of machinery for working lead into
sheet, pipe, and shot. His practical knowledge, united
with his executive ability, placed his company in the
highest rank. Mr. Bailey was an indefatigable reader
and worker, his large library containing many scientific
works. He was the author of several treatises on subjects of interest to the plumbing trade, writing from a
practical standpoint. He was very methodical and exact
in all his business transactions, and his honesty and integrity were never questioned. Cordial and friendly in
his disposition, he was a good companion and sincere
friend. He was a lover of horses, a keen sportsman, and
a good shot, and made several trips to the far West for
the purpose of hunting and recreation." He was a man
of generously charitable instincts, and his liberal support
was given in personal service and of his means to philanthropic and charitable work in the city. All of his
gifts were made wisely and simply, for in this, as in his
public-spirited activity in civic matters, his object was
solely the advancement of the general good. Mr. Bailey
was a member of the Baptist church, and he fraternized
with the Masonic order. His political belief was Republican, and he held membership in the Sportsmen's Association of Western Pennsylvania, and the Pittsburgh
Automobile Club. Mr. Bailey died Dec. 9, 1903.
Henry John Bailey married, in St. Peter's Protestant
Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, Aug. I5, 1865, Catherine
Graydon McFaden. She was a daughter of John McFaden, of the firm of McFaden  Thaw, which partnership controlled the old "Reliance Line" in Pennsylvania
Canal Transportation. At the time of his death in 1851,
Mr. McFaden had been a vestryman and treasurer of
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church of Pittsburgh for
thirty years. There is a memorial window bearing his
name in Trinity Church at the present time. Mrs. Bailey
was educated in the public schools, Pittsburgh Female
College, Dr. Varian's Seminary, and Miss Tallent's Private School at Meadville, Pa. The duties of home making
absorbed Mrs. Bailey from the time of her marriage
until her children attained mature years, but after that
time she traveled extensively, and was able to devote time
to her natural inclinations for charitable and philanthropic work, and participation in women's social, civic
and patriotic organizations. Mrs. Bailey visited the principal points of scenic and historic interest in the United
States; had been to Mexico, and her journeys abroad
included trips to Russia, Japan, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, England, Ireland,
Scotland, Wales, France, Italy, Egypt, and the Holy
Land.
Mrs. Bailey was a member of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, with which she had been identified
almost from the time of its organization, and she was
also a member of the United States Daughters of 1812,
Colonial Dames, and Daughters of American Pioneers.
Of the last named society, Mrs. Bailey was regent for
several years, having been elected to that office upon the
formation of the chapter. She was twice elected president of the Travelers' Club, and was also president of
the Pittsburgh Sorosis. Her civic work was directed in
the cause of vacation school playgrounds, the Soho PublicBaths, and the Home for Babies, under the auspices of
the Daughters of American Pioneers. Her contributions
of her time and means extended over a long period of
years, and she proved herself a kind and generous friend
of all such enterprises in her city. Mrs. Bailey died Dec.
I, 1920. She is survived by five daughters, one son,
twenty-one grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
HOWARD EATON JEFFRIES-From his fifteenth year Mr. Jeffries has been associated with the Carnegie interests, and the incumbency of the treasurership
of the Carnegie Natural Gas Company and assistant
treasurership of the Carnegie Steel Company and its various subsidiary corporations is his present station after
thirty-four years of uninterrupted service with the company. Carnegie Steel and its officials require no presentation to the Pittsburgh public, for their connection
with the city's major industry has been a part of leadership and premier importance known to all of Pittsburgh's
citizens.
(I) Mr. Jeffries is a son of Capt. William Hindman
Jeffries, and grandson of Aaron Jeffries, his grandfather
a native of Ohio, born in 1803, died 1890. Aaron Jeffries
settled in Circleville, Pa., about 1835, and was there a
stone mason and building contractor. He built many of
the fine old residences of Westmoreland county and a
number of the county's early churches and other public
buildings. He married, in 1838, Rachel Hindman, who
was born in 1817, died in 1896, and they were the parents
of seven children, of whom Captain William Hindman
Jeffries was the fourth child and third son.
(II) Capt. William H. Jeffries was born in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny county, Pa., April 2, 1843, and died
April 2, 1906, on the sixty-third anniversary of his birth.
When President Lincoln issued his call for troops he
was among the first to respond and enlisted at Pittsburgh as a private in Company A, Seventh Regiment,
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. This was for three
months' service, and he was discharged Aug. 5, I86I, his
term of enlistment having expired. He immediately reenlisted in Company H, Sixty-third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of
the conflict, being honorably discharged in Lynchburg,
Va., July I, I865. His military career is a record of
steady promotion to the command of his company, and
he proved himself an able, gallant leader. Among the
battles in which he participated were the following:
Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Chancellorsville,
Petersville, Farmville, and Appomattox, all fought on
Virginia soil. He was wounded at Fair Oaks, May 31,
1862, and again at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863. To the
end of his life he retained a deep interest in the Grand
Army of the Republic and the Loyal Legion, attending
all the meetings, encampments and reunions at which it
was in his power to be present.
At the close of the war he returned to Allegheny
county, Pa., and for many years was engaged in the
lumber business, his last operation in this line on the
John Hommer tract in Cambria county. Upon the completion of this work Captain Jeff ries located in Bellwood, Pa., building a residence on Boyles street, and
making his home there until his death. For more than
twenty years he represented a lumber firm of Chicago,
and later, a company of Pittsburgh, and was widely
known in the lumber trade. He was a vice-president of
the First National Bank of Bellwood, and as a Republican filled numerous local offices, including those of
councilman and school director. At his death he was
serving as postmaster of Bellwood, appointed March I,
1903. He was a citizen of enterprise and public spirit,
popular with his fellows, and a dependable supporter of
progress and improvement. He married, in 1867, Eliza
Jane (McIntyre) Johnson, widow of Robert Johnson, of
Wilkinsburg, Pa., member of a prominent Western
Pennsylvania family, who was killed in battle in the Civil
War. She was born in Saltsburg, Pa., Oct. 25, 1836,
and died Nov. I I, 1910.
( III) Howard Eaton Jeff ries, son of Capt. William
H. and Eliza Jane (McIntyre-Johnson) Jeffries, was born
in Circleville, Westmoreland county, Pa., Aug. 30, 1871.
He attended the public schools of his birthplace and Bellwood, Blair county, Pa., and as a youth of fifteen years
left home to begin active life. On Jan. I, 1887, he became
an office boy in the employ of Carnegie, Phipps  Company, Ltd., soon afterward entering the treasury department and advancing through various grades to the position of assistant cashier. He served in this capacity until September, 1899, when he was appointed loan agent
of the Carnegie Steel Company and treasurer of the
Carnegie Natural Gas Company. During the succeeding
years he became closely identified with the treasury department of the Carnegie Steel Company, and on Jan. I,
1920, was appointed assistant treasurer of this parent
company and all subsidiary concerns. His position of
trust and responsibility has been won through tireless
application to the duties assigned to him. Industry and
finance offer few more attractive executive posts than
official place in this leader among the industrial organizations of the world. Mr. Jeffries, as financier and administrator, has proved his qualifications for membership among the men upon whom rests the welfare of this
great company, and is held in high regard by his associates. He is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of
Commerce and the Board of Trade, also holding membership in the Pittsburgh Athletic Association. Before
moving to Pittsburgh his home was in Sheridan, Pa., and
there he was an organizer and for a time a director of
the First National Bank of Sheridan. He is a member
of the First Presbyterian Church of Wilkinsburg, Pa.
Mr. Jeff ries married, Sept. 2, 1896, Margaret Haldane
Young, daughter of John Gordon and Anna Malzena
(Lindsay) Young, her father a native of Scotland. Mrs.
Jeffries is a graduate of the Pittsburgh Female College
and prominent in the affairs of its Alumnae Association.
She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the United States Daughters of 1812, and the
First Presbyterian Church, of Wilkinsburg, an active
supporter of the work of the congregation. The family
residence is at No. 6937 McPherson Boulevard, and their
summer home at Coraopolis, Pa. At his Coraopolis
home Mr. Jeff ries indulges his love of floriculture
and gardening. For many years he was a devotee
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Addison Courtney, and Katherine Emma, all attending
Pittsburgh schools. Harry Scoval Brickell died in Pittsburgh, May 24, 1919.
THOMAS STEPHEN BROWN-Prominent among
those members of the Pittsburgh bar, who have for more
than a quarter of a century maintained its ancient prestige, is Thomas Stephen Brown, of the well known firm
of Brown, Stewart  Bostwick. Mr. Brown is a representative of one of the oldest families of New England,
notable in the Revolutionary period of our history, and
later, of honorable record in the annals of Virginia.
(I) John Brown, founder of the American branch of
the family, was born in I6oo in England, and baptized
Oct. II, I6oI, at the parish house of Hawkedon. In
1632 he emigrated to Massachusetts, landing in Boston
from the ship "Lion," on Sept. 16th of that year. John
Brown died at Boston, in June, 1636, leaving three children: John, mentioned below; Hannah, and Mary.
(II) John (2) Brown, son of John (I) Brown, was
born in 1631, in England, and was brought as an infant
to Massachusetts. He married, April 24, I655, Hester
Makepeace, and of their twelve children the youngest was
Joseph, mentioned below. John Brown resided at Boston, Falmouth and Watertown.
( III ) Joseph Brown, son of John (2) and Hester
(Makepeace) Brown, was born in 1677, presumably at
Watertown, Mass., and owned at that place, "Weston
Farms," which he sold in 1709, moving to Lexington,
where he and his family resided during the remainder
of his life. He followed the trade of a cordwainer, and
held offices of deacon, selectman, town clerk and constable. Joseph Brown married, Nov. IS, 1690, at Watertown, Ruhama, daughter of Benjamin Wellington, and
of the nine children born to them, the eighth was Benjamin, mentioned below. Joseph Brown died Jan. II, 1766,
and his widow passed away July I, 1772.
(IV) Benjamin Brown, son of Joseph and Ruhama
(Wellington) Brown, was born July 3, 1720, at Lexington, and was deacon of the church at that place. He
married, at Lexington, Sarah, daughter of William Reed,
Jr., and they became the parents of ten children, of whom
the fifth was Oliver, mentioned below. The death of
Benjamin Brown occurred. March 4, 1802.
(V) Oliver Brown, son of Benjamin and Sarah
(Reed) Brown, was born June 25, 1753, at Lexington,
Mass., and served in the patriot army of the Revolution.
He was present at the "Boston Tea-Party," and participated in the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill. On
Jan. I6, 1776, he was commissioned captain-lieutenant of
artillery. He took part in the battles of White Plains,
Harlem Heights, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth, and in other engagements. In
1790 he migrated to the Ohio valley, settling at Hollidays
Cove, Va., now W. Va., later removing to Wellsburg.
He was for many years inspector of flour. Captain
Brown married, in 1776. Abigail Richardson, born May
I, 1756, at Watertown, Mass., daughter of Edward and
Abigail (Chinery) Richardson. Edward Richardson was
an innkeeper. Captain Brown and his wife were the
parents of the following children: Abigail; John; Sarah;
Danforth; Catharine; William; Oliver, mentioned below; George; James; Richard; and Elizabeth. Of these,
seven were born in Massachusetts, and four in Virginia.
The mother of these children passed away at Wellsburg,
Va., now W. Va., and her husband survived her nearly
half a century, dying at the same place, Feb. 17, 1846.
(VI) Oliver (2) Brown, son of Oliver (I) and Abigail (Richardson) Brown, was born July 4, 1789, at
Cambridge, Mass., and was one year old when the family moved from the Old Bay State to Virginia, his mother
making the journey on horseback and carrying him with
her. Oliver Brown was educated in private schools of
Hollidays Cove and Wellsburg, and became one of the
earliest woolen manufacturers in the Ohio valley, owning
and operating a factory at Hollidays Cove in 1830, and
for twenty-five years thereafter. He was also the owner
of a grist-mill and saw-mill in the same vicinity, and
conducted a general store. In I8I6 he purchased a farm
from the estate of his brother-in-law, Robert Colwell,
and this property is now in the possession of his grandchildren, Thomas Stephen Brown and Anne Colwell Lee.
In politics Mr. Brown was first a Whig, and later a
Republican. He was a member of the Presbyterian
church. Mr. Brown married, in 1812, Anne Colwell,
sister of Robert and Stephen Colwell, both of whom married sisters of Mr. Brown, and resided in the same vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Brown had the following children:
Elizabeth, born Dec. 8, 1813, married John Williams, and
died in 1902; William, mentioned below; Robert C.born
Dec. 25, I8I8, married Ann Niel, and died Nov. 4, 1914;
Julia A., born June 27, 1821, died Dec. 22, 1851; Sarah,
born May 25, 1824, died April I3, 1867; and Martha,
born March 28, 1827, married R. H. Brown, and died in
October, 1863. On Sept. 22, 1834, the mother of the family passed away at Hollidays Cove, and the death of the
father occurred at the same place, March 27, I88o.
(VII) William Brown, son of Oliver (2) and Anne
(Colwell) Brown, was born March 22, I8I6, at Hollidays Cove, Va. (now W. Va.), and in early life traveled extensively, going to California in 1849 as one of
the "argonauts." In 1852 he returned to Virginia, and
passed the remainder of his life as a merchant and
farmer. He was an elder of the Cove Presbyterian
Church. Mr. Brown married, March 13, 1853, Margaret,
daughter of Thomas Orr, of Hollidays Cove, and their
children were: Oliver, born June 6, 1854, died Sept. 23,
1855; Thomas Stephen, mentioned below; Anne Colwell,
born April 15, 1857, married, March 7, 1882, Albert G.
Lee, who died March I5, 1904; Norman, born Nov. 12,
I858, died March 4, 1864; and Mary Stephens, born
May 12, 1862, died Sept. 23, 1911. Mr. Brown was a
stockholder in various institutions of the neighborhood
and held a number of local offices. At the time of the
Civil War, though too much advanced in years for active
service, he enlisted in the Home Guards of West Virginia, a body which was called out two or three times
for brief periods. Mrs. Brown, who was born Feb. 21,
1821, passed away March 4, I89I. She was a granddaughter of John Orr who came, before the close of the
Revolutionary War, from the Cumberland Valley, Pa.,
to the Ohio Valley, where his descendants have resided
ever since. Mrs. Brown's mother was Mary Stephens.terested in the Young Men's Christian Association, and
is a friend of social and charitable organizations. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffries: Margaret Lindsay, born
Aug. II, 1901, died April 21, 1911 Jane Larimer, born
April 23, 1905, a student in Peabody High School, class
of 1923.
Anna Malzena (Lindsay) Young was a daughter of
Samuel D. and Margaret Ann (Buhoup) Lindsay, her
father born in 1823, died Sept. 22, 1906. Anna Malzena
Lindsay, by her marriage with John Gordon Young, was
the mother of three children, one of whom died young,
the others being Margaret Haldane, previously mentioned; and John. Anna Malzena (Lindsay) Young married (second) John W. Williams, and had children,
Homer Oliver and Robina M.
Margaret Ann (Buhoup) Lindsay, Mrs. Jeffries' maternal grandmother, was a descendant of John Buhoup, a
native of Hesse-Cassel, Germany. The original form of
the name was Beauchoupt, which has been anglicized
into the present spelling, Buhoup. In 1776, although only
fifteen years of age, he was drafted into the army and
was among the Hessians sold to the English and sent to
America to assist in subduing the American colonists.
Young Buhoup did not favor the English cause and soon
deserted, but was captured and sentenced to death. By
some oversight his name was not called. He again deserted, was caught, and a second time condemned to die,
but on account of his extreme youth was pardoned. He
deserted a third time, shooting an English officer in his
escape, and arming himself with the sword of the slain
man he made his way to the Continental army and joined
its ranks, serving under General Washington until the
close of the struggle for independence. He also took an
active part in the War of 1812, enlisting from Shippensburg, Pa., and lost a leg in this war. He died in Lancaster, Pa., at the age of ninety-eight years. He married,
about I8oo, his wife's name unknown.
There was one child of this marriage, John Buhoup,
who was born in Shippensburg, Pa., and died in I866.
He was a man of good education, well versed in both the
English and German languages, and attained a position
of influence and prominence in the community. He was
a carpenter by trade, following that occupation throughout the greater part of his life, fulfilling many contracts.
He migrated west of the Allegheny Mountains in 1837,
coming to Pittsburgh and residing on Liberty street, near
the present Union Station. In 1848 he moved to Duquesne Borough, which later became the Eighth Ward of
Allegheny City, where he spent the remainder of his life.
He served as burgess and was three times elected justice
of the peace. He was also German interpreter at the
Allegheny County Court. A man of strong religious
conviction, he was a member of the Winebrennerian denomination. His political affiliations were with the Republican party, and he was active in party councils. He
married Anna M. Barlow, born in 18o6, and died in
I88I. She was a granddaughter of Nancy Frey, whose
maiden name was Howard, and who was abducted when
a child from her home in Bristol, England, by an English sea captain. He brought her to America and sold
her into servitude in Philadelphia. She later married
Michael Frey, of Philadelphia. Among the children of
John and Anna M. (Barlow) Buhoup was Margaret
Ann, born Aug. I, 1830, died Feb. 2, 1905, wife of Samuel D. Lindsay.
GUIDO V. SBORIGI-The name of Sborigi has
come to be a name of significance in more than one
branch of human endeavor, and has long been a name
of more than local eminence. Guido V. Sborigi, chief
engineer of the A. M. Byers Company, of Pittsburgh,
Pa., stands at the head of his profession.
Andrea Sborigi, Mr. Sborigi's father, was a famous
Italian artist, born in Rome, on Sept. 20, 1848. He
was the head of the Academy of Fine Arts at Rome,
and came to the United States to do the mural painting
and decorating of the White House, at Washington,
for General Grant. Thereafter he came to Pittsburgh
to do the decorations for the Petroleum Exchange, and
from that time on made this city his permanent residence. His studio was at the corner of Sixth street
and Duquesne way. His death, on April Io, 1918,
closed a long life devoted to the highest ideals of art.
Guido V. Sborigi was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb.
14, I88o. He received his early education in the public
schools of this city, then covered the high school
course. He entered the Pennsylvania State College,
electing the engineering course. He was graduated
from this institution in 1903, with the degree of Bachelor
of Science. Thereafter he took a post-graduate course
in chemistry in 1904, at the same college. In 19o8 he
received the advanced degree of Mechanical Engineering, an honorary degree conferred upon engineers.
The work upon which Mr. Shorigi entered at the
beginning of his career, was that of instructor of
mathematics at the Pittsburgh high schools, which
position he filled for two years. He then entered the
engineering field in the employ of the American Steel
and Wire Company, as engineer, first in designing
work, and later as an investigator in different plants.
He was then made chief engineer of their largest Pittsburgh plant, the period of his connection with this corporation covering eleven years. During the World
War Mr. Sborigi was engineer at the Neville Island
ordnance plant, and continued there until the signing
of the armistice. He then became chief engineer of
the A. M. Byers Company, which office he now holds.
Mr. Sborigi is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta
fraternity at the Pennsylvania State College. He is a
member, also, of Lodge No. 45, Free and Accepted
Masons.
On June 5, 1913, Mr. Sborigi married, in Pittsburgh,
Isabelle 0. Griffiths, of this city, and they now reside
at the King Edward apartments.
MARSHALL CHARLES RODGERSA native
son of Pennsylvania, Mr. Rodgers has from youthful
manhood been connected with one of that city's great
natural industries, the oil business, and has for about
thirty years engaged in some department of that business. He has for the last decade been a promoter of
producing oil and gas companies, and is the executive
head of several corporations of the local oil field that
have been very successful. There are few men in the
management of producing companies whose knowledgeof the oil business is so intimate and of so practical a
nature as his.
Marshall C. Rodgers is a son of Capt. David R. Rodgers, a veteran of the war between the States, 1861-65,
and a pioneer oil operator. David R. Rodgers was
born in Venango county, Pa., and died at his home, No.
102 East End avenue, Pittsburgh, at the age of seventynine. In April, 1861, he enlisted as a private in
Company H, of the Erie (Pa.) Regiment, under Colonel
McLean, and when his first short term of enlistment
expired, reenlisted in Company A, Eighty-third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He fought at
Yorktown, Gaines Mills, Malvern Hill, Harrison's
Landing, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
Jones' Cross Roads, the Wilderness, siege of Petersburg, and Mine Run, finally triumphing with the hard
fought but finally victorious army of the Potomac
under all its commanders, from McClellan to Grant,
being successively promoted to the rank of sergeant,
lieutenant and captain for "gallant and meritorious
service on the field of battle." From the close of the
war until within ten days of his death Captain Rodgers
was active in the oil business. He was a member of
Duquesne Post, No. 259, Grand Army of the Republic,
and of the Union Veteran Legion.
Captain Rodgers married Julia Porter, and was survived by his widow, two sons, William J., of Huntington, W. Va., and Marshall C., of Pittsburgh, and two
daughters, M. La Verne, wife of S. E. Huselton, and
Clara A. Rodgers, of Pittsburgh.
Marshall C. Rodgers was born in Pleasantville, Pa.,
Oct. 2, I868. He was educated in the grade and high
schools of Greenville, Pa., and in Duff's Business College, Pittsburgh, finishing with graduation, class of
1888. His father being a pioneer oil operator, the
young man's business instincts developed in that direction, and at the age of twenty he entered the employ
of the Jarecki Manufacturing Company, of Erie, Pa.,
his particular business the establishing of branch offices
and supply stores throughout the oil fields in which that
company operated. For five years he held that position, gained valuable experience, then transferred his
service to the Woodland Oil Company. He was intimately connected with the production department of
that company until 1911, when he resigned to become
president of the National Oil and Gas Company,
which he organized. He is yet president of that company, and of the Summit Oil and Gas Company, and
the Chemical Oil and Gas Company. Mr. Rodgers is
a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce,
the Pittsburgh Field Club, the Associated Artists of
Pittsburgh, and of the Masonic order.
Mr. Rodgers married, in January, 1892, Lillian Mulholland, of Sharpsburg, Pa., and they are the parents
of two sons, David R., and Grayson K., the latter
a marine in the United States Navy during the World
War.
FRANCIS DENMAN GLOVER-The life of
Francis D. Glover, of Pittsburgh, was spent for a long
term of years in the quiet of educational institutions, as
an instructor in Greek. But when he entered the business world, he as quickly made his mark among men of
affairs as he had in pedagogy. His line, investment
securities, fitted him for the important part he had in
financing the war, and his "History of the Liberty Loan
Campaigns" is an interesting contribution to war history. He is a son of Josiah and Lenora (Condit) Glover,
the former a merchant of Coshocton, Ohio, the latter a
daughter of Timothy A. Condit, who bore the distinction of having been the only Whig ever elected to the
Ohio Legislature from Coshocton county.
Francis D. Glover was born in Coshocton, Ohio, Aug.
20, 1866. He was educated in the grade and high schools
of Coshocton, and the College of Wooster (University
of Wooster), Ohio, finishing at the last named institution in the class of 1891. For seven years thereafter he
was instructor in Greek at Kiskiminetas Springs School
for Boys, Saltsburg, Pa., coming then to Pittsburgh as
professor in Greek at Shadyside Academy. In 19o6 he
entered the employ of J. S. and W. S. Kuhn, Inc., and
later became their general sales manager. In 1914 he
formed a partnership with John W. MacGregor to deal
in investment securities, and they are located at No. 345
Fourth avenue. During the World War period, 1917I9I8, Mr. Glover, by appointment of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank, served as field secretary and territorial sales manager of Pittsburgh district in charge of
the Liberty Loan Bond sales and Government certificates
of indebtedness. He had special charge over the eighteen counties of Western Pennsylvania belonging to the
Fourth Federal Reserve District. His term of service
with the Government extended over the entire period of
our war with Germany, and for six months thereafter
was under the authority of the Federal Reserve Bank
at Cleveland, his title being that of fiscal agent. The
story of the Liberty Loan is a fascinating history of the
loan campaigns in Western Pennsylvania, written by Mr.
Glover for the Pennsylvania War History Commission,
of which Gov. William C. Sproul is chairman. He is a
director of Eatsum Products Corporation, of Orlando,
Fla., and has other business interests of importance.
Mr. Glover is a life member of the Apollo Club, Pittsburgh's principal male chorus, and is also a guarantor
of the Pittsburgh Orchestral Association. He is chairman of the legislative committee of the Pittsburgh Branch
of the Investment Bankers' Association of America. He
has always been a Republican in politics. He is a member
of Phi Kappa Psi college fraternity, Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, Duquesne Club, Pittsburgh Country Club, the Royal Arcanum, and of the Third Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Glover married, Aug. I6, 1899, Gertrude Cunningham, of Indiana, Pa., daughter of A. S. Cunningham, for many years the leading merchant of Indiana
county, and Rebecca (Repine) Cunningham. Mrs.
Glover is a member of the Epoch Club, Twentieth Century Club, and the Tuesday Musical Club. She is also a
director of the Soho Baths Association and the People's
Bath Association.
RODGER W. McKAIN, of Pittsburgh, Pa., stands
in a peculiarly significant relation to the business interests of the city. He is the man back of the event, so to
speak, having to do with beginnings, with improvements,with construction and reconstruction, all of which spell
progress. He manufactures and sells store fixtures and
equipment.
Mr. McKain was born in Pittsburgh, Jan. 4, 1879, and
is a son of Andrew and Caroline McKain, both of whom
died when he was a very small child. Andrew McKain
was a prominent man in Pittsburgh in his lifetime, having been engaged in retail merchandising, and was a veteran of the Civil War, volunteering in defense of the
Union early in the progress of that struggle, and serving
through the period of the war.
Rodger W. McKain received his early education in the
public schools of Pittsburgh, then later was trained in
the law under a private tutor. Other interests led him
to relinquish his study, and he never practiced the profession. He started in business at the age of seventeen
years, being associated with Clark Brothers  Company,
and remaining in this connection for three years. He
then opened a retail grocery store, which he conducted
for a period of two years. This experience as a retail
merchant gave Mr. McKain first-hand knowledge of the
conditions with which the merchant has to deal, and being
of an original turn of mind he started out to remedy
some of those conditions which hamper the retailer in
his business. Beginning in a small way, in an office in
the House building, he sold store fixtures on commission.
He was immediately successful, and the business has
developed to a remarkable extent. In 1916 Mr. McKain
removed to his present location, still selling on the commission basis. In 1920 the business had grown to such
proportions that in order to handle its volume he began
the manufacture of store fixtures. Distinction in style,
harmony of effect and suitability are the cardinal points
considered in all the work that goes through Mr. McKain's hands. His remarkable success is the most definite
appraisal of his work. He is one of the principal men in
this line in a wide section, and is sole owner of the
Rodger McKain Store Fixture Company. Mr. McKain
is an influential member of the Chamber of Commerce,
and is also a member of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and active in its interests.
On Dec. 26, 1905, Mr. McKain married Ethel Gardner,
daughter of William and Katherine Gardner, of this city,
and they have two children: Roger W., Jr., and Stowell.
ANDREW B. HARE, who for many years has been
identified with the ice industry in Pittsburgh, is a man
of interesting personality, and fine executive ability.
He was born in Pittsburgh, Sept. I2, 1866, and is a
son of Andrew and Eliza (Clendenning) Hare. His
father was for a long period a tanner in this city, and
became a man of influence and importance in the leather
trades. His maternal grandfather, Charles Clendenning,
was a distinguished figure in the Pittsburgh of the middle decades of the nineteenth century, one of those men
whose public and industrial activities laid the foundation for the Greater City which is now leading so wide
a region.
Mr. Hare's education was begun in the public schools
of Pittsburgh, but the family moving to the country,
it was continued in the district schools. At the age
of seventeen years he came to Pittsburgh and entered
the world of industry, working for one year in the
employ of the Westinghouse people. His health failing,
he returned to the country, and for three years lived
in the open. Back to Pittsburgh once more, as soon
as his health was assured, the young man entered the
employ of the Chautauqua Ice Company, as bookkeeper,
which position he held for thirteen years. At the end of
that time the Chautauqua, Eureka and Hygia Ice
companies consolidated, and he remained with them
for one year in the same capacity. Then the Consolidated Ice Company took over the other ice companies
operating in Pittsburgh, and Mr. Hare was made
auditor and secretary, which offices he ably filled for
fifteen years. In 1915 Mr. Hare entered upon his
present business connection, becoming a corporator in
the Columbia Ice Company, of which corporation he is
secretary and treasurer, also general manager. His
practical business ability and long experience are placing this business in the forefront in this line.
Mr. Hare is a member of the board of directors of
The Homewood People's Bank. He is broadly connected among other prominent interests. He holds the
thirty-second degree in the Masonic order, and is a
member of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Chamber of
Commerce, of this city, the Pittsburgh Board of Trade,
the Homewood Board of Trade, and he is an influential
member of the Allegheny County Civic Club.
On Nov. 23, 1908, Mr. Hare married, in Pittsburgh,
Jean McLaughlin, of this city, and they reside on East
End avenue.
DAVID McANALLY DONNAN, who is prominent
in the electrical business in Pittsburgh, is a son of Andrew and Agnes Ann (Coe) Donnan, of St. Louis, Mo.
Mr. Donnan was born in St. Louis, and his first business experience was as a member of the firm of Donnan Brothers, merchants of Corydon, Iowa, dealing
in clothing, boots and shoes. Thereafter taking a
special course in electrical engineering, Mr. Donnan became associated with the Tulleride Power Company,
on electrical construction work in Utah and Montana.
He next came to Pittsburgh, Pa., and for some time was
connected with the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, first at their Pittsburgh Works,
and later at both their New York and Boston offices.
He then returned to Pittsburgh, and here assisted in
the organization of the Electric Engineering and Manufacturing Company of Pittsburgh, of which he was
made president and treasurer, which offices he still
holds. Fraternally Mr. Donnan holds the thirty-second
degree in the Masonic order, being a member of all
the Masonic bodies. He is a member of the Union
Club, of Pittsburgh, of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, of the Old Colony Club, and of the Shannopin
Country Club.
In 1919 Mr. Donnan married Hortense D. Bowles,
of St. Louis, daughter of Dr. William Hearst Bowles,
of that city.
DAVID FOULK COLLINGWOOD, whose varied
interests in the city of Pittsburgh make him a leading
representative man thereof, and who has been an earnest promoter of general improvements, encouraging any
object which he considers to be for the public good, wasborn Sept. 29, 1862, in Pittsburgh, Pa., son of William
and Maria L. (Foulk) Collingwood.
William Collingwood (father) was born Sept. 23, 1812,
in the village of Addison, Somerset county, Pa. His
parents removed to Pittsburgh the following year, locating in the Seventh Ward, where William attended the
subscription schools. In 1853 he established a fire insurance agency at No. 307 Wood street, known as Loomis
 Collingwood, and continued in that business very successfully until his death, which occurred Nov. 6, 19o2, a
period of almost half a century. He served for several
years as a director of the public schools of the Seventh
Ward, Pittsburgh, rendering therein efficient service. He
was a staunch Republican in politics. He married, in
November, I86I, Maria L. Foulk, daughter of David A.
and Elizabeth (Hartman) Foulk, of Pittsburgh, and ten
children were the issue: David Foulk, see forward;
Lewis W., Fannie R., Robert L., Clements B., George J.,
deceased; Anna D., deceased; Mary L., Howard D.,
and Loy H. Mr. and Mrs. Collingwood were members
of the First Presbyterian Church of Wilkinsburg.
David F. Collingwood attended the public schools of
the Seventh, Eighth and Twelfth wards of Pittsburgh,
and upon the conclusion of his studies engaged in the
fire insurance business with his father, being admitted
to the firm in September, I885, and this line he still
continues, with offices at No. 316 Fourth avenue, Pittsburgh. The Collingwood  Son Agency was consolidated, May I, 1917, with W. G. McCandless  Sons, G.
M. Alexander  Son, under the name of McCandless,
Collingwood  Alexander. In politics he affiliates with
the Republican party on national issues. On Nov. 4,
1902, Mr. Collingwood was elected treasurer of Allegheny county for a term of three years, on the Citizens'
Fusion ticket, in which capacity he served with credit.
He is a director in the Keystone National Bank of Pittsburgh, and trustee of the Dollar Savings Bank. He is
a member of Duquesne Club, Edgewood Club, Edgewood Country Club, and the Press Club. He also
attained great prominence in Free Masonry, being a
member of Crescent Lodge, No. 576, Free and Accepted
Masons, of which he is a past master; Shiloh Chapter,
No. 257, Royal Arch Masons, of which he is a past high
priest; Tancred Commandery, No. 48, Knights Templar;
and a member of Pennsylvania Consistory, Ancient
Accepted Scottish Rite. He has also been honored with
the thirty-third degree, September, 1906, and is a sovereign grand inspector general of the Supreme Council
of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United
States.
Mr. Collingwood married, Sept. 23, 1890, Mary E.
Kirkpatrick, daughter of the late Allen Kirkpatrick, who
was one of the largest wholesale grocers of Pittsburgh,
and whose death occurred Feb. 20, 1890. The children
of Mr. and Mrs. Collingwood are: Rebecca Bell (Mrs.
James McIntosh), deceased; and Allen Kirkpatrick.
Mr. and Mrs. Collingwood are members of the Calvary
Presbyterian Church of Braddock.
LLOYD JONES, chief engineer of the United Engineering and Foundry Company, of Pittsburgh, Pa., has
won his way to his present responsible position through
personal study and continual hard work.
Mr. Jones was born in Bethlehem, Pa., Aug. 8, 1883,
and is a son of Francis and Lydia (Shelley) Jones. His
father, who was a dentist, is deceased, but his mother
is still living in that vicinity. Gaining his early education in the public schools of his native town, Mr. Jones
also attended high school, but was unable to complete the
course, as it became necessary for him to go to work.
At the age of eighteen years he entered the engineering
department of the Bethlehem Steel Company, and later
became foreman of one of the shops of that concern.
In 1907 he went to Salem, Mass., where he was assistant general superintendent of the Machinery Sales Corporation, remaining, however, for only one year. Returning to Bethlehem in the fall of 1908, he was again
connected with the engineering department of the Bethlehem Steel Company, continuing there until 1912. At
that time he came to Pittsburgh, enterin upon the duties
of assistant chief engineer of the Mesta Machine Company. One year later he became associated with the
United Engineering and Foundry Company, as chief
draftsman. Promoted to assistant engineer, he was
further promoted to chief engineer in 1919, which position he still fills. This concern is a very large one and
a leader in its field.
Mr. Jones is a member of the Union Club, of Pittsburgh. Politically, he thinks and acts independently.
He is a member of the Wilkinsburg Presbyterian
Church. For recreation he plays golf, and enjoys all
outdoor sports, usually spending his vacations at the seashore. He is a member of the Association of Iron and
Steel Electrical Engineers, and the Engineers' Club of
Philadelphia.
On Jan. I8, 1906, Mr. Jones married S. Mabel Smawley, daughter of Henry G. and Anna (Bush) Smawley,
of Bethlehem, and of an old Pennsylvania family, and
they have six children: Eva Louise; Henry Smawley
and Francis Lloyd, twins; Annie Elizabeth, Ruth Mabel,
and Robert Russell. All but the youngest are pupils in
the Pittsburgh schools. The family residence is at No.
200 East End avenue.
SAMUEL DECATUR SHOOK, for many years
manager of the Star Brass Manufacturing Company,
but now in a business under his own name, is a representative Pittsburgh business man, alert and broadminded, always abreast of the times. He is a son of
Levi H. and Anna E. Shook, his father having been
employed for many years by the Jones  Laughlin Steel
Company.
Mr. Shook was born in Pittsburgh, Feb. 2, 1881. He
received his education at the public schools of the city,
then at the age of fourteen years entered the employ
of the Jones  Laughlin Steel Company, where he
worked both in the mechanical and roller mill departments, remaining there until 1901. Following this Mr.
Shook became associated with the A. W. Cadman Company, manufacturers of brass goods, as their representative, and traveled for them throughout the East, selling these goods. He was very successful in this line,
and his next change of houses continued along the same
line of work. In 1904 he returned to Pittsburgh, as
representative of the Star Brass Manufacturing Company, and took charge of the present store, which was
opened at that time. Mr. Shook was general manager
for this company until Sept. I, 1921, when he took over
the business and it is now conducted under the name of
S. D. Shook  Company. His territory, while serving
with the Star Brass Manufacturing Company, reached
into Ohio as far as Toledo; to Altoona, Pa., east; and
also reached into West Virginia. Just in the prime of
life, with many years of usefulness before him, Mr.
Shook is filling a position of significant importance,
commanding the respect of all his contemporaries in the
business world. Mr. Shook is a member of Fort Pitt
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and holds the thirtysecond degree in this order. He is also a member of
Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine. He is a member of Lodge No. I I, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Shook married, in Pittsburgh, June 28, 1906, Lena
Rubrecht, of this city, and they have one child, Erma K.,
born in 1916. Both Mr. and Mrs. Shook are members
of St. Andrew's Lutheran Church.
WILLIAM PAPPERT-On the corner of Avery
and Nash streets, Pittsburgh, Pa., is the richly-appointed
and in every way modern undertaking establishment of
William Pappert. The handsome and commodious
building is an open estimate of the measure of success
which Mr. Pappert has attained-success built upon
honest effort and sincere service, of a nature which
meets the needs of the people at times of trial and
bereavement.
Mr. Pappert is a son of August and Mary (Steiner)
Pappert, both long since deceased. August Pappert was
a man of broad sympathies and high ideals. He was
the founder of the business which has grown to such
large proportions in the hands of the son. He established the business in 1872, beginning in a modest way,
then handed it over to his son when he was no longer
able to carry it on.
William Pappert was born in the Fourth Ward of
old Allegheny, now the Twenty-third Ward of Pittsburgh, May 20, 1869. He received an excellent practical education in St. Mary's Parochial School and the
public schools of the city, supplemented by a course at
the Iron City Business College. As a boy he was interested in his father's work, and from the time he was
thirteen years of age assisted him in his spare hours,
when his studies left him free. When he completed his
business course, he entered the undertaking establishment, working regularly as his father's assistant. In
1890 the younger man took over the business and has
since been the head. He has handled it with judicious
foresight in the more material branches, and with the
intangible spirit of brotherly kindness which in a business of this nature is a real asset, but too often merely
an attitude assumed as occasion requires. The business
has grown and developed, and in 1917 it had passed
beyond the point where the old quarters were adequate.
In that year Mr. Pappert planned and began the erection of a suitable structure for the home of the business, and it was completed early in the year 1918, when
it was opened for business under the most auspicious
conditions. This plant is a three-story structure of
brick and stone, definitely designed to take care of
every branch of the work. The finishings and furnishings are of the finest and in the most excellent taste.
The different departments include an office, reception
rooms, chapel, morgue, operating and embalming rooms,
and a large and fully-equipped garage for the motor
equipment. Everything is complete and of the latest
and most highly approved design. Mr. Pappert is a
member of the North Side Business Men's Association,
and a leader in all civic progress. He votes independently, casting his influence on the side of the candidate
whom he believes will best serve the people. He is a
member of the Knights of Columbus.
Mr. Pappert married, Nov. I5, 1899, Matilda Dougan,
of Allegheny, daughter of John M. and Eva (Miller)
Dougan. They have three living children: I. Cornelius A., who was educated in St. Vincent's College, Beatty,
Pa., and Duquesne University; he is now taking the
dramatic art course at Carnegie Institute of Technology;
is now associated with his father in business. 2. James,
now in St. Vincent's College. 3. Evelyn A., now in St.
Mary's Parochial School. The family are members of
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, and are socially
prominent. Mrs. Pappert was chairman of St. Mary's,
North Side, auxiliary of the Red Cross during the
World War. The two beautiful homes of the family,
the town house and the country residence at Warrendale, Pa., are often opened for social or benevolent
gatherings. Mr. Pappert's fad is small fruit culture
which he indulges at his country home.
EDWARD CHRISTIAN BIETENDUEFEL--In
financial circles in Pittsburgh, Pa., Edward C. Bietenduefel holds a position of prominence as cashier and
secretary of the Fifth Avenue Bank. He is a son of
William G. and Mary (Rust) Bietenduefel, for many
years residents of Pittsburgh, and his father, who was
in the cooperage business, was at one time connected
with the Letche and later with the Herr cooperage
concern.
Mr. Bietenduefel was born May 9, 1883, and received
his education in the public schools of Pittsburgh. At
the age of fifteen years he entered the employ of William Armstrong, with whom he remained until April 10,
1900. On that date he became associated with the Fifth
Avenue Bank of Pittsburgh, in the capacity of messenger, was promoted to teller and bookkeeper in 1903, then
in January, 1919, was elected to the office of cashier and
secretary of the bank.
Mr. Bietenduefel is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Bankers' Club
of this city. He is a member of all Masonic bodies, and
holds the thirty-second degree in the Masonic order, and
is also a member of the Knights of Malta. He is a
member of the Belmar Christian Church, and serves as
chairman of the official board of the church. The only
relaxations for which he cares are hunting and touring
by motor.
On Nov. 24, 1909, Mr. Bietenduefel married Anna E.
Luehm, of Pittsburgh. Their residence is at No. 7139
ade street./ALVEY FULLERTON GAILEY, a building contractor, of Pittsburgh, is prominent in the construction
world of Allegheny county. He was born in Indiana,
Pa., March II, 1867, and is a son of Andrew and Margaret Gailey. The elder Mr. Gailey was a carpenter and
contractor during all his active life, and was one of the
pioneer settlers of Indiana county. He died at the age
of eighty-five years.
Receiving his education in the public schools of his
native town, Mr. Gailey began work as a carpenter at
the age of fourteen years in Indiana county. Coming
to Pittsburgh three years later, he worked at this trade
here until 1903, when he formed a partnership with
Henry Chambers, under the firm name of Gailey 
Chambers, building contractors. The venture was most
successful, and the business developed broadly. In 1907
Mr. Gailey became sole owner of this growing concern,
changing the name to A. F. Gailey, building contractor.
Mr. Gailey has built many structures of interest, public
buildings, including the East Liberty post office, industrial plants, of which the S. B. Charters packing house
on Flavel street is an example, and a number of the
finer residences of the city of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Gailey is a member of the Master Builders' Association, of the Builders' Exchange, and of the Building Construction Employers' Association.
On Dec. 22, 1888, Mr. Gailey married Lila Marlatt, of
Butler county, Pa., and they have two daughters, Edith
and Olive.
LOUIS F. EVERSMANN, the present head of the
West Company, of Pittsburgh, Pa., was born in Germany, March 14, 1869, and is a son of Gerard and Charlotta (Guetbor) Eversmann, both of whom are now
deceased.
Mr. Eversmann was educated in the public schools of
his native land, and following the example of his father,
learned the carpenter's trade. At the age of sixteen
years he came to America, locating at once in Pittsburgh.
He lost no time in arranging for a livelihood, and upon
the day of his arrival made application for employment
with C. West  Company, the concern of which he is
now president. At that time they were makers of
coaches, and conducted a thriving business. The day
following his application, Mr. Eversmann was installed
as a regular employee of the firm. During the next few
years, in addition to his labors, he attended night schools,
where he rapidly mastered business forms, learned citizens hip in the new country, and made time for courses
in literature. From this beginning he worked his way
up to his present position.
The history of the West Company dates back to 1849,
when it was established by Columbus West as a partnership, under the original name of C. West  Company, and continued thus for a period of sixty-five years.
On May I, 1914, Mr. Eversmann, in association with a
brother, took over the plant. About two years later, in
1916, to facilitate its development, the business was incorporated, the name becoming the West Company, Inc.,
and the present officers being elected, as follows: Louis
F. Eversmann, president; Frederick H. Eversmann,
treasurer, and William E. Freyl, secretary. The busiPitty.-l- 14
ness long since changed to keep pace with the times, the
concern now handles all manner of automobile painting,
coach work and the various parts which make up the
finishing of a motor vehicle, wheels, tops, seat covers,
etc. They do a very large business in the Pittsburgh
district, and also over all Western Pennsylvania. Their
plant covers 24,000 square feet of floor space, and they
have their own blacksmith shops, woodworking shops,
and all the most modern equipment for the production of
work of the highest class. The plant is electrically
equipped, and employs thirty-six hands. Thus for
thirty-six years Mr. Eversmann has been connected with
this business as employee and executive, achieving his
own rise by hard work and strict attention to business.
The present quarters of the company, at No. 4901 Liberty
avenue, corner of Willvale avenue, were opened May I,
1921.
During recent years Mr. Eversmann has been able
to take time, occasionally, for relaxation, and usually
spends his vacation touring the United States, visiting
various points of interest. Politically, he supports the
Republican party, and he is a member of the Lutheran
church.
Oct. 3, 1896, Mr. Eversmann married Minnie L. Deitrich, of Allegheny City, and of their six children, five
are now living: Hilda Marie Louise, who was educated
in the Pittsburgh grammar and high schools and Duff's
College, was a valued employee of the Pittsburgh Board
of Underwriters, and is now the wife of Howard Teeters, of Pittsburgh, and has one child; Raymond Frederick, educated in the Pittsburgh schools and Duff's
College; Louis John, a graduate of the Pittsburgh High
School; Esther Catherine, now a student at high school;
and Grace Emma, in grammar school. A son, William
George, the second child in order of birth, died at the
age of ten months.
ELMER JAMES THOMPSON, M. D.-The fifteen years of Dr. Thompson's professional career, all of
which have been passed in Pittsburgh, Pa., have been a
period of diligent application to his specialty of medicine
and surgery, that has been rewarded by a practice of
wide proportions, private and institutional, and a prominent place among Pittsburgh physicians. Dr. Thompson's professional service and position are the result of
his early ambition for this calling, a desire that financed
his early training and carried him through the opening
period of his practice to his present success.
Dr. Thompson is a son of Ephraim and Mary Elizabeth (Goodwin) Thompson, residents of Butler county,
Pa., where his father owns a small farm. Dr. Thompson
was born on the farm in Butler county, Nov. 14, 1877,
and there attended the district schools, beginning work
on the farm when old enough to help in its cultivation.
His plans extended beyond the life of a farmer, and he
attended Slippery Rock Normal School, there preparing
himself for the teaching profession, which he made his
medium for financing his medical studies. He was for
two years a teacher, and then matriculated in the University of Western Pennsylvania, whence he was graduated, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1905.
For one year he was interne and resident physician inthe Western Pennsylvania Hospital, and in 1906 opened
offices at No. 1114 Pennsylvania avenue, Pittsburgh, removing to his present offices at No. 1260 Pennsylvania
avenue four years later. An extensive clientele has
grown up under his devoted attention to his profession,
and he has become one of the best known physicians of
the North Side.
Dr. Thompson is a member of the American Medical
Association, and the Pennsylvania State and Allegheny
County Medical societies. His fraternal orders are the
Masonic, in which he holds the thirty-second degree, also
belonging to the Shrine, Syria Temple, the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and the Knights of Maccabees.
He has always been a supporter of the principles of the
Republican party, and is a member of the Americus
Republican Club. Dr. Thompson formerly found enjoyable recreation in hunting, but has abandoned this sport,
and now as a rule spends his time free from professional pressure in touring places of scenic interest, his
last trip having been to Yellowstone Park. He enjoys
a degree of success and prominence in his profession that
might well have been reserved for a man of broader
opportunities, but he has fairly earned his place through
able talents and skill.
Dr. Thompson married, Jan. 3, 1911, Emma Beyer,
daughter of James and Bernice ( Farringer) Beyer, a
native of Pennsylvania, and they are the parents of:
Elmer James, Jr., Elizabeth Bernice, Frederick Beyer,
and Mary Wellington. The family residence is at No.
1414 Liverpool street, and the doctor's country place is
the old Butler county homestead.
WILLIAM GIBSON-The name of Gibson first
appears prominently in the annals of Scotland in the
reign of James V. ( 1512-42), when William Gibson,
son of Thomas Gibson, of Durie, a member of an old
family in Fifeshire, became Secretary of State for
Scotland. He was educated for the church. On April
17, 1526, when witnessing a document, he is styled "that
venerable and circumspect man, Master William Gibson,
dean of Restalrig." He was frequently employed in
embassies to the Pope. Contemporary history does not
record many such embassies at that period, but there
was one connected with the dispute between James V.
and the prelates about the expenses of the College of
Justice, and probably Mr. Gibson had some credit for
the amicable settlement of that matter. To remedy
defects in the administration of justice in civil causes,
which had rested with the nobility, James V. had resolved to institute the College of Justice, of which the
first idea is said to have been suggested by the Parliament of Paris. A levy was made on the Scottish bishoprics and monastic institutions, and in return for this it
was stipulated that the court was to consist of fourteen
judges and a president, and that one-half of the judges
should be ecclesiastics, and that the president should
always be a churchman.
For some reason Mr. Gibson was held in high estimation by the Pope (Paul III.), who bestowed on him
an armorial bearing of three keys, with the motto: Pendite coelestes portoe Crest-A pelican in her piety.
This has been retained by representatives of the family
ever since, but they do not now possess the estate of
Durie. In 1532 Gibson was appointed a Senator of the
College of Justice, and assumed the title of Lord Durie.
James Beaton, Archbishop of St. Andrew's, made answer
for his knowledge of law and theology, and of his high
moral character.
The first representatives of the ilk to come to America
were Alexander and William, brothers, who came to
Pennsylvania in 1760. When matters were tending
toward a revolution, Alexander, the elder, took the
ground that the colonies and Great Britain were connected through the person of the king alone, and that
the former were not otherwise subject. William, being
a Tory, withdrew to Jamaica, where he died in 1802,
his will being on record at Spanish Town, the old capital
of the island. He was a physician by profession.
The subject of this sketch, William Gibson, a greatgrandson of the aforesaid, was born in Scotland, in I856,
was educated at the University of Edinburgh, came to
the United States at the age of twenty-one, and took
service with the Alabama Great Southern Railway, a
property at that period owned in England. He subsequently became superintendent of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago  St. Louis Railroad, at Cincinnati, assistant general superintendent of the Baltimore  Ohio
Railroad, at Baltimore, Md., and general superintendent
of the same railroad at Pittsburgh, Pa. He retired from
active railroad service in 1902. He has been a frequent
contributor to the literature of the profession. He has
since been interested in manufacturing in Pittsburgh.
Mr. Gibson's hobby is literature, in general, and particularly the study of the Constitution and history of the
United States. Through an old friendship with Dr.
James K. Patterson (now president emeritus), and Dr.
F. Paul Anderson, dean of the College of Engineering
of the University of Kentucky, Mr. Gibson has for many
years been a lay lecturer at that institution. In 1913 it
conferred upon him the Degree of Doctor of Laws.
In 1917, Mr. Gibson published (The Caxton Company)
a limited edition of a book entitled, "Letters to my Son."
Of this work the late United States Senator George T.
Oliver, wrote:
I have just finished your book and hasten to tell you
of the mixture of pleasure and instruction I have derived from its perusal. I have read many books of
personal reminiscenes in my time-as I have often told
you I like to read of the everyday doings of men, and I
am not unfamiliar with serious essays and dissertations upon politics, literature, and matters of social
concern, but the way in which you have mingled sugar
and salt is something delightful. It is a book worthy
not only to be read, but to be kept-and it will always
have its place on my shelves.
In I886, Mr. Gibson returned to Scotland, and married, in St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, Elisa Henderson, a daughter of James Forman Henderson, of the
family of Fordel, and his wife, Anne Edgar (White)
Henderson. Mr. Henderson was a director of the Bank
of Scotland. They had issue: I. Anne Edgar White,
born in Alabama, and died in infancy. 2. William Lawrence Gordon, born in Hamilton county, Ohio, in November, 1891; educated at Charterhouse, England; University of Pittsburgh, A. B., 1913; Harvard University,
LL. B., 1916; a member of the Allegheny county bar.He served in the United States navy throughout the
war (Medal and White Sea Clasp).
Mr. Gibson is an Episcopalian a member of the
Church of the Redeemer, Squirrel Hill. He also belongs
to the Masonic order. He is a member of the Duquesne
Club, of Pittsburgh, the Maryland Club, of Baltimore,
Md., and the Saint Andrew's Society, of New York
City. In politics he is a Republican, but holds independent views. He has never sought nor held political
office.
CHARLES FREDERICK STIFEL--The practical man who finds in some unusual field of endeavor not
only individual success, but the opportunity of advancing the well-being of the public, contributes to the general progress of the community. Charles Frederick
Stifel, whose name has long been connected with the
tanning industry of Pittsburgh, stands in this relation to
the city of his adoption.
Mr. Stifel is a son of John Louis Stifel, who was
born in Germany in I807. Coming to America as a
young man, in 1833, John L. Stifel settled in Wheeling,
W. Va., where he died in 1889. He was a pioneer of
Wheeling, and his five brothers and two sisters also
came to America, and all of the former became prominent men of affairs. William Frederick Stifel, grandfather of Charles F., also joined his children in America in his later years, and died in Wheeling, in 1853.
John Louis Stifel was a member of the convention that
brought about the separation of West Virginia from
Virginia, and established it as an independent State.
He was by occupation a calico printer and dyer. He
married Barbara Becht, who also was born in Germany,
and died in Wheeling, W. Va., in 1865.
Charles Frederick Stifel was born in Wheeling, April
12, 1847, and attended the public schools of the city
until he was fourteen years of age. At fourteen he
became an apprentice to the tanning trade. Commercial
tanning was then in its infancy, and Mr. Stifel was
identified with many phases of its advance. In 1871 he
came to old Allegheny, where he worked at his trade for
a year. In 1872 he established a tannery there, as a
partnership, under the name of Keifer, Stifel  Company, the name being changed ten years later to Kiefer
 Stifel.  The business was incorporated in I903  under
the name of The Charles F. Stifel Company, of which
Mr. Stifel was president. From the beginning the enterprise was unusually successful, grew and developed
constantly, becoming a very important interest, and a
leader in this field. In 1917, Mr. Stifel retired to private
life, liquidating the business. He is vice-president and
director of the National-Ben Franklin Insurance Company.
In the public life of the city Mr. Stifel has always
been broadly interested, but has consistently declined
public honors, supporting the Republican party as a
citizen, not as a politician. He has for many years been
a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce. He
is a member of the Board of Managers of the Allegheny
County Sabbath School Association; was a trustee of
Passavant Hospital for many years, and also a trustee
of Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa.
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In club circles Mr. Stifel is well known, being a member of the Rotary Club, and the Hiland Country Club.
He has long been a member of Trinity Lutheran Church,
has served on the church board, and the board of trustees, and has been superintendent of the Sunday school
for many years, still filling this office. He has been for
many years president of the Lutheran Inner-Mission
Society, and one of the most prominent laymen of the
Lutheran church in Pennsylvania.
Since relinquishing the responsibilities of business,
Mr. Stifel has spent much time in travel and reading.
Early in 1921 he returned from a five months' tour of
Japan and Korea, after spending two months in California en route home. He is a golf enthusiast and
finds his out-of-door recreation in this sport.
On April 4, 1879, Mr. Stifel married Virginia Sophia
Hanny, of old Allegheny, daughter of the late Frederick
and Caroline (Hetzel) Hanny. Mr. Hanny was one of
the pioneers of Allegheny. He died in I92o, in his
ninety-second year. Mr. and Mrs. Stifel have four
children: Walter Hanny, educated in the Pittsburgh
public schools, Pennsylvania College, of Gettysburg, Pa.,
and the University of Western Pennsylvania (now the
University of Pittsburgh), receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science from the latter institution; Herbert
Louis, educated in Shadyside Academy and Pennsylvania
College, Gettysburg, Pa., who married Hannah Eicher,
of Washington, Iowa, and has one child, Frances
McKee; Clarence Frederick, who holds the degree of
Bachelor of Arts, was educated at the Allegheny Preparatory School and Pennsylvania College, and married Freida Wagener, of Pittsburgh; and Edith Caroline, educated at the Allegheny Preparatory School, and
has been her father's companion on all his travels.
CHARLES DAKE CHARLTON-A Pittsburgh
boy selling newspapers and running errands on her
streets at the age of seven, self-supporting from the age
of twelve, Alderman Charles D. Charlton, of the Seventh Ward, is more completely a representative of the
people than any other man who sits on the Board of
Aldermen. There was a time when Pittsburgh boasted
of the best "train announcer" in the United States, and
truly those who have listened to Alderman Charlton at
the Union Station in Pittsburgh, when he was the official announcer, will agree that the boast was justified.
His father, William C. Charlton, a printer by trade, died
at the early age of twenty-seven. He married Maria
Ann Willett, born in Allegheny county, Pa., and at the
time of the birth of their son, Charles D., the Charltons
were living in the old Second Ward of Pittsburgh, where
William C. Charlton was born of English parents.
Charles Dake Charlton was born in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
and attended the public schools of the old Second Ward.
At the age of seven he began selling papers on the
streets and for five years contributed in that way to his
own support. At the age of twelve he became entirely
self-supporting, and when he reached a suitable age,
became a butcher, learning that trade in all its detail and
following it for four years. His next position was with
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in the baggage
room at the Union Station in Pittsburgh, being promoted later to train announcer, a position which he filled
to perfection. From the Pittsburgh Union Station he
went to the Chicago Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad as train announcer, going thence to the McCormick
Reaper Works in Chicago. After leaving the Reaper
Works, Mr. Charlton spent seven years as traffic officer
on the Chicago police force, then for about six years
was with the Pullman Company, as shop foreman.
From Chicago he returned to Pittsburgh and entered
the employ of the Consumers' Ice Company as agent.
He next spent three years as inspector for the city of
Pittsburgh and as chief inspector for the Shade Tree
Commission, this service terminating in 1914, when he
was appointed by Governor Tener to fill out an unexpired aldermanic term of the Seventh Ward. In 1915
he was elected alderman from the Seventh Ward for a
term of six years, which expires in January, 1922, when
he will be a candidate to succeed himself. He is a Republican in politics, has a very large acquaintance, and
notwithstanding his nearly twenty years' absence from
the city, his friends are legion and are loyal to him. In
youth he was the delicate one of the family, but he is
now the only surviving member of his family, in perfect
health, and stands six feet three and one-half inches
high. When in the railroad employ, he organized the
Pennsylvania Railway Employees Club. He is also a
veteran of the Pennsylvania National Guard. He saw
service in the strike riots of 1877, when Pittsburgh was
in a state of war; thousands of cars were blazing in the
railroad yards, and a company of the Guard was besieged in the old Round House. He enlisted for three
months to assist in quelling the coal strike in Scranton
the same year.
Mr. Charlton married Susan M. Sipe, born in Somerset county, Pa., but a resident of Pittsburgh since her
third year. Mr. and Mrs. Charlton are the parents of
two children: Ona King, wife of William P. MacNeil;
and Charles Bayne, who died in infancy. The family
home is No. 382 Lehigh avenue, Pittsburgh, and Alderman Charlton's offices are at No. 6022 Center avenue.
HOWARD ALBERT GROSS-One of the substantial citizens of Pittsburgh, who after gaining a wide
experience in various lines has finally invested largely
in the business of providing entertainment and instruction to the masses through that most modern medium,
the motion picture, is Howard Albert Gross, secretary of
the S. and S. Film and Supply Company.
Born in Pittsburgh, First Ward, in I886, son of Herman and Lena (Berger) Gross, he received his education in the public schools of his native city. His business career has been a varied one. Real estate first
claimed his interest and attention. After a time he
became associated with the automobile business in Pittsburgh, later going to Akron, Ohio, where he worked at
tire manufacturing. He finally came back to Pittsburgh
and engaged in the auto supply business, where success
attended his efforts. He became president of the Union
Auto Supply Company; secretary and treasurer of
Sully's Auto Supply Company; secretary of the S. and
S. Film and Supply Company, all of Pittsburgh, and
secretary and treasurer of the international Realty Company, of Pittsburgh and Atlantic City. All of these
interests claimed time and attention, but as time passed,
and the popularity of the motion picture constantly increased, the Film and Supply Company demanded more
and more of his time, in return for which it yielded him
increasingly larger returns, and he gradually relinquished
his active interests in other companies until, at the
present time, he is active only in the S. and S. Film and
Supply Company.
Politically, Mr. Gross is a Republican, and a member
of the Americus Republican Club. Both he and his f amily are members of the Rodeph Sholom Congregation.
ROBERT M. SANDS, M. D., of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
occupies a position in the professional world which makes
his life-story a part of the History of Pittsburgh, and
is a man of broad interests and high achievement, having reached his present eminence entirely by his own
efforts.
Dr. Sands is a son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Davidson) Sands, old residents of Allegheny county. Andrew
Sands was a farmer, and his farm was situated near
where the village of New Kensington now stands.
Born on the farm in Allegheny county, April 20, 1857,
Dr. Sands received his early education in the district
schools near his home, meantime spending his spare
hours working on the farm. But the opportunities of
the country place did not satisfy the ambitions of the
young man, whose studious nature pointed the way to a
professional future. He entered the Western University of Pennsylvania, now the University of Pittsburgh,
largely financing his own course, and was graduated
from this institution in 1878, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Further progress in education depending
entirely upon his own efforts, the young man decided that
he could wait for it, but could not give it up. Accordingly, he sought remunerative employment, and secured
a position in the newspaper world. For four years he
was employed on the Pittsburgh "Leader" and the
Pittsburgh "Times," in reportorial work. With sufficient funds in hand to warrant doing so, he entered the
Medical Department of the University of Maryland,
from which institution he was graduated in 1883, with
the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He then began the
general practice of medicine at his present address, and
has practiced continuously since that time, now being
one of the most prominent physicians of the day in
Pittsburgh.
Besides his private practice, Dr. Sands handles important industrial work. He is surgeon for the American Bridge Company, for the Crucible Steel Company,
for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and for many
smaller manufacturers and industrial concerns. He is
very active and keenly interested in every phase of
development in the progress of modern medical science.
Although approaching an age when many men feel that
they have contributed their share to the general advance
in their chosen line of endeavor, Dr. Sands is still as
active as in the early days when the problem of maintenance entered into the equation. His practice has forI
I,years been a lucrative one, and he is now able to indulge
his tastes in the periods of relaxation his extensive practice permits.
During his vacations, particularly of recent years, Dr.
Sands has traveled extensively, both in this country and
abroad. He is a close student of archaeology, and has
visited and studied practically all of the active volcanoes of both hemispheres, and many of those popularly considered extinct.
Dr. Sands is a member of Crescent Lodge, No. 42,
Free and Accepted Masons. His religious convictions
place his membership with the United Presbyterian
Church.
In public matters Dr. Sands takes only the interest of
the progressive citizen, supporting the Republican party,
but in no wise seeking political preferment. He is a
director of the Arsenal Bank, but even in civic matters
has never sought prominence, devoting his time generously, however, to the needs of the city in a professional
way. For twenty years he was city physician in his district, and was for a very long period on the staff of the
Pittsburgh Free Dispensary.
On June 17, 1884, Dr. Sands married Mary E. Kerr, of
Jackson, Cal.
Other members of Dr. Sands's family have also won
renown in the professions. His brother, Rev. Dr. J. D.
Sands, was a national figure in the United Presbyterian
church, as minister, lecturer and writer. He was editor of a United Presbyterian paper of national circulation. His death, in 1917, was a loss to the church and to
the public at large. Joseph Sands, another brother, died
in 1889, and now the doctor and a sister, Matilda, are
the only members of the family still living. Matilda is
the widow of the late Rev. Dr. Samuel Frazer, of
Youngstown, Ohio, a well known divine,' and famed
orator.
W. WESLEY WOLFE, M. D.-A native of Pennsylvania and a medical practitioner in this State for forty
years, Dr. Wolfe has been engaged in professional work
in Pittsburgh since 1884. His practice has been largely
general in character, although he has specialized to some
extent in gynaecology, and his responsible place in the
profession is supported by a long record of usefulness
in his calling. Fraternally, Dr. Wolfe is also widely
known, and he has given to the causes that good citizenship, and fosters all of the time that he has been able
to take from an exacting profession.
Dr. Wolfe was born on a farm in Armstrong county,
Pa., Jan. I6, 1851, son of Noah C. and Mary (Patterson) Wolfe. His early study was pursued in the country
schools, followed by instruction from private tutors in
a select school, after which he enrolled in the Cleveland
(Ohio) Homceopathic Hospital College, whence he was
graduated, Feb. 27, I88o. In April of the same year he
began practice in Freeport, Pa., four years later coming
to Pittsburgh, where he has since engaged in professional work. His practice is of general nature, but his
success in the treatment of diseases of women has
brought him a large following in this branch. He is a
member of the American Institute of Homoeopathy, the
Pennsylvania State Homceopathic Association, and the
Pittsburgh Homoeopathic Association.
Dr. Wolfe is widely known in the Masonic order, in
which he has held the thirty-second degree since 1898,
and in the present year (1921) received the thirty-third
degree in the same order. He is a member of lodge,
chapter, council, commandery, and consistory, and also
holds membership in Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic
Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and the Order of
the Eastern Star and the White Shrine. He is a past
officer of the lodge, council and Eastern Star lodge. He
also affiliates with the Royal Arcanum, in which he is
supervising medical examiner of the State of Pennsylvania, and is a member of the State Grand Lodge and
the National Supreme Lodge. He is a member and
medical examiner of the Protective Home Circle and
the Patriotic Order Sons of America; also examiner for
the grand fraternity and Scottish clans. He is independent in his political belief, and has served as a member of the district school board. His church is the North
Avenue Methodist Episcopal. Dr. Wolfe gives his profession all of his time and attention; his infrequent
vacation periods are spent on fishing trips.
Dr. Wolfe married, June 14, 1899, Ada Byron Swindell, of Allegheny, Pa., who died in I905. Two of their
children died in infancy, their surviving son, William
Edward, after attending Pittsburgh public schools, graduated from Allegheny High School, and is now (1921)
a student in the law department of the University of
Pittsburgh.
PATRICK HENRY McGUIRE-he legal profession, in Pittsburgh, Pa., numbers in its ranks many men
of unusual force who have achieved their present position through their own efforts. Such is the life history
of Patrick Henry McGuire, now a. successful Pittsburgh
attorney.
Mr. McGuire was born on the South Side, Pittsburgh,
Sept. 5, 1869, and is a son of Patrick and Margaret
(Wheeler) McGuire, for many years residents of Pittsburgh. The elder Mr. McGuire came to this country
from Ireland when he was fourteen years of age, and
without the advantage of special training, went to work
in the mills in Pittsburgh, continuing thus during his
life-time.
As a boy Mr. McGuire attended the old Ninth Ward
public schools, St. Andrew's Parochial School, and also
the old Sixth Ward public school of Allegheny. At the
age of thirteen years it became necessary for him to
enter the world of industry, and he found employment
in the iron and steel mills, where he continued until
1887. Nevertheless, he would not relinquish his ambition to prepare himself for a higher field of effort. He
spent his evenings at the old Sixth Ward night school,
and as he grew older, added to his fund of information
by reading and self-study. In 1889 he removed to Homestead, where he has since lived, and worked in the steel
mills until 1897. Later on he found the open door to
the world of men and affairs through social and fraternal organizations.
At the age of thirty-one years Mr. McGuire was
elected national secretary of the Young Men's Institute,
the organization having offices in Pittsburgh. The duties
of this position were exacting, but left him some leisure,
and during the ten years in which Mr. McGuire held214 
the office he continued his studies along various lines of
general information, then made a definite branch of
study his life purpose. This was the law, and after following such a course as he was able to lay out for himself, he completed his studies in the Law Department
of the University of Western Pennsylvania, now the
University of Pittsburgh, from which institution he was
graduated in 1904, with the degree of Doctor of Laws.
In that same year Mr. McGuire began the practice of
law. He has built up a very extensive private practice,
and is also a prominent figure in the public life of Homestead. His first public office was that of borough solicitor, and from that position has advanced step by step
to positions of greater responsibility. He has served on
the Homestead Borough Council, and has always been
prominent in the civic and political affairs of the borough. In November, 1917, Mr. McGuire was elected
burgess of the borough of Homestead, which office he
still holds. His spacious offices are in the Frick Building, in Pittsburgh.
Mr. McGuire has few interests outside his professional work. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, Homestead Lodge, No. 650, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and of the Young Men's Institute.
Besides having been national secretary of the latter
organization for ten years, he was its national president
for one term.
For many years Mr. McGuire took no vacation whatsoever, or recreation of any nature, but of recent years
he gets out into the open occasionally, and enjoys a
hunting or fishing trip. Otherwise, motoring is his only
relaxation.
Mr. McGuire married (first), on Feb. I8, 1895, Mary
A. Boyle, of Muffin township, Allegheny county, Pa.,
who died March 6, 1915. They were the parents of six
children: Margaret E., educated in the Homestead parochial and high schools, and now at Seton Hill; Paul J.,
educated in the Homestead parochial and high schools,
taking a preparatory course at Bucknell College, and has
entered upon a medical course at the University of
Pittsburgh; Francis W., whose early education was similar to his brother's, and who has taken up the study of
law at Notre Dame University, in Indiana; Mary P.,
whose studies have followed the same course as those
of her elder sister; Patrick H., Jr., now at the parochial school of Homestead; and Catherine, who is at
Mt. Aloysius Academy, Cresson, Pa., having gone there
directly from the parochial school. Mr. McGuire married (second), July 15, 1919, Frances Callen, of Baltimore, Md.
portant executive position in the Pittsburgh Brass Manufacturing Company, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and interested
was educated in the institutions which are the pride of
the city of Pittsburgh. At the age of sixteen years he
made his start in the world of industry, entering the
employ of J. Walter Rhodes. In 1909 he became connected with the Brighton Brass and Bronze Company,
at New Brighton, Pa., where he remained for a period
of two years, then, in 1911, he returned to Pittsburgh,
and became associated with the Pittsburgh Brass Manufacturing Company. In 1916 he was made secretary of
this concern, and is still holding that office, his work in
this connection being an active factor in the progress
of the business.
During the World War, 1917-18, this concern handled
one hundred per cent, war work, and Mr. Donaghay
was a leader in all the public activities in support of
our forces on the other side. Mr. Donaghay holds the
thirty-second degree in the Masonic order, and is a
noble of, the Mystic Shrine. In every way he takes a
broad interest in the welfare of the people.
On Jan. 17, 1914, Mr. Donaghay married Susan Perring, of Pittsburgh, and they have one daughter, Ellen.
John Perring, Mrs. Donaghay's father, is well known
in this city, having been general superintendent of the
Allegheny Cemetery for thirty-four years.
MALCOLM McGIFFIN, president of the Fidelity
Title and Trust Company, was born in Corsica, Jefferson
county, Pa., and is a son of John and Annie (McCormick) McGiffin, both of old Pennsylvania families.
John McGiffin was a veteran of the Civil War, having
served with honor in the 105th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Attending the public schools of Jefferson county, Mr.
McGiffin, as a young man, chose the law as his future
field of effort, and after the usual course at preparatory school, he entered Washington and Jefferson College, at Washington, Pa., from which he was graduated in 1897, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
Thereafter reading law, he completed his professional
studies in Pittsburgh, coming to this city in 1900. He
was admitted to the Allegheny county bar in 1902. In
1905 he became associated with the Fidelity Title and
Trust Company, in the capacity of assistant trust officer. From that position he has risen to the presidency
of the institution, to which office he was elected in 1918.
Mr. McGiffin is a member of the leading clubs of
this city, including the Pittsburgh, Duquesne, University, and Pittsburgh Golf, and is also a member of the.
Allegheny Country Club, and the Edgeworth Club of
Sewickley. He is a member of Fellowship Lodge, Free
and Accepted Masons. His religious convictions place
his membership with the United Presbyterian Church.
Politically, he supports the Republican party. For re--
creation Mr. McGiffin enjoys golf and tennis, horseback riding, and all outdoor sports.
in every phase of public progress, Edwin Gray Donaghay stands among the men who are carrying forward             ROY EZRA SLEPPY, M. D.-The name of Sleppy
the constructive effort of the day in this great center  is one of more than local interest, and men of that name
of industry.                                               have attained prominence in various fields of activity.
Mr. Donaghay is a son of Robert John and Ella  Dr. Roy Ezra Sleppy is a leading physician of Pittsburgh.
(Lawry)  Donaghay, his father for many years con-             The  Rev. Dr. Milton Jacob Sleppy, father of Dr.
nected with the Carnegie Steel Company.                     Sleppy, was born on the homestead  farm in Butler
Edwin Gray Donaghay was born Nov. 24, I884, andcounty, Pa., in April, 1842.  He is a minister of theMethodist Episcopal church, but now practically retired.
In his boyhood he attended school until the outbreak of
the Civil War. He then enlisted in Company H, Thirteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, in
response to the first call for three months' enlistments.
At the end of this time he reenlisted in the Sixth Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, and served during the period
of the war. Returning to Pennsylvania after the cessation of hostilities, he at once resumed his interrupted
education, later attending Mt. Union College, at Alliance, Ohio, graduating A. B. in 1867, and a few years
later receiving his A. M. from the same college. He
has spent a long and active life in the ministry of the
Methodist Episcopal church. In 1896 old Duquesne
University, of Pittsburgh, honored Rev. Dr. Sleppy with
the degree of D. D.
Rev. Dr. Sleppy married Sarah A. Horner, of Ohio,
who came of French ancestry, she a daughter of David
Horner, who also served in the Civil War, in Company
K, Eightieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. David Horner served as orderly to General Sherman in his
famous "March to the Sea." Dr. Roy E. Sleppy has in
his possession the discharges from the Union army of
both his father and his maternal grandfather. The Rev.
Dr. Sleppy, wife and son, Dr. R. E. Sleppy, reside near
Library, Pa.
Dr. Roy Ezra Sleppy was born in Indiana, Indiana
county, Pa., March 24, 1875. His early education was
received in the public schools of Pennsylvania, in the
communities to which his father was appointed as a
Methodist minister. He attended high school at Beaver
Falls, Pa., but did not finish the course. He attended
Geneva College, later entering Baltimore Medical College, and still later entering the Western University of
Pennsylvania, now the University of Pittsburgh, from
which institution he was graduated in 1899 with the
degree of Doctor of Medicine. He began practice in
the same year in Indiana county, Pa., but in 1904 removed to New Kensington. Three years later he was
induced to locate in Pittsburgh, and has since built up
a very extensive general practice.
The military career of Dr. Sleppy began with his enlistment, Feb. 3, I896, as a private in Company A,
Eighteenth Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania,
and was honorably discharged April 26, 1898. In July,
1898, he again enlisted as private, later becoming first
sergeant of Company G, Seventeenth Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, serving until his discharge after the Spanish-American War, March 30,
1899. Again, in 1909, Dr. Sleppy enlisted, this time in
the Eighteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard,
popularly known as "Pittsburgh's Own." He served as
hospital steward until March 17, 1910, when he was made
second lieutenant of Company B, later being promoted
to first lieutenant, in November, 1912; he resigned in
May, 1915. On Sept. 20, 1917, Dr. Sleppy enlisted in the
United States Medical Reserve Corps, and was then
commissioned captain. He was detailed to the Medical
Officers' Training Camp at Camp Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., where he remained for three weeks, and
was then transferred to Camp Wadsworth, with the
Fifty-eighth Pioneers as surgeon. Thereafter he was assigned to special executive duty in the Medical Department of the Sixth Anti-Air-Craft Machine Gun Battalion; he was honorably discharged Dec. 17, 1918. Commissioned captain of the United States Medical Reserve
Corps, Feb. 7, 1919, he still holds this commission, also
that of captain in the Medical Corps, Medical Department, Pennsylvania National Guard, and assigned to the
18th Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, the latter
commission received Jan. 28, 1921.
Dr. Sleppy is a member of George Washington Post,
No. I, Washington, D. C., the first post organized, and
the Medical Veterans of the World War. He is a member of the Veterans' Association of the Eighteenth Pennsylvania Regiment, of which organization he is surgeon,
and he is also a member of the Military Surgeons of
the United States. Dr. Sleppy holds the thirty-second
degree in the Masonic order; he is a member of Stuckrath Lodge, No. 430, Free and Accepted Masons; Jefferson Chapter, No. 225, Royal Arch Masons, of Brookville, Pa.; Bethany Commandery, No. 83, Knights
Templar, at Du Bois, Pa.; Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic
Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Pittsburgh; and
Williamsport Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish
Rite, thirty-second degree. Dr. Sleppy also is a member
of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; is a
member and past noble grand of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows; and a member of the Protective Home
Circle, for which he is also medical examiner. In public
matters Dr. Sleppy is deeply interested, but declines to
endorse, unreservedly, any political party, and votes
independently. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Other members of Dr. Sleppy's family have become
prominent in various interests. His brothers are: Edward E. P., who received the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Maryland, class of
1887, and is now a successful dentist of Pittsburgh;
Rev. David D., a minister in the Methodist Episcopal
church of Polk, Pa.; Charles S., engaged in mercantile
lines at East Liverpool, Ohio; Reynolds M., who received his degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery from
the University of Pittsburgh, and who died in July, 1912;
W. E. Carroll, who died in 1910. Dr. Sleppy has three
sisters: Kathryn F., now Mrs. Shepler; Bessie M., now
Mrs. M. Bruce Parkin, of Pittsburgh; and Florence M.,
who died in 1915.
JOHN ALBERT FREYVOGEL, who is taking a
significant part in the progress and well being of the
city of Pittsburgh, Pa., is a member of a family long
prominent in this city, and always active in the general
advance.
Conrad Freyvogel, Mr. Freyvogel's great-grandfather,
was born in Switzerland, in 1787, and came to America
in 1812, bringing his young wife. He enlisted as a
soldier in the war with Great Britain in 1812, serving
with honor. Then settling in Pittsburgh, he purchased
for $I5o.oo seven acres of land, which would not be
worth less to-day, by any possibility, than a round million. This property was near what is now the corner of
Fifth avenue and Miltenberger street. For a considerable period it was known as "Goosetown," and is nowin the heart of the city and densely populated. The
family has always resided close to this original settlement. Conrad Freyvogel married in Switzerland, and
his wife, Mary, was born there, in 1788. He died in
1854, and she died in I86I.
John Freyvogel, son of Conrad and Mary Freyvogel,
was born in Pittsburgh in 1840, and died in I88o. He
married Mary Kletzley, who was born in the old Bowerstown section of Pittsburgh, in 1843, and died in 1871.
John E. Freyvogel, son of John and Mary (Kletzley)
Freyvogel, and John A. Freyvogel's father, was born in
Pittsburgh, Oct. I3, 1869, and died in the prime of life,
not yet thirty-eight years of age, Aug. 23, 1907. He
married Sarah Devine, who was born in "the Diamond,"
Pittsburgh, Oct. 26, 1871, and still survives him. Their
five children are as follows: John Albert, whose name
heads this review; Frank G.; Robert J.; Albert J.; and
Marie P. The family now resides on Jumonville street.
Frank G. Freyvogel, the second son, served for eighteen months in the World War, and Robert J., his next
younger brother, served for six months.
John Albert Freyvogel, eldest child of John E. and
Sarah (Devine) Freyvogel, was born near the Fifth
Avenue High School of Pittsburgh, Nov. 28, 1892. His
early education was received in St. Agnes' Parochial
School, in the section popularly known as "Soho." Attending this school until he was fifteen years of age,
he then entered the employ of J. M. Fullerton, a prominent funeral director of Pittsburgh, with whom he remained for about five years. Then, expecting to eventually strike out for himself in this profession, Mr.
Freyvogel entered the Philadelphia College of Embalming and Sanitary Science. His practical experience was
of great value to him in this connection, and he was
graduated from this institution after one year's training, on Jan. 6, 1915. Receiving his license from the
State Board of Pennsylvania, on May I, 1915, he immediately opened his headquarters at his present location, and has since conducted an ever-increasing business, winning the patronage of many of the best families in this section. During the World War he had
charge of Camp Pitt and Camp Teck, and during the
influenza epidemic he was given charge of all bodies of
casual soldiers who came visitors to Pittsburgh, and
who succumbed to the disease and died. In January,
1921, Mr. Freyvogel was appointed to the staff of the
School of Anatomy connected with the University of
Pittsburgh.
Fraternally, Mr. Freyvogel is widely known. He is a
member of Pittsburgh Lodge, No. II, Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks; of Pittsburgh Lodge, Loyal
Order of Moose; of Duquesne Council, Knights of
Columbus; and is also a member of East End Tent, No.
20, Knights of the Maccabees. Politically, he supports
the Republican party, but has never held office. He is a
member of St. Agnes' Roman Catholic Church of
Pittsburgh.
On Nov. 28, 1917, in Pittsburgh, Mr. Freyvogel
married Helen Mary McTighe, who was born in the
Fourth Ward of Pittsburgh, Aug. 6, 1892, and was educated at Mount Mercy Academy, of Pittsburgh, and St.
Xavier's College, at Greensburg, Pa. Mrs. Freyvogel
is a daughter of T. J. McTighe, who was born in Ireland, in I865, and came to America with his parents
while still a small boy. Reared and educated in Pittsburgh, he became one of the noted Republican politicians
of the Fourth Ward of Pittsburgh, and was active in
all civic affairs. His untimely death, in November,
1903, put an end to a brilliant career. He married Annie
Mannion, who was born in Pittsburgh, Sept. 10, 1869,
and they were the parents of two children: Bernard
Cleveland, and Helen Mary, now Mrs. Freyvogel. Mr.
and Mrs. Freyvogel have two sons: Thomas J., who
was born Oct. II, 1918; and John A., Jr., born Aug. I,
1920.
JAMES W. CLARK, M. D.-To the progress of the
medical profession the city of Pittsburgh, Pa., has always contributed its quota of achievement, and this
branch of human endeavor has received the best efforts
of its representatives here. The name of Clark has long
been a significant one in the profession, and Dr. James
W. Clark is now, in his turn, bearing the same forward
to success.
The name was originally English, and dates back to
the beginning of the custom of giving surnames, when
each man was named according to his occupation. The
original form was "clerk," and was almost a title of
honor, as education was a distinction in those days, few
being even able to write their names, and the clerk of
the town or parish did the writing for all the people.
Thus, from the clerks of Old England the Clark family
have scattered all over the civilized world.
Henry Hugh Clark, Dr. Clark's father, was born in
Ireland, in the year 1843, and came to the United States
with his parents when only about four years of age.
He acquired a common school education, and there his
studies would have ended but for his own unquenchable ambition. For a few years he worked in one or
another of the industrial plants of the city, but refused
to relinquish an early ambition to become a physician.
He was at length able to arrange for employment and
the privilege of study in the office of Dr. J. L. Walters,
a prominent physician and surgeon of that day. Later
he took the degree of Doctor of Medicine from Bellevue Hospital Medical College, in New York City. This
was in 1868, but prior to that date he had practiced
medicine in Pittsburgh for two years. Upon receiving
his degree he returned to Pittsburgh immediately, and
resumed his practice, and for fifty years practiced continuously, making fifty-two years of practice as physician and surgeon in this city a record equalled by few
practitioners. He was surgeon for St. Francis' Hospital for a period of twenty years, and was surgeon for
the Carnegie Steel Company for forty years. He was
also surgeon for the Carbon Steel Company, for the
Allegheny Valley railroad, and other concerns, for some
years. He retired from practice in 1918, at the age of
seventy-five years. Dr. Henry Hugh Clark married Catherine Fox, who was also born in Ireland.
He still resides in Pittsburgh, but his wife died
in 1899. They were the parents of eight children:
I. Astley Cooper Clark, M. D., who was a graduate of
the Western University of Pennsylvania, now the University of Pittsburgh, class of 1891. He was interne at
the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, began practice in
1892, was on the staff of St. Francis' Hospital, was surgeon for the Pennsylvania railroad and various steel
companies, and died during the influenza epidemic in
1918, in the prime of life. 2. Henry Hugh, Jr. 3. Catherine, deceased, who was the wife of C. W. Wright,
and mother of three children: Bessie Bramble, wife of
Dr. Schlegel; Catherine Fox, and Samuel Bowen. 4.
Ida Jane, now the widow of the late Ernest Wakefield,
of Pittsburgh; their son, Clark Wakefield, M. D., a
graduate of Jefferson Medical College, class of 1918, is
now a practicing physician in Pittsburgh. 5. Bessie
Bramble, deceased. 6. Sarah, wife of H. H. Gilmore,
and mother of three children: Henry C, James C., and
Dowell. 7. Jessie Gertrude, wife of Alvin A. Morris,
an attorney in Pittsburgh. 8. James W. Clark, M. D.,
whose name heads this review.
Dr. James W. Clark was born in Pittsburgh, April 17,
1882. With the example of his father and brother he
early determined to enter the same profession. He first
attended the public schools of the old Fifteenth Ward,
then the Shadyside Academy from which he was graduated in the class of I902. Desiring a thorough preparation for his career, and enjoying the encouragement
of his family, the young man then took a two years'
scientific course at Yale University, in New Haven,
Conn. Thereafter, he entered the Western University of
Pennsylvania, now the University of Pittsburgh, from
which institution he was graduated in the class of 1908,
with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For the year
following Dr. Clark was interne at Mercy Hospital, in
Pittsburgh, then began practice in 1909. It might be
truly said that the young doctor was welcomed both in
the profession and by the people for the sake of his
father, who had for so many years been esteemed most
highly. Nevertheless, Dr. Clark has made good on the
strength of his own ability. His success, which is constantly increasing, is his own, and won by the same
devotion to duty, constant study, and careful, discriminating judgment which is the price of all success, particularly in this profession, which involves the great
issues of life and death.
Dr. James W. Clark is a member of the American
Medical Association, of the Pennsylvania State and
Allegheny County Medical societies, and of the Austin
Flint Medical Society. For seven years he was physician
for the St. Paul's Orphan Asylum, and was very much
interested in that institution; for ten years he was police
surgeon for the city of Pittsburgh; and has also served
as school physician for the city.
Fraternally, Dr. Clark is very prominent. He is a
member of Dallas Lodge, No. 508, Free and Accepted
Masons, in which order he holds the thirty-second degree; is also a member of Bellefield Chapter, No. 299,
Royal Arch Masons; Liberty Valley Council, No. 5o,
Royal and Select Masters; Ascalon Commandery,
Knights Templar; Pittsburgh Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; and Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic
Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member
of the alumni associations of Yale University, the University of Pittsburgh, and also of Shadyside Academy.
Politically, Dr. Clark supports the principles and policies of the Republican party, but takes little interest in
the political game as such. He is a member of St.
John's Episcopal Church.
Dr. Clark married, Oct. 6, 1911, Marian Cummings, of
Rockville, Conn., and they have three daughters: Catherine Cummings, Frances Sherwood, and Sarah Colville. The eldest is now attending the public schools
of the city. Mrs. Clark is in the ninth generation in
direct descent from Governor Bradford, the first governor of Massachusetts, who came over in the "Mayflower."
RUBIN  VeSHANCEY-The younger men of
Pittsburgh, whose outlook upon life has been broadened
by service with the American Expeditionary Forces
during the great World War, are working out in their
home city the visions won from that fearful experience.
New ideals and new creations are rising from their
work along every line of public endeavor. In the field
of architecture, Hyman Louis Rubin and Meyer VeShancey, through a business partnership, are carrying
forward this development in constructive activity to a
future of assured success.
Mr. Rubin was born in Philadelphia, a son of I. and
Sarah Rubin, his father being a salesman in large mercantile interests. Mr. VeShancey was born in Pittsburgh and is a son of Charles and Sarah VeShancey,
his father being a retired Pittsburgh police officer.
Both young men are about twenty-seven years of age.
Educated in their chosen profession at the Carnegie
Institute of Technology, these young men, in 1919,
opened an office in partnership for the general practice
of architecture. Both had served in the World War,
and both are possessed of the genuine talent which
makes the profession of architecture rank with the fine
arts. Mr. Rubin spent considerable time in Europe,
studying architecture and sketching, and has won the
Stewardson Scholarship for a winning design, which
gives him one year of study abroad.
Rubin  VeShancey is rapidly coming to be a name
that means something in the architectural world. These
young men are doing excellent work in the various
branches of the profession-designing residences and
commercial and industrial buildings, and putting their
individuality into their work. Their future in this profession is unquestionably bright. Both young men are
single.
PATRICK C. BYRNE--One of the leading undertaking establishments of Pittsburgh, and one of the
oldest in its own locality, is that of the Byrne Brothers,
which was founded by their father, Patrick C. Byrne,
forty-five years ago. The story of its growth and
development is one which reveals the progressive spirit
if the man who, although having passed into the Great
Beyond nearly a score of years ago, left a standard of
endeavor which is still honored by those who have succeeded him.
Patrick C. Byrne was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan.
I6, 1851, and was a son of Bernard and Jane Byrne, for
many years residents of this city. Bernard Byrne cameMr. Brown survived until Oct. I4, 1906, living, like most
of his family, to an advanced age.
(VIII) Thomas Stephen Brown, son of William and
Margaret (Orr) Brown, was born Nov. 23, 1855, at Hollidays Cove, Va. (now W. Va.), and received his earliest education in private schools of the neighborhood,
afterward attending an academy at New Hagerstown,
Ohio, and then entering Washington and Jefferson College. From this institution he graduated in 1877 with
the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and then, having made
choice of a profession, devoted the ensuing two years to
the study of law under the guidance of Judge John H.
Miller, of Steubenville, Ohio. He then studied for a
time with George W. Caldwell, of Wellsburg, W. Va.,
and in 1879 was admitted to the bar of that State. About
the same time he received from his Alma Mater the degree of Master of Arts.
After practicing two years in West Virginia, Mr.
Brown came in I88I to Pittsburgh, and formed a partnership with William G. Stewart, which has been maintained without interruption to the present day. The firm,
which is of high standing, has a general civil practice in
all courts. Mr. Brown has been a member of the Pennsylvania State Board of Law Examiners since its formation in 1903.
The political principles of Mr. Brown are those advocated by the Republican party, and he possesses a full
share of the public spirit for which his family has always been noted. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Pittsburgh Free Dispensary; a director of the
Oakland Board of Trade; is president of the Academy of
Science and Art of Pittsburgh; a member of Western
Pennsylvania Historical Society, and the Western Pennsylvania Botanical Society. He is a past president of the
Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and belongs to the University Club, and to the
Beta Theta Pi fraternity. For over twelve years he has
been an elder in the Bellefield Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Brown married, Oct. 21, 1891, Sydney Ott Heiskell, and they are the parents of a son and a daughter:
Oliver Wellington, born Oct. 3, 1893, attended Pittsburgh
schools and Shadyside Academy, then the Washington
and Jefferson College, graduating with the class of 1916,
is now a member of the Allegheny County bar; and Matilda Heiskell, born Nov. 23, 1895, attended Pittsburgh
schools, graduated from Winchester School, and from
Vassar College, with class of 1919.
The annals of Massachusetts and Virginia contain the
records of Mr. Brown's ancestors-patriots all, and good
citizens. His own record, worthy to supplement theirs,
belongs to the "Keystone State" as that of an honorable
and successful lawyer of the great city of Pittsburgh.
AARON FRENCH-A man of singularly strong
personality which exerted a powerful influence on his
subordinates and all about him was to be found in the
person of the late Aaron French, organizer and president of the A. French Spring Company, of Pittsburgh.
He found the happiness of his life in the success of his
work, and in the company which he organized he has
raised for himself a magnificent testimonial to his business enterprise and determination. It is rare to find a
work of this scope and importance practically the result
of a single directing intelligence. His business judgment was sound and clear, and he was possessed of an
amount of foresight which enabled him to develop his
business interests to the very best advantage.
Aaron French, grandfather of the subj ect of this
sketch, resided in Massachusetts.
Philo French, son of Aaron French, was born in West
Springfield, Mass., in 1795, and died in October, 1823,
at the early age of twenty-eight years. After acquiring
a reasonably good education for the time at the public
schools, he became associated with his father in the
manufacture of powder, but the mill in which they were
financially interested having been wrecked by an explosion in 1817, they removed to that part of Ohio
known as the Western Reserve of Connecticut, and made
their home at Wadsworth. They were pioneer settlers
in that district, the only roadways leading to the settlement being those which had been blazed by the residents. Mr. French acquired a sufficient amount of
property here, which he cleared for cultivation of the
home supplies, and his position as traveling agent for
a powder house in the East added materially to his
income. He married Mary, a daughter and youngest
child of William McIntyre, a Highland Scotchman.
Mrs. French had thirteen sisters and brothers, all of
whom attained an age of seventy-five years and upward,
she herself living to be ninety-one years of age, her
death occurring in 1877. She married (second) Daniel
Stearns, of Ohio, by whom she had seven children:
John M. and Lucy, twins; William L., David E.,
Frank N., Daniel M., Charles L. The children by her
first husband were: Philo, born Feb. 22, 1819; Henry,
who died at the age of twenty-seven years; and Aaron,
of whom further.
Aaron French, youngest child of Philo and Mary
(McIntyre) French, was born in Wadsworth, Medina
county, Ohio, March 23, 1823. His school attendance
was limited, as he was obliged to begin the practical
and active work of aiding in his support at the early
age of twelve years. His first employment was as assistant in farm labors, and the following year he was
apprenticed to learn the blacksmith's trade. It had
always been a matter of keen regret to him that he could
not attend school for a longer period of time, but he
tried throughout his life to supply this deficiency, and
succeeded far beyond his expectations. Two years were
spent in the employ of the Ohio Stage Company, at
Cleveland, Ohio; one year with the Guyosa House, in
Memphis, Tenn., and he was then for a time a Western
agent for the American Fur Company. These widely
diversified lines of business gave him an insight into
business conditions which was invaluable in his later
career. When he was twenty years of age he became
a student at the Archie McGregor Academy at Wadsworth, Ohio, and pursued a course of one year's duration. He left this institution- in the fall of 1844, cast
his vote for Henry Clay, for president, and went to the
South after the election. The following year found him
in St. Louis, Mo., and later his services were engaged
by Peter Young, in Carlyle, Clinton county, Ill., in the
manufacture of wagons. While thus engaged he was
stricken with a severe attack of chills and fever whichfrom Ireland to the United States in his youth, being
the first generation of this family in America.
Attending the parochial schools of the city in his boyhood, Mr. Byrne, as a young man, took a course at St.
Vincent's College, then for a time worked along various lines of business. At length he became interested
in the possibilities of success in the undertaking business for a man of fine sensibilities. With the rapid
growth of the city it was not difficult to determine upon
a good location, and in 1876 the young man established
an undertaking business at No. 5214 Butler street, the
present address, also doing a considerable livery business
in connection with it. He began in association with a
partner, whom he soon bought out, conducting the business alone until his death in 1902. The growth of the
business was rapid from the first, and Mr. Byrne's personality was such as to attract those to whom the blight
of sorrow had brought need of his services. He kept
pace with the trend of affairs in both social and business circles, and his headquarters at all times bore the
indisputable stamp of correct mortuary customs.
Mr. Byrne's success was substantial, and became a
remarkable one. He erected the present building, comprising two stories and basement, 60x124 feet in area,
which was later remodeled by his sons, and is now a
fine, fireproof structure. This work was done in I9I6,
and the stables were replaced by a garage. The father
left in the hands of his sons a very extensive and prosperous interest, which they have carried along to ever
increasing success and social usefulness.
In the various activities of the city Patrick C. Byrne
was widely interested. He was a devoted member of
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church until the Parish of
St. Kieran's was established, when he became a charter
member of the new parish. He was also a charter
member of the Knights of Columbus, in Pittsburgh. He
was a member of Pittsburgh Lodge, No. II, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, and of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association. Politically, he was always a
staunch supporter of the Republican party, and he was
a popular member of the Fifteenth Ward Republican
Club.
Mr. Byrne married Ellie McCabe, who is still living,
and is sixty-eight years of age. They were the parents
of five children: Clement J., deceased; Raymond A.;
Leo; Clair J., deceased; and Zita.
The eldest living son, Raymond A. Byrne, who is now
the head of the business, was born on Feb. 17, 1884. He
received a thoroughly practical education, first in St.
Kieran's Parochial School, and later covered the high
school course, graduating in the class of I9oo. For four
years, thereafter, the young man was employed in the
Metropolitan National Bank, of Pittsburgh, gaining
much valuable experience. He then took up the undertaking business which his father had lain down, and is
now manager and head of the business.
In the public life of the city Mr. Byrne is deeply interested, although the cares of business leave him scant
leisure. Politically, he is a supporter of the Republican
party. He is a prominent member of the Knights of
Columbus. He is a member of St. Raphael's Roman
Catholic Church, of which he was a charter member.
He was one of the first trustees of this church, and has
served on the official board.
Raymond A. Byrne married, July 5, 1904, Anna May
Dwyer, daughter of M. C. Dwyer, a prominent Pittsburgh man. Mr. and Mrs. Byrne have one son, Raymond A., Jr., who was born Nov. 28, 1913.
Leo Byrne, the second son of Patrick C. Byrne, was
born Jan. I6, I886, and attended St. Vincent's and St.
Kieran's Parochial schools, then became associated with
his brother, Raymond A., in the undertaking business.
He is single. The two younger children reside at home.
Zita was educated in St. Kieran's Parochial School.
In many circles in Pittsburgh, as well as in the home
of which he was the center, the name of Patrick C.
Byrne will long be remembered. As a business man,
as a courteous gentleman, and as a worker in every
good and righteous cause, he was a force for that progress which counts not alone for the material prosperity
of the community, but for advance along every line of
worthy achievement, in every branch of human endeavor.
HENRY WACHTER- Active in the fire insurance
business in the city of Pittsburgh, and a prominent resident of the borough of Carrick, Henry Wachter is bearing a significant part in the progress of Allegheny county.
Mr. Wachter is a son of Christofer Wachter, who
was born in Germany in 1830, and came to America in
1852, locating on the South Side, Pittsburgh. He was
employed as a coal miner at Castle Shannon for a number of years, later removing to a farm in Monroe
county, Ohio, and there he remained until 1889. In that
year he removed to Pittsburgh, and about four years
later, in 1893, entered the grocery business, continuing
this interest until his retirement. He now resides at
No. 423 Bailey avenue, Mount Washington, Pittsburgh,
and is still hale and hearty at the age of ninety-one
years. He married Sophia Barnum, who was born in
Germany, in 1832, and came to America at the age of
twenty years. She died in Baldwin township in I902,
at the age of seventy years.
Henry Wachter was born on the home farm in Monroe county, Ohio, May 20, 1873. Receiving his early
education in the public schools of his native town, he
thereafter attended a private school for a time, and the
family removing to Pittsburgh at the time he was a
young lad, he attended Duff's College for one year in
preparation for his business career. When about fifteen
years of age he went to Denver, Colo., for about six
months, then returned to Pittsburgh, and entered the
commission business with William Boehmer, on Liberty
avenue, in Pittsburgh. Continuing in this branch of
endeavor for only one year, however, he entered the
retail grocery business for himself, and was thus engaged for about two years. He then entered the insurance field, which has proved his permanent interest. He
was first connected with the agency of Edward Rohrkaste, on Fourth avenue, Pittsburgh, two years later
becoming identified with the Arrott Company, with
whom he remained for six years, then going over to the
W. L. Jones Agency, where he continued for six years,
thereafter becoming assistant secretary of the Birmingham Fire Insurance Company, which office he held for/two years.  He resigned from this position to take the   the record of that prominent business man, William J.
exclusive charge as manager of the Keystone Under-   Morris, who  is engaged in the manufacture of steel,
writers' Fire Insurance Company, at No. 218 Fourth   into which he has introduced all the elements of success.
avenue, which position he still holds, having been con-   The methods by which he has attained the high position
tinuously manager of this office for a period of sixteen   which he holds in the estimation of his fellows well
years.                                                    attests his qualities of mind and heart.  He is couraIn connection with the above outlined principal activ-   geous, cheerful, clear of judgment, alert to opportunity,
ity, Mr. Wachter is also director of the Carrick Bank,   untiring in labor, and masterly in the management of
of Carrick, Pa., and is vice-president of the South View   men, and he has carved out of enduring granite his sucBuilding and Loan Association, of Carrick.  Politically,  cess as a monument to his exceptional qualities.  The
Mr. Wachter has long been prominent in the Republican   purpose of biography is to set forth the salient features
party, and has served the borough of Carrick in positions   of a man's life, so that one may determine the motives
of grave responsibility.  He was president of the school   of his conduct and learn from the record  that part of
board of Carrick for a period of three years, ending in  his history which is worthy of being preserved, and
1914.  He was a member of the Park Commission of   though there is nothing spectacular in the career of Mr.
Carrick for a period of three years, and served the Morris, it is characterized by high ideals of life's purborough as auditor for a similar length of time. He is poses, and his object and continuous endeavor is to
a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce.  closely follow them. His life has been one of unabating
Fraternally, Mr. Wachter holds membership with St.  industry, and while he never seeks to figure promiJohn's Lodge, No. 219, Free and Accepted Masons, of   nently in any public light his deeds have spoken for him
Pittsburgh; of Shiloh Chapter, No. 257, Royal Arch   and placed him among those substantial business men
Masons, also of Pittsburgh; and of Pittsburgh Com-   who are the bone and sinew of the city, the foundation
mandery, No. I, Knights Templar.  He is also a member   upon which all else is built.
of Knoxville Lodge, No. 1196, Benevolent and Pro-             The name Morris is derived from the Welsh Mawr,
tective Order of Elks.  He is a member of the Union   Maith, or Mayors, meaning great, and Rys, meaning a
Club, of Pittsburgh; also the Old Colony Club.  Mr. and  brave man. 
Mrs. Wachter are members of the Lutheran church of             William J. Morris was born in St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 2,
Carrick.                                                     1851, a son of David  and Emily  (McKee)  Morris.
On April 4, 1901, Mr. Wachter married Caroline Eliz-   David Morris was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and
abeth Weidman,  who  was born at No. 1300 Carson   emigrated to the United States, where he settled in St.
street, South Side, Pittsburgh, in 1875, and is a daugh- Louis and engaged in the shipbuilding business for
ter of Adam and Caroline  (Rech) Weidman.   Her   many years.  He married Emily McKee, who  was a
father was born in Germany in 1839, and came to the   native of Belfast, Ireland, and they became the parents
United States in I858, locating on the South Side, Pitts- of five children, as follows: Emily E., and Ruth, who
burgh, where he engaged in the real estate and insurance   reside at No. 200 Mifflin avenue, Wilkinsburg; William
business, and was successful in this field for many years.   John, of whom further; and two children, who died in
The last years of his life were spent in Carrick, where   infancy.                                     
he died in 1906, at the age of sixty-seven years.  The         William John Morris, son of David and Emily (Mcmother was born in Germany in 1838, coming to this   Kee)  Morris, obtained his early education in private
country in her youth. She died at the Carson street   and public schools of St. Louis, Mo., the City Univerhome in 1898, at the age of sixty years. Mr. and Mrs.   sity, and the Washington University, and after completHenry Wachter were married at the Carson street resi-   ing his studies, in 1869 came to Pittsburgh, Pa., where
dence, and have resided in Carrick since 1903. They he became associated with Thomas Whiteman  Comhave one daughter, Emma Caroline, born June 20, 1902,  pany, glass manufacturers, as bookkeeper.  He remained
who resides at home..                          there for nearly seventeen years, gaining experience and
establishing a reputation for himself, being possessed of
WILLIAM  JOHN MORRIS-_As a man in society   not only keen foresight in business matters, but also exfinds the most important feature of his life in his rela-   ceptional executiVe ability and the power to bring to
tions with his fellowmen, so it is with the upbuilding of a   success any enterprise which he undertakes.  In 1887 he
State, perhaps the most salient feature to be considered   embarked in  the steel business alone.  In  1890, Mr.
is its commercial relations with other states; as it is  Morris,  in company  with his brother-in-law,  Robert
with states and nations, so it is with cities, the founda-   Bailey, purchased the old Denny property, which is now
tions upon which they rest their commercial activities   the outer depot of the Pennsylvania railroad, and there
are the qualities of their leading manufacturers.  The  built a small plant and engaged in the cold rolled steel
importance to a municipality, therefore, that its repre- business. The business grew to such an extent under
sentative business men should possess the highest attri- Mr. Morris' able management that a few years later it
butes of the race cannot be overestimated; it is in the was found necessary to. move to larger quarters. About
hands of these chief citizens that the destiny lies, and 1901 the firm, which is known as the Morris  Bailey
with them its fortunes must rise and fall. In the proud Steel Company, purchased property near McKeesport, at
list of her citizens, known and honored throughout the   Wilson Station, and there built their big plant.
* business world for stability, integrity and fair dealing,      The company is not only known in the United States
Pittsburgh has no cause to be other than satisfied with   and Canada, but throughout the whole of Europe alsoand it is recognized as having one of the best equipped
plants of its kind in Pittsburgh and vicinity. Its officers
are noted for their courtesy towards customers, their
upright square dealing with all whom they come in contact, and their kindness and helpfulness towards their
employees.
In politics, Mr. Morris is a staunch Republican, and
though he takes a real citizen's interest in the affairs
of the State, he has never been persuaded to hold office.
In club circles he is well known and liked, being a
member of the Duquesne Country, Athletic and Automobile clubs.
In religious affiliation, Mr. Morris is a member of the
Point Breeze Presbyterian Church. Mr. Morris is active in all its works, being its oldest trustee and at the
present time chairman of the trustees.
Mr. Morris married, June 17, I88o, Margarette Jane
Bailey, a daughter of Robert Bailey, Jr., a prominent
business man of Pittsburgh, whose biography appears
upon the following page in this work.
Mrs. Morris, who is a lady of true refinement and culture, was born in Pittsburgh, June 14, 1853, and received
her education in the Newell Institute of Penn avenue,
this city, and finished in, an Eastern school. She lived
on the family farm homestead, which was located on
what was then known as Point Breeze, and which extended from the present Oak Tree Memorial to the East
Liberty Street Station, reaching all the way across the
other side of where now lies the Pennsylvania railroad
tracks. What is now the stately East End Boulevard
was then, no less, a beautiful orchard belonging to Mrs.
Morris' father. In religious affiliation Mrs. Morris is
also a Presbyterian. Her grandfather, Robert Bailey,
Sr., was the first elder of the old East Liberty Presbyterian Church, corner of Penn and Highland avenues, in
East Pittsburgh. Mrs. Morris, during the early part of
her life, was a member of that church, a history of
which appears upon other pages of these volumes. At
the present time she is a member of the Point Breeze
Presbyterian Church, and is one of its most active and
indefatigable workers. Mrs. Morris is a true, gentle
woman, possessed of those rare and beautiful qualities-courteousness, purity, serenity, and real Christian
charity-which are so seldom found in these ultra modern days. In her home she is the guiding light, whose
rays shed happiness over all. To Mr. and Mrs. Morris
were born two sons, as follows: Gelston Bailey, and
David McKee, whose biographies follow this narrative.
Mr. Morris is a man of excellent purpose, accomplishing what he undertakes. He is notably prompt,
energetic and reliable, and he has in a large measure
the gift of common sense, which is too seldom found
in the business world. He readily grasps the possibilities of a situation and utilizes them to good advantage to the benefit of himself and the institution
with which he is connected. Like a rock, he stands
forth in the business world an example of what a man's
determined maintenance of his honest convictions will
accomplish. Regular as clock-work in his business
habits, watchful of his tremendous interests, broadminded and liberal in his thoughts upon all public topics,
he is a citizen of which any city, state or nation might
be proud. That he knows what he is about, that his
views are safe, that his position in the business world
of trade is solid, is not left for prediction to prove. The
name Morris is a serious, successful reality, and the
man himself a clear-headed, self-reliant example of
what a man can become who starts right and stays right.
GELSTON BAILEY MORRIS is one of the representative citizens. A glance at his career shows that he
is one of the numerous young men of shrewd business
ability who have grasped the opportunities afforded by
a city of this kind. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on
Aug. 29, 1881, a son of William John and Margarette J.
(Bailey) Morris (q. v.).
Mr. Morris received his preliminary education in the
public schools of Pittsburgh, later attending the Kiskiminitas Springs School, at Saltsburg, Pa. After graduating from here, he then entered the Rensselaer Polytechnic School, at Troy, Pa., where he remained two
years. After completing his studies here, Mr. Morris
returned to Pittsburgh and associated himself with his
father in the steel manufacturing business, at which he
continues at the present time, holding the offices of secretary and treasurer with the company.
In political views, Mr. Morris is a staunch Republican,
and though he is interested in all affairs of the State,
he has never cared to hold office. In club circles, he is
extremely popular, being a member of the Pittsburgh
Athletic Association, and the Pittsburgh Country Club.
Mr. Morris was married, Feb. 23,1907, at Pittsburgh,
East End, Pa., by Rev. Dr. Christy, to Mary Louise
Evans. Mrs. Morris, who was born in Louisville, Ky.,
and came to Pittsburgh a child, is a daughter of Richard and Mary (Lee) Evans. Mr. Evans, who is now
deceased, was a partner and secretary of the famous
Heinz Company. Mr. and Mrs. Morris are the parents
of a son, Gelston Bailey, Jr.
Mr. Morris has inherited many elements of his father's
character, among which are his knowledge, even at this
comparatively early date, of human nature, his fairness,
his generosity and his integrity. These natural traits,
brought out by the intimate association with his senior,
should furnish this young man, who is still on the thresh--
old of his business career, with the essential prerequisites of success.
DAVID McKEE MORRIS, one of the promising
young business men of Pittsburgh, Pa., was born in that
city, Jan. 12, 1883, the son of William John and Margarette J. (Bailey) Morris (q. v.).
He obtained his early education in the public schools
of his native city, later attending a preparatory school
at New York City. After completing the course of
study there, he entered Yale University, where he took
up the study of chemistry and metallurgy. He graduated from this institution and then entered the steel
manufacturing business with his father, in Pittsburgh.
He continued here for a time, then, when the United
States entered the World War, he enlisted in the United
States army. He was assigned as a gunner on the
battleship "Christobel," and served four years off theBrest coast. He worked so hard and at such a high
tension that his health became impaired, and he was
honorably discharged. After his discharge, Mr. Morris
returned to Pittsburgh and again engaged in the steel
manufacturing business with his father, and he continues in this at the present time, holding the office of
director in the company.
In politics, Mr. Morris is a staunch supporter of the
Republican party, and in religious affiliation is a member of the Point Breeze Presbyterian Church. In club
life he is a member of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association and the Pittsburgh Country Club.
On April 4, 19o8, at the Red Brick Presbyterian
Church, in New York City, N. Y., Mr. Morris was united
in marriage with Elizabeth Louise Pollard, a daughter
of George and Louise Pollard. Mrs. Morris' mother
died when she was but a small child; her father is a
prominent linen merchant of Boston, Mass. To this
union has been born two children, as follows: Margarette Louise, and McKee.
Mr. Morris' personality is that of a man who always
has an atmosphere of refinement, culture, and original
and independent thought. These things render it easy
to understand how he combines the qualities of a keen
and forceful executant with those of a cultured gentleman of wide reading and artistic sensibilities. Withal,
he is helping to make one of the greatest of Pittsburgh's
giant industries a potent agent in the noble and magnificent work of "forever making the world safe for
Democracy."
ROBERT BAILEY, Jr.-To leap into popular notice
by some spectacular deed which appeals to the public
fancy is a feat easy of accomplishment and of an order
not unusual. It is, in fact, an everyday occurrence.
But to build up and into the favorable light of the public criticism a life which is devoid of extraordinary
achievement is a colossal task. When a man becomes,
as it were, a popular figure or idol over night, it is
because of an action on his part which strikes the
interest of the crowds-and his position is necessarily
ephemeral and insecure. Whether or not he keeps his
post of honor is the true test of the mettle of the man.
But the daily, constant constructing of a reputation
worthy of the highest praise and commendation, with
the tools of honesty, labor, integrity, high character,
dignity, human sympathy, force of personality and magnanimity, is a far more difficult task, and more worthy
of mention in a volume of this kind.
The late Robert Bailey, Jr., of Pittsburgh, Pa., one of
the substantially, successful agriculturists and business
men of this city, and a man of prominence there, held
a position in the community which was equally the result
of his talents in the lines of endeavor in which he engaged and of the influence of his character and daily life.
He was a leader among men, whose influence was for
the general good, and of a most potent order in the
interests of the city.
The origin of the name Bailey is a corruption of the
name Baliol, which means a fort or rampart. The Baliols were a powerful and eminent family in the early
days of England and Scotland and were closely related
to the kings, John and Edward Baliol, but who eventually sided with the Scotch king, David II. The name
was changed from Baliol to Baillie to escape the wrath
of Edward I., of England, who was incensed against
the family, and also to distinguish them from the
Scotch kings. Baliol is evidently of French origin, for
among the companions of William the Conqueror we find
Renaud de Bailleul. In the reign of William, Rufus de
Baliol had a grant from the crown of the Barony of
Buveld, in the County of Northumberland. From him
is directly descended John de Baliol, founder of Baliol
College, at Oxford, England. Alexander de Baliol,
brother of John, was Grand Chamberlain of Scotland in
1292, and to him all the Baillies of Lamington, Dunain,
and all of the name in both Scotland and Ireland, trace
their descent.
Robert Bailey, Jr., was born in County Down, near
Belfast, Ireland, a son of Robert Bailey, Sr., and Hannah (Gelston) Bailey, who was of Scotch-Irish stock. Mr.
Bailey, Sr., came to this country from Ireland in 1826,
bringing his family with him. For eight weeks and six
days they were on the ocean in a sailing vessel, at last
landing in New York City, where they remained a short
while. They then came by stagecoach over very rough
and dangerous roads to Pittsburgh, where Mr. Bailey
purchased a beautiful farm of two hundred acres, which
was located on the old "Pike." This is now that portion of the city occupied by some of the most select f amilies of Pittsburgh, namely East Liberty street to Dallas
street.
Mr. Bailey soon became one of the prominent men of
Pittsburgh, and his father was the first elder of the
East Liberty Presbyterian Church (a history of which
appears upon other pages of these volumes) which is the
highest honor that a local congregation could bestow on
one of its members. That Mr. Bailey, Sr., filled this
position of high honor and trust to the best of his ability is verified by the records in the church of his faithful visitations to the sick and needy, his kind advice to
the despondent and down-hearted, and his ever-ready
and helping hand extended to the sinners fallen by the
wayside. That his son and his son's children follow
in his illustrious footsteps is shown by the fact of the
positions which they have always held and do hold at
the present time in the communities in which they live.
At the home of Mrs. Mary Jane Bailey, the widow of
Robert Bailey, Jr., services were  held before the old
Point Breeze Presbyterian Church was built.
Robert Bailey, Jr., a worthy son of a most worthy
father, was raised on the parental farm, where he divided his time between attending the district schools and
assisting his father with the work at home. Upon reaching the age of majority, Mr. Bailey decided to make
agriculture his life work and, accordingly, took over
the management of the farm, as his father was then too
old to look after his large place properly. Under Mr.
Bailey's care and clever management the Bailey Estate,
as it was then known, became one of the largest and
most beautiful places of its kind throughout the whole
countryside. The beautiful old orchard, which covered
an area of twenty-one acres, was entirely surrounded by
a wonderful Osage orange hedge, and in the springtimekept him confined to a bed of sickness for almost four   his company was merged with the Railway Steel Spring
months, and after returning to Ohio with his brother,   Company, and he was the first chairman of its board.
he was incapacitated for work which required any de-   As a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
gree of activity for about four years.  While his body   his opinions were listened to with interest and never
was of necessity comparatively inactive, the mind of   failed of having the effect he intended they should have.
Mr. French was storing itself with a mass of knowl-   He had the interests of the Republican party truly at
edge which fitted him later in life to bear with honor   heart and gave it his staunch support.  His religious
the enormous interests and responsibilities which de-   affiliations were with the Calvary Episcopal Church of
veloped upon him.  When he resumed his active busi-   Pittsburgh, in which his wife was an active worker.
ness career he accepted a position which had been   He was a member of numerous organizations, some of
offered him by the Cleveland, Columbus  Lake Shore   which were: Racine Lodge, No. I8, Free and Accepted
Railroad Company, at Cleveland, Ohio, and one of his   Masons, of Racine; past master of St. John's Lodge, of
first works was the erection of the iron structure neces-   Pittsburgh; member of Zerubbabel Chapter, of Pittssary for the Painesville bridge.  His connection with   burgh, and past high priest of the Grand Chapter of
this company  was  uninterrupted until his return to   Wisconsin;  also of Tancred  Commandery,  Knights
Norwalk, Ohio, in 1854. The cholera epidemic of that   Templar, of Pittsburgh; Duquesne Club, of Pittsburgh.
year laid low numerous victims, and Mr. French was            Mr. French married (first), in 1848, Euphrasia Terthe only man who was able to work throughout this  rill, of Liverpool, Medina county, Ohio, who died in
dreadful season, his employment being in a blacksmith   1871.  They had children: Lucie, married Carl Retter;
shop.  The following year he was given charge of the   Ida, deceased, married William Phillips; Clara, marblacksmith department of the Cleveland  Pittsburgh   nied Charles Kaufman, of Lancaster, Pa.; Philo Nelson,
railroad at Wellsville, in which capacity he displayed   a sketch of whom follows.  Mr. French married (secdecided executive ability.  He was offered and accepted   ond) Caroline B. Skeer, of Chicago, and they had one
the position of superintendent of the Racine   Mis-   child, Mary A., who died at the age of eighteen years.
sissippi railroad, at Racine, Wis., and during a part of      Of Mr. French it may truly be said that his life was
the time he was with this company he acted in the   a happy illustration of the honors and rewards of percapacity of master mechanic.                                severance,  ambition  and  indefatigable energy.   ConAt the outbreak of the Civil War he was one of the   sistency was one of his chief characteristics; and his
first to offer his services in defense of the rights of the   methods of business, while progressive, were tempered
Union, but because of physical disability he was not   with a certain amount of conservatism which  made
accepted  The public affairs of the community in which   them immune against trivial fluctuations in the outside
he resided occupied a large share of his time, and he   world.   He  was  personally  interested  in numerous
was devoted to its interests.  This was recognized by his   charitable  enterprises,  and  his  private  benefactions
election to the office of sheriff of Racine county, Wis.,   were unnumbered.
in 1862, to fill a term of two years' duration. Before
his term of office had expired he associated himself          PHILO NELSON  FRENCH-Now practically rewith Calvin Wells in the manufacture of car springs   tired from active participation in the affairs of the
in Pittsburgh, under the firm name of the A. French   corporation he helped to create, Philo Nelson French,
Spring Company, which has since that time become   of Pittsburgh, Pa., reviews with satisfaction the part
known the world over.  Their manufacture was com-   he has played in the upbuilding of the commercial inmenced opposite the Union Depot, their floor space being   terests of the city of which he has been a resident for
forty by one hundred feet, and with only about ten   fifty-nine years, 1862-1921.   His association with his
men in their employ.  From this comparatively small   honored father, in A. French Spring Company, is perbeginning has grown the enormous plant of the present   haps the period which pleases him most to recall, for
day.  At first they manufactured only the elliptic spring   there was in that association not alone the personal
of the Hazen patent, but at the end of four years the   feeling of affection which existed between these two
demand for their output had increased so enormously   strong men, but the feeling that together they were
that they were compelled to erect larger quarters, and   achieving a success which meant much for themselves,
the portion now known as No. I was erected.  They   for the city of their adoption, and for posterity.  The
now employ about four hundred and fifty men, and   monument they erected in the great plant, which has
manufacture all kinds of elliptic and spiral springs for   passed out of the French name, endures however, and,
use in locomotives, passenger and street cars, automo-   as a part of the Railway Steel Spring Company is an
biles, etc. Their output is sent to all parts of the world,   important factor in Pittsburgh's industrial world.
Europe making a particularly strong demand for it.    Philo Nelson French, only son of Aaron and EuphraThis is the largest plant of its kind in the world and   sia (Terrill) French, was born in Racine, Wis., Jan.
the buildings cover two blocks bounded by Nineteenth   26, I86o, but when two years of age was brought to
and  Twenty-first streets, and  another  on  Smallman   Pittsburgh, by his parents, and here has since resided.
street, between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets.   He was educated in the city public schools, Greylock
In all these enormous interests the figure of Mr. French   Institute, South Williamstown, Mass., and Lehigh Unidominated.  His was the hand in which all the threads   versity, his course at the last-named institution ending
from  the numerous  departments  were  gathered and   with his freshman year.  He  then embarked upon a
twisted into one harmonious and perfect whole.  His   practical course of business activity, beginning with a
was in truth a master mind.  Shortly before his death   period  of three  years'  employment  with  McIntosh,222                                    Jil1l OK Y UF?
when the trees were in bloom, people came from far and
near just to see it. Even yet, the older people speak of
the beauty of the Bailey Estate, and the hospitality,
courtesy and love always found in the Bailey home.
The first Bailey home was a log house, then they built
a one and a half story brick house, with dormer windows and green shutters, which at that time were very
fashionable. Later, this was torn down and replaced
by another larger house. Gradually, as time passed, the
city crept up around them, and Mr. Bailey first sold a
piece of land for the Point Breeze Presbyterian Church,
which was then on the corner of Bailey Lane and Penn
avenue, and which is now 5th avenue. This piece of
land was across the street from the famous and fashionable "Barker Tavern," which was noted for its wonderful banquets, parties, balls, and especially its chicken
dinners with waffles. Many years before selling this
property, Mr. Bailey sold forty-two acres of his farm
(which did not include the orchard) for house lots,
and land that had cost his father from seven to twenty
dollars an acre he sold for one thousand dollars an acre.
On the old orchard, which he kept for many years, he
built a beautiful big mansion, and this is now known as
the old Bailey home, and is owned by Mr. William Gillespie and his sister.
Mr. Bailey, wishing to leave some mark on the ground
where he lived so long and which was so well known
throughout Pennsylvania, conceived the idea of leaving
a landmark. He decided to cut off the top of a beautiful oak tree, which stood at one corner of his property, and which was already beginning to decay. That
day a young neighbor of the Bailey family, while watching the cutting of the big tree, began digging around an
anthill at the base of the tree. Suddenly, the stick
which he was using, struck something hard and upon
investigation it was found to be the sword of General Forbes, one of the great commanders of our American army. However, the little fellow used the boyish
prerogative of "findin's is keepin's," and kept the sword,
which is now in the hands of the city of Pittsburgh, in
the historical archives.
When the first train was run on the Pennsylvania
railroad from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and New
York, it passed near the Bailey Estate. A reception was
given at the Bailey home for the members of the Bailey
family. After dinner the guests proceeded to the rear
of the Bailey home to see the arrival of the train, which
consisted of one small coach, painted green, with two
windows in each side, and a small engine, with a large
funnel. The engineer of the train, who was a friend
of Mr. Bailey's, took his small daughter, Margarette
Jane, who is now Mrs. William J. Morris, and placed
her upon the seat beside him. However, the engine
made such a terrific noise and frightened her so badly
that it was found necessary to give her back to her
father, and though she did not remain there long, Mrs.
Morris had the unusual honor of being the first woman
to ride in the cab of the engine of the Pennsylvania
railroad.
Mr. Bailey, whose death occurred in March, 1873, at
the age of sixty-eight years, was a staunch Republican
in politics, and though he took a good citizen's interest
PITTSBURGH.
in the affairs of the State, he could never be persuaded
to hold office.
Mr. Bailey was united in marriage with Mary Jane
Murdock, who was born near the seashore at County
Down, near Belfast, Ireland, in 1820, and died Sept. 26,
1901. She was a daughter of Andrew and Jane (McKee)
Murdock. Andrew Murdock, who was a descendant of
the great Argyle family of Scotland, was a farmer, and
died in early manhood at his home in Ireland. To Mr.
and Mrs. Bailey were born three children: I. Robert, who
resides in Cleveland, Ohio, and who is engaged in the
manufacture of steel with his brother-in-law, William J.
Morris, whose biography appears upon the preceding
pages. 2. Andrew, whose death occurred in California,
in April, 1919. 3. Margarette Jane, who is the wife of
William J. Morris (q. v.).
At the death of Mr. Bailey, he was mourned by the
entire community for the exercise of those qualities
which made him, as a man and a citizen, a worthy successor of noble and public-spirited ancestors, a pillar
of the prosperity of his native city and a motive power
in her advancement. As a man admirable in every relation in life, he has left an honored memory, honored especially for those good deeds which his modesty would
fain have concealed, but for which multitudes bless his
name, and it may be truly said of him that
"None knew him but to love him;
None named him but to praise."
MILLARD FILLMORE LESLIE--The boyhood
home of Millard F. Leslie, of Pittsburgh, was a farm
where New Kensington now stands, in Westmoreland
county, Pa., the Leslies being one of the old Scotch-Irish
families who settled in that county and gave it rank and
standing equal to the best in the county. The Leslies
came from the North of Ireland soon after the American Revolution, but the maternal line, the Hoffmans,
came from Germany to Lancaster county, Pa., about
1777.
Malachi and Martha A. (Hoffman) Leslie lived on
the farm in Westmoreland county for many years and
there all their seven sons were born. Malachi Leslie
was both farmer and merchant, but when war broke out
between the North and South he enlisted in the 68th
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, ranking as
captain. Later he was transferred to the artillery,
serving with the 212th Regiment. He died in I866 from
the results of exposure and privation in the army.
Millard Fillmore Leslie, eldest son of Malachi and
Martha A. (Hoffman) Leslie, was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., Sept. 5, I850. He first attended the
old Leslie District School (the district named after his
grandfather), but in 1863, while Mr. Leslie was in the
army, Mrs. Leslie moved with her children to Pittsburgh, and the lad, Millard F., there attended Iron City
College. In 1867, at the age of seventeen, he entered
railroad employ and continued in that line for fifteen
years, serving as brakeman, freight and passenger conductor on the old Allegheny Valley Railway. He was
also engaged in the construction of the railway in 1873
and 1874, and ran the first passenger train on the line,May 4, 1874. He continued on the road until 1882, then,
having accumulated sufficient capital, he resigned and
established himself in the undertaking business in Pittsburgh. Thirty-nine years have since elapsed and he
has been continuously in the same business, and since
1903 in the present fine building at No. I9I Forty-third
street, Pittsburgh. That building was enlarged and remodeled in 1919 and has been fitted up in the most
modern style of appointment and arrangement for mortuary purposes, including a chapel and motor equipment.
Mr. Leslie is well known and has been very successful
in his business. He is a member of Butler Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and is held in high esteem by
all who know him. He has attended closely to business
all his life, his only recreation being his attendance at
the conventions or annual meetings of the various fraternal orders and organizations to which he belongs.
Mr. Leslie is a member and past noble grand of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, with which he first
affiliated in 1883. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania Grand Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a member of the Order of United American Mechanics, Daughters of Liberty, Knights of the Mystic
Chain, Pittsburgh Automobile Club, East End Board of
Trade, State Funeral Director's Association, and is a
past president of the Association.
Mr. Leslie married, June 16, 1871, Alice Lane, daughter of Jefferson and Maria Lane, born at Harmarville,
Pa., who died in Pittsburgh, Nov. 4, 1917, after a married life of forty-six years. Two children were born
to Millard F. and Alice (Lane) Leslie: Homer Ellsworth, and Edward Clyde.
Homer Ellsworth Leslie was educated in the grade
and Central High schools, and after completing his education, became associated with his father in the undertaking business. In I900 he established himself in the
same business under his own name. He married
Blanche Scott, of McKeesport, and they are the parents
of three children: Edward, Alice, Mabel.
Edward Clyde Leslie was educated in the grade and
high schools and Hahnemann's Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., receiving his M. D. with the class of
1899. For eighteen months after graduation he was
interne at HomOeopathic Hospital in Pittsburgh, after
which he pursued a course of post-graduate study at the
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. He began
practice in Pittsburgh in 1902, and with the exception of
his war service during the World War, 1917-18, he has
been continuously in Pittsburgh. He was "on duty"
for eighteen months in France, having been one of the
first physicians in Pittsburgh to volunteer for war duty.
He saw service on many fields, but returned without
bodily injury.
Dr. Leslie has found recreation in motoring in recent
years in various parts of the country. He owned the
third automobile brought to Pittsburgh, and was the
second Pittsburgher to make the drive to Buffalo, going
there to the Pan-American Exposition in a three and
one-half horsepower machine.
Dr. Leslie, shortly after the war, married Alice
Dinger.
CHARLES ROWAN, M. D.-In the medical profession in Allegheny county, Pa., Dr. Charles Rowan
has been prominent for the past twenty-five years, and
now enjoys an extensive practice in Pittsburgh.
Dr. Rowan is a son of George and Elizabeth (Glessner) Rowan, both of whom are now deceased. George
Rowan was born in Bellefonte, Centre county, Pa., but
removed to Greenville after his marriage and still later
to Hollidaysburg. For many years he was a successful merchant in that place, and died there Nov. 27, 1920.
Dr. Rowan was born in Greenville, Dec. 13, 1871. He
attended the public and high schools in Bellefonte, Pa.,
then entered upon a two years' scientific course, after
which he went to Philadelphia, and entered Jefferson
Medical College, from which he was graduated in
1896 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Beginning
practice in the same year, at Etna, Pa., he remained
there for a period of twelve years, and during that time
served for three years on the Etna Board of Health.
Dr. Rowan then took a special course at the New York
Post-Graduate College, after which he began practice at
his present location, No. 269 Main street, Pittsburgh.
He has built up a wide practice here, and specializes on
internal medicine.
Outside his profession Dr. Rowan has few interests.
He is a member of Allegheny County and Pennsylvania
State Medical societies, and the American Medical Association. He has been a member of Temperance
Lodge, No. 453, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
for the past eighteen years. Politically he supports the
principles of the Republican party. By way of recreation he chooses a trip into the open, and enjoys fishing,
motoring, and all out-of-door activities. He is a member of Butler Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
On Jan. 2, I900, Dr. Rowan married Luma L. Smith,
of Hollidaysburg, Pa., daughter of Rev. Luther F. and
Emma (McLaughlin) Smith, the former a Methodist
minister, and they have two children: Mary Lucinda,
born Dec. 28, 1901, who was educated in the Pittsburgh
public schools and was graduated from the Schenley
High School in February, 1921; and Charles, Jr., who
was born July 28, 1906, and is now in school.
LEWIS HASZELBART-One of the names closely
identified with the business history of Pittsburgh during
the most significant period of its development is that
of Lewis Haszelbart, now retired, but for many years
a prominent figure in the business life of the city, and
broadly interested in its physical growth through his
extensive operations in real estate, entirely apart from
his occupation.
Mr. Haszelbart is a son of Gotfried and Frederica
(Trostdorf) Haszelbart, who were both born in Prussia.
Gotfried Haszelbart came to America as a young man in
his prime, bringing his little family with him. Taking
passage for the "Land of Opportunity," they were
ninety-two days on the water, finally landing in Baltimore, Md. They crossed the Allegheny mountains in a
canal boat, and settled at Six Mile Ferry, now Hays
borough, Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh. There he secured employment in the mines, where he continued untilhe was severely injured in a mine accident by the fall
of slate, and was crippled for life. Meanwhile, at the
time of the Civil War, he enlisted as a private, served
for three years, and was honorably discharged.
Lewis Haszelbart, son of Gotfried and Frederica
(Trostdorf) Haszelbart, was born in Northausen, near
Brucken Mountain, Prussia, May 8, 1843, and was a
child when he came to America with his parents, making the long voyage by sailing vessel, as outlined above,
and coming to this vicinity by canal boat. They left the
canal boat where the Union Depot now stands, and went
at once to Six Mile Ferry. There, at the age of nine
years, he began assisting his father in Bushnell's coal
pit, and until he was twenty-one years of age worked in
the mine, becoming known far and near as the most
expert hand pick coal miner of his day. He frequently
entered tests of strength and skill, coming out victorious
by producing more wagons of coal than his opponent in
a specified time agreed upon, and winning the prize. At
the age of eighteen years Mr. Haszelbart attended school
at the old Academy on Pittsburgh's South Side for a
period of nine months, and by long hours of study,
often until far past midnight, he gained a remarkable
standing, and was the first chosen by the teacher for
promotion. This, with the exception of lessons in German at the school connected with the German church
and under a German teacher, constituted the extent of
his education, at least so far as it was acquired through
the formal channels. Gifted with an inquiring and constructive mind, he made every phase of life a source of
information, and turned every bit of information he
acquired to some practical purpose. At the age of
twenty-one years Mr. Haszelbart was apprenticed to a
butcher, a Mr. Moonshine, for one year, to learn the
business of killing cattle and cutting meat, his remuneration to be $100 for the year. He remained with
Mr. Moonshine six months, and then took a position in
the general store conducted by the coal company at Hays
borough, and remained one year. At the end of that
time a prominent butcher having a stall in the old South
Side Market of Pittsburgh, Mr. Bonshire, knowing the
young man's integrity and fidelity to the interests of his
employers, and his desire to qualify for a paying business, induced Mr. Haszelbart to become his employee.
After two years they had their first settlement, and Mr.
Haszelbart's salary amounted to $370 in cash, which
he deposited in a bank. This being his first capital, he
has always looked back to it as his starting point in life.
He was with Mr. Bonshire for five years in all, and
during that time saved $900, although in the meantime be had married. But it was not all pleasure. He
was often called long before daylight of a winter morning to go to his work. Eventually, he left Mr. Bonshire
to go into business for himself, opening a butcher market on the South Side, on Diamond street, Pittsburgh.
This was a long step forward, for the very qualities
which had made him a faithful and valuable employee
now counted for his own personal advancement. He
continued in his first location for about ten years, then
purchased a building suited to his business, larger and
better located, where he conducted a thriving business
for about twelve years. At the end of that period he
virtually retired from this business, but he was not permitted to remain idle. He conceived an ambition to
become a wholesale dealer in cattle in car lots, and went
to Chicago, Ill., to establish himself in this branch of the
business. In six months he had built up a reputation
among wholesalers for absolutely unquestionable integrity and business judgment of a rare order, and was
elected a member of the Exchange and a wholesale
broker. His reputation attracted the attention of Philip
Armour, Sr., even then a great man in the meat packing
industry. Mr. Armour sent for Mr. Haszelbart and induced him to take charge of his Pittsburgh branch, the
cellar for which was then being excavated on Twentyfirst street, Pittsburgh's South Side. He managed the
Armour interests in Pittsburgh until he was obliged to
resign on account of rheumatism contracted through
his personal attention to the daily care of the coolers by
frequent inspections. This was not expected or required
of him, but was a part of his thorough mastery of the
working organization under his charge. This was the
end of his active connection with the meat business, but
he has since held more or less financial interest in it.
This, however, only gave Mr. Haszelbart's forwardlooking spirit freedom to plunge into broader interests.
He purchased a considerable amount of stock in the first
electric street car transit company, thus being identified
with the construction of the South Side Electric railway, as it was known, the tracks commencing at Thirteenth street, going up the bill to the Brownsville road,
and thence out to the old toll house, the grade, at certain points being fourteen feet to the hundred. The
electric motor then in use on the passenger cars not
having sufficient power to overcome these grades, the
line was, of necessity, abandoned. Many stockholders
sold out to the Birmingham Traction Company, but Mr.
Haszelbart declined to part with his stock, and renewing it every five years, as the law required, held it until
he was able to command a high price in the operations
of the Mellon Brothers, Bankers, twenty-one years later,
thus the franchise is now a part of the Pittsburgh Traction Company. Retiring from business at the age of
fifty years, Mr. Haszelbart has since been very active in
the purchase and sale of real estate, and has been as
successful in this field as in the others in which he has
became more widely known. He holds a large amount
of property, and resells such properties as he purchases
only when he desires to do so. In 1904, having occasion
to visit Topeka, Kans., to attend a wedding, he found
the county court house and jail offered for sale, and
purchased that property, immediately beginning alterations, improvements and additions which covered a
period of two years in their completion, remodeling the
buildings into a modern hotel, of 145 rooms. He is still
the owner of this property, which is known as the Reed
House. His fine residence site he purchased in 1886,
and thereon built his present beautiful home, a spacious
mansion, having large rooms on either side of a central
hall, and possessing a dignified and attractive exterior.
Since his early youth, Mr. Haszelbart has taken the
deepest interest in the movement of public affairs. During the Civil War he ran away from home, enlisting in
the cavalry. He was quartered in the old South SideMarket House for three days, with others, waiting to
hear from Washington about the horses. Then his
father located him and he was sent home, being much
under age. Politically he has been a lifelong supporter
of the Republican party, and a highly esteemed adviser
in the councils of the party, but has always declined
office on account of his extensive personal affairs. He
was for many years a director in the old German Savings
 Deposit Bank, now known as the Fourteenth Street
Bank, and located in Pittsburgh's South Side. He holds
stock in many financial and industrial organizations in
this city and elsewhere.
On Dec. IO, I868, Mr. Haszelbart married, in Pittsburgh (South Side), Mary Maul, who was born in
Hessen Castle, Germany, daughter of George and Frederica (Freund) Maul, both her parents being natives of
Steinau, near Frankford, Germany. Mr. and Mrs.
Haszelbart are the parents of the following children:
I. Anna M. 2. Emma S., who always remained at home,
and was of constant assistance and comfort to her parents, her recent death, July 14, 1921, being a sad bereavement to them, as well as a loss to her many friends.
3. Marie F., wife of Charles E. Schuetz, cashier of the
Western Savings  Deposit Bank, of Pittsburgh. 4.
Frederick E., who married Emma Laner, now deceased,
and is the father of two small sons, Lewis F. and Frederick E., Jr. On account of the ill health of their father,
these two children are being cared for and educated by
their Grandfather Haszelbart, and are as one of the
family. 5. Samuel M., who resides at home, and is a
leading hardware merchant of the borough of Carrick,
Pa. Six children died in infancy.
Mr. Haszelbart's brother, F. August Haszelbart, is
also living. He was for many years prominent in the
stone quarry business, and after a very successful career
is now retired, and resides in Lower St. Clair township,
Pa. Mr. Haszelbart is widely known in Pittsburgh for
his expert judgment and knowledge of blooded horses.
J. EDWARD DERMITT-Publicity work has
come of late years to partake not only of the exactitude
of the sciences, but of the opulence of the arts, and upon
the printer and publisher it depends in a great degree
for its material. J. Edward Dermitt, of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
has built up a large and profitable business on this
trend of the times in the modern business world. As
president of the Dermitt Printing Company, he is bearing an important part in the continued prosperity of this
city.
Mr. Dermitt was born in Mount Washington, now a
part of Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 23, 1869, and is a son of
Charles W. and Grace ( McCutcheon) Dermitt. His
father was a trunk manufacturer for the greater part of
his life.
As a boy, Mr. Dermitt attended the public schools of
Fair Haven, Pa., then, the family removing to Kansas
and going on a farm, his education was completed in
the country schools of that section. In 1881 the young
man returned to Pittsburgh, and entered the printing
establishment of his uncle, W. V. Dermitt, to learn the
business. He remained with the W. V. Dermitt ComPitt8-1-15
pany for eighteen years, rising from one position to another, until he finally had charge of the press room.
Having gained a thorough familiarity with the business, Mr. Dermitt established a plant of his own in
1902. He began in a small way, his loyal wife the only
assistant. But he was not a man to continue in a small
way; the business grew under his hand, and soon developed to such a point that it supported a considerable working force. With the passing of the years, continued success has placed the business in the lead in
this line. It is now a very extensive business in general printing and publishing, employing ten persons, and
still rapidly growing. Mr. Dermitt is also interested in
grape fruit growing, and has a grove in Florida.
Mr. Dermitt is a member of the Typothete of America, and outside his business connections is widely esteemed. He holds the thirty-second degree in the Masonic order, and is a member of the Eastern Star. He
is a member and former financial secretary of the Order
of United American Mechanics; and is a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His religious faith
led him many years ago to unite with the Presbyterian
church, and politically he supports the Republican
party.
Mr. Dermitt married, June 25, 1895, Maude R.
Smoyer, daughter of George W. and Sarah Ann Smoyer,
of Oil City, later of Pittsburgh. She is a past matron
of the Eastern Star. Mr. Dermitt's success is largely
due to her early assistance.
JAMES FRANK DRAKE-The Drakes are one
of the most notable of the purely Saxon families of
England, and concerning their antiquity there can be no
question. At the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066,
mention is made in the Domesday Book of six estates
in England held by persons by the name of Drake.
The most distinguished member of the family was Sir
Francis Drake, the great navigator, who was the first
Englishman to circumnavigate the globe.
The immigrant ancestor and progenitor of the New
Hampshire Drakes, from whom James Frank Drake,
the subject of this sketch, is descended, was Robert
Drake, who was born in Devonshire, England, in 1580.
He was a member of the company which settled in New
Hampshire in 1638, under the Rev. John Wheelright.
From that time forth his descendants have been prominent in the affairs of the Province and State of New
Hampshire.
Several of the ancestors of James Frank Drake
fought in the French and Indian wars, and his greatgreat-grandfather, Simon Drake, as well as his greatgrandfather, Maj. James Drake, were participants in
the War of the Revolution. The latter was one of the
founders of the town of Pittsfield, N. H., where he died
in 1834. His son, Col. James Drake, born in Pittsfield,
June 29, I805, was a man of great force of character
and a leader in the affairs of his home town and the
surrounding region. One of his most intimate friends
was President Franklin Pierce. During his life he
acquired a considerable property through dealing in
live stock, becoming the owner of numerous farms. Heserved for many years as president of the Pittsfield
Bank, and held many town offices, as well as serving in
the State Senate. His fondness for military affairs
resulted in his rising from a private to the rank of
colonel of the Eighteenth New Hampshire Regiment,
which he commanded with signal ability. In I9I7 two
of his children, Mrs. Georgia B. Carpenter and Hon.
Nathaniel S. Drake, presented to the town of Pittsfield, as a memorial to their father, the Drake Athletic
Field, which combines the features of an athletic field
and a park of great beauty.
Nathaniel Seavey Drake, son of Col. James Drake,
was born in Pittsfield, Sept. I6, 1851, and, like his
father, has taken a prominent part in the affairs of the
town, holding various town offices and serving in the
New Hampshire House of Representatives and Senate,
as well as being a member of the State Constitutional
Convention in 1912. For many years he was engaged in
shoe manufacturing, after which he devoted his attention to agriculture and fruit raising. He also has served
as an officer and a director of the Pittsfield Gas Company and Pittsfield Aqueduct Company from the time
of their organization. It is doubtful whether any citizen of Pittsfield ever enjoyed in a higher degree than
he the respect and affection of his fellow townsmen.
James Frank Drake, son of Nathaniel Seavey and
Mary A. R. (Green) Drake, was born in Pittsfield,
N. H., Sept. I, I88o. He attended the public schools
of Pittsfield, and also Kimball Union Academy at Meriden, N. H.; graduated from Dartmouth College with the
degree of A. B. in I9o2; and from Amos Tuck School
of Administration and Finance with the degree of Master of Commercial Science in 1903. He ranked high in
his studies during his entire school and college career.
In 1903 he became secretary of the Board of Trade at
Springfield, Mass., which position he held until I908,
when he resigned to become secretary of the Phelps
Publishing Company of Springfield. That his record
while with the Board of Trade was one of accomplishment is attested to by the fact that at the time his
resignation took effect the members of that organization, at a public banquet, presented him with a beautiful
silver plate bearing the following inscription:
Presented to James Frank Drake by the Springfield
Board of Trade as a token of its appreciation of his
exceptional efficiency, his devotion to duty and his unfailing courtesy. Springfield, Massachusetts, January
3, 1908.
In 1914 Mr. Drake became treasurer and a director of
the Phelps Publishing Company, continuing to hold that
office until May, 1918. During the fifteen years that he
resided in Springfield, he was actively identified with
many business interests and took a prominent part in
public affairs of that city. He was treasurer and a director of several corporations, and treasurer and trustee of
several Realty Trusts. In the fall of 1907 he was elected
to the Common Council of the city of Springfield and
served therein during the five years 1908-1912. When
elected in 1910 for his last term of two years he was
honored by receiving the nominations of both the Republican and Democratic parties. In I9Io he was chosen
president of the Common Council, though being the
youngest of its eighteen members, his age at that time
being twenty-nine, and he was reelected as president in
1911 and 1912.
Among the other public offices held by Mr. Drake
while in Springfield were the following: Member of
Municipal Building Commission which constructed
Springfield's "Municipal Group," famous as the finest
group of municipal buildings in the United States;
member of River Front Advisory Commission; member
of Charter Revision Commission; member of City
Planning Commission; trustee of City Library; secretary of McKinley Memorial Commission; vice-president
and director of Springfield Chamber of Commerce;
vice-president of Massachusetts State Board of Trade;
member of committee which devised plan for Community
War Chest; secretary of Country Club of Springfield.
On May 10, 1918, Mr. Drake received a commission
as Major in the Ordnance Department of the United
States Army, and he answered his country's call by accepting the same. He reported for active duty, June I,
1918, at Washington, D. C., and was shortly thereafter
sent to Pittsburgh, Pa., as commanding officer of the
Finance Division of the Pittsburgh District Ordnance
Office, which had the direction of all ordnance work in
Western Pennsylvania, Western Maryland, Southeastern
Ohio and all of West Virginia. In December, 1918, he
was appointed a member of the Claims Board of the
Pittsburgh District, which had charge of the settlement
of all ordnance contracts cancelled in that district when
the armistice was declared. On March 25, 1919, he was
promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and on June 3,
1919, he was honorably discharged from the service. However, on June 4, 1919, he was appointed as a civilian
member of the said Claims Board to take the place made
vacant by reason of his discharge from the service, acting in an advisory capacity from that time until Dec. 3,
1919, when the work of the Board was completed. In
June, 1919, he became assistant to the president of the
Gulf Oil Corporation and assistant to the president of
the Gulf Refining Company, with headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pa., which position he still holds. In the fall of
1919 he removed his family to Pittsburgh, where they
now reside.
Both as an undergraduate and alumnus, Mr. Drake has
taken a very active interest in the welfare of his alma
mater, Dartmouth College, serving as trustee of his
class, president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of
Western Massachusetts, and for several years as a member of the Dartmouth College Alumni Council. In 1905
and again in 1906 he managed the Dartmouth-Brown
football games in Springfield. He also has always taken
an active interest in the affairs of his college fraternity,
Theta Delta Chi, and has many times served as the representative of the Dartmouth Charge at the annual national conventions.
Mr. Drake has always been very fond of outdoor
sports, especially of tennis, playing on the tennis team of
the Country Club of Springfield for nearly fifteen years.
He holds membership in the following clubs and organizations: Sons of the American Revolution; Cosmos
Club, of Washington, D. C.; University Club, of Washington, D. C.; University Club, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Duquesne Club, of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh Golf Club;
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On July 25, 1907, Mr. Drake was married to Mildred  Iron and Steel Institute.
Augusta Chase, the accomplished and charming daugh-   Mr. Colbert married, in January, I9II, Marie Louise
ter of Irving Hanson and Minnie (Elliott) Chase, of   Benford, of Connellsville, Pa., and they are the parents
Plymouth, N. H.  She was born in. Plymouth, N. H.,    of:  Jane Elizabeth, Margaret Louise, Dorothy  BenApril 30, 1883, and received her education at Abbott  ford, and Richard Gary.  The Pittsburgh residence of
Academy, Andover, Mass., and at Mount Holyoke Col-    the family is at No. 5907 Callowhill street.
lege. Four children have been born of this union: I
Ruth Elliott, born April 6, 1910.  2. Virginia, born July       DAVID  ROSSER-One  of the leading names  in
16, 1911.  3. James Frank, Jr., born June 26, 1913.  4.      photography, in Pittsburgh, Pa., is that of the Rosser
Constance Chase, born Feb. 12, 1915.                         Studio, and back of the very successful business, which
has been a real influence in the ethical advance of the
CHARLES  FRANCIS  COLBERT,  Jr.-As vice-   city of Pittsburgh and its environs, stands David Rosser,
president and general manager of the Consolidated Coke   the man, who, although now passed on into the Great
Company  and  affiliated  corporations,  Mr.  Colbert,   Beyond, will ever figure in the memory of those who
although numbered in the younger group of Pittsburgh's   knew him as one of the really significant forces in the
men-of-affairs, has had an experience in his special field   progress of the art of photography in this section.
Of unusual proportions.  Since 1906 he has been identified      Mr. Rosser was a son of William Rosser, who was
with coal and coke interests of importance, and his prac-   born in Wales, in 1828, and came to the United States as
tical training has been in all departments of the business,   a young man.  He located in Pittsburgh, and for many
production, sales, and executive.  Mr. Colbert is a son of   years was employed in the old Chess Tack factory.  He
Charles F. and Philomena (Dischner) Colbert, of Pitts-   died, Feb. 23, 1896, at the age of sixty-eight years.  He
burgh, his father having been a farmer and coal operator.   married, in Wales, Hanna Morgan, who was born in
Charles Francis Colbert, Jr., was born in Pittsburgh,   1829, and accompanied her husband to America.  They
Pa., Nov. 9, 1884, and after attending the public schools,   located in Pittsburgh, South Side, and there she died, in
completed his scholastic education in the Shurtleff Col-   1909, at the age of eighty years.
lege at Alton, Ill.  His course in this institution was        David Rosser, son of William and Hanna (Morgan)
completed in 1906, and in that year he formed an associa-   Rosser, was born in Pittsburgh, South Side, Feb. 27,
tion with the Pickands Magee Company, in the line that   I868.  He attended the Humbolt Public School, South
has been his life work.  His first position was in the oper-   Side, but his educational opportunities were very limited,
ating and sales department, after which he was succes-   as he went to work at an early age.  His first employsively purchasing agent and auditor.  The Consolidated   ment was in a tack factory, where he remained for three
Coke Company, of Uniontown, an interest of the Pick-   days.  Neither the work nor the prospects for advanceands Magee Company, was the scene of his next employ-   ment appealed to him, and he wasted no time in placing
ment, and he was later with the Washington Coal and   himself to better advantage.   Entering at once what
Coke Company, in the sales department.  Captain W.   proved to be his life work, he began to learn photography,
Harry Brown, of this company, at this time began the   securing a position with Paul Fallert, at his studio on
construction of the large, modernly-equipped Alicia plant   Carson street, South  Side.  Beginning at the bottom,
near Brownsville, Pa., and Mr. Colbert was assigned to   and building a firm foundation in mastering the most
this plant.  His first duties were those of sales agent   minute of the elementary principles of photography, he
and assistant general manager, and he was subsequently   worked his way upward.  To gain breadth of experiappointed general manager, with chief executive powers   ence he later secured a position with the Pearson studio,
in the plant.                                              on Fifth avenue, Pittsburgh, and remained with this
Following the sale of the Captain W. Harry Brown   firm for about six years, becoming expert in his proproperties to the Pittsburgh Steel Company, Mr. Colbert   fession.  When Dana, the celebrated New York photogreturned to the Consolidated Coke  Company as vice-   rapher, opened his studio at No. 347 Fifth avenue, Pittspresident and general manager, his present offices.  One   burgh, Mr. Rosser became associated with him, and the
of the more notable incidents of his incumbency of these   skill, persistent effort and business ability of the young
places has been the merging under one control of several   man, together with the confidence acquired by successcompanies covering the operation of coal and coke prop-   ful experience, placed him in a position, one year thereerties and water transportation facilities., Mr. Colbert is  after, to purchase the entire Dana interests, and conwidely known in the industry and holds a responsible   tinue the business alone.  It has since been known as the
place therein.                                             Rosser studio, and under this name has become widely
In addition to his position of vice-president and gen-   popular and  famous  for excellent work and  artistic
eral manager in the Consolidated Coke Company, Mr.   photography.  Mr. Rosser was the head of the business
Colbert is vice-president and general manager of the until his final illness, when he was stricken in his prime
following: Pioneer Coal and Coke Company, Tidewater with pneumonia, and after only five days' illness, sucCoal Company, National Transportation Company, Su- cumbed to the disease, on Jan. I, 1921. The prosperous
perior Connellsville Coal Company, and the United States  and constantly growing business is now in the hands of
Fuel Company.                                                Mr. Rosser' s sons.
Mr. Colbert is a member of the Duquesne Club, the            In all branches of public interest, Mr. Rosser always
Pittsburgh Country Club, the. Oakmont Country Club,   contributed his share in the general advance.  He wasfor years, and up to the time of his death, a director in
the South View Building and Loan Association of Carrick, Pa., where he resided. Always prominent in the
affairs of the Republican party, he was elected school
director for Carrick borough in 1913, then was reelected
for a second term, and was president of the school board
from the time of his election until his untimely death.
He was a member of the old Washington Infantry of the
city of Pittsburgh for several years, but with the rapidly
increasing demands of his business, he was compelled,
much to his regret, to resign from this organization. He
was a member of Franklin Lodge, No. 221, Free and
Accepted Masons; and of the Order of United American
Mechanics. He was a member of the Photographers'
Association of Pittsburgh. He, with his family, have
been members of the First Methodist Protestant Church
of Knoxville borough since 1907.
On Nov. 9, 1892, Mr. Rosser married Carrie Foley
Ensell, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. F. N.
Foster, in his study. Mrs. Rosser was born in Pittsburgh, South Side, Feb. 10, 1871, and is a daughter of
John Belthoover and Martha Emma (Foley) Ensell.
John B. Ensell was born in Pittsburgh, South Side, July
26, 1843, and is a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted
and served four years. He followed his trade in a glass
factory for some years, then embarked in the building
and contracting business on his own account, continuing
successfully along this line of endeavor until he retired,
in 1920. He now resides in the new and beautiful suburb
of Pittsburgh known as Dormont. The mother was born
in Pittsburgh, June 30, 1849, and died in 1918, at the age
of sixty-nine years.    
Mr. and Mrs. Rosser were the parents of three children: I. David Alden, born Oct. 2, 1893, who was educated in the Roosevelt Public School, later assisted his
father in the studio, and is now senior member of the
firm; he married, Sept. 21, 1916, Beryl Custard, daughter of Robert J. and Minnie (Murphy) Custard, and has
one daughter, born Jan. 6, 1918. 2. William Roy, born
March 23, I896, also attended Roosevelt Public School,
and later assisted his father, and is now junior member
of the firm; he married Marie King, daughter of J. A.
B. and Carrie (Breitweiser) King, on March 14, 1918.
On March 20, I918, William R. Rosser enlisted for service in the World War, in the photographic department,
was sent first to the training school at Rochester, N. Y.,
then transferred to Brooks Field, San Antonio, Tex.,
and from there to Ellington Field, Houston, Tex., where,
after the signing of the Armistice, he received his honor- 
able discharge. 3. Dana Ensell, who was born Jan. 29,
1899, and died in I905, at the age of six years. He was
named after the man from whom Mr. Rosser originally
purchased the studio, their friendship, after one year's
business association, being so close that he desired to
perpetuate it in this way.
WILLIAM ALBERT MYLER-While American
trade annals contain records of many men who have been
architects of their own fortunes, there has been no record
more creditable, by reason of undaunted energy, well
formulated plans and straightforward dealings, than that
of William Albert Myler, in whose death Pittsburgh has
sustained a loss which will be severely felt for -many
years. It is impossible to estimate at least during their
lifetime the value to a city of such men as the late William A. Myler. The influence which they exert ramifies
through all commercial, financial and industrial life, extending itself to the whole social economy. Every man,
from the toiling laborer to the merchant prince, receives
benefit from them. Bold and aggressive, but cool and
prudent, farseeing but exact, prompt to the moment in all
his engagements, Mr. Myler held his verbal promise as
an absolute obligation even in trifles. He was a natural
negotiator, yet a more keen listener and an observer, than
a talker, at work early and late, always coming out right
in practical results. He belonged to that class of distinctly American men who promote public progress in
advancing individual prosperity, and whose private interests never preclude active participation in movements and
measures which concern the general good. His whole
life was devoted to the performance of the duties devolved through his associated business interests. He was
justly ranked among the most useful citizens in Pittsburgh.
William Albert Myler was born on Jan. 23, 1851, in
Pittsburgh, Pa., a son of John and Mary Jane (Wineman) Myler, the former of whom was for eighteen
years postmaster in old Allegheny City, Pa. The latter
was a native of Tarentum, Pa., where she resided until
her marriage.                
William A. Myler obtained his early education in the
public schools of his native city and after completing his
studies, became associated with his father in the wholesale dry goods business, who was at that time president
of the T. T. Myler Company, of Pittsburgh. Here he
gained the experience in the business world which became
a great asset in after life, and proved himself possessed of
not only shrewd business sense and executive ability, but
the power to carry whatever enterprise he undertook on
to success. After remaining with his father for several
years, Mr. Myler became engaged in the flour and feed
business with the firm of Myler Brothers, of Allegheny
City. He continued here for two years, and then in company with E. L. Dawes, established the Dawes  Myler
Company, in the foundry and enameling business, in New
Brighton, Pa. In 1899, in association with the late
James W. Arrott, Theo. Ahrens, of Louisville, Ky., and
Francis J. Torrance, he organized the Standard Sanitary
Manufacturing Company, and became one of the principal officials. In taking this step Mr. Myler entered the
sphere in which he ever after moved and in which he
found the fullest scope for his energies. On Jan. I, I9oo,
he assumed the office of secretary and treasurer of the
Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company, and held
this office up to the time of his death, which occurred
July 25, 1918. This now famous concern was a consolidation of the Standard Manufacturing Company, the
Ahrens  Ott Manufacturing Company, the firm of
Dawes  Myler, and several other plants.
It is unnecessary to expatiate upon the extent of the
company's business or upon the international renown
which it has achieved. These are facts well known
thoughout the civilized world. The share which Mr.
Myler had in creating these facts would be difficult to
compute. His long tenure of his dual office, and the
high state of prosperity enjoyed by the company to-day,speak with convincing eloquence of the rare sagacity,
sound judgment and wise management of one whose
work, always valuable, lives after him. But the duties
of even such a position as his did not entirely absorb Mr.
Myler's time and attention. Besides his office of secretary, treasurer and director of the Standard Sanitary
Manufacturing Company, he was also vice-president and
director of the Ahrens  Ott Manufacturing Company
and the Standard Chain Company, also a director of the
Allegheny Trust Company, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
In politics, Mr. Myler was a staunch supporter of the
Republican party, and while he could never be induced to
accept office, he always took a true American citizen's
interest in the affairs of the State.
In club circles, Mr. Myler was also well known and
liked, being a member of the Oakmont, Duquesne and the
Beaver Valley Country clubs, being president of the latter for many years. He was also president of the New
Brighton Young Men's Christian Association, and a member of the Athletic Association of Pittsburgh.
In religious affiliations, Mr. Myler and his family were
members of the First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh, and
he was honorary member of the New Brighton Baptist
Church, in which city he lived for nearly twenty-five
years.
Mr. Myler married, March 25, 1880, Mary I. K. Dennison, who was born Jan. 24, 1854, a daughter of David
Dennison, a sketch of whom follows. Mrs. Myler, who
is a lady of true refinement and culture, is one of Pittsburgh's best-loved women. She is possessed of that
courtesy, gentleness, and true Christian charity which is
so seldom found in this day and age. Her friends, who
are almost without number, love and respect her, and
count it an honor to be called her friend. To Mr. and
Mrs. Myler were born two daughters, as follows: I
Mary, who is the wife of Frank J. Kier, of Pittsburgh,
and they are the parents of two children: Frances, and
Albert Myler. 2. Jean, who is the wife of Franklin G.
McIntosh, of Franklin, Pa.
Mr. Myler gave of his best to his city, state and nation. He represented as much in his private character as
in his business life, forces and principles which are the
solid foundation of our American life and an incentive
for all the world. In his home, there was unassuming
devotion to the simple duties of a kind and loving husband and father, and an honorable gentleman. In business life, there was always deliberate judgment, calm
action, clear thinking and unswerving devotion to every
trust. Broad-souled, he was tolerant of the political or
religious opinions of others. Men, irrespective of party
or faith, rich or poor, loved him for what he was, a simple, kindly man, devoted to his home, loving and loved by
his friends. His conduct in every relation of life was
well worthy to be held up as a model for emulation for
the entire community. The influence which he exerted in
life was at once great and beneficent, and it is the task
and the privilege of those who came after him to keep it
alive in the future.
DAVID DENNISON-There is no profession that
does not possess its own great mass of accumulated
associations which have grown up into a body of characteristic tradition that surrounds its practice with a
sort of atmosphere perfectly definite and, in its own
realm, all pervading, which the votary can no more
escape imbibing than an inhabitant of this earth can
avoid breathing the circumambient air. For each profession, too, the atmosphere is quite individual and different from those of all the rest. Thus the traditions of
law and medicine, for instance, are different, not only
in those details in which it is obvious that they must
diverge, but in their whole quality and content, so that
they produce in us distinct mental sensations and emotions. One of the most pleasant of these atmospheres,
as those who have experienced it can readily vouch,
is that which surrounds the profession of teaching, and
which gives to those who follow it, slowly, almost imperceptibly, but none the less surely, that particular
mental quality and balance by which we instinctively
recognize a teacher. This is not by any means necessarily the same as that which marks a student of the
characteristic type, retired from the world and living
mainly in an atmosphere of books and old research,
although as a rule it must contain just enough of this
to abstract the subject's attention from the more illusive and ephemeral aspects of the everyday world. The
teacher, on the contrary, is rather a man of practical
affairs, familiar enough with the actual human qualities
to deal successfully with every type of person in one
of the most delicate of relations, that of master and
pupil. Such a man was the late David Dennison, of
Pittsburgh, Pa., whose death on Jan. 2, I895, deprived
that city of one of its best-loved citizens.
David Dennison was born Feb. 22, 1820, at Liberty,
Trumbull county, Ohio, a son of John and Elizabeth
(Kennedy) Dennison, prominent residents of that city.
In his youth, Mr. Dennison attended the excellent public
schools of his native city and there gained a good allround education and proved himself an apt student.
Even at an early age he began to show signs of the talent that he afterward put to use as his means of livelihood, and was accounted one of the best scholars in
the schools which he attended, attracting the attention
of the instructors to him by his clear, concise explanations of topics and problems given him to solve or discourse. He was also an excellent athlete, and doubtless his splendid, robust health in later years was due
to the great amount of time spent by him in the open
air in his youth.
After completing his studies, Mr. Dennison turned
his attention to the serious business of life, his exceptional ability to make clear to others things which were
seemingly impossible to understand, suggesting to him
that he enter the profession of teaching. He experienced no great difficulty in this, and in 1840 came to
Fallston, Pa., where he taught his first school, having
among his pupils the now prominent men, J. F. Miner,
Dempster Merrick, Dr. John Pugh, and James Edgar.
Afterward, Mr. Dennison taught in the building on
Frank Miner's lot which was subsequently destroyed by
fire. Later, Mr. Dennison came to Pittsburgh, Pa., and
there for many years devoted himself to his professional
duties, holding the principalship of three schools in
Pittsburgh and Allegheny. He was exceptionally fitted
to impart instruction, and his many pupils became sincerely attached to him, always reverting with pleasure
to the time when they enjoyed the benefit of his instruction and guidance.
In politics, Mr. Dennison was a staunch supporter
of the Republican party, but as may be supposed, activity in public affairs was impossible to him, occupied as
he was with furnishing mental equipment to generations
of future citizens who were to undertake the management of matters municipal. In religious affiliations he
and his family were members of the United Presbyterian Church, in whose affairs they took an active part.
Mr. Dennison married (first), Oct. 25, 1848, at Fallston, Pa., Nancy Blackmore, who died within a year,
leaving no children. He married (second), March 28,
1853, at Perrysville, Allegheny county, Pa., Jane Hay,
a daughter of Robert and Isabella (Chambers) Hay.
Robert Hay, who was a native of Ireland, came to this
country in I8oI. He settled in Perrysville on a farm,
and as time went on became one of her leading citizens.
The latter years of his life were spent in the neighborhood of Hartstown, Crawford county, Pa., and here he
died, a highly respected citizen. To Mr. and Mrs.
Dennison were born three children, as follows: Mary
I. K., born Jan. 24, 1854, who married, March 25, I88o,
William A. Myler, a sketch of whom precedes this. 2.
Dwight H., who was born in April, 1857, and whose
death occurred in June, I86I. 3. Flora J., who was born
in May, 1862, and married, Jan. 17, I889, C. J. Anderson,
and lives in Nealy, Nebr., where she died, June I6,
1919. Mrs. Dennison, who was a woman of great
beauty of character, loveliness of disposition, and active
in works of benevolence and charity, died on Nov. 10,
1886, and in her death the city of Pittsburgh lost one
of its best-loved women.
As a teacher, Mr. Dennison was an inspiration. His
own chair was that of intellectual and moral philosophy,
and he taught, as occasion offered, along many lines
and treated many themes. His talks to his students on
current events and topics were a marked feature of his
administration-familiar occurrences, which left them
informed on world affairs and tendencies of thought and
activities, interspersed with ethical suggestions as to
the direction and conduct of their lives. His chief purpose in this, as in all his teachings, was "characterbuilding," which with the "personal equation" immediate and constant, it must be admitted, can be more
intelligently and successfully accomplished by the
smaller, rather than the larger schools, as it was so
exemplified by Mr. Dennison and the singularly wellequipped and faithful associated with him.
As he himself said, in an impressive farewell to one
of the earlier classes, "You are my epistles of peace,
to be known and read of all men." And they who sat
at the feet of the master responded nobly to his administration. It may well be doubted that there has been
a principal of any school who has been more admired,
revered and loved by his pupils than David Dennison.
His character was in many respects a most remarkable
one, and in all respects admirable. He was one of
those men who took the precepts of religion to be practical counsels, and endeavored to translate them into
the terms of common everyday existence. Always
charitable, he made it at once his duty and his pleasure
to turn away from no appeal which he knew to be a
sincere one. He was devoted to his family, and in all
the relations of life did his duty and fulfilled his obligations to his fellowmen. As a result he numbered
many among his friends, and his death was mourned by
countless numbers, rich and poor, throughout the city.
ROBERT KEATING McCONEGHY, M. D.One of the successful physicians of the day in Pittsburgh, Pa., is Dr. Robert Keating McConeghy, who, in
connection with his private practice, handles the industrial work of some of the larger manufacturing
concerns.
Dr. McConeghy is a son of Daniel and Ellen (Keating) McConeghy, long residents of this State. Daniel
McConeghy is an old employee of the Coudersport 
Port Allegheny Railroad Company, and now holds the
responsible position of conductor on that road. The
doctor's mother is now deceased.
Robert Keating McConeghy was born in Larrabee,
Pa., Nov. 4, 1883. He received his early education in
the public and high schools of Coudersport. Determining upon his choice of a vocation early in life, he left
high school before completing the course, to enter the
Peddie Institute of New Jersey, for his college preparatory course. Eventually, he became a student at
the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, from
which institution he was graduated in I908, with the
degree of Doctor of Medicine. He then entered the
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, as interne, thereafter beginning practice in Clarington, Pa., late in the
year 1908. A year later, however, he was induced to
locate in Pittsburgh, began practice at the present address in 1909, and has rapidly made his way to the forefront in the profession. Besides his wide, lucrative
private practice,. Dr. McConeghy is chief surgeon of the
Union Steel Casting Company, and is assistant surgeon
at the Lucy Furnace branch of the Carnegie Steel Company. From 1914 to 1918, inclusive, he was fire and
police surgeon of the city of Pittsburgh, but his rapidly
increasing practice made it necessary for him to curtail
his outside activities.
In his profession, Dr. McConeghy is highly regarded.
He is a member of the American Medical Association,
of the Pennsylvania State, and Allegheny County Medical societies, and is a member of the Hare Medical
Society. Fraternally, Dr. McConeghy is connected with
the Free and Accepted Masons, and his college fraternity
is the Phi Alpha Sigma. He is a member of the Ptolemy Society, and of the Horwitz Society, and is a
member of the Alumni associations of both Peddie Institute and Jefferson Medical College. Dr. McConeghy
takes keen interest in athletics and out-door sports.
While in Jefferson Medical College, he was assistant
manager of the football team in I906, and manager in
1907 and I908, and played both baseball and football.
He now turns to out-door interests for recreation and
relaxation, and still greatly enjoys the games in which
he was prominent at college. During his vacations he
takes long fishing and motor trips, and thus keeps in
excellent trim for the exacting duties of his profession.On July I6, 1909, Dr. McConeghy married Elsie Walker, of Mount Union, Pa., daughter of Harry E. and
Margaret (Cassady) Walker, and they are the parents
of three children: Josephine Doris, Daniel James, and
Robert Keating, Jr. The two older children are now
(1921) pupils in the public schools of this city. The
family attend the services of the Presbyterian church.
ROBERT J. WILSON-Among those of Pittsburgh's citizens who aid in the development of the vast
resources of the region by the production of machinery needed in both extractive and manufacturing industries is Robert J. Wilson, secretary and treasurer of the
Wilson-Snyder Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of pumping machines. Huge projects are carried
out in the Pittsburgh region, vast stores of nature's
accumulated wealth are taken from the earth, moulded
and shaped for service to the human race, and distributed to various parts of the world. We sometimes overlook the importance of the great fingers and arms of
steel which delve and dig, lift and carry, so tirelessly.
Still less often do we give a thought to the gigantic
industries that bring into existence those silent slaves
of steel and iron. There are few of the extractive industries that can be efficiently carried on without pumping
machinery of some kind. For that reason the invention
and manufacture of that kind of machinery has been
of great importance in the development of modern industry.
Robert J. Wilson, son of George and Susan Wilson,
was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., May I4, 1848. He attended
the public schools of his native city and then began his
business career. Able, energetic, and ambitious, he,
like many others of that locality, saw the wisdom of
relating his business to the natural resources of the
region, and in supplying one of the most needed types
of machinery, he has built a successful business career
for himself and is contributing his full share to the
economic and civic progress of his day and generation.
Politically, Mr. Wilson is a Republican, and along
with his exacting business demands he has found time
to serve his community in some of the ways which most
vitally concern its life. As a member of the board of
school directors, he has rendered quiet, but valuable and
efficient service. As a member of the Third Presbyterian Church, he has given his support to the religious,
educational, social, and inspirational activities which are
the highest service a church organization renders the
people among whom it lives and works.
Modest, loth to "let his left hand know what his
right hand doeth," yet unostentatiously using his abilities and his business success in ways that serve, Mr.
Wilson represents the efficient, upright business man of
the best type.
On Oct. 4, 1876, he married Ella Dalzell, daughter of
Thomas O. and Salina Dalzell, and they are the parents
of three children: Velma Dalzell, Henry Dalzell, and
Frederick James.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BENSON-It is a pleasure to write of the career of a successful, self-made
man. Peculiar honor attaches to that individual who,
beginning the great struggle of life alone and unaided,
gradually overcomes environment, removes one by one
the obstacles in the pathway to success and by master
strokes of his own force and vitality succeeds in forging his way to the front and winning for himself a
position of esteem and influence among his fellowmen.
Such is the record of Benjamin Franklin Benson, whose
death on July 29, 1918, left a gap in the community in
which he lived that will take long to heal. He was a
business man of discerning judgment and keen f oresight, and although his dealings extended over all parts
of the world and brought him in touch with people of
all nationalities and classes, nothing but the adherence
to the strictest principles of honor was ever attributed
to him. The friends that he made in business channels
were among the best that lightened his life, for even
when greed frayed the moral fibre of those about him
he remained as firm in his honorable course as though
temptation had not come near. And, indeed, it had not,
for. to such a fine character as his, unfairness was incomprehensible and sharp practice loathsome. He was
justly ranked among the most useful and public-spirited
of Pittsburgh's adopted sons, and his life was a credit
and an honor to the old and distinguished family of
which he was a member.
The Benson family were an old and honorable family of Yorkshire, England, and were tenants of Fountains Abbey, one of the largest and best preserved
monastic edifices in the West Riding of Yorkshire,
three miles southwest if Ripon. It was founded in
1132 and completed in the sixteenth century, and presents examples of every variety of style, from the Norman to the perpendicular. One member of this family,
John Benson, held a toft from the Abbey at Swenton,
by Masham, as long ago as 1348. His descendant, Sir
John Benson, was chaplain to Lady Scrape, at Marsham, in 1480.
John Benson, immigrant ancestor of the American
family of Benson, was born in England, at Coversham,
Oxfordshire, whence he came in 1638 in the ship "Confidence" to Boston. He settled in Hingham, Mass.,
where he had his first grant of land in 1638. He married and had two children, and to him Mr. Benson, our
subject, traces his descent.
Benjamin Franklin Benson, whose name is the caption of this review, was born in Ironton, Wis., on Dec.
5, 1869, a son of Elias Williard and Sarah (Parkman)
Benson, old settlers of Storm Lake, Ia., where they
went in a prairie schooner when our subject was only
two years of age. He obtained his early education in
the public schools of Storm Lake, later attending the
Chicago College. Being an expert photographer, and
also realizing the possibilities to be realized by mercantile and professional interests from keeping constantly before the public their name and business, he
conceived the idea of a very ingenious mode of advertising which became so popular that he was able to sell
it not only throughout the United States but in Europe,
South America, and Africa as well. After some time
traveling thus, Mr. Benson returned to England, and
while there met the lady who shortly afterwards became
his wife. After his marriage, accompanied by his wife,he again toured the various countries in the interest of
his business. After a successful trip he returned to
America, going at once to Chicago, Ill., where he engaged in the trucking and coal business with his father.
After two years the business was sold and Mr. Benson
associated himself with the American Bicycle Trust, as
their traveling representative in the southern part of the
United States. After a year and a half he went to
Europe as their foreign agent, and for five years continued as this company's representative, making trips to
Europe every six months. At the end of this time the
American Bicycle Trust was dissolved and Mr. Benson
then became interested in the automobile business, forming an association with the Daimless Manufacturing
Company, who were at that time making the American
Mercedes car. About 1904 he came to Pittsburgh as
the representative of this company, but shortly decided
to embark in business for himself, and built a garage
at No. 357 North Craig street, which was the first garage
built in this part of the city, where he sold the Studebaker, Mercedes, Moon and other cars. He was thus
engaged at the time of his death.
In politics, in which he took a true American's interest, he was a staunch Democrat, but never cared to
hold office. Fraternally he was a member of the Masonic order. He and his family were members of the
Episcopal church, in whose affairs he took an active
interest.
On May II, 1892, at Bradford, Yorkshire, England,
Mr. Benson was united in marriage with Lillian Constible, a daughter of William and Elizabeth Jane (Charleton) Constible, old and highly respected citizens of
that town. Mr. Constible's death occurred just six
months before the death of Mr. Benson, and Mrs. Constible, who is eighty years of age, resides at her home
in England. Mrs. Benson, who is a lady of true refinement and courtesy, is also a woman of exceptional business ability. For several months after the death of
her husband she managed his automobile business with
exceptional success, but in finding the work more than
she could stand she sold the business and at the present time takes full care of her own financial affairs.
She possesses a sweet, winning character and that rare
old-fashioned courtesy which is so seldom found in
these ultra-modern days. She is loved by all who
know her, and she is noted for her charity.
To Mr. and Mrs. Benson were born four children,
as follows: I. Doris, who married James A. Carothers,
of Pittsburgh, who is manager of the Pittsburgh Saw
Manufacturing Company; they are the parents of two
daughters, Margaretta and Elizabeth. 2. Ruth, who is
attending the Osceola School in Pittsburgh. 3. Gean,
who is attending the Osceola School at Pittsburgh. 4.
Harry Constible, who was born June 9, 1897, and who
made the supreme sacrifice for his country. At the
outbreak of the great World War Lieutenant Benson
enlisted in the Signal Corps and was stationed at Washington, D. C., for several months. Later, he was transferred to the Air Craft Production Corps, and while
here was commissioned lieutenant. In October, 1918,
Lieutenant Benson contracted the dreaded influenza,
and despite all that a corps of doctors and nurses could
do he passed away, Jan. 29, 1919. Lieutenant Benson at
the time of his enlistment was a young man of remarkable promise, seeming to stand upon the threshold of a
career of more than ordinary opportunity and achievement, and great as was the disappointment of his parents and friends, who had fondly hoped to see this
young man of noble promise receive the highest honors
of his chosen work, it has mingled with it a feeling of
fullfilment of accomplishment, consecrated and crowned.
Never will he be greeted by the plaudits of the forum,
but for all time the unfading laurels of the martyred
hero are his. In the annals of his city, state and
nation, the name of Lieut. Harry Constible Benson will
ever shine with the undying lustre of valor and patriotism.
It may be said that Benjamin F. Benson began life
in a career of his own choosing, and during his years
of travel in foreign lands, gained the capital and experience with which he later founded his own business,
receiving little, if any, financial aid from outside resources, character and ability being his chief assets. He
was an energetic worker and devoted to his business,
but when his day's work was done his own fireside
claimed him and there his hours "off duty" were spent.
He was keenly interested in all athletic sports, and took
a great pleasure in games of this kind. Mr. Benson
was most hospitable, and loved to entertain his many
friends in his own home in social games and his anecdotes and tales of travel did much in enlivening the conversation. No man attained a higher reputation for
honorable dealing than he in the business world, and
his friends were without number throughout the world.
Charitable to a fault, there was no cause in the interests of charity that he did not assist in every way.
Many is the person he helped along life's rugged pathway, giving them not only monetary assistance, but kind
advice and cheerful encouragement. His life is an
excellent example to the rising generation, for he was
not only an excellent business man, but a loving husband, a kind father, a good neighbor, and a man of
whom any city might be proud.
JAMES WILLIAM BYRNES was long a familiar
figure in the industrial world of Pittsburgh, and is now
well remembered by the many men who were his friends
and fellow workers. Always deeply loyal to the interests with which he was connected, and an expert in his
particular field of endeavor, his death was a loss to the
steel industry.
Mr. Byrnes was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 8,
1863, and was a son of William and Ann Byrnes. Acquiring a practical education in the public schools of his
native city, he entered the world of industry, which for
him was the world of steel. Steel was his life work,
although for a considerable time he also was interested
in the manufacture of rubber carriage tires. He became
a steel roller expert, and was in the employ of the
Crucible Steel Company of Pittsburgh for a period of
forty-three years, rising from the works to an executive position of large responsibility. This concern has
representatives in Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and
other cities, and some years ago five of their leadingsalesmen united to organize the Columbia Tool Steel
Company. Coming to Pittsburgh, the center of the
steel industry, to find a man capable of handling the
production end of this business, Mr. Byrnes was chosen,
and was made the first superintendent of this important plant. This was at the time of the St. Louis Exposition, and the location chosen was Chicago Heights,
then prairie, some thirty-seven miles out of Chicago.
Under Mr. Byrnes' directions the ground was cleared,
the mills erected and equipped, and until his death he
continued in the capacity of superintendent, his long
experience and signal ability as a manager being largely
instrumental in the success of the enterprise.
Mr. Byrnes was a man of quiet personal tastes, homeloving and little interested in public life. He was a
Association, and of the Pennsylvania State and Allegheny County Medical societies. By political choice he
is an Independent Republican, and his religious faith
is that of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Fraternally, Dr. Leininger is a member of Dallas
Lodge, No. 508, Free and Accepted Masons; Zerubbabel
Chapter, No. 162, Royal Arch Masons; Ascalon Commandery, No. 59, Knights Templar; and Syria Temple,
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
Dr. Leininger married, Nov. 7, 1899, Ida G. Phillips,
of Pittsburgh, Pa. They have one daughter, Laura
Catherine, who was educated in the public and high
schools of Homestead, being a graduate of the Homestead High School, class of 1917. The family reside in
Homestead.
member of the Knights of Columbus, and of the Catholic Men's Benevolent Association.  He was a devoted           CHARLES  R. DALLAS -Among the class of citimember of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, having   zens who in days gone by added to the growth of Pittsbeen a pioneer in this parish and one of the first mem-   burgh, and who became prominent by the force of their
bers of this church.                                        own individual character, and of whom it may be truly
On March 25, 1883, Mr. Byrnes married, in the Church   said that he left behind imperishable "footprints  on
of the Sacred Heart, Pittsburgh, Catherine Bradley,   the sands of time," the late Charles R. Dallas stands
daughter of Patrick and Mary Bradley, and their chil-  in the front ranks.  Few  citizens have lived in our
dren are as follows:  William F., who now holds his   midst since the foundation of Pittsburgh who have left
father's position; Mae Ursula; Edna Marie; Howard   a brighter record for every trait of character that conWard;  James W., Jr.; Helen, now  Mrs. Allbecker;   stitutes true manhood.  Certainly, none whose memory
and Olive Regina, now Mrs. Gannon.                          shall float down the streams of time will be more honMr. and Mrs. Byrnes were both born on the same city  ored and revered.  It is impossible to estimate, at least
lot in Pittsburgh, two houses standing on the same lot, during their lifetime, the value to a city of such men
and were childhood playmates.  For thirty years previ-   as Mr. Dallas.  Although unostentatious, the influence
ous to his death the summer home of the family was at  which they exert ramifies through all commercial, finanLigonier, and Mrs. Byrnes now resides in the house that  cial, and industrial life, extending itself to the whole
he built, at No. 4818 Penn avenue, Pittsburgh.  Mr.   social economy.  Every man, from the toiling laborer to
Byrnes passed away on Jan. 31, 1917, and in his death   the merchant prince, receives benefit from them.  Bold
not only were the members of his family bereaved, but   and aggressive, but cool and prudent; farseeing, but
the loss was keenly felt among his business associates   exact; prompt to the moment in all his engagements,
and in every circle in which he had moved.  His mem-   holding his verbal promises as of absolute obligation
ory will long be cherished by all those who were num-   even in trifles; a natural negotiator, yet more a keen
bered among his friends,                                    listener and looker than a talker; at work early and
late; always coming in right in practical results, he beCHARLES  P. LEININGER, Ph. B., M. D., sur-   longed to that class of distinctively American men who
gical specialist of Pittsburgh, Pa., was born in this city,  in a quiet way promote public progress in advancing
Aug. IO, 1878, and is a son of Jacob and Catherine   individual prosperity, and whose private interests never
(Bricka) Leininger, both his parents being natives of   preclude his active participation in any movements or
France.  Jacob Leininger came to the United States at  measures which would concern the general good.  His
the age of twenty-one years, and spent the remainder   whole life was largely devoted to the performance of his
of his life in Pittsburgh, employed as a mechanic.  He   business duties, and he is justly ranked among the most
died in 1891, but his wife still survives him,              useful and highly respected of the citizens of Pittsburgh.
Attending first the old Third Ward Grammar School,          Charles R. Dallas was the son of Rev. Israel and
and later the Marshall School, Dr. Leininger covered a   Sarah (Roe) Dallas, the latter a daughter of Rev. John
preparatory course at the Pittsburgh Academy, then en-   A. Roe, of Pittsburgh, who was very prominent in the
tered the Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy, from which   Masonic order, Mrs. Dallas now having in her posseshe was graduated in I898, with the degree of Bachelor   sion his Masonic apron.  Mr. Dallas was born in Pittsof Pharmacy.  For three years thereafter conducting a   burgh, Pa., Jan. 7, 1845.  He was educated at public
drug business, he was able to finance the medical course   and private schools of this city while a young boy, and
which was his cherished purpose.  Entering the Univer-   during this period he showed himself as an unusually
sity of Western Pennsylvania (now the University of   alert and intelligent student, and drew the favorable
Pittsburgh), he was graduated from that institution in  attention of his masters and instructors upon him beI904, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine.  He has   cause of the high standing he maintained in his classes.
had almost constant hospital practice since his gradua-   Shortly after graduation he moved to Cleveland, but in
tion, in special branches of surgery.                       a short while returned to Pittsburgh and became secreDr. Leininger is a member of the American Medical   tary of the Moorehead-McClean  Steel Company,  reHemphill  Company, manufacturers, his position being
in their designing room. After leaving that company,
he entered the employ of A. French Spring Company,
a corporation manufacturing car, locomotive and other
heavy springs, the partnership consisting of Aaron
French and Calvin Wells. In 1884 Mr. Wells withdrew,
but father and son continued. Until 1887, Philo N.
French was in the office and in charge of machinery,
but in that year he was made general superintendent,
in charge of the immense plant of the company, which
was the largest of its kind in the world. The plant
of the company expanded until it covered the two
blocks bounded by Nineteenth and Twentieth streets,
and a second plant was on Smallman street, between
Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets.
There were at times four hundred and fifty men employed in the works, and all kinds of heavy elliptic and
spiral springs were made, principally for locomotives,
passenger cars, street railway cars and automobiles.
Over these men, Mr. French was in control for many
years, and labor troubles were rare under his fair and
just reign. Just before the death of Aaron French,
A. French Spring Company merged with the Railway
Steel Spring Company, and the French control passed.
Philo N. French was a director of the Canton Steel
Company, and in addition to his duties as general
superintendent of A. French Spring Company, was a
member of its board of directors. His business cares
have been largly surrendered, although as consultant
and adviser he is much sought for.
In the Masonic order, Mr. French holds all degrees
of the York and Scottish Rites which the bodies can
confer. He is a Master Mason of Lodge Forty-five,
a companion of Zerubbabel Chapter, a sir knight of
Tancred Commandery, a noble of Syria Temple, and
in the Scottish Rite has attained the thirty-second degree of Pittsburgh Consistory. His club is the Duquesne, his religious preference, the Episcopal church,
and in politics a Republican.
Mr. French married, Jan. II, 1887, May Elizabeth
Dabbs, of Pittsburgh, and they are the parents of a
daughter, May Elizabeth (2), now wife of Dr. George
W. Stimson, an ear, nose and throat specialist of Pittsburgh, who served one year in the United States Medical Corps, during the war with Germany. The only son
of Philo N. and May Elizabeth (Dabbs) French,
Aaron (3) French, served as lieutenant in the 81oth
Pioneers of the United States army.
The family home is in Pembroke place, Pittsburgh,
East End, and is the abode of an open-handed hospitality where gather congenial spirits, the host and
hostess being very popular. Mr. French reviews his
career from the heights of success, and feels that the
difficulties encountered but built up a force and determination of character which better fitted him to enjoy
that which he earned.
CHARLES E. CORRIGAN-From pioneer achievements in the development of the electric automobile
Charles E. Corrigan turned to other activities in
electric manufacturing, and since 1907 he has been
associated with Pittsburgh interests as vice-president
of the National Metal Molding Company. His reputation as an organizer and industrialist is national, and he
has received international honors for his accomplishments in the electrical field. Now permanently identified
with Pittsburgh interests, he has distinguished place
in her annals.
Mr. Corrigan is a son of John and Charlotte (Heffernan) Corrigan, and grandson of James and Bridget
(Hughes) Corrigan, his grandparents natives of Ireland,
who came to the United States in 1834. John Corrigan,
his father, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, June
24, 1831, and came to the United States with his parents
as a child of three years. He became a dealer in live
stock in New York and Canada, was later an agriculturist, and as a Democrat, held public offices in Lewis
county, N. Y. His wife, Charlotte (Heffernan) Corrigan, was a daughter of James and Helen Heffernan,
of Martinsburgh, N. Y. Their children were: James,
deceased; Charles E., of whom further; Gertrude and
George, residents of Chicago, Ill.; and Vincent, of
Pittsburgh.
Charles E. Corrigan was born in Martinsburgh,
Lewis county, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1863,- and after attending
the public schools became a student in Lowville Academy, whence he was graduated in 1883. His first
business association was with seedsmen of Minneapolis,
Minn., and after a short time in this connection he took
up pioneer work in the production of electric automobiles.
His work was noteworthy in a history-making degree,
and constant success attended his efforts. His work
began in Chicago, Ill., about I892, and he issued the
first automobile catalogue distributed by an American
manufacturer. He became president and general manager of the American Electric Vehicle Company, and
at the World's Fair in Paris, France, in I9oo, Mr.
Corrigan received from the Republic of France a gold
medal in recognition of his work. Just before I9oo he
moved his plant from Chicago to Hoboken, N. J., and
was there located during the remainder of his continuance in automobile manufacture. In this day when
automobiles, gasoline and electric  driven, congest
metropolitan streets to a degree that raises serious
question as to future traffic routes, and when every
country road is dotted with hundreds of tourists, it is
interesting to note that in 1896 Mr. Corrigan received
from the West Chicago park commissioners a permit
"to pass over the boulevard and through parks with
his vehicle by electricity," and that in I9oo the Department of Parks of the City of New York granted him
permission "to enter upon and pass over the drives
of the Central Park with an electric pleasure carriage.'
In I9oI, Mr. Corrigan sold his automobile manufacturing holdings and engaged in the manufacture of
electrical conduits, organizing the Osborn Flexible
Conduit Company of New York. In I907, Mr. Corrigan came to Pittsburgh and his organization merged
with the National Metal Molding Company, the largest
concern of its character in the world, of which he
became vice-president. He has devoted himself almost
exclusively to the demands of this important industrial
interest, and the flourishing prosperity that it has
experienced throughout all of its existence has been
largely due to his rare executive ability and wise
guidance. Mr. Corrigan is one of the foremost figuresmaining with them until 1892. He soon decided, however, that real estate was better adapted to his taste and
inclinations, and severing his connection with the
Moorehead-McClean Steel Company, he entered the
real estate arena. At the same time Mr. Dallas was
attracted by the oil business, and being a man of great
executive ability, he combined the two and soon made
it evident that his change of employment had been a
wise one. He continued in this occupation until 19o8,
when he became united with the Credit Men's Association of Pittsburgh. Mr. Dallas was possessed of that
keen discrimination and energy which prompts an individual to accomplish whatever he undertakes. In years
past he gained a most enviable position in the regard of
his social acquaintances and his business associates, who
found him at all times true to every trust reposed in
him and faithful to a high standard of manhood.
Dr. Dallas was actively and prominently identified
with the Masonic fraternity of Western Pennsylvania,
affiliating with St. John's Lodge, No. 219, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he became a member in August, I88o, and served as worshipful master in 1896.
He was most active in the Scottish Rite and served as
commander-in-chief of that body in I906. He became
a member of Dormont Lodge, No. 684, Free and Accepted Masons, in I9I6, when that body was instituted.
Mr. Dallas was a member of the Credit Men's Association and Almas Club of Dormont. He was of the Presbyterian faith and associated with the St. Clair United
Presbyterian Church in Mount Lebanon.
Mr. Dallas married, Sept. 29, I88o, Ada Sampson,
daughter of James and Mary (Grant) Sampson, the
latter a relative of Gen. U. S. Grant. Mrs. Dallas is
entitled to membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution according to the genealogical records
of the Sampson and Grant families. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas were the parents of four children: I. J. R. Dallas,
of Trafford, Pa., who married Anne Rinehart, of Pittsburgh, a member of one of the old families. He is
associated with the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. Of this union one child has been
born, Ada Sampson. 2. Mrs. John V. Long, of Mount
Lebanon. John V. Long was born on the Hill Top, in
Pittsburgh, and is a son of John Long, a pioneer business man of Pittsburgh. He is associated with the
Pittsburgh Railway Association. Mr. and Mrs. Long
are the parents of a son, Dallas Roe. 3. Sarah S., who
died Jan. I, 1915, at the age of nineteen. 4. Charles R.,
died Feb. 4, 1892, at the age of four years.
The death of Mr. Dallas occurred on Jan. 12, 1920,
and he was mourned by all classes of the community.
He was a true citizen, interested in all enterprises
which meant the moral improvement and social culture
of the community, and actively aided a number of
associations by his influence and means. His leading
characteristic was, perhaps, his work of charity. It
might also be stated that through indomitable perseverance, unusual capacity for judging the motives and
merits of men, strict integrity and unswerving loyalty,
he attained a high degree of success. His self-reliance
never failed him. Always willing to listen to and
respect the opinions and theories of others, when the
time for action came he acted for himself and made
decisions according to his judgment. His accurate estimate of men enabled him to protect his employer's interest at all times and render justice to their patrons.
His clear and farseeing brain enabled him to grasp
every detail of possibilities. Ever genial and courteous,
he had surrounded himself with faithful friends whose
admiration for his abilities was surpassed only by their
respect for his sterling qualities and by the affection
which his many lovable traits of character never failed
to inspire. His life was so varied in its activity. so
honorable in its purposes, that perhaps no one was more
worthy of being represented in the history of Pittsburgh than Mr. Dallas.
HENRY OLIVER EVANS-From the Welsh hills,
and from the stern conditions of life among the iron
and coal regions of that country, came the ancestors of
the Evans family in America, and they soon found their
way to the iron and coal regions of Western Pennsylvania, where, along with hard work, they found opportunity to reap the rewards of labor, and where their
ability and their Welsh characteristics have been of
value in the building of the Pittsburgh region.
James Evans, American ancestor of Henry Oliver
Evans, was born in Wilmington, Del., Feb. 12, 1775,
and came to McKeesport in 1796, a young man twentyone years of age. After arranging for the purchase of
two farms, he returned to Wilmington, and then went
to Carlisle, Pa., and there married Emily Alexander,
daughter of Hugh Alexander, a member of the Second
Continental Congress, and a member of the Pennsylvania House of Assembly from Cumberland county in
1776, and a member of the Conference of Deputies and
of the Convention of July 15, 1776. James and Emily
(Alexander) Evans, after their marriage, came overland on horseback to their new home, and lived for
many years in McKeesport, on what is now Third avenue. Later, he built a brick house on Second avenue,
near Walnut street, in which he lived until his death,
Jan. 30, 1846, at the age of seventy-one years. He was
a hatter by trade, but during his long life at McKeesport was engaged as a merchant, making a record for
business integrity, and building his worthy Welsh characteristics into the life of the community. He was the
first justice of the peace in McKeesport and also the
first postmaster. He was one of the first elders of the
Presbyterian church in McKeesport, and a memorial
window still commemorates the service he rendered.
He was a successful merchant, and left his children a
large estate, including the Hill Farm and lands in the
West. His wife also was an earnest Presbyterian, who,
after the death of her husband, lived in Allegheny
City, now Pittsburgh, North Side, with her daughter.
James and Emily (Alexander) Evans were the parents
of nine children, one of whom was Oliver Evans, of
whom further.
Oliver Evans was born in McKeesport, Nov. 22, 1816.
Educated for the medical profession at the University
of Pennsylvania, ill health made it impossible for him
to continue practice and he went into the more healthful occupation of farming. He lived on the Hill Farm,overlooking McKeesport, an estate inherited from his
father, and there he lived a quiet but actively interested
life, contributing largely to the material prosperity, as
well as to the civic development, of McKeesport. Both
he and his wife were earnest, active members of the
Presbyterian church of McKeesport, which he served
as a trustee during all of his mature life. He married
Mary Ann Sampson, daughter of Thomas and Annie
(Kuhn) Sampson, of Versailles township, and the two
became the parents of: James, an attorney, and an
organizer of the National Bank of McKeesport, died in
1910; Thomas, a farmer, died in McKeesport; Cadwallader, a prominent physician, of Pittsburgh, retired,
father of Henry Oliver Evans; Anna; and Oliver (2).
Henry Oliver Evans, son of Dr. Cadwallader and
Margaret (Oliver) Evans, was born in Pittsburgh. He
attended the grammar and high schools of his native
city, and then entered the University of Michigan, graduating in 1894, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts,
and from the law department of the same university,
in I896, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was
admitted to the Allegheny county bar, June I9, 1897,
and began general practice in Pittsburgh, building up a
large clientele and winning pronounced success, which
at the present time is still continuing and increasing.
He has a mind which quickly grasps the vital points of
a situation and skillfully recognizes and makes use of.
significant details. With large executive and administrative ability, the large interests find him peculiarly
fitted to cope with their difficulties. Though his professional duties are exacting, he finds time for other
activities.
Mr. Evans is a director of the Second Pool Coal
Company, and president of the Lebanon Valley Light
and Power Company, Commercial Union Telephone
Company, and the Tennessee Iron and Chemical Company. Fraternally, Mr. Evans is a member of the Duquesne Club, of the University Club, and of the Pittsburgh Club. He is also a member of the Art Society
of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Evans married, Jan. 31, 1901, Louise Straub,
daughter of the late John H. and Caroline E. (Schultz)
Straub, of Pittsburgh, and of the marriage were born
two children: I. Oliver, born Nov. 17, 1902, named in
honor of Oliver Evans, the inventor, and the first to
adapt the steam engine to marine navigation, having
equipped a boat capable of navigating either land or
water, at Wilmington, Del., some months previous to
Fulton's successful operation of the historic "Claremont." 2. Louise, born May IO, 1910.
HENRY J. BENZ, M. D., of Pittsburgh, Pa., is one
of the men of the present day whose vision has apprehended the vital importance of the child in the world's
progress. As superintendent of the Pittsburgh Bureau
of Child Welfare, he is meeting the problems of the
child as a part of the social order, with the skill and
the breadth of view which have always made children
his deepest interest and his professional specialty.
Dr. Benz is a son of John and Anna (Heisel) Benz,
both living in Pittsburgh. His grandfather, Landelin
Benz, a native of Germany, came to Pittsburgh in the
late forties, settled in old Birmingham, and founded the
contracting firm of L. Benz  Company, which was later
conducted by his sons. His father, who was born in
1852, was a select councilman from the old Twentyninth Ward for thirteen years; one of the organizers of
the Duquesne Brewing Company; and for some years
was president of the Independent Brewing Company.
He also served on the school board for many years,
and has for a long period been a leader in Republican
politics. For a long time he was a member of L. Benz
Bros., one of the leading contracting firms of the
earlier days.
The Heisel family have been in Pittsburgh for generations. John Benz married Anna Heisel, daughter of
John Heisel. She was born in Mount Washington, then
known as Coal Hill, and is now (1921) in her eightieth
year. John and Anna (Heisel) Benz were the parents
of the following children: I. L. J., engaged in the real
estate business in Detroit, Mich. 2. Dr. Henry J., of
whom further. 3. Leah, married M. F. Stafford, of
Mount Oliver. 4. Maysel, married R. C. Succop, of
Carrick, Pa. 5. Regina, married E. Harst, of Pittsburgh. 6. 0. J., of Pittsburgh, Pa., auto salesman. 7.
Capt. Cedric C., served in the World War, commissioned and served in Mexico and France with the IIIth
Infantry, and was decorated for special bravery. 8.
John P., of Pittsburgh; served in the World War as a
member of the 315th Regiment of Engineers. 9. Alfred
T., engaged in real estate; served in the World War in
the aviation corps and later in the signal service in
France. 10. Ruth Anna, a student in Mount Mercy
Academy.
Henry J. Benz was born in the old Twenty-ninth
Ward of Pittsburgh, on the South Side, May 12, 1882.
His early education was gained at the Bedford School
and the parochial school, and he graduated from the
Pittsburgh High School in 19oo. He then entered the
University of Western Pennsylvania, now the University of Pittsburgh, from which he was graduated in
1904, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. His
hospital experience began in the Mercy Hospital, where
he was interne for one year. He entered upon the
private practice of medicine in Pittsburgh, in 1906, and
for five years was assistant on the staff of Mercy Hospital, for the Out-Patient Department. Throughout
the entire period of his practice Dr. Benz has specialized on children, and since 1919 has been pediatrician
of the Children's Department of St. Joseph's Hospital.
In 1910 he became associated as school medical inspector with the Child Welfare Bureau of the city of Pittsburgh, Department of Public Health, and since 1914
has been superintendent of this department, which department has supervision of medical inspection of all
school children, supervision of the twenty city infant
welfare stations, where children under two years of age
are given medical attention and pure milk where needed,
and also embraces the supervision of all infant homes
and the licensing of maternity hospitals. In 1921 he
was appointed to the milk commission of the Allegheny
County Medical Society, and he also has charge, under
the State Bureau of Licensure, of the licensing and
supervision of midwives in the Pittsburgh territory.Dr. Benz is a member of the American Medical Association, and of the Pennsylvania State and Allegheny
County Medical societies. He is a member of the National Public Health Association, the National Child
Hygiene Association, and the National School Hygiene
Association. Politically, he supports the Republican
party. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus;
and of Pittsburgh Lodge, No. II, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
On Sept. 5, 1911, Dr. Benz married Gertrude N. Heffernan, of Wilkinsburg, daughter of P. J. and Nora
(Farrell) Heffernan, of Homewood, Pa. They have one
son, George H., born Aug. 2, 1912. The family are
members of St. Mary's of the Mount Roman Catholic
Church.
DARWIN STANTON WOLCOTT, long a leader
among the patent law attorneys of Pittsburgh, can look
back upon more than thirty years of successful practice
in the metropolis. Mr. Wolcott is a man of varied experience and capabilities, the years of his early manhood having been spent in the service of the United
States Coast Survey.
Christopher Parsens Wolcott, father of Darwin Stanton Wolcott, was a distinguished member of the bar.
For a time he filled the office of Attorney-General of
Ohio, and during the Civil War served as Assistant
Secretary of War under Edwin M. Stanton in the cabinet of President Lincoln. Mr. Wolcott married Pamphila Stanton, sister of the renowned Secretary of War
Stanton.
Darwin Stanton Wolcott, son of Christopher Parsens
and Pamphila ( Stanton) Wolcott, was born July 21,
1851, in Akron, Ohio. He received his preparatory
education in public and private schools, afterward entering Kenyon College. His first employment was as
engineer in the United States Coast Survey, this initial
period of activity being filled with experience which
proved valuable to him in later life. At the end of five
or six years Mr. Wolcott resigned his position, and for
the following five years was employed in the United
States Patent Office. In September, 1883, he came to
Pittsburgh, and in association with George H. Christy
entered upon the practice of patent law. Since 1910
Mr. Wolcott has practiced alone. He devotes himself
exclusively to patent law and was not long in laying the
foundation of the reputation which has since steadily
increased and has long been absolutely assured.
In politics Mr. Wolcott is a Republican with progressive tendencies, in this as in everything else being
singularly fairminded and open to conviction. Ever
alive to the best interests of his city and State as well
as to those of the nation he aids in the promotion of
those interests untrammelled by partisan considerations.
His countenance gives evidence of the liberality of sentiment and breadth of view by which he is always
characterized, and his personality and manner are those
of the astute lawyer and the true gentleman. He belongs to the Pittsburgh Press Club and the Pittsburgh
Athletic Association, and is a member of the Sewickley
Protestant Episcopal Church.
Mr. Wolcott married, in July, 1876, Evelyn Brent
Reilly, daughter of James Reilly, of Winchester, Va.,
and the following children were born to them: Darwin Stanton, Jr., Christopher P., Robert W., Wilhelmina, wife of Robert H. Wright, of San Francisco, Cal.;
Katherine L., Mary L. H.;, and Evelyn M. Mrs. Wolcott, a most lovely and estimable woman, and a member of the Women's Club of Sewickley, passed away
in June, 1902.
Mr. Wolcott is the son of a man who made the family name honorable throughout the length and breadth
of the land, and he himself has maintained its reputation for ability and fair-dealing by his record as a
member of the Pittsburgh bar.
ALFRED LAURENCE PEARSON-From the beginning of time, hidden treasure has been a challenge
to the powers of men. When nature hid so rich a store
in the Pittsburgh region she placed there a powerful
influence which has enabled Pittsburgh to draw to herself men from every corner of the world. The lure of
that hidden wealth has also, from the beginning, drawn
many of the native sons of Pittsburgh away from a
chosen profession to engage in some form of treasure
hunting. Among those born in Pittsburgh who have
prepared for and engaged in the practice of a chosen
profession, and then yielded to the lure and become
an expert along some line connected with the natural
resources of the region, is Alfred Laurence Pearson,
son of Gen. Alfred L. and Elizabeth Harwood (Stewart) Pearson, born in Pittsburgh, July 10, 1870.
The father, Gen. Alfred L. Pearson, was also born in
Pittsburgh, and first attended the schools of that city,
then registered as a law student, completed his studies,
and was admitted to the Allegheny county bar, Jan. I4,
1862. The Civil War, however, caused him to postpone the building of a legal career, and on April 2,
I862, he enlisted in the 155th Pennsylvania Volunteers,
receiving on Aug. 22, of the same year, his commission
as captain in Company A. On Dec. 31, 1862, he was
promoted to the rank of major, and on July 22, 1863,
received a commission as lieutenant-colonel. On Aug.
31, 1863, he became colonel, and on Sept. 30, 1864, was
appointed brigadier-general by brevet in recognition of
distinguished service on the field. For further gallant
service, he received on March I, I865, after the engagement at Lewis Farm, Virginia, appointment by brevet
to the rank of major-general. Throughout the war he
took part in all the operations of his regiment, commanding during the closing months of his service the
Third Brigade, First Division, Fifth Corps. Later he
was assigned to the First Brigade, First Division, Fifth
Corps, made up of troops from Pennsylvania and New
York, and this last detachment he commanded and
mustered out at the close of the war. He was himself
mustered out of service, June 2, 1865, and presented
with a medal of honor by the Congress of the United
States. Returning to Pittsburgh, he began the practice
of his profession and rapidly rose to prominence, being
elected district attorney for Allegheny county, October,
1868. Failing health, however, in the course of a few
years obliged him to abandon active law practice, and
ha was appointed gas inspector of Allegheny county by
Court of Common Pleas No. I. In 1870 he was appointed major-general of the Pennsylvania State Guardin command of the Sixth Division, receiving his commission on the same date. He was also for many years
a manager of the National Soldier's Home, by appointment of the president of the United States, and was
one of the organizers of the Grand Army of the Republic, being commander of the Department of Pennsylvania for many years. He was one of the organizers
and the first national commander of the Union Veteran
Legion, a member of the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion, and a member of the Medal of Honor Legion.
The son, Alfred Laurence Pearson, followed in his
father's footsteps for a little way. Educated in the
schools of Pittsburgh, he later read law under George
P. Hamilton, and was admitted to the Allegheny county
bar at the age of twenty-two years. He engaged in
general practice with Mr. Hamilton for about five
years, at the end of which time he formed a partnership with ex-Judge Stowe. For ten years more he
continued practice, building up a large clientele. But
the lure of the hidden treasure was at work, and while
continuing his practice he had taken up the study of
mining, engineering, and geology in connection with
coal properties, and from 1913 on specialized as an
expert in coal lands. In 1918 he became vice-president
of the Consumers' Fuel Company, of the Consolidated
Fuel Company, and of several other coal producing
concerns. Resigning these connections in May, 1921, he
organized the Fidelity Coal and Coke Company, of
which he is president. He is also president of the
Marine Securities Corporation, of Washington, D. C.,
and is vice-president of the Atlantic, Gulf  Pacific
Steamship Corporation, of Baltimore, Md., a concern
operating a fleet of steamships between the east and
west coasts of the United States.
Mr. Pearson is a member of the Duquesne Club, of
Pittsburgh, of the Allegheny Country Club, and of the
Engineering Club, of New York City. He is fond of
travel and has spent five years of his life abroad. Politically, he supports the Republican party, but has not
taken an active part in the affairs of the organization.
He is a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church of
Sewickley, Pa.
On April 6, 1896, Mr. Pearson married Frances Cabanne, of St. Louis, Mo., whose family history is associated with that of many historic characters. The first
known Cabanne, of Pau, France, married a sister of
that General Duteil who commanded the Republican
forces in the siege of Toulon, and whose home served
as the headquarters of Napoleon at the time. The son
who emigrated to the United States in 1803, the year
the United States purchased the Louisiana territory,
was associated with John Jacob Astor in the fur trade,
and Mrs. Pearson's father is a direct descendant of the
first white woman who established a home on the west
bank of the Mississippi river. The Cabanne family is
one of the oldest and most prominent in the history of
St. Louis, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson have three
children: John C., Elizabeth C., and Alfred Laurence, Jr.
CHARLES EMERSON FAWCETT, M. D.-The
Fawcett name is an old one in English history, represented by long lines of worthy and able members, many
of whom have gained distinction in various fields. The
Fawcett family in England bears the following coat-ofarms:
Arms-Or, a lion rampant, sable, debruised by a bend
compony, gules and argent.
Crest-A demi-lion, sable, holding between the paws
an arrow erect, or, feathered argent.
The lion rampant is common to the armoria bearings
of all branches of the family. The pioneer ancestors of
the Fawcett family in America were Elizabeth, the wife,
and the sons of Thomas Fawcett, who lived and died in
Ravensdale, Westmorelandshire, England. He was the
father of twelve children, of whom four, James, William, John and George, with their mother, came to
America at one time, Miles, and Anthony following
later. The mother lived to be ninety-four years of age,
and is buried in Allegheny Cemetery.
George Fawcett, the fourth son, was born at Ravensdale, Westmorelandshire, England, about 1810, and died
in Pittsburgh in 1894, at the advanced age of eightyfour years. Sailing in the "Ajax" from Liverpool, July,
1832, in company with his brothers, James, William,
and John, he landed, after an exceedingly rough and
stormy passage of eight weeks duration, at New York
City, from whence he went to Buffalo, N. Y., where he
remained for a short time, and then, with his brothers,
came to Pittsburgh, Pa., locating in Old Birmingham,
now South Side of Pittsburgh. The four brothers followed the stone mason's trade for a time, but soon invested in coal lands at Braddock on the Monongahela
river. They also purchased "The Traveler," the first
stern paddle-wheel steamer on the Monongahela river,
using it during the day for freighting up and down the
river for others and at night carrying coal mined from
their own lands. All the Fawcett brothers and sisters
who came to America had joined the Methodist church
in England, and in Pittsburgh they united with the
Methodist Episcopal church, first located in the old
school house on the Diamond, South Side, Pittsburgh,
and later housed in the "Little Brick Church," where
the brothers served as class leaders, steward, trustee,
and Sunday school superintendent. They named the
village Soho after the village of that name in England,
and the planing mill they erected there was known as
the Soho Planing Mill, located where the Twentysecond street bridge is now situated. The mill was
established by George Fawcett, who with his son, William J., organized the Second Avenue street car line,
and also became interested in other lines in the city. He
served as school director for a time, and both he and
his brothers were prominent in all projects for the improvement of the city. George Fawcett married Esther
Anderson, and they became the parents of five children:
George, who is engaged in chicken farming in New
Jersey; Esther Jane, who married William Collingwood, and lives in Hamilton, N. J.; James, who is
superintendent in a tin plate mill, and lives in Oakland,
Pa.; William Jonathan, of whom further; and Sarah,
now deceased, who married George Thompson.
William Jonathan Fawcett, son of George and Esther
(Anderson) Fawcett, was born on Congress street,
Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 23, 1844. He attended the publicschools of the city, and then went to Duff's Business
College, after which he studied law, but never engaged
in practice, however. He assisted his father in the
management of the street car lines and in his wholesale
and retail coal enterprise, and also helped organize the
Armstrong, Fawcett  McKelvey Company, a white
lead and paint concern having its plant located in
Philadelphia. Later, he sold his interest in this company and became a public accountant and auditor, being
appointed receiver for the Knoxville  St. Clair street
car line, and serving as accountant and auditor for a
number of important concerns. He is now retired and
living at Wilkinsburg, Pa., where both he and his wife
are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He
married Magdalene Heuber, daughter of Michael and
Elizabeth ( Shide) Heuber, both born in Hessen, Germany, and they became the parents of eight children:
William E., a physician in Bedford, Pa.; Albert Edgar,
a pharmacist of Pittsburgh, married Mary E. Frank, of
Newport, Pa.; James K., who is in the lumber business
in Pittsburgh; George T., twin of James K., also in
the lumber business in Pittsburgh, married Helen Wyse,
of Pittsburgh; Charles Emerson, of whom further;
Walter H., a musician; Elizabeth H.; and Esther M.
The last three reside at home.
Dr. Charles Emerson Fawcett, son of William Jonathan and Magdalene (Heuber) Fawcett, was born in
Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. I7, 1885. He attended the public
schools, going from the Pittsburgh High School to the
College of Pharmacy of the University of Pittsburgh,
from which he graduated in 1895. Continuing his studies in the medical department of the same university, he
graduated with the degree M. D., in the class of 1909.
He is a member of the Kappa Psi and of the Phi Rho
Sigma fraternities. He spent one year at the Reineman Maternity Hospital, while still a student, and after
his graduation served for one and a half years as
interne in Passavant Hospital, Pittsburgh. He went to
McKeesport in 1910 to begin practice, removing during
the same year to Dormont, where he has built up a
splendid medical and surgical practice. also having a
city office at No. 7110 Jenkin avenue. He is a member
of the Allegheny Medical Society; Pennsylvania State
Medical Society; American Medical Association; American Pharmaceutical Association; Lodge No. 650, Free
and Accepted Masons; Scottish Rite Masons, thirtysecond degree; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar;
Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine; Knights of Malta; Junior Order of
American Mechanics. He is a Republican in politics,
and was one of the founders, a charter member, and
the first president of the Almas Club, of Dormont.
Dr. Fawcett married, June 28, 1907, Bessie Olive
Bosmeyer, daughter of William and Mary (Miller)
Bosmeyer, of Pittsburgh, and they have one child, Robert Miles, born Nov. 20, 1912.
LEWIS BRANDT-The earliest recollections of
Mr. Brandt are of the lumber business, in which a large
share of his active years have been spent, for his boyhood was spent in the Cambria country woods. Trees
and lumber were almost his first impressions, for his
father, Jacob S. Brandt, was a lumberman, and at the
time of the birth of the son, Lewis, the family home
was in a logging camp in the Cambria forests. Jacob
S. Brandt was a veteran of the Civil War, being a
member of the 84th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. He married Regina Carl, and they were the parents of Lewis Brandt, of whom further.
Lewis Brandt was born in Cambria county, Pa., May
23, 1871. He attended the public schools in the city of
Altoona, Pa., and from these schools, and courses of
self-study, he obtained a good education. He added
to his intellectual equipment courses of study at the
commercial school, then, at the age of nineteen, entered
business life. He became familiar with the lumber
business through actual experience, and in the same way
acquired building knowledge. In 1896 he became active
in the management of a building business in the city of
Altoona, and was later general manager of the operations conducted by the Nicola interests at Vandergrift,
Pa. In I9oo he located in Pittsburgh, and organized
the Nicola Building Company, a corporation specializing
in the building of industrial towns and public utilities.
Mr. Brandt was the first secretary-treasurer and general manager of the company, but in 1907, after seven
years of successful operation, he was elected its president. He remained in that capacity for nine years, resigning Dec. 31, 1915, to enter upon private business
operations as a housing engineer, his present line of
endeavor.
Mr. Brandt has carefully studied the housing problem, and has devised plans by which buildings may be
greatly reduced in cost and improved in design and
quality. He is the originator of the "cut to fit" house,
which means the furnishing of lumber for an agreed
type of house, with the lumber cut and shipped
ready to erect. This is responsible for a great
saving in lumber and erecting cost, and has proved a
very popular and efficient innovation. The erection of
concrete houses has been given close examination by
Mr. Brandt, and he has brought out several patents
designed to overcome some objections made to concrete
house construction, and has built several very satisfactory homes of this character. The latest development
in this standardized building problem is the fabricated
house, which was perfected before the great World
War, and was used to some extent by the United States
Government. This type was found to be very useful,
and has come into high favor. Mr. Brandt's most recent
work is embodied in the "effciency house," a structure
of beauty, taste and great utility, possessing eightyseven per cent. efficiency, that is, with but thirteen per
cent. waste space.
During the World War, Mr. Brandt was of service
to the government as consultant with the Committee on
Standardization of the construction department of the
quartermaster corps, and was highly recommended by
this department for valued contributions to the cause
of victory. Mr. Brandt was consulting housing engineer of the famous Nitro industrial city in Virginia,
and when his plans were submitted to the authorities,
they were so impressed with the practicability and expediency of the proposition that work was at once be.DJX. LrSZ
gun. Every home in the new city was built in accordance with Mr. Brandt's plans, most of which were
shipped from the mills in knocked-down form, and in
four months two thousand homes, built for convenience
and comfort, were erected. The use of the fabricated
dwelling resulted in a saving to the government of
fifty-seven thousand man days, at a time when timesaving was a paramount consideration. Mr. Brandt's
only remuneration for his services was the reward that
comes with the sense of a patriotic duty well performed, compensation that has brought the country's
leaders of industry, science, and finance to the common standard.
At the present time (1921) he is engaged in industrial
housing programs to care for the needs of any industrial community struggling with the housing problem.
He has also done a great deal of town and village planning outside the industrial centers, and is a well known
contributor to the technical journals interested in housing propositions.
Mr. Brandt is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber
of Commerce, Board of Trade, and the Old Colony
Club, and is a golf enthusiast, being a member of the
Stanton Heights Golf Club. During his term of service
with the Nicola Building Company, Mr. Brandt built
the great concrete and steel stands at Forbes Field for
the Pittsburgh Baseball Club, in 19o9, completing the
undertaking in record time, eighty-eight days, well
within the contract period, an achievement widely heralded at the present time.
Mr. Brandt married, in 1894, in Altoona, Pa., May M.
Greenleaf, of Philadelphia, Pa., and they are the parents of two children: Selma M., and Robert G.
CHARLES DENNISTON RICHARDSON-.
Among those of Pittsburgh's native sons who have by
-energy, industry, and ability made their way to a high
place in the business and financial circles of the district
is Charles Denniston Richardson, son of William P. and
Agnes (Denniston) Richardson. William P. Richardson was a native of Edinburgh, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, who coming to Western Pennsylvania, identified
himself with various interests and activities of the
Pittsburgh district. He was a charter member of the
Pittsburgh Oil Exchange, and was an active, alert business man and a good citizen. He died in November,
1893, survived by his wife, who died in 1920. They
were the parents of four children: Charles Denniston,
of whom further; Elizabeth Darlington, who lives in
Sewickley, Pa.; Agnes Campbell Denniston; and Stewart Nicholson, of Pittsburgh, associated with Cassatt 
Company.
Charles Denniston Richardson was born in Pittsburgh,
Pa., Nov. 27, 1867. He attended the public schools of
Pittsburgh and then began business life as a messenger
in the Commercial National Bank, of Pittsburgh. He
was nineteen years of age at the time he entered the
employ of the Commercial National Bank as messenger,
and after the first testings which every live business
gives to the novice, promotions came to positions of
responsibility, and when, in 1915, the Commercial National Bank of Pittsburgh consolidated with the ComPHICAL                                                239
monwealth Trust Company, he was made assistant secretary and treasurer, which position he held until 1916,
when he became vice-president of The R. L. Dollings
Company, investment bankers, with headquarters in
Philadelphia. This last position of trust he holds at
the present time, discharging its exacting duties with
faithfulness and efficiency. Mr. Richardson has also
been president of the Bankers' and Bank Clerks' Mutual
Benefit Association, and was a member of Group 8 in
the Pennsylvania Bankers' Association.
Politically, Mr. Richardson is a Republican. Though
his business responsibilities are exacting, he finds time
for civic and social activities. He is a member of the
Chamber of Commerce, serving on the Legislative Committee; a member of the Union Club; and a member of
the Presbyterian church, of Sewickley.
Mr. Richardson married, in 1897, Margaret H. McMillen, of Sewickley, and they are the parents of one
son, Charles D., Jr. The family residence is in Sewickley, Pa.
HENRY DAVID WILLIAMS ENGLISH- While
pursuing a business career that has been marked by
successful accomplishment, Mr. English, since 1905 a
member of the firm of English  Furey, insurance, has
given of his time and service to public causes of vital
importance in a degree that has been productive of vast
good to the city. The outline of his business activity
follows, while the record of his participation in public
affairs is largely quoted from the writings of a well
known fellow-citizen, Oliver McClintock.
Mr. English was born at Sabbath Rest, Blair county,
Pa., Dec. 21, I855  son of Rev. George W. and Lydia
(Hildebrand) English. In his youth he attended the
military academy at Milroy, Pa., and Duff's Business
College, of Pittsburgh, there completing his education.
He entered newspaper work, and was so engaged until
1876, when he became an agent for one of the leading
insurance companies. In 1905 he took William M.
Furey (see following sketch) into the business under
the firm name, English  Furey, and this is his principal business interest to the present time. The firm is
a widely known underwriting organization, representing companies of leading reputation in their fields, and
has a large clientele in the Pittsburgh district. He has
served for ten years as a director and member of the
executive committee of the Crucible Steel Company.
Mr. English is vice-president of the National Housing Association; vice-president of the Voters' League of
Pittsburgh; member of the executive committee of the
Pennsylvania State Board of the National Conservation Association; and was president in the United States
of the National Council of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew for a number of years. He was president and is
now a trustee of the Kingsley Home Association, chairman of the Pittsburgh Civic Commission, and ex-president of the Chamber of Commerce. Prior to the mayoralty campaign of 1921, Mr. English's qualifications for
this office were recounted by Oliver McClintock, of
Pittsburgh, in a letter to the press, and a review of his
service to the cause of good government and civic welfare given. From his article, written after long assoin the electrical manufacturing world today, and
throughout the United States his reputation for progressiveness and original thought is widely known.
In political belief Mr. Corrigan is a Republican, and
although public offce is outside of his province, his
influence and support are always upon the side of
forward-looking, efficient government. He is a member
of the Electrical Manufacturers' Club and the Associated Manufacturers of Electrical Supplies of New
York, and the New York Electrical Society. His
clubs are: The Duquesne, Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh
Country, Americus Republican, the Old Colony, being
a member of the National Advisory Board of the latter,
and the Au Sable Trout and Game, of which last named
organization he is president. He is also a member
and vice-president of the Civic Club of Allegheny
county, and a member of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association. In religious faith he is a Roman Catholic,
being a member of the Sacred Heart Church. To Mr.
Corrigan has fallen the lot of leadership in important
enterprises, and the success of the projects with which
he has been connected has lain in the willing cooperation
he has been able to secure from his scientific and industrial colleagues. He is a highly regarded and generally
well liked member of the Pittsburgh business fraternity.
Mr. Corrigan married, in Chicago, Ill., Feb. 6, I895;
Alice Melita Potwin, daughter of Henry and Annie
(Smith) Potwin, of that city. Mrs. Corrigan is a
member of the Daughters of the American Revolution,
interested in philanthropic and charitable work in the
city, and a member of several women's clubs, including
the Tuesday Musical Club. Mr. and Mrs. Corrigan
are the parents of: I. Ruth Frances, born July 6, 1896;
educated in the Pittsburgh schools, Ursuline Academy
of Pittsburgh, and Marymount Academy of Tarrytown,
N. Y., being graduated from the last named school
in the class of 1915; married Walter Gordon Frauenheim. 2. John Potwin, born Jan. II, 1898; pursued
preparatory studies at Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md., and East Liberty Academy, Pittsburgh,
and then matriculated at Cornell University. On April
7, 1917, the day following the entry of the United
States into the World War, he enlisted as a seaman
in the United States navy at Newport, R. I. Later
he was commissioned ensign, and served on the U. S. S.
"Saranac," attached to the mine laying division,
"suicide fleet," in the North Sea. This division accomplished work that by many naval authorities was
deemed impossible, and its value in almost stopping
enemy operations equalled that of any other single
achievement of the war. Ensign Corrigan won high
commendation from his superior officers for his devotion to duty, and was discharged from the service
in February, 1919. He immediately resumed his work
at Cornell University and was graduated with the
degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1920. He took a leading
part in college activities, and prior to his enlistment,
while in his junior year, was manager of the varsity
baseball team, and upon his return from the service
was elected manager of the "Masque." In 1920 he was
nominated by the faculty of Cornell University to
represent Pennsylvania in Rhodes Scholarship competition. He is still retained on the officers' reserve list
of the United States navy, and is now associated with
the National Metal Molding Company. 3. Mary Alice,
born Dec. 19, 1899, now (1920) attending the Brownson
School of New York City. 4. Charles E., Jr., born
Nov. 3, 1901, a graduate of Shadyside Academy, Pittsburgh, class of 1920, and now a student in Tulane University, New Orleans, La. 5. Francis Hughes, born
Feb. 21, 1907.
A. LEO WEIL-The future of Pittsburgh is in the
hands not of her industrial leaders and potentates alone,
but also in those of the men who are working for her
civic improvement and moral betterment and who administer her laws. Her standing in the years to come
depends largely on the strides she makes along civic
and social lines, and on the evenhanded justice she
deals out to all her citizens without discrimination of
rank, fortune or social standing, and for advancement
along these lines she looks with confidence to such
men as A. Leo Weil, senior member of the law firm
of Weil, Christy  Weil, and one of the most prominent
civic workers as well as one of the most prominent and
aggressive attorneys now practicing at the bar of the
Iron City. For about thirty-five years Mr. Weil has
been a resident of Pittsburgh, and is conspicuous as
one of her most prominent lawyers, as well as one of
the most civic-spirited men to be found within her
limits, prominently associated with all her most vital
interests.
A. Leo Weil was born July 19, 1858, in Keysville,
Charlotte county, Va., a son of Isaac L. and Minna
(Weil) Weil, the former having been for several years
established in business in the South. The ancestors of
A. Leo Weil were natives of Bavaria, Germany. The
boy received his elementary education in the log cabin
schoolhouses of Virginia fame, in the old-fashioned
boarding schools of Virginia, and in the high school of
Titusville, Pa., to which city his parents removed from
Virginia. He attended the academic and law departments of the University of Virginia, and in 1879 was
admitted to the bar of Virginia, then of Ohio, and next
of Pennsylvania, in 188o.
From I88o to 1887 Mr. Weil practiced in Bradford,
Pa., achieving more than usual success, but in the latter
year a desire for the larger opportunities of a wider
field led him to remove to Pittsburgh, where he has
since continuously remained, building up an extensive
and lucrative practice. His marked ability, combined
with devotion to duty, soon brought him into prominence
and he became the legal representative of large interests, making a specialty of corporation law. Strong
in reasoning and forceful in argument, he possesses
that legal instinct which makes its way quickly through
immaterial details to the essential points upon which
the determination of a cause must turn, and he combines with his other qualifications much of the magnetic
force of the orator. Into every cause intrusted to him
he throws the whole force of his personality, learning,
skill and experience, allowing none of the many interests
committed to his care to suffer for want of close and
able attention and industry.
In all that concerns the city's welfare, Mr. Weil's
interest is deep and sincere, and wherever substantialciation and intimate relations in progressive movements,
the following is extracted:
He, with Starling W. Childs, A. Leo Weil, and George
R. Wallace, were the founders of the Non-Partisan
Voters' League, with Tensard DeWolf as their ideal
secretary. Its object was "to secure and maintain
honest and economical city and county government."
Prior to elections they mailed to each voter an unbiased bulletin, containing the records and qualifications of candidates for city and county offices. It was
generally accepted as the voter's dependable guide for
voting and exerted a wholesome restraint upon party
leaders in the preparation of party tickets. The committee was also active in prosecutions, and secured
convictions for fradulent voting. A notable achievement was their rescue of Grant (now Bigelow) boulevard from the grasp of the Pittsburgh Railways Company, after the franchise had been given away to
them by the city councils and the mayor.
He was the founder and president of the Pittsburgh
Civic Commission, dedicated to "making Pittsburgh a
city, useful, convenient, economical and healthful in
the years to come." A prominent feature of their
work was city planning. Two noted experts, Frederick Law Olmstead, of New York, and Bion J. Arnold,
of Chicago, were secured to investigate present conditions and suggest forward-looking city improvements. Mr. Arnold later was released to the city's
employ under Mayor Magee. He made an exhaustive
report in 1910 on "Pittsburgh's Passenger Transportation Problem." In 1910 the commission printed Mr.
Olmstead's report on "Cutting the Hump," creating a
civic center with public buildings and connecting thoroughfares; smoke abatement; housing, raising of the
bridges; a building code, etc. Its recommendations
have since been partially carried out, while some are
now in progress. It is widely accepted as a standard
on city planning.
But, the most conspicuous record of his civic usefulness was as president of the Chamber of Commerce
during 1907 and 1908. His energetic initiative and
executive faculty lifted the chamber to a high peak of
achievement and won for it a country-wide reputation
as a model civic organization, devoted alike to commercial progress and good city government. Perhaps
the most notable achievement during this period was
the consolidation of Pittsburgh and Allegheny. After
long delay and many defeats it was finally accomplished, December 6, 1907, under an act drawn by two
members Of the chamber, and chiefly through the
effort and money expended by the chamber.
During his presidency the advent of pure water
from the new filtration plant marked the retreat of the
typhoid germ. Up to that time Pittsburgh had been
known as the worst city in annual losses from the
scourge, typhoid, estimated for 1907 as equivalent to
$800,000. But now it has been completely eradicated
and is almost unknown.
In May, 1907, the chamber had its first trade extension excursion. It has since became a popular activity,
and has a constantly increasing success. In 1907, under
his presidency, the chamber inaugurated a crusade
against impure milk, securing the cooperation of milk
producers by holding a dairy contest and a milk and
cream exhibit in the rooms of the chamber. Under his
leadership and chiefly by the persistent labors of the
chamber's committee on civil service, a civil service
act for cities of the second class was passed in 1907.
The chamber's activity in its behalf was acknowledged
by resolutions of gratitude from the city bureaus of
firemen and police. He had a leading part in the sesqui-centennial celebration of the founding of Pittsburgh in 1908. Its wonderful pageant and impressive
ceremonies, which included the attendance of President
Roosevelt, constituted a most effective advertisement
of Pittsburgh's greatness and inspiring history to the
whole world. Under his presidency strenuous and successful efforts were made by citizens of Pittsburgh
to secure the location of the United States testing
laboratory in Pittsburgh, the appropriate center for
industrial research. This was accomplished in the face
of active competition by Chicago and St. Louis. where
the testing laboratory had been located during 19041905 and 1906.
His presidency of the chamber was marked by extraordinary activity in behalf of flood protection and prevention; reforestation of water-sheds and storage
reservoirs, and the appointment of a flood commission
of 34. A fund of $100,000 was raised for the expenses
of surveying, planning and a report. The fruits of
their labors are now becoming evident in the Government's purchase Of 2,000,000 acres, at the headwaters of the Monongahela, for reforestation and other
flood prevention measures, and in the recent act of the
Pennsylvania Legislature, authorizing the purchase of
several millions of acres at the headwaters of the Allegheny, also water reservoirs and the production of
electric power. The last object, in view of our failing
na tural gas supply, is of inestimable importance to
industry and the cost of living.
During his incumbency as president of the chamber
he championed the project of a high level tunnel to the
South Hills and a high level connecting bridge as
essential to mak ing this p opulous district accessible
from the business center, and in helping to solve the
housing problem. The municipal affairs committee's
report favoring it was adopted by the chamber with a
vote of 197 to 3 opposed.
But a limit of space forbids further details of his
civic experience in matters and issues relating to the
commercial and civil advancement of Pittsburgh. We
may summarize it in one brief sentence-he is a veteran soldier for civic progress and good government.
Mr. English is a thirty-second degree Mason, and his
clubs are the Duquesne and Union. He is widely acquainted in many circles in Pittsburgh, and his influence has been felt with beneficial effect in all channels
to which his interest has extended.
Mr. English married, June lo, 1896, Jennie P. (McLean ) Sellers, of Pittsburgh. Their home is at No.
7110 Thomas boulevard.
WILLIAM M. FUREY, of the well known firm of
English  Eurey, general agents for the Berkshire Life
Insurance Company, of Pittsburgh, Pa., is numbered
among the most progressive representatives of his line
of business. In addition to his identification with insurance interests, Mr. Furey holds a well recognized position in the financial world, and is active in all that pertains to the welfare and progress of his home city.
William M. Furey was born Oct. 9, 1871, in Bellefonte, Pa., and is a son of W. Morris and Annie M.
(English) Furey. W. Morris Furey died July 26, 1913.
William M. Furey was educated in the public schools
of his native town, and on Nov. 20, I886, came to Pittsburgh "to seek his fortune." Becoming an office boy
for his uncle, H. D. W. English (see preceding sketch),
in the Berkshire Life Insurance Company, he associated
himself at the very outset of his career with the business
with which he was destined to be thenceforth conspicuously and successfully identified. He had the foresight
not always found in youths of his years to realize the
necessity of preparation for the advancement to which
be looked forward. Accordingly, while working in his
uncle's office, he took a course in a Pittsburgh business
school, with the gratifying result of rapid promotion.
Step by step he advanced until he reached the position
of special agent, later attaining that of manager of the
agency and collecting department. In 1892 he was made
manager of the Pittsburgh agency of the Berkshire Life
Insurance Company, under Mr. English.
In 1905, Mr. Furey, in association with his uncle,
H. D. W. English, organized the firm of English 
Furey, general agents for the Berkshire Life Insurance
Company. The enterprise developed favorably and the
partners are to-day in possession of one of the most
prosperous and extensive agencies in their line in the
city of Pittsburgh. This flourishing condition of the
business is very largely due to the progressive and energetic methods adopted by Mr. Furey, who has the repu240tation of having written more personal insurance than
any other agent of his company in the United States
for the same length of time. He was a former president of the Pittsburgh Life Underwriters' Association.
He has represented the local associations on the executive committee of the National Association of Life
Underwriters for the last nine years, in 1917 being
chairman of the National Executive Committee.
Mr. Furey is widely known in the Pittsburgh district,
and in its busy world of affairs has won a prominent
place. He is a vigorous and alert business man, an able
executive, and in active life has formed many firm and
enduring friendships. He is secretary and treasurer of
the William Penn and Fort Pitt Hotel companies. A
good citizen no less than an able business man, Mr.
Furey never loses his interest in civic and national
affairs, and never neglects an opportunity of manifesting
that interest. He is a director of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, was chairman of the entertainment
committee of 1917, and was elected in 1920 first vicepresident, having served previously as third and second
vice-president. He is a member of the Duquesne
Club, Union Club, Pittsburgh Country Club, and the
Pittsburgh Athletic Association. He is an honorary
member of the Pittsburgh Life Underwriters' Association. Mr. Furey is a past master of Crescent Lodge,
No. 576, Free and Accepted Masons; a member of
Shiloh Chapter, No. 257, Royal Arch Masons; Tancred
Commandery, No. 48, Knights Templar; Scottish Rite
Masons, having attained the thirty-third degree in 1916;
and Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the board of directors of the Western Pennsylvania Institution for the
Blind, and a friend of all philanthropic endeavor. Mr.
Furey takes a keen interest in church work, and in addition to being an active member of the Shadyside Presbyterian Church, he is serving as chairman of the executive committee on men's work. Politically, he is a
Republican.
Mr. Furey married, in I895, in Pittsburgh, Jessie
Benton Rankin, daughter of George W. and Rebecca
R. D. (Kirkpatrick) Rankin, and they are the parents of
the following children: I. William R., a student in St.
John's School at Manlius, N. Y.; he was thrown from
his horse Jan. 26, 1916, during cavalry drill, and died
Jan. 31, 1916. 2. Rankin, a student in Princeton University, class of 1922. 3. Virginia English.
The record of William M. Furey requires no comment. As that of a public-spirited citizen and an aggressive, fair-minded business man, it speaks for itself.
EDWARD HERMAN POND, M. D.-Among
those branches of medical science which are to-day
claiming the thought and demanding the research of the
members of the profession none are of more vital interest than Dermatology and Roentgenology, and it is to
the consideration and elucidation of these subjects that
Dr. Edward Herman Pond, of Pittsburgh, has for the
last fifteen years devoted himself with a zeal, thoroughness and enlightenment which have placed him in the
front rank of the specialists of Pennsylvania.
The family of which Dr. Pond is a representative had
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its original home in Massachusetts, whence, more than
a century ago, the progenitor of the Pittsburgh branch
migrated to Vermont. Abel Pond, his great-grandfather,
married Jerusha Willetts. Joel A. Pond, son of Abel
and Jerusha (Willetts) Pond, was born May 17, 1807,
at Poultney, Vt., and soon after his marriage removed
to Townville, Pa., where he was one of the pioneers.
He was a farmer, living at first in a little log cabin of
his own erection, but as time went on he became one
of the prominent men of the community. He married
Abigail Willis, of Hampton, Washington county, N. Y.,
who was born June 14, I8o8, and their union was of
forty years' duration, being dissolved by the death of
Mrs. Pond, who passed away May II, 1872. Mr. Pond
died April I9, 1877, surviving by only a few years the
companion of a lifetime.
John N. Pond, son of Joel A. and Abigail (Willis)
Pond, was' born Sept. 3, 1834, at Townville, Pa., and
educated at Meadville, Pa. In 1861 he graduated from
the Cleveland Homceopathic Medical College, and for
a time practiced at Burton, Ohio, removing in 1865 to
Meadville, Crawford county, Pa., where he was engaged in general practice during the remainder of his
life. He was a Republican, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Dr. Pond married Maria A.
Thompson, and their children were: Sherman, deceased;
Edward Herman, mentioned below; George Herbert, of
East Pittsburgh; and Ralph Ernest, a physician of
Meadville. Dr. Pond died Oct. 24, I9oo, and Mrs. Pond
(born Aug. 20, 1838, in Vernon, Ohio, married on March
31, I859) passed away June 9, 1912. Like her husband,
she was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church,
and earnestly devoted to the promotion of its work.
Dr. Edward Herman Pond, son of John N. and
Maria A. (Thompson) Pond, was born March I8,
1862, at Burton, Trumbull county, Ohio, and was three
years old when his parents moved to Meadville, Crawford county, Pa., where he received his preparatory
education in the public schools. He afterward entered
Allegheny College, graduating in 1883, with the degree
of Bachelor of Arts, the institution conferring upon
him three years later that of Master of Arts. After
spending a short time in preparatory reading, he matriculated in the department of medicine of the University of Michigan, and in 1886 received the degree of
Doctor of Medicine. During his senior year he served
as an interne in the college hospital, and after graduation engaged for five years in general practice in
Meadville, Pa.
In I89I Dr. Pond came to Pittsburgh and during the
next ten years became widely and favorably known as
a general practitioner, in association with Dr. C. H.
Hoffman. He then took a post-graduate course at the
Polyclinic College of Philadelphia, and afterward devoted special attention to Dermatology. In the course
of events he also turned his thoughts to Roentgenology
and his large practice is now divided between these two
specialties in which he is regarded as one of the most
skilled in the Keystone State. He is a member of the
staff of the Pittsburgh Homceopathic Hospital.
The literature of his profession owes much to Dr.
Pond's work, many lucid and valuable articles from hispen having appeared in medical journals. During his
residence in Meadville he served for three years as
physician for the county jail. He belongs to the American Institute of Homoeopathy; the Pennsylvania State
Momceopathic Society, in which from 1908 to 1913 he
held the office of secretary; and the Homoeopathic Society of Allegheny county, in which he has at different
times filled all offices. He is a member of the East End
Doctors' Club.
Politically, Dr. Pond is a Republican, and his interest
in municipal affairs has always been a marked feature
of his character. While a resident of Meadville he
held various offices of a local nature. He affiliates with
Milnor Lodge, No. 287, Free and Accepted Masons; he
attends the Unitarian church.
As a young man, Dr. Pond gave evidence of his pub
lic spirit by enlisting in Company B, National Guard,
of Meadville, in which he was sergeant-major, captain
and aide-de-camp on the staff of the Second Brigade,
the three promotions being awarded him on three successive days. He was a member of Governor Beaver's
staff, but when his time expired, left the State to study
medicine.
Always fully abreast of his time in everything pertaining to medical science, Dr. Pond is one of the men
whose clear vision prevents progressiveness from degenerating into rashness. Of medium height and wellknit figure, his genial manner, winning address and dignified presence mark him as a man of remarkable force
and large benevolence.
During his residence in Meadville, Dr. Pond married,
June 22, 1888, Mary H. Hartman, daughter of the late
Henry Hartman, of that city, where Mr. Hartman was
a wagon manufacturer. The following children have
been born to Dr. and Mrs. Pond: I. Marguerite, deceased. 2. Edward, deceased. 3. Irene E., educated in
Pittsburgh schools and at the Margaret Morrison
School; she married Stanley L. Connell, and they have
three children: Edward, Catherine, and Stanley L,., Jr.;
they reside in Oil City, Pa. 4. Mildred H., now attending Pittsburgh schools. Mrs. Pond is one of the
city's favorite hostesses.
At the present time it would seem that the greatest
service to the cause of medical science is to be rendered
by thorough and painstaking work in the direction of
specialization. It is this work to which Dr. Edward
Herman Pond has consecrated his talents, and his record, full of accomplishment as it is, justifies the expectation of greater things to come.
ALFRED 0. DETCHON-From business and industrial connections, in which the Westinghouse interests were heavily concerned, Mr. Detchon, prominent
realtor of Pittsburgh, Pa., entered the field in which he
has been active for the past quarter of a century.- Mr.
Detchon is a native of Ohio, born in Canal Dover,
March 12, 1859, son of Cyrus and Mary Jane (Poulton)
Detchon, his father a school teacher and principal, and
later a farmer.
Alfred 0. Detchon attended the district schools and
then entered the Poland ( Ohio ) Academy. When he
began attendance at the academy he accepted a position
as a teacher, and as a youth of eighteen years taught in
the school in which he had shortly before-been a pupil.
In this manner he financed his own education, and ever
since attaining an age of earning power, has been dependent upon his own resources. Shortly after arriving at his majority, he came to Pittsburgh, spending one
year in the employ of the Allegheny Valley railway before forming an association with the Union Switch and
Signal Company, a Westinghouse concern, that endured
for thirteen years. Mr. Detchon went with this company as store-keeper and traffic manager and held a
place of responsibility until his resignation, and it was
during his term of service that the present Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company was organized.
Early in the nineties Mr. Detchon became impressed
with the possibilities and opportunities in the Pittsburgh real estate field, and in 1897 he had so arranged
his affairs that he made that his principal interest. He
has been unusually active in large operations, and there
is not a street or avenue in the business section of
Pittsburgh, from Ross street to the point, on which he
has not bought and sold property, at the same time
handling much desirable residential property. Mr. Detchon, operating with Harvey R. Worthington as the
Worthington-Detchon Company, has just successfully
completed an addition to Youngstown, Ohio, for which
his father's farm of one hundred acres formed the basis.
Locations in this development were in heavy demand,
and this venture, one of the few with which he has
been identified outside Allegheny county, has had a
prosperous outcome. In conjunction with his realty
operations, Mr. Detchon has handled a large amount of
insurance, a line that has long been considered a complement of the real estate business. He is a member
of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce and the Pittsburgh Real Estate Board, and is numbered among the
progressive realtors and men of affairs of the city. In
political faith he is a Republican. Mr. Detchon has won
success through diligent industry, and through constant
effort toward a well-defined goal. His well-earned vacation periods are spent in the out-of-doors, often with
rod and reel. He is a member of the Point Breeze
Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Detchon married, Oct. 12, 1887, Jane Elliott, of
Pittsburgh, and they were the parents of three children: I. Margaret E:., educated in the Pittsburgh grammar and high schools and the Pennsylvania College for
Women: lives at home. 2. Charles P., who was about to
enter college when the United States entered the World
War. He volunteered for service, and after training in
the United States, was attached to the 1111th Machine
Gun Battalion and was sent overseas. He was in every
engagement ( from Chateau-Thierry through the Argonne to the armistice) in which his battalion was engaged, and for ninety-five days was continuously under
fire, being wounded in action, although not seriously.
Prior to his departure for France, he married, Jan. 2,
I918, Evelyn Thomas, of Pittsburgh. They have one
child, Charles Benjamin. 3. Benjamin Cyrus, of whom
further.
Benjamin Cyrus Detchon, son of Alfred 0. and Janeii                                             
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4%/I(Elliott) Detchon, was born in Pittsburgh, July 21,
1888. He was educated in Sterritt Public School and
Shadyside Academy, of Pittsburgh, and Princeton University and Penn State College, receiving the degree of
M. E. He was engaged in professional work at the
declaration of war with Germany, and at once volunteered, being commissioned first lieutenant in the Ordnance Officers' Reserve Corps of the United States army,
July 2, 1917. He was promoted to the rank of captain
Jan. 8, 1918, and was offered a major's commission to
remain at Camp Hancock, where he was personnel officer
and officer-in-charge of intelligence work, but he chose
overseas duty. He died of pneumonia at Brest, France,
Oct. I, I9I8.
The service of the two sons of Alfred 0. Detchon
adds another chapter to a splendid military record held
in the family name. Oswald Detchon, Jr., great-grandfather of Mr. Detchon, and founder of the family in
the United States, was a soldier in the War of 1812;
Salomon Detchon, his grandfather, held the rank of
captain in the United States army in the Mexican War;
and two of his uncles, Wilbur and Alfred Detchon,
fought on the Union side in the Civil War. Something
of the spirit that inspired them, and which must have
sustained most of the boys who bore the banner of a
great crusade in France, has been caught in the following excerpts from a letter written by Capt. Benjamin
C. Detchon to his mother, addressed to her with his
pet name for her, "Dearest O'Reddy":
After reading your letter of Sunday evening I don't
know whether to pat you on the back or give you a
really good shaking. For I see right off that you've
let this war get on your nerves until you're morbid
about it.-. 
The trouble is the same with you as with many
million others. Subconsciously, deep down in our
minds, we refuse to admit the possibility Of death's
coming to us our to those near- and dear. Until the
sudden shock wakens for a moment we are, to all
intents and purposes, immortal. Writers innumerable
have told us of the hazards of war; few sit down to
tell us of the hazards of peace, or to call our attention
to the fact that figures prove the death rate of the
human race to be 100%. If they did, I'm afraid you
would have just a sad, sad time, dear for in addition
to seeing all the soldiers stark and cold you would see
all the world stark and cold...  *          *                     *
One might, by the most careful conservation and
doing nothing at all, eke out the years in a vegetablelike existence to many times those given to a person of
equal physical powers who does things-but to what
end? Unless you are willing to admit that the justification of life is mere existence, such a one might better have died at birth.
I've taken an off-hand view of a philosophy of life
that I don't think you subscribe to. As nearly as I
can express mine,-life consists of doing, not being;
doing for the welfare of some one aside from one's
self. If every man who goes to France were to stay
there, he would still have crowded into a Short time
the experiences of the Kingdom of God, the Power and
the Glory of Service to an ideal which he would not
in all probability have experienced had he lived to a
century in the ordinary way. "Dulce et decorum est
pro patria mori"- freely translated-"Let me pass on
a little sooner under the high white light of joy of
an end attained, a purpose served, the defense of and
victory for what I know in my heart and soul to be
Right." You see, you can't be sorry for the boys who
go even if they don't return. Theirs is the joy of life
that we who stay can only feel dimly.
Then, for whom do you grieve? Those who remain
and feel that they have lost something, or someone
who can't be replaced.? How wrong you are!
For you, of all people, should know how little the
physical touch satisfies,-and that's all that is lost.
Personal, daily contact is so often deadening; the
fineness of mind and soul is so often covered over with
the trivialities of the daily routine of existence that
it's seen only by flashes and at intervals. Was your
own father more near and dear to you during his lifetime than he is now? I venture to say, No. Moments
of irritation, complication of the lovely and lovable
soul contacts by the insistent demands of the everfrail body, all the little trials that we have experienced
with those we love, have passed,-remains only the
knowledge that we have with us always a beautiful
being, the essence of all that was fine, whom we knew,
only caged and half-articulate, before THE GREAT
CHANGE.
Dear mother, a man cannot, I know, realize the
heartaches of a woman any more than he can feel the
birth pains that someone underwent for the bodily
existence of each of us. We are bound to talk to one
another through a small hole in a wall that we can't
break down nor climb over. The woman's side, thinking of her own children, is bound to be unchangeably
opposed to the man's. Through her own she feels the
call of the flesh of every other woman, regardless of
her spiritual development, and the man in my office yesterday who said that the hardest part is for the woman
at home knew that the mental pangs of the spiritual
rebirth of a son who has died physically must be
more trying than the physical pangs that originally
brought him into the world.
But as the effort is harder, so is the reward higher
and clearer in its beauty.
THIS MY SON, FOR WHOM I HAVE SUFFERED,
NOW HAS MADE HIS SACRIFICE. I HAVE DONE
MY PART FOR THE BETTERMENT OF MANKIND:
I. AM ALIVE NOW AS NEVER BEFORE, FOR
THROUGH ME IS THE WORLD MADE A FINER,
CLEANER, HOLIER PLACE.
Cheer up, O'Reddy. Be a good sport!
Lovingly,                            BEN.
WALTER P. HANSELL-The life of Mr. Hansell, best known in Pittsburgh through his long connection with the A. French Spring Company, was, from
his fifteenth year until his retirement in 1920, in his
seventy-second year, one of activity and success. His
inventive genius and his managerial ability were the
greatest factors in the wonderful growth and prosperity of the A. French Spring Company, and in any account of Pittsburgh's men of affairs, the name of Wat
ter P. Hansell must of right appear.
Walter P. Hansell is a son of John Hansell, born in
Philadelphia, Pa., in 1813, who moved to Pittsburgh,
in 1845, shortly after the  great fire in Pittsburgh in
that year, in which the Smithfield street bridge was
destroyed. The first work John Hansell did in Pittsburgh was in rebuilding that bridge, but later he became
one of the well known hotel men of the city, proprietor
of the Old Blue Bell House on Fifth avenue, near
Stevenson street. He died at that historical hostelry in
I88o, aged sixty-seven years. He married Charlotte
Krummel, born in Pittsburgh in 1828, died in I896.
Four of the nine children of John and Charlotte
(Krummel) Hansell are yet living in Pittsburgh: Biddle R., married Georgianna Bryan; Harry, married
Elizabeth Love, whom he survives; Ida, married Walter Beaumont, whom she survives; Walter P., of further mention.
Walter P. Hansell was born in what is now Pittsburgh, South Side, Jan. 15, 1849, and is yet a resident of
that city, his home address at No. 58oI Aylesboro avenue. He attended the public schools of the old Third
and Sixth wards until fifteen years of age, then secured
employment with Jones, Boyd  Company, spring manufacturers of Pittsburgh. He remained with that company four years, becoming an expert in spring making,
and effectually fixing his mind, his thoughts and his
genius on the manufacture of steel springs of everydescription. From Jones, Boyd  Company he transferred to the Keystone Spring Company, and later to
the Culmer Spring Company, the last-named later merging with the A. French Spring Company. Through all
these changing years Mr. Hansell was growing in
knowledge and ability, his position and his remuneration
keeping pace. He finally became general superintendent
of the A. French Spring Company, having control of
their entire plant, consisting of three large finishing
mills. He was then but twenty-five years of age, but
he had developed a genius for spring manufacture that
culminated in a series of inventions and improvements
that were applied by the A. French Spring Company to
their great advantage. His inventions which applied to
wagon, spiral and railway springs, were most valuable,
and having become financially interested in the success
of the A. French Spring Company, they were all turned
over to that company as fast as patents were granted.
The company became known all over the world for the
excellent quality of its product and for its special fitness
of each kind of spring for the work it had to do. This
reputation was deserved, and largely came from the ability and inventive genius of the general superintendent,
Walter P. Hansell. The company became one of the
largest of its kind in the United States, and under Mr.
Hansell's patents and direction, erected mills at a cost
of half a million dollars, mills that at the present day
prices would cost $3,000,000. Mr. Hansell remained in
charge of the mills of the company until the A. French
Spring Company was absorbed by the Railway Steel
Spring Company, with headquarters in New York City,
and mills and factories in various parts of the United
States. He then retired from official connection, but
retains his stockholder's interest.
Other interests which have claimed Mr. Hansell's
interest from time to time have been largely of the oil
and gas variety, and so largely has he invested in them
that he is one of the large holders. For ten years he
was president of the Independent Brewing Company of
Pittsburgh, and he had other interests, from which he
retired in 1920. He spends his summers at his beautiful
home in Penn township, Allegheny county, near Verona,
his winters at the family residence on Squirrel Hill,
Pittsburgh. He is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber
of Commerce; was a member of the City Board of Fire
Commissioners for six years, and in early days ran with
Rescue Hook and Ladder Company, one of the "crack"
companies of the old volunteer fire departments. He is
a Republican in politics, but beyond a deep interest in
party success and the exercise of the franchise, took no
active part. He is affiliated with Milnor Lodge, No.
287, Free and Accepted Masons; Zerubbabel Chapter,
Royal Arch Masons; Tancred Commandery, Knights
Templar; Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine; and is a communicant of the
Protestant Episcopal church.
Mr. Hansell married, July 31, 1893, Bertha T. Hauch,
born in Pittsburgh, a graduate of Ursuline Academy,
daughter of Christopher and Catherine Eva ( Swan)
Hauch, her father one of Pittsburgh's leading jewelers
for many years. He was born in Pittsburgh in 1845,
died in 1916. Catherine Eva (Swan) Hauch was born
in France, in died in Pittsburgh, in 1902. Mrs.
Bertha T. (Hauch) Hansell is a niece of Carl Bauer,
editor of the Pittsburgh "Volk Blatt." Mr. and Mrs.
Hansell are the parents of four children: I. Walter P.
Hansell, Jr., born Dec. 25, 1894, died of influenza in
Buffalo, N. Y., in November, 1918. At the entrance of
the United States in the World War, in 1917, he was
refused enlistment on account of his eyesight, but, de-.
termined to "do his bit," he secured a position in the
Curtiss Airplane Works at Buffalo, in June, 1917, and
a short time later was made foreman. He fell a victim
of the dreadful influenza and died a true and gallant
soldier. 2. Earl L. Hansell, who was born March 29,
1897. Two weeks after the United States entered the
World War, in 1917, he volunteered and was accepted.
He was one of the first soldiers to arrive at Kelly
Aviation Field in Texas, and was there from April to
September, when he was sent to Mineola, Long Island,
then going to England, and then to France, where he
was in active service on the Belgium front. He was
attached to the Twenty-third Aerial Squadron and was
in active service until the war closed. He was honorably discharged March I9, 1919, and is now (1921 )
superintendent of the Lutz Garage, Pittsburgh, North
Side. 3. Flora Belle, born Feb. 13, 1902, residing at
home. 4. Ira S., born Nov. 14, 1903, also at home. Mrs.
Hansell is a great worker in the Episcopal church. She
belongs to the New Era, the Wymodausis, the Oriental
Shrine, and the Syria Ladies' Social clubs of Pittsburgh.
She is a lady of refinement and culture; is also a representative of the Wymodausis Club and the St. Barnabas
Home, a home for invalid men, irrespective of creed or
color, which is kept up by donations.
CHARLES K. ROBINSON, B. S., LL. B., a successful Pittsburgh attorney, is broadly active in civic
affairs, as well as in his own profession. Mr. Robinson
is descended from one of the early pioneer families of
Pennsylvania, and is a son of Jesse H. and Jennie
( Shaw ) Robinson, now deceased. General Robinson
street, in North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa., was named after
a relative of this family, General Robinson. Jesse H.
Robinson was a veteran of the Civil War, and there is
a tablet to his memory in Memorial Hall, in Pittsburgh.
He was in the military telegraph service and later became superintendent of the telegraph division of the
United States Weather Bureau. Following the Civil
War, he left Pittsburgh to assist in the attempt made by
the Western Union Telegraph Company to lay an overland cable by way of Alaska and Siberia to Europe,
spending two years in Siberia. It is a matter of historic interest that the enormous sums spent in clearing
the way for this trans-continental cable were entirely
lost through the successful laying of the first submarine
cable between Europe and America. For many years,
in later life, he was in United States Government work.
Charles K. Robinson was born in Cape May City,
N. J., June 13, 1877. Receiving his early education in
the public schools of Washington, D. C., he was graduated from the Central High School of that city in the
class of 1894. He entered George Washington University, in Washington, and from that institution receivedhis degree of Bachelor of Science upon his graduation
in 1897. Thereafter, he entered Harvard University
Law School, and was graduated in 1901, with the degree
of Bachelor of Laws. For nearly two years following,
Mr. Robinson, on the recommendation of the faculty of
Harvard Law School, was private secretary to United
States Senator George Frisbee Hoar, and was also clerk
of the judiciary committee of the United States Senate.
He then came to Pittsburgh, and entering the law offices
of A. M. and J. D. Brown, he was admitted to the bar
in June, 1903. Choosing a special branch of activity in
his profession, Mr. Robinson has become an authority
on corporation law as applied to public utilities, and has
been directly identified, during the greater part of his
career, with the legal department of the city of Pittsburgh.
In 1907, during Mayor Guthrie's administration, Mr.
Robinson was appointed special counsel for the city of
Pittsburgh, to take charge of the appraisal and condemnation of the major portion of the plant of the Monongahela Water Company. The award made by the appraisers was about one-half the amount claimed by the
company, and was generally accepted as a distinct victory for the city. He was assistant city solicitor under
the administration of Mayor Magee. Again, under
Mayor Armstrong, Mr. Robinson served as first assistant city solicitor, and later as special counsel for the
city in charge of all public utilities litigation, embracing all litigation involving the rates and service of
Pittsburgh's public utilities, including street railway,
light and power, gas, and telephone charges. It also
included protracted hearings before the Public Service
Commission involving the valuation of the properties of
the Pittsburgh Railway Company and the laying of the
ground work for the re-organization of that company
and the establishment of fair and equitable relations
between the company and the public authorities.
During the Guthrie administration, many suits were
brought to secure the payment of the franchise and ordinance obligations which had been neglected or forgotten
for years, such as street cleaning by street railway companies, bridge tolls, car license taxes, and many other
municipal taxes and charges. These cases were tried
before the local and the State Supreme courts and resulted in the recovery of past obligations to the city in
excess of a half-million dollars and the securing of
additional annual revenues in excess of $I5o,ooo. Mr.
Robinson took an active part in drafting legislation for
cities of the second class and particularly in securing
modifications of and subsequent amendments to the public service laws in the interest of the general public.
In February, 1921, he resigned from the city's legal
department, and is now devoting his entire attention
to his private practice, which had, of necessity, given
place, in a considerable degree, to his public duties, but
conducting also a comprehensive general practice. At
the time the Bell Telephone Company raised their rates
in Pennsylvania, in 192o, Mr. Robinson was general
counsel for all the complainants, numbering over two
hundred throughout the State of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Robinson is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, of Pittsburgh, and also of the Board of Trade.
He is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association, and is chairman of the Committee on Legislation
of that body. Politically, he supports the Republican
party. His clubs are the University, Field, and the
Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and he is a member of
the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. By
way of relaxation he turns to golf and tennis. He is a
member of the Sixth Presbyterian Church and is vicepresident of the board of trustees of the church.
On Jan. 6, 1904, Mr. Robinson married Mary E. Alexander, daughter of Joseph Alexander, of St. Louis, Mo.,
and they have two sons: Hamilton A., now a student
at Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N. J., preparatory to entrance to Princeton University; and Charles
E., in grammar school in Pittsburgh. Mrs. Robinson is
widely interested in philanthropic activities, is president of the Children's Charity of the Presbyterian Hospital, is a member of the Pittsburgh Civic Club, and the
Woman's City Club, and ex-president of the Margaret
McCandless Missionary Society.
ELLERSLIE WALLACE STEVENSON, M. D.Pittsburgh has registered not a few physicians upon her
roster of eminent citizens and she delights in placing
upon that list those who by energy and capacity have
won their way to her favor. Ellerslie Wallace Stevenson, son of Alfred and Irene (Lindsay) Stevenson, was
born at Oakdale, Allegheny county, Pa., Jan. 8, 1877.
His father, one of the oldest living practicing physicians in Allegheny county, was born in Washington
county, March I, 1847, and blazed the trail which his
son has followed. By energy and hard work the father
acquired his preliminary education, and at the then
early age of twenty-three, graduated from Jefferson
Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1871, beginning
practice the same year. He has held during his life
many important hospital appointments, has completed a
half-century of professional service, and at the age of
seventy-four is still active.
Ellerslie W. Stevenson attended the Oakdale Grammar School and prepared for college at Pittsburgh
Academy. The father's sturdy spirit of independence
was strong in the son, and after leaving Pittsburgh
Academy, he worked for several years in order that he
might be entirely independent and earn for himself the
cost of his medical education. He then went to Jefferson Medical College, graduating in the class of 1904,
with the degree of M. D., after which he served as
interne in Jefferson Medical College Hospital, in W'estern
Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, and in Allegheny General Hospital, same place. Dr. Stevenson began practice in
1905 in Oakdale. In 1908 he came to Pittsburgh, where
he became medical examiner for insurance and industrial companies, and where he now serves in that capacity for twenty insurance companies.
Dr. Stevenson is a Free and Accepted Mason, a member' of Garfield Lodge, No. 604; and is a member of the
Pennsylvania State Medical Society and of the Allegheny C~ounty Medical Society. Politically, his early
traits assert themselves and he votes independently.
With all his capacity for hard work, Dr. Stevenson findstime for recreation. He plays golf and takes a keen
interest in his farm.
Dr. Stevenson served in the Spanish-American War,
enlisting, May 12, 1898, as a private in the 14th Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was stationed at several camps,
soon being transferred to the Hospital Corps, in which
capacity he served at Camp Mead, Fort Mott, Mount
Gretna, and Summerville, S. C. He was honorably discharged, Dec. 2, I898. He also offered his services in
the World War, and was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Medical Corps, and had been ordered to
Camp Oglethorpe, Georgia, when the armistice was
signed.
Dr. Stevenson married Alpharetta Burtner, May 8,
1901, and has one son, Ellerslie Wallace Stevenson, Jr.
WALTER J. WILHELM-In Pittsburgh one of the
thriving jobbing concerns, whose market is the entire
country, is the Henry Wilhelm Company, of which
Walter J. Wilhelm is president. The founder of this
concern, Henry Wilhelm, was born in Germany in I866,
and died in Pittsburgh in 1919. Henry Wilhelm was
educated in his native land, and there remained until he
was twenty-one years of age. He then came to the
United States to carve out his own fortunes, and his
first employment was with the Flaccus Oak Leather
Company, tanners of that day, with whom he remained
for about eleven years. He had reached America with
very little money, but by industry and frugality saved,
in that period of time, enough to start in business for
himself in a small way. He developed a very extensive
and prosperous business in the jobbing of glue and upholsterers' supplies, carrying it on under the name of
Henry Wilhelm, and it was not incorporated until he
retired from the active management and turned it over
into younger hands. Henry Wilhelm married Louisa
Kappauf, who is also now deceased.
Walter J. Wilhelm was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., May
8, 1889, and is a son of Henry and Louisa (Kappauf)
Wilhelm. As a boy he attended the public schools of
Pittsburgh, then took a preparatory course at Shadyside Academy, after which he went abroad to study,
entering the University of Berlin, Germany, for a two
years' technical course. This completed, he returned to
Pittsburgh, and spent two years further in technical
study at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1909, Mr. Wilhelm became associated with his father in business, and
seven years later, when the elder Mr. Wilhelm wished to
retire from its active management, the concern was incorporated, and Walter J. Wilhelm became president of
the Henry Wilhelm Company, the other officers being
Edwin G. Wilhelm, vice-president and treasurer, and
William J. Gunnell, secretary. The concern is now
doing a very large business along the same lines, the
distribution of glue and upholsterers' supplies, their
headquarters being a building 5oXIoo feet, seven stories
and basement, or about 32,000 square feet of floor surface, withr richly furnished offices. They also have a 
branch office in Chicago, and sell by traveling salesmen
in every State in the Union.
Mr. Wilhelm is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber
of Commerce, and his political affiliation is with the
Republican party, although he takes only a citizen's interest in public affairs. Fraternally, he holds membership in Geter Sheidle Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons,
and in Pittsburgh Lodge, No. II, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and of the Duquesne Club.
He is a familiar figure on horseback in Pittsburgh, and
is an expert handball player.
On Sept. 27, 1916, Mr. Wilhelm married Olive McClung, daughter of Horace A. McClung, of Pittsburgh,
and they have two children: Louise, and Walter J., Jr.
BENJAMIN THAW-Among those who find a
part of their life work in the administration and wise
handling of estates which have been built up by earlier
generations and have been entrusted to their stewardship by the generation just preceding them is Benjamin Thaw, principal trustee of the large estate of the
late William Thaw.
The Thaw family settled in this country about I7oo,
in Philadelphia, Pa., where in I7Io John Thaw was
born. His son, Benjamin Thaw, married Hannah
Engle, a member of an old Quaker family, and they
became the parents of John (2) Thaw, a commercial
sea-ranger, who, after making some world voyages on
his own account, returned to Philadelphia, where he
married Elizabeth Thomas, in 1802. Soon after his
marriage he was sent by the United States Bank of
Philadelphia to establish a branch bank in Pittsburgh,
and Mr. Thaw was associated with it for the remainder
of his business life. Later it was absorbed by the United
States Bank which had established it, and which in
1837 was put out of existence by Andrew Jackson.
William Thaw son of John (2) and Elizabeth
(Thomas) Thaw, and father of Benjamin Thaw, was
born in Pittsburgh, Oct. 12, I8I8. He married Eliza
Burd Blair.
Benjamin (2) Thaw, son of William and Eliza Burd
(Blair) Thaw, was born in Pittsburgh, March 14, I859
He attended the Fourth Ward public school of Pittsburgh, and then the Western University of Pennsylvania, from which he received the degree of Bachelorof Arts in 1878. He followed this with a year of graduate work at Yale, and then began his business career
After being employed as a railroad clerk for some time,
he went into the business of manufacturing coke, organizing with his elder brother, William Thaw, Jr., and
the Darsie Bros., the Hecla Coke Company. This
company was absorbed by the Frick Coke Company in
1905, and since that time Mr. Thaw has devoted his
attention largely to the management of his father's
estate. Besides being a director or trustee of various
financial and philanthropic organizations, he is a member of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, the Duquesne, University and Automobile clubs, of Pittsburgh,
the Automobile Club of America, the Aero Club of
America, the University Club of New York, and the
Graduate Club of New Haven.
Mr. Thaw married, Jan. 28, 1886, at Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, Elma Ellsworth Dows, daughter of Stephen Leland and Henrietta (Safely) Dows, and they are theparents of five children, all born in Pittsburgh: Rev.
Stephen Dows Thaw, born April 12, I887; Benjamin.Jr., born Dec. II, 1888, at present first secretary at the
American Legation, Warsaw, Poland; Henrietta
(Thaw) Slade, born April I9, 1891; William, born Aug.
IO, 1893; and Alexander Blair, born Dec. 23, 1898,
killed in France, Aug. I8, 1918.
WALTER HULLIHEN FUNDENBURG, D. D.
S.-The name of Fundenburg has won wide prominence in the professions in this and other countries, and
Dr. Fundenburg is a leader, both professionally and
socially, in the Pittsburgh district, and one of the most
successful dental surgeons of the day.
Dr. Walter Franklin Fundenburg, Dr. Fundenburg's
father, was a man of remarkable achievements. He was
born in Lewistown, Md., and was a son of Daniel, and
grandson of Walter Fundenburg. He received his early
education in his native State, and was graduated from
the Baltimore Medical College. He later took up dentistry, but was a finished master of both professions.
He was appointed surgeon in the French army during
the Crimean War, and had reached Paris when the war
ended. Returning to the United States, he returned to
Wheeling, W. Va., coming later to Pittsburgh, where
he became one of the leading professional men of his
day. In I86I he gave up practice to enter the Civil
War, being appointed assistant surgeon of the 136th
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and later surgeon of
the 176th. He saw service until broken health compelled his resignation. Following service in the war, he
spent six years on his Maryland farm when, his health
regained, he resumed practice in Pittsburgh. In the
social life of Pittsburgh and vicinity he was widely
popular, and was one of the influential men of the city.
He was appointed in September, I855  aide-de-camp to
Gov. James Pollock, of Pennsylvania. He was a member
of the American Medical Association, Pennsylvania
State and Allegheny County Medical societies, and a
member of the American, State and County Dental
societies, also of the Loyal Legion.
He married Eliza Cox, born in Somerset, Pa.,
daughter of Joshua F. and Maria (Armstrong) Cox.
Walter Hullihen Fundenburg, son of the late Dr.
Walter Franklin and Eliza (Cox) Fundenburg, was
born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 23, I856, and his education
was begun in the public schools of Sewickley. He later
attended Sewickley Academy, then Peddie Institute of
New Jersey, thereafter entering the Western University
of Pennsylvania. Choosing  the dental profession, he
began his preparation for his career under the preceptorship of his father. Later entering the Philadelphia
Dental College, he was graduated from that institution
in the class of 1878, with the degree of Doctor of Dental
Surgery. He then took a two-years course at the Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, during which
period he acted as demonstrator in dentistry at both
these Philadelphia institutions. Dr. Fundenburg began
practice in Pittsburgh in I88o, and soon acquiring the
confidence of the people, he won his way to a high position in the profession. He has been very successful
and has long been esteemed one of the leading men in
this field. For eight and a half years he served as dean
of the Dental Department of the Western University of
Pennsylvania (now the University of Pittsburgh), and
for six years was chairman of the Board of Dental
Examiners for Pennsylvania. For nearly twenty years
he was connected with various dental clinics.
Dr. Fundenburg is a member of the National Dental
Society, and the Pennsylvania State and Pittsburgh
local dental societies, also a charter member of the
Academy of Science and Art.  He has held every office
in the State Dental Society, from the president down,
and served as secretary for many years, and also has
filled every office in the local society. Dr. Fundenburg's tastes include a keen appreciation of the arts,
and he is one of the ten persons now living who formed
the charter membership of the Pittsburgh Academy of
Science and Art. He has long been prominent socially,
both in this city and elsewhere, and his summer home,
at Silver Bay, Lake George, N. Y., is the center of
many noteworthy gatherings. The great out-of-door
world holds for him the strongest appeal, and he delights in the time he is able to spend next to nature,
enjoying fishing and all out-door relaxations.
Dr. Fundenburg married, in 1882, Jeannie Horton,
of Cumberland, Md., and they have one child living,
George Baer, whose education was begun in the
Miss Bradshaw's School of Pittsburgh, preparing for
college at Shadyside Academy. Entering Princeton
University, he was graduated from that institution with
high honors, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, later
receiving his Master's degree from the same institution,
and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia
University, of New York City. He is a master of the
French, Spanish, Italian, German and Portugese languages, as well as English, and was formerly teacher
of modern languages at Gettysburg College. He is
now on the faculty of Union College, at Schenectady,
N. Y., and is teacher of French and Spanish. He devotes much time to travel and has recently (1921) returned from Europe, where, among other points of interest, he visited the ancestral home of the Fundenburg
family in Germany. Two other children died; Walter
P., at the age of seventeen years, and Rebecca, at the
age of fourteen. Dr. Fundenburg's city residence is at
No. 5805 Fifth avenue, and his summer home is at
Silver Bay, Lake George, N. Y.;
THOMAS JOSEPH ATKINSON is one of the
active and well known executives of Pittsburgh, vicepresident of the Straub-Atkinson Coal and Coke Company, with offices at No. 351 Union Arcade. Mr. Atkinson was born in Homestead, Pa., Oct. 2o, I89o, a
son of Cornelius and Rose Marie (Jasper) Atkinson.
His father has for a long period been engaged in railroad work in this section.
As a boy Mr. Atkinson attended the public schools
of Latrobe, Pa., continuing his education through the
High School And Commercial College of the same
town. At the age of seventeen the young man entered
the coal business, his first position being with the
Reading Iron Company, as bookkeeper in this branch
of their business, and he remained in this connection
for one year. Thereafter he went into the operating end
of the business with the Unity-Connellsville Coke Company, where he remained for six years. Then in 1914
he became associated with the Reilly-Peabody FuelCompany, as the head and manager of their coke department. This department was then installed as a
new feature of their business, and its development was
placed in Mr. Atkinson's hands. With his experience
he proved the right man in the right place, and in the
four years with which he was connected with this company placed this department on a paying basis and appreciably enlarged its scope.
But Mr. Atkinson had ambitions above the subordinate positions which he had hitherto held, and in 1920
he took the step that placed him among the big men in
his line. In association with Augustus A. Straub, of
Pittsburgh, he became one of the incorporators of the
Straub-Atkinson Coal and Coke Company, of which
he is vice-president. Mr. Atkinson has charge of the
sales management of the business, and the rapid development of the enterprise is an accurate gauge of his
ability. Starting at the bottom of the coal and coke
business, he has worked his way to the top in a dozen
years and is still forging ahead.
It was on Jan. I, 1920, that the Straub-Atkinson Company was organized, and with the ability and experience
which the young men interested brought to this project,
it became, from the beginning, a prosperous and growing concern. They do business as both jobbers and operators in both coal and coke, and their business, which
is wholesale entirely, has already extended to a very
large scale. Among their clients are many of the
largest industrial firms in this country and they ship
great quantities of coke into Canada. Their success
has been a spectacular leap into the ranks of the important interests of Pittsburgh. Mr. Atkinson is a
member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce. His
social and fraternal connections include membership in
the Pittsburgh Athletic Club, the Knights of Columbus,
Lodge No. II, Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, and the Knights of St. George.
In 1912 Mr. Atkinson married Margaret Virginia
Cochran, and they had four children. On Feb. 10, 1920,
Mrs. Atkinson died of the dread disease, influenza, and
three days thereafter a little son, John Robert, also
passed away. The children now living are: Donald
C., Thomas J., Jr., and Charles William.
G. ROY KEITZER, B. S., LL.B.-Mr. Keitzer,
who is taking a prominent place in the legal profession
in Pittsburgh, Pa., was born in Homestead, Allegheny
county, Pa., June I, 1891, and is a son of George and
Mary (Gibson) Keitzer. His father was a blacksmith,
in business at Homestead, and died in September, 1906.
The mother still resides at the family home in that
town, and Mr. Keitzer makes his home with her.
Receiving his early education in the public schools
of Homestead, Mr. Keitzer spent a short time in the
high school there, then attended the Homestead Business College. Determining upon a career in the legal
profession, he entered the East Liberty Academy for
his preparatory studies, taking a four years' course in
two and a half years. Then, entering the University of Pittsburgh, he covered the four years' course
in three years, receiving his degree of Bachelor of
Science upon his graduation in 1914, then was graduated from Duquesne University Law School in January, 1918, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He
had been admitted to the Allegheny county bar, and
had begun the practice of law, when he enlisted, on
April I, 1918, in the Field Ordnance Division of the
United States army for the period of the World War.
Detailed first to Camp Lee, then to Camp Hancock,
he was assigned to the 35th Depot Brigade, then transferred to Camp Stewart with the same unit. Arriving
overseas, at B rest, France, he was transferred to the
casual list at Mehun, then to the Toul sector, where
he was assigned to an ammunition dump. He was attached to the First and Second Army Corps during the
battles of St. Mihiel and the Argonne, on ammunition
dumps, and after the signing of the armistice was sent
over France and a part of Germany destroying ammunition dumps of the German army. Following this
he conveyed to the United States the first large shipment of captured German ammunition and ordnance,
which comprised ninety-six car loads. Making port at
Philadelphia, Pa., he was refused a landing, the officials
citing the Halifax catastrophe for their reason, so the
ship was anchored in the harbor and the ammunition was
brought in lighters to Aberdeen, Md. Mr. Keitzer was
discharged from the service May 28, 1919, and returned
to his practice in Pittsburgh. He has since been appointed borough solicitor of West Homestead, and
attends to the duties of this office in connection with his
private practice.
Fraternally, Mr. Keitzer is widely prominent. He is
a member of Homestead Lodge, No. 582, Free and Accepted Masons; and Pennsylvania Consistory, Ancient
Accepted Scottish Rite, holding the thirty-second degree
in this order. He is also a member of Syria Temple,
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
and of the Triangle Club of Homestead. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of
the Encampment and Tri-Links Club of this order. He
is a member of the Patriotic Order of the Sons of
America, his college fraternity is the Phi Delta Theta,
and he is a member of the Fraternity Club of Homestead. He is one of the organizers of Homestead Post,
No. 6o, American Legion, and was the first regular
president of this large camp of the Legion. While in
school Mr. Keitzer played basketball and football, but
finds his chief recreation now in swimming and automobile touring. He has one brother who also resides in
Homestead.
CHARLES CAMPBELL STANTON, Ph. G.,
M. D.-With a rarely comprehensive training and
specialized research in his chosen field of activity, Dr.
Stanton, of Pittsburgh, Pa., is carrying forward an unusually successful practice as a specialist in diseases of
the ear, nose and throat, and has won a high position
in medical circles. Dr. Stanton is a son of Campbell
and Mary Jane (Crowther) Stanton. The elder Mr.
Stanton, who is still living, is now retired from business. The doctor's maternal grandfather, Benj amin
Crowther, was prominent in iron and steel a generation
or so ago, and built the Isabella furnaces of the United
States Steel Company. The mother is now deceased.
Dr. Stanton was born in Etna, Pa., July 6, 1878, and
his first school attendance was at the public schoolsthere. He later attended the Sharpsburg High School,
and thereafter entered the Western University of Pennsylvania (now the University of Pittsburgh), taking the
academic course. The second year, however, he transferred to the Department of Pharmacy in the same institution, from which he was graduated in the class of
1898, with the degree of Graduate Pharmacist. Entering upon the medical course of the same university,
he was graduated from that department in 1902, with
the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Serving an interneship of one year at St. John's Hospital, he began practice in Sharpsburg, Pa., in 1903. Without delay, however, he began special course of study in diseases of the
ear, nose and throat, and later began specializing along
these lines. This special practice soon demanded all his
attention, and for some years he has been unable to give
any time to general practice. He is now on the staffs,
in these specialties, of St. John's Hospital, the Eye and
Ear Hospital, and the University of Pittsburgh Dispensary, besides having a large private practice.
During the World War Dr. Stanton served for seven
months, receiving his commission as captain, June 20,
1918. He was assigned to the Ear, Nose and Throat
Department at Camp Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.,
later being transferred to Camp Forrest, Ga., then was
discharged Jan. 20, 1919.
Dr. Stanton is a member of the American Medical
Association, the Pennsylvania State and Allegheny
County Medical societies, and the Pittsburgh Academy
of Medicine, and is a member of the American Legion.
Fraternally, he holds membership in Zeradatha Lodge,
No. 448, Free and Accepted Masons; in the Pennsylvania Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, holding the thirty-second degree, and is also a member of
Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine. His college fraternities are the Beta Phi
Sigma, and the Nu Sigma Nu. He is a member of the
Sharpsburg Baptist Church.
On Dec. 5, 1905, Dr. Stanton married Laura M.
Schwerd, daughter of Albert F. and Elizabeth (Geyer)
Schwerd, of Pittsburgh, who comes of one of the oldest
families of the Wood Run district of Pittsburgh, and is
a daughter of one of the oldest manufacturers of that
section. Dr. and Mrs. Stanton have two children:
Mary Louise, a pupil in Bellevue High School; and
Charles Campbell, Jr., in the grades. The family residence is at No. 3528 McClure avenue.
MARSHALL ANDREWS CHRISTY, of the law
firm of Christy  Christy, has long been recognized as
the leader of the Allegheny county bar in cases involving the practice of patent law. Mr. Christy has been
a lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, and is identified not
with her professional interests alone, but with all the
elements which are most essential to her best welfare
and truest progress.
Mr. Christy was born Jan. 12, 1871, in the suburb
of Sewickley, and is descended from ancestors who were
among the early settlers of New England. He received
his classical education at Princeton University, and was
fitted for his profession by a course at the Harvard
Law School. In I895 he was admitted to the Allegheny
county bar. Immediately after his admission to the
bar, Mr. Christy entered the office of his father, George
Harvey Christy, now deceased, who had practiced law
in Pittsburgh for many years, confining his attention
mainly to patent law, in which he had built up a large
practice and obtained a wide reputation. Since the
death of his father in the year 19o9, Mr. Christy has
been at the head of the firm which succeeded to his
practice, composed of his brother and himself. From
the outset of his career Mr. Christy has been successful.
He has directed special attention to the subject of patent
law, with the result that he became in this particular
one of the leading practitioners at the Allegheny county
bar. It is to his success in preventing law suits hardly
less than in winning them that he owes his high standing at the bar and the implicit confidence with which he
is regarded by the community. As a citizen Mr. Christy
has always taken a keen and active interest in affairs,
both local and national, and he has never failed in due
regard for the amenities of social life. Professionally
he is as well known in other great cities of the East as
he is in Pittsburgh. His appearance and personality
need no description. They are those of the lawyer and
the gentleman.
Mr. Christy married Irene Butler McVey, who died
April II, 1920. Two daughters were born to them:
Sarah Marshall and Annie Huntington.. Mr. Christy
belongs to the Pittsburgh, Edgeworth and Allegheny
Country clubs, and Mrs. Christy, who was a woman of
culture and of most attractive personality, was one
of the directors of the Women's Exchange.
EUGENE LE MOYNE CONNELLY-In the
newspaper, personality is lost, and "the paper is everything." Nevertheless, among the true newspaper men,
to whom the game brings its own reward, an occasional
name wins general recognition. Such a name is that of
Eugene LeMoyne Connelly, now the manager of the
Davis Theatre, Pittsburgh.
Mr. Connelly is a son of William Cavin Connelly,
who was born in Virginia. The senior Connelly came
to Pittsburgh in early manhood, and his first interest of
a business nature in this city was as owner of the old
St. Clair Hotel, then located on the site of the present
Hotel Anderson. He continued to follow the hotel
business throughout his career and at different times
controlled the United States Hotel, the Central Hotel,
the St. Charles Hotel and the Exchange Hotel, the latter at Penn avenue and Eleventh street when the old
canal ran under its portico. He was also the owner of
a caravansary at Turtle Creek, and was for a time interested in the management of the famous Briggs House
of Chicago, and the Mountain House of Cresson,
Pa. William C. Connelly was a man of wide interests and of literary tastes. He married Elizabeth
Sterret Gammel Brown, daughter of Allen Brown, a
pioneer hotel man of Pittsburgh of a day gone by, and
a sister of John G. Brown, D. D., LL. D., distinguished
United Presbyterian divine, who was among the founders
of the Western Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind
and the Western Pennsylvania Institute for Deaf Mutes.
Eugene Le M. Connelly was born in Pittsburgh, Aug.
I8, 1872, the youngest of the six sons of William Cavin
and Elizabeth Sterret Gammel (Brown) Connelly. Hismother having been a woman of broad education, his
public school course was supplemented by comprehensive classical study under her direction. Mr. Connelly's
first newspaper work was with the "Sportsman, Referee
and Dramatic Critic," which was owned and edited by
his brothers, William C. and Frank Connelly, both
newspaper men, now deceased. He was scarcely more
than a boy when he secured a position on the staff of the
old Pittsburgh "Chronicle." He was employed for a
time on the floor of the Pittsburgh Oil and Stock Exchange, and when not yet seventeen years of age, was
a member of the editorial staff of the Pittsburgh
"Leader." On this sheet he filled every desk in the editorial department. He was successively sporting editor,
society editor, financial editor, industrial editor, political editor, city editor, editorial writer and Sunday
editor.
During his long connection with the "Leader," Mr.
Connelly was identified with many events which have
taken a prominent place on the pages of history. He
was one of the first men in the devastated regions of
the Conemaugh Valley after the Johnstown Flood on
May 31, I889, and later compiled the State of Pennsylvania's official history of that disaster in collaboration with his brother Frank, and George C. Jenks. He
was also one of the earliest visitors to the Oil City holocaust, when that community and the neighboring town
of Titusville suffered both flood and fire, in the year
1892, and bore a part in the relief activities of this and
many minor catastrophes of other dates and places. It
was through his exposure of political chicanery that
the Citizens' Party of Pittsburgh was organized, and
succeeded in dethroning the then regnant political bosses.
He was a stockholder in the "Leader" at the time it
was sold to its present owners, and was associated with
Hearst's New York "American," when it was "The
Morning Journal." He has also written stories of both
fact and fiction for McClure's, Leslie's, and various
other magazines.
In connection with his principal interest as outlined
above, Mr. Connelly is associated with various enterprises of a more general business nature, chief of which
is probably the Davis Theatre of Pittsburgh, of which
he has been manager since its opening in 1915. He allied
himself with the Harry Davis Enterprises Company in
I906, becoming manager of publicity, and is now vicepresident of the Harris Amusement Company of Pennsylvania, and also of the Harris Amusement Company
of Pittsburgh. He is interested as part owner in
theatres in Pittsburgh, Detroit, Cincinnati, Dayton and
Wilmington.
In September, 1899, Mr. Connelly received the diploma
and gold medal as a "Membre Adherent of the Academie
Parisienne Des Inventeurs Industriels et Exposants,"
Paris, France. He proposed and founded the Associated
Artists of Pittsburgh, of which he was secretary,
treasurer and director at the time of his resignation
several years ago. He is now an honorary life member,
and is also a member of the One Hundred Friends of
Pittsburgh Art, an association of patrons of art which
annually purchases and presents to the public schools
selected works of Pittsburgh artists. He is a member
of the Pittsburgh Press Club, the Pittsburgh Athletic
Association, Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Crescent
Lodge, No. 576, Masonic Fraternity, and of all the
bodies of the Scottish Rite. In 1921 he became an
honorary member of the Masonic Supreme Council,
Thirty-third degree. He is a member of the Sons of the
American Revolution, being a grandson of Captain Peter
Whitesides, of Washington's army.
Mr. Connelly married, on Feb. 28, 1893, Minnie Allyn
Leonard, daughter of George W. and Sarah Elizabeth
(Moreland) Leonard. Mr. and Mrs. Connelly have one
child living, Gene Virginia Connelly, and in I900 lost
by death their first daughter, Elizabeth Leonard Connelly.
EDWARD E. RIECK-It is a matter by no means
easy to express, in concrete terms, the actual value and
significance of a career, or give a satisfactory account
of the life of a man who has won for himself, through
the general worth of his character, a high place in the
regard of his fellows. The impression conveyed in the
mere statement that such a one achieved a great success in this or that line of endeavor is apt to be wholly
inadequate, even if not actually misleading, since the
true accomplishments of a man lie in his relations, man
to man, with his associates, in the influence which his
character has exerted for good upon theirs, and not in
wealth or station that he may have won, or even in the
formal honors that the community has conferred upon
him. Of course these latter things do all indicate the
existence of certain abilities and talents which are very
far from deserving contempt, nay, on the contrary,
which the world has, and doubtless wisely, signaled out
for especial rewards and honors in the present epoch,
but in the final analysis these are not conclusive of the
true worth of an individual, while in all ages his influence upon others is the real test. It is the task of the
writer of records, therefore, if he would truly express
the lives and characters of those he deals with, to penetrate the exterior and to draw up from beneath into
the sight of the world those essential facts and qualities lying there, upon which the whole structure of
personality and achievement rests as  pyramid upon
its base. The truth of this is amply illustrated for us in
the case of Edward E. Rieck, whose name heads this
brief sketch.
Edward E. Rieck was born on Oct. 27, 1864, at
Library, Pa., a son of Samuel and Wilhelmenia (Mollenauer) Rieck, old and highly respected residents of
that town, and there passed his early childhood. He
was educated in the Humbolt public school in the city
of Pittsburgh, where his parents removed when our
subject was about two years of age. After completing
his studies there, he studied the classics at St. Paul's
Lutheran College, at Pittsburgh, Pa. In 1885 Mr.
Rieck took a practical commercial course at Duff's
Business College at Pittsburgh; entered the business
world when only sixteen years of age. He managed
his father's milk business for a number of years and
then, in I896, organized the Edward E. Rieck Company. This company continued successfully until 1918,
when it took over the McJunkin, Straight Dairy Company, and reorganized under the firm name of the Rieck,As
BIOGRAPHICAL....,.,...,..  aMcJunkin Dairy Company, by which it is now known
throughout the State.
The factory of this concern, which has since its beginning been enlarged many times on account of the
singular growth of the business, is one of the best
equipped plants of its kind in this part of the country.
It covers approximately 175,000 square feet of floor
space and has an output of 15,ooo gallons of ice-cream
every day. The company employes I,ooo people, and
owns 150 large trucks, which deliver their product to
all parts of Pittsburgh and vicinity.
The company, which has grown enormously in the
last few years under the able management of Mr.
Rieck, is one of the largest manufacturers of ice-cream
in Pennsylvania, and its officers are noted for their
strict honesty, business ability, courtesy with all with
whom they come in contact, and their kindness towards
those in their employ. Their employees too, follow the
excellent example set by their superiors, and follow
the company's slogan, "Courtesy and Excellency of
Product."
In politics, Mr. Rieck is a staunch Republican, and
though he is keenly interested in the affairs of the State,
as it is the duty of every genuine loyal American to be,
he has never been persuaded to accept office. He is a
member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, and
has served on the Food Commission of his city. In
fraternal circles he is well known and liked, being a
member of the lodge, chapter, consistory and commandery of the Masonic order. He is also a member of the
Rotary Club of Pittsburgh, the Press Club, the Pittsburgh Athletic Association; the Pittsburgh Field Club,
and the Americus Republican Club of Pittsburgh.
In religious affiliation, Mr. Rieck and his family are
members of the Presbyterian church of Pittsburgh, in
whose affairs he takes an active interest. The children of Mr. Rieck are as follows: Edna Louise, Carl
Edward, Alma Willa, and Albert Gustav, all of whom
reside in Pittsburgh.
Mr. Rieck is an upright and honest man, firm in his
convictions and fearless in adhering to them. He is
one of the most loyal of Pittsburgh's adopted sons, and
all during his life has ever been ready and willing to
assist in any movement that has for its object the welfare and general progress of his city and its people. A
power of constructive organization is a sure basis for
success, and this quality Mr. Rieck possesses in an unusual degree. The honorable business principles, upon
which he has ever founded his enterprises, have distinguished his policy throughout his career and makes
his activities, in an industrial way, useful and valuable,
and his life as a private citizen a credit and honor to
his community.
GEORGE B. NICHOLSON-After four years
spent in developing and perfecting a new type of gasoline dispenser, the "Pittsburgh Visible," which is covered by seven patents, the invention of the three Nicholson brothers, a firm, The Nicholson Company, Inc.,
was formed with George B. Nicholson as president;
John D. Nicholson, vice-president; Howard M. Nicholson, sales manager, and Arthur D. Nicholson. secretarytreasurer. John D. Nicholson, a retired business man
of Pittsburgh, and his three sons are the pioneer manufacturers of visible gasoline equipment, and their company is now located at No. 66oo Hamilton avenue (East
Liberty), Pittsburgh, Pa. "Visibles" have won their
right to a place in the market, and have relegated the
"blind pump" to the discard, as the buyer now sees that
he is getting the quantity he is charged for. The Nicholson Company, Inc., claim by right of patent to have a
monopoly on the best method yet invented for conveying gasoline from storage tank to motor car. This
claim the "Pittsburgh Visible" seems to be substantiating by commending and selling itself to every intending
purchaser who investigates it.
John D. Nicholson, vice-president of The Nicholson
Company, Inc., was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1859,
and was educated in the public schools of the city.
Early in life he turned his attention to the banking and
brokerage business. He was a member of the well
known brokerage firm of George B. Hill  Company
for many years, in fact, up to the time of his retirement,
about 1912. He married Clara Sipe, a native of Pittsburgh (Allegheny), and the children born to them are
represented in the above firm, except a child who died
in infancy. The three surviving children are: George
B., of further mention; Howard M., sales manager of
The Nicholson Company, Inc.; during the World War,
1917-18, he was instructor of aviation motor work at
the United States army aviation center, Kelly Field,
Texas; he married, at Williamsport, Pa., in July, I9I9,
Margaret Allen; Arthur D., who is secretary and
treasurer of The Nicholson Company, Inc.; he was stationed at Camp Johnson, Florida, in the Motor Transport Corps, during the World War.
George B. Nicholson was born in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Dec. 25, 1882. After completing preparatory study in
Pittsburgh schools and Shadyside Academy, he entered
Princeton University, whence he was graduated, class of
I906. He spent the next ten years in Virginia engaged
in fruit growing, but in 1916 returned to Pittsburgh,
and with his brothers perfected the visible gasoline dispenser above referred to, which they manufacture and
sell through jobbers all over the United States.
As president of The Nicholson Company, Inc., George
B. Nicholson occupies a responsible position, but has valuable assistants in his brothers and father, the latter
now retired from active business, but a valuable consultant. Mr. Nicholson is a member of the Pittsburgh
Credit Men's Association, and of Wellsburg Lodge
(West Virginia) No. 2, Free and Accepted Masons.
Mr. Nicholson married, in Washington, D. C., April
12, 1917, Flora Randolph Mason, of Fredericksburg,
Va., a grand-daughter of Thomas Jefferson. The family home is No. I53 Riverview avenue, Pittsburgh, North
Side.
WILLIAM BARR HETZEL, A. B., M. D., who
spent nearly two years with the American Expeditionary
Force in France, is building up a thriving practice in
Pittsburgh. Pa., principally in surgery. He was born
in old Allegheny City, now the North Side of Pittsburgh, July I6, 1887, and is a son of William A. and
Lula (Barr) Hetzel, who now' reside in Pittsburgh.
Mr. Hetzel is prominent in the lumber business.The family removing to the East End when the doctor was a child of five years, he attended first the Sterritt Grammar School, and later Shadyside Academy.
Later he entered Princeton University, from which he
was graduated in 1909, with A. B. degree from that institution. Thereafter entering Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons, he was graduated in 1913, receiving his medical degree. For two
years following his graduation he served as house
physician at the Roosevelt Hospital in New York City,
then for several months served in the same capacity at
the Sloane Maternity Hospital, also in New York; he
began practice in Pittsburgh in 1916.
Enlisting for service overseas, during the World War,
Dr. Hetzel was commissioned first lieutenant on June
I, 1917, in the United States Medical Corps. After a
short stay at the Roosevelt Hospital (Base Hospital
No. I5), he was sent to France on the first day of July,
in that year. He served in various field and evacuation
hospitals, was in the battles of Chateau Thierry and
St. Mihiel, and was for a time on the Toul sector. He
was discharged on March 15, 1919, after almost two
years overseas.
Returning to Pittsburgh, Dr. Hetzel resumed his interrupted practice, accepting surgical work only. He is
now assistant staff surgeon of the Pennsylvania Railway Company, and holds the same office in the Allegheny General Hospital, also in the Columbia Hospital,
all of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Hetzel is a member of the American Medical
Association, and of the State and County Medical societies. Politically, he supports the Republican party.
He is a member of the University Club. Fraternally, he
is a member of Fellowship Lodge, No. 679, Free and
Accepted Masons. Dr. Hetzel is single, and his sister,
Caroline, is the wife of H. W. Callahan, of Pittsburgh.
GEORGE F. P. LANGFITT-From Westmoreland
county, Virginia, came the progenitors of the Langfitt
family in Pennsylvania, William and Margaret (Campbell) Langfitt, who, coming to Beaver county, Pa.,
bought a farm of 400 acres for which they paid $137,
and upon which they settled to the double task of subduing the wilderness and outwitting the Indians. Either
task was difficult enough to overtax the energies of
any but the strongest and most fit, and the fact that
William Langfitt survived hard work, wounds inflicted
by Indians, and the dangers of wilderness life, living to
the good old age of ninety-four years, is evidence sufficient of his superior physical and mental endowment.
William and Margaret (Campbell) Langfitt became the
parents of eight children: John; William, a soldier in
The American army in the War of 1812; Mary, Sarah,
Rebecca, Hannah, Thomas; and Philip, of whom further.
(II ) Philip Langfitt, son of William and Margaret
(Campbell) Langfitt, was born in Hanover township,
Beaver county, Pa., Oct. 12, 1799. He married Mary
Ann Christler, daughter of John and Charity (Walters)
Christler, of Beaver county, where John Christler was a
farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Langfitt were the parents of nine
children, one of whom was George W., of whom further.
(III) Dr. George W. Langfitt, son of Philip and Mary
Ann (Christler) Langfitt, was born in Beaver county,
Pa., July 3, 1844. His father being a stern man and
opposed to education beyond that furnished by the
meagre curricula of the common schools of his day, the
boy determined that without the aid of his father he
would win for himself the college education which he
so earnestly desired. Entirely by his own efforts and
industry, he obtained his college education at Mount
Union College, but his real aim was not yet accomplished. It was as a foundation for professional training that he had secured his academic training, and at the
age of eighteen he began teaching school in Asheville,
Ohio, where by careful economy he accumulated funds
to start him upon his course through medical school.
Graduating from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill., in
I866, he was stationed with the medical corps of the
army at Philadelphia, Pa., where he obtained a wide
experience both in the practice of medicine and in general surgery. Some years later, he opened an office in
the borough of Bellevue, Pa., where, beginning as the
first physician in the locality, he for a period of nearly
a quarter of a century maintained his position among
the foremost medical men of his time. In 1873 he constructed the first brick business building in Bellevue,
which is still standing at the corner of Lincoln avenue
and Jackson street. Respected and trusted by all who
knew him, he was extraordinarily successful in his
practice, and when he died, June 27, 189o, the pecuniary
rewards of his years of unceasing service had accumulated into a goodly estate, which after his death was
managed most ably and efficiently by his wife. Dr.
Langfitt married, in 1884, Rose Seitz, daughter of
Leonard and Rose ( Gallagher) Seitz, of North Side,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Her parents were natives of Germany,
who came to this country shortly after their marriage,
locating in Pittsburgh, where Mr. Seitz followed his
trade of mechanical engineer.
Dr. George W. and Rose (Seitz) Langfitt became the
parents of two children: George F. P., of whom further;
Ephraim W., born May 27, 1890, a graduate of Washington and Jefferson Academy, 1907, of Washington and
Jefferson College, 1911, and of the law department of
the University of Pittsburgh, from which he received
the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1914. He is now
practicing in Pittsburgh. As Dr. Langfitt died when
his youngest son was about four weeks, old, it was Mrs.
Langfitt who reared and educated the two sons to lives
of activity and service.
(IV) George F. P. Langfitt, son of Dr. George W.
and Rose (Seitz) Langfitt, was born May 30, 1888, in
Bellevue, Pa. After graduating from the Bellevue High
School, he entered Washington and Jefferson Academy,
graduating in 1905, after which he entered Washington
and Jefferson College, graduating in I909 with the degree Bachelor of Arts. He then matriculated in the
law department of the University of Pittsburgh, graduating in 1912 with the degree Bachelor of Laws. He
was admitted to the Allegheny county bar, and became a
member of the law firm of Cosgrove  Langfitt. In
1910 he was appointed to a position in the prothonotary's
office of Allegheny county, where he became one of the
clerks of the Common Pleas Court. In 1913 he was
elected a member of the Borough Council, and in I918A ~V+~4f4~was appointed assistant district attorney for a term of
four years. He is still a member of the firm of Cosgrove  Langfitt, which has its offices in the Berger
building, Pittsburgh. Mr. Langfitt is an able public
speaker, and his services are very much in demand by
those who wish to get the ear of the people of his section. Politically, he has always been considered a Reactive part in political affairs. For recreation he seeks
out-of-door interests, touring by motor, fishing, and occasionally playing golf.
With long special training and extensive experience,
Dr. Smeltz, of Pittsburgh, has won a position of prominence as a specialist in neurology and pathology, and now
stands among the successful men of his profession.
publican, and in 1921 was candidate for judge of the
county court of Allegheny county, and received more            JACOB  FRIDAY-Natives of rugged, mountainous
than 52,000 votes.  Fraternally, he is well known, being   countries, compelled from earliest years to meet and
affiliated with the following: Benevolent and Protective   solve problems of transportation, of subsistence, of comOrder of Elks, Allegheny Lodge, No. 339, Fraternal   munication,  develop  resourcefulness  and  constructive
Order of Eagles, Allegheny Aerie, No. 827; and Inde-   ability that often serve well some other country than
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, Iron City Lodge, being   their own.  Many builders, both of national affairs and
a past noble grand.  Mr. Langfitt is fond of hunting and   Of material structures, have come to us from other lands
enjoys the out-of-doors.                                     and given richly of their genius.  Among them is Jacob;                         Friday, skillful builder and expert solver of construction
GEORGE W. SMELTZ, M. D., was born in Bryan    problems.
Ohio, Feb. 7, 1884, a son of Philip and Mary (Ginther)         Born in the canton of St. Gall, Switzerland, March 23,
Smeltz.  His father, who was active in agriculture and   1843, Jacob Friday was raised and received his early edureal estate, is now deceased, but the mother is still living,   cation in the national schools of St. Gall, where, while
Acquiring his early education in the grammar school Of   yet a boy, he began to learn the contracting business, and
his native town, Dr. Smeltz was graduated from the   where, at the age of nineteen, he was engaged in business
Bryan High School in the class of 1903.  Entering the   for himself in the building of a factory in his native
Ohio Medical University in the fall of the same year, he   canton.  At twenty-three years of age, just after the
was graduated from that institution in 1908, with the   close of the Civil War, feeling that opportunity was
degree Doctor of Medicine.  Spending one year at the   greater in the land to the westward, he came to America,
Springfield (Ohio) City Hospital, Dr. Smeltz then took   settling first in Connellsville,  Pa., but removing the
a post-graduate course at the Chicago Post-Graduate   following year to Pittsburgh, where he entered the conMedical School.  Beginning medical practice in his native   tracting business.
town he remained there for only one year, when he   His first contract was with the Baltimore   Ohio
accepted an appointment as chief resident physician in;   railroad for the building of the retaining wall on Secthe neurological department of St. Francis' Hospital,   ond  avenue.   The  excellence  of  his work  and  the
Pittsburgh, which position he filled for-two years.  After   promptness and faithfulness with which every obligation
becoming interested in his present special work, Dr.   of the contract was met brought other business in rapSmeltz took a post-graduate course at the New  York   idly increasing volume, and as the years passed it has
Neurological Institute, followed, in 1913, by a trip abroad,   become true that many structures familiar to and daily
where he took further post-graduate work in Vienna   used by the people of Pittsburgh and admired by visAustria. Returning to the United States, he established his  itors from  other sections are the work of the Swiss
practice in Markleton, Pa., becoming physician in charge   contra ctor who came to this country bringing with him a
of the Markleton  Sanitarium, and remaining in that   genius for building in difficult places.  He  built the
position until 1918.  In that year he volunteered for serv-   Smithfield street, the Seventh avenue, and the Twentyice in the World War, and on May 10, 1918, was com-  third street bridges; the bridge over the Monongahela
missioned captain and sent to Camp Oglethorpe, Georgia.   river at Duquesne, Pa., a work which attracts much
After receiving his training there, he was transferred to   more. the attention of Pittsburgh visitors, the SevenMineola, Long Island, N. Y., Where he became instructor  teenth street and the Mount Washington inclines, those
to flight surgeons in psycho-pathology. Receiving his  mechanical railways which travel almost vertically, and
honorable discharge, Feb. I, 1919, Dr. Smeltz took up the   save such vast amounts of time and energy for those
practice of his specialty in Pittsburgh.  He is on the   who use them.  It was entirely fitting that a native of
associate  staff of  St. Francis  Hospital,  neurological   the Swiss mountains should have been the builder of
department, and a member of the faculty, medical depart-   these devices, these solutions of a difficult problem of
ment, of the University of Pittsburgh.  He confines his  transportation.   Specializing in foundation work  and
practice to psycho-pathology.                                bridges, Mr. Friday laid a great number of foundations
Dr. Smeltz is a member of the American Medical   and retaining walls, including the retaining walls for the
Association,  the Pennsylvania  State  Medical  Society,   Maxwell Moorehead mills.  Later in his career he did
the Allegheny County Medical  Society, the American   a large amount of harbor and fortification construction
Psycho-Pathological Association, the American Psycho-   for the United States government.
Analytic Association, and of the Pittsburgh Neurologic         In 1895, he took his sons into the business under the
Society, of which latter organization he is secretary.   firm name  of Jacob Friday   Sons.  The new  firm
Fraternally, he holds membership in the Free and Ac-   closed an eight-year contract with the United  States
cepted Masons, Bryan Lodge, No. 215, Bryan, Ohio, and   government for widening the harbor and building jetin the Alpha Kappa Kappa, medical fraternity.  Politi-  ties at Charleston, S. C., and later built the new Fort
cally, he supports the Republican party, but takes no   Moultrie, on Sullivan's Island, Charleston harbor.  Aftercompleting the eight-year contract with the government, Mr. Friday retired, leaving his sons to continue
his business, he retaining his interest and acting in an
advisory capacity, the firm name being changed to the
Jacob Friday Company.
In I908 Mr. Friday organized the Friday Contracting
Company for his son, Victor Oscar, and this firm built
the bridge over the Allegheny river at Hulton Station,
the Meadow street bridge, and the bridge over the Baltimore  Ohio railroad tracks at Baum boulevard. Victor 0. Friday was killed in 1909, during the construction
of the Hulton Station bridge, and the father continued
the business for a few years more, when, as he was
closing out to retire for the second time, his own death
occurred, April I6, 1913. Of strong moral convictions
and scrupulously conscientious, Jacob Friday was a rock
of strength in his business world. The prospect of large
profits never tempted him to undertake a job which he
was not morally certain of being able to complete, and
when he had signed a contract the second party to that
contract might sleep in peace knowing that at the time
specified the work would be done and would square with
the agreement in every detail. His executive ability
made his services much in demand by business and
financial organizations, but he steadfastly refused to
identify himself, as director, with any business with
which he was not familiar. He was vice-president of
the Heidenkamp Plate Glass Company, of Springdale,
Pa., for many years, and a director of the Crescent Portland Cement Company, of Wampum, Pa.
He was a devoted member of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, served many years as a member of the
church committee, and was an active member of the
building committee which planned and built the new
Cathedral on Fifth avenue. He was in almost constant
touch with the work during the construction period, and
to his wise counsel is due in no small measure the fact
that Pittsburgh has in St. Paul's one of America's most
beautiful church edifices. Mr. Friday's cooperation in
any worthy charity could always be depended upon. A
lover of his home, he could always be found there when
released from business cares. His advice in business
matters was much sought after by other contractors
who valued both his ability and his transparent fidelity
to truth, knowing well that whatever advice he might
give would be true to his best judgment in the matter,
and undistorted by personal motives.
His work stands as an enduring monument to his
skill and his ability, and in the hearts of his friends
and associates the memory of the uprightness and the
integrity of Jacob Friday will long endure. Of an especially reticent nature, he had a remarkable sense of
humor and the happy faculty of seeing the bright side of
every situation. One of his most striking characteristics
was his intense loyalty and thorough Americanism.
Familiarity with conditions in both the old world and
the new made his appreciation of the greater opportunities to be found in America particularly keen, and he
seldom neglected an opportunity to express his profound gratitude for the success which the advantages
of his adopted country had made possible. Following
his retirement he spent much of his leisure in travel,
spending especially the winter season in California, Florida, and making numerous trips abroad.
Mr. Friday married Sophia Stussi, and they became
the parents of six children: I. Mary F., married William C. Lightner, deceased; is now living in Rochester,
N. Y., and has six children: Marie Frances, Genevieve,
William C., Sophia, John E., and Leo. 2. Rose S., now
Mrs. Gurley, has four children: Marguerite, Flora,
Rosalie, and Gabriel F. 3. Walter E., deceased; had
three sons: Jacob A., Walter E., and Anton. 4. Emil
Leo, deceased; married Mollie Hancock, of Charleston,
S. C., has one daughter, Laura Marie, now living in
Pittsburgh. 5. Flora Amalia, married G. A. F. Ahlberg,
of Stockholm, Sweden. 6. Victor Oscar, deceased; married Stella Flannery, daughter of the late J. J. Flannery,
of Pittsburgh, and had four children: Harriet Rogers,
Victor Oscar, Jacques Joseph, and Walter Flannery.
Sophia (Stussi) Friday was a daughter of Gabriel and
Rosina (Durst) Stussi, of Glarus, Switzerland. Her
birth occurred Feb. 4, 1844, and she died Jan. I4, 1921.
She was a woman of most unusual charm and strength
of character, and was in her girlhood noted as one of
the most beautiful young woman of her native Glarus.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Friday were descended on paternal
and maternal sides from ancient Swiss families, tracing
an unbroken line for many generations.
ANTHONY WAYNE SMITH, Sr.-One of the
most wide-reaching mercantile enterprises in the city of
Pittsburgh is the important florist establishment now
known as A. W. Smith Company, which is the lifelong
interest of the venerable Anthony Wayne Smith, Sr.
Anthony Wayne Smith, Sr., son of Anthony and Evaline (Saint) Smith, was born in Akron, Ohio, in the
year 1846, WAS brought to Pittsburgh as an infant, and
was educated in the public schools of the South Side and
old Pittsburgh High School, also taking commercial
courses, afterward teaching school, and becoming later
a bookkeeper and accountant for one of the large mercantile establishments of that time. About 1871 he
founded the present business, beginning in a small way,
but developing a business which is now one of the foremost in a wide region. Anthony Wayne Smith, Sr.,
married Eliza Jane Miles Jarvis, daughter of Oliver
Jarvis, of Pittsburgh, and they are the parents of four
children, of whom three are living: Anthony Woodward, of whom extended mention follows; Washington
Jarvis, who is treasurer of the A. W. Smith Company,
residing in Youngstown, Ohio, and who married Edith
Rowan, daughter of the late John Rowan, formerly of
Pittsburgh, their two children being Washington Jarvis,
Jr., and Rowan Duve; Vera Miles, who resides with her
father and mother; and Francis Evaline, who died in
infancy.
Anthony Woodward Smith was born in Pittsburgh,
Jan. 8, 1877. He was educated in the schools of that
city, and graduated from Old Central High School in
1896, when nineteen years of age. He then became associated with his father in business, becoming a permanent member of the firm. Washington Jarvis Smith entered the business in 1898, and later became treasurer ofA. W. Smith Company, which position he holds at this
time.
The A. W. Smith Company, which was founded by
Anthony Wayne Smith, Sr., in 1871, has long been a
significant factor in the world of horticulture, and the
elder Mr. Smith, whose energy and ability placed it
among the leading enterprises even of a generation ago,
is still active in the business, at the age of seventy-six
years. The concern was incorporated in 1909 with the
following officers (no change having been made since):
A. W. Smith, Sr., president; A. W. Smith, Jr., secretary;
and W. J. Smith, treasurer. Their interests now comprise very extensive and complete offices and plants.
Their general offices and salesroom occupy the entire
first and third floors of the Keenan building, Pittsburgh,
and another large salesroom is located at the corner of
Stanwix and Penn avenues. At their Pittsburgh greenhouse plant on Mount Washington, they have six acres
of ground, a great portion of which is under glass,
and the company is largely interested in and affiliated
with the Altimo Culture Company, of Canfield, Ohio,
near Youngstown, of which W. J. Smith is the head, with
one hundred and fifty acres, all improved. At these
plants they grow cut flowers and plants, seeds and bulbs,
shrubs and trees, hardy plants and bedding plants, in
fact, every variety of flowers and plants which the modern greenhouse produces, and the product is handled
both at wholesale and retail.
One of the most important branches of the business
is the landscape engineering department, and large quantities of ornamentals for this branch are grown on the
Youngstown place. This department of the business is
responsible for hundreds of the beautiful residence
grounds of this city and entire district within two hundred miles radius. Many of the largest and finest estates
have been planned and laid out by their engineering and
field department. This department operates the year
round, handling all sorts of work, from the pruning of
a hedge to building roadways, pools, rock gardens, old
fashioned gardens, pergolas, ornamental walls, and gateways, rose gardens, evergreen plantings-in short-all
work that might be done on any estate, large or small,
outside of the house itself. In busy seasons, the concern
employs as many as 250 to 300 hands.
Anthony W. Smith, Jr. has for many years largely
had the management of the retail stores department of
the business. He is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, the Citizens Committee in City Plan
of Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh Credit Men's Association, and is a member of the Society of American Florists, and of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association. His more personal interests include membership in
the Rotary Club, Automobile Club, Civic Club, and Advertising Club, and in the Pittsburgh Athletic Association.
On Sept. 16, 1902, Mr. Smith married Janey Mulhern
Coard, and they are the parents of two children: Anthony Wayne (3), and Jane Roberta, both now students
in the Peabody High School, of Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Smith is well known as a newspaper writer,
having been for some years society editor of the "Pittsburgh Press;" is a member of the Press Club, the City
Club, the Women's Club, and the Women's Press Club.
CHARLES BICKEL--For more than thirty-five
years the name of Charles Bickel was a power in the
building world of Western Pennsylvania, and was widely
known outside the State. As one of the leading architects of the day, he left the stamp of his personality on
literally thousands of buildings in the city of Pittsburgh
and elsewhere.
Charles Bickel was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1852,
and attended the public schools of that city. Of broad
mentality and artistic tastes, his natural bent was
towards architecture and the classics. He was sent to
Europe to prepare for his career, and spent six years
there, studying architecture. Returning to this country
in 1875, and seeking a promising location, he determined
upon Pittsburgh, which became the scene of his achievement. He started in business in this city on Nov. I,
I885, and for a short time J. P. Brennan was associated
with him as a partner, but Mr. Brennan soon withdrew
from the firm, and Mr. Bickel was thereafter alone.
He did probably more work than any other architect in
the State of Pennsylvania, his plans averaging yearly
close to $3,000,000 in building construction, or about
$1oo,ooo,ooo for the period of his activity in this field.
Among the more important buildings designed and
erected under the supervision of Mr. Bickel (the list,
however, including only a very small fraction of his
total work) are the following structures: The LoganGregg Hardware Company building, eight stories in
height; the buildings of Spear  Company, ten stories;
May building, twelve stories; the German National
Bank, eight stories; the Columbia National Bank, ten
stories; the Methodist Book Concern building, eight
stories; the United Presbyterian Book building, eleven
stories; the Hartje office building, twelve stories; the B.
White building, eight stories; the two buildings of the
Kaufman store, ten and twelve stories; the great structure of the Pittsburgh Terminal  Warehouse Company;
the Haines building, ten stories; and the McKay building, eight stories; the above being all buildings of fireproof construction. Of "slow-combustion" buildings
there are the H.  I. Kaufman and the I. Kaufman
stores; the L. Schlather and the Sunstein buildings; the
three Hartje stores, one seven and two eight stories in
height; the Reymer Brothers building; the Mackey bakery; the Grey building; the Boggs  BuhI store and
warehouse; the Pottery buildings at Newel, W. Va.;
the Olympia Theatre; Irene Kaufman Settlement building; Marietta Chair Company, ten stories; Lyle building; Second Presbyterian Church, Eighth street; Lincoln avenue Methodist Episcopal Church; German Saving  Trust Company; the Solomon's office building; the
Arbuthnot and Ewart stores, each nine stories in height;
and upwards of fifty others of lesser dimensions. Among
other structures of particular interest are: The Duquesne
National Bank; the Concordia Club; the National Ben
Franklin Fire Insurance Company's office building, all
of Pittsburgh; the Westmoreland Club, of Verona, Pa.;
the N. Nathan  Brother's building, Johnstown; and
many other buildings in various cities of Pennsylvania
and many other states. He was for a number of years
city architect and designed a number of public buildings,
the Public Safety building and several of the city's police stations being examples of his work. About Jan. I,aid will further public progress  it is freely given,   town, Ohio, and they are the parents of three children:
Brilliant, stalwart, with keen resentment of wrong, and   I. Aimee Leona, married to Julian H. Stein, of Milof wide and ripe experience, he has been identified with   waukee, Wis. 2. Ferdinand T., aged thirty-one, who
Pittsburgh's most important civic movements, and is  is a graduate of Princeton, class of 1913, and who took
one of the men who are consulted on all matters and   a law course in the University of Pittsburgh; he is
questions of public moment.  From 1905 to the present   now associated with his father in the practice of his
time he has been president of the Voters' League, and   profession. 3. A  Leo, Jr., graduated  at  Princeton
was largely instrumental in bringing about the well-   University, class of 1917.  Both of Mr. Weil's sons
remembered graft disclosures, in purifying the official   volunteered in the navy when the United States entered
life and removing  the vice conditions of Pittsburgh.   the war and received commissions as ensigns before
Among  the other most notable achievements  of the   they were discharged from the service at the end of the
Voters' League under the direction of Mr. Weil may   war.  The Weil family are active socially, and their
be  mentioned  the  following:  The  saving  of  Grant   beautiful home in the East End is one of the social
boulevard  from  occupation  by  street railways,  and   centers of the city.  Mrs. Weil, as well as her husband,
thus preserving that magnificent driveway to the city;   takes an active part in the philanthropic and  civic
the disclosures of the graft conditions in-councils and   activities of the community.
the consequent change of those conditions so that ever         Although not a native of Pittsburgh, Mr. Weil has
since there has not been even a suspicion of. corruption;   shown  himself in all phases of his career to be an
the disclosures of the corrupt management of a large   incarnation of her spirit.  Both at the bar and in the
number of school boards in the many school districts,   civic arena he has been a leader of force and magnetism.
and the consequent enactment of a school code placing   Nor can the phrase "has been" be applied to him in any
the management of the public schools under one body   sense which implies limitation.  With a man of his type
of directors, which has given to Pittsburgh one of the   the past is a warrant for the future, and the record of
most  efficient and satisfactory public school systems   A. Leo Weil, rich in achievement as it is, gives abunin the country; the passage of a civil service law placing   dant assurance of greater things to come.
all city employees under civil service; the adoption of
new charters for Pittsburgh substituting a council of          JESSE  WAGER  WALKER-Dean  of Western
nine, elected at large on a non-partisan ballot, for the   Pennsylvania  engineers  and  industrialists,  Jesse  W.
unwieldy  and  irresponsible bicameral  council  (select   Walker still carries a weight of executive responsibility
and common) of a large number elected from wards on   and business interests that would test the strength and
party tickets and responsible only to the "machine;" and   capacity of most able men many years his junior.  For
to these might be added many other reforms and ad-   nearly sixty years he has held a position of prominence
vances along the line of civic betterment, due largely   in his profession, his work of past, present, and future
to the activities of the league under the personal direc-   value-future not alone because of the physically endurtion of its president.  Mr. Weil belongs to the National   ing quality of his vast construction operations in iron
Municipal  League,  and  the  National  Civil  Service   and steel, but because of the influence he has exerted
Association, and many other national organizations, civil,   upon a large number of young men who have come
educational, and philanthropic.  In the charitable and   under his instruction and guidance and who have benebenevolent institutions of his adopted city, he takes an   fited by his example, advice, and aid, reaching place
active interest and is ever ready to respond to any   of wide service and usefulness.  The  following paradeserving call made on him.  He is a member of the   graphs show Mr. Walker's record as one equalled by
American Jewish Committee, the American Bar. Asso-   few in point of continuous activity and merit of acciation, the  Pennsylvania  Bar  Association,  and  the   complishment.
Westmoreland Country and Pittsburgh Athletic clubs,            Mr. Walker is a descendant in the seventh generation
and the City Club of New York.                               from the Welsh ancestor who settled in the seventeenth
On  the countenance of Mr. Weil are strongly de-   century at Rehobeth  Farm,  Chester  county,  Pa., a
picted that will power, fidelity and tenacity of purpose   territory in which members of the family have long
which throughout his career have been so strikingly   been prosperous farmers.  He is a son of Havard and
manifested.  Of  deep convictions and great force of   Martha  (Potts) Walker, his mother a member  of a
character, he belongs to that class of men who wield   well known  family of Eastern  Pennsylvania  and  a
a power which is all the more persuasive and dominat-   descendant of Zebulon Potts, one of General Washinging from the fact that it is moral rather than political   ton's Revolutionary scouts.
and is exercised for the public weal rather than for           Jesse Wager Walker was born on a farm near Valley
personal ends.  His tastes and temperament would alike   Forge, Pa., July 24, 1842, and after attending the disincline him to shun publicity, but his rare ability in   trict schools, entered the Polytechnic College of the
achieving results causes him to be constantly sought   State of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, whence he was
and often brings him into a prominence from which he   graduated  in the class of 1863, with the degree of
would  naturally shrink were  less desirable ends in   Bachelor of Civil Engineering.  Until his  twenty-first
view.  Dignified and courteous on all occasions, his   year he was his father's assistant on the home farm
genial  personality  has  drawn  around  him  a  large   when not attending school.  His first professional ascircle of warmly attached friends.                           signment was  in the engineering department of the
Mr.  Weil  married,  April  II, 1883,  Cassie  Ritter,   Pennsylvania Railroad  Company,  Pittsburgh  division,
daughter of Ferdinand and Minnie Ritter, of Youngs-   of which Andrew  Carnegie was then superintendent.1920, Mr. Bickel was compelled, through failing health,
to give up his business interests and place them in the
hands of his son. He died Feb. I, 1921.
In the civic, fraternal and social organizations of
which Mr. Bickel was a member his name will long be
honored. He was a member of the American Institute
of Architects, and a life member of the Pittsburgh
Chamber of Commerce. Fraternally, he was a member
of Washington Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Duquesne Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Mount Moriah
Council, Royal and Select Masters; Tancred Commandcry, Knights Templar; Pennsylvania Consistory, Ancient
Accepted Scottish Rite; and was also a member of
Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine. He was a member of the Duquesne
Club, the Civic Club, and in political affiliation was a
Republican. His religious convictions placed his membership with the Seventh United Presbyterian Church.
Charles Bickel married Emma Cappell, and they were
the parents of two children: Walter J., of whom extended mention follows; and Florence Emma, who was
educated in the Pittsburgh public and high schools, and
the Pennsylvania College for Women, and is now the
wife of George W. Swan, a Pittsburgh attorney.
Walter J. Bickel was born in Pittsburgh, Aug. 2,
I88o, and his first school attendance was at the Hatfield
public school, then later he was a pupil at the Washington public school. Taking a preparatory course at Park
Institute, he entered Gettysburg College, from which he
was graduated in the class of 19o2. He has followed
various activities, and until recent years spent the
greater part of his time in the West. His first business
association was with the Carnegie Steel Company, with
whom he remained for one year, then was connected
with his father's business for a period of three years.
Thereafter going to Arizona, he established a business
as architect and builder, and later became interested in
mining and prospecting, and was identified for a considerable time with the United States Reclamation service. In 1914 he came back to Pittsburgh, remaining for
four years. He then returned to Arizona, where he
owns a ranch, and looked after his interests there until
his father's failing health called him East again, in
1920, and he has since carried on the business which his
father laid down, attaining a high position in the field
of architecture. His work includes the annex to the
Diamond National Bank building, and a large department store for M. Nathan  Bros., Johnstown, Pa. He
is a member of Arizona Lodge, No. 2, Free and Accepted
Masons, of the Chamber of Commerce, and his college
fraternity is the Phi Delta Theta. He supports the
Republican party in affairs of both local and national
import, and is a member of the Lutheran church.
On July 25, I908, Mr. Bickel married, in Arizona, Nell
Rhodes, who is a native of Michigan, and a member of
one of the pioneer families of that State. An ancestor
of Mrs. Bickel was a British soldier, about 1777, serving with his command in the Revolutionary War; he
decided to cast in his lot with the struggling colonies, and
at the expiration of his enlistment joined the Continental army.
HOWARD WEDDLE DOUGLASS-From the
ancient and powerful Douglass clan, of Scotland, and
out of the days when the flaming sword was carried
from crag to crag, came the progenitors of the Douglass family in America. To the rugged mountains of
Pennsylvania, reminding them of their native fastnesses and giving them a taste of the life-giving mountain air without which they would have been loathe to
live, they came, traveling westward as the westwardmoving stream of immigration crowded their first dwelling places. One of the descendants of the old Scottish
clan, Elisha P. Douglass, traces his American ancestry
to Robert Douglass who, following the ever westwardmoving line of the frontier, crossed the mountains from
Lancaster county, Pa., and settled at Raccoon creek,
near Burgettstown, Washington county, probably at the
close of the American Revolution. Robert Douglass
married Isabella Orr, believed to have been of Rostraver
township, Westmoreland county. He died about 1794,
leaving a widow and seven sons, and shortly after the
death of her husband, Mrs. Douglass, with her seven
sons, left Washington county and moved to Elizabeth
township, Allegheny county, settling on a farm about a
half-mile from the village of Greenock, a farm later
known as the Kelly farm. There Isabella (Orr) Douglass lived to be ninety-four years of age. She died
about 1849, and was buried at Round Hill, Elizabeth
township. Robert Douglass was buried in the Raccoon
Creek Burying Ground.
James Douglass, one of the seven sons, was born in
Washington county, Pa., in 1790. He married Mary
Ellen Drennan, daughter of John and Margaret Drennan, whose people had located at the forks of the
Youghiogheny river in Elizabeth township before the
Revolution, settling about one mile from New Douglass station on the Pittsburgh  Lake Erie railroad.
James and Mary Ellen (Drennan) Douglass had eight
children, one of whom was Thomas, of whom further.
Thomas Douglass was born in Elizabeth township,
Pa., Jan. 18, 1822. He passed his life in that township, a prosperous farmer, and there died June 6,
1896. He married Lydia C. Peairs, of Dutch ancestry,
daughter of Elisha and Sarah (Wycoff) Peairs, and
granddaughter of Joseph Peairs, who purchased his
farm in Elizabeth township from the State of Pennsylvania in 1778, and there lived with his wife and family
until his death in I8o8. The children of Thomas and
Lydia C. (Peairs) Douglass were: Elisha P., of whom
further; Mary E., of McKeesport; Sarah Billick, married J. B. Billick, and resides in McKeesport; children:
Thomas Clyde, Fergus, Earle, and Catherine, all residing in Elizabeth township; David P., married Annie
M. Barron, and lives on the old Douglass homestead in
Elizabeth township, has one son, Elisha; James D., died
I866, aged five years.
Elisha P. Douglass, father of Howard Weddle Douglass, was a graduate of the University of Wooster, class
of 1877. He has for forty years been practicing law at
the Allegheny county bar, residing in McKeesport,
where his offices are located. He is a member of the
various legal societies, and practices in all State and
Federal courts of the district. He is president of theMcKeesport Title and Trust Company, vice-president
of the McKeesport Tin Plate Company, and active in
various movements for civic betterment, having served
as president of the board of trustees of McKeesport
Hospital, president of the board of trustees of the McKeesport Young Men's Christian Association, and also
as a member of the board of directors.
Mr. Douglass married Elvira P. Weddle, of Elizabeth, township, and they became the parents of two
sons: Howard Weddle, of whom further; and Earl
LeRoy, a graduate of Princeton, class of 1913, and of
Union Theological Seminary, New York City. He married, Sept. 4, 1913, Lois Haler, of Versailles township,
Allegheny county, Pa. The Weddle family came to
America from Germany, and settled in the eastern part
of Pennsylvania, migrating, in 1753, to the western part
of the State, where they settled in the forks of the
Youghiogheny river, in the present Elizabeth township.
There they lived for many generations, helping to build
from pioneer conditions the prosperous communities of
to-day. Peter Weddle thought to have been a cooper
by trade, died in 1824. He became an extensive land
owner. He was the father of nine children, one of
whom Peter Weddle, married Elizabeth Robbins, and
became the father of Elvira Weddle, mother of Howard Weddle Douglass.
Howard Weddle Douglass was born in McKeesport,
Pa., June II, I88I, son of Elisha P. and Elvira P. (Weddle) Douglass. He attended the McKeesport grammar
and high schools, and graduated from Shadyside Academy, in I9oo. He then entered Cornell University, and
received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1904, after which
he entered the law department of the University of
Pittsburgh, from which institution he received his degree
of Doctor of Laws in 1907. He was admitted to the bar
of Allegheny county, in November, 1907, and forming a
partnership under the firm name of Douglass, Fife 
Young, began a general practice which has steadily
grown and prospered. He is a member of the Pennsylvania State Bar Association and of the Allegheny County
Bar Association.
Politically, he is a Republican and served as city
solicitor for McKeesport from January, 1916, to December, 1921. He was nominated and elected a judge of
Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, November,
1921, for the ten-year term, 1922 to 1932. Fraternally,
he is well known, being a thirty-second degree Mason,
member of McKeesport Lodge, No. 641, and Pennsylvania Consistory, Syrian Shrine. He is also affiliated
with the Knights of Pythias, Grandview Lodge; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, McKeesport Lodge,
No. 136; Duquesne Club; Oakmont Country Club;
Pittsburgh Country Club; Youghiogheny Country Club.
He is also a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity.
In golf he finds recreation and fellowship. Besides his
professional duties and his numerous social activities,
Mr. Douglass finds time to act as director of the McKeesport Tin Plate Manufacturing Company. No doubt
traces of the vigorous active blood and the endurance
and strength gained in the strenuous lives of their
Scotch ancestors in the old days of the border wars still
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supply the descendants of the Douglass clan with a reserve fund of strength and energy.
Howard Weddle Douglass married Frances Virginia
VanKirk, of McKeesport, Pa., May 20, 1910, and they
are the parents of two children: Thomas VanKirk and
John VanKirk.
CARL SHERMAN LAMB--In 1833 the branch of
the Lamb family of which Carl Sherman Lamb is a
member was founded in Illinois by his grandfather,
Joseph Lamb, who moved from his Massachusetts home
to Lake county, where he took up a tract of land seven
or eight hundred acres in extent. It was here that Carl
Sherman Lamb was born on Feb. 2, 1874, the only child
of Charles H. and Mary A. (Sherman) Lamb, his
father's family dating back to 1630 in Massachusetts,
prominently represented in New England since the early
Colonial times.
Charles' H. Lamb was a blacksmith and wheelwright
by occupation, and a son of Joseph and Hannah (Talbot) Lamb, Hannah Talbot being a sister of Newton
Talbot, of Boston, prominent in educational matters and
for many years treasurer of Tufts College. Mary A.
(Sherman) Lamb was a daughter of William and Margaret (Harries) Sherman, her father of the same family as Roger Sherman, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Carl Sherman Lamb was raised on the home farm and
from there attended the public schools, graduating from
the Waukegan (Illinois) High School in the class of
1892. Two weeks later, he entered the employ of the
Kimball Glass Company, controlled by George F. Kimball, in the capacity of office boy.
He rose to a responsible position and then, anxious
for advanced education and having saved sufficient
funds to enable him to meet tuition expenses, he took a
year's course at Northwestern University, Evanston,
Ill. During the time he was on leave of absence, the
Kimball Glass Company had been acquired, in 1896, by
the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, to whose employ
he returned. Continuing his studies in night school, in
1899 he received the degree of LL. B. from the Chicago
College of Law, a department of the Lake Forest University. In the same year he was admitted to practice
at the bar of Cook county, Ill., and in 1901, while still
retaining business connections with the Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Company, he became a member of the Chicago
law firm of King, Lamb  Gage. Until 1907 he divided
his time between these two interests, and in this year
Mr. Lamb was called to the general offices of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, at Pittsburgh.
Mr. Lamb is now assistant general counsel for the
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, and has come into a
place of prominence and responsibility at the Pittsburgh
bar. He is a member of the Allegheny County Bar
Association, the Pennsylvania State Bar Association,
and the Cook County (Illinois) and Illinois State Bar
associations. Mr Lamb holds the thirty-second degree
in the Masonic order, also affiliates with Syria Temple,
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and
since his student days, has been a member of the Delta
Upsilon fraternity. His club is the Edgewood, and heis a believer in Republican principles, for many years
serving Edgewood borough as a member of council. In
religious faith, he is an Episcopalian and has for many
years been a vestryman of St. Stephen's Church, Wilkinsburg, Pa. Mr. Lamb is fond of the open, and spends
many of his vacations in motoring to his farm in Lake
county, Ill., which he inherited from his father, who had
succeeded to its ownership from his father, the settler
of 1833.
Mr. Lamb married, March 14, 1901, Elizabeth Overman, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, and they are the parents of
Richard Overman, born April 30, 1911, and Eunice
Helen. Mrs. Lamb is a daughter of a family of
Quakers, Charles M. and Ida H. (Moulton) Overman.
Her grandfather and three granduncles, all brothers,
married sisters, and they were the founders of Cedar
Falls, Iowa.
EMIL R. BALDINGER, vice-president and treasurer of the Dollar Savings and Trust Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., son of Jacob and Anna K. Baldinger, was
born in Allegheny, Pa., Aug. 2, 1863. He was educated
in the public schools of now Pittsburgh's North Side,
and in Duff's Business College, then at the age of sixteen entered business life. His first position was as
clerk in the hardware store of Lanius  Company, in
Golden, Colo., a city located twenty miles west of Denver, in the foothills of the Rockies. There he remained
two years before returning to Pittsburgh in 1881, beginning his banking life in 1882 as messenger boy with the
Real Estate Loan and Trust Company, Pittsburgh, North
Side. From messenger he advanced through the bookkeeping department to the teller's window, resigning that
position in I890 to accept the appointment of secretary in
the organization of the Dollar Savings Fund and Trust
Company, now the Dollar Savings and Trust Company.
In I89I the duties of treasurer were added to his secretaryship, and in 1912 Mr. Baldinger was elected vicepresident and retained as treasurer, he yet holding both
offices (1921).
During these years of active connection with Pittsburgh's financial life he has acquired important business
interests and holds executive position in several corporations of the district. He is president of the North
Side Real Estate Company; secretary-treasurer of the
Fairview Land Company, of Michigan; liquidating trustee of the First National Bank of (Allegheny) Pittsburgh; Bondholders Protective Committee of Great
Lakes Coal Company, of Pittsburgh; director of the
North Pennsylvania Coal Company; director of the
Western Allegheny Railroad Company; and a member
of the executive committee of Uniondale Cemetery. His
clubs are the Bankers, and Highland Golf, and he is a
member, trustee and treasurer of Trinity Lutheran
Church, Pittsburgh, North Side.
Mr. Baldinger married, in Pittsburgh, Sept. 8, 1892,
Clara Mutzig, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Beckert) Mutzig, and they are the parents of a son, Allan M.
CHARLES AUGUSTINE STILLWAGEN, M. D.
Born in Claysville, Pa., a graduate of Pennsylvania
Classical and Medical College, and all his professional
life a practicing physician, Dr. Stillwagen could claim
all the privileges and honors of a native son. He was
splendid in his professional attainment, but particularly
famous as a gynaecologist, and it was his skill and
learning and character that aided in keeping high Pittsburgh's medical prominence. To match his high professional ability, he possessed the highest conception of
citizenship, and he ever maintained his lofty ideals,
never lowering his standards of either professional or
civic honor, to the call of expediency or for private benefit. He served in the United States army, as a member
of the Medical Corps, during the War period, 1917-18,
and never was he known to falter in the face of any
duty, public or private.
(I) Dr. Stillwagen was a great-grandson of Charles
Augustine Stillwagen, who, prior to the War of the
Revolution, came from Ireland to America, and served
four years in the Continental army, as proven by service and his discharge papers, and by his sword, musket
and bayonet, all preserved in the family. He married
Johanna Shean, whom he met on the ship that brought
them from their native "Emerald Isle." Charles A. and
Johanna (Shean) Stillwagen settled in 1765, at Pigeon
Creek, in Washington county, Pa. Descent from these
pioneers is traced through their son, Adam.
(II) Adam Stillwagen, son of Charles Augustine and
Johanna (Shean) Stillwagen, was born near Monongahela City, Pa., and there spent his life a farmer. He
married Mary Dougherty, who was born in the same
town, and they were the parents of seven children,
descent in this branch being traced through their youngest child, Michael.
(111) Michael Stillwagen, son of Adam and Mary
(Dougherty) Stillwagen, was born in Washington
county, Pa., and there spent his active years a merchant.
He was a Democrat in politics and a man of some prominence. He married Mary Nease, and they were the
parents of a large family including a son, Charles Augustine, the second in order of birth. Michael Stillwagen, the father, died Nov. 12, 1891.
(IV) Dr. Charles Augustine Stillwagen, son of Michael and Mary (Nease) Stillwagen, was born April 6,
I866, at Claysville, a borough of Washington county,
Pa., forty-two miles southwest of Pittsburgh. He died
in Pittsburgh Hospital after a long illness, June 4, 1921.
He prepared in public schools, passing thence to Washington and Jefferson College, but left that institution in
his sophomore year. He studied medicine under Dr.
J. N. Sprowls, then entered Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia, whence he was graduated, M. D., class of
1892. He then returned to Pittsburgh, where he spent
a year as resident physician, at Mercy Hospital, then
began general surgical practice, but later confined his
practice entirely to gynacology. He commanded a very
large patronage, attracted by his skill and the great
success which attended him in most difficult operations.
During his years of practice he visited the famous
clinics of Berlin and Vienna, for the purpose of taking
special courses under eminent specialists. In addition
to his large private practice, be was gynaecologist to
Pittsburgh Hospital, and held the same relation to
Columbia Hospital. He was a fellow of the AmericanBIOGRAPHICAL                                                      259
College of Surgeons; a member of Allegheny County   more than any single individual to its upbuilding.  He
Medical Society; Pennsylvania State Medical Society;   was a Mason, a prominent churchman, and an old line
Pittsburgh Academy  of Medicine; American  Medical   Whig in politics.
Association; and the American Obstetrical and Gynae-          John  Nelson  Snowdon, youngest son of John and
cological  Society.   He  was  a member  of  Duquesne   Mary (Smith) Snowdon, was born in Brownsville, Pa.,
Council, Knights of Columbus, and of Cathedral Par-   Oct. I5, 1827, died in December, 1912.  He grew to
ish, Roman Catholic.  His club was the University.  He   manhood in Brownsville, and joined his father in busiwas a close student, keeping fully abreast of modern   ness under the firm name, John Snowdon  Son.  This
thought in all that pertained to his profession, and he   firm furnished a large part of the engine and machinheld the high esteem of the profession, and the perfect  ery equipment to the local river steamboats for many
confidence of the laity.  Of pleasing personality, cour-   years.  At the beginning of the Civil War, they received
teous and cordial manner, he made hosts of friends and   the contract to build the historic river monitors, "Manthat friendship and esteem was never forfeited.  When   yunk" and "Umpqua."  During the war, a second plant
the United States entered the World War, Dr. Still-  was opened in Pittsburgh, the two employing more than
wagen entered the United States Medical Corps, rank-   two thousand men.  John Nelson Snowdon served as
ing as captain, and served until honorably discharged.   postmaster of Brownsville under Presidents Hayes, GarHe was very charitable, and he gave freely of his pro-  field, and Arthur.  He married Eliza J. McSherry, and
fessional skill to the poor and needy.  His ancestors   they were the parents of three children: Charles Leidy,
were among the founders of St. James Catholic Church,   of whom further; Mary, who married Walter S. Bare,
the oldest Catholic congregation in the county, with   of Lancaster, Pa.; and John H., of Brownsville, Pa.
which he was also connected, later becoming a member         Charles Leidy Snowdon, son of John Nelson and Eliza
of St. Paul's Cathedral, after locating in Pittsburgh.      J. (McSherry) Snowdon, was born in Brownsville, Pa.,
Dr. Stillwagen married, April 18, 1907, Isabelle Kelly,   June 25, 1854.  He  attended the grammar  and high
daughter of Walter J. and Virginia (McCloskey) Kelly,   schools of his native town, and then went to work in a
of Pittsburgh.  Seven children were born to Dr. and   general store in Brownsville, where he remained from
Mrs. Stillwagen:  Charles Kelly, Mary Virginia, Marie   I87o to 1876. He  was  then appointed teller of the
Isabelle, Jane Downing,  Michael Lawrence, Elizabeth   Brownsville Dollar Savings Bank, where he remained
Anne, and Dean Frances.                                     for two years.  In 1878 he became a clerk on the river
steamboat "Geneva" in the employ of the Pittsburgh,
CHARLES LEIDY SNOWDON, banker, coal and   Brownsville, and Geneva Packet Company, working and
coke producer,  railway executive, and  officially con-   saving for two years more, when, having become internected with various manufacturing, financial, and public   ested in the coal trade, he associated himself with the
service enterprises in the Pittsburgh district, is the son   J. S. Cunningham  Company,  the firm operating the
of John Nelson and Eliza J. (McSherry) Snowden, and   Umpire mines at Brownsville.  In I88I he purchased
grandson of John and Mary (Smith) Snowdon.                  Mr. Cunningham's interest in the mine, becoming its
John Snowdon was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire,   managing owner, and in I885, in association with his
England, March 22, 1796.  He learned the blacksmith   brother-in-law, Frank T. Hogg, he developed the Albany
trade.  He married Mary Smith, and in 1818 came to  mines, near Brownsville.  In 1899 he sold all these inAmerica, settling in Brownsville, Pa., with his wife and   terests to the Monongahela River Company.
two small daughters, Ann and Elizabeth, the former of         The  executive and  administrative abilities of  Mr.
whom became the wife of Capt. Adam Jacobs, one of   Snowdon have made him a valuable member of the
the pioneer river men of the district.  She was born in  directing boards of many organizations.  He was elected
1816, and died in 1916, a few months before reaching   a director of the Brownsville Gas Company in 1887.  In
her one hundredth birthday.  After coming to Browns-   1889 he was made a director of the Monongahela Naville, John Snowdon worked at his trade for a short   tional Bank, of Brownsville, and in 1893 he was chosen
time at a wage of one dollar per day.  He soon estab-   president of that institution, an office which he still
lished a shop of his own, however, to which was later  holds.  This bank is one of the oldest money instituadded a foundry and machine shop, and when the steam   tions in Western Pennsylvania, and since receiving its
engine came into use he began building steamboat en-   charter, in 1812, has never suspended specie payment,
gines and general steamboat machinery equipment.  The   paying dividends continuously since 1813.  In 1890 Mr.
familiar mile posts of the "National Pike" were cast in   Snowdon  was  elected  president  of  the  Pittsburgh,
his foundry.  He was the maker of one of the first  Brownsville, and Geneva Packet Company.  In 1892 he
stoves used in America, and he built the "National Pike"   organized  the  Brownsville  Water  Company  and  the
bridge over Dunlap's creek at Brownsville, the first  Bridgeport Water Company, being elected president of
tubular iron bridge west of the Allegheny mountains,        each.  The Queen City Coal Company, of Cincinnati,
The four other children of John and Mary (Smith)   was organized in 1889, at which time he was elected
Snowdon,  born after coming to this country, were:   president and a director.  Two years later he was elected
Samuel S., who died at the age of eighty-five; Eliza-   president of the Pacific Coal Company, organized to
beth, who died at the age of ninety-two; John Nelson,   transport coal to the various lower river markets.  He
of whom further; and Margaret, born 1832, still living  is also president of the Snowdon  Coke  Company;  a
(1921).  John Snowdon was one of the striking char-   director of the Exchange National Bank, of Pittsburgh;
acters of pioneer Brownsville, and probably contributed   president and a director of the Redstone Cemetery ComHis work was on maintenance of way until 1869, when
he resigned to become resident engineer for the Keystone Bridge Company. The following eleven years
were spent in the building of bridges in every part of
North America, structures in whose design, as well
as construction, he played an important part. In I88o
Mr. Walker left the Keystone Bridge Company to
enter independent engineering and contracting operations, becoming associated with James Hemphill, Albert
H. Childs and other Pittsburgh business men in dismantling and disposing of the buildings of the Centennial
Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1876. In 1883 he
founded the Shuffler Bridge Works, which he conducted as a personal enterprise until 1890, when incorporation was made as the Shuffler Bridge Company.
Mr. Walker was the first president of this organization,
which specialized in bridges and other structures for
railroads, having the patronage of some of the largest
railroad corporations in the United States, among which
may be noted the Pennsylvania Railroad System, the
Baltimore  Ohio, the Louisville  Nashville, the Chicago, Burlington  Quincy, the Chicago, Milwaukee
 St. Paul, and others. It executed an epoch-marking
piece of work, an industrial achievement then without
parallel. This was the manufacture, transportation and
erection in Philadelphia of a great girder one hundred
and twenty-five feet long and ten feet high, a part of the
bridge designed to carry Allegheny avenue over the
Richmond branch of the Philadelphia  Reading railway. Although this and other pioneer successes
are credited to the company in this branch of work, the
company concentrated largely on industrial construction connected with the steel, tin plate, and allied industries, and became known as the leading builders of
steel manufacturing plants in the district. Mr. Walker
is the acknowledged pioneer in steel industrial construction, and during his association with the Keystone
Bridge Company, designed and built many of the
structures of the vast Edgar Thompson plant of the
Carnegie Steel Company, at that time the largest group
of buildings in the world in which wood was entirely
eliminated. In 1900, Mr. Walker sold the Shuffler
Bridge Company to the American Bridge Company,
continuing his connection with the company for about
one year as superintendent of all their works in the
Pittsburgh district.
In 1901, Mr. Walker organized the Pittsburgh Construction Company, of which he was the first president,
and again became an active factor in some of the
most important engineering and construction work in
the country. Among the leading contracts executed by
this company was the building of the West Side Belt
railway from Little Saw Mill Run to Bruce Station.
Retiring from the presidency of the Pittsburgh Construction Company in 192o, Mr. Walker became chairman of its board of directors, and in this office exercises
a determining influence upon its policy and affairs. Mr.
Walker is also president of the Phoenix Portland
Cement Company, of Philadelphia; chairman of the
board of directors of the Duquesne Slag Products
Company; and has extensive holdings in the Concrete
Products Company of America. He is connected,
through financial interest and advisory office, with many
other well known business and industrial organizations
of the region, and his counsel is often sought in matters
of unusual importance. Mr. Walker is a member of
the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the
Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania.
A feature of Mr. Walker's business life most worthy
of notice is the care and attention he has given to the
development of young men who have come into his
organization, and to whom he has given opportunity
for advancement and large success. Charles L. McKenzie, who is associated with Mr. Walker in his
various enterprises as president of the Pittsburgh Construction Company, president of the Duquesne Slag
Products Company, and president of the Concrete
Products Company of America, came into the organization direct from Lehigh University, and is one of the
young men in whose progress and success he takes
special pride.
For more than thirty years Mr. Walker was a resident of the Lawrenceville district of Pittsburgh, and
for many years he has been a member of the Fortythird Street Presbyterian Church. Sabbath school and
Bible work have long known him as an active participant, and he is a generous friend of the Pittsburgh
Young Men's Christian Association. He is a member
of the Duquesne Club, the Valley Forge Historical
Society, and is a contributor to the work of the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Mr. Walker has
traveled extensively in Europe and Africa, as well as
throughout all parts of America, and his circle of
friends, with its center in Pittsburgh, is a wide one.
Mr. Walker married, Jan. 9, 1872, Isabel Gregory
Meeker, whose death occurred Nov. 29, 1918, in her
seventy-seventh year.
JOHN J. IVILL- One of the influential men of the
day in the coal business in Pittsburgh, Pa., is John J.
Ivill. Beginning at the bottom and working up to his
present high position, he has become a factor in both
the mining and retail branches of the coal industry.
Mr. Ivill is a son of William and Sarah Ivill. William Ivill was for years mine foreman for the Mellon
interests of Pittsburgh and vicinity, and always connected with the coal industry.
John J. Ivill started life in the mines when scarcely
more than a child, and the greater part of his education
was won through his own, unaided efforts. He first
worked for Charles Armstrong, beginning on the first
rung of the ladder and working up through all the
departments and branches of the business. After ten
years with Mr. Armstrong, the young man became
associated with John H. Jones, taking charge of the
retail end of the coal business. Mr. Ivill remained with
this house for twenty-six years, serving in various
capacities of a responsible executive nature.
In 1915, with this long and valuable experience behind him, Mr. Ivill established himself in business,
organizing the Ivill Coal Company, he being the president. From the beginning he made a remarkable success of the undertaking. The company operates in
mining, and has extensive interests in this direction,
and also conducts a retail business in Pittsburgh Mr.
Ivill is in a position where he is taking forward rankpany; president and director of St. Margaret's Memorial Hospital; a director of the People's Coal Company;
of the Pittsburgh  Lake Erie Railroad Company; and
of the Pittsburgh, McKeesport  Youghiogheny Railroad Company. He also served for many years as
president of the Brownsville Borough Council, and is
president and a director of the Brownsville General
Hospital.
That a man engaged in such a multitude of business
enterprises should find time to render valuable civic
service indicates the possession of executive ability of a
very high order. Mr. Snowdon has served for many
years as president of the School Board of Brownsville,
and as director of St. Margaret's Memorial Hospital
has made his unusual ability count in many ways. Politically, he is a Republican, but does not seek office, having
declined many proffered nominations including several
State offices, and nomination for national representative.
Fraternally, Mr. Snowdon is a thirty-second degree
Mason; a member and director of the Duquesne Club,
of Pittsburgh; a member of the Pittsburgh Athletic
Association, the Pittsburgh Club, the Country Club; the
Country Club of Uniontown; the Nemacolin Country
Club, Brownsville; and the Americus Republican Club.
He is a communicant of Ascension Episcopal Church,
in which he has been a vestryman for ten years, and he
is vestryman and senior warden of Christ Episcopal
Church, of Brownsville, having served as vestryman for
thirty years. He is a member of the board of trustees
of the diocese of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Snowdon married, June 26, 1879, Elizabeth Bissell Hogg, daughter of George E. and Sarah A. (McClurg) Hogg, of Brownsville, Pa., and they are the parents of six children: I. George Hogg Snowdon, educated in St. Paul's Preparatory School, Long Island,
N. Y., and at Yale, class of I905; married Louise Taft,
daughter of Henry Taft, of New York City, and has
three children: Charles Taft, Henry Taft, and Marian
Louise. George Hogg Snowdon is a member of the
vestry, and treasurer of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church,
of Sewickley, and a member of the Pittsburgh Club and
Duquesne Club. He resides in Sewickley, Pa. 2. Lida
Helen Snowdon, educated in Pennsylvania Female College, and in Miss Baldwin's School, Philadelphia; married Edward Henesy, of New York. 3. Carolyn McClurg Snowdon, educated at Miss Dana's School, Morristown, N. J., and at the National Cathedral School,
Washington, D. C.; married Ralph S. Richards, of J. H.
Holmes Company, Pittsburgh, and has two children,
Charles Snowdon and Mary Elizabeth. 4. Felix Brunot
Snowdon, educated at St. Johns, Manlius, N. Y., and at
Yale, class of 1910; married Martha Guthrie. He is a
lawyer and an assistant United States district attorney,
of Pittsburgh; he enlisted in the navy when the United
States entered the World War, trained at Newport, was
promoted to ensign, was in the transport service, making many voyages to France, and was in Europe when
the armistice was signed. He is a member of Ascension Episcopal Church, fraternally, a Mason, and a member of the Allegheny Country Club, Duquesne Club, and
University Club. 5. Charles Nelson Snowdon, prepared
for college at St. Paul's, Concord, N. H., then entered
Yale, graduating with class of 1913; was captain of
both freshman and varsity crews, and was sent abroad
in 1911 to study the English stroke and rowing methods. When the United States entered the World War,
he enlisted in the Aviation Corps, trained at Essington
Field, was promoted to first lieutenant, appointed an
instructor, in which capacity he served at Memphis,
Tenn., Battle Creek, Mich., and on other fields. In
October, I9I8, he was specially commissioned to go
abroad on a tour of inspection, making a comparative
study of French and British Air services, and was in
France when the armistice was signed. He is now with
the Reliance Steel Casting Company. He married Ruth
J. Johnson, daughter of Alva B. Johnson, president of
the Baldwin Locomotive Works, and they have one
daughter, Elizabeth Reeves. Charles Nelson Snowdon
is a member of Ascension Episcopal Church, also of
its auxiliary vestry, and is a member of the Allegheny
Country Club, and the Pittsburgh Athletic Association.
6. Mary Elizabeth Snowdon, born Sept. 6, 1895, died
June 6, 1915. She was a general favorite and an
unusual student, a leader at the time of her death, at
Miss Master's School, Dobbs Ferry.
Charles L. Snowdon's career may be summed up in
one word-success, the result of his own untiring energy
and large abilities. Throughout his career he has
"looked forward, not back, outward, not inward,' and
has "lent a hand." He has realized the highest ideals of
the business man and the financier. One that creates
and adds to the wealth of nations while advancing his
own interests, he has given to hundreds employment and
opportunities for self-culture and self-development, and
the wealth that has come to him he has held in trust for
the less fortunate of his fellows. His record is one that
will endure.
WILLIAM B. RATH-For many years identified
with the development and progress of the various industries of the regions rich in natural deposits of coal,
oil and gas, William B. Rath has achieved individual
success and also has borne a very practical part in the
general advance.
Mr. Rath was born on the farm in Mufflin township,
Allegheny county, Pa., Sept. 21, 1857, son of James and
Rachel ( Hamilton) Rath. After gaining a limited.
but practical, education in the country schools, he worked
around his neighborhood, and by observation and study,
acquired a working knowledge of the real estate business, as related to coal lands. He operated in this general branch of real estate in many different parts of
the county until, in 1901, his rapidly increasing business
led him to establish an office in Pittsburgh. He has
developed very extensive interests, and his business now
covers most of the central bituminous coal fields, including those in the states of West Virginia, Kentucky
and Pennsylvania. Personally, he is also interested in
oil and gas properties in Butler county, this State.
Mr. Rath has led a very active life, and has reached;
a position of influence in his chosen field of endeavor.
He takes no vacations, finding keen pleasure in his
work. He is a member of the Cheswick Presbyterian
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LtyE,~// IhNYMr. Rath married (first) Sarah Patterson, daughter
of Robert and Priscilla Patterson, who died in 1891,
leaving one daughter, Mary Priscilla, now the wife of
Paul Stroyer, they being the parents of one daughter,
Mary Priscilla. M r. Rath married (second) Jessie
Klingensmith, of Aspinwall, Allegheny county, Pa., on
April 14, 1917.
JOSEPH ZIMMERMAN DICKSON, M. D.Among the prominent physicians of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Dr. Dickson is well known, specializing in surgery, as
well as handling a large general practice. Dr. Dickson
comes of an old Pennsylvania family, his grandfather,
Joseph Dickson, having been born in Cecil county, Md.
He was an early shipbuilder of this region, later following carpenter work and becoming a successful contractor and builder.
James Dickson, son of Joseph Dickson, and the doctor's father, was a native of Allegheny county, and was
a man of high intellectual attainments. He was one of
the early school teachers of the county, and at one time
conducted an academy, of which he was the dean. He
married Martha Catherine Zimmerman, of Frederick
county, Md.
Dr. Dickson was born in Carnegie, Allegheny county,
Pa., Feb. 3, I868. His early education was gained entirely through the tutoring of his parents, as he was
of fragile physique as a child. Later, he attended
Washington and Jefferson College, at Washington, Pa.,
then took a special course at the University of Western
Pennsylvania (now the University of Pittsburgh), thereafter entering Mount Union College, at Alliance, Ohio,
from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1890, three years later receiving
the degree of Master of Philosophy from the same institution. Meanwhile entering the medical department
of the (then) Western University of Pennsylvania, he
was graduated in 1893, with the degree of Doctor of
Medicine. Beginning practice at Coraopolis, Pa., in
the same year, he later (I896) removed to Pittsburgh,
and has since practiced in this city. Dr. Dickson has
taken two post-graduate courses abroad, the first, in
1895, under Dr. Aubeau, in the International Hospital
in Paris, and the second in St. Bartholomew's Hospital
in London. His practice has long been principally in
the field of surgery, but he has a considerable general
practice.
Dr. Dickson is a member of Milnor Lodge, No. 287,
Free and Accepted Masons, and of Pennsylvania Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. He is a member of the Americus Republican Club, and of the Pittsburgh Press Club, and politically is affiliated with the
Democratic party. His son, James Conaway Dickson,
is a pupil in Schenley High School, of Pittsburgh. Mrs.
Dickson, whose maiden name was Jessie E. Ray, is a
graduate of Butler County General Hospital.
JOHN F. McCLORY-As president of the American Typewriter Inspection Company, John F. McClory,
of Pittsburgh, is closely identified with the business
progress of the city. Mr. McClory comes of a Pittsburgh family, and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth
(McTurk) McClory.
Mr. McClory was born in Pittsburgh, Oct. 9, 1882,
and prepared for his career in the educational institutions of the city. At an early age be began working at
various callings, as he had opportunity, then at the age
of eighteen years he entered the employ of the Remington Typewriter Company, in this district, and remained in this connection for a period of eighteen
years. At the end of that time Mr. McClory, in association with Fred W. Hock and William Moss, formed
the American Typewriter Inspection Company, Mr.
McClory being president of the concern, Mr. Hock,
secretary, and Mr. Moss, treasurer. This was in 1918,
and the business has made a remarkable growth. It is
unique in its plan, the concern taking contracts by the
year to keep typewriters in perfect order, keeping up
repairs and furnishing supplies of all kinds, the service
rendered really amounting to typewriter insurance. They
also handle a full line of typewriters and supplies for
the general trade. Since founding this business the
company has been obliged to enlarge its quarters four
times, and their present shop has an area of 2,500 square
feet of floor space, employing as many as fifteen hands.
Their business is confined entirely to Greater Pittsburgh, and they number in their clientele many of the
foremost concerns in the city, including twenty-three
banks. The members of the firm are all experienced in
their field, and well fitted to meet the peculiar problems
connected with the daily maintenance of typewriter efficiency. The concern holds membership in the Pittsburgh Credit Men's Association. Mr. McClory supports the Republican party in all public affairs, but finds
no leisure to devote to political activities. He is treasurer of West Liberty Board of Trade. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and belongs to the
Roman Catholic Church of the Resurrection.
Mr. McClory married Feb. I, 1910, Agnes M. Rogan,
of Pittsburgh, and they have two children: John
Anthony and Mae Elizabeth.
HOWARD BYRON PAYNE-The application of
electricity to the various branches of human endeavor
created many fields of usefulness, each more or less
definitely, a specialty in itself. Howard Byron Payne,
of Pittsburgh, as district engineer for a number of
prominent concerns, handles both steam and electrical
mining machinery.
Mr. Payne is a son of Henry Kelly and Margaret M.
Payne. The elder Mr. Payne has for many years been
prominent in Indianapolis, Ind., as a commission produce broker.
Howard Byron Payne was born in Indianapolis, Ind.,
Aug. 7, 1885, and received his training for his future
career in the educational institutions of that city. At
the age of fourteen years he entered the employ of the
Big Four railroad, at Indianapolis, continuing for a
period of five years. He next became associated with
the general contracting concern of Lynn B. Millikan,
of Indianapolis, where he remained until 1910. At that
time Mr. Payne entered the contracting and building
business for himself. Gaining a promising start, he continued along this line for three years. Then the disastrous flood of 1913 destroyed many buildings which
he had under process of construction, and he suffered
so severe a financial loss as to cripple his business. He
was induced to remove to Pittsburgh, and here enteredupon the same line of business. Shortly afterwards,
however, in 1914, he became associated with the Aetna
Explosive Company, confining his attention to a single
line of construction work, the erection of munitions
plants. In the course of this work he built the first
plant for the manufacture of salicylic acid, at Heidlersburg, Pa., which was constructed in 1915.
From the industrial construction work in which he
was engaged, Mr. Payne's present position has developed.
He is now district engineer for the Atlas Car Manufacturing Company, for the Automatic Electrical Devices
Company, the Ideal Electric Manufacturing Company,
the Wilmot Engineering Company, and the Watts Company, and is handling constantly increasing interests in
steam and electrical mining machinery.
In 1908 Mr. Payne married Marian Oliver, of Mount
Sterling, Kentucky. Mrs. Payne's father, J. M. Oliver,
was a prominent attorney in Mount Sterling, and was
a veteran of the Confederate army, having served under
General John Morgan. He was county surveyor of
Montgomery county for twenty years, and served for
a number of terms in the Kentucky State Legislature.
CHARLES FREDERICK MEYER-One of the
outstanding developments of modern business is the man
no links the manufacturer with the jobber. We sometimes speak of the first of these as a captain of industry;
the retailer we call by various titles; the man who forms
the connecting link between them has many names, but
now has become so important a factor in the conduct of
big business that he is sometimes spoken of as an ambassador of trade. The captain of industry can lead
his forces on to great increase of production, but the
result may be simply overstocked storehouses. The
man selling directly to the consumer may fail to supply
the demand if he receives no outside help. Between
and connecting these makers and sellers comes the representative, or ambassador, from one to the other. He
knows what the manufacturer has; he knows the requirements of the trade. He gives to both the aid they
most need, and by so doing, has made himself one of
the most important factors in the development of "big
business."
No one would reject a high sounding title more
promptly than would Charles Frederick Meyer, but as
a successful ambassador of trade for the Iron City
Sanitary Manufacturing Company, of Pittsburgh, covering no less a territory than the whole of the United
States, he is a pronounced success. He was born in
Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. I5, I868. His father, Charles
Meyer, who was in the grocery business for years, died
when Charles Frederick was six years old, so that most
of the home influence and help came from the mother,
Elizabeth (Young) Meyer. The foundation of his education was laid in the Franklin public school. He left
his studies early in life, however, that he might go to
work. The Demmler Company, makers of sheet metal
and kitchen supplies, attracted his interest and ambition, and applying for a position with that firm, he
was offered the job of errand boy, which he accepted
with alacrity. For twenty-five years he was connected
with this firm, rising step by step from errand boy to
manager.
In 1917, his ability as an organizer was shown when
he formed the Demmler-Meyer Company, which he
served as secretary until it was merged with the firm
of Demmler Company. The years of special training,
the long climb from the bottom to the top of his line
of business, have amply fitted Mr. Meyer for his more
recent activities. He has for the last twelve years (1921)
been representative for the whole of the United States
for the Iron City Sanitary Manufacturing Company,
makers of porcelain, enameled iron sinks, baths, and
lavatories. This position he is filling most successfully,
making his service, as representative of trade, invaluable to his firm.
At Pittsburgh, Sept. II, 1890, Mr. Meyer married
Katherine Marie Kelly, daughter of John and Bella
(Neville) Kelly. In the years that followed, there were
born to them two sons and two daughters: George
Young; Katherine Elizabeth; Louis Edward; and
Elizabeth Marie.
J. E. TROWER-With a widely varied experience
in the advertising end of the newspaper business, J. E.
Trower is carrying the Pittsburgh "Post" forward to
constantly increasing activity and usefulness in this
work, which bears vital relation to the economic security
of the community.
Mr. Trower was born in Baltimore, Md., in June,
1867. Receiving his early education in the public schools
of that city, he entered the City College of Baltimore,
from which he was graduated in I885. In I888 he began
the career in which he has won success and recognition,
in the field of newspaper advertising. He was first connected with the Baltimore "News," remaining with this
paper for a period of three years, then went to St. Louis,
Mo., on the old St. Louis "Chronicle." Returning later
to Baltimore, he was connected with the advertising
department of the "Star," then went to the Cincinnati
"Inquirer." From there he went to the Louisville, Ky.,
"Herald," and from there East again, to the Brooklyn
"Citizen and Standard." With this experience he entered the newspaper center of the world, New York
City, where he was advertising manager for the
"Union," then for the "Journal." Going next to the
Philadelphia "Press," he remained for a considerable
period, then back to the Louisville "Herald," from there
to the Washington "Herald," then to the Buffalo
"Times."
Mr. Trower came to Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1912, and
became associated with the "Post" and the "Sun," as
advertising manager of both papers. He has since
been a leading figure in newspaper advertising circles
in this district, and in 1919 was elected to the vicepresidency of the Post Publishing Company, still holding the active management of its advertising interests.
The "Post" is one of the leading dailies of Western
Pennsylvania, progressive, yet discriminating in its advertising policies, and has long been considered a significant factor in the business advancement of the city.
In all Mr. Trower's experience with various newspapers
in different parts of the Country, he has invariably handled the advertising end of the business. Mr. Trower
is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce,
and of the Advertising Club.0
0CHARLES B. BEITLER-The name of Beitler
reaches back in the annals of Pittsburgh to that time
when the now magnificent city was a mere handful of
settlers in the midst of a great wilderness. But through
every phase of development which the section has experienced, the name of Beitler has stood in the front
rank of the march of progress. Charles B. Beitler, one
of the present day representatives of this name, is a
prominent manufacturer of optical goods.
John Beitler, grandfather of Charles B. Beitler, was
born in Lancaster county, Pa., and came to Pittsburgh,
the settlement, when a boy. He lived to see this pioneer
village develop into a great, modern city; and his own
personality bore a share in upholding the civic standard
which has made the city great. The fine old man possessed great physical vitality, living to nearly one hundred years of age, and then meeting death by accident.
He was equally endowed with mental and moral force,
being in full possession of his faculties to the end, and
always fearless in spirit. He was eccentric in his later
years to the point of oddity, but exceedingly broad of
mind in matters which concerned others, and sincerely
benevolent. His innumerable friends gave him their deep
affection, and long before age marked his bearing as
fatherly, they acquired the habit of calling him "Pap"
Beitler. Although he lived through many changes of
fashion in masculine sartorial niceties, he wore the
powdered wig and queue to the day of his death.
In 1820, John Beitler, then in the prime of life, opened
a hotel at the corner of Center avenue and Shakespeare
street. It was the finest hostelry of its day, and there
gathered the elite of a vast region on the occasion of
every splendid function which it was the delight of the
hospitable host to give at frequent intervals. Located
on what was then the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia Turnpike, the smart set of the time made the old Beitler
House their rendezvous, and many were the famous
names enrolled upon its register. The great stables
sheltered some of the finest horse-flesh which the city
has ever seen, and since "Pap" Beitler was an excellent
judge of horses, and fond of track lore and gossip, he
entertained many horsemen of the time. In front of the
great building was an extensive paved court yard, in
the days of its prime, and this was often filled with
stage coaches and the ingeniously designed Conestoga
wagons, which were used for long distance trucking in
the mountainous country hereabouts, but which the railroads long ago caused to disappear. In later years the
old hotel was transformed into a school house, which
was attended by the children of many of the older f amilies of the city, and taught by "Cap" Wyley, one of
the most progressive educators of the time. Mrs. Anna
H. Beitler now has in her possession a famous painting of the old inn, by Joseph Woodwell, one of the
pupils who later became a successful artist, and this
painting is said to be the one that brought his talent
to the attention of the public.
In 1886, when the following year he would have rounded out a full century of life, the quaint, well-beloved old
man was run down by a runaway horse and killed.
Some years later the old Beitler House, where the best
years of his life had been spent, was torn down to make
room for a modern four-story building. It was at that
time the property of the Lockhart heirs, and its last use
was as a feed store and barber shop.
But the name of Beitler has continued in Pittsburgh.
John, or "Pap," Beitler married Mary Annan, a native
of Scotland, and their descendants have been and are
now among the leading men and women of this and
other cities. They were the parents of: John Edward;
William L., who died in I9I7; Mary, who became the
wife of William Dulley, and is now deceased; Marcia,
the deceased wife of William Brunton; Samuel, who
married Katherine Adams, of Pittsburgh, both now deceased; and Joseph S., of whom further.
Joseph S. Beitler, youngest son of John and Mary
(Annan) Beitler, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa.; he died
in I890. He married, Aug. 20, 1862, Anna H. Young,
daughter of Peter Young, who also descended from an
old Pennsylvania family. Their children are as follows:
Joseph Curry, now a resident of Chicago, Ill.; Robert,
of Pittsburgh; Harry, deceased; Charles B., of further
mention; Frank, of Pittsburgh; Mary A., now the wife
of Edward Meyer, of Erie, Pa.; and Marcia, the wife
of George T. Round, of Pittsburgh.
Charles B. Beitler was born in McKees Rocks, Pa.,
on July 5, 1873. When he was a child of three years
his parents removed to New York City, and there he
attended the public schools. Later, the family returned
to this section, locating in the city of Pittsburgh. The
boy was thirteen years of age at this time, and he at
once went to work, securing a position with the Wallace
Optical Company, remaining with this house for a
period of twenty-nine years. With this long experience
behind him, and the skill acquired of it, Mr. Beitler
established an optical manufacturing plant in 1915  in
association with a partner. The firm name is Beitler
 McKee, Mr. McKee also being an expert along this
line. They handle everything in optical work, and the
firm is already noted extensively for the quality of its
product. Everything is done entirely by prescription.
Success attended this venture from the beginning, and
the firm's business is constantly growing.
Mr. Beitler is a man of interesting personality, somewhat reserved, but keenly alert to the public questions
of the hour. In political affiliation he is a Republican.
He is single, and devotes the greater part of his time
to his business.
HENRY CROSS LIPPINCOTT-With many
years of broadly practical experience, Mr. Lippincott
holds a leading position in the field of civil engineering
and map making, his activities reaching into many
states, and his headquarters being in Pittsburgh. Mr.
Lippincott is a son of Henry Cross and Sarah E. (McMasters) Lippincott, both parents being now deceased.
His father was a glass broker.
Mr. Lippincott was born in Pittsburgh, May 27, 1867,
and received his education in the Minersville and Bellfield public schools, of Pittsburgh, and for a short time
attended the old Central High School. Then, at the
age of seventeen years, he secured employment with
R. L. McCully, a leading civil engineer of that day, in
the capacity of chainman. Remaining with this firm
until 1896, a period of about twelve years, he acquired
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of this profession. In 1896 he was one of the organizers of the firm of Rayburn, Lippincott  McNeil. At
the end of the first year Mr. Rayburn withdrew from
the business, and the concern has since been continuously known as Lippincott  McNeil, although Mr.
McNeil withdrew ten years ago. The concern has developed extensively, and does work all over the states
of Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, and West Virginia,
and has reached out into other Eastern and Middle
Western states. Mr. Lippincott, who has always been
the active head of the concern, and now for some time
has had the assistance of his sons, is considered an
authority on all topics relating to civil engineering and
mapping, having now been in the business for nearly
twenty-five years. 
Mr. Lippincott is a member of the Engineering
Society of Western Pennsylvania, and fraternally holds
membership in Homewood Lodge, No. 635, Free and
Accepted Masons; Homewood Chapter, No. 297, Royal
Arch Masons; and Tancred Commandery, No. 48,
Knights Templar. Politically, he supports the Republican party, but has always been too busy to take a
leading part in public affairs.
On Aug. 6, I896, Mr. Lippincott married Sarah Jane
Clark McCrickert, of Pittsburgh, and they are the parents of nine children, all still residing at home: Henry
Cross, Jr., Samuel, Richard, Elizabeth, William, Monte,
Lawrence, Jane, and John. The eldest son is an attendant at Carnegie Technical Institute, and is his father's
assistant in the affairs of the concern. The younger
children are still in school.
PARK WILLIAM BUSHONG, Ph. G., M. D.With offices at No. 1824 Webster avenue, Dr. Bushong
is one of the successful medical practitioners of the days
in Pittsburgh. Dr. Bushong's family is of French extraction, three brothers, Beauchamp by name, emigrating from France to Virginia about 1720. An Irish
school teacher in Virginia was responsible for the
change of the name from Beauchamp to Bushong, considering the spelling and pronunciation easier. The
family scattered to other states, and in 1840 the doctor's paternal grandfather removed to Ohio. Peter
Bushong, the doctor's father, who is now deceased,
was a farmer in that State throughout his lifetime, and
married Susan Keller, who still survives him, and is
now (1921) seventy-eight years of age.
Park William Bushong was born on the home farm
near Columbiana, Ohio, Nov. 10, 1874, and received his early education in the district schools near
his home, later attending the Columbiana High School,
from which he was graduated in the class of 1894.
Thereafter, he entered the Ohio Northern University,
from which he was graduated in 1898, with the degree of
Graduate Pharmacist. Having chosen the medical profession as his life work, the young man, with this eminently practical foundation, entered the University of
Pittsburgh, and was graduated in the class of 1903,
with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Serving an
interneship at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, he
began practice at his present office address in 1904. He
has practiced here continuously since, and now holds a
PITTSBURGH
prominent position in the profession. He has always
followed general practice.
Dr. Bushong is a member of the American Medical
Association, the Pennsylvania State Medical Society,
and the Allegheny County Medical Society. His college fraternity is the Phi Rho Sigma. The doctor has
few interests outside of his profession, rarely takes a
vacation, and finds his greatest satisfaction in work.
He supports the Republican party, but takes no interest in political honors, and has never aspired to office.
On Jan. I, 1908, Dr. Bushong married Myrtle W.
Holmes, daughter of Harry W. and Amanda (Hill)
Holmes, of Pittsburgh. He has one brother, Ross
Vivian, who resides in West Virginia, and two sisters:
Pearl (Mrs. Frank Gorman), of Alliance, Ohio; and
Ida (Mrs. Alonzo Bowman), of East Liverpool, Ohio.
The family residence is at No. 360 South Evaline street.
WILL ROY CROWTHERS-During all his business career, Mr. Crowthers has been connected with
the coal business in an executive capacity, and is now
the resident manager for one of the leading coal companies of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. Crowthers is the only son of Joseph B. and Emma
Jane (Lilley) Crowthers. The elder Mr. Crowthers was
a prosperous contractor and builder in Washington
county, Pa. Besides the son, whose name heads this
review, Mr. and Mrs. Crowthers had four daughters,
two of whom died very young.
Will Roy Crowthers was born in East Pike Run
township, Washington county, Pa., Sept. 24, I88I. He
received his education in the public schools of the
borough of Coal Center, Washington county, Pa., continuing at the California ( Pa. ) State Normal School,
from which he was graduated in the class of 1901.
Choosing a business rather than a professional career,
however, the young man entered the Eastman National
Business College, and was graduated from this institution in 1902.
Mr. Crowthers entered the business world in the
capacity of clerk at the First National Bank, at Donora,
Pa., but remained in this connection only for a short
time. In January, 1903, he started in the coal business,
acting as clerk in the offices of the Charleroi Coal
Works, Charleroi, Pa. It was here that he gained his
first knowledge of the coal business, and from the beginning his progress was rapid. In 1907 he took up
the sales end of the coal business, and was sent to Pittsburgh as general sales agent for this company, in which
capacity he remained with them for four years. Until
May, 1917, Mr. Crowthers was associated with several
representative coal companies, when he accepted his
present position as resident manager in Pittsburgh for
the Weaver Coal Company, Inc., Buffalo, N. Y. His
work with this company has been marked by steady
advance in the interests of the concern in this district,
and he is now considered a leader in his line of endeavor.
Mr. Crowthers is a member of the Pittsburgh Wholesale Coal Association, also secretary of that organization. He is also a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber
of Commerce. Fraternally, he is a member of Dormont Lodge, No. 684, Free and Accepted Masons; St.
Clair Chapter, No. 305, Royal Arch Masons; St. Omer
Commandery, Knights Templar; and Syria Temple,
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He
is socially popular, and belongs to the St. Clair Country
Club, and the Almas Club. Politically, he supports the
Republican party. He is a member of the Mt. Lebanon
Methodist Episcopal Church, of Dormont.
Mr. Crowthers married, July 20, 1911, Martha Rebecca Grimes, of West Brownsville, Pa., and they have
three children: Ruth, James G., and Virginia Lee.
WILLIAM JAMES CONNELLY, a prominent
member of Pittsburgh's group of younger professional
men, whose offices are in the Union Arcade, was born
in New Haven, Conn., June I8, 1888, and is a son of
William F. and Annie (Wohlmacher) Connelly, who
still reside in New Haven, the father now being retired
from active business.
Mr. Connelly received his early education in the
Roger Sherman Grammar School of New Haven, and
the New Heaven High School, being graduated from the
latter institution in the class of 1909. He then entered
the world of industry, making his activities, however,
subserve his ultimate purpose of acquiring a higher
education. He worked his way through a period of
study at Amherst College, at Amherst, Mass., then
filled various positions, the duties of which called him,
eventually, to the Middle West. There he financed his
courses at Earlham College, in Richmond, Ind., and
also at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., both
short courses. He then entered the University of
Pittsburgh, taking the regular course, and was graduated from that institution in 1913, with the degree of
Bachelor of Arts. Thereafter entering the law department of the same university, he was graduated in 1916,
and the following year was admitted to the Allegheny
county bar. With this comprehensive preparation Mr.
Connelly has made an auspicious beginning in his
chosen profession.
In various organized activities Mr. Connelly is interested, being a member of the Knights of Columbus,
of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, of the Tippecanoe
Club, and of the Bachelor's Club. He has always been
interested in athletics of every nature, especially football,
in which he was prominent in college days. Politically,
he supports the Republican party, and he is a member
of St. Paul's Cathedral (Roman Catholic), of Pittsburgh.
On July 14, 1919, Mr. Connelly married Ann M.
Walsh, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
WILLIAM P. LEMLEY, whose name is a familiar
one in stock brokerage circles in Pittsburgh, Pa., was
born on a farm in West Virginia, March 31, 1876, and
is a son of Samuel Minor and Phoebe (Sycks) Lemley,
and grandson of Asa and Mary (Long) Lemley. The
family ancestor came from Germany in 1760 and settled
in Greene county, Pa. Since an early age William P.
Lemley has taken an active part in the world of men
and affairs. When only twelve years old he had finished the grammar school course, but while he went
to work at once, he supplemented his formal education
with extensive personal study, and later took a practical
commercial course in business college.
First employed in West Virginia in such lines of
effort as opportunity presented, Mr. Lemley, in 1894,
came to the Pittsburgh district, and in 1896 entered the
employ of the Westinghouse Company, remaining with
that concern for about three and one-half years. He
was next assistant to the chief engineer of the Heyl 
Patterson Company, where he continued for two years.
In 1902 he entered the steel brokerage business, which
he followed for about two years. He then became identified with the organization of the present business in
1905, and in 1916 the concern was incorporated, Mr.
Lemley becoming president of William P. Lemley 
Company. The activities of this concern include the
handling of unlisted stocks and securities of every kind,
bank, trust, oil, gas, industrial bonds, and every variety
of stock, doing business all over the United States. In
connection with this interest, Mr. Lemley is personally
largely interested in mining properties in Nevada, and
in oil and gas in various sections of the west and southwest.
Mr. Lemley is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber
of Commerce, and politically supports the Republican
party, although he takes no active part in public affairs.
He is a member of Wilkinsburg Lodge, No. 577, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and of the Americus Republican Club, of Pittsburgh. He finds his
favorite relaxation in travel, and has visited many
points of interest.
On May 14, 1904, Mr. Lemley married Florence E.
Myers, a daughter of M. C. and Levina E. (Young)
Myers, of an old Pennsylvania family, and they have
two daughters: Evelyn Ruth, now in her third year
of high school in Wilkinsburg; and Olive Marie, in
junior high school.
THOMAS SIMPSON ANDERSON, M. D., is a
splendid expression of the genius of Western Pennsylvania, his ancestors having been among the earliest
pioneers, their descendants persisting among the most
substantial of the present day citizenry in two or three
of the oldest counties of the Allegheny region of the
Keystone State. His great-grandfather, James Stevenson, was a soldier in the American Revolution, and his
patriotism, in no wise abated, stirred him to gallant
action in the War of 1812, his final service being with
General Jackson at New Orleans. He was prominent
after the Revolution as a surveyor in Allegheny and
adjoining counties in determining the boundaries of the
many farms that the survivors of that struggle came
into possession of "after Yorktown." His grandfather,
Benjamin Anderson, was an early settler in western
Washington county, and left a distinguished posterity
in that county. William C. Anderson, father of Dr.
Anderson, was for half a century one of the most progressive merchants in Western Pennsylvania, dying in
recent years. His wife was Miss Eliza Simpson, member of an old Virginia pioneer family.
Dr. Anderson was born on a farm on the old National
Road near Claysville, Washington county, Pa., Sept.
12, I865. He was educated in the common and high
schools of this village and in Washington and Jefferson College, and also took a subsequent special course
in that college. His medical school is Jefferson Medical
College, Philadelphia, whence he was graduated with
the degree of Doctor of Medicine in I888. In his senior year in this institution, Dr. Anderson served as assistant in the college hospital. He began the practice
of medicine in the borough of Carnegie, one of the
large suburban towns of Pittsburgh in I888. Three
years later, conscious of the many and important strides
his profession was taking, Dr. Anderson went to Europe
in order to take advantage of the opportunities that the
great schools of Great Britain and the Continent were
offering. He spent some time at Edinburgh, Scotland,
and then went to Berlin, Germany, where he was one
of the assistants in Professor Heyman's Polyclinic for
a year, subsequently taking special courses in the schools
of Vienna, Budapest and Munich. Three full years
were passed in exhaustive work on the ear, nose and
throat in these European institutions.
Dr. Anderson returned to American in 1904 and established himself in Pittsburgh for the purpose of specializing in the treafment of these diseases. He has
been for years among the prominent and very active
members of his profession in the general activities incident to the promotion of its interests both in practice
and institutional affairs. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, and of the Allegheny County Medical
Society. He has been for years a member of the University Club, of the Alumni associations of Washington and Jefferson College, and of Jefferson Medical
College.
Fraternally, he is a member of Fellowship Lodge,
Free and Accepted Masons, and of Carnegie (Pennsylvania) Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks. Politically, he is of the faith of his fathers, a
Democrat. Recreationally, he finds abundant pleasure
in the great forests with his gun, and by promising
streams with his rod, going occasionally to the Canadian
fastnesses in these pursuits, and again to the coast
states of the South. He also finds both amusement and
exercise in his devotion to golf. His family has been
for generations Calvinistic Presbyterians, and in this
church Dr. Anderson continues his membership.
Dr. Anderson was married June 30, 1898, to Mary R.
Patterson, of Carnegie, Pa.
PALMER SMITH CHAMBERS was born in
Watertown, N. Y., and is the son of George C. and
Ella L. Chambers. He later came with his parents to
Pittsburgh, Pa. He finished his classical education at
Washington and Jefferson College, then entered Harvard Law School. Later he was admitted to the Allegheny County bar and until 1919 engaged in the practice of law in Pittsburgh. He then became interested
in silver mining and is now president of the Silver
Mines Company of America; vice-president and treasurer of Stuart Croasdale  Company; and president of
the Montezuma Consolidated Silver Mines Company.
He is a member of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association,
the Pittsburgh Economic Club, and the Sewickley Presbyterian church.
Mr. Chambers married, in Pittsburgh, Anna Helen
Parsons, daughter of Alfred G. and Helen M. Parsons of Pittsburgh, Pa., her father a Civil War veteran, now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers are the
parents of three children: Palmer Smith Jr., Helen
Louise, and Avery Calderwood Chambers.
CHESTER FRANK JOHNSTON-Descended
from old Pennsylvania pioneers, Chester F. Johnston
of Pittsburgh is well known as a court reporter.
John Johnston, Mr. Johnston's grandfather, was born
in Brownsville, Pa., and was prominent in that locality.
He lived to the age of eighty-five years.
George Johnston, his son, was a river man in his
early life, and became captain of steamboats on the
Mississippi river in the period before the Civil War.
He lived for a considerable period in western states and
in later life was engaged in the banking business. He
died in 1908, at the age of seventy-five years. He married Josephine Ewing, who was also of old Pennsylvania stock. Her father, William Ewing, who died in
1862, was a prominent member of the bar. They were
the parents of six children.
Chester Frank Johnston, youngest child of George
and Josephine (Ewing) Johnston, was born in Pella,
Iowa, Dec. 27, 1878. He received his early education
in the public schools of his native town, then was graduated from the high school at Chanute, Kan., in the
class of I896. Entering the University of Maryland
Law School, he was graduated in 1901, receiving his
degree. Admitted to the bar at Baltimore, he practiced there for a time. Coming to Pittsburgh in 1906,
he practiced shorthand reporting as a "free lance" for
about a year, when he received an appointment as official reporter of the Common Pleas Court, in which he
still continues.
Mr. Johnston is a member of Bellevue Lodge, No.
530, Free and Accepted Masons. He is also a member
of the Shannopin Club. Politically, he supports the Republican party. He is a member of the Bellevue Presbyterian Church.
On Aug. 3, 1906, Mr. Johnston married Louise
Chamberlain Stahn, of Baltimore, Md., and they have
two children living: Helen Virginia, and Louise Adelaide, both in school. A son, Chester Ewing, is deceased.
FLOYD ROSE-Widely experienced along engineering lines, and now identified with one of the leading
corporations of the steel industry in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Floyd Rose is a prominent figure in the manufacturing
world of Allegheny county.
Mr. Rose comes of an old Pennsylvania family. His
father, Cyrus L. Rose, was born at Mount Pleasant,
Pa., in 1839, and died in 1904. He came to Allegheny
county in I865, and located in the city of Allegheny,
now a part of Pittsburgh. Here he engaged in the carpet business, forming a partnership under the name of
Bovard, Rose  Company, which continued for a period
of thirty years. Their store was situated at an advantageous point on Fifth avenue, and Mr. Rose became
a prominent merchant of the Pittsburgh of that day.
He married Anna Ritz.
Floyd Rose, son of Cyrus L. and Anna (Ritz) Rose,.XdQLAtWt%flAAwas born in Allegheny, on Sept. 23, 1875. He gained
his early education in the public schools of the city,
and early made his choice of a career, deciding on a
special line of engineering. He entered the University
of Western Pennsylvania, now the University of Pittsburgh, from which he was graduated in 1896 as a Metallurgical Engineer. He entered the world of industry in the employ of the Carbon Steel Company. With
this company he worked in various capacities, familiarizing himself with the business and gaining a large fund
of experience. His progress was such that in 1905 he
was made assistant to the general superintendent of the
company. This position he held for two years, then
left the Carbon Steel Company to become general
superintendent of the Portsmouth Steel Company, of
Portsmouth, Ohio. Later, Mr. Rose returned to Pittsburgh and engaged in business for himself, along the
line of inspecting engineering, under the firm name of
Floyd Rose  Company. This independent' interest
continued until 1918.
In that year Mr. Rose entered the government service, in the Ordnance Department, as manager of the
Artillery Division of Gun Forgings, and was assigned
to take charge of the work at the Heppenstall Forge 
Knife Company, and the Edgewater Steel Company.
This association led to his permanent connection with
the Heppenstall Corporation at the end of the war.
In January, 1919, Mr. Rose was elected secretary of
the present company, which position he holds to-day,
and in addition to the position of secretary, he was made
general manager of sales, June, 1921.
In the different activities connected with'the public,
social and fraternal life, of Pittsburgh, Mr. Rose is well
known. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce,
also of the building committee of his college alumni.
Hjs fraternity at the University of Pittsburgh is the
Phi Gamma Delta. He is a member of Bellefield
Lodge, No.68o, Free and Accepted Masons; of Mount
Vernon Chapter, No. 23, Royal Arch Masons, of
Portsmouth, Ohio; of Solomon Council, No. 79, Royal
and Select Masters, of Portsmouth. He is also a member of Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine.
Mr. Rose's clubs include two of those most popular
in Pittsburgh: the Rotary, and the University, and he is
also a member of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association.
His home is at the King Edward Apartments. Mr.
Rose and his family are members of the Third Presbyterian Church, and support all the social and benevolent activities of same.
On  Nov.  I8, I903  Mr.  Rose married, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Gertrude Stedman, of that city, and they
have one son, Robert S. Rose, sixteen years of age.
HERMANN FREDERICK RUOFF-For a number
of years a prominent attorney in general practice, Mr.
Ruoff until recently served the public as assistant city
attorney of Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr. Ruoff is a son of Rev.
Frederick and Annie (Mann) Ruoff. Rev. Frederick
Ruoff, for twenty-five years prior to his death, was
pastor of the Smithfield German Evangelical Church,
the oldest church in Pittsburgh. He was widely known
in religious circles, and also among literary people,
honored for his ability and highly esteemed among all
denominations, without regard to creed. He died in
1904, and the mother died in 1919.
Hermann F. Ruoff was born in Pittsburgh, Sept. 14,
188o, and received his early education in the public
schools of the old Sixth Ward, thereafter taking a preparatory course at the Pittsburgh Academy, from which
he was graduated in 1899. He then entered the University of Michigan Law School, at Ann Arbor, Mich.,
from which he was graduated in the class of 1903. Admitted to the Allegheny county bar on Jan. 2, 1904, he
opened an office in Pittsburgh, and entered upon the
general practice of law, which he followed exclusively
until 1914. In that year he became associated with the
legal department of the city government, where he
served as city solicitor of Pittsburgh until Jan. 16, 1922.
By political affiliation, Mr. Ruoff is a Republican.
Fraternally, he is prominent, being a member and past
master of Solomon Lodge, No. 231, Free and Accepted
Masons; of Zerubbabel Chapter, No. 162, Royal Arch
Masons; of Ascalon Commandery, No. 59, Knights
Templar; of Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and also of Islam Grotto,
No. 35, Masonic Order, Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm. His college fraternity is the Phi Delta
Phi, and he is a member of the Allegheny County Bar
Association. He is a member of the First German
Evangelical Protestant Church. For recreation Mr.
Ruoff enjoys outdoor sports, formerly having played
tennis, but now choosing golf.
On April 22, 1908, Mr. Ruoff married Cecilie Wildberger, of New York City, and they have three children: Hermine Cecilie, Frederick August, and Sophie
Christine, all now attending the public schools of
Pittsburgh.
J. WILLIS DALZELL-Alert and forceful, a man
of action rather than words, J. Willis Dalzell, of Pittsburgh, Pa., has accomplished much for the building
trades of to-day, and has many years of usefulness before
him.
Mr. Dalzell is a son of Louis W., and Jennie A. Dalzell, of Pittsburgh. Louis W. Dalzell was for many
years in the coal and oil business, and was a director
in the Exchange National Bank, Pittsburgh, and a director of the Standard Underground Cable Company.
J. Willis Dalzell was born in Pittsburgh, Oct. 6,
1890, and was educated in the Allegheny Preparatory
School and the Haverford School. He entered the business world at the  age of nineteen years, with the
Standard Underground Cable Company, of Pittsburgh,
remaining in this connection for one year. Thereafter
he went to Calgary, Alberta, Canada, selling building
materials, and in this work he was very successful.
Remaining in Alberta, -however, for only two years, he
returned to Pittsburgh, and established a permanent
business along this line. He is enjoying splendid success, and becoming a power in the world of construction.
During the World War Mr. Dallzell was a Liberty
ignition and motor expert, and served in France. Returning, he was mustered out of the service May 13,
1919.Mr. Dalzell is a member of the Pittsburgh Golf Club,
and of the Americus Republican Club.
On Nov. 12, 1914, Mr. Dalzell married Katharine
Louise Siedle, of Pittsburgh, daughter of William R.
Siedle, a member of the well-known firm of R. Siedle 
Sons, of Pittsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. Dalzell have two
children: J. Willis, Jr.; and Katharine Louise.
HARRY SHIELDS MO ORHEAD-As superintendent of the buildings owned by prominent Pittsburgh interests, Mr. Moorhead made his entrance into
the business life of the city, and during the seventeen
years which have since intervened, he has established and
developed a large business as a contractor and builder,
being sole owner of H. S. Moorhead  Company. He
is a native of Pennsylvania, son of Joseph and Rebecca
Moorhead, his father a veteran of the Civil War, and
for a great many years published "The Blairsville Enterprise," a leading newspaper of Indiana county, Pa.
Harry S. Moorhead was born in Blairsville, Indiana
county, Pa., June 17, I88o, there was educated, and
there learned the carpenter's trade. He continued in
Blairsville employed at his trade until 1904, then came
to Pittsburgh as superintendent of buildings for the
Mellon interests, so continuing until 1913, when he engaged in business as a building contractor, operating
under the firm name, H. S. Moorhead  Company.
He has been very successful, and has executed many
important construction building contracts.
Mr. Moorhead is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and during the period of the World War, 19171918, took an active part in all civilian war activities.
Mr. Moorhead married, Sept. 18, 19o6, Elsa Denning, 
of Pittsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. Moorhead are the parents
of a son, John Paul Moorhead. The family home is No.
220 Highland avenue, Pittsburgh.
ALWINN McNEILL OLIVER-Among the group
of younger attorneys who are moving forward in the
profession is Alwinn McNeill Oliver, whose office is
located in the Saint Nicholas building in Pittsburgh.
Mr. Oliver is a son of George Lee and Harriett (McNeill) Oliver, both of whom are now living, the father
being retired from business.
Mr. Oliver was born in Erie, Pa., May 22, 1890, and
received his early education in the public schools of his
native place, which he attended until 1901, when the
family removed to Pittsburgh, here attending Allegheny High School. He thereafter entered Mercersburg
Academy, and from this point financed his own education by working during his spare time. He was graduated from Mercersburg Academy in the class of 19o7,
after which he began reading law in Pittsburgh, still
working meantime. Later taking a post-graduate
course at Mercersburg Academy, he finished at Pittsburgh University Law School, from which he was graduated in 1916. Admitted to the bar in the same year,
under preceptorship of John N. Dunn, Mr. Oliver became associated with the law firm of Dunn  Moorhead. Since the year of 1918 he has continued the practice of the law alone.
Fraternally, Mr. Oliver is also well known, being a
member of Loyalty Lodge, No. 696, Free and Accepted
Masons, and of Pennsylvania Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, holding the thirty-second degree
in the last order. He is also a member of Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
He is a member of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, the Bachelors' Club, and the Tippecanoe Club, and
is fond of both golf and canoeing.
Mr. Oliver married Mary Elizabeth Williams, of
Pittsburgh, Pa., who died in May, 1920, leaving two
children: Betty Jane, and Dorothy McNeill.
JOHN MILTON REICHARD-The business incorporated as the Pittsburgh Finish and Stair Company,
Ltd., was founded as a partnership between John M.
Reichard, Francis M. Hixson, and others in 1913, and
became a corporation in the same year. The present
fire-proof brick and stone building was erected and
first occupied by the company in January, 1919. The
factory is equipped with modern wood-working machinery of the most improved type, and there the
product of the company-stairs of every design, bank,
office and store fixtures, fine finish and cabinet workis made for patrons in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New
Jersey territory. John Milton Reichard, one of the
founders of this prosperous industrial enterprise, is its
capable president, and Mr. Hixson its secretary-treasurer, they being equally active in the business.
John Milton Reichard was born at the home farm,
near Mercer county, Pa., Feb. 2, I868, son of William
and Catherine (Wertman) Reichard, his father a carpenter and builder, who died in 1917, his mother now
(1921), a resident of Sharpsville, Pa. William Reichard
was born in Lehigh county, Pa., Jan. 15, 1840, and died
aged seventy-seven years. Catherine Wertman came
across the mountains from Berks county, Pa., and remembers the Indians who made the trip with them.
She celebrated her eighty-first birthday on May 3, 1921.
While yet a boy his parents moved to Sharpsville, a
borough of Mercer county, on the Shenango river, and
there he completed public school study with graduation
from high school, class of 1885. During these years
he had gained some knowledge of the carpenter's trade,
and after leaving school, entered upon a regular term of
apprenticeship, which he completed in I888. He was
employed at his trade until 1891, then successfully
passed a United States Civil Service examination for
letter carrier with a class of seventy-eight, received the
highest rating, ninety-four per cent., and was appointed
letter carrier at the East Liberty post office. The work
was not at all congenial, and four months after first
going on duty, Mr. Reichard resigned and returned to
his trade. He became an expert worker in wood, and
was employed in fine joiner and cabinet work until 1913,
when he joined in a partnership with Francis M. Hixson, and others, as above noted, and established a stair
building, store fixtures, and fine cabinet working establishment, his partners, all practical mechanics and experienced stair builders. This partnership continued
for a few months when the present Pittsburgh Finish
and Stair Company was incorporated, and the fine factory home at No. 2000 Sedgwick street, Pittsburgh,
North Side, was erected.
Mr. Reichard is a veteran of the famed WashingtonInfantry, member of Bethany Lutheran Church; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is a past
noble grand, and past district deputy grand master;
Knights of Pythias, past chancellor commander; Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, past commander; district deputy grand master, Knights of Pythias; past
brigadier general, Pennsylvania Uniform Rank, Knights
of Pythias, retiring from the office of brigadier general
in 1915, after eight years' service; at present a retired
major-general of the National Uniform Rank, Knights
of Pythias; a member of the supreme assembly of the
Uniform Rank; and is a past commander of the
Knights of Malta. In politics he is a Republican.
Mr. Reichard married, Sept. 22, 1891, Alice E. Heile,
of Sharpsville, Mercer county, Pa., daughter of
Peter and Clara (Whipple) Heile, the Whipples of
an old New England family of that name. Mrs. Clara
(Whipple) Heile died May I8, 1920, at eightynine years of age. Mrs. Reichard is prominent in the
work of Bethany Lutheran Church, and Pythian Sisters, and the Dames of Malta. Mr. and Mrs. Reichard
are the parents of four children: I. Earle Alvin, a
veteran of the World War, 1917-18, serving with the
American Expeditionary Forces, and engaged in four
battles in the Argonne, France, where he was promoted
from corporal to sergeant and was in the Officers' Training School at Valbonne, France, when the armistice was
signed and had passed the qualifying examinations for
lieutenant. He is now employed with the Pittsburgh
Finish and Stair Company. He is a member of the
Masonic order. 2. Myrna Lucille, married Harry L.
Dally. 3. Clara Katherine, residing at home. 4. Raymond Heile, a soldier in the United States army, scheduled to sail the day the armistice was signed. He married Olive Jane Marsh, and they are the parents of a
son, John Milton (2), born April 18, 1920.
JOSEPH L. MITCHELLIn charge of large affairs of varied nature, and carrying into each separate
branch of endeavor the practical ability which counts
for permanent progress, Joseph L. Mitchell, of Pittsburgh, Pa., represents a broad and everwidening group
of citizens, whose activities spell advance.
Mr. Mitchell is a son of David and Hettie Mitchell,
long residents of this city. David Mitchell was in the
livery business in Pittsburgh, at one location for thirtyfive years.
Joseph L. Mitchell was born in Pittsburgh, Feb.
8, I868, and received a thorough grounding in the essentials of education in the public schools of the city.
At the age of fourteen years he entered the employ of
Harry Algeo, with whom he remained for a period of
three years. After that he took charge of his father's
livery business for three years. This did not particularly
appeal to him, and he kept watch for an opportunity in
some more constructive line of endeavor. This appeared in a tin roofing business, in which he embarked
alone. He followed this business as a mainstay, for four
years, during that time branching out into real estate
and building. The latter interest developed widely,
and for some years Mr. Mitchell was very active and
prominent in real estate circles, and was identified with
many building operations about Pittsburgh and vicinity.
He still holds a considerable interest in this line of business, and is widely known as a progressive and up-todate real estate man. In 1908 Mr. Mitchell took over
the Peerless Manufacturing Company, of Pittsburgh,
manufacturers of insecticides and disinfectants, becoming general manager and holding this office at the present time (1921). He has also been in charge of the
Spear estate for the past ten years.
In November, 1898, Mr. Mitchell married Jessie P.
Negley, of Pittsburgh, and they have two daughters
and a son: Dorothy, David and Jeannette.
JOHN BOYD KNEPPER- A printer by trade and
a journalist by inheritance, inclination and force of circumstances combined, John Boyd Knepper, now editor
and publisher of the "Carnegie Signal-Item" continues
a connection formed in youth which has never been
severed, for the "Signal-Item" was formerly "The Mansfield Item," founded by Rev. Charles Knepper, minister
and educator, who founded that journal in January,
1873, and on account of ill-health early inducted his
son into the "art and mystery" of printing and newspaper
work. "The Mansfield Item," now the "Carnegie SignalItem," is the oldest weekly local newspaper published in
Allegheny county, and has always been owned and published in the Knepper name.
The Kneppers came originally to Pennsylvania from
Germany, John Knepper, the founder of the family, coming from Stuttgart, Wurtemberg, about 1689. He was
the great-great-grandfather of John Boyd Knepper, and
great-grandfather of Rev. Charles Knepper, born in
1834, died in 1903, a minister of the Gospel, ordained
under the authority of the Reformed church, an educator
and journalist, retiring from the active work of the ministry due to throat trouble. He was rejected for military
service in the Union army on account of defective eyesight, being then a student at old Jefferson College, Canonsburg. He was a graduate of Princeton University, a
man of brilliant mind, an able writer and a hard worker
in local civic affairs. Rev. Charles Knepper married
Maria McNary Crouch, whose Scotch-Irish ancestors
settled in Washington, Pa., in 1803. She was born in
1848, and died in 1919, the mother of nine children, four
of whom died young, and a daughter, Flora, who died
in 1905, at the age of twenty-five years. The remaining
four children of Rev. Charles and Maria McNary
(Crouch) Knepper were: Esther M., Lillian, Rose B.,
who resides in Carnegie; and John Boyd Knepper, of
further mention.
John Boyd Knepper was born in Clarion Collegiate
Institute building, in Rimersburg, Clarion county, Pa.,
June 6, 1871, his father then being connected with that
institute as its president. He was educated in the public
schools of Mansfield Valley, Pa., now Carnegie, and
under private tutors directed by his scholarly father, and
through correspondence courses. At age of eighteen he
became associated with his father in the newspaper, "The
Mansfield Item," and learned the printer's trade. With
the failure of his father's health, it became imperative
that the young man assume a large share of the management of the "Item" and finally the entire burden of
management fell upon him, although very young. Rev.Charles Knepper died in 1903, and John B. Knepper, his
only son, has since been editor and publisher of the paper.
Mr. Knepper has made journalism his life work, and
is widely known as a successful publisher, and a forcible
editorial writer, and is an honor to his profession. He is
a member, and in 1919-20 president, of the Pennsylvania
State Editorial Association; member of the National
Editorial Association, and held in high esteem both as
journalist and as a citizen. He is a member of all
worthwhile civic organizations of his borough, and his
personal support, and that of the "Signal-Item," can
always be relied upon to advance every worthy movement
for Carnegie's welfare.
Mr. Knepper married, July II, 1893, Elwina Lewis, a
woman of rarely beautiful character and personality,
born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, died at her home,
Rosslyn Heights, Carnegie, Pa., Sept. 26, 1901, daughter of Edward and Mary (Bromley) Lewis, her father an
employee of the old Oliver Mills in Allegheny City for
many years. Mr. Knepper has seven children: Charles
Lewis, Ronald Crouch, John Boyd (II), Elizabeth, James,
Maria, and Esther. The family are members of the
Presbyterian church. Mr. Knepper now resides on the
Campbell's Run road, north of Carnegie, where he erected
a residence in 1916.
KOSTO UNKOVIICH- Dalmatia, formerly a crown
land and titular Kingdom of Austria-Hungary, contained
at the time of the World War 6oo,ooo population, the
great bulk of whom were Serbo-Croats. Education was
very generally diffused by a system of National schools,
and from 1814 Dalmatia had been under Austria, it being
lost by them for a time to the great Napoleon. In that
county whose principal towns are Zara, Spalato and
Ragusa, Kosto Unkovich was born, March 10, 1882, who
now has the great joy of seeing his land, which in the
seventh century was occupied by Slavs, a free nation, and
has had the great honor to serve as* Consular Representative in Pittsburgh to that new nation, Jugo-Slavia, a
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Consular Representative Unkovich is a son of Nicholas
and Magdalena (Botica) Unkovich, both born in Racisce,
Dalmatia, his father born in 1847, died in 1915, his
mother born in 1849, died in 1914, both passing away
during the World War. They lived and farmed practically all their lives in their home district, leaving four
sons and one daughter: Ivan and Petar, who are living
in Racisce, Dalmatia; Maria; Kosto, of whom further;.
and Charles, who during the war period, 1917-18, was
a petty officer in the United States navy; he married
Barbara Andrisevich, who was a clerk in the Union
Savings Bank, Pittsburgh, before her marriage; they
now reside in Weirton, W. Va., where Mr. Unkovich
is engaged in the dry goods business.
Kosto Unkovich was educated in Dalmatia, finishing
high school courses at the age of eighteen and procuring
a position in the post office at Korcular, where he was
employed for two years. He then, in 1902, at the age
of twenty, left his native land, and in June of that year
arrived in New York City. After a short stay there he
proceeded to Pittsburgh, and became associated editorially
with "Hrvatska," a Croatian daily newspaper, published
at No. 802 East Ohio street by George Skrivanich. For
three years the young man remained with that paper, then
became editor of a Croatian newspaper, "The Croatian
Flag," published in Chicago, Ill. He spent a year in
Chicago with that paper, then resigned to add to his
educational equipment. He entered Valparaiso University, at Valparaiso, Ind., entering for a commercial
business and scientific course. He pursued his studies to
graduation, then spent three months in New York City
as editor, returning to Pittsburgh in 1908. There he
opened an office and offered his services as a notary or
as interpreter, an offer of which he has found a sufficient number of people so willing to accept that he has
been kept fully occupied. During that period he studied
law and is a graduate of the Law School of Duquesne
University, class of 1915.
In 1920 he was appointed Consular Representative for
Jugo-Slavia in Pittsburgh, under the Consular General
of New York City. He is a member of the National
Croatian Society, and from 1912 to 1915 a director. He
is now supreme secretary of the Croatian League of
America, the headquarters of the League in Pittsburgh.
He is a member of Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce,
and during the World War period, 1917-18, was very
active in raising volunteers among the Serbians and
Croatians in Pittsburgh for service in the Serbian army
overseas. He was one of the "four-minute" speakers,
and was secretary of the Foreign Central Liberty Loan
committee.
Mr. Unkovich married, in Chicago, Ill., in August,
1905, Josephine Polic, born in that city, March 19, 1884,
daughter of Nicholas and Rose Polic, her father a publisher of a Croatian newspaper in Chicago for more than
twenty years. Mr. and Mrs. Unkovich have seven children: Nicholas, John, Zora, Rose, Alexander, Josephine,
and Virginia. Mr. Unkovich has his office at No. 413
Grant street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
FRANK F. CANUTI, LL,. B.-Prominent in the
professional world, and widely known for his activity in
child welfare work and other advance movements, Mr.
Canuti, one of Pittsburgh's leading attorneys, has
achieved large personal success.
Mr. Canuti was born in Allerona, Province of Rome,
Italy, July II, 1867, and is a son of Giona and Esterina
(Sonnati) Canuti. His father was a stone mason, and
both parents are now deceased. Beginning his education
in his native land, and covering two grades in the public
schools there, Mr. Canuti was eight years of age when
he came with his parents to the United States. The
family locating in Pittsburgh, he attended the grammar
schools of this city, then, finding his future in his own
hands, worked for a period to secure funds for the
higher education which was a part of his plan of life.
After a preparatory course at Iron City College, he
entered the Western University of Pennsylvania (now
the University of Pittsburgh), from which he was gradated in the class of 1906, with the degree of Bachelor of
Laws, and was admitted to the bar the fall of the same
year. Thus for fifteen years Mr. Canuti has practiced
in this city, always alone, and has become well known
as a champion of right and justice, particularly in the
relation of ~the law to the child. He has long been anBIOGRAPHICAL                                                        271
exhaustive student of domestic relations and juvenile   In this he has made a remarkable success, and is doing
training as affecting juvenile criminology,                   a constantly increasing business.  As president of the
From his earliest grasp of public affairs as a news-   Frank B. Pope Company, which owns and operates the
paper writer, through his authoritative treatise on "The   Sligo Fire Brick Works and the Mayport Clay Mines
Siege and Fall of Constantinople," and in such lesser   and Works, he stands high in the industrial interests of
publications as his appreciation of McKinley, "The Man   this State.
of the People," Mr. Canuti has exerted a broad influence        Mr. Pope is an influential member of the Pittsburgh
for that progress which is built upon the prosperity and   Chamber of Commerce.   He has few interests outside
well-being of the people.  He has long been an earnest   his business, but is prominent in the Masonic order, in
worker in the- ranks of the Republican party, and is a   which he holds the thirty-second degree.  He is also a
member of the Pennsylvania State Bar Association.  He   member of Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles
is a  member  of  the  Oakmont  Methodist  Episcopal   of the Mystic Shrine.
Church, and serves on its official board, besides being         Mr. Pope married, in 1912, Miss Eva Zitzman, of Pittsvery active in Sunday school work.  He finds his recrea-   burgh, and they have three children:  Frank, Charles,
tion in child welfare work of many kinds, including the   and Louis.                                         
work  of missions and  every  organization  that bears          ALEX.  STEWART MARON  who is one of the
upon the children of the community asthe future citizens   successful attorneys of Pittsburgh Pa., was born on a  
and lawmakers of our country, for Mr. Canuti is essen-   farm in South Mahoning township, Indiana county, Pa.,
activities, particuarly gardening and tennis.            Sept. 27, 1867, and is a son of Samuel S. and Martha
actvities, particularly gardening and tennis.            ( Stewart)  Mabon.  His father was born in the same
On Nov. 17, 1892, Mr. Canuti married Jennie Armour,   township, and in the same immediate neighborhood, probof Pittsburgh, and they are the parents of five children:   ably on the same farm.  The father died May II, I9o8
Lillian, a graduate of Oakmont grammar schools, now   and the mother died May 3, 1914.
devoting her time to vocal training, as she possesses an        Acquiring his early education in the district schools
unusually fine voice; Elizabeth, a graduate of Oakmont    near his home, Mr. Mabon, as a young man, attended
grammar and high schools; Margaret, whose early edu-   the Teachers' Select School of Indiana county until he
cation  has  been  the  same,  and  is now  a  graduate   was sixteen years of age, meanwhile lending a hand about
(domestic science course), of  Beaver  College;  Pearl,   the farm. At that time began teaching school in the
now a student (classical course) at Beaver and Thelma,    neighborhood, and continued for two or three years in
in the Oakmont grammar school.                            this line of effort.  Desiring to strike out for himself,
FRANK BUCKLEY  POPE-For many years        he went West at the age of twenty years, and during his
K                             A  g ny               stay in that part of the country was active in various
prminent in the industrial world Allegheny county         interests.  Returning to his native State, however, he
Pa., Frank Buckley Pope is now owner of two different     entered the State Normal School, at Indiana, Pa., from
industries of importance.  Of Pittsburgh birth, and also  which he was graduated in 1891. He became assistant
reared in this city, he is broadly representative of the   principal of the Indiana  (Pa.)  schools, holding  this
progressive spirit which has made Pittsburgh the metrop-   position for two years, after which he became principal.
ous of a great region.                                    In the meantime, Mr. Mabon had determined upon his
Mr. Pope is a son of Anthony Pope, who many years        permanent choice of a career, that of the law.  While
ago was connected with the Standard Oil Company.  He       still acting as principal, he began reading law, and later
was killed, at the age of forty-nine years, in a railway   resigned to enter the law offices of Samuel Cunningaccident on the Baltimore   Ohio railroad.  He mar-   ham, of Indiana, Pa., where he completed his prepararied Mary Ann Lapsley, who was born, in Virginia, in   tions. Admitted to the Indiana county bar on July 6,
1838,  and came to Pittsburgh with her family in 1842.  1896, he also, soon after, registered in Pittsburgh with
She died Sept. 10, 1920, at the age of eighty-two years.   E.V. Smith and was admitted to the Allegheny county
Anthony Pope at one time lived in the historic structure   bar one March 17, 1807.  He has since pacticed in  Pittsknown as the Old Block House.                                    burgh, carrying on a general practice, and also handles
Frank Buckley Pope was born in old Allegheny, now   a considerable amount of corporation work with gratifya part of the city of Pittsburgh, Pa., on Nov. 5, 1864.   ing success.          
He received a practical, though limited, education at the       In political matters, Mr. Mabon is an independent Republic schools of the city, then entered the world of   publican, and takes no interest beyond that of the proindustry at the early age of thirteen years.  His first   gressive citizen in public affairs.  His work demands the
position was in the offices of the Panhandle railroad, as   larger share of his time and attention, but he finds relaxmessenger boy.  While there he studied shorthand, even-   ation in an occasional hunting trip.  He is single, but has
ings, and eventually secured a position in the law depart-   two brothers living, James L., of Johnstown, Pa. and
meat of the Pennsylvania railroad, where he remained   Archie W., of Indiana, Pa.  He has lost by death three
until he was twenty years of age.  In 1884 he became   brothers, Wilson S., Robert L., and Audley.  Mr. Mabon
connected with McKee  Brothers, glass manufacturers,   is a member of the Sixth United Presbyterian Church
as a shorthand writer, continuing there until 1890.  Then,   Of Pittsburgh.                      
at the age of twenty-six years, he organized a hardware
and builders' supply house at Jeannette, Pa., which busi-       BENJAMIN  LENCHER,  LL. B.-Among the risness he conducted for two and one-half years.  He then   ing young attorneys of Pittsburgh the name of Benjamin
came to Pittsburgh and started in the fire brick business.   Lencher is a prominent one.  Mr. Lencher is a son ofin the trade, and is considered one of the big men in   in December, 1915, and Mr. Ivill united with his father
his line in Pittsburgh.                                      and brother in the venture which is proving so marked
For the past ten years other interests have also taken   a success. The company has extensive holdings in coal
up a share of Mr. Ivill's attention.  He is interested in   mine property, and conducts a big retail business in
the Sawders Paving and Construction Company, and   Pittsburgh.  As treasurer and general manager of this
was for a time vice-president of the company.  He is  business, Harry E. Ivill is demonstrating remarkable
a stockholder  in the Bankers' Trust  Company,  the  executive ability and is proving a vital force in the
Bertha  Coal  Company,  and in the Consumers'  Fuel   progress of the company. Mr. Ivill is a well known
Company, all Pittsburgh interests.           figure in the fraternal world, and is a member of the
Mr. Ivill is a member of the Independent Americans,   Independent Americans and of the Knights of Malta.
and of the Knights of the Golden Eagle.  His religious         On Aug. 9, 19o6, Mr. Ivill married, in Youngstown,
faith leads him to worship with the Baptist church.          Ohio, Elizabeth Koehler, of that city, and they have
Mr. Ivill married, in Greenock, Pa., Christina Clap-   seven children: John Henry, deceased; Harry, Robert,
rath, and they have five children: William C., Harry   Margaret, Charles, Jack Pershing, Hellen Elizabeth.
E., John, Viola, and  Ann  Agnes.   William  C. and                                        
Harry E. are associated with their father in business,         ENOCH  RAUH-As his associates and those who
and a review of their careers follow.                      knew and loved him have never tired of recounting the
worth and influence of Enoch Rauh in the months that
WILLIAM  C. IVILL-As  the younger generation   have elapsed since his passing from his accustomed
enters the arena of business, the impulse of the new   places, so with his biographer, for in his busy, useful
blood and fresh courage is felt all along the line.  The   life history, there are many  chapters on which one
Ivill Coal Company, of Pittsburgh, Pa., which is forg   might long dwell with profit and pride in the achieveing so rapidly ahead in the mining and retail branches   ments of a fellow-citizen.  Needing the example of a
of the industry, is in the hands of father and son, both,   career of devoted, unselfish public service; it is found
since the earliest years of their careers, connected with   in his long term in the Pittsburgh Council; of a public
the coal industry,                                           benefactor, in his constant striving for the best good
William C. Ivill, son of John J. and Christina (Clap-   of all classes as a private citizen and a city official;
rath) Ivill (q. v.), was born in Greenock, Pa., in I88I.   of a business man of merited position, in his rise to
He  was educated in the public schools of this city,   fortune and prominence, and of a man faithful to the
completing his studies at Masters'  College.   During   highest realization of home and family ties, in his tender
this time, from eleven years of age, the boy assisted   love and solicitude for his immediate family and the
his father at the mines, and learned the coal business grateful memory that prompted him to wear at all times
in all its branches.  Becoming thoroughly familiar with   a white carnation in honor of his revered mother.  This
all the problems of production, he was an able and   is the type of man with whom this record is concerned,
practical executive when he took his present position in   Enoch  Rauh,  the Pittsburgh citizen, whose life and
the offices of the company.  Since their organization   work, enduring in the hearts of thousands of men and
Mr. Ivill has stood side by side with his father,' and   women, is further perpetuated in these paragraphs.
with natural executive ability, he is now, in the prime       Enoch Rauh was born in Dubuque, Iowa, June 12,
of life, a force for progress along the line in which he   1857, son of Solomon and Rosalie (Lippman) Rauh, his
is engaged.  As secretary of the Ivill Coal Company,   father a merchant of Pittsburgh, for many years a suphe stands high in the trade,                                 porter, with his wife, of numerous local philanthropies,
Mr. Ivill is a member of the Knights of Malta, in   and a well known man of affairs.  Cincinnati,  Ohio,
which he has taken a deep interest, and has passed   became the family home in 1863, and here Enoch Rauh
through all the chairs.  He is also a member of the   attended public schools.  His studies were  completed
Independent  Americans,  in which  he  has  held  all  in the night schools of Pittsburgh, whither his family
offices in turn.                                    moved in 1872.  He also completed a course in the
Mr. Ivill married, in Pittsburgh, Pa., April 15, 1905,   Cutty Business College.  His first business experience
Edith E. Andrist, and they have one daughter, Cath-   was as errand boy and wrapper in the employ of his
erine E.  The members of the family are widely sought   uncles, Abraham Lippman and Louis I. Aaron, retail
socially, and are prominent members  of the Baptist   dry goods dealers on Market street, Pittsburgh. He
church.                                                      established in independent business operations on Feb.
-                   ~    I, I882, when the firm of Rauh Brothers  CompanyHARRY E. IVILL; second son of John J. and was organized, and for two years this company engaged
Christina (Claprath) Ivill (q. v.), was born in Green- in wholesale men's furnishings, on Wood street. The
ock, Pa., April I9, I885. He received his public school rapid growth of this enterprise caused its location to
education in the city of Pittsburgh, and at the age of be changed to the Arbuckle building on Liberty near
eighteen years was graduated from the Iron City Wood street, and a sustained policy of development
College. With this excellent educational equipment, caused another change in 1903, when the present loca
and possessing business ability of a high order, the tion, No. 95I Penn avenue,'was occupied. Mr. Rauh
young man entered upon his career. He first became remained in the presidency of this strongly prosperous
associated with the Pittsburgh  Buffalo Company, concern until his death, and directed its extensive transprominent retailers of coal, and remained with them actions in business channels that were above question
for twelve years. The Ivill Coal Company was formed in integrity and fair dealing.Mendel and Lena (Kleinman) Lencher, both residents
of Pittsburgh, Pa., and the father a merchant in this city.
Mr. Lencher was born in Russia, Aug. 14, 1896, and
came to this country with his parents as a child of seven
years. He first attended the Moorehead public school,
then attended other day and night schools, and, determining upon a professional career, he worked his way
through the University of Pittsburgh, from which institution he was graduated in the class of 1918, with the
degree of Bachelor of Laws. Admitted to practice in
the same year, he at once enlisted during the World
War in the Aircraft Production Service, in which he
became sergeant. He was sergeant of Detachment No.
I, Aircraft Production Division, at the time of his discharge from the service in February, I919.
Mr. Lencher takes a broad interest in the activities of
various organizations. While in the University he was
on the debating team. He is now a member of the
board of directors of the Young Men's Hebrew Association, and is on the board of trustees of the Irene Kaufmann settlement. He was vice-president of B'nai Brith,
and is deeply interested in the work of the Jewish charitable organizations of the city and of the nation.
REV. PAUL KWAPULINSKI-Three of the nine
sons of John and Mary (Miketta) Kwapulinski, of Upper
Silesia, Poland, entered the priesthood of the Roman
Catholic church, two of them finding their fields of
labor in their native land, the other, Rev. Paul Kwapulinski, coming to America, where he is now pastor of
St. Stanislaus Church, a Polish Roman Catholic congregation of Pittsburgh, Pa. St. Stanislaus Church is the
mother church of all the Polish congregations in Pittsburgh, and as its spiritual head Father Kwapulinski continues, in devoted service, the work of noble predecessors.
John Kwapulinski, the father, was born in Upper
Silesia, Poland, and was employed for the greater part
of his life in the zinc mines of Poland, his death occurring in 1918. His wife, Mary ( Miketta) Kwapulinski, was born. in I853 and is still living (I92I) in her
native Poland. They were the parents of nine sons
and one daughter. Three of the sons entered the Roman
Catholic priesthood, as before stated, Julius, Louis, and
Paul, the other brothers followed useful occupations in
the homeland, and the sister, Mary, married and remained
in Poland.
Rev. Paul Kwapulinski was born in Upper Silesia,
Poland, Jan. 6, I875, and until he was fourteen years
of age he was a student in the schools of his native land.
At this age he went to France, attended the college at
Cellule for six years, and then completed courses in
theology and philosophy at Chevilly, near Paris, France.
He was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic church
in France and immediately came to the United States,
proceeding to Pittsburgh, where, in 1900, he became assistant pastor at St. Stanislaus Church, of which Father
Tomaszewski was pastor. Here he remained for three
years, spending the four following years as assistant
pastor at the Immaculate Heart Church, Brereton
avenue, Pittsburgh, then, September I, returning to St.
Stanislaus Church as pastor.
The history of this congregation dates to 1872, when
a goodly number of Polish families was scattered
throughout the city, some attending holy services at St.
Venceslaus Church, North Side, others attending St.
Michael's Church, South Side, where the first Polish
missionary priest in the Pittsburgh community, Rev.
Father Stanislaus, of the Passionist Monastery, resided.
It was he who first met the spiritual needs of the Polish
people in Pittsburgh. In 1873 St. Stanislaus Society was
organized, and in 1874 the Rev. Anthony Klawiter was
sent by Bishop Tuigg to take charge of the parish. In
October, 1875, purchase was made of the old Presby--
terian church at Fifteenth street and Penn avenue, and
at this time several lay teachers took charge of the
school. The dedication of the church took place in
November, 1875, and St. Stanislaus Kostka was then
named patron saint of the congregation. Father Klawiter
was in charge of the parish until 1877, when he was
succeeded by the Rev. E. Bratkiewicz, who in 1879 was
replaced by Father Graca. In I88o the parish was controlled partly by Rev. John Nepomucene Parzyk, 0. S.
B., and partly by the Passionist Fathers, especially by
Father Stanislaus, mentioned above. In I88I Father
Hyacinth Lanca, 0. S. B., was appointed pastor. In
1884 St. Michael's Society was organized. In 1885 the
parish was administered by the Rev. Lebiecki, Father
Thomas, 0. S. B., Father Francis Karol, 0. M. Cap.,
and Father Lauth, 0. S. C. Rev. Anthony Jaworski, C.
S. Sp., became pastor of the congregation in 1887, and
worked indefatigably for God's glory and the salvation of
the flock confided to his care until he was stricken with
paralysis and because of this affliction was compelled to
resign in 1898, to the sorrow of his loving parishioners.
During his administration a new church, school, and convent was erected at Twenty-first and Smallman streets,
and thirteen acres of land for a cemetery were bought in
Shaler township, Millvale, Pa. Organizations were
formed as follows: In 1888 the Sodality of the Children of Mary, composed of young ladies; in 1890 St.
Casimir's Young Men's Society and St. Joseph's Beneficial Union. Father Jaworski was assisted in 1887 by
Rev. Father Gross, in 1889 by Father Weckel, in 1890
by Father Gerald Griffin, in 1891 by Father Joseph
Szwarcrok, in 1892 by Father S. J. Rydlewski, in 1896 by
Father C. Tomaszewski, in 1897 by Father B. Strzelczok,
in 1898 by Father L. Alachniewicz. School was taught
from 1889 to I895 by the Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo, and in August of the latter year Sisters of the
Holy Family of Nazareth took charge. Father Jaworski
died at the Seminary of the Holy Ghost Fathers in
Darien, Conn., in I9II.
Father Tomaszewski became pastor of the congregation in I898 and the following were the outstanding
physical features of his term of leadership: Knights of
St. Anthony organized in 1898; the interior of the
church beautifully frescoed in I899; a new rectory built in
I9oo; a weekly newspaper under the name of "Wielkopolanin" established in 1899; and an orphan asylum
founded in Emsworth, Pa., in 1900.
Since succeeding Father Tomaszewski in I907 FatherKwapulinski has been able to perform a work of great
proportions, spiritually and materially, and has won a
secure place in the hearts of his people.  The church
has been almost completely renovated, new concrete
foundations have been laid, the interior frescoed, a new
organ installed, the school hall and convent repaired and
painted, eleven acres of additional ground for the cemetery purchased, and a new dwelling erected on the cem-   his name appears in Pittsburgh's list of business men as
etery property.  Father Kwapulinski has lived close to   sole owner of the McLaughlin Coal Company, and since
his people, has brought the church into intimate touch   that time his name has not been erased from that list,
with their daily lives, and has been their loyal, helpful   although the character of his business has  changed.
friend at every turn of fortune.  His assistants during   The McLaughlin Contracting Company are builders of
his ministry have been:   Rev. A. Rachwalski  (1907-   railroads, highways and bridges, their operations cov1914); Rev. Michael S. Retka (1907-1908); Rev. Fran-   ering a wide field.  Thomas McLaughlin is a son of
cis A. Retka (1908-1915); Rev. John J. Dekowski (1914-   James and Ann  McLaughlin, residents of West VirI9I7); Rev. Peter A. Lipinski (1917-1918); Rev. Peter   ginia, his father a Lewis county farmer, living near
I. Maciejewski (1918-1920); and Rev. Michael J. Sonne-   Weston.  His brother, Michael McLaughlin, was a vetfeld (from 1915 to the present, 1921).  The first of   eran of the Union army, captured by the Confederates,
these assistants, Rev. A. Rachwalski, died in Pittsburgh,   and for a year confined in Andersonville prison.
Oct. 28, 1920.  Rev. Michael S. Retka is a professor in       Thomas McLaughlin was born at the home farm near
Duquesne University, and his brother, Rev. Francis A.   Weston, W.  Va., Sept. I6, 186o, and there spent the
Retka, is chaplain of the Polish Orphan Asylum at Ems-   first twenty years of his life, obtaining his education in
worth, Pa.  Rev. John J. Dekowski is pastor of two   the district school.  In I88o he left home, located in
Polish congregations in Toronto, Canada; Rev. Peter A.   Pittsburgh, and entered the employ of C. N. Armstrong
Lipinski is stationed at Mt. Carmel, Pa.; and Rev. Peter    Son, continuing with that company four years.  He
I. Maciejewski is assistant pastor of the Immaculate   organized the McLaughlin Coal Company in 1884, and
Heart Church, Pittsburgh.        was its sole owner during the following eighteen years.
Four congregations have been formed from that of St.   In 1902 he sold his coal business to a Mr. Bennett, and
Stanislaus,  namely,-Immaculate  Heart,  July,  I897;   organized the McLaughlin Contracting Company in asHoly Family, October, I902; St. Hyacinth's, Aug. I0,  sociation with George M. Trelfall, who at that time was
I9I6; and St. Cyprian's, March 25, I920.  St. Stanis-   assistant State highway engineer.  Since that time the
laus School has given the church the following reverend   company has executed many important contracts, state,
clergymen:  L. Alachniewicz, C. S. Sp., I. Langa, 0. F.   municipal, and private, the officials of the company being
M., A. Wolnik, 0. S. B., M. Sonnefeld, C. S. Sp., J.  as When first formed,  George M. Trelfall, president,
Sonnefeld, C. S. Sp., T. Maniecki, C. S. Sp., F. Szyd-   Thomas McLaughlin, treasurer.  The reputation of the
lowski, 0. S. B., H. Szydlowski, 0. S. B., A. Bej en-   company is of the best, and as a citizen, Mr. McLaughkowski, S. Dura, S. Jaskolski, 0. F. M., P. Lipinski, C.   lin has won the regard and esteem of all who know
S. Sp., F. Szumierski, C. S. Sp., V. Fandraj, C. S. Sp.,  him.
J. Dekowski, F. Lozowski, L. Wisniewski, F. Ojdowski,          Mr. McLaughlin married, in June, I885,, Teresa KenM. Krupinski, P. Maciejewski, C. S. Sp., and J. Halba,   nedy, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and they are the parents of tWo
C. S. Sp.  In addition to the societies previously men-   children:  Thomas  (2), and Mary L. This record of
tioned, the following organizations conduct branches of   forty years of active business life is a most honorable
the work of the parish:  Holy Rosary, Sacred Heart, or   one, and marks Mr. McLaughlin as a man of ability,
the Apostleship of Prayer, Holy  Name, "Poor Souls,   energy and integrity.  He won his way without capital
Guards of St. Anthony, Sodalists of St. Stanislaus, Ladies''other than his own, neither had he influential friends at
Branch No. 22I Polish National Alliance, Daughters of   the beginning.  The offices of the company are in the
the Queen of Poland, Branch No. 937 of the Polish Roman   Citizens' Bank building, at No. 421 Wood street, PittsCatholic Union, Branch No. 694 Catholic Union, Society  burgh.  
of Guardian Angels, Holy Childhood, Altar Boys, and
Branch No. 8 Filaret Association, of which Rev. M. J.         A. J. SCHUTZ-Prominent in the industrial world
Sonnefeld is the moderator, an organization that has   of Pittsburgh as vice-president and treasurer of Schutz,
grown up in the past seventeen years, has twenty-five   Schreiner  Clyde Company, Mr. Schutz is also interbranches in cities of United States and Canada, and   ested in various branches of public progress, and well
publishes a monthly magazine inculcating better morals,   known in fraternal circles.  Mr. Schutz was born in
patriotism, and higher education.  The activities of all   Coal Valley, Allegheny county, Pa., May 23, I870, a son
these societies are coordinated and unified through the   of Adam and Elizabeth (Oesterling)  Schutz, both of
beneficent influence of Father Kwapulinski, whose con-   whom are now deceased;  The elder Mr. Schutz was for
stant devotion and wise leadership have been large con-   many years a prominent shoe merchant.
tributing factors to the growth and welfare of the con-      Receiving his early education in the district schools
gregation over a period of seventeen years, three as   near his home, Mr. Schutz, as a young man, took a
assistant and fourteen as pastor.        -                  course in Duff's C:ollege, Pittsburgh, then for a time
St. Stanislaus Parish has over 500 families, 600 to 700'  attended MoKeesport Normal  School, after which he
children in its schools, and a total of over 2,000 souls.   entered the business world in the capacity of office boy
The school has twelve classes, and twelve teachers in   with W. E. Schmertz  Company, manufacturer jobber
the eight grades preparing pupils for entrance to high   of boots and shoes, later acting as traveling salesman
school.                                                     for the same firm.  In I891 he became identified with
the A.  S. Wilson Company, as bookkeeper, and in
THOMAS  McLAUGHLIN,  of  the  McLaughlin   the nineteen years during which he remained with this
Contracting Company, left his West Virginia home in   concern rose through the-intervening positions to the
I88o and located in Pittsburgh, Pa.  Four years later  office of manager of the business.  In 1910 Mr. Schutz
Pitts-1-18severed his connections with the Wilson concern to
become a member of Schutz, Schreiner  Clyde Company, which was incorporated early in the following
year. A record of the activities of this concern accompany this review, under the title of the corporation's
name, and the personnel of the company is further represented in this work by a review of the life of J. C.
Schreiner, the president.
Mr. Schutz is a member of Pittsburgh Lodge, No.
484, Free and Accepted Masons; Pittsburgh Commandery, No. I, Knights Templar; Pennsylvania Consistory,
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; and also of Syria
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine. He is a member of the Builders' Exchange and
of the Crafts Club. He occasionally plays golf, but his
time and attention are largely devoted to his work. He
is a member of the United Presbyterian church, of
Crafton, where he resides.
Mr. Schutz married Susie F. Pollock, of Glassport,
Pa., and they have two children: Edward B., educated
in the Crafton school, and a student of the University of
Pittsburgh (Bachelor of Science degree), and now taking a medical course in the same university; and Mary
Virginia, a graduate (I92I) of the Craf ton grammar
school.
SCHUTZ, SCHREINER  CLYDE COMPANY
-One of the thriving and broadly active construction
concerns of Pittsburgh., which is making honorable history for itself, and bearing a significant part in the
progress of the Pittsburgh district, is the Schutz,
Schreiner  Clyde Company. This business organization was incorporated in 1911 for the purpose of carrying on a general contracting business, the personnel of
the organization being men of wide experience and successful achievement in the field thus entered. The concern is officered as follows: John C. Schreiner, president;
A. J. Schutz, vice-president and treasurer, and Jesse C.
Turk, secretary.
During the decade which now compasses the period
of their existence as a corporation, these men have
made important and permanent contributions to the
physical progress and beauty of the city of Pittsburgh
and many of its environs. Among the many fine buildings which house the financial institutions of the Pittsburgh district, they have built the Safe Deposit 
Trust Company building, of New Castle, the Second
National Bank of Allegheny building and the Western
National Bank building of Pittsburgh, the Coraopolis
Savings  Trust Company building, of Coraopolis, and
they handled the extensive remodelling of the Washington Trust Company, of Washington, this State. In the
industries such buildings stand to their credit as the
Benzol plant of the Carnegie Steel Company, the factory
buildings of the Pittsburgh Valve Foundry  Construc-.
tion Company, whose offices also they remodeled, the
Pennsylvania Water Company's office building, the office
buildings of the Heppenstall Forge  Knife Company,
and the Vanadium Company, and alterations and improvements in many others. Many public buildings are
the work of this concern; among others may be mentioned the Armory building, the excavations and foundations of the City-County building, extensive alterations
in the Court House, Jail and Mortuary, and large operations on the United States War Department warehouse
and the Pittsburgh Post Office. The Young Men's
Christian Association building of McKeesport, and the
Crafton High School building are both their work, and
in interior wood-work they have handled such contracts
as the rooms of the Union Club in the First National
Bank building, and have filled contracts in this line as
far distant as the interior wood-work of the Pacific
National Bank of Nantucket, Mass. Some of the finest
residences of this section have been erected by this
concern, including that of H. S. Grayson (also stable),
in Washington, that of Kenneth Seaver (also stable), in
Oakmont, etc., also residential work of various kinds,
such as interior wood-work for Mrs. Sarah B. Cochran,
William P. Snyder, James Ward, Jr., Mrs. Edith Oliver
Rea, Mrs. A. Laughlin. Jr., and many others. The
charming lodge of J. Frederic Byers' Sewickley estate
is an instance which well illustrates their work. In addition to the examples noted the company enjoys the
patronage of a clientele including a number of the more
important financial institutions, banks, manufacturers,
wholesale houses and owners of large property holdings. The concern frequently employs as many as 300
hands in the various branches of their field of activity.
JAMES TODD BUCHANAN, LL. B.-Among the
men long prominent in legal circles in Pittsburgh is
James Todd Buchanan, who for more than forty-five
years has practiced continuously in this city, and is still
active in his chosen profession. Mr. Buchanan comes:of a family of prominent men, his father, James W.
Buchanan, having been a Pittsburgh attorney, and his
maternal grandfather, Judge Todd, having been a jurist
of distinction in Westmoreland county, Pa., and attorneygeneral of the State during the administration of Governor Ritner. Mr. Buchanan's father died in the year
1854.
James Todd Buchanan, son of James W. and Mary
(Todd) Buchanan, was born in Pittsburgh, March 4,
1846. He attended the public schools of Chambersburg,
where the family lived for a considerable time. After
completing the common school course, Mr. Buchanan
became a volunteer in the army during the Civil War,
enlisting Aug. 6, 1862, in Company D, 126th Pennsylvania Volunteers, for the term of nine months, and was
discharged therefrom May 20, 1863, by reason of expiration of term of enlistment. On July II, 1863, he reenlisted in Company D, 21St Pennsylvania Cavalry, in
which regiment he continued to serve until the end of
the war, being discharged at Lynchburg, Va., July 8,
1865. He entered the service as a private, but before
his discharge had been advanced to the rank of sergeant.
After having served his country for nearly three years
as a soldier, Mr. Buchanan, on Jan. 17, I867, became an.
employee of the United States Treasury Department, at
Washington, D. C. Thus employed for about ten years,
from 1867 until 1876, Mr. Buchanan meanwhile studied
law at the Columbian University, now the George Washington University, at Washington. He was graduated
from this institution in 1870, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and in the same year was admitted to
practice in the District of Columbia. Remaining with
the treasury department, however, until 1876, he came
to Pittsburgh in that year, and established his practice
here. He has been very successful, and has been a
leading trial attorney for many years, now having an
extensive general and advisory practice.
Mr. Buchanan is a member of the Pennsylvania State
Bar Association, and of the Allegheny County Bar
Association, also a member of the George Washington
University Alumni Association. Politically he supports
the Republican party, but has never taken more than the
progressive citizen's interest in public affairs. He is a
member of General Alexander Hays' Post, Grand Army
of the Republic, Department of Pennsylvania, and is a
member of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, of Pittsburgh.
On May 30, 1870, Mr. Buchanan married Henrietta L.
Ladd, daughter of Samuel G. and Eliza A. Ladd, of
Massachusetts, who were well known in the cotton
industry of the New England states a generation or
so ago. Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan have four children
living: I. Violetta, educated in the Pittsburgh grammar and high schools, and also the Pittsburgh Academy; married Albert Q. Starr, their four children
being: Gertrude, Violetta, Helen, and Albert. 2. John
W., educated in the Pittsburgh public and high schools;
married Frances H. Durbin, and has one child, Dorothy J. 3. Charles E., educated in Pittsburgh institutions; married Abbie Hunter, and has one child, Mary
E. 4. Ruth, educated in the Pittsburgh grammar schools
and State Normal School of Indiana, Pa., is also a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with the Bachelor
of Science degree, and of the George Washington University, of Washington, D. C., from which she received
the degree of Bachelor of Arts; she holds a degree of
Ph. D. in chemistry, and is now employed as a chemist
in the Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. C.
Two sons have died, Jesse T., from accident while with
the American Bridge Works; and Samuel Kelley, in
infancy.
ALBERT W. McCLOY-The A. W. McCloy Company, one of the best known and most highly rated organizations in its field in Pittsburgh with a history of almost
half a century, had its beginnings in the industry and
initiative of Albert Walter McCloy, Sr. The present
head of the enterprise, Albert W. McCloy, son of the
founder, was trained under the older man and has, since
Mr. McCloy's death, conducted this successful business
in increasing usefulness and service to the commercial
world of the city. To Albert W. McCoy, Sr., is due in
leading degree credit for the substantial, prosperous
institution of to-day, an organization that has its source
of strength in the value of its activities to Pittsburgh's
business interests.
Albert Walter McCloy, Sr., was born March 26, 1847,
and died April I8, 1912. Upon the completion of his
education he entered business life, and in 1879 founded
the business that has been developed into a large and
important enterprise. His line at first was retail books
and stationery to which was later added an extensive
wholesale department. Eventually he discontinued book
dealings, confining his operations to the retailing and
wholesaling of office supplies and furniture. In 1902 a
printing department was added, and in 19o6 a department
of office furniture was established, the business countinuing thus until the retirement of the founder from
active responsibilities in 1908. From 1879 to 1902 the
store was located on Wood street, the present site of
the business on Liberty avenue. Mr. McCloy did more
than lay a business foundation that represented earnest
thought, diligent labor, and practical abilities of high
order, for he gave to the house he created a splendid
reputation for dependability, for watchful observance of
the best principles of commercial dealing, and for service that reached full satisfaction. Personally a man of
rare quality, his intimate touch with all departments of
his business gave to each something of his spirit, something of the high aims that guided him. Mr. McCloy
married, in 1872, and he and his wife, Clarissa E., were
the parents of Albert Walter, Jr.
Albert Walter McCloy, Jr., was born in Pittsburgh.
He received his education by attending Pittsburgh
schools, and at once entered his father's business, gaining
a knowledge and experience that enabled him, upon the
death of the elder McCloy in 1912, to assume the leadership of the A. W. McCloy Company as president. This
is his present office. Modern business methods and
developments have led to the inauguration of two new
departments, one of direct-by-mail advertising and the
other of business systems. The firm, whose departments merge into an efficiently unified whole, transacts
a volume of business that compares favorably with that
of any other concern in the same field.
Mr. McCloy finds recreation in out-door activities and
is particularly fond of golf. He is a member of the
Duquesne Club, the Union Club, the Pittsburgh Field
Club, the Pittsburgh Country Club, the Oakmont Country Club, and the Pittsburgh Athletic Association.
Mr. McCloy married, in March, I9I6, Harriet Flannery, daughter of J. J. Flannery, deceased, before his
death one of Pittsburgh's leading men of affairs. Mr.
and Mrs. McCloy have one daughter, Mildred.
GEORGE ALEXANDER COCHRANE-The
fame of George Alexander Cochrane rests upon the sure
foundation of worthy achievement as a builder, and
although it has been two decades since his strong arm
was palsied by death there are monuments to his fidelity
and skill in Pittsburgh's business district which will long
endure. He belonged to a generation of builders whose
work was their pride, whose word was as their bond,
and who built character and worth along with the contracts they executed. One of the first office buildings
erected in Pittsburgh, known in the vernacular as a "sky
scraper," bore the imprint of George A. Cochrane's
genius and skill as a builder, and that building, the
Bank of Commerce, Sixth and Wood streets, stands as
straight and true as was the man who built it.
George A. Cochrane was a son of John Cochrane, who
came from Ireland about 1811, being then about seventeen years of age, a weaver by trade, but later a farmer.
He married Mary Alexander, born in Allegheny county.In addition to his presidency of Rauh Brothers 
Company, Mr. Rauh was identified with the Homer
Laughlin China Company, of East Liverpool, Ohio.
The example of a large and representative house such as
his, transacting business on the plane that was consistently followed, always makes for a better business
atmosphere in a city. Mr. Rauh brought the prestige
thus gained into the organization of the Pittsburgh
Association of Credit Men, served the association as
president for six terms, and was generally credited with
having made that organization one of the foremost of
its kind in the United States. He was at one time vicepresident of the National Association of Credit Men,
and labored with tireless zeal to promote the welfare
of these associations, stabilizers of business conditions
and preventatives against loss.
While the story of his private business operations,
successful and richly rewarded as they were, can be
told in few words, that service in which he closely
touched the lives and interests of every resident of his
city would require large space for its full narration.
When the Council of Nine was appointed in I9II by
Gov. John K. Tener, in response to a pressing need
of the city for the reorganization of its legislative machinery, Mr. Rauh was made a member of that most
representative and able body, and at his death was the
sole member of the original Council of Nine remaining
in office. The constructive achievements of the Council
in the promotion of the public welfare will be felt for
many years, regardless of the changes in the personnel
of the body. A Pittsburgh periodical wrote as follows
of his service in the Council: "Mr. Rauh contributed
very greatly to the improvement which ensued. He
brought to the public office dignity joined with good
nature and affability; conscientiousness combined with
liberality; business judgment whose soundness was the
more conspicuous for the revelation of his adaptability
to the necessities of legal restraints incident to his application of it to public problems. Through his continuance in the City Council by the will of the electorate,
Mr. Rauh had opportunity which has fallen to no other
to keep the municipal law-making body in concord with
the fundamental principles that called forth the small
council system. His career in city service is impressive of the great benefit which the public-spirited
business man in office may be." During his long councilmanic term Mr. Rauh was characterized by his
willingness to take up the banner of reform when he
felt that there was a wrong to be righted or an unworthy institution to be altered or abolished. He was
the sponsor of the Rauh act that provided for the
compensation of employees of the city for time lost
through sickness or injury, and was a strong supporter
of the movement that caused the abolition of the city's
delinquent tax office and the collection of this money
through another medium. The eight-hour day law,
anti-child labor legislation, and a large number of
other subjects of equal importance, were furthered
through his steadfast loyalty to his convictions. Mr.
Rauh fostered the movement for the establishment of
regular concerts in Pittsburgh parks, and advocated every
possible advantage for the children of the city, recreation centers, bathing pools, and playgrounds. His sympathy and friendliness extended to all classes, and his
aim was to make Pittsburgh a better, finer, happier
place to live. Mayor Babcock, of Pittsburgh, in directing that the flags of the city buildings be placed
at half-mast in Mr. Rauh's honor, issued this statement: "It was with the greatest regret that I heard
the report of the death of my esteemed and valued
friend, Councilman Enoch Rauh. He was kindly by
nature and sympathetic to a degree. I had a close acquaintance with him, both before and during my official
service with the city. I always found him keenly sagacious and one of the best counselors and advisors it
ever was my privilege to meet. He always was thinking first of the interests of the city of Pittsburgh, and
every measure that was introduced he viewed in the
light of whether or not it was for the advancement of
the city he loved so well. He will be greatly missed,
not only by myself, but by the Council, the business
men, the churches, the hospitals, and the many thousands whom he helped in his quiet, sincere way. It will
be an exceedingly difficult task to fill his place."
One of Mr. Rauh's last councilmanic acts was to move
approval of an ordinance permitting hospitals and.
charitable institutions to receive free two hundred and
fifty gallons of water for each patient and employee,
an increase in the allowance of approximately forty
per cent.
No one knew Enoch Rauh for any considerable
length of time without realizing how entirely he lived
up to his motto, "Do good always wherever possible."
He found and made countless opportunities for such
beneficent work, and more than thirty educational and
philanthropic institutions, local and national, with which
he was affiliated, profited by his generous interest and
gifts. He was a trustee of the Carnegie Library, the
Carnegie Institute of Technology, the Carnegie Music
Hall, a director of the Gusky Orphanage, and a member of the advisory board of the Young Men's Hebrew
Association. Institutions and individuals were helped
by his lofty conception of duty. Often, in Council
chamber and in public, he championed the police and
fire departments, and his fair, far-sighted attitude toward the problems affecting capital and labor held the
friendship of both parties. He exerted every effort to
foster understanding between negroes and whites, and
was active in all movements promising the improvement
of the condition of negroes. Color, race, nor creednone deterred him in his broad-minded, sympathetic
endeavors to "do good" to his fellowmen.
In fraternal and social organizations his companionship was especially valued, his cheery smile, hearty voice,
and kindly word the accompaniments of a most happy
disposition and pleasing personality. He fraternized
with the Masonic order, the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, and the Loyal Order of Moose. He
was president of the Concordia Club when that organization built its former club house on Stockton avenue,
North Side, and he was also a member of the Westmoreland Country Club. He was a life member of the
Pittsburgh Press Club, and numbered some of his
closest friends among his journalistic acquaintances.
Apparent as was the richness of his character to the men
he met in everyday life, it was in his home that thePa., and they were the parents of George Alexander
Cochrane, whose memory is preserved in this review of
his useful life.
George Alexander Cochrane was born on a farm in
Allegheny county, Pa. He attended the public schools
of the district, and while yet in attendance began learning the carpenter's trade. Both trade and future were
cast into the discard when President Lincoln called for
volunteers in 186I, and he promptly offered his services.
He came safely through that four years of warfare, and
returned to his Allegheny home with an honorable discharge. He resumed carpentering, worked in Beaver
county, Pa., and in I866 began contracting in a small
way in Allegheny, now Pittsburgh, North Side. He
began in a small way, but he soon established a reputation as a reliable contractor and skilled workman, each
contract adding to his reputation and bringing others.
He continued in business in the Pittsburgh district, until
death in 1900 closed his successful career. In addition
to the Bank of Commerce building, he erected the Conestoga building, the Asylum for the Blind at Oakland,
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, and other large
buildings for varied purposes. Among the fine residences which he built may be named the residences of
Harry Darlington., Mrs. Rosetta Hostetter, George B.
Gordon, Mrs. Mary Chambers and. many others. For
thirty-four years he built residences, office buildings,
churches, mills and stores in the Pittsburgh district, and
erected for himself a reputation and character which is
the pride of the sons who succeeded him and who worthily upheld the Cochrane fame as builders of worth, skill
and integrity. Twenty-two years have passed since the
father gave a last farewell to his boys, and under the
name he used for thirty-four years, George A. Cochrane,
the business has continued, making fifty-six years of
continuous connection with the building interests of Pittsburgh without a change of firm name.
George A. Cochrane married Kate E. Harkins, of
Beaver county, Pa., who died in 1899, he following her
a year later. They were the parents of twelve children.
This large family were given the advantages of the public schools, and although the father began with nothing,
he left to his family a considerable estate. He was a
devout member of the United Presbyterian church, a
Republican in politics, and several times served his ward
in Common and in Select Council. But the heritage off
a good name which he left is valued higher by his family than aught else. Children: I. Thomas H., a carpenter, who died unmarried in 1890. 2. James H.,
deceased, who married and left seven children: Kate,
Eugene, James, Dorothy, Mary, Anne, Matilda. 3.
George Alexander (2), born Nov. 27, 1863; educated in
Allegheny public schools; learned the carpenter's trade
under the direction of his honored father, was his
associate in the contracting business until his death, and
then succeeded with his brothers to the business which
he yet conducts under the name which is rightfully his,
George A. Cochrane; he married, Dec. 13, 1913, Margaret Orr. Mr. Cochrane is a member of the Masonic
order, a trustee of the United Presbyterian church, a
director of the Reliable Realty Company, director of the
Bank of Assured Savings, president of Cash Building
and Loan Association, and a man thoroughly respected
by all who know him. 4 William. P., deceased, who
married and had the following children: Matthew,
Katherine, Agnes, May, Louis, Herbert, William, John,
Virginia Nelson, Leland. 5. John A., twin with William
P., died in infancy. 6. Louis H., now retired; married
Matilda, and has three children: Horace, Gladys,
Louis H., Jr. 7. Frank, died in infancy. 8. Charles, died
in infancy. 9. --, died unnamed. IO. Robert K.,
educated in Allegheny public schools and Curry University, and since I9oo associated with his brothers in the
building and contracting firm, George A. Cochrane; he
married Pearl -, and they have three children:
George A. (s), Robert K., Jr., Helen. II. Mary A.,
resides in Pittsburgh. 12. Katherine N., wife of John G.
Doll, and mother of two sons, John and Jean Doll.
CYRUS BLACK KING, M.D.-Receiving, from his
father, traditions of inspired service in the medical profession, Dr. Cyrus Black King early made his decision
to devote his life to that calling. Almost four score
years were granted him for the completion of the professional work that was begun as a young army surgeon
in the Union army during the Civil War, and his labors
throughout that time aggregate an imposing total, while
professional annals contain the name of no one more
enduring or who more jealously guarded his professional honor. Pittsburgh has been served by physicians
and surgeons of illustrious reputation, and among their
number stands Cyrus Black King.
Dr. King was a member of a family whose residence
in Pennsylvania dated to pre-Revolutionary times, and he
was a son of Dr. Samuel M. King, and grandson of
Samuel King, who was born in Carlisle, Pa., of ScotchIrish descent. Samuel King was a merchant of Carlisle, and moved to Uniontown, Fayette county, Pa., late
in the eighteenth century, becoming one of the principal
merchants of that place and a man of responsible standing in the community.
Dr. Samuel M. King, father of Dr. Cyrus B. King,
was educated in Jefferson College, Philadelphia, and
the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, whence he was graduated. He immediately began
professional practice at Monongahela City, and Washington county was the scene of his professional activity
for about half a century. He married Maria Black,
daughter of Samuel Black, who came to America from
Ireland shortly after the Declaration of Independence,
and became engaged in farming and glass manufacture.
Samuel Black became a large holder of realty in Pittsburgh, was one of the city's prosperous men of affairs,
and established the first ferry from Pittsburgh to Birmingham. He died in 1845.
Dr. Cyrus Black King, son of Dr. Samuel M. and
Maria (Black) King, was born in Washington county,
Pa., in 1839, the youngest of the twelve children of his
parents. He obtained his classical education in Colu~mbia College, Washington, D. C., and as a young man of
twenty years began reading medicine in the office of an
older brother, at Monongahela City. In I86I he entered
Jefferson College, and two years later was graduated
from that institution with honors. On March 8, 1863,the day following his graduation, he enlisted in the
Union army as assistant surgeon, and was at once
assigned to duty in the military hospital at Philadelphia,
on whose staff he remained until the close of the war.
This service constituted a valuable experience for young
Dr. King, and was an expression of the staunch patriotism that dominated his life. Upon leaving the army he
was appointed superintendent of the West Penn Hospital and the Pittsburgh Soldiers Home, both of Pittsburgh, and in this capacity he served for four years.
He then moved to Allegheny, and established in private
practice. For the first two years of his practice he continued in charge of the medical department of the West
Penn Hospital, then retired from this connection to
devote himself exclusively to the demands of his private
work. Dr. King, in the exercise of superior talents and
in the diligent pursuit of his profession, rose to commanding position in medical circles. He was called to
serve on the staff of the Allegheny General Hospital, the
Children's Memorial Hospital at Allegheny, the Pittsburgh Hospital for Children, and the McKeesport Hospital, his relation to the last named institution that of
consulting surgeon. Dr. King was a deep student and
reader throughout all of his active life; no point of
improvement in medical science escaped him, and his
researches extended into all fields. The position of
leadership in Pittsburgh medicine that he gained early
in his career he held through virtue of exact knowledge
and remarkable skill. By his medical colleagues he was
especially appreciated, for by them the extent and value
of his contributions to medical science were fully realized. Dr. King was a member of the American Medical
Association, the Centennial Medical Association, the
Pennsylvania State Medical Society, and the Allegheny
County Medical Society, having served as president of
the last named organization.
Dr. King married (first), in 1863, Euphemia G. Kerr,
daughter of Rev. John Kerr. She died in I88I, survived
by three children: Anna, wife of Thomas W. Blackwell;
Nina D. and Samuel V. Dr. King married (second),
April 3, 1897, Mrs. Frances K. Brown, daughter of
Josiah King. Dr. Cyrus Black King died April 9, 1918.
His death was mourned in the institutions he had served,
in the homes that his cheering presence and able ministrations had brightened, and in the circles of his social
relations. His brilliant talents are remembered in the
fields in which he labored, and his constant influence for
good survives.
WILLIAM CASSIUS STILLWAGEN, a prominent lawyer of Pittsburgh, Pa., and active in the public
affairs of that city, was born July 12, 1852, in Clays--
ville, Pa., the son of Andrew J. and Jane (Egan.) Stillwagen. His father was a justice of the peace and burgess of Claysville during a period covering fifty-four
years, and was one of the pioneer families in that section. The great-grandfather of Mr. Stillwagen, Jacob
Stillwagen, served in the Revolutionary War.
William C. Stillwagen attended the public schools of
Claysville, and later the West Alexander Academy. In
September, I866, he became a student at St. Francis College, Loretto, Pa., being the first honor man there, and
graduated with first honors in June, 1870. He was valedictorian of his class. In September, 1870, he went to
Notre Dame University, South Bend, Ind., and took a
post-graduate course for one year, after which he completed his legal studies with Hopkins  Lazear, attorneys of Pittsburgh, Pa., and on April 22, 1874, was
admitted to the Allegheny county bar, practicing in that
county continuously up to the present time.
For eighteen years Mr. Stillwagen was a well known
figure in the criminal courts, and through his many
years of practice, gained a wide acquaintance with public
men. Throughout the State he is highly regarded by the
members of the legal profession.
During his college days Mr. Stillwagen was much
interested in athletics, and was captain of the baseball
team and boat club of Notre Dame. Since I88o he has
been identified with the Democratic party and has been
a willing worker in the interests of same.
Mr. Stillwagen married, Aug. 24, 1875, at Pittsburgh,
Martha A. Oldshue, daughter of Dr. Lincoln and Martha
A. (West) Oldshue, and they were the parents of three
children: I. William C., who died when ten years of
age. 2. Mai E., now Mrs. W. J. McMahon; they reside
at North Kingsville, Ohio. 3. Edward L., who resides
with his father in Pittsburgh.
FREDERIC SCHAEFER-One of the most noteworthy of the less pretentious manufacturing establishments in Pittsburgh is that of the Schaefer Equipment
Company, of which Frederic Schaefer is the head. This
business, founded upon Mr. Schaefer's own broad experience and native ingenuity, is intimately allied with some
of the broadest interests in the city.
Mr. Schaefer was born in Stavanger, Norway, Sept. 8,
1877. He received a good and practical education in
his native city, for three years attended the Stavanger
Technical School, and in connection with the school
work he completed an apprenticeship with a prominent
firm in that city, engaged in boat and dock building. In
1894 the young man came to the United States, to make
his future in the "Land of Opportunity." Reaching our
shores alone and unfamiliar even with the English language, but equipped with his professional skill, dauntless
courage, and the indomitable energy which overcomes
all obstacles, Frederic Schaefer began at the bottom and
has made his own way to the heights of success.
Landing in New York, Mr. Schaefer made his way to
Boston, Mass., where he found employment as draftsman with the Sturtevant Blower Works, of that city,
later going in the same capacity to the Albert  J. M.
Anderson Manufacturing Company. With the latter firm
he remained for eight years in charge of their drawing
office. In 1902 he came to Pittsburgh, Pa., and here
became associated with the Westinghouse Electric 
Manufacturing Company, where he remained for two
years. With breadth of experience the object in view,
Mr. Schaefer then went abroad, and while there was
connected with the "Societe Anomyme Westinghouse,"
which is the French branch of the famous Pittsburgh
firm. He remained at this branch for one year, then
returned to Pittsburgh to the central offices of the Westinghouse Company. A year later he was persuaded togo to Wheeling, W. Va., where he was connected with
the Telegraphone Company of that city; in 1907 he
returned again to Pittsburgh to the Summers Steel Car
Company, where he filled the position of designing engineer. Remaining with that firm until 1914, he established
the business which he is now carrying forward to such
remarkable success.
The beginning was small, but was founded upon a real
necessity, and Mr. Schaefer's practical business ability
and comprehensive experience soon placed the undertaking upon a profitable basis. It embraces the manufacture
and sale of railway appliances, patented by Mr. Schaefer,
and used in connection with air-brake equipment on
freight and passenger cars. The business has grown to
one of national scope with manufacturing facilities in
Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Montreal, Canada, and with
representatives in the larger cities, and the Norwegian
boy of seventeen, whose first employment in Boston
netted him three dollars per week, is the head and moving spirit of this extensive interest, having taken his
stand with the independent manufacturers of America
twenty years after his arrival in this country.
Mr. Schaefer stands high in the technical and business
organizations of this section. He is a member of the
Engineer's Society of Western Pennsylvania, and is a
member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce. He
belongs to the Traffic Club, the Union Club, the Railway
Club, the Oakmont Country Club, of Pittsburgh, the
Engineers Club, of Boston, a popular and influential
member of the Old Colony Club, and is a member of the
Wianno Club of Wianno, Barnstabe county, Mass.,
where his delightful summer residence is located. Fraternally Mr. Schaefer is a member of Hiram Lodge,
Free and Accepted Masons, of Boston.
In 1912 Mr. Schaefer married Sarah B. Bubb, of Pittsburgh, and they are the parents of three children: Jane,
Frederic Manning, and Katherine Bubb. The Pittsburgh home is at No. 1533 Valmont street, Squirrel Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Schaefer are members of the (Episcopal)
Church of the Redeemer.
GEORGE HARPER QUAIL--To succeed in an
exacting profession and at the same time acquire a reputation in another field requires unusual talents. While
the practice of law has occupied the greater part of Mr.
Quaill's time, he has for many years found recreation
in the fascinating science of botany. He was born on a
farm in Ross township, Allegheny county, Pa., Feb. 23,
I855 his father being David Reel Quaill, and his mother
Sarah J. (Shafer) Quaill. Thus he comes of the old
Reel family long known in Pennsylvania.
After attending the old Reel District School, he went
to the Shafer Business College, then located on Sixth
avenue, in Pittsburgh, and then to the Millersville State
Normal School, in Lancaster county, Pa., graduating in
1873. For two years he taught school in order to make
possible his legal education, and in I875 began the study
of law in the office of Noah W. Shafer. He was
admitted to the bar, Feb. 23, 1878, and has since built
up a large and successful practice.
The love of the out-of-doors has always been strong,
and field work in botany his favorite pastime, and he is
a student and authority on the flora of Western Pennsylvania.
Besides attending to his law duties and winning a
name as a botanist, Mr. Quaill finds time for numerous
other activities. He is a member of the Bellevue Methodist Episcopal Church, and actively interested therein.
He is a Free and Accepted Mason, having been a member for thirty-four years, and is a past master of Bellevue Lodge, No. 530, and served for eight.years as district deputy grand master. He is also a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Politically, he supports the Republican party, but has never sought office.
Mr. Quaill married Mattie L. Bruce, of New Sheffield,
Beaver county, Pa., a daughter of Jacob and Jane
(Johnston) Bruce. They have three children: I. Vena
Roberta, educated in Irving College and in the Pennsylvania College for Women; married John H. Bragdon.
2. Martha Vilette, married Dalton L. Phillips. 3. David
Harper, educated in Bellevue schools and in Millersville
State Normal School, and now associated with the
Pittsburgh Supply Company.
ULRIC DAHLGREN BOOTH-On June 13, 1830,
in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, James J. Booth, father
of Ulric Dahlgren Booth, was born. He was the son of
Jonathan and Ellen (Hines) Booth, both of whom were
bred in that neighborhood. In early life he was placed
at work in a cotton mill, but ambition was a marked
feature in his character and he was not satisfied to face
a future circumscribed by the walls of a factory. Being
denied his wish to learn the bricklayer's trade, he ran
away from home in 1854 and came to the United States,.
settling in Pittsburgh., Pa., where he found employment
on the river, but soon secured an opportunity to gratify
his long-cherished desire. After learning the trade and
for a time working both independently and as a journeyman, he began in I869 to take contracts for street construction and buildings. In 1878 the firm of Booth 
Flinn was established, and five years later they began to
manufacture brick. The work of the firm was for some
years limited chiefly to street paving and they constructed many of the finest streets in Pittsburgh, including Winebiddle, Linden and Simon avenues and McPherson and Barton streets. They also paved Penn, Liberty
and Second avenues with Belgian blocks. Gradually
enlarging the original scope of their undertakings, they
built, in 1888, the Citizens' Traction railway and the
following year the Central, soon becoming the leading
contractors of Pittsburgh. At the present day this great
concern builds railways and bores tunnels through mountains as easily as in earlier days it paved an ordinary
street. This phenomenal success is mainly due to the
systematic management, resolute courage and great
tenacity of purpose of Mr. Booth. Fertile in resources
and alert to seize opportunity, of kindly disposition and
invariably just he endeared himself to his associates
and subordinates, winning their most loyal cooperations.
Mr. Booth retired from the firm. in order to devote
more time to his extensive private interests. He was
director of the Commercial National Bank, the Commonwealth Trust Company and the Oakland Savings and
Trust Company, holding the office of vice-president inthe last-named institution. He was also a director in
the National Fire Proofing Company.
During his life time in Pittsburgh, Mr. Booth always
took a very active interest in all civic affairs. Affiliating
with the Republicans, and always fully posted on the
subject of politics, he was frequently consulted in regard
to matters of municipal importance. As the owner of
considerable real estate he did much for the development of certain sections of the city, possessing as he
did clear and sound judgment in regard to the dormant
possibilities of landed property. No good work done
in the name of charity or religion sought his cooperation in vain, and his benefactions were bestowed with
rare discrimination and thoroughness. He was president and director of St. Francis' Hospital, and contributed liberally to the aid and support of other benevolent
institutions. He was a member of the Botanical Society
of Western Pennsylvania, a past master in the Masonic
fraternity, a Knight Templar, and also affiliated with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a
member of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, aiding generously in its work and support.
The career of Mr. Booth demonstrates the possibilities for successful accomplishment in the business
world- possibilities that exist only for the man able to
avail himself of them, and this Mr. Booth abundantly
proved himself to be. Through energy, perseverances and
honorable dealing he acquired not only a handsome
competence but the respect of the entire community and
a position of merited prominence. His skill as an organizer and his insight into character enabled him to
put the right man in the right place, and were important factors in his prosperity. His face was that of the
ideal self-made man, the man whose sources of success
were in his own nature and not in outward circumstances. It was the face of one who prospered not only
by reason of strong will and exceptional ability, but by
sterling integrity, a genial, kindly disposition and an
unaffected liking for his fellow-beings-the face of a
man who smiled on the world and the world smiled on
him. James J. Booth died May 9, 1917.
Mr. Booth married, March 4, I86I, Priscilla Jane
Turbet, daughter of Samuel and, Priscilla Turbet, of
Irish extraction, and they are the parents of the following children: Ellen, widow of Harry E. Bray;
Ulric Dahlgren, of whom further; Carrie; Ethel May;
and Blanche Olive.
Ulric Dahlgren Booth, son of James J. and Priscilla
Jane (Turbet) Booth, was born in Pittsburgh, March 7,
1865. He was educated in the public schools and Curry
Institute, of Pittsburgh, and after finishing his education, became associated with the Booth  Flinn contracting firm, and had charge of their terra cotta works
on Bedford avenue, Pittsburgh, for several years. When
their works were sold to the National Fire Proofing
Company he severed his connection with this part of the
business and became assistant to his father in the contracting business of Booth  Flinn, remaining in this
capacity until his father retired from the firm of Booth
 Flinn, in 1898. He then assumed the position of
secretary to his father until the latter's death, which
occurred May 9, 1917. Being one of the executors of
his father's estate, he has been actively engaged in the
management of the estate up to, the present time.
In politics Mr. Booth is a Republican, but never
aspired to office. He is a member of Washington
Lodge, No. 253, Free and Accepted Masons, of Pittsburgh; his church the Trinity Episcopal Church, of
Pittsburgh.
Mr. Booth married (first), on June 2, 1892, Ida C.
Donnellan, daughter of James J. and Eliza (Camp)
Donnellan, her father a railroad car-builder by trade,
who worked for the Jones  Laughlin Steel Company
for many years. Ida C. (Donnellan) Booth died April
9. 1904, leaving one daughter, Blanche Donnellan Booth,
born May 26, 1894, now the wife of Leopold Wilson
Depuy, who was a major in the United States army at
the time of the World War, and was stationed at various cantonments in the South, training the soldier boys
for the service. Ulrich D. Booth married (second)
Gertrude Rudolf, of Pittsburgh, March 26, 1919, the
daughter of Henry and Freda (Hartlet) Rudolf, the
former a mill man, employed at the Oliver Mills, Pittsburgh, for many years. Mr. Rudolf died March 6, 1904,
and his wife still resides in Pittsburgh.
JOHN FERDINAND SAITZ-The wonderful success of the South View Building and Loan Association
of Carrick borough, locally known as the "poor man's"
association, calls attention to its management, for its
history reveals twenty years of such unusual success
that nothing but the most enlightened management could
accomplish. The association was organized in I9oo, and
the list of officers then elected shows that in one office
the incumbent has never been changed. In this list of
officials there appears the name of John F. Saitz, as
secretary, and in every succeeding list of officers elected
annually the same name appears in the same office, John
F. Saitz, secretary. For the sake of history, this list of
first officers is interesting: President, A. G. Breitweiser,
later mayor of Riverside, Cal.; vice-president, James
McIlvain, deceased; treasurer, Henry W. Eiler, who
died after twenty years' service as treasurer; secretary,
John F. Saitz, who has held the office since organization;
solicitor, Thomas A. Noble, deceased. That list of
officials was elected in 19oo. The following is the list
elected twenty-one years later: President, John N.
Nusser; vice-president, Henry Wachter; treasurer, Edward G. Bauman; secretary, John F. Saitz, his twentyfirst election; solicitor, William M. Ewing.
The following is the association's record: The South
View Building and Loan Association of Carrick, Allegheny county, Pa., was organized in November, I900,
with fourteen members, the membership, October, I92I,
640. Of these fourteen charter members but one is
living, John F. Saitz. The association is known as the
"poor man's" from the fact that 377 men of small
means have been helped to build homes during the lifetime of the association, and during that time a mortgage has never been foreclosed on the home of a member of the association. This is a most wonderful
rec`ord and reflects the greatest possible credit upon the
management. South View Building and Loan Association holds its regular meetings for payment of dues andall other business every Wednesday evening at the real
estate office of the secretary, John F. Saitz, No. 1213
Brownsville road, Carrick borough, Pa. From the general record of success in the upbuilding of a community,
it is pleasant to be able to turn and meet one of the
men responsible for it, the last survivor of that little
band of fourteen, who met twenty-one years ago to
accomplish a worthy purpose. They little know how well
they builded, and to Mr. Saitz alone is given the privilege of being one who sowed and yet remains to reap.
John F. Saitz was born in Czaslau, Bohemia, a province and nominal kingdom of Austria-Hungary, Aug.
14, 1859, son of Ferdinand and Antoinette Saitz. Ferdinand Saitz was born in Bohemia, Aug. I8, I8I8, died
there at the age of ninety-four, in 1912. Antoinette
Saitz was born in Bohemia in July, 1821, died there at
the age of ninety-two, in 1913.
John F. Saitz was educated in Czaslau, a city of
schools and interesting churches, and among other buildings a museum of antiquities. On the fine Ring Square,
in the heart of the city, stands a monument to the Hussite leader, John Huss. There John F. Saitz attended
the equivalent of an American high school, and for one
year was a student at a military school. On arriving at
military age, he entered the army and accomplished his
four years of required service, then was free to leave
the country.
In 1882 he left his native land and came to the United
States, locating in that year in the town of Dubois,
Clearfield county, Pa. His first work was with a railroad construction gang, his pay $1.25 daily. After four
months the foreman of his gang disappeared with his
pay, his four months' pay netting him nothing more
than the food and lodging he had received. He made
his way from Dubois to Pittsburgh, where he arrived in
the winter of 1883, his cash capital totaling five cents
upon his arrival. He was given work by a farmer of
Baldwin township, Allegheny county, who paid him fifty
cents daily wage with board, and for seven years he
remained with that farmer, and both prospered. He
left the farm to enter the employ of the Suburban Rapid
Transit Street Railway Company, as timekeeper, during
its construction. He was promoted to motorman and
was allowed the distinction of running the first regular
electric passenger car ever run in Allegheny county.
Later he was advanced to conductor, then to superintendent, holding that position until 1899, when he resigned to
engage in the real estate and insurance business, at what
is now the borough of Carrick, Allegheny county.
Mr. Saitz has continued in that same locality and business until the present time (1922), and has seen that
part of Baldwin township, to which he came in 1883,
grow from three settlers in that year to the thriving
borough of Carrick with 12,000 inhabitants and every
modern convenience and comfort. He has prospered in
his business, and has been an influential factor in the
upbuilding of the community of which he is a part. His
connection with the South View Building and Loan
Association has been continuous since its organization,
and were his record to depend on his work in connection with that association, it would be sufficient to stamp
him as a public benefactor.
Mr. Saitz is a Republican in politics and has served
his town two terms as tax collector, two terms as justice
of the peace, and is now serving his second term as
treasurer of the borough of Carrick. He has many
friends and no man in the community is held in higher
esteem. He has won his way from a lowly beginning,
and men respect him for his upright life and manly
traits of character.
On Jan. 6, I888, Mr. Saitz married, at her home in
Baldwin township, Allegheny county, Louisa C. Schaub,
born July 6, 1867, at the home in which she was married. She died in Carrick, Pa., Nov. 8, 1914. She was
the daughter of George Schaub, born in Germany, in
1824, died, at his farm in Baldwin township, Allegheny
county, Pa., in 1878, age fifty-four. He married Elizabeth Schaub, born in Germany, in 1827, died in Pittsburgh, in 1913, aged eighty-six. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Schaub were brought by their parents from Germany
to Pittsburgh, Pa., when young. Two children were
born, in Baldwin township, to John F. and Louisa C.
(Schaub) Saitz: Edward J., now manager of the real
estate and insurance department of the father's business; and Catherine L., who married Frank A. Dowling,
a consulting engineer, residing in Pittsburgh.
EDWIN LYON ALLEN-Second only to those
who perform the conspicuous work of the world are
those who for the benefit of their own and future generations accurately and faithfully record the processes by
which that work is accomplished. Among those who
render this service is Edwin Lyon Allen, official stenographer of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny
county, Pa.
Born in Rutland, Vt., March 5, I867, son of Charles
Linnaeus Allen, M. D., and Gertrude (Lyon) Allen,
Edwin L. Allen received his early education in the, public schools of his native city. From the Rutland High
School he went to Middlebury College, graduating in
I888, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. For two
years after leaving college he studied law in Rutland,
and then became bookkeeper in the employ of the Virginia Mining Company, of Gossan, Va., where he
remained for one year. In I89I he came to Pittsburgh,
Pa., where he worked as a law stenographer from 1891
to I895. In the latter year, 1895, he was appointed official stenographer of the Court of Common Pleas of
Allegheny county, which position he has held continuously up to the present time (1921). Like his father,
who was a major in the United States Volunteers, during the Civil War, 1862 to 1864, and secretary of the
Vermont State Board of Health, Mr. Allen has been
active in both military and civil affairs. From 1887 to
1890 he was a member of the 1st Regiment Infantry,
Vermont National Guard. In 1918 he was director of
Volunteer Activities, National War Savings Committee;
and in the same year, was in charge of the Western
Pennsylvania War Savings Stamps headquarters.
Fraternally, he is a member of Davage Lodge, No.
374, Free and Accepted Masons; and of Shiloh Chapter,
Royal Arch Masons. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the American Revolution; of
the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania; of theAcademy of Science and Art, of Pittsburgh; of the
Alliance Francaise; and is vice-president of the New
England Society of Western Pennsylvania. He was
president of the Pennsylvania Shorthand Reporters'
Association for two terms, 1910-12; president of the
National Shorthand Reporters' Association, 1921; and
also is a member of the Executive Committee of the
National Shorthand Reporters' Association. In club
circles he is affiliated with the North Adams Country
Club. He is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of
Commerce and of the Pittsburgh Board of Trade. Both
Mr. Allen and his family are members of the Third
Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Allen married, Aug. 14, 1889, at North Adams,
Mass., Annie Hopkins, daughter of George M. and Charlotte Hopkins. The children of this marriage are: I
Gertrude, born July 17, 1890, now Mrs. P. M. Mercer.
2. Edwin Lyon, Jr., born Oct. 3, 1896, who enlisted
in the I5th Engineers, in May, 1917, served two years
in France, and returned as first lieutenant of infantry,
machine gun service, and is now first lieutenant in the
Reserve Corps. 3. Jonathan Adams, born July 25, 1905.
FRANK GILBERT UBER-One of the substantial
citizens and business men of Pittsburgh is Frank Gilbert
Uber. A wide and varied experience has been his, in
grocery and lumber, dry goods, and railroad business,
and finally, with the American Blue Print Company. He
has come in contact with "all sorts and conditions of
men," gaining a liberal education in the schools of
experience.
Frank Gilbert Uber, son of Rev. Jacob and Alice M.
Uber, was born in Kittanning, Pa., Nov. 3, 1874, his
father a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He attended the public schools of his native city, and
then entered the employ of John R. Cribbs  Son, proprietors of a grocery and lumber store at Verona. Not
yet having found his real place, he later left the employ
of John R. Cribbs  Son and associated himself with
the Joseph Horne Company, proprietors of one of the
largest retail dry goods establishments in Pittsburgh.
Not yet satisfied, he spent five years in the car record
office of the Pennsylvania railroad, and then entered the
employ of the American Blue Print Company, where he
has remained and with whom he is still (1921) associated.
Along with his business activities, Mr. Uber has found
time to serve his community. He is a member of the
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, and is active in fraternal and club circles. He is a thirty-second degree
Mason; a member of Zeredath Lodge, No. 448, Free
and Accepted Masons; Duquesne Chapter, Royal Arch
Masons; Pittsburgh Commandery, No. I, Knights
Templar; and Pittsburgh Consistory, Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite. He is also a member of Elite
Lodge, No. 484, Independent Order of Odd Fellows;
and of the Pittsburgh Auto Club. Both he and his
family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
On July 8, 1908, at Pittsburgh, Mr. Uber married Ada
Nobbs Bailey, daughter of William S. and Minnie
(Nobbs) Bailey, and they have one child, Elizabeth B.
Uber, born March I, 1910.
JONAS ROUP McCLINTOCK-The strength of a
nation lies in the industry, integrity, and moral worth of
its citizens. Without these, though the treasures of the
world be hers, any nation is a thing of straw, inert,
defenceless, and, sooner or later, doomed to destruction.
The substantial men, who in a spirit of idealism carry
on the every day work of the world, are they who make
"all things possible" within the field of human endeavor.
Among the esteemed citizens of Pittsburgh who are
contributing a valuable share to the solid worth of the
country in Jonas Roup McClintock, son of Jonas Roup
and Rachel (Graham) McClintock.
Jonas Roup McClintock, the father, was a physician,
who, along with his professional duties, found time for
public service. He was mayor of Pittsburgh in 1836,
represented the Pittsburgh district in the State Legislature in 1838, and was assayer in the Philadelphia
Mint. He was the first captain of the Duquesne Greys.
A popular man, he was widely known and much loved
by his large circle of friends.
Jonas Roup McClintock, the son, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in the family residence on the corner of
Fifth avenue and Penn street, June II, 1854. He
received a liberal education, preparing for college at
North Sewickley Academy. He then attended the Western University of Pennsylvania (now the University of
Pittsburgh), later completing his studies in Newell
Institute, in Pittsburgh. He began his business career
with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Later, he
became interested in the vast enterprises connected with
the natural resources of the region, as do most of the
young men of that locality. He then associated himself
with the Arbuthnot, Stephenson Dry Goods Company. At
the present time, however, he is connected with the Enterprise Cleaning and Dyeing Company, which is carrying
on a large and successful business, engaged in a most
practical phase of the conservation movement-that of
prolonging the life and renewing the usefulness of all
sorts and conditions of garments.
On April 7, 1881, in Pittsburgh, Mr. McClintock married Elizabeth C. Arbuthnot, daughter of Charles and
Elizabeth (Shaw) Arbuthnot, and they are the parents
of three children: Wilson Shaw, born Jan. 4, I882;
Charles Arbuthnot, born June 15, 1883; and Rachel Graham, born Sept. 27, 1886.
MORTON McCAHILL, M. D.-In the medical profession in Pittsburgh, Pa., Dr. McCahill, who has been
in active practice for the past ten years, has won an
assured position.
Dr. McCahill is a son of William and Matilda
(Weeks) McCahill, now residents of Pittsburgh. William McCahill came to this country from Scotland in
his youth, but is of Irish parentage. He was first
engaged here as a steel worker, but later was prominent
in the hotel business, and is now retired. Dr. McCahill's uncle, Father Bonaventure McGuire, was a wellknown educator and Roman Catholic churchman, was a
professor of ancient languages (Latin and Greek) in the
University of Western Pennsylvania (now University of
Pittsburgh), and he financed the building of St. Paul's
Cathedral in this city.deepest appreciation of his fidelity to the best aims of
manhood was felt. Friend as well as father to his children, thoughtful, loving companion of life's journey to
his wife, his splendid attributes of mind and heart
reached their fullest fruition in the home. And to the
day of his death he honored the memory of a mother's
care and teaching in the white carnation he always
wore in his coat lapel.
Enoch Rauh married, in Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 5,
I888, Bertha Floersheim, born in Pittsburgh, daughter
of Samuel and Pauline (Wertheimer) Floersheim.
Her father was associated with the firm of A.
Guckenheimer  Brothers, and was a gentleman
of culture and artistic tastes, one of the most accomplished amateur violinists of the city. A more complete sketch of the life of Mrs. Rauh follows. Mr.
and Mrs. Rauh were the parents of two children: Helen
Blanche, at home; and Richard S., at home, head of the
Richard S. Rauh Company, advertising counsellors.
Mr. Rauh was a prominent member of the Rodeph
Sahlom Congregation, of Pittsburgh, as are the members of his family.
Enoch Rauh died Nov. 27, 1919. The foregoing pages
have outlined his widely varied associations in Pittsburgh's life, connections touching all extremes. One
of his close friends gave him the name by which many
will long remember him, "lovable and smiling, IOO
per cent. man and citizen."
MRS. BERTHA (FLOERSHEIM) RAUH-The
names of Enoch Rauh and Mrs. Enoch (Floersheim)
Rauh were linked with more than the bonds of marriage, they were joined in good works of broad scope
and far-reaching effect. Death ended this working
partnership that had been so generously productive of
good, but the taking away of one whose life was largely
spent in the service of his fellows left the need for
service and brotherly effort as pressing and as insistent
as ever. Mrs. Rauh, with a record of usefulness in
many fields of civic, educational and philanthropic activity, has remained at her tasks with strength and
courage renewed by the universal regret and appreciation voiced at the death of her husband, and Pittsburgh
and the State number her among those citizens, men
and women, who acknowledge a wide sphere of responsibility and who have dedicated themselves to work
and service, not alone for today, but for all the tomorrows, and for the men and women of those times.
Bertha (Floersheim) Rauh was born June I6, I865.
She attended the First Ward School in Pittsburgh,
the Fifth Ward School on the North Side, and the
Grant School, of Pittsburgh, from which she was graduated, making the highest general average of any pupil
in the entire city, and receiving a prize for her excellent record from Professor Lucky, superintendent of
schools. In I884 she was graduated from the Pittsburgh
Central High School with the highest honors. At this
time she came into public notice in the following manner: "Harper's Weekly" compiled statistics relating to
the highest ranking pupil in each high school of the
cities of the United States, and Bertha Floersheim was
accorded the honors for Central High. In addition to
her high scholastic achievements, it was found that she
had never missed a day during her school years, and
that she had never been late.
There has been no time since then, either before or
after her marriage, when Mrs. Rauh has not been
engaged in the service of her fellows in some manner.
Her highest ambition extends no farther than to use
her talents to the greatest advantage possible. Her
first public service was in support of a fund for the
aid of Russian immigrants, and she sang and read at
many public entertainments for the benefit of these newcomers to our shores. Soon after her graduation, also,
she became a member of the board of the Gusky Orphanage, then just established, and has remained on
this board to the present time. So many have been
the movements for which she has worked that it is
difficult to single out any one for particular mention,
but her efforts were particularly valuable at the time of
the Johnstown flood, when her husband was a member
of the Pittsburgh Relief Committee. The World War,
1917-18, brought her opportunities for great service, and
as first vice-president of the Women's Division of the
Council of National Defense, one of the founders and
member of the Executive Committee of the Allegheny
County Red Cross Chapter, member of the Executive
Committee of the Women's Division of the War Savings Stamps Council, and as member of the State Committee representing the Jewish Welfare Board for the
United War Work Drive, she made heavy contributions toward the success of these organizations.
Mrs. Rauh, looking on civic problems and needs with
the broad vision and practical insight necessary for
the correction of any undesirable condition, has found
many channels for the improvement of conditions, particularly as they have affected the young of Pittsburgh.
For nine years she was a director of the Juvenile Court
Association of Allegheny county, which she assisted in
founding, and for the same period president of the Juvenile Court Aid Society, of which she was the founder.
Her work, too, has been along lines of prevention as
well as of correction, and she aided the founding of
the Girl Scouts' organization of Allegheny county; the
Soho Public Bath House; the Public Health Nursing
Association; the Hospital School for Backward Children; the Associated Charities; the Red Cross Chapter
of Allegheny county; and the Palestine Welfare Society.
In women's organizations she has been a leading spirit,
and was one of the founders of the Equal Franchise
Federation, the Consumers' League, the Travelers' Aid
Society, the Women's Division of the Council of National Defense, and the Women's Division of the War
Savings Stamps Council. She is a woman of broad education, quick intelligence, and wide sympathy, and it
is a splendid tribute to her life and work in Pittsburgh
that the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, assembled
in executive session, named her, because of her many
and varied services to the most important institutions of
the city, "Mother Pitt." She has also been called "The
Symbol of Pittsburgh."
Mrs. Rauh was chairman several years ago of the
State Mental Hygiene Congress which met in Pittsburgh; has been chairman of the Endowment Fund of
the State Federation of Pennsylvania Women, and at
various times a member of the Health and HygieneDr. McCahill was born in Pittsburgh, June 25, 1888.
Attending first the Holy Cross Parochial School, this
being the parish of which his father is still a member,
he thereafter was graduated from Central High School,
in 1907. He then became a student at the University of
Pittsburgh, from which he was graduated in 1911, with
the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Dr. McCahill has
practiced in Pittsburgh since that date with the exception of about three years, during which time he was
engaged in the public health service in New Mexico.
During the World War Dr. McCahill volunteered for
service, and was commissioned first lieutenant, Sept. 4,
1918. He was sent first to General Hospital, No. 14, at
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., then to General Hospital, No. 10,
at Bunker Hill, Boston, Mass. He was discharged on
Dec. 7, 1918.
Dr. McCahill is a member of the American Medical
Association, and of the Pennsylvania State and Allegheny County Medical societies. Politically he thinks
and acts independently. He is a member of the Knights
of Columbus, and of St. Stephen's Roman Catholic
Church. He achieved his present position largely
through his own efforts, having partly financed his education by work at such employment as he could secure
out of school hours.
On May 23, 1918, Dr. McCahill married Elizabeth
Crozier. Their first child died in infancy; the second,
Margaret, was born April 19, 1921.
ANDREW M. TURNER-Back of the building
trades, and active in the wholesale lumber market of
many states, is Andrew M. Turner, sales manager of
the Allegheny Lumber Company, with offices in the Ferguson building, in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. Turner is a son of William Turner, born March
15, 1839, died Aug. 20, 1901. He was one of the first
merchants on Federal street, in Pittsburgh, and at one
time owned a notion store, on what is now the site of
the Boggs  Buhl Department Store, one of the leading
stores of the city. Then, the adjoining structure was the
town hall of old Allegheny City, where is now an attractive park. William Turner married Elizabeth Jane
Scott, born Dec. 27, 1839, and is still (1921) living.
Andrew M. Turner was born in old Allegheny City
(now Pittsburgh's North Side), Jan. 5, 1864, and
attended the old Third Ward public school, later taking
a course at Lessing Institute, a business college of that
day. He then went to work, when but little more than
fifteen years of age. His first employment was as
bookkeeper for the Cleveland Lumber Company, at their
Pittsburgh office. From that time (1879) until the present Mr. Turner has been constantly active in the lumber
business in some form or another. In 1910 the present
concern, the Allegheny Lumber Company, was organized, and Mr. Turner is general sales manager, and
also a director of the company. He acts in the capacity
of field man as well, making many trips buying lumber.
The concern sells, at wholesale only, in every State from
Massachusetts to Indiana, inclusive, excepting a few
southern states. They handle white and yellow pine and
hard woods.
Mr. Turner is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber
of Commerce, the Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, and the Architects' Club. He is a member of
Franklin Lodge, No. 221, Free and Accepted Masons, of
which he is past master; of Duquesne Chapter, Royal
Arch Masons; of Mount Moriah Council, Royal and
Select Masters; of Pittsburgh Commandery, No. I,
Knights Templar; and of Pennsylvania Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, holding the thirty-second
degree in this order. He is also a member of Syria
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine; and a member of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association. Politically, he endorses the Republican party,
and he is a member of St. James' Episcopal Church.
On April 15, 1896, Mr. Turner married Sue Carrie
Hillegass, daughter of Charles K. and Amanda (Sproat)
Hillegass, of Reading, Pa., and they have two children
living: Charles Hillegass, and Anna Bell. One child,
Elizabeth Sproat, is deceased. Mrs. Turner is an especially active member of the Red Cross, and the Women's
Auxiliary of St. James' Episcopal Church. The family
residence is at No. 68I5 Thomas boulevard, East End.
HENRY JOHN BIER-One of the leading men of
the progressive new borough of Overbrook, Pa., is Henry
J. Bier, active since boyhood in industrial circles in
Allegheny county, and now justice of the peace of Overbrook borough.
Mr. Bier is a son of Charles Bier, who was born in
Germany in 1846, and came to the United States in his
young manhood, locating in Fairhaven, that part of
Baldwin township now known as Overbrook borough.
While still in his native land, he served in a cavalry
regiment in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. After
coming to this country, he was engaged as a practical
coal miner, and followed this line of activity until his
death, which occurred in 1918, when he was seventy-two
years of age. He married Elizabeth Gerstner, who was
born in Germany, in 1855, and died, at the age of fiftyfive years, in 1910, at her home in Allegheny county.
Henry John Bier, son of Charles and Elizabeth
(Gerstner) Bier, was born in Fairhaven, now Overbrook borough, Pa., May 30, 1890, and acquired a practical, although very limited education. He attended
first a small public school, of four small rooms, in his
native town until about ten years of age, then attended
the St. Wendelin Parochial School, in that part of
Baldwin township which is now Carrick, Pa., for about
two years. Then, at the early age of twelve years, he
entered the coal mines as his brother's assistant, using
the old style coal-cutting machine, as well as the pick,
and working with his brother until the age of fifteen
years. He then took charge of his own machine and,
with another brother, became the most expert machine
miner of his day and district. This is attested to by the
fact that at eighteen years of age he issued a challenge
offering $500 to any miner in the district winning in a
competitive match of skill and strength. This challenge
was never taken up. This fact is the more remarkable
because at the age of sixteen years he met with a
very serious accident in the mine, when he was caught
between a car and the wall of the mine. As a result of
this accident he suffered a compound fracture of one
leg. several contusions on the head, lacerations all overthe body, one wrist broken in four places, a dislocated
elbow and the same arm broken at the shoulder. These
inj uries confined Mr. Bier to his bed and house for
thirty-three weeks, and his recovery was a marvel. He
continued in mine work until his duties as justice of the
peace (to which office he was elected in 1919), demanded
his attention, and he has since filled this office with the
dignity and good judgment of the progressive and broadminded citizen of to-day.
In welfare work among the men of the mines, Mr.
Bier has always been deeply interested. He served as
president of the local Coal Miners' Union, at Oak Station, Baldwin township, and was elected as their delegate to the National convention of the union at Indianapolis, Ind., in 1912, and he served as treasurer of the
Fairhaven Beneficial Society for a period of three years.
He has always supported the Republican party, but his
present office is the first which he has ever accepted.
During a visit, he was elected to membership in the
Loyal Order of Moose, in a Massillon (Ohio) Lodge,
and retained his membership for a period of ten years,
thereafter withdrawing on account of distance.
On Sept. 9, 1913, Mr. Bier married, at Wellsburg, W.
Va., Irene Allen, who was born in Virginia, in 1893, and
educated in the West Liberty school, of Pittsburgh. Mrs.
Bier is a daughter of William and Desdemona (Blaydes)
Allen. Mr. Allen was born in Virginia about 1853, on
a farm, and coming North as a young man, was employed
by Booth  Flinn, builders of county roads, until he
engaged in the general cement contracting business for
himself in Fairhaven, following that line of activity
until his death. Mr. and Mrs. Bier have two sons:
Henry, born June 2, 1914; and Allen, born Sept. 27,
1915. Mrs. Bier and the children attend the Methodist
Episcopal church of Overbrook borough.
HENRY DENNIS SCULLY'S entire active life was
spent in connection with important financial affairs, first
in banking and later in insurance fields. A successful
man of affairs, he appeared but little in public notice, yet
his associates knew him as a man of uprightness and
ability, who gave ready service to all good causes, and
who attained a high standard of citizenship.
Henry Dennis Scully, son of Cornelius Decatur and
Mathilda (Duff) Scully, was born in Chartiers, Pa.,
Nov. 9, 1852. He attended the public schools, including
the old Wind Gap School, and in those institutions prepared for the studies which he later took up in the
Western University of Pennsylvania. His course in this
university was not completed, for he left to receive instruction in bookkeeping at Duff's Business College. His
first employment was in Nathaniel Holmes' private bank,
where he was a bookkeeper, and upon the organization
of the First National Bank he became associated therewith in the capacity of clerk. He was promoted to the
position of teller, and after a period of service in this post
resigned to enter the insurance field. This was his line
of work at the time of his death. His office was in the
Citizen's Bank building, and in the insurance world of
Pittsburgh he was held in respectful esteem. Mr. Scully
represented leading companies, and built up in the course
of his activities a following for which he wrote production in large amounts. He held the thirty-second
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degree in the Masonic order, and was a member of St.
Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church.
Mr. Scully married Mary Monro, daughter of George
N. Monro (q. v.). They were the parents of two children: Helen, who married Dudley Onderdonk; and
Grace.
Henry Dennis Scully died in Pittsburgh, Sept. 10, 1919.
He is remembered in the circles he so lately left for
qualities of straightforward manhood, an honorable
business man and a loyal friend.
GEORGE N. MONRO-Originally intending to
enter the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal church,
George N. Monro, after taking deacon's orders, made his
final choice for the legal profession, and in that calling
spent his long and active life. At the time of his death
in 1917 he was the oldest member of the Allegheny
county bar. His professional career covered more than
half a century, and among his legal colleagues he was
held in admiration for profuse talents and profundity of
learning, and in heartfelt veneration for a loftiness of
spirit that left its impress upon his time.
George N. Monro was born in Buckinghamshire, England, Nov. I8, 1833. At the age of eighteen years he
was graduated from St. David's College, Carnathen,
South Wales, and three years later, in August, 1854, he
came to the United States. Not long afterward he entered the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant
Episcopal church, of New York, and was graduated in
1858, being awarded the Greek prize. He was ordained
as deacon, and served in the Louisiana diocese until I86o.
After his resignation from the diaconate, Mr. Monro
located in Pittsburgh, Pa., and after a period spent in
teaching school was admitted to the Allegheny county
bar. Early success and popularity attended his legal
work, and his first following developed into a large and
notable clientele, whom he represented in some of the
most important litigation of the time. George N. Monro
represented a type of lawyer from whom have come the
best traditions of the profession, men whose skill and
knowledge have compelled justice, and whose strength
has been in their championship of the right, whether its
side be strong or weak. He was intimately acquainted
with all that makes for culture and true education, for
beauty and refinement of spirit, and bench and bar alike
deferred to his scholarly attainments. Mr. Monro was
prominent in Masonic circles, was a member of St.
Peter's Episcopal Church, and active in the Church
Club.
George N. Monro married and among his children
was Mary, who married Henry Dennis Scully (q. v.).
At the age of eighty-four years, dean of his profession
in Allegheny county, George N. Monro died Nov. 21,
1917. He had brought rich talents to a profession whose
best rewards are held for those so endowed, and in a
long term of professional service his position became
that of a lawyer of outstanding reputation, of brilliant
powers, and of distinguished record.
ISAAC LOEB OHLMAN, M. D.-Among the skillful and esteemed physicians of Pittsburgh is Isaac Loeb
Ohlman, son of Melius and Sophia (Weissenburg) Ohlman, the latter born in 1838, in Germany, died Nov. 19,1919. The father, Melius Ohlman, born in Stuttgart,
Germany, 1834, died 1918, was a merchant of Meadville,
Pa., and for fifty years active in that city's civic affairs.
Born in Conneautville, Pa., March 19, 1874, Dr. Isaac
Loeb Ohiman attended the public schools of Meadville,
and graduated from Meadville High School, and from
Allegheny College, B. A., class of I895. After completing his college course, he entered the University of
Pennsylvania, Medical School, graduating with the degree
M. D., class of 1900. He served the following year as
interne in the West Penn Hospital. For nine years he
engaged in general practice, giving special attention to
certain lines, in which he was deeply interested, until, in
1910, he gave up his general practice and devoted his
time exclusively to special work in urology and proctology.
During the World War he was commissioned captain,
Medical Corps, United States Army, doing base hospital
work at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, from Aug.
1918 to May, 1919; and was transferred to Fort Sam
Houston, San Antonio, Texas, serving from May, 1919,
to August, 1919, as chief of the urological service.
He is a member of the Pennsylvania State Medical
Society; of the American Medical Association; of the
American Urological Society; and of the Allegheny
County Medical Society, which he has served as secretary and as editor of its weekly bulletin, and is a frequent contributor to the various medical journals. He
is a member of the staff of Montefiore Hospital. In
addition to his exacting professional duties, Dr. Ohlman
finds time for fraternal and club affiliations. He is a
Free and Accepted Mason; a member of the Phi Gamma
Delta fraternity; and a member of the Concordia Club,
of Pittsburgh.
NATHAN HENRY-To bear a man's part in troublous times is the highest achievement of man. Western
Pennsylvania has seen many troublous times, and there
have always been men to bear a noble part. In riot and
flood Nathan Henry stood by his post in the performance
of duty, and by his staunch heroism and courageous persistence many lives were saved. It is the delight of the
historian to perpetuate the memory of such a man and
his deeds.
Nathan Henry was born in Westmoreland county, Pa.,
in the year 1845. He received his education in the public
schools in the country districts. His father, David
Henry, was a farmer. When the boy became of an age to
enter the world of industry, he chose the occupation
which has probably been the object, at one time or another, of every boy's ambition, that of locomotive engineer. He went to Pittsburgh, and made his start with
the Pennsylvania railroad, whose employ he never left.
He worked up through the different departments until he
was familiar with every phase of railroading from the
point of view of the yards and round house. Then he
reached the height of his ambition, becoming an engineer. He soon established himself in the confidence of
the management as worthy of the greatest responsibility.
He was given the Limited, running from Pittsburgh to
Altoona, and ran this train for many years. The confidence placed in him was more than justified when the
riots in Pittsburgh, in 1877, put every man on his mettle.
He brought the governor and his staff to Pittsburgh on
his engine, and also brought through the militia. His
fearlessness was an inspiration to all who went with him
through that trying time. Again, during the Johnstown
Flood, he dared everything in the attempt to save lives;
and largely due to his judgment and experience, and his
coolness in the midst of danger, his train was the only
one which remained upon the track. Thus he saved
many lives which would otherwise have been hopelessly
lost. Mr. Henry retired from railroading in 1915.
Mr. Henry had other important interests, largely in
Pittsburgh. He owned a considerable amount of residence property, building the houses, and, as far as his time
would permit, giving his personal attention to the development of the plans and the laying out of the grounds.
In this way he built his residence on Stanton avenue.
Mr. Henry was a devout Christian, and an active worker
in the East Liberty Presbyterian Church, being the
leader of a large Bible class, where his exposition of the
Scripture was masterly. He always carried his religion
into his business affairs and all outside interests, conscientiously and fearlessly championing the right. He
never failed in his duty as a citizen, and was always affiliated with the Republican party. In these many interests he was most highly respected by all who knew
him, and his death, May 15, 1919, was a shock to all. He
is sadly missed by a wide circle of friends, but all who
knew the man and his upright, useful life, feel that the
world is better for his having lived in it.
Mr. Henry married, in Pittsburgh, Alice McCoy, of
this city, who was born in Cambria county, Pa. Her
father was William S. McCoy, for many years an engineer on the Pennsylvania railroad; and her mother was
Mary V. (Fox) McCoy, a daughter of Major Fox, of
Somerset county, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Henry's only child,
Carrie M., is now Mrs. W. H. Normicutt, of Pittsburgh.
EDWARD GARRICK O'BRYAN-Prominent in
real estate circles in Pittsburgh, Mr. O'Bryan, in connection with his own business, has been identified with
the interests of the city in this field. Mr. O'Bryan was
born in Radnor, Delaware county, Pa., a son of John
Duross and Sarah A. O'Bryan, his father having been
an attorney.
Mr. O'Bryan received his early education at Shadyside
Academy, Pittsburgh, then prepared for his career at
Duquesne University. He became associated with the
Real Estate Trust Company, of Pittsburgh, in 1900, then
in 1907 entered the real estate business for himself, and
has since handled extensive interests. In 1912 and until
1915 he was connected with the city administration in
charge of the buying, selling and appraising of real estate. Mr. O'Bryan is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and
with his family, also, is a member of the Roman Catholic
church.
On March 5, I9o1, at Crafton, Pa., Mr. O'Bryan married Agnes Walsh, daughter of Moses P. and Mary
(Carron) Walsh, and they have seven children: Mary
Beatrice, born Oct. 20, 1902; Henrietta, born June 6,
1904; Rosemary, born Oct. 26, 1905; Edward Garrick,
Jr., born March 5, 1909; M. Janet, born March 8, 1911;
Louis V., born Nov. 17, 1912, and John Duross, born
Oct. 14, 1919.JOHN KEBLE BARBER-Throughout his career
identified with large concerns, John K. Barber, of Pittsburgh, is now operating in coal, with the success of the
experienced executive. He was born Jan. 21, 1879, a
son of Rev. Hubert H. and Edith J. Barber, of Canada,
his father being a clergyman of the Episcopal church.
Acquiring his early education in the grammar and high
schools of West Superior, Wis., Mr. Barber finished his
studies at Trinity Hall, Washington, Pa. At the age of
eighteen years he became connected with the Shenango
Valley Steel Company, of Newcastle, Pa., remaining
with them until I9oo, when he came to Pittsburgh to
accept a position with the Equitable Trust Company, of
this city. In 19o6 he became associated with F. N.
Armour, in the coke business, then two years later organized the Barber-Whitley Coal  Coke Company. Resigning from this concern in 1912, he took charge, as
manager of the Pittsburgh office, of the offices of Frank
Williams  Company, a Buffalo, N. Y., concern, remaining with them for about two years, after which he
became manager of the coal department of G. P. Bassett
 Company, of Pittsburgh. With the latter concern he
remained until Jan. I, 1919, at which time he became
associated with R. C. Masten, in the organization of the
Producers' Fuel Company, holding the office of president. In connection with this interest he is also vicepresident of the Producers Coal Corporation. Mr. Barber is a member of the Oakmont Country Club, of the
Union Club, the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and
of the Bankers' Club, of New York City.
In 1911 Mr. Barber married Edith Arnsdel, of Pittsburgh, and they have two children: John K., Jr., and
Helen.
REV. EDMUND VASVARY-In January, 1914,
just before his country became ablaze with war, Rev.
Edmund Vasvary came to the United States, as a missionary to work among his Hungarian brethren. It was
not until 1919 that he came permanently to Western
Pennsylvania, and not until July, 1921, that he became
pastor of the First Hungarian Reformed church of
Pittsburgh, a church of which his father-in-law, Rev.
Alexander Kalassay, had been pastor for eighteen years,
and who is largely responsible for the excellent spiritual
and material conditions of that church whose edifice is
one of the finest of its kind in the United States. Rev.
Edmund Vasvary is a son of Gustav Vasvary, born in
Hungary in 1858, there spent his adult life as a lawyer's
clerk and died in 1893. He married Ethel Varady, born
in Hungary in 1865, now (1921) residing in Szeged, Hungary, with her daughter Margaret. Two of the sons
of Gustav Vasvary came to the United States; Edmund
of further mention, and Frank Wiblitzhouser Vasvary,
the latter a soldier of the United States Regular army
since his eighteenth year. For three years he was stationed in Philippine Islands, and during the war with
Germany, 1917-18, he was on recruiting duty all over
the United States. He is now a member of the Marine
Band, and stationed at Washington, D. C.
Edmund Vasvary was born in Hungary at Szeged,
Oct. I8, I888. He passed through the grade and high
schools of Szeged, then pursued theological study at the
Protestant University of Debreczen, the largest Protestant community in Hungary. He continued at the university four years until graduation in 1911, after which
he spent two and one half years in pastoral work in
Hungary. In January, 1914, he came to the United
States as a missionary to the Hungarian people here,
being sent out by the Reformed Church of Hungary for
that special work. He came immediately to Pittsburgh,
where so many of his race had settled, and here he labored for eighteen months going thence to Buffalo, N. Y.,
where he was pastor of the Hungarian Reformed church
for three years. In January, 1919, he came to the church
at Springdale, Pa., remaining two and one-half years,
then accepting a call to the pastorate of the First Hungarian church of Pittsburgh, assuming that pastorate in
July, 1921.
Rev. Edmund Vasvary married in Pittsburgh, in May,
1916, Elizabeth Kalassay, a graduate of Fifth Avenue
High school, Pittsburgh, daughter of Rev. Alexander and
Elizabeth (Abahazy) Kalassay. Rev. Alexander Kalassay
was born in Hungary, on July 10, 1868, became a minister of the Gospel, and in 1895, was sent out by the Reformed Church of Hungary as a missionary. He was
first at Mt. Carmel, Pa., going thence to Bridgeport,
Conn., and in 1903, came to Pittsburgh, where for
eighteen years ending July, 1921, he was pastor of the
First Hungarian Reformed Church, doing wonderful
work in building up a strong and prosperous congregation. In July, 1921, he was succeeded by his son-in-law,
Rev. Edmund Vasvary. Rev. Alexander Kalassay is now
superintendent of the Orphans Home established at
Ligonier, Pa., by the Hungarian Reformed Federation.
His wife, Elizabeth (Abahazy) Kalassay, born in Hungary, March 4, I877, has accompanied him on all his
changes, and is now with him at the Home, a true helpmeet.
Rev,. and Mrs. Vasvary are the parents of two children: Elizabeth Ethel, born in Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 27,
1917; Edmund Calvin, born in Springdale, Pa., Aug. 20,
1919.
WILLIAM J. O'NEIL--Filling a useful position in
life, and doing his share to help along those in need,
William J. O'Neil, of Pittsburgh, is a man with a lifestory of unusual interest. Mr. O'Neil was born in Ireland, Feb. 7, 1865, a son of William and Mary (McIntire) O'Neil. His father was a man of great industry,
a carpenter and a stone mason, and late in life took up
farming. Neither of his parents ever came to this
country.
The extent of Mr. O'Neil's education was his childhood
schooling in Ireland, and the night school studies which
he persisted in covering after his arrival in this country.
He worked in various industries in the old country for
several years, came to America when he was twenty-one
years of age, and located at once in Pittsburgh, Pa. His
first employment was in the locomotive works at $1.30
per day. Out of this meagre wage the young man contrived to save up $40 in a short time. With this amount
for a nucleus, he assumed the burden of debt and purchased the necessary equipment to make a modest start
in the transfer business. This was in 1900, and Mr.
O'Neil put so much of industry and ambition, to say
nothing of genuine business ability into the business, thatCommittee and the Program Committee of this organization. Her practical work along this line embraces
the founding of the first penny lunches and the free
dental clinics in Pittsburgh. Among the reforms she
has championed as a member of different committees of
the Civic Club are those for the Associated Charities,
the Legal Aid Society, public comfort stations, antinoise crusade, school nurses, medical inspection in
the public schools, open air schools, vacant lot gardens,
and immigration and Americanization work.
Mrs. Rauh is an ardent Jewess, and for a long period
since Dr. Mayer's regime has been a tireless worker
in Rodeph Sahlom Temple. Her unusual musical
ability was a source of benefit to the congregation
since, for sixteen years, she sang in the choir of this
temple to save the expense of a salaried mezzo-soprano.
She has held many offices in the National Council of
Jewish Women, serving as president for five months and
retiring because of ill health; for six years a director,
for six years chairman of the Philanthropic Department; and for seventeen consecutive years president of
the Pittsburgh section of the council. She is recognized
by the non-Jewish world locally and nationally as a
leader of indefatigable energy, and has been a potent
force in the translation of Jewish ideas and ideals to
the non-Jewish community. Mrs. Rauh has contributed
a number of articles to the daily press and periodicals,
including the Jewish journals, the "Teachers' Association Magazine," and the "Dental Journal." Among the
topics which her articles have treated are: "The Value
of the Higher Education," "The Jew and Prejudice,"
"The Conservation of Woman's Leisure," "Music and
the Sunday Observance," "Woman's Service," "Free
Dental Clinics in the Public Schools," "Social Hygiene
in the Home," "Teaching Sex Knowledge in the Public
Schools," "A Journey Up the Allegheny Valley," "The
New Year-A Hope," "Christopher Lyman Mageea Tribute," etc.
Mrs. Rauh is a patron of all the arts, and is herself
a musician of great ability. As a young woman she was
piano soloist at Art Society concerts, sang in Carnegie
Music Hall, and in amateur theatricals appeared in the
Concordia Club and the Tuesday Night Club. She was
also upon the program in local theatres when amateur
performances were given for the benefit of widows of
members of the Grand Army of the Republic.
To name the institutions accorded Mrs. Rauh's moral
and financial support would be almost to call the roll
of every organization benefiting any part of Pittsburgh's
population. Her official capacities are as a member of
the Advisory Council of the Urban League of Pittsburgh; director of the Public Charities Association of
Pennsylvania; of the Civic Club of Allegheny county;
of the Irene Kaufmann Settlement; of the Soho Public
Bath and Settlement; of the Associated Charities; of the
Gusky Orphanage, and of the Public Safety Committee
of the National Safety Council. She is a member of the
Advisory Board of the Girls' Patriotic League; director
of the Pennsylvania Board of the National Congress of
Mothers; director of the Board of Pennsylvania Prison
Reform Association; honorary member of the Board
of the Women's Auxiliary of the Hebrew Institute;
a member of the Executive Board of the Children's
Service Bureau, and the Natural Education Association; and a member of the Board of the State Juvenile
Court Association and the Housing Conference of
Pittsburgh. Mrs. Rauh is also honorary vice-president
of the Consumers' League; honorary member of the
Homewood Woman's Club; member of the Anti-Noise
Committee, of the National American Civic Association; vice-president of the board of the Congress of
Women's Clubs, and one of the committee of five to
draft plans for a one hundred and fifty thousand dollar
club house.
On June 13, 1920, there was dedicated at the Gusky
Orphanage the Enoch Rauh Dental Clinic, given by
Mrs. Rauh in memory of her husband, on which occasion former associates of Enoch Rauh spoke with
direct and eloquent sincerity on the life and character
of the man. The gift is typical of the practical philanthropy practiced throughout many years by both Mr.
and Mrs. Rauh.
While Pittsburgh has been the scene of much of Mrs.
Rauh's earnest labor, and the beneficiary of her productive efforts, her reputation has extended far beyond its
confines, and she has been spoken of as one of America's
foremost women. Her energy and initiative are without
measure, and are inspired by an all-embracing love for
anyone in need. Judge Henry S. Wasson has called
her "Pittsburgh's first citizen," but could she choose
her own title and deserve that name to the full, her
choice would simply be that of "servant," good and
faithful.
JOHN BARCLAY FINLEY-A man of conspicuous talents as a financier and organizer of large industrial and business interests, John Barclay Finley, in the
midst of operations of magnitude and importance, made
place for disinterested and capable public service, and
found time for the cultivation and enjoyment of the best
in art and literature. The source of his effectiveness
in whatever relation to his fellows he found himself
was in the admirable balance he maintained in his interests, allowing no one influence to so dominate his
thought and habit that it impaired his breadth of viewpoint or placed a bias upon his judgment. The story
of his life is a record of real accomplishment that
brought benefit to many, as well as material fortune
to himself.
John Barclay Finley was a descendant of Robert
Finley, of Cecil county, Md., whose son, John Finley,
born June 2, 1759, was a volunteer in the service of the
American cause with the Maryland troops. Soon after
the Revolutionary War, John Finley moved from Cecil
county, Md., to Western Pennsylvania, settling first in
Allegheny City, and soon afterward making his home
about eight miles west of Pittsburgh, near White Hall
and Sargent's Hall, and six miles east of Finleyville,
or, as it was then called, "Rowgalley." John Finley was
a farmer in calling, and in 1788 purchased of James
Barclay, a brother-in-law, the greater portion of a
tract of land called "Mount Pleasant," the warrant for
which was taken out Dec. 3, 1787, by John Wall, who
sold the property to James Barclay. The town of Finleyville, which afterward rose on this site, was named
in honor of John Finley, who is described as a "manit grew and developed until he was obliged to form a
partnership with other men of executive ability to handle
the volume of business which came to hand. On Jan.
I, 1920, Mr. O'Neil, with Messrs. Ferdigan and Elford,
organized the William J. O'Neil Transfer Company.
The business is located at No. 1235 Liverpool street,
North Side. The company is doing business on a large
scale, employing twenty-two hands. They have fourteen
high power trucks, two two-ton and twelve five-ton
capacity, and they also have fourteen head of horses.
They have all the usual equipment, and fine large warehouses, everything strictly up-to-date. Mr. O'Neil's time
is almost completely absorbed by his business, but he
keeps abreast of public progress, and in political matters
throws his influence on the side of the Republican party.
Mr. O'Neil married Annie O'Brien, of Allegheny, Pa.,
Jan. 15, 1894. They have no children of their own, but
are bringing up, at their own expense, two orphans.
Mrs. O'Neil is a member of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic
Church.
JOHN A. FAIRMAN, who was for many years recorder of deeds for Allegheny county, Pa., and who has
been prominently and favorably identified with the business interests of Pittsburgh for almost half a century,
traces his descent to both Scotch and Irish ancestry, the
best traits of both nations being exemplified in his
person.
Robert Fairman, father of John A. Fairman, of Irish
descent, was born in Cumberland valley, Pa., in I8o6.
While still a young man he removed to Allegheny, where
he learned the trade of cabinet making and became associated in business with Samuel Farley at the corner of
Stockton avenue and Federal street. They were successfully engaged in making furniture and sending it
down the river by boat, where they disposed of it in the
lower river ports. They were thus engaged until 1858.
At that time all coffins and caskets were constructed by
the cabinet maker, and this branch of the business took
on such dimensions that they determined to confine their
efforts in this direction, and devoted their entire time and
attention to the undertaking and livery business. After
some years, Mr. Farley retired from the business, and
Mr. Fairman took as his associate H. Sampson, and
finally severed his connection with the business interests
in 1876, retiring on account of ill health. He had been
very successful throughout his business life, and amassed
a considerable fortune. He took an active and intelligent interest in the public affairs of the community, and
served six years as a member of the School Board in
Allegheny. He was a member and one of the founders
of the United Presbyterian church in Allegheny, and one
of the most consistent workers for that institution. He
was connected with the following organizations: St.
John's Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Zerubbabel
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Pittsburgh Commandery, No. I, Knights Templar. In politics he was
at first a Whig and later a Republican. His death occurred Oct. 5, 1878.
Robert Fairman married Agnes Jack, who was o
Scotch ancestry. She was born at Squaw's Run, near
Bakerstown, Allegheny county, Pa., in 18o5, and died
June 20, 1895, daughter of James Jack, who attained the
rank of lieutenant during the War of the Revolution.
The children of Robert and Agnes (Jack) Fairman
were: John A., see forward; Robert J., who died in
Beaver county, Pa., Feb. 7, 1907; William T. P.; Thomas
H.; Margaret. There were others who died in youth.
John A. Fairman, only surviving child of Robert and
Agnes (Jack) Fairman, was born in the fourth ward of
Allegheny, Pa., Dec. 24, 1845. He attended the public
schools, where he proved himself an apt scholar, and
also Duff's Commercial College, Pittsburgh, Pa. His
first step in business life was as assistant in the first
photograph gallery west of the mountains. While thus
engaged the Civil War broke out, and young Fairman
enlisted as a private in the First Battalion of Pennsylvania Cavalry, and subsequently became a member of
Knapp's Pennsylvania Battery. He was in active service until June 14, I865, and had a well deserved reputation for gallantry in action. He was captured by the
Confederates at Averasboro, N. C., and was for some
time an inmate of Libby prison. At the close of the war
he returned to Allegheny to reengage in peaceful business pursuits. He became associated with his father in
the undertaking and livery business, leaving this in 1869
to engage in the manufacture of gas and steam pipes in
Cleveland, Ohio, and was thus occupied until 1873. He
then returned to Allegheny and again took up the undertaking and livery business, and later became connected
with the Pittsburgh Oil Company. He conducted the details of his office as recorder of deeds with efficiency
and satisfaction. He was also for a time a member of
the Common Council of Allegheny. He was appointed
a member of the board of managers of Western Penitentiary and chairman of that board. He is one of the
commissioners of the Soldiers' Orphans School of Scottland, Pa., one of the commissioners in charge of the
Soldiers' Memorial Hall, Pittsburgh, Pa.; trustee of
Uniondale Cemetery, Pittsburgh; director of Dollar
Savings and Trust Company, of Pittsburgh; director of
Second National Bank, North Side, Pittsburgh; member of Press Club, of Pittsburgh; past department commander of the Pennsylvania department of the Grand
Army of the Republic; vice-president of the North Side
Real Estate Company.
Mr. Fairman spares neither time nor effort when it is
in his power to advance the interests of the town in
which he resides, and has gained a justly earned popularity. He was always prominently identified with the
lodge and club life of the city of Allegheny,, now the
North Side of Pittsburgh. He is a member of Allegheny
Lodge, No. 223, Free and Accepted Masons. Is a thirtysecond degree Mason, member of Gourgas Lodge of
Perfection, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, of Pittsburgh, also a member of Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic
Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Pittsburgh; of
Allegheny Lodge, No. 339, Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, of which he is a past exalted ruler;
member of Post No. 88, Grand Army of the Republic.
ARTHUR FINDLEY PATTERSON HUSTON,
M. D.-In the brilliant group of professional men who
hold the city of Pittsburgh in the front rank of science,
Dr. Arthur Findley Patterson Huston is a representative
figure. Pennsylvania born and bred, and active in theinnumerable interests of this great city, Dr. Huston's
life story is interwoven with the recent phenomenal development of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Huston is a son of William R. Huston, who was
a son of John Patterson Huston, a native of County
Antrim, Ireland. He was at one time a resident of
Pittsburgh; then later lived in Homestead, Pa., where
he was a contractor. He is now deceased. He married
Sarah J. Wolfe, daughter of Noah C. and Mary (Patterson) Wolfe, the former a native of Armstrong county,
a son of Mathias Goddard and Sarah (Wagle) Wolfe,
also Armstrong county people, and the latter a daughter of
William and Jane (Henry) Patterson, born in Wilmington, Del., her parents both born in County Antrim, Ireland.
Arthur Findley Patterson Huston was born in Pittsburgh, July 9, 1875. He received his early education in
the public schools of Homestead, being graduated from
the high school in that city, in 1892. He desired to enter
the profession of medicine, but found it necessary to depend largely upon himself to finance his higher education. By 19oo he had saved sufficient to warrant a start;
and entered the University of Pittsburgh, in the medical
department, spending one year at that institution. He
then went to the Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, and completed his course, replenishing his slender
funds from time to time by such work as came to hand.
He was graduated in 1904 with the degree of Doctor of
Medicine. He opened an office in that same year In
Pittsburgh. Dr. Huston has won his way to substantial
success, and commands the sincere respect of his contemporaries in the profession. He specializes in obstetrics.
Dr. Huston is a member of the Pennsylvania State
Homceopathic Society, and of the National Hahnemannian Association. He is a member of the Hahnemann
College Alumni, and of the Ustion Fraternity. His social
and fraternal interests are broad. He is a member of the
Knights of Pythias, of which order his is medical examiner; and is a member and also medical examiner of the
Royal Arcanum, the Patriotic Sons of America, and the
National Union. He is also a member of the Free and
Accepted Masons, and the Highland Country Club. He
is a member of the Church of the New Jerusalem, of the
Young Men's Club connected with that church and of the
Pittsburgh Aquarium Society.
Dr. Huston married, April 14, 1906, Mary C. Benson,
of Philadelphia, daughter of Joseph Benson, and they
have three children: Arthur F. P., Jr., Etta May, and
William B. Besides his handsome town residence in
Pittsburgh, Dr. Huston has a country home out Sewickley way. Golf and tennis are his favorite recreations.
STEPHEN CABALIK-In that part of Central
Europe, formerly Austria, but now the independent country, Czecho-Slovakia, lived Stephen and Kate Cabalik,
who were the parents of three sons: John, who died in
Pittsburgh, Pa., in January, 1912; Andrew, who died in
infancy; Stephen, the principal character of this review.
Stephen Cabalik died in his native land in I88I, his widow
surviving him until 1906, dying in the land of her birth.
Stephen Cabalik, youngest son of Stephen and Kate
Cabalik, was born in Czecho-Slovakia, Europe, April 24,
1869. His schools years ended with the death of his
father in 1887, for boy as he was, he must work to
supply that father's place. He remained at home until
I886, then, at the age of seventeen, came to the United
States, arriving in New York City, but going at once
to Wilkes-Barre, Pa., where he spent two years as an
anthracite coal miner. In I888 he came to Pittsburgh,
securing employment in the Lucy blast furnace of the
Carnegie Steel Company, remaining in the Lawrenceville district so employed for ten years. During that
period he attended night schools and greatly improved his
mental equipment. He also kept a close watch over his
expenditures, and in I896, when an opportunity offered to
engage in business, he had sufficient capital to become a
partner in the firm of Maxa  Pucher, whose place of
business was on Water street, Pittsburgh, opposite the
Baltimore  Ohio depot. Later the firm became Pucher,
Rovnianek  Company, and removed to more commodious quarters at No. 318 Third avenue. Stephen Cabalik
was made general manager of the new firm, a position
he held until 1915, when he resigned to engage in mercantile business under his own name, his present location, No. 968 Liberty avenue. He aided in organizing
the American State Bank of Pittsburgh, acting as treasurer of the temporary organization, and is now a member
of the board of directors. He is a successful business
man and one of the prominent men of his city.
Mr. Cabalik for many years has taken an active part
in the activities of his former countrymen. He was one
of the organizers of The National Slovak Union, one
of the best and strongest organizations of its kind in the
State. He was also an organizer of the Slovak Catholic
Union, whose headquarters are now in Middletown, Pa.
During the war period he was very active in the Liberty Bond, Young Men's Christian Association, Red
Cross and other "drives," and rendered the Secret Service
of the government efficient aid. In politics he is a Republican, and is a member of St. Elizabeth's Roman
Catholic Church, Sixteenth street and Penn avenue,
Pittsburgh, a church which he helped to organize and
build. He is a member of Pittsburgh Lodge, No. II,
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Pittsburgh
Chamber of Commerce; Pittsburgh Athletic Club; National Slovak Society, in which he has held several
offices; Slovak Catholic Union; and Slovak League of
America.
Mr. Cabalik married, in Pittsburgh, July I5, 1895,
Mary Salamon, born in Czecho-Slovakia, Europe, April
15, 1876, daughter of Andrew and Johanna (Blasko)
Salamon, her parents dying in their native land. Mr.
and Mrs. Cabalik are the parents of two children: Mary,
born July 2, 1897, married Stanislaus M. Bielek; Anna,
born July 2, 1900, married Anthony Bielek, the sisters
marrying brothers, and all residing in Glenshaw, Pa.
CARL HENRY EHRLINGER-In the construction world of Pittsburgh and vicinity the name of Ehrlinger stands among the leaders, and since the death of
John Ehrlinger, the business which he founded has gone
forward under the capable managership of his sons, Carl
Henry and Walter J. Ehrlinger.
John Ehrlinger was born in Bavaria, Germany, May
25, 1862, was educated there, and learned the carpenter'strade in his native country. Emigrating to America at
the age of twenty-three years, he located in Pittsburgh,
and was the only member of his family to come to this
country. Endowed with large ambition and the ability
for ceaseless, persevering effort, he soon laid a foundation of success, and in 1891 entered the contracting and
building business under his own name. Thus began the
history of a business which has figured prominently in
the rapid growth and development which has been the
leading characteristic of Pittsburgh as a city in the past
thirty years. In achieving his own success Mr. Ehrlinger
contributed broadly to the general advance. Always a
man of the strictest integrity, he became widely known
for his fair dealings, and the firm has long been known
as one of the most thoroughly responsible of any in the
trade. During the greater part of his career Mr. Ehrlinger resided near his place of business, but in 1909 he
built the beautiful new residence in Carrick, where he
established his family within that year, and spent the rest
of his life. Scarcely past the prime of life, John Ehrlinger died, Aug. 29, 1919, and in his passing many circles
in which he was known and highly esteemed sustained a
great loss.
John Ehrlinger married Christina Leucht, who was
born in Pittsburgh, July 6, 1858, and died in Carrick,
June 6, 1918. They were the parents of three children:
I. Carl Henry, whose name heads this review. 2. Walter John, who married Lillian L. Cloud; when the United
States intervened in the World War, 1917-18, he enlisted
in the United States army for service overseas. 3.
Martha Barbara, who resides with her brother, Walter
J., since the death of their father.
Carl Henry Ehrlinger, eldest son of John and Christina (Leucht) Ehrlinger, was born in Pittsburgh, Feb.
I, 1892. Being very delicate as a child, he was not permitted to attend school until the age of eight years, and
he then became a pupil at the Lutheran parochial school
in the old Sixth Ward of Pittsburgh, from there going
to the Forbes school, from which he was graduated in
1909. Thereafter he took up a business course in Duff's
Business College, from which he was graduated in October, 1910, with high honors. With this technical preparation for his career, Mr. Ehrlinger then entered upon the
practical experience which should fit him for partnership
with his father, serving the full four years as a carpenter's apprentice and mastering every detail of the
business. He then took entire charge of the office, and
this department of the business continued in his hands
until his father's death. Since that time he has managed
the outside affairs of the business, his younger brother,
Walter J., succeeding him as officer manager. The young
men are now successfully carrying forward the interests of the business founded by their father thirty years
ago.
In the public life of the community Mr. Ehrlinger is
broadly interested, but while he is a staunch supporter
of the Republican party, his personal responsibilities preclude his taking an active part in public affairs. He resided at home, first in Pittsburgh and later in Carrick,
until his marriage, but has since been a resident of Wilkinsburg, and the family home in Carrick, erected with
such loving thought and care for the mother who finally
was the first to be taken from the family circle, has been
sold since the father, too, was removed by death. Mr.
Ehrlinger and his wife are members of the Second St.
Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pittsburgh.
On July 8, 1920, at the residence of the bride's family,
Mr. Ehrlinger married Marie Dorothy Wessler, who was
born in Pittsburgh, and is a daughter of John Eberhart
Wessler. Mr. Wessler was born in Pittsburgh and began
life at an early age as errand boy in the old German
National Bank of Pittsburgh, and made himself a valued
employee, working up to the position of teller. He remained with this bank as long as it continued an inde
pendent institution, and thereafter became identified with
the Monongahela National Bank of Pittsburgh. He married Mary Julia Niebaum, who was born in Pittsburgh,
and was a daughter of J. R. Niebaum, for many years a
retail grocer in the "Hill" district of Pittsburgh, and
later a resident of Wilkinsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Ehrlinger
have one daughter, Mary Christina, born June 7, 1921.
MARION G. BRYCE, who holds a leading position
in the glass industry, in Pittsburgh, is descended from
one of the pioneer glass manufacturers of the city.
James Bryce, grandfather of Mr. Bryce, came to this
country from Scotland, in 18o6, with his parents. The
family came overland by stage from Philadelphia, and
settled here. James Bryce entered the employ of the
Blakewells, early glass manufacturers of Pittsburgh, and
became thoroughly familiar with the business. In 1849
he established his own glass plant, which within his lifetime became one of the leaders of the city in this line
of manufacture. He lived to the age of eighty years.
Marion G. Bryce was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., March
6, I86I, was educated in the public and high schools of
the city, and while still a young lad became broken- in
health, and for three years was under the care of physicians. Eventually recovering his health, he began work
in his grandfather's factory, receiving in return for his
services three dollars per week. He began at the bottom, and worked up through all the different departments, learning the business, the original firm being
Bryce, Richards  Company. Thereafter the firm became
Bryce, McKee  Company, later Bryce, Walker  Company, and still later Bryce Brothers. Finally the firm of
Bryce Brothers was consolidated with the United States
Glass Company, and this concern is now the largest engaged in the table glassware branch of the glass industry.
As president of the United States Glass Company, Marion
G. Bryce holds a position of broad influence. In all his
progress in the business he has carried out the plans of
his grandfather, whose six sons are long since deceased,
with the exception of the two associated as the Bryce
Brothers Company, of Mount Pleasant, Pa.
In various branches of organized endeavor Mr. Bryce
is constructively interested. He is vice-president of the
American Association of Flint and Lime Glass Manufacturers, an organization of some sixty members. He is
a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, serving on the foreign trade committee of that body, and is
also a member of the Oakland Board of Trade. He is a
director of the Diamond National Bank, and a member
of the United States Chamber of Commerce. He is a
director of the South Side Hospital, of Pittsburgh, and
is a prominent member of the Young Men's ChristianAssociation, of Oakland, and member of the Bellefield
Presbyterian Church. Politically he has always supported the Republican party. Fraternally he holds the
thirty-second degree in the Masonic order, and is also
a member of Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine. His clubs are the Duquesne, the
Union and the Country, and he is a member of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association.
Mr. Bryce married (first) Marian S. Lewis, of Jamestown, N. Y., the three children of this marriage being:
Janet, James and Richard. The elder son is now associated with his father in business. Mr. Bryce married
(second) Julia Stevens Waters, of Cromwell, Conn., and
they were the parents of two sons, Myric and David.
Mr. Bryce married (third) Frances Mehard, of Mercer,
Pa., daughter of the late Dr. William Mehard, and their
daughter is Marian Mehard.
REV. GEORGE THEGZEThe man whose audience is reached by the sound of his voice can do much
good in the world, but his power is slight, compared with
that of the man whose words are carried to the people
on the printed page. His appeal is to every man. Rev.
George Thegze, pastor of the Greek Catholic Church of
the Holy Ghost, and editor of the "Greek Catholic
Union," is a man whose zeal for all human progress is
spread as a Gospel in the periodical which reaches many
thousands of his countrymen in America.
Rev. George Thegze was born in Austria-Hungary,
now Czecho-Slovakia, on May 5, 1883, and is a son of
Victor and Helen (Egressy) Thegze. He received his
early education in the graded and normal schools of his
native town, then studied Theology at the University of
Budapest, Hungary, taking a further course at the Seminary of Uzhorod. He was ordained in 1909, by Bishop
Firczak, and appointed pastor of St. Mary's Church, at
Jank, Hungary, where he served for a period of four
years. In February, 1913, he came to the United States,
locating in Charleroi, Pa., where he served as pastor of the
Holy Ghost Church for eight months. He was then
appointed to the struggling society of St. Michael's
Church, at Gary, Ind., where he established the people
in the faith, and in material prosperity, organizing and
building the church. He remained as pastor there for
three years, then was appointed pastor of St. Michael's
Church at Binghamton, N. Y., remaining there, also, for
three years. In September, 1920, he was sent to Pittsburgh, as pastor of the Holy Ghost Church.
For a number of years Father Thegze has been associated with the labors of the Greek Catholic Union of
Rusin Brotherhood, assisting in every possible way to
augment its power and extend its teachings. In 1913 he
was elected assistant editor of the "Greek Catholic
Union," the periodical which is the organ of the society,
and in 1920, was made editor of this paper. His work
in this capacity is telling broadly for the good of his
countrymen in this land, and for their progress in the
ideals of American citizenship. He is also editor of another Greek Catholic paper, "The Enlightenment."
Father Thegze is bearing a prominent and progressive
part in the public life of the country of his adoption.
He was naturalized in 1920. While still in Binghamton,
N. Y., he erected a marble monument, the first in that
Pitts-1-19
city for the purpose, to the memory of Service men who
died for Home and Humanity in the great struggle overseas. He is a prominent member of the Knights of
Columbus, is a third degree Knight, and is a member
of the Holy Name Society, also of the United Societies
of the Greek Catholic Religion. In all these avenues of
effort Father Thegze is leading the people always forward and onward to higher achievement and personal
integrity.
Rev. George Thegze married, on Jan. I6, 1909, in
Czecho-Slovakia, Helen Legeza, and they have four children: Helen, George, Charles, and Victor.
JULES MECHANIC, son of A. and Ruth Mechanic,
was born in Windsor, Canada, Aug. 25, I888. He was
educated in London, Canada, and in 1902 came to the
United States, locating in Detroit, Mich. In 1907 he
became a student of mechanical efficiency engineering at
Cooper Union, New York City, there remaining until
1914, when he located in Pittsburgh and organized the
Jules Mechanic Company, of which he was president.
In 1917 he took a course in the Engineering Department
of Carnegie Institute of Technology. In 1918 he enlisted
in the army and was sent to the United States Central
Training School for officers at Camp Lee. Upon his return to civil life, he organized the Jules Mechanic Auto
Construction Company.
THOMAS PAYTON-For thirty-five years, 18851920, Thomas Payton has conducted an undertaking establishment at No. 30 McClure street, Pittsburgh, North
Side, he being a young man of eighteen years when he
began business for himself. The small establishment in
which he first conducted his business gradually increased
in size and equipment, and as the years brought better
methods of funeral conducting, he kept pace, and the old
place has been completely rebuilt and is the modernly
equipped undertaking establishment of to-day. Kindlyhearted and most courteous, Mr. Payton conducts his
business with tact and consideration, and has won for himself the high regard of those to whom he came in their
hour of need.
Thomas Payton was born at his present address, Pittsburgh, North Side, Oct. 9, 1867, son of Owen and Catherine (McCormick) Payton. At that time No. 30 McClure street was in the country, and after attending the
district school he began doing such work as a boy can to
earn a little money. His first position was in a grocery
store, but he early learned the undertaking business, and
in I885 began business for himself. He has continued
in the same place during the thirty-five years which have
since intervened, his present establishment including a
chapel for funeral services, and all modern funeral directing methods are employed. Mr. Payton is a member
of the National Funeral Directors' Association, Pennsylvania State Funeral Directors' Association, and is a
graduate of schools of embalming and funeral directing.
He began the business very early in life, as stated, and
his own personal experiences have been most valuable
in developing his present business, although he has always
been prompt in following the path of progress shown
him by others qualified to teach and direct. In religious
faith, Mr. Payton is a Catholic, connected with St.Francis Xavier Parish, which he serves as member of the       HOWARD  GUSTAVE  HAMMER-A  prominent
official board.  During the World War period, 1917-18,   man in the business world of Pittsburgh, is a son of
he was a member of the North Side Registration Board.   Gustave and Laura (Romic) Hammer.  The elder Mr.
Mr.  Payton married  (first), Nov. 28, I888, Sarah   Hammer was in the insurance business in Pittsburgh
Hayward, of the North Side, who died in 1910.  He   during the last thirty years of his life, and held the
married (second), Aug. 7, 1915, Irene Hamilton, and   office of secretary of the Allemannia Fire Insurance
they are the parents of a daughter, Helen.  The chil-   Company.
dren of Thomas and Sarah (Hayward)  Payton are as             Mr. Hammer was born June 3, 1879, and was edu
follows:  Esther, educated in public schools and Mt.   cated in the public schools and Pittsburgh Academy,
Shanlee  Ladies'  Seminary,  married  Charles  Rieden-   later attending the University of Pennsylvania.   His
baugh, and they are the parents of four children:  Sarah,   first business experience was in the field of insurance,
Thomas, Charles and Jack; Marie, educated in public   in association with his father, and this continued for
schools and St. Mary's Academy, married Merhle Nusz,   ten years.  In 1913 Mr. Hammer was one of the origiand they have a daughter, Esther.                           nal organizers of the G. F. Hagan Company, in which
concern he has since held the offices of president and
WILLIAM  J. STEEL--An  industry in itself, of   treasurer.  He was also one of the organizers of the
unique character, is the plant of the Allegheny Basket   Hagan Corporation, and of the Hagan Foundry CorCompany, with its production plant in Norfolk, Va.,   poration, manufacturers of foundry products, and holds
which supplies the raw stock for a bewildering variety   the same offices in all of these concerns, which are proof charming and useful baskets.  This industry was   gressive, forward-moving business organizations.  Frafounded thirty-five years ago by Mr. Steel's father, E.   ternally Mr. Hammer is well known, being a member
T. Steel, the venerable head of the present firm.           of all the Masonic bodies, and holding the thirty-second
E. T. Steel was born in Ireland, March 4, 1836; he   degree in the Masonic order.  During the World War
came to the United States with his family, when only   he was very active in all patriotic movements.  By way
seven years of age.  He received no schooling here, but   of relaxation from business Mr. Hammer chooses the
went immediately to work, there being at that period   wilds, going trout-fishing and hunting every year.
many avenues open for the employment of young chil-           On June 19, 1909, Mr. Hammer married Helen Waldren.  He came to Allegheny in the year I86o.  Looking   ter, of Pittsburgh, and they have one son, Howard G.,
forward to a future in an independent business of his   Jr.  The Walter family is one of the old pioneer famiown, the young man bent every energy to the accom-   lies of Pittsburgh.  Mrs. Hammer's  grandfather was
plishment of his purpose.  In I886 he founded the busi-   one of Pittsburgh's most prominent physicians.
ness which has now become a large and prosperous
enterprise.  Mr. Steel married Annie Hopkins, and they       BENJAMIN  AVERY  GROAH-For  many years
became the parents of five children:  J. B., of Norfolk,   active in the construction world of Pittsburgh, BenVa.;  D. W., now living in Ohio;  William J., whose   jamin A. Groah now holds a leading position as a sucname appears at the head of this review;  George W.,   cessful contractor.   Mr.  Groah  was born  in Hardy
also in Ohio; and E. T., Jr.                                county, W. Va., Aug. 2, 1862, and is a son of William
William J. Steel, the third son of E. T. Steel, is   Milton and Susanna Groah.  The father was a promiactively engaged in the management of the large inter-   nent contractor in Pittsburgh for many years.
ests connected with the Allegheny Basket Company, of          The family removing to Pittsburgh, from the near-by
which he is secretary and treasurer.  The other officers   State, when Mr. Groah was a child of two years, he
of the company are:  E. T. Steel, president, and E. T.   received his education in the public schools of this city.
Steel, Jr., vice-president.  Under this efficient personnel   At the age of fourteen years he began work, as a carthe business is constantly developing.  The present big   penter, continuing until the age of twenty-two, when he
building was erected in I908, and is 110X40 feet, with   started in business for himself as a contractor.  In the
the entire four stories and basement devoted to this   thirty-seven years which have elapsed since that time
industry, giving a floor space of 22,000 square feet. The   Mr. Groah has developed a very extensive business, and
company also owns plants in Ohio and West Virginia,   has borne a significant part in the growth and progress
and  receives  its raw  material  from  its own  plant   of Pittsburgh.  A few of the more important structures
in Norfolk, Va.   They make every kind of basket,   he has built include the Standard Steel Car Company's
splint, bamboo,  and  various  fancy  kinds,  for every   office building at Butler, Pa.; the Union Railroad offices
use, fruit, market, vegetable, shipping and delivery, also   at East Pittsburgh; two very large school buildings at
clothes baskets and barn baskets.  They sell in Penn-   Bellevue;  the  People's  National  Bank  building,  at
sylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, New York,   Edward City;  Swift   Company's packing plant, at
and many other states, and also do a considerable export   Pittsburgh;  the Liberty Baking Company's plant, at
trade.  They employ sixty-five hands.                       East Liberty; the Kerr  Snodgrass building in PittsWilliam J. Steel has few interests outside the busi-   burgh;  and a number  of large warehouses  for the
ness in which he is an important factor.  He is keenly   Denny estate.  Mr. Groah is a member of the Chamber
alert, nevertheless, to every phase of public progress,   of Commerce and of the Board of Trade of Pittsburgh.
and politically is affiliated with the Republican party.   He is also a member of the builders' organizations of the
The family has for many years been connected with the   city.  He  is a member  of the Methodist Protestant
Presbyterian church.                                        church, of Bellevue.In I88I Mr. Groah married Emma Irene Falck, of
Bellevue, and they have three children: Florence Leona;
Ida Irene; and Evelyn Dorothy.
HARLEY CLAY PLOTZ-At the age of eighteen
Mr. Plotz entered the real estate business, and since 1902
Pittsburgh has been the scene of his business activity.
He is a son of William and Martha M. Plotz, his father
a contracting builder of Mount Vernon, Ohio, for many
years, and a descendant of a family represented in the
Revolutionary and in the Civil wars.
Harley Clay Plotz was born in Deshler, Ohio, July
14, 1877, and educated in the public schools of Mount
Vernon, Ohio. He formed a connection with the real
estate business in 1895, and continued in Mount Vernon
until 1902, during that time also studying law. In 1902,
he came to Pittsburgh, Pa., and engaged in the real
estate business, a line of activity in which he yet very
successfully engages. With real estate he combines a
line of insurance agencies and has built up a good
business in both departments. His offices are in the
Farmers' Bank Building. He is a member of Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, and in Masonry holds
the thirty-second degree of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite.
Mr. Plotz married, March 25, 1901, Lena T. Phillips,
of Killbock, Ohio. They have one daughter, Geraldine.
HARRY F. KRESS-Starting in the office department of the Crucible Steel Company in 19o3, Mr. Kress
has maintained his connection with that department of
that corporation until the present time (1921), but the
clerk of 1903 has since 1911 been an official, and since
1919 secretary of that important Pittsburgh company.
He is yet a young man, and his most creditable record
implies greater advancement for the future. Harry F.
Kress is a son of Ferdinand J. and Meta (Buck) Kress,
his father, a salesman, passed away March 29, 1917.
Harry F. Kress was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 28,
1883, and in the city of his birth his years have been
passed. He attended the public grade and high schools,
and through the night classes in accounting, economics,
etc., at the University of Pittsburgh gained a good education, to which self-study and reading have appreciably
added. In I899, at the age of sixteen, he entered business life with the Joseph Horne Company, remaining
with that company two years. In I9o1 he went to the
wholesale dry goods house of Arbuthnot, Stephenson 
Company, and after two years with that company found
his permanent business home with the Crucible Steel
Company. That was in 1903, and his course during the
seventeen years which have since intervened has been
one of constant progress and advancement. Beginning
as a clerk in the treasurer's office in 1903, he was elected
assistant treasurer in 1911, and on Sept. 8, 1919, was
elected secretary, his present office. He is also secretary of the Pittsburgh Crucible Steel Company, Midland Improvement Company; Cumberland Supply
Company, and assistant auditor of those companies;
treasurer of the American Stainless Steel Company;
and assistant secretary of the Crucible Fuel Company.
The foregoing record stamps Mr. Kress as a young
man of ability and character, destined for a career of
business eminence.
Mr. Kress has been a member of the Pittsburgh
Chamber of Commerce; and is a member of the First
Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Kress married (first) in Pittsburgh, Oct. 30,
1911, Harriet Nevins, who died Dec. 29, I9I6, leaving a
son, Harry F. (2). Mr. Kress married (second) at
Pittsburgh, June 30, 1918, Lillian Wilson, of Pittsburgh,
and they have a son, Robert Wilson Kress. The family
home is in Bellevue.
CLARENCE SAMUEL GUCKERT, D. D. S.The pioneers who founded our American civilization
gave to the New World the upward impetus which has
placed our Nation at the head of all the Nations of the
Earth. From many countries have come individuals
whose records of noble endeavor and high achievement
rival the tales of Heraldry with which ancient records in
European countries abound.
The Guckert family is a very old and honored one,
well known in old Bavaria, although now the only surviving representatives have won fame and fortune in
other countries. The older copies of Siebmacher's
Armorial General accord this family a prominent place;
and hold the Guckert Arms on record as follows:
Arms-Quarterly, 1 and 4 or, on a mount vert a row
of six palisades sable, posed thereon a raven of the
third, holding in its beak a ring of the first. 2 and
3 azure, in base fess-wise a stump of a tree proper,
sprouting therefrom a branch of a rosebush, flowered
gules, leaved of the second.
Crest- The arms of the first quarter.
Mantling-Or and azure.
Clarence Samuel Guckert, Dental Surgeon of Pittsburgh, is a direct descendant of this family, and the
third generation in America. His great grandparents
were born and died in Bavaria, on the family estates.
His grandfather, Frank Guckert, was born in Bavaria
in 1824. At the age of nineteen years he came to
America. Imbued with the true pioneer spirit, he traveled the length of the State of Pennsylvania, and settled
in Pittsburgh, which was then considered the Middle
West, and almost on the edge of the frontier. He became a manufacturer of fine furniture, and later moved
on into Ohio, where he continued the same line of
industry. He was a man of great physical endurance,
of optimistic and courageous spirit, and deeply loyal to
the welfare of the land of his adoption. When the
great struggle of the Civil War threatened to rend the
Nation, he fearlessly championed the cause of the North,
and was among the first to enlist in defense of the Union.
He served through the entire period of the war, and
was wounded at Chicasaw Bayou, Mississippi. He died
in 1891, and is still remembered, among the older residents of Western Pennsylvania, and Ohio, as a business man of unimpeachable integrity, and a friend warmhearted and true. He married, on Nov. I5, 1844,
in Pittsburgh, Magdalena Schimpf, who was born in
Bavaria, Germany. In 1832, when she was but a child,
she was brought to America by her parents, the family
settling in old Allegheny. The children of Frank and
Magdalena (Schimpf) Guckert, who are now living are:
Frank J., Philomena, wife of Joseph L. Dingfelder, of
291Pittsburgh; Nicholas L., of Omaha, Neb., father of Dr.
Guckert; John H., of Kansas City, Mo.; and William L.,
the prominent Banker and Capitalist of Pittsburgh, a
sketch of whose life appears elsewhere in this work.
The mother died in 1915, at the age of eighty-nine years.
In the course of their extensive preparation of the material for this work, the compilers have found that the
Shimpf family, of Bavaria, is also a very ancient one,
and held in the highest honor. In Rietstap's Armorial
Records their escutcheon is described as follows:
Arms-Quarterly, 1 and 4 gules, a lion rampant
argent, supporting in his dexter paw a grenade fired
proper; 2 and 3 azure, an owl proper, in fess point
over all an escutcheon or, charged with a laurel
wreath vert.
Crest-A lion rampant, issuant argent, holding in
the dexter paw a sword of the first, between two
wings per fess the dexter gules and argent, the sinister argent and azure.
Supporters-Two griffins or.
Motto-Pectus facit nobilem.
Man tling-Dexter argent and azure, sinister argent
and gules.
Nicholas L. Guckert, son of Frank and Magdalena
( Schimpf ) Guckert, has for many years been an influential citizen of Omaha, Neb. He married early in
life, and his son, Edward Frank Guckert, married Molly
E., daughter of Samuel Fenway.
Clarence Samuel Guckert, son of Edward Frank and
Molly E. (Fenway) Guckert, was born in the old Fourth
Ward of Allegheny, on July 23, I88I. He received his
elementary education in the public schools of the city, in
the same ward, then attended Park Institute. Having
chosen the dental profession, he entered the Western
Pennsylvania University, now the University of Pittsburgh, for technical training. From this institution he
was graduated in the year 1902, with the Degree of
Doctor of Dental Surgery. He began practice at once
in the city of Pittsburgh, and has become one of the
foremost dentists in the city.
Dr. Guckert is a member of the North Side Allegheny
Dental Society; and of the Dental Alumna Society of the
University of Pittsburgh. He is affiliated with the Republican party, and a staunch supporter of its principles. Some years ago the doctor spent considerable
time on hunting trips, but pressure of business has, of
late made it impossible for him to be out of the city
more than a few hours at a time, and he takes his
recreation in motoring, as he has two very fine cars.
The doctor married, on Aug. 8, 1904, Ethel R. Huff,
who was also born in Allegheny. They have two children: Curtis Clarence, born July 2, 1907; and Ruth
Adelaid, born April 6, 1911. Dr. and Mrs. Guckert are
members of the Trinity Lutheran Church.
JOSEPH BURDETTE RICHEY, A. B., A. M.,
Ph. D.-The State of Pennsylvania has long taken just
pride in her educators. Her institutions of learning hold
the highest standards-bearing the imprint of those ideals
for which their teachers have given the best years of
their lives. Dr. Joseph Burdette Richey, one of the oldest superintendents of Pennsylvania schools, from point
of service, and for the past nineteen years superintendent
of schools in McKeesport, has for many years been a
force for constant progress and permanent good in
Western Pennsylvania.
Dr. Richey was born in Sunville, Venango county,
Pa., Jan. 22, 1865, a son of John Calvin and Hannah
(Deets) Richey, both of whom are now deceased. John
C. Richey was a prosperous farmer of that region, a man
who thought ahead of his time and possessed the courage of his convictions. Of the seven children there were
three sons and four daughters.
As a boy, Joseph Burdette Richey attended the public
schools and academy of Sunville, then attended high
school in Titusville in the neighboring county of Crawford. Thereafter he entered Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., a professional career being the ambition of
his life. He was graduated from this institution in the
class of 1889, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
Later he had conferred upon him the degrees of Master
of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy.
Dr. Richey entered his chosen field as superintendent
of schools in Philipsburg, Center county, Pa., remaining here, however, for only one year. He was then appointed superintendent of schools in New Brighton,
Beaver county, Pa. During his stay here, which covered a period of twelve years, new school buildings were
erected and the standard of teaching greatly improved.
In 1902 Dr. Richey entered upon the duties of his present office as superintendent of the schools of McKeesport, Pa. At that time the existing school buildings
were seriously congested, owing to the rapid influx of
population attracted by the growing industries of the
city. Under Dr. Richey's direction extensive construction operations were begun. The then new West Side
School of sixteen rooms, a modern structure with the
most approved arrangement and equipment, was the
beginning. Then followed the Grandview School, the
Faucett School, the Versailles School, the Eleventh
Ward School, then the extensive additions to the Fifth
Avenue School. The rapidly increasing population kept
pace with all this progress, and with the new ideas and
ideals of education which were taking root throughout
the country, as the limitations of the local school system
became apparent. The need of placing technical instruction within reach of every man's child, to fit him for the
battle of life and open the way to suitable and congenial
vocations, while evident to the few, was incomprehensible to the many, and when the Technical School was
projected it was bitterly opposed. Nevertheless, Dr.
Richey, with a few broad-minded men who supported
him, carried through what is now acknowledged to be
the finest achievement of the Department of Education
in McKeesport, the Technical School, with its widely
varied equipment, and its eleven acres of land. The
most recent work is the Centennial Building, which was
erected at a cost of about $400,000.00.
Some idea of the problems with which Dr. Richey
has had to deal may be gained from the fact that since
his tenure of office in McKeesport the high school attendance alone has increased from 135 to 1,350 pupils.
Dr. Richey is still alert to every phase of the school
problem, always looking forward, always considering
the future as well as the present, and placing the goal
of success a little in advance of to-day's achievement.
This long period of prominence in the educational
field has placed Dr. Richey high in organized effort and
consultation along this line. Only three other schoolsuperintendents in the State rank with him in point of
service. Dr. Richey was president of the Department
of County and Borough Superintendents o f Pennsylvania in 1906-07. He was president of the Pennsylvania
State Educational Association in 1907-08. He is a member of the National Educational Association, of the
Pennsylvania State Teachers' Association, of the Schoolmasters' Club, and of the National Superintendents'
Association.
Dr. Richey's individual interests embrace an active
membership in the Central Presbyterian Church of McKeesport, of which he was at one time elder. He was
the first teacher of the United Men's Bible class, which
followed Billy Sunday's evangelistic campaign in Pittsburgh. Fraternally, Dr. Richey is a member of the
Free and Accepted Masons, also of the Commandery,
Knights Templar, and of the Ancient Arabic Order
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is an influential member of the McKeesport Chamber of Commerce, is a
member of the Rotary Club, and of the Youghiogheny
Country Club, where he spends his hours of recreation
on the golf links.
On Dec. 22, 1891, Dr. Richey married Amy Seal
Winter, of New Brighton, Pa., daughter of Charles F.
and Adelaide (Bedison) Winter, and they are the parents of five children: Dr. De Wayne G. Greenwood,
a physician of Pittsburgh, whose life is also reviewed
in this work; Amy L., now the wife of Dr. Guy P.
Gamble, a prominent dentist of McKeesport, with two
children, Paden, and Amy; Martha, who is a student
at the Margaret Morrison School, Carnegie Institute,
studying Domestic Art; Joseph Winter; and Helen.
De WAYNE GREENWOOD RICHEY M. D.One of the most eminent names in the medical fraternity
of Allegheny county, Pa., is that of Dr. De Wayne
Greenwood Richey, M. D., Pathologist and Bacteriologist to the Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, and Assistant
Professor of Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Richey was born in New Brighton, Beaver
county, Pa., Oct. 25, 1892, and is a son of Professor
Joseph Burdette Richey, Ph. D., whose sketch precedes
this in the work.
As a boy Dr. Richey attended the public schools of
New Brighton and McKeesport, covering the high
school course at the latter place. He early chose the
medical profession as his future field of effort, and
entered Allegheny College, but remained there for only
one year and a half. He was graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with the degree of Bachelor of
Science, then entered the medical department of the
same university, from which he was graduated in 1915
with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He was interne
at St. Francis' Hospital during the year following, and
passed the Pennsylvania State Medical Board in 1916.
He then became connected with Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, as pathologist and bacteriologist.
On Nov. 30, 1917, Dr. Richey enlisted in the Medical
Corps of the United States navy. He was commissioned lieutenant, junior grade, and was assigned
to the United States Naval Medical School, Washington, D. C. He went to Annapolis during an
epidemic of diphtheria, and during the epidemic of influLPHICAL,                                                293
enza which swept the entire country, was detailed to San
Francisco, Cal., then to Boston, Mass. During this time
he was attached to the United States Public Health
Service, investigating the etiology and epidemiology of
this disease. He was released from active duty, July I,
1919, being at this time lieutenant, senior grade, and is
still in the Reserve Corps.
But the foregoing does not comprise the extent of Dr.
Richey's services to Medical Science. He has contributed researches on various medical subj ects, and has
published communications on Infarction of Spleen,
Agonal Bacteriemias, Quinin Idiosyncrasy, Experimental Streptococcic Tonsillitis, Leukoplakia of Renal Pelvis, Epidemiology of Diphtheria and Influenza, Primary Cancer of Liver, Mycotic-embolic Aneurysms
of Peripheral Arteries, Bacteriology of Human Cystic
Bile, Antemortem Blood Cultures, Generalized Blastomycosis, Chorionepithelioma in the Male, etc.
Dr. Richey, although a young man, has already been
recognized widely as an authority in Medical Science.
He is a member of the Biological Society of the University of Pittsburgh, a member of the Association of
American Pathologists and Bacteriologists, the International Association of American Museums, the Society
of American Bacteriologists, and is a retrospecting editor for the American Journal of Medical Sciences, being,
in addition, the pathologist to the coroner of Allegheny
county. In social circles Dr. Richey is warmly welcomed, although he takes little time from his profession.
His college fraternities are: Nu Sigma Nu and Alpha
Omega Alpha. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, and is a member of the Unliversity Club,
of Pittsburgh, and of the Youghiogheny Country Club,
of McKeesport. He attends the services of the Presbyterian church.
CHARLES SUMNER H OWELL was born at
Limestone, Marshall county, Va., now W. Va., in the
fifties of the last century, son of David and Mary (Williams) Howell. He was primarily educated in the public
schools of Virginia and later those of Pennsylvania,
then attended the West Alexander Academy and Washington and Jefferson College, which afterwards gave
him the degree of A. M. He taught school for two
years, and subsequently became city editor of the Wheeling "Evening Standard," continuing in this position until
he went to the "Intelligencer," a morning paper of the
same city. Later he was city editor and general writer
on the Wheeling "Daily Register." He was reporter on
the Pittsburgh "Daily Dispatch" during the winter of
1882-83, again in Wheeling newspaper work in 1883-84,
going to the Pittsburgh "Commercial Gazette" in January, 1885. In I886 he was on the Pittsburgh "Leader,"
leaving that paper to become city editor of the Pittsburgh "Times," which he later represented as legislative correspondent at Harrisburg in the Winter of 1889.
In January, I888, he was assigned to an investigation of
the Hatfield-McCoy feud in Kentucky-West Virginia,
and came back with the first complete resume of conditions, circumstances, causes and effects and personnel of
participants that had thus far been published.
After the Johnstown Flood in May, 1889, Mr. Howell
became claim agent for the legal department of theBaltimore  Ohio railroad, resigning in 1896 to become
claim agent for the Consolidated Traction Company, of
Pittsburgh, remaining there a year, or until his election
to the superintendency of the West Penn Hospital. He
was in this position seven years and a half, and thereafter has been engaged in historical writing.
His children are: Mary Laishley Howell and Mrs.
Harriet Reed Chance, of Pittsburgh.
DAVID LINDSAY GILLESPIE has been able to
discriminate between business and civics with a nicety
and an exactness that is not the gift of all men who
have been burdened with the great responsibilities of
business and who have been unable to thus discriminate.
Responsibility rested heavily upon Mr. Gillespie even in
his early youth when, after a scant career in the public
schools of the city, he took employment as messenger
in a local telegraph office whose chief recompense came
in the large and valuable acquaintance he acquired in
the performance of his duties. When he had reached
his sixteenth year he became an employ of the large
manufacturing firm of Lewis, Oliver  Phillips, whose
huge mills beetled the bank of the Monongahela river
for a mile along its south shore. However, Mr. Gillespie took serious views of his employment, and was
rapidly advanced from year to year as he absorbed the
lessons of this employment and carded his deductions in
his memory. The members of his firm, each in his specialty, one of the ablest in his class in the country,
imparted to young Gillespie the information he greatly
craved and, had he remained in this service, might have
become one of the firm. However, he had more individual, more intimate, projects in mind, and after thirteen years he founded the firm of D. L. Gillespie 
Company which has grown into one of the largest lumber firms in the United States. His individualism, his
methods of business, unceasing industry and his general
identity with the genius of his native city have combined to make him as well a leading citizen as he is a
leading business man.
Among the other prominent connections he has made
in which he has directorial relations are the Pittsburgh
Reduction Company; the Commercial Sash and Door
Company, of which he is vice-president and director;
director in the Aluminum Company of America, the
Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company, the Aluminum
Ore Company, the United States Aluminum Company,
Pittsburgh Jerome Copper Company, and the Schenley
Farms Company.
Mr. Gillespie has given much of his time to practical
philanthropic work, many of his benef actions being
largely anonymous. He has done much for the Newsboys' Home, his daughter being intensely interested in
the work of this institution. For about a quarter of a
century he has been a manager of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, the oldest and largest non-sectarian
hospital in Western Pennsylvania. He was the most
active in the selection of the new site of this hospital in
the eastern environs of the city, and his judgment had
much to do with the plans upon which the magnificent new
buildings of this institution were erected. He is also a
director of Mercy Hospital and of the Tuberculosis
League. He is a member of the Duquesne and Pittsburgh clubs, the Americus Republican Club, the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, several local and national
lumber associations, the Allegheny Country Club, and
practically all of the well organized charities in the
Pittsburgh district. While Mr. Gillespie is a man of
strong individual convictions and independent thought
he has all of his life affiliated with the Republican party
in its various elements and has supported this organization from ward to national affairs.
Mr. Gillespie married, at Wilmington, Del., Oct. 20,
I885, Anna Randolph Darlington, and with their daughter, Mabel Lindsay Gillespie, occupy their home at
Amberson avenue and Westminster place, in the East
End of Pittsburgh.
WILLIAM PHILIP DIETZ-Associated with
large interests during all his career, William Philip Dietz,
of Pittsburgh, is now broadly interested in the production
of coal, coke and iron. Mr. Dietz was born in Pittsburgh, Aug. 23, 1886, a son of John F. and Bertha
Dietz. His father was for forty years connected with
the office of the American Express Company in Pittsburgh.
He received his early education in the public schools
of Pittsburgh, graduating from the high school of that
city at the age of fifteen years. He entered the employ
of the Baltimore  Ohio Railroad at the age of seventeen, and was in the cashier's office for three years.
Afterward he was employed by J. H. Hillman  Son
(now the Hillman Coal  Coke Company), continuing
in this connection until 1918. He then organized the
Western Pennsylvania Fuel Company, also being the
director of the Reliable Towing Company, and still
continues in these concerns. Mr. Dietz is a director and
president of the Pennsylvania Mold and Iron Corporation, and also in the Federal Gas and Coal Company, of
New York City. His most recent interest is in the
W. P. Dietz Company, miners and shippers of coal,
organized in 1921. As president of this concern he
holds the position which has been his objective point,
and with its auspicious beginning the future seems
assured. Mr. Dietz holds the thirty-second degree in
the Masonic order, being a member of all bodies, including Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Union Club,
of the Traffic Club, and of the Pittsburgh Athletic
Association.
In 1907, Mr. Dietz married Laura Livingston Hawthorne, and they are the parents of four children: Charlotte, Dorothy, Laura, and William P., Jr.
EDWARD J. FRAUENHEIM-In business enterprises, numerous and important, in public-spirited activity in civic affairs, in charitable and benevolent work of
Pittsburgh, in his social organizations, and in his home
circle, Edward J. Frauenheim spent the brief span of
life that was allotted to him. Into his forty-one years he
put much of earnest endeavor and real accomplishment,
proved citizenship of high merit and wise stewardship
of his material blessings, and gained a position of prominence and distinction in his city. It has been Pittsburgh's fortune to produce men of this type for the needs activities, his work was by no means confined to organof every time, and from their life stories help and izations, for it was his pleasure to give personal touch
inspiration may be drawn.                                to many of his benevolences.  
The family of Frauenheim was founded in the United          Edward J. Frauenheim married, Oct. 2, 1889, Marie
States by Edward Frauenheim, who was born in Osne-   Antoinette Vilsack, daughter of Leopold Vilsack (q. v.).
bruck, Germany, Oct. I, 1820.  He came to America   Children:   I. Dorothy  L.,  married  James  Joseph
in 1840, having received an excellent education in his   Schlafly, of St. Louis, Mo.  2. Edward J., Jr., served in
native land, and he located at once in Pittsburgh, Pa.   the Tank Corps of the United States army during the
For a time he followed the carpenter's trade, and then,   World War; married Veneranta Koph; is president of
after a short period in mercantile pursuits, became a   the Frauenheim-Logansport Coal Corporation and the
brewer and manufacturer of Pittsburgh.  He was influ-   Gracemont Coal Company.  3. Walter Gordon, assoential in financial circles, and was at the head of impor  - ciated with the Brockway Motor Truck Company; martant interests until his death, June I6, I89I.  He mar-   nied Ruth Frances Corrigan;  he was an ensign in the
ried, in Pittsburgh, in 1851, Mary Meyers, also a native   United States navy during the World War.  4. Marie
of Germany, who  died Nov. 22, 1904.   Mrs.  Frau-   Regina line at home. 5. Norman A., served in the
enheim was a devout member of the Roman Catholic    United States navy.  6. William A., employed by the
church, and a leading and generous supporter of all its   Brockway Motor Truck Company; during the World
works. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Frauenheim were the  War attended Students' Army Training Corp, at Georgeparents of seven children.          a           town College.  7. Richard J., attending school.
Edward J. Frauenheim, son Edward and Mary        Mr. Frauenheim died at his East End home, June 28,
(Meyers) Frauenheim, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Feb.I3, 1865 He attended the public schools and com-   I905, and after services in St. Joseph's (Roman Catho-.                                    lic) Church, Bloomfield,- was buried in St. Mary's Cemepleted his education in St. vincent's College, whence            I   h   e
he was graduated with honors.   His business career   tery. In the memory of those who knew him he lives
bgan in association with his father, and this relation con-   now, remembered for qualities of strong manhood and
for a life passed in accordance with the dictates of a
tinued until the death of the latter.  Mr.                guiding conscence.
was an active factor in the founding of the Pittsburgh 
Brewing Company, and became vice-president of that
concern.  Among  the many enterprises of note with            LEOPOLD   VILSACK-When  Leopold  Vilsack
which he was identified were the Iron City Sanitary   had answered the last call, more than a decade since, all
Manufacturing Company, of which he was president;   Pittsburgh joined in an outpouring of regret that his
the Duquesne Fire-proofing Company, of which he was   loss must be borne, and in tributes of love and apprevice-president;  the German National Bank, of which   ciation of his life.  The emotion of a crisis of sorrow
he was vice-president;  and the East End Savings    has passed, the years that clarify men's judgments and
Trust Company, the Epping-Carpenter Company, the   reveal all events in their true relation have gone, and the
Turtle Creek Land and Improvement Company, and the   words written and spoken of Leopold Vilsack have
Beobachter Publishing Company, in each of which he   endured in the vigor of truth.  Foremost citizen, comwas a director.   Mr. Frauenheim was a man of con-   mercial, industrial, and financial power, leading churchspicuous business ability and unusual integrity, holding   man, generous philanthropist, all these he was named,
the regard of his associates for his championship of the   and as these history has held him and will hold him in
strictest tenets of business uprightness,                   the time to come.  The acquisition of vast material posMr. Frauenheim was a Democrat in political belief,  sessions only too often excites envy and ill-will, and it
and was active in the affairs of his party.  He was a   is worthy of remark as regards Mr. Vilsack that his
delegate to the National Democratic Convention of I896,   stewardship of his fortune was attended by such wideand after the adoption of the new city charter of Pitts-   spread good that his wisdom in its administration was
burgh was urged to become the candidate of his party   everywhere recognized and his fellows rejoiced in his
for the office of mayor, but declined to run.  Under the   program of beneficence.  When the story of his remarkadministration of Mayor William B. Hays, Mr. Frau-   able business success has been told there still remains
enheim was appointed city treasurer, and he adminis-   the most interesting part of his life, his charitable and
tered the finances of the city faithfully and ably until   philanthropic interests, the narration of which reveals
a short time before his death, when ill health caused his   the man as he was known to his intimates, great-hearted,
resignation.  His religious faith was the Roman Catho-   sympathetic, kindly, the friend of all men.
lic, and he was a communicant and trustee of St. Augus-^     Mr. Vilsack was  a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., his
tine's Church, of which his parents were among the   father, Jacdb Vilsack, a native of Germany, his mother,
earliest attendants, and in which he followed their ex-   Catherine (Farmarie) Vilsack, born in Alsace.  Jacob
ample of unselfish, constant generosity.  His clubs were   Vilsack was a carpenter by trade, later in life a farmer,
the Duquesne, Monongahela, Columbus, and Pittsburgh   and followed these callings from his coming to the
Country.  One of his most striking characteristics was   United States in 1835 until his death at the age of
his concern for the best welfare of his fellowmen and   sixty years.
his use of every available means to brighten their lives      Leopold Vilsack, his third child, was born March
or improve their condition.  He was a member of the   3, 1838.  He attended the public schools in Sharpsburg
board  of directors of the East  End  Hospital, and   and St. Philomena, at what was formerly known as
although his name was linked with numerous charitable   Bayardstown, and as a youth of seventeen years began296                                  HISTORY OF PITTSBURGH
the business of life in the Bennett brewery, at Seven- St. Francis' Hospital. Although he was a devoted
teenth and Liberty streets. Three years later he be- Catholic and strong in his faith, his good works were
came a part owner of the business, associated with non-sectarian in character, and color or creed played
Edward Frauenheim, John Miller, and August Hoeveler, small part in his benefactions. An instance of the pracand subsequently Mr. Frauenheim and Mr. Vilsack pur-  tical turn that so often characterized his good works is
chased the interests of their partners and under the firm   found in the case of the Johnstown Flood, when the
name of Frauenheim  Vilsack operated the Iron City   property and possessions of many of his business cusBrewery.  Incorporation was later made as the Iron   comers were swept away.  It is on record that Mr. VilCity Brewing Company, and the sons of Mr. Frauen-   ack sent a representative to Johnstown with a large
heim and Mr. Vilsack, Aloysius, E. J. and A. A. Frau-   mount of money and with orders that these business
enheim, and E. J. and J. G. Vilsack, were admitted to   men should be assured that their accounts with the Vilthe company.  These were the members of the com-  sack firm would be cancelled, and that capital would be
pany, with Leopold Vilsack as president, when a merger   provided for them to resume business if they so desired.
was made with the Pittsburgh Brewing Company, and   In addition to his support of organizations and instituof which Mr. Vilsack became vice-president and a large  tions, Mr. Vilsack maintained a private pension list of
stockholder.  From  1885 Mr. Vilsack was connected   all his old and needy friends and employees, and the
with the Epping-Carpenter Company, manufacturers of   provisions made for them in this manner made easy the
pumping machinery, and was its president at his death.   path of old age.  Illuminating as is the recital of the
He was one of the organizers of the Aliquippa Steel   good deeds that were part of his daily life, even more
Company and held a controlling interest in the company   enlightening was it to read the list of bequests made in
until it was merged with the Crucible Steel Company   his will by which churches, schools, homes, asylums,
of America.   Mr. Vilsack was also president of the   and struggling pastors of his church were benefited.  No
Vilsack-Martin Company, makers of ornamental iron   one who had known him in his lifetime would have exwork, at Thirty-second street and Penn avenue, and was   pected less in the way of wise and useful distribution of
a director of the Allegheny Plate Glass Company.  In   a portion of his fortune, and it was eminently fitting
the field of finance he was a prominent figure, vice-pres-   that the hand that had bestowed so freely while it had
ident and leading stockholder of the German National   the power of life should have penned words that conBank, and president of the East End Savings and Trust   tinued this well doing when the strength to accomplish
Company.  He was a director of the National Union   it personally had passed.
Fire Insurance Company and the City Insurance Com-          Leopold Vilsack married, in 1863, Dorothy Blank, of
pany, and a director of the Ohio River Improvement   Etna, Pa., who was born in Germany, Feb. 6, 1833,
Company.  Many men have accepted more official posi-   daughter of Joseph Blank.  Mrs. Vilsack died Nov.
tions and have acquired a greater degree of publicity  5, 19o7, about a little more than a month prior to her
than Leopold Vilsack, but few indeed have had more   husband's decease.  Mrs. Vilsack was an active church
actual influence in the world of affairs or have con-   worker, her charity boundless.  During the erection of
tributed more worthily to the maintenance of the indus-  St. Paul's Cathedral, she was one of the most diligent
trial and financial fabric.  In steady stages he rose from   workers in the Ladies' Aid Society in furnishing that
an humble place in his community to one of power and   beautiful edifice.  "Surrounded  by  her dear  family,
importance, his abilities and capacities proving equal   blessed with the consoling offices of her holy religion,
to each responsibility as it came to him, and his judg-   and in conformity to the Divine Will, she calmly surment and leadership followed by men whose names rep- rendered this mortal life in the sweet assurance of the
resent great achievements in Pittsburgh business.  He   happy  reunion in a blissful immortality beyond the
became one of the largest real estate holders in the city,  grave."  (Catholic News,  Nov.  7, 1907).  Children:
and his operations in this line were of magnitude and   Edward J., of Glenshaw, Pa.; Joseph G., married Stella
far-reaching effect.                                      Brennen;  Marie Antoinette, married Edward J. FrauMr. Vilsack was identified with the leading business   enheim (q. v.); Leopold W., deceased, married Nellie
men's and social clubs of the city, and was one of the   M.  Vetter;  William W., deceased;  August A., decharter members of the Columbus Club, in which he   ceased, married Annie Lauinger;  Anthony J., married
was especially interested.  He was also a member of  Veronica Lovingston; Kathryne, married John J. MulDuquesne  Council,  Knights of Columbus,  Duquesne   cahy, of New York City; Ollie, married Gladys Brace;
Club, Pittsburgh  Country  Club, German  Club, and   Mercedes, married Robert F. Maloney;  Maurice, marEinthracht Society.  Mr. Vilsack was a Democrat in  ried Mary Ray, of Washington, D. C.; and Carl, marpolitical belief, and in the Roman Catholic church per-  ried Alice Johnson, of Pittsburgh.
formed service of remarkable value and extent.  He was      The death of his beloved wife was a telling blow to
a member of the board of trustees of St. Paul's Cathe-   Mr. Vilsack, whose health had been poor for some time
dral, and was appointed by Right Rev. Bishop Regis   before.  His strength rallied sufficiently to permit him
Canevin a member of the building committee for the  to gather with his family for a Christmas celebration,
construction of the Cathedral at Bellfield.  Among the  but on the day following, Dec. 26, 1907  death claimed
institutions in whose work he was particularly con-   him.  The following memorial resolution is chosen for
cerned, and to whom he gave freely of his time and   quotation from the many that were adopted by organeven more liberally of his means, were St. Paul's Or-   izations in which he had moved because it is the expresphan Asylum, Idlewood, St. Joseph's Protectory for  sion of his comrades in religious work, the source of his
Boys at Wylie avenue and Vine street, Pittsburgh,, and   strength in the performance of all good deeds:While we regard the death of Leopold Vilsack and
his removal from our number with due submission to
the wisdom and will of Almighty God, ordering all
things well, we, the members of the Church Committee of St. Paul's Cathedral, have resolved:
That in his death our association, as well as the
community in which he has lived and labored during
the whole of his life, is conscious of a distinct loss.
The qualities of mind and heart, the strong Christian
faith and broad charity, the example of upright conduct, the simplicity and gentleness of his manner, the
high sense of honor that went with him in all his
ways, endeared him during life to his associates, emphasize now the loss they have suffered in his death,
and will remain with them always as a precious
memory. He bore the afflictions of his later life, his
shattered health, the loss of his beloved wife, and his
own approaching dissolution, with a characteristic
feeling of trust and serene confidence in God, facing
the last crisis of life even as he had faced all others.
To his sorrowing children, for whom their father's
death following so closely on the death of their
mother, brings a twofold bereavement, we extend our
heartfelt sympathy and condolence. We direct that a
copy of this resolution be spread upon the minutes
of our association, be published in the Catholic papers,
and that a special copy be presented to the family of
the deceased.
FRANK J. TOTTEN,
JAMES J. FLANNERY,
WILLIAM LOEFFLER,
Committee on Resolutions.
ARTHUR L. OVER-The legal records of Allegheny county, Pa., contain the name of Over throughout
many years in the service of Arthur L. Over and his
father, James Watson Over. James Watson Over was
judge of the Orphans' Court of Allegheny county for
almost forty years, the length of the term of his continuance in this office in itself an eloquent testimony to
the ability and satisfaction that characterized his conduct as a jurist. He was a soldier in the Union army
in the Civil War, serving in the 14th Regiment of Pennsylvania Cavalry, known as Anderson's Cavalry.
Arthur L. Over, son of James Watson and Nannie
(Shurtleff) Over, was born Sept. 19, 1875. In the
public schools of Osborn Borough and the Park Institute he prepared for entrance at the Western University
of Pennsylvania, being graduated from the law department of that university in 1897, a member of the first
class graduated after the installation of that course. He
became a member of the Allegheny county bar in June,
1897, and for almost a quarter of a century has been a
member of the legal fraternity of Pittsburgh. He is
held in high regard by his professional brethren, and
success has attended his diligent pursuit of his calling.
Mr. Over has numerous business interests, and is a
director of the Merchants' Saving  Trust Company,
of Pittsburgh, and secretary of the Columbia Steel and
Shafting Company. He is a thirty-second degree Mason,
also affiliating with the Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic
Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and is a member
of the Duquesne, University and Shannopin Country
clubs. He is a Republican in politics.
Mr. Over married, Sept. 26, 1907, Gladys E. Doty,
daughter of John Mead and Emma Elizabeth Doty, of
Chicora, Pa. They are the parents of three children:
James Watson, 2nd, Gladys Elizabeth, and Arthur Mead.
WILSON ALEXANDER SHAW, veteran banker
and financier, and identified as an officer or director
with a long list of business, civic and philanthropic
organizations, has been connected with Pittsburgh financial institutions for over half a century, serving since
1903 as vice-president of the Bank of Pittsburgh, National Association, Pittsburgh's most historic financial
institution, founded in I8IO, the oldest bank west of the
Allegheny Mountains.
Mr. Shaw is of Scottish descent, his grandfather,
John Shaw, having been the first to leave the Old
World and settle in this country. He came to America
after the close of the Revolutionary War, settling in
Allegheny county in 1783, on land where the village of
Glenshaw, named in his honor, now stands. His son,
James Shaw, married Nancy Murray, and they were
the parents of Wilson Alexander Shaw, of this sketch.
Mr. Shaw was born in Glenshaw, Allegheny county,
Pa., Sept. 18, 1846, and received his early education in
the public schools near his home, later attending the
Western University of Pennsylvania (now the University of Pittsburgh). His first position was in the
capacity of clerk, in the employ of the old Merchants'
 Manufacturers' National Bank, with which he became
connected in I866. He was first made discount clerk,
advancing through the various subordinate positions to
cashier, which office he held for a period of twentyeight years. He was elected president in 1902, and a
year later, upon consolidation with the present institution, Mr. Shaw became vice-president of the Bank of
Pittsburgh, National Association, also serving as chairman of its board of directors. He is associated with
other financial and industrial institutions, being vicepresident of the Pittsburgh Bank for Savings; secretary of the Atlas Coke Company; director of the Iron
City Trust Company; Reliance Steel Casting Company;
Vulcan Crucible Steel Company; Western Pennsylvania
Exposition Society; Keystone State Building and Loan
Association; Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate Company;
member of the board of managers of the Pittsburgh Free
Dispensary; vice-president of the Union Fidelity Title
Insurance Company; and a director of the Fidelity Title
and Trust Company; and president and trustee of the
Associated Charities of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Shaw is a member of the Union, Duquesne, Monongahela and the Pittsburgh Country clUbs, and the
Pittsburgh Athletic Association.
Mr. Shaw married, on Oct. 16, 1872, at Sharpsburg,
Pa., Margaret Jane Kelly, daughter of Archibold Kelly.
Mrs. Shaw is a member of the Twentieth Century Club.
STANLEY M. RINEHART, M. D.-Intimately
known to the Pittsburgh district through valued service
in official professional capacity and private practice, Dr.
Rinehart is also widely noted through extensive professional writings and popular articles on correct habits of
healthful living. He is a native of Pittsburgh, born
Jan. 25, 1867, son of William and Louise (Gillespie)
Rinehart.
Stanley M. Rinehart attended the Fourth Ward public schools, including a high school course, and subsequently was graduated, in I888, from Adrian College,
Mich., with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. His
medical training was obtained at Hahnemann College,
Philadelphia, Pa., where he received his M. D. in I89I.
The two following years were spent in the PittsburghHomceopathic Hospital, after which he was engaged in
general practice in Allegheny until I9Io. In that year he
went to Europe for post-graduate work, his services
having been enlisted in the fight against tuberculosis,
and the time he spent abroad was passed chiefly in the
study of diseases of the chest. From that time his practice has been confined to this department of medical
science, in which he has gained wide reputation. Dr.
Rinehart has lectured and written on his specialty and
personal hygiene and has touched probably his largest
circle through a series of articles in the "Saturday Evening Post," written for the reading and understanding
of the average man. He has traveled throughout this
country, as in Europe, and collaborated with his wife,
Mary Roberts Rinehart, in a one act play, "The Avenger," produced in I9o8.
Upon his return from studies in the clinics of Vienna
and Berlin, Dr. Rinehart reentered the affairs connected
with his profession to which he had previously given
devoted service. For twelve years he was city physician
of Allegheny, and for a long time served on the Tuberculosis Commission of Pittsburgh. In I894 he was
appointed medical inspector of Allegheny county for the
State Department of Health. He has been in charge of
the State Tuberculosis Dispensary in Pittsburgh, and in
September, 1914, became a member of the committee
for investigating the furnishing of the new city tuberculosis hospital. The fight for the prevention of tuberculosis has had no more faithful proponent than he, his
contribution that of exact medical knowledge and the
enthusiasm of the true humanitarian.
Dr. Rinehart is a member of the American Institute
of Homcropathy, the Pennsylvania State Homceopathic
Association, and the Allegheny County Homceopathic
Society, in which he has held various offices. He is a
Republican in politics, a member of the Protestant
Episcopal church, and his clubs are the Allegheny
Country and Edgeworth.
Mr. Rinehart married, April 21, I896, Mary E. Roberts, born Aug. 12, 1875, daughter of Thomas Beveridge
and Cornelia (Gilleland) Roberts, and they are the parents of three sons: I. Stanley Marshall, Jr., born Aug.
18, I897, attended Shadyside Academy and Harvard
University. 2. Alan Gillespie, born Nov. I8, 1900; attended Morristown School, Morristown, N. J. 3. Frederick Roberts, born Sept. I4, 1902, attended Sewickley
Preparatory School, Sewickley, Pa.
Mrs. Rinehart is known and loved by all followers of
current American literature, her writings running the
full length of fiction authorship, from mystery stories to
the most delightful comedy, and creating characters,
such as "Tish"' and "Bab," that are modern classics.
Numerous plays that have enjoyed long-continued popularity have come from her pen, and she has described
long camping and exploring trips with inimitable charm.
During the World War, 1917-18, Mrs. Rinehart visited
the troops at the front and in the hospitals in an effort
to bring comfort and cheer to the defenders of the cause
in which she so firmly believed.
HARVEY HAVELOCK SMITH-As president of
the Fidelis Realty Company, and holding the same relation to the Oakland Corporation, Harvey H. Smith is
at the head of one of the largest real estate interests
of the East End districts.
The Fidelis Realty Company was incorporated Oct.
I5, 1908, with Harvey H. Smith, president; John M.
Elias, treasurer; Joseph F. Smith, secretary; these
same officials still retaining office (January, 1922). In
connection with the selling of real estate, the company
has a writing agency with three prominent fire insurance
companies. The Oakland Corporation is a real estate
holding company.
Mr. Smith is a native son and has spent his whole
life in the city of his birth, and during their course has
been identified with several business activities. He is
the son of Henry and Hannah Smith, his parents coming from Yorkshire, England, to Pittsburgh, in 1848.
During the year 189o, he formed a partnership with
Mackenzie Davis for the business of lithographing and
printing. The company became noted for superior workmanship in commercial and bank stationery, as well as
engraved bonds and stock certificates. Upon the erection of a new building, on the corner of Second avenue
and Cherry alley, a consolidation of the Mackenzie Davis Lithographing Company and the old printing establishment of the Eichbaum Company was consummated,
under the name of The Eichbaum Litho and Printing
Company with Harvey H. Smith, president, and H. E.
Bateman, vice-president. Later, Mr. Smith organized
the- Smith-Wehner Lithograph Company, which was
subsequently sold to the Western Bank Note Company,
of Chicago, Ill., Mr. Smith being retained as resident
manager of the company for the Pittsburgh District.
In 1908 the Fidelis Realty Company was formed and
the Oakland section of the city chosen for an office.
Mr. Smith is a member of the board of trustees of the
Episcopal church of the diocese of Pittsburgh; senior
warden of St. Peter's Church, and an officer in the
Church Club of the diocese of Pittsburgh. His fraternal
affiliation is with the Masonic order, Lodge, No. 45,
Free and Accepted Masons; Zerubbabel Chapter, No.
162, Royal Arch Masons; Pittsburgh Commandery, No.
I, Knights Templar; Pittsburgh Consistory, Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite; Syria Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Pittsburgh. Is also a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber
of Commerce, Pittsburgh Real Estate Board, and Oakland Board of Trade.
HON. WILLIAM FLINN, president and chairman
of the firm of Booth  Flinn, Ltd., Contractors, has been
for many years a prominent factor in the business world
and in the political arena of Pennsylvania. As State
Senator and member of the House of Representatives,
Mr. Flinn has accomplished much for the welfare of the
Commonwealth, and in local politics, as well as in business, his influence has always been exerted for the
progress and improvement of his home city of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Flinn was born May 26, 1851, in Manchester, England, but his parents were both natives of Ireland. In
the year of his birth the family emigrated to the United
States, settling in Pittsburgh, where his father became
a well-known citizen. The boy William attended the city
schools until the age of nine years, but though his lifein the classroom ended so early, he never abandoned the
quest for knowledge, and few men have a wider range
of general information. After leaving school the lad
was variously employed in the brickyards, until he became old enough to be apprenticed to the trade of brass
finishing and gas and steam fitting. At the expiration of
his time, with that aggressiveness which has ever characterized him, he became a contractor. From the beginning he was successful, and in 1877 formed a partnership with James J. Booth, under the name of Booth 
Flinn, Ltd. The enterprise prospered, and the concern is
to-day engaged in general contracting of all kinds, many
of the largest undertakings ever successfully carried out
in the history of constructive work about Pittsburgh, and
in many other sections of the United States, being placed
to its credit. Of the construction of the Mount Washington
tunnel (which created a new residence district for Pittsburgh in which thousands of workers in the city have
found homes but fifteen or twenty minutes from the
business centre), it may be said, with exaggeration, that
this masterpiece of construction was practically the means
of creating new towns, and the strength of intellect and
tenacity of purpose possessed by William Flinn were the
agents chiefly instrumental in its execution.
In the conduct of his various enterprises Mr. Flinn
has proved himseLf to be endowed with the power of
handling large bodies of men and of coordinating their
energies with skill and efficiency, at the same time avoiding the error into which a man of weaker brain and
smaller heart would inevitably have fallen- that of regarding his employees merely as parts of a great machine. On the contrary he recognizes their individuality,
making it a rule that faithful and efficient service shall be
promptly rewarded with promotion as opportunity offers,
a fact which has had no small share in determining his
phenominal success. His clear and far-seeing mind
enables him to grasp every detail of a project, however
great in magnitude, and this, combined with his marvelous facility in the dispatch of business, has made it possible for him to accept a number of responsible positions
in different industrial and financial organizations. He is
president and director of the Duquesne Lumber Company, and the Pittsburgh Silver Peak Gold Mining Company; vice-president and director of the Sharon Water
Works Company; director of the Arkansas Fuel Oil
Company, the Arkansas Natural Gas Company, the Gulf
Oil Corporation, the Manufacturers' Light and Heat
Company, and the Pittsburgh Coal Company.
As a citizen with exalted ideas of good government and
civic virtue, Mr. Flinn stands in the front rank, and
wherever substantial aid will further public progress, it
is freely given. Ever ready to respond to any deserving
call made upon him, no good work in the name of
charity or religion seeks his cooperation in vain. He is
president and trustee of the Elizabeth Steel Magee Hospital, a director and member of the executive committee of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, a member
of the advisory board of the Industrial Home for Crippled Children, and a director of the Pittsburgh Maternity
Dispensary. He belongs to the Duquesne and Union
clubs.
In early manhood Mr. Flinn became actively interested
in politics, but has only once consented to hold office in
the municipality of Pittsburgh, that instance having occurred in 1877, when he was elected to the Board of
Fire Commissioners. For many years he has been
a recognized power in the Republican party, being invariably consulted in regard to all questions of moment.
His public spirit and rapidity of judgment have enabled
him, in the midst of incessant business activity, to give
to the affairs of the community effort and counsel of
genuine value, and his penetrating thought has often
added wisdom to public movements. For twenty years
Mr. Flinn was chairman of the Republican City Executive Committee of Pittsburgh, and in this position his
wide knowledge of municipal affairs, combined with his
faithful and capable discharge of duty, has made his
services particularly valuable. Frorh I88I until 1901 he
served as chairman of the Republican Committee of
Allegheny county. In 1879 and I88I he was elected to
the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. From 1890,
the date of his first election to this body, through the
two subsequent terms for which he received the tribute
of reelection, he was a member of the Pennsylvania State
Senate, the term of his service in this capacity ending
with his resignation in 1902. While at Harrisburg Mr.
Flinn was a most important factor in legislation, his
ability as a versatile, logical and entertaining speaker
giving him rare power. He was the author of the famous "good roads law," which has proved such a signal
benefit to the State.
From 1884 until 1912 Mr. Flinn served as a delegate
to every Republican National Convention. In the convention of 1912 he was a power in the support of Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt's nomination, and followed him into
the Independent or "Bull Moose" party. During the following campaign Mr. Flinn was one of the broadly influential men in the State of Pennsylvania in the prosecution of that hotly contested fight, and had the satisfaction of seeing the State carried for Colonel Roosevelt.
The test of that time revealed to the State more clearly
than any other public service what manner of man William Flinn really is, and gave to the nation a new comprehension of the dignity of public service. In an appreciation of his career published later under the title of
"Bill Flinn- Peaceful Revolutionist," Frank Hendrick
says:
Senator Flinn has always been a good Republican,
not merely a boss or a satellite, but a worker for the
good of the community through good politics. He had
voluntarily abandon ed political activity, and took it
up under the spur of a sense of need for men to make
the struggle the leaders of the Republican party had
abandoned. Senator Flinn believed, when he resigned
from the State Senate, March 7, 1902, that he had
enjoyed his share of honors and had given his share
of time and effort. * * *
Early in 1912, he (Mr. Flinn) told Roosevelt that the
delegates from Pennsylvania would be for Roosevelt
if he would say that he would be a candidate.    ***
"But," said Flinn, "we want the word now." "I'll
run," said the Colonel, and Senator Flinn went right
to work with a result that is well known. It is doubtful if any other man had more to do with Roosevelt's
success than Flinn. But Flinn is not much of a hand
to make any bones about work. He considered he was
working for his community rather than for the Colonel, and for a cause rather than for a political
party. * * *
Senator Flinn is a force in American politics decidedly to be reckoned with. * * * He is, moreover,
not only a thinker, a scholar, and an inveterate meddler with things to be corrected, but he is many times
a millionaire and not afraid to give out his money for300                                     HISTORY OF PITTSBURGH
a cuase. And the cause this millionaire favors is the   panion of nearly half a century of wedded life, among the
even though such equalization he brought about by a   old-fashioned flowers they love best, Mr. Flinn finds reshrinkage of big fortunes, including his own.                 laxation from the strenuous business and public activities
Apropos of the foregoing the above pamphlet quotes   that have filled fifty busy years.
Mr. Flinn's own outspoken belief in his own words, that
"wealth  may  be held by  individuals above  a certain          HUGH   MORGAN   STILLEY-A   legal  practiamount only in trust."  And this is not an empty theory   tioner since 1902, and a well and favorably known memwith him, but a principle by which he governs his life,  ber of the bar, Mr. Stilley was prominent in Dormont
as is best known  by those familiar with his broadly   borough, where he maintained his residence from its inpractical helpfulness in many strata of society.  A genial   corporation until he moved to his present residence in
man of optimistic spirit, the briefest conversation with   Upper St. Clair township, and where, from the time of his
Mr. Flinn reveals his ability and the versatility of his  first work in its organization, he had been active in aftalents.  Mentally and physically he is formed on a large   fairs of general interest and value.  Mr. Stilley is a. son
scale.  Six feet in height, and weighing two hundred   of Dr. Hugh  M. and Annie  (Albertson)  Stilley, his
pounds, he is in every sense a formidable antagonist and   father a practicing physician of Mount Lebanon, Pa., and
a well-nigh invincible champion.  He is a known quan-   a grandson of Dr. John B. Stilley.  
tity, with a genius for leadership, and it is said of him       Dr. John B. Stilley was a prominent resident of Allethat "his headquarters are where he is," a sentence which   gheny county, Pa.; he spent part of his life in the prac
aptly describes the man and his accessibility.  It may be   tice of medicine, was a teacher of mathematics in Bethel
said, too, that he has won by original ideas, whether it be   Academy, and held high reputation as a surveyor, being
in business or politics.  His self-reliance never fails him,   one of the early county engineers of Allegheny county.
and his accurate knowledge of men has enabled him to   When  Hugh  Morgan Stilley was less than a year old
fill the various branches of his business with assistants   both parents died within a few weeks of each other, and it
who  seldom fail to meet his expectations.   His keen   was to this grandfather's home in Upper St. Clair towneyes, which send their searching glances through eye-   ship that he was taken.  Mr. Stilley was born in Mt.
glasses, hold a power which seems to pierce the very souls  Lebanon, Pa., Aug. 6, 1877. As a youth he attended the
of those whom he addresses, yet are kindly in expression,   public schools of Upper St. Clair township, later comand his manner, quick though it be, and decisive, is in-   pleting courses in the Pittsburgh Academy,  and the
variably courteous.  Absolute honesty, unflagging interest   law course of the University of Pittsburgh.  He was
in a multitude of different activities, a sense of humor,   admitted to the Allegheny county bar in 1902, and since
rare social tact and an unaffected liking for his fellow-   that date has been engaged in professional work in Pittsbeings-these are the traits which have made William   burgh, acquiring a clientele of large proportions and
Flinn what he is--one of the most popular men in the city   gaining reputation as one of Pittsburgh's strong, capable
of Pittsburgh.                  lawyers.   Mr.  Stilley was  instrumental  in important
William Flinn is a man whose personality, in com-   degree in the organization of the borough of Dormont,
bination with his record as a business man and political   and served as its first president of Council, also filling
leader, recalls the imposing figures of the old-time Pitts-   the office of solicitor for a number of years, and during
burghers-those pioneers who laid the strong foundation   the World War he was particularly active in local work,
on which has risen the fair fabric of the present pros-   serving on the local draft board and taking a leading
perity and prestige of the Iron City.  He is one of the   part in all war drives.  Mr. Stilley is a ruling elder of
men who do large things.  Both industrially and politi-   the Dormont  Presbyterian Church and teacher of the
cally he may be called one of the makers, not of Pitts-   men's Bible class, and is closely identified with the afburgh alone, but also of Western Pennsylvania.  Sum-   fairs of the denomination.               
moned by the Keystone State to serve her in position of          Mr.  Stilley married  (first)  Mabel  Kerr  Early, of
public trust, he has ably and  faithfully fulfilled her   Mount Washington, Pa., in 1902.  There were three chilbehests, and there is little doubt that in the coming years   dren of this marriage:  Hugh  Morgan, Jr., Emerson,
she will require him  to assume still greater respon-   and Robert M.  Their mother died Jan. I5, 1916, and
sibilities.   Mr. Stilley married  (second)  Eleanor M.  Philson, of
Mr. Flinn married, in 1874, Nancy Galbraith, and they   Dormont, Pa., April 30, 1919.  They have one child, Anna
are the parents of the following children:  George H.,   Elizabeth.
Ralph E., W. A., Alexander R., Mary S., and Edith G.
A  man  of strong domestic tastes and affections, Mr.           BRUCE  P. McDANIEL-Schooled  in Pittsburgh
Flinn is devoted to his home and family.  "Braemar,"   institutions, trained in the industries of the city, Bruce
his beautiful residence in the East End, is a center of   P. McDaniel has made  Pittsburgh the center of his
hospitality and the scene of many social functions.  The   business operations.  The organization of which he is
whole family are extremely popular in Pittsburgh society.   the head, the Power Piping Company, has, in the comSenator Flinn's fad is his country place, "Beechwood,"   paratively short period of its life, taken prominent place
a farm of 125 acres on the Kittanning road, where he   in Pittsburgh industry and has become of countrywide
leaves politics and business behind and finds time to in-   note.   Mr.  McDaniel,  representative  of the younger
dulge his love for growing things.   Here he breeds   element of men of affairs whose influence has been felt
Guernsey cattle, prize chickens, Flemish rabbits and pedi-   so strongly in the city, has achieved a noteworthy sucgree dogs, and has flower and vegetable gardens among   cess, and the story of his business career shows his
the finest in the country.  Here, with Mrs. Flinn, his com-   prosperity  and  position  as the result of unflaggingindustry, of close application to the task at hand, of willingness for any effort. He is known in several fields
of endeavor, always as the forceful, progressive, upright
business man, working purposefully along useful lines.
Bruce P. McDaniel is a son of Mark and Christiana
(Walter) McDaniel, his father, who died in 1905, having been for many years a master plumber with the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company on lines east of Pittsburgh.
Mr. McDaniel was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 27,
1882, and there the first five years of his life were passed.
Pittsburgh became the family home in 1887, and there
the mother still resides (1921). He attended the public
schools in early youth and then pursued mechanical
engineering studies in the University of Western Pennsylvania, after which he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. His duties were varied,
including pipe line work and air brake inspection, and
grounded his technical education with practical experience. During the years 1905 and I9o6 he was associated
with the Frick interests in the construction of the Frick
building annex. Later he became associated with the
Best Manufacturing Company, in mechanical engineering capacity, as superintendent of erection and general
superintendent of the company's plant at Oakmont.
During this period he superintended the installation of
piping in the Gary, Ind., plant, and the Minnesota steel
plant of the United States Steel Corporation, also the
new steel plant and blast furnaces of the Algoma Steel
Company, at Sault Ste. Marie, Canada.
Upon resigning from the service of the Best Manufacturing Company, Mr. McDaniel put into execution
his plans for independent activity and organized the
Power Piping Company, which was incorporated, Oct.
20, 1916, with Mr. McDaniel, president, James J.
Leahy, vice-president, John J. McKenna, treasurer, and
William N. Quartz, secretary. The Power Piping
Company is a piping engineering organization, manufacturing and installing piping for the carrying of steam,
water, air, gas, and refrigeration in power, steel, and
chemical plants, and in by-product coke ovens. The
principal offices of the company are in Pittsburgh, while
branches are maintained in New York, Washington,
Cleveland, Chicago, and Denver. During the World
War the company's plant and force of 150 men were
employed on important government contracts, for which
they received high official commendation. This is Mr.
McDaniel's chief interest, although he was an organizer
and is now vice-president of the Ridge Land and Improvement Company and the General Manufacturing
Company, both strongly developing enterprises. In
April, 1921, Mr. McDaniel organized the Lubozy Company, manufacturers of lubricants and containers, and is
its president. Mr. McDaniel gives to these concerns
the energetic enthusiasm that won him rapid promotion
when employed by others. In those days his willingness to do more than his share won him favorable attention, and to-day no man in his organization is more
closely at his task, whether at desk or machine.
Mr. McDaniel is a member of the National Association of Manufacturers. He is also a member of the
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, a friend of all progress in civic, industrial and commercial relations, and a
member of the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania. He holds the thirty-second degree in Scottish
Rite Masonry, affiliating with Pennsylvania Consistory;
and he is also a member of Syria Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His club
is the Union, and he is also a member of the Pittsburgh
Athletic Association. A young man who has accomplished splendid results, who is identified with all that
is best in the city life, and whose course is in its beginning-this is Bruce P. McDaniel as Pittsburgh knows
him and as he is held in sincere regard by his associates.
Mr. McDaniel married, in I905, Kathryn R. Clark,
daughter of James A. Clark, formerly county commissioner of Allegheny county. Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel
are the parents of Dorothy C. and Helen B.
JAMES S. BECKWITH-A resident of Pittsburgh
from his youth, although born in the neighboring
county of Westmoreland, James S. Beckwith, founder
and president of the Beckwith Machine Company, has
had a lifelong connection with business and industrial
interests of the city. He is a son of George M. and
Elizabeth (Swartzmeder) Beckwith, both deceased.
Mr. Beckwith was born in Latrobe, Pa., May I6,
1879. In his early youth his parents made their home
in Pittsburgh, where George M. Beckwith engaged in
real estate operations. Upon the completion of his
education, James M. Beckwith entered business life,
and after filling several positions, formed an association with the Carlin Machinery Company, in which he
continued until 1908. In this year he put into execution
plans for an independent business, which developed into
the Beckwith Machine Company, of which for eight
years, 1908 to 1916, he was owner and manager. At the
end of this time incorporation was made under the same
title, Mr. Beckwith becoming president of the new organization. The company employs seventy-five people
in its different departments and its products are sold
through traveling representatives in the states of Ohio,
West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The machines they
manufacture have been perfected in design for their
various purposes, and "Beckwith" stamped thereon is a
guarantee of quality in material and workmanship.
Mr. Beckwith is a member of the Third United Presbyterian Church, and is affiliated with the Masonic
order, being a member of lodge, chapter, council and
commandery of the York Rite, and a thirty-second degree member of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. He
is also a noble of Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
Mr. Beckwith married, Jan. I6, 1905, Lulu Kennedy,
of Pittsburgh, and they are the parents of two children: George M., and Elizabeth 0.
JAMES McCLURG GUFFEY-The Pittsburgh region seems to have a peculiar attraction for those who
are of Scottish ancestry. Among the large number of
Pittsburgh's citizens who are descended from hardy
forbears, born in that rugged country, is James McClurg Guffey, recognized as the largest individual oil,
gas, and coal landowner in the world.
From the large and influential clan of Guffey (or McGuffey), occupying one of the most fertile spots of the302                                    HISTOR)Y  OF~
Scottish lowlands, came William Guffey, the first of his
clan to try his fortune in the New World. In 1738, with
his wife and child, he came to America, settling near
Philadelphia, Pa. Twenty years later, when the hardiest
spirits were turning their eyes to what was then the
Far West, the region beyond the Alleghenies, William
Guffey, with a few kindred spirits and their families,
took advantage of the opportunity offered by the famous
Forbes expedition against Fort Duquesne. Following in
the wake of the advancing troops and thus avoiding for
themselves the arduous work of carving a way through
the wilderness, as well as securing the protection of the
troops, they made the first English settlement in Westmoreland, and the second west of the Alleghenies. In
1763 James Guffey, only son of William Guffey, married Margaret Campbell, daughter of William Campbell, who had also accompanied the Forbes expedition.
In August the first child was born, and in 1780 James
Guffey purchased what is now a portion of Sewickley
township, where, on Jan. 19, 1839, James- McClurg
Guffey, son of Alexander and Jane (Campbell) Guffey,
was born.
After attending the public schools and completing a
course in a commercial school, James M. Guffey began
his business career as a clerk in the office of the superintendent of the Louisville  Nashville railroad, at
Louisville, Ky. He remained here for several years
and then secured a responsible position with the Adams
Express Company, at Nashville, Tenn. In 1872, attracted by the natural resources of the Pittsburgh
region, and having accumulated some capital, he returned to Pennsylvania, located in the oil regions, and
engaged in the production of petroleum, of which industry he soon became one of the most successful representatives, being generally recognized as the largest individual producer and operator in America, interested in
all the fields of Northwestern Pennsylvania and through
the district extending to Pittsburgh. He drilled the
famous Matthews' well, and most of the remarkably
productive McDonald field was owned by Mr. Guffey
and a few others. In 1883 he removed from the oil
fields of Northwestern Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh, where
to his already vast operations in the oil fields he added
the production of natural gas. Developing the enormous
gas fields of Western Pennsylvania and Allegheny counties, and becoming interested in the transportation of
natural gas, he organized and aided in the organization
of several companies. He became vice-president of the
Westmoreland  Cambria Natural Gas Company, which
supplies Johnstown, Pa.; president of the Southwest
Natural Gas Company, supplying the Connellsville coke
region; vice-president of the Wheeling (W. Va.), Natural Gas Company; and president of the United Fuel
Gas Company, with pipe lines extending from Washington county, Pa., to Pittsburgh.
A tremendous worker, Mr. Guffey has made it a business policy to personally supervise and attend to the
execution of his vast concerns. He invested in vast
coal properties in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and
in gold and silver mines in Idaho. He became president
of the Trade Dollar Mining and Milling Company, at
Silver City, Idaho, and one of the principal owners as
well as an officer in the Florida Mountain Mining and
PITTSBURGH
Milling Company, of the same locality. The town of
Guffey, thirty miles from Cripple Creek, was named in
his honor. He is interested in the Swan Falls Power
Company, of Idaho, is also interested in the production
of petroleum in four states, and is connected with the
financial circles of Pittsburgh as a director of the
Columbia National Bank.
Politically, Mr. Guffffey supports the Democratic
party, and was for years recognized as the leader of his
party in Pennsylvania, serving as representative from his
State on the Democratic National Committee. With all
his vast business concerns, he found time for social and
club affiliations. He is a member of the Duquesne Club
of Pittsburgh, a trustee of Washington and Jefferson
College, a member of the Manhattan Club, of New
York City, and is affiliated with various other social
and civic organizations.
Great executive ability, a genius for hard work, and
boundless energy seem to have been the qualities which
won for this successful man the favors of fortune, while
a kindly nature, integrity of character, and practical
philanthropy have won for him that still more golden
reward-the love and esteem of his fellowmen.
HARRY A. LOGUE, one of the most prominent men
in the insurance circles of Pittsburgh, comes of an old
Pennsylvania family.
(I) John Logue, great-grandfather of Mr. Logue, was 
born in Ireland, in 1758, and while still a youth immigrated to the United States, settling in Chester county,
Pa. On July 7, 1777, he enlisted in the Continental army
as a private in Captain John Ramsey's company, Chester
county, Pa., militia. He married, and died June 6, 1833.
(II) Charles Logue, son of John Logue, was born in
Toby township, Clarion county, Pa. He followed the
calling of a farmer. He married Rachel Morgan.
(III) Thomas M. Logue, son of Charles and Rachel
( Morgan) Logue, was born in Clarion county, Pa., in
1844, and like his father was an agriculturist. He married Mary A. Krozier, and their children were: Charles
McClellan, married Ella M. Hendrickson; Laura Rachel,
married James A. Hetrick; Jennie, married J. E. Wilson; Minnie, married William McK. Callear; Harry A.,
of whom further; Herbert L., married Emma Hartman;
Nellie Irene, married L. E. Stewart. The father of
these children died in August, 1903.
(IV) Harry A. Logue, son of Thomas M and Mary
A. (Krozier) Logue, was born on the old farm homestead in Clarion county, Pa., Nov. 28, 1874. He remained
there until his fourteenth year, attending the neighborhood schools and the West Freedom High School. He
then came to Pittsburgh, and entered upon a commercial
course at Duff's Business College. In 1889 he joined his
brother, the late Charles McClellan Logue, in the produce business, having charge of the business himself until
it was discontinued, when the brothers entered the in- 
surance business, devoting their entire energies to this
line of endeavor. The firm was first C. M. Logue 
Brother, and as such soon developed into a leader in the
city of Pittsburgh. Later the firm became Logue
Brothers  Company, and on the decease of the lamented
Charles M. C. Logue, in 1914, Harry A. Logue formed
the corporation which, until recently, carried on themi
Kof much ability and irreproachable character," and who
was also a large land owner in Washington county, Pa.
John Finley married Margaret Rolland, daughter of
William Rolland, of Cecil county, Md., and died March
25, 1846.
James Finley, son of John Finley, and father of John
Barclay Finley of this chronicle, was born on the
homestead, June I8, I8o6, and learned mercantile business under the instruction of his brother Robert, who
was the first postmaster of Finleyville. As a young
man of twenty-five years of age, Mr. Finley came to
Pittsburgh and entered a mercantile house, remaining
there for five years, when he moved to Philadelphia, and
a little later went abroad. Upon his return to Philadelphia, he and a partner engaged in wholesale dry
goods dealings, but in 1851 the firm failed, with heavy
losses. Having saved from its ruins a small sum of
money, Mr. Finley, with splendid courage and perseverance, opened a general store at Finleyville, where he
spent his closing years, his death occurring in 1857,
when he was in the prime of life, but exhausted by the
energy with which he had waged a noble fight against
misfortune. James Finley married Catherine O'Neil,
daughter of John O'Neil, of Albany, N. Y. Their
second son, William P., was killed in the battle of Williamsburg, Va., in the Civil War, a member of the
"Friend Rifles" of Pittsburgh.
John Barclay Finley, son of James and Catherine
(O'Neil) Finley, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Nov.
17, I845. He was a boy of sixteen years of age when
Finleyville became the family residence, and in the
schools of that place he obtained his early educational
training, supplementing this with a course in the Monongahela City Normal School. Upon the completion
of his studies he became a clerk in the mercantile establishment of Alexander  Company, but the beginning
of his business career was interrupted by the Civil War.
In 1862, in his seventeenth year, he enlisted in Company
C, I8th Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia, and was in
service near Hagerstown, Md. In 1865, Alexander 
Company disposed of their mercantile interests and
engaged exclusively in banking. Mr. Finley remained
with the firm during the following five years, obtaining
a practical experience and knowledge of banking, and
in 1870, upon the organization of the People's Savings
Bank, was appointed cashier. In I88o this institution was reorganized as the People's Bank, Mr.
Finley being elevated to the presidency through
virtue of his proved financial ability and his intimate familiarity with the institution and the community it served. Subsequently, his business interests
broadened rapidly, and he was an organizer of the Monongahela City Gas Company, and for a number of
years president of the Williamsport Bridge Company.
Mr. Finley was at different times and for periods of
varying duration president of the Bellwood  Monongahela Natural Gas Company, the Lawrence Gas Company of Newcastle, Pa., the Newcastle Electric Company, the City of Newcastle Water Company, and the
Broad Top  Cambria Coal Company.
Mr. Finley was elected president of the Colonial Steel
Company in 1909, succeeding James W. B rown, who
died in office. The list of the enterprises with which
he was associated as an organizer and prime mover is
an imposing one. Among them was the Monongahela
River Coal Company, which he organized about 1904,
and which, for many years, controlled the river coal
interests as one of the strongest organizations of its
kind in the United States. Mr. Finley was also vicepresident of the Monongahela City Transit Company, of
Monongahela City, Pa., and director of the Betz-Pierce
Company of Cleveland, Ohio; the Mellon National Bank;
the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke
Company; the National Fire-Proofing Company; the
Pittsburgh Coal Company; the Union Savings Bank;
the Union Trust Company; the American Water Works
and Electric Company; and the Corona (Ala.) Iron and
Coal Company.
In political belief, Mr. Finley was a Republican, and
both in public office and in private life was a diligent
worker for the general good. In 1887 and I888 he
represented Washington county in the State Legislature,
was elected to fill the unexpired term of James K. Billingsley in the session of 1888-90, and also filled a seat in
the lower house in the session of 1891. His record as a
legislator is one of untiring effort in the public business,
of faithful attendance upon the work of the committees
of which he was a member, and of general usefulness at
all times. In April, 1892, Mr. Finley resigned his seat
at Harrisburg so that he might more effectively advo-.
cate improved streets and sewerage facilities for his
community without laying himself open to the charge
of sectionalism in his work in the Legislature. At all
times he held the highest confidence of his fellowcitizens, who testified to their appreciation of his ability
and public spirit by repeatedly electing him to the City
Council. In 1887, Mr. Finley served on the Revenue
Commission, appointed to examine the tax laws of
the State and to recommend State tax legislation. Mr.
Finley held advanced educational theories and supported
educational work as vice-president of the Pennsylvania
College for Women, and as a director and trustee of
the Western Theological Seminary. He was also a
director of the Monongahela Memorial Hospital and
of the Western Pennsylvania Exposition. He gave his
financial aid as well as his executive powers to further
the work of these institutions, and in a manner that
strove solely to accomplish good, was a liberal friend
of charitable and philanthropic projects. No good work
appealed to him in vain, and he gave with the thoughtful
care that made his benefactions of added value.
Mr. Finley held the thirty-second degree in the Masonic order, and was also a member of the Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine in that body. He was a member of
the Presbyterian church of Monongahela, and served
as a deacon for a number of years. He was a lover of
fine paintings and a discriminating judge of their values,
as he was an admirer of perfection in book making.
He was the owner of about one hundred paintings by
old masters, and his library contained one of the finest
collections of de luxe editions and bindings in this
part of the State. But the purpose of his library was
by no means ornamental, for in it he spent many happy
hours in the companionship of his favorite authors.
Mr. Finley married, Feb. 21, 1878, Marguerite Bowman, daughter of Michael and Christina (Gottwick)business under the name of Logue Brothers  Company, Incorporated, with Harry A. Logue as president.
In October, 1920, the Wood-Fourth Insurance Agency,
Incorporated, was organized, with Harry A. Logue as
chairman of the board of directors, and under his management the new company is forging ahead to greater
prosperity as a business organization, and broader significance to the public as a part of the insurance world
of Pittsburgh. Except for short periods Mr. Logue has
been identified, during his entire career, with the progress
of this city as a commercial center. When about
eighteen years of age he went to Texas, and for a time
held a position as railway news agent on the Texas
Pacific railway, between Marshall, Texas, and New Orleans, La.
Mr. Logue was for many years a member of the 14th
Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, and served in
the Spanish-American War, first with the rank of
sergeant, then later as first lieutenant and battalion adjutant on the staff of Colonel W. J. Glenn, of the 14th
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. As a member of the
National Guard he participated in the historic Homestead strike, and also in the anthracite coal strike of
1902, as first lieutenant and battalion adjutant. Again in
1906 Mr. Logue was called upon to meet a public emergency, but this time in line with his business interests.
Owing to his comprehensive knowledge of fire insurance, he was appointed by several of the largest companies in the United States to represent their interests
during that trying period in San Francisco, Cal., following the terrible earthquake and fire. For a full year his
entire time was devoted to the adjustment of losses due
to that holocaust. Still again, during the World War,
he was sent on a special mission to England, in the interest of a group of American manufacturers.
Mr. Logue is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber
of Commerce, and serves on the insurance committee of
that body. He has served for many years on the executive
committee of the Board of Fire Underwriters of Allegheny county, and is also chairman of the executive
committee of the National Association of Insurance
Agents. He is a member of the Insurance Society of
Pittsburgh, the Insurance Society of New York City,
the New York Insurance Exchange, the Board of Fire
Underwriters of Chicago and of Boston, the National
Board of Fire Underwriters, and of the National Fire
Protective Association.
As an individual Mr. Logue has many and far-reaching
interests. He is financially interested in various manufacturing organizations in the Pittsburgh district, and is
a director of the Hamilton Realty Company. In a social
way he is connected with the leading organizations, being
a member of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, the
Americus Republican Club, the Union Club, and the
Automobile Club of Pittsburgh. He is a member of the
Old Colony Club, and of the Pittsburgh Country Club,
and is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He is prominent in the Masonic order, and is a
member of Chartier's Commandery, Knights Templar,
and also of Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine. He has long been a member of
Pittsburgh Lodge, No. II, Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks. As a patron of all out-door sports, Mr.
Logue is well known. His favorite recreations are
golf and motoring, and he has toured by automobile extensively, covering nearly all parts of the United States.
On June 17, 1903, Mr. Logue married Marie Ogden,
daughter of Alexander and Eleanor (Brandon) Ogden,
of Pittsburgh, previously residents of Owen Sound, Ontario. Mr. Logue is active in many lines of civic and
charitable endeavor, and served with the most devoted
zeal in the Red Cross work and the Liberty Bond campaigns during the World War. Their delightful Pittsburgh residence is at No. 5415 Beacon street, Squirrel
Hill.
JOSEPH CLIFTON TREES-Oil and gas-these
are two of the mightiest sources of Pittsburgh's phenomenal wealth and world-wide renown -and even as it
was Pittsburgh men who developed the first oil fields in
Pennsylvania and made the first oil markets, so it is now
citizens of the industrial metropolis who guide, control
and annually increase the colossal force of this greatest
of American financial hierarchies. Prominent among
these oil magnates of the present day is Joseph Clifton
Trees, president of several large corporations operating
in the Southwest, and also vice-president of the BenedumTrees Oil Company. Mr. Trees is intimately identified
with the leading interests of his home city, and his name
is a synonym for philanthropy and public spirit.
Joseph Clifton Trees was born Nov. 1O, 1869, in Westmoreland county, Pa., a son of Isaac T. and Lucy A.
Trees. He received a liberal education, graduating in
1892 from the Indiana Normal School, and in 1895 from
the University of Pittsburgh, then the Western University
of Pennsylvania. Early in his career Mr. Trees gave
proof of his possession of that faculty so essential to a
successful business man--the faculty of looking far
ahead and discerning in advance the source of events.
Recognizing the vast possibilities of the oil and gas resources of the State of Louisiana, he decided, in association with a number of fellow Pittsburghers, to enter
that field, with the result that he became a pioneer in
the producing business in that region, and by his rare
judgment and acute discernment was instrumental in
making the State one of the nation's leading oil and
gas producing territories.
In the vast Pittsburgh district which leads the world
in oil and gas production, Mr. Trees is a power, and his
influence extends not only over a large portion of the
United States, but also makes itself felt in Mexico. He
is president of the Arkansas Natural Gas Company, the
Arkansas Fuel Oil Company, the J. C. Trees Oil Company, the Penn Mex Oil Company, the Wabash Gas Company and the Regal Oil Company, and vice-president of
the Benedum-Trees Oil Company. He seems to possess
the touch of Midas, oil and gas, under his skillful manipulation, being transmuted into gold.
Intensely public-spirited, Mr. Trees has been prominently connected with a number of movements tending
to promote the interests of Pittsburgh, and in a notable
way he has acted the part of a benefactor. No good
work done in the name of charity or religion seeks his
cooperation in vain, but so quietly are his donations bestowed that their full number will, in all probability,
never be known to the world. He belongs to the Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh Country, Duquesne and Oak-   mer Manufacturing Company, and is boiler and engine
mont Country clubs, and the Pittsburgh Athletic Asso-   examiner for the county of Allegheny, this appointment
ciation.                                                     having been made by Governor W. C. Sprague.  Mr. McOne of the leading characteristics of Mr. Trees is love   Kinley  is a  member  of  Pittsburgh  Lodge,  No. Il,
for his alma mater and he has devoted large sums of   Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of Elks, of which
money to the enlargement and embellishment of this in-   order he has been a trustee for the past fourteen years.
stitution.  Chief among  his benefactions is the noble   He  is also a member of the National Manufacturers'
Trees gymnasium  and athletic stadium.   His  bounty,   Association.
however, to the university has not been limited to these        Mr. McKinley married, in Pittsburgh, in 1893, Jane
gifts, munificent as they are.                               McGonigle, of this city, and they have three children,
The personality of Mr. Trees is that of a man of   Mary Helen, Lee A., and William J.
a many-sided mental equipment endowed withy the imagination necessary to take a large view of large affairs, and   JAMES  CROSSAN  CHAPLIN-The  field of fiwithal possessing an energy and an enthusiasm which   nance has offered Mr. Chaplin his principal sphere of
make him a tireless and a most effective worker in a   endeavor, and in that line he has achieved excellent and
wide and diversified field of endeavor.  His countenance   far-reaching results.  His vice-presidency of the Colonial
bears the imprint of these characteristics.  It is an in-   Trust Company of Pittsburgh heads a long list of oftellectual face and a resolute one.  Invincible determina-   ficial positions in banking institutions, and business and
tion looks out of the dark eyes and the finely moulded   industrial organizations have claimed a generous share
features, and these denote a man of purpose.  He is at   of his time and talents in executive and advisory capacity.
Once a thinker and a doer, and withal the face wears a  The following record shows him as a descendant of
genial aspect and shows a kindliness of disposition which   patriotic and honored ancestry, rendering valuable service
account for the well-known fact that no man in Pitts-   to many organizations vitally affecting the public welburgh has a larger number of devoted friends.  Ardent   fare, and measuring up to high standards of citizenship.
and loyal in his attachments, and possessing a chivalrous      The family of which Mr. Chaplin is a member was
sense of honor,' he is loved by many and trusted by all.   founded by Benjamin Chaplin, who was born in EngMr. Trees married, Dec. 20, 1894, Claudine V. Willi-   land in 1687 and became a resident of Lynn, Mass., later
son, daughter of Andrew Willison, and they are the par-   settling at Pomf ret, Conn.  The line of descent to Mr.
ents of one son, Joseph Graham, born Aug. 5, 1896.         Chaplin  is through  William and  Esther  (Holbrook)
The commanding position which Mr. Trees, by well   Chaplin, William and Amanda  (Huntington)  Chaplin
trained talent and force of character, has made for him-   John Huntington and Harriet (Craig) Chaplin, William
self in the business world, is one which many men would   Craig and Sarah J. (Crossan) Chaplin, and James Crosregard as the acme of the ambition of a lifetime, but   san (I) Chaplin, father of James Crossan Chaplin of this
there are greater heights to be scaled, and the motto of   record.  The successive generations of the family fura man like Joseph Clifton Trees is and ever will be   nished members who bore worthy part in the life of their
"Excelsior."   ^.                                       communities, and who gave of their best in whatever
~                            public crisis arose.  William Chaplin of the third genJ. R. McKINLEY,  of Pittsbrugh, is the executive   eration was a soldier of the Revolution, his son, John
head of one Qf those corporations providing for the   Huntington Chaplin, was a graduate of Yale College,
daily needs of the people.  As president of the Columbia   and became a United States judge in Florida, and the
Ice Company, he contributes, largely to the health and   two succeeding descendants, William Craig Chaplin and
comfort of the community.   Mr.  McKinley was born   James Crossan (I) Chaplin, both became officers of the
Aug. 15, 1871, in the city of Pittsburgh, a son of Daniel   United  States navy.   During  the  Civil War  James
and Mary  (Gilday) McKinley.                                 Crossan (I) Chaplin rendered distinguished service, risAs a boy he attended the public schools of Pittsburgh,   ing to the rank of lieutenant commander, and died at sea,
and in due course was graduated from the high school.   Sept. 23, 1866, being then executive officer of the "MonAt the age of seventeen years he entered upon the busi-   ocacy," a steam sloop carrying ten guns.  The following
ness career which has carried him forward to success.   tribute was paid him by a gentleman who was his comHis first work was with the Lehigh railroad, in their   manding officer at one time during the Civil War:  "In
Philadelphia shops, where he remained for three years.   the hour of danger his presence of mind never forsook
Next he went to work for a group of ice machine com-   him.  Cool  calm and courageous, he was of such stuff
panies, as erecting engineer, continuing along this line  as heroes are made of.  On the social side, his many
for two years.  He  then became connected with the   virtues shone to equal  advantage.   He  was  one  of
Chautauqua Ice Company, and several other ice com-   nature's noblemen, and not one of the large circle who
panies at the same time, as chief engineer.  Soon after-   shared his friendship will ever forget his genial ways and
wards these companies became associated under the name   warm  heart."   Lieutenant-Commander  James  Crossan
of the Consolidated Ice Company.   In I915 Mr. Mc-   Chaplin married Martha Harris, and they were the parKinley founded the Columbia Ice Company, of which he   ents of Virginia S., James Crossan, of whom  further,
is president.  In this connection he has made a success   and Mary C.
which is clearly manifested in the growth of the busi-         James Crossan Chaplin, son of James Crossan (I) and
ness.  His executive ability has placed him high in this   Martha (Harris) Chaplin, was born in Pittsburgh, Sept.
line, and he is also interested in activities outside this  7, 1863.  His father's death occurred when he was three
immediate company.  He is president of the Eclipse Dim-   yea of age, and Missouri then became the family home,ii                (
pbut in 1879 they returned to Pittsburgh, making their
residence in Sewickley. Then, as a youth of sixteen
years, he obtained a position in the Citizens' National
Bank, resigning from that service to become teller with
the Fidelity Title and Trust Company. The ten years
of his continuance with this company witnessed his advancement to the office of treasurer, and upon the incorporation of the Colonial Trust Company of Pittsburgh, he became vice-president of the new organization.
Business qualifications of the highest grade, and unusual
powers of leadership have brought him into prominent
place in the financial, industrial, and commercial world,
and he has been called to advisory and administrative
positions in connection with many enterprises of large
importance. Mr. Chaplin is a director of the Coraopolis
Savings and Trust Company, Coraopolis, Pa., the Greenville National Bank, Greenville, Pa., the First National
Bank, Sharon, Pa., the First National Bank, Albion, Pa.,
the Pennsylvania Clay Company, and of the Indianapolis
Traction Company, Indianapolis, Ind. He is vice-president of the Freehold Bank, Pittsburgh, and the Colonial
Trust Company, Farrel, Pa., and chairman of the board
of the Crawford Trust Company, Meadville, Pa. He is
also treasurer of the E. J. Thompson Company, Pittsburgh, and a director of the Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and
Glass Company. His wide responsibility has required extensive and exact knowledge of many fields of endeavor,
and in the fulfillment of these responsibilities he has
gained expert information along many lines. He is a
man of strong personality, keenly alive to the duties of
stewardship concomitant with his high positions, and has
discharged ably and faithfully the many trusts placed
in his keeping.
Mr. Chaplin is a Republican in political sympathy, and
when opportunity has offered has gladly given of his
time and his efforts to the service of his party in his
community. For many years he has been a member of
the Sewickley council and continuously chairman of its
finance committee. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, his patriotic ancestry giving him membership in
the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Sons of the American
Revolution, and he is also a member of the Duquesne
Club, the Allegheny Country Club, the Pittsburgh Club,
the Pittsburgh Athletic Club, the Edgeworth Club of
Sewickley, and the Lawyers' Club of New York City.
His church is St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal of
Sewickley and he has served it as treasurer and as junior
and senior warden.
During the war Mr. Chaplin was a member of the
Central Liberty Loan Committee, which had charge of
all the distribution and management of the Liberty Loans,
and was associated with the Pittsburgh leaders of
finance- H. C. McEldouney, president of the Union
Trust Company, John R. McCune, president of the Union
National Bank, R. B. Mellon, vice-president of the National Bank, and Harrison Nesbit, president of the Bank
of Pittsburgh. He was also chairman of nineteen
counties of Western Pennsylvania for the distribution of
war saving stamps, and, later, under a treasury department ruling, he was made director of the savings of
the Treasury Department for Western Pennsylvania, and.
made responsible for nineteen counties and five hundred
Pitts-1-20
and forty banks as well as all the schools, societies and
other organizations of the district.
Mr. Chaplin married Fanny Campbell, daughter of
Col. David Campbell, and they have two sons: James
Crossan Chaplin (3), and David Campbell Chaplin.
OBED K. PRICE-In modern times a corporation
lawyer does not figure much in the limelight, not, perhaps, so much from deliberate choice as the fact that
he is part of a corporate organization whose management retains him for the purpose of avoiding episodes
of a dramatic character, rather than to play a part in
such episodes. Any professional prominence thus obtained does not become a public matter.
Among this class of lawyers in Pittsburgh, the career
of Obed K. Price is perhaps typical. Practically his
entire professional career has been spent as a member
of the legal staff of the Pittsburgh Coal Company and its
subsidiary interests. Mr. Price is a son of Willson
and Caroline Eleanor (Sipes) Price. Willson Price was
a native of New Jersey, whence his ancestors emigrated
from Wales prior to the Revolution, and fought in that
war, and his mother was a member of the Willson family of that State. Mr. Price's mother was a native of
Pennsylvania, being the daughter of General John Sipes,
of the well-known Fulton county family of that name.
Obed K. Price was born on a farm in Rock Island
county, Ill., and received his early education in public
and private schools of Illinois and Iowa. Coming to
Pittsburgh from Davenport, Iowa, in 1901, as a reporter
for R. G. Dunn  Company, he gave up that employment
and entered the law department of the Western University of Pennsylvania (now the University of Pittsburgh), and graduated therefrom in 1908 with the last
class graduated from that institution under its old name.
One year of his professional study prior to graduation
was spent in the University of Southern California at
Los Angeles. Mr. Price was admitted to the Allegheny
county bar in December, 1908, and since April, I9IO, has
been connected with the legal work of the Pittsburgh
Coal Company, which is the largest coal mining company in existence. Mr. Price is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and of the Masonic fraternities,
and politically supports the Republican party.
In September, 1918, he married Mazie Winnett Price,
daughter of John M. and Helen (Dunbar) Price. Her
father was distantly related to the New Jersey family
from which Mr. Price sprang, and was a great-grandson
of Captain Peter Perchmont, a soldier of the Revolution,
captain in the Pennsylvania militia, and an Indian fighter
of note, who was one of the early settlers of the- Pittsburgh district. Mr. and Mrs. Price have one daughter,
Ann Marshall.
ALEXANDER BEATTY ORTH-The work of
Alexander Beatty Orth, of Pittsburgh, Pa., was such as
adds to the beauty of the city, as well as the comfort
and convenience of the people. As one of the leading
architects of this section, he was employed by many of
the most prominent families to design and construct
beautiful residences, and many large business interests
are now housed in structures which, through his skill306                                    HISTORY OF PITTSBURGH
and originality, combine the last word in utility with   then with the law firm of Knox  Reed, being admitted
the greatest charm and dignity.                               to the Allegheny county bar, Oct. 30, 1878.  He  rose
Mr. Orth came of old pioneer stock.  His paternal   rapidly in his profession and was honored with the presgrandfather came to the United States in 1812, and lo-   idency of the Allegheny County Bar Association and of
cating in New Lisbon, Ohio, established a woolen factory   the Pennsylvania State Bar Association.  After practicthere-one of the earliest industries of that section.          ing alone for a time, he associated himself with John
Mr.  Orth's father, George H. Orth, was a woolen   Dalzell and George B. Gordon, under the firm name of
manufacturer also, and owned factories at Connellsville   Dalzell, Scott,  Gordon, and when, because of having
and Canonsburg, Pa., and Steubenville, Ohio.  He mar-   been elected Congressman, Mr. Dalzell retired, William
ried Martha Jewett, who at one time lived across the   S. Dalzell, the Congressman's son, came into the firm
street from Abraham Lincoln.  Her  father established   and the name remained unchanged.  Mr. Scott was for
the first iron foundry west of the Allegheny Mountains,   many years counsel for the Pennsylvania lines and for
Alexander Beatty Orth was born in Connellsville, Pa.,   the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in Western Pennon May  15, I868.  Receiving his early education in the   sylvania.  He was counsel for Andrew Carnegie at the
public schools of Pittsburgh, North Side, he went to   time of the difference between Andrew  Carnegie and
Cornell University,  talking a special course in archi-   Henry C. Frick, as one of a group of the foremost legal
tecture, graduating in I899.  After leaving school, he   representatives of the time.  Mr. Scott married, Sept. I6,
took an extended trip abroad, and studied architecture and   188o, Annie Lyon  King, daughter of Dr. James and
sketching in many of the wonderful cities of the Old   Anne  (Russell) King, and they became the parents of
World.                                     four  children:   James  King,  of  further  mention;
With this preparation, Mr. Orth returned to Pitts-   Eleanor Alison, deceased; John Irvine, deceased;  and
burgh, where he entered the employ of his brother, George   William R., a graduate of Harvard Law  School.  Mr.
S. Orth, then a rising Pittsburgh architect, remaining   Scott died Feb. 27, 1906.
with him until 1900.  At that time the brothers formed          J. King Scott, son of William and Annie Lyon (King)
a partnership, under the firm name of George S. Orth   Scott, was born June 27, I88I.  He attended the private
 Brother.  On April 14, 1918, George S. Orth died, and   schools  of  his locality and  then  went  to  Shadyside
Alexander B. Orth then carried on the business until his   Academy, where he prepared for entrance to Princeton
death, which occurred Nov. 30, 1920.                          University.  He did not graduate from the university,
Mr. Orth conducted a general practice in architecture,   but instead left his studies and went to work, first for the
and in connection with this work, did a great deal of   Fidelity Title and Trust Company, then for the Westlandscape designing.  He  did much beautiful work on   inghouse  Machine  Company,  next  for the Pittsburgh
large estates and industrial plants, and many of Pitts-   Plate Glass Company, and finally, in 1916, for the Latrobe
burgh's best homes are products of his art.  Mr. Orth   Electric Steel Company,  for which he is now district
was a member of the Pittsburgh Art Commission.                sales manager.  He is a member of the Duquesne Club,
the University Club, the Oakmont Country Club, the
J. KING  SCOTT-The  Scott family is an old and   Pittsburgh Golf Club, the Princeton Club of Western
honored one in this country.  John Scott, grandfather   Pennsylvania, the Princeton Club of Philadelphia, Pa.,
of J. King Scott, was born in Alexandria, Huntingdon   and the Colonial Club, of Princeton, N. J.  He is also a
county, Pa., July  I4, 1824, and was  admitted to the   member of Fellowship Lodge, No. 679, Free and Accepted
Franklin county bar.  In June, 1846, he was appointed   Masons.  Politically he is an independent voter.
deputy attorney-general of Huntingdon county and  Mr. Scott married, June 2, 1906, Jeanette Lupton,
served until 1849.  In 1851 he served as a member of the   daughter of Henry B. and Fannie (Richardson) Lupton,
State  Board  of  Revenue  Commissioners,  paying  a   of Pittsburgh, and they have two children:  Elizabeth
lengthy visit to Europe in 1853.  In 1862 he was a mem-   L., and Anne King, both of whom are attending a private
ber of the State House of Representatives of Pennsyl-   school.  Mr. Scott's mother is still living.
vania, and later served as a delegate to the Republican
National Convention which nominated General Grant for           HARRY WILLIAM NETHKEN, president of Colthe presidency in 1868.  He was a member of the United   bers Mercantile Company, and incumbent of several other
States Senate from Pennsylvania from 1869 to 1875.  He   important executive positions, is a son of John A. and
then went to Pittsburgh and was admitted to the Alle-   Mary A. (Brandt) Nethken, and was born at Nethkengheny county bar, still later removing to Philadelphia,   ville, near Elk Garden, Mineral county, W. Va., Jan. 27,
where he was. appointed general solicitor for the Penn-   1883.  His father was for many years engaged in mersylvania Railroad Company.  He married Annie S. Eyster,   cantile operations,  in connection  with which  he  also
and they had ten children, the eldest of whom was Wil-   operated two large farms at Nethkenville and Bayard,
liam, father of J. King Scott.                                his death occurring Sept. 7, I899.
William Scott, son of John and Annie S. (Eyster)              Mr. Nethken attended public schools in W. Va., and
Scott, was born May 8, I85o, in Alexandria, Huntingdon   college at Baltimore, Md., interrupting his studies to
county, Pa.  He attended private schools of the locality   make a trip to Europe upon a cattle steamer.  He worked
and  prepared  for college with tutors, later entering   his passage across the water, and during the trip had
Princeton University, from which he graduated in I868.   numerous  experiences, some enjoyable and all out of
After two years of western experience as civil engineer   the ordinary.  He attended the Paris exposition, and spent
with General Schofield, he spent a short time in the coal almost a month in London, England. Upon his return
business, and then studied law, first with his father and to the United States he entered the employ of the Buxton  Landstreet Company, of Thomas, W. Va. This
firm was a subsidiary of the Western Maryland railroad,
and during the course of five years in this employ, Mr.
Nethken rose to the position of manager of the branch
at Henry, W. Va. He assumed this place in August,
1906, and three years later was appointed general manager of the entire company, whose business at that time
totalled more than $1,ooo,ooo annually. He never took
active charge of this office, for a few days after his appointment the Pittsburgh Terminal Railway and Coal
Company, of Pittsburgh, of which the Mutual Supply
Company was a subsidiary, was taken over by the Western
Maryland railroad, and Mr. Nethken was appointed general manager of the Mutual Supply Company, with
offices in the Wabash building, at Pittsburgh. Two years
later he was made president of this same company and
also became the purchasing agent of several coal companies, filling these places until June, 1917, when he personally took over the Colliers Mercantile Company, of
Colliers, W. Va., and the ten stores of the Mountain
Supply Company, the latter a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company. He is now president
of the Colliers Mercantile Company, treasurer of the
Moss Creek Supply Company, general manager of the
Four States Mercantile Company, and president of the
Mountain Mercantile Company.
For eight years Mr. Nethken has served as a member
of the council of Dormont borough, for two years as
president, and his efforts toward the end of a businesslike administration of borough affairs have borne notable
fruit, particularly in the street, sewer and water systems,
which are the best to be found in the boroughs of the
Pittsburgh district. Mr. Nethken is a member of the
Duquesne Club, Pittsburgh Field Club, and St. Clair
Country Club. His fraternal affiliations are Masonic, and
in this order he belongs to lodge, chapter, commandery
and Syria Temple.
Mr. Nethken married, Nov. 14, 1906, Minnie Lantz,
daughter of Joseph and Margaret Lantz, of Davis, W.
Va. They have one daughter, Martha Jane.
CORNELIUS P. SULLIVAN-As superintendent
of construction for the United States Treasury Department, Cornelius P. Sullivan is a prominent figure in the
building world to-day. Mr. Sullivan's family has long
been engaged in construction work, his grandfather
(paternal), having been widely known in this field in
Ireland, and his father and uncle in this country.
Mr. Sullivan is a son of Dennis and Hanna (McGilIicudy) Sullivan, both of whom were born in Ireland,
coming to this country at about sixteen years of age.
Dennis Sullivan became a successful and wealthy contractor and builder in New England, specializing in public buildings, of which he erected large numbers. He
built more churches than any other contractor of his
time. He died in June, 1920, at the age of ninety-one
years. His wife, who is also deceased, was a member of
one of the leading families of Ireland.
Cornelius P. Sullivan was born in Boston, Mass., Sept.
23, I858. He attended the public schools of Boston, and
entered upon a course in the Massachusetts Institute of
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teen years, in 1877, he entered the field with which he
was already familiar through his father's experience,
and for twenty-one years followed general contracting.
He also built many churches, the list numbering thirtysix, and these in various parts of the East.
In 1908 Mr. Sullivan was sent by the United States
Treasury Department to Cape Girardeau, Mo., to erect
the post office building there. He has since continued
with the government, and has had the oversight of construction work at widely separated points. He superintended the construction of post office buildings at
Paducah and Mayfield, Ky., then later at Boston, Marlboro and Beverly, Mass., still later at Portsmouth, Ohio.
He came to Pittsburgh on Dec. 15, 1914, and has since
made his headquarters in this city. He now has the
supervision of all the United States Treasury work in
Eastern Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and in all West
Virginia and Kentucky, including all repair work in the
territory, as well as new construction. He also serves
in an advisory capacity in many other districts throughout the United States. The new post offices at Carnegie and East Pittsburgh, Pa., were erected under his
supervision.
Mr. Sullivan is a tireless worker, and takes little
leisure. Except for a day or two at a time, he has
taken only one vacation during his entire career. Not
long ago he arranged for a year's leave of absence, and
went to South America with his youngest daughter to
visit his eldest son, but he found so little enjoyment in
idleness that he returned to Pittsburgh and to business
months before he had intended. Politically Mr. Sullivan is an independent voter. He is a member of the
McGillicudy Society, and attends the Roman Catholic
Church of the Sacred Heart.
On April I6, 1884, Mr. Sullivan married Catherine
Brogan, of New York City, daughter of Michael Brogan,
prominent in business and political affairs of that city,
a leading builder, and from 1875 to 1884 a member of
the New York State Assembly. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan
have five children: John Bernard, Elsie Beatrice, Cornelius P., Jr., Joseph Cornelius, and Katherine Mary,
all of whom are of further mention.
John Bernard Sullivan has achieved a high position
in business circles in South America, although still a
young man. He was graduated from Harvard University in 1908, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts,
and at once entered the business world, where he showed
rare efficiency. Shortly afterwards he was sent to the
Argentine as assistant manager and director of the General Electric Company. He has continued there since,
and is now director general of Lloyds, of Buenos Aires,
owners of many steamers, and the largest shippers in
South America. John B. Sullivan's summer home is a
thousand acre ranch. Here he carries on large operations as a stock farmer, and has some very fine cattle,
for which he has paid prices ranging up to $20,000
each. He married Olive White, of New York City.
Elsie Beatrice Sullivan, the elder daughter, was educated in the grammar schools and Sacred Heart College,
of Boston. She is the wife of William J. Woods, of the
C. B. Barrie Company, of New York City, and has one
child, William J., Jr.Bowman, of Monongahela City, Pa. From all of the
circles in which Mr. Finley moved there came outpourings of appreciation and regard when death took
him from their midst. Among the many tributes offered
to his life and work was the following minute, adopted
at a joint meeting of the Union Trust Company, the
Mellon National Bank, and the Union Savings Bank,
which, in happy simplicity, expresses the esteem in
which he was held:
It is with profound sorrow that we record the death
of John Barclay Finley at his home in this city, on
February 27, 1919. Mr. Finley had been a director of
these institutions for many years and had given to
their affairs an earnest, conscientious and devoted
service. A long life, diligently employed in the banking and commercial enterprises of this district, had
equipped him with a knowledge and experience invaluable in the administration of financial affairs. Of
these he gave freely to these institutions. We, his
fellow directors, realize that his death has deprived
us of a wise counsel, a sound judgment, and a genial
personality.
JAMES DAVIDSON SANDS, D. D.-Called from
the pulpit to work in executive capacity in the United
Presbyterian Church organization, Dr. James D. Sands,
in the three-score years of his life, completed a Christian
work of rare value, and enjoyed exceptional opportunities for service in the cause to which he had devoted
his life. The following paragraphs contain the simple
outline of his religious activities and well show the reason
for close associates writing of him at his death: "A true
and trusted servant of the church has fallen suddenly at
his post."
Dr. James D. Sands, son of Andrew Sands, was born
on his father's farm in Plum township, Allegheny
county, Pa., Feb. I6, 1853. Early in life he was dedicated
to the Christian ministry by his godly mother, and his
life was a response to that dedication. He was graduated from Westminster College at the age of nineteen
years, and from Allegheny Theological Seminary when
twenty-three. He united, on profession of faith, with the
Eighth Presbyterian Church, of Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1873.
He was licensed by Monongahela Presbytery, March 30,
1875, was ordained by Beaver Valley Presbytery, Dec.
19, 1876, and in the latter year was installed pastor of
the United Presbyterian Congregation, of Beaver, Pa.
This pastoral relation continued until 188o, when he was
transferred to the Seventh United Presbyterian Church,
of Pittsburgh, to which he ministered for twenty years.
Dr. Sands was elected a member of the United Presbyterian Board of Publication in 1883, and five years later
was made its president. Early in 1901 he was chosen
business manager of the board, and for twelve years he
served the church most efficiently in this official position, his work in this capacity ending only with the closing of all his earthly labors. He was editor and publisher of the "Evangelical Repository," 1889-1890. At
the December, 1912, meeting of the Board of Publication,
he was elected as co-editor of the "Christian Instructor," 
and he looked forward eagerly to the service he hoped to
render in this relationship, but before he penned his first
editorial message he was called to the highest service.
Dr. Sands filled many other financial positions with rare
fidelity and ability. He was stated clerk of Monongahela Presbytery for the years, 1883-1903, and for eleven
years its financial agent; trustee and treasurer of the
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and trustee of the
General Assembly. The General Assembly of 1912 appointed him a member of the Committee on Closer Relations with the Southern Presbyterian Church, and he
met with that committee in Washington, D. C., during
the closing days of November. His death occurred before
the report of that committee could be submitted. He was
moderator of the Synod of Pittsburgh, 1894. He was
author of "The History of the Presbytery of Monongahela," from 1876 to 1893, and of the "United Presbyterian Digest," third edition, of 1902, and timely contributions on labor problems and religious matters.
It was characteristic of Dr. Sands that he lost no opportunity to advance the interests of a cause he believed
right. This attitude led him into the support of various reform movements in political relation, and he was
a vital moving force in such work. He was Republican
in political faith, a member of the Anti-Saloon League,
and a worker in and out of season for the temperance
crusade.
Dr. Sands was honored with the degree of Doctor of
Divinity by Westminster College in 1895. That his work
had been appreciated and a proper value set upon his
talents during his lifetime is shown by the many and
responsible posts to which he was called. Upon his death
his brethren in religious work paid tender and loving tribute to his memory. With what fine courage and with
what confident faith in the future he faced the great
experience, the following words spoken to a friend the
evening before his death indicate: "It is not hard to
die when you come face to face with the end." His
earthly career closed Jan. 28, 1913.
Dr. Sands married (first) Ella Stratton, and had a
daughter, Helen, who married Dr. Herbert W. Ferry,
deceased, of Poland, Ohio. He married (second), July
28, 1887, Sarah Given, daughter of John Given, her f ather a pattern maker in the employ of the Allegheny
Valley Railroad at Verona, Pa. Mrs. Sands is president of the Women's General Missionary Society of the
United Presbyterian Church of North America. She
is a member of the Pittsburgh Ceramic Club, and of
the Alumni Association of the School of Design. Children of Dr. and Mrs. Sands: Harold G., a resident of
Ben Avon, Pa., associated with E. F. Houghton 
Company, is married, and has three children, viz.:
Margaret, James Davidson, and Robert Reed; Martha
J., married Louis A. Kirtland, of Poland, Ohio.
The following are the words of one of Dr. Sands'
close associates, and are here quoted for the view they
give of the esteem in which he was held by those who
were in a position to fairly judge his usefulness:
It is only within the last few years that the Church
has been awake to the full value of Dr. Sands and to
its indebtedness to him. His masterful conduct of the
large interests under the charge of the Board of Publication showed how thoroughly competent and reliable and serviceable he was. He had talents that
would have made him prosperous in the commercial
world. He came behind in no gift that belongs to
success. But all was placed willingly at the disposal
of the cause of Christ. Beyond this, he was a man
that had understanding of the times, to know what
Israel ought to do. His foresight and insight and
practical wisdom were recognized by the General Assembly, and he was appointed to serve in many important capacities. In all the courts of the ChurchCornelius P. Sullivan, Jr., was educated in the University of Kentucky. He married Viola Tannehill, a
member of an old Pittsburgh family.
Joseph Cornelius Sullivan, the youngest son, is a
graduate of Peabody High School, of Pittsburgh, class
of 1916. He has been in the Argentine since 1917. He
tried to enlist for the World War, but was not accepted,
owing to his distance from his home.
Katherine Mary Sullivan, the younger daughter, is a
graduate of Urseline Academy, of the class of 1918, and
resides at home.
GEORGE 0. ROGERS, JR., architect, builder and
housing expert, since 1907 has been actively identified with
building operations in a large territory adjacent to Pittsburgh, having designed and erected scores of residences,
churches, theatres, and industrial and manufacturing
plants in Pennsylvania and neighboring states. Mr.
Rogers was born in Omaha, Neb., Aug. 2, 1867, son of
George O.; and Sarah Ann (Dawson) Rogers, his family line related to that of the Rogers of Shropshire, England, which borders on Wales.
George 0. Rogers, Sr., architect, engineer and builder,
came to America in 1863, and was identified with many
great construction operations in various sections of the
country. He was engaged with the engineering department of the Union Pacific railway, the first of transcontinental railways, with headquarters in Omaha, when
his son, George 0., Jr., was born. Mr. Rogers' business
occasioned a score of trips between Great Britain and
the United States, and in 1876 he took his family to England, making their home in Birmingham. George 0.
Rogers, Sr., died in London, in 1887.
When Birmingham, England, became the family home,
George 0. Rogers, Jr., entered King Edward's Grammar
School, and was there a student until his fourteenth year,
when he became apprenticed to an architect, and so served
until attaining his majority. As a young man of twentyone years he went to London, and was successful in passing the rigid examinations of the London Association of
Architects. Returning to Birmingham, he opened an
office, and for four years was there engaged in professional practice. The succeeding ten years were spent in
different parts of England in the execution of professional commissions, his specialty having become the solution of housing problems in congested industrial districts.
The years 1903 to 1905 were spent in a world tour, embracing Italy, Indo-China, New Zealand, South Africa,
and other parts of the British Empire, and in 1905 he arrived at San Francisco. At this time he visited numerous places in America, including Omaha, Neb., his
birthplace, and then located in Toronto, Canada, where
professional duties occupied him until 1907. In this year
he came to Pittsburgh and began what has proved an
exceptionally successful career that has placed him among
the leaders of his profession in this district. Mr. Rogers
has designed and erected hundreds of buildings devoted
to church, residence, amusement, business, and manufacturing purposes, but the work to which he has given most
intensive study and for which he is best known is the
planning of housing projects for the employees of large
industrial organizations. The chief problem in this department of his profession is the furnishing of modern
homes built for a maximum of comfort and convenience
at minimum cost.
During Mr. Rogers' thirty-three years' practice he has
done work in great industrial centers in Great Britain,
South Africa, Canada, and the United States, and has
gained a host of friends in world-wide associations.
Realed and professionally educated in an environment
where architecture held place among the fine arts, Mr.
Rogers early learned to combine utility and beauty with
the result that many of his structures, even of industrial
character, take place among the better local specimens
of architecture. Mr. Rogers is a member of the Soho
Board of Trade, and the Oakland Welsh Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. Rogers married, in Pittsburgh, in 1907, Margaret
Ann Williams, a native of Bethesda, Wales. Their home
is at No. 2039 Fifth avenue, and Mr. Rogers' offices are
at No. 708 Penn avenue.
WILLIAM MATZ-From Germany came Henry
Matz, at the age of thirty years, his family one of Germany's old and numerous ones. In Pittsburgh he was
engaged as a teamster until his death, May 28, 1912. He
married Caterine Seis, who died Nov. 21, 1917. They
were the parents of four sons and three daughters, two
sons and two daughters deceased. The living sons are:
William, of further mention; and George, who married,
and is the father of seven children: Emory, George
(2), Louis, Norman, Elsie, Lydia, Edna. The living
daughter, Louisa, married          -Foerster, and has four
children: Henrietta, Edward, Frederick, William. The
sons deceased are: John, who left five children: Laura,
John, Edna, Leonard and William; Henry, a former
partner with his brother William, who left two children: Harry and Lillian. The deceased daughters are:
Mrs. Henrietta Eisenhart, who had children: George,
Edward, John, Anna, Kate, Emma, and Henrietta; Catherine, who left a son, Clarence.
William Matz was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. I,
I86o, and there attended public schools. Early in his
career he learned the painter's trade and to that trade
has devoted his business life. His brother, Henry Matz,
established in Pittsburgh as a contractor of painting, in
I885, and in 1887 admitted his brother William as a
partner. Henry Matz died in I888, and William Matz
continued the business alone until 1893, when he admitted
a partner and operated as Matz  Harris until 1897.
Since that time twenty-five years have elapsed, and William Matz has been the sole owner and manager during
that entire period, and for thirty-five years has been
connected with the same business as partner and sole
owner. During those years contracts for the highestclass patrons have been executed, and his work has been
approved by continued patronage. There has scarcely
been an important contract let for which he has not
been a bidder, and many such have been secured and fulfilled; this includes bank buildings, public edifices,
churches, and the finest private residences, as well as
others less important, which may be reckoned by the
thousands.
Mr. Matz is a master Mason, a companion of the
Royal Arch, a cryptic Mason, a Knight Templar, a noble
of the Mystic Shrine, a thirty-second degree Mason ofthe Scottish Rite. In politics he is a Republican, and an
ex-member of the Pittsburgh School Board. His church
preference is the United Presbyterian. From youth he
has been a worker, and he is of the best type of the man
so often referred to as "self-made."
Mr. Matz married Kathryne Fisher, of Pittsburgh,
May I6, I888, and they are the parents of three children: Alice, educated in public schools, married C. D.
King; Walter G., educated in the public schools, now
(1921) in the insurance business; Howard G., educated
in public schools, now with the Colonial Trust Company, of Pittsburgh; a son, William, died in infancy.
Music has always been a passion with Mr. Matz, and
he is a musician of taste and ability. For some years
he played with the "Shrine" band as a recreation, but
since 1916 has not been of that merry band. He gives
his business his daily supervision, and is a man well
liked and esteemed.
EDWARD FREDERICK GEYER-The art of
printing is represented in Pittsburgh by a forward-moving group of men whose activities bear a definite relation
to the general progress. Edward F. Geyer, in association with his brother, Albert R. Geyer, whose life follows in this work, is carrying forward a business which
is the out-growth of the individual efforts of these two
young men. Mr. Geyer is a son of John and Marie
Geyer, and his father was for many years a prominent
carpenter in old Allegheny.
Edward F. Geyer was born in Allegheny, Pa., Jan. II,
1877. He received a thoroughly practical education in
the public schools of that city. With no other preparation for his career, however, Mr. Geyer found himself
dependent upon his own exertions. He was deeply interested in the printing business, and possessed boundless
faith in its possibilities. Lacking capital for the usual
equipment, he did printing in spare hours in a small way,
in an attic room on the North Side (then Allegheny),
his brother sharing his interests, and both working together for a common end. When they outgrew the attic
room their work and equipment overflowed into the
kitchen, and when that space was outgrown they built
a small addition on the house, opening from the kitchen.
With the spirit which they put into the business its
growth was inevitable, and the turning-point came when
there was no further opportunity for expansion in the
original location. The brothers took the plunge, each
contributing fifty dollars for a new job press, and they
rented a store room for their plant. More space was soon
required, and they removed to a larger store room, which
in turn had to be discarded for a floor in an office building. Still the business grew and eventually the present
location was secured, on the eighth floor of the Chatfield
 Woods building. They occupy one-half of this extensive floor, and the little business which had such an
obscure beginning has now become an important interest,
the equipment alone representing a value of $1oo,ooo.
Personally Mr. Geyer finds little leisure for any activities outside his business. He is a member of Allegheny Council, Order of United American Mechanics,
and is a member of the Americus Club. He and his
family attend the Presbyterian church of Dormont, where
they reside.
On Jan. II, 1913, Mr. Geyer married Anna Collins,
daughter of George Collins, and they are the parents
of three children: Edward Gilbert, Alice Louisa, and
Margaret Marie.
ALBERT ROY GEYER-Among the enterprising
young men whose activities are significant to the general
industrial and business progress of the city of Pittsburgh,
Albert R. Geyer is numbered. Mr. Geyer was born on
the North Side of Pittsburgh, June 2, 1887, a son of
John and Marie Geyer.
With only the advantage of a public school education
Mr. Geyer, ambitious to achieve a successful position
in life, entered the business world, filling such positions
as he was able to command. Believing, however, that
greater success lay in taking initiative in any line of business, he became associated with his brother, Edward
Frederick Geyer, whose sketch containing the history of
the business precedes this.
As the head of this enterprise Albert R. Geyer stands
among the progressive business men of Pittsburgh. He is
a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce and
of the Dormont Board of Trade. Fraternally he holds
the thirty-second degree in the Masonic order, is a charter
member of Park Lodge, No. 676, Free and Accepted
Masons; a member of St. Clair Chapter, Royal Arch
Masons; Mount Moriah Council, Royal and Select Masters; Pittsburgh Commandery, No. I, Knights Templar;
Pennsylvania Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish
Rite, and Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Independent
Americans, of the Americus Republican Club, and of the
Almas Club (exclusively Masons). His religious convictions align with the Presbyterian faith, and he is a
member of the Dormont Presbyterian Church.
On Dec. 12, 1911, in Pittsburgh; Mr. Geyer married
Orca C. Alexander, daughter of Grant E. and Minnie
Alexander. Mr. and Mrs. Geyer are the parents of
three children, all living: Orca Marie, Grant Alexander, and Robert Allen.
REV. LOUIS VON KOVACS-In the religious
life and progress of the people of Pittsburgh, Pa., the
Roman Catholic church has left no group unshepherded,
and one of the most successful and active congregations
is that of St. Ann's Roman Catholic Hungarian Church,
at No. 4735 Chatsworth street, in the Hazelwood district, of which Rev. Louis Von Kovacs was the pastor
until Jan. 4, 1922.
Father Von Kovacs comes of a family long prominent
in Hungary, and is a son of Louis Von Kovacs, who
was born in Hungary, in 1853. The father was a man
of high education, a lawyer by profession, also Congressman. His death occurred in I9I8. His wife, Hermina, was also born in Hungary, in 1856, and the greater
part of her life was spent in her native land. Coming
to America to visit her son in 1914, she made an extended stay in this country, but died at his home in
1917, he then being pastor of the church in Connellsville, Pa.
Father Von Kovacs was born in Hungary, Aug. 31,
1883. His early education was received in Hungary,
then his theological studies were pursued and completed
in Old World universities. He was ordained in Hungary
by Bishop Alexander Von Dessewffy, then, at the ageof twenty-four years, came to America. First locating
in New York City, he took a special course in philosophy and law. His first ecclesiastical appointment was
as pastor of St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Church of
that city, remaining in charge of that church for a period
of five years. By this time he was the editor of the
"Independent," a weekly magazine, and wrote two books,
one about 675 pages, "The A B C of the Catholic Faith,"
the other, "My Dreams," twelve stories. Then being
appointed to the church at Connellsville, Pa., Father Von
Kovacs remained there for three and one-half years.
This parish he found in debt, and during his comparatively short pastorate, he was instrumental in the complete wiping out of all their indebtedness. He then received the appointment to St. Ann's Roman Catholic
Hungarian Church from Bishop Canevin, of Pittsburgh,
and as its pastor did splendid work. This church was
organized in 1914, with about 450 families, the first pastor, Rev. D. Major, who was the head of this congregation for about four years, going from here to Farrell,
Pa. Father Vbn Kovacs was the third pastor of the
church, succeeding Father M. Erdujhety, taking up his
duties early in 1919. Meanwhile, in 1918, ground was
purchased on Chatsworth street, and the erection of a
church edifice was begun. Father Von Kovacs zealously carried on the building operations, increasing the
funds for its completion. The pastor's residence, situated back of the still incompleted church, is in an excellent location, and with the finished edifices, which are
now assured by the loyal and enthusiastic cooperation of
the people, including school and convent, St. Ann's will
be one of the finest and most complete church properties
to be found among the Hungarian Roman Catholics of
the entire United States. The membership of the parish
constantly increased under Father Von Kovacs' pastorate.
On Jan. 4, 1922, Rev. Stephen Varga was appointed to
succeed Father Von Kovacs, the latter being transferred
to the Holy Cross Roman Catholic Hungarian Church of
Detroit, Mich.
JOHN CRONIN-An iron worker from his early
youth, John Cronin has passed through about every department of iron and steel manufacture, and is now superintendent of the Pittsburgh Grey Iron Foundry Company, South avenue and Walker street, Pittsburgh.
He was born in Wales, Great Britain, Jan. 2, 1882,
and when eleven years of age came to the United States,
finding a home in Johnstown, Pa., where he at once
began work in the iron mills. He began at a boy's work
and as he grew in years was advanced, becoming a practical foundryman and an expert in his specialties. For
years he was superintendent of the Terraine Steel Mills,
and for seven and one-half years was superintendent for
the Cambria Steel Company, coming to the Pittsburgh
Grey Iron Foundry Company in 1916, the company then
being known as the National Gear Wheel Foundry Company, organized in 1892. That company was bought early
in the year 1920 by the Miller Saw Trimmer Company
and reorganized as the Pittsburgh Grey Iron Foundry
Company. The company employs seventy-five hands and
five foremen, all under the direction of Superintendent
Cronin. The product of the company is all absorbed by
the parent company.
CASSIUS M. CHESEBRO, general manager of the
Chesebro Automobile Company, of Pittsburgh, has placed
himself high in the automobile world by sheer force of
his own industry and perseverence. Mr. Chesebro was
born on a farm in Michigan, Feb. 15, I888, a son of
Frank and Mary (Wright) Chesebro, both of his parents
now living, his father still actively engaged in farming.
Gaining his education entirely from the country schools
near his home, the boy early went to work at whatever
he could find to do in the farming community, and at
length determined to enter the manufacturing world.
He found employment with one of the big Michigan
automobile manufacturers, and remained with this concern for twelve years, learning the business from the
ground up. He established the present business in 1916,
and it was incorporated in 1917. The Chesebro Automobile Company does a large business in general automobile construction, including the making of tops. They
sell all over Western Pennsylvania, and are the State
agents for the Duplex Trucks. They sell these trucks
along with their own output, through travelling salesmen. They have built up a very prosperous business,
and their plant is I57x87 feet, three stories in height,
giving a floor space of nearly 41,000 square feet. The
plant is up-to-date in every respect, and equipped with
the most modern machinery. They employ twenty-one
hands. Mr. Chesebro is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. His church
membership is with the Methodist Episcopal denomination.
Mr. Chesebro married Lina Shimen, and they have two
daughters, Virginia May and Elmo Jean.
HERMAN T. RIGHTMIRE--The practical things
of life require practical men to handle them, and a large
share of the business activity of every city has to do
with the ordinary, practical, every-day necessities of life
and its conventional amenities. In Pittsburgh the cleaning and dyeing business is handled by men who are putting into it all those qualities which would win success
in any line of effort, and Herman T. Rightmire is one
of the leaders in this line. Mr. Rightmire was born in
Marietta, Ohio, in 1884, a son of Theodore and Mary
(Bogard) Rightmire.
Mr. Rightmire received a practical education in the
public schools of Marietta, giving him a thorough
grounding in the essentials of education. In 1904 he became associated with the American Cleaning Company,
of Pittsburgh, and is now and has been for some years
president of the company. The firm began in a small
way, as most beginnings are made, and they had at first
only five employes. Year by year they have built up
their patronage through the sure methods of excellence
of work and promptness of service, and this establishment is now one of the largest in the city in its line.
There are now fifty-five people employed by the company, and their plant in the East End is fitted out most
completely, its equipment including the most modern
apparatus obtainable. Their trade is of the highest class,
and is constantly increasing. In a business of this type,
built upon the fundamental ideas of cleanliness and conservation, the vital principles of public economy are exemplified. Mr. Rightmire is a man of few interests outside his business. While taking no active part in politics, he is a supporter of the principles and policies of
the Republican party.
Mr. Rightmire married, in Marietta, Ohio, Josephine
E. Moore, daughter of Edward and Margaret Moore, of
that city. Mr. and Mrs. Rightmire have two children:
Gerald and Josephine. The family are regular attendants upon the services of the Lincoln Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church.
HAROOTUNE B. YARDUM- The first impressions Mr. Yardum, now a successful merchant of Pittsburgh, gained of America came through his attendance
at an American Missionary school in the city of Harpoot,
Armenia. The College of Armenia, founded and supported by American missionaries, is one of the educational instrumentalities used by the Church to bring the
native Armenians the learning they crave, and which
under the cruel and oppressive Turk they were denied.
The past tense does not mean to imply that the need for
missions has passed, for it has not. Since the nations
seem impotent to check the unspeakable Turk in his
merciless warfare against the Armenian, it is through
the Church that relief must come to that sorely beset
people. The present plight of Armenia is the shame of
the Christian world and the United States is a partner
in this infamy. H. B. Yardum is the son of a merchant
of the city of Sivas, Armenia, and he has two brothers
in that unhappy land whom, with their families, he believes to have fallen victims to Turkish hate and cruelty,
as they have vanished without leaving any trace.
H. B. Yardum was born in Sivas, Armenia, in I868,
and began his education in the state schools. Later he
entered the College of Armenia, an American missionary
school in Harpoot, continuing until early in his eighteenth
year when he began teaching in his home city, Sivas.
Later, in the year 1886, after teaching but a short time
he came to the United States and entered Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, pursuing a course in civil
engineering. Six months later lack of funds compelled
him to leave the University and for a time he was a
newspaper carrier. He soon however, was able to start
a rug cleaning and repairing business which later expanded to such proportions that he also dealt in oriental
rugs. He prospered and before leaving Baltimore sent
to Armenia for two of his brothers, upon whose arrival
the firm Yardum Brothers was formed. That firm prospered and finally the Baltimore business was closed out
and New York City became the headquarters of Yardum
Brothers, importers and wholesale dealers in oriental
rugs. In 1897, Pittsburgh was made the headquarters of
the firm, but they soon went back to New York, returning to Pittsburgh three years later. Since I9oo, Pittsburgh, has been the permanent home of Yardum
Brothers, dealers in imported oriental rugs, a branch
being maintained for repairing and cleaning. The business is located in the Yardum building, 3801-3805 Bigelow
boulevard, Pittsburgh, a building Mr. Yardum built and
owns.
H. B. Yardum visited Constantinople, Turkey, in
1895, and again in 1896, bringing with him upon his return from his second visit an Armenian bride, Miss
Alexanian. They are the parents of a son, Zareh Edwin
Yardum, born in I898, now a senior at the University of
Pittsburgh. During the World War he enlisted in the
United States army. The family residence is also in the
Yardum building. They are members of East End
Presbyterian Church.. Mr. Yardum became a naturalized
citizen of the United States as soon as he was lawfully
eligible and has always been interested in civic activities.
He is a pioneer among oriental rug dealers in this
country and an earnest worker in all phases of Armenian
relief work.
ROMAN S. ABCZYNSKI-Now a prosperous private banker of Pittsburgh, Mr. Abczynski reviews his
career in the United States with satisfaction. He came
to Baltimore, Md., in 1891, a youth of eighteen years.
He has won his way to honorable rank and position
through his own efforts, coming into banking from
journalism, a profession with which he became connected in Baltimore. He comes of good Polish family,
his grandfather, Stanislaw Abczynski, a distinguished
soldier of Poland, holder of the Cross "Virtuti Molitaros" awarded him for valiant service rendered his
country. He fought in the war against Russia in 1832,
and again in 1863, and for his part in the last war was
exiled with his son, Henry, to Siberia. After a general
amnesty had been proclaimed by the Czar, they returned
to Poland, but Stanislaw Abczynski, the father, found
his property confiscated and in possession of a Russian
nobleman, General Tormasoff, from whom he was compelled to rent his own farm.
Henry Abczynski, son of Stanislaw Abczynski, was
born in Poland, in 1840, and died there in I9oo. He
fought in the war of 1863 against Russia, was exiled,
but before arriving in Siberia both he and his father
were pardoned by the Czar for their part, and thenceforth followed the peaceful pursuit of farming. He
married Romana Ostrowski, born in Poland, where she
still lives at the age of seventy (1921) in the city of
Plock. They were the parents of nine children: I.
Roman S., of further mention. 2. Helen, a school teacher
in Poland. 3. Stanislaw, a farmer in Poland. 4. Sophie,
married a banker in Poland. 5. Ludwig, a veteran of the
World War, 1914-18, now in service in the Polish
Frontier Guards. 6. Mary, married M. Grabowski,
killed by the Bolsheviki in South West Russia in 1917,
an attorney by profession. His wife, with their two
sons, escaped on horses to Lemberg, thence to Warsaw,
where they arrived, destitute; Mrs. Grabowski put her
boys in school and entered the Red Cross Service with
the Polish Army. 7. Jadwiga, cashier of a depot store
in Warsaw, Poland. 8. Janina, a nurse in the Military
Hospital in Wilna, Poland. 9. Henry, a major in the
Polish army, having served in both France and Poland;
he is a graduate engineer of the Polytechnical School of
Lwow in Eastern Galicia; at the beginning of the World
War, in 1914, he was sent to France, then for a year was
on recruiting duty in Brazil; he then was in active military service in France, fought with his company in the
Argonne Forest, and after the armistice was attached
to the staff of General Capdupont, inspector-general of the
Polish army; he now holds the rank of major, and isone of the twelve army controllers directly responsible
to the Polish Secretary of War.
Roman S. Abczynski was born in Trombin, County of
Rypin, Poland, Feb. 26, I873. He was educated in the
gymnasium school, at Plock, there remaining a student
for six years. He continued his studies at the Kronenberg School of Commerce, Warsaw, remaining two years.
In August, 1891, at the age of eighteen years, he came
to the United States, locating first in Baltimore, Md.,
there securing his first position in Noah's Department
Store. Soon, however, he secured a position with a
newly organized Polish weekly newspaper, "Polonia," becoming secretary of the publishing company, and managing editor of the paper. From Baltimore he came to
Pittsburgh, Pa., and was connected with a weekly paper
called "The People's Friend," published in Pittsburgh
until its demise in 1896. He was connected with the
"Polish Gazette" as assistant editor until 1897, when he
retired from journalism.
In 1897 he became clerk in the counting room of Louis
Moeser Company, foreign bankers, located on Smithfield
street, Pittsburgh, continuing in that capacity ten years,
until 1907, when he was admitted to a partnership in
that business. He seemed peculiarly adapted to the
banking business, as there conducted, and Mr. Moeser,
recognizing the ability of the young man, entrusted him
with greater responsibilities until nearly the entire burden of the business was being borne by the young
partner. In 1915 Mr. Moeser died, and other partners
desiring to withdraw, Mr. Abczynski became sole owner
and head of the business, his son, Henry, now being his
partner. The business of the house is private banking,
foreign exchange, foreign collections, steamship tickets
and a notarial business. He is a director of the Metropolitan National Bank, of Pittsburgh, located on Fourth
street, and has other business interests.
During the World War period, 1914-18, and particularly during the time the United States was in actual
warfare with Germany, Mr. Abczynski was untiring in
his work for the allied cause. He was a member of the
Citizens' Committee that was instrumental in securing
the enlistment of twelve hundred young Poles for service in France and Poland, was a "Four Minute"
speaker for the "Loans" and "Drives" of the war period,
and rendered valued service. He is a member of the
Polish Alliance of America, and since 1913 has been
secretary of the board of management for the large
school the Alliance maintains at Cambridge Springs,
Pa. He has recently (November, 1921 ) resigned that
position, private business interests demanding more of
his time. From I9o9 until 1911, he was vice-censor of
the Alliance, and a member of the Constitutional Committee, and to him the Alliance is largely indebted for the
preparation of its constitution. He was chairman of the
last annual convention of the Alliance held in Toledo,
Ohio, Sept. 26-Oct. I, 1921, at which five hundred delegates were present from all over the United States, the
Convention also entertaining many eminent European
and American guests. He was a member of the committee in charge of the raising of funds for the Kosciuszko monument in Lafayette Square, Washington,
D. C., $70,000 being raised by that committee, of which
$45,ooo was expended for the monument, which was dedicated during President Taft's administration, and at the
same time a monument was unveiled to General Casimir
Pulaski. The remainder of this fund was devoted to
improvement of the school at Cambridge Springs, previously referred to. The Polish National Alliance now
numbers 130,000 members, and among that membership
there is none more devoted and more highly honored
than Mr. Abczynski. He is also a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce.
In 1896, in Bellevue, Pa., Roman S. Abczynski married Henrietta Dotzenroth, born in Bremen, Germany,
Sept. 20, 1879, her mother being there visiting relatives.
She was a daughter of Henry and Bertha Dotzenroth,
both born in Germany, who came to the United States in
the early "eighties," locating in Pittsburgh, Pa., where
the father was employed by the Westinghouse Company
for many years as a master mechanic. Both parents are
now deceased and rest in Uniondale Cemetery, Pittsburgh. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs.
Abczynski: Henry, born Nov. 15, 1897; Bertha, born
Oct. 6, 1903; and Romana, born May 25, 1908. The only
son, Henry, is a graduate of Kiskiminitas Springs
School, and was enrolled a student in the mechanical
engineering course at Carnegie Institute of Technology,
when he enlisted in the Students' Training Corps; but was
not called into the service, the war closing before his
turn came. He was honorably discharged in December,
1918. He did not finish his course at "Tech," eye trouble
developing which caused the abandonment of his plans
for a profession. He then became associated with his
father in the banking business in Pittsburgh, was admitted a partner, and is now (winter of 1921) visiting
in Europe with the intention of forming connections
which will prove of value to him in his business. The
family residence is in Bellevue, where the daughters,
Bertha and Romana, are attending high school.
HARVEY D. STALNAKER, whose name is familiar in the steel brokerage business throughout the East,
was born on a farm in West Virginia, May 26, 1879, and
is a son of Doliver and Melvina (Eagle) Stalnaker.
Receiving his early education in the public schools,
Mr. Stalnaker took a course at the West Virginia State
Normal School, then taught for eight years, for four
years of that period holding the position of principal or
superintendent of the State Reform School of West
Virginia. Meanwhile, Mr. Stalnaker was making a
study of coal and steel, and in 19o5 he came to Pittsburgh to familiarize himself with the practical side of
these industries. Securing a position in the office of
one of the leading steel concerns, he made this a stepping-stone to a higher opportunity. He next represented coal, iron and steel companies here as sales
agent, eventually, in 1917, establishing the Stalnaker
Steel Company, of which he is president and treasurer. The other officers of the concern are: H. G.
Stalnaker, first vice-president; J. B. Stalnaker, second
vice-president, and M. B. Summers, secretary. With
main offices in Pittsburgh and branch offices in Detroit,
Cleveland and New York City, this concern does a very
extensive brokerage business in finished steel, pig iron,
coal, coke, wire, rails and scrap, selling in every State
east of the Mississippi river, except a few SouthernStates.  Mr. Stalnaker is also president of the Pitts-   ried Mary Hill Taylor, daughter of Matthew and Mary
burgh Rail and Steel Company.                                (Hill) Taylor, and they are the parents of four chilMr. Stalnaker is a member of the Pittsburgh Cham-   dren:  Matthew Taylor, born July 6, 1897; Rachel Larber of Commerce, and of the Credit Men's Association.   imer, born Jan. 8, 1899; Margaret, born March 31, 1901;
His clubs are the Duquesne, the Stanton Heights and   and William Larimer, Jr., born June 26, 1910.  The
Breckenridge Country clubs, the Pittsburgh Field Club,   family residence is on Darlington road, Pittsburgh, Pa.
the Shenley Park Golf Club (private), and also is a
member of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association.
Mr. Stalnaker married (first) Ella Gluck, daughter of        WILLIAM  HENRY  FLINT-In  the great coal
Major Joseph H. Gluck, State Senator of West Vir-   industry, of which  Pittsburgh is such an  important
ginia, and a major in the Civil War, director of the   centre, William Henry Flint is a man of more than local
West Virginia Reform School and State Penitentiary.  prominence.  Holding a high position, which was atMr. and Mrs. Stalnaker are the parents of three chil-   tained entirely by his own efforts, Mr. Flint not only
dren: Edith Virginia, educated in Parkersburg, W.Va.,   handles  extensive  coal  interests  individually,  but  is
public and high schools;  Joseph Harvey, educated in   widely sought in consultation on all topics in connection
Staunton (Va.) Military Academy;  and Alma Gluck,   with the industry.
educated in Parkersburg public and high schools.  Mr.           Mr. Flint is a son of John M. and Elizabeth (TilliStalnaker  married  (second)  in Spokane,  Wash.,  on   son) Flint, formerly of Westmoreland county, Pa., both
Jan. I8, 1915, Florence Brown, daughter of F. J. D.   now long since deceased.  John M. Flint was a native
Brown, superintendent of the Northern Pacific railway   of Scotland, and in the early fifties located in Pennsylat Spokane, Wash.  The family attend the services of   vania.   He  was  a Scotch  Presbyterian  of the prothe Emory Methodist Episcopal Church.  The family   nounced type, ready to give his life for his convictions.
residence is at No. 5398 Hobart street, Squirrel Hill.      He enlisted in the Civil War, in Company M,  100th
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. This was the
WILLIAM   LARIMER   MELLON-Among  the   famous "Roundhead Regiment" that made such a galnative born sons of Pittsburgh who  have made  for   lant record, and suffered untold hardships.  Extreme
themselves a prominent place in the city's financial1 and   exposure during the war brought on his early death,
business circles, and in so doing have rendered valuable   eight days after the assassination of President Lincoln
service to the place of their birth, is William Larimer   in April, I865.  His wife was of English birth, and
Mellon, officer and director of numerous corporations   died when William Henry was an infant.  They had
and banks, and president of the Gulf Oil Corporation.        three other children also: L. A., now a newspaper ediWilliam Larimer  Mellon, son of James  Ross and   tor; Mary, the wife of William Spearling, a prominent
Rachel H. (Larimer) Mellon, was born in Pittsburgh,   shoe merchant; and Alice, a school teacher.
Pa., June I, 1863.  He received his education at the           William Henry Flint was born in Lost Run township,
Pennsylvania  Military Academy,  at Cheltenham,  Pa.,   Westmoreland county, Pa., April 24, 1859.  The Flint
and began his business career with T. Mellon  Sons,   children were soldier's orphans, and as such received
bankers of Pittsburgh.   Later, he entered the street   a limited education, of five years, from the State.  This
railway business and became president of the Monon-   was the full extent of William Henry Flint's education
gahela Street Railway Company.   A  man of great ex-   up to the time when he was able to.finance his own studecutive and administrative ability, and possessed of a   ies, years later.  He began work at sixteen years of age
large fund of energy and a genius for hard work, he   in the employ of a butcher, with whom he remained not
has interested himself in many and diverse lines of  quite one year.  In 1876 he entered the employ of the
business, bringing to each that keen insight and com-   Gillmore Coal Company, and he has followed this line
prehensiveness of grasp which, with his swift power to of business throughout. his career. The Gillmore Coal
get things done, have spelled success,  He is director of   Company was one of the largest Pennsylvania coal operthe Mellon National Bank of Pittsburgh, of the Union   ators of that day, and while with them Mr. Flint took
Trust Company, and of the Union Savings Bank, in  the regular course of the Iron; City.College, at Pittsaddition to serving as director or officer in numerous   burgh, filling every waking hour with either work or
other corporations.  As president of the Gulf Oil Cor-   study.
poration, his oil interests are large, and in these, with      From the beginning of Mr. Flint's connection with the
his numerous banking interests and his multiplicity of   coal business he was determined to reach a high posibusiness responsibilities, even Mr. Mellon's energy and   tion in his chosen field.  He mastered every detail of
ability must find opportunity to "work to capacity." That   the business by the practical method of experience in
he has a margin of energy left for other matters, how- every department. He made no attempt to reach the
ever, is evidenced by the fact that he is well known in top by a single bound, but took the sure path of incesPittsburgh club circles.  He is a member of the Du-   sant effort and ceaseless observation.  It was in 1889
quesne Club, the Pittsburgh Club, the Oakmont Club,   that he came to Pittsburgh in the interests of the Gillthe Allegheny County  Country Club, the Pittsburgh   mores, and the year following he launched out in busiGolf Club, and the New York Yacht Club.  Both Mr.   ness for himself.  Thus for over thirty years he has
Mellon and his family are affiliated with the East Lib-   been a factor of constantly increasing importance in
erty Presbyterian Church.                                    the coal business in his native State.  He now owns
On March Il, 1896, at Palatka, Fla., Mr. Mellon mar-   extensive mines, and handles much river traffic, in thebusy season employing 225 hands in the two branches
of his business.
This, however, comprises only a part of Mr. Flint's
activity in coal. He has come to be an eminent authority on every problem connected with the coal business,
and his expert knowledge of its many ramifications
places him in a position to render valuable aid of an
advisory nature. His name is widely known as a consulting expert, and his services along this line are
highly esteemed in the trade. In the public life of the
city Mr. Flint takes a deep interest, but has never been
persuaded to accept public office. Politically he is affiliated with the Republican party.
In 1884 Mr. Flint married Agnes Stegman, of Pittsburgh, and they have had six children, of whom four
are living: Margaret, who was educated in the private
schools of Pittsburgh; Gertrude and Eva M., twins,
who were educated in the public schools and Seton Hall
Convent; and Helen, educated in the public schools and
high school, and is the wife of L. G. Crist. Those
deceased were: Annie C., born in I885, died in I898;
and William Henry, Jr., born in I897, died in I9oo.
HON. H. WALTON MITCHELL-From the experience and achievements of more than a quarter of a
century of legal practice, Mr. Mitchell was called to the
responsibilities and honors of the bench, in 1919, as
judge of the Orphans' Court. Serving for four months
under appointment of Governor Sproul, he was confirmed in office at the following election, and is now
(1922) in the third year of a ten years' term. Judge
Mitchell has long been a leading member of the Pittsburgh bar, and his elevation to the bench was heartily
endorsed by his professional colleagues.
Mr. Mitchell is a son of Joseph and Adelaide V.
(McKee) Mitchell, and was born in Pittsburgh, April
5, 1867. His father was born in County Down, Ireland,
and when five years of age was brought by his parents
to Pittsburgh. He entered business in this city, was a
successful and well known merchant, and here resided
until his death in August, 1903. Adelaide V. (McKee)
Mitchell was a daughter of David McKee, of North
Fayette township, Allegheny county, Pa., member of a
family who early settled in that locality, and became
prominent in the community.
Mr. Mitchell attended the public schools of Pittsburgh, being graduated from Pittsburgh Central High
School, and after this preparatory study entered Pennsylvania State College, whence he graduated as Bachelor of Science in 1890. Upon the completion of his college course he began to read law in the office of the
late Charles H. McKee, and as a student began an association with Mr. McKee that endured until his appointment to the bench. Mr. Mitchell was admitted to the
Allegheny county bar Sept. I6, 1893, and soon afterward became a member of the law firm of McKee,
Mitchell  Alter. This partnership has been represented
in much of the most important litigation transpiring in
the courts of the district, and its members are widely
known as leaders in the legal fraternity of Western
Pennsylvania. On July 10, 1919, Governor Sproul appointed Mr. Mitchell judge of the Orphans' Court to
fill an unexpired term, and in the following November
he was elected for a full term.
Judge Mitchell has entered into many departments of
the life of the city while pursuing his professional
career, and in educational and religious work has been
especially prominent. For several years he was president of the board of trustees of Shadyside United
Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, a member of the
board of trustees of the Young Men's Christian Association of Pittsburgh, and of the Pittsburgh Theological
Seminary. Judge Mitchell is president of the board of
trustees of Pennsylvania State College, and in this office
gives expression to the deep interest in educational
affairs that he has always displayed. In, June, 1915, he
was honored by the University of Pittsburgh with the
Degree of Doctor of Laws. He has had little inclination toward business, and as little time to devote to it,
though he serves the Elliott Company as a director.
Judge Mitchell is a member of the Duquesne, University and Oakmont Country clubs, and is a citizen of
honored reputation in Pittsburgh.
Mr. Mitchell married, July II, 1896, Anna Cameron,
daughter of James and Sarah J. (Woods) Cameron, of
Pittsburgh, and they have two daughters: Adelaide,
who graduated from Pennsylvania State College in
I92o; and Lois Cameron.
SAMUEL HOUGH NICHOLSON, who is now
prominent in the business world of Pittsburgh,, was
born in Trenton, N. J., May 31, 1867, a son of William
T. and Alverda Nicholson, long residents of that city.
William T. Nicholson was active in the general printing
business in Trenton, including publishing also, and in
1882 came to Pittsburgh and founded a business of the
same nature, locating at No. 416 Wood street, which
developed into a very successful interest.
Samuel H. Nicholson, having acquired a practical
education in the public schools, became interested in
the business of his father at the age of fifteen years,
and eight years later started in business for himself in
Pittsburgh, his location now being at No. 322 Third
avenue. In connection with his leading business interest
he holds the office of director in the Consumers' Coal
Company, of Pittsburgh. He is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, and of the Credit Men's
Association. Fraternally he holds membership in the
Free and Accepted Masons, and his clubs are the Americus, the Union, the Pittsburgh Field, and the Pittsburgh Athletic Association. Mr. Nicholson has one son,
Gregory.
JAMES HAY REED was born on the North Side
of Pittsburgh (old Allegheny), Sept. I9, 1853, son of
the late Dr. Joseph Allison and Eliza (Hay) Reed,
the former a native of Washington county, Pa., the
latter born in Washington county, N. Y. Dr.
Reed was educated in the schools of Washington county,
receiving his collegiate education in Washington (now
Washington and Jefferson) College. He entered Jef--
ferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and after graduation established himself in the practice of medicine in
both Allegheny City and Pittsburgh.BIOGRAPHICAL                                                      315
When  the Medical and Surgical department of the   Gas Company of Pittsburgh, and after this and other
Western Pennsylvania Hospital was founded in Pitts-   companies had been acquired by the Philadelphia Comburgh, Dr. Reed was one of the first superintendents,   pany, he became president of the consolidated interests.
and when the same institution purchased a fine farm on   He is vice-president and director in each of the comthe north bank of the Ohio river, eight miles below   panies  composing  this  great  organization.   When
Pittsburgh, at Dixmont, and erected an insane depart-   Andrew Carnegie was approached concerning the sale
ment in I86o, Dr. Reed became its first superintendent, of his steel company approached concerning the safe
an office he occupied until his death in 1884.  His an-   United States Steel Corporation, Judge Reed was delcestors were pioneer settlers in Washington county, and   
were contributors to the religious and educational work   egated to attend the various legal and other technicianthat eventuated first in the organization of the famous   ties incident to this vast transaction.  When the sale
county academies, and later in the two colleges, Jeffer-   was  eventually consummated,  Judge  Reed  became  a
son, at Canonsburg, Pa., and Washington, at Washing-   member of the directorate of this noted organization.
ton, Pa.  From these two sources of educational and           An idea of the variety and extent of his associations
religious influence emanated the strength of the church   and activities may be obtained in reading the list of
in the trans-Ohio territory, first between the Ohio and   some of his connections:  Senior member of the law
Mississippi rivers, and eventually in the trans-Missis-   firm of Reed, Smith, Shaw   Beal; director of Allesippi development of the great West.                        gheny  Heating  Company;  president and  director of
James Hay Reed's elementary education was obtained   Pittsburgh, Bessemer  Lake Erie Railroad Company;
in the public schools of his native city, and was supple-   director of California Railway and Power Company;
mented by study in the old Western University of Penn-   treasurer and trustee of Carnegie Hero Commission;
sylvania (now the University of Pittsburgh), whence   trustee and treasurer of Carnegie Institute and Carhe was graduated in 1872.  Mr. Reed began the study   negie Library of Pittsburgh;  director of Commerce
of law in the offices of his uncle, David Reed, at that   Housing Commission; chairman of board of Farmers'
time a foremost Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania lawyer.   Deposit National Bank; director of Farmers' Deposit
He was admitted to the Allegheny county bar in 1875,   Trust Company; director of Fidelity Title and Trust
and soon afterward the firms of Knox    Reed was   Company; director of Gulf Oil Corporation; manager
formed,  the senior  member  being  Philander  Chase   of Kingsley Association; vice-president and director of
Knox, afterward attorney-general of the United States   Philadelphia Company  and its associated companies;
and Secretary of State, closing his career as United   president and director of Reliance Insurance Company
States Senator from Pennsylvania. This firm was suc-   of Pittsburgh; president and director of Union Railroad
cessful almost from the start, both attorneys being cor-   Company; director of United Railway Investment Comporation lawyers, with many of the largest manufactur-   pany; director of United  States Steel and  Carnegie
ing and  commercial  concerns in the city as clients.   Pension Fund. 
Later, when the Hon. Marcus W. Acheson, judge of              Politically, Judge Reed is a Republican, and for many
the United States District Court for the Western Dis-   years has been a quiet but forceful factor in his party
trict of Pennsylvania was elevated to the Circuit Bench,   in local, State and Nationa1 relations. His practice
Mr. Reed was nominated to the District Court vacancy,   has brought him into contact with the leaders of the
which he accepted with great reluctance, having little  national life, and among  them he has come  into a
inclination for judicial work.   Judge  Reed  resigned   position of influence that is used, upon occasion, for
within a year, and the firm of Knox  Reed resumed   the welfare of his party and district.  He indulges in
its activities.  This firm was finally dissolved when Mr.   golf as recreation from routine matters.  He is a memKnox  became  attorney-general under  President  Mc-   ber of the Duquesne Club of Pittsburgh, the Allegheny
Kinley, and then the present firm of Reed, Smith, Shaw   Country and  Oakmont Country  clubs;  the  Union
 Beal was formed.                       League  of  Philadelphia, and  he  University  and
Judge Reed has been identified with the trial of many   Lawyers' clubs of New York.  He is also a member of
of the most prominent and important causes in the   the Pittsburgh Art Society and the Academy of Science
various local courts, Federal and Civil, the Superior of Pittsburgh. Judge Reed received the degree of
and Supreme courts of Pennsylvania, and in the Fed-   L.L. D. from Princeton University in 1902, and in 1919
eral courts to the Supreme Court of the United States.   was similarly honored by the University of Pittsburgh.
These causes have ranged through all of the elemen-          Judge Reed married Kate Aiken, daughter of the late
tary affairs of the Union, manufacturing, commercial,   David Aiken, long a respected citizen and business man
financial and transportation.  He was for many years   of  Pittsburgh.  Their  children are:  Lieutenantgeneral counsel and vice-president of the Pittsburgh  Colonel David Aiken Reed, a member of the firm of
Lake Erie Railroad Company, one of the most impor- Reed, Smith, Shaw  Beal, a gallant soldier in the
tant integers of the New York Central system. Later, World War; James' Hay, Jr.; Katherine, married John
his firm became general counsel for the Carnegie Steel G. Frazer, son of Justice Robert S. Frazer, of the
Company, having been counsel for many of the con- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. The Reed home is on
stituents of this corporation for years before their gen- Amberson avenue, in the Eastern section of Pittsburgh's
eral merging. He outlined the basis for the organiza- home district. Mrs. Reed, with her husband, is active
tion of the Pittsburgh, Bessemer  Lake Erie Railroad in philanthropic and general civic work. She is a memCompany, and has been its president from its founding. ber of the Twentieth Century Club, the Pittsnburgh Art
Judge Reed, in 1899, prepared the charter and other Society, and chairman of the executive board of the
preliminaries to the organization of the Consolidated Children's Hospital.RICHARD BEATTY MELLON, president of the
Mellon National Bank of Pittsburgh, is the youngest of
the living sons of the late Judge Thomas and Sarah J.
(Negley) Mellon. His career before entering the banking business was of such a nature as to add to his range
of vision and to give him very valuable information of
men and things. After leaving school he engaged with
his brother, Andrew W. Mellon, in the wholesale lumber
and realty business at Mansfield, now Carnegie, Pa.
Later on he with his brother, Thomas A. and James
R. Mellon, constructed the Ligonier Valley railroad from
Latrobe to Ligonier in Westmoreland county, and for
a number of years Mr. Mellon was in charge of the
operation of the road which served to valuably develop
the section through which it was built. Afterwards Mr.
Mellon was for a few years a resident of Dakota, in
which he was very deeply interested. Returning to
Pittsburgh he entered the Mellon Banking House of
which his father was the head, and in its succeeding
changes in names he has been an active factor and
officer.
The activities of the Mellon family in Pittsburgh
have by no means been confined to the development and
expansion of their great banking house, although it is
a fine expression of ideals and accomplishment. Pittsburgh, in almost every instance of manufacturing,
transportation, commercial and financial enterprise, may
trace the interest and influence of the members of this
family in the support, the cooperation and the general
encouragement of these enterprises. It has been characteristic of their banking house to give aid to those
things that have made Pittsburgh prominent and paramount. This is evidenced in their identification with
so many of the various manufacturing establishments
that owe their origin and growth to the genius and
fostering care of the Mellon brothers in the formative
years of Pittsburgh. 
An idea of the vast variety of financial and manufacturing connections of Mr. Mellon may be derived from
the following: President and director of the Mellon
National Bank; director of Federal Reserve Bank,
Pittsburgh Branch; director of National Union Fire
Insurance Company, Pittsburgh; director of Union
Fidelity Title Insurance Company, Pittsburgh; vicepresident and director of Union Trust Company of
Pittsburgh; vice-president and director of Union Savings Bank of Pittsburgh; director of Aluminum Company of America; director of Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company; director of Aluminum Seal Company; director of Aluminum Ore Company; president and director of Apollo Water Works Company; president and
director of Burrell Improvement Company; director
of Baltimore Car and Foundry Company; director of
Butler Bolt and Rivet Company; director of Butler
Car Wheel Company; director of Carborundum Company; director of Chicago By-Product Coke Company;
director of Electric Carbon Company; director of
Forged Steel Wheel Company; director of General
Motors Truck Company of Pittsburgh; treasurer of
Gulf Commissary Company; treasurer of Gulf cooperage
Company; treasurer and director of Gulf Oil Corporation; treasurer of Gulf Pipe Line Company; treasurer
of Gulf Refining Company; treasurer of Gulf Refining
Company, of Louisiana; treasurer of Gulf Pipe Company of Oklahoma; treasurer and director of Gulf
Production Company;  treasurer of Gypsy Oil Company;
director of Indian Creek Coal and Coke Company; director of Kensington Water Company; director of
Kleinhans H. Company; director of Knoxville Power
Company; director of Koppers Company; president and
director of Leechburg Water Works Company; secretary and director of Ligonier Valley Railroad Company;
director of Lyndora Land and Improvement Company;
director of McClintic-Marshall Company; director of
McClintic-Marshall Construction Company; director of
McClintic-Marshall Steel Supply Company; director of
Melcroft Coal Company; director of Mellon-Stuart
Company; director of Mellon-Stuart-Nelson Company;
treasurer of Mexican Gulf Oil Company; director of
Middletown Car Company; director of Minnesota ByProduct Coke Company; director of Osgood-Bradley
Company (Worcester, Mass.); president and director
of Pennsylvania. Water Company; director of Pittsburgh By-Product Coke Company; member of Clearing
House Committee, Pittsburgh Clearing House Association; director of Pittsburgh Coal Company; director
of Model Engine Company; director of Pittsburgh
Plate Glass Company; director of Pressed Metal Radiator Company; director of Riter-Conley Company; director of Riter-Conley Manufacturing Company; director of The St. Lawrence River Power Company;
director of St. Lawrence Securities Company; director
of Seaboard By-Product Company; treasurer and director of South American Gulf Oil Company; director
of Standard. Motor Truck Company; director of Standard Steel Car Company; director of Steel Car Forge
Company; director of Tallahassee Power Company;
director of Tri-Cities Water Company; president and
director of Trafford Water Company; secretary and director of Union Improvements Company; director of
Union Shipbuilding Company; director of United States
Aluminum Company; director of the Verona Steel Castings Company; director of The Western Gas Con
struction Company; director of The Wilkinsburg Bank,
Wilkinsburg, Pa.
Mr. Mellon and his brother, Andrew W. Mellon,
Secretary of the United States Treasury, have been intensely interested in the growth and expansion of the
University' of Pittsburgh, and have studied its needs
carefully and methodically. The erection of the Mellon
Institute by them during the World War contributed
through the activities of its chemical experts to facilitate
military and naval operations in many important ways.
The sudden cessation of hostilities was brought about
in a large sense by the information in possession of the
Triple-Alliance, that inventions made in this Institute
would effect changes' in the conduct of hostilities in
which it would be impossible for this alliance to either
win or to make further headway. The acquisition of
that large tract of land west of Bellefield avenue to
Bigelow boulevard and bounded by Fifth avenue and
Forbes street (a portion of the Frick estate) for the
purposes of the university was also made possible
by the interest of Mr. Mellon and his brother.
Mr. Mellon is also a director in the Children's Hos- -RJ
/pital of Pittsburgh; Dixmont Hospital for the Insane;
trustee of the Mellon Institute; treasurer and director
of the Tuberculosis League; director of the Allegheny
Country Club; vice-president and member of the executive committee of the Citizens' Committee on the City
Plan of Pittsburgh; and is identified with other agencies
tending to municipal improvement and expansion and
general betterment of conditions.
Mr. Mellon married Jennie King, daughter of the
late Alexander and Sarah Cordelia King. They live
on the heights above Fifth avenue, east of Shady
avenue, in a modern residence set in spacious grounds.
They have two children, Richard King and Sarah C.
Mr. Mellon was very active in the emergent World
War affairs, and was instrumental both as banker and
citizen in effecting prompt responses by people and
citizens of all classes to the appeals of the government
for material and financial aid in periods of real necessity.
He is also very much engaged in the educational and
charitable work in which so many of the men and
women of the city are so active and interested. He is
a member of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church,
which was founded by his grandparents, Jacob and
Barbara (Winebiddle) Negley, in 1819, the centennial
of which was a notable affair, lasting more than a
week, three years ago.
DR. WILLIAM MEHARD DAVIDSON has the
faculty of overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles, which invaluable quality of character was probably the determining factor in leading the Board of
Public Education of Pittsburgh, Pa., to offer him the
position of Superintendent of Schools of the city of
Pittsburgh in November, 1913, at a time when the Board
was passing through one of the most crucial periods ever
faced by an American city in connection with the development of its public school system. And, meanwhile, his
administration has steadily brought order out of chaos,
until the school-system of Pittsburgh has come to be
recognized, everywhere throughout the country, not only
as one of the best and sanest, but as one of the most
progressive school-systems in the United States as well.
Doctor Davidson was born May 8, 1863, in Jamestown,
Mercer county, Pa., of the fine, sturdy, Scotch-Irish parentage of Thomas Houston and Anna (Mehard) Davidson, from whom he inherited the sterling qualities of
strict integrity and unimpeachable honor, and the gentle
traits of tactful kindness and courtesy which so characterize his life. In his work, the human qualities and
the spiritual values are ever the dominant factors. While
naturally considerate of and gracious towards those with
whom he works, still, as an administrator, he is always
quick, firm and forceful. He is the true exemplar of
the just official who administers with the gentle touch
and the iron grip, to the end that he commands the
respect and the loyal support of every worthy person
under his supervision. Possessed of a keen intuition,
which he inherited from his mother, no one ever deceives him and no one ever imposes upon him. Although
a native of Pennsylvania, his youth and earlier manhood
were spent in Kansas, in whose schools he was educated, from the early primary grades of its rural schools
to the most advanced courses of its State University,
from which institution he was graduated with the Degree
of Bachelor of Arts in the year 19o2. Prior to graduating from the University of Kansas, he had attended
the State Normal School in that State, from which he
had graduated in I886, thus giving him that bent toward
the calling of the teacher, which was later to become the
passion of his life. Doctor Davidson first became a
teacher in the rural schools of Lyon county, Kan., but
after two years of service he yielded to a call to take up
newspaper work in Emporia, in that State. He served
time as a reporter, later becoming an editorial writer on
one of the leading newspapers of that city. But the call
of the child was too strong for him to resist. We are
not surprised, therefore, to find him back again in the
profession of teaching,-this time as head of the public
schools of Atwood, Kan. He served here but a year
when he was called to the principalship of the Quincy
School in the capital city of the "Sunflower State," and
later to the principalship of the Lincoln School in that
same city. Such was the high character of his work
as head of these two schools that at the end of the
fourth year of such service, he was unanimously chosen
superintendent of the Topeka public schools, where the
situation was declared to be such as to "need a clear
mind and a steady hand at the helm" The new superintendent met every emergency and remained at the
head of the Topeka schools for a period of twelve
years,-during which time the school program under his
regime took rank as among the first in the country.
During his stay in Topeka he had refused many offers
to go elsewhere, until, in 1904, he was induced by the
Board of Education of Omaha, Neb., to accept the unanimous offer of the superintendency of the public schools
of that city. Here his task was a most difficult one, for
there was much discord and unhappiness in evidence
everywhere. But the schools soon responded to his
ideals and his type of school administration, to the end
that, at the close of his seventh year of service, discord
and unrest had given place to sympathetic understanding
and sincere cooperation. The schools of Omaha accordingly took their proper place in the affectionate regard
of teachers, pupils and patrons alike, and attracted attention throughout the entire country on account of their
superior instruction, the excellence of their administration, and the harmony that prevailed everywhere. The
schools had been entirely lifted out of politics to take
their true place beside the homes of the city.
Offers came to him from St. Paul, Cleveland, and
Washington, D. C., but he declined them all, until a second
offer came to him from the National Capital through
Captain James F. Oyster, the president of the Board of
Education of Washington, early in the year 1911. Whereupon, after an interview with Captain Oyster, he accepted the call, and began his duties as superintendent of
the Schools of the District of Columbia that same year.
It has been said that the schools of Washington present
the most difficult situation and most harassing problems
of any city in America, if not the world. But Doctor Davidson did not find it so. He attacked his work with his
usual energy and in his accustomed spirit. He applied the
same methods and instituted the same policies that had characterized his work in other fields. He set up new courses
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in teaching. He completely reorganized all methods relating to the business conduct and the financial affairs
of the schools, to the end that they now command the
respect and receive the approval of the Board of Education, the commissioners of the District, the committees
of Congress, and of all those connected with the educational affairs of the District, as well.
While he was superintendent of the schools of Washington, Congress came heartily to the support of the
educational program announced by Doctor Davidson,
giving the District a generous appropriation of some
two million dollars with which to carry out a much
needed building program. It was out of this amount
that Washington was able to construct the superb new
Central High School for the white children of that city,
and the Laurence Dunbar High School for its colored
youth, thereby vacating the old Central High School and
the M. Street High School for the organization of
junior high schools, a type of school favored by Doctor
Davidson in connection with the reorganization of our
American city school-systems. This appropriation of
Congress also made possible the purchase of a site for a
New Eastern High School in Washington, an addition to
the Western High School, an increase in the number of
elementary school buildings in the District of Columbia,
and two magnificant normal school buildings besides,one for the training of teachers for the white schools, the
other for the training of teachers for the colored schools
of Washington.
Happy in his work and content in his new field of
service, Doctor Davidson, then but in his third year as
superintendent of schools of the National Capital, was
loath to leave this post of duty, until he had achieved
all that he desired to accomplish for the schools of
Washington, and which he felt he could surely accomplish in view of the fine support that was now his from
the people, the officials of the District, and from its newspapers, and, above all, from the members and the committees of both Houses of Congress as well.
But the turn of events decreed otherwise, for Doctor
Davidson was called back home to his native State, Pennsylvania, in November, 1913, to accept the superintendency
of the public schools of Pittsburgh. Here he began his
duties on the first day of January, 1914. The committee of the Pittsburgh Board of Education, on selection
of a superintendent of schools, had said: "The city needs
more than ever before, the wise guidance of an experienced superintendent." To this end Doctor Davidson
was chosen. He indeed proved the man of the hour.
and there has never been a time, to the present day, that
he has not been found worthy of his charge, and that he
has not kept the faith. His administration has been one
of efficiency and sincere devotion to the educational interests of the city and the right instruction of its children and its youth.
He has been uncompromising and firm in his stand for
raising the standard and efficiency of those engaged in the
calling of teaching, to the end that he has always advocated a salary for teachers sufficiently high, not only to
attract, but to hold in the work, the best of our young
men and young women coming out of the normal schools
and the colleges and universities of the country. He participated with the Pittsburgh Board of Public Education
PITTSBURGH
in the campaign for better teachers' salaries in Pittsburgh
and Pennsylvania, and under the direction of his Board,
was an important factor in pressing this question upon
the attention of the members of the State Legislature of
Pennsylvania, when that body took its big step forward
on matters of school legislation in the session of 1921,
thereby creating by law those possibilities which are sure
to advance Pennsylvania educationally to a foremost
rank among the states of the American Union. It was
gratifying to him in this great campaign for the educational advancement of Pennsylvania to see the people of
the entire city of Pittsburgh, its influential newspapers,
its Chamber of Commerce, and its scores of clubs and
local boards of trade, endorse, generously and wholeheartedly, the appeal of the Board of Public Education
of Pittsburgh to be empowered, through the means of an
increased tax-levy, to give a living wage to the teachers
engaged in the instruction of the children of the city.
Doctor Davidson has always sought the professional advancement and the improvement of the members of every
teaching-staff over which he has presided, but above all,
their spiritual outlook and improvement.
Believing that the whole future of America depends
upon the proper training of its children, Doctor Davidson
has consistently stood for an enriched curriculum, and for
that type or plan of school organization, which will
permit such an enriched curriculum to be utilized and
made to function most easily and successfully in effective instruction. Hence it is that he has advocated
the Platoon-type of school organization similar to that
first set up at Gary, Ind., by William Wirt, the head of
the public schools of that city. The local plan is an adaptation of the Gary plan. Doctor Davidson calls it the
Pittsburgh Platoon Plan, to differentiate it from the
plan in Gary and in other cities of the country.
In connection with the vitalized curriculum, he stands
for the division of the grades in the public schools into
what has been designated as the Six-Six, or the SixThree-Three Plan, of organization, instead of the traditional grouping of the Eight-Four Plan, where the
work of the first eight years is devoted to the elementary
schools, and the work of the upper four years to the
high school grades. By the Six-Three-Three Plan, the
first six years are given over to the work of the elementary school, the next three years to the Junior high
school, and the last three years to the Senior high school.
Whenever it is not practical to divide the last six years
into separate Junior and Senior high school groupings,
Doctor Davidson advocates that the upper six grades
be grouped together in a single unit, to be designated as a
Junior-Senior High School. The fact that the Pittsburgh Board of Education has voted unanimously, to
place, whenever practical, all elementary schools upon
the platoon-plan of organization, and the upper six
grades upon the Junior and Senior high school plan of
organization, and the further fact that the Board has likewise established as its settled policy that all elementary
school-buildings, to be hereafter constructed, shall be
planned and built as Platoon schools, and all high schoolbuildings as separate Junior and Senior high schools or a
combination of both, is but to state that Pittsburgh approves in toto the recommendation of its superintendent
of schools, in relation to Platoon schools and Junior andSenior high schools, as the proper plan of organization
for a progressive, up-to-date, modern city school system.
He believes in the four H's in education, the "head,"
the "hand," and the "heart," with "health" education as
the most essential of all, and at the very foundation of
every proper program of education. And thus it was
that he early recommended for introduction into the
Pittsburgh schools the broad and comprehensive health
program now being carried out in Pittsburgh-a program which has been recognized as without a superior
in any of the cities of the country.
In pursuance of his idea that the children are entitled to the best a city can afford, he has insisted upon
the construction of adequate, up-to-date school buildings in every city over which he has presided, to the
end that many millions of dollars have been thus wisely
expended by boards of education in those cities where
he has had charge of their educational affairs as Superintendent of Schools. In the city of Pittsburgh alone, a
building program calling for an expenditure of more
than ten millions of dollars, is now (in 1922) nearing completion.
Apropos to his indisputable mastery of the problems
of school finance and school accounting, while in Washington, he was elected a member of the National Association of School Accountants in 1912; and while in
that city, where his business judgment was recognized
by the keenest minds in Congress, he was chosen a
trustee of the Public Library of Washington. While
in Nebraska, he had served as trustee of the University
of Omaha, and was a member for that State of the
Cecil Rhodes Scholarship Committee.
He is a member of the National Educational Association, and served as its treasurer and as a member of its
executive committee at the Boston meeting in I903the largest meeting that Association has ever held. He
was president of the Department of Superintendence
of the National Educational Association at its meeting
in Mobile, Ala., in I9II. He is a member of the National Council of Education, and has rendered faithful
service on many important committees of the National
Education Association. He is also a member of the
American Historical Association and of the Academy
of Political Science and Arts.
He was president of the Kansas State Teachers' Association in 1893, and of the Nebraska State Teachers'
Association in 1911. He was also president of the Federal Schoolmen's Club in the District of Columbia in
1913, and in 1921 declined the presidency of the State
Education Association of Pennsylvania because of the
pressure of work, due to a big new building program in
his home city of Pittsburgh that year.
While Superintendent of Schools of Atwood, Kan.,
and during the years of his earlier service in the schools
of the capital city of Kansas, Doctor Davidson found
time to pursue the study of law under some of the
ablest of instructors. He was just ready to take his
examination for admission to the bar when he was
elected Superintendent of Schools of Topeka, whereupon he abandoned all thought of entering the profession of law, though he has insisted that his knowledge
of law has been of the greatest value to him throughout
his entire educational career.
Through Scott, Foresman  Company, of Chicago,
Doctor Davidson published, in 1902, a standard "History of the United States," for use in the public schools,
which ranks as one of the best written school histories of
the country. He has been the editor of a series of classics
for school and home reading. As a lecturer on educational
subjects and on related topics, his services are in constant demand. He is a speaker of force, power and
ability, and never fails to carry his audiences with him.
He has had many honors bestowed upon him. In
1909 the University of Nebraska honored him with the
degree of Doctor of Laws, in recognition of his services
in furthering the educational interests of the State of
Nebraska, for wherever Doctor Davidson has worked
his influence has not been limited to the city in which
he has labored. In Nebraska, in Kansas, in the District of Columbia, and in his native State of Pennsylvania, his influence has been state-wide, and he is known
throughout the country as a national figure of force
and power in the field of public education. In 19o9 the
University of Miami at Oxford, Ohio, likewise conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws. Bethany College, West Virginia, bestowed the same degree
in 1916, and the University of Pittsburgh honored him
in a similar manner in the year 1917, in recognition of
his services in promoting the cause of general and of
higher education in his home city. He was made a
member of the parent chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa
Society in America, at the College of William and
Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in 1920.
He is staunchly Republican, and Calvinistic in faith,
being a Ruling Elder in the Point Breeze Presbyterian
Church in his home city. At the request of the late H. J.
Heinz, he served as president of the Allegheny County
Sabbath School Association, from 1918 to 1921; during
which period of time he made many addresses emphasizing the work of the Sunday school as of the most
vital concern to the future of the American church.
He is a Knights Templar and a thirty-second degree
Mason, and a Rotarian. He holds membership in the
Cosmos Club of Washington, D. C., and the Athletic
Association of Pittsburgh. He is also a member of
the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce. While in the
West, he was twice president of the Saturday Night
Club of Topeka, and the Gridiron Club of Kansas.
Like his Scotch-Irish ancestry, Doctor Davidson is
deeply devoted to the cause of human liberty, and is
intensely patriotic. During the World War, his services as a speaker were in demand everywhere. He spoke
in every Liberty Loan and in every Red Cross campaign, and in every other campaign organized for the
purpose of promoting the welfare, the health, and the
comfort of the soldiers and sailors enlisted in the war.
He was frequently summoned to the National Capital
to confer with federal officials upon questions concerning the participation of the United States in the conflict.
The total individual membership of the audiences addressed by him during the period of the war, numbered
more than 1,750,000 people.During the war, he was a volunteer worker in the
Tidewater Camps, whose centers were located at Newport News and at Norfolk, Va. Here he delivered inspiring addresses to a hundred thousand soldiers and
sailors, and made an educational survey of these camps
in relation to the question of illiteracy and the educational needs of the enlisted soldiers and sailors in the
army and in the navy.
His findings to the effect that no educational program could be carried on successfully while an army
was at war or in motion, unless the teacher followed
the soldier and carried his portable school room and
his equipment with him, later received the full and
hearty endorsement of General Pershing in France,
when the American commander took the Young Men's
Christian Association educational staff of workers,
whom America had sent overseas, into the army organization itself, placing all of these workers in army uniform, with full authority to do the work of carrying
on that type of a real educational program among the
enlisted men which the folks back home were expecting
of them.
In recognition of his patriotic service during the war,
and in appreciation of his work in the Tidewater Camps
and on the public platform, and, indeed, in all the great
drives for war funds throughout the entire period of the
war, Doctor Davidson was made an honorary member
of the American Legion in 1920. At the conclusion of
the war, he was chosen as one of the national speakers,
on the recommendation of Ex-President Taft, to assist
in. winning the support of the Congress of the United
States for the League of Nations.
Undoubtedly,  Doctor  Davidson's  success has been
greatly influenced through the inspiration and encouragement of Mrs. Davidson, who was Miss Nettie Adams,
of Quincy, Ill., whom he married in I888. She, too,
was a teacher. She was educated in the public schools
of her native State, and at the high school of Pontiac,
Ill., and later at the Teachers' College of Emporia,
Kan., where she and her husband first met while students in that institution. Hers is an unusual lineage,
reaching far back in history to the days of Charles Martel and Charlemagne. In her list of ancestry in America, she counts Elder Brewster and the Cousins Fuller,
of Mayflower fame. President John Adams and President John Quincy Adams were both among her forbears. Through her lineage, she is affiliated with the
Massachusetts Chapter of the Mayflower Society, and
the New England Historical and Genealogical Society.
She holds membership in the District of Columbia
Chapter of the' Daughters of the American Revolution
of Washington, D. C. Though Mrs. Davidson is in
her tastes essentially a home-maker, she is active in
community and church affairs and takes a keen interest
in literary club work. She is a member of the Woman's
City Club of Pittsburgh.
Miss Helen Mehard Davidson, an only child, is a
graduate of the Omaha High School and of Vassar
College, class of 1914. She holds a Master's Degree
from Columbia University, 1922, where she did postgraduate work in the Department of History, her
chosen field of work, choosing that institution, no doubt,
because of the friendship long existant between her
father and its president, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler.
Miss Davidson served with the American Expedition- 
ary Force in France under the auspices of the Red              I
Triangle. She did Canteen service at the big Service
of Supply Post at Gievres.  She later worked  as a 
religious secretary at St. Nazaire, and concluded her
service overseas in the Bureau of Books, Periodicals
and Magazines at the headquarters of her organization
in Paris. On her demobilization in Paris in the summer of 1919, she volunteered her services as a teacher
to Dr. Mary Mills- Patrick, president of the American
College for Women in Constantinople, Turkey. She
taught in that great Eastern school for women from the
fall of 1919 to June, 1920,'during which year she con-;
tinued, on her free time, her service as a war worker
attached to the Young Men's Christian Association and
the Sailors' Club in the city of Constantinople, where
America was maintaining a Navy Base under Admiral
Bristol on the Bosporus, with many war ships and
nearly 1o,ooo sailors under his command.
At the conclusion of her year's service at Constantinople College, Miss Davidson spent several months in
travel in studying the after-war conditions of the people
in the countries of Greece, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Italy, Switzerland, and of France, which
country she had left just one year before. A delightful
outgrowth of her experiences in the Near East is her
book entitled: "America to the Rescue-a Study in
Some of the Problems of the Near East," now in course
of publication. She has already brought out a book of
biographical sketches for school use, entitled: "Founders and Builders of the Nation." She has also prepared
for publication the manuscript of a third book, to be
called': "The Letters of a War Worker with the American Expeditionary Force in France and in the Countries' of the Near East," these being the letters which        -
she had written home to her parents each day of the 
two full years she had spent in volunteer service overseas.             -' 
It will be seen from the above that Doctor David..
son's family group is not a large one,'but the heart of    n
each of its members is filled with the "Spirit of Service."
In it is the spirit of love, and it typifies in a most perfect and a most beautiful way the best ideals of our
American home life.
JOHN EICHLEAY, JR., when a rather humble
contractor nearly a half century ago' on the Southside
and in the South Hills of the city of Pittsburgh, had
little prevision of the future that his genius was to
work for him in the engineering world. Building was
his business and to his specialty in its various aspects
he gave consideration day and night. Conservation of
space, material, labor and money were his objectives
at all times, and in his adherence to these, very naturally, methods and means accessory thereto began to
multiply in his constructive mind, and as they did he,
as rapidly as opportunity afforded, began to employ
them in the laying out of his work and in its prosecution.'Presently the idea occurred to Mr. Eichleay that
it would be less trouble, not to mention the matter ofexpense in reassembling materials, hiring labor and the
bother of getting at the general incidentals of construction, especially in erection, to put buildings already
erected upon rollers or skids and push them from original sites to newer and more convenient ones. He
began to do this work on a small scale and, gratified
by the successes that attended these efforts, extended
his operations more pretentiously from month to month
until he suddenly found himself not merely a success
in his new field but almost its solitary occupant. What
was still more gratifying he also discovered that he
was a very desirable man in his city and general community. The contagion of Mr. Eichleay's idea that
razing of fine buildings of whatever nature was contrary to the prime principles of building economics, no
matter the practice to the contrary, had begun to infect
the entire building cult of the upper Ohio valley and
the demand for his services was becoming insistently
general. As rapidly as he could do so he added to his
engineering resources, both in expert engineering and
in the employment of machinery and lifting apparatus
to quickly and efficiently carry out his multiplying contracts, which by this time were extending to other cities
and other states.
Reassured not only of the practicabilities of this new
phase of his contracting business, but also of its profit
and economical worth and value, Mr. Eichleay, two or
three years after his early experiments, made it the
major element in his business, and very soon was giving
his entire time and attention to "moving" buildings and
structures of all kinds. Audacity in this work soon
became as common as the ordinary daily procedure in
removals and relocations. The "Cliff-Dwellers" of the
South-west were really less daring in their work of
cutting their dwellings into the perpendicular faces of
the mountains than were many of the occupants of
houses and huts on the sides of the river hills in the
three valleys that furnish home sites in Pittsburgh's expanding domiciliary. Frequently these houses had
either to be taken down and destroyed, or moved up or
down the precipitous hillsides as the case might be.
Again, the narrow valleys lying between the bases of
these hills and the margins of the rivers came into immediate requisition for the purposes of wharves or
rights of way for either steam or street cars, or, as it
might chance, for the construction of county roads.
In these instances both the rights and equities of the
owners and those entitled to the privileges of eminent
domain had to be considered, and in the end the residents had to be taken care of either in a monetary way
or by the erection of new houses. Mr. Eichleay's opportunity came in the last-named case and herein came his
greatest triumphs both as engineer and as contractor.
Hills, hill-sides, apparently inaccessible heights, gullies,
"guts" soon became one to him in raising, lowering,
moving, in short, in changing sites in any manner, under
any circumstances. Mechanical genius and mechanical
appliances in the hands of intelligence resolved all
problems and overcame all obstacles. Were a river
to be crossed to reerect a building upon a site upon its
other side, the building was safely placed upon the
barges in the river and within a week was ready for its
occupants in its new location. Were a three-story
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solid brick residence to be raised from the base of a
hill to its summit, 168 feet above, the mass of brick,
stone, wood and glass would quickly be lifted from its
foundations and deposited upon artificial foundations
which were raised quietly and quickly day by day until
this artificial foundation would be upon a level with
the foundation upon the top of the hill to which it would
be safely shifted without breaking a pane of glass or
shaking or cracking the plaster from the walls of the
translated house. Were a dwelling or a manufacturing
structure to be lowered from a hill to a vale, the work
would proceed similarly until accomplished. Did it
become necessary to increase the dimensions of a large,
or a small building, no matter its use, up would go the
structure and the required new stories would be built
under the older ones, or in the event of diminishing the
content or the size of the building, the same processes
would be employed. Factories, furnaces, mills, tanks,
standpipes,' bridges, aqueducts, docks, trackage, piling,
water pipes, residences, apartment houses, public
schools, colleges, churches, whole rows of tenements
and even more pretentious structures, office buildings
and Masonic halls, all have been moved, changed from
one site or location to others and placed in immediate
service without causing more than the most trifling an
noyance to their owners, occupants, operators and operatives, almost in the twinkling of an eye.
These have been among the ordinaries of moving.
There have also been some of the miracles of moving.
A short time ago two of the spans of the Twenty-second
street bridge, Pittsburgh, were found to have settled
twenty-one inches and to be out of plumb sixteen
inches. These spans were 5IO feet long but they were
soon raised, moved back into place, straightened up and
supported on timbers and screws and the old piers
were removed and new ones rebuilt without interference
to traffic.
The rising of the water in a great flood stage in' the
Ohio valley left the big passenger steamer, "Virginia,"
of the Pittsburgh  Cincinnati Packet Line, stranded
high and dry in a broad bottom at Willow Grove,
W. Va. The Eichleay Company moved the steamer
from the cornfield 750 feet, lowered and gently pushed
it thirty-two feet into the river to "function towards a
useful existence." Another notable incident in the recovery of a boat which the flood had left high and
dry in its recession was that of the freight and passenger
steamboat, "Kate Adams," which the Eichleay Company found on the levee at Helena, Ark., moved 500
feet, lowered her forty-two feet and quickly returned
her to pre-flood condition to her place in the river.
Cleveland, however, was the scene of one of the real
feats of rapid and, at the same time, safe removals of
an apparently immovable, if not irremovable, obstacle
to the construction of its great steel viaduct. In this
instance, the 9oo ton "Car Dumper" of the Erie Railroad Company on its site in the railway property was
directly in the way of the construction of the viaduct.
The engineers of both railway company and of the city
of Cleveland thought that its demolition and dismantling
were the only solution of the problem, the railway officials demurring very much to this because of the hourly
need of the "Dumper" in their' operations. TheBIOGRAPHICAL                                                        33
he distinguished himself.  As a parliamentarian who   flour mill, later became a farmer.  Captain Anderson
propositions as an authority in ecclesiastical law,       married Martha Hook, and their children were: Martha,
a logical debater, and as a broad-minded, discerning   married Homer Bevans, of Chicago, and had children:
counselor, he was second to none, and his brethren         h 
trusted his influential leadership.  Arrested, seemingly   Homer, Alice, Victor and Lowell; Sarah; Arthur Anin the completeness of his work, when his eye was not   drews, mentioned below; Benjamin, married; James; and
dim the porhvidaenucre ofGoreda?"eNothiafltwhe atseachiwng oe   Jane, ma rried Alrthur Rodgers, and had children: George
Jesus is accepted.  Is it not rather a sharp reminder   W., and Martha, who married McCalh-oun Arthurs, of
tthat tthey are worapped i~n a mean~tnle ofmtystefray.  Innagn   BligMont.  Captain Anderson was one of the first
hour like this, amidst the hush which falls on the   justices of the peace in Ohio, and was called "Judge."
iers the larger vtiewfor otuhrfrieend; His is the deeper       (II) Arthur Andrews  (2) Anderson, son of Arthur
thought; His is the grander plan.  In Hisl love and   Andrews (I) and Martha (Hook) Anderson, was born
wisdom let us rest.  For Dr. Sands the valley was a   in I8o8anwsaprtietoMjrBlrapitr
quietness and resignation until he won the Kingdom.   of Ravenna, Ohio.  The youth learned the trade and asThe hour of his promotion found him waiting and ex-   sisted in  the publication of two -newspapers, one of
preceding his death, after he had revived from the   which was the "Western Courier of Ravenna," Major
stupor of the perilous surgical operation, and  the   Butler being the editor.  The business was removed to
little circle gathered again at his bedside, we were
looking into a face whose own 1look was far away,   Pittsburgh, and in 1827 the firm of Butler  Anderson
full of the vision of immortality.  There was still the   was formed.  The office was at the corner of Market
handclasp, but he was halfway to the happy land of
Beulah.  He was done with the cold grey of time and   street and Fourth avenue, and the paper and ink used in
reaching forward  to the life where the shadow  Of   the business were brought over the mountains on horsedeath is turned into the morning. On Tuesday the
end  came,  and  he  was  "at home  with  the Lord."   back by way of Redstone.  The firm had the reputation
"Faithful in much," he entered on his eternal reward,   of being honest, and trained a number of printers.  Major
Butler was appointed first commander of the Allegheny
J. HARTLEY ANDERSON, M. D.-Half a decade   Arsenal.   Eventually  Mr.  Anderson,  at  the age  of
has not sufficed to dim the memory of Dr. J. Hartley   twenty-one years, bought out his employer, and later
Anderson, nor will any period of years within the life-   associated his sons with him, the firm name being A. A.
time of the generations who knew him and his work   Anderson  Sons.  Mr. Anderson married (first) Maria
serve to pass his name and fame into oblivion.  A his-   Foster, daughter of Edward and Mary (Johnston) Fosto~ry of Pittsburgh and her citizens opens its pages for  ter, and the following children were; born  to them:
the life record of her distinguished son as gladly as he   Martha, married Thomas  J. Craig;  Walter;  Edward
was honored during his lifetime by his associates in the   Foster, mentioned below; and Charles A.  He married
city.  Dr. Anderson's reputation is safe in the keeping   (second)  Katherine Lasure Moore, and had one son,
of history as one of the really great surgeons of his   Arthur Andrews  (3) Anderson.  Arthur Andrews Antime, an outstanding figure in his profession, and Pitts-   derson died at the age of seventy-eight, in I886.  Edburgh, its citizens and its institutions, entered deeply   ward Foster, a gentleman of literary tastes, the grandinto his debt for devoted service in the saving of life  father of these children, was a native of Ireland.
and the restoration of health.  The following pages, given      (III) Edward Foster Anderson, son of Arthur Anto the recording- of Dr. Anderson's busy and active,   drews (2) and Maria (Foster) Anderson, was born July
though foreshortened life, fail in their purpose unless   12, 1839, and made his home in Pittsburgh, actively conthey show him as a surgeon with a passion for his work,   tinuing the printing business as E.- F. Anderson  Coinregarding it as the highest form of art, accepting will-   pany.  Edward Foster~ Anderson married Mary Hartley,
ingly the challenge of physical conditions defying the   descended from the Northumberland, England,  family.
skill and knowledge of the profession, and placing the  t1he American ancestor was Isaac Hartley, who landed
duties and obligations of his calling before all else.       in New York, July 4, 1797, and later purchased lands in
The race of the Andersons is of Scottish origin, and   Saratoga  county,  N.  Y.   His  youngest brother was
the  founder of~ the: American branch  of the  family   Thomas Hartley, of Pittsburgh, Pa.  Isaac Hartley was
was driven from his native land by religious persecution.   the  father. of  RE;obert  Milham  H~artley,  distinguished
He sought refuge in the Province of Pennsylvania, mak-   philosopher, author, and~ philanthropist,  a member  of
ing a home near Chester for himself and his descendants.   the Hartley family of New York Staite.  Mrs. Anderson
(I) Arthur Andrews Anderson (the son of Arthur   died in I88I at the age of thirty-six years.  Their son,
and Jane (Andrews) Anderson), a grandson of the im-   James Hartley, is of further Vmention.
migrant, was of Chester, and is said to have been an           (IV) Dr. James Hartleyt Anderson, son of Edward
Dfficer in the Revolutionary army, and later to have   Foster and  Mary  (Hartley)  Anderson,  was  born  in
served during General Washington's administration.  Un-   Pittsburgh,  April'5, i868.   He  attended the public
der Anthony Wayne the expedition was sent to retrieve  schools, and was graduated from Central High School
St. Clair's defeat.  Captain Anderson was with him dur-   in 1887, being awarded the Brinton prize, the highest
ing the winter at Legionville, near Beaver, Pa., and he   scholastic honor of the institution.  Beginning the study
is reported to have participated in the battle of Fallen   of medicine tinder the preceptorship of Dr. James McTimbers, the last battle with the Indians, helping to drive   Cann, he was associated with Dr. McCann for six and
them out of the Northwest Territory, now Ohio.  Sub-   one-half years, until the latter's death, and during this
sequently he settled at Franklin, afterwards called Ra-   time he also studied at the Western Pennsylvania Med..
venna, Portage county, in that State, and operated a   ical College, being graduated with the class of I8gI.
Pitts.- 1-3Eichleay Company in two days removed the entire
structure, inclusive of its machinery and equipment, a
distance of 214 feet and within six weeks it was again
in complete action. The railway authorities, after consulting their experts, were of the opinion that it would
require a minimum of four months to do the work.
Similarly, the steel grain tanks of Armour  Company, Chicago, although forty feet in diameter and
fifty-five feet high, were picked up intact, placed on a
large scow and taken across Lake Michigan eighty-five
miles to Milwaukee and relocated for immediate use.
Thus, also, the forty-four steel grain tanks of Albert
Dickinson Company, of Chicago, were taken from their
original sites and removed through a net-work of yard
tracks, thence through a succession of sixteen drawbridges, unloaded from the barges and across two
canals to their new location. Later on the Bethlehem
Steel Company required the removal of a large oil tank
115 feet in diameter, at Sparrow's Point, Baltimore, and
this was carried 400 feet to a new location in order
to increase the dimensions of the yards. The standpipe of the Brier Hill Steel Company, Youngstown,
Ohio, 1oo feet high and sixteen feet in diameter, was
moved 150 feet to give room for mill extension. The
Joseph Woodwell Company building, an eight-story
steel frame fireproof structure only twenty feet in width,
stood upon the proposed route of a portion of Pittsburgh's boulevard system. This structure was moved
forty feet, business being transacted as usual, and all
of the heating, sanitary, telephone, electric lights and
elevator conveniences being kept in operation at all
times.
The Eichleay organization also maintains large and
well equipped structural shops in which steel is fabricated for buildings, bridges, ships, boats and barges for
both domestic and foreign shipment. From these shops
is turned out the steel for the Eichleay Marine Department's yard at Hays, on the Monongahela river, just
above Pittsburgh. This yard, with a river frontage of
over half a mile, is equipped to build shallow draft
boats and barges of all descriptions. One of the largest
and most powerful all steel river towboats ever built,
the "Charles F. Richardson," 52 feet x 245 feet x 6 feet,
was constructed here, together with a number of boats
and scows for the United States Government. The
Marine Department also builds boats and barges for
shipment to foreign countries, which, after being temporarily set up with the machinery in position, are carefully marked to insure their correct reconstruction at
their destination, taken apart and packed for ocean
shipment. There is nothing akin to this organization
in America in its readiness, its resources and the variety
and extent of its content and contemplation.
John Eichleay, Jr., its founder, was born April 21,
1854, on Brownsville avenue, Pittsburgh, and at the
present time (1922) resides on the same street. He is
another of Pittsburgh's distinctive and distinguished
products. He has, in his sphere and season, accomplished what other prominent men of Pittsburgh have
accomplished. His vision, his initiative, his industry
and his confidence, have been peculiarly his own. His
personality, his methods of thought and action, have
been his capital. He began as a contractor in 1875,
launched into the "moving" business in 1888, added his
steel department in I899, and in 1902 incorporated the
John Eichleay Jr. Company with a capital of $125,ooo.
Meantime, his sons came into the firm of John Eichleay
Jr. Company, namely John P. Eichleay in 1889, Walter
B. Eichleay in 1892, Harry 0. Eichleay in 1896, and
Roy 0. Eichleay in 1915, and into this crescent concern,
annually increasing by leaps and bounds, these stalwart
young men became imbued with the same confidence and
enthusiasm that had buoyed their father, and soon the
operations distanced all calculations and exceeded all
hopes. The capital soon was increased to $2,500,o0o,
and with it the scope and content of operations. The
official list now is: John Eichleay, Jr., president; John
P. Eichleay, vice-president; Harry 0. Eichleay, vicepresident; Walter B. Eichleay, secretary and treasurer;
William J. Herbster, assistant secretary and treasurer.
The personnel and personality of this organization remain the same. It was in this quality, or rather in these
qualities, that it had its initial successes and it was in
these that its areas of usefulness and accomplishment
were and have been extended.
John P.. Eichleay, born March 27, 1876, on Brownsville avenue, Pittsburgh, is a director of the Cham'ber
of Commerce, and a member of the Pittsburgh Athletic
Association, Pentalpha Club and South Hills Country
Club.
Walter B. Eichleay, born Feb. 26, 1878, on Brownsville avenue, Pittsburgh, is a member of the Duquesne,
Traffic, Rotary, Pentalpha, South Hills and St. Clair
Country clubs.
Harry 0. Eichleay, born March 31, 1883, on Brownsville avenue, Pittsburgh, is a member of the Pittsburgh
Athletic Association, Americus, Kiwanis, Pentalpha,
and the South Hills Country clubs.
Roy 0. Eichleay, born Nov. 27, I888, on Brownsville avenue, Pittsburgh, is a member of the Lions and
Pentalpha clubs.
JOHN OLIVER WICKS, B. S., LL. B., who is a
prominent Pittsburgh attorney, is a son of Silas and
Annie ( Scott) Wicks, long residents of Allegheny
county. The elder Mr. Wicks was for many years a
contractor and builder, and built many residences in
Pittsburgh and the adjacent towns of this county, but
is now retired from active business. The mother died
Dec. 22, 1911.
John Oliver Wicks was born on a farm in Jefferson
township, Allegheny county, Pa., Feb. 4, I88o. He
received his early education in the country schools. near
his home, and in the old Sixth Ward school in Allegheny city (now a part of Pittsburgh), and was graduated from the Allegheny High School in the class of
I899. With his future largely in his own hands, he
found employment as a stenographer, and worked for
three years to accumulate funds for college. He then
entered Washington and Jefferson College, and he also
worked during his course, as secretary to the registrar
of the institution, as manager of the football team, and
such other work as came to hand. He was graduated in
the class of 19o6 with the degree of Bachelor of Science.
In the year 19o7, he entered Harvard Law School, mak(~
) Ayyt/ing his own way by the teaching of stenography and            JULIUS SOLOMON-Rarely does the world see a
other commercial subjects in night schools in Boston   man of extraordinary business ability giving much of
and Cambridge, and was graduated in the class of 1910   time, thought, or of his accumulated wealth, to the poor
with the degree of Bachelor of Laws.  Returning to   and weak about him, yet the city of Pittsburgh, had an
Pittsburgh, he immediately began the practice of law at  example in Julius Solomon, now deceased, of the selfhis present address.  He is now the junior member of   made man who had reached a high position in the world,
the law firm of Weller  Wicks.  In connection with   but still gave lavishly of his personal interest and of his
his practice, he is one of the attorneys for the Common-   money to help those in need.     
wealth of Pennsylvania, assisting the register of wills        Julius Solomon was born in the city of Sera, Poland,
in the collection of transfer inheritance taxes.             in 1850.  Coming to the United States in 1863, when
Mr. Wicks is a member of the alumni associations of   only thirteen years of age, he began life as a peddler,
both his universities, and of the Psi Kappa Psi f rater-   working many hours of the day to provide for his own
nity.  He is a member of the Duquesne Club, and High-   simple needs.  Gradually establishing a reputation for
land Country Club, and chooses touring and camping   honest dealing, and always practicing the most rigid
as his recreations.  Politically he is an independent Re-   economy, he accumulated sufficient money to start in a
publican.  He is a member of the Bellevue Methodist   business which was in a way the outgrowth of his early
Episcopal Church, and serves on its official board.          struggles, the scrap iron business, and later, the wrecking, reconstruction and sale of second-hand machinery
FRANK  NEELY,  M. D.-Achieving a position in   was inaugurated by his sons.  In this work Mr. Solomon
the professional world in spite of obstacles, Dr. Frank   exemplified the idea of thrift on a large scale, the saving
Neely has won his way to success.  The Neely family   of a commodity no longer useful, and by rebuilding,
is an old one in this vicinity.  James Neely, Dr. Neely's   extending its period of usefulnes indefinitely, thereby
grandfather, was born in Ireland, and came to America   obviating the necessity of drawing upon the supply of
in 1788, when only six years of age.  He was an early   new materials.
settler in Allegheny county, Pa., then a wilderness, and       Mr. Solomon developed this business into a science, and
was identified with the beginnings of progress here.         did a very wide and comprehensive scope of work.  The
Samuel P. Neely, his son, and the doctor's father, was   great success which attended his efforts was due reward
born in this county, and throughout his lifetime did farm-   of long and  arduous  labor.   And  this success was
ing on a small scale.  He met with an accident which   crowded into a life-time: not over long.  Scarcely past
left him a cripple for the greater part of his life, and   his three-score years, he passed over to the "Great Mabecause of this his children early found it necessary to   jority," in 1911, in September, as the summer was passface their own responsibilities.  He married Elizabeth   ing, yet the "sere and yellow leaf" had not yet fallen.
Thompson.                                                    This was emblematic of his life and its early end.
Dr. Neely was born in the northwestern part of Alle-         In his relations to his friends, and also to the general
gheny county, Aug. 5, 1854.  Having attended the country   public, Mr. Solomon possessed great beauty of charschools near his home, he did not relinquish his ambi-   acter.  His thought was always for others.  No charity
tion for higher education in taking up necessary work,   could bring to him its appeal without, receiving generous
but bent every energy toward the accumulation of suffi-  response and practical aid.  He gave to all and every
cient funds to warrant the continuation of his studies.   benevolent cause, and belonged to many charitable sociHe attended the Sharpsburg, Pa., Academy, the Curry   eties.  Personal aggrandizement was never attractive to
Institute, of Pittsburgh, and the Normal School at Edin-   him.  He was a lifelong Republican, but would never
boro, Pa.  Although this took.time, he persevered, and   consent to accept political office, and the only organhaving chosen the profession of medicine as his objective,  izations which interested him were those of charitable
entered the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, from   purposes.                     -         
which institution he was graduated, receiving his M. D.        Mr. Solomon was a devout and conscientious devotee
degree, in I886, at the age of thirty-two years.  He   of the religion of his fathers.  He was a charter membegan practice in Pittsburgh in the same year, very near   ber and founder of the Washington Street Jewish Synhis present location on Perrysville avenue, and has prac-   agogue, and one of the leading members of the society
ticed continuously since with unusual success.  Always   until his death.  His sons have established on the North
a student, Dr. Neely has taken a number of  post-grad-   Side, as a memorial to their father, the "Congregation
uate courses.                                                 Beth Jehuda."  This memorial edifice was formerly one
A member of the American Medical Association, Dr.   of the oldest residences on the North Side, and it has
Neely also holds membership in the Pennsylvania State   been entirely rebuilt, standing now as a beautiful house
Medical Society and in the North Side Branch of the   of worship, a memorial of a fine and worthy life.
Allegheny County organization.  Politically, he supports       Julius Solomon married, in Pittsburgh, Rosa Stern, of
the Republican party, but the demands of his profession   that place, who was born in Germany, and they were the
preclude his taking more than the citizen's interest in  parents of four children: I. Rudolph, who was educated
public affairs.                                              in the Pittsburgh schools; married Esther Eva Myers,
Dr. Neely married, July 16, 1883, Mary Vandevort,   and has two children: Adelaine Erma, the wife of
of Allegheny county.  Her daughter by a former mar-   Abraham Silverburg; and Lee Milton.  2. William, who
riage has been reared and educated by the doctor as   married  Flora  Hollander, and has one child, Helen
his own.                                                     Frances.  3. Harry, who married Florence Levy, and hastwo children: Madelaine and Julius (2). 4. Mendel E.,
single, who served with the American Expeditionary
Forces throughout the World War.
The four sons of Julius Solomon now tarry on, in
partnership, the important business laid down by their
father upon his death in 1911. This business was started
by the father in Beaver Falls, Pa., in the year 1876,
with a branch in Pittsburgh. The beginning was small,
but the practical nature of the business, together with
the large abilities of the man who founded it, gave it
rapid and permanent growth. When a new location became imperative, about 1883, Mr. Solomon purchased
the present site, upon which he built a large plant. He
retired in 1910, only about a year before his death, turning the entire business over into the hands of his sons.
The business has continued to grow and develop, and is
one of the important interests of the city of Pittsburgh.
The site is a plot of two and three-quarter acres in the
heart of the city. It is triangular, 450x460x290 feet, and
is fully improved, with brick and frame structures,
garage, storage and factory. There are 6oo feet of railroad switch in the yards. The equipment includes derrick, steam hammer, three shearers, pipe lathes, cutters,
etc., and both steam and electric power are used. They
are very large wreckers and buyers and sellers of second-hand machinery of all kinds, including brass and
copper, and carry immense stocks at all times. They
employ fifty hands, and a large number of teams and
automobile trucks. They sell everywhere in the United
States, and do a very considerable export business. The
different departments of this great industry are constantly under the supervision of the brothers, Rudolph,
William, Harry, and Mendel E. Solomon. Other property owned in Pittsburgh by the Solomon Brothers includes a long row of fine brick tenements, and a few
frame tenements. The Memorial Church, which they
built on the North Side, is in sight of the immense plant
and the tenements.
DONALD THOMPSON, who is a member of a
leading law firm of Pittsburgh, was born in old Allegheny city (now a part of Pittsburgh), Oct. 27, 1882, a
son of Oliver David and Kate ( Dresser) Thompson.
The elder Mr. Thompson is a prominent attorney, and
both he and his wife are living.
Donald Thompson received his early education in the
private schools of Pittsburgh and Shadyside Academy,
thereafter entering Yale University, from which he was
graduated with the class of 19o3, receiving the degree of
Bachelor of Arts. He then entered Pittsburgh Law School,
and was graduated in 19o6 with the Bachelor of Laws
degree. He was admitted to the Allegheny county bar
in October, I906, to the Superior Court, April 26, 1907,
to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Nov. 7, 1906, and to
the United States Supreme Court in September, 1911.
Mr. Thompson began practice in October, 1906, in association with Rodgers, Blakely  Calvert. Upon the retirement of Judge Rogers the firm became Blakely  Calvert, and upon Mr. Blakely's death in 1917, the present
firm was organized. This firm handles a very large corporation and general practice, but is not identified with
criminal law. With offices in the Oliver building, they
are a leading firm in their field, and besides the immediate firm they have a number of associates. Mr.
Thompson is a director in the Beaver Refining Company, H. H. Robertson Company, and the Allegheny
By-Product Coke Company.
Mr. Thompson is a member of the Pennsylvania State
Bar Association, and of the Allegheny County Bar
Association. During the World War he was captain of
the Home Guard in Sewickley, but as the progress of
the war advanced he determined to take a part in the
activities overseas, and enlisted, Oct. 26, 1918. He was
sent to the officers' training camp at Fortress Monroe,
Va., but much to his disappointment he saw no active
service, and was discharged, Nov. 22, I9I8, the armistice having brought hostilities to an end.
Fraternally Mr. Thompson holds membership with
Friendship Lodge, No. 679, Free and Accepted Masons.
He is a member of the Pittsburgh Club, the Allegheny
and Edgeworth Country clubs, and the Yale Club of
New York City. He is fond of golf and tennis, and
takes an occasional fishing trip.
On July 6, 1909, Mr. Thompson married Margaret
Allen LeRoy, who was born in New Hampshire, but
has spent her life in Pennsylvania. The ceremony was
performed in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson
have two sons, Donald, Jr., and LeRoy. The beautiful
family residence is in Sewickley.
COLTER RULE, of Pittsburgh, Pa., manager of
the West Penn Division of the Whitaker Paper Company, is a member of an old Ohio family Charles Rule,
his grandfather, was a leader in the business world of
Cincinnati, Ohio, and a pioneer in the marble business
in that city. John Rule, our subject's father, continued
the business founded by his father, Charles Rule. He
married Mary Colter, granddaughter of Aaron Colter,
who was long prominent in social and mercantile circles
in Cincinnati. Other noteworthy members of Mr. Rule's
family are Blanche Rule, who married, in England, a
Sir Samuel Evans, K. C., M. P., and John Rule, a
brother, who in 1913 was the Standard Oil Company's
representative in China. At the first news of hostilities in Europe he hastened to England and enlisted in
the British army, becoming a brigadier-general before
United States intervention. When that became a fact,
he transferred to the United States army.
Colter Rule was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 12,
I88I, and attended the public and high schools of that
city. At twenty-one years of age he became connected
with Chatfield  Woods, the prominent paper concern of
Cincinnati, with whom he remained until 1912, going at
that time with Bradner, Smith  Company, of Chicago,
Ill., until 1919. In the latter year Mr. Rule became associated with the Whitaker Paper Company, as manager
of their West Penn Division, at the same time arranging for the absorption by that concern of the Hartje
Paper Company, theretofore a leading Pittsburgh corporation.
The West Penn Division of the Whitaker Paper Company is an industry in itself. The concern occupies the
entire building at the corner of Barbean street and
Penn avenue, in Pittsburgh, 74x60 feet, eight floors andbasement, giving about forty thousand square feet of
floor space. They are both manufacturers and distributors, buying the entire output of several mills, besides
producing large and varied stocks. They handle news
and book paper, enamel, cover, writing and bond paper,
onion skin, manifold and ledger paper, Bristol board,
card board, blanks, tags, blotting paper and binders'
stock, envelopes, ruled goods and cards, stationery,
wrapping and wax twines and tapes, in fact every kind
of paper and accessories. From this office goods are
distributed in West Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania,
and throughout the Pittsburgh district, as well as Ohio.
The firm employs six traveling salesmen, eight city
salesmen, and seventy-two employees in this division, and
do a very large and constantly increasing business.
As manager of this important interest, Mr. Rule is
well known in this city. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh, and while he takes no
active part in public affairs, and is an independent
voter, he is interested in all public progress. Mr. Rule
is a Scottish Rite Mason, also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He resides in
Sewickley, and his favorite recreations are golf and
the raising of fancy chickens.
On Aug. 16, 1905, Mr. Rule married Marguerite Stewart, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and they have five children:
Blanche M., who is a student at the Sewickley High
School; Marguerite, Colter, Jr., Marian, and Josephine.
ADOLPH LEO LEWIN, M. D.-One of the successful professional men of the day in Pittsburgh is Dr.
Adolph Leo Lewin, physician and surgeon, whose office
is located at No. 3703 Pennsylvania avenue.
Dr. Lewin is a son of Herman and Pauline (Nachod)
Lewin, both of whom are now deceased. Herman Lewin
was a tailor by occupation, and his wife was a descendant of one of the oldest families in Leipzig, Germany.
Her direct ancestors were large financiers, and founded
the first bank in Germany.
Dr. Lewin was born in Germany, Feb. 25, 1871, and
came to this country with his family when he was eight
years of age. He attended the old Third Ward School,
in Allegheny City, now a part of Pittsburgh, later attending Franklin School in Pittsburgh. Taking a preparatory course at the Western University of Pennsylvania, he continued at the same institution through his
higher courses, receiving the degree of Bachelor of
Arts from Duquesne University, the degree of Doctor
of Medicine in 1892, and the degree of Master of Arts
in I895.
After receiving his medical degree, Dr. Lewin served
an interneship in Western Pennsylvania Hospital, then in
1893 began practice in Pittsburgh. From that time to
the present he has been a prominent figure in the medical profession in this district. He was on the medical
staff of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital from I892
until I899, and again in 1908. He was pathologist on
the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh in I908. He
was one of the founders of Montefiore Hospital, and is
now on the staff of that institution. He has built up a
very extensive private practice, and is enjoying the
fruits of his unusually thorough preparation, and the
labors of his early years.
Dr. Lewin is a member of the American Medical Association, of the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, and
the Allegheny County Medical Society, and is a member of the Alumni Association of the University of
Pittsburgh. He is a member of Solomon Lodge, No.
231, Free and Accepted Masons, and also of Shiloh
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Mt. Moriah Council,
Royal and Select Masters. His church affiliation is with
the Tree of Life Church. In political matters he supports the principles of the Republican party, and has
served on the Pittsburgh Board of Public Education.
In his individual tastes and recreative interests Dr.
Lewin is a man of broad sympathies. He has a fine
farm in Wilkins township, Allegheny county, upon
which he has built a beautiful summer home. He spends
his vacations working on the farm, and enjoying the
outdoor life. His especial delight is in entertaining
groups of city-born children and young people as his
guests at this summer home. But he does not regard the
farm as a pastime, and conducts practical farming operations there, keeping well informed himself on current
agricultural topics. In civic affairs Dr. Lewin has taken
special interest. He is president and has served as
such since organization in 1908 of the Allied Boards of
Trade of Allegheny county.
Both in this country and in Europe Dr. Lewin has
traveled extensively, and has made friends and acquaintances among prominent persons of both hemispheres. In his large collection of autographed photographs, he particularly prizes one of Ex-President Taft,
and one of the late Ex-President Roosevelt. He also
possesses a large and select library.
April 15, 1897, Dr. Lewin married Eva, daughter of
Isaac and Hannah Jackson. They have one son, Herbert
A., born March 21, 1903, who has been educated in the
grammar schools of Pittsburgh and Peabody High
School, from which he was graduated in the class of
1921. He will continue his studies along the line of
electrical engineering, the profession he has chosen for
his life work.
GEORGE H. CULLEY, who is interested in various industrial corporations in Pittsburgh, comes of a
family long resident in Pennsylvania. His great-grandfather came from Ireland about 1776, and was then
probably not more than fifteen years of age. His name
was Levi Culley, and his son George was born in Washington county, Pa., on a farm, in the year I800. George
Culley died in 1871. His son, Levi Culley (2), was also
born in Washington county, on a farm, in 1830, and died
in the prime of life, in 1863. He married Ann McCombs,
also of an old Pennsylvania family.
George H. Culley, son of Levi and Ann (McCombs)
Culley, was born on the farm in Washington county,
Pa., March 27, I859. He attended the country schools
near his home, working on the farm during his spare
time until he was fifteen years of age. He then left
home, coming to Pittsburgh to learn the machinist's
trade, and after mastering it became foreman in themachine shop of McNash  Butler. Thereafter he filled
the position of superintendent with Baer  Gazzam, then
in 1899 became associated with the Trantor Manufacturing Company. in the capacity of manager, finally becoming superintendent, which position he still holds.
Meanwhile, in 1910, Mr. Culley, with other associates,
organized the Liberty Brazing  Welding Company.
This concern was a partnership in the beginning, but in
1916 was incorporated, Mr. Culley becoming president.
This concern has developed broadly, and is a prosperous
interest. Mr. Culley has little leisure for outside activities, and while a supporter of the Republican party
takes only the citizen's interest in political affairs. He
has been a member of the First Presbyterian Church of
Pittsburgh for the past thirty-two years.
In 1887, Mr. Culley married Mary McBride, of Pittsburgh (West End), and they have had three children:
I. Eva, who was educated in the Pittsburgh schools;
married Clay H. Zimmerman, and died in 1916, leaving
three children: Eva, Dorothy, and Henrietta. 2. Hunter, a graduate of Carnegie Technical Institute, who is
now associated with MacIntire Hemphill in business;
married Edna S. Barkley, and has two children: Hunter,
Jr., and Helen. 3. Olive, also educated in Pittsburgh;
now residing at home.
HARRY ALVIN WRAY-One of the leading undertaking establishments of Pittsburgh, Pa., is conducted by Harry Alvin Wray, the spacious and wellappointed home of the enterprise being at No. 314 North
avenue West. Mr. Wray's success has been the work
of his own hands, unaided by the friendly assistance
which is so often the lot of the man who ventures into
the business world.
Mr. Wray's father, Robert Wray, was born in Ireland,
and with the fearless confidence of his race, came to
America to make his way in the world when a lad of
fifteen. He married Sarah McCurley, and both are now
deceased.
Harry Alvin Wray was born in Pittsburgh, Sept. 9,
I866. He received a practical education in the public
schools of the city, but it was cut short by the necessity of his going out into business to help out in the
family finances. The father had not found the wealth in
America, which he had expected to find, stories of which
had been told so often in the land of his birth, and industrious man that he was, the wages of the day sufficed
for little more than to keep his little family. So the boy
obtained a situation as errand boy, and this at a salary
of one dollar and a half per week. This was the beginning from which Harry Alvin Wray wrought success.
The boy was not content to remain in so unremunerative a position, and learning that better wages were paid
in the rather more dangerous work on the river, he
secured a position on one of the steamers. He still holds
his license as a river mate, and is very proud of it,
although now it is little more than a memento of the
struggle of his youth. In I888, when twenty-two years
of age, he began to learn the undertaking business, working with James M. Fullerton, a prominent undertaker of
that time. As soon as he was proficient in the work he
established himself in the business, beginning in a modest way. He was successful from the start, and has increased the equipment and enlarged his premises from
time to time, until now his place compares favorably
with the best houses in the city handling this class of
work. His headquarters are complete and elegantly appointed. They include chapel, morgue, operation and
reception rooms, and a spacious office, all equipped with
the most up-to-date conveniences.
Mr. Wray is broadly active outside his business in a
social and fraternal way. He is, of course, a member of
the Pennsylvania State Funeral Directors' Association,
of which organization he is past president. He is past
noble grand of Park Lodge, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. He is high in the Masonic order, being a
member of the lodge, chapter, council, commandery, and
shrine, and is a member of Allegheny Lodge, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks.
Mr. Wray married Gertrude Speer, of Pittsburgh, and
they have two children living: Marie, who is now the
wife of 0. L. Simmons, of Pittsburgh, and has one child,
Mary Jane; and Jane, who resides at home. The only
son, Harry Clark, who was born in 1892, is deceased.
OSCAR HERMAN ROSENNBAUM, who is holding
an assured position in the profession of the law, is
broadly representative of the successful group of men
who form the Allegheny county bar. He is a son of
Leopold and Sabina ( Dreshfield) Rosenbaum. The
father was for many years a prominent merchant of
Pittsburgh, at the head of Rosenbaum  Company, one
of the large department stores of the city, which is
still a successful interest. He sold his interest in the
business in 1903, and retired to spend his remaining
years in the enjoyment of the fruit of his own activity.
He died in 1920, having survived his wife by about four
years.
Oscar Herman Rosenbaum was born in San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 14, I868, and received his early education
in the public schools of his native city. The family removing to Pittsburgh, Jan. I, 1881, he attended the old
Fifth Ward School of Allegheny city, now a part of
Pittsburgh, for a time, then later was graduated from
the old Central High School of Pittsburgh, in June,
1887. Reading law in preparation for college, Mr. Rosenbaum then attended the University of Virginia until 1890,
also taking special courses in science, the German language and literature and the French language and literature. He was admitted to the Allegheny county bar in
December, 1890, to the Superior Court and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in October of 1893, and to the
courts of the United States in 1898. While at college
his preceptor was Professor John B. Minor. When
first admitted to the bar, Mr. Rosenbaum established
himself in the general practice of the law, and won his
way to success. He now specializes in mercantile incorporations and mercantile law, and commands a large
practice. He speaks German and French fluently, thus
broadening the scope of his activity very materially. He
is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association,
and of the Pennsylvania State Bar Association.
During the World War, Mr. Rosenbaum was supervisor for a number of alien enemies, three years beingthe period of this service to the people. Mr. Rosenbaum's hobby is practical charities, and his deepest interest along this line is in helping to place deserving
people in remunerative employment. He always works
independently of organized charities, giving his personal
attention to those in whom he is interested. He has no
other interest outside his work, to which his time. is
almost entirely devoted.
GEORGE WILLIAM DIPPEL, M. D.Of English descent, but of Pittsburgh birth and rearing, Dr.
George William Dippel, of this city, has taken an assured position in the medical profession.
Dr. Dippel is a son of Conrad and Emma (Horn)
Dippel. The father was a shoe merchant in Pittsburgh
for many years. He came from England to this country when eighteen years of age and located here, where
he became prominent in the business world. He is now
deceased, but the mother is still living.
Born in the same house in which his office is now
located, Jan. 13, 1879, Dr. George William Dippel received all his training in the educational institutions of
this city. He attended the Lawrenceville Grammar
School, and the Central High School, then entered the
Western University of Pennsylvania, now the University
of Pittsburgh, from which he was graduated in 1902,
with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Thereafter he
acted as interne at St. Francis' Hospital, and before the
close of that year entered upon the practice of medicine,
at his present address. He has developed a very wide
practice, along general lines, and is also chief surgeon
for the Pittsburgh Gage  Supply Company.
Dr. Dippel is a member of the Alumni Association of
the University of Pittsburgh, and is medical examiner
for the Knights of St. George. He was also assistant
medical examiner for his zone during the World War.
Outside of his profession Dr. Dippel has few interests.
He supports the Republican party in all political matters. His chief relaxation he finds in the wilds, when
the duties of his practice allow him leisure, and he enjoys hunting and fishing.
Oct. 17, 1907, Dr. Dippel married Elizabeth Bevins,
who was born in England. They have one daughter,
Katherine Horn, who is now a student in high school.
RICHARD HENRY LAWRY, prominent in Pittsburgh along the lines of iron and steel, was born in
Homestead, Pa., May 12, 1891, and is a son of James
and Julia Lawry, of that city. James Lawry was for
many years j ustice of the peace of West Homestead,
and conducted an extensive business in real estate. He
died in 1909.
Richard Henry Lawry was educated in the public
schools of Homestead, laying a practical foundation for
a future of business activity. His first employment was
with the McClintock  Marshall Construction Company,
as an apprentice in their steel mills, remaining in this
connection for about four years. In 1909 Mr. Lawry
engaged in the insurance business, handling both fire
and life, and taking over his father's business interests,
which had been left without a head by the death of his
father. The iron and steel industry, however, formed
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the field of effort in which the young man felt the greatest interest, so as soon as he could dispose of the other
business to advantage he did so. In 1916 he became
associated with the Ritter  Conley Manufacturing
Company, in the capacity of department foreman, in
charge of their press shop. This connection lasted
nominally until 1918, but during the period of the
World War following United States intervention, Mr.
Lawry was an inspector of the Air Craft Bureau, and
traveled all over the country in the course of his duties
in this office.
In I9I8 the Riflaw Metal Sales Company was organized, and Mr. Lawry made sales manager, he leaving
this company in the fall of 1919. In 1920 Mr. Lawry,
together with several associates, purchased the business
of E. Cornwall  Company, of South Side, Pittsburgh,
pioneer ornamental and wire works, changing the name
to the Fort Pitt Steel and Iron Works, of which Mr.
Lawry became president. He is also president of the
Homestead Builders Supply Company, at Homestead,
Pa. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, of Homestead.
In 1909 Mr. Lawry married, at Homestead, Mary R.
White, of that city, and they have four children: Thomas, Richard, Esther, and George. The family attend
the services of the Episcopal church.
RALPH SCHUGAR, who has at a comparatively
recent date become established in the undertaking business, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 26, 1892, and is
a son of Samuel and Belle (Sandusky) Schugar. His
parents reside in Pittsburgh, and his father is a long
established and very successful dry goods merchant in
this city.
Attending only the Grant Grammar School, Mr.
Schugar left school at an early age, as he cared little
for study and was eager to enter business activities. But
he failed to find adequate interest in the field of merchandising, and determined upon the profession of undertaking and funeral directing. Entering the Eckels
School of Embalming, he was graduated from that institution in 1917, and immediately started in business for
himself. With the intervention of the United States in
the European War, Mr. Schugar enlisted for service
overseas, and was sent to Camp Lee for training. He
was attached to Company A, 315th Machine Gun Battalion, and went overseas May 20, I9I8. There he was
with the British army in the battles through the Arras
sector, then later his battalion was transferred to the
American forces, and he at once found himself in the
battle of St. Mihiel. After a short rest, there followed
the fifty-four days of continuous fighting in the Argonne Forest. Following the armistice, this battalion
was given six months' rest, then returned to the United
States. Mr. Schugar was discharged June 4, 1919, and
returned to Pittsburgh.
Mr. Schugar has since built up the business of which
he is sole proprietor. His undertaking parlors are very
commodious and complete in every sense of the word,
containing office, chapel, mortuary rooms, all equipped
and richly furnished according to the latest and most
accepted dictates of taste and professional standards.After one year as interne in the Western Pennsylvania
Hospital, Dr. Anderson became assistant surgeon in that
institution, and in 1899 was made head of the surgical
staff. Among his other institutional connections were
an association of eighteen years with the Presbyterian
Hospital as visiting surgeon, and of ten years on the faculty of the Western Pennsylvania Medical College. To
the work of these institutions he brought a fine enthusiasm and vigorous interest that resulted in their great
benefit, for with the passing years his fame and reputation attained national and international dimensions. Dr.
Anderson was a pioneer in abdominal surgery, introducing many new methods and originating others. He
carried into his professional activity the love of study that
characterized his school days, and the unhesitating decision and unerring certainty that marked his operating
were based upon a profound knowledge of the human
organ. To one versed in surgical and medical lore it was
a delight to watch Dr. Anderson at his work. His polished technique and superlative skill, as he made his way
through tissue and bone in the correction of basic disorders, were a revelation in surgical science. He was
equal master of both hands and his ambidexterity was
an important factor in the remarkable speed he attained
in his work, for none realized better than he the advantage of time saved on the operating table. Dr. Anderson was exacting in his requirements in operating room
equipment and accoutrements, and had all of his instruments made to his order, among them some of his own
design. His joy in his work and its artistic and successful performance enabled him to perform prodigious
amounts, and inspiring this steadfast devotion to his
profession was the imploring need for his skill and learning and the vision of the vast total of good he accomplished. Those close to Dr. Anderson testify that the
material rewards from his profession meant little to him,
and that he would often choose to give his time and
skill to patients totally unable to defray the expenses of
their operations in preference to those with ample means,
allowing only the imminence of their need to govern his
action.
Dr. Anderson had studied in the medical centers of
America and Europe, and was the author of numerous
papers and monographs on scientific and professional
subjects, one of particular value and interest, a treatise
on a new method of treatment for arsenical poison. He
was famous for delicate brain operations, and had performed almost miraculous work in this province of surgery. He was a member of the American Medical Society, a member and ex-president of the College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Pittsburgh, and a fellow of
the Academy of Medicine, the Allegheny County Medical Society, and the American Surgical Society. He was
a Republican in politics, with independent tendencies, taking an interest in whatever pertained to the betterment of
conditions, civic or moral, in his community. His clubs
were the Press and University, and he was a member of
Pittsburgh Lodge, No. 434, Free and Accepted Masons.
He was a communicant of Bellefield Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Anderson spent much of the time free from professional duties in the open air, and in simple exercise
found his relaxation, much as he recommended the curative, beneficial value of fresh air to his patients.
Dr. Anderson married, June 10, 1896, Ruth Mays,
daughter of the Rev. Dallas Valentine and Lucy (Kirtland) Mays, who lived for some time in Kansas, Mr.
Mays being a missionary of the Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Mays was born in Poland, Ohio, and was a daughter of Billions Kirtland, and a granddaughter of Judge
Turhand Kirtland, who was one of the officers of the
Connecticut Land Company which settled a large part of
the historic Western Reserve. Mr. Mays died in 1903,
and Mrs. Mays passed away Nov. I8, 1913. Mr. Mays
came of old Pennsylvania stock with several ancestors
who distinguished themselves in the Revolutionary War.
Mrs. Anderson was educated at Smith College, and is a
member of the Smith College Club and the Daughters of
the American Revolution. Children of Dr. J. Hartley
and Ruth (Mays) Anderson: Hartley Kirtland, born
May 13, 1897; Ruthanna Frame; Lucy Eloise; Mary
Katharine Eliza, deceased.
No more fitting conclusion to a record of the life and
work of J. Hartley Anderson could be penned than the
following, quoted from the "Thistle," the school paper
of the Carnegie Technical Institute:
J. Hartley Anderson, physician, surgeon, publicspirited citizen, beloved friend of students and teachers, creator of the department of Student Health in
this institution, died September 16, 1915. His selfdevotion to his profession and to his distinguished
position in charge of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital brought its load of responsibility very heavily
upon him. He succumbed to the ravages of an insidious disease when in the prime of his manhood on
the threshold of a national career. The numerous con--
tributions of Dr. Anderson in the field of research
brought him many honors, one of the foremost of
which was his being selected as one of the first Fellows in the American College of Surgery. This recognition would have been but the forerunner of many
European honors which undoubtedly would have come
to him because of this international reputation. * * *
Thousands of students who listened to his brilliant
lectures, and hundreds unto whom he ministered,
many of whom he saved from death, will always
remember the courteous gentleman, the kind friend,
the scholarly physician, and the skillful surgeon,
whose cheerful words and happy smile always made
the gravest moments bearable, and who held out a
never failing spirit of hope to those who were in distress. Though we have lost our friend and teacher,
his spirit still lives in the institution which was
honored by his presence.
HENRY GRAHAM BROWN-A lifetime in the
steel industry was the business record of Henry Graham
Brown, and this included large commercial and industrial connections outside of the corporation bearing the
family name, Brown  Company, Inc., succeeding
John H. Brown  Company. Mr. Brown occupied an
important position in the Pittsburgh world of affairs,
and had extensive capitalistic connections in New York
and Philadelphia as well. It has been three years since
the places he long filled in Pittsburgh have known him,
but there he is remembered as a strong executive and
commanding industrialist, one of the group of men determining his city's prestige and greatness.
Henry Graham Brown was a son of John H. Brown,
a noted steel manufacturer, the founder of the firm
of John H. Brown  Company. Henry Graham Brown
was born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 20, 1852, and his
education was obtained in private institutions and Haverford College. As a young man, twenty-one years of
age, he came to Pittsburgh and entered his father's
steel mill to learn all details of the business he intendedWith his auspicious beginning, Mr. Schugar's contemporaries see a future of usefulness before him.
Fraternally, Mr. Schugar holds membership in Madoc
Lodge, No. 289, Knights of Pythias; in Pittsburgh Post,
No. 302, American Legion; in Chateau Post, No. 258,
Veterans of Foreign Wars; and the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows. Politically he supports the Republican
party.
Mr. Schugar's two brothers, Earl and Leonard, and
his sister Laura, also reside in Pittsburgh, at the family
home.
JOHN HARTLEY PHILLIPS-In the motor
world of Pittsburgh, John Hartley Phillips is well known
as the general manager for the past ten years, of the
White automobile for the Pittsburgh district.
Mr. Phillips is a son of Samuel W. and Hester M.
Phillips. His father was formerly president and general manager of the Iron City Dock Company, and when
this concern was consolidated with the Monongahela
River Coal and Coke Company, he was retained with
the new management as superintendent of dock and mills.
John H. Phillips was born in Pittsburgh, Sept. 10,
188o. He was educated in the schools of this city. He
began life as a salesman, entering the employ of the
Iron City Dock Company at the age of sixteen years.
He remained with this firm for a period of five years,
then when it was merged, as above noted, he continued
with the new concern in the capacity of assistant superintendent of dock and mills under the superintendency
of his father. In 1910 he became associated with the
White Automobile Company, and in the comparatively
short period which has elapsed since that date, has risen
to the position of general manager of the Pittsburgh
district, which office he is filling at this time. Mr. Phillips is always alert to the progress of the day, and is a
member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, and
also the Board of Trade. Fraternally he holds the
thirty-second degree in the Masonic order, and is a
member of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Americus Club,
the leading Republican club of Pittsburgh, and of the
Pittsburgh Athletic Association.
On July 2, 1903, Mr. Phillips married Bessie Adelle
Lew, of Pittsburgh, and they have one daughter, Helen
Hartley.
MICHAEL DEPTA, M. D.-With excellent preparation for his profession, and war experience of practical value, Dr. Michael Depta, of Pittsburgh, Pa., is
building up a promising practice in this city.
Dr. Depta was born in Mount Pleasant, Pa., May 8,
189o, and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Chuey) Depta,
of that place. Joseph Depta was born in Ireland, and
came to this country when a young man, locating in
Pennsylvania. He was in the coal business in Mount
Pleasant for a considerable period, and died in 1917.
Attending first the district schools of his native town,
Dr. Depta, as a youth, spent a short time in the high
school there. He possessed a natural inclination for
music, and was particularly interested in the pipe organ,
and accordingly, considered seriously, plans for making
this profession his life work. To this end he began a
normal course at the Milwaukee Normal School, in
Wisconsin, and while there filled a position as church
organist. Ultimately the young man changed his plans,
and, coming to Pittsburgh, entered the University of
Pittsburgh, largely financing his own education by playing the organ and doing such other work as occasion
permitted. He received the Bachelor of Science degree
in 1915, and in 1917 was graduated from the university,
with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He then became
interne at St. Francis' Hospital, spending one year in
this capacity, and thereafter was resident physician of
the same institution for a period of two years, with the
exception of time spent in the service of the United
States Government.
Dr. Depta's war record begins with his commission
of first lieutenant, received in July, 1918. He was sent
to New Haven, Conn., for two months' intensive training, and was then made chief examiner of lung conditions at Camp Johnson, Jacksonville, Fla. He was mustered out of the service in February, 1919. Resuming
his practice here at that time, Dr. Depta has made excellent progress in the profession of his choice, and is
an assistant on the medical staff of St. Francis' Hospital.
He specializes in internal medicine.
Dr. Depta is a member of the American Medical
Association, and of the Pennsylvania State and Allegheny County Medical societies. He is a member of St.
Augustine's Roman Catholic Church, and is a member
of the Knights of Columbus. Politically, he takes a
keen interest in the progress of events, but seeks no
political preferment, and votes independently.
Dr. Depta has two brothers living, William and John;
and has one sister, living, Mrs. Simon Muth, now a
widow, and a resident of Mount Pleasant. Two brothers, Matthew and Joseph, are deceased, also one sister,
Mary.
PETER MICHAEL LIPPERT, who has long held
an assured position in the legal fraternity of Allegheny
county, is a son of Michael and Margaret (Kapp) Lippert. His father, a native of Germany, came to this
country as a youth of seventeen, having landed in New
York City, where he remained for only a short period,
and from there came to Pittsburgh, Pa., where he has
since remained. He is now deceased, but the mother,
who was born in Mifflin township, Allegheny county, Pa.,
is still living, at the age of eighty-three years.
Mr. Lippert was born in Baldwin township, Allegheny
county, Pa., Sept. 29, I866. His first school attendance
was at the parochial schools. Thereafter he went to work,
but his ambition looked toward a profession, and while
employed as a glass worker he attended night schools
and saved money for his higher education. When he had
accumulated sufficient funds to warrant it, he entered
the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and was
graduated from that institution with the degree of
Bachelor of Laws, in the class of I9oo. He was registered with William Brennan, Esq., and later with William M. Galbraith, Esq. Mr. Lippert was admitted to
the bar March 22, 19o2, and entered upon a partnership
with Thomas T. Kern, which continued for three years,since which time he has carried on alone a wide general
practice.
On Feb. 22, 1909, Mr. Lippert married Anna C. Wendell, a daughter of Stephen and Josephine Wendell, of
Pittsburgh, Pa., her parents now deceased. Mr. and
Mrs. Lippert have only one child living, Mary Josephine
Lippert.
JOSEPH WASSER-Making a success in the production of a daily necessity of the mercantile world, Joseph Wasser, of Pittsburgh, Pa., has for more than a
quarter of a century been a prominent manufacturer of
wooden and paper boxes.
Mr. Wasser was born in Russia, July I5, 1870, and
received his education in his native country. He came
to America at the age of sixteen years, locating in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was first employed as a cigar manufacturer, and continued along this line for about eight
years. Then, seeing the opportunities in the line of box
making, he founded the business which has now become
a thriving industry. This was in 1894, and Mr. Wasser
was the sole owner of the business. He manufactures a
large variety of wooden and paper boxes for many purposes, and the product is widely distributed. This is an
important and successful business. He is a member of
the Maccabees, the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith,
the National Federation of Box Manufacturers, and the
Sharaay Telfillah synagogue.
Mr. Wasser married, Sept. I5, 1894, Ida Travers, of
Pittsburgh, and they have two sons: George and Emanuel. Both young men served with honor in the World
War. Emanuel, the younger, served overseas in France,
but George, the elder, suffered the disappointment of
many young men in being kept in the United States. He
was located at Camp Lee. When the young men were
mustered out of the service, they returned to Pittsburgh, George Wasser now being a promising young attorney in this city, and Emanuel Wasser becoming his
father's partner in the manufacturing interest above
outlined.
FRANK BONGIOVANNI-Educated in his native
land for the teacher's profession, Frank Bongiovanni,
proprietor of the widely known Nixon Cafe of Pittsburgh, was diverted from his planned calling into the
restaurant business. Thousands of Pittsburgh residents
and many more non-residents of the city, did they know
the circumstance, would rejoice in the chance that had
made of him a restauranteur rather than a pedagogue,
for in France and England he engaged in his present
field of work, and has combined with American methods and customs the best of continental conceptions and
ideals. His establishment has become a Pittsburgh institution, a restaurant of distinctive character, a charming place of entertainment, with Mr. Bongiovanni as its
hospitable host.
The name of Bongiovanni is an old and celebrated one
in Italy, where the family for many generations has
held prominent social position, and has had members
who worthily represented it in the arts and sciences.
Mr. Bongiovanni's father, Joseph Bongiovanni, was a
well known architect of Italy, and designed many beautiful residences and public buildings. He was likewise
the author of a number of works on architectural subjects, which are still used as text books in Italy and are
considered authorities on the topics treated. Joseph Bongiovanni, deceased, married Laura Fea, who survives
him, a resident of Italy, aged eighty-three years.
Frank Bongiovanni was born in Italy, Dec. 24, I873,
and obtained an unusually excellent education in the
schools of Fossano and the college at Torino in Northern Italy. Upon his graduation from the latter institution he received a diploma entitling him to teach the
French, English, Latin and Spanish languages in Italian schools, but, desiring the educational and cultural
value of travel before taking up a life work, he left his
native land at the age of eighteen years, with no thought
that he was permanently leaving his home. He went
first to France, intending to perfect his French accent
and then to continue his travels. His stay in France
lengthened to seven years, during which time he became
interested in the restaurant and cafe business, in which
he was actively engaged for a considerable time. The
following four years he spent in England, and during
the latter part of that time he conducted a restaurant
under his own name, with the most gratifying success.
In conversation with the many American tourists who
visited his English place he became impressed with the
possibilities in his field of work in the United States,
and in 1903 left England with that object in view. After
three years in New York City restaurants he came to
Pittsburgh in 19o6 and here opened a cafe and restaurant. While his enterprise was a popular and financial
success, Mr. Bongiovanni constantly had in view the
opening of an establishment which in richness and elaborateness would be more nearly commensurate with
Pittsburgh's dignity and standing as a metropolis, but
was deterred for some time from any action in this
connection through the absence of a suitable location.
Finally, when his business had developed to a remarkable extent despite the limitations under which he felt
he labored, Mr. Bongiovanni leased the Nixon Cafe, a
place which under five predecessors had been a failure.
In the face of such a record it seemed almost like
tempting fate to begin business of the same nature at
that place, and it is a splendid tribute to Mr. Bongiovanni's business acumen and farsightedness that he has
since enlarged his restaurant four times and has there
achieved an unprecedented success. From the day of
its opening he has maintained it on a standard so high
that it is unexcelled as an eating place from coast to
coast, its service, cuisine and entertainment features
equally celebrated. This popular restaurant in the heart
of the theatre district of Pittsburgh, has a seating
capacity of six hundred people, and there are many times
when it is impossible to find covers for two without an
appreciable delay. Tasteful decoration and lighting add
to the attractiveness of the restaurant, and the discriminating judgment of the management is also displayed in the special entertainment features arranged
for the guests. The three large dance floors are always
in perfect condition, and the theatrical talent engaged
there is without exception of the best. Since 1913 Bongiovanni's has been one of the show places of the city,
an accepted part of any program of entertainment.
Numbered among its guests have been many celebritiesof national importance, and motorists and travelers
passing through Pittsburgh plan an evening there whenever possible, and leave the city with anticipations of
another visit.
On June 19, 1920, Mr. Bongiovanni opened Bongiovanni's Gardens at Wildwood, a suburb of Pittsburgh
on the Butler Line. In perfection of service and cuisine
this place is the replica of the city restaurant, but the
location has permitted rather more spacious arrangements, which are delightfully in accord with the garden
idea. Mr. Bongiovanni advertises it as the finest road
house in America, and this description will be long unchallenged. The Gardens fell heir to the wealthy heritage of reputation and popularity that has come to the
Pittsburgh restaurant, and its first season has been an
unqualified success. Frank Bongiovanni has chosen a
field of service in Pittsburgh that few men would be
able to fill, and he has come to occupy a unique position
in the city of his adoption. He is the head of a prosperous business, an enterprise conducted with far more
of intimate touch and personal relation to its patrons
than almost any other field of endeavor, and he numbers
his friends and acquaintances met in active life by the
thousands.
He is keenly interested in all affairs of the city, and
is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Americus
Club, the Tariff Club, and the Automobile Club. His
fraternal affiliations are with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He married Rose M. Pivirotto,
of Pittsburgh.
THEODORE SCHMIDT, the well known Pittsburgh funeral director, was born in this city, May 18,
1862, and is a son of Benjamin and Mary Magdalena
(Schmidt) Schmidt. The elder Mr. Schmidt was for
many years engaged in the lumber business here.
Mr. Schmidt received his early education in the German parochial schools of the old Seventeenth Ward,
then took a course in the Iron City Business College,
and filled the position of bookkeeper in his father's
office, continuing in this connection until 1893, when
Benjamin Schmidt sold his business. At that time Theodore Schmidt, in association with a brother, established
a livery and sales stable, also an undertaking business.
The stable, at first the more important interest, was
large, and did an extensive business, but the undertaking
business grew rapidly. A few years ago Mr. Schmidt
retired from the business, leaving it in the hands of his
brother, but upon the death of the latter resumed the
management himself. Mr. Schmidt's long experience,
and his policy of keeping abreast of every forward
movement in his field, give him a leading position as an
undertaker and funeral director in Pittsburgh to-day.
He is a members of Pittsburgh Lodge, No. 46, Loyal
Order of Moose, and of Pittsburgh Lodge, No. II,
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Politically
he supports the Republican party.
Mr. Schmidt married Meta Heinrich, of Belleville,
Ill., who died in 1891. Mr. Schmidt had two brothers,
William, his late partner, who died in I9o8, and Charles,
who died in San Jose, Cal., in 19o6. He has four sisters, all living, Amelia, Bertha, Ida, and Mary.
CHARLES GROVER WALTERS, M. D.-Walters is an old and well known Armstrong county, Pa.,
name, and in Pittsburgh is represented by Dr. Charles
G. Walters, of No. 2120 Fifth avenue. Dr. Walters is
a son of Thomas Henry Walters, a man of large property interests, who through the operation of his coal and
iron ore mining activities accumulated a large estate,
which came to his heirs. He married Mary Foster, who
survives him.
Charles Grover Walters was born at Parkers Landing, on the Allegheny river, in Armstrong county, Pa.,
Jan. 16, 1887. The family moved soon afterward to
Richdale, Pa., where the lad, Charles G., attended public schools. Later he attended Sewickley High School
and in 1906 was graduated from that institution. He
next entered the Medical Department of the University
of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, but later entered the same
department of the University of Pittsburgh, whence he
was graduated Doctor of Medicine, class of 1910. During his senior year he had considerable hospital experience, and immediately after receiving his degree in
1910, he began general practice in Pittsburgh, where he
continues.
Dr. Walters is a member of Sigma Psi Epsilon fraternity. He takes his recreation in touring the country. Financially independent, he lives comparatively free
from the exactions of practice, maintaining regular office
hours and practicing along lines of his own choice.
Dr. Walters married, July 17, 1911, Elizabeth Callahan, of Pittsburgh, and they are the parents of five children: Charles Grover, 2nd, Samuel John Callahan, Elizabeth Crane, and George Warren. A fifth child, Thomas
H. H., is deceased.
PAUL OSCAR WERNER-One of the enterprising
young men who is achieving success in the business
world of Pittsburgh, is Paul Oscar Werner, whose restaurant, at No. 1117 Bingham street, is one of the popular eating places of the South Side.
Paul 0. Werner is a son of Oscar Werner, who was
lorn in Zwickau, Saxony, Germany, Aug. 4, I86I, and
ame to America in the year 1905, bringing his family
with him to the new country. He acted as janitor of the
South Side Turnverein, of Pittsburgh, until 1916, when
he entered the hotel business at No. 308 Main street,
West End. This venture was very successful, and on
Aug. 4, 1921, he retired from active business and removed to the fine farm which he has recently purchased
in Clarion county, Pa. Oscar Werner served for four
years in the 18th Uhlan Regiment of Cavalry, in his
native land, and was honorably discharged from the
service, having served his full time. He married, in
Germany, Bertha Helbig, who was born in Zwickau,
Saxony, Germany, about 1867, and is still living.
Paul Oscar Werner, son of Oscar and Bertha (Helbig) Werner, was born also in Zwickau, Germany, the
birthplace of both his parents, May 14, 1887. He attended the public schools of his native land for about
eight years, or until he was fourteen years of age. In
1901 he entered the Electrical Technical High School,
from which he was graduated in 1903. He was employed
at the Berlin Electrical Works on switch work, lightsignals, dynamos, etc., until October, 1906, when he
came to America, arriving in New York City, November
4, and locating in Pittsburgh, North Side, November 6.
He remained here for only a short period at that time,
however, going to Monessen, where he accepted a position in the capacity of electrician with the Pittsburgh
Steel Company, where he was engaged for about four
years. Resigning to go to the Westinghouse Electric
Company in East Pittsburgh, Mr. Werner remained with
that concern for two or three years, thereafter being
connected with the Jones  Laughlin Steel Company,
where he was engaged on repair work on electrical machines and lay-out tables. At the end of one year he
resigned from the employ of this concern to enter the
restaurant business, and on May I, 1915, started the
present place on Bingham street. It is an attractive and
up-to-date restaurant, and is proving a very successful
interest.
Mr. Werner early became a citizen of his adopted
nation, and has since taken the deepest interest in public affairs. Supporting the Republican party, he has
become one of the leaders of this party in his ward, and
his work counts far for its advancement. He has never
accepted political honors. He is a member of Germania
Lodge, No. 509, Free and Accepted Masons; Pittsburgh
Lodge, No. II, Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks; and is a member of the South Side Turnverein,
and of the German Beneficial Union. He is a popular
club man, being a prominent member of the Malsy,
Lotus and Beaver clubs, also of the Porter Fishing and
Hunting Club, of Lippincott, Greene county, Pa., and
spends his summer vacations there fishing, and frequently goes out in winter to hunt. The family are
members of the Eighteenth Street German Lutheran
Church, of Pittsburgh, South Side.
On March 13, 1915, Mr. Werner married, in Turnverein Hall, Rosey Puhalka, who was born in Bielitz,
Ost-Schlesien, Austria, Feb. 28, 1891, the ceremony
being performed by Rev. R. 0. Eisele. Mrs. Werner
came to America with her sister, Sophie, now the wife
of Theodore Gorsicky, of East Pittsburgh, their parents remaining in Austria, never having left the land
of their birth. Mr. and Mrs. Werner have two sons,
William, born in 1916, and Frederick, born in 1918.
HARRY FRED HARTUNG-In the undertaking
field in Pittsburgh, a business of comparatively recent
date is that of Harry Fred Hartung, located at No.
1624 Fifth avenue.
Mr. Hartung is a son of Fred J. and Lena (Schaefer)
Hartung. Fred J. Hartung was born in Allegheny City,
and was prominent in the grocery business there until
his death. The mother is still living, and is now fiftytwo years of age.
Harry Fred Hartung was born in old Allegheny City,
now the North Side of Pittsburgh, Oct. 19, 1889. He
received a practical education in the public schools and
St. Mary's Parochial School, then entered the world of
business. His first employment was in a men's furnishing store, where he remained for one year. Thereafter, he was employed in a jewelry store for a period
of nine years. He then learned the undertaking business, and for eight years filled the responsible position
of manager of one of the prominent old undertaking
firms of the city. In July, 1919, Mr. Hartung purchased
a fine equipment, and went into business for himself.
His establishment is modern in every way, and very
complete, his motor equipment being unusually handsome, and often sought by his contemporaries in emergencies. Mr. Hartung is already recognized among the
leading funeral directors of the city.
Mr. Hartung is a member of the National Funeral
Directors' Association, and of the Pennsylvania State
and Allegheny County Funeral Directors' associations,
being vice-president of the latter organization.
Politically, Mr. Hartung supports the principles of
the Republican party. He is a member of the Knights
of St. George, and belongs to Epiphany Parish of the
Roman Catholic Church.
On Nov. 17, 1915, Mr. Hartung married Marie Denny,
daughter of Daniel and Margaret (McCarty) Denny.
Mrs. Hartung's father, who is now deceased, was an
engineer. Her mother is still living, at the age of sixty
years. Mrs. Hartung was educated in the Forbes
School and St. Agnes' Parochial School.
IVAN BIELEK-The foreign language press has
in the past few years received a great deal of prominence, and much unfavorable criticism has been voiced.
This criticism arose from the fact that being foreign
language papers, supervision by proper authorities was
difficult, and that during the World War many of them
printed anti-American sentiments, if not worse, is not
questioned. But "The National News," a Slovak newspaper, of which Ivan Bielek, of Pittsburgh, is editor,
prints one-half its editorial page in English, the only
Slovak paper, it may be said, that does. "The News"
has a national circulation, its forty thousand subscribers being well scattered over the county. Its aim is to educate and Americanize its two hundred thousand readers, and under its able business and editorial management is accomplishing the results hoped for. Mr. Bielek
has been in newspaper work with foreign language journals since I906, when he first came to the United States.
Six years later he became a naturalized citizen of the
United States, and has since been actively engaged in
Americanization work among his people. He is a son
of Anthony Bielek, an able editorial writer of New
York, now deceased, who with his family of four came
to the United States, where his widow, Agnes (Baross)
Bielek, yet resides, as do the four children.
Ivan Bielek was born in Czecho-Slovakia, Europe,
March 19, I886. He there finished a course of high
school educational training. In Bohemia, he finished an
inclusive course of business training in the Academy of
Commerce, after which he went to Hungary, where he
was employed in the office of an insurance society. In
1906 he came to the United States, where for six months
he was employed on a Slovak newspaper in New York
City as reporter and general office man. From New
York he went to Scranton, Pa., and there entered the
bank owned by Michael Bosak, of which later Mr. Bielek
became manager. In 1913 he located in Pittsburgh, as
editor of "The National News," a Slovak newspaper,founded in Pittsburgh in 1910. "The News" has a
weekly circulation of forty thousand, and it is estimated
that it is read by two hundred thousand people. During
the World War period, 1917-18, the paper tendered the
United States Government the use of its columns free
for advertising its Liberty Loan sales and other "drives"
for funds. Good work was done by the paper, which
loyally supported the allied cause. "The National News"
is the organ of the National Slovak Society of the United
States of America, has a well defined, sane plan of
Americanization, and along those lines is doing valuable
work.
Mr. Bielek is president of the Slovak League of
America, vice-president of the Czecho-Slovakia, Commercial Corporation of America of New York City, exporters and importers,- acting vice-president of the American State Bank of Pittsburgh, of which he was one of
the organizers. He is a Republican in politics, having
acted with that party ever since becomiing a citizen,
April 25, 1912.
Mr. Bielek married, Jan. 20, 1915, Mary Virostek, of
Braddock, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Bielek are the parents of
three children: Olga, Cyril, Elmar.
TELESIO LUCCI-As an officer of the Italiannavy, and an official of the consular service, Commander
Lucci has served his country since graduation from the
Government Naval Academy in Leghorn, Italy. After
fifteen years naval service, he represented Italian interests in the Clarksburg, W. Va. section, under appointment from his own government, but with Europe ablaze
with war he resigned to take his place with Italy's sons
in war against Germany. When war was over he again
returned to the consular service, and since Aug. 19, 1919.
has been Italian consular agent in Pittsburgh, Pa. Commander Lucci is a son of Gaetano and Concetta (Ginetti) Lucci, the latter deceased, the former, professor of
Ancient History in the University of Naples, Italy.
Arnaldo Lucci, brother of Telesio Lucci, is one of the
leading attorneys of Naples, practicing in civil law, and
was formerly a member of the Italian Chamber of
Deputies.
Telesio Lucci was born in Sulmona, Province of
Aquila, Italy, Dec. 2, 1873, and for twelve years during
his boyhood attended private Italian schools. Choosing
the army as his branch, he was for five years a cadet
at the Government Military College in Naples, but then
secured a transfer to the Government Naval Academy in
Leghorn and there continued four years, receiving at
graduation a midshipman's commission, a rank much
higher in the Italian than in the United States navy. He
served on sea and on shore duty in about equal proportions for fifteen years, resigning in 1911 with the rank
of first lieutenant. His service was on warships and
training vessels, and he was an instructor of classes in
electric branches and submarines. Upon leaving the
navy he entered another branch of governmental service, and in 1911 came to the United States as consular
agent, with headquarters in Clarksburg, W. Va. He remained in the consular service until 1916, when he resigned, returned to Italy, and reentered the navy, enlisting for the duration of the war between Germany and
Italy, with the rank of lieutenant commander. He was
assigned with his warship to the defence of Venice, and
was supervisor of electrical service and of submarine
equipment. Later he was in command of the "Vulcano," a repair vessel, which attended the fleet and did
work for all allied vessels. He was later stationed in
Brindisi as supervisor of battleships, and was promoted
to the rank of commander of naval reserves. He was
honorably discharged from the naval service of his
country, July I, 1919, and then reappointed to the consular service. He came to Pittsburgh as consular agent,
Aug. 19, 1919, and there continues most efficiently, ably
discharging the duties of his office.  He is a member of 
the Edgeworth Club.
Commander Lucci married, Oct. 4, 1901, Frida de
Charnaud, who died in Florence, Italy, May 5, 1911,
leaving four children: Mary, Frida, Mario, and Vivian.
DR. CHARLES A. DUFFY has gained prominence
as a successful physician in Pittsburgh, and has developed a large practice. He is a son of James C. and
Annie ( Connolly) Duffy, both of whom are now
deceased. James C. Duffy was a well known figure in
Pittsburgh. Bringing his family to this city when the
doctor was a child, he followed mercantile pursuits,
then, later, entered the employ of the city, and was a
leader in the political affairs of his ward.
Dr. Duffy was born in Oakland (Pittsburgh), March
31, 1886, and his school attendance began in Pittsburgh. After completing his preparatory courses, he
attended Duquesne University, then completed his medical course at Georgetown University, in Washington,
D. C., from which institution he received his M. D.
degree upon his graduation in 1910. He then became
resident physician in the Georgetown Hospital, later
serving in the same capacity in the Emergency and
Women's hospitals in Washington, the experience altogether covering a period of three years. With this
broad preparation Dr. Duffy began practice in Pittsburgh, in 1913.
In connection with his large and increasing private
practice Dr. Duffy is assistant surgeon on the staff of
the South Side Hospital, is assistant surgeon for the
Jones  Laughlin Steel Company, and also for several
other large manufacturing concerns. He is a member of the American Medical Association, and of the
State and County Medical societies. Fraternally, he is
well known as a member of the Knights of Columbus.
He is a Roman Catholic and a communicant of the
Cathedral. Politically, he supports the Republican
party. His favorite recreation is baseball. He played
on the school nine and was captain of the champion
teams of 19o8, and played in 1907-08.
Dr. Duffy married, Nov. 20, 1918, Henrietta, daughter of James P. and Elizabeth (Foley) Walsh, of Pittsburgh, the father for many years vice-president and general manager of the H.  W. Walker Company. They
have one son, Charles Alphonsus, Jr.
CHARLES H. GARLICK-Among those of Pittsburgh's citizens who have recently passed, before completing their allotted three-score and ten years, is CharlesH. Garlick, efficiency and engineering expert and public official, who was a native of Mantau, Ohio, but a
Pennsylvanian by adoption, having been brought here
by his parents when but six years of age.
Born in Mantau, Ohio, March 31, 1859, he removed
to Tarentum, Pa., with his parents in I865, and there
grew to manhood, receiving his elementary education
in the schools of that city. One of the pioneers in efficiency engineering, he was for seventeen years connected with the Atlantic Refining Company. Always
interested in machinery, and possessed of a high degree
of mechanical ability, the value of his work was clearly
recognized, and in 1911 he was appointed inspector of
stationary steam boilers for Allegheny county, in which
responsible position he served continuously until 1920,
when failing health compelled his retirement. He was
a recognized steam boiler authority, and served for a
time as president of the National Association of Stationary Engineers.
Mr. Garlick was a Mason of high standing, being a
member of Avalon Lodge, No. 675, Free and Accepted
Masons; Duquesne Chapter, No. 193, Royal Arch
Masons; Allegheny Commandery, No. 35, Knights
Templar; Pennsylvania Consistory; Islam Grotto, of
which he was judge advocate; Syria Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and an
honorary member of Mecca Temple, New York. He
was also a member of the Knights of the Maccabees,
and for many years a member of the Bellevue Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Garlick married, Nov. 6, 1878, Sarah Griffith, of
Tarentum, Pa., who with her daughter, now Mrs. Archibald Mackrell, of Pittsburgh, survives him. Charles
H. Garlick died at the family residence, No. 74 North
Fremont avenue, Bellevue, Pa., Sept. 26, 1921.
ADAM BACHMANN-One of the most progressive
business enterprises of Pittsburgh's South Side is the
stone contracting, excavating and concrete business of
Adam Bachmann, which, during its more than thirty
years of constant growth, has become one of the most
active interests in its field in the Pittsburgh district.
Adam Bachmann, one of the founders of this business, and for more than twenty years head and owner,
is of German birth, and is a son of Lawrence and Elizabeth (Wienand) Bachmann. His father was born in
Germany in 1838, and died there in 1904. The mother
was born in Germany in 1839, and died there in 1918,
both having spent their entire lives in their native land.
Adam Bachmann was born in Laufach, Bavaria, Germany, March 27, I866, and attended the schools of his
native land until the age of fifteen years. He then
emigrated to America alone, and coming to Western
Pennsylvania, at once apprenticed himself to a stone
mason to learn the trade. By diligent application to his
duties, and unremitting labor, he mastered the trade
and became a foreman, and in nine years reached a
point where he was financially able to enter the contracting field himself. Entering upon a partnership with
John Gfroerer, under the firm name of Gfroerer  Bachmann, the present business was founded, and with offices
at No. 2301 Larkin's Alley, South Side, Pittsburgh, continued for a period of ten years. In 1900 the death of the
senior partner caused a reorganization of the business,
and Mr. Bachmann took over the entire interest. He
selected a new location, at No. 16 South Twenty-second
street, also on the South Side, where both offices and
yard open conveniently to the railroad.
On Nov. 19, 1889, Mr. Bachmann married, in Pittsburgh, Augusta Gfroerer, who was born in Coblenz.
Germany, March 29, 1872, and came to America with
her parents at the age of eleven years, the family locating
in Pittsburgh, where she continued to reside during her
lifetime. Mrs. Bachmann, who was a woman of beautiful spirit, a devoted wife and mother, died July 23, 1921.
She was the only child of John and Barbara (Pfau)
Gfroerer. Her father was born in Germany, Nov. 12,
1845, was a stone mason by trade, and followed this line
of business all his life, becoming the senior member of
Groerer  Bachmann in I89o, ten years before his
death. He, died June 2, 1900. The mother was born in
Germany, Sept. 28. 1846, and accompanied her husband
and child to this country. She still resides in Pittsburgh, at the age of seventy-five years.
Adam and Augusta (Gfroerer) Bachmann were the
parents of thirteen children, of whom four died in
infancy. Those living are as follows: Elizabeth, born
Oct. 6, I89I; John Adam, born May 29, 1893; Matilda
Katherine, born Oct. 28, 1898; Joseph George, born
March 13, 1904; Clara Augusta, born April 23, 1906;
Lawrence Charles and Edward Raymond, twins, born
July 26, 1908; Helen Marie, born Oct. 7, 1909; and
Adam, Jr., born Jan. 21, 1912. The family are all members of St. Basil's Roman Catholic Church; of Carrick
borough.
JOHN DALZELL DUFF, of P. Duff  Sons., Inc.,
is a grandson of Peter Duff, founder of Duff's Mercantile College, of Pittsburgh, Pa., an early authority on the
science of bookkeeping, and the first to teach it in a
school room, also the first to write and publish a work
on the subject. Robert Peel Duff, Mr. Duff's father,
established the business with which Mr. Duff is now identified and developed its many branches. He was the
first to refine molasses from the crude and impure article of fifty or sixty years ago to the fine product of
to-day, and was the first successfully to can molasses
He is still the head of the business. He married Anne
Dalzell, of Pittsburgh.
John Dalzell Duff was born in Hawkinls, Pa., and received his early education in the public schools of Swissvale, completing his studies at Shadyside Academy,
Pittsburgh, from which institution he was graduated in
the class of 1902. He became associated with his father
(whose life is also reviewed in this work) in the business still conducted under the original name of P. Duff
 Sons, and which is now one of the leading molasses
houses in the Pittsburgh district.
Mr. Duff is a member of the Pittsburgh Athletic
Association, Edgewood Country Club, and the Edgewood
Club. His religious affiliation is with the Swissvale
Presbyterian Church, and he is superintendent of the
Sunday~,,school.
CAESAR W. SUNSERI, A. M., M. D.- Although
born in Italy, the son of an eminent physician of Palermo, Dr. Caesar W. Sunseri was brought to the UnitedStates an infant, and in the southern city of New
Orleans, La., gained his first impressions of America.
When the time came to choose a profession, he followed
in his honored father's footsteps, and since 1919 has been
a regularly graduated M. D. His father was a graduate
of the University of Palermo, and a distinguished medical specialist.
Caesar W. Sunseri was born in Palermo, Italy, Nov.
I I, 1895, one of the six children of Dr. Frank and
Nancy (Giorgi) Sunseri. In 1897 the family came to
the United States, landing in New Orleans, La., where
five years were spent before coming North, to Pittsburgh, Pa., where Caesar W. Sunseri was educated in
the public schools, Duquesne University, and the University of Pittsburgh, receiving the degree A. M. in
1917. He read medicine under his father, then spent
four years in Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,
whence he was graduated M. D., class of 1919. For one
year he was interne in St. John's General and South
Side hospitals, then succeeded to his father's practice,
the latter having since left Pittsburgh for a residence
in California. In October, 1920, Dr. Sunseri took a
three months' course in surgery at the Benfratelli Hospital, the famous civic and charity hospital of Palermo,
Italy, Dr. Sunseri crossing the ocean to avail himself
of that instruction. He returned to Pittsburgh, passed
the State Board of Examiners, July 19, 1920, and resumed private practice. He has been appointed assistant obstetrician at St. John's General Hospital During
the World War, he offered his services for army duty,
and was placed in the College Medical Reserve Corps.
He is a member of St. Paul's Cathedral, a member
of the National, State, county and city medical associations, a member of the Knights of Columbus, and a member of Phi Rho Sigma fraternity. He is highly esteemed
by all who know him.
REV. ANTHONY A. PNIAK-The church of Saint
Cyprian, a Polish Roman Catholic congregation, was
organized March 24, 1920, after long and repeated efforts of the Polish Catholics of the North Side to gain
the consent of the Ordinary of the diocese of Pittsburgh. The congregation of St. Cyprian came mainly
from St. Stanislaus Polish Church, Twenty-first and
Smallman streets, a most inconvenient location for those
living on the North Side. Consent was finally gained
and St. Cyprian parish organized, with Rev. Anthony
A. Pniak as the first pastor. The parish, at a cost of
$6o,ooo bought the former Young Men's Christian Association building, a handsome structure, centrally located.
A further cost of $47,000 was incurred in altering and
remodeling the building, which is used both for church
purposes and as a school, pupils up to the eighth grade,
in charge of the Felician Sisters, occupying the entire
first floor and two rooms on the second floor. The remainder of the second floor has been converted into one
of the most beautiful of churches, the third floor being
used as a parish house by the pastor; the fourth floor is
the home of the Felician Sisters, who are in charge of
the school. The parish numbers 500 families, of about
3,000 souls.
Rev. Anthony A. Pniak, pastor of St. Cyprian Church,
was born in Rymanow, Poland, Dec. 28, 1883. He attended grade and high schools of Przemysl, in Galicia,
Poland, then in 1899 he came to the United States with
his mother, joining his father in Chicago, Ill. There he
attended St. Stanislaus College, whence he was graduated in 1903, having spent four years there. He then
pursued a five years' course in philosophy and theology
at Kenrick Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., and in 19o8 he
was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic church by
the Most Rev. J. J. Glennon, D. D., Archbishop of
Pittsburgh.
Father Pniak's first appointment was as temporary
pastor of St. John the Baptist Church at Monaca, Pa.,
thence, two months later, going, at the bishop's orders,
with instructions to organize a parish at Imperial and
Moon Run, Pa., a mission which was successful, a parish and church being established at Imperial. His next
assignment from the bishop was to take charge of Guardian Angel Church, Pittsburgh, West End, where he
spent seven diligent, successful years. He was then
appointed pastor of St. Cyprian, a newly-organized
Polish Catholic church in Pittsburgh, North Side, previously described.
Father Pniak may review his past with a devout thankfulness that he has been able to accomplish so much
during his brief career as a priest of the church. His
present post as pastor of the leading Polish church of
Pittsburgh, has been well earned, and a life of greater
usefulness is opening before him. The location of the
church on Stockton avenue is central to the entire North
Side, and his congregations are large. He is a member
of a local branch called St. Michael's, of Pittsburgh,
West End; a member of the Catholic Zyednoczenie of
the United States of America, and of the Knights of
St. George, of America.
Father Pniak is a son of Peter Pniak, born in Galicia,
Poland, in 1848, who came to the United States, in 1890,
settling in Chicago, Ill., where he was for many years
employed in a picture frame factory. He married
Salome Soltysik, who in 1899 came to the United States
with her son Anthony, and joined her husband in Chicago, where she died in 1916, aged sixty-two. Peter
Pniak yet resides in Chicago, making his home with his
daughter Mary. They were the parents of fourteen
children, three of whom are now living (1921): Rev.
Anthony A., whose career is herein traced; Joseph, who
married Isabella Zmidzinska, and lives in Chicago; and
Mary, who married Dominic Federkiewicz, and resides
in Chicago.
-JAMES BEECH-The borough of East Pittsburgh,
the home of the great plant of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, is a veritable hive of
industry and there Mr. Beech has the honor of holding
the highest office in the borough, that of chief burgess.
To the dignity of that office has been added that of justice of the peace, that appointment, however, dating
from 1903.
James Beech was born in England, March 12, 1863,
and there resided until 1883. He obtained a good education in the public schools, and became familiar with
the business world and its methods. After coming tothe United States at the age of twenty, he entered the
employ of John Matthews  Company of New York
City, continuing with that firm for six years. The next
year he spent with the Nathan Injector Manufacturing
Company of New York City, and in I89o moved to Wilmerding, Pa., where he was employed by the Westinghouse- Air Brake Company until May I, 19O1. He then
moved to East Pittsburgh, where he engaged in business as a hay, grain and feed merchant, a business he
yet continues very successfully. In 1917 he was the
candidate for burgess of East Pittsburgh, nominated in
the primaries by the Democrats, Republicans, Socialists
and Prohibitionists, in fact by all parties, although when
election day came there was a candidate in the field
against Burgess Beech, but the people's choice won by
a large majority. He was also a justice of the peace,
appointed in 1903 by Governor Pennypacker.
Squire Beech married, in New York City, N. Y., in
1887, Julia Sweeney, who was born in Rochester, N. Y.,
and they are the parents of two children: George V.,
torn Jan. 21, 1891; and Cummings Edwin, born  March
7. 1895.
BRUNO ZABEL-When a boy, Bruno Zabel began
earning his own living in his native Bavaria and there
became quite expert as a machinist. While still a boy
he came to the United States, where his mechanical genius
has brought him a good business in Pittsburgh, and soon
after locating in that city he was able to send for his
mother and his sisters, the family now reunited under
happy conditions. The United States gave the boy his
opportunity, and the man is repaying his debt in good
citizenship.
Bruno Zabel was born in Bavaria, Germany, Oct. 26,
1879, son of Albert and Bertha (Junkin) Zabel. After
leaving school he began learning the machinist's trade and
from the age of fourteen years has made his own way in
the world. When but little over seventeen years of age,
he came to the United States and began work as a machinist, chiefly in mechanical experimental departments
of plants. It was not until 1916 that he organized and
incorporated the Teck Manufacturing Company, beginning
with but few employees. Success came rapidly and he
incorporated the Teck Toy Company and the Teck Specialty Company, conducting them each as a separate corporation, but owning the controlling interest and being
president of all. Ninety hands are employed in this
plant, and the factory output is sold in advance of its
ability to deliver, which condition calls for speedy enlargement. The companies are well managed and prosperous, the products of the factory meeting a public need.
Mr. Zabel is a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of
Commerce, the Americus Club, and with his mother and
sisters attends the Lutheran church. In politics he is a
Republican. The family home is at No. 1312 Lancaster
avenue, Swissvale.
REV. LADISLAUS ALACHNIEWICZ, C. S. Sp.
-Nearly twenty-five years ago ordained to the holy
priesthood, Father Alachniewicz, pastor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Polish Roman Catholic Church of
Pittsburgh, Pa., has had a broad and varied experience
in his sacred calling. His devotion to his present parish
is giving the work a fresh impetus and carrying the
spiritual progress of his congregation forward in a
manner significant of much good.
It was in 1897 that Father Alachniewicz was ordained to
the priesthood by the late Archbishop Ryan, of the Philadelphia Diocese, his first appointment being to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, as assistant. This
was in 1898, and his stay here at that time covered only a
period of three months, after which he was transferred
to St. Stanislaus' Church, of Pittsburgh, as assistant
pastor, remaining for one year. At the end of that period
he was returned to the church which was the scene of
his first labors, and of which he is now the pastor, and
for four years served as assistant. His next parish was
that of the Mother of Consolation, at Mount Carmel, Pa.,
in the Harrisburg Diocese, where he remained for five
years. Following this, he was sent to the West Coast
of Africa as a missionary, and with his headquarters at
Freetown, Sierra Leone, labored among the natives for
a period of,six years. Then, sadly broken in health,
Father Alachniewicz was obliged to return to the United
States. His health regained, and eager to return to his
beloved work, he was again appointed as assistant to
the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Pittsburgh,
and served in this capacity for three years. Then, in
1917, he was made head of this parish, as pastor.
This parish, which has one of the finest and most
beautiful church edifices in Pittsburgh, was established
and the first mass celebrated in I897, the church property at that time comprising only a school building, the
assembly hall of the school serving as a church. In
1899 a very large and handsome plot of ground was
purchased on Brereton avenue, in Pittsburgh, at a cost
of $Io,3oo, and a pastor's residence was built at a cost
of $12,ooo. The people desiring, eventually, to have a
fine church building, erected a hall at a cost of
$6,ooo, which served for church services for a few years,
and on July 21, 1904, was begun the erection of the
present magnificent edifice, which was completed at a
cost of exactly $161,228.25, and was consecrated and
dedicated in May, 1905. The first pastor of the church
was Rev. Sigismund Rydlewski, but being called to another appointment, he remained for only three months.
His successor was Rev. Joseph Szwarcrok, who remained
until September of 1914, then was succeeded by the
first pastor, Father Rydlewski, who continued in charge
of the parish until 1917. At that timne Father Rydlewski
joined the colors in the World War with the Polish contingent from America, and saw much service in France.
Following the armistice, he went to Poland, where he was
with the Polish army until he was placed in charge of the
Polish Asylum for Slain Polish Soldiers' Children, in
Bydgoszcz, Poland, where he is still carrying on the
beneficent work of that institution.- 
Father Alachniewicz, who is Father Rydlewski's successor, has increased the membership of the church and
has added to and improved the church property, purchasing from the University of Pittsburgh, in 1920, a
fine building, which with the improvements he immediately made cost $40,000. This building is used by the
young people of the church as school, hall, and meeting
place for the social affairs of the church and for the
young men's societies which are a feature of the parishwork. The church now has a membership of 1,150
families, or about 7,ooo souls. The present attendance
of the school numbers 1,350 pupils, divided into twentyone classes, and twenty-one Sisters of the Holy Family of
Nazareth have charge of these classes. The exacting and
far-reaching duties of this great parish have for years
made necessary the aid of assistant pastors, of whom
two now labor under the direction of Father Alachniewicz, these assistants being Rev. Theodore Maniecki and
Rev. Peter Maciejewski, whose able endeavors are significant factors in the advance of the parish, both along
spiritual and material lines.
NICHOLAS L. ROSENBERG, M. D., a prominent
young physician of Pittsburgh, who is achieving success, was born in Austria, Dec. 3, I886, a son of Herman
and Bertha (Moscowitz) Rosenberg. The family came
from Austria to the United States when he was a child
of two years, and his father has long been active in
the real estate business in Pittsburgh, being still thus
engaged.
His first school attendance was at the old third ward
school in Allegheny City, now a part of Pittsburgh, and
he later attended the Grant school in Pittsburgh, still
later the old fifth ward school of Allegheny, then was
graduated from the Allegheny High School in the class
of 19o6. Having determined upon the profession of
medicine as his field of future effort, yet knowing that
the achievement lay largely in his own hands, Dr. Rosenberg entered the University of Pittsburgh, at the
same time securing employment with the Westinghouse
Electric  Manufacturing Company to finance his course
at the University. He was graduated in 1910 with the
degree of Doctor of Medicine, then spent one year as
interne in the Montefiore Hospital, beginning practice in
Pittsburgh in 1911. He has since specialized in Urology,
and has served on the Urology staff of the Montefiore
Hospital during the entire decade which has since elapsed.
In September, 1918, Dr. Rosenberg was commissioned
second lieutenant in the United States army for special
work in Urology, being assigned to Camp Lee, Virginia.
The signing of the armistice gave him his honorable discharge late in the same year, and he returned to his interrupted practice.
Dr. Rosenberg is a member of the American Medical
Association, and of the State and County Medical societies. Politically he supports the Republican party, but
takes only the citizen's interest in public affairs. He has
always been deeply interested in athletics, and in high
school played baseball and football, although his free
time in college was occupied by remunerative employment.
He enjoys swimming and all out-door sports
THOMAS BESENIC-It was at the Kansas City
Convention of the National Croatian Society in 192,
that Thomas Besenic was first elected an officer of the
Society, and at each annual convention of the order held
since that year he has been advanced in rank, until at
the convention held in Pittsburgh in 1921 he was elected
president of the National Croatian Society, to serve three
years from Jan. I, 1922. The National Croatian Society
was organized in Allegheny City, Pa., Sept. 2, 1894, its
purpose being to assist its members and their families
in case of sickness or death, also to encourage its unnaturalized members to become citizens of the United
States. During the life of the Society (1894-1922), the
membership has increased to over 50, 000, gatered into
700 lodges located in different parts of the United States,
the home office of the society being located at No. 1012
Peralta street, North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa. The organizers of the Society were: Josip Subasic, Josip
Ljubic, Nikola Gracan, Nikola Moskun, Nikola Grguras,
Franj o Tahij a, Marko Zivcic, Franj o Frankovic, Jakob
Brozovic, Petar Johovic, Janko Gvozdanovic, Josip
Novakovic. Since the organization of the Society, and
up to Dec. I, 1921, there have been 6,442 deasths among
the members, and beneficiaries have been paid amounting
to $5,167,291. During the same period sick benefits
amounting to $I,o58,688 were also paid, and disability
benefits for that period were paid, totalling $761,167, the
aggregate amount paid into these three classes of beneficiaries making a grand total paid up to Dec. I, 1921,
of $6,987,146.
The past presidents of the Society are: Ivan Ljubic,
Petar Pavlinac, Frank Zotti, Pavao Hajdic, Josip Marohnic, Vinko Vuk, and the present incumbent, Thomas
Besenic, of further mention. The National Croatian
Society owns and publishes "Zajednicar," the oficial organ
of the Society, George Ubojcich, editor. The officers of
the Society for the three years beginning Nov. 23, 1921,
are: Thomas Besenic, president; Milan Kirin, vicepresident; Frank Mavrich, recording secretary; Vinko
Solich, financial secretary; Vinko Vuk, treasurer. No
review of the Society and its oficers would be adequate
without mention of Stjepan Rebrovic, who gave fifteen
years of devoted service as secretary of the Society, and
in recognition of that splendid service and of his untiring efforts to make the Society the success that it is,
has been elected honorary secretary.
Thomas Besenic, present national head of the organization, is a son of Emil Besenic, born in Croatia, a region
of former Austria Hungary, in 1828, and there died in
1896. His wife, Magdalene, born in Croatia in 1828, died
in 1894, and four sons of this family are still living in
Croatia. Thomas Besenic was born in the city of Petkovac, Croatia, Hungary, now J ugo Slavia, Aug. 28,
1877. He attended school until the age of seventeen
years, then began learning the tailoring trade, becoming
an expert ladies' tailor. As is the custom in the European
countries among skilled workmen of all trades, he traveled around, working in cities in Austria, Servia, Germany, Switzerland and France, finally coming to the
United States, arriving in Philadelphia, Pa., in April,
I1906..
Pittsburgh, Pa., was his objective, and he at once
came to that city, locating on the North Side, securing
employment as a tailor with Possiel  Rice, Wood
street, Pittsburgh, remaining with that firm for several
years, until the death of both partners. Mr. Besenic,
with Mr. McLaughlin, the bookkeeper, and John Radovic, the cutter for the old firm, then formed a partnership and established a tailoring business at Liberty and
Ninth streets, Pittsburgh, under the firm name, McLaughlin  Company. In 1911 Mr. Besenic withdrew
from the firm. He went West and was employed in a
ladies' tailoring establishment in Chicago until February,1913, when he located in Lansing, Mich., as foreman for
S. M. Mershow, a large ladies' tailoring establishment.
He remained in Lansing until 1915, then obtained a position with Hunter  Hunter, of Detroit, a very large
ladies' tailoring house. In February, 1916, Mr. Besenic
with a partner, Peter Ulasic, organized the People's Dry
Goods and Shoe Store, Russell street, Detroit. Later he
bought his partner's interest, and is now sole owner of
that prosperous business.
Since coming to the United States, Mr. Besenic has
taken an active interest in all movements for the unity
and betterment of his countrymen here resident. Having
a most favorable opinion of the National Croatian
Society, he joined and later aided in forming half a
dozen lodges of the Society in different cities. He was
a delegate to the triennial convention of the Society held
in Kansas City, Mo., in 1912, and was elected secretary
of the high trial board. At the convention held in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1915, he resigned as secretary, and was
elected first vice-president. Three years later, at the
convention held in Chicago, he was elected president of
the board of trustees, and in I92I, at the triennial held
in Pittsburgh, he was elected president of the National
Croatian Society, taking over the duties of his office,
Jan. I, 1922, for a term of three years.
Mr. Besenic was one of the organizers of the First
Croatian Building and Loan Association, Detroit, Mich.,
and for five years was its president; the State Creamery
Company, Inc., Detroit, Mich., of which he is a director;
and was one of the men whose stock subscriptions enabled the Bank of Zagreb, Jugo-Slavia, to organize and
begin business. Before coming to the United States he
served for a time in the Austrian-Hungarian army in
the Reserve, ranking as a private. Since coming here
he has completed all naturalization formalities, and in
1912 became a citizen of the United States. He is a
Democrat in politics, of a very independent type, regarding his vote as a privilege to be carefully considered
before casting. In religion Mr. Besenic is a Roman
Catholic, and in addition to his membership in the National Croatian Society, belongs to the Croatian Association of Illinois, and the National Slovian Association
of Chicago.
Mr. Besenic married, in Pittsburgh, in 1911, Sophia
Miller, born in Croatia, daughter of Frank and Mary
Miller, both born in Czecho-Slovakia. Mr. and Mrs.
Besenic are the parents of three children: Martha, died
in infancy; William N.; and Amelia S.
UNITED SOCIETY SRBOBRAN-SLOGA AND
"THE AMERICAN SRBOBRAN"-The Serbian Orthodox Society Srbobran, a purely Serbian organization,
fraternal in its scope and mutual in its plan of work,
paying sick accidents and death benefits, was organized
June 2, 1901, at McKeesport, Allegheny county, Pa., the
Serbs prior to that year having united with Russian and
Croatian people and joined with them in other organizations of similar aims. But with the opening of the
twentieth century the many Serbs in this country decided to separate and form a purely Serbian Society
with all the benefits of fraternity and mutuality which
attached to the older organizations. Fourteen organized
bodies of Serbs of various kinds came to McKeesport,
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Pa., and in convention assembled effected an organization with I,8oo members, Savo Hajdin the first president
of the Society, and Velimir Hajdin the first secretary.
The object of the Society was declared to be fraternal,
the payment of death, sick and accident benefits to members, who in return were to contribute the funds through
monthly assessments. A second, third and fourth annual convention was held in Pennsylvania cities, and in
1909, at the convention held in Cleveland, Ohio, the
membership had grown wonderfully, but at that convention dissension arose and the order split into two factions.
One faction withdraw and formed a new organization,
the Serb Federation Sloga, with headquarters in New
York City, the balance of the membership remaining
loyal to the Serbian Orthodox Society Srbobran, whose
headquarters were then in Pittsburgh. The chief cause of
the dissension had been over the headquarters location,
New York, and Pittsburgh both claiming the honor, and
when the new branch, under the leadership of M. I.
Pupin as president, found later that their branch could
not continue successfully, they voted in March, 1921, to
return to the parent Society. They were gladly received
and the two bodies united under the new name, The
United Society Srbobran-Sloga, headquarters at Twelfth
and Carson streets, Pittsburgh, Pa., the details having
been worked out in a Consolidation Committee appointed
from both bodies.
During the years of separation, 1909-1921, the Serbian
Orthodox Society had continued a prosperous career,
holding their 1910 conventions in Pittsburgh, Pa., Wheeling, W. Va., and Gary, Ind., that convention electing as
president Dr. P. R. Radosavljevich, a professor of New
York City, and during his tenure of office, three years,
1914-17, great progress was made in size and usefulness
and in its financial condition. Later conventions were
held in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Joliet, Ill.
Although the official organ of the United Society, "The
American Srbobran," is controlled by the Society, it is a
separate and an individual institution, in control of its
own finances. It is the largest Serb daily newspaper in
the United States, having a daily circulation of about
IO,000 and appearrs every day except Sunday and holidays.
The paper was founded in 1903, and until 1916 was issued
as a weekly; it then became a daily, the progress of the
Society demanding a better representation among the
journals of the day. The editor of "The American Srbo
bran" is Branko Dajicich, who was born in Boka, Dalmatia, Jugo-Slavia, May 25, 1891, son of Lazo and
Jovanka (Jovanowich) Dajicich, his father a priest of
the Serbian Orthodox church in Boka, both parents dying
in 1921. Branko Daj icich spent four years in primary
schools, eight years in the high school and college, and
became a newspaper correspondent before coming to the
United States. In 1912, he located in Chicago, Ill., there
remaining four years as assistant editor of a Serbian
newspaper. The following fourteen months were spent
in New York City as assistant editor of "Jugo-Slovenski
Svijet." In August, 1919, he located in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
where he is the capable editor of "The American Srbobran," the official organ of The United Society SrbobranSloga. During the war period, 1917-18, he was active in
war work among the Serbs, and in Chicago was secretary
of the Serbian Orphan Society which did great work forthe relief of sufferers in Serbia, particularly among the
children.
The present officers of The United Society SrbobranSloga are: President, John Vukobratovich, of Johnstown, Pa.; vice-presidents, Rev. Daniel Kozomara and
Bozo Lalich, both of Chicago, Ill.; treasurer, John Kladarin, of Gary, Ind.; secretary, Milosh Mrvosh. Three
additional members of the executive committee are:
Veselin Pejacki, of Baltimore, Md.; George Jurich, of
Wilmerding, Pa.; and Mile Mrvosh, of McKeesport, Pa.
Milosh Mrvosh, secretary of the Society, was born in
Gomirje, Croatia, that region in Austria-Hungary which
constituted the western half of the crown land of CroatiaSlavonia. The Croats are a Slavic people, Catholics in
religion, speaking almost identically the language of the
Serbs. It is Serbia, Croatia and Slavonia, with other
Serb and Slav districts of Austria-Hungary, that constitute the new Jugo-Slavia. Milosh Mrvosh was born
Sept. 22, 1883, son of Nicholas and Mary (Manojlovich)
Mrvosh, both of whom lived and died in the land of their
birth. He obtained a university education, being a graduate of the University of Zagreb in Croatia, and for two
years was a student at the University of Vienna. The
death of his father compelled the son to return home and
assume his place in the management of the home farm,
and for four years he remained at his post of duty. In
1912, he came to the United States, locating in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he became associated with the editorial
staff of "The American Srbobran," the then official organ
of the Serbian Orthodox Society, continuing until March,
1920, when he was made the temporary secretary of the
Society, and at the June convention he was elected to
serve three years as permanent secretary of the United
Society Srbobran-Sloga. Secretary. Mrvosh was active
in war work during the years 1917-18, and rendered
valuable assistance in conducting work among his countrymen.
JAN SZAFRANSKI-When only a year old, Jan
Szafranski was brought from Poland by his parents,
who settled in Pittsburgh, South Side, Pa., which has
ever since been the family home. Thus he has never
known any but his American home, and he has grown
up with a knowledge that every avenue was open to him
and that he could go as far.as his ambition and quality
would carry him. He chose the undertaking business,
and is well established in that line of activity at No. 141
South Fifteenth street, Pittsburgh.
-Bartholomew Szafranski, father of Jan Szafranski,
was born in Poland in 1846, and there passed his years
until 1881, becoming a caretaker on a large estate. He
came to the United States in I88I, finding a home in
Pittsburgh, South Side, where he became a mill worker
of that district, passing away in July, 1908. He married Mary Wichlacz, born in Poland in 1856, who survives him and resides with her son, Frank, in Pittsburgh.
Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Szafranski;
Frances, who married John Powala; Jan, of whom
further; Rosalie, who married William Kozlowski;
Andrew, who married Josephine Broth; Cecilia, who
married Charles Zmudzinski; and Frank, unmarried, residing with his mother. With the exception of Cecilia,
who lives in Detroit, Mich., these children all reside in
Pittsburgh; five others are deceased.
Jan Szafranski was born in Poland, Europe, April 27,
188o, and nine months later was brought to Pittsburgh,
Pa., by his parents. Before reaching the age of twelve
he attended both the Humbolt public and St. Adelbert's
parochial schools. In 1892 he was employed in a Pittsburgh mill, but a year later, returned to St. Adelbert's
parochial school, remaining there three years. He then
secured a position with the United States Glass Company, remaining two years, going thence to Erny
Brothers, liverymen of the South Side. For three years
he was in that employ before going with William Semmelrock, an undertaker of the South Side. While with
William Semmelrock he decided to adopt the same business as soon as possible, and after three years service with
David Gelb, a wholesale liquor merchant, he resigned to
accept a position with L,. Beinhauer  Son, undertakers of
Pittsburgh, with whom he remained until Jan. 6, 1915
When Mr. Szafranski opened an undertaking establishment at No. I4I South Fifteenth street, Pittsburgh, where
he continues, having succeeded in making his way to an
honorable position among the undertakers and funeral
directors of the South Side. He is a graduate of the
Western Pennsylvania College of Embalming, Pittsburgh,
and duly licensed by the State Board of Examiners, before whom he appeared for examination. He is a member of the Undertakers' Association of Pittsburgh, and in
his business methods, modern and progressive.
In politics, Mr. Szafranski is a Republican, and in
religious faith a Roman Catholic, belonging to St. Adelbert's Roman Catholic Church. He is a member of the
Polish Military Alliance of America; Polish National
Alliance of America, Polish Falcons Alliance of America, and the Polish Political Club, of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Szafranski married, in Pittsburgh, June 12, I899,
Frances Kienic, born in Poland, Dec. 27, 1879, daughter
of Francis and Matilda Kienic. Francis Kienic came to
Pittsburgh, South Side, in I88o, and died in 1882. His
wife, Matilda, died in February, 1907, aged fifty-two.
Mr. and Mrs. Szafranski are the parents of fifteen children, those now living as follows: Regina S., born
Sept. 22, 1901; Matilda, born Oct. 25, 1903; Bernadine
M., born Aug. 9, 19o8; Leonard J., born Nov. 10, 1910;
Raymond J., born Feb. 12, 1913; Francis H. H., born
Jan. 27, 1915; and Colata, born Dec. I6, 1919.ADDENDA AND ERRATA
Forsythe, p. I22, 2nd col., Joseph Forsythe moved to Pittsburgh in I886, not I866, as stated.
McClintock, p. 6, 2nd. col., Rev. Henry B. Lockwood, D. D., rector of Christ Episcopal Church, should read Rev.
Henry R. Lockwood, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church; same page, 2nd. col., Oliver McClintock, Jr.
should read Oliver (2nd.).
Wolfe, p. 2I3, ISt. col., Dr. W. Wesley Wolfe died in Rochester, Minn., at the Mayo Brothers Sanitarium, Dec.
27, I92I, he having gone there for treatment. In September, I92I, Dr. Wolfe received the thirty-second degree in Free Masonry in Boston, Mass.
I N DEX
Abczynski, Henrietta, 312
Henry, 311, 312
Roman 5., 311, 312
Stanislaw, 311
Adams, Calvin, I86
Elise N.., I5I
Emma V., I87
James, I50
James L., I50
S. Jarvis, 186
Stephen J., Jr., I87
William, I5o
Affeldt, Elda V., I95
Ferdinand G., 194, I95
John M., I95
Ahlberg, Flora A., 254
G. A. F., 254
Alachniewicz, Ladislaus, Rev., 335
Allen, Annie, 28I
Charles L., Dr., 280
Edwin L., 280
Edwin L., Jr., 28I
Anderson, Arthur, 33
Arthur A., 33
Arthur A., Jr., 33
Benjamin, 265
Edward F., 33
Hartley K., 34
James H. (J. Hartley), Dr., 33
Mary R., 266
Ruth, 34
Thomas S., Dr., 265
William C., 265
Atkinson, Cornelius, 247
Margaret V., 248
Thomas J., 247
Atwood, Frederick H., I7I
Harman, I70
Jane W., I71
John B., I7I
Moses, I70
Moses, Jr., I70, I71
Babcock, Ann F., 69
James, 68
Jesse, Col., 69
Jesse, Rev., 69
Leman B., 69
Oscar H., 68, 69
Bachmann, Adam, 333
Augusta, 333
John A., 333
Lawrence, 333
Bailey, Catherine G., 202
George, 202
Henry J., 202
Mary J., 222
Robert ( I), 221
Robert (2), 221
Robert (s), 222
Baldinger, Allan M., 258
Clara, 258
Emil R., 258
Jacob, 258
Barber, Edith, 285
Hubert H., Rev., 285
John K., 285
Barbour, John B., 148
John B., Jr., 148, 149
Joseph, 148
Laura B., 150
Barrickman, Henry, 147
Mae F., 148
Nimrod, 147
Van A., 147
Baum, Christian, 182
Rebecca, 183
William P., 182
Beckwith, George M., 301
James 5., 301
Lulu, 301
Beech, James, 334
Julia, 335
Beitler, Anna H., 263
Charles B., 263
John, 263
Joseph S., 263
Benner, Charlotte, III
Jacob, III
Thomas M., III
Thomas McC., III
Benson, Benjamin F., 231
Elias W., 231
Harry C., Lieut., 232
John, 231
Lillian, 232
Benz, Alfred T., 235
Cedric C., Capt., 235
Gertrude N., 236
Henry J., Dr., 235
John, 235
John P., 235
Landelin, 235
Emil, 336
Besenic, Sophia, 337
Thomas, 336
Bickel, Charles, 255
Emma, 256
Nell, 256
Walter J., 256
Bielek, Anthony, 331
Ivan, 331
Mary, 332
Bier, Charles, 282
Henry J., 282
Irene, 283
Bietenduefel, Anna E., 208
Edward C., 208
William G., 208
Birmingham, Lewis Z., 200
Lewis Z., Jr., 200, 201
Sarah, 201
Black, Alexander, Dr., 197
John, Rev., 197
Margaret, 197
Samuel W., 197
Bongiovanni, Frank, 329
Joseph, 329
Rose M., 330
Booth, Gertrude, 279
Ida C., 279
James J., 278
Jonathan, 278
Ulric D., 278, 279
Boyle, Ann, 125
Charles, 125
Hugh C., Rt. Rev., 125
Bracken, Charles C., 194
Charles H., 193, 194
Olive M., 194
Reid, 194
Reid, Rev., 194
Brackenridge, Benjamin M., 86
Henry M., 86
Hugh H., 86
Madge, 87
Brandt, Jacob 5., 238
Lewis, 238
May M., 239
Brereton, Amelia M., 98
John A., 98
Thomas, 98
Thomas J., Capt., 98
Brickell, Emma D., Ig
Harry S., I8, 19
Za-chariah, Capt., 19
Brown, Ann P., 35
Benjamin, 20
Henry G., 34John, 20
John H., 34
Joseph, 2o
Oliver, 20
Oliver W., 21
Sydney 0., 21
Thomas S., 20, 21
William, 20
Bruce, Paul C., Dr., III, II2
Thalia J., 112
William R., Rev., 112
Bryce, David, 289
Frances, 289
James, 288, 289
Julia S., 289
Marian 5., 289
Marion G., 288
Myric, 289
Richard. 289
Buchanan, Amanda F. A., 108
Charity A., 109
Charles E., 275
Edwin P., lo9
Eliza, 48
Ellen, Io9
George, Rev., 107
Henrietta L., 275
Isaac, 47
James G., Dr., 107
James I., 47
James T., 274
James W., 274
John, Rev., 107
John G., 109
John J., Dr., Io8
John W., 275
Joseph, Rev., 107
Marian V., Io9
Ruth, 275
Buffington, Kenneth, Io5
Lottie, I05
Orr, 105
Burgwin, Augustus P., I78
Hill, I78
John, I78
Mildred, I78
Pierce B. C., Lieut., I78
Bushong, Myrtle W., 264
Park W., Dr., 264
Peter, 264
Byrne, Bernard, 217
Ellie, 218
Leo B., 2I8
Patrick C., 2I7, 2I8
Raymond A., 2I8
Byrnes, Catherine, 233
Howard W., 233
James W., 232
James W., Jr., 233
William, 232
William F., 233
Cabalik, Mary, 287
Stephen, 287
Stephen, Jr., 287
Cain, John, 57
M. B., 56, 57
Sophia G., 57
Canuti, Frank F., 270
Giona, 270
J ennie, 271
Chalfant, Edith, 84
Henry, 83
Henry R., 84
John, 83
Jonathan, 83
Robert, 83
Sidney A., Dr., 83, 84
Challener, Elsie M., I96
William A., I96
William Hl., I96
Chambers, Anna H., 266
George C., 266
Palmer -S., 266
Chaplin, Benjamin, 304
Fanny, 305
James C. (I), 304
James C. (2), 304
John H., 304
William, 304
William C., 304
Charlton, Charles D., 2II
Susan M., 2I2
William C., 211
Chesebro, Cassius M., 3I0
Frank, 3I0
Llina, 310
Childs, Albert H., I89
Harvey, I89
Nannie McD., I90
Starling~ W., I90
Christy, Irene B., 249
Marshall A., 249
Clapp, Anne W., 37
Arnold, 36
Charles E., 37
DeWitt C., 36
Delia D., 37
George H., 37
Roger, 36
Clark, Henry H., 216
James W., Dr., 2I6, 2I7
John R., 151
Marian, 217
Nettie A., 152
Thomas E., 15I
Cochrane, George A., 275, 276
George A., Jr., 276
John, 275
Kate E., 276
Louis H., 276
Mary A., 276
Robert K., 276
Colbert, Charles F., 227
Charles F., Jr., 227
Marie L., 227
Collingwood, Allen K., 207
David F., 206, 207
Mary E., 207
William, 207
Connelly, Ann M., 265
Eugene LeM., 249
Minnie A., 250
William C., 249
William F., 265
William J. 265
Corrigan, Alice M., 24
Charles E., 23
James, 23
John, 23
John P., 24
Cowley, Elizabeth B., Io8
John, Io8
Mary J., I08
Craig, Edward A., I05, I06
Edward A., Jr., I07
George R., 107
Gertrude A., II9
Isaac, II8
Isaac, Maj., 115
James M., Capt., Io6
Jane A., II8
John, Gen., II5
Kate A., Io6
Margaret E., II9
Margarita, II9
Neville B.,  II7
Neville B., Jr., II5, II 
Crawford, Emma L., 155
John, I54
Walter G., 154, 155
Cronin, John, 310
Crowthers, Joseph B., 264
Martha:R., 265
Will R., 264
Culley, George, 325
George H., 325
Hunter, 326
Levi, 325
Mary, 326
Cummings, John A., go
Samuel, 9o
Sarah H., go
Dadds, J. H., 297
Roberta I., 297
Dallas, Ada, 234
Charles R., 233
Israel, Rev., 233
J. R., 234
Dalzell, J. Willis, 267
James, 37
James W., 37
Katharine L., 268
Louis W., 267
Mary T., 38
Darling, Edward P., 8
Emma C., 8
Thomas, 8
Darlington, Abraham, I6I
Amos, I6I
Benjamin, I6I
Job, I6I
Mary C., I6I
Mary O'H., I6I
Thomas, I6I
William Mc C., I6I
Davidson, Helen M., 320
Nettie, 320
Thomas H.,,3I7
William M., Dr., 3I7
Davis, Darl 0. V., II0
Isaac, II0
John, IIo
Livingston L., II0
Ralph C., II0
Dietz, John F., 294
Laura L., 294
William P., 294
Dennison, David, 229
Jane, 230
John, 229
Nancy, 230
Denny, David, 95
Ebenezer, Maj., g6
Elizabeth B., 99Harmar, 96
Harmar D., 99
Henry S., 99
Irene, 99
James O'H., 97
John, 95
Margaret D., 97
St. Clair, 97
Walter, g5
Walter, Capt., 95
William, 94
William, Jr., 95
William C., 98
William H., 97
Depta, John, 328
Joseph, 328
Mary, 328
Michael, Dr., 328
William, 328
Depuy, Blanche D., 279
Leopold W., 279
Dermitt, Charles W., 225
J. Edward, 225
Maude R., 225
Detchon, Alfred 0., 242
Benjamin C., 242
Charles P., 242
Cyrus, 242
Jane, 242
Dickinson, Breese M., Dr., I57
Clara, I58
John, I57
Martin B., I57
Dickson, James, 26I
James C., 26I
Jessie E., 26I
Joseph, 26I
Joseph Z., Dr., 26I
Dilworth, Creighton, I02
Elizabeth S., I02
John C., 10I, I02
John S., I02
Julia W., I02
William, IOI
Dippel, Conrad, 327
Elizabeth, 327
George W., Dr., 327
onaghay, Edwin G., 214
Robert J., 2I4
Susan, 214
Donnan, Andrew, 206
David McA., 206
Hortense D., 206
Douglass, Elisha P., 256
Frances V., 257
Howard W., 256, 257
James, 256
Robert, 256
Thomas, 256
Drake, James, Col., 225
James, Maj., 225
James F. (J. Frank), 225, 226
Mildred A., 227
Nathaniel S., 226
Robert, 225
Simon, 225
Duff, Agnes, I99, 200
Anne, 333
Harriett H., 199
Hezekiah N., I99
John D., 333
Levi B., Col., I98
Robert P., 333
Samuel, 198
Samuel E., 199
Duffy, Charles A., Dr., 332
Henrietta, 332
James C., 332
Ehrlinger, Carl H., 287, 288
John, 287
Marie D., 288
Walter J., 288
Eichley, Harry 0., 322
John, Jr., 320, 322
John P., 322
Roy 0., 322
Walter B., 322
Elkins, Elizabeth, 143
George P., 143
George W., 143
George W., Col., 142, 143
H. H., 143
P. B., 143
W. L., 143
English, George W., Rev., 239
Henry D. W., 239
Jennie P., 240
Evans, Cadwallader, Dr., 235
Henry 0., 234, 235
James, 234
Louise, 235
Oliver, 234
Eversmann, Gerard, 209
Louis F., 209
Minnie L., 209
Fagan, Charles A., 119
Mary, 119
Thomas J., 119
Fairman, Agnes, 286
John A., 286
Robert, 286
Fawcett, Bessie 0., 238
Charles E., Dr., 237, 238
George, 237
Thomas, 237
William J., 237
Finley, James, 31
John, 30
John B. (J. Barclay), 30, 31
Marguerite, 31
Robert, 30
Fleming, Elizabeth, 36
Robert, 36
Robert, Jr., 36
Fliun, Alexander R., 300
George H., 300
Nancy, 300
Ralph E., 300
W. A., 300
William, Hon., 298
Flint, Agnes, 314
John M., 3I3
William H., 3I3
Floersheim, Pauline, 29
Samuel, 29
Flowers, George, I4
George W., I4
Jacob, I4
John H., I4
Sarah E., I5
Follansbee, Benjamin G., 92, 93
Frances S., 93
Gilbert, 92, 93
John, 92
Forsythe, John, I22
John, Jr., 122
*Joseph P., 122
Mary E., I23
Robert L., I22
Foster, Gilbert D., I6o
Nellie M., I6o
William E., I6o
Fownes, Henry G., Capt., I54
Jessie G., I54
William C., I54
Frampton, David A., I59
Patty A., I59
Prescott M., 159
Fraser, Alexander, 48, 49
Jennie, 49
John D., 48
Mary, 49
Walter P., 49
Frauenheim, Edward, 295
Edward J., 294, 295
Edward J., Jr., 295
Marie A., 295
Norman A., 295
Walter G., 295
William A., 295
Frazer, Caleb T., 132
John G., I32
Loretta, 132
Robert E., I32
Rtobert S., Hon., I32
Sarah, I32
Frederick, Frank H., Dr., 92
Franklin J., 92
Josephine, 92
Mary, 92
French, Aaron (I), 21
Aaron (2), 21
Aaron (2), 23
Caroline B., 22
Euphrasia, 22
May E., 23
Philo, 2I
Philo N., 22
Freyvogel, Conrad, 2I5
Helen M., 2I6
John, 2I6
John A., 2I5, 2I6
John E., 216
Frick, Elizabeth, 169
Richard T., I69
William E., I68 
William E., Jr., I68
Friday, Jacob, 253
Sophia, 254
Fundenburg, Daniel, 247
George B., 247
Jeannie, 247
Walter, 247
Walter F., Dr., 247
Walter H., Dr., 247
Furey, Jessie B., 241
W. Morris, 240
William M., 240.
Gailey, Alvey F., 209
Andrew, 209
Lila, 209
Gaither, Harrison N., I54
Ida B., I54John, 154
Ross F., 154
Samuel, Hon., 154
Walter H., 154
William W., Lieut., 154
Garland, Alice, 104
Robert, 104
Robert, Jr., 104
Garlick, Charles H., 332
Sarah, 333
Garrison, Abraham, I65
Beverly, I65
Mary, I66
Oliver, 165
Geyer, Albert R., 309
Anna, 309
-Edward F., 309
John, 309
Orca C., 309
Gibson, Alexander, 210
Elisa, 210
Thomas, 210
William, 210
William L. G., 210
Gildea, Florence, 154
Ray Y., Lieut., 154
Gillespie, Anna R., 294
David L., 294
Glover, Francis D., 205
Gertrude, 205
Josiah, 205
Gordon, Edith B. (look at Bailey
sketch)
Goulding, Charles 0., Dr., 201
Helen M., 201
Madison, 201
Graham, Hugh, 35
John C., 35
John K., 35
Margaret, 35
Mary E., 36
Robert, 35
Robert F., 35
Gray, Anna, 75
James D., 75
James H., 75
Joseph H., 75
Gregg, Clara A., 66
Edward, 66
Levi, 66
Groah, Benjamin A., 290
Emma I., 29I
William M., 290
Gross, Herman, 2I2
Howard A., 2I2
Lena, 2I2
Guckert, Clarence S., Dr., 29I, 292
Edward F., 292
Ethel R., 292
Frank, 29I
Nicholas L., 292
Guffey, Alexander, 302
James, 302
James McC., 301, 302
Jane, 302
William, 302
Haddock, Wilhelmina S., I6
William, Rev., I5
William S., I5
Hamilton, Mary R., 82
Minnie, 82
Paul H., 82
Samuel, 8I
Samuel, Dr., 8I
Hammer, Gustave, 290
Helen, 290
Howard G., 290
Hansell, Bertha T., 244
Earl L., 244
John, 243
Walter P., 243
Harbison, Emma J., I3
James, I2
Ralph W., I3
Samuel P., I2
William A., I3
Hardy, J. Alex., 75, 76
Joseph, 76
Margaret J., 76
Norman B., 76
Paul S., 76
Hare, Andrew, 206
Andrew B., 206
Jean, 206
Hartung, Fred J., 33I
Harry F., 33I
Marie, 331
Haszelbart, Anna M., 225
Emma S., 225
F. August, 225
Frederick E., 225
Gotfried, 223
Lewis, 223, 224
Mary, 225
Samuel M., 225
Haudenshield, Charles F., 78
Charles H., 77
Christian L., 77
Clara B., 79
Emma M., 78
George V., 77
Ida M., 79
Jacob, 78
John, 76
John E., 76, 77
John R., 77
Mary H., 77
Samuel, 76
Samuel S., 77
Henry, Alice, 284
Nathan, 284
Hetzel, Lula, 25I
William A., 25I
William B., Dr., 251, 252
Holmes, John G., I52
Nathaniel, I52
Sue E., I53
Horne, Emma, I54
Henry, I53
John, 153
Joseph, I53
Mary E., I54
Hosack, Alexander B., 135
Della, I35
George M., I35
George M., Jr., 135
Howell, Charles S., 293
David, 293
Mary, 293
Hunt, Alfred E., Capt., I6
Leander B., I6
Maria T., I8
Rachel McM., I8
Roy A., I8
William, I6
Huston, Arthur F. P., Dr., 286, 287
John P., 287
Mary C., 287
William R., 287
Irish, Charlotte D., I64
Dallas C., Capt., I63, 164
Franklin C., 164
Linda, I64
Nathaniel, 163
William B., I64
Ivill, Christina, 27
Edith E., 27
Elizabeth, 27
Harry E., 27
John, 27
John J., 26
William, 26
William C., 27
Jackson, Charles, I76
George W., I76
James, I76
John, I76
John B., I75, I77
Mary, I76
Jeffries, Aaron, 203
Howard E., 203
Margaret H., 203
William H., Capt., 203
Johnston, Chester F., 266
Francis E., 39
George, 266
John, 39, 266
John R., 39
John R., Jr., 40
Louise C., 266
Mercedes M., 40
Nellie M., 40
William, 39
Jones, David, 145
Francis, 207
Harry M., 146
Lloyd, 207
Minnie E., 146
S. Mabel, 207
Thomas C., Hon., I45
Thomas C., Jr., I46
William, I45
Junkin, Eleanor, IIO
Joseph, IO9
Joseph, Jr., IO9
Kay, James I., II2
Jenny M., II2
Keitzer, G. Roy, 248
George, 248
Mary, 248
Kennedy, Jennie E., 54
Joseph W., 54
Julian, 53
Julian, Jr., 54
Thomas W., 53, 54
King, Cyrus B., Dr., 276
Euphemia G., 277
Frances K., 277Samuel, 276
Samuel M., Dr., 276
Samuel V., 277
Kinnear, Edith M., I82
James, I8I
James W., I8I
James W., Jr., I82
William, I8I
Klingensmith, Dorothy A., I60
James L., I6o
Joseph, I6o
Knepper, Charles, Rev., 269
Elwina, 270
John, 269
John B., 269
Kress, Ferdinand J., 29I
Harriet, 29I
Harry F., 29I
Lillian, 29I
Kwapulinski, John, 272
Mary, 272
Paul, Rev., 272
Ladd, Florence E., 75
George T., 72, 73
George T., Rev., 72
Silas T., 72
Tallman, 75
Lamb, Carl S., 257
Charles H., 257
Elizabeth, 258
Joseph, 257
Langfitt, George F. P., 252
George W., Dr., 252
Philip, 252
Rose, 252
William, 252
Larkin, Alice G., 42
John B., 40, 4I
JOhn C., 42
Michael, 41
Rose, 42
Latshaw, Ann W., 131
Henry H., I32
Peter W. H., 131
William, I32
William H., 131
Lawry, James, 327
Mary R., 327
Richard H., 327
Leininger, Charles P., Dr., 233
Ida G., 233
Jacob, 233
Lemley, Asa, 265
Florence E., 265
Samuel M., 265
William P., 265
Lemmon, Brice W., I94
Harriet DeF., 194
Walter R., I94
Lencher, Benjamin, 27I
Lena, 272
Mendel, 272
Leslie, Alice, 223
Artemis C., 133
Blanche, 223
Edward C., Dr., 223
Homer E., 223
Lillian B., I33
Malachi, 222
Malachi, Capt., I32
Malachi G., Hon., 132
Millard F., 222
Lewin, Adolph L., Dr., 325
Eva, 325
Herman,  325
Lippert, Anna C., 329
Michael, 328
Peter M., 328
Lippincott, Henry C., 263
Henry C., Jr., 263
Sarah J. C., 264
Logan, Albert J., Gen., I33
Archibald H., Dr., 55
Frances G., 55
George B., 54, 55
George B., Jr., 55
Henrietta B., 55
James, 133
John T., 54
Patton L.,.55
Susan E., 135
Logue, Charles, 302
Harry A., 302
John, 302
Marie, 303
Thomas M., 302
Lucci, Frida, 332
Gaetano, 332
Telesio, 332
McCahill, Elizabeth, 282
Morton, Dr., 281, 282
William, 28I
McCalmont, Alexander, I42
James, I42
James P., I42
John, I42
John, Jr., 142
John E., I42
Sidney A., I42
William, 142
McCandless, Alexander G., Dr., I78
Alexander W., 179
Archibald, I78
J. Guy, Dr., I78, I79
Margaret E., I79
Witham, I78
McCausland, Anna, 50
John H., 49
William A., 49
McClintock, Alexander, 3
Charles A., 28I
Clara, 5
Eliza, 4
Elizabeth C., 28I
Ethel, 6
Fanny, 9
Harvey C., 8
Jonas R., 28I
Jonas R., Jr., 281
Joseph, 3
Norman, 6
*Oliver, 3, 5
Walter, 7
Washington, 3, 4
William, 3
Wilson S., 28I
McClory, Agnes M., 261
John F., 261
Thomas, 261
McCloy, Albert W., 275
Albert W., Jr., 275
Harriet, 275
McClure, George, 130
Jennie, 131
Robert, 130
Samuel R., 130
McConeghy, Daniel, 230
Elsie, 231
Robert K., Dr., 230
McCrory, Florence V., 66
James A., 66
John, 66
McCune, Emma M., 87
Frank, 87
George, 87
George B., 87
McDaniel, Bruce P., 300, 301
Kathryn R., 301
Mark, 301
McGiffin, Annie, 214
John, 214
Malcolm, 214
McGuire, Frances, 214
Francis W., 214
Mary A., 214
Patrick, 213
Patrick H., 213
Paul J., 214
McKain, Andrew, 206
Ethel, 206
Rodger W., 205, 206
McKenna, Charles F., 126
James, I26
Hugh, I26
Virginia, I28
McKinley, Daniel, 304
J. R., 304
Jane, 304
McKinney, Jane B., 81
Mary F., 81
Robert, 8o
Robert G., 8I
William S., 8o
William S., Jr., 8I
McKnight, Elizabeth O'H., o8
Robert, 98
William, 98
McLaughlin, James, 273
Teresa, 273
Thomas, 273
McLeod, Alexander, I86
John, I85, I86
Lily J., I86
McNally, Alice G., I24
Charles M., I23
James A., I23
James P., I23
Mary A., I23
Michael, I23
Mabon, Alex. S., 271
Archie W., 27I
James L., 27I
Martha, 271
Samuel S., 271Masten, Adah L., 144
Alvin E., 143
Katharine W., 145
Landon, 144
William S., 144, 145
Matz, Henry, 308
Howard G., 309
Kathryne, 309
Walter G., 309
William, 308
Mechanic, A., 289
Jules, 289
Ruth, 289.Mehard, Churchill, 51
Ida A., 5I
James, 50
Mary, 5I
Samuel S., 50
Samuel S., Dr., 50
Mellon, Andrew, 128
Andrew W., 130
Archibald, 128
James R., 130, 313
Jennie, 317
Mary H., 313
Matthew T'., 313
Richard B., 130, 316
Sarah J., 130
Thomas, 128, 129, 316
William L., 313
Mellor, Harry N., I4I
John, I38
Mary, I4I
Sampson, 138
Walter C., I4I
Meyer, Charles, 262
Charles F., 262
Katherine M., 262
Miller, Alexander H., 52
Florence C., 51, 52
Maria, 52
Milligan, Anna A., I22
Charles B., I2I
Charles E., I22
Patrick, I2I
Mitchell, Anna, 3I4
David, 269
H. Walton, Hon., 3I4
Jessie P., 269
Joseph, 3I4
Joseph L., 269
Monro, George N., 283
Moore, George, 8o
George V., 8o
John P., 8o
Mary E., 8o
Moorhead, Elsa, 268
Harry 5., 268
Joseph, 268
Morris, David, 2I9
David McK., 220
Elizabeth L., 221
Gelston B., 220
Margarette J., 220
Mary L., 220
William J.  219
Moyer, George, 52
Irwin J., Dr., 52
J. Sanford, 53
Jacob, 52
Lillian, 53
Philip, 52
William, 52
William I., 53
Mrvosh, Milosh, 338
Nicholas, 338
Mudge, Edmund W., 63
Pauline, 63
Thomas H., 63
Munn, Alexander J., 39
Dougald, 38
Edward D., 39
James J., 38
Kate L., 39
Robert H., 39
William S., 39
Murdoch, Jane, 45, 47
John, 45, 47
John, Jr., 45, 47
John R., 47
Sallie W., 47
Susanna, 47
William H., 47
Myler, John, 228
Mary I. K., 229
William A., 228
Neeb, Amanda M., I88
Casper, I88
Charles W., I68
Elizabeth, 167
Harry A., I88
Ida M., I88
John L., I87, I88
John N., I68
Sara A., I67
William, I66
Neely, Frank, Dr., 323
James, 323
Mary, 323
Samuel P., 323
Negley, Alexander, 57
Alexander J., 62
Eleanor, 6o
Eliza J. 6o
Elizabeth G., 62
George G., 59, 6I
Georgina G., 62
Grace, 63
Harvey B., 6I
Henry H., 6I
Isabella, 6I
Jacob, 57, 58
Jacob B., 6I
James S., Maj.-Gen., 62
Jeanette B., 6I
Kate, 62
M. Alice, 62
Margaret, 6I
Mary E., 6I
Oliver J., 6I
Sarah J. M., 6I
Susan C., 6I
Theodore S., Rev., 6I
William McI., 6I
Nethken, Harry W., 306
John A., 306
Minnie, 307
Neville, George, II7
John, Gen., II6, 117
Nancy, 117
Presly, II7
Winifred, 1I7
Nevin, Abraham 5., 103
David McD., 104
Emma L., I03
James, I03
James G., I03
James M., I02, 103
John, I02
Lois, 103
Norma, 103
Sibyl, 104
Nicholson, Alverda, 314
Arthur D., 251
Clara, 25I
Flora R., 25I
George B., 25I
Gregory, 3I4
Howard M., 251
John D., 25I
Samuel H., 314
William T., 314
Nixon, Hezekiah, 200
Rose A., 200
Thomas, 200
O'Brien, Alan N., 88
Charles A., 88
Charles A., Jr., 88
Elizabeth, 88
John H., 88
Lucy, 88
O'Bryan, Agnes, 284
Edward G., 284
John D., 284
O'Connell, John W., Rev., I58
O'Hara, James, Gen., 99, I62
Mary, 1OO, IOI, I63
Richard B., IOI
O'Neil, Annie, 286
William, 285
William J., 285
Ober, George, I74
John P., I74
Salome, 174
Ohlman, Isaac L., Dr., 283, 284
Melius, 283, 284
Sophia, 283
Oliver, Alwinn McN., 268
Edith A., I72
George L., 268
Henry W., I7I
Henry W., Jr., I7I
Mary E., 268
Orr, Fordham N., 43
Martha U., 43
Mary, 43
Thomas E., 42
Orth, Alexander B., 305, 306
George H., 306
Martha, 306
Osburn, Benjamin B., I85
Frank C., I85
Franklin, I85
Virginia C., I85Over, Arthur L., 297
Gladys E., 297
James W., 297
Pappert, August, 208
Cornelius A., 208
Matilda, 208
William, 208
Park, Charles C., 70
David E., 70
Eleanor G., 70
James, Jr., 69, 70
James, Sr., 70
James H., 70
Lewis A., 71
Mary P., 71
Sarah, 70
Parke, Elizabeth McC., 68
John, 67
Letitia, 67
Thomas A., 67
Thomas C., 67
William H., 68
Parker, Alexander, 95
John, 95
Margaret, 95
Richard, 95
Patch, Finley, 79
James C., 79
Mary A., 8o
Patterson, Mary, 36
Peter, 36
Peter, Jr., 36
Paxton, Caroline S., 98
William M., Rev., 98
Payne, Henrey K. 261
-Howard B., 261
Marian, 262
Payton, Irene, 290
Owen, 289
Sarah, 290
Thomas, 289
Pearson, Alfred L., 236, 237
Alfred L., Gen., 236
Frances, 237
Phillips, Bessie A., 328
John H., 328
Samuel W., 328
Plotz, Harley C., 291
Lena T., 291
William, 291
Pniak, Anthony A., Rev., 334
Peter, 334
Salome, 334
Pond, Abel, 241
Edward H., Dr., 241
Joel A., 241
John N., 241
Mary H., 242
Pope, Anthony, 271
Eva, 271
Frank B., 271
Pressly, David, Io
Jane, I I
John T.; Rev., 10
-Margaret M., 12
Price, Mazie W., 305
Obed K., 305
Willson, 305
Quaill, David H., 278
David R., 278
George H., 278
Mattie L., 278
Rankin, Charles P., 138
George H., 138
Harry H., 138
James, I137
John, 137
John Q., 138
John S., Dr., 136, 137
Louis G., 138
Louisa, 137
Mabel A., 138
Thomas, 136
William  W., 138
Rath, James, 260
Jessie, 261
Sarah, 261
William B., 260
Rauh, Bertha, 29
Enoch, 27
Richard S., 29
Solomon, 27
Rea, Edith, 173
Henry R., 172, 173
John, Gen., 173
Samuel, 173
William, 173
Reed, Alexander C., III
I)avid A., Lieut.-Col., 315
George W., III
James H., 314, 315
James H., Jr., 315
Joseph A., Dr., 314
Kate, 315
Margaret M., III
Thomas McK., III
Thomas McK., Jr.,III
Reichard, Alice E., 269
Earle A., 269
John M., 268
Raymond H., 269
William, 268
Reighard, David P., 184
Isabel, I85
Thomas, 184
Repp, Charles, 67
Lida, 67
Robert M., 66, 67
Robert M., Jr., 67
Richardson, Charles D., 239
Margaret H., 239
William P., 239
Richey, Amy S., 293
DeWayne G., Dr., 293
John C., 292
Joseph B., Dr., 292
Ricketson, Benjamin T., 164
Clementine, I65
John H., 164
John H., Jr., I65
Oliver G., I65
Sarah G., I65
Riddle, Anna M., 136
David H., 136
Matthew B., Prof., 136
Walther, 136
Rieck, Edward E., 250
Samuel, 250
Wilhelmenia, 250
Rightmire, Herman T., 310
Josephine E., 311 
Theodore, 310
Rinehart, Alan G., 298
Frederick R., 298
Mary E., 298
Stanley M., Dr., 297
Stanley M., Jr., 298
William, 297
Roberts, Jeane E., 193
Jearnette B., 193
John M., 193
Joseph H., 193
Martha J., 193
Steele F., 193
Robinson, Alexander C., 84
Alexander C., Jr., 84
Charles K., 244
Emma P., 84
Jesse H., 244
Mary E., 245
Rodgers, David R., 205
David R., Capt., 205
Grayson K., 205
Lillian, 205
Marshall C., 204, 205
Rogers, George 0., 308
George 0., Jr., 308
Margaret A., 308
Rook, Alexander W., 104
Anna, 105
Charles A., Col., 104
Charles A., Jr., 105
Rose, Andrew, 150
Cyrus L., 266
Don, I5o
Floyd, 266
Gertrude, 267
Homer J., Prof., 150
James, 150
James McK., I5o
Jean A., I50
Johnl, I5o
Rosenbaulm, Leopold, 326
Oscar H., 326
Sabina, 325S
Rosenberg, Bertha, 336
Herman, 336
N~icholazs L., Dr., 336
Rosser, Carrie F., 228
David, 227
David A. (D. Alden), 228
William, 227
William R., 228
R~owan, Charles, Dr., 223
George, 223
L'ima L., 223
Rubin, I-yman 1X., 217
I., 217
Sarah, 217
Rule, Charles, 324
Colter, 324
John, 324
Marguerite, 325
Ruoff, Cecilie, 267
Frederick, Rev., 267
*Hermann F., 26735
making his life work. The manufacturing interests
of this company were later taken over by Mr. Brown,
his brother, J. Stuart Brown, and James Neale, incorporation being made as Brown  Company, Inc. Henry
Graham Brown filled the offices of vice-president and
general manager of this company, and his influence was
largely responsible for the career of uninterrupted success and prosperity it enjoyed. Mr. Brown was vicepresident of the Clyde Coal Company, and filled the
same office in the Pennsylvania Drop Forging Company.
His knowledge of the steel industry was impressive,
gained from first-hand contact with all of the problems
of production and management, and his rule in the
plant of Brown  Company, Inc., was one firm yet
sympathetic, the direction of authority based upon exact
understanding.
Mr. Brown was interested in all forms of athletics,
participated in them as far as he was able, and had
many social connections and memberships in clubs
featuring out-of-door attractions. In Pittsburgh he
was a member of the Duquesne, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
Golf, and Allegheny Country clubs, while his out-oftown clubs were the University of New York and the
Philadelphia, of Philadelphia.
Henry Graham Brown married Ann Price Pugsley,
of Hillsboro, Ohio, and his death occurred in Pittsburgh, March 5, 1918. They were the parents of two
daughters: I. Barbara Winston, now the wife of Joseph Dilworth, of Pittsburgh, they the parents of a
daughter, Ann Price. 2. Elizabeth Sharpless, now the
wife of Oliver Iselin, of New York City, they the parents of one daughter, Nancy.
ROBERT F. GRAHAM-Among those Pittsburgh
lawyers whose professional careers are coeval with
the twentieth century is Robert Fleming Graham, especially well known as a corporation counsel. Mr.
Graham has loyally chosen as the scene of his labors
the city which has been his home during half his life
and with whose leading interests he is thoroughly
identified.
(I) Hugh Graham, great-great-grandfather of Robert Fleming Graham, was a descendant of Scottish
ancestors, and was born in Lancaster county, Pa. In
his youth he was captured by Indians, but succeeded
in escaping from the savages and making his way home.
During the remainder of his life he was engaged in
agricultural pursuits in his native county. He married
Margaret Kennedy, and among their sons were: Robert, mentioned below; John, and George. The two lastnamed were soldiers in a Pennsylvania regiment during
the Revolutionary War, George being at one time taken
prisoner by the enemy. He later settled in South Carolina, John making his home at New Albany, Ind.,
which town be surveyed and laid out, and where many
of his descendants reside at the present day.
(II) Robert Graham, son of Hugh and Margaret
(Kennedy) Graham, was born about 1760, and until
I8oo cultivated land in Lancaster county. He next
removed to McConnellsburg, where he remained for a
short time, and then in 1804, moved to Butler county,
Pa., where he conducted a tannery and traded extensively with the Indians. In the War of 1812 he served
as a "Dunny Money" volunteer, and after the close of
the war moved to Elizabeth township, Allegheny county,
where he passed the remainder of his life. In politics
be was a Whig. Robert Graham married Margaret
Gilchrist, daughter of Colonel Thomas Gilchrist, who'
had won his military title in the war for independence,
and had received from the government a tract of about
five hundred acres in Butler county. Mr. and Mrs.
Graham were the parents of six children, of whom John
K., mentioned below, was the youngest. The death of
Mrs. Graham occurred in 1839, and the following year
her husband also passed away.
(III) John K. Graham, son of Robert and Margaret
(Gilchrist) Graham, was born in I8I5, in Butler county,
Pa., and was a child when his parents removed to Allegheny county. Inheriting a portion of the homestead,
he made it his home for the greater part of his life.
He caused the buildings of the estate to be remodeled,
and was at one time a farmer upon an extensive scale,
later disposing of a part of his property. He was first
a Whig and then a Republican. He was at one time an
elder in the Associate Reform church, and subsequently
held the same office in the United Presbyterian church.
Mr. Graham married (first) Mary Ann Calhoun, daughter of John and Margaret (Calhoun) Calhoun, and their
children were: John Calhoun, mentioned below; Adly,
died in childhood; and Robert, who also died in childhood. Mrs. Graham died about 1852, and Mr. Graham
married (second) Eliza Rankin, becoming by this union
the father of the following children: Samuel A.; Sarah
J.; Mary Ann, died in childhood; Eliza M., also died
in childhood; and Margaret C., who died at the age of
twenty-two years. Mr. Graham survived to the venerable age of ninety-two, passing away in 1907.
(IV) John Calhoun Graham, son of John K. and
Mary Ann (Calhoun) Graham, was born in October,
1845, attended the local schools, and after his marriage
made his home on a portion of the homestead. In 1874
he moved to Connellsville, Fayette county, Pa., and
there owned a flouring mill which he operated at different times on both banks of the Youghiogheny river.
In politics he was a Republican, and he and his wife
were members of the United Presbyterian church. Mr.
Graham married Margaret Fleming, whose ancestral
record is appended to this biography, and their children were: Robert Fleming, mentioned below; William
C., principal of the high school at Wilkinsburg, Pa.;
Mary C., died Sept. I6, 1897; and James B., chief
inspector of the National Tube Company, of Lorain,
Ohio. Mr. Graham died in 1884, ere he had completed
his fortieth year. He was a man of high principle and
irreproachable life.
(V) Robert Fleming Graham, son of John Calhoun
and Margaret (Fleming) Graham, was born May 19,
1871, in Elizabeth township, Allegheny county, Pa., and
received his earliest education in the public schools,
afterward attending Mount Pleasant Academy. Subsequently he matriculated at Tarkio College, Missouri,
graduating in 1894.
After returning to Pennsylvania, Mr. Graham was
for several years an instructor in Mount Pleasant, McKeesport and Pittsburgh, but his predominant inclination was for the law, and as soon as circumstancesSaitz, Edward J., 280
Ferdinand, 280
John F., 279, 280
Louisa C., 280
Sands, Andrew, 32, 212
Ella, 32
Harold G., 32
James D., Rev., 32
Mary E., 213
Robert M., Dr., 212
Sarah, 32
Sborigi, Andrea, 204
Guido V., 204
Isabelle 0., 204
Scaife, Charles C., 91
George, 90
Henry, 90
James V., 91
Jeffery, 90
Lauriston L., 91
Mary, 90
Priscilla M., 91
Walter B., 91
William B., 90, 91
William L., 91
Schaefer, Frederic, 277
Sarah B., 278
Schmidt, Benjamin, 330
Meta, 330
Theodore, 330
Schugar, Belle, 327
Earl, 328
Leonard, 328
Ralph, 327
Samuel, 327
Schutz, A. J., 273
Adam, 273
Edward B., 274
Susie F., 274
Schutz, Schreiner  Clyde Co., 274
Scott, George J., I8I
Harry WV., 174
Helen E., I8I
J. King, 306
James, i8o
James M., I8o
Jeanette, 306
John, 306
Wilhelmina, 174
William, 306
Scully, Cornelius D., 283
Henry D., 283
Mary, 283
Shaw, James, 297
John, 297
Margaret J., 297
Wilson A., 297
Shillito, George, 182
George M., Dr., 182
Kate J., I82
Thomas, 182
Shook, Lena, 208
Levi H., 207
Samuel D., 207
Simeral, Alexander, 43
Alexander E., 44
Annie H., 44
Archibald, 43
John A., 43, 44
Richard F., 44
Sallie B., 44
William F., 43
Sleppy, Charles S., 215
David D., Rev., 215
Edward E. P., Dr., 215
Milton J., Rev., 214
Roy E., Dr., 214, 215
Sarah A., 215
Smeltz, George W., Dr., 253
Mary, 253
Philip, 253
Smith, Anthony, 254
Anthony W., Jr., 254
Anthony W., Sr., 254
Catherine J., 89
Hannah, 298
Harvey H., 298
Henry, 298
Janey M., 255
John C., 88
Percy F., 88
Snow, Abraham (Abram), 169
Anna M., 170
Charles G., 169
Charles H., 170
George, 169, 170
George, Jr., 170
Mark, 169
Nicholas, 169
Richard, I69
Snowden, Charles L., 259
Charles N., 260
Elizabeth B., 260
Felix B., 260
George H., 260
John, 259
John N., 259
Snyder, Edmund B., Rev., 9
Marie E., 10
Mary C., 10
William P., 9
William P., Jr., I0
Solomon, Harry, 323
Julius, 323
Mendel E., 324
Rosa, 323
Rudolph, 323
William, 323
Sparks, Clare R., 156
James, I55
Jay G., I55
Stalnaker, Doliver, 312
Ella, 313
Florence, 313
Harvey D., 312
Joseph H., 313
Stanton, Campbell, 248
Charles C., Dr., 248
Laura M., 249
Steel, Annie, 290
E. T., 290
William J., 290
Stevenson, Alfred, 245
Alpharetta, 246
Elizabeth, 97
Ellerslie W., Dr., 245
Fannie L., 157
George, 97
George, Jr., 97
George K., I56
Harry, 97
Henry L., 157
William H., I56
William H., Jr., 157
Stewart, Annie E., 125
Galbraith, 201
Henry S. A., 124
Henry S. A., Jr., 125
Josephine, 202
William, 124
William G., 201
Stifel, Charles F., 211
Clarence F., 211
Edith C., 211
Herbert L., 211
John L., 211
Virginia S., 211
Walter H., 211
Stilley, Eleanor M., 300
Hugh M., 300
Hugh M., Dr., 300
John B., Dr., 300
Mabel K., 300
Stillwagen, Adam, 258
Andrew J., 277
Charles A., 258
Charles A., Dr., 258
Edward L., 277
Isabelle, 259
Jacob, 277
Martha A., 277
Michael, 258
William C., 277
Stimson, George W., Dr., 23
May E., 23
Straub, Caroline E., 189
Edward H., 174
Harry W., 174
H~omer 0., 174
John H., I89
John N., 189
John 0., 174
Rachel, 189
Walter S., Capt., 189
Sullivan, Catherine, 307
Cornelius P., 307
Cornelius P., Jr., 307, 308
Dennis, 307
John B., 307
Joseph C., 307, 308
Katherine M., 307, 308
Olive, 307
Viola, 308
Sunseri, Caesar W., Dr., 333, 334
Frank, Dr., 334
Nancy, 334
Szafranski, Bartholomew, 338
Frances, 338
Jan, 338
Taylor, Mary, 83
Robert, 82
William L., 82
Thaw, Alexander B., 247
Benjamin, 246
Benjamin, Jr., 246Elma E., 246                           Morris S., 92
John, 246                              Murry A., 92
Stephen D., Rev., 246                Von Kovacs, Louis, 309
William, 246, 247                      Louis, Rev., 309
Thegze, George, Rev., 289              Vilsack, Anthony J., 296
Helen, 289                             Carl, 296
Victor, 289                            Dorothy, 296
Thompson, Andrew P., 55                  Edward J., 296
Daniel, 4                              Jacob, 295
Donald, 324                            Joseph G., 296
Elizabeth, 55                          Leopold, 295
Elmer J., Dr., 209                     Maurice, 296
Emma, 210                            Voegtly, Elizabeth, 167
Ephraim, 209                           John, 167
Margaret A., 324                       John J., 167
~Mary, 4                               Nicholas, 167
Oliver   D.,   324                        C r l n  E. 2 9
Samuel, 4                             Wachter, Carolin E., 2I0
William R., 55, 56                      Christofer, 218
Torrance, Ann J., 64                     Henry, 218
Francis, 63                          Wakefield, David H., 18o
Francis, Jr., 63                       James A., 179, I80
Francis J., 64                         Mary, I8o
Jane, 64                               Samuel,  179
Mary R., 65                            Thomas,  179
Totten, Eliza, 113                     Walker, Havard, 25
Mary L., 1l4                           Isabel G., 26
Robert C., 113, 114                    Jesse W., 25
William I., 113                        Homer D., Dr., 89
Tredway, Cora A., 184                    Homer D., Jr., 89
Crispen, 183                           Jared, Rev., 89
William T., 183                      Walter, Bella S., 196
Trees, Claudine V., 304                  Fred B., 71
Isaac T., 303                          George L., 195
Joseph C., 303                         George L., Jr., 196
Joseph G., 304                         Herbert R., 71
Trimble, John H., 197                    Howard K., 196
Mary H., 198                           Isabel, 71
Robert M., I97, 198                    Leonard, 71
Robert M., Jr., I98                    Leonard, Jr., 71
Samuel, 197                            Mary, 72
Sarah L., 198                          Peter, 195
Thomas,  197                           Peter G., 72
Trower, J. E., 262                       Ralph E., 71
Turner, Andrew M., 282                 Walters, Charles G., Dr., 330
Sue C., 282                            Elizabeth, 330
William, 282                           Thomas H., 330
Wassell, Edith, 85
Uber, Ada N., 281                        Harry B., 84, 85
Frank G., 281                          John, 85
Jacob, Rev., 281                       Williams 85
United Society Srbobran-Sloga and Wasser, Emanuel, 329
"The American Srbobran," 337         George, 329
Unkovich, Josephine, 270                 Ida, 329
Kosto, 270                             Joseph, 329
Nicholas, 270                        Watson, Ellen, 45
Upham, Mary C., 16o                      Ellen M., 46
Samuel R., I6o                         James, Col., 46
William F., I6o                        William, 45, 46
Watterson, Alfred V. D., 191
VeShancey, Charles, 217                  Bertrand G., 191
Meyer, 217                             Caroline G., 191
Sarah, 217                             Hilary D., 191
Vasvary, Edmund, Rev., 285               Hubert S., 191
Elizabeth, 285                         John S., I9I
Gustav, 285                            Mary A., 191
Verner, Anna, 92                      Weil, A. Leo, 24
James, 91                              A. Leo, Jr., 25
James, Jr., 91                         Cassie, 25
Ferdinand T., 25
Isaac L., 24
Weller, Frederick S., Dr., 173
John S., 173
Mary A., 173
Werner, Oscar, 330
Paul 0., 330
Rosey, 331
Whiteside, Alexander K., 146
Clarence A., 146
Eleanor, 146
Wicks, Annie, 322
John 0., 322
Silas, 322
Wilbert, David A., Hon., 44
Frank, 44
Jacob, 44
Josephine, 45
Wilhelm, Henry, 246
Olive, 246
Walter J., 246
Wilkins, Sarah R., 175
William G., 175
Wilson, Adam, 19o
Ella, 231
George, 231
J. Charles, 190
Joseph C., Jr., Lieut., I9o
Lawrence A., Lieut., 191
Maitland A., 191
Nellie B., 190
Robert J., 231
Samuel, 190
Wolcott, Christopher P., 236
Darwin S., 236
Evelyn B., 236
Wolfe, Ada B., 213
Noah C., 213
*W. Wesley, Dr., 213
William E., 213
Wood, Alan W., 192
Frances A., 192
Louise, 193
Nannie, 192
Roland G., 192, 193
W. Dewees, 192
Woods, Caroline, 121
Charles A., 121
Edward A., 121
Ellen C., 121
Elsie B., 307
George, Dr., 120
Joseph, 120
Lawrence C., 121
William J., 307
Wray, Gertrude, 326
Harry A., 326
Robert, 326
Wright, David L., 94
Edward S., Capt., 93
George, 93
George F., 94
Sarah, 94
Yardum, Harootune B., 311
Zareh E., 311
Zabel, Albert, 335
Bertha, 335
Bruno, 335permitted he registered as a student in the office of
James H. Beal. On March 22, 1902, he was admitted
to the bar. Immediately thereafter Mr. Graham entered
upon the active duties of his profession, building up,
by dint of native ability and thorough equipment, a
successful general practice. He is attorney for the
McKeesport school district and several corporations,
having bestowed special attention upon the study of
corporation law. He is a member of the Allegheny
County Bar Association, and is known as a typical
Pittsburgh lawyer of the present day clever, clearthinking, devoted to duty, and withal a cultured man of
genial and dignified manners.
In the realm of politics Mr. Graham, in accordance
with his family tradition, adheres to the Republican
party. He affiliates with lodge, chapter and commandery in the Masonic fraternity, is a member of the
Youghiogheny Country Club, and the Union Club, and
is an elder in the United Presbyterian church.
Mr. Graham married, June 21, 1904, Mary Elizabeth
Patterson, whose ancestral record is appended to this
biography, and they have been the parents of two sons:
Robert Patterson, born March 5, 1906, died at the age
of five years; and John Kenneth, born Aug. 6, 1908.
The greater part of the year Mr. and Mrs. Graham
reside in McKeesport, but they have a summer home in
Elizabeth township.
Robert Fleming Graham, as a representative of a
family which has been active in the development of the
best interests of Pennsylvania, is worthily upholding,
as a member of the Pittsburgh bar, the hereditary traditions of able service and good citizenship.
(The Fleming Line).
The Flemings, a noble family of Scotland, assisted
greatly in placing Robert Bruce upon the throne, and
in consequence enjoyed the special favor of that monarch. A branch subsequently migrated to Ireland and
later was transplanted to the United States.
(I) Robert Fleming, grandfather of Mrs. Margaret
(Fleming) Graham, was a native of Ireland, and at some
time prior to 1820 came to the United States, settling in
East Deer township, Allegheny county, Pa. He gained
title to a farm in this neighborhood and there spent his
remaining years.
(II) Robert (2) Fleming, son of Robert (I) Fleming, was born on the home farm, and at his father's
death inherited a portion thereof, making it his lifelong
home. He and his wife were first members of the Associated Reformed church, and later of the United
Presbyterian church. Robert (2) Fleming married
Elizabeth Jack, and their children were: Sarah; Annie;
Margaret, mentioned below; Cynthia Mary; and Annetta.
(III) Margaret Fleming, daughter of Robert (2) and
Elizabeth (Jack) Fleming, was born in August, 1846,
in Allegheny county, Pa., and became the wife of John
Calhoun Graham, as stated above.
(The Patterson Line).
(I) Peter Patterson, grandfather of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Patterson) Graham, was a machine manufacturer
of Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland, and married
Isabella Burns.
(II) Peter (2) Patterson, son of Peter (I) and Isabella (Burns) Patterson, was born May 12, I842, in
Jedburgh, Scotland, and received his education in the
schools of Edinburgh and Glasgow. He became an
expert in machine construction, emigrated to the United
States, and settled in New York City shortly after the
Civil War. He later was in Boston with the people
who built the first tube mills in McKeesport, Pa., and
in 1871 associated himself with the National Tube
Company of Pittsburgh, having charge of all their
construction work. It was under his direction that
their many enormous plants were erected. Peter (2)
Patterson married Mary Rae, and their daughter, Mary
Elizabeth, is mentioned below. The death of Mr. Patterson occurred Oct. 30, 1912.
(III) Mary Elizabeth Patterson, daughter of Peter
(2) and Mary (Rae) Patterson, is now the wife of
Robert Fleming Graham, as stated above.
DE WITT CLINTON CLAPP-For nearly threequarters of a century the name of Clapp has been associated with business and industrial interests in the
city of Pittsburgh, Pa., since 1853 in the career of De
Witt Clinton Clapp, and since 1877 in the record of
his son, George Hubbard Clapp. The combined activities of father and son, in distinctly separate fields of
endeavor, form a total of usefulness and benefit to their
city, a statement amply justified by the following outline
of their lives.
De Witt Clinton Clapp, descendant of the family
founded at Dorchester, Mass., in 1630, by Roger Clapp,
who came to America from Devonshire, England, was
born in Martinsburg, Lewis county, N. Y., July 13,
1827, son of Arnold and Lovisa (Adams) Clapp. When
he was a boy of seven years the family settled on a
farm near Columbus, Ohio, and there he attended the
local schools, growing to manhood on the home farm
and bearing a full share in its cultivation. In May,
1847, he entered the business field, filling a clerical
position with the President Furnace Company, in Venango county, Pa., until 1853, when he located in Pittsburgh, his home since that date and the scene of his
industrial achievements. He became accountant and
cashier in the employ of the firm of Hampton, Wilson
 Company, wholesale dry goods merchants, with whom
he remained for six years, resigning to become managing partner and treasurer of Kennedy, Childs 
Company, operating the Penn Cotton Mill. In 1877 the
form of direction of the enterprise was changed to
corporate form, Mr. Clapp becoming secretary and
treasurer of the new organization and filling this dual
office until 1892, when the business was sold and the
machinery moved to a Southern city.
During this time Mr. Clapp had formed an association
with Park, Brother  Company, owning and controlling
the Black Diamond Steel Works, a firm that had been
identified with the steel industry for many years. From
July lo, 1873, to Feb. 25, 1884, Mr. Clapp was a partner in the firm, and when, on the latter date, a limited
partnership association, Park, Brother  Company,
Limited, was formed, Mr. Clapp was elected secretary
and treasurer. He continued the incumbent of these
offices after the incorporation of the business as the37
Park Steel Company,  March 6, I899, until the Park   and Captain Hunt conducted the laboratory as Hunt
Steel Company was sold to the Crucible Steel Com-    Clapp, and later merged with the Pittsburgh Testing
pany of America, July 16, 1900.  After the completion   Laboratory.   About  1887, Mr.  Kent  and Mr.  Zimof his work in connection with this transfer Mr. Clapp   mermann retired from the firm, and in the following
retired  from  business,  with  the  exception  of such   year the Pittsburgh Reduction Company was formed,
activity as was required in the conduct of his private   this concern subsequently developing into the Alumiinterests, which he has attended to from his office in   num Company of America, one of the largest organizathe Park building.  The years have exacted a toll of   tions of its kind in the world.   Mr.  Clapp  served
strength and vitality from Mr. Clapp, but their touch   successfully as treasurer, secretary, and vice-president
has been gentle, and at an age that is granted to few he   of the Aluminum Company of America, but for sevhas remained in close touch with affairs and has capably   eral years has  confined his activity to his work  as
directed the disposition of his extensive personal inter-   director of the main and affiliated companies.  In 1893
ests.  He has seen Pittsburgh come into her rightful   the testing laboratory was made a limited company,
position of industrial regnancy, and worked tirelessly   with Mr. Clapp as its president, and since that time
in the development of a unit in the steel industry, her   he has directed it in a career of steady prosperity.
basic claim to greatness.                                      Mr. Clapp serves his alma mater, the University of
Mr. Clapp married, Jan. 30, I856, on Staten Island,   Pittsburgh, as president of its board of trustees, and
N. Y., Delia Deming Hubbard, daughter of Dr. Eber   devotes much of his time to the financial welfare of
W.  and Honor  (Kingsbury)  Hubbard,  her father a   this highly-rated institution.  He is also a life member
practicing physician  of Staten  Island,  a descendant   of the board of trustees of Carnegie Institute of Pittsof George Hubbard, who came to Middleton, Conn.,   burgh, and chairman of the committee on the museum.
from England, about 1635.  Mr. and Mrs. Clapp were   He  has been  an  active member  of the  Engineers'
the parents of two sons: George Hubbard, a sketch   Society of Western Pennsylvania from the time of its
of whom follows; and Charles E., of New York City.   founding, thirty-eight years ago, and is also a member
Mrs. Clapp's death occurred in 1909, ending a mar-   of the American  Institute of Mining  Engineers, the
riage union of more than fifty-three years, a compan-   American  Society of Mechanical  Engineers, and  an
ionship of great beauty and enduring happiness,              associate member  of the American  Society of Civil
Business has claimed Mr. Clapp with a firm grasp,   Engineers.   Among  the other scientific bodies  with
and he has taken time for few interests outside his   which he is affiliated are the National Geographical
office and his home.  He is a member of Calvary Prot-   Society, the British Iron and Steel Institute, the Malestant Episcopal Church, and has membership in but   acological  Society  of  London,  the  Conchological
one club, the Duquesne.                                      Society of Great Britain and Ireland, the Academy of
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and the Botanical
GEORGE  HUBBARD  CLAPP-Scientific and in-   Society of Western  Pennsylvania, and he was made
dustrial circles in Pittsburgh, Pa., his birthplace, have   a fellow of the American Geographical Society.  He
offered Mr. Clapp his field of effort, and his present   is an attendant of the Shields Presbyterian  Church;
standing testifies to what good effort he has labored,   his clubs are the Duquesne, Allegheny County, EdgeAs president of the Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory, and   worth, University, also the Engineers' Club of New
an official of other important Pittsburgh institutions,   York  City.  He  is also a member of the Pittsburgh
he is widely known throughout the district where most   Athletic Association.
of his interests are centered.                                 Mr.  Clapp married, Oct. 25, I88I, at Edgeworth,
Son of De Witt Clinton and Delia Deming  (Hub-   Anne Wardrop  Love, daughter of Francis M. Love,
bard) Clapp, (q. v.), he was born in Allegheny City   a well known capitalist of the region, and they are the
(North  Side, Pittsburgh),  Dec.  I4, 1858.  After at-   parents of two daughters: Marion Elizabeth, wife of
tending the Fourth  Ward  School  in Allegheny he   William W. Collin, Jr., and Katherine Deming.
completed his preparation for college in the Ayres Latin       With the passing years Mr. Clapp's opportunities for
School of Pittsburgh, then entered the Western Uni-   service to his city in many relations, civic, social and
versity of Pennsylvania, now the University of Pitts-   patriotic, as well as in the strengthening of her indusburgh.  He was graduated in the class of 1877, with   trial and commercial prestige, have been many, and the
the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, and in September   responsibilities discharged by him have been to her
of the same year formed his first business connection,   honor and advancement.
being employed in the machine shop of the Penn Cotton Mill, of Allegheny, where he remained until April,         JAMES  WILLIS  DALZELL-The  Pittsburgh of
1879.  Entering at this time the production department   today willingly and gladly turns back the better part of
of the Black Diamond Steel Works, he was first em-   a quarter of a century to do honor to such a citizen
ployed as a chemist, later being placed in charge of   as James  Willis Dalzell, whose  life and  effort are
the open hearths.  His work in these capacities served   interwoven with the events and progress of her history.
him only as valuable general experience, for in 1883   As manufacturer and financier, notably in connection
he was able to inaugurate a project he had been for   with public utilities, Mr. Dalzell accomplished results
some time ambitious to start, and forming a partner-   of far-flung importance, and rendered a service to his
ship with the late Capt. Alfred E. Hunt, entered the   time that has been acknowledged by his contemporaries
Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory, then owned by Wil-   and successors.
liam Kent and William F. Zimmermann.   Mr. Clapp               Mr. Dalzell, second son of James and Martha (Duff)Dalzell, was born in Pittsburgh, in April, 1837. After
attending private schools and the Western University
of Pennsylvania, he completed his scholastic training at
Professor Bolmar's Academy, West Chester, Pa. His
business life began in the wholesale grocery house of
his father, and in the early sixties he went to Titusville
Pa., where he filled a pioneer's role in the production of
crude oil. Until 1865 he was in the oil fields, meeting
with a generous measure of success, and then he returned
to Pittsburgh, being associated with a number of enterprises before entering the firm of McCullough, Dalzell
 Company, crucible manufacturers. To the upbuilding
of the business of this firm he applied himself with an
untiring industry and intelligent method that brought
rapid result, and the company rose to prominent place
in its field. Mr. Dalzell was a born executive with the
qualities of the ideal leader, sparing himself not at all
and inspiring faithful cooperation in subordinates as
in equals. Men trusted his sense of justice and his
word was accepted in the factory as willingly as in the
directors' room. Mr. Dalzell also conducted operations
in the commission iron field. Public utilities, as well as
manufacturing, claimed his attention, and he was one
of the founders of the Standard Underground Cable
Company, as well as president of the Union Traction
Company after its consolidation with the Pittsburgh,
Allegheny  Manchester Traction Company. He was
vice-president of the Exchange National Bank, and a
director of the Monongahela Insurance Company. To
each position that he occupied Mr. Dalzell gave a share
of his time. He accomplished a remarkable amount
of work daily, due to facility in mastering new propositions and to unvarying method in all business affairs.
He bore to the day of his death an honored reputation,
born of the confidence and esteem of his fellows, who
relied upon him for a strong, purposeful leadership that
never failed.
Mr. Dalzell was a Republican in politics. The affairs
of party or the holding of office never concerned him,
but in constructive public spirit and forward looking
citizenship he was unsurpassed. Charitable work knew
his generosity, although few knew the extent of his
benefactions but the many who profited by them.
Mr. Dalzell married Mary T. Beer, daughter of
Henry and Cornelia S. (Maynard) Beer, who survives
him. He died Feb. 23, 1898. One of his biographers
has written of him thus: "He was deeply and sincerely
mourned by all classes of the community. As a business man he might truly be called a model and in all
the relations of life he was thoroughly admirable. His
record, both as a manufacturer and citizen, is without
a blemish."
JAMES JOHNSTON MUNN-A career of sixtyfive years in useful and constructive activities-this
is the record of James Johnston Munn, proprietor of
the Munn Lumber Company, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. Munn was born in Mount Washington, now a
part of Pittsburgh, Pa., March 9, I855  and is a son of
Dougald and Isabella (McCall) Munn. His father came
to this country from Scotland in the year 1841; he was
the son of Alexander and Elizabeth Munn. His mother,
born in Scotland Feb. 27, 1821, was brought to America by her parents when she was an infant, arriving in
Pittsburgh July 24, 1821, coming over the mountains
in a Conestoga wagon; she was a daughter of Joseph
and Elizabeth (Johnston) McCall.
Mr. Munn, as a boy, gained a practical education in
the public schools of Mount Washington, continuing his
attendance more or less regularly until he was sixteen
years of age. During this time he helped his father
as he had opportunity. The elder Mr. Munn had established the first newspaper route in the city, and as
the boy was able to help him, they built up a number
of routes, and branched out in different directions about
the city, keeping both busy. The boy began carrying
papers when he was nine years old, and takes pride in
the fact that from that time on he has always earned
his own living, being dependent upon nobody. Mr.
Munn had the distinction of carrying the first papers
announcing the assassination of President Lincoln.
At the end of his school course Mr. Munn entered
a broader field of labor. He was for some years employed by the South Pittsburgh Planing Mill Company,
this connection, his first experience in the lumber business,'beginning in 1871. He found the work congenial,
and as the rapid growth of the city was ample guarantee of the future in this line, the young man bent
every effort toward gaining a foothold in the lumber
business for himself. His present success is proof of
what his determination accomplished.
The present business was established by D. R. Speer
 Company, in 1875. In I893 Mr. Munn and W. L.
Coyle left the Speer Company and began in business
under the firm name of Coyle  Munn. Then, in I9o3
Mr. Munn absorbed the entire interests of the business,
and has since been assisted by his eldest son. Mr. Munn
has developed a very large and important business, and
handles immense quantities of lumber, and everything
in the lumber line, including delivery equipment, planing mills, etc. He is a leader in his line, and one of the
determinative factors in the world of construction in this
section.
In the lumber world Mr. Munn is very prominent.
He is a member of the Lumbermen's Club; National
Retail Lumber Dealers' Association; and the Retail
Lumber Dealers' Association of Pennsylvania. He is
a member of the Builders' Exchange, of Pittsburgh, and
was presiding officer of the old Builders' Exchange at
the time when it was taken over by the present organization.
In fraternal circles Mr. Munn is equally well known.
He holds the thirty-second degree in the Masonic order,
and is a member of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine. He belongs to the Ancient Order
of United Workmen, in which order he is Past Grand
Master of the State of Pennsylvania; is now a supreme
officer of the Loyal Association.
Politically, Mr. Munn reserves his right to individual
decision, and gives unqualified support to no party.
He is always actively interested in political affairs, but
has consistently declined public office, which should be
a matter of regret to the people of Pittsburgh, as his
practical experience and judgment are such as would
benefit any city. He is one of the managing directorsmanager. When the Hartford City Glass Company
passed into the hands of the American Window Glass
Company, Mr. Johnston was retained as manager, and
remained in that position until his resignation in April,
1900.
The organization of the Johnston Glass Company, of
which he was president, marked the beginning of his
operations as an independent manufacturer, and the
glass manufacturing, plant of the company at Hartford
City, where window and ornamental bending glass were
made, was one of the most completely equipped, modern
plants in the industry. Three hundred men were here
employed, and a product was manufactured that represented the highest perfection of the glass making art
in the United States. Mr. Johnston had a wide acquaintance throughout the glass manufacturing industry,
was secretary and treasurer of the National Association
of Window Glass Manufacturers, of which he was one
of the organizers, and did much to promote cooperation
and good will throughout all branches of the business.
He was also secretary and treasurer of the Plate Glass
Manufacturers of America. In 1912 he organized the
Johnston Brokerage Company, with headquarters in
Pittsburgh, and this concern became distributing agent
for the hand manufacturing plants of the glass industry. Mr. Johnston was president of this company, and
his extensive interests included the presidency of the
Newsome Feed and Grain Company, the Washington
Orchard Company, the Johnston-Hayden Land Company, of Nebraska; the vice-presidency of the Citizen's
State Bank, of Hartford City, Ind., the Potomac Valley
Orchard Company, of Maryland; and the directorship
of the Berghoff Brewing Company, of Fort Wayne,
Ind., the Nelson Loan Company, of Kansas City, and
the Palmer Forced Draft Burner Company, of Ridgway,
Pa. During the World War, Mr. Johnston was called
to Washington frequently to confer with government
boards and officials in regard to power distribution,
and it was largely upon his advice that the glass industry curtailed its output fifty per cent, while the war
was in progress.
As a business man, Mr. Johnston was conspicuous
for the method, exactitude and promptness of all his
transactions. He made it an almost invariable rule
of his life to spend ten hours of each day in his office,
and he rarely deviated from the regulations governing
his business conduct. Due to these characteristics he
was able to accomplish an almost unbelievable amount
of work, and this despite the fact that good health was
seldom his lot.
Although Mr. Johnston was a native of neither Indiana nor Pennsylvania, he was claimed by his associates
in both states as belonging to them. Many years before
his death he was made a member of the Indiana Society,
and no native Hoosier had more or closer friends among
the distinguished sons of the State who had made their
mark in literature and public life than had he. Mr.
Johnston's clubs were the Union and Pittsburgh Press,
of Pittsburgh, the Columbia, of Indianapolis, and the
Old Scouts Hunting and Fishing Club, of which last
named he was an organizer. This club grew out of
annual gatherings of Mr. Johnston and his friends at
Wallace, Neb., where he spent his vacations, and the
of the Manchester community branch of the Young
Men's Christian Association.
Mr. Munn married, on June 13, 1878, Kate L. Haslett, daughter of John and Nancy (Black) Haslett, of
Pittsburgh, and they have six children: I. William
Stewart, who was educated in the public and high
schools of Pittsburgh, and is now associated with his
father in business. 2. John Alford, died at eleven years
of age. 3. Robert Haslett, also educated in the Pittsburgh schools; married Neta Hunter, and has four
children: James F., Robert H., Jr., John H., and
Mary Katherine. 4. Nancy Isabella. 5. Alexander
James, who married Clara Hahn, and has two children:
Alexander J., Jr., and Katherine Emma. 6. Edward
Dougald, who has completed his first year in Normal
school; all graduates of the Pittsburgh high schools.
The family are members of the Presbyterian church,
and are prominent in the social activities of the North
Side. The family home is No. 1215 Termon avenue.
JOHN RODGERS JOHNSTON-To write of John
R. Johnston simply as the forceful, successful business
man that he was, without carrying into the narrative
the human element that pervaded his practical affairs
as it did his personal relations, would be to pen an
unfaithful record. An expert in glass manufacture, he
had in his business associates his firmest friends; as an
executive in important interests, his colleagues were
his most loyal admirers; and in the field of every day
affairs, now common-place, now absorbingly interesting,
he gave expression to a sincerity of friendship toward
his fellows, a real concern for their best good, and an
unchanging dependability in every relation of life. This
was John R. Johnston, a lifelong friend of man.
Mr. Johnston was a descendant of Irish ancestry,
son of Francis E. and Emily Jane (Wiggs) Johnston,
grandson of John and Sarah Ann (Mauzy) Johnston,
and great-grandson of William and Elizabeth (McIlheny) Johnston. Members of the Johnston family in
their native land were actively engaged in flax culture,
and the line was founded in the United States by John
Johnston, who for half a century was a merchant of
New Paris, Ohio. His wife, Sarah Ann (Mauzy)
Johnston, was a daughter of William Mauzy, a private
in Colonel James Gerrard's regiment of Virginia Regulars in the American Revolutionary army. Francis E.
Johnston, father of John R. Johnston, was a veteran
of the Civil War, and was for a time a merchant of
Arcanum, Ohio, later associated with a jewelry firm.
John Rodgers Johnston, only son of Francis E. and
Emily Jane (Wiggs) Johnston, was born in Arcanum,
Darke county, Ohio, April 8, 1867. He was educated
in the schools of his birthplace, of Kokomo, Ind., and
of Topeka, Kan., and in 1889 left school to accept a
position in a private bank in Topeka. After serving
in this capacity for a short time, he accompanied a
colonization expedition to Mexico. Returning North
in 1890, he located in Hartford City, Ind., as bookkeeper for the Hartford City Glass Company, his first
connection with the industry in which he realized his
greatest success. Four years afterward he was elected
secretary of the company, and his able services were
later recognized in his appointment as its generalmembership was really composed of the guests that he
entertained at his Nebraska home. He was also a member of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, the Athletic Associations of Chicago and Pittsburgh, and the
Indianapolis Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was a Republican in politics, and lent the
weight of his influence in support of many issues, local
and national, although often they had no attraction for
him. For about twelve years he was a member of the
School Board of Hartford City, Ind., serving as treasurer of the board, and his intelligently applied interest
resulted in a school system for the city envied throughout the State. He held the thirty-second degree in the
Masonic order, and also affiliated with the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, and the Knights of
Pythias. He was a member of the Presbyterian church.
Mr. Johnston married, Nov. 3, 1891, in Duluth, Minn.,
Nellie Marie Thompson, daughter of William A.
Thompson, Sr., and Caroline Thompson, of Minnesota,
natives of Norway. Mr. Thompson was a ship owner
and a man of consequence in his line. Mrs. Johnston
is a member of the New Era and other clubs, and has
been one of the governors of the Made-in-America movement. She was the companion of her husband in many
of his interests, and has an acquaintance almost as wide
as was his in the glass trade. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston
were the parents of one son, John Rodgers, Jr., who
was born in Hartford City, Ind., Feb. 4, 1895, and obtained his early education in the public schools of Hartford City and Indianapolis. After preparation in Shady
Side Academy, Pittsburgh, he entered Princeton University, and was there a student until 1916. In this
year he became associated with the Johnston Brokerage
Company, of Pittsburgh, and upon his father's death he
became vice-president of the company, also succeeding
the elder Johnston as secretary and treasurer of the
National Association of Window Glass Manufacturers.
Mr. Johnston is a member of the Union, Americus,
Press, and Youghiogheny Country clubs, of Pittsburgh,
and of the Columbia Club, of Indianapolis. He is a
communicant of the First Presbyterian Church, of
Pittsburgh, and fraternizes with the Masonic order and
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Mr.
Johnston married, May 5, 1917, Mercedes M. Spence,
daughter of William D. Spence, of Pittsburgh. They
have one daughter, Marjorie Elizabeth.
John Rodgers Johnston died Oct. 8, 1920. Everywhere his influence had extended, and this record shows
him as a man of diverse interests, his death brought a
keen sense of loss. These following paragraphs are
quoted from an editorial entitled "A Departed Friend,"
by Louis L. Drake, editor of the "Paint and Varnish
Record:"
It is with unutterable sorrow that we endeavor to
pay a fitting tribute to our departed friend, J. R.
Johnston. To write "The King is Dead, Long Live the
King," would scarcely measure up to the size of the
man who was more than a king to his fellowmen.
If ever a man of earthly birth was more noble in mind
and action, more patient, more long suffering, more
gentle, or more kind and generous, we have yet to hear
of him. Our friend, the friend of literally thousands.
was just that man. Here was a man whose like we
shall-never look upon again; a consummate business
man of achievement, a devoted husband, fond father,
kind friend, and sympathetic employer; he lived for
them and to do all he could to make them happy.
Perhaps now and here are the time and place to
make public a few of his virtues. John R. Johnston
early became engaged in the glass manufacturing business. Finding conditions of a discouraging character,
labor underpaid and unsettled, some manufacturers
losing money and others going out of business, he
devoted his best years to reconstruction of the affairs
in this industry. He stabilized wages, satisfied labor,
and turned the manufacturing line into one of profit.
Such a herculean effort was almost unsurmountable,
yet he was also faced with unfavorable governmental
action, law suits, and government tax officers actually
camping in his offices seeking to find him in restraint
of trade. These men personally knew what politicians
higher in office closed their eyes to, that he was an
honest man patiently trying to be a good citizen, a
patriotic one if you please, a constructive man, and
one only engaged in doing good to his fellowmen. To
just what extent the actions of such ill advised officials contributed to his early taking away is not hard
to surmise.
During a short and very busy life, in later years full
of physical torture, he lengthened his days among
his friends by his kindly ways. Let us specify: he had
on his personal list the names of hundreds of friends;
to these every now and then some little reminder was
sent, sometimes an article of value, one for the office
or personal use; at another time some printed matter
or some trifle to cause amusement. He was a collector
of good reading matter, which he sent his friends, and
once a year a special issue of some book tending to
make the receiver brighter and happier. Each friend
on his list had a distinctive number; books showed
these numbers on their frontispiece, and special dedications and, as busy as he was and suffering as he did,
these were always addressed in his own hand. Sometimes we have felt this laborious work of addressing
was done to overcome his suffering through the heartfelt pleasure he had in doing good to others.
May we be pardoned if we mention a particular instance of his kindliness. Once a year it was his custom to go hunting in a western State with his boy and
a number of friends. The town, if such it may be
called, where they alighted from the train boasted, as
do all such towns, of an impecunious weekly paper.
Once a year our friend became the editor of a special
issue. He took over the plant and edited the publication with contributions gladly furnished by such
friends as George Ade, Abe Martin, Senator Capper,
and cartoons by such men as McCutcheon. These
copies were sent his friends and on turning back the
plant to the local publisher it was always with a
liberal check, perhaps equal or at least approaching a
whole year income from his regular business.
We could go on for hours writing of his benefactions and goodness of heart, but it will not bring
back our friend. We refrain from mentioning his
many kindnesses to us personally, but it is our pride
and consolation that he was a friend and that we
could always go to him for sympathy and advice and
never return empty handed. What more need be said?
It is our hope that his life may be an inspiration to
those who knew him, and that others in this mundane
life may try to emulate him. If this could be done this
world would be a better place in which to live, and
there would be many better people. Let us all try.
There will soon rise in Wallace, Neb., where Mr.
Johnston was known and popular through his annual
visits, a memorial to him in the form of a social community center, erected by his former associates in the
glass industry. The committee in charge of the memorial is headed by Capt. Charles W. Brown, president
of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, and many
circles, in the glass manufacturing world are represented
by subscriptions-from executives of the leading companies to organizations of factory operatives, all of
whom find common ground in their admiration and love
for a man of noble influence.
JOHN BERNARD LARKIN- It is said of John
Bernard Larkin that "no man ever served the people
with greater fidelity than he, and that in office or out, he
was always an advocate of righteousness in politics,
40and he made party loyalty square with loyalty to the
whole people and his own conscience." He filled two
very important offices in Pittsburgh, postmaster and city
controller, and made his name a synonym for honesty
and incorruptibility. He became postmaster at a time
when "to the victor belongs the spoils" was still strong,
but he was not ruled by it, the good of the service
meaning more to him than anything else.
As controller he was a veritable "watchdog of the
treasury," as careful of the public funds as of his own,
and knowing no distinction between his public and his
private honor, one being held as sacred as the other.
He guarded the trust funds of Pittsburgh with jealous
eye, and was an incorruptible sentinel over all expenditures for public purposes. He was always ready to
combat, in court or out, with figures or facts, any
measure of extravagance or proposal tainted with suspicious features. Thus he became known as "Honest
John Larkin," a popular title that was sincere and well
deserved, for he was a strong and rugged character.
In his personal relations with citizens he was always
affable, accommodating and fraternal. Few had a
larger range of acquaintances and more affectionate
friends. He nobly met every obligation of life, and left
behind him a memory of true citizenship, official probity, and neighborly kindness.
John Bernard Larkin, son of Michael and Margaret
(Toomb) Larkin, was born in a house located at the
corner of Fifth and High streets, Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov.
25, 1838. His parents came from County Derry, Ireland, in 1835, locating in Pittsburgh, where Michael
Larkin was engaged as carpenter and builder. In his
youth Mr. Larkin entered the employ of Kean 
Miller, sheet iron manufacturers, beginning as an
errand boy and becoming their chief accountant. For
eleven years he was with Kean  Miller, then in 1862
went to Ironton, Ohio, and was employed as an accountant in that city until I867, when he was elected
city clerk, succeeding C. B. Edgerton, judge of the
Probate Court. When Mr. Larkin made his first
report of the financial conditions of the city, the people
of the city were informed in that document of the true
conditions of the city finances, and general public
interest was awakened.
Soon afterward the Oliver Furnace Company secured
his services in their accounting department, and while
connected with that large iron manufacturing company
he received the unsolicited nomination of the Democratic
party for the office of county auditor. He at once resigned his position, made a strong campaign, and was
defeated by three hundred votes. He then returned to
Pittsburgh and started a business of his own, but owing
to a difficulty about a lease for his place of business
he gave it up and entered the employ of Fleming, Agnew
 Company. Later he became junior member of McCandless  Company, and became traveling salesman
for his firm, and for Graff, Hugus  Company, a firm
having a common interest with McCandless  Company. In 1873 Mr. Larkin became superintendent of
the furnace and range department of the Weldon 
Kelly Company, a position he held for ten years, becoming an expert in the construction of hot air furnaces.
On April 2, 1885. he was appointed by President Cleveland postmaster of Pittsburgh, and served until I889.
As postmaster of Pittsburgh he raised the office to a
new level of efficiency. He gave his entire time to the
duties of his office during his term, was continually
making improvements which facilitated the prompt
delivery of the mails, but no changes were made until
after careful study and consideration had shown their
need. At the expiration of his term, which marked an
epoch in Pittsburgh postal history, Mr. Larkin engaged
in the real estate business and prospered abundantly.
One of the noted transactions in realty was the sale
of the old cathedral to H. C. Frick. He continued in
the real estate business until 1902, when he was elected
controller of the city of Pittsburgh. In 1905 he was
reelected by an even larger majority than the first time,
having giver evidence of his devotion to the interests
of the people, and that made his election almost certain.
From youth Mr. Larkin had taken a deep interest in
politics, and was one of the leaders of the Democracy
in Western Pennsylvania. Following his retirement
from the postmaster's office, he performed important
public service, although as a private citizen. The organization in control of the Republican party and of city
affairs gave frequent chances for the inspection of their
work in the courts, and in these controversies Mr.
Larkin had an important though quiet part. He delved
deep in the reports issued from the controller's office,
and with G. W. Guthrie and D. D. Bruce was instrumental in halting several plans for a lavish expenditure
of the people's money. During the memorable campaign of I893, he took an important part in the movement to elect Ex-Mayor Henry Gourley, who was
running on the Democratic ticket, although a Republican, with Bernard McKenna, Democratic candidate
for mayor. Mr. McKenna and Mr. Gourley were
elected, but the reform movement would not again
support Mr. Gourley for controller, and, led by D. D.
Bruce, made John B. Larkin the Democratic candidate,
Mr. Gourley running for reelection on the Republican
ticket. Mr. Gourley won by a narrow margin, although
fraud was claimed which it took two years to decide.
In 1902 Mr. Larkin was again a candidate for controller, and the fight which followed his election was
one which is historical, Mr. Larkin being a conspicuous
and picturesque figure, "the first man to break the
ring." As controller he was distinguished for his
success in accomplishing substantial economies. His
record was a title to reelection and it was accorded
him in 1905. He insisted upon department heads holding
down estimates to actual needs, and was never weary of
curbing lavish expenditure. It was a signal honor for
a Democrat to be elected to such responsible office
in Republican Pittsburgh, but Controller Larkin had
that honor twice conferred upon him, and there is no
doubt that had he lived he would have had a third
term. Besides his defeat for controller in 1896, he
had been defeated for the Legislature in 1878 by William Flinn, but by a narrow margin. He was in office
at the time of his death, his term having not expired.
Controller Larkin was a member and benefactor of
St. Paul's Cathedral, Roman Catholic Church, but
belonged to no clubs, nor did he indulge in any periods
of recreation. He was deeply interested in his work,42                          ~~~~HISTORY OF PITTSBURGH
and no matter what it was, gave his entire time to it. of the city or the State. This was performed as a
He was ably posted on the world's work, and gave a member of the editorial staff and advertising manager
great deal of time to working out problems that were,   of the."National Stockman and Farmer," the leading
vexing other men. To hear that something was wrong   journal of its class in the country. Mr. Orr, who had
was an incentive to attempt a remedy, and he often   elected educational lines as the field of his life work,
said he dearly love to shut himself up in his study was brought into touch with the paper to which he
alone and amuse his brain with the solving of all sorts  afterward rendered such signal service by experimental
of problems. Mr. Larkin was a man with a remarkable  efforts in poultry raising and- egg production, and, conversatility of talent and his accomplishments in widely   vinced of the value of its work from an economic standseparated fields were exceptionally brilliant. His me-   point, cast his lot with the journal. Mr. Orr was promchanical gifts made him the inventor and patentee of   inent in Masonic  circles in Pittsburgh, devoted  in
many useful device. A tireless student and an omnivo-   church and Sunday school work, and during his Pittsrous reader, he educated himself along lines that made   burgh residence assumed and faithfully discharged the
for culture and mental efficiency, and his frequent con-   responsibilities of good citizenship.'      
tributions to  newspapers were marked by a high type          Thomas Edwin Orr was born'in Hollidays Cove,
of scholarship.-, Justtwo'days  before his passing, a   W.  Va., Sept.;23, 1853.  After public school study
United States patent was granted him for a new bottle   he entered the National Normal University, at Lebanon,
cap or closure wich he had invented to remedy some   Ohio; and was graduated with the degree of Bachelor
defects in existing closures,                              of Science.  He at once entered educational work, and
In deference to the family wishes, extreme simplicity   his ability as a teacher and enthusiastic  interest in his
marked the funeral services, although sable cloth hid  profession won him appointment as superintendent of
the front of the City Hall, flags were hanging at half   schools of Lemars, Iowa, and subsequently charge of
mast, and public business suspended.  The services at   the schools of Bridgeport, Ohio.: 
St. Paul's Cathedral were very impressive, and part       While directing educational affairs in Bridgeport, Mr.
of the great audience was seventy-five orphans from St.   Orr began, in a vacant lot of the city, his first experiPaul's  Orphan Asylum, on whose board  Controller    ments in poultry raising, which he had studied for some
Larkin had served since its inception,.  With the simple   time previously.   He  held pronounced views on the
services of the Catholic church, which were read at  value of poultry in contributing to the food supply of
at the grave' at Calvary Heights Cemetery by Rt. Rev, the nation and of the vast possibilities opened by sciJ. F. Regis Canevin, a brother-in-law of the dead con-   entific methods and practices.  He was remarkably suctroller, he was fair rest.                     cessful in breeding and  i n egg production,  and  he
Pittsburgh Councila in joint session paid tribute to    contributed valuable and instructive articles to journals
the memoy of John B. Larkiin by resolution and who made such matters their sphere. These attracted
eulogy, declaring Pittsburgh has lost a loyal, capable   the attention of the "National Stockman and Farmer,"
and trustworthy officer, and many assembled here have  the most widely read paper circulating in agricultural
lost a true and faithful friend." The board of directors   districts, and Mr. Orr was offered the post of poultry
of the Washington National Bank, and of the Wash-   editor, which he accepted after consideration of the
ington Tust Company paid fitting respect, stating by   comparative opportunities for accomplishment of perresolution that "This board feels most keenly his loss,   manent and widespread good.  Later, there were added
not simply as a co-worker,  but also as a personal   to his duties as head of the poultry department those
friend.  His 1ife was a concrete example of civic and   of advertising manager, and he subsequently devoted
commercial virtue.  During the years in which he was   himself entirely to the advertising pages of the journal.
associated with us, he inspired us with his many manly   He  was  identified with the "National: Stockman and
qualities and his influence will be continuously  felt   Farmer" until I901, a period of fifteen years, and durin these institutions and in the city of Pittsburgh for   ing this time was an important factor in its success,
untold years to come."                                   his capable administration of the advertising department
Mr. Larkin was a member of the board of trustees   contributing extensively to the prosperity that attended
for Mercy ospital, "always  helpful and efficient in   the paper during his regime.
the performance of his duties, a man of unflinching and        Not long after withdrawing from this journal, which
uncompromising honest in act and purpose." Expres-   he did on account of failing health, Mr. Orr devoted
sions of regret were general from the entire press of   himself solely to poultry raising at Beaver, Pa., and
the city and State, and from city and* State officials, was secretary, treasurer, and lecturer of the American
and it is no exaggeration to say that a city mourned.      Poultry Association until his death, lecturing on agriMr. Larkin married Rose Canevin, who died' in 1899,   cultural subjects all over America.  He was a recogsister of Rt. Rev. J. F.4 Regis Canevin, bishop of the nized authority in his line, did much to popularize the
Catholic diocese of Pittsburgh, and daughter of Thomas raising of good breeds in the United States and to secure
and Rosanna Canevin, pioneer residents of Westmore-   the general use of scientific'and correct methods of
land county, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Larkin were the par- poultry culture. The term fancier did not apply to
ents of four children: John C., now in the drug business; Mr. Orr in any way, for while he delighted in the deAlice G.; Naomi, of Pittsburgh; and Regina, deceased. velopment of pure strains or the blending of well bred
stock to produce a desired result in size or productivTHOMAS EDWIN ORR-From Pittsburgh as a ity, his clearest vision was of usefulness from an ecocenter, Thomas Edwin Orr conducted for fifteen years nomic standpoint and to this vision he held constantly
a work whose influence extended far beyond the limits true.Mr. Orr was, in addition to his official connection   nation's life, and, in short, bore well a full share of
with the American Poultry Association, a member of   responsibility as it came to them wherever they were
the Agriculturists' Press Club and the Farmers' Con-   found.  Pennsylvania and Ohio have long been the
gress.  He  filled the office of superintendent of the   family home, and Alexander Simeral settled in Chester
poultry department at the St. Louis Exposition.  He   county, Pa., probably about 1730-36.   Descent from
held the thirty-second degree in the Masonic order,   him and his wife, Jean (Lindsey) Simeral, to John A.
affiliating with Commandery No. I, Knights Templar,   Simeral, is through his son, Alexander' (2) Simeral, an
of Pittsburgh.  For many years Mr. Orr was an elder  officer in the Revolution, and Martha (McGrew)  Siof the Park Avenue Presbyterian Church, and he was   meral; Archibald and Mary (Ferguson) Simeral; and
also superintendent of its Sunday school, furthering its  William Ferguson and Nancy (Davis) Simeral, parents
work at every turn.                                       of John A. Simeral.''         - 
Thomas Edwin Orr married, at East Cleveland, Ohio,         John  Archibald  Simeral  was born in Bloomfield,
Dec. 23, 1878, Mary Beers, born in East Cleveland,   Jefferson county, Ohio, April 13, 1851, and was named
Feb.  Io,  1856,  daughter  of  Lemuel  Fordham  and   for his grandfathers, John Davis and Archibald Simeral.
Margaret (Marshall) Beers, her father a contractor of   Steubenville, Ohio, became the family home when he
East Cleveland, a legatee of Shaw Academy, treasurer   was eight years of age, and there he attended public
of the school board, and auditor of the election board,   school.  He completed his education in Scott's Academy
a citizen of prominence in his community.  Children of   and Iron City College, Pittsburgh, Pa., and then became
Mr. and Mrs. Orr:  I. Fordham Newell, born Oct. 24,  assistant to his father, who was auditor of Jefferson
1879; he was educated in the Pittsburgh High School   county.  He came to Pittsburgh, May I, 1877, and beand Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind., with the   came employed in the auditing department of the Pittsdegree of Bachelor of Science, now an expert electrical   burgh  St. Louis Railroad Company.  In April, I88I,
engineer and draftsman.  2. Helen Lou Essie, deceased,   Mr. Simeral severed his connection with this road and
born March 4, I885.  3. Martha Upson, born May 6,  became associated with Allen Kirkpatrick  Company,
1890; she was educated in the Beaver High School and   dealers in wholesale groceries.  In this connection he
Wells College, class of 1912, and is a teacher of modern   gained familiarity with wholesale and retail food marlanguages  and  dramatic  instructor  in  Butler  High   kets, and with conditions and requirements that stood
School, Butler, Pa.                                       him in good stead in future years. The experience and
Mr. Orr died at Beaver, Pa., March 23, 1907.  In its  knowledge gained in this time bore fruits in the organfollowing issue the "National Stockman and Farmer"   ization of the Thomas R. Mackey Baking Company, of
made the following editorial comment upon his per-   which he was a founder and the first secretary.  The
sonality:                                                 organization of this company was completed Feb. I,
It is hard to speak too highly of the character of 1906, continuing for four years under Mr. Mackey's
Thomas E. Orr. He was diligent and upright in busi- management. On April 25, 1911, the charter of the
fighter when convinced of the righteousness of his  Thomas R. Mackey Baking Company was transferred
cause. His burdens he bore with fortitude and to the Famous Biscuit Company, of which Mr. Simeral
ish zest. His great body contained a big heart, full of is pesident and manager. The Famous Biscuit Comkindness and courage. In religion he professed and pany is capitalized at $5oo,o0o, and manufactures all
practiced Christianity, his affiliation with the Presby-   kinds of crackers, cakes, biscuits, and sugar wafers.
tinuing until his death..-                         Among its well known brands are the "Dlekta," "Ori-''                          enta," and "Bon Ton," and the slogan used by the
JOHN  ARCHIBALD  SIMERAL began business   company  in its widespread advertising campaigns  is
life in railroad employ; changed his activity to whole-   "One  Hundred and Fifty' Good  Things  to  Eat."
sale grocery lines, and while engaged in this business   Branches of the main office are located at Altoona,
saw and appreciated the opportunity that led him into;  Johnstown, and New Brighton, Pa.; Youngstown and
foodstuff manufacturing and finally into the organiza-   Akron,  Ohio; Wheeling,  Huntington, and Fairmont,
tion of the Famous Biscuit Company.   Since 1911 he   W.  Va., and  Cumberland,  Md., and  through  these
has been president and general manager of this com-   agencies the Famous  Biscuit Company's products are
pany, manufacturing an extensive line of nationally  distributed over a wide territory.  The  Pittsburgh
known crackers, cakes and biscuits, and his energy,   factory, located at Twenty-second and Wharton streets,
initiative, and strong executive powers have made his   South Side, is a new structure, specially designed for
organization a leading concern in its field.  In Pitts-  the company's occupancy, equipped with the most modburgh, and in Bellevue, his home, Mr. Simeral is re-  ern baking machinery, where the products of the comgarded as a progressive man of affairs, whose public   pany are safeguarded by every known sanitary device
spirit is a dependable factor in support of any move-   and precaution.   Goods of high quality and skillful
ment of municipal improvement or advance.'      management in manufacturing and marketing are the
The family of which John A. Simeral is a member, is  open secrets of the success of Mr. Simeral's company.
Of ancient Norman origin, tracing to Sir Gualter de   His business record is such that at its inception he
Somerville, who accompanied William the Conqueror   was easily able to secure the financial interest and supinto England in 1066.  An honorable English line is  port of some of Pittsburgh's leading financiers, and the
followed by the record of American descendants who   record of the company has more than justified the conmet every challenge of a new and changing condition   fidence then displayed in his ability and integrity.
and country, gave men for service in all crises of the       Mr. Simeral's home is in Bellevue, and there he hasserved his community as opportunity and the pressing
requirements of his business have enabled him. From
1882 to 1888 he was a school director of Bellevue, from
1902 to I908 was a member of the Borough Council,
and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He is
a Republican in political faith, confining his political
activity chiefly to his vote. His clubs are the Bellevue
Country, Americus, and the Pittsburgh Athletic Association. He is a member of the Sons of the Revolution,
and his Masonic affiliations are with Steubenville (Ohio)
Lodge, No. 45, Free and Accepted Masons. He is a
member of the Bellevue Presbyterian Church, a supporter of all of its works, and a liberal friend of charitable and philanthropic institutions.
Mr. Simeral married (first), Nov. II, 1873, Annie
Hull Shouse, daughter of Capt. John and Rebecca
(Edie-Girard) Shouse. She died March 15, 1895. Mr.
Simeral married (second), Sept. 2, 1915, Sallie Belle
Tolby, daughter of James B. and Mary Jane (Craig)
Tolby, of Richmond, Va. There were the following
children of Mr. Simeral's first marriage: I. Cora
Everett, born Jan. I5, 1875; attended the Allegheny
Fifth Ward School and graduated from the Bishop
Bowman Institute; married Charles Lewis Cordes,
traffic manager of the American Steel and Wire Company of Pittsburgh; they are the parents of two daughters: Eleanor Shouse, born Oct. 13, 1903, and Martha
Anne, born Dec. 29, 1906. 2. Richard Floyd, born May
7, 1879; attended the Allegheny Fifth Ward and High
schools, graduated from the Western University of
Pennsylvania (University of Pittsburgh), and then took
a dental course at that institution, taking the degree of
D. D. S.; he practiced for ten years in Bellevue, and is
now associated with his father in business. 3. Mary
Ferguson, born Sept. 9, 1886; educated at Allegheny and
Bellevue schools and Wilson College, Chambersburg,
Pa. 4. Alexander Edie, born April 8, 1889; attended
Bellevue, Pa., schools, and Allegheny High School; was
engaged in the Mellon National Bank of Pittsburgh;
is now associated with his father; married, March 8,
1916, Susan Elizabeth, daughter of Edward J. and
Louise Bohn; they have one child, Mary Louise, born
Jan. 19, 1918. 5. John Alan, born Nov. I I, 1890; attended the Bellevue, Pa., schools; was engaged in the
Farmers' Deposit Bank of Pittsburgh, and is now associated with his father; married, April 2, 1914, Hazel
M. (Kennedy) Hallam, widow, who had one son, John
Robert, born Feb. 3, 1913.
HON. DAVID A. WILBERT-The true measure
of a man's life cannot be reckoned in years. Not in
length of days, but in depth and fullness of experience;
not alone in things accomplished, but in the eternal
rightness of the goal set, whether reached or only
striven for; not in material possessions, but in wealth
of spirit, must the measure of a life be taken. "To
live and work; to endure hardness; to deserve good
and receive evil; to toil for reward and to gain reproach; to do one's duty and to meet, not applause,
but ingratitude, is this the life of man?" In the words
of Chancellor McCormick, this is not all. "Not toil,
not striving to serve, not splendid achievement; but
aspiring to throw one's energies into the fulfilling of
eternal purposes and to get into harmony with the
thought and plan of the eternal God, so that it shall
always throb with mighty energy and work with omnipotent power-this is life."
It was at the Senate Memorial Service held in honor
of David A. Wilbert that the above words were spoken,
and if "to throb with mighty energy and work with
power" be life, then during the fifty years in which
he lived and worked, David A. Wilbert most certainly
did build a life. The years were short and few in
number, but through their golden hours and minutes
ran the energizing current of purposeful activity and
fearless endeavor. Born in old Mount Washington borough, now the Nineteenth Ward, Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 23,
I862, son of Jacob and Catherine Elizabeth (Gillman)
Wilbert, he was educated in the public schools and
graduated from the Central High School of his native
city. In 1882, with his brother Frank, he entered the
produce business, and in I888, under the firm name
of Frank Wilbert  Brother, they succeeded their
father, in the same business, which they operated until
1909, when David A. Wilbert sold out his interests in
the firm, and with P. J. Edwards, engaged in the real
estate, insurance, mortgage, and bonding business,
under the name, D. A. Wilbert  Company, with offices
in the Berger building. He was very successful in this
business, in which he remained until his death, Jan. 26,
1912.
Early in his career he actively connected himself
with the Republican political party. He served at
various times as ward chairman and at one time was
a school director. His large abilities and his fearless
energy soon marked him as a man needed in larger
fields, and in 1904 he was nominated and elected by a
large majority to the upper branch of the State Legislature. He quickly grasped the details of legislative
work, and in a short time the Senate began to feel
the influence of that purposeful activity and fearless
endeavor which were So characteristic of David A. Wilbert. Neither a straw man, a figurehead, nor a gatherer
of "plums" had come among them, but a living, vital
force, quick to think, strong to act, and fearless in supporting what he believed to be right or opposing the
wrong or unwise. Loving a fight in a good cause, he
never hesitated to throw the whole weight of his energy
and his ability into the support of that which he advocated, and his opposition came to be as much feared
as his support was desired and sought. Mindful of the
fact that he was sent to the highest branch of the State
Legislature for the purpose of protecting and advancing the interests of his constituents, his work in the
Senate did much for the advancement of his district.
When the Greater Pittsburgh Bill was presented, Mr.
Wilbert took a leading part in the fight. In the sessions
of 1909 and 1911 he was chairman of the municipal
affairs committee, one of the most important in the
upper branch of the Legislature. All legislation
affecting cities and boroughs went to his committee and
the duties devolving upon the chairman were very exacting. Senator Wilbert handled most of the legislation
affecting Pittsburgh that was introduced in the session
of I9II, and it was due to his efforts that many of the
bills fathered by Mayor Magee were put through. SoOLIVER McCLINTOCK was born in Pittsburgh,
Pa., Oct. 20, 1839, son of Washington and Eliza
(Thompson) McClintock. The McClintocks are Scotch
in origin, the name originally being McLintock, a division of the McDougals, an important Highland clan
of Scotland, who lived in the neighborhood of Loch
Katrine. The ancestors of the American McClintocks
were Protestants, who fled to Northern Ireland from
religious persecution in Scotland. Alexander McClintock, a Scotch Presbyterian, who arrived in Ireland
in 1597, is regarded as the founder of the five or more
lines of the McClintocks who were known as the
"Landed Gentry" of Ireland. Many of these belonged
to the nobility, or intermarried with the nobility, and
were possessed of vast estates in the five northern
counties of Ireland. Many of them participated in the
defense of Londonderry during the long siege of 169o.
The most of the McClintocks who emigrated to America came from County Tyrone. The early racial characteristics of the McClintocks, which have been but
little modified by centuries, were great vigor of body
and mind, integrity and energetic initiative. Another
universal and still existing trait, strongly infused in their
Scotch-Irish blood, is antagonism to hierarchy in
church, or autocracy in government. The Irish as well
as the Scotch McClintock coat-of-arms is as follows:
Arms-Per pale, gules and azure, a chevron ermine
between three escallop shells argent.
Crest-A lion passant.
Motto-Virtute et labore (By virtue and labor).
In 1740, goaded by the exactions of absentee landlords,
and the grinding religious tyranny of England's "Sacramental Test," six McClintock brothers, Joseph,
Alexander, William, John, Robert and James, fled to
America from County Tyrone in Ireland, that they
might live under the beneficent rule of the Penn proprietors of Pennsylvania, whose cardinal principles
were universal toleration and civil and religious freedom
for all. They settled in Cumberland (now Perry)
county, Eastern Pennsylvania, and formed a community
known as "Sherman's Valley" (now Shermandale).
Joseph McClintock, the oldest of the "six brothers,"
died in 1799, aged ninety-eight years. He became a
large landowner. The present village of New Germantown is located on his land. He had four sons in the
Continental army, namely: Joseph, Alexander, Daniel
and Hugh.
Another of the "six brothers" was Alexander McClintock, who died in 1760, leaving six children. One
of these was Capt. John McClintock, who was killed
in the battle of Brandywine (Chadd's Ford), Sept. II,
1777, when Gen. George Washington, in defense of
Philadelphia, attacked General Howe's invading English army. He had been Wounded in this battle and was
being carried from the field by his cousin, when a
cannon ball killed both. Alexander McClintock had
another son, Alexander McClintock, born in Ireland,
who died from wounds received in the Revolutionary
War. Alexander McClintock also had a third son,
William McClintock, whose name appears in the Pennsylvania State Archives, 5th Series, Vol. XI page Io6,
as "on the Class Roll of the Second Company of the
First Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, commanded by Colonel James Johnston." He fought under
Gen. George Washington in the second battle with
General Howe's British army at Germantown, Oct. 4,
1777, when he "nearly lost his life." He was also engaged in the battle of Whitemarsh.
Alexander McClintock, the oldest of William McClintock's twelve children, and grandfather of Oliver
McClintock, the subject of this article, was born in
Toboyne township, Chester county, Pa., May 10, 1776,
when his father was away from home in military service under Gen. George Washington. He died in Pittsburgh, Aug. 12, 1871, aged ninety-six years.
One cannot help feeling impressed by the hereditary
patriotism of the Scotch-Irish-Presbyterian McClintocks in the Revolutionary War, who counted not life
itself too dear an offering for the altar of liberty.
President Theodore Roosevelt, in his "History of
New York," recognizes this self-sacrificing loyalty, and
on the other hand identifies the mercenary spirit so
prominent in the opposing ranks of the British invaders.
Quoting:
It is a curious fact that in the Revolutionary War,
the Germans and Catholic Irish should have furnished
the bulk of the auxiliaries to the regular English soldiers. * * * The fiercest and most ardent Americans
of all, however, were the Presbyterian Irish settlers
and their descendants.
The leading historians of the Revolution agree that
the activity and influence of the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians was the underlying cause of the American Revolution, and that their hereditary love of liberty and
hatred of political domination supplied to the Colonial
resistance to England the stout and persistent bracing
from within, without which it would have collapsed.
Alexander McClintock, at the time of the outbreak
of the War of 1812, was engaged in freight transportation between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, using the
old-time four-horse Conestoga wagons. The government terminated his business by impressing his transportation equipment into army service for transporting
ammunition and supplies to Fort Erie. Retaining three
of the wagons and assembling his family and as much
of his household goods as could be packed, he journeyed
across the Allegheny mountains, with the purpose of
settling in Pittsburgh. He lacked but one day of
reaching his destination, when he stopped over night
at Parkinson's Ferry, later Williamsport and now
Monongahela City, on the Monongahela river. Here
he met Samuel Black, a prosperous Indian trader, who
had acquired considerable wealth by trading in aably did he handle the work of this committee that
he was selected as a member of many other important
committees. When an attempt was made in the sessions of 1909 and 1911 to put through legislation favorable to the osteopathic physicians of the State, Senator
Wilbert forced recognition for them. He put through
the bill giving the osteopaths a State Board in 1909, and
blocked the one board medical bill in the Senate of 1911
until they were recognized. The leaders of the Republican party early appreciated his ability and they were
quick to recognize his forcefulness. He was soon taken
into the councils of the legislative leaders and became
an active participant in framing the legislative programs. Whenever important legislation was to be considered, Senator Wilbert was consulted. Broad-minded,
quick to detect the spirit of narrow partisanism, his
judgments came to be much valued among his associates. That his constituents recognized the sterling
character of his service is evidenced by the fact that
in 19o8 he was reelected for a second term, which he
was just completing at the time of his death.
With all the large demands which his business and
his political duties made upon him, Mr. Wilbert found
time for fraternal, club, and church affiliations. He
was a member of the Hazelwood Presbyterian Church.
He was also a member of Dallas Lodge, No. 508, Free
and Accepted Masons; Shiloh Chapter, No. 257, Royal
Arch Masons; Mt. Moriah Council, No. 2, Royal and
Select Masters; Ascalon Commandery, No. 59, Knights
Templar; and was also a noble of the Mystic Shrine.
He held membership with Hazel Glen Lodge, Knights
of Pythias; with the Royal Arcanum; with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. II; with
the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 76; and Loyal
Order of Moose, No. 46.
On Nov. I6, 1884, at Pittsburgh, Mr. Wilbert married Josephine Brown, daughter of John and Josephine
(Welsh) Brown, and they became the parents of five
children: David J., Harry, Josephine, Margaret, and
Gillman, all of whom, with Mrs. Wilbert, are now
(1921) living.
The death of David A. Wilbert, Jan. 26, 1912, when
he had almost completed his fiftieth year and seemed
just in the prime of a remarkably active and useful
life, came as a severe blow, and represents a great loss
to his hosts of friends, to his business and political
associates, and to the State. In deep grief, and conscious of the magnitude of their loss, the Senate held
a memorial service in his honor on the evening of April
22, 1913, and adopted the following set of resolutions:
Whereas, Almight God in his wisdom removed from
our midst on January twenty-sixth, one thousand nine
hundred and twelve, the Honorable David A. Wilbert,
late a Senator from the Forty-third District; and
Whereas, His public character and services demand
prominent commemoration; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate of Pennsylvania, in appreciation of the sterling qualities and high unselfish
character of our late member, extend to the family of
the deceased Senator our sincere sympathy in their
great loss, and direct that a copy of this resolution,
duly engrossed and attested, be forwarded to the
bereaved wife.
CHARLES H. KLINE,
CHARLES J. MAGEE,
ASA K. DeWITT,
JOSEPH H. THOMPSON,
HARRY J. MORGAN.
MRS. ELLEN (MURDOCH) WATSON-Standing out in bold relief against two great national crises,
the Civil War and the Crusade for Temperance, is the
figure of Mrs. Ellen (Murdoch) Watson, whose death
occurred at her home in Pittsburgh, Dec. 2, 1913. In
the Civil War period Mrs. Watson was a young woman
who willingly gave up the comforts of home life to
share the discomforts and dangers of the soldiers in the
field, and throughout the remainder of her life, as a
woman in the prime of her vigor, and as one upon whom
age and sorrow had left its mark, she was a loyal
champion of the temperance movement, accomplishing
results of far-reaching benefit. Her long life of more
than fourscore years was consecrated to high and worthy
aims. In the words of Rev. Dr. William L. McEwan,
"Mrs. Watson was one of the best women of Pittsburgh-good, gentle, charitable, unselfish, useful,
noble," and well and truly was it said of her "that a
great power for goodness was taken away, and this
community is poorer and Heaven is richer."
Mrs. Watson was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., March 31,
1831, daughter of John, Jr., and Jane (Robb) Murdoch
(q. v.). When a girl of twelve years she was sent
to school in New York, and her interesting trip across
the mountains by stage and canal was the topic of frequent allusions in her later life when she spoke before
many gatherings. Upon the death of her mother, in
1852, the responsibilities of the home fell in great measure upon her shoulders, and from that time until the
Civil War she lived on the old Murdoch farm. Here it
was that she first began her work with the Pittsburgh
Subsistence Committee, organized by the late B. F.
Jones and James Park for the aid and relief of Union
soldiers passing through the city, and later for the
provision of necessities and comforts for soldiers in the
field. With all their accommodations the city was so
full of soldiers at times that there was no place to lay
their heads. She was one of the earliest women the
Subsistence Committee sent to the front to look after
their stores when they were working in conjunction
with the great Christian Commission, and in a recent
letter she wrote the following: "I remember coming in
one morning at 7 o'clock and having to pick my way
over the sleeping forms of Milroy's Brigade, which had
just come in from West Virginia, after a hard campaign. They had dropped down on Wood street pavements, laid their heads on their knapsacks and gone to
sleep."
When she first went out to the front in January, 1864,
she was assigned to Hospital Ig, in Nashville. At other
times during the war she was at Harrisons Landing,
City Point, and Washington. At Washington one of
her most useful employments was to obtain the names
from hospital headquarters of all Pennsylvania soldiers
in the hospitals, which were given to Colonel Jordan,
of Harrisburg, and the men were transferred to the;
West Penn Hospital at Pittsburgh, if such action were
at all possible. While at the front her passes were
signed by the Secretary of War, permitting her to follow the army, and to conduct her work with full
cooperation from military authorities.
After her marriage, in 1867, to William Watson, a
prominent banker and manufacturer of New Castle,Pa., she was for six years a resident of that place. Mr.
Watson's ill health caused them to locate in Pittsburgh
in 1873, and they made the Murdoch farm their home.
William Watson was born in New Castle, Pa., in 1814,
and died in Pittsburgh, in 1879, a grandson of Col.
James Watson, of the 26th Battalion of Lancaster
Militia in the Revolutionary War, who was commended
by General Washington for his bravery in the battles
about Germantown.
Mrs. Watson was one of the most widely known temperance workers in the United States within national
church work. After fourteen years in the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union she left that society to
aid in the organization of the non-partisan Woman's
Christian Temperance Alliance, which was one of the
inspirations of that great non-partisan organization, the
Anti-Saloon League of America. Mrs. Watson served
the Alliance as corresponding secretary for ten years,
and was for ten years State secretary of rescue work.
She was also for a number of years superintendent of
the Sabbath Observance Alliance of the Woman's
Keeley League, and county superintendent of legislative
work. For ten years she was superintendent of work
in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union to secure a temperance day in the week of prayer, a work
which she continued in the Alliance and also after becoming corresponding secretary of the Woman's Synodical Temperance Committee. In the face of opposition
she was never discouraged, and in a little leaflet published the September before her death, after thirty years
of effort, she reported that she was receiving the endorsements of General Assembly, Synods, Presbyteries,
Conferences, and other religious and temperance organizations, and of thousands of well known men and
women.
Early in her temperance career she became impressed
with the thought that temperance and missionary work
should go hand in hand, and to this end she bent her
energies. In order to make temperance a branch of
missions she advocated temperance secretaries in missionary societies, and she lived to see these appointed
in nearly all the missionary societies in her own Presbytery, as well as in many Presbyterian and other
churches throughout the country, and the sentiment
growing rapidly. For a period of more than twenty
years she was corresponding secretary of the Pennsylvania Synodical Temperance Committee, and for eight
years, temperance secretary of the Allegheny County
Union Missionary Society. B oth of these offices she
held at the time of her death.
Mrs. Watson was survived by one daughter, Ellen
Murdoch Watson, and one brother, John R. Murdoch
(q. v.). Miss Watson is a member of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, served as an officer in the
American Red Cross Canteen Work during the World
War, and is interested in local civic affairs. The funeral
services of Mrs. Watson were held in the Bellefield
Church, and were conducted by her pastor, Rev. Dr.
Campbell Coyle. Rev. Dr. William L. McEwan, a
friend of many years' standing, spoke in part as follows
from II Corinthians, 9th chapter, 8th verse: "And God
is able to make all grace abound toward you, that ye
always having all sufficiency in all things may abound to
every good work."
There is an appropriateness in turning your thoughts
to this great text this day, and it has been chosen
for your consideration because this was a verse specially marked in Mrs. Watson's Bible, and it was not
only marked on the page but was exemplified in her
life. When the Civil War broke out-it seems a long
time ago to us of this generation-she was one of the
first to enlist in the United States Christian Commission. She served as a nurse during the war and witnessed many of the important battles and was one of
those agents to whom the people of Pittsburgh sent
their supplies to be distributed on the field. Those who
knew this gentle, modest lady in these later years, and
saw at her throat a silver pin representing an open
Bible, did not know always that this was the badge
of her heroic service as an active worker of the Christion Commission of the United States among the sick
and wounded soldiers on the field of battle.
After the death of her husband, in 1880, she began to
throw the energy and activity of her life into local,
city and national temperance work. She was widely
known and honored throughout this country as an efficient, consecrated, sane, temperance advocate. By
her own pen, by her voice in public addresses, by the
distribution of literature, and by her prayers to Almighty God she helped to awaken all the people to the
evil of intemperance.
No little of the wonderful temperance awakening
of this generation is due to the work she did. She rejoiced to attend the national meeting of the Anti-Saloon
League held in Columbus, November, 1913, which was,
perhaps, the most powerful expression of the temperance
sentiment of the twentieth century in any land. She
was interested in a practical way in the reformation
of individuals who had become addicted to strong
drink, and often gave quietly from her own private
means and secured from others the money necessary to
send to an institution those who might be cured of the
awful habit. Friends, who believed in her, furnished
means to supplement her own gifts, and she was thus
enabled to do a surprisingly large work. For all funds
that passed through her hands she made a businesslike accounting that was rare in its accuracy.
With all her public service she never ceased to be
a modest, gentle, home-loving woman. She loved flowers with a p eculiar and unfailing interest, and her
flower gardens were so remarkable as to be among
the show places of this great city. She not only
admired the beauty of the blooms but she found
delight in her intelligent care of the plants, and she
was authority on the habits and needs of certain
species of plants.
She had a boundless sympathy for the suffering and
unfortunate. Her heart never seemed to be exhausted
of love for her fellowmen. It answered every appeal,
whether it was spoken or the mute fight of suffering.
It poured out its sympathy in unmeasured abundance
on all who came beneath her notice, and her sympathy
was practical. She gave all the money she had at any
time, and she obtained from friends that she might
further help, and I think she will be among that company who shall stand before the King and her Him
say: "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the
least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
She was a member for many years of this Bellefield
Presbyterian Church; she was a consistent member,
a worthy member, a useful member, for she loved the
Word of God and fed upon it. She loved God's people, and God's grace gave her that rare thing-sanctified common sense.
She had a keen sense of humor, and it gave her a
cheerful heart, a cheerful face, a cheerful word in
every conversation; she was very human. She had the
apt anecdote; the light turn into a joke that made
her always attractive, and she never lost the zest of
living; she was always full of plans of what she would
do next. She was inexhaustible in her hope, and in her
expectation of what God would do for the uplifting of
this land in which she lived, and one of the last things
she wrote in her little day book,-for she had an indefatigable mind and gathered for preservation the
worthwhile things that she met, whether she read
them or got them from other people-were these
two lines, "Give to the world the best you have and
the best will come back to you." She was in her usual
health and full of enthusiastic plans for her work to
the morning of her death. God spared her from a lingering illness, and gave her an easy exodus from this
life.
46It is easy to imagine the joy that would have filled
Mrs. Watson's heart with the passing of the Eighteenth
Amendment and the accomplishment of national prohibition as an actual fact. No less proud would she
have been of the army of devoted women who in France
and at home held up the hands of American soldiers in
the World War, for she appreciated in rare degree,
how largely the morale of an army depended upon the
women, who in the midst of suffering and death typified
to war-worn soldiers, all that was wholly good and
desirable.
The closing paragraph of this record, that is to recognize again Mrs. Ellen (Murdoch) Watson in her
rightful place in Pittsburgh history, is quoted from
resolutions passed by the Sabbath school of the Sixth
Presbyterian Church:
As the years slipped away they whitened her hair
and lessened her strength, while Sorrow and Loss became her guests, but the same sweet smile illuminated
her beautiful face, and the keen wit and telling anecdotes were as ready as ever, while her great heart
went out in tender sympathy to all who were in trouble. Loving and beloved she journeyed on, busy and
helpful, when
"God's unseen angel o'er our pathway crossed,
Looked on us all, and loving her the most,
Straightway relieved her from life's weary load."
JOHN R. MURDOCH- For more than half a century the name of Murdoch was closely identified with
floriculture in the city of Pittsburgh, and the Smithfield street establishment of the firm of John R.  A.
Murdoch was long a goal of flower lovers of the city.
John R. Murdoch, of this record, was a florist whose
work was not only his business, but the source of his
greatest pleasures, and his hot-houses and gardens produced varieties, especially roses and peonies, remarkable for their exquisite coloring and perfection of shape.
John R. Murdoch was a son of John Murdoch, Jr.,
a native of Ireland, who came to Pittsburgh about 1828
in the company of his parents, John and Elizabeth Murdoch. John Murdoch had been educated in his native
land, and upon coming to the Pittsburgh district, established in the nursery business on the present site of the
Murdoch home. He married, in 1830, in Ireland, Jane
Robb. His death occurred March 31, 1882.
John R. Murdoch was born in Pittsburgh, May 20,
1833, and was educated in Pittsburgh schools. He
joined his father in business upon the completion of
his schooling, and when the elder Murdoch retired,
formed a partnership with his brothers Alexander,
James and David, under the firm name of John R.  A.
Murdoch. Their shop was on Smithfield street, and the
business was conducted successfully and prosperously
until 1895. The firm had greenhouses at Oakland, as
well as at Squirrel Hill. James and David Murdoch
withdrew from the firm several years prior to its discontinuance, and Alexander Murdoch's death, in 1893,
left John R. Murdoch in sole management until he
closed out his florist interests. Mr. Murdoch was a
member of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Murdoch married Susanna McWilliams, daughter of George Alexander and Sarah (Winebiddle) McWilliams, her father a builder and contractor of the
city. John R. and Susanna (McWilliams) Murdoch
were the parents of four children: I. George Alexander, who died in 1905, was for many years associated
with his father, until the business was discontinued, then
entered the real estate business. 2. John Robb, who
died in 19o8, was also associated with the business, and
also entered the real estate business. 3. Sallie Winebiddle, who resides at the old homestead. 4. William
Howard, proprietor of the Darlington Road Auto
Company; he married Katherine Helen Diskin, and has
five children: Helen Winebiddle, John (3), William
Howard, Jr., Elizabeth Esther, and Jane Robb. John
R. Murdoch died April 16, 1917, at the advanced age
of eighty-three years.
JAMES ISAAC BUCHANAN, of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
was born Aug. 3, 1853, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,
and is descended on both sides from Scottish ancestry.
His father, the late Isaac Buchanan, was a native of
Scotland, a Canadian business man and government
official, and at one time held the office of president of
the Executive Council, Canada. He was also an authoritative and extensive writer on Canada's commercial development. He married Agnes Jarvie, second
daughter of Robert Jarvie, of Glasgow, Scotland, and
of this marriage James Isaac Buchanan is the fifth son.
James Isaac Buchanan received his education in Miss
Mclllwraith's private school in his native place and at
Galt (Dr. Tassie's) Collegiate Institute. His early
business training, begun when but fifteen years of age,
was obtained in the house of Buchanan  Company,
Hamilton, Ontario. On Jan. 29, 1877, he arrived in
Pennsylvania, settling first at Oil City, where he was
employed by the Oil City Trust Company, and afterward by Capt. J. J. Vandergrift, with whom he removed to Pittsburgh. In that city he has long been
and is interested in banking and in various industrial
and commercial companies and enterprises. He is
trustee for the estate of J. J. Vandergrift (founder of
the town of Vandergrift) and for the estate of Kate V.
Bingham. He has also officiated as trustee of other
estates, is a director and was for years president of
the Pittsburgh Trust Company, and is director of the
Terminal Trust Company. He was one of the incorporators of the Keystone National Bank of Pittsburgh
and served for many years as a director. He has
participated in the organization and served as an officer
of a score of manufacturing and financial projects, and
at one time was represented on the directorates of over
thirty corporations. He is president and director of the
Pittsburgh Terminal Warehouse and Transfer Company, one of the great river and rail terminals of the
United States, and president and director of the River
and Railroad Terminal Company. He is also a director of the Natural Gas Company of West Virginia; president and director of the Washington Oil Company; and
president and director of the Taylorstown Natural Gas
Company. He is vice-president and director of the
Manufacturers' Light and Heat Company of Pennsylvania, and its many subsidiaries. Since coming to Pennsylvania in 1877, Mr. Buchanan has always been in
the oil producing and natural gas business, having
been for several years an officer  and director of the
Forest Oil Company and the Anchor Oil Company,
and officer and trustee of the United Oil and Gas Trust.He was also connected with the Toledo Natural Gas
Company, which was the first line to deliver gas in
Toledo. He was an officer and director of the Apollo
Iron and Steel Company, which was the largest manufacturer of sheet steel in the country previous to its
absorption by the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company; a subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation; also of the Vandergrift Land and Improvement
Company, which laid out the town of Vandergrift and
the plant of the Apollo Gas Company, and various other
public utilities which supplied the community. Mr.
Buchanan is a member of the Pittsburgh Board of
Trade and of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, and
for two years served as a member of the Pittsburgh
Board of Education.
Among other public institutions with which he is
prominently identified are the Botanical Society of
Western Pennsylvania, and the Pittsburgh Free Dispensary, serving as chairman of the finance committee of the latter for many years. He is a trustee
of the Athalia Daly Home; an honorary member of the
Humane Society of Baltimore, Md.; and a life member
of the following organizations: American Geographical
Society, American Association for the Advancement of
Science, Institute of Social Science, Art Society of
Pittsburgh, St. Andrew's Society of New York, St.
Andrew's Society of Philadelphia, and a life member
and past president of the Pittsburgh Academy of
Science and Art. For several years he was chairman
of the Pittsburgh Orchestra Committee of the Art Society of Pittsburgh when a local orchestra was maintained there, of which Emil Paur was the conductor.
Allegheny College conferred upon him the degree of
Doctor of Laws in 1921. Mr. Buchanan is a member
of the Duquesne, Country and Cornell clubs, and of the
Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and is also a member
of the Kappa Sigma college fraternity.
Masonry has honored him with its highest honors and
distinctions, and for more than three decades he has
been a leader in local Masonic affairs. He received the
symbolic degrees of Free Masonry in Strict Observance
Lodge, No. 27, G. R. Canada, in his native city, where
a lodge organized sometime ago was named Buchanan
Lodge. He is a life member and past master of St.
John's Lodge, No. 219, Free and Accepted Masons, of
Pittsburgh; a member of Zerubbabel Chapter, No. 162
Royal Arch Masons; Mt. Moriah Council, No. 2, Royal
and Select Masters; Duquesne Commandery, No. 72,
Knights Templar; and served for twenty-two years as
deputy for Pennsylvania to the Supreme Council. In
1883 he received the degrees of the Ancient Accepted
Scottish Rite, and subsequently, for several years,
served as commander-in-chief of Pennsylvania Consistory in the Valley of Pittsburgh. In 1890 he was made
a thirty-third degree Mason, and an active member of
the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite for the
Northern Masonic jurisdiction of the United States of
America. He is an honorary member of the Supreme
Councils for Canada, Mexico, and Italy, and of the
Grand Chapter of the Royal Order of Scotland in
Edinburgh, Scotland, as well as a member of the Provincial Grand Chapter of the United States of America. In the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite he
has served on several committees. For twenty years he
was chairman of the committee on rituals and ritualistic matter, and for several years has been president
of the trustees of that body. Mr. Buchanan has
traveled extensively in North America and abroad. He
crossed South Africa in 1870, the year before Henry
M. Stanley's expedition in search of Livingston, and
among other places, that have since become noted, visited the then newly discovered Kimberley diamond
mines. He is a recognized authority on South Africa,
the land and its peoples, and his collection of Africana
is a valuable one. He is one of the oldest members
of the Buchanan Society of Glasgow, Scotland, to which
he was admitted in 1870.
A Presbyterian in religious faith, Mr. Buchanan has
been active in the work of his denomination and is one
of its prominent laymen. He is an elder of the East
Liberty Presbyterian Church, and in its Sabbath school
has been the teacher of Bible Class No. 29, continuously,
since 1883, a splendid record of Christian service that
forms a most fitting complement to a life of broad
interest and usefulness. He served as both trustee
and director of the Western Theological Seminary for
some years. He has also been president of the Presbyterian Union of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, and for
many years has been diligent in the support of the Red
Cross organizations.
Mr. Buchanan married, in 1901, Eliza Macfarlane,
fourth daughter of Isaiah Graham and Margaret (McDowell) Mcfarlane, of Pittsburgh, Pa., the latter the
daughter of Samuel McDowell, formerly of Cumberland
county, Pa. The family residence is at No. 330 South
Negley avenue.
JOHN DICKSON FRASER-Long a leading figure in financial circles in Pittsburgh, Pa., John Dickson
Fraser was for many years cashier of the Monongahela
National Bank. He retained this position after being
elected to the office of vice-president, an act that was
characteristic of him, for he was always a worker,
applying himself diligently to any cause with whose
welfare he was concerned. The record of John Dickson
Fraser's life, exemplifying as it did the highest ideals,
and spent in the pursuit of lofty aims, is placed in Pittsburgh's annals with a sense of gratitude that, born in
the city, he gave to it the fruits of his wisely directed
effort.
Mr. Fraser was a son of Alexander and Margaret
(Pringle) Fraser, one of their ten children. Alexander
Fraser was of Scotch birth, and brought his wife and
eight children to the United States, where two of their
children were born.
John Dickson Fraser was born in old Allegheny, now
a part of the city of Pittsburgh, Pa., June 7, 1847. He
received his education in the old Third Ward schools
of Allegheny, and entered the business world early in
life. His first work was in the office of a stage coach
line, at a salary of one dollar and a half a week. This
was before the railroads had entirely superseded the
stage coach, and the ancient means of travel were still
much in vogue. Later, he was for a time engaged as
clerk in the dry goods business. His commercial ability,
however, soon carried him into higher fields of activity.He entered the employ of the National Bank of Commerce, where he soon gained a secure footing in the
financial world. Later, he became connected with the
Pittsburgh Clearing House, and at his death he was
one of the three surviving participants in the business
of the Pittsburgh Clearing House of that day.
It was in I888 that Mr. Fraser, with Thomas Jamison,
organized the Monongahela National Bank, of which,
from its organization, he was cashier. Its capital was
first $250,000, was later raised to $500,000, and still
later to $I,ooo,ooo. The success of this institution was
largely due to the excellent judgment and breadth of
view of this man of wide experience. He was made
vice-president of the bank in 1903, and his active management of its affairs was always constructive and progressive to a marked degree. The standing of this
institution in the world of finance at the present time
is ample comment upon the ability of the men who have
had so much to do with its existence and its long and
honorable history, in which Mr. Fraser played a prominent part.
In various other branches of public endeavor Mr.
Fraser's name was long conspicuous. He was at one
time president of the board of directors of the Allegheny
schools, the institutions where he had made the most
of his meagre opportunities for education. He was a
leading figure in many charitable and benevolent organizations in and about Pittsburgh. In religious circles
he held a leading place, being an active member of the
United Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the
Sunday school for sixty-eight years, and an elder in
the church for forty years. He was also treasurer of
the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian
Church of North America. Mr. Fraser was one of
the organizers of the United Presbyterian Board of
Publication, and was a member of the board of directors of this organization for twenty-five years. He was
also a trustee of the Uniondale Cemetery Association.
While never seeking prominence along political lines,
Mr. Fraser was always a staunch supporter of the
Republican party, and interested in every phase of the
public welfare. He was an honored member of the
Duquesne Club.
Mr. Fraser married (first), Jan. 14, 1860, Jennie
Coleman, a member of an old and prominent Allegheny
family, who died March I4, 1908. Their children are:
I. Alice, who married L. C. Sadd, and has one child,
Edgar. 2. Walter Pringle, now president of McCann
Company, of this city, and a successful business man;
married Sarah Hathaway, and has four children: Janet,
Helen, John, and Stephen. 3. Alexander, treasurer of
the B oggs  Buhl Company, of this city; married
Jessie Gunn, and had four children: Margaret, Hugh,
Ruth, and Roland, the youngest deceased. Mr. Fraser
married (second), Oct. 2, 1909, Mary Loveless, of
Allegheny, North Side, daughter of Thomas and Mary
A. (Crabb) Loveless.
John Dickson Fraser died March 12, 1921, in his
seventy-fourth year, having been a bank officer for over
fifty years. That he had been spared to service of unusual length and value did not lessen the shock of his
going, for he seemed an integral and permanently
dependable part of the institution with which he had
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been so long identified. Integrity in personal and
business relations, scrupulous regard for the finest points
of commercial honor, and high-minded aims in all
endeavor, found their ablest expression in his daily
life, and it is in the absence of this healthful, inspiring
contact that Pittsburgh's greatest loss is sustained.
WILLIAM A. McCAUSLAND-The business instinct early developed in Mr. McCausland, taking definite shape at the age of fourteen, when he secured the
selling agency for Pittsburgh newspapers. With that
business instinct there developed in the boy a spirit
of adventure and travel which in 1896 drove him forth
to seek his fortunes in the frozen Northwest, even to
Alaska. He went to the Klondike, over Chilkoot Pass,
a widely desolate pass in the coast mountains of the
southeastern part of Alaska and the scene of great
hardship and struggle in the early period of the Klondike excitement. A railroad has since been built across
the neighboring White Pass, but Mr. McCausland went
over with his pack of supplies upon his back, which
fact fairly indicates the manner of man he is. The
Klondike did not quell his spirit, for on his return to
the United States the gold fields of Nevada attracted
him and later the oil fields of Oklahoma, until finally the
fever had spent its course and he returned to his native
Pittsburgh, where he has become a well known oil
operator and is president of the Non-Derrick Drilling
Machine Company, a company based on patents issued
Mr. McCausland on mechanical apparatus for drilling
holes for oil, gas, salt, coal and water.
William A. McCausland is a son of John Harvey
McCausland, who in association with Marker Rush
established the Rush House, a famous hostelry of
Pittsburgh's earlier days, known to every visitor coming
to the city. His wife, Mary A. Woll, was also of
Pittsburgh birth. John H. McCausland is a brother
of William C. McCausland, treasurer of the United
States Steel Corporation.
William A. McCausland was born in Pittsburgh,
March 3, 1874, and educated in the public schools. At
the age of fourteen he became an agent for the sale
of the Pittsburgh "Post," "Commercial Gazette," and
the "Leader," and until he was eighteen he maintained
that agency with profit. His next private venture was
as a real estate agent, a business conducted with success until I896. He was then twenty-four years of age,
and with unbounded confidence and ability to do anything within any other man's power to accomplish, he
started for the Klondike in search of the treasure said
to be stored there in its rocks and by its streams. He
made his way to Seattle, Wash., there outfitted, reached
Dyea, a post village on the Chilkoot Inlet of the Lynn
Canal, forty-two miles northwest of Juneau. Dyea in
the early days of the Klondike excitement was a supply
point for prospectors and the point of approach to the
dreaded Chilkoot Pass.
Mr. McCausland remained in Alaska two years, then
returned to the United States just at the time of the
excitement in Nevada over the discovery of gold at
Tonapah and Goldfield. He remained in Nevada four
years, leaving in 1905 and going to the Oklahoma oil
field, where he engaged in the oil well drilling business.50  -           -  -        ~HI-STORY  OF  PITTSBURGH:!'0Tv''skin 1911 he returned to Pittsburgh, after an absence  and then studied medicine with Dr. Peter Mowey, one
of fifteen years.                                          of the distinguished physicians of old Pittsburgh, later
With his oil field experience in drilling wells, it was attending Jefferson Medical College, from which he
natural that the same business should attract him in   graduated in 1847.  Settling in Mercer, Mercer county,.
Pittsburgh, the center of so much that concerns oil Pa., he practiced his profession during the remainder
production. He has taken to the speculation side of of his life. He married, April I, 1847, Mary Jane
the oil business, as well as being a drilling contractor, Walker, daughter. of James Miller and'Matilda (Benand has made his place in the oil industry. His inven ning) Walker, of Allegheny City, Pa., and they became
tion, a drilling machine which operates without a der- the parents of. two sons: James Walker, a physician,
rick, was patented Dec. 2, 1917, and on that invention now deceased; and Samuel Smiley Mehard, the second.
is based the Non-Derrick Drilling Machine Company, He was a physician of skill, and devoted his energies
incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware,   to the welfare of his patients, and accordingly' his
with a capital stock of $200,000, W. A. McCausland, health became frail, and during the latter years of his
president; John B. Chalmbers, secretary-treasurer, and life he acted as consulting physician in association with
W. J. Curry, director. The company manufacture The his son, James Walker Mehard, who, however, did not
machine,'and are drilling contractors for oil, gas, coal,   survive him.  The son died Sept. 25, 1883, the father
salt and water.  Their offices are at Nos. 4072-4073   following him a few days later, Sept. 30, I883.
Jenkins Arcade, Liberty and Fifth avenues, Pittsburgh.       Samuel Smiley Mehard, son of Dr. Samuel Smiley
Mr.  McCausland has, from fifteen years' practical   and Mary Jane (Walker) Mehard, was born Dec. 18,
oil well drilling experience, invented a drilling machine   1849, in West Sunbury,  Butler county,  Pa.  He  atwhich meets the need for a more modern, economical   tended the schools of Mercer, Pa., to which place his
method of drilling the more than 25,000 holes which are   parents had removed when he was two years old, and
annually drilled in the United States alone for oil and   then went to Westminster College, graduating with high
gas (those being the figures for the year 1918).  Econ-   honors in 1869.  He at once began reading law with
omy in first cost, in operation, and in transportation,   the late Hon. John.Trunkey, then president-judge of
are strong points in favor of Mr. McCausland's inven   the Thirty-fifth Judicial District, and was admitted to.
tion, and on its merit he stakes his business reputation. the Mercer county bar in I87I.' Beginning practice
Mr.  McCausland  married,  in Pittsburgh, June  4,  in association with James  A.  Stranahan,  under.  the
1919, Anna Frick, a relative of Henry C. Frick, the firm name of Stranahan  Mehard, he maintained the
capitalist. The family home is at No. 6818 Thomas connection until his appointment to the bench in 1883.
boulevard.                                                  In 1874 he went to Germany and spent a year in postgraduate work at Heidelberg University, resuming
SAMUEL SMILEY MEHARD-Traces of the practice on his return and rapidly rising into promitroublous days of religious conflict in Scotland cling   nence.'.           
to the traditional development of the name Mehard. On Dec. 8, 1883, he was appointed by Gov. Robert
The earliest accessible records show the Mehards to have E. Pattison, president-judge of the Thirty-fifth Judibeen a Scotch-Irish family, but'there are strong indica- cial District, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
tions that the original home of the family was in Scot- Judge MacDermitt. Immediately his ability and this
land. Among other significant indications, the ancient fitness for the duties of that office revealed themselves,
spelling of the name was Maharg, and this when re- and before he had served a full year, by appointment,
versed gives Graham, a name so well known in Scotch he was elected,  in 1884, for the full term of ten years
annals that any individual bearing that name and having That the voters of the district had made no mistake was
incurred the displeasure of the authorities then in power fully demonstrated by the very high quality of the
must needs change his name if he hoped for conceal-   work done by Judge Mehard throughout his term of
ment.   That this actually happened  during the sad   office.  His qualifications for the office were exceptional,
times- when religious persecution drove so many of the   and his fidelity and faithfulness made' his term one long
Scotch into Ireland is probable, and that as the years   to be remembered in the judicial history of the district.
passed the name underwent further transformation.           At the expiration of his' term of office in January, 1895,
James Mehard, grandfather of Samuel Smiley Me-   he came to Pittsburgh, where he resumed the practice
hard, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, and came   of his profession.  His son was admitted to the bar
to the United States in I8I8, where, after remaining   in 19o7, and the law firm of S. S. and C. B. Mehard,
for a-time in Philadelphia, Pa., he removed to Butler   was formed, and in 1912, when Cornelius D. Scully
county, Pa., settling, in 1832, on a tract of eight hundred   came into the firm, thle title was changed to Mehard,
acres near Wirtemberg,  Wayne  township,  Lawrence   Scully  Mehard.  Judge Mehard continued in active
county, then Beaver county.   This  land became the   practice until a short time before his death, which, after.
homestead and is still in the possession of members   a year's illness, occurred Sept. 17, 1919.     
of the original family. James Mehard  married, in    In addition to his practice, he served for fourteen
Ireland,  Christina Orr,  also Scotch-Irish, and their  years as one of the lecturers in the law department of
children were: Robert, Thomas James, Samuel Smiley,   the University of Pittsburgh, placing at the service
Joseph, William, Matilda, Elizabeth, and Ann.           of his students ability, education, and experience, which
Of these, Dr. Samuel Smiley Mehard was born in   made his courses exceedingly valuable to his classes.
Harmony,  Butler county, Pa., in 1822.  He attended   Politically, he supported the Democratic party, and he
Darlington Academy and Duquesne College, Pittsburgh,   was always interested in the welfare of his community.