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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ______________________________________________________________________ Biographical History of Greene County by Samuel P Bates Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888 ______________________________________________________________________ INDEX Ailes, William A Armstrong, Alfred T Armstrong, Joseph H Armstrong, Neri Armstrong, William Ayers, J R Bailey, Ellis B Bailey, Rev E E Bailey, George E Bailey, J E Bailey, J K Bailey, Joseph Taylor Barclay, G A Barclay, W H Barns, James Bayard, Samuel Bayard, S S Beall, Emanuel Bell, J.R. Biddle, Isaac T Biddle, N H Bowers, Henry Bunting, Samuel Burroughs, H. S. Burroughs, Thomas T. ______________________________________________________________________ p603 WILLIAM A AILES, farmer and stock grower, P O Carmicheals, was born in Washington County, December 25, 1835. He is a son of James Ailes and Elizabeth Nixon Ailes, who were also natives of Washington County. His grandfather was Amos Ailes, also a native of Washington County. William is the youngest of a family of seven children. He has remained on the farm with his parents, where he received his education and wisely chose farming as his business. His farm consists of 300 acres of land, well stocked and improved. Mr Ailes was united in marriage March 1, 1858, with Miss Lucinda Patterson, daugter of Thomas and Dorcas Bell Patterson. Mrs Ailes's parents were of Irish descent. Mr and Mrs Ailes's only child, Mary Bell, was born in 1880 and died in 1886. In politics Mr Ailes is a Republican; in religion they are both Cumberland Presbyterians. p603 ALFRED T ARMSTRONG, deceased, who was a farmer and stock grower, was born in Greene County, Penna, February 1, 1807. He was a son of William Armstrong and Elizabeth Russell Armstrong. His mother's parents were of Scotch-Irish origin. Alfred was the oldest in a family of seven children; he was reared in this county and attended the subscription schools. He engaged in farming as a business and met with more than ordinary success. He was united in marriage, February 22, 1837, with Miss Helen Davidson, daughter of Jeremiah Davidson and Anna Alexander Davidson. Mrs Armstrong's father was a native of this county, and her mother of Mercer County, Penna. They were of English descent. Mr and Mrs Armstrong had a family of ten children, of whom six are living-Russell; Barclay; Elizabeth, wife of Jesse Benner; John, Neri, and Maggie, wife of William Elliott. Mr Armstrong was a Democrat, and a devoted Presbyterian of which church his widow is also a zealous member. He died in 1878. p604 JOSEPH H ARMSTRONG, deceased, was a farmer and stock grower. He was born in Cumberland Township, Greene County, Penna, July 25, 1819, and died July 4, 1887, in his sixty seventh year. His father, William Armstrong, and also his grandfther were among the earliest Scotch-Irish settlers of this county. They were all farmers. Joseph was the sixth in the family and was reared on the farm where he died. His educaiton was obtained inthe township and the old Greene Academy at Carmicheals. Hi was industrious, frugal, and a good financier, owning at the time of his death 225 acres of well improved land. He was united in marriage November 23, 1843, with Mary A Flenniken, daughter of James Flenniken and Mary McClelland Flenniken. Her ancestors were also farmers and among the earliest settlers of the county. They were of Scotch Irish descent. Mr and Mrs Armstrong were the parents of three children: Lizzie, wife of Daniel Thompson of Uniontown, Penna; Mary Louisa, wife of Robert Denham; and William W, who is a farmer and has charge of the home place. In politics Mr Armgstrong is a Democrat. p604 NERI ARMSTRONG, merchant, Carmicheals, Penna, was born in Cumberland Township, December 27, 1855. He is a son of Alfred Armstrong and Helen M Davidson Armstrong, natives of Fayette and Greene counties respectively, and of Irish descent. Mr Armstrong's father was a farmer and reared a family of ten children, of whom Neri is the ninth. He received a common school education, remaining on the farm with his parents until 1884, when he went to Carmicheals to engage in business for himself. He there opened a grocery and drug store which he still retains. He is a man of good business qualifications, industrious, prompt, and obliging, has a great many friends and fair patronage. In 1876 Mr Armstrong married Frances Craft, daughter of I L Craft. Mrs Armstrong is a native of Greene County and of German descent. They have two children: Myrtle and Alfred. Mr Armstrong is a Democrat and a member of the town council. He and Mrs Armstrong are prominent members of the Presbyterian Church. p603 WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, deceased, who was a farmer and stock grower, was a son of Abraham Armstrong and Ruth Conwell Armstrong, and was born in Greene County in October, 1805. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania and of English descent. His father was a farmer by occupation, and among the early settlers of the county. William was the oldest of a large family and was reared on the farm in Cumberland Township, where he attended the subscription schools. He was united in marriage with Miss Mary Williams of English descent. She was born in 1807. They were the parents of nine children: Maggie, wife of Archibald Grooms; George W, a farmer; Emma, wife of William M Murdock; Elizabeth, wife of Josiah L Minor; Sarah, wife of Oliver Griffeth; Alice, wife of James K Gregg; Cinthy, wife of Richard Gwynn; Lyda, wife of N H Biddle, and James, a farmer. Mr Armstrong made farming the business of his life, met with great success,, and at the time of his death was the owner of a well improved farm in Cumberland Township, where he died in 1840. In politics he was a Democrat; in religion a Cumberland Presbyterian, of which church his widow is also a faithful member. p848 J R Ayers, the subject of this sketch was born in Richhill Township, Greene County, Penna, March 12, 1824, and is a son of Silas Ayers and Jane Rickey Ayers. His parents were natives of New Jersey, from whence they emigrated to Richhill Township, Greene County, September, 1807, and are of English origin. His father was a farmer and soldier in the War of 1812, and was engaged in the battles of Lundy's Lane and New Orleans. Of his father's family of eleven children, J R Ayers is the fourth. He grew to manhood in this county, spent his early life in teaching school, and subsequently chose the occupation of farming and stock dealing, in which occupation he has been very successful. He owns a fine farm of 200 acres where he resides in Springhill Township. He was married November 9, 1848, to Miss Caroline Dye, who was born in this county November 9, 1829. They are the parents of the following children: E L Ayers, deceased; R H Ayers; Nanna J Ayers; Pennina Ayers; Silas Ayers and Minor Ayers, deceased; Mary M Ayers; Ola L Ayers; A D Ayers; J L Ayers. R H Ayers, the second son, who is a farmer, was born in Springhill Township November 23, 1852. He was reared on the farm, received his education in the district schools. He was married to Miss Avaline White, April 3, 1874. Penina Ayers, widow of E B Darling, deceased, was born in Springhill Township, May 20, 1858, and was married March 12, 1874. Mr and Mrs Ayers are members of the Baptist Church in which he is a deacon. He is a Republican and has filled the office of school director and auditor in his township. p606 ELLIS B BAILEY, farmer and stock grower, was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, November 21, 1824, and is a son of Eli Bailey and Peria Gregg Bailey. His parents were natives of Chester County, Penna, were members of the Society of Friends and of English descent. His father was a farmer. Mr Bailey's ancestors were among the earliest settlers in Greene County and often had to flee to the forts for protection. His father died in 1854 in Fayette County, where he had resided since 1837. His family consisted of ten children, eight of whom grew to maturity. Of these Ellis B Bailey was the sixth. He was reared in Fayette County, attended Madison College and had entered the senior year when he left school and commenced farming and stock growing. He has made his own way in the world and is among the wealthiest men in Greene County, owning over 1,000 acres of well improved land. He is a man possessed of more than ordinary energy, his success in life having been due largely to his strong determination to succeed, coupled with a willing disposition to work. His business life has not, however, all been sunshine. He lost $23,000 by the failure of the Exchange Bank of Waynesburg, and $2,000 by the destruction of his wool in a big fire at Boston. But every reverse in business seemed only to make him more determined and to add new strength to his ambition. He has devoted his time to farming, stock dealing and buying land, and he has dealt considerably in wool. He was never given much to speculating; but gave his business close attention and careful oversight, and has succeeded in accumulating a handsome fortune. He was married in Fayette County, Penna, March 7, 1850, to Harriet Gaddis, daughter of John Gaddis and Sarah Barton Gaddis. Her parents were Quakers and of English descent. Mr and Mrs Bailey have six sons and two daughters: William H Bailey; John E Bailey; Joseph E Bailey; George E Bailey; Eli F Bailey; Richard L Bailey; Sarah F Bailey, wife of Thomas H Hawkins; and Anna R Bailey, wife of George F Luse. The two daughters and three sons are married; all are intelligent businessmen and good citizens. In politics Mr Bailey has been a Whig and a Republican. He has served nine years as school director in Cumberland Township. All the family are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which Mr Bailey has been elder and superintendent of the Sabbath school. p605 Rev E E BAILEY, missionary, was born in Greene County, Penna, August 6, 1817, a son of William Bailey and Zillah Johnson Bailey, also natives of this state. His parents were of Quaker origin and of English ancestry. His father came to Greene county when he was about nine years old with his parents Eli and Ruth Bailey, from Chester County, Penna; he died at the advanced age of eighty two years. He was twice married and the Rev E E Bailey is a child of his second wife, and grew up on the farm with his parents, receiving his early education in a log cabin schoolhouse, afterwards attended school at Greene Academy and at Waynesburg, Penna. At the age of sixteen he joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Greene County. He was licensed to preach and ordained by the Union Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He labored some in West Virginia, six miles west of Morgantown, but mostly in Fayette County, Penna, where he was engaged in the ministry for a term of years. Having had a desire for missionary work, he then went West, where he engaged in missionary work among the Indians and met with good success. In 1887 he was sent to his present position among the Cherokee Indians by the board of missions of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In 1839 Mr Bailey was united in marriage with Miss Mary, daughter of John Rea and Margaret Dowlin Rea. Mrs Bailey is of Irish descent. They have five children: Harvey M Bailey; John F Bailey; Hannah J Bailey; Margaret E Bailey and William R Bailey. Mr Bailey is a Prohibitionist. p607 GEORGE E BAILEY, farmer and stock grower, son of Ellis B Bailey and Harriet Gaddis Bailey, was born in Cumberland Township, Greene County, Penna, December 8, 1860. His father is a prominent farmer and resides in this township. George E Bailey is the fifth in a family of eight children. After attending the district school, he entered Greene Academy at Carmicheals, and subsequently attended Monongahela College at Jefferson, Penna. He is an industrious, energetic young man, and has made farming and the raising of fine stock a decided success. He spent the summer of 1883 in the South and West, as the general agent of a large book publishing establishment of Philadelphia. In politics Mr Bailey is a Republican, and he is a zealous and active member of the Presbyterian Church. p607 J E BAILEY, farmer and stock grower, was born in Cumberland Township, Greene County, May 22, 1858. He is a son of Ellis B Bailey, whose biography appears in this volume. He is the fourth in a family of eight children. He received a common school education and also attended Greene Academy at Carmicheals, Penna. Mr Bailey married Miss Ella Morris, daughter of J M Morris and Charlotte Rinehart Morris. They have one child, Earl Bailey, an interesting little fellow of four years. Mrs Bailey's father, Morris Morris, is a prominent farmer and stock grower of Greene Township, and one of its most influential citizens. He is an ardent Democrat and has taken an active part in the politics of the county. Mr Bailey is a representative young man of his township, is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. p604 J K BAILEY, farmer and stock grower, was born in Cumberland Township, Greene County, Penna, August 30, 1814. He is a son of William Bailey and Zillah Johnson Bailey, the oldest of their family of seven children. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania, were members of the Society of Friends and of English origin. His father was twice married, his first wife being Miss Sarah Miers. By this marriage he was the father of one child, a daughter, who is now the wife of Miller Haines and resides in Columbiana County, Ohio. J K Bailey's sisters and brothers were: Amanda, wife of James Murdock; Rev E E Bailey, now a missionary to the Indians; Ruth Ann, wife of Samuel Rea; William; Zillah, the widow of R Richardson; and L M Bailey, (deceased). Mr Bailey was reared in Cumberland Township and has made farming his business, in which he has met with great success. In 1835 he was married to Miss Delilah Craft, daughter of John Craft and Phoebe Hibbs Craft, who were natives of Pennsylvania and of English ancestry. Mrs Bailey was born in Cumberland Township August 10, 1812. Her mother was a member of the Society of Friends. Mr and Mrs Bailey's children are: Zillah, wife of N H Biddle; John Milton; Phoebe, wife of R S Long; W Calvin; Clarinda, wife of Joseph Hawkins; Lydia B, wife of Corbly Fordyce; Almira, the wife of John Rinehart, and J K Bailey Jr. The family are all members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in which Mr Bailey has served for many years as elder and Sabbath school superintendent. In politics Mr Bailey is a Republican, and has served for twenty five years as justice of the peace, in which office boht his father and grandfather preceded him. p606 JOSEPH TAYLOR BAILEY, farmer and stock-grower, Carmicheals, Penna, was born in Dunkard Township, Greene County, Penna, June 10, 1820, and is a son of Joseph Bailey and Hannah Johnson Bailey, natives of Pennsylvania. His father, who was a farmer and miller, came when a young man to this county where he was married and raised a family of six children. Of these Joseph Taylor Bailey is the youngest and was reared in Green and Fayette counties. Early in life he learned the miller's trade with his father, and followed it for forty years. He erected and operated a grist mill for nearly twenty eight years. He is a successful farmer and at the present time the owner of 320 acres of valuable land in Cumberland Township. He was married in Fayette County, Penna, November 16, 1854, to Miss Martha Jane Lee, daughter of Francis Lee and Martha Morehouse Lee. Mrs Bailey is of English descent. Her father was a blacksmith and farmer. Mr and Mrs Bailey have two children: Eli Bailey and Frances Bailey. In politics Mr Bailey has ever been a strong Democrat. He and his wife are prominent members of the M E Church. p608 G A BARCLAY, merchant-miller, was born in Cumberland Township, this county, February 25, 1850. He is a son of Hugh Barclay and Phoebe Craft Barclay, and a grandson of Hon Hugh Barclay. His father and grandfather were prominent among the early farmers of the county. Mr Barclay is the youngest of a family of six children. He was reared on the farm, receiving his education in the common schools and in Waynesburg College. Early in life he learned the miller's trade and operated a mill for a period of four years. In 1882 he engaged in the same business at Carmicheals where he has met with good success. In 1870 Mr Barclay was united in marriage with Rhoda Kendall, daughter of Samuel Kendall, deceased. Mrs Barclay is a native of this county. Her father was a Baptist minister. To Mr and Mrs Barclay have been born six children: Ida L Barclay; Stephen H Barclay; John F Barclay; Ettie Barclay; Gertrude Barclay; and Clarence Barclay. Their mother is a devoted member of the Baptist Church. Mr Barclay is a Republican in politics. He is a school director and member of the town council of Carmicheals Borough. p607 W H BARCLAY, farmer and stock grower, Khedive, Penna, was born March 6, 1836, where he now resides on a farm of one hundred and seventy eight acres. He is a son of Hugh Barclay and Phoebe Craft Barclay, the oldest of their five children. His grandfather, Hon Hugh Barclay, was of Scotch Irish descent. He was a representative of the Pennsylvania State Legislature, and during his term introduced the bill establishing the Greene Academy at Carmicheals, Penna. W H Barclay's father was a farmer all his life. His family consisted of five children, all of whom are married. Mr Barclay was reared on the farm, received his education in Greene Academy, and has mad farming the business of his life. In 1856 he was married to Sarah E Minor, daughter of John P Minor. She died in 1862. In 1866 Mr Barclay was again united in marriage with Martha J Arford, daughter of Henry Arford and Mary McCann Arford. Mr and Mrs Barclay are the parents of seven children: Sarah Ellen Barclay; George P Barclay; W H Barclay; Myrtle V Barlcay; Phoebe E Barclay; Norval L Barclay; and Harry S Barclay. Mr Barclay is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in which he is a trustee. p608 JAMES BARNS, the subject of this sketch, was born June 24, 1790, and died March 12, 1883. He was the youngest son of Thomas and Sarah Barns, who were among the pioneer settlers of West Virginia. They settled in the woods near where the thriving town of Fairmont now stands. His parents were among the first Methodists in West Virginia, his father being a class leader many years, and his father's house a preaching place for a long time. At the age of fifteen, Mr Barns left his home to learn the trade of a millwright, and served an apprenticeship of five years. In 1811 he had an attack of fever, the only sickness that ever caused him to lie in bed one day during a period of nearly ninety three years. He was badly injured in 1870 by the running away of a team of horses, from the effect of which he was confined to his room for six weeks. On December 10, 1812, he was united in marriage with Miss Rhoda Davidson of Fayette County, Penna, a worthy companion of a worthy man. Their union was blessed with nine children, five of whom were living, also present when he died. This worthy couple were converted at a camp meeting held in 1819 near Brownsville, Penna, and their habitation became emphatically a house of prayer as long as they lived. In 1824 he became dissatisfied with the government of the Methodist Episcopal Church of which he and his companion were devoted members. He took a deep interest in the controversy that agitated the church and culminated in the organization of the Methodist Protestant Church, and identified himself with the new organization in 1830. He was elected as a lay representative from the Pittsburgh Annual Conference to the first General Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church, which held its session in Georgetown, D C, in May, 1834. He was also a member of the General Conference of 1838, which held its session in Pittsburgh, Penna. In February, 1868, God took his beloved companion from him. Her loss was painfully felt by him and his children, though assured of her future and eternal happiness in heaven. On March 1, 1870, he married Mrs Mary Lantz with whom he lived in the enjoyment of great domestic happiness until February 12, 1880, the date of her death. Two years later he sold his farm and the old homestead in which he had lived sixty seven years to his son-in-law Isaac B Patterson, who married his youngest daughter Mary Ellen Barns. This was very agreeable to all his children, as it keeps in possession of the family the dear old homestead where they were born and raised. Mr Barns had a good constitution and he took good care of it. His habits were exemplary; he was strictly temperate and regular in his manner of life. He always cultivated a cheerful disposition; lived in communion and fellowship with God; was always usefully and honorably employed; and to these things owed his long life, at the close of which he makes this note: "Have had great enjoyment all through life, and also health. Have not laid in bed one day from sickness since 1811." Thus after a sojourn longer than that usually allotted to man, James Barns peacefully passed away; the last of as good a family as Virginia ever produced, consisting of four brothers: William Barns, M D; John S Barns Esq; Thomas Barns and James Barns. There were three sisters: Sarah Willie; Phoebe Shinn, and Mary A Thrapp. These all lived and died in the faith, and left behind them families that revere their memories and imitate their virtues. "Children of parents passed into the skies..." SAMUEL BAYARD by Carol Loar Jeannology@aol.com SAMUEL BAYARD, farmer, P.O. Rice's Landing, was born in Centre Township, Greene County, Penn., January 4, 1819, a son of William and Nancy Bayard (nee Scott). The former was born in Washington County and the latter in Greene County, Penn., where they were married, settling in Centre Township, where they remained until 1826, they then moved to Whiteley Township, where Mrs. Bayard died in 1840. Her husband died in Jefferson Township in 1860. They were the parents of three children John S., Thomas W. and Samuel. March 3, 1839, Samuel Bayard married Miss Lucinda Randolph, born in Jefferson Township in 1818, a daughter of Jonah F. and Leah Randolph (nee Leonard). By this marriage Mr. Bayard is the father of two children - J. Randolph, who married Martha E. Oliver, they are the parents of two living children, Frank and Lon L.; Nancy, who is the wife of Capt. J.R. Hewitt, their children are Anna, who married E.H. Shipley, and William B. Mrs. Bayard departed this life July 3, 1845. August 18, 1846, Mr. Bayard was again united in marriage, with Rebecca A. Randolph, who was born in Jefferson Township, February 24, 1820, a daughter of Jacob and Ruth (Bailey) Randolph, and a faithful member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Her father was a native of New Jersey and her mother of Pennsylvania; both are now deceased. By his second marriage Mr. Bayard is the father of three children - William J., who married Mary Temple and is the father of J. Temple Bayard, Lucy R. and John A., who married Permelia Lucas and is now the father of two children - Lettie and Samuel. Mr. Bayard is one of the most highly respected farmers in his neighborhood, and owns 200 acres of land where he and family reside. A Biographical History of Greene County, Pennsylvania by Samuel P. Bates (Nelson and Rishforth and Co.: Chicago, 1888), pp. 734-735. p611 S S BAYARD, farmer and stock grower, was born near Waynesburg, Penna, December 27, 1839, and is a son of Perry A Bayard and Nancy Sayers Bayard. His parents were natives of Greene County, descendants of the early pioneers and of French and English origin. Mr Bayard's father was a farmer and mechanic; in early life he was a stone mason in Whitely Township. S S is the fifth in a family of seven children; he was reared in Greene County, attended the schools of Whitely Township, and afterwards entered Waynesburg College. He is a farmer by occupation, and owns 200 acres of well improved land where he resides in Cumberland Township. He has about twenty acres of his farm in choice fruit trees. In 1866 he married Miss Jane Webb, daughter of W T E Webb Esq of Waynesburg. Her mother's maiden name was Mary Stull; she was born in Virginia and was of English descent. Mr and Mrs Bayard are the parents of four children, two of whom are living. In politics Mr Bayard is a Republican. In 1862 he enlisted in Company K, Fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry and was Sergeant of the company. He was in several prominent engagements of the late war, among others the battles of Antietam and Stone River, and was discharged for disability in 1863. Both of his grandfathers were in the Revolutionary War. Mr and Mrs Bayard are active members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and both are prominent teachers in the Sabbath school. p639 EMANUEL BEALL, overseer of the poor of Greene County, Penna, was born in Monongahela Township, this county, December 31, 1819, and is a son of Thomas Beall and Marian Engales Beall. His father was a native of Loudon County, Virginia, and his mother was born in Greene County, Penna. They were of English and German extraction. Emanuel Beall's grandfather, William Beall, was a pioneer settler of Greene County, Penna, and his maternal grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The subject of this sketch is next to the oldest in a family of eleven children. He remained on the farm with his parents until he was near twenty four years of age, then located in Monongalia County, West Virginia, where he engaged in farming and stock raising. Mr Beall has made his own way in the world, and at present is the overseer of the poor of this county. He takes an active interest in the public schools, and has served a number of years as school director. In 1869 he returned to his native county and settled in Dunkard Township where he still resides. He has made the raising of fine sheep a specialty and has met with great success in his business. Mr Beall has been three times married, and is the father of eleven children: John T Beall; Bertha J Beall, wife of Daniel Morris; William J Beall; Charlotte Beall; Martha Beall; Barnet Beall; Nancy Beall; George W Beall; Andrew J Beall; Miriam Beall and Columbus Beall. Mr Beall is a faithful member of the Baptist Church of which he is clerk. J. R. BELL by Carol Loar Jeannology@aol.com J. R. BELL, farmer, Jefferson, Penn., was born in Morgan Township, this county, April 12, 1836. His parents were Morgan and Mary Bell (Nee) Richards. His father was also a native of Morgan Township. He was born December 24, 1808. Mrs. Bell was born in Chester County, Penn., March 14, 1804. They were married in Greene County, where they remained until Mrs. Bell's death, April 8, 1878. Her husband died February 5, 1880. They were the parents of eight children, four of whom are living. J.R. Bell is the fifth, and was united in marriage, September 3, 1863, with Miss Helen Davis, born in Greene Township, this county, August 23, 1839. She is the daughter of Henry J. and Amelia (Myers) Davis. Mr. Davis was born in Jefferson Township, September 27, 1800, and his wife was born in Greene Township, October 22, 1814. They were married in this county, where they remained until the death of Mr. Davis, November 6, 1862. His widow died at the home of her daughter in Morgan Township, April 9, 1871. To Mr. and Mrs. Davis were born three children, two now living. Mr. and Mrs. Bell have three children: Maggie A, wife of W.K. Scott; Mary E. and Henry D. Mr. Bell was raised on a farm and received valuable instructions from his father in the art of husbandry, which he has made his occupation through life. He acquired his education in the common schools and Waynesburg College, and engaged in teaching for a few years. He filled the office of auditor one year, under the old constitution; was re-elected and served three years under the new. Mr. Bell and family are consistent members of the Baptist Church. A Biographical History of Greene County, Pennsylvania by Samuel P. Bates (Nelson and Rishforth and Co.: Chicago, 1888), p. 780. p609 ISAAC T BIDDLE, deceased, who was a farmer and stock grower, was born in New Jersey in the year 1799. He was a son of Timothy Biddle and Mary Taylor Biddle, natives of New Jersey and of English and German origin. His father, who was a shoemaker in early life, came to Washington County, Penna, in 1802, and carried on farming for twenty eight years. In 1840 Isaac T Biddle came to Greene County and bought a farm in Cumberland Twonship and one year later his father, Timothy Biddle, came to the same farm. Isaac T took charge of the farm and continued his father's business of farming and stock growing, devoting his time principally to the raising of fine sheep. He succeeded in accumulating a handsome fortune, but in later years met with serious reverses by the failure of three banks in which he lost about $40,000. This proved a serious disarrangement in his financial affairs, but he was a good businessman and died in fair circumstances after reaching a good old age. His widow, whom he married in Washington County, still survives him. Her maiden name was Jane Kerney, daughter of William Kerney and Elizabeth Montgomery Kerney. Mrs Biddle wasborn in Washington County, September 16, 1804, and is of Irish Lineage. Mr and Mrs Biddle had a family of eleven children; seven now living: Eliza Biddle, wife of Edward Carson; Mary Biddle, wife of Lewis Jennings; Morgan Biddle, who married Eunice Patterson; Nathan H Biddle, married Zillah Bailey and lives on the old homestead; John Biddle, married Mary Barclay; Amanda Biddle, wife of Dis South; and Edith F Biddle, wife of Walter Richey. Mr and Mrs Biddle have been faithful members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in which he served as elder for many years. Mrs Biddle has property in Carmicheals, where she still resides, an active and remarkably well preserved woman for her age, and loved and respected by all who know her. p610 N H BIDDLE, farmer and stock dealer, P O Carmicheals, was born in Washington County, Penna, August 25, 1829. His father was Isaac T Biddle, now deceased. His mother's maiden name was Jane Kerney; she was born in 1804 and is still living. Harvey came with his parents from Washington County to Cumberland Township in 1840, and has made it is home till the present time. He is the fourth in a family of eleven children, seven of whom are living. He was reared on a farm and has been engaged in farming and stock dealing all his life, owning at present over seven hundred acres of valuable land in Greene County. Mr Biddle was united in marriage December 25, 1856, with Zillah Bailey, daughter of J K Bailey. Their family consists of four sons and two daughters: Newton M Biddle; Flora Biddle, wife of Thomas Patterson; William C Biddle; Richard L Biddle; Jesse T Biddle; and Virtue C Biddle. Mr and Mrs Biddle are zealous members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Carmicheals, Penna, in which he is one of the elders. Mr Biddle takes an active interest in the educational affairs of the county, served as school director for twelve years, and has been a member of the board of trustees of Waynesburg College for a number of years and is still a member. p. 888 HENRY BOWERS, farmer, Lone Star, Penn., was born in Virginia, January 1, 1826. He is a son of Solomon Bowers and Peggy Bradford Bowers, who were natives of Whiteley Township, Greene County, Penn., where they were married, then moved to Virginia and remained until their death. They had twelve children, eight of whom are now living. Henry Bowers is the oldest son and was united in marriage October 21, 1847, with Catharine Barockman, born in Virginia, July 27, 1824. She is a daughter of John Barockman and Barbara Franks Barockman, natives of Pennsylvania, who after marriage moved to Virginia and remained until their death. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bowers are the parents of seven children, four dead: Lucinda Bowers, Elizabeth Bowers, Clark Bowers and Marion Bowers; and three living- Morgan Bowers, Sarah E. Bowers, and Josephus Bowers, who married Josephine Fuller, and is the father of two children: Charlie E. Bowers and Lizzie M. Bowers. Mr. Bowers is a farmer, as we learn from the heading of this sketch, and is the owner of a fine farm of 170 acres. He and his family are members of the Methodist Protestant Church, in which he has been one of the trustees for about ten years." p610 SAMUEL BUNTING. Among the representative men of Cumberland Township we mention Samuel Bunting, a farmer and stock grower, who was born in Fayette County, Penna, April 28, 1836. He is a son of Samuel Bunting and Nancy Butler Bunting, natives of Pennsylvania, and of German and English origin. Mr Bunting's father, who has made milling the business of his life, has now reached the advanced age of eighty four years. Samuel was the fourth in his family of eleven children, and was brought up in Fayette and Greene Counties, having lived in the latter since he was eight years old. Early in life he learned the miller's trade with his father, continued in the business until 1885, and has since been engaged in farming where he now resides near Carmicheals, Penna. He was united in marriage February 22, 1859, with Agnes Horner, oldest daughter of Samuel Horner and Mary Cree Horner. Mrs Bunting is of English descent. Her father was a wealthy miller and also engaged somewhat extensively in farming. In politics Mr Bunting is a Prohibitionist. He and his wife are zealous and active members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is an elder, and is also serving as assistant superintendent of the Sabbath school. H. S. BURROUGHS by Carol Loar Jeannology@aol.com H. S. BURROUGHS, physician, Rutan, Penn., was born in Center Township, this county, December 28, 1852. His parents Thomas T. and Eliza J. Burroughs (nee Scott), are natives of Greene County and residents of Center Township. The Doctor was united in marriage June 28, 1882 with Maggie A. Hopkins, born October 1, 1859. Her parents are Samuel and Martha Hopkins (nee Millikin), who are natives of this county and reside in Morris Township. Dr. Burroughs began reading medicine May 1, 1875, with Dr. John T. Iams, of Waynesburg. He graduated from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Penn., March 12, 1879, and in the following April commenced the practice of his profession, and has a good practice. He is Baptist and his wife is a member of the Methodist Church. A Biographical History of Greene County, Pennsylvania by Samuel P. Bates (Nelson and Rishforth and Co.: Chicago, 1888), p. 574. THOMAS T. BURROUGHS by Carol Loar Jeannology@aol.com THOMAS T. BURROUGHS, farmer, P.O. Rutan, was born in Washington County, Penn., September 20, 1827. His parents were Samuel and Temperance (Reeves) Burroughs, also natives of Washington County. They lived in Greene County for a short time after their marriage, then moved to Washington County, Iowa, and remained until their death. Thomas was united in marriage, January 1, 1852, with Eliza J. Scott. She was born March 3, 1829, on the farm where she lives in Center Township. Mrs. Burroughs is the daughter of John and Susannah Scott (nee Nicehonger), who were natives of Greene County, where they married and remained through life. Mr. and Mrs. Burroughs have a family of nine children - Hamilton S., Arabella, wife of P.F. Headley; Charlotte A., wife of Leroy Marsh; Elmira, wife of T.N. Millikin; John M., James H., William E., Bertha V., and Thomas B. Mr. Burroughs has spent his whole life as a farmer, and owns 165 acres of land, constituting his home farm. A Biographical History of Greene County, Pennsylvania by Samuel P. Bates (Nelson and Rishforth and Co.: Chicago, 1888), p. 574.