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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 Warne, T. P. Weaver, David Weaver, Hiram Weaver, Jacob White, Hiram Wiley, Lem H Wood, E W Young, A J Young, Morgan _________ p637 "T. P. WARNE, farmer and stock-grower, Carmicheals, Pennsylvania, was born in Carroll Township, Washington County, Penna, January 26, 1847. He is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth Irwin Warne. His father and mother were natives of Washington and Chester Counties respectively, and were of English and Irish descent. His father, who has met with marked success as a farmer, still resides on the old home farm in Carroll Township, Washington County, and also owns a fine farm of 250 acres in Cumberland Township, Greene County. Mr T P Warne, who is second in a family of seven children, attended school in Monongahela City, where he started in business as a coal merchant and remained there for a period of nine years. In 1882 he sold out his coal interests and came to this county in 1885 and has since been engaged in farming in Cumberland Township. Mr Warne was united in marriage April 21, 1887, with Anna E Long. Her parents were James and Mary McClelland Long of English and Irish ancestry. Mrs Warne is the third in her family of six children; and is a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr Warne is a Democrat, and one of the leading citizens of his communty." p759 DAVID WEAVER, farmer and stock grower, was born in Washington county, Penna, May 10, 1833. His parents were Jacob Weaver and July Ann Jackman Weaver, who were natives of Washington county and of German and English lineage. Mr WeaverÕs father died in 1886. His family consisted of nine children, of whom David is the oldest. From his early youth, Mr Weaver has been engaged in farming. He is a plasterer and house painter, and takes contracts for mason work on large buildings. He has been successful in all his business affairs, and is the owner of 100 acres of land in Jackson township, Greene county, Penna, where he and his family reside. He was married on the 22nd day of April, 1858, to Mary Jane Ullom, daughter of Thompson Ullom and Anna Johnston Ullom, who are of Dutch extraction. Mr and Mrs Weaver are the parents of eight children: Amanda Weaver, George M Weaver, Elizabeth Weaver, Thompson Weaver, Charles Weaver, Henry Weaver, James Weaver and Flora Weaver. Mr Weaver is a Republican. In 1863 he enlisted in the Twenty second Corps, Fifth Pennsylvania Artillery, and was in many important engagements. He is a member of the GAR Post and the IOOF. p759 HIRAM WEAVER, merchant and minister, Holbrook, Penna, was born in Jackson township, Greene county, Penna, April 17, 1839. He is a son of Jacob Weaver and Julia Ann Jackman Weaver, natives of Washington county and of German and English lineage. His father, who was a school teacher, died in Greene county, April 15, 1886. His family consisted of nine children, of whom Hiram is the fourth. He was reared on the farm and attended the common school. He learned plastering and house painting, at which he worked until the war broke out. He then enlisted in Company F, Eighty fifty Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was a non-commissioned officer. He served three years and twenty days and was in many serious engagements. In 1865 he established a saw mill and in 1871 started a general store in Jackson township where he has been in business ever since. In 1884 Mr Weaver married Elizabeth Fry, daughter of Peter Fry, who is of German descent. Mr and Mrs Weaver are members of the Christian Church, in which he has held several important offices. In 1858 he was licensed to preach and has since been a local preacher. In politics he is a Republican. p760 JACOB WEAVER, merchant, Nettle Hill, Penna, was born on Ten Mile Creek, Greene county, January 26, 1844. He is a son of Jacob Weaver and Julia Ann Jackman Weaver, who were of German and English origin. His father was a farmer and school teacher and lived in Greene county for forty years. He died in 1886. His family consisted of nine children of whom the subject of this sketch is the seventh. He was reared on the farm in Jackson township, Greene county, Penna, receiving his education in the common schools. He learned the blacksmithÕs trade near Waynesburg and followed it as a business until 1861. He then enlisted in Company F, Eighty fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He re-enlisted in 1864 in the Twenty Second Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company A, where he served until the end of the war. He was in the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Bolivar Heights and Winchester. He was wounded at Fair Oaks, losing two fingers. After the war he bought a saw mill, operating the latter for a period of five years. He then farmed until 1880 when he established his store on Nettle Hill. He carries a large stock of dry goods, clothing, groceries, hardware and queensware, and has a good country trade. Mr Weaver has built his present store and a neat and substantial residence since 1886. He was united in marriage, December 5, 1867, with Miss Elizabeth Hickman, daughter of Abraham Hickman and Margaret Shields Hickman, who died in 1882. He was again married in December, 1883, to Miss Eliza Smith, daughter of J Smith and Perrie Headlee Smith, and they have two children: Roscoe Conkling Weaver and Otta D S Weaver. Mr Weaver is a member of the GAR Post and is Quartermaster. p761 HIRAM WHITE, farmer and stock grower, Nettle Hill, Penna, was born in Greene county, Penna, May 1, 1840. He is a son of Isaac White and Lydia Tustin White, who were of English descent. His father, who was a farmer, was a soldier in the late war, serving in the Seventh West Virginia Regiment. He was twice married, and there were three children by the first marriage. By the second marriage there were eight children, of whom Hiram is the fifth. He was reared in Wayne township, on the farm and attended the district school in that township. Mr White has been a successful farmer and is the owner of a farm of 147 acres of land where he resides in Jackson township. In 1861 Mr White married Mary Ann Cole, daughter of Henry Cole and Elizabeth King Cole, and their children are: John Henry White; Elizabeth, wife of Isaac Hughes; George White; Thomas White; Eliza White; James M White; Zella White; and Lucy White. Mr White is a Democrat and in 1844 was elected county commissioner. In 1861 he enlisted in Company E, Second West Virginia Volunteer Infantry. He was a brave soldier and fought in many battles. In 1884 Mr White was appointed reporter for the Greene county Agricultural Society. He took an active interest in the Grange movement, and for years was deputy of the county. He is P C of the G A R, Post 552, Nettle Hill. p637 LEM H WILEY, musician, Peoria, Illinois, was born in Greene County, Penna, April 17, 1844. He acquired a common school education and worked at the blacksmith trade with his father. In 1862 he went to Peoria County, Illinois, and in the fall he enlisted in the Seventy seventh Regiment, Illinois Volunteers, as chief musician, being then only eighteen years of age. This position he filled faithfully until the regiment was mustered out of service at the close of the war. Upon returning home Mr Wiley became a member of the celebrated Light Guards Band of Peoria with which he remained nine years, during which time he also opened a music business. In 1872 he was one of the twenty four cornetists at P S Gilmore's World's Peace Jubilee at Boston; and has been a member and leader of a number of the noted bands in the United States. He was married August 17, 1872, to Miss Alta Wilson, daughter of Levi Wilson of Peoria, Illinois. In 1880 he became a leader in Haverly's Original Mastodon Minstrels, organized in Chicago, and remained with them five years during which time he played in all the large cities of the United States and most of the principal cities of the old world. In January, 1885, he became manager of the new Grand Opera House in Peoria, Illinois, a position he still holds. Mr Wiley is considered by the world a thorough musician and a remarkable cornetist. p602 E W WOOD, farmer, Oak Forest, Penna, is among the representative farmers and wool dealers of Greene County. He was born in Franklin Township, October 28, 1837. His parents were John D Wood and Nancy Critchfield Wood, also natives of this county, where they were married and remained until their deaths. Mr Wood departed this life September 26, 1876, and his wife October 12, 1849. They had a family of seven children, of whom five are now living. E W Wood was united in marriage October 17, 1867, with Mary J Patterson, who was born in Whitely Township, this county, September 11, 1844. She was a daughter of William and Rhoda Patterson, also natives of Greene County, and residents therein throughout life. To Mr and Mrs Wood were born five children, of whom four are living: C Endsley Wood; Norman Wood, Edward Wood; Mary Wood; and Charles B Wood (deceased). Mr Wood is a tanner by trade, in which he engaged until twenty five years of age. He then enlisted in Company K, Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and served his country for three years. He is a member of McCullough Post, No 367, G A R. When the war was over he engaged in the wool and stock business, and also farmed extensively. He is the owner of 160 acres of land where he and his family live. Mr Woods is a member of the M E Church, of which his deceased wife was also a devoted member. She departed this life January 30, 1881, and by her death the family was bereft of a kind and affectionate wife and mother. p638 A J YOUNG, Farmer and stock grower, Rice's Landing, Penna, was born in Washington County, February 7, 1831, and is a son of Abraham Young and Hannah Rose Young. His parents were natives of Washington and Greene Counties, respectively, and of German and English ancestry. Mr Young is the seventh in a family of ten children. He was reared in West Bethlehem Township, Washington County, and acquired his education from the common schools of his neighborhood. He chose farming as his occupation, and owns 165 acres of well improved land in Cumberland Township, Greene County, where he took up his abode in 1854. In the same year he was united in marriage with Miss Rachel Ailes, daughter of Joseph Ailes and Sarah Swan Ailes. The former was a native of Washington County and the latte r of Greene County, and a descendant of one of its earliest settlers. Mrs Young's great grandfather, John Swan, settled on the farm now owned by A J Young in 1767, and had to build a fort to protect himself from the Indians. Mr and Mrs Young are devoted members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, the former ruling elder of the church. Mr and Mrs Young are the parents of two children: Amy H Young, who died when four years old; and William A Young, a carpenter and farmer residing on the home farm. He was united in marriage in 1884 with Miss Maggie M Braden, daughter of Jacob and Rachel Braden, and they have one child: Walter B Young. p638 MORGAN YOUNG, farmer and stock grower, Rice's Landing, Penna, was born in Washington County, February 8, 1829, and is a son of Abraham Young and Hannah Rose Young. His parents were of Scotch Irish and Dutch descent. His mother was a native of Greene County, and his father, who was a farmer and stock raiser during his entire lifetime, was born in Washington County, Penna. Both died on the same day in January, 1853, his wife surviving him just four hours. They had a family of ten children. Morgan Young, who was the sixth, was reared on the farm, attende dthe common school, and has made farming the business of his life. He is the owner of a well-improved farm consisting of two hundred and seventeen acres well stocked and kept in good condition. Mr Young has been married twice: first in 1850 to Harriet Norris, daughter of Thomas M Norris and Maria Phillips Norris. Mrs Young was of Dutch descent. They had four children: A L Young, a teacher and farmer in Ohio; Amy M Young, wife of T O Bradbury; Mary Ellen Young, and James E Young. Their mother died in June, 1876. Mr Young's second wife was Miss Emma Bradbury, daughter of Aaron Bradbury and Sarah McCullough Bradbury, who were of English descent. Mrs Young's father, now a farmer of this county, was born may years a farmer and tanner in Washington County, Penna. Mr and Mrs Young have one child: Harry H B Young. In politics Mr Young was a strong Democrat until 1884, since which time he has been a strong Prohibitionist, and has filled various important offices in his township. He was justice of the peace for a period of ten years. They were both members of the Shepherds Methodist Episcopal Church in which both were stewards, and Mr Young has been trustee, superintendent of the Sabbath school, and class leader for thirty year, until two years ago when they united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at Rice's Landing. **** Follow-up for the bios of A. J. YOUNG AND MORGAN YOUNG. **** The two men were obviously brothers. A. J. Young died on 13 Jul 1908. Morgan Young died on 2 Feb 1906. They are both buried in the Hewitt Cemetery in Rices Landing, along with one of their other brothers (Lewis Young) and one of their sisters (Amy Young, who married Isaac Hewitt). Their parents (Abraham Young and Hannah Rose) and five of the other siblings are buried in the Horn Cemetery near Marianna in Washington County. One of these other siblings was John Young (1822-1904) who married Lydia Gayman. Their mother, Hannah Rose, was the daughter of John Rose and Hannah Addleman. See this web page for more info: http://hometown.aol.com/danaddlemn/index.html/daniel_addleman.html The full name of A. J. Young (my 2d great grandfather) is Andrew Jackson Young. His son, William Ailes Young, was the founder of the W. A. Young and Sons Foundry & Machine Shop in Rices Landing that is now maintained by the Greene County Historical Society. For more on the Foundry & Machine Shop, see this web page: http://www.greenepa.net/~museum/MachineShop.html William A. Young's wife, mentioned in the bio, is Margaret Braden, daughter of Jacob Braden (1833-1913) and Rachel Harry (1828-1912). Morgan Young's son A. L. Young, mentioned in the bio as living in Ohio, is Abraham Levi Young. His sister, Amy, married Thomas O. Bradbury.