BIO: William S. ENYEART, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, pages 116-117.
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  WILLIAM S. ENYEART, justice of the peace and tanner, Puttstown, 
Huntingdon county, Pa., was born in Marklesburg, Penn township, 
December 19, 1847, son of Jackson and Jane (Shirley) Enyeart.  William 
Enyeart, grandfather of William S., was a native of Huntingdon county, 
an done of the first settlers in Penn township.  He owned a farm, which 
he cultivated with diligence and built thereon a fine house and barn, 
besides making other necessary improvements.  His marriage occurred in 
Huntingdon county; he was the father of twenty-one children, all 
deceased except Margaret, widow of Jefferson Simonton, of Marklesburg.  
Mr. Enyeart was a Democrat.  He was a member of the Lutheran church.  
His son, Jackson Enyeart, was born in Penn township in 1820.  He was a 
carpenter, contractor and builder.  He built the largest part of 
Marklesburg, and moved from that place to Hopewell township, where he 
farmed ten years.  At the end of this time he purchased a tannery in 
Puttstown and conducted it, under the firm name of Enyeart & Son, for 
ten years, when he retired from business.  He married Miss Jane 
Shirley, born in Martinsburg, Blair county, Pa., in 1823, daughter of 
William and Elizabeth (Clapper) Shirley.  Their children are:  William 
S.; Alice (Mrs. Andrew Kagey), of Kansas; Frank, salesman; John, clerk; 
C. Grant, chief clerk of the Duquesne steel works, Duquesne, Pa.  In 
1876 Mr. Enyeart died; his wife survives and resides in Puttstown.  He 
was a Republican, and served as school director.  His worthy character 
gained the hearty esteem of his neighbors.
  William S. received his primary education in the public schools of 
Penn and Hopewell, and completed his training in the Marklesburg 
Seminary.  His early life was spent on a farm in Hopewell township, 
assisting his father, after which he was for ten years his father's 
partner in the tanning business.  Upon the retirement of the father, 
his brothers entered the business, and the firm became W. S. Enyeart & 
Bros.  At the end of ten years he assumed full control, purchasing the 
shares of his brothers and conducting the business with splendid 
success.  He also owns a farm of 247 acres in Hopewell township, on 
which many improvements have been made, including the erection of a 
fine barn.  The former barn was destroyed by fire in 1885, involving a 
loss of $2,000, the stock and farm implements all being destroyed.
  William S. Enyeart was married in Bedford county, in 1872, to Miss 
Annie L. Stoler, born in Woodstock valley, Huntingdon county, daughter 
of Daniel and Maria (Flock) Stoler.  Their children are:  Mary; George 
W.; Daniel E.; Flora C.; and Maria S.  Mr. Enyeart is very much in 
favor of compulsory education; he served as school director for fifteen 
years.  He is a staunch Republican, was a tax collector for the county 
several terms, and was elected justice of the peace in 1889 by an 
overwhelming majority.  His fitness is shown by the fact that his 
decisions are invariably sustained by the higher court.  He served as 
juryman in the United States Court at Pittsburg on an important case 
recently.  A deed for the farm owned by Mr. Enyeart in Hopewell 
township, dated May 20, 1794, was from Robert Morris and wife, one of 
the signers of the Declaration of Independence, the instrument being 
drawn in favor of Andrew Henderson.  Mr. Enyeart is a member of the 
German Reformed church, and is an enterprising and progressive citizen.