Bios:  ROBERT HAGGERTY 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      ROBERT HAGGERTY,
  
  [p. 426] one of the old and respected citizens of Little Beaver
  Township, who lives on his valuable farm of fifty-five acres, has
  carried on general farming here almost from his boyhood days. He was
  born in Ireland, in September, 1826, a son of Robert Haggerty, who
  brought his family to America when Robert, Jr., was fourteen years of
  age, he being the youngest child.
  
  The father of Mr. Haggerty rented a farm, which is now entirely covered
  by a part of the city of Philadelphia. Later, his sons secured a large
  tract of land in Little Beaver Township, Lawrence County, on Little
  Beaver Creek, and to this place the parents also came and here they
  died. The mother's maiden name was Dorothy McAllen, and she passed away
  first. The old log house, which then stood on the farm was the largest
  one in the neighborhood and here was dispensed much hospitality in early
  days, and was the scene of many gatherings.
  
  Robert Haggerty spent a large part of his youth, until he was fourteen
  years of age, guarding cattle. The voyage to America is easily recalled
  by him, and as he was boyishly impatient to reach the home in the new
  country, the six weeks and four days on the Atlantic Ocean, during which
  the ship was out of sight of land, seemed a very long time. As he grew
  up he assisted his brothers in clearing and operating the farms, they
  acquiring three valuable tracts, and when the land was divided, Robert
  Haggerty took the present one as his share. During his many years of
  residence here he has gradually added improvements and has enriched the
  land by careful cultivation, but since 1892 he has shifted the
  responsibility to the shoulders of his son, Samuel, who is also a
  capable farmer.
  
  When be reached manhood, Mr. Haggerty was married to Martha McKimm, who
  was also born in Ireland, a daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Wasson)
  McKimm, whom she accompanied to America in 1852, when she was seventeen
  years of age. The McKimm family settled near Darlington, in Beaver
  County, where they were pioneers. There were the following children in
  the McKimm family: Ellen, deceased, was the wife of George Brown,
  likewise deceased; Martha, the wife of Mr. Haggerty; Margaret, deceased,
  was the wife of Samuel McKimm, a cousin; Samuel was a member of the One
  Hundred Thirty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, and was killed at
  the battle of Fredericksburg, during the Civil War, and Belle, who is
  the widow of H. Wylie. Mr. and Mrs. Haggerty have four children and an
  adopted daughter: Samuel, who was born on this farm March 7, 1867 and
  has managed the same since 1892; John Andrew, residing at New Castle,
  married a Miss Johns, and they have three children: George W., who
  assists in the operation of the farm; Henry J., who resides in Pittsburg
  is bookkeeper for McGinnis, Smith & Co:, and Minnie P., the latter the
  adopted daughter, who is just the same as one of the family. The
  Haggerty family, one and all, belong to the Reformed Presbyterian Church.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
  Updated: 21 Oct 2001