Westmoreland-Indiana County PA Archives Biographies.....Junkins, Isaac August 29, 1822

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ISAAC JUNKINS, of Seward, is a native of Indiana county and was born August 29,
1822, and is a son of James and Christiana (Stienman) Junkins. James Junkins was
born at Armagh, Indiana county, Pa., November 25, 1792. He was a day laborer and
in the winter seasons worked at shoemaking. He was drafted for the war of 1812
but did not go out. His wife was born September 23, 1801, and was a daughter of
Christopher Stienman, of Indiana county, who was a farmer of considerable wealth
in his day. Hugh Junkins (grandfather) was born and reared in Ireland; when a
young man he immigrated to this country and settled at Armagh; he was a
stone-mason by trade, died in 1846  and was married to Susan Young, who was also
a native of Ireland. Christopher Stienman (maternal grandfather) was born in
Germany; after landing in America he settled in York county, Pa., from there he
went to Bedford county where he married and then removed to Brush Valley,
Indiana county, where he followed farming pursuits and pruning apple trees. He
was married to Catharine, daughter of Marlin Loy, of Bedford county, Pa.

   Isaac Junkins attended the subscription schools of East Wheatfield township
in bis native county. In 1837 he went to work at eight dollars a month on the
old Pennsylvania canal where he continued to work for some time.

In 1841 he engaged with the Bingham line and boated on the Pennsylvania canal
from Johnstown to Pittsburg. He followed the canal for six or seven years when
he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., working on the tracks
and brakeing. In 1874 he became night-watchman for the company and was stationed
at Seward where he now resides. He has the esteem of the officials of the
Pennsylvania system and is regarded as a man of honesty and truthfulness.

   On November 21, 1861, he was married to Isabella Alcorn, born December 17,
1831, and was a daughter of William and Ruth (Forrester) Alcorn, of Indiana
county, and of English descent. Her grandfather Alcorn was a native of Ireland
and was among the early settlers in Indiana county. He was married three times;
one of his wives was stolen by the Indians and never rescued. Isaac Junkins has
five children, all of whom are living: James, who was born August 25, 1863; Ruth
A., September 1, 1865, died September 25, 1872; Mary A., July 28, 1867; David
L., September 17, 1869, and Edward M., February 28, 1874.

   He is independent in political matters and a respected member of the
Presbyterian church. Hugh Junkins, his grandfather, was a native of Ireland and
immigrated to the United States with a colony that came from the vicinity of
Armagh, Ireland, previous to the war of the Revolution. This colony settled in
what was the Westmoreland county but a part of the settlement was on the Indiana
side of the Conemaugh where the village of Armagh commemorates the location of
the colony.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Compiled and Published by John M. Gresham & Co.
Samuel T. Wiley, Chief Assistant
1890


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