Excerpt from Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 1 The present work, "Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania," presents in the aggregate an amount and variety of genealogical and personal information and portraiture unequalled by any kindred publication. No similar work concerning Western Pennsylvania has ever before been presented, and it contains a vast amount of ancestral history never before printed. The object, clearly defined and well digested, is to present in concise form the history of Western Pennsylvania Families of the Colonial Days. There are numerous voluminous histories of the State, making it unnecessary in this work to even outline its annals. What has been published, however, relates principally to civic life. The amplification necessary to complete the picture, old and nowaday, is what is supplied by these Genealogical and Personal Memoirs. In other words, while.others have written of the times, the province of this work is as a chronicle of the people who have made this magnificent region what it is. Unique in conception and treatment, this work constitutes one of the most original and permanently valuable contributions ever made to the social history of an American community. In it are arrayed in a lucid and dignified manner all the available facts regarding the ancestry, personal careers and matrimonial alliances of those who, in each succeeding generation, have been accorded leading positions in social, professional and business life. It is not based upon, neither does it minister to, aristocratic prejudices and assumptions. On the contrary, its fundamental ideas are thoroughly American and democratic. The work everywhere conveys the lesson that distinction has been gained only by honorable public service, or by usefulness in private station, and that the development and prosperity of the region of which it treats have been dependent upon the character of its citizens, and in the stimulus which they have given to commerce, to industry, to the arts and sciences, to education and religion - to all that is comprised in the highest civilization of the present day - through a continual progressive development. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Hardcover reprint of the original 1915 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), Ed. Genealogical And Personal History Of Western Pennsylvania, Volume 3. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), Ed. Genealogical And Personal History Of Western Pennsylvania, Volume 3. New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915.

Excerpt from Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 3 John Redman was born in county Down, Ireland, in 1824, died in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, in 1899. He emigrated to America in 1849, and at once proceeded to Pittsburgh, where he lived at the corner of Liberty and Canal streets. He removed to Braddock Fields in 1856. He was a Democrat, and a member of the United Presbyterian church. He married Lucinda Kelly, also born in county Down, Ireland, in 1828, died in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, in 1895. They had children: 1. William J., of further mention. 2. Robert, born in what is now the Ninth Ward of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in. 1852. 3. Anna, born in Braddock, Pennsylvania, in 1861; married James L. Black. 4. Malinda, born December 7, 1863; married John L. Lightner, of Braddock. 5. Emma, born March 10, 1869; lives at Swiss vale, Pennsylvania. 6. Agnes, born January 5, 1872; lives at Swissvale. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 Son of parents who were natives of Pennsylvania, vvil rodgers liam Adams Rodgers, son of James Rodgers, was born near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 18, 1816. Upon attaining man's estate he was captain of a canal boat on the Ohio river, then became connected with the iron and steel manufacturing industry. He moved to Parker, Pennsylvania, where his parents are buried, and he became manager of a furnace, later accepting a similar position near Canton, Ohio, in the employ of Peter Graff. Soon after the death of Mr. Graff, he moved to Monongahela City, Washington county, Pennsylvania, and for a time. Engaged in coal dealing, later managing several furnaces, one in Paulding county, Ohio, another in Latonia, Ohio. One of his business connections was with the Rochester Plow Factory, of Rochester, Pennsylvania, of which he was president, and in 1862 he moved toibellevue, Pennsylvania, pur chasing eight acres of land. He became the owner of considerable more property in this place, and was a man of prominence, one of the streets of Bellevue bearing his name, and there he lived until his death, in De cember, 1872. He was a man well favored by nature with pleasing personal attributes, possessing many friends, and by those who knew him only in business relations he was rightly adjudged a man of sound and upright principle, from which deviation was an unknown thing. He was a Re publican in political faith, and although reared in the Methodist Episcopal faith, in later life turned to the Catholic religion. He was prominently identified with the Masonic order. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Genealogical and Personal History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1 The history Of Pennsylvania and of its various political subdivisions has been written by various authors and at various times, each succeed ing writer adding a new chapter Of annals, or treating his subject from a different view point. Such history, splendid narrative that it is, is principally concerned, however, with what has been accomplished by the people in the mass, and takes little note of individuals, except those so pre - eminent as leaders as to come under the full glare of fame. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1 Unique in conception and treatment, this work constitutes one of the most original and permanently valuable contributions ever made to the social history of an American com munity. In it are arrayed in a lucid and dignified manner all the important facts regarding the ancestry, personal careers and matrimonial alliances of those who, in each succeeding generation, have been accorded leading positions in social, professional and business life. It is not based upon, neither does it minister to, aristocratic prejudices and assumptions. On the contrary, its fundamental ideas are thoroughly American and democratic. The work everywhere conveys the lesson that distinction has been gained only by honorable public serv ice, or by usefulness in private station, and that the development and prosperity of the region Of which it treats have been dependent upon the character of its citizens, and in the stimulus which they have given to commerce, to industry, to the arts and sciences, to education and religion - to all that is comprised in the highest civilization of the present day - through a continual progressive development. The inspiration underlying the present work is a fervent appreciation of the truth so well expressed by Sir Walter Scott, that there is no heroic poem in the world but is at the bottom the life of a man. And with this goes a kindred truth, that to know a man, and rightly measure his character, and weigh his achievements, we must know whence he came, from what forbears he sprang. Truly as heroic poems have been written in human lives in the paths of peace as in the scarred roads of war. Such examples. In whatever line of endeavor, are of much worth as an incentive to those who come afterward, and as such' were never so needful to be written of as in the present day, when pessimism, forgetful of the Splendid lessons of the past, withholds its effort in the present, and views the future only with alarm. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.