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History of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania : including its early settlement...
Chicago : A. Warner Co., 1889
Cushing, Thomas, 1821
Pg. 642, J. C. CRAWFORD, farmer, post office Duquesne, was born Feb. 6, 1829, on the old CRAWFORD homestead, in Mifflin Twp., this county, which was formerly known as the JOHN McKEE farm, and which was bought by grandfather GEORGE CRAWFORD, who lived and died in Westmoreland Co. GEORGE was born east of the mountains, of Scotch-Irish parentage, and willed the above property to his son, JOHN CRAWFORD, who lived on the farm until 1831, when he died, age 29 years. His widow, JANE (CHAMBERS) CRAWFORD, the mother of our subject, returned to Westmoreland Co., where she married ROBERT PAUL. Her daughter, MRS. JANE C. ORR, resides in Clarion Co., Pa. J. C. CRAWFORD was reared by his grandfather, WILLIAM CHAMBERS, of Westmoreland Co., and subsequently came to this county. Nov. 9, 1859, he married TILLIE J. WIGHAM, daughter of ROBERT W. WIGHAM. She became the mother of seven children, viz.: JOHN W., TILLIE J., JAMES S., GEORGE T., ANNIE E., EDWIN R. and JORDAN S. MRS. CRAWFORD died April 29, 1880. The old CRAWFORD family were Presbyterians in religion, in politics democrats. MR. CRAWFORD yet owns 90 acres of the home place, having sold some land to the Howard Plate Glass works at Duquesne.
Pg. 737, SEWARD OLIVER, D. D. S., Duquesne, was born April 12, 1848, on the OLIVER homestead, and was educated in this county and at the State Normal School. He studied dentistry with Dr. J. S. King, of Pittsburgh, of Pittsburgh, and graduated in March, 1887, at Indianapolis, Ind. He resides in Duquesne, where he has an office and keeps a drugstore. DR. OLIVER, married, Nov. 23, 1885, ALICE M., daughter of ARCHIBALD ROBINSON, and they have one child, LAURA BELL. DR. OLIVER is a republican.
Pg. 641, 642 ROBERT PATTERSON, farmer, post office Duquesne, was born Oct. 15, 1820, in Mifflin Twp., this county. His grandfather, ROBERT PATTERSON, a native of Ireland, settled first east of the mountains, and afterward in Mifflin Twp., where he followed the weaver’s trade, and was also one of the pioneer schoolteachers. His wife, ISABELLA, was the daughter of CAPT. BRISBIN, a revolutionary hero. She had eight children: MARY, ELIZABETH, NANCY, JANE, JOHN, JAMES, SAMUEL and WILLIAM. Of these JOHN was a farmer, and died near Pittsburgh, age 60 years; his wife, nee MARY OLDFIELD, was the mother of seven children: ELIZA, ISABELLA, ROBERT, JOHN, MARY, NANCY and GEORGE. The subject of this memoir was educated in his native county, where he has been a farmer all of his life. The old farm consisted of 150 acres, of which he has yet 100, situated between the steelworks and the glass factory. He married PRISCILLA, daughter of JOHN McCASLIN, and she died Oct. 29, 1878, the mother of four children: MRS. MARY RISHER, MRS. SARAH RATH, MRS. FANNIE RISHER and BESSIE V. MR. PATTERSON has taken an active interest in church work, and was formerly elder of the Presbyterian Church; politically he was a whig, and since a republican.
Pg. 720, WILLIAM B. RATH, farmer, post office Duquesne, was born Sept. 21, 1857, in Mifflin Twp., on the old homestead, a son of JAMES RATH. He was educated in his native county, has been a farmer all his life, and is now cultivating the old PATTERSON homestead. He married, Feb. 28, 1884, SARAH E. PATTERSON, who was born June 29, 1859. MR. and MRS. RATH are members of the Presbyterian Church. Politically he is identified with the Republican party.
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