(IV) David J. Mitchell, son of James Sidell and Lyda E. (Johnson)
Mitchell, was born in New Brighton, . Beaver county, Pennsylvania, Sep-
tember 15, 1875. His education was a very comprehensive one. At first
in the public schools of New Brighton and Beaver Falls, then in the Ohio
State University, at Columbus, Ohio. He next matriculated at the Western
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took a course in the commercial department of Beaver College. In 1898
he enlisted in Company B, Tenth Pennsylvania Infantry, United States
Volunteers and vi^as mustered out as regimental commissary sergeant; this
service was in the Spanish-American War. He returned to Beaver Falls
in 1901, and in 1903 went to Monaca, there to take charge of the planing
mill and lumber yard of the firm of J. S. Mitchell & Sons. In political
opinion he is a Republican, has served two terms as a member of the Com-
mon Council, and was elected for a third term in the fall of 1913. He is a
member of Rochester Lodge, No. 283, Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks; New Brighton Lodge, No. 351, Knights of Pythias; a charter
member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, of Monaca and Rochester. His
wife is a member of the Baptist Church of Monaca, and they reside at No.
914 Atlantic avenue.

Mr. Mitchell married, in Beaver Falls, in 1901, Mary E. Levis, of
Rochester, daughter of Henry M. and Sophia (Myers) Levis, the former
deceased, the latter living in Rochester. Children: Catherine, born June
30, 1903; James Sidell (2), born January 13, 1905.



The Moody family, which is well represented in Beaver
MOODY county, Pennsylvania, at the present day, came to this country
originally from Scotland, and has been mainly identified with
agricultural pursuits.

(I) Robert Moody, the immigrant ancestor of this branch of the
Moody family, was born in Scotland, died near Philadelphia. Early in
life he was apprenticed to learn the trade of sail making. Upon his arrival
in America he located in Northampton county, about ninety miles north
of Philadelphia, and there engaged in farming. He gave his political sup-
port to the Whig party, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
He married Mary Hutchison and had children: i. James, married Isa-
belle Ewing. 2. Anna, died young. 3. Elizabeth, married James Thompson,
and lived in Catawba, Ohio. 4. Margaret, married John Bunting, and
lived in Beaver county, Pennsylvania. 5. Mary, married David Dungan,
and lived at Frankfort Springs, Pennsylvania. 6. John, see forward. 7.
Martha, married S. H. Witherspoon. 8. Nancy, died in early youth. 9.
Samuel, a preacher at Savannah, Ohio, drowned in the Ohio river, op-
posite Wellsville, April 26, 1856; he married Margaret A. Dunawho.

(II) John Moody, son of Robert and Mary (Hutchison) Moody, was
bom in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, February 16, 1798. Like his
father, his chief occupation was that of farming, in which he was very
successful. He was the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land in
Greene township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. He took a deep interest
in whatever concerned the welfare of the community, and gave his political
allegiance to the Whig party. Mr. Moody married Margaret, born in
Hookstown, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Richard and Mar-
garet (McCready) McClure, the former a well-known miller. Children: i.



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Mary, born 1833, died 191 1; married Milo Thompson, and lived in Hooks-
town; had children: Lucretia, married George Workman; Clark, married
Ada Doak, one child, William ; Harry, deceased ; Maggie, married John Cot-
ter; two died in infancy. 2. Joseph, see forward. 3. Sarah, born 1838, died
at the age of ten years. 4. Samuel, see forward. 5. Margaret Ann, see
forward. 6. Elizabeth, born 1847, died at the age of six years. 7. Lucretia,
born 1849, died at the age of four years.

(HI) Joseph Moody, son of John and Margaret (McClure) Moody,
was born in Hookstown, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, January 4, 1835.
His education was the usual one of a farmer's son at that time, attending
the district school during the winter months, and assisting in the cultiva-
tion of the homestead farm during the summer. In 1856, when he had at-
tained his majority, he decided to branch out for himself, and accordingly
acquired a farm of thirty acres in Greene township, Beaver county. From
there he went to Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, purchased a farm
of eighty-six acres, which he cultivated for a period of seven years. He
then removed to Beaver county, where he purchased a tract of seventeen
and one-half acres, which he sold in 1907. He is still, however, the owner
of a fine house, but lives retired from business responsibilities. He is a
staunch supporter of the principles of the Republican party, and his re-
ligious affiliations are with the Presbyterian Church. On August 14, 1862,
he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Volun-
teers and went to the front, September i. He served three years and was
discharged May 4, 1865, at Camp Reynolds. Mr. Moody is a member of
Beaver Post, No. 473, Grand Army of the Republic, and at the present time
is quartermaster of the Post. Mr. Moody married Martha, born September
14, 1835, daughter of Thomas and Susan (Allen) Withrow, and their only
child is Maggie Elmina, born February 17, 1878, who was graduated from
the Beaver High School, and resides at home.

(Ill) Samuel Moody, son of John and Margaret (McClure) Moody,
was born in Hookstown, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1840. He re-
moved to Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, and was in the employ of the
Street Railway Company until the fall of 1893, when he returned to the
home farm, and has since that -time assisted his sister in its cultivation.
He married, 1882, Mrs. Martha (Kennedy) Hood, daughter of David
Kennedy, and widow of Gibson Hood, who had served as a soldier during
the Civil War. By her first marriage she had two children: Austin, de-
ceased; Jennie, was a resident of East Liverpool, Ohio, now deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Moody had children: Margaret, married Emmet Wilson,
resides in Liverpool ; Bert ; Bessie, married Harry Boggs ; Mabel.

(Ill) Margaret Ann Moody, daughter of John and Margaret (Mc-
Clure) Moody, was born on the Moody homestead, south of Hookstown,
Beaver county, Pennsylvania, 1845. She was educated in the public schools
of the neighborhood, and has spent her entire life on the home farm, where
she devoted herself to the care of her parents until their death at an ad-




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vanced age. She owns the homestead farm and personally superintends
all farm operations. The farm formerly consisted of one hundred and
sixty-seven acres, of which Miss Moody sold ninety-six acres.



The emigrant member of the Engle family of Pennsylvania
ENGLE made the commonwealth his home by a combination of cir-
cumstances that were, to say the least, unusual. Henry Engle
was born in Metz, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany, and was one of the army
that came to America under the French nobleman, General Lafayette, to
fight for the Colonists in the war for independence. He survived that
struggle without serious injury, but had imbibed so much of the American
spirit of liberty and had become so ardent a champion of the cause he had
so bravely aided to defend that when the foreign army, of which he was
a part, embarked for Europe he and a companion deserted. Alone in a
country with which they were almost unfamiliar, except for the part
over which their campaign had carried them, they settled in the eastern
part of Pennsylvania for a short time, and then, Henry Engle and his
comrade separating, the former came to what is now Beaver county. For
a time he conducted farming operations near Industry, and there died at
the home of one of his several children, George, of whom further.

(H) George Engle, son of Henry Engle, was born near Shippensburg,
Pennsylvania, in 1790, died in Industry, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, 1866.
He was brought to Beaver county when a child by his parents and there
spent his entire life. He followed his father's occupation, that of farmer,
and purchased a farm of one hundred acres in Industry township, later
adding thirty acres to the original tract. In 1836 he erected a substantial
brick house, now used as a residence by his son, Enoch Engle, and here
his death occurred. He was a Democrat in politics, but later became a
partisan of the Republican party. Both he and his wife were members of
the United Brethren Church, regular in their attendance and devout in
their worship.

He married Amy Dannals, born in Salem county, New Jersey, in
1799, died in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, having survived her husband,
a widow twenty-one years. She was a daughter of Stacey Dannals, a Swiss,
who came to America prior to the Revolution and who fought in that con-
flict in defense of the Colonial cause. After the war he settled on a farm
in Brighton township, where his death occurred. He was the father of
several children by two marriages. Children of George and Amy (Dan-
nals) Engle: i. George, a carpenter, died in Beaver county, Pennsylvania.
2. Henry, deceased, a farmer and wagon-maker, was for some years steward
of the county almshouse. 3. Stacey D., of whom further. 4. Jemima, de-
ceased, married Nicholas Todd. 5. John, died aged twenty-four years. 6.
David, of whom further. 7. Washington, a farmer of Brighton township.
8. Franklin, died aged twelve years. 9. Joseph, a fruit grower of Industry
township. ID. Enoch, born November 9, 1839, a fruit grower on the old
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(III) Stacey Dannals Engle, son of George and Amy (Dannals) Engle,
was born near Industry, Pennsylvania. In 1862 Mr. Engle removed to
Moon township, where he continued at his trade of wagon building, and
combined this with farming, in which he was also successful. In 1881 he
removed to Green Garden, purchasing seventy-seven acres of land there,
which he cultivated until his death in 1883. He was a member of the
Raccoon United Presbyterian Church, and a Republican in political opinion.
He married (first) Mary Robertson, and had children: James, Eliza,
George W., of whom further, Susan, Oliver C., of whom further, Ann,
Enoch W. S., David and an infant, both deceased. He married (second)
in 1867, Ann Jane Shannon, and had children, as follows: John G., of
whom further; William Joseph, of whom further; Walker Dannals, of
whom further.,

(IV) George W. Engle, son of Stacey Dannals and Mary (Robert-
son) Engle, was born in Vanport, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. He was
educated in the schools of that town and the college at Beaver. For some
time he was engaged in teaching school and about eighteen or twenty years
age located on the farm on which he is living at the present time. This
consists of one hundred and sixty-three acres, all kept in a fine state of
cultivation. He married Mary Ellen Shaffer and had children : James O.,
see forward; Mary, a teacher. Mary Ellen (Shaffer) Engle was the
daughter of Samuel and Agnes (McCallister) Shaffer; granddaughter of
Daniel and Mary (Wade) Shaffer; granddaughter of James and Nancy
(Hood) McCallister; and great-granddaughter of Daniel Shaffer Sr., who
was a pioneer farmer in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, coming to that sec-
tion about 1800. The Shaffer family were in all probability of German
origin, and they were all members of the United Presbyterian Church.
Samuel Shaffer was a blacksmith, and plied his trade at New Scottsville,
Independence and Bunkerhill. Later he was a farmer. His children
were: Mary Ellen, who married Mr. Engle; James M., Ann Eliza, Emma
Rachel, William Melvin, Daniel Presley, Nancy Jane. Daniel and Mary
(Wade) Shaffer had children: William; Samuel, who was born in 1829,
became the father of Mary Ellen (Shaffer) Engle; John; Daniel and
James, served as soldiers during the Civil War; Eliza Jane; Johanna;
Mary; and another. Agnes (McCallister) Shaffer was the daughter of
James and Nancy (Hood) McCallister, all farmers, whose children were:
Agnes, mentioned above; David, who served as a soldier during the Civil
War.

(V) James O. Engle, only son of George W. and Mary Ellen
(Shaffer) Engle, was born in Moon township, Beaver county, Pennsyl-
vania, November 2, 1883. He was educated in the public schools of his
native township, and very naturally drifted into the occupation of farm-
ing. During the past three years he has also been identified with the opera-
tion of a saw mill on the homestead farm. In both undertakings he has
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welfare of the community, and while refusing to hold public office he is
consistent in his support of the Republican party. He and his wife are
members of the Raccoon United Presbyterian Church. Mr. Engle mar-
ried, April 20, 1908, Rosa Cochran, and they have had children: Catherine
Mary, Enoch George, James Elmer.

(IV) Oliver C. Engle, M. D., a well known physician of Beaver
county, Pennsylvania, now located at Aliquippa, was born at Vanport,
Beaver county, March 17, 1856, son of Stacey Dannals and Mary (Robert-
son) Engle. His early years were spent on a farm in Moon township,
Beaver county, where he attended the public schools. Later he became
a student at Beaver College and the New Sheffield Academy, and from
there went to the engineering department of the University of Michigan.
For a period of eight years he was successfully engaged as a teacher in
the public schools, then matriculated at the University of Maryland, from
the medical department of which he was graduated in 1887 with the degree
of Doctor of Medicine. He at once established himself in the practice of
his chosen profession, his first location being at New Sheffield, where he
remained for sixteen years, and then removed to Scottdale, Westmoreland
county, Pennsylvania, where he was successfully engaged in practice until
1913. In that year he removed to Aliquippa, Beaver county, Pennsylvania,
where he is now established. He is a member of the Westmoreland
County, the Beaver County and the American Medical associations. In
political matters he is a Progressive, and has the courage of his convictions.
He has never desired to hold public office, preferring to give his entire
time and attention to the arduous duties of his professional work. He and
his wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church.

Dr. Engle married, in 1888, Rosa Shannon, born in New Sheffield,
Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1864, daughter of John and Elizabeth
(McKee) Shannon, both now deceased. They have had children : Howard,
graduated from the high school, now with the Frick Company of Scott-
dale, married Jessie Seaman and has one child, William Oliver; Edna,
graduated from the Woman's College of Frederick, Maryland, now a teacher
in Domestic Science in the Normal School at Lebanon, Virginia ; Frederick,
now a student in the Pennsylvania State College; Mabel, attends the Alle-
gheny high school; Emma; Margaret.

(IV) John G. Engle, son of Stacey Dannals and Ann Jane (Shannon)
Engle, was bom at Raccoon Creek, March 9, 1868. He was educated at
the Bunkerhill and Green Garden public schools, and supplemented this
with practical and extensive reading in later life. He has always resided
at Green Garden since his father took up his residence there, and is the
owner of one hundred and thirty acres of land. In 1882 his father had
planted two hundred peach trees, and Mr. Engle has added to this fruit
orchard until he now has about three thousand peach trees in full bearing
condition. He is also engaged in general farming to a great extent, and
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Elberta peaches. He is a man of remarkable business and executive abil-
ity, and is personally connected with a number of other business enterprises.
He was one of the promoters of the Raccoon Township Telephone Com-
pany, and secretary and treasurer of that company; it consolidated later
with the Beaver County Telephone Company, of which Mr. Engle is now
a stockholder. He has served as justice of the peace ; is an elder and mem-
ber of the session of the Service United Presbyterian Church; and is a
member of the local Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.

Mr. Engle married, November i6, 1898, Mary Belle, daughter of
Alexander G. Ewing, and they have had children: Walter Paul, Grace
Elizabeth, Frank Alexander, Jennie Gertrude, Donald Albert.

(IV) Rev. William Joseph Engle, son of Stacey Dannals and Ann
Jane (Shannon) Engle, was bom in Moon township, Pennsylvania, March
25, 1870. Until the age of eleven years he attended the public schools at
Bunkerhill, walking three miles to school every day, and then became a
pupil in the Green Garden schools, from which he was graduated. He
then took a preparatory course at the New Sheflfield Academy, going from
there to Geneva College. In the meantime he had taught several terms in
the public schools and one year in the New Sheffield Academy. After
three years spent in study at the Allegheny United Presbyterian Seminary,
he was assigned to a pastorate at Scroggsfield, Ohio, where he remained for
a period of six years. The next three years he was the pastor of the
United Presbyterian Church in Toronto, Ohio, and while there his health
became impaired to such an extent that he was obliged to leave the ministry
for a time at least. He accordingly came to Green Garden, Pennsylvania,
March 16, 1910, and purchased a farm of eighty-six acres, planted this
with peach trees, with which industry he has since been identified, and
now has two thousand peach trees in fine bearing condition. During the
second year of his residence at Green Garden, he became the supply
preacher at Service, and has since acted in that capacity. While a student
at college, Mr. Engle was president of his class for three years ; was the
captain of the football team in his senior year ; in his sophomore year was
the athletic editor of the college paper, the literary editor in his junior
year, and editor in chief during his senior year. He was an active member
of the literary society of the college, being elected president of it during his
senior year. He was the second honor man of his class, 1898, doing the
work of four years in the course of three.

Rev. Mr. Engle married, March i, 1905, Sarah Belle Donelson, of
Scroggsfield, Ohio, and they have had children: Oliver Donelson, bom
August 19, 1909, at Toronto, Ohio; Ralph Joseph, born May 7, 191 1, at the
homestead at Green Garden, Pennsylvania.

(IV) Dr. Walker Dannals Engle, son of Stacey Dannals and Ann
Jane (Shannon) Engle, was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, April 29,
1873. As a youth he attended the public schools, Sheffield Academy, and
the Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, State Normal School. Leaving the



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latter institution, he taught school for several years, then entering the
medical department of the University of Western Pennsylvania, at Pitts-
burgh (University of Pittsburgh), and was graduated thence in 1901.
His first practice was begun in Sheridan, Pennsylvania, whence he came
to Aliquippa, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, his practice in that borough
dating from December 6, 1902, until his death, January 16, 1913, almost
exactly eleven years later. He was a ceaseless student of the abstruse
points of his profession, and even after becoming well established therein
took up post-graduate work at the Chicago Polyclinic Institute, also keei>-
ing abreast of the most modern developments in medicine by membership
in the County, State and American Medical associations. From his youth
he was reared in the United Presbyterian faith, while his wife was a Pres-
byterian, both becoming members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr.
Engle, during his lifetime, was a universal favorite in the community in
which he lived, was admired as a man of culture and erudition, and was
constantly busied at his profession. His were all the qualities that com-
pose the ideal physician, learning, tact and cordial address, closely intri-
cated with those attributes that are native to a gentleman, courtesy, honor,
virtue and probity.

Dr. Engle married, June 25, 1902, Kate Bayne Torrence, born in
Beaver county, Pennsylvania, December 25, 1876, daughter of Thomas
Armor and Emma (Withrow) Torrence, both natives of Beaver county,
Pennsylvania, the former bom in 1840, the latter October 4, 1843, died May
3, 1902. After the death of his wife, Thomas Armor Torrence married
a second time, his wife being Mrs. Elizabeth White, of East Liverpool,
Ohio, the marriage being solemnized in 1907. Thomas Armor is a son of
William and Angeline (Armor) Torrence, natives of Beaver and Wash-
ington counties, respectively, their parents pioneers of both counties.
Children of Thomas Armor and Emma (Withrow) Torrence: Angeline
Armor, died aged five years; Kate Bayne, of previous mention, married
Walker Dannals Engle; Edna Frances, Frederick Earl, Alexander Mor-
rison, Thomas Armor Jr., Mary Emma. Children of Walker Dannals
and Kate Bayne (Torrence) Engle: Catherine, bom December 12, 1903;
Frances Jane, January 10, 1905; Dorothy, June 21, 1909, died January
6, 1910.

(IH) David Engle, son of George and Amy (Dannals) Engle, was
born in what is now Industry township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania,
January 22, 1830, died there May 9, 1864. His early life was spent on the
home farm and it was in every way natural that he should choose that
as his life occupation, purchasing a farm adjoining the old homestead,
where he resided at his death. Although his manner of life was quiet
and unpretentious, his well-known uprightness of character and correctness
of conduct often made him the choice of his neighbors for township offices,
all of which he accepted as the representative of the Republican party. In
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in his worship, consistent in his life and helpful in his labors for the church.

He married Cynthia Knight, born in Industry township, Beaver county,
Pennsylvania, January 21, 1832, died February 7, 1890, daughter of David
and Elizabeth (Mason) Knight, early residents of Industry township.
David Knight was a farmer, owned a large tract of land, and was a
Democrat in politics. Both spent their entire lives in Industry township.
Children of David and Elizabeth (Mason) Knight: i. Amos, deceased;
was a farmer of Industry township. 2. Lewis, deceased; was a farmer
of Industry township. 3. Emanuel, lives in Industry township. 4. Cyn-
thia, of previous mention, married (first) David Engle, (second) William
Ammon. 5. Elmira, married W. J. Hoyt, deceased, a soldier of the Civil
War; she lives in Industry township. 6. Elizabeth, married (first) Thomas
Exby, (second) Jacob Sierer, both deceased; she resides in Paulding
county, Ohio. 7. Lorenzo Dow, died young. Children of David and Cyn-
thia (Knight) Engle. i. Elizabeth, born February 22, 1854; married
John C. Williams, and lives in Brighton township. 2. Joseph, born January
15, 1856, died August 7, 1861, the victim of an attack of diphtheria. 3.
Amy, bom January 13, 1858, died August 13, 1861, of the same disease
that caused the death of her brother. 4. Elmira, bom December 30, i860;
married R. D. Fleming, and lives in Rochester, Beaver county, Pennsyl-
vania. 5. David Jackson, of whom further. Children of William and
Cynthia (Knight-Engle) Ammon: i. Jennie, died aged two years. 2.
Lydia, married William Davis, and lives on a portion of the old homestead.
3. Cynthia Birdell, married Joseph Russell, and lives in Beaver, Pennsyl-
vania. 4. Margaret, married J. Albert Cooley, and lives in Niantic, Illi-
nois.

(IV) David Jackson Engle, son of David and Cynthia (Knight)
Engle, was born in Industry township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, Feb-
ruary 10, 1863. He attended the public schools until sixteen years of age,
during that period also acquiring an intimate knowledge of farming opera-
tions. On arriving at the age of sixteen years he was placed in charge of
the home farm, later became half owner and continued its cultivation
until 1905. In the latter year he purchased and moved to a fifty-seven
acre farm in Brighton township, on Dutch Ridge road, which he success-
fully operated until the spring of 1912, when he sold it advantageously
and bought a farm of thirty-five acres on the Tuscarora road. Here he
erected a modem buff brick residence and in the spring of 1913 moved
to his new home. He has always made a specialty of fruit and vegetable