rode to King James at Stirling, demanding vengeance. This was the
original flaunting of the "bloody shirt" and secured the outlawry of the
McGregors, as told by Scott in a note of his "Lady of the Lake." Many
of the Colquhouns fled to Ireland in the seventeenth century to avoid re-
ligious persecution. The Calhoun coat-of-arms is as follows : Argent, a
saltire, engrailed sable. Crest: A hart's head erased gules. Supporters,
Two ratch hounds, collard sable. Motto: Si je puis.
(I) Andrew Calhoon, who was born in county Derry, Ireland, in
1761, died in Big Beaver township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1864,
at the advanced age of one hundred and three years. He emigrated to
America about 1785, and at first made his home in New York City. Later
he removed to Chester county, Pennsylvania, and finally settled in Big
Beaver township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where he followed farm-
ing many years. He married (first) Mary Kennedy, (second) Mrs.
Rogers, of South Beaver township. Children, all by first marriage : Robert,
of further mention ; James K., John S.
(II) Robert Calhoon, son of Andrew and Marj (Kennedy) Calhoon,
was born in the state of Pennsylvania in 1805, died April i, 1859. He
was a carpenter in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, for a number of years,
then removed to New Brighton in 1848, and there attained a position of
prominence in the community. He served as justice of the peace, as a
member of the borough council, and as a burgess. He was a member
of the Old School Presbyterian Church. Mr. Calhoon married, in 1828,
Elizabeth Scott, of Darlington, Pennsylvania, and they had children: Mary
Jane, Thomas, John C, of further mention ; Margaret.
(III) John C. Calhoon, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Scott) Calhoon,
attended the public schools until his fifteenth year, and was then appren-
ticed to learn the trade of harness maker, serving his apprenticeship with
James Baker, at New Brighton. In 1861 he was employed in the arsenal
in Allegheny, and continued there for three and a half years, working on
the saddles and harness for the United States government. He then opened
a shop in New Brighton, where he continued this line of manufacture
and also furnished a large amount of private custom work. He married
Nancy, a daughter of Harvey White, and had children : Thomas, Harry,
of further mention ; Edwin, Robert, Harvey.
(IV) Harry Calhoon, son of John C. and Nancy (White) Calhoon,
was born at New Brighton, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, September 15,
1862. He received his preparatory education in the public schools of New
Brighton and Geneva College. He took up the study of law with J. R.
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Harrah, and continued it in the office of Thompson & Martin. Admitted
to practice at the bar in 1892, he at once estabHshed himself in New Brigh-
ton, and in 1893 was elected solicitor of that township. In 1898 he was
elected district attorney of Beaver county. He is a member of the Metho-
dist Church, the Masonic fraternity, the Junior Order of United American
Mechanics, and the Royal Arcanum. Mr. Calhoon married Florence, a
daughter of Frederick Deitrick.
The origin of this name, which is one of the most famous
DOUGLASS in the annals of Scotland, has never been definitely de-
termined, and the ancient legendary border tales relative
to the subject, formerly sung by the bards, are now considered an unsatis-
factory solution of the problem. Its great antiquity, however, is unques-
tionable, and history records many gallant and chivalrous deeds performed
by bearers of this name, which for centuries has been one of the most
prominent in the Scottish nobility.
(I) George J. Douglass of New Brighton, Beaver county, Pennsyl-
vania, was for many years a miller in that section. He married Matilda
McKay, and had children: George D. and Elizabeth.
(II) George D. Douglass, son of George J. and Matilda (McKay)
Douglass, was born in Fallston, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, January
12, 1854. For a period of twenty-five years he was connected with the
Penn Bridge Company, of Beaver Falls, and is now living retired. He
married Ellen G., a daughter of William Wilde. Children : Herbert W.,
of further mention; Thomas L., bom October 14, 1884, now general man-
ager of the Alberta Nail & Wire Company, at Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
(HI) Herbert W. Douglass, son of George D. and Ellen G. (Wilde)
Douglass, was born in New Brighton, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, Jan-
uaury 22, 1882. The public schools of the town furnished him with an
excellent education, and he was graduated from the high school. He then
became a clerk in the employ of the banking house of G. S. Barker &
Company. In 1900 the Beaver County Trust Company was organized, and
purchased the business of G. S. Barker & Company. Mr. Douglass was
retained in his position, and from this advanced successively to the offices
of teller, assistant treasurer, and is now (1914) secretary and treasurer
of this corporation, which owes much of its success to his executive ability.
He is connected with other important financial enterprises, and is the sec-
retary and treasurer of the Beaver County Insurance Agency, Incorporated.
He is independent in his political opinions, and will not allow himself to
be bound by partisan ties. His fraternal affiliation is with the Free and
Accepted Masons. He is a member of Christ Episcopal Church, and su-
perintendent of the Sunday school connected with it. Mr. Douglass mar-
ried, September i, 1905, Ida B., a daughter of O. C. Harris, and they
have had children: Helen Elizabeth, born June 18, 1906; Herbert W. Jr.,
born May 9, 1908.
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The emigrant ancestor of the Cable family was John, who
CABLE appears in Massachusetts records about 1631, his name occui-
ring in public documents on numerous occasions, once as a
petitioner to the general court in 1635 for permission to move to. the Con-
necticut river region, and again in 1652, when he assisted in the capture
of a Dutch vessel off the coast of Fairfield and was awarded 5£ by the
general court of Connecticut. From him descended the branch of the family
so numerous and so prominent in New England and New York. It is
with a New York branch that this chronicle deals, that state having been
the early home of John Cable, who came to Beaver county, Pennsylvania,
when that region was little more than a wilderness. Braving all the
dangers of pioneer life, from man as well as beast, he hewed a home from
the virgin forest, cleared a farm, and there settled, the John the Baptist
of the future wealth and greatness of that county. He was a devoted
churchman, and a member of one of the first Lutheran churches in the
county. He married Phoebe Goehring, a native of Germany, daughter of
Jacob Goehring, who came to Beaver county from Germany. Both he and
his wife died in the county. Children: i. Charles, lived all his life in
Westmoreland county. 2. John, a hotel proprietor in Allegheny City,
Pennsylvania. 3. Susan, died in Butler county, Pennsylvania. 4. Phoebe,
of previous mention, married John Cable. Children of John and Phoebe
(Goehring) Cable: Charles, John, Edward, all deceased; George W., of
whom further; Milo and Jefferson, both deceased; Henrietta, deceased;
Lucinda, a resident of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania ; and Belinda,
lives in Rochester, Beaver county.
(II) George W., son of John and Phoebe (Goehring) Cable, was
born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania. May 16, 1838. His early life was
spent on his father's farm, and it was in this environment that he became
accustomed to muscle-hardening labor and formed vitality-giving habits
that endowed him with a constitution strong enouph to withstand the at-
tacks of approaching old age. He attended the public schools, and as a
vocation chose the trade of mason and bricklayer, at which he worked for
a time, until acquiring sufficient capital, he branched out into a contracting
business. In this line he has met with excellent success, his results from
the first encouraging him to fresh efforts and many of the most important
buildings of Beaver county and the contiguous country stand as monu-
ments to his constructive ability. His first choice of a political party was
the Republican, and his first presidential vote was cast for Abraham Lin-
coln, but since that time his judgment as to the merits of the candidate
has been the only force influencing him in the casting of his ballot. He
married, in i860, Sarah Jane, (deceased), daughter of Philip and Sarah
(Fisher) Stetzell, of Rochester, Beaver county. Philip Cable was born in
Germany, and came to the United States, settling in Rochester, where his
entire life was spent as a farmer. At the outbreak of the Civil War he
was anxious to go to the front, but the tears and pleadings of his wife for
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a time deterred him. At length, love of country becoming so strong as to
defy resistance, he enlisted without her knowledge, and wrote her of his
departure when he was too far on his way to be influenced by her pas-
sionate persuasion. He was wounded in an early engagement and was sent
home on a furlough to recover from his injuries and to regain his strength.
Overanxiety to rejoin the army led him to attempt to return before he
was in little more than the first stage of convalescence, and he died in
Cincinnati, just before reaching the troops. Both he and his wife were
members of the German Lutheran Church. He married Sarah Fisher,
born at Wittenberg, Beaver county, daughter of William Fisher, who
came to that locality from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Children of Philip
and Sarah (Fisher) Stetzell : i. Philip, a carpenter, died in Rochester. 2.
Sarah Jane, of previous mention, married George W. Cable. 3. Mary
Magdalena, married Charles L. Reno (deceased), an engineer, who served
in the Civil War. 4. Ann Elizabeth, married Charles Rhodes, both de-
ceased. 5. George Frederick, a carpenter, died at Irondale, Pennsylvania.
6. William Andrew, a carpenter, died unmarried; made his home with his
sister, Mary. After the death of her husband, while on his way to rejoin
his regiment, Sarah (Fisher) Stetzell never remarried. Children of George
W. and Sarah Jane (Stetzell) Cable: i. Emma Virginia, married William
Fisher, and has sons, Frank and Harold. 2. Elmer, of whom further. 3.
Laura, deceased. 4. William, married Daisy Clingelheimer ; children, Ken-
nedy and Dorothy. 5. George A., married Mary Sherwood, and lives in
Upland, California.
(HI) Elmer E., first son and second child of George W. and Sarah
Jane (Stetzell) Cable, was born in Rochester, Beaver county, Pennsylvania,
October 21, 1862. He attended the public schools and learned his father's
trade, and after working for several years as a journeyman engaged in
contracting, in which line he does considerable work throughout Beaver
Valley, keeping in his employ an average of eight men. In 191 1 he pur-
chased a farm of fifty-five acres in Brighton township, and has here ever
since resided. He continues his contracting, deputizing many of his duties
to a trusted foreman, and devotes much of his time to cultivating his land
and to fruit growing, producing some of the finest peaches and berries
raised in the county. He is a Republican in politics and belongs to the
Modern Woodmen of America. With his wife he is a member of the
English Lutheran church.
He married, December 27, 1887, Olive F., born November 12, 1866,
daughter of John and Mary (Rhodes) Fleschman, of Chippewa town-
ship. John Fleschman was born in Germany, and when a lad was brought
to the United States by his parents, who settled in Beaver county. Here
his youthful life was spent, Chippewa township, where he died in 1913,
being the scene of his later life, the birthplace of his wife, and her present
place of residence. Children of John and Mary (Rhodes) Fleschman:
Olive F., of previous mention, married Elmer E. Cable; Martin, John,
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Christina, Mary, Jacob, Minnie and Joseph, deceased. Children of Elmer
E. and Olive F. (Fleschman) Cable: Harry, a mason of Rochester, mar-
ried Ella Guthermuth; Laura Olive, died in infancy; Sarah; Howard.
Successful in business and a citizen of good repute, Mr. Cable is held in
high esteem by his wide circle of friends.
Examples of the thrift and industry popularly supposed to
MORROW be a radical characteristic of all claiming Ireland as their
homeland are seen ni the cases of Hugh, the emigrant, and
his son, Alexander P. Morrow. From being the owners of forty acres of
land, father and son gradually added to their possessions until at the death
of the latter, one thousand acres of land in Beaver county was owned by
him.
Hugh Morrow was born in Ireland, of Scotch-Irish descent, married
there when a young man, and came with his bride to the United States.
He made settlement in Hopewell township, Beaver county on a forty-acre
tract of land, clearing it of the woodland covering, and building a log
cabin from the trees felled. He farmed his land and from time to time
made acquisition of the neighboring land until at his death his farm had
increased to one hundred and fifty acres. He lived a quiet, peaceful life,
never mingling much with his fellows, and indulging to the full his love
of home life, he and his wife being the best of com.panions. Both were
members of the Presbyterian church, and regular attendants at its services.
He died aged forty years. Children of Hugh and Agnes (Wallace) Mor-
row: I. William, a farmer of Brighton township, near Beaver, where he
died, having been twice married. 2. Alexander Prentiss, of whom further.
3. James, died unmarried, in Hopewell township, Beaver county, aged forty
years. 4. Mary, whose entire life was spent in Hopewell township, mar-
ried Robert McCartney.
(II) Alexander Prentiss, son of Hugh and Agnes (Wallace) Morrow,
was born in Hopewell township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1812,
died in Beaver, October 28, 1892. He attended the common schools and
spent his boyhood days on his father's farm, a circumstance that made the
choice of a calling a comparatively easy one, his later life being spent
largely in the pursuit of that occupation. For a time he was proprietor
of a grist and saw mill at Bucktown, and then purchased the old home-
stead. Continuing the policy of his father, he constantly added to this
until his estate reached one thousand acres, a farm of immense dimensions
for that locality, and became a sheep raiser, his flocks, hundreds in num-
ber, grazing over much of the land. He afterward moved to a farm on
Two Mile run, in Brighton township, also making other places in this town-
ship his residence, but finally laid aside the responsibilities of active life
and spent his latter years in Beaver, where his death occurred. For many
years he was a strong Democrat, and held many township ofiices, such as
school director, as the candidate of the Democratic party, but later in life
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he broke all party affiliations and followed an entirely independent course
at the polls. The United Presbyterian church ever claimed his earnest sup-
port, and of the new Bethlehem church of this faith he was an elder. At his
death, aged eighty years, he retained much of the mental vigor and fresh-
ness of his youth, although his four-score years had left its mark upon his
once sturdy and stalwart frame. During his long residence in the county he
had become very well known and proportionally well-liked, the result of
his friendly, genial nature and unselfish spirit.
He married (first) Agnes Creighton, (second) in 1853, Athaline
Springer, died February 16, 1879, (third) in 1882, Julia Eckels, deceased,
of Portersville, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania. Children of first mar-
riage: I. Hugh, died at home unmarried. 2. Mary Jane, deceased; mar-
ried Alexander Kennedy, of Allegheny City (Pittsburgh, North Side). 3.
John, a farmer, lives in Hopewell township. 4. Agnes, died in infancy.
5. William, a farmer, cultivates land in Independence township. 6. Alex-
ander, lives retired at South Heights. Children of second marriage: 7.
James, lives in Dixmont, Pennsylvania. 8. Nancy, married James Reis-
inger, deceased, and lives in Beaver. 9. Elizabeth, died in infancy. 10.
George W., died unmarried, when a young man. 11. Cynthia, died aged
twelve years. 12. Clarisa, married George Dobbs.
County Antrim, Ireland, was the birthplace of William
MARSHALL Marshall, who was brought to the United States by his
parents in 1845, when he was three years of age. His
parents settling in Pittsburgh, that was his boyhood home, and in that city
he learned the trade he still follows, that of plasterer. He is a Republican
in political sympathies, and belongs to the Presbyterian church, in whose
afifairs he was at one time very active. He is a member of the Grand
Army of the Republic, having enlisted in 1861 in Company E, 155th Regi-
ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and serving to the end of the war.
He participated in all of the conflicts of the war engaging the Army of the
Potomac, among them the Wilderness, Antietam and Gettysburg. He
was twice wounded, once in the battle of the Wilderness and again at
Gettysburg, neither time seriously, but each time causing short confine-
ment in the hospital. He married Susanna Neal, died in 1897, daughter
of John Neal. John Neal was a native of Pennsylvania, residing near
Carnegie, Pennsylvania, a coal miner. Children of William and Susanna
(Neal) Marshall: i. William, a plasterer, lives at Webster Springs, Green-
brier county. West Virginia. 2. Andrew, a plasterer, of Midland. 3.
Dorothy, married (first) Frank Reed, (second) C. W. Welker, and lives
at 2107 Wingate street, Pittsburgh. 4. John W., of whom further.
(II) John W., son of William and Susanna (Neal) Marshall, was
born at Carnegie, Pennsylvania, September 22, 1873. He was educated
in the public schools of Green Tree borough, and when a young man learned
the trade of his father, that of plasterer, and also made a study of the
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uses of concrete in building. Long before he had attained his majority
he began contracting work, in which he has ever since continued, mainly
in Pittsburgh and vicinity, with uniform success. In April, 1912, he came
to Midland and there organized the John Marshall Company, dealers in
builders' supplies, of which he was president and manager for fourteen
months. In June of the following year he severed his connection with the
concern, and has since been engaged in general contracting and building
in Midland. Since beginning operations in that town he has been connected
with the erection of about one hundred and fifty houses. A Republican
in politics, he has taken a great interest in the organization of the Midland
government, and while a resident of Marianna, Pennsylvania, was council-
man and school director. Mr. Marshall married, in 1900, Birdella B. Read,
a native of Allegheny county, daughter of Wilson and Mary Read. Chil-
dren of Wilson and Mary Reed : Aida, Frank, and Birdella B. of previous
mention, married John W. Marshall. Children of John W. and Birdella
B. Marshall: Clifford R., Bay Wesley, Marie, Wayne, and another.
Mr. Marshall's success in his chosen line of endeavor has been due
largely to his aggressive perseverance. Circumventing obstacles with re-
markable ease, he has added achievement upon achievemeet to his record as
a contractor and builder, and at the present time holds high position among
his associates in that occupation.
At the time of the coming of the Wiesen family to the
WIESEN United States, no settler could with precision be called a
pioneer, and yet Mathias Wiesen was, in a sense, the pioneer
of his branch, inasmuch as he was the first to leave Germany and to seek
fairer residence in the United States. He immigrated in 1854 and settled
at Sharon, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, where he obtaind employment in
the mines. This labor, however, did not appeal to him, and he embraces the
opportunity to leave the gloomy depths and enter upon farm labor, later
purchasing a farm of forty-four acres and there residing until his death
in 1903, aged seventy-six years. He was a Democrat in politics, and with
his wife a member of the Roman Catholic church. Children of Mathias
and Annie Mary Wiesen : Mary, lives on the homestead, unmarried ;
Linda, married Frank Tuttle, and lives at Youngstown, Ohio ; Nicholas, a
mill employee of Allegheny county; John, a member of the police force
of West Homestead; Mathias, a resident of Youngstown, Ohio; a daughter,
died in infancy; Peter M., of whom further; and two daughters, both died
in infancy.
(II) Peter M., fourth son and seventh child of Mathias and Annie
Mary Wiesen, was born at Sharon, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, March
I, 1867. He attended the public school in his youth, and as a young man
identified himself with the steel industry, remaining in that business until
1892. In that year he purchased the Eureka Hotel at Homestead, and
was its proprietor for three years, later engaging in business at West
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Homestead for a like period. On October 25, 1905, he moved to what is
now Midland, Pennsylvania, although at the time the present borough
existed only in the minds of its promoters. Foreseeing the opportunity for
business if a well conducted hotel were established at this place, he pur-
chased a large building and the surrounding land and opened a hotel.
With the Midland Steel Company as the original boomers, other companies
located their plants there, and the growth of Midland became not only
assured, but a realization, and Mr. Wiesen has ever since been the pro-
prietor of the hotel he established. He is a member of the Roman Catholic
church, and in the early days of the town, before a church edifice was
erected, Father Gallagher held services in his hotel, a practice by no means
unusual in the formative period of a town or village. One of the earliest
residents of the town, it is but natural that he should have played a
prominent part in its political affairs. He has been a member of the town
council ever since the borough was formed, and for a year and a half was
its president. Mr. Wiesen married, in 1889, Kate Magee, daughter of
Patrick Magee, a native of England. They have been the parents of two
children, both of whom are deceased.
The Norman family of Locke had its inception in England,
LOCKE in the invasion and subsequent conquering of that country by
William the Conqueror, there living for four hundred years.
In 1485, because of religious upheaval and the attendant dangers, persecu-
tions, and discomforts, the Lockes left England and made their home in
Scotland, there residing until the departure of the American emigrant for
the American shore. Thus the family has at least kept pace with what is
generally termed the westward march of progress and civilization, for in
the past eight and a half centuries it has covered a westward distance of
some three thousand miles, and, reaching the western continent, has diffused
and scattered until it extends to almost all parts of the United States.
In Pennsylvania the name of Locke has been an honored one since soon
after the founding of the city of Philadelphia, and in all departments of
public service or private endeavor those bearing the name have added to
the glory of an illustrious ancestry. The first American ancestor of whom
there is definite and authentic record is William, who was born near
Germantown, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the colonial forces in
the Revolutionary War, and at the close of that conflict made his home near
Ligonier, Pennsylvania, afterward near, the present town of McKee's
Rocks, and in 1792, after his marriage, in what was then the lower part
of Mercer county, a section now included within the boundaries of Law-
rence county. He purchased land that was originally a part of the Mowry
tract, the actual expense to him being but a small fraction of the actual
worth of the land, the government assuming the major part of the cost,
because of his voluntary service in the war for independence. His trade
was that of weaver, and the only buildings he erected on his land were a
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cabin for the use of himself and family, and a weaving-house where he
could pursue his occupation free from all disturbance. It is related that
his wife brought from their home a lilac-bush, which, even after all the
years that intervene, still thrives, and has given birth to innumerable other
shoots that grace the lawns and yards of the locality. He married Isabel
Hamilton, and had issue, among his children being five sons — William,
James, John, David, and Chauncey.