soldiers serving in the Revolution, and they were equally well represented
in all of the other states. In the professions, business, politics, agriculture
and commerce they are equally numerous and prominent. These things
being true, it can easily be seen how difficult a matter it is to trace the
connecting links between the various families of this name. The family
under consideration in this review has done excellent service in the in-
dustrial world of Pennsylvania.

Leander Miller was born in Berlin, Somerset county, Pennsylvania,
and left his home when he was but eight years of age. He found employ-
ment on a farm in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and, being of a
thrifty and economical nature, amassed a sufficient capital after a number
of years to start a saw mill in association with another man. This was
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he was in the employ of the Clarksons in the woolen business. At the
outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Miller was desirous of enlisting, but was
not accepted because of his extreme youth at the time. Mr. Miller married
Sarah Jane Clarkson, born in a part of Virginia which is now West Vir-
ginia, and they had children: Samuel, deceased; Anna J., married Frank
S. Lorimer, of New Brighton, Beaver county, Pennsylvania; Albert Har-
rison, of whom further; Mary E., a teacher, lives in Fallston, Beaver
county, Pennsylvania.

Thomas Clarkson, father of Mrs. Miller, was a native of Yorkshire,
England, emigrated to America, and settled in Old Virgniia, where he be-
came a manufacturer of woolens, and later operated a mill. He removed
to Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and about 1876, established a mill
at Fallston, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, which he operated until 1891,
when he retired. He died at the age of eighty-one years. He married
Judith Bradley, but whether in this country or in England, is not on
record.

Albert Harrison Miller, son of Leander and Sarah Jane (Clarkson)
Miller, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, January 5, 1873.
He was the recipient of an excellent education which was acquired in the
public schools of Fallston, and Pearsall's Academy at West Bridgewater,
Beaver county, Pennsylvania. Upon the completion of his education he
accepted a clerkship with the Beaver County Building and Loan Associa-
tion, at New Brighton, and was employed in that capacity for a period of
fourteen years. The next three years were spent as bookkeeper for the
Union National Bank in New Brighton, after which, in 1909, he became
secretary of the Beaver County Building and Loan Association, with which
he is actively identified at the present time. He resides at Fallston and is
a man who is held in the highest esteem in the community.



Judge Richard Smith Holt owes the prominent position which
HOLT he today occupies in the community entirely to his own ability

and exertions, having started out in life as a farmer's boy, and
with but limited means and opportunities. He is a son of Samuel J. and
Mary Ann (Taylor) Holt, a grandson of William Holt, a great-grandson of
Thomas Holt Jr.. and a great-great-grandson of Thomas Holt Sr.

The family is of English origin. Thomas Holt Sr. removed from the
eastern part of Pennsylvania to Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, settling in
McVeytown, Oliver township, where he owned six hundred acres of land.
William Holt located in Brighton township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania,
about 1833.

Samuel Jacob Holt, father of Judge Holt, was born in Brighton town-
ship, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and was reared on a farm. When
grown, he followed the occupation of teaming until he purchased a farm in
Brighton township, upon which he lived until 1898, when he abandoned
farming and retired to Beaver, Pennsylvania, to live. He was united in



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marriage with Mary Ann Taylor, whose death occurred June 9, 1898. Mrs.
Hoh was a daughter of William B. Taylor, who in 1825 emigrated from
the parish of Ballynahinch, Ireland, to America. He was born in the parish
of Inch, county Down, Ireland. His father was John Taylor.

Richard Smith Holt was born December 15, i860, at Vanport, Beaver
county, Pennsylvania. He was reared on his father's farm, assisting in the
ordinary work of the place, and receiving his early education in the public
schools of Brighton township. After attending the public schools he at-
tended Peirsol's Academy, Bridgewater, Pennsylvania, and subsequently,
the State Normal School at Edinboro, Pennsylvania. He taught school for
seven years, during the last three years of which time he was also a student
of law at night and in the mornings, placing himself under the instruction
of Samuel B. Wilson Esq., an eminent lawyer, of Beaver, Pennsylvania.
On May 7, 1888, he was admitted to the bar, and at once began practice on
his own account in Beaver. He continued thus for a short time, and on
January i, 1899, formed a partnership with George Wilson, a son of his
preceptor. This partnership was most successful, and lasted for many
years, the firm being engaged in a great number of the most important
cases tried in Beaver courts.

Mr. Holt brought to bear upon the practice of his profession the same
industry and application which he had manifested in the acquisition of his
education, both general and legal ; and the result was that his standing in
professional circles was very soon in the front rank. In November, 1905,
he was elected presiding judge of the Thirty-sixth Judicial District of
Pennsylvania, comprising Beaver county, the term of office to continue until
January, 1916. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of a great
number of lodges and organizations. He belongs to the Order of Inde-
pendent Americans, Knights of Pythias, Knights of the Golden Eagle, .
Woodmen of the World, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and to
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Judge Holt married, August 21, 1884, Miss Sarah E. Brunton, daugh-
ter of William A. and Mary Jane (Veazey) Brunton. Mr. Brunton was
a farmer of the vicinity, and during the Civil War served as a soldier in
the Union army. His wife, Mary Jane Veazey Brunton, was a daughter of
Francis Veazey, and was born in Hopewell township, Beaver county, Penn-
sylvania. Judge and Mrs. Holt are the parents of six children, named as
follows: Beulah G., Mary Jane, Elizabeth W., Margaret A., Sarah E., and
Eleanor T.



James Francis Garrett, a prominent citizen of New Brigh-
GARRETT ton, Pennsylvania, is of Irish parentage, and was born

March 28, 1875, at New Sewickley, Pennsylvania, a son
of Edward and Rose (Macklees) Garrett. His grandparents on both sides
of the house lived and died in that country, and his father and mother came
to America separately in their youth. Edward Garrett was educated in




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Ireland, and there learned the brick and stone mason's trade, and upon his
arrival in the United States at once began to practice the same. He settled
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and there became a contractor for brick and
stone construction, and there also met and married Rose Macklees. After
his marriage he took his wife to New Sewickley township, Beaver county,
Pennsylvania, and in this place made his home for the remainder of his
life. To them were born six children, as follows: Robert, Lizzie, Alice,
Edward, Rosa, James Francis, of whom further.

James Francis Garrett obtained his education in the local schools of
New Sewickley township, but at a very early age began to earn his own
livelihood, his first employment being in Park Brothers New Brighton
brick works. He later removed to Cleveland and there secured a position
with the Cleveland Stone Company, and afterwards with the Malone Stone
Company of the same city, but an opportunity arising for him to return to
Pennsylvania, he accepted a position with Welch, Gloninger & Company,
of Vanport and Monaca, Pennsylvania. In 1902 Mr. Garrett organized
the Standard Fire Clay Company at Fallston, Pennsylvania, and became
its president and general manager. The manufacturing plant of this con-
cern is equipped to turn out fire, building and paving brick at the rate of
eighteen thousand brick a day. A specialty is made of fire brick for the
lining of furnaces. The company has not, however, always possessed
these dimensions. When Mr. Garrett originally organized it, the plant had
but a small capacity, but since that time it has steadily grown under the
skillful attention and unusual constructive ability of Mr. Garrett, which
he has devoted exclusively to its service, until now it possesses the enormous
capacity named. It is an achievement of which its author and presiding
genius may well be proud. Mr. Garrett is a Democrat in political belief.
Mr. Garrett married, in 1906, Caroline Sebring, of Vanport, Pennsylvania.
They have no children. Mrs. Garrett is a member of the Presbyterian
church.



The name of Carroll is a noted one in the annals of this
CARROLL country, and is to be found all over the Union. They ex-
celled in all professions and lines of industry in which they
were engaged. The grandparents of Winfield S. Carroll, of Fallston, Beaver
county. Pennsylvania, were no exception to this rule. They were engaged
in agricultural pursuits in Butler county, Pennsylvania, and were noted for
great physical strength. The grandmother of Mr. Carroll, in the paternal
line, was able to pitch a load of hay on a wagon when she was ninety years
of age, and she died at the age of ninety-six years. One of their sons wns
Champ W., of further mention : and another was William, who was in
active service during the Civil War.

(II) Champ W. Carroll, son of the above mentioned, was born in
Butler county, Pennsylvania, and learned the trade of roll turning in Shil-
tonbury mill, following this for some years. Later he was engaged in the



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machine and foundry business. He also ran a "Yankee Box" between
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Mr. Carroll married Eleanor, born in East

End, Pittsburgh, a daughter of and Susan (Fondersmith) Clapper,

granddaughter of Friday, and great-granddaughter of Swoop.

(Ill) Winfield S., son of Champ W. and Eleanor (Clapper) Carroll,
was born July 4, 1861. The public schools of Pittsburgh furnished him
with an excellent and practical education, and he was still a very young
lad when he learned the trade of steel heating. This has been his chief
occupation throughout his life. He entered the employ of the Colonial
Steel Company, and was with them for a period of five years when they
built their plant at Colona, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, about 1901, and
Mr. Carroll was appointed to the responsible position of "first heater,''
which he has filled continuously with the exception of five years, when he
was engaged in various other occupations, immediately preceding his taking
up the work at Colona. Mr. Carroll now resides in Fallston, Beaver
county, Pennsylvania. He formerly lived in Ellwood City, Lawrence coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, and while there was a member of the Common Council
of the borough. For a period of thirty-five years he was a member of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and then resigned from this
organization; he has been a member of the Royal Arcanum for twenty-
nine years. Mr. Carroll married, August 19, 1883, Effa B. Graham, whose

family line is given below, and they have had children: , who married

Mila F. Wilson, of New Brighton, Pennsylvania; Winfield La Mont; Iva
Marie; Eva Vern, deceased; Frank Dewitt.

(The Graham Line.)

(I) Charles Graham, grandfather of Mrs. Carroll, with his wife and a
party of others, came down the Monongahela river to Monaca, at that time
known as Phillipsburg. He had learned the trade of a cabinet maker in
his youth and was also an expert carpenter. In association with others he
established a boat yard, and later they purchased the boat yard of the
Economite Society, and Mr. Graham was made foreman of this. He was
engaged in this occupation until stricken with blindness some years prior
to his death, which occurred at the age of ninety-one years. He married

(first) Douglas, and had two children; he married (second) Jane

Stoop, and had seven children.

(II) James M., son of Charles and Jane (Stoop) Graham, was born
in 1832, in Freedom, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, being the third person
born in that settlement. He received his education in the schools in his
birthplace and there learned the trade of ship carpenter. He was employed
in the boat yard of which his father had charge, and he himself had charge
of the finishing department. He also ran a boat on the Ohio river for a
number of years, abandoning this occupation in 1897, at which time he
purchased a bakery in Bridgewater, and conducted this successfully until
1900. He then bought the property on which he is residing at the present
time. Mr. Graham married, in 1857, Mary Jane, daughter of Jonathan Mc-



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Kenzie, and a descendant of an old Bridgewater family. They had chil-
dren: I. Anna, married W. H. Hamilton, of New Brighton, Beaver county,

and had children: , married Charles Papp, of Pittsburgh; Howard C,

of Beaver Falls; Eleanor, married Steel, of New Brighton; , mar-
ried Traner, of Schenectady, New York. 2. Nettie, twin of preceding,

married James Beach, and has one child, Earl. 3. Lizzie, married Frederick

Ralph, of Pittsburgh, and has children: , married Robert Dunn; ,

married George Albright; Elmer. 4. Effa B., married Winfield S. Carroll

(see Carroll). 5. Charles C, of Pittsburgh, married , and has children:

Alexander, Wilhelmina and Catherine. 6. Frederick La Mont, of Pitts-
burgh, married , and has one child. Leva. 7. Emma, married John G.

Harris, of Pittsburgh, and has children : , married Roy Doud ; Velma ;

Helen; Grant. 8. , married R. C. Walker, of Belleview, Ohio, and has

children: Eflfa Irene, William and Edith Mattie. 9. Frank L., of Salem,

Ohio, married , and has children: Gwendoline, Edress and Xerxes.

10. , married William V. Shoemaker, and has children : Mary Elizabeth,

Wayne Craig and Edna Radels.



There are many bearing this name in the United States, and it
CAIN is very probable that all came originally from Ireland. Of the

particular branch of the family of which this review treats, we
have record of John Cain, bom in Ireland, who emigrated to America in
the early days of settlement here, and located near Hookstown, Beaver
county, Pennsylvania, where he was probably engaged in farming.

(II) George, son of John Cain, was born near Mechanicsburg, Beaver
county, Pennsylvania, and married Mary Agnew, who was born near Shouse-
town, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania.

(III) James, son of George and Mary (Agnew) Cain, was born in
Beaver county, where he was successfully engaged in farming. He mar-
ried Elizabeth Veasey, born near New Sheffield, Beaver county, who traces
her descent in a direct line back to the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Among
their children were: George W., of further mention; Elijah, who served
in the same company and regiment as his brother George W., during the
Civil War. Seven close relations, bearing the name of Cain, also served
in this war.

(IV) George W., son of James and Elizabeth (Veasey) Cain, was
born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, July i, 1839, and was educated at
the "Hard Scrabble" school, on the South Side. In his youth he learned
the trade of stone and brick laying, and followed this occupation during all
the active years of his life, near Seventysix, Independence township,
Beaver county. There, also, his death occurred. During the Civil War he
was in active service in Company F, 46th Regiment. Pennsylvania Volun-
teer Infantry. In political matters he was an earnest worker in support
of Democrat principles, and served as supervisor of Independence township.
Mr. Cain married, November 8, 1866, Susan, born near Bocktown, Beaver



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county, Pennsylvania, April 5, 1844, a daughter of Philip and Rebecca
( AIcLaughlin ) McConnell, the former bom near Bocktown, the latter in
Allegheny county; sister of Alexander and Susan McConnell; granddaugh-
ter of John and Susan (Kirk) McConnell, both born in America, and both
early settlers near Bocktown ; and granddaughter of James and Elizabeth
(Beard) McLaughlin, the former born in Ireland, the latter probably in
Germany, who located in Finley township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania,
in the early pioneer days, and were farmers there. Mr. and Mrs. Cam
had children: Mary Luella ; Rebecca Louise; Eliza Elonzo ; Frances Au-
gusta ; Latilda Lena ; Maude Blanche ; Emery Fero ; George Albert, of
further mention ; Jessie Austine. All are living at the present time.

(V) George Albert, son of George W. and Susan (McConnell) Cain,
was born September 22, 1886. He was apprenticed to learn the trade of
coopering, an occupation he followed about three and a half years, and
abandoned in favor of electrical work, with which he was identified until
1909. He was then employed at the Steel Mill at Colona, Beaver county,
until 1912, at which time he accepted a position as yard brakeman for the
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railroad, at Woodlawn.



With a tenacity unyielding and industry unceasing, John
TELFORD H. Telford rounded out a business and newspaper career

supplemented with constructive endeavor and rewarded
with lasting results. John H. Telford was the son of James and Sarah
Hammond Telford, and was born in what was then Allegheny, now a big
part of Pittsburgh. His parents were of Irish extraction, of county Antrim,
they settling in this country when scarcely of age. He attended the public
schools of his native city, and when a young man apprenticed himself to
learn the printer's trade in the office of the Pittsburgh Christian Advocate.
Later he served in the job printing establishment of Stevenson & Foster,
where he became familiar with that department of the art. He left this
concern to take charge of the press department of the Methodist Recorder,
in the same city, as manager. After some years of service in this capacity
he returned for a time to the Stevenson & Foster firm, followed later by
taking service with the Labor Tribune, which was under the management
of Thomas M. Armstrong, who in his day was a great leader of men and of
nation-wide reputation.

In 1875 he began his journalistic career in conjunction with Colonel
Jacob Weyand, when the Beaver Falls Tribune was founded as a weekly
publication. A few years later he purchased the interest of his partner, and
a short time thereafter, August 25, 1884, in the heat of the Blaine and
Logan political campaign, the first issue of the Beaver Falls Daily Tribune
was published, and has appeared daily, except Sunday, ever since. When
he passed away, November 14, 1908, he left behind an established reputation
as a fearless and progressive journalist, and a plant that had made for
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but the entire state. In politics he was a Republican, and was never afraid
to give vent to his opinions, especially when he knew he was in the right.
He was a member of the Methodist Protestant church.

On August 8, 1872, he married Margaret E., daughter of Thomas and
Jane Crosier Hales. As a result of this union the following children were
born: Maud, who married Louis Houston, they have two children: Harold
and Theodore ; James ; John C, with the following children : Clare U.,
Margaret J., Anna Fay and Virginia M. ; and Sarah, who married Charles
Richard. The latter have three children : Charles, Dorothea and Ralph.

After the death of John H. Telford, the Tribune Printing Company
was reorganized, with his widow, Margaret E. Telford, president; James
Telford, secretary, and John C. Telford, treasurer and managing editor,
which corporation has been conducting the business successfully ever since.



The branch of the Stevenson family herein recorded
STEVENSON was originally from Scotland, the family seat having

been moved to Ireland four generations since by the
father of James, with whom this narrative opens. James Stevenson was
born in Ireland about 1755, and came to America just at the time when
the colonies were preparing for their death grapple with the mother country,
settling in Pennsylvania. He was accompanied by five of his brothers,
and soon after his arrival on American soil cast his fortunes with those
of the Colonial army. He enlisted in Chester county, Pennsylvania, July
I, 1776, in Captain Henry Baker's company. Col. Evans' regiment, Penn-
sylvania troops, and served two months. In 1777 he re-enlisted as orderly
sergeant in Captain Scott's company, same regiment. At Darby, Pennsyl-
vania, November 17, 1777, he and his squad were captured by a detach-
ment under Cornwallis. He was confined in Philadelphia and in the loath-
some prison ships at New York nine months before being exchanged. At
the close of the war he made his home in Chester county, Pennsylvania,
and for many years was collector of fines in that county. In 1808 he moved
to Poland, Trumbull county, Ohio, where he purchased land, cleared a farm,
and there lived until his death, which occurred when he was eighty-five
years of age. He was twice married, the first time to Hannah Bull, a native
of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, a sister of General Bull, of Revolu-
tionary fame ; the second time to Catherine Moore.

General John Bull was a native of Providence township, Montgomery
county, Pennsylvania, and played a patriot's part in two of the greatest
wars of this continent, the French and Indian, and the Revolution. A por-
tion of his history is herein given not alone for his being a close family
connection, but also because he was one of the first English-speaking white
rren to visit the territory since included in Beaver county, Pennsylvania.
Because of his familiarity with the sign language and Indian methods of
warfare, his services in transactions with them were particularly valuable.
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Forbes in his expedition against Fort Duquesne. In November, 1758, he
and Frederick Post visited Saucon (now Beaver) and other Indian towns
along the Big Beaver, and met with King Beaver, Shingiss, and other
notable Indian warriors, and aided in creating the defection of the Indians
from the French that hastened the downfall of Fort Duquesne. In 1771
he owned the Norris plantation and mill, and resided there on the site of the
present city of Norristown. In 1775 he was appointed colonel of the First
Pennsylvania Battalion, but later, because of friction between him and the
other officers, he resigned. He was one of the commissioners at the treaty
made with the Indians at Easton, January 30, 1777, and July i6th of that
year was appointed adjutant-general of the state. In October this same
year his barns, barracks, grain and hay were burned by the British, and
his wagons, horses, sheep and negroes carried off, although Gen. Howe had
given his word to Mrs. Bull that they would not be disturbed. In December,
on the capture of Gen. Irwin, he succeeded to the command of the second
brigade under General John Armstrong. In 1778 he was engaged in erect-
ing batteries at Billingsport. In 1779 he put down the chevaux-de-frise in
the Delaware. In 1780 he was commissary of purchases in Philadelphia.
He also during those years served a term as assemblyman, and with David
Rittenhouse, Owen Biddle and others constituted a Board of War for
Pennsylvania, and as a compiler of the "Pennsylvania Archives" expresses
it, he "appears to have been one of the busiest and most indefatigable
workers." Some time after the close of the war he removed to Northum-
berland county, where he took an active part in public affairs for many
years. Gen. Bull was born in 1730, was married to Mary Phillips in
1752, who died February 23, 181 1, aged eighty years. He died in 1824,
aged ninety-four years. They were the parents of five children, among
whom were : Elizabeth, who married Benjamin Rittenhouse, of Philadelphia,
a brother of the noted mathematician ; Anna, married Gen. John Smith, of
Hackwood Park, Frederick county, Virginia ; Maria Louisa, married Joseph
Nennie. Joseph Nannie was for fifty years register of the United States
Treasury, in which capacity he affixed his signature to the first bonds issued
by that government.

The future value of a history like this rests much on how the family
connection is kept up, but the whereabouts of the descendants of the
brothers of James Stevenson are almost lost to his descendants. It is