He was a Republican, held local offices, was a member of the Presbyterian
Church, and with his first wife is buried in Bethel church yard.

Dr. Donaldson married (first) Eleanor Boyce, born in South Fayette
township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, died in 1871, daughter of John
Boyce, born in the North of Ireland, who settled in South Fayette town-
ship, owning a farm there on which Boyce Station now stands. He was
a large land owner, living to be ninety-three years of age. He and his wife
were members of the Bethany Presbyterian Church. John Boyce had chil-
dren: Robert, deceased; Margaret, died unmarried; John M., now living
at Boyce Station, retired ; Eleanor, married Dr. David Donaldson, who mar-
ried (second) Mrs. Sophia (Carter) Hays, who yet survives him. Children
of Dr. David Donaldson by his first wife, Eleanor Boyce: John Boyce, a
physician of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, died in 1912; Elizabeth, died in
infancy ; Annie L., now a school teacher of South Carolina ; Ulysses L., of
further mention ; Luella, died in infancy ; Robert, now residing in Canons-
burg, Pennsylvania ; Harry, now residing in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.

(III) Ulysses L. Donaldson, son of Dr. David (2) and Eleanor (Boyce)
Donaldson, was born near Clifton, Upper St. Clair township, Allegheny
county, Pennsylvania, April 27, 1857. He was educated in the public
schools, and early entered railroad employ. He passed through the usual
grades of service, finally winning a seat on the right hand side of the cab,
continuing as engineer until 1905, when he retired from the business to
which so many of his years had been devoted. On leaving the railroad in
1905 he established a real estate and fire insurance business in Bridgeville,
Pennsylvania, which has been a very successful one. He represents seven
of the leading fire insurance companies and while his business is mostly
local it is large in volume and well conducted. He is an ex-director of the
First National Bank, has served as town councilman and is now filling his
second term as president of the council. He is a member of Continental
Lodge, No. 544, Free and Accepted M'asons, and of Cyrus Chapter, No.
280, Royal Arch Masons. In political faith he is a Republican.

Mr. Donaldson married, in 1884, Capitola Gilmore, born in Allegheny
c(Mmty, Pennsylvania, daughter of David and Sarah Gilmore. Children:
I. Jessie, married Harry E. Pollott, and resides in Bridgeville; children:



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David Henry and Capitola. 2. Sarah, a high school teacher in Pensacola,
Florida. 3. David Ulysses, a resident of Bridgeville, foreman of the Nut
and Bolt Works ; he married Edna Campbell, and has a daughter, Jane. 4.
James, a civil engineer, residing at home.



Joseph B. Scatchard, a native of Yorkshire, England,
SCATCHARD came to America in 1840, where he pursued his calling
of manufacturing woolen goods. He established a mill
for this purpose at Germantown, Pennsylvania, under the firm name of
Joe. B. Scatchard Sons, and this is still in existence and is operated by his
direct descendants. He and his three sons were the original operators. He
married Bettie .

(H) Joseph B. (2) Scatchard, son of Joseph B. (i) and Bettie Scat-
chard, was born in Yorkshire, England, and received his education in that
country. When he was old enough to enter business life, his father gave
him a position in the woolen mill he operated, and he was identified with
this interest until his death. He married Annie Ladley, born in Philadelphia,
a daughter of Thomas Ladley, born in Lancastershire, England, located in
Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1842, was a farmer all the active years of his
life, and died in 1846. Mr. and Mrs. Scatchard had two sons and two
daughters.

(HI) Dr. Edward Harris Scatchard, son of Joseph B. (2) and Annie
(Ladley) Scatchard, was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, April 15,
1876. His early education was acquired in the public schools of German-
town, and he then attended the Central High School of Philadelphia, from
which he was graduated in the class of 1894. Shortly afterward he was
appointed a member of the United States Geological Survey in the West,
and was busy in this capacity for a period of three years. Having decided
to follow the profession of medicine as his life work he matriculated at
the Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia, and was graduated from
this institution in the class of 1901, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
He was superintendent of St. Luke's Hospital, Philadelphia, until 1910,
then established himself in the general -practice of medicine at Sewickley,
Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. In political matters he is a Republican,
and he is a member of the County and State Homeopathic societies, the
Alpha Sigma Medical Fraternity and the Workmen of the World.



The founder of the American branch of the Rainbow family
RAINBOW was of English birth, his wife, who accompanied him to
his new home, being a native of Ireland.
(I) John Rainbow, born in England, came to the United States about
1822, located at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and later became a merchant and
the owner of a saw and grist mill. He and his brother-in-law owned a
mill at Crows Run, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and Mr. Rainbow after-
ward moved to New Brighton, Beaver county, his home being on the present



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site of the Masonic Temple. In his new home he operated a grist mill and
conducted dealings in feed, then became a hardware merchant and still
later the proprietor of a general store, finally engaging in the sale of flour
and feed. He was twice married, Marshall being the family name of his
first wife, Mitchell that of his second. His first wife was one of a family
of eleven, among the others being: Jane, John, Thomas, Mary, Eliza,
Esther, Samuel, at one time judge of Butler county, and Thomas M., a
well-known criminal lawyer of Pittsburgh. Among the children of the
first marriage of John Rainbow was Frederick Lee, named in honor of his
uncle, Sir Frederick Lee Rainbow, of England.

(II) Frederick Lee Rainbow, son of John Rainbow, was bom in New
Brighton, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, February 8, 1842. He was reared
in the home of his maternal grandparents in Brownsdale, Butler county,
Pennsylvania, and until he was fifteen years of age attended the public
schools of Butler county, in 1857 going to Pittsburgh and becoming a clerk
in a store. He was constantly striving to improve upon his meagre education
and to such good effect were his eflforts directed that he was able to accept
a position as bookkeeper in a bank. Here, with more leisure, he made rapid
strides and after two years accepted the professorship of bookkeeping in
Dufif's Business College, a practical and efficient institution of high stand-
ing. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was twice offered the rank of
adjutant, once of a Pennsylvania regiment and again of a New York regi-
ment, but declined both honors to enlist as a private, his reason being that
his knowledge of military aflfairs and tactics was so slight as to render
him useless in commanding troops. His stand on this question was one
that did him great credit, for to refuse such high rank could not have been
easy, inasmuch as the only other path leading to such elevation held far
more opportunities for an unmarked grave than for the adjutant's sword.
He was wounded several times during his military career, never in a dis-
abling manner, and experienced some of the hardest fighting of the war.
In the first engagement in which his company participated, sixty-two mem-
bers followed their captain into battle, and when roll was called after the
conflict it was found that none had escaped unscathed and that only seven
had survived to answer to their names. The first sergeant, second lieutenant,
first lieutenant, and the captain were among the killed and disabled. After
re-enlistment Mr. Rainbow was appointed captain of Company F, Eighty-
sixth New York Regiment, which was supplemented by some new recruits,
and held that rank until his honorable discharge, June 27, 1865. His original
company was Company E, Seventieth Regiment, New York Volunteer In-
fantry, and at the close of the war he was in command of Company F,
Eighty-sixth Regiment, New York Infantry. He fought in all the battles
engaging the Army of the Potomac with the exception of Antietam, his
regiment being in General Hooker's division. Through the ties of battle
General Hooker had formed an attachment for that division and termed
it "My Old Division," the members thereof returning his affection in full



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measure, fighting like men possessed under his leadership. Captain Rain-
bow was oflfered a place upon the stafif of General Hooker when that cour-
ageous leader departed upon his Tennessee campaign, but excused himself
on the plea that he could not leave his company. At the establishment of
the peace that followed those four bloody years, Captain Rainbow, once
more a civilian, returned to Pennsylvania and for a short time engaged in
the oil business, then re-entering the service of the Mechanics' National
Bank of Pittsburgh. He became identified with contracting in an unusual
manner, having signed the bond of a contractor performing some work for
the city. The contractor could not complete the operation through lack of
funds; and rather than forfeit his bond Mr. Rainbow assumed the contract
and carried it to a successful completion. Thus introduced to a profitable
occupation he followed it for sometime, later adding to his activities grain,
feed, and flour dealings, conducting both lines with prosperous success. In
1873 he became a traveUng salesman in the employ of the Standard Oil
Company, continuing in this service until 1909, when he retired to his home
in Fair Oaks, which he purchased in September, 1876, and where he has
resided since October, 1883. He holds membership in Post No. 259, Grand
Army of the Republic, known in Grand Army circles as the "Kid-Glove
Post," and the Veteran Legion. Mr. Rainbow has lived an exceedingly
active life, performed valiant service for his country, and has created a
business career filled with success and prosperity.

Mr. Rainbow married (first) May 5, 1866, Jennie Wiley, of Washing-
ton, Pennsylvania. She died in 1871, leaving three children: Marshall D.,
William B. H., Esther P. Mr. Rainbow married (second) 1873, Sarah
Coulson, who bore him six children : Bertha M., Walter P., Abner H..
Frederick L., Spencer G., Raymond G.



The American progenitor of this family was James Chant-
CHANTLER ler, who was born in England and emigrated to America

with his wife and family early in the nineteenth century.
He made his home in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, where he was engaged
in business as a shoe dealer until his death. He married Ann Burgess, also
a native of England.

(II) Thomas Chantler, son of James and Ann (Burgess) Chantler, was
born in England, and died in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was educated in
the public schools, then assisted his father in the latter's business, and was
a shoe dealer all his life. It was his desire to enlist at the outbreak of the
Civil War, but he was disbarred by reason of physical disability. He was
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and active in the administra-
tion of its afifairs. He married Mary Cooper, also of English birth, and
they had three daughters and three sons. Mrs. Chantler was a daughter of
Samuel and Eliza Cooper, who came from England to America at an early
day, and located at Louisville, Kentucky, where he was a steel roller.

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Chantler, was bom at Saxonburg, Butler county, Pennsylvania, in 1852.
He received his elementary education in the public schools, and he was
graduated from Fry's and the Park Academy, and then matriculated at the
Hahnemann College, in Philadelphia, in the class of 1873. He commenced
the active practice of his profession in association with Dr. L. H. Willard,
of Allegheny City, and removed to Sewickley in 1875, where he now has a
large and lucrative practice. He specializes in Electro-Therapeutics. He
is a member of the County and State Medical associations ; the American
Institute of Homeopathy, and others of a similar nature ; Knights of
Pythias; Knights of the Maccabees; Improved Order of Heptasophs; and
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. For many years Dr. Chantler has
served as school director and is now secretary of this body, as well as a
member. He is a strong Republican. He and his family are members of
the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Chantler married, in 1890, Anna W. Staub,
of Rochester, Pennsylvania, and they have had children : Helen, Lewis,
Mary, and two others who died young.



This is a German family whose American life dates from
RITCHEY the arrival in this country of Abraham Ritchey, a native of

Germany, who upon his arrival settled in Allegheny county,
Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the Colonial army in the Revolution, and
fought for his newly adopted country until its independence was gained.
He married and had children, two of whom were John, who died aged one
hundred and three years, and William, of whom further.

(II) William Ritchey, son of Abraham Ritchey, was born east of the
Appalachians, later coming to Allegheny county, and died aged ninety-two
years. He joined General Anthony Wayne in his campaign against the
Indians, and in this service passed through many thrilling adventures and
death-fraught escapades, camping at Logstown. When the more warlike
of the western tribes had been subdued he engaged in farming, and married
Mary, daughter of Colonel A. Greg Pinkerton, of Revolutionary fame, his
wife dying aged ninety-eight years. Longevity was a family trait, the
Colonel's death occurring when he had attained the wonderful age of
one hundred and five years. William Ritchey and his wife were the parents
of twelve children, eleven of whom grew to maturity, one of these being
Andrew J. G., of whom further. William Ritchey was a nephew of a
colonel in the Revolutionary army.

(III) Andrew J. G. Ritchey, son of William and Mary (Pinkerton)
Ritchey, was born in Pennsylvania in 1824, died in Allegheny county, Penn-
sylvania, in 191 1. After growing to man's estate he became a carpenter
and farmer, after his marriage moving to Sewickley and there engaging in
contracting operations. During his long lifetime that place saw marvelous
growth, land in that locality increasing in value during that time from a
few dollars an acre to a sum in some cases reaching five figures. At the
time of the Civil War he enlisted in Battery H, Independent Artillery, most



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of his time of service being spent in the defence of the National Capitol,
although his battery was at one time sent to the support of the troops before
Richmond. During his entire term of enlistment he was a member of
Battery H, Independent Artillery. When peace was declared Mr. Ritchey
returned to his home and resumed his interrupted occupation. He was an
active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was for forty years
a class leader in its organization. At the time of his death he was one of
the oldest men in the Sewickley Valley, and a reliable authority upon local
historical subjects, a strong and retentive memory serving him to the day
of his death. He married, in 1849, Mahala Holdsinger, who died in 1903.
Mr. Ritchey is buried in the Sewickley Cemetery. Children of Andrew
J. G. and Mahala Ritchey : Sylvester C, of whom further ; William O.,
deceased; Amos S. ; Mary A., married a Mr. Murphy, of Beaver Falls,
Pennsylvania; Robert John, of whom further; Annie W., married a Mr.
Scott, of Conway ; J. Newton.

(IV) Sylvester C. Ritchey, son of Andrew J. G. and Mahala (Hold-
singer) Ritchey, was born in Ohio township, Allegheny county, Pennsyl-
vania, October 25, 1850. After attending the public schools of Ohio town-
ship and Sewickley he entered Professor Anderson's private school, whence
he was graduated in 1871, completing his studies by a course in the Iron
City Business College. For twelve years after leaving this latter institu-
tion he was engaged as clerk by Chamberlain & Company, in 1883 becoming
identified with the grocery business in Sewickley, his store being on the
corner of Broad and Beaver avenues. His business operations have been
eminently successful, and he has also conducted profitable dealings in real
estate, in which he is still interested. He was one of the organizers in 1884
of the Sewickley Building and Loan Association, being made treasurer in
1886, an office of which he is the .present incumbent, having held it con-
tinuously since he first entered upon its duties. He is also a director of
the First National Bank. Politics have ever claimed a large share of his
attention and although he has adhered to independent action, his sympathies
are Republican. He holds membership in the Knights of Pythias and the
Knights of Honor, his religious views coinciding with those of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. Mr. Ritchey's establishment is one of the leading
stores of the city, and he caters to a generous patronage.

Mr. Ritchey married, in 1881, Elizabeth Douglas, of Pittsburgh, Penn-
sylvania. They have children: i. Ethel, married B. Scott McFarland, of
Sewickley, Pennsylvania. 2. Margaret, married Charles E. Martin, an
attorney of Pittsburgh, and resides in Sewickley. 3. Douglas, a senior in
the Sewickley High School.

(IV) Robert John Ritchey, son of Andrew J. G. a»nd Mahala (Hold-
singer) Ritchey, was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, September 29, 1861.
He was educated in the public schools. He apprenticed himself to the
painter's trade, and after becoming skilled therein for two years was em-
ployed as a journeyman. He then contracted for five years, in 1888 becom-



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ing a fireman on the Fort Wayne Railroad, four years later being admitted
to the rank of engineer. From 1892 to 1901 he served the Fort Wayne
Railroad in this capacity, in the latter year abandoning his hazardous calling
for his former occupation, and since then has engaged in contracting. His
reputation as a thorough and careful workman is known throughout the
locality, and in the season there is great demand for his services. He mar-
ried, in August, 1882, Susan Cook, of Sewickley. They are the parents
of one son, Reynolds Douglas, of whom further. Mr. Ritchey and his wife
affiliate with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he holds membership in
the Knights of Pythias.

(V) Reynolds Douglas Ritchey, son of Robert John and Susan (Cook)
Ritchey, was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, June 17, 1883. He was
educated in the public schools of the place of his birth, and when nineteen
years of age accepted a position in the offices of the Pressed Steel Car
Company, where he remained for one year. He then learned the plumber's
trade and for six years followed that as his occupation, at the expiration
of that time entering the employ of J. W. Marlott & Son, undertakers, being
connected with that firm for seven years. Since 1910 Mr. Ritchey has been
engaged in the undertaking business in Sewickley independently, and as one
of the younger of, the business men of the place is well regarded by his
associates. He fraternizes with the Knights of Pythias, and is a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Richey married, June 3, 1908,
Winnie Christian Fadely, of Steubenville, Ohio, and has one son, Robert J.



Reuben Brewer, a prominent citizen of Sewickley, Allegheny
BREWER county, Pennsylvania, was born in that town September 28,
1852. His father, Washington Brewer, came from the east-
ern part of the state, beyond the Allegheny mountains, while still a young
man, and settled first in Beaver county and later in Sewickley in Allegheny
county. Here he took up farming as his occupation and reared a large
family of children. He was a member of the Independent Methodist Epis-
copal Church. Washington Brewer married Sarah Buckley, a daughter of
John and Kate Buckley, her father being an early settler in Beaver county,
where also she was born. Mr. and Mrs. Buckley were the parents of five
children, as follows : William ; John ; Benjamin, who died in Beaver county,
Pennsylvania; Margaret; Sarah, wife of Washington Brewer. To Mr. and
Mrs. Washington Brewer were born eight children, as follows : John, died
young; James, deceased; Reuben, of whom further; Jane; Elizabeth, de-
ceased ; Nancy, deceased ; Nanny, now Mrs. David Merriman ; Emma, now
Mrs. Thomas Forest, of Avalon, Pennsylvania. Mr. Brewer died Decem-
ber 29, 1874. Mrs. Brewer died in the year 1898.

Reuben Brewer was reared in the place of his birth, studying in the
local public schools until he had attained the age of sixteen years. He then
learned the trade of painter and has continued to follow that occupa-
tion, residing in the meanwhile in his native place up to the present time.




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For several years lie has taken contracts for painting and has now a flourish-
ing business, employing as high as thirty-five men. Mr. Brewer's activity
is not limited to his personal business, however. On the contrary, he takes
a keen interest in local public afifairs and politics generally, and plays a
prominent part in the political and social life of the community. Though
a member of the Republican party, Mr. Brewer's political creed is his own.
He is essentially the independent, forming his own opinions and moulding
his actions upon them without reference to partisan dictation. He has cer-
tainly been most successful in convincing his fellow citizens of his ability
and disinterestedness, for they have retained him as a member of the city
council, an ofifice which he has filled to their great satisfaction throughout
the long period of twenty-five years, and is still holding at the present time.
Besides his public service, Mr. Brewer is active in the social life of the
town and is a member of the Knights of Pythias, which order he entered
in 1872, and of which he was the treasurer for several years.

Mr. Brewer married, in 1880, EHzabeth Ward, a native of Mercer
county, Pennsylvania, where she was born. To Mr. and Mrs. Brewer have
been born seven children, as follows : Bertha ; Charlotta ; Saphronia, now
Mrs. Robert Thompson ; Harrison Morton, a farmer of Mercer county,
Pennsylvania; Mamie; Eurith ; Chester, deceased at the age of seven years.



Eleazer Johnson, born in England, emigrated to the United
JOHNSON States in 1748 and settled on the Eastern Shore of Mary-
land about midway between Salisbury and Snow Hill. Not
long after his arrival in this country he married Elsie Shepherd.

(H) Shepherd Johnson, son of Eleazer and Elsie (Shepherd) Johnson,
was born in Maryland. In 1825 he removed with the younger members of
his family from Salisbury, Maryland, to Hamilton county, Ohio. He mar-
ried, in Maryland, Sally Christopher.

(UI) Henry Johnson, son of Shepherd and Sally (Christopher) John-
son, was born in Salisbury, Maryland. He was very young when his parents
removed to Ohio, and he was then engaged in farming operations and in
addition to this carried on a coopering business, making lard keg? for the
pork packers of Cincinnati. He sold his farm and business in 1844, re-
moving to the city of Cincinnati, where he established himself in the grocery
business, in which, however, he was unsuccessful. He married, December
15, 1833, Ara, who died in 1849, daughter of John Conger, of Hamilton,
Ohio, and a granddaughter of Moses Conger. Moses Conger was born in
Salem, New Jersey, and in early manhood removed to Kentucky, where he
became one of the pioneer settlers of Mason county. On several occasions he
was one of the volunteers who were called upon to cross the river and fight
the Indians north of the Ohio river. He was a soldier in General Wayne's
army, and was present at the defeat of the united tribes of Indians at
Maumee Rapids, August 20, 1794. Pleased with the country, he removed
with his family to a tract of land which embraced the limits of Spring Grove



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Cemetery, Cincinnati. His wife is buried near the present site of tiie Cin-
cinnati College. In 1806 Mr. Conger removed to Green township, Hamilton
county, Ohio.

(IV) William Mount Johnson, M.D., son of Henry and Ara (Conger)
Johnson, was bom in Green township, Hamilton county, Ohio, September
10, 1835. He was nine years of age when his parents removed from their
farm to the city of Cincinnati, and at a very early age he was compelled to