leave school in order to lend his assistance in the support of the family.
While he was still attending school his spare hours were spent in working
as a painter, and later he obtained a position in a printing office. He had
fully determined to make the medical profession his life work, and as a
means to this end he was a diligent attendant at the night schools. In
1855 he commenced the actual study of medicine under the preceptorship
of D^r. William Mount, of Cumminsville, Cincinnati, and the following year
matriculated at the Medical College of Ohio. March i, 1859, he was awarded
his degree as Doctor of Medicine. While yet a student he was appointed
as assistant physician to the Lick Run Lunatic Asylum, now known as
Long View Asylum. He located in Woodcock borough, Crawford county,
Pennsylvania, in 1859, and formed an association with Dr. A. Logan, with
whom he remained in partnership for a period of eleven years. In 1884
he removed to Venango borough, purchasing the beautiful residence of the
late John H. Culbertson, and has since that time resided there. He has large
interests in oil enterprises. Dr. Johnson has been active in the interests
of the Republican party, and has served as secretary of the school board of
Woodcock borough for twelve years. His fraternal affiliations consist of
membership in the following organizations ; Free and Accepted Masons,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.
Dr. Johnson married, August 6, 1867, Jennie J. Burchard (see Bur-
chard II). Children: William Mount, born January 29, 1870; Cyrus
Victor, see forward ; Henry Valentine, twin of Cyrus Victor, born February
14, 1873 ; Carl Burchard, born March 6, 1877.
(V) Hon. Cyrus Victor Johnson, son of Dr. William Mount and Jennie
J. (Burchard) Johnson, was born in Woodcock borough, Crawford county,
Pennsylvania, February 14, 1873. His elementary education was acquired
in the public schools of his native county, after which he attended Allegheny
College, Meadville, Pennsylvania. For a period of three years he was en-
gaged in teaching school. He then read law with the Hon. Frank J. Thomas
and Thomas Roddy, Esq., and was admitted to the bar of Crawford county,
Pennsylvania, May 30, 1900. His activity in the public affairs of his section
of the country had attracted attention, and he was elected to the office of dis-
trict attorney in 1902, and served a term of three years. In 1907 he served as
chairman of the Republican County Committee. Two years later he was
elected as a member of the house of representatives of Pennsylvania, and
was re-elected to this office in 191 1, his popularity being amply demonstrated.
One trait, which has been of material assistance not alone in his career as a
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lawyer but also in that of a statesman, is his absolute reliability. It is con-
ceded by all that his word is as good as his bond. He is a member of the
Pennsylvania Commission of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
He is associated in various capacities with a large number of organizations,
some of which are: Crawford Lodge, No. 734, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows ; Covenant Lodge, No. 473, Free and Accepted Masons ; King Solo-
mon Chapter, No. 91, Royal Arch Masons, Meadville, Pennsylvania; North
Western Commandery, Nb. 25, Knights Templar; Zem Zem Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Erie, Pennsylvania ; Mead-
ville Lodge, No. 219, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Iroquois
Boating and Fishing Club ; Taylor Hose Company. He and his family are
members of the First Presbyterian Church of Meadville.
Mr. Johnson married. May 7, 1901, Anna Mary, born June 2, 1872,
daughter of Alonzo W. and Charlotte (George) Spaulding (see Spaulding
VIII). They have one daughter: Charlotte Gertrude, born February 7,
1904.
(The Burchard Line.)
This branch of the Burchard family is descended from John Burchard,
who was bom in county Kent, England, from whence he emigrated to
America. He settled in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1635.
(I) James Burchard was a resident of Berkshire county, Massachu'
setts, from whence he removed with his family, 1813, to Crawford county,
Pennsylvania, and settled in what is now Cambridge township. Mr. Bur-
chard died in 1852. He married Lucy Gillette, who died in 1847. Children
(probably not all are here mentioned) : John K., Virgil, Lucy, Hannah S.,
Worthy, Lydia O., Darius D., Cyrus, Levi G., Adeline F.
(II) Cyrus Burchard, son of James and Lucy (Gillette) Burchard,
was born in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, and came to Crawford county,
Pennsylvania, with the other members of his family. He married Mar-
garet, daughter of Nathaniel and Griselda (Hammond) Clark, grand-
daughter of James Clark, and of William Hammond. James Clark, who
was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, was descended from
the Clarks of Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, and he settled in Crawford
county, near Meadville in 1800, removing in 1804 to Woodcock township,
where he followed his calling of wheelwrighting. William Hammond came
from Milton, Pennsylvania, and settled in Woodcock township in 1796,
where he was appointed a justice of the peace by the governor of Penn-
sylvania, and served in this office many years. Mr. and Mrs. Burchard had
a large family of children, among whom was Jennie J., who married Dr.
William Mount Johnson (see Johnson IV).
(The Spaulding Line.)
The name Spalding appears as a patronymic quite early in English
history. It was derived from the town of Spalding, in Lincolnshire, Eng-
land, but how the name originated is a matter of conjecture, possibly from
the tribal name Spaldas, which may have been left by the Romans when
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they abandoned the country in 600 A. Di The name Spalding was very
early introduced and extensively used in England and Scotland, but whether
the families descended from a common ancestor cannot be stated. The
spelling of the name is uniformly the same, Spalding, and the given names,
with the exception of one or two in the Maryland branch, are common to
all the families both in this country and in Great Britain. The family in
England bore arms, the prevailing colors being the same, which would
suggest a common origin. The letter "u" in the name, making it Spaulding,
was first introduced in America in the wills of some of the children of the
emigrant ancestor. Nothing can be told of his English history, although
the tradition is that he came from Lincolnshire.
The first known authentic record of the Spalding family in America
appears in a Virginia state document (senate report) entitled "Virginia
Colonial Records," published in 1874, and includes an account of the Vir-
ginia colony. In 1607 the first emigrants to successfully form a permanent
colony landed in Virginia. For twelve years after its settlement the colony
was ruled by laws written in blood, the colonists suffering an extremity of
distress too horrible to be described. Of the thousand who had been sent
to Virginia at great cost, not one in twenty was alive when, April, 1619,
Sir George Yeardley arrived. The prosperity of Virginia commenced from
this time, when it received as a commonwealth the freedom to make laws for
itself. The first meeting was held July 30, 1619, more than a year before
the "Mayflower" with the Pilgrims left the harbor of Southampton. Con-
clusive evidence proves that Edward Spalding came over from England
with Sir George Yeardley in 161 9, or about that time. Documentary evi-
dence proved that he was fully established with his family in the Virginia
colony in 1623, as his name appears in "Virginia Colonial Records" previ-
ously alluded to, in the "lists of the Living and Dead in Virginia, February
10, 1623," under the caption of "Attorney James Citie and within the cor-
poration thereof" is to be found in "List of the Living," "Edward Spalding,
uxor Spalding, puer Spalding, puella Spalding;" and again in the same
list, under the caption "more at Elizabeth Citie," "Edmund Spalden."
(I) Edward Spalding, referred to above, went to Massachusetts
and joined that colony, but the exact date of his arrival there is not on
record. He was made a freeman at Braintree, Massachusetts, May 13,
1640, and was one of the proprietors of Newfield, selectman and surveyor
of highways. In 1664 special mention is made of his fine orchards. His
death occurred February 26, 1670. He married (first) Margaret , who
died at Braintree in 1640; (second) Rachel . Children by first mar-
riage: John, Edward, Grace; children by second marriage: Benjamin,
Joseph, Dinah, Andrew.
(II) Andrew Spaulding, youngest son of Edward and Rachel Spalding,
was born November 19, 1652, died May 5, 1713. He succeeded by will
to the paternal estate, and was a deacon of the church at the time of his
death. He married, April 30, 1674, Hannah, who died January 21, 1730,
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daughter of Hemy Jefes. Children: Hannah, Andrew, Henry, John, see
forward; Rachel, William, Jonathan, Benonia, Mary.
(HI) John Spaulding, son of Andrew and Hannah (Jefesj Spaulding,
was born at Chelmsford, August 20, 1682, died in the same town, March
7, 1760. He succeeded to the old homestead, and was engaged in farming
and stock raising. He married, April 22, 1704, Mary Barnett. Children:
Jonathan, Mary, Hannah, Samson, see forward; Job, Mary, John, Lot.
(IV) Rev. Samson Spaulding, son of John and Mary (Barnett) Spauld-
ing, was bom in Chelmsford, June 7, 171 1, died at Tewkesbury, Massachu-
setts, December 15, 1796. He was graduated from Harvard College in
1732, ordained to the ministry, November 23, 1737, and was pastor of the
church at Tewkesbury. He married, February 12, 1740, Mehitable Hunt,
who died March 3, 1807, at the age of eighty-six years: Children: Mary,
Mehitable, Hannah, Samson, Jonathan, see forward; Mehitable, John,
Hannah, Anna, John, Sarah.
(V) Jonathan Spaulding son of Rev. Samson and Mehitable (Hunt)
Spaulding, was born in Tewkesbury, Massachusetts, September 15, 1747,
died in Wilton, New Hampshire, September 30, 1832. At the age of
twenty-eight years he enlisted in Captain Brown's company of minute-men,
participated in the Concord fight and assisted in driving the British back
to Boston, April 19, 1775. In May, 1775, he removed to Hollis, New
Hampshire, and settled there, purchasing the farm of Lemuel Leeman.
He was a miller by trade, and also owned and operated a saw mill. He
removed to Wilton, New Hampshire, in 1794. Jonathan Spaulding mar-
ried, February 11, 1771, Mary Marshall, and had children: Jonathan, see
forward: Abiel, Abiel, Mary, Ann, Asaph, Hannah, Loamini, Achsah,
Samson, Mehitable, John, Lucinda.
(VI) Jonathan (2) Spaulding, son of Jonathan (i) and Mary (Mar-
shall) Spaulding, was born in 1772, died in 1855, and is buried at Keep-
ville, Erie county, Pennsylvania. It is not known positively whether his
birth occurred in Massachusetts or Vermont, but the probability is that
it was in the former state. During the War of 1812 he was in active ser-
vice. He was the first settler within the bounds of Conneaut township,
Erie county, Pennsylvania, coming there with his wife and several children
in 1795 no doubt from New Hampshire. Several other children were bom
in Conneaut township. He married Margaret Stontz, and had eight children,
among them being: Joseph, see forward; David, born in 1802; John, 1806;
George, 18 16.
(VII) Joseph Spaulding, son of Jonathan (2) and Margaret (Stontz)
Spaulding, was born in Vermont, and came to Conneaut township, Erie
county, Pennsylvania, when he was a young man. He and his wife settled
in Oil Creek township, Crawford county, Pennsylvania, in 1845, and there
spent the remainder of their days. He married Anna, daughter of Royal
Kennedy, who was born in Connecticut and served in the War of 1812,
and whose father was one of the first settlers of Conneaut township. Chil-
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dren: Emily, Granville, Lavina, Armitta, Alonzo W., see forward; Sid-
ney S.
(VIII) Alonzo W. Spaulding, son of Joseph and Anna (Kennedy)
Spaulding, was born in Albion, Erie county, Pennsylvania, April 2, 1844,
died December 28, 1905. When he was one year of age his parents removed
to Oil Creek township, Erie county, Pennsylvania, and he lived there until
1867, after which he removed to Venango borough and there engaged in
mercantile business. He removed to Woodcock in 1872, settling on a farm
and becoming occupied with the breeding of short-horned Durham cattle,
in which he was very successful as well as with his farming interests. As a
supporter of the Republican party he was of considerable influence in local
politics, and he was a member of the local lodge of the Free and Accepted
Masons, at Edinboro, Pennsylvania. Mr. Spaulding married, October li,
1864, Charlotte, daughter of William and Mary (Neeb) George, and grand-
daughter of David George, who was born in Wales and was one of the
first settlers in Woodcock township. Children : William J. ; Anna Mary,
born June 2, 1872, married Hon. Cyrus Victor Johnson (see Johnson V) ;
Lee; Raymond.
Upon, coming to America from Strassburg, Germany, that
KEISTER land having long been the family home, George Philip
Keister in 1768 settled in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania,
ten years later moving to Westmoreland county, where he purchased about
three hundred and fifty acres of land from the heirs of William Penn. He
erected a log home on these premises, and gradually cleared it of its growth
of timber, there passing his remaining years. He is buried in the Denmark
Manor Cemetery, a monument being reared upon his grave in 1913 by
his many descendants. He married, among his sons being Daniel, of
whom further.
(II) Daniel Keister, son of George Philip Keister, was born in West-
moreland county, Pennsylvania, died in that place. He grew to manhood
on the paternal farm, as a young man purchasing a nearby tract and there
conducting farming until his death. He is buried in the Murraysville
Cemetery. He married and had children: i. James, a wagon-maker, died
unmarried in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. 2. John, died unmarried,
a teacher, crippled for the greater part of his life. 3. Deborah, married
Henry Weister, and died in Westmoreland county. 4. Anna, married
Charles Weister, and died in Westmoreland county. 5. Philip, a wagon
and plow manufacturer, died in Ottumwa, Iowa. 6. David, of whom
further.
(III) David Keister, son of Daniel Keister, was born in Westmore-
land county, Pennsylvania, in 1824, died in 1890. He was reared and
educated in his native county, owning and cultivating a part of the old
Keister homestead after his marriage in that place. He finished clearing
that property and placed it in excellent condition for cultivation, also im-
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proving it by the erection of new and modern frame buildings. Late in
life he bought a portion of the LaufiFer estate, there made his home and
died. His widow moved to Jeannette, Pennsylvania, and there lives at the
present time, aged eighty-seven years. He was a Republican in political
faith, and with his wife belonged to the Presbyterian Church, in the or-
ganization of which he was an elder. He married Margaret, born in
Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, about 1827, daughter of Christian
and Elizabeth (Detar) Lauffer, her parents among the early residents of
Westmoreland county. Both were members of the German Reformed
Church, her father the owner of a small farm in Penn township, on which
he operated a mill. Children of Christian and Elizabeth Lauffer: i.
Mary, married John Wigle, and died in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania.
2. Simon, a foundryman, resides in Irwin, Pennsylvania. 3. Margaret, of
previous mention, married David Keister. 4. Elizabeth, married Joseph
Martin, and lives in Jeannette, Pennsylvania. 5. , married George
Ehrharte, and died near Washington, EHstrict of Columbia. Children of
David and Margaret (LaufiFer) Keister: i. John, a soldier in the Union
army during the Civil War, was killed in the battle of the Wilderness. 2.
James, died unmarried in Ottumwa, Iowa, about 1872. 3. Henry, lives
retired in St. Edward, Nebraska. 4. Simon, lives on the home farm. 5.
Annie Margaret, married S. K. Hoey, deceased, and resides in Jeannette,
Pennsylvania. 6. William Edgar, a dealer in lumber and coal in Essex,
Iowa. 7. Aber D., of whom further. 8. Calvin E., lives in Turtle Creek,
Pennsylvania. 9. Elizabeth J., married John F. Mull, and resides in Jean-
nette, Pennsylvania. 10. Ulysses Grant, killed in an accident on the Penn-
sylvania Railroad in 1904. 11. Charles I., chief clerk of court in West-
moreland county, lives in Jeannette, Pennsylvania.
(IV) Aber D. Keister, son of David and Margaret (LaufiFer) Keister,
was born in Franklin township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, No-
vember 10, 1858, and was there educated in the public schools. He was
engaged in farming after he completed his education until he was twenty-
three years of age, and for thirteen and a half years he was employed in
the iron mills of McKeesport, Pennsylvania. In this city he owned a
one-third interest in the Chisholm Heating and Plumbing Company and
was active in its management for one year and a half. In 1895 he moved
to Carnegie, Pennsylvania, establishing a plumbing and heating concern,
and has there been engaged independently since that time, the twenty years
of continuance of his business having witnessed a gratifying expansion
and the upbuilding of a generous patronage. Mr. Keister's other business
interests are as a director of the Carnegie National Bank, the Anchor
Building and Loan Association, and the Masonic Hall Association. He
is a member of the Protected Home Circle, and in the Masonic Order
belongs to Lafayette Lodge, No. 652, Free and Accepted Masons, and
Cyrus Chapter, No. 280, Royal Arch Masons. He is an Independent in
political action, and he and his wife belong to the Presbyterian Church, of
which he is an elder.
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Mr. Keister married, December 25, 1879, Alice AI. Good, born in
Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Henry and Anna (Ash-
baugh) Good, her parents both living in Carnegie. Pennsylvania, he aged
ninety years, she aged eighty-eight years. Henry Good was at one time a
miller, later pursuing agricultural operations, at the present time holding
title to a farm in Westmoreland county, a part of the old Keister grant.
His life has been of the most exemplary character, his vigorous old age due
to the cleanliness of his youthful habits and the uprightness of his moral
code. He and his wife were married April 2. 1846, their sixty-eight years
of married life having been filled with the most satisfying companionship,
love for each other, and pride in their children. Children of Henry and
Anna (Ashbaugh) Good: i. John, killed in the battle of Hatcher's Run,
Virginia. 2. Mary, married Lebbeus Brinker, and resides in Westmoreland
county, Pennsylvania. 3. Israel, a merchant of Export, Pennsylvania. 4.
Alice M., of previous mention, married Aber D. Keister. 5. William J.,
lives on the home farm. Aber D. and Alice M. (Good) Keister are the
parents of: i. Mabel, lives at home, unmarried. 2. Henry Raymond, died
aged sixteen years. 3. Frank, died aged sixteen years. 4. Alice, died in
infancy. 5. Allen A., born in 1894. 6. Alvin G., twin of Allen A.
Massachusetts gave to Ohio this branch of the Hanna family,
HANNA whence latter state business called John B. Hanna, a native
of Ohio, to Pennsylvania, his present home in that common-
wealth.
(I) James Hanna, bom in Massachusetts, was an early settler of
Jefiferson county, Ohio, where he owned and cultivated lands. For many
years he held the office of justice of the peace, possessing considerable local
fame, and with his wife belonged to the Union Church. He married and
was the father of two children: t. John R., of whom further. 2. Sarah,
married John Stonebreaker, and died in Jefiferson county, Ohio.
(II) John R. Hanna, son of James Hanna, was born in Jefiferson
county, Ohio, in 1803, died in Cross Creek township, that county. He grew
to manhood in the place of his birth, and after his marriage settled near
Steubenville, where he rented and cultivated land until his death. In the
war with Mexico he bore an active part, enlisting at its beginning and
serving to the close. With his wife he was a member of the Union Church,
and as the candidate of the Democratic party was frequently placed in
public ofifice, a service to which he devoted himself faithfully and ably. He
married Sarah Malloy, born in Jefiferson county, Ohio, in 1805, there died,
daughter of John Malloy. He was born in the north of Ireland and when
a young man came to the United States, settling in Jefiferson county, Ohio,
where he married a Miss Reed, a native of Massachusetts, both dying in
Ohio. John Molloy was the father of: i. John, a riverman, died unmar-
ried in Jefiferson county, Ohio. 2. James, a riverman, died in JefTerson
county, Ohio. 3. William, a farmer, died in Jefiferson county. 4. Sarah,
of previous mention, married John R. Hanna. 5. Margaret, married a
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Mr. Ball, and died in Jefferson county. 6. Abbie, married John Myers, and
died in Jefferson county. Children of John R. and Sarah ( Malloy) Hanna :
I. Franklin, died aged thirteen years. 2. Sarah Jane, married (first) Mad-
dison Abrams, (second) Wesley Scott, now lives (1914) aged eighty-two
years, in Winterville, Ohio. 3. Daniel M., lives retired in Wellsville, Ohio.
4. John B., of whom further. 5. William, died in boyhood. 6. Eliza, died
in girlhood. 7. Maria, lives unmarried in Steubenville, Ohio. 8. Margaret,
died aged seventeen years. 9. George P., a farmer of Mingo Junction,
Ohio. 10. Sarah Lena, married John Slee, and lives in Steubenville, Ohio.
(Ill) John B. Hanna, son of John R. and Sarah (Malloy) Hanna, was
born near Steubenville, Jefferson county, Ohio, December 29, 1836. He
lived on the home farm until war between the states broke out, passing his
youth in attendance at the schools of Island Creek township. On August
14, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Ninety-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and passed three years in the Union service, being engaged in
the battles of Perrysville, Chickamauga, Resaca and Mission Ridge, also
participating in the siege of Atlanta and was in Sherman's army in its
"march to the sea." During some light firing at Big Shanty, Georgia, Mr.
Hanna was wounded in the right thigh, that being the only accident he
suffered during his term of enlistment. The war over, he entered the ma-
chine department of the plant of Jones & Laughlin in Pittsburgh, about
1878 moving to Carnegie and establishing in the grocery business on Main
street, where he was located for about sixteen years, the proprietor of a
successful business. For six years he lived retired, at the end of which
time he and one of his sons opened a store of the same nature, a line in
which they remained for three years, then disposing of their property. In
1908, on the Republican ticket, Mr. Hanna was elected tax collector for
the borough of Carnegie for a term of three years, a period which was
extended during his incumbency of the office to five years, a change effected
through an amendment to the borough constitution. Failing eyesight, how-
ever, made it inadvisable for Mr. Hanna to serve out his term, and his
resignation was accepted at the end of his fourth year. His other public
service has been as a member of the borough council, a position he held for
nine years, during which time, as during his term as collector of taxes, he
labored diligently and with definite accomplishment. He is a charter mem-
ber of Zeno Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is the pos-
sessor of a watch charm presented him by his fellow members as a token
of regard and esteem. Through his military service he also holds member-
ship in the Grand Army of the Republic.
Mr. Hanna married, June 3, 1868, Caroline M. Parrish, born in Mingo,
Jefferson county, Ohio, January 6, 1846, daughter of Stephen and Nancy
(Llhyd) Parrish, her father a native of Coshocton county, her mother
born in Jefferson county, Ohio, her parents settling in Jefferson county after
their marriage, where he was a farmer and where they both died. Stephen
was a son of William and Sarah Parrish, who were among the early settlers
of Coshocton county, Ohio, William Parrish serving in the American army
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during the War of 1812, fighting in the battle of New Orleans. Nancy
was a daughter of John Lloyd, who married a Miss Miller, and settled early