the mill without remuneration for the benefit of the Confederacy. Neces-
sity and fear of violence caused the owners to comply with this command
and the products of the mill and factory were seized by the soldiers until
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routed the Confederate guard, and burned the entire establishment to the
ground. This was done, not because of unfriendliness to the owners, but
to prevent its use by the southern leaders in furnishing them with material
with which to continue the war. This act totally ruined the partners finan-
cially, but the worst of their difficulties had not yet been experienced, for
after the northern force had left the locality they were taken prisoners and
placed in close confinement. Contriving to escape from their prison, they
lay for days in a swamp, where Mr. Dushane contracted a severe and deadly
fever, from which he died in February, 1862. It was while he was ill with
his fatal fever that his second wife, Emily (Glover) Dushane, displayed
uxorial affection and fidelity, as well as physical courage, of unmatched fine-
ness and beauty. Her husband lay upon his couch, which was to be his
death-bed, when some Confederate soldiers came to recapture him and to
take him back to prison. His wife, keeping her constant vigil at his side,
raised a gun that was standing near and threatened, with quiet earnestness,
to shoot the first man who placed a hand upon her husband. None dared
to test her courage, and a few days later death removed him from all further
earthly care and persecution. After his burial his widow and her children
set out upon the trip north, traveling three hundred and fifty-five miles to
the Union lines in an ox-cart, where transportation arrangements were
quickly made for them and they were forwarded to Pittsburgh, when she
became housekeeper for an uncle whose home was in Wheeling, West Vir-
ginia. Here she lived for seven years, afterward marrying John Melrose,
dying in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, in 191 1.

Joseph S. Dushane married (first) a Miss Riddle, (second) Emily
Glover, born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, about 1838, died in 191 1, daughter
of James and Janet (Shearer) Glover, her parents natives of Edinburgh,
Scotland. James and Janet Glover were married in their native land and
came to the United States about 1832, the sailing vessel in which they came
consuming about ninety days in making the voyage. They made their home
in Bolivar, Pennsylvania, and it was here that James Glover manufactured
the first fire-brick made in the United States, after a process that he in-
vented. This business he commercialized to a high degree, prospering ex-
ceedingly, and owned establishments at Apollo, Pennsylvania ; Mount Savage,
Maryland ; on the present site of Highland Station, Pennsylvania, and an-
other at Wampum, Pennsylvania. At the age of seventy years he was
possessed of considerable wealth, but at his death in Pittsburgh, in 1885,
when he had attained the wonderful age of ninety-six years, always re-
markable but doubly so considering the activity of his life, his fortune had
dwindled until it was little more than a modest competence. He survived
his first wife, and married (second) a widow, Mrs. Lucinda Bittner, his
death preceding hers. He was a Democrat in politics, and a life-long mem-
ber of the United Presbyterian Church. Children of James and Janet
(Shearer) Glover: i. John, a physician, died in Missouri. 2. Cornelius,
a stationary engineer, resides in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. 3. Robert, an
engineer, died in Pittsburgh in 1912. 4. Agnes, married William Carson,



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deceased, and lives in Missouri. 5. Clemma, died unmarried. 6. Emily, of
previous mention, married Joseph Dushane. 7. Mary Jane, married Dr.
Patterson, and lives near Homewood, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. Chil-
dren of first marriage of Joseph Dushane: i. Louis, a blacksmith, lives
retired in Toledo, Ohio. 2. Robert, a railroad conductor, lives in Altoona,
Pennsylvania. Children of second marriage of Joseph Dushane : 3. Frank,
died in infancy. 4. James. 5. Isaac N., of whom further. 6. Nettie, died
in Pittsburgh in childhood. Emily (Glover) Dushane, by her marriage with
John Melrose, had one daughter, Maggie, married Thomas Jones, and now
resides in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.

(Ill) Isaac N., son of Joseph S. and Emily (Glover) Dushane,
was born in Catahoula county, Louisiana, May 24, 1861. He was educated
in the public schools of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in young manhood
learning the carpenter's trade and pursuing the same for five years in Car-
negie. In 1890 the present prosperous partnership of Dushane & Lewis,
general contractors, was formed, Harry Lewis and Mr. Dushane comprising
the firm, and for the past quarter of a century it has been among the leading
concerns of its kind in the locality, holding a reputation of wide renown
and constantly fulfilling contracts in Carnegie and vicinity. The Republican
party has heretofore claimed Mr. Dushane's hearty allegiance, but he is now
independent of any party affiliations, having served for eight years as a
member of the Carnegie council. His fraternity is the Masonic Order, in
which he belongs to Centennial Lodge, No. 544, Free and Accepted Masons,
while with his wife he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Mr. Dushane married, in May, 1884, Maggie, born in Glasgow, Scot-
land, daughter of Robert and Ellen (Murphy) Miller, her parents immi-
grating to the United States when she was a child of two years, her mother
deceased, her father a resident of Provo, Utah. Children of Isaac N. and
Maggie (Miller) Dushane: i. Frank Howard, a clerk, lives at home. 2.
Cora Mabel, married Wesley Beadling, and resides in West Newton, Penn-
sylvania. 3. Stella Emma, died in 1910, just prior to her twenty-first birth-
day. 4. Leroy, a bricklayer, lives at home. 5. Glen Helen, lives at home. 6.
Robert J. 7. Joseph W. 8. Raymond N. 9. Kirk L. 10. Margaret 11.
Clair P.



The Leberman family of Pennsylvania has been resi-
LEBERMAN dent in this country for three generations during

which time they have been prominently identified with
the business, social and public life of the communities in which they have
resided, and have always done their duty as good and interested citizens.
(I) Jacob Leberman, the American progenitor of this branch of
the Leberman family, was born in Germany in 1819, died in Meadville,
Crawford county, Pennsylvania, January 24, 1891. When he was in
early manhood his father died, and his mother having married a second
time, young Leberman decided to seek his fortune in America. He
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having located in Jonestown, Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, he formed
a connection with one of the coal mining companies there, and had charge
of their carpentering work. About twenty years later, he, with his
brother, Rev. L. D. Leberman whom he met in Mercer, Mercer county,
Pennsylvania, removed to Meadville, Crawford county, Pennsylvania.
The Rev. L. D. Leberman became the pastor of the German Reformed
Church in Meadville. Neither of the brothers knew of the presence of
the other in this country until they met by chance in Mercer. Mr.
Leberman engaged in business in Meadville, opening a grocery store,
and was successfully identified with the business life of the city for
many years. He purchased his own home and in it raised a large
family. They were all members of the Reformed Church. He was a
member of the Free and Accepted Masons and of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows. Mr. Leberman married, in Jonestown, Pennsylvania,
Hettie Fake, a descendant of a German family which had settled in
Pennsylvania in the early days of the state. They had twelve children,
of whom four died in early youth, the others being: Rev. David D.,
who died January 2, 1892 ; Luther Augustus, see forward ; Lucinda,
deceased; Emma; Leah, deceased; Ella; John J.; Henry Jacob, living
in Meadville.

(II) Luther Augustus Leberman, son of Jacob and Hettie (Fake)
Leberman, was born in Jonestown, Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, Jan-
uary 9, 1845. He attended the public schools there until he was fifteen
years of age, when he removed to Meadville with his parents and com-
pleted his education in that city. For a time he served as a clerk in a
grocery store, and was then engaged in the bakery business very suc-
cessfully for a number of years. Having sold this establishment, he
was in office for a period of eighteen years as collector of the city school
tax, then established himself in the insurance business. When he began
his insurance business in i888, his brother, the Rev. D. D. Leberman
who died in 1892, was associated with him, and upon the death of his
brother, Luther A. Leberman purchased the interests of the deceased,
and sold them to his son, Arthur V., concerning whom see forward.
September 4, 1909, Mr. Leberman sold his interests to Ernest L. Grove,
and the firm became known as Leberman & Grove. Mr. Leberman has
been active in many of the business enterprises of the city, and has been
a member of the chamber of commerce, of which body he was the man-
ager and collector of dues. He is a member of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church, and in political opinion is a Democrat. For many
years he has been a member of Cussawago Lodge, No. 108, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and has passed all the chairs of that body. When
this lodge was first organized Mr. Leberman was very helpful in further-
ing its interests.

Mr. Leberman married, in Meadville, April 15, 1866, Elizabeth
Kahler, born in Germany, July 5, 1848, who came to America with her
parents when she was four years of age. They have had children : 1.



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Mary, born in January, 1867; resides in Meadviile ; she married Charles B.
Hawk, and has had children : Louis W., and one child who died in infancy.
2. Arthur V., see forward. 3. Harry L., born March 1'.), 1873, died
December 26, 1908; he married Mary Davis, and had one child, Harold.
4. Gertrude, born November 30, 1874, died October 27, 1907; she mar-
ried Leslie Alexander, and had one child, Gertrude M. Alexander.

Jacob Kahler, father of Mrs. Leberman, was born in Germany, in
1808, died in 1901. He came to Meadviile, Pennsylvania, from his native
country in 1853. The trip across the ocean, which was a long and
trying one in those days, impaired the health of his wife seriously. She
died at the age of fifty-two, nineteen years after her arrival here. He
had served with honor in the Germany army, and his peaceful occupa-
tion was that of a vineyard keeper. He was an expert in this and an
authority on the art of setting trees and other plants. His services
were in demand by those who could best afford to pay for luxuries, and
he laid out many of the finest lawns and gardens in that section of the
country. He purchased a home which is now numbered 397 Randolph
street, the property of Mrs. M. J. Crawford. He was a member of
the German Reformed Church. Mr. Kahler married in Germany, Clara
Ulmer, and had children : Elizabeth, who married Mr. Leberman, as
mentioned above; Jacob J., a resident of Meadviile; Mary, married J. F.
Waelde ; John H., also resident in Meadviile, foreman of the paint shops
of the Erie Railroad Company.

(HI) Arthur V. Leberman, son of Luther Augustus and Elizabeth
(Kahler) Leberman, was born in Meadviile, Crawford county, Pennsyl-
vania, October 2, 1871, and has been a life long resident of that city.
He was educated in the public schools and in the Smith Business Col-
lege from which he was graduated. Associated with his father in the
insurance business, as mentioned above, he was a member of the firm
of Leberman & Grove until January 1, 1913, when he purchased the
interests of his partner and has been conducting the business alone since
that time. He takes risks of all kinds, including: Fire, health, accident,
plate glass, automobile and life. He represents some of the best known
and safest insurance companies in this country. He has a suite of finely
equipped offices in Rooms 405-6-7-8, in the Trust Building. Mr.
Leberman purchased his present residence at No. 432 Walnut street, in
1903. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. In political mat-
ters he gives his support to the Democratic party, and he is active in
the interests of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member
of the Country Club, and of Cussawago Lodge, No. 108, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows.

Mr. Leberman married, September 11, 1894, Louise B. Baughman,
born June 8, 1876, a daughter of Jacob and Hattie Baughman. They
have been blessed with two children : Gordon B., born in Meadviile,
June 6, 1897, is now a student in the high school; Selden L., born in
Meadviile, April 19, 1899, is also a student in the high school. Mrs.



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Leberman is a musician of undoubted ability and talent and has earned
far more than a merely local reputation. She was educated in the public
and high schools. Having shown decided musical talent from her
earliest years, she was given special instruction in this subject at the
Beethoven School of Music, and was also a pupil of Mrs. Flavia Porter.
Under this excellent instruction Mrs. Leberman became an expert
player on the pipe organ. She was but twelve years of age when she
became the organist in the Baptist Church and filled this position several
years. Seven years were spent as organist in the Congregational
Church, and two years in a similar capacity in the Methodist Episcopal
Church. At the present time she spends the winter seasons in the city
of New York for some time, being engaged as accompanist for some of
the leading musical artists there.



The member of the Feltwell family with whom this record
FELTWELL opens is Joseph, born in England, who came to the

United States, settling in Pittsburgh. He and his son,
Robinson James, were the proprietors of a refinery in that city, Joseph
Feltwell later being connected with a financial institution in the same place,
continuing thus until his death. He married Sophia Craft, born in the
United States, her parents natives of Germany. They were the parents of
children, among them Robinson James, of whom further.

(H) Robinson James Feltwell, son of Joseph and Sophia (Craft)
Feltwell, was born in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, in January, 1843, died
in Sewickley, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, August 14, 1903. His
early education was obtained in the public schools, and he received more
practical instruction in Dufif's Business College. As a young man he entered
the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at that time forming a connec-
tion that endured for forty years, a period that witnessed Mr. Feltwell's
rise from an humble clerical position to a place of importance in the audit-
ing department of disbursements. During his entire association with rail-
road work his duties were confined to that office, and he was daily at his
desk until stricken with his last illness, all of the many systems of the offite
at his lingers' ends, his mind stored with its complicated accounts and
statistics. He and his family were communicants of the Roman Catholic
Church, while politically he was an ardent Democrat. He was burgess of
the borough of Sewickley for one term, and for three successive terms was
elected to a place in council, in both places proving his devotion to the
public interest and serving his community faithfully and well, guarding, so
far as in him lay, the civic life from harmful and lowering influences, advo-
cating any projects tending to increase its attractions and to strengthen it
for future growth. He held membership in the Improved Order of Hepta-
sophs and the Railroad Relief Association.

Mr. Feltwell married, in 1872, Rose Metz, born in Indiana, Pennsyl-
vania, daughter of Peter A. and Catherine (Young) Metz, her father
born in Alsace, Germany, of French descent, her mother born in Phila-



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delphia, Pennsylvania. Peter A. Metz was a son of Jacob Metz, and came
to the United States when he was fifteen years of age, his mother having
died before his departure. He was a baker in his new home, an occupa-
tion he chose for himself, as having immigrated alone he had not the benefit
of parental advice. He settled in Pittsburgh, where his father joined him,
and was employed in the cracker factory. Catherine Young was a daughter
of Andrew and Mary (Blust) Young, natives of Germany, who settled first
in Philadelphia, later in Indiana, where he owned and operated a flour mill.
At the time of the Civil War family duties and cares prevented his enlist-
ment, although he held strong views upon the subjects of slavery and the
dissolution of the union. He nevertheless hired two substitutes to repre-
sent him at the front, and loyally supported the entire policy of the ad-
ministration, at home serving to hold in check the malcontents and in
preventing the spreading of false reports in regard to the actions of the
national government. He and his wife were the parents of six children,
three surviving to the present time. Robinson James and Rose (Metz)
Feltwell had children: i. Benjamin A., deceased, a dentist. 2. Mary
Pearl, lives at home. 3. Myrtle R., a physician. 4. P. Max. of whom
further. 5. James Instant, a plumber of Sewickley.

(Ill) P. Max Feltwell, son of Robinson James and Rose (Metz)
Feltwell, was born October 31, 1881. After attending the public schools
of Sewickley he was employed as a horseshoer for ten years, in 1906 open-
ing a garage in that place. His project was favorably regarded by the
townspeople and received welcome patronage, the business assuming such
dimensions that in 1910 it was incorporated under the name Wilson &
Feltwell, now transacting business as the Sewickley Auto Company, of
which organization Mr. Wilson is president. Aside from his interests in
the business which he founded and nurtured through a sturdy growth, Mr.
Feltwell is treasurer of the Twentieth Century Welding Company. Mr.
Feltwell's religious afiiliations are with the Roman Catholic Church, while
his wife holds membership in the German Lutheran Church. He belongs
to the Improved Order of Heptasophs and the Modern W^oodmen of
America. Mr. Feltwell is a business man of energy and ability, his success
coming to him through the exercise of industry and careful judgment. He
married, November 3, 1908, Louise Layrer, born in Sebwaing, Michigan.
They have one son, Peter Max.



The name of Erwin has been a familiar one in this country
ERWIN for many years, and the bearers of it trace their ancestry to
both Germany and England, the name having originally had
various forms, such as Irwin, Irving, Irvin, Erwin, etc.

(I) James B. Erwin was an old resident of Sewickley, Allegheny
county, Pennsylvania. He married Isabel McElwain.

(II) Robert McElwain Erwin, son of James B. and Isabel (Mc-
Elwain) Erwin, was born in Newville, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania,
January 6, 1834, died June 4, 1902. His education, which was acquired



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in the district schools of his day, was but a limited one, and in his earlier
years he was employed as a farmer's boy. Subsequently he worked as a
carpenter, then was engaged in the coal business and still later conducted
a livery business, with which he was identified until he retired in 1894,
and took up his residence in Sewickley. During the Civil War he was a
member of Company G, Twenty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry, holding the rank of third sergeant. After the battle of Antietam
he was sent back to his home, presumably to die, but careful attention
restored him. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and
of the Knights of Honor. Mr. Erwin married Ann E. Tracy, born in
Sewickley, March 17, 1840, died August 4, 1891. They had children:
Kittie B., married William H. White, and resides in Seattle, Washing-
ton; Anna May, married Samuel R. Cunningham, and lives in Letonia,
Ohio; William Kingsley, died March 29, 1897; Robert McElwain Jr., of
further mention ; Edward B., a resident of San Francisco, California ; June
T., married N. J. McKeefrey, died May 25, 1908 ; and two who died young.

George Tracy, grandfather of Mrs. Erwin, married Leah McCoy,
whose father, John McCoy, was an early settler and extensive land owner
in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Bruce Tracy, son of George and Leah (Mc-
Coy) Tracy, and father of Mrs. Erwin, was born in Uniontown, Pennsyl-
vania, September 27, 1810, and spent his youthful years in Wayne county,
Ohio, where he partially learned the trade of carpenter. He came to Pitts-
burgh, in March, 1827, and there finished learning this trade, which he
followed until he came to Sewickley in 1839. He affiliated with the Prohi-
bition party and was a member of the common council of Sewickley. Bruce
Tracy married (first) Ann McCowan, (second) Mary, a sister of his first
wife. His only son, John D., was killed at the battle of Antietam. He and
his family were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The great-
grandfather of Bruce Tracy was Colonel Gattis, who was a soldier in the
Revolutionary War; he married a Miss Bruce.

(HI) Dr. Robert McElwain (2) Erwin, son of Robert McElwain
(i) and Ann E. (Tracy) Erwin, was born in Sewickley, Allegheny county,
Pennsylvania, July 30, 1874. The public schools of his native town fur-
nished him with excellent educational advantages, and he was graduated
from the high school in the class of 1891. He entered the profession of
journalism, and for a time was employed in editorial work on a news-
paper. After a short period spent in the employ of the General Electrical
Company, 1894, he became a student at the Philadelphia College of Den-
tistry, from which he was graduated in 1897 with the degree of Doctor
of Dental Surgery. He established himself in the practice of his profes-
sion in Sewickley, and has become very popular. Five years ago he opened
an office in Pittsburgh, and now divides his time and attention between
the two, spending the forenoons in Sewickley, and the afternoons in Pitts-
burgh. He makes a specialty of extracting in his Pittsburgh office. He is
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the following named
fraternal orders : Knights of Pythias ; Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ;



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Allegheny Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Mount Moriah Council, Royal
Arcanum. Dr. Erwin married, June 11, 1898, Florence Jeannette Beving-
ton, of Sewickley. He is a member of the Odontological Society of Western
Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State Dental Society and National Dental As-
sociation.



Sherman Tecumseh Shoop is a member of an old Pennsyl-
SHOOP vanian family, which has been associated with the traditions
and life of the state, especially the western part of it, his great-
grandfather coming to Freeport in the early pioneer times. It is not known
whether his grandfather was born before or after the coming of the family
to Freeport, but it is certain that he lived a large portion of his life in that
town. This gentleman, Jacob Shoop, was married to Hannah Camp, May
20, 1830, and by her had seven children, as follows : Simon, of whom
further; Mary J., who became Mrs. Peter Klingensmith, April 24, 1854;
Anna E., who married George H. Johnston, October 30, 1856; John H.,
v;ho married Linde McCain, March i, 1858; Kate, who married Albert
A. Hawk, September 25, 1863 ; S. Ellen, who married Stod S. Wick,
December i, 1864; Julia R., who became Mrs. D. S. Wallace, November
19, 1874.

(H) Simon Shoop, the eldest child of Jacob and Hannah (Camp)
Shoop, was born in Freeport, Pennsylvania, March 2, 183 1. He was
educated in the local schools, and passed his childhood there, learning, as
he grew older the trade of tailor under the tutelage of his father. In the
year 1862 Mr. Shoop Sr. enlisted in Thompson's Battery, and served for
three years in the Civil W'ar, during which time he was wounded. After
the close of the war he returned to Freeport and there engaged in publish-
ing the Freeport Nczv Era. In this work several sons of his were associated
with him, all in the capacity of printers. Mr. Shoop's affiliations were
with the Democratic party, of the principles of which he was a staunch
upholder. In the year 1880 he and his family removed to Sewickley, Alle-
gheny county, Pennsylvania, and there Mr. Shoop engaged in a tin busi-
ness with his son George H. He was a prominent man in the community,
a member of the Heptasophs of Sewickley, and of the Post No. 3, Grand