COMMEMORATIVE
Biographical Encyclopedia
• .OF.,
The Juniata Vallev, comprising the Counties of
Huntingdon, Mifflin; tluniata, and.
Perry, -Pennsylvania.
...CONTAINING,,,
SKETCHES OF PROMINENT AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS
AND MANY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.
ILLUSTRATED,
1897.
CHAMBERSBURG, PA.
J. M. RUNK & CO,
• PUBLISHERS.
PREFACE.
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JUNIATA AND PERRY COUNTIES.
derson, of Huntingdon. His second wife was
Amanda McFarlane; their child is: William,
died in June, 1894.
7. Matilda Elliott (1. Robert; 2. Benjamin and Sarah), born at Huntingdon in 1792,
married March 28, 1816, to Dr. James
Stewart, of Huntingdon county, who afterwards moved to Indiana, Indiana county, Pa.;
she died in 1865, aged, seventy-three years.
Their son is:
I. William M. Stewart, horn January 17,
1817, married Elizabeth F. Clopper, of
Greenshurg, Pa., J u l y 13, 1847. He read
law and became a successful lawyer, was in
partnership at Indiana with Silas M. Clark,
who was elected justice of the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania. Prior to 1870, he
moved with his family to Philadelphia, Pa.,
where he engaged in the banking business
and was one of the firm of B. K Jamison &
Co., although still keeping his office at Indiana and continuing his practice there, being
counsel for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Their children are: i. Henrietta B.;
ii. James, horn J u n e 9, 1850, married June
9, 1881, to Carrie Washburn; their children
are William M. and James M.; iii. Edward,
born October 15, 1852; iv. Matilda E., married A. C. Coddington, June 13, 1882; she
died in 1891; their child is Elsy; v, Mary
B.; vi. William Moore, born November 30,
1858, married Margarette L. Ballard, November 23, 1892, is a lawyer in Philadelphia; vii.
Harry, bom January 30, 1857.
The original Elliotts were Scotch-Irish
Presbyterians, and most of their descendants
have continued in the same faith. Benjamin
Elliott was a Federalist, and his descendants
for the most part have been Whigs and Republicans.
THE ASHMAN RECORD.
1. George Ashman was born prior to 1660
in Lymington, County Wiltshire, England.
He probably came to America in 1670,
with
the
Cromwells,
Gists, Morays,
Murrays, Baileys, Philips's, Hawkins's,
Bards, Wilmots,
Besons and
Rattenburgs, who formed a colony and first settled in Calvert county, Md. H e afterwards
moved to Anne Arundel county, on the
south side of the Patapsco river. On November 30, 1894, he received a grant from King
William I I I . of a farm of 500 acres on Gunpowder Neck, then Cecil county, which he
called "Ashman's Hope," and whither he removed some time after receiving the grant.
About 1687, he was married to Elizabeth
Trahearne, widow of William Cromwell,
who died in 1684, and who was the son of
Henry Cromwell, and first cousin of Oliver
Cromwell, Lord Protector of England,
This Henry Cromwell had been in Virginia
as early as 1620, his sons, William, Richard
and John, came to America in 1670 with the
colony that took up land on the south side of
the Patapsco river, in Maryland. The Cromwell family lived near the Ashmans and there
wrere a number of intermarriages between
their descendants. In 1692 George Ashman
and Richard Cromwell, with four others,
were elected by the freeholders of Patapsco
parish, now St. Paul's, as vestrymen, and as
such had civil duties as well as religious to
perform. In 1693, George Ashman was presiding justice of the county courts of Baltimore. He died in 1699, leaving a will dated
August 10, 1698, which was probated February 23, 1699, and of which his wife Elizabeth was executrix. He devised to his son
John, when he should be sixteen years old,
his plantation called "Ashman's Hope;" to
his daughter Charity, when she should be sixteen years old, or married, his plantation
called "Charity's Delight" and to his daughter Elizabeth a plantation called "George's
Fancy." In ease of his children dying without issue he devised his lands to his brothers
James and John. He also refers to his stepsons, Philip, Thomas and William Cromwell,
whom he calls sons-in-law. At the time of his
death his children were minors. He was a
man of prominence and a member of the
Church of England. He was buried in St.
Paul's Parish, Baltimore, January 31, 1699.
The children of George and Elizabeth Ashman were: i. John, born in 1689; ii.
Charity, bom in 1691; iii. Elizabeth, bom
in 1693.
2. John Ashman (1. George), born in Anne
Arundel county, Md., in 1689, married November 26, 1713, to Constance Hawkins,
whose parents lived in the same county,
across the river from the Cromwells, and had
come to America in 1670 with the English
colony referred to in the history of George
Ashman. He lived at "Ashman's Hope"
which had been devised to him by his father.
His wife was born about 1693. Their chil-
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dren were: i. George, bora November 8,
17M; n. John, horn September 1, IT 10, married Miss Hawkins; iii. Elizabeth, born December 24, IT i s , married Daniel Stanbury;
iv. Constance, horn March IT, 1720, married William hockey, born February 20,
1718, lliey bad lour children; v. Charity,
born February 11. 1722, married William
Cromwell, son of William, grandson of William Cromwell ami Elizabeth Trahearue mid
great-grandson of Henry Cromwell, they had
six children; vi. Km IK born March 12, 1724,
married Hugh Merrikeu; vii. Rachel, born
October 20, 172(1, died in 1768, unmarried;
'•iii. Patience, bom March *J({, 172s, married
Jaebiw; is. William, born duly S,
1781, died in 1762, unmarried; x. Emanuel,
born November 27, \HH\ xi. Mary, born
August 20, 1789,
8. George Ashman (1. George; 2, John and
Constance), waa born November 8, 1714, at
"Ashman1** Hop©" on Gunpowder Xeek, Md.
After reaching manhood be went to England
on buanwa for his father, ami while there met
Jemima Murray, of Kdinlmrg, Scotland,
whom he married ami brought with him to
Ma horn© in Maryland.
Her father and
family accompanied them and settled in
Maryland. Their children were; i. George,
born in 1740, died November 5, 1811; ii.
Elir-alu-th, married Richard Colgate, of Baltimore county, Md.; iii. Kllen, manned John
Colgate, of Baltimore county, Md.; iv.
Sarah, born in 1705, married Benjamin
Elliott
4. George Ashman (1. George; 2. John; 3.
George), was bom in 1740, in Maryland;
was married March 15, 1774, to Elinor Cromwell, who died in April, 1S27. She was tho
daughter of John Cromwell, of Anne Arundel
county, Md., and Elizabeth Todd; he was the
great grandson of Richard Cromwell, who
wa« the son of Henry Cromwell. The niece
of Elinor Ashman, Elinor Cromwell, daughter of Richard Cromwell, wan married to
Thomas Lee, of the vicinity of Washington,
D. 0,, and their daughter, Mary Diggs Lee,
was married to Charles Carroll and had a son,
John bee (Jarroll, who was governor of Maryland in 1870. In June, 1770, George Ashman moved from Maryland to Bedford Furnace, now Orbisonia, Huntingdon county.
Pa., where with bin brother-in-law, Thomas
Cromwell, and Edward Ridgely, he erected
the old Bedford furnace about 1785, it being
tho first iron establishment west of the Sue.
quehanna. After coining to Pennsylvania, he
was on December 10, 1777, commissioned
colonel of the Second Battalion of Bedford
county Associatora, and on November 21,
1780, appointed lieutenant of Bedford county, lie was commissioned justice of the
Court of Common Pleas of Bedford county
September 24-, 1784. The county of Bedford from 1771 to 1787 included the present
territory of Huntingdon county. In 1704:
he built a log house at Three Springs, Huntingdon eountv, Pa., six miles distant from
Orbisonia, on a tract of 1,800 acres of valuable limestone land which he had acquired,
and moved there from 'Bedford Furnace. In
1781, the Indians became so troublesome that
he was obliged to send his family to Fort Littleton, Fulton county, where they remained
in the fort until the country became settled.
lie died November 5, 1811, in his 72d year.
The children of (ieorge and Elinor Ashman
were all horn at Bedford Furnace, and were:
i. James, born January 7, 1775, married Alary
Mason; ii. Elizabeth, born March 15, 177(1,
married John Palmer; iii. Richard, born October 7, 1778, died unmarried; iv. Sarah, born
January 25, 1781, died unmarried; v. John,
born February 24, 1783, married Elinor
Cromwell; vi. Josepbus, born July 10, 1785,
died unmarried; vii. Henrietta Maria, born
August 24, 1787, married David Hunter;
viii. Rebecca, born February 14,1790, married
William Hammill; ix. Eleanor, born October
15, 1792, married James McOiah; x. Ann,
born on the same day, died in infancy; xi.
George, born on the same day; married Jane
Scott and moved to Indiana. The last three
were triplets; aai. Francis, horn October, 1,
1705, died unmarried; xiii. Oliver.
5. Sarah Ashman (1. George; 2. John; 3.
George), was born in 1765 in Maryland,
moved with her brother George in 1776 to
Bedford Furnace, Pa., and resided with him
until 178(5, when she was married to Benjamin Elliott of Huntingdon, Pa. (See Elliott
Family.) Their children were: i. J-Cleanor
Elliott, horn 1788, married William Orbison,
October 6, 1808; ii. Harriett Elliott, born October 1, 1700, married Jacob Miller, August
20, 1811; iii. Matilda Elliott, born 1792, married Dr. James Stewart, March 28, 1816.
(i. James Ashman (1. George; 2. John;
HUNTINGDON, MIFFLIN, JUNIATA AND PERRY COUNTIES.
8. George; 4. George), was born at
Bedford Furnace, Pa., January 5, 1775,
lie moved to Fayette county, Pa., and
married Mary Mason, daughter of Colonel" Isaac and Catharine Harrison Mason, of Alt. Braddock, Fayette county. Pa.,
January 6, 1805; she was born July 22, 1780,
and died March 3, 1852. He was commissioned captain in the Tenth Regiment of Infantry, U. S. A., by President John Adams,
April 17, 1700. He received the degree of
Master Mason, March 20, 1700, in Lodge No.
55, at Huntingdon, Pa. He died January
25, 1808. They had one son: i. George
James Ashman, born June 10, 1800,^died
March 18, 1872; ho married Sarah Ami
Dawson, daughter of George and Mary Kennedy Dawson, of Brownsville, Pa., November
24,'l83(). She was born April 10, 1811, and
died March 0, 1848. They lived at New
Haven, Fayette county, where he kept a store.
Their children were; i. James E. Ashman,
born April 11, 1881, died April 24, 1836;
ii. Mary Ashman, born March 21, 1833, died
May 20, 1856; married Lafayette Markle,
son of Gen. Joseph Markle, of Westmoreland
county, Pa., June 12, 1856; he was editor of
the ConmlhvilU Enterprise at the time of
their marriage. They had a son, George Ashman Markle, born March 14, 1860, who married Emma Overholt April 3, 1879, they have
two children, Gertrude, born 1880, and
Howard, born 1882; iii. Catherine Torrenco
Ashman, living at Connellsville, Pa.; iv.
Sarah Kennedy Ashman, born October 15,
1834, died April 23, 1836; v. Louisa Cass
Ashman, born November 16, 1838, married
David Henry Veech, son of Judge James and
Maria Kwing Veech, May 1, 1862. He was
born 1837, and was a lawyer. During the
civil war he was first lieutenant in the
Fifth Artillery, U. 8. A., and was afterwards
captain of volunteers. After the war, he
practised law in Pittsburg until his death,
May 2, 1874. Their children are; Catharine
Ashman Veech, born March 6, 1863, married
Benjamin Paaehall Howell, April 21, 1886;
Sarah Louise Veech, born February 3, 1867;
and James Ashman Veech, born November
21, 1872; vi. George Dawson Ashman, born
September 5, 1844, died January 16, 1876.
Ho enlisted as a private when seventeen years
of age, and served through the civil Avar;
after tho war, resided in Pittsburg, Pa., where
he was assistant paymaster on Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne and ('hicago P. It. lie married Sarah
Jane Miller, of Harrisburg, in 1865.
7. Elizabeth Ashman (I.George; 2. John;3.
Georgej 4. George), was born at Bedford Furnace, Pa., March 16, 1776, married .John Palmer, of Shirley township, Huntingdon county, Pa., February 10, 1705. In 1700 he was
commissioned justice of the peace. Their
children were: I. George Palmer; II. — - —
married
Greer; III. Mary Palmer,
born 1804, died April 10, 1897, aged 98
years, married William Maclay, of Huntingdon county, Pa. She was living at Spruce
Creek, Pa., with her daughter Margaret, at
the time of her death. Their children are:
i. John Palmer Maclay, formerly of Huntingdon, now of Altoona; manned and has the following children: Ellen, Annie, married to Mr.
Vanness; James, Mary, Harry L, married to
Miss Maule; Margaret, married to William 8.
Taylor, son of the late Hon. George Taylor,
of Huntingdon; Cyrus and William; ii. Margaret Maclay, married to Jacob Isett, of
Sprnce Creek, Pa.; IV. Peggy Palmer; V,
Sarah Palmer, married
Logan.
After the death of John Palmer, his widow
Elizabeth married William Harvey, of Shirleysburg, Pa., they had a daughter, Catharine
Harvey, who married Andrew Fraker, of
Shirlevsburg; their children were: i. W. Ashman Fraker, who lived at Shirlevsburg; he is
now dead, and his family reside in Altoona,
Pa.; ii. Ellen Fraker, bom 1841, married Dr.
Alexander Shenffer, of Lewistown, Pa., who
is now dead. Their daughter, Catharine
Sheaffer, is married to Harry Lee, of near
Lewistown, and they have a son, Henry
Richard Lee, horn 1898,
8. John Ashman (1. George; 2, John; 3,
George; 4. George), was born at Bedford Furnace, February 24,1783. Most of his life was
spent on one of the farms near Three Springs,
•which had been owned by Ins father, Colonel
George, and was known as the "Mansion
farm." He was married about 1810 to his
cousin Elinor Cromwell, daughter of Thomas
Cromwell, who had come from Maryland to
Bedford Furnace about 1770. She was born
1786.
Cromwell township, Huntingdon
county, was named "in honor of Col, Thomas
Cromwell, who was an early settler and a
distinguished and hospitable citizen." Tho
children of John and Elinor Ashman were;
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I. Richard Ashman, married Mary J a n e
Loraine, daughter of Dr. Loraine, of Philipsburg, Pa.; he lived at Three Springs on one
of the farms which had been owned by his
grandfather, and was a merchant. H e died a
few years ago. Their children are: i. Loraine,
married, lives in the West; ii- Cornelia, lives
at Three Springs; iii, George, married Miss
Hamlin, practised dentistry at Philipsburg,
Pa.; iv. Siegel, married Miss Stevens, lives
near Three Springs in the old mansion honse
erected by his great-grandfather, George Ashman ; v. Herbert, married Ellen Kessler,of Philipsburg, Pa., and lives at Three Springs, in
the house formerly occupied by her father;
vi. Lillian, married Dr. Dallas Barnhart, of
Dublin Mills, Fulton county, Pa. H e was
elected to the legislature in March, 1897.
H. Ann Ashman, married Isaac Taylor,
lives at Mt. Union, Pa.
III. Ellen Ashman, married Dr. J . A.
Shade, and lived at Shade Gap, Huntingdon
county, Pa., until he was murdered in 1876.
IV. Thomas Ashman, married Melissa
Greene, daughter of Kenzie L. Greene; their
children are John and Annie, and live at Orbisonia, Pa.
9. Henrietta Maria Ashman (1. George; 2.
John; 3. George; 4. George), b o m August 24,
1787, at Bedford Furnace, Pa., married in
1811 to David Hunter, of Ayr township,
Bedford (now Fulton county, Pa.,) who was
born in 1781. H e was a member of the legislature from Bedford county in 1834-1835.
She died March 29, 1835, aged 48 years. H e
died October 26, 1853, aged 72 years. Their
children were: i. George Ashman Hunter, born
April 10, 1813, died 1890, married Martha
Hunter, of Kentucky; ii. William LIunter,
bom September 25, 1814, died 1818; iii.
Eleanor Cromwell Hunter, born November
15, 1815, died 1888, married Eev. Finley
McNaughton; iv. Elizabeth Hunter, born
January 15, 1818, died 1869, married "Win.
M. Patterson, of Ayr township, Enlton
county; their children, David Hunter, and
Henrietta, married to T. Erskine Carson, of
Baltimore, Md.; v. Henrietta Maria Hnnter,
born December 18, 1819, married George
McCulloch, of Alabama; vi. Louisa Hnnter,
horn April 22, 1822; vii. Martha M. Hnn+er,
horn November 6, 1824; viii. Ann Galloway
Hunter, born August 5, 1828, died J u n e 12,
1853. She was married in October, 1848, to
John B. Patterson, whose grandfather, William Patterson, of Ayr township. Bedford
county, was an ensign in the Seventh Company, Eighth Battalion, of Cumberland county
Associators, was commissioned July 31, 1777,
and spent part of one winter at Valley Forge.
He was horn in York county in 1747, and
was a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1794. On John B. Patterson's farm
in Fulton county, the Confederate General,
Bradley T. Johnson, had his headquarters on
the night of the day when Chambersburg,
Pa., was burned by the Confederate troops
(July 30,1864), That was the last Confederate camp fire north of Mason and Dixon's
line. John B. Patterson and Ann Galloway
his wife had one son, Thomas Elliott Patterson, born in Ayr township, Fulton county,
July 15, 1853; graduated from the law department of Union College, 1ST. Y., in 1875,admitted to the Philadelphia bar February 26,
1876, and still continues to practise law in
Philadelphia. Was married June 18, 1885,
to Bertha Remington, of Ilion, Herkimer
county, 1ST. Y. They have two children:
Elliott Remington Patterson, born August
7, 1886; and Howard Ashman Patterson,
born September 13, 1891.
10. Rebecca Ashman (1. George; 2. John;
3. George; 4. George), born February 14,
1790, at Bedford Furnace, Pa., married
William Hamill, of Shippensburg; she died
at Orbisonia, Pa., November 30, 1862, aged
seventy-two years. Their children are:
I. George Ashman Hamill, married J a n e
Chamberlain in May, 1847, moved to Martinsburg, W. Ya., wdiere he practised medicine until his death, November 16, 1870;
they had a daughter, Bell, born in 1862.
11. William Cromwell Hamill, bom i n
1821, died June 2, 1843.
III. Elizabeth, married Thomas E. Orbison, January 22,1845; (see Orbison Record);
she died April 20, 1864.
IV. Eleanor, married September 3, 1851,
to Richard Benson Wigton, of Rock Hill F u r nace, Huntingdon county, Pa.; he was t h e n
engaged in the iron business, afterwards went
into the coal business at Huntingdon, a n d
from there moved to Philadelphia, where h e
resided, his son being engaged with him in.
mining and shipping coal. He died in 1 8 9 5 ;
their children are: i. William Hamill Wigton,
bora November 20, 1854, lives at Bryn Mawr,
HUNTINGDON, M I F F L I N , JUNIATA AND P E R R Y
P a . ; married May 24, 1881, to Anna Nutting; their children are: Jeannette, Richard
Benson, Nutting, Elizabeth, Katharine; ii.
Frank Hiner Wigton, born March 17, 1857,
married Mary Louise Wilson, October 31,
1888, and lives in Germantown, Pa.; their
children are: Robert Wilson, born July 27,
1890; Edward Newton, bom February 16,
1893; iii. Charles Benson Wigton, bom July
2, 1859, at Huntingdon, Pa., married Anna
McCann, of Philadelphia, May 13, 1884;
their children are: Charles Benson, born
September, 1885; Theodora Bell, horn October, 1886; iv. Eleanor Rebecca Wigton, horn
in Huntingdon, Pa., married Dr. Hoch, of
Philadelphia in 1894.
V. Edward Bird Hamill, a physician in
Martiusburg, W. Va., died May 22,1882. He
was twice married; his first wife was Irene
Hughes, of Mercersburg, Pa.; their children
are: i. Mary Elizabeth Hamill, bom December 15, 1854; ii. Irene Hughes Hamill, born
March 2, 1866, married Henry Bechtel, of
Llagerstown, Md.; iii. Elizabeth Hamill, married William Bullen, March 9, 1875, and
live in Washington, D. C. The second wife
of Edward Bird Hamill was Kate Hooper;
their child is: i. George Ashman Hamill,
married Lillie Benton, of Llagerstown, Md.,
March 10, 1883; he is a physician and resides
in Martinsburg, W. Va.
V I . Florence Rebecca Hamill, died at
Orbisonia, September 24, 1850.
11. Eleanor Ashman (1. George; 2. John;
•3. George; 4. George); was born at Bedford
Furnace, Pa., October 15, 1792, died March
9, 1867. She was married June 4, 1824, to
James McGirk, a merchant in Philipsbnrg,
Pa., son of Stephen McGirk. He was born
March 26, 1789, died June 16, 1856. Their
children were:
I. Henrietta McGirk, born April 15, 1831,
married Dr. Foster, of Philipsbnrg. They
had one daughter, Helen; she was married
to George Zeigler, formerly of Huntingdon,
who was a merchant in Philipsbnrg. Their
children were: Henrietta Zeigler and Helen
Zeigler, married to Fred. Todd, of Philipsbnrg.
I I . Cromwell McGirk, bom October 6,
1829, died April 7, 1830.
I I I . John Davis McGirk, horn October 21,
1834,married Mary Hand,bom May 11,1836,
daughter of Aaron and Eliza Foster Hand.
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H e is a physician in Philipsburg. Their children are: i. Loretta McGirk, born October 14,
1857; ii. Annie Foster McGirk; iii. Charles
E. McGirk, born September 17, 1869, lie is a
physician and resides in Philipsburg.
IV. James McGirk, born December 25,
1826, died March 17, 1830.
There is in the possession of Herbert Ashman, great-grandson of Col. George Ashman, at Three Springs, Huntingdon county,
Pa., a looking-glass said to be over two hundred years old, on the frame of which is a
double coat of arms, indicating the union of two
families; one of these is the Ashman arms, and
corresponds with the following description
taken from Burke's Armorial Bearings and
Heraldry: "Ashman (Lymington, Co. Wilts.)
Or, on a bend, gules, between two talbots,
heads erased, sable, three fleur-de-lis argent.
Crest, a hautboy in pale." The motto is
"Watch Weel." I t is probable that the original Ashmans belonged to the Church of England, as all who came from Maryland to Pennsylvania were members of the Episcopal
church. Col. George Ashman was a Federalist, and most of his descendants became
Whigs, and afterwards Republicans.
T H E ALLISON RECORD.
William Allison was born June 17,1696,in
the north of Ireland, and was of Scotch ancestry; came to America about 1730, and settled
in that part of the Cumberland valley, Penna.,
where the town of Greencastle, Franklin
county, is now situated, and died there December 14, 1778, aged eighty-two years. H e
was one of the first justices of Cumberland
county, and on May 28, 1750, with other justices, met Richard Peters, Provincial Secretary of Pennsylvania, at Shippensburg, for the
purpose of removing trespassers, who were
mostly Scotch-Irish, from the unpurchased
lands belonging to the Indians. H e married
Catharine Craig, about 1737. He left a will,
which was proved February 23, 1779, and recorded in the Register's Office at Carlisle, in
Will Book "C," page 144. H e had the folloAving brothers and sisters bom in Ireland:
James, born November 12, 1693; Patrick,
born February 21, 1699; Jean, born June 22,
1701; John, born January 18, 1704, had land
adjoining his brother William in Cumberland
county, and had a son named John; Robert,