Source: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895

Full title: 1895 History of Butler County Pennsylvania, Robert Brown, Brown & Company.

The following ancestors are mentioned in this book:

Excerpts from the book

The text in the sections below is quoted directly from the book. Links have been added to direct ancestors and other persons of note to this ancestry.

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[Taxables of 1803 for Buffalo Twp.]
John Gallagher - 400 acres, 1 cow, 1 horse or ox, Value: $283. Tax: $85
Peter Gallagher - 400 acres, 2 cows, 1 horse or ox, value: $300, Tax: $90
Hugh Gallagher - 400 acres, 0 cows, 0 horses or oxen, value: $266, Tax: $80

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[Taxables of 1803 for Connoquennessing Twp.]
John Gallagher - 400 acres, 3 cows, 1 horse or ox. Value: $250. Tax: $75

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[Taxables of 1803 for Slippery Rock Twp.]
John Hockenberry - 150 acres, 5 cows, 1 horse or ox. Value: $58. Tax: $52

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The story of the settlement of [Centre] township is interesting from the fact that its pioneers came in a body to take posession of the land without the aid of constitution or by-laws. In 1796, sixty men from Allegheny, Westmoreland, Juniata and Cumberland counties appeared in this part of the wilderness and selected sixty eligible farms and sites for cabins. ... ...within the year the following named tract owners were actual residents: ... James Hoge, 150 [acres]; James McCandless, 400; John McCandless, 400; Robert McCandless, no land taxed; ... Archibald St. Clair, 400; ...

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[concerning Brady Township]
Conrad Snyder became a tavern keeper on the Franklin road. John Hockenberry arrived with his family in 1803, but after some years removed to Cherry township. ... In 1810 Robert Hockenberry settled near West Liberty, and then moved to the site of Coaltown. ... The Smith Neil grist mill on McDeavitt's run was erected about 1810. Nicholas Klingensmith purchased or leased the property from Neil, and the Hoge Brothers ultimately became owners.

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West Liberty [Worth Twp.] was surveyed February 13, 1829, by James J. Hoge, surveyor.

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John Hockenberry, a native of Perry county, Pennsylvania, came to Butler county about 1803, and settled in Brady township. He resided there for several years, and then removed to Cherry township, where he died. He married Hannah Kelly, and was the father of eight children, viz.: John; Casper; Jonathan; Eizabeth, who married James Buchanan; Jane, who married Moses McCandless; Annie, who married and died in Ohio; Ellen, who married William Graham, and Joseph, all of whom are dead.

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James Gallagher, eldest son of John Gallagher, Sr., was born in Ireland, and came with his parents to Muddy Creek township, Butler county. He subsequently settled on a farm in what is now Franklin township, where the remainder of his life was spent. Mr. Gallagher was twice married. His first wife bore him a family of three children, as follows: George; William, and Margaret, who married George Elliott, all of whom are deceased. By his second marriage he became the father of nine children, viz.: John, a resident of Franklin township; Sarah A., deceased wife of William Rose; Nancy, wife of Lott Wilson;, James, who resides in California; Robert, who was a member of Captain Pillow's company, and died in the Rebellion; Henry, of Pittsburg; Mahala J., wife of Samuel Burnsides; Amelia, wife of Dinwiddie McCollough, and Matilda, wife of James Dunn.

John Gallagher, Sr., one of the pioneers of Butler county, was a native of Down county, Ireland, and settled in Muddy Creek township, late in the Eighteenth or early present century. He purchased a tract of 400 acres of land, erected upon it a log house, and resided there the remainder of his life. The site of his home is now the property of Henderson Wilson. With him came his wife and the following children: James; John; William; Mary, who married James English; Margaret, and Jane. The eldest son, James, was twice married, his first wife being Sarah Forrester, and his second, Mary Albright. He died in Muddy Creek township, as did also his brother William.

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Lott Wilson was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, February 10, 1821, son of James and Mary (Baum) Wilson, and came with his parents to Butler county in 1844. His father was a native of Berks county, whence he removed to Westmoreland county, and afterwards to Butler county. After a few years' residence in Connoquenessing township, he removed to Portsmouth, Ohio, where he died. By his marriage to Mary Baum he became the father of the following children: Martha J., who married Hiram Milhuisen; Tamson, who married James Cratty; William, of Lancaster township, and Lott. The subject of this sketch learned the cooper's trade, which he followed until 1854, and then settled upon the farm where he now resides. It contains 100 acres, which he has cleared and improved, and for the past forty years he has devoted his attention to farming. Mr. Wilson was married in 1854, to Nancy Gallagher, a daughter of James Gallagher, to which union have been born five children, vis.: Dunwoody; James; Henderson; Robert; William; Jane, wife of Vest Sharp; Tillie, and two that died in infancy. In politics, Mr. Wilson is a Republican, and he is a member of the Lutheran church of Prospect.