C A CARPENTER

Casper Augustus ("C. A.") CARPENTER
September 4, 1836 – May 6, 1892

Casper Augustus Carpenter was born in Pennsylvania, as were his parents, James Jackson Carpenter (Feb. 16, 1800 - Feb. 27, 1852) and Eliza McKee (Feb 11, 1808 -Feb 27, 1886). He was one of nine children: Caroline, Albert, Edward, Mary, Harriet, Hannah, Wilson and an earlier "Caspar Augustus" who had died as an infant.

His wife Mary A. Clement was born in Ohio, as were her parents, although there is an indication that her mother may have been born in England. Before her marriage to C A Carpenter, Mary was married to a Mr. Shaw and for a time lived in Sharpsburg, PA.

C. A. Carpenter rose to the position of purchasing agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was also on the founding board of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, founded on July 8, 1876. Also on the board were other SFF&CH Members or family including S S Marvin, T Howe and JK Moreland. Carpenter’s name appears almost endlessly in historic works about Pittsburgh but oddly enough, always and only on lists of those who served on the Chamber of Commerce. Although he must have been proud of that fact, one wonders what else he may have done tht might be worth mentioning.

C. A. Carpenter married Mary A Clement Shaw of Sharpsburg. Their family lived in Sewickley in 1876. In 1880 the C A and Mary Carpenter Household included:

C. A. Carpenter (born Sept. 4, 1837); age 43; PA R R Agent

Mary A. Carpenter (born 1843); age 37; Keeping House

Edwin Stanton Carpenter (born February 16, 1862); age 18; at School (Chester Pa, military school there)

Bessie Lincoln Carpenter (born October 19, 1869); age 11; (Bessie was baptized Feb. 5, 1870 at First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh)

Helen Grant Carpenter (born 1871); age 9; (Helen was baptized on Feb. 1, 1873 at First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh)

Alice I. W. Carpenter (born 1873) age 7;

Anna Clement (born 1819) age 61; mother-in-law (Mary's mother)

From the Social Mirror of 1888:

“Mrs. C. A. Carpenter previous to her present marriage was Mrs. Shaw, of Sharpsburg. Miss Bessie Carpenter the eldest daughter of the house, finished school last June and makes her first bow to society this winter.”

Here it is important to mention that C. A. Carpenter was one of the initial core group of charter members of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club.

For the record, the charter members of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club were:

R F Ruff; T H Sweat; Charles J Clarke; Thomas Clark; W F Fundenberg; Howard Hartley; H C Yeager; J B White; H C Frick; E A Myers; C C Hussey; D R Ewer; C A Carpenter; W L Dunn; W L McClintock; A V Holmes.

(For a number of years B. F. Ruff served as president and John A Harper as secretary-treasurer.)

C. A. Carpenter was one of the small committee of people who were entrusted with the duty of inspecting the dam in 1880 and who thereafter reported their findings to Benjamin Ruff. This event is chronicled on the Johnstown Flood Museum website, and can be read there.

http://www.jaha.org/edu/flood/why/dam_club_era.html

The officers of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club in 1889, at the time of the Flood, were:

Colonel E. J. Unger, President
Colonel J. J. Lawernec, Vice President
Louis Irwin, Treasurer
E. A. Myers, Secretary

WILLIAM T DUNN

William Thompson Dunn
1825 – [? After 1895]

“William Thompson Dunn, contractor, Allegheny, was born at what was then called Georgetown, Mercer County, PA. In 1825 the son of James and Maria (Thompson) Dunn who were born in Crawford County PA in 1800 and 1802 respectively. His grandfather Alexander Dunn was born in Eastern Pennsylvania, and was for many years a justice of the peace. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Dunn was carried off by Indians while on a survey in Crawford County and held for ransom. The father of William T. Dunn was a carpenter and died in Allegheny in 1874. His wife died in 1865. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. William received his education in the public schools and at Allegheny College, Meadville PA., graduating in 1852. He then went south in 1853 and taught school in Louisiana for three years. Returning in 1856 he in July 1857 began reading law with Judge Wilson McCandless, and in 1860 was admitted to the bar in Pittsburgh where he practiced law until 1867. He then associated with the late Edward Allen, as contractors and builders of sewers, etc. On April 25, 1861, Mr. Dunn was married to Amelia Frances Allen, the daughter of [SFF&HC member] Edward Allen (deceased). Her mother resides with Mr. Dunn. In 1884 Mr. Dunn purchased property at Emsworth, and has a beautiful home. He and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.”

(Source: History of Allegheny County, 1889).


William T Dunn was associated with the William T. Dunn and Company, which sold building supplies—chiefly terra cotta products such as sewer pipe. They were also cement dealers. Their offices were located at W. T. Dunn Co. 41 Federal Street.

William T Dunn served on the Committee of Public Safety in the aftermath of the Pittsburgh riots (as did Joseph Horne). Dunn served on the board of directors of the Armenia Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, along with SFF&HC member James S McCord. He was named an honorary member of the Hampton Battery Veterans’ Association. William T Dunn was a member of the exclusive Linden Club located on Boulevard Place, as were these SFF&CH members and relations, HC Frick, HP and JL McClintock, AW Mellon, JE Schwartz, Henry K Thaw, and WK Woodwell. Along with many other SFF&CH members, Dunn was also a member of the Sportsmen’s Association of Western Pennsylvania, which may have been the SFF&HC after the Flood (the membership list is from 1895); see the separate posting about the Sportsmen’s Association of Western Pennsylvania elsewhere on this blog.

For the record, the charter members of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club were:R F Ruff; T H Sweat; Charles J Clarke; Thomas Clark; W F Fundenberg; Howard Hartley; H C Yeager; J B White; H C Frick; E A Myers; C C Hussey; D R Ewer; C A Carpenter; W L Dunn; W L McClintock; A V Holmes.

Listed in the Pittsburgh and Allegheny Blue Book of 1895, William T. Dunn and his wife Amelia Frances Allen lived at a home called ‘GLEN CRAGIE’ in the East End, which seems to have been owned by their married daughter and her husband, the Moores.

William and Amelia Dunn’s daughter Amelia Marie Dunn married Frank Moore.

From the Social Mirror of 1888: “Mrs. Frank Moore, nee Amelia Dunn, daughter of W. T. Dunn, of Laurel Station, is pretty, bright and entertaining and sings and plays excellently. In instrumental music she took a medal at the Pittsburgh Female College several years ago.” (Page 64) ...Mrs. Frank Moore, of Allegheny, the handsome wife of Mr. Frank MOORE. Moore, cashier of Odd Fellows' Bank, is a finished artist, some of her decorations ranking with the highest” (101)..

One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dunn, Amelia Maria, wife of Frank Moore. The children of Amelia and Frank Moore include:

Frank Moore Jr.

The Dunns were among the founding families of Ben Avon in 1891.

WILLIAM K. WOODWELL

William K. Woodwell
1831 - ?

William K. Woodwell was the son of Joseph and Joanna Woodwell. He was the brother of SFF&HC member Joseph R. Woowell.

Joseph Woodwell & Co. Dealers in hardware. Corner of Wood Street and Second Avenue. This prominent and old established business was founded in I847 by Mr. Joseph Woodwell, who was, in I884, succeeded by his sons, Messrs. W. K. and Joseph R. Woodwell, the present proprietors of the business. This house carries the largest variety of goods in the hardware line in this part of the country, their stock embracing everything in the line of builders’ machinists’, railway, cabinet and general hardware in large supply and complete assortment. Mining and mill supplies and house furnishings and goods of every description are also handled ... Mr Joseph Woodwell, the founder of this house was for many years one of Pittsburgh’s most successful hardware merchants… His sons ,who have resided in Pittsburgh all their lives have been raised to this business and continue it with the same success that has always attended it from its inception. Mr. Joseph R. Woodwell is one of the best known artists in Pittsburgh.

He married Charlotte Anchutz (born 1842 in Ohio - died before 1900). She was the daughter of William J. Anchutz (1812-1885) and Gertrude Woodwell (?-1850).

They lived on Penn Avenue. Among their neighbors of interest were his parents, next door, Frank Laughlin of J & L Steel 2-doors away, Julia Crawford who would soon marry John G A Leishman, 2-doors further away… And in the opposite direction, Aaron French 3-doors away and newspaperman Eugene O'Neil 2 beyond that.

Here is their household in 1880:

WOODWELL, WILLIAM - age 49

WOODWELL, CHARLOTTE - age 38

WOODWELL, WILLIAM ENSTON. - age 22 (born in 1858) married Hester Elizabeth Murtland in 1892 (alternate wedding date given is April 22, 1889). Their childlren were Elizabeth Woodwell (married Curtis Whittlsey McGraw) and John Knowles Woodwell (married Alice Herron, they had at least one son John Knowles Woodwell, Jr.1925-2000).

WOODWELL, JOHN - age 20 (BORN 1860 - ) married Bertha Murtland.

WOODWELL, LEE - age 17 (son) (October 1863-March 3, 1906)

WOODWELL, MARION V. - age 15 (daughter)(born April 1868); married Reece Stuart. They had the following 3 children: William W. Stuart (born 1887) who married Jean Clark and Reece Stuart Jr called Ted (born 1889), who married Ruth Bewsher (they had sons Reece Stuart III and Hamilton Stuart) and Charlotte Stuart (born 1892).

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More "connections"...

Thomas Hartley married Frances G Anchutz, the sister of Charlotte Anchutz Woodwell. Frances' second husband was Capain Jacob Jay Vandergrift.

Source: http://henri.eisenbeis.free.fr/gene/anshutz/pdf-ANSCHUETZ-OUTLINE-DESCENDANT-REP.pdf

JOSEPH R WOODWELL

Joseph R. Woodwell

1843 - 1912

Joseph R. Woodwell was the son of Joseph and Joanna Woodwell. He was the brother of SFF&HC member William K Woodwell.

Joseph Woodwell & Co. Dealers in hardware. Corner of Wood Street and Second Avenue. This prominent and old established business was founded in I847 by Mr. Joseph Woodwell, who was, in I884, succeeded by his sons, Messrs. W. K. and Joseph R. Woodwell, the present proprietors of the business. This house carries the largest variety of goods in the hardware line in this part of the country, their stock embracing everything in the line of builders’ machinists’, railway, cabinet and general hardware in large supply and complete assortment. Mining and mill supplies and house furnishings and goods of every description are also handled ... Mr Joseph Woodwell, the founder of this house was for many years one of Pittsburgh’s most successful hardware merchants… His sons ,who have resided in Pittsburgh all their lives have been raised to this business and continue it with the same success that has always attended it from its inception. Mr. Joseph R. Woodwell is one of the best known artists in Pittsburgh.

Joseph R. Woodwell was in addition, an Iron City National Bank director; a director of The Bank of Pittsburgh; and a director of the City Deposit Bank (this last, along with SFF&HC founder H C Frick).

Joseph R. Woodwell, in the fifties, painted some fine landscapes and marine views in Pittsburgh, and was considered a leading artist in Pittsburgh throughout his lifetime.

Joseph R. Woodwell married Margaret E. Sellers (born in 1844)

This is their household in 1880, which was on Walnut Street in Shadyside…

WOODWELL, JOSEPH - age 37
WOODWELL, ME - age 36

WOODWELL, JOSIE - age 9 (daughter)
WOODWELL, MARGURE - age 0 (daughter)

One of their daughters became:

- Mrs. Johanna K. W. Hailman (who was also artistic)

Later, their home was at Penn Avenue near Lang (in 1904); and their summer home was in Magnolia, Mass.

MAXWELL K. MOORHEAD

Maxwell K. Moorhead
September 5, 1831 - ? sometime between 1897 and 1904

Maxwell K. Moorhead was born on September 7, 1831, he was the son of James Kennedy Moorhead of Dauphin, PA, and Jane Logan of Lancaster, PA. Col. James K. Moorhead was a contractor on the Pennsylvania Canal, 1827-38, when he became interested in the Pioneer Packet Line between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. He was extensively engaged in business in that city for many years, and amassed a large fortune. He was a representative in Congress, 1859-69.

Maxwell K Moorhead was involved in the development of the iron industry in Pittsburgh. The McKeesport Iron works were erected in 1851by Richard E Gilpin and W. Dewees Wood of Wilmington, DE, for the manufacture of American-Russia sheet iron under a process patented by Wood. Mr. Gilpin disposed of his interests in 1855. And the firm was continued under the name of Wood, Moorhead and Company until January 1859. The manufacture of smooth, refined and galvanized sheet iron being added during this period. In January of 1859, W D Wood leased the works to M K Moorhead and George F McCleane retaining their ownership in connection to Mr. Gilpin. The lease expired in 1862 and in July of that year W D Wood and Alan W. Lukens, under the title of Wood and Lukens recommenced the manufacture of American-Russia and black, smooth, refined sheet iron.

Among other uses, Moorhead’s company supplied the plating for PASSACONAWAY (one of the MONITOR class ships). It was ordered from M. K. Moorhead & Co. of Pittsburgh. Pa.

Maxwell K Moorhead was also a part owner of an iron ore mine – this was a common custom among the Pittsburgh iron and steel men, to purchase ore and other raw materials by owning them outright. "The Watson Iron Company", with holdings in Michigan, was incorporated in 1873 and included among Max Moorhead’s partners. SFF&HC members or family, John W. Chalfant, Thomas W. Howe, James W. Brown and C G Hussey. Read more about it at this website:

http://books.google.com/books?id=7MAJAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA18-PA55&lpg=RA18-PA55&dq=%22mk+moorhead%22&source=web&ots=PBcYwVOczF&sig=GCxeFSkYwV86VseuMOsheZ1WiFE


Maxwell K. Moorhead was also the President of the Monongahela Navigation Co., Pittsburgh. Pa. circa 1897.

Maxwell K. Moorhead was involved in many civic organizations. He was president of the seventh ward Pittsburgh School Board, he served on the board of commissioners of the Pittsburgh fire company. He was also on the Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary of Pittsburgh board. He was a charter member of the Duquesne Club and he may be seen in this early photo of Duquesne Club members along with SFF&HC member John W. Chalfant:

http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:VnOsyqbeRPMJ:www.lifeinwesternpa.org/viewDetail.asp%3FdateID%3D2%26offset%3D12%26ID%3D131+%22m+k+Moorhead%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us

On April 24, 1855, Maxwell K Moorhead married Mary Heberton (born in 1838). They lived 5221 Ellsworth Avenue in Shadyside and they were the parents of at least the following children:

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Children of Maxwell K. and Mary Heberton Moorhead include the following:

Marie Moorhead (); married Bruce Millard, a graduate of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Bruce Millard was a member of the Duquesne Cub and Allegheny Country Club. They lived at 906 Amberson Avenue, Shadyside, and were the parents of at least the following...

- Marie C. Millard (()

- Romaine Millard ()

- Constance Millard ()

- Max Moorhead Millard ()

Maxwell K. Moorhead Jr ()

Elizabeth "Lizzie" H. Moorhead () The extended family includes more than one Elizabeth Moorhead. It is possible that she did not marry, that she wrote a book of memoirs called "Whirling Spindle," and that she served in France during W W I, perhaps as a nurse.

William Halsey "Willie" Moorhead () This may be his son or grandson...

MOORHEAD, William Singer, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., April 8, 1923; attended Shady Side Academy; graduated from Phillips Andover Academy in 1941 and from Yale University in 1944; served in the United States Navy from 1943 until discharged as a lieutenant (jg.) in 1946 with service in the Pacific Theater; graduated from Harvard Law School in 1949; was admitted to the bar in 1949 and commenced the practice of law in Pittsburgh, Pa.; assistant city solicitor of Pittsburgh 1954-1957; member of Allegheny County Housing Authority 1956-1958 and Pittsburgh Art Commission in 1958; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1981); was not a candidate for reelection in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress; resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; was a resident of The Plains, Va., until his death in Baltimore, Md., on August 3, 1987

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In the 1880 census, Maxwell K Moorhead's sister Jennie Moorhead Murdock and her husband James B. Murdock, MD, lived next door in Pittsburgh, PA.

Following Mr. Moorhead's death, Mrs. Moorhead continued to be active in Pittsburgh social circles and was, for instance, a member of the Pittsburgh Golf Club.

DAVID NEVIN RANKIN

David Nevin Rankin
October 28, 1833 – January 1, 1900

David Nevin Rankin was born in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania on October 28, 1833. He was one of twelve children, several of whom also ended up, as adults, living in Pittsburgh. Rankin’s parents were Dr. William Rankin and Caroline Olivia Nevin. David N. Rankin was baptized in Shippensburg on January 5, 1834. David Rankin followed in his father’s footsteps and became a doctor; he received his M. D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1854 and began his practice in his father's office, in about 1855. During the Civil War, he lived in Washington DC.

Here is a biographical sketch of Dr. Rankin, from Appleton's Encyclopedia...

"RANKIN, David Nevin, physician, born in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 27 October, 1884. After graduation at Jefferson medical college in 1854, he practised with his father in his native town until the beginning of the civil war, in which he served as acting assistant surgeon, and aided in opening many of the largest United States army hospitals during the war, among which were the Mansion-house hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, and the Douglas hospital in Washington, D.C. Afterward he was made one of the thirty surgeons in the volunteer aid corps of surgeons of Pennsylvania, which rendered efficient service. In 1864-'6 he was medical examiner of the United States pension bureau, and since 1865 he has been chief physician of the penitentiary of western Pennsylvania. Dr. Rankin was a member of the British medical association in 1884, a delegate to the 8th and 9th International medical congresses, and is a member of various medical societies. He has contributed numerous articles to medical journals."

Dr. David Nevin Rankin was original member of the NATHANIEL BEDFORD MEDICAL SOCIETY which became the PITTSBURGH ACADEMY OF MEDICINE. Indeed, the first meeting of this society was held December I, I864, at the office of Dr. D. N. Rankin. He served as the physician for the Western Penitentiary as well as the physician for the Pennsylvania Reform School. He was a delegate to the Medical Society of Pennsylvania, meeting in Philadelphia in 1867, representing the Allegheny County Medical Society.

On May 7, 1863, in Allegheny, PA, David Nevin Rankin married Anne Katherine (Kate) Irwin (1843-March 14, 1926), the daughter of Henry Irwin and Elizabeth Peterson. Kate Irwin was the sister of SFF&CH member Lewis Irwin, as well as the sister of Maria Irwin who was the wife of SFF&HC member Henry Holdship.

As reported in "The Social Mirror" (1888): "Mrs. Rankin, wife of Dr. D. N. Rankin, of Lincoln Avenue, Allegheny, is descended from one of the oldest families in Pittsburgh. Miss Kate Irwin was her name previous to her early marriage, her father being the late Henry Irwin, and her great-grandfather Major John Irwin of the Revolutionary army. Mrs. Howard Childs and Miss Edith Rankin are daughters, the latter being one of the prettiest of the coming society belles." (page 137).

The children of David Nevin Rankin and Kate Irwin include:

Elizabeth RANKIN b: 14 APR 1864 (married Howard Childs, see below A)

Henry Irwin RANKIN (1868 - 1914) M.D.

Edith Nevin RANKIN (26 OCT 1872 - 2 DEC 1926) (married Plumer see below B)

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Here is their household in the 1880 census...

David N. RANKIN; 44; born in PA; Doctor M. D.
Cathrien RANKIN; 36; born in PA; Keeping House
Lillia I. RANKIN; 16; born in PA
Harry I. RANKIN; 11; born in PA
Edith N. RANKIN; 7; born in PA

The household also included several servants...

More on Rankin line:

Elizabeth Rankin married Howard Childs (a relative of Adelaide Childs Frick)

(Again, from "The Social Mirror"): "Mrs Howard Childs, nee Lily Rankin, is a beauty of the brilliant type. She is a brunette of rich yet delicate coloring, and the animation of her expression when she is interested in the conversation is not the least of her charms. She was one of the October brides of a year ago, and her elegant wedding is still talked about in the 'Cotillion' set. She is a daughter of Dr. D. N. Rankin of Allegheny, and during the four or five years of her young ladyhood was one of the most admired belles of the city." (page 13)

Marriage 1 Howard CHILDS

The children of Howard Childs and Elizabeth Rankin:

David Rankin CHILDS b: 3 AUG 1888

Howard CHILDS b: 23 AUG 1889

Adelaide CHILDS b: 23 AUG 1891

James CHILDS b: 1 JAN 1893

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Henry Irwin Rankin, M.D., married [unknown]

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Edith Nevin Rankin married Henry A. Plumer

Marriage 1 Henry A. PLUMER

The child of Henry A. Plumer and Edith Rankin is:

Catherine A. PLUMER b: 15 JUN 1907

(See more of the genealogy of Rankin-Irwin family at: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rickpetersen&id=I1219)

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LEWIS IRWIN

LEWIS IRWIN

Lewis Irwin was the son of Henry Irwin (November 12, 1813 – February 9, 1885) and Elizabeth Peterson Irwin of Allegheny PA, an old Pennsylvania family.

His sister Maria Irwin was the wife of SFF&HC member Henry Holdship.

His sister Anne Katherine (Kate) Irwin was the wife of SSF&HC member David Nevin Rankin.

Lewis Irwin was involved in the oil trading business. In 1865 a firm involving Henry Holdship was reorganized as Holdship & Irwin, Mr. Holdship taking into partnership his brother-in-law, Lewis Irwin. This association continued until I886, when ill health required Mr. Holdship to retire...

Lewis Irwin was a director of the Iron City National Bank.

Lewis Irwin was part of the Enterprise Base Ball Club, organized 1865, and served as its vice president. (Note John Irwin also among its directors).

Lewis Irwin married Emma Riddle.

Their Longfellow, Alden and Harlow designed home was located at 805 Western Avenue (now numbered 825 Western, at Irwin Avenue), Allegheny, Pa. The home was built in 1887 and includes stables. (Per “Architecture after Richardson”).

Their children include the following…

Gertrude Irwin ()

Ida Irwin (); Married Arthur Bacon Jones; lived in [] in Versailles, Pa.

Possibly,

David King Irwin (); married Mary Baggeley; they lived on Kentucky Avenue, Pittsburgh.