History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township . , son of SamuelEard, was born in Blacklog Valleyabout 5 miles from Orbisonia, , 1825. Early in life he migratedtr, Fultcn County. In 1861 he cametc Shirley Township, residing nearthe old Edward Furnace, along theread leading from Otelia to BlacklogYalley. Mr. Bard married Miss Re-becca .James, and unto them wereborn 11 children,, as follows: .John J^ewis, of Elgin, Ore.; Ada,Mrs. John Davis, of Barree, Pa.;Miles of Rockhill; Barbara, Shields, of near Otelia; Mar-garet at home; Alfred (deceased).Belle, Mrs. Th
History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township . , son of SamuelEard, was born in Blacklog Valleyabout 5 miles from Orbisonia, , 1825. Early in life he migratedtr, Fultcn County. In 1861 he cametc Shirley Township, residing nearthe old Edward Furnace, along theread leading from Otelia to BlacklogYalley. Mr. Bard married Miss Re-becca .James, and unto them wereborn 11 children,, as follows: .John J^ewis, of Elgin, Ore.; Ada,Mrs. John Davis, of Barree, Pa.;Miles of Rockhill; Barbara, Shields, of near Otelia; Mar-garet at home; Alfred (deceased).Belle, Mrs. Thos. McKinstry, of County; Martha, Mrs. J. , of Huntingdon; Ella, Matthews, of Altoona; Uzzie(deceased); Alice, Mrs. John Lath-erow of Wilmerding, Pa. Mr. Bardhas been a hard working man aMhis lif?. He was a stone mason bytrade. He has resided on the pres-ent place since 1862. He was a sol-dier, a member of Company F, 19thPenna. Cavalry. During the war hepassed through Alabama, Mississippi,Tennessee, and T^ouisiana. He has 35. bssn a devoted Christian for nianyyears, a member of the MethodistChurch. His faithful companion diedless than two years ago. PHILIP DOLING ER is anotheraged resident of Blacklog 19. 1842, in Tell township. When8 years old he moved with his par-ents into Blacklog Valley. He has always 1 een interested in farming andlumbering. He was a soldier of thelate war, a member of Co. K. 202ndRegiment, Penna. Volunteers. v,as married to a Miss Gilli-land. He is the father of three child-ren: Frank and Oscar and onedaughter, Mrs. Frank Oppel. BARNES was bora in Xy-lene CcLinty, I;-cland, June 24, \[r. Barnes after marrying > MissFrances Hamilton, a native also ofthe Emerald Isle, sailed for Amer-ica in 1847. Two years of theirlife were spent in they came to Newton Hamil-ton, where they resided for semetime. Mr. Barnes and his familyhave since lived in and near toMount Unicn.
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