. Indiana County, Pennsylvania; her people, past and present, embracing a history of the county. , andresides in Toungstown, Ohio; William, afarmer of West Wheatfield township; John,who resides on the homestead; and J. Nelson,of Brushvalley township. Robert Carr Liggett, son of William, washorn on the Liggett farm in what is nowWest Wheatfield township Sept. 5, 1836, andhad such educational advantages as the neigh-boring public schools afforded. He helpedwith the work at home from boyhood, remain-ing with his parents until he attained Farm work had been his principaloccupation, b
. Indiana County, Pennsylvania; her people, past and present, embracing a history of the county. , andresides in Toungstown, Ohio; William, afarmer of West Wheatfield township; John,who resides on the homestead; and J. Nelson,of Brushvalley township. Robert Carr Liggett, son of William, washorn on the Liggett farm in what is nowWest Wheatfield township Sept. 5, 1836, andhad such educational advantages as the neigh-boring public schools afforded. He helpedwith the work at home from boyhood, remain-ing with his parents until he attained Farm work had been his principaloccupation, but when he started out for him-self it was as a laborer on the work train ofthe Pennsylvania Railroad Company, hiswages being eight cents an hour. After beingemployed in that capacity for some time hebecame a brakeman, running between Pitts-burg and Altoona, and he received $ forthe trip, which took from twelve to twentyhours. He was on the main line for a while,until promoted to conductor on work trains,liaving forty miles of road under his juris-diction. He was thus engaged for twenty-. ^, ;^^.^#- HISTORY OF INDIANA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 945 nine years, being one of the oldest conductorsin the employ of the Pennsylvania Companyat that time. It was during this period thatthe famous Johnstown flood occurred, and hisname will live in history as one of the heroesof that disaster. He took it upon himself torun his train as rapidly as possible thioughthe threatened district with whistle screaming,warning the people of their danger and urg-ing them to flee to the hilltops. Thousandsof lives were saved through his foresight andcourage. When the flood was over he workednight and day with his train to get the roadin passable condition again. He retired fromrailroad work in 1890 and settled down tofarming on a forty-acre tract in West Wheat-field township, part of the original Liggetthomestead, where he has since continued toreside. He has erected buildings and madeother improvements
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