History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . ary Jeffries, John Williams, Sarah , Elizabeth Sickles, and Mary A. Pound-slow. The elders chosen were Caleb Antram, JosephRockwell, Abel Campbell, Jr., and William Thomp-son. Caleb Antram donated land for a church andchurchyard, and in 1844 a brick house was built at acost of two thousand dollars. In April, 1856, thechurch had so prospered that the membership aggre-gated one hundred and eighty-four. The pastors ofthe organization have been Revs. Samuel E. Hudson,A. B. Bri
History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . ary Jeffries, John Williams, Sarah , Elizabeth Sickles, and Mary A. Pound-slow. The elders chosen were Caleb Antram, JosephRockwell, Abel Campbell, Jr., and William Thomp-son. Caleb Antram donated land for a church andchurchyard, and in 1844 a brick house was built at acost of two thousand dollars. In April, 1856, thechurch had so prospered that the membership aggre-gated one hundred and eighty-four. The pastors ofthe organization have been Revs. Samuel E. Hudson,A. B. Brice, J. T. A. Henderson, Alexander Black-ford, Jesse Adams, and J. S. Gibson. Mr. Gibsonhas been the pastor since 1872. The membership iuMarch, 1881, was one hundred and eighty-one. TheSunday-school has (ifteen officers and teachers andeighty-tiirr, -clichirs. The superintendent is Chris-topher Woodward. The elders of the church areJoseph Woodward, Joseph Rockwell, H. H. Hack-ney, Lewis Antram, and John Funk. The deaconsare Christopher Woodwnrd, J. W. Hackney, TaylorJeffries, Samuel Newcomer, and A. J. ^^i^^^ IMKNALLEN TOWNSHIP 665 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. WILLIAM Searight was bora near Carlisle, Cumber- jland Co., Pa., on the oth day of December, 1792. Hisfather came from Londonderry, Ireland, in the year1760, and first settled in Lancaster County, Pa. Hismother, Anne Hamilton, removed from Belfast, Ire-land, the same year to the same county. His motherwas an aunt of James Hamilton, once Governor ofSouth Carolina, was a sister of William and McHughHamilton, wealthy and influential citizens of Lan-caster County, and was remotely connected with Al-exander Hamilton. Her ancestry were of Scotchdescent. A granduncle of William Searight was inthe siege of Derry. He lived to get out of the be-sieged city, but soon afterwards died from weaknessand exhaustion. In 1780 the parents of WilliamSearight removed from Lancaster County to Cumber-land County, Pa., settling
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