. Jefferson County, Pennsylvania : her pioneers and people, 1800-1915. oun, was born in 1875 at ^^<ipleShade farm, and attended the Miller and SugarHill schools. His brother. David C. Calhoun,was born on the farm in 1877, and had similaradvantages. They have always followed farm-ing, and are now operating the home particular attention to the raising offine stock. They have twelve registered Short-horn cattle, a line in which they have met withgratifying success. Their prize possession,however, is the beautiful stallion Glou Glou,a French Percheron, standing eighteen handshigh a
. Jefferson County, Pennsylvania : her pioneers and people, 1800-1915. oun, was born in 1875 at ^^<ipleShade farm, and attended the Miller and SugarHill schools. His brother. David C. Calhoun,was born on the farm in 1877, and had similaradvantages. They have always followed farm-ing, and are now operating the home particular attention to the raising offine stock. They have twelve registered Short-horn cattle, a line in which they have met withgratifying success. Their prize possession,however, is the beautiful stallion Glou Glou,a French Percheron, standing eighteen handshigh and weighing eighteen hundred le is glossy black, and a fine specimen ofhorseflesh. The brothers have acquired a lead-ing position among the enterprising farmersof the township. David Dennison, father of Mrs. Martha(Dennison) Calhoun, died in the Beechwoodsor vicinity in 1882. He married Martha Cun-ningham, and in 1817 they came to the UnitedStates from County Tyrone, Ireland, settlingin Jefferson county, where the name has longbeen highly respected. THE ! i. U)5%-WHuma^ JEFFERSON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 505 W. B. ADAMS, a member of the Jeffersoncounty bar and a successful practitioner ofthe law, was born in Porter township, Jeffer-son county, on the 6th day of May, 1873. Heis a son of Ephraim A. and Emeline forefathers for several generations livedon the farm on which he was born. The Adams family of Jefferson county wasfounded in America in early Colonial days,settling first in Massachusetts Bay Colony,coming from there through Connecticut toWestmoreland county. Pa., and thence to Jef-ferson by way of Armstrong and Indianacounties. The Adams family were pioneers inthis section. They helped to clear the firstland, build the first schoolhouses, establish thefirst churches, and in short, were those oramong those who paved the way for the latercivilization that we have here. The familylocated in the southwestern part of Jeffersoncounty, and on the gravestones th
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