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CHARLES LOUIS MCINTYRE
CHARLES LOUIS MCINTYRE was educated in the public schools of Allegheny
City, Pa. He started in life for himself in the spring of 1876, going to
California to see his Uncle William Robertson. He was in Colusa county, Cal.,
about one year, and from there went to Ogden, Utah, being in the employ of the
Central Pacific Railroad and the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Companies.
During his time he was mostly located at Ogden, Utal. In 1878 he went to work
for the Standard Oil Company, and was located at Bradford, Pa. In 1880 he was
in the employ of the Pennsylvania Company, in the operating department west of
Pittsburgh, Pa. During this time he was located at Bellevue. Allegheny Co.,
Pa. He resigned his postion with the railroad company in 1890, and until 1895
was in the builders’ supply business, heavy hauling, grading, etc. He did most
of the work in the grading and paving of the first two streets in Bellevue,
Pa. He sold out his business in 1895 and bought the place known as the Clarles
Saltmer farm, in South Buffalo township, remaining there until 1903, at which
time he sold the property. Since that time he and his wife have made their
home with Mrs. Dee Bush (widow of Jeremiah Bush) and her daughter Frances A.
Bush.Mr. McIntyre still owns about five hundred acres of coal and lands in fee
in South Buffalo township, and is the largest single taxpayer in the township.
He has for several years back held the position of general land agent for the
Pittsburgh & Shawmut Railroad Company, with headquarters at Kittanning,
Pa. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a life member of St. John’s Blue
Lodge, No. 219, of Pittsburgh, Pa., of Allegheny Chapter, No. 239, and of
Allegheny Commandery, No. 35, of Allegheny City, Pa.; also a member of
Coudersport Consistory, of Coudersport, Pa., and of Syria Temple, A. A. O. N.
M. S., of Pittsburgh.On Dec. 30, 1879, Mr. McIntyre married Maria K. Williams, of Bellevue, Pa.,
who was born May 3, 1857, at Freedom, Pa. She was the only surviving child of
Henry and Sarah (Rogers) Williams. Her father was born in Baltimore, Md., July
9, 1812. He was a charter member of Baltimore Lodge, No. 1, I.O.O.F., the
first lodge of Odd Fellows established in the United States. As a young man he
located in Pittsburgh, Pa. He learned the bookbinder’s trade, was in the
grocery business, and was also postmaster of Bellevue, Allegheny Co., Pa.,
where he resided until his death, which occurred March 24, 1890. On Dec. 21,
1837, he married Sarah Rogers, who was born in Wales Oct. 12, 1817, and came
to the United States with her parents when thirteen years old, her parents
locating on the South Side, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Her father was a glass worker by trade. In 1836 he purchased in South
Buffalo township 250 acres of land, upon which he built a large comfortable
brick house, in which he lived until his death, at the age of eighty-four
years. His wife lived the latter years of her life with her daughter, Sarah
(Rogers) Williams, in Bellevue, Pa., and died there at the age of 102 years.
Mrs. McIntyre’s father was a great worker in the M.E. Church, a man well known
and highly respected for his integrity and Christian character. Her mother,
Sarah (Rogers) Williams died march 31, 1907, aged ninety years.Two sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. McIntyre: (1) Harry Thompson born Nov.
25, 1880 at Glen Osborne, Pa., was educated in the Bellevue schools, and lived
with his parents until about 1901. For several years he was a traveling
salesman. In 1907 he went to Sabot, Goochland Co., Va., to take charge of a
plantation owned by the late Col. W. Horace Rose, of Johnstown, Pa., and is
still making his home there with Forest Rose, the present owner of the
property. (2) Richard Caughey was born in Bellevue, Pa., Dec. 16, 1883. He was
educated at Bellevue, and remained with his parents until he was about
eighteen years old. He spent three or four years in the northwest, and on
coming back home went to work as a fireman on the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
railroad. He was promoted to the position of engineer while in the employ of
this company. Resigning this position, he went to work for the Westinghouse
Air Brake company, and was also for some time employed in the repair shops of
the Union Railroad company. At present he holds the position of inspector of
locomotives for the United States Steel Company. His office is in the Carnegie
building, at Pittsburgh, Pa. He was married to Lydia Cochran, of Dawson, Pa.,
on Sept. 17, 1906, and two children were born to them, Mary L. and Virginia
Rose. He is a thirty-second-degree Mason.Mr. and Mrs. McIntyre are members of the M.E. Church, belonging to Rogers
Chapel in South Buffalo township. Mrs. McIntyre has been president of the
Ladies’ Aid Society since it was started, is an earnest friend and president
of the Epworth League, has filled the office of superintendent of the Sabbath
school, and is an earnest, active worker in all bodies connected with her
church.Source: Page(s) 331-332,
Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present, J.H. Beers &
Co., 1914Transcribed May 1998 by Sue Brosnahan for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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