South Bend Township

SOUTH BEND TOWNSHIP

William H., son of William and Margaret Wilson, was born in Armstrong
county, Pennsylvania, in 1835; resides on a farm of 160 acres, purchased by
his father in 1844; was married in 1857, to Lenna A., daughter of William and
Mary Armstrong, of Indiana county, Pennsylvania. He is a farmer and stock
dealer. Postoffice, South Bend.

Z. J. Heilman, son of William and Margaret Heilman, was born in Armstrong
county, Pennsylvania, in 1851; followed farming until March 1882, when he
embarked in mercantile business at Idaho, where he keeps a full line of goods
such as is usually found in a village store. Was married in 1873, to Rosannah,
daughter of Joseph and Anna N. Klingensmith. Postoffice, South Bend.

Henry, son of Robert and Elizabeth Townsend, was born in Westmoreland
county, Pennsylvania, in 1823; came with his father to this county in 1825. At
the age of twenty-eight commenced the mercantile business; came to South Bend
in 1862, where he still resides. Was married to Levena, daughter of David and
Mary Boggs, who died September, 1875, leaving two children. In 1876 was
married to Rebecca, daughter of Mathew and Mary Harbinson. Postoffice, South
Bend.

George I., son of John H. and Frances A. Smith, was born in Armstrong
county, Pennsylvania, in 1825; was raised a farmer; learned blacksmithing,
which business he carries on at South Bend. In 1873 was married to Eliza J.,
daughter of Samuel and Hettie France. Postoffice, South Bend.

Lebius, son of William and Esther Heinselman, born in South Bend, Armstrong
county, Pennsylvania, 1828, where he still resides on a part of the old
homestead, having 104 acres. Was married in 1853, to Jane, daughter of Jared
and Elizabeth McCandless. Postoffice, South Bend.

John N., son of James and Sarah Wherry, was born near South Bend, Armstrong
county, in 1847; was reared on a farm. He learned the tanning and currying
trade, in which business he is now engaged. Was married in 1872, to daughter
of James and Margaret Walker. Postoffice, South Bend.

Thomas T., son of John and Jemima Wherry, was born in Armstrong county,
Pennsylvania, in 1848. Was raised on a farm. Resides on the old homestead, 81
acres of which he now owns, one mile south of South Bend. In 1874 was married
to Ida B., daughter of James and Susan Armstrong. Postoffice, South Bend.

James, son of William and Nancy Devers, was born on the place where his
father settled in 1802, in Armstrong county, where he has always resided, and
is engaged in farming. In 1880 was married to Margaret, daughter of Samuel and
Catherine Klingensmith. Postoffice, South Bend.

Simon P., son of Robert and Elizabeth Townsend, was born in Armstrong
county, Pennsylvania, and resides on a part of the old homestead. In November,
1857, was married to Elizabeth J., daughter of John and Elizabeth Townsend, of
Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. Postoffice, South Bend.

John L., son of Robert and Elizabeth Townsend, was born in Armstrong
county, Pennsylvania, in 1840. Has always lived on a portion of the old
homestead, of 400 acres, 134 of which he now owns. In 1864 was married to
Jemima D., daughter of John Wherry, Esq. She died in 1867, leaving one child,
a daughter. In 1871, he married Mary J., daughter of Charles and Nancy Boer.
Postoffice, Olivet.

Robert H., son of James and Nancy Wilson, was born in Armstrong county,
Pennsylvania, in 1851. He has followed surveying seven years. Is at present
the county surveyor. In 1879 he was married to Emma, daughter of James and
Jane Blakeley. Postoffice, Olivet.

Labannah W., son of James and Sarah Fulner, was born in Armstrong county,
Pennsylvania in 1832, on the farm where he now resides, he owning 110 acres of
the old homestead. He was married in 1861 to Elizabeth, daughter of James and
Sarah Black. Postoffice, Olivet.

Walter H., son of James and Susan Armstrong, was born in Allegheny county,
Pennsylvania, in 1853. He is engaged in farming, and resides on the farm
purchased by his father in 1864, known as the Samuel France place. His father
died in 1857 at the age of fifty-four years. Postoffice, South Bend.

Thomas B., son of Alexander and Leah Coulter, was born in Armstrong county,
Pennsylvania in 1845. In November, 1871, was married to Clara J. Pike, a
native of Ohio. Postoffice, South Bend.

James T., son of James and Sarah Wherry, was born in Armstrong county,
Pennsylvania, in 1865, and was married in 1880 to Elizabeth, daughter of Leon
and Jane King. Postoffice, South Bend.

James, son of James and Magdalena Rupert, was born on the old homestead
where he now resides, on and a half miles north of Girty. He is a farmer, and
has served three terms as justice of the peace. He was married in 1862 to
Margaret A., daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Klingensmith. Postoffice, Girty.

Noah, son of Phillip and Elizabeth Rupert, was born in 1840 on the old
homestead, where he now resides with his parents. He has an only brother,
Solomon, in Kansas, engaged in farming. Postoffice, Girty.

Solomon, son of George and Elizabeth Rupert, was born in 1826, on the old
homestead near Girty, 75 acres of which he now owns. He was married in 1868 to
Catharine, daughter of Nicholas Reefen. Postoffice, Girty.

Alexander J., son of Anthony and Jane Montgomery, was born at South Bend on
the old homestead in 1833; is a farmer and stock dealer; was sheriff of
Armstrong county from 1870 to 1873. He entered the bonds of matrimony in 1871
with Mary, daughter of John and Mary Jane Valentine, of Allegheny City.
Postoffice, South Bend.

James McNess, Jr., is a son of James and Elizabeth, of Westmoreland county,
Pennsylvania, although for many years they resided in Butler county, where his
father died in 1843 and his mother in 1846. James Jr., came to Armstrong
county in 1875 and settled at Girty, where he commenced the manufacture of
stone jugs and crocks, in which he is still engaged. His business has
increased until his annual sales aggregate $5,000; he employs eight laborers.
He was married in 1858 to Sarah Van Dyke. Postoffice, Girty.

Rev. Lycurgus Hechling, son of William and Catharine Mechling, was born in
Butler county, Pennsylvania, in 1841. At the age of twenty years he enlisted
in the 63d Ohio Vol. Inf. He veteraned and served until August, 1865; was four
time wounded and still carries the scars of his numerous encounters on his
face, in which is lodged a piece of confederate bullet. Since the war he
graduated at the Glade Run Academy in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, and at
Jefferson College, Washington county, Pennsylvania, and is also a graduate of
the Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny City. He became pastor of the
Elderton Presbyterian church in 1877, and was ordained June 29, of that year.
The church had 87 members at the time he became it pastor, but under his
ministrations it has increase in membership until at present it numbers 121.
His brother, G. W. Mechling, D. D., has been for twenty-six years pastor of
the Glad Run Presbyterian church.  

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