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Note for: Mary Miller, ABT 1795 - ABT 1820 Index

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Mary was buried at old Ft. McKinley Cemetery, Montgomery Co., OH, according to notes furnished by Joe Bosseman and received by this researcher on April 16, 1997.

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Note for: Jonathan Harshman, 21 DEC 1781 - 31 MAR 1850 Index

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Jonathan was born in Frederick Co., MD. He went to Kentucky in 1805 then to Montgomery County, OH. According to Joe Bosserman April 16, 1997.

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Note for: Christian Harshman, - Index

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Christian Harshman, Sr. was a miller in Harshmanville, OH, according to Gale Honeyman - April 25, 1997.

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Note for: John Rench Harshman, 1818 - AUG 1819 Index

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Death Notice in the 2 Sept. 1819 issue of newspaper "The Ohio Watchman" of Dayton, OH. He died on Tuesday last, son of Jonathan Harshman, aged 9 months, 24 day. (Joe Bosserman, April 16, 1997.)

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Note for: Stanley Allen Emanuel Brallier, 11 APR 1869 - 29 AUG 1935 Index

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Stanley was educated in the Chambersburg, Pa., public schools and graduated from the Chambersburg Academy in the class of 1888. He then entered Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., where he remained until February 1889, the time of his father's death, when upon advice of his physician he was sent west among the Rocky Mountains, to Rawlins, Wyo. Here he began the study of medicine, and associated himself with a cousin, Dr. Emanuel Stuver, in the drug business. After several years in the mountains, he returned East with renewed health and entered the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, from which institution he graduated in 1894. While at the College of Pharmacy he clerked in the drug store of Henry A. Newbold at 41st and Chestnut Sts., Phila., but after his graduation he assumed the position of manager and chief prescription clerk in the drug store of Rush P. Marshell at 16th and Race Sts., Phila.
Finding the life in the drug store too confining, he entered upon his deferred medical course at Medico-Chirurgical College in the fall of 1896, and graduated from there in 1899 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. After successfully passing the State Board of Medical Examiners, Dr. Brallier was appointed interne at the Samaritan Hospital in Phila. Upon completion of his internship he came to Johnstown and in 1902 located his offices at 322 Railroad St., Conemugh, remaining there until 1906, when he moved to 312 Greeve St.
Dr. Brallier was first married to Mrs. Emma Hillock Pfau, a daughter of Dr. Joseph Bruce and Eliza Jane (Stauffer) Hillock, of Lancaster, Ohio. She died Feb. 27, 1917, and on Nov. 17, 1920 he married Mary Gertrude Brannon, daughter of Andrew H. and Anna Harrison (Auchmuty) Brannon. Through the Auchmuty family Mrs. Brallier was a direct descendant of Samuel Auchmuty, who served in the Revolutionary War under General Washington, and who was with him during the winter at Valley Forge.
Dr. Stanley was a member of the Cambria County Medical Soc., the Penne, Med. Soc., the Amer. Med. Soc., Elks Lodge No. 175, Patriotic Order Sons of America, Protected Home Circle, The Woodmen of the World at Johnstown.
He was surgeon for the Penna. R. R. at Conemaugh for a number of years, also Conemaugh borough phsician and a member of the Board of Health,, serving several terms as its president. Was a faithful member of the Conemaugh Presbyterian Church.

The above is from "The Brallier Family," p. 105, copy courtesy of John Kinports Brallier, III June 24, 1997.

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Note for: Anna Mary Brallier, 27 AUG 1870 - 30 JAN 1949 Index

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Anna and Robert were a very happy couple and lived in a beautiful home at Indiana, PA. Copy of page 105 "The Brallier Family," courtesy of John Kinports Brallier, III June 24, 1997.

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Note for: John Kinports Brallier, 27 DEC 1876 - 16 SEP 1960 Index

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Pg. 106 & 107, "The Brallier Family," copy courtesy John Kinports Brallier, III June 24, 1997.
"Dr. John, as we all know him, was born in Cherry Tree, Pa., but when he was only three years old the family moved to Chambersburg, Pa which town holds most of his childhood recollections. Their home at Chambersburg was very large, so large in fact, that it became the beginning of the Chambersburg Hospital, when his mother decided to rent it about a year after his father's death and move to Indiana, Pa., where there were very good schools for her children.
John went to Indiana High School and took the pre-college course at Indiana Normal School. He also played football while attending school and did so well that his fame has become nation-wide, and he is recognized as being the first professional football player in the country, holding a life-time pass to all professional football games. His interest in this sport has never waned, making the trip to Texas several years ago to the Cotton-Bowl game.
The record of his football career can best be told in his own words: "In 1895 the Latrobe Y.M.C.A. gathered together a team composed of ex-college men who were working here (Latrobe, Pa.). The first game was with Jeannette (Pa.) at Latrobe, on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 1895. They needed a quarter-back, and as I had played the year before at Indiana Normal - quite near Latrobe - I was secured for their game. It was a red-letter day in my life. I wore my first long trousers to Latrobe, and I played my first game for money - ten dollars and expenses the next week I went to Washington and Jefferson College and played quarterback until the end of the season, and returned to Latrobe and played in another game, receiving another 'ten and cakes.'
The following year I went to the Univ. of West Virginia and played quarterback, with Fielding Yost as tackle and 'Doggie' Trenchard as coach. About the middle of the season the management got into financial difficulties and could not pay the players, so three of us, Eddie Wood (later end at Penn State), Dick Ely (halfback at W & J in 1895), and I went to Latrobe and played the remainder of the year for the grand sum of $150 and expenses.
The next year - '97 - Latrobe went into profootball stronger and secured some outstanding college starts; among them were Walter Okeson (Lehigh) as coach; Jack Gass (Lehigh); 'Doggie Trenchard (Princeton); Deacon Blari (Pennsylvania); Walter Howard (Cornell); the Johnson brothers (Iowa U.); Marcus Saxman (Swarthmore); 'Bill' Hammer (Indiana, Pa. Normal, where I started playing); Eddie Wood, before mentioned and afterward to play on the leading pro teams of Ohio and Pennsylvania; and myself, together with the local talent - much of it very good - which had been used in the two former seasons. That year we defeated the great team at Greensburg, Pa., which had the famous Lafayette backfield of Best, Barclay, Walbridge and Bray.
After returning from the Spainish-American War in '98, I played with Pittsburgh Athletic Club, composed of college stars; then went to Medico-Chi in Philadelphia and played and captained the team three years. Then back to Latrobe to practice my profession and coached, played, captained and managed the team for six years. In all that six years we lost only one game, to the Canton 'bull Dogs.' This game was my last in any capacity after playig for seventeen years.
In March, 1941 while driving toward Pittsburgh over the Westinghouse Bridge at East Pittsburgh through a heavy snowstorm an opposing automobile got out of control in the snow and ran into Dr. John's car, resulting in fatal injuries to his wife, a broken hip to his sister, Anna Mary, and a borken leg to Dr. John. this was a sad ending to a very happy partnership.
Dr. John organized Rotary at Latrobe; is a member of the Loyalhanna Lodge No. 375, Free and Accepted Masons, Latrobe, Pa.; Past-Commander John A. Metzger Post No. 118, United Spanish War Veterans, Latrobe, Pa.
He was the first football coach at St. Vincent's College, Latrobe, Pa., and also that college's first basketball coach.
Dr John is a great lover of the outdoor life, owns a lovely cottage near Ligonier, Pa. and a summer camp on French River, Ontario, Canada.
He has been very active in tracing our family history, and we all are indebted to him for much of the hard work in assembling of material. After retiring from his profession of dentistry, John asked the writer if he would carry this work on, and you now have the result.
John is kindness personified, a very interesting reconteur, and a welcome friend. He not only raised and educated his own family well, but also gave financial and moral assistance to several other young men to go through college. He has been a great credit to our family. Pgs. 106 & 107 "The Brallier Family," copy courtesy of John Kinports Brallier, III June 24, 1997.

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Note for: James Porter Brallier, 17 JAN 1883 - 17 OCT 1914 Index

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James was killed in an automobile accident near Hollidaysburg, Pa., intered at Indiana, Pa.
He studied medicine and surgery at Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia, Pa., graduating in 1906. He located in Alexandria, Pa., after serving internship at his alma mater, and enjoyed a large and lucrative practice. He was private physician to Mrs. William Woolverton, a very wealthy lady, and shortly before the fatal automobile trip had accompanied her to Europe with the understanding that he was to have time to sutdy under a famous surgeon in Venna. These plans were disrupted by the outbreak of World War I.
He was a member of Huntingdon Lodge No. 976 B. P. O. Elks, and of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity of Medico-Chirurgical College. James was a faithful member of the Episcopal Church, and was an excellent man with sterling traits of character. He was Scoutmaster of troop at Alexandria, Pa.
James was a member of the American Medical Assoc. and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Pg. 108, "The Brallier Family," copy courtesy of John Kinports Brallier, III June 24, 1997.

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Note for: ? Rench, - Index

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Her first name is not known, but she Married Henry Staley and lived near Tipp City, OH, according to Joe Bosserman April 16, 1997 rec'd by this researcher.

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Note for: Joseph Rench, - Index

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Joseph Rench and his wife Rebecca moved to Delaware County, Indiana according to Joe Bosseman rec'd by this researcher April 16, 1997.

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Note for: Forrest L. Duston, - Index

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After Forrest Duston married Eugenia Katherine Slowman Rench, he adopted Frances, according to Joe Bosseman in information rec'd by researcher on April 16, 1997.

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Note for: Joseph Rench, 22 FEB 1829 - 21 FEB 1907 Index

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Joseph was buried in Higland Cemetery, Covington, Miami Co., OH.

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Note for: Samuel O. Rench, 11 DEC 1852 - 23 MAY 1930 Index

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Samuel was a Confederet merchant in Covington. He was twice married but had no children by either marriage. His first wife died and Sam remarried to the widow of Virgil Cicero Schauer. Sam was her third marriage, she first marrying to a Mr. Linn, and second to Shauer. Her maiden name was Huntsberger.

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Note for: Margarette "Peggy" Rench, ABT 1781 - 12 AUG 1831 Index

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"Peggy" is buried in Highland Cem. Covington, OH.