Here is the Col Jesse Sill Monument. It is next to the Lewis and Clark gravesite. When I do research, I always start here. They say he was a War of 1812 War Hero. Some people say his family had a direct connection to Boston Mass and the Salem Witch Trials. For sure he lived on Salem Street in Boston PA.
The Col Jesse Sill Monument
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HAMILTON WHIGHAM, son of ROBERT and NANCY (STEWART) WHIGHAM, was born at Crooked Run, Versailles Twp., Allegheny Co., Pa., in 1822.He was educated in the public schools and his early years were spent on the farm owned by his father.He was a coal merchant on the Monongahela and Ohio rivers, and followed this for some years.Later he became identified with boat building, and finally retired to private life, having become the owner of property on Shaw Avenue and Locust and (pg.889) Petty streets.He gave his political support to the Republican party, and he and his wife were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.MR. WHIGHAM married MATILDA SILL, a daughter of COLONEL JESSE SILL, who fought in the War of 1812, and was the owner of two large farms on the site of the present Christy Park.MRS. WHIGHAM was born in Versailles Twp. in 1825, and died Dec. 2, 1902.COLONEL SILL was the father of 9 children: JOHN, who lived on a farm in Versailles Twp.; WILLIAM, a coal merchant and steamboat owner, lived in McKeesport; MATILDA, mentioned as having married HAMILTON WHIGHAM; RUTH, married WILLIAM MEHAFFEY, a farmer and plasterer; ANN, married MR. ATWATER, a merchant of McKeesport; MARIA, married WALTER FOSTER, living in Pittsburgh, Pa.; SUSAN, married JAMES ESPEY, lived in Washington Co.; ELIZA, married a MR. FOSTER, and another daughter married a MR. WEBB
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The Story of Pittsburgh’s Riverboats and the Shipping Industry - Steel City History
Before railroads crisscrossed the land or highways tied America together, Pittsburgh’s three rivers — the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio — served as vital
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My great grandfather was Pittsburgh Riverboat Captain Daniel Pollard McIntyre. He was in the McKeesport 63rd. He is buried at Union Cemetery on the North Side of Pittsburgh. The McIntyres are in the book Who is Who on the Ohio River. They are related to Captain James Rees and Sons riverboat builders. They were big time Methodists who loved their Catholic Holy Water to chase the devil.
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Family History of Daniel's Steamboat Line
Daniel's Steamboat Line, by Richard Pollard.
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Family History of Daniel's Steamboat Line
Daniel's Steamboat Line, by Richard Pollard.
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The Pollards are related to Meriwether Lewis. My grandfather's brother John W McIntyre is buried close to the Pollards of Daniel Pollard who was the steamboat captain for General Grant. Again these are all big time Methodists with Catholic tendencies when it comes to Holy Water.
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Myers family of 910 Jenny Lind Street McKeesport right behind St Michael's Orthodox Catholic Church. They are related to St Michael"s Anglican Catholic Church in Winchester VA and to Jenny Lind. They were silversmiths related to Otto Goldsmith.
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Martinsburg was established in December 1778 by an act of the Virginia General Assembly and was subsequently declared the county seat of Berkeley County. Founder Adam Stephen is said to have named the town after his good friend, Col. Thomas Bryan Martin, a nephew of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron.
