Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.I, p.570

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History of Cambria County, V.1

570 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.

died at St. Louis, Dec. 19, 1872; they had five children. Louise married Dr. Samuel S. Boyd, and is living in Indiana. Helen married William W. Austin; they have one daughter, Kate. Thomas resides at Armourdale, Kansas. George H. died at Denver, June 16, 1882. Sara Atlee resides at Ferndale. Cornelia H. married E. E. Crueger; both dead; they had one son, Dr. Edward Adolph Crueger, now residing in Philadelphia. Emma married John P. Suter (see Suter families). Laura H. resides at Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. Mary married Johnston G. West and had four children; she resides at Ada, Ohio. Edwin Augustus, Jr., married Almira Osborne; they had four daughters: Florence, Cornelia, Julia and Ruth Vickroy.
Edwin Augustus, Jr., knew Archibald Adams, a son of Samuel Adams, Archibald died in what is now the Eighth ward of Johnstown, in 1859, and was frequently at the Vickroy home. He related that when he was five years old the Indians captured his father, mother and a little baby and himself. His father's arms were tied behind his back, and all were forced to walk. Archibald could not get along very well; the Indians would not let his father carry him; they wanted to kill him, but his mother carried him and the baby. Samuel made his escape, and the Indians followed him, when the remainder of the family secured protection.
Wharton, Stanislaus, was one of the pioneer farmers of Clearfield township. He died in 1873. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and a county commissioner in 1825. He married Mary McConnell; their children were: Sarah Wharton, who married Michael Driscoll; Joseph, the husband of Catherine Bender, a daughter of Emericus Bender; Jane, the wife of John McMullen; John, who died young; William, of Clearfield township; Ellen, intermarried with Enos McMullen; Arthur, of Clearfield township, and Alice Wharton, the present postmistress at St. Augustine. Joseph and Catherine Bender Wharton had five children, namely: James A. Wharton, a member of Co. A. 55th Penna. Infantry, in the Civil war, married Marguerite McDermitt, October '22, 1867; they had eight children; his second marriage was with Mary Dodson, of Clearfield township, and they have five children. Charles, a merchant at Dysart, who was killed by lightning July 29, 1892; Mary, the wife of Silas McGough, of Altoona; Alice, who married James McGough of Clearfield township, and Ellen, inter-married with Albert Ivory of Greensburg.

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570	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.
died at St. Louis, Dec. 19, 1872; they had five children. Louise married Dr. Samuel S. Boyd, and is living in Indiana. Helen married William W. Austin; they have one daughter, Kate. Thomas resides at Armourdale, Kansas. George H. died at Denver, June 16, 1882. Sara Atlee resides at Ferndale. Cornelia H. married E. E. Crueger; both dead; they had one son, Dr. Edward Adolph Crueger, now residing in Philadelphia. Emma married John P. Suter (see Suter families). Laura H. resides at Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. Mary married Johnston G. West and had four children; she resides at Ada, Ohio. Edwin Augustus, Jr., married Almira Osborne; they had four daughters: Florence, Cornelia, Julia and Ruth Vickroy. Edwin Augustus, Jr., knew Archibald Adams, a son of Samuel Adams, Archibald died in what is now the Eighth ward of Johnstown, in 1859, and was frequently at the Vickroy home. He related that when he was five years old the Indians captured his father, mother and a little baby and himself. His father's arms were tied behind his back, and all were forced to walk. Archibald could not get along very well; the Indians would not let his father carry him; they wanted to kill him, but his mother carried him and the baby. Samuel made his escape, and the Indians followed him, when the remainder of the family secured protection. Wharton, Stanislaus, was one of the pioneer farmers of Clearfield township. He died in 1873. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and a county commissioner in 1825. He married Mary McConnell; their children were: Sarah Wharton, who married Michael Driscoll; Joseph, the husband of Catherine Bender, a daughter of Emericus Bender; Jane, the wife of John McMullen; John, who died young; William, of Clearfield township; Ellen, intermarried with Enos McMullen; Arthur, of Clearfield township, and Alice Wharton, the present postmistress at St. Augustine. Joseph and Catherine Bender Wharton had five children, namely: James A. Wharton, a member of Co. A. 55th Penna. Infantry, in the Civil war, married Marguerite McDermitt, October '22, 1867; they had eight children; his second marriage was with Mary Dodson, of Clearfield township, and they have five children. Charles, a merchant at Dysart, who was killed by lightning July 29, 1892; Mary, the wife of Silas McGough, of Altoona; Alice, who married James McGough of Clearfield township, and Ellen, inter-married with Albert Ivory of Greensburg.