by the dozen. He was a member of Capt. John McClelland's Company of "Rangers on the Frontier" of Westmoreland from 1778 to 1753. His house was an occasional stopping place for soldiers during the latter part of the French and Indian war, and also during the Revolution. in Pennsylvania "Archives" (vol. ii, p. 204), is found the following record: "May 28, 1780, Capt. Isaac Craig, in command of a detachment of Proctor's Artillery, left Carlisle for Ft. Pitt * * * On the way they stopped over night at Peter Tittle's on the night of June 10, 1780." Both Peter Tittle and his wife lived to ripe old age and both are buried in Unity cemetery in Westmoreland county.
James Tittle, eldest son of Peter and Sarah Tittle, was born in 1775, and died at his farm home in Unity township, September 17, 1843. In 1796 or 1797 he married Ann Freame, as previously mentioned. She was born in 1779 and died October 5, 1850. Both she and her husband are buried in the Presbyterian churchyard near New Alexandria. They had children, as follows: Elizabeth Tittle, married William McKee; they lived at Stockton, California; Jeremiah Tittle, married first, Dorcas Reed; married second, Sarah Ferguson; she died in 1906. Johnston Tittle, married Margaret Montgomery; he is deceased. Jonathan Tittle, married Mrs. Roberts and lived in California; now dead. James K. Tittle, married Eliza Jackson and lived at Kittanning, Pennsylvania; now dead. Washington Tittle, married Martha Hudson; deceased. Hamilton Tittle, married Rachel Wibble; deceased. Andrew Jackson Tittle, married Florinda Wallace, deceased. Williamn Freame Tittle, died unmarried, October 18, 1801. John Tittle, married Mary Snodgrass and had eight children; they are deceased.
John Tittle, second child of James and Ann (Freame) Tittle, was born in Unity township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, on the 18th day of February, 1801, and was eleven years old when his father's family removed to Salem township. In 1819 he went to Greensburg and served an apprenticeship of three years at the cabinet and chair making trade; and then began business for himself at New Alexandria. He lived in that town until 1826, at Youngstown until 1832, and in the year last mentioned moved to a point four miles east of Johnstown, and lived there during the time the viaduct was being constructed. From 1837 to 1843 he kept a boarding house on the line of the Allegheny Valley railroad, which then was in course of construction. John Snodgrass, a brother of Mrs. Tittle, was superintendent of construction on the road, and through him Mr. Tittle obtained the boarding house privilege. On completion of the railroad Mr. Tittle returned to New Alexandria for a year, then came to Johnstown and worked as patternmaker in the shops of the old Portage railroad. He was an excellent mechanic, something of a genius in that respect, and at one time constructed and patented a safety car designed to obviate accidents on the road, and it was first used on the incline at the west end of the tunnel. Later on the car was adopted by the State on its roads and was used extensively where grades were the heaviest. The invention itself was a success, but Mr. Tittle as patentee realized very little profit from his device. In 1858 he removed with his family to Kittanning, and two years later returned to Johnstown. In that year (1860) he began the manufacture of a patent feed cutter, a device of his own invention, and for some time carried on quite an extensive business in a building formerly occupied by the Johnstown Mechanical Works, on the site where the Gautier Steel Company built its wire mill in 1875. On the erection of the wire mill the feed cutter works were removed to a build-
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