Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.III, p.129

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History of Cambria County, V.3

HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. 129

ing erected by Mr. Tittle on Portage street, near Broad street, but the business was soon afterward discontinued and the proprietor returned to his old trade of chair and cabinet making. He died in Johnstown, August 19, 1882. On the 16th day of December, 1824, John Tittle married Mary Snodgrass, daughter of William and Eleanor (Beggs) Snodgrass. She was born April 15, 1805, and died January 25, 1875. Both she and her husband were buried in Sandyvale cemetery, and after the flood of 1889 were removed to Grand View cemetery.
    John Snodgrass, father of Eleanor Snodgrass, who married John Tittle, was of Scotch descent, by occupation a farmer, a devout member of the Presbyterian church, and at the time referred to lived in Martic township in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. On the 15th of December, 1774, immediately preceding the Revolutionary war, he was elected a member of the committee of safety for the borough of Lancaster, and inspector for Martic township. He was an active member of the Lancaster County Associators, a famous military organization of Pennsylvania during the war, and served in Captain Brown's company of Colonel Timothy Green's battalion of Lancaster county militia. On August 31, 1776, he marched with the company into New Jersey against the British, and returned in February of the following year.
    William Snodgrass, son of John Snodgrass, was born in Martic township in 1758, and was a farmer. He too was an Associator, and a member of Captain James Rogers' company of Colonel Timothy Green's Hanover Rifles. About 1795 he married Eleanor Beggs, daughter of William Beggs, who was born in Ireland. In 1800 Mr. Snodgrass sold his farm in Lancaster county and removed to Westmoreland county, where in 1801 he purchased one hundred and two acres from Samuel Ramsey in Unity township, and at a later date added one hundred and thirty acres more to his possessions. William and Eleanor Snodgrass had five children: Elizabeth, John, Mary (married John Tittle), Sarah and Margaret Snodgrass.
    Children of John and Mary (Snodgrass) Tittle: Ellen Tittle, born December 10, 1825; died December 2, 1898; married William States, and removed to Missouri. James Tittle, born June 2, 1828; married Mary Ringler Orr; had six children. William Snodgrass Tittle, born March 27, 1831; married Maria Worthington, and lives at San Bernardino, California. Alexander Johnston Tittle, born August 20, 1833; died unmarried November 14, 1903. Sarah Ellen Tittle, born May 7, 1836; married Philip Constable, and lost her life in the Johnstown flood, May 31, 1889. John Snodgrass Little, born December 22; 1839; married Jane Maclay, and lives in Johnstown. Cyrus Pershing Tittle, born April 28, 1843; unmarried; drowned in the Johnstown flood, May 31, 1889. Charles Lee Tittle, born October 18, 1845; married Ada Woodruff, and lives at Blairsville, Pennsylvania.
    James Tittle, second child and eldest son of John and Mary (Snodgrass) Tittle, was born in Youngstown, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, on the 2d day of June, 1828, and after he was six years old lived with his grandparents until the death of his grandfather, James Tittle, in 1843. In 1846 he started out to make his own way in life, and hired out as driver for Captain George Cupp, of the boat "Naomi," of the Bingham line, on the old state canal between Johnstown and Pittsburg. About harvest time of the same year he left the canal and worked for his uncle, Hon. John Snodgrass, on his farm near New Alexandria, and after the crops were harvested he went to Brady's Bend and found employment in the Great Western Iron Works. He

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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.	129
ing erected by Mr. Tittle on Portage street, near Broad street, but the business was soon afterward discontinued and the proprietor returned to his old trade of chair and cabinet making. He died in Johnstown, August 19, 1882. On the 16th day of December, 1824, John Tittle married Mary Snodgrass, daughter of William and Eleanor (Beggs) Snodgrass. She was born April 15, 1805, and died January 25, 1875. Both she and her husband were buried in Sandyvale cemetery, and after the flood of 1889 were removed to Grand View cemetery. John Snodgrass, father of Eleanor Snodgrass, who married John Tittle, was of Scotch descent, by occupation a farmer, a devout member of the Presbyterian church, and at the time referred to lived in Martic township in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. On the 15th of December, 1774, immediately preceding the Revolutionary war, he was elected a member of the committee of safety for the borough of Lancaster, and inspector for Martic township. He was an active member of the Lancaster County Associators, a famous military organization of Pennsylvania during the war, and served in Captain Brown's company of Colonel Timothy Green's battalion of Lancaster county militia. On August 31, 1776, he marched with the company into New Jersey against the British, and returned in February of the following year. William Snodgrass, son of John Snodgrass, was born in Martic township in 1758, and was a farmer. He too was an Associator, and a member of Captain James Rogers' company of Colonel Timothy Green's Hanover Rifles. About 1795 he married Eleanor Beggs, daughter of William Beggs, who was born in Ireland. In 1800 Mr. Snodgrass sold his farm in Lancaster county and removed to Westmoreland county, where in 1801 he purchased one hundred and two acres from Samuel Ramsey in Unity township, and at a later date added one hundred and thirty acres more to his possessions. William and Eleanor Snodgrass had five children: Elizabeth, John, Mary (married John Tittle), Sarah and Margaret Snodgrass. Children of John and Mary (Snodgrass) Tittle: Ellen Tittle, born December 10, 1825; died December 2, 1898; married William States, and removed to Missouri. James Tittle, born June 2, 1828; married Mary Ringler Orr; had six children. William Snodgrass Tittle, born March 27, 1831; married Maria Worthington, and lives at San Bernardino, California. Alexander Johnston Tittle, born August 20, 1833; died unmarried November 14, 1903. Sarah Ellen Tittle, born May 7, 1836; married Philip Constable, and lost her life in the Johnstown flood, May 31, 1889. John Snodgrass Little, born December 22; 1839; married Jane Maclay, and lives in Johnstown. Cyrus Pershing Tittle, born April 28, 1843; unmarried; drowned in the Johnstown flood, May 31, 1889. Charles Lee Tittle, born October 18, 1845; married Ada Woodruff, and lives at Blairsville, Pennsylvania. James Tittle, second child and eldest son of John and Mary (Snodgrass) Tittle, was born in Youngstown, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, on the 2d day of June, 1828, and after he was six years old lived with his grandparents until the death of his grandfather, James Tittle, in 1843. In 1846 he started out to make his own way in life, and hired out as driver for Captain George Cupp, of the boat "Naomi," of the Bingham line, on the old state canal between Johnstown and Pittsburg. About harvest time of the same year he left the canal and worked for his uncle, Hon. John Snodgrass, on his farm near New Alexandria, and after the crops were harvested he went to Brady's Bend and found employment in the Great Western Iron Works. He