William Barnhart and Sarah Elizabeth Rugh
Husband William Barnhart 1 2
Born: 1819 or 7 May 1820 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3 4 Christened: Died: 15 Jun 1893 2 Buried:
Father: John Barnhart (1785- ) 3 4 5 Mother: Elizabeth Brinker (1788- ) 4
Marriage: 16 Oct 1844 4
Wife Sarah Elizabeth Rugh 4
AKA: Eliza Rugh,6 Elizabeth Rugh 3 Born: 25 Jun 1825 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 4 Christened: Died: Aft 1918 Buried:
Father: Jacob Rugh (1791-1852) 3 4 Mother: Margaret Brinker (1792-1870) 4
Children
1 F Caroline Barnhart 6 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Louis B. Shupe (1845- ) 8 Marr: 13 Sep 1877 6
2 M Cyrus T. Barnhart 3 7
Born: 11 Nov 1849 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: Aft 1890 Buried:Spouse: Emily Walthour ( - ) 3 Marr: 11 Dec 1879 3
3 M Simon F. Barnhart 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Emma Zundel ( - ) 7
4 F Sarah Barnhart 7
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1918 - Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA Buried:Spouse: Reuben Zundel ( - ) 7
5 M William Barnhart 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Mary Shupe ( - ) 7 Marr: Indiana
6 F Margaret Barnhart 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Lewis Weaver ( - ) 7
7 M Jacob Barnhart 7
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1918 Buried:Spouse: Maggie Newil ( - ) 7
8 F Emma Barnhart 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Henry Griffith ( - ) 7
9 F Susan E. Barnhart 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
10 M John Barnhart 7
Born: Christened: Died: while young Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
11 F Laura Barnhart 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Jacob Fried ( - ) 7
General Notes: Husband - William Barnhart
Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
He resided near Mt. Pleasant. All his life he followed farming, in which he met with excellent success. He believed in the principles of the Republican party, was a member of the Reformed church, in which he held all the various offices. He and his wife had fifteen children, of whom ten were still living in 1890.
He was born at the home of his father in Hempfield township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, the farm being situated about five miles from Greensburg in the direction of Dry Ridge. He was baptized by the Rev. Mr. Hacke, and spent his boyhood on the old family homestead there. There also he obtained his early education, attending the local schools for this purpose. When he had grown to be a youth, his father removed to a farm near Hannastown, situated in the neighborhood of the old common school which had been built there in the early days of logs. Here he continued his studies, his advantages, however, being meagre enough as he was unable to take more than merely the grammar school branches. He grew up to be the typical farmer's boy in that region, but possessed of an excellent natural mind and the power of readily assimilating knowledge from the experiences of daily life. At the time when he had reached young manhood, his father had become the owner of a mill, which was the first mill driven by steam in that section of the country. The young man began the active business of life with a position in his father's establishment there, where he learned every detail of the milling industry and fitted himself to take charge of the entire enterprise. He often superintended the running of the mill himself and eventually purchased it from his father. From that time for a period of twenty-five years he continued to operate it uninterruptedly and it became known eventually as Barnhart's Mill and there he did the milling for the entire countryside. The establishment met with the most satisfactory success and made Mr. Barnhart a very well-to-do man, so that he was regarded as one of the most substantial citizens of the place. The property around his mill consisted of about forty acres, and here he built his home and settled immediately after his marriage. The house was originally a log cabin, but had formerly been a school, but he later purchased a handsome brick house nearby. Eventually he sold his mill and farm to his brother John, but in the meantime he had purchased a portion of the old Barnhart homestead, where he located and there continued to reside until about twenty years before his death, when he removed to the old Bonnett place, about one mile from Mount Pleasant; here he lived until his death.
Mr. Barnhart, while always interested in public affairs, was in no sense of the word a politician and never allowed himself to run for any public office. He was a modest and retiring man and possessed of strong religious convictions and instincts. He was a member of the First Reformed Church of Greensburg and later attended the church of that denomination at Mount Pleasant. He was a lifelong Republican and always did what he could in his capacity of private citizen to advance the interests of his party.
1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 45, 510.
2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 561.
3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 45.
4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 562.
5 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 92.
6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 510.
7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 563.
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Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 509.
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