Irwin N. Horrell and M. Jane McLaughlin

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Husband Irwin N. Horrell ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Fairfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
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         Father: John Horrell (1800-1874) 1 2
         Mother: Nancy Potter (1804-Aft 1890) 1 2

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       Marriage: 1865 1

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   Other Spouse: Sarah Ritter (      -Abt 1864/1865) 1

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Wife M. Jane McLaughlin ^{1 2}

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General Notes: Husband - Irwin N. Horrell

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He was reared principally at Ligonier, Pennsylvania, where he attended the common schools. He served an apprenticeship of three years learning the boot and shoe trade with William Ashcom. At the close of his apprenticeship he married Miss Sarah Ritter, of Ligonier and worked at his trade in that place until the Civil War broke out, when he enlisted for nine months in Co. G, one-hundred and thirty-fifth Penna. Vols. and participated in all the engagements in which his regiment took part. After being discharged at the expiration of his time he went to Pittsburgh and was engaged for some time in making cartridges for the United States government. In 1864 he again enlisted, this time in the United States Signal Corps, and was on active duty until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged at Washington and returned home. During his last term of service his wife and babe died (two of his children had died before), leaving him but one surviving child\emdash a daughter. He with his child remained in Ligonier working at his trade. He married again and continued working at the shoe trade in Ligonier until 1876, when he removed to Latrobe and became foreman of Whiteman & Denman's boot and shoe factory where he remained for seven years. In 1884 Mr. Horrell and Mr. H. P. Hartley formed a co-partnership under the firm name of Horrell & Hartley and embarked in the retail boot and shoe business. In 1885 Mr. A. Shumaker and Mr. M. B. Collins were admitted into the firm which was then reorganized and became the celebrated "Latrobe Manufacturing Company." Before the close of the year Mr. Collins withdrew from the firm; in 1886 a further division of the firm took place, Mr. Hartley taking charge of the retail, Mr. Shumaker the wholesale business and Mr. Horrell taking entire charge of the manufactory.
He was a member of Loyalhanna Lodge, No. 950, Knights of Honor, and of P. A. William Post, No. 4, G. A. R.; he was a republican in politics and a member of the M. E. church.

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General Notes: Wife - M. Jane McLaughlin

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from Pleasant Unity, Westmoreland Co, PA

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 333.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1111.