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JAMES JOSEPH IGOE
Page 160
James Joseph Igoe, a native of Lawrence
County, received a common school
education, then read law under D. B. Kurtz.
He was admitted to practice on September
6, 1899.
MICHAEL INBODEN
Page 890
Michael Inboden, a prominent
merchant at Enon Valley, Lawrence County,
Pennsylvania, is proprietor of a shoe
store on Main Street, and of a large general
store on Vine Street, both of which
are flourishing establishments, and command
the patronage of the leading people
througliout this section. Mr. Inboden was
born in Germany, October 27, 1857, and is
a son of Michael, Sr., and Elizabeth Katherine
(Kaufman) Inboden.
Michael Inboden, Sr., was born in Germany,
January 5, 1815, and followed the
trade of a shoemaker in that country many
years, but the latter years of his life were
spent in agricultural pursuits. In 1882
he moved with his family to America and
settled on a farm near Enon Valley, in
Lawrence County. His wife, in maiden
life Elizabeth Katherine Kaufman, was
born in Germany, October 9, 1822, and died
March 2, 1899, aged seventy-six years, four
months and twenty-three days. His death
occurred November 1, 1905, aged ninety
years, ten months and six days. The following
were the issue of their reunion: Jacob,
who lives at the old home place in
Germany; William, who was the first of
the family to locate in America, and is now
a resident of Enon Valley; Katherine, deceased
wife of Conrad Stern; Peter, who
died in Germany; Michael, Margaret,
widow of Ernest Miller, and Mary (Murphy).
Michael Inboden, Jr., was reared to maturity
in his native land and received a
superior education in the schools of that
country. He was in the German military
service three years, as is the requirement
in that country, serving under Captain
Crow, in Company I, Sixty-ninth Infantry.
Wliile in his teens he learned the trade of
a shoemaker, under his brother, Jacob,
and after the expiration of his service in
the army he lived with his parents. He
accompanied them to the United States in
1882, and at once opened a shoe shop in
Enon Valley, where he has since continued.
He later opened a small store, carrying a
limited stock of shoes, but as his patronage
increased he enlarged his business
until he now carries a large and complete
general line of footwear. In 1908 he purchased
the general store which for years
had been conducted by George Davidson on
Vine Street, and has since conducted both
stores, independent of each other. He is
a prosperous and successful business man
and stands high in popular esteem.
September 4, 1890, Mr. Inboden was
joined in marriage with Amelia Vates, a
native of Pennsylvania, and the following
children were born to them: Lillian, who
helps her father in the store; Minerva,
Wesley M., Edward Knox, Ruth, Margaret
and Dorothy. Religiously, they are members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Inboden is a stockholder in the Enon
Valley Telephone Company.
WILLIAM INBODEN
Pg 666
William Inboden, harnessmaker
and prominent real estate dealer of Enon
Valley, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania,
has been a resident of that village almost
continuously since 1870. He was born in
Germany July 13, 1848, and is a son of
Michael and Elizabeth Katherine (Kaufman)
Inboden.
Michael Inboden, father of William, was
born in Prussia, and in his younger days
followed the trade of a shoemaker. He
came to America with his family in 1882,
and located on a fann in Little Beaver
Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
He and his wife both died in Enon
Valley at advanced ages. They were parents
of the following children : Jacob, who
lives at the old home in Germany;
William; Katherine, deceased; Peter, deceased;
Michael, a well-known merchant of Enon
Valley; Margaret, and Mary.
William Inboden was reared and educated
in his native land, and his boyhood
days were spent in work upon the farm,
and at learning the trade of a shoemaker,
under his father's instruction. He was
the first of the family to seek fortune in
the New World, the year of 1870 marking
his arrival in the United States. He came
at once to Enon Valley and worked at his
trade. He soon opened a shop, and some
time later added a stock of shoes; he conducted
the store very successfully for several
years, then sold out to his brother,
Michael, and turned his attention to farming.
He followed that occupation a few
years, then returned to Enon and opened
up the harnessmaking establishment which
he now so successfully conducts on Main
Street. He has been very active in the
local real estate market, and in addition
to his farm in Beaver County, is the owner
of several houses in Enon. He is rated
one of the substantial men of the village,
and has many friends and acquaintances
throughout the surrounding country.
Mr. Inboden was joined in marriage with
Miss Lena Fongberd, who was born in
Pennsylvania, and they have the following
children: William, who is proprietor of a
barber shop in Enon Valley, married Margaret
Barker, and has three children,
Louise, and Prances and Florence, twins;
Maiy; Carrie; John; Charles, who is married
and has a son, William; George Miriam,
and Martha E. In religious attachment
they are members of the Evangelical
Church.
CHARLES M. ISEMAN
Pg 775
Charles M. Iseman, M. D., a physician
and surgeon in active practice at
Ellwood City, where he has been established
since the fall of 1895, was born December
4, 1868, near Freeport, Armstrong
County, Pa., and is a son of James and
Sarah Elizabeth (McClellan) Iseman.
The Iseman family is an old one in Armstrong
County and was founded there by
Jonathan Iseman, who was a native of Germany,
and he was the great-grandfather
of Charles M. Iseman, of Ellwood City.
His son, John Iseman, the grandfather of
Dr. Iseman, was born in Armstrong County,
Pennsylvania, where he married Mary
Elizabeth Grinder.
James Iseman, son of John and Mary
Iseman, was born in Armstrong County,
in 1842, and died there in February, 1903,
in his sixty-tirst year. He married Sarah
Elizabeth McClellan, who was born in
Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Her
grandfather was Isaiah Charles Thomas
McClellan, who was a minister in the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church. He married
a member of the Byers family, both
being of Scotch-Irish extraction. The latter
family has been known in Western
Pennsylvania since 1740, and took an active
part on many occasions in suppressing
Indian outbreaks. The mother of Dr.
Iseman continued to reside in Armstrong-
County until recently, when she joined
some of her children at Seattle, Wash.,
where she still resides. The children born
to James Iseman and his wife were: Viola:
Maud, who is the wife of D. F. Hill, of
Armstrong County; Charles M. of Ellwood
City; Martha Elizabeth, of the State
of Washington; Ida May, who is the wife
of E. H. Wallace, of Freeport, Pa.; Florence
Julia, who resides at Seattle, Wash.;
Josephine, who is also a resident of Seattle;
James, who died when twenty-one
years of age, and Paul and Grace, both of
whom reside at Seattle.
Charles McClellan Iseman attended the
schools of Armstrong County with regularity
until he was sixteen years of age, when
he entered the Freeport Academy going
from there to Thiel College, at Greenville,
Mercer County, where he was graduated in
1891, with the degree of A. B. In the fall
of the same year he entered the Western
Reserve Medical College at Cleveland,
where he studied for two years and in the
fall of 1893 became a student of the Western
Pennsylvania Medical College, at Pittsburg,
where he was graduated in the class
of 1894. Dr. Iseman engaged in the practice
of his profession in Armstrong County
for fifteen months preceding his locating at
Ellwood City, in September, 1895, where
he has continued to the present. He has
built up a large and lucrative practice and
has become a leading citizen of the place.
He is a member of the Beaver County Medical
Society, of the Pennsylvania State
Medical Society and the American National
Medical Association. He belongs
also to Glen Park Lodge, Odd Fellows,
and to Alma Lodge, No. 420, Knights of
Pythias, at Ellwood City.
On April 11, 1894, Dr. Iseman was married
to Mildred Elizabeth Eichholtz, who
is a daughter of John and Caroline Elizabeth
(Westerfield) Eichholtz. Thev have
one daughter, Geraldine Audrey, who was
born July 22, 1895. Dr. and Mrs. Iseman
are members of the Lutheran Church at
Ellwood City.
Home
James Joseph Igoe, a native of Lawrence
County, received a common school
education, then read law under D. B. Kurtz.
He was admitted to practice on September
6, 1899.
MICHAEL INBODEN
Page 890
Michael Inboden, a prominent
merchant at Enon Valley, Lawrence County,
Pennsylvania, is proprietor of a shoe
store on Main Street, and of a large general
store on Vine Street, both of which
are flourishing establishments, and command
the patronage of the leading people
througliout this section. Mr. Inboden was
born in Germany, October 27, 1857, and is
a son of Michael, Sr., and Elizabeth Katherine
(Kaufman) Inboden.
Michael Inboden, Sr., was born in Germany,
January 5, 1815, and followed the
trade of a shoemaker in that country many
years, but the latter years of his life were
spent in agricultural pursuits. In 1882
he moved with his family to America and
settled on a farm near Enon Valley, in
Lawrence County. His wife, in maiden
life Elizabeth Katherine Kaufman, was
born in Germany, October 9, 1822, and died
March 2, 1899, aged seventy-six years, four
months and twenty-three days. His death
occurred November 1, 1905, aged ninety
years, ten months and six days. The following
were the issue of their reunion: Jacob,
who lives at the old home place in
Germany; William, who was the first of
the family to locate in America, and is now
a resident of Enon Valley; Katherine, deceased
wife of Conrad Stern; Peter, who
died in Germany; Michael, Margaret,
widow of Ernest Miller, and Mary (Murphy).
Michael Inboden, Jr., was reared to maturity
in his native land and received a
superior education in the schools of that
country. He was in the German military
service three years, as is the requirement
in that country, serving under Captain
Crow, in Company I, Sixty-ninth Infantry.
Wliile in his teens he learned the trade of
a shoemaker, under his brother, Jacob,
and after the expiration of his service in
the army he lived with his parents. He
accompanied them to the United States in
1882, and at once opened a shoe shop in
Enon Valley, where he has since continued.
He later opened a small store, carrying a
limited stock of shoes, but as his patronage
increased he enlarged his business
until he now carries a large and complete
general line of footwear. In 1908 he purchased
the general store which for years
had been conducted by George Davidson on
Vine Street, and has since conducted both
stores, independent of each other. He is
a prosperous and successful business man
and stands high in popular esteem.
September 4, 1890, Mr. Inboden was
joined in marriage with Amelia Vates, a
native of Pennsylvania, and the following
children were born to them: Lillian, who
helps her father in the store; Minerva,
Wesley M., Edward Knox, Ruth, Margaret
and Dorothy. Religiously, they are members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Inboden is a stockholder in the Enon
Valley Telephone Company.
WILLIAM INBODEN
Pg 666
William Inboden, harnessmaker
and prominent real estate dealer of Enon
Valley, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania,
has been a resident of that village almost
continuously since 1870. He was born in
Germany July 13, 1848, and is a son of
Michael and Elizabeth Katherine (Kaufman)
Inboden.
Michael Inboden, father of William, was
born in Prussia, and in his younger days
followed the trade of a shoemaker. He
came to America with his family in 1882,
and located on a fann in Little Beaver
Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
He and his wife both died in Enon
Valley at advanced ages. They were parents
of the following children : Jacob, who
lives at the old home in Germany;
William; Katherine, deceased; Peter, deceased;
Michael, a well-known merchant of Enon
Valley; Margaret, and Mary.
William Inboden was reared and educated
in his native land, and his boyhood
days were spent in work upon the farm,
and at learning the trade of a shoemaker,
under his father's instruction. He was
the first of the family to seek fortune in
the New World, the year of 1870 marking
his arrival in the United States. He came
at once to Enon Valley and worked at his
trade. He soon opened a shop, and some
time later added a stock of shoes; he conducted
the store very successfully for several
years, then sold out to his brother,
Michael, and turned his attention to farming.
He followed that occupation a few
years, then returned to Enon and opened
up the harnessmaking establishment which
he now so successfully conducts on Main
Street. He has been very active in the
local real estate market, and in addition
to his farm in Beaver County, is the owner
of several houses in Enon. He is rated
one of the substantial men of the village,
and has many friends and acquaintances
throughout the surrounding country.
Mr. Inboden was joined in marriage with
Miss Lena Fongberd, who was born in
Pennsylvania, and they have the following
children: William, who is proprietor of a
barber shop in Enon Valley, married Margaret
Barker, and has three children,
Louise, and Prances and Florence, twins;
Maiy; Carrie; John; Charles, who is married
and has a son, William; George Miriam,
and Martha E. In religious attachment
they are members of the Evangelical
Church.
CHARLES M. ISEMAN
Pg 775
Charles M. Iseman, M. D., a physician
and surgeon in active practice at
Ellwood City, where he has been established
since the fall of 1895, was born December
4, 1868, near Freeport, Armstrong
County, Pa., and is a son of James and
Sarah Elizabeth (McClellan) Iseman.
The Iseman family is an old one in Armstrong
County and was founded there by
Jonathan Iseman, who was a native of Germany,
and he was the great-grandfather
of Charles M. Iseman, of Ellwood City.
His son, John Iseman, the grandfather of
Dr. Iseman, was born in Armstrong County,
Pennsylvania, where he married Mary
Elizabeth Grinder.
James Iseman, son of John and Mary
Iseman, was born in Armstrong County,
in 1842, and died there in February, 1903,
in his sixty-tirst year. He married Sarah
Elizabeth McClellan, who was born in
Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Her
grandfather was Isaiah Charles Thomas
McClellan, who was a minister in the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church. He married
a member of the Byers family, both
being of Scotch-Irish extraction. The latter
family has been known in Western
Pennsylvania since 1740, and took an active
part on many occasions in suppressing
Indian outbreaks. The mother of Dr.
Iseman continued to reside in Armstrong-
County until recently, when she joined
some of her children at Seattle, Wash.,
where she still resides. The children born
to James Iseman and his wife were: Viola:
Maud, who is the wife of D. F. Hill, of
Armstrong County; Charles M. of Ellwood
City; Martha Elizabeth, of the State
of Washington; Ida May, who is the wife
of E. H. Wallace, of Freeport, Pa.; Florence
Julia, who resides at Seattle, Wash.;
Josephine, who is also a resident of Seattle;
James, who died when twenty-one
years of age, and Paul and Grace, both of
whom reside at Seattle.
Charles McClellan Iseman attended the
schools of Armstrong County with regularity
until he was sixteen years of age, when
he entered the Freeport Academy going
from there to Thiel College, at Greenville,
Mercer County, where he was graduated in
1891, with the degree of A. B. In the fall
of the same year he entered the Western
Reserve Medical College at Cleveland,
where he studied for two years and in the
fall of 1893 became a student of the Western
Pennsylvania Medical College, at Pittsburg,
where he was graduated in the class
of 1894. Dr. Iseman engaged in the practice
of his profession in Armstrong County
for fifteen months preceding his locating at
Ellwood City, in September, 1895, where
he has continued to the present. He has
built up a large and lucrative practice and
has become a leading citizen of the place.
He is a member of the Beaver County Medical
Society, of the Pennsylvania State
Medical Society and the American National
Medical Association. He belongs
also to Glen Park Lodge, Odd Fellows,
and to Alma Lodge, No. 420, Knights of
Pythias, at Ellwood City.
On April 11, 1894, Dr. Iseman was married
to Mildred Elizabeth Eichholtz, who
is a daughter of John and Caroline Elizabeth
(Westerfield) Eichholtz. Thev have
one daughter, Geraldine Audrey, who was
born July 22, 1895. Dr. and Mrs. Iseman
are members of the Lutheran Church at
Ellwood City.