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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY of
BEAVER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
and
Its Centennial Celebration
By Rev. Joseph H(enderson) Bausman, A. M.
Member American Historical Society of
Pennsylvania of Western Pennsylvania
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In Two Volumes
VOLUME I
Publ.
The Knickerbocker Press
New York
1904
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EPHRAIM PENTLAND
was a Pittsburg lawyer, son-in-law of General Abner Lacock
of this county. He came to Pittsburg in
1801 or 1802, and was prothonotary of the county of Allegheny
from 1807 to 1821, sitting with the alderman as judge of the
Recorder's court in the old court-house for the disposition of
minor cases. He was a short, heavy man, very fond of his
joke, and a well-known figure in the history of Pittsburg.
He had been a printer and editor, and in 1803 started tehre the
Commonwealth, a weekly Democratic newspaper. His
connection with the Stewart-Bates duel has been mentioned
in connection with the sketch of William Wilkins.
April 11, 1831, he was admitted to practise in the several
courts of this county, and appeared there occasionally until the
time of his death, which took place in 1839. He had three
daughters, Susan, Caroline, and Minerva,
delightful ladies, who lived many years in the General Lacock
homestead at Freedom.
Source: History of Beaver County, Pa. and its Centennial
Celebration - 1904 - Page 344 |
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