ISAAC C. MOUNTS. This highly esteemed and prominent young citizen of Buffalo township, of which he is a native, was born May 31, 1855, a son of William H. and Mary (Malone) Mounts, the latter of whom was a daughter of David Malone. William H. Mounts was born in Rankintown (now a part of Washington), this county, June 19, 1800, and was brought up to practical farm life from his earliest boyhood. The school he attended during a few winter weeks in each year was held in a deserted log cabin, through which the winter wind gleefully whistled. In October, 1828, Mr. Mounts was married to Mary Malone, whose family were also old settlers, and after marriage the young couple made their home in Franklin township until 1852, in which year they removed to Buffalo township, where Mrs. Mounts died September 7, 1882, and Mr. Mounts June 22, 1885. He was emphatically a self-made man, and at the time of his death owned a large farm. Politically he was first a Whig, afterward a Republican, and although always taking a deep interest in the affairs of his party, would never accept office. Among the earliest members of East Buffalo Presbyterian Church, he was also one of its leading and most substantial supporters. The children born to this honored pioneer were: Sarah Jane (deceased), William (in Buffalo township), Adam (in Franklin township), Richard (in Buffalo township), Mary A. (deceased wife of Wishart Houston), Margaret (Mrs. Abraham Huston), Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles Kelly), Martha (wife of Samuel Parker, of Washington borough), Thomas J. (in Buffalo township), Theodore (deceased) and Isaac C. Isaac C. Mounts was reared to farm life at the parental home, and educated at the common schools of the district. He was married December 25, 1879, to Laura V., daughter of George Coogle. the result of which union are four children. The parents are members of the United Presbyterian Church at East Buffalo, and in politics Mr. Mounts is a Republican, though not a strong partisan. He is a progressive farmer, and in connection with general agriculture is actively interested in stock raising.

Text taken from page 935 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed January 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published January 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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