JOHN POLLOCK. This gentleman has been a prominent figure in the political, business and religious circles of Washington county. His grandfather, John Pollock, was born near Gettysburg, Penn., and when a young man came to Washington county, locating on 133 acres of land in Union township, where his three children James, Samuel and Mary were reared. James Pollock, son of John, was born about 1795, near Gettysburg, and came with his parents to Washington county. At an early day he evinced the unusual mechanical ability which is so characteristic of the entire family. He made all sorts of articles from wood or iron, and finally learned the cabinet maker's trade, which he carried on, and in later life he followed farming. When yet a young man he was married to Mary, daughter of William Patten, and the following children were born to them: Samuel, John, Martha (wife of Dr. J. B. Williams, of East End, Pittsburgh), Esther, William, Mary, James, Sarah, and David (who was a soldier in the Union army). Of these William, Mary and James are deceased. The father was a Whig, and a member of the Mingo Presbyterian Church. He died in 1844. John Pollock, son of James and Mary (Patten) Pollock, was born December 18, 1818, on the old place in Union township, Washington county. On January 1, 1851, he was united in marriage with Nancy, daughter of Isaac Van Voorhis, of Carroll township, Washington county. The young people then moved to Monongahela, where he was engaged in the lumber business for six years, after which they returned to their present farm of ninety-six acres in Union township, Washington county. To them were born children as follows: Mary, Coralinn, Sarah B., James K., Isaac V., William J., and one that died in infancy. Of these the only two living are Isaac V. and William J. The mother died July 9, 1884, since which time Mr. Pollock has resigned the management of the place to his two sons. He has always voted the Republican ticket, and has served in various township offices. In religious faith he is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Mingo, and has filled the office of trustee of same. Isaac V. Pollock was born on the home place in Union township in 1860. He graduated at Duff's Commercial College, Pittsburgh, Penn. In 1888 he was married to Mary E., daughter of William B. Henry (deceased), an insurance agent of Greenville Penn., and they have had one daughter, Mary. W. J. Pollock was born October 13, 1868, and is living on the old homestead in Union township with his father and brother.

Text taken from page 908 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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