DAVID WAUGH is a native of County Down, Ireland, having been born there May 24, 1828. He is a son of James Waugh, who was also born in County Down, Ireland, about 1778, and grew to manhood on the home farm. On February 18, 1798, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Cummings, a native of the same county, and then settled upon a farm of his own, where the following children were born and reared: Elizabeth, Jane, Mary (living in San Francisco), Margaret (deceased), Susannah (living in Ireland), James (also living in Ireland), John (deceased in Ireland), Isabella (living in Australia), David (subject of this sketch), Joseph and Alexander. The parents of these children passed their entire lives in the Emerald Isle, toiling for the welfare of their children, and were long since laid to rest. David Waugh assisted his father with the duties of the farm until he attained the age of twenty years, when he came to America, landing in New York with 25 cents, which he spent the next day to get a tooth extracted. He located in Montgomery, a town situated about ten miles from Philadelphia, Penn., which home was but a few rods from the present residence of John Wannamaker. Five years later he came to Pittsburgh, Penn.. where he lived eleven years, and finally made a permanent home in Washington county, Penn. While living in Montgomery he was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Dougan, daughter of William Dougan (a native of County Tipperary, Ireland, where Catherine was born), and they have had four children, of whom the following is a brief record: James resides in Allegheny City, Penn., and is a veterinary surgeon; William is living in Texas, and is a veterinary surgeon of he Third United States Cavalry; Maggie J. is married, and living in Taylorstown, Buffalo township, this county; David remains at home, and assists his father on the farm. Since the day Mr. Waugh landed in New York, and began work for a farmer in Montgomery, he says he has found no time for one idle day. By perseverance and the practice of strict economy, he now owns 156 acres of land, and has given his children a good start in life. He is a Republican.

Text taken from page 416 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed February 1998 by Cherie Clark of Kirkwood, MO as part of the Beers Project. Published February 1998 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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