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certainly have killed him had he not been warned in time and sought shelter in the old fort at Pittsburgh. | ||
| 2. Oliver Ormsby (John1), b. Bedford, Pa., 25 February, 1767; d. at his country seat, Homestead Farm, now in Pittsburgh, South Side, 26 July, 1832; educated with the sons of the family at one of the Harrison estates in Virginia, as a consequence of the friendship existing between the heads of the two families; in continuation of his father's business, established a line of trading stores as far north as Erie and Niagara and west as Cincinnati; his store in Pittsburgh furnished large supplies for Perry's squadron, and Perry and his associate officers were frequently entertained by Mr. Ormsby during their stop in Pittsburgh; owned steam flour mill in Cincinnati, operated by his agent Daniel Conner, by the burning of which he lost one hundred thousand dollars; owned cotton factory and rope walk at Chillicothe, Ohio; owned the Brighton industries at what is now Beaver Falls, Pa., comprising grist and saw mills, forge and charcoal iron furnace, operated by his agents, James Glen and John Dickey;[1] was on board of managers Monongahela Bridge Co., and was director of United States Branch Bank at Pittsburgh; was sometime member town council of Pittsburgh; was vestryman Trinity Episcopal church when chartered 3 September, 1805, and warden in 1819.[2]
Married at the residence of Samuel Creigh (who married, 2dly, Jane Mahon, sister to Mrs. Ormsby), in Pittsburgh, 3 September, 1802, to Sarah Mahon, b. 1781; d. Pittsburgh, 5 March, 1825; dau. David Mahon, b. 1745; d. 5 October, 1813; gentleman | ||
