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Wall, Isaac, farmer, post office, Elizabeth, Allegheny county, Penna, is a
son of Maxwell Wall and Elizabeth Jobb Wall and was born October 28,
1835. Walter Wall, the first of the family, was his great grandfather,
and Isaac Wall was his grandfather.
The father of our subject was born on the farm now occupied by our
subject and his family consisted of six children: Isaac Wall; Margaret A
Wall; Araminta Wall; Hannah R Wall; Sarah M Wall; and Mary E Wall, all of
whom are living except Sarah M Wall.
Isaac Wall was married December 24, 1863, to Margaret Beam, daughter of
Robert Beam of Baltimore, Maryland, and they have one child living: May
Wall. Mrs Wall and three children are deceased.
Mr Wall married for his second wife, Sarah Cramer, daughter of Rev J K
Cramer of Forward township, and by this union they have four children:
Francis W Wall (?Frances); Lillie Wall; Susan P Wall; Theresa M Wall. Mr
Wall lives upon the place where he was born. When a boy engaged in
gathering hickory nuts, he fell sixty four feet causing the loss of one
arm. He has occupied several positions of trust in his township. He is a
republican.
History of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania Chicago : A. Warner & Co.,
1889. p739
Contributed by Marta Burns.
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