Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.III, p.514

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History of Cambria County, V.3

514 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.

a farm, a, portion of which the town of Spangler wow occupies. He resided there until 1885, engaged at general farming and sheep raising, also dealing in live stock, buying and shipping to Philadelphia. In 1885 he came to Ebensburg as warden of the jail and deputy sheriff, in which capacity he has served three years. He then engaged in the livery business in Ebensburg, but in 1889 went into the same business at Loretto, remaining there five years, when he returned to Ebensburg, since which time he has been identified with the livery business here, having the leading barn. Mr. Peach is a Democrat, and has served in numerous local offices in his township and borough, and is at present a member of the borough council. He is connected with the Catholic church.
    Mr. Peach was married to Miss Mary J. Bagley, in June, 1876. She is the daughter of William Bagley, a well known farmer of Carroll township, Cambria county, now deceased. By this marriage were born the following children: Adaline, wife of Richard E. Russell, of Philadelphia; William P., of Altoona; James A., at home; Dorothy A., wife of R. Edgar Lahy, an attorney of Ebensburg, Pennsylvania; Annicetus F., at home; Harry J., at home.
    HUGH BROWN, of the Central Hotel at Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, was born in that place, July 17, 1881, the son of Patrick Francis and Charlotte (O'Hara) Brown and is one of seven, in a family of whom five survive. They are as follows: Victoria M., single, and resides at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; May M., wife of W. N. Bolsinger; Hugh Brown, the subject; Conrad J., of Ebensburg; Reardon F., of Ebensburg.
    The father was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1854, son of Henry and Margaret (Cole) Brown. Henry was a native of Germany, and his wife of Ireland. He came to this country when a young man, and was one of the early stage drivers out of Johnstown, and later was identified with the tavern business, also a merchant. Sometime in the seventies he purchased and moved to a farm in Richland township, Cambria county, where he resided but a short time, thence came to Cambria township and bought a farm. When be left his sons on the farm, he went to Wilmore, where he resided until his death, being nearly ninety years of age.
    The subject's father took charge of the farm after the removal of his father to Wilmore, residing there three years, and in 1877 came to Ebensburg and purchased the Central Hotel, which he conducted to the date of his death, November 1, 1895. He was a man universally respected, and while he was endowed with the rare ability of money making, he died comparatively a poor man. No man ever applied to him for assistance in vain; his pocketbook was always at the command of his friends, and no accounts were kept of monies loaned; if they chose to repay well and good, if not, nothing was marked against them. In politics, he was a stanch Democrat. He was a member of the Catholic church.
    Hugh Brown, the subject, was reared at home and received a common school education at Ebensburg and at St. Vincent's College in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. When he was of age he purchased from the father's estate the hotel property, and in company with W. N. Bolsinger, his brother-in-law, assumed proprietorship of the Central Hotel, over which his father had presided for eighteen years. Mr. Brown is a Democrat, and a member of the Catholic church. He is known far and near as the popular landlord of Ebensburg.

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514	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.
a farm, a, portion of which the town of Spangler wow occupies. He resided there until 1885, engaged at general farming and sheep raising, also dealing in live stock, buying and shipping to Philadelphia. In 1885 he came to Ebensburg as warden of the jail and deputy sheriff, in which capacity he has served three years. He then engaged in the livery business in Ebensburg, but in 1889 went into the same business at Loretto, remaining there five years, when he returned to Ebensburg, since which time he has been identified with the livery business here, having the leading barn. Mr. Peach is a Democrat, and has served in numerous local offices in his township and borough, and is at present a member of the borough council. He is connected with the Catholic church. Mr. Peach was married to Miss Mary J. Bagley, in June, 1876. She is the daughter of William Bagley, a well known farmer of Carroll township, Cambria county, now deceased. By this marriage were born the following children: Adaline, wife of Richard E. Russell, of Philadelphia; William P., of Altoona; James A., at home; Dorothy A., wife of R. Edgar Lahy, an attorney of Ebensburg, Pennsylvania; Annicetus F., at home; Harry J., at home. HUGH BROWN, of the Central Hotel at Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, was born in that place, July 17, 1881, the son of Patrick Francis and Charlotte (O'Hara) Brown and is one of seven, in a family of whom five survive. They are as follows: Victoria M., single, and resides at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; May M., wife of W. N. Bolsinger; Hugh Brown, the subject; Conrad J., of Ebensburg; Reardon F., of Ebensburg. The father was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1854, son of Henry and Margaret (Cole) Brown. Henry was a native of Germany, and his wife of Ireland. He came to this country when a young man, and was one of the early stage drivers out of Johnstown, and later was identified with the tavern business, also a merchant. Sometime in the seventies he purchased and moved to a farm in Richland township, Cambria county, where he resided but a short time, thence came to Cambria township and bought a farm. When be left his sons on the farm, he went to Wilmore, where he resided until his death, being nearly ninety years of age. The subject's father took charge of the farm after the removal of his father to Wilmore, residing there three years, and in 1877 came to Ebensburg and purchased the Central Hotel, which he conducted to the date of his death, November 1, 1895. He was a man universally respected, and while he was endowed with the rare ability of money making, he died comparatively a poor man. No man ever applied to him for assistance in vain; his pocketbook was always at the command of his friends, and no accounts were kept of monies loaned; if they chose to repay well and good, if not, nothing was marked against them. In politics, he was a stanch Democrat. He was a member of the Catholic church. Hugh Brown, the subject, was reared at home and received a common school education at Ebensburg and at St. Vincent's College in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. When he was of age he purchased from the father's estate the hotel property, and in company with W. N. Bolsinger, his brother-in-law, assumed proprietorship of the Central Hotel, over which his father had presided for eighteen years. Mr. Brown is a Democrat, and a member of the Catholic church. He is known far and near as the popular landlord of Ebensburg.