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Isaac S. Latchaw was bom Nov. 14, 1853,
near Harmony, in Butler county, Pa., and was
educated in Irwin township, being a mere
child when the family settled at Barkeyville.
He remained at home until his marriage, and
was thoroughly trained to agricultur.al pur-
suits, also developing considerable mechanical
skill which he found useful not only in his
care and use of farm implements, but also in
his work in the oil fields. At the a^e of twenty-
two years he married Henrietta Stewart, who
was born on the farm where they have since
lived, and who was then sixteen years old.
Mr. and Mrs. Latchaw had been neighbors and
companions all their lives. Her father's health
being poor, Mr. Latchaw took charge of the
Stewart farm at the time of his marriage, and
Mr. Stewart dying a couple of years later, in
1877, he continued there, though the tract of
210 acres was then divided. By inheritance
and purchase of others' interests he has ac-
quired 120 acres of the property, and his son
Boyd has also bought a portion of it, owning
the old homestead site. Though he has had
the management of the farm ever since his
marriage, and always maintained his home
there, Mr. Latchaw was for many years oc-
cupied with outside interests, becommg inter-
ested in work at the oil wells as a tool dresser
and driller. The Stewart farm oil rights were
leased and for twelve years it was a productive
field, thirty-five wells being still active there.
Mr. Latchaw now gives all his attention to
general farming on his home place, which he
has developed to a profitable state, has erected
substantial new buildings there, and is improv-
ing the property to compare favorably with
any in the vicinity. It is located three and a
half miles west of Qintonville, and is fifteen
miles south of the county seat. He owns a
quarter interest in an oil lease near by, with ten
productive wells. Mr. Latchaw is a Repub-
lican in political sentiment, but he has not
taken any part in public affairs except as a
voter, and he has never cared to assume the
responsibilities of office.
Five children have been bom to Mr. and
Mrs. Latchaw: Elma is the wife of Harry
Hoffman, an oil producer, of Clintonville ;
Edith is the wife of Hart Hoffman, of near
Clintonville, an oil producer; Ola is married
to Ord Eakin, who also lives near Clintonville
and is engaged in the oil fields; Grace is the.
wife of Fred McDaniel, an oil producer, of
near Bullion; Boyd married Sadie McMillan
and has two children. Earl and Arnold. Boyd
Latchaw was a teacher in Venango county for
some years and has continued his interest in
educational matters, being at present a member
of the school board and secretary of that body.
Francis Marion Stewart, father of Mrs.
Latchaw, was bom in Butler county, Pa., son
of John Henry Stewart. They came to Ven-
ango county about 1855, J^h" Henry Stewart
settling on the farm in Irwin township which
has since been owned by his postenl^, and
Francis M. Stewart first locating at Qinton-
ville, joining his father after two years. They
developed the property as a dairy farm, and
it continued to be so operated for years, father
and son remaining here until they died. John
Henry Stewart lived to be eighty-nine years
old, dying in 1874, but Francis M. Stewart
passed away in 1877, aged forty-three years, a
victim of consumption. The latter married Su-
san Shannon, who survived him for twenty-five
years, dying in 1903 at the age of sixty-seven.
Of the three sons and six daughters bom to
them the sons all died young, the daughters
being: Emeline, who died when three years
old ; Mary Jane, who is unmarried and lives at
New Castle, Pa.; Henrietta, Mrs. Latchaw;
Elizabeth, who died when seventeen years old ;
Sarah Melissa, Mrs. Frank Walters, of Me-
chanicsville, Pa.; and Susan Permilla, Mrs.
R. A. Walker, of New Castle, Pennsylvania.
The parents of this family are buried in the
cemetery of the Pleasant View M. E. Church,
of which they were members. The grand-
parents attended the U. P. Church at Clinton-
ville, and are buried there.
Herbert
Latscha
