Post by daveseibert on Aug 29, 2008 23:04:03 GMT -5
Taken from Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania by John W. Jordan, Vol. 1, pp. 386-388.
James Wood Friend, son of Porter R. and Rebekah J. ( Wood ) Friend, was born November 2, 1845, on Third street, Pittshurgh, Pa. Attended Pgh. Academy and Western University of Pa. First employed in his father's iron business, firm being, P.R. Friend & Co., later worked for his maternal grandfather, James Wood, in the iron business. Porter R. Friend, father of James Wood Friend, Married Rebekah, daughter of James Wood, who also was the father of J. Theodore and Charles A. Wood. James Wood Friend married January 4, 1871, Martha Anna McClellan and they become the parents of four children, viz: Charles Wood, Theodore W., Elizabeth, wife of William Howard Parke and Rebekah, wife of Hay Walker. James Wood Friend died December 26, 1909, Pgh. Pa. He was president and principal owner of the Clinton Iron and Steel Co., president of the People's Coal Co., chief owner of the Monongahela Dredging Co., director in the Farmer's Deposit National Bank, the German National Bank of Allegheny,director Pressed Steel Car Co., First National Bank of McKees Rocks and Chartiers Trust Co.
James Wood Friend, son of Porter R. and Rebekah J. ( Wood ) Friend, was born November 2, 1845, on Third street, Pittshurgh, Pa. Attended Pgh. Academy and Western University of Pa. First employed in his father's iron business, firm being, P.R. Friend & Co., later worked for his maternal grandfather, James Wood, in the iron business. Porter R. Friend, father of James Wood Friend, Married Rebekah, daughter of James Wood, who also was the father of J. Theodore and Charles A. Wood. James Wood Friend married January 4, 1871, Martha Anna McClellan and they become the parents of four children, viz: Charles Wood, Theodore W., Elizabeth, wife of William Howard Parke and Rebekah, wife of Hay Walker. James Wood Friend died December 26, 1909, Pgh. Pa. He was president and principal owner of the Clinton Iron and Steel Co., president of the People's Coal Co., chief owner of the Monongahela Dredging Co., director in the Farmer's Deposit National Bank, the German National Bank of Allegheny,director Pressed Steel Car Co., First National Bank of McKees Rocks and Chartiers Trust Co.