Dr. Joseph Pollock and Rachel Morehead
Husband Dr. Joseph Pollock 1
Born: 1788 2 Christened: Died: 1856 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 2 Buried:Marriage:
Wife Rachel Morehead 3
Born: Abt 1788 Christened: Died: Autumn, 1874 3 Buried:
Father: James Morehead ( - ) 3 Mother:
Children
1 M Perry A. Pollock 3
AKA: Periander Pollock 2 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
2 M Milo Pollock 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: [Unk] Van Horn ( - )
3 M Hiram Pollock 3
Born: Abt 1820 Christened: Died: 15 Apr 1896 Buried:Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Kerr (Abt 1822-1890) 4
4 F Camilla N. Pollock 5 6
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: William N. Maitland ( - ) 5 6
5 F Isaphena Pollock 2 7
AKA: Isaphoena Pollock 3 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Capt. William McMillen ( - ) 7 8
6 F Belinda Pollock 3 9
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1904 Buried:Spouse: Robert Wallace Clendenin (Abt 1823-Aft 1904) 3 10 Marr: 1846 9
7 F Adaline Pollock 1 11 12
Born: 20 Jun 1824 12 Christened: Died: 7 Jul or 14 Jul 1907 11 12 Buried:Spouse: Joseph Semple White (1820- ) 12 13 14 Marr: 1 Dec 1841 11 12
8 F Laura Pollock 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John Mitchell ( - ) 3
9 F Caroline Pollock 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Dennis McCoy ( - ) 3
10 F Josephine Pollock 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: William Sommers ( - ) 3
General Notes: Husband - Dr. Joseph Pollock
He was a prominent physician of New Castle, Pennsylvania, and was considered by many to be the best physician and surgeon in western Pennsylvania.
He finished his collegiate course in 1808, and in 1810 commenced his practice near Monongahela City, Washington County, Pennsylvania, but later came to New Castle, where he was interested in the lumber business to some extent. He reared a large family, and did much to further the progress of the town. He was not only very successful as a physician and surgeon, with a reputation for skillful work which extended through a number of counties, but he was also a leader in general business and industrial circles. He was recognized as one of the foremost men of the western part of Pennsylvania, and was a frequent and welcome contributor to various periodicals on many questions of current public interest.
The year 1840 witnessed the launching of a steamboat, which was built by Doctor Joseph Pollock, and put on to run between Pittsburgh and New Castle. The boat was actually constructed by David Frisbie, a ship and steamboat builder from New York City, and was launched at the canal basin in July of the year mentioned. The doctor's son, Hiram, and his son-in-law, Captain William McMillen, each had an interest in the new venture. The steamboat was christened the "Isaphena," after the doctor's daughter, and was put in command of Capt. McMillen. It was soon found, however, that the new vessel was built too sharp at the bow and too deep for the waters of the Beaver River, and accordingly a new flat-bottomed hull was constructed and her upper works and engine were transferred to the new hull in October, 1840. It was provided with two very peculiar wheels constructed from an idea of Doctor Pollock's, which operated without producing any wake, thus avoiding the washing of the banks which an ordinary steamer produced. The new craft was very popular and took all the passenger business, until Messrs. Reed, Parks & Co., who were running the packet line, constructed two superior vessels fitted up with sleeping berths and other conveniences. These boats connected with a line of fine steamers at Beaver, and the passengers were carried between New Castle and Pittsburgh without delay. The competition of these new packets compelled the proprietors of the "Isaphena" to seek other channels for business, and the steamer was accordingly put on the Monongahela River, and ran for a number of months in 1841 between Pittsburgh and Monongahela City. Afterwards it was enlarged and improved, and from 1842 was engaged in the Southern cotton trade on the lower Mississippi.
Dr. Pollock settled on a farm in Shenango Township, then in Beaver County, in 1826, coming from Williamsport, now Monongahela City. From 1835 until his death, he was a resident of New Castle but practiced medicine only among a limited few after settling here. He was a member of the Legislature in 1831-2, and at one time served on the State Equalization Board. He was also superintendent of the Beaver division of the canal in 1841-42-43. He was remarkable for being an earnest and practically lifelong advocate of total abstinence at a time when drinking habits were all too prevalent. It is said that he was the only one of his college class who did not fill drunkard's grave.
1 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 61, 242.
2 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 242.
3 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 61.
4 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 62.
5 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 61, 305.
6 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 649.
7 Margaret White Loomis, The Presbyterian Families of White, Crawford, Hanna and Sharp (Winnetka, IL: Self-published, 1940), Pg 5.
8 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 46.
9 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 44.
10 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 43.
11 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 1011.
12 Margaret White Loomis, The Presbyterian Families of White, Crawford, Hanna and Sharp (Winnetka, IL: Self-published, 1940), Pg 3.
13 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 241.
14
Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 1010.
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