Sewickley Herald

              Venerable 3\tvermert*
Four of our oldest and most highly respected citizens, all rivermen of the old school, and residents of 'the Valley, who have been
spared to witness the celebration of the opening of the new bridge.   For more than half a century these men ,
have been greatly interested in the progressive changes that have taken place in this community.
CAPT. JOHN 0. ANDERSON
settled in the village over * fifty-four
years ago. He was borri at Leetsdale
83 years ago, and was a famous pilot _
rlurjng the latter'fifties and early sixties. This yenert i I ian is possessed of a wonc U ar memory
and. is a very active man for his age.
Mr. Anderson is president of the Anderson Automobile Company, of this place.
He is much devoted to his- family and
lias a host of friends.
MR. COCHRAN FLEMING,
son of Cochran Fleming, Esq., of Allegheny, followed the river in his younger
days and settled in Sewickley 54 years
ago. He is of a generous arid hospitable nature and was a successful business' man of the fifties, sixties and
es. Although retired from active
life, he is much interested in the welfare of the Valley. He is now spending " the Summer at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Hugh 0. Nevin, in Virginia.
' MR. EZRA P. YOUNG,
over fifty years ago, settled at "Sun-.
Edgeworth. His father was Capt.
Samuel Young, of Shoustown, a great
steamboat builder many years -ago. He
built many boats during the fifties.
Mr. Young was a pilot, and the first
two steamships for the south were taken
out by him. His grandfather was
' t Anderson, Esq., who settled in
Leetsdale   in   1825.     Mr.   Ezra  Young
spends the winters in Florida and the
..aiada, and is a eon
tor of the "Herald/' telling our readers about his trips.
CAPT, FREDERICK G. DIPPOLD,
of "Romayne," is one of the best
known and most successful rivermen
of to.-day. He is still in the service. He
has a great collection of relics of the
stone age and war days. Mr. Dippold
settled in the Valley over fifty years
ago. His father, Capt. John Li?
Sr., late of Logan Station, on the P.,
Ft. W. & C. Ry., was a,pioneer coal man
and owner of five steamers during the
war, which took out towns for New
Oileans and other down-river ports.