Moved to Irwin ca. 1887, where he still resided in 1905. No children.16
Joseph Bender, second son of Isaac and Mary Ann (Heintzleman) Bender, was born at Slabtown, near Harrison City, Pennsylvania, March 6, 1850. He received a common school education and farmed until the age of thirty-five, when he learned the trade of carpenter, later taking up contracting and building, which he has followed ever since. He came to Irwin about 1887, built his present home, and has resided there continuously since that date, a period of almost twenty years. He is a member of the Reformed church, and served as a member of the church committee for twelve years. He is a Democrat in politics. Joseph Bender married, June 9, 1896, Margaret E. (Elgin) Laughlin, daughter of James and Mary Elizabeth (McCord) Elgin, of Clarion county, and widow of John L. Laughlin, who died May 12, 1893. By her marriage to Mr. Laughlin she was the mother of three children: Lucy Gertrude, born June 14, 1887; Sarah Cornelius, born November 30, 1888; and John L., Jr., born December 17, 1893. These children live with Mr. and Mrs. Bender in Fairmount, near Irwin. Mrs. Bender's great-great-grandfather McCord went from Ireland to Scotland, and from thence emigrated to America, settling in Delaware. His son was with General Washington at Valley Forge. Joseph McCord, son of the Revolutionary soldier, and grandfather of Mrs. Bender, came to Clarion county as manager of some of the first ore furnaces there, and his descendants are still to be found there.16 |