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JAMES M. HEMPHILL (deceased) was born in Ireland in 1830, a son of Robert and Martha Hemphill, and came with his parents to America in 1837, settling in this county. Robert Hemphill was twice married, and the following were his children: James M., Jane (twice married, first to John Campbell, next to William Taylor), Sarah (wife of Samuel Speer, both deceased), Nancy (deceased), James (deceased), John (deceased), and Margaret (Mrs. Trivet), who died leaving a daughter, now the wife of Charles Magore. Mrs. Robert Hemphill died in 1839, and Robert Hemphill in 1868. At the age of nine years James M. Hemphill went to live and farm with his cousin, William Morris, and at the age of seventeen he was apprenticed to James Mondon to learn wagon-making; after mastering the trade, in 1853, he bought out Mr. Mondon, and continued in that business for about thirteen years, when he engaged in coopering, making a specialty of barrels for the Standard Oil company; he extended this business until he employed about 150 men. He has the reputation among those who knew him of having been one of the most energetic, successful and honorable business men of Allegheny City. He was married March 6, 1852, to Ann Maria, daughter of James and Mary Carr, and to them were born children as follows: Anna C. (wife of Charles Herbert, both deceased), Mary E. (Mrs. Charles Lewis), Robert C., Martha V. (wife of Gilmore Evans), Luella W., James S. and Edna. Mr. Hemphill was a member of the F. &A. M. and I. O. O. F., and for twenty-six years of the M. E. Church, in which he was a steward and trustee.