MICHAEL WOLFE, deceased farmer of Allen township, was born in 1791, in Virginia. His father, George Wolfe, was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., and he and his wife afterward moved to Western Virginia, where they died. Michael Wolfe was reared and educated in Virginia, and in early manhood came to Allen township, Washington Co., Penn., where he followed farming and river life. He was there married to Sallie Allen, who was a great-grandchild of Joseph and Deborah (Hill) Allen. The latter couple were natives of eastern Pennsylvania, and coming to Washington county prior to the Revolution, took up a vast tract of land under a Virginia certificate, and became identified with the earliest history of this county. They were Quakers. Eli Allen, son of Joseph and Deborah (Hill) Allen, was born in eastern Pennsylvania, and came on horseback from Chester county to Fayette county, Penn., where he was married to Sarah Griffith, and finally settled on his father's tract in Washington county, Penn. He died in Indiana. Joseph Allen, son of Eli and Sarah Allen, was born in Fayette county, where he was reared and educated. In early life he was united in marriage with Alma Thompson, a native of Fayette county, and they moved to a farm in Allen township, Washington county, and he followed his vocation of boat-building. In political opinion he was a Jacksonian Democrat, and was an esteemed citizen. He died December 10, 1832, leaving a widow, since deceased. They were the parents of the following children: Letitia, born in March, 1808 (deceased wife of Allen Stockdale); Ruth, born August 30, 1809 (Mrs. Michael Wolfe), deceased many years ago; Eli, born January 23, 1811 (deceased in infancy); Sarah (widow of Michael Wolfe), born June 12, 1812; Eli, born March 22, 1814 (deceased in Fayette county, Penn., January 18, 1884, married to Martha Donaldson); Joanna, born September 15, 1815 (wife of Francis McKee, of Uniontown, Penn.); Joseph, born December 4, 1817 (married to Jane Lyons, and living in Beaver county, Penn.); and Barbara (deceased in infancy). Michael and Sallie (Allen) Wolfe began wedded life on a portion of the Allen tract, in Allen township, and his widow is yet living on seventy-five acres adjoining Stockdale, and rents the home farm. In political opinion Mr. Wolfe was a Democrat. He died November 2, 1880.

Text taken from page 1370 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed January 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published January 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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