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Name: John Conrad Winebiddle, Birth: 11 MAR 1740/41 in Heidelberg, Germany
The Winebiddle family in Western Pennsylvania is descended from John Conrad Winebiddle who was born in Heidelberg, Germany, on March 11, 1741. In 1761, he married Elizabeth Taub. The Winebiddles then removed to America and arrived at Fort Pitt in 1771. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, John Conrad Winebiddle purchased cattle to feed and clothe the Continental troops and opened a tannery in the Lawrenceville area (near the current intersection of Butler Street and Penn Avenue.) Partly through the inheritance of his wife from her father, Casper Taub, John Conrad Winebiddle amassed large tracts of land in what would later be the 19th and 20th wards of Pittsburgh, including the town of East Liberty. They held, ultimately, 648 acres of land north of Forbes Road, forming a plantation known as "Rumbiddle."
The Winebiddles had four children: Barbara Anna Winebiddle Negley (1778-1867), Philip Winebiddle (1780-1871), Catharine AKitty@ Winebiddle Roup (1790-1877), and Conrad Winebiddle (d. 1859).
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Philip Winebiddle (1780-1871)
East Liberty farmer and landholder, Philip Winebiddle, the oldest son of John Conrad and Elizabeth Winebiddle, was born on May 14 or 15, 1780. In addition to holding lands in Erie, Pennsylvania, Winebiddle owned large parcels of land along the Greensburg Pike in the area which later comprised the 16th-20th wards of the city of Pittsburgh. In 1805, Philip Winebiddle was responsible for collecting county taxes in Pitt township. He is said to have fought in the War of 1812 and, during the Civil War, proposed selling land to the United States Army for an arsenal in either Pittsburgh or Erie. Philip Winebiddle died on December 17, 1871.
On September 3, 1807, Philip Winebiddle married Susanna Roup (1786-1873), a daughter of Jonas and Ablonia [Abigail] Horr Roup. The Winebiddles had seven children: Lafayette Winebiddle (1808-1863), Elizabeth Winebiddle Phillips (1810-1896), Sarah B. Winebiddle McWilliams (1811-1875), Mary Ann Winebiddle Menold (b. 1814), Rebecca Roup Winebiddle Phillips (1819-1896), William Cunningham Winebiddle (1821-1915), and Agnes Olive Newton Winebiddle Brown (b. 1826).
Lafayette Winebiddle (1808-1863)
Philip and Susanna Roup Winebiddle's eldest son, Lafayette Winebiddle, was born on September 5, 1808. Although he assisted his brother, William Cunningham Winebiddle, in a coal hauling business in the East Liberty section of Pittsburgh, Lafayette Winebiddle was principally a farmer on the family's lands along the Greensburg and Pittsburgh Turnpike. During the 1830s, he was a captain in the Allegheny County Light Dragoons. Lafayette Winebiddle also served on the board of directors of the Pittsburgh Coal Company and was responsible for the collection of taxes in Peebles township in the early 1840s. He died on August 7, 1863.
William Cunningham Winebiddle (1821-1915)
The second son of Philip and Susanna Winebiddle, William Cunningham Winebiddle, was born on March 9, 1821. Along with his cousin, James Scott Negley (1826-1901), he joined the Duquesne Greys on December 12, 1846, to fight in the war with Mexico; he was present at the fall of Mexico City in September 1847. He was a member of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church and lived most of his life in a house built by his parents on Penn Avenue, farming on the family's estates. At the time of his death in 1915, William Cunningham Winebiddle was said to be the last living survivor of the Mexican-American War in Pittsburgh.
Subseries: 1: Papers of Philip Winebiddle (1769-1902)
Scope Note: Philip Winebiddle's personal financial papers contain accounts, bills, and receipts from his farming and coal mining businesses and taxes, including correspondence concerning the sale of hay to the U.S. Army during the Civil War. The series also includes a small amount of legal material, generally summonses and court decisions concerning property disputes. Most of these disputes were resolved in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. The bulk of Philip Winebiddle's papers consists of property records, 1769-1873, including abstracts of title, agreements, deeds, leases, surveys, letters, and related documents for parcels of land, principally in the East Liberty section of Pittsburgh and Erie, Pennsylvania. Of particular note are drafts and copies of an 1861 letter to President Abraham Lincoln, offering, on Winebiddle's behalf, land for an arsenal in either Erie or Pittsburgh. There is also a small amount of legal material concering the division of Philip Winebiddle's estate and property holdings in the city's 19th ward. The subseries includes a few personal and business letters, both sent and received, of Philip Winebiddle, including an 1848 letter from his nephew, James Scott Negley, describing his efforts to release himself and William Cunningham Winebiddle from Army service in the Mexican War.
Subseries: 2: Papers of Lafayette Winebiddle 1823-1874
Scope Note: The personal papers of Lafayette Winebiddle include a number of account books and daybooks, 1840-1862; most of these records document his coal hauling business, though one additional volume contains a record of his tax collection activities in Peebles Township in 1840-1841. One folder of receipted bills, accounts, and miscellaneous financial material, including accounts from his estate, is also included. In addition to financial papers, the subseries includes Lafayette Winebiddle's student manuscript mathematical exercise book, 1823-1824, illustrating accounting and educational practices of the period, and several letters addresed to him, principally from his brother, William Cunningham Winebiddle, documenting his movements, activities, and request for discharge from service in the 1846-1848 Mexican War. Lafayette Winebiddle was also a captain in the Allegheny County Light Dragoons, and the subseries contains one folder of rolls, 1836-1841, and related documents, listing members of the militia unit and their attendance at periodic training sessions in the area.
Subseries: 6: Miscellaneous Family Papers 1787-1951
Scope Note: The series concludes with miscellaneous materials from various members of the Winebiddle family and its associated Negley and Roup branches, including genealogical research, correspondence, and information compiled by Susanna Winebiddle Brown Baum and Kate Johnston Baum Shillito. Notable items in the subseries are additional letters, 1847-1898, of James Scott Negley, several addressed to his uncle, Alexander Negley, concerning his experiences in the Mexican-American War, and information on the estate of Catharine Winebiddle Roup.
Negley Family Folder 13
Negley, James Scott 1847-1898
Source: Papers of the Baum Family, 1769-1976, MSS# 110, Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania.
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