Major Robert Darragh

1776 - Est 1871  (95 years)

• Name	Robert Darragh
  Prefix	Major
  Birth	1776	Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Est 1871
  Person ID	I9412	Scudder
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2003

  
  

  Family	Deborah Hart,   b. 1776, Washington county, Pennsylvania d. 1864, Beaver county, Pennsylvania (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	Est 1804  [1]
  Children	1. John Stafford Darragh,   b. Est 1806, Pennsylvania d. Yes, date unknown   2. Martha A. Darragh,   b. Est 1808, Pennsylvania d. Yes, date unknown   3. Cinthia B. Darragh,   b. Est 1810, Pennsylvania d. Yes, date unknown   4. Jesse Darragh,   b. Est 1812, Pennsylvania d. Yes, date unknown   5. James Darragh,   b. Est 1814, Pennsylvania d. Yes, date unknown   6. Hart Darragh,   b. Est 1818, Pennsylvania d. Yes, date unknown   7. Mattison Darragh,   b. Est 1820, Pennsylvania d. Yes, date unknown   8. Scudder Hart Darragh,   b. Est 1822, Pennsylvania d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3390	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Robert came to America early in life and settled in Sharon, now the northern portion of Bridgewater. He was one of the early hotel keepers of Beaver county and also established, early in the 19th Century, a very successful general store and warehouse trade in Sharon, which was then a shipping point. He was elected to the Pennsylvania Senate in 1846. During the War of 1812, when word reached Sharon of an Indian massacre of women and children near the present city of Warren, Ohio, Robert sent at his own expense all of the powder, shot, lead and flints stored in his warehouse, to aid the endangered settlers. Robert later built a large iron foundry at Sharon, which he successfully operated with his sons, John Stafford, Hart, Mattison and Scudder Hart under the name R. Darragh & Sons until 1848, when all withdrew except Mattison and Scudder Hart, who continued the business until 1902 when they sold out and retired.

  
  

• Sources

  [S423] Our History.