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LEWIS WALTHOUR, watchman for the P., McK. & Y. R. R., McKeesport, was born in what is now Manor Station, Westmoreland county, Pa., Sept. 10, 1828, a son of Stofel and Catharine (Drum) Walthour. His paternal grandfather, Casper Walthour, was a native of Sweden, a farmer by occupation, and a pioneer of Westmoreland county. In 1785 he erected a gristmill on Brush creek, near Manor Station, which is still used for milling purposes, and is said to be the oldest gristmill in Western Pennsylvania; it has never been out of the Walthour family, and has changed owners but twice since its erection. Casper was a large land owner, and received the first title from the government of a tract in Allegheny county reaching from the Monongahela to the Allegheny river. He reared a large family, of whom Stofel, father of Lewis, and a miller by trade, resided in Westmoreland county until his death. Our subject was reared in his native county, and began life as a brakeman on the P. R. R. He was for several years an engineer on the P. & C. R. R., and acted in the same capacity for the A. V. R. R. thirteen years. At present he is in the employ of the P., McK. &. Y. R. R. Mr. Walthour first located in McKeesport in 1851; he returned in 1862, remained until 1865, and since 1880 has been a permanent resident of this city. He is the owner of valuable real estate, and has erected several substantial tenement houses. His wife, E. J., is the daughter of John Probst, of Greensburg, Pa., and by her he has one son, William B. Walthour, now a resident of Verona. Mr. Walthour is a member of the C. P. Church; in politics he is a republican.