Surnames: Laidley, Barclay, Galbraith, Flenniken
Norval Laidley was born in Cumberland Township, this county, May 4, 1829. He is a son of T H Laidley, being the oldest in their family of twelve children. He was reared in Carmicheaels, receiving his education in the old Greene Academy. Early in life he learned the saddler's trade, serving an apprenticeship in Carmichaels, where he soon engaged in the business for himself and continued therein for twelve years. He afterwards started a general store in company with his younger brother, A D Laidley, to whom he sold his interest in 1876 and left him the sole proprietor of their merchandising establishment.J B Laidley, physician and surgeon, Carmichaels, Penna. Among the best known physicians in Greene County is the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He is a son of Dr Thomas H Laidley and Sarah Barclay Laidley, and was born in Carmichaels, August 21, 1830. The Doctor's father was also a prominent physician, and practiced in Carmichaels and vicinity for over half a century. His grandfather, Thomas Laidley, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and his maternal grandfather, Hon Hugh Barclay, was a member of the Pennsylvania State Legislature in 1804. The doctor is the second in a family of twelve children, ten of whom are now living. He received his education at Greene Academy and subsequently studied medicine at the medical department of the University of Wooster, at Cleveland, Ohio, where he graduated March 1, 1856. He then returned to Carmichales where he has practiced continuously except during a part of the years 1861-1862 when he surved as Surgeon of the Eighty fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.
In 1859 he was united in marriage with Mary E Galbraith, daughter of William Galbraith, who was for many years a prominent physician of Jefferson, in this county, where Mrs Laidley was born. They have three living children: William Galbraith Laidley; Edmund Wirt Laidley; and John Collier Laidley.
Dr and Mrs Laidley are members of the M E Church in which he has been an official member since he united with the church. He has been school director for thirty years and has been known as a friend of education. He is a member of the GAR Post No 265 of Carmichaels, Penna.
Hon T H Laidley was born in Carmichaels, Penna. He is a son of Dr Thomas H Laidley, who was among the most prominent physicians of Greene County. Mr Laidley was the seventh in a family of eleven children. He was reared in Carmichaels, attending the Greene Academy. He learned the trade of tinner and followed it as a occupation for eight years. He subsequently clerked on a boat on the Monongahela River for a period of eight years.
He married Sarah W Flenniken, daughter of John W Flenniken. Her father was a descendant of the early pioneers of this county. Mr Laidley is the father of three children: Hettie Laidley; Thomas H Laidley Jr; and Albert Laidley. Mr Laidley is a Democrat, and has taken considerable interest in the politics of his county. He served as county auditor for several terms. He also represented his county in the State Legislature two terms, at the close of which he engaged in the mercantile business. He is a Presbyterian of which church his deceased wife was also a member. She died in 1885.