R. S. Imbrie    

R. S. IMBRIE, real estate and insurance agent, Beaver, was born in Big Beaver township, this county, Aug. 12, 1831, and is a son of John and Nancy (Rankin) Imbrie, natives of Pennsylvania and of Scotch descent, former of whom was a farmer and tanner. John Imbrie’s family consisted of ten children, six of whom are living, R.S. being the third. Our subject was reared in Big Beaver township, on the farm, and attended the Darlington Academy, his earliest life being spent in agricultural pursuits. He subsequently taught school, and afterwards embarked in mercantile business, in Franklin county, Pa. In 1861 he removed to Darlington, where he remained until 1865, when he came to Beaver, where he has since resided. The first twelve years spent in Beaver he was engaged in the sewing machine business, most of the time as a general agent. In this he met with financial success, starting in 1865, when the profits to agents were almost as much as the price of a machine now. He was married in Beaver county in 1859, to Nannie E., daughter of William Scott, and of Scotch-Irish descent. She is a sister of John M. Scott, clerk of the courts of Beaver county. Mr. and Mr. Imbrie’s children are J. Maurice, Nannie S., Nettie, Mabel, Grace and Jessie. They are members of the United Presbyterian church. Mr. Imbrie has been an elder and assistant Sabbath-school superintendent; is now teacher of the Bible class, and is at present superintendent of the Sunday-school in the U. P. church. He is a Republican.

History of Beaver County, including its early settlement; its erection into a separate county; its subsequent growth and development; sketches of its boroughs, villages and townships; portraits of some of its prominent men; biographies of many of its representative citizens; statistics, etc. by J. F. Richard; A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888. More Beaver County History Books  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file! Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com