>From this individual he learned of a party of hunters of whom his friend Cox was a member. After a few days' rest he again started out, and was rewarded by finding a hunter by the name of Sparks, whose cabin was about a half mile north of Somerset. From him he obtained information of his friend Cox, who he found without difficulty. He built a cabin in the near vicinity of Cox's camp, where he remained until his return to Hagerstown some two years later. This was in June of 1771. Being favorably impressed with the country to which he had in such an unexpected manner found his way, he soon began to purchase the claims of the hunters, and in this way became the original proprietor of all the lands immediately north of the present borough of Somerset. In 1773 he returned to Hagerstown, and the following year returned with his family and settled on what has since been known as the "Husband Farm." During the revolution he was a member of the supreme executive council of the province. He made a second assessment of the township of Brother's Valley, which then embraced the present county of Somerset. During the "whisky insurrection," although he counseled submission to the laws, he was taken prisoner and conveyed to Philadelphia, where he died in 1795. At the time of his decease he was a large landholder and one of the most prominent citizens of the county, and his name is attached to nearly all the initial events in its history. His will, in which he bequeathed his property to his family, is the first one on the county records. He reared a family of eight children, 4 boys and 4 girls, all of whom excepting Isaac (who was born in Hagerstown, MD in 1771) removed to different states. The widow and her daughters and her son John emigrated to Kentucky, where they died. Isaac, at the time of his father's demise, was a young man of 24 years of age. By the conditions of his father's will, he came into possession of a tract of land of about 400 acres, situate about 1½ miles south of Somerset. In company with his brother John he built a mill on this tract. John, however, soon disposed of his interest and, as stated before, removed to Kentucky with his mother. Isaac, like his father, was an active energetic man, and identified himself largely with the interests of the county. His decease occurred in 1856, in the 87th year of his age. He married Miss Ann, daughter of Philip King, and reared a family of 7 children: Mary, Emma, Phebe, Herman, William, David and Phillip. Of the daughters, all are living with the exception of Mary. Of the sons, all are deceased excepting David and Phillip. The latter resides in Iowa; the former is a prominent farmer in Somerset.