http://books.google.com/books?id=bZl4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=%22Dutton+Shannon%22+fallowfield+pa&source=bl&ots=TE-BHOp3m7&sig=8Pe3VMmlNbqp1UD_AkH8fMUUk-M&hl=en&ei=nLoXTq2-GdG_gQf7j6XzDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAw#v=snippet&q=cyrus%20underwood&f=false The old and new Monongahela, By John Stogdell Van Voorhis, 1893, Pittsburgh pg. 467 Thomas Ward & Frederick Cooper Thos. Ward built the first house in Bellevernon. In the summer of 1815 he purchased the lot on the corner of Main and 2nd streets, now owned by Howard McClure and Mrs. Kittle, and built thereon the well known house now moved to the upper end of the lot, and occupied now (1893) by James Haggerty's widow. Before moving into this house Ward resided in the old house that stood near the present home of Wm. Kyle in N. Bellevernon. He was a most skillful mechanic in every art of making wood. He was b. May 23, 1776, but where we cannot say, or just when he came to this vicinity. He lived to a good old age in Bellevernon, and when the decrepitude of age prevented his earning his own living he was kindly taken to the household of his children in OH, where some 30 years ago he died. His wife was a daughter of the old Frederick Cooper who settled about 1768 on the farm lately owned by Thomas Redd, and the farm of Robert McKain, both of which now form the site of the flourishing town of Charleroi. This settlement was made after the death of his first wife. On this farm (then embracing both the Redd and McKain land) he reared a shanty or cabin under the protection of the FORT that was located near the present Gibsonton distillery on the opposite side of the river. Notwithstanding the FORT, the depredations of the Indians were so frequent and dangerous that the new emigrant concluded to return for a time to the east, where he had left his son John and 2 daughters, Polly and Betsy. Whilst in the east he m. Elizabeth Kyle as his second wife, and in a short time after the marriage he returned to his farm on the Monongahela, with his new wife and children, where he remained to the day of his death. His remains were no doubt interred in the family burying ground yet to be seen in the orchard above the present residence of Mrs. Thomas Redd. Frederick's son Valentine inherited the farm and lived at his death in the old house that stood not far from the present brick house. Jehu, son of Valentine, inherited the upper part of the land and in his day erected the brick house. He sold, before going west, to A. P. Frye, whose heirs sold to Thomas Redd, who in 1890 sold the farm, excepting the house and surroundings, to the Charleroi Land Company. The lower part of the original Cooper farm was sold at Administer's or Executor's sale, Daniel Van Voorhis becoming purchaser, who in his day sold it to his son John F. John F., sold it to Elgy Van Voorhis, his nephew, now of Kansas City, Missouri. After a short residence on it Elgy sold the farm to Robert McKain, a greater part of which he sold in 1890 to the Charleroi Land Company, on which they are now building the flourishing town of Charleroi.