BIO: Simon HARROLD, Beaver County, PA
  
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  BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES.  This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches 
  of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  Buffalo, N.Y., 
  Chicago, Ill.: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899, pp. 401-402.
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  SIMON HARROLD, a prominent contractor of Beaver Falls, and a member of the
  State Legislature from Beaver county, Pa., has been a resident of that
  borough since 1866, and it may be said that no man has worked more
  conscientiously to advance its interests than he.
  
  Mr. Harrold was born in Columbiana (now Mahoning) county, Ohio, November 3,
  1840, and is a son of Samuel Harrold.
  
  His grandfather was David Harrold, a native of Bucks county, Pa., whose
  father fought under General Washington at Valley Forge, and a descendant of
  the sturdy Saxon race. Samuel Harrold, the father of our subject, was born in
  Columbiana county, Ohio, August 16, 1816.
  
  Simon Harrold received his education in the schools of Mahoning county, Ohio.
  Upon leaving school he went to Springfield, Ill., and started in business in
  partnership with a Mr. Eberhardt as a general contractor, continuing for
  three years. He then returned to his home and after his marriage moved to
  Beaver Falls, in 1866, becoming one of the first business men of that town.
  The population did not exceed 100, the borough being incorporated in 1868.
  Mr. Harrold built a planing mill in partnership with a Mr. Crane, and they
  procured lumber from the North and West. He purchased the first car load of
  lumber that was ever shipped to Beaver county from the West, the
  transportation charges from Cleveland amounting to $48. He also engaged in
  contracting alone and soon established a wide reputation. The planing mill
  was named the Beaver Falls Planing Mill, and after Mr. Crane's retirement, in
  1869, our subject became the principal member of the firm and so continued
  until very recently, when he retired from the active management of the
  business. They manufacture doors, window sashes, and all kinds of building
  material. Mr. Harrold has always been engaged in contracting and has built
  more houses than any other contractor in the district, and has built every
  hotel in the borough. He has been awarded many large contracts throughout the
  surrounding country, including nearly every factory in Beaver Falls, in all or
  in part; the courthouses at New Lisbon and Coshocton; several locks and dams
  on the Monongahela and other rivers; street paving, - an example of which is
  the elegantly paved streets of Beaver Falls; the street railway from
  Pittsburg to Coraopolis, the People's line, and the Riverview; the waterworks
  at Beaver, Pa., and Leetonia, Ohio; and the pump station for the Monongahela
  Company at Becks Run and Esplin.
  
  Mr. Harrold was joined in wedlock with Louisa Schauweker, who was born in
  Columbiana county, Ohio, and is a daughter of Jacob Schauweker, who was born
  in Germany, but came to America where he followed the
  
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  trade of a tanner and leather dealer, a business followed by the family for
  many generations. This union resulted in seven children: Julia E.; Irvin C.;
  Alberta A.; Mary; Isadore; Katie; Alfred. They were all educated in Beaver
  county and are graduates of Beaver Falls High School. Politically, our
  subject is a Republican and cast his first presidential vote for Lincoln. He
  has always been an active party worker and although he has never sought
  office it has at times been thrust upon him. He helped to organize and was
  one of the first councilmen in the borough, and has served in all fifteen
  years. In 1898, he was elected a member of the State Legislature from Beaver
  county, in which body he has always been an active worker, doing his utmost
  to further the interests of his constituents and those of the state. He voted
  regularly with the Republican party for the election of Quay in the senatorial
  contest, and the resulting deadlock has convinced him that the proper way to
  elect a senator is by the direct vote of the people. Religiously, he is a
  member of the M. P. church. Fraternally, he is a Mason, belonging to Valley
  Echo Lodge, F. & A. M., of Beaver Falls, Pa. Mr. Harrold's portrait
  accompanies this sketch.