Another relative raised by Baptist McFarlane was William Montgomery, who was a blacksmith located on Grant Street indicated by the WM on the above map. Elizabeth married James in about 1815, which would have left Jane as the sole manger of the market. The daughters may have operated the market selling produce from other sources since it was a business in one of the buildings on Market Street. By this time Baptist had move further from Pittsburgh to Mifflin Township and appears to have given up farming. Their younger sister, Elizabeth, could have started working in the market by 1810 when she was 18 years old. By 1807 her next older sister, Jane, would have been 18 and old enough to manage the market. Like James, he lived nearby on Wood Street far from the McFarlane home in Baldwin Township. She was Isabella McFarlane, and she married Robert Stitt in 1807. The market probably was first operated by Baptist or his wife, but by 1803 his eldest daughter would have been old enough to manage it. The McFarlane market appears to have been it. Since Baptist lived quite a distance from this part of Pittsburgh, it would be difficult for Elizabeth to have met James unless they had something in common. It was between James Phillips and the McFarlane market. The 1796 letter was letter in care of John Irwin, store keeper, who was located on Fourth Street between Wood and Market Streets. The timing is further supported by the letters he received at the Pittsburgh Post office in 17. Since the market was a building in a prime location, it is likely that Baptist McFarlane established this market in the mid-1790s to be able to market his farm produce in Pittsburgh. Jane was the daughter of Baptist and Magdalena McFarlane who were the parents of Elizabeth McFarlane, the wife of James. The McFarlane market is listed in the 1815 business directory under the name of Jane McFarlane, but it appears to have been a store and a possible residence, since its address is where buildings were located across from the Black Bear Hotel. This was the main location for them to sell their produce. Many farmers had stalls in the Market Place or the Diamond where the Courthouse was located. Her father was a farmer in the Baldwin Township area and appears to have had a store located on the east side of Market Street near Fifth Street (JM on the map). James married Elizabeth McFarlane about 1815. He and his mother probably rented the house around 1812. There was little room behind the houses for any furnace that James would have needed as a blacksmith or nailer. Sketches of this area (above) show the houses to be two or three stories made of wood or brick and fronting on the street with little or no room between them. It was owned by John Irwin who also owned other property in the area. He rented a house there that appears to have been located on Lot 357 (Location JP on the map above) on the north side of the street. There is no evidence that his location on Fourth Street between Wood and Smithfield Streets was a blacksmith business. However, during the years he lived on Fourth Street, he probably worked for one of the manufacturers in Pittsburgh that made nails and other hardware products. In his naturalization paper and in the census his occupation is listed as a “nailer” or a person who makes nails, but he made many other products. According to family information when James (1) came from Carlisle, PA in about 1810, he established a blacksmith shop in the Pittsburgh area that made bolts, nails, hinges and other hardware for the early pioneers. James arrived in Pittsburgh well before 1815 when the Pittsburgh business directory listed him as a “nailor” on Fourth Street. James Phillips left the Carlisle area about the time some of the iron foundries were put up for sale in 1811.
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