Fred W. Moser and Ella B. Emery

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Husband Fred W. Moser ¹

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           Born: 11 Mar 1884 - Greenville, Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Father: Jacob Moser (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Kate Schwilly (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1906 - Greenville, Mercer Co, PA 1

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Wife Ella B. Emery ^{1 2}

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         Father: William W. Emery (1847-      ) 1 3
         Mother: Dora F. Loomis (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 M Marvin E. Moser ⁵

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           Born: 19 Feb 1909 5
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         Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Huey (      -      ) 5

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General Notes: Husband - Fred W. Moser

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He received his early education at gram­mar and high schools in Greenville, Pennsylvania, and attended Thiel College there for two years. He interested himself in different enterprises for a time. In 1901 and 1902 he was a compositor in a newspaper plant in Pittsburgh. In 1904 Mr. Moser became associated with the Bessemer Railroad shops in Greenville, acting as timekeeper. In 1907 Mr. Moser bought a half interest in the “Greenville Progress,” a weekly newspaper. In 1920 he became sole owner and editor and publisher until 1941, when he sold the paper.
It was in 1936 that President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed F. W. Moser postmaster of Greenville. He was reappointed in 1941 under the new Civil Service provision which makes the appointment permanent until retirement. Mr. Moser was a Democrat, was active in local business affairs as a director of the First National Bank of Greenville, served also as a director of the Masonic Holding Association, and was a trustee of Warren State Hospital. He belonged to the National Postmasters' Association and the Pennsylvania Post­masters' Association, and was president of the Mercer County Postmasters' Association. In the Free and Ac­cepted Masons, Mr. Moser belonged to Eureka Lodge, No. 290; Chapter No. 212, Royal Arch Masons; Mount Cal­vary Commandery, No. 67, Knights Templar; and Zem Zem Temple (Erie), Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Moser also was affiliated with the Loyal Order of Moose and Greenville Lodge, No. 145, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, as well as with the Protected Home Circle. He belonged to the Reformed Evangelical Church of Greenville.

1 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 273.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 788.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 787, 811.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 811.

5 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 274.