Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Enoch William Filer and Gertrude Zinn




Husband Enoch William Filer 1 2 3

           Born: 10 May 1887 - Lake Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Father: Frank P. Filer (1863-      ) 1 2 3
         Mother: Louie H. Turner (1865-      ) 1 2 3


       Marriage: 25 Jan 1911 - Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 3



Wife Gertrude Zinn 3

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1 M Frank Filer 3

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2 M Willard Filer 3

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3 F Nancy Lee Filer 3

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General Notes: Husband - Enoch William Filer


He attended the public schools of Mercer, Pennsylvania, afterwards attending the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Colorado. He began his business activities in 1910 as superintendent of the Pardoe Coal Company's plant, near Mercer, and so continued to 1916. Then, in partnership with William Jenkins, he purchased a mine, and organized the Filer-Jenkins Company, of which he was president from 1916 to 1924. In 1917, when his father, Frank P. Filer, organized the firm of F. P. Filer & Company, he was made secretary and treasurer of that concern. A Democrat in political matters, with his vote and influence he supported the principles of that party. Mr. Filer's fraternal affiliations were with the Free and Accepted Masons, at Mercer; Knights Templar Commandery at Sharon; the Ancient Scottish Rite Consistory of New Castle; and Zem Zem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Erie; he was also a member of the Sharon Country Club, and the Rotary Club, at Mercer. His religious affiliation was with the Second Presbyterian Church.

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Sources


1 Alexander Turner, A History of the Turner Family and Their Connections (Sheakleyville, PA: Press of W. R. English, 1890), Pg 68.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 379.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 449.


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