Charles Gerlach and Margaret A. Hutchison

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Husband Charles Gerlach ¹

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           Born: 12 Dec 1842 - Germany 1
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         Father: Jacob Gerlach (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Gertrude [Unk] (      -      )

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       Marriage: 1 Nov 1870 2

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Wife Margaret A. Hutchison ^{2 3}

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           Born:  - Oakland Twp, Butler Co, PA
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         Father: George Hutchison (1803-1855) 2 3 4
         Mother: Mary Larimer (      -1852) 2

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Children

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1 M William C. Gerlach ²

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2 M Edward McCune Gerlach ²

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Blanche Gerlach ⁵

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         Spouse: Samuel H. Bovard (      -      ) 5

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4 M Frank Gerlach ²

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5 M George A. Gerlach ²

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         Spouse: Jennie Morrison (      -      ) 2

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6 F Cora Gerlach ²

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         Spouse: Brice Miller (      -      ) 2

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7 M Charles Gerlach ²

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8 M Harvey Gerlach ²

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            AKA: Harry Gerlach 6
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         Spouse: Luella Bortz (      -      ) 2 6

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9 M Roy Gerlach ²

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10 M Elmer Gerlach ²

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11 U Clair Gerlach ²

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General Notes: Husband - Charles Gerlach

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In 1852 Charles Gerlach accompanied his parents across the Atlantic Ocean to America. They settled on a farm in But­ler County, PA, not far from Harmony, and after examining property in various directions, finally bought a farm which was situated about three miles west of Butler, and on that farm Charles Gerlach grew to manhood. While he re­mained at home he assisted his father, but when he had reached his legal majority, he started out to accumulate for himself, and for several years worked hard in the oil country. When possessed of sufficient capital, he embarked in a mercantile busi­ness at Mt. Chestnut, which he continued there for three years and then transferred his business to Greece City, for another three years, going from there to St. Joe for three years and then spent three years in the same line at West Sunbury. From that place he removed to Euclid and after seven years of merchandising there, went into the creamery business. This industry Mr. Gerlach carried on very successfully on his farm near Harrisville, but the time came when he needed better facilities, find­ing these and also a rich outlying terri­tory in Slippery Rock Township, where he acquired 253 acres of fine land, to­gether with a second farm, three miles distant, of 156 acres. In his sons, Mr. Gerlach found steady, industrious young men and he associated them with him and the dairy and creamery business is con­tinued with yearly increasing prosperity. After coming to this property, a modern, finely-equipped creamery was built and seventy cows are kept to supply the milk. It is a very large industry and its products are known all over the county. The farm is conducted along modern lines and scien­tific methods. Two valuable silos have been built on the place, both of large dimensions. [HBC 1909, 1040]

1 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1040.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1043.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1019.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 296.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1152.

6 John William Scholl, Scholl—Sholl—Shull Genealogy (New York, NY: The Grafton Press, 1930), Pg 844.