Benton A. Kribbs and Annabel Hill

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Husband Benton A. Kribbs ^{1 2}

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           Born: 29 May 1859 - Eagle Furnace, Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA 3
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         Father: P. F. Kribbs (Abt 1832-      ) 1
         Mother: Catharine Knight (      -      ) 3

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       Marriage: 17 Jul 1888 - Edenburg, Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA 3

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Wife Annabel Hill ^{2 3}

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         Father: John Craig Hill (      -      ) 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Dickey (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Marie Eleanor Kribbs ^{2 3}

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         Spouse: Harold Cochran (      -      ) 2

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2 M Philip Forbes Kribbs ³

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            AKA: Philip Frederick Kribbs 2
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         Spouse: Anna Lotzenheizer (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Benton A. Kribbs

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Beaver township, Clarion county, May 29, 1859, and
He was reared in Beaver township, Clarion County, PA, pursuing his early studies in its public schools. Later he attended school in Edenburg, took a business course in the Iron City Commercial College of Pittsburg, and was also a student in the State Normal School at Edinboro, Erie County, leaving that institution in 1876. Thus well equipped for life's responsible positions, he began his busi­ness career as messenger in the Clarion County Bank, and later had charge of the books for two years. After leaving the Iron City Commercial College in 1881, he became connected with his father in mercantile pursuits, doing busi­ness under the firm name of P. F. Kribbs & Son, until February, 1895, when it was changed to B. A. Kribbs & Co., the father selling his interests to Messrs. J. C. Berlin and A. J. Smith, oil men of Edenburg. They occupied what was known as the Kribbs Block, a handsome three-story structure, sixty feet frontage, containing two store rooms, one being used as the dry-goods department, the other as the grocery depart­ment. The second floor was devoted to clothing, carpets and wall paper, the basement to heavy groceries and oil, and the third floor was used as a lodge room by the Masonic order. The firm carried a well-selected stock of general merchan­dise valued at $25,000, and from the public re­ceived a liberal patronage. He engaged to some extent in the oil business, and for a time was a member of the firm of Hunter & Kribbs, furniture dealers. Religiously, Mr. Kribbs was a Lutheran, and served as deacon of his Church, superintendent of the Sunday-school, and took an active part in the work of both. He was a member of Edenburg Lodge No. 550, F. & A. M., and of Eden Chapter No. 259, R. A. M., of Clarion, PA, in both of which he served in all the chairs, making him a life member of the respective grand bodies. He was also a mem­ber of Pittsburg Commandery No. 1, K. T., of Pittsburg, PA. His political support was al­ways given to the men and measures of the Democratic party, and he was called upon to serve as a delegate to county conventions, member of the city council one term, judge of the election board and auditor.

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General Notes: Wife - Annabel Hill

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She was a descendant of one of the oldest families of Armstrong and Allegheny Counties, PA, her great-great-grandfather having come from Jersey State about 1770, locating at New Alexandria. Her great-grandfather fought through the Revolutionary war, being with the Conti­nental army at Valley Forge during the severe winter of 1777.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1447.

2 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 41.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1448.

4 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 40.