Husband Henry Z. Lauffer 1 2
Born: 1 Jan 1868 - Penn Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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Father: Peter Lauffer (1827-1886) 1 4
Mother: Anna Margaret Stockum (1832-1874) 5
Marriage: 23 Apr 1891 2 6
• Additional Image: Henry Z. Lauffer.
This is a portrait of him as a young man recently graduated from Duff's college.
• Family Photo: the H. Z. Lauffer family.
Wife Mary Ellen Hill 2 6
Born: 14 Mar 1868 2
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Father: James Hill (1841- ) 7
Mother: Catharine Ann "Katie" Cline ( - ) 2
Children
1 F Sadie Catharine Hawe Lauffer 6 8
Born: 20 Feb 1892 8
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Died: Abt 1907
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 M James Freeman Lauffer 6 8
Born: 10 Nov 1895 8
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Spouse: Lucinda R. Fritchman ( - ) 6
3 F Alta Mary Lauffer 6 8
Born: 28 Dec 1897 8
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4 F Ruth Hill Lauffer 8 9
Born: 5 Jun 1900 8
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5 F Ethel Margaret Lauffer 8
AKA: Ethel C. Lauffer 9
Born: 26 Mar 1903 8
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6 M H. Ringer Lauffer 9
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General Notes: Husband - Henry Z. Lauffer
Like many boys raised on the farm he helped his father in the summer and attended the district school in the winter.
His mother died when he was but six years old and his father died when he was eighteen, leaving Henry to shift for himself. He proved himself equal to the emergency and for two years worked for his brother, receiving $10.00 per month in the summer and his board in the winter.
The third summer he secured work with a cousin, Simon Trice, and at the expiration of his time attended the Greensburg Seminary. He entered Duff's Commercial College, where, in order to pay his way he worked in an office for $5.00 a week. He diligently pursued his studies in the evenings, graduating with honor.
After completing his course he accompanied one of his teachers, Prof. Thompson, whose health had failed, to Wilmerding, and clerked in his grocery.
He remained with Mr. Thompson until the latter disposed of his business when he worked for Snyder Bros. during the illness of a clerk. Having nothing in view he accepted an offer to carry papers for William Adams, a news dealer, receiving very meager pay.
But soon John R. Montgomery, a Turtle Creek merchant, found a place for Mr. Lauffer in his office and store, where he remained sometime.
Having been working on very small salaries since leaving college, he conceived the idea of becoming a dress maker. With him to think, was to do, and soon he became quite proficient in the art.
Later he secured a position with Johnston Bros., of Wilkinsburg, remaining two years. He also spent two years as head book-keeper for a wholesale confectionery company of Pittsburgh.
Returning to his native township in August, 1895, he accepted a position as book-keeper at the Union Planing Mill Co., of Jeannette, where he remained for more than five years, resigning July 31, 1901, to accept a position as chief clerk to the Hon. John H. Brown, who was appointed Controller of Westmoreland County by the Governor. This position he held for a term of three years.
Soon after leaving the County Controllers Office, he was elected assistant Cashier of the Jeannette National Bank.
He spent his childhood and early youth on the old family homestead. His mother died when he was but six years of age, and at the age of eighteen his father also died, so that as a young man he was thrown upon his own resources at an early age. During his childhood he attended the Greensburg Seminary, and later took a commercial course at Duff's Business College; from which he was graduated. Upon completing his studies at this institution, he secured a position as clerk in a grocery store at Wilmerding, Pennsylvania. He did not remain here very long, however, but worked in a similar capacity for two years in a wholesale confectionery establishment in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He then returned to Greensburg and the next five and a half years of his life he spent as bookkeeper in the Union Planing Mill Company in the neighboring town of Jeannette. His ability as an accountant soon spread beyond the limits of this concern, and in 1901 he was made first deputy controller of Westmoreland County, under John Brown, who held the office of controller there. The two offices had only just been created and Mr. Lauffer, as deputy controller, opened the first set of books kept in that office. He continued to serve in this capacity for about three years and a half and during that entire period continued to keep this set of books. His ability as accountant led to his selection as assistant cashier for the Jeannette National Bank which not long afterwards liquidated its affairs and merged with the Jeannette Savings and Trust Company. Mr. Lauffer was particularly interested in banking, however, and desiring to engage in that business chose the town of Delmont as a suitable location, and there began a campaign for the organization of a new institution. It was not long before he had interested a number of the leading men of the region, and accordingly the People's National Bank of Delmont was founded and opened its doors for business in May, 1911. Practically the entire responsibility for the management of this concern dissolved upon the shoulders of Mr. Lauffer. At the time of its organization its capital amounted to twenty-five thousand dollars.
He was a Republican in politics and in his religious belief Mr. Lauffer was a member of the Reformed church.