Cyrus Stiffey and Hannah Rebecca Irwin

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Husband Cyrus Stiffey ¹

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            AKA: Cyrus Seffey 2
           Born: 29 Jul 1860 - Conemaugh Twp, Indiana Co, PA 1
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         Father: David Stiffey (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Jane Frederick (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 19 Sep 1883 2

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   Other Spouse: Edith Duncan (      -      ) 1

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Wife Hannah Rebecca Irwin ^{1 3}

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           Born: 18 Apr 1859 2
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         Father: Benjamin Irwin (1825-      ) 3 4
         Mother: Mary Marshall (      -1861) 3 5

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1 F Vernetta Jane Stiffey ¹

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2 M Charles I. Stiffey ¹

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         Spouse: Mabel Metz (      -      ) 1

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3 M Herbert C. Stiffey ¹

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4 F Mazie Stiffey ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Cyrus Stiffey

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Born on his father's farm in Conemaugh township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, he passed his childhood and early life in his native place. He received his education at the local public schools of Indiana County, and there also he began the active business of life by assisting his father with the work on the latter's farm. He remained with the elder man until the latter's death, and then purchased the parental farm which he continued to run on his own account until the year 1909. In that year, however, he gave up farming and coming to Livermore, Westmoreland County, in the region where his ancestors had so long made their home, he engaged in the livery business. He was highly successful in this enterprise and continued active therein until 1914, when he abandoned it to engage in a grocery business, in which he met with an even more marked success. His establishment came to be regarded as one of the largest and most successful in that region, and he himself was looked upon as one of the town's most substantial merchants.
But Mr. Stiffey did not confine his activities purely to the building up of his
own personal interests, but took an active part in the public affairs of the town and shown his public spirit in a hundred different directions, serving his fellow citizens in many different capacities.
Before coming to Westmoreland County and settling in Livermore, Mr. Stiffey had already been active in the affairs of his native place and served as school director in Conemaugh township, Indiana County, for a number of years. He continued his activities at Livermore and at one time occupied the double post of tax collector and constable of the town. In his religious belief Mr. Stiffey was a Presbyterian and held the office of elder for a number of years. He was a prohibitionist in politics and did much to advance the cause of that party in his region of the state.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 476.

2 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 38.

3 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 37.

4 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 505.

5 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 557.