Husband James C. Lauffer 1 2 3
Born: 10 Nov 1873 3
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Father: William "Billy" Lauffer (1824-1898) 4
Mother: Elizabeth Spence (1839-1905) 4
Marriage: 27 Jul 1904 5
Wife Amanda Carpenter Sherrick 1 2 5
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Father: Isaac Sherrick (1842- ) 6 7
Mother: Mary Carpenter (1843- ) 1 7
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1 M James Sherrick Lauffer 2 5
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2 M Dean Carpenter Lauffer 2
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3 M Edwin Calvin Lauffer 2
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General Notes: Husband - James C. Lauffer
He was born in a log house in Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, opposite Apollo, where the town of Vandergrift Heights was later located. It was here that he spent the early years of his life helping his father on the farm and attending Evan's school in the winter, until in the spring of 1889 he moved to Penn township, near Harrison City, where he continued helping his father on the farm in the summer and attending Holtzer's school in the winter.
In January, 1891 he entered the preparatory department of the Greensburg Seminary. He entered Heidelberg University at Tiffin, Ohio, in the fall of 1892; graduated from the Ohio Normal University in the Summer of 1897. He began the study of law in the fall of 1897 under the firm of Spiegel & McGeary, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania; was admitted to the Westmoreland County Bar on the third day of November, 1900, and took up the practice of law in the McCauslin Building, West Otterman street, Greensburg, with Charles K. McCreary.
He was instrumental in organizing the Merchant's Trust Company, of Greensburg, with a capital of $200,000.00, of which he was a director, and was also Secretary of the Greensburg Realty Co.