Martin S. Loucks

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Husband Martin S. Loucks ^{1 2}

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           Born: 2 Jul 1843 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Rev. Martin Loucks (1798-1869) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Nancy Stauffer (1808-1900) 3 4 6

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General Notes: Husband - Martin S. Loucks

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He was reared on the farm, educated in the common schools adjacent to his home, and assisted with the varied and arduous labors of the homestead until 1880. He then engaged in the hardware business with Z. X. Snyder under the firm name of Loucks & Snyder, which connection continued for four years, at the expiration of which time D. G. Morrow purchased the interest of Mr. Snyder and the firm became known as Loucks & Morrow. They conducted business under this style until January 1, 1898, when John S. Loucks was taken into the firm, making the firm Loucks, Morrow & Company, and January 1, 1904, the firm name was changed to Loucks, Hardman & Co. From a small beginning, the business grew to be one of the finest established of its kind in the county, and they carried a full line of shelf and heavy wood, building materials of every description, stoves, tinware, wagons, buggies, and farm implements. Mr. Loucks quietly pursued a conservative and safe course in business, and built up an industry that reflected credit upon himself and from which he derives a large profit. He was one of the original stockholders in the First National Bank of Scottdale, a stockholder and director in the Scottdale Savings & Trust Company, a stockholder and director in the Scottdale Foundry and Machine Company, and a stockholder in the F. A. Black Manufacturing Company, of Scottdale. He was a member and trustee of the Presbyterian church of Scottdale. [HWC 1906 II, 444]

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 444.

2 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 82.

3 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 688.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 253.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. I (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 310.

6 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 79.