John Balsiger and Lydia Hetrick

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Husband John Balsiger ^{1 2}

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           Born: 17 Feb 1845 2
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         Father: Samuel Balsiger (1818-1891) 2 3
         Mother: Mary Painter (1825-      ) 2

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Wife Lydia Hetrick ^{2 4}

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           Born: 9 Dec 1850 2
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         Father: George Leonard Hetrick (      -      ) 2 5
         Mother: Elizabeth "Betsy" Truitt (1816-      ) 2 6 7

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Children

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1 M Charles Park Balsiger ²

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           Born: 28 Apr 1875 - Fairview Twp, Butler Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Winona Minteer (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 17 May 1898 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 8

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General Notes: Husband - John Balsiger

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He was a soldier the Civil War, enlisting in Company K, 155th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, March 30, 1864, at the age of eighteen and was discharged at the close of the war, in June, 1865. He belonged to the 5th Army Corps of the Potomac and fought in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, where he was wounded, and Richmond. He was a leading financier in his community, having been interested in merchandise, and the production of oil. He was also prominently identified with the English Lutheran Church of which he and his family were devoted members.

1 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 748, 776.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 294.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 776.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 748.

5 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 583, 873.

6 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 618.

7 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 853, 873.

8 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 295.