Husband Hon. Aaron Eli Reiber 1 2 3 4
Born: 9 Apr 1863 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 1 3 5
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Father: Martin Reiber ( -1882) 3 5 6 7
Mother: Mary Yetter ( -1890) 2 3 5 6
Marriage: 1887 or 1897 2 5 8
Wife Florence Smith 2 5 8
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Father: Rev. Enoch O. Smith ( - ) 5 8
Mother: Elizabeth Helsel ( - ) 5 8
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1 M Marten Albert Reiber 2 4
AKA: Martin A. Reiber 8
Born: 22 Jun 1901 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 5
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2 F Mary Elizabeth Reiber 2 5 8
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Spouse: Paul W. Jenkins ( - ) 5
General Notes: Husband - Hon. Aaron Eli Reiber
After receiving a common school education he attended Witherspoon Institute, and subsequently entered Washington and Jefferson College, and Princeton College, New Jersey, graduating from the last mentioned institution in 1882, at the age of nineteen. On his return to Butler, Pennsylvania, he commenced reading law with T. C. Campbell, was admitted to practice in 1885, and in 1889 was elected, on the Democratic ticket, district attorney of Butler county, and served in that capacity until January 1, 1893. After leaving that office he devoted his attention to the practice of his profession. He was connected with the K. of P., and was a director in the Y. M. C. A. of Butler. He was a member of the English Lutheran church, and took an active interest in the prosperity of that organization.
He was born at Butler, Pennsylvania, and attended the public schools there, and also Witherspoon Academy. He studied for one year at Washington and Jefferson College, but is a graduate of Princeton University, from which he received his degree of Bachelor of Arts in the class of 1882. He then studied law in the office of T. C. Campbell, of Butler, and was admitted to the Butler County bar in 1885. In that same year he commenced the practice of his profession in Butler under his own name, and continued for a period of forty years to carry on his own practice, until April 1, 1925, when he became senior member of the law firm of Reiber, Hosford & Sipe. Meantime, however, he had attained prominence in public office. He became district attorney of Butler County in 1890, serving one term, and in 1913 he was elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the Fiftieth District for a ten-year term, succeeding Judge J. W. Galbreath in this office. Judge Reiber was a stanch Democrat by political conviction, but in public office always held the respect and loyal support of both Republicans and Democrats, and in a section of the country that was notably Republican he was highly regarded by the community-at-large. During the World War he was a member of the Legal Advisory Board of Butler County, rendered valuable service on various war committees, did considerable "four-minute" speaking in support of the several patriotic drives, and was awarded a certificate for his services from the United States Government. He was one of the most prominent members of the Lutheran Church, in which he served for many years as an elder, and in various other capacities. He was a delegate to the National Convention held in New York City that framed the merger whereby the several churches were amalgamated into one body, and was also a member of the Adjudication Commission. Judge Reiber was a member of the board of trustees of Thiel College, and a member of the board of trustees of the Old People's Home of Butler County. Before his elevation to the bench he was identified with many industrial and commercial enterprises in Butler, was instrumental in organizing the Butler Street Car Company; and was president and one of the founders of the Guaranty Trust Company. He was a member of the Butler Country Club, Sterling Club, the Butler County Historical Society, and the Knights of Pythias. [HBC 1927, 752]
General Notes: Wife - Florence Smith
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