Albert J. Bender and Evelyn Louise Hart

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Husband Albert J. Bender ¹

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           Born: 23 Jun 1898 - Crawford Co, PA 1
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         Father: Jacob Bender (1871-1936) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Burkhardt (1872-Aft 1943) 1

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       Marriage: 12 Jun 1929 2

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Wife Evelyn Louise Hart ^{2 3}

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         Father: James W. P. Hart (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Margaret Catherine Bromley (      -      ) 3 4

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Children

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1 M Richard Albert Bender ²

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           Born: 7 Jul 1934 2
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2 M Thomas Jacob Bender ²

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           Born: 16 Mar 1937 2
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General Notes: Husband - Albert J. Bender

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He was prepared for higher education in the Reisinger grade schools, and the Meadville, Pennsylvania, High School, being graduated from the latter in 1918. Four years later he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Allegheny College, and became identified with the accounting department of the Erie Railroad in his birth city. After three years, however, he started teaching history in the Westfield, New York, High School, 1926 marking the year of his career as an educator. During the following years he did two years of summer post-graduate work in Allegheny College, and in 1931 began studies in the Columbia University, New York City, Summer Schools, which led to the degree of Master of Arts, in 1936, from this institution.
In 1927 Mr. Bender returned to Meadville and began his association with the high school there. He taught in the class room, was assistant coach of athletics, and was head coach of the track teams for a decade. Beginning in 1935 he was faculty manager of the school teams. On November 11, 1940, he became acting principal of the Meadville High School. Be­sides being an exceptionally able educator, Mr. Bender was also active in many phases of Meadville life and affairs. Fraternally he was a member of Lodge No. 408, Free and Accepted Masons; Solomon Chapter, No. 191, Royal Arch Masons; Northwestern Commandery, No. 25, Knights Templar, which he served as Commander in 1938. While a student at Allegheny College, he was a member of the Students Auxiliary Training Corps. His college fraternities were Kappa Phi Kappa, honorary edu­cational fraternity, and Delta Tau Delta. Like his family before him, he was a member of Zion Evangelical Church, Meadville. Tennis and golf were his favorite sports.

1 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 317.

2 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 318.

3 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 161.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1008.