Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Joseph Benninghoff and Jennie E. Miller




Husband Joseph Benninghoff 1

           Born: 18 Dec 1843 - Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1913
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         Father: John Benninghoff (1801-1882) 2 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Heise (1804-1872) 3 4 5


       Marriage: 14 Dec 1898 6

   Other Spouse: Ella Affantranger (      -Bef 1909) 1



Wife Jennie E. Miller 6

           Born: Abt 1865
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           Died: 14 Feb 1903 6
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Children
1 F Elizabeth B. Benninghoff 6

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Benninghoff


He received his primary education in the public schools of Venango County, Pennsylvania. In 1868-69, he attended the commercial college of Meadville, and graduated in March of the latter year. He then entered the law office of Hiram L. Richmond & Son, of Meadville, but on his mother’s death, in 1872, he came to Greenville to reside with his father, and did not renew his legal studies till 1880, when he returned to Meadville and was there admitted to the bar in the spring of 1882. After his admission he resided in Greenville.
As an outside venture, he engaged in horticulture in the far west, among other enterprises having a splendid orchard of prunes in Clark County, Washington.

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Sources


1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 777.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 776, 1168.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 689.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 127.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 776.

6 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 432.


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