William Markle Berlin and Marie C. Bernd

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Husband William Markle Berlin ^{1 2}

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           Born: 29 Mar 1880 - Franklin Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 3
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         Father: Cornelius Elias Berlin (1844-Aft 1918) 4 5 6
         Mother: Nancy Jane Duff (1850-      ) 3 7 8

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       Marriage: 7 Nov 1900 9

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Wife Marie C. Bernd ^{1 9}

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         Father: Henry Bernd (      -      ) 9
         Mother: Anna Zischkau (      -      ) 9

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Children

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1 F Marie Berlin ^{1 9}

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2 M Cornelius B. Berlin ^{1 9}

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3 F Florence Berlin ^{1 9}

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General Notes: Husband - William Markle Berlin

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He was educated in public schools, Laird Institute and the University of West Virginia, spending two years at the latter institution. He was for a time associated with his father in business as manager of the Turtle Creek store, but later became a drilling contractor, sinking wells and shafts all over the western gas, oil and coal fields. He pursued that business very successfully for thirteen years, until 1913, then accepted appointment as sealer of weights and measures and retired from business. This office he held until April, 1917, but in 1915 became interested in business affairs as treasurer of the Westmoreland Motor Car Company, of Greensburg, a prosperous enterprise. In 1916 Mr. Berlin organized the White Valley Coal Company, located at Export, Pennsylvania, incorporated at $5,000, the incorporators being as follows: J. H. Ake, W. P. Duff and Mr. Berlin. Aside from this Mr. Berlin had other extensive coal interests.
He was the third generation of Berlins to have resided in Export since it first became the Berlin homestead farm and each of the family heads took a deep interest in the establishment and maintenance of good schools. It was for years the dream of William Markle Berlin that he might see the borough equipped not only with good, but the best school facilities, and he saw that dream come true. He was appointed by the court a member of the Export School Board, was elected secretary of the board and during his term of three years a building appropriate in design, size and furnishings was finished at a cost of $30,000, a building not surpassed in beauty, convenience, ventilation or equipment by any in the county. A Democrat in politics, Mr. Berlin for over ten years took active part in party affairs and was at one time the chairman of the Democratic county committee. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Lutheran church.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 149.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 112.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 113.

4 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 611.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 148.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 112, 506.

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 408.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 149, 431.

9 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 114.