John Shoemaker and Katherine Blank

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Husband John Shoemaker ^{1 2}

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         Father: Jacob Shoemaker (1803-1881) 1 3
         Mother: Anna Maria Wagner (1806-1873) 2

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Wife Katherine Blank ²

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         Father: John Blank (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Amelia Shirey (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Clarence John Shoemaker ⁴

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           Born: 28 Jun 1889 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Una Margaret Lehman (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 25 Dec 1914 2

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2 M Charles Shoemaker ²

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3 F Margaret Shoemaker ²

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4 F Sybilla Shoemaker ²

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5 F Charlotte Shoemaker ²

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6 M Morrison Shoemaker ²

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7 F Catherine Shoemaker ²

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General Notes: Husband - John Shoemaker

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He received his education in the common schools of Hempfield township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and after leaving school engaged in a mercantile business in Greensburg which handled builders' supplies, etc. He remained in this business until 1915, working in this line for several decades. For the last twenty years of this period Mr. Shoemaker was identified with Morrison Barclay in various enterprises. He was later connected with the Preston Glass Sand Company. Aside from these important affiliations, he was a director in the Barclay-Westmoreland Trust Company and also a director of the Home Building and Loan Association. In his religious belief Mr. Shoemaker was a Lutheran and attended the First Lutheran Church, and served on the church council for years.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 588.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 177.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 177, 883.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 176.