Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Floyd Clinger and Lella May Hunter




Husband William Floyd Clinger 1 2

           Born: 1 Apr 1891 - Fagundus, Warren Co, PA 1
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         Father: John Burt Clinger (Abt 1870-1896) 1
         Mother: Cora Archer (1869-Aft 1943) 1


       Marriage: 30 Jun 1917 2 3



Wife Lella May Hunter 2 3 4

           Born: 14 Jan 1894 - Tidioute, Deerfield Twp, Warren Co, PA 2 4
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         Father: Livingston LeGrand Hunter (1861-1902) 2 5 6 7
         Mother: Lillian T. Acomb (1864-Aft 1943) 2 4 8




Children
1 F Dorothy Hunter Clinger 3

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         Spouse: James A. Vaughn (      -      ) 3


2 F Elizabeth Hunter Clinger 3

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3 M William Floyd Clinger, Jr. 3

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General Notes: Husband - William Floyd Clinger


He attended the schools of his native district of Pennsylvania, and in 1910 was graduated from Tidioute High School. In 1914 he took the degree of Bachelor of Science at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1916 he became publisher and editor of the "Warren Mirror," which he subsequently sold in 1921. He became associated, then, with the oil industry, organizing the Clinger Oil & Gas Company in Tidioute in 1922, associated in it with other members of the Clinger family. Aside from his work with this company, he was associated with the Superior Oil Company and the Warren Bank & Trust Company, both of Warren.
He was president of the board of education of Warren, a member of the State Council of Education of Pennsylvania, and a director of the Pennsylvania School Directors' Association. He was also a past president and director of the Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil Association and an ex-director of the American Petroleum Institute. He belonged to the Conewango Club of Warren and the Conewango Valley Country Club, and was a past president of the local Rotary Club and a member of the Warren County Historical Society. He was also a member of the Friars' Senior Society of the University of Pennsylvania and of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, which he joined in his student days. In leisure time he enjoyed the out-of-doors, being particularly fond of fishing and hunting.

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Sources


1 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 338.

2 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 299.

3 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 339.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 780.

5 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Bios 42.

6 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 131.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 779.

8 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), BP ii.


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