Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Amos Porter Dale and Elizabeth "Betsy" Hetzler




Husband Amos Porter Dale 1 2




           Born: 3 Mar 1839 - Clarion Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Mar 1908 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 5


         Father: David Dale (1810-1862) 2 6 7
         Mother: Catherine "Katy, Katie" Henlen (1812-1881) 2 3 6


       Marriage: 13 Mar 1862 8



Wife Elizabeth "Betsy" Hetzler 9 10

           Born: 12 Apr 1844 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Aug 1930
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 5


         Father: John Hetzler, Jr. (1818-1903) 11 12
         Mother: Maria Smith (1825-1914) 12 13




Children
1 M Maurice John "Morris" Dale 8

           Born: 1 Feb 1863 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Jun 1946 - Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 4 Jun 1946 - St. Joseph's Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA
         Spouse: Carrie C. Miller (1863-1899) 8
           Marr: 24 Apr 1884 14
         Spouse: Katharine Gertrude Moynihan (1880-1942)
           Marr: 25 Jun 1903 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA


2 F Carrie M. Dale 8

           Born: 20 Mar 1866
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Sep 1928
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 5
         Spouse: Jay David Chapman (      -1906) 8
           Marr: 20 Jun 1900 - ? Venango Co, PA


3 M Henry Loren Dale 8 15

           Born: 3 Jun 1867 - Venango Co, PA 15
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Mar 1924
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 5
         Spouse: Alice M. White (1868-1937) 8
           Marr: 16 Jun 1886 15


4 M Manning Harding Dale

           Born: 8 Dec 1869
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Jul 1870
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 5
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


5 F Sadie Ann Dale

           Born: 4 Dec 1871
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Oct 1874
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 5
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


6 M David Otto Dale 8

           Born: 21 Jan 1875
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Oct 1938
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 5
         Spouse: Mildred Arrowsmith (1889-1925) 8
         Spouse: Pearl M. Johnson (1880-      )
           Marr: 17 Aug 1928


7 M James Victor Dale 8

           Born: 26 Sep 1877
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Dec 1939
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 5
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


8 M Charles Otis Dale 8

           Born: 5 Mar 1881
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Lorena Rikard (1894-      ) 8
           Marr: 21 Oct 1914


9 M Lloyd Amos Dale 8

           Born: 13 May 1887
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Dec 1914
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 5
         Spouse: Mabel E. Fitzpatrick (1886-1914) 8
           Marr: 11 Mar 1911 - ? Venango Co, PA



General Notes: Husband - Amos Porter Dale


He was reared and educated in Clarion County, PA, and was a young man when he settled at Oil City in the fall of 1864, at which time the town was only a small settlement, containing a few houses. For a short time after his arrival he was engaged in teaming, but business prospects looked good and he had confidence enough in himself and the outlook to enter the general merchandise trade on his own account, meeting with such success that it was his principal interest for many years. He built up a large patronage, his store being one of the important trading centers of the city and surrounding territory, and as he systematized the requirements of that business he gave more and more attention to other interests, having found a number of desirable opportunities for investments in local enterprise and property. He was one of the early operators in oil, producing quite extensively at one time, and opened up the Gypsy and Red Valley districts in this section, subsequently acquiring other valuable leases, and retaining his interests in oil lands until his death. Mr. Dale was keenly alive to the importance of sound financial institutions and their relation to the local business situation, and held a solid place among the able financiers of the city, for a time in his capacity as president of the Oil City National Bank, and after his resignation from that position as a director of the Oil City Trust Company. His real estate holdings were extensive and valuable.
Mr. Dale was never too engrossed with the cares of business to spare time for those things which interested all of his fellow citizens, and shared the responsibilities of the local government and other activities, serving as a member of the council. His unofficial influence in municipal matters was equally potent, and used with good effect. At the time of his death he was serving as a trustee of Grace M. E. Church. [CAB, 656]


Notes: Marriage

They were married by Samuel Kincade.
Another source (Dale Ancestry) gives the date of their marriage as March 18.

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Sources


1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 656, 668, 837.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 115.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 656, 837.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 657, 837.

5 Various, Grove Hill Cemetery Transcription (Oil City, PA: Privately published, ~1985).

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 833, 1094.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 656, 811, 837.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 657.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 657, 668.

10 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 71.

11 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 666.

12 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 125.

13 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 668.

14 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 56.

15 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 895.


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