Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Calvin Elder Pollins and Frances Jane Denney




Husband Calvin Elder Pollins 1 2 3

           Born: 6 Oct 1903 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2 4
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         Father: John William Pollins (1849-1922) 1 4 5
         Mother: Agnes Viola Elder (1866-1934) 1 2 4


       Marriage: 8 Jun 1935 6



Wife Frances Jane Denney 7

           Born:  - Coal Center, Washington Co, PA
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         Father: George Covert Denney (1881-      ) 8
         Mother: Ruth Lilley Crowthers (      -Aft 1938) 7




Children
1 F Jane Denney Pollins 6

           Born: 17 Jul 1937 6
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General Notes: Husband - Calvin Elder Pollins


He attended the public schools of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, graduating from high school in 1921. He spent one year at Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and transferring to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor received his degree of Bachelor of Arts from that institution in 1926. Selecting the law as his profession, Mr. Pollins continued his studies at the University of Michigan Law School, completing his law course with one year's study at West Virginia University, where he received his degree of Bachelor of Laws. Returning home to Greensburg he was admitted to the bar in February, 1929, and to practice before the Supreme and Superior courts of Pennsylvania and the United States District Court at Pittsburgh. On May 27, 1929, Mr. Pollins opened an office for the general practice of law in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where he devoted most of his time in practicing law thereafter. Soon after opening this office he and his brother, John W. Pollins, formed the firm of Pollins & Pollins, maintaining offices in the Huff Building, Greensburg, and in the Bossart Building, Latrobe.
Mr. Pollins was a member of the Greensburg congregation of the United Presbyterian Church, where he regularly worshipped and attended services. He belonged to the Kiwanis Club of Latrobe, and was secretary of this organization in 1934. In politics Mr. Pollins was a Republican. Aside from his profession and in his leisure time Mr. Pollins' chief interests were books and literature, winter sports, and the family farm, of which he and his brother were always particularly fond.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 538.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 880.

3 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 265, 574.

4 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 265.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 879.

6 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 267.

7 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 574.

8 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 573.


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