Robert A. Digel and Mirabel McCoy Hamlin

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Husband Robert A. Digel ^{1 2}

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           Born: 19 Mar 1900 - Coleville, McKean Co, PA 3
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         Father: Herman Digel (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Grace Elder (      -Abt 1908) 3

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       Marriage: 6 Feb 1923 1 3

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Wife Mirabel McCoy Hamlin ^{1 2 4}

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           Born: 6 Sep 1901 - Smethport, McKean Co, PA 1 4
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         Father: Orlo James Hamlin (1873-      ) 1 5 6
         Mother: Mirabel Depew Folger (1877-      ) 1 2 5

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Children

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1 F Hannah Catherine Digel ^{1 3}

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           Born: 3 May 1924 1
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2 F Mirabel Grace Digel ³

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3 F Anne Hamlin Digel ³

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4 M Robert A. Digel, Jr. ³

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5 M Howard Elder Digel ³

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General Notes: Husband - Robert A. Digel

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His mother died when he was eight years old and he was reared thereafter by his Grandfather Elder who was a firm believer that a boy could not begin learning some business too early in life. Thus it was that Robert A. Digel did odd jobs on oil properties while he was acquiring an education in the local public schools and private academies. As he grew more experienced heavier responsibilities were placed upon his shoulders.
In 1922, Grandfather Silas H. Elder organized S. H. Elder & Company, consisting of himself, his wife, Mary C. Elder, Robert A. Digel and younger brother, Howard M. Digel. After 1936, when the other owners were deceased, Robert A. Digel operated the company as its sole owner. Out of respect to the memory of his grandparents the name of the concern was not changed. The firm was interested in gas and oil in the Bradford field.
Mr. Digel was a member of the board of directors of the Bradford District Pennsylvania Oil Producers Association and member of the Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil Association. He was vice-president and a director of the Smethport Water Company; a director of the Hamlin Bank & Trust Company, of Smethport, beginning in 1933, and of the First National Bank of Port Allegany, beginning in 1934. Although an influential figure in the Republican party, his only office was as a member of the Smethport Board of Education. Following in the footsteps of his grandfather, he was a director and vice-president of McKean County Fair Association. Mr. Digel was a member and past president of the Smethport Rotary Club, and fraternally was affiliated with the Duke Center Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, the Coudersport Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and Zem Zem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Erie, Pennsylvania. Other connections included membership in the Smethport Country Club and the Valley Hunt Club. He was active in the Seventh Day Adventist Church.

1 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 28.

2 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 25.

3 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 26.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 188.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 187.

6 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 23.