Martin Earhart and Celia M. Curry

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Husband Martin Earhart ^{1 2}

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           Born: 30 Apr 1834 - Conemaugh Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2
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         Father: John Earhart (1797-1864) 1 3
         Mother: Catherine Shumaker (1801-1861) 2 4

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       Marriage: 29 Dec 1859 5

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Wife Celia M. Curry ⁵

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            AKA: Cecelia Curry 1
           Born: 9 Jan 1839 5
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         Father: John R. Curry (      -      ) 5
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1 M John A. Earhart ⁵

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2 M William M. Earhart ⁵

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3 M Frank H. Earhart ⁵

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4 F Celia G. Earhart ⁵

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         Spouse: A. H. Chesley (      -      ) 5

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5 M Charles E. Earhart ⁵

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6 F Flora M. Earhart ⁵

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7 M Harry E. Earhart ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - Martin Earhart

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He was reared on his father's farm until he was sixteen years of age, when he went with his parents to Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, and assisted them in the hotel. He received his education in the common schools, and in 1857 engaged in the livery business at Saltsburg, which he followed for five years. He then moved to Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where he formed a partnership with his brother Solomon, who was the proprietor of a large livery stable. In the spring of 1865 he withdrew from the firm, removed to West Indiana and opened a hotel, which he conducted until 1876. In that year he purchased the "American House," which he then conducted. This hotel, which was on the corner of Philadelphia and Eighth streets, was originally a private dwelling-house. In 1865 Solomon Earhart added an additional story to it and opened it as the "Continental Hotel." In 1876 Martin Earhart became the owner, added the rear wings to the building, and changed the name to the "American House."
He was a stockholder of the Indiana water-works and a stockholder and president of Library Hall, which was erected for public entertainments. He was a republican and attended the Presbyterian church, to which he was a liberal contributor. He was a member of the A. O. U. W., the Iron Hall order, the Knights of Honor and the Improved Order of Heptasophs. He was a member of the school board which erected a new school building for West Indiana.

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 390.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 106.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 106, 629.

4 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 615.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 107.