George W. Doverspike and Margaret Barnard Hastings

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Husband George W. Doverspike ¹

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           Born: 1 Mar 1844 - Mahoning Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 2
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           Died: 26 May 1908 1
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         Father: Daniel Doverspike (1818-1894) 3
         Mother: Margaret "Peggie" Beck (      -      ) 4

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       Marriage: 4 Jun 1873 1

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Wife Margaret Barnard Hastings ¹

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         Father: William W. Hastings (1804-1874) 1 5 6
         Mother: Margaret Johnston (      -      ) 1 5

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Children

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1 F Anna Barton Doverspike ¹

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General Notes: Husband - George W. Doverspike

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He passed his early life near Putneyville, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, obtaining his education in the common schools and at Glade Run Academy. After commencing work he followed farming for several years, during which time he also taught public school for four terms. In 1868 he came to Kittanning and entered the employ of James E. Brown. For several months he was engaged in superintending wharfing, as­sisting in the surveying of lands, etc., and then for eighteen months was clerk in what was known as the old iron store on Water street, Kittanning, carried on in connection with the Kittanning woolen mills. His connection with the First National Bank began as bookkeeper, and he finally became assistant cashier, his ability and absolute trustworthiness winning him steady promotion. When the Farmers' National Bank was organized, in 1884, he changed from the First National to become cashier of the new institution, and held that important position, being also one of the board of directors, until his death. Mr. Doverspike was more than faithful to his immediate duties. He was a man who studied conditions and improved every opportunity to acquire wide familiarity with all that concerned the banking business, and as a result he was not only respected for his substantial worth by his im­mediate associates, but looked up to as a reliable authority on many questions of finance. His opinion was sought and valued, and his personal standing was unquestioned.
Mr. Doverspike was a leading member of the First Presbyterian Church of Kittanning, was a member of the committee which selected the site of the church and, on account of his special fitness for such responsibility, was placed on the finance committee, which had the task of raising funds for the erection of a beautiful church built by the congrega­tion. For twenty-eight years he was an elder of the church and for a number of years he was a trustee of the Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny. He was also inter­ested in the Sunday school, and served as its superintendent. In political association he was a member of the Republican party. [HAC 1914, 406]

1 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 406.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 364.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 363, 465, 584, 681.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 363, 584, 681.

5 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 463.

6 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 629.