Leonard W. DeGast and Erla Esse McCandless

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Husband Leonard W. DeGast ¹

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Wife Erla Esse McCandless ^{1 2}

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         Father: Dr. William C. McCandless, M.D. (1857-1933) 1 3 4
         Mother: Mary Catherine Grubbs (      -1886) 1 5

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Children

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1 F Dorothy Ruth DeGast ¹

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Wife - Erla Esse McCandless

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Washington, D. C.

1 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 26.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 131.

3 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 336x.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 130.

5 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 1119.