Robert Griffith Lohr and Anna Mary Eaton
Husband Robert Griffith Lohr 1
Born: 8 May 1868 - Jenner Twp, Somerset Co, PA 2 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Michael J. Lohr (1842- ) 3 Mother: Louise Griffith (1849- ) 4
Marriage: 27 Jun 1894 2
Wife Anna Mary Eaton 5
AKA: Runa Eaton 4 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Joseph Eaton (1839-Aft 1918) 6 Mother: Mary Ellen Barkhimer (1848-Aft 1918) 5
Children
1 F Mary Luella Lohr 7
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2 M Robert Eaton Lohr 7
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3 F Emma Jane Lohr 7
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4 M Joseph M. Lohr 7
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General Notes: Husband - Robert Griffith Lohr
Latrobe, Westmoreland Co, PA - a wholesale grocer
He was born in Jenner township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and a year later was brought by his parents to Westmoreland County. He was educated in Ligonier public schools and Ligonier Academy, becoming himself a teacher in the public schools in which he had been a student. After several years as instructor he was appointed supervising principal of the borough schools, holding that position two years. He then abandoned the teaching profession for business life, locating in Latrobe, where he engaged in the retail grocery business. In 1907, in association with Joseph Eaton and others, he organized the Latrobe Wholesale Grocery Company, of which he became secretary and general manager.
A Republican in politics, he was an active party worker, and served Derry township as school controller for six years, and beginning in 1913 was collector of taxes of Latrobe borough. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, serving as trustee for the fifteen years or more. His societies were the Patriotic Order Sons of America and the Woodmen of the World.
1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 279, 453, 839.
2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 454.
3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 453, 838, 1110.
4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 839.
5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 279, 454.
6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 278, 454.
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Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 454, 839.
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