Husband Enoch Filer 1 2 3 4 5
Born: 15 Jan 1833 - England 2 3
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Died: 1 Feb 1906 - Sharon, Mercer Co, PA 6
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Father: Thomas Filer ( - ) 2 3
Mother: Ann Barber ( - ) 2 3
Marriage: 21 May 1853 6 7
Wife Elizabeth Lawton 4 5 6 7
Born: - England
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Died: Aft 1909
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1 M John F. Filer 7
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2 M Enoch L. Filer 5 7
Born: 10 Mar 1861 - Mercer Co, PA 5
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Died: 10 Aug 1911 - Greenville, Mercer Co, PA 5
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Spouse: Mary Ann Crawford (1871-1926) 5
3 M Frank P. Filer 1 4 6
Born: 9 Oct 1863 - Hickory Twp, Mercer Co, PA 4 6
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Spouse: Louie H. Turner (1865- ) 1 4 6
Marr: 9 Aug or 13 Aug 1884 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 1 4 6
4 M Henry J. Filer 7
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5 M Walter G. Filer 7
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6 F Clara Filer 7
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General Notes: Husband - Enoch Filer
He came from England to Mercer County, Pennsylvania, in March, 1852, and began working at the coal business, which he had followed in his native land. In 1859 he sank the first large shaft on the farm of John Hofius, Hickory township, this being the introduction of that class of mining in Mercer county, and the first in which machinery was used for hoisting the coal. He subsequently sank a shaft for Kimberly, Forker & Company, and also one for Pierce, Scott & Allen. He afterward spent a couple of years in the oil region, where he was engaged in the coal business for himself. In 1866 he returned to Mercer County, purchased an interest in the original shaft on the Hofius farm, and soon afterward went into partnership with Samuel Kimberly, under the style of Kimberly & Filer. Soon afterward he was connected in the coal business with James Westerman.
Politically he was a Democrat. Fraternally he was a Mason, and the entire family belonged to the Episcopal church.
His various properties may be detailed as follows: Ormsby Works No. l, by Enoch Filer, for J. W. Ormsby & Pierce, on the farm of John Hofius in 1859, continued until 1871, the first shaft in which machinery was used for hoisting coal; Keel Ridge No. 1, shaft sunk by Enoch Filer for Kimberly & Forker on the Titus farm, four miles from Sharpsville in 1863, the former owners of which were Samuel Kimberly and Henry Forker, ownership changed to Kimberly Forker & Company, but property was abandoned in December, 1874; Mount Pleasant Shaft, sunk on land of Enoch Filer by Kimberly & Filer in 1869, with average daily capacity of three hundred tons; Snyder Bank, on Snyder farm, opened by Kimberly, Filer & Company, in 1873; Congressional Bank, sunk on the Love farm by Spearman, Ulp, Kimberly & Filer in 1874, reached by the Sharpsville railroad branch to Bethel.