John C. Ellenberger and Edna Shotwell

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Husband John C. Ellenberger ¹

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           Born: 26 Jun 1877 - Belknap, Wayne Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1
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         Father: Samuel Ellenberger (1846-      ) 1
         Mother: Emma Butler (      -      ) 1

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   Other Spouse: Laura Brice (      -      ) 1

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Wife Edna Shotwell ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John C. Ellenberger

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He attended local school and the Dayton Academy, remaining at home until he was eighteen years old. He then went to Warren County, Pennsylvania, where he was employed at the hospital for the insane, and spent two years there. Following this he went to Rhode Island, and spent four years, leaving there for New Bethlehem, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, where he spent a year employed in a flour mill. The next year he clerked in a general store, in all these occupations gaining valuable experience which was of use to him when he embarked in business for himself in 1902, as a merchant at Belknap, in Wayne township, Armstrong County. For four years he conducted a flourishing business at that place, but in 1906 deciding to move into a broader field located at Dayton. He opened up with a good stock of clothing, men's furnishings and shoes, handling the clothing of M. Wile, of Buffalo, and Allen & Allen, of Philadelphia, and the Walk-Over and Queen Quality shoes.
Fraternally Mr. Ellenberger belonged to Dayton Lodge, No. 738, I. O. O. F. His religious home was in the Presbyterian Church.

1 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 367.