Christopher Fritchman

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Husband Christopher Fritchman ¹

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           Born: 26 Feb 1850 - Sewickley Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: David Fritchman (1797-1869) 1
         Mother: Rosanna Weaver (      -1888) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Christopher Fritchman

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He was reared on the farm in Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, attended the township schools and Mt. Union College, Ohio, and at the age of sixteen went to Missouri, where he worked in a sawmill for his brother and cousin. The following year, after the death of his father, he returned to the farm for a time, then went to Virginia, where he followed bridge building for a time, after which he spent one year working on the McConnelsville railroad. He then entered Mt. Union College, where he attended three years, when he was obliged to abandon his studies on account of ill health, and entered into active business for himself along several different lines, and in 1875 located on his a farm of 190 acres at Finleyville, but continued to carry on his business in Fayette County, until about 1885, after which he made Finleyville his permanent home and opened the Germania Coal Mines on his farm, operating same in partnership with Henry Florscheim and Jacob Lagler. In 1895 he sold the mines to Henry Florscheim and opened the Rowgalley Mine at Finleyville, which he operated until 1898, then disposed of it to the Pittsburg Coal Company and then was identified with the Finleyville Planing Mill Company, of which he was president. Mr. Fritchman was a stockholder and was one of the organizers of the First National Bank of Finleyville, and served as the first vice-president of that concern. In 1906 the Finleyville Floral Company was established with Christopher Fritchman as president. Mr. Fritchman was also extensively engaged in the production of coal, gas and oil, and owned considerable real estate at Finleyville, including a number of dwellings, and the tract of ninety acres on which he made his home. He was one of the progressive and enterprising citizens of Washington County, and traveled extensively over the United States and Canada. In politics he took an active interest in the affairs of the Republican party, and was fraternally affiliated with the Masonic order of Greensburg.

1 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 955.