"Uncle" John Fritz and Lavina Knight

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Husband "Uncle" John Fritz ¹

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           Born: 15 Nov 1827 - Oley Twp, Berks Co, PA
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           Died: 31 May 1927 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Fritz (1792-1852) 1
         Mother: Catharine Roth (1790-Abt 1877)

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       Marriage: 14 Feb 1860

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Wife Lavina Knight ²

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            AKA: Lovinia [Unk], Lavinia Knight, Lovina Knight
           Born: 10 Apr 1829 - Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: 9 Apr 1904 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Daniel Knight (      -      ) 2 3
         Mother: Hannah Reichard (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Mary Ellen Fritz ²

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           Born: 1859
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           Died: 1954
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Levi Henlen Dale (1850-1916) 5 6 7
           Marr: 24 Dec 1878 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 8

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2 F Susan Fritz ²

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           Born: Abt 1863
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         Spouse: John Alton Lowrie (Abt 1859-      ) 9
           Marr: 25 Dec 1888 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 10

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3 F Winnes A. Fritz ²

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           Born: Abt 1865
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         Spouse: John W. Kohlman (Abt 1864-      ) 2
           Marr: 17 Dec 1889 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 11

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4 F Joanna Fritz ²

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         Spouse: George Truby (      -      ) 2

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5 F Catherine Fritz ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: in infancy
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M William Fritz ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: in infancy
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 M Daniel Fritz ²

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         Spouse: Mary Ellen Kohler (      -1905) 2

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8 M John F. Fritz ²

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Etta Powers (      -1917) 2
           Marr: 1887 - ? Venango Co, PA

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9 M Harvey Fritz ²

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         Spouse: Emily Myers (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - "Uncle" John Fritz

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He came to Venango County, Pennsylvania, with his parents, he and his twin brother Frank, and their sisters, Amelia and Elmira, walking practically all the way from Berks County. He remained on the home farm until seventeen years old, when he went to learn the blacksmith's trade, following it for seven years, up to the time that he and his brother Aaron bought the stock on his father's farm, which they operated for eighteen months. Subsequently he was engaged in the lumber business in Pine Grove Township, Venango County, continuing in that line for thirteen years, until his removal to Oil City, in 1864. Here he built the "City Hotel," cutting and sawing the timber himself, and rented it to others until 1870, when he moved it and ran it on his own account for eighteen months. When he left the hotel he bought property at No. 115 East Second Street and built a fine home, for some years afterward following the stone business and quarrying as a contractor, being so engaged up to the time of his retirement in 1888. His leisure years passed very enjoyably. He was always a great reader, and especially devoted to Bible study, having read the Bible through several times in the course of his researches. Even in his ninety-first year he toook daily walks and kept up his interest in local happenings and public matters of common concern, and his narrations of early experiences in western Pennsylvania were extremely interesting. [HVC 1919, 857]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 857.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 858.

3 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Pg xxxiv.

4 Various, Grove Hill Cemetery Transcription (Oil City, PA: Privately published, ~1985).

5 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 589.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 656, 837.

7 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 115.

8 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 56.

9 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 150.

10 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #883.

11 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #1209.