Charles William Gaut and Rilla J. Fritchman

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Husband Charles William Gaut ^{1 2}

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           Born: 23 Nov 1853 - Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 3
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           Died: 24 Jan 1910 3
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         Father: Robert Gaut (1802-1859) 1 3
         Mother: Catherine Goehring (      -      ) 1 3

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       Marriage: 25 Aug 1884 1 3

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Wife Rilla J. Fritchman ^{1 3}

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         Father: Charles R. Fritchman (      -      ) 1 3 4
         Mother: Lydia Wentling (      -      ) 4 5

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Children

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1 F Florence Fritchman Gaut ³

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           Born: 28 Dec 1885 3
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           Died: 5 Jun 1886 3
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Marie Katherine Gaut ³

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            AKA: Maria Catharine Gaut 6
           Born: 30 Jul 1889 3 6
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3 M John Goehring Gaut ³

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           Born: 12 Mar 1892 3
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4 M Charles Fritchman Gaut ³

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           Born: 20 Dec 1894 3
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5 F Mary Elizabeth Gaut ³

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           Born: 11 Aug 1898 3
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6 M Robert Gaut ³

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           Born: 16 Apr 1902 3
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General Notes: Husband - Charles William Gaut

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He was educated in the public schools and in Millersville State Normal, where he took a thorough commercial course. After a year's experience on his father's farm he engaged in the mercantile business in Irwin, Pennsylvania, the firm name being Hartje & Gaut. At the expiration of five years he embarked in the real estate and insurance business, which he carried on for five years. He was then appointed postmaster at Irwin by President Cleveland.

He passed the years of his childhood in the wholesome environment of farm life. For his education he attended school at Sulphur Springs, Sewickley township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and later at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he took a course in the Millersville State Normal School there. It was in the year 1876, after completing his schooling, that he came to the town of Irwin, which remained his home until his death, and there formed an association with a Mr. Hartje, the two engaging in a merchantile business under the name of Hartje & Gaut. They were extremely successful and rapidly developed one of the largest establishments of its kind in the community. Mr. Gaut became one of the most prominent figures in the business life of Irwin and it was he who, in association with John B. Steel and Henry Murdock, of Greensburg, organized the Citizens National Bank. Of this institution Mr. Gaut was elected president and continued to hold this office until his death.
He was an ardent Democrat and gave much of his time and energy to the advancement of the causes of his party. He was appointed postmaster of Irwin by President Cleveland and held that post throughout the administration. In the matter of his religious belief, Mr. Gaut was a Presbyterian and was prominent in the affairs of the church of that denomination in Irwin, holding the office of trustee for a period of ten years.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 393.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 380.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 381.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 429.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 381, 1273.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 394.