Cornelius Washington Amsler and Ida A. Moore

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Husband Cornelius Washington Amsler ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 3 Jul 1849 - near Fryburg, Washington Twp, Clarion Co, PA 1 2 3
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           Died: 8 Nov 1932 - Clarion, Clarion Co, PA 3
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         Father: Henry K. Amsler (1816-1892) 4 5
         Mother: Magdalena "Lena" Kapp (1824-1912) 4 5 6

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Laura A. Sigworth (1847-1893) 1 2 7 - 24 Aug 1870 2

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Wife Ida A. Moore ^{2 3}

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           Born:  - Jefferson Co, PA
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         Father: H. C. Moore (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Black (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Henry Moore Amsler ^{2 3}

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           Born: 20 Mar 1896 - Marienville, Jenks Twp, Forest Co, PA 2 3
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         Spouse: Jean Wilson (      -      ) 8 9
           Marr: 27 Sep 1918 - Clarion, Clarion Co, PA 9

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General Notes: Husband - Cornelius Washington Amsler

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He was born on his father's farm near Fryburg, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. He re-ceived his early education in the district schools of the county, later attending a private school at Fryburg. At the age of twenty-one years he left home and settled first in Triumph, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the oil business for fifteen years. Leaving the oil country at Garfield he moved to Marionville, Forest County, Pennsylvania, April 8, 1884, purchased I. W. Kale's interest in Marionville in a gen-eral store and conducted a mercantile business for twenty-two years.
Mr. Amsler was also interested in the lum-ber business and proved himself to be shrewd and reliable in his business judgment. In 1905 he removed to Clarion, Pennsylvania, and erected a beautiful and substantial residence at 707 Main street. He was also actively interested in the lumbering business in Vir-ginia and North Carolina. He was vice-presi-dent of the Citizens' Trust Company of Clar-ion, the leading financial institution of Clarion County; he was also one of the directors of the First National Bank of Fryburg, and also a director of the Gold Standard National Bank of Marienville, Pennsylvania. He was a Republican in politics, and in 1903 and 1904 was a member of the Pennsylvania state legislature from Forest County, was also at one time a member of the borough council of Clarion. He was a Presbyterian in religion, and a man devoted to the interests and welfare of the church, being a keen Bible student. Mr. Amsler was a member of the Knights of the Maccabees, and was also a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Acacia Lodge, Clar-ion Chapter, Franklin Commandery and Cou-dersport Consistory. [GPHAV, 941]

1 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 951.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 941.

3 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 589.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 940.

5 H. W. Sigworth, M.D., Genealogy of Sigworth-Neely Families (Anamosa, IA: Metropolitan Supply Co., 1921), Pg 11.

6 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), BP xxvi.

7 H. W. Sigworth, M.D., Genealogy of Sigworth-Neely Families (Anamosa, IA: Metropolitan Supply Co., 1921), Pg 18.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 476.

9 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 590.