Rev. Peter Cornelius Prugh, D.D. and Charlotte Hassler

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Husband Rev. Peter Cornelius Prugh, D.D. ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 13 Sep 1822 - Montgomery Co, OH 2 3
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         Father: John Prugh (1795-1879) 2 3
         Mother: Catherine Haynes (1791-Abt 1876) 2 3

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       Marriage: 2 Apr 1852 4

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Wife Charlotte Hassler ^{1 5}

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           Born: 11 Apr 1828 5
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         Father: Jacob Hassler (1788-1848) 1 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Kieffer (1798-1856) 1 5

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1 M Edwin N. Prugh ⁴

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2 M John H. Prugh ⁴

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           Note: Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA - pastor of Grace Reformed Church

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3 M Daniel K. Prugh ⁴

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4 M William S. Prugh ⁴

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5 F Etta K. Prugh ⁴

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6 F Mary A. Prugh ⁴

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         Spouse: Rev. D. N. Harnish (      -      ) 6

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7 F Frances Grace Prugh ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Peter Cornelius Prugh, D.D.

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He was reared on the family homestead farm, and after receiving a common school education, entered the Dayton Academy. In 1845 he entered Marshall College, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in the year 1849. He then entered the Theological Seminary of the Reformed church at the same place, where he completed his studies and was called to the pastorate of the Reformed church at Xenia, Ohio, in 1851, remaining there twenty-five years. During the Civil War he was connected with the Ohio Relief Society, and did duty at Washington, Port Royal, the Wilderness and White House Landing, caring for the wounded soldiers, and was also connected with the Ohio Militia at the time of Gen. Kirby Smith's attempted raid upon Cincinnati. During his residence in Xenia he was mainly instrumental in founding the Soldier's Orphan School located at that place, being chairman of the committee to raise funds for the purpose. By his own personal efforts he secured in Greene County alone $25,000. After the completion of the Home, he was appointed its chaplain and filled that position two years. In 1873 he accepted a call from the Church of the Cross, Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained three years. He then located in Germantown, Ohio, and took charge of the Reformed church of that place, and remained there until 1882, in which year he accepted a position as superintendent of St. Paul's Orphan Home in Butler, Pennsylvania. After his connection with this school many improvements were made, one change being the enlargement of its capacity of from fifty to 175 pupils. At one time he had under his charge 160 children of deceased soldiers, and at this period the State inspector reported his school as being one of the best in the State. In politics, Mr. Prugh was in early life a Whig, but joined the Republican party on its formation, and thereafter supported that organization. In his youth he joined the Washingtonian temperance movement and was always a strong advocate of temperance.

After a service of twenty years as superintendent of the Orphan's school Mr. Prugh resigned and retired to private life, and was a resident of the South Side, in Butler.

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Notes: Marriage

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They were the parents of eleven children, seven of whom lived to adulthood.

1 Editor, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 876.

2 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 800.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1319.

4 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 801.

5 Rev Jacob Hassler, The Hassler Family (Unpublished manuscript, Aug. 19, 1885).

6 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1320.