John M. Walthour and Elizabeth Keifer

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Husband John M. Walthour ¹

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           Born: 23 Apr 1851 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Philip Walthour (      -Abt 1860) 1 2
         Mother: Elizabeth McCormick (      -      ) 1

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   Other Spouse: Clara Conner (      -      ) 3

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Caldwell (      -      ) 3

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Wife Elizabeth Keifer ³

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Children

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1 F Catherine Walthour ³

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         Spouse: Philip Baldrich (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - John M. Walthour

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He was only eight or nine years of age at the time of his father's death, after which event the exertions of his mother were the maintenance of the family. He obtained his education in the common schools, and in his seventeenth year apprenticed himself to C. H. Stark in order to learn the blacksmith's trade. He found it, however, not to his liking, and after finishing his apprenticeship he took up the trade of a carpenter with R. M. Reed & Company. He served his time and was thereafter connected with planing-mill work. For some years he had charge of the planing mill of J. Covode Reed.
Mr. Walthour was for a long period identified with the fire department of Ludwick. Prior to the organization of that body he served for many years as a member of the Greensburg fire company. When the fire department of Ludwick was organized Mr. Walthour was elected chief, and he held the office more than seven years. In 1904 he won the Tribune contest for the most popular fireman, and was sent to the St. Louis exposition. In 1902 he was elected burgess of the borough of Ludwick and served three years. Beginning in 1903 he was a member of the borough council. He belonged to Americus Lodge and to the Carpenters' Union. Politically he was a Democrat.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 631.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 45.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 632.