James Edwin Atwell and Bessie Pearl Lytle

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Husband James Edwin Atwell ^{1 2}

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           Born: 15 Jul 1874 - Venango Co, PA
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           Died: Dec 1966 - ? Grove City, Mercer Co, PA
         Buried:  - East Unity Presbyterian Cemetery, Allegheny Twp, Butler Co, PA 3

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         Father: Robert J. Atwell (1837-1912) 4 5
         Mother: Phoebe Scott (1840-1916)

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Bessie Pearl Lytle ^{1 6}

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            AKA: Bessie Lyttle 2
           Born: 28 May 1886 6
     Christened: 
           Died: Sep 1981 - ? Grove City, Mercer Co, PA
         Buried:  - East Unity Presbyterian Cemetery, Allegheny Twp, Butler Co, PA 3

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         Father: John L. Lytle (1853-      ) 1 6
         Mother: Florence E. Duffield (1857-      ) 6 7

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Children

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1 M Robert Atwell ^{2 8}

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           Born: Abt 1911
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2 F Florence Atwell ^{2 8}

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           Born: Abt 1913
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3 M Grant Atwell ^{2 8}

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           Born: Abt 1915
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General Notes: Husband - James Edwin Atwell

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He received his education at the local public schools. He then engaged in the lumber business, making his home at Emlenton, Pennsylvania, that town being also the headquarters of his business. In 1915 he was elected justice of the peace. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, at Lisbon, and became an elder. He was also ardently interested in the Prohibitionist movement and did much to advance that cause.

SSDI: JAMES ATWELL 15 Jul 1874Dec 196616127 (Grove City, Mercer, PA)(none specified)210-10-2992Pennsylvania

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General Notes: Wife - Bessie Pearl Lytle

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SSDI: BESS ATWELL 28 May 1886Sep 198116127 (Grove City, Mercer, PA)(none specified)175-50-5634Pennsylvania

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 901, 1014.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 631.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 3, Scrubgrass Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1995), Pg 97.

4 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 646.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 790, 900.

6 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 30.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1014.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 901.