Harry James Learn and Jessie Pershing

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Husband Harry James Learn ¹

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           Born: 16 Oct 1868 - McKeesport, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: Andrew Carpenter Learn (1845-1911) 1 2
         Mother: Anna Courson (1849-      ) 1

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       Marriage: 19 Jun 1894 3

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Wife Jessie Pershing ³

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           Born:  - Wellsburg, PA
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           Died: 29 May 1899 3
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         Father: Hugh H. Pershing (      -      ) 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Robertson (      -      ) 3 4

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Children

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1 F Annie Elizabeth Learn ³

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           Born: 16 May 1896 3
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2 M Ralph Stanley Learn ³

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           Born: 7 Feb 1898 3
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General Notes: Husband - Harry James Learn

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His education was acquired in the Market street schools, in his native town, and he was graduated at the age of seventeen years. He commenced as a clerk in the store of his uncle, J. P. Learn, who owned a large establishment in McKeesport, remaining there several years. During the next few years he was a clerk for several concerns, and in 1893 he established himself in the wall paper business at No. 873 Braddock avenue, Braddock, Pennsylvania. The following year he added a large stock of dry goods and these stocks were the staples in which he dealt, but on a greatly enlarged scale. In 1900 he removed to No. 716 Braddock avenue, and this store was destroyed by fire in November, 1907. Mr. Learn at once had another fine brick building erected, and in November, 1908, took possession of the new place. Among other business enterprises with which he was connected was the State Bank of Braddock, of which he was a director.
He was a Republican in politics, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church, which he served as trustee three years. His fraternal affiliation was as follows: Braddock Fields Lodge, No. 510, Free and Accepted Masons; Shiloh Chapter, No. 257, Royal Arch Masons; Lancard Commandery, Knights Templar; Pennsylvania Consistory, Scottish Rite; Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, having been a member of the Arab Patrol of this for fifteen years; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and Royal Arcanum, both of Braddock, and Valetta Commandery, Knights of Malta.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 818.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 574.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 819.

4 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 423.