Joseph Franklin Klingensmith and Margaret M. Ruff

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Husband Joseph Franklin Klingensmith ¹

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           Born: 20 Jun 1858 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Joseph Klingensmith (1800-1886) 1
         Mother: Catherine Fry (      -      ) 2

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Wife Margaret M. Ruff ³

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         Father: John Ruff (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Mary [Unk] (      -      ) 3

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1 F Irene Estella Klingensmith ³

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2 M John Mac Klingensmith ³

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3 M Levi Franklin Klingensmith ³

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4 F Mary Naomi Klingensmith ³

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5 F Margaret Josephine Klingensmith ³

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Franklin Klingensmith

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He was born in Hempfield township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and received his primary education in the public schools. He afterward studied for two years at Greensburg Seminary, leaving in 1880 in order to devote himself to his chosen pursuit of agriculture. In 1890, in partnership with William S. Turney, of Greensburg, he embarked in the ice and commission business in that town, the firm being known as Klingensmith & Turney. They were the first to enter upon that line of business in their section of the county. Later in the same year he purchased the "Gilchrist farm" in Hempfield township, two miles west of Greensburg, and decided to lead thenceforth the life of a farmer and stockman. Intrusting the care of the interests of the firm to Mr. Turney, he devoted himself with marked success to farming and dairying.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 110.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 299.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 111.