Husband Albert Nevin Pomeroy 1 2
Born: 27 May 1859 - Philadelphia, PA 1 2
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Father: Maj. John Means Pomeroy (1823-1887) 1 3
Mother: Rebecca C. Kelly (1829-1899) 2
Marriage: 26 May 1885 1 4
Wife E. Bell McLellan 1 4
Born: 1860 4
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Father: William McLellan ( - ) 4
Mother: Ellen Cheney ( - ) 4
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1 M William McLellan Pomeroy 4
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2 M John Nevin Pomeroy 4
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General Notes: Husband - Albert Nevin Pomeroy
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At an early age he removed with his parents to Pomeroy, Chester County, a station on the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, forty-two miles west of Philadelphia. Here he received an education in the common schools and at the Parkesburg Academy. In 1874, his father, Maj. John M. Pomeroy, removed to Chambersburg, where he had purchased the Franklin Repository. His son pursued his studies at Chambersburg Academy until the spring of 1876, when, at the age of seventeen, he abandoned his studies at the academy to take charge of the Adams Express office in Chambersburg, his father having been appointed agent. This position he filled until 1878, when he entered the Repository office as reporter. In 1878 he was made local editor. In May, 1883, he and his brother, John H. Pomeroy, were taken into partnership with their father, and the firm was known as John M. Pomeroy & Sons. In December, 1884, John H. Pomeroy and A. Nevin Pomeroy purchased the interest of their father, and then conducted the business under firm name Pomeroy Bros. Under their direction the daily Repository was permanently established in January, 1884, and it, with the weekly (nearly a hundred years old) enjoyed a large patronage. [HFC 1887, 677]
He spent his early life in his native city and at Pomeroy, a country home near Philadelphia, named after his father. He obtained his education in private schools in Philadelphia, and at Parkesburg Academy. In October, 1874, his father moved to Chambersburg, having purchased the Franklin Repository. Mr. Pomeroy resumed his studies at the Chambersburg Academy, where he remained until 1876, when he was obliged to leave school to take charge of the Adams Express office in Chambersburg, his father having accepted the agency. In this position he continued until 1878, when he entered the Repository office and worked at the printing trade for a short period, after which he became a reporter on the paper. In 1883, his father associated with him in the business his two sons, John H. and A. Nevin Pomeroy, under the style and title of John M. Pomeroy & Sons. This firm, which established the daily issue in 1883, continued until 1885, when the paper and printing plant passed into the hands of John H. and A. Nevin Pomeroy, who conducted the business under the firm name of Pomeroy Bros., until 1890. A. Nevin then purchased the interest of his brother and became sole owner. He conducted the business thereafter, consisting of the daily and weekly issues and a large job printing plant.
In 1887, Mr. Pomeroy was appointed assistant chief clerk in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, a position that he held for four years, when the political complexion of the office was changed by the election of Governor Pattison. In 1894, he was elected to the State Legislature, and served in the session of 1895, serving as one of the committee to investigate alleged irregularities in the Insane Asylums of the State.
In 1900 he was again elected to the Legislature, and served in the session of 1901, being a member of the Appropriations and several other important committees. He was also appointed by Governor Stone as one of the Commissioners from Pennsylvania to the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, New York. He was chairman of the Republican County Committee, 1889-92. In March, 1903, he was appointed superintendent of Public Printing and Binding by Governor Pennypacker. Mr. Pomeroy attended the Falling Spring Presbyterian Church, in which he was a member of the board of trustees. He was a member of the Masons, Odd Fellows, American Mechanics, Royal Arcanum, Patriotic Order S. of A., Red Men, Modern Woodmen, Mystic Circle, Pen and Pencil Club of Philadelphia, and Scotch-Irish Society of Pennsylvania. He was a director in the Chambersburg, Greencastle and Waynesboro Street Railway Company, and in Norland Land & Improvement Company.