Husband William Williams Splane 1 2
Born: 1859 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
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Died: 1926
Buried: - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA
Father: Joshua Splane ( -1912) 2
Mother: Margaret Wall ( - ) 2
Marriage: 12 Oct 1887 - Bradford, McKean Co, PA 3
Wife Minnie Elizabeth Ball 2
Born: 17 May 1868 - Layona, NY 3
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Died: 1955
Buried: - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA
Father: David Ball (1824-1883) 3 4
Mother: Julia Adelade Scott (1848-1924) 3
Children
1 F Helen Margaret Splane 1 3
Born: 13 Oct 1888 - Bradford, McKean Co, PA 3
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Died: 15 Nov 1918 1 3
Buried: - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA
Spouse: Charles Dufur Berry (1882-1940) 1 5 6
Marr: 15 Jun 1914 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 1
2 F Myra Julia Scott Splane 2
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Spouse: Charles R. Galbrath, Jr. (1880-1940) 7 8
Marr: 10 Nov 1917 - Augusta, Richmond Co, GA 2
3 F Minnie Carlotta Splane 3
Born: 1891
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Died: 1926
Buried: - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA
Spouse: Blinn Stephen Page ( - ) 3
Marr: 14 Jun 1910 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 3
4 M Lt. Alvin William Splane 3
Born: 29 Jan 1898 3
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Died: 16 Dec 1918 3
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5 M Howard Scott Splane 3
Born: 9 Nov 1902 3
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Spouse: Mary Joe Conradt ( - ) 3
Marr: 5 Sep 1925 3
General Notes: Husband - William Williams Splane
He was born and reared in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he obtained a thorough education in the public schools. In early years, he became a devotee to electrical appliances, beginning his career as a messenger boy at the age of fifteen, during which time he quickly learned the art of telegraphy. Showing remarkable proficiency he became telegraph operator in the early days of Petrolia, Millerstown, and Bradford, and, by the time he was twenty-one years old, was made superintendent of the telegraphic department of the National Transit interests in Bradford. He put up the first telephone in that city, which connected the United Pipe Line office with Gilmore, becoming later chief electrician and general superintendent of the Telegraph Department. In August, 1890, he was transferred to the Oil City offices of the National Transit, where he remained until 1904, when he severed his connection with the Standard Oil and entered the oil and gas business independently, continuing to make Oil City his home. Mr. Splane was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Bradford, the Venango, Wanango, and Oil City Boat clubs, of Oil City, and the Duquesne Club, of Pittsburgh. He was also a valued member of and served on the following boards: Ohio Fuel Supply Company, Oklahoma Natural Gas Company, Alum Rock Gas Company, Mahutska Oil Company, Mahutska Mining Company, Oil City Trust Company, Oil City Hospital, and American Red Cross.
General Notes: Wife - Minnie Elizabeth Ball
She received special educational advantages in many ways, and after graduating at the Bradford High School, she taught one year before her marriage as an assistant to Oriana Wycliffe. Upon her removal to Oil City, she became interested in all the various social and religious activities in which Mr. Splane had a part. She was always interested in the Christ Episcopal Church; was treasurer and secretary of the Rector's Aid Association for many years, and with Miss Myra Chickering conducted the work of the Home Service Section of the American Red Cross during the First World War; was a member of all the different societies of Christ Episcopal Church, of which she and all her family were loyal members. In addition to these activities, Mrs. Splane was a member of the Belles Lettres Club, Wednesday Morning Club, Wanango Club, and the Oil City Boat Club; was a director of the Visiting Nurse Association, and also of the Almira Home, New Castle, Pennsylvania, as well as of the Oil City Flower Mission.