Harry M. McFeaters and Elsie A. Shafer

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Husband Harry M. McFeaters ¹

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           Born: 4 Aug 1866 - Indiana Co, PA 2
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         Father: Mark McFeaters (      -      ) 2 3 4
         Mother: Rebecca Graham (      -Bef 1913) 2 3 4

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       Marriage: 5 Oct 1886 2

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Wife Elsie A. Shafer ²

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         Father: John Shafer (      -      ) 2
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1 M Charlie P. McFeaters ²

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2 F Elda Marguerite McFeaters ²

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3 M John S. McFeaters ²

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General Notes: Husband - Harry M. McFeaters

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To the public schools of his home locality Harry M. McFeaters was indebted for the educational privileges he enjoyed, and he remained under the parental roof until twenty years of age, when he secured a position as fireman on the Pennsylvania railroad. After four years and nine months spent in that capacity, he was given an engine and for the subsequent thirteen years or more, served as engineer.
He was a leader in Republican circles in Westmoreland County and served on the county committee for ten years. He held the position of city treasurer of Scottdale for three years and there resided until 1901, when he removed to Youngwood, building the fourth house in the borough. At that time it was necessary to go to Weaver's old stand to vote. He was here elected a member of the county central committee. The new village grew rapidly and in 1902 was made a borough, and Mr. McFeaters was appointed assessor. In the spring of 1904 he was elected a member of the borough council and was chosen its president. He was a member of the Lutheran church, was its treasurer, and also served as a member of the church council. From its organization he was superintendent of the Sunday school. Mr. McFeaters was also chief of the local organization of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and in the spring of 1904 was elected a delegate to the Los Angeles, California, convention, which he attended, being gone on the trip for six weeks. His wife was a member of the G. I. A., of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and was also chosen as a delegate to the Los Angeles convention and accompanied her husband on the trip. He also belonged to Youngwood Lodge, No. 667, I. O. O. F., and Scottdale Lodge, No. 102, I. O. of H. He was a member of Ivy Commandery No. 358, K. of M., Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 73.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 74.

3 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 542.

4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 671, 1523.