George Augustus Needle and Frances L. Weeden

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Husband George Augustus Needle ¹

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           Born: 25 Feb 1842 - Isle of Jersey, English Channel 1
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         Father: Morgan George Needle (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Wadhams (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 17 Aug 1871 2

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Wife Frances L. Weeden ²

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         Father: Judge Joseph E. Weeden (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Margaret Wait (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Margaret Elize Needle ²

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         Spouse: Edmund K. Morrow (      -1901) 2

         Spouse: Clayton Brewster Dailey (      -      ) 2

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2 F Clara Amelia Needle ²

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         Spouse: Harry D. Barber (      -1899) 2

         Spouse: Arthur Burton Troutner (      -      ) 2
           Marr: Sep 1908 2

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3 M George Alfred Needle ²

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         Spouse: Mary S. Steller (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 9 Nov 1912 2

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4 F Rosa Weeden Needle ²

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         Spouse: John H. Williamson (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - George Augustus Needle

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He attended private schools on the Isle of Jersey until he was thirteen years of age, when he was apprenticed to the printer's trade and served six years. In the spring of 1861 he came to America and spent one year working as a typesetter at Orangeville and Toronto, Canada. In 1862 he crossed the Canadian border and located at Jamestown, New York, where he remained for ten years, during seven years of this period being employed as a compositor and three years as local editor of the Jamestown Journal. He was drafted for service in the Civil war, in 1863, but not yet being naturalized was released. In 1872 he purchased the newspaper plant of the Tidioute Journal, a daily and weekly publication at Tidioute, Warren County, Pennsylvania, which he successfully conducted for two years. In 1874 he removed his plant to Parker City and established the Parker City Daily, which he published and edited for five years, when the plant was destroyed by fire Oct. 31, 1879. In December of the same year he established the Parker Phoenix, a weekly publication, which he conducted until his retirement from the business in 1896, at that time turning it over to his son, George Alfred Needle.
He and his wife were members of the Episcopal Church at Foxburg, Pennsylvania.
Politically Mr. Needle was a Republican, and he was frequently tendered offices of trust and responsibility. He served as school director, several terms as a member of the common and select council of the city and one term as Mayor. Beginning in 1906 he was vice president of the First National Bank of Parker City and was a stockholder and director. He was identified with Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 145, F. & A. M., at Jamestown, New York, and also belonged to the Royal Arcanum.

1 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 534.

2 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 535.