Ott Neubert Wilson and Lurene Rumbaugh

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Husband Ott Neubert Wilson ¹

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           Born: 22 May 1863 - Manor Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1
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         Father: Isaac Newton Wilson (Abt 1826-1864) 2
         Mother: Clarissa Bowser (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 23 Mar 1893 3

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Wife Lurene Rumbaugh ³

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           Born:  - Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA
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         Father: Samuel Rumbaugh (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Wilson ³

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2 F Josephine Wilson ³

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3 M John Wilson ³

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Ott Neubert Wilson

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He received his schooling in Manor township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and began work as a boatman on the Allegheny river, later working as such between Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Louisville. He then became clerk in a general store in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, whence he came to Kittanning to take a position in a store, then conducted by J. S. Bowser & Co., Mr. Bowser being his uncle. After a year and a half as clerk he bought the stock, continuing the business on his own account. He remained at the same location, No. 217 Market street, and enlarged his patronage steadily until he had the leading store of the kind in the borough, with an up-to-date stock which included all the standard grade shoes in the market for which there is any demand in that locality.
In 1906 Mr. Wilson bought 130 acres of fine land a mile and a half from Kittanning, in East Franklin township, and this place, in his hands, was converted into one of the finest stock farms in the county. He made liberal outlay for improvements and development, but timely operations and good judgment put the establishment on a profitable basis. There were three distinct sets of buildings on the place, each including a modest but comfortable tenant house, occupied by employees. Six stables contained forty box stalls, and all of the equipment is thoroughly up-to-date. Mr. Wilson made yearly trips abroad for the purchase of a carload of thoroughbred Percheron and Belgian horses, which he bred and dealt, making his sales in all parts of the United States. He also had a fine herd of Jersey cattle, raised Berkshire hogs, and in 1913 put up a modern poultry house, 10 by 36 feet in dimensions, at a cost of $250, to afford facilities for raising White Wyandotte chickens. He made many experiments advocated by progressive agriculturists, with successful results; was the first man in Armstrong county to raise alfalfa, of which he cut three crops a year; and planted seven acres of apples and peaches on his place, having a promising orchard.
He was prominently associated with the various organizations which promoted such interests and advocated wise progress, belonging to the Percheron Society of America, the American Importers' and Breeders' Association, of Plainfield, Ohio, the American Association of Importers and Breeders of Belgian Draft Horses, and the Kittanning Fair Association, of Kittanning, Pennsylvania, of which he was president. Fraternally he belonged to the Masons and Elks. Though not active in politics he was interested in the success of the Republican party, and his religious connection was with the First Presbyterian Church of Kittanning, of which he was an elder. [HAC 1914, 591]

1 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 591.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 591, 736.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 592.