Lewis Walthour and Jane Probst
Husband Lewis Walthour 1 2 3
Born: 10 Sep 1828 - Manor Station, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: Aft 1890 Buried:
Father: Christophel Walthour (1792- ) 2 Mother: Catharine Drum ( - ) 2
Marriage:
Wife Jane Probst 2 3
AKA: E. J. Probst 1 Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1918 Buried:
Father: John Probst (Abt 1831-1861) 1 3 4 Mother: Rebecca Smith ( - ) 3 4
Children
1 M William B. Walthour 1
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Lewis Walthour
He was reared in his native county, and began life as a brakeman on the P. R. R. He was for several years an engineer on the P. & C. R. R., and acted in the same capacity for the A. V. R. R. thirteen years. Later he was in the employ of the P., McK. &. Y. R. R. as a watchman. Mr. Walthour first located in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, in 1851; he returned in 1862, remained until 1865, and after 1880 was a permanent resident of the city. He was the owner of valuable real estate, and erected several substantial tenement-houses. He was a member of the C. P. Church; in politics he was a republican.
1 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 641.
2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 385.
3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 209.
4
Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 153.
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