Algernon Sydney Wightman and Elizabeth R. Robinson
Husband Algernon Sydney Wightman 1 2
Born: 9 Feb 1851 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Thomas Wightman (1818-1908) 2 3 4 5 Mother: Isabella Ruth Russell (1824-1904) 2 3 6
Marriage: 24 May 1887 3
Wife Elizabeth R. Robinson 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Elisha Robinson (1832-1912) 7 8 9 10 Mother: Caroline Truby ( -Aft 1914) 7 9 10
Children
1 M A. Sydney Wightman, Jr. 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Algernon Sydney Wightman
He was brought up in Pittsburgh and thoroughly educated in the public schools there, as well as at the Western University of Pennsylvania. He began his business career in the glass works of his father, and for twenty-five years was manager of the plant at Parkers Landing, PA. On Aug. 11, 1911, he and several others organized the State Bank of Parkers Landing, which opened for business Jan. 1, 1912, with Mr. Wightman as president. He was a prominent member of Franklin Lodge, No. 221, F. & A. M., of Pittsburgh. Politically he was a Republican.
1 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 533, 983.
2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 264.
3 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 533.
4 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 251.
5 Editor, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of the State of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), Pg 1055.
6 Editor, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of the State of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), Pg 1061.
7 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 983.
8 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 575.
9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 892.
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George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 227.
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