Robert Harry Thorne and Ada Jane Weymouth

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Husband Robert Harry Thorne ¹

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           Born: 26 Jul 1863 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 1
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           Died: 27 Oct 1930 1
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         Father: William Thorne (1827-1896) 1
         Mother: Matilda Badger (      -1902) 1 2

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       Marriage:  - Lock Haven, Clinton Co, PA

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Wife Ada Jane Weymouth ¹

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         Father: Samuel Weymouth (1826-      ) 3 4
         Mother: Emily Handscomb (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 M Ralph Weymouth Thorne ¹

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           Born: 7 Feb 1898 - Williamsport, PA 1
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         Spouse: Joan Hayes (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 25 Sep 1923 - Williamsport, PA 5

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Harry Thorne

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He spent his boyhood at Fairview, Pennsylvania, and received his elementary education at the public schools there. For several years he was employed as a telegraph operator for the Standard Oil Company at Pine Station, Pennsylvania. In 1885 he came to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, as secretary to Mr. J. C. Russell, superintendent of the Williamsport branch of the Standard Oil Company. Three years later, in 1888, with a knowledge now based on actual business experience, cooperating with Mr. Hough, he organized the Darling Pump and Manufacturing Company, Mr. Thorne acting as chairman and general manager. So successful was he in managing the affairs of the company that in 1917, on the death of Mr. Hough, Mr. Thorne was elected president, a position which he filled until his death. He was also a director of the Lycoming Trust Company of Williamsport.
Fraternally, he was affiliated with Ivy Lodge, No. 397, Free and Accepted Masons; Lycoming Chapter, No. 222, Royal Arch Masons; Adoniram Council, Royal and Select Masters; Baldwin Commandery, No. 22, Knights Templar; Williamsport Consistory, thirty-second degree, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; Supreme Council, thirty-third degree. The following clubs were honored by his membership: Ross, Howard, Rotary, Acacia and Williamsport Country. In religion he was a Presbyterian.

1 Frederic A. Godcharles, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 21 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1934), Pg 269.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1078.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 593.

4 Frederic A. Godcharles, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 21 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1934), Pg 271.

5 Frederic A. Godcharles, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 21 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1934), Pg 270.