Husband Henry A. Lauffer 1 2 3 4
Born: 10 Mar 1850 - Penn Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 5
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Father: Jacob F. Lauffer (1822/1824-Aft 1905) 1 3 6
Mother: Susannah Cribbs (1823-1891) 6 7 8
Marriage: 27 Jun 1872 1 4
Wife Josephine Louisa Beamer 2 4
Born: 2 Jun 1855 4 9
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Father: Henry Beamer (1826-Aft 1906) 4 10
Mother: Julianna Maria Burger (1833-Aft 1906) 4 10 11
Children
1 M [Infant] Lauffer 4 12
Born: 4 Sep 1873 12
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Died: in infancy
Buried: - Denmark Manor Cemetery, Penn Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
2 M Charles Alpheus Lauffer 1 4 12
Born: 27 Jul 1875 1
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3 F Maude J. S. Lauffer 4 12
AKA: Maud Lauffer 1
Born: 1 Dec 1880 1
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4 M Raymond Abner Lauffer 1 5 12
Born: 11 Dec 1883 1 5
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Died: 5 Nov 1902 - Boston, MA 5 12
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General Notes: Husband - Henry A. Lauffer
He received his education in the common schools and for some time he attended the Salem academy. He followed farming until 1876; in that year he opened a general mercantile store at Penn station, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he was successfully engaged in business for seven years. In 1884 he removed to Manor where he erected his "Mammoth Store" on North Race street. His building was sixty feet wide by eighty feet long and three stories in height, with a large basement divided into two apartments. His assortment of goods embraced dry goods, groceries, caps, boots, shoes, clothing, carpets, stoves, hardware, builders' supplies, crockery, sewer-pipe and furniture.
He was a member of Manor Council, No. 716, Royal Arcanum, and treasurer of the Reformed church of which he was a useful member for many years. In political matters he was always an advocate of the principles of the Republican party.
H. A. Lauffer was a life long member of the Reformed church, in which he was frequently asked to hold office. In politics he was a Republican, but in local matters he was not strictly partisan, for he supported men and measures, rather than adhering to the straight ticket. He never sought preferment in office, but was repeatedly re-elected to serve on manor councils. In this capacity he advocated permanent improvements for the town, and in the laying of sewers and on the question of curbs and sidewalks and bridges he did much to improve the town. He was a member of Lodge No. 716, Royal Arcanum.
His education at the public schools and at the Delmont Academy was but rudimentary, but to it was added a business capacity that has made him successful. By dint of hard work and good management as a farmer he acquired $1,400 in three years on a farm north of Claridge, Penn township, and in 1876 embarked in the mercantile business, opening a store at Penn Station, Pennsylvania. For one year (1883) he conducted a shoe store at Irwin in addition to this general store at Penn Station. In 1884 he removed to Manor, and in 1886 erected a mammoth store on North Race street. His building was sixty feet wide by eighty feet in depth, three stories high, with several annexes in adjoining buildings of the block. The assortment of goods was very extensive, it was virtually a department store. It embraced dry goods, notions, carpets, curtains, groceries, hardware, queensware, crockery, sewer pipe, builders' supplies, stoves, furniture. His stock was so extensive that scores of newly married couples every year bought their full outfit from him for furnishing kitchen, bed room and parlor.
In 1893, when the First National Bank of Irwin, Pennsylvania, was opened, H. A. Lauffer was elected a director. With the organization of the Manor National Bank in 1902 he was elected president.