Brainard S. Schoch and Mary M. Benner

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Husband Brainard S. Schoch ¹

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           Born: 10 Feb 1862 1
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         Father: James Schoch (1838-      ) 2 3
         Mother: Rebecca W. Peters (      -1865) 3

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       Marriage: Sep 1883 4

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Wife Mary M. Benner ⁴

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           Born:  - near Salem, Snyder Co, PA
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         Father: Edward Benner (      -      ) 4
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Children

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1 F Rebecca Schoch ⁴

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           Born: 1884 4
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General Notes: Husband - Brainard S. Schoch

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He resided at the old family homestead at New Berlin, Union County, Pennsylvania, and conducted the tannery.

His boyhood was spent in New Berlin, Union County, Pennsylvania, his education being obtained in the local schools, and so well did he improve his opportunities that at eighteen he was qualified to teach. In the meantime he also picked up a knowledge of his father's business, partly from observation and partly from work done at irregular times, as he never served an apprenticeship. During the winter of 1879-80 he taught the Winfield school at thirty-five dollars per month, and in 1881 he began selling queensware for Young, Keiper & Co., of Philadelphia, representing them in Union, Snyder, Clinton and Centre counties. This business occupied his time for about a year, and then he took a position in the tannery. In 1884 he was taken into partnership, the business continuing under the name of Schoch & Son until August, 1886, when he became sole owner. The plant employed several men, and was open all the year round.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 935, 989.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 126.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 935.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 989.