William Franklin House and Mary A. Benedict

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Husband William Franklin House ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 20 Aug 1839 - Cortland Co, NY 1
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         Father: Chester House (      -1863) 1 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Webster (      -1853) 1 3

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       Marriage: 1865 4

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Wife Mary A. Benedict ^{2 3 4}

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         Father: Aaron Benedict, Jr. (      -Aft 1879) 3 4 5
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Children

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1 M Frank House ⁴

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2 F Jessie M. House ^{2 3 4}

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         Spouse: Samuel Queen Wilson (      -      ) 2 6
           Marr: 1893 - ? Venango Co, PA

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3 F Ella House ⁴

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4 M Ed House ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - William Franklin House

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He was a veteran of the Civil war, serving from Pleasantville, Venango County, Pennsylvania, and on his return from military service opened a wagon and carriage shop there which had most of the local patronage for years, his reputation as a mechanic in that line being very creditable. From 1893 until his death, he conducted a grocery in the borough.

He learned the wagon-maker trade with his father and followed that occupation. In 1861 he enlisted in Company A, Eighty-Third Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served two years, receiving wounds at Gaines' Mills, Virginia. Mr. House was a mem-ber of Aaron Benedict Post, No. 429, G. A. R. Politically he was a Repub-lican, and was postmaster of Pleasantville, having been appointed in 1889. His family were members of the Presbyterian church. [HVC 1890, 1107]

1 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1107.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 574.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 124.

4 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1108.

5 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 617.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 123.