Samuel S. Blyholder and Annie D. Sweeney

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Husband Samuel S. Blyholder ^{1 2}

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            AKA: [Unk] Blyholder 3
           Born: 30 Apr 1849 - Allegheny (later Gilpin) Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: John George Blyholder (1806-1883) 1 2
         Mother: Rachel Bouch (1817-1890) 1

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       Marriage: 30 Dec 1880 1

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Wife Annie D. Sweeney ¹

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            AKA: Annie Sweeny 2
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         Father: William Sweeney (1806-1872) 4
         Mother: Margaret Johnson (1814-1880) 4

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Children

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1 M Orrin C. Blyholder ¹

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2 F Elma M. Blyholder ¹

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3 F Mary F. Blyholder ¹

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4 M Samuel W. Blyholder ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel S. Blyholder

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He was reared on his father's farm in Gilpin township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, attended the public schools and Irwin high school. He made a specialty of vocal music, which he afterwards taught for ten years, although engaged at the same time in farming. In 1881 he embarked in the hardware business at Leechburg, but after his father's death, in 1883, he disposed of his mercantile establishment and purchased the homestead farm. There he engaged in farming, his farm consisting of one hundred and forty-seven acres of well-improved land. Among his farm machinery he owned a steam chopping mill.
He was a prominent democrat, and filled the offices of school director and township auditor, and served at least two terms as justice of the peace. In 1878 he received the nomination of his party for member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and although the county was republican by one thousand majority, he was beaten only by fifty-four votes. He was a deacon and trustee of the Evangelical Lutheran church. He was a member of Leechburg Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and Mt. Joy Grange, No. 537, Patrons of Husbandry. In the last-named order he held both county and state offices. He was also a member of the board of trustees of Theil college, of Greenville, Mercer County, and for several years was a member of the committee on missions, of the Pittsburgh Synod of the Lutheran church.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 608.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 540.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 572.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 445, 572.