Isaac Pifer and Susanna(h) Bonsall

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Husband Isaac Pifer ¹

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           Born: 8 Aug 1850 - ? Henderson Twp, Jefferson Co, PA 2
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         Father: David Pifer (1825-Aft 1898) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Hess (      -1882) 3

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       Marriage: 1876 2

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Wife Susanna(h) Bonsall ^{4 5}

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           Born: 1853 6
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           Died: 1886 - Henderson Twp, Jefferson Co, PA 4
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         Father: Amos Bonsall (1822-Aft 1911) 7 8
         Mother: Catharine Kuntz (1824-Abt 1904) 5 6

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Children

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1 M Jacob K. Pifer ⁴

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           Born: 4 Mar 1878 2
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2 F Lydia E. Pifer ⁴

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           Born: 10 Nov 1879 2
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3 M Luther J. Pifer ⁴

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           Born: 12 Feb 1881 2
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4 M David Pifer ⁴

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           Born: 12 Dec 1882 2
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5 M Wilson D. Pifer ⁴

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           Born: 1886 2
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           Died: 1887 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Isaac Pifer

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He always made his home at the old family farm in Henderson township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, the common schools of the locality furnishing him an education. In early manhood he followed farming during the summers and lumbering in winter seasons. In 1878 he began dealing in sheep, buying them in Jefferson, Clearfield and Indiana counties, and shipping them to Philadelphia. Later he bought cattle for John DuBois, of the town of DuBois, continuing two years, and then for ten years he dealt in sheep and cattle on his own account, disposing of them mainly to W. S. Dellett, in Mifflin County. Later he was engaged in buying fat cattle at the stock yards in East Liberty, Pittsburgh, and shipping them to Reynoldsville and other points. In 1884 he formed a partnership with Adam Miller, and purchased a sawmill in Henderson township from A. Wineburg, and they became extensively engaged in sawing lumber, having purchased several pieces of timber land, including the William Pifer tract in McCalmont township, Jefferson County. In addition to these interests, Mr. Pifer was a stockholder in the Citizens Bank of Big Run, and he found time to take an active and influential part in local affairs. Politically he was a firm adherent of the old Jacksonian Democracy, and for sixteen years or more he held the office of constable and tax collector.
In the same year he was married, he built a two-story frame residence on a portion of the old family homestead, where they then resided. Ten years later he erected a large bank barn, and from time to time he added other improvements.
In religious faith, he was an Evangelical Lutheran, and he and his wife were united with the Church at Paradise.

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General Notes: Wife - Susanna(h) Bonsall

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from Brady Twp, Clearfield Co, PA

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 901, 1300.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1301.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1300.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 901, 1301.

5 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 512.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 901.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 900.

8 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 358, 511.