John Johns Pepperday and Leonora Chambers

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Husband John Johns Pepperday ¹

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           Born: 23 Nov 1848 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: John H. Pepperday (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Lucy Ann Johns (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 17 Feb 1885 2

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Wife Leonora Chambers ²

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         Father: Daniel L. Chambers (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Mary Smith (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Howard A. Pepperday ²

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         Spouse: Jane Poorman (      -      ) 2

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2 F Helen Pepperday ²

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3 F Ruth Pepperday ²

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         Spouse: Harry Williams (      -      ) 2

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4 M Edwin Wilbert Pepperday ²

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General Notes: Husband - John Johns Pepperday

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He was educated in the public schools of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and lived until he had reached his twentieth year on a farm owned by his father in Westmoreland County, where the family moved in his twelfth year. He then came to Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and at once began to take an active part in the life of the community. His first employment in this region was with the. S. H. & R. Baker Company, a firm of lumbermen and car builders, but he did not remain a great while with them as he became keenly interested in the coal mining operations of the district and turned his attention to this, one of the two greatest industries of Westmoreland County. He was appointed treasurer of the Leasdale Coal Company and held this office for five years, during which time he was one of the important factors in the development of that large industry. The four years following he was one of the owners and partners of the Chambers Flouring Mill Company of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and at the expiration of this term purchased mill and elevator property of his own at Latrobe and engaged in this business there on a large scale until 1906. In this year Mr. Pepperday retired from the industrial world and established a loan and fire insurance business in Latrobe. For many years he was vitally interested in local financial interests and in the banks of the city, and he was one of the organizers of the People's National Bank and of the Latrobe Trust Company. He served for many years as a director in both institutions. Mr. Pepperday was also a very large owner of Latrobe real estate, in which he invested on a large scale.
He was an independent Republican in politics, and while never seeking public office or political preferment of any kind, nevertheless made himself a considerable power in Republican politics there. He was also a conspicuous figure in the social and fraternal circles of Latrobe, and was a prominent member of the Masonic Order and of the Latrobe Club.
He was very fond of outdoor life generally, and was a particularly ardent horseman and owned a number of fine animals, which he took great pleasure in driving.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 458.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 459.

3 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 605.