James Burton Luther and Eva Christ

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Husband James Burton Luther ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 19 Jul 1871 - West Fairfield, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: Joseph G. Luther (1841-Bef 1918) 2 3 4 5
         Mother: Alice M. Peoples (      -Aft 1918) 2 3 5 6

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       Marriage: 17 Oct 1910 7

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   Other Spouse: Anna Brown (      -1909) 1 7 - 15 Jul 1899 7

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Wife Eva Christ ⁷

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         Father: S. C. Christ (      -      ) 7
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   Other Spouse: Walter Schwem (      -      ) 7

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General Notes: Husband - James Burton Luther

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DuBois, Clearfield Co, PA - an undertaker

He was educated in the common and High School at West Fairfield and later took a business course at Duff's Commercial College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In preparation for his future business he then entered the Philadelphia College of Embalming, where he remained until graduation, after which he spent a year in the Morgue at Pittsburgh, gaining practical experience in his profession. For two years Mr. Luther was in the furniture and undertaking business at Florence, Pennsylvania, and from there moved to DuBois. There he entered into the employ of the undertaking firm of Flegel & Weber. On September 7, 1909, in partnership with P. T. Sullivan, he bought out the entire interests of that firm and thereafter the business was conducted under the style of the J. B. Luther Undertaking Co. The new firm had all necessary equipments for their business, including two fine teams, one white and the other black, four funeral cars, a casket wagon, an ambulance, and cabs to accommodate pall bearers.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 171.

2 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 455.

3 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 128.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 169.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 52.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 170.

7 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 456.