Husband Adam Troutman 1 2 3
Born: 1832 - Germany 4
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Father: Adam Troutman ( - ) 4
Mother: Mary Cradel ( - ) 4
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Wife Margaret Agner 3 5
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1 M John Henry Troutman 6 7 8
Born: 27 Feb 1854 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 7 9
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Died: 28 Sep 1919 9 10
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Spouse: Mary E. Helfrich ( - ) 8 10 11
Marr: 15 Sep 1881 - Carrollton, Carroll Co, OH 9 10
2 M George A. Troutman 12
Born: 1865 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 13
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Spouse: Amelia Schaffner ( - ) 14
Marr: 1900 15
3 M William J. Troutman 16
Born: 20 May 1868 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 17
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Spouse: Josephine Martha Stock ( - ) 17
Marr: 1890 17
4 F Mary Troutman 3 18 19
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Spouse: William G. Ziegler (1858- ) 3 19 20 21
5 F Louise Troutman 5
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Spouse: James B. Hazlett ( - ) 5
6 M Albert C. Troutman 22
Born: 1875 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 23
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Spouse: Lillian Miller ( - ) 24
Marr: 1905 23
General Notes: Husband - Adam Troutman
He was an infant when his parents set-tled in Clearfield Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, in 1832, and until he was twelve years old he assisted on the home farms. There were, however, thirteen children in the family and, as his services were not needed, he started out to find other work and to thereby add to the family's fortune, but after six months, during which he worked as hostler in Jacob Riber's hotel, he re-turned home and attended school through the following winter. In the spring he again started out, going to Brady's Bend, where he went to work in a coal bank, where for long hours he drove a patient old mule, and there he remained for two years. He was not satisfied, however, with the education he had been able to acquire and after his return home, he went to school for two more months. From there he went to the Zimmerman Hotel, which then stood on the present site of the Willard, and after working there for one year, he was engaged by the groceryman, James Negley. For his first year's services, he received the sum of $25, clothing and board, and the second year, $50, the third year, $75, and the fourth year, $100. In the fifth year, when he married, his salary was fixed at $25 per month.
In the meanwhile, he had acquired a good education by attending night school and had assisted his father in the purchase of land, and so careful, prudent and frugal had he been, with a constant eye to the future establishing of a business of his own, that when Mr. Negley was ready to sell out he had enough capital to go into partnership, later, with Mr. Negley in a new business, which continued for two years, when Mr. Negley bought his interest. Mr. Troutman, with George Weber, then purchased the general mercantile business of William S. Boyd and this partnership continued for five years, when Jacob Boose bought Mr. Weber's interest. Mr. Troutman and Mr. Boose continued together for eighteen months, when the former bought out the latter and thus gratified the ambition he had long cherished, of owning a business for himself. He was a merchant for many years and he continued to conduct his business alone until he admitted his son, J. Henry Troutman, as an equal partner, the firm name becoming A. Troutman & Son. In 1901, he sold out his interest to two other sons, George and William Troutman, when the firm name became A. Troutman's Sons.