John Fox Means and Gertrude A. Confer

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Husband John Fox Means ¹

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           Born: 18 Dec 1875 - Towanda, Bradford Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1923
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: John W. Means (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Marie Eilenberger (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 4 Jun 1904 1

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Wife Gertrude A. Confer ²

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           Born: 1876
     Christened: 
           Died: 1937
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Hon. Able L. Confer (1844-1928) 3
         Mother: Mary J. Boslough (1849-1921) 2

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - John Fox Means

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After receiving an excellent preparatory education he entered Pennsylvania State College in 1895, taking a special course in mechanical engineering, and leaving that institu­tion in 1897 to take another course, in architecture, at Syracuse, NY, university. Upon completing the latter, in 1898, he engaged in business as an architectural draftsman and was so occupied until September, 1902, when his association with the Empire Oil Works began. He started there in the capacity of roustabout, but he was advanced rapidly until he attained the position of manager, which he gained in 1914.
He identified himself with the best interests of the community when he removed to Oil City, and he was well known in its leading social and fraternal organizations, holding membership in Petrolia Lodge, No. 363, F. & A. M.; Oil City Chapter, R. A. M.; Talbot Commandery, No. 43, K. T.; Pennsylvania Consistory, thirty-second degree, Pittsburgh; the Wanango Country Club; and the National Security League. He was also a member of Towanda Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Towan­da, PA. While in college he was affiliated with the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and he became a member of the national organization, with headquarters in New York City. He also belonged to the Navy League of the United States, Washington, D. C.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 822.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 649.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 648.