George A. Ready, Sr. and Ida Jane Felmlee

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Husband George A. Ready, Sr. ¹

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           Born: 8 Feb 1865 - St. Clair, St. Clair Co, MI 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1930
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: David Ready (1839-1913) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Lewis (1844-      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1890 - ? Venango Co, PA

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Wife Ida Jane Felmlee ²

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           Born: 1866 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1960
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: John David Felmlee (1834/1835-1919) 2
         Mother: Fietta Bortz (1849-1917) 2

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Children

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1 F Clara Louise Ready ²

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           Born: 16 Jul 1892 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1968
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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2 M George Alfred Ready, Jr. ²

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           Born: 6 Jul 1896 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Sep 1980
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Myrtle Adeline Rankin (Abt 1904-      )
           Marr: 20 Jul 1925 - Rouseville, Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA

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General Notes: Husband - George A. Ready, Sr.

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He was brought to Oil City, PA, in June, 1865, growing up there. He had the advantages of the excellent public schools, attending high school, and when old enough began to assist his father in the stone business at the Oil City quarries below the site of the Oil City Hospital, also hav­ing another quarry above Rockmere from which similar material was taken. The output consists principally of foundation stones for bridge work and ordinary building, stone having been furnished for the Suspension bridge and Petroleum bridge-piers, the foundation of the Lamberton National Bank and “Collins House” (later the “Arlington Hotel”), the stone work in the National Tran­sit Company's buildings-foundation of both and stone trimmings for new building on Seneca street, the foundations for the First National Bank and the McCollum block (built by John McCollum), the retaining wall alongside the Valley depot, on the South Side, all from the Oil City quarries. Mr. Ready also did all the stone work on the Western New York & Pennsylvania railroad (now the Penn­sylvania road), and furnished the large quantities of stone needed for the grade crossing work of that road in Buffalo, NY. He filled many other large contracts besides those mentioned. Mr. Ready was associated with his father until the latter's death, after which he took over the entire management of the business, continuing its expansion. Mr. and Mrs. Ready were members of Grace M. E. Church, but their son and daughter attended the Episcopal Church. Fraternally Mr. Ready was well known in the membership of Lodge No. 344, B. P. O. Elks, and the Modern Woodmen, both at Oil City. He was a Republican on political issues. [CAB, 635]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 635.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 636.