Husband Oliver W. Stoughton 1 2
Born: 6 Mar 1853 - Clay Twp, Butler Co, PA 2
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Father: Matthew Stoughton (1831-1855) 2
Mother: Margaret Davis (1830-Aft 1909) 2
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Wife Parmelia Agnes Garvin 3
AKA: Permelia Garvin 1
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Father: Benjamin Garvin (1827-Aft 1895) 1 4
Mother: Ellen Vandivort ( -Aft 1895) 1
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1 M George W. Stoughton 3 5
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Spouse: Earla May Ramsey ( - ) 5
2 M Lester G. Stoughton 7
AKA: O. W. Stoughton 6
Born: 17 Aug 1878 - Butler Co, PA 8
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Spouse: Ann Mary Walters ( - ) 6 8
3 M Samuel J. Stoughton 3
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4 U [Infant] Stoughton 3
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5 U [Infant] Stoughton 9
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General Notes: Husband - Oliver W. Stoughton
On both sides his grandfathers were upright, honorable men. Grandfather Stoughton was a leading member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Franklin Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, in which he at times served officially, while Grandfather Davis was equally prominent in St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church, situated in Clay Township. They both had come to the county as pioneers and both became men of substance and large landowners.
When he was about four years of age, he went to live with his maternal grandfather and some years afterward, another relative, Mrs. Susan Davis, took charge of him and with her he resided until he was twelve years old and then became a member of the family of Thomas Brannon, with whom he remained for five years. For this man Mr. Stoughton cherishes feelings of esteem and veneration. To the fatherless boy he was as a parent and gave him a real home, being interested in his schooling, health and comfort. When seventeen years of age, Mr. Stoughton left the kind care of Mr. Brannon in order to prepare himself for a future. He came to Butler with the expectation of starting to learn the wagonmaking trade, but circumstances prevented and he worked awhile with farmers and then learned the plastering trade. While working as a plasterer in the summer he went to the Unionville schools in the winter until his health partially failed. Then he decided to prepare himself for teaching and attended Witherspoon Institute for three terms, after which he taught school for some years, mainly through the winter seasons, during 1874-5-6-7 and 1878. In the meanwhile he was married and in 1876, while he was teaching, his capable wife carried on a store at Holyoke, in Center Township. In April, 1878, they moved to Brady Township and opened up a store and the enterprise gave such promise of success that he decided to give up teaching and devote his entire attention to merchandising.
He continued his store business for several years when he decided to engage in farming and after selling his stock, he rented a farm in Brady Township, which he operated for two years and then repurchased his old store and continued to operate it for some years longer. He still cherished, however, a desire for an agricultural life and again bought a farm, this time in Prospect borough. While living there he organized and became the manager of the Prospect Creamery, his associates in the business being: John W. Shaffer, N. S. Grossman, James Wilson and David West. The creamery plant was built by a Pittsburg company that failed to make it a success and Mr. Stoughton and his associates purchased the property for $1,000. A loss of a considerable amount, through early mismanagement, threw the burden of indebtedness on Mr. Stoughton, and he found himself liable for more than he felt able to pay, but he assumed the debts and every dollar was reimbursed. The selling of that plant followed and a new one was erected and as Mr. Stoughton had full charge there he made it pay for itself and when he disposed of his interest in 1898, the plant was paying out to the neighboring farmers from $700 to $900 a month.
After leaving Prospect, he went to Evans City and for one year conducted a store there, which he sold in order to become superintendent of the Condensed Milk plant at Cowdersport, where he remained for one year. In 1901 he purchased the John C. Moore farm in Center Township, containing 150 acres, which he and sons developed into one of the best estates in that part of Butler County. The sons gave all their attention to the various industries of the place, cultivating the land scientifically, raising fifty head of cattle and many horses, and wholesaling milk to the amount of $2,500 a year. Almost all of this large farm was under scientific cultivation, and it produced abundantly, in 1908 they had a yield of 133 bushels of corn to the acre. Mr. Stoughton had two silos on his farm, one of 200 ton and the other of 50. His buildings were substantial and all his surroundings indicate the effect of intelligent observation and practical application.
He and his wife were members of the United Presbyterian Church at Holyoke, in which he was an elder and Sunday-school superintendent beginning in 1880.
In 1906, Mr. Stoughton was appointed superintendent of the Butler County Home and his wife became the matron of the institution. The Home accommodated 200 or more inmates. The county farm contained 125 acres under cultivation, there being 190 acres in the tract. When Mr. Stoughton had charge but two hands were needed in the summer and one in winter, the inmates being able to do the rest of the work. Mr. Stoughton applied the same scientific methods to cultivating the County farm here that he did on his own property and in 1907 he sold produce to the amount of $1,997, and at the same time supported the inmates comfortably. In all branches of management, he and wife adopted the most modern methods and succeeded in making the institution a model one. In politics he was a Republican.