Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Oliver W. Gilpin and Emily Campbell Reynolds




Husband Oliver W. Gilpin 1

           Born: 4 Sep 1874 - Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA 1
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         Father: John Gilpin (1839-1883) 2
         Mother: Olive McConnell (      -      ) 3


       Marriage: 16 Feb 1909 - Palm Beach, FL 1



Wife Emily Campbell Reynolds 1

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         Father: Ross Reynolds (1854-1908) 4
         Mother: Harriett Hallock Campbell (1858-1909) 5




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General Notes: Husband - Oliver W. Gilpin


He was born in Kittanning, Pennslvania, and there received his early education in the public schools, graduating from high school in 1890. He then entered Phillips Academy, at Andover, Massachusetts, graduating from that institution in 1893, in which year he became a student at Harvard, taking a full course and receiving his A. B. degree in 1897. His law studies were carried on at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1901. The same year he received admission to the bar at Philadelphia, at Pittsburgh and in Armstrong County. Then he took a trip to Europe, returning to America in 1903, after an extended tour, and settling down to law practice. Forming a partnership with Orr Buffington, the representative of another local family whose members were famous in the legal profession, under the firm name of Buffington and Gilpin. Mr. Gilpin was admitted to practice in the Federal court and State Supreme court. He was honored with the vice presidency of the Armstrong County Bar Association. He was associated with local business enterprises as a director of the Armstrong Electric Company and as vice president of the Armstrong County Trust Company. He was a member of the Union Club at Pittsburgh and of the University Club of that city, and of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at Philadelphia. He belonged to the Protestant Episcopal Church.


General Notes: Wife - Emily Campbell Reynolds


She was a granddaughter of Judge James Campbell, of Clarion County, Pennsylvania.

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Sources


1 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 342.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 340, 516.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 516.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 342, 384.

5 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 392.


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