John Reed Louthan and Elizabeth Jane Rhodes

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Husband John Reed Louthan ¹

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           Born: 19 Apr 1858 - Darlington, Beaver Co, PA 2
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         Father: James Louthan (1817-1900/1906) 3 4
         Mother: Nancy Strain (1817-1878/1879) 4

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       Marriage: Sep 1880 2

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Wife Elizabeth Jane Rhodes ⁵

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           Born:  - Beaver Co, PA
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         Father: William Rhodes (1814-1883) 6 7
         Mother: Mary Jane Whan (      -Aft 1888) 8

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Children

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1 M George W. Louthan ²

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         Spouse: Laura Haley (      -      ) 2

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2 F Mary Louthan ²

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3 M James L. Louthan ²

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4 F Erma Louthan ²

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General Notes: Husband - John Reed Louthan

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The public schools furnished him with an excellent education for that time, and his early years were spent entirely on the homestead farm. He then worked for a time in a planing mill, after which he was engaged in business as a huckster for about six years. Removing to Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, he rented a farm and in addition to this continued the huckstering business, which he had established on a paying basis. In 1896 he had become prosperous enough to purchase the old family homestead on which he had been born, and thereafter resided there. He completely remodeled the house, making it one of modern conveniences, made additions to the barn, and added many improvements to the place in general. He engaged in general farming and paid considerable attention to dairy farming, having a fine herd of six selected cows. On the farm there were also two gas and oil wells. He and his wife were active members of the United Presbyterian Church, in which he held office as a trustee, and he was also superintendent of the Sabbath school.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 615, 721, 1042.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 615.

3 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 839.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 614, 721.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1042.

6 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 714, 736.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1042, 1056.

8 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 736.