Thurman Coulter Musick and Emma Catherine Springer

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Husband Thurman Coulter Musick ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 27 May 1876 - Jacksonville, Indiana Co, PA 3
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         Father: Samuel Musick (1845-      ) 3 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Elizabeth Brinker (1847-      ) 1 2 6 8

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       Marriage: 24 Jan 1905 9

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Wife Emma Catherine Springer ⁹

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           Born: 30 Sep 1876 - near Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 9
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         Father: William J. Springer (1847-      ) 9
         Mother: Mary Jane Overly (1850-      ) 9

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Children

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1 M Francis Brinker Musick ⁹

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           Born: 30 Oct 1908 9
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2 F Jane Elizabeth Musick ⁹

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           Born: 13 Oct 1910 9
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General Notes: Husband - Thurman Coulter Musick

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He was born near Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, but his parents removed from that place to Westmoreland County when he was a small boy, and his education was obtained at the public schools of Unity township there. After completing his studies at these institutions, he began his successful business career as a clerk in his father's store. He remained thus employed until the time of reaching his majority, and then in 1898, secured a clerical position with the Puritan Supply Company of Bagley, Unity township. He remained with this concern for a period of about three and one-half years, gaining in the meantime a very complete knowledge of business methods, and then formed a partnership with his brother, A. P. Musick, and engaged with him in the grocery business at Monessen, Pennsylvania. After eighteen months spent in this enterprise, Mr. Musick withdrew and engaged in a general mercantile business at Bagley for himself. This highly successful venture he continued for seven years and then came to Ligonier, April 1, 1911, where he purchased a grist mill from Edward Benford, and then carried on a large and flourishing general milling business, manufacturing flour and feeds of all kinds. He also dealt in hay, straw, and similar commodities on a large scale, and was regarded as one of the largest merchants in this line in the neighborhood. Mr. Musick was a Democrat in his politics, and took an important part in local affairs. He held a number of offices and at one time was a member of the Borough Council. He was a prominent Free Mason, having attained the thirty-second degree in that order, and was affiliated with most of the Masonic bodies in the region, among which could be mentioned the Loyalhanna Lodge, No. 275, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Latrobe, and Pennsylvania Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Masons, of Pittsburgh. Mr. Musick was a man of strong religious feelings and convictions. He was a member of St. James' Evangelical Lutheran church of Ligonier, and before coming to that city attended St. Paul's church at Pleasant Unity and later St. James' church at Youngstown. He served the former as a deacon and the latter as deacon and treasurer.

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General Notes: Wife - Emma Catherine Springer

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She was born near Greensburg in Hempfield township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and was educated at first in the local schools and later in the Slippery Rock Normal School, in Butler County, from which she graduated with the class of 1896. After this she taught for a time in schools at Mount Pleasant and Wilkinsburg. She was prominent in the work of St. James Evangelical Lutheran church at Ligonier, and was a member of the Ladies' Aid Society and the Ladies' Guild. She was also active in the Sunday school and was a substitute teacher.

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 508.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 498.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 459.

4 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 507.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 497.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 241.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 288.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 460.

9 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 461.