Harrison Lee Yerty and Minnie Ann Parker

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Husband Harrison Lee Yerty ¹

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           Born: 4 Jul 1871 - Armstrong Co, PA 1
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         Father: David Yerty (      -Bef 1918) 2 3
         Mother: Susanna Fair (      -      ) 2 3

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       Marriage: 25 Aug 1897 - Armstrong Co, PA 4

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Wife Minnie Ann Parker ⁴

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         Father: Oliver Parker (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Sarah Ann Fennell (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 M Clarence Leroy Yerty ⁴

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2 M Oliver Merl Yerty ⁴

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3 F Gladys Blanche Yerty ⁴

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4 F Ruth Mabel Yerty ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Harrison Lee Yerty

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He was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, on his father's farm located about eight miles from Kittanning. His childhood and early youth were spent among the healthful surroundings of farm life, in assisting his father with his work and in attending the local public schools for his education. He remained on the old homestead until he had reached the age of twenty-one years, when he left the parental roof and went to Butler County with the intention of taking part in the development of the great oil fields, which were at this time just in the period of their most rapid growth. This was in the year 1892 and the young man spent four years there doing the work of a well driller and gaining much valuable experience and a knowledge of general business conditions. In 1896 he came to Vandergrift at the time when the flourishing town had first been granted a charter. For a time after coming to Vandergrift he worked in the employ of several concerns, and for three years followed the trade of carpenter, in which capacity he helped to erect many of the finest buildings in the town. A man of wide intelligence and great enterprise, he was not content to work for others indefinitely, accordingly saved up
as large a proportion of his earnings as was possible with a view of eventually becoming independent. His ambition in this line was gratified, and in 1899 he began to do contract work of his own, continuing the same with a high degree of success for about eight years. In the year 1907, perceiving what a large opportunity lay in the business of supplying the general materials used in construction, he established the "Trio Lumber Company" in association with Charles Reed and Thomas A. Cunningham. After about a year of successful business, Mr. Cunningham found it necessary to retire, but the firm was continued under the same name until 1910, when Mr. Yerty purchased the entire interest. For one year after its founding the Trio Lumber Company did contracting work, and when Mr. Yerty became the sole owner in 1910, this branch of the business was again taken up. Until 1916 he continued in this line with great success and built many of the most handsome structures in the town, both business and residential in character. In 1916, however, the trade in lumber and other building supplies became so large that Mr. Yerty decided to concentrate all his efforts and attention upon it. He also dealt not a little in real estate and development projects, purchased several properties and after building on them disposed of them again at an advantage. He was also the owner of a number of properties upon which stood houses, all of which were rented. In his business he employs upward of ten men.
Mr. Yerty was a Lutheran in religion and attended St. Paul's church of that denomination at Vandergrift Heights, where his residence was at No. 412 Hancock street. For a time after coming to Vandergrift, he was a member of the First Lutheran church and was prominent in both congregations. He was also associated with the local lodge of the American Order of Eagles.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 515.

2 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 271.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 910.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 516.