John C. Whitla and Sarah A. Simpson

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Husband John C. Whitla ¹

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           Born: 9 Apr 1848 - Salineville, Columbiana Co, OH 1
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         Father: David [2] Whitla (1811-1878) 2
         Mother: Mary Jane Reeves (      -      ) 3

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       Marriage: 31 Oct 1869 1

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Wife Sarah A. Simpson ¹

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         Father: Dr. W. W. Simpson (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 M Theodore Whitla ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John C. Whitla

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He was born in Salineville, Ohio, removed with his parents when a child to Stark County and later to Ravenna, in the same state. In 1864 New Brighton, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, became his home. The lad received such education as the common schools of Ohio afforded, and on coming to New Brighton entered the store of H. T. & J. Reeves as clerk, continuing this relation with their successors, Messrs. Duff & Thompson, with whom he remained thirteen years. He was not satisfied, however, to spend his best years as a clerk, and at the expiration of this time embarked in the sale of dry goods and carpets at New Brighton, where he remained until 1885. Having become a stockholder in the New Brighton and Beaver Valley Street Railway he then superintended its construction, and in forty-one days successfully completed the project. He also aided in the organization and constructed the buildings of the New Brighton Glass Works, and was one of the projectors and a director of the First National Bank of Beaver Falls. In 1886 he established himself in the clothing business in Beaver Falls, and one year later erected a spacious building for this business, opposite the Economy Bank. In January, 1887, the Beaver Falls Art Tile Company was organized, of which he became a director and later its president. The same year he with others projected the Whitla Glass Works, Limited, of which he was also president.
He was an active member of Union Lodge No. 59, F. & A. M., of New Brighton, and connected with Harmony Chapter of Beaver Falls, and Askalon Commandery, of Allegheny City. He was identified by membership with the Protestant Methodist church of New Brighton.

He and his wife had four children; only one was still living in 1888.

1 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 739.

2 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 713, 739.

3 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 713.