Eli Oesterling and Catherine Brautegan

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Husband Eli Oesterling ¹

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           Born: 22 Feb 1853 - Summit Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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         Father: John Oesterling (Abt 1818-1870) 1 2
         Mother: Mary Weisenstine (      -Bef 1909) 1

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Wife Catherine Brautegan ³

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           Born:  - Kur-Hessen, Germany
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1 M Ferdinand H. Oesterling ³

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2 M Raines David Oesterling ³

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3 F Gertrude Oesterling ³

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         Spouse: William McDowell (      -      ) 3

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4 F Alice Oesterling ³

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         Spouse: Gilbert Ford (      -      ) 3

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5 M Daniel Oesterling ³

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6 F Sarah Oesterling ³

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7 M Clarence Oesterling ³

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General Notes: Husband - Eli Oesterling

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He was reared in Summit Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, and there obtained his education. After his marriage he left the home farm and moved on his grandfather Weisenstine's farm, in Butler Township, where he remained for four years, when he moved to the Mitchell farm, on which he lived for fifteen years. In 1897 he bought a property and gave close and careful attention to developing it. He kept fifteen head of cattle and had over sixty-five acres of his land in corn, oats, wheat and hay. His oldest son operated a successful milk route in Butler, and about thirty gallons of milk were disposed of daily.
He and his family belonged to the German Lutheran Church. He was one of the township's leading Democrats and for nine years served as a school director, for three years was supervisor, for four years was assessor and also served in the office of roadmaster.

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General Notes: Wife - Catherine Brautegan

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She was thirteen years of age when her parents brought her to America and settled at Etna, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1863.

1 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1097.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 844.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1098.