James Hamilton Chickering and Helen Shepard

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Husband James Hamilton Chickering ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Dec 1875 - New York City, NY 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1950
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Kenton Chickering (1847-1908) 1 2 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Hamilton (1846-1926) 1 2 4

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       Marriage: 15 Jun 1905 - ? Venango Co, PA 2

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Wife Helen Shepard ²

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           Born: 17 Apr 1881 - Lockport, Niagara Co, NY
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           Died: Aug 1974 - ? Oil City, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Edwin R. Shepard (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Caroline Slack (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Kenton Chickering ⁵

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           Born: 7 Jun 1906 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Jan 2005 - ? Texas
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Emma Reimann Roess (1908-1983) 5
           Marr: 12 Sep 1933 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 6

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2 F Helen Chickering ⁷

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           Born: 
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Capt. Champlin F. Buck, Jr. (      -      ) 7
           Marr: 1931 - ? Venango Co, PA

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3 M Lt. Edwin S. Shepard Chickering ⁷

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Mary Jim Lane (      -      ) 7

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4 M James Hamilton Chickering, Jr. ⁷

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           Born: 27 Mar 1915
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           Died: Sep 1981
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Greta M. McMullen (      -      )
           Marr: 1940 - ? Venango Co, PA

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General Notes: Husband - James Hamilton Chickering

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He attended grade schools in Oil City and the Stevens School at Hoboken, New Jersey, and in 1886 he studied at Bethlehem Preparatory School, in Bethlehem. He entered Lehigh University in Septem­ber, 1897, and in the fall of 1899 became associated with the Oil Well Supply Company, of Oil City, filling different positions therein until March 1, 1927. He was statistician and director of the company until that time, when he opened an office in the Oil City National Bank Building. On April 24, 1923, he was elected a director of the Oil Well Supply Company, on whose board he served until that company was purchased by the United States Steel Corporation in 1930. Mr. Chickering carried on his ex­tensive activities for many years until his retirement from business on June 1, 1938. A director of the Oil City Na­tional Bank, as an advisor and helper he has aided many other enterprises in this region of Pennsylvania.
Civic affairs absorb a great deal of his time. He was for some years a director of the Oil City Hospital, and was its president in 1925. He was a Republican in politics. In Christ Episcopal Church for many years he served as senior warden and vestryman. He was a member of the executive council of the diocese of Erie. He was a member of the Wanango Country Club and president of the Oil City Boat Club, belonged to the Chi Psi fraternity, and in the Free and Accepted Masons was affiliated with Petrolia Lodge No. 363, Oil City Chapter No. 236, Royal Arch Masons; Keystone Council, No. 42, Royal and Select Masters; Venango Lodge of Perfection in Oil City, and New Castle Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, in which he held the thirty-second degree. He was a Past Commander of Talbot Commandery, No. 43, of Oil City, and in 1929, 1930 and 1931 was Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery, Knights Templar of Pennsylvania. He was chairman of the finance com­mittee of the Grand Commandery, Knights Templar, of Pennsylvania, and a member of the finance committee of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States of America. His Masonic affiliations also include membership in Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Pittsburgh. Mr. Chicker­ing was a member of the Kiwanis Club and its second presi­dent in 1923 and lieutenant-governor in 1924 and 1925. During the first World War, Mr. Chickering was active as a “four-minute speaker” in connection with the different drives and campaigns. His favorite recreation was fishing.

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General Notes: Wife - Helen Shepard

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from Bradford, PA

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 435.

2 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 180.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 854.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 855.

5 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 62.

6 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #19204.

7 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 181.