Joseph Benninghoff and Ella Affantranger

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Husband Joseph Benninghoff ¹

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           Born: 18 Dec 1843 - Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1913
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         Father: John Benninghoff (1801-1882) 2 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Heise (1804-1872) 3 4 5

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   Other Spouse: Jennie E. Miller (Abt 1865-1903) 6 - 14 Dec 1898 6

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Wife Ella Affantranger ¹

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            AKA: Ellen Affantranger 7
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         Father: Peter A. Affantranger (1822-1888) 1 7
         Mother: Matilda Cole (1829-1908) 7

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Children

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1 F Maude E. Benninghoff ¹

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           Born: 24 Aug 1869 8
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         Spouse: Robert Wilson Brown, M.D. (1866-      ) 9 10
           Marr: 17 Jun 1900 8

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2 M Arthur Benninghoff ¹

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           Died: when seven years old
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M Leon A. Benninghoff ¹

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4 F Josephine Benninghoff ¹

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         Spouse: F. L. Emmett (      -      ) 6

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5 F Helen M. Benninghoff ¹

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         Spouse: Frederick Reigleman (      -      ) 6

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Benninghoff

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He received his primary education in the public schools of Venango County, Pennsylvania. In 1868-69, he attended the commercial college of Meadville, and graduated in March of the latter year. He then entered the law office of Hiram L. Richmond & Son, of Meadville, but on his mother’s death, in 1872, he came to Greenville to reside with his father, and did not renew his legal studies till 1880, when he returned to Meadville and was there admitted to the bar in the spring of 1882. After his admission he resided in Greenville.
As an outside venture, he engaged in horticulture in the far west, among other enterprises having a splendid orchard of prunes in Clark County, Washington.

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General Notes: Wife - Ella Affantranger

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She died at age forty-two.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 777.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 776, 1168.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 689.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 127.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 776.

6 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 432.

7 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 599.

8 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 431.

9 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 780.

10 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 430.