John Nicholas Ifft and Mary L. Datt

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Husband John Nicholas Ifft ^{1 2}

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           Born: 23 Jul 1853 - Jackson Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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         Father: George Ifft, Sr. (1815-1891) 3
         Mother: Sophia Reeb (1822-1893) 3

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       Marriage: 24 Aug 1882 1

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Wife Mary L. Datt ¹

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         Father: George Datt (      -      ) 1
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General Notes: Husband - John Nicholas Ifft

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He received a good public school education. On the death of his father he purchased the home­stead, and operated a stock farm of 125 acres. He was engaged in the breeding of French Norman, English Shire and Cleveland Bay coach horses. Among his horses are the following registered stock: Barton Boy, Number 6,680, sired by Charleston, dam Brown Bonny, imported by Bell Brothers, of Wooster, Ohio; Reigning Monarch, Number 6,235, bred by John Robinson, of England, sired by Lincoln, Number 1,351, grandsire Bold Lincoln, Number 231, dam Rival, Number 2,885, imported by Bell Brothers; French Norman stallion, Hercula, Number 4,320, bred by J. B. Kale, of Normandy, France, sired by Brenus, Number 1,958, dam Ulina, Number 2,763, imported by Isaac Dreifoos, of Pittsburg; also Noble Prince, Number 924, bred by William Rook, of Rooksborough, Kirby Moorside, Yorkshire, England, imported by the Cleveland Bay Horse Company, of Paw Paw, Michigan, foaled in 1890, sired by Prince George, Number 235, dam Rose, Number 250. He was also engaged in the breeding of high grade cattle, and devoted much time to the growth and development of the stock interests in Pennsylvania. In politics, Mr. Ifft was a Democrat, and in religious faith, he was connected with the Lutheran church.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1104.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 963.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1103.