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Thompson C. Wolfe
THOMPSON C. WOLFE, of Bethel
township, Armstrong county, is a thrifty farmer and respected citizen of that
section. He was born Sept. 24, 1860, in what is now Bethel township, son of
Samuel B. and Maria (Wareham) Wolfe. His paternal grandfather, Jacob Wolfe,
was of German extraction; his maternal grandparents, Peter and Susanna
Wareham, were of Scotch and German origin respectively.Samuel Wolfe was born in Armstrong county, July 26, 1825, and died March 5,
1907; his wife, born Feb. 22, 1830, died in November, 1901. They were the
parents of six sons and two daughters, of which family five sons survive, the
daughters and son Silas being deceased.Thompson C. Wolfe attended common school in his township, and worked on his
father�s farm until of age. For years he has been engaged in threshing,
traveling over the country at first with his father and others, having begun
in the days when horsepower was used and changing to steampower when that
became practicable. He owns the ninety acres in Bethel township where he
resides, all of which is under cultivation, his principal crops being grain;
he also raises some stock.On Jan. 5, 1908, Thompson C. Wolfe married Elizabeth Magdalene Darbaker,
who was born on the farm where she now resides. There are no children by this
union. Mrs. Wolfe is a daughter of Jacob and Harriet (Kinnard) Darbaker, and
granddaughter of Isaac and Mary Ann (Helfrich) Kinnard, of Armstrong county,
who were pioneers of Burrell township and members of St. Michael�s Lutheran
Church. Jacob Wolfe enlisted in Armstrong county for service in the Civil war,
was a private in an infantry regiment, and died in Virginia while in the army.Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe are members of Bethel Lutheran Church. Some twelve years
ago he was made a member of the Knights of the Maccabees at Natrona, Pa. In
politics he is a Republican.Source: Pages 677, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed September 2001 by Lisa Strobel for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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