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Ellermeyer Family
ELLERMEYER. The Ellermeyer
family has been identified with business life in the borough of Kittanning for
a half century or more, two brothers, William and Charles Ellermeyer,
conducting what is now the oldest meat market there, and another brother,
Harry I. Ellermeyer, having a large hardware establishment and department
store. Albert Ellermeyer, the father of these brothers, was a native of
Germany, and came to the United States in young manhood. He was a
cabinetmaker, and worked at his trade for several years after settling at
Kittanning, Armstrong Co., Pa., subsequently opening a meat market on North
Jefferson street. He built up a large business and carried it on f or many
years. Mr. Ellermeyer married Eva Kron, a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany,
who when eighteen years old came to this country with her sister, Mrs.
Nicholas Rau, arriving at New York. They came west to the home of their uncle,
George Kron, in Kittanning. Mr. and Mrs. Ellermeyer became the parents of
eight children, six of whom survive, viz.: Anna M., wife of Charles Gura;
William; Charles; Harry I.; Edward; Mary, wife of Howard Smith; John,
deceased; and Albert, deceased.William Ellermeyer was born Sept. 6, 1862, in Kittanning, and was educated
there at the public schools. When a boy he entered his father’s shop to assist
him in the meat business, and his whole life has been devoted to this line of
work. In time he became a partner, and since the death of his father he and
his brother Charles have continued together. They have increased their trade
steadily, and are conducting their establishment along modern lines, following
a policy which has proved profitable and has placed them among the most
enterprising merchants of the borough. Their methods and equipment are
up-to-date, and they have a reputation as substantial, progressive business
men second to none in the community.Mr. Ellermeyer is a member of the Catholic Church, and socially he
affiliates with the Elks, the Royal Arcanum and the Knights of Columbus.Charles Ellermeyer, son of Albert and Eva (Kron) Ellermeyer, was born June
2, 1866, in Kittanning and there received a public school education. Like his
brother, he assisted his father in the meat business in youth, and later
became a partner, and as previously stated these brothers have continued the
market their father established, and have widened the scope and extent of the
trade until it is a credit to their ability and energy, and a credit to the
borough in which it is conducted. Mr. Ellermeyer is a member of the Elks,
Modern Woodmen, Heptasophs, Knights of Columbus and C. M. B. A., and in
religion is a Catholic. He has been twice married, his first wife being Julia
Linnan, daughter of Patrick Linnan, of Kittanning. She died in 1903, the
mother of six children: Margaret, James, Catherine, Charles, and two that died
in infancy. In 1905 Mr. Ellermeyer married Sarah B. McConaughy.Harry I. Ellermeyer, son of Albert and Eva (Kron) Ellermeyer, was born in
1873 in Kittanning, and had the educational advantages afforded by the public
schools of the borough. When he went to work he entered the hardware store of
McConnell & Luker, of Kittanning, as clerk, and there learned the details
of the business so thoroughly that within a few years he felt qualified to
embark in that line on his own account. His business career has been
successful. In 1901, in partnership with his brother Edward, he bought the
business of E. E. Hileman and two years later acquired his brother’s interest,
by purchase. Since then he has carried on the- store alone, and he has
enlarged the, business to such proportions that his establishment is now one
of the leading places of the kind in Armstrong county. His stock of hardware
is large and complete, and in addition he carries a line of queensware,
furniture, pianos, organs, buggies, wagons and farm implements which draws
trade from a radius of many miles. His store is six stories in height, 25 by
100 feet in dimensions, and the large warehouses adjoining enable him to
handle an extensive supply of goods, which is a distinct advantage to his
customers as well as to himself. The business is conducted on a large scale,
the trade -now amounting to one hundred thousand dollars annually. Though one
of the younger merchants of this region he has been one of the most
successful, and he is one of those progressive spirits whose enterprise
advances the welfare of the whole community.In 1904, Mr. Ellermeyer married Margaret Fleming, daughter of John M.
Fleming of Kittanning, the latter of whom served as commissioner of Armstrong
county and as justice of the peace. Two children have been born to Mr. and
Mrs. Ellermeyer, Eva Perle and Anna Margaret. Mr. Ellermeyer is a member of
the Catholic Church.Source: Pages 430-431, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People,
Past and Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed September 2001 by Vaughn Davis for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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