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George Householder
GEORGE HOUSEHOLDER (deceased) was for many years one of the thrifty and
well-to-do farmers of Bethel township, Armstrong county, and the farm upon
which he made his home for over half a century is still occupied by his widow
and two of his sons.Mr. Householder was born May 24, 1828, in Westmoreland county, Pa., and
passed his early life there, coming to Armstrong county with his parents, John
and Elizabeth (Serene) Householder, the latter of French descent. After his
marriage he settled in Bethel township, Armstrong county, on the farm where he
ever afterward made his home, dying there Nov. 4, 1910. The property consists
of 146 acres, and is one of the most valuable farms of its size in the county,
not only because of its natural resources, which are excellent, but because of
the intelligent and thorough cultivation which has developed these resources
to the utmost. There are few places in the county that have been kept up
better, no detail of the farm work being overlooked that would add to the
value or the appearance of the estate.On Jan. 28, 1858, Mr. Householder married Katherine Zuver, of Armstrong
county, daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Claypool) Zuver, the former coming
from Mercer county, Pa., and settling in Bethel township, Armstrong county.
Mrs. Zuver was born and reared on the Claypool homestead in Bethel township.
Her parents were Joseph and Catherine (Ourey) Claypool, her father coming
alone to this country from England and settling in what is now Bethel (then
Allegheny township, Armstrong Co., Pa., at an early day; he became an
important man in that locality. He lived to be eighty-seven years old, his
wife dying long before him, when about sixty years old.In an old history of Armstrong county we find that a blockhouse called the
Claypoole blockhouse was built by one James Claypoole near the river bank
about eighty rods below Fort Run. It is not known now just when it was built,
but it must have been between 1790 and 1796. His wife, Lavina Claypoole, died
in the latter year, and was buried a few rods from the graves of the three men
killed by the Indians at Bloody run, so called from this unfortunate incident;
the Indians had tied a duck to attract the attention of the white men, who
were ambushed, and all three fell in the creek.A family of eleven children was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Householder,
eight sons and three daughters, namely: John, who is deceased, married Lizzie
Shotts and the had seven children, Howard, Laura, Elmer, Paul, Mary, Frank and
Mabel, all living; Margaret is unmarried; William married Matilda McKinney and
they have three children, Violet, Henry W. and Roy; George married Florence
Grey and had nine children, Bessie, Johnson E. Dale, Catherine, Eddie, Samuel,
William, Maud, and two that died in infancy, James and George; Catherine is
unmarried; Reuben died when two years old; Samuel married Ellen Boyd and they
have five children, Myrtle, Blanch, Arthur, Harry and Godie P.; Thomas J.
Lives at the old home; Miles married Mrs. Nannie (West) Bowers (they have no
children); Elizabeth is next in the family; Joseph Z. is engaged with his
brother Thomas in the management of the old farm, where they raise general
crops. This family is associated with the Presbyterian Church, the Appleby
Manor Memorial Church in Manor township.Source: Pages(s) 709, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed October 1998 by Neil G. Anderson for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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