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Thomas S Linaberger
THOMAS S. LINABERGER, farmer, was born on his present place, a farm of 140
acres, situated in Brady�s Bend township, Armstrong Co., Pa., Sept. 19,
1876, son of John and A. M. (Snow) Linaberger. His paternal grandparents were
early settlers of this place.John Linaberger, father of Thomas S., was born on the present home farm in
Brady�s Bend township and frequently related to his children how, as a boy,
he would be sent by his father to chase the deer out of the grain fields. He
became a farmer and in 1861 bought the other heirs� interests in the farm,
and when called on to enlist in the Civil war paid a substitute. In politics
he was a Republican, but did not seek public office, consenting, however, to
serve as a school director in Brady�s Bend township for two years before his
death, which took place on his seventy-eighth birthday, in February, 1907. He
is buried in the Crawford cemetery.John Linaberger married A. M. Snow, who was born in Perry township,
Armstrong Co., Pa., and eleven children were born to them, the survivors
being: Mrs. Henry Vogt; Mrs. John Seibert; Jacob S., of Sugar Creek township;
Albert, of Kittannning, and Thomas S. � all of Armstrong county; Mrs. George
Ponches, of Donegal township, Butler county; Mrs. Gabe Kaylor, of Fairview
township, Butler county; Mrs. Henry Kaylor, of Butler county; and Mrs. William
Kelley, of Saltsburg, Indiana Co., Pa. The mother died June 2, 1892. The
family was reared in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church.Thomas S. Linaberger received his schooling in Perry township and afterward
came to Brady�s Bend township. At the death of his father he and his
brother, in 1907, bought the homestead. In 1911 he bought his brother�s
interest. He attends to all his farm industries himself, raising crops and
keeping his land in good condition, and also raises cattle and sheep. He takes
much interest in his agricultural matters and is one of the members of the
local Grange.Source: Page 939, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed November 1998 by Kathy Zagorac for the Armstrong County Beers
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