William Frederick Hough, Jr.
William’s father was a World War I veteran who has his own Notable life story, found here. The junior William, or “Bill,” knew only one home address during his short…
Read MoreWilliam Charles Bauman
The Bauman family moved from Philadelphia to a little neighborhood in nearby Delaware County called Lester. That was in 1913, a year after their only son, William (“Bill”) was born. …
Read MoreWilliam J. Porter
Bill was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, between Altoona and Harrisburg, where his parents, William and Helen, grew up. He was their only child, and within a few months of…
Read MoreEvelyn Hope George
Home for the George family in the early 1900s was New Castle, Pennsylvania, close to the Ohio border near Youngstown. It was a one-industry town, and Evelyn’s father worked at…
Read MoreElmer William McAlpin
There were seven boys born to Samuel and Louise McAlpin during the first quarter of the 20th century. Their father was born in Scotland and was a coppersmith at the…
Read MoreJoseph Shealy
It wouldn’t be right to not recognize as “notable” someone who served our country in a foreign war zone just because there aren’t enough facts to compile a life story.…
Read MoreWilliam Howard McNutt
This Philadelphia native served his country for almost eleven years, starting right after he got married in 1940. Bill was an only child whose father died in 1937 and step-mother…
Read MoreRobert L. Kennedy
Robert was born just to the west of Philadelphia in Delaware County on March 23, 1933. His mother was 19 at the time, and his father was 23, a drill…
Read MoreRuth Marie Jackson Marks
Ruth was the daughter of Ralph and Marie Jackson, and the granddaughter of Irish immigrants with quite a Presbyterian pedigree. Her father was one of six sons, four of whom…
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