BIO: Peter J. HUTH, Beaver County, PA
  
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  BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES.  This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches 
  of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  Buffalo, N.Y., 
  Chicago, Ill.: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899, pp. 337-338.
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  PETER J. HUTH, an enterprising and energetic business man of Rochester, Pa.,
  whom we are pleased to represent with a portrait on the opposite page, is
  secretary and treasurer of the Point Bottle Works, Limited, one of the most
  flourishing establishments in Western Pennsylvania. He was born in Baltimore,
  Md., in 1859, and is a son of Charles and Veronica (Becker) Huth.
  
  Charles Huth, the father of our subject, was born in Lomborn, near Hanan,
  Germany, and was a single man when he came to America, locating in the city
  of Baltimore. After his marriage he removed to Pittsburg, and later to
  Freedom, Beaver county, Pa., in 1864, and, being a cooper by trade, was
  employed in that line of work. Upon moving to Rochester, in 1865, he operated
  a cooper shop, and, in connection with this, he opened a store for raftsmen
  and boatmen, located on Water street. He also purchased what had formerly
  been a river warehouse, rebuilt it into a residence, and lived there the
  remainder of his days, dying at the age of fifty-eight years. His union with
  Veronica Becker resulted in the following issue: Adam, a grocer on Water
  street, in Rochester; Peter J., the subject of this biographical record;
  Lizzie, the wife of John Schies, of Anderson, Ind.; Josephine, the wife of
  Henry Heuring, a record of whose life appears elsewhere in this volume;
  Andrew, a printer, of Cleveland, Ohio; Kate, the wife of Michael Kinney, of
  Anderson, Ind.; John, a glass blower, of Rochester, Pa.; Caroline; George, a
  glass blower of Rochester; and Annie, a bookkeeper in the office of the Point
  Bottle Works. Veronica Becker, mother of Peter J., was born January 22, 1832.
  She is a daughter of Henry and Barbara Becker, natives of Bruckenau, Bayern,
  Germany. She came to this country in 1852, and settled in Baltimore,
  Maryland. She married Charles Huth in 1853, she having previously met him in
  the Old Country. Since the death of her husband, she has resided on Water
  street, in a comfortable home, surrounded by many friends and acquaintances.
  
  Peter J. Huth attended the public schools of Rochester until he reached the
  age of fourteen years, when he began work in the pressed glass department of
  the Rochester Tumbler Works, continuing there until he entered the cutting
  department of the Phoenix Glass Company, of Monaca. He served in that
  capacity for four years, and then in the main
  
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  office, for a like period, as custodian, clerk, and paymaster. In 1887, the
  Point Bottle Works, Limited, was re-organized, and he became one of the
  stockholders, as well as secretary and treasurer, in which capacity he is
  still officiating. This plant was established in 1879, as the Rochester Flint
  Vial & Bottle Works, and was located at the present site on the lower end of
  Water street, by David McDonald, its president, and C. I. McDonald,
  vice-president and manager. The estate was subsequently sold at sheriff's
  sale, and was bought by the following business men: J. M. Buchanan, S. B.
  Wilson, J. C. Cunningham, J. C. Irwin, and P. McLaughlin, who served as
  president. In 1887, it was purchased and re-organized with the name of Point
  Bottle Works, Limited, and Henry Heuring was made president. The subject
  hereof was selected as secretary and treasurer, and per-formed his duties
  with such satisfaction that he was again chosen in 1897, when C. A. Dambacher
  was made president. The directors are C. A. Dambacher, P. J. Huth, William
  O'Leary, R. Rodke, John Flint, J. R. Dougherty, and L. Hollander. The main
  building of the plant is 60x120 feet; on the lower floor are located the mold
  room, the mixing room, and the engine and boiler rooms. On the second floor
  are the packing and warehouse rooms. The second building is 64x64 feet,
  fitted with a twelve-pot furnace, eighteen ovens, and four glory holes. They
  give daily employment to 125 men, and manufacture all kinds of bottles, the
  yearly output amounting to $90,000.
  
  Peter J. Huth was united in marriage with Grace O'Leary, a daughter of John
  and Annie (Ingles) O'Leary, and she died at about the age of thirty years.
  They had two children: Charles and Lawrence, - both of whom died in infancy.
  Mr. Huth formed a second marital union, with Mary Emery, a daughter of
  William F. and Mary A. (Conway) Emery, and they had three children: the first
  born being a son, who died in infancy; the next, Alexander, who died at the
  age of one year; and Peter Emery. Mr. Huth built a handsome home on Hull
  street, but resides, on Dees Lane. Religiously, the family are devout members
  of the Catholic church. Mr. Huth is a man of strong personality, and has
  gained many friends throughout this section of the state.