BIO: George F. WEHR, 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. 192-195.
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  GEORGE F. WEHR is one of the substantial and prominent citizens of the town
  of Rochester, Pa. He is president of the borough council, and takes a deep
  interest in the growth and welfare of his adopted town. Besides being
  interested in various enterprises in Rochester, he is also superintendent of
  the etching and cutting department of the Phoenix Glass Company, of Monaca,
  Pennsylvania. He was born near Lancaster, Butler county, Pa., February 19,
  1864, and is a son of Frederick and Elizabeth (Martsolf) Wehr.
  
  George F. Wehr's father was born in Germany, and upon coming to the United
  States, he located in Butler county, Pa., where he became the owner of a fine
  farm; he successfully, followed farming all his life, and passed away at the
  age of eighty-four years. His first wife died leaving a family of four
  children: Andrew; Michael; Lizzie; and Kate. The subject of our sketch was
  the only child born of the second union, and his mother is now living at
  Monaca, Pennsylvania.
  
  Mr. Wehr was eleven years of age when he entered school at Allegheny, and
  remained there until he was fourteen. At that age he began clerking for
  George Bechtell, at Monaca, but a year later he accepted a position with the
  Rochester Glass Manufacturing Company, working in the punch department, of
  which he afterwards became foreman. He later became manager of the coloring
  department in the Phoenix Glass Company, of Monaca, but at the present time
  he is superintendent of the etching and cutting department. Mr. Wehr has been
  a member of the council during the past three years, and, since 1897, has
  served as president of that body. The council of Rochester was established by
  an act of the legislature, March 20, 1849, which was signed by Gov. William F.
  Johnston and town clerk George St. Clair Murry.
  
  September 16, 1884, Mr. Wehr was united in marriage with Miss Emma Stiles, a
  daughter of Atlas Stiles, of Rochester, and she died
  
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  leaving two children: Willie Atlas, born June 5, 1885; and Martha Elizabeth,
  born June 23, 1887. February 13, 1890, he wedded Mrs. Emma R. Marshall, a
  daughter of George Young, also of Rochester, and from this union the
  following children have resulted, namely: George Frederick, born July 21,
  1894, died January 6, 1895; and Annie Marie and Andrew Howard, twins, born
  April 7, 1896. The subject of this sketch occupies a neat residence on the
  corner of Vermont and Jefferson streets, which he erected in 1893. He
  formerly resided where A. Neidergall now lives on Jefferson street. Mr. Wehr
  was reared a Lutheran but is a member, trustee and steward of the Methodist
  church. Socially, he is a member of the I. O. O. F.; Rebecca Lodge; K. of P.;
  Jr. O. U. A. M.; Elks Lodge; Protective Home Circle; and the Fidelity Mutual
  Life Association.