Elmer Starling Poffenbaugh

Brief Life History of Elmer Starling

When Elmer Starling Poffenbaugh was born on 21 September 1901, in Jefferson Township, Crawford, Ohio, United States, his father, Valentine Poffenbaugh, was 41 and his mother, Hannah Krichbaum, was 37. He married Nina Mae Dewalt on 25 May 1922, in Crestline, Jackson Township, Crawford, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Jackson Township, Crawford, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Crestline, Sandusky Township, Richland, Ohio, United States in 1940. He died on 3 October 1988, in Crestline, Jackson Township, Crawford, Ohio, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, East Crestline, Crestline, Sandusky Township, Richland, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elmer Starling Poffenbaugh
1901–1988
Nina Mae Dewalt
1904–1992
Marriage: 25 May 1922
Ralph Junior Poffenbaugh
1922–2000
James Poffenbaugh
Annabelle M Poffenbaugh
1923–1924
Donna Marie Poffenbaugh
1924–2005
Melvin Edwin Poffenbaugh
1926–1926
Floyd Edward Poffenbaugh
1927–2000
Dorothy Jean Poffenbaugh
1928–2018
Stanley Poffenbaugh
1931–2021
Marjory A Poffenbaugh
1933–2019

Sources (38)

  • Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Elmer S. Poffenbaugh, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Elmer S Poffenbaugh, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"

World Events (8)

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

Transferred use of the surname, itself derived from an Old English personal name derived from æðel ‘noble’ + mǣr ‘famous’. This has been used as a given name in the United States since the 19th century, in honour of the brothers Ebenezer and Jonathan Elmer , leading activists in the American Revolution. It is also found in Canada.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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