BIO: Oliver MOLTER, 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. 151-152.
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    OLIVER MOLTER, ex-sheriff, and now deputy sheriff, of Beaver county, Pa.,
  is one of the popular and respected citizens of Beaver, where he has resided
  all his life. He was born in Beaver, October 15, 1841, and is a son of Jonas
  Christopher and Fanny (Kemp) Molter, and grandson of John Molter, who was the
  family emigrant from his native country. He resided in Beaver many years, but,
  in the "forties," he settled in Stark county, Ohio, where he spent his
  remaining days, - dying at the age of eighty years. He was the father of a
  large family of children, of whom the following grew to maturity: John;
  Peter; Jonas C.; Margaret, and Elizabeth.
    
    Oliver Molter's father was a brick-maker by trade and followed that
  occupation during his early days, but afterward engaged in coal mining, which
  he continued until he was elected justice of the peace of West Bridgewater,
  and faithfully discharged this trust until death claimed him. His wife was
  Fanny Kemp, a daughter of John Kemp, of Beaver, Pa., and she died at the age
  of sixty-nine years. Their children were named as follows: Henry, who is now
  a resident of Missouri; Peter J., deceased; Christopher, who resides in
  Chicago, Ill.; Oliver, whose name heads this brief memoir; Margaret, who is
  the wife of Thornton Harn, of Bridgewater, Pa.; Fanny, who is deceased; Mary,
  who was wedded to J. Kaszer, of Rochester; Eliza, who is the wife of James
  Olcott; and Martin L., who is a prominent citizen of New Brighton.
    
    Oliver Molter was intellectually trained in the public schools, and in the
  academy at Beaver; starting out in life, he was employed at coaling and
  canaling, which occupations he continued until August, 1864, when he enlisted
  in Company B, 204th Reg., Pa. Vol. Inf. On the termination of the war, he
  returned home and became the owner of several mines, which he operated for
  several years; in 1877, he opened a fine livery stable in New
    
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  Brighton; he has since greatly enlarged this until it is now one of the
  best and most completely equipped in the county. His son is now in charge of
  the stable.
    
    Mr. Molter first wedded Margaret B. Parris, a daughter of J. P. Parris, and
  she passed from this life aged fifty-six years. This union resulted in the
  birth of four children: William, deceased; Nora and Ida, - twins, - the
  former being the wife of E. O. Lindsey of New Brighton, and the latter, of
  Dr. Z. C. Laberge; and Frank, who married Edith Smith. The second union of
  Mr. Molter was with Ada Laney, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Laney, and
  they were blessed by the following children: James, who married Christina
  Hair; Grace, who is the wife of Harry Lockhart; Bertha; Herbert; and Ralph.
  Mr. Molter is a strong Republican and has served as school director,
  assessor, and in the town council. He is president of the Beaver Signal
  Manufacturing Company. Socially, he is a member of the F. & A. M.; K. of P.;
  Elks; A. O. U. W., and the Senior Order of United American Mechanics. In
  religious views, he is a Methodist. His portrait accompanies the foregoing
  account of his life.