[p. 716] a representative citizen of Wayne Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, has been a resident of this county since 1866. He was born in Wayne County, Ohio, October 11, 1841, and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Leet) Repman.
Joseph Repman was born in Germany and was thirteen years of age when he came to this country, the trip consuming three months of time. He landed at Philadelphia and was there bound out to Daniel Hold for a period of three years to pay for his passage to this county. He lived at Philadelphia and near Harrisburg, between which cities he drove a six horse team on the turnpike, and was employed in a distillery for a short time. After his marriage to Mary Leet, who was a native of Pennsylvania, he located in Hummelstown Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and later moved with his family to Canaan Township, Wayne County, Ohio, where he entered a tract of eighty acres of land near Jollytown. He and his wife were parents of the following children: George, who died in infancy; Joseph, who died in Medina County, Ohio, at the advanced age of ninety-four years; Hannah (Garver); Sophie, who died in Ohio, was the wife of George Fetzer; Simon, who died at West Salem, Ohio; Andrew, who died in Kosciusco County, Indiana, where he owned 200 acres of land; Mary (Bemhower), who died in Ashland, Ohio; Jacob, who has 300 acres of land in Medina County, Ohio, where he resides, is eighty-four years of age and spends much of his time in travel; Eliza, wife of Rev. Vernlee, died at Upper Sandusky, Ohio; Sarah died at the age of two years; John, who lives in retirement at Cleveland, was formerly a resident of Wadsworth, Ohio; and Levi.
Levi Repman was reared on the farm in Wayne County, Ohio, until he was sixteen years of age, and then worked in a flour mill there for three years. At the age of twenty-one he came east to New Brighton, Pennsylvania, where he was employed in the mills of Williams and Alexander for three years, then went to Beaver Falls and worked two years as miller for Noble and Duncan. About 1866, he moved from there to Wampum, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, where he acted as superintendent of the quarry and lime kilns for two years. With Philip Fisher he then leased the kilns at a given rate per bushel, also leasing other kilns in Wampum, and for a period of twenty-two years they were successfully engaged in that business. He then bought stock in the Six-Foot coal mine, for which he ran the locomotive several years, at the end of which time he sold his stock and began gardening. He owned a farm at Chewton, and for a period of five years hired an experienced gardener, since which time he has done the work himself with much success. He has been engaged thus since Ellwood City was built, has twelve acres in garden truck, and farms the balance.
Mr. Repman was first married to Elizabeth McColum, a daughter of Aaron McColum, who died in 1873, leaving two children: Harry J., M.D., who is engaged in practice at Charleroi, Pennsylvania; and Ida, wife of Frank Snyder, who resides in the East End, Pittsburg. In 1875 Mr. Repman formed a second union with Jennie Douthett, a daughter of Jonathan Douthett, and they had two children: Frederick, who died at the age of two years; and Charles E., a confectioner of Wampum. He contracted a third marriage, April 29, 1896, with Miss Maud Lostetter. They are members of the Wampum Presbyterian Church. Fraternally, he is a member of Wampum Lodge, No. 865, I.O.O.F. He is a Republican in politics.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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