[p. 547] whose well improved farm of 127 acres is situated in Slippery Rock Township, about four miles from Elwood City, is joint owner with his son, Harry Adam Weingartner, of the finest livery establishment in that city. Mr. Weingartner was born on his present farm, March 3, 1863, and is a son of Adam and Anna (Wisbond) Weingartner.
Adam Weingartner was born in Germany, and was a boy of eighteen years when he crossed the sea and came to Pennsylvania. For a time he worked in a bakery in Philadelphia, and then came to Lawrence County and worked for farmers until he moved to Beaver County, where he bought his first land, a tract of twenty-five acres, which he cleared and built upon. From there he moved to another location, on the New Castle road, where he purchased forty acres and cleared and improved that also, and after selling it, he bought 125 acres in the woods, in Slippery Rock Township. On this land he built his log cabin and started into clearing and improving, as he had previously done. On this farm, which his son, Frederick H., now owns, he died when aged almost eighty-nine years. He was known for his honesty and industry, and also for his excellent business qualities. He was twice married, (first) to a Miss Catherine Geiger, who died on the Slippery Rock farm, and (second) to Mrs. Anna (Barbery) Wisbond. To the first marriage were born nine children, namely: Rickey, George, Christina, Mary, Catherine, Sophia, Julia, John F. and John. To the second union three children were born—Frederick H., Albert and Ida.
Frederick H. Weingartner obtained his education in the Slippery Rock Township schools, and grew to manhood a well trained farmer. At the time of his father's death he purchased the old homestead from the other heirs, and he also bought fifty additional acres. He continues to carry on general farming, and for a number of years has engaged in hauling and a general livery business. He built the fine livery barn on Fourth Street, near the railroad, in Ellwood City, and also erected on his farm one of the finest houses and barns in the township.
Mr. Weingartner married Sophia Cunningham, and they have five children namely: Harry Adam, William Walter, Clarence Carl, Jesse George and Verna Viola. Mr. Weingartner and family belong to the Presbyterian Church, of Slippery Rock. In his political views he is a Republican.
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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