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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania published in 1904 by T. S. Benham & Company and The Lewis Publishing Company; Elwood Roberts, Editor. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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GEORGE W. STEMPLE. Davis Stemple, grandfather of George W. Stemple, the subject of this sketch, was a well known resident of Conshohocken. He was educated in such schools as were available in his day. Among his children was John Stemple, born in Conshohocken.
John Stemple was educated in the public schools, and on reaching manhood engaged in the express business. He is now a contractor in that borough. In politics he is a Democrat, and attends the Methodist church. He contributed much by his efforts to the welfare of the community. He married Cecelia Wills. Their children: Mary, Bertha, Davis, John, Cecelia, Alfred, Howard, Walter, Margaret, and George W.
George W. Stemple was born in Conshohocken, April 1I, 1879. He was educated in the public schools, and on leaving school engaged in the undertaking business, being employed in several Conshohocken establishments. In 1901 he went to New York, where he engaged in the same business, pursuing it successfully. He remained there until 1903, when he removed to his present home at Lansdale, where he is doing a good business in the undertaking line. In politics he is a Democrat, but he has never sought or held office. He is a member of the Masonic order. He attends the Lansdale Methodist church.
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