BIO: Richard Perry DAUBENSPECK, Huntingdon County, PA

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McElroy, James Thomas Jr., McElroy's Family Memories, 
Huntingdon, PA: (Author), 1930, page 47.
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REV. RICHARD PERRY DAUBENSPECK, B.D., D.D., A.B
Huntingdon, Pa.

Pastor Presbyterian Church:  Born at Bruin, Butler County, Pa., March 25, 
1869.  Preliminary schooling at place of birth.  A son of George F. 
Daubenspeck, a farmer of ninety acres, German descent, who died in 1923, aged 
seventy-one years, and of Mary E. (Perry) Daubenspeck, Scotch-Irish.  Died in 
1926, aged seventy-three years.  Colleges: North Washington Academy, Grove 
City College, D.D., and A.B., Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, Pa., 
B.D.  Taught school for four years in Parker township, Butler County, Pa.  
Entered the ministry at Apollo, Pa., 1899 to 1907.  Succeeded Dr. Freeman 
after a pastorate of twenty-five years.  The Presbytery called him, and he 
has since presided over the Presbyterian Church, Huntingdon, Pa.  At Apollo 
he served on the school and election board; belongs to Huntingdon Ministerial 
Association.  Three brothers deceased:  Earl, Clyde and Phillip.  Two sisters 
deceased.  Rev. Daubenspeck was married to Wilhelmina Williams, a daughter of 
Robert L. and Mary Williams, of Grove City, Pa.  Have three sons:  Loyal D., 
married to Edith Gage, broker, Huntingdon, Pa.; Richard W., married to Cleo 
Barrick, advertising department, J.C. Blair Company; succeeded the late E. E. 
C. Gibbs; George F., at home, associated with his brother, Loyal D., brokers.  
Rev. Daubenspeck is a learned man; attacks the forces of evil.  During 
presidential campaigns his sermons were widely read and ably studied, taking 
the stand that prohibition was an improvement over the open saloon.