BIO: William Wilson EDELBLUTE, Huntingdon County, PA

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McElroy, James Thomas Jr., McElroy's Family Memories, 
Huntingdon, PA: (Author), 1930, page 58.
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WILLIAM WILSON EDELBLUTE
Huntingdon, Pa.

Superintendent of Riverview Cemetery:  That which requires a good and 
lasting memory which never fails, is that of the caretaker or the 
superintendent of a cemetery, and Huntingdon has in William Wilson 
Edelblute, Superintendent of Riverview Cemetery, one who can be depended 
upon.  For years he has devoted his time to the care and attention of 
graves.  His father before him, now deceased, John H. Edelblute (died Jan., 
1910), for many years held this position.  His wife, Harriet (Briggs) 
Edelblute, died in Nov., 1905.  The father of German, and the mother of 
English, extraction.  William Edelblute was born at Huntingdon, Pa., and at 
the same place received his education.  Belongs to the Lutheran church.  A 
member of the P.O.S. of A., Camp No. 321; the Knights of Pythias, of 
Huntingdon, Pa., and the Grange, of Donation, Huntingdon Co., Pa.  His 
choice of politics is the Republican party.  He delights in driving horses, 
and is a good judge of horses.  He has five sisters:  Lillian Gerlock, Emma 
Long, Sara Moore, Elizabeth Lewis and Gertrude Hale.  Three brothers:  
Edward, Clyde and Robert Edelblute.  Wm. Edelblute was married to Sarah 
Iddings, Huntingdon, Pa., July 23, 1908.  He is a well known man, has lived 
all his life in Huntingdon county, and is a progressive citizen.