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WHO'S WHO IN POTTER COUNTY
Brief Biographies of Many of the Prominent Residents of Potter County, Pennsylvania
And A Brief Review of the History of Potter County
By Marie Schadenberger and Sylvia Wilson
F. A. Owen Pub. Co., Dansville, NY; Copyright 1947
Transcribed & Submitted by Sheri D. Graves
Brief Biographies of
Many of the Prominent Residents of Potter County
[Written in 1946]
11. BYRON L. LANGWORTHY, insurance and real estate agent of Shinglehouse, was born October 11, 1874, in Portville, New York, the son of byron A. and Cornelia (North) Langworthy.
At the age of sixteen, he graduated from Westbrook Commercial College at Olean, New York.
Mr. Langworthy came to Shinglehouse in 1909 where he established the Langworthy Insurance Agency and Real Estate.
He was mayor of Shinglehouse from 1938 to 1946. He is a member and a trustee of the First Methodist Church, a member of Sharon Lodge Number 598 F.&A.M. and Coudersport Consistory. He has been manager of the Automobile Club for twenty-four years and has held the office of either president or treasurer for twenty-five years. Mr. Langworthy is interested in all civic projects and was instrumental in obtaining the borough's ownership of the water company.
He married, August 28, 1896, Myrta Davie of Little Genesee, New York, the daughter of Royal and Lucinda (Slade) Davie.
Mrs. Langworthy is a member of the First Methodist Church and is a member and Past Matron of Eureka Chapter Number 52, O.E.S.
Children:
(1) Ruth (Langworthy) Barber Stoddard of Santa Monica, California, who has four children,
- Rowland O. Barber,
- R. Philip Barber,
- Patricia (Barber) Lax, and
- Nelia R. Barber.
(2) Merton L., of New Rochelle, New York, a graduate of Carnegie Tech. He has five children,
- Eleanor,
- James H.,
- Marilyn,
- Eugene and
- Elise.
(3) Doris (Langworthy) Mason, of Saugerties, New York, who has
- one daughter, Virginia.
(4) Byron R. of Palestine, Illinois, a graduate of Pennsylvania State College. He has two children,
- Gail and
- Hugh.
Mr. Langworthy's hobbies are woodworking, gardening and working to obtain improved roads.
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1852 - 1931 (78 years)
