Elmer F. Findley    

Elmer F. Findley, general agent for the Girard Life Insurance Company, with offices at 409 Butler County National Bank Building, Butler, is a native of Pennsylvania. He was born September 29, 1882, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, and is a son of William Francis and Catherine E. (Eizenbarth) Findley.

Catherine E. (Eizenbarth) Findley was born in Germany and came to the United States when a young woman and settled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. William F. Findley, born in that county, was a blacksmith by trade. He worked on the boats on the Ohio River when Mark Twain was one of his fellow workers. Mr. Findley died in May, 1910, and is buried in West Newton, Pennsylvania. His widow resides in Butler. To this union seven children were born: Elmer F., the subject of this sketch; William J., stationary engineer, West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania; Elizabeth Katherine, married George Gilmore; she is deceased and he lives at Coal Bluff, Pennsylvania; Margaret, Frederick, and Harry, all deceased, and buried at West Newton, Pennsylvania; and James L., who resides in Akron, Ohio.

Elmer F. Findley received a good education in the public schools of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and upon leaving school worked on the farm in Ligonier Valley for three years, then as a brakeman on the Pennsylvania Railroad for one year. He then traveled for a year through the West and in November, 1902, was employed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in the West Newton office. He was promoted to assistant superintendent in 1906 and transferred to Washington, Pennsylvania, and in 1908 he was sent to Uniontown, Pennsylvania, as assistant superintendent. In August, 1911, Mr. Findley resigned his position and removed to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he expected to go into business, but was prevented by ill health. He later removed to Zelienople, Butler County, and assumed charge of the office of the Universal Health and Accident Insurance Company, where he remained until September, 1913, when he came to Butler and established a general insurance agency. On October 1, 1917, he became general agent for the Girard Life Insurance Company, and also has the agency for many other insurance companies. Mr. Findley is a member of the Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania, chairman of the Life Section of the Butler County Advisory Board, National Association of Life Underwriters, and one of the organizers and the first president of the Butler Life Underwriters’ Association, and is a member of its Board of Directors.

On January 1, 1906, Mr. Findley was married to Miss Mabel Rodham, a daughter of Joseph and Isabelle (Harrison) Rodham, both deceased. Mr. Rodham was a coal operator, and a resident of Industry, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Findley had four children: Rodham E., born February 9, 1908, died in 1914; Ruth F., Grace N., and Gladys I., all students.

Mr. Findley is a Democrat, a member of the Lions’ Club, Y. M. C.A., Butler County Motor Association, Butler Board of Commerce, and American Automobile Association. During the World War Mr. Findley served on the district draft board and on the Butler County United War Work Committee. He is a member of the Second Presbyterian Church and one of the progressive and enterprising citizens of Butler County.

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