George W. Altsman    

GEORGE W. ALTSMAN, painter, P.O. Beaver Falls, of the firm of Altsman Brothers, was born in Pike county, Ohio, Feb. 20, 1856, a son of James and Elizabeth (Cave) Altsman, and of English and German descent. His father, a painter by trade, settled in Beaver Falls in 1867, where George W. was educated in the public schools, and learned his trade with his father, with whom he embarked in business in 1876, under the firm name of Jas. Altsman & Son. In 1878, our subject formed a partnership with his brother William, under the name of Altsman Brothers, which partnership still exists. They are one of the leading firms in their line in Beaver county, and do an extensive business. George W. Altsman has been twice married; first in 1881, td Belle Hutchinson, of Mt. Pleasant, Pa., by whom he had one child, Roy H.; and, second, Jan. 21, 1886, to Lou A. Blaze, of Pittsburgh, by whom he has one child, Ira B. Mr. Altsman is a member and trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church, and is a member of the Y.M.C.A. In politics he is a Republican.

History of Beaver County, including its early settlement; its erection into a separate county; its subsequent growth and development; sketches of its boroughs, villages and townships; portraits of some of its prominent men; biographies of many of its representative citizens; statistics, etc. by J. F. Richard; A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888. More Beaver County History Books  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file! Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com