Hon. H. S. Blatt   

HON. H. S. BLATT, hardware merchant, Sandy Lake, was born August 26, 1845, in French Creek Township, this county, to James and Hannah (Grove) Blatt, natives, the father of Snyder County, Penn., and the mother of Union County. The father came to Mercer County about the year 1835, and the mother a few years prior. The former settled in French Creek Township with his parents, Peter and Rachel (Beidler) Blatt, who had James, Abram, Absolem, Daniel, Catharine and Peter, all of whom are living but Daniel, who was killed in the battle of the Wilderness, and Peter, who died when young. Hannah Grove came with her parents, Abraham and Elizabeth Grove, to this county, and the parents died in Mill Creek Township, and their children were Jacob, David, Catharine, Elizabeth, Barbara, Hannah, Rachel and Elizabeth. James Blatt followed the trade of a carriage maker in Sandy Lake, establishing that business there in 1852, and continued until 1866. They had four children: Rachel, married R. S. Hogue, of Cochranton, Crawford County; H. S., Mary C., married Albert Glenn; Isabella, married F. D. Muse. The father, James Blatt, was the first burgess of Sandy Lake, and held various offices in the place. He and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church. Our subject was educated at the common schools and at the New Lebanon Academy. He taught one term of country school. He learned the trade of a carriage maker, which he followed until 1871, when he engaged in the hardware business at Sandy Lake. He carries a stock of about $12,000. He was married in 1863 to Hannah M. McClure, daughter of James and Hannah McClure, and has by her six children: Charles H., James J., both in the store with their father; Elfrida, married S. D. Parker, a grocer of New Castle; William R., Kate and Frank. Mr. Blatt was elected to the Legislature in 1874, and served with credit. He was elected a justice of the peace at the age of twenty-two years, and has served as school director for fifteen years. He was burgess of Sandy Lake, and a member of the council one term. He is a member of the A. F. M., I.0.0.F., A.0.U.W., K.L.H., and he and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In politics he is an active and enthusiastic Republican.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, pages 1044-1045.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  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.