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JOHN F. HALLET, deceased, was born in Buenos Ayres, South America, August 15, 1838, and is a son of Stephen Hallet, a native of Philadelphia. The family came originally from France, and Stephen, a printer and publisher, married Elizabeth Baldwin of New York city. They lived in the city of Mexico when their first child was born, and from there returned to the United States. In South America the rest of his children, six in number, were born, and John F. was the fourth in order. In Buenos Ayres the senior Mr. Hallet was printer and publisher for the government. He died in Brooklyn, New York, in 1866, at the age of sixty-seven years. He left South America in 1854. John F. was educated in the schools of this country and of France. In the latter country he spent three years and there became master of the modern Latin languages. Under his father he learned the publishing business, and followed it at intervals during the lifetime of the former. He was some years in mercantile business in Buenos Ayres, whence he moved to New York. In 1867 he came into the oil regions and subsequently carried on business, dealing in oil well supplies, etc., at Scrubgrass and Karnes City, and in 1871 moved into Oil City. Here he dealt on the exchange awhile and then became a member of the firm of Hunt & Hallet. He was a thirty-two degree Mason, a member of the Bloomsburg consistory, and of the K. of H. His widow is the daughter of W. G. Hunt. Mr. Hallet died September 18, 1889.
History of Venango County, Pennsylvania
: its past and present, including its aboriginal history, the French and
British occupation of the country, its early settlement and subsequent
growth, a description of its historic and interesting localities, its rich
oil deposits and their development, sketches of its cities, boroughs,
townships, and villages, neighborhood and family history, portraits and
biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc.,
etc.
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