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Jacob G. Benninghoff


JACOB G. BENNINGHOFF, clothing merchant, was born in Venango County, Penn., May 13, 1850, and is a son of Martin and Mary Benninghoff, residents of West Salem Township, whither they removed in 1865 Our subject grew to manhood in this county, and in 1880 began clerking in the clothing house of Henlein &  Bacher. In February, 1885, he became a member of the firm of Bacher, Benninghoff & Co., to which he still belongs. Mr. Benninghoff was married April 11, 1888, to Miss Minnie, daughter of S. H. Ross, of Greenville. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the I.O.O.F. society.


Source: History of Mercer County, 1888, page 777


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