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WILLIAM G. ALTVATER, one of Jefferson Township's well informed aud (progressive young agriculturists, is engaged in farming and stockraising, in association with his father, on their valuable estate of seventy-five acres,
which is situated one and one-half miles west of Saxonburg. Mr. Altvater was born in 1882, in Washington County, Ohio, not far from the city of Marietta, and is a son of Benjamin and Barbara (Stark) Altvater.
The Altvater family was founded in America by the grandfather of William G., who was born in Germany and settled in Washington County, Ohio, in 1850. Benjamin Altvater, father of William G., is a butcher by trade and also follows farming. He married Barbara Stark and they
have four children, namely: Bertha, who lives at Pittsburg; William G.; aud Bessie and Edna, both of whom live at Pittsburg.
William G. Altvater went from Washington County, to Tarentum, Pennsylvania, and from there to Pittsburg, and after his school days were over he went to work in the steel mills, where he continued for nine years and then, with his father, bought the present farm, which
they operate together. It was formerly known as the old Helmhold place, good land, which, under the careful cultivation now being given it, makes large returns.
On August 23, 1905, Mr. Altvater was married to Miss Mamie Hepler, who is a daughter of Scott and Mary (Negley) Hepler, the former of whom is a very prominent farmer of Armstrong County. Mr. and Mrs. Altvater have one beautiful little daughter by the name of Helen. The
comfortable farm residence has been recently put up and Mr. Altvater has made other improvements and has substantial barn and cattle sheds.
Source: 20th century history of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and respresentative citizens, McKee, James A., 1909, page 1320-1325.
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