Olive
(Minerd) Elder
(1884-1947)
Olive Pearl (Minerd) Elder was born on Aug. 28, 1884 in Vanderbilt, Fayette County, PA, the daughter of William H. and Missouri (Shelkey) Minerd.
During the early 1900s, Olive and
two of her
siblings moved to McKeesport, near Pittsburgh, to find work. There, her sister Nettie
married driver John H. Kerr; and brother Seth
worked as a blacksmith and married Ida Kimmel.
On Oct. 2, 1905, Olive married Chester D. Elder (1883- ? ), a native of Lock Haven, Clinton County, PA. The ceremony was performed by George J. Campbell.
The Elders had at least one child, Ina Bainton.
Chester worked as a barber and lived in McKeesport. By 1920, Chester and Olive had moved back to Uniontown, where Chester ran his own barbershop. They were next door neighbors to her parents, and also to sisters Rachel and Nettie.
Seen
here, a rare bird's eye view of Uniontown's East End.
Chester's fate after 1920 is not known. Later, Olive resided at 69 East Church Street in Uniontown.
In April 1947, at age 63, Olive became ill. She died several weeks later, on May 2, 1947. Her funeral was held at the Minerd Funeral Home in Uniontown. She was buried at Flatwoods Cemetery near Vanderbilt. Her grave apparently is not marked.
Daughter Ina Elder married W.H. Bainton. They residing in Jersey City, NJ.
The Baintons' daughter, Patricia Jane Bainton, married Anthony J. Mayo on March 27, 1943, in Beaufort, SC. At the time, Anthony was a private first class in the US Army during World War II, and was stationed at Parris Island. Before the war, Patricia was employed at Borden's Jersey City Store in Jersey City, and Anthony worked for American Oil Company in Pittsburgh. Circa 1947, the Mayos resided in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH.
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