EDWARD C. LAUFFER, a farmer of Penn township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, a son of Jacob F. and Susanna (Cribbs) Lauffer, was born in Penn township, Oct. 10, 1854.
Edward C. Lauffer follows the quiet but useful occupation of a farmer, and has achieved the most gratifying success in this line. He is the owner of a farm in Penn township, comprising eighty-five acres of well located land. This he has brought to a high state of cultivation and improvement, and it compares favorably with the finest farms in the county. In politics Mr. Lauffer accords allegiance to the Republican party, and in religious faith is a member of the Reformed church, in which he has been a deacon for seven years. Edward C. Lauffer married, June 24, 1880, Salome M. Waugaman, a daughter of Jesse and Frances (Smith) Waugaman, and one of eleven children, viz.: George, Albert, David, Sarah, Becky, Salome, (Mrs. Lauffer); Lucy, Ellen, Elizabeth Lydia and Laura.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lauffer have children: Harry G., born Dec. 2, 1881; Jesse H., born June 27, 1883, is now attending the Franklin Marshall College at Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Lloyd, born June 13, 1885; Joseph I.., born Apr. 2, 1887; Clarence, born Apr. 29, 1889; Mase, born Jan. 15, 1891; Paul, born Aug. 19, 1892, died Sep. 4, 1894; Lulu, born Nov. 1, 1894; Edith, born Sep. 2, 1896, died Dec. 23, 1896; Adella, born Mar. 27, 1901.
~ Page 507 - History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Memoirs - Illustrated - Vol. II - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1906
Family Members
Spouse
Salome M Waugaman Lauffer
1861–1937
Children
Harry C. Lauffer
1881–1901
Jesse Hiram Lauffer
1883–1942
Lloyd Jacob Lauffer
1885–1969
Joseph Iddings Lauffer
1887–1945
Clarence George Lauffer
1889–1977
Mase Coyl Lauffer
1891–1962
Paul Price Lauffer
1892–1894
Loula Frances Lauffer Cole
1894–1992
Edith Irene Lauffer
1896–1896
Della Elizabeth Lauffer Fox
1901–1984
