Henry was the 6th child of 9 born to Henry and Susanna (Cline) Lauffer. He used the middle initial "B" to distinguish his mail from that of his father's mail.
Married Mary Ellen (Kemp) aka: Ella Marie or Ellie on Oct. 15, 1882 in Pleasant Unity, PA.
Father of John McCreary, Anna May, Harvey Franklin, Alice Bethelda and William Fisher Lauffer.
Henry was a farmer and blacksmith who loved horses. He became a proficient veterinarian under the guidance of his brother-in-law John Albright of Westmoreland County.
Each morning Henry would lift his children onto the big broad backs of the horses and lead them to the watering trough, while singing:
TAKE THE WINGS OF THE MORNING - Fanny Crosby 1872
Take the wings of the morning; speed quickly thy flight
To Jesus, thy Savior, thy hope and thy light;
The fount of His mercy is open for thee,
Go wash and be cleaned in its waters so free.
Chorus: Take the wings of the morning and fly,
Ere the darkness shall cover the sky;
Fly away from the shadows that over thee roll,
And find in thy Savior the home of thy soul.
Fly away to thy Savior, He waits to forgive;
One look of His love, and thy spirit shall live;
Thy faith will secure thee His blessing divine;
Go plead thou His merits, and peace will be thine.
On the wings of the morning fly home to His breast—
There only thy refuge, there only thy rest;
The moments are precious, the noontide is near;
Fly home to the Savior, oh, linger not here.
Henry B. also bought and sold lands, which became a very lurative business as the coal and coke industry flourished during the early 1900s. Henry suffered a stroke in the early and also late 1920s.
He had a "sweet tooth" and loved pink wintergreen mints or white peppermints!
Family Members
Parents
Henry Lauffer
1820–1891
Susanna Cline Lauffer
1817–1896
Spouse
Mary Ellen Kemp Lauffer
1860–1937
Siblings
Caroline Lauffer Rice
1841–1901
Sarah Lauffer Truxal
1846–1909
Susanna Ellen Lauffer Trice
1849–1932
Lydia Lauffer Trice
1852–1937
William Lauffer
1856–1932
Malinda L. Lauffer Stouffer
1863–1937
Children
John McCreary Lauffer
1883–1884
Anna May Lauffer Schmuck
1889–1981
Harvey Franklin Lauffer
1891–1989
Alice Bethelda Lauffer Kunkle
1897–1997
William Fisher Lauffer
1902–1982
