Picking, Joseph Imhoff (b. 20 JUL 1875, d. ?)

Note: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
about Joseph Imhoff Picking
Name: Joseph Imhoff Picking
City: Not Stated
County: Somerset
State: Pennsylvania
Birth Date: 20 Jul 1875
Race: White
Roll: 1926735
DraftBoard: 1

Occupation: Place: Farmer

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1920
Place: Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1930
Place: Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania

Note: Social Security Death Index
about Florence Picking
Name: Florence Picking
SSN: 182-36-3097
Last Residence: 15501 Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Born: 26 May 1877
Died: Nov 1966
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (1962 )

The Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pennsylvania) > 1966 > November > 14

Florence Picking

Somerset - Miss Florence M Picking, 89, of Somerset, died in a nursing home. A daughter of the late Jacob S and Maria Imhoff Picking, she leaves 12 nieces and nephews.

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1920
Place: Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1930
Place: Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania

Note: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
about Jacob Sylvester Picking Jr.
Name: Jacob Sylvester Picking Jr.
City: Not Stated
County: Somerset
State: Pennsylvania
Birth Date: 30 Oct 1879
Race: White
Roll: 1926737
DraftBoard: 2


U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
about Jacob Sylvester Picking Jr.
Name: Jacob Sylvester Picking Jr.
Birth Date: 30 Oct 1879
Residence: Somerset, Pennsylvania
Birth: Somerset, Pennsylvania
Roll: WW2_2139504

Florida Death Index, 1877-1998
about Jacob Sylvester Picking Jr.
Name: Jacob Sylvester Picking Jr.
Death Date: 1948
County of Death: Palm Beach
State of Death: Florida
Race: White
Gender: Male


History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E.
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 161/2

Jacob S. PICKING, Jr.

Jacob S. Picking, Jr., a leading druggist of Somerset, Somerset county,
Pennsylvania, was there born October 30, 1879, the son of Jacob S. and Maria L.
(Imhoff) Picking. He is of German descent. His father is a native of Jenner
township, Somerset county, born January 22, 1848. He engaged in the hotel and
livery business, and is now living a retired life. His wife, Maria L. Imhoff,
was born February 12, 1848, in Somerset. They have seven children, viz
Barnet, Milton, Joseph, Florence, Jacob S., of whom later; Marion and Robert.
Jacob S. Picking, Jr., was educated in the public and high schools of his native
place, and deciding to engage in the drug business, he found employment in a
drug store, where he was occupied for three years. He then entered the
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and in 1901 was graduated from that
institution with the degree of Doctor of Pharmacy. After a year and a half
spent in the service of John M. Toney, he located in Berlin, Somerset county,
and was there engaged for two years in the conduct of a drug establishment. He
subsequently removed his business to Somerset, being located on Main street,
where he enjoys a generous and ever increasing patronage.
Mr. Picking married, October 1, 1903, Miss Ruey F. Boyd, born August 16, 1881,
in Franklin county, daughter of Alexander and Emma (McCreary) Boyd. Alexander
Boyd was a contractor of Plate Glass Works. He and his wife had children as
follows: Frank, Charles, Grace, Samuel, Ruey F., (Mrs. Picking), Effie and Ford.
Mr. and Mrs. Picking have one child, J. Wilfred Boyd, born June 29, 1905.


The Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pennsylvania) > 1948 > February > 23

Dies in Florida
Somerset, Feb 23 – Jacob S Picking, Jr., proprietor of the Picking drug store, the oldes in Somerset, died suddenly Friday afternoon at Miami Beach, Fla., where he had gone for his health after suffering a heart attack November 15.

Occupation: Date: BET 1910 AND 1920
Place: Druggist

Occupation: Date: 1918
Place: Pharmacist

Census: Date: 1920
Place: Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Johnstown Ward 5, Cambria, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Johnstown Ward 5, Cambria, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1930
Place: Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Johnstown Ward 5, Cambria, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1920
Place: Johnstown Ward 5, Cambria, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1930
Place: Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Johnstown Ward 5, Cambria, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1920
Place: Johnstown Ward 5, Cambria, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1930
Place: Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania

Note: Social Security Death Index
about Howard M. Picking
Name: Howard M. Picking
SSN: 159-14-0073
Last Residence: 15905 Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Born: 17 Mar 1908
Died: 25 Dec 1993
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951 )

Occupation: Place: Funeral Director

Occupation: Date: 1943
Place: Community Chest President

Occupation: Date: 1975
Place: Chairman of the Johnstown Savings Bank

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Johnstown Ward 5, Cambria, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1920
Place: Johnstown Ward 5, Cambria, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1930
Place: Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1920
Place: Johnstown Ward 5, Cambria, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1930
Place: Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania

Note: The Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pennsylvania) > 1911 > November > 30

The Prize winners named at Somerset

There were nearly 2,000 Seperate Exhibits on Display at the Fair

Best handmade dresser scarf, Second place, 75 cents Miss Marian Picking of Somerset.

Best set bolster and pillow cases, drawn work, forst prize $1.00, Miss Marian Picking of Somerset

Best embroidered child's dress, first prize, 75 cents, Miss Marian Picking of Somerset.

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1930
Place: Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania

Note: The Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pennsylvania) > 1944 > December > 27

R. R. Picking Dies

Somerset, Dec. 27 – Robert R Picking, 58, a former resident of Somerset, died Saturday at his home in Philadelphia.

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania