BIOS: Surnames KAG to LOT: - Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Jesse C. Sell, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, File 8 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by the Blair County Genealogical Society, 431 Scotch Valley Road, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648. Copied and proofread by Linda M. Shillinger LindasTree@aol.com OCRed by Judy Banja Copyright 2001. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ PROF. E. S. KAGARISE, principal of the Martinsburg High School which he organized in 1894, is a man of marked ability as an educator, in which relation he has been connected with this borough for some seventeen consecutive years. He was born December 12, 1870, at, Salemville, in Bedford County, Pa., and is a son of Rev. George B. Kagarise and a grandson of Jacob Kagarise, who was an early settler at Everett, Pa. For many years the father of Professor Kagarise was pastor of the English Seventh Day Baptist church at Salemville. E. S. Kagarise was educated in the public schools of Salemville and the Pennsylvania State Normal School, at Lock Haven, where he was graduated in 1892. He taught his first term of school at Baden, in Bedford County, and in September, 1893, came to Martinsburg and assumed charge of the borough schools. He entered into the work with the enthusiasm that has characterized his later efforts, the notable beginning being the organizing of the High School, in 1894, of which he has been principal ever since. In addition to his duties during the regular school term, for seventeen summers he has carried on Normal Institute work at Martinsburg and over 500 men and women teachers have taken advantage of these opportunities for higher study and thus have been better prepared for their work. So satisfactory have been these school sessions that the name and fame of Professor Kagarise have been carried to the uttermost ends of the county and he is probably the most popular candidate for the office of county superintendent of schools of Blair County, now before the public. In the meanwhile he has quietly pursued higher branches of study himself and in 1904 took a summer course at the University of Pennsylvania, perfecting himself in the classics. On June 26, 1895, Professor Kagarise was united in marriage with a lady well qualified to be his companion, Miss Bertha M. Kerr, a graduate of the Pennsylvania State Normal School at Lock Haven, who, for eleven years was a successful teacher in the grammar schools at Martinsburg. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Martinsburg, of which he is a trustee and superintendent of the Sunday-school. They maintain a hospitable home and take part in the pleasant social life of the borough. In politics Professor Kagarise is a Democrat. He is identified fraternally with Woodbury Lodge, No. 539 F. & A. M., at Roaring Spring, Pa. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 780. DAVID KAUFFMAN, one of North Woodbury Township's most respected citizens, a township official and a surviving soldier of the great Civil War, has been a resident of this section for forty-two years. He was born in Bedford County, Pa., February 29, 1840, and is a son of Frederick and Annie Kauffman. Frederick Kauffman was born in Lancaster County, Pa., and in 1833 came from there to Bedford County and settled in Middle Woodbury Township when that section was a wilderness. Mr. Kauffman remembers his parents' stories of the hardships of those early days and of nights made sleepless by the howling of wolves outside their log cabin. Frederick Kauffman became a man of local prominence and acceptably held numerous township offices and in the course of nature both he and wife passed away, a number of children surviving them. David Kauffman was reared on the pioneer farm of his father in Middle Woodbury Township and attended the district schools when opportunity offered. In August, 1862, he enlisted for service in the Civil War then in progress, entering Co. C, 133d Pa. Vol. Inf., in which he served faithfully for nine months, being attached to the Army of the Potomac, and during this period participating in the battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg, also Chancellorsville, together with numerous skirmishes, in many of which his life was endangered. After the end of his term of enlistment and his honorable discharge, he returned to Bedford County, but shortly afterward went to Hamilton County, Ind., where he married and lived for two years. In 1867 Mr. Kauffman returned to Bedford County, and in the fall of 1868 came to North Woodbury Township, Blair County, where he has lived ever since. In politics he is a Republican and at present is serving in the office of road tax collector. On December 22, 1863, Mr. Kauffman was married to Miss Elizabeth Gasho, who was born in Wayne County, Ind., a daughter of Henry and Barbara (Kready) Gasho, who were natives of Lancaster County, Pa. When Mrs. Kauffman was three months old her parents moved to Hamilton County, Ind., where she was reared and married. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Kauffman, namely: Mary, who is the wife of William Keith, residing in Blair County; Barbara, who is the wife of James Morgan, residing in North Woodbury Township; Missouri, who is the wife of George F. Stonerook, living in North Woodbury Township; Irvin G., who also lives in North Woodbury Township; Andrew G., who lives in Taylor Township; and Harry, who is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Kauffman are members of the Mennonite church. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 885-886. DR. D. KAUFMAN, who has been engaged in the practice of medicine at Altoona, Pa., for the past nine months, is one of the leading physicians of the younger generation. He was born in Athens, Bradford County, Pa., and after an elementary education in the local schools of that county, graduated from the Philadelphia High school, and then spent one year at a preparatory school. He obtained his knowledge of the medical profession at the Jefferson Medical College, from which he graduated with the class of 1908, then spent 14 months in St. Joseph's Hospital at Philadelphia. He has since been located at Altoona, Pa., in the practice of medicine and has established a profitable and steadily growing practice. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 799. JOHN KAZMAIER, sole proprietor of the Germania Brewery, one of the old business plants of Altoona, Pa., is one of the city's most substantial citizens and the owner of one of the handsomest residences and private grounds in Blair County. He was born in Erie County, Pa., April 25, 1861, and is a son of Andrew and Barbara (Renz) Kazmaier. Andrew Kazmaier was born in Germany and there learned the brewing business. In 1848 he came to America, landing at Castle Garden, New York City, and from there made his way to Erie, Pa. There he engaged in the brewery business and built up a large enterprise and became a well known and respected business man. In 1860 he sold his brewery interests and then retired to a farm which he had previously acquired and there passed the remaining years of his life. He married Barbara Renz, also a native of Germany, who died in 1894. They had eleven children born to them. John Kazmaier secured a good common school education in Erie County and when he decided to follow his father's vocation, the latter sent him to Europe that he might be thoroughly instructed according to the way in the old country. In 1879 he returned to America, having served his apprenticeship under some old masters of the trade, and located at Baltimore, Md., where he served for three years as a brewery master and from there went to Philadelphia, and later to Johnstown, Pa., serving in different breweries as master, and then settled at Columbia, in Lancaster County, and established his own brewery. He remained in business there until 1896, when he came to Altoona and bought the Germania Brewery, which has been in existence since 1852. Under his management, however, the plant has been entirely reorganized. The improvements he made cost $200,000, and these included every modern equipment made use of in this industry. A very large force is kept constantly employed and the amount of business done annually is enormous. Mr. Kazmaier was married first to Miss Barbara Buck, who died in November, 1904. She was survived by one daughter, Amelia L., who is the wife of Emil Hoerl, superintendent of the Kazmaier Brewery. Mr. Kazmaier was married a second time, to Miss Nellie Kemp, a daughter of John Kemp, of Clearfield County, Pa. Mr. Kazmaier and family are members of the German Lutheran church to which he gives liberal support. He is a man of large charity and contributes generously to all benevolent movements and public spirited enterprises that have for their object the benefiting of Altoona. He has established his home at Sylvan Hill, a beautiful suburb of Altoona, where he has almost a palatial residence, surrounded by fifty-five acres of grounds improved by every device of the landscape artist's art. It is beautiful beyond description and visualizes to the beholder what pictures of beauty and dignity, combined with solid comfort, can be produced by the exercise of the combined taste and skill of artist, architect and builder - supplemented by unlimited capital. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 598-601. DR. FRANK KEAGY, who has been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at Altoona, Pa., for the past 6 years, or thereabouts, was born in Woodbury, Bedford County, Pa., but reared at Altoona, where he attended the public schools. His knowledge of the medical profession was obtained at the Jefferson Medical College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1904. Then after serving thirteen months as interne at the Altoona Hospital, he embarked in the practice of his profession at Altoona. His skill has gained him the confidence of the public, and he has a large and absorbing practice. He is a member of the medical staff of the Mercy Hospital of Altoona, and belongs to the Blair County, Pennsylvania State, and American Medical Societies. Dr. Keagy was united in marriage with Martha Bennett, a daughter of George Bennett, and they have two children: Robert Marvel; and Helen Elizabeth. Dr. Keagy is a member of the M. E. Church of this city, and affiliates with the Masons and the Knights of Pythias. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 780. JOHN M. KEASEY, who resides on a farm of 190 acres in Frankstown township, is one of the leading and substantial farmers of Blair County, Pa., and was born July 26, 1853, at Williamsburg, Pa., a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Gibson) Keasey. The father, who was a blacksmith by trade, was buried at Williamsport, and the mother was buried at Geeseytown. They were members of the Lutheran Church, and he was politically a Republican. Five children were born to the parents of our subject: William, deceased; Margaret, the wife of George Curry; Hannah, the wife of William Eckard; Winfield, and John M. John M. Keasey attended the common schools of Williamsburg until 15 years of age, and was then engaged in various lines of business until about 1893, when he purchased his farm in Frankstown township from Kuhn and Branam. The farm was entirely without improvements, having but a log house and log barn in the way of buildings, but Mr. Keasey has erected a fine barn and residence, and otherwise improved the place. November 2, 1882, he married Mary E. Merritts, a daughter of Peter and Eliza (Gibson) Merritts, who were among the early settlers of the county, and the parents of the following children: Samuel, deceased; Woods, deceased; John; Jane, who is the wife of Sampson Walls; Mary, James, Clarence, aid Elmer. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Keasey: Maud, is the wife of Prank Schalenberger, and the mother of two daughters, Hazel and Madeline; Myrtle is the wife of Paul Recke, and has one child, Francis; Orland, who assists his father with the farm work; Maggie, and Clyde. In politics Mr. Keasey is identified with the Republican party, and has served for two years as supervisor of the township. The religious connection of the family is with the Lutheran Church. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 905. PROF. DAVID S. KEITH, formerly superintendent of the public schools of Altoona, Pa., was identified with the educational interests of Central Pennsylvania more or less throughout his entire active career, only retiring in 1905, having spent some forty-one years as a teacher. He was born at Woodbury, Bedford County, Pa., March 26, 1847, and is a son of John and Mary (Shiffler) Keith. Adam Keith, the great-grandfather, was a native of England. He was as early settler in Huntingdon County, Pa., where he carried on farm pursuits and reared his family in Hopewell Township. John Keith, son of Adam, was born and reared in Hopewell Township and lived there until late in life when he moved to Wisconsin, where he died in 1858. He also was survived by descendants and one of his sons, John Keith the second, became the father of David S. Keith, of Altoona. This John Keith was born on the old homestead in Huntingdon County and remained there until 1840, when he moved to Bedford County, this being seven years before the birth of his son, David S. During his earlier years he engaged in teaching but later became interested in agricultural pursuits and in 1871 located on a farm in Taylor Township, on which he died in 1874. He was a man of education and good judgment and at times held public offices. He married Mary Shiffler, a native of Blair County, who survived until 1889. They reared a family of six children. For many years they were active members of the Methodist Episcopal church. David S. Keith enjoyed many educational advantages and in preparing for the career of an educator had the approval and support of his father, whose reputation in that line extended over a wide territory. When sixteen years of age. Mr. Keith took charge of his first school, in the year previous having been a student in Juniata Academy, at Martinsburg. Men of Professor Keith's quality of mind and ambition never "complete" their education - their outlook is too wide and their conception of human knowledge is too comprehensive. They recognize, however, and none better, the value of training, and for many years Mr. Keith devoted a portion of his time to study in Normal schools, particularly the Normal School at Millersville, Pa. From the country schools of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, he was called to Indiana, Pa., to teach in the grammar school and he remained there until 1873, when he was appointed principal of the Altoona High School. Fourteen months later he was elected to succeed Prof. John Miller as superintendent of the whole school system of Altoona, and in accepting that important office, Professor Keith became a leading factor in the advancement of education in this section. For thirty-one years he remained superintendent and no student of educational affairs in this city can be ignorant of the great advance made during those years. He came to this position not only thoroughly equipped as to education, but he was also a good organizer and was able to systematize the work and thereby gain the highest efficiency. In his views on public questions, Professor Keith has always been liberal and broad minded, and, while never seeking political favors for himself, has given hearty support to measures and men promising good government and better civic conditions. He has never entertained many business propositions aside from his profession, but he is a member of the board of directors of the Union Bank of Altoona. On June 13, 1883, Professor Keith was married to Miss Margaret Crawford, a daughter of Armstrong Crawford, a resident of Tyrone, Blair County. They have two sons: Charles Russell and Ralph Crawford. He has long been an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Altoona. To both the Masons and Odd Fellows he has given his fealty for years and has been active in these organizations in this city. He resides at No. 1004 Seventeenth Avenue, Altoona. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 518. LOUIS C. KELLER, proprietor of the Aldine Hotel, a first class hostelry at Altoona, Pa., where comfort, cleanliness, restful quiet, a fine cuisine and all modern conveniences are offered its guests, is a substantial citizen of this place. He was born at Chambersburg, Pa., November 21, 1869, and is a son of August and Catherine (Shallenberger) Keller, natives of Germany. Louis C. Keller is the sixth in order of birth of a family of seven children, the others being: Christopher, Elizabeth, Adam, Louise and Mollie. He obtained his education in the public schools and during the larger part of his business life has been connected with hotels, and for sixteen years has been in business for himself, for eight years conducting the Columbia and the Commercial Hotels, and for the past eight years being proprietor of the Aldine. Mr. Keller has a fine paying property here. He has twenty-eight guest rooms and the whole house is equipped with steam, gas and electricity. He is a stockholder in the Mountain City Bank at Altoona. In 1893 Mr. Keller was married to Miss Alice Geib, a daughter of Isaac Geib, and they have one daughter, Edna Regina. He is a member of the German Lutheran church. In politics he is a Republican and fraternally he is connected with the B. P. O. E. and the F. O. E., both at Altoona. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 616. PATRICK JOSEPH KELLY, the popular proprietor of the City Hotel, at Tyrone, Pa., has been a resident of this borough since 1905 and has had eight years of hotel experience. He was born in County Leitrim, Ireland, November 7, 1875, and is a son of James and Bridget Kelly, who still live in Ireland. They had four children: Catherine, residing in Philadelphia; Patrick Joseph; Hugh, still living in Ireland; and James, a resident of Atlantic City, N. J. Patrick Joseph Kelly was educated in his native land and came to America in 1895, and lived in Philadelphia until 1897, when he moved to Cresson, in Cambria County, and in 1902 went into the hotel business at Ehrenfeld, where he continued until 1905, when he took charge of the Capitol Hotel at Hollidaysburg and later in the same year came to Tyrone and purchased the City Hotel. This hostelry is centrally located on the corner of Tenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, and to equip it in first class style, Mr. Kelly expended fully seven thousand dollars. Mr. Kelly enjoys a large amount of most desirable patronage and is doing a prosperous business. In 1903 Mr. Kelly was married to Miss Ida Leep, a daughter of John Leep, of Cambria County, and they have three children: Marion, John and Ida. Mr. Kelly and family are members of the Catholic church. In politics he is independent but fraternally is a member of the Tyrone lodge of Elks. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 789. CHARLES F. KENOTE SR., proprietor of one of the leading grocery houses of Bellwood, Pa., has been identified with the business interests of this borough since September, 1891, when he broke ground for his present building and established himself in the grocery business. He was born May 3, 1849, in Germany, a son of Peter and Catherine (Hicks) Kenote, and was past six years of age when his parents came to this country and located first at Lackawack, Ulster County, N. Y. From there they removed to Mountaindale, Sullivan County, N. Y., and in 1871 our subject left home and went to Ridgway, Elk County, Pa., where he was for two years identified with the lumber industry. From there he went to Cameron, Cameron County, Pa., where he also was engaged in the lumber business, and two years later returned to Elk County, Pa., where, in 1875, he embarked in the grocery business, in which he continued with much success four years. He subsequently operated the Koch Hotel at Centerville, Elk County, Pa., for one year, after which he returned to St. Mary's and resumed the grocery business. Seven years later Mr. Kenote disposed of his residence and business and removed to Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pa., and was there engaged in the grocery business until 1891, at which time he sold his business interests, which consisted of a three-room store building on Findlay Street, in which his store was located. He has since lived continuously at Bellwood, where he established himself in the grocery business, in which he has been eminently successful. Mr. Kenote was married October 11, 1877, at Richmond, Va., to Nancy Bacher, who was formerly a resident of that city, and of their children seven were born at St. Mary's, and one in Punxsutawney. Only two still survive, namely: Charles F., Jr., engaged in the insurance business at Altoona, who married Irene Croak, of Lockhaven; and Ora Evaline, who is the wife of J. Van Taylor, of Tyrone, Pa. Mr. Kenote is politically identified with the Republican party but has always refused to accept office. He is fraternally a member of the Royal Arcanum, and his religious connection is with the Presbyterian church, of which he is also an elder. Mr. Kenote formed a second union on October 7, 1890, with Amanda Hartmeir, of Clayville, Jefferson County. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 790-791. HENRY D. KENSINGER, president of the Farmers' Reunion Association, a strong and influential agricultural body made up of the leading men of Blair County, Pa., is one of the prominent and substantial men of North Woodbury Township and resides there on his well improved farm of 100 acres. Mr. Kensinger was born in North Woodbury Township, November 17, 1846, and is a son of John B. and Hannah (Dougherty) Kensinger. John B. Kensinger and wife were both born in North Woodbury Township where their fathers, John Kensinger and James Dougherty, had settled in early times. John B. Kensinger was a successful farmer and a representative citizen and served many years as a member of the township school board. His death occurred in May, 1896. Two of his children survive: Henry D. and Elizabeth, both of whom are residents of their native township. Henry D. Kensinger attended the public schools in the neighborhood of his father's farm as he was growing to manhood and has always been a warm friend of these. He has served many years as a school director and has favored many improvements in North Woodbury Township. His business has been farming and stock raising and both of these industries have been carried on with good results. In addition to serving fourteen years on the school board, Mr. Kensinger has served as district superintendent of schools, as judge of elections and as clerk of the board. Some years ago his Democratic friends brought him forward for the office of county commissioner, his natural qualifications for offices of responsibility being unquestioned. Mr. Kensinger married Miss Caroline B. Hoover, who was born in Blair County, a daughter of David Hoover, who then resided near Henrietta, Pa. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Kensinger, namely: Mahlon H., of North Woodbury Township; John H., of Martinsburg; and Mary E. and Hannah J., both residing at home. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 510-511. DAVID T. KETRING, one of the leading druggists of Williamsburg, Pa., and a stockholder and second vice president of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank, of this borough, was born May 9, 1857, at Waterside, Bedford County, Pa., and is a son of Adam and Susan (Teeter) Ketring. The parents both died and were buried in Bedford County. The father was a blacksmith and coach builder by trade, but during his later years was engaged in the lumber business. He was politically a Republican. He and his wife were members of the German Baptist church. Adam and Susan Ketring reared the following children: Jacob T., deceased; Elias T., deceased; Charlotte, the wife of H. P. Brinkworth, of Louisville, O.; and David T., the subject of this record. John Adam Ketring and wife, grandparents of our subject, came from Germany on the same boat, where they met for the first time. After a three months' voyage, they landed in New York, where they were married, and shortly afterward came on foot to Blair County, Pa., where they spent the remainder of their lives. David T. Ketring attended the common schools of Bedford County, after which he took a commercial course with Professor Davis, of Altoona, Pa., and since April 1, 1883, has been proprietor of his present store, which he bought from J. Ross Matur. During the first year he employed a registered drug clerk, during which time he studied pharmacy, and has since had charge of the entire business. Mr. Ketring is a Republican in politics, and has served on the borough school board and was superintendent of the water department for three years. He is fraternally a member of Portage Lodge. F. & A. M., at Hollidaysburg, the Orphans' Home Lodge of I. O. O. F. at Williamsburg, and Camp No. 311, Patriotic Order of Sons of America. On January 1, 1878, Mr. Ketring married Miss Celia Bachtell, a native of Smithsburg, Md., and a daughter of Daniel and Melinda (Stover) Bachtell, both of whom were also natives of Smithsburg, Md. They also had one son, Isaiah Bachtell. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ketring: Alverna S., deceased wife of A. E. Eichelberger, and the mother of two children - Ellwood and Marion; and Martin Luther, who married Mary Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Ketring hold membership with the Lutheran church. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 576. HARRY G. KING, a well known general merchant and postmaster at East Freedom, Pa., has been identified with the business interests of this town since March, 1901, and was born June 25, 1871, in Greenfield Township, Blair County, Pa., a son of Thomas and Susan (Claar) King, the latter of whom is a native of Bedford County, Pa. The father of our subject passed out of this life some years ago. For many years he was identified with the furnaces in Bedford and Blair Counties, and for some time was clerk for the Sarah Furnace Company, which was then operated by Essington Hammond. Harry G. King was reared in Greenfield Township, Blair County, Pa., and was educated in the township schools and at Juniata College at Huntingdon, Pa. He also attended a select summer school at Schellsburg, and one at New Enterprise, Bedford County, Pa., and subsequently taught twelve consecutive years, beginning at the age of seventeen years. He then engaged in the mercantile business in Greenfield Township, and in March, 1901, came to East Freedom, where he continued in the mercantile business, with Austin Walter, operating under the firm name of King and Walter until March, 1906. He has since that time been sole proprietor of the business and has served satisfactorily as postmaster at East Freedom, Pa., since March, 1901. Mr. King takes an active interest in the affairs of the Republican party, and in 1907 served as a delegate from the Second District of Blair County to the Republican State Convention, then held at Harrisburg, Pa. During his residence in Greenfield Township he served five years as a justice of the peace, three years as auditor, and is now serving his second term as a member of the school board of Freedom Township, of which he has been president. He is fraternally a member of the East Freedom Lodge No. 1131, I. O. O. F., the Maccabees of East Freedom, and the Grange of Claysburg, Pa. He is also a member of the National League of Fourth Class Postmasters, and at present is State President of Pennsylvania Branch of the League. In September, 1894, Mr. King was joined in marriage with Miss Vertie Sell, who is a daughter of Daniel Sell, of Salemville, Bedford County, Pa., and they have had the following children: Mary, Howard, Charles Joseph, Harry, Florence, Byron W., and Grace, the last three being deceased. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 610-611. STEPHEN KIRSCH, who is engaged in agricultural pursuits on a farm of 53 acres in Logan Township, Blair County, Pa., is also the owner of a meat market in Altoona, Pa., which is being operated for him by C. Black, who was its former owner. He was born October 15, 1864, in Barr Township, Cambria County, Pa. and is a son of Simon and Annie (Bromensperger) Kirsch, who are still residents of Barr Township. From the time he was two and a half years of age, Mr. Kirsch was reared by an uncle, John Duler, who was a resident of Blair County, and his education was obtained in the common schools of the county. He then engaged in farming for a short time, after which he located in Altoona, where for 15 years he operated a dairy with much success. In 1900 he purchased his present farm of 53 acres in Logan Township, and in the following year located on it. In March, 1910, he purchased a meat market in Altoona, succeeding C. Black, who runs the shop for him, but still continues with his farming interests, to which he devotes his entire time. Mr. Kirsch was married June 19, 1894, to Margaret McDermott, who is a native of Blair County and a daughter of Charles and Anna (O'Mara) McDermott, the former deceased, and the latter, a resident of Altoona. The following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Kirsch: Eleanor Kathleen, Stephen John, Anna Elizabeth, Howard Edward, Mary Grace, and Simon Charles. Mr. Kirsch is politically a Republican, although inclined to be independent, and his religious connection is with the St. John's Catholic Church. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 724. DAVID M. KLEPSER, a representative business man of Martinsburg, Pa., senior member of the milling firm of Klepser Bros., proprietors of the White Lily Mills and manufacturers of Golden Dove flour and dealers in feed, grain, meal, hay and straw, was born at Martinsburg, April 28, 1850. His parents were Frederick and Christiana (Metzker) Klepser. Frederick Klepser was born in Germany and was four years old when his parents brought him to America, settling in Huntingdon County, Pa. In his ninth year the family came to Martinsburg where he had school advantages and later learned and followed the shoemaking trade. For about five years he operated a tannery at Puttstown, in Huntingdon County, and then moved on a farm in North Woodbury Township, Blair County, where he engaged in farming for ten years and then went into the milling business. For five years he conducted what was known as Klepser's mill. He was a man of industry and enterprise and spent a useful life which was extended to eighty years. He married Christiana Metzker, and of their children the following survive: Jeremiah, who lives at Martinsburg; Frederick, who is a resident of Martinsburg; R. C., who is a practicing physician at Altoona, Pa.; David M.; Harry M., who is in business at Altoona; Clara, who lives at Martinsburg; and Annie, who is the wife of Frank Stern, of Chicago, Ill. David M. Klepser spent the greater part of his first eighteen years on his father's farm, attending school as occasion was offered, and then went to work for his father in Klepser's mill, where he continued until 1888, for several years before this date having leased and operated the mill for himself. In 1888 he went into the milling business at Martinsburg and since 1898 the firm of Klepser Bros. - David M. and Harry M. - have operated the White Lily Mills, doing a large business and having a warehouse located at Ninth Avenue and Nineteenth Street, Altoona. Their mills at Martinsburg are equipped with modern machinery, they have excellent shipping facilities and are known to the trade in general as honorable and reliable business men. David M. Klepser married Miss Hannah Wineland, and they have three children: Lillie; Gertrude, who is the wife of Lee Hoover, residing at Connellsville; and Christie, who lives at home. Mr. Klepser and family are members of the Progressive Brethren church, of which he is a trustee. In politics he is a Republican and has been an active and useful citizen ever since coming to Martinsburg and investing here and is serving in his second term as a member of the borough council. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 616-617. FREDERICK M. KLEPSER, a well known resident of Martinsburg, Pa., and the owner and operator of Klepser's mill, situated in North Woodbury Township, Blair County, Pa., was born in Bedford County, March 15, 1852, and is a son of Frederick and Christine (Metzker) Klepser. Frederick Klepser was born in Germany and was brought to the United States when he was quite young, his parents settling in what is now Blair County, Pa. Later Frederick Klepser settled at Puttstown, Pa., where he operated a tannery and store for many years, at the time when the Broad Top Railway was built in that section. Some years before his death he purchased the property known as Klepser's mill, in North Woodbury Township, Blair County, and this mill has been operated in the family continuously ever since. He was a man of sterling character and was widely known. He lived to be seventy-five years of age. In his religious connection he was a Lutheran and politically he was a Republican after the organization of that party. Frederick M. Klepser was reared in North Woodbury Township and attended the public schools as opportunity was afforded him in his youth, and then learned the milling business in which he has continued ever since, engaging also in farming, and owning a well developed farm of 120 acres. Mr. Klepser married Miss Mary Stoner, who was born near Martinsburg, a daughter of David B. Stoner, and they have four children, namely: Eva, who is the wife of J. E. Dilling, of Martinsburg; Elvin, who is a resident of Altoona, and Sannie and Harvey, who reside at Martinsburg. Mr. Klepser is a member of the Brethren Church at Martinsburg, being a deacon in the same. He is one of upright, honorable men of the borough and a most worthy and useful citizen. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 760. D. SHELLY KLOSS, cashier of the First National Bank of Tyrone, Pa., and one of the organizers of the same, has been prominent in financial circles for a number of years. He was born in Juniata County, Pa., August 25, 1860, and is a son of Daniel and Margaret (Shelley) Kloss. Both parents of Mr. Kloss came of sturdy Pennsylvania German ancestors. The father died in December, 1910, at the age of seventy-eight years. The mother survives and her home is with Mr. Kloss. There are three others, Charles F., who is a resident of Elmira, N. Y.; Nora, who is the wife of Rev. W. L. Leisher, of Wabasso, Fla.; and Isadore, who is the wife of Rev. R. F. Fitch, of Hang-Chow, China, who is president of a college there. D. Shelly Kloss received his education in the public schools of his native county, where he also had academic advantages and subsequently graduated from the Eastman Business College, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He had a short experience as a bookkeeper in a business house before he became identified with the banking business, in which he has been concerned since November, 1882, when he secured a position as a clerk in the West End Savings Bank of Pittsburg, where he remained until 1886. He then returned to Juniata County to become cashier of the private bank of Parker & Co. In 1889 he organized the same into the First National Bank of Mifflintown and was cashier of the bank for one year when he was called to Tyrone and aided in the organization of the First National Bank of Tyrone, which is one of the very strong financial institutions of Blair County. This bank was organized with a capital stock of $75,000, which was later increased to $100,000. Further evidence of the success of this institution is afforded by the fact that the surplus and undivided profits are more than the capital stock, reaching a grand total of $135,000, and the total net profits since its organization amount to $280,000. Few banks in cities of 100,000 population have a finer home than the First National. The institution is ably officered and has a strong board of directors. It pays a dividend of five per cent semi-annually. In addition to his banking record, Mr. Kloss is recognized as one of the most successful farmers and breeders of registered stock in Middle Pennsylvania. He owns a farm of 265 acres, 215 of which are in a high state of cultivation, its location being in Sinking Valley, where he has a fine summer home and the largest barn in Blair County. He has three tenant houses and other buildings, for the housing of his stock, poultry and the products of his farm. He keeps a fine herd of Brown Swiss cattle giving his attention exclusively to that breed. He has Shropshire sheep and Chester White hogs and also breeds Percheron horses. The greater part of his stock is disposed of for breeding purposes. Two ideas he adheres to: the first is good seed and the second is the intensive system of farming. He puts on the market a thousand dollars worth of apples annually. His farm and orchards are used by the State Department for demonstrating purposes. A recent very exhaustive article appeared in the National Stockman, under the title - Where Fertility is Coming Back, descriptive of Mr. Kloss' methods and property. To quote a small portion. "The barn was erected in 1851, when lumber was plentiful and of the best quality. The three tenant houses are occupied by three experienced farmers with their families. The dwelling is a spacious one of brick which the owner has remodeled with large verandas, surrounded by a lawn and shade trees. The laundry has stationary tubs, supplied with running water, by gravitation from a spring. The buildings are all equipped with a complete water system. Wherever needed tile is used on the farm, but it is naturally well drained." Comment is made on the practical methods made use of by Mr. Kloss to bring his farm up to the highest standard of productiveness and fertility, showing how, by rotation in crops, liberal fertilizing and proper manner of cultivation, a soil may be made wonderfully productive. Illustrations accompany this article showing the rich harvest of red clover and fields literally covered with shocks of wheat. In addition to all that has been mentioned, Mr. Kloss is otherwise active and prominent. He is a trustee of the Altoona Hospital; is treasurer of the Tyrone Club, a position he has filled ever since its organization; is treasurer of the Tyrone borough school district; for twenty years has been treasurer of Tyrone Lodge, F. & A. M. He was one of the promoters and the first president of the Tyrone Electric Railway Company, which has since been merged with the Altoona & Logan Valley Electric Railway Company. He is a 32nd degree Mason, an Odd Fellow, a Knight of Pythias and belongs also to the Heptasophs and the Royal Arcanum, and the Modern Woodmen of America. For the past twelve years he has served as secretary of the Pennsylvania Bankers' Association. Few men in the state are better acquainted with financial conditions in every section. Mr. Kloss was married first in 1886 to Miss Lizzie Esplen, of Pittsburg, Pa., and they had two children: Henry Esplen, who is connected with the engineering office of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, at Baltimore, Md.; and Margaret B., who is a highly educated lady, a teacher in the Tyrone public schools. The mother of these children died 1n 1892. Mr. Kloss was married second in July, 1894, to Miss Jennie Burley, a daughter of Jonathan Burley and they have five children: D. Shelly, Jr., Daniel D., Robert F., Fred H. and Elizabeth. Mr. Kloss is a member of the Presbyterian church. He is a man of exceptional business qualifications and ranks with the foremost business men and financiers of Blair County. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 958-959. REV. ISAAC KRIDER, pastor of the Duncansville Lutheran Church at Duncansville, Pa., to which charge he came on June 1, 1890, was born in Centre County, Pa., April 22, 1846, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Rumbarger) Krider. John Krider was born at Lebanon, Pa., a member of one of the old Swiss families that came early to Pennsylvania and left an impress that has never been effaced, bringing with them their strong religious faith and their frugal and virtuous habits. The original ancestor of this family was one Michael Krider who came from Switzerland in answer to the earnest solicitation of William Penn who was anxious to secure Swiss colonists. Michael Krider probably reached Pennsylvania in 1709. He was evidently a man of superior judgment or he would not have been entrusted with so momentous a mission as that of securing a future home for his fellow countrymen, in a land so far away. That his report was favorable was shown when a body of colonists came from Switzerland in 1710 and others followed in 1736. William Penn gave them 800 acres in Lancaster County, entrusting the deed for this land to Michael Krider, making him the distributor of this bounty. Since those days the Kriders have scattered to all parts of the Union but many of the direct descendants of this ancestor still remain near the place of original settlement in Pennsylvania. After their marriage, the parents of Rev. Krider remained in Centre Countv and both were buried there. The mother was born in Huntingdon County. The father was a carpenter by trade. They reared a family that was creditable to them in every way. Isaac Krider grew to manhood in the family home at Gatesburg, and attended school there and at Pine Grove Academy and later spent two years as a student in what was then called the Centre County Normal School, located at Rebersburg. He then became a teacher and for seven years continued in educational work, after which he took a complete course at the Susquehannah University, a well known Lutheran institution at Selinsgrove, Pa., and was graduated in theology there, being ordained a minister of the Gospel in 1879. Since the latter part of 1881 he has been engaged continuously in ministerial work and has had the inward satisfaction of knowing that his efforts have been productive of great good in whatever field he has labored. For over nine years he was pastor of Grace Lutheran Church at Bellwood, Pa., and came from there to Duncansville, where, under his care, the church has increased spiritually and financially. To a less industrious man the charge of a large congregation would about fill up his measure of time, but Mr. Krider has found opportunity to do a large amount of surveying, for which he is well qualified. While a resident of Bellwood, he was one of the accredited borough surveyors. On March 31, 1881, Mr. Krider was married to Miss Anna Geist, a native of Huntingdon County, Pa., and they have six children, namely: Justine, who is the wife of James Gable, train dispatcher for freight, from the Middle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, residing at Juniata; Alleene; George E., who is foreman of the pattern department of the McLanahan-Stone Machine Company, at Hollidaysburg; and Adele, George H., and Julia, who reside at home. In politics Mr. Krider is nominally a Republican but his sympathies are largely with the Prohibition doctrine. He has accepted few public positions aside from his profession, but in 1906 was made treasurer of the Allegheny Township road fund and for twelve years has been a member of the Board of Education of the borough of Duncansville. For many years he has been an Odd Fellow and is a member of Wanita Lodge, No. 1142, at Hollidaysburg, and of the Progressive Encampment, No. 105, of the same city. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 749-750. DAVID KUHN, who devotes his valuable tract of 100 acres to farming and gardening, has one of the best cultivated farms in Allegheny Township, Blair County, Pa. He was born in Allegheny Township October 28, 1845, and is a son of David and Margaret (Wise) Kuhn and a grandson of John Kuhn, who was an early settler in what was known as Dutch Bottom, Blair County. The parents of Mr. Kuhn died in 1887. David Kuhn grew to manhood in his native township and obtained a district school education. His business has always been farming and he makes a specialty of gardening. On September 30, 1875, Mr. Kuhn was married to Miss Mary C. Baird, a daughter of the late Simon Baird who resided near Sinking Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Kuhn have four children, namely: Myrtle L., who is the wife of D. W. Feather, of Altoona; and Alpha N., Milton S., and Velvie M., all of Allegheny Township. Mr. Kuhn and family are members of the Lutheran church at Duncansville. In politics he is a Republican but has never been active in political life. He is widely known and is held in high regard by his fellow citizens. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 766. WILLIAM G. KUNSMAN, a progressive farmer and much respected citizen of Juniata Township, Blair County, Pa., has resided on his present farm of 76 acres since 1878, and was born May 11, 1859, on Brush Mountain, Blair County, Pa., a son of William and Penna (Neff) Kunsman. William Kunsman, the father of our subject, was born in the Half Moon Valley, Pa., and was a son of William Kunsman, who was a native of Germany. He was for many years a resident of Allegheny Township, Blair County, Pa., and died here at the age of 66 years. He was politically a Republican and served nine years as constable of Allegheny Township. He was a member of the Lutheran church of Duncansville, Pa. Penna Neff Kunsman, mother of our subject, was also a native of Blair County, Pa., and the surviving children born of her union with William Kunsman, are as follows: Winfield S. resides in Frankstown Township; David resides at Tunnel Hill; Frank resides in Gallitzin, Pa.; Jonathan is a resident of Allegheny Township; Jane is the widow of the late John Ehrenfeld of Altoona, Pa.; Ann married Patrick Healy of Tunnel Hill, Pa. William G. Kunsman spent his boyhood days in Allegheny Township, and after completing his education, which was obtained in the district schools, engaged in agricultural pursuits. He located on his present farm of 76 acres in 1878, and carries on general farming and gardening here. Mr. Kunsman was a member of the board of road supervisors of Juniata Township, and has served six years as a member of the school board. He is identified with the Republican party in politics, and served a number of years on the board of election of Juniata Township. Mr. Kunsman was married February 22, 1878, to Jessie J. Hite, a daughter of the late George C. Hite of Juniata Township, and of their union have been born the following children: Albert J., a resident of Altoona, Pa.; Clara E., the wife of Samuel S. Wolfe of Tunnel Hill, Pa.; Charles L., who resides at Gallitzin, Pa.; Howard W., who lives at Tunnel Hill, Pa.; Myrtle M., who married M. Hines of Hollidaysburg, Pa.; and Elsie J. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 817 J. BANKS KURTZ, district attorney of Blair County, Pennsylvania, and a leading member of the Altoona Bar, has been engaged in the practice of law, in this city, since 1893, in which year he was admitted to the bars of Cumberland, Juniata, and Blair Counties in quick succession. Mr. Kurtz was born in Delaware Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, October 31, 1867, and is the oldest of a family of six children born to his parents, Abraham H. and Mollie E. (Bergey) Kurtz. His father was a prosperous farmer in Juniata County. J. Banks Kurtz was educated in the public schools of his native county and at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. Before entering college he taught in the public schools for two years. Immediately after completing his college education he entered the Dickinson Law School, from which institution he graduated and received his degree in 1893. In the month of June he was admitted to the Cumberland County Bar, later to the Juniata County Bar, and in October to the Blair County Bar, following which he opened his law office at Altoona. He is also admitted to practice in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the United States District and Circuit Courts. In 1908 Dickinson College conferred upon him the honorary degree of A. M. Mr. Kurtz's professional ability was very quickly recognized and when he was elected district attorney in November, 1904, on the Republican ticket, he had practically no opposition and his administration of this important office was so satisfactory that he was reelected in 1907. He is recognized as one of the county's most earnest and efficient officials. Mr. Kurtz is a director in the Mountain City Trust Company, of Altoona, the First National Bank, of Juniata, an incorporator of the Dickinson School of Law, and a trustee of the Altoona Hospital. On September 4, 1895, Mr. Kurtz was married to Miss Jennie Stockton, daughter of Dr. Thomas C. M. Stockton, and Annie (Kerr) Stockton of Cross Creek, Washington County, Pa. They have one daughter, Dorothy Stockton Kurtz. The family residence is at No. 2528 Broad Avenue, Altoona, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz are members of the First Presbyterian church. He is a 32nd degree Mason, a Shriner, and a Knight of Pythias. He also belongs to Phi Delta Theta Greek letter fraternity, and Delta Chi legal fraternity. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 523-524. DON CAMERON KYPER, M. D., physician and surgeon in active practice at Altoona, Pa., was born at Bellwood, Blair County, Pa., January 19, 1888, and is a son of George Washington and Abigail Susan (Ramey) Kyper. The late George W. Kyper was for many years a well known and esteemed resident of Bellwood, where he was engaged in the hotel business. He was born and reared in Sinking Valley. His widow and all of his children, with the exception of the subject of this sketch, still reside in Bellwood. Leslie Ramey is in the grocery business, John Daniel in the insurance business, and Maude is the wife of W. T. Stevens, a business man of Bellwood. Don Cameron Kyper, was sent to school when only five years old, and in 1904, at the age of seventeen, having passed through the intermediate grades, was graduated from the Bellwood High School, and in the following year from the Altoona High School. In the fall of 1905 he continued his studies in the University of Pennsylvania and was graduated from the medical department in 1909. After serving as resident physician for one year at the Williamsport Hospital, he located July 7, 1910, in Tyrone. On February 8, 1911, he moved to 1015 Chestnut Ave., Altoona. February 16, 1911, he was married to Alice A. Echenlaub. Though Dr. Kyper has had as yet but a limited experience, he is a well qualified physician and has already made a creditable beginning in his profession. He is a member of the Tyrone Medical Society and of the Blair County Medical Society, and being a close student keeps in touch with the latest discoveries in medical and surgical science. In politics he is a Republican, and is identified fraternally with the Elks and Foresters. He was reared in the faith of the Lutheran Church. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 913 GEORGE WASHINGTON KYPER, who passed out of this life on November 22, 19o1, was for many years identified with the business interest of Bellwood, Pa., and built what is known as the Central Hotel, but was during his earlier life actively engaged in agricultural pursuits in Tyrone Township, Blair County, Pa. He was born March 1, 1846, in McConnellstown, Huntingdon County, Pa., a son of John and Susanne (Nail) Kyper, both of whom were also natives of Huntingdon County, Pa., and a grandson of Daniel Kyper, who was one of the pioneers of Huntingdon County. Daniel Kyper was a stone mason by trade and built the old jail and nearly all of the old stone buildings now seen in Huntingdon. George W. Kyper was reared in Huntingdon County, but his education was obtained mainly at Petersburg. He was a farmer by occupation and in 1865 with his parents moved to Sinking Valley, Tyrone Township, Blair County, Pa. There he farmed on the place on which his father located until 1875, when he moved to Antis Township, where he carried on farming on the B. F. Bell farm until 1883. He was eminently successful as a farmer, and in 1883 came to Bellwood, the site of which was at that time principally timberland, and was one of the first builders to locate on Main Street. He erected the Central Hotel, and with the paper wood taken from the lot on which it was built paid for the glass that went into the building. Here he successfully conducted a hotel until the spring of 1891 without a license. He then built a fine brick house in which he resided three years and during the time of the panic sold the hotel, which was afterwards re-bought by his oldest son, and is now owned by Mrs. Kyper. He subsequently built a house on the lot adjoining his brick residence, and lived there until the hotel again came into the possession of the family, then lived in the hotel which he had built, until the time of his death from Brights disease, on November 22, 1901. While proprietor of the hotel, he was in the livery business continuously from 1883 until his death, and also sold farm implements and fertilizers. Mr. Kyper was married December 28, 1871, to Abigail Susan Ramey, who was born in Sinking Valley, Tyrone Township, Blair County, Pa., June 25, 1845, a daughter of Daniel and Rachel (Fleck) Ramey. Her father was born in Berks County, Pa., a son of Francis and Catherine (Ginter) Ramey, the former being a native of France, and the latter of Germany. Francis Ramey and his wife came to America and located in Berks County, Pa., where he followed bridge building. He met an accidental death by falling off a bridge and his widow moved with the family to Tyrone Forge, Blair County, Pa., where she subsequently married George Fleck. Daniel Ramey was a small child when his mother removed to Tyrone Forge, and he there learned the shoemaking trade, which he subsequently followed in Sinking Valley until the time of his death at the age of 77 years. He married Rachel Fleck, who bore him three sons and one daughter, namely: John F., deceased, who was a resident of Colorado; Gabriel Henry, deceased, who resided in Virginia; Sanford D., who is a resident of Trenton, N. J.; and Abigail S. (Mrs. Kyper). Mr. and Mrs. Kyper became the parents of the following children: Leslie Ramey, of Bellwood; Martha Mary, who died aged two years and eight months; Nora Catherine, who died aged eight years and four months; Abbie Maud, born February 15, 1879, who is the wife of W. T. Stevens, a resident of Bellwood and an employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad (they have three daughters, Susan Evaline, Naomi Genevieve, and Georgia Kyper Stevens); John Daniel, born December 5, 1884, in Bellwood, Pa., who is a rural route deliverer (he married Harriet Ellen Martz and they have one daughter, Marian Moyer Kyper); and Don Cameron, born January 19, 1888, who is a well known physician of Tyrone. Leslie R. Kyper was born December 17, 1872, in Sinking Valley, and being the eldest of the family grew into his father's business, having had charge of the livery business, which he continues to conduct. In 1900 he established a meat market in his father's hotel building, but later removed to his present quarters on Main and Cambria Streets, and is one of the prosperous and enterprising business men of Bellwood. The family owns the building his store is in, the drug store adjoining, the hotel building, and the residence the daughter of our subject resides in. Mrs. Kyper spends her winters in Florida. She is a member of the Lutheran church, of which Mr. Kyper was also a member. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 824-825. LOUIS G. LAMADE, who is recognized as one of Altoona's prominent and representative citizens, active along many lines and exceedingly public spirited, is the manager of The Deutscher Volksfuehrer Publishing Company of this city. It issues a journal of wide circulation and of great interest and value to the German people all through the Juniata Valley, being the only newspaper devoted entirely to their interests in their own language. He has been a resident of the United States since 1867. His birth took place near Bretten, Germany, August 22, 1854, and his parents were Dietrich and Caroline (Zuepfle) Lamade. When they came to America they located at Williamsport, Pa., where the father died two years later. His widow was left with a large family, there being fourteen children. Prior to coming to America, Louis G. Lamade had attended, school in his native land and soon after reaching Williamsport became an apprentice in a printing office, learned the business and has been identified with newspapers ever since. During several years he was foreman of two Williamsport publications, and afterward, according to the way of printers, journeyed from city to city, comparatively care free, always being sure that work in his line was awaiting a competent typesetter or capable foreman. In his travels he finally reached New York and worked there at his trade until 1880, when he accepted a position as foreman on the Altoona Call. Mr. Lamade came then to Altoona and continued with the Call until 1881, when he purchased his present paper from Harry Slep, then of the Altoona Mirror, who had founded it, and put out the first issue on March 28, 1878. After coming into possession, Mr. Lamade by his energy and enterprise, injected new life into the paper, adding many interesting features, and has ably edited it ever since. He is a Democrat in his personal political sentiments but the Volksfuehrer is conducted as an independent paper and thus appeals to all parties among its army of German readers. In 1899 a stock company was formed and Mr. Lamade has been manager of the publishing business ever since and also of the job office. He has been an active citizen of Altoona and has done much to add to the city's material prosperity, serving for many years as treasurer of the Germania Building Association, encouraging the investment of capital through his newspaper and giving support to civic movements promising to be of substantial benefit. He served one term as alderman of the Fourth Ward, being appointed by Governor Patterson, also one term as jury commissioner of Blair County. Mr. Lamade pas married in 1881, to Miss Frances Soller, a daughter of Leonard Soller, an old German resident of Altoona, and they have four children: Carl, who is General Inspector of the Westinghouse Electrical Works of East Pittsburg; Elizabeth (Mrs. John Maurer); Katharine (Mrs. Robert Hanna); and Louis. Their pleasant home is situated at No. 212 East Fifth Avenue. For many years Mr. Lamade has been identified with the Artisans' order of M. P., the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Moose, and the Owls, and is prominent also in a number of German benevolent and social organizations. He is past president of the Altoona Branch of the German-American Alliance, comprising all the German organizations of Blair County. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 772-773. HON. AUGUSTUS S. LANDIS, deceased, formerly judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Blair County, Pa., literally died in harness, occupying that high judicial position at the time of decease, April 25, 1897. To the practice of law he had devoted many years of his life, yet so versatile were his talents and so well regulated his mind that he was also successfully identified with almost all the leading business enterprises of Hollidaysburg, which was his place of residence from the age of three years. He was born at Pennington, N. J., June 4, 1834, and was a son of Dr. Joseph A. and Maria L. (Holcombe) Landis. The Landis family is of German extraction and its founder in America came at an early day to the Atlantic seaboard and established himself in New Jersey. This was the great-grandfather of the late Judge Landis. Henry Landis, the grandfather, moved to Montgomery County, Pa., in early manhood, where he married a Scotch Quakeress, who survived him twenty years, living to the unusual age of ninety-two years. Joseph A. Landis, father of Judge Landis, was one of the original founders of the Blair County Medical Society, which he served as president. During the entire course of a long and useful life, Dr. Joseph A. Landis was prominently identified with medical organizations and movements and was frequently elected to positions of honor in different bodies. He was graduated from the University of Maryland in 1828 and began practice at Pennington, N. J. He afterward spent one year in Louisiana. In 1837 he came to Hollidaysburg, where he remained until 1868, in the meanwhile, in 1861, serving as a volunteer surgeon in the Mt. Pleasant Hospital, at Washington, D. C. Two years after the close of the Civil War, Dr. Landis removed to Philadelphia, where he practiced medicine for six years and then returned and took up his permanent residence at Hollidaysburg. He continued to practice medicine into advanced age, in his later years giving much of his time to charity. He also devoted some attention to business enterprises and served for several years as president of the Hollidaysburg Gas Company. Dr. Landis was married in October, 1831, to Miss Maria J. Holcomb, of Hunterdon County, N. J., and to them were born five children. Both Dr. Landis and wife lived into honored old age, his death occurring on November 20, 1886, at the age of eighty-two years, his wife having died in 1884, on her eighty-fourth birthday. They left more than a good name to their children and their memory for good and kindly deeds in life, are preserved in many households. The educational advantages afforded the late Judge Landis in his youth were those calculated to stimulate his intellect and to excite emulation. From the most advanced schools of Hollidaysburg, in 1851 he entered Jefferson College, at Canonsburg, and was there graduated a member of the class of 1853. Upon his return to Hollidaysburg he was appointed principal of the Hollidaysburg Academy, in which he had formerly been a pupil. In the meanwhile he had commenced the study of law, with Hon. Samuel Calvin, and in the spring of 1857, was admitted to the bar and immediately and enthusiastically entered upon the practice of his profession. For a time he was also editorially associated with the Hollidaysburg Standard. Judging by the talent then displayed it may be asserted that he would doubtless have made a name in journalism had he devoted himself entirely to this profession. He very soon became interested in politics and in the spring of 1860 permitted his friends to put forward his name as a candidate for the office of treasurer and solicitor of Hollidaysburg, and his election and subsequent reelection followed for many succeeding years. He acceptably filled other local offices and was especially valued as a member of the school board. In October, 1872, high honor was paid Judge Landis in recognition of his ability and learning in the law, when he was elected a delegate to the Constitutional Convention which sat in Philadelphia in 1873, and framed the present Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was a prominent member of this august body. The Twenty-first Senatorial District, which he represented, was composed of the counties of Blair, Bedford, Somerset and Fulton. In 1884 Judge Landis was sent as a delegate to the National Democratic Convention at Cincinnati, O., that nominated Gen. W. S. Hancock for the office of President of the United States. Judge Landis was prominently mentioned for appointment to the Supreme Bench of Pennsylvania to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge Clark. During his period of service on the Bench of the Court of Common Pleas in Blair County, he upheld the dignity of the office and performed its duties with signal ability. To mention the various public measures and successful private business enterprises with which the late judge Landis was honorably concerned, would be to name those which have best served to develop the city and to bring prosperity to all this section. He was one of the projectors of the enterprise which resulted in providing Hollidaysburg with some of its public utilities - notably its fine water system. Other important undertakings were: the Hollidaysburg Gas Company, the Hollidaysburg and Gap Iron Works Company, and the Hollidaysburg and Bedford Plank Road Company. Judge Landis is survived by his widow. She resides in her handsome residence at No. 511 Allegheny Street, Hollidaysburg. He was married in November, 1865, to Miss Eleanor Porter, who is the youngest daughter of the late John Porter, who was an honored citizen of Huntingdon County, Pa., for many years. For thirty-two years they enjoyed congenial companionship. Judge Landis united with the First Presbyterian Church of Hollidaysburg in 1864, and in 1868 he was chosen a ruling elder and his whole subsequent life was lived according to the religious precepts he then publicly accepted. His charities were many and his sympathies ready. In many ways his helpfulness was shown and he could always be relied on to give support to benevolent movements whether they were local or were of the kind that has demonstrated many times that Americans are brethren to every nation when calamity falls. It is in recalling men of this type that a country, state or city may be justly proud. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 814-815. SOLOMON S. LAYMAN, deceased, for many years was a successful agriculturist of North Woodbury Township, Blair County, Pa., and later a valued citizen of Martinsburg, in which borough his long and useful life closed, on November 23, 1907. He was born November 7, 1832, in Taylor Township, Blair County, and was a son of John and Mary Layman. Three of his brothers still survive, namely: Jacob and William, both residents of North Woodbury Township; and Samuel, living at Dallas Center, Ia. Solomon S. Layman spent his whole life in Blair County. Farming and stock raising were the main interests of his manhood and thereby he accumulated a comfortable fortune. In later years he retired to Martinsburg and during his years of residence there took an interest in public matters and at times cheerfully accepted citizenship responsibilities. Previous to moving to the borough he had many times served in township offices and afterward became a member of the borough council where his experience and sound judgment made him valuable able as a public official. He was a Republican in his political views but he was a broad-minded man and never permitted his private sentiments to dominate his official acts. He was a member of and a deacon in St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church at Martinsburg. On January 27, 1868, Mr. Layman was married to Miss Mary A. Brown. She was born November 14, 1842, and now reside in a handsome home at Martinsburg. He parents were Daniel and Susan (Ling) Brown, both of whom were natives of Bedford County. When she was nine years old the family moved to North Woodbury Township, Blair County, where the parents subsequently died, and there she was reared and educated. Of the children of Daniel and Susan Brown, the following survive: Mary A.; Jeremiah, who resides at Roswell, New Mex.; Hannah, who is the wife of Benjamin Newcomer, of Curryville, Pa.; Isaac C., who lives at Martinsburg; Hezekiah, who is a resident of Pittsburg; Catherine, who is the wife of Jacob Law, of Curryville; George F. and Daniel, both of whom live at Martinsburg; Susan, who is the wife of George Burket, living at Martinsburg; and Martha, who is the wife of S. S. Rhodes, of Curryville. To Solomon S. Layman and wife six children were born, namely: Emma, who is the wife of Rev. John Furry, of North Woodbury Township; Mrs. Minnie C. Allen, who lives in North Woodbury Township; Annie, who is the wife of William Tipton, of North Woodbury Township; W. Roy, who lives in North Woodbury Township; Homer B., who is in business in Pittsburg; and Effie. M., who is now, deceased. This family has long been active and interested in the work of St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church, and belong also to the social circles which give and accept neighborly hospitality. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 860. MICHAEL LEBERFINGER, residing on a farm 160 acres in Frankstown Township, was born in Germany in 1873, and is a son of Andrew and Frances Leberfinger. Andrew and Frances Leberfinger have always resided in their native country, and are the parents of the following children: Frances, who is married, is a resident of Germany; Mary, who is the wife of Michael Stinglhammer of Altoona, Pa.; Magdalena, who is married, lives in the native country; Caroline, who also lives in Germany; and Joseph, who was a resident of America for three years, returning home on a visit and was captured by the German authorities and according to German law, was forced to enter the German army for a certain time. Michael Leberfinger was reared in his native country and there obtained his education. When he first came to the United States he located at Altoona, Pa., where he worked in various factories until 1907, when he purchased his farm of 160 acres in Frankstown Township from Blair J. Bougslough, and has since carried on farming in a general way. In November, 1889, Mr. Leberfinger was joined in marriage with Miss Grace Cellner, who is a daughter of Godfrey and Mary Cellner. Her parents were natives of Germany, and the father, who was a laborer, died at Altoona, in 1906. They were the parents of the following children: Frances, wife of Louis Augustine; Theresa; and Minnie, wife of Richard Bender. Mr. and Mrs. Leberfinger have had the following children: Frank, Michael, Mary, Godfried, Joseph and Andrew. Mr. Leberfinger is politically a Republican. With his family he belongs to the German Catholic Church of Hollidaysburg. He is a member of the Knights of St. George, and of the Bavarian Benefit Society of Altoona. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 496. JACOB SHINDEL LEISENRING, whose death occurred at Detroit, Mich., January 23, 1910, was for many years one of the most prominent members of the bar in central Pennsylvania, being in continuous practice at Altoona from 1873 up almost to the time of his death. He was a recognized authority on commercial law and was the author of a valuable work on law entitled "Leisenring's Book of Forms." In addition to all this he was a business man of ability, serving for years as vice president of the Second National Bank of Altoona, in which he was also a director. Mr. Leisenring was born at Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pa., April 2, 1847. His parents were Gideon and Louisa Henrietta (Shindel) Leisenring, and he was a grandson of Peter and a great grandson of John Conrad Leisenring, whose father came to Pennsylvania from Germany in 1742. Peter Leisenring, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was for many years a prominent citizen of Northumberland County, Pa., where he died about 1820. He had four children and in the division of his large estate his son Gideon came into possession of the old homestead situated near Sunbury, Pa. Gideon Leisenring, father of Jacob S., was born at White Hall, Lehigh County, Pa., in 1802, and died at Charlestown, Jefferson County, W. Va., in March, 1880. He is remembered as a man of determined character, which was forcibly shown during the early days and preceding the outbreak of the Rebellion. From Sunbury he removed to Selinsgrove in 1845, but the development of his many business enterprises required his presence in Baltimore, to which city he accordingly removed in 1858. To him, with other loyalists, credit has been given by historians for the refusal of Maryland to secede from the Union in the turbulent days preceding the spring of 1861, and it is a fact that over his residence in Baltimore was unfurled to the breeze the first United States flag after the historic April 19th of that year. He continued his residence at Baltimore until the close of the war and then removed to West Virginia. In 1828 he was married to Louisa Henrietta Shindel, who died at Selinsgrove, March 27, 1853. She was a daughter of Rev. John Peter and Susan (McCullough) Shindel, a granddaughter of Hon. John Peter Shindel, who served in the Pennsylvania legislature, and a great-granddaughter of John Peter Shindel, who came from Germany and settled in Lebanon County, Pa., about 1740, and who served in the Continental army. Jacob Shindel Leisenring, the direct subject of this memoir, was educated at the Missionary Institute, now the Susquehanna University, and in the public schools of Baltimore. Although then very young, he served for a time in the Federal army, enlisting in Company G, First Pennsylvania Independent Battalion. After the close of the war he accompanied his father to West Virginia, and, possessing many of his late father's characteristics, and entertaining the same views on public questions, he there came into considerable prominence as a Republican. He prepared for the bar in the office of Hon. William H. Travers, of Charlestown, and was admitted to practice in Jefferson County in 1870. He then returned to Pennsylvania and for several years was associated in practice with C. F. Shindel, at Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pa. In 1872 he was admitted to the Luzerne County bar at which he practiced from April to September in that year. He was then appointed district attorney in a newly organized district in western Kansas and during the following year he attended to the duties of this position, residing at Hays City. In 1873 he again returned to Pennsylvania and then established himself at Altoona and this city was his chosen home from that time until his death. He was at one time a member of the firm of Stevens and Leisenring, at Tyrone, this county, composed of A. A. Stevens, esq., and himself. In 1877 he left Tyrone and removed to Altoona, where in 1880 he became associated in the practice of law with A. V. Dively, esq., under the firm name of Dively & Leisenring. After the dissolution of this firm he continued in the practice of law by himself until 1904, when he formed a co-partnership with Harry. F. Walters, under the firm name of Leisenring & Walters, which continued until the time of his death. In 1887 Mr. Leisenring ran on the Republican ticket for the office of city recorder of Altoona, but the city being heavily Democratic, he was defeated by the late John A. Doyle, his opponent on that ticket. Mr. Leisenring was for many years up to the time of his death chairman of the board of examiners of the Blair County bar and was also chairman of the censors of the Bar Association. He was a charter member of the Commercial Law League of America and a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and of the American Bar Association. As a lawyer he established a large and profitable practice. He took part in many important cases and enjoyed the confidence of the members of the bar and of the people. He was one of the leading commercial lawyers of the country, was a writer of ability and frequently contributed articles to newspapers and magazines and to the commercial publications in which he was interested, besides being the author of the valuable book already referred to. He was a wise and conservative counsellor; a safe, careful and successful practitioner; always impatient of sham, true to the court, true to his clients, courteous to his fellow members of the bar and careful of his professional conduct and deportment. Those who did not know him well sometimes considered him brusque and cold, but those who knew him better recognized him as a man of kindly and charitable disposition - one to whom no deserving person ever appealed for aid in vain. Though he did not form friendships lightly, he never lost a friend once formed. In the society of his intimates he often showed an inimitable wit and humor, and this agreeable faculty was so well known to them that he was often called upon to act as toastmaster at social gatherings, in which capacity he acquitted himself to perfection. During his residence in West Virginia Mr. Leisenring was a prominent Mason and deputy grand master of the state. He was also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, in which he held many important positions and was past commander of S. C. Potts Post, No. 62, Department of Pennsylvania. He was also a member of the order of Elks of this city and was chairman of the memorial committee of the order at the time of his death, and was a charter member of the order of Heptasophs. Mr. Leisenring's membership in the Republican party has been already mentioned. During the later years of his life he acted with the independent wing of that party in Pennsylvania and he is credited with having been one of the prime movers in the political revolution which resulted in the election of W. H. Berry for state treasurer and forced the nomination by the Republican party of Edwin S. Stuart, ex-governor of this commonwealth. Mr. Leisenring's name was frequently mentioned as one of the prominent candidates for additional law judge of this county. Just previous to the funeral services of Jacob S. Leisenring, a meeting was held at the home of the Elks on Twelfth Street, which was presided over by Judge Thomas J. Baldrige, who paid an eloquent tribute to his deceased friend, the substance of which is contained in the present article. Appreciative addresses were also made by. Attorneys A. A. Stevens, Oliver H. Hewit, J. D. Hicks, Harry F. Walters, T. H. Greevy and W. L. Woodcock, while W. S. Pascoe presented the resolutions prepared by the association committee, of which he was chairman. The latter were as follows: Resolved, That in the death of Jacob S. Leisenring, esq., this bar has lost one of its most active and prominent members, a good lawyer, a safe counsellor and practicioner, a faithful friend and courteous gentleman; the community in which he lived a public-spirited citizen, distinguished for wisdom, courage, independence and charity; and his family a kind, affectionate and indulgent husband and father. Resolved Further, That this minute and resolutions be spread upon the records of the court, published in the newspapers and a copy thereof presented to the family of the deceased. WILLIAM L. PASCOE, THOMAS H. GREEVY, O. H. HEWIT, MATTHEW CALVIN, A. J. RILEY, Committee on resolutions, Blair County Bar Association. Mr. Leisenring was married on September 1, 1875, to Miss Annie M. Cherry, who with one daughter - Henrietta Shindel, wife of A. E. James - survives him. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 491-493. DR. BROOKLYN B. LEVENGOOD, a prominent member of the medical profession of Bellwood, Pa., has been a resident of this borough for 22 years, and has been continuously and successfully engaged in the practice of his profession here. He was born June 21, 1868, in Glendale, Berks County, Pa., and is a son of William W. and Matilda (Boyer) Levengood, one of the early families of Berks County, Pa. the mother still survives and is a resident of Pottstown, Pa., and of the four children born of her union with William W. Levengood three are still living. Dr. Brooklyn B. Levengood was reared in Glendale, and his education was obtained in the common schools and at Arms Academy, and also at the Jefferson Medical College, from which he graduated in 1889. He was first associated with Dr. W. Y. Levengood of Bellwood in the practice of medicine and after the retirement of the latter succeeded to his practice and enjoys the confidence and is held in high esteem by his fellow citizens. He has been railroad surgeon for twenty years, is a member of the medical staff of Mercy Hospital of Altoona, Pa., a member of the County, and State Medical Societies, and a member of the board of Health of Bellwood. He is a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank of Bellwood and is politically inclined to be independent. His fraternal connection is with the Masonic order, being a member of the Tyrone Lodge No. 494; the Consistory at Harrisburg and the Shrine at Altoona. Dr. Levengood was joined in marriage with Estelle M. Smith, a native of Kansas City, Mo., who came with her parents to Bellwood, Pa., and they have one son, Rodman Whitley Levengood. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 841-842. GUY R. LINGAFELT, prothonotary and clerk of the courts of Blair County, Pa., is one of Hollidaysburg's most respected citizens. He was born December 12, 1869, at Hollidaysburg, and is a son of James M. and Lucretia J. (Rhodes) Lingafelt. James M. Lingafelt was long one of Blair County's prominent men. The family is of German extraction. He engaged in merchandising at Hollidaysburg for many years and also was postmaster. His death occurred January 14, 1896. He was the father of five children. Guy R. Lingafelt was educated in the schools of his native city and after leaving the High School accepted a clerkship in a mercantile house. He is an active and loyal Republican and on March 20, 1901, was appointed deputy prothonotary. Through obliging and courteous treatment of all who had business with the prothonotary's office, Mr. Lingafelt made many friends and that these were stanch ones was shown in the records of the recent election, on November 2, 1909, when he ran several thousand votes ahead of the other candidates, this vote standing: Guy R. Lingafelt, Republican, 5,761; W. C. Reem, Democrat, 2,842; William Dodson, Socialist, 787. Mr. Lingafelt was married in January, 1901, to Miss Bess Geesey, a daughter of Charles Geesey, a well known attorney at Altoona, and they have four children. Mrs. Lingafelt is a member of the Lutheran church. The pleasant and attractive family residence stands at No. 919 Penn Street, Hollidaysburg. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 754-755. MOSES LINGENFELTER, a prosperous agriculturist and lumberman of Blair County, Pa., and a well known citizen of Greenfield Township, was born in this township, January 4, 1864, and is a son of George and Barbara (Claar) Lingenfelter, long people of prominence in this section, parents of a large family and worthy examples of right living in every relation of life. Moses Lingenfelter is the youngest born in a family of eleven children, all of whom survive with one exception. He obtained his education in the schools of Greenfield Township and ever since has been interested in lumbering and farming. He owns a one-half interest in the old homestead farm of 400 acres and is also a member of the well known lumber firm of Walter & Lingenfelter, with which his older brother, Z. T. Lingenfelter, is also connected. Mr. Lingenfelter married Miss Lucinda Musselman, a daughter of David Musselman, of Greenfield Township, and they have had three children, the two survivors being: Fannie, who is the wife of C. Hileman, of Greenfield Township; and Katie, who lives at home. Mr. Lingenfelter is a Republican in his political preference and has served his township very acceptably in the office of road supervisor. He is interested in everything looking to the improvement of agricultural conditions and is identified with the Claysville Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and is serving his lodge in the office of door-keeper. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 557. THADDEUS C. LINGENFELTER, deceased, was formerly one of the best known and most highly esteemed residents of Greenfield Township, a member of a large and influential family and a man of sterling character and excellent business qualifications. He was born in Greenfield Township, Blair County, Pa., August 15, 1848, and was a son of George and Barbara (Claar) Lingenfelter, and a grandson of Jacob Lingenfelter and Frederick Claar, early settlers. Of the family of eleven children born to his parents, Thaddeus C. is the only one deceased, his death taking place July 19, 1909. Thaddeus C. Lingenfelter grew to manhood in Greenfield Township and obtained his education in the district schools. He early engaged in farming and lumbering and when the Civil War broke out he enlisted and remained in the service for almost a year. His subsequent life was passed in Greenfield Township. He was a man of industry and business prudence and was able to leave a valuable farm of 116 acres to his widow and surviving children. On February 9, 1873, Mr. Lingenfelter was married to Miss Margaret Stine, who was born in Greenfield Township, Blair County, Pa., October 5, 1854, and is a daughter of David and Catherine (Dively) Stine. The Stines are of German extraction. David Stine was born in Blair County and enlisted as a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was captured by the Confederates and incarcerated in Libby Prison, where he died from inhuman treatment. His widow still resides in Greenfield Township. To Mr. and Mrs. Lingenfelter eleven children were born, and of these the following survive: Rachel E.. who is the wife of George Carpenter, of Fulton County, Ill.; Effie, who is the wife of William Knisley, of Altoona, Pa.; Mollie E., who is the wife of Harry Black, of Greenfield Township; Blaine L., who resides in Greenfield Township; Mazie M., who is the wife of Edward Dibert, of Altoona; and Lucy B., Jennie F., John G. and Earlston W., all reside in Greenfield Township. Elsie and Lydia D. are deceased. In politics Mr. Lingenfelter was a Republican. He was deeply interested in the public schools and served for some time as school director. He was one of the most active members of the Odd Fellows Lodge at Claysburg. His friends were many in every walk of life and in his death his community lost a worthy citizen. His widow continues to carry on the farm industries with the assistance of her sons. She is a valued member of the Reformed Church at Claysburg. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 516-517. Z. T. LINGENFELTER, a prominent business man of Greenfield Township, Blair County, Pa., where he owns a one-half interest in a valuable farm of 400 acres, is a member of the lumber firm of Walter & Lingenfelter, at Claysburg. He was born in Greenfield Township, March 14, 1854, and is a son of George and Barbara (Claar) Lingenfelter. George Lingenfelter was born in Greenfield Township, where he spent his entire life, his death occurring October 27, 1892. His father was Jacob Lingenfelter, an early settler and probably a native of Germany. George Lingenfelter was a very honorable and upright man and was one of the leading members of the German Baptist church. In politics he was a Republican but the only township offices he ever accepted were those of school director and road supervisor and he attended to the duties of these offices with the utmost efficiency. He married Barbara Claar, who was born in Bedford County, Pa., a daughter of Frederick Claar, who was a very early settler in Union Township, Bedford County. They had eleven children born to them and the following survive: Eliza, who is the widow of William Gibson, of Bedford County; Chauncy F., who resides also in Bedford County; Mary A., who is the wife of William Eller, of Newry, Pa.; Christina, who is the wife of John Cashman, of Bedford County; Elizabeth, who is the widow of Morgan Dively, of Greenfield Township; Rachel, who is the widow of Martin Dively, of Greenfield Township; Margaret, who is the wife of Daniel Sell, of Bedford County; Zachariah T.; Nancy K., who is the wife of Emanuel Walter, of Greenfield Township; and Moses C., who lives in Greenfield Township. The one member of the family who is deceased, was Thaddeus S. Z. T. Lingenfelter obtained his education in the Greenfield Township schools and from boyhood has been connected more or less with agricultural pursuits although he has not devoted his entire attention to them. For a number of years he has engaged in the lumber industry and the firm of Walter & Lingenfelter occupies a prominent place in commercial circles in this section. Mr. Lingenfelter was married to Miss Julia A. Musselman, a daughter of the late Jacob Musselman, of Greenfield Township, and they have four children, namely: Ardie E., who lives in Greenfield Township; Rebecca, who is the wife of Thomas Lingenfelter, of Claysburg; Lucretia, who is the widow of Irvin Black; and Stella, who lives at home. In politics, Mr. Lingenfelter is a Republican. For six years he served as school director in Greenfield Township, and for two years was president and for two years was treasurer of the school board. He is a member of the Grange at Claysburg and is serving in the office of treasurer. Diligent in business and active in all that pertains to the best interests of his community, Mr. Lingenfelter is a worthy, useful and representative citizen. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 584-587. LEVI LININGER, auditor of Huston Township, Blair County, Pa., and one of the prominent and public spirited citizens of this section, resides on his valuable farm of 138 acres. which is situated near the village of Drab. He was born January 30, 1856, in Huntingdon County, Pa., and is a son of Jacob and Mary (Speck) Lininger, both of whom were natives of Huntingdon County. The mother died October 23, 1889; the father December 21, 1889. Levi Lininger was reared in Walker Township, Huntingdon County, where he attended the public schools. He remained with his parents until he was thirty-one years of age, being his father's mainstay on the home farm. About this time he married and for a short period afterward, engaged in farming in Lincoln Township, Huntingdon County. In 1890 he settled in Huston Township, Blair County, where, with the exception of two years when business required his residence in Huntingdon County, he has continued to reside near the postoffice of Drab. He is interested in farming and stock raising, growing the usual grains of this section and profitably raising market stock. In 1887 Mr. Lininger was married to Miss Mary A. Fouse; who was born in Huntingdon County, a daughter of Benjamin and Ann Fouse. Mrs. Lininger's father is deceased - he died in Louisville, Kentucky, on his way home from the Civil War, August 22, 1865 - but her venerable mother survives and is a cherished member of Mr. Lininger's household. There are three children in the family: Frederick F., Anna M. and Harriet C. Mr. Lininger is a member of the Reformed church, of which he was formerly a deacon and is now an elder. In politics he is a Democrat, and is now serving in his fourth term as township auditor. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 684. CAPT. ALEXANDER M. LLOYD, formerly president of the First National Bank of Altoona, Pa., was a man who played a large part in developing various important interests in Blair County, and one whose career is full of interest - in large measure because he won many of life's prizes through his own unaided efforts. Born in December, 1823, in Huntingdon County, Pa., he died in Blair County, March 31, 1892. His parents were Thomas and Mary (Moore) Lloyd. The Lloyds and Moores figure prominently among the pioneers of the Juniata Valley, their names appearing frequently in the early records. At the time of his death in 1847 the father of Capt. Lloyd was serving as sheriff of Huntingdon County. The other members of this family were the following: William M., of Altoona, who is the eldest; Mrs. Jane Swoope, of Huntingdon, Pa.; Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson, of Dixon, Ill.; Samuel Lloyd, of Altoona; Henry, who is deceased; and Thomas B., who was the youngest. In 1833, when ten years old, Alexander M. Lloyd left home and became a member of the household of his maternal uncle, James Moore, who then lived in Woodcock Valley. At the age of fifteen years he found a self-supporting position with Thomas Owens & Son, at Birmingham, and a year later accepted a clerkship in the warehouse of his brother, William Lloyd, at Hollidaysburg. He also had some business training in the office of the Portage Iron Company at Duncansville. In 1846 he became a merchant in his own right by becoming a partner in the business house of Gardner, Lloyd & Co., at Hollidaysburg, and in 1854 he assumed personal direction to the hardware establishment of Lloyd & Co. In 1857, as a member of the firm of Gardner, Osterloh & Co., Mr. Lloyd built Chimney Rock Furnace at Hollidaysburg, which he managed until 1859. Then, in association with his brother, Thomas Lloyd, he organized the firm of Lloyd & Co., in the canal-boat transportation business between Pittsburg and Columbia, which turned out to be a prosperous undertaking, and was continued until the Pennsylvania Railroad purchased the canal from the state and absorbed the large volume of business formerly carried on by private enterprise. Mr. Lloyd, however, immediately recognized another favorable opportunity and went into the transhipping of freight between Williamsburg and Hollidaysburg, at the Portage railway connection of the canal, continuing in this occupation until that portion of the water route was closed for traffic. After the abandonment of this enterprise, or in 1868, he embarked in the warehouse and produce commission business at Hollidaysburg, being associated with C. C. Wright. Inflated prices following the close of the Civil War prevailed and this business in staples became one of large proportions and in 1879 a branch house was established at Altoona. When the First National Bank at Altoona was organized, Mr. Lloyd became one of its directors, his brother, Henry Lloyd, being the president of the institution; and when the latter died in 1879, Alexander M. Lloyd succeeded him and continued at the head of the bank during the remainder of his life. He was interested also in other business enterprises and was proprietor of a large general merchandise store at Altoona. To all of these enterprises he gave of his energy and experience and through his initiative and able management engineered them to prosperity. Captain Lloyd was a loyal citizen in the days when patriotism meant more than a mere expression of beautiful sentiments. When the Civil War broke out he was the captain of a local military company - the Juniata Rifles - which had been organized October 28, 1858. When President Lincoln issued the first call for troops, Capt. Lloyd hurried his command to Harrisburg, and on April 20, 1861, took them to Washington, his being the first company to report from western Pennsylvania. He was later appointed by the secretary of war to be a commissary in the volunteer service and his headquarters were at Huntingdon, Washington, Alexandria or Ball's Bluff. On account of loss of health he resigned in 1862 but was almost immediately after appointed by Governor Curtin, one of the commissioners to enroll the militia of Blair County; and by the general government one of the commissioners to attend to the first draft in the county. In January, 1864, he was appointed provost marshal of the Seventeenth Congressional District and so continued until the close of the war. A trained business man, he brought business habits and methods to bear in the administration of his various offices and, whether guarding railroad lines early in the war or upholding the law in a civil capacity later on, he performed efficient service for his country that brought about practical results. In his political affiliations he was a Republican and in 1849 he was chosen county treasurer and in 1860 was elected auditor of Blair County. Otherwise his acceptance of public office was confined to those purely local in character. For twenty-five years he was a member of the Gaysport borough council and also served for the same length of time as borough treasurer; he was also for many years a member of the school board. Capt. Lloyd was widely known in Masonic circles. He became a member of Portage Lodge, No. 220, F. & A. M., in 1849. Later he organized Juniata Lodge, No. 282, of which he was the first worthy master, and for about a quarter of a century he was district deputy grand master. He belonged to Mount Moriah Chapter, No. 166, of Hollidaysburg, Mountain Commandery, No. 10, of Altoona, and to the Masonic Veteran Association, of Philadelphia. This man of many interests and absorbing business life was a Christian, from 1842 being an active member of the Baptist Church, in which he held many offices of responsibility. From 1869 to 1872 he was superintendent of the Baptist Sunday-school and moderator of the Center Baptist Association. In May, 1843, he was appointed teacher of the Judson Bible class and during forty-nine years exerted a remarkable influence over the young men who came under his teaching - more than a thousand in number - and in point of years of service he was the oldest Sunday-school teacher in the United States. He was very active in temperance work, and in the campaign of 1889, during which he was president of the Blair County Amendment Association, he was credited with remarkable influence. He was also a director of the Young Ladies' Seminary at Hollidaysburg. On February 4, 1847, Capt. Lloyd was married to Miss Mary Barr, a daughter of William Barr of Gaysport. Four children were born to them, namely: Anna L., James Gardner, Katherine, and Thomas P. Thomas P. Lloyd was born April 1, 1860, in the same house that he now resides in at Gaysport, Blair County, Pa. He was educated in the common schools and at the Lewisburg University. He is now engaged very extensively in the coal business and has been a constant resident of Blair County, with the exception of a short time spent in the west for his health. He is a Mason of high rank and politically a Republican. He married Miss Ida Smith, who is a daughter of the late Dr. G. W. Smith, formerly of Hollidaysburg. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd are members of the Presbyterian Church. Anna L., the only living daughter of Captain Lloyd, is the widow of Hon. John Riley, formerly of Congress, prominently identified with the Pennsylvania Railroad system and a Philadelphia capitalist. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 913-915. JEREMIAH LONG, a well known and highly esteemed citizen of Butlerville, Pa., is the owner of a fine farm of 125 acres in Juniata Township, and is a representative of one of the pioneer families of Blair County, Pa. He was born January 19, 1839, in Greenfield Township, Blair County, Pa., a son of John H. and Elizabeth (Burke) Long, and a grandson of George Long. The grandfather was a native and practically a life-long resident of Maryland, but died in Blair County, Pa., having come here but a short time previous to his demise. John H. Long, father of our subject, was a native of Maryland, and the mother was born in Bedford County, Pa. Early in life he learned the blacksmith trade at St. Clairsville, Bedford County, Pa., and followed the same there for a number of years previous to coming to Blair County, afterward here in connection with farming, until the time of his death. He was prominent among the early settlers of Greenfield Township. Mr. Long was twice married, and of the children born of those unions the following survive: George, who is a resident of Bedford County, Pa.; Jeremiah; Daniel J., who resides in Missouri; Elizabeth, who now is a resident of Portage, Pa., is the widow of James Eicher, late of Greenfield Township; and Lucinda, who is the wife of Albert Wyant, of Bedford County, Pa. Jeremiah Long was reared in Greenfield Township, his father's farm being the scene of his boyhood's activities, and his education was obtained in the local schools of the township. He was for twelve years a member and manager of the firm of Colbroth, Hasty & Company, manufacturers of shooks for hogsheads, which were shipped to the West Indies, principally for the Cuban trade. These shooks were there sent to plantations, where they were made into hogsheads and filled with sugar and molasses and made ready for the market. Mr. Long has also been identified with agricultural pursuits much of his life and is the owner of a fine farm of 125 acres in Juniata Township. He has been a resident of Butlerville, now known as Blue Knob, Pa., since shortly after the beginning of the Civil War, and was one of the early settlers of this section of Blair County. He was for some years postmaster at Blue Knob, and was for some twenty years engaged in the mercantile business at Butlerville, and carried on general farming in connection with same. Mr. Long is a Republican in politics, and has served as a member of the school board and as road supervisor of Juniata Township, and during 1890 and 1900 was census enumerator of this township. Mr. Long was first united in marriage with Miss Maria Ritchey, a native of Greenfield Township, and a daughter of George Ritchey, of Greenfield Township, and of this union were born two children: C. Medora, who is the wife of Joseph Ritchey, a general merchant, residing near Ben's Creek, Cambria County, Pa., and Sarah, who is the wife of John Ritchey of Butlerville, Pa. Mr. Long's second union was with Sarah Burger, a native of Juniata Township, and a daughter of David Burger, deceased, of Juniata Township. Of the children born of this union the following survive: Lewis N., who resides in Blair Township, Blair County, Pa.; Benjamin F., who is a resident of Juniata Township; Reuben B., who is engaged in the mercantile business at Butlerville; Minnie, who is the wife of Albert Ritchey, of Duncansville, Pa.; Ida, who married George Corl, a resident of East Altoona, and a locomotive engineer on the Penna. R. R.; James B., who lives in Butlerville; Ira F., who resides in Altoona, Pa.; and Edna, who lives in Butlerville. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 662-663. SAMUEL E. LONG, a leading farmer of Frankstown Township, Blair County, Pa., who owns 200 acres of fine land here, 100 of which is under cultivation, was born in Hare's Valley, Huntingdon County, Pa., October 1, 1868, and is a son of Eli and Anna (Wagner) Long. The late Eli Long was born in Huntingdon County, a son of George Long. His entire life was spent there and his business was farming. In his political sentiments he was a Republican but did not aspire to public office. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Protestant church. His widow, Anna (Wagner) Long, survives and still resides in Huntingdon County, where her father, Samuel Wagner, was an early settler. To Eli Long and wife the following children were born: Burdine, Samuel E., John, Robert M., Madge, Clara, Elizabeth and Amanda. Burdine and John are both deceased. Madge is the wife of Neal Walker; Clara, of Frank Dath; and Amanda, of Robert F. Gurd. Samuel E. Long obtained his education in the public schools. He then spent nine years working in coal mines and lumbering and thus acquired the capital that he invested, in the spring of 1903, in the purchase of his present farm which formerly was the property of William Mattern. Since locating here he has been very busy clearing and improving. The half of his land which is under cultivation, in its productiveness, justifies him in believing that the other half will be equally valuable as farm land and to its rapid clearing he is closely devoting himself. On September 15, 1898, Mr. Long was married to Miss Lena Cutshall. Her parents are John and Jane (Ramsey) Cutshall and her grandfathers were John Cutshall, who was killed in the Revolutionary War, and Alexander Ramsey, an early settler in Huntingdon County, Pa. Her father is a farmer there and was a mail carrier for two years. To Mr. and Mrs. Cutshall the following children were born: Cinda, wife of William Grisinger; Rosella, wife of Christ Hobble; Eliza, wife of Samuel Taylor; Etta, wife of John Brown; Susan, wife of Alfred Jamison; Exey, widow of Burdine Long; John; Alexander; Nahem and Lena. Mr. and Mrs. Long have nine children: Lloyd, Sylvester, Ira, Nora, Jessie, Ruth, Mary, Olive and Ethel. Mr. Long and family belong to the United Brethren church. He is a member of the Grange. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Long is one of Frankstown Township's most reliable men. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 773-774. JOHN K. LOOSE, who has been postmaster of Larke, Pa., for the past twelve years, is also proprietor of a general store, and the owner of two tracts of farm land, besides his residence property, consisting of nine acres. He was born October 27, 1851, at Henrietta, Pa., and is a son of John B. and Mary (Kensinger) Loose, and a grandson of William Loose, who came here from Germany. Both parents were born in Blair County, Pa., and the father followed shoemaking. He was politically a Democrat, and was religiously a member of the Church of God. John B. and Mary Loose reared the following children: Adam; Margaret, deceased; George; William; D. K.; Ludia, the wife of William Riley; and John K. John K. Loose was educated in the common schools and at an early age began working at the carpenter's trade, which he followed for many years. He was for eighteen years proprietor of a general blacksmith shop here, and for the past nine years has carried on general farming in connection with his general store, and, as noted above, has also been postmaster. Mr. Loose owns two tracts of farm land, one of forty-seven acres and the other of fifty-two acres, and is also the owner of two dwellings at Martinsburg, Pa. In politics, Mr. Loose is identified with the Republican party, and has served three years as a school director of this township. He is a member of the Farmers' Grange, and attends the Church of God. In 1875 Mr. Loose was joined in marriage with Hannah Jane Hoover, a daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Hoover, farmers and well known residents of Woodbury Township. Mrs. Loose is the eldest of the following children: Hannah Jane, David, George, Andrew, Samuel. Mr. and Mrs. Loose have reared the following children: Harvey, Elizabeth, Albert, Emory, Ross, Harry, Florence, and Margaret, who is the wife of William Lynn. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn have two children: Elizabeth and Margaret. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, pp. 674-675. HENRY C. LORENZ, J. P., one of Roaring Springs' best known citizens, who has served in the office of justice of the peace for the past fifteen years, is also the leading insurance man in the borough and controls a large business in fire risks. He was born in Freedom Township, Blair County, Pa., November 15, 1841, and is a son of Bernard Lorenz. The latter was a pioneer furnace man in this section and built the first furnace at McKee's Gap, for Edward Shoenberger. He was in business for some time with Levi G. Leamer and the firm of Lorenz & Leamer operated the Rebecca Furnace, in Huston Township, for six years. His death occurred in 1866. Henry C. Lorenz was ten years old when his parents moved to Petersburg, Huntingdon County, Pa., and he lived there until he was nineteen years of age, and then returned to Blair County. He attended school in both counties and later was a student for one year in the Pennsylvania State College, located in Center County. After that he took charge of a store at Rebecca Furnace, for Lorenz & Learner, and in the course of time became the assistant manager of that plant with his father. Later he became bookkeeper for Sarah Furnace and subsequently filled the same position for Essington Hammond, at Franklin Forge and at Maria Forge and still later was bookkeeper for Charles Knapp & Co., at Rodman, Pa. Mr. Lorenz has been a resident of Roaring Spring for a quarter of a century and soon after locating here he became bookkeeper for Morrison, Bare & Cass, and afterward for D. M. Bare & Company. For several years he was also manager of the Roaring Spring Blank Book Company and the original plant was built under his supervision. Mr. Lorenz filled other positions of responsibility. For four years he was secretary and treasurer of the Blair & Cambria Lumber Company, with headquarters at Altoona, and since then he has been engaged in the fire insurance business and is serving in his fourth term as justice of the peace, and for twelve consecutive years was auditor of Blair County. In local affairs he has been a very active citizen and his usefulness has been recognized by his fellow citizens. He was elected one of the first councilmen of the borough, and for nine years was a member of the school board and for a number of years its treasurer. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Lorenz married Miss Laura Leamer, a daughter of the late Samuel Leamer, of Leamerville, Pa. They have four surviving children: Frank K., who resides at Roaring Spring; Walter M., who is a resident of Pittsburg; Harold C., who is in business as a chemist at Bradford, Pa., graduated from the Pennsylvania State College, in 1910; and Robert D., a student at Dickinson College, Class 1911, and Dickinson Law School, Carlisle, Pa., who resides at home. Mr. Lorenz and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and he has filled numerous church offices. He is a representative citizen of Blair County, and his different interests and public services have made him widely known. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 596. HARRY CRAWFORD LOTZ, who is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Tyrone Township, Blair County, Pa., was born March 1, 1864, in Sinking Valley, and is a son of George and Catherine (Fleck) Lotz. The father of our subject has always followed farming. He is politically a Republican, and holds membership with the Lutheran Church. The following children were born to the parents of our subject: Abbie, deceased wife of Edward Fleck of Hollidaysburg, Pa.; Milton, a resident of Duncanville; Mary, deceased; Emma, deceased; Howard, who is engaged in farming; Edward, a resident of Hollidaysburg; Leslie: and Harry C. Harry C. Lotz, subject of this record, was married March 15, 1899, to Anna Fleck, who is a daughter of T. M. and Sarah (Stoner) Fleck, of Sinking Valley, and of their marriage were born three children: Thomas. Pauline and Beatrice. Mr. Lotz is a Republican in politics, and is fraternally a member of the I. O. O. F., and the Modern Woodmen of America. His religious connection is with the Lutheran Church. Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 908.