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FRANK JOSEPH MILLER, proprietor of the Keystone Hotel, is a member of an old
and respected family of Tyrone. He was born at Ironville, near Tyrone, Pa.,
March 1, 1860, and is a son of Cyril and Annie Miller, both natives of
Germany, and moved with his parents, when two years old, to Tyrone where the
remainder of his life has been spent.
     Cyril Miller was a stone mason and contractor. He was born in Neusladt,
Bavaria, Germany, July 9, 1824, where he remained until he had reached the
age of manhood and learned his trade. He married Miss Anna Reinhart, soon
after which happy event they decided to make the trip across the ocean to
America. Mrs. Miller was born March 17, 1834. They came to America in a
sailing vessel and were nine weeks on the water before landing at the port of
New York City. Cyril Miller left his wife in New York and came on to
Ironsville, where his brother, Constantine Miller, then resided. The
Pennsylvania Railroad had not yet been completed. Mrs. Miller also had a
brother, John Reinhart, at Ironsville. Later, Cyril Miller sent for his wife
who joined him at the above place, he having, in the meanwhile, secured work
as a stone mason in the construction of the railroad bridges for the 
Pennsylvania company. From Ironsville, in 1862, Cyril Miller moved to Tyrone
and located with his family in the Keystone Hotel. For a number of years he
had charge of the masonry on the Lock Haven branch of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, after which he engaged in general contracting. In 1871, with his
brother, Constantine Miller, he contracted for and placed the stone work in
the Long bridge across the Potomac River, at Washington, D. C. With his
brother-in-law, John Reinhart, he built four miles of the Lewisburg Railroad.
His last big contract work was the building of Lock No. 4, on the Kanawha
River, in West Virginia. He erected four bridges for the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company in Pittsburg. Mr. Miller handled many large contracts at
Tyrone, helped to put in the first gas house here and put in the sewers for
the first water works.
     In 1862 Cyril Miller purchased the Keystone Hotel and while still
engaged in contracting conducted also the business of the hotel until 1870,
when he erected the residence on what is now known as the Seager property,
located on Pennsylvania Avenue, and moved his family to the same, after
leasing the hotel. In religion he and family worshipped in the Catholic
faith. He was liberal to both church and charity. In politics he was a
Democrat and was a man of original ideas and honest in his dealings with his
fellow men. Cyril Miller became a citizen of the United States, receiving his
papers on October 29, 1855. He had a host of friends in Tyrone and in other
parts of the country. His death occurred August 20, 1878. He is well
remembered and was well liked by the older citizens of Tyrone. His widow,
Annie Reinhart Miller and mother of F. J. Miller, lived until 1901 and
endeavored to keep the family together after the death of her husband. She
was loved and respected by all who knew her and she was devoted to her family
and church. The following children were born to Cyril and Annie Reinhart
Miller: John, Mary, Henry, Frank J., William, Annie, Edward.
     John Miller, who was secretary and bookkeeper for his father, married
Miss Julia Virginia Schrewsberry, of West Virginia, and they both are now
deceased, survived by one daughter, Mary. Mary Miller is the widow of George
Barnick, formerly a druggist at Tyrone, who died October 20, 1888, leaving
one daughter, Theresa, who resides with her mother on East Tenth Street,
Tyrone. Henry Miller was killed in the yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in
1879. He was unmarried. William Miller has been a resident of Kansas City for
the past fifteen years and is a photographer there. He married Miss Clara
Smythe. Annie Miller makes her home with her brother, Frank J. Miller, at the
Keystone Hotel. Edward Miller, the youngest of the family, was born in 1873,
and is a photographer. He was with his brother, Frank J., at the Keystone
Hotel, from 1893 until August, 1908, when he purchased the Aladdin Theater, a
moving picture show at Tyrone, in which business he is successfully engaged at
the present time. He married Miss Myra Gates, of Tyrone.
     Frank J. Miller, as noted above, was only two years old when his parents
moved into the Keystone Hotel. When old enough he attended the parochial 
schools of Tyrone and in 1875 entered St. Joseph's College at Latrobe, Pa. In
1878, after the death of his father, he went as a shipping clerk, with Daniel
Harris, photographer, who employed a number of other men. Mr. Miller worked
for Mr. Harris in this capacity for two years. When twenty years old he went
to Harrisburg and there entered the studio of Charles Schriver and learned
photographing, after which he started on the road for himself, with a crew of
men, enlarging pictures. He devoted two years to that business traveling
through Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Mr. Miller met with much success until
the high waters along the Ohio River had placed many of his customers in such
financial condition that they were unable to receive and pay for much of the
work he had done for them. Somewhat discouraged he returned to Tyrone where
he worked with his brother, J. E. Miller & Co., as a photographer. From 1891
until 1893 he conducted a cigar store and pool room in Tyrone. On March 1,
1893, he took charge of the Keystone Hotel where he has been in business ever
since. In 1908 he purchased the interest of his brothers and sisters in the
property and, has since made many substantial improvements on the property in
the way of refurnishing and renovating. He is a practical hotel man and has
succeeded in this business. His manner is pleasant, obliging and accommodating.
     Mr. Miller was married June 4, 1902, to Miss Elise Justine Foin, a
daughter of Desire G. and Natalie (Montreuill) Foin, formerly of Bellwood,
Pa.  Mr. Foin, who died January 1, 1910, was a native of France, born in
Paris. In 1872 he emigrated to Canada, where he was married. Mrs. Miller has
one sister, Mrs. E. M. Wiley, of Bellwood. The mother of Mrs. Miller died
April 5, 1907. Mrs. Miller is well educated and speaks and writes the French
language as well as a native. During the season of 1910, Mr. and Mrs. Miller
visited France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and while abroad attended
the Passion play at Ober-Ammergau. They also spent several weeks in Paris,
visiting nearly ail the places of interest, and also found much to claim
their attention and admiration in the ancient and historic city of
Strausburg. Mr. Miller's familiarity with the German language and Mrs.
Miller's knowledge of French, obviated many difficulties attending travel in
foreign lands. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are the parents of a bright and loveable
little daughter, Justine, who is aged seven years, and who adds much sunshine
to an already happy home. They are communicants of St. Matthew's Roman
Catholic Church, Tyrone, and are liberal in its support. Mrs. Miller was the
organizer and is one of the officers of the L. C. B. A. In politics, like his
father, Mr. Miller is a Democrat. Few men, if any, have more friends and are
better liked in this place than the subject of this sketch. He is fair in his
dealings with his fellow man and bears an enviable reputation for honesty and
business integrity.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 917-919.

HOMER C. MILLER, M. D., one of Altoona's leading physicians and surgeons, who
maintains his office at No. 1202 Sixteenth Street and takes care of a practice
that absorbs his entire time, was born in Indiana County, Pa., in 1874. His
father was the late Dr. C. C. Miller.
     Homer C. Miller went from the Altoona High School to the Ohio Northern
University at Ada, O., where he was graduated in the class of 1895, after
which he entered Starling Medical College at Columbus and was a member of the
graduating class of 1898, completing his course with credit. After three years
of initial practice at Ashville, in Cambria County, he settled permanently at
Altoona. He is a member of the Blair County and the Pennsylvania State
Medical Societies.
     Dr. Miller was married in 1902 to Miss Nancy Florence Eckhardt, of
Claysburg, Pa., and they have two children, Sarah Elizabeth and John C.  Dr.
and Mrs. Miller are members of the Reformed church. He is a 32d degree Mason
and belongs to the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Shrine at Altoona, and to the
Consistory at Harrisburg.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 787.

JOHN MILLER, a veteran of the Civil War, and a much esteemed citizen of
Frankstown Township, Blair County, Pa., is now living in retirement and was
for many years engaged in agricultural pursuits on a farm of 100 acres. He
was born in Wertemberg, Germany, and was the only child of Uhlrick and
Fredrica (Sheart) Miller, both of whom always lived in their native country.
His father was first married to Elizabeth Hild, and of that union were born
the following children: Frederick; Gottlieb; David; Elizabeth, who married
Christopher Grass; and Barbara, who married a Mr. Shook.
     John Miller was reared in Wertemberg, Germany, where he attended the
common schools until fourteen years of age, and in 1856, when about nineteen
years old, ran away from home in order to avoid serving in the German army.
He came to the United States and first settled in Huntingdon County, Pa.,
where he resided for sixteen years. In 1864 he enlisted for service in the
Civil War and became a member of Co. D, 205th Pa. Vol. Inf. He participated
in many important skirmishes and battles, among these being the battles of
Fort Stephenson and Petersburg, at the latter of which his regiment took a
very active part. He was discharged June 1, 1865, and then returned to
Huntingdon County, where he worked for eight years for one man. After his
marriage he rented land for a time and later followed general farming for
many years on a farm of his own, 100 acres in Frankstown Township, but is now
living in retirement, having sold the farm to his son, Charles John Miller.
     Mr. Miller was married in March, 1866, to Martha Garner, who was reared
in Sinking Valley, and died in July, 1885. Of their union were born the
following children: Mary, who is the wife of Harry Mattern; and Lillian,
Harriet, Elizabeth W., Harry, Charles John, and Joseph C. In politics Mr.
Miller is a Republican, and has served three years as a school director. He
is a member 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. 749.

JOHN MILLER, an old soldier and a retired citizen residing on the Dry Gap
Road, about a mile out of Altoona, was born October 14, 1833, in Logan
Township, where Fairview Cemetery is now located, and is a son of Peter and
Margaret (Rice) Miller. He is a grandson of Jacob Miller, who came to America
from Germany and bought land on which was built what became known as
Millerstown, which is now included in the city of Altoona.
     Peter Miller, father of our subject, was born at Millerstown, Pa., and
engaged in agricultural pursuits and also worked as a forgeman and
blacksmith. He lived at various places in Blair County, but finally settled
on a farm of 100 acres which he owned at Millerstown. He married Margaret
Rice, who was born at Petersburg, and of their children, but four are living;
Rachel, who is the widow of Jonathan Glunt; John, who is the subject of this
sketch; Frank, who lives at Red Hill, Logan Township; and Gwin, who lives in
Logantown.
     John Miller was a small child when his parents located at Tyrone. They
moved then to Petersburg, later returned to Tyrone, and afterwards lived in
other parts of Blair County. From early life Mr. Miller engaged in farming
and teaming, and hauled rock for the Pennsylvania Railroad. He went to Iowa
and worked on farms for some six years, when he yielded to his patriotic
instincts by enlisting as a member of Co. K., 20th I. Vol. Inf. He was
enrolled August 22, 1862, for three years, and saw much hard service
throughout the West, and was discharged at Mobile, Ala., July 8, 1865. He
served under Capt. H. B. Doolittle, for whom he entertained high regard, and
among his treasured possessions is a photograph of the captain sent to him by
the latter shortly after the war. Mr. Miller was fortunate enough to escape
injury in battle, and after he was mustered out returned to Altoona, where
for some years he engaged in teaming. He later located on the farm owned by
John H. Hagerty, and still later farmed the Loudon place, after which he
built his present house in Logan Township, where he bought one acre of land.
Mr. Miller is a member of the G. A. R., Post No. 468, and in politics is
identified with the Republican party.
     Mr. Miller was first married to Emma Morgan, who was a native of
England, and of their union were born two sons and one daughter, namely:
Wilford B., who works in Johnstown, Pa., and lives in Logan Township, married
Ola Ickes, and has the following children: Raymond, Barnes, Marian, Naomi,
Russell, and Louis; Emory, who is deceased, married Ida Anderson, and they
had four children, but two of whom are living - Downs and Margaret; and Minda
May, who is the wife of James Brown, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., and they have six
children, all living. Mr. Miller formed a second union with Ann Elizabeth
(Irvin) Smith, who was the widow of William C. Smith. She is a daughter of
John and Margaret (Metz) Irwin, the former a teamster and farmer by
occupation, and was born in the vicinity of Wililamsburg, but later lived at
Hollidaysburg and still later on the Wertzberger farm, on Dry Gap Road, where
her father carried on general farming.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 503.

REV. JOHN B. MILLER, minister in the Church of the Brethren and residing at
Curryville, Pa., is one of the best known and most esteemed citizens at North
Woodbury Township, Blair County. He was born August 2, 1856, in Bedford
County, Pa., a son of David T. and Susan (Bowser) Miller, both natives of
Bedford County, and a grandson of Martin Miller, who was an early settler in
South Woodbury Township, Bedford County.
     John B. Miller attended the public schools of South Woodbury Township in
his boyhood and as he early displayed musical talent, was given advantages in
that line, becoming a pupil of Prof. Everett, who was considered an efficient
and capable teacher in his day. Mr. Miller then entered the educational field
as a teacher of music and in this relation became well and favorably known
all through Bedford County. Later he entered Juniata College, Huntingdon
County, where he took the regular Bible course of nearly three years, and in
1888 began his work in the ministry, in which he has been signally blessed.
He is associated with the Morrison's Cove Ministerial Association and is the
regular pastor of the Curryville Church of the Brethren, and additionally has
been engaged in evangelistic work for thirteen years. He owns a fine farm of
seventy acres, situated in Middle Woodbury. Township, Bedford County, on
which he lived for twenty-one years, engaged during that time in farming and
stock raising, making specialties of high grade cattle and sheep.
     Mr. Miller married Miss Annie K. Brown, a daughter of the late Abraham
S. Brown, of Bedford County, and four children were born to them, namely:
Dessa M., who is the wife of Howard Simmons, of Everett, Pa.; Abraham B., who
is a graduate of Juniata College, is a teacher in the Altoona High School; and
Ruth P. and Kenton R., who live at home. The elder daughter, Mrs. Simmons,
inherits her father's musical talents and is a graduate of the musical
department of Juniata College.
     In his views on public questions, Rev. Miller is in such sympathy with
temperance movements that he naturally is identified with the Prohibition
party.  For seventeen years he has been a member of the Home Mission Board,
affiliated with the Church of the Brethren, and has served as treasurer of
this body.  He is also a trustee of the Morrison's Cove Home for the Aged,
located near Martinsburg.  He is one of the busy, useful and influential
members of his church body and his advice and cooperation are sought in the
various enterprises carried on by this organization.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 566-567.

JOHN G. MOCK, a successful agriculturist and representative citizen of Taylor
Township, Blair County, Pa., was born on the farm on which he lives, September
15, 1868, a son of David B. and Susan (Gochnour) Mock.
     David B. Mock, who is one of the highly respected residents of Taylor
Township, being now in his seventy-fifth year, was born in North Woodbury
Township, Blair County, a son of John L. Mock, who was an early settler
there. When thirteen years of age, David B. Mock accompanied his parents when
they moved to Taylor Township, and ever since he has resided on the same farm.
He married Susan Gochnour, who was born in Bedford County, and still survives.
Of their children, two are living: Annie K., who is the wife of Jacob S.
Wareham, of Taylor Township, and John G., of this record. The two children
deceased were: David and Catherine. David B. Mock and wife are members of the
Church of the Brethren. He casts his vote with the Republican party.
     John G. Mock was reared on the home farm in Taylor Township and attended
the public schools and one term of the Normal School at Millersville, Pa. He
has devoted the larger part of his business life to farming, having more than
100 acres of valuable land which he has placed under a high state of
cultivation. He is numbered with the substantial and reliable men of this
section. His vote is cast with the Republican party, but his interest has
never led him to seek office.
     In early days the family name was spelled with an a instead of an o,
then reading Mack, in place of Mock. John G. Mock is in the eighth generation
in descent from Rev. Alexander Mack, who was the founder of what is known as
the Church of the Brethren, of which Mr. Mock is a member, deacon and
trustee, at Martinsburg. This pious ancestor organized the first church of
this faith at Swartzenau, Germany, and later carried the good tidings to
Germantown, Pa., where he, with others, founded the first Church of the
Brethren in America, and he was the first minister. The society has increased
in numbers but the old articles of faith are still subscribed to and the old
customs preserved. It is a noticeable fact that in the community where many
members of this simple faith live, there will be found a peaceful,
law-abiding, industrious and prosperous people.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 718-719.

GEORGE W. MOCK and J. E. HOOVER, proprietors of a large business enterprise
at Roaring Spring, which has been carried on at this place for many years
under the business style of the Bare Milling Company, are experienced grain
and flour men and representative citizens and members of old families of this
section.
     George W. Mock was born in Woodbury Township, Blair County, Pa., June
23, 1868, and is a son of the late Andrew Mock, who lived near Williamsburg,
Pa. George W. Mock was educated in the public schools. Since 1899 he has been
engaged in the milling business and for seven years he owned and operated a
mill at Rodman, near Roaring Spring, coming to the latter place in April,
1906. He admitted J. E. Hoover to a partnership and the old name of the plant
was retained.  The Bare Milling Company manufactures Bare's Best and Snow
Flake flour, high grade chop, corn meal, pure rye, Graham and Buckwheat
flours and are dealers in all kinds of grain.
     Mr. Mock married Miss Lillian E. Hoover, a daughter of Daniel Hoover, of
Huston Township, Blair County, and they have two children: Daniel R. and Mary
J.  In politics Mr. Mock is a Republican but is only active to the extent of
good citizenship.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 519-520.

ISAAC S. MOCK, one of Roaring Spring's leading business men, engaged in
plumbing and heater work and dealing in all kinds of roofing, spouting and
sheet metal, handling the Ideal steam and hot water heater and making a
specialty of lightning rods, has been established here since 1904. He was
born in Woodbury Township, Bedford County, Pa., November 7, 1856, and is a
son of Reuben and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Mock.
     Reuben Mock was born in Maryland and was young when he was brought to
Bedford County by his parents being reared at Pleasantville where they lived
for many years. After his marriage he removed to Woodbury Township, in
Bedford County, where he engaged in farming until his death, which occurred
in 1884. In his earlier years he was something of a horseman and it was told
how he successfully drove a six-horse team all the way from Morrison's Grove
to Baltimore, carrying grain and produce. This was before railroad days and,
considering the difficulties, was considered something of a feat. He used the
famous Conestoga wagon which was especially constructed for long distances and
heavy loads. It has been celebrated in story and poem. Reuben Mock was well
known and was a welcome visitor at many a fireside and public gathering.  He
was of the pioneer type, brave, resourceful and efficient. He was a member of
the Brethren church and was a stanch supporter of the Democratic party. He
married Elizabeth Hoffman, a daughter of Rev. Christian Hoffman who was a
pioneer preacher of the River Brethren faith in Bedford County.
     Isaac S. Mock was reared in Woodbury Township and obtained his early
instruction in the public schools and later attended Juniata College, under
the government of the Brethren church at Huntingdon, Pa., having had previous
instruction of excellent character at Woodbury and at New Enterprise, under
Profs. Clouse, Cotton, Saylor, Vaughn and others. After leaving school he
taught for eight terms and then accepted a position as clerk in the freight
office of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Altoona. Still later he became
station agent at Ore Hill for the same road but resigned after three years of
service in order to perfect his business education and took a course in the
Spencerian Commercial College at Cleveland, O. He was graduated there as a
stenographer and then accepted a position in the auditing department of the
C. C. C. & I. Railroad Company, at Cleveland and acceptably performed the
duties of that position until he felt like returning to Bedford County about
one year later.
     On September 12, 1888, Mr. Mock was married to Miss Imelda Hair, who is
a sister of Edward W., Scott. Horace G. and Clarence Hair, well known
citizens of Roaring Spring. Mr. and Mrs. Mock have three children: Frances
W., Margaret E. and Palmer.
     From 1888 until 1904, Mr. Mock was general manager of the landed estate
of Peter S. Duncan, of Hollidaysburg, owner of the Ore Hill mines. He has
been a very active and useful citizen since he came to Roaring Spring in
1904, not only serving as a councilman but exercising his rights as a citizen
and using his influence for public improvements and increased morality. He is
a Prohibitionist in his views on public matters and is president of the
Anti-Saloon League of Roaring Spring. He is identified with Lodge No. 539, F.
& A. M., Roaring Spring and for ten years has served as its secretary. He
belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church and is one of its trustees.
     In 1904 and 1906 he was the choice of the Democratic and Prohibition
parties for the state legislature, but in 1904 withdrew because of not having
been a resident of the district the required time. In 1906, notwithstanding
that the parties for which he was a candidate were far in the minority he ran
far ahead of their party vote with the liquor men and saloon interests solidly
against him.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 807-808.

J. C. MOCK, who is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Woodbury township,
Blair County, Pa., has with the exception of five years, always resided on
his present farm, and was born here August 15, 1865, a son of Andrew and Mary
(Snively) Mock, who were prominent farmers of this township. His father always
followed farming, was a Republican in politics, and a member of the Church of
Brethren. Andrew and Mary Mock reared the following children: J. C.; G. W.;
Viola, the wife of J. E. Stoner; Anna E., the wife of Roller Rhule; Sadie,
deceased; Lilly B., deceased wife of P. H. Laymond; and D. S.
     J. C. Mock spent his boyhood days on the home farm, and after obtaining
an education in the local schools, engaged in agricultural pursuits, which he
has followed all his life. In 1901 he purchased from the other heirs of his
father's estate, the home farm, which consists of 100 acres of highly
improved and cultivated land. He is one of the enterprising and public
spirited citizens of the township and has served in various township offices,
including that of supervisor and committeeman, and is at present one of the
school directors of Woodbury township. In politics he is a Republican. His
religious connection is with the Church of God.
     In 1894 Mr. Mock married Margaret Longacker, who is a daughter of Jacob
Longacker, and is one of the following children born to her parents: Harry,
George, Essie, Barbara, (wife of Adam Treese); Elizabeth; Carrie; Joanna, and
Margaret. Mr. and Mrs. Mock have reared the following children: Ethel, Grace,
Roy, Alma, Melda, John, and Mary.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 907.

FRANK J. MOLLOY, owner and proprietor of the Hotel Franklin, which is located
at No. 904 Seventeenth Street, Altoona, Pa., has been in the hotel business
for himself for the past twelve years, and previous to that time was engaged
in the business with his father. He was born October 11, 1872, at Altoona,
Pa., a son of Francis P. and Margaret (Murphy) Molloy, the former a native of
Ireland and the latter of Cambria County, Pa. The father was politically a
Democrat, and served in all the branches of the Altoona Council, and was the
last fire chief of the volunteer fire department. Both parents are now
deceased and buried at Altoona. They were parents of the following children:
Ella R., who is the wife of John E. Purcell; Harry J., who is deceased; 
John E.; Margaret; Edna, and William Donnick, who is deceased.
     Frank J. Molloy attended the parochial schools of Altoona, then
graduated from St. Vincent's College, which was conducted by the Benedictine
Fathers, at Latrobe, Pa. After finishing his schooling he was employed as a
clerk at the Logan House for two years, then bought out Jacob Lusch and
engaged in the bottling business, operating under the firm name of Molloy and
Dunphy. He later assisted his father in managing the Hotel Franklin, and since
the death of his father, has been sole proprietor of same. In politics Mr.
Molloy is independent, and is fraternally a member of the B. P. O. E. and the
F. O. E. In June, 1902, Mr. Molloy married Mollie Dunphy, who is a daughter of
Francis and Johanna (Carroll) Dunphy, who were residents of this city. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Molloy are members of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 628.

JOSEPH J. MOORE, who is serving in his second term as auditor of Blair
Township, Blair County, Pa., and is one of the substantial and representative
citizens of this section, owns a valuable farm of 153 acres. He was born in
Frankstown Township, Blair County, March 31, 1875, and is a son of Elias R.
and Margaret J. (Robinson) Moore.
     Elias R. Moore was also born in Frankstown Township as was his father,
Jesse Moore, whose father, William Moore, the great-grandfather of Joseph J.
Moore, was one of the earliest pioneers here. All the Moores have been men of
high standing and useful in their day and generation. Elias R. Moore died in
1891. He was a Republican in politics and had served in numerous township
offices. For many years he was a member of the First Presbyterian Church at
Hollidaysburg. He married Margaret J. Robinson, who was also born in
Frankstown Township and was a daughter of Joseph Robinson, who was prominent
in Blair County, and both he and Jesse Moore served in the state legislature.
To Elias R. and Margaret Moore a family of children was born and the following
five survive: Edith E., who is the wife of E. T. Clark, of Williamsburg, Pa.;
Ruth R., who resides at Hollidaysburg; Clyde C., who is the wife of John P.
Jacobs, of Hollidaysburg; Viola Z., who is the wife of E. L. Brua, of
Frankstown Township; and Joseph J.
     Joseph J. Moore attended the public schools in Frankstown Township, and
the Pennsylvania State Normal School at Indiana, Pa., after which he taught
school for two years and since then has been engaged in agricultural
pursuits. He came to his present farm in 1893 and devotes it to general
farming and dairying
     On October 1, 1891, Mr. Moore was married to Miss Dorothy G. Tussey, a
daughter of Samuel C. Tussey, a well known resident of Gaysport, Pa., and
they have had five children: Josephine T., Hugh R., John C., Frank R., and
Dorothy A. John C. is deceased. Mr. Moore and wife are members of the First
Presbyterian Church at Hollidaysburg. In politics he is a Republican. During
some years of his residence in Frankstown Township, Mr. Moore served as
inspector of elections and, as noted above, is an official of Blair Township.
He is also interested in everything concerning the public schools.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 744-747.

THOMAS MOORE, a well known business man of Altoona, proprietor of a large and
well kept hotel located at No. 1310 Tenth Avenue, was born in Ireland, June
29, 1859. His parents were Thomas and Marcella Moore and his father was a farmer.
     Thomas Moore, the subject of this sketch, attended school in his native
land but from boyhood cherished the hope of becoming a resident of America.
This ambition he realized when he was twenty years of age and in 1879, after
reaching the United States, he came directly to Altoona, where he obtained
employment in the railroad shops and continued to work there until 1895. In
that year Mr. Moore first went into the hotel business, opening a hostelry on
Tenth Avenue, near Fourteenth Street, and conducting it until 1902, when he
came to his present location. Here he has a public house fitted with modern
conveniences and conducts it mainly as a workingman's hotel, supplying
substantial meals at a moderate price and all the comforts that could be
reasonably expected. His popularity as a host and the excellence of the
accommodations offered, keep his hotel usually filled to its capacity.
     Mr. Moore married Miss Mary Christ and they have five children:
Marcella, Thomas, Noretta, James and Paul. Mr. Moore and family are members
of St. John's Catholic Church. He is identified with the fraternal order of Eagles.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 723.

WILLIAM JOHNSTON MOORE, one of the large land owners of Frankstown Township,
Blair County, Pa., who has 160 acres of cultivated land and 150 acres of
timbered mountain land, was born on his present farm July 7, 1825, and is a
son of Jesse and Elizabeth Moore.
     Jesse Moore and wife both came from Scotland. The grandfather, Daniel
Moore, who was born in Scotland, August 30, 1750, was the pioneer of the
family in this section of Blair County and secured land here while about the
only inhabitants were Indians, and at one time he owned 1,300 acres of land
in what is still called Scotch Valley. Jesse Moore was born May 10, 1790. His
wife's name was Elizabeth Moore, a cousin, who came from Washington County.
They had the following children born to them: Perry, born September 13, 1816;
Samuel T., September 1, 1818; Silas, November 20, 1820; Maria, November 6,
1823; William Johnston, July 7, 1825; Pleasant Elizabeth, October 28, 1827;
D. F., September 11, 1829; E. R., May 1, 1832; L. J., July 7, 1835; M. M.,
January 22, 1838, and Theodore and Thaddeus, twins, born March 20, 1840.
     Mr. Moore's business has been farming and lumbering. He owns the old
deed that his father received from Edward Duffield and wife for this land,
bearing the date of 1777, and also the patent secured by Duffield, dated
October 20, 1766, with the signatures of Thomas and Richard Penn attached.
     Mr. Moore was married January 1, 1856, to Miss Margaret J. McKenzie, a
daughter of Hamilton and Angeline (Johnston) McKenzie. They came originally
from Scotland but had lived in Beaver County prior to moving to Blair County.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie were: Cornelia Ann, widow of Thomas
Jackson; Margaret Jane, wife of Mr. Moore; Anna Maria, wife of William
Wilson; Alvin; Thomas; Emeline, wife of M. M. Moore; Angeline, wife of W. C.
Smith; and James H.
     To Mr. and Mrs. Moore two children were born: Jessie H., who is the wife
of William H. Ellis, and has two children - Edgar Y. and Margaret Moore; and
Roy S., who married Ethlyn Barclay. Mr. Moore and family are members of the
Presbyterian church. He casts his vote with the Republican party but the only
public office he ever accepted was that of tax collector. He formerly was a
member of the Grange. His father served in the War of 1812, being sergeant of
his company. Mr. Moore is well known and he and family are among the most
respected residents of this section and are prominent among the old settlers.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 729-730.

C. H. MORGAN, who is prominently identified with the real estate and
insurance interests at Altoona, Pa., has been a resident of this city for the
last six years, he having taken up his abode here November 1, 1904. His
boyhood and youth were spent in Lehigh County, of which also he is a native.
Mr. Morgan was given the advantage of a collegiate education, in 1891
entering the preparatory school at Bethlehem, Pa., and in the following year
becoming a student at Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, from which he was
graduated with the degree of electrical engineer in 1896. He then worked for
the Southern Bell Telephone Company until 1898, when he resigned his position
to take that of assistant examiner in the United States Patent office.
     During his residence in Washington he improved the time by taking a
three years' course at the National University Law School, and was graduated
with the degree of LL. M. in 1901. After holding the position of assistant
examiner in the Patent office for six years and three months, he gave it up
in order to come to Altoona, when he entered his present line of work. In
this he has achieved a pronounced success, his business including not only
real estate and fire insurance, but also loans and investments, and he is
connected directly or indirectly with various important local interests. In
his own particular line of work, indeed, he holds no second place. He has
financial interests in three building and loan associations of Altoona, and
is also president of the Pennsylvania Pressed Brick Company of Grazierville, Pa.
     In 1898 Mr. Morgan was married to Miss Ruth E. Taylor, a daughter of an
old Virginia family, and they are the parents of five children, namely: J.
Williard, Harold W., Beatrice M., Helen T. and Cyril M. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan
are members of the Second Presbyterian church. The former is identified with
the Masons and Elks, and is also a member of the Spruce Creek Rod and Gun Club.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 702.

ALEXANDER G. MORRIS, who is prominently identified with the business
interests of Blair, Center and other counties of Central Pennsylvania, is
president of the Blair County National Bank of Tyrone, Pa.; president of the
American Lime and Stone Company, with offices at Tyrone; president of the
Tyrone Manufacturing Company, and manager of the Pennsylvania Industrial
Reformatory at Huntingdon, Pa., indicating the possession of great business
ability and a career of far-reaching usefulness. He was born November 5,
1834, at Freeport, Armstrong County, Pa., and is a son of Robert and Isabella
(Gilchrist) Morris.
     Robert Morris and wife were born in Scotland and were brought to America
by their parents when quite young. Robert Morris was a son of James Morris,
who was a very early settler near Freeport. Robert was an architect and
builder. He became the father of two sons and two daughters, the only
survivor of the family being Alexander G., whose place of residence is
Bellefonte, Pa.
     Alexander G. Morris attended the common schools of Freeport and a local
academy, after which he learned the carpenter trade and worked at it for a
short time, after which he began contracting. Subsequently he became
interested in the oil industry and engaged in oil production for a time and
later in the limestone business west of the Allegheny Mountains in
Westmoreland County. His first operations in the limestone business were
confined to the above county but later he expended and at present covers a
large field including Blair, Huntingdon and Center Counties, having been
identified with this important line for forty years. In 1868 Mr. Morris came
to Tyrone and became identified with numerous important interests, some of
which have been enumerated. For the past nine years the American Lime and
Stone Company has been organized and is now the largest concern of its kind
in the United States.
     The Blair County National Bank, of which Mr. Morris has been president
since its organization, was developed from a private bank owned by Mr. Morris
and doing business as the Blair County Banking Company, which was founded in
1874. The Blair County National Bank was organized as a national bank in
1902. Its present officers are: Alexander G. Morris, president; Frank K.
Lukenbach, vice president, and A. Bernard Vogt, cashier. The capital stock is
$100,000, surplus, $100,000, and it has deposits of nearly $100,000. It owns a
very fine building, thoroughly equipped for banking, its upper floors being
utilized for office purposes.
     In 1910 Mr. Morris moved to Bellefonte, Center County, in order to be
near his large business interests in that county, but he maintains his
private office in the Blair County National Bank building and spends much
time in Tyrone attending to his large concerns here. He has led an active and
very useful life, is widely known and is connected in business and in social
life with the representative men of the day. He is a member of the Union
League, at Philadelphia; of the Tyrone Business Men's Club; is president of
the Country Club, and a member of the Nittany Club, near Bellefonte.
Apparently his many interests have kept him young, for his perceptions are
just as keen, his judgment as unfailing and his enjoyment of his hours of
leisure as complete as are those of men many years his junior. He is noted
for his benevolence and he confines his charities to no one section. In his
political views he is a Republican.
     Mr. Morris was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Swartz, a daughter
of Horatio Swartz, of Pittsburg, and they have had seven children, namely:
Ira E., who resides with her parents; Thomas King, who is a resident of
Pittsburg; Charles A., who is engaged in the limestone business at
Bellefonte; Robert, who is at the head of the Anthracite Fuel Company, of
Philadelphia; Alexander G., Jr., who is an officer in the U. S. Army; and
Mary E. and Harry P., both of whom are now deceased. Mr. Morris and family
belong to the Presbyterian church.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 968-969.

P. L. MORRISON, the originator and proprietor of the Colonial Hotel, the only
hostelry in Altoona conducted exclusively on the European plan, and the best
equipped and most centrally located hotel in the city, was born in Fayette
County, Pennsylvania, in 1871. His parents were George and Catharine
(Cassiday) Morrison, both of whom, though born in Scotland, were descendants
of Irish stock. To this union were born seven children: P. L., George,
William, John, Michael, Mary, and Margaret.  P. L. Morrison received his
education in the public schools. Five years previous to October 6, 1906, when
he came to Altoona, he resided at Aldine. He was married February 5, 1893, to
Miss Catharine, a daughter of Michael Murphy, of Beaver Falls, Pa., and to
this union are four children: William, Madaline, Paul and Patrick. Mr. and
Mrs. Morrison are communicants of St. John's Catholic Pro-Cathedral.
Fraternally, Mr. Morrison is an active member of the Benevolent Protective
Order Elks, and politically is an adherent of the Republican party. The
Colonial Hotel is an imposing affair, attractive in construction and erected
of steel, concrete, brick and marble. The home-like atmosphere of the hotel,
with its owner's genial hospitality, gives it extensive patronage. The Cafe
Colonial, an adjunct of the hotel, is the recognized rendezvous of Altoona's
smart set.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 760.

ALEXANDER DYSART MORROW, who has been a resident of Tipton, Pa., for the past
seventeen years, was prior to that living in Sinking Valley, Tyrone Township,
Blair County, Pa., and was born there April 18, 1844, a son of Matthew and
Ellen (Dysart) Morrow. 
     Robert Morrow, great-grandfather of our subject, was of Irish descent
and was one of the pioneers of Sinking Valley, having come from Path Valley;
and was living here as early as 1783. He died in Tyrone Township in 1810.
Robert was father of two sons and one daughter - Robert, grandfather of our
subject, lived in Tyrone Township; James, who also lived in Tyrone Township,
died in 1841; and Rebecca, who married James E. Stewart of Tyrone Township.
The farm settled upon by Robert Morrow is now owned by one of his
descendants, Miss Margaret Morrow. Robert Morrow, grandfather of subject,
married Margaret Moore, a daughter of Joseph Moore, who resided some years on
the Robert Morrow farm, where he was several time obliged to defend his home
from the Indians. He died in 1807. Robert Morrow was father of the following
children: Robert, George, John H., Matthew, Joseph, Samuel all of whom
resided in Blair County - and Rebecca, who married Joseph K. Orr of Sinking
Valley; and Nancy, well known in the valley, who died May 21, 1885.
     Matthew Morrow, father of Alexander D., was born in Tyrone Township in
1814, and lived in Sinking Valley until 1869, when he left the farm and
located at Tipton. He some time later bought three lots and the house where
our subject now lives from Capt. Elliott, and retired except from the banking
business. He was one of the original stock holders and organizers of the
Altoona Bank, now the Central Trust Company, and was one of the original
directors. His son, Robert P. Morrow, now deceased, was the first cashier of
this bank. Mr. Morrow continued his connection with the bank until his death
in September, 1893. Matthew Morrow married Ellen Dysart, who was born in
Sinking Valley, a daughter of Alexander Dysart, and died January 9, 1871. The
following children were born of their union: Margaret, died November 24, 1871,
aged 30 years; Alexander Dysart, subject; John Harvey, lives in Tama County,
Iowa; Robert R., died in July, 1873, aged 24 years; William G., died at
Tipton, lived some years in Colorado; Ella V., died August, 1880, aged 24
years; and Ann, who died aged one year. Mr. Morrow was politically a
Republican, and served in various local offices. He was a member of the
Presbyterian church.
     Alexander D. Morrow was reared on the home place in Tyrone Township, and
obtained his education in the local schools and at Elders Ridge Academy, where
he attended a short time. He remained on the home place until August 18, 1861,
when he enlisted for service in the army in Company G, 11th Pa. Cav. He served
three years with that company mainly in Virginia and North Carolina, his
company bearing the envied reputation of being the best drilled cavalry
regiment in service. He was mustered out in August, 1864, at Jones' Landing,
and has a relic of a spur, taken from a wounded prisoner, whom he carried on
horseback before him. After his father left the farm and moved to Tipton, Mr.
Morrow conducted the place for twenty-five years, and in the spring of 1894,
ran for sheriff on the Republican ticket, and was offered the nomination the
following term, but did not care to accept it. He then came to Tipton and has
since added four lots to his father's old place here, and sold the farm to
Lawrence Pagin.
     Mr. Morrow was married March 11, 1869, to Alice Tussey, who was born in
Canoe Valley, Huntingdon County, Pa., a daughter of Robert and Dorothy
(Harnish) Tussey. John Tussey, great-grandfather of Mrs. Morrow, was the
first of the family to come to Pennsylvania, and located in Harts Log Valley,
below Alexandria, in Huntingdon County. He was the father of three children,
David, John B. and Mary.  David, grandfather of Mrs. Morrow, was born near
Alexandria in 1783, and was 21 years of age when he moved to Canoe Valley. He
married Elizabeth Means, a daughter of Hughey and Margaret (Dean) Means, the
latter also coming of one of the oldest families of Huntingdon County. The
Deans suffered considerable loss of property and relatives through the
Indians. Robert Tussey was born January 30, 1816, in Canoe Valley, and was
reared on the home farm. He was married February 6, 1840, to Dorothy Harnish,
who was born December 15, 1814, a daughter of Samuel and Susannah (Keller)
Harnish. Robert Tussey always lived in Canoe Valley, where he farmed
extensively, and also dealt in cattle, supplying the people of that community
with beef and fresh meats. He was the father of the following children:
William H., deceased; Susannah, married William Irwin of Phillipsburg; Samuel
C.; Mary E., deceased; Elizabeth A., wife of subject, born March 1, 1847, and
died January 27, 1904 (she is buried in Arch Spring Cemetery); David F.,
deceased; Lydia Laura, married William Isett and lives in Philadelphia; Anna
Caroline, married George Moore of Altoona; Robert J., lives in Alexandria;
and Lillian M., who teaches in the schools of Altoona. Christian Harnish,
grandfather of Mrs. Tussey, came from Berks County, Pa., where his
grandfather had settled in 1800, to Huntingdon County, and bought 1,000 acres
of land in what is now Morris Township.
     Mr. and Mrs. Morrow had the following children: Frank Tussey, who was
born April 23, 1870, is a member of the Blair County bar, but is not engaged
in practice on account of ill health. He read law with Craig & Bowers of
Altoona, and also attended the Carlisle Law School and at Dover. Edith Bell
was born September 1, 1871, and died June 3, 1904. Ella Kate was born March
2, 1873, and died June 10, 1873. Samuel B. was born July 11, 1874, and died
April 4, 1880. Mary M. was born May 7, 1876, and is a graduated nurse of the
Nason Hospital at Roaring. Spring, Pa. Rachel Harnish, who was born November
20, 1877, is a trained nurse, and a graduate of the Philadelphia Children's
Hospital. Alice Elizabeth, who was born February 26, 1879, was married June
15, 1910, to J. W. Shoenfelt of Altoona. She is a graduate of the Normal
School and taught some time in Bellwood. One son born July 10, 1880, died
unnamed. Dorothy, who was born July 9, 1882, is a graduate of Millersville
School and teaches in Bellwood. Alexander Dysart, Jr., born October 27, 1885,
died December 9, 1905. Mr. Morrow is politically a Republican, although
inclined to be independent.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 857-859.

DR. EMORY H. MORROW, one of Altoona's skilled physicians and highly esteemed
citizens, has been identified with the medical profession of this borough for
the past 21 years. He was born in 1858 in Clearfield, Pa., and was there
reared and obtained his education in the local and a private school. He
subsequently entered what is now the Cleveland Medical College, from which he
graduated with the class of 1883, and on May 10, 1883, located at Tyrone, Pa.,
where he began his career as a physician and surgeon. In December, 1888, he
came to Altoona, Pa., where he has since been continuously and successfully
engaged in following his profession. He is a member of the American Institute
of Homeopathy, the Central Homeopathic and the State Homeopathic Societies,
and is a member of the staff of surgery and gynecology of the new hospital of
Altoona. Dr. Morrow is fraternally a member of the I. O. O. F., the Forresters
and Heptasophs, the University Club, and some insurance organizations.
     In 1891 Dr. Morrow was married to Laura M. Smith of Tyrone, and they
have one daughter, Ada Lee Morrow. Dr. Morrow is a member of the First M. E.
Church, of which he has served as a member of the board of trustees. He holds
two chairs on the Mercy Hospital Staff, Surgery and Gynecology.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 824.

M. M. MORROW, one of the prominent attorneys and leading citizens of Altoona,
Pa., has been a lifelong resident of Blair County, where he was born in 1868,
and comes of one of the oldest established families of the county. He is a
son of Samuel Morrow, who was born in Blair County, Pa., in 1819, a farmer by
occupation, and is a grandson of Robert Morrow, whose father settled in this
county previous to the Revolutionary War.
     M. M. Morrow grew to maturity in Sinking Valley, and after attending the
public schools, the State Normal School and Grove City College, graduated from
the last mentioned in 1892, having taken a scientific course. Afterward Mr.
Morrow taught school for four terms in Blair County. His knowledge of the
legal profession was obtained in the offices of the late Judge Martin Bell,
and he was admitted to the Blair County Bar, March 11, 1895. He has since
been continuously and successfully engaged in practice at Altoona, and in the
various courts of the state. He is a member of the Blair County Bar
Association, served one term in the state legislature, and was solicitor of
the school board several years. He is fraternally a member of the Masons, and
the Junior order of Mechanics, and his religious connection is with the Broad
Avenue Presbyterian Church of Altoona. On September 21, 1898, Mr. Morrow was
joined in marriage with Mary M. Tussey of Blair County, and of their union
have been born two children: Elizabeth J. and Anna Margaret.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 554.

THOMAS M. MORROW, M. D., who has been a resident of Altoona for almost a
quarter of a century and is numbered with the representative members of the
medical profession in this city, was born at Martinsburg, Blair County, Pa.,
in 1867, and is a son of James C. Morrow, now deceased. The latter was
engaged in the foundry business at Martinsburg for many years.
     Thomas M. Morrow was educated in the common schools and Juniata
Collegiate Institute, after which he prepared for and later entered the
Baltimore Medical College, where he was graduated in 1898. He chose Altoona
as his field of professional work and has here built up a substantial
practice and has won a place among the leading medical men of this city. He
is a member of the Blair County and the State Medical Societies and also of
the American Medical Association. He is identified fraternally with the
Masons and the Forresters. In 1902 he was married to Miss Laura Green of Altoona.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 813.

DR. WILLIAM HOWARD MORROW, a successful medical practitioner and highly
esteemed citizen of Bellwood, Pa., has been identified with the business
interests of this borough since 1887. He was born in Sinking Valley, Tyrone
Township, Blair County, Pa., a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Crawford) Morrow,
both of whom were also natives of Sinking Valley. His father was a farmer and
general merchant, his death occurring on the farm in 1882.
     Dr. William H. Morrow was reared on the farm and obtained his education
in the common schools, at Birmingham Seminary and the Millersville State
Normal. During this time he taught school five winter terms very
successfully. His knowledge of the medical profession was obtained at the
Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, Pa., and he first embarked in the
practice of medicine at Grafton, Pa., where he remained but three months. He
then came to Bellwood, and since 1887 has been actively and most successfully
engaged in following his profession in that place. He is a member of the
State, County and American Medical societies and also of the medical staff of
the Altoona Hospital. He is also a member of the Business Men's Association,
of Bellwood, and affiliates with the I. O. O. F., the Knights of the Golden
Eagle, and the Royal Arcanum, of which he is medical examiner. Dr. Morrow is
a Republican in politics, although inclined to be independent, and served six
years on the borough council, eleven years on the school board, of which he is
now president and of which he was treasurer some years. He is a member of the
Presbyterian church, of which he has been an elder for some years.
     Dr. Morrow was united in marriage with Miss Emma J. Crawford, who was
born in Sinking Valley, and is a daughter of James Crawford. Dr. and Mrs.
Morrow reside in an attractive brick home, which is heavily covered with
vines. Both are held high in the esteem of their friends and fellow citizens.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 955.

GEORGE WASHINGTON MOYER, a veteran of the Civil War, and a prosperous farmer
of Logan township, is the owner of a fine farm of 150 acres and has been a
resident of Blair County, Pa., since 1859. He was born June 18, 1838, at
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pa., and is a son of Jacob and Mary
(Swanger) Moyer, the latter of whom died in the spring of 1854 at Lewiston,
Pa. The father was a native of Dauphin County, and the paternal grandfather
of subject was born between Germantown and Philadelphia in what is now the
city proper. Of the twelve children born to the parents of our subject, five
died in infancy, and those living are as follows: Mary Jane (Ferguson) now
deceased, was a resident of Altoona; Barbara (McCartney) deceased, lived in
Altoona; Catherine (Lewis), died in Altoona; George W., our subject;
Margaret, died unmarried in Cumberland County, Pa.; James, who was killed on
the Penna. R. R., was a resident of Altoona; and Peter S., who now is a
resident of Pinecroft, Blair County, Pa.
     George Washington Moyer was reared in Cumberland County, Pa., and when
about 21 years of age came with his father to Blair County and settled just
below AItoona. He coaled some for Isett, also for Dr. Baker, and during the
summer of. 1860 coaled in Center County, Pa. He then returned to Blair
County, and in 1865 entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
as laborer in the blacksmith shop at 12th street, Altoona, under foreman
George Hawksworth, was promoted to the position of heater at the large
finishing furnace in 1868 and was so occupied until the spring of 1884 when
he retired and located on his present farm, which is known as the Homer farm,
Homer Gap, Logan Township, which he had purchased in 1882. He has lived here
continuously since that time and has been successfully engaged in general
farming. In 1894 he erected the commodious brick house in which he and his
family now reside. In February, 1864, Mr. Moyer enlisted as a member of
Company G., 12th Pa. Vol. Cav., and served until the close of the war, his
service being principally in the Shenandoah Valley. He was mustered out with
the regiment at Philadelphia and discharged July 20, 1865, at Winchester.
     December 25, 1869, Mr. Moyer was joined in marriage with Sue J. Nelson,
who was born on the site of Fairview Cemetery, and is a daughter of Samuel
and Jane (McPherson) Nelson. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Moyer:
Samuel Jacob, who died in infancy; James Luther, who lives on the home farm,
married Lizzie Horst, and they have four children - Esther May, Linnie P.,
Theodore Ray, and Francis I.; and Alfred D., Carrie Hagerty, and Mary, who
all three died in infancy.
     Mr. Moyer is one of the most prosperous farmers of Logan township, and
is a man of sterling qualities and has been highly successful for one whose
opportunities and educational advantages were so limited. Mr. Moyer was
called upon in 1900 to settle the Coleman estate, and at his instigation
there was established in 1907 a corporation in which he is a stockholder and
director, and the Grand View Cemetery Association, which will be - owing to
its fine location - one of the finest and largest in this section of the
country when completed. Mr. Moyer is politically an independent voter; he is
a member of the Patrons of Husbandry, and his religious connection is with
the Presbyterian church.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 719.

SAMUEL MOYER, whose excellent farm of 161 acres lies in Woodbury Township,
Blair County, Pa., was born in Huntingdon County, Pa., February 12, 1854, and
is a son of George and Elizabeth (Shontz) Moyer. The parents of Mr. Moyer were
well known and highly respected people of Huntingdon County, where the father
engaged in farming. They were members of the Reformed church. They had the
following children: Margaret, who married Jonathan Brindle; John; Daniel;
Mary, who married Isaac Long; Christopher; Jacob; Nancy, who married Anthony
Cunningham; George; Samuel; Benjamin; William and Scott.
     Samuel Moyer obtained a district school education. Farming has been his
business since reaching man's estate and he is well qualified to meet any
condition pertaining to agricultural matters. He bought his farm in Woodbury
Township from George G. Patterson, paying a fair price as it had already been
improved. He cultivates the usual grains of this section, raises some stock
and has abundant orchards.
     In 1892, Mr. Moyer was married to Miss Laura Garner, a daughter of A. B.
Garner, whose other children were: Harry, Daniel, Albert, Norah, Charles and
Ada. All survive except Norah, who was the wife of David Kiler. Mr. and Mrs.
Moyer have four children: Frederick, William, Nellie and Robert. They are members 
of the Reformed church. Mr. Moyer casts his vote with the Republican party.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 635-636.

MARTIN H. MUMMERT, a successful general farmer of Woodbury Township, Blair
County, Pa., who has been operating his father's farm of 215 acres, for
himself for the past fifteen years, was born in Blair County January 21,
1867.  His parents are Martin and Esther (Holsinger) Mummert, and his
grandfather was also Martin Mummert.
     Martin Mummert is a farmer residing in Franklin County, Pa., of which he
is a native. Formerly he engaged in agricultural pursuits in Woodbury
Township. His family consisted of five children: George, Amanda, Esther,
Annie and Martin H. George is deceased. Martin Mummert and wife are members
of the Dunkard church.
     Martin H. Mummert attended school through boyhood and then began to make
himself useful on the farm. As he grew older, many of his school mates turned
their attention to other pursuits, some of them endeavoring to gain a
foothold in the neighboring cities, but Mr. Mummert has always found the
cultivating of the land and the growing of stock sufficiently interesting to
him, and he has become one of the township's excellent farmers and leading
citizens. He was married in 1895 to Anna K. Mattern, who has the following
brothers and sisters: Mary, who is the wife of James Hackett; Eva, who is the
widow of Ephraim Burger; George; Pearl, who is the wife of John Stewart;
William; and Alice, who is the wife of Charles Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Mummert
have two children: Martin and Mary Elizabeth, both of whom live at home. The
family attend the United Brethren church. Mr. Mummert is a member of Juniata
Lodge, F. & A. M. at Hollidaysburg.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 667-668.

EDWARD RIDER MUSSER, coal merchant and mining engineer, at Tyrone, Pa., is a
member of an old and representative family of Pennsylvania, which traces its
ancestral lines generations back to Germany. Edward Rider Musser was born
January 7, 1859, at Marengo, Center County, Pa., and is a son of Samuel and
Nancy (Rider) Musser.
     Samuel Musser was long one of Center County's most respected citizens.
He was born in Union County, Pa., in 1830, and died at Tyrone, in Blair
County, in 1904, having rounded out a useful and blameless life of
seventy-four years. His parents were William and Catherine (Hess) Musser, who
moved into Center County in 1834 and spent the remaining years of their lives
there. Samuel Musser was reared on his father's farm and agricultural
pursuits claimed his entire attention through life. In early manhood he was
united in marriage with Nancy Rider, who was born at Gatesburg, Center
County, Pa.; and was a daughter of Michael and Barbara (Crider) Rider. Her
parents were members of one of the pioneer families of Lebanon County from
which section they moved to Center County.
     To Samuel and Nancy Musser eleven children were born, to whom the
following names were given: Ella, Anna, Edward Rider, William Franklin, Adda,
Michael Irwin, Emma Frances, John Howard, Barbara Bella, Marshall Clemson and
Walter Scott. With one exception all survive. Dr. William Franklin Musser,
the second son, died of tuberculosis in 1905. He first engaged in medical
practice at Williamsburg and then moved to Tyrone. Ella, the first born of
the family, is the widow of J. T. Reamy, formerly of Unionville. Her home is
at Tyrone. Anna is the wife of Dr. L. M. Houser, of Pennsylvania Furnace,
Huntingdon County, Pa. Adda is the wife of William Vantries, a farmer near
Union Furnace, Huntingdon County. Michael Irwin is a general merchant at
Union Furnace and resides at Tyrone. Emma Frances is the wife of E. E.
McClintock of the firm of McClintock & Musser, manufacturers and wholesale
dealers in candy at Tyrone. John Howard is in the mercantile business at
Union Furnace but lives at Tyrone. Barbara Bella is the wife of Rev. Curry H.
Love, of Clifton, Ari. Marshall Clemson is a member of the above named firm of
McClintock & Musser, at Tyrone. Walter Scott is a physician and surgeon at
Tyrone. Samuel Musser, the father of the above family, was reared in the
Lutheran Church but later united with the Presbyterian body and in that faith
he and wife reared their children, setting them an example of virtuous living.
Although by no means a politician, Samuel Musser kept well informed concerning
public affairs and cast his vote intelligently. He was identified with the
Republican party.
     Edward Rider Musser attended the public school and academy at Pine Grove
Mills and later the Stone Valley Academy. He was reared on the home farm and
taught school for five winters and when not so engaged, worked at the
carpenter trade. For six years he was agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company at Scotia Station. He took a course in mining engineering in the
Scranton School of Correspondence and for sixteen years was mine
superintendent and mining engineer for the Cymbria Coal Company of
Barnesboro, Pa., located in Cambria County, and for one year engaged, in the
same capacity, with a company in the southwestern part of Virginia. For the
past two years. Mr. Musser has been in business at Tyrone, establishing
himself here on April 23, 1909, as a dealer in coal and builders' supplies,
with location at No. 1537 Logan Avenue. He is also superintendent of the
Colonial Coal Mining Company.
     On September 22, 1886, Mr. Musser was married to Miss H. Elizabeth
Gardner, a daughter of Henry and Letitia Gardner. Mr. and Mrs. Musser are the
parents of six children: Mary Eleanor, Samuel William, Edward Rider, Jr.,
David Walter, George Daniel and Harriet Elizabeth. The family residence is at
No. 1335 Logan Avenue, Tyrone. Mr. Musser is a member of the Presbyterian
Church. In politics he is a Republican. He is prominent in Masonic circles
and belongs to Summit Lodge, No. 312, F. & A. M., Ebensburg, Pa.; Mountain
Chapter, No. 189, Altoona; Mountain Commandery, No. 10, Altoona; and Jaffa
Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Altoona. He belongs also to Allegheny
Gateway Lodge, No. 187, Odd Fellows, at Tyrone.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 938-939.

WALTER SCOTT MUSSER, M. D., physician and surgeon, who has been successfully
engaged in the practice of medicine at Tyrone, Pa., since 1895, is a member
of one of the old and representative families of Pennsylvania. The Musser
name stands for honorable citizenship in Center, Blair; Lebanon, Lancaster,
York and other counties of the state. The family has mainly been an
agricultural one, but nevertheless the professions are ably represented. Dr.
Musser was born in Center County, Pa., and is the seventh of a family of
eleven children born to his parents, who were Samuel and Nancy (Rider) Musser.
     Samuel Musser was born in Union County, Pa., in 1830, and died at
Tyrone, in 1904. He was a son of William and Catherine (Hess) Musser, who
settled in Center County in 1834. Samuel Musser married Nancy Rider, who was
born at Gatesburg, Center County, Pa. Her parents were Michael and Barbara
(Crider) Rider, of pioneer stock in Lebanon County, from which section they
moved to Center County. These were all quiet, virtuous, thrifty people,
ancestors of whom their descendants may be justly proud.
     Walter Scott Musser had public school and academic advantages and was
graduated at the New Berlin Academy in the class of 1891, having previously
taught school for two terms. Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, is his
alma mater and he was graduated from that old and honorable institution in
the class of 1895. Shortly afterward he located at Tyrone, and ever since has
been actively engaged here in the practice of his profession and has also been
identified with the best interests of the borough. For the past six years he
has been surgeon for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He is a member of the
Blair County, the Pennsylvania State and the American Medical Associations,
thus keeping thoroughly abreast with the times in the rapid strides his
profession is making. He occasionally contributes to medical literature,
being a close student and investigator for himself.
     Dr. Musser was married in 1910 to Miss Anna M. Smith, a daughter of
Alfred A. and Amelia (Turnbaugh) Smith. Her father was a native of Blair
County, and was a prominent business man of Tyrone from 1872 until his death,
in March, 1902. In 1910 Dr. Musser completed his handsome residence at No.
1047 Logan Avenue, which is of brick construction and modern architecture.
Dr. and Mrs. Musser take a reasonable interest in the pleasant social life of
the borough. He is identified fraternally with the Elks - being past exalted
ruler of Tyrone Lodge, No. 212 - and with the Knights of Pythias, Lodge No.
127, Tyrone.  His activity in politics does not exceed the bounds of good
citizenship.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 935-936.

AUGUSTUS G. MYERS, whose valuable farm of about eighty-four acres is situated
in Taylor Township, Blair County, Pa., is a highly respected citizen of this
section, in which he has lived since 1906. He was born in Bedford County,
Pa., March 30, 1859, and is a son of Henry B. and Maria (Mock) Myers.
     Henry B. Myers and wife were members of old Bedford County families of
German extraction. They remained in Bedford County until 1872, when they
moved into Blair County, where the remaining years of their lives were spent.
     Augustus G. Myers was thirteen years old when his parents came to Taylor
Township, Blair County, and he has lived in this township ever since. He is
largely a self made man, through industry and good judgment having gained a
foothold as to material things and through honesty and good will having
secured a wide circle of friends. He settled on his present farm in 1906 and
has been carrying on general agriculture here with a success that speaks well
for his methods of farming.
     On October 13, 1886, Mr. Myers was married to Miss Rachel E. Clapper,
who was born in Bedford County, Pa., a daughter of Samuel and Susan (Garver)
Clapper, and a granddaughter of John Clapper and of John Garver, who were
early settlers and responsible men in Bedford and Blair Counties. Samuel
Clapper was born in Bedford County and died December 1905, at the age of 72
years. His widow, who was born in Blair County 70 years ago, still survives.
Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Myers: Harry B., Pearl S., Elmer
B., Carl P. and Ruby A. All survive except Carl P., who died June 1, 1895, at
the age of one year. Mrs. Myers is a member of the Brethren church.  Mr.
Myers casts his vote with the Democratic party.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 855-856.

W. ALBERT NASON, M. D., superintendent of the Nason Hospital, situated at
Roaring Spring, Pa., an institution in which the people of this borough take
just pride, was born in Crawford County, Pa., June 23, 1862, and is a son of
Dr. William Nason, once a prominent physician and surgeon at Townville, in
Crawford County.
     W. Albert Nason was educated in the public schools of Crawford County
and Allegheny College, at Meadville, Pa. After proper preparation he
graduated from the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, in 1887, in
1892, from Rush Medical College, Chicago. Previous to coming to Roaring
Spring in 1896, he practiced at Pleasantville and at Titusville, Pa.,
spending nine years at these places, gaining valuable experience and securing
the confidence of the people as to his thorough medical knowledge. He is
identified with the Blair County Medical Society and for one year was
president of the same. He fills many professional positions and at present is
serving as a trustee and counsellor for the Fifth District of the Medical
Society of the State of Pennsylvania. He belongs also to the American Medical
Association; is surgeon for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Roaring
Spring, and is chief surgeon of Mercy Hospital at Altoona.
     The Nason Hospital, of which Dr. Nason is superintendent, was
established by him at Roaring Spring, as a private sanitarium, and was so
conducted until 1900, when it was incorporated and since then has been
practically a charitable institution, one that reflects great credit upon its
philanthropic founder and its supporters. Since its incorporation its officers
are: J. L. Hartman, president; John H. Stephens, secretary; and J. P. Martin,
treasurer, while Dr. Nason has always retained the superintendency. The
trustees of the Nason Hospital are the following leading citizens: D. M.
Bare, Dr. A. L. Garver, E. G. Bobb, J. S. Bobb, J. H. Stephens and D. S.
Brumbaugh, all of Roaring Spring; Hon. J. C. Steinman, of South Fork, Pa.;
Hon. George M. Patterson, of Williamsburg; D. P. Reighard, of Pittsburg;
Claude Jones, of Tyrone; and James Foust and Hon. Jesse L. Hartman, of
Altoona. The hospital is beautifully situated and has accommodations for
forty patients, the average number being twenty-five.
     Dr. Nason is held in very high regard by his fellow citizens, not only
for his professional skill, which is recognized all over the state, but for
his manly personal qualities. He was married first to Miss Elizabeth Pennell,
of Pleasantville, who left two daughters: Marjorie and Alice. His second
marriage was to Miss Sara Baughman, of Blairsville, Indiana County, Pa. He is
not an aggressive politician, being too busy a man for that, but he casts his
vote regularly and is identified with the Republican party. He is a 32nd
degree Mason.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 604-607.

DANIEL J. NEFF, one of the founders of the Blair County Bar Association, and
a man of great professional prominence in Central Pennsylvania, is the Nestor
of the Altoona bar, having come to this city in 1860 and been in continuous
practice here ever since. During this long period he has witnessed great
local changes - all for the better - and can take reasonable pride in the
fact that his own profession has had a not unimportant part in bringing about
the improved conditions of life which obtain today. Mr. Neff has entered into
his seventy-eighth year, having been born January 3, 1831, in Porter
Township, Huntingdon County, Pa. His parents were Daniel and Mary (Huyette) Neff.
     Daniel Neff, father of Daniel J., was a son of John and Fannie
(Kauffman) Neff, and was born in Huntingdon County, January 19, 1793, and was
there reared. His wife Mary was a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Grove)
Huyette, and a granddaughter of Louis Huyette, who was a native of France.
     The Neffs came from Switzerland and it is recorded in the annals of the
family that two brothers - John Henry and Francis Neff - settled in Lancaster
County, Pa., prior to 1715, and for many years thereafter the names of members
of the family appeared in the public records as owners of lands, incumbents of
public offices, or in other ways exercising the duties of an active and useful
citizenship. John Henry Neff, above mentioned, was the first educated
physician in Lancaster County, Pa.
     Daniel J. Neff, the subject of this present record, prepared for college
in the schools of Alexandria and at Huntingdon Academy, and was graduated from
Marshall College, at Mercersburg, in the class of 1851. He then entered upon
the study of law, doing his preparatory reading in the office of Hon. S. S.
Blair, at Hollidaysburg, and later attending the law college at Poughkeepsie,
N. Y. In 1856 he was admitted to the Blair County bar and practiced for a
while both at Hollidaysburg and Tyrone. In 1860 he took up his residence in
Altoona, finding here at that time but two competitors, both of whom are but
indifferently remembered by him. At different times Mr. Neff was associated
with partners, and for a number of years was at the head of the law firm of
Neff, Hicks & Ambrose. This partnership was subsequently dissolved and Mr.
Neff has since continued in practice with Mr. J. D. Hicks as a junior
partner. He practices in all the courts and has won victories in many noted
cases of litigation. He maintains offices at Nos. 22-24 Hutchinson Block,
Altoona. Though the extent of his professional interests have not allowed him
to devote much time to politics, he has always taken a warm interest in the
public affairs of his city and county. In business affairs aside from those
of his profession he is identified with the Second National Bank of Altoona
and other important concerns.
     Mr. Neff was married September 24, 1873, to Miss Susanna B. Gray, of
Altoona, and they have one daughter, Pauline Louise. The family residence - a
handsome and tasteful structure - is at No. 1512 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona. 

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 553.

E. E. NEFF, M. D., a successful medical practitioner and a much respected
citizen of Altoona, Pa., is a native of Huntingdon County, Pa., where he was
born in 1861. He was reared and educated in that county, attending Ursinus
College, and before taking up the study of medicine traveled several years
throughout the west. He graduated from the medical department of the
University of Pennsylvania with the class of 1897 and that same year located
in Altoona, where he has since been successfully engaged in general practice.
He is a member of the staff of Mercy Hospital and is a valued member of the
County, State and American Societies. In 1902 Dr. Neff was united in marriage
with Dora Belle McCarthy, of Altoona. He is a member of the First Presbyterian
Church and of the University Club of Altoona.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 729.

JOHN F. NELSON, an extensive fruit grower and progressive citizen of Antis
Township, Blair County, Pa., son of James M. C. Nelson, who was of
Scotch-Irish ancestry, is the owner of a highly improved farm of 183 acres,
and was born December 20, 1858, in the upper school district of Antis
Township.
     James Nelson, grandfather of our subject, came from the Cumberland
Valley about 1818, and located at the foot of Brush Mountain, in what now is
Blair County, Pa. Here he became the owner of 600 acres of land, part of it
being now known as the old Long farm. He here operated a saw-mill and
powder-mill, then sold out and moved to Ohio, returned to Pennsylvania and
settled on Long farm, now owned by our subject. His father was blown up but
not killed in the powder-mill. About 1835 Mr. Nelson removed with his family
to Ohio, but a year or two later returned to Blair County, where he spent the
remainder of his life. He was buried in the Asberry Cemetery.
     James M. C. Nelson, father of our subject, was born in 1828, at the foot
of Brush Mountain, in what is now Blair County, Pa., and died in February,
1910, at the advanced age of 82 years. He married Amanda Byers, who was born
in Cambria County, Pa., and died in Blair County, at the age of 62 years. Of
their union were born ten children, namely: Ai Nelson, deceased, was a
resident of Logan Township; Maggie, is the wife of Asbury Miller of Fairview;
John Franklin, the subject of this record; George, deceased, was a resident of
Juniata; Sadie, married Harrison Cherry of Westchester, Pa.; Edith, widow of
Wilson Foust, resides in Juniata, Pa.; Carrie, married Harry Weaver of
Altoona; Emma, married Thomas Fouse of Juniata; Mary, deceased wife of Morris
Fasic; and James B.  Mr. Nelson was politically a Democrat.
     John F. Nelson was reared in Blair County, Pa., and has lived here all
his life, with the exception of eight years, during part of which time he was
engaged in operating a blacksmith shop for himself. He has specialized in
fruit growing all his life, receiving his first lessons from his father, but
for the past 25 or 30 years has made it a business for himself. Of his farm
of 183 acres, he devotes between 80 and 90 acres to fruit growing, having
about 5,000 apple trees, and altogether has between nine and ten thousand
fruit trees. His first crop is rhubarb, the second, strawberries, and the
third, raspberries, is followed by plums, pears, peaches, grapes and apples.
He is thus engaged in marketing about eight months of the year, and runs one
and two wagons daily. In connection with his fruit growing he also runs an
hydraulic cider press, which is operated by steam.
     Mr. Nelson is also the propagator as well as a producer of many choice
fruits, thereby adding to fruit growing the nursery business, in which he is
practically skilled. He is also the inventor of several useful devices for
the farmer and fruit grower, thereby laying the foundation for the good and
happiness of his fellow man in the present as well as in the coming
generations.
     On January 9, 1882, Mr. Nelson was united in marriage with Clara A.
Reigh, who was born in Antis Township, a daughter of John and Rachel (Neream)
Reigh. Mrs. Nelson's father was a native of Germany, and at the age of
fourteen years came to this country with his father, Henry Reigh. John and
Rachel Reigh were parents of the following children: Clara A., wife of
subject; Lizzie, who is the widow of George Nelson, is a resident of Juniata;
Harry, died in Williamsburg, Pa., in 1908; Martin, a butcher, lives in
Juniata; Frank, lives in Juniata and is employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company; Ella, married John Zeigler of Juniata; Maggie, married Harry Boyles
of Juniata; Edward, is in the meat business in Altoona, Pa.; and Mary, wife
of Kyle Haggerty of Juniata. Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Nelson: Ernest, died in infancy; Mary, is the wife of William Simpson, and
has one son, James Dalbert; John, died aged two years and nine months; Aaron.
F., who lives on the home farm, married Blanche Baney and they have one son,
John Marshall; Cora Bell; James Edison; Benjamin Franklin; George Dewey;
Estella Clara; and Ai, who died aged eight months and eight days. Mr. Nelson
and family are all members of the Baptist Brethren church. He is politically
a Prohibitionist, but was formerly a Democrat for some time.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 884-885.

SIMON NEUWAHL, deceased. It was with profound sorrow that the citizens of
Altoona, Pa., learned of the death of a man of more than usual worth, Simon
Neuwahl, who had been identified with the growth and development of this city
for over forty years. Born in a foreign land, he, like several of his
illustrious countrymen, became well qualified to lead men and masses of
another land and language. His ideal was the uplifting of those with whom he
became in any way associated and whether with tongue, pen or purse, he left
an impress that will not be forgotten.
     Simon Neuwahl was born November 26, 1835, in the town of Neschede,
province of Westphalia, Prussia, and died in his home at No. 2506 Bond
Avenue, Altoona, October 16, 1909. He was the second son of nine children
born to Solomon and Miriam Neuwahl. He was well educated in the schools of
Prussia and then learned the printing business at Brilon. In 1851 the father
died and in September of that year, being thrown on his own resources, he
took passage on the steamer Hansa, out from Bremen, and arrived in the port
of New York, October 6, 1851. He was ignorant of the English language and
therefore found difficulty in securing work in a printing office at first,
and while learning it worked as a clerk in a mercantile establishment. He
later became the editor of the Volksfreund, at New Berlin, Union County, Pa.,
and almost immediately through his talent and native ability became a leader
in public affairs in that section and soon advanced into still greater
prominence. He established several newspapers, first the Snyder County
journal and later the Selinsgrove Times; for one period was editor of the
Sunbury Democrat and was the founder of the Ashland Advocate, of Schuylkill
County, both still flourishing journals. He also edited and published the
Altoona Sun. His activity in journalism continued until after the close of
the Civil War, about 1868, when he retired from newspaper work.
     In September, 1868, he embarked in the mercantile business at Altoona
and the remainder of his long and useful life was spent continuously here. He
was one of the city's most respected citizens. It is said of him that his
judgment on any question was especially valuable on account of it being ever
careful and deliberate. He was broadminded and charitable to a fault and
probably his most noted characteristic was his rugged honesty. As a public
official, however, he was ever affable and courteous. When his death occurred
he was serving in his second term as license tax officer. He was one of the
leading members of the Hebrew Reformed congregation and was one of the
organizers of the Beacon Light Club. In his political views he never swerved
from the principles of Democracy but had accepted no other political office
than the one mentioned above.
     Mr. Neuwahl had not been in normal health since 1904 but immediate
dissolution was not expected at the time of his peaceful passing away. His
burial was in the beautiful Jewish Cemetery and a vast concourse of sorrowing
friends were in attendance. Both branches of the Altoona City Council adopted
resolutions testifying to the high regard in which Mr. Neuwahl had been held
and closed with this telling tribute: "Resolved - That in the death of Simon
Neuwahl, the city has lost a good and faithful servant and a worthy citizen,
one who was painstaking and conscientious in all his dealings as a man and an
official, and in expressing our sorrow at the death of a brother official and
an exemplary citizen we are not unmindful of the deep grief of a sorrowing
family and to whom this body extends sincere and heartfelt sympathy in this
tune of trial." He was identified with Altoona Conclave No. 102, Improved
Order of Heptasophs.
     Mr. Neuwahl was married January 6, 1869, to Miss Hettie Levy, of New
York, who preceded him to the grave on December 18, 1904. One daughter,
Blanche, died in 1887, at the age of four years. The following children
survive: Mrs. Minnie Simon, Gus Neuwahl, Malcolm H. and Rosalie Neuwahl of
Altoona, and Julius W. Neuwahl, of New York. Mrs. Simon is the widow of
August Simon, who formerly was a prominent citizen of Altoona, and was at the
head of the large shoe store at No. 1402 Eleventh Avenue, which is still
conducted as a partnership by Mrs. Simon and her brother, Malcolm H. Neuwahl,
under the firm name of A. Simon & Co.
     August Simon was born in Germany, November 4, 1863, a son of Solomon and
Miriam (Fredlander) Simon, and died at Altoona, June 8, 1904. On June 27,
1889, he was married to Miss Minnie Neuwahl and one daughter was born to
them, Mabel, who is the wife of Harry Bing of Pittsburg. Mr. Simon was a very
successful business man. The name of Simon in the shoe business means quality
of a high order.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 594-595.

A. J. NORRIS, who is engaged in general farming on a tract of 92 acres in
Woodbury township, Blair County, Pa., is also the owner of a farm of 193
acres in Huntingdon County, Pa., and has been a resident of Blair County
since 1888. He was born June 9, 1856 in Huntingdon County, Pa., a son of
Isaac and Mary (Showalter) Norris, both of whom were born and died in
Huntingdon County, Pa. His father followed farming all his life in Huntingdon
County. He was politically a Democrat and was religiously a member of the
Dunkard Church, as was also his wife. They were parents of the following
children: Ellen, deceased wife of Alexander McCall; Nancy, married Samuel
Greenwalt, now deceased; Elizabeth, married Matthew McCall; and A. J., the
subject of this record. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Joseph
Norris, and the maternal grandfather was Abraham Showalter.
     A. J. Norris was reared and educated in Huntingdon County, Pa:, and
after finishing his schooling, which he obtained in the district schools,
embarked in agricultural pursuits, first renting the Samuel Royer farm, which
is located on Clover Creek in Blair County. He came to his present farm in
1901, when he bought it from Mr. Hoover, and also owns a fine farm of 193
acres in Huntingdon County. Mr. Norris takes an active interest in the
affairs of the Democratic party, and has served as a member of the school
board, and is at present a school director of this township.
     On September 9, 1880, Mr. Norris married Catherine Saylor, a daughter of
John and Elizabeth Saylor, who were agriculturists of Huntingdon County, Pa.,
and parents of the following children: Miles, James, Bell, Jane, Samuel,
George and Thomas. The following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Norris; Florence, who married John Meech, has three children, Mary, Norman
and Roland; Emory O.; Isaac B., Elizabeth, wife of Charles Mench; Elda,
married William Isenberg; and Irvin M. The religious connection of the family
is with the Dunkard Church.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 838-839.

DAVID E. NORTH, one of the leading attorneys of Altoona, Pa., has been
identified with the legal profession of Blair County, Pa., since 1899, and
was born in 1872 at Huntingdon, Pa., where he was reared and obtained his
elementary education. He attended the George Washington University of
Washington, D. C., and subsequently read law in that city, and in 1899 was
admitted to the bar of Blair County, Pa. He has since resided at Altoona,
Pa., where he has been engaged in the practice of his profession, and has
established an enviable reputation as a lawyer and counselor of unusual
ability and intelligence. Mr. North has always taken an active interest in
politics, and is president of the Common Council of Altoona.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 877.

MARY ELIZABETH NOWELL, M.D., physician and surgeon at Altoona, Pa., who,
among other just claims to distinction, has that of being the pioneer of her
sex in the profession in this city, has been in active and successful
practice here since 1884. She was born in Anne Arundel County, Md., and comes
of scholarly parentage. Her father was Rev. William Nowell, a son of Gilbert
Nowell, and for fifty years he was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal
church. His long and useful life closed in 1884. The mother of Dr. Nowell was
Rachel A. (Sheckell) Nowell, a daughter of Enoch and Sarah (Smith) Sheckell,
all old Maryland names of high standing. Dr. Nowell has three sisters: Mrs.
J. Wesley Lane, of Dunkirk, Md.; Mrs. J. C. Crawford, of Milwaukee, Wis.; and
Mrs. (Rev.) George W. Stallings, of Virginia.
     Mary E. Nowell enjoyed superior educational advantages. She was
graduated in 1867 from Fort Edward Institute, New York, and later attended
Claverack College, in the same state, an educational institution of note, on
the Hudson River. She then turned her attention to educational work and for
about eight years taught school in the city of Wilkesbarre, Pa. In the
meanwhile, a brother, J. Fletcher Nowell, became a graduated physician,
located in Greencastle in the Cumberland Valley, and there built up a large
and successful practice. His faith in her certainty of success was to his
sister an inspiration. Dr. Nowell became a student in the Women's Medical
College of Pennsylvania, where she was graduated in 1884, having, in the
meanwhile taken special courses and attended clinics at different hospitals,
in spite of the opposition frequently met with on account of her sex. In her
pursuit of professional excellence she had to overcome many obstacles but
succeeded through persistency in gaining the specific knowledge she desired,
especially concerning diseases of the eye, ear, nose, throat and lungs and
made many scientific experiments in her own laboratory. She soon recognized
the existing need of more thorough medical knowledge concerning the peculiar
troubles of women and made this branch a special study, also taking a course
in the great Maternity Hospital on Staten Island. There, with other ordinary
and extraordinary cases, 500 children came under her professional eye and she
had an opportunity to study their ailments and store up knowledge for future use.
     Thus qualified for practice after this long and exhaustive course of
study, Dr. Nowell came to Altoona and during the twenty-six years of her
residence and practice here, she has, through ability, won a foremost place
in the ranks of her profession, and through her personality, the esteem and
affection of her patients. She keeps fully abreast with the times, belonging
to the County, State and American Medical Associations, and her enthusiasm
has never been quenched nor her interest waned. Surrounded by the comforts
won through her own efforts, and in the enjoyment of the respect of all with
whom either personal or professional relations bring her into contact, she is
able to look back along the path of a quarter of a century with justifiable
contentment. Her home as well as her office, is located at No. 1315 Sixth
Avenue, Altoona.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 724-725.

ANDREW OBER, a well known citizen of Juniata Township, Blair County, Pa., and
owner of a well improved farm of 100 acres, has resided here since 1892, and
was born May 15, 1848, in Fayette County, Pa., a son of John and Julia A.
(Zimmerman) Ober. John Ober was born in Bedford County, Pa., and was a son of
Henry Ober, who was of German extraction. John Ober was a plasterer by trade
and in early manhood removed to Fayette County, where he followed his trade
in connection with farming the remainder of his life. The mother of our
subject was also a native of Pennsylvania.
     Andrew Ober grew to man's estate in Fayette County and obtained his
education in the local schools of that county. When young he learned the
plasterer's trade, which he followed successfully for many years, but since
coming to Blair County, in 1892, has devoted his entire time to agricultural
pursuits, and is the owner of a fine farm of 100 acres.
     On January 15, 1878, Mr. Ober was married to Jennie Francis, and of
their union were born three children: Alice, married James C. Diehl, of Blair
County, Pa.; Francis, and Nellie, both residing in Juniata Township, Blair
County, Pa. Mr. Ober is a man of public spirit and enterprise, a friend to
the public schools and education in general, and is ever ready to aid in the
promotion of those measures which tend toward the advancement of the
community in which he lives. He is a member of the Poplar Run Grange, the P.
of H., and in politics, is independent, although inclined towards prohibition.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 852.

D. A. S. OBURN, M. D., a member of the medical staff of the Altoona Hospital,
at Altoona, Pa., and a successful general practitioner, with office and modern
medical equipments at No. 701 Seventh Avenue, was born at Ennisville,
Huntingdon County, Pa., in August, 1874 and came to Altoona in July, 1896.
     D. A. S. Oburn was educated in the common schools and Stone Valley
Academy, and spent a short time in the Grove City College and Dickinson
Seminary and then entered Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, where he
was graduated in 1896. He immediately located in Altoona and has made this
city his permanent home, interesting himself in the varied interests of the
place and accepting the responsibilities of good citizenship. He is a member
of the Blair County and the State Medical Societies and of the American
Medical Association.
     Dr. Oburn was married in 1897, to Miss Olive M. Oaks, of McAlevys Fort,
Huntingdon County, Pa. They are members of the Eighth Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church. He is a Mason of high standing and belongs to the Blue
Lodge, Chapter, Commandery and Shrine. He is identified also with the Elks,
and socially, is a member of the University Club.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 768.

THOMAS CARSON O'NEILL, of the firm of Hickey & O'Neill, who are the leading
embalmers and funeral directors of Altoona, Pa., was born March 11, 1859, in
Altoona, and is a son of William O'Neill. The father of our subject was a
native of Ireland, and in 1849 came to Altoona, where he engaged in the
grocery business during the remainder of his active life. He was a prominent
figure in the business and political circles of Altoona, and died here in
1899.
     Thomas C. O'Neill grew to maturity in Altoona, and attended the common
schools. Early in life he entered the Pa. Railroad shops as messenger boy,
which position he held four months, then attended school another year, after
which he worked one year in the blacksmith shop of the Pa. R. R. Company. He
was subsequently transferred to their machine shops, where he operated a
drill one year, then served an apprenticeship in cabinet-making with John
Hickey, and the next eighteen years were spent in the cabinet-making
department of the Pa. R. R. Shops. On January 9, 1895, Mr. O'Neill entered
into partnership with J. B. Hickey in the embalming and undertaking business,
operating under the firm name of Hickey & O'Neill. They have been highly
successful and are now the leading funeral directors of this section having
an increase of from sixty to 380 funerals annually. Mr. O'Neill is a member
of the Central Pennsylvania Funeral Directors' Association, and is identified
with various Building Associations.
     Mr. O'Neill was married in 1891, to Miss Amelia Brennecke, a daughter of
Christian Brennecke of Altoona, and to them have been born two children:
Esther, who is a student at Wellesley College, and Thomas C. O'Neill, Jr. Mr.
O'Neill is a member of the St. Luke's Episcopal church, of which he is a
member of the Vestry and senior warden. He was baptized by the First
Presbyterian minister of Altoona, Rev. Clark. He is affiliated with the
Knights of Pythias, the I. O. O. F., the Heptasophs, and is past master of
Mountain Lodge No. 281, F. & A. M.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 612.

HOWARD L. ORR, a prosperous and representative business man of Tyrone, Pa.,
wholesale and retail dealer in agricultural implements and supplies, with
business quarters on East Tenth Street, was born at Sinking Valley, Blair
County, Pa., December 25, 1864. His parents were George W. and Rachel
(Stalker) Orr.
     George W. Orr was born and spent his life in Sinking Valley, where he
died in 1894, at the age of sixty-six years. He was a son of John Orr (born
July 11, 1787), who came to America from Scotland in company with six
brothers. John settled first in Big Valley, Blair County, Pa., and then moved
to Sinking Valley, where he died in 1868, at the age of eighty-one years. He
married Annie Kyle, who was born June 18, 1789, and died in Sinking Valley,
September 28, 1845. They were survived by a large family whose names, with
dates of birth are as follows. Joseph K., born April 19, 1810; Samuel K.,
February 14, 1812; Oliver P., December 16, 1813; Annie C., September 24,
1815; Jane E., May 4, 1817; William H., May 2, 1819; Matilda, December 17,
1822; Catherine, September 14, 1826; George W., April 7, 1829; Mary M., Oct,
16, 1831; John K., March 12, 1837.
     George W. Orr married Rachel Stalker, who was born at Warrior's Mark,
Huntingdon County, Pa., in 1833, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Stalker,
they being of Scotch-Irish descent. John Stalker was a blacksmith by trade
and followed the same at different places, dying at Spruce Creek, Pa., in
1865, aged fifty-eight years. His widow survived him forty-two years. She was
born in 1800 and died at Williamsburg, Pa., in February, 1907, being then in
her 107th year. George W. Orr and wife were members of the Presbyterian
church. Of their seven children there are three survivors, namely: Elizabeth,
who is the widow of Zachariah Jeffery, resides with her brother, Howard L., at
Tyrone; Martha, who is the wife of Frank E. Fleck, resides at No. 214 Crawford
Avenue, Altoona; and Howard L.
     Howard L. Orr attended the public schools of Sinking Valley and was
reared on the home farm on which he remained until he was thirty-six years of
age. In 1902 he moved to Tyrone and purchased the business then conducted by
Harvey M. Gray, dealer in agricultural implements. Mr. Orr greatly enlarged
the scope of the business and now conducts the largest establishment of its
kind in the city. He is agent for the Conklin and Kramer wagons and carries a
complete stock of buggies, spring wagons, sulky cultivators, spring-tooth
harrows, fertilizers, etc., as well as heavy and light harness, being a
manufacturer of the same, blankets, robes, saddlery goods and whips. Mr. Orr
is not only an enterprising and successful business man but he is a useful
and constructive citizen. He has been a lifelong Republican and on the ticket
of that party has been frequently elected to office but his performance of
public duties has been in no wise influenced by political bias. While a
resident of Sinking Valley he served on the school board and was twice
elected township supervisor. For the past five years he has been a member of
the town council, of which he is presiding officer. As a member of the Tyrone
Board of Trade and of the Business Men's Association, he assists in advancing
the commercial interests of Tyrone and is valued in these connections. He is
a director of the Blair County National Bank.
     On December 22, 1899, Mr. Orr was married to Miss Cora Bridenbaugh, a
daughter of Phillip and Annie (Bodley) Bridenbaugh, and they have one
daughter, Thelma, who was born April 14, 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Orr are members
of the First Presbyterian Church. He is identified with Allegheny Gateway
Lodge, No. 187, I. O. O. F., at Tyrone. Misses Martha and Mary Stalker, aunts
of Mr. Orr, reside at Williamsburg.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 904-905.

PROF. WILSON W. OSBORNE, who, for twenty-one years has been principal of the
justly noted Jefferson School at Altoona, Pa., has practically devoted his
whole life to educational work, and to him Altoona is much indebted, for he
has set the highest standards to which any of the schools of this city have
attained and aroused a spirit of emulation which has been most beneficial.
For fifty-six years he has been a teacher, and forty-six of these have been
spent at Altoona. He was born in Fulton County, Pa., July 3, 1830, and is a
son of David and Lillie (Stevens) Osborne.
     The Osborne family is of Scotch extraction and many of Prof. Osborne's
forefathers followed agricultural pursuits, both father and grandfather
having been successful tillers of the soil. Both of his parents are now
deceased, having lived into honored old age. They set a Christian example,
living consistently as members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and they
reared their children frugally and carefully, and when the time of necessity
came sent two of their sons to do battle for the preservation of the Union.
     Wilson W. Osborne was reared in his native county and his father's
calling was open to him, but one of his earliest ambitions was to cultivate a
natural bright and receptive mind rather than his father's broad acres. He was
given educational advantages and in 1853 was graduated from Cassville Academy,
in Huntingdon County. Not only had the youth ambition to learn but also the
desire and evident faculty to impart knowledge, and, in following the natural
bent of his mind and inclination, Prof. Osborne has reached a point where he
can look back with contentment and satisfaction, over a period of fifty-six
years of purely educational effort. He came to Altoona in 1863 and this city
has remained his home, a place where he can feel assured that the
friendliness he sees on every face is sincere, and that the hearty hand-clasp
that greets him, in all probability, is from one of the army of students who,
at one time or another, have profited either by his teaching or advice.
     Prof. Osborne was married in 1857, to Miss Catherine Bowles, who died
April 22, 1891. She was a sister of Prof. James B. Bowles of Altoona. To this
marriage the following children were born: Woods, who died at the age of
twenty-seven years; Crawford B.; Jennie, who became the wife of C. D. Jordan;
and Bertha E., who married Theodore H. Griffin.
     As a man of scholarly attainments and a close student of human nature,
Professor Osborne has naturally been interested in public affairs both in his
city and in the great outside world, but no persuasion has ever succeeded in
leading him to entertain any offer of political office. He is identified with
various educational organizations and has kept thoroughly abreast of the times
along this line. He was reared to believe in the principles of the Democratic
party and has never seen any reason to change his sentiments from those
cherished by his honored father.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 503-504.

FRANK J. OVER, postmaster at Hollidaysburg and editor of the Hollidaysburg
Register, was born at Bedford Pa., February 15, 1857, and is a son of David
and Elmira (Farquhar) Over. He belongs to a family that can be traced as far
back as 1718, when two brothers of the name of Over left their home near the
Rhine, in Germany, and came to America. They settled in Lancaster County,
Pa., and ever since their descendants have been numbered among the stable,
reliable and representative citizens of the state.
     David Over, father of Frank J., was long a prominent and influential
citizen of Blair County. He was born in Bedford County, April 5, 1825, and
was a son of John and Catherine (Zollinger) Over. His father was a native of
Franklin County, removing from there to Bedford in 1820, where he continued
to reside until his death in 1857. The mother of David Over belonged also to
an old German family that was founded in America about 1720. On both sides
the family had distinguished themselves in the Revolutionary War, and on the
paternal side also in the War of 1812 and the War with Mexico. while it
remained for the still later Overs to make the name notable in the Civil War.
David was reared at Bedford and after his period of school attendance was
over, served as apprentice to the printing business, completing it about the
time when the call came for troops for the Mexican War. He enlisted in Co.
L., 2nd Pa. Inf., and served until the close of that struggle, and then
returned to Bedford ready to resume peaceful pursuits. In 1850 he purchased
and assumed editorial charge of the Bedford Inquirer, which he conducted
until 1864 when he disposed of it. In the meanwhile he had satisfactorily
served as treasurer of Bedford County, to which office he was elected in
1856. In 1865 he became the editor and publisher of the Lewistown Gazette and
continued in this relation for one year. In 1868 he removed to Hollidaysburg
where he became editor and senior proprietor of the Hollidaysburg Register,
continuing the same until his death in December, 1900. He was an active
Republican, and in political circles from an early age took a leading part,
and in the editorial management of his paper helped to strengthen his party
in this section of the state. In 1880 he was a delegate to the National
Republican Convention at Chicago, and was one of the immortal 306 who stood
by General Grant in that convention. In 1886 Mr. Over was elected treasurer
of Blair County and served out his term with characteristic efficiency.
     In 1853 David Over was united in marriage with Elmira Farquhar, a
daughter of William N. Farquhar, of Bedford. Six children were born to them,
namely: Virginia, who is the wife of S. C. McLanahan; Frank J., who is
postmaster at Hollidaysburg; Julia, who married Harry H. Gardner, of Webb
City, Mo.; Nellie, who resides with her mother at No. 412 Penn Street,
Hollidaysburg; and William Henry and Mary Elizabeth, both of whom are
deceased.
     Frank J. Over was educated in the public and private schools of
Hollidaysburg and in boyhood entered his father's printing office to learn
the business. He completed his apprenticeship and on March 16, 1884, was
admitted to a full partnership by his father, the firm style adopted being D.
& F. J. Over. On the death of his father Mr. Over became sole proprietor.
Reared as he was he could scarcely fail to give support to the doctrines of
the Republican party, of which he is a very influential member. In 1892 he
was appointed postmaster at Hollidaysburg, and served one term when he was
succeeded by the late S. Gibson Barr. In 1905 he was again appointed to this
important office by ex-President Roosevelt, and was reappointed in 1909. He
is a member of the borough school board and, like his late father, is
interested in everything that tends to advance the interests of Hollidaysburg
or Blair County.
     Mr. Over was married June 14, 1883, to Miss Anna C. Bailey, of Sinking
Valley, and they have four children: Stuart B., Elizabeth, Frances Ruth and
Frank J., Jr. Elizabeth married H. H. Garrigues and they live at Kittanning,
Pa. The family home is at No. 801 Walnut Street, Hollidaysburg.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 603-604.

L. R. OVER, postmaster at Curryville, Pa., agent for the Adams Express
Company at Curry Station and for the Pennsylvania Railroad and also owning a
warehouse at Curry Station, is a general merchant at Curryville, dealing in
grain, feed, coal, vehicles, farm implements, phosphates and general
merchandise, and, with his many interests, is a leading man in this section.
He was born in Bedford County, Pa., September 29, 1871, and is a son of David
H. and Elizabeth (Replogle) Over.
     David H. Over and wife were both natives of Bedford County, both being
of old families of that section. During the Civil War, David H. Over was a
soldier in the Union army and later successfully followed farming near New
Enterprise, Bedford County, where his death occurred in 1904.
     L. R. Over was reared and educated in Bedford County and when nineteen
years of age became a clerk for H. B. Aaron, a merchant at Loysburg, Pa., and
for five years occupied a similar position with that and other mercantile
houses, for one year being with L. Z. Replogle at Altoona and one year with
the Penn Traffic Company, at Johnstown. He then embarked in a general
merchandise business for himself at New Enterprise, Bedford County and came
from there to Curry Station and Curryville, in 1909, assuming at that time
the different interests he is now successfully carrying on. In politics, Mr.
Over is a Republican but outside of his present office, he has accepted no
political position. He is a member of the Church of the Brethren, in which he
is a deacon.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 905-906.

D. E. PARKER, president of the First National Bank, and one of the leading
citizens of Juniata, Pa., was born in 1856 in Huntingdon County, Pa., and was
there educated and reared to maturity. About 1878 Mr. Parker came to Altoona
and engaged in carpentering until 1889, and then established a planing mill
and carried on a general contracting business until 1905. In January of that
year, Mr. Parker and others organized the First National Bank of Juniata,
which was opened up for business June 28, 1906, and has been president of
same since the time of its organization. They have met with uninterrupted
success in their work and have grown rapidly along all lines. Mr. Parker has
served 13 years on the village council, and is fraternally a member of the I.
O. O. F., the Encampment, the Juniata Grange, and the Juniata Fire Company.
His religious connection is with the Presbyterian Church of Juniata, of which
he is a member of the board of trustees.
     On May 20, 1880, Mr. Parker was joined in the bonds of wedlock with
Alice Miller of Huntingdon County, Pa., and to them have been born two
children; Clara, who is the wife of C. A. Jones of Juniata, Pa.; and Dora.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 871.

JOSEPH WALKER PARKS, proprietor of the Wopsy Poultry Yards, located two and a
half miles northwest of Altoona on the Altoona and Beech Creek Railroad is a
man young in years but of more than national reputation as a poultryman.
Although he has won numerous firsts with show birds at many of the best
shows, it is in commercial qualities he has excelled. "Parks' 200 Egg-Strain,
bred-to-lay, Barred Plymouth-Rocks," have attracted the widest attention and
he has made shipments of eggs to all parts of this country, Hawaii and
Mexico. He also has shipped chickens to all parts of the world, to Spain,,
England, Australia, Porto Rico and Cuba, Panama, Alaska. The Wopsy Poultry
Yards have furnished chickens for the Pennsylvania State College, the
Arkansas State College, Iowa State College, and also the Government Indian
Reservation in Oklahoma. Mr. Parks has made a study of the business from
every standpoint, and the success with which he has met where others have
failed, shows the reward of intelligent and well merited effort.
     Joseph Walker Parks was born in Kaiser, W. Va., May 30, 1881, and is a
son of Joseph R. and Alice Carolina (Ross) Parks. His mother died July 17,
1904, and was buried at Maurers Cemetery. His father resides with him, and is
assessor of Logan Township, a position he has filled for a number of years.
     Joseph W. Parks was one year old when his parents moved to Altoona, Pa.,
and here he was reared and educated, attending the public schools and the
Altoona Business College. He had a fancy for pet stock from the first of his
recollections and when quite a small tot had a very nice selection of
bunnies, and his first start in chickens was of a pair that he traded two
rabbits for. Then his next venture was to pay $1 for three hens; the chickens
were immediately named and he has and prizes very highly the old record book
that he kept of the work of the biddies, each one having its name - one Bess,
Gray, Nellie, and Blacky - and while there were no rap nests at that time, Mr.
Parks knew each hen's eggs, and kept a close record of same, and his old books
show that Gray laid 20 eggs without missing a day. Mr. Parks living in town
and only having a small lot, worked at several different jobs, but the hen
fever enthusiasm carried him over seemingly insurmountable obstacles, showing
that he had struck the proper channel.
     Mr. Parks was three months in the employ of Howard Cox, whom he in after
years bought out.  May 1, 1899, with less than five dollars in his pocket, he
started west on a bicycle with a view of obtaining a job on a poultry farm.
He went to the farm of Mr. Keeler at Winnemac, Indiana, and although his
means were practically exhausted, he would not accept the offer made to him.
He immediately started for Hope, Indiana, sleeping out in the open en route,
and upon his arrival entered the employ of Sidney Conger, after riding 23
days. He remained six months, and then for five months was with Judge B. N.
Pierce of Indianapolis, preparing the latter's birds for the various shows,
including the Chicago and Indianapolis Shows. Returning to Altoona he
persuaded his parents to move to the farm on which he now lives. He remained
home five or six months, then returned to Judge Pierce at Indianapolis. In
the spring he again came home and started his poultry farm on a scientific
basis, in addition to his stock, having purchased the chickens and equipment
from his former employer, Mr. Cox. Being short of means, he worked nights in
the railroad shops, attending to his chickens during the day.
     In 1903 Mr. Parks left the business in charge of his father and again
went to Hope, Indiana, where he prepared the chickens of U. R. Fishell, the
largest specialty breeder in the world, for the World's Fair at St. Louis. He
had charge of the car with all the poultry from that section of Indiana, and
upon his arrival at St. Louis was made assistant superintendent at the
World's Fair. Of five events in competition with the world, some 700 White
Rocks being entered, Fishell captured three firsts with birds prepared by Mr.
Parks. After the close of the fair he returned to his home and with renewed
energy turned his attention to the development of his own farm. It was his
aim to raise chickens with good commercial points rather than show birds, and
he labored incessantly to improve the strain of his Barred Plymouth Rocks,
improving his place with all that was modern and most approved for the care
of his stock. The results were of the best and prize after prize has fallen
to his flock. Prof. Graham of the Ontario Agriculture College pronounced his
the best for commercial purposes he had seen. He has selected pens,
containing chickens only with records of 200 eggs or better a year. Some have
better records and one has a record of 255 eggs in 365 consecutive days. There
is a constant demand for eggs and chickens, and the letters received from
purchasers are such that Mr. Parks may well look with pride upon what he has
accomplished. He has now in course of construction an incubator and brooder
house, 25 by 110  feet, with one 20,000 capacity incubator, and one 3,500
chick capacity brooder. Heat is supplied with two automatic hard coal stoves.
Mr. Parks is also inventor and patentee of a device for breaking up broody
hens, that has been a boon to the poultry business and is proving a
profitable investment for the time spent in working out same. He gives much
of the credit for his success to his father, who also had an interest in the
business until the fall of 1909, when our subject bought his father's interest.
     On February 6, 1908, Mr. Parks was married to Viola Eleanor Moore, who
was born in Logan Township, and is a daughter of Calvin B. Moore. Two
children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Parks: Joseph Calvin, and Robert
Richard. Mr. Parks is politically a Republican, although inclined to be
independent, and has served two years as township clerk. He is a member of
the P. O. S. of A., the Grangers and the American Poultry Association.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 890-892.

THOMAS C. PARSONS, one of the leading business men and representative
citizens of Altoona, Pa., who carries on an extensive real estate, loan and
investment business, was born in Center County, Pa., in 1854. He was reared
and educated in that county, and after coming to Blair County clerked in a
general store at Altoona for five years. He then embarked in business for
himself, conducting a general store with well merited success for 25 years.
Later he engaged in his present line of business, in which he has been highly
successful. He handles his own real estate, and deals largely in loans and
investments. Mr. Parsons was joined in marriage with Frances T. McGlathery
(now deceased) and of their union was' born one son, T. Chester Parsons, who
is employed as time keeper for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Mr. Parsons
holds membership with the First Presbyterian Church, and is now serving as a
member of its board of trustees.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 627.