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REV. AARON H. STERN, who has been an acceptable minister in the Brethren of
Christ church, since 1906, is well known through Taylor Township, Blair
County, in that relation and also as a successful farmer, cultivating his 150
acres of valuable land. He is a native of Taylor Township, born August 14,
1873, and is a son of Jacob B. and Sarah (Hoffman) Stern.
     Jacob B. Stern and wife were both born in Bedford County. His father and
also his grandfather, were named Peter Stern, and the latter was probably born
in Germany and was one of the early settlers in Bedford County, Pa. From there
Jacob B. Stein moved to Taylor Township, Blair County, about fifty years ago
and died here in 1908, surviving his wife for about fifteen years. They were
members of the Brethren of Christ church. Of their five children the
following survive: Isaac H., a minister and farmer, who lives in Taylor
Township; Ellen J., who is the wife of William H. Feather, of Taylor
Township; Rebecca M., who is the wife of S. B. Stoner, of Brown County, Kas.;
Aaron H.; and Mary A., who is deceased.
     Aaron H. Stern has practically spent his life in Taylor Township,
gaining his education here and since old enough, has been actively engaged in
farming. He married Catherine Kensinger, who was born in Blair County and they
have six children: Earl K., S. Ruth, Ira K., Jacob K., Minnie E and Samuel
K.  The Sterns have long been numbered with the reliable, representative and
substantial citizens of Taylor Township.

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

ADIE ALLEN STEVENS, vice president of the First national Bank of Tyrone and
also vice president of the American Lime and Stone Company as well as its
general manager, for years has been identified with Tyrone's leading business
interests and is one of the city's largest property owners and tax payers.  He
was born August 20, 1845, in Blair County, Pa., and is a son of James and
Catherine A. Stevens.
     James Stevens was born also in Blair County and during a comparatively
short life, continued to reside in Antis Township, where his death occurred
in 1846.  He married Catherine Agnew, also a native of Blair Count and now a
venerable resident of Tyrone, having reached her eighty-seventh year. Two
children were born to this marriage, Finley and Adie Allen. The former was
killed at the battle of Fort Wagner, during the Civil War having been a
member of Co. F, 76th Pa. Vol. Inf.
     Adie Allen Stevens was a babe of one year when his father died. He was
carefully reared by his capable and judicious mother and was educated at
Tipton, Charlottesville and Altoona, where he resided at the time Altoona was
first laid out as a town. He was a volunteer of the Civil War, enlisting in
the First Pa. Vol. Inf., and reenlisting in the 15th Pa. Vol. Cav., and
continued in the service until the end of the war, his record being that of a
brave and efficient soldier. He then learned photography and from 1865 until
1870 devoted himself more or less to perfecting his skill in the art, but in
the latter year he settled down to the serious study of law, entering the
office of the law firm of Neff & Riley, at Altoona. In March, 1872, after
being admitted to the bar of Blair County, he located at Tyrone and ever
since then has been recognized as an able exponent of the law, practicing in
the Supreme and Superior Courts of Pennsylvania and in the United States
District and Circuit Courts. He has been successfully connected with a large
part of the important litigation engaging the attention of the courts of
Blair County, and for twenty years served as president of the Blair County
Bar Association.
     His professional interests, however, although important from the first,
by no means measure Mr. Stevens' capacity or aggregate what he has
accomplished. As early as 1873 his fellow citizens welcomed his spirit of
enterprise when he became one of the promoters of the Tyrone Gas and Water
Company, utilities of which the borough was in great need of having
reorganized, and it was mainly through his efforts that the present complete
and satisfactory systems were put in, and he is now and has been its
president and general manager. He was also early interested in the Home
Electric Light Company and was one of the first agitators and suggestors of
practical methods for improving and paving the public streets of Tyrone. To
appreciate the full value of such efforts, it requires the looking back of
but a few years to a time when the city's well laid out avenues were still
unpaved, when the highways into the city, with few exceptions, were only
drawbacks to trade and when Tyrone's famous and beautiful driveway, the
Parkway, had not been thought of perhaps in any but the fertile brain of Mr.
Stevens.  He owns the beautiful park adjoining Tyrone and maintains it for
the free use of the public. In cooperation, with other capitalists, but
usually as the prime mover, Mr. Stevens has beer the promoter, founder and
fosterer of very many of the important business enterprises of this section,
and various industries, banks; business houses, schools and churches have
profited by his liberality and broad-minded policies. He was one of the
organizers and builders of the Tyrone Opera House; was one of the founders of
the First National Bank; is a member of the present school board and chairman
of its finance committee and also had charge of the erection of the beautiful
building belonging to the First Methodist Episcopal Church. Seemingly a man
with so many interests would have little time for family or social life, but
this is not the case. He is the center of an admiring and devoted family, is
an active member of the Tyrone Club and the Tyrone Country Club, having been
one of the founders of both organizations, and is otherwise interested.
     Mr. Stevens was first married, May 31, 1868, to Miss Emma Howe, who died
January 9, 1899. She was a daughter of Maxwell Howe, of Altoona. To this
marriage four children were born, namely: George B., Emma May, Irene, and
James Howe. The eldest son, the late George B. Stevens, was born December 15,
1876, and died September 29, 1907. He was one of the foremost business men of
Tyrone and his loss was felt in every circle. For some years he was general
sales agent for the American Lime and Stone Company of Tyrone, which is the
largest concern of its kind in the United States. Personally he had many
friends. He married Edith B. Hoffman and two children survive him: Helen and
George. Emma May Stevens married B. Frank Brantley, who is a traveling
salesman for a Philadelphia house. Irene died at the age of three years.
James Howe Stevens is associated with the Tyrone Gas and Water Company. He
married Mabel Crawford, a daughter of Dr. L. F. Crawford, of Tyrone, and they
have one son, Adie Allen Stevens, Jr.
     Mr. Stevens was married second to Miss Sarah C. Cochran, June 12, 1899,
who died January 27, 1904. She was a daughter of William and Eliza Cochran,
of Tyrone. Mr. Stevens was married to the estimable lady who now graces his
home, Mrs. Mary Hazzard, on April 29, 1909. She is a daughter of Azro Goff,
of Washington City, D. C., and was the widow of Chilton Hazzard, formerly a
prominent journalist of Monongahela City, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens attend the
First Methodist Episcopal Church and he for years has been a liberal
contributor to its many benevolent enterprises. In politics he is a
Prohibitionist and is widely known in this connection, his attitude giving
encouragement to all workers in the cause of temperance. He retains his
interest in his old comrades in battle and is a member of D. M. Jones Post,
G. A. R., at Tyrone.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 793-795.

N. AUGUSTINE STEVENS, funeral director, with finely appointed quarters at No.
1619 Eighth Avenue, Altoona, was born in this city in 1872, and is a son of
Joseph and Matilda (Flaugh) Stevens.
     Joseph Stevens was born in Blair County, in 1844, and died in March,
1910. He was a son of Nicholas R. Stevens, who was also born in Blair County.
The Stevens family is not only one of the very oldest in Blair County, but one
of the few in the United States which can trace its founder to a member of
that daring body of men who manned the flag-ship of no less a person than
Christopher Columbus when the little caravel brought the great discoverer to
American shores. For thirty years the late Joseph Stevens was engaged in the
undertaking business at Altoona. He married Matilda Flaugh, who survives, and
they had ten children, and of this family the following are living: N.
Augustine; Agnes, who is the wife of L. A. Luther, of Altoona, whose ancestry
can be traced back to the great Lutheran reformer, Martin Luther; Gertrude; J.
Edward, who is in the furniture and undertaking business at Carrolltown, Pa.;
Theresa; Charles C., who lives at Altoona; Frank B., who is a druggist at
Altoona; Clara E.; Vincent L., who is connected with his oldest brother in
business; and Gerald H., who is a student of pharmacy.
     N. Augustine Stevens was reared and educated at Altoona and as soon as
he left school became associated with his father and was so connected for
twenty-two years, under the firm style of Joseph Stevens & Son, at and on the
death of the older partner, succeeded to the business. The firm long since
built up a business reputation for honesty, integrity, promptness and
courtesy. Mr. Stevens carries a large stock of the equipments necessary to
his business, and can be relied on in every emergency.
     In 1900, Mr. Stevens was married to Miss Regina Allen, a daughter of
James Allen of Altoona, and they have four children: Maria M., Joseph J.,
Frances A. and Thomas M.  Mr. Stevens and family belong to the Sacred Heart
Catholic church. He is identified with the Knights of Columbus, the Elks, the
Young Men's Institute, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and the Knights of St.
George. He belongs also to the State Funeral Directors' Association.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 664.

ANGUS B. STEWART, whose valuable farm of 185 acres is situated in Frankstown
Township, Blair County, Pa., was born in this township, July 9, 1850, and is
the only surviving child of his parents, who were Harvey and Susan (Brua) Stewart.
     Harvey Stewart was born also in Frankstown Township and was a son of
Henry and Elizabeth (Moore) Stewart, early settlers in this section,, and of
Scotch extraction. Harvey Stewart engaged in farm pursuits until his death,
at the age of forty-four years. He married Susan Brua, who survived to be
eighty-seven years of age. Her parents were Daniel and Mary (Buckwalter) Brua.
     Angus B. Stewart attended the district schools in his boyhood and then
turned his attention to farming and has continued in this line, the
cultivating of his land and the raising of stock bringing him contentment,
together with ample financial results.
     On November 28, 1871, Mr. Stewart was married to Miss Ruth E. Robinson,
daughter of Joseph and Dorcas (Elliott) Robinson, and a granddaughter of
Abraham and Mary (McKewan) Robinson, and of Joseph and Ruth (Holliday)
Elliott. The parents of Mrs. Stewart are both deceased. Her father was a
member of the Legislature for two years and a man of state prominence. She is
the youngest of her parents' family, the others being: Margaret, now deceased,
who was the wife of Elias Moore; John, who is deceased; and Joseph.
     To Mr. and Mrs. Stewart seven children have been born, namely: Joseph
H., who died at the age of eighteen years; Harry H., who died, aged two
years; Harry M., who is a practicing physician in Cambria County, Pa.; Olive,
who is the wife of Guy Smith; and Frank, Mary and Ethel, who reside at home.
Mr. Stewart and family are members of the Presbyterian church at
Hollidaysburg, to which his parents also belonged, and in the shadow of which
their ashes rest. Politically Mr. Stewart is a staunch Republican as was his
father before him, but he has seldom found time to serve in public
capacities. He is interested in educational matters, however, and has been a
school director and for one year served as supervisor of Frankstown Township.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 602-603.

ABRAHAM L. STIFFLER, postmaster at Canoe Creek, Pa., and proprietor of a
general store in the village, is the owner of a comfortable residence and two
acres of land surrounding it. He was born in Frankstown Township, Blair
County, Pa., in September, 1860, and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Leighty)
Stiffler.
     Joseph Stiffler was a son of Henry Stiffler, a very early settler in
Frankstown Township. The former was a farmer all through his active life and
was one of the leading members of the Dunkard church here. He married Mary
Leighty and both are now deceased. To them were born the following children.
Nancy, who is the widow of Robert Curry; Mary Jane, who is the wife of J. J.
Noffsker; Harrison; William, who is deceased; Sylvanus; Esther, who is the
wife of James Sell; Sarah, who is the wife of Isaac Metzgar; Jacob H.;
George; Abraham L., and Susan, who died when aged nine years.
     Abraham L. Stiffler attended the public schools and then spent three
terms in the Huntingdon Normal School, after which he returned to the home
farm and there engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1900, when he became
manager of a store at Point View for three years. From there he came to Canoe
Creek and entered into the mercantile business here and in 1905 he was
appointed postmaster. He does a large and safe business and also attends to
his official duties in a manner entirely satisfactory to the public.
     In March, 1888, Mr. Stiffler was married to Miss Emma Berger, a daughter
of Davis and Catherine (Winkler) Berger, who were farmers in Frankstown
Township and the parents of the following children; Elizabeth, who is the
wife of J. N. Koofer; Ephraim; Frank; Della, who is the wife of J. H.
Robison; Emma, who is the wife of Mr. Stiffler; Margaret, who is the wife of
W. H. Harpster, one of the county commissioners of Blair County; Linda; Lewis
and May.  Mr. and Mrs. Stiffler have had three children born to them, namely:
Ira, Mary, who married Grant Smith and they have one son, Alfred; and
Lewis.  Mr. Stiffler and family are members of the Brethren church. In
politics he is a Republican. He has always been interested in the educational
advancement of the community and has served on the school board.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 551-552.

FREDERICK STIFFLER, a leading citizen of Allegheny Township, Blair County,
Pa., is one of the veteran dairymen of this section, having been identified
with this industry for over a quarter of a century. His dairy farm comprises
thirty-five acres and the business is conducted according to modern methods
and sanitary regulations. He was born in Blair County, Pa., February 5, 1857,
and is a son of James M. and Elizabeth W. (Weaver) Stiffler.
     James M. Stiffler was born in Bedford County, Pa., a son of Frederick
Stiffler, also of Bedford County, but probably of German parentage. James M.
Stiffler became a man of public importance in Blair County and in 1876 was
elected sheriff and served in that office for three years, and he was also a
member of the board of directors of the Blair County Home. Agriculture was
his business but he was frequently called upon to serve in office and was
best known to township and county in some public capacity. His death occurred
January 31, 1908. He married Elizabeth W. Weaver, who was born in Blair County
and died in 1887. Of their family of children there are five survivors, as
follows: Frederick; Lavina, who is the wife of W. H. Good, of Logan Township;
Martha M., who is the wife of Frederick Maxfield, of Omaha, Neb.; and George
W. and Mary F., both of whom live in Allegheny Township.
     When Frederick Stiffler was twelve years old, his parents moved from
Newry to Allegheny Township, where he completed his education in the public
schools and has continued to reside. He devotes his attention almost entirely
to his dairy interests and operates a milk route through Altoona. In politics
he is a stanch Republican and has frequently been chosen by his fellow
citizens for public positions in which intelligence, tact and good judgment
were required. For three years he served as road supervisor of his township
and during one year of this period was president of the board, and he is now
serving in his third term as a member of the school board, of which he is
treasurer.
     Mr. Stiffler married Miss Mary C. Delozier, a daughter of the late John
Delozier, of Frankstown Township, and eight of their eleven children still
survive, as follows: John D., William G., Joseph O., Lois L., Ross C., Lee
C., Mary F. and Winnifred M.  Mr. Stiffler is a member of the Royal Order of
Moose, at Altoona.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 624.

GEORGE W. STIFFLER, a well known citizen of Allegheny Township, and a
representative of one of the solid old families of Blair County, Pa., has
been a resident of Canan Station since 1880. He was born in Allegheny
Township, December 10, 1869, and is a son of James M. and Elizabeth (Weaver)
Stiffler.
     James M. Stiffler was born in what was then Bedford but later Blair
County, and was a son of Frederick Stiffler, a native of Bedford County and
of German ancestry. James M. Stiffler was a leading citizen of Blair County
and served in the office of sheriff for three years and held numerous
township positions of responsibility. He settled at Canan Station in 1880 and
resided here until his death which occurred January 29, 1908, when he was
about seventy-five years of age. In politics he was a Republican and in
religious faith was a Lutheran. He married Elizabeth Weaver, who died in
1887. Of their children the following survive: Frederick, of Allegheny
Township; Levinia, wife of Howard W. Good, of Logan Township; Martha, wife of
Frederick Maxfield, of Omaha, Neb.; and George W. and Mary F., both of
Allegheny Township.
     George W. Stiffler grew to manhood in Allegheny Township and was
educated in the public schools. In 1904 he was married to Miss Erna Reiswick,
who was born in Bedford County and is a daughter of George W. Reiswick, and
they have three children: Lewis E., Frances M., and James M.  Mr. Stiffler is
a Republican in his political views and at times has held public office,
serving for several years as auditor of Allegheny Township. He is identified
with the Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, at Eldorado, Pa., and is a member of
the Royal Order of the Moose at Altoona.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 748-749.

HARRY T. STIFFLER, who resides on a farm of thirty acres in Canoe Creek, Pa.,
is mail carrier for the Canoe Creek Post Office, and was born November 1,
1840, in Allegheny Township, Blair County, Pa., and is a son of Joseph and
Mary (Leighty) Stiffler.
     Joseph Stiffler was born in Blair County, Pa., a son of Henry and Nancy
Stiffler, and followed farming here all his life. His union with Mary
Leighty, who was a daughter of Jacob and Barbara Leighty, resulted in the
following issue: Nancy, who is the widow of Robert Curry; Jane, who is the
widow of J. J. Noffsker; Harry T., our subject; William, who died in the army
during the Civil War; Esther, who is the wife of Rev. James Sell, a United
Brethren minister; George R.; Sarah, who is the wife of Isaac Metzker; and A.
L. Stiffler, who is the postmaster at Canoe Creek, Pa. The parents of our
subject were both members of the United Brethren church. They were buried in
the Carson Valley Cemetery.
     Harry T. Stiffler was reared in Blair County, Pa., and after obtaining a
common school education, learned the carpenter trade, which he followed for
four years, since when he has always followed farming and in connection with
same has served about twenty years as postmaster of Canoe Creek, having been
appointed during President Lincoln's administration. In 1864 he enlisted for
service in the Civil War, in Co. M., 9th. Vol. Cav., and served until the
close of the war, being honorably discharged in June 1865.
     In October, 1867, Mr. Stiffler was united in marriage with Mrs. Clara
(Brown) Harpter, whose first husband was killed in the war. She is a daughter
of David and Anna (Neidrich) Brown, and has one sister, Catherine, who is the
widow of Alvin McKenzie. Mr. Stiffler is politically a Republican, but has
never cared to hold office. He belongs to the United Brethren church. He is a
member of the G. A. R. and has not missed one National Encampment for
twenty-nine years.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 597-598.

HENRY M. STIFFLER, formerly burgess of Duncansville, Pa., and a veteran of
the Civil War, has been a resident of this pleasant borough since 1896.  He
was born near Enterprise, Bedford County, Pa., May 20, 1838, and is a son of
Peter and Elizabeth (Smith) Stiffler.
     Peter Stiffler was born in York County, Pa., a son of Peter Stiffler,
who was one of the old settlers.  In 1847, the parents of Henry M. Stiffler
moved to Blair County and settled in Freedom Township.  The grandfather, who
had probably come to York County about 1802, accompanied them and died there.
Peter Stiffler married Elizabeth Smith, a native of Bedford County, and of
their children three survive: Esther, who is the widow of S. W. Furney,
formerly of Carroll County, Mo., resides at Eldorado, in that state; Henry
M.; and Elizabeth A., who is the wife of Samuel A. Stultz, of Fortesque, Mo. 
     Henry M. Stiffler was reared on a farm and received a district school
education. In 1879 he moved to Altoona, where he resided until 1891, when he
removed to Allegheny Township, Blair County, where he was engaged in
agricultural pursuits until 1896, when he came to Duncansville. He still
retains his farm of 104 acres in Allegheny Township. In February, 1864, Mr.
Stiffler enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Co. A, 55th Pa. Vol.
Inf., which was attached to the Army of the James, and he was stationed in
South Carolina and in Virginia and was honorably discharged on May 26, 1865.
On May 6, 1864, while on the advance skirmish line in Virginia, between City
Point and Petersburg, he received a wound in his right foot which was serious
enough to confine him to a hospital for three months. After his discharge he
returned to Blair County and resumed farming in Freedom Township, and resided
there until he removed to Altoona in 1879.
     Mr. Stiffler was married September 8, 1859, to Miss Jane E. McConnell, a
native of Greenfield Township, now in Blair County, where she was born October
20, 1842. Her parents were James and Elizabeth (Helsel) McConnell, both
natives of Pennsylvania. The father lived in Juniata Township, Blair County,
for a number of years and later moved with his family to Greenfield and
afterwards to Freedom Township, where both he and wife died. Mrs. Stiffler
has two surviving sisters: Margaret, wife of J. A. Thompson, residing at
Newry, Pa.; and Agnes, wife of Adam Hazenstab, of Freedom Township. Mr. and
Mrs. Stiffler celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary on September 8,
1909. They are members of the Lutheran church at Duncansville and in this
connection as in others, are valued and esteemed. Mr. Stiffler has always
been identified with the Republican party and has always taken an active
citizen's interest in the welfare of the place in which he has lived. He has
served three years as burgess of Duncansville as well as on many public
committees. He is a member of Stephen C. Potts Post No. 62, G. A. R., at
Altoona.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 485-486.

EDWIN W. STINE, assistant trainmaster of the Tyrone Division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, at Tyrone, Pa., came to this borough when a lad of
thirteen years and has been connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
for some thirty-six years. He was born at Millheim, Center County, Pa., March
3, 1860, and is a son of David C. and Elizabeth (Wagner) Stine.
     David C. Stine was born at East Hanover, Lebanan County, Pa., and Miss
Elizabeth A. Wagner, his wife, was born in Centre County, and died in Tyrone
in 1880, aged 43 years. D. C. Stine died at Tipton, a small village three
miles west of Tyrone, December 16, 1910, aged 73 years. He was a carpenter by
trade. Two of his children survive, Edwin W. and Virginia, the latter being
the wife of Harry Dinges, of Center Hall, Pa.
     Edwin W. Stine was educated in the schools of Millheim, Center Hall and
Tyrone. In 1874 he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad, as a
messenger boy, but did not long remain in this humble capacity, as he applied
himself to mastering railroad telegraphing and became so expert and reliable
that he subsequently filled important positions at Altoona, Huntingdon and
Tyrone, on the Middle Division. In 1881 his efficiency caused his
transference to the Tyrone Division as operator in the superintendent's
office; in 1887 he was appointed train dispatcher; and on January 1, 1900,
further confidence was shown in him by his appointment to his present office
of assistant trainmaster. His rise from the bottom has been gradual and
uninterrupted and his thorough training in every detail all along the way,
has particularly qualified him for positions where absolute accuracy and the
best of qualities of all kinds are essential.
     On September 12, 1894, Mr. Stine was married to Miss Mirma M. Coulter, a
daughter of John S. and Ella C. Coulter, of Tyrone. They are members of the
Presbyterian church. Mr. Stine has been deeply interested in the Y. M. C. A.
ever since the organization of the branch at Tyrone and has served in
official positions in the organization, at one time being president. He is a
life member of the F. & A. M., Lodge 494, at Tyrone, and belongs also to
Sinking Spring Lodge, Knights of Pythias, is a charter member of the Knights
of the Golden Eagle, and belongs also to social bodies. In politics he is a
Republican and is serving as a member of the borough council from the Fifth
Ward. His activities in this position are those of a man who has the best
interests of his community at heart and all public matters brought to his
attention are carefully investigated and if justifiable, receive his hearty
support.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 934.

GEORGE STOM, whose valuable farm of 128 acres is situated in Allegheny
Township, Blair County, Pa., has been a lifelong resident of this township.
and was born here June 11, 1843. His parents were George and Catherine Stom.
     Both the father and mother of Mr. Stom were born in Baden, Germany, and
they were about twenty-five years of age when they emigrated to America and
came directly to Blair County. They secured land that was then heavily
timbered. They were sturdy, industrious German people and soon accomplished
the clearing of this land and here they lived until death. They were
consistent members of the Lutheran church. Of their children the following
still survive: Mary, widow of O. U. Selvitz, of Allegheny Township; George;
Catherine, of Altoona; Margaret, wife of Joseph Wilt, of Duncansville; David,
of Allegheny Township, while three are deceased; Sarah, John and Jacob. Jacob
Stom was a soldier in the Civil War and was killed at the battle of the Wilderness.
     George Stom had but few educational advantages when he was a boy but his
farm training began early and was very thorough and he is numbered with the
successful agriculturists of this section. He has lived on his present farm
for forty years and in addition to raising grain, potatoes and hay, he
devotes considerable attention to growing fruit, having orchards and also
patches of small fruits. He follows very practical methods and has greatly
prospered.
     Mr. Stom married Miss Almina Clapper, a daughter of George Clapper, a
former resident of Allegheny Township, and a family of eight children were
born to them, namely: Mary, who is the wife of Austin Helsel, of Allegheny
Township; Annie, who is the wife of William Sherman, also of Allegheny
Township; William and Noble H., both of whom reside at Altoona; Howard, who
is a resident of Pitcairn, Pa.; Elsie, who is the wife of Charles Gearhart,
of Duncansville, Pa.; Lloyd, who resides at Altoona; and Stella, who lives at
home. Mr. Stom and family are members of the Lutheran church at Duncansville.
He is not identified with either of the great political parties but casts his
vote according to his own judgment.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 677.

ANDREW TYBOUT STONE, the subject of this article, was born in Hollidaysburg,
Pa., on February 22, 1848. He is the son of Colonel William and Martha
(Thomas) Stone, both deceased.
     Mr. Stone attended the public schools of Hollidaysburg until the age of
twelve years. when he entered the iron foundry of McLanahan and Stone Co., as
an apprentice.
     On June 3, 1863, Mr. Stone enlisted in Co. F, Independent Battalion Pa.
Militia, Capt. Dan J. Travis, and served for sixty days, being discharged
August 8, 1863.
     After being discharged from the army Mr. Stone returned to the
McLanahan-Stone Foundry in Hollidaysburg, and completed his trade as a
moulder.
     In August, 1867, Mr. Stone left McLanahan-Stone for whom he had worked
after completing his apprenticeship, and went to Providence, R. I., where he
was employed by Fuller's Iron Foundry.
     In April, 1868, during a depression in business and consequent scarcity
of work, Mr. Stone shipped on the brig "Hays" as a common seaman, and sailed
from Boston to Mobile and Pensacola, returning to Boston in two months' time.
He next went to Johnstown, where he was employed by the Cambria Iron Company
of that place.
     In March, 1873, Mr. Stone entered the employment of Barney and Smith
Manufacturing Co. in Dayton, Ohio, as assistant foreman of the foundry. After
eighteen months with this firm he left them to become foreman of the foundry
of Stillwell and Bierce.
     During the panic of 1876 Mr. Stone returned East and secured employment
with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in Altoona, where he remained until 1881.
     In this year Mr. Stone moved to Hollidaysburg and became a partner in
the McLanahan and Stone Machine Company, and after the death of his father in 1902, 
succeeded him as vice president of the company, which position he now holds.
     Mr. Stone was married December 25, 1873, to Mary Holliday Kean of
Hollidaysburg, Pa., a daughter of Charles and Mary (Holliday) Kean, and of
this union five children were born, of whom the two oldest, Walter and
Charles, died in early childhood. The surviving children are Elizabeth, wife
of Dr. Webster Calvin of Hollidaysburg; Ralph H., of Pittsburg; and Andrew T.
Stone, Jr., of Hollidaysburg, Pa.
     Politically Mr. Stone is a Democrat, but an independent voter.
Fraternally he is a Mason, being a member of the Blue Lodge and Chapter of
Hollidaysburg, and of the Commandery and Shrine of Altoona. He is also a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Heptasophs of
Hollidaysburg, Pa., and of the Hollidaysburg Club.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 698-701.

DAVID CHALMER STONE, who is proprietor of a barber ship at Williamsburg, Pa.,
and also the owner of two residence properties in the borough, was born April
7, 1875, in Huntingdon County, Pa. He is a son of William and Elizabeth
(Myers) Stone, who are retired residents of Williamsburg.
     David C. Stone attended the local schools of Huntingdon and Blair
Counties, and after completing his education engaged in agricultural pursuits
for a short time. He then learned the barber's trade and since August 10,
1897, has been proprietor of his present shop, where he employs one man and
assistant. Mr. Stone is a Republican in politics, and has served on the town
council. He is fraternally a member of the Heptasophs of Williamsburg. On
August 29, 1901, Mr. Stone married Anna Ake, who is a daughter of P. W. and
Marion Ake, well known farmers of Blair County, and of their union has been
born one daughter, Elizabeth, who was born April 28, 1906. The religious
connection of the family is with the Methodist church.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 903.

WILLIAM STONE, who is now living in retirement at Williamsburg, Pa., was for
many years interested in agricultural pursuits in Huntingdon County, Pa., and
was engaged in various lines after locating in Blair County. He was born
October 7, 1839, in Huntingdon County, Pa., and is a son of William and Susan
(Weaver) Stone, who always resided in Huntingdon County, where he followed
farming. The father was politically a Republican. Both parents were members
of the Reformed church. The following children were born to the parents of
our subject: Mary, Catherine, Margaret, Abraham, Jacob, Harriet, William,
Annie, Elizabeth, Nancy and David.
     William Stone grew to maturity and was educated in his native county and
there subsequently followed farming until 1889. He then came to Blair County,
Pa., where he has since continued to live, and has been employed in various
lines of business. He has been living somewhat retired at Williamsburg for a
time, but for the past four years has been serving as janitor of the
Williamsburg school during the winter months. Mr. Stone resides in a very
fine brick house which was erected by him in 1908. He is a Republican in his
political views and in his religious connection is a Methodist.
     Mr. Stone was married September 10, 1874, to Elizabeth Myers, a daughter
of Amos and Eliza Myers, who were residents of Huntingdon County, Pa., and the
parents of the following children: Isaac, George, David, Reuben, Hannah,
Elizabeth, Harriet, Margaret, and William. To Mr. and Mrs. Stone six children
were born, namely: Chalmer; Hiram; Ada, who is the wife of Virgil Woods; Amos;
Thomas; and Elise.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 735-736.

SAMUEL I. STONER, United States Commissioner, to which office he was
appointed in 1908, has been a prominent factor in public affairs in this
section for a number of years and has occupied a prominent place on the
Altoona bar. He was born July 16, 1868, in Juniata County, Pa., and is one of
a family of seven children born to his parents, who were John and Rebecca
(Rickenbaugh) Stoner, the former of whom died in November, 1904.
     Samuel I. Stoner was reared on his father's farm in Juniata County. His
primary education was secured in the country schools and afterward he
attended the Mifflintown Academy and then entered Juniata College, where he
was graduated in 1892. He then became a student of law in the office of Hon.
J. N. Keeler, of Mifflintown, Pa., and was admitted to the bar of Juniata
County, in February, 1896, entering into practice at Mifflintown. Mr. Stoner
came to Altoona in 1898 and soon took a foremost place in his profession in
Blair County, and in the near future was admitted to the District, Supreme
and United States Courts. In 1901 he was first elected assistant district
attorney of Blair County and served for three years. Mr. Stoner resides at
No. 1117 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 576.

CHARLES A. STRAESSER, postmaster at Martinsburg, Pa., a progressive, public
spirited and useful citizen, is also a very popular public official. He is a
native of Martinsburg, born April 12, 1863, and is a son of John and Margaret
(Schmaltz) Straesser. John Straesser is a well remembered citizen of
Martinsburg where he was engaged in business for many years. He was born in
Germany and came to America in 1840, locating shortly afterward at
Martinsburg, where he died in 1893.
     Charles A. Straesser was educated in the Martinsburg schools. For some
years he carried on a prosperous business in the line of gentlemen's
furnishings, but since he assumed the duties of postmaster, he has devoted
himself entirely to matters pertaining to this office and to those connected
with the city council, of which he has been a member for six years. He was
appointed postmaster by the late President McKinley, in 1898, and has been
retained in office ever since. He is very active in political life and for
several years was a member of the Blair County Republican Central Committee.
     On January 26, 1901, Mr. Straesser was married to Miss Minnie C. Rhodes,
a daughter of the late Jacob D. Rhodes, of Martinsburg, and they have two
children: Charles A. and Mary R.  Mr. Straesser and family belong to the
Lutheran Evangelical church and he has served for a number of years as one of
the deacons. He is a member of the Order of Knights of the Golden Eagles, at
Martinsburg, and belongs to both branches of the Odd Fellows at this place.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 900.

JOSEPH STREHLE, whose accidental death occurred on November 8, 1909, was one
of Hollidaysburg's respected and valued citizens and was widely known. He was
born April 24, 1868, at Augsburg, Bayern, Germany, where his parents lived and
died. Two sisters and three brothers still reside there: Theresa, Elizabeth,
Timothy, August and John Strehle.
     Joseph Strehle attended school in his native place and then learned the
trade of a baker at which he became an expert. In 1894 he came to America
with confidence in himself as he knew that his skill would secure him a good
living and he was not disappointed. He worked in several of the larger cities
of the country and in 1904 reached Altoona, where he became foreman for the
National Biscuit Company and remained several years. He then entered the
employ of John Haller, a well established business man. From there he came to
Hollidaysburg and purchased a bakery on Allegheny Street, which was then
conducted by William Berckheimer, and when he took charge, he gave it the
name of the Rising Sun Bakery. He possessed the practical knowledge and also
the business faculty that made his venture a success and the demand for his
goods increased until his trade extended all over the city. His finances
increased and he reached the comfortable state so that a voyage back and
forth between America and Germany did not unduly tax his resources. He made
three trips to his native land, and it was on the third visit that he was
married, in Germany, December 7, 1902, to Miss Balbina Scheringer, who
survives him, together with a little son and daughter, Joseph and Matilda.
     Mr. Strehle was an excellent citizen, one who attended closely to his
business and by his genial and frank manner made many friends. The
distressing accident that resulted in his death was one of those sad but all
too frequent misfortunes attendant upon rapid transportation. It occurred as
he stepped off the rear platform of a car. He was a very heavy man, weighing
some 240 pounds, and the jar, coming unexpectedly, threw him off his balance
and he fell with such force that fatal results followed. The accident shocked
the whole community. Mr. Strehle was affiliated with the Altoona Turngemeinde
and the Frohsinn Singing Society. For years he was a consistent member of St.
Michael's Catholic Church, in which a high requiem mass was celebrated on the
day of the funeral, interment being made in Greenlawn Cemetery.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 642-645.

MARTIN L. STULTZ, residing on the old homestead farm of 162 acres, belonging
to his father and situated in Woodbury Township, Blair County, Pa., has been
operating here since 1901. He was born in Frankstown Township, Blair County,
in October, 1869, and is a son of Daniel and Susan (Morgan) Stultz, and a
grandson of Jacob Stultz.
     Martin L. Stultz attended the country schools with his brothers and
sisters and then worked for his father on the home farm until manhood, after
which he rented land from Anna P. Gardner, a resident of Hollidaysburg. He
remained on that farm for eight years and then lived one year on the Clapper
farm, after which he came to the old home farm which is one of the best
pieces of property in this section. Mr. Stultz has the local reputation of
being one of the best and most thorough going farmers of the township. He is
also one of the leading citizens, having been president of the township
school board for two years and a member of this body for three years.
     Mr. Stultz was married in 1891, to Miss Elizabeth Clabaugh, a daughter
of Martin and Martha (Rodkey) Clabaugh, farming people of Woodbury Township.
Mr. and Mrs. Clabaugh had three children: Elizabeth; Carrie, wife of Harry
Suter; and Roland.  Mr. and Mrs. Stultz are parents of five children: Orville
C., Ivan D., Ernest H., Marie and Ralph. Mr. and Mrs. Stultz are active church
people and belong to the Lutheran faith. In politics, he is a Republican.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 783.

NORMAN STULTZ, who is successfully operating his father's farm of eighty
acres, situated in Woodberry Township, Blair County, Pa., was born in
Frankstown Township, Blair County, February 5, 1874. His parents are Daniel
and Susan (Morgan) Stultz.
     Daniel Stultz carried on farming in Woodberry Township for a number of
years and the family is a well known and highly respected one in this
section. The following children were born to Daniel Stultz and wife: Anna,
who is the wife of John A. Isenberg; Charles; Martha, who is deceased, was
the wife of S. C. Royer; Elizabeth, who is the widow of A. G. Wagner; Martin
L.; Salome, who is the wife of Calvin Freese; Norman; Rhoda, who is the wife
of R. C. Claybaugh; Catherine, who is the wife of Warren Lingenfelter; and G.
E.  The parents of the above family are members of the Lutheran church. In
politics Daniel Stultz is a Republican.
     Norman Stultz obtained his education in the township schools. His chosen
life work has been farming, which he understands very thoroughly. For the past
nine years he has rented the farm he is cultivating and the care and attention
he has given it show in the abundant crops and the healthy increase in his
herds and general stock. He is a quiet, practical, well informed man, one who
does his duty as a citizen and as a neighbor. Like his father he is a
Republican in his political views.
     Mr. Stultz was married in March, 1899, to Miss Clara Lower. Her parents
are William and Anna (Snively) Lower, farming people in Blair County, who
have had children as follows: Frank, Clara, Ira, Hattie, Barbara, William and
Edith, Barbara being the wife of Archie Gunnett. Mr. and Mrs. Stultz have four
children: Wilmer, Ellwood, Frances and Mabel. This family is a representative
one in the Lutheran church in Woodbury Township.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 664-667.

THOMAS HENRY SUCKLING, proprietor of a clothing, shoes, and gentlemen's
furnishing establishment, located at No. 321 Allegheny Street, Hollidaysburg,
has been a lifelong resident of this city, and was born here November 30,
1861, son of Walter and Hester (Mills) Suckling.
     Walter Suckling was born near London, England, and in 1850, being at
that time about twenty years of age, came to the United States, locating at
Hollidaysburg, Pa., where his brother John resided. He was a blacksmith by
trade, and during his early residence here had charge of the draw-bridge on
the canal, and was also a contractor for the unloading of canal boats. He
subsequently became division foreman on the Pennsylvania Railroad, but spent
his later years in retirement and died at Hollidaysburg in 1903 at the age of
seventy-six years. During his early life he was a Democrat, but later he
became a Populist. He married Hester Mills, a native of England, who died in
Hollidaysburg, Pa., in 1876, at the age of forty years. Of this union were
born three children - Alfred, who is in the employ of the B. & O. Railroad at
Pittsburg; Thomas Henry; and Sarah Ellen, deceased, who was the wife of
Alexander McFadden.
     Thomas Henry Suckling was educated in the public schools of
Hollidaysburg and was subsequently employed in the general store of A. M.
Lloyd & Co. of this city for four years. He was then employed three months by
the J. H. McCune Drygoods Company of Braddock, Pa., but subsequently returned
to Hollidaysburg and assisted in establishing the Lindsay, Walls & Carrol
general store, having charge of the dry goods department for one year. In
1882 Mr. Suckling embarked in business for himself, purchasing the store then
operated by J. M. Kinports on the corner of Blair and Montgomery Streets. Four
years later he moved the business to the corner of Mulberry and Montgomery
Streets, where he continued it for some six years. He then moved to the
corner of Allegheny and Montgomery Streets, where the Capitol Hotel is now
located, and eleven years later he took up his quarters in the Hutchinson
Block, his present location, where he is conducting a prosperous business in
the line of clothing, shoes and men's furnishings.
     Mr. Suckling was first married in January, 1885, to Bertha Barr, who was
born and reared in Gaysport, and who was a daughter of Joseph Barr. She died
in August, 1896, leaving two children: Hester E., who is the wife of William
Richards of Trenton, N. J., and has one child, Mary Catherine; and Frank, who
is employed in the store with his father, and married Edna K. Bollinger, a
daughter of Frank Bollinger, a Pennsylvania Railroad engineer.
     Mr. Suckling formed a second union in May, 1903, with Alethe Harlow, of
Medina, N. Y., and of this union have been born three children: Loraine, who
is now six years of age; Howard, aged four; and Thomas Henry, Jr., now a babe
of one year. Mr. Suckling has been a member of the I. O. O. F. since 1882; he
is past grand of Lodge No. 119, of Hollidaysburg, and was one of the
organizers and the first presiding officer of Wanita Lodge, No. 1142, of
Hollidaysburg. He also belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America. In politics
he is an independent voter.
     Mr. Suckling is a member and officer of the Baptist Church and is best
known as a church and Sunday school worker; he has also for many years been
active in the temperance cause. Since 1892 he has been the teacher of the
Judson Adult Bible Class of the Baptist Church, now numbering sixty members.
This class which was established in 1843, and of which he has been a member
since 1877, is the oldest organized class in America. Mr. Suckling is the
second teacher in its history, Captain A. M. Lloyd having been its founder
and first teacher. Mr. Suckling was for several years president of the Blair
County Sunday School Association and is now a member of its Executive
Committee. He is interested in the work of the Young People's Society of
Christian Endeavor, has held various county offices and is now President of
the Hollidaysburg C. E. Union. He is church clerk of the Hollidaysburg
Baptist Church of which he is also a deacon and trustee. He has been
connected with the work of the Central Pennsylvania Association of Baptist
Churches, of which he has been for many years a trustee; also chairman of the
Advisory Committee and of the Stewardship Committee, as well as a member of
the Pennsylvania State Stewardship Commission of the Baptist denomination.
     His services as a public speaker are in constant demand in all parts of
central Pennsylvania in county and district Sunday school and C. E.
conventions and in church meetings and celebrations of all kinds and in all
denominations. He has done literary work for various religious publications,
including the "Sunday School Times" and the "Baptist Commonwealth;" has
written several pamphlets on Sunday school and young people's work that have
had wide circulation.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 943-944.

P. M. SWANGER, who has been a resident of Altoona, Pa., since 1886, has been
identified with the legal profession of Blair County since 1903, and is
recognized as one of the leading attorneys of Altoona. He was born December
27, 1864, in Allegheny County, Pa., and at the age of eleven years moved to
Westmoreland County, where he was reared and educated, receiving a common
school education. January 30, 1886, Mr. Swanger came to Altoona, where he was
employed as a locomotive fireman on the Pennsylvania railroad until October
22, 1893, when he was promoted to engineer, and ran an engine on the road
until January 7, 1898. He then gave up engineering and took up the study of
law, which he read in the office of M. M. McNeal & E. H. Flick, of Altoona,
being admitted to the bar May 12, 1903. He immediately embarked in the
practice of law at Altoona, where he has established a lucrative practice and
enjoys to the fullest extent the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens.
He is a member of the Altoona Bar Association.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 730-731.

GEORGE F. TATE, M. D., who is engaged in the general practice of medicine and
surgery at Altoona, Pa., was born in this city in 1867 and here received his
early educational training in the local schools. In 1889 he graduated from
Mt. St. Mary's College of Emmettsburg, Md., receiving from that institution
the degrees of A. B. and A. M. He then entered the University of
Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in medicine and surgery with the
class of 1893, and has since been continuously and successfully engaged in
general practice at Altoona. Aside from his practice Dr. Tate is interested
in lumber, in which he deals extensively in the east. He is at present police
surgeon of the city of Altoona, is a member of the County, State and American
Medical Societies, and is also a member of the consulting staff of the
Altoona Hospital. Dr. Tate served eight years on the select council of
Altoona, being President for two years. He is fraternally a member of the B.
P. O. E., and the Heptasophs, and his religious connection is with the St.
John's Catholic Church. In 1897 Dr. Tate married Loretta C. Cole of
Arndtsville, Pa., and they have one daughter, Kathleen.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 784.

AMOS O. TAYLOR, M. D., who has been actively engaged in the practice of
medicine at Altoona, Pa., since 1895, is one of the leading physicians and
prominent citizens of this borough. He was born in Westmoreland County, Pa.,
in 1852, and was there reared and obtained his early educational training.
His knowledge of the medical profession was obtained at the Hahnemann Medical
College of Philadelphia, from which institution he graduated with the class of
1883. He immediately thereafter embarked in the practice of medicine at
Bedford, Pa., where he carried on an extensive practice until 1895, at which
time he removed to Altoona, Pa., where he commands a large and lucrative
patronage and enjoys the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens. He is
a member of the County, State and American Medical Societies, is a liberal
contributor to the Medical journal, and is a member of the medical staff of
the Mercy Hospital. Dr. Taylor is a Knight Templar Mason and Shriner, and
also holds membership with the Logan Lodge, Knights of Pythias, for which he
is examining physician.
     In 1882 Dr. Taylor was united in marriage with Margaret Paul of
Westmoreland County, Pa., and of their union have been born the following
children: Susan O.; Agnes; James S., of Princeton University, who is now
attending medical lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia;
and S. Paul, who attends the Altoona High School. The family holds membership
with the First Presbyterian Church.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 509.

WILLIAM F. TAYLOR, J. P., one of Tyrone's best known citizens, to which place
he came in 1873, has ever since been identified more or less with business
interests here and for twenty-three years has served in the office of justice
of the peace. He was born at Milesburg, Center County, Pa., November 6, 1848,
and is a son of Thomas B. and Livan (Lucas) Taylor.
     Thomas B. Taylor was born in Huntingdon County, Pa., a son of John
Taylor, moved to Center County when a young man and died there in 1888, at
the age of eighty-two years. He spent his active years working as a forgeman
in the McCoy & Lynn Iron Works at Milesburg. He was married first to a Miss
Brooks and five children were born to them, namely: Josephine, who married
Alfred Green, formerly of Altoona but now of Kansas; Samuel B., who resides
in Clearfield County; Thomas T., who is a retired citizen of Altoona;
Harriet, who is the wife of Wilson Hahn, of Philadelphia; and Maggie, who is
the wife of Abram Peters, of Eureka, Kans.  Thomas B. Taylor married Livan
Lucas for his second wife. She was born in Center. County, Pa., and survived
until December, 1908, having reached her ninety-second year. She was a
daughter of John Lucas, who lived at what is now known as Snow Shoe. Four
children were born to the second union, namely: William F.; Agnes, who was
the widow of John Grant and later married L. H. Fowler of Berwick, Pa.; and
Lyda and Florence, both of whom reside at Milesburg, in Center County.
     William F. Taylor attended the Milesburg schools in his youth and
afterward worked for a time at the cabinet-making trade, following which he
engaged in clerking both at Milesburg and at Hopewell, in Bedford County.
After coming to Tyrone he entered the employ of the firm of Van Valzah &
Wilson and continued as a clerk with  that house until 1880 and for the
succeeding  five years was in the furniture business for himself. In 1887 he
was elected a justice of the peace and appointed register of vital statistics
and has been busy with official duties ever since.
     On February 13, 1873, Mr. Taylor was married to Miss Emma Haupt, a
daughter of Samuel and Eliza (Auchmoody) Haupt, of Union County. Five
children were born to this marriage, as follows: Vema, who is the wife of
Rev. J. Max Lantz, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Spring Mills,
Center County, and they have four children - Richard T., William, Emily and
Elizabeth; Edna, who is the wife of, Robert Zentmyer, a civil engineer at
Tyrone, and they have two children - Roberta and Rebecca; John V., who is a
clerk in the superintendent's office of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
married Ora Keynote; William F., who is bookkeeper for the West Virginia Pulp
& Paper Company, married Maud Mackey and they have two children - Edna and
Sarah; and Mabel, who is engaged in the millinery business with the firm of
Grazier & Taylor, and resides at home. Mr. Taylor and family are members of
the Methodist Episcopal church. The pleasant family home is situated at No.
1230 Washington Avenue. In politics Mr. Taylor and sons are Republicans. All
have literary talent to a marked degree and Judge Taylor and two of his sons
are newspaper correspondents, his own letters appearing in the Mirror; those
of John V., in the Tribune; while William F., Jr., contributes to the Times.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 861.

WILMER E. TAYLOR, vice president of the Brooks Milling Company, Incorporated,
at Brooks Mills, Blair County, Pa., has been identified with this large and
important business concern since 1907. He was born in Huntingdon County, Pa.,
December 16, 1872, and is a son of James W. and Sarah Taylor, the former of
whom was a native of Huntingdon, and the latter of Bedford County, Pa.
     After his own period of school attendance was over, Wilmer E. Taylor
taught school in his native county for three years and in the meanwhile
learned the milling business, and was engaged in the same at Saxton, Bedford
County, from 1897 until 1900, where he was also interested for a time as a
merchant. In 1907 he came to Blair Township and for two years operated the
present plant, of which he has been manager since 1909, as well as vice
president of the Brooks Milling Company, Incorporated. The president of the
company is R. E. Bell and the secretary and treasurer is J. W. Baisor, all
three officials being practical mill men and of reliable financial standing.
The mill in Blair Township is well equipped and does a general milling
business and is prospering. This company in addition to manufacturing several
first class brands of its own, of winter wheat flour, notably the Perfection
brand, and having a capacity of fifty barrels every twenty-four hours,
manufacture also buckwheat flour, corn meal and poultry foods and deal in
grain, feed, hay and straw. A large amount of business ability is required to
regulate a business of this kind, with fluctuating markets, but Mr. Taylor has
abundantly proved his capacity. He is a self-made man, never having had the
advantages which attend and smooth the way for many young business men, and
what he has gained in material possessions and in public esteem as an
honorable man, he has won for himself.
     Mr. Taylor married Miss Blanche Stine, of Muncy, Pa., and they have one
daughter, Ruth.  In his views on public questions he is intelligent and
liberal minded, but when he casts his vote for a candidate for office, he
permits no party tie to control his judgment.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 701-702.

DANIEL B. TEETER, a highly respected citizen of North Woodbury Township,
Blair County, Pa., who came to his present place of residence in the spring
of 1902, is known through both Blair and Bedford Counties as a skillful
carpenter and painter. He was born June 26, 1858, in South Woodbury Township,
Bedford County, and is a son of John N. and Annie (Bulger) Teeter.
     John N. Teeter was born in Blair County, a son of Daniel Teeter, who was
an early settler near what is now Roaring Spring. For many years John N.
Teeter engaged in farming in Bedford County and there his death occurred
April 25, 1905. He was a very worthy man and was a member of the Church of
the Brethren. Of his children the following survive: Samuel B., who lives in
Bedford County; Joseph B., who lives at Loysburg, Pa.; Mary B., who is the
wife of John Z. Kochendarfer, of Bedford County; Lucy B., who is the widow of
David R. Snyder, lives in South Woodbury Township, Bedford County; Carrie B.,
who is the wife of Jacob W. Snyder, of Bedford County; Sarah B., who lives
also in Bedford County, is the widow of Joseph S. Guyer; Daniel B.; Hannah
B., who is the wife of Rev. Herman S. Guyer, of Bedford County; and Andrew
B., who also lives in Bedford County.
     Daniel B. Teeter went to school in boyhood and grew into sturdy youth on
his father's farm and then learned the carpenter trade, one that he has
followed with more or less regularity ever since as many substantial
structures all through Blair County stand to prove his skill and dexterity.
In addition he has done a large amount of painting and also understands
putting up spouting and attaching iron and steel roofing. All of his work
demands great skill and accuracy and he has built up a very substantial
reputation.
     Mr. Teeter was married first to Barbara D. Hoover, a daughter of the
late Frederick P. Hoover, once a man of large means in South Woodbury
Township. Five children were born to this marriage, the two survivors being:
Frank and Annie M., the former of whom is a popular teacher. Mr. Teeter's
second marriage was to Miss Sadie G. Myers, a daughter of the late John
Myers, of North Woodbury Township, and two daughters have been born to them:
Cora Z., and Catherine P.  Mr. Teeter and family are members of the Church of
the Brethren. In politics he votes with the Republican party but has never
consented to hold office.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 558.

GEORGE W. THOMAS, a representative business man of Gaysport, Pa., a dealer in
groceries, flour, feed, shoes and notions, with well arranged store on Broad
Street, right in the shopping district, has been established in this town
since the spring of 1881. He was born December 17, 1844, at Evansburg, Pa.,
and is a son of Thomas R. and Margaret (Evans) Thomas.
     Thomas R. Thomas was born in Cambria County, Pa., a son of Robert R.
Thomas, who was born in Wales. Robert Thomas was a farmer in his native land
and when he emigrated to America he was accompanied by his wife and two
children, settling in Cambria County, Pa., where land was then secured at a
low figure. He acquired enough land to later give each son a farm. He was a
man of enterprise and carried on farming and stock raising and for fifteen
years carried the mail between Evansburg and Clearfield. His eight children
bore the following names: Edward, Richard, Thomas, Eliza, Jane, Ann, Harriet
and Robert.
     Thomas R. Thomas, father of George W., was the first child of the
family  born in America and he grew to manhood in Cambria County and there
married Margaret Evans. In 1877 he and all of his family with the exception
of George W., moved to Iowa, where the survivors still live. Thomas R. Thomas
died in 1882, aged sixty-three years. His widow survived until 1910, dying at
the age of eighty-eight years. They had ten children born to them, namely:
George Washington, Edwin; John; Howard, who died when two years old; Howard
(2), who was accidentally killed on the railroad in 1888; Alexander;
Elizabeth, who is the wife of Spencer Pate; Theophilus; Lincoln and William.
     George W. Thomas was seven years old when his parents moved from
Evansburg to the farm and he lived there until he was seventeen, in the
meanwhile attending the country schools during the winter seasons. He then
was in the lumber business for seven years, but when civil war convulsed the
land he showed that loyalty to his country was more to him than his personal
interests, on September 3, 1864, enlisting as one of her defenders. He was a
member of the 5th Pa. Heavy Artillery and served until the close of the war,
receiving his honorable discharge in Virginia. He is a member of the G. A. R.
Post at Johnstown, Pa. After his marriage, Mr. Thomas spent five years at work
in the Butler oil fields, after which he moved to Johnstown and there was
employed in the steel mills until 1881, when he moved to Gaysport, buying out
Mrs. Alexander Dobbins, at his present location. He immediately started
improvements and rented the enlarged building for twelve years and then
purchased it and still further enlarged and improved it. He now has fine
accommodations and is doing a prosperous business.
     Mr. Thomas was married March 20, 1877, to Miss Catherine Shaw, a
daughter of Samuel K. Shaw, and they have six children, namely: Edna; Ora,
who married Frank Rohrback, who is employed in the government shops at
Washington, D. C., and they have one son, Boyde; Clifton, who has been an
engineer with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company since he was twenty-one years
of age, is a resident of Gaysport, married Inez Riling and they have one son,
Donald; Eva, who married Edmond Brua; Mary Goldie, who is the wife of James
Winnaugle; and George Alton. Mr. Thomas and family are members of the First
Lutheran Church and he is treasurer of the Sunday-school. He and sons are
Republicans and he has been an active citizen ever since choosing Gaysport as
his place of residence. He has served acceptably in the town council and as
school director and for fifteen years has been secretary of the school board.
For over forty years he has been identified with the Masonic fraternity and
belongs also to the Odd Fellows, the Artisans and the Heptasophs.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 534-537.

EDGAR F. THOMPSON, owner and proprietor of a hardware business and blacksmith
shop at Frankstown, Pa., where he is one of the prosperous and enterprising
business men, was born in Huntingdon County, Pa., December 30, 1873, and is a
son of Wesley and Sarah (Rossman) Thompson.
     The parents of Mr. Thompson reside at McAlevy's Fort, Huntingdon County,
where the father is engaged in the blacksmith business and is a well known and
substantial citizen. He married Sarah Rossman and they have had the following
children: Penina, who is deceased, was the wife of Stewart Davidson; Ada, who
is the wife of Rev. John Black, a minister in the Presbyterian church; Ella,
who is the wife of Wilbur Irvin; Jennie, who is the wife of William Marrow;
Wilda, who is deceased, was the wife of Thomas Stewart; Edgar F.; Eva, who is
the wife of Edgar Irvin; and Walter.
     Edgar F. Thompson obtained his education in the public schools and then
learned the blacksmith trade with his father. When prepared to start into
business for himself he chose Frankstown for his home and built his shop here
in which he started business on January 24, 1902. Being a well trained workman
he secured plenty of custom and in 1905 expanded his business by adding the
sale of hardware. He requires the assistance of one man the year round. Mr.
Thompson has invested in residence property also and has a fine home in the
village.
     On October 25, 1893, Mr. Thompson was married to Miss Sarah Hannah
Ayers, a daughter of Samuel and Emma Ayers, farming people in Huntingdon
County. Mrs. Thompson is the eldest of her parents' family and she has the
following brothers and sisters: William, Jacob, Fannie, James, Catherine,
Harry, Ella and Mary. Fannie is the wife of George Henderson. To Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson four children have been born: Helen, Harry, Ethel and Vernard. Helen
is deceased. Mr. Thompson and family attend the Methodist Episcopal church.
In his political views he is a Republican and he is serving in the office of
school director. He is identified along fraternal lines with Lodge No. 282,
F. & A. M., at Hollidaysburg; Lodge No. 119, Odd Fellows and the Knights of
Maccabee, both of Hollidaysburg.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 717.

DAVID M. THOMPSON, an enterprising citizen of Williamsburg, who is now
serving as street commissioner and superintendent of the water works, was
born February 28, 1851, at Hollidaysburg, Pa., and is a son of Roswell D. and
Mary M. (Sellers) Thompson. The father was a blacksmith by trade, a Republican
in politics, and the religious connection of both parents was with the
Methodist Church. The following children were born to the parents of our
subject: Margaret, Caroline, John, David M., George, Mary, Emma, Charles B.,
William, and Harry.
     David M. Thompson was reared in Blair County and was married March 5,
1874 to Annie M. Mentzer, a daughter of Ephraim and Susan Mentzer, and of
their union were born the following children: Howard M.; Mary M., the wife of
J. R. Detwiler; Estella, married Andrew Gailey; and William G.  Mr. Thompson
is fraternally a member of the Portage Lodge of Masons at Hollidaysburg, and
the I. O. O. F., of Williamsburg. He is a Republican in politics, and has
served as a school director and is now superintendent of the water works and
street commissioner of the borough of Williamsburg. The family holds
membership with the Lutheran Church.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 870.

HON. HARRY ALBERT THOMPSON, editor and publisher of the Tyrone Times, at
Tyrone, Pa., and a member of the Pennsylvania State Legislature from 1906 to
1910, was born at Waterfall Mills, Fulton County, Pa., June 6, 1867. His
parents were Theodore James and Margaret Anna Thompson.
     Both parents of Mr. Thompson were born in 1840, his father at Waterfall
Mills, and the mother, who still survives, at McConnellsburg. The father,
Theodore James Thompson, was interested in mercantile pursuits in his native
place and McConnellsburg for a number of years, subsequently removing to
Bedford, Pa., where he engaged in the occupation of colporteur, traveling in
the interest of the American Tract Society. In 1874 he again located, with
his family, at McConnellsburg, Pa., where he died March 29, 1903.
     The paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch was James N.
Thompson, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, who taught school in Fulton County, Pa.,
at a time when the country was but sparsely settled, and it was necessary for
him, as well as for his pupils, to walk long distances to and from the
schoolhouse. His death was occasioned by a cold that he caught while thus
exposed to the elements. He married Isabella Bergstresser, a descendant of
one of the oldest and best known families of Fulton and Huntingdon Counties -
people who were prominent there in church, business and social affairs.
     On the maternal side, Mr. Thompson is of German extraction. His
grandparents were Albert and Margaret Hohman, both natives of Elm City,
Saxony, Germany. On coming to America, they settled first at Pittsburg, Pa.,
where Albert Hohman entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
although this transportation line had not yet been completed as far as that
city. By trade he was a cabinetmaker, which he followed in later years, after
he had discontinued railroad work. He removed with his family from Pittsburg
to McConnellsburg, Pa., where he purchased a residence, and for a number of
years thereafter was employed by the above railroad company as a car builder
on the Bedford and Cumberland branch.
     Harry A. Thompson received his education in the public and select
schools, during which time he made up his mind as to his future career. In
May, 1882, he entered the printing office of the Fulton Democrat, at
McConnellsburg, as an apprentice. He remained there for three years, and it
was here that he obtained his first ideas as to practical journalism. A
printing office is, in itself, a school, and, while he was daily learning
valuable facts as well as his trade, he also applied himself to special lines
of study when he found time to do so.
     After completing his apprenticeship, Mr. Thompson took a course in the
McConnellsburg Normal School preparatory to teaching, and in the fall and
winter of 1885 taught in Taylor Township, in Fulton County, and, at the
expiration of this term, he reentered the Normal School. During the following
winter he taught school in Tod Township. In the spring of 1886, he was placed
in charge of the preparatory department of the Normal School, and, during the
fall and winter of the same year, he was in charge of the New Grenada School,
Fulton County. His services at that place continued until the following
spring, when he became connected with the Fulton Republican. In the fall of
1888, he went to Mapleton Depot, Huntingdon County, where he taught school
for two terms, and, in the spring of 1889, in association with Isaac Newton
Swope, established the Mapleton Item. In the fall of 1890 he disposed of his
interest in the Item and again became a teacher, accepting a position in the
Mill Creek High School, in Huntingdon County. In the spring of 1891, he
became associated with Dr. A. R. McCarthy in the publication of the Mount
Union Times, the oldest publication in that section of Huntingdon County. In
the fall of 1892, the sole management of the paper passed into the hands of
Mr. Thompson, who conducted the same successfully until 1896, at which time
he purchased the Tyrone Times and immediately moved to Tyrone, where he has
devoted his time and energy to bringing The Times to the highest standard of
the weekly newspaper of Pennsylvania. The Times is a well managed and ably
edited journal. It has been an important factor in supporting the principles
of the Republican party, with which Mr. Thompson has been identified since
early manhood, and his editorials have no uncertain ring.
     At different times Mr. Thompson has been honored by the party to which
he has shown such continuous fidelity, and, in every office of trust and
responsibility with which he has been connected, has justified the hopes and
expectations of his friends. In 1905 and 1906, he was appointed transcribing
clerk of the State Senate, acting in the capacity of executive clerk. In
1906, he was first elected to the House of Representatives and was reelected
in November, 1908. During his first term he served on the following
committees: Bureau of Statistics, Military, Pensions and Gratuities, Printing
and Public Buildings. During his second term, he served on other important
committees: Public Health and Sanitation, of which he was chairman, Pensions
and Gratuities, Appropriations, Agriculture and Accounts. In 1909, Mr.
Thompson was elected president of the Pennsylvania State Editorial
Association; and, at the annual meeting of the National Editorial Association
held at Seattle, Wash., in 1909, he was elected as the Pennsylvania member of
the National Executive Committee. He is also secretary of the Pennsylvania
Press League. He has taken an active interest in building and loan matters
and at present is president of the Citizens' Building and Loan Association of
Tyrone.
     Mr. Thompson married Miss Cora Sterrett, a daughter of Benjamin Newton
Sterrett, Esq., once sheriff of Fulton County, and probably one of the best
known and most popular men of his section at that time. He died February 14,
1895. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Thompson was William D. Sterrett, who
served in the American army in the Mexican War, holding the rank of colonel,
and lost his life in battle. His wife, Mrs. Lucretia M. Sterrett, nee Nead,
(Mrs. Thompson's grandmother) was well and favorably known in educational
circles. She died April 12, 1881. Mrs. Thompson's mother was in maidenhood
Miss Louise J. McNulty, a daughter of William C. McNulty, of Chambersburg,
Franklin County, Pa. The McNultys and Neads were pioneers in the southern
tier of counties in Pennsylvania, in Maryland and in northern Virginia.
     Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have had two children: Nell Gertrude, who is the
assistant editor of the Tyrone Times; and Paul Sterrett, who died May 26,
1907, at the age of seventeen years. The latter was a young man of great
promise and had a wide circle of friends in Tyrone who mourned his untimely
decease. Mrs. Thompson and daughter are Daughters of the American Revolution,
gaining their title for admission into this society through valiant services
performed by several of their ancestors who served as officers in the
Continental Army, in the War of the Revolution.
     In 1910 Mr. Thompson was elected grand chancellor of the Knights of
Pythias for the state of Pennsylvania. He is also a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and other fraternal orders. With his family he belongs
to the First Methodist Episcopal Church, at Tyrone, is a member of the
official board, and is very active in Sunday school work, serving as a
teacher and formerly as superintendent of the school. Mr. Thompson has one
sister and two brothers, namely Minna D., who resides with her mother at
McConnellsburg; Ira Dwight, who is connected with the Department of Health,
at Philadelphia; and Roy Holmes, who is a clerk in the Tyrone post office.
     Mr. Thompson is numbered with the representative men of Blair County.
His versatile talents have made him widely and favorably known. As a
journalist he has proved effective and influential, championing the right and
denouncing the wrong, and, aside from party bias, he has made his newspaper an
uplifting element and a power in Blair County. As an educator he was eminently
successful, and many tenders of a flattering kind have reached him from school
bodies. As a statesman, also, he won the commendation of his fellow citizens
and retired from public life with no stain upon his record.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 936-938.

GEORGE ALLEN TIPTON, general farmer and well known citizen of Taylor
Township, Blair County, Pa., was born in this township, December 6, 1861, and
is a son of George and Susan (Shoenfelt) Tipton.
     George Tipton was a son of one of the early families of Blair County, in
which he spent his life, the later years being passed on the farm on which his
son, George Allen, now lives. He was a Republican in politics but never
aspired to office, his idea of a good citizen being one that conscientiously
works for law and order with no thought of reward. He was a worthy man in
every particular and was a member of the Lutheran church. He married Susan
Shoenfelt, a daughter of Jacob Shoenfelt, who came early to Blair County and
settled on Plum Creek, in Taylor Township. Four of the children of George and
Susan Tipton still survive, namely: John, of Taylor Township; Jacob, of Huston
Township; William, of Huston Township; and George Allen, of Taylor Township.
     George Allen Tipton was six years old when his parents moved from Taylor
into Huston Township, where he obtained his common school education and lived
until he had grown to manhood, when he accompanied his parents back to Taylor
Township and has lived here ever since. He carries on general farming and
stock raising. Mr. Tipton was married June 22, 1909, to Miss Minerva Linn, a
daughter of Alexander Linn, of Ore Hill, Blair County, and they have an
infant son whom they have named George E.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 715.

THOMAS TOBIN, M. D.. one of the leading medical practitioners and a prominent
citizen of Tyrone, was born in Jefferson County, Pa., March 23, 1855. His
parents were James and Margaret Jane (Graves) Tobin. The father, who died in
1904 at the age of 83 years, was a descendant of members of the clan Mackey
of Scotland and came to America from that country when a young man. He was a
farmer by occupation. His wife Margaret, who was born in Ireland and came to
America when a young woman, is still living at the age of 83 years. They were
the parents of five children, namely: Rebecca, who married Augustus Rudolph
and died at Punxsutawney at the age of 59 years; James, a farmer residing at
Brockwayville, Jefferson County, Pa.; Thomas, the subject of this sketch;
John, a farmer and lumberman, and president for six years of the
Brockwayville borough council; and William, a farmer living near
Brockwayville, Pa.
     Thomas Tobin, after attending the public schools, completed the Latin
and scientific course at Alfred University, Allegheny County, N. Y., and was
graduated in 1882 from the University of Buffalo. He located for medical
practice first at Bigler, Clearfield County, Pa., removing thence to Center
County, and coming to Tyrone in the spring of 1898. Since locating here he
has built up an excellent practice and is highly esteemed not only by the
members of his own profession but also by the residents of Tyrone generally.
     Dr. Tobin married in 1878 Sarah Ann McCullough, a daughter of Hugh and
Nancy McCullough. Mrs. Tobin was reared within half a mile of the boyhood
home of her husband. Dr. and Mrs. Tobin have one son, Hugh F., who is clerk
in a jewelry store. He married Miss Leonora Elder, and has one child, Sarah
Ella Margaret Tobin.
     Dr. Tobin is a member of the Tyrone Medical Club, the West Branch
Medical Association, and the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, and is a
charter member of the Tyrone and West Branch Medical Society; also a member
of Bellefonte lodge, No. 268, F. & A. M.; R. A. Chapter No. 241, of
Bellefonte; Constans Commandery No. 33, K. T., at Bellefonte; also a member
of Allegheny Gateway, I. O. O. F., having been a member of the order since
1879.  In politics he is a Republican, and he is a member of the Presbyterian
church.  He served on the borough council for four years - 1907-8, and
1904-5.  His residence and office are located at No. 1251 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 960-963.

S. BLAIR TREESE, who owns a farm of 166 acres in Woodbury Township, Blair
County, Pa., and has other business interests in this section, is one of the
representative citizens and a member of one of the old county families. He
was born in Woodbury Township, and is a son of Alfred and Mary (Fleagle)
Treese.
     Alfred Treese was born also in Blair County, but his wife was a native
of Somerset County. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. In
business, Mr. Treese was a farmer. His family consisted of the following
children: Eliza, who is deceased, was the wife of Thomas Gorsuch; Alfred; S.
Blair; and Zelia, who is the wife of John Hoover.
     S. Blair Treese obtained his education in the schools of Woodbury
Township. His occupation has been farming ever since he became old enough to
assume responsibilities. In 1898 he settled on his present place and also
rents an adjoining farm. He is a man of enterprise and carries on large
operations, giving employment to a number of men. He keeps about twenty-eight
head of cattle and ten horses and makes the growing of good stock a feature of
his work.
     In 1896, Mr. Treese was married to Miss Mollie C. Rhodes, a daughter of
a neighboring farmer, Jacob Rhodes. Mrs. Treese has one sister, Emma, who is
the wife of Charles Stultz. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Treese: Frank, Ethel and. Robert. Mr. Treese was reared a Methodist and his
wife a Lutheran. In politics he is a Republican but he takes no special
interest in public affairs, contenting himself with casting his vote and
permitting others, with fewer business interests or those with greater
political ambition, to perform the duties of office. He is a member of the
board of directors of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank at Williamsburg. The
Treese family was established in Blair County by his grandparents, John and
Barbara (Nepper) Treese.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 796.

MAYBURY G. TROUT, who is now living retired in Juniata, Pa., is a veteran of
the Civil War, and was for many years in the service of the Pennsylvania and
other railroads. He was born January 11, 1844, in Bedford County, Pa., a son
of Thomas G. and Mary Ann (Smith) Trout, and a grandson of John Trout.
     John Trout, who was of English parentage, was born on the Atlantic Ocean
and was reared near Port Royal, Va., where his people settled after landing in
the United States. In early manhood he located in Antis Township, Blair
County, Pa., on a tract of land which he afterwards bought from Edward Bell,
who was agent for the Philadelphia owner. John Trout married a Miss Ake,
whose mother was a Harrison, and was a sister of William Henry Harrison, once
president of the United States.
     Thomas G. Trout, father of subject, was born on the old place in Antis
Township, and with the exception of three or four years spent in Bedford
County, lived there all his life. He married Mary Ann Smith, who was a native
of Bedford County, Pa., and to them were born eight children: William and
Compton, both of whom died in infancy; Maybury Goheen; Martin C., who lives
in Toledo; Sophia, who is deceased, was the wife of Prof. J. Souder;
Margaret, who lives with our subject; Mary, who is the wife of H. O. Kline,
of Pittsburg, and Thomas, who is engaged in the insurance business in
Altoona. Thomas G. Trout served as constable, when Antis Township was a part
of Huntingdon County.
     Maybury G. Trout was reared on the home place in Antis Township and
attended school at Elizabeth Furnace and at the Iron City Business College at
Pittsburg. He then spent two years in farming the home place with his father,
and after his marriage worked three months in the flange shop of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, at Altoona. After this he worked on the Middle
Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad firing for three years, and then ran an
engine for two years. He moved then to Tyrone, where he worked as an engineer
for three years, then went to Hagerstown, Md., where for four years he ran a
passenger train. After running one year on the Toledo & Ohio Central R. R.,
and three months on the New York & New England R. R., from Hartford to
Boston, he returned to the old home farm, which he cultivated for six years.
At the end of that time he moved to Juniata and built the Savoy Hotel, which
he conducted successfully eight years under the name of the Washington Hotel.
Mr. Trout still owns the hotel property, and built a fine home on the
adjoining lot. He also erected a number of residences, building three
dwellings adjoining his own home property, six on Ninth Avenue, four on Third
Avenue and Ninth Street, two on Third Avenue between Seventh and Eighth
Streets, and also one on Second Avenue between Fourth and Fifth Streets. He
has sold five of these dwellings, but continues to hold the remainder.
     On January 7, 1862, Mr. Trout enlisted for service in the Union army, in
Co. G., 12th Pa. Cav., of which he was corporal, and served in the Shenandoah
Valley under Gen. Sheridan and Gen. Stephens, in the Middle Department of the
Army of the Potomac. He was never injured or taken prisoner during his three
years and seven months of service, and was transferred to Co. I as
quarter-master sergeant. He was mustered out at Winchester, Va., and was paid
off at Philadelphia. Mr. Trout is a member of the Veteran Union Legion at
Altoona, and in politics is identified with the Republican party.
     In 1866 Mr. Trout married Miss Maggie A. Beeler, a native of Bedford
Springs, Pa., and a daughter of John and Mary (Mann) Beeler, the former of
whom was reared in Sharpsburg, Md., but later became a resident of Bedford
County. No children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Trout.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 583-584.

JOHN LEONARD TROUTWINE, proprietor of the Pennsylvania House, at Tyrone, Pa.,
one of the oldest hostelries in this city, was born at Tyrone, October 28,
1861, and is a son of George and Catherine Troutwine.
     The parents of Mr. Troutwine, natives of Germany, came to America in
1853, and both are now deceased. By trade the father was a baker but was an
iron worker for some years in America. Four sons and two daughters were born
to George and Catherine Troutwine, as follows: Maggie, who is the wife of
Charles M. Maple, proprietor of the Ward House; John E., who resides on
Fifteenth Street, Tyrone, engaged in the meat business; William F., who
resides on Blair Avenue, Tyrone; George, who died in 1890; Elizabeth, who is
the wife of Harry Gardner, of the firm of Cryder & Gardner, clothiers; and
John Leonard.
     John Leonard Troutwine attended the public schools and then learned the
baker's trade and has worked at it since he was eighteen years of age. In
1895 he purchased the Pennsylvania House, from McGowan Brothers, which he
conducted for fifteen years under the firm name of Troutwine Bros., but since
coming into possession of the property and the retirement of his brother,
William F. Troutwine, he has operated the hotel under his own name. The
Pennsylvania House is situated at No. 120 Pennsylvania Avenue, an excellent
location for business. In the fifty-two years that it has been a public
house, its license has never been withdrawn except during a very short period
when a local option law was in force. Mr. Troutwine is numbered with the
successful business men of Tyrone and this success has come entirely through
his own efforts.
     In 1888 Mr. Troutwine was married to Miss Frances M. Grove, a daughter
of William A. Grove, of Everett, Bedford County, where Mrs. Troutwine was
reared. They have one son, Franklin K., a promising young man nineteen years
of age, who is a student in college, at Lancaster, Pa. In politics, Mr.
Troutwine is a Republican and while he is an active party worker, he has no
political ambitions for himself. He belongs to Logan Lodge, No. 79, Knights
of Pythias, Altoona, and to Lodge No. 42, Junior Order American Mechanics.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 808-809.

ROBERT IRWIN TUSSEY, who owns a farm of 234 acres in Frankstown township,
which he purchased from his father, is a native of Blair County, Pa., and was
born on his present farm February 4, 1875, a son of Samuel and Anna (Hileman)
Tussey.
     Samuel Tussey was born at Spruce Creek, Huntingdon County, Pa., and when
a young man came to Blair County and purchased this present farm in Frankstown
township. This he farmed for about 18 years and with the exception of three
years spent in the army has always followed farming. He now spends the
greater part of his time in the south, where he owns an orange grove. He is a
Republican in politics and has served in nearly all of the township offices,
including that of supervisor and school director. Samuel Tussey married Anna
Hileman, who was born in Frankstown township, Blair County, Pa., and they
became the parents of the following children: Harry, Susan, Robert I., our
subject; Dorothy, who is the wife of Joseph Moore and has four children,
Hugh, Josephine, Frank and Dorothy; Joseph; Byrde, who is the wife of William
Robb; Jay; Samuel; Hugh, deceased; and Clara.
     Robert Irwin Tussey grew to maturity on the home farm, and attended the
local schools until 21 years of age. He then engaged in farming with his
father for a time, and now owns the home farm of 234 acres. He is a man of
enterprise and public spirit, and is one of the successful and progressive
agriculturists of the township.
     Mr. Tussey was married June 1st, 1904, to Mary (Porter) Crawford, a
daughter of Russell and Nancy (Dean) Crawford, formerly prominent farmers of
Sinking Valley, Blair county, but now living in retirement at Hollidaysburg.
Mrs. Tussey has one sister, Elsie, a trained nurse, who lives in
Philadelphia, Pa.  Mr. and Mrs. Tussey have had two children; Ralph, who was
born March 3, 1905; and Helen, who was born December 1, 1907. In politics,
Mr. Tussey is a Republican, and has served three years as road supervisor. He
and his wife are members 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. 867.

SAMUEL C. TUSSEY, a prominent and substantial citizen of Gaysport, Pa., where
he has resided since 1884, has been resident of this county since 1867. He has
been identified since coming here with the best interests of the borough, and
still retains the ownership of his two valuable farms, aggregating 370 acres.
He comes of an old Huntingdon County family, and was born in that county
January 31, 1844, a son of Robert and Dorothy (Harnish) Tussey.
     Robert Tussey was born in Huntingdon County, Pa., a son of David Tussey,
who, with brother, John Tussey, and a sister, came from Scotland and settled
in Pennsylvania, dying at Sinking Valley. The family has been an agricultural
one. Robert Tussey married Dorothy Harnish, of German extraction and born in
Huntingdon County. Of their children two sons and four daughters survive,
namely: Robert J., residing at Alexander, Pa.; Lillian, a public school
teacher at Altoona; Caroline, wife of George W. Moore, of Altoona; Susan,
wife of William Irwin, of Philipsburg, Pa.; Laura, wife of William Isett, of
Philadelphia, and Samuel C.  
     Samuel C. Tussey attended the district schools in Huntingdon county and
grew to manhood there. He was twenty years of age when he enlisted for
service in the Civil War, at Hollidaysburg, entering the 9th Pa. Cav., which
became a part of the gallant Gen. Kilpatrick's command, which was
incorporated with Gen. Sherman's army. Mr. Tussey participated in the march
from Atlanta to the sea and took part in much of the military activity that
marked the closing months of that great civil struggle. He was one of four
troopers in Kilpatrick's cavalry, who were designated to act as an escort to
the officers who took part in the surrender of General Joseph E. Johnston, at
Durham, N. C., on April 26. He was thus a witness at this historic event. He
was honorably discharged at Lexington, North Carolina, and from there
returned to Huntingdon County, where he resided until 1867, when he moved to
the Loop, in Frankstown Township, Blair County. For seventeen years the
family resided there and during that period, at various times Mr. Tussey
served as a member of the school board and as assessor. Since coming to
Gaysport, in 1884, he has been an equally useful citizen and has served
several terms as a member of the borough council. Politically he is a
Republican.
     In Huntingdon County, January 18, 1866, Mr. Tussey was married to Miss
Annie Hileman, a native of that county, and a daughter of William and Barbara
(Good) Hileman, the former of whom was born in Huntingdon County and the
latter in what is now Blair County. The maternal grandfather, Peter Good,
came here from Hagerstown, Md., and was of German descent. Mrs. Tussey has
one surviving brother and one surviving sister: Harry Hileman, who resides at
Roaring Springs, Pa., and Amanda, who is the wife of James Riddle of the same
place.
     Mr. and Mrs. Tussey have had eleven children, eight of whom survive:
Harry H., residing at Wayne, Pa.; Susan, living at Hollidaysburg; Robert
Irvin, residing in Frankstown Township; Dorothea G., wife of Joseph J. Moore,
of Blair Township; Bertha, wife of William Rob of Altoona; Jay C., a resident
of Hollidaysburg; Samuel S. and Clara A., living at home at Gaysport. Mr. and
Mrs. Tussey attend the Lutheran church at Hollidaysburg. They usually spend
the winter seasons at Alva, Fla., where they have a southern home which has
many pleasant features.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 506-509.

JOSEPH VAN ALLMAN, ex-burgess and a retired carpenter and contractor of
Hollidaysburg, Pa., has been a lifelong resident of Blair County, Pa., and is
a veteran of the Civil War. He was born July 1, 1836, in Frankstown township,
Blair County, Pa., which was then part of Huntingdon County, Pa., and is a
son of Adam and Catherine (Mogul) Van Allman, both of whom died in Frankstown
Township, the former at the age of 50 years and the latter at the age of 80
years. The following children were born to the parents of our subject:
Christina, married John Wertz, and both are now deceased; Samuel, deceased;
Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Beard; John, deceased; Sarah, deceased wife of
Samuel Boyer; Joseph; Henry, deceased; and William.
     Joseph Van Allman was reared in Frankstown Township, his father's farm
being the scene of his boyhood activities, and his education was obtained in
the old log schoolhouse of the township. When about eighteen years of age he
came to Hollidaysburg and learned the carpenter's trade, afterwards working
five years, from 1865 to 1870, in the Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Coach
Shops at Altoona, Pa., and with the exception of that period has been a
resident of Hollidaysburg.
     Mr. Van Allman was united in marriage with Sarah Elizabeth Sissler of
Altoona, Pa., now deceased, on May 4, 1862. She died March 21, 1906. To their
union were born the following children: Minnie, the widow of Shedrick Stephens
of Indiana County, Pa.; Catherine, who married Winfield Robinson of Culver,
Kansas; Ida Blanche, who is the wife of Boyde Hamilton of Indiana County,
Pa.: William A., who operates a grist mill on Piney Creek, Blair County,.
Pa., for his father; Charles A., who married Elsie Gorsuch; Rose Anna;
Lillian; Samuel Ross (intermarried with Mary Slick of Altoona); and three who
died in infancy.
     In 1865 Mr. Van Allman enlisted in Company B., 192nd Penna. Vol. Inf.
and served until the close of the war; and is now a member of Col. William G.
Murray Post No. 39 G. A. R., of Hollidaysburg. He is politically identified
with the Republican party, and has served three years as burgess of
Hollidaysburg, and was a member of the borough council for three years. His
religious connection is with the Lutheran Church. Mr. Van Allman resides on
the corner of Wayne and Spruce Streets, and is also the owner of real estate
in Altoona, Pa.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 690.

WILLIAM VAN ALLMAN, a leading citizen of Taylor Township, Blair County, Pa.,
where he owns a valuable farm of eighty acres, has been a resident of this
township since 1877. He was born in Frankstown Township, Blair County,
September 13, 1846, and is a son of Adam and Catherine (Mogle) Van Allman.
     Adam Van Allman was born in Blair County, Pa., and died here in 1847.
His father, Conrad Van Allman, was a native of Holland who came to
Pennsylvania and was one of the earliest settlers in what is now Frankstown
Township, Blair County. Adam Van Allman married Catherine Mogle, who was a
daughter of Adam and Jane (Bisbeer) Mogle. She was an excellent woman and
after the death of her husband took charge of affairs and reared her children
carefully and uprightly.
     William Van Allman was eleven months old when his father died. He
remained with his mother until he reached manhood, in the meanwhile attending
the district schools as opportunity was presented. He is one of the three
survivors of his parents' family, the others being a sister and brother.
Elizabeth is the widow of Samuel Baird who was a resident of Taylor Township.
She lives in Frankstown Township. Joseph is in business at Hollidaysburg.
William Van Allman has practically devoted his entire life to agricultural
pursuits although for a short time in his youth, he taught school. The
recreations that he enjoyed in those days were hunting and fishing and he
developed the skill of a real sportsman. For many years he has been one of
his township's most active public men and has been particularly interested in
everything pertaining to educational matters. He served for ten years as a
member of the Taylor Township School Board and during a portion of this time
was secretary of the board. For two years he served also as township auditor
and for nine consecutive years was assessor of Taylor Township. In all these
offices he acquitted himself with credit and his fellow citizens approved of
his course. He is a Republican - works for his party because he believes in
the principles it stands for.
     On November 10, 1876, Mr. Van Allman was married to Miss Susanna M.
Walls, a daughter of Enoch and Dorothea (Isenberg) Walls, natives of
Huntingdon County, and three children were born to them: Lola D., who resides
at home; Emma B., who is the wife of Dr. Fred Rice, of Sunbury, Pa.; and Irene
C., who is the wife of Walter Neugard, also of Sunbury. Mrs. Van Allman is a
member of the Reformed church at East Sharpsburg.
     When Mr. Van Allman was a young man he served almost three years as a
member of Co. C, 5th Pa. Nat. Guards. He is a member of the order of Odd
Fellows, attending lodge at Hollidaysburg and Encampment at Roaring Springs,
and belongs also to the Knights of the Golden Eagle and to the Grange, at
Martinsburg, Pa.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 781.

WILLIAM VOGT, a pioneer merchant of Tyrone, Pa., and one of the oldest
citizens of the borough from a business standpoint, was born in Koenigsbach,
Bavaria, Germany, June 6, 1839, a son of Francis Henry and Catherine
(Fischer) Vogt.
     Francis Henry Vogt died in Bavaria when his son William was only nine
months old, Frederick being four years older which comprised the family. The
widow, who was a woman of courage and enterprise, brought her boys to America
in the spring of 1852, and lived long enough to see both of them grow up to
honorable manhood and become prosperous. Frederick Vogt married and reared a
family and died at Tyrone in 1890. For many years he was proprietor of the
Keystone Hotel.
     Early in April, 1852, the Vogts came to Union Furnace, Blair County,
Pa., and in the latter part of September following moved to the farm of
Francis Kolbenschlag, an uncle of William Vogt, which was situated about
three miles from Newry, and there the family lived for a little over two
years, during which time William Vogt attended public school and thereafter
served an apprenticeship to the blacksmith's trade, under his cousin, William
Kolbenschlag. Later he worked at Roaring Spring and Allegheny Furnace and for
a short time resided in Altoona. from which place he came to Tyrone in the
fall of 1855. After working at this trade for about three years he was
compelled to give it up, as it proved injurious to his eyes. In 1857 he
accepted a situation as clerk in the general store of Samuel Ettinger, later
S. Ettinger and Ullman, and for three years Mr. Vogt conducted it there as a
general mercantile establishment for them, as they moved to Philadelphia and
there went into the business of manufacturing ready made clothing.
     In 1861 Mr. Vogt purchased the store from the above named firm and
converted it into a clothing and gents' furnishing establishment, where, for
fifty years he enjoyed a large and lucrative business. The same site was
retained but at different times as the expansion of his business required, he
made improvements and additions to his floor space. Early in life he
established a reputation for honesty and business integrity which was never
shadowed and when he retired and gave over his responsibilities to his sons,
Austin S. and Francis W. Vogt, it was with the proud consciousness that no
name stood higher in the business world at Tyrone than his own. His prudence,
foresight and industry were also factors in his success, but the foundation
stone was business integrity.
     William Vogt was married on November 23, 1869, to Miss Georgetta
Sneringer, a daughter of Pius and Eliza A. Sneringer. She was born in
Westminster, Maryland, and later  moved with her parents to Adams County,
Pa., and from there to Tyrone. Her father, Pius Sneringer, was one of the
very early merchants and lumber dealers at Tyrone, where he was in a
wholesale and retail business and owned one of the first stores in the place.
Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Vogt, namely: Austin S. and Francis W.,
who are associated together in the mercantile business as successors to their
father; Rosemary, who resides at home; Charles Joseph, who has an office
position with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Pittsburg; Albert Leo, who
is connected with the Relief department of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
at Pittsburg married Emilie Alexander, of Centre Hall, Center County, Pa.,
and they have one son, John A.; and Alexis Bernard, who has been cashier of
the Blair County National Bank of Tyrone, since September 3, 1909. The mother
of the above family died March 25, 1906. She was a woman of beautiful
character, devoted to her family and home and mindful of her church duties.
She was charitable and kind to the needy and was helpful and sympathetic to
all in distress. Mr. Vogt and children are members of St. Mathew's Roman
Catholic Church and is liberal in his benefactions to the same. With his sons
he is identified with the Democratic party.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 922.

CALVIN WALTER, one of the county commissioners of Blair County, Pa., and a
leading citizen of Claysburg, was born in Greenfield Township, Blair County,
July 24, 1854, and is one of a family of five children born to Joseph H. and
Susannah (Claar) Walter. Joseph H. Walter was a soldier in the Civil War, a
member of Co. K, 19th Pa. Cav., and died at Memphis, Tenn., in 1863.
     Calvin Walter was educated in the public schools of Greenfield Township,
and then learned the cabinetmaking trade and with it combined undertaking. For
some twenty-seven years he was thus engaged. When he assumed the duties of a
county commissioner he retired. The election took place in the fall of 1908,
Mr. Walter having Joseph Harney as an opponent. Blair County is normally
Republican but Mr. Walter had the personal popularity which overcame this and
he was elected on the Democratic ticket. He has long been numbered with the
county's solid and representative men and is well qualified to belong to as
responsible a public body as the board of county commissioners.
     Mr. Walter was married first to Elizabeth Walter, of the same family
name but no relation, who died. Three children were born to that union: Kirk;
an infant that died unnamed; and Alton, also deceased. Mr. Walter later
married Miss Sarah Black, a daughter of Michael Black, of Greenfield Township, 
and they have had three children: Mabel, deceased, Mary F., and John H.
     Kirk Walter, who succeeded his father in the mercantile business, and is
interested in the lumber and saw-mill business in addition to his father's
late business interests, is a graduate of the State Normal School at Lock
Haven. Later he taught school for some seven years and then was connected
with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He married Miss Jennie Johnson, a
daughter of a leading physician of Claysburg, and they have four children -
three daughters and one son. Miss Mary F. Walter has been a highly valued
teacher in the public schools of Greenfield Township for some years. John H.
Walter, the youngest of the family, is also devoting himself to educational
work. Mr. Walter is identified with no organization of a public nature except
the Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 880-881.

HUGH WALTER, one of Claysburg's leading business men, a member of the well
known mercantile firm of Walter and Walter, belongs to one of the prominent
old families of Greenfield Township, Blair County, Pa., where he was born
April 6, 1869. His parents were John and Catherine (Musselman) Walter. John
Walter was born also in Greenfield Township and spent his entire life there,
his death occurring in 1908. His father was Jacob Walter, and his grandfather
was David Walter, who was the founder of the family in this section of Blair
County.
     Hugh Walter was reared to manhood in Greenfield Township and obtained
his education in the district schools, beginning his business career when
eighteen years of age. He became an employe of a lumber firm and ever since
has been more or less interested in the lumber industry. In 1897 he entered
into partnership with Calvin Walter, in a general mercantile business at
Claysburg, under the firm style of Walter and Walter, which has continued
although in 1900 Calvin Walter was succeeded by his son, Kirk Walter. This
firm is also identified with both lumbering and manufacturing interests. It
operates two saw mills and a manufacturing plant, the product of which is a
certain locust pin used in the building of wooden schooners, and also
policemen's night sticks, which require the use of locust lumber. This plant
has already manufactured 11,0000  of these almost indestructable police clubs
and they have been purchased in New York City and at other points. Both
members of the firm are excellent financiers and are unusually energetic and
enterprising in advancing their business projects.
     Mr. Walter married Miss Sadie Brumbaugh, who was born in Bedford County
and is a daughter of James Brumbaugh, of Martinsburg, Pa. They have four
children: Howard, Russell, Arthur and Anna, the last two being twins.
Politically Mr. Walter is a Democrat but his business interests are so
engrossing that he has no time to serve in public office even if so inclined.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 562.

JOHN E. WALTER, a leading agriculturist of North Taylor Township, Blair
County, Pa., where he owns a farm of eighty-seven acres, was born in Franklin
County, Pa., March 20, 1861, and is a son of Jeremiah C. and Margaret (Wister)
Walter, the former of whom was born in Dauphin County and now lives at
Harrisburg, aged seventy-eight years. He married Margaret Wister, who was
born in Franklin County and is now deceased. Of their children two sons and
two daughters survive, namely: John E.; Clara Elizabeth; Cornelia Bell, who
is the wife of Charles Ketrow; and William M., who has been in the U. S. Navy
for three years and is attached to the U. S. battleship, South Dakota.
     John E. Walter was two years old when his parents moved to Cumberland
County, Pa., where they lived until he was seven years of age and then
removed to Altoona where he attended school until his fifteenth year. Mr.
Walter then went to Greencastle, Pa., where he learned the milling trade in
some large flour mills and followed milling for five years afterward.
Desiring to see something of the great country in which he was born, beyond
the confines of his own state, he then went to the West, spending several
years in Colorado and a shorter period in California and Arizona, during a
part of the time was connected with a surveying corps. In 1889 he returned to
Altoona and for several more years worked in the Pennsylvania Railroad shops
there, finally, in 1907, settling on his present farm in Taylor Township.
Here he carries on a general agricultural line, growing the grains that yield
and mature best in this section and also stock and dairy cows for his own use.
In all his journeying, Mr. Walter found no land better suited for his purposes
than the fertile soil of Taylor Township.
     On January 1, 1896, Mr. Walter was married to Miss Annie M. Long, who
was born at East Sharpsburg, Pa., and is a daughter of John H. and Margaret
(Eisenhut) Long, natives of Germany. The mother of Mrs. Walter died July 10,
1910, but the father survives and resides at Altoona, being now in his
seventy-sixth year. Mr. and Mrs. Long had six children born to them, four of
whom survive and Mrs. Walter is the third of these in order of birth, the
others being: Harry E., and Charles O., both of Altoona; and Laura M., wife
of Prof. W. F. Kyle, a teacher in the Huntingdon, Pa., Reformatory. Mrs.
Walter is a member of the Lutheran church at Roaring Spring. Two children
have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter: William C., and Margaret E. Mr. Walter
is a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 616, F. & A. M., at Altoona; of the Consistory
at Williamsport and the Mystic Shrine, at Altoona, and has also reached the
32d degree. He belongs also to Mountain City Lodge, No. 837, I. O. O. F.,
Altoona, and to Altoona Encampment, No. 129, and in these connections has a
wide acquaintance.
     Mr. Walter is not specifically identified with either political party
but this does not mean that he is unmindful of his privileges of citizenship.
On the other hand, voting independently, he feels that he is giving support to
candidates of whom his own judgment can approve. He is a practical, well
informed man and largely a self made one, never having had any special
advantages except those he provided for himself.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 768-771.

KIRK WALTER, a well known merchant and popular citizen of Claysburg, Pa.,
junior partner in the mercantile and manufacturing firm of Walter and Walter,
was born in Greenfield Township. Blair County, Pa., September 17, 1876, and is
a son of Calvin and Elizabeth Walter.
     Calvin Walter was also born in Greenfield Township and for a quarter of
a century has been a prominent resident of Claysburg. In politics he is a
Democrat and is serving as a member of the board of county commissioners of
Blair County. Formerly he conducted a furniture and undertaking business and
later was a member of the mercantile firm of Walter and Walter, in 1900 being
succeeded in the same by his son, Kirk Walter. His wife is deceased.
     Kirk Walter received his early educational training in the public
schools of Claysburg, after which he entered the State Normal School at Lock
Haven, where he was graduated in 1898. He then became an educator and taught
school very acceptably for five continuous years, mainly in Logan and
Greenfield Townships, Blair County. In 1900, upon the retirement of his
father from the firm of Walter and Walter, he succeeded to his father's
interest, the firm name continuing as before. A general mercantile business
is carried on and the firm is interested also in the lumber industry and in
the manufacture of several special lines, including treenails, which are used
in the manufacture of wooden vessels, and police sticks, which are supplied
particularly to the police force in the city of New York. Both these articles
are necessarily of locust lumber and their manufacture is limited to a few
plants. On September 5, 1896, Mr. Walter was married to Miss Jennie D.
Johnston. who is a daughter of Dr. J. W. Johnston. of Claysburg, and they
have four children: Oliver J., Cornelia E., Carlotta E. and Jean M. 
Politically, Mr. Walter is a Democrat.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 538.

HARRY FRANKLIN WALTERS, a member of the bar of Blair County, with offices in
the Casanave Building, Altoona, Pa., who has, by force of energetic
application to his profession, acquired a practice that ranks second to none,
is a son of Moses and Sarah E. Walters, and was born at Claysburg, Blair
County, Pa., October 16, 1869. His parents are both living and reside at
Pleasant Hill, a suburb of Altoona, where his father is a well known
gardener, and is also a veteran of the Civil War.
     After completing his public school course at Altoona, Pa., he registered
as a law student under Thomas H. Greevy and Frank G. Patterson, then composing
the law firm of Greevy & Patterson, and was admitted to the practice of his
chosen profession in 1894. A short time thereafterwards, viz., in October,
1894, Frank G. Patterson retired from the firm of Greevy & Patterson and
Harry F. Walters associated himself in the practice of law with Thomas H.
Greevy, one of the best known lawyers of the Blair County bar, under the firm
name of Greevy & Walters. He continued in partnership with Mr. Greevy until
1902, and continued to practice alone until 1904, when he formed a law
partnership with Jacob Shindel Leisenring, one of the leading members of the
Blair County bar, which continued until the death of Jacob S. Leisenring,
which occurred in January, 1910. Mr. Walters continued the large practice of
the firm as successor to the business and has a large and growing practice in
all of the courts of the state and appellate courts, and makes a specialty of
commercial law and has established a reputation in that branch and is well
known throughout the entire United States as a leading commercial lawyer. He
is a member of the Commercial Law League of America, composed of the leading
commercial lawyers of the United States and is also the member from Blair
County of the Pennsylvania Law Alliance, an organization of leading lawyers
of the state, who have banded together for the betterment of the legal
profession and to establish a higher code of ethics. Mr. Walters organized
the Economy Building & Loan Association, one of the leading loan associations
of this city, and has been its solicitor since its incorporation in 1895.
Politically Mr. Walters is a Republican, but has never sought office and does
not take an active part in politics, his large practice requiring all his time
and attention.
     Mr. Walters was united in marriage on September 8, 1897, to Mary Alice
Shafer, of the city of Altoona, a daughter of John N. and Ellen Shafer, of
this city, who are well known residents of the city. He is a member of the
fraternal order of Heptasophs and stands very high both personally and
professionally in the esteem of his fellow members of the bar and his fellow
citizens.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, p. 835.

ISAAC P. WALTON, deceased, formerly vice president of the First National Bank
of Tyrone, Pa., and for many years a prosperous and honorable business man of
this city, was born in Bucks County, Pa., December 22, 1827. He came of old
Quaker stock and was a son of Jesse and Mary Walton - one of their nine
children, three of whom were sons.
     Isaac P. Walton left his home in Bucks County when sixteen years of age
and went to Philadelphia, where he served an apprenticeship to the jewelry
trade and subsequently went into the jewelry business there for himself.
Failing health caused him to seek another home and thus, in 1859, he came to
Tyrone. It was while looking about for a suitable business field that he had
a very unpleasant adventure that came near resulting in the loss of his life.
With one whom he supposed to be his friend, he visited a remote mountain
region and there his companion robbed him of his money and jewelry and then
murderously pushed him over a cliff. Fortunately Mr. Walton was able to break
his fall by catching some twigs and thus saved his life. He came to Tyrone
after this unpleasant encounter with no assets but a good name and excellent
credit and his whole subsequent life proved the value of these in conducting
his large business transactions.
     Mr. Walton opened his jewelry store at Tyrone on the site of the Walton
Block, No. 1039 Pennsylvania Avenue, and here developed from a modest
beginning what is reputed the largest concern of its kind on the main line of
the Pennsylvania Railroad between Philadelphia and Pittsburg. There were few
more public spirited men than Mr. Walton. Although he was born a birthright
Quaker, he never felt himself bound by its somewhat narrow creed, although to
the end of his life, he subscribed to many of its admirable tenets. He laid
the first brick pavement in Tyrone, in front of his own business block,
setting an example to his fellow citizens in the way of public improvement,
was the organizer of the first brass band and the first electric light
company and also was a promoter of the first opera house at Tyrone. He was a
man of social instincts and of happy disposition and it is remembered of him
that he was an encourager of innocent gaiety and was considered an excellent
and graceful dancer. Three times he was elected burgess of Tyrone and the
borough made rapid progress under his intelligent administrations. He became
president of the Tyrone Electric Light Company and gradually acquired a large
amount of real estate among which is included the Walton Block and an
adjoining property.
     Mr. Walton in his marriage was as fortunate as he was in business, the
lady of his selection being Miss Abby Noble, who was born at Portland, Me.
She survives and resides in the Walton Block, having much of her property now
under rental. In this connection it is interesting to recall their early
married life, showing as it does, that Mrs. Walton possessed the admirable
qualities of a true helpmate and also the business capacity which not only
made her able to care for her own family, including her aged blind father,
but to also help her husband to build up his fortune. She opened up a
millinery business and conducted it so wisely and thriftily that she realized
from that source alone an ample income, retiring with some $20,000 to her
credit.
     In the death of Isaac P. Walton, Tyrone lost one of her men of real
worth. He was scrupulously honest and of unimpeachable business integrity and
with those who knew him no bond was ever required to bind a transaction; his
word was sufficient. He was loved, honored and respected by all classes. In
his later years he was strong in the faith of Spiritualism and died in that
belief. On many occasions he visited Spiritualistic conventions, serving as a
delegate. For fifty years he was a member of the Masonic fraternity and this
fraternal birthday was celebrated by a banquet in his honor. His funeral was
conducted with Masonic honors. The death of Mr. Walton occurred in October,
1904, at the age of seventy-seven years.

Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 910-913.

L. S. WALTON, M. D., an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, whose offices
are located in the Central Trust Building, is one of the prominent young
professional men of Altoona, Pa., and was born in this city in 1877. After
obtaining an elementary education in the public and High schools of Altoona,
Dr. Walton spent two years at Swathmore College, and then took a course in
medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated with the
class of 1902. He immediately engaged in the practice of medicine at
Pittsburg, where he continued with much success for five years, and during
that time was also actively identified with the Pittsburg Eye, Ear and Nose
Hospital. During the winter of 1908-09 he was engaged in special work at the
Will's Eye Hospital of Philadelphia. Since May, 1909, he has been located at
Altoona, Pa., where he has established a large and profitable practice and
has gained an enviable reputation as an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist.
Dr. Walton is a member of the county, State and American Medical Societies. In
1904, Dr. Walton was joined in marriage with Angeline McCray of Uniontown, Pa.
The religious connection of the family 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. 573.