BIO: Caleb T. BOAL, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 546 & 547.
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  CALEB T. BOAL, general farmer residing three miles northeast of Curwensville, 
Pa., on a farm of ninety acres situated in Pike Township, Clearfield County, was 
born is this township, April 26, 1868, and is a son of James and Elizabeth 
(Smeal) Boal.
  James Boal was born and reared in Center County and remained there until he 
reached manhood, when he came to Clearfield County and for some years after his 
marriage to Elizabeth Smeal, lived on the George Smeal farm, afterward going to 
the West, where he died in 1877.  His widow survived until February, 1901, dying 
at the age of seventy-two years.  Her burial was in the Center Cemetery.  She 
was a daughter of Caleb Bailey and the widow of George Smeal.  Two sons were 
born to James and Elizabeth (Smeal) Boal, Charles E. and Caleb T.  The former 
was born December 25, 1865, and owns a one-half interest in the farm on which 
Caleb T. Boal resides, the latter owning the other one-half interest.  On August 
20, 1891, Charles E. Boal married Ella Cleaver, a daughter of Charles Cleaver, 
of Penn Township, and they have eleven children, namely:  Lela, Orvis, Curtis, 
Maude, Elizabeth, Mary, Clark, Ai, Howard, Sarah and Mabel.
  Cabel T. Boal obtained his education in the schools of Pike Township and has 
devoted himself to farm pursuits, continuing to live on the homestead.  The 
substantial buildings on the place he has erected and has made many other 
excellent improvements.  Thirty acres of the farm is still in valuable timber.  
Mr. Boal raises the grains which do best in this climate, is also to some degree 
interested in growing stock, has fine orchards, and in fact is surrounded with 
all that necessarily contributes to a farmer's comfort and independence.
  On August 27, 1895, Mr. Boal was married to Miss Anna B. Spencer, a daughter 
of E. Bellman Spencer, of Penn Township, and they have six children:  Zeula, 
Pearl, Russell, all three of whom attend the public schools and are bright 
pupils, and Lester, Williard and Carrie.  Mr. and Mrs. Boal are members of the 
Methodist Episcopal church, as were their parents.  In politics Mr. Boal is a 
Republican.  He is a member of the Curwensville Rural Telephone Company of Pike 
Township.