BIO: James H. CROYL, 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 401 & 402.
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  JAMES H. CROYL, now a leading business man of Ramey, Pa., senior member of 
the firm of Croyl & McCully, general merchants, was born January 3, 1862, in 
Huntingdon county and is a son of Henry and Catherine (Gettys) Croyl.
  Henry Croyl was born in Huntingdon county and was a son of Casper Croyl, who 
was born in Germany.  Henry Croyl was a general farmer and was a well known and 
respected man.  He married Catherine Gettys, who was a daughter of Patrick 
Gettys, a native of Ireland.  To Henry and Catherine Croyl the following 
children were born:  Margaret, who is the wife of D. T. Kantner; Martha, who is 
the wife of Hugh Stoddard; Samuel; Ella, who is the wife of Solomon McCully; 
William; Robert; Marion, who is deceased; James H.; Ada, who is the wife of H. 
B. Stevens; and Junie, who is the wife of Frank Johnston.
  James H. Croyl obtained his education in the public schools and afterward 
worked for ten years at the carpenter trade.  In 1871 he established his home 
at Ramey, where he was postmaster for ten years and for three years was a clerk 
in a store.  In 1909 he started into a general mercantile business at Ramey, in 
partnership with his nephew, L. K. McCully, and they are doing a large business 
and carry all the assortment of goods usually found in a well managed store of 
this kind.
  Mr. Croyl was married in June, 1895, to Miss Laura Beyer, a daughter of 
Thomas and Virginia (Warren) Beyer.  The parents of Mrs. Croyl have lived at 
Ramey for the past twenty-five years, coming from Tyrone, Pa., when this place 
was but a village.  To Mr. and Mrs. Beyer the following children were born:  
Laura; Myrtle, who is the wife of James Sharer; Florence, who is the wife of 
Joseph Cassidy; and Clinton and Percival.  Mr. and Mrs. Croyl have five 
children:  Virginia, Kathleen, Robert, George and Mildred.  The family attends 
the Methodist Episcopal church.  In politics Mr. Croyl is a Republican and he 
has served as a councilman of Ramey borough and has been school director and 
tax collector.