BIO: Blair W. DIEHL, Clearfield County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja & Sally Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/ NOTE: Use this web address to access other bios: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/swoope/swoope.htm _____________________________________________________________ From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr., Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 829 & 830. _____________________________________________________________ BLAIR W. DIEHL, who is a trusted employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, being tank keeper for this road at Irvona, Pa., and also a farmer to some extent, was born near Tyrone, Pa., April 25, 1882, and is a son of Samuel and Mary (Mock) Diehl, and a grandson of John Diehl, who was in the fourth generation in descent from Samuel Diehl, who was the founder of the family in Pennsylvania. There are many representatives of this old family in the state and they have an annual reunion in Clearfield county. When his school days were over, Blair W. Diehl went into the woods and worked in the timber for about two years, afterward following saw milling and mining until 1903, when he came to Irvona and was appointed to his present responsible position. On December 1, 1903, Mr. Diehl was married to Miss Alice McCully who was born December 1, 1885, a daughter of George and Cornelia (Witheright) McCully, old settlers of Chest township. Mrs. Diehl has one brother and three sisters, namely: Dorsey, residing at Bellwood; Bertha, wife of Charles Houser, residing in Chest township; Lena, wife of Harry Dereamer, living at Bellwood; and Lulu, wife of W. Straw, residing at Vintondale, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Diehl have three children: Guy, Bertha and Gilbert, their ages ranging from seven to one year. Mr. Diehl is a member of the order of the Mystic Chain, at Irvona.