BIO: John Earl FAWCETT, 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 591 & 592.
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  JOHN EARL FAWCETT, manager of the Tyler Mercantile Company, at Tyler, Pa., and 
one of the enterprising citizens of the place, is a native of England, born at 
New Castle, May 4, 1874, and is a son of William and Anna (Bolam) Fawcett.
  The parents of Mr. Fawcett were born, reared and married in England.  They 
came to America and first lived at McIntire, Pa., then at Morris Run and later 
at Arnet.  They returned to England on a visit and while there their second son, 
John Earl, was born.  They returned while he was only an infant, and in 1883 
settled at DuBois, a small place at that time.  Six children were born to them, 
namely:  David B., residing at Washington, D. C.; John Earl; Robert M., and 
Edward, both living at DuBois; Harriet, also a resident of DuBois; and Ralph, a 
sailor in the U. S. Navy.
  John Earl Fawcett attended school until he was eleven years of age and then 
began doing small jobs around the mines, his responsibilities increasing as he 
grew older, and for six years he was in the employ of the firm of Bell, Lewis & 
Yates.  He then entered the store owned by the same firm, learned to cut meat 
under J. E. Merris, and was then sent by the same company to Helvetia as a 
butcher and continued for four years there.  Afterward he located at Anita, in 
Jefferson county, where at first he was meat cutter for the Eureka Supply 
Company, and later clerk in the company store, then becoming assistant manager 
at Horatio, Jefferson county, for B. T. Atwell.  From there he went to Onondago, 
Jefferson county, as manager for the Keystone Store Company; then was with G. W. 
Imhof, at New Bethlehem, in Clarion county, serving a few months as assistant 
manager.  On January 23, 1911, he came to Tyler, succeeding J. B. Council as 
manager of the Tyler Mercantile Company, and has made many friends here.
  Mr. Fawcett was married to Miss Sarah M. Dick, a daughter of Walter Dick, of 
Anita, Pa., and they have two children, Mary Elizabeth and Clyde William.  They 
attend the Presbyterian church.  Mr. Fawcett is a Republican in his political 
views.  He is identified fraternally with the Elks at Punxatawney and the Odd 
Fellows at Anita, Pa.