BIO: John T. FOULKE, 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, page 404.
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  JOHN T. FOULKE, one of the representative business men of Houtzdale, Pa., 
where he has been in the hardware business since 1904, under the firm name of 
J. T. Foulke & Company, was born in Clinton county, Pa., in 1877, and is a son 
of George C. and Annie D. (Myers) Foulke.
  George Foulke was born in Huntingdon county, Pa., and is now a resident of 
Indiana.  Prior to coming to Houtzdale, in 1880, he worked as a tinner at 
Renova and Salona in Clinton county, and went from there to Lock Haven and then 
to Houtzdale.  He married Annie D. Myers, who was born in Clinton county, near 
Millhall.  She died after the family came to Houtzdale.  They had seven 
children, namely:  Laura, who is the wife of William Dalton, of Bruceville, 
Ind.; Minnie, who died in childhood; Maude, who is the wife of W. R. Gallagher, 
and they live at Smith Mills; John T.; Carrie H., who lives at Smith Mills; and 
Annie and Manning, both of whom died in childhood.
  After the close of his school days, John T. Foulke went out on the road for a 
couple of years and also was a clerk in a hardware store and thoroughly learned 
the business.  In 1904 he established himself at Houtzdale under the firm style 
of J. T. Foulke & Company, in hardware, plumbing and tinning, and has built up 
a good business.  He is a Republican in his political views and takes an active 
interest in the election of first class men to office, deeming this the duty of 
a good citizen.  He belongs to the Elks at Phillipsburg, to the Odd Fellows and 
Brotherhood of America, at Houtzdale, and is an advanced Mason, identified with 
the Blue Lodge, at Osceola, the Chapter at Clearfield, the Commandery at 
Phillipsburg, the Consistory at Williamsport, and the Mystic Shrine at Altoona.  
He was reared in the Methodist Episcopal church.