BIO: A. J. HUNTER, 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 414 & 415.
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  A. J. HUNTER, a well known and popular citizen of Berwinsdale, Pa., where he 
is connected with the great Pennsylvania Railroad system as agent and 
telegrapher, was born in Jordan township, Clearfield county, Pa., and is a son 
of John H. and Jennie M. (Van Dyke) Hunter.
  John H. Hunter was born in Scotland, June 8, 1837, and was brought to America 
when ten years of age.  He spent sixty years in Jordan township, and farming 
was his main occupation.  He married Jennie M. Van Dyke, of Holland ancestry, 
who was born September 3, 1841, and the following children were born to them:  
William B., Mary S., Robert A., A. J., Maggie B., and Nelson V.  Mary S. became 
the wife of J. H. Moss, and Maggie B. married W. F. Conley.
  A. J. Hunter is a self-made man.  His education was obtained in the public 
schools and his first work was performed as a clerk in a store at Irvona, where 
he continued for five years.  For one year he was engaged in business for 
himself at Curwensville, after which he took a course of four months in 
telegraphy.  Proving a very apt pupil, he learned the art quickly and then 
entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, with which he has been 
identified ever since, coming to Berwinsdale in his present capacity, on March 
1, 1900.
  On July 29, 1899, Mr. Hunter was married to Miss Edith F. Breth, a daughter 
of William B. and Margaret (Montgomery) Breth, and they have two children:  
Samuel Carl and Sarah Kathryn.  Mr. and Mrs. Hunter are members of the 
Presbyterian church.  He is independent in politics.