BIO: Herman Charles KASTEN, 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 835 & 836.
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  HERMAN CHARLES KASTEN, manager of the A. F. Kelley store at Grass Flat, Cooper 
township, Clearfield county, Pa., has spent a number of years in the mercantile 
business and possesses not only the business capacity but also the personal 
gifts that insure success in this line.  He was born January 24, 1877, in 
Germany, and is a son of Frederick C. and Catherine (Christopher) Kasten.
  The parents of Mr. Kasten were natives of Germany and came to America in 1882, 
where the father engaged in the saw-mill business but now lives retired at 
Williamsport, Pa.  The mother is deceased.  They had eleven children and of the 
family the following survive:  Ralph, who is a cabinetmaker, lives at 
Williamsport; Augusta, who is the wife of Joseph Rockel, a merchant of 
Williamsport; Frederica, who is the wife of Emil Smaltz, who is connected with a 
timber company; Herman Charles; and Ida, who is the wife of August Ertle, a 
merchant at Williamsport.
  Herman Charles Kasten came to America from Baden, Germany, when a child of 
five years and was next to the youngest in his parents' family.  He obtained his 
education in the schools of Williamsport, Pa., where he completed a course in 
the Williamsport Commercial College, after which he became a grocery merchant 
and continued in that line for thirteen years.  For nine years he conducted a 
general mercantile business at English Center, Lycoming county, Pa., and in 1906 
he moved from there to Peale, Clearfield county, where he was engaged until 
1908, when he became manager of his present store at Grass Flat.
  In January, 1901, Mr. Kasten was married to Miss Ethel Mary Whitehead, who was 
born in Potter county, Pa.  Her father was Ezra Whitehead and both parents died 
when she was a child.  Mr. and Mrs. Kasten are members of the Lutheran church.  
He belongs to Lodge No. 1091, Odd Fellows, at English Center; Lodge No. 233, K. 
O. T. M., at the same place, from which he later transferred to Lodge No. 99, 
Williamsport.  He is identified politically with the Republican party.