BIO: Reynold LAMONT, 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 855 & 856.
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  REYNOLD LAMONT, owner and proprietor of the Mountain House, a well kept and 
comfortable hotel at Janesville, Pa., was born in Scotland, October 27, 1860, 
and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Pollock) Lamont, and a grandson of Daniel 
Lamont, of Irish descent.
  The parents of Mr. Lamont never left Scotland and only two of their family of 
six children came across the Atlantic to become residents of America, these 
being Reynold, of this record, and his sister Rachel, who is the wife of William 
Rumgey.  The others are:  Catherine, wife of Joseph Reiley; Jennie, wife of 
Thomas Duffie; Roseann, wife of James Howden; and Elizabeth, wife of John 
Gorman.
  Reynold Lamont was educated in the public schools of Scotland and in an 
academy near his home, which he attended for three years.  He came to America in 
his twentieth year and lived first in Lycoming county, Pa., coming from there to 
Clearfield county, where he has lived for the past twenty-four years.  During a 
large part of this time he has worked in the coal mines but since November 14, 
1904, when he purchased the Mountain House, at Janesville, he has devoted 
himself to hotel keeping.  Travelers through this section find excellent 
entertainment at his hostelry, where a substantial table is set and clean and 
comfortable bed-rooms provided.  Mr. Lamont has other property, owning real 
estate at Beccaria, Pa.
  In 1882 Mr. Lamont was married to Miss Catherine Brogan, who is a daughter of 
William and Mary (Crawford) Brogan, natives of Ireland.  William Brogan was a 
miner and lost his life in the mines when his one little daughter was only six 
weeks old.  Mrs. Brogan subsequently married James O'Reiley, and they had three 
children:  Anna, wife of George E. Lambe; Sarah, wife of Burt Brisbine; and 
Joseph, married to Agnes Hughes.  To Mr. and Mrs. Lamont seven children have 
been born, namely:  Thomas, Mary, William, Elizabeth, James, Margaret and 
Reynold.  Mary is the wife of Frank Callan.  Mr. Lamont and family are members 
of the Catholic church at Coalport.  In politics he is a Democrat but has never 
been willing to serve in office, at all times having plenty of business of his 
own to engage his attention.  He is a member of Lodge No. 154, L. O. O. M., at 
Osceola Mills, and of Lodge No. 312, Brotherhood of America, at Houtzdale, Pa.