BIO: Joseph LAROCK, 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 889.
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  JOSEPH LAROCK,* who operates a general custom saw mill, cutting timber on 
State land, by contract, is a resident of Pike township, and owns a valuable 
farm of fifty acres, situated in Union Township.  He was born in the Dominion of 
Canada, April 15, 1842.
  Mr. Larock came to the United States in 1860 and worked for some years in the 
Maine woods, having been identified with lumber interests ever since.  He has 
been a resident of Clearfield County for about forty years and is well and 
favorably known.  He was married in this county to Miss Deborah Johnston, and 
they have nine children, namely:  Martha, who is the wife of John Rieter; 
Rebecca, who is the wife of William Durham; Josephine, who moved to Michigan 
after marriage; and John, Rose, Amanda, Anthony, Andrew and Della, all residing 
at home.  Mr. Larock and family are members of the Catholic church at Rockton, 
Pa.  In politics he is a Democrat.  Although a large part of his time is taken 
up with his contract timber work, he is interested also in farming and is a 
member of the Grange.