BIO: J. Lewis LEIB, 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 730 & 731.
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  J. LEWIS LEIB, who is proprietor of the largest drug store at Curwensville, 
Pa., is a representative citizen of this borough, interested in its commercial 
prosperity and its public affairs.  He was born September 14, 1869, at Sherwood, 
Md., and is a son of Thomas and Mary H. Leib.
  Thomas Leib for thirty-four years was identified with the Pennsylvania 
Railroad, in the Baltimore offices.  He also owned a farm of 212 acres, in York 
county, Pa., to which he retired and on which he was living at the time of his 
death, in February, 1905.  Following this event the farm was sold, his widow 
coming then to Curwensville, where she still lives.  Thomas Leib was a man of 
sterling character.  He was identified with the Prohibition party.  With his 
wife he belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church.  Three children were born to 
Thomas and Mary H. Leib, namely:  Harry L., who resides near Stewartstown, York 
county; Della, who is the wife of Dr. Harry Hooven, of Hartford, Pa.; and J. 
Lewis, of Curwensville.
  J. Lewis Leib attended Stewartstown Academy and after he had decided to enter 
the drug business, he attended Maryland College at Baltimore, where he was 
graduated in pharmacy.  From there he came to Curwensville and became a clerk 
for a Mr. Reeser, then in the drug business here, and finally bought an interest 
and afterward bought his present building on State street, of Mrs. Joseph R. 
Irwin, where he has conducted a first class drug store ever since.
  Mr. Leib was married April 20, 1897, to Miss May Dixon Kemp, a daughter of 
Maj. Thomas Kemp, of Baltimore, Md., and they have three children:  Kemp, 
Gretchen and Mildred.  Mr. and Mrs. Leib are members of the Methodist Episcopal 
church, of which he is one of the trustees.  Mr. Leib has other business 
interests aside from his drug store and is interested in a flourishing building 
and loan association.  In politics he is a Republican and he has been a member 
of the borough council for two years.  Fraternally he is a Mason and an Odd 
Fellow.