Clearfield County PA Archives Biographies.....McCracken, John W. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Banja and Sally, 2005 Source: Twentieth Century History Of Clearfield County Pennsylvania And Representative Citizens, By Roland D. Swoope, Jr. Published By Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. F. J. Richmond, President C. R. Arnold, Secretary And Treasurer Chicago, Ill. County Bar John W. McCracken was born in Ferguson township, Clearfield county, Pa., September 17, 1873. He was educated in the public schools, at Bucknell University from which institution he graduated with the class of 1902, received the Degree of Bachelor of Arts. He took a post graduate course and received the Degree of Master of Arts in 1903. After graduation he was a teacher in the University Law Department. He read law with E. F. Bower, Esq., at Lewisburg, Pa., and was admitted to the bar of Clearfield county on the 14th day of November, 1904.