BIO: J. A. McQUOWN, 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 787 & 788.
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  J. A. McQUOWN, an enterprising business man of DuBois, Pa., a concrete and 
paving contractor, at No. 502 Piffer street, has been a resident of this borough 
since 1908.  He was born on his father's farm in South Mahoning township, 
Indiana county, Pa., July 21, 1865, and is a son of John and a grandson of John 
McQuown.
  John McQuown, the father, accompanied his father to Indiana county, and they 
settled near Marion Center.  He spent the remainder of his life there, engaged 
in agricultural pursuits, his death occurring in 1894.  He married Catherine 
Wiley, a native of Indiana county, where she still resides.  Nine children were 
born to them, as follows:  Clark; Elizabeth, deceased, who was the wife of J. E. 
Matthews; Silas; Josiah A.; Hannah, deceased, who was the wife of Miles Fisher; 
Harvey, who is deceased; Archie; Sadie, who is the wife of George Parsons; and 
Charles, deceased.
  J. A. McQuown attended the country schools, helped his father and also worked 
at the carpenter's trade for some years.  He was twenty-seven years of age when 
he left Indiana county and moved to Falls Creek, in Clearfield county, where he 
resided for eight years and then spent four years at Pittsburg and one year at 
Indiana, Pa., where he learned the concrete and paving business, with his 
brother, Archie McQuown.  Since 1908 he has been doing a large business in this 
line at DuBois, giving employment to four men and having the contracts for the 
greater part of all the public work.  Mr. McQuown is a thoroughly practical 
business man and has established himself in the confidence of his fellow 
citizens by the honest and efficient manner in which his important work has been 
done.  He has invested in real estate here and has recently completed a fine 
modern residence on Piffer street.
  On September 28, 1892, Mr. McQuown was married to Miss Edith M. McCall, a 
daughter of James M. and Annie (Ross) McCall, residents of Falls Creek.  They 
are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.  He belongs to the order of 
Modern Woodmen.