BIO: Charles Harvey NOTTER, 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 473 & 474.
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  CHARLES HARVEY NOTTER, proprietor of the DuBois Roller Mills, manufacturer of 
and wholesale dealer in flour and feed, has been a resident of DuBois, Pa., 
since 1889.  He was born at New Amsterdam, Wis., October 10, 1860, and is a son 
of David and Mary (Loubshier) Notter.
  David Notter was born in Germany and came to America when a young man.  He was 
married afterward to Mary Loubshier, who was born and reared in Clinton county, 
Pa., and they made their home in Wisconsin until 1868, when they returned to 
Clinton county, Pa., where Mrs. Notter died shortly afterward.  David Notter 
subsequently took up his residence again in Wisconsin and spent the rest of his 
life there.  Four children were born to David and Mary Notter, as follows:  
Carrie, who is the wife of J. C. Dimling, of Renova, Pa.; Charles Harvey; David, 
who lives in New York; and John, who is a resident of Allegheny, Pa.
  Charles H. Notter was eight years old when his parents settled in Clinton 
county, Pa., near Lock Haven, and there he was educated in the public schools.  
At the age of twenty-one years he bought an interest in the Muckelhatten mill at 
Muckelhatten, which he retained for one year and after disposing of it spent a 
short time in Ohio and in Western Pennsylvania in search of a promising business 
location, selecting DuBois in 1889.  Here, in association with Sidney Fuller and 
John McCullough, he built the DuBois Roller mill, the first one erected after 
the memorable fire that had destroyed so many business houses in the previous 
year.  Later, Mr. Notter bought Mr. Fuller's interest in the plant and still 
later, Mr. McCullough's share.  The first mill was a rather small affair but 
after Mr. Notter became sole owner he showed a great deal of enterprise in 
making additions and improvements.  The present capacity of the mill is fifty 
barrels of flour and fifty barrels of buckwheat per day, and the feed mill is 
kept busy all the time, the business being both wholesale and retail.  The 
location of the plant, on the corner of Sandy and DuBois streets, affords fine 
railroad facilities.
  In June, 1889, Mr. Notter was married to Miss Mary Fugate, a daughter of J. J. 
and Elizabeth (Bare) Fugate, both of whom are now deceased.  Mr. and Mrs. Notter 
have four children, namely:  Mary Irene, who is a graduate of the DuBois High 
School, of Mrs. Meade's Girls' School, of Norwalk, Conn., a student for one year 
at Wellesley College, and now in her second year at Oberlin College; John C., 
who is a graduate of the DuBois High School and is now in his second year in the 
Pennsylvania State College at Center County; and Charles H. and Stephen Fugate.  
Mr. Notter believes in higher education and places a value on scholarship, hence 
he is affording his children superior advantages.  He is a member of the Masonic 
fraternity and belongs also to the Modern Woodmen.  Politically a Democrat, he 
has been elected by his party to membership on the borough council, where his 
practical business sense has made him very valuable.  In 1902 he erected his 
handsome brown stone residence, at No. 42 W. Scribner avenue, DuBois.