BIO: Charles Edward ROBACKER, 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 891.
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  CHARLES EDWARD ROBACKER,* outside foreman and weigh boss for the Penfield Coal 
and Coke Company at Penfield, Pa., has lived in Clearfield County all his life.  
He was born on his father's farm, situated two miles southwest of Penfield, Pa., 
April 11, 1877, and is a son of Charles and Georgia (Hanes) Robacker.
  Charles Robacker was born in Luzerne County, Pa., and grew up in the lumber 
regions there, and was one of the early settlers from Kettle Creek that came to 
Clearfield County about the time that Hiram Woodward located here.  For many 
years Charles Robacker was foreman for John DuBois in his lumber camps and later 
he operated a general store at Penfield, in partnership with E. S. Gray, which 
was continued for ten years.  He then purchased the present C. E. Robacker farm 
from a Mr. Abbott, an early settler, and finished the clearing of the land and 
erected buildings and made numerous improvements.  His death occurred in 
October, 1894, when he was over sixty years of age.  He was a steady, capable 
man and enjoyed the respect of those with whom he was associated.  He was thrice 
married.  His first wife was the mother of two children:  Lillian, who is the 
wife of W. D. Woodward, Jr.; and Ella, now deceased, who was the wife of E. S. 
Gray.  Mr. Robacker's second wife was Amelia Thompson, who died without issue.  
His third marriage was to Georgia Hanes.  She was born at Baltimore, Md., and 
resides with her son, Charles Edward.  Her second son, Frank O., is foreman of 
the St. Mary's Gazette, at St. Mary's.
  Charles E. Robacker has always made his present farm his home.  He attended 
the public schools at Penfield and then engaged in farming in the summers and in 
teaming in the winters.  When his father died he took charge of the farm in 
Huston Township.  On April 14, 1902, he entered the employ of the Penfield Coal 
and Coke Company, after receiving an injury while at work in the woods.  Mr. 
Robacker began with this company as weigh man and in September, 1910, succeeded 
Alexander Stewart as outside foreman.  He has proved reliable, efficient and 
trustworthy.
  Mr. Robacker married Miss Abigail W. Wickett, a daughter of Martin Wickett, 
who makes his home with Mr. and Mrs. Robacker.  They have two children, Mary 
Helen and Bernice Irene.  Mr. Robacker is a member of Penfield Lodge No. 567, I. 
O. O. F., and has been through all the chairs; he belongs also to the Grand 
Lodge at Penfield, of which he has been secretary for the past two years; to the 
Encampment at Benezette, Pa., and to the Maccabees at Penfield.  He usually 
votes with the Democratic party.  For four years he has been a member of the 
school board and its secretary for three years.  Mr. Robacker was one of the 
organizers of the Penfield Band, of twenty-three pieces and is its manager.