BIO: J. B. SWOOPE, 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 547 & 548.
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  J. B. SWOOPE, justice of the peace at Blue Ball, Pa., and proprietor of a 
general store here, is one of the representative citizens of the place.  He was 
born March 26, 1872, in Allegheny county, Pa., and is a son of C. G. and 
Margaret E. (Stuart) Swoope.
  During the greater part of his life the father of Mr. Swoope was connected 
with the coke and coal business.  He was never a politician but he was an 
intelligent citizen and was identified with the Republican party.  He married 
Margaret E. Stuart and they had the following children born to them:  Henry, 
George, J. B., Edward, Ida May and Allen A.  The one daughter is the wife of 
Homer Wolfe and they live in the state of Indiana.
  J. B. Swoope was educated in the public schools.  He then entered the U. S. 
Army, becoming a member of Co. C, 7th Regulars and served five years and fifty-
one days, being in the service during the entire period of the Cuban War.  For 
several years afterwards he worked in the mines and then came to Blue Ball, 
where he conducted a barber shop for seven years.  On January 10, 1909, he 
started his present general store and is doing a very satisfactory business.
  On July 2, 1901, Mr. Swoope was married to Miss Minnie B. Ammerman, a daughter 
of Alfred G. and Laura P. (Senser) Ammerman, of Blue Ball.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Ammerman had the following children:  William A., Minnie B., George, Myrtle, 
Leroy and Frank.  Mr. and Mrs. Swoope have one daughter, Margaret Eveline.  In 
politics, Justice Swoope is a Republican and he has served as school director 
and in 1907 was elected a justice of the peace.  He belongs to the P. O. S. of 
A., at Blue Ball, and to the Odd Fellows at Windber, in Somerset County.