BIO: Edward Amos VIEBAHN, 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 584.
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  EDWARD AMOS VIEBAHN, owner and proprietor of the Smoke Run Hotel, at Smoke 
Run, Clearfield county, Pa., is one of the enterprising and successful young 
business men of Bigler township.  He was born in 1882, in Clearfield county, and 
is a son of Julius Viebahn, a wholesale merchant and prominent citizen of 
Houtzdale, Pa.
  Edward A. Viebahn was educated in the public schools and graduated from the 
Woodward High School on June 15, 1900.  He then took a commercial course at 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where he was graduated April 7, 1903.  Mr. Viebahn took 
charge of the Smoke Run Hotel in 1905 and he has conducted it along lines which 
have made it a credit to the place and which have established his reputation as 
a host.  To his guests he offers substantial comforts, an excellent table and 
attentive service, all at a reasonable price.
  Mr. Viebahn was married in Germany, in April, 1904, to Miss Hedwig Wienhaus, a 
daughter of Frantz and Ida Wienhaus, who have two other children, Carolina and 
Frantz.  Mr. and Mrs. Wienhaus have never settled in the United States although 
they spent one pleasant year visiting Mr. and Mrs. Viebahn.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Viebahn are members of the Lutheran church.  He is a Republican in his political 
views.  He belongs to the Elks at Tyrone and to other organizations.