BIO: Gustave A. GRAFFIUS, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Dave Wilson Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************************** __________________________________________________________ McElroy, James Thomas Jr., McElroy's Family Memories, Huntingdon, PA: (Author), 1930, page 72. __________________________________________________________ GUSTAVE A. GRAFFIUS Petersburg, Pa. Millwright: Was born at Alexandria, Pa., December 17, 1878. A son of Wm. Graffius, retired, who was a farmer. A miller by trade, living at Petersburg, Pa., married to Susan Guisler, who died in 1907. Gustave A. Graffius graduated at Mercersburg Academy, Class of 1903, and went to State College one year. Has had eight and one-half years of service with the Penn Central Light and Power Company at their plant at Warrior Ridge. Was with Juniata Hydro Electric Company as transitman, between Warrior Ridge and Altoona, this being a high tension line; was with the P.R.R. as civil engineer for ten years; worked out of Huntingdon and Tyrone, Pa. He was a clerk at Altoona for the Penn Central Light and Power Company; was a switchboard operator for four years at Warrior Ridge power plant. Belongs to Lutheran church; wife also. One term on school board, Petersburg, Pa.; election board also. At present is Councilman, Petersburg borough. A Republican. Has two brothers: Walter W., married to Margaret Piper, Petersburg, Pa., a telegraph operator; George, at Aurara, Illinois, a farmer. Two brothers are deceased, Harry died at the age of four years; Fred, at the age of twenty-three years. Two sisters are deceased, Ida, two years, and Myrtle, thirty years. Gustave A. Graffius was married to Mae Spyker, a daughter of William and Salome Spyker; mother living, father deceased. Has three sons: Gustave, Jr., 16 years, a Sophomore, Petersburg High School; Robert S., twelve years, sixth grade. Henry N., eight years, sixth grade. Three daughters, Helen Louise, a graduate, Petersburg schools, married to Selwyn T. Huhn, Huntingdon, Pa.; Myrtle Elizabeth, graduate of Petersburg schools, married to Wallace Yocum, Alexandria, Pa.; Susan Salome, a Freshman at Petersburg Vocational Schools.