BIO: Richard J. FAUST, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, pages 394, 397.
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  RICHARD J. FAUST, Mount Union, Huntingdon county, Pa., was born in 
Lehigh county, Pa., October 9, 1848, son of Alvin D. and Catherine 
(Kuhns) Faust. His parents were natives of the same county, but removed 
to Ambler, Montgomery county, in 1851. Alvin D. Faust was a tanner, and 
continued all his life in the same occupation, carrying on a tannery at 
Ambler for upwards of thirty years. For a number of years he filled the 
office of school director. His wife is the daughter of Henry Kuhns. 
Their children are: Richard J.; Edwin H.; Samuel A.; Milton D.; and 
Alvin B., all residing in Ambler, Montgomery county, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. 
Faust were both members of the Lutheran church; he died May 10, 1883, 
at the age of fifty-eight, and she is still living, and in good health, 
with her youngest son, Alvin B., at Ambler.
  Richard J. Faust was educated in the common schools of Montgomery 
county, completing his course at Allentown Military and Collegiate 
Institute. He learned with his father the trade of a tanner and 
currier, in which he has ever since been engaged. Since 1874, he has 
resided and carried on his business at Mount Union, operating what is 
now known as Faust Brothers tannery. It is a steam tannery of great 
capacity, and is the principal industry of the borough, employing a 
large number of hands. Mr. Faust adheres to the Democratic party, and 
although he counts himself a business man, and not a politician by 
profession, he has been called by his fellow citizens to fill many 
responsible positions. He was a school director for fifteen years by 
election, and for eight months by appointment, and during that time, 
was for eleven years and eight months president of the board. On June 
12, 1883, Mr. Faust was appointed justice of the peace of Mount Union; 
in the following spring, he was elected to the same office, and served 
for a second, at the expiration of which he was again re-elected, 
without opposition, and is now in the midst of his third term. He was 
in the town council for two terms, was chief burgess for two terms, and 
in 1883, was elected treasurer of the borough of Mount Union for five 
years. Mr. Faust has since 1875 been a member of the Masonic order, in 
which he takes an active interest, belonging to the Blue Lodge; 
Chapter, and to the Commandery of Knights Templars. He also belongs to 
Mount Union Lodge, No. 677, I.O.O.F., and to Lodge No. 148, K. of P., 
of Montgomery county, Pa.
  Richard J. Faust was married January 6, 1870, to Caroline, daughter 
of Henry and Sarah (Sneden) Herrman. Their children are: Matilda C. 
(Mrs. Robert M. Longacre); Richard J.; and John E. Mr. Faust is a 
member of the Lutheran church, but there being no congregation of that 
denomination in Mount Union, he and his family have become actively 
interested in the Presbyterian church; the children of the family all 
hold their membership in it, and Mr. Faust has been assistant 
superintendent in the Sunday-school for sixteen years, and trustee of 
the church for fifteen years.
  Mrs. Caroline (Herrman) Faust was born February 11, 1849. Her father 
was an Alsatian by birth; her maternal grandfather was a sea captain, 
and sailed the ocean all his life. Her mother was born in Long Island, 
N.Y., and Mrs. Herrman had ten children, of whom three are deceased: 
Henry; Albert; and Matilda. The surviving ones are: George; Bella (Mrs. 
George Bliss), of Philadelphia; Adeline (Mrs. Henry Daubert); Theodore; 
Daniel; Caroline (Mrs. Faust); and Irving. Mrs. Herrman died in 1890, 
at the age of seventy-five; Mr. Herrman resides in Philadelphia, an 
octogenarian, but still in robust health. He is a member of the 
Lutheran church.