BIOS: Howard L. McVICKER, Boswell, Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace Roth Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 286/7 Howard L. McVICKER. Howard L. McVicker, of Boswell, was born April 22, 1883, in Stoystown, and is a son of W. A. McVicker, and a grandson of James McVicker, who was of Scotch-Irish descent and was born on Dry Ridge, Bedford county. From 1831 to 1843 he was engaged in farming at Statler's mill, near Schellsburg, whence he came to Somerset county, where he was twice elected justice of the peace. In 1859 he returned to Bedford county. He was twice married and was the father of nine children. W. A. McVicker, son of James McVicker, was born in 1857, and for four years followed the tinner's trade in Claysburg, Blair county. In 1880 he moved to Stoystown and established himself in the hardware business, which he conducted for twenty-four years, thence moving to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, to engage in business of the like nature. He belongs to the I.O.O.F. and is a Republican in politics. Mr. McVicker married Lizia A., born in 1867, daughter of John I. Hoover, of Claysburg, Blair county, and the following children were born to them: Howard L., of whom later; Ada P., Martha L., and Kenneth W. Howard L. McVicker received his education in the common schools of Stoystown, and afterward took a business course at Iron City College, of Pittsburg. His first employment was in connection with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and then as assistant cashier at Stoystown, a position which he retained two years. At the end of that time he became cashier of the First National Bank of Boswell, in which position he is still serving. He is a tinner by trade, member of the I.O.O.F. and Masons, Lodge No. 358, Somerset, Pennsylvania. He is a Republican in politics.