Sullivan County PA Archives Biographies.....PEALER, Charles E. 1862 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
      CHARLES E. PEALER, the well-known and popular druggist of Dushore, occupies
  a position in the front rank in business circles of Sullivan county. Tireless
  energy, keen perception, honesty of purpose, genius for devising and executing
  the right thing at the right time, guided by resistless will power, are the
  chief characteristics of the man, and have brought to him his success.
  
      Mr. Pealer was born in Dushore, April 5, 1862, and is a son of Thomas
  Pealer, whose birth occurred in Fishing Creek township, Columbia county,
  Pennsylvania, April 29, 1811, his father, John Pealer, being a pioneer of that
  section. It was in 1860 that Thomas Pealer came to Sullivan county and took up
  his residence in Dushore, where he engaged in the boot and shoe business. Soon
  after his arrival he was appointed justice of the peace and served his fellow
  citizens in that capacity for several years, to their entire satisfaction. He
  was one of the first to begin the imposing of fines in place of imprisoning in
  petty cases, and in this way soon accumulated a snug sum, which he proposed
  should be used to build sidewalks in the town. He was a man of fine attainments,
  and his decisions were never reversed in the higher courts. While a resident of
  Columbia county, he was instrumental in securing the formation of Montour
  county, and ever took an active and prominent part in public affairs, his
  opinions always being received with favor. In 1868 he removed to Muncy,
  Pennsylvania, where he spent two years; from there went to Lock Haven, where the
  following twelve years were passed, and then took up his residence in Renova, at
  each place being engaged in the boot and shoe business. In 1890 he returned to
  Dushore and lived with his son Charles E. until his death, which occurred in
  1898. In 1832 he married Miss Eleanor McHenry, by whom he had eight children,
  namely: Susanna, Charlotte, Martha, Silas, Elmira, Eli B., Erastus and Dyer C.
  He was again married in 1857, his second union being with Miss Adaline McHenry,
  and to them were born two children: Emma J. and Charles E. The mother still
  finds a pleasant home with our subject.
  
      During his boyhood and youth Charles E. Pealer attended the public schools
  of Lock Haven and began his business career as clerk in a drug store at that
  place, still continuing his studies, however, in night school. In 1882 he was
  graduated at the Lock Haven State Normal, and subsequently he secured a position
  in a drug store in Renovo, where he remained about a year. Going to Driftwood,
  he had charge of a drug and general store as manager for four years, and then
  embarked in the drug business on his own account at that place, in partnership
  with W. H. Roach, the two carrying on operations together for five years. On
  selling out, Mr. Pealer returned to Dushore, in October, 1891, and bought his
  present fine store, which he has since so successfully conducted, receiving from
  the public a liberal patronage.
  
      He has been twice elected as a member of the borough council, and is now
  serving a second year as president of the board. He was for several years a
  member of the Patriotic Order Sons of America, and has held all the chairs in
  said lodge.
  
      Mr. Pealer was married on the 4th of June, 1890, to Miss Alice, daughter of
  William R. Jordan, of Benezette, Pennsylvania, and they have become the parents
  of two children: Robert E., born March 10, 1891; and Howard W., born June 20,
  1895.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
      Extracted from: 
        
      History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
      by Thomas J. Ingham
        
      Compendium of Biography
        
      The Lewis Publishing Company
      Chicago: 1899
  
  
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