BIO:  E. D. BILLOTTE, 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 456.
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  E. D. BILLOTTE, whose energy and enterprise have made him one of the most 
prominent men of Girard township, Clearfield county, Pa., not only owns and 
operates a grist-mill, a saw-mill and a general store, but also owns 550 acres 
of valuable land.  Although not a native, Mr. Billotte has lived in Clearfield 
county since he was four years old and all his interests are centered here.  He 
was born on Moore's island, in Clinton county, Pa., January 14, 1865, and is a 
son of Justin and Catherine (Coneway) Billotte, the former of whom was born in 
France and was brought to America by his parents in the year 1847 when eight 
years old.  They settled at Frenchville, Pa.
  E. D. Billotte attended school in Girard township, but other duties limited 
his days at school, and from the age of 12 to 21 he helped his father in 
lumbering.  When he reached manhood he married August 22, 1889, Miss Eliza C. 
Blubell, a daughter of Victor Blubell, a prominent lumberman of Girard 
township, and seven children have been born to them, namely:  Ferdinand, Anna, 
Mabel, Alice, Clare, Levina and Viola.  They have also an adopted son, 
Clarence.
  In almost all that he has undertaken, Mr. Billotte has been successful, the 
reason being, perhaps, that he conducts all his business enterprises according 
to sound business principles.  He possesses the knowledge and foresight that 
enables him to carry on store, mills, farming and stockraising where these 
industries are most needed, and thus, while contributing to his own success, 
advances the prosperity of his section.  He has also taken a civil engineering 
course at Scranton, Pa.  His mills and large general store are situated at 
Lecontes Mills, where said postoffice originated.  Notwithstanding his numerous 
business interests and his practice in civil engineering, contracting, etc., he 
has been active for years in public matters.  For nine years he has been 
auditor of Girard township, for seven years has been assessor of Girard 
township, in 1901 he was elected justice of the peace and in 1906 was re-
elected.  From 1897 until 1902 he was postmaster at Odessa, Pa., and his wife 
from 1902 until 1909.  Mr. Billotte and family are members of the Catholic 
church at Frenchville, and he belongs to the C. M. B. A., at Emporium, Pa.  His 
large plant is situated at Lecontes Mill, sixteen miles northeast of 
Clearfield.