BIO: John BOAG, 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 436.
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  JOHN BOAG, postmaster at Boardman, Pa., and superintendent of Mines No. 2 and 
3, for the Potts Run Land Company, in Knox Township, Clearfield County, is a 
reliable and experienced mine man and is well and favorably known all through 
this section of Pennsylvania.  He was born in Scotland, March 14, 1858, and is 
a son of David C. and Margaret (Halbert) Boag.
  David C. Boag and wife were both born in Scotland and when they came to 
America in December, 1869, their five children accompanied them.  They settled 
first at Arnot, Tioga County, Pa., and during their years of residence there, 
eight more children were added to the family.  The mother and ten of the 
children still survive.  The father died at the age of sixty-six years, while 
on a visit at Arnot, having previously removed to Glen Richey, where he worked 
as a miner.  He was a Presbyterian in his religious convictions and a 
Republican in his political views.
  John Boag was about twelve years old when the family came to America and he 
had already laid the foundation of a good education and completed his period of 
school attendance at Arnot, Pa.  Like his father he became a miner and when he 
came to Clearfield County, in 1892, it was as a mine foreman at Glen Richey, 
where he remained for four years, after which he was mine foreman for six years 
at Burnside.  In 1902 he came to Boardman and accepted his present position as 
superintendent, serving as such ever since.  Mr. Boag is not only a well 
qualified man in his special line of work but he is a representative citizen 
and while still living in Tioga County served as school director and as 
township clerk, being elected on the Republican ticket.  Mr. Boag at present is 
identified with the Prohibition party.  He is serving in his second term as 
postmaster at Boardman, the mail being received from Olanta or Mitchell by 
carrier.
  Mr. Boag married Miss Jennie Patterson, a daughter of Henry Patterson, of 
Arnot, Tioga County, and they have seven children, namely:  David C. and Harry 
P., both of whom are attending college, in preparation for professional life; 
John, who is general manager of the Boardman Supply Company store and assistant 
postmaster; and Elizabeth, Margaretta, William A., and Park.  Mr. Boag and 
family are members of the Presbyterian church.  He is identified fraternally 
with the Masons, the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias.