BIO: William A. DEWALT, 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 474.
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  WILLIAM A. DEWALT, who is engaged in a mill business at Irvona, Pa., owning 
saw and grist mills, together with a planing-mill, has other business interests, 
in the direction of carpenter contracting and is one of the substantial and 
representative men of the place.  He was born November 20, 1858, in Beccaria 
township, Clearfield county, Pa., and is a son of Joseph J. and Sarah Dewalt.
  The parents of Mr. Dewalt were born in Adams county, Pa.  The father moved 
with his family to Clearfield county in 1848 and spent his subsequent life in 
Beccaria township, where he followed the carpenter trade.  He died in 1896, aged 
fifty-eight years and was survived two years by his widow.  They had the 
following children:  Jennie, who is the wife of Isaac Smith, of Glen Hope; 
Ellen, who is the wife of W. K. Lull, also of Glen Hope; Catherine, who is the 
wife of W. B. Wright, a farmer, living near Glen Hope; George W., who is a 
carpenter and contractor, residing in Florida; and William A.
  William A. Dewalt attended the public schools until he was about twelve years 
of age and then learned the carpenter trade and remained and worked with his 
father until he was twenty-two years old.  For the past twenty-two years Mr. 
Dewalt has been a resident of Irvona, coming here from Glen Hope.  He erected 
his planing-mill in 1895 and added a saw-mill three years later and in 1909 
built his grist-mill.  He has carried on his various business enterprises with 
prudence and good judgment and has met with satisfactory results in all his 
undertakings.
  On November 4, 1880, Mr. Dewalt was married to Miss Hattie Lull, a daughter of 
J. W. Lull, residing near Glen Hope, and they have four sons and one daughter, 
namely:  Paul W., who served as a member of the Marine Corps, and was in the 
Philippine Islands, but who is now assisting his father; Eugene, who is with the 
Elk Tannery Company; Ralph, who married Martha Bailey, of Irvona, has two 
children - Catherine and Elsie; Bertha and Lawrence, who are at home.  Mr. 
Dewalt is a Prohibitionist in politics and is a very consistent man.  He has 
served several times in the borough council and for some seven years has been a 
member of the school board.  Having always been honest and upright in his 
dealings with his fellow men, Mr. Dewalt has earned and enjoys their friendship 
and esteem.