BIO: Samuel Blair ECHARD, 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 357.
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  SAMUEL BLAIR ECHARD, owner and proprietor of a blacksmith shop and a dealer 
also in agricultural machinery and farm implements, at Ramey, Pa., is one of 
the representative men of the borough which he has served officially on 
numerous occasions.  He was born November 2, 1866, in Freedom Township, Blair 
County, Pa., and is a son of John and Salome (Stiffler) Echard.
  John Echard was born in Blair County and was a son of George Echard.  He 
was a farmer in Blair County and spent his life there.  He married Salome 
Stiffler, who is also deceased, and they had the following children born to 
them:  James F.; Catherine, who is the wife of Samuel Stiffler; Henry M.; 
Samuel B.; Joseph C.; Mary A., who is the wife of David L. Semple; Peter W.; 
and Anna B., who is the wife of Calvin Fleming.
  Samuel Blair Echard obtained his education in the public schools of Blair 
County and then worked on the home farm until he was twenty-one years of age, 
after which he spent one year in the woods.  He came to Clearfield County 
when he was twenty-one and worked for eight years at the carpenter trade and 
then turned his attention to blacksmithing and dealing in farm implements.  
Mr. Echard is considered an expert mechanic and has proved the justice of 
this reputation by his successful efforts in both trades.  He is an 
intelligent and active citizen and one who commands the confidence of his 
fellow citizens.  He served in the borough council for two and one-half 
terms, was borough treasurer for one term and for seven years has been a 
member of the school board.  He is also a member of the board of trustees and 
treasurer of the Methodist Episcopal church at Ramey.
  On November 2, 1894, Mr. Echard was married to Miss Mary J. McMurray, a 
daughter of Alexander and Sophia McMurray, and they have three children:  
John A., Vida May, and William McKinley, all of whom are very satisfactory 
pupils in the Ramey schools.  In politics Mr. Echard is a Republican.