BIOGRAPHY: C. E. AURAND, Mifflin County, PA

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The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, Comprising 
the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, Pennsylvania.
Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, Volume I, page 651.

  C. E. AURAND, Milroy, Mifflin county, Pa., was born near Lewisburg, Union 
county, Pa., September 16, 1862.  He is a son of John and Sarah E. (Sechler) 
Aurand.  His paternal grandparents were of German descent.  His maternal 
grandfather was John Sechler, who had a family of twelve children, all of whom 
lived to an old age.  John and Sarah Aurand had seven children:  Four who died 
in childhood;  Mary C. (Mrs. James Spiegelmeyer), has one child;  James, married 
Lydia Spiegelmeyer, has four children;  and C. E.  
  When C. E. Aurand was six years old, his father died, and his mother removed 
to Hartleton, Union County.  He attended the public schools of that town until 
he was seventeen, completing his education by studying three years at the State 
Normal School at Bloomsburg, Columbia county, Pa.  In 1882, he removed to 
Nebraska, and was for a short time employed as clerk in a drug store at 
Plattsmouth.  Returning to Pennsylvania, he became a clerk in the drug store of 
Dr. M. L. Mench, at Hartleton, Pa., where he remained until the autumn of 1883.  
He then opened a drug store at Spring Mills, Centre county, Pa.  Close 
confinement, however, so impaired his constitution, that in the spring of 1884 
he sold his store and removed to a farm in Smith county, Kan.  Three years of 
healthful exercise in the pure life-giving air so far restored his health that 
he ventured to return to his native State, but, profiting by experience, he 
abandoned his profession, and began to deal in grain and lumber at Millmont, 
Mifflin county.  Mr. Aurand was too ambitious to be content with a small 
business.  In 1890 he removed to Milroy and engaged in manufacturing, also 
dealing in lumber.  Since 1894, he has been a builder and contractor.  His 
energy, experience and business tact have made him successful in various 
enterprises.  Mr. Aurand belongs to the Republican party.  He is also an active 
member of Lodge No. 213, I. O. O. F., at Milroy.
  C. E. Aurand was married, March 14, 1883, to Kate L., daughter of W. E. and 
Hannah M. (Halfpenny) Smith.  Their children are:  Jesse, deceased;  Hannah M., 
deceased;  Estella;  Rae;  William E.;  and Nellie H.  Mrs. Aurand died November 
6, 1894, aged twenty-eight.  She was an earnest Christian, and a devoted wife 
and mother, beloved and esteemed by all who knew her.  Mr. Aurand and his family 
attend the Presbyterian church at Milroy.