Cambria County Court House
BIOGRAPHICAL AND PORTRAIT
CYCLOPEDIA
OF
CAMBRIA COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA,
COMPRISING ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED SKETCHES OF THE PROMINENT
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY.
ILLUSTRATED.
THE UNION PUBLISHING COMPANY,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
1896.
PREFACE.
The last written, usually, though the first read by most intelligent book men, is this page. Hence it is, that authors often use this privilege to fence against adverse criticism, or apologize for errors of omission or commission, singularly forgetting the fact that nothing of man's creation is perfect, and that the dear critics are not only busy pointing out the "Mistakes of Moses," but are exploiting upon the faults of creation itself. We welcome them all, for doubters and critics we esteem the salt of every civilization, and we will rest content that every person competent to know, after even a superficial examination, will realize that the whole has not been the work of "the idle singer of an empty day."
In the front of the work will be found a complete Table of Contents, which will render reference easy to every biographical sketch in the book.
In these biographies it was not the intention to devote large space to men of pre-Revolutionary times, but to make it a live cyclopedia, which, while it contains sketches of many who have passed away, includes the men who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time. This work, we believe, will supply an invaluable and useful means for establishing identity, relationship, birth, official position, details as to many military records and other data necessary to the making-up of family history. In the preparation of many of these sketches we were assisted by Samuel T. Wiley, whose reputation as a writer on historical and biographical subjects is well known throughout this and adjoining states.
THE PUBLISHERS.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
List of Victims of the Johnstown Flood, 490
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Adair, Alexander, 463 Adams, Simon, 165 Akers, Alvar I., 146 Alexander, Blair, 61 Allport, James Hobart, 383 Altemus, Dr. C. E., 203 Anderson, Henry, 212 Anna, Anthony, 453 Armitage, Dr. T. L., 133 Barclay, Robert, 176 Barker, Constantine, 437 Barker, Florentine H., 435 Barker, Hon. Abraham A., 434 Barker, Judge Augustine V., 436 Barker, Valentine, 435 Barnhart, Isaac B., 369 Bauer, George A., 243 Bearer, Joseph, 320 Bender, Richard J., 330 Benford, John H., 323 Bengele, Joseph, 433 Blair, Celestine J., 452 Bland, Fred, 264 Blauch, Col. David D., 274 Blimmel, John C., 399 Bowman George W., 177 Boyd, Hon. James K., 43 Boyer, N. J., 377 Bracken, Michael, 260 Bradimyer, August, 108 Brallier, Daniel Webster, 235 Brehm, John F., 236 Brendlinger, David W., 442 Brown, Elmer C., 379 Brown, John H., Esq., 298 Brown, Joseph Green, 49 Brown, Morganza A., 48 Buck, A. W., 261 Burkhard, John, 220 Burkhart, D. S., 353 Burns, James P., 214 Byrne, Thomas T., 231 Caldwell, Dr. Wm., 479 Campbell, Gen. J. M., 11 Campbell, John I., 449 Campbell, Peter, 251 Carpenter, Peter L., 225 Carter, John Wesley, 49 Chandler, Isaac E., 245 Christy, Frank J., 361 Claghorn, Clarence R., 347 Clark, Alpheus B., 456 Connelly, Patrick, 468 Conrad, Dr. George E., 281 Conrad, John, 191 Cooper, Anson B., 293 Cooper, James, 157 Cooper, Joshua M., A.M., M.D., 158 Cordell, John R., 407 Costlow, James, 340 Coulter, David W., 143 Coulter, William P., 144 Craig, F. J., 419 Craver, Lewis A., 291 Cresswell, Robert E., 416 Crofford, Rev. Daniel, 76 Crouse, Charles N., 375 Croyle, Ulysses S., 164 Cunningham, John, 360 Custer, Jonathan, 394 Davis, Col. Samuel W., 222 Davis, Daniel J., 112 Davis, Dr. M. H., 358 Davis, Elmer E., 417 Davis, Howard, 370 Davis, Thomas, 152 Davis, William, 396 Davison, Dr. Thomas J., 199 Denny, J. B., 100 Devlin, John J., 206 Dibert, Wm. B., 152 Dick, Chalmers L., 58 Dick, Thomas W., 79 Diethrich, Martin, 388 Dietrick, P. J., 486 Dillon, Patrick E., 169 Dimond, Arthur L., 461 Dowling, John, 274 Duncan, Clark J., 372 Duncan, Joshua C., D.D.S., 401 Dunegan, Lieut. Edward D., 259 Earhart, Alexander B., 464 Eckenrode, Andrew, 446 Edwards, Elias, 189 Edwards, John L., 189 Edwards, Lewis L., 187 Edwards, Thomas L., 190 Eichenlaub, Valentine, 286 Emmerling, John, 210 Endsley, Henry Sullivan, 55 Evans, Alvin, 154 Evans, David E., 466 Evans, Josiah T., 67 Evans, Nicholas, 451 Farrell, Frank E., 105 Fend, Jacob, 53 Fenlon, John, Esq., 57 Ferguson, Dr. Frank U., 315 Fichtner, Dr. Albon S., 97 Fisher, Edgar O., 205 Fisher, Henry, 309 Fisher, John, 284 Fisher, Peter S., 218 Fitzharris, Michael, 430 Foley, John S., 455 Fox, Francis J., 376 Fraser, Charles F., 437 Frazer, Charles K., 196 Fronheiser, Jacob, 364 Fulton, John, 37 Gageby, Maj. Jas. Harrison, 185 Galbraith, Wm. D., 107 Galbraith, Wm. L., 227 Gallitzin, Rev. Demetrius A., 232 Gasteiger, John E., 84 Gates, Joel A., 124 Gates, John C., 312 Geer, James H., 124 George, Frederick M., 447 George, Nicholas S., 262 George, Robert L., 448 Gessler, Everhart, 325 Geus, Philip J., 480 Gittings, Richard W., 382 Glasgow, G. L., 279 Glasgow, John Hudson, 281 Glasgow, M. L., 281 Glass, Dr. George R., 226 Gochnour, Hiram, 214 Good, John J., 145 Goodwin, Clarence L., 138 Gore Family, The, 287 Graham, Capt. Patrick, 86 Gray, Joseph A., 294 Green, A. W., 271 Green, Dr. John B., 163 Greene, E. Will, 318 Griffith, Dr. Abner, 242 Griffith, Thomas, 241 Griffith, Webster, 242 Griffith, Wm. G., 111 |
Gwin, John, 431 Hager, George A., 75 Hagey, John E., 255 Hahn, Wm. Henry, 273 Hamilton, Alexander, 337 Hamilton, Major David, 39 Hamilton, Thomas F., 168 Hamm, C. B., 306 Hannan, Hon. John, 415 Harris, David A., 330 Harris, John T., 69 Harshberger, Cornelius, 298 Harshberger, George M., 179 Hartman, Philip, 122 Hartung, Rev. Ferdinand, 399 Haws, Andrew J., 70 Haws, Henry Y., 71 Herzog, Thos. J., 219 Hill, Stewart A., 212 Hoffman, Joseph, 362 Hofmayr, Rev. Michael, O.S.B., 109 Honan, John, 272 Hoover, James L., 82 Hoover, Thomas, 356 Horner, Jacob C., 322 Horrocks, John H., 394 Hostetler, Abram, 80 Hughes, John J., 360 Hughes, Thomas J., 72 Hummel, Lieut. Jos. R., 90 Hunt, Timothy L., 46 Huntley, George, 81 Itell, Thomas J., 328 Ivory, Francis, 413 Jacoby, Jacob, 341 Johns, Joseph, 160 Johnson, Judge Robert L., 345 Johnston, Thos. B., 357 Jones, Dr. Fremont C., 238 Jones, Griffith J., 324 Jones, Henry, 92 Jones, Philip H., 193 Jones, Thomas L., 237 Jordan, John, 308 Kaylor, Raymond J., 267 Keedy, Thomas P., 389 Kensinger, James A., 400 Kerr, Ellis Glenalvine, 349 King, Dorsey, 297 King, Hon. George S., 15 Kinkead, George A., 132 Kirsch, Simon, 200 Kline, George K., 234 Kohler, Anthony, 366 Koontz, Dr. David M., 221 Krebs, Dr. A. Bryan, 169 Krebs, Frederick, 30 Kress, Charles F., 160 Krumenacker, Henry J., 331 Kuhn, Col. H. H., 481 Kunkle, Ellsworth, 75 Laffey, Mark, 400 Lantzy, Andrew, 363 Lantzy, John, 155 Layton, Joseph P., 221 Leckey, Louis, 474 Leech, James Wilson, 485 Lehman, Josiah M., 350 Levergood Family, The, 299 Levergood, Jacob, 304 Lewis, Evan G., 134 Lewis, Wm. C., 131 Linton, Col. John P., 32 Litzinger, B. W., 278 Livingston, Dr. Frank J., 51 Livingston, Dr. L. S., 216 Lloyd Family, The, 170 Lloyd, Abel, 172 Lloyd, Festus, 175 Lloyd, Griffith, 88 Lloyd, John G., 174 Lloyd, John, 173 Long, John T., 66 Longwell, Robert T., 332 Loughry, Thomas Clark, 351 Louther, Daniel, 292 Love, Joseph K., 327 Lowman, Dr. Webster Bodine, 19 Lucas, John Emmett, 88 Ludden, Rev. John J., 233 Luke Family, The, 181 Luke, Daniel W., 183 Luke, Dr. John C., 183 Luther, Demetrius A., 151 Lynch, Lieut. John, 83 Mannion, John, 208 Marbourg, Dr. Esther L. W., 141 Mardis, B. T., D.D.S., 352 Martin, Dr. George, 96 Martin, Frank P., 47 Masters, Joseph, 31 Masters, Samuel, 253 Matthews, Charles A., D.D.S., 42 Matthews, Dr. William Edgar, 41 Maucher, Dr. John E., 258 McAnulty, Daniel S., 96 McCartney, James, 406 McDonald, George F., M.D., 334 McGough, Daniel A., 199 McGough, P., 326 McHugh, Edward, 412 McKee, William, 311 McKernan, Philip, 374 McKernan, Thomas, 374 McMillen, James, 21 McManamy, J. B., 276 McNeelis, Hon. Edward T., 168 Mellon, James, 113 Miller, Dr. A. J., 270 Miller, Dr. E. L., 94 Miller, Harry W., 470 Miller, John C., 95 Miller, Maurice, 218 Mitchell, George S., 210 Murdock, Jacob M., 240 Murphy, Dr. John, 452 Murphy, Jacob C., 64 Murphy, Robert S., 159 Myers, George J., 101 Myers, Herman H., 137 Nees, Bernard, 257 Neff, Alonzo G., 429 Nicholson, James L., 192 Noonan, Dr. John B., 465 Notley, James M., 473 O'Brien, H. W. S., 369 O'Connor, Francis Joseph, 284 O'Hagan, Bernard, 195 Orris, Lewis, 390 Osborn, George W., 228 Ott, Peter C., 393 Owens, Edward, 167 Owens, John, 342 Parrish, Francis J., 354 Parrish, Josue D., 126 Patterson. Hon. Sam'l D., 139 Paul, Wm. H., 91 Peden, Dr. Samuel A., 312 Perry, James, 252 Petrikin, Albert B., 204 Pierson, George W., 135 |
Porch, William W., 266 Pratt, John I., 310 Pringle, Alexander B., 73 Pryce, Newton, 363 Rainey, Joseph, 450 Rasbach, Charles, 216 Reade, George Marshall, 206 Ream, Garrett, 365 Ream, S.C., 60 Reed, Samuel Lemon, 229 Reese, Wm. P., 295 Rettger, Rev. Marcellus, O.S.B., 279 Rice, Dr. Daniel S., 136 Richards, Capt. George G., 54 Richards, T. Mason, D.D.S., 196 Riddell, Wm. J., 320 Rieg, Vincent, 392 Riffel, John, 110 Rivinius, Carl, 217 Roberts, Howard J., 445 Roberts, John D., 39 Robertson, W. H. H., 487 Robison, Robert Potter, 121 Rockefeller, Lemuel C., 319 Rose Family, The, 22 Rose, Harry G., 28 Rose, Hon. John M., 27 Rose, Hon. W. Horace, 24 Rose, Horace R., 28 Rose, Wesley J., 223 Rowe, Rev. Alfred Lewis, 68 Rowland, Rev. Elias, 403 Ruthrauff, Dr. William S., 334 Saly, Henry Y., 475 Schellhamer, Vincent, 378 Schill, Dr. Francis, 119 Sechler, John L., 355 Sechler, William H., 443 Seigh, John L., 226 Shaffer, Henry R., 93 Shaffer, John J., 378 Sharbaugh, Thomas A., 180 Shepherd, Cyrus, 472 Sherbine, Aaron, 395 Sherbine, Wallace, 335 Sheridan, Dr. Campbell, 117 Sheridan, Dr. John Campbell, 347 Shipman, Rev. William Alfred, 85 Shoemaker, Francis A., 462 Shoemaker, Harry A., 247 Short, Blair, 194 Shryock, William L., 74 Shumaker, James M., 249 Simmers, William, 408 Singer, Jacob, 256 Sipe, D. A., 224 Skelly, A. J., 314 Slick, Benj. F., 161 Slick, Dr. Geo. A., 476 Smith, Benjamin Franklin, 411 Smith, George W., 365 Smith, Wm. M., 476 Sommerville, Dr. Harry, 355 Sommerville, John H., 410 Spencer, Edwin F., 471 Stackhouse, Alexander, 381 Stephens, Martin Bingham, 414 Stewart, Edwin R., 106 Stibich, J. L., 371 Stineman Family, The, 114 Stineman, George B., 115 Stineman, Hon. Jacob C., 116 Stineman, Washington Irving, 316 Stineman, William H., 178 Storey, Henry Wilson, 423 Strayer, Jacob, 478 Strittmatter, Aloysius T., 460 Strittmatter, Anthony C., 461 Strittmatter, Paul A., 461 Stull, B. F., 91 Stutzman, Stephen, 265 Stuver, Samuel L., 104 Swan, Dr. Samuel M., 59 Swank, Hiram, 367 Swank, Morrell, 402 Sybert, Sebastian P., 339 Taylor, J. Swan, M.D., 288 Thomas, Hon. James J., 149 Thomas, Jacob, 458 Thomas, Robert R., 142 Thompson, Francis A., 454 Thompson, James M., 127 Thompson, James P., M.D., 42 Thompson, N. F., 438 Thompson, Walter R., 129 Tomb, Dr. Benj. F., 342 Tomb, Dr. Henson F., 120 Trageser, Rev. Rupert, 398 Traxler, Rev. Francis X., 402 Unger, Elias J., 119 Van Scoyoc, David, 409 Varner, David, 373 Vaughen, Samuel W., 317 Vickroy, Edwin A., 405 Von Lunen, Louis, 359 Wagner, Solomon, 103 Wagoner, Dr. George W., 244 Wakefield, Dr. A. N., 422 Wakefield, Dr. Joseph C., 386 Wakefield, Rev. Samuel, D.D., 420 Walkinshaw, John C., 444 Walls, W. Frank, 459 Walters, James M., 305 Walters, John W., 296 Waltz, Michael J., 468 Warner, Charles, 385 Weakland, Anselum, 387 Weaver, Herbert H., 56 Weaver, Rev. M. L., 441 Weimer, S. A., 84 Wentroth, John D., 201 Wertz, George M., 418 Wesner, Dr. M. A., 405 West, Johnston G., 129 Wharton, James A., 282 Wicks, John S., 63 Williams, Frank E., 254 Williams, James, 99 Williams, Morgan L., 469 Williams, William J., 202 Williams, William R., 112 Williams, William, 248 Wilson, David B., 147 Wilson, John E., 483 Wilson, Joseph P., 268 Wirtner, Benjamin, 457 Womer, Henry F., M.D., 374 Woodruff, Hon. L. D., 77 Yahner, Paul, 338 Yeagley, Dr. Andrew, 45 Yeagley, Dr. Benjamin, 368 Yearick, Isaiah M., 466 Yeckley, Jacob, 277 Yothers, Richard J., 190 Young, Emanuel, 238 Young, Samuel E., 343 Zahm, George C. K., 52 Zimmerman Family, The, 426 Zimmerman, Charles, 428 Zimmerman, Edward, 429 Zimmerman, Jacob, 428 |
Cambria County Jail
ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Facing Page | |
| Barker, Hon. Abraham A. | 434 |
| Barker, Judge A. V. | 436 |
| Campbell, Gen. Jacob M. | 11 |
| Cambria County Court-house | Frontispiece. |
| Cambria County Jail | 9 |
| Davis, Col. Samuel W. | 222 |
| Evans, Alvin | 154 |
| Fend, Jacob | 53 |
| Fichtner, Dr. A. S. | 97 |
| Gageby, Major James H. | 185 |
| Haws, Andrew J. | 70 |
| Haws, Henry Y. | 71 |
| Jacoby, Jacob | 341 |
| Lewis, William C. | 131 |
| Linton, Col. John P. | 32 |
| Louther, Daniel | 292 |
| Lloyd, Abel | 172 |
| Rose, W. Horace | 24 |
| Stineman, Senator Jacob C. | 116 |
| Wagoner, Hon. George W. | 244 |
| Walters, James M. | 305 |
| Wilson, J. P. | 268 |
| Woodruff, Hon. L. D. | 77 |
Some biographies transcribed and contributed by David Monahan, Dec 1997.
Remainder were transcribed by Lynne Canterbury, Clark Creery, Martha Humenik,
Betty Mirovich, Diann Olsen & Sharon Ringler for the county web site in 2001.
Archives version donated in 2004.
There is a transcription, with images of each book page at the Cambria County web site at:
http://www.camgenpa.com/books/BP/