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Dr. Frontz married (first), in Hughesville, Pennsylvania, December 5, 1895, Agnes Montgomery, who died March 16, 1900, daughter of Christian and Sarah (Zarr) Springer. He married (second), June 10, 1903, Jessie Rachel, daughter of Timothy H. and Martha (Mills) Akers. Children of first marriage: Alice Louise, born May 2, 1898; Maurice Clinton, March 7, 1900; child of second marriage: Richard Akers, born November 21, 1906.
HARSHBARGER Jacob Harshbarger, of Center county, Pennsyl- vania, descended from honorable German stock long planted in Pennsylvania. He was a farmer and cooper of considerable means, and was highly esteemed in the com- munity in which he lived. He married Hannah Palmer, daughter of Budd and Polly Palmer, natives of Berks county, who early moved to Center county and settled at Spring Mills, and there died, he in 1842, and his wife in 1864. Their; children: Joseph, a cooper, died at Pot- ter's Bank, Pennsylvania ; Phoebe, died unmarried; Catherine, died un- married; Hannah, married Jacob Harshbarger. Children of Jacob and
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Hannah (Palmer) Harshbarger : 1. Abraham, died aged twenty years. 2. Budd, a cooper and farmer, died in December, 1912, aged eighty- four, at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. 3. David, a physician, died in Bradford county, Pennsylvania. 4. Sarah, married Nicholas Conroy. died at Manor Hill, Pennsylvania. 5. Mary, died in childhood. 6. William, of whom further.
(II) William Harshbarger, son of Jacob and Hannah ( Palmer) Harshbarger, was born April 24, 1838, in Center county, Pennsylvania. He received his education in the common schools of the county, and, on reaching manhood engaged in farming, which he continued for fifty consecutive years. He retired some time ago, and at the present time (1913) resides in Alexandria, Pennsylvania. At the call to arms in 186t he enlisted in Company I, 205th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served one year. He was in the battles of Petersburg, Fort Sted- man and Weldon Railroad. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is a strong Republican. He mar- ried, April 5. 1860, Anna Matilda Claybaugh, born in Blair county, daughter of John and Nancy Claybaugh. Children : Sarah Jane; Nancy Rebecca; Mary; John W., of whom further; William; David; Elsie; Emma, deceased.
(III) John W. Harshbarger, son of William and Anna Matilda (Claybaugh) Harshbarger, was born December 1, 1868, in West town- ship, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania. After receiving his prepara- tory education in the public schools of the township he attended Juniata College from 1888 to 1889. Leaving school he engaged in teaching, and continued it for three years with unqualified success. In 1891 he entered the firm of R. A. Miller & Son, remaining with them seven years. Wishing to enter the business world in his own behalf, he formed in 1907 a partnership with W. Enmmert Swigart, in fire and general insurance and real estate. The firm has met with unbounded success. and stands high in the commercial and industrial world. Mr. Harsh- barger is one of the most highly esteemed citizens of Huntingdon, Penn- sylvania, where he makes his home. He has established for himself a name for sobriety, honor, fair dealing. His word is as good as another man's bond. He is an ardent Republican, voting with and working for the party. He and his wife are members of the First Baptist Church of Huntingdon.
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On April 5, 1892, he married Mary Elizabeth Harris, born January I, 1871, daughter of William and Catherine (Shires) Harris, he a tan- ner and a native of Franklin county, Pennsylvania. Children: I. Vanelado H., born May 26, 1893. 2. May, born December 12, 1894. 3. Martha, born October 1, 1900. 4. Catherine Ann, born April 13, 1904.
GERLOCK The Gerlock family, of Huntingdon county, is a com- paratively new one on this continent, since the first member to come to America did not emigrate until the time of the civil war. This was Frank Gerlock (2), who settled in Huntingdon, and there opened a blacksmith shop. He died in 1870. There were three brothers to come-Frank (1), Frank (2) and Conrad. It was a German custom to name two children by the same baptismal name. Frank Gerlock (2) married Elizabeth Stang, who emigrated from Germany at about the same time her husband did, and died in 1907. Children of Frank (2) and Elizabeth (Stang) Gerlock: I. Lewis, a machinist, died in Harrisburg. 2. Frank G., retired machinist, lives in Harrisburg. 3. Louisa, married Richard R. Lutz, and lives in Harrisburg. 4. Charles, died young. 5. Philip, died young. 6. An- drew, drowned when about nine years of age. 7. Edward, a machinist, died in Huntingdon, 1907. 8. Harry William, of whom further.
(II) Harry William, youngest child of Frank (2) and Elizabeth (Stang) Gerlock, was born in Huntingdon, Huntingdon county, Penn- sylvania, July 18, 1869. He obtained his education in the public schools of his native city, and after leaving school learned the machinists' trade. which he followed for several years. For several years he was an in- structor in the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory. In 1890, in part- nership with his brother Edward, he opened a foundry and machine shop, doing repair work as a specialty. In 1907, upon the death of his brother Edward, he purchased ground and erected a spacious shop which, although it has been enlarged and the finest machinery installed, is rapidly being outgrown, and plans have been submitted for a new foundry, larger and better equipped than the present. His product, in which he has specialized, is brick plant equipment, and he has acquired a continent-wide reputation for excellence of workmanship and for the high standard of machines shipped. He is an active member of Mount
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Moriah Lodge, No. 300, Free and Accepted Masons; also of Juniata Lodge, No. 117, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He and his wife are members of the Reformed church.
He married, February 15, 1903, Lillian Pearl, daughter of John and Harriet Edelblute. Children of Harry W. and Lillian Pearl (Edel- blute) Gerlock: Joshua Richard and Harry William.
The American ancestor of this branch of the Sellers
SELLERS family was Jacob Sellers, born in Germany. On coming to America he settled on a farm in Cumberland, now Juniata county, Pennsylvania, and in 1763 moved to Sellers Mills, in that county. He married Barbara Pile, who bore him sons and daugh- ters, including a son Harrison.
(II) Harrison, son of Jacob and Barbara (Pile) Sellers, was born in Juniata county, Pennsylvania, about the year 1800, and all his business life was identified with the iron industry in Reading, Pennsylvania. Both he and his wife were members of the Lutheran church. He mar- ried Mary Williams. Children: I. Lemon H., of whom further. 2. William, a railroad employee; married Molly Derrick. 3. Frederick, married, living in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. 4. Mary, married Samnel Riefine, a railroad employee of Duncannon. 5. Emma, married John Heller, of Marysville, Pennsylvania. 6. Esther, married Robert Ham- ilton, and lives in Duncannon, Pennsylvania.
(III) Lemon H., eldest child of Harrison and Mary (Williams) Sel- lers, was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, May 1, 1846. He obtained his education in the public schools, and all his life followed the calling of his father, that of an iron worker, first in Coveallen, until 1883, when he moved to Marysville, Pennsylvania. At the age of seventeen he enlisted in Company B, 205th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, serving for ten months. He is a member of the Evangelical church, while his wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he is a Repub- lican. He married (first) Rachel White, who died without issue. He married (second ) Ellen Beaver, widow of Samuel Beaver, a blacksmith, and daughter of David Swartz, a farmer and land owner of Elliottsburg, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1885. Children of David Swartz: Jane : Emma ; Catherine; Ellen, of previous mention, married Lemon H. Sellers; Daniel, who went to war in the Union army. Children of
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Lemon H. and Ellen Sellers: I. Elmer J., of whom further. 2. Henry S., born December 24, 1871; married Elizabeth Nauss. 3. Charles B., born October 3, 1873; married Emma Dick. 4. Thomas LeRoy, born October 18, 1875, died August 2, 1877. 5. Harvey, born December 25, 1877; married Catherine Wellhouse. 6. Bessie, born November 2, 1879; married Edward Brown. 7. Emma, born January 22, 1882; married Charles Williamson, a contractor of Yonkers, New York. 8. Mabel, born July 2, 1885. 9. Jennie, born December 2, 1887; married Joseph Beers, a plumber and electrician of Marysville, Pennsylvania. 10. Mary, died in infancy. II. Nellie, born May 7, 1892.
(IV) Elmer J., eldest child of Lemon H. and Ellen (Beaver) Sel- lers, was born in Duncannon, Perry county, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1870. He obtained his early education in the public schools of Coveal- len and Marysville, and, as a young man, nineteen years of age, entered the railway mail service, in which he has since continued, on the New York and Pittsburgh route. He is a member of Lodge No. 458, Free and Accepted Masons, of Perry county, and the Modern Woodmen of America, of Marysville. In politics he is an Independent. He is a member of the Evangelical church, his wife belonging to the Methodist Episcopal church.
He married, June 15, 1899, Ada Garnett, daughter of John, a boat builder of Buffalo, Pennsylvania, and Susan (Jackson) Garnett. Child of Elmer J. and Ada (Garnett) Sellers: Jeanette Elma, born June 30, I90I.
The Sanderson family, of Huntingdon county,
SANDERSON Pennsylvania, as the name would indicate, came to this country from Scotland. The earliest member of the family of whom we have record was drowned while still in mid- dle age, and his descendants are scattered all over the state.
(II) John Sanderson died at New Bloomfield, Perry county, Penn- sylvania, November 23, 1875. Immediately after the untimely death of his father, John Sanderson was taken by Catherine Thuma, and lived there until he had attained young manhood. He was a half-brother of Samuel S. Saul, who went to Illinois and later to Oakland. California. He was apprenticed to learn the trade of plastering, with which he was occupied until a few years prior to his death, when he was engaged in
Sev. H. Sanderson
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farming, having become the owner of a farm in Center township, Perry county, Pennsylvania. He was a Republican in his political opinions, and he and his wife were members of the Lutheran church. He mar- ried Sarah Rice, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Shull) Rice, and granddaughter of Conrad Rice. Samuel Rice was born in Saville town- ship, where he was occupied as a millwright until his death. They had children :
Samuel H., who went to Nebraska, where he was a farmer and never married; Josiah W., a school teacher and farmer; Conrad S., married Sarah Hartman; Sarah, mentioned above; Catherine; Mary, married (first) John Robinson, (second) Isaiah Corl; Fannie, married Washington Hench, a farmer in Perry county; Phoebe, married John Peck, a blacksmith of Perry county ; Elizabeth, married Samuel Orris, a farmer of Saville township; Elinor, married James Meminger, a farmer of Saville township; Susan, married Joseph Kell, a farmer in Saville township. John and Sarah (Rice) Sanderson had children : George Washington, see forward; Samuel K., deceased, was a weigh- master at Saxton, and married Lizzie Clemson; Theodore C., deceased, was a trainmaster, and married Jennie Fickes, also deceased; Catherine S., married (first) John Eberly, (second) John Heston, both deceased; Mary, deceased, married Thomas Sutch, a printer; Elmer, married (first ) Lillian Raine, (second) Maud Crum, and is a merchant at Sax- ton; a child, which died in infancy; John M., married (first) Fannie Hazzard, (second) Alice Yohn, was a railroad engineer and a farmer. All of these children, except one, taught school for several terms.
(III) George Washington, son of John and Sarah ( Rice) Sander- son, was born in Saville township, Perry county, Pennsylvania, October 31, 1844. He was educated in the public schools of Ickesburg, and later was a student at the Bloomfield Academy, which was under the super- vision of Professor Stephens. He also attended a higher school in Huntingdon county, and was then engaged in teaching for a period of ten years, after which he established himself in the mercantile business, with which he has been identified since that time. He is also connected with several other business enterprises, and has been a director of the Standing Stone National Bank since the organization of that institution. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran church. His political affiliations are with the Republican party, and he has held the office of
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school director for many years. He is a member of Huntingdon Lodge, No. 976, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Mr. Sanderson married, April 19, 1884, Harriet E., a daughter of George Ashman and Hannah (Garretson) Miller, residents of Hunting- don, where he was a furniture dealer. He also served as county treas- urer and postmaster of Huntingdon. Children: 1. Georgiana, married Cloyd A. Shuss, and has daughters: Virginia Elliott and Harriet Eli- nor. 2. Harriet, was graduated from Dickinson College in 1910, and was a teacher of German in the high school in Huntingdon; married J. C. Poffenberger, a civil engineer, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
The Mierleys, of Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania,
MIERLEY are of German descent. In this branch the first record obtainable is of John Mierley, born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania. He was a man of good education, and spent his adult life engaged in teaching, alternating his profession with the opera- tion of his farm. He was a one-time commissioner of the county; a member of the Baptist church and highly respected in his community. He married (first) -. Children : Bruce, died in boyhood; Solomon, deceased; George, of whom further; Barton, deceased. He married Iantha (second) Samantha Clarkson. Children: Joanna, married William Miller; Calvin, a farmer; Benjamin, deceased; Dr. Monroe, now a practicing physician in Montana; Laura, now residing in Huntingdon county.
(II) George, son of John Mierley and his first wife, was born in Huntingdon county. He was educated in the public and nor- mal schools of the county, and for fourteen years was a teacher in the public schools. He then purchased a farm of one hundred and fifty acres, in Wayne township, Mifflin county, where he successfully conducted farming and stock-dealing operations. Recently, however, he rented his farm to a fruit-growing company, and, except for occasion- ally dealing in real estate, is now retired from business. He is a Demo- crat in politics, and served in Wayne township as assessor. He and his wife are both members of the Church of The Brethren. He married, in 1876, Nancy Lane, daughter of James R. Lane, a farmer, minister and ordained elder of the Church of The Brethren, in Huntingdon county. His wife, a Miss Myers, bore him: Sarah, married B. F. Gar-
" Jame Starr
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ber; Nellie, died in infancy ; Anna, married (first) Daniel Bechtel, (sec- ond) Benjamin Grove ; Nancy, married George Mierley; Virginia, mar- ried Theodore Hollenberger ; Dr. Samuel, deceased; Frank, now living in Wisconsin; Alice, deceased, married Jolin Kiner; James G., now a dentist of Philadelphia, married Mary E. Bartholomew. Children of George and Nancy Mierley: 1. Clyde Vernon, of whom further. 2. Beulah, born in 1880 a graduate nurse, now connected in her profes- sional capacity with the Spence (or Spencer) school in New York City.
(III) Dr. Clyde Vernon Mierley, only son of George and Nancy (Lane) Mierley, was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Janu- ary 17, 1878. He obtained his preparatory education in the public schools, then entered Juniata College, finishing a three years' course. In 1898 he entered the dental department of the University of Pennsyl- vania, whence he was graduated D. D. S., class of 1901. He at once began the practice of his profession in Huntingdon, where he is well established in public favor. He keeps in close touch with all recent advance or discovery in care or treatment of the teeth by post-graduate courses at the university and through his memberships in the societies of his profession. He is a member of the Pennsylvania State Dental Society, the Central Pennsylvania Dental Society (of which he is an ex-president), and the Edward C. Kirk Dental Society, in which he served on the board of censors. He is an active, interested member of these societies, and has contributed timely articles to their literature. He is fraternally connected with the leading orders of his city, be- longing to Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 300, Free and Accepted Masons ; Standing Stone Chapter, No. 201, Royal Arch Masons; Huntingdon Commandery, No. 65, Knights Templar ; Jaffa Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Altoona) ; is past chancellor of Blue Cross Lodge, No. 295, Knights of Pythias; captain of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, and has served as district deputy grand chancellor. In reli- gious faith he is a Presbyterian. He married, in 1902, Florence E., daughter of John Kersey, deceased; one child, James Kersey.
The Wible family, of Pennsylvania, is now in the fifth WVIBLE generation in this country, and the original settlement was made in the state of Maryland. David Wible, the Ameri- can progenitor of this family, was born in Germany, from whence he
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emigrated to America. He purchased a considerable tract of land in Maryland, where he led an active and useful life.
(II) John, son of David Wible, was born in Maryland, in which state his death also occurred. He and his brother, David Jr., took up a tract of land, consisting of about three hundred acres, and engaged in farming on an extensive scale. Their home was in Springfield town- ship, and both were members of the Lutheran church. In their earlier years they were strong supporters of the Whig party in politics, but upon the formation of the Republican party they joined its ranks. John WVible married Susan Glunt, and had children: William, was a farmer, and his entire life was spent on the homestead farm; Jacob H., was a farmer in Springfield township; Mary, married Jonathan Anderson and lived in Tyrone; Martha Ann, married Everett Brown, a farmer of Springfield township; David, died at an early age; John G., see for- ward.
(III) John G., son of John and Susan (Glunt) Wible, was born July 3, 1839, in Springfield township, Huntingdon county, Pennsyl- vania, and died in Three Springs, Pennsylvania, December II, 1909. He followed the occupation of farming all of his life, and was the owner of a farm of one hundred acres in Springfield township. His religious affiliations were with the Baptist church, and he gave his en- tire support to the Republican party. His activity was not unrewarded, and he held a number of township offices many years. Mr. Wible married Evaline, born August 28, 1842 (now living with some of her children at Three Springs, Huntingdon county), daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Betsey) (Locke) Madden, the former born in Clay township, Huntingdon county, a son of James Madden, whose grand- father came to this country from Ireland and acquired a farm of sev- eral hundred acres in extent in Clay township. Richard Madden was a farmer, an ardent supporter of first the Whig and later of the Demo- cratic party, and filled a number of local offices. They were of the Baptist faith. Their children were: Jehu, a farmer and merchant in Three Springs, married Jane Starr; Jane, deceased, married Jacob Park, also deceased, who was a farmer and land owner; Charlotte, married Daniel Swartz, a farmer of Three Springs; Margaret, married Benjamin Morris, deceased, an Englishman, who was a printer in Phila- delphia ; Enoch, engaged in the meat business in Mount Union, married
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Mary Book; Evaline, mentioned above; Amelia, married John Mat- thews, engaged in the provision business in Altoona, Pennsylvania; Richard Jr., deceased, was a farmer in Fulton county, Pennsylvania, married Nancy Miller; Wealthy, deceased, married B. T. Rinker, who is in the meat business in Mount Union, Pennsylvania; Amon, died in service during the civil war. John G. and Evaline ( Madden) Wible had children: Allison A., see forward; Edward, living on a farm in Springfield township, married Melissa Brown; Ella, died at the age of three years: John Wesley, died at the age of thirteen years; Frank, formerly a school teacher, now engaged in farming, married Luetta Kirkpatrick : Scott, unmarried, was at one time a school teacher and is now a farmer ; Charles, is a farmer on the old homestead, and married Rosa Fleck: Jesse, is a clerk in the store of B. F. Goddard, in Maple- ton, married Nellie Heeter ; Lillian F., unmarried.
(IV) Allison A., son of John G. and Evaline (Madden) Wible, was born in Springfield township, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, August 22, 1863. His education was acquired in the public schools of his section of the country and at the select school at Orbisonia, Hunt- ingdon county. He supplemented this by close observation and dili- gent study at his own home, and later taught school for a period of fourteen years, while he spent all his spare time during his years of study in assisting in the cultivation of the home farm. He next went west to California, where he was in the employ of the West Coast Lumber Company, and returned to the east in 1888. For a time he was employed in the city of Pittsburgh, where he worked for the West- inghouse Manufacturing Company for one year, then returned to Hunt- ingdon county, where he was engaged in the lumber business for a period of five years, and since that time has filled the office of com- mission clerk in the court house. He owns a farm of thirty-four acres in Three Springs borough, and he and his wife are of the Baptist faith. His political affiliations are with the Washington party, and he is a member of Court No. 512, Patriotic Order of Sons of America, of Three Springs.
Mr. Wible married (first), July 20, 1884, Ada B., who died Octo- ber 18, 1902, a daughter of Abraham and Rebecca J. (Stevens) Corbin. the former at one time a school teacher and later a farmer, and is now deceased. Mr. Wible married (second), April 7, 1906, Cora May,
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born in Middlesex county, New Jersey, a daughter of Alexander and Sadie (Ashley) Randolph, the former a farmer and speculator. Chil- dren by the first marriage: I. Idessa Beatrice, born July 27, 1885; married Ray W. Gutshall, a clerk for the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany at Mount Union; they have four children: Melvin Wayne, Clar- ence Dean, James Norman and Sylvia May. 2. Leona Maud, born De- cember II, 1887, died June 25, 1888. 3. John Lloyd, born May 10, 1889. 4. Lester Lowell, born September 5, 1893, died at the age of eleven years. 5. Forest Bryant, born August 14, 1895, now lives in Iowa.
There are many branches of the Gibson family scattered
GIBSON throughout the United States, some of them coming from England and some from Ireland. This particular branch had its origin in Ireland.
(I) Abraham Gibson, of Irish descent, was born in Blair county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1827, and the greater part of his life was spent in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He was a mechanical engineer and was in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for a period of twenty years. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church. He married Sarah Hamor, born in 1839, died February 2, 1874, and they had children: Orlando, see forward; Harry, who lives in Altoona, Pennsylvania, is a carpenter in the employ of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company; George, who was a boiler maker by trade, was killed in Sacramento, California; Mary, married Charles C. Allen, of Huntingdon, and now lives in Philadelphia; Orphia, married George Shoemaker, and lives in Sacramento, California; Elizabeth, married Harry Clark, also of Sacramento.
(II) Orlando, son of Abraham and Sarah (Hamor) Gibson, was born in Duncansville, Blair county, Pennsylvania, July 18, 1852. He was educated in the public schools of Altoona, Pennsylvania, and at a very early age entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany, with which he has been connected in various capacities since that time. He was placed in charge of the locomotive boiler washing de- partment November 1, 1867, and on June 12, 1868, he commenced learning the special work of a machinist in the machine shop. From this department he was transferred to the Altoona yards and became a
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fireman there, June 1, 1869. Faithful attention to all the details of his work has always been one of his characteristics, and in January, 1870, he drew the premium offered to firemen for economy in the use of the company's stores and fuel while discharging their duties. After the erection of the new car shops at Altoona, Mr. Gibson was placed in charge of the steam lieat department, January 4, 1870. On April 2 of the same year he was sent on the road as a fireman, and held this posi- tion until September 1, 1872, when he was advanced to the post of engineer, served until August 1, 1887, when he was appointed foreman of the car department and master mechanic of the machinery depart- ment of the shops at Huntingdon. In 1906 he was transferred to the shops at Hollidaysburg, and is now (1913) in charge of the air-brake department. In many directions Mr. Gibson has made his influence felt in a beneficial manner. He is the inventor and patentee of the Africa & Gibson car replacer, now used by the Pennsylvania railroad system, and also has a patent on a mechanical device known as a train con- troller. He was one of the organizers of the Pennsylvania Railroad Department of the Young Men's Christian Association in Huntingdon, and was president of this branch for one year. He was also the or- ganizer of the Veteran Employees' Association, Middle Division, Penn- sylvania Railroad, and filled the office of vice-president for some time. He is a past chief of Standing Stone Castle, No. 176, Knights of the Golden Eagle, and of Juniata Commandery, No. 66, of the same order. In his political views Mr. Gibson entertains independent opinions, and he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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