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George P., who is living. Mr. Drake is a member of Mt. Lebanon Lodge, No 226, F. & A. M. He is also a member of Camp No. 43, Union Veteran Legion. In politics he is a Republican. The family attend the Lu- theran church.
- JOHNSTON, ANDREW P. W., assistant to the assistant engineer of the Middle division, Pennsylvania railroad, was born in Venango county, Pa., October 14, 1847. His grand- father, Rev. John Johnston, was of Scotch- Irish descent, and came from Belfast, Ire- land, when a young man ; was pastor in the Presbyterian church at Hunting- don, Pa., from 1790 to 1823, a period of thirty-three years, and was the first pastor of that church. His father, An- drew Johnston, was a native of Huntingdon, Pa., where he was a prominent hotel keeper, well and favorably known, and where his useful and well-spent life was terminated in 1885. His mother was a native of Venango county, and of Scotch-Irish ancestry; she died in 1858. Their family consisted of five children, one of whom died in infancy. The surviving children are : Andrew P. W .; Jemima Linn, wife of W. A. Crawford, a prominent merchant of Cooperstown, Ve- mango county, Pa .; Joseph, residing in Cali- fornia, and Kate, residing in Nebraska.
Andrew P. W. Johnston when but six years of age removed with his parents to Huntingdon, and was educated in the pub- lic schools of that place. He also took a course of study in and was graduated from the Iron City Business College of Pittsburgh. After this he was engaged in surveying with J. Simpson Africa for about two years, and for two years later studied engineering on the Bedford and Bridgeport railroad. In 1873 he entered the service of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company as engineer under W. II. Brown, superintendent of Bedford di- vision, and has been for the past twenty-two years continuously in the employment of thi- company, during seventeen of which he has been connected with the Middle divi- sion.
He was married at Huntingdon, Pa., March 19, 1873, to Letitia Pheasant, daugh- ter of George W. and Elizabeth W. Pheas- ant. They have had three children, two of whom are living, Eva Kate and Andrew C.
Mr. Johnston is a member of the Royal Arcanum, No. 499. He is vice-president of the Commonwealth Building and Loan As
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sociation. In political views be is a good sound Democrat. He and his family attend the Presbyterian church, and Mrs. Johnston and her daughter are members of that reli- gions body.
- MACAVOY, THOMAS D., road foreman's clerk, Middle division, Pennsylvania rail- road, was born in Philadelphia, May 31, 1848. He is a son of James and Ellen (Grant) MacAvoy, both natives of Belfast, Ireland, who came to America in their early life and settled in Philadelphia, where they. both died. Ilis father was a carpet manu- facturer. They had born to them a family of three children, namely: Mary A., widow of the late Joseph Van Winkle, residing in West Philadelphia; Thomas D., and Jolin M., who was drowned in the Ohio river, near Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1868, at the age of twenty-six years. Thomas D. was educated in the public schools of Philadelphia. He was engaged as salesman in a dry goods store and later was employed with Messrs. Reily & Sargent, news agents, at Columbus, Ohio, Richmond, Ind., Allegheny City, Pa., Lock Haven, Pa., and Harrisburg. He left the News Company in March, 1872, and en- tered the service of the Pennsylvania Rail- road Company as freight brakeman, and in September, 1872, .was engaged as fireman. He was appointed coal premium clerk in 1879, and filled this position until October, 1894, when he was appointed to his present position. He was married at Harrisburg, September 17, 1876, to Mary L. Shaffer, daugh- ter of Cornelius and Catherine Shaffer, of Har- risburg. Their children are: Charles G. Eugene F., Gertrude Marie, John L., and, Norman D. In political views he is a Demo- crat. The family attend St. Patrick's Pro- Cathedral.
- MOORE, W. BROOKE, passenger trainmas- ter of the Pennsylvania railroad, was born at. White Hall (now called Bryn Mawr), Montgomery county, Pa., November 3, 1848. His father, James A. Moore, was for many years a prosperous and progressive agricul- turalist of Delaware county, but in his later years lived a retired life in Bryn Mawr, where he died after a well-spent life at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. He was an active member of the Marple Presbyterian church, of which he was for many years an older. He was of Scotch ancestry and born in Montgomery county. Ilis wife, Eliza
(Lindsay) Moore, was of Irish ancestry, but was born and died in Delaware county, P'a. They had eight children. One died in child- hood; James, who served one year during the late war in the One Hundred and Twenty- fourth Pennsylvania volunteers, was acci- dentally killed when jumping from a mov- ing train on the Pennsylvania railroad. Those surviving at this date are as follows: Sarah J., wife of Jesse Brooke, residing at West Chester, Pa .; Catherine, wife of Jesse B. Matlack, residing at Bryn Mawr; Ara- bella, residing at Upper Darby, Pa .; Jobn L., residing at Bryn Mawr; W. Brooke and Cora, wife of Henry C. Childs, residing at Wayne, Delaware county, Pa.
W. Brooke Moore received a common school education in the schools of Delaware county and also attended Bryant & Stratton's Business College, in Philadelphia. He en- tered the office of the Pennsylvania Rail- road Company at White Hall for the pur- pose of learning telegraphy, but turned aside from this and took a position as brakeman on the Middle division of this road under Superintendent S. A. Black. He occupied this position until February 16, 1870, when he was promoted to baggage-master and served as such until October 8, 1870; he was then still further advanced to the position of passenger conductor. On August 16, 1875, he was appointed train dispatcher under Superintendent James McCrea. On Feb- ruary 20, 1886, Mr. Moore was appointed as- sistant trainmaster under Superintendent O. E. McClellan, and on January 1, 1893, re- ceived his appointment as passenger train- master, the duties of which place he still efficiently performs.
W. Brooke Moore was married at Harris- burg, June 13, 1872, to Mary F. Zollinger, daughter of John HI. and Julia B. Zollinger, of Harrisburg. Their children are Clarence Z. and Brooke Lindsay. Mr. Moore is a member of Perseverance Lodge, No. 21, F. & A. M., Perseverance Chapter, No. 21, and Pilgrim Commandery, No. 11. In political views he is a Republican. Both Mr. and Mrs. Moore are members of Grace Methodist Episcopal church.
-CLEMSON, LLOYD COLDER, assistant road foreman, Middle division, Pennsylvania railroad, was born at Harrisburg, January 20, 1849. His father, Amos Clemson, was born in Lancaster county, Pa., and was of Scotch-Irish ancestry. For many years he
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was a packet-boat captain on both the Ju- niata and Susquehanna rivers, plying between Harrisburg and Williamsport, and Harrisburg and Hollidaysburg; at the time of his death he was the oldest packet-boat captain. He also served as passenger con- ductor for two years, on the Middle division, Pennsylvania railroad. In 1851 he pur- chased a farm at Newport, Perry county, Pa., and was engaged in agricultural pur- suits up to the date of his death, which oc- curred in July, 1888, at the age of seventy- three years. He was a prominent and pro- gressive farmer ; he served as commissioner of Perry county for three years, and was president of the school board for many years. He also filled several minor offices in his county. His wife, Elmira Jane (Bos- serman) Clemson, was born at Milford, Perry county, September 14, 1828, and was of American ancestry. She is still living, and resides at Newport. These worthy people had two children born to them : Arabella, wife of John Funk, residing at Newport, and Lloyd C.
When one year old, Lloyd's parents brought him to Newport, where the district school afforded him the only educational advantages he enjoved in youth. He became a teacher himself, and taught three winters in Centre township, working on the farm during the summer months. On June 1, 1870, he engaged as fireman on the Northern Central railroad, between Har- risburg and Sunbury, and filled this posi- tion until December 3, 1871, when he re- signed it to accept the position of brakeman of freight train on the Middle division, Pennsylvania railroad, between Harrisburg and Altoona. He held this place until Jan- uary 15, 1872, when he was appointed fire- man on a freight train. In May, 1873, he was transferred to passenger fireman ; De- cember 1, 1880, he was promoted to freight engineer, and May 15. 1885, he was pro- moted to passenger train engineer. April 1, 1892, he was appointed to his present po- sition.
Mr. Clemson was married at Harrisburg, September 18. 1872, to Miss Laura Nixdorf, daughter of Emanuel and Mary Nixdorf, of Harrisburg. They have had one child born to them, who died in infancy. He is a member of Robert Burns Lodge, No. 464, F. & A. M., and Warrior Eagle Tribe, No. 340, I. O. R. M. In political views he is a staunch Republican. The family attend
the Lutheran church, of which Mrs. Clemson is a member.
MCCLINTOCK, CHARLES W., assistant train- master, Middle division, Pennsylvania rail- road, was born in Loudon, Franklin county, Pa., April 10, 1851. IIe is a son of Dr. Joseph H. and Sarah (Allender) Mcclintock. His father was a native of Chambersburg. T'a. For over forty years he practiced medi- eine in Loudon and was regarded as skillful and successful. He married there a native of the town and there he died. ITis wife survives him and lives in the homestead they occupied together so many years. They had four children, of whom only the subject of this sketch is living. Charles W. was edu- cated in the schools of Loudon and Harris- burg. He entered the employment of the Pennsylvania railroad to learn telegraphy, and served as messenger boy without remun- eration. In May, 1869. he was appointed extra telegraph operator and filled this place one month. June 1, 1869, he was appointed telegraph operator and served in this posi- tion until 1878, when he was appointed extra train dispatcher. In 1881 he was appointed train dispatcher, and August, 1891, was ap- pointed assistant trainmaster.
He was married at Harrisbur, November- 18, 1874, to Laura Trace, daughter of Fred- erick and Sarah Trace, of Harrisburg. To them have been born five children: Janie Grace, Frederick T., Sarah Bell, died in in- fancy, Joseph H., and Edgar F. In political views Mr. McClintock is a Democrat. The family attend the Lutheran church, of which Mrs. McClintock is a member.
ROSE, WILLIAM JOHN, division freight agent of that portion of the Pennsylvania railroad covered by the Philadelphia, Schuyl- kill and Frederick divisions, wasborn at Pitts- burgh, Pa., October 5, 1852. Ile is a son of the late William John and Mary Lee (Mahon) Rose. In his carly infancy his parents re- moved with him to New York City, and were among the earliest passengers to avail themselves of the modern facilities of trans- portation offered by the Pennsylvania "all rail " route over the Allegheny mountains. He became a resident of Washington toward the close of the Buchanan administration, his father being connected with the State department. Although extremely youthful, the stormy scenes of that threatening period left a deep impression npon his mind, and
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he acquired a knowledge of the men and affairs of that day which is exceptional. Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion he returned to Pittsburgh and remained there during its continuance. Although he ma- tured rapidly he was too young to be en- listed in the war, but he toiled in the trenches besides the mechanics, merchants and pro- fessional men of Pittsburgh when the raids of Stuart and Morgan threatened that city. Removing to Philadelphia with the advent of peace, his family affiliations soon brought him in contact with the progressive Pennsyl- vania railroad developments of the time, among which was the recognized necessity for the construction of a projected indepen- dent line to connect the Philadelphia and Erie road with the oil regions. This was accomplished in the building of the Warren and Franklin railroad. A. J. Cassatt be- came superintendent of this line, and it was at his headquarters that Mr. Rose served his actual railroad apprenticeship. To the close personal association with Mr. Cassatt, and his skillful, though kindly discipline and instruction, Mr. Rose always attributes what- ever measure of ability he has developed in later years in the Company's service. When Mr. Cassatt was made superintendent M., P. and M., Mr. Rose temporarily accom- panicd him to Altoona, returning later to Irvineton, and subsequently accompanying the headquarters' staff to Corry, to which point the general offices were removed in consequence of the absorption of the Farmers' railroad and the Oil Creek, forming what was subsequently known as the Oil Creck and Allegheny River railroad. This cx- perience afforded Mr. Rose exceptional oppor- tunities for acquiring a more varied and practical knowledge of bis chosen vocation than Altoona seemed to promise at that time. It was at this period that he became actively engaged, first at Cincinnati and finally at Pittsburgh, with the Pennsylvania & Ohio Anthracite Coal and Transportation Com- pany, formed by A. J. Cassatt and other friends of the Pennsylvania railroad for the purpose of relieving the company of the em- barrassment caused by the want of lading for the large percentage of cars moving empty west bound. The object for the promotion of the coal company having been attained, Mr. Kose was made general freight and pas- senger agent of the Pittsburgh, Virginia & Charleston railroad, and continued so dur- ing the eight years of its existence under
separate organization. Finally, when it be- came part of the parent system as the Mo- nongahela division, he continued to devote his energies to the commercial interests of that territory, to which was added the larger field of the main line and branches in West- ern Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1879 he was transferred to Harrisburg, succeeding W. C. Ward as general agent, Pennsylvania Railroad and Northern Central Railway Fast Local Freight Lines, having for their object the development of merchandise traffic to and from interior Pennsylvania and New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Upon the re-organization of the general freight agent's department, Mr. Rose was appointed to his present position. Educated in carly youth at the best schools of the neighbor- hood, although not a college graduate, he has been a constant student, employing pri- vate tutors in the completion of his educa- tion, as circumstances permitted. Since his assignment to his present duty he has be- come identified in many and varied ways with the commercial and industrial welfare of his district. He is connected with the Railroad Men's Christian Association, of Harrisburg, as a member of the advisory board and treasurer of its building fund; he is a manager of the Harrisburg Hospital. In religion he is a churchman, holding the office of rector's warden in St. Luke's parish, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland county, where he resides upon a large farm fifteen minutes' ride from his office, and where as a lover of nature he devotes his leisure moments to his favorite diversions-horticulture and agri- culture. His home, known as "Nantillie," is one of the oldest and most substantial of those old-fashioned stone mansions peculiar to the Cumberland Valley, and is a repro- be found only among the homes of the better duction of the severe lines of architecture to type in Ireland, having been adopted by that sturdy Scotch-Irish race to which he belongs, and who, like him, believe that " the ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it." The farm of Mr. Rose is fam- o's among the many famous farms of that fertile valley, and is rapidly acquiring an enviable reputation for its high state of cul- tivation and practical and scientific develop- ment. The business methods of a railroad career having taught him that the duty of every man is to subdue his environment, he has made his fields teem with productiveness. Believing that it is the duty of every railroad
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corporation to do the same thing, by recog- vizing the importance of its local industrial development and by treating the interests of every local industry as identical with its own, he has made his transportation field as productive. Both his own and his wife's family are among the oldest and most dis- tinguished in the State, and he brings to the service a ripe experience in every detail of his profession seldom attained by one of his years. Mr. Rose was married in Cumberland county, Pa., April 28, 1880, to Miss Sarah Reed Watts, daughter of William Miles and Anna Matilda (Reed) Watts. They have two children, Mary Lee and William Watts.
STROMINGER, FRANK, ticket and freight agent, Philadelphia and Reading railroad, Harrisburg, Pa., was born in Harrisburg, December 25, 1852. He is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Henry) Strominger.
Daniel Strominger was born in York county, Pa., but removed to Harrisburg early in life. He worked in that city at his trade of plastering until within a few years previous to his death, which occurred March 22, 1872. His wife, Elizabeth Henry, was also born in York county, and came early to Harrisburg. Four of their ten children are living: Ellen, widow of Joseph Shisler, residing in Harrisburg; Annie, wife of A. T. Hubley, of Harrisburg; Agnes, wife of G. A. Lawrence, of Denver, Col .; and Frank. Of the deceased children, five died in infancy, and one, Lucy, at twelve years of age. The mother died September 14, 1885.
Frank Strominger took the regular course of studies in the public schools of Harris- burg, and, to obtain more thorough prepara- tion for business subsequently took a course in the Eastman Business College, Pough- kecpsie, N. Y. He then served an appren- ticeship of four years at bricklaying, and after this worked at the trade as a journey- man for two years. At this point the course of Mr. Strominger's life was changed. In November, 1874, he entered the service of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad as a freight house truck-hand. This was begin- ning at the bottom, but Mr. Strominger wisely appreciated the opportunity of show- ing his fidelity in any place, however hum- ble. Faithful to duty, he patiently worked and waited for promotion. His fidelity and efficiency were not unobserved by his em- ployers, and in due time promotion came. Ile was advanced step by step until he
reached his present responsible position to which he was called May 10, 1891.
Frank Strominger was married at Cham- bersburg, Pa., June 7, 1877, to Miss Matilda B., daughter of John and Jane (Garvin) White, of Wheeling, W. Va., both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Strominger have four children : Lottie, Frank, Hugh P., and Minnie.
Mr. Strominger is an active member of Robert Burns Lodge, No. 464, F. & A. M .: Perseverance Chapter, No. 21, R. A. M., and Pilgrim Commandery, No. 11, K. T., of Har- risburg; Lulu Temple, A. A. O. of M. of M. S., of Philadelphia; Harrisburg Lodge, No. 68, Dauphin Encampment, No. 10, and Daughters of Rebecca, J. O. O. F., of Har- risburg; also of the Mutual Beneficial Society of Harrisburg.
Mr. Strominger and his family attend Grace Methodist Episcopal church.
CALDER, WILLIAM JAMES, secretary and treasurer of the East Harrisburg Passenger Railroad Company, was born in Harrisburg, Pa., October 1, 1853. He is a son of Will- iam and Regina Camilla (Greenawalt) Cal- der. He received his education in the city schools and in Seiler's Academy. He took the course of study in the Pennsylvania State College, and was graduated from this institution in 1875. He began business as discount clerk in the First National Bank. On the death of his father, which occurred July 19, 1880, be was made one of the ex- ecutors of his estaie. The discharge of this trust, in settling this large cstate, claimed his entire attention up to 1886. In this year he became interested in the East Har- risburg Passenger Railway Company. HIc was made its first president, and continued in this position till 1889, when he became general manager and treasurer of the com- pany. In 1891 he became secretary and treasurer of the company, the position he now holds. He is a director in the Harris- burg Car Company, First National Bank and the Harrisburg Foundry and Machine Shop. Since his father's death Mr. Calder and his brother have continued the transfer and livery business.
He is one of the board of managers of the Harrisburg Hospital, one of the board of trustees of the Home of the Friendless, and one of the board of managers of the Chil- dren's Industrial Home. He is a member of the Grace Methodist Episcopal church, the president of its board of trustees, and
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has served as superintendent of the infant department of the Sabbath-school.
He is a member of Robert Burns Lodge, F. & A. M., a member of the Harrisburg Club, a member of the Inglenook Club, and its viee-president. In politics Mr. Calder is a Republican. He was married at Ilion, N. Y., December 1, 1880, to Jessie, daughter of E. Remington. They have three chil- dren, Helen, Ethel and William.
THOMAS, PERCY, ticket receiver of the, Penn- sylvania Railroad Company, was born at South Easton, Northampton county, Pa., May 6, 1854. His father, Herbert Thomas, was born in Montgomery county, Pa., and is of Welsh ancestry. He is now extensively engaged in the lumber business at Louisville, Ky. He served with distinction during the late war as captain of company D, One Hun- dred and Twenty-ninth regiment, Pennsyl- vania volunteers, and was wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg. He was a promi- nent business man in Lancaster and Clinton countics, where he is widely and favorably known. His wife, Henrietta (Hecht) Thomas, mother of the subject of this sketch, was of German ancestry. Her father, Rev. John P. Hecht, was a noted Lutheran clergyman, and her mother was a native of Harrisburg. She died in Jeffersonville, Ind., March 23, 1895. They had born to them a family of seven children, four of whom survive: Percy, Edward H., residing at Chattanooga, Tenn., . Grace B., and William Herbert, residing with their father at Jeffersonville, Ind.
Percy received his primary education in the public schools of Northampton and Clin- ton. He also had the advantage of a three years' course at Tremont Seminary, Norris- town, Pa. He was connected with his father's business as accountant for six years. On January 15, 1876, he entered the service of the Pennsylvania railroad as train agent of the Middle and Pittsburgh division, with headquarters at Pittsburgh, and later was transferred to the general office at Philadel- phia. In 1882 he removed to Michigan and spent two years in the lumber regions of that State. In 1885 he returned to the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as clerk in the auditing department at Philadelphia, and on October 1, 1887, was appointed to his present position, which he has filled aeeept- ably since that date.
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Mr. Thomas was married at Columbia, Pa., September 17, 1877, to Alice E. Snyder, daugh-
ter of Jaeob S. and Mary (Matheot) Snyder. To them has been born one son, Jacob Her- bert, born at Columbia, Pa., September 11, 1878. Mr. Thomas is a Republican. He at- tends the Lutheran church.
ROSE, HARVEY J., division operator, Mid- dle division, Pennsylvania railroad, was born at Harrisburg, July 6, 1854. The Rose family to which he belongs were among the early settlers of Dauphin county. For many years the grandfather Rose kept a well- known tavern called the "Bull's Head." Samuel, the father of Harvey J., was of Eng- lish ancestry, and his mother, Elizabeth (Eisenberger) Rose, was of German ancestry ; both were born in Cumberland county. Their family consisted of five children, three of whom survive: Lillie J., Harvey J., and Edward F. The father was accidently killed by the cars in the Pennsylvania rail- road yard, when returning from a shooting excursion. The mother still survives and resides in Harrisburg.
Harvey J. attended the public schools of this city. From 1868 to 1871 he was em- ployed as messenger boy by the Western Union Telegraph Company. He learned telegraphy in the Northern Central Rail- way Company's office at Bridgeport, oppo- site Harrisburg, and was in the employment of this company under the late Simon Cameron Wilson, superintendent of telegraph of North- ern Central line between Canandaigua and Baltimore, until August 1, 1876. While working in the superintendent's office at Harrisburg, he was transferred to the Mid- dle division, and worked as operator until October, 1889, when he was appointed divi- sion operator. While with the Northern Central railway he worked every office, both night and day, between Sunbury and Baltimore ; also different offices on the Bal- timore and Potomac railroad when it first opened, and was controlled by the Northern Central Railroad Company. In his present position he has charge of the telegraph opera- tors, numbering nearly two hundred ; of the telegraph repairmen, and the construction and maintenance of the telegraph and tele- phone lines of the entire length of the divi- sion, which includes one hundred and thirty- two miles. There are twelve hundred miles of wire with sixty-five telegraph offices, twenty-four of which are interlocking cabins. The telephone system at Harrisburg, con- necting the different offices throughout the
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