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Mr. Flick married Gertrude A., daughter of W. A. and Mary M. Lantzy, of Bar township, and two children were born to them: Mary Retta, November 12. 1898, died March 20, 1899; and Raymond Charles, July 26, 1900.
WILLIAM A. LANTZY, of Spangler, is a son of Joseph Lantzy, Junior, and grandson of Joseph Lantzy, Senior, who was born in 1780, in Switzerland, and in 1817 emigrated to the United States, settling in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. He was a shoemaker by trade, but his versatility enabled him to apply himself successfully to almost any branch of industry. In 1826 he moved to Cambria county and settled near where Spangler borough is now situated. He was a mem- ber of the Roman Catholic church. Joseph Lantzy, Sr., married Ersilla Bitters, and the following were their children: Teressa, deceased, wife of John R. Nagle; Elizabeth, wife of Henry Gray; Susan, wife of Philip Gray; Joseph, of whom later: John, deceased; Mary Ann, wife of Daniel Eckenrhode: Ambrose, deceased; Matilda, wife of Au- gustine Eekenrhode; Philip A., killed at the battle of Antietam. Mr. Lantzy, the father, died February 26, 1870.
Joseph Lantzy, son of Joseph and Ersilla (Bitters) Lantzy, was born January 13, 1823, in the eastern part of Pennsylvania, and was about four years old when his parents moved to Cambria county. In early life he began farming and gave his attention to agricultural pursuits until 1875, since which time he has lived in retirement. In politics he was originally a Whig. but eventually became a Democrat. He is a member of the Roman Catholic church. He married Mary Ann. daughter of John Baggley, and their children were: William A., of whom later; Susan, wife of Anthony Wyland; John D., farmer on homestead ; Simon P., of Germantown ; Michael, farmer near Spangler ; Anna, wife of Valentine Wheatland: Agnes J., wife of Augustine Miller, farmer of Clearfield township; and Francis C., farmer of Car- roll township.
William A. Lantzy, son of Joseph and Mary Ann (Baggley) Lantzy. was born December 6. 1850, on the old homestead and received his education in the common schools. Since the opening of his business career he has been engaged in contraeting and building, has ereeted several churches and schoolhouses, and has also moved several hun- dred structures. He is interested in the hotel business at Benedick. He served a term of three years as junior commissioner of Cambria county. and has also held the offices of constable, auditor, tax col- lector and assessor, being the present ineumbent of that office in Spang- ler borough. He has been a Democratie delegate to several county conventions. He and his family are members of the Roman Catholic church.
Mr. Lantzy married Mary Magdelaine, daughter of Leo J. and Martha (Koatz) Parish, and they have been the parents of the follow- ing children : Gertrude A .. wife of Charles V. Flick: Mary Etta, wife of Edward M. Fliek; Cletas H., hotel proprietor at Falling Tim-
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ber, Cambria county ; Michael J., of Spangler: George W., bookkeeper at Spangler brewery; Leroy, of Altoona; Edgar, Anna May, Blanche, Paul, all at home; Retta, died in infaney.
THOMAS A. OSBORN, proprietor and editor of the Cambria Freeman, at Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, was born in Johnstown, Penn- sylvania, September 2, 1873, son of Edgar S. and Mary ( Helfrich) Osborn. He was one of four children in his parents' family, two of whom survive, Thomas A., and Elizabeth, single; residing at home.
The father, Edgar S. Osborn, was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1837: his father was a Presbyterian minister, and of an old Virginia family, members of which came to Meadville, Pennsylvania. Edgar married Mary, daughter of Charles and Catherine Helfrich, who was born in 1854, at Hastings, Pennsylvania. The grandfather, Charles Helfrich, was a native of Alsace-Lorraine, Germany, and was com- pelled to flee the country during one of the revolutions. He came to Cambria county, Pennsylvania, from Wilkes-Barre, and located in Hastings some time in the forties, and later moved to Johnstown, where he died.
Edgar S. Osborn was reared in Meadville, and on the breaking out of the Civil war enlisted at that plaee as a member of Company F, Ninth Pennsylvania Reserves, and served during the war. He was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, and eventually the wound caused his death. After the close of the war, he married and settled in Johns- town, where for a number of years he was a merehant. He died February 12, 1878. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Osborn married W. S. Elder, by whom she had two children, Cora M. and William S. Mr. Elder died in 1891.
Mr. Osborn had a brother. Thomas A. Osborn, who went to Kansas at an early day, and edited a newspaper at Leavenworth. Later he was elected governor of the state, serving two terms. Subsequently he was appointed under President Grant as minister to Chile, South America.
Thomas A. Osborn, son of Edgar S. and Mary ( Helfrich) Osborn, was reared at home, acquiring his education at the public schools, at the McAllister's Soldiers' Orphan School. and at Morrell's Institute, eondueted by Bennett & Greer, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. As early as his fifteenth year he entered the office of the Johnson Street Rail- way Company, holding a clerical position with them for about six years, resigning his position to take a trip to the west, including far away California. While absent he was employed with a surveying party, and by his exposure contracted rheumatism and one year later returned home. He then entered the employ of F. A. Cresswell, a contractor of Johnstown, with whom he was associated one year, and was then appointed secretary of the Democratic county committee of Cambria county. Upon the election of W. H. Strauss to the office of register and recorder for Cambria county, Mr. Osborn was appointed his deputy, serving in the office up to the time Mr. Strauss went out of office-January, 1904, having served continuously as the county's Demoeratie committee's secretary since 1898, with the single exception of 1894. During his tenure of office in the court house, on July 1, 1903, he purchased the Cambria Freeman, at Ebensburg. It is the oldest Democratie paper in Cambria county, and for twenty-seven years was edited by James G. Hasson. After the expiration of Mr. Osborn's term of office, he assumed control of the newspaper and has
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vigorously conducted the same, and his strength and personality have made it one of the leading papers in Cambria county. He is a mem- ber of Johnstown Lodge, No. 175, Elks: also belongs to the Woodmen of the World. He is known in Cambria and adjoining counties as a wide-awake Democratic politician.
Mr. Oshorn married, June 15, 1905, E. Gertrude Reese, of Johns- town.
JUDSON D. RITTER. of Barnesboro, was born September 25, 1857. at Bloomington, Clearfield county. son of Darius D. Ritter, born in 1834, in York county, and when a young man moved to Clearfield county, where he became a farmer, but also engaged in contracting and building. having in early life learned the trade of carpenter. In 1885 or 1886 he went to Colorado, where he still resides. He held several township offices, and in politics affiliated with the Democratic party. He was a very active member of the Lutheran church. Darius D. Ritter married Elizabeth, daughter of John Smith, of Clearfield county, and the following children were born to them: Mary: Judson D., of whom later: Edith, wife of William Brown : James, deceased ; Lewis; Clara. married (first ) William Werts, of Lumber City, (second) a Mr. Sullivan; Cora; and one who died in infancy.
Judson D. Ritter. son of Darius D. and Elizabeth (Smith) Ritter, was educated in the common schools, and learned the trade of car- penter under the instruction of his father. In 1882 he began working as a journeyman in Phillipsburg, Centre county. and in 1884 estab- lished himself in that place as a contractor and builder, remaining until 1892. He then moved to Barnesboro, where he was one of the pioneer settlers. erecting the first building in the town, now known as the Barnesboro Inn, and also erecting most all the public buildings up to 1906. In 1893 he built the Commercial Hotel and took out the first license of the well-known hotel of which he was for one year the proprietor. at the end of that time selling out and returning to contracting and building. He erected the Protestant Episcopal. Pres- byterian and Methodist churches and all the business houses of any note in the town. In 1898 he built the Hotel Ritter at North Barnes- boro, for which he secured a license and which he conducted for one vear. He then disposed of the property and has since been engaged in contracting and building. In 1895 he organized the Barnesboro Planing-mill Company. and for one year was general manager, after which he disposed of his interest and retired from the firm. In 1903 he bought back his interest and for two years was again manager. at the end of that time selling his interest to the Westover Lumber Com- pany. He organized the first fire company in the town, of which he was for some time chief. In 1896 he was appointed burgess of Barnesboro to fill the unexpired term of H. C. Connor, the first burgess of the town. For seven years he was a member of the council.
He is a stockholder and director in the Spangler Building & Loan Association. also stockholder in the Spangler Brew- ery. While a resident of Phillipsburg he assisted in the organization of the Hope Fire Company, No. 2, of which he was chief for six years, and was one of the committee to purchase the first steam fire engine for that town.
He is a member of Lodge No. 803. Improved Order of Red Men, the Royal Arcanum and the I. O. O. F .. all of Phillipsburg: also Lodge No. 175, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, of Johnstown. Until
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1899 he adhered to the Democratic party, but has since affiliated with the Republicans.
Mr. Ritter married Annie, daughter of R. M. and Eliza J. Musser, of Phillipsburg, and they are the parents of three daughters: Olive, graduate of Phillipsburg high school, now bookkeeper for the West- over Lumber Company; Mary, wife of Charles IIoles, of Vintonvale, Pennsylvania ; and Margaretta. a student. at home.
LORANS WYLAND. of Spangler, was born June, 1850, in Butler county, son of Nicholas Wyland, and grandson of Lorans Wy- land, who was born in Germany and about 1830 emigrated to the United States, making his home for three or four years in New York city, where he was employed in a market. He then moved to Clear- field township, Butler county, where he passed the remainder of his life as a farmer. He hauled the first brick for the Summit Roman Catholic Church of Butler county. He was a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Lorans Wyland married Susanna Monowill, a native of Germany, of French extraction, and their family consisted of the following children: John, a sca-captain; Nicholas, of whom later: Catharine, wife of William Gallagher; and Susanna, wife of Barney Gallagher. The death of Mr. Wyland occurred in 1867.
Nicholas Wyland, son of Lorans and Susanna (Monowill) Wy- land, was born in Germany, and was thirteen years old when brought to this country by his parents. He spent his life as a farmer and lumberman, dealing in the Pittsburg markets. He held several town- ship offices, was a staunch Democrat and a member of the Roman Catholic church. He married Elizabeth Smith, who bore him the following children: Catharine, wife of Nicholas Reatt; Lorans, of whom later; Anthony, farmer of St. Austin, Pennsylvania: John, deceased, carpenter of Butler county; Nicholas, proprietor of the Blair House at Ebensburg: Peter, farmer of Colport, Centre county; Joseph, of Spangler; and Margaret. wife of Joseph Lantzy.
Lorans Wyland, son of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Smith) Wyland, received his education in the common schools, and was obliged at fif- teen, in consequence of the death of his father, to remain on the farm and assist his mother in rearing the younger children. At the age of twenty-one he and his brother Anthony purchased the homestead, and four or five years later Mr. Wyland bought out his brother's interest, thus becoming sole owner of the property, on which he has since lived, giving his attention to agricultural pursuits in connection with the lumber business and also dealing in coal lands. Since 1880 he has been in partnership with Joseph A. Gray, under the firm name of Gray & Wyland, in the lumber and real estate business, operating in north Cambria county and also in West Virginia. He is connected with the firm of Albert P. Wyland, furniture dealers and undertakers of Spangler, and was one of the organizers of the Spangler Bank. Ever since the borough was organized, about twenty years ago, he has served on the school board, which was the first in the township. He is a Democrat and a member of St. Patrick's (Roman Catholic) Church, having served on the committee ever since the church was organized.
Mr. Wyland married Martha, daughter of Henry and Terressa Miller, and their children are: Mary, wife of Henry Dumm, of New Kensington: Celia, wife of Albert Hopple, of Spangler: Annie, wife
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of Albert Refner, of Spangler: Albert P., furniture dealer and under- taker. of Spangler: Maggie, single, at home: Terressa, wife of Charles Kennedy. of Spangler; and Goldia, single, at home.
CASELTON A. PRINGLE. Among the many families of early settlers who were ever ready, at a moment's notice, to lay down their lives in defence of the country of their adoption, we must not forget the name of Pringle, the name of a member of which family heads this sketch. They emigrated from Scotland to this country, and Casel- ton A. Pringle, a well known contractor and dealer in lumber in Sum- mer Hill, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, is a worthy representative of the family.
Philip Pringle, great-grandfather of Caselton A. Pringle, was a native of Scotland. His father emigrated to America with his family and settled in Pennsylvania, probably in Lancaster county. His occu- pation was that of farming. Philip Pringle migrated to Cambria county, Pennsylvania, being one of the first settlers in that county. He settled on Pringle Hill. and pursued the occupation of farming. He was a member of the United Brethren church, and in polities a Whig. He raised a numerous family of children.
Martin Pringle, son of Philip Pringle, was born on Pringle Hill, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, in 1800. He acquired a farm in Sum- mer Hill township, near Wilmore, and was occupied with its cultiva- tion all his life. He was a member of the United Brethren church, and was first a Whig and later a Republican. His death occurred in 1876. HIe married (first) Elizabeth Walters, and their children were: 1. Mary. married Henry Shaffer and had three children, Minerva, Anna and Ella. 2. Joseph W., of whom later. 3. Samuel, married Suzan Bonewell and had children: Ella. Charles and Catherine. 4. Philip W .. married May Luke and had children : Sarah, Joseph, Philip. and six who died in childhood. Philip W. was drafted July 14, 1863. . He was attached to Company E, One Hundred and Second Pennsylvania Volunteers, served over two years or until the close of the rebellion. He was engaged in many hard and fierce battles, his comrades falling all around. while his life was spared, the blood of his fallen comrades bespattering his clothes. He was brave and fearless. trusting in God at all times. His regiment belonged to the Sixth Army Corps, which broke the rebel lines near Petersburgh, and he was in the battle when General Lee surrendered. The hardships and privations he had to endure while in the service of his country, fighting for the cause of freedom and the saered rights we now enjoy, undermined his health to such an extent that his death occurred August 5, 1878. 5. Henry H., married Catherine Westervelt and had children: Cecelia. Walter and Roy. 6. David M., married Nancy Matesson and had children: Sen- net, Adolphus and Delia, two of whom are deceased. David M. en- listed in Company H. One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Regiment, Ohio Infantry Volunteers, September 17. 1864. and was honorably discharged June 29. 1865. He was in no active engagements or battles : a portion of the time he was a vietim to disease, from which he suffered terribly, so much so that he never fully recovered. and beyond a doubt it shortened his life by many years, although he lived to enjoy twenty- one years of peace. He also enlisted as a soldier of Jesus Christ, when but a youth, and faithfully defended his Master's cause until his death. August 24, 1886. 7. Emanuel. 8. Abraham. married Barbara Sharp and had children : Howard. Mary, Arthur. Retta. John. Irwin
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and Benjamin. 9. Susan. married Nathan Weaver and had children : Harry, Minnie, Charles and Gertrude. 10. Sarah, deceased. 11. Elizabeth, married B. F. Cover and had children: Benjamin, Sarah and John. 12. Martin P. enlisted August 16, 1861, in Company G, Twelfth United States Infantry. and was in the following engage- ments : Gaines Mill. Malvern Hill, Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericks- burg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and many other engagements. He was wounded in the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864, and died May 20. 1864. His wound was caused by a minie ball which passed through both of his lungs and was taken out near the small of his back.
Joseph W. Pringle, seeond child and eldest son of Martin and Elizabeth ( Walters) Pringle, was born in Summer Hill township, Cam- bria county, Pennsylvania. June 15, 1828. He was rocked in a sugar trough, in which he slept as sweetly as the children in the more mod- ern cribs. At that time the bears, wolves and panthers were plenty in the section of their home. Their diet was of the simplest, consisting of buckwheat cakes for breakfast, pone for dinner and mush and milk for supper, with tea out of their own gardens, sassafras, spicewood and very seldom coffee. The schoolhouse which he attended was built of logs, not hewn, a clapboard roof and the seats were slabs off sawlogs. All the branches taught there were reading, writing and arithmetic, and the term was two months each year. This was a subscription school, there being no free schools then, and many children had to walk three or four miles to school. The spelling book was called the United States and the text book was the Bible. The teacher received fifty cents per scholar, and was boarded free in the homes of the scholars. Their wearing apparel consisted of moccasins and goods of their own weav- ing. There were at that time no railroads or telegraph lines, in fact none of the conveniences which we now enjoy. Mr. Pringle owned a farm, on which he eleared the timber, raised abundant crops and resided thereon from the time he was married until his death, a period of forty- nine years. He kept a diary for thirty-two consecutive years, the thirty- two diaries being now in the possession of his son. Caselton A. Pringle, in which he recorded the temperature and conditions of the weather and all the events of each day. He was a farmer and lumberman in Crovle township, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in 1864, in Company D, Two Hundred and Fourth Heavy Artillery, Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was engaged in the defense of Washington, Distriet of Columbia, and was captured by Mosby's guerrillas. He made his escape the fol- lowing day and returned to his regiment. He was honorably dis-
charged. July 6, 1865. After his discharge he returned to his farm, resumed his occupation there, and combined with it that of lumber- ing. Here he led a peaceful life until his death. which occurred Feb- ruary 28, 1900. He was a man of considerable influence and promi- nence in his town. He affiliated with the Democratic party, and held a number of public offices-justice of the peace in Croyle township ; school director for several terms: and auditor of the township. He was also prominently identified with the Grand Army of the Republic, being a member of D. T. Stineman Post, No. 560, of South Fork, Penn- sylvania, and filled several offices in that organization very acceptably. lle was a member of the United Brethren church, joining in 1841. He was a great student of the Bible as well as secular works. He kept in touch with the current events, and was a lover of nature, especially flowers. He was kind, jovial and generous.
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He married Lucinda Ake, daughter of Joseph Ake. of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, and they had nine children: 1. Caselton A .. of whom later. 2. Breston C., born 1854, died in childhood. 3. Delia C., born 1851, married A. J. Arnold and have five children : Beatrice, Henrietta, Josephine, Gertrude. and Walter. 4. Henrietta, born 1859, married George Wian and had children: Vyerl, who died in child- hood. and George P. 5. Winfield S., born 1861, married (first) May Willey and had one child, Mary; married (second) Nellie Neff. 6. Sarah E., born 1869, married Harry L. Wilson and had children : Ben- ner, Kenneth and Esther. 7. Jessie, born 1869. died at the age of two years. 8. Beatrice H., born 1870. 9. A child that died in infancy.
Caselton A. Pringle, child of Joseph W. and Lucinda (Ake) Prin- gle, was born in Summer Hill, Croyle township. Cambria county. Penn-
sylvania, July 5, 1852. His education was obtained in the common schools of the district, and his early years were passed on the farm. He remained thus employed until he was twenty-five years of age, and found employment with Marshel & Weakland for the next seven years. He then associated himself in a business partnership with J. T. Long, in the lumber business, and this continued for five years. At the ex- piration of this period he disposed of his interest, and rented and per- sonally conducted the "Lake Hotel" at South Fork. Cambria county, Pennsylvania. Later he removed to Altoona. and thence to Summer Hill, where he again engaged in the business of farming and lumber- ing. He is now extensively engaged in contracting in connection with good roads. He built the first piece of good, modern road in Cambria county. His political affiliations are Democratic, and he has been a burgess of Summer Hill. He is a member of the United Brethren church.
He married, May, 1892. Alice M. Bunton, of Pittsburg, Pennsyl- vania, daughter of L. T. and Hannah (Heeley) Bunton, of Pittsburg.
FRANK McANULTY, of Barnesboro, born July 10. 1863. in Sus- quehanna township, is a son of Daniel S. MeAnulty, and a grandson of Michael McAnulty, whose father, John McAnulty, was a native of Scotland, and in the latter part of the eighteenth century came to the United States, settling near Chambersburg, Franklin county. He sub- sequently removed to Indiana county and for the remainder of his life engaged in the hotel business. He was a member of the Presby- terian church. His wife, whom he married in Franklin county, was of Irish birth, and their children were: Patrick, served in the war of 1812, and afterward settled near Niagara Falls: Michael. of whom later: John. died in Jefferson county; and two daughters.
Michael McAnulty, son of John MeAnulty, was born in Franklin county, whence he was taken by his parents to Indiana county, where he received a liberal education judged by the facilities afforded by the time and place. He was a farmer and during the winters taught in the subscription schools. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church. He married Mary Stanard, and their family consisted of the following children : John: Daniel S., of whom later; James: Mattie, died single: Jane, wife of William Long: Isabella, wife of James Kelly: and Hannah, died single. Mr. McAnulty. the father, died at the age of seventy-three.
Daniel S. McAnulty. son of Michael and Mary (Stanard) Mc- Anulty, was born June 7, 1819. in Indiana county, and in April. 1865. moved to Cambria county, making his home where the borough of
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Barnesboro is now situated. on a tract of land comprising four hun- dred and twenty acres. On this land, which he owned, he devoted him- self during the remainder of his life to farming and also to the Inmber business. He belonged to the Junior Order of United American Me- chanies. and in politics was an active Republican, holding several town- ship offices. For many years he served as deacon in the Church of God. He married, July 4, 1843, Eliza J. McDowell, and the following children were born to them: Michael, humberman of Barnesboro ; John, deceased : Naney, also deceased ; Mary, wife of A. A. Grumbling: Henry, of Indiana county: Sarah, wife of T. E. Jones, of Bar township ; George, farmer of Indiana county : Frank, of whom later: and two died in infancy. The death of Mr. MeAnulty occurred August 4, 1897.
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