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He married, in 1861, Paulina Farbaugh, daughter of Michael and Genevieve Farbaugh, and their children are: 1. Charles M., born 1862; married Urania Dinkey, of Braddock. 2. Joseph E., born 1864: married Esther Manball, and has children: Charles M., born 1895, and Dorothea. born 1899. 3, 4, 5. Died in childhood. 6. Mary J., born 1876, is a Sister of Charity in Seden Hill. 7. Gertrude, born 1879, lives at home. 8. Edward H., born 1884; graduated from Notre Dame Law school, Indi- ana, and is now teaching there in connection with that institution. He also has opened a law office in South Bend, Indiana, where he is engaged in the practice of his profession.
OSCAR J. STRICKER, D. V. S., though but a young man, has already worked up a lucrative and growing practice in Portage, Cambria county, Pennsylvania. He traces his ancestry to Germany, where various members of the family have been engaged in the medical profession for some generations.
Julius John Stricker, M. D., father of Oscar J. Stricker, was of the first family to come to America. He was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1852, and came to the United States in 1859, locating in Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania. He was educated in the public schools and then took up the study of medicine under the able preceptorship of Dr. Charles Williamson and Dr. William C. Todd, both of Philadelphia. Imme- diately after his graduation from Jefferson Medical college he began the practice of medicine, with offices at Ridge avenue, Roxborough, Philadel- phia. A few years later he removed to Barren Hill. Montgomery county,
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Pennsylvania. Three years later-April, 1881-he moved to Portage, where he practiced his profession until his death, which occurred June 19, 1904. He was the owner of a drug store, which business was con- ducted and managed by his wife after his death. He was a member of the Lutheran church, and belonged to the Republican party. He was a member of the Medical Society of Cambria county, and vice president of the Pharmaceutical Association of Cambria county. He married, May 30, 1816. Clara McBride, of Philadelphia, daughter of James and Cath- erine McBride. Their children were: Two daughters, deceased; Oscar J., the subject of this sketch; and Ralph A., born in 1893, resides in Portage.
Oscar J. Stricker, D. V. S., son of Dr. Julius John and Clara (Me- Bride) Stricker, was born at Barren Hill, Montgomery county, Pennsyl- vania, January 24, 1881. His education was acquired at the public schools of Cambria county, the Millersville State Normal school, and he then at- tended the Veterinary College in Ontario, Canada, from which he was graduated in 1905. He worked for about seven years in the pharmacy which is located in Portage, and has had much practical experience in all branches of his profession. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and his politics are Republican. He is a member of Lodge No. 318, F. O. E .. of Johnstown. also of Summit Lodge, No. 312, F. and A. M., of Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.
THOMAS H. PARRISH, one of the township officials of Cresson township, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, was born at Cammeltown, Cambria county, June 4, 1854, son of John P. Parrish.
The father was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1820. He was a school teacher in Cambria county, and after his marriage opened a store on Walnut Hill which he conducted two years; then removed to Carrolton, where he continued in the mercantile business for twelve years ; then purchased a farm on which he resided and speculated in all kinds of produce. From there he moved to Johnstown for a short time, then to Portage, and there established and conducted a grocery store for ten years. His next move was to the old Fountain house, near Summit. where many distinguished guests stopped on their travels over the old Portage road, among whom were the celebrated Charles Dickens and Count Costello. Next Mr. Parrish opened a general store on the Summit. and there died in 1899. He was a Catholic, and in politics a Democrat. He married Catherine Kirkpatrick, and reared the following family: 1. Mary M., born 1850, married John Powers. 2. Lucinda. born 1853, married John W. Long. and their children are: Maggie: Thomas: Sam- . uel ; William, died : Harvey: Anna: Mary: Maggie; and Catherine, de- ceased. 3. Thomas H. (subject). 4. Helena J., born 1856, married Ruben Fox. and moved to Clearfield. 5. James, born 1858. married Ida Plummer, and they had the following children: Joseph. Mary, Martha, Charles. Grace. Zetta. Agnes and Margaret. 6. Archie, born 1860, lives at home. ". Agnes. born 1862, married Frederick Swaderer, and they are the parents of these children: Grover. George. Robert, Frank. Cath- erine, Anna, Lucinda. William and Orley. S. Margaret married William Price, and to them were born a large family: 1. Frank. 2. Mary, dead. 3. Walter. 4. Thomas. 5. Benjamin. 6. William. 7. Robert. 8. Charles. 9. John. 10. Herman.
The subject's grandfather. John Parrish. came to Cambria from Bedford county about 1825, and settled in Allegheny township. He was a miller by trade, and followed it nearly all of his life. He owned a
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farm which his sons worked. By his first wife his children were: John, Leo, William and Thomas; by the second wife: Joseph, James and Syl- vester. He is spoken of as a man of great strength, and wonderfully kind in disposition. He was of English descent, and died in 1886, aged eighty-five years.
Thomas H. Parrish, the subject, was in the employ of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company from 1870 to 1874; went to the Butler county oil fields in 1876, and remained until 1889, then moved to Summit, where he ran a stationary engine for six years, operating the pumping station for the Keystone Hotel Company, familiarly known as the Mountain house. He is a Republican, and was supervisor of Cresson township, tax collector for five years, and town clerk six years. He is a member of the order of Red Men, Allegrippus Tribe No. 429 of Cresson, and is the junior sagamaugh of the tribe. In religion he is a Catholic.
Mr. Parrish married Mary Holder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Holder, of Wilmore, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1873, and they are the parents of five children: 1. Nora, born December 11, 1874, married Mark Adams, and they had one child, which died in infancy. 2. John, born April 1, 1876, married Jessie Plummer, and they have one child, Charles. 3. Otto, born February 17, 1878, died April 5, 1906. 4. Thomas, born August 9, 1879, died August 24, 1879. 5. Edwin, born 1880, single and at home. The eldest child, John, was appointed postmaster at Cresson in the spring of 1906. The youngest son, Edwin, is employed in the office of the C. & C. division of Pennsylvania Railroad Company as ste- nographer at Cresson. Otto (deceased) was for some time prior to his death express agent at Cresson; prior to this he was lineman for the C. & C. division. Mrs. Parrish died July 17, 1905.
FREDERICK BEULER, deceased, for some years a well known and popular hotel-keeper of Johnstown, was born 1831, in Hesse- Darmstadt, Germany, and was reared by his widowed mother. He learned the plasterer's trade, which he followed in his native country. In 1853 he embarked at Bremen for New York, whence he immediately proceeded to Johnstown, Pennsylvania. In 1861 he enlisted in Company 1. Fifty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and par- ticipated in the following engagements: Union Church, Virginia, June 26, 1862: Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Angust 9, 1862; Manchester, Vir- ginia, May 23, 1863; Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 1-4, 1863; Seven Days' retreat, Virginia, June 26, 1863; and Newmarket, May 15, 1864. In this last engagement he received a bullet wound in the right leg which confined him to the hospital, the time spent there constituting his only period of absence from his regiment during his entire term of service. He was honorably discharged February, 1865.
When Mr. Beuler located in Johnstown he worked in the ore mines for a few years, then went into the coal mines at Mill Creek, then re- turned to Johnstown, locating on Sherman street, and working for the Cambria Steel Company. After serving for a period of almost twenty- five years in the employ of that company, he engaged in the hotel business on Portage street. He subsequently sold the property to the Cambria Steel Company, and moved to the corner of Railroad and Hudson streets, where he built a three-story, twenty-four-room hotel, which was destroyed by the flood, being carried as far as Kernville. Within at the time were Mr. and Mrs. Benler, their son Frank and their granddaughter, Minnie Custer, aged three years. After the flood Mr. Beuler immediately re- built, erecting a neat three-story brick structure, of fifteen rooms, which
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he conducted as a hotel during the remainder of his life. He was an in- dependent Democrat, and a member of the German Lutheran church. He was a member of Lodge No. 785, 1. O. O. F., also Brotherhood Lodge.
Mr. Beuler married, in Johnstown, in 1854, Dorothy Will, and their children were: John, died at the age of five years. Frederick, died while in school in Philadelphia, at the age of twenty-two. Elizabeth, died young. Charles, also died young. Katy, wife of Obadiah Custer, of Johnstown. Maggie, wife of Jacob Huebner, of Johnstown. John (2), born February 15, 1868, at home. William, born October 25, 1871, teamster. Frank, born April 30, 1879, at home. The death of Mr. Beuler, which occurred October 30, 1891, deprived his family of an ex- cellent husband and father and removed from Johnstown one of its most genial citizens, whose many estimable qualities had won for him a host of friends. He is buried in Sandy Vale cemetery.
Mrs. Beuler was born in 1834, in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and in 1854 came to the United States, making the voyage alone. on a sail- ing vessel-the "Fairkee Marie,"-which consumed three months in mak- ing the voyage and suffered shipwreck. Mrs. Beuler landed in New York, and the same year went to Johnstown. Her father died in Ger- many, and her mother subsequently joined her at Johnstown, where she lost her life in the flood. Mrs. Beuler's brother Caspar perished at the same time.
JOHN W. HALL, former postmaster of the borough of Cresson, Pennsylvania, was born February 19, 1856, the son of Ezekiel and Aman- da (Spade) Hall.
Concerning the father, it may be said that he was born in Chambers- berg, Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in 1824. He was a stone mason and contractor for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company from 1854 to 1861; in 1863 he enlisted from Philadelphia in the One Hundred and Eighty-third Pennsylvania Regiment as a private soldier, serving until the close of the war. He was in the battles of Cold Harbor, Greenstown, the Wilderness, Malvern Hill, Spottsylvania Court House, Reams Sta- tion and Fair Oaks. After the last named battle he was detailed to do hospital duty and was regimental cook. On his return to Philadelphia he engaged with Mr. Willey of Lancaster, a railroad contractor, and was with him eighteen years, after which time he did contract work on his own account up to his death in 1888, at Philadelphia. He was a Mason and an Odd Fellow ; in church connection a Presbyterian, and in politics a Republican. He married Amanda Spade, by whom the subject was the only child.
The subject's grandfather was David Hall, who lived in Mechanics- burg. Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, to which place he came from Paterson, New Jersey. He was a school teacher and a stone mason, fol- lowing the former in winter and the latter in the summer season. He married Sarah Miller, by whom were born four sons and five daughters. The following relates to the whereabouts of some of this family: David was killed in the Mexican war: George died in Mechanicsburg; John served in the Civil war, and after it closed he entered the regular army and remained twenty years as a non-commissioned officer and drew his regular pay during his life.
John W. Hall (subject) was by trade a stone mason, but had to abandon it on account of measles in 1889. He was employed in the pension department at Washington, D. C., under the Interior Depart- ment, until 1893. In August, 1897, he was appointed postmaster at
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Cresson, which position he held until March 6, 1906. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics a Republican. In 1898 he married Mrs. Mary ( Oldsberger) Graham, of Summit, Pennsyl- vania.
IRWIN M. OLDHAM, a well known citizen of Portage, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, is a representative of an old and honored family that emigrated from England to the United States, many years ago, and settled in Pennsylvania.
Jennings Oldham, grandfather of Irwin M. Oldham, and the founder of the family in this country, was born in England and emigrated to the United States in early manhood. Ile settled in Bedford county, Penn- sylvania, acquired a farm there, and after some years removed to Da- kota, and later to lowa, where he died. He was connected with the Lutheran church, and his political affiliations were with the Whig party. He married Sarah Mock, of Bedford county, and they had four children, of whom none are living: Thomas Jennings, Jennings, Rebecca and Mary H.
Thomas J. Oldham, eldest child of Jennings and Sarah (Mock) Oldham, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, March 21, 1847. He was by occupation a collier, and he followed up this in addition to cultivating his farm, which he made very productive. He removed to Newry, Blair county, Pennsylvania, in 1881, and died there March 22, 1888. He was a member of the Lutheran church and a Republican. He married Barbara Mock, daughter of Joseph Mock, of Indiana county, Pennsylvania, and they had children: 1. Sarah A., born October 5, 1873, married Blair Wallace, of Blair county, and had children: Myra, Clar- ence, and Blair. 2. Irwin M., of whom later. 3. Ida M., born 1877, married Elmer Harris, of Roaring Springs, and has children: Ruth and Irwin. 4. Aaron G .. born 1878, died in infancy. 5. Amos, born 1881, died in infancy. 6. Joseph E., born 1883, resides at home.
Irwin M. Oldham, second child and eldest son of Thomas J. and Barbara (Mock) Oldham, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, May 3, 1875. He received a good education through personal effort out- side of the schoolroom, taking a course of literature at the Seranton School of Correspondence and a paid up complete commercial course. This indicates plainly the characteristics of the man, showing that he is progressive, industrious and has a determination to fit himself for any and all exigencies. Upon attaining a suitable age he learned the butcher business, which he has since followed. He worked in Altoona six years and then came to Portage, in 1901, where he bought the market and fixtures of W. H. Mondy. He conducted this market for one year and then bought some property, the dwelling upon which he remodeled as a home for himself, and erected a market on the same plot of ground. This he conducts very successfully. He has many private customers and also supplies the miners with immense quantities of meat. He was ap- pointed agent for the Adams Express Company, June 25, 1906. He is a stanch Republican and is a member of the borough council. He is a member of the Lutheran church, and of the following organizations: Lodge No. 226. Knights of the Golden Eagle. of Newry: G. W. Weaver Castle, No. 949, K. of A. E. O., of Altoona ; and America Lodge, No. 123. American Protective Union.
He married, June 17, 1896, Ida M. Leighty, daughter of David Leighty, of Blair county. Pennsylvania. They have two sons: David E., born March 1, 1898. 2. Chester W., born June 26, 1900.
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W. I. STINEMAN, of South Fork, Cambria connty, Pennsylvania. was born August 23, 1869, at South Fork, son of State Senator J. C. Stineman and wife.
He obtained his education at the public schools of his native borough and at the Central Pennsylvania college. He is now a coal operator. At the age of seventeen years he was called from college to go into his father's office, as the father was a candidate for sheriff that year. His father having much of his time taken up by public interests ever since, he has managed the mining business for him, and in this role he has proven himself an excellent business manager. He is genial and obliging to all under him, and makes friends among all with whom he has to deal. His method is to lead and not command, and in this way he handles his men without friction. The men employed under him are given to under- stand that he is their friend, as well as manager. In 1892 the Stineman Coal and Coke Company was incorporated, and he became the general manager and director. In 1902, the Stineman Coal Mining Company was incorporated, and he was made the general manager of that company. He is the president of the South Fork Fire Brick Company, and director of the South Fork Electric Light, Heat and Power Company ; director in the First National Bank of South Fork, and holds various financial interests in and about South Fork. He is thoroughly alive to every in- terest of the place, and has really been a leading man in many of the enterprises of the borough. Mr. Stineman is a member of Summit Lodge, No. 312, F. and A. M., at Ebensburg, and Chapter at Johnstown. Penn- sylvania. He has been school director for six years, and is posted on the borough affairs, having been on the council for six years. He is a sup- porter of the Evangelical church and a Republican in politics.
In 1892 he was united in marriage to Nanny, daughter of Edmund and Nanny James, of Ebensburg. They have two children-James C .. born January, 1893: Frank, born January, 1901.
ALBERT M. STINEMAN. of South Fork. Cambria county, Penn- sylvania, was born in Richland township. Cambria county. Pennsylvania. October 22, 1867. son of Hon. J. C. Stineman and wife. He received his schooling at South Fork public schools, and early in life engaged in ac- tive business pursuits. He is now connected with the Stineman Coal and Coke Company: the Stineman Coal Mining Company; Stineman Bros.' Supply Company: is stockholder in the South Fork Water Company, Cresson foundry business. also in Luna Park of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Mr. Stineman belongs to the Sons of Veterans, the Young Men's Chris- tian Association and the Evangelical church. Politically he is a Re- publican.
In 1897, Mr. Stineman married Catherine Roland, of Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, whose father resides in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. The mother died in Denver. Colorado. . Mr. and Mrs. Stineman are the parents of two children-Margaret E., born 1898, and Roland Meed. born 1903.
THOMAS H. MYERS, of Ashville. was born July 28. 1858. and is a son of George J. Myers, and a grandson of John B. Mvers, who was born in 1795. in Germany, and in 1812 emigrated to the United States. John B. Myers had received a good education in his native land and had there been engaged in teaching. After coming to this country ho lived first in Lycoming county. whence he came about 1815 to Cambria county, where he cleared a farm on, which he resided until 1837. After
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living for six years at Pennsylvania Furnace, on Spruce creek, on the line of Centre and Huntingdon counties, he returned to Cambria county and settled on what is known as the Flick farm, near Loretto. For many years he was a Democrat, but in his latter days allied himself with the Republican party. In religion he was a Roman Catholic. Mr. Myers married, before leaving the Fatherland, Catharine Myers, also a native of Germany, and the following children were born to them: Ellen, de- ceased, wife of Charles Schwab, also deceased ; George J., of whom later; Peter; Anthony ; John; Catharine, deceased, wife of Edward Smith, also deceased, of Keokuk, Iowa; Matilda : and Mary, deceased, wife of Martin Flick, also deceased. The mother of the family died June 19, 1854, and the death of Mr. Myers occurred in 1875.
George J. Myers, son of John B. and Catharine (Myers) Myers, was born March 4, 1820, in Lycoming county, and never enjoyed the ad- vantages of a common school education, but was taught by his father to read and write in the German language. When but twelve years old he worked as errand boy on the old Portage railroad, serving in that ca- pacity six months, and in the following spring went to Johnstown, where he was employed on the old Pennsylvania canal from March, 1833. to June, 1834. In the latter year he went to Philadelphia and obtained an appointment on the police force of that city. In November of the same year he resigned this position and went to Spruce Creek, where he was employed by John Lemon at Pennsylvania Furnace, remaining there six years. He then took charge of Mitchell's furnace, in upper Dauphin county, and in two years was able to clear ten thousand dollars, which he lost during the next two years on account of the Walker tariff law of 1846. Being thus compelled to begin life anew he walked to his home in Blair county, where he obtained work at the Elizabeth furnace, re- maining there fifteen months, during which time he learned to write English under the instruction of the superintendent, Martin Bell. For the next three years he was foundryman of the Ashville furnace of this county, owned by Hugh McNcal, of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, and he also about this time built and operated three coke ovens, the first in the county, using the coke produced in the furnace in which he worked. In March, 1851, he settled on a farm in Gallitzin township, which at that time was a dense forest, and by the following September had cleared a small tract of land and built and moved into a small log house. As a result of his energy and perseverance he became in time the owner of one of the finest farms in the county. He held all the township offices; was poor director for one term, and for twenty-seven years served as justice of the peace in Gallitzin township; was assessor for seventeen years; road supervisor for six years ; collector of the school tax for seven years; served on the school board twelve years ; for twenty-nine years he held the office of township auditor, and in 1876 was made school treasurer of the town- ship, serving in that capacity for many years. In politics he was orig- inally an old line Whig, but identified himself with the Republican party from its organization, and in 1856 attended the first Republican con- vention held in Cambria county. He was one of the speakers in the memorable campaign of 1840. He and his wife were members of the Roman Catholic church and had both received in infancy the rite of bap- tism from Father Gallitzin.
Mr. Myers married Mary J., daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Koons) Unbine, of Loretto, and they were the parents of the following children: 1. Mary E., born December. 1847, wife of T. J. Stephens. had six children: George N .: Mary : Matilda; Francis, deceased; Bertha
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and Clair. 2. John A., born November 25, 1849, married Mary A. Smith, no issue. 3. Clara, died in childhood. 4. Demetrius G., born July 5, 1853, died April :, 1901, married Mary A. Basal, had eight children : George A .; Catharine; Cora; Gertrude; May; Edith; Charles, deceased ; and Josephine. 5. James F., born September 14, 1855, married Jennie M. Yenger, no issue. 6. Thomas H., of whom later. }. Catharine M., born August 26, 1860, died August 9, 1895, wife of George Ellanger, had four children: Marie; Francis; Anna and Josephine, deceased. S. Joseph P., born July 16, 1863, married Eva Delozier, had eight children : Edgar, Francis, Matilda, Carl, Charles, Gallitzin, Rose, Ellen and George. Mr. Myers died June 26, 1903; his widow died July 5, 1906.
Thomas H. Myers, son of George J. and Mary J. ( Unbine) Myers, has always led the life of a farmer on the old homestead, where he re- sided with his mother until her death, July 5, 1906. Thomas H. still occupies the homestead. For thirteen years he has served as justice of the peace, for six years as constable, has held the offices of auditor, school director, treasurer of school board, road supervisor and secretary of the board. and fire detective for No. ^ district of Cambria county. He is a member of the Republican county committee and has been for several years. Ile belongs to Ashville Council, No. 484, Y. M. I. He is a Re- publican in politics, and a member of the Roman Catholic church.
EDWARD W. HULL, of Summer Hill, Cambria county, Pennsyl- vania, was born in Norwich, England, April 6, 1844, died January 22, 1906. He came to the United States in 1865. He was a painter by trade, and followed house and sign painting the greater part of his time. He was a freeholder from 1870 until his decease. He was appointed chief of police, was elected burgess of Summer Hill in 1895, re-elected in 1898, was appointed justice of the peace to fill out an unexpired term, by Gov- ernor Stone, and elected to the office in 1900 and 1904, was tax collector and served on the board of health. In his official duties he seemed to be the right man in the right place, and ever proved his fitness for public office. He was an ardent Republican, and a devout member of the Luth- eran church.
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