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Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Burgoon, as follows: 1. Ferdinand A., born Feb- ruary 21, 1845 ; he was accidentally killed September 5, 1873. 2. Hen- rietta. born October, 1846, married M. C. Egan, a conductor, and to them were born five children-Ellen, Josephine, Haden, Alfonzo and Scott. 3. Scott Augustine, born 1848, died 1850. 4. Francis J. (subject) .
Francis J. Burgoon was educated in the public schools of Cambria county, and then took telegraphy for a profession. He commenced by iaking lessons of Lee McCormick, daughter of Professor McCormick, March 1, 1869. His first office was Cresson, Pennsylvania. In 1861 he took charge of the union depot at Pittsburg, remaining until March, 1812. and was then transferred to Conemaugh, where he remained until September, 1873. at which date he took charge of the office at Sonman, where he remained until October, 1885, then went to Altoona in the trainmaster's office, remaining there until April, 1886, when he was called upon by Judge John Dean and was made chief operator for the New York short route line. July, 1888, he was made trainmaster for that road, retaining such position until January 1, 1893, when the Penn- sylvania company bought the road, but he was retained as train dis- patcher of the C. & C. divisions.
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Mr. Burgoon was elected justice of the peace in Portage township in 18:8, at the age of twenty-five years, being the youngest justice in the county. He held this office until he moved to Altoona in 1886. He was also the secretary of the school board at the same time. He was elected school director at Cresson in 1896, served the full term, and was elected justice of the peace in Cresson in 1901, re-elected in 1906, and school director in 1905. He with four others started the town of Cresson in 1895. When the borough organization was perfected he re- fused the offer of nomination for first burgess. He is a member of the Woodmen of the World, Camp No. 62, as well as of Couneil, No. 522, Knights of Columbus, of Ebensburg. Politically he is a Republican, and in church relations a Catholie.
Mr. Burgoon married Margaret C., daughter of Fred Mouse, and they are the parents of five children: 1. Fred A., born November 6, 1844, now an engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad, living at home, single. 2. Joseph A., born November 11. 1876, married Edith Collins, of Butler county, Pennsylvania. 3. Estella M., born June 6, 1879, died December 28, 1888. 4. Grace G., born January 11, 1882, at home. 5. Blanche T., born March 6, 1884, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Burgoon have an adopted son, Frank J., born November 11, 1900.
PETER M. SWOPE, of Carrolltown, was born May, 1871, in Cam- bria county, and is a son of Joseph P. Swope and a grandson of Aloysius Swope, who was born in France in 1808 and in 1831 emigrated to the United States, settling on a farm near Chest Spring. Later he sold the property and moved to Glen Connel, where he bought the Old Glen Con- nel farm, on which he passed the remainder of his life, carrying on the lumber business in connection with his agricultural labors. He was a Democrat and a Roman Catholic. Mr. Swope married, in 1837, Anna Noel, of Munster township, and the following were their children: 1. Joseph P., of whom later. 2. Peter M., enlisted in 1862 in Company A, Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, was wounded in 1864 and died in hospital. 3. John M., married first Anna Cooper, second Molly Noel, third Emma Lamborn; by second marriage, one child; Aloysius; by third, three children: Molly (deceased), Annie and Harry. 4. Anna, single. 5. Henry, married Helena Farbaugh. 6. Lizzie, single. The death of Mr. Swope occurred in 1876.
Joseph P. Swope, son of Aloysius and Anna (Noel) Swope, was born December 5, 1838, in Cambria county, and was a farmer of Chest township, educating his family in the public schools. In the latter years of his life he sold the farm to his son Peter M. and moved to Patton, where he passed his remaining days. During the Civil war he enlisted in Company A. Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, served three years, and was honorably discharged. At different times he held the offices of school director and supervisor. He voted with the Demo- crats and held the faith of the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Swope mar- ried Louise, daughter of Frank Glasser, and they are the parents of the following children : 1. Albert, born 1868, married Blanche Litzinger, las one child, Harold. 2. Peter M., of whom later. 3. Joseph R., born 1873, married Bessie Gill, has one child, Cordelia. 4. Ambrose HI .. born 1875. married Anna MeCombie, no issue. 5. Herman J., born 1877, mar- ried Barbara Rager, no issue. Mr. Swope, the father of the family, died February 15, 1906.
Peter M. Swope, son of Joseph P. and Louise (Glasser) Swope, was educated in the public schools and reared on a farm. He became by
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purchase the possessor of the old homestead, known as Chestnut Hill farm, and for six years cultivated the land, which he still owns. In 1902 he bought a tract of timber near Chest Spring, and in the autumn of 1904 moved his mill to Carrolltown, where he had purchased three tracts of timber. On April 1, 1905, he bought what was known as the Carroll- town planing mill, with its stock and appurtenances, which he still oper- ates. He is engaged in milling, contracting and building. For three years he served as school director and treasurer of the township. His political principles are those advocated by the Democratic party and his religious belief is that of the Roman Catholic church.
Mr. Swope married Mary, daughter of John and Lida (McMullen) Durbin, and their family consists of the following children: Joseph J., born April 19, 1896; Thomas J., born December 23, 1898; Grace, born November 15, 1900; and Ida, born February 1, 1902.
LEWIS MATHALDI, of Hastings, was born in 1853, in Italy, where he learned the trade of a stonemason. He landed in this country May 18, 1882, and settled at Ridgeway, Pennsylvania, where he was em- ployed as a stonemason by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He then moved to Brockwayville, where he worked in the mines, going next to Punxsutawney and there devoting himself during the summers to his trade and during the winters to his labors as a miner. June 2, 1892, he removed to Hastings where he opened a fruit and grocery store, and after a time, in consequence of the increase of his business, enlarged his build- ing and applied for a hotel license. This was granted in 1901 and he has since successfully conducted both the hotel and store. Ile is a Dem- ocrat in politics, and his religious belief is that of the Roman Catholic church.
Mr. Mathaldi married, before coming to this country, Julia Gag- lioardi, and of the nine children born to them only two are now living: Catharine : and Rose, born in 1890. The only son, Marvic, died Jan- mary 10, 1904, at the age of sixteen, and his funeral, which took place three days later, was the largest which every occurred in Hastings. He was a youth of great promise, his geniality and kindness of heart being such as to endear him to all and to cause even dumb animals to look to him for protection. His death was a great and lasting grief to his family.
Catharine Mathaldi, the elder daughter of Mr. Mathaldi, was born in 1882, at Ridgeway, and received a good common school education. She early evinced business abilities of a superior order, insomuch that when her father opened his hotel, known as the Palmer House, she not only rendered assistance therein, but also took charge of the store. In 1904 she accompanied her father on a trip to the Old World, but after spending some time abroad was glad to return to her home and friends in Hastings and to resume the duties which she so ably discharges. She is a member of the Roman Catholic church.
BYRON L. McCAHAN, of South Fork, was born December 28, 1871, in Juniata county, Pennsylvania, son of James E. McCahan, and grandson of James McCahan, who was born in Ireland and for political reasons emigrated to the United States. He settled in Juniata county, where he purchased a large tract of land which he cultivated and on which he passed the remained of his life. He was a Democrat and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. James McCahan married, after com- ing to the United States, Jane Lindsay, who bore him the following chil-
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dren : Wilber, married Malinda Alexander; Ephraim, married a Miss Pierce ; James E .. of whom later; Mary, wife of Ephraim Laurer; and Jennie, wife of James Tennis.
James E. McCahan, son of James and Jane (Lindsay) McCahan, was born in 1843, in Juniata county, and during the Civil war enlisted as a private, serving his full term. On his return home he engaged in the lumber business, which he conducted until 1904. when he soud his mills and retired, having for many years been at the head of one of the most extensive lumber enterprises in the county. He served the town- ship in the offices of supervisor, school director and secretary and treas- urer of the school fund. He was at one time chairman of the Den- ocratic committee. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in the charitable work of which he has always taken an active part. He married, in 1869, Malinda, daughter of William Callier, of Juniata county, and one child was born to them, Byron L., of whom later.
Byron L. McCahan, son of James E. and Malinda (Callier) Mc- Cahan, served an apprenticeship to the blacksmith's trade and for a num- ber of years was foreman of blacksmith shop for the Pennsylvania Rail- road Company at Mifflin. In 1902 he resigned this position and moved to South Fork, where he purchased the bakery and grocery business of F. T. Price, which he has since conducted. He has served the township as school director, and belongs to Iroquois Tribe, No. 42, Improved Or- der of Red Men, of Mifflin, and the Homeless Twenty-six, of Pittsburg. He is a Democrat and a supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. McCahan married, November 18, 1894, Anna, daughter of Ed- mund Price, of South Fork, and they are the parents of the following children : Elizabeth, born 1895; Mevin, 1897; Martha, 1899; and Al- berta, 1902.
WILLIAM S. WHEELING, M. D., of Spangler, was born in 1812, in Scotland, and is descended from a long line of ancestors of the land of Wallace and Bruce. His father, Patrick Wheeling, was a stone con- tractor in Wisher. Scotland, and was killed by an accident when William S. was but twenty-one days old.
William S. Wheeling came to the United States in 1880, and sub- sequently recrossed the Atlantic, taking his degree of Bachelor of Arts in Manchester, England, in 1888. He then spent two years in Edin- burgh, Scotland, and in 1890 entered Jefferson Medical College, Phila- delphia, graduating therefrom in 1893, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. After remaining in Philadelphia one year he moved to Span- gler, where he has been continuously engaged in the practice of his pro- fession since May, 1894. He is a member of the State Medical Society, and Cambria County Medical Society, of which, in 1904. he was vice- president. He is a life member of Lodge No. 1:5, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, of Johnstown, and Knights of Pythias, of Barnesboro. In polities he is a Republican, and in religious belief a Presbyterian.
Dr. Wheeling married Marie, daughter of Archie and Anna (Law- man) Fowler, of Indiana county, and they are the parents of three chil- dren: Genevieve, born 1896; George, 1898; and Helen, 1902.
WILLIAM FOX. of South Fork, was born November 24, 1865. in Bedford county, son of George Fox, who was born in 1830, in Germany, and about 1846 emigrated to the United States, living for a time in the neighborhood of New York. and Albany. On removing to Pennsylvania he settled first in Schuylkill county, and about 1860 went to Bedford
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county, where for some time he worked in the mines. He then went into the livery business at Defiance, and until recently was engaged in that branch of industry, having not long since retired. He is a Republican and a member of the Roman Catholic church. George Fox married Mary Malarkey, a native of Ireland, and they were the parents of fourteen children, four of whom died in childhood. The others were: 1. Maria, wife of John McCavit, of Bedford county. 2. John, married ( first ) Anna Wilson (second). Ella Wiser. 3. George, married Anna Satter- field. 4. William, of whom later. 5. Rosa, wife of Edward Grafnus. 6. Anthony, married Ellen Brennan. 2. James, married Anna Howell. 8. Ella, wife of John Crocker. 9. Thomas, single. 10. Maggie, wife of John McCabe.
William Fox, son of George and Mary (Malarkey) Fox, was edu- cated in the public schools of Bedford county, and until 1895 was en- gaged in mining. In that year he purchased the Lake Hotel in South Fork, of which he was for seven years the proprietor. He then rented the building and went into the fire insurance and real estate business, which he has since greatly developed, having erected several properties in the borough. He is a member of the school board, treasurer of the school fund and for two years has served his borough in the eouneil. He is a stockholder in the First National Bank of South Fork. He affiliates with South Fork Lodge. No. 838, I. O. O. F., and is a Republi- can in politics.
Mr. Fox married, July 17, 1886, Rose, daughter of H. C. and Mary J. Appleman, of Defiance, Bedford county, and the following are their children : 1. Clarence. born March 4, 1887, student in high school, will take a professional course. 2. Ivonita, born March 14, 1892. 3. Maxwell, born March 9, 1899. 4. Kathleen, born September 9, 1902. 5. Ray- mond, born September 29, 1903.
JOHN G. BROAD, D. D. S., of South Fork, was born in 1864, in England. son of Thomas Broad, and grandson of John Broad, who was born in England, 1806: his wife, Mary Ann, was a native of the same country, having been born in 1809. They spent their entire lives in their native land and there ended their days.
Thomas Broad, son of John and Mary Ann Broad, was born June 11, 1843, in Cornwall, England, and in 1867 emigrated to the United States. Two years later he sent for his family, and on their arrival settled in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania. He was a miner and frequently changed his abode in consequence of the demands of his calling. In 1884 he moved to South Fork, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was a Republican and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His death occurred April 7, 1903; his wife died April 10, 1902. He married Margaret, born in 1845, in Cornwall, England, daughter of Walter Wilkeson, and twelve children were born to them, of whom the following survived infancy: 1. John G., of whom later. ?. Margaret, horn September 15, 1870, died in Huntingdon county, 1883. 3. Har- riet M .. wife of Samuel Mears, has seven children: Nattie, Melville, Har- old, Charles, John G., Margaret A., and George. deceased. 4. Martha A., born in 1876. died in Juniata county, 1880. 5. Fanny M., wife of Albert Clements, has two children : Gretta B. and Margaret, deceased. 6. Marie A., born in 1880, died at South Fork. 1887. 2. Gertrude, wife of Arthur Scofield, had one child, Gretta C .. deceased. S. Walter H., living with John G.
John G. . Broad, son of Thomas and Margaret (Wilkeson) Broad, re-
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ceived his education in the public schools, and was fitted for his profes- sion at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, whence he graduated in 1896. He has since continuously practiced dentistry at South Fork. He belongs to the Central Pennsylvania Dental Society and is identified with the following fraternal organizations: Lodge No. 101, Knights of Pythias. of South Fork; South Fork Lodge, No. 838, I. O. O. F .; and Cambria Lodge, No. 218, F. and A. M., of Johnstown. Dr. Broad has served on the school board continuously from 1899 to 1906, and is now a member of borough council. He is a Republican and a member of the United Evangelical ehureh.
Dr. Broad married. in 1886, Emma J., daughter of Charles and Susan Chappell, of Juniata county. Mrs. Broad died in 1902, leaving no children. and in 1904 Dr. Broad married Mary G., daughter of the Reverend George and Harriet (Reynolds) Rhodes, of Hineman, Bed- ford county.
CHARLES O. DIMOND. of South Fork, was born in 1881, at Sum- merhill, son of Charles A. Dimond, and grandson of Casper Dimond. The father of Casper Dimond was a native of Ireland and settled near Baltimore, Maryland, becoming the founder of the family in the United States.
Casper Dimond was born in 1811. in Baltimore, and migrated to Pennsylvania, making his home in Carroll township, where he purchased seventy acres of land to which he subsequently added. He was a member of the Roman Catholic church. He married and was the father of the following children: 1. Mary. wife of Jacob Hoyer. mother of ex-mayor Hover, of Altoona. 2. Michael. single. 3. Rebecca. widow of James McClaren. Sr., of Croyle township: had four children: James. Neal, Ettie. wife of William Welch and Anna. wife of Charles Bunten. 4. Charles A .. of whom later. 5. Stephen. deceased. married Barbara Hess. had ten children: William, John. George, Albert, Ralph. James. Etta. wife of James Ward; Mary, wife of Lewis Geisler: and Elizabeth, wife of John Betts. 6. Susan. died in 1884.
Charles A. Dimond, son of Casper Dimon. was born in 1835, on the homestead, and was for a time engaged in business as a butcher at Sum- merhill, later opened a large coal-yard in Altoona. His business in- creased and he had at one time, in addition to his meat market and store at Summerhill, meat markets and stores at North Branch, South Fork. Dunlo and Ehrenfeld. He was for a number of years associated with .J. C. Stineman in the coal business. Ultimately Mr. Dimond sold ont his coal interest and in 1880 established himself as a butcher. both wholesale and retail at Summerhill. In 1902 he retired from business, having been for many years numbered among the energetie, substantial business men of the county. He served in the borough council and by his labors and influence promoted the best interests of the community. He was a Democrat and a member of the Roman Catholic church.
Mr. Dimon married Malinda. daughter of Andrew McCullen. of Wilmore. superintendent of the old Portage railroad, and their children were: 1. Arthur. deceased. 2. Minnie. 3. Elmer, married Minnie Ivory, had two children: Virginia and Arthur. 4. Cecilia. wife of Curtis Askey. 5. Blanche, deceased. 6. Charles O., of whom later. 4. Zeta. at home. The death of Mr. Dimond occurred in 1903.
Charles O. Dimond. son of Charles A. and Malinda (McCullen) Dimond. was educated in the schools of Summerhill. afterward taking a course of anatomy at the Pennsylvania College of Embalming. Pitts-
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burg. In 1899 he established himself in the undertaking business at Summerhill, and in 1903 moved to South Fork, where he still follows the same calling. In 1902 he engaged in the butcher business with his brother Elmer F., and after two years he sold out this business to his brother. He then engaged in the livery business for one year, in con- nection with his undertaking. He belongs to the State Board of Un- dertakers' Association, and is a member of the Roman Catholic church. He is member of F. O. E., No. 178, Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Dimond married, July 20. 1903. Laura, daughter of Joseph Wicks, Junior, and they are the parents of one child, Marjorie, born September 5, 1905.
MARTEN S. BENTZ, of South Forks, was born January 11. 1874, at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, son of Marten C. Bentz, and grandson of Will- iam Bentz, who was a prosperous farmer, owning and cultivating several farms in the Cumberland valley, and devoting himself during his entire life to the care and management of these extensive tracts of land. He was of German extraction, and was a Republican and a member of the German Reformed church. . William Bentz married Anna Creyley, of Lancaster, who was of Swedish extraction, and the following children were born to them: Henrietta. wife of Joseph Baker: Jacob; John, a clergyman, married Elizabeth Detwiter: Samuel, married Anna Brown; Marten C., of whom later: Adam, married Rebecca Brown ; Joseph, died in childhood ; and Isaac. Mr. Bentz died in 1880, at the age of seventy- three.
Marten C. Bentz, son of William and Anna (Creyley) Bentz, was born June 11, 1844. in Lancaster county. near Ephrata, and September 6, 1864, enlisted as a private in the Two Hundred and Ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, participating in the battles of Bermuda Hun- dred, Fort Stedman and Petersburg. For gallantry and good conduct he was promoted to the rank of corporal, and was mustered out May 5, 1865. On his return home he entered Dickinson College, and afterward was engaged during the remainder of his life in mercantile business at Car- lisle. He married Sarah L. Sweigart, born in Lancaster, of Swedish cx- traction, and they were the parents of two children: Grace M., born May 1, 1869, married Rev. James Nichols and died without issue in 1897; and Marten S., of whom later. The death of Mr. Bentz occurred in 1873.
Marten S. Bentz, son of Marten C. and Sarah L. (Sweigart) Bentz. had the misfortune, at the early age of six years, to lose his mother. and was thus left to the care of strangers. When only thirteen years old he was compelled to leave school, and served three years in the office of the Carlisle Sentinel. At the age of seventeen, after learning his trade, he obtained employment on the Philadelphia Press, remaining in the office two years. He then entered the prepartory department of Albright Col- lege. and subsequently graduated in the classical course with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts. He has since pursued post- graduate work at Grove City College and Yale University. For ten years he has been principal of the South Fork public schools. He affiliates with Cambria Lodge, No. 238, F. and A. M .. and South Fork Lodge, No. 838. I. O. O. F. He adheres to the Republican party and is a member of the Evangelical church.
Mr. Bentz married, June 13. 1894. Elsie D. Potts, daughter of Ephraim Potts, of Union county, and they have two children: Horace F., born November 20, 1895: and H. Newsham, born March 8. 1897.
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WILLIAM WYSEL, of South Fork, was born October 20, 1856, son of Moses Wysel, and grandson of Joseph Wysel. The father of Joseph Wysel was George Wysel, who came from Maryland to Cambria county, where he took up a tract of land at Mineral Point. Wysel Hill, which was then included within the limits of Bedford county, was named in his honor. He was a farmer and hunter. His brother John was a soldier in the revolutionary army. George Wysel lived to an advanced age.
Joseph Wysel, son of George Wysel, was born in Maryland, and was a child when the family moved to Pennsylvania. He owned a large tract of land at Mineral Point, and moved to Wabash, Indiana county, where he ended his days. He was a Democrat and a member of the Lutheran church.
Moses Wysel, son of Joseph Wysel, was born December 19, 1834, and was reared on a farm, being at one time employed by the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company as track foreman. During the Civil war he en- listed in the Eighteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry, and in May, 1864, was captured at Mine Run, whence he was taken to Andersonville prison, where he died. He was interred at National Park, July 28, 1865. He married, December 19, 1855, Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Funk, and they were the parents of three children: 1. William, of whom later. 2. Henrietta, born in 1858, wife of Ezra Oaks, had eight children. 3. Jennie, born in 1860, wife of Joseph Wicks, Junior, had ten children.
William Wysel, son of Moses and Elizabeth (Funk) Wysel, was edu- cated at the Soldiers' Orphans schools at Cassville and Jacksonville, Pennsylvania. He also pursued a course in mining from the Seranton school of correspondence. He was employed as a elerk until 1896, and in 1901 engaged in mercantile business, intrusting the management of the store to his son, while he himself worked at the trade of carpenter. For sixteen years he served as clerk of the borough council, and for the same length of time was school director. For three years he held the office of treasurer of the borough school fund, and at present is assessor of first ward. He is a Republican and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. Wysel married, in 1876, Anna, daughter of Aaron Berkebile, and they are the parents of the following children: Ella, born 1876 ; Alva B., 1878; Joseph, 1880: Henry, 1881: John W., 1884; Edith, 1886; Charles H., 1888; Laura, 1891; and Iva, 1896.
WILLIAM H. MOORE, of South Forks, was born in 1868, in Luzerne county, son of William R. Moore, and grandson of William Moore, who was born in 1812, in Maryland, and was until the close of his life a pilot on the Susquehanna river. He was a Democrat, and a sup- porter of the Methodist Episcopal church. William Moore married. in 1837, Mary Ann Thornton, who died in 1906, at eighty-eight years ; her mother was a Warren, a relative of old General Warren, of Revolutionary fame. The following children were born to William and Mary Ann Moore : Henry, married Katharine Raiger, had three children; Anna, wife of Samuel Good, had four children ; John; William R., of whom later: Alice, wife of Robert Haves, of Chester county. Mr. Moore died in 1847, and his widow resides in Philadelphia. Her only brother, Jo- seph Thornton, enlisted during the Mexican war and never returned home.
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