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Mr. Glass married Bridget Dolen, and their family consists of two sons and a daughter: Marshall, born July 17, 1888, at home. Thomas, born July 1, 1890, a student, at home. Marie, born June 10, 1898.
Mrs. Glass is a daughter of Thomas Dolen, who was born in 1815, in county Longford. Ireland, and was a son of Ferguson and Catharine Dolen, both of whom died in their native country. Thomas Dolen eame to the United States in 1829, working at his trade, which was that of a blacksmith, in many of the principal cities, among them Albany, New York, and Hartford, Connecticut, his first home being in New York City. Later he came to Clearfield, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was a Democrat, and a member of the Roman Catholic church.
Mr. Dolen married Bridget Carey, and their children were: 1. Catharine, born 1853, wife of William MeVey, had five children : Mary, Catharine, Helen. Rose and Leona. 2. John C., born 1855, married Margaret Morissey, had nine children : Thomas, Rose, Margaret, John, Bridget. William, Mary, James and Clair. 3. Anna, deceased. 4. Rose, born 1859, wife of John Wallace, had three children : John R., Charles P. and Mary. 5. Bridget, born 1860, wife of Edward Glass. 6. Ellen, born 1862, wife of Albert Reeser, had three children: Martha, deceased, Thomas and John. Mr. Dolen, the father of the family, died in Clear- field, at the advanced age of eighty-seven, leaving behind him the mnem- ory of an industrious and useful life.
EDGAR A. GOODFELLOW. Among the public-spirited men of Cambria county, Pennsylvania, there are not many who deserve more credit for the active part they have taken in furthering improvements in every direction than Edgar A. Goodfellow, whose name heads this sketch. He is a representative of one of the pioneer families of the state, and has inherited the sterling qualities which characterized the early settlers.
Isaiah G. Goodfellow, the grandfather of Edgar A. Goodfellow, was one of the pioneer settlers of Clearfield county, Pennsylvania. He was born in 1789 and died suddenly in 1850. He was extensively en- gaged in the lumber business and was one of the leading citizens of the
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community. His political affiliations were with the Democratic party, and his counsel was influential in deciding matters of moment. He was elected to and heid with satisfaction to all concerned most of the local offices of that section of the country. He was a devout and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married Jemima Boggs, and had children as follows: Jemima, Elizabeth, Keturah, Henrietta, Sommerfield, Emery, Gideon D., of whom see forward, and Milton.
Gideon D. Goodfellow, seventh child and third son of Isaiah G. and Jemima (Boggs) Goodfellow, was born on the west branch of the Susquehanna river in 1819, and died in 1883. He was one of the pio- neer lumbermen and farmers in that section of the state, and in addi- tion to these undertakings was engaged in piloting boats which were freighted with lumber, grain, shingles, ete., down to Marietta, Ohio. With this he combined rafting and was thus busily engaged until his death. He was a stanch supporter of the Democratic party, actively engaged in political matters, and held many of the town offices. He also took a livety interest in educational matters, and, in fact, was inter- ested in every movement or plan which tended toward the advancement of the community in any direction. He was highly respected and es- teemed by his fellow citizens, and was a liberal giver to all public insti- tutions and all works of a charitable nature. He married (first) a Miss Radebaugh, who bore him one child: Lorin A., born 1843. Ennsted m the Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and had served almost three years when he was taken prisoner and confined for two months at Libby prison, and more than seven months at Salisbury. He was liberated at the close of the war, but died three months later from the effects of his imprisonment. Mr. Goodfellow married (second), in 1844, Mary Ann Mccullough, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Grove) Mccullough, the former being one of the pioneer circuit riders of the Methodist church, traveling the circuit up through Pennsylvania from Baltimore, Maryland. The children of this second marriage were: 1. Adelia, born 1845, died in childhood. 2. Isaiah G., born 1847, died July 7, 1877, unmarried. 3. Edgar A., see forward. 4. Ellen J., born 1855, ummarried, resides at home. 5. Lillie M., born 1857, married As- bury W. Lee, of Clearfield. She died in 1893. They had children : Mary E., Lillie B. and Asbury W.
Edgar A. Goodfellow, third child and second son of Gideon D. and Mary A. (MeCullough) Goodfellow, was born on the west branch of the Susquehanna river, two miles above Clearfield, upon which site a steel plant is now erected, May 5, 1849. He was reared upon the farm, and received such education as the district schools of the time afforded. Upon attaining a suitable age he engaged in lumbering and farming and was thus occupied until 1871, when he established himself in the grocery business in Clearfield. This he continued for a period of four years, when he commenced dealing in lumber and followed this line of business until 1879. He then became a traveling salesman for a firm engaged in the manufacture of safes, and at the end of several years returned to Clearfield and again engaged in the lumber business. He located in Hastings, Pennsylvania, in 1895, and became extensively en- gaged in the manufacture of lumber. His interests, however, were not centered upon this particular line of business. In addition to his com- mercial investments he was one of the organizers of the North Cambria News, in which he is still interested, and in 1902 was elected justice of the peace, an office which he still holds. He is an ardent Democrat and
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gives his active support to all the undertakings of that party. He has also large holdings in the coal lands of northern Cambria county. He is regarded as one of the most influential and liberal-minded men of this section of the state.
Fle married, September 3, 1888, Myrtie J. Dale daughter of James H. and Mary (Leach) Dale, of Corning, New York, and they have children : Cathleen Lee, born June 27, 1889: Margaret A., born July 17, 1891; and Edgar A., born May 15, 1905.
JOHN IRVING VAN WERT, M. D., of Patton, was born July 5, 1865. at White Lake, New York, and is a representative of a colonial family, the founder having emigrated from Holland early in the seven- teenth century, and his descendants having been among the first settlers of Tarrytown, New York.
John Van Wert, who was born at Tarrytown. was a patriot soldier of the revolution, serving under General Greene with the rank of eap- tain. He was a brother of Isaac Van Wert, one of the three minutemen who captured Major Andre, and for this service was awarded by con- gress a medal and a pension.
Clinton Van Wert, son of John Van Wert, was born in Tarrytown, and was the owner of a large estate and an ample fortune. He married Eliza Van Wert (no relation), and their children were: John A., Julia and William A., of whom later, the only one of the three who married. Mr. Van Wert, the father, was a Democrat and a member of the Dutch Reformed church.
William A. Van Wert, son of Clinton and Eliza (Van Wert) Van Wert, was born in 1822, at Tarrytown, and was the owner of a wholesale grocery store in Syracuse. About 1860 he moved to White Lake, and there for ten years engaged in farming. He then became the proprietor of a summer hotel which he condueted in connection with his farm. He served the township of Bethel in its various offices, notably in that of justice of the peace. ITis politieal affiliations were with the Democrats, and he was a member of the Dutch Reformed church.
Mr. Van Wert married Sarah H., daughter of Samuel H. and Abi- gail (Raymond) Clark, and they were the parents of four sons: 1. Willard, born June 2, 1857, married Minnie 1. De Kay, had four chil- dren : Howard, Ralph, Mildred and Clifford. 2. Clinton A., born 1859, married Louise Potts, had one child, Walter A., and died in 1896. 3. Frederick B., born May, 1861, married Agnes B. Caldwell, no issue. 4. John Irving, of whom later. Mr. Van Wert died December 2, 1889.
John Irving Van Wert, son of William A. and Sarah H. (Clark) Van Wert, received his education in the high school of Montgomery and under private tutors. In 1884 he entered the University of Mich- igan, and in 1887 received from Bellevue Medical College, New York, the degree of Doctor of Medicine. In 1888 he took a post-graduate course at the Polyelinie College, New York. In 1888 and 1889 he served the hospitals of Blackwell's Island as house surgeon, and in 1890 set- tled in Middletown, New Jersey. The same year he became by contraet physician and surgeon to the Fall Brook Coal Company, remaining five years at Fall Brook and the same length of time at Antrim, Tioga county, Pennsylvania. He then went to Philadelphia, where he took a post-graduate course in the Polyclinic College, and in June, 1900, settled in Patton, where he has since been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery. While a resident of Tioga eounty he was for six years one
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of the consulting physicians of the Miners' Hospital, at Blossburg. He supports the principles endorsed by the Democratic party, and is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church.
Dr. Van Wert married Emma, daughter of John and Sarah (Bell) Hartness. Of this marriage there is no issue.
PATRICK McBRIDE, who has been for more than a quarter of a century one of Johnstown's worthy citizens, was born May 11, 1842, in Knockconny, county Tyrone, Ireland, son of Bernard and grandson of Patrick McBride, who was a farmer and married Miss Russell. They both died in county Tyrone, which for generations had been the abode of the McBrides, the majority of whom were farmers.
Bernard McBride, son of Patrick McBride and his wife, was born in 1800, in Knockconny, county Tyrone, received an excellent education and was regarded as the best scholar in his neighborhood. He learned the trade of house carpenter which he followed to the close of his long life in 1886. He and his wife were devout members of the Roman Catholic church. He married Mary McKane, born in 1810. died in Ireland, 1895, and their children were: James, lives on old home- stead; Catharine, died unmarried; Margaret, wife of Patrick Rafferty, both died in Ireland; Patrick, of whom later; Bernard, came to this country in 1867, went to California, became a gold-miner and died there : Ellen, died unmarried; Owen, resides in his native place; Mary Ann, wife of John MeKrunn, resides in county Tyrone, Ireland.
Patrick McBride, son of Bernard and Mary (McKane) McBride, was sent to national schools until the age of sixteen. He then left home a penniless hoy, and came to the United States, landing in New York from the old ship "Antarctic," having been over two months on the ocean. During that period they had many alternations of storm and calm, and were three weeks endeavoring to make the harbor despite the fact that they had a New York pilot on board. He remained in New York until 1861. when he enlisted for three years in the United States Navy, serving under Admiral Farragut and others and participating in the engagements on the Mississippi river. After receiving his discharge he worked in New York until 1879, when he went to Johnstown and was there employed as a wire-drawer by the Gautier -Company and the Cambria Company. He now lives in retirement, enjoying the fruits of his industry. In the sphere of politics he gives his allegiance to no party, but votes independently. He is a member of St. John Gaulbert's Roman Catholic church. Mr. McBride has been twice mar- ried. His first wife was Mary Hennessey, who died in Johnstown, and his second Miss Mallon. By his first wife he became the father of the following children : Mary: William; Bernard: Kate; and three deceased. By his second wife he has one child; Annie Elizabeth.
MAURICE GRADY, a well known merchant of Decker avenue, Morrellville, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, who has the reputation of being one of the most public spirited citizens of the town, is a descendant of an honored family of Ireland. He was born in Lower Yoder town- ship in what is now the Twentieth ward of Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania. August 15. 1860. He attended the public schools of his district until he had attained the age of fourteen years but commenced the active business of life some years prior to leaving school. At the age of twelve years he served as water boy on the Pennsylvania rail- road, and at fourteen years of age he commenced working steadily. He
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was a helper on one of the repair gangs of the Pennsylvania railroad and was also engaged on the construction gang. This was just after the famous strike riot, and at this time he met with an accident, a broken leg, which confined him to the hospital in Pittsburg, Pennsyl- vania, for a period of two months. Upon his recovery he returned to his home and accepted a position in the brickyard of A. J. Hawes & Son, where he remained for some years. After the great flood of 1889 he opened a small store-twelve by twenty feet in extent-which is now '1906) a part of his present store. He was diligent, ambitious, reliable and courteous, and as a result his business has prospered beyond his expectations and he has amassed a comfortable fortune. He has added to the ficor space of his establishment from time to time as the demands in that direction made this a matter of necessity. He built his com- modious dwelling house in 1894, and two years later erected a large warehouse. He has enjoyed the steadily growing confidence and esteem of his patrons and fellow citizens. He is a member of St. Columba's Catholic church, and is a stanch supporter of the Democratic party. He has served as a member of the ward committee for six years, and is a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Young Men's Institute. He married, at Penn Station, June 20, 1894, Catherine G. Kennedy, born in Penn Station in 1864, daughter of Dennis and Ellen (Keefe) Kennedy. The former who died August 30, 1905, at the age of ninety- three years, was born in county Tipperary, Ireland, and came to the Unitd States about the year 1837, in the fall of the year. He landed at New York but immediately proceeded to Greensburg, Pennsylvania, where he found occupation as a day laborer. He remained in that town for some time and then migrated to Penn Station, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, where he spent the remaining years of his life. His children were: 1. Michael, an engineer residing in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. 2. John, a machinist, residing in Jeannette, Pennsyl- vania. 3. Mary, married Thomas Owens, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania. 4. Catherine G., married Maurice Grady, as previously stated. 5. James L., a prominent attorney of Greensburg, Pennsylvania. 6. Thomas, a lumber man, at home. 7. Dennis, Jr., a plumber, in business in Jeannette, Pennsylvania. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Grady were : Aloysius Basil, Maurice John, Marie Helene, Dennis Regis, and three sons who died in early childhood.
JOHN B. GERHARDT, deceased, late a respected resident of the city of Johnstown. Cambria county, Pennsylvania. well known in the business circles, with which he was prominently identified, was a rep- resentative of an honored family of Germany.
He was born in Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, February 22, 1842, and was a regular attendant at school until he had attained his twelfth year. He came to the United States in 1854 with his widowed mother, and located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where he attended the public schools. Subsequently he learned the trade of shoemaking with Mr. Leffler, father of Charles and Cyrus Leffler. Upon the completion of his apprenticeship he worked for the Pennsylvania Traffic Company and the Cambria Iron Company. He was engaged in the shoe trade for a period of thirty-two years, establishing himself in this line of business in Main street on the site of the present Cohen block, and for many years carried on and managed the leading shoe store of the city. Owing to bad investments he withdrew from business and entered the employ of the Cambria Steel Company. Later he went back to his old line of
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business, opening a little shoe shop on the site of the hotel he later erected. He abandoned the shoe business in 1881 and built his hotel, which he named the "Seventh Ward House." This he personally con- (lucted until 1889, when the building was destroyed by the great flood of May 31, in that year. He rebuilt on the same site and continued to operate the hotel until his death, May 2, 1891. His remains were interred in Grandview cemetery. He was an earnest member of the Lutheran church, and a stanch supporter of the Democratic party. He married, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Catherine Ott, who was born in Germany in 1844 and emigrated with her parents to America at the age of eight years. She was the daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Ott, the former of whom purchased a farm in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, where he died. John B. and Catherine (Ott) Gerhardt had children : 1. John, who died in Johnstown in 1901, at the age of forty years. 2. William, now residing at the corner of Pine and Poplar streets, Johnstown; he married (first) Emma Gobest, (second) Savilla Miller. 3. Elizabeth. who died in Johnstown, had married George Tice. 4. Wal- ter C., see forward. 5. Amelia, married Frederick Sann. 6. Edward O., resides in Johnstown. 7. Meda.
Walter C. Gerhardt, third son and fourth child of John B. and Catherine (Ott) Gerhardt, was born on the old homestead in Horner street, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, August 18, 1869. His education was acquired in the public schools of the city, which he attended until he had attained the age of sixteen years. He was hut twelve years old, however, when he commenced to assist his father in the shop after school hours and during his vacations. At the age of seventeen years he en- tered the employ of the rolling mills of the Cambria Iron Company, continuing this work until 1901, when he abandoned it in order to take charge of the hotel business. Since the death of his father this busi- ness had been under the management of his brother John, who finished the present building, and upon the death of the latter, Walter C. took charge of affairs. The hotel is finely equipped throughout and has two stories and thirteen sleeping rooms. Walter C. Gerhardt was reared in the Lutheran faith, and is a supporter of the principles of the Re- publican party. He is a member of the Knights of Fidelity, and of the Turners' Harmony Singing Society and Reed Band. He married, April 23. 1896, Elizabeth Holzappale, born in the town of Stemhein, Ober-Hessen, Germany, who came to this country in 1889. They have one child : Aleda.
CHARLES WILSON, a retired citizen, who was treasurer for the borough of Franklin for ten years, was born in the parish of Crailing, Roxburyshire, Scotland, May 5, 1830, son of James and Mary (Bratton) Wilson. He is the grandson of James Wilson, who was a farmer and died in his native country.
James, his son, was reared to sturdy farm life, and after reaching manhood had charge of large farming interests. He emigrated with his wife and a part of his family to this country, Charles Wilson re- maining in Seotland. After landing at New York the family came direct to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, settling in Jackson township, on the Squire Harris farm. Times were not prosperons and money was very scarce, and James Wilson received grain for his services on this farn, Charles Wilson, still in Scotland, was anxiously waiting for a letter from his parents, but so scarce was money that they could not well get the
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necessary twenty-five cents with which to pay the letter postage to him. After several years' hard labor on the Harris farm, the father retired and lived among his children until his death. His wife died on the old Harris place. They were both devout Presbyterians and in politics he was a Republican.
They had the following children: 1. James, followed day laboring in this country; married C. Kennedy. 2. Charles, of whom later. 3. William, who married Ellen Scott, and settled in Franklin borough. 4. David, resides at Mineral Point ; he married Katy Meshler. 5. John, was killed by a kick from a horse, in 1860.
Charles Wilson attended the schools of his native parish, in Scot- land, until sixteen years of age, when he went to work on the farm, an occupation he followed until he came to this country. He was united in marriage, in his native place, May, 1853, to Miss Christiana, daughter of Simon and Mary (Knight) Seott. She was born in the parish of Eckford, Roxburyshire, Scotland, in 1831. In 1860 Mr. Wilson, with his wife and three children sailed for the United States. They em- barked May 30, on a sailing ship, and were five weeks in making the voyage to New York city. One child, Helen, died on board ship, July 3, 1860. From New York Mr. Wilson and family went to his father at Jackson township, Cambria county. Pennsylvania. They commenced housekeeping alone in the spring of 1861, at the old tunnel, in Cone- maugh township. Here he went to work on the tunnel as a laborer, at eighty eents a day in the winter and ninety eents in the summer. He worked under Jack Haws, and at the end of the first month Haws could pay him but fifty cents, owing to the scarcity of money in the country. It was a very hard struggle for Mr. Wilson when he first came to this country. He went to housekeeping with but one bed, which he bought from his brother for seventy-five cents. His father loaned him three chairs, and he made a table from old boards he gathered up here and there. After two months he went to work as a laborer for the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company. When the draft was in force, he was made assistant boss on the railroad, serving as such for four years. Soon after the track boss was taken ill and had to resign, and he recom- inended Mr. Wilson to succeed him as boss. This recommendation was honored and he held this position on the Mountain division for twelve years, when he purchased a farm of one hundred and fifty acres, in Conemangh township. Here he farmed for twenty years, after which he sold and retired in the borough of Franklin. Later he attended to the street car waiting rooms and sold confectionery, but after a few years he gave this business up and since has lived a retired life. His wife died at their home in June, 1899, and was buried at Wesley Chapel. Politically, Mr. Wilson is a Republican and was elected in the spring of 1896 a member of the board, served ten years and was elected treas- urer of the borough, now having served as such for fourteen years, and still retains the position. He is a member of the Conemaugh Presby- terian church, and has been an elder in this body since the church was organized, about 1883. He belongs to the Odd Fellows order, which he connected himself with in 1870.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are: 1. James, lost his life in the great Johnstown flood of May 31, 1889. 2. Mary, Mrs. Samuel Moore, of Conemaugh township. 3. Margaret, married (first) Philip Riblet; (second) Thomas Trimbath, and now resides at Franklin bor- ough. 4. Simon Scott, of Walnut Grove, Cambria county, married Jane
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Fyock. 5. Helen Elizabeth. Mrs. Samuel Riblet, of Conemaugh town- ship. 6. Annie Jane. Mrs. Thomas Griffith, of Conemaugh township. 7. Charles Robert, of Conemaugh township, married Annie Furlow.
WILLIAM W. WIKE. retired, one of the oldest railroad men in western Pennsylvania, commenced work as a locomotive engineer for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in 1859 and continued until 1901. He was born on the farm of his father in Greenville township, Indiana coun- ty, Pennsylvania, May 14, 1828, and was the son of Henry and Nancy (Bowers) Wike and grandson of John Wike, who settled in Wheatfield township, Indiana county, Pennsylvania, and was a farmer by occupation.
Henry Wike learned milling in the eastern part of the state, and came to Indiana county, settling on a farm in Wheatfield township, where he died at the age of sixty years. He served in the war of 1812- 14. He had sixteen children.
William W. Wike, the particular subject of this sketch, was next to the youngest child. He was educated in the old-fashioned loghouse subscription school. a building which had the old fireplace, slab benches and all that was rough and primitive in its construction. He was un- able to attend more than half the number of days during the winter, and had a two and one-half mile walk to the school. He was kept at home much of the time to attend to the stock. He lived at home until his father died, when he was eighteen years of age. His mother then broke up housekeeping and William W. went to Bradford county, worked there one year and then went to the trade of millwrighting with a Mr. Shultz, of Pennsylvania. He served at this three years, but did not follow it on account of injury in his breast. He then began working on the old Portage railroad, "hitching" at the foot of Plane No. 1. He next took charge of the carpenter work on Plane No. 2. In the autumn he went to work at the Summit carpenter shop, and the following spring began firing at the head of No. 5, after which he was appointed head hiteher at the foot of No. 4. The road was transferred to the Pennsyl- vania Company. Mr. Wike was transferred to Altoona. and, with eleven others, was appointed to help trains up and down the mountains. He then went back to his trade and followed it one year for the railroad company, and was then transferred to the Western Division of the Pennsylvania system, to fire for his brother-in-law, David Humphreys. At the end of fourteen months he was promoted to the position of en- gineer between East Conemaugh and Pittsburg. At that date there were but three freight trains each day between these points. Mr. Wike continued in the employ of this company as an engineer, from that time up to 1901. He was never injured in all this time. had but few acci- dents, very little trouble and had the confidence of the company and fellow-workmen. He now receives a pension from the company and as well as from Mr. Carnegie. He has been a lifelong Democrat and never voted other than that ticket. save for President Harrison. His people were all Whigs in politics. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, in which he has served as deacon and treasurer. He is an Odd Fellow, belonging to Lodge No. 999, at Conemaugh: Mineral Lodge, No. 89. Knights of Pythias, at Johnstown. Just prior to the great flood of 1889 Mr. Wike had built four houses on Chestnut street, and these, together with all his other property. were a total loss. He married, in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. February 17, 1853, Mary Humphreys, Rev. Morton, a Presbyterian minister, officiating. Mrs. Wike was born in
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