Twentieth century history of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and representative citizens, Part 88

Author: Swoope, Roland D. (Roland Davis), 1885-
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., Richmond-Arnold publishing co
Number of Pages: 1040

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In 1862 Mr. Lott was married to Miss Cath- erine Walker, of Jefferson County, Pa .. and ten children were born to them, as follows: Lewis,

dren-Mildred and Burnett; William, who is a resident of DuBois, married Millie Stiles ; Jesse E., who lives at Troutville, married Jo- sephine Webber; Pauline, who lives at home; Susan C., who is the wife of Dr. F. C. Williard, of Warren County, Pa .; Joseph H., who is with his father in business, married Jennie Schoch, and they have three children-Helen, Brooks Frederick and Louisa; and four who died young. Mr. and Mrs. Lott are members of the Reformed church. Since 1875 Mr. Lott has been a member of the Odd Fellows, and be- longs to the Rebeccas and also to the Knights of Pythias.

JAMES R. NORRIS, whose valuable farm of 140 acres lies in Pike township, two miles south of Curwensville, Pa., was born at Hoyt's Mill, in Ferguson township, Clearfield county, Pa., September 10, 1841. He is a grandson of Moses Norris and a son of John Norris.

James R. Norris attended the Chestnut Ridge school until he was about fifteen years of age, after which he worked in the woods with his older brother, during the winters, and engaged in farming during the summers. After marriage he followed lumbering in Lawrence township for one winter and then moved on a farm in Pike township, near Chestnut Ridge, where he remained for one year, moving then to the farm belonging to the John Irwin estate and from there, in Oc- tober, 1868. to his present farm, where he has continued to reside ever since. He found it necessary to do considerable building and im- proving and had twenty acres of the land to clear. The substantial farm structures now

JAMES R. NORRIS GROUP

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standing he put up as they were needed. He has a valuable coal bank on his farm, which yields from 200 to 300 tons of coal a montlı. He is a stockholder in the Curwensville Na- tional Bank and both he and wife are stock- holders in the Farmers' and Traders' Bank, of Clearfield, Pa.

On June 24, 1866, Mr. Norris was married to Miss Martha A. Caldwell, who was born on the Joseph Caldwell farm, at Peewee's Nest, Pike township, Clearfield county, Pa., September 6, 1848. She is a daughter of Jo- seph A. and Mary J. (Bloom) Caldwell. Jo- seph A. Caldwell was born on the McNaul farm, in this section, September 6, 1820, and died May 19, 1868. He resided with his fam- ily on his ninety-acre farm in Pike township, which is now owned by James R. Norris and wife. He was a leading man in Pike town- ship for many years, on numerous occasions being elected to township offices on the Re- publican ticket and serving in all with honesty and efficiency. He did nearly all the clearing on his farm at Peewee's Nest and during his most active years was engaged mainly in lum- bering. He was a stockholder in the Cur- wensville National Bank. He married Mary J. Bloom, a daughter of Abraham T. Bloom, a native of New Jersey. Mrs. Caldwell died January 9, 1906, and she was laid to rest by the side of her husband in the cemetery of the Methodist Episcopal church at Curwensville, of which they had been members. To Joseph A. and Mary J. Caldwell, five children were born, namely: Martha A., who is the wife of James R. Norris; Peter A., who resides at Edgar, Neb. (married Saralı Bloom, of Bloom township) ; Mary E., who died young: Nan- nie J., who is the wife of Joseph Akins, of Kansas; and Emma, who died at the age of five years.

To James R. Norris and wife thirteen chil- dren have been born, almost all of whom sur- vive and are comfortably settled near the old home and within easy reach of their parents. Annie P. married A. M. Hoover and they have had four children, Austin, Pearl, James and Enna, Pearl being the only survivor. Lucy May, who is now deceased, was the wife of F. K. Flegal. Mary J. married Henry G. Hile, and they have three children, James. Dean and Henry. Cora C. married John C. Raboild and two children have been born to them, Emma and Norris C., the last named being alone surviving. Orly C. married Alice Drocker, and they have one daughter, Mabel. Lavina married Donald C. Miller and they have one daughter, Jennett W. Atlee J. mar- ried Ella J. Hile and they have two daughters, Thelma and Blanche. Mamie V., the eighth in order of birth, is a successful school teacher. McVay C., Jean E. and Foster G., all reside at home. Elizabeth died when six weeks old and Blair C., the youngest, died when four years old. Mr. and Mrs. Norris are active members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Curwensville. In politics he is a Republican and at times has accepted township offices, more from a sense of duty than for any other reason. He is interested in the educational advancement of his section and served three years on the school board, and as a wide awake and earnest citizen, anxious that his community should be law abiding, he con- sented to serve on the election board. He be- longs to the order of Odd Fellow's and also to the Grange.

LEONARD REED NEEPER, dairyman and farmer and one of Pike Township's best known and most substantial citizens, resides one and one-half miles northwest of Curwens-

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ville, Pa., and owns one farm. aggregating 102 his vote with the Republican party. He is a acres. He was born in Pike Township, Clear- stockholder in the Curwensville Telephone field County. Pa., on a farm that adjoins his Company in Pike Township. own, June 18. 1872, and is a son of Robert R. Neeper and a grandson of Joseph Neeper, who was a veteran of the War of 1812 who had fought in the battle of Lake Erie.

Robert R. Neeper was born near Curwens- ville, Pa .. in 1826. His parents subsequently moved to a farm eight miles from Curwens- ville, on Ream's turnpike road and he at- tended school at Luthersburg. His life was mainly devoted to farming and lumbering. Af- ter his marriage he settled on what was known as the Hartshorn farm. His death occurred March 4. 1901, at the age of seventy-six years and his burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery. He was not very active in politics but was an in- telligent citizen and was identified with the Re- publican party. He was also a member of Susquehannah Grange, No. 1145, at Curwens- ville. He married Jane Hartshorn, a daugh- ter of Jonathan and Rachel Hartshorn, and they had five children born to them, namely : Mary, Rachel, Alice, Ruthanna. Leonard R. and Howard M. The mother of this family died in 1903. She was a member of the Pres- byterian church.

Leonard R. Neeper, with his brother and sisters, attended school at Chestnut Ridge and at Curwensville, after which he engaged in farming on the home place and continued there until the spring of 1903, when he bought his present farm of Lydia A. Way. He went into the dairy business which he has developed into a large and successful industry. He is a prac- tical, wide awake intelligent farmer in all branches and attends closely to his business, not taking any active part in politics or paying much attention to outside concerns. He casts

On November 25, 1896, Mr. Neeper was married to Miss Leota Norris, a daughter of Moses and Maria Norris, of Pike Township. and they have four children: Oscar R., Ar- thur L., Rufus and James Dorsey. Mr. and Mrs. Neeper are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He belongs to the Grange at Curwensville.

MILO E. PARK, M. D., of Westover, is not only a successful physician and surgeon, but is also a man largely interested in various business and other enterprises, and ranks high among the progressive citizens of Clearfield county. He was born at Cochran Mills, Arm- strong county, Pa .. Feb. 13. 1859, a son of James Kelly and Elizabeth (Ludwick) Park. The great-grandfather of James Kelly Park was physician for a Queen of the German States. While on his second trip to America. he was lost in the Atlantic Ocean, sometime in the 17th century.

The father of our subject. James Kelly Park, was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., April 20, 1828, and was graduated from the medical department of the Western Reserve Univer- sity at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1852. He prac- ticed his profession at Murrysville for four years, then removed to Cochran Mills, Arm- strong county, where he remained fifteen years. From 1871 to 1888 he practiced at Whites- burg, Armstrong County, Pa. In 1888 he came to Westover. Clearfield county, where he continued in practice until his death in 1889. He was a member of the Methodist church, and belonged also to the Masonic order. An ac- tive Democrat politically, he was at one time

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a candidate for the legislature and failed of election only by 102 votes in a strong Repub- lican district. His wife Elizabeth, born April 20, 1829, in Westmoreland County, Pa., a daughter of John Ludwick. She died Sept. 28. 1883. Their children now living, in addition to the subject of this sketch, are as follows: W. C. Park, a physician at New Millport, Pa., H. L. Park, a ginseng farmer residing in West- over ; Delmora, wife of Dr. J. A. Kelly. of Whitesburg ; and Mary Elizabeth, wife of J. B. McKee of Westover, who is superintendent of a tannery ; Hannah Agnes, born in 1866, died in 1886.

Milo E. Park, after graduating from the common schools at the age of 18 years, spent three terms at an academy at Elderton, Armi- strong county. He then taught school in that county for three terms after which he entered the Western Reserve University at Cleveland. his father's alma mater, and was graduated from the medical department there in 1884. He first located for practice in Utahville, Clearfield county, but after a short stay there, removed to Kellys Station, Armstrong coun- ty, where he followed his profession for a short time, subsequently returning to Utahville. In 1887 he came to Westover, of which place he has since been a resident. In addition to practicing medicine, he has considerable busi- ness interests in other directions, notably in coal and oil. He was one of the promoters of the gas and oil industries near Westover in 1905 and spent considerable money in boring and drilling experiments, both there and elsewhere. He has also gold mining interests near Wind river, Wyoming, close to the new Yellowstone Park. In 1908 he laid out and opened a deer park near Westover, consisting of 30 acres which now contains seven deer, besides a num-

ber of mountain goats. He was until recently president of the Clearfield and Cambria Tele- phone Company, and he is a stockholder in the Mahaffey bank and in various other business enterprises all of which are in a flourishing condition.

A Democrat in politics, Dr. Park was the first burgess of Westover borough and, in fact, took a leading part in the organization of the borough. He held the office of burgess for ten years and is at present serving as councilman.

Dr. Park was married in 1884 to Emma E. Rishel, who was born in Lycoming county, Pa., March 5, 1865, a daughter of P. K. and Mar- garet ( Miller ) Rishel. Mrs. Park had five brothers, of whom four are now living, name- ly : Henry H., a blacksmith, residing in West- over: John A., who lives in Johnstown, Pa .; G. C. Rishel of Westover, and William Rishel, of Johnstown, Pa. The one deceased was Dan C. Dr. Park and wife have had three children : Claud L. and Ganelle, who are both deceased : and Margaret Odessa, who is the wife of W. B. Clark, assistant cashier in the Mahaffey bank. Dr. and Mrs. Park are pop- ular members of the best society in this part of the county. The doctor has one of the larg- est collections of deer and elk mounts that could be found in any private residence any- where, a source of pleasure to all interested in natural history.

Two brothers of the Doctor, who are now deceased, were Kelly Otis, who died in 1895 at the age of 27, while engaged in the practice of medicine in Cambria county; and Robert B., born in 1854, who died in 1893. The lat- ter was an operator on the Pennsylvania Rail- road system. He married Miss Ollie Neff.

The subject of this sketch twice crossed the Rocky Mountains on horseback, in 1905, on a

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hunting tour, and in 1907, on account of min- place. He has been very active in politics for ing interests.

FRANKLIN M. WOODS, justice of the peace in Chest Township, has resided on his present farm for the past eight years and is engaged with the Clearfield-Cambria Coal Company, as weighing boss. He was born in Chest Township, May 2, 1852, and is a son of Israel and Catherine (Fishel) Woods.

Israel Woods was born in Tioga County, Pa., and was a son of James and Nancy (Lar- son) Woods. James Woods brought his fam- ily from Tioga County to Clearfield County and took up the first homestead in Chest Township and followed farming all his life. He was a man of reliable character, as was evidenced by his election to the office of justice of the peace, in which he served continuously for ten years. Israel Woods took less interest in politics than either his father or son, devoting himself close- ly to the clearing of the present farm, in asso- ciation with his brother, locating here in 1850. His death occurred in 1905, at the age of sev- enty-two years. He married Catherine Fishel, who survives, being now in her seventy-fifth year. She is a daughter of Frederick and Nancy Fishel, of Cambria County, Pa. The surviving children of this marriage are: Franklin M .; Sarah, who is the wife of James Kitchen, of Chest Township; Harriet, who is the wife of Ira Toat, of Clearfield; Nancy, who is the wife of James McCully, of Chest Town- ship; and James F., who resides with his mother on the old homestead.

Franklin M. Woods attended the district schools in boyhood and afterward made him- self useful and self-supporting by his work on the home farm and remained there until after his marriage, when he came to his present

a number of years and is an influential factor in the Democratic party in Chest Township. For twenty-seven years he has been a member of the school board and since 1907 has been a justice of the peace.

Mr. Woods was married to Miss Carrie J. Smeed, who was born January 22, 1862, in Burnside Township, Clearfield County, Pa. and is a daughter of Lysander and Sarah (Snyder) Smeed, and a granddaughter of Jo- nas and Catherine Snyder and Othello and Matilda (King) Smeed. Mr. and Mrs. Woods have five children, namely: Emma S., who is the wife of Thomas Lewis, an engineer, resid- ing in Cambria County, and has five children; Mary L., who is a trained nurse residing at DuBois; James Kelly, who resides at home; Sarah Catherine, who is the wife of Benjamin Hurd, a miner, and has two children ; and Bes- sie, who lives with her parents. Justice Woods is a member of Lodge No. 361. Red Men, at Mahaffey, and Lodge No. 561, P. O. S. of A., at La Jose, Pa.

JOHN M. KINNEY,* who has been mana- ger of the Eureka Stores, at Houtzdale, Pa., since 1907, has been identified with this busi- ness enterprise for many years. He was born at Houtzdale, June 24, 1880, and is a son of Bernard and Effie (Williams) Kinney.

Bernard Kinney was born in Huntingdon County, Pa., came to Houtzdale with his fa- ther, Charles Kinney, and has spent the greater part of his life in this 'borough. His father conducted one of the first hotels in this place, subsequently losing his property by fire. He married Effie Williams, who was a daughter of Jessie Williams, a well known lumberman of Clearfield County, who died at Beaver Falls.

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in 1910. To Bernard Kinney and wife six children were born, namely: John M., Ed- ward, who has charge of the clothing depart- ment in the Eureka Stores; Charles, who is in a business house in Philadelphia; Mary, who resides at home; Margaret, who assists in the above named business; and Rosalie, who is a student at Greensburg, Pa. For the past eight- teen years. Bernard Kinney has been chief of police at Houtzdale, where he is numbered with the valued and substantial citizens.

John M. Kinney was educated at Houtzdale and he has had all his business experience in this borough. The Eureka Stores were es- tablished here some twenty years since and Mr. Kinney was connected with the business for eleven years preceding his appointment as man- ager, and, in fact, may be said to have grown up in it. Mr. Kinney, with the other members of his family, belongs to the Catholic church.

WILLIAM IRWIN YINGLING, a pros- perous farmer of Burnside Township, resides on the old family · homestead in Burnside Township, on which he was born May 1, 1867, and is a son of Michael M. and Elizabeth (Lamer) Yingling.

ried Elizabeth Lamer, who died in 1880, at the age thirty-eight years. She was a daughter of William Lamer, of Clearfield County. Five children of the above marriage survive, three sons and two daughters, namely : William I .: A. P., who is a salesman residing at Williamsport, Pa .; Howard C., who is a farmer: Emma, who is the wife of N. Russell, a merchant at Barnesboro; and Maud, who re- sides at Williamsport.

After his school days were over, William I. Yingling engaged in lumbering and logging and so continued until 1894, when he bought his present farm on which he has since resided. He carries on general farming, adopted prac- tical methods and using improved machinery and meets with very satisfactory results.

Mr. Yingling married Miss Rosa McKee, who was born February 16, 1873, and is a daughter of Manuel and Jane McKee, who re- side at Westover, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Yingling have five children, their ages ranging from six- teen to one year, namely : Blaine, Jane, Birdie, Helen and Mary. In politics Mr. Yingling is a Democrat. He has served as school di- rector and in other offices, being a representa- tive and reliable citizen.

Michael M. Yingling was born January 24, 1842, in Burnside Township, and has been in- G. LLOYD ADDLEMAN, a highly re- spected citizen of Curwensville, residing on the corner of George and Walnut Streets, and a retired farmer still owning 125 acres of finc land in Pike Township, was born in Center County, Pa., April 30, 1843, and is a son of William and Esther Addleman. terested in lumbering and farming almost all his life, and built a saw-mill which was the oldest in the southern part of the county. This he operated until 1870, often working half the night after a laborious day at rafting, but, his health broke down and he sold out his mill in- terests but continued to follow farming. Since William Addleman was of German extrac- tion. He came to Clearfield County in 1849 and was a farmer and lumberman. He reared 1893 he has been a commercial traveler, repre- senting certain patent medicines in the interest of Dr. Burkhart, of Cincinnati, O. He mar- two families of children, four being born to

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his first marriage and eight to his second, G. 1901 and since 1910 has filled the important Lloyd being the third in order of birth in the latter.

G. Lloyd Addleman attended school in bothi Lawrence and Pike Townships, the Center and Oakland schools, but when seventeen years of age he went to work in the woods and filled a man's place in the lumber camps. After he married he settled on the Irwin farm in Pike Township, where he lived for three and one- half years, and then purchased the home farm near Curwensville, on which his son, Charles C. Addleman now lives. He continued to re- side on that place until the fall of 1902, when he retired from active labor and located at Curwensville, where he is very pleasantly es- tablished. He is a stockholder in the Cur- wensville Building and Loan Association. In politics he is a Republican and he served three terms as road supervisor in Pike Township and one term since coming to this borough.

Mr. Addleman married Miss Annie M. Cleaver, who was born in Pike Township, De- cember 15, 1842, a daughter of Nathan and Cynthia (Wrigley ) Cleaver, and they have had three children: William H., who died when aged two weeks and three days; Charles C., and Harry B. The latter resides at Curwens- ville. He was married first to Emma Hipp, who, at death, left three children: Walter, William and Alice. His second marriage was to Mary Grace Hatzenrather. Mr. and Mrs. Addleman are members of the Methodist Epis- copal church. He belongs to and takes an interest in the Susquehannah Grange at Cur- wensville.

FREDERICK J. HARRISON, superintend- ent of the motor power of the B. R. & P. Rail- road, has been stationed at DuBois, Pa., since

office of superintendent of motive power of the whole system. He was born at Rochester, N. Y., February 23, 1865, and is a son of Jo- seph and Mary ( Wilson) Harrison, the for- mer of whom was one of the old and reliable engineers of the New York Central Railroad for many years. Two children of the family survive: Frederick J. and Nancy, the latter of whom is the wife of George C. Kemp, of Rochester.

Frederick J. Harrison attended school in his native place until he was fourteen years of age and then started to learn the machinist's trade, which he followed for eleven years, being con- nected during this time with the Graves Ele- vator Works. He then became fireman on the New York Central lines and remained for three years and three months, sending in his resignation just one day before he was pro- moted to be engineer. He then resumed work as a machinist, in October, 1888, entering the shops of the B. R. & P. Railroad, at Roches- ter, and in 1890 was placed in charge of the shop and in 1894 was made general foreman. Mr. Harrison continued in that responsible po- sition for thirteen years and then came to Du- Bois, in the same capacity. He had the plac- ing of all the tools and the starting of the new works at this point. Mr. Harrison continued to advance in the confidence and esteem of his employers, and in 1904 he was promoted to the position of master mechanic of the Du Bois shop and in 1910, as mentioned above, was made superintendent of the whole motive power system. He has been thoroughly and practically educated in his line of work and is considered one of the most competent men in the employ of the company.

Mr. Harrison was married in August, 1910.

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to Miss M. Effie Osborn, a daughter of Wil- in Indiana County, after which he was in a liam and Margaret Osborn. Mr. and Mrs. store at Berwindale, Pa., where he was post- master for two years and came from there to Ansonville. He erected his present building and carries a large and carefully selected stock of goods. He is a Republican in politics and was appointed postmaster in 1909 and is giv- ing general satisfaction as an official. Harrison reside at No. 311 E. Scribner Ave- nute. They attend the Episcopal church. In politics he is a Republican but has never been very active in public matters, his business hav- ing very closely absorbed his time and atten- tion. He is identified with the Elks at Du- Bois and belongs to all the branches of Ma- sonry and to Damascus Temple, Mystic Shrine, at Rochester, Pa.

LEWIS L. HILE, postmaster at Anson- ville, Pa., where he is also proprietor of a general store, belongs to an old Clearfield County family which was established here by his great-grandfather. He was born January 13, 1875, at Curwensville, Pa., and is a son of Rev. William P. and Laura (Laporte) Hile.

Rev. William P. Hile was born at Curwens- ville, his father, Henry Hile coming to Clear- field County from Northumberland about 1835. William P. Hile was a well educated man and for many years was a minister in the Bap- tist church. His death occurred in December, 1909, in Northumberland County, Pa. He married Laura Laporte, who died in 1899, in Indiana County, Pa. They were parents of the following children: Elizabeth, who is the wife of Walter Norris; Willis, who is de- ceased; Lewis L .; Ada, who is the wife of Dean Rankin; Ella, who is the wife of Atlay Norris; and Henry, George and Ray.

After completing the public school course at Curwensville. Lewis L. Hile became a stu- dent in the South Jersey Institute, at Bridge- ton, N. J. His first business experience was as a clerk in a store at Philipsburg, Pa., where he remained for two years and then served two years in the same capacity in a general store

Mr. Hile was married in November, 1893, to Miss Margaret Ruffner, who is a daughter of Joseph and Anna (Daugherty ) Ruffner, old residents of Indiana County. Mrs. Hile is the youngest of her parents' family. She has two brothers, John and Harry, but her one sister, Emma, who was the wife of Rev. Mc- Mann, a Baptist minister, is now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hile have one daughter, Katlı- leen Lucille, who was born May 19, 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Hile are members of the Baptist church. He has served as township clerk and at present is a member of the school board.

JAMES PAUL SPACKMAN, M. D., who has been successfully engaged in the practice of medicine at Peale, Pa., since 1898, was born February 23, 1871, in Luthersburg, Brady Township, Clearfield County, Pa., and is a son of Dr. R. V. and Frances ( Alexander ) Spack- man.

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Twentieth century history of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and representative citizens, Part 88

Author: Swoope, Roland D. (Roland Davis), 1885- Publication date: 1911 Publisher: Chicago, Ill., Richmond-Arnold publishing co Number of Pages: 1040

Author: Swoope, Roland D. (Roland Davis), 1885-
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., Richmond-Arnold publishing co
Number of Pages: 1040