for four years he was chief clerk to the general manager. At the end of that time he went to Pittsburg, where for five years he was employed as division freight agent by the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Company, after which he went to Parkersburg, West Virginia, where for two years he was superintendent of the Wabash. He then left the company and for one year engaged in the wholesale liquor business in Potter county, removing thence to Barnesboro, where he purchased the wholesale liquor business of E. Bearer, which he still conducts, having the largest and most successful establishment of the kind in northern Cambria county. He belongs to Lodge No. 27, Knights of Pythias, and Lodge No. 319, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, of Meadville. He and his wife are members of the Roman Catholic church.

Mr. Lampman married Mary L., daughter of C. P. and Catharine Harris, of Meadville; they have one child, Henry G., being the fourth in lineal descent to bear the name.

WILLIAM WOOD, of Barnesboro, was born in 1862, at Quarrington Hill, Durham, England, son of James Wood, a native of the same place, where he was born January 21, 1842. In 1868 he emigrated to the United States, settling at Falls Creek, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, thence to Ohio, from there to Tennessee, and after a return trip to his native land, located at Houtzdale, Clearfield county, where he was employed in the coal mines until 1890. He then moved to Jefferson county, where he became mine foreman for the Burwin White Coalmining Company, a position which he still holds. He has served two terms of four years each on the mine-foreman examination board, and for a number of years was school director. In politics he is a stanch Republican. Mr. Wood married, before leaving England, Sarah Roxley, who was born, by a singular coincidence, in the same place, and on the same day of the same year as himself. Their children were: William, of whom later; John, mine foreman of Punxsutawney; Elizabeth, wife of James Cowser, of Rossiter, Indiana county; Edward, bookkeeper for the Finch Golden Wedding Liquor Company, of Pittsburg; and James M., paymaster and clerk for the Walnut Run Coal Company.

William Wood, son of James and Sarah (Roxley) Wood, was six years old when brought by his parents to the United States, and was engaged in mining coal at Houtzdale until 1886, when he was appointed check-weighman. In 1891 he moved to Horatio, Jefferson county, where he followed the same calling until 1900. In that year he went to Barnesboro and took the position of mine foreman for the Sterling Coal Company at Mine No. 11. After remaining one year he was placed by Barnes & Tucker in charge of two mines, but at the end of one year's service returned to his original position, the Walnut Run Coal Company having purchased Sterling No. 11. At this mine Mr. Wood is still serving as foreman. He is very popular with the men who work under his orders, and has never had a strike or a fatal accident at any mine of which he had charge. He holds both first and second class certificates as mine foreman, also as fire boss.

In 1904 he was elected a member of Barnesboro town council, and the following year was chosen president. of that body. When chosen to sit in the council he received all but four votes of the entire number cast. He is an active Republican, a member of the county committee, and was sent as a delegate to the last county convention. For many years he was a prominent member of the United Mine Workers and secretary of the first union organized in the Clearfield region. He is an active member

of the Royal Arcanum, Knights of Malta, Mountain Echo Commandery, and a past officer of the Knights of Pythias.

Mr. Wood married, in 1889, Nanney Crago, a native of England, and they are the parents of two children: Beatrice, a student at the high school; and Rena, at home. Mr. Wood recently made a visit to old England, but was well satisfied to return to his adopted home. He owns his residence on Philadelphia avenue.

FREDERICK C. STRAUB, owner of a saw mill in Upper Yoder township, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, and of a farm in an excellent state of cultivation, is considered one of the most prosperous farmers of that section, and has attained that position by untiring industry, energy and thrift. He is of the first generation of his family to have been born in this country, his ancestors being natives of Germany.

Christian Jacob Straub, father of Frederick C. Straub, was born in Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1854. He settled in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, remained there but a short time and then removed to Louisville, Kentucky. During the early part of the Civil war he removed with his wife and family to Johnstown, and in 1872 purchased one hundred and forty acres of land, which were a part of the Palmer place in Upper Yoder township, and this is the family homestead at the present time (1906). There were but fifteen acres of this tract under cultivation at the time of purchase and the remainder was heavily wooded. There was a log house on the place and this is still standing in a good state of preservation and is used as a dwelling by the present generation. One hundred acres of the timber land is still in the possession of the family, and there is a saw mill erected upon it. Mr. Straub was a member of the German Lutheran church, and gave his support to the Democratic party. He married, in Louisville, Barbara Myer, who was born and educated in Germany, came to the United States in 1854, went to Louisville, where she formed the acquaintance of her future husband. They had children: Frederick C., of whom later. Marv, born 1864, married, December, 1889, William Christ, and has children: Lillie, Barbara, Walter, George, Helen, Julia and Robert. Julia, born May 3, 1884, on the old homestead, where she now resides, with her mother and brother.

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Frederick C. Straub, son of Christian Jacob and Barbara (Myer) Straub, was born in the state of Indiana, September 26, 1861. ceived his education in the public schools of Johnstown, and at an early age commenced to assist his father actively. He has been energetic, determined and persevering throughout his life, and he is now enjoying the results of these sterling qualities in his present prosperity. He is a devoted son and brother, and has the respect and esteem of all in the community. Like his father he is a Democrat, and also a member of the German Lutheran church. He is unmarried.

THE YOUNG FAMILY, having a number of representatives in Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, has been prominent in financial, political and social circles for some generations. This family came from Germany, originally, and settled ultimately in Pennsylvania, where they have added not a little to the welfare and improvement of the com

munity.

William Young, father of Mayor Charles and George E. Young, was born in Biedenkopf, Germany. January 22, 1836, and died October 1, 1904. He was the son of Casper Young, and his brothers and sisters

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were: August, Louis, Emil, Philip and Caroline. He emigrated to America in 1853, arriving in New York. He went to Baltimore, Maryland, and later to Washington, District of Columbia, in each of which places he spent some time, finally in 1856 settling in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was by occupation a moulder, and was in the employ of the Cambria Steel Company for about twenty-five years, being considered one of their most trustworthy and reliable workers. He married, in the year 1860, Mary Muehlhaueser, daughter of Johannes and Katherine Muehlhauser. Mr. and Mrs. Muelhaueser had ten children: Johannes; Michael; Leonhart; Friedrich; George; Andreas; Katherine; Anna; Barbara; and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. William Young had six children: Three daughters who died in childhood; August, who was drowned in the great flood of May, 1889; Charles and George E., of whom later.

Mayor Charles Young, son of William and Mary (Muhelhaueser) Young, was born in Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1867. He received a good common school education in the public schools of his native city, and then attended the Philadelphia School of Pharmacy for two years, being graduated with honor in the class of 1889. After leaving school and before taking the course at the School of Pharmacy he was in the employ of Jacob Fend for about two years, and then accepted a position as clerk in the drug store of Charles Griffith, where he remained for seven years. After the flood in Johnstown in 1889, he, in connection with Charles Griffith, opened the Bedford Street Hospital, and was on duty with the local physicians until July. He established himself in the drug business in 1890, opening a store in Franklin street, where he is still located and doing a thriving trade. He is a thorough man of business, yet, without neglecting his business interests, he found time to take an active part in the political affairs of the town. He was elected mayor of Johnstown, February, 1905, for a term of three years, by a majority of eight hundred and sixty-four votes, and was the only Democrat elected on the ticket. His rule has been eminently satisfactory to the city, and also to the party which he represents. He is ever ready to seize any opportunity which presents itself for the improvement and advantage of the city. He is a man of liberal, broad-minded views, and has many friends in all classes of society. He is a member of the following organizations: Johnstown Lodge, No. 538, Free and Accepted Masons: Cambria Council, No. 32, R. and S. M.; Oriental Commandery, No. 61, K. T.: Pitts-, burg Consistory, S. P. R. S.; Pittsburg Shrine; Johnstown Turn Verein; organizer and charter member of Johnstown Lodge, No. 175, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, in which he is a life member and past exalted ruler, and is also a member of the Grand Lodge. He is president of the Consumers Ice Company, and a director in the Dollar Deposit Bank. He married, November 28, 1894, Katherine D. Laue, daughter of Charles and Katherine Laue, who were the parents of the following children: Henry, Katherine, Amelia, Louisa, Elizabeth, Charles and George.

George E. Young, son of William and Mary (Muehlhaueser) Young, was born in Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, June 28, 1874. He also received a good common school education, and was then employed by the Cambria Steel Company for one year. He entered into a business engagement with his brother Charles in 1900, and remained with him until 1903, when he took a course in the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, from which he was graduated in 1905. He bought out the C.