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BIOGRAPHICAL AND PORTRAIT CYCLOPEDIA

discharge from the service he returned to his home, and has since followed pursuits of agriculture. He is a member of David Troxell Post, No. 421, of Glasgow, this county; also a member of Allemansville Lodge, No. 900, I. O. O. F. In religious belief he is a consistent member of the Baptist church, and in political faith is identified with the Republican party, and has always taken a prominent part in local politics. He has served as school director for over thirty-five years, and was the second president of the directors' association of the county; was postmaster of Roseland, this county, for seven years previous to the war; has served as assessor in his township seven terms, and in 1890 was census enumerator of Reade township.     On Jun 23, 1839, he married Miss Mary Byers, a daughter of Benjamin Byers, a farmer, of Reade township, and second postmaster of Roseland, and the first post office in the northern end of Cambria county. This marital union has resulted in the birth of nine children: Sarah B., wife of Lemuel Troxell, a progressive and well-to-do farmer of Reade township; Benjamin F., weighmaster of coal at Mountaindale, Ella N., the wife of Benjamin N. McCulley, carpenter, of Altoona; Rebecca M., at home; Catherine S., wife of Gilbert Miller, boss sawyer in company mills at Belsano, Clearfield county, Pennsylvania; John M. C. was killed while acting as brakeman on a branch of the Pennsylvania railroad near Mahaffey, Pennsylvania, leaving his wife Allie, and little daughter, Marion; Warren G., at home; Laura A., a successful school teacher in Cambria county, and Carrie M., at home. WILLIAM H. STINEMAN, an enterprising merchant of South Fork, is a son of Joseph P. H. and Mary (Berkebile)

Stineman, and was born in Adams township on what is known as the “old Fulmer farm,” August 30, 1859.     The father of William H. Stineman is a brother of George B. and Jacob C. Stineman, whose ancestral history appears on another page of this work under the heading of “The Stineman Family.” His father was born on the Stineman homestead in Adams township, learned the art of photography and followed it a number of years, went to Bethlehem, this State, and for eighteen years was the agent for the Philadelphia & Reading Transfer company. He now resides in Philadelphia. His marriage with Mary Berkebile resulted in the birth of three children: Ann, wife of Daniel Rorabaugh, of Croyle township, this county; James Monroe, deceased and William H. Stineman, at an early age, learned the lesson of self-reliance. He was reared until thirteen years of age by his uncle, Jacob C. Stineman, being engaged as an errand boy in the iron mills of the latter, at Hollidaysburg. Later he went to Johnstown and was employed by the Cambria Iron company, first as a helper in the roof shop, and later as a helper on the stamping-machine of the Blooming mill. He was soon advanced to the position of slate-boy, his duties being to keep account of all the work sent out by this department. After remaining in Johnstown several years he went to Pittsburg, and was engaged in the establishment of Wilson & Walker for a short time, and then, after one year's experience as a railroad brakeman in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad company, he located at South Fork and took a position as weighmaster at the mines of his uncle, Jacob C.     In 1887 he embarked in the general mercantile business in South Fork, and has thus

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