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at Van Ormer, and of Van Ormer Grange, No. 1127, Patrons of Husbandry.     December 31, 1878, Mr. McManamy and Maggie, daughter of John H. Kantner, of Altoona, were united in marriage, and to this union three children, Clyde C., Rex K., and Paul L., deceased, have been born.     Michael Kantner, the grandfather of Mrs. McManamy, was a native of Germany, whence he emigrated at an early day to within two miles of Altoona, whence be cleared up a farm, upon which he lived the remainder of his life. He was a member of the Lutheran church, and a good, substantial, and highly-respected citizen of that community. He married Susanna Hartzel, of Blair county, and their union resulted in the birth of four sons: Michael, John H., Jacob, and Henry, who lost his life in the Civil War. John H. Kantner, her father, was born in 1822 on the Blair county homestead, and died in Altoona in March of 1873. He was a carpenter by trade, and followed it as an avocation all his life. He enlisted in the Civil War in company A, Two Hundred and Fifth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, during the last year of the war, and took part in a number of hotly-contested engagements. He was twice married. His first marriage was with Susan Nelson, and resulted in the birth of but one child, a son, David T., who is now proprietor of a cigar store in Altoona.     His second marriage was with Miss Emily Jane Caldwell, and was blessed in the birth of three sons and four daughters: William G., a carpenter of Altoona; Maggie, wife of subject; Anna D., wife of John N. Miles, of West Middlesex, Mercer county; Robert C., deceased; Martha, Henry B., a druggist of Altoona, and Sarah H., wife of John A. McGonagle, of Ironton, Ohio.     Mrs. McManamy secured a good, liberal

education in the public schools of Altoona, and for seven years, two of them in Blair county, and five of them in Cambria county, was successfully engaged in the profession of teaching. JACOB YECKLEY, the leading merchant clothier of Gallitzin, this county, is a son of George and Mary (Aberle) Yeckley, and was born in Cresson township, this county, October 20, 1852.     George Yeckley was a native of Baden, Germany. He there grew to manhood, and lived there, until his marriage with Mary Aberle, a native of the same place. In 1850 he left the land of his nativity and crossed the ocean to this country, whose advantages he desired to share. He first located at Plane No. 6, on the Old Portage road, and has resided in this and Blair county ever since. Since 1861 he has been a resident of Gallitzin, where he now resides. He is now sixty- eight years old, has been a miner all his life, and is a consistent member of the Lutheran church. His wife came to this country in 1851; she is now sixty-six years old, and is also a member of the Lutheran church.     Mr. and Mrs. Yeckley come of old German ancestry, and were the first of their respective families to find a new world home.     Jacob Yeckley spent his boyhood days in Gallitzin, where he received his education in public schools. After leaving school he was employed in the coal mines near Gallitzin for about eighteen years. In March, 1882, he engaged in the mercantile business and opened a clothing store in Gallitzin. He is an enterprising and successful business man, and for the success he has attained he is indebted to neither friends nor relatives, but to singleness of purpose coupled with fair business tact and

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