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family to come to this country. He was reared in his native country and profited by a limited education obtained in the schools of that country. He remained there until April, 1883, when, desiring to broaden the field for his individual operations, he crossed the Atlantic and sought a home and employment on the hospitable shores of America. He came directly to Johnstown, where he has lived ever since. For one year he held a reponsible position as book-keeper for T. R. Marshall, a large lumber-dealer of that place. Being apt in his comprehension of business details, he soon mastered sufficient of them to give him confidence in his ability to pursue a like business upon his own account. Accordingly, in 1884, he went into the lumbering business with R. R. Thomas, under the firm-name of Thomas & Walters, which business was pursued as such with success and profit until 1896, when Mr. Walters succeeded to the business, and is now sole owner. He carries on a wholesale and retail lumbering business, and by close application to the same, and the enforcement of strict business principles, is building up a good trade.      In addition to the above he is secretary of the Bronlas Quarry company, of Johnstown. This company was organized for the purpose of dealing in Ligonier granite, paving-blocks, ballast, concrete and building -stones. Politically Mr. Walters has always been a staunch republican, but has never entered actively the arena of politics.      On December 20, 1888, Mr. Walters and Emma, a daughter of Fred Krebs, of Johnstown, were united in marriage, and this marital union has resulted in the birth of three children: Freda, born November 6, 1889; Albert, born June 25, 1893; and Margaret, August 30, 1894.

DORSEY S. KING, is a son of John H. and Harriet (Thomas) King, and was born April 5, 1883, in Bedford county, Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Jacob King, was born in Bedford county and emigrated to Ohio, where he died.      John H. King (father) was also born in Bedford county at the beginning of the present century. He is now located in Hollidaysburg, Blair county, Pennsylvania, where for a number of years he has been extensively engaged in the merchant tailoring business.      In politics he was formerly an old-line whig, but on the disruption of that party became a republican, and has always manifested an intelligent interest in all political issues, whether local or national.      He married Miss Harriet Thomas, and to this union were born six sons and three daughters, all of the sons served in the late war of the Rebellion.      Erastus, who lives at Roaring Springs, Blair county, Pennsylvania, is a merchant tailor. During his service as a soldier in the Civil War he was seriously wounded; Dorsey S.; Hezekiah, a hotel man in Altoona, Pennsylvania, who during his long service in the Civil War was wounded; William Henry Harrison, now deceased, served four years in our late war, and at the battle of the Wilderness was captured and taken to Libby Prison, and died from the effects of the service; John T., who resides in Bedford county, lost his hearing as a result of his army life; Samuel, located in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, also served during a long period of our late war.      Dorsey S. King received his early education in the common schools of Bedford county. At the age of thirteen years he left his home to begin life for himself. He very early in life

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