John E. Gable's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.849

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and attended Dickinson Seminary. He married on Feb. 10, 1926, Miss Pauline Fritz, of Spangler, Pa.; Jack, born in 1909, at student in Spangler High School; Dorothy, born in 1913, an eighth grade pupil in Spangler School; and Nancy, born in 1923. The family home is located at 203 Crawford Avenue, Spangler, Pa.
    Mr. Nicholson and his family are members of the St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church of Barnesboro. He is a stanch Republican, a member of Masonic Lodge of Portage No. 202, Hollidaysburg, the Consistory of Harrisburg, Shrine of Altoona, Odd Fellows No. 240, B. P. O. Elks No. 206, Henderson, Ky., Merit Club of Barnesboro, and Chetremon Club of Cherry Tree. Mr. Nicholson has always taken an active and prominent part of civic affairs and has served as councilman and vice president of the council for six years. He is substantial citizen and the Nicholoson family are highly respected.

    William R. Leadbetter, Sr., well known as the superintendent of the Empire Coal Mine near Barnesboro, Pa., is one of the highly respected citizens of Cambria County. He as born Jan. 13, 1864, in Mossgreen, Scotland, a son of David and Eliza A. (Renton) Leadbetter, natives of Scotland.
    David Leadbetter followed mining in Scotland for nearly 50 years, being general superintendent of mines at the time of his death, which occurred in his seventieth year. Mrs. Leadbetter died at the age of 60 years. They were the parents of nine children, four of whom are now living: John, mine foreman of the C. B. C. mine, resides with his brother William; William R., the subject of this sketch; Margaret, the wife of Alexander Alsey, resides in the old home in Scotland; and Robine, a mine foreman, resides in Collinsville, Ill.
    At the age of 17 years William R. Leadbetter came to the United States and settled in McIntyre, Lycoming County, Pa., where he was employed in McIntyre No. 4 mine. He remained there until the coal was exhausted, when he went to Clearfield County for the same company he is now connected with, and remained for four years. He spent two years at Rockville, Colo., where he had charge of laying track for the Rockville No. 1 mine under the Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, after which he returned to the Peale Coal Company, and in 1900 came to Barnesboro

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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY	849
and attended Dickinson Seminary. He married on Feb. 10, 1926, Miss Pauline Fritz, of Spangler, Pa.; Jack, born in 1909, at student in Spangler High School; Dorothy, born in 1913, an eighth grade pupil in Spangler School; and Nancy, born in 1923. The family home is located at 203 Crawford Avenue, Spangler, Pa. Mr. Nicholson and his family are members of the St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church of Barnesboro. He is a stanch Republican, a member of Masonic Lodge of Portage No. 202, Hollidaysburg, the Consistory of Harrisburg, Shrine of Altoona, Odd Fellows No. 240, B. P. O. Elks No. 206, Henderson, Ky., Merit Club of Barnesboro, and Chetremon Club of Cherry Tree. Mr. Nicholson has always taken an active and prominent part of civic affairs and has served as councilman and vice president of the council for six years. He is substantial citizen and the Nicholoson family are highly respected. William R. Leadbetter, Sr., well known as the superintendent of the Empire Coal Mine near Barnesboro, Pa., is one of the highly respected citizens of Cambria County. He as born Jan. 13, 1864, in Mossgreen, Scotland, a son of David and Eliza A. (Renton) Leadbetter, natives of Scotland. David Leadbetter followed mining in Scotland for nearly 50 years, being general superintendent of mines at the time of his death, which occurred in his seventieth year. Mrs. Leadbetter died at the age of 60 years. They were the parents of nine children, four of whom are now living: John, mine foreman of the C. B. C. mine, resides with his brother William; William R., the subject of this sketch; Margaret, the wife of Alexander Alsey, resides in the old home in Scotland; and Robine, a mine foreman, resides in Collinsville, Ill. At the age of 17 years William R. Leadbetter came to the United States and settled in McIntyre, Lycoming County, Pa., where he was employed in McIntyre No. 4 mine. He remained there until the coal was exhausted, when he went to Clearfield County for the same company he is now connected with, and remained for four years. He spent two years at Rockville, Colo., where he had charge of laying track for the Rockville No. 1 mine under the Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, after which he returned to the Peale Coal Company, and in 1900 came to Barnesboro