John E. Gable's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.1000

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History of Cambria County, V.2

1000 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY

Coal Mining Company. Since 1925 Mr. Weaver has engaged in the general insurance business with Merle S. Nimmo, the company being known as the Blacklick Insurance Agency, with offices in the Union Bank Building.
    In 1923 Mr. Weaver was united in marriage with Miss Christian R. Moody, a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Ruddock) Moody, natives of DeBois, Pa. Mr. Moody is mine foreman for the Heisley Coal Company at Nanty Glo.
    Mr. Weaver is a Republican, a member of the Methodist Church and Masonic Lodge.

    Herman Apel ranks high among the successful business men and substantial citizens of Ebensburg. He was born in Carroll Township, Cambria County, June 29, 1864, and is the son of Justus and Catherine (Raemer) Apel.
    Justus Apel was born in Hesse Cartassel, Germany, Jan. 7, 1832, and died Sept. 21, 1917. When a mere boy he learned the tanning trade and his reputation for making leather of a superior quality found for him a ready market for all the product he could produce. He emigrated to this country in 1854 and settled in Ebensburg. After two years he purchased what was known as the Half Way House between Ebensburg and Carrolltown, where he operated a tannery. In 1882 he bought what is now known as the Miller farm, situated near the site of the old tannery. He was equally successful in this undertaking and when he left the farm on account of the death of his wife, he had one of the best equipped farms in this community, having erected splendid and commodious buildings thereon. His wife died in July, 1892, and with her husband is buried in Lloyd's Cemetery, Ebensburg. To Mr. and Mrs. Justus Apel the following children were born: Ernest, deceased; Albert, lives at Ebensburg; John, a retired merchant, lives at Murraysville, Pa.; Sophia, deceased; and Herman, the subject of this sketch.
    Herman Apel spent his boyhood in Carroll Township and attended the district schools of Carroll and Cambria townships. After completing a course at Ebensburg Normal School he engaged in teaching in the district schools of Cambria County. He later farmed and in 1891 became interested in the coal and drayage business at Ebensburg. Mr. Apel is widely known as a wholesale and retail dealer in bituminous coal, sand, lime and brick.

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1000	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY
Coal Mining Company. Since 1925 Mr. Weaver has engaged in the general insurance business with Merle S. Nimmo, the company being known as the Blacklick Insurance Agency, with offices in the Union Bank Building. In 1923 Mr. Weaver was united in marriage with Miss Christian R. Moody, a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Ruddock) Moody, natives of DeBois, Pa. Mr. Moody is mine foreman for the Heisley Coal Company at Nanty Glo. Mr. Weaver is a Republican, a member of the Methodist Church and Masonic Lodge. Herman Apel ranks high among the successful business men and substantial citizens of Ebensburg. He was born in Carroll Township, Cambria County, June 29, 1864, and is the son of Justus and Catherine (Raemer) Apel. Justus Apel was born in Hesse Cartassel, Germany, Jan. 7, 1832, and died Sept. 21, 1917. When a mere boy he learned the tanning trade and his reputation for making leather of a superior quality found for him a ready market for all the product he could produce. He emigrated to this country in 1854 and settled in Ebensburg. After two years he purchased what was known as the Half Way House between Ebensburg and Carrolltown, where he operated a tannery. In 1882 he bought what is now known as the Miller farm, situated near the site of the old tannery. He was equally successful in this undertaking and when he left the farm on account of the death of his wife, he had one of the best equipped farms in this community, having erected splendid and commodious buildings thereon. His wife died in July, 1892, and with her husband is buried in Lloyd's Cemetery, Ebensburg. To Mr. and Mrs. Justus Apel the following children were born: Ernest, deceased; Albert, lives at Ebensburg; John, a retired merchant, lives at Murraysville, Pa.; Sophia, deceased; and Herman, the subject of this sketch. Herman Apel spent his boyhood in Carroll Township and attended the district schools of Carroll and Cambria townships. After completing a course at Ebensburg Normal School he engaged in teaching in the district schools of Cambria County. He later farmed and in 1891 became interested in the coal and drayage business at Ebensburg. Mr. Apel is widely known as a wholesale and retail dealer in bituminous coal, sand, lime and brick.