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On Nov. 21, 1895, Mr. Stroup was united in marriage with Miss Adelia Manges, who was born in Bedford County, Pa., July 28 1869, the daughter of Abraham and Adelia (Campbell) Manges. Abraham Manges was born in Bedford County, Pa., April 22, 1842, and his wife was a native of Ireland. He served throughout the Civil war as a member of Company H, Fourteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was seriously wounded and was taken prisoner. Mr. Manges was a pioneer employee of the Cambria Iron Works. He died April 26, 1907, and his wife died Dec. 22, 1907. They were the parents of five children: Mary, deceased; Elizabeth, twin sister of Mary, is the widow of Seth Haskings, lives at Wheeling, W. Va.; Mrs. Stroup; Clifford B., deceased; and J. Floyd lives at Youngstown, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Stroup have one son, Dr. Horace Clefford Stroup. He was educated and graduated in the schools of Johnstown and Lehigh University, and in 1917 volunteered for service in the World war. He served with Company G, Twenty-eighth Infantry, First Division, and was in active service in France for 26 months. He was discharged Aug 1, 1919. In 1925 he was graduated from Hahnamann Medical College and has since engaged in the practice of his profession in Johnstown. He was married Nov. 5, 1920, to Miss Hazel Salls, of Burlington, Vt., and they have a son, Richard Horace, born Dec. 7, 1924.
Charles H. Stroup is a Republican, a member of the Lutheran Church, Knights of Pythias, Elks Lodge, and Patriotic Sons of America. He is accounted one of the reliable business men of Cambria County and has a wide acquaintance.
Mr. Stroup served in 1914, an unexpired term, of Mr. Miltenberger on the Planning Commission, and in this responsibility, as in all others placed upon him, he labored at all times to secure the greatest amount of good to the greatest possible number of his fellow citizens. He supported the movement to give the people of this city the benefits for the future of a thorough survey of the present as a basis for a comprehensive plan and report. He persistently urged the improvement of the Point as a civic center. These proposed improvements, when officially adopted, necessitated the selection of planners to perform the surveys and he helped to organize this work on a practical basis.
In November, 1917, Mr. Stroup was elected a member of the Johnstown City Council, and this commission compelled him to resign as a member of the planning body. However, he maintained his interest in the
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