John E. Gable's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.1136

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History of Cambria County, V.2

1136 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY

County Committee of Westchester; as president of the New Rochelle Republican Club; and as civil service commissioner for four years at New Rochelle. He holds membership in the Franklin Street Methodist Church; Huguenot Lodge Masonic Lodge, New Rochelle, N. Y.; Townsend Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Waterbury, Conn.; Elks No. 756, New Rochelle, N. Y.; Relief Fire Company Exempt, New Rochelle, N. Y.; and Lions Club, Johnstown.
    Mr. Camp has a wide acquaintance in Cambria County and is favorably known.

    George I. Riblett, president of the Riblett Auto Company, is a substantial and highly esteemed citizen of Johnstown. He was born in East Taylor Township, Cambria County, June 10, 1878, and is a son of Hiram and Emma (Kemmer) Riblett.
    Hiram Riblett, deceased, was veteran of the Civil War. He was born in Taylor Township, Cambria County, the son of John and Phoebe (Ripple) Riblett, pioneers of Cambria County. In early life Hiram Riblett engaged in general farming and stock raising, later was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad as foreman of the Conemaugh coal tipple, and in 1889 he returned to his farm in Taylor Township, where he died in 1915. His wife, a native of Westmoreland County, Pa., died in 1917. To Mr. and Mrs. Riblett the following children were born: Mary Jane, married D. W. Good, lives retired at East Conemaugh; Elizabeth, deceased, was the wife of David F. Shaffer, lives retired in Johnstown; Harriet, deceased, was the wife of W. H. Ulley, who lives retired in East Conemaugh; Phoebe Frances, deceased, was the wife of K. E. Hunt, who lives in Johnstown; Martha Ellen, married E. H. Simmons, lives in East Conemaugh; W. A., a farmer, lives in East Taylor Township; John B., an engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad, lives at East Conemaugh; Harry A., deceased; and George I., the subject of the sketch.
    George I. Riblett was reared on his father's farm and attended the district schools. In 1895 he entered the employ of the Cambria Steel Company, Johnstown, and after several years became connected with the Conemaugh Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. For a short time later he was again employed by the Cambria Steel Company, but again returned to the Pennsylvania Railroad as a fireman. In 1905 Mr. Riblett was pro-

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1136	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY
County Committee of Westchester; as president of the New Rochelle Republican Club; and as civil service commissioner for four years at New Rochelle. He holds membership in the Franklin Street Methodist Church; Huguenot Lodge Masonic Lodge, New Rochelle, N. Y.; Townsend Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Waterbury, Conn.; Elks No. 756, New Rochelle, N. Y.; Relief Fire Company Exempt, New Rochelle, N. Y.; and Lions Club, Johnstown. Mr. Camp has a wide acquaintance in Cambria County and is favorably known. George I. Riblett, president of the Riblett Auto Company, is a substantial and highly esteemed citizen of Johnstown. He was born in East Taylor Township, Cambria County, June 10, 1878, and is a son of Hiram and Emma (Kemmer) Riblett. Hiram Riblett, deceased, was veteran of the Civil War. He was born in Taylor Township, Cambria County, the son of John and Phoebe (Ripple) Riblett, pioneers of Cambria County. In early life Hiram Riblett engaged in general farming and stock raising, later was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad as foreman of the Conemaugh coal tipple, and in 1889 he returned to his farm in Taylor Township, where he died in 1915. His wife, a native of Westmoreland County, Pa., died in 1917. To Mr. and Mrs. Riblett the following children were born: Mary Jane, married D. W. Good, lives retired at East Conemaugh; Elizabeth, deceased, was the wife of David F. Shaffer, lives retired in Johnstown; Harriet, deceased, was the wife of W. H. Ulley, who lives retired in East Conemaugh; Phoebe Frances, deceased, was the wife of K. E. Hunt, who lives in Johnstown; Martha Ellen, married E. H. Simmons, lives in East Conemaugh; W. A., a farmer, lives in East Taylor Township; John B., an engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad, lives at East Conemaugh; Harry A., deceased; and George I., the subject of the sketch. George I. Riblett was reared on his father's farm and attended the district schools. In 1895 he entered the employ of the Cambria Steel Company, Johnstown, and after several years became connected with the Conemaugh Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. For a short time later he was again employed by the Cambria Steel Company, but again returned to the Pennsylvania Railroad as a fireman. In 1905 Mr. Riblett was pro-