. Jefferson County, Pennsylvania : her pioneers and people, 1800-1915. or for the township and as a member of theschool board. On Sept. 1, 1891, Mr. Daniels was marriedto Ida May Truby, then eighteen years was born and reared in Barnett township,where her father, John Truby, was a prosper-ous farmer; her mother was Samantha and Mrs. Daniels have two children:Twila, who was graduated from the ClarionState Normal School, is now a popular teacherin the public schools of Latrobe, Westmore-land Co., Pa.; Claire is a member of theclass of 1920 in the normal school at Clarion. WILLI
. Jefferson County, Pennsylvania : her pioneers and people, 1800-1915. or for the township and as a member of theschool board. On Sept. 1, 1891, Mr. Daniels was marriedto Ida May Truby, then eighteen years was born and reared in Barnett township,where her father, John Truby, was a prosper-ous farmer; her mother was Samantha and Mrs. Daniels have two children:Twila, who was graduated from the ClarionState Normal School, is now a popular teacherin the public schools of Latrobe, Westmore-land Co., Pa.; Claire is a member of theclass of 1920 in the normal school at Clarion. WILLIAM E. JOHNSON, late of Punx-sutawney, lived retired for several years be-fore his death, and his widow still occupiesthe old home there, one of the most respectedresidents of the borough, where her husbandwas also held in the highest esteem. Mr. John-son was a successful man of the type prop-erly called self-made, for he attained stand-ing and prosperity solely on his merits andthrough his own efforts. It was not until hislater years that he located at Punxsutawney,. T •T LI YORKy ASTcn, L T! JEFFERSON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 337 and his business career there covered only adecade, but it was long enough to make thetownspeople thoroughly acquainted with hishigh character, substantial qualities and realworth as a man, which made him so desirablea citizen. The Johnson family was estab-lished in this country by his grandparents,Thew Johnson. Sr., and his wife, natives ofEngland, who came to America during thefirst years of the nineteenth century, and spentthe remainder of their lives in Pennsylvania. Thew Johnson, Jr., father of William , was born in Yorkshire, England, in1795, and was eight years old when he accom-panied his parents to this country. He grewup in Elk county. Pa., followed farming andlumbering, and died in 1867, after an indus-trious, unassuming life. He married SaraliColeman, a native of Pennsylvania, who sur-vived him many years, passing away in May,1889.
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