History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania . aged in the lumber business nine then sold his interest and removed to , Centre county, em-barked in the mercantile business, and afterward in the hotel business. In1857 he located in Curwensville, where he carried on a hotel until 1800, andthen leased the Mansion House in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, which he con-ducted ten years. In 1870 he removed to Pittsburgh and leased the Mer-chants Hotel, but at the expiration of ten months he sold his lease, and,returning to Clearfield, leased the Leonard House. Six months afterwardsh
History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania . aged in the lumber business nine then sold his interest and removed to , Centre county, em-barked in the mercantile business, and afterward in the hotel business. In1857 he located in Curwensville, where he carried on a hotel until 1800, andthen leased the Mansion House in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, which he con-ducted ten years. In 1870 he removed to Pittsburgh and leased the Mer-chants Hotel, but at the expiration of ten months he sold his lease, and,returning to Clearfield, leased the Leonard House. Six months afterwardshe purchased a hotel at Luthersburg, where he remained only a few months,removing to Bellefonte. Centre County, where he leased and operated theBrockerhofI House five years, and then retired from active business life. was married. August 17, 1840. to Charlotte, daughter of Thomas andEllen (Owen) Hancock, of Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania. Four children are thefruits of this union: James of Shamokin; John K., a merchant of Clearfield;. ?ly-j^. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 957 Clarence A., proprietor of the Hotel Vanderbilt. Shamokin, and Thomas ofWilkesbarre. Politically he is a Republican, and while a resident of Philiips-burg served as justice of the peace. In May, 1SS5, he came to Shamokin,where he and wife reside with their son. Clarence A., and are in the enjoy-ment of the blessings of a well-preserved and ripe old age, and in the posses-sion of all their mental faculties. Aaeon Baerell, proprietor of the City Hotel, was born in Berks county,Pennsylvania, August 29, 1S29, son of -John and Anna (Kroskoi>p) learned the milling trade, and was located in Allento%\-n. Pennsylvania,four years previous to settling in Northumberland county. In 1S51 he cameto this county to accejit a position in Jacob Leisenrings mill, at Bear Gap,which he tilled four years. In ISoO he purchased a farm near Paxiuos onwhich he resided seven years, and then engaged in merch
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