Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.451

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History of Cambria County, V.2

HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. 451

tions of political affairs it did not succeed. In 1859 he made another visit to Europe, and in the following year returned and was given a charge at Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he celebrated his golden jubilee as a priest on April 25, 1876. Two years later he retired within the portals of the monastery at Carrolltown to become an humble monk and remained there until his death.
    Rev. Lemke's “Life of Gallitzin” is a 12mo volume of 380 pages, published in 1861. The only copy of which Dr. Flick has any knowledge, is in the St. Vincent Abbey library. He also published an autobiography.

    Joseph Orton Kerbey was a son of George W. Kerbey, of Wilmore, the agent of the Pennsylvania railroad there from the time of its beginning. A railroad telegraph office was located at that point and during odd moments Joseph Kerbey learned the art of telegraphy, and at the beginning of the Civil war became connected with the war department in that capacity. Subsequently he was connected with the Associated Press as a telegrapher in the capitol at Washington. He has written two books on his experiences in the war and on military affairs, namely, “The Boy Spy,” and “On the War Path.”
    In 1882 Mr. Kerbey was the American consul at Amazonia, Brazil, and on his return published another volume entitled “The Land of Tomorrow,” 1906, in which he said: “This journey by canoeing on the affluents of the upper or alto Amazon and rough riding over the Andes (frequently three miles above the level of the sea riding a mule) was undertaken in the interest of research for new rubber territory immediately following the writer's consular agitation of the impending destruction of the natural sources of the lower Amazon.”

    John J. Boyle, the sculptor, is the son of Samuel Boyle, a stone cutter and mason, who lived at Gallitzin and the Summit from 1852 to '58, while engaged in building the Pennsylvania railroad tunnel in which he had a special pride, particularly in the western arch and entrance. A daughter was born while the family resided at these places, but after the death of the father in the latter year, the mother and children removed to Philadelphia.
    John J. Boyle was educated in the public schools of that city, and began the preparation for his profession at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts there, later removing to Paris

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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.	451
tions of political affairs it did not succeed. In 1859 he made another visit to Europe, and in the following year returned and was given a charge at Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he celebrated his golden jubilee as a priest on April 25, 1876. Two years later he retired within the portals of the monastery at Carrolltown to become an humble monk and remained there until his death. Rev. Lemke's “Life of Gallitzin” is a 12mo volume of 380 pages, published in 1861. The only copy of which Dr. Flick has any knowledge, is in the St. Vincent Abbey library. He also published an autobiography. Joseph Orton Kerbey was a son of George W. Kerbey, of Wilmore, the agent of the Pennsylvania railroad there from the time of its beginning. A railroad telegraph office was located at that point and during odd moments Joseph Kerbey learned the art of telegraphy, and at the beginning of the Civil war became connected with the war department in that capacity. Subsequently he was connected with the Associated Press as a telegrapher in the capitol at Washington. He has written two books on his experiences in the war and on military affairs, namely, “The Boy Spy,” and “On the War Path.” In 1882 Mr. Kerbey was the American consul at Amazonia, Brazil, and on his return published another volume entitled “The Land of Tomorrow,” 1906, in which he said: “This journey by canoeing on the affluents of the upper or alto Amazon and rough riding over the Andes (frequently three miles above the level of the sea riding a mule) was undertaken in the interest of research for new rubber territory immediately following the writer's consular agitation of the impending destruction of the natural sources of the lower Amazon.” John J. Boyle, the sculptor, is the son of Samuel Boyle, a stone cutter and mason, who lived at Gallitzin and the Summit from 1852 to '58, while engaged in building the Pennsylvania railroad tunnel in which he had a special pride, particularly in the western arch and entrance. A daughter was born while the family resided at these places, but after the death of the father in the latter year, the mother and children removed to Philadelphia. John J. Boyle was educated in the public schools of that city, and began the preparation for his profession at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts there, later removing to Paris