Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.III, p.155

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HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. 155

profitable employment. He secured work in the wire mills of Washburn & Moen, Worcester, Massachusetts, but in 1877 he left there and came to Johnstown, Pennsylvania. At that time he was an experienced workman, and at once entered the employ of the Cambria Iron Company as boss roller, and today he holds that position in the company's service, having been with the Cambria twenty-eight years, a period of continuous employment not frequently seen in the industrial history of that city. He started and assisted in the construction of the company's rod mill, where he worked until 1881 and then was transferred to the Gautier department, where he has remained to the present time.
    In politics Mr. Bergman is a Republican, and in 1899 was a member of the common council from his ward. He was one of the founders of the Johnstown Telephone Company and in various other ways for many years has been identified with the best interests and institutions of the city. In the disastrous flood of May, 1889, he lost part of his houshold goods, but fortunately all the members of his family escaped without injury. He himself barely escaped drowning. He is a member of the English Lutheran church, of Johnstown Lodge of Elks, and since 1879 has been a member of Alma Lodge No. 523, I. 0. 0. F., having passed all the important chairs of that fraternal body.
    John Gustavus Bergman married, October 19, 1878, Aurelia Carney, a daughter of John and Phinetta (Brown) Carney, then of Johnstown and formerly of Blairsville, Pennsylvania. Mr. Carney was an old-time school teacher and later became a wagonmaker. At one time his father owned the Dublin Linen Mills of Dublin, Ireland. Phinetta Brown, mother of Mrs. Bergman, came of a prominent old southern family. She was a daughter of Samuel C. and Nancy (Cummings) Brown, who came from Virginia to Indiana, Pennsylvania, where they operated a saddlery and bakery; reared a family of fifteen children.
    Children of John Gustavus and Aurelia (Carney) Bergman:
    1. Blanch, wife of H. B. Heffley, druggist of Johnstown and ex-treasurer of Cambria county. 2. Anna, wife of Daniel R. Schnabel, a carriage painter living in Johnstown. 3. John, of Johnstown, a commercial traveler.
    Charles E. Bergman, second son of Charles G. and Catherine (Jones) Bergman, came to Johnstown about 1882, and entered the employ of the Cambria Iron Company. During the flood of 1889 he lost all of his household effects; he was living then on Locust street. After the flood he returned to Worcester, Massachusetts, for a short time and then went to Allentown, Pennsylvania, later returned to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and worked as roller in the mills here until 1899, when he returned to Worcester, Massachusetts, where he resides, living retired. He married Lizzie Shaw, and they have three children: Charles G., William E. and Marie.

    JACOB C. HORNER. The Horner family life in Pennsylvania dates from the time of the province, and antedates the Revolution by many years. Adam Horner, with whom our narrative begins, was born in Adams county, and afterward was one of the pioneers of Cambria county. Among his several children was a son Jacob, who also was born in Adams county. He came to Cambria county when a young man, and eventually became owner of a large tract of land in what is now the Seventh ward of the city of Johnstown, but which for many years has been known by the distinguishing name of Hornertown, so named in allusion to Jacob Horner. He died in 1812, at the age of sixty-four

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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.	155
profitable employment. He secured work in the wire mills of Washburn & Moen, Worcester, Massachusetts, but in 1877 he left there and came to Johnstown, Pennsylvania. At that time he was an experienced workman, and at once entered the employ of the Cambria Iron Company as boss roller, and today he holds that position in the company's service, having been with the Cambria twenty-eight years, a period of continuous employment not frequently seen in the industrial history of that city. He started and assisted in the construction of the company's rod mill, where he worked until 1881 and then was transferred to the Gautier department, where he has remained to the present time. In politics Mr. Bergman is a Republican, and in 1899 was a member of the common council from his ward. He was one of the founders of the Johnstown Telephone Company and in various other ways for many years has been identified with the best interests and institutions of the city. In the disastrous flood of May, 1889, he lost part of his houshold goods, but fortunately all the members of his family escaped without injury. He himself barely escaped drowning. He is a member of the English Lutheran church, of Johnstown Lodge of Elks, and since 1879 has been a member of Alma Lodge No. 523, I. 0. 0. F., having passed all the important chairs of that fraternal body. John Gustavus Bergman married, October 19, 1878, Aurelia Carney, a daughter of John and Phinetta (Brown) Carney, then of Johnstown and formerly of Blairsville, Pennsylvania. Mr. Carney was an old-time school teacher and later became a wagonmaker. At one time his father owned the Dublin Linen Mills of Dublin, Ireland. Phinetta Brown, mother of Mrs. Bergman, came of a prominent old southern family. She was a daughter of Samuel C. and Nancy (Cummings) Brown, who came from Virginia to Indiana, Pennsylvania, where they operated a saddlery and bakery; reared a family of fifteen children. Children of John Gustavus and Aurelia (Carney) Bergman: 1. Blanch, wife of H. B. Heffley, druggist of Johnstown and ex-treasurer of Cambria county. 2. Anna, wife of Daniel R. Schnabel, a carriage painter living in Johnstown. 3. John, of Johnstown, a commercial traveler. Charles E. Bergman, second son of Charles G. and Catherine (Jones) Bergman, came to Johnstown about 1882, and entered the employ of the Cambria Iron Company. During the flood of 1889 he lost all of his household effects; he was living then on Locust street. After the flood he returned to Worcester, Massachusetts, for a short time and then went to Allentown, Pennsylvania, later returned to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and worked as roller in the mills here until 1899, when he returned to Worcester, Massachusetts, where he resides, living retired. He married Lizzie Shaw, and they have three children: Charles G., William E. and Marie. JACOB C. HORNER. The Horner family life in Pennsylvania dates from the time of the province, and antedates the Revolution by many years. Adam Horner, with whom our narrative begins, was born in Adams county, and afterward was one of the pioneers of Cambria county. Among his several children was a son Jacob, who also was born in Adams county. He came to Cambria county when a young man, and eventually became owner of a large tract of land in what is now the Seventh ward of the city of Johnstown, but which for many years has been known by the distinguishing name of Hornertown, so named in allusion to Jacob Horner. He died in 1812, at the age of sixty-four