three years, then to the William Penn Charter School, at Philadelphia, from which he graduated in 1902. He was with the Cambria Steel Co. in their Philadelphia office for about eighteen months, and was then transferred to Johnstown for a year afterward. He engaged in the lumber business on his own account, in 1904, at Johnstown, Pennsylvania. His business is entirely wholesale, selling to yards, mostly in Pennsylvania. A large portion of the lumber which he handles is bought from local mills throughout West Virginia. Mr. Snowden is a large realty owner in Johnstown, and is firm in his belief in its future. In his political views he is inclined to independent party operations, particularly in local matters. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and at Camden was the secretary of the Sunday school, president of the Young Men's Bible Class, as well as the president of the Ushers Association. He is a member of Americus Club, Physical Culture Club, and the Johnstown Country Club.
Mr. Snowden married, October 5, 1904, Irene Clift, daughter of Ulysse Chamacine and Mary Elizabeth (Danby) Mac Kee, of Camden, New Jersey.
REV. PETER FOX, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, was born in Ireland, June 6, 1871. He sprang from an old and respected family, who resided in the county Westmeath, near the birthplace of Oliver Goldsmith. The late Andrew J. and Rose (Halion) Fox had eleven children, among whom was Peter.
At an early age he started to Tang National School. When twelve years old he entered the Jesuit College, Galway, and remained there three years. He was a student at St. Mel's College, Longford, for two years; where he became proficient in the higher branches, including French, Latin and Greek. From St. Mel's he went to Carlow. Among the students of this great institution of learning he was remarkable for refinement and culture, and his keen intellect could grasp the most abstruse questions in ethics and dogma. Under able professors he acquired a liberal education, and in difficult problems--theological, scriptural or otherwise--his opinion was always of much weight.
After six years of successful study he was ordained on June 28, 1896, by the Most Rev. Patrick Foley, D. D., for the Diocese of Pittsburg. After a vacation of three months he bade adieu to brothers and sisters, to home and country, and came to the Iron City. His first appointment was as assistant pastor at St. John's Church, Altoona, where he remained nearly five years. While in the Mountain City he proved himself a priest, a scholar and a man, and when he left, it was with the great regret of his parishioners, amongst whom he labored so faithfully and so fruitfully.
He was pastor of Holy Trinity Church, Huntingdon, for two years, endearing himself not only to his own people, but also to the good citizens of the town. From Huntingdon he went to Ebensburg, and remained there till February, 1906, when he took charge of his present parish. Here, as elsewhere, he has displayed great executive ability, not only in making extensive improvements but also in paying off large amounts of debt.
He is earnest, forceful and eloquent in diction, and his sermons are such that those who hear them must necessarily derive much spiritual good. Moreover, he has been beloved always by his people. His genial disposition, his earnest desire to advance their temporal welfare as well as their spiritual needs, and his untiring zeal for the salvation of souls, has won for him the esteem and affection of all.
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