transfer wagon, for the Hoffman Transfer Company, ever constructed in the United States. One of the wagons he built for the Emerlings Brewing Company was for three horses, almost the only one of its kind in this city. He has built wagons for various purposes for parties in Altoona, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Cleveland and other large cities, and for a party in Conemaugh he turned out a carnival wagon twenty feet long, ten feet high, completing the same in three and a half days. In his business he has met with success, his perseverance, industry and good management gaining for him a handsome competence. While he has devoted his attention mainly to his business interests, he has not been unmindful of his duties as a citizen, and has maintained a deep interest in all matters of local and national importance. He is independent in politics, casting his vote for the candidates who in his opinion are best qualified for office. He is a member of St. Joseph's German Catholic church, St. Joseph's Society, Austrian Musical Society, and Verhovay, the oldest Hungarian society in the United States.
Mr. Veres married (first), in Kisvarda, Austria-Hungary, August 2, 1887, Helena Getzi, daughter of John and Veronica (Horvath) Getzi, mentioned above. Mrs. Veres died November 4, 1896. The children born of this union are: Helena, wife of John Drotovics, of Johnstown. Andrew, resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Andrew, deceased. Mary, resides at home. Emil and Annie. Mr. Veres married (second), August 20, 1897, Vilma Horvath, of Hungary, a first cousin of his first wife. Their children are: Wilhelm, deceased; George, Margaret, Frank, Charles. Mr. Veres and his family reside in a comfortable home at No. 1106 College place, Johnstown, and enjoy the acquaintance of a wide circle of friends.
ROBERT SCANLAN, cashier of the American National Bank of Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, was born March 7, 1867, at Ebensburg, the son of John E. and Josephine (Johnston) Scanlan. He is one of a family of five children, three of whom survive: John; Mary, wife of P. F. Fogerty, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania; and the subject.
John E. Scanlan, the father, was born in Ebensburg, April 15, 1839, son of John and Susan (Myers) Scanlan. John Scanlan, the grandfather, was also a native of Cambria county, born July 19, 1812, as well as his father, who was also named John, but of whose birth there is no record. The subject's great-great-grandfather was Lawrence Scanlan, a native of Ireland, who came into Cambria county from Maryland at an early day. He was a soldier in the Revolution. The subject's maternal great-great-grandfather, Peter Kohler, was in the Revolution, being an officer in the Hessian army, but later joined the Colonial army in the Jersey campaign. Two great-great-uncles on the mother's side, named Roderigue, were officers in the French army during the Revolution. Mr. Scanlan's grandfather, his great-grandfather Scanlan, and his great-great-grandfather Lawrence, were all farmers. His great-grandfather Scanlan was in the war of 1812, and commissioned an ensign by Governor Simon Snyder in the rifle company attached to the First Battalion, One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment of Pennsylvania troops.
John E. Scanlan (father) was reared on a farm and went to Ebensburg to study law when a young man, but soon after enlisted in the Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserves, and "as wounded and captured in the engagement at Gaines hills, but was exchanged soon after and returned to Ebensburg, where he resumed the study of law, and was later admitted to the bar. He married the only daughter of Hon. R. L. John-
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