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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.	407
was born in 1835, on the homestead in Susquehanna township, and like his father he engaged in farming in connection with the lumber business. The site of his farm is now occupied by the town of Amy. He affiliated with the Republicans, and for many years was a deacon in the Baptist church. He married Mary, daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth Bartlebaugh, and they were the parents of the following children: Willis, born 1859, lives on the homestead; M. C., of whom later; John L., born 1865; Abraham, born 1868, farmer on his grandfather's homestead; Thersey, born 1870, died 1876; and Jane, born 1872, died 1877. Mr. Westover died September 30, 1876.     M. C. Westover, son of Joseph and Mary (Bartlebaugh) Westover, attended the common schools until the age of fourteen, when the death of his father obliged him to assume the responsibility of the family, and he accordingly engaged in the lumber business, to which he has given his attention ever since. In 1893 he engaged in mercantile business in Spangler, and in 1900 took as a partner Franklin McAnulty, the business being continued until October 1, 1905, under the firm name of Westover & McAnulty. During this period the partners were also lumbermen and likewise contractors and builders. In 1905 they sold out the business and organized the M. C. Westover Lumber Company. They now carry on one of the largest wholesale and retail lumber enterprises in the county, and are also extensive contractors and builders. Mr. Westover is a director of the First National Bank of Barnesboro and president of the Building & Loan Association. For seven years he has held the office of councilman. He is a stanch Republican and a deacon and trustee in the Baptist church of Barnesboro.     Mr. Westover married Sarah, daughter of Walker and Annie Westover, of Clearfield county, and four children have been born to them: Paul, born March 17, 1898; Ruth, born August 17, 1902, and two who died in infancy.     DAVID J. BOUGHER, of Barnesboro, was born June 8, 1859, in Cambria county, and is a son of David Bougher, a native of Berks county, who came as a young man to the northern part of Cambria county, where he lived as a farmer until about two years before his death, when he moved to Blair county and there passed the residue of his days. He was a Democrat and a member of the Baptist church. He married Susanna Anderson, and their children were: Henry, of Altoona; Lizzie, wife of Hiram Edmiston; John, deceased; David J., of whom later; Anderson, deceased; Andrew, of Altoona; Abram, of Barnesboro; Emma, wife of Henry Wilt, of Blair county; and two who died in infancy.     David J. Bougher, son of David and Susanna (Anderson) Bougher, received his education in the common schools, and at the age of twenty-one began working for himself. In 1897 he established the Central Hotel in Barnesboro, of which he was for two years the proprietor, and in 1901 went into the wholesale liquor business, which he carried on for eighteen months. In 1903 he purchased the furniture and undertaking business of C. A. Buck and conducted it for a short time under the firm name of Bougher & Bearer. He then bought out his partner's interest and associated with himself Harry B. McMillin, since which time the business has been conducted under the firm name of Bougher & McMillin, the establishment being the largest of its kind in Cambria county. He is president of the Rodkey Label Com-

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