Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.III, p.575

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History of Cambria County, V.3

HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. 575

member of the community in which he lived. He was a strong Democrat, and a member of the Catholic church.
    He married Sarah McGough, and had twelve children--nine sons and three daughters--of whom six sons are now (1906) living: Dennis W., of Altoona, Pennsylvania. John Henry, see forward. Frank, of Derry, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. Daniel A., of Altoona, Pennsylvania. Charles, Sedalia, Missouri. Edwin, at home.
    John Henry Boyle, second surviving son and child of Daniel and Sarah (McGough) Boyle, was born in Gallitzin, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, August 15, 1856. He was reared at home, and acquired his education at the public schools of his native township. At the age of twenty years he entered the service of the Pennsylvania, Railroad Company in the capacity of brakeman on the Pittsburg division. He was associated with this company for thirteen years, being advanced through the minor positions in the short period of eight years, and promoted to the position of conductor. This position he held for five years, and was then transferred to the motive department of the road, in the Juniata shops. At this time his wife died and he left the employ of the company, returning to the homestead farm, which he and his brother Edward had purchased some time previously. He and his brother Edward, who is unmarried, have resided on the homestead since that time, their mother superintending the household affairs. In politics Mr. Boyle is a Democrat, and has been, an important factor in the conclaves of his party. He has served two terms as supervisor of his district, and in the fall of 1905 was elected to his present office as member of the board of auditors of Cambria county. He is a member of the Catholic church. He takes an active interest county. all matters concerning the public welfare of the community, and is ready at all times to do all that lies in his power to further the ideas that tend to the improvement or advancement of the community in any way.
    Mr. Boyle married, in 1891, Lucretia Dodson, daughter of Samuel Dodson, of Claysburg, Blair county, Pennsylvania, and they have had two children: Mary V., and Edna C.
    LEWIS W. KAUFFMAN, formerly a well known educator in Cambria county, Pennsylvania, now a prosperous farmer, and a member of the board of auditors of Cambria county, traces his descent back to the beautiful land of Switzerland.
    Daniel Kauffman, father of Lewis W. Kauffman, was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, December 29, 1829. His parents were both natives of Switzerland. His father was a farmer and removed to a farm in what is now the seventeenth ward of Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, while Daniel was a very young boy. Here he grew up to manhood and adopted farming as his life work. Although he made seven removals, he resided continuously in Cambria county, in Croyle township, for thirty years, and makes that town his home at the present time. He is a veteran of the Civil war, and served with great bravery in the Eighty-third Regiment. In politics he has always been a stanch Republican, and has for several years been a member of the school board. He is a member of the Mennonite church, and is greatly interested in all its affairs. He is highly esteemed in the community as a man of integrity and worth.
    He married Sarah Wissinger, born in Cambria county, in 1831, daughter of Lewis Wissinger, formerly a well known farmer of Conemaugh township, who died about 1895, at the advanced age of one hundred and two years. His father had been a soldier in the war of the revolution.

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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.	575
member of the community in which he lived. He was a strong Democrat, and a member of the Catholic church. He married Sarah McGough, and had twelve children--nine sons and three daughters--of whom six sons are now (1906) living: Dennis W., of Altoona, Pennsylvania. John Henry, see forward. Frank, of Derry, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. Daniel A., of Altoona, Pennsylvania. Charles, Sedalia, Missouri. Edwin, at home. John Henry Boyle, second surviving son and child of Daniel and Sarah (McGough) Boyle, was born in Gallitzin, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, August 15, 1856. He was reared at home, and acquired his education at the public schools of his native township. At the age of twenty years he entered the service of the Pennsylvania, Railroad Company in the capacity of brakeman on the Pittsburg division. He was associated with this company for thirteen years, being advanced through the minor positions in the short period of eight years, and promoted to the position of conductor. This position he held for five years, and was then transferred to the motive department of the road, in the Juniata shops. At this time his wife died and he left the employ of the company, returning to the homestead farm, which he and his brother Edward had purchased some time previously. He and his brother Edward, who is unmarried, have resided on the homestead since that time, their mother superintending the household affairs. In politics Mr. Boyle is a Democrat, and has been, an important factor in the conclaves of his party. He has served two terms as supervisor of his district, and in the fall of 1905 was elected to his present office as member of the board of auditors of Cambria county. He is a member of the Catholic church. He takes an active interest county. all matters concerning the public welfare of the community, and is ready at all times to do all that lies in his power to further the ideas that tend to the improvement or advancement of the community in any way. Mr. Boyle married, in 1891, Lucretia Dodson, daughter of Samuel Dodson, of Claysburg, Blair county, Pennsylvania, and they have had two children: Mary V., and Edna C. LEWIS W. KAUFFMAN, formerly a well known educator in Cambria county, Pennsylvania, now a prosperous farmer, and a member of the board of auditors of Cambria county, traces his descent back to the beautiful land of Switzerland. Daniel Kauffman, father of Lewis W. Kauffman, was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, December 29, 1829. His parents were both natives of Switzerland. His father was a farmer and removed to a farm in what is now the seventeenth ward of Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, while Daniel was a very young boy. Here he grew up to manhood and adopted farming as his life work. Although he made seven removals, he resided continuously in Cambria county, in Croyle township, for thirty years, and makes that town his home at the present time. He is a veteran of the Civil war, and served with great bravery in the Eighty-third Regiment. In politics he has always been a stanch Republican, and has for several years been a member of the school board. He is a member of the Mennonite church, and is greatly interested in all its affairs. He is highly esteemed in the community as a man of integrity and worth. He married Sarah Wissinger, born in Cambria county, in 1831, daughter of Lewis Wissinger, formerly a well known farmer of Conemaugh township, who died about 1895, at the advanced age of one hundred and two years. His father had been a soldier in the war of the revolution.