the terrible impact of the mass of water. Mr. Bader has been very actively interested in the political situation of the community since the year 1882. At that time he was elected a councilman of the borough and served for a period of three years. He was then elected street commissioner and served in that capacity until 1890, at which time all the boroughs were incorporated in what is now the city of Johnstown. Under Mayor Boyd he again held the office of street commissioner, and when Mayor Pendry was in office, Mr. Bader served as market master for three years. He was elected director of the poor by a very large majority in November, 1906, an office which he is holding at the present time (1907 ). He is a man of great energy, enterprise and executive ability, and any project which has succeeded in arousing his attention and which promises for the welfare and advancement of the city is certain to meet with his earnest efforts to carry it to a successful termination.
Mr. Bader married, November 5, 1864, Margaretta Lichaw, born March 26, 1842, daughter of Henry and Margaretta (Snyder) Lichaw, both natives of Germany; the former was a wagonmaker by occupation, the latter died in Johnstown July 7, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Bader have had children: Lena, born October 11, 1865; Charles, January 12, 1868; Elizabeth, October 30, 1871.
WALLACE E. SHISSLER, one of Johnstown's enterprising business men, was born January 26, 1871, at Port Carbon, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, son of John L. Shissler, and grandson of Henry Shissler, who was by trade a shoemaker, but for many years was engaged in the drug business, making over the business to his son, John L., only a short time before his death. He was of German stock and was descended from the early settlers of Pennsylvania, the fancily having been for some time settled in Port Carbon. Henry Shissler married Elizabeth ---, and their children were: John L., of whom later; Edward, Henry, Frank, George, William, Elizabeth and Elmira.
John L. Shissler, son of Henry and Elizabeth Shissler, combined his father's drug business with the hardware business, and was also interested in many other enterprises, operating in real estate and carrying on an insurance business. When the Civil war broke out he was prospecting in the gold fields of the far west, but responded to the call for the defense of the Union and enlisted in the First Regiment, California Volunteers, serving with distinction for three years and six months. For more than twenty-five years he held the office of justice of the peace, and in politics was a stanch Democrat. He belonged to Allison Brothers Post, Grand Army of the Republic, Port Carbon. This post was named in honor of the Allison family, which gave the lives of eight of its members for the defense of the Union. He was an active member of the Presbyterian church. John L. Shissler married Annie Lilley, and their children were: Isabel, Louisa, wife of J. S. Beek, of the Acme Printing Company; four children: John S., Adelaide, Elinora and a baby daughter. Elizabeth, wife of J. F. Lime; one child, Clayton. Wallace E., of whom later. The death of John L. Shissler, the father, occurred in 1891.
Wallace E. Shissler, son of John L. and Annie (Lilley) Shissler, received his education in the common schools of Port Carbon, and succeeded his father in the hardware business in that town. He conducted the business there until 1899, when he moved to Johnstown and was there employed in the hardware business by F. E. Newman until July,
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