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that city. The latter was the father of three children, Joseph being the only one to emigrate to the United States. In his boyhood Joseph Allen acquired but little education, his dislike to study and to the restraint of school causing him to be a frequent truant, and while still a young lad he assisted his father in the store of the latter. He came to the United States in 1887, landing in New York on December 16 of that year, very slenderly supplied with capital. For six months he worked in New York as a laborer, making two dollars and a quarter a day, and then went to Reading, Pennsylvania, where he was employed on the Lehigh Valley railroad. His next removal was to Pottsville, Pennsylvania, where he worked in a rolling mill and also on the railroad. Thereafter he was employed on railroads at Altoona, Bolivar, Lillie and Scalp Level, in all these places holding the position of foreman. He afterward served as foreman on railroad contract work in Chicago and many other prominent cities of the west. While working in the rolling mill at Pottsville he had the misfortune to lose his right arm. He took up his abode in Johnstown about 1900, where he engaged in the cigar and fruit business, in which he prospered, and in the course of time was able to purchase the property which he now occupies. On this site he opened the general store which he now conducts, making a specialty of fruit. So enterprising has he been as to have built and bought no fewer than seven single and double houses. He supports with his vote the principles advocated by the Republican party, and is a member of St. John Gaulbert's Roman Catholic church.
Mr. Allen married, and has one child: Eva.
WILLIAM BEEGLE, well and favorably known in the business circles of Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, is a representative of the third generation of the Beegle family in this country, tracing his ancestry to an old family of Germany.
Frederick Beegle, grandfather of William Beegle, and the first of the Beegle family to come to America, was born in Germany, about 1770, and was a farmer by occupation. Ha married, and had children: Charles, married twice; Daniel, married Miss De Armit; Henry; Samuel, married Miller; John; Joseph; George, of whom later; William, married Eva Bowser; Mrs. Morgan; Polly, married George Bortz.
George Beegle, seventh son and child of Frederick Beegle, was born at Friend's Cove, Bedford county, Pennsylvania, December 17, 1814, died March 12, 1902. He was a farmer by occupation, and held several important township offices, one of them being that of county commissioner. He married Jeannette Dunkle, born at Snake Spring Valley, Bedford county, Pennsylvania, April 21, 1821, died December 29, 1900. She was one of five children: John, Jacob, Simon, William and Jeannette. The children of George and Jeannette (Dunkle) Beegle were: 1. Susan, married Jacob P. Barkley. 2. Joseph, married Elizabeth Wertz. 3. Charles, married Sarah Haulderbaum. 4. Sophia, married Isaac Hahn. 5. Sarah J., died in infancy. 6. Ella, married William Sleek. 7. William, see forward. 8. Loretta, married Samuel R. Barefoot. 9. Melinda, married John F. Zerbe.
William Beegle, third son and seventh child of George and Jeannette (Dunkle) Beegle, was born at St. Clairville, Bedford county, Pennsylvania, February 10, 1854. He enjoyed the advantages of a most excellent education. He at first attended the common schools of Bedford county, and then in succession, the Collegiate Institute of Mar-
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