the interest of good, honest government rather than for personal or party advantage. He was brought up under the teachings of the German Lutheran church. He is a member of Vestal Camp No. 33, Woodmen of the World, and of Moxham Lodge of Jr. 0. U. A. M.; also Johnstown Lodge of Masons.
On May 1st, 1890, Charles Leventry married Julia Von Lunen, daughter of Louis Von Lunen, of Johnstown. Their children: 1. Ruth Emily Leventry, born June 10, 1893. 2. Edward Bruse Leventry, born February 16, 1902.
PETER A. BARNHART, senior member in the firm of P. A. Barnhart Plumbing & Heating Company, and one of the foremost business men of Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, represents the third generation of the Barnhart family in this country, they having come from Holland.
John Barnhart, grandfather of Peter A. Barnhart, and the pioneer ancester of this family in the United States, emigrated to this country from Holland about the year 1780. He settled in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, where he took up a tract of timber land. He cleared this of timber, which he sold to advantage, being a most excellent man of business, and set about cultivating the land thus cleared. He prospered to such an extent that he was subsequently able to purchase other and larger tracts of land, and ultimately became the owner of six large farms, and was considered one of the most successful of the pioneers of the region, having attained this competency mainly by thrift and incessant industry. In politics he was a strong Whig, and he worshipped in the Lutheran church. He married Mary Friedland, and among their children were the following: John, George. Adam, Jacob, Peter, David (see forward), Sarah, married ----- Blouch.
David Barnhart, sixth son of John and Mary (Friedland) Barnhart, was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, and received his education in the schools of his native township. Like his father, he became one of the leading farmers of the district and the owner of a number of large and well cultivated farm. During the Civil war he was drafted, served with distinction for three years, and was honorably discharged upon the termination of the conflict. He was an ardent supporter of the Republican party, taking the greatest possible interest in all that concerned the public welfare of the community in which he lived, or in anything that tended to its improvement. He married, June 9, 1875, Matilda Lohr, and had children: 1. William H., residing in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, married Sarah Raymond, and has children: Lewis, Jordan, Morgan, Cora and Jennie. 2. Cyrus A., 3. Mary, married Albert Barnett. 4. Edward, a resident of Pittsburg, married Annie Yeagley, deceased, and has one child, Eugene. 5. Peter A., see forward. 6. Mahlon H. 7. Sarah, married Daniel Swank, deceased. 8. Lucy, married James Smith, and has two children.
Peter A. Barnhart, fourth son and fifth child of David and Matilda (Lohr) Barnhart, was born on his father's farm in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, September 29, 1859. His early years were spent upon this farm, which was located in Quemahoning township, and he received a Good education in the public schools of that district. He remained on the farm, as assistant to his father in its management, until he had attained his majority, when he went to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he learned the trade of plumbing. He was employed by the Philadelphia Gas Company for a period of six and a half years upon the completion
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