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of Odd Fellows. He married, November 3, 1880, Amanda Henrietta Livingston, daughter of David J. and Charlotte (Hammers) Livingston of Paint township in Somerset county. David Livingston was a soldier of the Civil war, a private in Captain Grimm's Company D, One Hundred and Forty-second Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Colonel Cummings commanding. He was with the regiment through all its service until Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he was wounded. He was allowed to go home on sick leave, and later rejoined his regiment at Philadelphia, where he was taken with a fever that resulted in his death, August 4, 1866. His wife, Charlotte Hammers, was a daughter of Solomon and Elizabeth (Barefoot) Hammers. Amanda Henrietta Livingston, wife of Mr. Leventry, is a great-great-granddaughter of a sister of the husband of the world famous Betsey Ross, to whom is accorded the honor of having made the first American flag. A teapot once used by that notable dame is in the possession of the Livingston family. Children of Henry Frederick and Amanda Henrietta (Livingston) Leventry: Lottie, born April 21, 1881, married Clyde Mellinger, of Johnstown; Dora Ella, born July 20, 1883, married F. A. Bostert, of Johnstown; Clara, born December 30, 1885; died March 25, 1887; George, born February 13, 1888; Arthur, born May 30, 1890; Lula, born March 26, 1892; James, born April 27, 1896.
CHARLES YOUNG, of Johnstown, for twenty-three years a resident of that city and only recently withdrawn from the ranks of its active business men, was born in Prussia, January 8, 1851, son of Jacob and Margurite (Rickabaugh) Young. Jacob Young combined the callings of a farmer and carpenter. Both he and his wife died in their native land. They were the parents of five children, of whom Charles was the third.
From the age of six years to that of fourteen Charles Young attended the schools of his native country, and then learned the carpenter's trade, which he has made the occupation of his life. He emigrated to the United States in 1884, bringing with him his wife and three children, making the voyage from Antwerp to New York, and from that city proceeding direct to Johnstown, making his home in the Sixteenth ward, where he has since erected four dwellings. After taking up his abode in Johnstown he was for a number of years employed by different contractors, and in 1899 engaged in business for himself. The venture was followed by the most gratifying results, and in a few years he was in circumstances to retire with a competency. He adheres steadfastly to the principles of the Republican party, and is a member of the German Roman Catholic church. Mr. Young married, in 1878, Josephine, daughter of Franz Schmidt, a cigar-maker, and they became the parent, of the following children, all of whom were born in Prussia: 1. Charles, Jr., born August, 1877, educated in German and public schools, and now employed as mill-hand by the Cambria Steel Company. He married, April 19, 1898, Magdalina Bollinger, and their children are: Carl, Margaret, Catharine and Hilda. 2. Harry, lives with his father; he married Virginia Moody, and has one child: Ruth. 3. Philip. Mr. Young and his children have been bereaved by death of the wife and mother.
ELLSWORTH FREDERICK ARBLE, M. D., of Carrolltown, was born July 21, 1873, in Cambria county, and is a representative of a family which was founded in New England and subsequently trans-
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