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676	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.
of the Army of the Potomac, but they became so cut up and demoralized that they were finally, in 1863, consolidated with the Fifth Corps of the army. He participated in all the engagements of his regiment, from Gettysburg until the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox, and was seriously wounded in the knee at Hatcher's Run. Mr. Coulter is a member of Post No. 30, Grand Army of the Republic, Johnstown, in which he takes a keen interest. He is a member of the United Brethren church of Johnstown, to the maintenance of which he contributes liberally, both of time and money. He also holds membership in Cambria Lodge, No. 278, Free and Accepted Masons; Portage Chapter, No. 95, Royal Arch Masters; Oriental Commandery, No. 61, Knights Templar, of Johnstown; O'Cyrus Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Pittsburg; Corona Lodge, No. 999, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Castle No. 110, Knights of Pythias; and Council No. 137, Junior Order of United American Mechanics.     David W. Coulter married, December 3, 1857, Eliza J. Pringle, daughter of Daniel Pringle, of Cambria county, and their children are: 1. William P., engaged in general merchandising at Conemaugh; married Blanche Fisher. 2. David P., conducts a meat market in Conemaugh; married Leonora Thomas. 3. Annie, wife of George Parks, a resident of Rockwood, Somerset county, Pennsylvania. 4. Mary E., widow of Henry Fite, resides at Conemaugh. 5. Izora, wife of James S. Gettemy, of Conemaugh.     CHARLES SPEIGELHALTER, proprietor of the Belvidere Hotel at East Conemaugh, was born October 1, 1868, on a farm near Loretto, Allegheny township, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, son of Conrad Speigelhalter, a native of Germany. Conrad Speigelhalter was married in the old country and came with his wife and three children to this country. They landed at New York and came on to Cambria county, Pennsylvania, settling near Loretto, where he followed the trade of shoemaker. He died there about 1881, aged forty-five years. His wife died there in 1894, aged fifty-years. They had six children: Louis, Joseph, Augustine, Mary, Mrs. Samuel Berkey; Charles, of this sketch, of whom later; Frank, resides on the old homestead. The first four children are residents of Gallitzin, Pennsylvania.     Charles Speigelhalter attended the public schools until sixteen years of age, when he found employment with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and continued with that company for seventeen years. When he left the company he was holding the position of distributor of local freight. In March, 1902, he engaged in the hotel business at his present stand, where he has been successful. Mr. Speigelhalter married, at East Conemaugh, December 15, 1891, Bertha Fishel, of Johnstown. The children of this union are: Frank, aged fifteen years; Virginia, born in 1897; Hazel, born in 1898; Fanny, born in 1901. This family are all members of the Sacred Heart Catholic church. In politics Mr. Speigelhalter is an independent voter. He has been a member of the council for three years.     MICHAEL FITZHARRIS, who has at intervals been connected with the hotel business for some years, and is at present proprietor of the Belvedere Hotel in Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, is a representative of the second generation of his family in this country, they tracing their ancestry to Ireland.

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