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and follows the practice o f turning soil fre­ quently : the soiung system prevails on his place. On Oct, 5* 1904* M r. Ilarnum married G er­ trude Cleveland, daughter o f I*. F. and Cathe­ rine NL (M au s) Cleveland. T hey have no family. Fraternally M r. ilarm an bclong.s to the K. P. O. Elks (at Bloomsbufg) and to the Masons, in the b ite r connection being a mem­ ber o f Wa^hinglon Lodge, No. 265. F. & A. M .: Bloomsburg Chapter, No. 218, R. A. M .; Crusade Commandery* No 12* K. T. ( o f which he is past eminent com m ander); Caldwell Consistory (thirty-second degree), and the Craftsm an Club. Mis religious connection is w'ith the Episcopal Church. C L A R E N C E R. H A U P T * vice president of the Danville Foundr>* & Machine (Company* of Danville* has spent all his life in the through* where he was bom . His father* Michael Haupt. a tanner, settled here early in the fif­ ties. He married Anna Iloats. Clarence E . Haupt obtained his education in the public schools. A ll his active years have been spent in the line o f business in which he is now engaged. When fifteen years old he entered the employ of the Montour Iron & Steel Company, w'hcrc he learned his trade, that o f foundryman and molder. H e w as en­ gaged by C u rry & Co. as foreman, and in 1906* upon the or^n ization of the Danville Foundry & Machine Company, he became vice president o f that concern, with which he has ever since been connected in that capacity. M r. Hamjt was one of the charter members of the B . r . O. E lk s loc^e at Danville. P e r­ sonally as well as in business life he is highly respected by all who come in contact with him. A I.E X A N D E R R. M .scC R R A, M. D.* phy­ sician and surgeon* o f Berwick* was 1 >om in Carbon county, Pa.* A pril 12, 1838* son o f lames and Hannah (D ow ner) MacCrca. William M acCrea. his paternal grandfather* was a native o f Scotland. Jam es M acCrea, the Doctor’s father, was born in Scotland, near the home of Robert Burns* and came to the United States in 18 17. A year later he located at Mauch Chunk. C ar­ bon Co.* Pa., where he w as placed in charge of the car shops located at that point* continuing in that position until 1842* when he went W est as far as northern Indiana. A fte r two years there he rctum cd to Mauch Chunk* where he resided until death claimed him. in 1880, at the advanced age o f ninety-five years.

Jam es M acCrca married Hannah Downer, a native of the Isle o f Wight, a daughter of Gcoige and Nancy (G iivcrto n ) Downer* also of the Isle o f W i ^ t; they never came to America. M rs. M acCrca died in 1875* aged eighty-five years. Both she and her husbnnd were people of more than average ability. Of the seven children born to them, William died in the State o f Indiana: John is deceased; Jam es is deceased; Josiah, also deceased, w*as next in the fam ily; Isabella* who is deceased* married John Nichol and lived in C a lifo rn b : M atilda married Ju d ge Houston, associate judge* o f Mauch C'hunk* P a .: A lexander li. completes the family. Alexander B. M acCrea grew up at Mauch Cliimk. Pa.* reared by careful parents, and taught lessons of thrift and industry that have been remembered through life. EIc attended the local schools* including the Packard school at Mauch Chunk, and then entered the employ of the Beaver Railroad Company, as weighmaster. Feeling that his countr)- has need o f him during the Civil war. Dr. M acCrea, who was then studying medicine, interrupted his work to enlist in the 81 st Pennsylvania Volun-. teer Infantry* and served until discharged on account o f disability, lieing mustered out at Harrisburg. Returning home, he resumed h is medical studies* attending the U niversity o f Michigan at Ann A rbor, and later Bellevue Medical College* N ew Y o rk, from which he was graduated in 1865. Following this he im ­ mediately began the practice o f his profession, at Shenandoah, Pa.* but after a stay o f one year there removed to Berwick, where he had since continued, becoming one of the leading physicians and suigeons of the city. A man thoroughly prepared for his profession, he has developed into a skilled practitioner, whose in­ terest in his work is unbounded and whose efficiency is constantly increasing, for he is a close student. Broad-minded and publicspirited. Dr. M acCrea has been recognized as the kind o f man well fitted for service lo his fellow citizens* but aside from serving as school director o f his district for twenty years he has not held office. H e has alw-ays b ^ n a stanch Democrat, supporting the candidates of his party faithfully. T lie Presbyterian Church nolds his membership. In 1867 Dr. M acCrca w as married, at B e r­ wick, Pa.* to Emma Miller* bom a l Berw ick, a daughter o f Abram and Mar>' (K lo tz ) Miller* natives o f Lehigh county. Pa.* Mr. M iller a pioneer settler in Columbia county. F o r a number o f years he w as a leading m er­ chant o f Berwick. Dr. and M rs. M acCrca