You are here:   Cambria > Books > History of Cambria County, V.3

362	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.
in 1873. He was a stanch Democrat, and a member of St. Joseph's German Catholic church. He married, in Germany, Mary Brandel, who resides with her son in Johnstown, and they had eight children: 1. Frances, wife of George Haberkorn. 2. Mary, wife of Adam Bold, of Springfield, Ohio. 3. Joseph, killed in Cambria Steel Works. 4. Lena, at home. 5. Annie, wife of L. Tedejesky, of Johnstown. 6. Catharine, Sister of Mercy known as Sister Rose. 7. John, resides with Peter C. 8. Peter C., see forward.     Peter C. Schuller, son of Joseph and Mary (Brandel) Schuller, was born on the farm in Conemaugh township, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, June 27, 1868. He was but five years of age at the time of the death of his father, and he was educated in the parochial schools of the district until he had attained his thirteenth year, when he commenced to work for his own support. He obtained a position with the Cambria Steel Company, as oiler of engines, etc., and remained in their employ in various capacities for a period of five years. He then obtained a position as clerk in the store of John Widman, on Railroad street, and there his faithful and conscientious performance of the duties assigned to him enabled him to rise from grade to grade, until at the end of eleven years he was admitted to partnership in the firm, the business being conducted under the firm name of Widman & Schuller. This arrangement was continued for nine years, when Mr. Schuller sold out his interest to Mr. Widman and purchased the ice cream factory of Richard Bauers, located on Conemaugh street. This is now a part of the present business. One year later Mr. Schuller commenced the bottling of root and ginger beers, mineral waters, etc., and has continued this up to the present time (1907). Since purchasing the ice cream and the bottling business, Mr. Schuller has remodeled and reconstructed both plants, which are combined, and he installed the latest and most improved machinery, having the most completely equipped plant in the county. The ice cream business is purely wholesale, covering Cambria and parts of Indiana, Somerset and Westmoreland counties, while the bottling business is confined to Johnstown. In addition to this Mr. Schuller is the treasurer of the Johnstown Baking Company, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the county. He is a man of energetic and progressive methods, and is influential in the business circles of the city. He is noted for the integrity and reliability of his business methods, and has a large circle of friends. He is a stanch supporter of the Democratic party, and is a member of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church and of the Knights of St. George.     Mr. Schuller married, June 28, 1892, in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Emma Kurtz, daughter of Mrs. Theresa Rigel, and they have children Victor, Margaret, George and Robert.     ANICETUS WILLIAM BUCK, who is engaged in the banking business in the borough of Ebensburg, was born March 15, 1858, in Carroll township, Cambria county, is a son of John Buck, and grandson of Joseph Buck, whose father emigrated from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania. Joseph Buck, son of the emigrant ancestor and grandfather of Anicetus William Buck, was born November 16, 1797, in Bucks county, Pennsylvania.     John Buck, one of the eleven children of Joseph Buck, was born December 11, 1822, in Carroll township, on the farm commonly known as the John Zern farm, and at that time an absolute wilderness. He was reared in his native county, three miles from Carrolltown, where he built the grist mills known at that time as Buck's mills, a structure which

Title Page

Contents

Image