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JOHN W. LUPOLD, train dispatcher at Sunbury for the PA
ailroad, has held that position since 1893 - the longest period on
ecord in Sunbury that any one man has served in that capacity. He wa
s
born Feb. 3, 1867, at White Deer, Union Co, Pa., son of Samuel Lupold
and grandson of John Lupold.

John W. Lupold obtained his education in the public schools of
White Deer Twp, Union county. In 1882 he learned cigar-making,
which he followed for several years, and when eighteen years old he
learned telegraphy at White Deer. He has since been engaged in railroa
d
work. He was employed at different points on the Philadelphia & Readin
g
oad until 1889, when he changed to the Sunbury division of the
PA road, in the fall of 1890 being transferred to Sunbury and
given a position in the superintendent's office. He was engaged as
message operator and copier in the train dispatcher's office until
promoted to train dispatcher in 1893. He has since filled this
esponsible position, in which he has the longest record of any
incumbent at Sunbury. Mr. Lupold has been thoroughly identified with
local interests since he became a resident of the borough, and in 1908
he was elected a member of the board of education, from the Seventh
ward; he was a member of the building committee which had in charge th
e
erection of the Francis E. Drumheller school, erected in 1910, one of
the finest school buildings in this section and a great source of prid
e
in the borough. In political matters Mr. Lupold is a Republican, with
independent inclinations.
In 1890 Mr. Lupold married Grace M. Ely, daughter of James Ely, and
they have three children: Merrill, who was a member of the class of 19
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of the Sunbury high school; Martha Esther; and Ruth Elizabeth. In 1899
Mr. Lupold built the comfortable home at No. 307 Catawissa avenue whic
h
he has since occupied with his family. They are members of the First
Reformed Church of Sunbury, which he served as an official for some
years. Fraternally he unites with the Royal Arcanum.

Above from: Floyd's Northumberland Co. Genealogy - pages 468-493 - con
tributed to USGENWEB by Tony Rebuck


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John + Grace M. BLY. Grace was born in 1870; died in 1946. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Samuel Lupold was born in 1824 in the vicinity of Sunbury. In his
earlier years he was engaged in farming in Clinton Co, Pa., and
later conducted a sawmill there, near Eastville, subsequently moving t
o
Union Co, where he kept books for a lumber concern until his death,
which occurred in 1874, at Cooper's Mill, Union county. He was burie
d at
Watsontown, Northumberland county. Mr. Lupold was an ambitious man, a
d
by application became a well informed man. At the time of his marriage
he could neither read nor write, and he was self instructed, his
practical attainments being best indicated by the position he filled
during the latter years of his life. He was a member of the Reformed
Church. Mr. Lupold married Susan Kerstetter, daughter of Samuel and
Hannah (Barner) Kerstetter, of Clinton Co, the latter of whom was a
daughter of George Barner and one of a family of twenty-two children.
Mrs. Susan (Kerstetter) Lupold died in 1886, in her fifty-ninth year.
She was the mother of the following children: Catharine died when
sixteen years old; William H. is a resident of Cameron Co, Pa.;
Supera married Eli F. Garner and lives near Eastville, Pa.; Fayette
married Hiram Lefever, of Aurora, Nebr.; Sarah married William H.
Lesher; Harriet died when four years old, of poisoning; Minerva marrie
d
Daniel J. Huntington and died at Williamsport, Pa., in 1887; Mary died
in infancy; Samuel A., formerly of Montgomery, Pa., is now a residen
t of West Milton, Pa., where he is in the bakery business; John W. liv
es in Sunbury.


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Samuel married Susannah KARSTETTER about 1849. Susannah (daughter of Samuel KERSTETTER and Catharine (Hannah) BARNER) was born on 20 Apr 1829 in Logan Twp, Clinton Co, PA; died on 26 Nov 1887; was buried in Watsontown Cemetery - Watsontown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Samuel married Catharine (Hannah) BARNER about 1821. Catharine (daughter of John Henry BARNER and Susanna BUNCE) was born on 18 Jun 1803 in Greenwood Twp, Juniata Co, PA; died on 24 Dec 1878 in Sugar Valley, Clinton Co, PA; was buried in Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery - Loganton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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