J. L. D. Foultz, retired, P. O. Sinnemahoning, was born in Lancaster county, Penn., January 22, 1823, and a son of John and Elizabeth J. (Vondersmith) Foultz. He was reared in his native county, where he learned the trades of tailor and cigar-maker, and in 1847 settled in Sinnemahoning, where he has since resided. For a number of years he worked at tailoring, and for five years was clerk for William A. Simpson, who carried on a lumber and mercantile business. He then embarked in the mercantile and lumber business for himself, at which he continued up to 1861, when the flood of that year wiped him out. Since that time he has been engaged in various occupations, principally farming. His wife was Sarah, daughter of James and Margaret (Brooks) Shaffer, of Sinnemahoning, by whom he had ten children: Florence (Mrs. Thomas Cupp), John B., Maggie (Mrs. M. J. B. Brooks), William A., George B. Mc., Laura (Mrs. F. J. Norton), Jesse, Amos N., Stella M., and Ward. Mr. Foultz is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has been steward for many years. He is now one of the jury commissioners of Cameron county, and politically is a Democrat.

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