Samuel P. Kreider, clerk, Driftwood, was born in Juniata county, Penn., September 6, 1856, is a son of John F. and Catherine (Bayson) Kreider, and was reared in his native county until thirteen years of age, when he removed to Driftwood, and engaged as a brakeman on the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad up to 1876; he then held the position of flagman at Driftwood two years, and in 1878 again went on the railroad as brakeman between Renovo and Kane, at which he continued until 1880, when he engaged in lumbering on Mason Hill two winters; farmed one year, and in 1882, accepted a position as clerk in the store of J. O. Brookbank & Co., where he remained for seven years. He married, April 24, 1882, Helena, daughter of William and Mary A. Lane, of Gibson township, and they have three children: Audrey V., Hafwal S.*, and Rotha A. Mr. Kreider is a member of the I. O. O. F., and Patriotic Order Sons of America; in politics he is a Republican.

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*aka Samuel Hafwal

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