R[obert] A. Lord, farmer, P. O. Cameron, is a native of what is now Cameron county, Penn., born October 14, 1860, a son of Albert and Elizabeth (Richey) Lord. He attended the district schools in his boyhood, remaining on the farm and assisting his father until twenty-one years of age, when he went to work in the lumber woods, and subsequently was employed as fireman in the pump station of the National Transit Company, in Cameron county. March 4, 1888, he sent $1 to the Louisiana State Lottery, and March 14, same year, received a check for $15,000. He bought a farm with his money, and now has a good home. Mr. Lord was married July 6, 1886 to Miss Mary Smith, a daughter of Sylvester Smith, of Sinnemahoning, Penn., and they have one child, Jessie.

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