Robert Rothrock, lumber and real estate dealer, Driftwood, was born in Bellefonte, Penn., March 23, 1829, and is a son of John and Julia Rothrock, who settled in Caledonia, Elk county, in 1850, where the father, who was engaged in the lumber business died in 1851. Robert Rothrock was reared and educated in his native town, and in 1847 came to Elk county, where, at Caledonia, he embarked in the lumber business, which he successfully carried on until 1873, in which year he moved to Williamsport, same State, where he resided for three years. He then, in 1876, located in Driftwood, Cameron county, where for seven years he was a member of the firm of J. O. Brookbank & Co., general merchants, at the same time continuing his lumber business, in which he is still interested in various parts of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Kansas. In September, 1851, Mr. Rothrock married Miss Jane, daughter of John C. and Mary E. Hicks, and granddaughter of Levi Hicks, who settled in Driftwood in 1804. To Mr. and Mrs. Rothrock have been born four children: Julia, John, Curtin and Frank. Mr. Rothrock is one of the prominent, live and enterprising citizens of Driftwood, and a leading man in the county. He is a stanch Republican in politics, and has served Cameron county as commissioner and treasurer, each one term. He is a Knight Templar, and a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

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