Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Carn, Jacob December 26, 1853 - 
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Source: Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911
Author: Jesse C. Sell

JACOB CARN, justice of the peace in Greenfield Township, Blair County, Pa.,
and for many years identified with public affairs in this section, has been a
resident of Claysburg, Pa., since 1871. He was born December 26, 1853, in
Imler Valley, Bedford County, Pa., and is a son of William and Susan
(Pressel) Carn and a grandson of George Carn and Isaac Pressel, early
settlers in Bedford County, who left many descendants.
     Jacob Carn was reared in his father's house with brothers and sisters
and attended the local schools until he was about eighteen years of age. He
then came to Claysburg to learn the furniture and undertaking business with
S. E. Hoenstine, with whom he served an apprenticeship of three years. For
some years afterward, Mr. Carn worked as a journeyman, but in 1896 he
embarked in business for himself and still continues in the furniture and
undertaking line. He commands the respect and enjoys the confidence of his
fellow citizens to an unusual degree and has probably been more frequently
elected to responsible township offices than any other resident. For several
years he served as constable of Greenfield Township, for ten years served as
township clerk, for some years as road tax collector, for more years as
treasurer and in 1890 was elected justice of the peace, in which office he
has served ably and continuously ever since with the exception of one year.
     Mr. Carn was married to Miss Matilda Shock, a daughter of Capt. Daniel
Shock, one of Claysburg's most respected and venerable citizens, he having
reached his eighty-seventh year. To Mr. and Mrs. Carn eight children were
born, namely: Mattie R., who is the popular postmistress at Claysburg;
William F., who lives at Martinsburg; Charles O., who is in business at
Roaring Spring; D. Ray, who is in the mail service and lives at Juniata, Pa.;
John L., Margaret V. and Frederick L., all of whom live at Claysburg; and
Stanton, who is deceased. Jacob Carn is a member of the Order of Odd Fellows
and for a quarter of a century has been secretary of the Claysburg Lodge.

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