Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Carns, John Leslie February 20, 1888 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon Russell slmacruss88@comcast.net July 23, 2025, 12:49 pm Source: History of Blair County, PA, Vol. II, 1931 Author: Tarring Davis JOHN LESLIE CARNS, who is engaged in business with his father at Claysburg, was born here, February 20, 1888, a son of Jacob and Matilda (Shock) Carns, of whom more precedes this review. He obtained his early education in the local public schools and then attended the Eckles College of Embalming, from which he graduated in 1907. He was licensed by the State Board of Embalming in I909 and has been associated with his father in the furniture and undertaking business, since his graduation from college, under the firm name of Jacob Carns & Son. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors' Association and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. A Republican in politics, he has served as township auditor for the past fifteen years. In April, 1914, Mr. Carns married Anna Wertz, of Claysburg, and to them has been born one child, Dorothy E. Both he and his wife are communicants of the Lutheran Church. This file has been created by a form at http://www.usgwarchives.net/pafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb