BIOS: Howard L. McVICKER, Boswell, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 286/7

Howard L. McVICKER.

Howard L. McVicker, of Boswell, was born April 22, 1883, in Stoystown, and is a 
son of W. A. McVicker, and a grandson of James McVicker, who was of Scotch-Irish 
descent and was born on Dry Ridge, Bedford county.  From 1831 to 1843 he was 
engaged in farming at Statler's mill, near Schellsburg, whence he came to 
Somerset county, where he was twice elected justice of the peace.  In 1859 he 
returned to Bedford county.  He was twice married and was the father of nine 
children.
W. A. McVicker, son of James McVicker, was born in 1857, and for four years 
followed the tinner's trade in Claysburg, Blair county.  In 1880 he moved to 
Stoystown and established himself in the hardware business, which he conducted 
for twenty-four years, thence moving to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, to engage in 
business of the like nature.  He belongs to the I.O.O.F. and is a Republican in 
politics.  Mr. McVicker married Lizia A., born in 1867, daughter of John I. 
Hoover, of Claysburg, Blair county, and the following children were born to 
them: Howard L., of whom later; Ada P., Martha L., and Kenneth W.
Howard L. McVicker received his education in the common schools of Stoystown, 
and afterward took a business course at Iron City College, of Pittsburg.  His 
first employment was in connection with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and then 
as assistant cashier at Stoystown, a position which he retained two years.  At 
the end of that time he became cashier of the First National Bank of Boswell, in 
which position he is still serving.  He is a tinner by trade, member of the 
I.O.O.F. and Masons, Lodge No. 358, Somerset, Pennsylvania.  He is a Republican 
in politics.