Bios: ALVA F. BOOK, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      ALVA F. BOOK,
  
  A. F. Book[p. 665] one of Mahoning Township's representative citizens,
  residing on his valuable farm of 100 acres, was born in Lawrence County,
  Pennsylvania, on his present farm, September 4, 1878. His parents were
  Ferdinand and Sarah R. (Showers) Book.
  
  The Book family was a pioneer one in this section and its members have
  been identified with the development of Mahoning Township for many
  years. Ferdinand Book was a son of Jacob Book, and was a life-long
  resident of this township, where he died June 14, 1894. He was a man of
  fine character, intelligent, honest and public spirited. He favored
  prohibition, being temperate in all things himself, but cast his vote
  with the Republican party. He was a friend of the public schools and
  gave his time and attention to performing a good citizen's duties on the
  School Board. He married Sarah R. Showers and they had seven children,
  the three who survive being: Frank G., residing in Pulaski Township;
  Alva F. and Sarah I., the latter of whom is the wife of Charles Cowden,
  of Youngstown. Ferdinand Book was a consistent member of the Methodist
  Episcopal Church at Edenburg. His widow belongs also to that religious
  body and she is a very highly esteemed lady in her community.
  
  Alva F. Book was reared in Mahoning Township and obtained his education
  in the township schools and at Poland Academy, at Poland, Ohio. He
  married Annie Isabella Wallace, who is a daughter of John and Nancy
  Wallace, of Union Township, Lawrence County, and they have three
  children: Ferdinand W., Nancy R. and John A. Mr. Book is an active
  member of the Edenburg Methodist Episcopal Church and has served as a
  member of its Board of Trustees.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
  Updated: 21 Nov 2001