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EDGAR A. JOHNSON, postmaster and general merchant at Grass Flat, Cooper Township, was born February 1, 1856, in what was then Morris but is now Cooper Township, a son of Abel B. and Sarah (Dillon) Johnson. Abel B. Johnson was born in Bradford County, Pa., in 1828, and in 1852 came to the farm in Clearfield County on which he has resided for many years. He was formerly a lumberman but for thirty-five years devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. He married Sarah Dillon who died in 1902, at the age of seventy-one years. They had five sons and three daughters born to them, namely: Charles, who is now deceased; Edgar A.; Mary, who is the wife of William Pelton of Morris Township; Bertha, who is now deceased, was survived by her husband; Helen, who is the wife of Edward Hipple who is the home farmer; Miles G., who is a resident of California; Andrew C., who is a resident of Huntingdon County, where he engages in farming; and Guy L., who carries on farming on the homestead, also is a funeral director at Grass Flat. Edgar A. Johnson was reared on the home farm attended the local schools and for a time was in the timber business. He then turned his attention to merchandising and in 1892 was appointed postmaster at Grass Flat, the first and only official in this office at this point. Both officially and in a business way, Mr. Johnson is a popular citizen. In 1879 Mr. Johnson was married to Miss Mary J. Pelton, a daughter of Ephraim and Elizabeth Pelton, of Cooper Township and their children are as follows: Arthur; Allen, who lives at Winburne, married Mary Maggs and has two children; Minnie, who is the wife of Joseph Kondesky, and lives in Cambria County; Bessie, who is her father's assistant in the post office; Warren, who died at the age of nineteen years; Lona, who is a teacher in the public schools; Inez, who is a clerk in Kramer's store; and Floyd, who lives at home. The family attend the United Brethren church. In politics Mr. Johnson is a Republican and by order of the court is serving in the office of township auditor. He is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/clearfield/ GUY L. JOHNSON, residing on his farm near Grass Flat, Cooper Township, was born on this farm December 1, 1870, and is a son of Abiah D. and Sarah (Dillon) Johnson. In addition to farming, Mr. Johnson has been a funeral director since 1899. Abiah D. Johnson, father of Guy L., was born in Bradford County, Pa., November 9, 1828, and came to Clearfield County in 1852 and purchased the farm on which he still resides. It contained 125 acres but a part has been sold in town lots of Grass Flat. He bought the land of Samuel Christ, the latter being one of the large landowners of the county. It was heavily timbered and wild game was plentiful. Guy L. Johnson recalls his mother relating that on numerous occasions she saw as many as nine deer leaping over the lane fence near the house, on their way to the deep woods. Mr. Johnson married Sarah Dillon, who was born in 1831 and died December 7, 1902. To them five sons and three daughters were born, namely: Charles, who died at the age of fifty-four years, was survived by his widow, formerly Addie Bryaton; E. A., who is postmaster at Grass Flat; Mary, who is the wife of William Pelton, a farmer near Munson Station; Bertha, who is now deceased, was the wife of Willard Marshall; M. Grant, who owns property and lived in Cooper Township until the spring of 1910, has been a resident of California since then, married Orpha Ralston, and they have one child, Andrew Curtin, who resides on his farm in Huntingdon county, married Matilda Raymond; Guy L., and Helen, who is the wife of E. C. Hipple, of Cooper Township. Guy L. Johnson attended school in his native locality until he was about eighteen years of age and since then has more or less conducted operations on the home farm. As a funeral director he is known all through this section, being well equipped for the business and conducting it on all occasions, with befitting dignity and efficiency. In 1900 Mr. Johnson was married to Miss Zella Hoover, who was reared in Cooper township, a daughter of Gilbert and Margery (Zimmerman) Hoover. They have one son and two daughters: Vaughn, Ivy and Vera. Mrs. Johnson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Johnson is deeply interested in the Grange and had much to do with organizing this agricultural order at Grass Flat. For three years he has served as a useful member of the school board and is interested in everything pertaining to the welfare and advancement of this section. Politically he is a Republican and fraternally he is an Odd Fellow. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/clearfield/ HERMAN CHARLES KASTEN, manager of the A. F. Kelley store at Grass Flat, Cooper township, Clearfield county, Pa., has spent a number of years in the mercantile business and possesses not only the business capacity but also the personal gifts that insure success in this line. He was born January 24, 1877, in Germany, and is a son of Frederick C. and Catherine (Christopher) Kasten. The parents of Mr. Kasten were natives of Germany and came to America in 1882, where the father engaged in the saw-mill business but now lives retired at Williamsport, Pa. The mother is deceased. They had eleven children and of the family the following survive: Ralph, who is a cabinetmaker, lives at Williamsport; Augusta, who is the wife of Joseph Rockel, a merchant of Williamsport; Frederica, who is the wife of Emil Smaltz, who is connected with a timber company; Herman Charles; and Ida, who is the wife of August Ertle, a merchant at Williamsport. Herman Charles Kasten came to America from Baden, Germany, when a child of five years and was next to the youngest in his parents' family. He obtained his education in the schools of Williamsport, Pa., where he completed a course in the Williamsport Commercial College, after which he became a grocery merchant and continued in that line for thirteen years. For nine years he conducted a general mercantile business at English Center, Lycoming county, Pa., and in 1906 he moved from there to Peale, Clearfield county, where he was engaged until 1908, when he became manager of his present store at Grass Flat. In January, 1901, Mr. Kasten was married to Miss Ethel Mary Whitehead, who was born in Potter county, Pa. Her father was Ezra Whitehead and both parents died when she was a child. Mr. and Mrs. Kasten are members of the Lutheran church. He belongs to Lodge No. 1091, Odd Fellows, at English Center; Lodge No. 233, K. O. T. M., at the same place, from which he later transferred to Lodge No. 99, Williamsport. He is identified politically with the Republican party.
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