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From: "David Monahan" <>
Subject: Croyle Writeup
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 09:36:58 -0500

From Wiley's 1896 Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria County

ULYSSES S. CROYLE, of near South Fork, is a worthy descendant of the old and
well-known Croyle family of Cambria county. He is a son of Joseph and
Barbara (MOYER) Croyle, and was born on the old homestead in the western
part of Croyle township, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, December 3, 1865.
Of sturdy and honorable ancestry, the Croyle family of the United States has
well sustained, in every section of the Union where its members are settled,
its old world reputation for industry, strength and integrity. The founder
of the family in this country settled near Hagerstown, Maryland, and from
there nine of his descendants, and all brothers, served as soldiers in the
Continental armies during the Revolutionary War. They were all men of great
strength and fine physique, and Thomas, the youngest and smallest, yet over
six feet in height, removed to Bedford county, which he afterwards left to
settle in Summerhill township, this county, where he built a grist mill in
1824, and had his nearest neighbor at Ebensburg. He owned the tract of land
on which the village of Summerhill is located, and the township of Croyle
was named in honor of him. He was a consistent member of the Evangelical
church, and to his marriage was born four children: Samuel, Frederick, Mrs.
Mary S. STINEMAN, and Mrs. Elizabeth PATTERSON. Frederick Croyle, the next
to the eldest child, was a native of Summerhill, and a life-long farmer of
Croyle township, where he owned and cultivated a large tract of land.
He was an extensive and leading farmer for his day, and, like his father
before him, held membership in the Lutheran church, while in politics he
supported the Whig party. He was twice married. His first wife, whose
maiden name was KNEPPER, bore him four children: Joseph; Samuel, a farmer of
Kansas and now dead; May, wife of Henry KETNER, of Kansas; and Susan, now
deceased, who was the wife of Peter VARNER, and resided in Ohio. For his
second wife he married Rebecca STINEMAN, by whom he had one child, Philip
S., a resident of South Fork. Joseph Croyle, the eldest son by the first
marriage, was born at Summerhill, August 3, 1824. He owned a fine and
well-improved farm of two hundred and forty acres in the western part of
Croyle township, was an active and prominent business man, and for many
years had been a stockholder and director of the South Fork Coal and Iron
company. He was a member and deacon of the Lutheran church, a whig and
republican in politics, and had served for several years as a member of his
township school board. His life was one of activity and usefulness, and its
earthly labors closed on March 30, 1894, when he died on his farm.
Joseph Croyle married Barbara Moyer, who was a daughter of Philip Moyer, and
is living on the farm. To Joseph and Barbara Croyle were born four sons
arid five daughters: WendalI and Frederick, of South Fork; Elizabeth, wife
of Edward HULL, of Summerhill; Annie, at home; Henry, a blacksmith at
Summerhill; Amanda, now deceased; Ellen, who married William REIGHARD, a
farmer of Croyle township; Ulysses S.; and Alice, at home.
Ulysses S. Croyle was reared on his father's farm, received his education in
the South Fork public schools, and since has been engaged successfully in
the congenial and healthful pursuits of an agriculturist. He owns a good
farm, and is also manager of his father's farm, which he has kept up to the
high standard of its old-time fertility and productiveness.
He takes a keen interest in whatever pertains to the farm and its
improvement, while its every labor is both a duty and a pleasure to him. He
has made farming the business of his life, and moreover has made it a
profitable and pleasant vocation. Although his career has not been
noticeable for any new departures in farming, be has kept pace with the
latest inventions and improvements that are made available in aiding the
farmer. Mr. Croyle in political matters affiliates with the Republicans,
and while not found prominent among party leaders or workers upon every
trivial occasion, yet is not indifferent to office when his township's
interests are concerned. He has served for several years as a member of the
township school board, and takes an intelligent interest in education. Born
and reared in the faith of the Evangelical Lutheran church, in which his
ancestors have lived and died for nearly two centuries, he has been a member
of Summerhill Lutheran church for twelve years. In addition to his church
he takes a deep interest in beneficial associations, and since 1887 has held
membership in South Fork Castle, No.101, Knights of Pythias, of which he is
a past chancellor.
On April 11, 1889, Mr. Croyle was united in marriage with Marinda MILLER,
whose father, Alexander Miller, is a resident of Johnstown. Mr. and Mrs.
Croyle have four children:
Miller H., Frank A., Arthur S., and Harry F.

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