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| | Clearfield Chapter 35 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | Grier Bell was among the first settlers of Ferguson township and said to be the second white child born in the county. |
 | | He married Miss Hettie Roll, of Armstrong county, Pa. With an eye to the future, he secured a large tract of the best timberland in the county, and was wise enough to keep it until it became very valuable, all the while clearing the land, which is now a beautiful farm. |
 | | In January, 1884, the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Company, through their superintendent, George H. Platt, contracted with F.S. Naugle for building twenty dwelling- houses, a large boarding- house and store- room, and by the next autumn what had been a swampy wilderness was transformed into a very respectable little town, and named in honor of Hon. |
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