John Carlisle, came to Clearfield county with his family in 1832. He was a man of sterling character and left an impress on his community was frequently elected to responsible offices, and served long as a justice of the peace and as a county commissioner. Subsequently he became a general merchant at Troutville, Pa., where he died in honored old age, in 1886.

His family numbered ten children, four sons and six daughters.
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Some of the Businesses of Clearfield County “John Carlile, blacksmith and justice of the peace, Luthersburg.”953
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John had a family of ten children, four sons and six daughters.1885