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The following comes from Blair Co, Pa.
Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, Il: Richmond-Arnold, 1911, p. 712
JOSEPH B. CONDRON, contractor and builder, is a successful business man of Hollidaysburg, Pa., and the descendant of an old and honored central Pennsylvania family.
He is a son of JAMES CONDRON and was born at Frankstown, Blair County, Pa., on October 9th, 1855. Hollidaysburg was the scene of his schooldays and early career. In 1878 he went to Arizona, where he for five years enjoyed the stirring life of the Western plains and foothills.
In 1883 he returned to Hollidaysburg and embarked in the planing mill and lumber yard business. His plant is located on South Montgomery Street, on the site of the boat yard of the olden-time Pennsylvania Canal, and is well equipped and modern.
Mr. Condron takes an active interest in public affairs. He is affiliated with the Republican faith, is serving his third term as a member of the Town Council, and is a former President of that municipal body. He is a stockholder and officer of the Hollidaysburg Improvement Company and is also a stockholder in the First National Bank of Hollidaysburg. He is a musician and possesses a rich and clear tenor voice, which renders him a favorite in all the church and social functions of the town. His talents also shine to advantage in the degree work of Wanita Lodge No. 142, I.O.O.F.
Mr. Condron was married to Miss Mry Isabella Kinports, now deceased. To their union were born four children: Miss Katherine Bella, Miss Isabella K., and Mr. J. Donald Condron, at home; and Mrs. Ella Jene Calvin, wife of Samuel Calvin, of California. Announcement was recently made of the engagement of Miss Katherine Bella Condron to Mr. Joseph Reed, of Chicago, Ill., a former Hollidaysburg boy, and a son of Charles H. Reed.
In 1908, Mr. Condron married Miss Lavinia Patterson Burchinell, and dwells with his wife and children in the beautiful East End of Hollidaysburg.
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