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THOMAS McFALL, proprietor of the Flicksville Mills, is at the head of one of the principal industries of Northampton County. The mill of which he is owner is two and one-half stories in height, and is fitted throughout with the latest improved roller-process machinery for the manufacture of flour, buckwheat, rye flour and feed. In the different departments three men are employed, and for a portion of each year the mill is run night and day. The output for twenty-four hours is thirty barrels of flour, and as the products are of a superior grade they find a ready market.

Born in Northampton County, July 23, 1848, our subject is a son of James and Esther (Taylor) McFall, natives of this county, where the father died. The mother, who still lives, is eighty-six years of age, and resides with our subject, enjoying excellent health for one of her years. The paternal great-grandfather of our subject was of Irish nativity, and emigrated to America during the last century, settling in Northampton County, on the Delaware River, and becoming the founder of the family in the United States.

The home farm was located at Martin’s Creek, and there our subject passed the days of boyhood, having such advantages for an education as the neighboring schools afforded. At Easton he learned the trade of a miller, at which he worked for about six months in that city. Subsequently he served for one year in a mill at Harmony, N. J., and spent the four ensuing years as an employe in a mill at Martin’s Creek, Pa. In the year 1877 he came to Flicksville and rented the mill he now owns, and which he purchased after having leased it for eight and one-half years. In 1888 he introduced the modern improved roller flour machinery, as a result of which he is able to turn out a superior quality of flour at very reasonable prices.

The marriage of Mr. McFall united him with Miss Emma, daughter of Andrew Snyder, of Northampton County. They have had eight children, namely: Laura M., Lizzie F., Gertrude M., Edna P., Stella F., Jennie E., Russell T, and Marion R., now deceased. Politically Mr. McFall is a Democrat, always giving his vote to that party. Socially he is a member of Bangor Lodge No. 565, F. & A. M., at Bangor. He has a large circle of acquaintances in northern Northampton County, whose friendship he has won through his integrity, energy and genial social characteristics.