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W. A. WILLOCK, farmer, post office Option, was born Aug. 25, 1839, on the old homestead. His grandfather, Alexander Willock, who was a native of Ireland, came to America at the age of eighteen, and was a baker on Fourth street, Pittsburgh, for many years. He bought two hundred acres of land in Mifflin township, which he cleared and on which he died, aged fifty-six years. He married Mary McElhenny, by whom he had six children: Jane, Mary, John, Alexander, Eliza and James. Of these, John was born Dec. 10, 1812, in Pittsburgh, and married Jane Moore, who died leaving seven children: William A., Samuel M., Sarah J., Mary E., Delilah A., John P. and Bell. His second wife, Eliza Leech, died March 12, 1885. John Willock has been an active republican all his life, and has filled nearly all of the township offices, making his influence in local elections felt far and wide. William A., the subject of this sketch, was educated here, and married Mary E., daughter of John McRoberts. Six children have been born to them: Charles E., John P., Laura E., Seward P., Sylvester R. and Royal L. He has been a trustee of Lebanon Presbyterian Church for seven years, of which his parents are also members.