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Biographical Encyclopedia

..OF..
The Juniata Valley, comprising the Counties of
Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and
Perry, Pennsylvania.
...CONTAINING...
SKETCHES OF PROMINENT AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS
AND MANY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.

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HUNTINGDON, MIFFLIN, JUNIATA
AND PERRY COUNTIES.

MIFFLIN COUNTY-COIsTTINUED.

MOSES KREPPS, deceased, was a resident
of Granville township, Mifflin county, but a
native of Snyder county, Pa. He came to
Mifflin county at about the age of twenty-five,
and for a short time attended school in the old
Snyder school house, and then began farming
on his own account, on a rented farm. He
was an excellent farmer, and so successful that
a few years later, he bought the same farm,
and there continued, engaged in labor which
was very profitable to himself, as well as most
serviceable to others. He was a very welcome
addition to the community in which he had
taken up his residence, being a good and fair-
dealing neighbor, and as a citizen always
ready to serve the interests of the community.
He was a Republican, and was elected on the
party ticket to the office of director of the
poor, which he held with efficiency. Mr.
Krepps was a member of the Dunkard church.
He died July 28, 1890, aged eighty.
Moses Krepps was first married to Harriet
Yetter. Their children are: John, married
Harriet Huffnagel; Andrew J., married first
to Mary A. Krupp, who died, and he married
Martha Allen, and after her death, Mary
Aucker, of Juniata county, Pa.; Margaret
(Mrs. Isaac Heddings) ; Allen, married a lady
of Virginia, and resides in that State ; George
"W., married Phebe Heddings, who dying, he
married Sarah Harshberger; Elizabeth (Mrs.
Elisha Grossmyer); Reuben, married Bella
Rearick; Moses H, married Elizabeth Find-
ley; Ellen (Mrs. Morris Keller); Mary Ann,
died at the age of fourteen; Joseph, married
Ella Evans; Susan H. (Mrs. Dorsey Baer);

and Emma, who died in infancy. The mother
of this family died; and Mr. Krepps was again
married, to Mrs. Caroline Rearick, widow of
John Rearick. The children of this marriage
are: Charles, who married Laura Smith; and
James M., who married Sarah Dunn.
By her marriage with Mr. Rearick, Mrs.
Krepps had five children: Albert, who mar
ried Mary Tice; Samuel, married Anna Lu
cas; Susan (Mrs. Frederick Miller); Ellen
(Mrs. James H. Treaster); and Albert and
Elizabeth, twins, deceased. John Rearick
died in 1861, at about the age of forty. Mrs.
Krepps resides on the homestead, in Granville
township.

JOHN H. SXYDER, Lewistown, Mifflin
county, Pa., son of Joseph and Annie (Acker)
Snyder, was born near Pine Grove, Centre
county, Pa., February 13, 1846. His pater
nal great-grandparents were Dr. and Mrs.
Abraham Schneider, who settled in America
some time before the Revolution, becoming
citizens of the province of Pennsylvania.
Here the Doctor, who was skilled in the medic
inal properties of herbs, practiced his profes
sion, his remedies being almost exclusively se
lected from the vegetable kingdom. He spent
the latter part of his life in Fergusons valley,
and his remains, with those of his good wife,
lie interred in the family burying ground on
the old homestead. He built the dwelling
Avhich is still occupied by the family, and one
of his two sons, John, the grandfather of John
H., carried the work of improvement still fur
ther, and with energy and good judgment.

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He cleared much of the land, and brought
it under cultivation; in 1854, he built a
roomy and convenient barn. The farm be
came his property after the death of his par
ents. John Snyder was a worthy man and a
public-spirited citizen, standing high in the
regard of the community. He was an ardent
Democrat, and often served in township of
fices. He married Charlotte Hardy; their
children were two daughters and eight sons,
one of the latter being Joseph Snyder, father
of John H. John Snyder died aged sixty
years; his wife survived him for many years,
reaching the venerable age of eighty. Both
are interred in the family burying place, on
the Snyder farm in Fergusons valley.
Joseph Snyder attended the district school,
and during his boyhood, learned the business
of agriculture practically on the homestead.
When he became of age, he bought a farm in
Ferguson township, Centre county, and began
farming on his own account. It was his life
long occupation. After the death of his
father, he bought the homestead in Granville
township, and resided there for the remainder
of his life. Joseph Snyder maintained the
reputation of the family for upright and just
dealing. Although a modest and unassuming
man, he maintained his own convictions with
firmness and intelligence. He was a peacea
ble neighbor and a good friend. Like his
father, he adhered to the Democratic party;
but he never sought public office, although
willing to serve his party and the community
in any other way. His wife, Annie (Acker)
Snyder, is the daughter of Henry Acker.
Their children are: Mifflin Dallas, married
Miss Krumrine, of Centre county, where they
reside, and have sons and daughters; John
H. ; Charlotte Hardy (Mrs. William Roper),
has three children; Jefferson, accidentally
drowned in the Mt. Rock mill dam in Derry
township, at the age of twenty-two; Mary,
died aged about twenty-two; Josephine
Bonaparte, died aged six or seven years. The
father, Joseph Snyder, died in 1887, at the age
of sixty-eight; his remains are buried in the
family lot mentioned before. He was a faith
ful member of the Presbyterian church.
After receiving the fundamental part of an
education in the common schools, John H.
Snyder was for some time a student at the
academy in Lewistown. Having prepared
himself for teaching, he for two terms had

charge of a school in the Ames school house
in Clearfield county, Pa. In 1868, he became
engaged in farming in Frederick county, Va.,
and remained there until 1888. After the
death of his father, Mr. Snyder purchased the
homestead in Granville township, on which he
now resides. He enjoys the confidence and
respect of his neighbors and acquaintances.
His political convictions are Democratic.
John II. Snyder was married first to Ellen
Jane, daughter of Abner and Catherine
Schatzer, by whom he had three children:
Annie Catherine; Ira May; and Charles Wes
ley. Mrs. Ellen J. Snyder died in 1886, at
the age of thirty-seven, and is buried in the
Shenandoah valley, in Virginia. Mr. Sny
der's second marriage was with Matilda J.,
daughter of Abraham and Mary Carbaugh, of
Frederick county, Va. Their children are:
William Cleveland; Mary Virginia ; Martha;
and Alice Ruth. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder are
members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

SAMUEL CLAYTON MYERS, Lewis-
town, Mifflin county, Pa., was born in Hill
valley, Huntingdon county, Pa., December
1, 1851, son of Peter S. and Sarah (Graeff)
Myers. His paternal grandparents were
Samuel and Elizabeth Myers, who resided on
the homestead in Oliver township, Mifflin
county. They had the following children:
Peter S. ; William, married and went to Illi
nois; Reuben, married Elizabeth Bashore,
who died, and he married Vianna Bashore,
had by the first marriage five, and by the sec
ond four children, resides in McVeytown, Pa. ;
Samuel, married Miss Ruff, of Union county,
Pa., has children, resides in the State of In
diana; David, married in the west, and has
a family; John, married Miss Graham, has a
family, resides at McVeytown. Peter S.
Myers was in early manhood a farmer. About
1853, he removed from Huntingdon county
to Oliver township, Mifflin county, where most
of his children were born. By his first mar
riage, with Sarah Graeff, his children are:
Samuel Clayton; Serena, widow of George
Ruble, who was killed by an accident on the
railroad, has four children, and resides on the
Myers homestead, near McVeytown; Irvin,
married Miss McDowell, of Mifflin county,
who died, after which he went to Kansas, mar
ried again, and now resides in that State;
Matthias Graeff, married Flora Eby, has six

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children; John Allen, a highly intelligent
and well-educated man, who has been for years
associated with the educational institutions of
Mifflin county, serving for two terms as county
superintendent of schools, is now a student at
the University of Pennsylvania ; David, mar
ried in Illinois, resides near Los Angeles, Cal. ;
Rhoda, formerly wife of George Otto, who
died leaving her with one child, since which
she has married a second time, has a child by
this union, and resides in California; Emma
(Mrs. William Stands), has two children, and
resides in Indiana. Mrs. Sarah (Graeff)
Myers died; Mr. Peter S. Myers afterwards
married a lady of Illinois, and now lives at
Los Angeles, Cal.
At the time of the removal to Mifflin coun
ty, Samuel C. Myers was about two years old;
his education was therefore carried on in this
county, in Oliver township. He was his
father's efficient assistant in the cultivation of
the home farm until he reached the age of
twenty-eight. At this time, as a beginning
in independent business life, he took the
George Myers place, in Granville township,
on shares. After a few years' work, meeting
with very encouraging success, he bought the
same homestead, and has since given his con
stant attention to its cultivation, introducing
many improvements. The purchase was made
in 1887; in the course of ten years, Mr.
Myers has made his farm one of the best regu
lated and most productive in the valley, with
many facilities and convenient buildings,
chief among the latter being the large and
comfortable dwelling of his family, erected in
1892. He alwavs takes a kindly interest in
the affairs of the church and the community
in which he lives, and is willing to contribute
his time and means towards any worthy
scheme for the public benefit. He adheres to
the Republican party.
Samuel Clayton Myers was married March
20, 1879, to Margaret A., daughter of Joseph
and Rachel (Sweigart) Dunmire. Their chil
dren are: Elmer Martin, born November 27,
1880, died August 17. 1895; and Walter A.,
born July 1, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Myers are
earnest members of the German Baptist
church.

EPHRAIM MORRISON, deceased, for
merly of Reedsville, Mifflin county. Pa., was
born July 9, 1825, in Union township, Mif

flin county. He was a son of William and
Catherine (Baum) Morrison. His great-
grandparents were Joseph and Hannah (Mont
gomery) Morrison, residents of the eastern
part of Pennsylvania, who were married Oc
tober 2 7 , 1 7 7 2 . Their son, William Morrison,
who was born January 16, 1778, came from
New London township, Chester county, Pa.,
May 12, 1795, to Union township, Mifflin
county, where during all the rest of his life
he was engaged in farming. He settled upon
the homestead, now the heritage of succeeding
generations of the family. His wife was born
in Alsace township, Berks county, Pa., Feb
ruary 15, 1784, and came to Union township,
Mifflin county, at four years of age. They
were married by Rev. James Johnson, April
27, 1803. William Morrison was a conscien-
tioxis man, and just in his dealings. He died
October 11, 1848, aged seventy years, nine
months and five days; his wife survived him,
dying at the age of eighty-three years, eight
months and twelve days, October 27, 1867.
Their son, William, and his wife Catherine
(Baum) Morrison, had children, as follows:
Rose Ann, born November 9, 1804, married
James Turner, of Lewistown, Pa.; Joseph,
born January 3, 1806, died September 17,
1823; William, born December 26, 1806,
married Mary Duncan, died March 16, 1866,
aged sixty years, two months and twenty-one
days; Hannah, born August 16, 1808, mar
ried first to Francis McCoy, and after his
death to Dr. Ross, of Williamsburg, Blair
county, Pa.; Elizabeth, born December 31,
1810, married John B. Horrell; Jean, born
November 2, 1812, married John Jackson,
November 31, 1837,. died March 31, 1897,
aged eighty-five years, three months and twen
ty-nine days; John Baum, born February 4,
1815, married Louisa Piatt, October 4, 1838;
Montgomery, born March 27, 1S17, married
Mary Gray, widow of Mr. Dorsey, May 21,
1861, she died aged sixty-nine years; James,
born November 4. 1819. married Mary Ann
Monsell. widow of Mr. Mon sell, and died Jan-
uarv 31, 1894, aged seventy-four vears, two
months and twenty-six days; Peninah, born
November 4, 1821, married Albert G. Gib-
bonev, Januarv 5, 1834; Alexander, born
March 4, 1823. married Leah Lowry; Enh-
raim; Joseph Henderson, born October 22,
1828, died December 16. 1896, ased sixty-
eight years, one month and twenty days, mar-

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ried Ella Utts, April 10, 1872, she died De
cember 8, 1891; and three who died very
young; making in all sixteen children.
Ephraim Morrison was educated in the
schools of the township, and being ambitious
for more training than they could afford, took
in early manhood a course of study at the Lew
istown Academy. The intervals of study he
spent in diligent labor on the homestead, as
his father's assistant in farming. During the
latter part of their father's life, Mr. Morrison
and his brother, Joseph, took upon themselves
the active management of the farm; at their
father's death, still continuing to work to
gether, they bought out their co-heirs, and
entered into possession of the homestead.
Their work progressed thrivingly until 1877,
when Ephraim Morrison became engaged in
hotel-keeping in Reedsville, and carried on
that enterprise for the rest of his life. He
was successful in this undertaking, being a
good landlord, quiet and unassuming, yet
genial and kindly in his manners. He was
an ardent Democrat, and was interested in
public affairs, especially those of his own com
munity; he was liberal and obliging, and en
joyed the respect and good opinion of his
neighbors. In 1893, he bought the old Myers
farm, in Granville township, on which his son
now resides. He died Tuesday, July 17,
1894. Ephraim Morrison was married, November
8, 1853, to Rachel, daughter of Benjamin
and Ellen (Bell) Scott. Their children are:
Anna Turner, born in 1854, died in infancy;
another child, a son, born in 1855, died in in
fancy; William, born January 17, 1860, died
September 14, 1861, aged nineteen months;'
Louella, born December 21, 1856, died Feb
ruary 13, 1803; Catherine B., born August
24, 1862, married December 14, 1882, to Ed
gar M. Webb, son of Lafayette and Marv (Mc-
Fadden) Webb, has two children, Vivian C,
born May 20, 1884, and Edgar M., May 28,
1892; they reside at Reedsville; Joseph Y.,
bom January 4, 1865, married Emma Mary
E., daughter of William and Susan (Swires)
De Arment, has children, Zelpha, who died
aged one year and eleven months, Vernarda,
Ephraim, Edward. William, Earl, Nellie,
and Joseph, who died verv voung; and Fred
erick G. born July 31, 1871. 'Mrs. Rachel
(Scott) Morrison is still a resident of Reeds
ville, and a faithful member of the Lutheran

church of that town. She is of Scotch-Irish
descent, and is one of a family of eight chil
dren. Her father was a tailor, doing business
in Decatur township. Both he and his wife
died at an advanced age.

WILLIAM G. ROPER, deceased, of Lew
istown, Mifflin county, Pa., was born at En-
nisville, Huntingdon county, Pa., April 9,
1846, son of Joseph Lonsdale and Eliza
(Smith) Roper. Joseph L. Roper was a native
of Great Britain, born near Lowther Castle.
One of his brothers was employed by the royal
family as a gardener. Coining to the United
States when he was a young man, Mr. Roper
learned tailoring in Philadelphia, and after
wards became a resident of Mifflin county,
living in Belleville, Union township, where he
married Miss Smith. Two of their daughters
died in early childhood; the remaining chil-
dred are: John, first married to Rachel
Burkholder, of Shippensburg, Pa., who died
leaving him three children, afterwards to
Mary Ellen Smith, by whom he has three chil
dren; Annie Eliza (Mrs. John Ritchie), re
siding in Illinois ; William G. ; Matilda (Mrs.
Wesley Young), has two children; Joseph
Luther, married Elizabeth Longwell, has one
child living; Lonsdale, married Catherine
Rice, has eight children; Richard B., mar
ried Ellen Knode; Charles Benton, married,
and has two children, residing at Dubois City,
Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lonsdale Roper
are both deceased, the latter attained to the age
of seventy years; Mr. Roper was over eighty
at the time of his death.
A busy and useful life was the lot of Wil
liam G. Roper, from the time when, his school
clays scarcely ended, he enlisted, a youth not
more than eighteen years of age, under the
''stars and stripes," for the defense of the
Union. He served throughout the war, and
when its stirring scenes were over, returned
to quiet work at home, a modest learner in his
father's shop. He remained at Belleville,
employed at his trade, until 1881, when he
removed to the old Ceever farm, in Granville
township, where he passed his later years. Mr.
Roper was skillful and judicious as a farmer,
and was rewarded with abundant success. He
was interested in local affairs, and was a re
spected and influential member of the com
munity. Mr. Roper' was an ardent Democrat.

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He was a member of Colonel Hulings Post,
No. 176, G. A. R., at Lewistown.
William G. Roper was married, September
17, 1874, to Charlotte Hardy, daughter of
Joseph and Annie (Acker) Snyder. Two of
their children died very young; those sur
viving are: Carl Lonsdale, born June 16,
1875; Hattie Pearl, bom April 19, 1878;
and Anna Lenore, born November 5, 1887.
The husband and father died, aged about fifty-
one years, January 25, 1897.

DANIEL EDWARD NOTESTINE,
Lewistown, Mifflin county, Pa., was born near
Bealtown, Juniata county, Pa., October 14,
1852, son of John K. and Mary (Berryman)
Notestine. His grandfather, John Notestine,
or Nothstein, came from Germany, landing
at Philadelphia in the latter part of the
eighteenth century. He settled in Berks
county, and married Miss Drebs, of Union
county, Pa. Their children are: John K. ;
Elizabeth (Mrs. Conrad Rice), of Perry coun
ty, Pa., has a large family; Michael, married
Miss Frank, has four children, resides in Pe
oria county, 111. ; Tinie (Mrs. Daniel Frank),
of Peoria county, has sons and daughters;
Daniel, married, and resided at Patterson,
Pa., where he died in 1860, leaving three chil
dren; and Susan (Mrs. David Bratton), of
Juniata county, has one child. John K. Note
stine, father of Daniel E., was born December
9, 1805, in that part of Union county which is
now included in Snyder county. He received
a common school education, and although
brought up on a farm, and no doubt generally
assisting in its labors, he learned the trade of
coopering, at which he worked with more or
less regularity throughout his life. His char
acter was marked by unswerving rectitude;
and his well-known integrity, combined with
intelligence and good sense, won for him many
friends, and the unfeigned respect of all who
knew him. He was a faithful and zealous
member of the Methodist Episcopal church;
he taught, and for many years he was superin
tendent of the Sunday-school at the Boozel
school house in Beale township, Juniata coun
ty. His house was a headquarters for minis
ters of the Methodist denomination.
John K. Notestine was first married to Mary
Weimer. Their marriage took place April
30, 1829; their children are: Samuel R., of
Harrisburg, Pa., who married Christiana

Goshen, and has ten children; Jane (Mrs.
David Barber), of Peoria county, 111., has one
child; and John A., married Catherine Bar
ber, resides in Milo, Warren county, la. Mrs.
Mary (Weimer) Notestine died about 1833.
Mr. Notestine afterwards married Mary,
daughter of Edward and Mary (Moie) Berry-
man, born May 31, 1813. Their family con
sists of the following children: Margaret
Ann, widow of David Stewart, of Port Royal,
Juniata county, has three children; George
F., born November 29, 1841, died August 28,
1881; Nancy L, born May 31, 1844, mar
ried Joseph Pennebaker, and resided at Pat
terson, Pa., where she died in November,
1870, leaving two children; William L, mar
ried Caroline Wagner, and resided at Lewis-
town, where he died in April, 1888, leaving
one child; Mary Matilda (Mrs. Samuel War
ner), of Fermanagh township, Juniata county,
has eleven children; Susan Alcinda (Mrs.
Lucian Louder), of Juniata county, whose
husband died in 1887, has three children;
Daniel Edward; James K., married Jenny
Palmer, has had five children; Albert J., born
November 5, 1858, died June 24, 1875; John
A., enlisted in 11 linois in the Union army, and
served throughout the war of the Rebellion,
was twice captured, and confined in Libby
Prison, whence, with some others, he made his
escape; William L., who had enlisted, and
was on his way to Harrisburg, when he was
seriously injured in the railroad accident on
the Pennsylvania railroad, known as the
"great Thompsontown wreck." The father,
John K. Notestine, died September 17, 1881;
his wife survived him only until May 12,
1884. Like her husband, she was a devout
member of the Methodist church; she was
greatly beloved for her hospitality, and her
constant, but unostentatious kindness to those
in want.
Daniel E. Notestine attended the common
schools, but only in early boyhood. He was
but ten years old when he began assisting by
his work in the maintenance of the family.
He worked among the farmers of the vicinity
until he was about twenty years of age. In
1871, '72, and '73, he was employed upon the
railroad and canal. In 1875, he began farm
ing on his own account in Juniata county, but
in 1876, was again on the railroad. After
this, until 1880, he was a dealer in stock;
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in Mifflin county; in 1881, he engaged at the
Mt. Rock flouring-mill, and remained
there until 1885. He then purchased his
present homestead, in Granville township,
which he has ever since cultivated with excel
lent success. There is much worthy of note in
Mr. Notestine's course of life; not only the
diligence, the good management and just deal
ing that have placed him in his present hon
orable position, but also his watchful care for
the interests of his parents and invalid brother,
throughout their lives, in providing with un
selfish devotion for their comfort. Mr. Note
stine has served the township in various offices,
being elected on the Democratic ticket. He
is a member in good standing of the Patrons of
Husbandry, and represents Mifflin county on
the State Board of Agriculture.
Daniel Edward Notestine was married, Sep
tember 21, 1879, to Sarah E., daughter of
Robert and Martha (Major) Smith. Their
children are: Robert Smith, born February
2, 1881; and Mary Agnes, born September
27, 1883. Mrs. Notestine, who was an only
child, was born May 11, 1849. Her parents
are deceased; Mrs. Smith died in 1856, at the
age of twenty-six or twenty-seven ; Mr. Smith
died August 17, 1885, aged sixty-four years,
six months and twenty-two days. Mr. and
Mrs. Notestine are members of the Methodist
Episcopal church.

GEORGE McKEE, Strodes Mills, Mifflin
county, Pa., son of Hugh and Margaret (Han-
awalt) McKee, was born on the homestead in
Granville township, January 31, 1827. The
McKee family is of Scotch-Irish lineage. One
of its representatives in the country, William,'
father of Hugh McKee, was a soldier of the
Revolution, in the Continental army; he
served also in the war of 1812. He removed
from Cumberland county to Centre county,
Pa., where he was a farmer. William McKee
married Sarah Jane Taylor, and had children :
William; Samuel; Hugh; Sarah (Mrs. Jacob
Bergstresser) ; Elizabeth (Mrs. Samuel Mc-
Gau); and Mary (Mrs. James Crooks).
Hugh McKee was born at Logans Gap, Centre
county, in 1799. He attended the schools of
his neighborhood during his early youth, but
being left an orphan at about thirteen years
of age, he, with his brother, Samuel, came un
der the care of George Woods, of Centre coun
ty, and remained with him until he had almost

reached his majority. About 1820, Hugh
McKee engaged as helper on the farm of
David McKee, in Fergusons valley, who al
though of the same name was not a relative.
His diligent and thorough work made him a
valued employee; in a few years, he under
took the cultivation of his employer's farm on
shares, an agreement mutually satisfactory,
which lasted until 1831. He then rented
Judge Oliver's farm, in Bratton township,
Mifflin county, for three years, and subse
quently bought the farm from the Oliver es
tate. Here he continued farming until 1839.
In 1840, he purchased the land of David Mc
Kee, on which he had formerly been a laborer;
it contained about 560 acres. He improved
the buildings and other accessories of the
farm, and built the saw-mill now owned by
his son, George McKee.
Hugh McKee married a lady of German
descent, Margaret, daughter of George and
Susan (Rothrock) Hanawalt, of Wayne town
ship (now Oliver), Mifflin county. Their
children are: George; William, died when a
small boy, from wounds accidentally received;
Margaret Ann, died at two years of age; An
drew J., died aged twenty-six; Susan, died
aged twenty-two ; Mary (Mrs. W. Scott Cald
well), has three children; and Miss Anne, re
siding on the old homestead. Hugh McKee
died on the farm, August 25, 1870. He was
one who owed his financial success to his own
sterling qualities of prudence, steadiness and
determination. His eldest son, George McKee, after attend
ing the township schools for some years, be
came his father's valued helper on the farm,
and continued to reside with him as such until
about 1856. At that time, he began farming
on his own account, on part of the homestead
where he now resides. His father built the
house and barn on that tract. In 1878,
George McKee succeeded to the homestead
as his share of his father's estate. Taking up
the work of improvement where his father
left off, he has by his sensible and intelligent
management made his property what it is, one
of the finest and most productive farms in the
region. Mr. McKee is a worthy and useful
citizen, of high standing in the community,
not merely because of his prosperous circum
stances, but as a man of character and ability.
That his judgment and intelligence are appre
ciated, is proved by his having been continued

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for twenty-seven years in the office of school
director. He has served also in other town
ship offices. His integrity is well known, as
is also his charitable and hospitable disposi
tion. He is an ardent Democrat.
George McKee was married, January 16,
1856, to Ann Elizabeth, daughter of Martin
and Rebecca (Ault) Carney. Their children
are: Margaret Rebecca, died aged about fif
teen months; Jennie (Mrs. Andrew S. Mc
Kee); Samuel Edwin, now farming the old
homestead; Hugh Ellsworth, married Martha
Burns, has two children, and the fam
ily now resides at AVest Carrollton, O., where
Mr. II. E. McKee is engaged in mercantile
business; Mary Alice, residing with her par
ents; Anna Maria, also at home; Harry;
Thomas M. ; George M., a graduate of the
State College in Centre county, Pa., having
taken a course in electrical engineering, as a
mechanical electrician; William; Andrew;
and Herman Ray. Mr. and Mrs. George Mc
Kee are faithful members of the Presbyterian
church at McVeytown, in which Mr. McKee
has been for years an elder.

JOHN PROUT, deceased, was English by
birth, born and brought up on a farm in Corn
wall, and educated in one of the rural schools
of his native shire. Arrived at his majority,
he began to work in the mines on his own ac
count, and in 1886 or 1887, he emigrated to
America, where he followed the same voca
tion ; it was his life work. As time passed on,
and success, born of industry and frugality,
crowned his labors, he made two visits to the
mother county, the dear and well-remembered
home of his boyhood; then returning to his
second home and to his family, he passed his
declining days with his eldest son, John, in
Granville township, Mifflin county. He was
married in England, to Mary Ann Netherton.
Their family, a widely scattered one is as fol
lows: John; William, married Ada Roberts,
came to America, died in Virginia, had one
son, Thomas, who now resides in England;
Elizabeth Jane (Mrs. Frank Wedge), has one
child, Lillian Beatrice, resides in Johannes
burg, southern Africa; Bessie (Mrs. Richard
Wedge), died at Johannesburg; Frederick,
engaged in mining, in Montana; Thomas, re
siding with his brother John; two children
who died young; Jessie (Mrs. George Rowle),
of Johannesburg, Africa; and Maud, resid

ing at Lewistown, Pa. Mrs. John Prout, the
mother, died in Cornwall, England, in 1879;
her husband died at the home of their son,
John Prout, Jr., August 6, 1894, at the age
of sixty.
John Prout, Jr., was born in Cornwall, De
cember 17, 1862, and there received a com
mon school education. He passed his boyhood
in his parents' house, and became engaged in
the mines which form the principal wealth of
the Cornish country. In 1882, he, too, came
to the United States, landing in New York,
and proceeding to Iron mountain, near Lake
Superior, Mich., he engaged in mining, first
at that place, and later at Butte City, Mont.
Four years after, he returned to New York,
and subsequently came to Mifflin county,
where he was again occupied in mining, in
Granville township. In 1890 Mr. Prout pur
chased his present farm, and turned his at
tention to its cultivation, which has been his
occupation since" that time. He has worked
his own way to his present independent and re
spectable position, and to a comfortable com
petency for himself and his family, by force
of industry and perseverance, having already,
in the early prime of manhood, achieved what
many fail to secure by the efforts of a long
life. John Prout, Jr., was married September 6,
1886, to Harriet Jane, daughter of Frederick
and Mary (Coombe) Hawke, of England.
Their children are: Bessie, born June 11,
1887; Mary Elizabeth, born November 19,
1889; Frederick George, born December 22,
1891; and Katie, born October 10, 1893. Mr.
Prout's religious preferences are for the
Methodist Episcopal church.

SYLVESTER BROUGHT, Lewistown,
Mifflin county, Pa., was born on the home
stead in Granville township, April 1, 1844.
He is a son of Daniel and Barbara (Hous-
er) Brought. His great-grandfather, John
Brought, came to the Province of Pennsylva
nia during colonial days, from one of the
central German States. He fought for the
liberties of his adopted country in the Revo
lution, and at the close of the war, settled
down to the peaceful occupation of tilling the
soil, in Lancaster county, Pa. Here he mar
ried, and among his children was Daniel, the
grandfather of Sylvester Brought. Daniel
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he became a man, and set out to make his in
dependent way in the world. He then "went
west," that is, as far as Thompsontown, Pa.,
in the neighborhood of which place he re
mained for a time, engaged in farming; later,
he went up the valley of the Juniata, above
the Narrows, and about the year 1798, bought
a tract of land in what is now Granville town
ship, Mifflin county. It was then a part of
Cumberland county. His chosen home was
near where the village of Granville now
stands. He cleared the land and began upon
it the work of improvement, which, during a
long and industrious life, he carried on with
much success, laying a good foundation for
the fortunes of his descendants. He married
Miss Pyle, of Lancaster county. Their chil
dren were: George, married Lydia Lauber,
resided for a time in Juniata county, where
he died; John; Joseph, who died in early man
hood; and Daniel. John, the second of this
family, was an intelligent and energetic man,
and a very prosperous farmer. He married
Mary Sellers; their married life was spent on
the Brought homestead, which John Brought
managed as long as he lived, adding to his es
tate by various purchases, and thus becoming
the owner of much land in Granville town
ship, on a part of which the village of Gran
ville now stands. The children of John and
Mary (Sellers) Brought are: Jacob, died at
about twenty-six years of age; Joseph, married
Anna C. Owens, was killed in a railroad acci
dent near his home; and John, Jr., who mar
ried Rebecca Owens, and has children, Cal
vin, Austin, Eliza, Jacob, who died young,
Severius G, Joseph, Jennie, John and Sarah.
Daniel Brought and his wife, the. venerable
grandparents, both lived to be three score and
ten years of age.
Their youngest son, Daniel Brought, Jr.,
was born February 15, 1798, on the home
stead, where he continued to reside until long
after his school clays were ended. He was
about twenty-two when he began farming on
his own account, on the south side of the Ju
niata river. He removed some years later to
the old Clay farm, where he passed the re
mainder of his life. This farm became the
homestead of his family. He was an active,
earnest man, a successful farmer, and had a
laudable ambition for the true welfare and
progress of his family and neighborhood. He

adhered to the old Whig party, and was elect
ed several times on its ticket to township
offices. Daniel Brought was married in 1818
to Barbara, daughter of Jacob Houser, one of
the pioneer settlers of Centre county, Pa.
Their children are: Jacob, born July 16,
1825, married Catherine Hughes, had seven
children, some of whom reside in Illinois and
Kansas; Anna E. (Mrs. Joseph Wilson), born
January 27, 1827, has three children; Mary
Barbara, died in early life; Mary Jane, born
December 4, 1831, married Joseph Rawlin-
son, had three children; Henrietta, born July
19, 1833, died in early childhood; Daniel,
born October 16, 1834, died April 1, 1869;
John Henry, born March 6, 1836, died Janu
ary 30, 1883; William Harrison, born Janu
ary 2, 1838, married Caroline Lutz, who died
leaving three children, after which he married
Sarah Hockey, by whom he had four children;
Sylvester, born April 1, 1841; James Irvine,
born April 19, 1845, married Clara Bfene-
man, has ten children; and Martha Matilda,
born May 8, 1847, married to John Hartman,
and died leaving four children, since which
Mr. Hartman has married again, .and removed
to the west. Mrs. Barbara (Houser) Brought
died August 26, 1855. She, like her husband,
was an earnest and faithful member of the
Lutheran church at Lewistown. Daniel
Brought afterwards married Sarah Patton.
He departed this life September 4, 1860; Mrs.
Sarah Brought survived him until December
31, 1869. John Henry Brought, seventh
child of Daniel Brought, Jr., after receiving
an academic education at Lewistown, and
studying for several terms at the State Normal
School, Millersville, Pa., returned home and
taught school for several terms. He had be
gun the study of law under the tuition of Hon.
S. S. Woods, at Lewistown, when the call to
arms for the maintenance of the Union reach
ed his ears and his heart. Shortly after the
beginning of the Rebellion, he enlisted as or
derly sorgeant in the Ninth Pennsylvania
Cavalry. He was afterwards promoted to
first lieutenant, and served about four years,
until the end of the war. He received a
wound which eventually caused his death, as
said before, in 1883. He died in the home
stead, an inmate of his brother Sylvester's
family. James Irvine Brought, the youngest
son, was educated in the Lewistown borough
schools, the academy of the same place, and

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the Normal School at Millersville. He after
wards taught school for several years in Gran
ville township.
Sylvester Brought received his education in
the common schools and the academy at Lew
istown. When he was seventeen years old,
he, with his brothers Daniel and John II.,
took charge of the homestead farm. Their in
terests continued to be united until the death
of the latter two. Mr. Brought has been ever
since engaged in farming, and has also dealt
extensively in live stock. Farming with him
is not a "primitive" business; he is always
ready to adopt any improved plans or appli
ances, after careful examination into their
merits. His improvements on the homestead
farm have been numerous. In 1892-93 he
erected a large and convenient barn; a year
earlier, his spacious and comfortable dwelling-
was built. He has several properties in Gran
ville township, aggregating some 1,240 acres,
and averaging about 125 acres to a farm.
Since 1S83 he has built four modern and con
venient houses and four fine barns upon his
different tracts. He has always taken an ac
tive interest in local enterprises, and has served
in various township offices, when elected on
the Republican ticket, although he is by no
means an office-seeker. Mr. Brought's per
sonal qualities win for him the esteem and
confidence of his friends and neighbors.
Sylvester Brought was married, March 14,
1871, to Elvira C, daughter of David and
Amelia (Pawling) Alleman. Their children
are: Edgar A., born December 31, 1871, was
at school at Ada, O., when he was compelled
by sickness to relinquish his studies ; and John
Henry, born November 9, 1875. The family
attend the Lutheran church at Lewistown, of
which Mrs. Brought is a member. Mr.
Brought willingly lends his aid to all church
enterprises. The family of Mr. and Mrs. David Alleman
is as follows: their eldest son, Harry B.,
married Jenny Smith, and resides at Los
Angeles, Cal.; Elvira C. (Mrs. Brought); Je
rome T., graduate of Princeton College,
taught the Airy View Academy, Port Royal,
Pa., for some years, was cashier of a bank in
Silver City, N. M., for several years, now
resides in Juniata county, was a candidate on
the Democratic ticket in 1896 for congress-
man-at-large, and in 1894, on the Populist
ticket, for Governor; Lavinia R. ; and Samuel

II. and Herbert J., twins. Daniel Alleman
was a prosperous farmer. His character as a
citizen, as a Christian, and as a husband and
father, was exemplary.
David Brought, a native of Granville town
ship, was brought up on the homestead, mar
ried, and has a family. During the war he
became known as Major Brought. He was
extensively engaged as a contractor and
builder; he constructed a section of the rail
road below Lewistown. He at one time kept
the hotel in the Narrows of the Juniata,
known as the "Seven Miles" tavern.

WILLIAM HARRISON BROUGHT,
Lewistown, Mifflin county, Pa., was bom in
Granville township, on the homestead where
Sylvester Brought now resides, January 2,
1838. He is a son of Daniel and Barbara
(Houser) Brought. Mrs. Daniel Brought was
a daughter of Jacob and Martha Houser,
whose parents were among the first settlers of
Centre county. Pa. William II. Brought was
educated in the common schools, and resided
with his parents until he was about twentyr
eight years of age. Then, after cultivating
for one year the Matthew Taylor farm, in
Brown township, he took up his residence on
his present homestead, a place formerly the
property of Hon. Samuel S. Woods. This
place he has ever since occupied, and has
farmed it with much skill and success. Mr.
Brought is a good neighbor and friend, and
a respected and influential citizen. He ad
heres to the Republican party, on whose ticket
he has been elected to different township
offices, and has cheerfully served, although
not an aspirant for political preferment.
William Harrison Brought was married in
1863 to Caroline, daughter of Nicholas Lutz.
The children of that marriage are: George H,
who died young; Matilda; and Annie, who
died at the age of seventeen years, one month
and three days, on June 19, 1885. Mrs. Caro
line Brought, died April 3, 1875. Mr.
Brought was again married, December 26,
1S76, to Sarah, daughter of Robert and Je
mima (Norman) Hockey, of Bridport, Dor
setshire, England. Their children are: Harry,
born May 30, 1880, died when three months
old; Daniel, born September 15, 1881; How
ard, born October 14, 1883; and Laura Bell,
born June 8, 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Brought
are members of the Lutheran church at Lew-

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istown. Robert Hockey, the father of Mrs.
Brought, was a moulder. He came to America
while he was quite a young man, and for a
short time worked at his trade in Lewistown.
The children' of Mr. and Mrs. Hockey were
two daughters, Fanny and Sarah. Fanny died
when she was a little child, and is buried at
Wilmington, Del. ; Sarah (Mrs. Brought), was
educated in the common schools of the vari
ous places in which the family resided, finish
ing her course of studies at the Kishacoquillas
Seminary, and qualifying herself for teaching.
She taught for one year in Granville township
and then for ten years in the graded school at
Lewistown. Her father lived to be sixty years
of age, but her mother completed her three
score years and ten.

ISAAC BEAVER, Granville, Mifflin
county, Pa., was born August 12, 1848. He
is the son of Isaac and Catherine (Hughes)
Cordell. Being left an orphan when but one
year old, he became the ward of Joseph and
Mary Ann (Messersmith) Beaver, who adopt
ed him as their son. He attended the district
schools, and remained on the Beaver farm in
Granville township until he reached his six
teenth year. When ten years old, Isaac
Beaver began to work among the farmers of
the neighborhood; at the age of sixteen he
began working on the railroad and remained
in this occupation until he entered the em
ploy of the Juniata Land Company, August
15, 1877. In 1882 he was promoted from the
position of laborer to that of shipping clerk
and foreman at Granville station. In 1892
the company removed their works to their
present location in Granville. Mr. Beaver
then became general foreman, assuming en
tire charge of all outside work, and continues
in this office at the present time. His indus
try and honesty have won for him the confi
dence and esteem of his employers and friends,
as well as a comfortable living.
Isaac Beaver was married in 1866 to Annie
E., daughter of William and Polly Marlin, of
Huntingdon county, Pa. Their children are:
Mary Ellen; and Bertie May, both of whom
died at the age of three years and six months.
George Franklin, married Mary Woodhull
Swartz, has one son, Henry Isaac, and resides
at Altoona, Pa.; Thomas Gibson, married
Elizabeth Ladden, of New Jersey, has two
sons, John Franklin, deceased, and Charles

Rinehart; and Eleanor Maud (Mrs. Alexan
der Whistler), has two children, Rhoda May,
and John Isaac; James H; William P.;
Charles Campbell; Edith; Bertha; and Ver-
nie Elmina. Mrs. Beaver died November 21,
1891, aged forty-six years. She was an earn
est and faithful member of the Methodist
Episcopal church. Mr. Beaver was married
again February 15, 1893, to Maria C, widow
of Charles Hebby, and daughter of Nicholas
and Elizabeth (Heffner) Decker. Mr. Beaver
and family attend the Methodist Episcopal
church and the Dunkard church.
Mr. Nicholas Decker served in the war of
the Rebellion in the One Hundred and
Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers. He
lost a leg and an arm in the battle of Antie
tam, and died at the hospital from the ampu
tation.

HENRY BOOK, Lewistown, Mifflin coun
ty, Pa., was born in Fermanagh township,
Juniata county, Pa., October 28, 1817. He
is a son of John and Barbara (Witmer) Book,
both of German ancestry. John Book, in his
youth, learned shoemaking, and was engaged
in this business for a number of years. After
wards he began to farm, and spent the re
mainder of his life in this occupation. He
was a Whig, and interested in all that con
cerned his country. He served his township
in various offices and was just and conscien
tious in all his biisiness transactions. The chil
dren of John and Barbara (Witmer) Book
are: Catharine (Mrs. Lewis Evans), has three
children, two deceased, and one, Charles, of
Huntingdon county, living; Elizabeth (Mrs.
Isaac Price), has seven children, all dead but
Isaac, of Miami county, O. ; Abraham, mar
ried Mary Keefer, of Dauphin county, Pa.,
three children deceased, the survivors being
John, Joseph, Daniel, Jacob and Elizabeth;
John, married Sarah Holtzapfel, has seven liv
ing children, Jane, Charles, Margaret, Mary,
Sarah, Emma and Henry, and two deceased;
Samuel, married Annie Coder, has children,
Edmund, Isaac, Samuel, Henry, David,
Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary; David, de
ceased; Daniel, married Miss Price, of Hunt
ingdon county, has children, Henry, Mary,
Abraham, Samuel, and Catherine, deceased;
Esther (Mrs. Joseph Keefer), has five chil
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Elizabeth; Mattie; Henry; and Jacob, de
ceased. Henry Book remained on the homestead in
Juniata county until he was twenty-one years
old, receiving his education in the public
schools. When he reached his majority he
came to Mifflin county, and worked for sev
eral years at coopering during the winter
months and as farm laborer during the summer
months. In 1844, he began to farm for him
self on the 'Squire Burkholder farm in Derry
township, and spent five years there. He then
came to Granville township, and bought part
of the 'Squire Elliot farm, which he cultivated
for eight years. Mr. Book then retired from
farming and removed to a home near Yeager-
town, where he lived for many years. In
1883 he removed to his present home in Gran
ville township. He bought the Wakefield
Mill property consisting of 40 acres in Gran
ville township, in 1892. He has been a good
and useful citizen and enjoys the respect and
esteem of his neighbors and friends.
Henry Book was married in 1843, to Ma
tilda, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Bis-
bing) Burkholder, of Derry township. Mrs.
Book was a member of the Methodist Episco
pal church and an active worker in its so
cieties. She had a taste for literature and
wrote many poems for the local paper. She
was charitable in a quiet way, and was held in
high regard by her friends. Her death oc
curred September 3, 1883.

JOHN GIBSON WHITE, Lewistown,
Mifflin county, Pa., was born at Three
Springs, Clay township, Huntingdon county,
Pa., February 9, 1837. He is a son of Wil
liam and Mary Ann (Gibson) White. His
father, William White, was born near Lon
donderry, County Derry, Ireland. He was
educated in his native place and learned coop
ering. Desiring a more lucrative field of la
bor, he came to America, landing in New
York about 1815, and settled in Huntingdon
county, Pa. He began store-keeping at Three
Springs and was engaged in this business for
some years. He then bought a farm in Cass
township, and worked as a cooper, besides cul
tivating his farm. Mr. White was a Demo
crat, an industrious man and worthy citizen.
William White was married at Three Springs,
Huntingdon county, to Mary Ann Gibson, of
Philadelphia. Their children are: Eleanor,

deceased; Jane (Mrs. Samuel Skipper), has
four children; Elizabeth (Mrs. Ephraim
Wian), has five children; John Gibson; Mar
garet (Mrs. Irvine Myers), has four children;
Mary Ann (Mrs. Wilson Averill), of Lewis-
town, has two children; Frances (Mrs. Wil
liam Roundtree), of Lewistown, has two chil
dren; Hannah and Sarah, twins, of whom the
latter is deceased. William White was a faith
ful member of the Methodist Episcopal
church. He died at the age of eighty-four.
His wife died aged fifty-six years.
John Gibson White remained on his father's
farm until he attained his majority. He at
tended the district schools and learned coop
ering. In 1857, he went to Texas, where he
remained for about two years. He then re
turned and began farming on the homestead.
His labor met with success, and he bought a
part of the home farm and continued to cul
tivate it all. In 1866 he bought the 'Squire
Green farm in Cass township. In 1883 he
came to Mifflin county and bought the Mor
rison farm in Granville township, consisting
of 129 acres. Mr. White has made extensive
improvements upon this estate. He erected a
large barn and other buildings, laid over two
miles of under drain, brought the land to a
fine state of cultivation, and in 1890, built a
tasteful and convenient dwelling house. His
farm is one of the finest in the township. Mr.
White is a Republican. While a resident of
Huntingdon county, he served as justice of
the peace, and was postmaster at Hares Val
ley for two terms. Mr. White has large tim
ber tracts in Huntingdon and Mifflin coun
ties, and gives much of his attention to the
manufacture of lumber. In 1896 he bought
the Cove mills, later known as Stine's mills,
and refitted them with the modern roller sys
tem. They are now known as the Maitland
roller mills, near Maitland station, in Derry
township. John Gibson White was married April 17,
1862, to Isabella, daughter of George Maur
ice and Antha (Houck) Greene. She was
born September 4, 1838. Their children are:
George "Milton, married Fanny Shimp, has
three children, Antha Maud; Maggie Bell
and Wesley Grant; Mary Etta; William John
and Isaac Goss, twins ; Isaac died in childhood,
William John married Clara Miller, their only
child is William John, Jr. ; Maggie Bell (Mrs.
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liam Gilbreath). Mrs. White died Septem
ber 5, 1872. She was a faithful member of
the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. White
was married the second time, March 19, 1874,
to Lavinia S., Avidow of Wilson Taylor, and
daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Baumgart-
ner) Stever. Their children are: Alice Ger
trude, deceased; Martin Luther; Olive May;
Franklin Hayes; and Clara Vernelia. Martin
Luther and Olive May studied at the academy
at Huntingdon, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. White and
family attend the Methodist Episcopal
church.

WILLIAM G. C. MINEHART, Lewis-
town, Mifflin county, Pa., was born in Gran
ville township, October 6, 1830, son of John
Minehart. His paternal grandfather, George
Minehart, was proprietor of a large tract of
land along the Juniata river in Granville
township, embracing the site on which Gran
ville is built. He farmed for a number of
years in Mifflin county, and then removed to
New Lancaster, O., where he spent the re
maining years of his life. He was married to
Miss Rhodes, and had a family of several
daughters and one son, John. John Mine
hart grew to manhood on the homestead, ob
taining his education in the district schools,
and the schools of Lewistown. He assisted
his father on the farm. The family removing
to Ohio, he remained there for five years, then
returned to Granville township, and during
the remainder of his life cultivated the old
homestead, now owned by Samuel Woods'
heirs and occupied by Joseph Miller. Mr.
Minehart, was a useful and worthy citizen;
his many good qualities won the confidence
and respect of neighbors and friends. He was
an ardent Democrat, and served in various
township offices. John Minehart was married
March 26, 1829, to Mrs. Mary Lyons, widow
of James Lyons, and daughter of William
and Rebecca Holmes. Their children are:
William G. C. ; Catharine (Mrs. Reuben Har
rington), born November 16, 1832, whose
husband was accidentally killed in the Juni
ata sand banks, leaving seven children; Mar
tha Jane, born April 19, 1835, died April 11,
1856; Robert, bom April 3, 1841, married
Ada Lutz, has five children; Holmes, born
July 23, 1837, died February 17, 1850;
Charles H, born April 18, 1845, died in
childhood. Mr. Minehart died aged eighty-

three; his wife died aged eighty-six years and
six months. Mr. Minehart was a consistent
member of the Dunkard church. Mrs. Mine
hart was a member of the Presbyterian church
at Lewistown, and was known as a most hos
pitable and benevolent woman.
Five years of the early boyhood of William
G. C. Minehart were spent in Ohio. When
the family returned to Mifflin county, he at
tended the district schools, and led the usual
life of a country boy. At twenty-three years
of age he began to farm the homestead on
shares, and continued until the death of his
mother, when the farm became his, after the
other heirs had been paid legacies. In 1893
Mr. Minehart retired from active life. He is
a good citizen and has the high regards of the
community. Like his father, he is a Demo
crat. William G. C. Minehart was married No
vember 29, 1858, to Elizabeth, daughter of
Jacob and Margaret (French) Stine. Their
children are: Martha Jane, born May 28,
1860, died January 25, 1S64; Anna Cathe
rine (Mrs. John Nolan), of Oliver township,
born October 5, 1861, has one son, Frederick;
Mary Margaret, born December 20, 1862,
died January 25, 1864; Sarah Rebecca (Mrs.
Charles Howard McCord), born January 30,
1864, has children, Anna; Leah; Boyd Cul-
bertson; and Harry Isett. Mr. and Mrs.
Minehart are members of the Methodist Epis
copal church at Wesley.

RUDOLPH KLINE, Granville, Mifflin
county, Pa., was born near Hamburg, Berks
county, Pa., May 9, 1826, son of Benjamin
and Catharine (Hicks) Kline. Benjamin
Kline removed to Perry county about 1835,
began farming in Saville township, and follow
ed that occupation until his death. Mr. Kline
was a good citizen, and stood in high regard
with neighbors and friends. He was a Demo
crat, and served in various township offices.
He married Catharine Hicks. Their children
are: George, of Louisville, Ky., married Su
san Barr, has two children; Daniel, of New
Albany, Ind., married Mary Nunemacher,
has three sons and one daughter; William,
married Catharine Pennypacker, has eight
children; Samuel, of Youngstown, O., mar
ried, and has one daughter; Elizabeth (Mrs.
William Zehring), of Dauphin county, has
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Albany, Ind., married, and has a son and
daughter; Sarah (Mrs. David Hulenbach), of
Perry county, has six children; Charles, of
Fort Wayne, Ind., married; and Catharine
(Mrs. David Anderline), of Pottsville, Pa.
Mr. Kline died aged eighty-one years, his wife
died aged sixty-seven. Mr. and Mrs. Kline
were faithful members of the German Re:
formed church at Loysville. They are buried
in the cemetery adjoining the church.
Rudolph Kline spent his boyhood in Perry
county, attended the district school, and as
sisted his father on the farm until he reached
his majority, when he spent a year at carpen
try, and then learned the trade of millwright,
which was his occupation until 1861. At this
time he bought a tract of land in Granville
township of 105 acres, and engaged in farm
ing. Mr. Kline, as a millwright, was well-
known throughout the central counties of the
State. In his occupation of farming, his la
bors have been rewarded with success. His
careful attention to the cultivation of the land
has made it highly productive, and with the
modern and convenient house built in 1835,
the large barn and other buildings, it is among
the fine farms of the valley. Mr. Kline is a
public-spirited citizen, and takes a deep in
terest in local affairs. He is a Republican.
Rudolph Kline was first married to Ann
Gochenhauer, who died. Afterwards, No
vember 3, 1859, to Barbara, daughter of Abra
ham and Barbara (Light) Wenger. Their
children are: Mary Catharine (Mrs. William
Glasgow); Abraham; Rudolph W., married
Annie Owen, has three children, Charles Ed
ward; Frank A.; and Ethel Mary; and Bar
bara Ellen. Mr. Kline and family are mem
bers of the Methodist church. Mrs. Kline
was born December 31, 1829, and died No
vember 19, 1885. She was a kind and hos
pitable woman, and a member of the Method
ist church.

SILAS GLASGOW, deceased, formerly of
Granville township, Mifflin county, Pa., was
born in Derry township, Mifflin county, No
vember 28, 1819. He is a son of James and
Jane (McClintic) Glasgow, Scotch immi
grants, who came about the beginning of this
century to Mifflin county, and' settled in Dry
valley, in Derry township. Mr. Glasgow
bought a farm there, on which he built a
house and barn and made other improve

ments, after which he passed the remainder of
his life in cultivating his land. He had a fam
ily of five sons and three daughters, as fol
lows: Silas; John, married a lady in Centre
county, Pa., had two children, and after her
death, married a resident of the western part
of the State, by which union he had two chil
dren; James, of Hollidaysburg, Pa., married
Ida Brought, has two children; William,
married Nettie Snyder, of Huntingdon coun
ty, Pa., has five children; Joseph, married
Margaret Conner, of Lewistown, Pa., has five
children, who reside in Altoona; Sarah M.
(Mrs. Murray Simpson), of Huntingdon, has
seven children; Jane (Mrs. William Hed
dings), of Allenville, Pa., had four children;
and Martha, who died in early womanhood.
The eldest son of this family, Silas Glasgow,
divided his time until he reached his
eighteenth year between attendance at the
common schools and such useful work as a boy
is capable of upon the home farm. At the age
of eighteen he began to learn carpentry under
the teaching of John Copeland, of the Kisha-
coquillas valley. His apprenticeship over, he
worked as journeyman for John Sigler, of
Lewistown, Pa. A few years later he began
business for himself, undertaking contracts,
and being a thoughtful, diligent and honor
able artisan, his business became flourishing.
Many of his contracts were for the construc
tion of railroads, among which were the Bald
Eagle Valley Railroad, 52 miles in length, in
Clinton and Centre counties, the branch road
in Clinton county known as the Sugar Run
Railroad, and sections of various other roads
in the State. Mr. Glasgow and his skilful and
thorough work becoming favorably known to
those in control of the roads, his services were
much in demand. He was well and favorably
acquainted with some of the leading men in
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Retir
ing from active business about 1870, Mr.
Glasgow first purchased a farm in Centre
county, upon which he resided until 1882,
and then removed to Mifflin county. Here,
having bought the old Casper Dull property
in Granville township, he passed his declining
years, yet not in idleness. He was interested
in perfecting and adorning the homestead of
his family, to whom he was a kind and indul
gent husband and father. He built a dwel
ling and a barn, and brought the land into a
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formerly a Democrat, but from the year 1860
to his death, he was an ardent supporter of the
Republican party. Although interested in the
affairs of the nation and in those of his own
locality, he never desired official distinction.
His life was one of fidelity and usefulness.
Silas Glasgow was married December 3,
1844, to Armina Davis, daughter of Dr. Wil
liam and Elizabeth (Davis) Westhoven, of
Mifflin county. They had six children:
Theodore, born February 18, 1846, died Au
gust 25, 1848; Elizabeth, born January 2,
1851, died October 7, 1851; Porter, born
January 18, 1855, died March 6, 1858;
James, married Rebecca Miller, of Centre
county, has four children, Maggie, Claude,
Harry and Theo May; William D., married
Mary Kline; and Silas Porter, married Nanny
O'Brien, and has three children, William,
Ida, and Armina. Mr. Glasgow and his fam
ily attended the Methodist Episcopal church,
of which Mrs. Glasgow is a member.

JOSEPH G. BROUGHT, deceased, for
merly of Granville township, Mifflin county,
Pa., was born at the old Brought homestead,
near the village of Granville, Granville town
ship, April 18, 1822. He is a son of John and
Mary (Sellers) Brought. Their children are:
Jacob, died aged thirty; Joseph G. ; John,
married Rebecca, daughter of Owen and
Elizabeth (Lilley) Owens, has nine children,
Calvin, Austin, Eliza, Severius, Jenny,
John, Sarah, Jacob and Anna, the last two
died young.
Joseph G. Brought received his education
in the district schools of Granville township.
He remained with his father, working on the
farm, until he was twenty-five, when he and
his brother John began farming the home
stead. Their partnership lasted until their
father's death. Joseph received a part of the
homestead as his share of his father's estate,
and remained on the home farm until his
death, December 16, 1868. Mr. Brought's
intelligence and integrity made him influen
tial in the community. He identified himself
with the Republican party, was actively inter
ested in local politics, and served in various
township offices. He was struck by an engine
and killed at the railroad bridge near Lewis-
town, Pa.
Joseph G. 'Brought was married, May 18,
1847, to Anna Catharine, daughter of Owen

and Eliza (Lilley) Owens, of Granville town
ship. Mr. Brought was a devoted husband.
He was a regular attendant upon the services
of the Methodist Episcopal church, and con
tributed liberally to its treasury.
WILLIAM SATZLER, deceased, of
Granville, Mifflin county, Pa., was born near
McVeytown, in Oliver township, now Brat-
ton township, March 4, 1827, son of John and
Elizabeth (S trunk) Satzler. His paternal
grandfather, Frederick Satzler, was a weaver,
who came from central Germany in the latter
part of the eighteenth century, and settled in
one of the eastern counties of Pennsylvania.
He removed to Lancaster county, and there
married his wife, Sarah. He then came to
Mifflin county, and became a resident of the
village which was afterwards named Freder
icksburg in honor of him, and followed his
trade until his death. Mr. Satzler was a good
citizen, and was esteemed in the community.
He was a Democrat, was a staunch supporter
of Andrew Jackson. His children are: Catha
rine (Mrs. James Stackpole), has children,
William, Margaret, James, Sarah, Dorcas
and Catharine; Susan (Mrs. John Ross), has
children, Sarah, Frederick, Harry, Eliza
beth, Mary, Margaret, Catherine, and Mar
tha; Frederick, married and has children,
Mary and Nancy; and John. Mr. Satzler
died in early life; his wife some years later.
He was a member of the Dunkard church.
John Satzler, after attending the district
school, chose his father's trade, that of weav
ing, which he followed for a number of years,
and then engaged in farming. He married
Elizabeth, daughter of Wiliam Strunk. Their
children are: George, who died at the age of
eighteen months; Sarah (Mrs. Matthias
Boas), has children, William Harry and Mary
Elizabeth; Catharine (Mrs. John Bratton), of
Osage county, Kan., has children, Samuel,
James, Dallas, John, Hardy, Frederick,
Louis, Howard, Eva and Catharine; William;
Frederick, served three months during the
war, married Mary Yoder, has one child,
Sarah Elizabeth; John, married Caroline
Yoder, has children, Arthur, Edward, Bessie,
McClellan, Carrie and Mary; Mary, widow
of James Landis, who was killed in battle dur
ing the Civil war, married Henry Foyberger,
has children, George William, Elizabeth.
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(Mrs. James Mayes), has children, Jane,
Elizabeth, and Blanche; Nancy (Mrs. Jacob
Rittenhouse), has children, Elizabeth and
Clarence; Rebecca (Mrs. Harry Corbin), has
children, Elmer, William, and Bessie, and
Louis, of Kansas, served throughout the war,
was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg,
married Emma McElhenny, has children,
Harry, Carrie, Phemie and Sarah.
William Satzler was educated in the sub
scription and district schools. He engaged in
farming in early manhood, made it his life
occupation, and was rewarded with success.
Mr. Satzler took an active interest in local af
fairs, and enjoyed the confidence and respect
of neighbors and friends. He was a Demo
crat, and served in township offices; he was
a member of the board of directors of the
schools. William Satzler was married, February 12,
1852, to Nancy Jane, daughter of David and
Eve (Winters) Ross. Their children are:
Margaret Ellen (Mrs. Frank Blarney), has
children, Nancy Grace, Myrtle May and
Charles McClellan, living; and William Fran
cis, Mary Ethel, Bertha Bell and Frank Ross,
deceased; Eva Elizabeth (Mrs. John Shil
ling), has one child, Margaret Elizabeth;
Anna Laura (Mrs. Jacob Potter), has one
child, Charles Walter; John Ross, married
Laura E. Lease, has children, Mary Ross, Wil
liam Boyd, Roscoe Lease and James Her
bert; Henrietta McClellan; William Grant;
Sarah Rebecca, born October 13, 1860, died
September 20, 1861; Ada May, born De
cember 6, 1863, died December 6, 1868; and
one died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Satzler
are members of the Methodist church.

SAMUEL RITTENHOUSE, Granville,
Mifflin county, Pa., was born in Mifflin coun
ty, September 20, 1835, son of Jacob and
Margaret (Keys) Rittenhouse. His paternal
grandfather, Joseph Rittenhouse, a descend
ant of the old Rittenhouse family of Phila
delphia, came to Juniata valley about the year
1810, and located at Three Locks, now Lock-
port, in Oliver township. He removed to
Granville township, where he engaged in
farming and blacksmithing until his removal
to Lewistown, when he became proprietor of
"Peacock Major's Hotel." Retiring from the
business, he followed other occupations until
his death, which occurred at the age of sixty-

three. He was first marr.ed to Rebecca Cus
ter, who died, leaving him seven children:
David; Jacob; William, died aged thirty;
Elizabeth (Mrs. Isaac W. Donahue) ; Samuel,
married Annie Miller; Annie (Mrs. James
Waream); and Margaret, died in early life.
Afterwards he married Susannah McFadden.
Their children are: Zachariah, married Han
nah K. Soles; Martha (Mrs. Anderson); Har
vey; Hannah Maria (Mrs. Henry Zerbe); and
Mary 0. (Mrs. James A. Jankin).
Jacob Rittenhouse was born in Montgomery
county, Pa., February 10, 1801. When he
was nine years old the family removed to
Mifflin county. After attending the district
schools, he learned the trade of stone mason
and bricklayer. He was widely known as a
skilled mechanic. He and his brother, Sam
uel, constructed the masonry and brick work
in many of the principal buildings in Lewis-
town. Mr. Rittenhouse was a worthy and in
dustrious citizen, and influential in the com
munity. He was a Democrat, and served in
township offices. Jacob Rittenhouse was mar
ried February 10, 1825, to Margaret Keys.
Their children are: Rebecca, of Granville
township, born November 13, 1825; Jane
Elizabeth (Mrs. William Stroup), of Belle
ville, born October 15, 1827, has four chil
dren; Nancy Susanna (Mrs. John Brindle),
born February 1, 1830, has ten children;
Sarah Martha (Mrs. William I. Morrison),
born July 12, 1832, has eight children;
George Custer, born November 25, 1833,
married Susan Owens, has eight children;
Samuel; Joseph, born September 18, 1837,
died September 18, 1841; Mary Margaret,
born January 24, 1840, died in April, 1850;
Maria Helen, also born January 24, 1840,
died September 16, 1841; Matilda Catharine
(Mrs. Ellis Donahey), bom May 8, 1842, has
five children; and Jacob Elwood, born Sep
tember 20, 1844, married Nancy J. Satzler,
has two children. Mr. Rittenhouse died
June 6, 1886; his wife, who was born Feb
ruary 26, 1803, died December 1, 1857. Mr.
Rittenhouse was a member of the German
Baptist church at Lockport.
Samuel Rittenhouse attended the schools
of the district. He learned the business of
agriculture, and in 1858, began farming on
his own account on the John A. Sterrett farm
in Granville township. In 1876 he bought
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Rittenhouse has shown himself a successful
farmer; his farm is among the best in the
township. He is assisted in its management
by his three sons.
Samuel Rittenhouse was married Decem
ber 23, 1858, to Henrietta, daughter of Zach
ariah Rittenhouse. Their surviving children
are: Harry M., born September 2, i860; Ed
ward A., bom February 9, 1863; and David
Z., born March 1, 1869, married Annie Kel
ly, has children, Rebecca Catharine and Hen
rietta. Anna Maria died August 6, 1859;
William died September 18, 1876; and Mary
Catharine died September 21, 1876. Mrs.
Rittenhouse was born July 31, 1836; she is
a member of the Presbyterian church.

WILLIAM SCOTT CALDWELL, Lewis-
town, Mifflin county, Pa., was born on the
Caldwell homestead in Granville township,
December 4, 1845, son of William Scott and
Susan (Trimble) Caldwell. Andrew Cald
well, his grandfather, came from Ireland in
the beginning of the present century. His
emigration to America happened in this way:
While taking his father's horses out to graze,
Ee met their landlord and had a dispute with
him, which ended in a quarrel. Young An
drew came out victor, but the landlord was so
much the worse, for wear that it was deemed
necessary for Andrew's health speedily to
take a trip to America. He came to Mifflin
county and worked for some years in the west
ern part of the county. After his marriage
in 1809 he farmed on a small tract of land
near McVeytown, which he and his wife
bought with their joint funds. About 1820,
they came to Granville township and bought
a tract of 275 acres and farmed it, adding
many improvements. He also kept a hotel
and continued this business until his death.
Andrew Caldwell was married in 1809 to
Mary Woods. Their children are: William
Scott, deceased; Rebecca (Mrs. Joseph
Strode), has two sons, Isaac and Andrew; An
drew Caldwell, who spent most of his life in
California, but is now a resident of Kansas;
Franklin, married Isabella Irvin, has chil
dren, William Irvin, Rosanna, John Her
bert, Alvin, Bruce, and Andrew, deceased;
Mary Ann (Mrs. Woods Trimble), of Ohio,
has two children, Heber and Mary Woods;
John Thomas, married Nancy Copeland, has
six children, Nancy, Scott, Alice, David,

Sarah and Rebecca. Andrew Caldwell was
an industrious and progressive man. He and
his family attended the Presbyterian church.
He died in 1827; his wife followed him in
1856. William Scott Caldwell, Sr., deceased, was
born in 1810 and brought up on his father's
farm in Granville township. He received his
education in subscription schools, and assisted
his father with the farm work. After his
father's death, he succeeded. to the homestead
by paying his co-heirs for their shares. He
was a good and successful farmer. William
Scott Caldwell, Sr., was married to Susan,
daughter of Woods Trimble. Their children
are : Andrew Woods, of Kansas, married Me-
linda Kelly, has eight sons; Thomas Trimble,
of Kansas, married Rose Brenner, has two
sons and two daughters, he served through the
late war in the One Hundred and Ninth Penn
sylvania Volunteers, and was with General
Sherman on his raid through the South; Mary
Jane; William Scott; Rebecca (Mrs. Jacob
Stine), of Wayne township; Anna; Susan
(Mrs. William Sterrett), of Minnesota, has
two daughters and one son; James S., of Cin
cinnati, O., is a graduate of a medical college
of Cincinnati, married Lilian Matthews, and
has two sons and two daughters; George, mar
ried Carrie Vansant, and resides on part of the
homestead; Samuel E., resides on the other
part. The father, William S. Caldwell, was
a Democrat until the time of the late war,
when he became a Republican. He never
sought political preferment, but served h'is
township in various offices. He was a good
citizen, just in all his business transactions, of
a liberal and hospitable disposition, and of a
good character; he was esteemed by all his
associates. Mr. Caldwell and his wife were
members of the Presbyterian church. His
death occurred August 28, 1886, his wife De
cember 29, 1862. Samuel E. Caldwell, the
youngest son of William Scott Caldwell, was
born and brought up on the old homestead,
assisting his father on the farm. He was edu
cated in the district schools. At his father's
death, he inherited a part of the estate and has
improved it greatly since that time. In 1889
he built a large barn, and in 1896, his fine resi
dence was erected. Mr. Caldwell is a Repub
lican, as are all the members of the family.
He is a good citizen and enjoys the respect of
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ried January 19, 1888, to Sarah J., daughter
of James and Mary (Rakerd) Russler. Their
children are: Earl Russler, deceased; Harold,
deceased; Roy F. ; Franklin G. ; and James
Marlin. William Scott Caldwell attended the dis
trict schools of his native township, and as
sisted on his father's farm until 1868, when
he began to work as a farm hand for Andrew
Strode, with whom he remained three years.
In 1873 he began to farm on his present home.
By his industry and good management this
farm has been brought into good condition
and made very productive. Mr. Caldwell has
also built a modern dwelling house and made
many other improvements, which cause his
farm to rank among the best of the township.
Mr. Caldwell is a Republican, takes an active
interest in politics, and has held various town
ship offices.
William Scott Caldwell was married De
cember 5, 1872, to Mary, daughter of Hugh
and Margaret (Hanawalt) McKee. Their
children are: Susan Margaret, a twin; Hugh
McKee; Anna Mary, a twin; and three chil
dren who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Cald
well attend the Presbyterian church.

GEORGE A. LEOPOLD, Strodes Mills,
Mifflin county, Pa., was born in Oliver town
ship, June 27, 1848, son of George and Anna
(Hanawalt) Leopold. Mr. Leopold is de
scended from a Huguenot family. His grand
father emigrated from France in the latter
part of the last century, settling in Pennsyl
vania, where his son, George Leopold, was
born about 1800. George Leopold began life
with intelligence, industry and strength as his
only capital. He was a blacksmith, but when
about thirty-five years of age, relinquished
that vocation and began farming, in Oliver
township. Several years later he bought a
farm of about 110 acres in that township, ad
joining the old Horning place, and continued
its cultivation during the rest of his life.
About 1858 he bought the farm now occupied
by his son George A. Leopold. His wife,
Anna (Hanawalt) Leopold, was a consistent
member of the Presbyterian church at Mc
Veytown. Their children are: Louis H, mar
ried Eliza Owens, both deceased; Catherine
(Mrs. J. Strode McKee), had one child,
George, who died when one year old; Su
sanna R., married first to Alfred Ickes, and had
one child, after his death to Amos Penny-

packer, of Philadelphia, and had three chil
dren, she died in 1885; and George A. Mr.
George Leopold died in 1860, he was a just
and honorable man, and though frugal, yet
of a generous disposition. His wife attained
to the age of seventy-one.
Until he was fourteen years old, George A.
Leopold lived in Oliver township, and there
attended the common schools. In 1862 he
removed with his mother to the present home
stead, and became a pupil in the Granville
township schools. At the age of eighteen he
began a two years' course at the academy at
Lewisburg, Union county, Pa. On his return
to the homestead, he took charge of the farm,
and has ever since devoted himself with inter
est and success to his vocation of farming.
He is a worthy citizen, and influential for
good. Mr. Leopold adheres to the Democratic
party, and while not an active politician, has
served in some township offices at the solici
tation of his neighbors.
George A. Leopold was married March 8,
1870, to Camilla C, daughter of Hamilton
and Rachel (Lockard) Kauffman. Their chil
dren are: Ada Irene; Mary Louella; William
Louis; George Albert; and Harry Hamilton.
William Louis Leopold was a student in the
Juniata College at Huntingdon, Pa., a mem
ber of the graduating class of 1897. Mr. and
Mrs. Leopold are members of the Baptist
church at Lockport, in Oliver township.

DANIEL W. HARTLEY, Strodes Mills,
Mifflin county, Pa., was born in West Beaver
township, Snyder county, Pa. He is the son
of Daniel and Catherine Hartley. His par
ents had six children: George, married first
to Maria Dumas, and afterwards to Amelia
Gill; Mary (Mrs. William Miller), of Buffalo
valley ; Barbara, married, and resides in Union
county, Pa.; Elizabeth (Mrs. Jacob Erb);
Daniel W.; and Delilah (Mrs. Erb). Mr.
Hartley's second wife was Mary, widow of
Mr. Klick. They have three children: Jack
son; Catherine; and Hannah. Mr. Hartley
worked as a farm laborer until 1860; he then
removed to Ohio, where he spent the re
mainder of his days.
Daniel W. Hartley was educated in the
district schools of Snyder county. His mother
died when he was three years old, and when
he was five he was placed under the guardian
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Mr. Mowery removed to Ohio, and Daniel
spent one year in Buffalo valley with his cou
sin, David Bacher. Returning to Beaver
township, he worked as farm laborer until he
was sixteen, when he was apprenticed for two
years to Henry Dietrich, shoemaker, at Beaver-
town, Snyder county. Mr. Hartley worked
as journeyman in Bannerville, Snyder coun
ty, and afterwards opened a shop of his own.
He worked at his trade in Cross Grove Hall,
Pa.; Bellevue, O. ; Three Rivers, St. Joseph
county, Mich.; Beavertown, Snyder county,
Pa.; and in Decatur township, Mifflin coun
ty. In 1864, Mr. Hartley enlisted in Com
pany L., One Hundred and Second Pennsyl
vania Volunteers, served until the close of the
war, and was discharged at Pittsburg, Pa.
Returning to Kelly, Derry township, he work
ed as farm laborer and at shoemaking for
three years. After one year at Maitland, he
farmed on shares in Derry township for two
years, and afterwards, spending two years at
each place, farmed for Mr. Joseph Sigler, De
catur township, in Granville township, and in
Oliver township. Returning to Granville
township he bought the old Henry Book farm.
Four years after, he sold this property, and in
1879 bought his present homestead, a farm of
182 acres, on which he has built a large barn
and made other improvements. Mr. Hartley
is an active member of the Democratic party.
He cast his first vote for Franklin Pierce.
Daniel W. Hartley was married, March 18,
1858, to Sophia, daughter of Anthony and
Catherine Peter. They have fourteen chil
dren: Robert Jackson, married Mary Koch-
enderfer; Margaret Ellen; Samuel Homer;
Daniel Lawrence; Annie Elizabeth; Carrie
Belle; Ida Barbara; David Irvine; John, died
aged twelve; one who died in infancy; Mary
Jane; Sarah Catherine; William Henry; and
Isaac. The last four died within a period of
ten weeks. Mr. Daniel Hartley and his fam
ily are members of the German Reformed
church.

WILLIS FLOYD KEARNS, Lewistown,
Mifflin county, Pa., son of Philip S. and
Rhoda A. (Copeland) Kearns, was born in
Decatur township, Mifflin county, February
7, 1856. His grandfather, John Kearns,
came from Berks county with his parents
some time during the eighteenth century, set
tling in Decatur township, where they took

up a tract of land, part of which is now the
old homestead. He grew to manhood under
the parental roof. He married Elizabeth
Stroup, and had seven children: Thomas,
married to Mary Settle; Philip S.; John W.,
married Annie Mohler; Elias Calvin, married
Nancy Seaver; Margaret (Mrs. Christopher
Hoover); Sophia (Mrs. John Preston); and
Sarah (Mrs. Peter Townsend). Philip S.
Kearns received a common school education.
He was brought up on the homestead, to
which he succeeded by partial inheritance.
He was a progressive and representative man,
a good citizen and a consistent Christian. He
was a member of the Presbyterian church
from his early manhood up to the time of his
death, which occurred May 5, 1886, at the
age of over seventy. On December 10, 1839,
he was married to Rhoda A., daughter of Wil
lis and Mary Ann (McKinney) Copeland.
Their children were : Rebecca, died aged nine
years; Peninnah E., died aged eighteen
months; John Calvin; Mary Ann (Mrs. Wil
liam Huey), resides in Kansas; Elizabeth
(Mrs. Henry Atwander); Rhoda (Mrs. Mat
thew Taylor), resides in Oregon; Sophia Mar
garet (Mrs. Snyder), resides in Kansas; Wil
lis Floyd; and Sarah Ellen (Mrs. Abraham
Guss), resides in Decatur township.
Willis Floyd Kearns passed his youth on
his father's farm. His early years were spent
in going to the district school of Decatur
township, and when these had passed he em
ployed his time in farm work. At the age of
twenty-one he rented his father's place and
remained as tenant until the death of the
father, which occurred in 1886, and by which
he became the owner of one of the farms. Mr.
Kearns is one of the most progressive and en
terprising farmers of the township and has
always taken a lively interest in any enter
prise intended to benefit the community or
any class of people. Active also in political
affairs, his probity, integrity and intelligence
have ever exerted an influence for good. He
was elected county commissioner in 1890, and
has secured the unanimous support of the
county for his nomination for Congressman.
He was married December 28, 1876, to Emma
Gertrude, daughter of Thomas and Susan
(Bastrass) Patton, of Juniata county. Their
children are: Peninnah Floyd, born March
30, 1878; Rhocla Bright, born November 25,
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26, 1883; Philip Franklin, born March 26,
1884; Mary Ann, born October 5, 1886; Sam
uel David, born March 3, 1889, died in in
fancy; Nathan Eugene, born October 29,
1890; Susan Margaret, born October 19,
1893; Esther Winifred, born April 3, 1895.
Mr. Kearns and family are members of the
Presbyterian church at Yira, formerly Kelly.
Mr. Kearns has served as trustee of the church
for many years.

SAMUEL STERRETT, Alfarata, Mifflin
county, Pa., son of Timothy G. and Margaret
(McManigal) Sterrett, was born in Decatur
township, August 25, 1839. His grand
father, Robert Sterrett, settled in Armagh
township in 1777. The father of Robert
Sterrett had some time previous to that date
come to Armagh township and taken up a
tract of land consisting of 900 acres, after
which he returned to Lancaster county. Two
years later his three sons, Robert, John and
David, settled upon the land, and began to
make improvements. Robert married Ro-
sanna Green, of Lancaster county. Their chil
dren were: Sarah (Mrs. James Sample), re
moved to Ohio; James; Jane (Mrs. Robert
Neely), removed to Ohio; Timothy Green;
John; David; Elizabeth (Mrs. James McCal-
mont), of Centre county, whose descendants
now live in Centre and Clinton counties ; Mary
(Mrs. William McCalmont), of Clinton
county; William; Robert, married Susan,
daughter of William Shaw, builder of the first
Mount Rock mills; Rosanna; Rebecca (Mrs.
Nathaniel W. Sterrett); and Nathaniel.
James, the eldest son, married Miss Glass, and
later Mrs. Weaver, who also died, after which
he removed to Clarion county, Pa., married
again, and died at a very advanced age. John
Sterrett married Matilda Sterrett, and resided
in Mifflin county. He built the first mill
where Locks Mill now stands, and later the
larger flouring mill at Lewistown, where the
axe factory now stands. His wife having died,
he married Sarah, daughter of William
Thompson, of Milroy. Their children were:
Frank; Anna; and William. David Sterrett
was interested in real estate in Iowa, where
he owned a farm and mill. He spent the last
years of his life in California, dying there at
an advanced age. William Sterrett married
Mary McNitt, and resided near Milroy on the
old Close farm, where he lost his life in a

well. He left one son, William, who now
resides near Alilroy. Nathaniel Sterrett mar
ried Mary Allison and lived in Mifflin county,
but later in life removed near to Lake City,
Minn., where he died. They had four chil
dren, two sons and two daughters; one of the
latter married James Langton and removed
to Illinois. The sons reside in Minnesota.
Timothy Green Sterrett was reared at
Locks Mills. He received the education af
forded by the common schools, but in his case
the work of the school room was supplemented
by the gratification of a fondness for reading.
He began farming on his own account on his
aunt Rebecca's farm near Locks Mills, it be
ing a part of the original tract taken up by the
first Sterrett. He married Margaret, daugh
ter of William and Fanny (Kenney) McMani
gal. They had these children : Frances Jane
(Mrs. Joseph Sigler), resides in Decatur town
ship; Robert, married Ann E. Sigler, resided
in Reedsville, and died, leaving a son, Charles
B. ; William John, died aged twenty-two
years; James AVoods, married Miss Mann,
daughter of AVilliam Mann, died at Reeds
ville, leaving two' sons; Sarah (Mrs. H. C.
Van Zandt); David, married a daughter of
Dr. Brook, of Pittsburg, resides at Washing
ton, Pa.; Samuel; Rosanna Margaret (Mrs.
AY. A. Patterson), resides in Juniata county,
has one daughter, Alary. Air. Sterrett was
an honest, upright, intelligent man, enjoying
the respect and esteem of all who. knew him.
He was a AAHiig, and later a Republican. He
was a member of the Presbyterian church.
Samuel Sterrett was brought up on the
home farm and attended the district schools.
When he was fifteen he entered the Airy View
Academy, in Juniata county, under the care
of Professor "Wilson. Having made the nec
essary preparation, he began to teach school,
and taught successfully several terms. In
1864 he went to Venango county, Pa., where
he remained four years. He returned home
in September, 1868, and resumed teaching;
in the following spring he began farming,
which occupation he followed successfully up
to 1890. He has since removed to Lilley-
ville, now Alfarata, where he now resides,
finding great comfort in the many improve
ments he has made on his place. He is very
progressive; he was largely instrumental in
securing the establishment of the graded
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interested in other measures for the public
good. Air. Sterrett exerted his influence in
the establishment of the postofflce at Alfarata,
in Decatur township, in 1891, and was the
first postmaster there, appointed during Presi
dent Harrison's administration; he held the
office four years and a half. He is a Repub
lican. On March 2, 1871, Air. Sterrett was mar
ried to Jemima Jane, daughter of Jacob V,
and Alary (Hunter) Sigler. Their children
are: Alary Ai. (Airs. W. C. Bell); Frances
Martha; Brice AVoods; Ralph Green; Effie
Genevieve; Frank Hunter; and Laura Eliza
beth. Air. and Airs. Sterrett are members
of the Presbyterian church at Vira, of which
he is an elder. He has always given liberally
to church enterprises.

OSCAR AVITAIER YEAGER, Alfarata,
Mifflin county, Pa., was born at the old home
stead near Sulphur Springs, now Lillyville,
in Decatur township. He is the son of John
G. and Sophia K. (Stroup) Yeager. John
G. Yeager was born August 17, 1826. For
some years he kept a hotel at Millersburg, Dau
phin county, Pa., and afterwards at Centre
Hall, Centre county, Pa. The greater part
of his life was spent in farming. Mr. Yeager
bought the homestead in Decatur township
August 1, 1876. A good citizen, just and
prudent, he has won the respect of his neigh
bors. Mr. Yeager belongs to the Republican
party. John Yeager's wife was Sophia K.
Stroup. They had two children : James Wil
son, who died at the age of eight years and
seven months; and Oscar Witmer. Air.
Yeager died August 13, 1876; his wife died
January 4, 1893, aged sixty-three. Air. Yea
ger contributed liberally to the Lutheran
church, of which he and his wife were mem
bers. Oscar AAr. Yeager grew up at Millersburg,
Upper Paxton township, Dauphin county, Pa.,
and attended the public schools there until he
was fourteen, when he entered the State Nor
mal School at A[illersville, Lancaster county,
Pa., and studied there for three years. At
eighteen he began work in the machine shops
of the Northern Central Railroad at Balti
more, Md. After one year's apprenticeship,
he left the shops and worked as machinist in
several places, for the greater part of the time
at Sunbury, Pa. In 1878 he entered the em

ploy of the Pennsylvania Railroad as a fireman
on the Sunbury division. After serving in
that capacity for several months, he was made
engineer, and held this position for nine years.
He was careful and attentive; no accident oc
curred while he was in charge of the engine.
In 1889 he was called home on account of his
mother's illness. After her death he suc
ceeded to the homestead, where he now re
sides. He is a skilful mechanic, and is em
ployed in the machine shop and foundry at
Alfarata. Like his father, he belongs to the
Republican party, and is interested in political
affairs. He is genial and benevolent, and is
respected by his neighbors.
Oscar Witmer Yeager was married June
7, 1876, to Ida Frances, daughter of Peter and
Eliza Ann (Dellbaugh) Bright. Their chil
dren are: Frank Bright, born October 19,
1878, died January 14, 1888; George Henry,
born March 8, 1877; James Oscar, born Jan
uary 16, 1881; Frances Franciscus, born Oc
tober 4, 1883; and Frederick Saylor, born
November 14, 1885. Mr. Yeager and his
wife are members of the Lutheran church.
Mrs. Yeager's sister Ellen (Airs. George H.
Neff), residing at Sunbury, Pa., has two chil
dren, George and Harold. Her brother, Ben
jamin Franklin, married Elizabeth Kline.
They have one son, Harry Kline.

ROBERT STEWART, deceased, formerly
of Paintersville, Mifflin county, Pa., was born
in the Kishacoquillas valley, October 31,
1818. He is the son of Joseph and Sarah
(Cresswell) Stewart. Air. Stewart is of
Scotch-Irish descent; his grandfather died at
the age of seventy-one. His father, Joseph
Stewart, was a farmer in the Big valley. Late
in life he retired, and resided at Newtown,
near Burnham, in Derry township. Mr.
Stewart was one of the sturdy pioneers of his
clay, an energetic, progressive man. He mar
ried Sarah Cresswell. Their children are:
Elizabeth, died in youth; Robert; Thomas
and Jane, twins, Thomas married and resides
in Derry township, and Jane (Mrs. Peter
Welbner), is living at Rauchs Gap, Clinton
county, Pa.; Rebecca (Mrs. James Riden),
Derry township; Mary (Mrs. Peter Albright),
Red Cloud, Neb. ; Elijah, married Anna Belle
Van Arden, removed to Red Cloud, Neb.,
where he died; Sarah (Airs. Isaac Price),
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Belleville, Mifflin county; and Samuel, mar
ried Mary Albright, resides at Yeagerstown.
Robert Stewart received his education in
the district schools. The son of a farmer, he
followed his father's example and spent his
life in the cultivation of the soil. Just and
conscientious in all business transactions, his
honesty and integrity have won the respect
and confidence of his neighbors.
Robert Stewart was married, April 17,
1847, to Mary, daughter of Samuel and Mar
garet (Carnahan) Mitchell. They have two
children: Sarah M. ; and Robert Bruce. Mr.
Stewart was a consistent Christian, a member
of the Methodist Episcopal church. He died
October 28, 1856; his widow and children
reside on the homestead in Decatur township.
The appearance of the home and its surround
ings indicates careful, thrifty management.

CAPT. THOMAS JEFFERSON NOV-
INGER, Alfarata, Mifflin county, Pa., was
born in Halifax township, Dauphin county,
Pa., September 21, 1840. He is a son of
Isaac and Hannah (Hawk) Novinger. His
paternal grandfather, De Walt Novinger, was
of French origin, was born February 7, 1737,
and, as tradition says, on the vessel in which
the family crossed the Atlantic. They set
tled in Montgomery county, near Philadel
phia. De Walt Novinger was an only son,
but had two sisters, who both married into the
Dubbs family, now so widely and favorably
known in eastern Pennsylvania. De Walt
started with a squad of men to punish the red
skins, who had been troublesome, and in fol
lowing them, came to Lykens valley, now in
Dauphin county, where he settled, and mar
ried Mary Woodside, who was born February
19, 1756. Miss Woodside's father was a na
tive of the Scotch Highlands, and her mother
of the city of Dublin, Ireland. From the
Novinger- Woodside union are descended all
the Novingers in the United States. The two
families alike may rejoice in a record of fidel
ity to their country; some of the Woodsides
took part in the ever memorable struggle of
America for independence, and later genera
tions, both of Woodsides and of Novingers,
displayed their patriotism in the more recent
wars. The family of De Walt and Mary Nov
inger was composed of six sons and three
daughters; all the sons, except the eldest,
served in the war of 1812, in defense of the

city of Baltimore. The daughters were:
Mary (Mrs. Nicholas Hoffman); Elizabeth
(Airs. Peter Boardner); Jane (Mrs. John
Strouse) ; all resided in Lykens valley, except
that Mr. Strouse was at one time a merchant
in Lewistown, Pa. Of the sons, James, the
eldest, lived and died on the homestead in
Lykens valley; Jonathan removed to Adair
county, Alo., and died there at the age of
eighty- two; John died in Alillersburg, Pa.;
Walter removed to Ohio, and died there; and
Jesse was found dead at a spring near Clarks
Ferry, Dauphin county, Pa., and was sup
posed to have been murdered. De Walt Nov
inger died March 10, 1826; his wife had died
four years earlier, August 19, 1822.
The remaining son, Isaac Novinger, father
of Thomas J., was born in July, 1796. The
subscription schools of his neighborhood af
forded him but meager opportunities for men
tal culture; but he possessed an alert and ob
serving mind, and by frequenting the society
of the intelligent and well-read, became en
dowed with much valuable information. He
was a millwright, as well as a farmer, having
learned that trade with Hon. Simon Sallade.
Isaac Novinger married Hannah, daughter of
Matthias and Susanna (Deibler) Hawk. Their
children are: Hiram, enlisted in 1846 in the
Cameron Guards, of Harrisburg, Pa., died
July 7, 1847, near the city of Mexico; Charles
E., of Coffee, Kas., married Sarah Mahargue,
of Halifax township, and has a large family;
Isaac, married Aliss Kreiner, of Leechburg,
Armstrong county, Pa., and has a large fam
ily, served for three years in the One Hundred
and Thirty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers,
in the famous Sixth Corps, Army of Potomac;
Simon, a successful farmer and fruit grower,
of Phoenix, Ariz.; Mary, widow of Henry
Gilbert, had two children, of whom one is de
ceased, and she resides with the other, Mrs.
Calvin P. Scholl, in Halifax township; Su
sanna, widow of Henry G. Clouser, of Mil
lersburg, Pa., has two sons and one daughter;
Thomas Jefferson; and James A'L, of Ship-
pensburg, Cumberland county, Pa., served in
defense of the Union in the One Hundred and
First Pennsylvania Volunteers, was married
first to Miss Lutz, after her death to Airs. Mil
ler, by whom he has one child.
Thomas J. Novinger spent his youth in
Halifax township, Dauphin county, and at
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try, serving his apprenticeship with his
brother-in-law, Henry Gilbert, and worked at
this trade until August, 1861. In that month,
he enlisted in a Harrisburg company known
as the Verbeke Rifles, which was mustered in
as Company D, of the Forty-sixth Pennsylva
nia Volunteers, September 2, 1861, and
served all through the various campaigns of
the Army of the Potomac until after the bat
tle of Gettysburg, when the Forty-sixth was
transferred to the western army, commanded
by General Sherman, and made a part of the
Twentieth Corps, under "Fighting Joe"
Hooker. At the battle of Cedar Mountain,
Va., August 9, 1862, Air. Novinger was
wounded in the left hip, and being left on the
field, was taken prisoner. He then experi
enced the horrors of Libby prison and of Belle
Island. He entered the service as private, and
left it as captain, receiving his promotion for
gallant conduct. He was mustered out at
Alexandria, Va., July 16, 1865. Returning
home, Mr. Novinger attended the Normal
Schools at Millersville, Lancaster county, and
at Lewisburg, Union county, Pa. After fin
ishing the term at Alillersville, he went to
Adair county, Mo., where many of his rela
tives live. Here he taught for six terms in
the public schools of Adair county, and spent
two terms at the North Alissouri State Normal
School. At the end of the second term, Mr.
Novinger returned to Lykens valley. He
found employment in different capacities until
1876, when he moved to Mifflin county, and
began farming in Decatur township, on the
Sulphur Spring farm, then known as the
Henry Bridge farm. Here he lived until, in
1892, he removed to Alfarata, and engaged in
manufacturing. Air. Novinger, having cast
his first presidential ballot for the immortal
Lincoln, at the city of Atlanta, Ga., after its
capture in the campaign of 1864, has always
belonged to the Republican party. He is ac
tive in local affairs, and has held many of the
offices of his township; he was for some time
justice of the peace. Air. Novinger's popu
larity in political circles was shown at the
polls in 1893, when he was elected county
commissioner by a good majority; and again
in 1896, by his re-election to that office. He
is prudent and intelligent, and enjoys the re
spect and confidence of his fellow citizens.
Thomas Jefferson Novinger was married,
January 20, 1870, to Elizabeth Al., daughter

of John C. and Sarah (Shott) Novinger, who
was born in Halifax township, Dauphin coun
ty, Pa., Alarch 24, 1846. She was a relative.
They have one son, AYalter Jesse, who is mar
ried, and has one child; he resides with his
family at Kirkesville, Adair county, Mo., and
is studying the science of Osteopathy. Air.
Novinger's wife died February 24, 1871; he
has not re-married." Mr. Novinger is a mem
ber of the Lutheran church ; and has for many
years been superintendent of the Sunday-
school and an officer in the church, holding at
present the position of elder. He is devoted
to church work.

WILLIAM HOWARD GOSS, Painters-
ville, Mifflin county, Pa., son of Jacob and
Alary (Stumpff) Goss, was bom in West
Beaver township, Snyder county, September
5, 1853. His grandfather, George Goss, was
a farmer and wagon-builder in Snyder county,
Pa., being one of the most progressive citizens
in that district. He lived to a venerable age,
as did also his wife; the former reached his
eighty-ninth year. They had the following
children: Elizabeth (Airs. John Steininger),
born February 5, 1813; Alary (Mrs. Daniel
Dubs), born November 9, 1814; Sarah (Mrs.
Jacob Houser), born October '24, 1816; Ja
cob; Henry, born December 4, 1820, married
Rebecca Goss, not a relative; Susanna (Mrs.
Reuben Koch), born January 5, 1823; Isaac,
born Alarch 1, 1825, married Rebecca Meu-
bech; George, born September 25 1827, mar
ried Elizabeth Romig; Elivina (Airs. Abra
ham Kauffman), born Alay 19, 1829; Caro
line, born November 24, 1831, married Mr.
Daniel Snook, after his death married Levi
Smith; Julia (Airs. William Steininger), born
May 18, 1833; Delilah (Mrs. Amos Snook),
born Alarch 1, 1836; and John D., born Janu
ary 14, 1838, married Sarah Kimberling.
Jacob Goss was born October 12, 1818, and
grew up on his father's farm, receiving a lim
ited education in the district schools. He
learned wagon-making with his father, carry
ing on this business in connection with farm
ing interests in West Beaver township, Snyder
county, up to 1860. In 1871 he began farm
ing in Decatur township and continued the
same until his death, December 9, 1894. He
was highly esteemed for his many virtues. He
was married in 1842, to Alary, daughter of
John and Alary (Ritter) Stumpff. Their chil-

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dren were: Mary A., born May 11, 1843;
George A., born June 1, 1845, died August
29, 1883; John 0., born March 22, 1848,
died September 19, 1896; Jacob I., born
May 12, 1850; AVilliam Howard; Samuel II.,
born November 10, 1855, died January 20,
1856; Isaac L., bom September 6, 1857;
Jeremiah F., born February 29, 1860; Amos
R., born November 18, 1864, died August 29,
1865; and Andrew A., born Alarch 23, 1869.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Goss were consistent mem
bers of the German Reformed church, earn
est and active in the discharge of their re
ligious duties. Airs. Goss died January 20,
1890, aged sixty-five years, eleven months and
twenty days.
William H. Goss spent his boyhood on the
home farm in Snyder county, and attended
the common schools. He removed with his
parents to Mifflin county in 1871, continuing
with them until he attained his majority. In
1874, he began farming independently in De
catur township, combining with this, in 1877,
some interests in lumbering. Association
with men of intelligence and business ability
had been of much practical benefit. He soon
began to manufacture lumber and staves, car
rying on the work with such success that in
1890, he established his present extensive busi
ness at Paintersville, where by fair dealing
and honest business methods he earns an am
ple competency for himself and family. One
of the most charitable and liberal citizens, he
watches with the greatest interest any enter
prise for the public good and is ever ready to
lend a helping hand. He adheres to the Re
publican party. He was married November
23, 1876, to Alary A., daughter of Henry and
Sarah (Lepley) Goss. They are both con
sistent, faithful members of the Reformed
church.

JOSEPH SIGLER, deceased, Painters
ville, Mifflin county, Pa., son of Samuel and
Elizabeth (Ort) Sigler, was born on one of the
old homesteads in Decatur township, situated
along the old stage road. Alarch 2, 1828. He
was a great-grandson of John Sigler, who came
from New Jersey, where his parents first set
tled on coming to this country from Germany.
John Sigler came with them, in colonial times,
to what is now Decatur township; his father,
George Sigler, took up a large tract of land,

which he farmed during the rest of his life.
His children were: John; Henry; Adam;
Samuel; Jacob; George; and Elizabeth. Mr.
Sigler died at an advanced age, and was
buried on the old homestead. An interesting
story is told of his youngest son, George. In
those early days the white settlers had to be
constantly on the alert to repel attacks of the
Indians. It so happened that while the youth
was away from home warning the neighbors
of the approach of the Indians, the latter sud
denly appeared, took the boy and carried him
off. He was held captive for nearly a year,
when he either escaped or was surrendered by
the Indians; he reached his father's house at
night. Later he married Elizabeth Bunn, of
New Jersey; both died and were buried on
the farm. The original homestead has re
verted to a George Sigler of each succeeding
generation, the last one of whom was George
Albert, who died unmarried and left the
property to his mother, now residing in Lew
istown, Pa.
John Sigler, grandfather of Joseph, was a
farmer, and died at the age of eighty-six. He
married Jane Osborn; their remains lie side
by side in the family cemetery on the farm.
Their children were: Elizabeth; Nancy;
Sarah; Eleanor; Catharine; Samuel; Jacob;
and Alary. Samuel Sigler was a farmer all
his life; he died in, 18 59, aged sixty-six years.
His wife was Elizabeth, widow of Henry Ort;
they have one child, Joseph.
Joseph Sigler attended the public schools
of his township, and remained at home with
his parents until he began business life for
himself by farming his father's land. In this
he was successful. He was one of the most
prominent, reliable men in the county. On
October 21, 1852, he was married to Frances
Jane, daughter of Timothy Green and Mar
garet (McManigal) Sterrett. They had seven
children: Anna Mary (Mrs. Frank Fisher),
of Lewistown, Pa., three children; Margaret
Woods (Mrs. John Aitkens), of Derry town
ship, three children; Fannie Emma (Mrs. Ja
cob Reigle), resides at Red Cloud, Neb., eight
children; Laura Elizabeth (Airs. Orris Brown
Thompson), Coalport, Clearfield county, Pa.,
one child; Sarah Elmira (Airs. AVilliam G. Sig
ler), Paintersville, Pa., three children; Sam
uel Sterrett, died aged four months. Air. Sig
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Samuel Sterrett Sigler was born on the old
home farm, Alay 4, 1863, and here he lived
until he was nine years of age. His parents
then removed to Paintersville. Leaving
school at the age of seventeen, he entered the
office of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
at Paintersville, and learned telegraphy, work
ing at it for ten years. During this time he
was interested also in the lumber manufactur
ing business under the firm name of Goss &
Sigler, at Paintersville. Besides this he was
associated with his brother-in-law, William
G. Sigler, in mercantile business for four years
at Paintersville. In 1890, he succeeded his
brother-in-law in the business, conducting the
same up to the present time. In all his busi
ness ventures Mr. Sigler has been very success
ful. He is a Republican; he was appointed
postmaster at Paintersville, July 5, 1892. He
is a member of Lodge No. 203, F. and A. M.,
at Lewistown, Pa., also of the I. O. 0. F.,
Lodge No. 566, at Beaver Springs, Snyder
county, Pa.
Air. S. S. Sigler was married May 13, 1890,
to Annice Baldwin, daughter of John and
Jane G. (A'IcClure) Steele. They have two
children: Frances Jane, born April 8, 1891;
and Irma Marie, born August 28, 1892. The
family attend the Presbyterian church. Airs.
Joseph Sigler is a member of the Presbyterian
church at Vira, in Dry valley, Derry town
ship; she still resides at Paintersville in De
catur township, where she and her husband
lived.

GEORGE RIEGLE, Paintersville, Mifflin
county, Pa., son of Jacob and Catharine
(Alarkley) Riegle, was born near Painters
ville, February 20, 1819. His grandfather,
Jacob Riegle, came from Berks county during
the latter part of the eighteenth century and
took up a tract of 150 acres near the present
site of Paintersville. He had been a soldier
in the Revolutionary war, serving under
Washington. AYhile on the battlefield, he re
ceived a gunshot wound in the hip, which left
him lame for life. He died at the age of
sixty-five. His children were: Jacob; George;
Benjamin; and Michael. Jacob Riegle, after
receiving a limited education in the district
schools, learned carpentrv, and at this he
worked during' the rest of his life, principally
in Mifflin and Snyder counties. He married
Catharine Alarklev. Their children were:

Catharine, died aged seventeen years; Eliza
beth (Airs. William Alayes), of Lewistown,
Pa., has two children; Sophia (Mrs. Simon
Stroup), nine children; Margaret; Alary;.
Sarah, married, and resides in Alichigan with
her family; Jacob, died aged eighteen; John,
married Susanna Keller, removed to Ne
braska, where he died, has fourteen children;.
and George.
George Riegle attended the common schools
of his district, and on leaving them, went to
farming. When he was twenty-seven years
old, he began farming for himself on his
father's place, which consisted of 400 acres.
After the death of his father, he removed to
his present homestead, received as his share
of his parents' estate. He began at once in
dustriously to improve the land, clearing it,
and bringing it to so high a state of cultiva
tion, that he has been regarded as one of the-
most skillful farmers of his neighborhood.
He is a Democrat.
Air. George Riegle was married August 20,
1846, to Eva Ann, daughter of Christian and
Catharine (Bishop) Fraind. Their children
are: John W., born August 1, 1848, married
Margaret Stuck, died, and left two children;
Philip Al., born October 16, 1851, married
Alwilda Smith, four children; Christian Da
vid, born April 5, 1853, married Sarah Zook,
five children; Alatthew George, born October
15, 1855, married Nola Quay, seven children;.
Valeria Savannah, born April 1, 1862, died
aged one year. Mrs. Riegle died in August,
1873, at the age of forty-eight. The family
are members of the Lutheran church.

AUGUSTUS M. INGRAA1, deceased, for
merly of Decatur township, Mifflin county,
Pa., was born in Armagh township, Septem
ber 3, 1825, on the farm now owned by How
ard McFarland. He is a son of William and
Martha (Cottle) Ingram. Air. Ingram's
grandfather, James Ingram, was a native of
Ireland. He emigrated to America in the
latter part of the last century, and settled in
the Kishacoquillas valley. He had four chil
dren: Robert; AVilliam; Mary; and Eliza
beth. William Ingram, father of Augustus
Ingram, was a farmer in the Kishacoquillas
valley. In 1840, he removed to Decatur
township, and bought the homestead.. His
wife was Aiartha Cottle. They had six chil
dren: William Charles, died aged two years;

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Augustus Mitchell; Robert John, born in
1827, died in July, 1851; James, married,
died in 1858; Mary and Isabella, twins, born
in 1835; and Elmer Charles, died in infancy.
Alary married James Potter, of Centre coun
ty, Pa. ; they are now living in Illinois. Isa
bella, married John Alilliken, of Centre coun
ty, and resides in Missouri.
Augustus Ai. Ingram received his early ed
ucation in the district schools of Decatur
township. AVhen he was nineteen he entered
the academy at Academia and studied for sev
eral terms under the care of Professor Wilson.
He was also for two summers under the tuition
of Rev. Daniel L. Hughes, in Derry town
ship. Mr. Ingram passed his life on the farm,
which he improved by careful cultivation.
He was a good citizen, and took an active in
terest in the affairs of the township. He was a
AVhig, but later joined the Republican party.
Air. Ingram served in various township offices;
for ten years before his death he was justice
of the peace.
Augustus Mitchell Ingram was married,
Alay 10, 1848, to Elizabeth Bunn, daughter
of George E. and Sarah (Townsend) Sigler.
They had ten children: Elizabeth Larissa
(Mrs. William Bubb), of Decatur township,
has one child; Addie L. (Airs. John L. Har
per), of Dormantown, has six children; George
William, died at the age of six; Sarah Alartha
(Mrs. W. Hutchinson AlcNett), of Patterson,
Juniata county, Pa. ; Robert W., married El-
Ten Stine, of McVeytown, Pa., resides in Lew
istown, and has two children ; Alary W. (Airs.
Dr. William M. Baker), Lewistown, Pa.;
James II. ; Howard L., Decatur township,
married Catharine McClellan, and has four
sons; Annie M. (Mrs. James Wagner), Lew
istown, Pa., has one child; and Ellen Belle
(Mrs. William R. Freed), Siglersville, Pa.
Mr. Ingram died December 1, 1883. He was
a kind and indulgent husband and father, and
was a devout member of the Lutheran church,
contributing liberally to all church enter
prises.

SAMUEL A1UTHERSBAUGH, deceased,
who lived in Decatur, Mifflin county, Pa.,
son of Samuel Muthersbaugh, was born No
vember 27, 1825. Being left an orphan at an
early age. he was brought up by his relatives,
who provided him with the means of acquir
ing a common school education. He began

farming in Decatur township, where, April
10, 1S56, he was married to Julia, daughter
of William and Susan (Peters) Snook. They
had eight children: William, born April 3,
1857; Abraham Wilson, bom November 30,
1858, married Harriet Steininger, has one
child living, three dead; Sarah Ada (Airs.
George Biddle), born February 21, 1861, re
sides at Lewistown, has four children ; Samuel
Ellsworth, born April 30, 1863, married Ala-
ria Goss, resides in Decatur township, has one
child; Andrew Johnson, born October 7,
1865, married May Wagner, resides at Lew
istown, has two children; James Howard,
bom January 2, 1868, married Ettie Criswell,
resides at Burnham, has one child; Eddie
Plummer, bom February 14, 1870; George
A7ashington, born July 4, 1872. The father
died November 14, 1882, his wife, born Feb
ruary 22, 1832, surviving him until June 27,
1886. Air. Aluthersbaugh began making his
way in life with little else than willing hands
and a large heart, and the comfort and plenty
which he later enjoyed was the result of the
industry, pains-taking care and honest dealing,
coupled with frugality, that had ever been
characteristic of his life. He was universally
esteemed. He voted the Republican ticket,
and took an active interest in local politics,
filling at different times various township
offices. Both husband and wife were consist
ent members of the Alethodist church at Lil-
lyville, now Alfarata.
George W. Aluthersbaugh was married
February 2, 1892, to Fannie, daughter of Isaac
and Rebecca (Freed) Henry. They have one
child, Ethel Alay, born October, 1892. The
political and religious views of Air. Aluthers
baugh are in accord with those of his ancestors.

SAMUEL ELA1ER FEAR, deceased, for
merly of Decatur township, Mifflin county,
Pa., was born at Lewistown, Mifflin county,
February 7, 1837. He was the son of Samuel
and Nancy (Ruppert) Fear. Mr. Fear's boy
hood was spent at Lewistown, where he at
tended the public schools. When he was ten
years old, his parents removed to Milroy, and
Samuel attended the district school of that
place until he was fourteen. At this age he
was left an orphan, entirely dependent upon
his own exertions, and was apprenticed for
three years to John Riden, a miller at Alilroy,
for whom he afterwards worked as journey-

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man. In 1804, he enlisted in Company
C, Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers,
Captain Selheimer, and served until the close
of the war. In 1866, he was made foreman
in the mills of Strunk & Hoffman, at Reeds
ville, Mifflin county, and held this position for
thirteen years. Mr. Fear was prudent and
economical, and in 1879 he was able to buy
the homestead, known as Fears mill, situated
in Decatur township. The industry and in
telligence which had made Air. Fear desirable
as a foreman, made him successful as a busi
ness man. The competence which he acquir
ed was the due reward of his own labors. Air.
Fear was a member of the Republican party.
Always interested in the affairs of his town
ship, he enjoyed the confidence of his fellow
citizens, and was elected to various township
offices. Samuel Elmer Fear was married, Alarch 5,
1868, to Rhoda A., daughter of David C. and
Rhoda (Alexander) Aliller. Their children
are: AArilliam, born April 25, 1870, died Au
gust 11, 1870; Laura Carlton, born July 26,
1871; and Rhoda Alexander, born July 16,
1876. Air. Fear's daughter, Laura, is a
teacher at Lillyville, Decatur township. She
received her early education in the district
schools of Decatur township, and attended the
normal school at Millersville, Lancaster coun
ty, Pa. She began teaching in Kauffman's
school house, Union township. Air. Fear died
September 3, 1883, lamented by his many
friends and patrons.
Airs. Fear's father, David C. Miller, was
bom in Hagerstown, ALL He removed to
Huntingdon county, and thence to Kishaco
quillas valley, where he worked as a carpenter,
and kept a general store. Not long after, Air.
Aliller removed to Reedsville, where he was
associated with Abner Reed in the firm of
Aliller, Reed & Co. Air. Aliller was a mer
chant for more than twenty years. He was
a member of the Republican party, and was
elected to various township offices. He was
married, August 20, 1833, to Rhoda Alexan
der, who was born at the old Alexander home
stead in Union township. Their children are :
Rhoda A. (Airs. Samuel E. Fear); Henry
Alexander, resides with his sister, Mrs. Fear;
and John, married Nancy Close, has three
sons. They reside at Milroy, Pa. Mr. Aliller
spent the latter part of his life in Decatur
township, at the home of his daughter, Mrs.

Samuel E. Fear. He died November 23,
1879, aged seventy-three years.

J. W. H. REBER, Al. D., Alfarata, Mif
flin county, Pa., son of Daniel B. and Hannah
(Ilottenstein) Reber, was born at Kutztown,
Berks county, Pa., October 28, 1845. His
grandfather, Conrad Reber, was a resident of
Reading, Pa., who married Alargaret Alt-
house. They had these children: Charles;
John; Bennival; Thomas; Daniel B. ; Afatil-
da; and two others whose names do not ap
pear. Daniel B. was raised in Berks county,
receiving his education in the common
schools. On reaching manhood he came to
Union county, where he engaged in the iron
business with David Kauffman, operating
very successfully the AVhite Deer furnace up
to 1861. He then removed to Lewisburg,
Union county, remaining there until 1881, he
took up his present residence in Aiilton,
Northumberland county. He was married to
Hannah Caroline Ilottenstein, a descendant
of the well-known Ilottenstein family. They
had two children: Edward C, who married
and now lives in the State of Washington;
and Dr. J. W. II. Reber. AVhen the latter
was an infant of only seven weeks, his mother
died, aged twenty-four. Some years later Mr.
Reber married again, his second wife being
Caroline Kauffman. Their children were:
Alary; Samuel K., who married, and died in
1884; Sarah, wife of T. F. Aloyer, proprietor
of the Cameron House at Lewisburg; Daniel
F., who married and now resides at Alt. Car-
mel, Northumberland county, Pa.
On the death of his mother, Dr. Reber was
taken in charge by his grandparents, who
reared and educated him. In his early years
he attended the district schools of Berks, and
when he was sixteen entered the State Normal
School at Kutztown, pursuing his studies
there for four years. At the age of twenty he
began reading medicine with his uncle, Dr.
Edward Ilottenstein, of Kutztown, and the
following year entered Jefferson Aledical Col
lege, Philadelphia, Pa., graduating "with honor
Alarch 9, 1867, and receiving a diploma qual
ifying him for practice in the army and navy.
Returning to Kutztown, he again entered his
uncle's office, under whose tuition he practised
for four years; in 1871, he went to AATarren
county, Ind, where he remained for two
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through the States. He returned home in
1876 and remained with his grandparents un
til 1880, when he went to Norfolk, Va. ; there
he practised his profession for two years, then
in Milton for one year, and in Madisonburg,
Centre county, for a short time; finally, in the
autumn of 1884, he took up his residence at
Alfarata, where he has built up an extensive
practise. Dr. Reber is a Democrat and a mem
ber of the P. 0. S. A., Camp No. 93,
at Alfarata. Dr. J. W. H. Reber married
Lizzie A., daughter of Benjamin and Anna
(Pontious) Groff. Their children are: Nita
A., born January 6, 1886; William IL, born
April 13, 1888; Eva C, born August 19,
1890; Charles A., bom September 24, 1892;
Hairy G, born May 18, 1894; and Mabel
Ann, born April 28,' 189 6. Dr. and Mrs. Re
ber are members of the German Reformed
church.

The Hottenstein Family.
IN EUROPE.— This family clearly traces
its descent from the early Frankish nobility,
having definite information as to its ancestry
as far back as the fourth century A. D. The .
family name is Old German, and signifies holy
rock, or stone; it is supposed to have been as
sumed in memory of the great rock in the
Spessard forest, where the earliest known pro
genitor of this family lived, and held a solemn
court annually upon the rock, under a mighty
oak. That ancestor was Riedbold von Hot-
tenstein, whose wife was Useboda, daughter
of a Westphalian count. He gave to the fam
ily a coat-of-arms; a shield, of which the up
per field is red, the lower white ; the whole is
surmounted by a helmet, between two broad
scrolls on either side, crowned with the coronet
of a graf, or count, above which is a white
falcon, with spread wings; the falcon is re
produced on the red field. The colors sym
bolize wisdom and strict, impartial justice, and
the falcon courage and eagerness for battle.
Riedbold von Hottenstein is known to have
lived and flourished in the year 380 of the
present era; his death is recorded A. D. 415.
About a century later the only representative
of the family, Alfried von Hottenstein, was
received into the Christian church by Arch
bishop Pancratius, of Trier, or Treves. His
title as provincial count and his coat-of-arms
were confirmed to him in a formal document,

at Alayence, by King Clovis. Alfried von
Ilottenstein married an Alsatian lady, Anna
von Herboldsecke. He was killed in a battle
with the Frisians, A. D. 538, leaving two sons,
Sueno and Percival. The latter entered the
monastery at Fulda, where he died. The for
mer erected the castle of Hottenstein, upon a
hill in his hereditary domain. He is said to
have been a bold and successful warrior. He
married Hirlanda von Bremhorst. Later rep
resentatives of the family were the brothers
Theobald and Ansgar von Hottenstein. Theo
bald did not marry; Ansgar married Waldine
von Elmfurt. He was appointed by King
Clovis II. to the important office of Alaster
of Ceremonies, or Truchsess, a title which has
been preserved in the family. He died at a
very advanced age, leaving a son, Filbert von
Hottenstein, whose descendants were among
the Crusaders. In 1204 five knights of the
same name, who had set out for the holy wars,
were shipwrecked on the coast of Dalmatia.
Only one of the von Hottenstein line, there
fore, is found residing in the ancestral strong
hold in A. D. 1288, Giselbert von Hotten
stein, married to Kunigunde von Velleres, of
Poitou. His titles, nobility and coat-of-arms
had been renewed and confirmed by the good
Rodolf, Emperor of Germany. He died A.
D. 1317, leaving sons: Herman; Carl; and
Hartung. Hartung married Leah von Dan-
nenburg, and in their descendants the family
line was continued. The castle von Hotten
stein was destroyed during the "Peasants'
War," in 1524. The only survivor of the
family in that disastrous conflict was Kuno
von Ilottenstein, a captain under the newly
elected Emperor Charles V. His command
was then in Italy. After the conquest and
pillage of Rome he returned to Germany,
laden with booty. The citizens of the free
city of Esslingen chose him as their comman
der and protector; in that city he was married
to a noble lady, Louise von Berg. He died
in 1563. He had two sons, Nicholas and
Ernst von Hottenstein. The former was a
soldier in the service of the German Emperor ;
his descendants are still numbered among the
Austrian nobility. Ernst became mayor of
Esslingen, and left three sons, of whom no
records remain.
IN AMERICA.— Probably about the be
ginning of the eighteenth century, three
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slingen to America. One died in Philadel
phia; another settled in Lancaster, and is still
represented by descendants in that county;
Jacob Ilottenstein, the third brother, became
a resident of Oley township, now in Berks,
but at that time still included in Philadelphia
county. The first definite record of his resi
dence here is found in recorded instruments
of lease and of purchase of a tract of land in
Maxa tawny township, same county, disposed
of to Jacob Ilottenstein by Casper Wistar and
his wife Catherine. The documents are still
in the possession of the family, as well as the
tract of 116 acres conveyed by them, with
327 acres of which Jacob Hottenstein became
the owner at a later date. At his first settle
ment in Alaxatawny township, the country
was still in a wild and unsettled condition, al
most covered with primeval forests, the home
of savages and wild beasts. For some years,
there were only two neighbors whose lands
adjoined that of Air. Hottenstein; the other
adjacent tracts were either "proprietors'
lands," or ownerless. Jacob Hottenstein mar
ried Dorothea Reber; their children were:
Jacob; William; David; Henry; Dorothea;
and Alaria. They were carefully trained, es
pecially in matters pertaining to religious
faith; the celebrated Lutheran pastor, Rev.
Dr. Aluhlenberg, frequently visiting the
house while on his missionary journeys, to
• give catechetical instruction to the younger
members of the family. The following is a
translation of the German inscription on the
tombstone of Jacob Hottenstein, in the fam
ily burying ground on the homestead: "Jacob
Hottenstein was born in Europe on the 18th
of February, 1697; died Alarch 23, 1753.
Ancestor of the whole Hottenstein family.
He was fifty-six years, one month and five
days old."
His eldest son, Jacob Ilottenstein, Jr., mar
ried and settled in Richmond township, Berks
county, Pa. He had four daughters: Catha
rine (Mrs. Abraham Biehl); Afaria (Airs.
Abraham Deyster); Blondine (Airs. Casper
Alerkel); and Susanna (Airs. Samuel Ely).
AATilliam, second son of Jacob Hottenstein,
Sr., bought a farm near Reading, in Cumru
township, Berks county. Besides four daugh
ters, he had five sons, as follows: Samuel, set
tled in "The Forest," near Reading, had two
sons and one daughter; AA7illiam, Jr., removed
to Alt. Pleasant, near Germantown, had

two sons and one daughter; Henry, bought
a farm in Alaiden Creek township, Berks
county, had four daughters and nine sons;
Solomon, of Lehigh county, had seven
daughters and five sons, the eldest of the
sons married three times and was the father
of twenty-four children; and David, also of
Alaiden Creek township, had five sons and four
daughters. David, third son of the elder
Jacob Hottenstein, resided on the farm which
had been his father's, in Maxatawny town
ship, of which he became sole owner by pur
chase. His children were: Jacob, died aged
about twenty; David, M. D.; Daniel; Catha
rine (Airs. Jacob Grim), of Macungie, Pa.,
had eight sons and three daughters; and Do
rothea, who died young. The youngest son of
Jacob Hottenstein, Sr., named Henry, studied
medicine, and practised at Lancaster, Pa. ; he
had but one child, who died at an early age.
His nephew, David Hottenstein, Jr., studied
medicine with Dr. Joseph Hirsch, and gradu
ated from a medical college in Philadelphia;
he practised in the upper part of Berks county.
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard
Kline, of Montgomery county, Pa., and had
children: David; Jacob; Daniel; William;
Isaac; Henry; Catharine; and Dorothea.
David and Henry died young.
The children of Dr. David Hottenstein had
children and grandchildren, as follows:
Jacob, the second son, had six sons, David,
Jacob, Isaac, James, Levi, and Henry. Of
these, David, had one daughter, Catherine
(Mrs. A. B. Manderbach), of Kutztown, Pa.
Isaac's children were: Mary (Mrs. Dr. Yor-
gey), of Pottstown, Pa. ; Frank; James; and
Charles. Levi's were: Jacob; Charles; and
AVilliam. Henry's were: Hettie E. ; Sallie;
Ida; Jacob; and Fanny. Dr. Hottenstein's
third son, Daniel, had one son, Lewis K., who
had also one son, Daniel Q. The children
and grandchildren of Dr. Hottenstein's son,
AYilliam, were: David II. , had children, Wil
liam, Dr. Austin, Prof. John, Ezra, Mary,
widow of AVilliam Grim, and Ellen J.;
Charles A., two sons, Robert and Edward;
Robert, died in youth; Henry, also died
young; Edward, M. D., had children, Elmer
K, Edward L., AVilliam J., Charles A., David
P., Ida (Airs. James De Long), Alice II. , and
Deborah G; Caroline (Airs. Daniel Reber),
two sons, Edward and J. William; Sallie A.
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dren, Isaac, Charles, John, Eddie, Caroline,
Sarah, Rosa (Airs. Z. T. Miller), Tillie, and
Bessie; and Alatilda. 'Isaac, Dr. Hottenstein's
fifth son, had children as follows: Percival;
Cyrus; Frederic; Isaac; Matilda; and Mar
garet. Catherine, daughter of Dr. Ilotten
stein, married Jonas Trexler, of Longswamp,
Pa., has children: Eden; AVilloughby; Jonas;
Abiel; Peter; David; Angeline; Sarah;
Catharine; Eliza; and Amelia. Dorothea
Hottenstein died young.

JOSEPH BURKHOLDER, deceased, was
born June 21, 1804, and was a son of Henry
and Elizabeth (Bisbing) Burkholder. Henry
Burkholder was a farmer in Derry township,
though he came originally from York county.
His father emigrated to America during the
latter part of the eighteenth century. Henry
Burkholder died in 1842; his wife, Eliza
beth, in 1865; both are buried in the Presby
terian church-yard at Vira. His children are:
John, who married Sarah Groh, their children
live in Aiifflin county, with the exception of
a son in Indiana, and a daughter in Kansas;
George, who died in his youth; Samuel, who
•married Sophia Groh, they had two daughters
and one son, of whom but one, a daughter, is
still living; Charles, married Miss Clayton,
had two sons, both deceased; Ann (Mrs. John
William), of Aiifflin county, whose only child,
Samuel, is deceased; Isaac, married and re
sided in the west, where he and his wife both
died; Joseph; Sarah (Mrs. George Sigler),
had one daughter and two sons; Elizabeth
(Mrs. John Q. Adams), has but one living
ehild, John Q., Jr.; Henry, married to Jane
Allen, of Kentucky, still living, had seven
children, four deceased; Susan (Mrs. John
Sigler), of Mifflin county, whose eight daugh
ters are all deceased; Mary (Airs. William
Montgomery), had two sons and one daughter;
Matilda (Mrs. Henry Book), died several years
ago, and her husband still resides in Granville
township, Mifflin county.
Joseph Burkholder lived on his father's
farm in Dry valley, until his marriage. He
received a public school education, and learned
carpentry. He spent three years at Lewis-
town, and then removed to Decatur township,
where he began to farm, and later purchased
the mill property now owned by the Fear fam
ily. He built the mill and house, and greatly
improved the place. He was an industrious

and respected citizen. Air. Burkholder was a
Democrat, and took an active part in politics;
though he never sought public preferment,
he served the township in various offices.
Joseph Burkholder was married about
1831, to Margaret, daughter of John and
A'ancy (Glass) Beatty. Their children are:
John Henry, who married Rosanna Deyo, and
resides in Huron county, 0. ; James Charles,
deceased, married Alinnie Crooks, his widow
and three sons reside in Pottawattomie coun
ty, Kan.; Frances Alarion; Amanda Enie-
line, who died in August, 1867, at the age of
twenty-five years; Louisa Alargaret, died in
October, 1866; Elmira Adelaide; Joseph
Clark, who married Clara Louisa Henzey, re
sides at San Diego, Cal., has two children, a
son and daughter. Alisses Frances Marion
and Elmira Adelaide Burkholder reside in
Alfarata. Joseph Burkholder was a faithful
member of the Presbyterian church at Vira.
His death occurred August 11, 1875. His
wife died Alarch 21, 1885.

SIMON KREPS, deceased, was born in
AYest Beaver township, Snyder county, Pa.,
and was a son of Henry and Catharine
(Knepp) Kreps. Air. and Mrs. Henry Kreps
had seven children: Eve (Mrs. William
Eberhardt), has three sons; Solomon, mar
ried to Rebecca Cadwalader, has five daugh
ters and three sons, resides on the old
homestead in Snyder county; Jacob, married
Miss Oldt, has four sons and one daughter,
resides in Snyder county; Henry, married
Miss McCauley, has two sons and one daugh
ter, resides in Centre county, Pa.; Simon;
William; David, a resident of Centre county.
Simon Kreps passed his boyhood on his
father's farm, and received his education in
the district schools. He served an apprentice
ship with Mr. Chester, miller, in Murray, Mif
flin county. After working a short time as
journeyman, he began business for himself at
Mt. Rock Mills, in Derry township. Later
he rented from Joseph Burkholder the mills
now included in the Fear estate. In 1846 he
came to the present home, and began to clear
and cultivate the land, building a saw-mill,
which was first run by water power, afterwards
by steam. It was the first steam saw-mill in
Mifflin county. In connection with it, Mr.
Kreps gave his attention to lumbering; he
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an industrious and highly esteemed gentle
man. During the late war Mr. Kreps en
listed, in the fall of 1864, in Company H,
Fifty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers, and
served until the close of the war. He was
a Republican, and served the township in vari
ous offices.
Simon Kreps was married March 26, 1846,
to Margaret, daughter of John and Sarah
(Gad) Burkholder. Their children are: El-
vina, born June 1, 1847, died February 12,
1862; Eveline (Airs. AVilliam Shearer), born
July 30, 1848, resides in Mattawana, Mifflin
county, has two children; Sarah Catharine,
born March 10, 1849, died January 18, 1854;
Simon Albert, born December 30, 1851, mar
ried and resides at Fort Benton, Mont.; Da
vid Lawrence, born December 12, 1853, mar
ried Elizabeth Romig, has eight children, re
sides in Decatur township; Mary Margaret,
born July 8, 1855, married Samuel D. Tre-
vellyan, of Stewart, la.; John Andrew, born
June 17, 1859. Air. Simon Kreps was a mem
ber of the German Reformed church. His
death occurred January 19, 1896.
Henry Burkholder, the grandfather of Mrs.
Kreps, was born in Huntingdon township,
York county, August 4, 1767. His wife was
Elizabeth Bisbing, who was born July 30,
1769. They were married in Whitpain town
ship, Montgomery county, December 15,
1791. Their children are : John, born March
16, 1793; AVilliam George, bom Alarch 4,
1794; Charles, born September 1, 1795;
Samuel, born November 6, 1796; Ann, born
November 9, 1800; Isaac, born July 13,
1802; Joseph, born June 21, 1804; Sarah,
born February 3, 1806; Elizabeth, born Au
gust 17, 1807; Henry, bom April 26, 1809;
Laura, born January 3, 1811; Mary, born
June 16, 1812; Alatilda, bom May 19, 1815.
Elizabeth Burkholder came with her husband
from York county, and was one of the first
settlers of Dry valley. They owned the farms
known as the Albright farms, and lived on
them for more than sixty years. She was born
near Philadelphia, and witnessed many inci
dents connected with the Revolution. Gen
eral Washington lodged at her father's house
at the time that both armies were encamped
around it. Airs. Burkholder lived to see her
children to the fourth generation; she had
thirteen children, fifty-two grandchildren,
sixty great-grandchildren and three great-

great-grandchildren at the time of her death.
She was a woman well known for her kindly
disposition and charitable deeds. Her death
occurred October 12, 1865. She was a mem
ber of the Alethodist Episcopal church. Henry
Burkholder died March 5, 1842. The chil
dren of Mr. and Airs. John Burkholder are:
George, who married Amelia Miller, and re
sides in Ohio; Mrs. Simon Kreps; Elizabeth,
wife of Jacob McCauley, of Centre county;
Henry, married and resides in Iowa; Alary,
wife of Jackson Hummel, resides in Illinois;
John, deceased; Abraham, married Mary
Hummel and resides in Kansas; Christian,
who married Matilda Burkholder, now Mrs.
Firth; Simon, who married and resides in
Illinois; Joseph, married Miss Kemberling,
resided in Michigan, was killed in the late
war at Atlanta, Ga. ; Sarah (Mrs. Stephen Alil
ler), of Decatur township; Matilda (Mrs.
George Scott,) of Borden county, Kan. John
Burkholder died September 22, 1877; his
wife died April 30, 1850.

(Published by special request.)
THE OLD WILLOW TREE AT YEAGERTOWN.

It stands beside the turnpike there,
That weeping willow tree,
And many birds its branches seek.
To sing with joy and glee.
A hundred years it stood the blast
Of wind and storm and rain,
And many a weeping mourner passed,
And many a funeral train.
The rich and poor, the old and young,
The sorrowful and the gay,
The blind and lame, yea, many a scene
That long has passed away.
And many a traveler lingered there,
To seek its cooling shade,
And many a lover drove beneath
Beside a lovely maid.
And often underneath its boughs
Hath passed a happy bride,
With hopes so bright, and spirit gay,
Her husband by her side.
Beside the pike that tree hath stood
More than a century,
And many that have passed beneath
Are in eternity.

WILLIAM HENRY GIBBONEY, Wag
ner, Mifflin county, Pa., was born December
13, 1846, son of Henry and Sarah Ann

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(Franks) Gibboney. His grandfather, Thom
as Gibboney, came first from Lancaster county .
to Jericho Mills, in Juniata county, and
thence to Mifflin county, where he settled near
the Dunkard church in Derry township. He
was a shoemaker, and died at the age of sixty-
three; his wife died aged sixty-six. Their
children are: Henry; Abraham, who enlisted
in the late war, after the death of his wife,
and died in a hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn. ;
Paul, of Lewistown, married E. Wagner, had
six children, married again after her death
to Nancy Lewis; John, married Aliss Kyle,
has four children, resides near Belleville;
Mary (Mrs. Thomas Miller), of Decatur, has
four children; Elmira (Mrs. Thomas Freed),
of ¦Granville township, has four children;
Elizabeth, widow of Mr. Womer; and Cath
arine (Mrs. Samuel Cox), of Lancaster coun
ty. Henry Gibboney, father of William H,
came with his parents to Mifflin county at the
age of twelve years, and received his education
in the district schools. He was variously en
gaged until his twenty-sixth year; he then
began to farm, and remained in this occupation
until his death. About 1830 Henry Gib
boney was married to Sarah Ann, daughter
of Samuel and Rebecca (Duncan) Franks.
Their children are : Sarah Ellen (Mrs. Robert
Kemberling), of Decatur township, has seven
children; Thomas Franklin, removed to Ful
ton county and married there; John Frank
lin, married Jennie Sager, resided in Derry
township, where he died, aged forty-two, leav
ing eight children; Rebecca (Mrs. Jackson
Bowersox), of Decatur township, has two chil
dren; and Lillie Etta (Airs. Casper Beatty),
of McVeytown, has four children. The death
of Henry Gibboney occurred March 14, 1884,
in his seventy-eighth year. His wife died
May 30, 1881, aged sixty-four years.
William Henry Gibboney spent his first six
teen years on his father's farm, receiving his
education in the public schools. On July 7,
1863, he enlisted in Company E, Twentieth
Pennsylvania Cavalry, at Lewistown, under
Capt. J. T. Rothrock, of McVeytown. After
serving six months he was mustered, out at
Harrisburg, the time of enlistment having ex
pired. The regiment was afterwards reorgan
ized, and engaged in the campaign of the
Shenandoah valley. Mr. Gibboney was dis
charged in February, 1864, and returned to
his father's home. In the following June he

began to learn the business of tanning with
George Saylor, near Wagner Station, in De
catur township. After serving for two years
he worked as journeyman at Bunkertown, in
Juniata county, for two years. He then went
to Bannerville, Snyder county, where for- two
years he carried on business for himself. Af
ter this he was superintendent for Banks,
Dreese & Co., of Adamstown, Snyder county.
He was next in business for four years at Mc-
Kees Half Falls, but this enterprise was un
fortunate. For three years he worked as
journeyman in Milton, Northumberland coun
ty; after which he came to Wagner, where
he is engaged in mercantile pursuits and the
manufacturing of lumber and staves. Mr.
Gibboney was the first to manufacture here
and has met with much success. He is a Re
publican, and a progressive citizen.
AVilliam H. Gibboney was married, March
13, 1867, to Angeline E. Guiher, who died in
1878. He was married October 16, 1881,
to Aliss Savilla Alartin, of Beavertown, Pa.,
daughter of Peter and Catharine (Wagner)
Khne. Air. and Mrs. Gibboney are active
members of the Methodist Episcopal church;
he is a trustee of the church, and has been su
perintendent of the Sunday-school for four
teen years. Mr. Gibboney is a teacher of the
infant class.

ISAAC L. GOSS, Paintersville, Aiifflin
county, Pa., was born in West Beaver town
ship, Snyder county, Pa., September 6, 1857,
son of Jacob and Alaria Goss. Isaac L. Goss
lived at his birthplace until he was sixteen
years old ; then his parents removed to Aiifflin
county in 1873, and settled in Decatur town
ship, where they remained the rest of their
lives. Isaac Goss attended the district schools
of his native township, and the schools of De
catur township for two terms. He remained
with his parents until he was twenty-two years
old, working on the farm. He was then en
gaged to haul lumber for Mr. Frank Sellers,
of Alonroe county. Mr. Goss' only capital
was less than $100, and one horse; yet by in
dustry and good management he increased it
many fold. One year he cut three hundred
thousand feet of lumber, but for the next six
months he was ill. In 1883 he purchased the
tract of land that is now his farm; he has
greatly improved it, and has built a comfort
able home and the largest barn in the town-

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ship. Air. Goss and his brother Howard con
stitute the firm of AV. H. A: I. L. Goss, manu
facturers of building lumber. He also has in
terests in timber lands. Air. Goss is a Repub
lican, and takes an active interest in politics.
He was elected school director in 1896.
Isaac L. Goss was married April 27, 1879,
to Rebecca, daughter of Robert and Sarah
Kemberling. Their children are: James
Adam; Sadie Maria; Earl AVoodford; Jacob
Howard; Hettie Sophia; Sherman Harrison;
and Bessie Alay.
Robert Kemberling, the father of Mrs.
Goss, served in the late war and was honor
ably discharged; he died of consumption soon
after his return home. Airs. Kemberling is
also dead. Their children are: Priscilla
(Airs. Charles Alackelhoe); Emma (Mrs.
Adam Goss); Lizzie (Airs. AVilliam Ster-
ringer); Allen, who married Miss Gember-
ling, of Selinsgrove, Snyder county; John,
married to Agnes AVagner, of Decatur town
ship; Rebecca (Airs. Isaac Goss). Mr. and
Airs. Goss are members of the Reformed
church.

HENRY A. AIOODIE, Wagner, Aiifflin
county, Pa., was born in Milton, Northumber
land county, Pa., January 11, 1832, son of
Joseph and Alary (Eckbert) Moodie. Robert
Aioodie, his grandfather, was a cabinet-maker
of Northumberland county. His children
are: Isaac, died unmarried at Pottsville, Pa.;
Joseph ; Charles, married and resides in North
umberland county; Robert; Mary (Airs. Da
vid Blair), of Philadelphia; Hannah, married
and resides in Baltimore; and two whose
names we have not obtained. Joseph Moodie
attended the public schools and an academy,
and then turned his attention to tanning,
which was his life-long occupation. He was
married in 1829 to Alary, daughter of Henry
find Catharine (Fox) Eckbert. Their chil
dren are : Henry A. ; and AVilliam. The lat
ter married A'aleria Trout, and resides in
Washington, D. C. They have four children.
Joseph Aioodie was killed in an accident in
1835. He was a good citizen, and a consistent
Christian, esteemed by all who knew him.
Airs. Aioodie died in April, 1892, aged eighty-
three years. She was a member of the Lu
theran church.
Henry A. Aioodie attended the public
schools until he was fifteen years old; he then

attended the Lewisburg Academy for two
terms. For seven years he held the situation
of clerk in a store. In 1852 he began busi
ness for himself, in Milton, Pa., as a mer
chant. In 1861 he removed to Ashland,
Schuylkill county, where he continued in mer
cantile pursuits. He also became manager of
a colliery. In 1869 he associated with M. L.
Buckley, under the firm name of H. A. Moodie
& Co., and began to operate the Preston col
lieries. They sold out their interest to the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Com
pany, in 1872. Mr. Moodie, however, again
invested in mining enterprises until 1880,
when he began the manufacture of lumber in
Mifflin county. He is also one of the firm of
Gibboney & Moodie, in Wagner. Mr.
Aioodie is a Republican. He is a faithful
member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

REV. JACOB LAWVER, Wagner, Mif
flin county, Pa., was born near the homestead
in Decatur township, August 31, 1834. He
is the son of John and Elizabeth (Herbster)
Lawver. Mr. Lawver's grandfather, John
Lawver, blacksmith and farmer, was of Ger
man descent. His wife was Elizabeth
Thomas. Air. and Airs. John Lawver lived
and died on their farm in Decatur township.
Their children are: John; Catharine, de
ceased; Mary, deceased; Rebecca, died in
youth; Jacob, married Elizabeth Herbster;
Elizabeth, deceased; George, died in Illinois,
married Sophia Krick, also deceased, leaving
two children; and Samuel, married Elizabeth
Knepp. His second wife was Caroline Lehr.
John Lawver, Jr., father of Jacob Lawver,
was educated in the subscription schools of
Decatur township. The son of a farmer, his
life was spent in the cultivation of the soil.
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob
Herbster. Their children are: Jacob; Lu-
cinda (Mrs. George Krick), has two children;
John, married Matilda Krick, has thirteen
children; George, married Sophia Snook, has
one child; Sarah Ann (Airs. John AVray), has
five children; Susan (Mrs. Daniel Snook),
has two children; and Alary, who died in
childhood. John Lawver and his wife were
members of the Evangelical church, in which
Air. Lawver was an office-bearer.
John Lawver was educated in the district
schools of Decatur township. He remained at
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until he was twenty-one, when he began farm
ing for himself on the homestead. He is a
careful farmer and his land is improved and
well cultivated. His financial success is due
to his industry and economy. Mr. Lawver is
a Democrat, and takes an active interest in
all that concerns the welfare of the township.
Rev. Jacob Lawver was licensed to preach in
the Evangelical church, March 8, 1878, and
was made a deacon March 5, 1888. .
Rev. Jacob Lawver was married, September
7, 1854, to Salome, daughter of Jacob and
Elizabeth (AVagner) Krick. Their children
are: Anna Alary; Elizabeth; James, married
first to Emma Legington, who had four chil
dren, and afterwards to Edith Sanford; Re
becca, died in childhood; and Sarah I. (Airs.
W. C. Erb), has five children. Mrs. Lawver
was a devout member of the German Re
formed church. She died February 8, 1*862,
aged thirty. Mr. Lawver's second wife was
Christina, widow of Amos AVierman; she died
November 19, 1888, aged sixty-eight years,
two months and twenty-eight clays. Rev. Ja
cob Lawver's daughters are members of the
Evangelical church. In 1882 his son James
removed to South Dakota, where he is engaged
m farming.

EDWARD YETTER, McClure, Snyder
county, Pa., a resident of Aiifflin county, Pa.,
was born at the homestead in Decatur town
ship, Mifflin county, September 3, 1846. He
is the son of John and Elizabeth (Gill) Yet
ter. Air. Yetter's grandfather, Jacob Yetter,
a farmer and miller, resided on his farm near
Samuel's church. He was of German de
scent, and was one of the first settlers in De
catur township. Jacob Yetter had eleven
children: John; Jacob, married Mary Kreps,
has ten children; Joseph, married Eva Young-
man; Luther, married Miss Deckert, who died,
leaving four children, after which he married
Miss Kreps, they have six children; Jona
than, married and moved to Alichigan; Philip,
married, and moved to , Alichigan ; Susanna
(Airs. Wagner), a nonagenarian, residing in
Alichigan; Alary Ann (Mrs. George Kreps),
has eight children; Dena (Airs. Wills), has
six children; and two whose names we have
not obtained. John Yetter, Edward Yetter's
father, grew upon his father's place, attending
the district school and working on the farm.
He learned carpentry, and thus found em

ployment during the winter months. In
1830 he bought the homestead, then wild
land. This farm he cleared and cultivated,
making it a desirable property. Air. Yetter
was a member of the Democratic party, and
was interested in local affairs. He was super
visor of Decatur township for eighteen years.
His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Fred
erick Gill. Their children are: Samuel, mar
ried Mary Youngman, has two children; Su
sanna (Airs. Jacob Ream), has three children;
Alary Ann (Mrs. Conrad AIull), has five chil
dren; Rebecca (Airs. Philip Kinsor), has ten
children; Moses, married Alatilda Keiser, ha3
six children; Mary (Mrs. John Culbertson),
has six children; and Edward. John Yetter
died January 1, 1870, aged seventy-four.
Edward Yetter attended the public schools
in Decatur township. He remained with his
father working on the farm, and at his
father's death, inherited the homestead. Air.
Yetter is a careful farmer and has greatly im
proved his property. He is a member of the
Republican party.
Edward Yetter was married, January 30,
1866, to Elizabeth, daughter of Amos and
Barbara (Landis) Norhood. They have two
children: Elizabeth Sylvania (Airs. Charles
Stinely), has two children, Henry and Frank
lin; and Barbara (Airs. AVilliam AVright), has
one child, Clayton Edward. Air. Yetter is a
member of the Lutheran church; his wife,
who was an active member of the same
church, died October 20, 1875.

ISAAC AURAND, deceased, formerly of
Bannerville, Snyder county, Pa., was born
December 26, 1827, in AATest Beaver town
ship, Snyder, formerly Union county, Pa.
He is the son of John and Barbara (Roth-
rock) Aurand. John Aurand, Isaac Aurand's
father, came to Mifflin county in 1834 or
1835, and settled on what is now the home
stead. Isaac was their only child. His mother
died at the age of seventy-seven; his father
lived to celebrate his eightieth birthday.
Isaac Aurand received his education in the
district schools of his native township, and
worked on his father's farm until he entered
the army. In 1864, he enlisted in Company
F, Two Hundred and Fifth Pennsylvania
A^olunteers. He spent six months in doing
guard dutv, and died of typhoid fever at City
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Isaac Aurand was married, June 20, 1859,
to Rebecca, daughter of William and Susan
na (Peters) Snook. Their children are: Su
sanna B. (Mrs. 0. Eirtley), died July 12,
1888, had three children, Charles W., Wil
liam I., and Annie A. ; John William, married
Annie Smith, had four children, Samuel G,
Henry Z., James C, and Boyd J.; Emma
Jane (Airs. 0. Eirtley), has two children, Rus
sell L., and Ellen R.; and Isaac A., married
Emma J. Ouldt, has four children, Lester J.,
Rettie J., William J., and Hazel R. Mrs.
Aurand still owns the homestead, where she
resides. She is a member of the German Re
formed church. Her parents had nine chil
dren: Rebecca (Mrs. Isaac Aurand); Joseph,
married Rebecca Price, has nine children;
Elizabeth (Mrs. Joseph Smith), has two chil
dren; Lewis, married Caroline Reninger, was
killed in the battle of Petersburg, Va., left
seven children; Julia Ann (Mrs. Samuel Mut-
hersbaugh), has eight children; Andrew D.,
married Alary J. Snook, their only child was
killed in the battle of Petersburg; Alary (Mrs.
Abraham Goss), has eight children; Isabella
(Mrs. Conrad Ulrich), has seven children; and
Matilda (Mrs. Andrew Graty), has four chil
dren. Mr. Snook died July 7, 1873; his wife
died April 6, 1874.
JAMES WRAY, Decatur, Mifflin county,
Pa., was born near Harrisburg, Dauphin
county, Pa., April 2, 1843. He is a son of
John and Christiana (Kinsor) Wray. Air.
Wray's grandfather, John Wray, was a native
of Ireland. He emigrated to America in the
latter part of the seventeenth century, and
settled near Jonestown, Lebanon county, Pa.
Air. James Wray's wife was Rebecca Philips,
of London, England. They had three chil
dren: Rebecca (Mrs. Jacob Harren); Nellie
(Mrs. Conracl Krisser), Putnam county, 111.,
her husband is an influential citizen, her
daughter married D. Boise, M. D., a celebrated
physician; and John, Jr. Air. Wray returned
to Ireland, where he died; his wife remained
in America with their children. She died at
Shickshinny, Luzerne county, Pa., aged
ninety-four. Mr. James Wray's father, John
AVray, was born on the last day of the
eighteenth century. He received a limited
education in the district schools, and became
a worker in iron. Mr. John Wray married
Christina, daughter of Frederick Kinsor,

whose wife was formerly Aliss Binney. Mr.
and Airs. AVray had eleven children: Amos,
married Eunice Haycock, resides at Ply
mouth, Luzerne county, has two children;
William, married Sarah Anderson, living in
Philadelphia, Pa., has three children; Henry,
married Susanna Gerhart, both died in Sny
der county, leaving six children; Samuel, mar
ried Miss Kline, who died leaving six chil
dren,, afterwards he married Airs. Christina
Felson, who died at Danville, Alontour coun
ty, Pa. ; John, married Sarah Lawver, has five
children; James; Sarah; and four who died in
infancy. Mrs. AVray died in 1859, aged fifty-
three. Air. AVray was a consistent member of
the Alethodist Episcopal church. He died in
1859. James AVray was educated in the public
schools of the township. After leaving school
he became a farmer, but at his country's call,
he left his home and enlisted in Company K,
Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was
wounded in the battle of Antietam, and was
discharged as disabled, September 17, 1862.
He re-enlisted, August, 1864, in Company K,
Two Hundred and Fifth Pennsylvania Volun
teers, and served until the end of the war.
Company K was commended for gallant con
duct in the battle at Fort Steadman. After
the war, Air. AVray bought the farm on which
he is now living, in Decatur township. Mr.
Wray was a Republican, but his convictions
have made him a member of the Democratic
party. He is a charter member of Colonel
Hulings Post, No. 176, Lewistown, Pa.
James Wray was married in August, 1863,
to Lavinia, daughter of John and Catharine
(Kline) Weiand. Their children are: Chris
tiana (Airs. John Bingaman); John Henry,
married Delia Lepley, has one child; Gran
ville Gordon, who married Mattie Saylor, has
ten children; James A., married Ellen Snook,
has one child; William Lorenzo, married
Emma Stawver, has two children; Commo
dore Perry, married Emma AA7agner, has two
children; and Ida Alda, who died at the age
of three. Mrs. Wray is a member of the Lu
theran church.

JOHN AVRAY, Dormantown, Aiifflin
county, Pa., was born in Lancaster, Pa.,
March 12, 1824. He is a son of John and
Christiana (Kinsor) Wray. John AVray re
ceived a limited education, attending the pub-

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lie schools of the township, and working on
his father's farm until he was twenty-one.
Soon after he was of age, he began farming in
Decatur township. In 1876 he bought the
homestead where he now resides, a farm of
187 acres. Mr. Wray is an energetic and pro
gressive farmer, and has done much to in
crease the value of his property. In 1892 he
erected a large and convenient house, his first
home having been destroyed by fire. Not con
tent with his labors on the farm, Air. AVray
engaged in manufacturing, forming a partner
ship with Air. D. L. Lawver, under the firm
name of Wray & Lawver. In 1891, they be
gan the manufacture of staves. In 1896 Air.
Wray purchased 400 acres of timberland, sit
uated in Decatur township. He has been very
successful both as a farmer and manufacturer;
he is prudent and enterprising, and has won
the respect and confidence of the community.
Air. Wray is a member of the Democratic
party. John AVray was married, September 19,
1861, to Sarah Ann, daughter of John and
Elizabeth (Herbster) Lawver. Their chil
dren are: Christiana (Mrs. Oliver Snook), has
one child; Sarah Elizabeth (Mrs. J. B. Lash),
North Dakota, has five children ; George AVil
liam; James C, married Fanny Smith, has
two children; Samuel; and Edwin John.

JOHN L. HARPER, Dormantown, Mif
flin county, Pa., was born at the old home
stead, in Dormantown, Decatur township, Oc
tober 7, 1843. He is a son of Glass Dorman
and Elizabeth (Dorman) Harper. His grand
father, Robert Harper, was a native of Ire
land, and came to America in the early part
of the eighteenth century. It is supposed that
he landed at Philadelphia, Pa., and made
his way to Stone valley, Huntingdon county,
Pa., where he taught school for many years.
He afterwards went to Mifflin county, teach
ing at Kelly, now Vira, Derry township.
Here he wooed and married his first wife,
Nancy Dorman. Their children are: Eliza
beth (Mrs. Eli Wagner), has one son, John,
who resides in Kansas; Glass Dorman; John
M., married Alargaret Barr, had six children,
their son, Samuel, was killed at Petersburg,
they reside at Tyrone, Pa.; Nancy, married
and died in Huntingdon county; and Sarah
(Mrs. Andrew McClenahan), has three chil
dren. On March 4, 1830, Mr. Robert Har

per married his second wife, Sarah Jane
Smith. They had four children: Desdemona;
Mary Ann; Leonidas; and Samuel D., mar
ried and living at Houtzdale, Clearfield coun
ty, Pa. Robert Harper is buried in Stone val
ley, Huntingdon county. John L. Harper's
father, Glass D. Harper, was born February.
1, 1818. He received his early education in
Huntingdon county, completing his course un
der Professor AVilson, at Academia, Juniata
county, Pa. For some years, he taught in the
eastern townships of Aiifflin county. His lat
ter years were spent at Siglerville, as manager
for Brown, Sample & Company. Glass D.
Harper was a man of intelligence; he com
manded the respect and esteem of the com
munity. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of
Alexander and Elizabeth (AlcClenahan) Dor
man. Their children are: Rosabelle, born
July 11, 1842, died April 26, 1853; John L;
Howard B., of Derry township., born Decem
ber 20, 1846, married Alary Ort, has four
children, Charles, James, Frederick, and one
daughter who died in youth; and Francis Al
bert, born August 21, 1848, died May 7,
1853. Air. Harper and his wife were devout
members of the Presbyterian church. Glass
D. Harper died at Siglerville, Alay 17, 1858;
his wife died May 20, 1871.
John L. Harper received his early educa
tion in the district schools of his native town
ship. At the age of twenty-three, he entered
the academy at Lockes Mills, and was gradu
ated in the teachers' course. He enlisted, Au
gust 31, 1861, in Company C, Forty-ninth
Pennsylvania Volunteers, served until the
close of the war, three years and two months,
and was mustered out at AVinchester, Va., Oc
tober 23, 1864. He then for some time culti
vated a farm in Brown township. In 1868,
he began teaching, and, with the exception of
two years, has been constantly occupied in his
profession. Air. Harper is a popular and suc
cessful teacher; in Decatur township he taught
in the same school for eleven successive terms.
John L. Harper has always been a member of
the Democratic party. He is an intelligent
citizen, interested in the welfare and the pro
gress of the community in which he lives. He
was appointed postmaster at Dormanstown
June 21, 1896.
John L. Harper was married in 1875,
to Ada L., daughter of Augustus and Eliza
beth (Sigler) Ingram. Their children are:

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Rosabella, born January 23, 1870; Alary E.,
bom September 9, 1878, died April 18, 1881;
Boyd H, born November 9, 1880, died April
24, 1887; J. Ingram, born December 9, 1884,
died April 24, 1887; Josie Ruth Pearl, bom
August 29, 1890; and Fern Luther, born
April 28, 1893. Alary, Boyd and Ingram
died of diphtheria. Air. Harper and his wife
are members of the Lutheran church.

AV ALTER BAKER, Dormantown, Mifflin
county, Pa., was born in West Beaver town
ship, Snyder county, Pa., September 17, 1839.
He is a son of AV alter and Amelia (Koch)
Baker. AV alter Baker's grandparents were
natives of Germany. They came to America
about 1800, and settled in eastern Pennsylva
nia. They had eight children. Walter Bak
er's father, A\ralter Baker, was born in Le
high county, Pa. He attended the public
schools of the township, and became a cabinet
maker, working for many years at his trade
in Snyder county.
AAr alter Baker was an only child. Left an
orphan when very young, he never knew a
parent's loving care. He received no educa
tion beyond that which could be obtained in
the public schools of the district. Being anx
ious to learn a trade, he was apprenticed to his
guardian, David Baker, a cabinetmaker in
Snyder county, and worked as carpenter and
undertaker in Bannerville, Snyder county.
He has always found employment at one of
these trades. In 1872 he bought his present
farm, a place of 100 acres, and turned his at
tention to its improvement, still working at
carpentry during the winter. In 1864, Air.
Baker enlisted in Company I, One Hundred
and Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania A^olunteers,
Oapt. L. C. Edmunds, in the Army of the
Potomac. He served until the end of the war,
and was mustered out at Harrisburg, Pa., in
June, 1865. He took part in the fights in the
vicinity of Petersburg, Va. Mr. Baker is a
member of the Republican party.
Walter Baker was married November 24,
1860, to Salome, daughter of John and So
phia (Treaster) AlcClain. Their children are:
James M., attorn ey-at-1 aw, Aliddleburg, Pa.,
married Mary Yeager, has two children ; Wil
liam A!., M. D., Lewistown, Pa.; Mary, died
at the age of seven years and eight months;
Addie (Airs. E. S. Aurand); Ira R., teaching
in Decatur township; Lizzie AL; Samuel S.;

Elsie Y.; and Kirby. Air. and Airs. Baker
are members of the Lutheran church. Air.
Baker has been an elder at Samuel's church
for many years.
JOHN F. AlcCLELLAN, Dormantown,
Aiifflin county, Pa., was born in the Kishaco
quillas valley, Armagh township, January 27,
1835. He is the son of James and Alargaret
(Alaffet) McClellan. Air. AlcClellan's par
ents were of Scotch-Irish descent; his father,
James McClellan, was a native of Lancaster
county, Pa. James McClellan's first wife was
a native of Lancaster county; she died leaving
him a son and a daughter. After his wife's
death, Air. AlcClellan removed to Aiifflin
county, and settled in the Kishacoquillas val
ley, where he engaged in many different oc
cupations. His second wife was Margaret
Maffet, of Shavers Creek, Huntingdon coun
ty. They had nine children: Ann (Airs. Ja
cob Barger), died leaving four children;
Sarah, married her brother-in-law, Jacob Bar
ger; Catharine (Airs. AVilliam Dippery), has
four children; Alary (Airs. John Kibe), has
four children; Hannah, deceased, aged fif
teen; AVilliam, died in childhood; John; Sam
uel, married Frances Sipe, has three children;
and Joseph, married Elizabeth Desworth, has
eleven children. Air. James AlcClellan died
at the age of fifty; his wife died aged sixty-
five. John F. AlcClellan received such an educa
tion as could be obtained in the district schools
of his native township. Thrown upon his
own resources in early boyhood, he naturally
sought employment from the farmers of the
township. In 1865 he rented a farm in Ar
magh township, where he remained for a num
ber of years. He afterwards farmed for one
year in Granville township, and for nine years
in Brown township, and in 18S6 removed to
Decatur township, and purchased the farm on
which he now resides. Air. McClellan was a
Republican, recently he has identified himself
with the Democratic party.
John F. McClellan was married Alay 21,
1857, to Hannah, daughter of Frederick and
Leah (Cressman) Pecht. Their children are:
Margaret (Mrs. John K. Bell), has four chil
dren; Mary (Airs. Charles G. Philips), has six
children; Samuel, married Alma Ely, has four
children; Catharine (Airs. Howard Ingram),
has four children; AVilliam, died at the age

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of three; Charles S.; Robert C; James B.,
died in youth; and one who died in infancy.
Mrs. AicClellan's parents are dead. Her
father was a cooper, and towards the end of
his life, a farmer. They had eight children:
Levi; Leah; Margaret; Sarah; Mary; Eliza
beth; Hannah; and Isaiah.

JAMES D. SMITH, Bannerville, Snyder
county, Pa., was born in Centre township, Sny
der county. In early boyhood he was placed
under the care of Mr. George Laply, his guar
dian, who resides in Decatur township, Mif
flin county, Pa. Air. Laply found employ
ment for him on the farm of Air. Joseph Yet
ter, with whom he lived until he was eighteen,
attending the district school, and working on
the farm. Mr. Smith learned carpentry, and
worked at his trade and as a farm laborer. In
1856, Mr. Smith began farming in Decatur
township, on a place belonging to Air. Joseph
Yetter. Mr. Smith is progressive and enter
prising; he has made many improvements on
his farm, enriching the land by careful and
intelligent cultivation. In 1880-81 he built
a convenient and comfortable house, and in
1886, a large barn; his farm is regarded as one
of the finest and best cultivated in the town
ship. Mr. Smith is a member of the Republi
can party and takes an active interest in po
litical affairs. He is a good citizen, ready to
use his influence for the benefit of the com
munity. He has won the respect of his neigh
bors, who have shown their confidence in him
by calling upon him to fill various offices in
the township.
James D. Smith was married, June 15,
1854, to Alary, daughter of John and Sarah
(Snook) Goss. They have seven children:
Sarah Jane, born June 8, 1855, died May 19,
1863; Susanna (Mrs. John W. Aurand), born
May 12, 1857, has two sons; Wilson Alexan
der, bom November 19, 1861, died May 27,
1863; Susanna (Mrs. John W. Aurand), born
October 9, 1864, has four children; Henry
Clay, bom January 31, 1866; Amanda 'E.,
(Mrs. Lawrence Krick), born November 7,
1868, has one child; and Fanny Elizabeth
(Mrs. James C. AVray), born March 13, 1871,
has two children. Mr. Smith and his wife
are members of the Lutheran church, in
which Mr. Smith has been an elder for many
years.

J. II. AIYERS, AI. D., Alfarata, Aiifflin
county, Pa., was born in Allegheny county,
Pa., April 23, 1840. He is a son of Peter and
Mary (Gillespy) Alyers. His grandfather,
Peter Alyers, was of German, and his grand
mother, Sophia Alyers, English descent. They
were old residents of Lewisburg, Union coun
ty, Pa., and a large family. Air. Alyers'
father, Peter Alyers, boatman and day laborer,
was born and educated in Union county.
The children of Peter and Alary Alyers are:
George AVilliam, who died in boyhood; Dr.
J. II.; Mary Margaret (Mrs. Andrew Fair-
man), of Alicldletown, Dauphin county, Pa.,
has a family of sons and daughters; and So
phia Elizabeth (Mrs. Noah Hollenbach), of
Sunbury, Pa., has one child, AVilliam. Mr.
Peter Meyers died aged forty; his wife lived
to the age of sixty.
J. II. Alyers was left an orphan at four
teen. Until he was seventeen he attended the
district schools, and worked among strangers
in the counties of central Pennsylvania, earn
ing enough to spend one term at the academy
at Limestoneville, Northumberland county.
He afterwards attended an academy in Co
lumbia county, and for sime time taught in
Pennsylvania. In 1860, he removed to Illi
nois, where he worked as farm laborer and at
tended the Prairie City Academy, AlcDon-
ough county, 111. In September, 1861, he
enlisted in Company G, Fifty-fifth Illinois
Volunteers, under Col. David Stewart, and
Capt. Joseph Clay, served for three years and
was mustered out at Larkin's Landing, Ala.
He re-enlisted in the same company, served to
the end of the war, and was mustered out as
a corporal, at Little Rock, Ark., August 14,
1865. Returning to Henry county, 111., he
again taught, working on a farm in summer.
In 1868, he returned to the east to attend a
medical college in Philadelphia, Pa., graduat
ing in the spring of 1872. He opened an
office at Kratzerville, Snyder county, Pa., and
began the practice of his profession. In the
autumn of 1878 he removed to Lillyville, now
Alfarata, Aiifflin county, and in 1883 entered
the Baltimore Aledical College, graduating
from that college also in 1884. ¦ He has since
practiced in Alfarata and Lewistown, Pa. He
is a Republican.
Dr. J. H. Meyers was married in February,
1872, to Maria, daughter of Thomas and
Catherine (Snook) Shipton. They have two

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children: Harry Oliver, died in infancy;
Thomas William, married Alargaret, daughter
of Daniel and Alary Rheam, has one child.
Air. Meyers is a member of the Lutheran
church. For many years he was assistant su
perintendent of the Lutheran Sunday-school;
at present he is assistant superintendent of the
Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school. He is an
uncompromising advocate of temperance. In
1891 he left Lewistown, where he had been
practising for some years, and returning to his
old home in Alfarata engaged in the general
store business, and may, therefore, be consid
ered to have retired from medical practice.
During four years of hard army service at the
front during the war of the Rebellion he in
curred disease that disables him from manual
labor.

HON. ALEXANDER KELLY Mc-
CLURE, son of Alexander and Isabella (An
derson) McClure, was born on his father's
farm in Perry county, Pa., January 9, 1828.
Here also his youth was passed. For his edu
cation he owes but little to scholastic training.
His early opportunities were limited to the
brief sessions of the county schools; nor did
he enjoy even these beyond his fifteenth year.
Having attained that age, he became appren
tice to James Marshall, of New Bloomfield,
Pa., in order to learn tanning. The time he
could spare from the acquirement of this
handicraft was spent very differently from
the leisure of most apprentices. His favorite
diversion seems to have been a visit to the
office of a country newspaper, the Perry Free
man, and a chat on current topics — especially
political — with its editor. He even wrote
some articles for the paper, which were ac
cepted. The owner of the Freeman, Hon.
John A. Baker, perceiving the lad's ability
and promise, encouraged these early efforts;
and when by a happy concurrence of circum
stances, the end of young McClure's appren
ticeship coincided with the demand of the
Juniata county AATiigs for an editor who
should conduct a paper in their interest at the
county seat, this good friend induced him to
place himself at their service. Beginning
with a modest outfit, he issued the first num
ber of the Sentinel, still one of the leading
newspapers of Perry county, on December 9,
1846. His ambition led him to master the
art of printing; and by the end of his first year

as editor of the Sentinel, he was able to per
form all the work of the office unaided. He
seemed to attain to political prominence at a
bound. His early career was closely connect
ed with that of Governor Curtin, whose cause
he advocated as conferee at a Congressional
conference, when the young editor was not
yet twenty-one years of age; unsuccessfully,
indeed, but so ably and heartily that a strong
and lasting friendship was at once cemented
between them. One of the first acts of An
drew G. Curtin, on being installed as Gover
nor of Pennsylvania, was to appoint Mr. Mc
Clure on his staff, as aide. In 1850, Gover
nor Curtin secured his appointment as deputy
United States Marshal for Juniata county, for
the taking of the census. Soon after this, he
sold the Sentinel, and purchased a half in
terest in the Franklin county Repository,
published at Chambersburg, Pa., which, how
ever, he sold a few years later, strongly repre
hending the policy of the Whigs of that coun
ty with regard to the "Know-Nothing" move
ment. Meanwhile, Mr. McClure had become a
power in State politics, not only through his
vigorous and incisive editorials, but by his
oratorical powers, which made him a most ef
fective "stump" speaker. He had also added
to his intellectual equipment by a course of
legal study, under the late William McLellan,
Esq., of Chambersburg, Pa., and was admitted
to the bar of Franklin county, June 17, 1856,
entering upon practice as the partner of Mr.
AlcLellan. For a number of years his life
was devoted to a series of public services. He
was for a short time superintendent of Public
Printing, receiving the appointment from
Governor Pollock. He was next superinten
dent of the Erie and Northeastern Railroad,
in which capacity he permanently adjusted the
difficulties which had occasioned the Erie
riots. He was a delegate in 1856 to the Na
tional Convention that nominated John C.
Fremont for the Presidency. In 1857 he was
elected to the legislature of Pennsylvania,
and in 1858, was re-elected by a still larger
majority. His nomination to the State Senate
in 1859 was followed by his election to that
House also. He was the able, determined
and brilliant chairman of the Republican
State Committee in 1860; and in 1861, in the
Senate, his attitude on the war question was so
decided, and his views were so far-reaching

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and so convincingly expressed as to place him
at once among the leaders in the war policy
of the State. He served as chairman of the
Committee on Military Affairs, and was later
made assistant adjutant general, with the duty
of supervising the draft in Pennsylvania.
The year 1862 left Col. McClure once more
at the editorial desk of the Repository, in
Chambersburg, of which journal he continued
for several years to be editor and proprietor.
In 1864, he lost the accumulated savings of
many years by the Confederate invasion and
the burning of Chambersburg. In 1866, for
the recovery of his health, which was seriously
impaired by his long and engrossing labors,
he visited the far west and spent a year in the
Rocky mountain region. After his return he
was chairman of the Pennsylvania delegation
in the National Republican Convention of
1868, which nominated General Grant as
President; and he took an active part in the
campaign that followed. Colonel McClure
next became a resident of Philadelphia, in
tending to settle down to legal practice. In
1872, he espoused the cause of Horace
Greeley, and was prominent in the Cincinnati
convention and the succeeding campaign. He
was elected to the State Senate in 1872 as an
Independent. During his Senatorship he was
nominated for the mayoralty of Philadelphia,
but was defeated. This defeat led to the es
tablishment of the Philadelphia Times, on
March 13, 1875, by Messrs. John and Frank
McLaughlin, of that city. John McLaugh
lin died in 1881 and his brother in 1897.
From the establishment of the paper to the
present time, Hon. A. K. AlcClure has been
its vigorous, brilliant, aggressive editor-in-
chief, the leading spirit of a well-qualified
staff. Years have not cooled his ardor, or
dulled the point of his lance; their varied ex
periences, on the contrary, have only furnish
ed him the more abundantly for the work
which he continues with all the force and more
than the adroitness of his youth.

AARON Al. SHOOP, Yeagertown, Mif
flin county, Pa., was born September 28,
1816, at Newton Hamilton, Pa., and was a
son of Jacob and Nancy (Copeland) Shoop.
His grandparents, Philip and Elizabeth
(Noss) Shoop, came to America in the latter
part of the eighteenth century and settled
near Newton Hamilton. They took out war

rants for a tract of land, and with industry
and perseverance established their home.
Their children are: Jacob; John; George;
Daniel; and Nancy. Jacob Shoop spent his
youth in his father's home and secured his
education from the subscription schools,
afterwards teaching for several terms at New
ton Hamilton. He assisted in the construc
tion of the Pennsylvania canal; after its con-
pletion, removed to the Tuscarora valley, and
from that time followed farming until his
death. Jacob Shoop was married to Nancy
Copeland, of English descent. Their chil
dren are : Oliver, deceased ; Catharine, widow
of Thomas Roddy, is now Mrs. Charles King,
and has a family; Aaron AL; Matthias F.,
married Sarah Carl, and has ten children;
Phoebe Ann, Mrs. Joshua Edgein; John AVes-
ley married Eliza Brandt, and has four
children; Alary (Mrs. Calvin James), has a
family; Sidney (Mrs. William Stahlman), has
four children; Daniel, married Isabella Love,
and has five children. Jacob Shoop died in
1877, aged ninety years, one month and
twenty days, his wife died in 1860 at the age
of sixty-six.
Aaron Al. Shoop was educated in the dis
trict schools and remained with his father un
til his marriage. He first began farming in
the Tuscarora valley, Huntingdon county,
where he rented a farm for twelve years; he
then bought a farm in Shade valley, which
he cultivated successfully for some years.
After retiring from farming he resided one
year at Mt. Union; in 1866 he removed to
Reedsville, where he resided five years. In
1871 he came to Yeagertown, moving to his
present home in 1883. Air. Shoop is a Demo
crat, and has always taken an interest in po
litical affairs. He has held the office of justice
of the peace for twenty-nine years.
Aaron Al. Shoop was married in 1836 to
Margaret, daughter of George and Alary
(A^aughn) Goshorn. Their children are:
Jacob, born September 6, 1837, served
through the late war and was seven times
wounded, married Hannah AlcGarry, and has
three children; George, born August 25, 1838,
deceased; Samuel, born February 8, 1840, de
ceased; Maria (Mrs. Samuel Okeson), born
March 2, 1841, has one child; David C., born
March 1, 1842, was killed in the battle of the
Wilderness; Alatthias, born September 12,
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Anna Graffinger, and has two children; John,
born June 6, 1S45, also served in the late war,
was married to Alary Deenier, and has eight
children; Adolphus Patterson, born June 28,
1846, began business as a merchant after serv
ing in the war; Nancy Jane (Airs. Eli Al-
baugh), born August 10, 1847, resides in Ohio
and has five children; Susan Catharine (Mrs.
AVilliam Baird), born June 16, 1850, has
three children and resides in Indiana; Anna
Elizabeth, born May 27, 1851, deceased; An
drew Porter, born January 2, 1853, died Sep
tember 22, 1883; Alary Ann ^(Airs. John
AVagner), born January 10, 1856, has six chil
dren; Bruce Petriken, born August 9, 1860,
married Alberta Bower, and has one child.
Airs. Alargaret Shoop was born August 3,
1814; she suffered and sacrificed much for
her country in giving her five sons to its ser
vice in the war. Her life ended July 30,
1864. Air. Shoop married Maria E., daughter
of AVilliam and Rachel (Bratton) Clayton.
Their children are: Cora, born September 23,
1865, deceased; Clara, born August 19, 1866,
deceased; AVilliam, born xiugust 3, 1867, de
ceased; Henry Clayton, born June 28, 1868,
deceased; Lee, born June 25, 1871, deceased;
James Mann, born April 8, 1873, deceased;
Alice (Airs. Robert Given), born August 4,
1876. Air. and Airs. Shoop are members of
the Alethodist Episcopal church.
Air. and Airs. AVilliam Clayton have ten chil
dren. Those living are : James, married Eliza
beth Briggs, and has seven children; Taylor,
married Lucinda Chilcote, and has eight chil
dren; Alargaret, widow of Cyrus Jefferies;
Alatilda (Airs. Thomas Lobe), has three chil
dren; and Airs. Aaron Al. Shoop. Mrs. Clay
ton died at the age of seventy-three. Mr.
Clayton lived to the age of seventy-six.
FRANCIS AIILLIKEN, deceased, was
born in Juniata county, December 20, 1813,
a son of James and Jane (Boggs) Milliken.
James Alilliken was of Scotch-Irish descent;
he and his wife settled in Juniata county in
the latter part of the eighteenth century, and
there engaged in farming. Their children are :
Thomas, who married Aliss Beale, and had
five children; James, married Miss AicDon
ald, and had one child; Millie (Airs. Joshua
Beale), had five children; Alattie (Airs. John
Endslow), had seven children; Joseph, mar
ried Elizabeth Laird, and had four children;

Jane (Airs. John AicDonald), had sons and
daughters; Francis; John, married Isabel
Barclay, and had six children; and Mary.
James Milliken died at the age of eighty-six
years. His wife also died at an advanced age.
Francis Alilliken attended the subscription
schools of his neighborhood and added to his
limited education by reading and associating
with intelligent men. In his eighteenth year
he began to learn the trade of saddlery and
harness-making with George Beale, in Juni
ata county, near the present site of Pleasant
View post office. After learning his trade, he
began business in his own name at his father's
home, which he continued for nine years. He
then removed to Warfordsburg, Fulton coun
ty, Pa., and opened a store for saddlery and
harness-making; after four years of successful
business he removed to Hancock, Aid. There
he remained for four years. In 1851, he came
to Mifflin county and purchased the old home
stead of Francis Boggs, at Yeagertown, which
he farmed to the time of his death.
Francis Milliken was married in 1840, to
Sarah, daughter of John and Elizabeth
(Hench) Briner, of German ancestry. Their
children are: Matilda (Mrs. Henry R. Aliller),
who has one son; Jessie, died aged eighteen
months; George, died at seven years of age;
Myra Belle, died aged six years; John, mar
ried Josephine Smith, and has children, Alin-
nie, Stetson, McClure, Rita and John Francis;
Alary (Mrs. Thomas J. Boate), had seven chil
dren, only one, Minnie, survives.
Francis Milliken was a member of the Lu
theran church. He died October 12, 1883.
Mrs. Alilliken was born in 1815. She is a
member of the Presbyterian church, and still
takes part in its work.

MATTHEAV AIKEN, deceased, was born
in Blair county, Pa. ; he is the son of John and
Alary (Uttley) Aiken. The father of John
Aiken, was one of three brothers who together
came to America from Scotland, and settled
in what was then the province of Pennsylva
nia. The children of John and Alary Aiken
are: Watson, who married Elizabeth Shafer,
and has one child; Martha, Airs. Penrose Mil
ler, who has three children; Lucy; Rebecca
(Mrs. AVilliam Hocksworth), deceased, had
two children; Katie, who died aged fourteen
years; AVilliam, married, and has five children
living; Matthew; and two died in infancy.

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Matthew Aiken received his education in
Blair county, and prepared to teach. He had
taught but one term when the war of the Re
bellion began. Promptly offering his services
to his imperilled country, he enlisted, April
20, 1861, in Company E, Third Pennsylvania
Volunteers, and was discharged July 30, 1861.
On December 10, 1861, he enlisted in the
three years' service, under Capt. Patrick H.
McAteer, and Col. L. B. Pierce, in Company
G, Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry, was mus
tered out at the end of his term of enlistment
at Alartinsburg, A^a., on January 31, 1864,
but re-enlisted and served to the close of the
war. For gallant and meritorious service he
was promoted to the position of sergeant, on
February 12, 1865. .He was taken prisoner,
confined in the Andersonville prison for three
months, and then paroled. He received an
honorable discharge July 20, 1865, at Win
chester, Va. After his return he was for a
short time in business as a merchant in Al-
toona. He entered the shops of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company as an employee. In
1868 he came to Mann's Station, Derry town
ship, and was employed in the axe works of
William Mann, Jr. & Company, which posi
tion he held the remainder of his life.
Mr. Aiken was married, December 31,
1867, to Louisa Jane, daughter of Samuel and
Margaret (Munsell) Crownover. Their chil
dren are: John Wilbert; J. McDannell; Mar
garet Munsell ; Alary Jane ; and Lourene Aler-
cedes. John Wilbert Aiken received his edu
cation in the district schools, and had several
years' experience as a merchant. He is a
Democrat, and was appointed postmaster at
Yeagertown, August 3, 1893.
Matthew Aiken was an esteemed citizen of
kindly disposition. He was a member of the
Lutheran church. His death, which occurred
November 3, 1882, was caused by injuries
received by falling from a tree while
gathering chestnuts with his children. Mrs.
Alatthew Aiken is a granddaughter of John
Munsell, who was born at Nantz, in France,
in 1812. He came to Philadelphia, where he
became acquainted with the philanthropist,
Stephen Girard. John Munsell married Miss
Campbell and had a family of sons and daugh
ters; one of whom was Margaret Ellen, who
married Samuel Crownover. They had three
children : An infant that died ; Samuel J. P. ;
and Louisa J. (Mrs. M. Aiken). Samuel

Crownover died in 1850. His widow mar
ried J. AlcDannell. Their children are: An
infant, deceased; Ida Alary; Fanny; Emma
T. (Airs. Adam Leise), who has two children;
Daisy Ellen (Airs. AVilliam Shaff), who has
five children.

EDWARD V. JOHNSTON, Yeagertown,
Aiifflin county, Pa., was born in Brown town
ship, near Mann's axe works, January 11,
1851. He is the son of Peter and Catharine
(Brown) Johnston. Air. Johnston's father,
Peter Johnston, was born in Edinburg, Scot
land. He came to America about 1842, land
ing at Philadelphia, and went at once to Mif
flin county, Pa., traveling by canal. Air.
Johnston first found employment with the
Kishacoquillas Turnpike Company. After a
short time he obtained a position as polisher
in the axe works of William Mann, Jr., &
Co., which he retained for more than thirty
years. Although Mr. Johnston was generous
and liberal, his industry and frugality enabled
him to spend the latter part of his life in re
tirement. He was a devout member of the
Roman Catholic church. Peter Johnston
married Catharine Brown, a native of Ireland.
Their children are : Alichael, married Matilda
Camp, died in 1894, aged forty-six, leaving
five children; Edward V.; Alary Ellen (Mrs.
Thomas Rogers), has two children; Bridget,
died at the age of seven; Peter, married, had
one child, and died in 1887, in Philadelphia,
Pa.; William J., married and has eight chil
dren; James, died at the age of two years;
Andrew, died in Philadelphia, aged twenty-
one; and Elizabeth (Airs. James Foley), of
Philadelphia, has two children. Mr. Johnston
died July 4, 1876. He is buried at Lewis-
town, Pa. His widow is living in Philadel
phia, with her daughter Elizabeth.
Edward V. Johnston attended the district
school of his native township. AVhen he was
fifteen he began to work in the axe factory
of AVilliam Mann, Jr., & Co. At the end of
the year he was employed by J. Ferron Alann,
and after working for him for two years, spent
one year at Newton Hamilton in the employ
of R. H. Kinsloe. Returning to J. F. Alann,
he worked for him for one year, and again
found employment in the axe works. After
nine years spent in tempering axes, he was
made clerk in the company's store. In 1885,
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tical knowledge of business, he opened a store
at Yeag-ertown, Pa. Air. Johnston's capital
was limited, but by his energy, industry, per
severance, and genial disposition, he has estab
lished a profitable business. Mr. Johnston is
a Democrat. He is a member of the Sexen
nial League, Lodge No. 408, Yeagertown.
Edward V. Johnston was married, June 10,
1873, to Effie,4 daughter of John and Alartha
(Baird) Smith. They had seven children:
Alary Ellen; Martha; Charlotte Ruth;
Charles; Albert; Clio; and Edward. Mrs.
Johnston is deceased; her remains are in
terred in the Yeagertown cemetery. Her
father, John Smith, was of German descent.
A man of strict integrity, he was respected by
all who knew him. He had nine children:
Effie (Mrs. Edward Y. Johnston) ; Mary Ann
(Mrs. John McFee), resides in Alichigan;
Araminta (Airs. Lambert Stout); Cordelia
(Mrs. Perry Bird); Christina (Mrs. John M.
Aliller); AVilliam, married; Matilda (Mrs.
Albert Meyers) ; Elizabeth (Airs. Robert Ken
nedy), Grand Rapids, Mich. ; and Alary Jane
(Mrs. Frederick Sutton), Omaha, Neb. John
Smith died in 1894, and is buried at Lock
Haven, Clinton county, Pa.

JAMES AV. STARR, deceased, of Burn-
ham, Mifflin county, Pa., -was born in AArest
Cain township, Chester county, Pa., February
24, 1824. He was the son of Patrick and
Ann (Murphy) Starr. Patrick Starr, father
of James Starr, with his two brothers, Francis
and Hugh, emigrated to America about 1842.
They landed at Philadelphia, Pa., and Patrick
Starr made his way to New Garden township,
Chester county. Being a first-class weaver,
his services were greatly in demand, and he
was soon able to afford a home of his own. His
wife was Ann Murphy. Their children are:
Sarah (Mrs. Abraham Cover) ; Elizabeth (Mrs.
John McClenahan); Jane (Mrs. John Win
ger); Catharine; Margaret; Clarissa; James
AV. ; and John, married Margaret Hathaway.
Patrick died in 1837, aged sixty-one; his wife
died June 21, 1861.
James Starr attended the public schools of
his native township. When he was twenty
he left home and was apprenticed to Charles
Siemon, cooper, of Salisbury township, Lan
caster county, Pa. He worked at his trade
for some time, but owing to the decline of the
business, he was obliged to seek other em

ployment, and turned his attention to farm
ing. He spent nine years in Chester county,
on a place owned by James Gibbs. For the
next two years he worked as a farm hand in
Lancaster county, and was for one year em
ployed on the canal in Schuylkill county, Pa.
After leaving Schuylkill county, he made an
other attempt to find employment at his trade.
Failing in this, he again returned to farming,
working as a laborer, part of the time in Lan
caster county. In 1863 Mr. Starr removed
to Freedom Forge, now Burnham, to take
charge of the Logan farm for the Logan Iron
Company, under Superintendent John A.
Wright. After twenty-five years of faithful
service as manager of this farm, Mr. Starr was
able to retire from active service. He bought
a tract of land at Newtown, Pa., and in 1884
or '85 built his convenient home, where he
enjoyed the ease and comfort which his indus
try and frugality had won. Air. Starr always
belonged to the Democratic party, and was
interested in local politics. An earnest ad
vocate of fraternal organization, he was a
member of Lodge No. 255, K. of P., Lewis-
town, Pa., and also of the P. O. S. A., Camp
No. 232, Yeagertown, Pa.
James AY Starr was married, August 29,
1850, to Lydia, daughter of John Glass.
Their children are: George, died at the age
of twenty ; Emma, died aged eighteen ; Eliza
beth (Mrs. Nathan Stewart), has five children;
Susanna; Martha Ellen (Mrs. John Port),
Huntingdon county, Pa. ; John, married Alar-
gery Ellen Leeper, has one child, Zelma
Pearl; James, married Alargaret Shannon,
has four children; and three who died in in
fancy. Airs. Starr died December 11, 1895,
aged sixty-six years and eight months ; in less
than a year after, on September 8, 1896,
James AA7. Starr also departed this life. He
was a member of the Lutheran church at
Yeagertown.

ALFRED KLINE, Burnham, Aiifflin
county, Pa., was born at the old Kline home
stead near Burnham, March 22, 1838. He is
a son of Abraham and Margaret (Hummel)
Kline. His grandfather, Jacob Kline, was a
resident of Snyder county, Pa., and afterwards
of Alifflinburg, Union county, Pa. Jacob
Kline was a stone mason, but he abandoned
his trade to engage in the manufacture of
woolens at New Berlin, in Snyder county,

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then Union. This venture was so successful
that he was able to leave to each of his chil
dren an ample fortune. Mr. Jacob Kline was
married four times, and had a family of four
sons and two daughters. He died and was
buried at Alifflinburg, Pa. Alfred Kline's
father, Abraham Kline, attended the public
schools of the district and remained at home
until he was of age. He began farming in
Snyder county, and afterwards bought 400
acres of land in Derry township, Mifflin coun
ty. By careful cultivation, and the erection
of suitable buildings, he greatly increased the
value of his property. Air. Abraham Kline
was kind-hearted and charitable, ever willing
to share the fruits of his success with his less
fortunate friends and neighbors. Abraham
Kline married Alargaret, daughter of John
and Catharine Hummel. Their children are:
Jacob, married Miss Hoover; Catharine, died
in early childhood; Aaron, married Sarah
Hykis, and moved to Illinois, where he died
in 1896, leaving a large family of sons and
daughters; Uriah, married Susan Ruble;
Mary (Mrs. Henry Yearick); John, married
Arina, daughter of Adam and Frances (Koch-
enaur) Breneman; Margaret (Mrs. Jacob
Grove); Franklin, married Peary Kleckner;
David W., married Theresa Miller; and Al
fred. Mr. Abraham Kline died in 1861, aged
sixty; his wife survived him for" some years,
dying at the age of seventy.
Alfred grew up on the old homestead near
Burnham, receiving his education in the pub
lic schools of Derry township. When he was
fifteen, he and his brother, Franklin, took
charge of their father's farm. They also dealt
largely in horses and cattle, and were very
successful business men. Mr. Alfred Kline is
prominent among the enterprising farmers
of the township, and is always ready to aid in
any plan for improvement. He belongs to
the Democratic party and takes an active in
terest in local affairs. He resides on the old
homestead, which is still owned by the family.
Alfred Kline was married in January,
1886, to Mary S., daughter of Jacob and Susan
(Shirley) Miller. They have six children:
Jesse, died in childhood; Walter, died in in
fancy; Clara May, died while at college at
Valparaiso, Ind., aged twenty-one; Charles
H., married Ella Lewis, has one child, David
A.; Bessie M.; and Cleopatra. Air. Kline

and his family are members of the Lutheran
church at Yeagertown, Pa.

VINCENT I. McKIAi, AL D., Burnham,
Aiifflin county, Pa., was born at Concord,
franklin county, Pa., November 1, 1856.
lie is the son of James and Eleanor (Little)
McKini. Dr. McKim's father owned and con
ducted the foundry and wagon works at Con
cord, Franklin county. He is well and favor
ably known as an honorable business man,
and a good citizen. He had always been a
Democrat. He married Eleanor Little. Their
children are: Alervin, born December 20,
1850, married Elizabeth Smith; C. Howard,
bom September 10, 1854; Dr. Vincent I.;
Blanche S. (Mrs. Daniel Skinner); and C.
Howard AlcKim, merchant, of Alpena, Mich.,
married Carrie, daughter of AVilliam and
Eliza (McCullough) Donnelly. They have
three children: Roy, Maud, and Maclay Don
nelly, who was named in honor of Samuel Ma
clay, the first missionary to China. Mrs.
James AlcKim died December 22, 1896; her
husband still survives her.
Vincent I. AlcKim attended the public
schools at Concord, Franklin county, and Dry
Run Academy, near Concord; he afterwards
taught for several years in Franklin county.
In 1879, he entered the University of Louis
ville, at Louisville, Ky., and was graduated
from its medical department in March, 1881.
Allowing himself only a short rest at his
home, he opened an office in Burnham, Derry
township, May 10, 1881, and began the prac
tice of his profession. He is a successful phy
sician, and has won the confidence of his many
friends and patrons. He is a member of the
Mifflin County Medical Society, and of Lew
istown Council, Royal Arcanum. Dr. Mc-
Kim belongs to the Democratic party, and
takes an active interest in all that concerns the
welfare of the community.
Vincent I. McKim was married, November
24, 1881, to Lorenda, daughter of Hugh and
Margaret McKay. ' They have two children :
Vincent L., born July 7, 1883; and Alarga
ret McKay. Dr. AlcKim and his family at
tend the Alethodist Episcopal church. Mrs.
AlcKim's parents are of Scotch descent, and
were formerly residents of Nova Scotia. Their
children are: Lorenda (Airs. Vincent Alc
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aged forty-six; Anna Jane, wife of Rev. Ed
mund White, of Freeland, Luzerne county,
Pa.; Sarah Alargaret, wife of Rev. William
Gwinn, of Atlantic City, N. J.; Albenia
(Airs. AVilliam Davis), Baltimore, Md.;
Elizabeth (Airs. Joseph McGill), of Balti
more, Aid.; and Rev. Robert, D. D., rector of
the Church of All Saints, at Philadelphia,
Pa., married Harriet Seltzer, of Philadelphia.
The name of AlcKay is of Scottish origin,
and figured among the Highland clans of Scot
land for at least eight centuries. Donald Mc
Kay, ancestor of Mrs. McKim, was in a Scotch
regiment at the battle of Bunker Hill. His
grandson, and her grandfather, Donald Mc
Kay, was born at Shelbume, Nova Scotia, in
1809. The sea, near which his life began, had
a great charm for him, and the ships traversing
the unstable way of waters enchained his live
liest interest, lie lived on a farm and when
quite young was a siiccessful moose and deer
hunter. AVhen Donald was nineteen years of
age, he and a brother of similar tastes built
a fishing vessel, which was regarded as a re
markably fine, substantial craft. At the age
of twenty-two, he was learning shipbuilding
in New York, and a few years later, he estab
lished himself in this business at Newbury-
port, on the Merrimac river. Here he built
several fine ships for New York and Boston
houses which gave abundant promise of fu
ture success. In 1845, he removed his ship
yard to East Boston, where he soon became
one of the most extensive and successful ship
builders in the country. When the California
trade opened, there was a call for the largest
class of clipper ships. Air. AlcKay built one
after another of these monster vessels, and
soon his name became famous over the world.
He constructed more than fifty ships of the
largest size, every one of which was more or
less celebrated for speed. Classed with these
is "The Great Republic." This vessel was
launched in October, 1853, in the presence of
sixty thousand people. She was of four thou
sand five hundred tons register, and six thou
sand tons stowage capacity. When AlcKay
was building this vessel the "harpies" and the
"ravens" croaked that he would "ruin him
self," but he quietly pursued his way and his
business, and in due course of time the "Great
"Pepnblic" rode at anchor in the bay. In New
A'ork and Boston, and also in every foreign
port which she visited, she attracted great at

tention by the symmetry and beauty of her
model, the vastness of her capacity and the
luxuriousness of her furnishing; and she
proved also to be a speedy craft. Subsequent
ly, she was cut down a little to render her
more efficient for the purposes of commerce.
I he rapidity with which this master builder
completed and launched his large vessels was
astonishing. In little more than a year after
the building of the "Great Republic," Donald
McKay had launched eleven other vessels.
Ten of these were of the aggregate of twenty-
four thousand six hundred tons, which at
the then estimated cost of eighty dollars a
ton, makes the total value nearly two millions
of dollars. Six of these vessels were built for
the house of James Baines & Co., of Liver
pool, who were extensively engaged in the
Australian trade. One of the six, a vessel of
something more than two thousand tons bur
den, launched in 1854, was the first ship ever
constructed for English use by a foreign'
builder. Indeed, until a few years previous
to this time, British laws prohibited the pur'
chase of foreign vessels. The "James Baines,"
another of these ships, made the voyage from
Boston to Liverpool in the remarkably short
time of twelve days and six hours. Voyages
to San Francisco and China were made in pro
portionately short periods of time.
In building his clipper ships Air. AlcKay
had made bold departures from both Ameri
can and foreign models. His original concep
tions concerning the make and mould of ves
sels constructed for speed and capacity, met
with rich success. The revolution made by
steamers _ in short voyages was effected by
clippers in the long journeys, to more distant
seas. The advantages to commerce and the
renown which has resulted to the American
marine are due to the genius and persever
ance of Donald AlcKay more than to any other
man. In 1864, Mr. McKay spent some time in
Europe giving critical attention to the iron
clad ships of war built by France and Eng
land. Afterwards, he published a very inter
esting paper embodying a scientific compari
son of their work with that of the United
States. Mr. McKay possessed those wonder
ful powers of calculation which brought his
plans and his work upon an exact line, and
this advantage insured him success.
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large fine head and broad full face, bespeak a
remarkable force of character. Of courteous
manners, marked intelligence and persevering
soaring enterprise, his popularity was equalled
only by his success. How wonderful is the
Divine economy that moulds for every enter
prise and avocation, the gifted mastermind
for leader, while the masses, inferior in rea
soning and inventive power, but capable of
loyal obedience and industry, are the hands
appointed to carry out the behests of the head.

ROBERT C. GRAHAM, deceased, was
born on the old homestead at Burnham, Derry
township, Mifflin county, September 25, 1842.
He was a son of Samuel and Elizabeth
(Wetherill) Graham. He attended the dis
trict schools and also the Lewistown Academy,
for several terms. Mr. Graham then entered
the employ of his brother, Walter, who had
a wholesale and retail grocery in Philadelphia.
He soon acquired a good knowledge of the
business, and his< brother received him as a
partner. The business prospered under the
new firm, but the close confinement to busi
ness shattered Mr. Graham's health, and he
was forced to seek rest in the pure air of his
country home at Burnham, where he em
ployed himself with various light occupa
tions. His sickness was of a lingering nature.
Robert Graham was married, January 25,
1877, to Emma J., daughter of David and
Mary (Logan) Caldwell. Their children are:
Charlotte, born January 26, 1878; AValter,
bom May 11, 1879, died May 11, 1882;
Elizabeth, deceased; Samuel Caldwell, born
July 13, 1885; and A^incent AlcKim, born
February 13, 1889. Charlotte Graham at
tended the public schools and prepared herself
for a teacher. She taught one term at Lewis-
town and then studied for one term at the
State Normal School at West Chester, Pa.
Air. Graham was a Republican. He was a
member of the Presbyterian church. His
death occurred July 16, 1895.
Robert Caldwell, the grandfather of Mrs.
Graham, was of Scotch descent. His father
came from Scotland in the eighteenth century
and settled in Sinking valley, Blair county,
Pa. Robert Caldwell was a volunteer, and
served in the war of 1812. He married Eliza
beth AlcKelvy. of Franklin county. Their
children are: David; Samuel, who married
Caroline Brotherton; Rebecca (Airs. Joseph

Gifford); Emma Jane (Mrs. John Kampner);
and Alargaret (Airs. George Alerryman).
Robert Caldwell died February 17, 1861, aged
seventy-three years. His wife died at the age
of seventy-two, May 6, 1873. Their eldest
child, David Caldwell, was educated in the
district schools. He learned the art of work
ing in iron, and made that his business. He
enlisted for the war of the Rebellion, August
22, 1862, as a private in the Fifth Pennsyl
vania Reserves, from which he was mustered
into Company C, One Hundred and Ninety-
first Pennsylvania Volunteers, under Capt.
J. Wallace Scott. He Was honorably dis
charged June 1, 1865, at camp in the field,
under general order of the war department,
issued Alay 15, 1865. David Caldwell mar
ried Alary Logan. Their children are : Emma
J. (Mrs. Robert Graham); Alfarata (Airs.
James Moore); Clara, deceased; an infant,
deceased; AVilliam, who married Alary Kon-
sen; Robert Elmer; Aiaggie (Airs. AVilliam
Conrad), has two children; Lavinia (Airs.
James Thomas), has two children; and Alary
(Airs. Israel McCauley), has two children.
David Caldwell died in 1881.

DANIEL BAKER, deceased, was born
October 25, 1817, in Snyder county, Pa. He
was a son of John and Alargaret (Reitz) Ba
ker. John Baker was thrice married; by his
first wife he had two children : his second wife
was Margaret Reitz; their children are:
Sophia; Alary; Elizabeth; Sarah; Alargaret;
Daniel; Frederick; John; David. John
Baker's third wife was Mrs. Rowe; they had
one child.
Daniel Baker attended the district schools,
and remained with his father until he reached
manhood. He came to Aiifflin county in
1855, and settled in Derry township. He was
a Republican. Daniel Baker was married,
January 2, 1841, to Susanna, daughter of
Henry and Alagdalena (Brouse) Ritter.
Their children are: Alartha, deceased; Su
sanna, deceased; Sophia (Airs. AATlliam R.
Treaster), of Snyder county; Sarah (Airs.
Joseph Shirey); Joseph; Catharine (Airs.
Andrew AArender); Mary Alargaret (Airs.
Jacob Richard) ; and H. Albert, who married
Sallie AVherley. Daniel Baker was a member
of the Presbyterian church. He died in
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born March 12, 1850, in Snyder county. His
parents removed to Mifflin county when he
was three years old. Having been educated
in the public schools, he remained on his
father's farm, of which he has had the entire
charge since his father's death. He is a Re
publican. Joseph Baker was married to Mary
A., daughter of John and Jane Burkkeinier.
Their children are: S. Fannie; and Nellie J.
Mr. Baker is a member of the Presbyterian
church.

LEVI GIFT, deceased, was born in Sny
der county, son of Jacob Gift. Jacob Gift
was a son of Andrew Gift; he was brought up
on his father's farm near Middleburg, Snyder
county, and devoted his life to farming.
Jacob Gift married Elizabeth Rawyer, of
Centre county. Besides Levi, their children
are: John, who married Miss Poobst, and
lives in Illinois; Isaac, married and went to
California, where he died, leaving one daugh
ter and four sons; Michael, married Anna
Kleckner, of Illinois, where they reside;
Henry, who died aged thirty -five years;
Elizabeth (Mrs. Jacob Pyle), of Juniata
county, was first married to John Houtz, who
died, leaving two sons, Jackson and Levi;
Mary (Mrs. Charles Kleckner), of Illinois;
Lavinia (Mrs. Zeno Fess), of Lewistown, Pa.,
died in October, 1895; and Amelia, deceased.
Jacob Gift died suddenly in the prime of life,
being about forty years of age. His widow
survived him until 1864, when she died aged
seventy-seven. Levi Gift came to Aiifflin county in 1847
and purchased 300 acres of land in Decatur
township ; on it he built a new bam and made
many improvements. He was a Republican.
Levi Gift was married in 1842, to Alatilda,
daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Close) Fess.
Their children are': Amnion, a Lutheran min
ister, who married Julia Wentzel, of Indiana,
has one son, George, and resides at Rochester,
Fulton county, Ind. ; Robert, who remains on
the old homestead and is farming. Air. and
Airs. Gift were faithful members of the Lu
theran church. Air. Gift died May 27, 1888,
aged sixty-five years. His wife's death oc
curred February 16, 1895, in her seventy-
second year.

JOHN MILLER STROUP, Burnham,
Mifflin county, Pa., son of Martin L. and

Caroline (Miller) Stroup, was born in Deca
tur township, Mifflin county, February 23,
1859. The Stroup family were among the
pioneers of Derry township. Philip and Wil
liam Stroup were the first warrantees, and one
of their descendants in Mifflin county was
John Stroup, grandfather of John Miller
Stroup. He was bom in November, 1793,
and lived the life of a farmer, working first for
his father, and subsequently renting a farm.
Having inherited a portion of the homestead
in Decatur township, he purchased the re
mainder, and made all necessary improve
ments. Besides farming, he engaged exten
sively in stock dealing for many years. Mr.
John Stroup was married in 1817, to Alarga
ret, daughter of Michael and Catharine (Bow-
ersox) Bair, who was bom in York county,
Pa., of German descent. Their children are:
William, born November 9, 1817; Catha
rine (Airs. Henry Bridge), born May 16,
1819; John, born November 5, 1821, died
young; Elizabeth, born October 2, 1823, died
young; Margaret (Mrs. Frederick Greinin-
ger), born September 17, 1824, resides at
Lewistown, Pa.; Sarah; Henrietta (Mrs.
Jacob Rothrock), born December 30, 1828,
resides in Illinois; Sophia K. ; Mary, born
November 21, 1832, died young; Susan H.;
Alartin Luther; David Albert; John Levi;
Lucinda A. (Mrs. Jacob Straher), born De
cember 18, 1842, resides in Indiana. The
daughter, Sarah, born September 5, 1826, was
married in Lewistown, Pa., January 19, 1846,
to Joseph Mohler, and is the mother of eleven
children. Mr. Mohler was a farmer and re
sided in Derry township. Mrs. Mohler is a
member of the German Baptist church. So
phia K. Stroup, born in Decatur township,
Alay 19, 1853, was married at the home of her
sister, Airs. Bridge, of Decatur township, to
John G. Yeager. After keeping hotel in De
catur township for five years, Mr. Yeager
went to farming for three years, but at the
end of that time he resumed hotel keeping at
Alillersburg, Dauphin county, Pa. Later they
removed to a farm in Decatur township, where
Mr. Yeager died, August 13, 1876. Their
children are: Oscar AV. and James AV, de
ceased. Susan H. Stroup, born in Decatur
township, December 3, 1834, was married
October 11, 1853, to John Al. McAuley.
They reside at Locks Mills, Armagh town
ship, with six children. Daniel A. Stroup,

M. S. CRESSMAN.

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born March 21, 1839, resided with his father
until he was twenty-four years of age, assist
ing him on the farm. He has more recently
been engaged in the wool and lumber busi
ness. He was married August 6, 1862, to
Mary E., daughter of Thomas and Alargaret
Kearns. They have eleven children. John
L. Stroup, born September 25, 1841, married
Mary Lesher, of Centre county, Pa. They
have had seven children, one of whom, Alc
Clellan, has died. Air. Stroup is a farmer,
and resides at Paintersville, Pa. He is a Dem
ocrat. Mr. John Stroup, father of this large fam
ily, was an influential citizen of irreproach
able character, one whose word was as good
as his bond. Apart from various township
offices which he held, he sought no political
preferment. He was a member, and for many
years an elder, of the Lutheran church in De
catur township. He died December 11, 1867;
Mrs. Stroup preceded him by many years,
having fallen asleep January 21, 1843.
Martin Luther Stroup was born in Decatur
township, March 1, 1837, and was educated in
the public schools. For years he assisted his
father on the farm. After receiving his pat
rimony, he purchased a farm in the same
township, but this he sold later, and bought
again in Derry township; he is a farmer of
recognized ability and marked success. Like
his father, he is a Democrat. He is a member
of the Lutheran church in Decatur, and, has
served as deacon for a number of years; he
is a faithful, earnest worker in the Sunday-
school. Mr. Stroup was married October 5,
1857, to Caroline, daughter of Jacob AV. and
Mary Miller, of Schuylkill county, Pa. Their
children are: John Miller; Sarah Ann ; Katie
J. (Mrs. Clinton B. Silkman), resides in Scran-
ton, Pa.; Jacob Warner, married; Harry
Bridge; and Frank Maury.
John Miller Stroup received his elementary
education in the public schools of his native
township, and at the age of eighteen entered
the Lewistown Academy. After leaving that
institution, he assisted on his father's farm
until his thirtieth year. In 1888, he began
farming for himself in Derry township; and
in 1893, he removed to his present residence.
As a farmer he has been successful, and as a
citizen he enjoys the respect and confidence
of the community. He is an ardent Democrat.
Mr. John M. Stroup was married, April 3,

1888, to Nancy AL, daughter of AIcGinnis
and Emily (Alexander) Martin. They have
one child, John Alartin.

SAAIUEL AHTCHELL, 'Vira, Mifflin
county, Pa., son of Samuel and Margaret
(Carnahan) Mitchell, was born in Derry town
ship, on the old homestead, November 2,
1818. His grandfather, AVilliam Mitchell,
emigrated from Ireland to the United States
during the latter part of the eighteenth cen
tury. Coming with the early settlers to the
Kishacoquillas valley, he bought a tract of
400 acres which he at once began to clear and
cultivate. He married Rosanna Wherry, a
native of Ireland, and they had these children :
Samuel; Robert, who died unmarried, aged
forty years; John, died unmarried, aged
thirty-five years; David, married Jane Mc-
Clenahan, has six children; Jane (Mrs. John
McDowell); Alary; Nancy (Mrs. John Cun
ningham); Anna (Mrs. George Bell). Mr.
and Mrs. AVilliam Alitchell lived to an ad
vanced age. Samuel Mitchell, the elder, was
raised on the homestead farm in the Kishaco
quillas valley. He received his education in
the schools sustained by the families of the
neighborhood, and was at home until his
twenty-eighth year. In 1815, he and his
father purchased 400 acres of land in Derry
township, in what is now known as Dry val
ley. Here the young man began to clear and
make improvements ; he first built a log house
and a barn, which stood near the site of the
present buildings. He applied himself dili
gently to the work, and after a few years of
careful, persevering labor, he saw the wilder
ness replaced by broad fields of waving grain.
AVhen he was twenty-six years of age, Air.
Mitchell married Alargaret, daughter of John
and Alargaret (McDowell) Carnahan. They
had the following children: Rosanna (Airs.
William Sigler), has five children; William,
died aged twenty-two years ; Mary (Mrs. Rob
ert Stewart), has two children; Samuel; and
John McDowell, married Martha S., daughter
of Alexander and Nancy (Sterrett) McNitt.
The father died January 12, 1853, the mother
surviving until April of the following year.
Samuel Alitchell, the younger, was reared
to manhood on the homestead in Dry valley
and attended the schools of that district. In
the earlier part of his life he worked on the
home farm, and when the father died, he suc-

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ceeded to the place. Shortly after this, he con
solidated his interests with his brother, work
ing their properties jointly, the result being
that industry, frugality, and careful manage
ment have crowned their labors with most
abundant success. To-day the Mitchell farms
are among the finest and best regulated in the
county. Air. Samuel Alitchell was married January
28, 1847, to Alargaret, daughter of Alexander
and Nancy (Sterrett) McNitt. Their children
are: Nancy M. (Mrs. James S. McNitt), has
five children; Elder C, married Fannie Cum
mins; John Brown, married Rachel, daugh
ter of Thompson and Margaret Sterrett, of
Juniata county; and Mary J. (Mrs. Adam
Koons), of Cumberland county, Pa. Mr.
Mitchell has always been one of the most char
itable, intelligent, and progressive citizens.
He is an ardent Democrat. Both he and his
wife are members of the Presbyterian church
at Vira, Air. Alitchell serving as trustee for
many years.

ANDREAV SPANOGLE, Lewistown, Mif
flin county, Pa., son of Andrew and Cath
erine (Lutz) Spanogle, was born near New
ton Hamitlon, in Wayne township, Mif
flin county, Pa., November 20, 1822. He is
of German descent; his great-grandfather,
George Spanogle, came from the fatherland to
America, and landed at Baltimore, Md., some
time before the Revolutionary war. George
Snanogle died in Baltimore, leaving three
sons, two of whom, it is supposed, settled in
the south, but they and their descendants have
been lost sight of by the other members of the
family. The other son, John, accompanied
his mother to Huntingdon county, Pa., after
his father's death, and remained some time
with her in the fort at Huntingdon. Here
John Spanogle married, and settled in Hunt
ingdon county, first near Spruce Creek, after
wards at AVarriors Alark. Mrs. Spanogle also
married, accepting as her second susband Mr.
Nehrhof ; they had children, whose descend
ants are still to be found in the county, and
are favorably known. John Spanogle served
in the Continental army during the Revolu
tion, but passed his life principally in farm
ing. He died at the age of ninety-three, leav
ing a property consisting of three valuable
farms in Huntingdon county. He married
Aliss Eby, of Maryland. Their children were :

Henry; Andrew (1); Jacob; John; Samuel;
Elizabeth (Mrs. Joshua Cox); Alary (Mrs.
Abraham Buck); Nancy (Mrs. Jacob Buck);
Sarah (Mrs. David Burkit); and Catherine
(Mrs. Stevenson). All the sons married, and
their descendants went west, except two of
those of Samuel Spanogle, now residing in
Clearfield county, Pa. The second son, An
drew Spanogle, attended the rural schools, and
supplemented the scanty store of information
attainable in them by observation, association
with intelligent men, and by reading. He
was a constant and devout student of the
Bible, and thus fitted himself to become a
local preacher in his denomination, the Ger
man Baptist, of which church he was a zeal
ous and faithful member. He preached in
German and in English, and by his character
no less than by his exhortations, was influen
tial for good among his neighbors. He died
about 1875, aged eighty-five years and six
months. Andrew. Spanogle married Cathe
rine, daughter of Abraham and Catherine
(Long) Lutz. Their children are : Jacob, mar
ried Hannah Shearer; John, married Cathe
rine Meyers; Andrew (2), married Miss Sarah
Bare; Catherine (Mrs. Peter M. Bare) ; Sam
uel, married Lucy Porterfield; Mary Ann
(Airs. William L. Kieffer); and David, mar
ried Elizabeth Stern.
Andrew Spanogle (2), was educated in the
common schools of Shirley township, Hunt
ingdon county, whither his parents removed
when he was seven years old. Attending the
schools during the winter and assisting on the
farm in the summer, he remained at home un
til he reached his majority. He then, with
Jesse Kauffman as his partner, engaged in
the manufacture of woolen goods in his
father's mill. Two years later, he went to
Venango county, Pa., where he aided his
father in the construction of a flouring-mill,
and married in the fall of 1848. From that
time for fourteen years, he was engaged in
farming in Huntingdon and Blair counties.
In 1865, Mr. Spanogle entered into a partner
ship at Lewistown with his brother, Jacob, his
son, and William M. Pannebaker, under the
firm name of J. Spanogle & Co.; this firm
built the North American Tannery at Lewis-
town, and carried on the manufacture of
leather successfully for about fifteen years.
In 1868, Mr. Spanogle bought the farm on
which he now resides, in Derry township, on

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which he built a large and commodious dwell
ing, and made many other improvements. In
1884, he bought the Mt. Rock flouring mills,
now conducted by Spanogle & Yeager; he
also purchased the Reedsville flouring mills,
which are managed by the same firm. He
has also large agricultural interests in Mifflin
county. He is a public-spirited man, and a
promoter of useful and profitable enterprises
in the community. AVhile giving such atten
tion as every good citizen should devote to
political matters, Mr. Spanogle has never de
sired to hold office; yielding to the wishes of
his friends, however, he became a candidate
for director of the poor, was elected by a sub
stantial majority, and served with efficiency
and fidelity. Indeed, his uprightness and
faithful discharge of duty in all his public and
private relations are well known. He is a
loyal member of the German Baptist church.
Andrew Spanogle was married October 5,
1848, to Sarah, daughter of Daniel and Eliza
beth (Mathias) Bare. Their children are:
Elizabeth (Mrs. Martin M. Barndollar), of
Bedford county, Pa.; Albert, married Anna
Hunter; Mary, died at the age of twenty-
three; Daniel, died aged twenty-two ; Elmira
(Mrs. AVilliam J. Yeager) ; Edwin, who mar
ried Alartha McKee; Annie; Adella; Harry
Andrew; and Flora. Harry Andrew married
Annie Mohler. The family of Mrs. Span-
ogle's parents consisted of four children:
Peter, who died aged about nineteen years;
Mary Ann (Mrs. Isaac Bower); and Daniel,
who married Sarah Eby, a cousin of Air.
Spanogle's; besides Sarah (Mrs. Spanogle).
Her brother, Daniel Al. Bare, is largely inter
ested in the manufacture of paper at Roaring
Springs, Blair county, Pa.

JACOB V. SIGLER, deceased, son of
Adam and Jemima' (Vanhorn) Sigler, was
horn in Decatur township, on the farm now
owned by the heirs of A. W. Sigler, in the
year 1810. He was reared on his father's
farm, and remained at home until his mar
riage, in 1841. He afterwards removed to a
farm near that of his father in Decatur town
ship, which he cultivated with great success,
remaining there until March, 1874. He then
removed to the present homestead, a tract of
260 acres, in Derry township, which he bought
from the estate of Robert Forsythe.
Mr. Sigler was married, December 30,

1841, to Alary, daughter of James and Eliza
beth (Connell) Hunter, of Scotch-Irish ances
try. She was born August 15, 1812. Mr.
and Airs. Hunter came to America from Ire
land in 1816, landing at Philadelphia in Au
gust, after a stormy voyage of nine weeks in
one of the small sailing vessels then used for
carrying passengers. They settled in Perry
county, where Mr. Hunter followed his occu
pation of weaving, and later came into Brown
township, Aiifflin county, residing near Tay
lors Aiills. His remains are buried in the East
Kishacoquillas cemetery. Airs. Sigler was left
an orphan at an early age, her mother having
died near Duncannon, Perry county, some
years before her father's death. Her brothers
and sisters were: Jane, bom February 15,
1802, died in Ireland; William, born April
12, 1803; Martha, born March 24, 1805; El
len (Mrs. John C. Davis), born 1807, died in
Huntingdon county; Jacob, born October Bl,
1809, married Jane Porter; Jennie (Mrs.
Alexander Naginey), born February 18, 1815,
resided in Armagh township, afterwards in
Ohio, died April 5, 1897; Joseph, born Au
gust 13, 1817, married Nancy Alagill, resided
in Huntingdon county, where they both died;
Eliza (Airs. AVilliam Hughes), born Alarch 26,
1820, resided and died in Huntingdon county.
James Hunter, the father, died in 1829.
The children of Mr. and Airs. Sigler were:
Jemima, born March 16, 1842, married
Samuel Sterrett, of Decatur township, seven
children; Alary Elizabeth, bom June 12,
1844; James and Edward, twins, born Alarch
23, 1847, the former married Lizzie Bratton,
and has one child, Mary Catharine, bom in
1891; and William L, born August 3, 1849.
Air. Sigler died September 18, 1875. He was
a consistent member of the Presbyterian
church, and a kind husband and father. His
children succeeded to his estate, the farm being
at present one of the most productive and skill
fully directed in the county. The sons, like
their father, are Democrats. James has served
as school director for several terms. Airs. Sig
ler still lives, and with her children belongs to
the Presbyterian church at Lewistown.
AVilliam and Alartha Hunter, the grand
parents of Airs. Sigler, lived in a village in
Ireland. They had children, as follows: Jo
seph; James; Henrv; John; William;
Thomas; Margaret; Alary; and Jane. Jo
seph Hunter came to America in 1812. He

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married his cousin, Alartha Hunter, and they
resided at various places in Pennsylvania, set
tling finally in Perry county. James Hunter
married Elizabeth Connell in 1801, and in
1816, embarked at Coleraine, Ireland, in one
of the smallest vessels that carried passengers
to America. They were but one day out when
the ship sprang a leak, and they were obliged
to put back to the Highlands of Scotland, for
repairs. The ship was not made perfectly
water-tight, and on the voyage across, she had
to be pumped out every two hours. They
landed at Philadelphia August 26, and re
mained two weeks in that city. The family at
once came to Perry county. After a two
weeks' stay in Hunters valley, they moved to
a point six miles further down the river, where
they resided for five years. They then lived
four years at Taylors Mills. Their children
were: William; Martha; Ellen; Jacob;
Mary (Mrs. Jacob Y. Sigler) and Jane, who
were twins, the latter dying in infancy; Jane
(2); Joseph; and Eliza. The children all
lived and died in Huntingdon county, Pa., ex
cept Mrs. Sigler, and Jane (2), who resides
at West Rushville, 0.

ROBERT BRUCE FORSYTHE, deceas
ed, son of Matthew and Alartha S. (McKee)
Forsythe, was born on the old homestead farm
near Lewistown, Mifflin county, Pa., June 18,
1852. His grandfather, Robert Forsythe,
came to America from Ireland, in June, 1784.
He was a blacksmith, and after arriving in this
country found employment near Philadelphia,
where he worked for a year. He was frugal,
and saved his earnings, which were paid in
pounds sterling, and which he invested in fine
fabrics of men's wear. With his stock of
goods, he made his way to Lewistown, where
he engaged in mercantile business. By skill
ful management, he kept adding to his busi
ness, increasing his stock in trade year by year.
He became largely interested in shipping by
wagon to Philadelphia, and by rafting to Bal
timore; having besides numerous wagons car
rying freight to and from Pittsburg. He pur
chased the mill at Yeagertown, and bought
more land, until in 1817, he owned a tract of
1,000 acres in Derry township, part of which
is still in the possession of the family. The
great-grandsons are now living upon that
which was warranted June 8, 1762. Fore
most among the business men of Lewistown

during his day, Air. Forsythe continued his
mercantile interests up to the time of his
death, which occurred in 1824. His store was
situated where Dr. Ritz's drug store now
stands. Mr. Forsythe was a liberal minded,
charitable man, and a regular attendant of the
Presbyterian church. He married Alary
Lyons. Their children were : Matthew; Mary;
Robert, married to Sarah Stewart, resided on
the farm now owned by the Sigler family, and
built the house and barn now standing there;
John, died in early manhood; George; Nancy,
married to Rev. Samuel Cooper, three chil
dren; Elizabeth (Airs. Henry P. Taylor), had
two daughters, Mrs. Alexander Reed, and Airs.
John Reed.
Matthew Forsythe was born in Lewistown,
Pa., where he attended the public schools and
later took a course at the academy. He assist
ed his father in the various departments of
his business, and after his death assumed
charge of the estate. He subsequently re
moved with his mother and family to the old
homestead farm, where they first dwelt in a
small log house, the position of which may
still be distinguished. Soon he built a large
log house and barn, and later a large frame
barn, and a large and convenient brick house.
AVith his brother's assistance, he made exten
sive improvements on another tract of land
belonging to their father's estate, where the
family of Jacob Y. Sigler now resides; and
in 1850, he built the large and convenient
house in which his grandson now lives. The
spirit of progress and the constant desire to
improve have always been manifest in his life
and work, and have contributed largely to the
success that has attended his efforts.
Air. Matthew Forsythe was married, August
14, 1851, to Mrs. (AleKee) AlcCay, widow of
Abraham McCay, who was a son of Hon.
Judge AVilliam McCay. Husband and wife
are earnest and consistent members of the
Presbyterian church. They have had these
children: Robert Bruce, deceased, born June
18, 1852; Mary, died young; Homer AleKee,
died aged five years; and Martha, born Jury
4, 1862. J
Robert Bruce Forsythe received an aca
demic education and was a bright scholar and
an earnest student. He spent his life in the
management of his father's estate, and died
at the early age of thirty-six, February 21,
1889. He married Catharine, daughter of

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739

Joseph and Sarah Stroup Mohler. Their chil
dren were: Homer M., born April 24, 1872;
Robert, died young; Edward Mohler, born
August 22, 1876, married Martha Kupper;
Martha S., born Alarch 11, 1883; Robert
Bruce, born' October 12, 1885, died aged nine
years ; and AVilliam, born May 31,1888. Mr.
Forsythe was a member of the Republican
party. His untimely death was the cause of
great sorrow to his many friends.

JAA1ES THOMAS ROTHROCK, Mait
land, Mifflin county, Pa., son of John and
Hannah (Ruble) Rothrock, was born near
Lewistown, Mifflin county, Pa., September
26, 1861. His great-grandfather, Zachariah
Rothrock, was a native of Germany who came
to Mifflin county when a young man, and spent
the rest of his life in farming there. He was
twice married, and reared a large family. One
of the daughters, Mrs. Houghawout, resided
in Juniata county, Pa. ; a son, Valentine, mar
ried Aliss Seely, and removed to Indiana. An
other son was Zachariah, grandfather of John ¦
Thomas. He grew up on his father's farm,
and married Mary Moore, of Mifflin county.
They had these children: Sarah, .died aged
fifty years; Catharine (Mrs. Michael Fox),
of Mifflin county; Alary (Mrs. William Ri-
den), of Derry township, had one child,
Emma; Elizabeth (Mrs. William Riden), of
Lewistown, Pa.; Martha, married first to
George Fillmore, who died, leaving two chil
dren, then married Thomas Decker, of Sny
der county, three children; Margaret (Mrs.
Henry Moore), six children ; Nancy (Airs. Alc-
Caleps), three children; William, married
Miss Buchanan, who died, has married again
and lives in Altoona, Pa., with five children;
John; Aloses, married Aliss Major, resides in
Derry township; Henry, was killed in battle
during the late war; Zachariah, married Miss
Sipes, resides in Lewistown; Valentine, mar
ried Miss Rhodes, who died leaving one child,
then married Miss Smith, had three children,
and resides at McVeytown, Aiifflin county.
Mr. Rothrock, father of this large family, lived
to be eighty-three years old, while the mother
died aged about fifty.
John Rothrock was reared in Granville
township; he attended the common schools,
and on reaching manhood, began farming,
which occupation he followed the rest of his
life. He was married in 1850, to Hannah,

daughter of Alichael Ruble. They had ten
children, four of whom died young. Those
living are: Samuel, M. D., a graduate of Cin
cinnati Aledical College, married Alary Lon-
der, of Blair county, has three children;
Emanuel T, married Alice AVagner, resides in
Kansas, has four children; Oliver J., married
Ella Alohler, resides in Derry township, has
five children; Isabella (Airs. Howard Settles),
of Derry township, has four children; and
John T.
John'Thomas Rothrock was reared in Oliver
township, Aiifflin county, where he received
a common school education. He remained at
home until he was twenty-three years old, and
then began farming as a renter. He worked
on shares, or rented, until 1895, when he came
to his present place, a tract of ninety-five acres
in Derry township. He is a member of the
Democratic party.
Air. Rothrock was married, December 25,
1884, to Ella B., daughter of William and
Susan (Weidman) Nale. They have three
children: Lynn AlcClure, born August 20,
1887; John Ernest, born Alay 28, 1892; and
Albert Fay, born July 5, 1895. The mother
of Air. Rothrock died July 22, 1890, aged
sixty-four years. The family are members of
the Lutheran church.

JOSEPH AV. FLEMING, Lewistown, Mif
flin county, Pa., was born near Alenno P. 0.,
April 27, 1837, son of Joseph and Catharine
(Scott) Fleming. The father, Joseph Flem
ing, and his wife were life-long residents of
Alenno township, where they owned a farm.
Their children are : Joseph W. ; and William
J., deceased, who married Nancy AVills, and
had one child. The mother died and Joseph
Fleming married Rebecca Gilmore. Their
children are: Elizabeth; and Joseph. Airs.
Rebecca Fleming died and Mr. Fleming mar
ried Elizabeth Gilmore, her sister. They had
one child, Frank. Air. Fleming was killed by
the running away of a horse which was hitched
to a wagon on his farm. He was a member of
the Presbyterian church. Airs. Elizabeth
Fleming afterwards married George Rakerd.
Their children are: James L., an attorney of
Lewistown; Alarv AY.. CAlrs.  ); Alex
ander, dentist, Bloomfield, Perry countv, Pa. ;
Catharine, wife of Rev. AVilliam Hurlbut, of
Pottsville. Schuylkill countv. Airs. Rakerd
died in 1868, at about fifty years of age.

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Joseph AAr. Fleming attended the public
schools until he was eighteen years of age. He
then took courses at the Tuscarora Academy
in Juniata county, and at Shade Gap Acad
emy. At the age of twenty-four he began to
cultivate the home farm for himself. It was
subsequently sold, and he purchased the farm
of Joseph J. AVills, in Alenno township. In
1871, he left the farm and began business as
a merchant in Belleville, in which he was suc
cessful, but sold out in 1875. Air. Fleming
was nominated for sheriff and was elected by
a large majority. He purchased the farm near
Lewistown, where he now resides, in 1879.
He is a Democrat. Mr. Fleming belongs to
Lodge No. 376, F. and A. M., at McVeytown.
Joseph W. Fleming was married, December
25, 1861, to Rhoda Al., daughter of George
and Nancy (Taylor) AVilson. Their children
are: Nancy Taylor; William George; Niles
Scott, deceased; John Wilson; Mary Marga
ret ; and Stella Reed. Air. and Mrs. Fleming
are members of the Presbyterian church at
Lewistown.

HARDAIAN PHILLIPS, Yeagertown,
Mifflin county, Pa., was born at Howard, Cen
tre county, Pa., August 16, 1836. He is the
son of Benneville and Phebe (Eckly) Phillips.
Air. Phillips' paternal and maternal grandpar
ents were of German descent. His paternal
grandfather was a native of Berks county, Pa.,
and was engaged in mercantile pursuits. He
had two sons: Dennis; and Benneville. Air.
Hardman Phillips' father, Benneville Phillips,
was educated in the public schools of Belle-
fonte, Centre county, Pa. He learned tailor
ing, and worked at his trade all his life. Ben
neville Phillips was in early life an associate
of ex-Governor Andrew G. Curtin. Air. Phil
lips was always interested in local poli
tics, and was respected and esteemed in the
community. The latter part of his life was
spent in Lewisburg, Union county, Pa. Ben
neville Phillips was married June 13, 1835, to
Phebe, daughter of Eli and Fanny (Stratton)
Eckly, of Centre county, Pa. Their children
are: Hardman; John, born September 18,
1838; Henry, residing at Williamsport, Pa.,
born March 3, 1842, married Ellen Rolin, of
Lewisburg, has thirteen children; Dennis,
bom April 6, 1843, died in Aiifflin county,
May 2. 1863; Joseph, bom September 25,
1848, died in Centre county, Alay 3, 1857;

and Benneville, born March 29, 1851, died in
Union county,July 25, 1852. John Phillips
enlisted for the war of the Rebellion, at Lewis
burg, Union county, and served for more than
three years. He was wounded and returned
to his home in Montour county, Pa., where he
died January 30, 1868. Benneville Phillips
died at his home in Lewisburg, July 19, 1856.
He was a consistent member of the Methodist
Episcopal church, as his wife is still.
Hardman Phillips attended the public
schools in Centre county and at Lewisburg,
Pa. When he was seventeen, he was appren
ticed to Josiah Grayton, with whom he re
mained one year. He also served a two years'
apprenticeship with Jones & Byers, at Lewis
burg, Pa., and afterwards worked for them as
journeyman. In 1S58 Air. Phillips opened his
own shop at Yeagertown. His thorough
knowledge of the business, and his conscien
tious workmanship soon brought him custom.
The wagons and coaches built in his establish
ment found a ready market in Mifflin and the
adjoining counties. Air. Phillips is one of the
oldest coach-makers in the central counties of
Pennsylvania. His success in business is due
to his patient industry and careful manage
ment. Mr. Phillips belongs to the Democratic
party. He is generous and liberal-minded,
and interested in ail that will advance the in
terest of the community.
Hardman Phillips was married in 1860, to
Alary, daughter of John Williams, of Mifflin
county. His second wife was Runa Mary,
daughter of Jonathan and Catharine (Snyder)
Yeager, of Dauphin county, Pa. Mr. Phillips
is a liberal contributor to the Lutheran church,
of which his wife is an active member. Mrs.
Phillips is an energetic worker in the charita
ble societies of the church, and is well known
for her generous hospitality.

JOHN B. PRICE, deceased, was born in
Derry township, July 13, 1829; son of Isaac
and Elizabeth (Book) Price. The father of
Isaac Price came from Lancaster county and
settled in Mifflin county. The children of
Isaac and Elizabeth Price are: John; Samuel;
Isaac, of Ohio, married Jane Fox, had five
children, after her death he married Mercy
Filson, and they had three children; Alatilda
(Aire. AVilliam Thompson); Harriet (Airs.
Jeremiah Ganoe); and Reuben, who married

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Elizabeth Webber. The father, Isaac Price,
died at an advanced age at Yeagertown.
John B. Price attended the schools of the
district and learned farming. At the age of
twenty-four, he began to work on shares his
father's farm, where his family now resides.
He was very successful. After eleven years
of successful labor, he bought the farm from
his father. Mr. Price was a Republican; he
served his township in various offices.
Isaac Price was married February 9, 1854,
to Barbara, daughter of John and Mary
(Saltsman) Seeber. Their children are : David,
who married Cina Albright, and has four
daughters and one son; Mary; Sarah Alice
and Isaac Albert, twins; Henry, died Febru
ary 9, 1863; Minnie May, died December 12,
1883. Isaac Price was a minister of the
Brethren church, and was often called upon
in cases of sickness and distress in his commu
nity. He was highly esteemed. His death
occurred August 22, 1874.

ROBERT HOWARD MEANS, Lewis-
town, Mifflin county, Pa., was born on the old
homestead in Derry township, Mifflin county,
December 15, 1843. He is a son of Robert
A. and Elizabeth Brown (McNitt) Means.
He grew up on his father's farm and attended
the district schools of his native township. At
the age of twenty, he entered the Kishacoquil
las Seminary, where he spent two terms.
After leaving school, he worked with his
father on the farm until January 5, 1887,
when his father died, and Howard succeeded
to the homestead by partial inheritance. Mr.
Means is an intelligent and energetic farmer.
His property is in excellent order, and is one
of the finest farms in Fergusons valley. Mr.
Means is an ardent Democrat, and is interested
in local affairs.
Robert Howard Means was marrried, De
cember 14, 1887, to Annie J., daughter of
J. Hervey and Mary Jane (McKee) McKee,
of Ottawa, Kan. Thev have two children:
Mary Elizabeth, born August 3, 1891; and
Frances Katherine, born July 22, 1896. Mrs.
Aleans' parents have two children: Annie J.
(Mrs. Robert H. Means); and Robert A., re
siding in Ottawa county, Kan., and married
to Esther Oliver, has one son, John Hervey,
born June 13, 1892.

PHILIP D. MERTZ, Vira, Aiifflin county,
Pa., was born at the old homestead in Derry
township, Aiifflin county, August 12, 1848.
He is a son of Philip and Lydia (Showers)
Mertz, and a descendant of William Mertz,
who emigrated from Germany about 1776,
and settled near Mertztown, Lehigh county,
Pa. Air. Mertz's grandfather, Peter Mertz,
wagon-maker, was still a boy when his parents
removed to Snyder county. He had a family
of four sons and five daughters: Philip; John
P., merchant at Freeburg, Snyder county, Pa. ;
Peter, married Susan Hilbish, has four chil
dren, his son, Rev. John P., of the German
Lutheran church, is stationed in Alontgomery
county, Pa. ; George, lived near Northumber
land, Northumberland county, Pa., married
Amelia Hummel, had fourteen children,
among whom were three pairs of twins; Alary
(Mrs. Brown), resides in Freeburg, Snyder
county, had a large family; Sarah (Mrs.
Stroup), of Snyder county, had a family of
sons and daughters;  (Airs. Witman),
of Union county, had a family of sons and
daughters;  (Mrs. Apple), of Snyder
county, had a large family; and Margaret
(Mrs. Schnee), of Snyder county, has two
children. Philip Mertz, father of Philip D. Alertz,
was born in Snyder county, January 6, 1806.
He attended the district school and worked
with his father on the farm. In 1840, he re
moved to Mifflin county, and bought 106 acres
of land situated in Derry township, which
he cleared and cultivated. In 1852, he built
a large barn, repaired the dwelling, and left
the property in excellent condition. Mr.
Philip Mertz was married in 1836, to Aliss
Lydia Showers. Their children are: Susan
(Airs. Joseph Amig), has two children; Daniel,
married Sarah Seiber, has four sons; Emma
Jane (Mrs. Hiram Smith), has five children;
Peter, married to Sarah Seber, who died leav
ing three children, after which he married
again; Edward: Mary, married first to Isaac
Peiff. who died leaving three children, and
¦afterwards to Joel Weaver, has four children;
George, married Amanda York, has five sons
and one daughter; Philip; Sarah, died aged
seven; and Ada (Mrs. Walter Rupert), has
three children. Edward Alertz enlisted, Au
gust 12, 1862, in Company D, One Hundred
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Captain AlcAlanigal. He was killed at the
battle of Fredericksburg. The father, Philip
Mertz, and his family were members of the
Dunkard church.
Philip D. Mertz attended the district schools
of his native township, completing his educa
tion at Kishacoquillas Seminary. He then
taught in Derry township, in Northumberland
county, and for one term in Granville town
ship; he afterwards taught for a time in Car
roll county, Inch In 1873, Mr. Mertz began
farming the homestead; six years later, in
1879, he removed to Lewistown, Pa., and en
gaged in butchering. In Alay, 1883, he re
turned to the farm, and three years later, at
the settlement of his father's estate, bought
the homestead, where he now lives. Mr.
Mertz is a Republican. He is interested in all
the affairs of the county.
Philip D. Alertz was married, August 24,
1876, to Susan, daughter of David and Mar
garet (McClain) Muthersbaugh. They have
eleven children: Gertrude; Edward L. ; Wil
lis C. ; Millard Al. ; Charles Blaine; Jenny;
Margaret; Philip; George; Harold; and
Ruth.

JOHN H. BELL, M. D., deceased, former
ly of Lewistown, Mifflin county, Pa., was
born at Dormantown, Decatur township,
Mifflin county, November 1, 1839. He is a
son of AVilliam S. and Keziah (Beatty) Bell.
His grandfather, John Bell, farmer, settled
near Belltown, now Dormantown, Decatur
township, in the latter part of the last century.
He was married to Mary Sigler. They had
three sons and seven daughters: William;
Thompson G., married first to Priscilla Mar
tin, who died leaving four children, and after
wards to Alary Anderson, has three sons and
four daughters; John, married Henrietta Hal-
ler, has five children; Isabella (Mrs. Robert
Kinsloe) ; Alatilda (Mrs. Hines) ; Sarah (Mrs.
Frank Martin); Alary Jane (Airs. Knight);
Amanda (Airs. James Alexander); Adeline
(Airs. Henry Haller); and Eliza, died aged
twenty. Dr. Bell's father, William S. Bell, teacher
and farmer, attended the district schools of the
township, completing his education at the
Lewistown Academy. He taught in Decatur
and Derry townships, and for a short time in
Centre county. The latter part of his life
was spent on the old Bell homestead in Deca

tur township. This property is now owned by
his son, J. Clark Bell. Mr. William Bell was
married to Keziah Beatty. They had four
children: Nancy Jane, died in childhood;
John IL; Mary H; and J. Clark, married
Sarah Bashore, has eight children, two of
whom are dead. Air. Bell was a consistent
member of the Presbyterian church.
John II. Bell grew up on his father's farm,
and attended the district schools of the town
ship. At the age of seventeen he entered the
Lewistown Academy, taking a teacher's
course. He taught for several years in Mifflin
county, and later removed to Illinois where he
taught and also attended the Hahnemann
(Homoeopathic) Medical College, at Chicago,
111., graduating March 1, 1870. Returning to
Aiifflin county, he opened an office at Lewis-
town, Pa., and began the practise of his pro
fession. Dr. Bell was a Republican, interest
ed in political affairs, but not an office seeker.
John H. Bell was married December 15,
1863, to Eliza A., daughter of James M. and
Eliza (Long) Alartin. They have five chil
dren: William G, married Mary Sterrett;
Alary IL, bom September 29, 1864, died Feb
ruary 13, 1887; Edward J., Metcalf, 111.,
married Franklena Elderburg, has one child,
Burt ; Elsie H. ; and John II. , died aged three
years. Dr. Bell was an earnest member of the
Lutheran church at Lewistown. He died
Alarch 24, 1884. His widow removed to Derry
township, and bought the homestead which
had belonged to her grandfather, Henry Long.
Mrs. Bell's father, James Martin, farmer,
came with his parents to Derry township in
1820. His first wife was Eliza Long. They
had six children : Jane, died in infancy; Mary
R. (Airs. Sylvester Hillbish), living in Cali
fornia; Eliza A., widow of John II. Bell, Al.
D. ; AVilliam II. , died in infancy; Priscilla
Jane (Mrs. Peter Mitchell) ; and Henry, died
in infancy. Airs. Martin died January 30,
1844. Air. Alartin's second wife was Emily
Alexander. They had eleven children: one
who died in infancy; Laura E., wife of John
W. Hahn, attorney, Minneapolis, Alinn.;
James M., married Alargaret Bell; Samuel,
died in infancy; AATilliam T., dentist; Alar
garet (Mrs. John Stroup), and Alartha. twins;
Joseph, married Ellen Dunn; twins, who died
in infancy; and Harriet A. (Mrs. John Pen-
nypacker), of California. Air. Alartin died
June 1, 1883; his wife July 15, 1896.

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JAMES HUTCHISON MANN, of the
Mann Axe Company, Mann's Station, Brown
township, Miffiin county, Pa., was born Octo
ber 28, 1834, in what is now Carbon county,
Pa. Thomas Mann, great-grandfather of
James H., was born in County Derry, Ireland,
April 10, 1750. Before the Revolution he
came to America and settled at Wales, Erie
county, N. Y, where he died April 20, 1820.
His wife, Thankful 'Mann, born in 1757, had
these children: Nathan; Ruth; and William.
William Mann, Sr., grandfather of James
H, was born at Braintree, Mass., September
1, 1779. In Montgomery county, N. Y., he
was a successful manufacturer of scythes and
other tools. His death occurred in Belief onte,
Pa., February 19, 1860. He married, Decem
ber 18, 1801, Rachel Gillette, born in New
York, Alay 30, 1782, and died in Philadel
phia in 1847. Their children were: Wil
liam, Jr.; Harvey; Stephen; Willis; Maria;
Harris; and Robert. Stephen Gillette, father
of Mrs. Alann, was born near Hartford, Conn.,
in 1753, and married Ruth Chase, also a na
tive of Hartford, born in 1763.
Stephen Gillette Mann, third son of Wil
liam Mann, Sr, was born August 24, 1808.
He went to East Tennessee, where he married
and died. Willis Alann, the fourth son, was
born February 9, 1815, at Palatine, Mont
gomery county, N. Y., and died in Du Bois,
Pa., February 18, 1879. He married Harriet
Ann Porter, February 11, 1842. Their chil
dren are: Margaret Williamson; Edward
Porter; James Porter, deceased; Rachel Gil
lette; Robert, deceased; and Nancy Jane.
Mrs. Willis Mann was born in Lamar town
ship, Clinton county, Pa., March 6, 1813, and
died in Yeagertown, Pa., June 2, 1877. Rob
ert Mann, youngest son of William Mann, Sr.,
was born in Jefferson county, N. Y., June 13,
1824. He married Christina Rusman, and
settled at Mill Hall, Pa., where they have
lived continuously since 1848. Their children
are: Frances Jane, bom October 19, 1849;
Harris Irving, born Alarch 8, 1851, and died
September 15, 1862; John AArilliam. born
February 22, 1853, and died September 2,
1862; Thomas R., born February 19, 1855;
Alfred Campbell, born Alarch 7, 1857; Jo
seph R., born February 16, 1859; Carrie
Emma, bom April 26, 1861, and died Sep
tember 4, 1862; William Harris, born August
2, 1863; Mary Maud, born Alay 20, 1865,

and died December 28, 1865; and Robert
Newton, born October 16, 1866. Mrs. Robert
Mann died at Mill Hall, January 29, 1897,
aged sixty-eight.
Harvey Mann, Sr., second son of William
Mann, Sr., was born near Johnstown, Alont-
gomery county, N. Y., July 2, 1804, and died
near Bellefonte, Pa., June 4, 1870. He was
married to Jane F. Burnside, who was born
February 28, 1811, and died October 7, 1.885,
near Bellefonte, Pa. Their children were:
Harvey Mann, Jr., born August 8, 1837, and
died February 27, 1875, at Steubenville, O.,
from injuries received in a railroad accident
near Mingo Junction, O.; Rachel, born De
cember 14, 1835, and died February 22,
1853; and James B., born August 23, 1840,
and died May 19, 1860.
AVilliam Alann, Jr., father of James Hut
chison Alann, was born at Johnstown, Mont
gomery county, N. Y., October 18, 1802, and
died near Reedsville, Pa., June 11, 1855.
About 1822, Air. Mann removed to Belle
fonte, Centre county, Pa., where in a common
blacksmith shop, he made the first axe manu
factured in the State. His brother, Harvey,
soon joined him and together they built the
axe works at Boiling Springs, above Belle
fonte, which, in a few years enjoyed a very
profitable trade. Here AVilliam was married
to his first wife, Beulah Fearon, who lived but
a few days after the birth of her first child.
His second wife was Ann Hutchison, born in
Walker township, Centre county, Pa., June
10, 1813; and their marriage occurred No
vember 27, 1832. Mrs. Alann's father, James
Hutchison, was bom in Chester county, Pa.,
April 3, 1773, and died October 25, 1845.
The brothers, William, Jr., and Harvey, dis
solved partnership about 1834; the latter re
tained the property and business, which he
operated successfully for many years. Wil
liam then left Bellefonte and resided with his
family on the site of the axe factories, which
he and his sons made famous, near Lewistown,
Pa. Ann Sample, great-grandmother of James
II. Alann, died August 19, 1825; and Ann
Allison, his grandmother, was bom Septem
ber 17, 17771, and died April 12, 1851.

DAVID II. ZOOK, Belleville. Aiifflin
county. Pa., was born February 21, 1839. He
is a son of Enoch and Alary Hartzler Zook.

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His great-grandfather was John Zook, who
settled in the Kishacoquillas valley, in Union
township, in 1792. His first wife died some
years after their marriage; one of their chil
dren was David, the grandfather of David H.
Zook. John Zook married the second time,
and had a son and daughters; the son, Shem
Zook, became a brilliant scholar, and was well-
known for his ability as a teacher. Later in
life he gave his attention to farming. He was
married to Miss Yoder. His children are:
Israel M. ; Rachel; Phebe; and Melinda,
widow of Samuel Peachey. David Zook,
grandfather of David H, was married to Eliza
beth King. Their children are : Levi, of Lan
caster county, married to Miss Stoltzfoss, has
a family; Joel, married to Catharine Ke-
neagy, has a family; Enoch; Simeon and
Simon, twins, the former married Rebecca
Hartzler and had a family, the latter married
Barbara King, had a family and removed to
Lancaster county. Two of the daughters of
David Zook married and settled in the Kisha
coquillas valley; the other two married and
removed to Lancaster county. One daughter,
Salome (Mrs. Christian Yoder), is still living.
Enoch Zook, father of David H. Zook, ac
quired his education in the district schools.
At the age of thirty, he was chosen as minis
ter by the congregation of the Amish Alen-
nonite church in Union township, and served
until his death. He spent all his life on the
homestead. Enoch Zook was married to Mary
Hartzler, daughter of Yost and Elizabeth
(Beiler) Hartzler. Their children are: Yost,
who died aged twenty-one years; Enoch, mar
ried Rachel Hooley, had one son, married
again to Lydia Blank, they have three chil
dren; Abner; Lydia (Airs. Gideon Yoder),
had one son, deceased; Salome (Mrs. Christian
Detweiler"), has three sons and four daughters;
Nancy; Sarah (Mrs. Jentha H. Peachey);
Israel, married Fannie Yoder, has four chil
dren. David II. Zook attended the district schools
of his native township, and Kishacoquillas
Seminary. At the age of eighteen, he began
to teach school, and taught during the winter
terms for ten years. Mr. Zook is a Republi
can; he has served as school director for
eighteen years.
David IT. Zook was married February 5.
1867. to Elizabeth, daughter of John C.'and
Elizabeth (Hartzler) Hooley. Their children

are: Alice, deceased; Thomas E.; Reuben;
Stephen; Nellie; Mary (Mrs. Levi D. Kauff
man), has one child, Sadie. Mr. Zook and
family are members of the Amish Mennonite
church.

JACOB YODER came from Lancaster
county, Pa., about the year 1794, and settled
in Brown township, Mifflin county, about two
and a half miles west of what was then called
Browns Mills, now Reedsville. He was a
farmer, and occupied what was known as the
Big Spring farm. Jacob Yoder married Cath
erine Plank, and had children, as follows:
I. John, married Sarah Yoder, and had
children: Lydia; David; Alatty; and
Frantz. II. Jacob, married Nancy Kauff
man, had children: Samuel; John; and
Jacob. Jacob Yoder, the father, came to his
death by falling from the roof of a barn, about
1828. III. Nicholas, married Leah Yoder,
and had children: Jacob; Jonathan; and
Sarah. IV. Solomon, married Sarah King,
and had children: Jacob; Samuel; and
Frany. V. Christian, married Lydia Yoder,
and had children: David; Catherine; and
Sarah. VI. Matty, married Christian Byler,
and had children: Jacob; Christian; Solo
mon; Jonathan; Jonas; Samuel; Aloses;
Catherine; and Alary. VII. Catharine, mar
ried John Byler, and had children: Eli;
Jacob; Seaver; Lizzie; Lydia; Alary; Nancy;
Hannah; Frany; and Salome. VIII. Nancy,
married Jacob Kurtz, and had children:
Aclam; John; Jacob; Jonas; Stephen; Frany;
Nancy; and Catharine. IX. Frany. X.
Barbara, married Isaac Plank, and had chil
dren: Jacob; John; Jonathan; Samuel;
Lyclia; Catherine; Barbara; Nancy; Frany;
Alelinda; and Sarah. XL Lydia, married
Joseph AVray, and had children, one son and
one daughter.
All members of the Yoder family above re
corded were occupied in farming.

JOHN P. GETTER, Al. D., Belleville,
Mifflin county, Pa., son of Philip and Har
riet (Byers) Getter, was born near Newville,
Cumberland county, Pa., October 27, 1857.
He is a grandson of George Getter, a native
of Alsace, then a French province. This an
cestor was an ardent admirer of Napoleon
Bonaparte, and owing to some political griev
ances, left his native land, and in 182l/came

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with his wife and six children to America.
After a tedious voyage of ninety-eight days,
they landed at Havre de Grace, Md., and
thence proceeded to Baltimore, Md., where
they made their home. The father met his
death by accident in a land slide on the rail
road. The children of George and Elizabeth
Getter were: George, married Mary Kendig;
Philip; Frederick, of whom the family have
not heard for many years; Alargaret (Airs.
Hyde), of Alexandria, Va. ; Dorothy (Airs.
Wolf), of the vicinity of Alexandria, Ara. ;
Katherine; Elizabeth; and Alagdalene.
Left orphans at the age of eight and nine
years, respectively, Philip and George Getter
became the wards of Ala j or Au, near New-
burg, Cumberland county, and here they re
ceived a common school education. Upon at
taining his majority, Philip Getter, father of
Dr. Getter, began farming for himself, and
later purchased a tract of land from his guar
dian. He was married June 9, 1842, to Har
riet, daughter of Daniel and Sarah Byers.
They had these children: Elizabeth (Airs.
Gracey), deceased, had five children; George,
married Eliza Wagoner, two children ; Lovina
(Mrs. Daniel W. Hursh); Daniel, died aged
nine years; Sarah Virginia (wife of F. De Ar
lington), died aged thirty-eight years; John
P.; Dora (Mrs. Louis Hosfie'ld); Myra;
Charles, married Minnie Bomberger; St.
Elmo, married Emma Wheeler; and Rose.
Mr. Getter died in 1883; he was an earnest,
faithful Christian, a member of the Church of
God. Mrs. Getter still survives.
Dr. John P. Getter received his education
in the public schools. After teaching one
term, he entered the Normal School at Ship-
pensburg, and having taken the course of
studies there, he taught three terms. In 1877,
he -began reading medicine at Newville, under
the direction of Dr. W. G. Stewart. In 1879,
he entered the Jefferson Aledical College at
Philadelphia, graduating there three years
later. He then took a post-graduate course at
Bellevue Hospital Medical College at New
York, graduating from that institution in the
spring of 1883. In the following August, he
began to practise in Allensville, Mifflin coun
ty, remaining there until April, 1887. He
then came to Belleville, where he has built up
an extensive practise. The Doctor has always
taken an active interest in all local enterprises;
he was largely instrumental in the organization

and construction of the K. V. R. R. He is
a member of the Republican party; also a
member of the Mifflin county, State and Na
tional Medical Societies; and a charter mem
ber of Lodge No. 302, I. 0. 0. F., at Belle
ville. Dr. Getter was married, December 24,
1885, to Clare W., daughter of T. A. W. and
Anna (Hamm) AVebb. Airs. Getter attends
the Alethodist Episcopal church. She is one
of four children, the others being: Elizabeth;
John, married Salina King; and George.
Her parents reside in Mifflin county.

CHRISTIAN K. SA10KER, Belleville,
Aiifflin county, Pa., son of Michael and Bar
bara (King) Smoker, was born in Lancaster
county, . Pa., Alarch 18, 1861. His grand
father, Daniel Smoker, bom May 29, 1797,
was one of the first Amish farmers who settled
in the Buffalo valley. He married Barbara
Lapp, bom September 5, 1797. Their son,
Alichael Smoker, was born in Mifflin county,
November 25, 1835. His early manhood was
spent in Union county, but since his twentieth
year he has resided in Lancaster county. He
has been a farmer all his life. In 1857,
Alichael Smoker married Barbara, daughter
of Benjamin and Lydia (Zook) King. She
was born in Lancaster county, November 21,
1834. Her father, Benjamin King, was born
in Lancaster county, June 28, 1806; his wife
was a native of Mifflin county. The children
of Alichael and Barbara (King) Smoker are:
I. Benjamin K., born August 30, 1858,
married Lizzie, daughter of Joshua and Lydia
(Zook) Beiler, who was born January 11,
1857, and had children: Barbara M., bom
December 31, 1881; Benjamin B., born May
31, 1884, died July 12, 1887; and Israel D.,
born December 30, 1887, died January 23,
1891. II. Christian K., born March 18,
1861, married Alary Y., only child of David L.
and Fanny (Yoder) Byler, who was born in
Mifflin county, July 2, 1863. Her father,
David L. Byler, a native of Mifflin county,
was born June 21, 1839; her mother, in the
same county, July 17, 1854. Christian K.
Smoker and Mary Yoder were married Janu
ary 8, 18S4; their children are: Arie B., born
Alarch 22, 1885; Barbara F., bom April 12,
1887; David AL, bom August 26, 1889, died
Januarv 7, 1S92; Ezra B., born November
13, 1891; Christian A., bom July 25, 1894;

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and Fanny Alay, born February 19, 1897.
HI. Lydia K, born June 28, 1863, married
December 13, 1883, to Abraham, son of Abra
ham and Susanna (Stultzfus) King; he was
born June 4, 1859. Their children are: Bar
bara, born December 28, 1884, died February
2, 1891; an infant son, born and died June
30, 1886; Michael, born August 14, 1887,
died February 8, 1891; David, born August
7,1890; Susanna, born April 8, 1892; Alady,
born June 15, 1893; and Lydia, born Novem
ber 24, 1895. IV Levi K, born October
18, 1865, married December 1, 1887, to Sarah
Lapp, who was born January 19, 1S65, and
had children: Rebecca, born October 23,
1888; Aaron, born February 24, 1890; Bar
bara, born December 8, 1892; Daniel, born
July 14, 1893; and Elizabeth, born Septem
ber 7, 1895. V. John K, born Alay 18,
1868, was married November 19, 1889, to
Lizzie Beiler, who was born December 25,
1864, and has children: Bena B., born Au
gust 24, 1890; Alalinda B., born June 24,
1892; Benjamin T., born December 7, 1893,
died October 1, 1895; and Priscilla, bora
August 27, 1895. VI. Barbara K, born
May 29, 1872. VII. Michael K, born Sep
tember 20, 1875. Vm. Leah K., born No
vember 26, 1878.
Christian K. Smoker received a common
school education in Lancaster county, where
he grew to manhood. He remained with his
parents, assisting his father with the farm
work, until he was twenty-three years old.
Then he came' to Belleville, where he farmed
for a year, after which he took the Jonathan
L. Byler farm for a year, and later the Lockes
Mills farm in Armagh township for the same
length of time. Returning to Belleville, he
gave his attention to various occupations for
the next two years, and then engaged in carpet
weaving, his work being of so superior a qual
ity as to attract patrons from the valley and
neighboring towns. In April, 1896, he be
came the proprietor and publisher of the Belle
ville Times.
Air. Smoker's marriage and family have al
ready been noticed. Airs. Smoker's parents
reside at Belleville. Her grandmother, Mrs.
Kate A'oder, still lives, and completed her
eightieth year in January, 1897.

_ TION. SAMUEL MACLAY, great-grand
father of AATilliam B. Alaclay, was bom in

Lurgan township, Franklin county, Pa., June
17, 1741. He was assistant deputy surveyor
to his brother, AVilliam Maclay, in 1767-68,
and in 1769 assisted in the surveys of Buffalo
valley, where he took up large tracts of land
in what is now Aiifflin county. The late Judge
Brown, of Aiifflin county, used to give the
following account of an adventure which led
to his meeting with Air. Maclay:
"I was wandering about the valley, search
ing for good locations, and examining the ris
ing ground for a bear which I had started,
when I came suddenly upon a large spring.
Being thirsty, I propped my rifle against a
bush, and rushing down the bank, stooped to
drink, when I saw, reflected in the water on
the opposite side, the image of a tall Indian.
I surang to my rifle, seeing which the Indian
gave a yell, whether for peace or war I was not
just then sufficiently master of my faculties
to distinguish; upon my seizing my rifle and
facing him, he knocked up the pan of his gun,
threw out the priming, and extended his open
hand towards me in token of friendship. Lay
ing clown our guns, we met at the spring and
shook hands. This was Logan, the best speci
men of humanity that I ever met, either white
or red. He could speak a little English, and
told me that there was another white hunter
a little way clown the stream, offering to guide
me to his camp; and there I first met Samuel
Alaclay. AVe remained together in the valley
for a week, looking for springs and selecting
lands, and laid the foundation of a friendship
which has never had the slightest interruption.
The spring where I met Logan is situated
about four miles west of Reedsville, and still
bears the name of 'Logan's Spring.' Air. Ma
clay and I visited Logan at his camp near the
spring, and Air. Alaclay shot at mark with him
at a dollar a shot. Logan lost four or five
rounds, and acknowledged himself beaten.
When we were about to leave, he went to his
tent, and bringing out as many deer skins as
he had lost dollars, handed them to Air. Ala
clay, who refused to take them, saying that we
had been his guests, and had not come to rob
him, and that the shooting had been only a
trial of skill, and the bet merely nominal.
Logan drew himself up with great dignity,
and said : 'Ale shot to make you shoot your
best, and me take your dollar if me beat;' so
Air. ATaclay was obliged to take the skins, or
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would not permit him to receive even a horn of
powder in return."
Air. Alaclay was lieutenant-colonel of a bat
talion of associators, and therefore a delegate,
July 4, 1776, to the Associators' Convention
at Lancaster, Pa., where two brigadiers were
elected, and the militia of the State organized.
In 1792, he was appointed associate judge of
Northumberland county. In October, 1794,
he was nominated for Congress, and elected
by a large majority. He was elected to the
State senate in 1801, and re-elected in 1802.
On December 14, 1802, he was elected United
States Senator, and as president of the Senate
of Pennsylvania, was obliged to sign his own
certificate. He resigned the presidency,
Alarch 16, 1803; he resigned also his position
as State senator, September 2, and his seat in
the United States Senate, January 6, 1809.
Air. Maclay was a man of fine physique, plain
and simple, but very genial in manner, greatly
disliking all kinds of display. It is said that
a handsome coach which he had brought from
Lancaster was consigned to the carriage-house
because it had attracted so much attention when
the family drove to Buffalo church. At one
time he stopped with the late Hugh Wilson,
and the family having nothing but mush for
supper, Mrs. Wilson was about to prepare
something better, as she thought, when Mr.
Maclay stopped her, saying, "No, mush is good
enough for kings." Mr. Maclay was thrifty,
and abhorred disorder. Air. Martin Dries-
bach, who knew him well, says: "His return
home was always indicated by the hogs being
driven out of the fields, the repairing of the
fences, and the activity which reigned over
the whole place." Mr. Maclay was a good me
chanic, and frequently amused himself by
working in the blacksmith shop. Nor did he
neglect literature; he was a fine scholar, and
had an extensive library, of which he made
constant use. His old servant, Titus, was as
well known as his master. Titus was very
careful of his appearance; his hair was white
as snow, and his ruffled shirt, huge staff, and
erect figure, made a striking picture.
Samuel Alaclay was married to Elizabeth
Plunket. Their children are : William Plun-
ket; Charles, John Binn's second in his duel
with Samuel Stewart,, died while visiting in
Wayne county, N. Y., aged twenty-seven;
John; Samuel; Robert Plunket, born in
April, 1799, senator from Union county in

1842, married Aliss Lashells, of Union county,
Pa., resides in Kishacoquillas valley, Mifflin
county; Eleanor, married her cousin, David
Alaclay, of Franklin county, Pa., and she and
her children are deceased; Hester, accom
panied her brother Charles to Wayne county,
N. Y., and died about that time; and Jane E.
(Airs. Joseph Henderson), died in January,
1848. Her husband, Joseph Henderson, Al.
D., was a brother-in-law of the Rev. James
Linn, D. D., of Bellefonte, Pa. Dr. Hender
son served as a captain of the war of 1812,
and was a member of Congress during
General Jackson's administration. AArilliam
Plunket Maclay was born in Buffalo valley,
August 23, 1774. He was married in 1802
to Sarah, daughter of Judge William Brown,
of Mifflin county; by this marriage he was a
brother-in-law of Gen. James Potter, and -of
John Norris, who was fer some time cashier
of the old bank at Bellefonte. Mrs. AAIlliam
P. Alaclay died in 1810, leaving three sons:
Samuel Alaclay, M. D., of Milroy, Pa.; Wil
liam B.; and Charles. In 1812, William P.
Alaclay married Jane Holmes, of Carlisle, Pa.,
who died in 1852, leaving four sons: Holmes;
David; Robert P.; and Joseph H. William
Plunket Af aclay died in Milroy, September 2,
1842. John Alaclay, register and recorder of
Union county, and for two terms prothono-
tary, was married to Annie, daughter of the
Hon. Samuel Dale, and sister of James Dale,
of Buffalo township. In 1835, John Alaclay
removed to Vandalia, 111., where he died, leav
ing four children: Charles; AVilliam; Eliza
beth (Mrs. Armstrong); and Anne; all now
deceased. Samuel, eldest son of John Ala
clay, died in Buffalo valley. Samuel Maclay
was married first to Margaret, afterwards to
Elizabeth, daughters of the Rev. James John
ston, of Aiifflin county. He died February
17, 1836, leaving seven sons and three daugh
ters, of whom the only survivors are : Robert
P., of Louisiana; and Jane, living in Gales-
burg, 111. David Alaclay, son of Samuel Ma
clay, was a ripe scholar, a man of great intel
lectual promise. He married Isabella, daugh
ter of Galbraith Patterson. David Alaclay
died in 1818. His widow married Hon. A. L.
Hayes, for many years associate law judge of
Lancaster county. Pa.
Hon. Samuel Alaclay died at his home in
Buffalo valley, October 5, 1811, and is buried
on the farm now owned by Joseph Green.

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The graveyard faces the old stone mansion,
and the brick wall enclosing the grave can be
seen from the turnpike after passing the New
Berlin road. Few passers-by know that with
in those moss-covered walls lie the remains of
one of the ablest statesmen of Pennsylvania.

and his wife are members of the Presbyterian
church.

WILLIAM B. MACLAY, Belleville Aiif
flin county, Pa., was born at the old homestead
in Union township, Aiifflin county, August 25,
I860, son of Robert P. and Martha B. (Barr)
Alaclay. His father, Robert P. Alaclay, was
born at Lewistown, Pa., Alay 21, 1821. He
attended the common schools of the township,
completing his education at the Lewistown
Academy. After leaving school, he began
farming on the homestead; his inheritance
was that part of the estate on which his father
had lived. He was a Republican, actively in
terested in local affairs, and liberal to all
worthy enterprises. He was married in No
vember, 1857, to Martha B., daughter of AVil-
liam and Jane (Davis) Barr. Their children
are: William B. ; and Jennie (Mrs. W. G. AVil
son), who has one child, Martha Barr. Robert
Maclay was a consistent member of the Pres
byterian church, in which he was for many
years an elder. He died April 20, 1881.
AVilliam B. Maclay attended the district
schools of his native township, and in 1878,
at the age of eighteen, entered the State Nor
mal School at Indiana, Indiana county, Pa.,
graduating in July, 1880. He began teach
ing in Lawrence county, Pa., but after his
father's death, returned to the homestead, tak
ing charge of the farm, which he still culti
vates. His industry and intelligence have
brought him ample success. Air. Alaclay is
interested in the affairs of the county, progres
sive, and ready to promote improvements. He
was instrumental in the organization of the
Kishacoquillas A^allev Railroad Company, and
the construction of the road. He is a partner
in the firm of AVilson & Alaclay, established in
February, 1894, and now one of the leading
business houses of Belleville. He is also in
terested in local politics, and is a supporter of
Republican principles.
AVilliam B. Maclay was married, February
15, 1888, to Elizabeth AL, daughter of An
drew AV. and Alargaret J. (AVilson) Campbell.
They have three children: Helen A.; Ralph
Henderson; and Robert Barr. Mr. Alaclay

SAA1UEL AVATTS, Belleville, Aiifflin
county, Pa., is one of the staid, representative
citizens of Belleville. He was born at Fair-
ville, Lancaster county, Pa., June 22, 1822,
and is a grandson of Thomas Watts, a farmer
of Caernarvon township, Lancaster county.
The father of Thomas Watts came from Eng
land during the latter part of the seventeenth
century, and settled in the eastern part of the
province of Pennsylvania. Thomas Watts
married Maria Snyder, who was of Swiss de
scent; they had four children: George;
Philip; Samuel; and Catherine. The eldest,
George, married and removed to Holmes
county, Ohio, in 1835; his descendants are
among the substantial citizens of that county.
Philip, the second son, married Mrs. Henry,
a widow; she died, and he married again, and
removed to the Kishacoquillas valley, with his
family; he had two children: Franklin, who
studied at a Catholic seminary, graduated,
was ordained to the priesthood, and when last
heard from, was pursuing his studies in Kan
sas; and a daughter, Sarah, who was also con
verted to the Catholic faith, became a Sister
of Charity, and from latest information, had
gone to a Catholic institution in Paris. Sam
uel, third son of Thomas Watts, and father of
the gentleman now bearing the same name,
was a farmer, residing near Fairville, Lancas
ter county, and was considered a progressive
and enterprising man; he was widely and fa
vorably known for sobriety and integrity, en
joying the esteem and respect of his friends
and neighbors. During the later years of his
life, he was an earnest and consistent member
of the Evangelical church. His wife died in
1860, aged about sixty-nine; he, too, passed
away in 1862, at the age of seventy years.
Catherine, youngest child of Thomas Watts,
married Air. Lapp; they had one child. Her
husband died, and Mrs. Lapp was married to'
Mr. Silknitter.
Samuel AVatts (2), remained on his father's
farm in Lancaster county, attending the com
mon schools, until he arrived at early man
hood. In 1840, he went to Belleville, where
he was engaged in his uncle's store, and at the
same time continued his studies under private
tuition. After some time, young Watts re-

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turned to his parents' home. Having a strong
desire for a thorough education, he found
means to attend the academy at New London
Cross Roads, Chester county, Pa. Here
among his classmates were Hon. J. Smith Fu-
they and Hon. Robert Emmet Monaghan.
Samuel Watts was a diligent student, and his
standing in his class was most creditable.
Again he returned home, and studied under
private tuition at New Holland, Lancaster
county. Being now qualified for the business
of teaching, Mr. Watts established a school
near his home, at the Overholtzer school-
house. After teaching there for several terms,
he became desirous of exchanging his occupa
tion for one more lucrative. He accordingly
embarked in mercantile affairs, at Galtsville,
Lancaster county, on the Conestoga creek.
This was in 1844; some time later, he opened
a flour and feed store in Pottsville, Schuylkill
county, Pa. In the fall of 1850, he exchanged
his store for that of his uncle, Daniel Over
holtzer, at Belleville, Mifflin county, of which
he took possession early in 1851. Through
his able and prudent management, his mer
cantile career has been very successful. Mr.
Watts may well be styled a self-made man.
He began without capital except youth, energy
and intelligence; by a right use of these pow
ers, by perseverance and economy, by circum
spect and skillful management, and by a deter
mination undaunted by discouragements and
difficulties, he has acquired a considerable es
tate. His history is encouraging to any young
man beginning life with obstacles to confront
and overcome. Mr. Watts has become one of
the most substantial and useful citizens of
Belleville. He has erected a number of new
buildings, in modern style. He was largely
influential in the organization of the Kishaco
quillas Valley Railroad Company, and the
construction of the road, in 1892. He was an
organizer and a charter member of the Kish
acoquillas Mutual Fire Insurance Company,
and for some years its secretary. He took a
leading part, also, in the establishment of the
Reedsville National Bank, of which he has
been president since the organization of the
company. He was a charter member of the
East Kishacoquillas Turnpike Company, a di
rector, and its president for several years. He
has made large investments in land in Iowa
and Illinois, as well as extensive improvements
in those properties ; they are now in the charge

of his son, Samuel Henry. Mr. Watts is a
generous contributor to church enterprises,
without respect to creed. He has always been
an ardent Republican, and has taken an active
interest in local affairs, but has never aspired
to public office.
Samuel Watts was married in February,
1852, to Maria, daughter of John and Marga
ret (Kurtz) Overholtzer. Their children are:
Elizabeth, died October 4, 1854, when about
eighteen months old; Martin 0.; Samuel
Henry, residing in Iowa; James Kurtz; Mary
E. (Mrs. Oldt), residing in Williamsport, Pa. ;
John; Levi M., married October 28, 1896, to
Sue Stroup, daughter of Samuel and Sue
(Stroup) Killian; and Isaac. Mr. Watts and
his family are members of the Methodist Epis
copal church at Belleville.

BROAVN A. BIGELOW, M. D., Belle
ville, Aiifflin county, Pa., was born in Belle
ville, September 25, 1850, son of Dr. Eliphaa
and Leah (Weidman) Bigelow. Dr. Brown
A. Bigelow, in early boyhood, resided in
Jackson township, Huntingdon county; his
education was therefore begun in that county.
Until 1864, he attended the common schools;
he then entered the Kishacoquillas Seminary,
and later was a student at the Stone Valley
Academy, Jackson township. After the death
of his father, he assisted his brother Jacob for
one year in the cultivation of the home farm.
He then determined to follow his father's pro
fession, and after three years' preparation un
der his brother, Dr. James Bigelow, of Mc-
Alevys Fort, Huntingdon county, he entered
the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia,
and, taking a two years' course, was graduated
turned to McAlevys Fort, and remained until
the autumn of 1876, and practicing with
his brother, Dr. James Bigelow. At this
time he removed to Siglersville, in the Kisha
coquillas valley, and remained six years.
In 1872, he removed to Belleville, where he
has a large practice. Dr. Bigelow is a member
of the Mifflin County and State Medical So
cieties. His political convictions are Demo
cratic. He is a member of the Pension Board,
and served also during President Cleveland's
first administration. He has been a delegate
to State and county conventions. He is a
member of the following societies : Belleville
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No. 160, K. G. E.; and Lodge No. 203, F.
and A. M., at Lewistown. Dr. Brown A.
Bigelow was married Alay 21, 1874, at Mc-
Alevys Fort, to Jennie E., daughter of the
late Nelson and Elizabeth (Stewart) Tate, of
Stone valley, Huntingdon county. Their chil
dren are : Harry A. ; Maud, a teacher; Charles
T.,a student at the Baltimore Medical College;
Eliphaz J.; Edward S.; Frank C; Leah E. ;
Ralph B. ; Lebbeus I. ; and James A. The fam
ily attend the Lutheran church. Charles T.
Bigelow, M. D., was educated at the Stone
Valley Academy, Huntingdon county, and
graduated April 13, 1897, from the Medical
College of Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Jennie E., wife of Dr. Brown A. Bige
low, is of Scotch-Irish descent. Her grand
father, Edward Tate, died May 11, 1867, aged
seventy-one years, three months and twenty-
six days; her grandmother died July 25,
1845, aged forty-one years, two months and
twenty-three days. Both her parents also are
deceased; Mrs. Nelson Tate died December
1, 1881, at the age of fifty-nine years, eleven
months and eleven days ; Mr. Tate on August
31, 1888, aged sixty-four years, eleven months
and five days. They were worthy and exem
plary Christians. Their children are : Jennie
E. (Mrs. Dr. Bigelow) ; Charlotta Al. (Mrs. E.
B. Cole), died August 29, 1882, had one child,
Samuel Stewart, who married Elizabeth
Henn, of Iowa, has two children, and resides
at Orlando, Oklahoma; Robert, born Alarch
25, 1840, married Kate Dunmire, resides in
Kansas; and Catherine A., born Alarch 17,
1843, married Edward Noel, had three chil
dren, Edward, Franklin, and Mary, and died
December 11, 1S88.

A1ILES HAFFLY, Belleville, Miffiin coun
ty, Pa., son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Adams)
Haffly, was born in Union township, January
9, 1828. His paternal grandparents were
John and Salome (Landis) Haffly, residents of
Lancaster county, Pa. Joseph Haffly was
born in Lancaster county, Pa., Alay 11, 1786,
and lived to the venerable age of eighty-one.
His parents removing to Union county, Pa.,
during his youth he was a pupil in the
schools and academy of that county, and stud
ied surveying. He became a resident of Aiif
flin county, in Union township, near Belle
ville. Joseph Haffly was a good citizen, re

spected and esteemed by neighbors and
friends. He was elected to the office of
justice of the peace in 1845, and served for
many years. He was a faithful member of
the Lutheran church. At the age of twenty-
seven, he married Elizabeth Adams; their
children are: Miles; Samuel, married Martha
AVickes, has six children; Eliza Ann (Mrs. Da
vid Myers), has one child, residing in Harris
burg; Maria (Mrs. George Smith), has two
children living; and John C, died in 1896,
in Kansas.
Miles Haffly attended the district schools,
then took a course of study in surveying at the
Milroy Academy. For a while he engaged in
teaching. In 1853, he began farming and ac
tively followed this occupation until 1876;
after that time, he gave more attention to sur
veying, in which business he became very
widely known. Mr. Haffly resides in Mechan-
icsville and has retired from both agriculture
and surveying. He is a public-spirited citizen;
his position in the community is one of con
fidence and high regard. He is prominent in
local politics. In 1875, he succeeded his
father in the office of justice of the peace, and
has held it up to the present time. Mr. Haf
fly is an ardent Republican. He is secretary
of the Kishacoquillas Valley Fire Insurance
Company, which office he has held since 1887;
his father was a charter member of the com
pany when it was organized in 1854.
Allies Haffly was married Alarch 22, 1849,
to Alargaret J., daughter of John and Ruth
Rogers. Their children are: Joseph Landis,
married Alary Strunk, has five children; Sam
uel Chambers, married Emma AlcCauley, has
four children; William J., married Alice
Criger, has four children; George S., married
Elizabeth Bennett, has four children; Harry
E., married Emma Johnson, has one child;
Ida E., died in 1890, aged twenty-nine years;
Alaggie E. (Mrs. John F. Ealy); Anna AL
(Airs. Philip Harmon), has three sons; Aliles
A.; David V; Frank C, married Alary J.
Harmon, has one child; Air. Haffly is an earn
est member of the Lutheran church at Ale-
chanicsville, and has been a member of its
council for a number of years.
Airs. Aliles Haffly's parents, John and Ruth
Rogers, settled in Chester county, Pa., in
1828; their three daughters are: Margaret
J. (Airs. Aliles Haffly); Rachel (Mrs. McKee);
and Letitia.

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ISAAC AXE, Belleville, Aiifflin county,
Pa., was born near Reading, Berks county,
Pa., January 1, 1821. He is a son of William
and Elizabeth Axe, who were of German de
scent. Their children are: AVilliam, married
Rose Ann Detweiler, has two sons; Jacob,
who married Eliza Darrah, resides in Indiana,
has two sons; John, married Mary Ort, has
five sons and one daughter; Isaac; Reuben,
married Mary Cogley, has eight children;
Sarah (Airs. Charles Brown), Rock Island, 111.,
has two children; Catharine (Mrs. Davis Mor
gan), Green county, Ind., has four sons and
two daughters; Elizabeth (Mrs. Leonard
Lytle), has two sons and three daughters; and
Hannah (Airs. John Fife), has three sons and
five daughters. Mr. William Axe died in
Berks county, Pa., in 1827; his widow re
moved with her family to Union township,
Mifflin county, where she died in 1843, aged
fifty-five. Isaac Axe was educated in the district
schools of Union township. When his father
died, Isaac was only seven, and while quite
young he left school, and toiled early and late
to help his mother. He learned carpentry,
and being ambitious, industrious, and a care
ful workman, was soon not a mere carpenter,
but a builder and contractor; many of the
largest barns and finest buildings in the valley
were erected by him. In 1852, he began on
his own account, and for forty years carried
on a thriving business. He is highly esteemed
in the community. He has never been promi
nent in political affairs, but has always identi
fied himself with the Democratic party.
Isaac Axe was married in December, 1848,
to Maria, daughter of George and Elizabeth
(Hubler) Smith. They have ten children:
Catharine, died aged twelve ; George, married
Margaret Smith, resides in Ohio, has four sons
and four daughters; Reuben, married Eliza
Johnson, has four sons and two daughters;
Alice; Louisa, died in early childhood; Wil
liam, resides at Glenwood Springs, Col. ; Mar
garet; Joseph Keller, died at the age of six
teen; John, a graduate of Pennsylvania Col
lege and of the Lutheran Theological Semi
nary at Gettysburg, Pa., was ordained to the
ministry in 1894; and Maud (Mrs. Lambert
Kron), a graduate of the Edinboro State Nor
mal School. She is now living at Kittanning,
Armstrong county, Pa., where she taught for
a number of years. Mrs. Isaac Axe died, De

cember 16, 1877, aged fifty-two. She was a
devout Christian, a member of the Lutheran
church, greatly esteemed for her hospitality
and kindness of heart. For more than fifty
years Mr. Axe has been a member of the
Lutheran church.

DAVID H. SMUCKER, Belleville, Mif
flin county, Pa., was bom at Swartzells Mills,
Union township, April 5, 1850. He is a son
of John and Alary (Byler) Smucker, and a
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Smucker.
Daniel Smucker was a native of Union coun
ty. His children are: Jonathan; Joshua;
John; Alichael; Leah; and Rachel. The third
son, John Smucker, was bom in Buffalo val
ley, Union county, and received his education
in the district schools of his native township.
When he had attained his majority, he left
home and settled on a farm in Union town
ship, Mifflin county, where he remained for
more than twenty years. The latter part of
his life was spent at Port Royal, Juniata
county, Pa., where he died in 1866, aged forty-
four. His death was the result of an accident
which occurred while he was working in the
woods. He was struck by the limb of a tree
while cutting timber to build a barn. He was
a good friend and neighbor, highly esteemed
in the community, a devout member of the
Amish Mennonite church, and a liberal giver
to all church enterprises. He married Mary,
daughter of the Rev. Solomon K. and Sarah
(Hertzler) Byler. Their children are: David
IL ; Solomon B., married Rebecca Yoder, his
wife and two children are dead; Sarah (Mrs.
J. F. Glick), resides in Costilla county, Col.,
has five children; Elizabeth (Mrs. Rufus Yo
der), has seven children; Nancy (Mrs. Joseph
Z. Yoder); John; and Selina (Mrs. Levi Zook).
Mrs. John Smucker died at her home in Union
township, in 1896, aged seventy-one years.
She was an active worker in the church, and
noted for her hospitality.
David H. Smucker attended the district
schools of Union township, and worked with
his father on the farm, until he was twenty-
two, when he removed to Buffalo township,
and invested in a steam threshing machine.
He was fairly successful in this venture, and
in 1887, he began his mercantile career at
Vicksburg, Union county, Pa. He removed
to Belleville, April 3, 1895, where he opened
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His success as a merchant is due to his enter
prise and honest dealing. He is not prominent
in political circles, but has always belonged
to the Republican party.
David II. Smucker was married, December
25, 1876, to Barbara G., only daughter of
Samuel Byler, deceased, of Union county, Pa.
Their children are: Emma B. ; Harry; and
three who died in childhood. Mr. Smucker
and his wife are members of the Amish Men
nonite church.

RICHARD BRINDLE, Belleville, Mif
flin county, Pa., was born in Union township,
July 17, 1829, son of John and Mary (Hon-
berger) Brindle. His paternal grandfather,
Abraham Brindle, was a native of Germany,
who came to America near the close of the last
century, settled in Pennsylvania in Berks
county, and then removed to Lancaster coun
ty. He lived to an advanced age, and died
in Berks county, near Adamstown. He had
sons and daughters: John; Daniel; Isaac;
Elizabeth, and two other daughters. John
Brindle spent his 'boyhood on his father's
farm, and received the usual rather limited
education of a farmer's son. After his mar
riage he settled in Aiifflin county, in what is
now Union township, where in the period of
the '20's he bought a tract of timber land upon
which he built a log house and shop, and began
coopering. He removed to Belleville, bought
land adjacent to where the hotel now stands,
built a house and shop, and was most success
ful at his trade, which he followed to the later
days of his life. John Brindle was one of the
most esteemed citizens of Belleville; he was
interested in local and political affairs ; he was
a Democrat, and served in several township
offices. Mr. Brindle, by his earnest effort,
assisted largely in organizing and building up
the Lutheran church at Mechanicsville, of
which he was a faithful member and officer.
Mr. Brindle's death occurred in 1882, he being
about eighty years of age; his wife survived
him three years and died aged eighty-four.
John Brindle was married to Mary, daughter
of John Honberger; their children are: Cy
rus, accidentally drowned at three years of
age; Catharine, died in infancy; Benjamin,
married Nancy Mateer, died August 24, 1896,
has four children; Richard; Josiah, married
Sarah Huff ord, has five children; John, mar

ried Nancy Rittenhouse, has seven children;
and Mary Elizabeth (Airs. R. E. Wills).
Richard Brindle attended the district
school. Desiring to learn a trade, he chose
that of tailoring, and was placed with Thomas
Lucas, tailor at Belleville, for four years' ap
prenticeship. After serving three years he
bought the fourth year of his apprenticeship
for the sum of $25, and waived six months'
schooling, and one new suit of clothes due him
at the expiration of the contract. He then
went to Reading, Pa., and for one year worked
as a journeyman; he returned to Belleville
and spent two years as a clerk in the store of
Daniel Oberholtzer. A year was spent in
Worcester, AVayne county, O., where he
learned cutting and fitting. Returning to
Belleville, he began business on his own ac
count and continued for six years, when he
removed to Manor Hill, in Stone valley, Hunt
ingdon county. He remained there three
years, and then returned to Belleville, and en
gaged in the hotel business; for two years he
was proprietor of James Poe's hotel, after
which he rented his father's house, where the
present hotel now stands, and opened a tav
ern. In a few years he bought the property;
for thirty years he was proprietor, and made
many improvements, until it is now a modern
and convenient country hotel. The farm on
which Mr. Brindle now resides was a tract of
land which he bought and -cultivated, and with
its modern house, barn and other appoint
ments it ranks among the finest farms of the
valley. Mr. Brindle has the respect and es
teem of friends and neighbors; as a progres
sive citizen he is interested in the welfare of
the community. He has always been a Dem
ocrat. Richard Brindle was married Alarch 11,
1850, to Catharine Taylor, daughter of David
and Sarah (Altz) Dunmire; their children
are: Clarissa Melvina (Mrs. John Horton),
has two children; Narcissa Leland (Mrs. Al
fred Mentzer); George E., married Elizabeth
Klepfer, has one child; Sarah Emma (Mrs.
AVilliam Walker); Gilbert Beaver, married
Elizabeth Fox; Richard Elmer, married Mar
garet Kennedy, has one child; AVilson Tay
lor; Alilford Clay, married Phranie Stroup;
Archie Clarence, Al. D., a graduate of the
class of 1897 of the Jefferson Medical Col
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students of his class; Catharine (Airs. Fred
erick J. Dahlen), has one child; and Roy
Hudson. Mr. and Mrs. Brindle are members
of the Alethodist church.

JOHN HAYES, deceased, of Belleville,
Mifflin county, Pa., was born in Lancaster
county, Pa., Alarch 6, 1797, son of Andrew
and Jane (Alcorn) Hayes, who before the
Revolutionary period came from Ireland to
the province of Pennsylvania and settled in
Lancaster county. They had nine children:
Robert; Thomas; Edward; Andrew; John;
Frank; AVilliam; Henry; Sallie; and one child
that died. The first twenty years of the life
of John Hayes were spent in his native coun
try; he obtained the "schooling" of the dis
trict, and learned plastering. He served his
apprenticeship, and began work at home, car
rying it on afterwards in Centre county, Pa.
In 1824 he removed to Mifflin county. After
thirty years spent here at his trade, of which
he was master, he purchased the farm upon
which he resided. John Hayes was married
to Jane, daughter of John Alexander, of
County Armagh, Ireland; their children are:
AVilliam, born July 2, 1825, died in 1838;
Henry, born November 3, 1826; John, born
July 9, 1828; Francis, born Alarch 1, 1830,
died in 1866; Josiah, born April 1, 1833;
Jane Ann, born July 19, 1838, died in 1843;
and AVilliam James. Mr. Hayes was promi
nent among the worthy citizens of the Kisha
coquillas valley; his death occurred Alarch
14, 1888, at the age of ninety-one; his wife
was born Alarch 11, 1803, and died January
10, 1883; she was a consistent member of
the Presbyterian church.
William James Hayes was born in Brown
township, Aiifflin county, October 20, 1843.
After attending the common schools of his
township, he was for two years and a half a
student at the Kishacoquillas Seminary, near
which he was bom. He remained on the
homestead, and was his father's able assistant ;
later, having thoroughly learned the business
of agriculture, he took charge of the farm.
In this occupation he has shown himself pro
gressive and judicious; his position in the
community is one of high regard. He takes
an active interest in local and political affairs.
He is a Democrat.
AVilliam James Hayes was married Alay 14,
1890, to Emily, daughter of Lebbens and

Priscilla (Alexander) Bigelow; their children
are: Jane, bom November 28, 1892; John
F., born August 27, 1894. Air. and Airs.
Hayes are members of the Lutheran church.
Airs. AVilliam James Hayes is a daughter
of Lebbens Bigelow, who died July 31, 1895,
aged fifty-four years and seven months. As
a lumberman and farmer he was widely
known; his father, Dr. Eliphaz Bigelow, set
tled in Aiifflin county, and there practiced his
profession. Airs. Hayes is one of twelve chil
dren. Two died in early childhood; those
surviving besides Airs. Hayes are: Ann (Airs.
AValker Crissman), has six children; Eliphaz
R., married Alary Houser, has two children,
one of whom, Cecil, died in early life; John
A., a trained nurse; Clay AV., married Emma
Fultz, has three children; Carrie; Oscar E.;
Claude K. ; Chauncey; and Cloyd, who died
at the age of nineteen months.

JOHN ALEXANDER, the ancestor of the
Alexander family of the Kishacoquillas val
ley, was born in Scotland about the year 1700.
He was the son of Thomas Alexander, a prom
inent man in Lanarkshire, Scotland, from
1710 and upwards. John Alexander having
married Margaret Glasson, daughter of Ron
ald Glasson, of the city of Glasgow, he emi
grated first to County Armagh, Ireland, and
after residing there a few years, he came to
America in the year 1736. This two-fold
emigration was probably occasioned by the
persecutions to which the Presbyterians were
subjected, first in Scotland and afterwards in
Ireland, for their love of civil and religious
liberty, and their brave and firm resistance to
tyranny in both church and state. John Alex
ander and wife Alargaret Glasson, with their
three sons, Hugh, James and John, and their
two daughters, Rachel and Alargaret, settled
in AVest Nottingham, Chester county, Pa.
John Alexander later removed to the vicinity
of Chambersburg, Franklin county, where
both he and his wife Margaret died during the
Revolution .
One of the first settlers in the valley of the
Kishacoquillas creek was James Alexander.
He was the son of John and Alargaret Glas
son Alexander, of Lanarkshire, Scotland, and
was born during the residence of his parents
in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1720, emi
grating with them to America at ten years of
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made from the Indians, Hugh Alexander, the
elder brother of James, settled in Shermans
valley, and James pushed further west, to the
valley of the Kishacoquillas, which attracted
him by the excellence of its soil, its valuable
timber, and the many fine springs in the vicin
ity. He located a tract in 1754 and received
a warrant for it dated February 5, 1755, the
second day after the opening of the land of
fice. This land, when surveyed, contained
two hundred and thirty-nine acres and one
hundred and twenty-five perches. He made
improvements upon this land and built a log
cabin. He was driven out in 1756, when the
Indians were .raiding in this section of the
country. About 1762, when the trouble with
the Indians had somewhat subsided, James
Alexander and his wife Rosey [who was the
daughter of Robert Reed, of Chambersburg] ,
returned to their home. A log house, with
an outside chimney-stack and a capacious fire
place, was erected to take the place of the lit
tle log cabin. This was partially replaced
later by a stone house, which is now a part
of the residence of the heirs of Napoleon B.
Alexander, a grandson of the first James.
In 1773 James Alexander took out a war
rant for one hundred and eighty acres, ad
joining his other land; in 1786 for one hun
dred and fifty acres, and in 1793 for two hun
dred acres; other land also was purchased,
until his estate consisted of one thousand acres
of fertile land. He served in the commissary
department of Washington's army at Valley
Forge, in the winter of 1777-78. For this
service he received sixteen hundred acres of
land in Clearfield county, Pa. He died in
1791, at the age of sixty-six years, and was
buried in the church-yard of the West Kisha
coquillas Presbyterian church, of which he
had been one of the founders and ruling el
ders. His lands in the valley were left to his
sons Robert, John and James, and his Clear
field county lands to his sons William B.,
Hugh, Joseph and Reed. The children of
James and Rosey Reed were eleven in num
ber: Jane; Robert; Elizabeth; John; James;
Hugh; Joseph; Rachel; AVilliam B.; Ro
sanna; and Reed. They were all born be
tween the years 1763 and 1786. James Alex
ander added a new township to the then coun
ty of Cumberland; this township included
the entire Kishacoquillas valley, and in mem
ory and honor of old Armagh of Ireland, from

which in boyhood he came with his father
John, he gave the name of Armagh township
to one of the noblest valleys of Pennsylvania.
Jane, the eldest child of James and Rosey
Alexander, married Col. Alexander Brown,
brother of Judge William Brown. He located
a warrant for three hundred acres of land
in 1783, and later three hundred acres ad
ditional, now occupied by John R. Garver,
Joas and John G. Kauffman. Colonel Brown
settled on the land he first located, and left it
at his death to his daughter Elizabeth, who
was the wife of Hugh Alexander. He died
in Philadelphia in 1791. His widow mar
ried David Semple and moved to Stone valley,
Pa., where she died in 1841. Robert, the eld
est son, was born in 1776, and settled near
Stone mountain, on part of his father's land.
He married Elizabeth McClure in 1790 and
remained on the farm until his death in 1843.
He was for forty years a justice of the peace,
and in 1823 was elected to the legislature.
His eldest daughter, Elizabeth, married Alex
ander Gibboney, who settled in the valley and
whose family is quite numerous. Silas, a son
of Robert, settled on the homestead. The
tract is now owned by Jacob and Joseph Z.
Yoder and James Hays. Elizabeth Alexan
der, daughter of James, was born in 1768, and
married, in 1786, John Wakefield. They
moved to Spencer county, Ky., the next year,
where their descendants a*e numerous. John
Alexander, the second son of James, was born
in 1769 and died in 1820. He married Anna,
the daughter of Henry Taylor, and settled
upon the middle section of his father's lands,
and built the house now owned and occupied
by the heirs of James Alexander. It is said
that Logan, in 1767-78, when he resided in
this vicinity, built his wigwam near the spring
on this farm, and that he cut upon an oak
near by the picture of an Indian with -a toma
hawk. This tree stood many years, and be
coming decayed at the top, was finally cut
down. John Alexander had six sons and four
daughters, of whom Josiah settled on the
homestead of his father for several years, and
then moved to Milroy and died in 1847.
Hugh, also a son, studied medicine with Drs.
Ard and Henderson, and graduated from the
medical department of the University of
Pennsylvania in March, 1824. He settled
near Dayton, 0., where he died in 1865.
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Reed Alexander, was born February 16, 1772,
and in 1792 married Jane Adams, born in
Philadelphia, September 15, 1776. Their
children are: Mary, born in 1793; Rosey,
1795; Elizabeth, 1798; James, 1801; Wil
liam, 1803; Jessie, 1806; Jane, 1810; Rob
ert, 1813; Matilda, 1816; Napoleon B., 1819.
James Alexander improved a mind naturally
strong and active by varied reading, and was
regarded as a man of more than ordinary in
telligence. He died April 17, 1847, in his
seventy-sixth year, and his wife July 27, 1834,
aged fifty-eight years.
Mary Alexander, eldest child of James and
Jane Alexander, married Samuel Edminston
Alexander, of Little valley, in 1809, and died
in 1869.
Rosey Alexander married John Scott in
1814, and lived near Bedford, Pa.
Elizabeth Alexander, third child of James
and Jane Alexander, married Lefferd Lease
Haughawout, of Lost Creek, Pa.
James Alexander, fourth child of James
and Jane Alexander, was born in 1801.
Though trained by his father to the occupation
of a farmer, he was led by his restless, enter
prising nature to spend a large portion of his
busy life in the more exciting pursuits of mer
chandising and trading. Two years after his
marriage, and while still managing varied in
terests abroad, he added to his patrimonial
estate by purchasing the adjoining homestead
and land of his uncle, John Alexander, which
he retained as his home during all the remain
ing years of his long life. In this old home,
built by his uncle in 1791, and ever since re
tained in the name, he and his saintly wife
lived to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of
their marriage. He died in his eighty-fifth
year, she in her eightieth year, and they sleep
with their fathers in the West Kishacoquillas
Presbyterian cemetery. Through many vicis
situdes, his business tact, good management
and ceaseless energy brought a reasonable
measure of success. Among his possessions
are two sections of land in Illinois, where part
of his family now reside. Though a firm ad
herent to the principles of Democracy, Mr.
Alexander never accepted or held office, pre
ferring the honors to fall upon those who par
ticipated in the active work of the party.
Though not a member, he was always a willing
supporter of the East Kishacoquillas Presby
terian church, and was one of the most inter

ested and active founders of Kishacoquillas
Seminary, in his neighborhood, for many years
a flourishing educational institution. Mr. Al
exander was, on the 17th of February, 1834,
married to Celia, daughter of Robert Alexan
der, Esq., of Kishacoquillas valley. Their
children are: Jane Elizabeth, wife of Rev.
Lefferd Lease Haughawout; James Porter-
field, married to Annie Augusta Halsey,
daughter of Joseph J. and Mildred J. Halsey,
of Virginia; Celia Anna; Missouri Mary;
Napoleon B., deceased; Matilda Virginia, de
ceased; Lucy Josephine, deceased; Robert
Ard, married to Margaret, daughter of Charles
Maclay, and grand-daughter of Judge Robert
Maclay, of Mifflin county; and Emma Rosa
lind, married to Hugh White Brown, of Clin
ton county.
AVilliam Adams Alexander married Jane
Read, daughter of William Read, of the val
ley. He died in 1864.
Jessie Alexander, daughter of James and
Jane Alexander, married Hon. George Lyons,
of Aiifflin county. She died in 1835.
Jane Alexander, born in 1810, married Jo
seph Alexander, Esq., of Lewistown, Pa., in
1835. She was a woman of fine mind and
memory, which she cultivated by extended
reading. She died in 1876.
Matilda Alexander, born in 1816, married
Foster Davis and moved to Illinois, where she
died in 1848.
Robert Alexander, born in 1813, married
Catherine McKee, and moved to Illinois,-
where he died in 1844.
Napoleon B. Alexander, the last child of
James and Jane Alexander, was born in 1819,
and married his cousin, Priscilla Alexander,
daughter of Robert Al. and Rhoda T. Alex
ander, of the valley, born in 1826, married
February 25, 1845. Mr. Alexander received
that part of his father's land which included
the old homestead on Spring run, where his
grandfather, the first James Alexander settled
in 1755, and which must ever be a place of
special interest to the numerous and widely-
scattered descendants of this branch of the
Alexander family.
The children of Napoleon B. and Priscilla
Alexander are: Rhoda Ann; Alatilda Jane,
married to H. G. Bratton; James Howard,
deceased; AVilliam Reed, deceased; Robert
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deceased; Alary Alargaret; John Foster; and

Eugene Bruce Alexander.

ROBERT CAMPBELL, Belleville, Mif
flin county, Pa., son of John and Rachel (Oli
ver) Campbell, was born on the old homestead
in Union township, Alay 2, 1808. He is a
grandson of Robert Campbell, who emigrated
from County Down, in Ireland, where he was
bom in 1728. His brother AVilliam was born
two years later, and at his birth his mother
died. Some time after the mother's death,
the father married again. Young Robert re
mained under the parental roof until he was
seventeen, but there being a lack of harmony
between himself and his step-mother, he de
cided to seek his own livelihood. He sailed
for America in 1746, and landed in Philadel
phia, where he tarried a short time, and then
made his way to New London Cross Roads, in
Lancaster, now Chester, county. Here he
worked at coopering, the trade learned in his
native land; and two years later, seeking a
larger field for his trade, he took up his resi
dence in AVilmington, Del. For six years he
worked in the Brandywine Mills cooper shops.
Of a frugal as well as industrious nature, he
saved every dollar possible for the accomplish
ment of a cherished purpose — that of going
back to Ireland to bring his brother William
to America. He set sail on board a Holland
ship, commanded by a native of that country,
and, owing to unfavorable weather, they
sailed out of their course and rifted to the
island of St. Thomas. Here they again took
their bearing for the English port, which they
reached after a voyage of over three months,
with the ship's crew and passengers on the
verge of starvation. Mr. Campbell remained
but a short time in Ireland, returning to Amer
ica with his brother AVilliam and a young
friend named Matthew Taylor, whose passage
he paid. Landing again in Philadelphia, he
made his way along the valley of the Brandy
wine, and northward to the vicinity of VaUey
Forge, Chester county, Pa. Here he engaged
in farming, and here also he married Jane
Campbell, a lady bearing the same name as
bis own, but not closely related. In 1773 Air.
Campbell came to Aiifflin county and took up
a tract of land in Union township, a part of
which is now comprised in the homestead.
After clearing off a piece of land, he sowed
some grain to insure a harvest for the follow

ing summer. During the summer of 1773
he built a cabin, and in the fall returned to
Chester county. In the spring of 1774 he
started for the settlement, taking his wife and
children with him. All were on horseback.
They made their way to the Susquehanna
river, and up the Juniata valley, reaching the
mouth of the creek at Lewistown, on Sunday,
May 1, 1774. The following clay they came
to Browns ALUs, and on the 3d of Alay they
remained over night at Air. Alexander's, by
this arrangement reaching on the 4th of May
the little house that was to be their home.
Here the children were reared, and here the
father died, July 10, 1822. The children
were : AVilliam, died aged twelve years : Alex
ander, died aged nineteen ; Elizabeth, wife of
Thomas Ferguson, Esq., has one child, Jane;
John; James, accidentally drowned in the
Susquehanna river; Robert, married Rebecca
J. Robinson, has eight children, two of whom
were twins born in 1800; Isabella; William
(2), born the same year in which the family
came to Aiifflin county, studied for the min
istry under Rev. Dr. Breckenridge, near
AYashington, D. G, and died there at the age
of eighteen years; Joseph, married Elizabeth
Oliver, eight children; Samuel, married
Nancy Oliver, ten children.
John Campbell obtained his education un
der private tuition and in the subscription
schools. He learned his father's trade, coop
ering, and worked at it when not busily en
gaged on the farm. He was an energetic and
progressive man, prominent among the enter
prising farmers of his clay. After his father's
death he succeeded to the homestead, and
while living there he was married, Alay 7,
1807, to Rachel Oliver, daughter of Hon.
Judge John and Alargaret (Lyon) Oliver. Air.
and Airs. Campbell had five children: Robert;
Alargaret Oliver, wife of James Oliver, four
children ; John Oliver, married Rachel Camp
bell, who died, after which he married Ellen
Jackson, who also died, leaving two children,
and he then married Christina Barr; James,
married Nancy Halleek, five children; and
Rachel Jane, born Alay 22, 1819, two days
before the birth of Queen Victoria. Mr.
Campbell died Alarch 25, 1S45, aged seventy-
nine years; his wife died in 1871, at the age
of eighty-nine years.
Robert Campbell received his education
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private tuition. He spent his early years on
his father's farm, and later in life he carried
on farming in connection with dealing in live
stock. Mr. Campbell was married, December 10,
1835, to Margaret Jane, daughter of Robert
and Ann (McNitt) Milliken. They had three
children: John Andrew, married Sarah Wil
son: Ann McNitt (Mrs. Charles Kyle), resides
in Carroll county, la., with five sons; Eliza
beth Rachel (Airs. Alexander C. Henderson),
has one daughter. The mother died Novem
ber 5, 1840, aged twenty-six years; and in
1855 Mr. Campbell was married to Ellen
Montgomery, of Centre county. She died
March 17, 1881. Air. Campbell is well known
and influential in the community, highly es
teemed and respected. He has served in va
rious township offices, and during his younger
days took an active interest in local political
affairs. He is a member of the Presbyterian
church.

The Campbells of Kishacoquillas.
ROBERT CAA1PBELL, of Scotland,
grandfather of the Robert Campbell who came
to Kishacoquillas valley, is the most remote
ancestor of whom we have any record. Ac
cording to tradition, he lived in Scotland, but
possessed a castle on the Isle of Man. He
married Ellen Douglas, who was renowned
for her beauty and culture. He was an
uncompromising Protestant in the days of
James II. ; on the accession of William and
Mary, he organized a company, became, its
captain, and f ouglt in the battle of the Boyne,
receiving as a reward for his services some
confiscated lands in the County Down, Ire
land.* The first child of Robert and Ellen Camp
bell they named Dugald, which was an old
family name. This son married, and was sent
by his father to occupy the confiscated land in
Ireland. His first child, Robert, was born in
County Down, Ireland, in October, 1728; he
emigrated to America in 1746, at the age of
eighteen years, and settled in the province of
Pennsylvania, near Oxford, Chester county.
In the same part of Chester county there was
then living a Scotch family by the name of
Campbell, who had come to this country di
rectly from Scotland a generation earlier.
Robert Campbell formed the acquaintance of

this family, and in 1759 married the only
daughter, Jane Campbell, with whom he lived
more than sixty years, until the time of her
death, January 21, 1821, at the age of eighty-
five years. These two families of Campbells
were not in any way related, so far as is
known, and nothing is known of Jane Camp
bell's family, except her brother John, who
always lived near to her and her husband, af
ter her marriage.. The descendants of this
John Campbell are part of the Campbells of
Kishacoquillas valley, although, forming a
distant family, and are related to the descend
ants of Robert Campbell through his
(Robert's) wife Jane.
Robert Campbell remained near Oxford for
about nine years after his marriage, and was
identified with the Faggs Aianor Presbyterian
church. After the death of his first child,
William, in 1768, he removed, with his broth
er-in-law, John Campbell, to Delaware, where
they lived on a rented farm near AATlmington
and prospered for five years. At the end of
this time the owner of the lands wished to re
sume possession, although the lease had not
expired, and as an inducement to the Camp
bells to leave, told them that a man in Phila
delphia had a desirable tract of five hundred
acres in the "backwoods" which they could
buy for a dollar an acre. To accommodate
her, and to secure for themselves a permanent
home, they bought the land, although neither
of them had seen it. The deed of this prop
erty is dated April 13, 1773, and was given
by a man named Drinker. In August of this
same year Robert and John Campbell hired
two men, and the four started on horseback
to find the tract in Kishacoquillas valley.
They took with them axes, ropes and such
provision as they could carry, and instead of
saddle, each had under him a bag containing
a bushel and a half of wheat. The incidents
of this trip are not now known, but they found
the land in this valley in what was then Cum
berland, now Mifflin, county, in Union town
ship, near Stone mountain. A log cabin was
built, about twenty feet east of the southeast
corner of the present barn. On a plot of
about six acres they girdled the trees, scratched
the ground with a plow made from the crotch
of a tree, sowed it in wheat and harrowed it
in with a thorn bush. That fall they returned
to Delaware, and in the spring of 1774 started
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hundred and seventy miles distant. Each
family had a team of horses, a wagon, and
some cows, colts and hogs. One night was
spent with old John Harris, the founder of
Harrisburg. The evening of the 1st of May,
1774, found them encamped at the mouth of
Kishacoquillas creek, where it empties into
the Juniata river, on the site where Lewistown
now stands.
On the next day, without a road, they trav
eled up the creek, and in the narrows some
times had to take the bed of the creek, shifting '
from side to side, and even unloading and re
loading their wagons. At sundown they en
tered the valley, after a laborious day, and
were soon comfortably housed in the cabin
of William Brown. The next morning the
ground was covered with snow, and all were
quite disheartened; but William Brown as
sured them that this was exceptional, as he had
now been in the valley three years and knew
the climate to be good. The next night was
spent at James Alexander's, three miles from
their land. On the morning of the 4th of
May, 1774, they accomplished the remainder
of their journey, and by ten o'clock in the
forenoon drew up alongside of their cabin, and
were soon established in their new home.
Mountains enclosed them on every side, and
trees grew to their very doorstep. To the
south and east grew tall timber, principally
oak, hickory and walnut, while on the moun
tains were found fine specimens of the pine,
chestnut and maple. There was no under
growth in the timber, but in many places the
ground was covered with hazel bushes, and
generally a growth of pea-vines. A massive
oak still stands which marks as nearly as may
be the camping place of our forefathers when
they first entered this valley. A soil lay be
neath their feet as rich as any in the State,
which when cleared of timber and stone was
unsurpassed in raising all manner of farm
produce. AATien little John saw their dreary
home he began to cry, but his father hung a
bell about his neck and told him to play with
that; the jingle soon amused him so that he
forgot his boyish troubles, and for seventy-two
years, until the time of his death, he never
wanted to leave that place.
The two families had brought with them
flour and provisions, but it never occurred to
them that the harvest time was two days or
two weeks later here than in Delaware, so they

ran out of bread before the wheat was ripe.
However, they cut some of the wheat, and
after drying it well in the sun, made hominy,
upon which they lived bravely for two weeks.
When harvest came their wheat yielded well,
and they never again were out of bread.
On their arrival in Kishacoquillas, John
Campbell, brother-in-law of Robert, selected
as his share of that purchase a strip about forty
rods wide on the west side of the tract, run
ning out into the valley and then extending
eastward so as to make the bulk of his farm
farther from the mountain, and put up a cabin
at the south end of the sink-hole. Later, he
erected the stone house where John A. Camp
bell, son of Robert, son of John, son of the
original Robert, now resides. This tract now
constitutes the farms owned by John A. Camp
bell and J. Milton Campbell.
When Robert Campbell came to this valley
he had six living children: Alexander; Eliza
beth; John; James; Robert; and Isabella.
Three sons were born to him in this valley:
William (2); Joseph; and Samuel. Alexan
der died in 1781 of fever, and his death was
severely felt by his parents. As the younger
boys grew up they became able to clear the
land and manage the farm.
When a Presbyterian church was organized
near Logan's spring, the early home of Logan,
the celebrated Indian chief, which was north
of Brown's Mill, Robert Campbell became one
of its first ruling elders, and the young men
of the family used to walk down there to
church, a distance of fully eight miles. This
was known as the East Kishacoqiiillas Pres
byterian church, and still 'retains the name.
Later, the West Kishacoquillas Presbyterian
church was organized, some three nailer west
of the present town of Belleville, and a brick
church was erected, which has long since dis
appeared; the old graveyard was extended
eastward so as to include the ground upon
which it stood. At the time of its organiza
tion, the Campbells became identified with it,
and have ever since been active in its material
as well as its spiritual advancement. In 'this
old graveyard both Robert and John Camp
bell, with their wives and many of their de
scendants, have been laid to rest.
The first cabin occupied by these new set
tlers seems to have been succeeded by a story
and a half log house, built some ten rods from
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this log house was removed up near the foot
of the mountain, where it still stands, a relic of
pioneer days. The stone mansion house,
which i3 still occupied by descendants of Rob
ert Campbell, was built in 1793, and was at
that time the best house in the valley. The
family was by this time self-supporting, and
very little dependent upon the outside world.
They raised flax, and made common clothing,
and their own sheep furnished their winter
clothing. New settlers came into this part
of the valley and they had neighbors. In this
humble and primitive style, the family man
aged to grow up a strong and vigorous race of
men and women.
Of the children of Robert Campbell, the
first William, Alexander, James, the second
William, and Isabella died unmarried. The
first William died in childhood; Alexander,
James and the second William in young man
hood, and Isabella, familiarly known as
"Aunt Ibby," died in 1864 at the advanced
age of ninety-two years. The Robert Camp
bell family are therefore descended from the
other five children of Robert Campbell, viz:
Robert, John, Elizabeth, Joseph and Samuel.
About the beginning of the present cen
tury, Elizabeth, the third child of Robert
Campbell, married Thomas Ferguson, and
spent all her married life near Pine Grove, in
Centre county. She had one daughter, Jane
Campbell Ferguson, who married John Bar
ron, and had eight children, one of whom is
Rev. David Henry Barron, D. D., of Holli-
daysburg, Pa. Robert, the sixth child of
Robert and Jane Campbell, married in 1798
Rebecca Robinson". He remained for about
one year in the old stone mansion with his
father, where twins were born to him in 1799.
Then Robert, Sr., bought a farm at Dry Run
Spring, three miles across the valley, and di
vided it between his sons Robert and Samuel.
This tract contained about three hundred
acres. At this place Robert's other six chil
dren were born, and in 1814 he removed to
Williamsburg, in Huntingdon, now Blair
county. Two of his sons, William, one of
the twins, and James, were the ancestors of
the Campbells at Punxsutawney. Another
son of Robert (2) and Rebecca Robinson, his
wife, was John Campbell, of Logans valley,
who on Alarch 6, 1831, married Barbara Hen-
shey; they had twelve children, one of whom
is Rev. David Henshey Campbell, of Mt.

Union, Pa. John Campbell was for forty-
four years a ruling elder in the Logans Val
ley Presbyterian church, and a man highly
esteemed for his intelligence and business in
tegrity. Going back to the original Robert Camp
bell, his three remaining children were John,
Joseph and Samuel; and I speak of John in
connection with his two younger brothers be
cause they all married sisters, daughters of '
the Hon. John Oliver, of AlcVeytown, and
their children were therefore double cousins.
A fourth sister, Jane Oliver, married John
Campbell, of Centre county, of the original
John Campbell family.
As so many of our ancestors are direct de
scendants of Judge John Oliver, it is fitting
that special mention be made of him at this
place. He came from County Derry, Ire
land, in 1770. The Olivers had come over
to Ireland from Scotland about the time of the
"Siege of Derry." Judge Oliver having been
well educated in his native land, was thor
oughly qualified for teaching when he came to
America. He taught first in Chester county,
among the Quakers, for several years. He
served a term in the army of the Revolution,
and was with AArashington at Valley Forge.
For a period of four years he was a member
of the legislature of Pennsylvania. Judge
Oliver was appointed one of the associate
judges of Aiifflin county, and held the office
for many years. His residence was in Oliver
township, which was named in his honor.
About 1780 he married Alargaret Lyon, who
had been one of his pupils. She was the eld
est daughter of James Lyon, of Granville Sta
tion, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and
grand-daughter of John Lyon, from whom
many influential families of the country are
descended, the most distinguished individual,
perhaps, being James G. Blaine. Judge Oli
ver was an intelligent, upright, genial man,
of unbounded hospitality, and fond of inno
cent amusement. He was for fifty years a
ruling elder in the Presbyterian church, and
wielded an extensive influence. Both he and
his wife are buried in the AlcVeytown
cemetery. John Campbell married Rachel Oliver,
daughter of Hon. John Oliver, in the spring
of 1807. There were born to them five chil
dren: Robert, born Alay 2, 1808, married first
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dren: I. John Andrew, who married Sarah
R. AVilson, no children; II. Ann McNitt,
who married Charles Kyle, and has five chil
dren, all sons ; and III. Elizabeth Rachel, who
married A. Clay Henderson, and has one
daughter. Robert, son of John and Rachel
Oliver Campbell, married secondly Ellen
Alontgomery; no children.
Margaret Oliver Campbell, second child of
John and Rachel Campbell, was born Decem
ber 24, 1809, and died October 6, 1880; mar
ried January 25, 1841, James Oliver, who
was her first cousin, once removed, being a
nephew of Judge Oliver's. They had four
children: I. Sarah Rachel, who lives at the
old homestead at Graysville, Centre county;
II. John Campbell, born October 15, 1845,
is a Presbyterian minister, married May 23$
1878, Jennie Elizabeth Kyle; they have two
daughters. III. Andrew William, married
December 16, 1885, Jane Eliza Cummins,
lives on a farm near Graysville; they have
three children. IV. Sidney Ellen, lives at
old homestead.
John Oliver Campbell, born September 8,
1811, died October 29, 1889, married first,
March 1, 1843, his cousin, Alargaret R.,
daughter of John and Jane (Oliver) Camp
bell, of the John Campbell family. She died
in December, 1843. He married secondly,
October 16, 1845, Eleanor Jackson, who died
leaving two children: I. Anna Mary, who
married her second cousin, Oliver Hume, and
had two daughters; II. James Douglas, mar
ried Kate Marshall, and they have living two
children. John Oliver Campbell married
thirdly, January 22, 1856, Christine R. Barr,
who was born August 12, 1814, and died Sep
tember 29, 1892; no children.
James Campbell, youngest son of John and
Rachael (Oliver) Campbell, was born July 25,
1813, died August 3, 1892. He was a grad
uate of AArashington and Jefferson College in
1857, read law with E. S. Benedict, Esq., of
Lewistown. He settled in Clarion, Pa, in
1845, Avhere he spent the remainder of his life.
He was president judge of the Eighteenth Ju
dicial District from 1861 to 1871. " He was
a member and a staunch supporter of the Pres
byterian church. He was a man. of command
ing presence, six feet one inch in height and
weighing over two hundred pounds. His was
a genial, kindly nature, which won for him a
host of friends. He married Alay 10, 1S47,

Nancy Jane Hallock, and had eight children:
I. Mary Rachel, born February 19, 1848, mar
ried December 21, 1871, Rev. Thomas J.
Sherrard, and lives in Chambersburg, Pa.;
they have four children; II. James Hallock,
born August 10, 1850, died July 10, 1851;
III. Elizabeth Lyon, born Alay 4, 1852, died
in November,. 1852; IY. Robert Douglas,
born March 21, 1854, married October 1,
187S, Sarah Henderson, they have four chil
dren; V. John Kuse, born July 8, 1856, mar
ried February 21, 1883, Elizabeth F. Sloan;
they have four children; VI. Harriet Hal
lock, married March 10, 1885, Ross Reynolds,
a lawyer of Kittanning, and has two children ;
VII. Emily Clark, lives with her mother in
Clarion, Pa.; VIII. Virginia, born Septem
ber 5, 1867, died November 15, 1871.
Rachel Jane, youngest child of John and
Rachel (Oliver) Campbell, was born Alay 22,
1819, died March 3, 1868, unmarried. Sam
uel Campbell, born in January, 1779, died in
September, 1841, married in 1805 Nancy
Oliver, removed to Ohio about 1832, and had
ten children. Joseph Campbell, grandfather
of the author of this sketch, was the ninth child
of Robert and Jane Campbell. He was born
in Kishacoquillas valley in 1776. On April
17, 1813, he married Elizabeth Oliver, who
was born November 28, 1784, and died De
cember 18, 1839. At the time of his mar
riage he received as his portion the east end
of his father's farm; he cleared the land of
timber and stone and added to it one hundred
acres by purchase. He erected buildings
upon this land, in which he lived all his life.
He was a representative citizen, active in the
furtherance of all public enterprises, and in
fluential in the support of morality and re
ligion. He was a member of the original
West Kishacoquillas Presbyterian church, and
aided in its organization and in the erection
of the edifice. He had eight children, four
sons and four daughters, who all grew to man
hood and womanhood. The eldest was Isa
bella, born February 18, 1814, died December
9, 1863, unmarried; Alargaret Jane, born No
vember 19, 1815, has always lived in Kisha
coquillas, on the homestead, near her brother
Douglas, is unmarried; Joseph, born Novem
ber 6, 1817, married Alarch 30, 1849, Eliza
beth AVilson, who was bom December 15,
1825, and died August 11, 1894. There were
born to them seven children : I. Ellen Alarion,

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born April 20, 1850, died November 27,
1886, married December 27, 1874, James Al
bert Conan, of Parkesburg, Chester county,
Pa. They had three children : Eleanor Eliza
beth, Everett Campbell, and Edith Marion.
II. Joseph Alilton, lives on his father's farm,
married in December, 1881, and has two sons,
Frank Leffard, and Joseph Foster. III. Em
ma Jane, married James Thomas Cummins;
children, William Franklin, Arthur Campbell,
Katherine Smith, Samuel Howard, and Eliza
beth. IV. William AVilson, died when about
eighteen. V. Oliver McClelland, graduated
at Washington and Jefferson College in 1885,
studied law, and entered business in Alinne-
apolis, Alinn. He died in April, 1895. VI.
Rev. Robert Lincoln, graduate of Wooster
University, 1891, AlcCormic Theological Sem
inary, 1894; pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Grand Ridge, 111. VII. Mary
Elizabeth, married June 7, 1894, Harry Haz-
lett, M. D. ; they reside in Pueblo, Col., and
have one child, Elizabeth AATray. Joseph
Campbell always lived in Kishacoquillas val
ley, where he was for many years a ruling
elder in the Presbyterian church in Belleville.
He resided upon the farm received from his
father until February, 1894, when he re
moved to Belleville, two miles away, where
his wife died in the following August. Two
months later he also was called to his eternal
home. Elizabeth Lyon, born January 13,
1820, lived with her sister Alargaret Jane on
the homestead, died unmarried February 7,
1883. Hugh McClelland, born January 10,
1821, graduated at AArashington and Jefferson
College, 1847, was a lawyer in California,
where he died unmarried, May 10, 1850.
Andrew William, born November 6, 1823,
married November 22, 1854, Alargaret Jane
Wilson; they had two children: I. Nannie
Argyle, born October 20, 1856, died Septem
ber 15, 1858; II. Lizzie Alarv, born February
11, 1863.
Robert Douglas, born October 30, 1826,
married October 10, 1872, Alary AV. Alarsden,
who died March 16, 1884. "They had four
children: I. Florence Rebecca, born Janu
ary 5, 1874, died April 1, 1890, at Indiana,
Pa., where she was attending school; II. Ed
na Elizabeth, born December 25, 1876, died
August 20, 1881; III. Douglas Alarsden,
born August 21, 1880; TV. Hubert Oliver,
born Alay 7, 1883.

Alary Rachel, born August 26, 1830, died
November 17, 1859, married John Orr AVil
son, and removed to Illinois; they bad foiv
children: I. Alyra Elizabeth, who was born
September 23, 1853, married AVilliam K.
Stewart, and has one child, William AVilson
Stewart; II. Robert Bruce, born February
28, 1855; III. Mary Margaret, born Decem
ber 28, 1856, died June 17, 1859; IV. John
Bailey, born September 20, 1858, died June
2, 1859.
Andrew AArilliam, who was the sixth child
of Joseph and Elizabeth (Oliver) Campbell,
resided on the ancestral lands until the spring •
of 1895, when he erected a comfortable home
in the growing town of Belleville, where he
with his wife now resides. His training in
the public schools was supplemented by a ses
sion in the Tuscarora Academy in 1845-46.
Upon his return home he, with his brother
Douglas, assumed the management of their
father's farm. In 1S51 the property was di
vided between them, the north portion falling
to his share. This he cleared and improved
and still retains, together with a farm some two
miles west. He also holds an interest in the
steam flouring mill in Belleville ; is a director
in the Aiifflin County National Bank, and is
largely interested in the Kishacoquillas A^alley
Railroad. He is a pronounced Republican;
his influence in promoting the interests of his
party and upholding its principles has been
decided. He was a staunch supporter of the
Union during the late Rebellion and did not
hesitate to offer his services, but was never
called into active duty. Air. Campbell has
since early life been an active member of the
AATest Kishacoquillas Presbyterian church,
in Belleville, and was instrumental in the
erection of the present edifice. As one of
its trustees for more than twenty-five years,
he has assisted materially in its management.
He has filled with honor the local offices, and
has often been called upon to act as trustee,
administrator and executor.
His only living child, Lizzie Alary, was mar
ried February 15, 1888, to AVilliam Barr
Alaclay, whose father, Robert P. Alaclay, be
longed to the family of that name who came
to this valley at an early date. Her education
was completed at the Steubenville Female
Seminary, Steubenville, O., where she grad
uated in June, 1882, after which she returned
home, and became active and useful in society

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and in the Presbyterian church, of which she
is a member.
AVith her husband, AVilliam B. Maclay, she
resides on the farm of Robert P. Maclay, de
ceased, to which another farm has been added
by purchase. Mr. Maclay is largely inter
ested in the steam flouring mill in Belleville,
Pa., and was instrumental in its construction,
and in building up its prosperous trade. He
was active in securing the charter in the con
struction of the Kishacoquillas Valley Rail
road. To this enterprise he gave liberally
both of his time and means, to secure its com
pletion. He has been a director of the com
pany ever since its formation.
AVilliam B. Maclay and his wife, Lizzie
Mary (Campbell) have these children: I.
Helen Argyle, born January 8, 1890; II.
Ralph Henderson, born June 26, 1891; III.
Robert Barr, bom November 16, 1893.
On May 4, 1874, the one hundredth anni
versary of the settlement of the Campbells in
Kishacoquillas valley, a centennial celebra
tion was held in the old mansion house of
Robert Campbell, grandson of the original
Robert Campbell. The assembly consisted of
representatives of both the Robert and John
Campbell families. The first Campbell re
union was held at Rhodendron Park, near
Altoona, Pa., in August, 1890, and was large
ly attended by the descendants of these two
original families. A second reunion was held
at the same place in August, 1891. After an
interval of two years a third reunion was held
on the ancestral lands in Kishacoquillas val
ley, near the stone mansion of Robert Camp
bell, on August 22-23, 1894, to celebrate the
one hundredth and twentieth anniversary of
the coming of the Campbells to the Kisha
coquillas valley in 1774. Afore than one hun
dred descendants and connections were pres
ent, as well as many friends from the valley
and elsewhere. A record such as the forego
ing is certainly remarkable in the histories of
American families. From such ancestors
arose a sturdy race of Scotch-Irish Presby
terians, whose energy, industry and upright
ness have been perpetuated throughout suc
ceeding generations. Great cause have we of
the younger generation for gratitude that it
has fallen to our lot to descend from such
worthy people, distinguished alike for their
virtues and bravery, as well as for their per
severance in conquering the wilds of their for

est home, and making it blossom as the rose.
Such a history should come to us as an inspira
tion, and cause us to take a deeper interest in
our ancestral heritage, and to strive to render
our lives worthy of so noble an ancestry. —
(Prepared by Mrs. William B. Maclay.)
AVILLIAM WALLACE McNABB, Belle
ville, Mifflin county, Pa., son of William and
Nancy (Moran) McNabb, was born in Belle
ville, March 28, 1824. His grandfather was
AVilliam McNabb, who came to America dur
ing the latter part of the eighteenth century.
Landing after a tedious voyage of three
months, he settled in the eastern part of Penn
sylvania. . He married Miss Mitchell, who
came over aboard the same ship. They had
four sons: Robert; John; William; and
James. William McNabb died in Derry
township, Mifflin county, aged about seventy
years. William McNabb, the younger, re
ceived an education which, owing to the
death of his mother, was limited to the district
schools. He learned blacksmithing with John
Rouls, at Belleville. After finishing his ap
prenticeship, he began business in a shop
which stood where the Belleville Hotel now
stands. Here he continued with success for
a number of years, and then gave up the
smithy business and followed other occupa
tions until his death. AVilliam AlcNabb, Jr.,
married Nancy Aloran. He died at the age
of seventy years. Mrs. McNabb died in Belle
ville, and is buried in the family plot in the
Presbyterian graveyard. Their children are:
Mary Ann (Mrs. Joseph Hoar) has three chil
dren living; Henry S., married Margaret
Wilson, resides in Lancaster, Pa., three chil
dren; John, married Miss Longwell, died at
Belleville, in 1894, aged seventy-two years,
had three children; William AVallace; Theo
dore, died aged fifteen years; David, married
Eliza Gilmore; Arie (Mrs. Washington Nel
son), of Belleville, had one child, which died.
William AArallace McNabb enjoyed no edu
cational advantages superior to those afforded
by the district schools. He chose the business
of cabinet-making, serving an apprenticeship
with John Koser, Belleville, for which he was
to receive $30 per year, after finishing his ap
prenticeship of two years. For a short time
he worked for his former master as journey
man, but desiring to become more proficient
in all the departments of his handicraft, he

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went to Philadelphia, and worked in the em
ploy of Samuel Waters for two years. Re
turning to Belleville, he began business with
Jacob Foltz, under the firm name of Foltz &
McNabb. The new firm prospered so well
that they were able before long to buy out
the old business of Air. Koser. The partner
ship was continued for about four years, and
in 1856 the business passed into the hands of
Mr. McNabb. By continued diligence and
strict attention to business, he soon succeeded
in establishing an extensive and profitable
trade. In 1880 Mr. McNabb retired from
the duties of business life, whereupon his son
took the helm, and has conducted affairs up
to the present time. The life of Mr. McNabb
exemplifies the results that may be produced
by diligence and perseverance. Thrown upon
his own resources early in life, with little or
no financial start, he succeeded, through his
own exertions, in establishing an ample com
petency for himself and family. He is widely
and favorably known as one of the original
promoters and organizers of the Washington-
ians, a temperance society. An ardent Demo
crat, he has served his party as jury commis
sioner of the county, has been for nine years
a school director, and has held other township
offices. William W. McNabb was married, in 1851,
to Elizabeth, daughter of Davis Gibboney, of
Blair county, Pa. They had one child, but it
died in infancy, and not long after his wife
died also. In 1854 he married Nancy, daugh
ter of Frank and Barbara (Steele) Morgan.
They have had these children : William, died
in infancy; Theodore, died aged forty years;
Charles Moran, married Miss Hutchinson, re
sides in Philadelphia, with one son; George
G. ; John L., married Katie Dahlen, has
five children, Frederick Moran, Theodore
Dale, Rachel Lillian, Wallace Morgan, and
Henry Steele. Mrs. W. W. McNabb is de
ceased. Mr. McNabb is a consistent member
and office-bearer of the Lutheran church.

JOHN RUDY GARVER, Kishacoquillas,
Mifflin county, Pa., was born on the old home
stead near Kishacoquillas Seminary, Union
township, November 16, 1839. He is a son
of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Rudy) Garver.
His grandparents, Abraham and Elizabeth
Garver, were among the sturdy pioneers of
Mifflin county. About 1793 Abraham Gar

ver left Lancaster county, and settled on a
tract of land which he had cleared and culti
vated in the Kishacoquillas valley, in what
was then Armagh township. In 1806 he
bought the homestead, a farm of 171 acres,
then wild land. Mr. Abraham Garver's chil
dren are: Aloses; John; Daniel; Jacob; Jona
than; Benjamin; Elizabeth Hester; and Ala
lia. Benjamin Garver grew up on the farm,
attending the district school and working with
his father during the summer. Willing and
intelligent, he soon became his father's de
pendence and a thorough, practical farmer.
When his father died Benjamin bought out
the other heirs and remained on the home
stead. Mr. Benjamin Garver was not only a
good farmer, but also an enterprising citizen,
anxious for the improvement of the com
munity. The construction of the Kishaco-
quiUas turnpike was, to a great extent, the re
sult of his efforts, as was also the organization
of the Kishacoquillas Seminary, an institution
which was one of the leading schools of cen
tral Pennsylvania. He was also interested in
local politics, and held various township of
fices. He was often chosen by the courts of
his native county to fill positions of trust, such
as guardian, executor, and administrator of
estates. Mr. Garver was married in 1833 to
Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah Rudy.
Their children are: Sarah Jane (Mrs. David
Milliken), bom November 9, 1834; Elizabeth
Ann (Mrs. John W. Wilson), born September
8, 1836; John Rudy, born November 16,
1839; Rebecca Lepley (Mrs. John Henry),
born September 8, 1842; and Abraham Ben
jamin, born April 2, 1848, married Clara Gib
boney, and died March 9, 1897. Benjamin
Garver was a member of the Lutheran church.
He died July 31, 1860; his wife died March
17, 1896; she was a devout member of the
Presbyterian church.
John Rudy Garver attended the district
schools until he was seventeen, and completed
his education by a three years' course at the
Kishacoquillas Seminary. He has spent his
whole life on the homestead. Following Lis
father's example, he took the farm, buying
out the other heirs. He has made many im
provements in his property, and his farm is
now one of the finest in the valley. He has
always identified himself with the Republican
party, but, although interested in local poli
tics, he has never sought office. In 1885,

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however, when earnestly solicited to accept
the Republican nomination for director of the
poor, Mr. Garver consented, was elected by
a substantial majority, and served one term;
again urged to allow himself to"be nominated,
he was re-elected by an increased majority,
for a second term. He is an active member
of the P. of H.
John Rudy Garver was married, November
9, 1880, to Nancy Jane, daughter of John and
Rhoda (Taylor) Henry. They have two chil
dren: Elizabeth H, born January 27, 1883;
and Frank Rudy, born February 14, 1885.
Air. Garver and his wife are members of the
East Kishacoquillas Presbyterian church.

CHRISTIAN KAUFFA1AN, Belleville,
Mifflin county, Pa., was born in Mifflin coun
ty, July 15, 1829, son of John and Barbara
(King) Kauffman. His great grandfather, Ja
cob Kauffman, was bom in January, 1737,
and is supposed to have been the father of the
seven following children, the register of whose
birth is taken from a "Book of Martyrs,"
which is an heirloom in the Kauffman family :
Christian, born May 25, 1764; Barbara, born
October 23, 1765; Jacob, bom October 28,
1766; Henry, born July 25, 1770; David,
born June 22, 1771; Daniel, born January
27, 1773; and John, bom June 20, 1774.
Christian Kauffman, son of this patriarch,
came from Chester county to Union township,
Mifflin county, and owned and resided on the
farm now in the possession of Andrew Camp
bell; in 1814, he built the large barn which
.still stands on that property. He married, and
had sons and daughters, recorded as follows:
I. Martha, born April 27, 1789, married
David Hartzler, farmer, late of Alattawana,
Mifflin county; he died at the age of sixty-one,
from injuries received while passing under a
bridge, on board a packet boat, traveling be
tween Lewistown and AlcVeytown, in Alay,
1857. II. Jacob, born February 7, 1790, died in
1806. III. David, bom August 24, 1792, in Ches
ter county, Pa., died at West Liberty, O., aged
ninety-one. He married Fannie Yoder, and
afterwards Nancy Kauffman; he was a con
sistent member of the Amish church. The
family removed to Champaign county, O.,
about 1845. His children, all natives of Aiif
flin county, were: i. Joseph, of Ohio, was a

minister, married Aliss Yoder, had a family,
died a few years ago; ii. Christian, married
Afary Ilooly, had many sons and daughters,
died suddenly a few years ago on his father's
homestead in Champaign county, O., and his
widow still resides on the farm; iii. Aiattie,
married Jacob Ilooly in Aiifflin county, re
moved early in life to Ohio, reared a family,
and still reside near AVest Liberty, O.; iv.
David, married Alary Hooly, as recorded in
the Hartzler Book, p. 141; he afterwards
married Miss Yoder, in Illinois, and had sev
eral children, she died and he married a third
time, and removed first to Washington Terri
tory, and later to Colorado ; v. Jones, married
in Illinois to a daughter of Joseph Yoder, had
one child, and died of cholera when a middle-
aged man; vi. Jonathan, married in Illinois
to a daughter of Yost Yoder, had several chil
dren, and his first wife dying in middle age,
he married a daughter of John Sharp, by
whom he had several children; vii. Solomon,
went to Kansas in 1861, enlisted during the
Rebellion, and served his term in the army,
was postmaster at Garnett, Kan., for several
years, married, but had no children.
IV. Elizabeth, born July 5, 1794, died
Alarch 28, 1856; was married to Christian
Hertzler, who was born April 13, 1793, and
died at Belleville, Mifflin county, July 9,
1890; their record is in the Hertzler book, p.
68. V. Christian, born April 4, 1796, died in
1872, was buried Alarch 5; he married Nancy
Hertzler, who was born July 14, 1800, and
died in 1878. Their children are: i. Joel,
has been for many years deceased, married
Mary Detweiler, who died in 1896, and was
buried Alay 6th; they had a goodly number of
sons and daughters: ii. Joshua, Avent to Logan
county, O., married Lydia Yoder, had a son,
Jacob, and several daughters; iii. Emanuel,
died unmarried at the age of seventy-two
years, seven months and two clays, after an op
eration in lithotomy, performed at the Hah
nemann hospital, in Philadelphia, and was in
terred in Aiifflin county; iv. Levi, married
Frany Byler, had a large family, removed first ,
to Germany valley, Pa., then to Logan county,
0., where he died of consumption about 1890,
and where his widow still resides (March,
1897); v. Levina, married Joel Detweiler and
lived two years in Union township, then twen
ty years in Champaign county, 0., then sold

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out and removed to Tennessee, and in a few
years returned to Logan county, where both
died, leaving a large family; vi. Ann, married
David Hostettler, lived in Aiifflin county until
she was about sixty-eight, when she died, a
few years ago, of dropsy, leaving her husband
and a large family of children; vii. Lydia,
married Christian King, lived in Ohio, had
several children, both died in middle age.
VI. Samuel, born September 15, 1798,
married Sarah Lapp; he owned a fine farm in
Menno township, which he cultivated success
fully for several years, sold it, bought a good
farm in Buffalo valley, afterwards removed
to a third farm which he purchased in Lan
caster county; he and his wife both died at an
advanced age at Gordonville, Pa. Their chil
dren are: i. John, married Aliss King, reared
a large family; ii. Gideon, married Susan
Fisher, died about twenty years ago, leaving
a number of children; iii. Jonathan, married
Miss King, has sons and daughters, is a min
ister; iv. Samuel, married Miss Stoltzfus, has
no children, is an implement and hardware
merchant; v. Christian, also in the hardware
business, married a Miss Stoltzfus, has sons
and daughters; vi. Alichael, married Miss
Stoltzfus, has twelve children; vii. Elizabeth
(Mrs. Jonathan Stoltzfus has sons and daugh
ters; viii. Nancy (Mrs. Jacob Stoltzfus),
was killed about six years ago while
crossing the railroad in a carriage with
Mrs. Isaac Stoltzfus, left sons and
daughters; ix. Sarah (Mrs. Amos Mast),
has sons and daughters. All these are
farmers in Lancaster and Chester counties.
VII and VIII. Frany and Nancy, twins,
born August 17, 1800. Frany was married
to Christian Yoder, distinguished as "county-
line Christ;" they owned and cultivated a
farm in Mifflin county, about a mile above
Allenville, had five sons and two daughters,
who had reached mature years, when they sold
out and removed to Champaign county, O.
Their daughter Nancy (Mrs. Jonathan
Peachey), resided in Menno township, where
she died about six years ago; the other
daughter died on the homestead, and the rest
of the family went west, where all died ex
cept Samuel, who lives in Missouri. Nancy
Kauffman was first married to C. Lapp, and
had one son; Mr. Lapp dying, she married
Jacob Yoder, and had three sons, when he
was killed by falling from a barn roof which

he was repairing; she afterwards owned and
farmed the homestead until the sons grew up
and were married. They were: i. Samuel, a
bishop of the Amish church, married Eliza
beth Byler, had one son and four daughters,
cultivated the farm until his death, some ten
years ago, when it was sold to its present own
er, and his widow, with her single daughter,
Alolly, resides in Belleville; ii. John, also a
minister, was a successful farmer, is retired,
but still owns several good farms, married
first Jemima Zook, had one son and one
daughter, afterwards Elizabeth Hertzler,
by whom he has two sons living; iii.
Jacob, married first Leah Hostetler, had
two sons and three daughters, all industrious
farmers and church members; after the death
of his first wife, he married Barbara Zook,
who died a few years ago, and he is now living
alone in his pleasant home, at the age of
seventy-three, haying been successful as a
farmer, and having retired a number of years
ago. His mother, Airs. Jacob Yoder, Sr., died
in 1873, at the age of seventy-three, and was
buried on December 12th.
IX. John, born October 24, 1802, was also
a farmer, and on the death of his parents, in
1832, purchased the homestead. He married
Barbara, daughter of Solomon and Veronica
(Smucker) King, in December, 1821; her
father died in Leacock township, Lancaster
county, in 1804. Their children are: i. Sam
uel, born December 5, 1822, married Lydia
Hostetler, has seven children; ii. Catharine
(Airs. Jonathan Byler), born February 29,
1824, has seven children; iii. Eli, born August
8, 1825, married Elizabeth Hooley, had three
children, and after her death married Martha
Troyer, moved to Ohio, had one son and five
daughters, died in February, 1889; iv. Chris
tian; v. Rachel (Airs. Jonathan K. Zook),
born January 3, 1831, has sons and daughters;
vi. Barbara (Mrs. Alenno K. Zook), born
April 12, 1832, has sons and daughters; vii.
Anna (Mrs. Solomon Byler), born March 15,
1835; viii. Sarah, born April 5, 1837, died
aged about forty-seven; ix. Elizabeth, born
Alay 3, 1840, died unmarried. Mr. and Airs.
Kauffman, with all their children, were mem
bers of the Amish Mennonite church.
After the death of Solomon King, Airs.
John Kauffman's father, his widow was mar
ried to Christian Zook, a bishop in the first
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Kishacoquillas valley; he was born August
10, 1776, and was distinguished by the cog
nomen of "long Christ." His first wife was
Catharine Hertzler, by whom he had five chil
dren, who all married and had families; they
were: Fannie; Christian; Joseph; Salome;
and Catharine. The children of the second
marriage were: Eli, a bishop, married, and
lives in Lancaster county; Elizabeth, married
Simon Kanagy, both deceased; Lydia, married
John Kanagy, both deceased; Alartha, mar
ried Jacob Hertzler, who died about three
years ago; Samuel, married Martha Zook, and
died several years ago; all these had children.
Christian Zook owned valuable property ad
jacent to Belleville. He was a prosperous
farmer and a man of worthy character, com
manding respect. This may be said in general
of the families treated of in this outline. Be
sides Barbara (Mrs. John Kauffman), Mr. and
Mrs. King had two daughters, Catharine (Mrs.
Christian Peachey), and Sarah (Airs. Joseph
Zook). The Peacheys lived in Alenno town
ship; they had a family, of whom four are
still living; the children were young when
their mother died. Christian Peachey after
wards married Mary Byler, of Buffalo valley,
and had seven children. Mrs. Joseph Zook
had one son, Joel, who married Lydia Zook.
Joseph Zook died, and his widow became Mrs.
Yoder, and had three children: Jacob, who
married Nancy Lantz, she died in Ohio, and
he married Nancy (Detweiler) Yoder, widow
of Levi Yoder, who died in 1889 aged sixty-
five; Samuel K, married Leah Yoder, who
died a few years ago, he has sons and daugh
ters; and Frany, who is unmarried, and lives
alone. Christian Kauffman attended the district
schools; his life has been spent in farming the
old homestead, which originally contained
350 acres. At the age of twenty-three he be
gan farming the part purchased by his father,
and at the present carefully cultivates it. In
1859, he purchased 100 acres of his father,
on which in 1860 he built a large bank barn,
and in 1861 a large brick house. Mr. Kauff
man is a Republican.
Christian Kauffman was first married to Re
becca, daughter of Shem and Phranie (Yoder)
Zook, who died June 19, 1864, leaving the
following children: Israel AL, born Septem
ber 13, 1855; Shem J., born March 29, 1857,
married Elizabeth Hooley, has two sons and

three daughters; Barbara, born September 5,
1858; Phranie Rebecca (Mrs. C. B. Hertzler),
born December 26, 1863, has three sons and
two daughters. The following are the chil
dren of the marriage November 12, 1868, to
Phranie S., daughter of Solomon and Leah
(Sharpe) Zook: Elizabeth, born August 16,
1869, died August 27, 1894, was a consistent
and earnest member of the church, a worker
in the Sunday-school, and beloved and es
teemed by all who knew her; Anna F., born
February 19, 1871; and Sallie, born Novem
ber 23, 1874. Mr. Kauffman and his family
are members of the Amish Mennonite church.

JOSEPH HENDERSON A1ACLAY, of
Belleville, Mifflin county, Pa., was born in
Union township, Aiifflin county, November
21, 1825. He is the youngest son of Wil
liam P. Alaclay, and grandson of United
States Senator Samuel Maclay. He resided
on his farm near Belleville from 1855 until
1894, when he removed to his present home
at Belleville. Air. Maclay has always taken
an interest in political and local affairs. He
voted for Fremont in 1856, and has voted for
every Republican presidential candidate from
Fremont down to AlcKinley, in 1896. Mr.
Maclay represented Mifflin county in the leg
islature, in the sessions of 1879 and 1881. In
1879 he voted against the Pittsburg riot bill,
one of the most important measures before the
legislature, and was a witness in the bribery
suits which followed. In 1881 there was a
long contest for United States Senator. Mr.
Maclay was one of the fifty-six Republicans
who refused to support General Oliver, the
nominee of the Republican caucus.

WILLIAM M. GIBBONEY, Belleville,
Mifflin county, Pa., was born at Belleville,
Union township, Mifflin county, August 17,
1852. He is a son of Albert G. and Penin
nah (Moonson) Gibboney. His father, Al
bert Gibboney, a native of Union township,
attended the public schools of the district and
completed his education at the Lewistown
Academy. He remained at home until he
was twenty-one, and learned from his father
the art of manufacturing woolen goods. When
he left home he and his brother formed a part
nership, and were very successful as woolen
manufacturers. Later he bought a farm in
Union township, which he cultivated for sev-

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eral years. In 1861 he and his brother, Dr.
Samuel Gibboney, opened the first drug store
in Belleville. The business at this store was
in the hands of the family until 1895. Mr.
Albert Gibboney had ten children: Howard,
married Mary Steely; Elizabeth A. (Mrs. G.
W. Cogley); Granville AL, married Cordelia
Bell, resides at Reedsville, Pa. ; William M. ;
Edward, died in childhood; Charles B., mar
ried Jennie Brindle; Samuel R., married, and
resides in Kansas; Thomas, married Margaret
Fultz; Catherine, died in early childhood;
and Victor, died in childhood. Air. Albert
Gibboney died in 1888, aged sixty-seven.
William Gibboney was educated in the dis
trict schools of his native township. After
leaving school he entered the drug store, stud
ied with his father, and at his father's death
succeeded him in business. He took an active
part in the organization of the Kishacoquillas
Valley Railroad, and served as treasurer dur
ing its construction. In 1895 he sold his in
terest in the drug store. Mr. Gibboney has
identified himself with the Democratic party.
From 1884 to 1892 he was postmaster of Belle
ville, and resigned in favor of the present post
master. William M. Gibboney was married, Feb
ruary 15, 1883, to Letitia, daughter of George
and Susan Strayer. They have three chil
dren: Lenore D. ; Hazel S.; and Albert G.

WILLIAM G GARDNER, Belleville,
Aiifflin county, Pa., was born at Barrville,
Brown township, September 22, 1835, son of
Abram and Nancy (Huston) Gardner. His
paternal grandfather, George Gardner, was a
resident of Montgomery county, Pa., who dur
ing the war of the Revolution was with Wash
ington's army in the battle of Germantown;
he also served under General Lee in 1790,
during the outbreak in Pennsylvania, known
as the "Whiskey Insurrection." He settled
in Mifflin county, at Decatur, removed to
Armagh township, then to Brown township,
and was engaged in farming. Afterward, in
1836, he removed to Venango county, Pa.
When thirty years of age he married Miss
Kearns; they had eight children: Sophia;
John, first married Miss Williams, who died
leaving him one son, later removed to Illinois
and married Mrs. Jane Stone; Christiana
(Mrs. Alexander Orr); Thomas; Abram;
Mary (Mrs. Samuel Huston), has one child;

George, married Betsey O'Neil, of Venango
county, has thirteen children; Catherine
(Mrs. Samuel Bushey), of Venango county,
has four daughters; Thomas Kearns, first
married to Miss Jolly, of Venango, who died,
afterwards to Aliss Donaldson, who died leav
ing him one daughter, after which he married
again. George Gardner's elder brother, John,
was also in the engagement at Germantown.
Before 1800, this brother went to Ohio; his
descendants are among the best citizens of
that State. George Gardner died in Venango
county in September, 1855, at the age of
ninety-two. Abram Gardner was born in Mifflin county;
he received his education in the common
schools, and began the active life of a farmer.
In 1855 he went to Columbiana county, O.,
engaged in farming, and remained at this oc
cupation, in which he was most successful, un
til his death, which occurred when he was
about fifty-nine years of age. He married
Nancy, daughter of John and Jeannette
(Williams) Huston; their children are:
James H, married Harriet Kearns, of Are-
nango county, has seven children; Frank P.,
a graduate of the University of Pittsburg;
Catherine (Mrs. Edward Garside), resides in
Ohio; George, married Nancy Aultz, has two
children; William C. ; Levi, married Lucinda
Camp, resides in Ohio, has one son; and Jane
E. (Mrs. Kern).
William C. Gardner received his prelim
inary education in the district schools; when
eighteen years of age, he entered the Tuscarora
Academy in Juniata county, and was under
the instruction of Prof. J. H. Shumaker. His
family then removing to Ohio, after a few
years spent there in assisting his father on the
farm, he returned to his native county and
taught school during the winter terms. Eager
to perfect himself in the profession he had
chosen, he entered the Kishacoquillas Acad
emy, and then the State Normal School at
Millersville, and was graduated from the lat
ter institution in 1862. He thereupon went
to Lancaster, enlisted in the army for the nine
months' service, and was assigned to Company
E, One Hundred and Twenty-second Penn
sylvania Volunteers, under Capt. (Prof.) A.
R. Byerly. He was in active service until
May 17, 1863; he was engaged in the second
battle of Bull Run, the battle of Fredericks
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Aiifflin county, resumed teaching, and has
followed his profession to the present time.
He taught four years in the State of Illinois.
Air. Gardner is actively interested in politics
and in local enterprises. He adheres to the
Democratic party. In IS 75, he was elected
county superintendent and served one term.
AVilliam G Gardner was first married Sep
tember 22, 1865, to Alartha J. AlcClure, who
died December 9, 1871, leaving one daughter,
Elizabeth Edith, a professional nurse at the
Sanitarium at Denver, Col.; afterwards, Sep
tember 23, 1875, to Alargaret Ann, daughter
of Thomas Jefferson and Alargaret (Fleming)
AVilson; their children are: Nancy Marga
ret; and Anna AA\ Air. and Airs. Gardner
are members of the Presbyterian church.

JAMES R. FLEAHNG, Belleville, Mifflin
county, Pa., is a son of James and Eliza B.
(AVills) Fleming. His father, a successful
farmer in Alenno township, was a member of
the Democratic party, active in local politics,
and held the office of county commissioner.
He was liberal, intelligent and solicitous for
the improvement of the community. Mr.
Fleming's parents had six children: Eliza
beth (Airs. Henry S. Nilson), died in 1894;
Samuel McKinney, married Rachel AVills, has
four children; Rev. Joseph Henderson, mar
ried Miss Bayle, who died leaving six children;
John AL, married first to Eliza Jane Rudy,
who died leaving one child, Ellen Jane, and
afterwards to Al. Strayer, who has one child,
Alary; Mary Jane (Mrs. James T. AVills), has
one child, James T. ; and James R. The Rev.
Joseph Henderson Fleming was a graduate
of Allegheny Seminary. He was ordained to
the ministry, and lived and died in Franklin
county, Pa. ; he was a man of force in his pro
fession. Mr. James Fleming was a member of
the Presbyterian church, liberal and active in
all good work.
James R. Fleming received his primary
education in the district schools of his native
township, and spent one year under Professor
Stone at Tuscarora Academy, Juniata county,
Pa. He remained at home working with his
father on the farm, until 1873, when he
turned his attention to mercantile pursuits,
with his father-in-law, John AlcNabb, at
Whitellall. They were prosperous in business,
and in 1883, Air. Fleming succeeded to Mr.
AlcNabb's interest and continued the estab

lishment. In 1893, he removed to Belleville,
where he is now engaged in business with his
brother-in-law, William McNabb. Mr. James
Fleming is interested in local politics, and fol
lowing his father's example, has identified
himself with the Democratic party. He was
postmaster of White Hall for more than ten
years. James R. Fleming was married in
March, 1874, to Nancy, daughter of John and
Elizabeth (Longwell) McNabb. They have
two children: Nellie M. ; and one who died
in early childhood. Mr. Fleming and his wife
are members of the Presbyterian church.

ABRAHAM BENJAMIN GARVER, de
ceased, of Kishacoquillas, Mifflin county, Pa.,
son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Rudy) Gar
ver, was born on the homestead in Union town
ship, Mifflin county, April 2, 1846; he died
Alarch 9, 1897.
Abraham B. _ Garver attended the district
schools of his native township and completed
his education at the Kishacoquillas Seminary;
he remained at home working with his father
on the farm until he was seventeen. He en
listed at Philadelphia, Pa., in a cavalry regi
ment, under Captain Brown, of that city,
served until the dose of the war and was mus
tered out at Philadelphia. After two years
passed at his home in Aiifflin county, he spent
two years in different parts of California. Re
turning to the east, he farmed for a short
time, studying during the winter. He taught
at AlcVeytown and at Reedsville, Union
township, and afterwards turned his attention
to mercantile pursuits, forming a partnership
with his brother, John R., under the firm name
of J. R. Garver & Bro. For six years the
firm carried on a thriving business. In
April, 1889, Mr. Abraham Garver bought the
property of the Kishacoquillas Seminary and
opened a general store; he was very success
ful, his business constantly increasing. Mr.
Garver was a Republican ; he was also a mem
ber of the G. A. R. Post at Belleville; and
Lodge No. 203, E. and A. M., at Lewistown,
Pa. Abraham Benjamin Garver was married,
January 22, 1878, to Clara M., daughter of
Harrison H. and Elizabeth (Webb) Gibboney.
They had two children: Robert Taylor, born
Alay 28, 1879; and Rush H, born February
17, 1881. Air. Garver, with his family, was
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Mrs. Garver's parents have seven children:
Annie (Airs. O. D. Frey), of Reedsville;
Clara M. (Mrs. A. B. Garver) ; Rush, married
Alice McNitt, has two children; Thomas F.,
married Ida Dellett, of Milroy, Pa., has four
children; AVilla (Mrs. Charles McLaughlin) ;
Washington, D. C., has one child; Cora J.;
and Vernon.

JOHN B. FLOYD, M. D., Belleville, Mif
flin county, Pa., was born in Belleville, No
vember 8, 1848. He is a son of Rev. Moses
and Arietta (Steely) Floyd. Airs. Floyd was
of German descent, her husband of Scotch-
Irish ancestry. His birthplace was County
Donegal, Ireland; he attended college at Bel
fast, after which he came to America and took
a thorough theological course at Princeton.
Dr.Floyd was one of a family of three sons and
two daughters. He attended the public schools
and later the Kishacoquillas Seminary. Af
ter this he attended the Military College at
Allentown, Lehigh county, under Professor
Hoffard. He took his professional course at
the Jefferson Medical College, of Philadel
phia, graduating in the class of '73. He be
gan the practice of his profession in Jackson

ville, Centre county. Remaining there but
a short time, he removed to Reedsville, thence
to Allegheny City, Pa., and thence to Allens-
ville, Aiifflin county, where he practiced for
two years. In 1880, he came to Belleville,
where he has been very successful. Dr. Floyd
is an active member of the Mifflin County
Aledical Society, and of the Aledical Society
of Pennsylvania. He is a Democrat, and is
interested in all that concerns the welfare of
his town. Dr. Floyd belongs to AlcVeytown
Lodge, No. 376, F. and A. M.
John B. Floyd was married in October,
1874, to Maggie J., daughter of David and
Jane (McElhenny) Weiler. Their children
are: Carrie Jane and Henry S., twins, of
whom the former was burnt to death in the
burning of a barn ; Arietta; Marv and Laura,
twins, who lived six months and died four days
apart. Dr. Floyd and family attend the Pres
byterian church. Mrs. Floyd's parents, Mr.
and Airs. Weiler, were both natives of Penn
sylvania, and spent the greater portion of their
lives at Belleville. Mr. Weiler was engaged in
tanning and in farming. He was a Democrat
and a respected citizen. Airs. Floyd was their
only child. Air. and Airs. Weiler are both
dead.

JUNIATA COUNTY.

JOHN CALVIN DIMM is 'a splendid ex
ample of the self-made men developed in the
county since the war of the Rebellion. Of
German extraction, he very early became im
bued with a feeling of pride in his ancestry
and filled with a desire to emulate their ex
ample and add to the luster of the family
name. Mr. Dimm was bom in the little hamlet of
Dimmsville, Greenwood township, Juniata
county, October 8, 1865. His father, John
T. Dimm, still keeps the little country store
which was established by him and his own
father forty-three years ago, under the firm
name of J. & J. T. Dimm. John T. Dimm
is still a well preserved old gentleman, who
has lived his long and quiet life usefully and
well. In 1884 he was elected county commis
sioner, and served his fellow citizens ably and
honorably. John Dimm, the grandfather of
John Calvin Dimm, was elected associate
judge of the common pleas courts of Juni
ata county, occupying the bench in that
capacity from 1852 to 1857. The pioneer _
Dimm in Pennsylvania was John Dimm, who
came hither from Germany about the year
1650, and settled in Philadelphia, and later in
Berks county, where he remained until his
death. His son, Christopher Dimm, the
great-great-grandfather of Calvin Dimm, set
tled in Luzerne county near the present site
of the city of Wilkes-Barre, where he reared
a family of five sons 'and two daughters. His
son, Henry Dimm, the father of John Dimm,
and the great-grandfather of John Calvin
Dimm, married and resided in what is now
Greenwood township, where his progeny have
since increased and multiplied.
Of such lineage, it was but natural that
John Calvin Dimm should be filled with a
longing for an education and an ambition to
uphold the honor of the family name. The
nearest school house to his early home was
Straight Water, and tnerein young Dimm laid
the foundation for all the knowledge which he
has since acquired, and formed the habit of in
tellectual industry, to which he owes much
of his present success. He was a light-hearted,

rollicking little chap, in school and out, and
his presence as a clerk in his father's store no
doubt materially added to the family revenue.
But the taste he had had of education at
Straight AArater served only to increase the
thirst for more and higher acquirements, and
in the spring of 1883 he attended for a term
the Mifflin Academy, then under the guidance
of John Mason Duncan. In the fall and win
ter of that year he taught the school which
he had first attended in Straight Water, keep
ing up at the same time his own studies, and
in the spring of 1884 he spent another term at
Prof. Duncan's academy, returning again to
Straight Water as a teacher throughout the
winter of 1884-85. In the spring of 1885 he
entered as a student at Missionary Institute
(now Susquehanna University) at Selinsgrove,
Snyder county, where he remained until the
summer of 1886, when he returned and taught
the Flint school, in Walker township.
At this time the mercantile instinct, which
even a pedagogic training could not entirely
repress, manifested itself, and at the close of
the school term he engaged in the lumbering
business. At the age of twenty-one years,
therefore, Mr. Dimm was one of the busiest
young men in the county. It was not mere
inclination that led him to take up the lum
bering business, but the necessity for out
door exercise created by a delicate constitu
tion which compelled him to lay down his
studies. His first venture was on what is
still known as Adams Ridge (now the prop
erty of Reuben Guss), on the Cedar Spring
road in Walker township, where he bought a
tract of timber and hired a saw-mill. He re
turned as teacher of the Flint school for an
other term, at the special request of the
directors and patrons thereof, and in the sum
mer of 1888, he bought a steam saw-mill and
lumbered in the mountains up Licking creek
near the ruins of Selheimer's paper-mill,
where he bought the timber right of three
tracts, and at the same time was operating on
a tract near Locust Run, in Delaware town
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becoming a professional educator. He learned
on the afternoon of the day on which the di
rectors of the Afifflintown schools were to
meet, that a principal of their high school
was to be elected that evening. At the last
moment, and at the urgent solicitation of
friends who were familiar with his career as a
teacher, he became an applicant for the posi
tion. There were in all eight candidates for
the honor, and the first ballot resulted in a
tie vote between Mr. Dimm and the teacher
who finally secured the place.
Still dominated by the mercantile impulse,
which was, however, somewhat modified by his
educational training, in October, 1888, he
launched into business in the Crystal Palace
building, in Mifflintown, as a manufacturing
stationer, starting with a large stock of paper
and the necessary machinery for the manu
facture of writing paper tablets, and employ
ing ten hands. Just seven weeks after he had
begun this neAV enterprise, his establishment
was burned, entailing a heavy loss. Within
thirty days Mr. Dimm had recommenced bus
iness in the Hollsbaugh building, expanding
his plant so as to include a complete job print
ing outfit. For a few months he devoted his
attention exclusively to job work, after which
he resumed also the work of manufacturing
writing paper tablets. For the next three
years the growth of his job printing and sta
tionery business was phenomenal. Through
out his career he Avas himself a most persistent
advertiser, and much of his patronage came
from distant localities.
With a large and growing business on his
hands he was induced to undertake the publi
cation of a Aveekly newspaper, and on June 1,
1892, appeared the first number of The Jw
niata Star. Although there were already
four newspapers published in the town of
Mifflin (which contained a population of about
1,000 only), and notwithstanding the fact that
some people scoffed at the idea of there be
ing room for another, Mr. Dimm, Avhen he
bad later acquired full control of the editorial
department of The Star, soon made a field
peculiarly his own, and his journal is now as
extensively read and as prosperous as any in
the county. His specialty is making the
cause of the farmer and the laboring man his
own, against the oppressions of politicians
and capitalists.
After becoming a resident of Mifflintown

Mr. Dimm Avas appointed notary public by
Governor Pattison, and served a term of four
years from May 30, 1893. In 1895 he was
appointed a member of the town council to
fill the unexpired term of David Holman, de
ceased. He was married on March 9, 1892, to Aliss
Mary Gertrude Bratton, daughter of Charles
Bratton, of Bratton township, Mifflin county.
They have three children. Throughout his
entire career Mr. Dimm has been a consistent
church member, and an active worker in the
Sabbath-school and Young People's Societies.
He joined the Lutheran church in Pfoutzs
Valley, Perry county, in 1883, and in 1890
connected himself with the Presbyterian
church in Mifflintown, of Avhich his Avife is
also a member.
As a whole, Mr. Dimm's career has been a
remarkable one, and his record of achieve
ments gives great promise of enlarged use
fulness and continued success. Each succes
sive occupation has been an outgrowth of, or
dovetailed exactly into its predecessors, until
he stands to-day a harmonious product of his
mercantile, intellectual and religious tenden
cies and training. He has struggled through
seas of financial trouble that would have
overAvhelmed most men. Coming to the
county seat a poor country boy, he has built up
a business that can never be taken away from
him, as might have been the case had he in
herited it. He knew nothing whatever of the
printing trade when he engaged in the job
printing business, yet, without serving an ap
prenticeship, or taking instructions from a
trained hand he soon became one of the most
skilful and finished job printers in central
Pennsylvania. His history is a veritable ob
ject-lesson and encouragement to every self-
reliant and plucky bov Avithin the circle of
his influence.

HARRY ELLSWORTH BONSALL —
A coming young man in Juniata county is
Harry E. Bonsall, editor and proprietor of the
Juniata Tribune, and postmaster of the town
of Aiifflin. High in the counsels and con
fidence of the leaders of the State Democracy,
active and prominent in local politics, fore
most in blazing the Avay for every great home
improvement beneficial to his large constitu
ency of neAvspaper patrons, and phenome
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advancement of meritorious men and meas
ures, and in familiarizing his readers with the
same by means of printed portraits and
pictures, he is at the age of thirty-five years,
a man of established high character and stand
ing, of AA^eight and influence in the community
in which he was born, and of prospective
poAver and wealth before he has rounded out
his busy and eArentful career.
Air. Bonsall was born in Mifflintown, Au
gust 19, 1862. His father was Amos G.
Bonsall, one of the best known editors in the
Juniata Aralley, who for thirty-seven years
(with a single break of one year) occupied the
editorial chair in Mifflintown. His grand
father, Benjamin Bonsall, was for years a
merchant of the most enviable repute in Ju
niata county, and served the people thereof
fur one term as treasurer and one term as reg
ister and recorder, defeating so popular a man
as Joseph Al. Belford for the latter place.
Benjamin Bonsall came to Juniata county
many years ago from Greenwood township,
Wildcat A^alley, Perry county, where he had
married Aliss Sarah Bender, a sister of Jacob
Bender who died in Newport, Perry county,
in 1896, at an advanced age. As early as
1836 Benjamin Bonsall opened a grocery
store on the bank of the canal in the town of
Mifflin, a short distance below the present site
of the bridge Avhich connects the boroughs of
Aiifflin and Patterson. Here he sold to the
citizens and passing boatmen groceries,
liquors (for they went Avith the business in
those days), hay, feed, plaster, fish and other
stores, thereby accumulating a modest fort
une. He became the owner of considerable
property, on both sides of the river, and at
his death was survived by four children:
Amos G. ; John C. ; Samuel; and Sadie, all
of whom are now deceased except the daugh
ter, who is the widow of Dr. II. Clarence
Derr (a brother of the late Dr. George L.
Derr, of Mifflintown), a dentist, and now re
siding in Alilton, Northumberland county.
Amos Gustine Bonsall, father of II. E.
Bonsall, Avas born May 5, 1833, and died April
24, 1888. For nearly twenty years he Avas a
sufferer from asthma and pulmonary troubles,
and for the last two years of his life Avas al
most constantly confined to his house, and
during most of that period to his bed. Amos
Bonsall was tAvice married, his first Avife hav
ing been Aliss Caroline Frankhouser, daugh

ter of Jacob Frankhouser, and sister of the
late Jerry Frankhouser and Airs. Benjamin
Kepner, the latter of whom still lives near
HaAvns Mill, a short distance southeast of the
town of Patterson. Mrs. Bonsall died a num
ber of years ago of consumption. They had
four children, of whom only one is now living,
Orlando, an employee of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company at their roundhouse in
Harrisburg. Mr. Bonsall's second wife was
Aliss Rebecca Pannebaker Kepner, eldest
daughter of Benjamin F. Kepner (a distant
relative of the Kepner' s first mentioned), for
many years the principal druggist in Mifflin
town. The second Mrs. Bonsall died in 1885.
Four of their children still live: Harry
EllsAvorth; Gertrude May; Alinnie Laura;
and Bessie Isabel (Mrs. Milton Larkin), of
Beverly, N. J. In 1885 Harry E. Bonsall
Avas married to Miss Laura Alice Watts, the
only daughter of David Watts, of Mifflin-
toAvn. They have four children : Edith Eliza
beth; Anna Alargaret; Charles David; and
Herman EllsAvorth.
Amos G. Bonsall, the eldest son of Benja
min Bonsall, first appeared prominently on
the scenes in 1851, when his father bought for
him an interest in the Juniata Register, and
established him as one of the editors thereof.
The paper was purchased from Maj. William
Cooper, Air. Bonsall's partner being Samuel
E. Hench, a well known and successful
laAvyer. Amos Bonsall never served a regular
apprenticeship to the printing trade, though
he became a good compositor. He "just picked
it up between times," as some of the most fa
mous editors in the land have done. Lawyer
Hench retired from his editorial labors in a
few years, leaving the paper in full control of
Mr. Bonsall. On January 1, 1858, the direc
tion of the Register was assumed by Adam J.
Greer and Andrew G. Allison. They ran it
for one year only, however, when Mr. Bonsall
bought back the property, and continued to
direct its fortunes until it was merged Avith
the True Democrat, then owned by William
J. Jackman, under the name of the Democrat
and Register, in 1867. The harmonious part
nership of Bonsall & Jackman existed for
twenty-one years, and, since the death of Mr.
Bonsall, Air. Jackman has confined as editor
and proprietor of the Democrat and Register.
This newspaper partnership was brought about
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and William J. Jackman were conducting a
clothing and furnishing store under the firm
name of Loudon & Jackman, in a room in the
old William W. Wilson mansion, on Bridge
street next to the canal bridge, now occupied
by Mr. Wilson's son-in-law, Charles AV.
Mayer. Mr. Bonsall bought ex-Sheriff Lou
don's interest therein, and the firm became
known as Jackman & Bonsall. The tAvo
partners found their interests and tastes
suited to one another so Avell that they after
ward consolidated their tAvo neAvspapers, and,
that neither should be given under prominence
over the other, the order of precedence in the
name of the new firm Avas changed, and thus
originated the Avell knoAvn newspaper and
printing house of Bonsall & Jackman.
During the war of the Rebellion Mr. Bon
sall was a unique figure in Pennsylvania
journalism. He made many bitter enemies
during those troublous times, and his discus
sions with Rev. A. L. Guss (then editor of the
Juniata Sentinel, "a contemporary Republi
can paper) were marked with so much rancor
and so many offensive personalities that blood
letting by the two men was regarded as being
constantly impending. So hateful did the
utterances of the Register become to some of
the more pronounced Abolitionists, that there
was on more' than one occasion talk of mob
bing Editor Bonsall. But he stuck fearlessly
to his plan of attack, and his personal popu
larity and that of his newspaper were attested
by the frequent "Letters from the Front,"
which appeared in the Register from Juniata
soldiers who were fighting in the Union
army. Between these absent citizens and tneir
families and friends it was the favorite and al
most only means of communication, and no
more interesting reading to a Juniata man
can anywhere be found than that contained in
the files of the Register from 1861 to 1865.
After the war had ceased, the people of
Juniata county, as a whole, took Amos Bon
sall, alwavs a fun-loving and popular fellow,
back into their confidence and affection,
though a few of the more radical Republicans
hated him until the day of his death, and
even pursued his character beyond that sacred
barrier. In such circumstances, it is not at
all remarkable that he never held an elective
office, although he served for a time as a State
bank examiner, and during the campaign of
1876 as a clerk in the headquarters of the

Democratic State Central Committee at Har
risburg. Beloved by his friends, but cordially
hated by his enemies, he Avas on two or three
occasions nominated as the Democratic candi
date for Assembly, only to be defeated, his
district— then composed of Juniata, Snyder
and Union counties — being overwhelmingly
Republican in sentiment.
In appearance Amos G. Bonsall was a
typical dandy of his time. He always looked
as though he had just stepped out of a band
box. He Avas a man of rather less than me
dium height, of delicate build, Avith a broad,
high forehead, and a rather long, flowing full
beard. In his palmy days Mr. Bonsall's
clothing Avas always of the finest texture, the
latest style and the most faultless fit, while
his linen Avas perpetually immaculate, and his
bats and footwear were marvels of fresh
glossiness. Although his walk bore somewhat
of a resemblance to a strut, it was the only
gait he knew. In a word, he was a natural,
not an artificial, dandy. In his later years,
this harmless foppishness almost entirely dis
appeared, and ill-health and misfortunes
saddened and shortened what had promised
to be a long and a merry life. He lost a con
siderable portion of the property accumulated
in the coal, clothing and newspaper business,
mainly by endorsing paper for friends, and
to-day his once brilliant career is but little
more than a memory with such of his afore
time friends and enemies as are still living.
From such stock and in such environment
did Harry Ellsworth Bonsall figuratively
"step into his father's shoes" as the leading
Democratic editor in Juniata county. His
educational advantages were almost identi
cally the same as those of his father, namely:
attendance at the public schools of Mifflin
town, and an academic course under that cele
brated educator, Prof. David Wilson, the
father having studied with him at Tuscarora
Academy, and the son at Airy View Acad
emy. At the age of thirteen years Harry
Bonsall entered the Democrat and Register
office as an apprentice to the printing trade,
serving the full term of four years. For three
years he worked as a compositor in Hunting
don and Harrisburg, and over in New York
State, and then returned, on special invitation
from Messrs. Bonsall & Jackman, to assume
the foremanship of the Democrat and Register
office, Avhich post he filled for four years. In

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1886 he bought the Times, in Tyrone, Blair
county, and continued as editor thereof until
1888, when he sold out to J. C. Nissley. Af
ter his father's death, a longing to return to
the scenes of his childhood and identify him
self permanently with the community Avhich
had treated his grandfather, his father and
finally himself so generously and kindly, in
duced him to come back to Mifflintown in the
same year and purchase the Juniata Tribune
from Theorus D. Garman, noAV a prosperous
lawyer of Nanticoke, Luzerne county, and a
brother of John AL Garman, present chairman
of the Democratic State Central Committee.
His success, from a financial point of view,
may be measured by the fact that he now pos
sesses one of the largest, most complete and
most costly newspaper and job printing estab
lishment in central Pennsylvania, and owns
the fine large two-story brick building on
Bridge street, of which he is the sole occu
pant, while his dAvelling house, at the corner
of Fifth and Cherry streets, East Point, is one
of the handsomest and most commodious resi
dences in that desirable section of the town,
the lot on which it stands having a frontage
of 40 feet and a depth of 170 feet.
As stated above, his paper is the largest,
most readable and best patronized journal in
Juniata county. It is aggressively Demo
cratic in politics, and did splendid service in
support of William J. Bryan, in 1896. Like
his father, Air. Bonsall has not been a seeker
after public office, his present position of post
master of Alifflintown being the first and only
public place that he has ever sought or filled.
But he is a born politician, and his bent in
that direction is likely to prove A^aluable to
himself, and of benefit to his fellow-citizens
in the near future. The fame of his enter
prise as a journalist has spread throughout and
far beyond the Juniata valley. He has been
known to devote in a single issue, thirteen and
one-half columns of space (brevier and non
pareil partly solid), including pictures of four
teen men, to a history and description in a
neighboring toAvn — the Delaware Literary So
ciety, of Thompsontown. On another occa
sion, in May, 1891, he issued his celebrated
"boom" edition, containing eight pages of
facts relative to the industries of Juniata
county, with pictures of many public and pri
vate buildings and likenesses of prominent
citizens. Of course, these many ventures did

not "pay" directly, or immediately, but they
all tended to push The Tribune to the fore
front, where it seems now to be permanently
established. Editor Bonsall "keeps eternally
at it," however, and The Tribune is recog
nized as the only paper in Mifflintown that can
be relied upon for a full and accurate account
of every great event, copiously illustrated, as
were the reports of the Carpenter murder in
Port Royal and the Ramsey murder in East
AVaterford, whenever the facts and public in
terest will warrant such additional labor and
expense. In this way Mr. Bonsall has come
to be looked upon as a pioneer in every great
Juniata county enterprise. It was his agita
tion in the columns of The Tribune that led
to the introduction of the water works and the
electric light plant, the free bridge across the
Juniata river connecting Mifflintown and Pat
terson, and the complete equipment of the fire
departments of the two towns. He is a pro
nounced, progressive friend of the cause of
education, and in 1897 devoted many columns
of The Tribune to descriptions of the graduat
ing exercises of the Patterson and the Mifflin
high schools, with pictures of the graduates.
Editorially, his paper ranks very high, and,
living in an agricultural community, Mr. Bon
sall has wisely and conscientiously ranged him
self on the side of the farmer and the work-
ingman, and does not devote the bulk of his
space to borough news to the exclusion of rural
topics; in fact, he is inclined to give more to
a meeting of grangers than to a session of the
toAvn council. Although all his folks were
Lutherans, Mr. Bonsall is a member of the
AVestminster. Presbyterian church of Mifflin
town, of Avhich the Rev. Alfred N. Raven is
pastor. He belongs to but one secret society
—the Odd Fellows.
He early imbibed from his father a liking
for politics, and at the age of seventeen, in
the campaign of 1879, he published a semi-
weekly four-page political journal called The
Mirror, which Avas credited with having done
great service for the Democratic ticket.
While publishing the Tyrone Times, in 1887,
he was elected a delegate to the Democratic
State Convention at Allentown. In that year
the great fight was on between Samuel J.
Randall and William L. Scott. Mr. Bonsall's
delegation was uninstructed, but he was the
only pronounced Randall man in it. On be
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he could not influence some of the members
of the delegation, young Bonsall answered
simply: "I'll try!" and Avent to work. As
a result of his labors the entire Blair county
delegation to the convention Avas "swung" for
Randall. In many other Avays he obliged and
made sacrifices for the State leaders until he
won the warm regard, confidence and good of
fices of such powerful men as William F. Har-
rity, William U. Hensel, Robert E. Pattison
and Chauncey F. Black. His opportunity
for reAvard came in 1894, when .there- was a
mad scramble by eight Democrats for the post-
mastership of Mifflintown. The local organi
zation was hopelessly rent asunder, and Mr.
Bonsall quietly stepped into the position
through personal indorsements by recognized
State leaders. His administration of the af
fairs of the office has been such as to give com
plete satisfaction to all of its patrons, and has
tended to greatly enhance his reputation as a
capable, careful, conscientious and successful
business man.
There have been some strange coincidences
in the lives of the three Bonsalls — grand
father, father and son — of Avhich the follow
ing are interesting specimens:
Jacob Bender, a brother-in-law of the
grandfather, was for many years in charge of
the rope ferry for canal boats across the Ju
niata river below Millerstown. When Ben
jamin Bonsall first came to Juniata county he
was appointed lock-tender at the "first lock"
above Mifflintown. Subsequently he estab
lished a store and warehouse on the canal bank
within the borough limits, and, through traf
ficking with boatmen, laid the foundation of
his fortune.
, Amos G. Bonsall's first Avife's sister married
a Benjamin Kepner, and his second wife was
a daughter of Benjamin Kepner.
The Benjamin F. Kepner last named was
for many years postmaster of Mifflintown.
David Watts, the father of Harry E. Bonsall's
wife, also served one term as postmaster of
Alifflintown. If this "sequence" of fathers-
in-law continues, it is not improbable that the
future husband of one of Harry E. Bonsall's
lovely young daughters may yet be postmas
ter of Mifflintown. As a sort of forerunner
of his coming greatness in the postal service,
it ought to be mentioned that Air. Bonsall was
for several months employed as a Government
route agent between New York and Pittsburg,

his "run" being over the Pennsylvania Rail
road. It is an interesting historical fact that the
first thing Benjamin Bonsall did when he
opened his grocery store was to "advertise in
his home paper" — the Mifflintown Free Press.
His son, Amos Bonsall, Avas an editor at the
age of nineteen years, and his grandson, Harry
Bonsall, was inducted into the editorial chair
at a very tender age. In 1877, when only
fifteen years old, and Avhile yet an apprentice
in the office of the Democrat and Register,
be began the publication of a monthly called
The New Enterprise, which had a successful
career of eighteen months' duration. This
was an amateur "sporting journal," devoted to
baseball, croquet, and other boyish games and
gossip; but its field of usefulness was soon
extended to embrace the news of and doings
in the public schools, in Avhich work its influ
ence was distinctively for good. The New
Enterprise Avas set in nonpareil type, and con
tained either four or six pages, according to
"stress of matter" and the "other engage
ments" of its young editor. After his able
conduct of The Mirror, during the campaign
of 1879, it became evident that "Harry Bon
sall Avas 'cut out' for a political editor," and
the people of Juniata county are to be con
gratulated on the fact that his personal likings
and devotion to bis old home induced Mr. Bon
sall to permanently "cast his lot" Avith them.
Amos Bonsall was a jolly fellow, fond of
sport, especially fishing, and nothing delighted
him more than to collect a crowd of good fel
lows and "go up to Cuba Alill to clean out the
race," or "up the canal a seining." Harry
Bonsall is built pretty much on the same lines.
He can hardly wait until "bass are ripe" on
Decoration Day, when he marshals his forces
and goes off to some remote and isolated spot
Avhere there is nobody to count the number
of fish they didn't catch. He is an enthusias
tic angler, and under the caption "Ike's Fishy
Chat," he adds a most enjoyable department
to The Tribune every spring, the product of
his own brain.
All of Avhich serves to confirm the truth of
two ancient maxims — "Like father, like son,"
and "All work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy." 
AVILLIAA1 AIcCORMICK ALLISON, (or
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of the late Alattbew Allison and Agnes Gem-
mell, Avas born in Kilbarchau, Parish of Reu-
freAvshire, Scotland, January 25, 1833. He
comes of good old Scotch Covenanter stock and
is able to trace his genealogy back to Somerled,
Thane of Argyle and Lord of the Isles, who
married in 1135 a daughter of the King of
Alan. The Highland name of the Alisons
was Alester or McAlester, and was changed
into the Lowland name, Alison, when the
family was driven from Loupe, near Oban, in
Argyleshire by the followers of King Robert
Bruce; Alexander Ale Alester, of Loupe,
eldest son of Augus Mor, Lord of the Isles,
and Kintyre in 1284, the grandson of Somer
led, the Thane of Argyle, having taken the
side of Baliol, Bruce's rival for the throne of
Scotland. Alexander McAlester, having been
captured by Bruce's followers, was confined
in Dundonald Castle, where he died in 1309,
but his two sons, with several of his followers,
escaped to Sir Winter de Hamelton, the an
cestor of the Dukes of that name, Avho also at
first took sides with Baliol, who, to preserve
them from the wrath of Bruce, placed them
in a Aloorish district in the Parish of Avon-
dale, Lanarkshire, with Cairnduff as their
central home, and changed their name, as
above stated, from Alester to Alison. That
was in 1310, after the death of their father in
Dundonald Castle, and it was John McAlester,
the second son of Alexander, that was placed
by Sir AVinter de Hamelton in Cairnduff in
Avondale. For a considerable time afterwards there
is no authentic history of the Alisons of Cairn
duff, but, according to the traditions of the
family, the estate was owned by a John Alison
and an Alexander Alison alternately; the
Johns being named after the Johns of the
Isles, and the Alexanders after their great
progenitor, Alexander McAlester, of Loupe.
Although history is silent as to their doings
from 1310 to 1630, or thereabouts, they lived
quietly at Cairnduff, and greatly increased nu
merically. In regard to the extent of the es
tate it is said that one could walk on it in any
direction for five miles.
Then they came into historical prominence,
from their warm and active adherence to "The
Solemn League and Covenant," Avhich Charles
I, of England, instigated by Archbishop Laud
and his coadjutors, attempted, by bloody Cla-
verhouse and his moss-troopers, to crush and

stamp out. It was then that William and
Michael Alison escaped to America, followed
shortly afterward by Thomas AUson, in 1645,
Avho later, in the ship "Adventure," un
der the protection and patronage of Russia,
visited the North seas, in quest of the North
Pole, penetrating to the seventy-first degree
of North latitude. He followed the seas for
thirty-eight years, dying in what aftenvards
became the United States, where he had
eventually settled.
The Alison family Avere terribly persecuted
on account of their religious faith, several
being condemned and executed on that ac
count in the Grass Market of Edinburgh,
among whom was Isabel Alison, daughter of
Archibald Alison, and her cousin, Archibald
Alison, of Windyedge, who was taken prisoner
at the battle of Airsmoss; a number escaped
to Londonderry, Ireland, where the Alison
family soon became very numerous, and quite
a number either voluntarily escaped or Avere
banished to the American colonies. The set
tlement of the Alison family at Cairnduff was
broken up, only one of the original farms
Avhich composed it being retained by the fam
ily. AVindyedge, on Avhich the father of W.
AicCormick Allison, Rev. Matthew Allison,
Avas born July 28, 1793, and which has re
mained in possession of this branch of the Ali
son family some 600 years.
In 1841 Rev. Matthew Allison, Avho had
been settled as pastor of the Relief church
(now Presbyterian), at Kilbarchau, from
1818, emigrated Avith his family, consisting of
a wife, three sons and a daughter, to the
United States. He landed in New York and
lived there for several months while looking
for a church. He received a call to the Pres
byterian church at Paterson, N. J., where he
continued most acceptably for about eighteen
months, but OAving to the ill-health of his wife
and daughter, he resigned that charge and re
turned with his family to Scotland, where
his daughter died four days after their arrival.
He remained in Scotland about a year, but,
although offered several pastorates, refused to
again settle there, having formed too favorable
an impression of the United States. Leaving
his family comfortably settled in GlasgoAv he,
in 1844, returned to the United States, where,
after a few months, he received a call to the
Presbyterian church at Mifflintown and Lost
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served until his death, Avhich occurred on
July 8, 1872. His family subsequently, at
different times, rejoined him there, but all
except William McCormick preceded him to
the grave.
After the return of his father to the United
States, Mr. Allison was sent to school at the
Ayr Academy at Ayr, where he remained
one year. It had a large corps of teachers,
some six or seven, and a large number of pu
pils, some three or four hundred, equal to
many colleges. There he ranked well in his
classes, carrying off several reAvards of merit,
all his previous training having been thor
oughly imparted to him by his father.
In 1845, he returned to his home in Glas
gow, and although then only twelve years of
age, obtained employment as errand boy in a
stock-broker's office, that of Mr. Daniel Paul,
where he continued about four months, until
he asked for his wages; being defrauded of
them, he left and obtained similar employment
in the office of Messrs. McNaughton & Ham
ilton, with whom be remained some eighteen
months. He then entered the service of the
Glasgow and Ayr Railway Company, at
Glasgow, as parcels clerk, under Mr. George
Knight, who was then goods manager, or, as
styled in this country, superintendent of
freight. There he remained some three or
four months, and only left to gratify his long
ing desire to join his father in Mifflintown,
much to the regret of Mr. Knight, who stren
uously opposed his leaving, and even after he
had sailed from Glasgow sent a message after
him to Greenock to persuade him to return.
In July, 1847, at the age of fourteen, he
sailed for New York in the barque "Ann Har-
ley," and, after a tedious voyage of forty-nine
days, landed there, and found his way by rail
road and canal to Mifflintown, Avhere, with but
slight interruptions, he has since resided.
In 1848 he entered the Juniata Register
office, at Mifflintown, then under the manage
ment of W. P. Cooper, to learn printing, re
maining at the trade until September, 1849,
when his health broke down and he was com
pelled to give it up. Then the desire for an
education took possession of him, and he be
came a student at Tuscarora Academy. He
remained there, until fitted to enter college,
which he did in September, 1851, at Lafay

ette, in Easton, graduating as a first-honor
man in the class of 1855.
In January, 1856, in connection with Col.
E. B. McCrum, he projected the Tribune as
a Aveekly paper at Altoona, and conducted the
same Avith fair ability for two years and four
months, leaving it in May, 1858, in a most
prosperous condition. Returning to Aiifflin-
toAvn, he read law with the late Ezra D. Par
ker, Esq., and Avas admitted to the Juniata bar
on September 4, 1860, of Avhich he is to-day
the senior member. He at once entered into
active practice and has achieved a creditable
modicum of success, when he closed his office
and shouldered his musket as a private in
Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-
sixth Pennsyhrania Volunteers, to serve his
country in the war of the Rebellion. At
Harrisburg, on the organization of the com
pany, he was promoted to third sergeant, and
on the arrival of the regiment in Virginia,
near Washington, was promoted to the posi
tion of . regimental quartermaster-sergeant,
Avhich office he filled to the satisfaction of his
superior officers until the close of his period
of enlistment, in Alay, 1863. In fact, during
his entire term of service he was virtually the
quartermaster of the regiment in all but the
name and pay.
In the winter of 1865-66, he received the
appointment of assistant assessor of internal
reArenue for the east side of Juniata county,
from- Gen. Thomas J. Jordan, of Harrisburg,
who was then assessor of the Fourteenth Penn
sylvania district, which office he filled efficient
ly and acceptably for a little over three years,
until a change of administration superseded
him. In the meantime, in April, 1866, he
purchased an outfit and launched the Repub
lican on the troubled waters of Juniata jour
nalism. In conjunction, first with the late
W. AV. Davis, and later with the late Capt.
H. H. Wilson, he published that paper with
ability and success until October, 1873, when
the Sentinel plant, having been destroyed by
fire, he sold the Republican to Air. Schweier,
who consolidated the two papers.
In January, 1873, he received an appoint
ment as inspector in the Custom House in
Philadelphia, filling the position for about one
year and a half, when he became so disgusted
with the management of it by the Philadelphia
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In 1877, he purchased a newspaper plant
in Hendersonville, N. G, and moved there
with his family, Avith the purpose of making it
his future home, but after a trial of eighteen
months, finding nevrepaper publishing in that
part of the South unprofitable, packed up the
plant and shipped it to Mifflintovm in 1879,
where, on February 1, 1880, he established
The Juniata Herald, Avhich he has published
ever since, and which is on a firm and prosper
ous basis. As to its merits the public can and
generally do speak in no questionable terms,
but it may not be amiss to quote here the tri
bute paid to it and its editor by Judge Hun-
gerford, who collated the material for "The
Juniata and Susquehanna Valleys in Pennsyl
vania," published by Evarts, Peak & Richards,
of Philadelphia, in 1886:
"The Juniata Herald was established as a
stalwart Republican paper in February, 1880,
by AVilliam M. Allison, attorney-at-laAV, who
had established The Juniata Republican in
1866, and had been connected with that paper
up to the time it was merged into the Sentinel,
in 1873. It leads the van of newspaper en
terprise, not only in Juniata county, but in the
Juniata valley; is recognized as the organ of
the Republican party of Juniata, and as such
commands the confidence of the Republican
party of the State. It is edited Avith signal
ability, and its pungent criticisms keeps the
dominant party in the county on its good be
havior. In August, 1883, in the las.t great
fire in Mifflintown, the Herald office Avas
destroyed, everything but the body type of
the paper being lost; but it appeared the next
week as usual, fresher and brighter than ever.
Although the loss Avas a heavy one, Mr. Al
lison's insurance haAung expired a f eAV days be
fore the fire, ho has managed to weather that
storm, and the Herald promises a long life of
usefulness and prosperity, under the manage
ment of its founder."
. Mr. Allison, although justly entitled to pre
ferment at the hands of his party, by reason
of the gallant and effective service he has ren
dered in making Juniata debatable if not
surely Republican, has never been an office-
seeker, being content to labor for the advance
ment of others rather than himself, and is to
day as ready to Avork unselfishly for his party,
as when Juniata Avas strongly Democratic.
Beyond ser/ing as the first notary public and
as assistant assessor in the county, and his short

term in the Philadelphia Custom House, he
has neither sought nor held office, but his
party friends assure him that his time will
soon come.

B. F. SCHAVEIER. — The ancestors of the
Juniata county Schweyer family, lived in
Pomerania, Europe, as far back as the twelfth
century. In 1630, two brothers of the fam
ily, Felix and Conrad Schweyer, joined the
army of the Swedish king, Gustavus Adol
phus, when he landed at Stettin, on his march
into central Europe, to take sides with the
Protestants in the Thirty Years war against
Catholicism. In an assatilt upon the city of
Frankfort on the river Oder, Felix Schweyer
Avas killed. Conrad Schweyer remained with
the army until peace was declared in 1648,
and then instead of going back to his native
country, Pomerania, he settled, broken in for
tune, at Biberic, Germany. He died in 1672,
leaving one son, Augustus Schweyer, to sur-
Adve him. Augustus had three sons, namely,
Christopher, Francis and Leopold, and they
had children. A sorf of Francis Schweyer,
named Nicholas, came to America, landing
from the ship "Neptune," at Philadelphia, Oc
tober 4, 1752. The ship "Neptune" was over
two months coining across the Atlantic ocean,
having sailed from Rotterdam July 25, 1752.
Nicholas Schweyer settled at Kutztown, Berks
county, Pa., Avhere he became a real estate
owner. He died in 1801, and was buried on
his farm adjoining Kutztown. Six sons and
two daughters survived him. His son, George
Schweyer, married Barbara Rishel. They had
five sons and two daughters. George died
and was buried at St. John's church, near
Hamburg. One of the five sons was named
for his father, George. The second George
married Elizabeth Gearhard, and by their mar
riage four children were born, namely:
George; John; Susannah; and Sophia. The
father of these four children fills an unmarked
soldier's grave along the Canada line, having
lost his life there in the Avar of 1812. His
son, John ScliAveier, settled at AlifflintoAvn,
Juniata county, Pa., in 1832, and there be
came a real estate owner in 1833, and pos
sessed real estate from that time on to the time
of his death. He Avas extensively engaged in
the manufacture of furniture, and every sum
mer shipped many boat loads of furniture
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Susquehanna, to all towns along the line to
Harrisburg, Williamsport and Wilkes-Barre.
He died January 15, 1876, and Avas buried in
Union cemetery, near Mifflintown. He Avas
married to Miss Elizabeth VanGundy, a great-
granddaughter of Christian VanGundy, who
engaged in a law suit of seven years with Lud-
wig Derr, for the land on which Lewisburg,
Pa., is built. By this marriage three children
were born, two of whom died in infancy. He
left one son as survivor, namely, B. F.
Schweier, who Avas born at Mifflintown, Pa.,
July 2, 1838. He Avas educated in the public
and private schools at Alifflintown, and when
quite a youth contributed to the columns of
the county papers. In 1870 he became the
editor and owner of the Juniata Sentinel, a
Whig stock paper, that was started December
9, 1846. The Juniata Sentinel continued a
firm supporter of AVhig doctrines till the dis
solution of that party took place, and then
naturally espoused the cause of the Republi
can party, called into being by the aggression
of the slave party in the Territories of the
United States. In 1873, he became the owner
of the Juniata Republican, a stock paper that
was defected by President Andrew John
son's movement. He consolidated the two
papers under the name of the Juniata Sen
tinel and Republican, and from that time to
the present has continued editor and owner in
his native town. The Juniata Sentinel and
Republican has always been the principal Re
publican paper in Juniata county, and has
never wavered in its support of Republican
measures. Air. Schweier never asked office
of the party whose cause he served for more
than a quarter of a century. On January 8,
1863, he was married to Miss Eveline Robi-
son, a great-granddaughter of Alexander Robi-
son, a Scotch-Irishman, born in the Cumber
land valley, Pa., in 1732, who located perma
nently as a land owner in what is now Juniata
county, in 1767. Alexander Robison was a
soldier under Braddock, in the expedition
against the French and Indians at Fort Pitt,
and a soldier under Colonel Bouquet in the ex
pedition against the Pontiac Indian conspiracy
in 1764. By the marriage of B. F. Schweier
and Evaline Robison, six children were born,
three sons and three daughters; one son died
in infancy. The children living are : JohnF.;
Wilberforce; Annie E.; Mary E.; and Isa
bella, who is the youngest and yet at school,

in the junior year in the Institute at Bucknell
University, Lewisburg, Pa. John F., after
education, identified himself with the Juniata
Sentinel and Republican. Wilberforce, after
education and graduation from the Law De
partment of the Northwestern University at
Chicago, 111., is uoav engaged in the practice
of his profession at Alifflintown.

AVILLIAM JAAIES JACKA1AN, editor
of the Democrat and Register, Mifflintown,
Pa., Avas born at Liverpool, Perry county, Pa.,
AVednesday, September 20, 1837, and is a
son of James Jackman, a native of Old Eng
land, and an early settler in Liverpool, where
he carried on an extensive mercantile business
and OAvned five large boats, dealing extensively
in grain, and transacting business between
Liverpool, Philadelphia and Baltimore. He
Avas also postmaster in Liverpool and married
Eliza Louisa Mitchell, of Millersburg.
AVhen AVilliam James Jackman was nine
years old, both his parents died, and Capt. B.
F. Miller became his guardian. During 1849-
50, he boarded Avith his cousin, William Mit
chell, in the toAvn of Dauphin, and attended a
private school kept by him. In 1851-52, he
Avas a student at the academy in New Bloom
field. While here, during the latter year, he
became an apprentice in the printing office of
Mr. Stroop and in December, 1854, finished
his trade Avith Hon. John A. Magee, then, as
now, the editor of the Perry County Demo
crat. In 1856, he returned to the academy
and completed his course of study there. Dur
ing 1857-58, he taught school in Perry county.
In 1859-60, he accompanied Dr. James Craw
ford to Texas, where he worked at his trade.
He later held positions as a printer in Austin,
NeAV Orleans, Louisville, Cincinnati and
Philadelphia. Air. Jackman returned to Alif
flintown shortly after the Avar broke out, and
was enrolled July 24, 1861, in Company A,
First Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Cav
alry, commanded by Gen. George D. Bayard,
and Avas honorably discharged at Philadelphia,
September 9, 1864, by reason of the expiration
of his term of service, having worn the uni
form of a Union soldier three years, one
month and twelve days. He held by promo
tion the positions of sergeant and hospital
steAvard. After his discharge he returned to Mifflin-
toAvn and purchased the Juniata True Demo-

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crat, a paper that had been owned by Dr. E.
Darwin Crawford, deceased, and formed a
partnership with Air. Greer. He also owned
and at the same time carried on a clothing
store in the AVilson building, on Bridge street.
On October 16, 1867, the Democrat and the
Register, the latter paper owned by Amos
Bonsall, were consolidated, and appeared af
terward as the Democrat and Register, Bon
sall & Jackman, editors and publishers. On
November 28, 1888, after Mr. Bonsall's death,
Air. Jackman became sole proprietor. His
paper has always been a marked success. It
has a large circulation, is liberally supported,
and is recognized as an able and influential
party organ.
Air. Jackman married Catherine S. Ickes,
of Ickesburg, Perry county, Pa., and has had
five children: four daughters, J. Gertrude,
Louisa K., Harriet F., and Alartha AV., are
living ; and one. son died in childhood.
He has two sisters: Pamelia J., who mar
ried Dr. E. Darwin Crawford, deceased; and
Ellen Eliza, wife of Dr. David Al. Crawford,
a brother of Dr. E. Danvin CraAvford, resid
ing in Alifflintown.
Air. Jackman has been a faithful member
of the Masonic order for thirty years, and is
also a member of the I. 0. 0. F., and the
G. A. R.

" JOHN HOWARD NEELY, Alifflintown,
Juniata county, Pa., was born in Tuscarora
township, Juniata county, September 7, 1858,
son of John and Alargaret Jane (EAving)
Neely, the former a native of Juniata and the
latter of Perry county, Pa. The Neely family
are of the Scotch-Irish stock, so prominent
and so potent among the "makers" of Pennsyl
vania. The pioneer came to America from
County Derry, Ireland, in early colonial days.
AVilliam Neely, the great-grandfather of
John Howard Neely, liA^ed, in his boyhood,
near the present toAvn of Roxbury. Franklin
county, Pa. Robert Neely, a brother, two
years younger, was captured by Indians, about
1750, being at the time only seven years old.
He Avas brought up by the tribe and married
an Indian girl. The following letter written
by Col. James Perry, of Pittsburg, Pa., a
cousin of William Neely, and of the captured
boy, (the original of which is noAV in the pos
session of Margaret J. Neely, of Galveston,
Ind.), furnished the information which led

to the identification of Robert Neely as the
captive : "Pittsburg, Oct. 22, 1805.
Dear Cousin:
Tho' you and I are so nearly related, I do
not know that ever a line passed from you to
me or from me to you. I have often tho't that
it could not be for want of friendship or
natural affection, as I conceive we are both
possessed of it. I would rather impute it to
thoughtless negligence. I came to live in this
place last spring, to keep store. I, perhaps,
may continue some time. My family, a num
ber of girls, are grown up, three of them mar
ried. Aly two sons are now beginning to be
able to do business for me. This day William
Cinnev called on me, on his return home. He
told me you were anxious to hear from your
brother, Robert, which I do not in the least
doubt. I haA^e, a few Aveeks since, received
information of him. I had often heard of
such a person, somewhere near the lakes.
After I came to this place last spring, I heard
of him on Buffalo Creek, about Rve miles from
the Lake and eighteen above Niagara. I
Avrote a feAv lines to him, to know whether he
Avas the same Robert Neely, Avhich I suspected
he Avas, and received an ansAver from Mr.
Granger, Indian Agent, informing me he
Avas the same. I had not given him any ac
count of his friends until I Avas certain he was
the person. A copy of Mr. Granger's letter
you have, as follows:
Buffalo Creek, Aug. 13, 1805.
Sir: Your letter to Robert Neely, dated
April 21, was lately put into my hands.
There is no doubt but the person, by the name
of Robert Neely, living with the Seneca In
dians, about five miles from this place, is the
person Avhom you inquire for. He has often
mentioned to me the place where he Avas taken
and some circumstances respecting his family,
Avhich correspond with your description. Pre-
vious to reading your letter to him, he was
questioned on the subject. He said he lived
near Connocogeague Creek, that he Avent with
his uncle, Perry, to feed cattle, that his uncle
was killed by the Indians and he was taken;
that his father and mother were dead, that he
had a «ister and he thinks he had a brother.
Robert does not appear to have a perfect rec
ollection of his family relations, but says he
believes you are his cousin. He has men
tioned to a person here that his father used to

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make whiskey. He is a man of about sixty
years and his looks indicate living a long time
with the Indians. He has imbibed their
habits. He is very honest and industrious and
gets a good living in their way. He still re
tains his native language, but speaks the In
dian tongue better. He was very glad to hear
from you, and requests me to Avrite to you for
a more particular account of his family; says-
he thought his relations were all dead. He
does not recollect anything about Braddock's
defeat. "I am Sir, your obedient humble serv't,
"Erastus Granger,
"Agent of Indian Affairs."
Col. James Perry.
"I have written to him as particular account
¦of his friends as I could collect. I have never
heard anything of your sister, Mary, since she
went to Virginia, so that I could give very
little account of her. I wrote to him that I
thought you or some of your sons would go and
see him as soon as you heard Avhere he was.
I am, dear cousin, with respect,
Your humble serv't,
Mr. William Neely. James Perry."
James Neely, son of William Neely, upon
the knowledge contained in this letter, visited
his uncle and tried, by every inducement to
bring him back to bis family, but in A-ain.
Devoted to his squaw, and inured to the life
of the red men, neither the ties of blood nor
the attractions of civilized life had any poAver
over him.
Early in life, William Neely settled in Lack
toAvnship, Juniata county, bought a tract of
land from the Indians, which be improved,
and on which he resided until his death. This
tract of land was in the possession of the Neely
family until 1873, and is now OAvned' by
Robert Robinson. Mr. Neely was a promi
nent member of the Presbyterian church at
Waterloo, Juniata county. He married Aliss
Sallie Harvey, of Path valley, Franklin
county, Pa., and had children: John, married
Margaret McEeaters; William, married on
the same day with his brother, John, a sister
of Alargaret McEeaters, and died two weeks
after his marriage; James, married Alartha
McDonnell, had daughters, Alary, Avho died
in July, 1866, and Eliza (Mrs. Robert Alex
ander), resides near Wooster, O.; Nancy,
¦ died in infancy.
John Neely, eldest son of William Neely,

was born in Lack township, June 20, 1774.
He became a farmer, and in 1817, purchased
a farm in Tuscarora toAvnship, which he culti
vated during the remainder of his life. His
marriage with Margaret AlcFeaters took place
in 1802; they had the following children:
AVilliam; James; Alary; John; Robert Har
vey; and Sarah. John Neely, Sr., died Au
gust 5, 1846; his wife, Margaret, died July
24, 1845. Their eldest son, William Neely,
married Alary McConnell, January 30, 1834;
their children are: Alargaret Jane, of Galves
ton, Ind. ; Thomas McConnell, of Greenfield,
Adair county, la. ; John Harvey, of NorAvich,
Page county, la. ; Mary Adeline (Airs. Joseph
Gray), of Galveston, Ind.; Rachel Lucinda
(Airs. Peter Sassaman), of Kokomo, Ind.;
and Nancy Anna (Mrs. Samuel AlcCulloch),
of Shenandoah, la. William Neely died No
vember 10, 1872, in Juniata county. James
Neely, second son of John, married Alargaret
Alexander, and died at his home in Ohio, leav
ing no issue; his Avife still survives him.
Alary, eldest daughter of John Neely, Avas
married to AVilliam L. Patterson, and had
children: Robert II. Patterson, of Tuscarora
township, Juniata county; Oliver J., of
Shenandoah, la.; James A.; Nancy (Airs.
AVilliam I. McCulloch), of Shenandoah, la.
AVilliam L. Patterson died August 24, 1846;
Airs. Patterson survived until January 5,
1881. Robert Harvey, youngest son of John
Neely, married Rachel Beale; their children
are: James H. ; Charles, deceased; Ella F. ;
and Mary P., died August 29, 1889. Robert
H. Neely died March 30, 1887; his surviving
children still reside Avith their mother. Sarah,
younger daughter of John Neely, was mar
ried to John McCoy, and died November 7,
1883, leaving three sons and three daughters,
residing in Ohio.
John Neely, Jr., fourth child of John and
Alargaret (McFeaters) Neely, was born June
6, 1814. From the age of three until his
death at nearly four score years, he lived on
the "old homestead," one of the most produc
tive and beautiful farms in the region. He Avas
educated in subscription schools, his intelligent
and painstaking study enabling him to derive
much benefit from them, in spite of the very
limited advantages they afforded. The same
diligence characterized him throughout life,
and as applied to his business concerns, en
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scientious, and Avhile he required obedience
and faithfulness from his children and em
ployees, was no less exacting towards himself.
He was frugal and economical, but not par
simonious ; his children must not be denied the
benefits of a liberal education, nor must any
who sought help from him in time of need be
sent away empty-handed. He was devoted to
his family, true and constant in friendship,
and faithful to his church. Like his ancestors,
John Neely Avas a Presbyterian, a life-long
member of the Middle Tuscarora church. He
married, January 13, 1853, Alargaret Jane
EAving, born in Perry county, November 20,
1831. Their children are: W. A. K., farmer,
of Wayne, Neb.; Virginia M. ; James AL,
died September 6, 1862; J. HoAvard, twin
brother of James M. ; Anson Gilroy, died Au
gust 15, 1862; S. Arminia; Peorus A., liv
ing on the homestead; Rev. David T., of Mil
roy, Mifflin county, a minister of the Presby
terian church; and Edgar G, at present a stu
dent in the medical department of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. John Neely, the
father, departed this life at his home in Tus
carora cownship, May 30, 1892, aged seventy-
seven years, eleven months and tAventy-five
days. The faithful companion of nearly for
ty years of wedded life still survives him.
Their son, John Howard Neely, after pur
suing his elementary studies in the common
schools of the township, and graduating in
1879 from the Millersville Normal School, in
Lancaster county, Avas prepared for college at
the Airy VieAv Academy, and graduated from
Princeton College with the class of 1884.
During an interval of a few years between his
graduation from the normal school and his aca
demic course, Mr. Neely engaged in teaching,
and in 1879 Avas chosen principal of the Hum-
melstOAA'n, Dauphin county, schools, filling
that position for two years. After his gradua
tion from Princeton, he taught at the Airy
VieAv and MifflintoAvn Academies. During
this time, he read law Avith Alfred J. Patter
son, Esq., of Alifflintown, and was admitted
to practice at the Juniata county bar, August
26, 1886. From that time until 1892, he was
the partner of his former preceptor, the firm
being styled Patterson & Neely. From 1891
to 1894, he served as district attorney; he is
still actively engaged in practice. His acute
intelligence and sound judgment cause bis

counsel to be much in demand. Mr. Neely is
a Democrat, as Avas his father also, and is active
in politics. He has for many years been secre
tary of the borough council. For two years he
Avas one-half owner of the Democrat and Reg
ister. He is a member of Union Lodge, No.
324, F. and A. AL; of Newport Chapter, No.
238; and of Lewistown Commandery, No. 26;
and Harrisburg Consistory.
John HoAvard Neely married, December
31, 1891, Ella K., daughter of William
Banks, of Mifflintown. Their children are:
Lucian Banks, born March 3, 1893, died No
vember 29, 1893; J. Howard, Jr., born No
vember 22, 1894; and William H, born Feb
ruary 22, 1896. Air. and Mrs. Neely are
members of the Presbyterian church.

JEREMIAH N. KELLER, Mifflintown,
Juniata county, Pa., was born in Alonroe
toAvnship, Juniata county, August 1, 1858,
son of Samuel and Sarah (Niemond) Keller,
natives of that township. The first member
of the family who settled in Juniata county
Avas his great-grandfather, Frederick Keller,
Avho was born in Lancaster county. He pur
chased a large tract of land in Monroe toAvn-
ship, and cultivated bis farm, besides carrying
on the manufacture of pottery. He was a sol
dier of the Revolution. His son, Jacob Kel
ler, AA^as also a farmer, residing in Monroe
township. He Avas a member of the Reformed
church. He married Hannah Frey; their
children were: John, of Monroe township,
Samuel; DaA'id, of Fayette township; Julia
(Airs. Peter W. Swartz), of Alonroe township;
Eliza; Nancy; Fianna; these last three of Alon
roe township; and Jane, deceased. The sec
ond son of this family, Samuel Keller, was
born in Alonroe toAvnship, at that time form
ing part of Greenwood township, April 6,
1826, and after attending school for some
years, learned carpentry, which continued to
be his occupation throughout life. He was a
Democrat, and served in various toAvnship of
fices. He was for forty years a member of the
Niemond Reformed church, and ended a use
ful Christian life September 14, 1893. His
wife, Sarah (Niemond) Keller, is still living.
Of their sons, John, died when eleven months
old; four lived to mature years: AVilliam, liv-
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ing on the homestead; Jeremiah N. ; David,
on the homestead; and Samuel H, who died
in 1886, at the age of twenty.
Jeremiah N. Keller was educated in the
common schools of Monroe township, at
Airy View Academy, Port Royal, Pa., and at
the Central State Normal School, Lock Ha
ven, Pa., from Avhich he graduated in 1883.
He then passed five years in teaching in the
Mifflin schools, three years in the grammar
school and two in the high school. Mr. Kel
ler read law under the preceptorship of Hon.
Louis E. Atkinson, of AlifflintoAvn, and was
admitted to the bar in December, 1888. In
May, 1893, he was admitted to practice before
the Supreme Court and since that time has
had cases in all the superior courts. His poli
tics are Democratic, and he takes an active in
terest in the affairs of the party. He has
served as school director. In November,
1896, was elected to the State legislature.
Still in the early prime of manhood, Air. Kel
ler has made long advances on a A'ery promis
ing career. He is a member of Union Lodge,
No. 324, F. and A. M.
Jeremiah N. Keller Avas married, August
25, 1885, to Sallie M., daughter of John
Fooreman, of Port Royal, Pa. Their children
are : Niemond F. ; John AV. ; _ and Maud F.
Mr. Keller is a member of Alessiah Evangeli
cal Lutheran church, and is serving his third
term as a member of the Board of Trustees.

THOMAS VAN IRAVIN, Mifflintown,
Juniata county, Pa., Avas born in AValker
township, Juniata county, September 6, 1843,
son of Dr. John and Jane Horris (Bell) Irwin.
Dr. IrAvin was born near Mifflinburg, Union
county, Pa., in April, 1809. Mrs. Irwin was
a native of Juniata county, and both were of
Scotch-Irish descent. Dr. Irwin's preceptor
in medicine was Thomas Van Valzah, Al. D.,
of LeAvistoAvn, Pa. After graduation from
Jefferson Medical College, he first practiced at
Millerstown, Perry county, Pa., and about
1840, removed to Walker township. On his
retirement from practice, he took up his resi
dence on his farm in the vicinity of Thompson-
town. He took a lively interest in politics, as
an adherent of the Whig party. Dr. Irwin
was a member of the Mifflintown Presbyterian
church. He died March 14, 1853. Mrs. Ir
win also is deceased. Those of their children
who attained to mature age are: Sarah Jane;

Thomas V.; John IL, of Mifflintown; Mar-
garetta B.; and Mason, attorney-at-law, and
Judge of the Superior Court of Mason and
Chehalis counties, Wash,
T. Van Irwin passed bis early years in
AValker township, and Avas fifteen years of age
Avhen the family removed to Patterson, and
later to Bells Island. He received his edu
cation in the public schools, from private
classical teachers, and in the State College in
Centre county, where he studied for two years.
He enlisted for the defense of the Union, Jan
uary 1, 1864, in the Twelfth Pennsylvania
Cavalry; Avas promoted to adjutant of the
regiment in 1865, and served until July of
that year. He saAv much active and perilous
service, principally in the Shenandoah valley.
In the summer of 1864, he was captured near
Charlestown, Va., and held a prisoner for six
days ; he succeeded in making his escape. At
the close of the war, Mr. IrAvin went to the
oil regions, where he Avas engaged in oil opera
tions in A^arious capacities for one year. He
then studied at the business college of Spring
field, Alass., until 1868, in Avhich year he en
tered the Juniata A^alley Bank as clerk, under
F. S. Jacobs, cashier. In 1869, he was pro
moted to the position of cashier, and has
eA^er since had full charge of the business of
the bank. Air. IrAvin was one of the organ
izers of the Alifflintown and Patterson Water
Company, and treasurer of the same. He
takes a lively and generous interest in the im-
proArement of the town and is a zealous sup
porter of Republican views.
Thomas A7an Irwin was married in 1892 to
Margaret Pomeroy, daughter of E. Danvin
CraAvford, Al. D., of ThompsontoAvn, Juniata
county. Their only child is Alargaretta Craw
ford Irwin. Air. IrAvin is a trustee of the
AArestminster congregation of the Presbyterian
church, and has acted as its treasurer for many
years.

HON. JEREA1IAH LYONS, AlifflintoAvn,
Juniata county, Pa., son of Nicholas and
Sarah (Yohn) Lyons, Avas born in Saville
toAvnship, Perry county, Pa., September 16,
1839. Both of his parents were natives of
Perry county. The first of the Lyons family
to emigrate from Germany, their fatherland,
to America, came before the Revolutionary
war, and lent his aid as a soldier in that strug
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Perry county, and passed the remainder of his
days in that county in cultivating the soil.
His son, Nicholas Lyons, Avas born and brought
up in Perry county, and, like his father, was a
farmer. He Avas a member of the Lutheran
church. He died January 14, 1864. His
wife, Sarah (Yohn) Lyons, survived him until
June 6, 1876. Of their thirteen children,
twelve lived to mature years; those noAV sur
viving are: Alary Ann (Airs. Jonathan
Schwartz), of Spruce Hill toAvnship, Juniata
county; Bandena (Airs. Ezra AL Hoopes), of
Alilroy, Pa.; Daniel, residing on the home
stead in Perry county; Sarah (Mrs. Jacob
Kretzing), SaAulle township, Perry county;
Julia Ann (Airs. Peter E. Smith), of Milford,
Perry county; Jeremiah; and Rebecca (Mrs.
AVilliam AL Trostle), of Tuscarora toAvnship,
Perry county.
Jeremiah Lyons Avas educated at the Mar-
klesville Academy, Perry county. He be
came a student-at-law under Edmund S. Doty,
Esq., of AlifflintoAvn, and Avas admitted to the
bar December 3, 1863. He practiced in Alif
flintoAvn until elected to the bench, and his
practice being very extensive, he has been con
nected AA'ith every important case that has
arisen for many years past. His high reputa
tion as an able and assiduous lawyer led to
his election as Judge of the Forty-first Judi
cial District of Pennsylvania, in November,
1891. Judge Lyons is a stockholder in the
AlifflintoAvn and Patterson AArater Company;
also in the First National Bank of AlifflintoAvn,
which he helped to organize, and of Avhich he
was the first president, continuing in office un
til his election to the judicial bench. He is a
member of Union Lodge, No. 324, F. and A.
M. He adheres to the Republican party, and
in 1876 Avas a member of the Electoral Col
lege. Hon. Jeremiah Lyons was married, July 5,
1870, to Ada Ah, ' daughter of Charles' A.
Thompson, of Mexico, Juniata county. He is
an active member of the Presbyterian church,
serving his congregation as trustee.

WILBERFORCE SCHAVEYER, Alifflin
toAvn, Juniata county, Pa., son of B. F. and
Eveline (Robison) Schweyer, Avas born in
Mifflintown, Pa., April 21,' 1865. He receiv
ed his education in the public schools, and at
Airy VieAv Academy, Port Royal, Pa., and is
a graduate of the law department of the

Northwestern University, Chicago, 111., class
of 1889. In the same year Mr. Schweyer
was admitted to the bar. Soon after, he re
ceived an appointment from the Census Office,
AVashington, D. C. In May, 1891, he resign
ed his position and Avent to Winchester, Va.,
Avhere he practiced law for one year. In 1892,
he entered upon his practice in Alifflintown.
His election to the office of district attorney
followed in the next year, he being the Repub
lican candidate. That in the exercise of the
duties devolved upon him, he fully satisfied
the expectations of his friends is shown by the
fact that he was again the nominee of his
party for re-election in 1896. Mr. Schweyer
is a stockholder in the Tuscarora Valley rail
road, and is the vice-president of the company.
AVilberforce Schweyer Avas married in May,
1895, to Alary Juniata, daughter of Alaj. R.
W. Patton, of LeAvistoAvn, Pa. They have one
child, Elizabeth Alilliken.

K. II. McCLINTIC, MifflintoAvn, Juniata
county, Pa., Avas born in LeAvistown, Pa., Au
gust 11, 1853. His parents Avere R. H. and
Isabella (Kirk) AlcClintic, the former of Mif
flin, the latter of Juniata county. R. H. Alc
Clintic Avas born in 1811; he was a cabinet
maker. His politics were Democratic, and he
Avas an active worker for his party. He served
as treasurer of Aiifflin county. He belonged
to the I. 0. O. F. The children of Mr. and
Airs. R. II. AlcClintic are: James P., machin
ist, of Philadelphia; Mary C, deceased, wife
of John R. Crull, of Harrisburg, Pa. ; Wil
liam S., deceased; Thomas K., bridge builder,
of New York City; Robert H, furniture
dealer, of LeAvistown; K. II. ; George K., fur
niture dealer, LewistoAvn; Eliza K, of LeAv
istown; Alargaret W., deceased; Howard H,
assistant general manager of the Sheffler
Bridge Company, Pittsburg, Pa. Mr. R. H.
AlcClintic died in 1871; his Avife survived
him until 1895. Air. AlcClintic Avas a mem
ber of the Presbyterian church and his Avife
of the Alethodist Episcopal church.
His youth being spent in Lewistown, Air.
K. II. McClintic received his education in the
common schools of that borough, and after-,
Avards learned the tinner's trade" In 1880, he
removed to AlifflintoAvn, where at first he car
ried on the tinning business, but later extend
ed it into a hardAvare establishment, in which
line he now has the largest trade in the town.

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He is an honorable and substantial man of
business. Air. McClintic is past master of
LewistoAvn Lodge No. 303, F. and A. Al. He
is a Democrat ; has served on the school board.
K. II. AlcClintic was married in 1882 to
Margaret N., daughter of Peter (Laudensla-
ger), of Lewistown. Their children are: Isa
bella Kirk; and Robert H. Air. and Airs.
McClintic are members of the Presbyterian
church.

Bank has him as its legal counsellor. Air.
Hoopes is a member of Victoria Lodge, No.
911, I. O. 0. F., of Patterson, and of the Ju
niata Valley Encampment, No. 305.

AVILLIAM L. HOOPES, ESQ., Alifflin
toAvn, Juniata county, Pa., Avas born January
13, 1863, at Aiilroy, Mifflin county, Pa. He
is a son of Ezra AL and Bandena (Lyons)
Hoopes. Ezra AL Hoopes was a natiA^e of
Chester county, bom in 1826; his parents,
also born in that county, Avere members of
the Society of Friends. He remoAred to Aiif
flin county about 1850, entering the employ
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as a
blacksmith; later in life he established him
self in the same business in Aiilroy, and car
ried it on until his death, in 1886. He was
contractor for the grading of the Aiifflin and
Centre County Railroad. Air. Hoopes Avas
also engaged in the manufacture of carriages.
During the Rebellion he served for a short
time in the Union army. His wife, who is a
daughter of Nicholas and Sarah Lyons, sur
vives him. They had ten children, of whom
seven lived to adult age, as folloAvs: Ira T.,
in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company at Altoona, Pa. ; Jennie (Airs. Ed
win Jeffries), of Chester county, Pa.; Alary;
William L. ; Anna; Ralph, in the tailoring
business at Huntingdon, Pa. ; and Roland, re
siding at Reedsville, Pa., employed by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
William L. Hoopes, after receiving a good
common school education in Aiifflin county,
learned carpentry, and worked industriously
at that trade for several years, besides assist
ing his father in the smithy. Then, exchang
ing physical for mental labor, he applied him
self to the study of law, under the preceptor-
ship of Hon. Jeremiah Lyons; his success
since his admission to the bar in 1890 has been
such that he has acquired an extensive prac
tice, been admitted to all courts, and has made
for himself an honorable and prominent place
at the bar. Mr. Hoopes is a Republican. He
is a stockholder in the MifflintoAvn and Pat
terson Water Company. The First National

ANSON B. AVILL, Alifflintown, Juniata
county, Pa., son of Jacob and Rebecca (AVeid-
ler) Will, was born at Alountville, Lancaster
county, Pa., Alarch 27, 1857. Both parents
Avere natives of Lancaster county, and of Ger
man ancestry. They removed in 1861 to Ju
niata county, where Jacob Will became the
proprietor of the Pennsylvania House, now
the National House, and conducted it until
his death, in 1880. The family continued the
management of the house until 1880. Air.
AA1U was actiA^ely interested in the establish
ment of the ore mines, and himself opened
up those at Alinertown. He Avas a Republi
can, but not a worker in the political field.
The children of Air. and Airs. AVill are: Abra
ham H, Avho Avas a butcher, died in 1881;
Sarah J. (Airs. William AAT. Davis), of Alif
flintoAvn; Jacob H, in the butchering busi
ness in MifflintoAvn; Anson B.; and Alary
Elizabeth (Airs. I. D. Alusser), of AlifflintoAvn.
Air. AVill attended the Lutheran church.
Airs. Will survives him.
Anson B. AVill, at the time of the removal
to Alifflintown, Avas four years old; he ac
cordingly received his education in the schools
of the borough, completing it by a course at
the State Normal School at Alillersville, Lan
caster county. He then taught for eighteen
years in Juniata county; during three con
secutive terms he had charge of the grammar
school. In 1894 Air. Will Avas elected on the
Republican ticket to the office of register and
recorder of Juniata county, and is still occu
pied in the performance of the duties of that
office. He is esteemed as an intelligent and
faithful official.

JOHN J. PATTERSON", AlifflintoAvn, Ju
niata county, Pa., Avas bom at AATaterloo, in
Juniata county, Pa., August 8, 1830. He
received an excellent education, completed by
graduation from Jefferson College in 1848.
For two years after he assisted his father in the
management of an extensive tannery. In
1852, he became editor of the Juniata Sen
tinel, advocating the election of Gen. AVinfield
Scott to the presidency. Air. Patterson _Avas
in the same year one of the State committee

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of the AVhig party in Pennsylvania, after
which, until the time of his leaving the State,
he served upon almost every Whig and Re
publican committee. He Avas a delegate to
the first national Republican convention,
which nominated Gen. John C. Fremont; also
of the convention of 1860, at Chicago, by
which Abraham Lincoln was first nominated.
He was the representative of Juniata, Snyder
and Union counties in the Pennsylvania leg
islature in 1859 and 1861.
On the very day when President Lincoln's
first call for seventy-five thousand volunteers
for the defense of the Union was issued, John
J. Patterson, as captain of a cavalry company
already organized, promptly tendered his own
and his company's services to the government.
A letter from the Secretary of State accepting
the offer was received on the same day. A
rendezvous was held that evening, and the
members of the company were ordered to re
port at once for duty. On the next day, how
ever, a second dispatch announced the decision
of the authorities not to accept the services of
volunteer cavalry, and the order was counter
manded. Mr. Patterson then volunteered in
dividually, and was assigned to a position on
the staff of General Williams, ranking as cap
tain, in the three months' service. He was
afterwards appointed to the command of a
company in the Fifteenth Infantry, regular
army, and served under Major General Rose-
crans, in West Virginia. In 1862, he served
under the same commander in the paymaster's
department. Returning home, in the same
year, Air. Patterson was nominated for Con
gress on the Republican ticket, but was de
feated by Gen. W. II. Miller. The Juniata
county delegates to the conventions of 1864,
1866 and 1868 renewed the nomination, but
unsuccessfully; the failure on each repetition
was in the district convention.
For six years, from 1863 to 1869, Mr. Pat
terson Avas engaged in banking and other
financial enterprises in Juniata county. In
1869, on account of impaired health, he Avent
to South Carolina. It was not long before he
perceived that investments might very profit
ably be made in some of the languishing enter
prises of the region. The railroads of the
State badly needed reconstruction, and, after
securing large shares of their stock, he set
about the Avork of raising their condition to
something nearer the northern standard of

railway excellence. In 1870, he was made
president of the Greenville and Columbia
County Railroad Company, in which office
he served until the road was sold to the South
Carolina Company. He is still president of
the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, having
been elected in 1871. He was a member of
the convention in Philadelphia in 1872, from
Avhich President Grant received his second
nomination. In December, 1872, Mr. Pat
terson was elected to represent South Carolina
in the United States Senate, to succeed Hon.
F. A. Sawyer. On the first ballot be received
in the senate seventeen out of thirty-three
votes, and in the House seventy-three out of
one hundred and twenty-four. A joint bal
lot was therefore unnecessary. He took his
seat at the session called for March 4, 1873,
and immediately applied himself Avith his
usual energy to the fulfilment of his duties.
Hon. John J. Patterson resided in Wash
ington, D. G, until 1884. Besides his public
business, he embarked in various financial un
dertakings. He built the Druid Hill avenue
line of the People's Passenger Railway Com
pany, of Baltimore, Aid. ; he was a contractor
for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail
road; for the Forty-second street line in New
York City; and for the Bloomington City
Railway Company, Bloomington, 111., of
which he is president and entire oAvner. He
is one of the largest stockholders of the
AVilkes-Barre and AA^yoming Aralley Traction
Company., and Avas formerly president of the
company. , In 1893, having taken up his resi
dence in Lancaster, Pa., he organized the
Pennsylvania Traction Company of that
city, and Avas chosen its president.
Hon. John J. Patterson Avas married to Lu
cretia E., daughter of Silas Aloore, of Holli-
daysburg, Pa. Their children are: AVilliam
H, of Bloomington, 111.; Silas AAT.; Mary
W. ; and John J., Jr.
John J. Patterson, Jr., attorney-at-laAV, Alif
flintown, Pa., was born in that borough June
4, 1868. He Avas reared in South Carolina
from 1870 to 1879, and in AArashington, D,
G, from the latter year until 1884. He re
ceived his elementary education in the Emer
son Institute, at AVashington, D. C; Avas pre
pared for college at AlifflintoAvn, Pa., and took
a two years' course in civil engineering at
Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. After read
ing laAv with Alessrs. Patterson & Neely, of

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Mifflintown, he was admitted to the Juniata
county bar, December 22, 1892, and has since
practiced in the courts of Juniata, Mifflin and
Perry counties, and in the supreme court. He
is a Republican, and an active party Avorker.
Mr. Patterson is a member of Union Lodge,
No. 324, F. and A. M., and of Lodge No. 131,
I. 0. 0. F. John J. Patterson, Jr., Avas mar
ried October 18, 1894, to Ellen O., daughter
of W. S. North, of Patterson. They have
one child, John J. (3). Mr. and Mrs. Patter
son are members of the Presbyterian church.

Lloyd Irvin; and Jennie Edna. The family
are members of the Lutheran church.

W. S. ARBOGAST, Mifflintown, Juniata
county, Pa., was born in Snyder county, Pa.,
September 9, 1858. He is a son of AVilliam
and Jane (Stuck) Arbogast, natives of that
county. William Arbogast Avas a farmer.
He was a member of the Republican party,
and was elected to various toAvnship offices.
He was successively deacon and elder in the
Lutheran church. The children of Mr. and
Mrs. William Arbogast are: Thomas, of Sny
der county; Simon, also of Snyder county;
W. S.; Sarah (Airs. Oliver Kerstetter), of
Nanticoke, Pa.; John, of Snyder county; and
Amanda (Mrs. James Fisher), of Snyder coun
ty. The father died in 1877, and the mother
in 1894.
W. S. Arbogast, after completing his
education by a course at the normal
schools of Freeburg and Selinsgrove, was
for ten years a teacher in his native county.
In 1886, he engaged in mercantile busi
ness in Snyder county, and continued to
be so occupied for three years. He was also
postmaster at Mount Pleasant, having re
ceived his appointment from President CleAre-
land. In 1891, he came to Mifflintown, and
for three years and a half conducted the Ja
cobs' House, after which he was for nine
months proprietor of the National Hotel at
Selinsgrove. Returning to MifflintoAvn in
September, 1895, Mr. Arbogast engaged in
the hardware business, and has thus far met
with encouraging success; he takes his place
among the respected and substantial dealers
of the borough. He is a member of Lafayette
lodge, No. 194, F. and A. M., of Selins
grove, and of the Freeburg Lodge, I. 0. O.
F. He is active in the Republican party.
W. S. Arbogast was married in 1878 to
Margaret, daughter of John Fisher, of Mc-
Kees, Snyder county; their children are:

HENRY S. SCHOLL, AlifflintoAvn, Ju
niata county, Pa., son of Tobias and Barbara
(Smith) Scholl, Avas bom February 19, 1841,
in Fayette township, Juniata county. His
father was born in that part of Union county
afterwards included in Snyder county, in
1812; he Avas a son of Peter Scholl, a na
tive of Schuylkill county, Pa. Tobias
Scholl came to Juniata county about 1836.
He engaged in the tanning business in
Fayette toAvnship, and from that place
removed to Richfield, Monroe toAvnship;
here he conducted a tannery until his death,
Avhich occurred in 1863. He was an active
and intelligent man, interested in the affairs
of his neighborhood, and chosen to fill respon
sible positions. He served in various toAvn-
sbip offices. His politics Avere Democratic.
In the Lutheran church at Richfield, Avith
Avhich he was connected, he took a prominent
part. Airs. Scholl is still living; their chil
dren are: Henry; Sarah (Airs. AAr. G. AViney),
of Richfield, Pa. ; Susan (Aire. Philip AVeber),
of AicAlisterville, Pa.; AVilliam G, of Rich
field, served five years in the regular army;
Peter C, of Fisherville, Dauphin county,
Pa.; and John, aaIio died in 1869, at the age
of twenty- two.
HaAing spent his childhood in Richfield,
and attended its common schools, Henry
S. Scholl learned the business of carriage-mak
ing, which he carried on prosperously for
thirty-three years. After his father's death
he managed the business of the tanneiw for
five years. He Avas then in business in the
Pennsylvania oil regions until 1867, Avhen he
entered into a partnership with S. H. Showers,
in MifflintoAAm, which was not dissolved until
¦October, 1895. Air. Scholl was one of the or
ganizers of the Fermanagh Building and Loan
Association, and is a director of the same. He
is affiliated with Union Lodge, No. 324, F.
and A. M., Newport Chapter, No. 238, R. A.
AL, Harrisburg Commandery, No. 11, K. T.,
and the Mystic Shrine. He is a Democrat in
political vieAvs, and served as county treasurer
for one term, 1889-93; also has been a mem
ber of the borough school board for about
twenty years.
Henry S. Scholl was married Alay 18, 1868,
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Bucks county, Pa. Their children are: Al
ton G. ; Alarion; and Blanche, who died May
11, 1883, aged ten years. Airs. Scholl is a
member of the Lutheran church.

GEORGE L. HOWER, attorney-at-law,
Mifflintown, Juniata county, Pa., Avas born in
Fermanagh tOAAmship, Juniata county, Pa.,
March 23, 1859, and is a son of George and
Eliza (AAYight) HoAver.
Jacob HoAver, grandfather of George L.
HoAver, came from near Milton, Northumber
land county, Pa., to Juniata county, in 1851,
and settled in Fermanagh township, Avhere
he was engaged in farming and where he died.
He attended the Lutheran church. He mar
ried Alary Alordon, of New Jersey.
George HoAver, Sr., father of George L.
HoAver, Avas born in Northampton county, Pa.,
June 25, 1825. He received only a limited
education, and was engaged in the lumber
business for some years, but later directed his
attention to farming. He removed to Juniata
county in 1853. In political AdeAvs, he was in
accord Avith the Republican party. He first
married Sarah Hagenbach, of Northumber
land county, Pa., and by her had two sons:
Alarion, of Chicago, policeman, carpenter by
trade; Charles E., a farmer in Fermanagh
township. He married secondly, Eliza
Wright, of Juniata county, Pa., who died No-
Arember 2, 1866, and by her he had four chil
dren: George L. ; Alary F., married William
N. Ort, of Corning, Nehemaha county, Kan. ;
John Clarence, of Fermanagh township; Sa
rah Eliza, married Guss Swan, of Illinois.
Mr. HoAver's third Avife Avas Catherine Fertig,
by whom he had two children: Harrison Ir
vin, of Chicago, 111., Avith the C. B. & Q. R.
R. Co. ; and AVilliam Alordon, at home.
Mr. HoAver Avas drafted into the military
service during the late Avar, but Avas rejected.
George L. HoAver Avas reared in his native
township and received his education in the
common schools and in Tuscarora Academy,
of Academia, Pa., and at the Normal School,
of Valparaiso, Inch He read laAV with Hon.
Alfred J. Patterson and J. II. Neely, and Avas
admitted to the bar in September, 1890, since
which date he has been in practice at Mifflin
town and in the State courts. He is a stock
holder, director, secretary and solicitor of the
Juniata Valley Canning Association. He has

also a large peach orchard and is an extensive
grower of fruit.
Since January 16, 1884, he has been a
member of the MifflintoAvn Lodge, No. 131,
I. O. 0. F. He joined and Avas first initiated
into Lost Creek Lodge, No. 566, but on Oc
tober 3, 1891, the latter was consolidated with
the former. On April 9, 1891, Air. Hower
Avas married to Aliss Sadie Rhoads, daughter
of Henry K. and Sarah (Castle) Rhoads, of
HummelstoAvn, Dauphin county, Pa. They
have no children. Both are members of the
AVestminster Presbyterian church.
George Wright, maternal grandfather of
George L. HoAver, Avas the son of Capt. John
AVright, Avho lived and died in Fermanagh
toAvnship. He Avas a native of New Jersey,
and served seven years in the ReA>-olutionary
war as a captain. After the war Captain
Wright Avith some of his comrades, among
aaIioui Avas Alichael AicCrumb, emigrated to
Juniata county, and settled on a tract of land
in Fermanagh township, now owned by S. M.
Click. Captain AVright died in 1825, and is
buried in the Presbyterian cemetery at Mif
flintoAvn.

EA1IL SCIIOTT, AlifflintoAvn, Juniata
county, Pa., Avas born in November, 1848, in
Hessen-Darmstadt. He is a son of II. and
Nancy (Gutmann) Schott. Air. Schott, after
receiving his education in the common schools
of Germany, assisted his father in his busi
ness. In 1867 he came to America, and first
resided in Lebanon for four years, being en
gaged in peddling. He Avas then for two
months in mercantile business in AlillerstoAvn,
from Avhich place he first remoAred to Duncan-
non, and aftenvards, in 1871, came to Afifflin-
toAvn. Here he went into business in a rented
store on the site noAV occupied by the AlcCrum
building. Two years later he remoA'ed to the
Wise store building, where he remained for
one year, and Avas then burned out. He then
started aneAV in one of his present department
stores, and as his business increased, added to
his accommodations until he occupied, and had
purchased, three stores. Air. Schott is an ex
cellent financial manager, prudent, but enter
prising, and has been very successful in his
undertakings. He purchased the Jacobs
House in 1889, and is still its owner. He is
interested in some electrical railway enter
prises. Air. Schott is public-spirited, and

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concerned for local improvements. He was
among the adA^ocates of free bridges, and an
organizer of the Avater company. He has
served in the school board and the borough
council. He adheres to the Democratic party.
Emil Schott Avas married in 1879, to Frida
Koenig, a lady of German birth. Their chil
dren are : Gertrude E. ; Charlotte ; Elmer S. ;
and Otto II. Air. Schott is a member of the
HebreAv congregation at Reading, Pa.

JAA1ES NORTH, AlifflintoAvn, Juniata
county, Pa., was born November 6, 1819, at
Thompsontown, Juniata county. He is a son
of James and Rachel (Jordan) North. The
North family is of Irish and Scotch descent.
One of its ancestors, Caleb North, aided AVash-
ington's army in crossing the Brandywine.
He was afterwards sheriff of Philadelphia
county; many of his descendants are still liv
ing in the city and its vicinity. William
North was the grandfather of Air. North, of
Mifflintown. Among the children of William
North were: James; Caleb; Joshua and Re
becca. Joshua served in the Avar of 1812.
Rebecca became the Avife of Dr. Ezra Doty,
of Juniata county. James North, with his
brothers Caleb and Joshua, established a tan
nery at Millerstown, Perry county, Pa.
About 1800 he removed to Juniata county,
at that time still a part of Cumberland, and set
a tannery in operation at Thompsontown. He
was an active and intelligent man, of the kind
to Avhom a prominent share in the affairs of a
community seems to fall by natural right. He
was appointed justice of the peace at Thomp
sontown, and served in that capacity for a
number of years. James North was a mem
ber of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. North
was a daughter of Francis Jordan, of Alillers-
toAvn, then in Cumberland county. They had
ten children: Thomas, established a tannery
at Richfield, Juniata county, died at that
place; Lewis, carpenter and undertaker, died
in Hamilton county, O. ; Caleb, an educator,
settled in the west at an early date, died at
Atchison, Kan.; Sarah (Mrs. Postlethwaite),
of Mifflin county, deceased ; Euphemia (Mrs.
Philip Strouse), of Mexico, Juniata county;
Hannah W., deceased; James; Amos J., en
gaged in milling, at Atchison, Kan., where he
died; Rebecca (Mrs. Col. John Bryner), of
Peoria, 111. ; and Eliza B. (Mrs. David With-

erow), of Peoria, 111. James North died in
February, 1828; his Avife passed her declin
ing years in the home of their son James,
Avhere she died in 1872.
During his early youth James North at
tended subscription schools at Thompsontown.
With that sturdy independence and industry
which have been the source of his success in
life, the boy paid for his tuition in the same
Avay in which the prodigal in Scripture earned
his scanty livelihood — by feeding sAvine. His
employer Avas Robert Thompson, Avho, finding
him alert and faithful, afterAvards employed
him to work on a canal boat, paying him five
dollars per month. Adding frugality to dili
gence, in time young North became master
of a boat of his oavii. In January, 1836, he
was deputed by the Thompsons to take charge
of a branch store at NeAvton Hamilton; for
the first two years he received only his board
and clothing; after that, for a feAV years, he
Avas paid one hundred dollars per year, and
was then admitted to partnership ; he contin
ued in this business until 1844, Avhen his part
ner died, and he was obliged to close out the
business. He then remoAred to Juniata coun
ty, where he cleared a farm of 120 acres, which
was the patrimony of his wife. He became
connected Avith the engineering corps of the
Pennsylvania Railroad at its organization in
1847, and after the road was opened the com
pany made him agent at Millerstown, Avhere
he remained one year, and was then transfer
red to Aiifflin station (Patterson), Avhere he
was ticket agent, freight agent and Adams
Express agent. Air. North was assistant to
II. Jones Brooks in constructing the first tele
graph line west of Harrisburg, Pa. He was
contractor for the poles, merchandise, etc. He
was the first telegraph operator on the line.
During the early existence of the railroad, in
order to win trade, he established a store,
where he purchased all products brought to
market, including poles, grain, etc. He also
dealt in coal and lumber. He Avas the in
structor in telegraphy of many young men
who became prominent as operators, among
whom Avere: David Strouse, who became su
perintendent of the military telegraph lines
of the United States Government, under Col.
Thomas A. Scott; D. Homer Bates, vice-pres
ident of Tradesmans National Bank, of New
York; and others. Air. North Avas in the em
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for about thirty-five years, and then resigned
in favor of his son.
Mr. North helped to lay out the town of
Patterson, and served as its first burgess. He
has also been a member of the borough school
board. AVhen the postofflce was first estab
lished there, in 1853, he Avas' appointed post
master, and continued in office until the elec
tion of President Lincoln. Up to the year
1860, Mr. North Avas a Whig, but since that
time he has been a supporter of Democratic
principles. In 1884 he was elected to the
Pennsylvania house of representatives. He
served for some time as clerk in the office of
the secretary of the Commonwealth, but re
signed in October, 1895. In 1852 Air. North
aided in organizing the LeAvistOAvn bank as a
State bank, and served as a director, with Mr.
Doty and Mr. Parker, giving real estate se
curity. He was for seventeen years after as
sociated Avith Hon. R. AL Spear in the Union
Bank, of Huntingdon. He helped to organ
ize the Farmers' Bank, of Harrisburg, and Avas
for many years in its board of directors. For
a short time he Avas president of the Juniata
Valley Bank, of Mifflintown. Mr. North has
been largely interested in farming. He for
merly owned 1,600 acres, and still has two
farms. James North was married, November 12,
1840, to Susanna Alatilda, daughter of David
Strouse. She died November 19, 1896.
Their children are: Caleb C, assistant cashier
of the Columbia National Bank, Washington,
D. C; AV. S., agent for the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company at Aiifflin, and dealer in
coal, lumber, etc. ; Rebecca J., wife of F. W.
Crider, of Hastings, Crider & Jackson, bank
ers and merchants, Bellefonte, Pa.; Herman
Haupt, attorney-at-laAv and member of the
State legislature, Bradford, Pa.; and Mary
AL, widow of George Jacobs, of Alifflintown.
Mr. North is an active member of the Presby
terian church ; has seiwed as trustee for eleven
years.

JOHN B. AL TODD, Patterson, Juniata
county, Pa., son of Thomas and Margaret
(Beale) Todd, Avas born in Beale toAvnship,
Juniata county, Alarch 8, 1827. His grand
father, Patrick Todd, emigrated to this coun
try from County Antrim, Ireland, in 1791,
and settled in Alilf ord toAvnship, Juniata coun
ty. During the voyage across the ocean, his

son Thomas was born. Thomas Todd com
bined the business of a tailor with that of a
fanner and drover. He was prominent as a
business man, as a local politician, and as a
member of the church. He was a Democrat,
and Avas elected on the ticket of his party to
various township offices. As a Presbyterian,
he was active in the service of his denomina
tion, and Avas largely instrumental in the
building of the church at Academia. He be
longed to the Masonic order, having the de
gree of master, and Avas so attached to his lodge
as AAullingly to travel to Carlisle for the sake
of attending its meetings. Airs. Thomas Todd
Avas a daughter of Col. William Beale, of Alil-
f ord, Juniata county. Seven of their children
attained adult age: Mary Ann, deceased, was
the Avif e of Joseph Middagh, county surveyor
and prothonotary of Juniata county; Cath
erine (Mrs. Christian Heilman), of Blair
county, Pa., deceased; Alargaret II. , deceased;
John B. AL; Sarah Ellen, deceased; Louisa
C, of Spruce Hill township, Juniata county;
and Alartha At. (Airs. Robert Aleminger), of
Spruce Hill toAvnship. Thomas Todd died in
Beale toAvnship in 1853; his wife survived
until 1859.
Having passed his youth in Beale township,
and completed his education at Tuscarora
Academy, John B. AL Todd became engaged
in farming, and continued in that Avocation
until 1855, when he removed to Patterson,
and took a contract for carrying the mails to
Academia, besides keeping a livery stable.
For three years, beginning with 1859, he was
engaged in the grocery business. In 1863 he
purchased his present property, built a store
room, Avhich he stocked with general merchan
dise, and meeting with encouraging success,
carried on business there until 1875. In 1864
he Avas elected on the Democratic ticket to the
office of county treasurer. During his term of
office he paid cash for all orders, establishing
a precedent Avhich has ever since been fol-
loAved in Juniata county. In 1884 he was
appointed by the president judge to be crier
of the county court, Avhich position he retained
for seven years. Mr. Todd also served in
Patterson as justice of the peace for seven
years, and as clerk to the borough council for
six years. He Avas for twenty-five years a
member of the Alasonic fraternity, but takes
no active part in the order at present. He
belongs to Cocolamus Lodge, No. 397, K. of

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P. He was formerly a stockholder in the Ju
niata Valley Bank, and influential in its man
agement, contributing to its. success.
John B. M. Todd Avas married, July 31,
1856, to Mary Adeline, daughter of Andrew
Leonard, of Walker toAvnship, Juniata coun
ty, and his wife Sarah (Sanders) Leonard, of
Perry county, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Todd have
children as follows : Alargaretta J. (Airs. Wil
liam Pennock), of Pittsburg, Pa.; Emma,
died' aged sixteen years; Thomas Elmer, died
aged nineteen; Andrew A., died at the age
of thirty-one; Samuel Louden, clerk to the
supervisor of the Middle Division, Pennsylva
nia Railroad; Alary Alice; Anna P.; Flora
Nita; and James Cloyd. The family have
been members of the Presbyterian church at
Mifflintown since 1856, and are active in
church Avork.

JOHN Al. COPELAND, Patterson, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born in Kishacoquillas
valley, Mifflin county, Pa., July 13, 1831,
son of Willis and Mary Ann (McKinney)
Gopeland. The former was born in York
county, Pa., of a family of English Friends;
the latter was of Scotch descent, a native of
Mifflin county. Willis Copeland was a car
penter and builder, who spent much of his life
in Mifflin county, but removed in 1842 to Lost
Creek valley, Juniata county, and purchased
a farm. Here he passed his later years, dying
at the age of seventy. Airs. Copeland sur
vived him until 1880, and departed this life
at the venerable age of eighty-three. One of
their children died in infancy; Elizabeth died
aged forty-two years; Willis, aged sixty-
eight. Four others are deceased : Mary Ann;
Jane; Hannah; and Helena. Those surviv
ing are: Sarah Ann, widow of George Yea-
tor, resides in Ohio; Rhoda Ann, widow of
Philip Kerns, resides in Dry valley, Mifflin
county; John M. ; Rachel (Mrs. Jacob Etka),
resides at the mouth of Lost Creek valley, Ju
niata county; Richard, of Columbus, 0.; and
Isaiah, of Lima, 0.
At about twelve years of age, John M.
Gopeland came with his parents to Fermanagh
township, Juniata county, and has been a resi
dent of the county for over fifty-three years.
He Avas educated in the common schools of
Mifflin and Juniata counties, and for many
years was engaged in farming. He after
wards became one of the proprietors of

the Cuba mills, situated in Lost Creek
valley. In March, 1861, he became con
nected with the Pennsylvania Railroad ser
vice, and Avas for tAA^o years in the main
tenance and Avay department; at the end of
that time he became car inspector, and in 1891
Avas appointed to his present position, that of
store-keeper of the shops at Aiifflin. Steady
and efficient in the performance of duty, he
possesses the confidence of the company. He
has been chosen to various positions of respon
sibility in the borough; has served in the
council, on the school board, and in various
minor offices; he has also served one term
as treasurer of Juniata county. He is a
"gold" Democrat. In Alarch, 1865, he en
listed for the defense of the Union in Com
pany A, One Hundred and First Pennsylva
nia Volunteers, and served until the close of
the Avar, being mustered out at Camp Palmer
in July of the same year. Air. Copwland is
a charter member of the 0. U. A. AL, Patter
son Council, No. 200.
John Al. Copeland Avas married in Lost
Creek Aralley to Catherine, daughter of Wil
liam and Catherine (Miller) Hartman, natives
of Lancaster county, but long and honored
residents of the A^alley. The children of Air.
and Airs. Copeland are: AAllliam W., whole
sale fruit dealer, Burlington, 0.; Eliphaz C,
died at the age of twenty-six ; Alary Catherine
and George E., twins, died in infancy; and
Henry T., druggist, of Greensburg, Pa. The
family attend the Lutheran church.

JOHN F. GUSHARD, MifflintoAvn, Ju
niata county, Pa., Avas born in Aliamisburg,
Alontgomery county, 0., February 9, 1837.
His parents Avere Samuel S. and Alaria (Mil
ler) Gushard, the former a native of Lebanon,
Pa., the latter of Lancaster county, Pa. From
the year 1847 until their death they resided in
Patterson and Port Royal, Juniata county.
They had a family of six children, four of
Avhom are noAv living, as follows: John F. ;
Samuel, resident of Patterson; Mary, AvidoAV
of A. J. Alilligan, resides in Kansas; and
Richard, of Colorado.
Being a lad of ten years of age at the time
of the removal to Juniata county, John F.
Gushard attended the common schools in his
neAV home for some years before entering the
Pennsylvania Railroad shops, in which he
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found apt and faithful, he has continued to
be employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company for forty-two years. He helped in
the construction of the Middle Division of the
road. He has made himself a record second
to none in the employ of the company; his ex
cellent Avorkmanship and his Avatchful atten
tion to every particular connected with the
business haAre been appreciated, and have led
to his promotion. In January, 1865, Mr.
Gushard enlisted in Company H, Two Hun
dred and Thirteenth Pennsylvania Volun
teers, and served until the close of the Re
bellion, being mustered out in Philadelphia
in October of that year. He is independent
in his political vieAvs, and interests himself in
the affairs of his locality. He has served as
borough councilman and as judge of elections.
He is a member of Union Lodge, No. 324, F.
and A. Al. ; of Iroquois Tribe, No. 42, I. 0.
R. M. ; and of Lieutenant Giles Post, No.
188, G A. R., Alarysville, Pa.
John F. Gushard was married in Mifflin,
in August, 1862, to Elizabeth, daughter of Jo
seph and Jane Kennedy. Four of their chil
dren died in childhood; those surviving are:
Alary M.; Edward G ; William K. ; George
R. ; Orpha M. ; and Lemuel K. ; all residing
with their parents. The family attend the
Presbyterian church.

DAVID T. CRAMER, Patterson, Juniata
county, Pa., Avas born at Sarah Furnace, Blair
county, Pa. (then Bedford county), April 15,
1836, son of Daniel F. and Alary (Anderson)
Cramer. Daniel F. Cramer was a soldier in
the Avar of 1812; he Avas present at the battle
of Baltimore, and took part in other engage
ments. He and his wife settled in that part
of Huntingdon county which is now included
in Blair county in the spring of 1838 ; in 1840
they removed to Hollidaysburg, Pa., Avhere
they passed the remainder of their lives. Air.
Cramer Avas a manufacturer of brick, and Avas
for many years in the employ of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company. Their children
are: William S., born August 16, 1818, re
sides in Altoona, Pa.; George B., born Janu
ary 27, 1820, resides in Philadelphia, and is
librarian at the Broad street station, Penn
sylvania Railroad; Catherine J., born Sep
tember 3, 1821, married James AlcCahan,
died in Harrisburg, March 4, 1894; Daniel
F., Jr., born June 13, 1823, for many years

yardmaster of the Pennsylvania Railroad at
Mifflin station, died at Patterson, June 26,
1896; Ellen N., born March 11, 1825, mar
ried Paul AlcCahan, died January 2, 1896;
James H, born January 28, 1828, died
at Altoona, April 21, 1893; Wilson D.,
bom Alay 28, 1830, died June 16, 1897;
Jane M., born July 16, 1833, widow of James
AVhite, resides at Hollidaysburg, Pa. ; and Da
vid T. The father, Daniel F. Cramer, was of
German descent; his wife Avas of a Scotch
family. The early youth of David T. Cramer was
passed in Hollidaysburg, his opportunities for
education being limited to a few years' at
tendance at the common schools of that bor
ough. He was still only a boy Avhen he was
engaged to drive a team on the canal betAveen
Hollidaysburg and Columbia. At the age of
sixteen he became a freight brakeman on the
Pennsylvania Railroad; for forty-three years
he has been an employee of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, and has held his present
position, that of foreman of the coal Avharf
at Mifflin Station since March 1, 1874; he is
a tried and trusted official. He has rendered
public services in war and in peace. In the
fall of 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Twen
ty-third PennsylArania Alilitia, and served a
short time in that regiment. In 1864 he
again enlisted in Company D, One Hundred
and Ninety-second Pennsylvania Volunteers,
and served until August 24, 1865, Avhen he
was mustered out at Harpers Ferry, Va. Mr.
Cramer is now serving his second term as a
member of the borough council of Patterson;
he has been collector of taxes, treasurer of
school funds and overseer of the poor. His
political opinions are Democratic.
David T. Cramer was married in Johns
town, Pa., August 8, 1854, to Catherine,
daughter of Richard and Margaret Sanderson,
residents of Conemaugh, Cambria county, Pa.,
now both deceased. The children of Mr. and
Mrs. Cramer are: Alexander L., killed near
Thompsontown station, in 1873, at the age
of eighteen, by the explosion of a coal-oil tank;
Robert L., of Patterson; Alary A., Avife of
John B. Wissinger, of Conemaugh, Pa., en
gineer on Pennsylvania Railroad; Blanche
(Mrs. James B. Casner), of Patterson; George
B., of Patterson, engineer on Pennsylvania
Railroad; Richard D., of Patterson, station
ary engineer Pennsylvania Railroad; James

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and William, tAvins, both in the employ of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; Theo
dore; and an infant that died unnamed. The
family attend the Methodist Episcopal church.

WILSON D. CRAAIER, deceased, Pat
terson, Juniata county, Pa., was born in AVest-
moreland county, Pa., Alay 28, 1830, son of
Daniel F. and Alary (Anderson) Cramer.
Daniel F. Cramer was born February 7, 1794,
and died June 30, 1863; his wife, Alary An
derson, was born June 22, 1796, and died Au
gust 16, 1857. Their lives and their family
are more fully described in connection with a
sketch of their youngest son, DaA'id T. Cra
mer, in this work.
AVhen AATlson D. Cramer was a boy his par
ents remoA^ed to Hollidaysburg, Pa. He re
ceived only two years and eight months of
school training, and at the early age of nine
was already a worker among men. He was
engaged at grinding bark in a tannery for the
very moderate consideration of fifteen cents
per day and his board. When he entered his
teens he advanced to driving a team on the
canal path, between Hollidaysburg and Co
lumbia; this was during the seasons of 1843
and '44. He then became a steersman on the
Pennsylvania canal, and Avas thus occupied
until 1847, when he was promoted to be cap
tain of one of the boats of that line, and filled
the position until July 23, 1851. On the 23d
of August of the same year he became a con
ductor on the Pennsyh^ania Railroad, and as
sisted at the opening of the first piece of road
between Conemaugh, Cambria county, and
Lockport, Westmoreland county, Pa., a dis
tance of twenty-two miles. He was conductor
on what Avas then called the Pittsburg division
until the spring of 1854, when he was trans
ferred to Altoona as yardmaster. In Decem
ber, 1856, he was made assistant trainmaster
at Mifflin station, in charge of freight crews
running between Mifflin and Columbia; and
m 1862 was appointed to the present position
of trainmaster. He was continuously for
forty-six years in the employ of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company. During thirty-
four years of that time he faithfully and ef
ficiently performed the duties pertaining to
that position. Air. Cramer served the bor
ough as burgess, councilman, school director
and assessor. He was an adherent of the Re
publican party.

AATlson D. Cramer was married in Holli
daysburg, Pa., December 16, 1856, to Eliza
beth D. Young, Avhose parents Avere residents
of Hollidaysburg. Their children are: S.
Blair; Alargaret E.; George, Avho died in in
fancy; Herman L., clerk in the employ of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Aiif
flin station; and Alilton, who died in infancy.
The family attend the Presbyterian church.
Air. AVilson D. Cramer died June 16, 1897,
after an illness of several months.

_ S. BLAIR CRAAIER, eldest son of AVil
liam D. and Elizabeth D. (Young) Cramer,
Avas bom in Patterson, Pa., April 30, 1857.
He Avas educated in the common schools of
Patterson and at Airy VieAv Academy, Port
Royal; while a student at the academy he
learned telegraphy in the trainmaster's office
at the Pennsylvania Railroad station. He
was appointed operator at Baileys station, Alay
27, 1872; and on January 1, 1874, Avas made
ticket agent and operator at Aqueduct station.
February 22, 1875, he was transferred to the
trainmaster's office at Altoona, as telegraph
operator; on July 1, 1878, Avas appointed
operator and extra trainmaster at Altoona;
and received the appointment to his position
as assistant trainmaster of the Middle Division,
at Aiifflin station, June 1, 1882. These fre
quent promotions tell their oavii story of ef
ficiency and fidelity. Air. Cramer was for
many years fire marshal of Patterson. He is
a Republican. S. Blair Cramer was married in Mifflintown
October 19, 1875, to Alary R., daughter of
Henry and Elizabeth Kulp, of Hollidaysburg,
Pa. Their children are: Alargaret E. (Mrs.
J. Spuniberger) ; Jessie AAT. (Airs. George F.
Faisach), of Patterson; Mary AV., deceased;
and Sarah B., deceased. They attend the
Presbyterian church.

HERA1AN L. CRAAIER, son of AVilson
D. and Elizabeth D. (Young) Cramer, Avas
born in Patterson, Juniata county, Pa., July
15, 1863. He Avas educated in the common
schools, and first entered the railroad service
in January, 1880, as extra brakeman and fire
man on the Pennsylvania Railroad. In June,
1883, he AA^as made checking clerk at the Aiif
flin transfer station, and chief clerk in the
trainmaster's office at Aiifflin in April, 1890;
this position he still retains, to the satisfaction

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of the railroad company. He has held office
in the borough of Patterson as auditor, etc.
Air. H. L. Cramer is a member of Union
Lodge, No. 324, F. and A. AL, and of Vic
toria Lodge, No. 911, I. 0. 0. F.

AVILLIAM H. RODGERS, Alifflintown,
Juniata county, Pa., was bom in AValker
township, Juniata county, Pa., October 11,
1845, and is a son of Henry Harrison and
LaAunia (Robinson) Rodgers. The first of
the family to settle in the county Avas Alatthew
Rodgers, grandfather of AVilliam H. Rodgers.
In the war of 1812 he served as captain of a
company and as colonel of a regiment. He
was of Scotch-Irish origin and a member of
the United Presbyterian church. He mar
ried Miss Kennedy and their children are:
Thomas; AVilliam; James; Matthew; John;
and II. Harrison, all deceased; Alexander, of
Topeka, Kas. ; Eliza (Airs. George AlcAlul-
len), of Perry county, Pa.; and Sarah (Mrs.
John Thompson), deceased. Henry Harrison
Rodgers, father of AVilliam II. Rodgers, Avas
born in 1815, received a good education and
engaged in teaching. In politics, he Avas a
Whig. He Avas a member of the United
Presbyterian church and served as clerk of
the church session. He died April 6, 1857,
and his Avife September 30, 1855. Their
children are: Matthew IL, deceased, member
of Company A., First Regiment Pennsylva
nia Cavalry, Orderly on the staff of General
Gregg; Robert R., deceased, member of
Company IL, One Hundred and Thirty-
eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers,
Avas taken prisoner and died in the Anderson-
ville Prison; AVilliam II. ; Annie E., mar
ried Charles Griffith, Lincoln, Neb.; and
James L., Reading, Pa.
AVilliam H. Rodgers was educated in
AValker township public schools and in the
McAlisterville and Tuscarora Academies. In
February, 1864, he enlisted in Company I,
Fifty-third regiment, Pennsylvania A^olun-
unteers, Gen. John R. Brooks. At the
battle of Cold Harbor he was Avounded by a
shot passing through both of his thighs. After
studying dentistry under Dr. G. L. Derr, of
Mifflintown, he began practice in 186S in
Bedford county. In 1877 he returned to
MifflintoAvn, where he has since been practic
ing. In addition to his professional work he
conducts a drug business. Dr. Rodgers is

past commander of Lieutenant David H. Wil
son Post, No. 134, G. A. R., a member of
Union Lodge, No. 324 F. and A. M., and of
Senior 0. U. A. AL Patterson Council, No.
200. He is a Republican and Avas postmaster
of AfifflintoAAQi, Pa., 1881-85. He is a member
of the Presbyterian church. In 1871, Dr.
Rodgers married Aliss Annie M. Kulp, daugh
ter of George At. Kulp. Their children are:
George K., and Lavinia H.

FRANK Al. Al. PENNELL, Alifflintown,
Pa., Avas born at Patterson, Juniata county,
Pa., February 28, 1862, and is a son of
Joseph and Rebecca (Afickey) Pennell. His
education Avas received in the public schools,
Aledia Academy and Alillersville State Nor
mal School, and he Avas graduated from the
latter institution in 1882. Dr. L. E. Atkin
son Avas his preceptor in the study of law, and
he Avas admitted to practice in the fall of 1 885.
The year f olloAving he Avas graduated from the
Albany Law School, since Avhich time he has
been engaged in the practice of law in Alifflin
town, Pa. In July, 1887, he entered into co
partnership Avith Dr. L. E. Atkinson Avith
whom he has since continued to practice in the
Supreme and Superior courts and in the coun
ties of the State. Air. Pennell is also inter
ested in other branches of business, being a
stockholder in the Juniata Valley Bank and
in the Mifflintown and Patterson Water Com
panies. The Republican party of Avhich he
is a member elected him district attorney of
Juniata county, and he served in that office a
term of three years.
He Avas married in December, 1887, to
Aliss Ida I. AlcCauley, of MifflintoAvn, Pa.,
and they have one child living, Edred J., Re
becca having died at four years of age. Mrs.
Pennell is a member of the Presbyterian
church, and Air. Pennell is an attendant of
the church.

JOHN P. AVICKERSHAA1, associate
judge, residing in Mifflintown, Juniata.
county, Pa., Avas born in Chester county, Pa.,
April 16, 1849, and is a son of N. II. and
Sarah Ann (Smith) Wickersham, natives of
Chester county and of English origin. N.
H. AATckersham, father of Judge AVicker-
sham, came to Juniata county in 1856, and
settled in Delaware toAvnship, Avhere he pur
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it. He was a Republican in politics and
served in township offices. Originally he Avas
of the Friends belief in his religious views.
He now resides in Patterson, Pa. His chil
dren are: John P.; David AV., of Arizona
Territory; Annie E. (Airs. Robert M.
Humphrey); Mary T. (Airs. J. AV. Ilibbs),
of Patterson, Pa.
John P. Wickersham was reared in Dela
ware township up to his sixteenth year Avhen
he took a trip of a year and a half through
the west. He was educated in the schools of
the township and of Port Royal and Thomp-
SDntown. Until 1872 be was engaged in the
occupation of teaching school, after which he
was employed as a clerk in a store at Thomp
sontown, Pa., for three years, and in 1876 be
engaged in business on his OAvn account, in
which he continued until 1893, Avhen he took
up the life and fire insurance business. Among
other companies he represents the Mutual
Life Insurance Company of NeAV York. In
1891 he was elected associate judge of Ju
niata county, and has also served in various
borough offices in Thompsontown. Mr.
Wickersham was married in 1870, to Aliss
Arabella Myers, daughter of Levi Alyers, of
Thompsontown. Their children are: H. W.,
editor of the Juniata Globe, Thompsontown;
Herbert E. ; and Mabel L. The family are
members of the Lutheran church.

JAMES P. CALHOUN, sheriff, Mifflin
town, Juniata county, Pa., was born in Tur-
bett toAvnship, Juniata county, Pa., June 30,
1845, and is a son of Armstrong and Abigail
(Hench) Calhoun. The father came to Ju
niata county as a young man and was a fuller
by trade. He married Abigail Hench and
settled in Turbett township. In political
views he was a Democrat. His death occurred
in Juniata county, Pa., in 1850. His Avife
died in 1879. She Avas a member of the
Presbyterian church. Their living children
are: Wilson; Jane, Avife of B. F. Goodman;
William; and James P.
James P. Calhoun was reared in Turbett
township and received his education in the
township schools. He was engaged in tele
graph repairing for the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company for about twenty-five years.
In 1894 he was elected on the Democratic
ticket to the office of sheriff, being the only
successful candidate on the ticket. He has

served seven years as school director, and as
tax collector and constable. Air. Calhoun is
a member of Tuscarora Lodge, No. 556, I. O.
O. F. of Port Royal. He was married first in
1866, to Miss Jennie Peck, daughter of John
D. Peck, of Perry county, and she died in
1869, leaving tAvo children: Irvin E., book
keeper, Alemphis, Tenn.; and Alary Ellen
(Mrs. George Boyer), of Turbett township.
He Avas married secondly, September, 1872,
to Annie Carstetter, daughter of Peter Car-
stetter, of Alilford township, Juniata county,
Pa., and by her he had seven children, of
whom six are living: Jennie AL; Austin J.;
Banks II. ; Catherine AL; xAnnie M.; and
Alton J. Air. Calhoun is a member of the
Alethodist Episcopal church, and Airs. Cal
houn, the tAvo daughters and one son are
members of the Lutheran church.

WILLIAM II. BANKS, At. D., Mifflin
town, Juniata county, Pa., Avas born in
Fermanagh township, Juniata county, Pa.,
November 16, 1862, and is a son of AVil
liam and Jane (Hamlin) Banks. Dr.
Banks Avas educated at Airy View Acad
emy and at the LeAvistoAvn Academy. With
Dr. Lucian Banks as his preceptor he began
the study of medicine and received his di
ploma in 1SS9 from the University of Penn-
sylvania. He has since practiced in Alifflin
toAvn, Pa. Under Air. Cleveland's second ad
ministration he held the office of examining
surgeon for United States pensions. He is a
member of the Juniata County Aledical So
ciety. He is also a member of Union Lodge,
No. 324, F. and A. AL Dr. Banks is a director
in the MifflintoAvn and Patterson Electric
Light Company, of which be was one of the
organizers, also a director in the Fermanagh
Building and Loan Association of Alifflin
town, Pa., and a stockholder in the Mifflin-
toy i and Patterson Water Company. In
October, 1892, Dr. Banks was married to
Miss Bess Jacobs Parker, daughter of Robert
Parker, of Mifflintown, Pa. Their children
are: Robert Parker; Jane; and AVilliam
Hamlin Banks, Jr. The family are members
of the Presbyterian church.
DANIEL W. HARLEY, Mifflintown, Ju
niata county, Pa., Avas born at Harleysville,
Montgomery county, Pa., April 4, 1838, and
is a son of Joseph and Sarah (Alarkley) Har-

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ley. In 1845 he settled at AlcAlisterville,
completing his education in the toAvnship
schools and at the academy. His occupation
for nine years was that of a cabinetmaker.
In August, 1865, he engaged in mercantile
business in AlifflintoAvn, Pa., Avhere he has ever
since continued. He is one of the original
stockholders and a director in the Juniata
A'alley Association. In June, 1864, he en
listed in Company I, Thirty-sixth regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and Avas honorably
discharged with the rank of corporal of his
company. Air. Ilarley is a Republican, and
was a member of the borough council. The
family attended the Lutheran church. Air.
Harley was married in 1864, to Aliss Susan
Hoffman, daughter of John Hoffman. Chris
topher SoAver, maternal grandfather of Air.
Ilarley, was the first German printer in the
United States, and printed the first German
Bible in America.

COL. JOHN K. ROBISON, Alifflintown,
Avas born in Alilford toAvnship, Juniata county,
Pa., July 17, 1829, son of John and Jane
(Kincaid) Robison. His father Avas bom near
AlifflintoAvn, about 1792, and later settled in
Milford township Avhere he engaged in farm
ing. He Avas an elder in the Presbyterian
church and aided in erecting the first church
edifice of that denomination at Mifflintown.
In politics he adhered to the AVhig party, bat
when the Republican party Avas organized he
became prominent and active in its behalf.
His death occurred in 1888. He first mar
ried Jane Kincaid, a native of AlifflintoAvn,
Pa., who died in 1852. They reared seven
children all of Avhom are deceased excepting
Col. John K. Robison. By a second marriage
Mr. Robison had one child, Hervey, deceased.
Col. John K. Robison was educated in the
schools of Alilford township, and Avas brought
up at farm labor. In 1858 he Avas elected
first lieutenant of the Juniata troops in his
own county which was made Company A, of
the Fir.t Pennsylvania Cavalry, and of Avhich
he was put in command as captain. This
position he resigned after one year's service,
and came home on account of sickness in his
family. After raising Company F, Avith
whi h he joined the Sixteenth Cavalry, he Avas
promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel,
and put in command of the regiment in June,
1863, and at the close of the Avar Avas made

brevet colonel and brigadier general, having
participated in all the battles fought by the
Army of the Potomac in Avhich the cavalry
were brought into action, and Avas Avouncled
tAvice. After the close of the Avar he returned
home and resumed farming. In 1867 he was
elected by the Republican party to the office
of State senator and served in the position un
til 1870. Colonel Robison is a leading and
active politician and is at present, by the ap
pointment of GoA-ernor Hastings, one of the
factory inspectors of the State. His enthu
siasm as an old soldier is expressed in his ac
tive membership of the G. A. R., in which he
is a past commander of the Post, and the Union
A'eteran League. He Avas appointed aid-de
camp on Governor Beaver's staff Avith the rank
of lieutenant colonel.
Colonel Robison was first married in 1851
to Aliss Isabella C. AIcKennan, daughter of
Patrick AIcKennan, of Alilford township, Ju
niata county, Pa., who died in 1888; they had
eight children, four of whom are deceased.
The living are: James K, of AlifflintoAvn,
Pa. ; Alary B. (Mrs. Henry Lauver), of Ju
niata county, Pa.; Laura J. (Airs. Elmer
Stoner), of AlifflintoAvn, Pa.; Ella, at home.
His second wife was Aliss Rebecca At., daugh
ter of Dr. David Crawford, of Alifflintown, by
Avhom he had two children: Ellen C. and
John K., Jr. Colonel and Airs. Robison are
members of -the Presbyterian church of
Alifflintown, Pa. Col. John K. Robison's eld
est brother, James K. Robison, was quarter
master of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry,
and had served three years, when he died.

BANKS AV. KAUFFMAN, Alifflintown,
Avas born in Walker toAvnship, Juniata county,
Pa., August 22, 1857, son of Jonas and Eliza
(Aloist) Kauffman.
^ Jacob Kauffman, grandfather of Banks W.
Kauffman, was a farmer. He married Anna
Kurtz and they reared five children: Phoebe
(Airs. David Hertzler), deceased; Jonas;
Isaac, deceased; Sarah (Airs. John Arnold);
and Kurtz.
Jonas Kauffman Avas re ;d on the farm
and later engaged in mercantile business in
his native toAvnship, and at Logansport, Ind.
At the death of his father he purchased the
home farm. He Avas married in 1854 to Eliza,
daughter of David Aloist, of Fermanagh town
ship. They reared seven children: Harvey

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K., prospector of Colorado; Banks W. ; Sarah
A. (Mrs. Frank Books) ; Eliza J. (Mrs. Wil
liam Harley); Lincoln S.; Alary E. (Mrs.
Samuel Hetrick; and Isabella.
Banks W. Kauffman attended the public
schools and remained on the farm until 1887.
Since that time he has been successively en
gaged in dealing in farm implements, in
musical instruments, (organs and pianos),
sewing machines, etc. In 1895 in connection
with Air. Harley he engaged in the manufac
ture of carpets, doing business under the firm
name of Kauffman A Harley.
Air. Kauffman is a Republican. He is a
borough councilman, and a member of
Victoria Lodge, No. 911, I. O. 0. F., and of
Juniata Encampment, No. 305.
Banks W. Kauffman was married in 1881
to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary
(Graybill) Shelly, of Fayette township. Their
children are: Rosie May; Jonas Boyd; Ray
Shelly; and Alary. Mr. and Airs. Banks AV.
Kauffman are members of the Lutheran
church. Jonas Kauffman is a member of the
Mennonite' church.

IRVIN BASHORE, Alifflintown, Pa., son
of David and Elizabeth (Brenaman) Bashore,
was born in Fayette township, Juniata county,
January 10, 1863. AAmen he Avas about two
years old his parents removed to Fermanagh
township where he has since resided. He was
educated in the public schools of Fermanagh
township, and has been a farmer all his life.
He is a Republican and is now serving in the
office of township auditor.
Mr. Bashore was married September 24,
1885, to Nancy Jane, daughter of Henry and
Elizabeth Stouffer, of Fermanagh township.
They have one son, Walter Irvin, born June
2, 1889. Mr. Bashore attends the Lutheran
church. Henry Stouffer, father of Airs. Bashore,
was a native of Fermanagh township, and
there spent his entire life as a farmer. He
married Elizabeth Gingrich, and they had
four children, two of whom survive : William
H; and Nancy J. (Mrs. Bashore). Mr.
Stouffer died in 1896; his widow resides in
Fermanagh township.

WILLIAM PUFFENBERGER; Mifflin
town, Juniata county, Pa., son of Frederick

and Catharine (Klick) Puffenberger, Avas
born in Pine Grove township, Schuylkill
county, Pa., Alay 15, 1*47. His paternal
great-grandfather, a native of Holland, came
to this country many years ago, and settled in
Schuylkill county. Here Peter Puffenber
ger, grandfather of William Puffenberger,
Avas born and spent his entire life. He Avas a
tanner by trade, but aftenvards took to farm
ing. His son, Frederick Puffenberger, father
of AVilliam, was born in Pine Grove town
ship, Alarch 10, 1*03, and resided in Schuyl
kill and Lebanon counties until 1868. In
that year he removed to Juniata county, Pa.,
settling in Fermanagh township. He Avas a
potter but spent the larger part of his life in
farming. He was married in Lebanon county.
Pa., to Catharine, daughter of Peter Klick, of
Lebanon county. They had four children:
Louisa A., wife of Peter Fessler, died 1877;
Lydia (Airs. Aaron OAvens), resides in Schuyl
kill county; Catharine, wife of Samuel Sot-
zin, died February 24, 1894; and AATlliam.
Air. Frederick Puffenberger died April 21,
1880; and his Avife is also deceased.
AVilliam Puffenberger grew to manhood
on the old homestead in Pine Grove toAvn-
ship, and received his education in the pub
lic schools. In 1865, he became a teacher in
the public schools of Washington township,
Schuylkill county, and taught three terms,
the summer months being devoted to farming.
Coming with his parents to Fermanagh town
ship, in 1868, he has continued a resident of
the township since that date. Besides farm
ing, Air. Puffenberger represents the Juniata
Farmers' Alutual Fire Insurance Company,
and has been secretary for four years. He has
most efficiently filled all the township offices,
and in 1896, he Avas elected county commis
sioner. He is a member of the Fermanagh
Grange. He adheres to the Democratic party.
Air. Puffenberger Avas married in Schuyl
kill county, April 24, 1866, to Sarah Re
becca, daughter of AVilliam and Elizabeth
(Eley) Alohl, natives of Berks county, but res
idents of Schuylkill county. Six children
have been born to Air. and Airs. Puffenberger:
Katie AL (Airs. John T. Barefoot); Alary E.
(Airs. SteAvart C. Caldron); AVilliam Oscar;
Sallie A.; Lydia A.; and Annie Alay. Air.
Puffenberger and his family are members of

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the Lutheran church, with which he has been
connected since 1864, and in which he is noAV
a deacon.

WILLIAM A. STOUFFER, Mifflintown,
Pa., son of Henry and Elizabeth (Gingiich)
Stouffer, Avas born on the homestead farm,
Avhere he still resides, April 24, 1863. The
Stouffer family were originally of Swiss ex
traction, but Christian Stouffer, grandfather
of William A. Stouffer, Avas a native of Lan
caster county. He settled in Fermanagh
township about 1812, and spent the remainder
of his life on the farm now pccupied by AVil
liam A. Stouffer. Henry Stouffer, father of
AVilliam A., Avas born in Fermanagh town
ship, January 12, 1829, and was a farmer all
his life. On January 5, 1860, he was mar
ried to Elizabeth, daughter of John and
Nancy (Gingrich) Gingrich, of Walker town
ship, Juniata county. Their children are:
John Henry, born January 15, 1862, died
January 26, 1863; AATlliani A.; Nancy J.
(Airs. D. Irvin Bashore), born Alarch 29,
1866; and Elizabeth A., born Alarch 17,
1S68, died July 20, 1S77. Mr. Henry
Stouffer died April 9, 1S69. His widow re
sides with her son, AVilliam A. Stouffer.
Airs. Stouffer's family, the Gingrichs, were of
German descent. Her grandparents were na
tives of Dauphin county, Pa., and her father,
John Gingrich, was born in AValker toAvnship.
William A. Stouffer has spent his whole
life up to the present time on the homestead
farm. He Avas educated in the public schools,
and since boyhood has been engaged farming
and stock raising. He has served as super-
visor also as judge of elections. He is a staunch
Republican. Mr. AVilliam A. Stouffer was married, in
AlifflintoAvn, December 30, 1890, to Emma L,
daughter of C. G. and Sarah (Benner) Shel
ley. They have had two children; one born
Jum 12, 1893, died in infancy; and Henry
H, born Alay 30, 1894.
Both Air. Stouffer's wife and his mother
are members of the Alennonite church. The
parents of Airs. AATUiam A. Stouffer reside in
DelaAvare township, Juniata county.

ELI DUNN, Alifflintown, Juniata county,
Pa., Avas born in Fayette township, Juniata
county, June 24, 1821, son of James and

Mary (Webster) Dunn. His paternal grand
father was a resident of DelaAvare township
nearly all his life.
James Dunn was born in that portion of
Aiifflin county now included in Juniata
county. In his early life he engaged in
teaching and farm work. He subsequently
purchased a farm of 140 acres in Fayette
township, which he cultivated until within a
few years of his death which occurred in 1868.
He Avas sergeant in the Avar of 1812. James
Dunn was married four times, first to Afary
Webster. They had a family of nine chil
dren. Eli is the only one surviving member.
Of three children by the second marriage,
Jonas survives.
Eli Dunn attended the public schools of his
native township. At the age of eighteen he
began teaching. About the year 1843, he
read medicine with Dr. Abraham Harsh-
barger, but abandoned this study and resumed
teaching. He taught twenty-one winter
terms. During the summer he worked at car
pentry. In 1870, Air. Dunn became a resident
of Fermanagh toAvnship, and since 1887 has
been engaged in the milling business. Since
1889, he has been one of the proprietors of
the Cuba mills, and senior member of the
firm styled E. Dunn & Co. Air. Dunn is a
Democrat. In 1869, he was elected register
and recorder of Juniata county for one term,
and served as deputy register and recorder
for nine years.
Eli Dunn was married in Delaware town
ship in 1845, to Martha Jane, daughter of
Samuel and Keziah Van Ormer, of Fayette
toAvnship. Their children are: Josephine
(Airs. B. F. Long); Alary K. (Mrs. Clinton
Singer); James N, deceased; Sallie, AA'idoAV
of the late William Switzer; Robert, de
ceased; Ellsworth; Margaret (Mrs. S. J.
Moyer) ; and William. Mr. Dunn and family
are members of the Lutheran church.
Ellsworth Dunn was born in Fayette town
ship, April 16, 1860. He attended the pub
lic schools of Fayette and Fermanagh town
ships. He then learned the trade of carpentry,
and later that of milling. In 1887, he and
his brother, James N, rented the Cuba Mills.
In the flood of June, 1889, the mill property
Avas partly destroyed. Since October, 1889,
he has been one of the proprietors, and suc
cessfully conducts the business. The mill has
recently been greatly improved and equipped

WILLIAM J. JACKSON.

B. F. SCHWEIER.

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with the most complete roller mill machinery
manufactured. Mr. Dunn is a Democrat.
Ellsworth Dunn was married in Mifflintown
to Kate IL, daughter of Jacob and Rachel
Etka, of Fermanagh township. Their chil
dren are: Mollie; Latimer B. ; and Kate H.
Mr. and Mrs. Dunn are members of the Lu
theran church.

WILLIAM B. HORNING, Mifflintown,
Juniata county, Pa., was born on the home
stead farm August 8, 1845, son of Enoch and
Mary (Reynolds) Horning. His paternal
great-great-grandfather, John Horning, Avho
was of German birth, was a native of Mont
gomery county, and lived to the remarkable
age of one hundred and twenty years. Elias,
his son, who had married in Montgomery
county, resides in Bucks county, Pa. Upon
receiving his share of his father's estate, he
removed to the Juniata river, Avhere he pur
chased and settled upon a tract of land then
known as "Armagh." He was among the
earliest settlers of Juniata county, and lived
here until his death at the age of sixty-five.
The farm was then divided among his four
sons, Jacob, Joseph, AVilliam and Elias; the
last named getting the mansion house section.
Upon the death of Elias, the heirs sold it to
Jacob and his son Enoch, and upon the death
of Jacob which occurred at the age of eighty-
three, it passed to Enoch, as well as a portion
to which his father was heir.
Enoch Horning spent his entire life in Fer
managh township, and from boyhood until his
death was engaged in farming. He was mar
ried to Alary, daughter of AVilliam B. and
Elizabeth (Robinson) Reynolds. They had
nine children. Those surviving are: Wil
liam B.; Robert K., of Ashland county,
Ohio; Catharine M. (Mrs. James Giles), of
Cambria county; George M., of Fermanagh
township; and James J., of Mifflintown.
William B. Horning attended the public
schools of Fermanagh township. Since boy
hood he has been engaged in the business of
agriculture; he successfully cultivates the
old homestead, which was bought by his great
grandfather a hundred years ago. Mr. Horn
ing is one of the progressive and prosperous
farmers of the county. He is a Democrat,
and has served in nearly all the township of
fices. He is a member of the Fermanagh
Grange.

William B. Homing Avas married in Fer
managh township, September 20, 1866, to
Mary Melinda, daughter of John F. and
Catharine (Graybill) Kreider. Their chil
dren are: Sarah Catharine (Airs. Morden
Pennybaker), bom February 27, 1868;
Harry Stuart, born March 29, 1869; Alartha
E. (Mrs. Jersy Leonard), born May 10, 1871;
Clara Belle (Mrs. Cloyd Alingel), bom Jan
uary 20, 1874; Florence Frances, born April
16, 1875, wife of George Williams; Annie
Maud, born March 15, 1877; Mary Annette,
born September 25, 1879; Emily Jane, bom
June 19, 1882; Mabel, born September 12,
1887; and Margaret R., born November 22,
1888. Mrs. Horning was born in Fermanagh
township, April 30, 1848. Mr. Horning and
family attend the Lutheran church.

SIMON ULSH, Mifflintown, Juniata
county, Pa., Avas born in Liverpool township,
Perry county, January 30, 1836, son of Jacob
and Elizabeth (Charles) Ulsh. His ancestors
were Germans. His paternal grandfather,
Jacob Ulsh, who with bis two brothers, Chris
topher and Henry, came to America the lat
ter part of the last century, first settled in the
Cumberland valley of Pennsylvania. The
scarcity of water in their locality caused them
to come to Penn valley. Here the unfriendli
ness of the Indians drove them away, and they
finally settled in the Wild Cat valley, where
the grandfather remained until his death.
Jacob Ulsh was born in Penn township in
1804. He spent his early life in Perry county.
In 1841 he came to Juniata county, Ferman
agh toAvnship, where he continued farming
with much success until his death, which oc
curred April 4, 1864.
Jacob Ulsh was first married October 25,
1825, to Elizabeth Charles, who died Septem
ber 12, 1846. Their children are: Jacob, of
Missouri, born December 18, 1831; Susan
nah (Airs. William Pennybaker), of Bureau
county, Uh, born December 21, 1833; Simon;
John, of Missouri, born June 1, 1839; and
George, of Lincoln, Neb., bom August
15,1841. Those deceased are : Joseph, born
October 15, 1845, died aged one year; and
three other infants. Afterwards March 18,
1847, Mr. Ulsh married Hannah Page. Their
children are : James W. C, of Pierce county,
Washington, born September 20, 1848; and

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Elizabeth (Airs. AVilliam Aumon), born Oc
tober 6, 1851, died in Nebraska.
Simon Ulsh has resided in Fermanagh
township since 1841. His occupation since
boyhood has been farming, and he is well-
known throughout the county as a progres
sive farmer. He is a Democrat and has served
as school director.
Simon Ulsh Avas married in Fermanagh
township, March 20, 1866, to Frances G,
daughter of John F. and Alary (Yost) Krei-
der. Their children are: John AVilliam,
bom Alay 19, 1S67, died August 27, 1868;
Joseph, born Alarch 17, 1869, died Alarch 19,
1869; and Blanche A^iola, born September
17, 1882, died November 14, 1893. Airs.
Ulsh Avas born December 12, 1844. Mr. and
Airs. Ulsh are consistent members of the Lu
theran church.

JACOB SULOUFF, Alifflintown, Juniata
county, Pa., Avas born in Turbett township,
Juniata county, on the banks of the Tuscarora
creek, about one mile and a half from Port
Royal, in December, 1821. He is a son of
David and Catherine (Kepner) Sulouff.
Both the paternal and maternal ancestors of
Mr. Sulouff Avere of German origin. His grand
father, John Sulouff, came to' America from
Germany, during the Revolutionary Avar, af
ter the close of which he settled in Pennsylva
nia, first it is supposed in Lancaster county,
but later removed to Juniata county and pur
chased the tract of Land and established the
home in which Jacob Sulouff was born. Here
he passed the remainder of his life in farming.
David Sulouff was born in Turbett township,
Juniata county, and spent his Avhole life there
in farming. Airs. David Sulouff Avas also born
in Turbett township, and was a daughter of
Jacob Kepner. Air. and Aire. DaAid Sulouff
had eight children four of whom are living,
they are: Jacob; Henry; David K. ; and
Sarah (Airs. A. Pierce). Both Air. and Airs.
Sulouff lived to an advanced age.
Jacob Sulouff acquired his education in the
public schools of Alifflintown, and learned
farming. AVhen twenty-two years of age he
began business as a general merchant and
continued for twenty years. During this time
and later he was in the livery business in
Mifflintown. For a time he farmed, but of
late years he has given his attention to his
nursery and fruit growing, his son, Thomas J.,

being connected with him in the nursery bus
iness. Mr. Sulouff is a Democrat; he served
one term as county treasurer, and in various
other offices.
Jacob Sulouff Avas married in Fermanagh
toAvnship, in August, 1845, to Keziah, daugh
ter of Abraham and Jane Kiser. Their chil
dren are : James Al. ; Thomas J. ; Lily (Mrs.
William Al. Crawford); Kate, deceased; An
drew J., deceased; David P., deceased; and
four Avho died in childhood. Airs. Jacob Su
louff died in October, 1894. Air. Sulouff was
brought up in the Lutheran church, but is
now a member of the Alethodist Episcopal
church. James M. Sulouff, the eldest living son of
Jacob Sulouff, was born in Mifflintown, April
8, 1860. He was educated in the public
schools of Alifflintown. For several years he
was in the livery business in Mifflintown, and
Avas also a traveling salesman. He is at pres
ent in the commission business and a travel
ing salesman. He is a Democrat. James M.
Sulouff Avas married in Mexico, Juniata coun
ty, in November, 1883, to Kate K., daughter
of Stephen Renno. Their children are: Ja
cob; an infant daughter deceased; and Ste
phen R. Air. and Mrs. Sulouff attend the
Alethodist Episcopal church.

JAMES D. WILLIAA1S, Alifflintown,
Juniata county, Pa., was born in Tower
Dreath, Cornwall, England, January 22,
1S42. He is a son of James and Alartha
(Dumble) AATlliams. His paternal and ma
ternal ancestors Avere natives of Cornwall,
who lived and died in their native land. His
father, James AVilliams, was also a native of
Cornwall, a miner, and spent his whole life
in the land of his birth. He was married to
Alartha Dumble, Avho Avas born in Snyatt,
Cornwall. They had thirteen children, six
of whom are living: John, resides in Scran-
ton, Lackawanna county, Pa.; James D.;
George, resides in Queenstown, Devon, Eng
land; Alary Ann (Airs. Joseph Bray), Moth
erwell, Scotland; Thomas, resides near Moth
erwell, Scotland; and AVilliam, residing near
Motherwell. After her husband died Mrs.
James Williams Avas married to Josiah
Broad; she died January 31, 1890, aged
sixty-eight years, five months and thirteen
days. Mr. Broad resides in Fermanagh town
ship, Juniata county.

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James D. AVilliams spent his boyhood and
early youth in Cornwall. When only eight
years old he began the battle of life in the
copper mines, Avhere he worked for thirteen
years. In 1863 he emigrated to America,
and until the spring of 1864, he resided near
Eastport, Ale. The following year Avas spent
at the mines in the northern part of Alichigan.
Thence he removed to NeAv Providence, Lan
caster county, Pa., and a short time after to
BoyerstoAvn, Berks county, Pa. For two
years he worked in the coal mines in Alahanoy
City, Schuylkill county, Pa. He has lived in
many of the cities of the mining districts of
Pennsylvania spending a short time in each.
He resided at Danville, Alillerstown, LeAvis
town, and AlcVeytoAvn. In 1872 he re
moved to Fermanagh township, Juniata
county, purchased the farm on which he now
resides, and leased the iron mines located in
that township. He operated these mines un
til 1889 Avhen the June flood destroyed a por
tion of the canal by Avhich the ore was shipped,
and obliged him to abandon the mines. He
then turned his attention to the cultivation of
the soil. Air. Williams is a member of the
Republican party, interested in county affairs,
and is serving his township as school director.
He is also a member of Fermanagh Grange.
James D. Williams Avas married in 1862,
at Cornwall, to Elizabeth Ann, daughter of
Thomas and Sarah Ough, They had eigh
teen children, six of Avhom are living: Sarah
Ann (Airs. Stephen Renno), born in Pen-
kand Cornwall, England; Thomas James,
born at Millerstown, Pa., April 19, 1870;
George, born at AlillerstoAvn, in August,
1871; Helen (Mrs. Henry Domb), born in
Fermanagh toAvnship; Lily AL, born in Fer
managh township; and Julia Ann, born in
Fermanagh township. Mr. Williams and his
family attend the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mrs. Williams' parents lived and died in
Cornwall. Her mother, Sarah James, Avas
married twice, first to Mr. Edy who died leav
ing six children, and afterwards to Thomas
Ough. They had six children of whom only
two are living: Elizabeth Ann (Airs. James
D. Williams); and John. Air. Ough lived
to old age; his wife died when her daughter
Elizabeth was six years old.

county, Pa., Avas born September 10, 1843.
Air. Thomas spent his early boyhood clays in
Alontgoniery county, and from there moved
to Fermanagh township, Juniata county, and
there engaged extensively in agricultural pur
suits. He also dealt largely and successfully
in live stock. Air. Samuel Thomas Avas a
very prominent citizen, Avell-knoAvn and
highly esteemed, and his sudden death Avas
felt to be a great loss, not only to his family
but to the Avhole community. He Avas inter
ested in the affairs of the township and held
the office of auditor of Fermanagh township.
He Avas a member of the Alasonic fraternity,
and also of Fermanagh Grange. '
Samuel A. Thomas was married in AA^alker
toAvnship, September 14, 1876, to Alary E.,
bom in AValker township, Alarch 7, 1848, a
daughter of John and Sarah (Holtzapple)
Book. Their children are: AAllliam A.,
born November 22, 1877; Sallie E., born
July 20, 1879; Bradford U, bom February
16, 1882, died in infancy; Samuel AAT., born
August 12, 1885; Alary B., born August 16,
1887; and Edgar, born December 24, 1883,
died in infancy. Mr. Thomas AAras a consistent
member of the Alessiah Lutheran church, to
Avhich his family belong.

SAMUEL A. THOMAS, deceased, for
merly of Fermanagh township, Juniata

TURNER BURNS SULOFF, Alifflin
toAvn, Juniata county, Pa., Avas bom in Fer
managh township, Juniata county, February
22, 1852. He is a son of Henry and Eliza
beth (Aaighly) Suloff. His parents reside in
Fermanagh toAvnship.
Turner B. Suloff Avas educated in the dis
trict schools of his native toAvnship. He has
spent almost his Avhole life in Fermanagh
toAvnship, and from boyhood has been en
gaged in the cultivation of the soil. He is a
thoroughly practical farmer, one of the rep
resentative men of his toAvnship. He is in
terested in local politics and has served as
school director, and overseer of the poor. He
is a member of the Democratic party.
Turner Burns Suloff Avas married in Ferma
nagh township, February 1, 1876, to Hannah
AL, born in Columbia county, Pa., August 25,
1851, a daughter of Henry and Catherine
(Persing) Stine. Their children are : Samuel
H, bom December 2, 1876, died February
24, 1877; Elizabeth Catherine, born April
13, 1878; Alary Alice, born December 14,
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ington, born February 22, 1883; Sarah Jane,
born Alarch 17, 1886; David Kunkle, born
June 25, 1888; Charles William, born March
26, 1891; and Alatilda Grace, born September
5, 1894. Air. Suloff and his wife are con
sistent members of the Lutheran church.
Airs. Suloff's father, Henry Stine, a native
of Schuylkill county, resided for many years
in Columbia, county, but spent the latter part
of his life in Fermanagh township, Juniata
county. He married Catherine, daughter of
John and Elizabeth (Demie) Persing, who
was born in Shamokin, Northumberland
county, .Pa., September 19, 1819. Their
children are: Charles; Daniel; Sarah (Mrs.
Peter Shivelhood); William H; Hannah
N. (Mrs. T. B. Suloff); Jacob, who was killed
while fighting in defense of his country; and
Mary G, died in childhood. Mr. Henry Stine
died in 1864, aged fifty-five years.

J. CLARENCE HOWER, Mifflintown,
Juniata county, Pa., was born in Fermanagh
toAvnship, December 8, 1861. He is a son of
George and Eliza (AVright) Hower. Mr.
George Hower resides in Fermanagh town
ship; his Avife is deceased. J. Clarence Hower
acquired his education in the public schools
of his native township. He also took special
courses in Alifflintown, Patterson, the Airy
View Academy, of Port Royal, and Tusca
rora Academy, of Academia. During seven
years of this time he taught in the public
schools during the Avinter months and deAToted
the summer months to completing the aca
demic courses. Since Air. Hower ceased
teaching, he has devoted his entire time and
attention to fruit growing and farming. Mr.
Hower is a Republican, and has served his
toymship as school director and is iioav in his
second term.
J. Clarence Hower was married in Lewis-
toAvn, Aiifflin county, Pa., February 20, 1890,
to Annie E., daughter of George and At ary E.
(Diem) Sweigart, both deceased. They have
two daughters: Mary Alinerva, born Decem
ber 30, 1892; and Esther Elizabeth, born
April 18, 1897. Mr. and Mrs. Hower attend
the Lutheran church.

Hower. Mrs. Hower is deceased. Air. Hower
is living in Fermanagh township. Francis
Hower has been a continuous resident of Fer
managh township since his third year. He
was educated in the public schools of this
township, and has given his attention to farm
ing since his boyhood. He yras elected county
commissioner in November, 1887, and served
one term, and has served efficiently in town
ship offices. He is a Republican.
Francis Hower was married in Fermanagh
toAvnship, November 3, 1870, to Mary Jane,
daughter of William and Elizabeth (Bell) Ort.
Their children are: Mary Ann (Airs. Frank
Evans), of Vineland, N. J. ; Martha Jane, of
Goodland, Kansas; William Henry. Mr.
Hower and family attend the Methodist Epis
copal church.
Mr. and Mrs. William Ort, the parents of
Mrs. Hower, were among the early settlers of
Fermanagh township. Mr. Ort is living, but
his Avife is dead.

FRANCIS HOWER, Mifflintown, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born in Milton, North
umberland county, Pa., December 19, 1847.
He is a son of Jacob M. and Mary (Dunachy)

JOHN BALLENTINE, Mifflintown, Ju
niata county Pa., was born on the homestead
in Fermanagh township, Juniata county,
June 30, 1860. He is a son of John and Ann
(FultonA Ballentine. His ancestors, paternal
and maternal, were Irish. His grandfather,
Archibald Ballentine, stone mason, emi
grated to America, and settled near Downing-
toAvn, Chester county, Pa., Avhere he spent the
remainder of his life. His father, John Bal
lentine, Avas born in Chester county, Pa.,
Alarch 17, 1818. He greAv up on his father's
farm Avorking in the summer and attending
the district school during the winter. Later,
he entered the service of the P. V. R. R. Co.,
as clerk in their warehouse in Philadelphia,
Pa., and Avas afterwards a conductor on the
road, serving fifteen years. Resigning his pos
ition he returned to Chester county and pur
chased a farm near Dowingtown, which he
cultivated until the spring of 1859, when he
removed to Fermanagh township, Juniata
county, and bought the homestead on Avhich
his son, John, now resides. He was married
in Philadelphia to Anna Fulton. They have
six children: Margaret (Mrs. John H. Peo
ples); Sarah; Mary (Mrs. David S. Mummah);
Tillie (Mrs. W. II. Kinzer), deceased; Annie
J. (Mrs. J. T. Van Ormer); and John. Mr.
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his home in Fermanagh township August 29,
1880. John Ballentine attended the public 'schools
of his native township, and completed his ed
ucation in the normal school at Mifflintown.
His entire life has been spent on the home
stead. He is a thoroughly practical farmer
and his property is in excellent condition. He
is a member of the Democratic party, and has
served as school director and as county com
missioner. John Ballentine was married in Fayette
township, June 4, 1885, to Sarah L., daugh
ter of Samuel H. and Alary Kinzer, of
Fayette township. Mr. and Mrs. Ballentine
have four children: S. Forster; John Le
Roy; RoswellP.; and Alary Ethel. Mr.
Ballentine and his family attend the Lutheran
church at McAlisterville, Pa.

R. LOUIS BOUSUAt, Mifflintown, Ju
niata county, Pa., Avas born in Alifflintown,
Juniata county, June 22, 1871. He is a son
of John and Catherine (Guss) Bousum. His
father is living at Selinsgrove, Snyder coun
ty, Pa. His mother died in 1873.
R. Louis Bousum's mother died when he
was two years old, and he was adopted by his
uncle, R. L. Guss, of Alifflintown, Pa. He
received his education in the district schools
of Patterson, Pa. Afterwards he learned
tailoring, and since graduating at a cutting
college in 1891 has been a merchant tailor in
Mifflintown, Juniata county, Pa. Atr. Bou
sum, in his political views, is a Democrat.
He is a member of the Lutheran church.

JOHN ZOOK, Mifflintown, Juniata coun
ty, Pa., Avas born near the Gap, Lancaster
county, Pa., April 7, 1830. He is a son of
Jacob and Anna (Summers) Zook. His
great-grandfather, Christian Zook, or Zug, a
farmer of Swiss descent, was, according to
tradition, a son of John Zook, who was a
lineal descendant of Hans Zug, of Switzer
land, a minister of the Atennonite church,
who, with six elders, teachers of the same
faith, were imprisoned in 1659 in the depart
ment of Berne. They were released in De
cember, 1671, on condition that they would
leave Switzerland, never to return without"
special permission. Christian Zook was born
in the vicinity of Darmstadt, Germany. He
emigrated to America and landed at Phila

delphia, Pa., July 17, 1738. Christian Zook
was married to Anna Kanabell. Their chil
dren are: John; Jacob; Yost; and Christian.
After his wife's death Mr. Zook visited Ger
many, and while in his native country mar
ried Anna (Dod) Musser, widow of Air. Mus-
ser. He died in Chester county, December
17, 1789. Mr. Zook's grandfather, Chris
tian Zook, a farmer and minister of the Amish
church, was born in Berne, noAv Centre, town
ship, Berks county, Pa., April 20, 1752. He
Avas married at Heidelberg township, Berks
county, to Magdalena Blank, born 1751, a na
tive of Lancaster county, Pa. Their children
are: John, married Elizabeth Kurtz; Chris
tian, married Magdalene Zook; Barbara (Mrs.
Daniel Hertzler); Alagdalene (Mrs. Jacob
Hertzler); Nancy (Airs. Christian Hertzler);
Jacob, married Anna Summers; Christiana
(Airs. Christian Kurtz); and three children
who died in infancy. Christian Zook died
October 8, 1826; his Avife died August 8,
1833. Air. Zook's father, Jacob Zook, phy
sician and farmer, was born in East White-
land toAvnship, Chester county, Pa., October
30, 1788. He was married to Anna Sum
mers, born April 1, 1793, in Salisbury town
ship, Lancaster county, Pa. Their children
are: Sarah, deceased; Peter; Alagdalena, de
ceased ; Elizabeth (Airs. Daniel Aiost) ; Anna,
widow of Henry Souders; Catherine, de
ceased; John; Sophia, Avidow of Christian
C. Souders; Rebecca (Mrs. Joseph Aliller);
and two, Christiana and Christian, who died
in infancy. Air. Zook died Alarch 14, 1864;
his wife died January 20, 1851.
John Zook received his education in the
public schools of Salisbury, Lancaster county,
and of Walker township, Juniata county. He
has been a farmer from boyhood, and has re
sided in Fermanagh township for forty years.
Intelligent and energetic, he is interested in
all the affairs of the toAvnship and respected
and honored in the community. He is a Re
publican, and has served as school director and
as supervisor of the toAvnship.
John Zook was married in Fermanagh
toAvnship, February 13, 1855, to Eliza, born
September 1, 1829, a daughter of Michael and
Barbara Bashore. They have eleven chil
dren: Sarah Ann (Mrs. Samuel D. HoAve);
AVilliam C; Jacob L; Alichael E., deceased;
Barbara J. (Airs. George AL Kreps); Alartha
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twins; Rebecca E. ; and Ephraim D., deceased.
Mr. Zook attends the German Baptist church.
BENJAMIN F. CROZIER, Walnut, Ju
niata county, Pa., son of Armstrong and Sa
rah (Bell) Crozier, Avas born in Beale town
ship, Juniata county, August 25, 1834. The
Crozier family is of Scotch-Irish descent.
Armstrong Crozier was born in Juniata coun
ty. He Avas a mason and a farmer, owning
187 acres in Beale township, on which he made
various improvements, and which he culti
vated; he Avas also a distiller. Air. Crozier
Avas a supporter of Democratic principles ; was
elected supervisor of the township, and filled
the office with credit. He was a citizen in
good standing, and influential in the com
munity. Armstrong Crozier was married at
Lost Creek, Juniata county, to Sarah, daugh
ter of Richard Bell, and a native of Fer
managh township. They had the following
children: Afelinda, who died in early life;
Elizabeth (Airs. AATlliani Olds), deceased;
Benjamin F. ; James H, iioav residing in the
west; and Alary C. (Airs. D. B. Ale Williams),
of Beale township. Airs. Crozier died at
Johnstown, Beale toAvnship, Juniata county.
Air. Crozier died at Johnstown, January 28,
1847. He Avas a member of the Presbyterian
church. Benjamin F. Crozier passed his boyhood on
his father's farm in Beale toAvnsip, where he
Avas educated in the common schools. He re
mained at home until after the death of his
father, and then supported his mother by
working the homestead farm, and by hiring
out to the neighboring farmers. In I860 he
bought a farm of 115 acres in Beale township,
owned by Calvin SteAvart. He made some
improvements on this tract, and cultivated it
for one year; then he sold it, and returned
to the homestead. Three years later he re
moved to Johnstown, Pa. In the'fall of 1864
Air. Crozier enlisted at Harrisburg, Pa., in
Company E, Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry.
He served under General Sherman in his long
and trying, but brilliant, campaign, following
that famous leader of famous troops in his
triumphant march from Atlanta to the sea.
For a feAV days Air. Crozier Avas a patient in a
field hospital. At the close of the war he was
mustered out at NeAA'bern, N. C. After re
ceiving his discharge he went back to Beale
toAvnship, and, purchasing the place knoAvn as

the Jacob Doughman farm, he resumed agri
cultural operations. In a feAV years he sold
this place, and, removing to the town of Wal
nut, began the business of harness-making,
and has since followed that calling. In 1890
he Avas elected justice of the peace of Beale
township, on the Democratic ticket. He is
still fulfilling the duties of this responsible
position in a very satisfactory manner. No
decision of his has ever been reversed by a
higher court. For the past four years his son
has been postmaster at Walnut, B. F. Crozier
acting as deputy. It will be understood that
he is a Democrat. Mr. Crozier is well known
throughout the toAvnship, and as well liked.
His conduct as a soldier, in earlier years, as a
public official and as a private citizen, in later
clays, have Avon for him general respect and
confidence. Benjamin F. Crozier was married in Beale
township, March 16, 1858, to Alary A., daugh
ter of Daniel and Catherine Fry, and one of
a family of nine children. The children of
Air. and Airs. Crozier are as follows: Nevin
P., a farmer in the west; Mowery L, of Port
Royal, Pa. ; and Benjamin F., living at home.
Airs. Crozier, aaIio Avas born in DelaAvare town
ship, April 9, 1829, died of a disease of the
heart, in October, 1894. She Avas a consist
ent member of the Lutheran church, and was
much beloved for her piety and charity. Mr.
Crozier is a zealous supporter of Presbyterian
doctrine; he is an active participant in Sun
day-school work, having been for some time
a teacher.

THOA1AS K. BEAVER, Academia, Ju
niata county, Pa., Avas born in Pfoutzs valley,
Liverpool township, Perry county, Pa., Janu
ary 8, 1864. He is a son of Samuel L. and
Alary E. (Kipp) Beaver, residents of Liver
pool township. He received his elementary
education in the common schools of Liverpool
and Greenwood townships, afterwards study
ing at the academy in Millerstown, Perry
county, and at the State Normal School, Lock
Haven, Pa. This course completed, Mr. Bea
ver assisted in the cultivation of his father's
farm until he was twenty-one, and at that time
Avent to AlcAlisterville, Pa., where he farmed
for six years. He then entered into partner
ship Avith his brother, William A. Beaver, in
the business of store-keeping, at Academia.
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farm containing 340 acres, gave up mercantile
business to devote himself to its cultivation;
and at the same time Thomas M. Beaver en
tered upon his present business as a general
merchant, as successor ' to W. R. Pomeroy.
With the original business Mr. Beaver has
combined a trade in produce. His brother,
Samuel G. Beaver, is a clerk in his establish
ment. By sound business principles and dili
gent application, Mr. Beaver has secured a
prosperous trade.
Mr. Beaver is one of the active politicians
of Juniata county. He upholds the cause of
the Republican party, and is zealous in its ser
vices. In recognition of this zeal, he has been
elected to several honorable and responsible
position's. In 1896 he was elected auditor of
the co'imty, by a flattering majority. During
the same year he Avas appointed a conferee
from Juniata county on the senatorial con
test. On this occasion he displayed his usual
tact and diplomacy, and he and his associates
secured the nomination of their candidate.
During the four years of President Harrison's
administration Air. Beaver served as postmas
ter of Academia.
On December 11, 1884, Thomas K. Beaver
was married at McAlisterville, Pa., to Fan
nie M., daughter of Henry and Anna (AAren-
ner) Sieber. She Avas born in Walker tov/n-
ship, Juniata county. Mrs. Beaver's father
is a farmer of Fermanagh toAvnship. The
children of Mr. and Mrs. Beaver are: Anna
M.; Samuel S.; Harry S., deceased; Edgar L.;
and Charles Walter. Mr. Beaver is a faithful
and esteemed member of the Lutheran church.
He has been deacon of the church, and for
three years elder. He is a zealous worker in
the Sunday-school, which he served for three
years as superintendent.

REV. SILAS A. DAVENPORT, Acad
emia, Juniata county, Pa., was born in Brook
lyn, N. Y, June 27, 1846. He is a son of
Silas and Betsy A. (St. John) Davenport.
The name of Davenport is one of the honored
historic names of America, and far back be
yond our colonial history, of the mother coun
try also. Its line can be traced back in the
records of England to the year 1086, when
its representatives were already men of mark.
During the lapse of succeeding centuries,
many important positions under the crown of
Great Britain have been held by members of

the Davenport family. Rev. John Daven
port, the first of the family to come to Amer
ica, was bom in England in 1597. He had
been educated for the Church of England, but
having more liberal views on the subject of
religion than were prevalent in his country
at that time, he went to Holland, and joined
one of the bands of pioneers in the search for
a home where they might enjoy "freedom to
Avorship God" in accordance with the voice of
conscience. Aligrating Avith this braAre little
company to the wilds of the Avestern conti
nent, Rev. John Davenport, as is Avell known
to the reader of American history, settled in
Connecticut, and was the leading spirit in the
founding of NeAV HaAren ; here, in after years,
greAv up famous "old Yale," Avhere his de
scendant, Rev. Silas A. Davenport, was edu
cated. Rev. John DaA^enport was the first
pastor of the First Congregational church in
the city he had founded; and here he spent
many years of his life, ministering to the spir
itual wants of his congregation, and lending
aid, comfort and adAuce to them in all their
emergencies. But the figure of the "godly
Davenport" is too familiar to need descrip
tion; suffice it to say that, in his religious
views, he was far in advance of the times in
which he lived. ReAr. John DaArenport was
married in England to Elizabeth AVolley.
They had on'e child, John, Avho Avas a merchant
at Boston. He married Abigail Pierson, of
Branford, Conn; their children were six in
number: John, who died in infancy; Eliza
beth; John (2); Abraham; Abigail; and
Mary. John Davenport, grandson of Rev. John
Davenport, the founder of New Haven, be
came a minister, and settled in Stamford, Fair
field county, Conn. From him is descended
in direct line the Rev. Silas A. Davenport.
William Davenport, grandfather of Rev. S.
A., was born in Stamford, Conn. He Avas a
son of Lieut. H. Davenport, a soldier in the
Revolutionary war, and was a farmer. He
was married three times; his second wife,
Mary (Hoyt) Davenport), was the grand
mother of Rev. Silas A. William Davenport
was a member of the Congregational church.
He died at Stamford in 1850. Silas Daven
port, father of Rev. S. A., was the eldest child
of William and Mary (Hoyt) Davenport. He
was educated in the common schools of Stam
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academy at NeAv Canaan, Fairfield county,
Conn. He subsequently became a hatter in
New York City, and still later engaged in
the real estate business in New York and
Brooklyn, N. Y., and also in the State of New
Jersey. He was a Republican of the most
pronounced type, supporting abolitionist prin
ciples in the great crisis of the middle of this
century. Silas Davenport was married at
New Haven to Betsy A. St. John, a resident
of New Canaan, Conn. Their children are:
Sarah St. John, who died young; William,
a soldier in the late Avar, died December 24,
1884; Sarah E., died in August, 1874; Silas
A. ; and Anna AL, of Baltimore, Aid. At the
time of his death, which occurred in Philadel
phia, January 13, 1885, Silas Davenport was
a member of the Presbyterian church. His
wife noAV resides in Baltimore.
Their son, Silas A. Davenport, received his
primary education at Elizabeth, N. J., Avhere
he studied under Rev. John Young and Rev.
J. F. Pingry, D. D. After a course at Yale
College, he was graduated in 1868. Soon af
ter he Avent to Princeton Seminary and took
a two years' course in theology, supplemented
by a course of one year at Union Theological
Seminary, New York City. Thence he went
to the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at
New York City, and was graduated as a doctor
of medicine in 1873. The first ministerial
duties of Rev. Air. Davenport were at Port
Carbon, Schuylkill county, Pa., from 1875 to
July, 1887. During the next six months he
Avas in Pittsburg, Pa., from which place he
Avent to Landisburg, Perry county, Pa., and
remained there from January, 1878, to April,
1880. From that time until October, 1885,
he was pastor of the Aliddle Tuscarora church,
Juniata county, Pa. In 1885 he went to Bal
timore, Md., Avhere he preached until Novem
ber, 1888, doing much good in that time. But
on account of ill-health he was obliged to
spend the following year in San Diego, Cal. ;
returning in 1890, he went to Port Royal,
Juniata county. Soon after he accepted the
call of the Middle and the Lower Tuscarora
churches, of which he has ever since been the
faithful pastor. The appearance of the houses
of worship has been much improved during
his pastorate, and the membership of the
church has increased. Mr. Davenport's abil
ity as an orator, as well as his worthy example
and his diligent care of his congregation, has

done much towards building it up in numbers
and in strength. In 1873, after his gradua
tion in medicine, he went to Ning-Po, China,
as a medical missionary and an eye specialist,
and remained one year. On his return he be
gan his pastoral career, as alread related.
Like his father, Rev. Mr. Davenport is a Re
publican. He is much esteemed and re
spected, not only by his congregation, but by
many friends in all places where he has been.
Rev. Silas A. Davenport was married in
August, 1878, to Martha E., daughter of Sam
uel and Mary I. (Marley) Mateer, born in
Blain, Perry county, Pa. Her father was a
tanner of Blain, born in Landisburg, Perry
county, and her mother a native of Juniata
county. The children of this marriage are:
Mary I., a student at AVilson College, Cham
bersburg, Pa.; Jesse S., a student at Blairs-
town, N. J. ; Oliver S. ; Ellen A. ; and Wal
ter AV. The mother died of grippe, January
13, 1892, not only mourned by her family,
but deeply regretted by all Avho had come
within the sphere of her gentle and kindly
influence.

JESSE AV. BRYNER, Academia, Juniata
county, Pa., was born in Spruce Hill town
ship, Juniata county, April 16, 1847. He is
a son of George and Susan (Yohn) Bryner.
His grandfather, John Bryner, was born in
Perry county, Pa., and was a farmer and dis
tiller. He went to Spruce Hill township Avhen
he was a young man, and there resided all his
life. He owned land amounting to 102 acres.
He married Miss Hench, of Perry county;
their children were: George; Jacob; Eliza;
Sarah ; and Mary. Airs. John Bryner died in
Spruce Hill toAvnship. Their eldest son,
George Bryner, was educated in the schools
of that township. He passed his Avhole life
in the same place, engaged in the useful voca
tion of farming. Here he married Susan
Yohn, a native of Perry county. They had
ten children: John; James; George; Mc
Clure; all these are residents of Spruce Hill
township; Anjia E., widoAV of AVilliam Rice,
of Chester county, Pa.; Sarah (Mrs. F. H.
AlcNeal), of Spruce HiU; Jesse AV.; Wil
liam, of Tuscarora township; Isabella (Mrs.
John Yoder), of Chester county; and Matilda
(Mrs. Peter Brandt), of Spruce Hill. Mr.
Bryner Avas a Democrat. He held member
ship in the Alethodist Episcopal church. He

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has been dead a number of years. Mrs. Bry
ner still resides at Spruce Hill, and has
reached the venerable age of eighty-four.
Jesse W. Bryner received a somewhat lim
ited education in the public schools of Spruce
Hill. At the age of twelve years he left
home, and for four years worked among the
fanners for his board, clothing, etc. At the
end of this time he began to receive wages,
being paid at the rate of four dollars per
month. He continued in this occupation un
til he reached his twenty-fifth year, when he
became engaged in the retail butchering busi
ness, in Spruce Hill and Tuscarora townships.
For eight years he carried on this business
with encouraging success; he then became a
dealer in cattle and other live stock, and has
for over fifteen years continued to prosper in
this undertaking also. In 1889 Atr. Bryner
removed to Academia, where in 1896 he be
came a storekeeper. In May of the latter
year he was appointed postmaster, and has
since fulfilled the duties of that office credit
ably and with satisfaction to the community.
Mr. Bryner is well known as a good Democrat.
He is physically a fine specimen of manhood,
Aveighing over 222 pounds. By bis industry
and business talent he has secured success both
as a merchant and as a, stockman.
In 1872, Jesse AAr. Bryner was married, in
Spruce Hill township, to Margaretta, daugh
ter of James Beale, a resident of the same
township. They have seven children : Harry,
who died young; Rebecca (Mrs. Edward
Rice), of Buffalo Mills, Perry county; Lila;
Mary; Lewis R.; George; and Elsie.

A. STEWART OKESON, Academia, Ju
niata county, Pa., was bom in Beale town
ship, Juniata county, Pa. He is a son of
Samuel and Alargaret A. (McKennen) Oke
son. His paternal grandparents were. Nich
olas Albertson and Susan (Silverthorn) Oke
son, two of whose children were: Samuel;
and AVilliam, father of Mr. W. B. Okeson,
of Chicago, LI. Samuel Okeson was born
at the old Okeson homestead in Beale town
ship, November 15, 1805. He attended the
common schools, which afforded him a limited
education; but for this deficiency in early
opportunities he compensated to a great ex
tent by reading, of which he was very fond.
After leaving school he worked for his father

on the farm. At his father's death, the home
stead being bequeathed to him, Atr. Okeson
made many improvements upon it, chief
among Avhich was the erection of a stone house
and frame bam, among the first of the kind
in the valley. Besides farming, he dealt very
successfully in live stock. He visited the
State of Illinois, and there bought a large tract
of land at $1.25 per acre, which he afterwards
gave to his sons. Although not an office-
seeker, Mr. Okeson always took an active part
in politics, first as a Whig, and afterwards as
a Republican. He was a trustee of the
Young Ladies' Seminary of Tuscarora, which
was originally held in a stone building, erected
in 1848; for its accommodation, Air. Okeson
built a large and conA^enient frame house. He
was active and influential in the erection of
a house of Avorship for the Lower Tuscarora
Presbyterian church, at Academia, of which
he was a member, and a trustee. The brick
used in the building was made on his farm.
Mr. Okeson was also teacher and superintend
ent of the Sunday-school of that congregation.
Samuel Okeson was twice married; his first
Avife Avas Jane Black, of Perry county, their
children being as follows: George B., farmer,
of Brown county, Kan.; Nicholas A., de
ceased, Avas a soldier in the Union army in the
late war; and Samuel B., Avho also served dur
ing the war, in the First Pennsylvania Cav
alry, and died in 1871. Airs. Jane (Black)
Okeson died in 1843. Air. Okeson afterwards
married Alargaret A., daughter of Patrick
McKennen, a farmer and a justice of the
peace of the Tuscarora valley; she is of
Scotch-Irish descent. The children of this
union are: Alary J., married to Dr. J. AL
Bregee, both deceased; Elizabeth G; and A.
Stewart. Samuel Okeson died on the home
stead, September 29, 1865; Airs. Okeson, his
widow, a venerable lady, resides at Academia.
A. Stewart Okeson, also born on the home
farm, received his education in the public
schools of the valley, and at the Tuscarora
Academy, Avhere he studied for several years,
and Avas prepared for college by the late Dr.
J. H. Shumaker. In 1870 he turned his at
tention to mercantile business. At the end
of three years be sold out his interest, and be
came a fire and life insurance agent, in which
occupation he has passed more than sixteen
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are the Palatine (Fire), of Manchester, Eng
land; Citizen (Fire), of NeAV Arork; the Al-
lemania (Fire), of Pittsburg, Pa.; the Teu-
tonia (Fire), of Allegheny, Pa.; the Leb
anon (Fire), of Jonestown, Pa.; the Ger
man (Fire), of Pittsburg; and the Penn Mu
tual Life, of Philadelphia, Pa. In the prose
cution of this business Air. Okeson travels over
several counties, meeting with much success.
As a real estate broker he has visited the Avest,
Avhere he owns five hundred acres of land; he
has traveled through Kansas, Illinois and
IoAva. It Avas OAving to the efforts of Air. Oke
son that a postofflce Avas established at Okeson,
Pa. He is a member and the secretary of the
board of trustees of the Tuscarora Academy.
He is a supporter of Republican principles,
but does not seek office. Air. Okeson is a
member of Victoria Lodge, No. 911, I. O. O.
F., of Patterson, Pa.
On February 1, 1876, A. Stewart Okeson
Avas married at Harrisburg, Pa., by the Rev.
AVilliam A. AAYst, to Linda, daughter of James
F. and Catherine (AAteaver) AtcNeal, a native
of NeAv Bloomfield, Perry county, Pa. Atr.
AtcNeal was a tanner; he and his wife are
both deceased. The children of this union
are: Ella AL, died February 9, 1891; Alma
V. ; Blanche L. ; Alargaret A. ; all the daugh
ters are students at the Tuscarora Academy;
and Fred At. Atr. Okeson is a member of the
Presbyterian church at Academia, Pa.

JOHN P. KELLY, Doyles Mills, Juniata
county, Pa., Avas born in Milford township,
Juniata county, November 28, 1821. He is
a son of Aloses and Elizabeth (Patterson)
Kelly. John Kelly, his grandfather, Avas a
native of Ireland, who emigrated to America,
and settled in Alilford township. Here he
bought and cultivated a tract of land. Dur
ing the Revolutionary Avar he served in the
army. He married Aliss Lyons, by whom he
had five children; one of these was Aloses
Kelly, father of John P. John Kelly died
in Alilford township after a long and useful
life. Aloses Kelly passed his entire life in
Alilford, his native township, engaged in cul
tivating his farm of 360 acres. He was be
sides a dealer in stock. He married Eliza
beth, daughter of John Patterson, of Spruce
Hill township, Juniata county. Their chil
dren are: John P.; Rebecca (Airs. J. II. Mc-
Alister), of AlcAlisterville, Pa.; Elizabeth,

widow of John Aloore; Alexander, residing
in Iowa; James, residing in California; Me-
linda (Mrs. Caldwell), of Kansas; Nancy, who
died young; David, who died in infancy; Pat
terson, deceased; and William, deceased. Mr.
Kelly Avas a Republican. He was a member,
and a deacon, of the Presbyterian church.
Both he and his wife died on the homestead
farm, the latter in Alay, 1874.
John P. Kelly received his education in
the subscription and public schools of Milford
and Spruce Hill townships, supplemented by
a course in the Tuscarora Academy, where he
studied under the Rev. Air. McAVilliam. Af
ter leaving school he worked on the home farm
until he was of age, when he purchased a por
tion of it, and continued farming it for several
years. Then he removed to Academia, Pa.,
Avhere he entered into partnership with Rob
ert Patterson, a general merchant of that
place. Six months after this partnership was
formed Air. Patterson died; Mr. Kelly car
ried on the business for several years, and sub
sequently Avent to Doyles Mills, his present
place of residence, where he again engaged
in mercantile business, being the first mer
chant of that town. In 1871 he was ap
pointed postmaster, Avhich position he has ever
since retained. In early life Air. Kelly was
a AA nig, and is noAV a Republican. He was
for five years OArerseer of the poor. He is a
director of the Building and Loan Association
of the valley. Air. Kelly owns the old Pat
terson homestead in Spruce Hill toAvnship, and
the lot on which his house and store stand at
Doyles Mills.
In 1846 John P. Kelly Avas married, in
Alilford township, to Lucinda, daughter of
'Squire John McAlister, of Fayette township,
Juniata county; she was born at AlcAlister
ville. By this marriage he had four children,
one of Avhom, James Austin, is dead. Those
living are: Edward, a merchant of Alillers-
toAvn, Perry county, Pa. ; Jennie (Mrs. Sam
uel Graham), of Spruce Hill township; and
Melinda (Mrs. George Moyer), of Milford
township. Mrs. Lucinda Kelly died in 1885.
Mr. Kelly Avas married the second time to
Mrs. Kerr, AvidoAV of J. N. Kerr, of Madison
toAvnship, Perry county. She is a daughter
of Samuel Shumaker, and a sister of J. H.
Shumaker, Ph. D.,.one of the best among the
excellent principals who have had charge of
Tuscarora Academy. Air. Shumaker died at

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Chambersburg, Pa., where his youngest son
noAV holds a clerkship in the First National
Bank. Airs. Kelly had no children by either
marriage. Mr. Kelly is an elder of tbe Pres
byterian church at Academia, Pa., and a faith
ful and zealous member. He was an earnest
worker in the Sunday-school, in which he has
served both as teacher and as superintendent.

JOHN M. TELFER, Doyles ALUs, Ju
niata county, Pa., Avas born in Fermanagh '
toAvnship, Juniata county, February 22, 1858,
son of William and Alary (Alilliken) Telfer.
William Telfer was a native of Scotland, and
a woolen manufacturer. Emigrating at the
age of nineteen to America, he landed at NeAV
fork, and went to Lititz, Lancaster county,
Pa., where his brother was manager of a
woolen factory. Here he spent some time,
and then went to Erie county, Pa., Avhere be
worked at his trade for one year. He Avas
next associated Avith his brother, Samuel Tel
fer, for several years, in the manufacture of
woolen goods at the old Port Royal mill, and
afterwards with Adam Spoonhour, in the same
business, near Oakland, Pa. After selling
the mill he bought a farm in the Tuscarora
valley, where he settled, and became the first
carpet manufacturer in that section. The
later years of his life were passed in Spruce
Hill township, where he oAvned about 170
acres of land, eighty-seven of Avhich Avere in
cluded in the farm on which he lived. He
bought Doyle's mill, in Beale township, with
¦ twenty-one acres of land, and spent $2,000 in
fitting up the mill for the manufacture of
flour by the roller process. He also conducted
a saw-mill. After having introduced many
improvements, Mr. Telfer only once saw his
mill running; he died suddenly from heart
failure, in his carriage, near his home. Mr.
Telfer was industrious and energetic, and en
joyed universal confidence and respect. His
political vieAvs were Republican. William
Telfer was married in Tuscarora township to
Mary, daughter of Thomas Alilliken, of that
township. Their children are: John M.;
Samuel, living on the homestead farm; Jen
nie; William, partner of John At. ; and Alary
(Mrs. Charles McCahan), of Alilford toAvn-
ship. Mrs. William Telfer now resides with
her son Samuel. Mr. Telfer Avas a trustee
of the Presbyterian church.
John At. Telfer attended the public schools

of Spruce Hill township. After leaving
school he learned Aveaving. At the age of
twenty-seven he left home; for three years
previous to this time he had Avorked at mill
ing. Upon the death of their father, John
Al. Telfer and his brother, AVilliam Telfer,
assumed the charge of the flour and saAV-mills,
in Avhich occupation they have ever since been
engaged, the firm being designated as J. M.
Telfer A Brother, manufacturers of "AVhite
Foam" flour. Among the many improve
ments made in the mill is a neAV engine, Avhich
increased its capacity from fifteen barrels to
thirty barrels of flour per clay. In addition
to this business Air. Telfer is a manufacturer
of lumber for home consumption, and culti
vates a small farm. He is progressive and
enterprising in his business management, and
is also esteemed in social circles. As a mem
ber of the school board of the township, he
actively promotes the interests of the schools.
John AL Telfer Avas married, December 22,
1887, to Ida, daughter of Nathaniel Aloyer,
of Beale toAvnship. Aliss Aloyer Avas born in
Perry county. Their children are: AAllliam
N. ; Caturah; James G. ; Lila, who died in in
fancy; and one unnamed. Mr. Telfer is a
member of the LoAver Tuscarora Presbyterian
church.

STILES K. BODEN, Academia, Juniata
county, Pa., Avas born in Ickesburg, Perry
county, Pa., Alarch 1, 1847, son of Robert and
Susanna (Rice) Boden. His grandfather,
John Boden, Avas a' native of Ireland. On ar
riving in America he settled near Carlisle,
Pa., and there became the oAvner of a large
farm, which he lost by bailing the sheriff of
the county (Cumberland). Having thus be
come poor, he removed to Perry county, where
he OAvned some land near Duncannon, and
where he spent the last years of his life. He
did not farm in Perry county, but assisted the
justice of the peace at Duncannon. His poli
tics Avere those of the Whig party. He had
enjoyed good educational training. He Avas
a member of the United Presbyterian church,
in which he held the office of elder. John
Boden died at Duncannon, leaving several
children, one of whom was Robert, father of
Stiles K. Boden. Robert Boden Avas a native
of Perry county, and received his education
in its common schools. From the end of his
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occupied in farming; he OAvned and culti
vated 225 acres of land near Ickesburg, Pa.
He possessed in addition about 100 acres of
woodland. Air. Boden was not only promi
nent for his agricultural operations, but also
conducted an extensive stock farm. Being an
expert in the management of horses, he also
drove a stage for a number of years. He Avas
for some time a mail carrier of Perry, county.
In earlier life a AVhig, Atr. Boden afterAvards
became a Republican, and was a candidate on
the ticket of that party for the State legisla
ture, but was defeated. Robert Boden was
married in New Bloomfield, Perry county, to
Susanna, daughter of John Rice, a native of
McAlisterville, Pa. Her father is a brother
of Jesse Rice, of the Tuscarora valley. Fol-
loAving are children of this union: John K.,
steAvard of the almshouse of Perry county;
Jane (Airs. Jacob Shuman), of Huntingdon
county, deceased; Margaret, widoAV of Samson
YI. King, of Duncannon, Pa. ; Stiles K. ; II.
Scott, deceased; Robert, a farmer of Ickes
burg, Perry county; William; Henry, on the
homestead near Ickesburg; Charles, deceased;
and Alary (Airs. John Snyder), of Ickesburg.
Robert Boden Avas a member of the Lutheran
church at Buffalo, Perry county. He died in
1864. Stiles K. Boden received his primary edu
cation in the public schools at Ickesburg, after
wards attending the academy at New Bloom
field for tAvo terms. He next took a full
course, and Avas graduated Avith honor, at the
Fairbank Business College, of Philadelphia.
He then worked on the home farm until 1884,
when he removed to Spruce HiU township,
Juniata county, and farmed six years for Jesse
Rice. His next agricultural employment Avas
in Beale toAvnship, on the Wharton farm.
During the Avinter months he taught school
in Spruce HiU and Beale townships, five terms
in the former, and six terms in the latter, in
the Pomeroy school-house. He Avas a suc
cessful teacher, and acceptable both to his pu
pils and to their parents. Atr. Boden is a Re
publican, an advocate of sound money. He
was for two years overseer of the poor, and
was also assessor of Spruce HiU township. He
is able and trustworthy, and is much respected.
Stiles K. Boden was married February 18,
1875, at AAraterford, Juniata county, to Net
tie J., daughter of A. J. and Ellen At. Fergu
son, a native of East Waterford, Pa. Atr.

Ferguson Avas a merchant of that place, and
Avas killed in 1894 on the Pennsylvania Rail
road, being struck by a train. Mrs. Fergu
son still resides at East Waterford. The chil
dren of Air. and Airs. Boden are: John, who
died young; Ellie AL; and Robert G. Mr.
Boden is a member of the Presbyterian
church, and has for three years been an elder.

JAA1ES G. HEADING, M. D., Academia,
Juniata county, Pa., Avas born in Brady town
ship, Huntingdon county, Pa., February 10,
1859. He is a son of AVilliam AL and Jane
(GlasgOAv) Heading. His grandfather, John
Al. Heading, Avho was of German descent,' was
born in Huntingdon county. He was a black
smith, following that calling throughout life
in Brady toAvnship. Mr. Heading was large
and robust in appearance. He was widely and
favorably knoAvn in the county where he lived.
He Avas a Democrat. John M. Heading mar
ried Aliss AlcGregor, a lady of Scotch-Irish de
scent; their children were: William M.; Eliza
beth (Mrs. Signer); Alary Ann (Airs. H. H.
AAliite) ; Alartha (Airs. John K. Lutz) ; James;
Isabella (Airs. Philip Fultz); John; Jane
(Airs. Charles Fultz) ; all are deceased except
Airs. Elizabeth Signer, who now resides in the
State of Indiana. Mr. Heading was a mem
ber of the Presbyterian church; his active and
useful life terminated in Huntingdon county,
where his Avif e had died some time before him.
Their son, William M. Heading, born in
Brady township, in 1821, Avas educated in the
common schools of the township. He Avas a
good scholar. He learned his trade at his
father's forge, and made blacksmithing his
permanent occupation. At this he worked
for several years in Brady toAvnship, and after
Avards in Alenno toAvnship, Aiifflin county.
He then removed to AUensville, in the same
county, Avhere he purchased the dwelling and
smithy of Albert Hazlet. Here be continued
to reside until his death. He was noted for
diligence, for strict temperance principles, and
for steady and exemplary habits. He Avas a
Democrat, and held several township offices.
AAllliam AL Heading Avas married in Brady
toAvnship, to Jane, daughter of James Glas
gow. She Avas born near LewistoAvn, Pa.
Her father Avas a soldier in the Revolutionary
Avar; a monument has been erected in his
honor in Dry valley, Mifflin county. The
children of this marriage are: Clara J. (Mrs.

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John Knepp), of AUensville, Pa. ; John M.,
M. D., graduate of the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, Baltimore, Aid., now practicing
at Johnstown, Pa.; James G. ; and Elmer
E., who was droAvned in 1878, in Kansas,
whither he had gone for the improvement of
his health. William Heading was a consist
ent member of the Presbyterian church. Ill-
health, brought about by hard work, obliged
him to spend the last years of his life in re
tirement. He died in 1890; his wife had
passed away in 1889.
James G. Heading received his primary
education in the schools of AUensville, and
in the same place learned the business of plas
tering with his uncle, II. H. White. For the
succeeding three years he followed this calling
during the summer months, attending school
in the winter. In 1878 he attended the Al-
lensville high school. In the fall of 1880,
having previously read medicine for three
years with J. G. Ligbtner, AL D., he entered
the College of Physicians and Surgeons, where
he received his diploma with honor in the
spring of 1882. From that year until 1886
Dr. Heading practiced in Johnstown, whence
he removed to Academia, succeeding to the
practice' of Dr. J. M. Brazee, who had died
in the previous spring. Here Dr. Heading
has built up for himself a practice which is
one of the largest in the county, covering an
area of ten miles in the Tuscarora valley. He
has pursued a special course of study on dis
eases of the chest, throat and lungs; his skill
in surgery has also been fully proved. He
is a member of the medical society of Juniata
county, and is on its census committee. Dr.
Heading stands high in his profession; and
his kindness and affability render him popu
lar. He is a supporter of Democratic prin
ciples. Dr. James G. Heading was married in
Beale township to Jennie O., daughter of
Richard and Nancy (Criswell) Doyle, a na
tive of that township. Richard Doyle, a well-
known justice of the peace in Tuscarora val
ley, from whom Doyles Mills received its
name, died in May, 1889. Mrs. Doyle sur
vived him until February 21, 1897. Dr.
Heading attends the Presbyterian church, and
is a trustee of the same.

GEORGE MAY, Academia, Juniata
county, Pa., was born in Fayette county, Oc

tober 18, 1834. He is a son of Leonard and
Alary (Firestone) May. His grandfather,
Alichael Alay, was a native of Virginia, and
served under General Washington in the Avar
of the Revolution. From Virginia he re
moved to Pennsylvania, settling in Somerset
county, Avhere he passed the remainder of his
life, cultivating his OAvn farm; and there he
died, after a long and useful life. He was a
Democrat. His son, Leonard Alay, was born
in Somerset county. He received no educa
tion, but at an early age began working on
his father's farm. He subsequently removed
to Connellsville township, Fayette county,
where he owned a fine farm, to the cultiva
tion of which" he devoted all his later years.
His wife, Alary (Firestone) Alay, Avas a native
of Somerset county, where they were married.
The children of this marriage are: Alichael,
deceased; Catherine, deceased; John, de
ceased; Nancy (Mrs. Alelchior Reichey), of
Connellsville, Pa.; Jacob, deceased; Barbara,
deceased; Alargaret, deceased; May, de
ceased; James; George; and two Avho died
young. Leonard May was a Democrat. He
and his Avife both ended their days in Fayette
county. George Alay received no scholastic train
ing there being no school Avithin eight miles
of his home. At the age of seven, he began
to work, and passed his boyhood in laboring
on his father's farm, and in clearing the land
around his home. AVhen he was a young man,
he went to Connellsville, and worked with his
brother. Jacob at boat building, on the banks
of the Youghiogeny river for fifteen years.
For some time after, he worked as a laborer
in Connellsville, and Avas then employed in
the same place as engineer at the brick yard;
still later, he was engaged in teaming, in which
occupation he received five dollars per day.
On March 22, 1887, Mr. May removed to
Academia, Juniata county, where he pur
chased the Andrew Patterson farm, one of
the oldest in the Tuscarora valley. Here he
began to raise tobacco, in which he has been
fairly successful. He has made many im
provements on his farm, which comprises
about 100 acres. In 1862, whUe working in
the forest, he had the misfortune to cut off
three fingers of his right hand. He cut the
first tree used in the constmction of the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad, and worked on that
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Avas appreciated, being intelligently and faith
fully performed; and but for his lack of edu
cation, Air. Alay could have obtained a good
position on the road. He has held the office
of street commissioner in ConnellsAulle. He
adheres to the Democratic party.
George May Avas married in 1861, at Con
nellsville, to Elizabeth, daughter of Aloses and
Annie (Alurphy) ATance, both of Fayette
county. Aliss Vance Avas born near Connells
ville. Of the ten children of Air. and Airs.
Alay, tAvo are dead, Frank and Appolos.
Those surviving are: Alary A., at home;
Charles and Lewis, twins, the former at home,
the latter a farmer in Beale township;
Homer, a blacksmith of Academia, Pa.; Ed
ward; Joseph; James; and Daisy, all at
home. Air. May's good judgment leading
him to set a true estimate upon the education
which he failed to possess, he has been careful
that all his children should enjoy its advan
tages. His excellent character and good sense
Avin the respect and esteem of his associates in
business and his general acquaintances. Air.
Alay attends the Presbyterian church.

NATHANIEL MOYER, Walnut, Ju
niata county, Pa., Avas born in Berks county,
Pa., April 14, 1832. He is a son of Samuel
and Catherine (Schwink) Aloyer, and is of
German descent. His grandfather, George
Aloyer, was bom in Berks county, where for
the greater part of his life he was engaged in
farming. He Avas a Democrat. He married
Catherine Kline, of Berks county, and.by this
marriage had nine children : Elizabeth (Airs.
Samuel Fisher), of Berks county; George, de
ceased; Joseph; Catherine (Airs. George
Wolf), of Kansas, deceased; Samuel F. ;
Alary (Airs. John Ernest), of Juniata county;
David, deceased; Rebecca, Avidow of Adam
Ernest, of Patterson, Pa.; and Emanuel, de
ceased. George Aloyer attended the German
Reformed church. Although of a delicate
constitution, he lived to the age of sixty-
seven. His son, Samuel Aloyer, Avas bom in
Berks county. He Avas educated in the Ger
man language, but could speak English.
While he Avas a young man, he Avorked at
shoemaking; but after having saved enough
money to purchase a farm of 120 acres in
Perry county, he removed to that county with
his family, erected upon his farm a frame
house and barn, and planted an orchard. Be

sides cultivating his land, he interested him
self to some extent in raising stock. Mr.
Aloyer Avas a Democrat; he served the tOAvn-
ship for several years as assessor, and also
filled the office of supervisor. Samuel Moyer
Avas married in Berks county to Miss Cath
erine Aloyer, Avidow of his brother, George
Aloyer, and a daughter of Henry Schwink, of
the same county. Seven of their children are
deceased, as folloAvs: Caroline (Airs. William
Kepner); Levi; William D.; Lydia (Airs.
Edward Koppenheaver) ; Catherine (Airs.
Henry Kling), of Tyrone, Pa.; Martha A.;
and a child Avho died very young. Those liv
ing are: Nathaniel; Mary (Airs. Peter
SAvartz), of Ickesburg, Pa. ; Reuben, of Cen
tre, Perry county; and Silas, of Perry
county. Mrs. Aloyer had one son by her pre
vious marriage, George Aloyer, of Waterford,
Juniata county. Samuel Moyer was an earn
est and consistent member of the German Re
formed church, of which he had been success
ively deacon and elder. He died at the home
of his son, in Mannsville, Perry county, in
1895. Nathaniel Moyer attended tha red school
house near Loysville, Perry county. He first
learned to speak the German language. He
assisted his father on the farm until he was of
age, Avhen he learned the plastering trade,
and continued to work at it for three years.
For the folloAving nine years, he Avas en
gaged in burning lime, after AAliich he rented
a farm, and cultivated it for eight years.
At the expiration of this time, he rented a
farm in Spruce Hill toAvnship, Juniata county,
Avhere he remained four years; he next rented
the Charles Books farm, in Beale township,
Avhich he Avorked for fourteen years. In 1886
he purchased his present home, a farm of 100
acres, knoAvn as the Jacob C. Hertzler farm,
Avhich he has greatly improved. Air. Aloyer
is a Democrat; he has been elected on the
ticket of that party to several offices, in Beale
township; among them those of auditor, as
sessor and judge of elections.
In 1854, Nathaniel Aloyer was married
near Loysville, Perry county, to Alary Cather
ine E., daughter of Henry Kepner, avIio Avas
born in Milford township, Juniata county.
Her father Avas a brother of Samuel and Ben
jamin Kepner, of Juniata county. The chil
dren of Air. and Airs. Aloyer are: Elizabeth
(Airs. HoAvard Alartin), of Mifflintown, Pa.,

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deceased; Catherine A. (Mrs. Andrew Free
man), of Perry county; George IL, of Mil
ford township ; Emma (Mrs. Edward 'Culbert-
son), of Beale township; Ida (Mrs. John Tel
fer); William; Margaret (Airs. Charles Ala-
loy), of Turbett township, Juniata county;
Viola (Mrs. Samuel Fisher); Samuel, who
died young; and a child who died in infancy.
Mr. Moyer is a member of the Presbyterian
church, and has been for five years an elder.
During his residence in Perry county, he Avas
a trustee of his congregation, Avas also a mem
ber of the choir, and served the Sunday-school
for several years as superintendent. His life
has been one of diligent and faithful service;
his usefulness and many good qualities have
Avon for him many friends.

WILLIAM SAVARTZ, Walnut, Juniata
county, Pa., Avas born near Buffalo Mills,
Perry county, Pa., October 28, 1858, son of
David L and Sarah A. (Rice) SAvartz. The
Swartz family had its origin in Switzerland,
from which country the great-grandfather of
AVilliam Swartz came to America. Jonathan
Swartz, son of this immigrant, and grand
father of AVilliam, Avas born in Pennsylvania.
He farmed for some time in Adams county,
and afterwards upon a large tract of land in
Perry county, on the Buffalo creek, which be
purchased, and which is still known as the
Swartz homestead. His son, George SAvartz,
afterward purchased it of his father for $7,-
000, and sold it later to AATilliam Bowers for
$18,000. After selling his farm, Jonathan
SAvartz lived a retired life in Ickesburg, Perry
county. He was married to Miss Julius, of
Adams county. They had the following chil
dren: John, of Perry county; George, Avho
died in Bloomfield, Perry county; David L. ;
Jonathan L., of Spruce Hill township; Fred
erick William, died of disease contracted while
in the United States service during the war of
the Rebellion; Peter A., tanner, Ickesburg,
Pa. ; Henry, a soldier in the late Avar, noAV re
siding in Altoona; B. Franklin, of Beale town
ship, also a soldier in the late Avar; Reuben,
a soldier in the war, now residing in A^irginia ;
and Elizabeth (Mrs. John McKinley), of
Iowa, deceased. The family as will be ob
served, enjoyed the honorable distinction of
sending four sons into the perilous service of
the country in her time of need. Jonathan
Swartz, the father of this family, was a large

man, Aveighing over tAvo hundred and thirty
pounds. The German tongue Avas as familiar
to him as the English. Both he and his Avife
were excellent singers, especially of German
Avords and music. Mr. Swartz Avas for many
years an elder in the German Reformed church
and also did his congregation efficient service
in the choir. He took a deep interest in all
church business, and promoted the organiza
tion of the Reformed congregation at Buffalo.
He Avas a Democrat, and very active in poli
tics; he was honored with election to various
township offices. Mr. and Airs. Swartz both
died in Perry county.
Their son, David L. Swartz, Avas born in
Adams county. He attended the common
schools, and was educated in the German and
English languages. He has been all his life
a farmer. He worked on the homestead with
his father until he was twenty-seven years old,
and then rented a farm for himself near Ickes
burg. Here he remained until 1869, when
he bought a farm of 110 acres in Spruce Hill
toAvnship, a part of the Alilliken estate. On
this farm he made many improvements,
building or remodeling the dAvelling and barn,
planting a five-acre peach and apple' orchard,
purchasing superior live stock, and in many
other Avays adding to the value of his home
stead. Since 1885, he has lived a life of ease
and retirement with his son. Jonathan R.
Swartz still cultivates the farm owned by his
father. David L. SAvartz was married at
Buffalo ALUs to Sarah A., daughter of Con
rad Rice, a fanner and millwright of that
place. Their children are : Amanda J. (Airs.
AVilliam Bryner), of Tuscarora township;
Jonathan Rice, on the homestead farm ; Fred
erick AVilliam; Harry A., a stockman of
Beale township; John J., farmer of Edgar
countv, HI ; Alahala E. (Airs. A. Al. Bryner),
of Spruce Hill township; Susanna (Airs.
George Hutching), of Tuscarora township;
George R., dealer in stock; David C, of Ed
gar county, 111; and Catherine (Airs. William
Harris), whose husband is a miller. Airs.
Sarah A. SAvartz dying in 1875, Air. SAvartz
married Kate Sansaman, of Perry county,
who resides with her husband on AVilliam
Swartz's farm. David L. Swartz has reached
his sixty-ninth year, and is, as he has always
been, noted for his intelligence and sound
judgment. He is fond of reading, and Avell
versed in the Scriptures. During the first

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year of his residence in Juniata county, he was
elected elder in the Lutheran church, and has
held that responsible office for more than half
his life. He is a Democrat, and was elected
on the ticket of his party as overseer of the
poor. William Swartz attended the common
schools of Juniata county; but they Avere only
in session during three months of the year,
and the nearest school house was two miles
from his home. Though deprived of the priv
ilege of regular attendance at sckool, he edu
cated himself, and despite his limited advan
tages, is a man of no mean attainments. He
remained at home until he was fourteen years
old, and then hired out among the farmers,
receiving as his wages eight dollars per
month. For six years he continued to be em
ployed at farm labor, his wages being at
length increased to fifteen dollars per month.
Until he was of age, he gave all his earnings
to his father, reserving nothing for himself.
For three years after reaching his majority,
he cultivated his uncle Jacob Wiscnamp's
farm, at the same time dealing in stock to a
limited extent. He then leased the Snyder
farm, in Beale township, for three years;
there he dealt largely in stock, and also sold
farm implements, in order to save money for
the purchase of the farm; this design he ac
complished in a short time. The farm Avhich
he bought contained 184 acres; on this tract
he made substantial improvements, erecting
a house at a cost of $2,500, building out
houses, planting an orchard, etc. Mr. Swartz
is still in the stock business, in which he has
been very successful, being the largest ship
per of cattle, sheep, hogs and horses in the
county. He procures some of the cattle per
sonally from the Avest. He is also a holder of
bank stock in Port Royal and MifflintoAvn,
and is a director of the Port Royal bank. AVil
liam Swartz was elected associate judge of
Juniata county in 1896, on the Democratic
ticket. His popularity in the county is in
dicated by the fact that he was elected by a
large majority, receiving in addition to the
support of his own party, a number of Repub
lican votes.
In January, 1879, at the age of twenty,
William Swartz was married, in Spruce Hill
township, Juniata county, to Mary E., daugh
ter of John and Sarah (Peck) Gingrich, who
is about his own age. John Gingrich was a

native of Lancaster county and a cattle dealer
of Spruce Hill township; he died in February,
1890; his widow still resides on the home
stead. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Swartz
are: Luther D.; Olive M.; Pearl S.; AV.
Delbert; these four are attending school; J.
Milton died at the age of three years; John
R. ; and Mary H. Mr. Swartz is a faithful
member of the Lutheran church, of which he
has been a deacon; he is active in the Sunday-
school, has been superintendent and teacher.
The name of SAvartz is Avidely known through
out the Juniata valley, and wherever known
is held in honor. An upright and prosperous
business man, an impartial judge, and a man
exemplary in every relation of life, William
Swartz is esteemed by all who know him.
Much of his success is due to his own diligence
and enterprise; but much also to the faithful
and constant aid of his wife, who from an
early age has fought life's battles with him,
sharing alike his privations, his labors and
his triumphs.

DENNEY M. MARSHALL, Walnut, Ju
niata county, Pa., son of James and Isabella
(Campbell) Marshall, was born in Tuscarora,
Juniata county, March 2, 1859. His father,
James Marshall, was born at Shirleysburg,
Huntingdon county, December 6, 1799. He
learned the business of a miller in his native
toAvn, working there until 1855, when he came
to Juniata county. Settling in Tuscarora
township, he engaged in milling at McCul-
lough Mills, and later at Peru Mills. Air.
James Marshall was married in Fannettsburg,
Franklin county, Pa., to Isabella, daughter of
John Campbell, a cabinetmaker of Fannetts
burg, of Scotch-Irish descent. Air. and Airs.
Marshall had the following children: Eliza
D., (Airs. Thomas Shull), of Perry county;
Mary A. (Atrs. S. F. Ludwig), of McCullough
Mills; Sarah J. (Mrs. J. F. Brandon), de
ceased; Alargaret E. (Mrs. J. Harry Wal
lace), of Juniata county; John J., resides at
East Waterford, Juniata county; Amanda
B., wife of R. M. Bartley, postmaster of East
Waterford; Robert O., resides in the west;
James W., also in the west; Rachel E. (Mrs.
II. N. Boggs), of Concord, Franklin county,
Pa.; Denney M.; Laura R., died in Illinois;
and two that died in infancy. Mr. Marshall
was a Whig, and later became a Republican.
He was a member of the Presbyterian church,

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c teacher in the Sunday-school, and its super
intendent, and was ever an earnest Bible
student. He died at Waterford, April 14,
1869, and was greatly missed and sincerely
mourned by all who kneAV and admired him
for his many virtues. Airs. Atarshall resides
at East Waterford at the advanced age of
eighty years.
Denney M. Marshall was only ten years old
when his father died. During the winter, he
attended the five months' term of the public
school in his township, and in the summer
he worked among the farmers. At East AAra-
terford, he attended a select school taught by
Miss Mary Ramsey; being anxious for further
improvement, he entered the County Normal
School taught by ex-county superintendent,
J. M. Garman, T. D. Garman, and D. E.
Lance, and here finished his education. At
the age of eighteen, he taught his first term
in Toboyne township, Perry county, then
five terms in Lack township, one term in Tus
carora township, and ten terms in Beale town
ship. During the summer he Avorked at farm
ing. In 1883, Mr. Marshall came to Beale
township, and ten years later, in 1893, he
bought a farm of 135 acres, which he has since
greatly improved. In 1890 he Avas a candi
date for the office of county superintendent of
the public schools, but met with defeat; three
years later he was again a candidate, and was
elected bv a good majority. In 1896 he was
re-elected, and is still serving with increased
popularity and success each year. He is a
close student, and a scholar of fine mind and
advanced ideas. He is a member of Walnut
Grange, of which he has been lecturer and
master. Mr. Marshall is a Republican.
Denney M. Marshall was married, in Beale
township, in 1878, to Annie AL, daughter of
0. P. Barton, ex-county commissioner of Ju
niata county. Their six children are: Mor
ris 0., at school; AVellington S.; James B. ;
Hugh G; Mary B.; and Francis L. The
family are Lutherans, Mr. Marshall being a
deacon in the church and a teacher in the Sun
day-school.

JUDGE J. KELLY PATTERSON, _ re
tired, Walnut, Beale township, Juniata
county, Pa., was born near Pleasant View,
Spruce Hill township, Juniata county, Pa.,
February 25, 1825. The Patterson family
originated in Ireland. The first representa

tive of the family to come to this country was
the great-great-grandfather of Judge Patter
son, who Avith his six sons, Alexander, John,
Nicholas, Andrew, Solomon and James, set
tled in Bucks county, Pa., in 1845; all Avere
farmers. Alexander Patterson, great-grand
father of Judge Patterson, Avas born in Ire
land in 1724. After reaching Bucks county
in 1745 he spent some time there, but before
the year 1778, came to Tuscarora valley, now
Juniata county, where he purchased land and
spent the remainder of his life. He married
Phebe Carrol, of New Jersey; their children
are: Diana (Airs. John Lemon); Jemima
(Airs. Hugh Alexander); Mary (Airs. Aber-
nathy); Andrew, a farmer, of Beale town
ship; John; Jane; and Rachel (Mrs. Will
McCord). John Patterson, grandfather of Judge Pat
terson, was born October 6, 1772, and Avas a
farmer. He married Nancy Lyon, of Aiifflin
county, Pa.; their children are: Alexander,
farmer, died in 1869; James; xVndreAv, de
ceased; Elizabeth (Airs. Moses Kelly), de
ceased; Phebe (Airs. AVilliam AlcClure), of
Perry county; Rachel (Mrs. James AlcClure),
of Perry county; John, William, and Robert,
all deceased. Mr. Patterson died October 10,
1843; his wife died April 16, 1865, aged
eighty-five years. In 1828 he Avas elected a
member of the State Legislature on the Whig
ticket; he also served as justice of the peace.
He Avas an elder of the Presbyterian church.
James Patterson, father of Judge Patter
son, was born in May, 1797, in Spruce Hill
township, where he was a tanner until 1865.
He then retired and died Alarch 22, 1869.
He Avas married December 2, 1819, to Jane,
daughter of John Kelly, of Milford township.
Their children are: John AL, deceased; J.
Kelly; Rebecca G, eldest of the family,
widow of Rev. John Flemming, of Nebraska,
Pa.; Nancy J. (Mrs. William McClure), de
ceased; Robert A., deceased; Joseph A., a
Presbyterian minister, deceased; AVilliam A.,
Nebraska; Samuel; and one son who died in
infancy, unnamed. Mr. Patterson was an el
der in the Presbyterian church. His political
views were Republican.
J. Kelly Patterson attended the schools of
his native township, and the Tuscarora Aca
demy. He was reared a farmer and tanner,
and worked in the tannery and on the farm
tvith his father until 1856. In 1861, he

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bought his father's tannery and conducted it
for fifteen years; he has eA^er since been en
gaged in farming; in 1879, he removed to
Beale township. Before buying the tannery,
he was in mercantile business at Johnstown.
Mr. Patterson Avas elected associate judge of
Juniata county in 1886. He has also held
various township offices.
Judge Kelly Patterson was married March
2, 1854, to Elizabeth S. Beale, a native of
Beale township, and a daughter of Judge
John Beale, one of the oldest residents of that
township. Their children are: W. Howard,
farmer, on the homestead, married Susan
Brubaker, and has four children; Mary J.
(Mrs, David Esh), of Spruce Hill township;
Helen Mar, deceased; Almira McF. (Airs.
George Brackbill) ; Joseph H. ; a son that died
in infancy; and Harry K. Judge Patterson
is a member of the Presbyterian church of
Academia. The family have occupied the
same seat in church for forty years, and the
judge Avas leader of the choir for twenty-five
years. He aa^is a charter member of the Wal
nut Grange.

JOHN P. KELLEY, Walnut, Beale town
ship, Juniata county, Pa., was born at Wa
terloo, Juniata county, Pa., October 14, 1819.
His father, AATlliam C. Kelley, son of John
Kelley, attended school in Mifflin county, and
was reared a fanner. AVhen a young man he
opened a general store at Waterloo which he
conducted for seA^eral years, and later took
charge of one half of the homestead farm of
150 acres, Avhich he occupied until his death
in 1828. He married Sarah, daughter of
John Patterson, of Beale toAvnship. Their
children are: John P; James, a physician,
of Patterson, Pa.; Isabella (Airs. Nevin
Pomeroy), Chambersburg, Pa.; Rebecca
(Mrs. John Al. Pomeroy), Chambersburg, Pa. ;
and two children Avho died in infancy. Air.
Kelley Avas a Presbyterian and an old line
AVhig. His Avife died at Academia, Pa., in
1835. John P. Kelley attended subscription
schools and the Tuscorora Academy. After
the death of his father he worked on the farm,
and Avas later a clerk in the store of his uncle,
John Patterson, at Academia, Pa., until 1850.
He then purchased and improved the McAl
lister farm of 234 acres, and was for the re
mainder of his life engaged in general farm

ing and raising live stock. Mr. Kelly was
married in Mifflintown, Pa., to Elizabeth Fry,
a native of Delaware township. Their chil
dren are : William C. ; John P. ; Edward D. ;
Preston, a silver miner of Colorado; Emma;
James, died young; and one that died in in
fancy unnamed.
Mr. Kelley votes the Democratic ticket. He
was an overseer of the poor, and has served as
tax collector, and in other minor offices. He
is a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church,
has been deacon and elder, and was the first
superintendent of the Sunday-school.
HARRISON MINIUM, Walnut, Beale
township, Juniata county, Pa., was born in
Fremont, Snyder county, Pa., March 22,
1830. His grandfather, Nicholas Minium,
was a native of Dauphin county, and was of
Gennan descent. He worked as a mason
during the summer, and as a tailor in win
ter. He married Aliss Lord, a native of Dau
phin county, Pa.; their children are: George;
Nicholas; Michael; Jacob; Catherine; Mary;
Sophia ; and Elizabeth. He bought a farm of
eighty acres in Chapman township, Snyder
county, Pa., which he occupied, and on which
he built a large stone house and made other
improvements. He died at Fremont, Pa. He
was a Whig, and a member of the Lutheran
church. George Minium, father of Harrison
Minium, was born at Fremont, Snyder
county, Pa., and was educated in the German
schools. He learned the mason and tailor
trades Avith his father, and worked at both.
He bought a farm in Greenwood township,
Juniata county, cleared, improved and culti
vated it. He married Mary Stroup, a native
of Fremont, Snyder county, Pa.; their chil
dren Avere: Mary (Mrs. J. H. Patterson),
deceased; Harrison; Sophia (Mrs. Daniel
Zeigler), deceased; Sarah A. (Mrs. Elias
Minium), deceased; John, deceased; Lydia,
deceased, second wife of Elias Minium; and
one who died in infancy, unnamed. Mr. Min
ium died in 1876, his wife having died in
1858. Originally he Avas a AVhig, and later
a Republican; he served as supervisor of the
township. He was an elder in the Lutheran
church. Harrison Minium was educated in the Eng
lish schools of Greenwood township. He was
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stead until he was twenty-tAVO ; then for tAvo
years he worked as a farm hand. He bought
a hundred acres of woodland from Avhich he
developed a fine farm. In 1881 he sold his
fann and removed to Beale township, Ju
niata county, Pa., where he bought and im
proved a tract of 187 acres, knoAvn as the
Crozier property.
Mr. Minium was manied to Julia A.
Bousum, a native of Loysville, Perry county,
Pa., and a daughter of Jacob and Alargaret
(Kiner) Bousum. Their children are : J acob
D.; Valeria (Airs. Samuel II. Aliller), of the
Chase National Bank of New York, N. Y. ;
Bertha (Mrs. Stewart Henry), of Tuscarora
township; Alinerva (Mrs. II. E. Lyter), de
ceased; Effie, died unmarried; George L. ;
William D. ; Anna M. ; and AAllson; the last
four died young; one child died in infancy,
unnamed. Air. Minium is an active Republican, and
served as school director, auditor and tax col
lector of GreenAvood township, and as overseer
of the poor and auditor of Beale toAvnship.
During the late Avar be was drafted for mili
tary service, and provided a substitute. He
was deacon and a trustee of the Lutheran
church of Greenwood township. He is a mem
ber of Walnut Grange, P. of H.

ISAAC LONGACRE, farmer and stock-
raiser, of Alilford township, Juniata county,
Pa., was born May 15, 1836, in Chester coun
ty, near Philadelphia. He is a son of Joseph
and Sarah C. (Essick) Longacre. His grand
father, John Longacre, was a native of Chester
county, Pa., and a farmer. One of his sons
was Joseph Longacre. Joseph was a carpen
ter, and followed that vocation first in Chester
county, and subsequently in Juniata, where
he settled soon after his marriage, living there
for more than fifty-five years. When Joseph
longacre came to Juniata county he pur
chased a farm in Delaware township. He was
twice married, his second wife being Sarah C.
Essick, a native of Chester county. They had
six children: Edward, deceased; Isaac, of
Milford township, Juniata county; Joseph,
deceased; Peter, of Mt. Union; Abel, of
Newport; Jacob, deceased; and Catharine,
who died young. Joseph Longacre was a
Democrat. He was a member of the Lutheran
church. Isaac Longacre left Chester county with

his parents Avhen but seven years of age. The
family located in Greemvood township, Ju
niata county, near Seven Stars. Isaac attend
ed the school in ThompsontoAvn, for one Avin-
ter term of three months. At ten years of
age he hired out on a boat on the canal at
twenty-five cents per day. He continued on
the canal for fourteen years, rising from the
position of driver to steersman, in which posi
tion he received fourteen dollars per month.
During this time he labored, during the win
ter, Avhen the canal Avas closed, as a store ten
der at Hollidaysburg; and later, in DelaAvare
toAvnship, among the farmers. After leaving
the canal, he Avorked as a farm laborer for
nine years, in DelaAvare toAvnship, after Avhich
he teamed for four years, being employed
principally in hauling wood.
July 21, 1861, Air. Longacre enlisted at
AlifflintoAvn in the United States military ser
vice, and was sworn in at Harrisburg, in Capt.
John K. Robinson's Company A, of the cele
brated First Pennsylvania Cavalry, command
ed by Col. George D. Bayard, and subsequent
ly by Col. OAven Jones. Among the battles
in Avhich his regiment participated, and in
some of which he took part Avere Drainesville,
Harrisonburg, Cross Keys, Cedar Alountain,
Gainesville, the Second Bull Run, Brandy
Station, Gettysburg, Ashland, and Malvern
Hill. While endeavoring, under the lead of
General Bayard, to capture some prisoners at
the second battle of Bull Run, he was struck
on the shoulder by the butt of a rebel musket,
by Avhich his shoulder Avas dislocated. At the
second battle of Bull Run he was also taken
prisoner and conducted to the enemy's camp,
Avhere he Avas paroled as a prisoner of Avar.
After spending over three years in the sendee,
he returned home, but the exposures of army
life had made- serious inroads on his health.
After Mr. Longacre's return to civil life,
he was for a time engaged in chopping Avood.
He then turned his attention to farming, rent
ing for a number of years various properties
in Alilford, Fermanagh- and DelaAvare town
ships, after Avhich he purchased a small prop
erty in Alilford township, continuing at the
same time to Avork as a farm laborer for others.
In 1886, he purchased his present farm of
fifty-one acres, Avhich he has since greatly im
proved. Atr. Longacre Avas manied in Clearfield
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niata county. Their children are: Josiah, of
Milford toAvnship; Catharine (Mrs. Jacob
Stoner), deceased; William K., of Fer
managh toAvnship; Esalinda (Airs. Samuel
Waters), of Milford township; Jerome, de
ceased; John, of Indiana; Clarissa, deceased;
George, of Indiana; Homer, of Lock Haven;
Alice; Dora (Airs. Sherdan Paden), deceased;
Alvin, residing on the homestead; and Mary
E. His Avif e having died in Milford township,
Mr. Longacre, in 1887, married Catharine
Arnold, a native of Delaware township, and
a daughter of Nicholas Arnold, a farmer of
that toAvnship, to which marriage there has
been no issue.
Mr. Longacre is a Democrat. Airs. Long-
acre is a member of the Old School Baptist
church. Mr. Longacre has been a hard work
ing man with a life-long record for industry,
of good repute with all who know him. He
has been, in civil life, a good citizen, and, in
the trying times of war, a brave soldier.

ANDREW H. McDONALD, JR., farmer,
of Milford township, Juniata county, Pa., was
born March 20, 1838, where he noAV resides.
He is a son of Andrew H. and Barbara
(Sheitz) McDonald. Andrew H. McDonald,
Sr., a native of Pennsylvania, Avas a carpenter,
contractor and builder, and worked principal
ly in Juniata county. He married, in Milford
township, of that county, Miss Barbara Sheitz,
born in Dauphin county. Their children
were: Abner, deceased; Augustus, deceased;
Herman, of Patterson, Pa.; Huldah, de
ceased; and AndreAv IL, of Milford town
ship. Air. McDonald Avas a member of the
Presbyterian church. He died on the home
stead in Milford township, in 1838. His
widow survived until February 1, 1874.
AndreAv II. McDonald, Jr., received his ed
ucation in the public schools of the Locust
Grove school house of Milford township. He
hired out among the neighboring farmers, at
an early age, and also spent five years on the
home farm, after which he learned plastering
with George Goshen, of Patterson, Pa., with
whom he remained five years. He then en
listed in Captain Robinson's Company A, of
the First Pennsylvania Cavalry, commanded
by the brave Colonel Bayard, who lost his life
at the battle of Fredericksburg. Mr. McDon
ald participated, with honor and credit, in

many desperate battles, among Avhich some
of the most important were the second battle
of Bull Run, Brandy Station, Gettysburg,
Cedar Mountain, New Hope Church and
Fredericksburg, besides many of the engage
ments in the Shenandoah valley. He had a
good record as a soldier. His entire term of
service was three years and two months, dur
ing which time he was in the hospital one week
on account of sickness. After being dis
charged, at Philadelphia, at the expiration of
his term of service, he returned to Juniata
county, Avhere for seven years he continued to
labor at his trade. The seven folloAving years
were spent as a track hand on the Pennsylva
nia railroad. He then began farming, rent
ing a place for two years in Milford township.
Some time was then spent on the homestead
farm, followed by one year each in Fermanagh
and Turbett toAvnsbips. Returning to the
homestead, he remained there four years.
This was followed by one year as a trackman
on the Pennsylvania raUroad, at Patterson,
Pa., and four years of farming at Aluddy Run,
Alilford township. Coming again to the
homestead, he has remained there ever since.
Andrew H. McDonald was married in Mif
flintown, to Miss Margaret E. Kerlin, a native
of Turbett township, daughter of William,
and sister of Owen Kerlin of Old Port Royal.
Their children are: William, a farmer of Mil
ford township, who mairied Bertha Fox; and
Afinnie May (Mrs. Edgar Kerchner), of the
same township. His Avife having died iD
1882, Atr. McDonald married, on October 8,
1884, Miss Ataria E. Kerr, born in Walker
toAvnship, daughter of Alexander and Mary
E. (Coder) Kerr. Alexander Kerr, a farmer
of Scotch-Irish descent, is noAV deceased; his
wife, Avho is of German descent, survives him,
and resides with Mrs. AicDonald. By this
second marriage there are two children: Mary
E., deceased; and Harrison E. Mr. McDon
ald is a comrade of Wilson Post, No. 134, G.
A. R, 0f Mifflintown. He is also a member
of the Grange. He is a staunch Republican.
lie is a consistent member of the Lutheran
church, and has been identified Avith the Sun
day-school Avork both as superintendent and
as teacher. In all the varied relations of life,
Mr. McDonald has an honorable record; he
is a good citizen in time of peace, and was a
brave and efficient soldier in time of war.

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JOHN S. AUMAN, merchant and custom
miller, of the Port Royal Roller Alills, Alil
ford township, Juniata county, Pa., was born
February 12, 1846, in Penn valley, Gregg
township, Centre county, Pa. He is a son of
William and Amanda (Osman) Auman. His
grandfather, Philip Auman, of German de
scent, a farmer of the same valley, was one of
its first settlers and was a large land OAvner.
He married Rebecca Kinofsinger. They had
fourteen children, of whom six died in early
life. Those Avho reached adult years Avere:
William; Peter; Philip; David; Frederick;
Conrad; Jacob; and Daniel. Philip Auman
was a Democrat. The family attended the
Lutheran church.
William Auman, eldest son of Philip Au
man, born in Penn valley, Centre county, Pa.,
received a good German education, but could
also speak English. He made farming his
life occupation, owning and cultivating 150
acres of land in the Penn valley. After erect
ing commodious buildings and greatly improv
ing his property in many Avays, he retired in
1889 from active work, living at Spring Mills
with his wife, their ages being respectively
seventy-nine and seventy-five. Mr. Auman
married in Penn valley, Miss Amanda Osman,
a native of the Lykens valley, of Dauphin
county. They had eighteen children, of
whom four died in infancy. Those who
reached mature years were: John S., of Mil
ford township, Juniata county; Mary (Mrs.
John Lingle); Philip, of Johnstown, Pa.;
Peter, a painter, in the employ of the Penn
sylvania railroad, at Spring Mills; Rebecca
(Mrs. William Blosser), of Spring Mills;
Elias, of Fort Wayne, Inch; Uriah, a post
master, residing near Spring Mills; Mahala
(Mrs. Charles Dellett), deceased; AVilliam;
Louisa (Airs. John Zerby), of Penn valley;
Ellie (Mrs. George Klinefelter), of Lewis-
town; Hiram, residing in Illinois; Gertie
(Mrs. Ira Baker); and Jeremiah, foreman for
the Pennsylvania railroad at Fort AVayne,
Ind. William Auman is a Democrat. He is a
prominent member of the Lutheran church,
in which body he has held the office of elder,
as well as other positions. He held numerous
township offices, including that of school direc
tor for a term of years. His wife Avas a mem
ber of the Evangelical communion. Mr. and

Atrs. Auman are still living, and in the enjoy
ment of good health.
John S. Auman, their eldest child, attend
ed the public schools of Penn valley, laboring
in the meantime with his father on the farm,
until he had attained the age of fifteen, when
he learned the milling trade in the Pot
ter Mills of Centre county, spending two
years there. He then completed his trade in
Illinois. Returning to his home in the east,
he Avorked for fifteen years in J. B. Fisher's
mill, at Farmers Mills, Avhich he managed for
that period. He then engaged for four years
in farming at Linden Hall, Centre county,
after which he sold out, and settled at Port
Royal, Juniata county, purchasing the mill
formerly owned by Stewart McCullough. He
has here conducted, since 1895, a general mill
ing trade, having spent more than $3,000 on
modern machinery and other mill improve
ments. Mr. Auman was married in 1871, in Centre
county, to Catharine Ulrich, a native of that
place, and a daughter of Daniel Ulrich, a tan
ner and harness-maker. To this union two
children have been born: Zera H, a miller,
of Farmers Mills, Centre county; and Flora,
the Avif e of Albert Bradford, noAV engaged in
milling at Centre Mills, Centre county, Pa.
John S. Auman became a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Alillheim,
Centre county, Pa., February 12, 1868, and
a member of Old Fort Lodge, No. 537, F.
and A. At., Centre Hall, Pa., November 10,
1877. BENJAMIN D. KEPNER, retired far
mer, of Milford township, Juniata county,
Pa., Avas born August 6, 1820, in Turbett
toAvnship, of the same county. He is a
son of Jacob and Sarah Kepner, and a
brother of Samuel Kepner, of Port Royal.
Mr. Kepner is largely a self-educated man,
having received no education except that ob
tained" by a limited attendance at subscription
schools, in the old log school house of Church
Hill, Turbett township. He remained with
his father on the farm until he Avas twenty-one
years of age, when he removed to Alilford
toAvnship, settling on a farm belonging to his
father, Avhich he improved in many ways, es
pecially by the erection of a very substantial
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fruits. He also remodeled the dwelling
house. An excellent farm bouse which he
erected for his father was destroyed by fire,
but was promptly rebuilt. In addition to the
productive home farm of 150 acres, he pur
chased in AValker township a farm of 100
acres, formerly OAvned by the AVertz family.
His Avhole life has been characterized by in
dustry and enterprise. He has been generally
recognized as one of the best stock-raisers and
the most extensive live stock dealers of the
community. Benjamin D. Kepner was married, Novem
ber 17, 1842, at Alexico, Pa., to Miss Margaret
Frankhouser, born in Earl toAvnship, Lancas
ter county, Pa., January 22, 1822, daughter
of Jacob and Hannah (Zimmerman) Frank
houser. Afr. Frankhouser was a native of
Lancaster county, of German descent, and a
carpenter; he died at Mexico, Pa. His Avife
afterwards died at the residence of Mr. Kep
ner. Their children are : Jeremiah, a railroad
conductor, residing at Frederick City, Md. ;
Theophilus, a machinist, of Millersburg, Dau
phin county, Pa.; Delilah (Mrs. Jacob Sny
der), whose husband is a conductor on the
Pennsylvania railroad; Austin, a farmer, re
siding in IoAva; Luther, a farmer, of Walker
township, Juniata county; and Sarah E., who
died in early life.
During the Civil Avar Mr. Kepner's physi
cal condition did not permit him to be an ac
tive participant, but his son, Jeremiah, enlist
ed in the cavalry under Colonel Robertson,
*and Avas wounded. For nine years, Air. Kep
ner Avas a school director. He has also held
the offices of tax collector for Milford toAvn-
ship, supervisor and overseer of the poor. He
is a Democrat. He is a prominent and con
sistent member of the Lutheran church, hav
ing been deacon, elder and also a member of
the building committee for the erection of the
new Lutheran church at Port Royal, to which
edifice he himself contributed more than $1,-
100. He has also been identified Avith Sun
day-school work, both as teacher and superin
tendent. In 1869, Mr. Kepner retired from
active duties and has, since that time, passed
a quiet life, enjoying the pleasures of home.
He has taken several trips, Avith his wife, to
Ohio, Iowa and other western States. In his
old age, Avith grandchildren and great-grand
children clustered around him, he lives a life

of peace, enjoying the highest respect and es
teem of all his numerous acquaintances.

JOHN T. ZOOK, merchant and custom
miller, of the Ridgedell Roller Mills, of Mil
ford township, Juniata county, Pa., was born
April 9, 1849, in Manor township, Lancaster
county, Pa. He is a son of Henry and Jane
(Tilfer) Zook. His grandfather, John Zook,
of German descent, was born in Chester coun
ty, Pa., but removed to Lancaster county,
where he purchased a large tract of land,
Avhich he cultivated and on which he lived and
died. He married Aliss Kurtz, and had five
children: John; Jacob; Christian; Alagda-
len (Mrs. John Yoder); and Henry. John
Zook was a member of the Amish church.
Henry Zook, the youngest child of John Zook,
born in Lancaster county, received a fair edu
cation in the English subscription schools.
He followed both farming and milling in his
native county, until the year" 1850, when he
removed to Fermanagh toAvnship, Juniata
county, where he purchased a mill property
and a small farm. After some years, he sold
out, and removed to another portion of the
township, where he purchased a farm which
he continued to cultivate until the time of his
death in 1889, and also superintended a saw
mill and a chop-mill Avhich he erected on his
property. Mr. Zook Avas married in Lancas
ter county to Miss Jane Tilfer, a native of
Scotland, who emigrated to this country with
her brother and settled in Lancaster county,
Pa. To this union were born two children:
John T., of Milford township, Juniata county;
and one who died in infancy. His wif e having
died in 1853, Mr. Zook married Lydia Ober-
holtzer, of Juniata county, to which union
four children were born: Jacob, residing in
Iowa; Alary (Airs. J. Florence Aran Onner),
of Fayette township; Magdalena (Mrs. Eli
Shotzbarger), of Mifflintown; and one who
died in infancy. Mrs. Lydia Zook survives
her husband, residing in Fermanagh toAvnship.
Henry Zook was a devout member of the
church of the River Brethrem He held vari
ous toAvnship offices, including' school director
and assessor.
John T. Zook received his education in the
schools of Fermanagh toAvnship. His life
Avas passed on his father's farm, until he Avas
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ing and carpentry. After his father's death,
he removed from Fermanagh township to his
present location in Alilford to"wnship, where,
in 1890, he purchased the mill formerly
owned by F. F. Rhom and has operated it ever
since. He has made improvements aggregat
ing $5,000, besides the erection of an ice
house at an expense of $1,000. His whole
career as a business man has been marked by
industry and indefatigable energy.
Air. Zook was married in Fermanagh toAvn-
ship in 1878, to Miss Alary Hower, a native
of that township, daughter of Jacob Hower,
a Juniata county farmer. They have six chil
dren : James L. ; Harry C. ; Charles H. ; John
0. ; Sylvia J. ; and Alary A.
Mr. Zook is a Republican. He is no office-
seeker, but has been an inspector of elections,
and also held a place on the Republican county
committee. The family attend the Lutheran
church.

LYMAN AUGHEY, farmer, Licking
Creek valley, Milford township, Juniata
county, Pa., was born October 27, 1846, on
on the homestead farm in Milford township.
He is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Kep
ner) Aughey. The Aughey family were orig
inally inhabitants of Germany, from which
country the members emigrated to France.
They went thence to Scotland and the north
of Ireland, and in 1852, a number of them
came to America. The spelling of the name
went through various transformations. At
first it was Ache, then successively, Aughe,
Achey, and now Aughey. John Henry
Aughey, great-great-grandfather of Lyman,
was one of the original emigrants to America.
One of his sons, named John, was a farmer in
Tulpehocken, Berks county, Pa., and subse
quently resided in Linglestown, Dauphin
county, Avhere, in 1774, he purchased a farm,
and erected on it a log dwelling, remarkable
m that day on account of its size and complete
ness. Henry Aughey, one of the sons of John
Henry Aughey, purchased one-half of the
homestead farm of his father, which he culti
vated for several years, but subsequently sold
it, and removed to the Licking Creek valley,
Milford township, Juniata county. He here
purchased a large tract of land for fifteen
hundred pounds, equivalent to $7,500, pay
ing for the same in silver tied up in bags, each
of which contained one hundred pounds. He

married, and became the father of six chil
dren. His Avife dying, he manied Atiss Mag-
dalena Felty, by whom he had one child,
Samuel, who Avas the father of Lyman.
Henry Aughey and his family Avere members
of the Lutheran church. He and his wife Avere
buried in the Lutheran graveyard at Alifflin
toAvn. Samuel Aughey was born in Alilford toAvn-
ship, Juniata county, in 1804. He received
a fair education, and was all his life a farmer,
OAvning and cultivating a farm of 240 acres.
In 1842, he erected on his property a large
stone barn, and in 1847, a commodious dAvell-
ing house. He was married in Turbett town
ship, in 1827, to Aliss Elizabeth Kepner, born
in that township in 1808, daughter of Jacob
Kepner, and sister of Samuel and Benjamin
Kepner, of Juniata county. They had twelve
children: Rev. S. A. and Lizzie, twins, the
former a minister of the Lutheran church and
a professor of a prominent educational insti
tution in Alabama, and the latter the wife
of Henry Suloff, of Fermanagh township,
Juniata county; Sarah D. (Mrs. William
Brown), of Nebraska; Hannah C. (Mrs.
Samuel Dealing), of Nebraska; Alary J. (Atrs.
Jacob Heikes), of Wakefield, Neb; Lyman,
of Milford township, Juniata county; Har
riet (Mrs. John ShoArer), of the same toAvn-
ship; Isabella (Atrs. Henry Arbogast), of
Altoona, Pa.; and Jacob, Henry, and De
lilah, all deceased. Samuel Aughey was a
Democrat. He held A'arious township offices,
including school director and township treas
urer. He Avas a prominent and active member
of the Lutheran church, being an elder and
one of the founders of the congregation in the
Licking Creek valley. He gave the land on
Avhich the brick building of St. Stephen's Lu
theran church was erected. He died in June,
1889, highly respected by all Avho kneAV him.
His Avidow, exceedingly active for her years,
still survives, at the age of eighty-nine.
Lyman Aughey received his education in
the Red Bank public school of Milford toAvn-
ship. He has passed his entire life on the
homestead farm, Avhich he cultivated on shares
from the time he Avas twenty-one, until the
death of his father in 1889, Avhen he took en
tire charge of its management. He has de
voted much attention to the rearing of im-
proA^ed live stock; and is especially conspicu
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keeper, as Avere also his father and grand
father before him. Lyman Aughey was mar
ried in Duncannon, Perry county, in 1872,
to Miss Clara A. Logan, born in Port Royal,
daughter of James D. Logan, a tailor of that
place. There children are: Minnie B., who
died young; Alary L., who taught school for
three terms in Juniata county, and was grad
uated from the Shippensburg Normal School,
June 30, 1897; and Nevin, residing on the
homestead. His wife having died in 1876,
Mr. Aughey was again married, January 20,
^.880, in Mifflintown, to Miss Alary A. Cra
mer, born in Cambria county, and a daughter
of Daniel F. Cramer, whose father, also
named Daniel, Avas a soldier in the Revolution
ary war. Their children are: Fannie F.;
Ira R.; Henry F.; and Ray Elton. Mr.
Aughey has held the positions of township
clerk and assessor. He is a Democrat. He is
a prominent member of the Lutheran church,
in Avhich he has held the office of deacon, and
has also been active in Sunday-school work,
both as a teacher and as secretary of the
school. Both he and his wife are members
of the Grange of Milford township. Among
the unique curiosities of the past age preserved
by Air. Aughey, and which attracts much
attention in the community, are a "grand
father's clock" more than one hundred
years old, and one of the original ten-
plate stoves. Atr. Aughey's life has been one
of industry, and uprightness, by which he has
won the highest respect of all who know him.
Daniel F. Cramer, Jr., father of Mrs.
Aughey, Avas bom in Blair county, Pa. He
was a brother of David AATlson Cramer, of
Mifflintown. In his earlier life he Avas a brick-
maker, and subsequently boated on the canal.
Having become connected with the Pennsyl
vania railroad, he filled the position of train
dispatcher from 1851 to the time of his
death, June 26, 1896. He married Anna E.
Benshoff, bom in Adams county, Pa. They
had these children: Elihu B., deceased; Ed
gar S., deceased; Fannie F. (Mrs. AV. B.
Thompson), of Patterson; Frank, deceased;
Jesse L, unmarried; and Ira A., a railroad
employee, of Patterson, Pa. Mrs. Cramer
survives, residing in Mifflintown, Pa. Mr.
Cramer held the position of overseer of the
poor at Patterson. He Avas a Democrat. He
was a consistent member of the Alethodist
Episcopal church.

JACOB LAUVER, farmer, of Milford
township, Juniata county, Pa., Avas born
March 13, 1833, near AlcAlisterville, Fay
ette township, Juniata county. He is a son of
Christian and Mary (Hawk) Lauver. His
grandfather, Alichael Lauver, of German de
scent, was born in Dauphin county, Pa., and
came to Fayette township, Juniata eounty, in
the early part of the present century, where
he took up land, on which he erected build
ings and which he greatly improved in other
ways, converting a wilderness into a fertile
farm. An active and industrious man, he was
largely instrumental in making Fayette town
ship what it is to-day. He was married in
Dauphin county, and was the father of nine
children: Susan (or Catherine), (Mrs. Isaac
Landis); Annie, who married Henry Auker,
the first man murdered in Juniata county, he
having been killed by a man named John
Lovering, who Avas executed for it in 1861;
John; Henry; Alichael; Christian; Jacob;
Frederick; and Baltzer. Michael Lauver, it
is thought, died at the home of his son, Mi
chael, Jr. He Avas a Whig. He was a con
sistent member of the Mennonite church, and
a man highly respected by all who knew him.
His wife died on the homestead farm.
Christian Lauver, son of Michael, and
father of Jacob Lauver, was born in Fayette
township, and received there a fair German
and English education. He spent his early
life on the homestead farm, after which he
purchased a large tract of forest land, the
home of wild animals, and by hard work,
made of it a dwelling place for himself and
his family. Building a log house and barn,
Avith the assistance of his sons, he cleared the
land. A fine stone mansion soon replaced the
log house; he planted extensive apple and
peach orchards, and in a few years had made
the recent wilderness one of the finest and
most productive farms in the township. He
subsequently sold the homestead farm, and
purchased a property near Browns Mills,
Avhere he died in 1881. Christian Lauver
married, in Fayette toAvnship, Mary (Polly)
HaAvk, a native of Berks county, who died in
1839. They had eight children: John, de
ceased; Michael, of Beale township, Juniata
county; Jacob, of Milford township; Samuel,
of Nebraska; Elizabeth (Mrs. Hilary Ehinzil-
ler); Annie, avIio died at the age of twenty-
one; Lucinda (Airs. Jacob Moyer), deceased,

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of Fayette township, Juniata county; and
Mary (Mrs. George Leister), of the same tovsm-
ship. After the death of his wife, Christian
Lauver married Miss Catharine Guyer, a na
tive of Fayette township. Their children
were: Rebecca; Hattie E. (Mrs. John Lies-
ter), of Fayette township; and Angeline
(Mrs. Jacob Basom), of Greenwood township.
Christian Lauver was a AVhig, and subsequent
ly a Republican. He held various township
offices, including those of supervisor and
1 school director. He Avas a prominent and
consistent member of the United Brethren
church, and was highly respected.
Jacob Lauver received his education at a
public school of Fayette township, conducted
in a rude log school house, by a lady named
Sarah Sellers. He continued on the home
stead farm Avith his father until he had at
tained the age of eighteen, when going to Mif
flin county, he spent one year working with
his uncle, who resided in Oliver township.
He then spent a year on a farm in the State of
Illinois. After his return, be bought, in con
junction with Solomon Kauffman, the home
stead farm of his father. After cultivating
this farm for one year, Mr. Lauver sold out
his interest to Kauffman, working for some
time after this at farm labor with his brother,
his uncle and others. In 1861, he rented the
Shietz farm, which he continued to cultivate
for seven years. This was followed by eight
years on the Jenkins farm, after which he
lived on a rented farm in Mifflin county for
seven years. In 1883, Mr. Lauver returned
to Milford township, Juniata county, and pur
chased for $8,000 a farm of 110 acres adjoin
ing the one on Avhich he now resides. In
1892, he added to his possessions the farm of
122 acres OAvned by Richard Cunningham,
which he purchased for $6,000. On the lat
ter farm he erected in 1893, at an expense of
$2,500, a fine brick dwelling. Mr. Lauver
has a high reputation in Juniata county as a
live-stock dealer, being the owner of some of
the finest horses to be found in the State. He
is a Democrat, and has held the offices of as
sessor and school director, and others in his
township; he was for three years president of
the school board.
Jacob Lauver was married in Fayette town
ship, in February, 1860, to Atiss Barbara
Winegardner. a native of Perry county,
daughter of John and Barbara Winegardner.

Her father, now deceased, was a blacksmith
and farmer of Fayette township, Juniata
county. They have ten children: Hannah
(Airs. EdAvard Smith), of Colorado; Henry,
a farmer, of Milford township; John E., of
Illinois; Charles S., residing on the homestead
farm; Katie (Mrs. Joseph Earnest), her hus
band cultivating the first farm purchased by
Air. Lauver; William A., of Milford town
ship; James; David B.; Silas, still attending
school; Nettie B., who died young. Mr.
Lauver's religious views are liberal. Both he
and his Avife are members of the Grange, in
which he has held the position of treasurer.
JAMES L. STEWARD, pumping engi
neer for the Pennsylvania railroad, Milford
toAvnship, Patterson, Juniata county, Pa.,
was born November 13, 1840, in Milford
toAvnship. He is a son of George and Mary
M. (Kline) Steward. The Steward family, of
Scotch-Irish descent, traces its ancestry back
to James VI. of Scotland and I. of England,
and his mother, the beautiful and unfortunate
Alary Queen of Scots. Samuel Steward,
grandfather of James L., Avas born in Penn
sylvania, and Avas a local preacher in the
United Brethren church in Franklin county,
Pa., and subsequently in Ohio, in which latter
State he died. George SteAvard, one of the
sons of Samuel SteAvard, born in Franklin
county, Pa., was a shoemaker. He removed
to Milford toAvnship, Juniata county, while
still quite young. He married Mary M.
Kline, the widoAV of a man named Taylor.
Their children are: William C, Avho died
young; James L., of Alilford toAvnship,
Juniata county; and Caroline, widow of Jo
seph Keller, of Port Royal. Atr. SteAvard hav
ing died in 1848, his widow married George
Atarks. She died in Port Royal, in 1878.
James L. Steward Avas but seA^en years of
age Avhen bis father Avas taken from him by
death. He receiA^ed his education in the pub
lic schools of Port Roval, Juniata county, and
in various schools of Franklin county, whither
his mother remoA^ed. He commenced life as
a poor boy. and from the age of eighteen un
til after the breaking out of the Civil Avar
he AA^orked for Avages on A^arious farms in
Franklin countv. In 1864. he enlisted in
Franklin county in Coumauv I. Two Hundred
and First PennsAdvania Volunteers. The regi
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Shenandoah valley, doing picket duty. After
ten months, the war having ended, he was
mustered out at Hanisburg in 1865. Return
ing to Franklin county, Mr. Steward resumed
farm labor, which he continued until 1869,
then obtained employment with the Pennsyl
vania railroad, being a track hand until 1875,
Avhen he was promoted to foreman of the
floating gang; he filled that position for nine
teen years, and Avas then promoted to engineer
of the pumping station at the Lewistown Nar
rows. Air. Steward owns a small farm in Alil
ford township, on which he erected in 1870
a dAvelling which is not only beautifully sit
uated, but which is one of the finest residences
in the township. James L. Steward was mar
ried in Milford toAvnship to Aliss Catharine A.
Bousum, a natiA7e of Perry county, and a
daughter of William Bousum, a carpenter of
Alilford toAvnship, Juniata county. They
have had seven children : Annie V. ; David
G., a railroad employee; Lillie M. (Mrs. James
AlcFadden), of Harrisburg; William, deceas
ed ; Mary K. ; James Leroy ; and George AV.
Air. SteAvard Avas a Republican follower of
Lincoln; and is iioav liberal in his political
views, espousing those men and measures that
he considers for the best interest of the nation.
He was for six years a member of the school
board. He is a consistent member of the
Lutheran church, and has been connected
with the Sunday-school work both as a teacher
and superintendent. He is a member of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Relief Association.
Atr. SteAvard has been distinguished through
his whole life for industry and sterling integ
rity, and as a consequence enjoys the highest
esteem and respect of all who know him.

GEORGE AV. GRONINGER, farmer and
tobacco grower, Alilford township, Juniata
county, Pa., Avas born August 26, 1836, in
the township in Avhich he noAV resides. He is
a son of Jacob and Sydney (AVilson) Gron
inger. His grandfather, Leonard Groninger,
of German descent, Avas born in Lewisburg,
Union county. After farming for a short
time in his native county, he removed to what
is noAV Milford township, Juniata county,
where he purchased a large tract of forest land
belonging to the Aloy estate, most of Avhich he
cleared. After spending the greater part of
his days in a log house, he erected a fine stone
mansion, the first built in that section of the

State. He married Miss Aloy, born at Lewis
burg, Union county. They had these chil
dren: Jacob; Susannah (Mrs. John AVise-
hope); Margaret (Mrs. John Hench); George ;
Henry; Mary Ann (Mrs. Jacob Kepner);.
Elizabeth (Mrs. James AAroodward); and
Catharine (Atrs. Martin Branx). Leonard
Groninger was a Whig. He Avas a member of
the Lutheran church. His death occurred in
the year 1831; both he and his wife are in
terred in the Church Hill graveyard.
Jacob Groninger, eldest child of Leonard
Groninger, born in 1797, on the farm on
which George AV noAV resides, received his.
education in the subscription schools. He
made farming his life occupation, greatly im
proving the homestead farm, and also acquir
ing a farm of great value in another portion
of the township. He married Miss Nancy
Hench. To this union Avere born eight chil
dren: Mary A. (Mrs. Abraham Carbaugh), of
Virginia; Barbara (Mrs. SteAvard Turbett),
deceased; Elizabeth (Airs. Jesse Reynolds), of
Milford township; John, a resident of the
State of Indiana; Leonard, of Milford toAvn-
ship; Jacob, of Port Royal; Orrin, of Renovo,
Clinton county, Pa. ; and Henry, of Patterson,
Pa. His wife having died in Milford town
ship, Mr. Groninger manied Aliss Sydney
Wilson, born near Mexico, Turbett toAvnship,
daughter of Richard Wilson, a farmer of that
township. They have nine children : Hannah
(Mrs. David Suloff), of Patterson, Pa.; AVil
son, a resident of Illinois; George AA7"., of
Milford township; Samuel, residing in Kan
sas; William, of Turbett township, Juniata
county; Benjamin, of the same township;
Euphemia (Atrs. John Hertzler), her husband
being a merchant of Old Port Royal; James,
of Old Port Royal; and Matilda (Airs. Jonas
Hertzler), residing in Cumberland county.
' Jacob Groninger Avas a Whig, and subsequent
ly a Republican. He held numerous toAvn-
ship offices, and was especially prominent in
his advocacy of the free school system. He
Avas a consistent member of the Presbyterian
church. Of great weight and influence in the
township and the community, he Avas uni
versally esteemed and respected. After re
siding for ninety-four years on one fann, he
died in 1894, at the piace of his birth. His
wife also died in the same year, at the age of
seventy-seAren. George AA7". Groninger received his educa-

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tion in the public schools of Alilford town
ship. After working for his father until
twenty-one years of age, he took charge
of the homestead, cultivating it for his father
on shares. In addition to OAvning the home
stead he also cultivates 75 acres of land in an
other location. Air. Groninger Avas among
the first in the Juniata Aralley to give special
attention to the cultivation of tobacco, Avhich
he began in 1880, and has carried on success
fully ever since, having constructed at an ex
pense of more than $1,000, a commodious
warehouse for his extensive and valuable to
bacco products. He has been a prominent and
judicious dealer in live stock of all descrip
tions. Atr. Groninger takes a deep interest
in all matters pertaining to agriculture, and
is a stockholder in the Juniata County Agri
cultural Society. He has been tax collector
for his township, and is a member of its school
board; he is a Republican.
George W. Groninger married in Alilford
toAvnship in 1860, Miss Amanda Rhine, born
in Lack township, Juniata county, daughter
of James Rhine, a farmer of that toAvnship,
of Scotch-Irish descent. Their children are:
William, a cigar manufacturer, of Port
Royal, Pa. ; David, residing at home, engaged
in tobacco culture ; James, residing at home ;
Mary; Stewart; Emma; Lincoln, deceased;
and Euphemia, deceased. Air. Groninger and
his family are consistent members of the
Presbyterian church.

JESSE REYNOLDS, fanner, of Alilford
township, Juniata county, Pa., Avas born De
cember 22, 1822, in Fermanagh township,
Juniata county. He is a son of AVilliam and
Elizabeth (Robinson) Reynolds. His grand
father, Jesse Reynolds, of the Scotch-Irish
race, Avas born in Ireland. Emigrating to
_ America, he settled in Maryland, where he
Avorked at his trade of coopering for a number
of years, and then removed to Juniata county,
Pa. Here he spent the remainder of his days,
folloAving his trade, and also cultivating a
small farm Avhich he owned. His wife, Avho
was of Scotch-Irish descent, Avas born in
Maryland. Their children Avere: John; Ben
jamin; Catharine; Alary; Susan; Rachel;
Hannah; and AAllliam. Air. Reynolds was a
Democrat. He was a member of the Baptist
church. One of his sons, William Reynolds,
Avas born in Cecil. county, Maryland, and re

ceived a common school education. He learn
ed coopering Avith his father, with whom he
worked for a time. AVhile still a young man,
he removed from Alilford township, Juniata
county, where his father resided, to Fenna-
nagh toAvnship in the same county, Avhere he
spent twelve years on a rented farm. He then
returned to Milford township, and farmed
there for a number of years, after Avhich he
received a position as foreman (or fireman).
After filling this for several years, he re
tired ; he died at the home of his daughter in
Femianagh toAvnship, Juniata county. Mr.
Reynolds Avas married in Alilford township
to Aliss Elizabeth Robison, a native of that
toAvnship, of Scotch-Irish descent. Their chil
dren Avere : George, deceased, who Avas sheriff
and register and recorder of Juniata county;
Alary (Mrs. Enoch Horning), of Fermanagh
toAvnship, deceased; Jesse, of Alilford town
ship, Juniata county; Margaret (Mrs. Leon
ard Groninger) ; and Robert, residing in Har
risburg, Pa. William Reynolds was a Demo
crat. He Avas a member of the Presbyterian
church. He filled various positions in the
township, including the office of constable.
Jesse Reynolds, son of AVilliam Reynolds,
received his education in the schools of Alil
ford township. He remained on the farm
Avith his father until he Avas twenty-one years
of age; from that time until 1867, he culti-
'vated a rented farm. Removing to Virginia,
he farmed there for eight years; he then re
turned to Pennsylvania, and purchased the
homestead farm of 100 acres, which he greatly
improved by the erection of fine buildings and
the planting of orchards. He subsequently
purchased in addition his present farm of 145
acres, Avhich he has brought up to a high de
gree of cultivation. Jesse Reynolds married
in 1847, in Alilford toAvnship, Miss Elizabeth
Groninger, daughter of Jacob Groninger, and
half sister of George Groninger, of Milford
toAA'iiship. Their children are: Alary, the
AvidoAv of Fillmore Afusselman; Eliza (Airs.
B. F. Argenbright), resident of Virginia; AVil
liam, of Altoona, in the employ of the Penn-
sAlvania railroad, Avho' married Alary Gilford;
Jacob, an assistant foreman in the employ of
the Pennsylvania railroad; George, who died
young; Robert H, residing on the home
stead"; Elizabeth; and Jesse McC, residing
at home. Air. Reynolds is a Democrat, as are
also all his sons.' He has filled for several

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years the office of school director, and has also
been supeiwisor of the toAvnship. For ten
years he has been a prominent member of the
Grange in his vicinity. The family attend
the Presbyterian church.

He is a Republican. He has never sought of
fice, preferring to devote his attention to busi

ness.

JOHN E. McCRUM, farmer, Patterson,
Juniata county, Pa., was born September 15,
1831, at Aluddy Run, in Milford toAvnship.
He is a son of James and Alary (Johnson)
AlcCrum. His grandfather, William Mc
Crum, a native of Juniata county, of Scotch-
Irish descent, was a farmer, hunter and distil
ler, who OAvned all the land now comprising
Aluddy Run, having taken up more than 600
acres when it was still a wilderness. Nearly
all this land was cleared by him. He married,
in Juniata county, and was the father of sev
eral children. Mr. McCrum was a member of
the Presbyterian church. He was a Whig.
His remains Avere interred in the Mifflin burial
ground. James AlcCrum, one of the sons of
AVilliam AlcCram, born in Alilford township,
Juniata county, received his education in the
subscription schools of Alilford township, in
the rude log school house of the earlier period.
He was during his entire life a farmer, and
was also an extensive distiller. Among the
improvements he effected on his property, was
the erection of a large stone mansion, the
first built in that section. James AlcCrum
was a renowned hunter of his day. He also
followed butchering. He was married at
Mexico, Juniata county, to Miss Mary John
son, of English descent. They had eleven
children, of whom these grew to maturity:
Sarah, AvidoAv of Ezra Dolen, of Alilford
toAvnship; John E., of the same toAvnship;
Alaggie, deceased ; Joseph ; and Mary W. Atr.
McCrum Avas a AVhig, and subsequently a Re
publican. He was a member of the Presby
terian church. His death occurred in the year
1878. John E. AlcCrum in boyhood attended the
public schools of Muddy Run, which at that
time were in session but three months of the
year. He began life on the farm with his
father. AA'here he remained. Avith the excep
tion of tAvo years spent in the employ of the
PennsyLania railroad. He has, for forty
years, been extensively engaged in teaming,
doing a large business in hauling railroad ties
and ore. Avhile at the same time he has success
fully cultiArated his fine fann of 160 acres.

John E. AlcCrum was married in Milford
township in 1855, to Aliss Hannah J. Robin
son, born in Tuscarora township, daughter of
James and Elizabeth (Kissinger) Robinson;
the former Avas a Juniata county farmer, of
Scotch-Irish descent, and the latter was of
commingled Scotch-Irish and German de
scent. They had six children: Mary, who
died young; James, residing on the farm;
Robert, of Patterson, Pa., in the employ of
the Pennsylvania railroad; Susan, wife of
John Leach, a fanner of Milford township;
Annie (Airs. AV. F. Burchfield), of Mifflin
toAvn; and AATlliam, Avho died in infancy. Mr.
AlcCrum is a consistent member of the Pres
byterian church, and has been engaged in
Sunday-school Avork, both as teacher and as
assistant superintendent. He was at one time
a member of the I. O. O. F.

GEORGE CUDDY HARRIS, bank
watchman on the Pennsylvania railroad, Pat
terson, Juniata county, Pa., was born in the
Tuscarora valley, Juniata county, December
25, 1846. He is a son of Robert and Sarah
(Bear) Harris. The Hanis family is one of
the oldest and most prominent families in the
eastern part of Pennsylvania, where they set
tled early in the history of the State. They
haAre always taken an active part in the
affairs of the State, and have been prompt to
fight in the defense of their country. Mem
bers of the family participated in the Revolu
tionary Avar, the Avar of 1812, the Atexican
Avar and the Civil war. One of the members
of this noted family Avas John Harris, the
founder of Harrisburg. Another member of
the family Avas killed by the Indians in Ar
kansas, while serving in the regular army.
Elisha Harris, Avho Avas the grandfather of
George Cuddy Harris, either a son or a grand
son of John Hanis, was born in Cumberland
county, Pa. He was a shoemaker, Avhich oc
cupation he folloAved in Cumberland county
and later in Juniata county; in the latter
county, he settled near the Tuscarora Aloun-
tain, where he OAvned a small farm. He was
manied in Dauphin county, Pa., and bad five
children. Air. Harris Avas a member of the
old school Presbyterian church. He died in
Juniata county. His son, Robert Harris,

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father of George Cuddy Harris, was born in
Cumberland county, Pa. He received a good
education, and Avas a good singer and very
fond of music. After completing his educa
tion, he learned wagon-making, which voca
tion he followed for some time. He also
worked at bridge building in Juniata county.
He was married in Juniata county to Aliss
Sarah Bear, who Avas born in Berks county,
Pa. They had fourteen children: George
Cuddy; Mary; Caroline, Avife of George
Manley, a contractor, of Harrisburg; Mar
garet, wife of David Sickles, a furniture deal
er, of Harrisburg; Martha; Ellis and Annie,
both deceased; and seven children who died
young. Robert Harris was a member of the
Presbyterian church. He Avas a Democrat.
He died at Port Royal, then Perryville, Juni
ata county. His wife, who has reached the
advanced age of eighty-six, resides in Harris
burg. George Cuddy Harris, in his boyhood, at
tended the schools of Port Royal. He after
wards learned the milling business in the Wil
son mill, and worked at it for four years.
AVhen the Civil Avar broke out, Air. Harris
was very anxious to help in the defense of
his country, and when but sixteen years old
he ran away from home, and, without the
knowledge of his father or mother, joined the
army. In December, 1864, he enlisted at
Harrisburg in Battery B, First Light Artil
lery, commanded by Captain Cooper, of New
Castle, Lawrence county, Pa., Avho was after
wards succeeded by Captain McClellan, of the
same county. After his enlistment he was in
the gallant Army of the Potomac, and took
part in the battles of the Wilderness, Laurel
Hill, Spottsylvania, North Ann River, Cold
Harbor, the siege of Petersburg and the bat
tle of Weldon Railroad. During his career as
a soldier, Mr. Harris displayed the greatest
courage and bravery. He endured all hard
ships and privations with fortitude, and was
never known to shirk a duty however difficult.
He participated in tAventy-two general en
gagements, and in several minor ones. He
was mustered out at Hanisburg, June 10,
1865. At the close of the war he engaged in
milling at Port Royal, and later went to Wa
terford, Juniata county, where he followed
the same occupation, until forced by sickness
to give it up. In 1868, he was employed as a
track hand on the Pennsylvania Railroad and

continued in this position for twenty-five
years, Avhen he was appointed to his present
position. As a watchman, he has shoAvn him
self careful and efficient, never absent from
his post, although he has a walk of four miles
and a half every day. Since his appointment
there has been no accident which Avas in any
Avay clue to negligence on his part. He is one
of the most respected and trusted employees
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
On September 28, 1868, George C. Harris
was married at Port Royal to Aliss Catharine
DePew, who Avas born at Miller Factory, Alil
ford township. She is a daughter of Isaac and
Mary A. (Duncan) DePew; her father, who
is a tanner, is of French descent, and her
mother of Scotch-Irish. Air. and Airs. Harris
have three children : Samuel, born in Milford
toAvnship, Juniata county, a blacksmith of
AtcCullochs Alills, Juniata county, Avho mar
ried Miss Ida Lauver, and has tAvo children,
AVillie L. and George R. ; Melissa, born at
Ashland, Neb., Avife of John A. Horning, of
Fermanagh toAvnship, Juniata county, has
one child, Catharine; and William, born in
Alilford toAvnship, Juniata county, an em
ployee of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. Air. Harris is a member of the Rail
road Relief Corps, and also of the Improved
Order of Red Men, Lodge No. 42, of Mifflin
town. He belongs to Wilson Post, No. 134,
G. A. R., of MifflintoAvn. He is a Democrat,
but is liberal in his views. He attends the
Lutheran church.

H. CLOYD HORNING, fanner and
stockman of Alilford tovraship, Patterson,
Juniata county, Pa., was bom in Milford
township, Alay 30, 1848. He is a son of John
AV. and Annie (Aughey) Horning. His
grandfather, Samuel Homing, Avas a distiller
of Perry county, Pa. Subsequently he re
moved to Fermanagh toAvnship, Juniata
county, Avhere he was engaged in farming un
til his death. He married Jane Wright, and
had twelve children, one of Avhom was John
W., father of H. C. Horning. Samuel Hom
ing Avas a member of the Presbyterian church.
John W. Homing was born in Perry county.
AVhen a young man he learned the black
smith trade. During his earlier days he also
taught school for some time in Alilford town
ship. Then he farmed for his father, after
which he purchased the Dufman farm of 100

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acres in Alilford township, on Avhich he built
a dAvelling house and barn, and made other im-
provements. Air. Horning Avas married in
Alilford toAvnship to Aliss Annie Aughey,
daughter of Henry AugUey and sister of Jacob
Aughey, both of that township. They had
five children: H. Cloyd; Alargaret (Airs.
Weston McChan), of Beale toAvnship, Juniata
county; Samuel, of Alilford toAvnship; AVil
liam, of Fermanagh township; and Jacob, de
ceased. Mr. Horning Avas a member of the
Lutheran church. He Avas an old line AAliig.
He died on his farm in November, 1S57.
His wife still resides on the homestead farm.
II. Cloyd Horning attended the Red Bank
school house in his native toAvnship. During
his early days he resided on the farm with his
father, but at the death of the latter, Avhich
occurred when Cloyd Avas only nine years old,
he Avent to his grandfather, Henry Aughey,
and remained Avith him until he Avas eighteen
years of age. During this time he assisted
his grandfather, and also worked on the Penn
sylvania Railroad. At the age of nineteen,
he returned home, and remained Avith his
mother for three years, after which he culti
vated the Aughey farm for seAren years. He
then once more returned to the homestead,
where he has since remained. In 1888 he
planted on his farm a peach orchard contain
ing 2,100 trees, and became one of the first
peach growers in the township. In 1895,
Mr. Horning bought the John R. Renno farm,
of 130 acres, on which also he raises peaches.
He purchased the Huff place in Alilford toAvn-
ship, which contains 1,500 acres of land, and
at this place he raises apples. In addition to
this, he makes railroad ties. He is a member
of the local Grange. He is a Democrat, and
has been auditor, supervisor, overseer of the
poor, and assessor of his toAvnship.
In 1869, II. Cloyd Homing Avas married in
Alilford toAvnship to Aliss Sarah J., daughter
of Alexander and Rebecca (Custer) Ale-
Chan. Air. AlcChan is a farmer of Alilford
toAvnship, of Scotch-Irish descent, and his Avife
is of German descent. The children of Air.
and Airs. Horning are: Emma (Mrs. Abra
ham Zimmerman), of Akron, O., avIio has
one child, Laura C. ; John A., a fanner of
Fermanagh township, who married Millie,
daughter of G. G Harris, of Milford town
ship, and had one child, Christian; Lillie Al;

Rebecca A.; Edith J.; James AL; Charles
L. ; and Laura E. Mr. Horning is a consist
ent member of the Lutheran church, of which
for two years he Avas elder, and for four years
a deacon. He is also a member of the build
ing committee, and Avas a teacher in the Sun
day-school. All of his children are members
of the church and of the Y. P. C. E., and
Aliss Lillie is a teacher in the Sunday-school.

AVILLIAA1 L. PARTNER, fanner and
fruit grower of Alilford township, Patterson,
Juniata county, Pa., was born in Beale town
ship, Juniata county, January 12, 1855. He
is a son of Abraham and Martha (Bruebaker)
Partner. His grandfather, Jacob Partner,
was a native of Pennsylvania, and a prom
inent fanner of Juniata county, Avhere he
OAvned tAvo farms, one of 112 acres, on which
AAllliam L. Partner now resides, and another
one of 111 acres, now also owned by his grand
son, William Al. He married Catherine
Aughey, sister of Henry Aughey, of Alilford
toAvnship, and had sixteen children, all of
whom are dead. Jacob Partner Avas a mem
ber of the Lutheran church, and was one of
the charter members of St. Stephen's church
in Licking Creek, Juniata county. He Avas a
Democrat. Air. Partner and his Avife both
died on the homestead fann.
Abraham Partner, father of William L.
Partner, Avas bom in Milford township, Avhere
his son noAV resides. He received an education
in the schools of his native toAvnship. During
his boyhood he Avorked on the farm, but Avhen
a young man he learned the blacksmith trade,
which he folloAved until 1861, both in Alil
ford and in Beale townships. After this he
farmed the homestead until 1881, Avhen he
purchased a fann of sixty-four acres in Beale
toAvnship, formerly owned by Jacob Brue
baker, and called the Bruebaker farm. On
this he made many improvements, built a
large barn, and here, besides farming, he
raised stock. Abraham Partner married
Alartha Bruebaker, a native of Beale town
ship. Their children Avere: Mary G, de
ceased; AVilliam L; Annie (Mrs. Milton
Guss), of Patterson; and Jacob W., of Beale
toAvnship. He was a Democrat. He Avas a
prominent and active member of the Lutheran
church, in Avhich he had held several offices.

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Abraham Partner died in 1889; his wife
passed away in 1893.
William L. Partner attended the public
schools of Milford township. At an early age
he engaged in farming, and has continued in
that occupation ever since. In 1890, he began
to groAV peaches, and has now upwards of
eight hundred trees. He also raises stock and
sells railroad ties.
On November 12, 1878, William L. Part
ner was mareied in Milford township, to Miss
Jennie, daughter of Finley Brennon. She was
born in that toAvnship. Their children are:
Albert A., attending the Patterson high
school: Mason F. ;, Edna B. ; and Russel G.
Mr. Partner is an active and zealous mem
ber of the Lutheran church of Licking Creek,
in which he has held the office of elder. He
is a Democrat, but he is no office seeker, and
has never held a political position. He is a
member of the I. O. 0. F. Lodge, No. 911, of
Patterson. AATUiam Partner is one of the
most respected citizens of Juniata county,
and is held in great honor and esteem by all
who know him. Finley Brennon, father of
Mrs. Partner, Avas born in Bratton toAvnship,
Mifflin county, Pa., December 20,1840. He is
a son of Alichael and Lydia (Trumph) Bren
non, and is of Scotch-Irish descent. Michael
Brennon, father of Finley, and grandfather
of Airs. Partner, AAras born in New York State,
Febmary 17, 1795, and Avas a son of Alichael
and Alarion Brennon. Alichael Brennon, a
native of Ireland, emigrated to America and
resided on the Hudson river, where he en
gaged in store-keeping. The father of Fin
ley Brennon Avas for several years a foreman
on the Pennsylvania canal, after which he re
moved to Juniata county, Pa., and settled in
the Licking Creek valley, Milford township,
where he bought a tract of land which he im
proved and cultivated. During the war of
1812, he served as a private in the army. He
was manied in Mifflin county to Lydia J.
Trumph, a native of that county, and had five
children: Orren, of Lewistown, Mifflin coun
ty; John, who died at Altoona, Pa.; Sylves
ter, deceased; Finley; and William, of Pat
terson. Mr. Brennon attended the Lutheran
church of Licking Creek. He was a Demo
crat He died in 1880, and his wife in 1856.
Finley Brennon attended school at Lewis-
town, Mifflin county, and in Licking Creek

valley, Juniata county. He remained at
home until his mother's death, after which he
started out for himself, working on the neigh
boring farms and in the tannery at Licking
Creek. In 1866 he bought a farm of twelve
acres, on which he built a house and a barn,
and made other improvements. In addition
to farming he raised stock and grew fruit.
In 1863, Air. Brennon enlisted at Har
risburg, Pa., in Captain Degen's Com
pany D., Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Vol
unteers Militia, commanded by Col. H. C.
Alleman. During his term of service he
did guard duty, and Avas stationed principally
at Gettysburg. In the fall of 1863 he Avas
discharged. On January 4, 1864, he re-en
listed, this time in Company E, Third Penn
sylvania Heavy Artillery, commanded by
Colonel Roberts. He participated in some
minor v engagements, and was present at
Petersburg, Yz.., when General Lee sur
rendered to General Grant. In 1859 Mr.
Brennon was married at AlifflintoAvn to An
nie E. BoAvers, Avho Avas bom in Licking Creek
A^alley, and is a daughter of George and Nancy
(AlcCahren) BoAvers. Their children Avere:
Rebecca J. (Mrs. William L. Partner) ; Clara
R. (Atrs. Samuel Dunn), of Patterson; George
E.; and Nancy C, wife of Harry Kauffman,
a railroad man of Patterson. Atr. Brennon
is an elder of the Lutheran church, and has
held the position of deacon. He was also a
teacher in the Sunday-school. Formerly he
Avas a Democrat, but he is noAV a Republican.
He is a member of the Lieut. D. M. Wilson
Post, No. 134, G. A. R., of Mifflintown.
George BoAvers, father of Atrs. Finley
Brennon, and grandfather of Airs. Partner,
Avas of German descent, and Avas born in
Adams county, Pa., September 26, 1814. His
father, LeAvis BoAvers, Avas a native of Penn
sylvania, where he engaged in store-keeping.
During the Revolutionary Avar he Avas a pri
vate in the army. He married Elizabeth
Brenisholtz, and had four children: George;
Isaac; Jacob; and Mary. George BoAvers
learned masonry, and folloAved that vocation
for a time in his native county. Subsequently
be removed to Licking Creek valley, where
besides Avorking at his trade he engaged in
farming. He was married in Mifflintown to
Atiss Nancy AlcCahren, a native of Turbett
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James McCahren. They had four children:
Annie E., mother of Airs. Partner; Alay J.,
deceased; Sarah (Airs. Samuel Guss), of Alil
ford township; and John, residing in Patter
son. Air. Bowers was a member of the Lu
theran church. Formerly he was a Whig,
and later a Republican. His death occuned
April 14, 1897.

DAVID A. ZIMMERMAN, merchant
and farmer of Alilford township, Patterson
P. O., Juniata county, Pa., was born in Lick
ing Creek valley, Alilford township, where he
now resides, December 10, 1858. He is a
son of Alexander and Catharine (Partner)
Zimmerman. Alexander Zimmerman, father
of David L. Zimmerman, was born in Juniata
county. When a young man he learned ma
sonry in Alifflintown, and worked there until
he moved to Aluddy Run, Milford township,
where he still f olloAved his trade. After some
years' residence there, he removed to Licking
Creek valley, where he purchased a farm of
fifty acres, which he cultivated in addition
to his former occupation of masonry. He
married Catharine Partner, a native of Mil
ford township, daughter of Jacob Partner.
Their surviving children are: Alary E. (Mrs.
William AlcCahan), of Milford toAvnship; Ja
cob P., of Ohio; AAllliam; Catharine A. (Atrs.
Nicholas Bartell), of Toledo, O.; David A.;
Abraham AV., of Ohio; Mattie R., school
teacher; Aiilton H, of Akron, 0. Those de
ceased are: Maggie; Sarah; John; Samuel and
Maria (Mrs. John Pafhlor). Mr. Zimmer
man was a member of the Lutheran church.
Politically he Avas a Democrat. He died in
1876, and his wife in 1891.
David A. Zimmerman attended the public
schools of Licking Creek valley. His early
days were passed at home, Avhere he worked
on the farm and chopped trees for railroad ties.
After spending some time in Akron, 0., he
returned and took charge of the farm. In
1887, he opened a store in Licking Creek val
ley, Avhich he still owns. Mr. Zimmerman
is a Democrat; he has been supervisor and
tax collector of the township.
In 1881, Mr. Zimmerman was married in
Milford township to Miss Rebecca Kiser, a
native of Spruce HiU toAvnship, Juniata coun
ty; they had five children : Lydia; Raymond
L. ; and Rudolph S. ; all surviving; and Ralph
and Linnie, deceased. In 1888 Mrs. Rebecca

Zimmerman died, and in 1892 Air. Zimmer
man married Sarah, daughter of William
Cleck, and widow of James DePew. One
child was born to this union, Atillie W. Mrs.
Zimmerman had three children by her first
husband: Bertha E.; Mary E. ; and a child
who died in infancy. Air. Zimmerman is a
member of the Lutheran church, in which he
holds the position of deacon. He is also a
superintendent and a teacher in the Sunday-
school.

AVILLIAM M. PARTNER, Patterson,
Juniata county, Pa., a farmer and fruit grower
of Milford toAvnship, Avas born in Licking
Creek valley, Alilford township, April 16,
1847. He is a son of John and Catharine
(Guss) Partner. John Partner was born in
Alilford township, and was a son of Jacob
Partner. During his boyhood he received a
good education. His whole life was passed
on the farm in Licking Creek valley, half of
which he purchased when he Avas a young
man, and continued to cultivate it until his
death. He Avas married in Alilford toAvnship
to Aliss Catharine Guss, Avho was born in
Perry county, Pa., daughter of Henry Guss,
a farmer of Milford township. Their chil
dren Avere : AAllliam AL ; Susan (Atrs. George
Kauffman), of Alilford toAvnship; Sarah (Mrs.
Samuel Guss), of Nebraska; Mary (Mrs. J.
B. Croushome), of Illinois; Ida (Mrs. J. E.
Hartley), deceased; Jacob, who died young;
and four children who died in infancy. John
Partner Avas an old school Democrat; he was
no office-seeker. He was a member of the Lu
theran church. Atr. Partner died on his farm
in 1875, his Avife surviving him until Octo
ber, 1889.
William M. Partner received a very limited
education, attending the Aiaple Grove school-
house in Licking _Creek valley only three
months each year. Until he was twenty-one
years old he assisted his father on the farm,
then he Avorked on the Pennsylvania Rail
road for a year and a half, after which he re
turned to the homestead, where he has ever
since resided. Upon the death of bis father
he purchased the fann, on which he has made
many improvements, including the planting
of a fine peach orchard. In 1870 William M.
Partner was married in Alilford toAvnship to
Aliss Jane E., daughter of James Colyer, a
farmer of that place. Their six children are:

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James E-, who works on his father's farm;
Alice AL; Alary J.; Annie C; Harvey F.;
and Eddie C. Air. Partner is a zealous mem
ber of the Lutheran church, in which he holds
the positions of elder and deacon. He was
also a teacher in the Sunday-school. He is a
Democrat, and although he is no office-seeker,
he has twice been elected a director of the pub
lic schools of the township. He is a member
of the Grange, and has held the positions of
door-keeper, treasurer and overseer. He is
also a member of Victoria Lodge, No. 911, I.
0. 0. F., of Patterson, and of the Juniata
Valley Encampment of the same order.
James Colyer, father of Mrs. Partner, who
is of English descent, was born in Juniata
county, and was a son of Richard and Lydia
(Shields) Colyer. The greater part of his life
was passed in Milford township, where he en
gaged in farming. He was manied in Mif
flin, Juniata county, to Miss Alargaret Tison,
a native of Walker township, in the same
county; their children were: Cloyd; Jane
(Mrs. William M. Partner); Alice; Frank;
Charles; William; and four who died young.
Mr. Colyer was a member of the Lutheran
church. In his political views he was Demo
cratic. He died in 1876. His wife is now
living with William M. Partner. In 1893,
she had the misfortune to lose her eyesight.

JAMES M. RICE, Walnut, Juniata coun
ty, Pa., a farmer and stockman of Alilford
toAvnship, was born in Saville township, Perry
county, Pa., June 20, 1850. He is a son of
Conrad and Elizabeth (Notestine) Rice. His
grandfather, Conrad Rice, Sr., was a native
of Chester county, Pa., and was a farmer.
He removed to Saville township, Perry coun
ty, becoming one of its first residents. Some
years later he went to Juniata county, where
he passed the remainder of his days, and died
m 1855. He was married twice, his first wife
being Miss Foose, a native of Peny county;
they had five children: Samuel; William;
Margaret (Mrs. Frederick Shell) ; Sarah (Mrs.
Michael Ickes) ; and Conrad. The mother of
these children died in Saville township, and
Mr. Rice then married Miss Catharine Stoney,
of Cumberland county, Pa. He was a Demo
crat. He attended the Lutheran church.
Conrad Rice, Jr., father of James M. Rice,
was born in Perry county, where he attended

school and received a good education. Be
sides being an excellent reader, he was a care
ful student of the Bible. After leaving
school he became a millwright, and Avorked
in that calling for several years. Then he
assisted his father in farming on the home
stead until 1850. His father then gave him
a farm, on Avhich he made many improve
ments, building a fine house, planting or
chards, etc. Air. Rice was married in Tur
bett toAvnship, Juniata county, Pa., to Aliss
Elizabeth Notestine, a native of Cumberland
county, daughter of Daniel and Christiana
(Tress) Notestine. Her father was a hatter;.
be died in Turbett township. They had these
children: Jonathan, deceased; Sarah (Airs.
David L. SAvartz), mother of Hon. AVilliam
SAvartz, judge of the common pleas court of
Juniata county; Jane, who died young;
Elizabeth, living with James Al. Rice; Jane
M. (Atrs. John Wisehaupt), mother of G W.
Wisehaupt, of Port Royal, Juniata county;
Susan (Mrs. Jacob AVisehaupt), of Spnice Hill
township, deceased; Kate (Mrs. George J.
Rice), of Madison township, Perry county;
Rebecca, who died young; AVilliam, deceased;
and James At. Air. Rice Avas a consistent
member of the Lutheran church, in Avhich he
had held the position of elder and deacon. In
all church matters he took very active part.
He was a Democrat, and was elected to various
offices, among them being those of school di
rector and supervisor. Conrad Rice died in
1876. James AL Rice received his education in the
public schools of Saville township. He re
mained at home Avith his father until he was
thirty years of age, and then Avent to Ickes
burg, Perry county, where he farmed for three
years. In 1883 he returned to Juniata coun
ty, where, for nine years, he cultivated the
John Jenkins farm in Alilford township; he
then bought a farm of 180 acres, known as the
Wallsmith farm, on which he has since re
sided. Besides farming, he deals extensively
in stock. Air. Rice supports the principles
of Democracy, but does not seek office.
In 1877 James M. Rice Avas manied at
Mt. Holly, Cumberland county, Pa., to Mary
E. Zug, who was one of the nine children of
Jacob and Elizabeth (Culver) Zug. Mr. Zug
was a farmer and paper manufacturer. Mr.
and Mrs. Rice have these children: Charles,
who is attending the high school at Mifflin-

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toAvn; Annie L. ; and Alary K. Mr. Rice is
a zealous member of the Lutheran church, in
which he holds the office of deacon. During
his residence in Perry county he served as a
superintendent of the Sunday-school.

SOLOMON S. SHIRK, Patterson, Juniata
county, Pa., was born in AValker township,
Juniata county, July 31, 1843. He is a son
of James and Elizabeth (Aloist) Shirk. Da
vid Shirk, his grandfather, who Avas of Ger
man descent, was born in Lancaster county,
Pa., and removed to Juniata county. Later
he resided in Bedford county, and died there.
He married Alary Love, and had ten children :
James; John; David; Barbara; Joseph; Sam
uel; Alichael; Christopher; Levi; and Henry.
James Shirk, father of Solomon Shirk, Avas
born in Lancaster county. He Avas a plas
terer, and Avas in business all his life. He
manied Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Moist.
Their children Avere: Solomon; Jennie (Mrs.
John WoodAvard); David; and Clyde. James
Shirk died in 1850.
Solomon Shirk Avas educated in Fermanagh
township, and Avhen sixteen years old learned
his father's trade. In 1865 Mr. Shirk en
listed in Company A, One Hundred and Sev
enth PennsyL^ania A'olunteers, and served un
til the close of the Avar. Then he farmed in
different places until 1880, when he moved
to the farm on Avhich he noAV resides. He is
a Republican; he has served as school direc
tor and as inspector of elections.
In 1869 Solomon Shirk married Susan Hal-
deman, who died three months later. In 1871
he married Alary, daughter of Thomas Beale,
They had three children: Bertha; David; and
William. Air. Shirk attends the Presbyte
rian church.

_ MITCHEL II. VARNES, Patterson, Ju
niata county, Pa., Avas born in Juniata coun
ty, February 17, 1836. He is a son of Isaac
and Jane (Arnold) A^arnes. His grandfather,
Valentine Varnes, Avas a native of France, who
came to America during the Revolutionary
Avar, and was captain of a company in the Con
tinental army. He then settled on Duncan's
Island, Dauphin county, Pa. His children
were: Valentine; George; Isaac; Abraham;
Rebecca; and Susan. Isaac A^arnes, father of
Alitchel IL Vames, was bom in Perry county
in 1801. When a young man he settled near
Mifflintown, Juniata county, but later re

moved to Milford township and rented a farm.
He married Jane Arnold, and had ten chil
dren: Arnold; Phoebe; Isaac; Ezra; Mary;
Alitchel; Alichael; Maggie; Lizzie; and Sarah.
Alitchel H Varnes was educated in Alilford
township. After Avorking on his uncle's farm
for thirteen years, he received an appointment
as watchman in the LewistoAvn Narrows. In
1867 he rented and seven years later pur
chased the farm on which he now resides. He
is a Democrat, voting, but not seeking office
for himself. He was overseer of the poor for
sixteen years. In 1863 Alitchel H. Varnes
Avas married to Martha Heikes. Their chil-
'dren are: William; Jennie (Mrs. AAllliam
Isenberg); Sarah (Atrs. Grant Honer); Mary
(Airs. Alien Buckwalter); John; George; Re
becca; Andrew, deceased; Emma; and a child
who died in infancy. Mr. Varnes attends the
Old School Baptist church.

AVILLIAM IL AVILLETT, Patterson, Mil
ford township, Juniata county, Pa., was born
in Wells township, Fulton county, Pa., Feb
ruary 4, 1841. Samuel Willett, his grand
father, was a farmer. He was twice married,
bis last Avife being Atrs. Edwards, the grand
mother of William H. His death occurred
in Fulton county, Pa. He vote'd with the
old AVhig party. His church membership
Avas in the Alethodist Episcopal communion.
Allen Willett, father of AVilliam H. Willett,
Avas born in Fulton county, OAvned 400 acres
of land, partly coal land, and succeeded well
as a farmer and dealer in live stock. He
married Sarah A. Green, born in Wells town
ship, Fulton county, Pa., daughter of Na
thaniel Green. Their children are: Hum
phrey, of California, a soldier in the late war;
Oliver, Avas killed in the late Avar in the Indian
Territory; Cordelia (Atrs. Alexander Boyd),
of Topeka, Kan. ; William II. ; Fannie (Airs.
H. L. Layton)), of Emporia, Kan.; George
A., Peabody, Kan.; Cambridge G., of To
peka, Kan.; and one infant that died un
named. Airs. Sarah AVillett died in Fulton
county, and Air. AVillett married Alargaret
Henry, AvidoAv of Air. AVoodcock. Air. Wil
lett was a Republican. He served as steAvard
in the Alethodist Episcopal church.
AVilliam 11. AVillett attended the public
schools in his native toAvnship, and in Raines-
burg, Bedford county. September 1, 1861,
he enlisted at Wells toAvnship, Fulton county,
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Volunteers, Col. F. Stumbaugh and Capt.
Henry Wishart, and was mustered into ser
vice at Pittsburg, Pa. He participated in the
battles of Pittsburg Landing, Stone River,
Liberty Gap, Lookout Mountain, Nashville
and Resaca, and Avas with Sherman at the siege
of Atlanta, where he received a wound in his
right arm. He Avas in the service three and
a half years. He was first sergeant of his
company and orderly sergeant, and was pro
moted to the rank of second lieutenant by
Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania. He af
terwards farmed in Fulton county until 1869,
in Douglas county, Kan., for eight years, then
on the homestead until 1893, when he sold it
and removed to Newton Hamilton. A year
later he bought the Berdell farm of 100 acres
in Alilford township, where he has since re
sided. He is a Republican, and has been on
the school board. He is a member of Wilson
Post, G. A. R., and of the Juniata Veteran
Association. William IL AATllett was married at New
ton Hamilton, Pa., December 21, 1865, to
Mary E., daughter of George and Matilda
(Morrison) Askin. Their children are: El-
wood; Myrtle, school teacher and later wife
of William McWhinney, of Boon Grove, Ind. ;
Carrie F.; Laura C. (Airs. Foster Gallaher);
and Alda. Mr. Willett is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and has been
class leader, Sunday-school teacher and stew
ard.

WILLIAM C. LEONARD, Patterson, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born at Academia, Ju
niata county, October 7, 1852. He is a son
of William and Elizabeth (Jacobs) Leonard.
Joseph Leonard, his grandfather, was of Ger
man descent. His son, William Leonard,
father of William C, was born at Donnallys
Mills, Perry county, Pa. He Avas for many
years a miller, and now lives a retired life at
Academia. He married Elizabeth Jacobs,
and had nine children.
William C. Leonard attended the public
schools and the academy of Academia. His
boyhood was passed at Pomeroys Mills, Acad
emia, but in 1879 he removed with his father
to Fulton, Mo., Avhere he remained about
three years. Returning east, he learned mill
ing at Mexico, Pa. From this place be went
to Atkinsons Mills, Mifflin county, Pa, and
then worked for his father at Pomeroys Mills,

Academia. In 1876 he Avent to Donnallys
Alills, and worked there for eight years, after
Avhich he went to Nebraska and Kansas, Avhere
he remained six months. In 1894 he pur
chased the mill Avhich he hoav OAvns. He is
a Republican, and has served as inspector of
elections. In 1877 AVilliam C. Leonard mar
ried Elizabeth A., daughter of AVilliam Baker,
of Donnallys Alills. Their children are : Mary;
Bessie; LeAvis; Cloyd; Blanche; and Anna.
Mr. Leonard is a member of the Alethodist
Episcopal church.

WILLIAAI AV. MITCHELL, Patterson,
Milford township, Juniata county, Pa., Avas
born near West Chester, Chester county, Pa.,
August 17, 1829. Alichael Alitchell, his
father, was born in Germany. His mother
died on the passage to this country. His
father settled permanently in Lancaster coun
ty. Michael had a good education, and
learned the trade of nailer at Bridgeton, N.
J., where he was reared by Benjamin Reeves.
In 1846 he came to Alilford township, Juniata
county, Avhere he was engaged for three years
in the manufacture of glue. Then purchas
ing a farm of ninety-eight acres, he farmed
until 1861, Avhen he began shipping iron ore,
which occupation he continued until his death
at Patterson, Pa., in 1871. He married first
Abigail, daughter of William AVoodrough, of
New Jersey, a soldier of the Avar of 1812.
Their children are : Charles, of At exico, Mo. ;
John, deceased; William AAr. ; Samuel Al, of
Houtzdale, Pa.; and one child died young,
unnamed. Air. Atitchell's second Avife Avas
Hannah G. DoAvlin, by whom he had one
child. Later he manied Margaret McKonky,
by whom he had one child, Benjamin R., of
Hanisburg. Mr. Alitchell Avas first a AATiig,
and later a Republican. He was a member
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
AVilliam W. Mitchell attended school at
Bridgeton, N. J., at Laurel Forge and Phoe-
nixville, Chester county, Pa., and also in
Reading, Pa. He assisted in the nail busi
ness, glue factory and on the farm until he
Avas of age, and from that time until 1862 was
employed as a track hand by the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. In August, 1862, he en
listed for nine months at Hanisburg, Pa., in
Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth
Pennsylvania AT'olunteers, Colonel Elder and
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of Fredericksburg, Antietam and Ohancellors-
ville. In January, 1864, he re-enlisted in
Philadelphia, Pa., for three years, in Com
pany I, Third Artillery. After one year and
ten months of service he Avas discharged at
Philadelphia in November, 1865, resumed
work as a track hand on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and continued it until 1887, when
he retired.
AAllliam AAr. Alitchell Avas married first to
Alary A., daughter of Peter Brackbill. Their
children were: Alatilda (Airs. John Weiler),
of Patterson, Pa. ; and James Theodore. His
Avife dying in 1853, he married Margaret A.,
daughter of Andrew and Susan Switzer.
Their children are: Alfred G, who was
drowned near Cameron, Pa., April 9, 1874;
Lydia (Airs. Joseph Glen), of Armstrong
county, Pa.; Anna (Airs. T. C. Brant), of
Huntingdon, Pa.; David, of Ohio; Charles,
of Ohio; George, was killed on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad at Patterson, Pa., March 11,
1887; and Edward, railroad employee, Pat
terson, Pa. Mrs. Mitchell died October 9,
1892. Air. Alitchell is liberal in politics, vot
ing independently for the best men. He is
a member of Wilson Post, G. A. R., at Alrf-
flintoAvn.

ELAIER E. AlcAtEEN, Patterson, Juniata
county, Pa., was born in Turbett township,
Juniata county, Pa., December 4, 1861, and
is a son of Samuel R. and Hannah (Rice) Mc-
Aleen. Robert McAIeen, his grandfather, was
a carpenter, settled in Turbett toAvnship, and
married Alargaret Rice, daughter of Peter
Rice. He was a member of the Lutheran
church and died in 1830 or 1831. His chil
dren are: Samuel; Laird, deceased; Robert;
and AAllliam, deceased. His son, Samuel Mc
AIeen, Avas born in Turbett township, Juniata
county, Pa., in 1823. He was a shoemaker
for twenty-five years. In 1895, he moved to
Patterson, Pa. He Avas a Democrat and serv
ed as supervisor, tax collector, etc. He Avas
married November 24, 1844, to Hannah Rice,
daughter of Jacob Rice, Avho died Alay 30,
1895, having reared four children: George;
John; Sarah (Airs. Charles AlcCormick) ; and
Elmer E. He is a member of the Methodist
church. Elmer E. ALAIeen Avas educated in the
public schools. In 1879, he Avent to Illinois
and farmed there until 1881,Avben he returned

to Juniata county, Pa. In 1882 he Avorked in
the store of his brother-in-laAV, Charles Mc
Cormick, at Port Royal, and for the next three
years in the store of T. J. Midsoyh, at Patter
son, Pa. From 1885 until 1892, he was in
partnership Avith W. M. Beale; he then with
drew and conducted a store at Huntingdon,
Pa., until November, 1893. On December
5, 1893, he opened his present business. Mr.
AlcMeen is a member of Lnion Lodge, No.
324, F. and A. AL, Alifflintown; of Patterson
Lodge, No. 911, I. 0. O. F.; of P. 0. S. A.;
and of the Jr. 0. U. A. Al. He is a Democrat,
and Avas elected county auditor in 1890, but
resigned the office in 1892. He is a member
and the secretary of the school board.
Elmer E. AIcAleen was married in 1884 to
Aliss Sarah Lesh, daughter of Daniel Lesh, of
Port Royal, Juniata county, Pa. They have
one child, Ralph. Mr. and Mrs. McMeen are
members of the Presbyterian church of Mif
flintown, Pa.

SAAIUEL AUGHEY SULOFF, M. D.,
Patterson, Juniata county, Pa., Avas born in
Fermanagh township, Juniata county, Pa.,
September 12, 1857, son of Henry and Eliza
beth (Aughey) Suloff. He Avas educated in
the township schools and in the State Normal
School, Shippensburg, Pa. He read medicine
in the office of Dr. T. A. Elder, of Mifflin
toAvn, attended lectures at Rush Medical Col
lege, of Chicago, and received his diploma
from that institution in 1882. He began prac
tice at Newport, Perry county, Pa., and one
year later removed to Patterson, where he has
since been professionally engaged. Formerly
he Avas a member of the Juniata Valley Medi
cal Association ; is now secretary of the Coun
ty Medical Society, and also a member of the
State Medical Society. Dr. Suloff is a Demo
crat; he has been a school director for six
years and a member of the council.
Dr. Suloff Avas married in 1888, to Tillie F.,
daughter of John C. Powell, of Lewistown,
Pa. ; they have one child, Donald F. Dr. and
Airs. Suloff are active members of the Evan
gelical Lutheran church, of Avhich the Doctor
has been a trustee for tAvelve years.

HOWARD KIRK, Patterson, Juniata
county, Pa., Avas born in AlifflintoAvn, Pa.,
August 291, 1849, and is a son of James and
Alartha (Saiger) Kirk. His great-grand-

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father, AVilliam Kirk, a native of Scotland,
came to America about 1740 or '45, and was
one of the early settlers of Tuscarora town
ship, Juniata county, Pa., Avhere he engaged
in farming. He was a Presbyterian. His
grandson, James Kirk, son of AVilliam and
father of HoAvard Kirk, Avas born in Tuscarora
township in 1801, and received a liberal edu
cation, after Avhich he taught school in Juni
ata and Cumberland counties. Early in the
"40's", he engaged in mercantile business, in
Mifflintown, Pa., and continued in this occu
pation until his death in 1870. He Avas a
Democrat, and served in various offices. His
religious training was Presbyterian, but after
his marriage he united with the Lutheran
church. He married Martha Saiger, of Lan
caster county, Pa., who died in 1882. Five
of their seven children are living : Mary Jane
(Mrs. J. Herman Bosler), of Carlisle, Pa.;
Savilla Charlotte (Mrs. Dr. J. G. Trimble), of
Philadelphia; John W., clerk in the U. S.
Revenue Office, Lancaster, Pa.; Margaretta,
wife of Hon. Benjamin Walters, ex-member
of the legislature; and Howard.
Howard Kirk was reared and educated in
Mifflintown, Pa. For three years he was a tel
egraph operator for the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company. In 1878, he began his pres
ent business, that of dealing in confectionery,
tobacco, news and stationery, at Patterson.
He is a Democrat, and in 1884 Avas chairman
of the Democratic County Committee. He
served as postmaster of Patterson, Pa., from
1885 to 1889; at present he is the treasurer
of Patterson borough. He is also treasurer of
the Friendship Fire Company. In 1894,
Howard Kirk married M. Jeannette, daughter
of AVilliam Marks, of Mifflin county, Pa.
They have one child, Echvard Bosler. Mrs.
Kirk is a member of the Presbyterian church.

JOHN A. LEACH, Patterson, Milford
township, Juniata county, Pa., Avas born in
Beale township, November 13, 1853, son of
Clement and Sarah (Carter) Leach. Clement
Leach is a farm laborer and fence builder, and
resides in Beale township, Juniata county, Pa.
He married Sarah Carter, both of Welsh de
scent. Their children are: Rebecca; Susan
na; John A.; Ellen, deceased; Clement; Wil
liam; Zeriah; and James, deceased. Mr.
Leach is a Democrat. He attends the Pres
byterian church.

John A. Leach Avas a pupil in the public
schools and the academy in Beale toAvnship.
He Avorked for a time as a fanner, and then for
four years drove a stage, carrying the U. S.
Alail between Academia and Alifflintown.
After several years' service as car inspector
for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, he
worked in the Jacobs House at Alifflintown.
He then engaged in the business of shipping
lumber and railroad ties, in Avhich for the
past sixteen years he has been Arery successful.
Mr. Leach is a Democrat, and has served as
chairman of the Democratic county commit
tee. John A. Leach Avas married in 1877 to
Clara, daughter of Zerah Dolen. Their chil
dren are: Bessie AL; Clara Emma; Cloyd C. ;
and Charles C. The family attend the Evan
gelical church.

AV. H. J. HOLMAN, D. D. S., Patterson,
Juniata county, Pa., Avas born at Alexico,
AValker toAvnship, Juniata county, Pa., Janu
ary 13, 1858, and is a son of David and Bar
bara (Knisely) Holman. Conrad Holman, his
grandfather, resided in Spring township,
Perry county, Pa., and was married three
times, his third wife being the mother of Da
vid, father of Dr. Holman. John Holman, a
son by the first wife, came to AValker town
ship, Juniata county, Pa., about 1845, and
engaged in farming. David Holman Avas
born in Perry county, Pa., September 5, 1831,
and came to Juniata county about 1851. He
learned the trade of moulder. Later he Avas
a despatcher on the Pennsylvania Railroad at
Alifflintown, and then for fifteen years was
an engineer on the Atiddle DiAdsion of the
same road. He was a Democrat, served as
president of the borough council of Alifflin
toAvn, and was a member of the Alasonic fra
ternity. His death occurred June 22, 1895.
Both Mr. Holman and his wife Avere members
of the Lutheran church. He Avas married
July 5, 1853, to Barbara, daughter of Samuel
Knisely, and she survives him, Avith tAvo chil
dren: Dr. Holman; and Clara.
Dr. AV. II. J. Holman Avas educated in the
schools of Patterson, became a bookkeeper
and cashier in a mercantile business, and re
mained there until he was tAventy-four years
of age. He studied dentistry Avith Dr. G. L.
Den, of Alifflintown, Pa., and graduated from
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since Avhich time he has been in sucessful
practice at Patterson. Dr. Holman is a
stockholder in the Lancaster Traction Com
pany, and has been treasurer of the Ferma
nagh Building and Loan Association for some
years. In the Odd Fellows' fraternity he is
prominent and active, being a member of
Victoria Lodge, No. 911, which he organized
in December, 1890, and of Juniata Valley
Encampment, No. 305. He is the present
District Deputy Grand Patriarch of the order,
and vice-president of the Odd Fellows' Or
phans Home, of central Pennsylvania. He
is also a member of Cocolamus Lodge, No.
397, K. P. Dr. Holman is a Republican. Dr.
Holman Avas married in February, 1890, to
Kate K, daughter of Michael and Amanda
Hawk, of Patterson, Pa.; have one child,
Clara Amanda. Dr. Holman is a member of
the Lutheran church at Mifflintown, and has
long been president of its board of tmstees.

OKESON FAA1ILY of TUSCARORA
VALLEY. — John Okeson was the first repre-
sentatiA'e in America, of this, as far as known,
the only family of- that name in the United
States. He Avas a native of the city of Am
sterdam, Holland, and a grandson of Jans
Okerson, as the name was then known, who
distinguished himself in a heroic engagement,
Avhich occurred during the Spanish invasion
of Holland. This battle Avas made the object
of a famous painting by the celebrated artist,
Rembrandt, one of the best works found in
the great Art Museum of Amsterdam. John
Okeson came to America in the year 1690
and went out into the wilderness of New Jer
sey, taking up lands near Avhere the toAvn of
Flemington stands. He was married, and had
two children, a son and daughter. The daugh
ter died in early life; the son, Thomas Oke
son, became a Baptist minister of considerable
reputation in New Jersey. He manied Miss
Davidson, who bore him two children: Eliz
abeth and Daniel. His first Avife died in Sep
tember, 1734, and in September, 1739, he
manied Airs. Deborah Clayton, a lady of
some Avealth. He preached his first wife's fu
neral sermon, but never preached any after
wards. His daughter, Elizabeth, manied
Samuel Johnson, and lived at Philipsburg,
New Jersey Avhen she died, in 1768. Of their
family Ave have no definite information. His
son, Daniel Okeson, Avas born in 1724, was

reared a farmer, and lived near Union Fur
nace, in Hunterdon county, New Jersey. On
February 11, 1848, he married Angleshe Al-
bertson. They had four children: Nancy;
Sarah; John, died single, aged twenty-five,
and Nicholas A. Sarah and Nancy married
two brothers, William and John Silverthorn,
both of whom reared families. William Sil
verthorn lived and died near Belvidere on the
Delaware river, N. J. John lived in the
Tuscarora valley, and he and his wife died in
Juniata county. They had one son, Robert,
Avho died some years ago near Peru, in which
portion of Juniata county some of his children
and grandchildren still live. Nicholas Albert-
son Okeson, youngest son of Daniel Okeson,
manied Susan Silverthorn, the sister of AVil
liam and John. Daniel Okeson was on sev
eral occasions called out as a volunteer soldier
to go into the frontier settlements to chastise
the hostile Indians and was said to have per
formed good service Avith his trusty rifle, be
ing an expert marksman or sharp-shooter.
During the early days of the Revolutionary
Avar an order was issued by an officer of the
British army to the people living in Hunter
don county, N. J., to go out, under command
of a detailed officer, to repair the roads and
bridges in that portion of the colony for the
passage of the-main army. Among those thus
called out were Nicholas A. Okeson and John
Silverthorn, then lads of seventeen years, and
particular friends and chums. Young Okeson
received an order which he did not willingly
obey, not being in sympathy with the anny of
the King. The officer who commanded the
Avork struck him with the flat of his sAvord.
An active engagement at once took place be
tween the officer and the two young lads, the
officer getting the Avorst of the encounter.
They quickly fled, and as fast as their horses
would carry them, made their way to the
army of General Washington on Long Island,
Avhere they both enlisted for the Avar, just a
feAV days before the battle of Long Island, in
which they took part. This was Nicholas A.
Okeson's second battle with the King's forces.
He also took part in the battles of Trenton,
Princeton, AVhite Plains, and Brandywine,
and in the capture of Staten Island. He
remained in the army until the close of the
war, doing military duty in various capacities,
and Avas for two years master of trans
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few years after he returned from the war his
marriage took place. In the fall of 1785, in
company with George Carson, and some other
neighbors, he made a tour to the Avest; coming
into Tuscarora valley, they were pleased with
the country and he purchased from a Mr.
Kenaday what is noAV knoAvn as the old Oke
son farm, near Academia. This farm con
sisted of several hundred acres, a shanty, and
a small patch of cleared land near by a beau
tiful spring, flowing from the rocky hill side,
beneath the shade of a great oak tree. The
valley at that time was a wilderness, without
wagon roads, only bridle paths along the clear
streams of mountain Avater. The few pioneers
who had located in the valley were anxious to
close out their small holdings and move across
the mountains to the big woods of the Ohio
valley. In the following spring, 1786, Nicho
las Okeson, Avith his aged father and young
wife, made his Avay to his new home in the
Tuscarora valley, cutting his road as he trav
eled onAvard to the log cabin on the hill. It
was their home for life. His father died in
1801, he in 1842 and his wife in 1841. He
left a family of eight children: John; Alar
tha; Daniel; Sarah; Abigail; William; Mary
and Margaret.
John Okeson married Rebecca Bull, a sister
of Colonel Bull, a leading soldier in the Avar
of 1812, who was killed by the Indians in
1814, and left a family of eight children, all
of whom are dead but one daughter, who
married Mr. Diven.
Martha Okeson (Mrs. Thomas Arbuckle),
died recently, leaving an aged husband, but
no children.
Daniel Okeson, born in 1786, manied Miss
McBride, and died in New Bloomfield, Perry
county, Pa., where for many years he was a
successful merchant. He left a family of
four children: John; Samuel; Daniel; and
Margaret. John died young; Samuel was a
tanner, married and lived and died in Landis
burg; Daniel married and remoA^ed to Illi
nois, and thence to Kansas, where he died a
few years since; Margaret married Dr. Milli
ken, of Tuscarora valley, and lived and died
in New Bloomfield.
Sarah Okeson, born in 1788, married Wil
liam Ard, died and left several children: Jo
seph; Samuel William; Sarah; and Mary, all
of whom are now dead. Some of Joseph's
family are now living in Pennsylvania.

Abigail Okeson, born in 1791, manied Air.
Cooper, and had children : Thomas, a farmer,
who married in Tuscarora and removed to
Fulton county, and there died leaving a fam
ily; Susan, who married Joseph Keister, left
children: John, an engineer on the Pennsyl
vania railroad, who was killed in an accident
while running the first mail express in 1872;
and Katherine, a most excellent woman, still
living in Port Royal; Joseph; and Samuel.
The last two are both manied and living in
the same place. Samuel Cooper married Aliss
Sarah AlcGee, was for many years engaged
as a passenger conductor on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and left a family; Elizabeth, avIio
died young; Okeson, a railroad engineer in
the west; Sarah, Alary and Effie, who are
now engaged in the Indian Agency School in
Kansas. Sarah married Captain Pearson, In
dian agent at the PottaAvattomie Agency, Kan
sas. William Okeson, born January 15, 1795,
was married in 1817 to Jane Black, daughter
of William Black, of Millerstown, Peny
county, of which family mention is made
hereafter. Mary Okeson, born in 1798, manied
George Black, a brother of Jane Black, and
removed to Columbus, Ohio, in 1829. Her
husband died there in 1831, when with one
child, Louisa, she returned to Juniata and
lived there until the maniage of her daughter
to Alexander SteAvart, of Columbus, Ohio;
she then returned to that city and lived with
her daughter until her death in 1880 or there
abouts. Louisa Stewart, her daughter, had
two children, William and George; William
Avas a lawyer in New York and died a few
years since. George Stewart entered Prince
ton College and graduated, studied theology
at Princeton and became a Presbyterian min
ister of considerable note, now occupying the
First Presbyterian church at Harrisburg, Pa.,
and is highly esteemed by the people of that
city. His mother still makes her home in
Columbus, O., to which city she is much at
tached. Margaret Okeson, born in February, 1802,
Avas married in 1838, to Samuel Black, of
Landisburg, a cousin of Jane and George
Black. They had no family. They removed
from Landisburg to Port Royal, Juniata
county, and later to Academia, where they
both died.

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Samuel Okeson, the youngest child of
Nicholas A. and Susan Okeson, was born in
1804, and manied Alargaret Black, a sister of
Samuel Black. He was a farmer and resided
on the old Okeson fann until his death in
1867; he Avas a good and highly-respected cit
izen and a man of enterprise. His wife died
in 1840, leaving four children: George; N.
A.; Samuel and Margaret. George and his
brother Albertson went to Illinois, when
young men. George married a lady in In
diana and settled on a farm near Chenoa, 111.,
where he resided many years; he at length
removed to the vicinity of FairvieAV, Brown
county, Kan., where he and his Avife still live
Avith their children, Samuel and two daugh
ters, one of whom, Jennie, married Mr. Van
Dalsem. They are successful farmers and
highly-respected citizens of Brown county.
In 1840, about four years after the death of
Samuel Okeson's Avife, he was married to Miss
Alargaret Buchannan, of Alilford toAvnship,
by Avhom he had three children: Alexander
Stewart Okeson; Mary, and Elizabeth. Stew
art married and lives at Academia, and is en
gaged in fire insurance; Mary married Dr.
Brazee, and died in 1876 or '77. Elizabeth
lived Avith her mother at Academia, near her
brother, SteAvart Okeson. AVe should have
spoken of Samuel and Margaret Okeson by
the first wife, Margaret Black. Margaret
died when ten years old at Landisburg; Sam
uel, her tAvin brother, when scarcely twenty-
one enlisted in the Union army for the term
of the war, and served in the Army of the
Potomac, taking part in all the great battles
fought by that anny. He Avas in the hottest
of the decisive battle of Gettysburg, went
through the entire war to the close, was a
brave and heroic soldier, and came home hav
ing never received a scratch or had a day's
sickness. At his father's death, he and his
brother, Albertson, took the old farm, where
they both lived until their death, N. A. dying
single. Samuel married Miss Mary Manifold,
of Washington county, Pa., who still survives
him. After his death, she married Mr. Alli
son, of Des Moines, la., Avhere she and her
daughter live together; her son George Oke
son resides with his uncle in Brown county,
Kan. William Okeson, the husband of Jane
Black, was early in his married life a merchant
in Concord, Franklin county, where he re

mained a few years, and then removed to a
fann in Tuscarora A^alley, near Bealtown.
After a feAV years, he purchased, in 1831, the
old John H. Stewart farm near Doyles Mills,
where be lived many years and where his first
Avife, Jane Black died in August, 1851, re
spected and loved by all who knew her, a
kind, good mother, and a most noble woman.
In 1854, he was married to his second wife,
Airs. Brown, of Pittsburg. He died in 1873
at his home in Port Royal, having lived and
died Avithin a f eAv miles of Avhere he was born,
respected as a good citizen and an honest man.
He took an interest in building up Tuscarora
Academy, an institution whose establishment
Avas due to the energy and benevolence of the
Rev. AlcKnight Williamson, and the pecuni
ary aid of the merchant, John Patterson. For
many years he seiwed as one of the trustees of
this, at one time, noted institution. His fam
ily consisted of six boys and one daughter.
N. A. Okeson, being the eldest, contrived to
assist on the farm, going to school in winter
as was the custom in those days, until he was
eighteen, Avhen he prepared for college; in
1840, he entered the sophomore class at
Union College, N. Y., where he graduated
in 1843, and soon after commenced the study
of theology in the Protestant Episcopal
church. Not long after taking orders, he en
tered the Avork of the ministry in Brooklyn,
N. Y., where he preached for several years.
In 1852, he was called to St. Paul's church,
Norfolk, a very old and wealthy congregation,
where he remained until his sudden and un
expected death in the summer of 1884, at his
brother James' house, during a vacation visit
to his old home in Tuscarora valley. His
death was much lamented by all Avho knew
him in Norfolk, and especially by his OAvn
church. His remains were placed in the hand
some cemetery of his own church, and over
his graA^e a beautiful monument was erected
in honor of his memory. He was a large, fine-
looking man, of commanding appearance. He
was regarded as an able preacher, not disposed
to seek honors, but of a retiring disposition,
having refused to accept the great honor of
a Bishop's position in his State. He was made
a D. D. by his Alma Mater and by many
other colleges, but he cared nothing for titles,
they being in his judgment empty honors.
He married first Atiss Lucy Sturdivant; she
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years later he married Miss Lucy Tabb, of an
old Norfolk family. She survives him and
lives at her old home in that city. Jonathan
B. Okeson was the second son, who, after fin
ishing his studies at Tuscarora Academy, en
gaged in mercantile business, which he fol
lowed successfully most of his life. He was
married in 1845, to Miss Martha Mason,
granddaughter of the Rev. John Alason, of
New York. She died in 1853, leaving no
family. In 1871, he manied Mrs. Anna
Barkley. He died suddenly in February,
1894, after a short sickness, leaving his wife
and three children: Walter, a graduate of
Lehigh University, and acting as civil engi
neer for the Standard Oil Company. ; Martha ;
and Anna, at home Avith their mother in Beth
lehem, Pa. Daniel Okeson was the next son,
who after finishing an academic course,
opened a store in Frederick City, Md., but
soon after, in 1847, went to Chicago. When
the great California gold fever broke out in
1849, he joined the great rush for gold, and
made his Avay to the Pacific coast, which was
quite an undertaking in that day. His efforts
there to acquire wealth Avere attended with
various results. He was married before leav
ing for California to Miss Anna Mason, a sis
ter of Martha Mason. In two or three years
after leaving the east, his family, wife and
children joined him, and they remained there
until 1855, when they returned to Pennsyl
vania. Soon after he went to Iowa and en
gaged in farming. In 1861, when the war
with the Southern States broke out, he re
sponded to his country's call, enlisted in the
Second Iowa Cavalry as assistant quartermas
ter, with the rank of captain, and took part in
all the battles fought by General Grant on the
Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. At the
battle of Corinth, Miss., he was wounded, and
died soon after in the hospital at Memphis,
Tenn. He was a good and brave solder, fear
less and full of energy and daring. His widow
and two children went to the far west, where
they all died soon after. James B. Okeson
was the next son, Avho continued to live in Tus
carora valley as a farmer until his death about
1884. He was manied to Miss Margaret
Rosevelt Mason, a sister of Martha and Anna.
He was a good citizen, and highly esteemed
as a man and neighbor. William B. Okeson
was the next son in the family. At the age of
ten he entered the Tuscarora Academy under

the tuition of the Rev. McKnight AAlUiamson,
followed soon after by Prof. David Wilson,
later by David Laughlin, and then again by
Professor Wilson. He entered Jefferson Col
lege in November, 1846, beginning with the
freshman class and graduated in July, 1850,
having for classmates David Hall, D. D.,
Joseph Alathers, D. D., R. F. Wilson, D. D.,
Cyrus Pershing, D. D., Rev. Dr. Sample,
Hon. AlattheAv Stanley Quay, and many
others Avho have arrived at distinction in vari
ous pursuits of life. After graduating, he
engaged to teach a school in Kentucky and
Avhile on his way thither Avas stricken with
a severe attack of fever at Columbus, 0.
This event changed his plans, and he entered
the law office of Samuel Galloway andHenry
F. Page, with whom he read laAv for one and
a half years; he then went to Illinois, where
he taught school for one year; then to Vicks
burg, Miss., where he taught and read law
in the office of Hon. Horatio G. Hanis, a
nephew of the distinguished rebel, Jefferson
Davis, whom he frequently met in Mr. Harris'
office. He concluded his law studies and was
admitted to the bar before Judge John I.
Gu.ion, of Mississippi. Then moving to Gal
veston, Tex., he was admitted to the Supreme
Court of Texas, at Galveston, in April, 1854,
in which State he remained three years in the
practice of laAV, Avhen seeing, as he firmly be
lieved, the inevitable conflict rapidly ap
proaching, he determined to return to the
north, and in 1856, removed to Dubuque, la.,
where be remained for a few years. In 1857,
he was married to Miss Margaret J. Hardy, of
McVeytoAvn, Aiifflin county, Pa., daughter of
William Hardy, merchant. His Avife's sister
married Judge James Can, of Paris, Mo., af
terward attorney for the Hannibal and St.
Joseph Railroad, and more recently one of
the most noted attorneys of St. Louis; an able
man and a good lawyer. The sister of Mrs.
Okeson, Elizabeth Hardy, married John Jen
kins, Esq., of Juniata county, late recorder
for that county, son of AAllliam Jenkins, an
old and much respected citizen of NeAvton
Hamilton. In 1859, a business enterprise in
duced him to remove to Monroe county, Ato.,
notwithstanding the possibility of war. Here
he settled, but in 1861 the Avar came on, and
in 1862, seeing no alternative but to leave
the State or enter the army, be took the latter
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ble, he Avas induced to accept a colonel's com
mission and organize a regiment of State
troops in the counties of Alonroe and Shelby.
He organized and commanded the Seventieth
Alissouri, and Avas in the field most of the
time until the close of the war, in the midst
of a deadly foe, in constant danger by day and
night. It Avas certainly no light task, but
required great courage and firmness. At the
close of the Avar, be returned with his family
to Pennsylvania, and in 1868, at the request
of some friends, he was induced to engage in
the investigation of what has long been knoAvn
as the Albertson estate in Holland. In Febru
ary, 1869, a convention of the heirs of said
estate met in Pittsburg. Coming from New
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Mich
igan, Mississippi, Iowa and Canada, they de
termined to appoint him their attorney to pro
ceed to Amsterdam and ascertain once for all
if any such an estate existed or ever had any
foundation in fact. To this end he started
on his long journey on April 17, 1869, sailing
on the "City of Brooklyn," for Liverpool, and
arriving in Amsterdam on May 4, 1869. He
immediately began his work and spent two
months, in which time he made a thorough
and complete investigation but found no evi
dence that any such estate ever existed. It
Avas a final settlement of that question. After
returning from Europe he returned with his
family to Illinois and has resided in Chicago
since 1879.
George B. Okeson was the next child of
AAllliam and Jane Okeson. At the age of
twenty-two he removed to Lexington, McLean
county, 111., and there engaged in mercantile
business for a number of years ; Avhen the war
came on, he enlisted as captain of a company
in the regiment commanded by Col. John Mc-
Nulty, of Bloomington, and went through the
war, taking part in many battles in Missouri
and the Southwest, under Generals Grant and
Banks. He was a good and faithful soldier,
and highly esteemed by his men and all who
kneAv him. Although of a stout and ragged
constitution, disease from army exposure
planted its fangs in his system, and doubtless
shortened his life by many years. He died
in December, 1888. He Avas married in 1859
to Aliss Alary Smith, of Lexington, III, who
survives him and resides at her home in the
toAvn of Lexinp'tou. Their children are: Fan
nie, Avho married Dr. Stiles, a very successful

physician of San Bernardino, Cal.; Bessie,
wife of Dr. Eshbaugb, of Kankakee, 111., a
man very highly regarded in his profession
and a good citizen; and Dolly, who lives Avith
her mother.
The last of this family is the only daughter,
Rebecca, who married John Harris, of Colum
bus, 0., in 1854, where she resided until her
death in 1881. She had many warm friends
and was highly esteemed by all of her ac
quaintances, as a noble, kind woman. She
left no family. Her husband survived her
only two years; was a good and excellent
citizen. Jane Black was the daughter of AVilliam
Black, the son of James Black, who came to
this country from Scotland in the year 1735,
in company with his brother, WUliam, and
settled in Cumberland county, now Perry.
They were of the old Covenanter stock of
Presbyterians. They raised large families;
many of their descendants are scattered
throughout Ohio, Kentucky, and South Caro
lina ; some of them have become men of note
in the affairs of the nation.

HENRY F. SMITH, East Waterford, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born at Gibson Rock,
Perry county, August 14, 1831. He is a
son of John At. and Alary (Spriggle) Smith.
The Smith family is of Scotch-Irish descent.
Mr. Smith's grandfather, William Smith, was
born and educated in Ireland; he learned
weaving and also taught school in his native
country. Mr. William Smith emigrated to
America and settled near New Bloomfield,
Peny county, Pa. Here he worked at his
trade, and in the winter taught in the old log
school house at New Germantown, Perry
county. He Avas known as the "Irish school
master of Perry county." He was interested
in local affairs, and was a member of the Dem
ocratic party. AVilliam Smith was married
in Ireland to Miss Douglass, of Scotch descent
and a native of Ireland. They had three chil
dren : William, a soldier in the United States
army, died in Canada during the war of 1812;
John; and one who died in infancy. Air.
Smith was a member of the Presbyterian
church. He died in Centre township, and is
buried in Poplar Hill graveyard, Perry coun
ty. Mr. Smith's father, John At. Smith, re
ceived a good education from his father, and
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land county, Pa. He Avorked at his trade in
Centre township all bis life. He Avas an old
school Democrat, popular and highly esteemed
in the county. John AL Smith was married
in Perry county to Alary Spriggle, who Avas
of German descent and a native of Chester
county, Pa. They had seven children : Rich
ard D. ; Joseph W. ; John AL ; William ; Ruth
A. (Atrs. Joseph Sullenbarger), whose hus
band died in the army; Alary A. (Airs. AA1I
son Fay'lor), of Newville, Pa. ; and Henry F. ;
all but the last two are deceased. Mr. John
Al. Smith died in Centre toAvnship in 1864;
his Avife in 1867, at Harrisburg, Pa.
Henry F. Smth Avas educated in the public
schools of Perry county. From his tAvelftb
to his seventeenth year he Avas hired for Avages
to the neighboring farmers. He learned tail
oring Avith William Lutman, at Loysville,
Perry county. After working at his trade
for nine years at Honeygrove, in the Tusca
rora valley, Juniata county, he spent tAvo years
in the oil fields in Venango county, Pa. He
returned to Honeygrove, and after Avorking at
his trade for six years, removed to his present
home, East Waterford, Juniata county. In
twenty-three years he has Avon the confidence
•and respect of the community, and has built
up a thriving business. He has bought a prop
erty which he has greatly improved, and is
now enjoying the ease and comfort which his
industry won. Like his father and grand
father, Mr. Smith is identified Avith the Dem
ocratic party, but is liberal in his political
views. He has held various offices in Tusca
rora township; was constable for three years,
assessor in 1863, tax collector in 1864, and in
1875 was elected justice of the peace on the
Democratic ticket, and Avith the exception of
two years has held the office continuously.
As justice he has united many in the bonds
of matrimony. His judgments have almost
always been sustained. In 1890 Atr. Smith
was appointed pension attorney; he is particu
larly successful in prosecuting claims.
Henry F. Smith was married, first, in Peny
county, in 1854, to Susan Reisinger, born
near Ickesburg, Peny county. They had five
sons : David, of Ickesburg, Pa. ; Montezuma
W., of Bellwood, Blair county, Pa.; John
AV., of Loysville, Pa.; Henry J., of Sandy-
hill, Perry county; and William C, residing
in Perry county. Airs. Smith died in April,
1870. Air. Smith was married, secondly, in

1874, at East AVaterford, Pa., to Sarah E.
Alarshall, of Aladison toAvnship, Perry county.
They have one child, Lillie G, of NeAvport,
Peny county. Airs. Smith died in Perry
county in October, 1875. Mr. Smith was
married, thirdly, in 1876, at AVaterford, Ju
niata 'county, to Theresa J. Stake, a native of
Lack toAvnship, Juniata county. They had
one child, Ena I. Mrs. Smith died in East
AATaterford in January, 1879. In 1885 Air.
Smith manied his fourth wife, Amanda L.
AVork, a native of Tuscarora township, Juniata
county. They have tAvo children : Alary J. ;
and Emery C. Air. Henry F. Smith is a
member of the Alethodist Episcopal church,
and has been for many years an active Avorker
in the Sunday-school; he is also superintend
ent of the S. S. M. Society.
R. Al. QUIG, M. D., East AVaterford, Ju
niata county, Pa.., was born in Catasauqua,
Lehigh county, Pa., August 25, 1855. He
is a son of Frederick W. and Alargaret A.
(Leslie) Quig. His father, Frederick Quig,
a native of Ireland, of Scotch-Irish descent,
Avas a regular graduate of the Medical College
of GlasgOAv, Scotland. When he bad taken
his degree, he emigrated to America, and after
living for some time in Philadelphia, Pa., he
opened an office in Catasauqua, Lehigh coun
ty, Pa. Forty years of successful practice
won for him the respect and confidence of the
community. He became prominent in his
profession, and more than one of the success
ful physicians of the State was prepared for
college in his office. Dr. Frederick Quig was
a thorough Irishman, tall and finely propor
tioned, gentle in manner and always ready to
render assistance. He was a member of the
Republican party and cast his first vote on the
Whig ticket. Frederick Quig was married in
Catasauqua, to Alargaret A. Leslie, of Irish
descent, born at Mauch Chunk, Carbon coun
ty, Pa. They have five children: Sarah J.,
deceased; Margaret; Cordelia (Mrs. Samuel
Harrison), of Lehigh county; R. M.; and
George L., a moulder, of Catasauqua, Pa. Dr.
Frederick Quig and his wife Avere members
of the Presbyterian church, in which he was
an elder; he was also a teacher in the Sunday-
school and a patient, persevering worker in
the church. He died at his home in Catasau
qua in the summer of 1895. His widow re
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R. Al. Quig received his education in the
public schools of his native town. At the age
of sixteen, within one year from his gradua
tion from the high school, he began to read
medicine in his father's office. For three
years he was a close student, and so careful
and thorough was his father's training that at
eighteen he Avas prepared for a medical col
lege. In 1873 he entered Jefferson Medical
College, and was found to be so well-read in
his profession that he took a two years' course,
graduating Avith honor in the class of 1875.
Having received his degree, he practiced for
three years with his father, and in 1878 opened
an office in East Waterford, Tuscarora town
ship, Juniata county. He was the successor
of Dr. Rodgers, and has greatly increased the
practice, which noAV extends over an area of
ten miles. Dr. Quig is physician for the Tus
carora Valley Railroad Company, and has
successfully performed many delicate opera
tions. He is very popular in his profession
and in the county, and is a member of the
Aledical Society of the Juniata valley. He
is also interested in local affairs, and has iden
tified himself with the Republican party.
R. M. Quig was married in 1884, at East
AVaterford, Tuscarora township, to Belle,
daughter of A. J. and Ellen (Beale) Fergu
son, of East Waterford. They have one
child, Evelyn At. He and his family attend
the Presbyterian church. Airs. Quig's father,
A. J. Ferguson, a merchant of East AVater
ford, was born at Dry Run, Franklin county,
Pa.

LEMUEL RAMSEY, East AVaterford,
Juniata county, Pa., Avas born in Lack town
ship, Juniata county, July 29, 1818. He is
a son of Alanasses and Nancy (Piper) Ramsey.
His father, Manasses Ramsey, a native of Ty
rone, Ireland, was one of seven brothers. He
received a good education in his native country,
and when a young man emigrated to America
and engaged in mercantile business at Eliza-
bethtOAvn, Pa.; he Avas there during the
"whiskey rebellion." When the trouble was
over he removed to Mifflintown, Juniata coun
ty, Avhere he kept a general store for several
years. He next removed to Roxbury, Pa.,
and finally settled in the Tuscarora valley, at
East Waterford, where he opened the first
store in that place. He Avas financially A'ery
successful, and invested his gains in land. At

one time he OAvned more than 500 acres.
AVithout neglecting his store, he found time
to make many improvements on his land,
building a comfortable stone house and barn,
and planting an orchard. Air. Ramsey's genial
and accommodating disposition Avon for him
many friends. He was married at East AVa
terford to Nancy (Piper) McLaughlin, a na
tive of Cumberland county, Pa., widow of T.
Laughlin, AL D., of East Waterford, Avhose
three children, Matthew, William and Alary
(Airs. James Ray), are dead. They had six
children: Charles, died single; Susan '(Mrs.
William Waters), of Illinois; Elizabeth (Mrs.
Thomas Ray); James; Lemuel; and John.
Lemuel is the only survivor. Mr. Ramsev
Avas a member of the Presbyterian church.
He died at his farm in Lack township, in 1827;
his Avife died in 1883, on the same farm.
Lemuel Ramsey received a very limited
education. He attended a subscription school
in the old log school house, a very primitive
building, with rough slab benches, his mother
paying the tuition by boarding the teacher.
His father died Avhen he Avas nine years old;
his mother, hoAvever, remained at the home
stead and he grew up on the farm. Feeling
the need of a better education, he spent the
Avinter months in study, and for a short time
attended a select school in BedfordtoAvn, Pa.,
under the Rev. Brainard HaU. After teach
ing in Bedfordtown, he taught for one term
in Jackson, Miss., and returning to his home,
taught at East Waterford and in Lack town
ship. During the summer he worked on the
farm for his mother, and at her death bought
the homestead, a farm of 124 acres. He has
greatly improved his property, repairing the
house and building a new barn. In 1889 he
retired from farming, retaining the home
stead, however, and removed to East AVater
ford, where he built a comfortable home, for
Avhich he saAved his oAvn lumber. For many
years Mr. Ramsey Avas surveyor of Tuscarora
valley. He cast his first vote on the AVhig
ticket for General Harrison, in 1840; since
then he has been a member of the Republican
party. Lemuel Ramsey Avas married in 1850, near
Bedford, Bedford county, Pa., to Alargaret,
daughter of James and Alary (Anderson) Rea,
who Avas born near Bedford. They had four
children: Alary E., wife of Dr. T. F. Ealey,
of Schellburg, Bedford county; Sarah J., de-

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ceased; James R., surveyor of Tuscarora val
ley, died at Washington College in 1876; and
Charles W. Mr. Lemuel Ramsey was prom
inent among the instmctors of the county,
and procured for his children the advantages
which he had not been able to enjoy. A
teacher himself for many years, all his chU-
dren became teachers in the county schools.
His daughter Alary E., a graduate of Tusca
rora Academy, went after her marriage with
her husband, Dr. T. F. Ealy, as missionary
teacher to the Indians, and spent several years
teaching in the government schools at Fort
Arbuckle, Indian Territory. She was also a
missionary teacher in NeAV Alexico, and en
dured many hardships during the religious
disturbances which arose. Air. Ramsey and
his family are members of the Presbyterian
church, in which he is an elder; he was at
one time superintendent of the Sunday-school.
James Rea, the father of Airs. Ramsey, was
of Scotch-Irish, and bis mother of English de
scent. James Rea Avas married tAvice and
Mrs. Ramsey Avas the eldest of his ten chil
dren. Her mother, Alary Anderson, was a
native of Bedford county, Pa.

II. S. THOMPSON, East AVaterford, Ju
niata county, Pa., Avas born in Half Moon
valley, near Fort Matilda, Centre county, in
May, 1842. He is a son of John and Lydia
(Blake) Thompson. The Thompson family
is of Scotch-Irish descent. Mr. Thompson's
grandfather, John Thompson, Avas born in
londonderry, Ireland. He emigrated to
America when a young man and made his way
to Chester county, Pa., Avhere he Avorked as a
farm laborer for Atr. Pyle. Atr. Pyle bad a
very handsome daughter; indeed she was con
sidered the most beautiful maiden in Chester
county, Avhere she lived. Love laughs at sta
tion, and the farm laborer won the lovely
girl; and Avhen the offended parents banished
them from their home, Mr. Thompson and his
bride removed to Half Afoon valley, Centre
county, where he bought a home. He made
many improvements to his property and built
a comfortable dwelling. They had six chil
dren: Joseph, died in Huntingdon county;
Andrew M., deceased; Sarah (Mrs. Shipply);
Alice (Mrs. Henry Leese) ; John ; and Re
becca (Mrs. Samuel AL Hall), of Centre coun
ty. Mr. Thompson died on his farm in 1808.
Mr. Thompson's father, John Thompson, was

bom in Half Aloon valley, Centre county, in
1798. He attended the public schools of the
township, and after leaving school continued
to study; he had devoted much of his leisure
time to reading and thus acquired a good edu
cation. He Avas a diligent student of the Bi
ble. Air. Thompson lived and died on the
farm on which he was born, cultivating the
homestead, which contained 219 acres, and a
second farm in the same county. He built
four dwelling houses on his homestead, and
moved four times without leaving the home
stead. He also built the finest barn in Cen
tre county. • Mr. Thompson Avas a Democrat
by inheritance, and in 1837 was elected sheriff
of Centre county on the Democratic ticket,
receiving a majority of seventeen hundred.
He Avas a very popular official. Later, his
convictions made him a Republican. Air.
John Thompson Avas married in Half Aloon
valley, Centre county, September 21, 1818,
to Lydia Blake, of Chester county. They
had these children: Joseph, deceased; John
K., Al. D., deceased; Alartha, deceased; Alary,
died young; George AV., Al. D., of Alt. Union,
Huntingdon county; Lydia (Airs. George
Harlacker), of Lycoming county; Jane, died
in infancy; Andrew J., deceased; Henry A.,
D. D., editor of Sunday-School TForfc for
the United Brethren church, Dayton, 0.;
James F., Al. D., Liverpool, Peny county,
Pa. ; and H. S. Air. Thompson Avas a mem
ber of the Society of Friends; he died at his
home in Centre county, January 22, 1876.
His wife died at the homestead, Alay 7, 1872;
she Avas a member of the Alethodist Episcopal
church. II. S. Thompson attended the district
schools of Half Aloon valley during the win
ter and worked on the farm during the sum
mer. He read and studied at home, and at the
age of seventeen taught for the first time.
He remained on the homestead, studying and
teaching in the winter months until the be
ginning of the Civil Avar. He enlisted at Har
risburg, Pa., in October, 1861, in Company
>E., Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, Col.
T. Welsh and Capt. Henry Stevens. He was
in the service for four years, and fought m
many of the most severe battles. He Avas in
three battles in Maryland: South Alountain,
Antietam, and Fredericksburg; three in Ken
tucky: JamestOAvn, Vicksburg, and Big
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was wounded in the chin; and four in Ten
nessee: Blue Spring, Leonore Station, Camp
bell Station, and Knoxville. His tenn of ser
vice having expired, he re-enlisted in January,
1864, as a Veteran Volunteer, and took part
in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylva-
nia Court House, South Anna River, Cold
Harbor, Mine Run, Petersburg, and several
smaller engagements. At the mine explosion
at Petersburg, July 30, 1864, his skull Avas
fractured, yet he was present at Mine Run
and at the storming of Petersburg, April 2,
1865. For gallant conduct in this engage
ment he Avas made sergeant-major of the regi
ment. He was mustered out at Alexander,
Va., July 17, 1865. After attending the re
view at Washington, D. C, he returned to
Centre county, and during the Avinter of 1865
taught in Taylor toAvnship, Half Moon A^alley.
For one year he Avas employed as clerk at
Milesburg, Centre county. The next year he
was made a member of the firm of John
Thompson & Son, general merchants. Six
years of close application to business so im
paired bis health that he sold his interest in
the store and removed to the farm, and two
years after removed to Kansas, where he
farmed for four years. On his return to the
east he settled at Reeds Gap, Juniata county,
purchasing the store of the Hon. J. C. Craw
ford. Here he remained for three years and
a half, when he removed to Shade A^alley,
Huntingdon county, and two years later to
Pine Grove Alills, where he Avas A>-ery success
ful financially, but his health again failing,
he sold the store and for two years Avas unable
to attend to any business. In 1887 Air.
Thompson opened his present store in East
Waterford, Pa. His industry and enterprise
have been rewarded by financial success, and
his genial manners have Avon for him many
friends. He is a prominent member of the
Republican party, and is influential in local
political circles. He was postmaster at Half
Moon for four years, at Reeds Gap for three
years and a half, Shade A^alley, Huntingdon
county, for two years, and at East AVaterford,
Juniata county, for more than four years, and
has always served acceptably.
H. S. Thompson Avas married, at McEwens-
Aille, Northumberland county, Pa., in June,
1867, to Francina Walton, who Avas born in
Northumberland county. They haAre three
children: Alary (Mrs. W. A. EA^erett), of

Bloomsburg, Pa.; Hannah E., book-keeper
for H. M. Kenster & Co.; and Lydia B.,
teaching at Williamsport, Pa. Mrs. Thomp
son died in Alay, 1878. Mr. Thompson Avas
manied to his second wife, Harriet Finley,
of Franklin county, Pa., in April, 1884.

A. S. RAFFENSBERGER, East AVater
ford, Juniata county, Pa., was born in Juniata
toAvnship, Perry county, Pa., February 8,
1856. He is a son of Jeremiah and Anna
AL (Klinepeter) Raffensberger. Jeremiah
Raffensberger learned blacksmithing with his
father, and made it his life-long occupation.
He Avas one of the early settlers, and one of
the oldest blacksmiths in, Juniata township.
He OAvned a small farm there. Jeremiah
Raffensberger Avas married in Penn township,
Perry county, to Anna M. Klinepeter, born
near Duncannon, Pa. Their living children
are: Daniel, of Perry county; John, of Henry
county, Inch ; Samuel, carpenter, of Donnallys
Alills, Peny county; Jeremiah H, tinsmith, of
Millerstown, Perry county; Harvey; A. S..;
Rebecca J. ; Alargaret (Mrs. William Powell),
of Perry county; and Addie (Mrs. LeAvis Kirk-
patrick), of Duncannon, Pa. The deceased
are: Sarah; Catherine; Christopher; James;
and Wayne. Airs. Raffensberger died in
1882. Jeremiah Raffensberger Avas an old
line AA nig, and later a Republican. He never
sought office. He had few educational ad
vantages, but Avas Avell liked and respected.
He died in Juniata toAvnship, May 6, 1888.
A. S. Raffensberger attended the public
schools in Perry county during the Avinter
months. At the age of twelve he hired his
services to the farmers, and received one dol
lar and a half per month. He worked in this
Avay until he reached his twenty-sixth year,
having had only four employers in all those
years, one of Avhich Avas spent in Bureau coun
ty, 111. During 1881-82 he was salesman for
the Centre AAtoolen Alills, a factory of woolen
goods in Peny county. In the spring of 1S83
he came to McCullochs Mills, Juniata county,
Avhere he began business Avith S. W. Bixler,
as general merchant. The year following he
sold out his interest, and engaged as salesman
for Yohn & Smith, of Newport, Perry coun
ty, dealers in farm implements. After serv
ing for one year in this capacity he began
business for himself in Juniata county, and
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ments, phosphates, etc. In October, 1895,
Mr. Raffensberger came to East Waterford
and continued the business there as dealer in
agricultural implements, high grade phos
phates, flour, feed, railroad ties, etc. He
bought a fine dwelling house, to which he has
added many improvements, and built a Avell
equipped store. He is endowed with great
business ability; and his honest dealings and
Christian character have won for him the es
teem of his felloAV-citizens. Mr. Raffensber
ger is a Republican. He is serving as school
director. He is also a member and treasurer
of the P. 0. S. A. Camp of East Waterford.
He was appointed mercantile appraiser in
1894, and filled the office to the satisfaction
of all.
A. S. Raffensberger was married at Mc-
CoystoAvn, Juniata county, in 1886, to Eliza
beth S., daughter of Irvin C. Stewart, a far
mer of Tuscarora township. Their children
are: Sallie, died in infancy; Benjamin Cor-
rell, bom February 27, 1890. Mrs. Raffens
berger, before her maniage, taught school for
six years. Mr. and Mrs. Raffensberger are
members of the Presbyterian church; he is
a trustee of the church, Sunday-school teacher
and assistant superintendent.

R. Al. BARTLEY, East Waterford, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born in Tuscarora toAvn-
ship, March 3, 1836. He is a son of Francis
and Rosanna (Work) Bartley, and the oldest
living person born in East Waterford. His
grandfather, Manuel Bartley, was a native of
Germany. He died near Philadelphia, where
for some time he kept a hotel. He bad two
children: Francis and Cornelius, both de
ceased. Francis Bartley was born near Philadel
phia;, he received only three months' educa
tion in a German school. His father died
when he was but eight years old, and he Avas
forced to make his living by working for the
farmers of Tuscarora valley, whither his
mother had removed on the death of her hus
band. He learned carpentry and worked at
his trade during the greater part of his life.
He was well knoAvn for his good workmanship
as a contractor and builder, and erected many
dAvellings, barns, tanneries, etc., and, besides,
the Methodist Episcopal church at East Water
ford. He also farmed in Tuscarora township.
For twenty-five years he served as justice of

the peace, and Avas elected, on the Democratic
ticket, associate judge for a term of five years.
He Avas most highly esteemed by his fellow-
citizens. Francis Bartley Avas married to Aliss
Shaeffer, of Tuscarora toAvnship. They had
one child, Elizabeth, avIio died young. Airs.
Bartley died, and Atr. Bartley manied Ro
sanna, daughter of Alexander and Rosanna
(AIcQueen) Work; Mr. Work was a carpenter
of Lack township. Their children are : Atan-
uel, of Altoona; Letitia (Airs. Oliver Seibert),
of Tyrone, Pa. ; R. M. ; Samuel, a tanner of
East AVaterford; Rev. Jesse B., of Page coun
ty, la., is a Alethodist minister, he served in
the late Avar; Arabella (Mrs. A. AAr. Drols-
baugh), of Altoona; John W., of Iowa; and
three Avho died in infancy. Mrs. Bartley died
in East Waterford in 1851. Francis Bartley
then married Margaret Seibert, of Lack town
ship. Their children are: Jacob R., a rail
road employee; William C, a carpenter of
Bell wood, Blair county; and George AlcC,
died in infancy. Mr. Bartley was one of the
oldest members of the Methodist Episcopal
church of East AAraterford. He died in East
Waterford in 1883.
R. M. Bartley was only four years of age
when he began to attend school at the Pine
Grove school house in Tuscarora toAvnship.
At the age of nine he was hired to a fanner,
and remained with him for the summer, after
Avhich he Avent to Mifflintown, Pa., and en
tered the drug store of B. F. Kepner. Six
months after he returned to his home and re
mained there two years. » He was next clerk
seven years for A. J. Ferguson, general mer
chant. For two years, during the Avar, Air.
Bartley was postmaster at Port Royal. One
year he spent as clerk in a store at AValnut,
Pa., and the following two years in a similar
position at Patterson, Pa. For the next sev
enteen years, he Avas traveling salesman for
M. G. Piper & Co., Philadelphia, boot and
shoe dealers. Atr. Bartley has since made
East AVaterford his home. He is a Democrat.
In 1883, he Avas appointed postmaster of that
borough, and was reappointed in 1894. He
was elected justice of the peace in 1890, for
three years, was also tax collector for both
county and State. In all these public offices
Mr. Bartley has proved himself faithful and
efficient. He is a member and the chaplain
of Washington Camp, No. 659, P. 0. S. of A.,
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He Avas a charter member and the first presi
dent of the camp. AVhen Air. Bartley was
fourteen years of age, he was thrown violently
by his frightened horse. His hip was frac
tured, and this caused a lameness, which will
be lifelong.
R. Al. Bartley Avas married in 1875, to
Amanda B., daughter of James Marshall,
miller of Blairs Alills, Huntingdon county,
Pa. They have one child, Lucretia Al., born
in 1876; she married Jesse B. Smith, and has
one child, Rosanna AL, born Alarch 3, 1896.
Air. and Atrs. Bartley are members of the
Alethodist Episcopal church.

BENJAAHN II. RITTER, At. D., Mc-
Coysville, Juniata county, Pa., son of Daniel
and Elizabeth (Tressler) Ritter, was born in
Loysville, Perry county, December 13, 1858.
His great-grandfather, A^alentine Ritter, was
born in Germany, came to America in a sail
ing vessel, while he was yet a young man, and
settled in Berks county. Mr. Ritter Avas a
soldier in the Revolutionary Avar, serving as
a private under AA^ashington. Removing to
Perry county, he settled near Loysville with
his family, and was engaged in farming dur
ing the rest of his life. He is buried at Loys
ville. Mrs. Ritter lived to be ninety-nine
years old. Their children are : Daniel ; Jacob ;
John; George; Elizabeth; Mary; Rebecca;
and one whose name is unknown.
Daniel Ritter, grandfather of Dr. B. IL
Ritter, was born in 1791. He was an ex
tensive reader, equally at home Avith the Ger
man and the English languages. He was still
young when his parents removed to Perry
county, and there he greAv to manhood. For
a few years he farmed a tract of land that he
OAvned near Ickesburg, Perry county, and then
removed to Cumberland county, farming near
Carlisle for several years. Later, he returned
with his family to Perry county, and took up
his residence on a large tract of land near
Loysville, building a fine brick dAvelling
house, one of the first of its kind in Madison
toAvnship, the bricks for which were burnt on
his farm. He also built a large barn and
planted an orchard. Besides farming, he de
voted considerable time to stock raising. Mr.
Ritter was a Democrat, and strongly in favor
of the public schools ; in connection Avith the
other township offices, he served as school di
rector. He married Barbara Stover, of the

Cumberland valley, and they bad seven chil
dren: Jacob, was killed in Perry county by
a horse; George, died in Perry county;
Lydia, widoAV of George Garber, resides in
Carlisle ; Catherine, widow of Jonathan Min-
nick, resides at Loysville; Jonathan, died in
Perry county; Daniel; and John, died in
Perry county. Air. Ritter died on the home
stead near Loysville in 1871, his wife having
died there tAvelve years before. Both were
members of the German Reformed church,
Air. Ritter being an elder, and one of the
most liberal contributors.
Daniel Ritter, father of Dr. Ritter, was
born near Carlisle, Cumberland county, in
1825. He attended both the German and the
English schools, and at a very early age could
read and converse very well in both languages.
He Avas raised on a farm, and in 1871, after
his father's death, be farmed the homestead
for five years, during Avhich time he made
many improvements. HaAing sold out in
1876, he remoA^ed to Newville, Cumberland
county, where he lived a retired life until
1892. In that year Airs. Ritter died, and after
her death, Mr. Ritter disposed of his home in
Newville, and coming to AtcCoysville, spent
the remainder of his days with his son, Dr.
Ritter. In politics, Air. Ritter was a Demo
crat, but was no office-seeker, consenting to
serve as school director only through the in
terest that educational matters always held
for him. He was married near LoysAnlle to
Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Tressler, and
niece of John Tressler, the founder of the
Soldiers' Orphans' Home of Perry county.
The Tressler family are of German descent,
and were among the early settlers of Peny
county. Elizabeth (Airs. Ritter), was born
near Loysville, Perry countv, December 8,
1S26. The children 'of Air. and Atrs. Ritter
are: Daniel, a book-keeper in Chicago, Avas
a soldier in the late Avar, having enlisted at
the age of fifteen years; Jacob, a foreman
for the Iron Bridge Company, of Chicago;
AAllliam, a railroad engineer; Ellen, Avife of
Cabin Rhodes, a carpenter and contractor of
Perry county; Dr. Benjamin H; Annie
(Mrs. John Kunkle), of AtcCoysville; Sarah
(Atrs. Harry Stoops), of Chicago, 111. Mr.
Ritter died in 1893. He Avas a faithful mem
ber of the German Reformed church, active
and earnest in all lines of church work.
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days enjoyed no educational advantages ex
cept those afforded by the district schools.
lie attended school during the winter, the
summer being taken with work on the farm.
Filled with a desire for knowledge, he at
length succeeded in saving the sum of fifty
dollars, and with this money, every dollar of
which meant hard work and close economy,
he paid for one term at the Shippensburg
State Normal School. After this he taught
school for six months in Cumberland county.
In 1878 he went to Aurora, HI, where be
became a fireman on the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railroad. Four years later he was
promoted, becoming engineer on the same
railroad, and held that position for five
months. While connected with this road he saved
one thousand dollars. Having a desire for a
professional life, he came to Newville, Cum
berland county, and read medicine under Dr.
W. G. Stewart. One year and a half later
he entered the Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, 0., studying two years in the med
ical department, and graduating in 1886. He
then came to McCoysville, Juniata county,
succeeding Dr.. Sabm of that place, and there
during the past eleven years Dr. Ritter has
been building up a very extensive practice.
He compounds his own medicines, and prac
tices in Lack, Tuscarora, Beale, and Spruce
Hill townships, Juniata county, and in Tell
township, Huntingdon county. He is one of
the most skilled and efficient physicians in
this part of the State. Dr. Ritter is a mem-
bey of the Medical Society of Juniata county,
and served as its first president ; also a member
of Union Lodge, No. 324, F. and A. M.,
Mifflintown. He is a Democrat. Since 1894,
the Doctor and his family have occupied the
very comfortable home that he built, costing
nearly four thousand dollars.
Dr. Ritter was married at McCoysville, in
1887, to Jennie, daughter of James Howell,
Academia. They have three children:
Daniel; James; and William. Dr. Ritter is
a member of the Lutheran church. His fam
ily attend the United Presbyterian church
in McCoysvUle.

primary education was received in tho
public schools of his native township, his
earliest school days being spent in the
little old log school house that stood where
the AVarble postoffice uoav stands. His
school masters were Joseph Middour and
John Grey, both gentlemen of Scotch-
Irish descent. Mr. Fitzgerald also attended
during two sessions Tuscarora Academy,
Academia, Juniata county, under Profes
sors Wilson and Laughlin. School days be
ing over, he worked on the farm in the sum
mer, and taught school during the winter, four
terms being thus spent at McCoysville, two
terms at Collins, Tuscarora township, two at
McKinleys, Tuscarora township, two at War
ble, Spruce Hill township, and four nine
months' terms at Hancock, Washington
county, Md. During the next ten years, Mr.
Fitzgerald worked on the homestead for his.
father, after which he came to Tuscarora
township, and farmed the Randolph place for
one year, and in the next year, 1880, pur
chased the property of Josepb S. Laird, in Mc
Coysville, where he has since resided. In
1884, he was appointed postmaster under
President Cleveland, serving four years; and
in 1893 he was again appointed by the same
president. Mr. Fitzgerald has filled the office
with the greatest satisfaction to the public,
by whom he is most highly esteemed. He
has also kept store at McCoysville for the last
four years. He is a Democrat, and has served
as toAvnship clerk, auditor, and school director.
Mr. Fitzgerald was married in 1866, to
Hannah M., daughter of John Randolph, a
prominent resident of the Tuscarora valley.
Their children axe: William R., married
Isabella Stewart, of Beale township resides
at Altoona, Pa., has one child; J. Howard,
married Marian AtcAVilliams, of Beale town
ship, also resides at Altoona, with a family of
two children; Charles, at home; Annie M.,
died young; and Leila M., at school. The
family are members of the United Presbyter
ian church at McCoysville, Mr. Fitzgerald be
ing one of the trustees and auditors of the
church and a teacher in the Sunday-school.

JOHN FITZGERALD, McCoysville, Ju
niata county, Pa., son of James and Rachel
(Gray) Fitzgerald, was born in Spruce Hill
township, Juniata county, May 5, 1833. His

REV. W. C. ADAIR, McCoysville, Ju
niata county, Pa., son of Rev. John M., and
Sarah (Cummings) Adair, was bom at Mc-
Alevys Fort, Huntingdon county, Pa., De
cember 14, 1863. Rev. W. 0. Adair at-

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tended the Stone Valley Academy at AIc-
Alevys Fort under Prof. J. R. MiUen, Rev.
J. B. AVork, and Rev. Samuel Dodds, Ph. D.
On leaving the academy, he entered West
minster College at New Wilmington, Law
rence county, Pa., completing a four years'
course, and graduating in 1888. He was then
principal of Stone Valley Academy for one
year, after which he spent one term at the
United Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
Allegheny City, Pa., and one term at Prince
ton College, Princeton, N. J. In the spring
of 1892, he graduated from the United Pres
byterian Seminary, at Xenia, O., and was
licensed by the Albany Presbytery, Albany,
N. Y. He preached in McCoysville, where
he was duly ordained and installed in August,
1892, and also at Concord, Franklin county,
and has officiated very successfully and very
satisfactorily at both places since. He is an
able preacher and a genial gentleman.
Rev. Mr. Adair was married at Wurtem-
burg, Lawrence county, Pa., September 7,
1892, to Margaret, daughter of Rev. M. and
Anna (Ban) Telford. They have two chil
dren: Anna R.; and Sarah M. Rev. W. C.
Adair is a zealous Prohibitionist. Mrs.
Adair's father, Rev. M. S. Telford, was for
merly a United Presbyterian minister of In
diana county, Pa., and was of Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Her mother was a daughter of
Robert and Elizabeth (McMinn) Barr, of
Jackson township, Huntingdon county.
WILLIAM H. LONG, McCoysville, Ju
niata county, Pa., son of Henry and Bandena
(Flickinger) Long, was born near Ickesburg,
Perry county, November 23, 1837. His
grandfather, Henry Long, a farmer and
wagon-maker, removed from Adams county to
Perry county, and settled near Ickesburg,
where he owned a farm of 102 acres. Being
a progressive farmer, he made many improve
ments upon his place, on which he lived the
rest of his life. He Avas a Democrat and later
a Whig. Loyal to the religious belief of his
German forefathers, Mr. Long was a con
sistent member of the Lutheran church. He
married and reared a family of eight children,
one of Avhom was Henry, father of William H.
Long. Henry Long received only a common
school education, but had a thorough knowl
edge of both the German and English lan
guages. Like his father, he was a farmer and

a wagon-maker, working at the former business
in the summer and the latter in winter. His
farm near Ickesburg consisted of 160 acres,
and on it he built a new barn, planted an or
chard and made all other improvements requi
site to a first class farm. At various times, he
was also extensively engaged in raising stock.
Air. Long was married, near Ickesburg, to Ra
chel Cox, and they had one child, which died
young; the wife died also. His second wife
was Barbara Vochell, and their two children
were: Lydia, widow of William Hench; and
a child that died young. Mrs. Barbara Long
having died, Mr. Long then manied Bandena,
daughter of Henry Flickinger, a shoemaker
of Ickesburg. They had five children: Mar
garet, widow of Daniel Rice, of Perry county;
AVilliam H. ; Samuel S., died in the army;
Sarah (Mrs. Ananias Bird), of Peny county;
and Eliza Jane, deceased. Formerly a Dem
ocrat, Mr. Long later joined the Republican
party, and served as supervisor and school di
rector of his township. After the death of his
wife, Avhich occurred near Ickesburg, in 1863,
aged sixty-four years, he resided in Tuscarora
township, Juniata county, Avith his son, Wil
liam H, and died there in 1876, at the age
of eighty-two years. He was an elder in the
Lutheran church, was well known and highly
esteemed as a citizen and neighbor.
William H. Long attended the public
schools of Tuscarora township, Juniata
county. During his early manhood he worked
for his father, and on reaching his thirteenth
year he bought the homestead and cultivated
it until 1871, when he sold out and came to
Juniata county. He there purchased the
Schwab farm of 92 acres, 75 acres being un
der improvement, and further increased its
value by planting an orchard. Besides farm
ing with good success, Mr. Long makes the
raising of fine live stock a very profitable bus
iness. He is a Republican and has been town
ship assessor, and for three years school di
rector. Mr. Long was married in Tuscarora town
ship, Perry county, to Elizabeth J., daughter
of Emanuel Smith, a farmer of Tuscarora
township, Peny county. They have had these
children: Samuel, married Josephine Ta-
burn, is an oil pumper in Wood county, 0.;
Mary, wife of Samuel O. Lawson, wardman
in the Asylum at Norristown, Pa. ; Margaret
V.; Brady, a medical sjudent at McCoysville;

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Ward, deceased; Minnie; Harry, of Wood
county, 0.; William; Charles R.; Helen;
and Benjamin and Leona, who are twins. » Mr.
Long is one of the most prominent men in the
district, and is well liked and respected by all.
Mrs. Long is fond of good reading and is a very
genial and intelligent woman.
JAMES B. HENRY, McCoysville, Ju
niata county, Pa., was bom in Beale town
ship. Juniata county, June 9, 1856, son of
Richard and Isabella (Creighton) Henry. His
paternal grandfather, William Henry, came
from Ireland to Pennsylvania, and settled in
Lancaster county. He afterwards removed
with his family to Walker township, Juniata
county, where he remained a short time, and
then bought 100 acres of land in Beale town
ship, where he farmed with much success.
He improved the land, planted orchards and
erected buildings. Air. Henry Avas Avell known
and esteemed. He was a AVhig. He was mar
ried in Lancaster county, and had five chil
dren: Mary (Mrs. Innis); Elizabeth; Wil
liam; Robert; and Richard. Mr. Henry
died in 1837 on the homestead, where his
wife also died. They were members of the
United Presbyterian church. Richard Henry,
father of James B. Henry, was widely known
as a teacher of the subscription schools. He
taught a number of years in Beale township;
he then took charge of the homestead farm,
which he sold in 1877, and was engaged in
agricultural pursuits until bis death, which
occuned December 11, 1895. In 1860, he
bought a farm in Tuscarora township, upon
which his widow resides. Mr. Henry was a
worthy citizen, and highly esteemed. He was
a Republican. Richard Henry was married
January 10, 1851, to Isabella, daughter of
Andrew Creighton, who was born in Tusca
rora township in 1830. Their children are:
William, of Beale township; Mary (Mrs.
Isaac Barton), of Walker township; James
B.; John, of Tuscarora toAvnship; Maggie
{Mrs. Hugh Stewart), of McCoysville; Annie;
Joseph, of Spruce HiU; Harvey, a merchant
of Honey Grove; Stewart; and Alice. Mr.
Henry was a member of the United Presby
terian church of McCoysville.
After attending the schools of Tuscarora
township, James B. Henry became a student
of the Tuscarora Academy at Academia, un
der Professor Patterson, and also spent two

terms at Airy VieAv Academy at Port Royal,
under Professor Wilson. He then took a
commercial course at the Williamsport Com
mercial College under Prof. F. AL Allen,
and graduated in 1887. Air. Henry taught
school with much success for ten years in
Beale, Spruce Hill and Tuscarora toAvnships.
In 1888, he_came to AlcOoysville and en
gaged in the general merchandise business,
as successor to John Laird. He bought the
store and enlarged and improved it, spend
ing more than $3,000 on the property. He
has established a successful business, and is
one of the most influential, men of the town:
Air. Henry is also proprietor of a small farm
in Tuscarora township, and one tenant house
in AtcCoysville. He takes an active interest
in local affairs, and his position in the com
munity is one of confidence and respect. He
is a Republican; he was postmaster of Mc
Coysville, appointed under the Harrison ad
ministration. James B. Henry Avas manied February
22, 1888, to Florence T., daughter of AAll
liam Hoopes. Their children are: Alarv;
Maurice; Maude, Avho died; and Louis Roy.
Mr. Henry is a member of the United Presby
terian church; he has served as a trustee for
six years; he was a teacher in the Sabbath-
school, and holds the office of treasurer. Mrs
Henry's paternal gandparents, AVilliam and
Susan (Borman) Hoopes, Avere residents first
of Lancaster county, the grandfather of En
glish, and the grandmother of German descent.
They removed to Juniata county, and settled
in Fermanagh township Avhere Mr. Hoopes
worked at his trade, that of mason, until his
death. Her maternal grandfather, William
Cooper, was of English and Scotch descent;
her grandmother, Abigail (Okeson) Cooper,
was a member of the Okeson family of Tusca
rora valley, and a cousin of W. B. Okeson, of
Chicago. William Hoopes, her father, Avas born in
Lancaster county in 1821. His early life was
spent Avith his paternal grandfather near
Wilmington, Delaware, where he attended
school, and learned the trade of a blacksmith.
He came to Mifflin county, and remained
there working at his calling until 1852, when
he removed to Port Royal, Juniata county.
In 1862, he Avent to Patterson, where he was
for two years an employee in the Pennsylva
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county he settled at Johnstown, Beale town
ship, where he remained until 1888; he then
retired from active life, and took up his resi
dence with his daughter at AlcCoysville. Mr.
Hoopes is one of the oldest citizens of the
township and is held in high regard by all
who know him. He is a Republican, and has
served as supervisor at Port Royal, and as
overseer of the poor. He was married at
LeAvistown to Mary J., daughter of William
and Abigail (Okeson) Cooper Their chil
dren are: Frank, a blacksmith and wagon-
maker of Fairview, Brown county, Kan.;
Florence T. (Mrs. J. B. Henry); J. Okeson,
a partner with his brother, Frank, of Kan
sas; AV. Homer, a physician at Newport,
Perry county, Pa.; and one who died in in
fancy. Mrs. Hoopes died March 28, 1877.
Mr. Hoopes and family are members of the
Methodist church.
Robert Henry, deceased, was born in Beale
township, Juniata county, son of William
Henry, and brother of Richard. He attended
the common schools and worked on the home
stead farm. When a young man he settled
in Indiana county, where he bought a tract of
land Avhich he farmed until his death in 1857.
Mr. Henry was a good citizen, and had the
respect of neighbors and friends. He was a
Republican. He was married in Indiana
county, and had these children: Elizabeth,
who has been twenty years in the treasury
department at Washington; Harry, a minis
ter of the Presbyterian church in Hunting
don county; William, a printer in the Pub
lic Printing Department at Washington;
Charles, a student Avho died; and Louisa, of
Washington, D. C. Mr. Henry was a member
of the Presbyterian church.

SAMUEL E. PANNEBAKER, East Wa-_
terford, Juniata county, Pa., was born near
Honey Grove, Tuscarora township, Juniata
county, Pa., May 5, 1861, son of Samuel and
Elizabeth (Rohrer) Pannebaker. His paternal
great-grandfather, William Pannebaker, who
was of German birth, came to America in
early life, and settled near Mifflintown, Pa.,
where he farmed until his death. He Avas a
Democrat. His grandfather, William Panne
baker, was born near MifflintoAvn, and re
ceived a German and English education. He
removed to Tuscarora township, where he
bought a farm of 200 acres, Avhich he im

proved and successfully cultivated. He also
owned two other farms in the toAvnship. Mr.
Pannebaker was a Whig.
William Pannebaker was first married in
Fermanagh township, to Hannah Myers, of
Juniata county, who died leaving six children:
Jacob, a physician; Mary, widow of Abra
ham Rohrer; Samuel: Elsie; William, of
LewistoAvn; and Keziah (Mrs. George M.
Smelker). Some years after his second mar
riage, Mr. Pannebaker died in Tuscarora
township. He was a member of the Dunkard
church. Samuel Pannebaker was born on the old
homestead in Tuscarora township March 15,
1832. He attended school at Honey Grove.
When twenty years of age, he took charge of
the homestead farm, which he has skillfully
and judiciously cultivated for nearly a half
century. He also engaged in the manufac
ture of lumber for several years with his son,
Samuel E. Mr. Pannebaker owns the fine
picnic grounds where the "Harvest Home" is
annually celebrated. He takes an active in
terest in local affairs; gives liberally to the
church, and among his neighbors and friends
is held in high regard. He served two terms
as auditor of the township, and as overseer of
the poor. He is a member of the Grange.
Samuel Pannebaker was first married in
1854, to Elizabeth Rohrer, of Shirleysburg,
Huntingdon county, who died in 1884 leav
ing the following children: William A.,
foreman on the Tuscarora Valley Railroad;
Flora (Mrs. Stewart Manger), of Spruce Hill
township; Samuel E.; Mary (Mrs. W. A.
McClintock), of Chicago; George M., an en
gineer, who was killed on the Tuscarora Val
ley Railroad; Annie (Mrs. James Clark), of
Tuscarora township; and Blanche (Mrs.
David Barton), of Tuscarora township. Mr.
Pannebaker was afterwards manied to Susan
Stouffer, born in Lebanon, Pa. Mr. Panne
baker is a member of the Dunkard church.
Samuel E. Pannebaker attended the public
schools of his native township, and remained
on the homestead until he Avas twenty-one
years of age, when he learned carpentry with
L. R. Manger, of Spruce Hill township,
working with him one year in Virginia. Re
turning home, he was two years engaged in
the lumber business, and afterwards went to
North Carolina as manager of the Blue Wing
Copper and Lumber Co. In 1887, he estab-

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lished his now extensive business; he leased
several large tracts of land in Tuscarora town
ship, containing over one and a half million
feet of timber, from which be has manufac
tured over twenty million feet of lumber.
Mr. Pannebaker operates two saw-mills, one
in the Tuscarora valley and the other at
Doylesburg, Franklin county, Pa., and em
ploys over twenty men. He has built sev
eral barns and fine dwelling houses in the
township, and also a bridge. He built the
house in which he lives at a cost of over $2,-
000; it is the finest in the township. Mr.
Pannebaker is one of the successful young
business men of the township, and has the re
spect of his neighbors and friends. He is a
Republican. He was formerly a member of
the P. 0. S. of A.
Samuel E. Pannebaker Avas married at
Mifflintown in 1886, to Clara, daughter of
James Jacobs, a school teacher and travelling
salesman of Juniata county. They have one
child, Beulah V.
William A. Pannebaker Avas born in Tus
carora township, December 1, 1856, son of
Samuel and Elizabeth (Rohrer) Pannebaker.
He attended the public schools at Honey
Grove. He remained at home assisting his
father on the farm, and worked in the saw
mill until 1889, when he went to Hanisburg,
and was for a short time employed in a ma
chine shop. In 1890, be became proprietor of
the American House at East Waterford.
Since 1893, he has been general foreman of
the Tuscarora A^alley Railroad shops. Mr.
Pannebaker is a Republican. He is a member
of the Grange, of Washington Camp, No.
659, P. O. S. of A., East Waterford, and of
Mifflintown Lodge, No. 331, I. O. O. F.
William A. Pannebaker Avas manied in
1881, to Rebecca, daughter of Leonard R.
Manger, of Spruce Hill township. Their
children are: Myra; Grace; William, who
died in infancy; Lillie; Maude and Leroy.
George At. Pannebaker, youngest son of
Samuel Pannebaker, was born in Tuscarora
township, August 4, 1864. He was edu
cated in the common schools, and assisted on
the farm until reaching manhood. He was
also a partner with his father in operating a
steam thresher. He next became an engineer
on the Tuscarora Valley Railroad, and faith
fully discharged the duties of that responsi
ble position until October 24, 1895, when he

Avas killed in a Avreck at Easton's_ Woods,
about three and a half miles above EastWater-
ford. He was pinioned beneath the engine
and horribly burned and scalded by escap
ing steam and hot Avater, before those present
were able to rescue him. His death occuned
about four hours after the accident. His fire
man, Jerome M. Noble, also met death in the
same wreck. George M. Pannebaker was
married to Miss Alice Smith about eight
years before his death. They had no children.
In speaking of the accident, which resulted in
the loss of these two lives, the Port Royal
Times paid a deserved tribute to Mr. Panne
baker, as "the brave engineer, who remained
at his post of duty and exhibited a courage
and powers of endurance in the trying ordeal
through which he was called to pass that have
seldom been equalled and never surpassed;
for after reaching his home he stood upon
his feet and died like a hero."

JAMES K. McCLURE, Honey Grove,
Juniata county, Pa., was born in Tuscarora
toAvnship, Juniata county, Pa., August 29,
1830, son of Thomas and Margaret (Kirk)
McClure. Thomas McClure was born in Tus
carora township, and received a common
school education. He OAvned 250 acres of
land in Tuscarora township, which he cleared
and cultivated. Orchards were planted, and
the first buildings, which were of round logs,
gave place to a fine frame dwelling house and
a bank barn. Mr. McClure took an active
part in the work of the church. He had the
respect and esteem of all who kneAv him. He
was an old school Democrat. Mr. McClure
was married to Margaret, daughter of William
Kirk, a farmer and shoemaker of Lack town
ship. Their children are: AVilliam, of Tus
carora township; Margaret (Atrs. John Sei
bert), of Illinois; James K; Alexander, on
the homestead; Thomas H, deceased; Samuel,
a travelling salesman; John, deceased; Re
becca (Mrs. John Barton), of Illinois, de
ceased; Mary S. (Mrs. David Barton), de
ceased; and Jesse, of Tuscarora township.
Atr. McClure died in 1862; his w'ife died on
the homestead in 1887. Mr. McClure Avas a
member of the Methodist church. He served
as a trustee, a class-leader and steAvard; be
Avas also a teacher in the Sabbath-school and
its superintendent.
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native toAvnship in a log school house with
slab seats; his teachers were William Coan
and Joseph Stewart. He remained on the
homestead farm until he was twenty-five
years of age, Avhen he began fanning in Beale
township. After one year he removed to the
farm, which he bought and upon which he
resides' at the present time. He built a large
dwelling house and barn, and made other im-
proArements. He is a successful stock raiser.
Mr. AlcClure has been actively engaged in the
business of agriculture for1 nearly fifty years;
he is one of the progressive farmers of the
township. He enjoys the confidence and re
spect of the community. He takes an inter
est in the educational work of the township;
and has served three years as a member of the
board of school directors. He has also held
the office of supervisor and overseer of the
poor. He is a Democrat. In 1862, Mr. McClure
enlisted in Company I, Eighteenth • Pennsyl
vania Volunteers. He Avas on guard duty
six months at Harrisburg, when he became
ill, and was granted a furlough; he was af
terwards mustered out on account of disa
bility. He receives no pension. James K.
McClure Avas married in 1858, to Ellen, born
in Perry county, daughter of William Ewing,
a fanner of Beale township, Juniata county.
Their children are : Lowery, of Blairs Mills,
Huntingdon county, Pa. ; Jennie (Mrs. Mack
Eaton), of Franklin county, Pa. ; Thomas H,
of Tuscarora toAvnship; Howard, at home;
Sarah (Mrs. David Clark), of Tuscarora
township; Aiinnie (Mrs. Howard Clark), of
Lack township; Bowden, married and at
home; and Ettie (Mrs. Jesse Water), of
Blairs Mills. Mr. AlcClure is a member of
the church at Honey Grove. He has been a
class leader for a number of years; is a
trustee and member of the building com
mittee, and superintendent of the Sabbath-
school.

JAMES L. MILLIKEN, Honey Grove,
Juniata county, Pa., was born in Beale town
ship, near Academia, Pa., December 15, 1831,
son of John and Isabella (Barkley) Milliken.
His paternal grandfather, James Milliken, of
Scotch-Irish descent, was a native of Penn
sylvania, and OAvned a farm in Spruce Hill
toAvnship, near Pleasant View, which he cul
tivated many years. He was a successful

farmer and a worthy citizen. Air. Milliken
was a Democrat. He married Miss Boggs.
They had nine children, all of whom are de
ceased: Thomas; John; Joseph; Francis;
Millie (Mrs. Joshua Beale) ; Mary; Margaret
(Airs. John AicDonald); Jane (Mrs. George
Beale) ; and Mrs. Martha EndsloAV. Mr. and
Mrs. Milliken died at Pleasant View; they
were members of the Presbyterian church.
John Alilliken was born on the homestead
in 1799. He attended school at Pleasant
VieAv. He was engaged in farming all his
life, and successfully cultivated his farm of
209 acres near Academia. He built a large
barn and made many improvements. Mr.
Alilliken was a Democrat, and filled the office
of justice of the peace. He served as colonel
of the State Alilitia of Tuscarora valley.
John Milliken married Isabella, daughter of
William Barkley, of Beale township. They
had nine children. Those surviving are:
Alary J. (Mrs. Joseph Colwell), of Alilton;
James L. ; and Martha (Mrs. Charles Book),
of Walker township. Those deceased are:
AVilliam; Alargaret; Isabella (Airs. William
Ickes), of Perry county; Louisa; John A.;
and Joseph. Air. Milliken died April 16,
1864; his wife survived until March 31,
1883, and died on the homestead. Mr. Milli
ken was a member of the Presbyterian church
at Academia.
After attending the public schools of Aca
demia, James L. Milliken became a student
in the Tuscarora Academy under Professor
Wilson and Prof. David McLaughlin, and al
so spent one term at Airy View Academy,
Port Royal. He remained on the homestead
until 1859, when he moved to Tuscarora
toAvnship and began farming on his own ac
count. He has made many improvements on
his farm of 164 acres, and by careful atten
tion to its cultivation has sbown himself a
skillfull farmer and fruit grower. Mr. Milli
ken is a good citizen and has the respect of all
who know him. He is a Democrat, and has
served three terms as supervisor of the town
ship. James L. Milliken was first married in
1858, to Sarah, daughter of Michael Ickes, of
Perry county, who died leaving two children:
Oscar, of Nebraska; and lire, deceased. He
was afterwards married to Margaret R.,
daughter of John Book, of AValker township.
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stead, and Sarah. Charles B., and an infant
are deceased. Mr. Alilliken is a member of
the Presbyterian church.

WILLIAM VAN SWERINGEN, Honey
Grove, Juniata county, Pa., was born near
McCoysville, Tuscarora township, Juniata
county, December 15, 1817, son of Evan and
Margaret (Shafer) Van Sweringen. His pa
ternal grandfather, Samuel Van Sweringen,
who was born in Holland, came to America,
and first settled in Virginia, when he re
moved to Waterloo, in the Tuscarora valley,
and there engaged in farming.
Evan Van Sweringen, son of Samuel Van
Sweringen, Avas born in 1779. He owned
200 acres of land near McCoysville, which he
farmed and improved by planting orchards
and building a stone house and barn. He was
fond of horses and was a successful stock
raiser. Mr. Van Sweringen was a Democrat.
Evan Van Sweringen was manied in the Tus
carora valley, to Margaret Shafer, who was
born April 23, 1785. They had eight chil
dren; two survive: William; and Drusilla,
widow of Abner Wharton, of Illinois, who
was born May 11, 1826. Those deceased are:
John, born February 24, 1809; Mary (Mrs.
Alexander Murphy), born February 21, 1811;
Thomas, born June 22, 1813; George, born
August 5, 1815; William; Joseph, born
May 22, 1820; and Margaret (Mrs. William
Silyerthorn), of Rushville, Ind., born Novem
ber 24, 1822. Mr. Van SAveringen died May
28, 1848; his wife died in March, 1860.
They were members of the United Presby
terian church near McCoysville.
William Van Sweringen attended the
"Rock School" in Beale township, at that
time part of Milford, and assisted on the farm
until he was sixteen years of age, when he
entered upon a three years' clerkship in the
store of Joseph S. Laird, of McCullochs
Mills. He was then clerk during one year for
A. Shorb & Co., of Centre county, and after
wards engaged in business at McCullochs
Alills, buying the store of Samuel McCulloch;
here he remained ten years ; he was also post
master, and there was a weekly mail from
Mifflintown. In 1861, he removed to Beale-
town, where for thirty years he conducted a
successful business. Mr. Van Sweringen is
proprietor of a farm of 220 acres, and also of
the Honey Grove Mills. The mill is fitted up

with roller process machinery and is one of
the finest in the county.
Mr. Van Sweringen is one of the oldest
residents of the toAvnship; he has won the
confidence and respect of friends and neigh
bors, and is highly esteemed in the commu
nity. Mr. Van SAveringen is a Democrat; he
is postmaster at Honey Grove, which position
he has held for twelve years; he served as com
missioner, and during his term, in 1874, many
improvements Avere made; one of these was
the first iron bridge in Juniata county, built
over Tuscarora creek. He was tax collector
and assessor of the township for several terms.
Through Mr. Van Sweringen's influence the
former name of the borough, Bealetown, gave
place to Honey Grove.
William Van SAveringen was married in
Cumberland county, October 13, 1851, to
Rachel, daughter of Thomas Sweringen, a
farmer of Juniata county. Their children are :
William, a farmer of Nebraska; Thomas, a
farmer of Page county, la. ; Mary Mrs. James
Stewart), of Page county, la. ; Priscilla (Mrs.
James Thompson), who died; Jesse B., de
ceased; George, of IoAva; Clarence, at home;
David, married Tessie Peck, has one child,
David, operates the Honey Grove Mill; and
Matilda (Mrs. James Junk), of Tuscarora
township. Mrs. Van Sweringen died Febra-
ary 7, 1890. Mr. Van Sweringen is an el
der in the United Presbyterian church, and
has been a teacher in the Sabbath-school.

HUGH L. AtcAIEEN, Reeds Gap, Ju
niata county, Pa., son of Josiah and Margaret
J. (Junk) AtcMeen, was born at Waterloo;
Juniata county, March 8, 1836. His father,
Josiah McMeen, was born in Adams county,
Pa., and was reared on a farm. When a
young man he removed to Waterloo, where
he kept store for some years, and then went
into the hotel business at Waterford. Here
he remained until 1861, when he began farm
ing at Reeds Gap. Air. McMeen was an_old
line AVhig. He Avas manied to Margaret J.
Junk, a native of Ireland, whose father be
came a farmer in Aiifflin county. Mr. and
Mrs. McMeen had six children: Anna E.
(Mrs. Alexander AlcClure), deceased; Alary
J. (Mrs. Charles AlcKim), resides in Louis
ville, Ky.; Matilda B. (Mrs. Scott Hardy),
died in Indiana; Hugh L; John S., de
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Meen died in January, 1841, and her hus
band in 1867, at the home of his son, Hugh
L. He was a member of the Presbyterian
church, and a kind husband and loving father.
Hugh L. AtcMeen attended the public
schools at East AAraterford, Juniata county,
and the Airy View Academy, at Port Royal,
Juniata county. He worked at home until he
was seventeen years old, when he entered the
foundry to learn the moulder's trade. Some
years later, after operating the foundry very
successfully for four years, he sold out and
bought the James Robinson farm of 128 acres,
near Reeds Gap. He has since built a fine
barn, planted an orchard, and made other im
provements. Beginning life with no capital
or financial expectations, Mr. McMeen man
aged his business affairs Avith such skill and
ability that in the course of a few years he
possessed a comfortable living. In 1879, be
was elected commissioner of Juniata county,
and three years later was re-elected as the Re
publican candidate to the same office. Dur
ing his administration, good bridges Avere
built and many public improvements ef
fected, lie also served as assessor, and for
twelve years as school director, always taking
the deepest interest in educational matters.
In connection Avith his farming interests, he
is noAV profitably engaged in raising live
stock. Mr. AIcAteen Avas married in 1858, to Eliza,
daughter of Thomas Van SAveringen, a farmer
and stock dealer of Tuscarora township.
Their children are: Annie (Mrs. Howard
Randolph), of Tuscarora township; Charles
McK., a farmer of Tuscarora township, mar
ried Ida A. Kunkle, has four children: Hany
IL, of Chicago, manied Elizabeth E. Lawson;
Hugh L, of Chicago; Grace (Mrs. Hany
Lawson), of Tuscarora township; Edgar Van
S., at home; and Cora G, at home. The
family are Presbyterians, Mr. McMeen being
one of the church trustees. He is popular,
and deservedly so, being known as a loyal
friend, kind neighbor, and good citizen.

ROBERT HARVEY PATTERSON,
Honey Grove, Juniata county, Pa., son of
William and Alary (Neely) Patterson, was
born May 30, 1835, on the old Patterson
homestead, his present residence. His great
grandfather, Andrew Patterson, also a farmer
of Turbett township, Avas a native of Ireland,

and came to this country Avith five brothers,
all of whom at first settled in Lancaster
county, Pa., and all engaged in farming; but
one afterAvards returned to bis native land,
and remained there. They belonged to one
of those old Scotch families who were driven
by disturbed conditions in their original
home to take refuge in Ireland; and residing
in that country Avithout intermarrying to any
extent with its natives, they came to be known
as "Scotch-Irish," a race at all times notable
for strength and integrity of character. That
son of Andrew Patterson's who became the
grandfather of Robert H., was John Patter
son. He was born in Pennsylvania, and fol
lowed his father's calling. He owned a farm
of 180 acres in Tuscarora township, and im
proved it to some degree, erecting a barn and
other buildings. He was a man of intelli
gence, and enjoyed so much of confidence and
respect that he Avas appointed by the governor
of Pennsylvania to the office of justice of the
peace of his township, and elected by his fel
low-citizens to represent them for three terms
in the State legislature. He was a Republi
can. John Patterson manied Miss Lyons, a
native of the Tuscarora valley. Their chil
dren Avere: Alexander, deceased; James, de
ceased; Andrew, deceased; John, deceased;
William, deceased; Robert, deceased; Eliza
beth (Mrs. S. S. Kelly), deceased; Phebe
(Mrs. William AlcClure), of Peny county;
and Rachel (Mrs. James McClure), of Perry
county. John Patterson adhered to the
Presbyterian faith. He died in 1843; his
wife survived until April 15, 1855, when she
died at the home of her daughter, Atrs. Kelly.
Their fifth son, William Patterson, re
ceived common school training in his youth,
and supplemented it by reading so exten
sively that he became a very well-informed
man, especially on Scriptural topics. Fol
lowing the vocation of his grandfather and
his father, he Avas a tiller of the ground; in
1833, he bought a fann of 200 acres in Tus
carora township, the same one on which
Robert IL Patterson iioav lives. He built a
fine frame house, barns and other outbuild
ings, planted a well-assorted apple orchard,
and made other improvements. He added the
business of stock raising to that of farming.
His wife, Mary, daughter of John and Mar
garet (AtcFeeters) Neely, was born near Wa
terloo, in Lack toAvnship, Juniata county; her

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father was a farmer of the Tuscarora valley.
Their children are: Robef t H. and Rachel,
twins, of whom the latter died in infancy;
John 0., of Page county, la.; James A., of
Page county, la.; and Nancy (Mrs. Irvin
McCulloch), also of Page county, la. Wil
liam Patterson was an old line Whig, and
was overseer of the poor in his township. He
was a member of the Presbyterian church at
Academia, Pa. He died in 1846, while still
a young man; Mrs. Patterson died at the
home of her daughter, Airs. McCulloch, in
Iowa, January 5, 1881.
After being educated in the public schools
of the Tuscarora valley, Robert H. Patter
son devoted his attention to cultivating the
home farm, of Avhich, soon after the death of
his father, he assumed the sole management.
In this pleasant home, and in this most ser
viceable and dignified employment, combined
with that of stock raising, he has passed his
entire life, retiring from active duties in
1888. Besides building a new barn, etc., he
has erected, in connection with his brother
John, a fine dwelling house, the one in which
he resides. Mr. Patterson is a public-spirited
citizen, and while attending diligently to
his own affairs, has found time to serve the
township well as supervisor, for two terms,
as overseer of the poor, for two years, and as
school director, being still a member of the
board. He is a Republican, but is a man of
broad enough mind to be liberal towards the
opinions of those who differ with him. He
is universally regarded as" a substantial and
estimable citizen.
Robert Harvey Patterson was married in
1871, near Waterloo, Pa., to Martha J.,
daughter of George McConnel, a farmer of
Lack township, Juniata, county; the McCon-
nels are of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Mr. and
Mrs. Patterson are members of the Presby
terian church at Academia, of which the for
mer is a trustee.

SAMUEL B. CRAWFORD, M. D., was
born in Mifflintown, Juniata county, in 1817,
and was a son of Dr. David and Margaret
(Brown) CraAvf ord. He was educated in Mif
flintown, and read medicine under his father
and his uncle, Dr. Samuel Crawford, of Frank
lin county, Pa., after which he attended lec
tures at Jefferson Medical College, and re
ceived his diploma in 1856. For a time he

practiced at AlifflintoAvn, but soon succeeded
Dr. Kilbraith at McCoysville, Avhere he spent
his entire life. His death occurred at Mc
Coysville in 1878.
Dr. Crawford married, first, his full cousin,
Maria L. Crawford, who died in 1864; they
had two sons: James; and David, who died
young. In 1867 he married Amanda, daugh
ter of William and Jane (Harris) Junk, both
members of the United Presbyterian church.
Their children are: Samuel B., manied Junia
McLaughlin, and has four children, Bessie
M., Frances E., Milton, and Charles Bryan,
named for the silver candidate for the presi
dency; Minnie M., wife of William Stewart,
of Altoona, Pa. ; and Margaret Gertrude. Dr.
Crawford was prominent and popular in fra
ternity circles, having been a member of the
Masonic order and of the Odd Fellows at Mc
Coysville. He was commissioned as lieuten
ant-colonel of the Eighteenth Regiment,
Pennsylvania Atilitia, by Governor Curtin,
September 18, 1862. fie Avas a Democrat.
The family are members of the United Pres
byterian cburch. The Doctor Avas widely and
favorably known, both as a physician and as a
good citizen.

JOSEPH N. DOUGHTREY, Reeds Gap,
Juniata county, Pa., was born in Millerstown,
Peny county, Pa., October 16, 1839. Mat
thew Doughtrey, father of Joseph N., was
born in Chester county, Pa., and was a far
mer. At his death in 1891 he was an exten
sive land owner. He was a Democrat, and
served as tax collector, supervisor and school
director. He was an active member of and
founded the church at Reeds Gap. Mr.
Doughtrey Avas married to Miss Susan Milary,
bom in Chester county, Pa., in 1813, daugh
ter of Joseph and Sarah (Kitchen) Milary.
Joseph N. Doughtrey attended the public
schools in Lack township, and made farming
his occupation. After spending twelve years
in IoAva, he returned and took charge of the
homestead farm, which contains 133 acres,
and which he has substantially improved.
Atr. Doughtrey first married Ellen Robin
son, daughter of James Robinson, who died,
leaving one child, James R., deceased. He
married secondly Aliss Kate Lane, and by her
had one child, Clara, deceased. Atrs. Kate
Doughtrey died in Lack township, and he mar
ried thirdly Esther S., daughter of Samuel

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Girler, of Cumberland county; they have one
child, Laura AV.
Atr. Doughtrey is not an office-seeker, but
is an ardent free silver Democrat. He is a
member of the Tuscarora Grange. The fam
ily are members of the Methodist Episcopal
church. The mother of Mr. Doughtrey is eighty
years of age and is a bright and genial old
lady, and finds a quiet and comfortable home
with her son.

R. HARVEY NEELY, deceased, of Beale-
town, Juniata county, Pa., son of John and
Margaret (McFeeters) Neely, was born near
Waterloo, Juniata county, February 22, 1817.
His father was a Juniata county farmer of
Scotch-Irish descent, and was also the grand
father of Howard Neely, of MifflintoAvn. R.
Harvey Neely attended subscription schools,
and followed farming from boyhood. Before
his marriage he bought the farm of 130 acres
in Tuscarora township on which his family
now reside. R. Harvey Neely was married,
in Tuscarora toAvnship, Juniata county, in
1856, to Rachel, daughter of Jesse and Eliza
beth (Morrow) Beale, of Scotch-Irish descent.
Their children are: Brooks, married Miss
Ramsey; EUaF. ; Mary P., deceased; James
H. ; and Charles, died young. Mr. Neely
died March 30, 1887. fie was a Democrat,
and served as school director, as assessor for
two years, and as overseer of the poor. His
widow resides on the homestead with her son
and daughter. Mr. Neely was a member of
the Presbyterian church.

JAMES At. BEALE, Honey Grove, Tus
carora township, Juniata county, Pa., was
born Alarch 25, 1837. John Beale, the orig
inal ancestor of the family in America, was
a native of England and came to this country
with the Penn family. He was a surveyor,
and assisted in laying out the city of Philadel
phia. His son, William Beale, was a farmer
and a minister of the Society of Friends. Da
vid Beale, son of William Beale, and grand
father of James M. Beale, was a native of
Chester county, Pa., and received a good edu
cation in Philadelphia. He came to the Tus
carora valley in company with Thomas, an
older brother, about 1765. Thomas settled
near Academia, Pa., and built a grist-mill.
David took up a large tract of land on which

he built a grist and saw-mill, the site of the
historic Bealetown, about 1773. In 1814 he
built a fine stone house, one of the first erected
in the township, and here he died in 1828,
aged eighty-three. He was married to Rachel
McConnell, a native of Tuscarora valley, in
1776. They had ten children: Mary, born
in 1777; William, bom in 1778; James, born
in 1781, died in 1786; Alary, born in 1783,
wife of Thomas McConnell, Esq. ; Ann, born
in 1785, wife of Joseph McCoy; David, born
in 1788; Joshua, born in 1791; Jesse, born
in 1794^ Rachel, born in 1796, manied to
Hon. Thomas I. Milliken; Edith, born in
1800, married Thomas Van Sweringen. His
wife died in 1843, where her grandson, James
M., now resides. Atr. Beale was a Democrat,
filled the office of justice of the peace, and was
associate judge of Mifflin county. Joshua
Beale, father of James M. Beale, received a
common school education. He was one of the
largest stock dealers in the county. At the
death of his father he took charge of the home
farm, which contained about 200 acres, on
which he planted an orchard, built a dwelling
house and made other improvements. He
died there in 1875, aged eighty-four years.
He married Milly Milliken, a native of Ju
niata county, in 1834. They had five chil
dren: DaAld J. Beale, D. D., born July 1,
1835, pastor of a Presbyterian church in Phil
adelphia, was serving the first Presbyterian
church of Johnstown, Pa., during the flood
of 1889; James M.; S. McConnell, born in
1838; R. Jennie, born in 1841, wife of Rev.
I. Newton Ritner, post chaplain Ft. Keongh,
Mont.; and J. Frank, born in 1843, merchant
of Philadelphia, Pa.
James M. Beale received his education in
the Tuscarora township school, and made
farming his life occupation. He has remained
on the homestead and made a comfortable
home for his aged parents. November 28,
1867, he was married to Tillie J. Randolph, a
daughter of John and Hannah (Kepner) Ran
dolph. Their children are: Anna Jennette,
born September 10, 1868, died August 20,
1889; Millie Jane, bom January 26, 1870;
Junia Mary, bom April 1, 1873, wife of Stew
art M. Milliken, East Waterford, Pa. ; James
Franklin, born October 6, 1875; Tillie Flor
ence, born February 14, 1878, died Alarch
16, 1880; John Randolph, born July 6, 1381,
died in October, 1883; and Lila May, born

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December 19, 1883. In his political views
Mr. Beale is a Democrat, and has served as
school director and as judge of elections. He
has also frequently acted as executor of Avills.
His religious creed and form of worship are
those of the Presbyterian church.
JOHN REED, Warble, Juniata county,
Pa., son of Robert and Diana (Endslow) Reed,
was born April 25, 1825. His father was a
fanner of Chester county, who, with his
brother, Hugh Reed, came to the Tuscarora
valley in 1810, having exchanged a mill prop
erty in Chester county for 250 acres of avoocI-
land in Juniata county. The brothers cleared
and improved the land, and here Robert Reed
engaged in farming and stock raising until
his death in 1869. He served as private in
the war of 1812. Mr. Reed was married to
Diana, daughter of Abraham Endslow, who
was of English descent. Their children were :
John; Abraham, deceased; Daniel, died
young; Martha A., widoAV of James Orr, de
ceased; Alargaret J. (Mrs. James Kidd), de
ceased; Sarah Ellen (Mrs. Henderson Wil
son), deceased, of Ohio; Elizabeth M. (Atrs.
William Robinson), of Franklin county, Pa. ;
and Nancy (Mrs. James A. Fitzgerald). Mrs.
Robert Reed died on the homestead in 1859.
John Reed attended the public schools, and
has spent his whole life on the homestead.
From his father's retirement he managed the
farm until 1892, since which time he has lived
retired. He is a free silver Democrat, and has
served as judge and clerk of elections, and as
school director. Mr. Reed was married in
1855 to Alargaret A., daughter of John Mc-
Cullough, a cabinet-maker and undertaker of
Waterford. They have four children: Rob
ert S. ; Flora Myers, has two children, Grace
and John A. ; Anne M. (Mrs. William Conn) ;
Ellen (Mrs. Menno E. Esh) ; and Almira Jo
sephine. Mr. Reed is a member of the United
Brethren church at McCoysville, Pa.

JOHN ADAIR emigrated from County
Antrim, Ireland, about 1780. He left one of
his sons, Hugh, behind to finish settling up
some business matters, and the latter con
cluded to remain in his native country. He
became a man of considerable prominence and
wealth, and was high sheriff of his county;
his descendants live at Cookstown. John
Adair brought his wife and remaining chil

dren along and settled near Hagerstown, Md.
His son Blaney was at this time twelve years
old. He married a Miss Agey, raised in
Adams county, Pa., and settled in that county
near Millerstown. After living here for some
years, he moved to a farm that he purchased
on Two Lick creek, two miles southeast of In
diana, Indiana county, Pa., where he lived
till his death, about 1840. He raised a fam
ily of seven children: (1) Jonathan, married
a daughter of James Todd, lived and died at
a good age on a farm near Greenville, Indiana
county, Pa.; (2) James, was a physician,
graduated from Jefferson Medical College, of
Philadelphia, and died after practicing a few
years; (3) Joseph, also manied a daughter of
James Todd, lived on a farm two miles north
east of Indiana, and died about 1850; (4)
Hugh, after taking a course in medicine, prac
ticed some years in Armstrong county, where
he died; he married a daughter of Thomas
Steel, of Blairsville, Pa., and left several chil
dren, two of his sons now being prominent
journalists in Chicago; (5) Maria, manied
Thomas Boyle, of Blairsville, Pa., and had
two sons and two daughters; one son, T. New
ton, is a minister in the Methodist Episcopal
church, and the other, B. Franklin, is a min
ister in the Presbyterian church; (6) Nancy,
the youngest daughter, never married, lived
with Airs. Boyle, and is deceased; (7) John,
the oldest son of Blaney Adair, was bom in
Adams county, Pa. He manied Maria Mc-
Cleary, daughter of James McCleary, who
lived on Atarsh creek, six miles south of Get
tysburg, Pa. ; they settled on a farm two miles
south of Indianatown, Pa., where they lived
till the spring of 1880, when they removed
to IndianatoAvn, where he died the same year,
and his widow in 1889.
The Adair family were originally Presby
terians, but when the controversy arose on
slavery and uninspired hymns were introduced
generally into the Presbyterian church, the
greater part of the last generation withdrew
and becameldentified with what is now the
United Presbyterian church. John Adair,
after his children were all baptized in the
Presbyterian congregation of Indiana, Pa.,
withdrew and united with the United Presby
terian congregation of the same town, then
under the pastoral care of Rev. David Blair.
He and all the relatives were strong advocates
of universal liberty, and he was identified with

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the Abolition party from its beginning. He
voted for every candidate of the party till he
was permitted to see the triumph of the prin
ciple in the election of Abraham Lincoln.
Of the ten children of John Adair seven
grew to maturity: (1) Hannah, married Mark
Fair, left a son and daughter, and died two
miles Avest of Indiana, Pa. (2) James Hill,
graduated at New Athens College, Ohio, also
at the United Presbyterian Seminary, Alle
gheny City, preached for a number of years,
and died at Chaunte, Kan., in 1885; a few
years before his death he united with the
Presbyterian church. He married Mary Jane
Eailey, of Duncannon, Pa., and had four chil
dren, one son and three daughters. (3) Joseph
Blaney, married Mary Jane, daughter of S.
L Morehead, of Indiana, and he had six chil
dren ; three of them graduated in the Indiana
Normal School, and one daughter, Jennie, is
the wife of Rev. George Belsey, of the Con
gregational church. (4) Eliza, died at the age
of twenty. (5) Milton W. and (6) Calvin. S.,
twins, born in 1840 ; both enlisted in the army
of the Union, 1861. Calvin S. was killed in
the battle of Fair Oaks, before Richmond.
Milton AV. remained Avith his regiment till it
Avas disbanded at the close of the war, and for
some time he bore the rank of captain; he
now lives at Garden City, Kan. (7) John
McCleary, was born September 10, 1831. He
graduated at Jefferson College in 1854, then
taught one year at SeAvickley Academy, Pleas
ant Unity, Pa., was graduated from the theo
logical seminary, Xenia, 0., in 1858, and was
ordained and installed pastor of the United
Presbyterian congregation of Stone valley,
Huntingdon county, Pa., March 16, 1859,
where he continued pastor until April 16,
1889. From May, 1890, until October,
1894, he Avas pastor of Perth United Presby
terian congregation, Fulton county, N. Y.
Alarch 28, 1860, he manied Sarah Cummins,
of Mifflin county, Pa. They had four chil
dren, two sons and two daughters; the daugh
ters both died young.
John Calvin, the older son, graduated at
New Wilmington College, Pa., in 1884, and,
having taken a post-graduate course in Johns
Hopkins University, has since occupied the
chair of natural science in Tarkio College,
Mo. William Cummins, the younger son, is
mentioned elsewhere in this volume. The
first Avife of Rev. J. At. Adair died in 1866,

and the following year he married Ruth Cum
mins, daughter of Charles Cummins, Hunt
ingdon county, Pa. They now live in Hunt
ingdon, Pa.
JAMES KIDD, AtcCoysville, Juniata
county, Pa., Avas born in Tuscarora township,
Juniata county, Pa., in September, 1839.
James Kidd, Sr., father of James Kidd, was
born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1797. In
1819 he came to America, landed in Balti
more, Md., and finally made his home with his
uncle in Juniata county, Pa., and was occu
pied in farming. He became one of the most
extensive farmers in the region, owning at his
death in 1865 over 1,200 acres of land. In
1851 he built a saw-mill, and later a tannery
also. He married Alary, daughter of William
Hart, a farmer of Tuscarora valley, and of
Irish descent. Their children are: William;
Margaret J. (Airs. Samuel Middaugh), North
Benton, O.; James; Alary; and Robert, de
ceased. His Avife died in 1840, and he mar
ried Sarah Aliddaugh, born in Tuscarora val
ley, by whom he had five children: Sarah
(Airs. James Patterson), deceased; Wilson,
minister in the United Brethren church, Bea-
A^er Falls, Pa. ; John, Lizzie, and Samuel, all
deceased. His Avife died on the homestead
in 1883. Air. Kidd Avas a consistent member
of the United Presbyterian church. He Avas
a Whig, then a Republican, and served as tax
collector and assessor.
James Kidd attended the township schools
and for one term studied at the Port Royal
Academy. He Avorked on the farm and in
the tannery until the war broke out, when he
enlisted and Avas mustered into service at Har
risburg, Pa., September 9, 1861, joining Com
pany I, Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volun
teers, Colonel Irwin and Capt. Calvin Dewitt.
The regiment was assigned to the Sixth Army
Corps in the Army of the Potomac, com
manded by General Sedgwick. Mr. Kidd
participated in .eighteen general engagements.
He Avas in the hospital at Alexandria, Va.,
five months. He was mustered out of ser
vice October 24, 1864. For ten years he was
in partnership Avith his brother William in
farming, in the tannery and in the manufac
ture of lumber. In 1877 he came to his pres
ent farm of 170 acres, which he has greatly
improved. Mr. Kidd was married December
27, 1866, to Alargaret Reed, of Tuscarora

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township, daughter of Robert Reed and sister
of Mrs. James Fitzgerald, of Spruce Hill town
ship. Their children are: Atta M., and Mer-
metta L, both teachers and also graduates of
Millersville State Normal School; Florence
E., music teacher; Cardie A., deceased. Mr.
Kidd is a Republican, and has served as toAvn-
ship auditor one term, tax collector one term,
and as member of the school board five years,
part of the time as president. He is an elder
in the United Presbyterian church.

CAPT. WILLIAM FRY, Mexico, Walker
township, Juniata county, Pa., was born Oc
tober 24, 1838, in Walker township, Juniata
county. He is a son of Jesse and Martha
(Kinzer) Fry. Jesse Fry, of German descent,
was born February 26, 1792, in DelaAvare
township, Juniata county. He attended a
country school, but was largely a self-educated
man. He taught a subscription school in Del
aware township for a number of years, and
also farmed in Walker township, on the farm
now owned by Michael Seiber. He spent the
latter part of his life retired, dying, in 1854,
in Butler county, while on a visit to his chil
dren living there. He manied Miss Alartha
Kinzer, born in 1797, in DelaAvare township,
Juniata county. They had twelve chUdren,
as follows: Jacob, born September 11, 1816,
died in September, 1880; Tabitba, widow of
Enos Graham, born June 4, 1818, resides in
Crawford county, Pa.; Lydia (Mrs. Richard
McKinney), born July 22, 1820, died in
1884; Isaac, bom October 22, 1822, died in
the United States army, in the Mexican war,
in 1846; Seth, bom September 15, 1825,
died in infancy; Amos, born September 11,
1827, died September 3, 1892; Edmund and
Emily (twins), bom March 10, 1829, the for
mer died in infancy, the latter married Oliver
Andrews, of Crawford county, and died July
25, 1894; Martha (Mrs. Samuel V. Taylor),
born January 16, 1831, is deceased; Jackson
and Margaret (twins), born October 16, 1834,
the former died in July, 1855, the latter mar
ried Peter Longacre, and died in 1889; and
William, of Mexico, Juniata county. Jesse
Fry was a Democrat. He was a consistent
member of the Presbyterian church, and was
for many years an elder. His widow died
April 11, 1873, at Millerstown, Perry county.
Capt. William Fry attended public schools
in winter, and subscription schools in sum

mer, until he was thirteen years of age, after
which he was a driver on the tow path. He
remained on the canal for five years, being
steersman on the boat "Orpha" the latter part
of that time, after which he Avorked on the
Pennsylvania railroad for four years, three
years Avith the floating gang, and one year as
brakeman. When the dark clouds of a terrible Civil war
overspread our land, the nation did not ap
peal in vain to AAllliam Fry. On September
3, 1861, he enlisted for three years, in Capt.
Calvin DeWitt's Company I, Forty-ninth
Pennsylvania Volunteers, Col. William H.
Irwin, commanding. He participated in the
siege of Yorktown, April 1 to May 4, 1862,
and in the battle of Williamsburg, Alay 5,
1862, in which he was crippled in the left arm
by a horse falling on him. He was sent to
Columbia College hospital, Washington, D.
C, where seA^en Aveeks later, he was dis
charged, June 18, 1862. Returning home,
he was an invalid until the following spring,
'when he went on the canal as steersman for his
brother, Amos, on the boat "Merchant of Alil-
lerstoAvn," employed in the grain trade be
tween Juniata and Perry counties and the
city of Philadelphia. Here he remained one
year. In 1864, he steered for Captain Kel
ley, of Mifflintown. In 1865, he was captain
of the boat called "Gen. N. P. Banks," owned
by Edwin Davis. In 1866, he had charge of
the boat "Kearsarge," owned by Joseph
Kemp, of Hollidaysburg. In 1867, he steered
for Capt. William May, on the boat "Good
Intent." In 1868-69, he owned the boat
"Joseph Seller," in which he trayeled over all
the canals then in operation in Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland and New York, dealing
in coal, lumber and grain. In 1870, be pur
chased a canal store at Liverpool, Perry coun
ty, Pa., which he conducted prosperously for
five years. In 1875, be bought a wholesale
drag, notion and spice boat, mnning between
Lock Haven and Columbia, Pa., which he ran
for two years. In 1877, he took charge of a
store at Montandon, Northumberland county,
which he superintended for one year, for J.
R. Boughner. The next year he superintend
ed a store for the same man at, McAlisterville,
Juniata county. In 1879, he Avas traveling
salesman for Wood, Marsh & Co., of Philadel
phia. Coming to Mexico in 1880, he opened
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two years. In 1883, he removed to Port
Royal, where he lived retired, four years. In
1888, he returned to Alexico, and in the fol
io Aving year Avas elected justice of the peace,
which position he has held ever since, having
been re-elected in 1894, by a Arote of 287 out
of a total of 312, Avhich sufficiently indicates
the views of his fellow-citizens in regard to
his administration of the responsible duties of
the office. In 1889, he received from the
¦court, an appointment as pension claim agent,
and has been efficient and successful in the
business. Captain Fry was married in Walker toAvn-
ship, June 14, 1860, to Aliss Rebecca Horn
ing, born in Snyder county, daughter of
Joshua Horning, a blacksmith of that county.
The children of this maniage are: Oliver D.,
superintendent of the store of Walter Atann,
at Reedsville, Mifflin county, Pa.; Melcora
E., wife of James M. Burns, principal of the
schools of Mexico, Pa.; Joseph A., of Iowa;
S. Blanche, a teacher of Patterson, Pa.;
Ataude (Mrs. Harris Cooper), of Dauphin
eounty; Amos, of Mexico, Pa.; William C,
of Alexico, employed in the mail service;
John E., who is attending school; Laura,
living, at home; Grace, died young; and Le-
Roy, living at home.
Captain Fry is a member of Post No. 134,
G. A. R., of Mifflintown; of Lodge No. 364,
F. and A. At., at Millersburg, Pa.; of Peny
Lodge, No. 259, I. 0. 0. F., at Liverpool,
Peny county; and of the Senior 0. U. A. M-
He is a Republican. Of a genial disposition
and universally respected, Captain Fry has
made friends wherever he has gone during
his busy and eventful life.

HERMAN FRANCKE AVILLARD, M.
D., Mexico, Walker township, Juniata county,
Pa., was born February 23, 1857, at Loysville,
Perry county. He is a son of Rev. Philip and
Margaretta (Chritzman) Willard. The Wil
lard family is of Huguenot descent. Their
progenitors were driven by persecution to
seek refuge in Germany, whence Elias Wil
lard, great-grandfather of Dr. Willard, came
with his father to America; they settled in
Frederick county, Md., Avhere Elias Willard
passed the rest of his life. He married Atiss
Gump, a Moravian lady, of Bethlehem, Pa.
They bad tAvelve children; one of these,
George, Avas bom May 30, 1770, and died

December 24, 1849; be was the father of
Rev. Philip Willard. He was a tanner and
farmer. His Avife was Susanna, daughter of
Alichael and Lenora Culler, born March 14,
1781, died May 24, 1864. Their children
are: Alary (Mrs. Christian Weaver), born in
1805; Elizabeth (Atrs. Jacob Remsberg),
born in 1807, is deceased; Rev. Philip, born
September 29, 1809, deceased; Catherine
(Airs. AAllliam Erving), bom in 1812, de
ceased; Susannah (Mrs. Dr. James Willard),
born in 1814; John, born 1817, deceased;
Henry, born in 1818; Ann Eliza, born in
1821; and George T., born in 1824. The eld
est son, Philip Willard, born in Frederick
county, Aid., first worked in his father's tan
nery, and later took charge of the home farm.
This occupation Avas relinquished in Novem
ber, 1834, Avhen he entered the preparatory
department of Pennsyh^ania College, Gettys
burg, Pa.; in 1839, -he was graduated with
the degree of A. B., and in 1840, received that
of A. M. In 1841, he was graduated after a
two years' course from the Theological Semi
nary at Gettysburg, and immediately began
the active duties of the ministry, at Manches
ter, Md., where he officiated in both English
and German, serving eight congregations.
His next pastorate, covering three years, was
at AVestminster, Md.; during that period, he
organized neAV congregations, and did much
to extend and stimulate the work of the
church. After some time spent at Lovetts-
ville, Va., Rev. Mr. Willard became traveling
agent for the Evangelical Lutheran Theologi
cal Seminary at Gettysburg, in 1848. In
this capacity he added materially to the pros
perity of the seminary. He Avas afterwards
pastor at Danville, Pa., for six years; at Loys
ville, Pa., for two years and a half; and at
Alifflintown, Pa., for tAvo years and a half;
then for three years he served the charge at
Schuylkill Haven, Pa., after which he was for
five years general superintendent of the Lu
theran Publication House in Philadelphia.
During his various pastorates, about nineteen
hundred members were added to the congre
gations which enjoyed his faithful care. One
of his latest services, and one of the farthest-
reaching as to the benefits confened, was ren
dered in connection with the Orphans' Home
at Loysville, Pa., an account of which is given
elseAvhere in this Avork: Rev. Philip Willard
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the purchase of the land on which the Tress
ler Orphans' Home is built, was active in se
curing the co-operation of a number of Synods
comprised in the General Synod of the Evan
gelical Lutheran church, and was for a num
ber of years the faithful, judicious and father
ly superintendent of the institution. In Oc
tober, 1841, Rev. P. Willard married Marga-
retta, daughter of George Chritzman, of Get
tysburg, Pa. Their children are: Virginia;
Janetta; Martin Luther, of Americus, Kan.;
George M., of Philadelphia; Samuel
Schmucker; Ezra Kellar; Herman Francke,
M. D.; and Newton T., of Philadelphia. A
life of piety and usefulness was brought to a
sudden close by an accident on the Pennsylva
nia railroad, in which Rev. Mr. Willard was
killed, in July, 1893.
Dr. Herman F. Willard attended the public
schools of Loysville, Perry county, of Schuyl
kill Haven, Schuylkill county, and of Hum-
melstown, Dauphin county, as well as the
grammar school of Reading, Pa. Naturally
bright and diligent in the pursuit of knowl
edge, he went to Pennsylvania College, situ
ated on the Gettysburg battle-field, well pre
pared for the course of study which he there
passed through. Leaving the college in 1878,
before graduation, the Doctor passed one year
as a teacher in the Loysville Orphan Scbool,
after which he went to Kansas, and for six
years traveled from State to State, engaged
in the purchase and sale of live stock. Return
ing east, he entered the Jefferson Medical
College of Philadelphia in 1885, having pre
viously read medicine with Dr. Hoke, of Loys
ville. He graduated from the medical college
In the class of 1889, with the highest honors.
Determined to stand at the very head of his
profession, Dr. Willard took post-graduate
courses in diseases of women and children,
surgery and other specialities of the profes
sion. He returned to Loysville, and since
1889, has been a general medical practitioner
in Mexico, Pa., meeting with abundant suc
cess, and enjoying in a high degree the respect
and confidence of his patients and of the
entire community. The Doctor is a member
of the Medical Society of Juniata county, and
of several college fraternities. He is a Repub
lican. Dr. Herman Francke Willard was married
m Mexico, in 1892, to Mary, daughter of the
Rev. Francis McBurney, of Mexico. Their

children are: Margaret E.; and Jerome W.
The family attend the Presbyterian church.
JOHN MOTZER, Alexico, Walker town
ship, Juniata county, Pa., was born November
3, 1818, near Blain, Perry county, Pa. He is
- the son of Daniel and Margaret (Hench) Mot
zer. His grandfather, Martin Motzer, was a
native of Germany, who emigrated to this
country with his family at an early period,
settling in what is now Walker township, Ju
niata county, and buying forest land, inhabit
ed only by prowling Indians, bears and other
wild beasts. With the assistance of his three
sons, he cleared up the greater part of 300
acres, and erected a stately stone mansion
house and a fine stone barn, the first of the
kind ever seen in that section, both of which
buildings are still standing. Both he and his
wife died in AValker township, and are in
terred in the Mexico grave-yard. He was a
member of the German Lutheran church.
Martin Motzer had a family of three sons and
one daughter. His son, Daniel, born in Ju
niata county, was the father of John Motzer.
Daniel Motzer had only a German education,
although he could speak English. He made
farming his life occupation. He owned one
farm in Walker toAvnship, and another in
Perry county, on which latter John Motzer
was born. Daniel Motzer married a native
of Perry county, Margaret Hench, who was
of German descent. They had thirteen chil
dren, of whom six died in infancy. Those
who reached adult years were: Alartin, a
judge of Perry county, deceased; Margaret
(Mrs. Joseph Burd), of Perry county, de
ceased; Ellen (Mrs. Bane); John, of AValker
township, Juniata county; Rev. Daniel, a
Presbyterian minister, deceased; Hannah
(Mrs. Joseph Markley), deceased; Eliza,
widow of Abraham Seiber. Daniel Motzer
was much respected in the community, and
was a member of the Lutheran church. Dur
ing the war of 1812, be was drafted, but for
some reason was not obliged to enter the ser
vice. He was a Democrat. Mr. Motzer died
in Perry county.
John Motzer attended subscription school
in his boyhood, and also had a tutor at home.
He was also a pupil for one term in a public
school in Perry county. After spending his
early days on the farm with his father, he
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at the age of twenty, on a farm with Uncle
John, where he remained until the death of
his uncle; he then took charge of this farm
and the old homestead, and cultivated both
until 1857, Avhen he bought a residence in
Mexico, to which he removed and has re
mained there ever since. He was for ten
years in mercantile business in Mexico, and
was also for several years postmaster, but is
now living retired. In partnership with Wil
liam J. Thompson, now deceased, he dealt ex
tensively in stock for twenty-five years.
Mr. Motzer was married in Juniata county,
in 1844, to Margaret Tyson, born in Juniata
county, in 1822, daughter of Joseph Tyson,
a farmer of German descent. They had four
children: Eliza J. (Mrs. Henry Kloss), a
farmer, of Walker township; Alwilda, at
home; Victoria (Mrs. Dr. G. D. Arnold), of
Cleveland, 0. ; and Matilda (Mrs. Dr. David
S. Funk), of Hanisburg, Pa.
Mr. Motzer is a man of most genial quali
ties, who has attained success by industry, and
who is universally respected for his probity
and uprightness. He has spent his whole life
with his family, with the exception of a trip
undertaken some years since, for the benefit
of his health, in which he made the tour of
nearly all the Avestern States.
Mr. Motzer has filled the position of school
director for three years, performing the duties
of the office in an able and satisfactory man
ner. He has been for twenty-five years deacon
and elder in the Lutheran church. He has
also, for many years, been connected with the
Sunday-school, either as superintendent or
teacher. He is a Republican, and, although
an invalid, cast his ballot for McKinley.

REV. FRANCIS McBURNEY, Mexico,
Walker toAvnship, Juniata county, Pa., was
born April 4, 1827, in County Antrim, Ire
land. He is a son of Francis and Margaret
(Boyd) AtcBurney. His father was a farmer
of County Antrim, who cultivated the same
farm which his father and grandfather before
him had tilled, known as the McBurney estate.
Both he and his wife were of the frugal, in
dustrious and intelligent Scotch-Irish race.
They had a family of eight children. None
of the family have removed to this country
except the Rev. Francis McBurney, Ellen
(Mrs. Andrew Boyd), and John McBurney,
who lives in Delhi, Delaware county, N. Y.

Rev. Francis McBurney received the foun
dation of his education in the common schools,
where, in addition to the common branches,
he received instruction in Latin and Greek.
He worked on the farm for a short time, but,
his father giving him the choice of a profes
sion, he selected the ministry, and entered the
College of Belfast, Ireland, where he graduat
ed with distinction, after a four years' course,
during which time he read medicine. He
then proposed to enter Trinity College, Dub
lin, but was not alloAved to graduate on ac
count of not belonging to the Episcopal
church. He emigrated to America in 1850,
embarking from Liverpool and landing in
New York City. After a short time spent
in Delaware county, N. Y., he entered the
Theological Seminary at Cannonsburg, Wash
ington county, Pa., where, after a three years'
course, he was licensed to preach the gospel,
as a minister of the United Presbyterian
church. His first charge was at Guinston, York
county, Pa., where he remained thirteen
years. In 1869, he came to Mexico, Juniata
county, preaching at both Mexico and Thomp
sontown, and faithfully attending to the spir
itual wants of his people. He Avas an effective
and scholarly speaker, a faithful pastor, and
in his daily life and by practical charity con
stantly exemplified the truths he taught. Af
ter twenty-six years of devoted service in this
field, he retired in 1895. In May last, he was
affected with a paralytic stroke which caused
him much suffering.
Rev. Francis McBurney was manied in
Ireland in 1856, to Miss Elizabeth Dickey,
of County Antrim, Ireland. This union was
blessed with nine children : Francis, a farmer
in Kansas; Thomas B., owner of a silver mine
in Utah; Alargaret (Atrs. Henry Seiber), of
Walker township, Juniata county; Andrew,
residing at home; James D., deceased; Eliza
beth AV; Mary G. (Mrs. Dr. H. F. Willard),
of Mexico, Juniata county; Jerome T, an
operator at Banee Forge, on the Pennsylvania
railroad; and Anna 0. His first wife died
in Mexico, December 21, 1876. He was again
married, January 1, 1878, at Mexico, to Cath
erine Robinson, daughter of John Robinson,
of the State of Indiana, and widow of J. H.
AVright, of Walker township, who had died
at Middleburg, Snyder county, October 5,
1868. Mr. Wright was a prominent lawyer

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and had been a member of the State legisla
ture in 1866-67. The only child of Francis
and Catherine McBurney is Edith M. Mrs.
McBurney had had three children by her for
mer marriage: Jennie L.; Florence G. (Mrs.
Allen Martin), of the State of Indiana, de
ceased; and Norah (Mrs. E. N. AVilson), of
Bellwood, Pa. Rev. Francis McBurney is a
staunch and zealous Prohibitionist.

JACOB RICKENBAUGH, Mexico, Wal
ker township, Juniata county, Pa., was born
November 11, 1844, in Walker township, Mif
flin county. He is a son of Jacob and
Mary M. (Seiber) Rickenbaugh. Jacob Rick-
enbaugh, Sr., of German descent, was born
in Berks county, Pa., and was a farmer. He
had a good English and German education.
When a young man he came to Juniata coun
ty, settling in Walker township, where he
purchased a farm of 200 acres, the larger part
of which he cleared, erecting suitable build
ings. He devoted much attention to stock-
raising. He was married in Walker township,
to Miss Mary M. Seiber, born in Juniata coun
ty, Pa., near Mifflintown. They had eleven
children: Sarah, died young; Daniel, resides
in Kansas; Harriet (Mrs. Philip Kepner), of
Juniata county; Rebecca (Mrs. John Stover),
of Juniata county; Hattie (Mrs. Samuel
Shayer), of Patterson, Pa.; Eliza (Mrs.
Kurtz Kauffman), of Juniata county; Ma-
linda (Mrs. Jerome Hetrick), of Mexico, Pa. ;
Samuel, also residing in Mexico ; Jacob, pro
prietor of the Mexico Roller Mills; David,
of Patterson, Pa.; and William, of Mexico,
Pa. Jacob Rickenbaugh was a very stout
man. He led an industrious life, reared a
fine family and was highly respected in the
community. He held several local offices, in
cluding that of school director. Mr. Ricken
baugh was a Republican. He was a member
of the Mennonite church. His widow died in
1890 at Port Royal, at the residence of one
of her daughters.
Jacob Rickenbaugh, Jr., their ninth child,
attended the public schools of Walker town
ship during the winter months, working dur
ing the summer on the farm. The advantages
offered by the schools were but slender, so
that he is, in the main, self-educated. On
July 12, 1864, he enlisted at Harrisburg in
the One Hundred and Ninety-fourth Pennsyl
vania Volunteers, Col. William B. Elder, com

manding. The regiment was employed prin
cipally for guard duty at Baltimore, and was
mustered out at the expiration of four months,
November 11, 1864. The following spring
Mr. Rickenbaugh became clerk in a general
store at Alifflintown, where he remained two
years, giving general satisfaction. He was
then clerk for two years in a store at Mexico,
at the expiration of which time he bought
out his employer, and for fourteen years con
ducted a general store with success. He then
purchased the Mexieo flour mills, belonging
to the Iletrick heirs, which he improved at
great expense, putting in rolls and all the
latest and best machinery, and making it one
of the finest mills in the country.
Jacob Rickenbaugh was manied in the
United Presbyterian church, at Mexico, by
the Rev. F. McBurney, in December, 1871,
to Annie M., daughter of Charles A. Thomp
son, a merchant of Mexico. Their children
are as follows: Mary T. (May); Gertrude
M.; Charles A.; Margie; and Guy. Mr.
Rickenbaugh has been for six years a school
director in Mexico, having been secretary of
the board for three terms, and treasurer for
two terms. The family are connected Avith
the United Presbyterian church. Mr. Ricken
baugh is a Republican. He has attained suc
cess by industry and close attention. His busi
ness qualifications were illustrated by the ac
ceptable manner in which for twelve years, he
filled the position of postmaster at Mexico,
giving entire satisfaction to all the patrons of
the office.

JEROME N. THOMPSON, deceased, Avho
was one of the most enterprising citizens of
Mexico, Walker township, Juniata county,
Pa., was born September 27, 1817, in Walker
township, Mifflin county. He was a son of
James and Martha (Allen) Thompson, both of
whom died in Mexico. James Thompson was
a merchant and miller of that place, of Scotch-
Irish descent.
Jerome N. Thompson was a close student;
attended school at home and was sent away to
school. When a boy he worked on the farm,
and also assisted his father in the mill. In
after life, he made farming his principal oc
cupation, owning and cultivating a farm of
150 acres in Walker township, as Avell as an
other of over 100 acres near Mexico, on which
his widow noAV resides. On the latter he erect-

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ed a fine brick dAvelling, of great architec
tural beauty, the first of its kind in the town
ship. For more than twenty-five years Mr.
Thompson and John Motzer were in partner
ship in an extensive and lucrative stock busi
ness. Associated Avith several others he also
carried on, with great success, a business in
building stone.
Jerome A". Thompson was manied in Alex
ico, in 1840, to Jane, daughter of John and
Elizabeth (AlcCrum) Wright. She was born
in Ohio, July 11, 1816; her father was a
farmer and hotel keeper of Juniata county.
Atrs. Thompson was a sister of the late John
H. AVright, Esq., the deceased husband of
Mrs. McBurney, of Alexico. Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson had three children, all of whom
died in infancy. Mr. Thompson was an ener
getic, active man of temperate habits, and
strict integrity, Avho had the confidence and
respect not only of his friends, but of all who
knew him. He was an ardent Republican.
He was a zealous, devoted and consistent mem
ber of the United Presbyterian church, being
one of its principal supporters, and deeply in
terested in all that pertained to its welfare.
Atr. Thompson's death occuned April 26,
1895, from the effects of a paralytic stroke.

ELI FARLEMAN, Mexico, Walker town
ship, Juniata county, Pa., was born January
5, 1850, in Walker toAvnship. He is a son of
Joseph and Margaret (Row) Farleman. Jo
seph Farleman, who Avas a farmer, was born
in Juniata county, Pa., passing the greater
part of his life in AValker township, where he
gave much attention to the rearing of fine
stock. He obtained a good English and Ger
man education. He owned a fine home at
Alt. Pleasant, where in his later days he lived
a retired life. He died in Alexico in 1888.
Joseph Farleman married, at Mifflintown, Pa.,
Aliss Alargaret E. Row, a native of Snyder
county, Avho died in 1869. They had seven
children: Eli, of Mexico, Juniata county;
George, deceased; Charles, of Snyder county;
Mary J. (Mrs. Sample Beatty), of Millers-
toAvn, Pa.; Susan A. (Mrs. Elias AL Arbo
gast) ; Margaret E. (Mrs. Elijah Hoover), of
Fermanagh toAvnship, Juniata county; and
Joseph T, of Harrisburg, Pa. Mr. Farleman
was industrious and upright, universally re
spected in the community in Avhich he resided.
He was in early life a Whig, and died a Re

publican. He was a consistent member of the
Lutheran church.
Eli Farleman, in boyhood, attended the
Walker township schools, during the winter
months, laboring on the farm during the sum
mer. At the age of seventeen he learned the
blacksmith's trade with William Hetrick, of
Alexico, Pa., remaining with him for three
years and nine months. He next worked at
Newport, Pa., as a journeyman, for one year,
and was afterwards employed for two years
as an iron Avorker, at the coach factory of
Showers & Shull, Mifflintown, Juniata coun
ty. His next employment Avas as a coach-
smith, at Yeagertown, Mifflin county, where
he worked for one year. During the two fol
lowing years, he was blacksmith for the Penn
sylvania railroad, at the same, place, after
which he worked for one and a half years with
Showers & Shull. Coming to Mexico in 1876,
he bought a shop and began business for him
self, conducting a general blacksmith trade,
which he has continued to the present time,
with most encouraging success. By industry,
integrity and close attention to the interests
of his patrons, Atr. Farleman has acquired a
high reputation in the community as a super
ior workman and a good citizen. He has ably
filled the office of school director for a term
of three years, during two of which he Avas
treasurer of the board. In his political views
he is a staunch Republican. Mr. Farleman is
an active member of Lodge No. 131, I. 0. 0.
F., at MifflintoAvn.
Eli Farleman was married in Mifflintown
in 1875, to Miss Lottie Doling, born in Ju
niata county. They have two children : Anna
B. ; and Charles T., the latter is still attending
school. The family attend the United Presby
terian church.

DAVID DASHER, Mexico, Walker town
ship, Juniata county, Pa., was born May 24,
1838, at Hummelstown, Dauphin county, Pa.
He is a son of William and Mary (Kirk)
Dasher. William Dasher was born in Dau
phin county in 1805, and was a son of John
Dasher, a native of Pennsylvania, who Avas
of German descent. William Dasher received
an education in boyhood in both the English
and German languages. He kept a hotel and
canied on the business of butchering in Hum-
melstoAvn, Dauphin county. In February,
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ville, York county, Pa., Avhere he died in the
same year. He manied, September 24, 1829,
Miss Mary Kirk, born in NeAV Jersey, daugh
ter of John and Mary (Durham) Kirk, who
were of English descent, their parents having
emigrated from England. Air. and Airs.
Dasher had four children: Alary, Avho died
July 2, 1860; Isaac, who Avas killed in the
Big Horn massacre, where the gallant General
Custer lost his life ; Catharine, deceased, Avif e
of the Rev. Calvin Coats; and David, of
Mexico, Juniata county. After the early de
mise of her husband, the widow married again
to John Wilson, of Juniata county, and had
one child, John H, a farmer of AValker town
ship, born in 1845. Mr. AAllson died in AVal
ker township in 1848. Airs. AVilson survived
him until September, 1895. AAllliam Dasher,
avIio was so early cut off by death from what
promised to be a prosperous and useful career,
was much respected in the communities in
which he resided. He Avas for several years
a colonel in the State Militia.
David Dasher attended the schools of Wal
ker township during the Avinter months, la
boring on the farm during the summer. He
is to a large extent a self-educated man. He
continued on the farm until he was twenty-
one, when he removed to the town of Mexico,
securing there employment on the Pennsylva
nia railroad, at which he continued for about
three years. He then enlisted at Harrisburg,
for the nine months' service, in Captain Whar
ton's Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-
sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers, Avith AA'hich
regiment he spent a month, and Avas then dis
charged on account of sickness. In 1864, Mr.
Dasher again enlisted for one year, in Capt.
louis Degan's Company B, Tavo Hundred
and Second Pennsylvania Arolunteers, Col.
Charles Albright commanding. This regi
ment was employed largely for guard duty,
but also participated in several minor engage
ments. Although suffering severely from a
sore leg during a portion of the term of ser
vice, Air. Dasher pluckily remained with his
company, but Avas ill in consequence of the
exposure for fully a year after his return
home. AVhen sufficiently recoA^ered, he went
to Genesee county, Mich., Avhere he found
employment at packing shingles, being a
foreman for a part of the time. After spend
ing ten years in the lumber region of this

State as foreman and teamster, during Avhich
time he also visited Canada, he returned to
Juniata county, and was ill for two years at
his home in Alexico. Since 1884, he has been
successfully engaged in mercantile business.
He Avas for one term constable of the town
ship; he is a Republican, and an active mem
ber of AVilson Post, No. 134, G. A. R., at Alif
flintoAvn. Air. Dasher Avas married December 15,
1861, at Williamsport, Pa., to Ataggie, daugh
ter of John Atarshall, a school teacher of Ju
niata county, where she Avas bom. Three of
their five children died in infancy. Those
Avho reached adult years are: Jerome, a bag
gage master in the employ of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad; and Emma (Atrs. James Rodg
ers), of Delaware township, Juniata county.
Air. Dasher and his family attend the United
Presbyterian church; he Avas for seAreral years
connected with the Sunday-school Avork in
the capacity of a teacher.

AHCHAEL R. BASHORE, AValker toAvn-
ship, Juniata county, Pa., Avas bom Alarch 1,
1834, in Fermanagh toAvnship, Juniata coun
ty. He is a son of David and Alary (Ruble)
Bashore. His grandfather, Alichael Beashoar
(as the name Avas then spelled) Avas a farmer
in Berks county, Pa., whose father, a native
of France, had settled there. After farming
for a time in his native county, Alichael Bea
shoar came to Fermanagh township, Juniata
county, and farmed here for a number of
years; he then removed to that portion of
Union county, AA'hich is noAV Snyder, Avhere
he purchased a farm and cultivated it for sev
eral years. Selling out, he returned to Ju
niata county, where he spent the latter years
of his life, and died at the house of his son in
1859, at a very advanced age. He manied
Aliss AA'olfe, a cousin of Governor Wolfe, of
Pennsylvania. They had one child, John,
deceased. His wife died young, and he was
married a second time to Aliss Alyers. To
this union were bom eight children, tAvo of
whom, Elizabeth and Hannah still survive.
Those deceased were: Alary; Alichael;
Daniel; David; Samuel; and Jacob. After
the death of his second Avife Atr. Beashoar
married Aliss AVithmore. He voted with the
AVhig party. He was a member of the Ger
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Alichael Beashoar's son, David Bashore,
Avas born in Fermanagh township, Juniata
county, in February, 1809. He received a
limited education in the subscription schools
of the township, but with a naturally bright
mind, he obtained by close application great
fluency in the English as well as the German
language, and became a diligent reader, stor
ing his mind richly with all the historic facts
of the clay. He read the Bible entirely
through thirty-six times. He Avas employed
on his father's farm until he was twenty-one
years of age, when he began farming for him
self in Centre county; at the end of six years,
he sold out and removed to Aiifflin county. He
remained there but a single year, and then,
returning to his boyhood's home, bought a
farm in Fermanagh township, where he re
sided for the remainder of his days. Here
his father erected the largest stone house in
the county, with corresponding barns and im
provements. He was a sensible and practical
farmer, and became very prosperous. He
was celebrated in the community for his ex
cellent stock.
David Bashore manied in Centre county,
Miss Mary Ruble, born in Centre county, in
1809, daughter of Peter Ruble, a farmer of
the Penn valley, of German descent. They
had the following children: Susannah (Mrs.
Amos Stouffer), of Walker township, de
ceased; Andrew, a farmer, of Fermanagh
toAvnship, Juniata county; Michael R., of
Walker township; Sarah, Avidow of Calvin
B. Watts; David, a farmer of Fennanagh
township; Peter, deceased; John, a farmer,
of Blair county; and Solomon, residing on
the homestead farm.
David Bashore had great force of charac
ter, and exerted a commanding influence for
good in the communities in which he dwelt.
Well informed on all current topics, keenly
interested in all public matters, he took an
active and conspicuous part in politics. Real
izing the benefits of universal education, he
was one of the most zealous promoters of the
public school system in Juniata county. He
was a Whig, and afterwards a Republican.
He was, at one time, the Whig candidate for
county commissioner in Juniata county, but
was not successful, as at that time, the popu
lar vote of the county was heavily on the other
side. His personal popularity, howeA'er, was
attested by the fact that he ran ahead of his

ticket, receiving more votes than the guber
natorial candidate on the same ticket. He
was a member of the German Baptist church.
Here, too, he was active and prominent, and
his advice Avas freely sought and faithfully
followed in all church affairs.
Alichael R. Bashore attended no schools
but those of his native township, during the
winter months of his boyhood. With a na
turally bright mind and thirst for knowledge,
his opportunities Avere limited. Having
worked on bis father's farm until the age of
twenty-one, he began for himself by renting
a farm in Fermanagh township, which he cul
tivated for six years, and then removed to
Fayette township, where he bought a farm of
100 acres; on this be lived three years. Sell
ing out, in 1867, he purchased the farm in
AValker township on which he has ever since
resided, having erected on the place a very
commodious barn, and made other extensive
improvements. One special feature to which
he has given close attention is the raising of
improved stock, in which be has dealt exten
sively. In 1894, he retired from active labor,
and now enjoys in quiet and leisure the fruits
of his industry.
Mr. Bashore was married, in 1857, to Mar
tha J., daughter of John Book, a farmer of
Walker toAvnship, where she Avas born, and of
German descent. Their eight children are
as follows: Thaddeus J., chief of police for
the city of Altoona, Pa. ; . David Clayton, of
AA'alker township; Alice C. (Mrs. W. H. Ben-
nager), of Northampton county, deceased;
Charles, a farmer, of Milford township, Ju
niata county; Clara E. (Airs. W. H. Mau-
beck), of Patterson, Pa. ; James C, a fanner,
residing on the homestead place; Franklin
Al. ; and Sarah B. (Airs. AL L. Keiser).
Mr. Bashore takes an active interest in edu
cational matters and the advancement of the
schools. He has served ably on the school
board, and has been its treasurer. He also
takes an active part in politics, and a lively
interest in all matters of public concern. In
1896, he Avas a candidate for county commis
sioner on the Republican ticket, but claims to
have met defeat through the treachery of men
Avithin his OAvn party. Air. Bashore is an active
and zealous member of the German Baptist
church, being one of the deacons, and taking
a deep interest in all church matters. He bas
also been identified Avith Sunday-school work.

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SAMUEL FUNK, Walker township, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born February 4, 1823,
in Walker township, on the farm now owned
by Michael R. Bashore. He is a son of John
and Alary (Aliller) Funk. His grandfather,
Michael Funk, was a native of Lancaster
county, Pa., where he was a hotel keeper. He
was of German descent. He became one of
the first settlers of Walker township, Juniata
county, where he farmed for the remainder of
his days, owning over 200 acres of land, on
Avhich he made considerable improvements.
He had married in Lancaster county, Miss
Giegley, a native of that county. They had
thirteen children, as follows: John; Michael;
Joseph; George; Samuel; Barbara; Susan;
Mary; Rachel; Nancy; Lydia; Elizabeth; and
Catherine. Both of the grandparents died on
the farm in AValker township on which they
had lived. Michael Funk was a man of ex
treme piety, respected by all for his upright
ness and blameless life. He was a minister
in the Atennonite denomination. His politics
were those of the Whig party.
Michael Funk's eldest son, John, was born
in Lancaster county, January 2, 1792. He
possessed a fair German and English educa
tion, which, combined with his natural talent,
made him a man of mark. He was reared as
a farmer, but in his younger days was en
gaged in driving teams between Philadelphia
and Pittsburg. He spent his entire life on the
old homestead, but owned other farms in the
township. John Funk was married to Miss
Mary Miller, a native of Lancaster county,
daughter of Tobias and Mary Miller; her
father was a farmer of Walker township.
Their children were: Tobias, deceased;
Samuel, of Walker township, Juniata county;
Michael, deceased; John, of Philadelphia;
Cyrus, of Port Royal, Pa.; Joseph, deceased;
Nancy (Mrs. George Hen) of AValker town
ship; and Alary, who died in early life. Mr.
Funk was highly respected for his unimpeach
able integrity and many excellent qualities.
His services Avere in almost constant demand
as a guardian for orphan children and in the
settling of estates. That he Avas exceedingly
popular is shown by the fact that he was elect
ed a commissioner of Juniata county, and, in
1840, was elected on the AVhig ticket to the
legislature, and re-elected at the expiration of
his first term. He was a consistent member

of the Lutheran church. His death, Avhich
occurred in 1850, resulted from typhoid fever.
Samuel Funk, second son of John Funk,
received his education in the public schools of
Walker township. He spent his boyhood and
a part of his manhood on the homestead farm,
beginning for himself at the age of tAventy-
six, when he rented a farm from his father
and occupied it for two years. After his
father's death, he bought the farm of 125
acres, Avhich he now owns, and erected fine
buildings on it. In 1884, he built near Van
Dyke, at an expense of more than two thou
sand dollars, a fine dwelling, in Avhich he has
lived a retired life since that time, enjoying
the fruits of his industry and prudence.
Samuel Funk was married February 6,
1849, in Fayette township, Juniata county,
by the Rev. AVilliam Allison, a Presbyterian
minister, to Elizabeth, daughter of John and
Mary (Sansman) Sieber, residents of Fayette
township, where she was born, and both of
German descent. The children of Atr. and
Mrs. Funk are: Dr. D. S., of Hanisburg, Pa.,
who manied Miss Matilda Alotzer, of Mex
ico, Pa.; Alary E., wife of Dr. Radcliff, of
Philadelphia; and John, who died at the age
of twenty-three, from typhoid fever; at the
time of bis death he Avas the superintendent
of the Sunday-school connected Avith the
Lutheran church.
Mr. Funk is a man of sterling integrity and
honor, and is respected by all. He has been
abundantly honored by his fellow citizens.
He was for nine years an able and efficient
school director, taking a keen interest in ed
ucational matters and doing much for the ad
vancement of the schools. He has also filled
the positions of overseer of the poor and town
ship auditor; he is a Republican. He is a
prominent member of the Lutheran church,
having been a deacon for a number of years,
and taking a very active part in all church
matters. The land on which the church is
built Avas his gift to the congregation. He
has also been identified with the Sunday-
school as a teacher.

WILLIAA! H. EICHA1AN, Aran Dyke,
Walker township, Juniata county, Pa., was
bom October 13, 1867, in Fayette township,
Juniata countv. He is a son of Peter and
Mary (Bosler) Eichman. Alichael Eichman,

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his grandfather, Avas a native of Germany, a
weaver, who came to America, settled in Fay
ette township, Juniata county, and became a
farmer. One of Michael Eichman's sons was
Peter Eichman, bom in Fayette township,
September 6, 1844, who learned carpentry,
but afterwards Avas a merchant in his native
township, Avhere he still resides. He married
in 1865, in Fayette township, Mary, daughter
of Joseph and Elizabeth (Landis) Bosler, a
native of the same township. They have had
four children, one of Avhom, Alichael J., is
dead. The survivors are: William H, of Van
Dyke, Juniata county; Lizzie A. (Airs. John
L. Beers); and Franklin B., who is a fanner,
residing in Fayette township, and married
Anna Beers. Peter Eichman is a Democrat.
The family are adherents of the Lutheran
church. AAllliam H. Eichman attended the public
schools of his native township. His early life
was passed on his father's fann, where he re
mained until he was twenty- two years of age;
he then became a clerk in W. S. Brown's store
at Cocolamus, Juniata county, in which posi
tion he remained for tAvo and a half years.
After this, he purchased the real estate and
buildings of At. L. Keiser, in Van Dyke, and
has canied on ever since a general mercan
tile business at that place, meeting Avith suc
cess. He is progressive and enterprising, has
fine business qualifications, and enjoys general
respect and confidence. He is a Democrat,
and was a member of the Lodge, I. 0. 0. F.,
at AlcAlisterville.
Air. Eichman Avas manied in Fayette town
ship, in 1893, to Anna Alary, daughter of
Peter and Julia (Stuck) Brown, a native of
that toAvnship. They have had three children :
Peter, deceased; and twins, of whom one sur
vives, Julia, the other having died in infancy.
The familv attend the Lutheran church.

CLOYD E. DUNN, Van Dyke, Walker
township, Juniata county, Pa., Avas born June
25, 1862, in Fayette toAvnship, Juniata coun
ty. He is a son of Thomas and Elvina (Kalt-
rider) Dunn. James Dunn, his grandfather,
a native of Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish de
scent, AAras engaged in the war of 1812-15
against Great Britain, and was an active par
ticipant in the operations of Commodore
Peny on Lake Erie. He Avas a farmer in
Fayette township, Juniata county, the valley

in that township being named in his honor.
He Avas married three times, and Avas the
father of nine children. James Dunn was a
member of the Presbyterian church. He was
first a Whig, and afterwards a Republican.
He died in Fayette township at an advanced
age. One of the sons of James Dunn was Thomas
Dunn, born in Fayette township. He receiv
ed his education in the public and subscription
schools of his native township, and passed his
entire life in the township in Avhich he was
born, following farming. He had served an
apprenticeship at blacksmithing, and ran a
saw-mill for the Wilson family. He married
in Fayette toAvnship, Elvina Kaltrider, a na
tive of Snyder county. They had five chil
dren: Emma (Mrs. Alilo Leonard), of Fayette
township; Isadore (Mrs. Robert AVallace), of
Port Royal, Pa., deceased; Clara, deceased;
Victoria, Avho died early in life; and Cloyd
E., of Van Dyke, Juniata county. Thomas
Dunn was highly respected in the community
in Avhich he resided. He was a consistent
member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He Avas a Democrat, and took an active part
in political matters. His death occuned in
1893. His widow has attained to the age of
seventy-five, and resides with her son Cloyd.
Cloyd E. Dunn obtained his education in
the public schools of his native township.
He remained on his father's farm until he
Avas sixteen years of age, Avhen he hired out
for a year among the farmers of the vicinity,
at a compensation of ten dollars per' month.
He Avas then engaged for two years as clerk
in the store of Isaac McAllister, of AlcAlis
terville, after which he learned blacksmithing
in the same town. When he had completed
his trade, he worked for a year as a blacksmith
on the PennsyL^ania railroad. In 1886 he
came to Walker toAvnship, and began business
at ATan Dyke as a general blacksmith; here
he has remained ever since, meeting Avith
abundant success. In 1894, Atr. Dunn was
appointed postmaster at Van Dyke, and has
discharged the duties of the office to the gen
eral satisfaction of the community. He sup
ports the Democratic party.
Mr. Dunn Avas married in Thompsontown,
October, 1888, to Aliss Matilda M., daughter
of Aliller Kepner, of ThompsontoAvn, a canal
boat captain. They have four children: El
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Mr. Dunn and family attend the Lutheran
church.

DAVID FOWLES, Walker township,
Juniata county, Pa., was born in that town
ship September 29, 1838. He is a son of Wil
liam and Eliza (Watson) Fowles. Edward
Fowles, his grandfather, was of Welsh de
scent, and was a cooper and carpenter in Phil
adelphia. Removing to Juniata county, be
followed his trade there for a number of years,
after which he settled in Clarion county, Pa.,
where he died. He was the father of five chil
dren, one of whom was William. Edward
Fowles was a Democrat. In his church rela
tions, he was a Presbyterian. William
Fowles was born in Philadelphia in 1805.
After receiving a substantial education he be
came a carpenter, having learned the trade
from his father; at this handicraft he worked
during the greater part of his life, principally
in Juniata county. He also owned a small
farm, near the town of Mexico, on which he
erected buildings, and where he died in March,
1867. William Fowles married Eliza Wat
son, born in Lancaster county, Pa., a daughter
of John Watson, a Juniata county farmer.
They had eleven children, as follows: Sarah
A. (Mrs. Reuben Deihl), of Walker township;
David, ex-sheriff of Juniata county; Maggie
(Mrs. Lewis E. Miller), of Walker township;
lizzie (Mrs. Ira Kramer), of the same town
ship; Cyrus; Hulda; William; Martha; one
who died in early life; Kezia (Mrs. Setb
Kerchner), deceased; and Jane (Mrs. Thomas
Stonesypher), deceased. Mrs. William Fowles
died in Mexico, August, 1866. Mr. Fowles
was a consistent and active member of the
United Presbyterian church. He was a Dem
ocrat, and took a prominent part in political
matters and all public affairs. He held nu
merous offices and positions of trust, in all of
which the duties devolving upon him were
efficiently discharged. He was for five years
a justice of the peace. He was also township
supervisor, tax collector and overseer of the
poor. David Fowles attended the public schools
of the town of Mexico. His early life was
spent on the farm, where he remained until
he was twenty-five years of age; he then
worked for one year in the oil fields of Ve
nango county. Returning to Juniata county,
he bought a farm of 107 acres in Walker town

ship, which had been the property of Robert
C. Gallagher. Mr. Fowles cultivated this
place for seventeen years, and during that
time, by additional purchases, increased the
amount of land to 180 acres. In 1880, he re
tired from farming, and spent five years as
the owner of a steam thresher, the first in use
in the county. In 1885, he was elected sheriff
of Juniata county as the Democratic candi
date, running ahead of his ticket. Sheriff
Fowles discharged the responsible duties of
his office in an able and impartial manner,
with credit to himself and to the entire satis
faction of the citizens of the county. Since
the expiration of his term he has made his
home in Mt. Pleasant, renting out the farm.
Sheriff Fowles was married in February,
1865, in Clarion county, to Miss Anna M.,
daughter of Daniel Reichart, a farmer of
Clarion county, where she was born. They
have had six children, of whom one died in
infancy. The remainder were as follows:
Alattie; Lizzie; Annie; Emma; and David,
deceased. Sheriff Fowles is a man of immense personal
popularity, whose whole life has been charac
terized by industry, integrity and good judg
ment. He served for one term as school di
rector, and was president of the board. He
is a member of Port Royal Encampment, No.
556, I. 0. O. F., and of Lodge No. 131, F.
and A. M., at Mifflintown. He is a consistent
member of the Presbyterian church.
THADDEUS SWITZER, deceased, who
was one of the best known and most respected
citizens of AValker township, Juniata county,
was born April 19, 1829, in Fermanagh town
ship, Juniata county, Pa. He was a son of
Frederick and Catharine (Horning) Switzer,
of whom the former was a farmer of Ferma
nagh township, of German descent. Their
son, Thaddeus, received his education in the
district school of his native county, working
in the intervals on his father's farm, and also
on the canal. His father dying when he was
quite young, he was obliged to hire out with
farmers of the vicinity, which he continued
to do until he was twenty-one years of age.
He then rented a farm in Fermanagh town
ship, which he worked for tAvo years, after
which he went into the employ of the Penn
sylvania railroad, working in the machine
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also Avorked for one year on a wood train.
While employed by the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, he bought a farm of 59 acres,
which he continued to cultivate to the time of
his decease, erecting on it excellent buildings
and making other great improvements. He
was so unfortunate as to lose his right arm in
a threshing machine, Avhich caused him much
pain for the remainder of his life, but did not
prevent him, with his industrious disposition,
from continuing to be employed in useful la
bor. He died on his farm, October, 1888,
deeply regretted by all who knew him. Mr.
Switzer was a man of genial character, a good
husband and a kind father, respected by all
for his integrity, industry and good qualities.
His political vieAvs were Democratic. He was
a member of Lodge No. 131, I. O. 0. F., at
Alifflintown. Atr. Switzer enlisted, March,
1865, in Company A., One Hundred and First
Pennsylvania Arolunteers, for one year. Af
ter being employed four months in doing
guard duty, the regiment was mustered out,
June 1, 1865, at Newbern, N. C.
Thaddeus Switzer was married in 1850 in
Fermanagh toAvnship, to Elizabeth, daughter
of John and Mary (Yost) Krider, both de
ceased. She Avas a native of that toAvnship,
and was educated in the home public schools.
Mr. Krider was born in Lancaster county, and
was of German descent. He had settled on
a farm in Fermanagh township, Juniata coun
ty, and married there. Mr. Krider and his
wife Avere the parents of nine children, of
whom Mrs. Switzer Avas the eldest. Thaddeus
Switzer and Elizabeth Krider had nine chil
dren: William C, a resident of Mifflin, a
brakeman on the Pennsylvania Railroad, avIio
was killed on the railroad near Huntingdon,
January 8, 1897; Thomas Jefferson, a black
smith, residing in Kansas; John E., a farmer,
in Colorado; Mary J., wife of Harry Haines,
a railroad employee at Altoona, Pa.; Annie
C. (Atrs. Jacob Kauffman), of Walker town
ship, Juniata county; Joseph S., a carpenter
in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
residing at Mifflin, Pa.; Maggie; Charles, a
railroad conductor, residing in Pittsburg; and
Henry, who died young. The family are
members of the Lutheran church.

MICHAEL COLDREN, Walker town
ship, Juniata county, Pa., was born January
17, 1829, in Walker township. He is a son of

Samuel and Fanny (Sprigle) Coldren. Sam
uel Coldren was born in Lancaster county,
and there learned milling, which he followed
also in Juniata county, after his removal
thither. He spent the latter part of his life as
a day laborer. He married Miss Fannie
Sprigle, a native of Lancaster county. They
had twelve children, as follows; Isaac, de
ceased; Nancy; Mary, deceased; Susannah
(Atrs. Andrew Long); Michael, of Walker
township, Juniata county; Solomon, of Iowa
City, la.; Catharine; Samuel, a farmer of
Fermanagh township, Juniata county; John,
of Iowa City; Fannie; Margaret; and Eliza,
widow of John McKay, of Lewistown, Pa.
Samuel Coldren was a Democrat; he held the
office of township supervisor. He was a con
sistent member of the Lutheran church. His
death occuned in Walker township in 1867.
His wife also died in the same township.
Michael Coldren received a limited educa
tion at the Van Wert school building, of
Walker township. From the age of seven un
til he was eighteen, he worked among the
farmers of the vicinity, receiving very meager
compensation. He tben learned milling with
George Rothrock, in Thompsontown, spend
ing three years with him, after which he
learned carpentry with Jacob Alleman, being
with him four years. He then rented a farm
which he cultivated for ten years. In 1874,
he purchased the farm of 128 acres on which
he now resides; he made great improvements
upon it, and devoted considerable attention to
the raising of stock.
Michael Coldren married in Walker town
ship in 1855, Miss Jemima Kinser, born in
Delaware township, Juniata county, a daugh
ter of Joel and Hettie (Dunn) Kinser; her
father was a cooper of Delaware township,
and was of English descent. They had nine
children: Ellen (Mrs. Christian Kauffman),
of Walker township; Josephine, a dressmaker,
married Robert Blickensderfer, of Toledo, 0.,
Avho is superintendent of the Wheeling &
Lake Erie Railroad; William, a physician, re
siding at Dennison, O., where he is the rail
road company's physician; Kate (Mrs. Wil
liam Kauffman), of Walker township; Jen-
nette (Mrs. Banks L. Kauffman), of Perry
county, Pa. ; John L., a merchant, residing at
Green Park, Perry county, married Sarah
. Harbaugh, of Perry county.; Oscar B., a lum
ber manufacturer; Annie (Mrs. Cloyd Slaut-

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terback), of Delaware toAvnship, Juniata coun
ty; and James, residing at home.
In 1862, Air. Coldren enlisted at Mifflin
town in Company F, One Hundred and Seven
ty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers, commanded
by Col. Everard Bierer, his company being
under Capt. AVilliam H. McClellan. The reg
iment Avas in the United States service for
about ten and a half months, during all of
which time he did his duty as a soldier boldly
and unflinchingly. A considerable portion of
the sendee Avas in North Carolina. Although
Atr. Coldren did not participate in any great
battle, he was in several minor engagements,
and saw much bard service. At the time of
the battle of AArashington, N. C, he Avas on
duty in the hospital as a nurse.
Air. Coldren is universally recognized by
his felloAv citizens as a man of sterling integ
rity and good judgment. He has served for
two terms as director of the poor, elected on
the Republican ticket, of which party he is a
staunch adherent. He has also filled, in the
township, the offices of school director, as
sessor, tax collector, auditor, and inspector of
elections, in all of which his duties have been
performed in an able and satisfactory manner.
He is a member of Post No. 331, G. A. R.,
at Alifflintown. He is also a member of the
Horse and Mule Protection Company; and
Avas at one time a member of the I. O. 0. F.
Air. Coldren is an active and consistent mem
ber of the Presbyterian church, of which he
has been a trustee for several terms, and in
Avhich he is a ruling elder. He has also been
closely and actively identified with the Sun
day-school work, both as a superintendent and
teacher.

JACOB SLAUTTERBACK, Walker
township, Juniata county, Pa., was born No
vember 16, 1833, in Millerstown, Perry coun
ty. He is a son of Jacob and Mary A. (Wohl-
bolt) Slautterback. His father was born in
1805, in Wurtemburg, Germany, where he
was a farmer; he had served for six years in
the German army. AAThen a young man, he
emigrated to this country, coming over in a
sailing vessel that required thirty days to make
the passage. Landing in Philadelphia, he re
mained there but a few days, and then went
to Millerstown, Perry county, Avhere he found
employment for the ensuing three years. He
then purchased a farm in GreenAvood town

ship, on which he lived for the remainder of
his days. He was married in Philadelphia in
June, 1832, to Aliss Alary A. AVohlbolt, Avho
was a native of Germany, and who had come
over in the same ship with him. They had
seven children: Jacob, of Walker township,
Juniata county; Alargaret (Mrs. George Hel-
frick), of Schuylkill county; Susannah; Alary
A. ; John, who died in the United States army;
Lizzie, deceased; and David, residing on the
old homestead in Peny county. The father
was a Republican. He was a consistent mem
ber of the Lutheran church, and was highly
respected by all who knew him. His death
occurred February 1, 1882. His faithful Avife
soon followed him, dying on the homestead
farm in the f olloAving year.
Jacob Slautterback, Jr., their eldest son, at
tended the public schools of Greemvood toAvn-
sbip, Perry county. He worked on the fann
until he was nineteen years of age; he then
learned the blacksmith trade, which he fol
lowed for thirty years, twenty-one years being
passed at AlifflintoAvn, seven at Alexico, and
tAvo at Van Wert. In the spring of 1883, he
began cultivating the Walker farm, which he
continued for twelve years. In 1894, he pur
chased the farm on which he now resides.
Jacob Slautterback was manied at Mifflin
town, Juniata county, in 1861, to Miss Lizzie
Kleck, of Mifflintown. They had nine chil
dren: David K., residing in Allegheny City;
William H, a farmer of Walker township;
Cloyd J., a farmer in Delaware township,
Juniata county; Catharine; Mary J.; Emma
Gertrude; Sarah At., deceased; Clara E. ; and
Beulah Bell.
Mr. Slautterback enlisted at MifflintoAvn in
1865, in Company E, One Hundred and First
Pennsylvania Volunteers, Capt. C. McClellan
commanding the company. He participated
in an engagement at Roanoke Island, and Avas
mustered out with the regiment at the close of
the war. Atr. Slautterback, by industry and
close attention to business, and by a prompt
and efficient discharge of all his duties, has
won success in life, as well as the confidence
and respect of his fellow citizens. He is a Re
publican. He is a consistent member and a
deacon of the Lutheran church.

WILSON AV. DIMM, Van AVert, AValker
township, Juniata county, Pa:, Avas born June
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county. He is a son of Samuel and Leah
(Shellenberger) Dimm. Henry Dimm, his
grandfather, Avas a native of Pennsylvania, a
farmer, who took up land in Juniata county,
where he spent the remainder of his days.
Among his children was Samuel Dimm, born
in Juniata county, who, after receiving a good
English and German education, taught school
for seATeral terms in Greenwood township,
Juniata county. He spent some time in dis
tilling and milling, and was also one of the
most extensive farmers in Greenwood toAvn-
ship, devoting much attention to raising fruit
and rearing improved stock. He married
Leah, daughter of Christian and Barbara
(Aloyer) Shellenberger. She was born in
Juniata county, Avhere her father Avas a farm
er. Mr. and Mrs. Dimm had seven children:
Joanna, deceased; Jennie (Mrs. Ferd. Rine-
hart), of Illinois; Wilson W., postmaster at
A^an Wert; Franklin, a resident of Kansas;
Irvin, of Lewistown, Pa.; Benton T., of Mil
lersburg, Dauphin county, Pa. ; and Simon C,
bookkeeper for the Omaha Iron Company,
Omaha, Neb. Samuel Dimm took an active
part in all public affairs. He held numerous
official positions, among Avhich were those of
school director, supervisor, and constable.
He was a Democrat. He was also prominent
in the affairs of the Lutheran church, in which
denomination he held the offices of elder and
deacon. He died in Kansas in 1887. His
aged Avidow still survives, residing with her
married daughter in Illinois.
Wilson W. Dimm received his education in
the common schools of Greenwood township,
during their short winter sessions. He worked
with his father on the farm, until he was
twenty-four years of age, when he began busi
ness for himself on a rented farm in Green
wood township, Avhere he remained for six
years. Removing to Perry county, he engag
ed in mercantile business in Pfoutz valley,
in 1882, succeeding J. M. Welsh. He con
tinued here three years, meeting with success,
and then removed to Van Wert, where he has
ever since conducted a similar business, and
holds at the same time the office of postmaster.
In 1887, he erected, at a cost of over two thou
sand dollars, a fine dwelling house and store
adapted for a general mercantile business.
Wilson W. Dimm married in 1879, in
Perry county, Miss Emma Ulsh, a native of
the county, and a daughter of Leonard Ulsh,

a farmer of the vicinity. They have had three
children: Canie; Ethel; and Jay, who died
young. Mr. Dimm is a man of energy and
enterprise, highly esteemed and appreciated
in the communities in which he has resided.
He was for six years a member of the school
board, and was president and treasurer. In
1896, he was elected auditor of Juniata coun
ty on the ticket of the Democratic party,
Avhich he upholds. He is a member of the
Lutheran church, and has borne the offices of
elder and deacon. He is also identified with
the Sunday-school work as a teacher.

WILLIAM H. DEPPEN, Van Wert,
Juniata county, Pa., was born September 3,
1849, in Jackson township, Northumberland
county, Pa. He is a son of Isaac and Sarah
(Shaffer) Deppen. William Deppen, his
grandfather, was born in Lebanon, Pa. ; he was
of German descent. During his later years he
farmed in Northumberland county. Isaac
Deppen, one of his sons, was born in North
umberland county, in December, 1818, and
received a common school education in the
English and German languages, in the schools
of that county. Until 1865, he farmed in
Jackson township, Northumberland county.
He then bought a large tract of land in AValker
township, Juniata county, on which he spent
twenty years of his life, having cleared it and
made improvements. Isaac Deppen manied
Sarah Shaffer, of Jackson toAvnship, North
umberland county. Their children were:
John D., deceased; Alary (Mrs. Isaac Whit-
more), of Perry county; Catharine; William
H, of Walker township; David J., of the same
township; Jacob; Abraham; Sarah E., who
died young. Isaac Deppen was widely known
and universally respected for his integrity and'
honesty. By industry and frugality, he amass
ed considerable wealth. He was a courteous
and obliging neighbor, a good husband and a
kind father, whose door was always open to
the poor and destitute. His politics were
Democratic. He was a consistent member of
the Lutheran church. He died in 1886.
William II. Deppen attended the public
schools of Jackson township, Northumberland
county. He also attended the Flint HiU
school, in Walker toAvnship, Juniata county,
for two terms. Beginning life Avith his father
on the farm, he has remained there ever since.
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homestead farm of 240 acres. He has asso
ciated with himself in the management of the
farm, his brother David J., who was born in
Jackson township, Northumberland county,
January 10, 1851.
David J. Deppen received his education in
the common schools of Jackson township,
Northumberland county, and of Walker town
ship, Juniata county. Growing up on the
farm, after the death of his father, he entered
into partnership with his brother, William H,
for the management and cultivation of the ex
tensive and productive homestead farm. Both
the brothers are highly esteemed in the com
munity. Both are Republicans. They are
members of the Lutheran church.

JOSIAH GINGRICH, Walker township,
Juniata county, Pa., was born September 15,
1841, in AValker township, Juniata county.
He is a son of John and Nancy (Gingrich)
Gingrich. His grandfather, Joseph Gingrich,
was born in Dauphin county, where he follow
ed farming. In 1813, he purchased a farm
of 350 acres, in Juniata county, on which he
resided for the remainder of his days. His
wife had been a Miss Books. He Avas a Whig,
and subsequently became a Republican. Jo
seph Gingrich was a member of the At ennonite
church. One of his sons was John Gingrich,
born Alay 5, 1813, in Walker township,
Juniata county, on the farm now owned by
Josiah Gingrich. He received a good educa
tion in both the English and German lan
guages. After his school days, he devoted his
entire life to farming, residing at all times on
the old homestead, on which he erected a fine
brick dAvelling house, an extensive barn and
other necessary buildings. He gave much at
tention to rearing improved stock. John Gin
grich married, in Union county, Nancy,
daughter of Christian and Elizabeth (Light)
Gingrich, a native of that county. Although
of the same name, Mr. and Mrs. Gingrich were
not related. They have three children: Eliza
beth, widow of Henry Stouffer, of Fermanagh
township, Juniata county, has two children
living; Lydia, who died young; and Josiah, of
Walker township, Juniata county. John Gin
grich held the offices of school director, as
sessor, supervisor and judge of elections. He
was a Republican. He Avas an earnest, con
sistent member and and elder of the Mennon

ite church. He Avas universally respected
for his integrity. His death occurred on April
14, 1894. His aged and respected widow,
who Avas bom March 13, 1815, departed this
life November 22, 1895.
Josiah Gingrich attended the public schools
of Walker township, Juniata county, and af
terwards Avorked on the homestead farm, on
which he has remained during his whole life,
taking entire charge of it at the age of twenty-
three, Avhen his father retired from active du
ties. He has been prominent as a judicious
and successful stock raiser. Mr. Gingrich has
greatly improved the homestead, having,
among other things, erected upon it a fine
dAvelling house, at an expense of more than
eighteen hundred dollars.
Josiah Gingrich was manied at Alifflintown,
December 24, 1867, to Catharine, daughter
of David and Catharine (Hoover) Stouffer.
Her father, who was a resident of Mifflintown,
is deceased. They have two children, the el
der, Ulysses Stouffer, now conducts the home
stead farm. Ulysses Stouffer Gingrich was
manied to Frances, daughter of DaAud and
Elizabeth (Breneman) Bashore, of Fermanagh
toAvnship, Juniata county. Their only child
is Alta E. The second child of Josiah Gin
grich is Alice E., Avidow of J. D. Saucerman,
who was a brakeman on the Pennsylvania
railroad, and was killed Avhile in the discharge
of his duties, at Tipton, Pa., May 1, 1894.
Airs. Saucerman had one child, Mary B.
Josiah Gingrich is universally esteemed for
his industry, integrity and many estimable
qualities. For three years he Avas a school
director, and Avas secretary of the board. He
has held other offices, including the position
of toAvnship auditor for nine years. In all
these positions, his duties have been honestly,
efficiently and ably discharged. He is a Re
publican. His family attend the Mennonite
church, but he is liberal in his religious views.
He has been identified with the Sunday-
school. Mrs. Gingrich is one of seven children, all
daughters; her parents are deceased; her
mother died in 1866, her father April 4, 1895,
at the age of eighty-five years, three months
and eighteen days. Their children are:
Elizabeth (Atrs. AVilliam Hawk), of Mifflin
town; one who died in early life; Catherine
(Mrs. Josiah Gingrich); Mary, who died when
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Lower), of Huntingdon, Pa.; Alartha; and
Annie.

ABRAHAM A. BENNER, Van Dyke,
Juniata county, Pa., Avas bom August 26,
1856, in AAralker township, Juniata county.
He is a son of Thomas and Mary (Auker) Ben-
ner. Christian Benner, his grandfather, was born
in Bucks county, and Avas of German descent ;
he farmed in that county. When a young
man he remained for eight years in Philadel
phia, teaming and draying. Removing to
Snyder county, he purchased a farm, where
he resided until, in his- old age, he gave up
farming, and went to live Avith his son in
Juniata county; there he died, in 1882. He
was a AATug, and subsequently became -a Re
publican. He Avas a member of the Men
nonite church, and took an active part in all
church matters. He had manied in Bucks
county before his removal to Philadelphia,
and Avas the father of eleven children, of
whom Thomas was one. Thomas Benner,
born in Philadelphia in June, 1831, received
a good education in the schools of that city
and of Snyder county, and was fluent in both
the English and German languages. His
early life was spent on his father's farm. From
the time he Avas fourteen until he Avas twenty-
five years of age he hired out with various
farmers in Juniata county. He then rented
a farm in Walker township, Juniata county,
which he cultivated for thirteen consecutive
years. After spending two years in Delaware
and Fayette townships, he purchased the farm
on Avhich Abraham A. Benner now resides,
which he cultivated up to the time of bis
death, a period of nineteen years, giving spe
cial attention to stock breeding.
Mr. Benner was married in Juniata county
to Miss Alary Auker, born in Walker town
ship, daughter of Christian Auker, of the
same township. They had six children, of
whom Abraham A. was the eldest. The oth
ers Avere as folloAvs: Frances (Mrs. Lucian
Auker), of Fayette township; Catharine
(Mrs. George Kirkner), of Walker township;
Anne (Mrs. Jerome Auker), of Fayette town
ship, Juniata county; Samuel, a farmer and
school teacher of the same township; and
Mary (Mrs. Charles Degan), also of Fayette
township. Mr. Benner was a Whig, and af
terwards a life-long Republican, fie Avas a

prominent and consistent member of the Alen-
nonite church of AA'alker toAvnship. His death
occurred in 18S6. His loving Avife had de
parted ten years before him, in 1876.
Abraham A. Benner received a fair com
mon school education in the Centre school of
Walker toAvnship. He began life on his fath
er's farm, AAdiere he remained until he was
tAventy-one, and then removed to Fayette
toAvnship, Juniata county, where he farmed
for five years. At the expiration of this time
he returned to the homestead in Walker town
ship, Avhere he has remained ever since. Since
1886 he has cultivated the farm, also giving
attention to rearing stock, in Avhich he_ deals
to some extent. He is also engaged in the
manufacture of lime on the farm, which he
disposes of principally in bis own toAvnship.
Besides other improArements, he has erected
a barn which is an ornament to the property.
Air. Benner was married in 1880 in Har
risburg, Pa., to Louisa Auker, born in Pfoutz
valley, Perry county, daughter of John Au
ker, a farmer of this valley. Their children
are: Annie; Edna; AAllson; Elizabeth; and
John. Air. Benner, like all his ancestors for gen
erations, is an upright, industrious man, who
by integrity and by kindness to all around
him has Avon the highest esteem of the com
munity of which he is so useful a member.
He is a Republican. Like bis ancestors, he is
a devout member of the Mennonite church.

_ LEAVIS E. RAPP, Walker township, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born January 13, 1839,
in DelaAvare toAvnship, Juniata county. He
is a son of Barnett and Maria (DeHaven)
Rapp. Peter Rapp, his grandfather, was a
respected Chester county farmer. His son,
Barnett Rapp, learned the blacksmithing trade
in Chester county, where he was born. While
still a young man he removed to Oakland,
Fayette township, Juniata county, where he
carried on his trade for several years, after
Avhich he removed to Delaware township of
the same county, and opened a shop there.
After some years he removed to Thompson-
toAvn, where he Avorked at his trade until his
death, which occuned in 1863. Bamett Rapp
manied in Chester county Maria DeHaven,
a native of that county. They had nine chil
dren: Alpheus, deceased; Mary A., widow
of Sterling Airgood, of New Berlin, Lycom-

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ing county; Hannah, widow of John AL
Leach, of East Salem, Delaware township, Ju
niata county; Rachel, widow of Robert WU-
loughby, of Turbett township, Juniata coun
ty; Sarah (Mrs. Henry Spotts), of Lycoming
county, deceased; Margaret (Airs. Jonathan
Warner), of Walker toAvnship; Lewis E., of
the same township; Priscilla (Airs. William
B. Boring), of Mapleton, Huntingdon county,
deceased; and Susan (Mrs. John Underwood).
Barnett Rapp was a Democrat. He was a
consistent member of the English Baptist
church. His widow survived him many
years, dying March 15, 1883.
Lewis E. Rapp, after attending the public.
schools of Thompsontown, learned the black
smith trade with his father, with whom he
Avorked until he Avas twenty-one, after Avhich
he Avas for several months a journeyman with
Abraham O'Neil, of Walker township. But
no peaceful pursuit could detain Air. Rapp
when an imperiled nation called for the ser
vices of her patriotic sons. He enlisted at
Harrisburg, in September, 1861, in the heroic
Fifty-third Pennsylvania A^olunteers, com
manded by Col. John R. Brooke, who subse
quently became a major-general. He be
longed to Company I, Henry D. Dimm, cap*
tain. Mr. Rapp participated in the siege of
YorktoAvn, the battles of AVilliamsburg, Fair
Oaks, and the terrible seven days' fighting on
the Peninsula. After this series of engage
ments he was sent in consequence of sickness
to the Federal hospital at Newport News, Va.,
Avhere he spent several months, and was sent
home in the latter part of 1862. He Avas so
enfeebled by the hardships that he had en
dured that it was two years before be was able
to do any kind of labor. While in the ser
vice Mr. Rapp faithfully, cheerfully and gal
lantly performed all the duties devolving upon
him. When he had sufficiently recovered his
health he resumed blacksmithing in Walker
township, and six years later purchased a small
farm, and went extensively into the fruit
growing business, at which he has continued
ever since.
Lewis E. Rapp was manied at Mifflintown
in 1867 to Miss Sarah Wertz, born in Walker
township, the only child of Jeremiah and
Alary (Kauffman) Wertz. They have ten
children, as follows: Laura (Atrs. W. S. Wetz-
ler), of Walker township; Hannah (Mrs. New
ton Lukens), of the same township ; Barnett,

a blacksmith, also living in Walker township;
George; Jeremiah, deceased; Katie; Blanche;
Louis; Emma; and Della.
There is no more industrious man in AAralker
township, nor one more highly respected, than
LeAvis E. Rapp. He is a prominent, zealous
and hard working member of the United
Brethren church, being the founder of the
church at Locust Run, where, through his ex
ertions, a neat and commodious church build
ing was erected at an expense of $1,000. He
is an elder in the church, and an active Sun-
day-schobl Avorker, as a superintendent and
teacher. He is a sound Republican. Air.
Rapp is a prominent member of Post. No.
134, G. A. R., at Alifflintown, Pa., in Avhich
he has filled the positions of chaplain and out
side sentinel. He has also been a member of
the I. O. 0. F. and of the I. 0. R. M.

AIATTHEW RODGERS, Walker toAvn-
ship, Juniata county, Pa., Avas born July 4,
1843, on the Rodgers homestead in AAldker
toAvnship. He is a son of John and Charlotte
(Boggs) Rodgers. The Rodgers family came
to America before the Revolution. The first
one of the family in this country was William
Rodgers, born in England, who, with his two
brothers, came to the New AVorld about 1760.
The two brothers subsequently returned to
England, but AAllliam settled in that part of
Lancaster county Avhich is noAV Dauphin,
where he engaged in farming. He took part
in the Revolutionary struggle, holding the
rank of colonel; and is remembered, with
Colonel Clark, for an urgent appeal made for
volunteers, at the time of the "Great Runa
way," Avhich folloAved the massacre of Wyom
ing. He subsequently removed to the vicinity
of Duncannon, Perry county, where he farm
ed until his death, in September, 1807. He
was married to Miss Alargaret Kelly, who was
of Scotch-Irish descent, and died in August,
1819. They had nine children: Matthew;
Alexander; Thomas; John; William; Mar
garet (Airs. Hammaker); Jane; Alary; and
Elizabeth. He was a member of the United
Presbyterian church. He was a private in the
Revolutionary war, and was promoted to the
rank of colonel.
Matthew Rodgers, eldest son of William
Rodgers, was the grandfather of the present
Alatthew Rodgers. He was born in Peny
county, in 1770, served in the Avar of 1812,

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and subsequently settled in Avhat is iioav
Walker toAvnship, Juniata county. He was
both a farmer and a blacksmith, being the first
permanent settler in the county Avho foUoAved
the latter occupation. He purchased a large
tract of land in Walker toAvnship, which he
greatly improved. He married Miss Hender
son, of Scotch-Irish descent. They had five
children: Thomas; Samuel; Jane (Mrs. John
Adams), of AATalker township; Alargaret (Airs.
Graham), removed to the west; and Isabella
(Airs. Lane), who resides in Ohio.
Matthew Rodgers' wife dying on the home
stead farm, he was married again to Aliss Alary
Kennedy, a native of Ireland, born in 1792,
married in 1810, and died May 28, 1854.
They had nine children: James; AAllliam; Al
exander, of Topeka, Kan., bom in 1812;
Henry Harrison, the. father of Dr. Rodgers,
of Mifflintown; John, the father of the pres
ent AlattheAV Rodgers; Eliza (Airs. George
AlcAlillan), of Perry county; Alatthew, de
ceased; Sarah (Mrs. John Thompson); and
Josiah, deceased.
Alatthew Rodgers died in Walker township,
April 14, 1837. He Avas a man of mark
and influence. AVithout being an office-
seeker, he Avas entrusted Avith many re
sponsible positions. His part in the war
of 1812-15 against Great Britain Avas prom
inent and honorable. In 1812 he was
captain of State militia under Col. Rees Hill.
In 1814 he was promoted to a colonelcy. He
was Avith Perry at the battle of Lake Erie.
Both of his commissions in the military ser
vice Avere issued by Governor Snyder. AVhen
the present school system Avas put into opera
tion in 1834, he was the president of the first
school board in his toAvnship. Air. Rodgers
was a Democrat. He Avas a devout member
of the United Presbyterian church.
John Rodgers, his son, Avas bom on the
Rodgers homestead in AValker township, Oc
tober 28, 1816. He received a fair education
in the subscription schools. Beginning life
on the farm, he made agriculture his perma
nent occupation. He OAvned a tract of land
containing 110 acres, Avhich he greatly im
proved. John Rodgers Avas married in Beale toAvn-
ship, to Charlotte Boggs, a native of that toAvn-
ship, daughter of Alexander Boggs, avIio Avas
born in Chester county, and Avas of English
descent; he had been one of the earliest set

tlers of Beale township. Mr. Boggs died in
Illinois. Atr. and Airs. John Rodgers had six
children: AlattheAV, of AValker township;
Hudson B., died November 2, 1847; Amanda,
Avife of ex- Judge John AIcMeen; Charles, who
died December 10, 1851; James F., who died
January 14, 1856; and Mary Emily (Mrs.
Edward Kauffman), of A7alley Falls, Kan.
John Rodgers possessed very estimable
qualities, and Avas highly respected. He Avas
of the Democratic party. He Avas a member
of the United Presbyterian church. His
death occurred October 5, 1856. His widow
survived him many years, and died at the
house of her son, Alatthew Rodgers, February
3, 1893.
AlattheAV Rodgers attended the public
schools of Walker township and Airy VieAv
Academy, of Port Royal, conducted by Prof.
D. Wilson. At the age of sixteen he took
charge of the homestead farm, his father hav
ing died three years before. He continued
to manage the homestead and care for his Avid-
owed mother until the close of her life. AVhen
he became of age be purchased the home place,
and soon after erected on it expensive and
commodious buildings. He is at the present
rtime the largest frait grower in this section
of the State, all the fruit being obtained from
orchards which he himself planted. His ap
ples are celebrated far and wide. Mr. Rod
gers has evinced his enterprise in various di
rections. He is noted for rearing fine stock,
and is an extensive stock dealer. He has been
a promoter of the electric railway at Wilkes-
Bane and Lancaster, Pa., in which he is an
extensive stockholder.
Air. Rodgers Avas married in Beale toAvn-
ship January 6, 1870, to Aliss Sarah Jane In-
nis, a native of Beale township, and a daugh
ter of Ebenezer and Anna (Aliddaugh) Innis,
both of Scotch-Irish descent. Mr. Innis, a
farmer of Beale toAvnship, Avas descended from
some of its earliest settlers. Air. and Mrs.
Rodgers have four children : Charlotte Tower
(Airs. Stewart A. Robinson), of Beale town
ship; Anna B.; John Foster, an electrician
at Lancaster, Pa. ; and Alatthew, a student at
Alifflintown Academy.
The enterprise displayed by Mr. Rodgers
has done much to give tone and impetus to
the community in Avhich he resides. He is
popular, and his services are in constant de
mand in many directions. He has held re-

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sponsible positions in the township, perform
ing ably and faithfully the duties connected
with them; he has been school director and
secretary of the board, director of the poor,
assessor and tax collector. He is one of the
organizers of the Juniata Aralley Horse and
Mule Protection Society, of which he has been
a member for forty years, and was secretary
for twenty years. He was for five years or
derly sergeant in a company of the National
Guard of PennsyL^ania. Mr. Rodgers is also
a member of the State Board of Agriculture,
as one of the representatives of Juniata coun
ty, being in that capacity chairman of the
county board of institute managers. His pol
itics are Democratic.
Mr. Rodgers is prominent in the councils
of the United Presbyterian church, of which
he is a devout and consistent member. He
has been an elder for the past tAventy-five
years, and is also a deacon and trustee. He
holds the positions of clerk to the sessions, and
treasurer of the board of trustees. He is also
closely identified Avith the Sunday-school work
as a teacher and superintendent of the Mission
School. Mrs. Sarah J. (Innis) Rodgers is descended
from a family who were among the earliest
settlers of the valley. Francis Innis, the
pioneer of the family, settled between Doyles
Mills and McCoysville, where Mrs. Robert
Innis now resides. Atr. Innis, bis wife, Mar
gery (Alilliken) Innis, and their three chil
dren were carried away, June 11, 1756, by a
party of French and Indians. They were
taken to Kittanning, and there forced to "run
the gauntlet," during which ordeal Atrs. Innis
had a splint run through her breast. Her
infant child, Mary, was put under the ice be
cause she was sickly. The other children were
Jane, afterwards Mrs. James Thompson, and
Nathaniel. The family were separated, and
carried in different directions. Mr. Innis, a
man of sturdy principle, refused to work for
his captors on Sunday, and was threatened
with death at the stake. Mrs. Innis was in
charge of some old and decrepit persons. See
ing a vessel approaching, probably on the St.
Lawrence river, they sent her in a boat to beg
some bread for them. Providentially, it was
on that vessel that Mr. Innis was held pris
oner; he entreated the French in authority
•on board to buy his wife; they did so, and

thus the pair Avere reunited. Reaching Mon
treal, they remained there for a year; their
son James Avas born there. Air. Innis labored
diligently until he had earned enough to re
pay the French for the sums they had ex
pended in buying himself and his wife. The
Colonial Records show that Air. Innis, and
most probably his Avife, were in Philadelphia
in the summer of 1758. It is a creditable
tradition in the family that on their return
to their land they found it occupied by some
more recent settlers, and that the brave Airs.
Innis walked to Philadelphia to appeal to the
land office for their removal. The 262 acres
warranted to Francis Innis on June 3, 1762,
have been the property of the family ever
since. The two remaining children, who had never
been entirely separated during their captivity,
were brought back by Colonel Bouquet from
one of his expeditions into Ohio, after having
been held for eight years. A Philadelphian
had taken the boy to rear, but surrendered
him when the parents proved his identity by
means of a scar left by the lancing of two
boils on his back. Little Alary immediately
recognized her father among a room full of
gentlemen. The joy and gratitude of the re
united family may be more easily imagined
than described. Nathaniel Innis in later
years removed to Kentucky, where he died.
Francis Innis, Jr., born after the return of his
parents, married Miss Gray, removed to the
present site of Cincinnati, where he bought a
farm, now covered with the buildings of the
teeming city. He traded produce for sugar,
in New Orleans, shipped it to Baltimore, Aid.,
and died soon after landing in that city. His
only child died in St. Louis. A tract of land
left by Francis Innis in Black Log valley Avas
some years ago recovered by the family, after
a long search among family records and other
documents. The Innis family of the present day is de
scended from James Innis, born, as above
stated, in Atontreal. The names of his de
scendants are given more at large in the sketch
of Atr. Robert Innis, deceased, in this Avork.
Mrs. Rodgers is the grand-daughter of James
and Isabella (Oliver) Innis. Her parents,
Ebenezer and Anna (Middaugh) Innis, had
three children: Sarah Jane (Mrs. Rodgers);
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ROBERT INNIS, deceased, was born in
Beale township, Juniata county, Pa., April
22, 1851. The Innis family are of Scotch-
Irish descent, and the oldest settlers in the
Tuscarora valley. The grandparents of Rob
ert Innis were Francis and Atargery (Milli
ken) Innis, avIio came from Scotland at an
early date and settled in the Tuscarora valley;
Airs. Innis is said to have been the first white
woman that lived in the valley. The whole
family was carried away captives by the
French and Indians at the taking of Bigham's
Fort. The story of their captivity is more
fully told in the sketch of Matthew and Sarah
J. (Innis) Rodgers, in this work. The home
stead, the claim to which was established by
the energy and determination of Mrs. Innis,
is in Beale toAvnship, and here the grand
parents spent their days and died.
James Innis, grandfather of Robert Innis,
was born in Atontreal, Canada, and was reared
in Beale township, attending the township
schools. He grew up a farmer and owned the
200-acre fann now occupied by his grandson,
Robert Innis. He served in the Continental
army during the Revolution. His first wife
was Ann Arbuckle; they had ten children:
Francis, deceased; William, deceased; Sam
uel; James, deceased; John; Elizabeth, de
ceased ; Nathaniel ; Joseph ; and Ann L. Mrs.
Innis died on the homestead, and Atr. Innis
afterward manied Isabella Oliver, of Beale
township. Their children are: Sarah; Alary,
deceased; IsabeUa; Robert; Jane, deceased;
Ebenezer; and Nancy. Mrs. Isabella Innis
also died on the homestead. Mr. Innis Avas a
member of the Democratic party, and of the
United Presbyterian church, in which he serv
ed as an elder. The older sons went to Brown
county, O., the rest by the first marriage to
Indiana. Robert's children were : Sarah Ann
(Mrs. John Milliken); Elizabeth (Mrs. Mc
Connell Beale); and Mary (Mrs. John
Adams). Ebenezer Innis, father of Robert Innis, was
educated in the township schools, became a
farmer, and remained on the homestead until
his death in 1864. He married Ann Mid-
daugh, of Tuscarora township. Their chil
dren are: Sarah J. (Mrs. Matthew Rodgers),
of Walker township; Isabella (Mrs. Alfred
Patterson), of Mifflintown; John, died
young; and Robert. His wife died on the

homestead in 1848. He was a member of the
United Presbyterian church.
Robert Innis attended the schools in Beale
township, and also the Tuscarora Academy,
under Professor Shumaker. He was a far
mer, and spent his life on the home farm.
After his father's death he came into posses
sion of the place, on which he planted a peach
orchard and built one of the finest barns in
the county. His death occurred January 28,
1897. Robert Innis was manied at McCoys
ville in 1873, to Victoria, daughter of Wil
liam and Jane (Hanis) Junk, a native of Tus
carora valley, and of Scotch-Irish descent.
Her parents were members of the United
Presbyterian church. The children of Mr.
and Mrs. Innis are: Ella J., educated at Mil-
lersville Academy, school teacher at Rock
school, Beale township; Anna M., at home;
Alma J., at home; R. Francis; Florence V.;
and James L. Mr. Innis Avas a Democrat;
he was school director of Beale township for
several years, and tax collector. He was a
member of the United Presbyterian church
at AtcCoysville, was a trustee of the church,
a Sunday-school teacher and for some years'
superintendent of the Sunday-school.

LEMUEL A. KINSLOE, Mexico, Juniata
county, Pa., was born in Walker township,
May 1, 1837. He is a son of Michael T. and
Dorothy (Kinsloe) Kinsloe. Michael Kins-
loe, his grandfather, was a native of Ireland,
who emigrated to America and settled in Peny
county. He married Miss Talbert, and had
four children: Nancy; Margaret; Rachel: and
Alichael T. Michael T. Kinsloe, father of
Lemuel Kinsloe, was born in Perry county,
October 13, 1795. He married his first
cousin, Dorothy Kinsloe, daughter of Thomas
Kinsloe, a farmer of Walker township, and
a native of Ireland. Five children were born
to this union: Elizabeth, deceased; Mary;
Ethelinda (Mrs. John Crozier) ; Margaret C.,
deceased; and Lemuel.
Lemuel A. Kinsloe was educated in the
schools of Walker township. For a short
time he worked in the iron mines of Mifflin
county, but at his father's death he assumed
charge of the homestead farm, where he has
ever since resided. In 1865, he enlisted in
the Home Guard, Company A, Twenty-sec
ond Volunteer Cavalry, and was present

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at the battle of Antietam. Lieutenant Kins
loe attends the Evangelical church. He is a
free silver Democrat. He was a member of
the I. 0. 0. E.

JOHN C. RITZAIAN, Van Dyke, Juniata
county, Pa., was born in Turbett township,
same county, July 13, 1866. He is a son of
Henry and Elizabeth (Hippie) Ritzman. John
Ritzman attended the public schools of Tur
bett township, and then worked on his father's
farm until be began to learn telegraphy at
Tuscarora station, Juniata county. In 1885
he entered upon his present employment as
operator on the Middle Division of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, which position he has filled
with credit to himself and satisfaction to the
company. In June, 1892, Mr. Ritzman was
manied to Rose A., daughter of Palmer Shel
lenberger, of Walker township. Mr. Ritz
man is a member of the railroad Relief Corps,
and a charter member of the P. O. S. A. lodge
of Port Royal, Juniata county. He is a Dem
ocrat.

WILLIAM H. KURTZ, Mexico, Juniata
county, Pa., son of Jacob and Catherine
(March) Kurtz, was born in East Whiteland,
Chester county, Pa., August 15, 1835. The
Kurtz family is of German descent; those
who first came to this country settled in the
lower counties of Pennsylvania, where they
engaged in farming. Joseph Kurtz, grand
father of William H. Kurtz, was born and
lived in Chester county. On October 19,
1787, he manied Fannie Miller. They had
a family of nineteen children, one of whom
was Jacob, father of William H. Kurtz. Jo
seph Kurtz was a member of the Amish
church. He belonged to the old Federalist
party. He died March 18, 1815, in Chester
county, and his widow spent the rest of her
life with her son Samuel, in East Salem, Ju
niata county. Jacob Kurtz married Cather
ine, daughter of Peter March, a farmer of
Chester county. They had two children:
William H. ; and Sarah 0. (Mrs. Daniel Daw
son), deceased. In 1837 Mr. Jacob Kurtz
bought a farm of 125 acres near East Salem,
Juniata county, on which he resided for eight
years. He then farmed and traded in Mc-
Alisterville until 1867; thence he removed
to Shamokin, Pa., where he spent his later
years. In 1840 Mrs. Kurtz died, and some

years later Air. Kurtz married again, bis sec
ond wife being Jane Winegardner, born in
Delaware township, Juniata county. Their
children were: Milton, died in the army; Jo
sephine (Airs. Henry Yeordy), deceased; Eliza
Jane, deceased; John, of California; Salome,
of Arizona; Henry, died in the army, at
Washington, D. C. ; Edward, of Illinois ; Bar
bara (Mrs. Calvin Garman), of Dodge, Neb.;
and Mary A. (Mrs. Michael), of North Bend,
Neb. Mrs. (Winegardner) Kurtz died near
McAlisterville. William H. Kurtz Avas educated in the pub
lic schools of McAlisterville and in a normal
school there, taught by Prof. William Divin.
He first worked with his father on the farm,
after which he was for three years clerk in the
store of E. P. Thompson, of Oakland Alills,
Fayette toAvnship, and for four years in that
of David Alyers, at McAlisterville. He then
went to Illinois, and taught school in Jo Daviess
county, near Lena, for one winter. Coming
east ag-ain, he settled in Juniata county, and
began dealing in stock. In 1857 Mr. Kurtz
was married to Catherine, daughter of David
Moist, a farmer and River Brethren preacher,
of Fermanagh township. The first two years
of his manied life he spent in Jo Daviess
county, 111, as farmer and clerk. In the fall
of 1860 he returned to Juniata county, and
was clerk in the store of Noah Heitzler, Port
Royal, for three years, after which for two
years he had charge of his father-in-law's farm
in Fermanagh township. In 1867 Mr. Kurtz
went into mercantile business at Van Wert,
where he spent sixteen years. In 1883, he
sold out and bought a farm of 100 acres in
Walker township. Disposing of his farm the
next year, he kept store in Mexico for six
years. Since 1890 he has lived retired, but
still deals to some extent in stock. The year
1888 was spent in West Virginia, as clerk in
a store. Mr. Kurtz is a strong Republican.
He was postmaster at Van Wert for sixteen
years, auditor for six years, tax collector for
three terms, and toAvnship enumerator in 1869
and 1889.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz are:
Annie J., deceased; David H, deceased; Em
ma S. (Airs- E. Cramer), deceased, had three
children, Bertha, Atyrtle and W. Frederick;
William Elmer, of Nebraska; Nora A. (Mrs.
W. E. Brooks), of Charlestown, W. Va. ; Ber
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Ella K., died young; and Venarda P., at
school. The parents are members of the Ger
man Baptist church.

JEROME T. AILMAN, Thompsontown
P. 0., Juniata county, Pa., was born in Wal
ker township, October 5, 1849. He is a son
of Da-vid and Amelia (Pauling) Ailman. His
grandfather, Frederick Ailman, removed to
Juniata county in 1816. He served in the
war of 1812. His wife was Catharine Bensel,
and their children were : Henry ; David ; Cath
arine; and Frederick. David Ailman, father
of Jerome T., was a farmer, and was born and
educated in York county. He married
Amelia Pawling, of Snyder county. Their
six children were: Henry B.; Elvira (Mrs.
Sylvester Brought) ; Lavina (Mrs. Joseph Hos
tetler); Herbert; Samuel; and Jerome F.
Jerome T. Ailman spent his early life in
Princeton College, from which institution he
was graduated in 1877. Then he again en
gaged in teaching for a few years. In 1887,
he purchased his present farm in Walker town
ship. In 1894, Jerome T. Ailman married
Nettie, daughter of Joseph McCleery, of
Mercer county, Pa. They have one child,
Jerome McC. Mr. Ailman is independent in
his political views. In 1888, he was the Pro
hibition candidate for the State Legislature;
in 1890, he was the candidate for Congress,
both on the People's Party ticket and the Pro
hibition ticket. In 1894, he was the People's
Party nominee for Governor; and in 1896 he
was nominated for Congressman-at-large, by
the silver Democrats, and the People's Party.
He attends the Lutheran church.

CHARLES C. MERTZ, Van Dyke, Ju
niata county, Pa., Avas born in Buffalo valley,
Limestone township, Union county, Pa.,
April 20, 1851. He is a son of John F. and
Nancy (Benfer) Mertz. John F. Mertz was
born in Aiifflin county. After farming for a
time in Union county, he purchased a farm of
sixty acres in Walker township, to Avhich he
removed. He married Nancy Benfer, of
Snyder county, and had six children : Samuel ;
Caroline (Mrs. G. S. Luckens); Charles C. ;
John D.; Eva and David, Avho died young.
John F. Mertz was a Democrat. He was a
member of the Lutheran church; he died in
1864. Charles C. Alertz attended the Centre pub

lic schools of Walker township. Until his
father's death he worked with him on the
farm, after which he and his brother contin
ued to cultivate the farm. In 1879, he rented
the Shuman farm in Walker township, for two
years, after which he purchased his present
fann. In 1888, Air. Mertz married Miss
Delia L. Null, a daughter of Michael Null, of
Pfoutz Valley, Perry county, to whom two
children were born: Arden W. ; and Annie
Regina C. Air. Mertz is a Democrat of the
old stamp. He is a member of the Lutheran
church.

HON. H. LATIMER WILSON, Van
Wert, Juniata county, Pa., was born at Mc
Alisterville, Juniata county, Pa., October
20, 1831. He is a son of Hugh and Martha
(Banks) Wilson. Robert Wilson, his grand
father, who was of Scotch-Irish descent, was
born in Chester county, Pa., but moved to Ju
niata county, where be engaged in farming.
He married CatharineHaines, of Chester coun
ty. Robert Wilson was an old line AVhig. Hugh
Wilson, father of H. L. Wilson, was born in
Fayette township, Juniata county, in 1792,
and was educated in subscription schools. In
1823 he and Robert Thompson opened a store
at McAlisterville, and in this business he en
gaged until his death, which occurred in 1847.
He married Martha Banks, of Scotch de
scent, daughter of Gen. James Banks, a sol
dier in the Avar of 1812. Their children were:
Lucian, deceased; Catharine Nelson (Mrs.
Edmund S. Doty), of Alifflintown; James
Banks; H. Latimer; and Robert, deceased.
H. L. Wilson attended the public schools,
and until his father's death assisted him in
the store. Then for one year he kept books
in a wholesale store in Philadelphia, after
which he engaged in business with his broth
ers at Oakland Alills until 1877, when he pur
chased his present farm. January 13, 1869,
Mr. Wilson was married to Josepbine, daugh
ter of Hon. William Curran, of Walker town
ship. Their children are: Martha Jane;
Latimer Nelson; William Walter; Annie
Elizabeth; Ralph Doty; Alary Josephine;
and Lucian, deceased. In 1892, Mr. Wilson
Avas elected on the Republican ticket to the
State legislature, in a strong Democratic
county. He was re-elected with an increased
majority in 1894. He attends the Presby
terian church.

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JOHN W. DECKARD, M. D., Richfield,
Juniata county, Pa., son of David and Bar
bara (Stence) Deckard, was born in Howe
township, Perry county, Pa., December 27,
1852. David Deckard was born in Buffalo
township, Perry county, in 1817; his father
was Philip Deckard, a farmer of that county,
and was of German descent. After receiving
a subscription school education, Avhich was the
best obtainable in rural neighborhoods in his
youth, he began to maintain himself by his
own industry. He worked on his father's
farm, and on others in Buffalo township until
his marriage, after which he resided for some
time at Liverpool, Pa., and was for several
years employed as boatman on the canal. He
afterwards removed to Howe toAvnship, Perry
county, and settled down to farming, as bis
vocation for life. So diligently and with such
skill did he pursue his calling that be became
one of the most substantial farmers of his
township, owning 300 acres of land, on which
he had built a comfortable dwelling, good
barns and other outbuildings, and made vari
ous other improvements. He was a Demo
crat. He served his township as supervisor
and as school director. Having reached the
venerable age of eighty, David Deckard is
now enjoying well-earned repose from labor,
Avhile still residing on the farm he cultivated
for so many years. He was manied to Bar
bara Stence, a native of Buffalo township, and
a daughter of a farmer of that township, who
was of German lineage. Their children are:
Charles H, residing on the homestead; Dr.
John W.; and Noble C, of HoAve township,
Perry county. Mrs. Deckard died in 1890.
Having received instructions in the ele
mentary branches of education in the public
schools of Howe township, John W. Deckard
attended the Normal School at Millerstown,
Pa., taught by Professor Wright, until he was
qualified for teaching, which he followed for
four winter terms in Buffalo and Howe town
ships. His summers were occupied with
the study of medicine, which he pursued
under the preceptorship of Dr. Stites, of Mil
lerstown. Mr. Deckard then entered the Ohio
Medical College, Cincinnati, O., and became
Dr. Deckard in 1874, graduating with honor
in the spring of that year. In July of the
¦same year, he began practice at Richfield, and
has continued in the same place ever since.
His professional skill and careful attention

have enabled him to build up an extensive
practice; his field of labor includes two coun
ties, Juniata and Snyder. For twelve years,
Dr. Deckard conducted the only drug store
in Juniata county, outside of AlifflintoAvn; but
in August, 1896, he sold the store, Avhich is
now kept by Air. Patterson. He has been
for sixteen years a member of the toAvnship
school board. Being a Democrat, Dr. Deck
ard Avas appointed postmaster in 1885, during
President Cleveland's first administration; he
then held the office for four years, and in
1893, he Avas again appointed, and is still in
charge of the Richfield mails, performing his
duties in a manner eminently satisfactory.
Dr. John W. Deckard was married in Cin
cinnati, in 1876, to Emma, daughter of Gar
rett Wills, a Avell-known resident of that city,
Avho died in 1878. Mrs. Deckard was born in
Richmond, Ind. The children of this mar
riage are: Lillie, died when three years old;
Percy, a student at the Academy of Alifflin
toAvn; Oscar, attending school in Lykens, Pa.;
and one that died in infancy. The borne of the
family is considered the finest dwelling in
Richfield; the cost of its erection was over
$4,000. The Doctor also owns two farms, the
one in the vicinity of the borough of Rich
field, and the other in Snyder county.

JOHN H. RINE, Richfield, Juniata coun
ty, Pa., was born near AlcClure, Snyder coun
ty, Pa., February 19, 1836. He is a son of
fienry and Elizabeth (Housewerth) Rine.
The ancestors of the Rine family inhabited the
banks of the historic German river, the Rhine.
Henry Rine, their descendant, a Pennsylva-
nian by birth, a native of Snyder county, was
educated in the language of bis Teutonic fore
fathers, as well as in English. He was all bis
life a farmer, Snyder county continuing to be
his home; he owned a fine tract of well culti
vated and improved land, with all necessary
and substantial buildings. He was married at
Freeburg, Snyder county, Pa., to Elizabeth
Houswerth, a native of that place, and daugh
ter of a farmer and carpenter. Their children
are: Susan (Mrs. Thomas Graybill), of Rich
field, deceased; Mary (Mrs. Peter Graybill),
of Richfield, deceased; John H; Elizabeth,
widow of David Garman, of Richfield; Sarah
(Mrs. George H. Yeager), of Thompsontown,
Pa.; and Henry, who died young. Henry
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his wife died June 28, 1885. They were
members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Rine
was a Democrat.
John H. Rine received an ordinary English
education in the common schools. The first
twenty-four years of his life were passed on
the homestead; he was then clerk in the store
of Jacob Schnee, at Mt. Pleasant, Snyder
county, for six months, after which he spent
two years at home. He next conducted a
small store in Richfield, where he spent six
years in building up a trade. This time hav
ing expired, Mr. Rine was again out of busi
ness for eighteen months, after which he re
sumed mercantile operations, in the store
which he now owns, and in which for thirty
years he canied on business as partner with
Peter Graybill. He enjoys a large and profit
able trade in general merchandise, in addition
to which he manages one or two farms. He
has made substantial improvements in his
town property, having built a dwelling house,
etc. Atr. Rine, who is a Democrat, was for
four years assistant postmaster of Richfield.
He is a good business man, reliable and re
spected not merely for bis success in his un
dertakings, but for bis worthy character. He
is an elder in the Lutheran church, and teaches
in its Sunday-school.

GEORGE DIETZ, Knousetown, Juniata
county, Pa., was born in Wittemberg, Ger
many, July 11, 1832, son of John and Marga
ret (Klein) Dietz. His parents were both na
tives of Wittemberg, where bis father followed
the double calling of weaver and farmer.
They had seven children : Margaret and John,
both died in Germany; Jacob, still resides in
his native land; George; Michael, who lives
in Philadelphia; and two who died very
young. The parents are both deceased. The
family were all members of the Lutheran
church of Germany.
After receiving a good education in the Ger
man schools, George Dietz continued working
with his father on the farm and at the loom
until he Avas nineteen years of age. Then,
desiring strongly to see the great Western
Continent, of Avhich he had so often heard,
he went to Liverpool, England, and from that
port embarked for America, on the sailing
vessel "Elizabeth." After a passage of twen
ty-three days, he landed in New York; this
was in 1851. The ship in which be crossed the

sea was lost on her return voyage. Mr. Dietz
spent a few days in New York City, then went
to Philadelphia, and afterward to Trevorton,
Northumberland county, where he worked for
three months on the railroad, at a com
pensation of seventy-five cents per day.
Thence he went to Tremont, Schuylkill
county, where he continued at railroad work
for six months longer; and he was next em
ployed in the Schuylkill county coal mines for
four years. In 1856, he came to Juniata coun
ty, and bought a farm, which he did not at
once take under his own charge, but spent
four years near Georgetown, in Northumber
land county, working at a lime kiln. Then,
returning to Juniata county, be settled on his
farm in Monroe township, and remained there
until 1862, when he volunteered for the de
fense of his adopted country, enlisting in the
One Hundred and Seventy-first Pennsylva
nia Volunteers, Militia Company F, under
Coh E. Bierer and Capt. W. H. McClellan.
His regiment was part of the Army of the
Potomac, and was stationed at Newbern, N.
C. This regiment was ordered to the relief of
the Federal troops at Gettysburg, but did not
arrive in time to participate in that great bat
tle. After passing about ten months in the
service, Mr. Dietz, being honorably dis
charged, returned to his home and his custo
mary occupations; but in March, 1865, in
Chambersburg, he once more enlisted, this
time in Company D, Ninety-ninth Pennsylva
nia Volunteers. He was in several charges;
near Petersburg, Va., he was struck in
the foot by a piece of shell, which made
him lame for three weeks. Mr. Dietz
was present at the surrender of Lee, and
saw that general take the oath of allegiance
under an apple tree. His gallant service, with
all its perils and hardships, being now con
cluded, he once more came back to his farm,
on which he has ever since resided. He has
a pleasant home; but the exposures and fa
tigues of army life had the unhappy effect of
ruining his sight; it began to fail in 1877,
and it Avas not long before he became totally
blind. But a grateful country does not neglect
him; he is in the enjoyment of a comfortable
pension, as a token of the people's appreciation
of the sacrifice he has made. The story of his
life is on the whole a pleasant one ; he began
life in America a poor and friendless youth, a
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and uprightness has secured not only a compe
tence for himself and family, but what is still
better, the confidence and respect of his
friends and neighbors. He is a Democrat; he
was for two years supervisor of the township.
George Dietz was married in 1857, at Tre
mont, Schuylkill county, Pa., to Alary N.,
daughter of Frederick Keisling, a farmer and
mason of that county, and of German descent.
Their children are: Kate (Mrs. John Hopp),
residing on the homestead; Margaret (Mrs.
John H. Tschopp), upon a farm in Monroe
township; John, a merchant of Knousetown;
Frederick, a farmer of Snyder county; Mary,
resides in Perry county; George, of Green
wood toAvnship, Juniata county; Jacob, of
Monroe township; Emma (Mrs. C. Barner),
of Susquehanna township; Elizabeth (Atrs.
William Troutman), of Greenwood township;
Alda, died young; and Ida S. (Mrs. Dietz),
who died September 25, 1894. Atr. Dietz is
a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church.

WILLIAM A. ZIDERS, Knousetown,
Juniata county, Pa., was born at Ickesburg,
Perry county, Pa., February 25, 1845, son of
David S. and Mary J. (Robinson) Ziders.
David S. Ziders was born in Perry county,
son of Jacob Ziders, and was a sboemaker.
This trade he earned on first in Perry county;
afterward, when his son, William A., was a
child, he removed to Turkey valley, in Juniata
county, continuing to ply his trade, which
he did successively also in Academia, Turkey
valley, and Thompsontown, Pa. In 1894, he
retired from active business. He and bis wife
still reside near Thompsontown, enjoying the
repose and leisure so suitable for those who can
look back upon a life long and usefully em
ployed. Mr. David S. Ziders was first mar
ried at Ickesburg, Pa., to Mary J. Robinson.
Their children were: James and William A.,
twins, of whom the former is deceased ; Ellen,
deceased; and Sarah, deceased. Mr. Ziders'
first wife died in Perry county. He married
for his second wife May Spade, of Perry coun
ty; their children are: Kate (Mrs. Edward
Carpenter), of Lancaster county; Henry, de
ceased; George, of Kansas; David, of Har
risburg, Pa.; Caroline (Mrs. Miller Gray
bill), of Snyder county; Matilda (Mrs. David
Benner); Martin, of Snyder county; Annie
(Mrs. Jacob Miller), of Snyder county; and
Samuel, of Locust Run, Juniata county. Mr.

Ziders is a Democrat. He is a member of the
Lutheran church.
William A. Ziders attended the public
schools of Academia and Turkey valley. He
learned shoemaking of his father, but spent
only a short time in working at his trade.
When but sixteen years of age, he enlisted in
1861, at Hanisburg, Pa., in Company I, Fif
ty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers, under Col.
J. R. Brooke and Capt. H. S. Dimm. During
. the ensuing winter, the regiment was stationed
at Alexandria, Va., and in the spring of 1862,
was assigned to the Third Brigade, First Di
vision, Second Corps. Its first engagement
Avas Fair Oaks, where the gallant conduct of
the regiment drew Avords of commendation
from the commanding generals. Its record on
subsequent occasions — at Gaines ALU, at
Peach Orchard, where General Sumner com
mended the bravery of its men, at White Oak
Creek, at Malvern Hill, in the Seven Days'
fight, at Antietam, Gettysburg, the Wilder
ness, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Spott-
sylvania, and in other engagements of greater
or less moment — form a brilliant chapter in
the history of the war. On the field and on
the inarch, it was constantly relied upon for
difficult and perilous duties, and never failed
to realize fully all that was expected of it. Of
this splendid body of men, as circumstances
show, William A. Ziders was a worthy com
rade. At Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864, where
the regiment made one of its most dashing and
successful charges, he was captured, and held
a prisoner, first at Andersonville, and after
wards at Florence, S.C., until February, 1865;
but the boy soldier and his services were not
forgotten during his absence, the record show
ing that on December 1, 1864, he was promot
ed to corporal. The horrible privations en
dured in the southern prison pens reduced him
almost to a skeleton. After his release, he
obtained a furlough for thirty-five days, which
he spent at home, and then rejoined his regi
ment at Alexandria, and participated in the
closing scenes of the Avar; he Avas mustered
out Avith his company, June 30, 1865. So
severely had his constitution suffered from
these trying experiences, that for a year after
his discharge, he was incapable of doing much
work of any kind. During this time, while
slowly recuperating, he drove a mill wagon at
Liverpool, Pa. He then learned Avith John
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worked for seA^enteen years, and afterwards
engaged in the same occupation on his own
account, and has canied it on ever since. He
is the manufacturer of the Rohrbaugh plough,
and also farms fifty acres of land. Mr. Ziders
is a "free silver" Democrat, and has served
as auditor, as supervisor for three terms, and
as school director for three terms. He is a
member and past commander of Post No. 316,
G. A. R.
AAllliam A. Ziders Avas married in 1865, in
Alonroe township, to Alargaret L., daughter
of John X. Deane. Their children are: Ida,
died young; James, clerk in a store at North
umberland, Pa.; Dallie (Mrs. M. S. Marks),
of Juniata county; John, clerk, of Shamokin,
Northumberland county; George, residing
in the same county; Delia (Mrs. A. P. Glot-
felter), of Juniata county; and Daisy, at
home. Afr. Ziders is a member of the Re
formed church.

AIICHAEL RUA1FELD, Richfield, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born in what is noAV
Snyder county, then Union, September 29,
1821. He is a son of Jacob and Catherine
(Haas) Rumfeld. Jacob Rumfeld, who Avas
a native of Alontgoniery county, Pa., and a
shoemaker, settled when a young man in Perry
township, Union county, where he worked at
his trade and at farming; he continued in the
same occupations in Greenwood township, Ju
niata county, whither he removed in April,
1837, and where he died in 1865. He married
Catherine Haas. Their children are: Re
becca, widoAV of Peter Smith, of Peny county;
Michael; Catherine, widow of Henry Due-
field, resides in Illinois; Elizabeth (Atrs.
Daniel Amey), of Monroe township; and
Sarah, died unmarried. Jacob Rumfeld Avas
a Democrat. He held membership in the Lu
theran church, and was an excellent man.
Airs. Rumfeld died in 1876.
Michael Rumfeld attended school in Sny
der and Juniata counties. In November,
1862, he enlisted at Harrisburg, Pa., in Com
pany F, One Hundred and Seventy-first Penn
sylvania Volunteers, Col. E. Bierer, Capt.
AVilliam IT. McClellan, a militia regiment,
drafted for the nine months' service. The
regiment was during most of its term of enlist
ment in North Carolina, at Newbern, and
later at Washington, in the same State, doing
picket duty. It was in the battle of Blounts

Creek, in April, 1863, and was mustered out
of service at Harrisburg, Pa., August 8, 1863.
Air. Rumfeld, returning to his home, resumed
the peaceful occupation of farming, at Avhich
nearly all his life has been passed. On the
ninety-acre farm Avhere be still resides, al
though he has given up its active manage
ment, he made many improvements, in the
way of building, planting fruit trees, etc. Mr.
Rumfeld is a Democrat, and cast his first
vote for President Pierce. His advanced age,
his honorable character and his kindly disposi-
sition cause him to be regarded Avith affec
tionate respect by his friends and neighbors.
Air. Rumfeld is a man of dignified and ven
erable appearance, having the "hoary head,"
Avhich is a "crown of glory," when it 'marks
the later years of a life of industry and use
fulness. Alichael Rumfeld was manied in 1848, in
Perry county, to Margaret, daughter of Peter
Smith; she was born in 1826, in Juniata town
ship, Peny county. Their children are: Mary
(Atrs. Eli BoAversox), of Monroe township;
Catherine (Airs. Daniel Fulk), of Monroe
toAvnship; Jacob, of Union county; Daniel,
on the homestead; Peter, of Union county;
Rebecca (Airs. Adam Rumbaugh, deceased;
Amos, of Monroe township; Ambrose Rum
feld, of Lycoming county; Jennie (Mrs.
Samuel AVatts); Annie; and one that died
in infancy. Air. Rumfeld attends the Re
formed church.

MENNO S. GRAYBILL, Evendale, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born in Delaware town
ship, Juniata county, December 28, 1857. He
is a son of Joseph and Sarah (Sierer) Gray
bill. Joseph Graybill, born in Juniata county
in 1820, has been engaged in farming all his
life. After having for many years resided in
Delaware township, he removed to West Peny
toAvnship, Snyder county, where he still lives,
OAvning and cultivating a farm of over eighty
acres. His Avife is Sarah, daughter of Jacob
Sierer. Their children are : Allen ; and Men-
no S. Joseph Graybill is a Republican. He
and his wife are members of the Alennonite
church. After receiving his education in the schools
of Snyder county, Menno S. Graybill re
mained on the homestead until bis twenty-
fourth year. He then engaged in mercantile
business at Evendale, buying out the establish-

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ment of J. S. Graybill. Having conducted
the store for five years, he sold it, and resumed
farming in Juniata county. Five years later,
in 1891, he returned to the store at Evendale,
and has ever since been successfully engaged
in its management. He is popular as a mer
chant, and esteemed for his personal qualities.
Mr. Graybill has been postmaster at different
times, amounting altogether to nine years ; his
first appointment was under President Arthur,
in 1881, when he held the office for two years;
he afterwards held it under President Cleve
land for four years, and under President Har
rison for three years. Mr. Graybill owns over
100 acres of land in Alonroe township, on
which he built a fine dwelling, and has made
other improvements. He also purchased the
substantial brick house in which he has his
store and his present home, at a cost of more
than $2,500. He is a "sound money" Repub
lican. Menno S. Graybill was married in 1881,
in Delaware township, to Annie, daughter of
Emanuel and Mary (Landis) Speicher. Their
children are: Norman; Floyd; Esther, who
died aged four years; and one son born April
28, 1897. Mr. Graybill, like his father, is of
the Mennonite persuasion. He is superintend
ent of the Sunday-school, in which he has been
a member of the Bible class and a teacher. He
is an esteemed and faithful member of the
church.

HENRY PAGE, Richfield, Juniata coun
ty, Pa., son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Ly-
der) Page, was born in Monroe township, Ju
niata county, Alarch 27, 1851. Abraham
Page and his father, Joseph Page, were also
natives of Monroe township; but the family
is of German descent. Both Joseph and Abra
ham Page were farmers; the latter owned and
cultivated 400 acres, and built not only a
dwelling, barn, etc., on the homestead for his
own use, but also two dwelling houses for his
sons. He raised cattle and horses of excellent
breeds. Abraham Page was manied in
Greenwood township, Juniata county, to-
Elizabeth, daughter of George Lyder, a minis
ter of the Mennonite church. She was a na
tive of Liverpool, Pa. Their children are:
Susan and Annie, twins, both deceased, the
former was Mrs. Daniel Hornberger, of Fay

ette township, Juniata county; Catherine
(Mrs. Abraham Shelley), of near Thompson-
town, Pa. ; Elizabeth (Mrs. Michael Lepley),
of Adamsburg, Pa.; Jacob, married Sarah
Winegardner, resides on the homestead,, and
gives some attention to the raising of fruits
and benies; Sarah (Mrs. John At. Winegard
ner), of East Salem, Pa.; Henry; Mary
(Mrs. Henry Nipple), of Greenwood town
ship; George, of AVest Perry township, Sny
der county, Pa., married Mrs. Freeman; and
Joseph, of Pittsburg, Pa., married Gertrude
Entriken. Abraham Page was a Republican.
He belonged to the Mennonite church. He
died on the homestead, and bis wife in Fayette
toAvnship. Dividing his youthful days betAveen the
public schools and the work on his father's
farm, in which he was a diligent helper, Henry
Page continued to reside on the homestead;
at the age of twenty-six he arranged with his
father to cultivate the home farm for two
years on shares. He then bought of his father
the tract of seventy-tAvo acres Avhich he still
cultivates. He made various improvements on
this farm, most important among which are
his arrangements for fruit growing. He has
been in that business for six years, and has
been very successful. He is the only fruit
grower in the region. He set out 1,400 peach
trees, of superior varieties; he has, besides,
fine raspberries and other small fruits under
cultivation. Mr. Page also enjoys some suc
cess as a stock raiser. He is a Republican, and
although not an office seeker, has served the
toAvnship efficiently as inspector of elections,
as assessor for tAvo terms, collector of school
taxes for one year, and school director for
three years.
Henry Page Avas married in 1876, in AVest
Perry township, Snyder county, Pa., to Sa-
villa, daughter of Jesse Bowersox, born in
Snyder county, near Middleburg. Their
children are: Charles, of Dauphin county,
Pa.; Ira, at home; Ida; Elizabeth; Rhoda;
Mary; Walter; Sarah, deceased; Elmer, de
ceased; and one that died when an infant.
Mr. Page was deacon in the Reformed church
for ten years, and is now an elder. He has
served the Sunday-school both as teacher and
as superintendent; be is a valued member of
the church, and a man much respected by all
his acquaintances.

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E. ADAAI GARA1AN, son of David and
Elizabeth (Rine) Garman, was born in Cass
county, Alich., November 15, 1869. His
grandfather, Samuel Garman, farmer, of Sny
der county, Pa., was of German descent. He
was married to Sophia Minium, and had sons
and daughters. Mr. Garman was a Whig.
He and his wife were members of the Lu
theran church. He died at his home in Sny
der county; his widow is living in Cass coun
ty, Mich. David Garman, farmer, was born
in Snyder county, Pa., and received a German
and English education. He married Elizabeth
Rine, sister of John H. Rine, of Richfield,
Pa. They bad tAvo children : E.Adam; and
Franklin. Air. Garman and his wife were
members of the Lutheran church. He died
of consumption in 1870, aged thirty-three
years; his Avidow is living in Monroe town
ship, with their son, Adam. Mr. Garman was
a Republican. E. Adam Garman attended the Richfield
Normal School. At the age of seventeen he
became clerk for his uncle, a member of the
firm of Rine & Graybill. In 1891, he formed
a partnership with William H. Graybill, the
new firm buying out the old one. Mr. Gar
man is a Democrat. He Avas treasurer of the
P. O. S. of A., of Richfield, Pa. E. Adam
Garman was married in 1894, to Jennie
Boyer. He and his Avife are members of the
Lutheran church.

AVILLIAA1 KELLER, son of Samuel and
Sarah (Niemand) Keller, was born in Keller-
ville, Alonroe toAvnship, February 23, 1856.
He is a brother of J. M. Keller, a lawyer of
Aiifflin, and a member of the Pennsylvania
legislature. AVilliam Keller attended school
at Stony Run school house in Monroe town
ship, and for several years worked as farm
laborer. He then learned carpentry, and
worked three years as a carpenter and one year
as a house-painter. He also learned cabinet-
making and has been in this business for about
fourteen years. In 1888, Mr. Keller began
the manufacture of lumber, and erected a
fine lumber and planing-mill. He is a Demo
crat, and has served as inspector of elections,
clerk, and is now auditor of the township. He
is an active member of the Reformed church,
of which he is treasurer, trustee, a member of
building committee, and teacher and secre
tary of the Sunday-school. William Keller

was married March 20, 1890, to Margaret,
daughter of John Niemand, deceased, who
was commissioner of Juniata county. Their
children are: Banks; Minnie; and Roy.
DAVID KELLER, son of Samuel and
Sarah (Niemand) Keller, was born in Keller-
ville, Pa., December 9, 1861. He attended
school at Stony Run, Monroe township, and
learned farming and carpentry with his father.
He taught school for two terms in Snyder
county, after which be learned carpet weaving
and has made this bis business. He also cul
tivates a small farm which be has greatly im
proved. He is a Democrat, and serves the
township as clerk, inspector, and school di
rector. He is a member of the Reformed
church; is a singer in its choir and a teacher
in the Sunday-school.

JOSEPH E. SELLERS, son of William
and Annie (Eagler) Sellers, was born near
Sellers Mill, Juniata county, February 2,
1835. His grandfather, Jacob Sellers, a na
tive of Germany, emigrated to America, and
settled on a farm in Fayette township, Cum
berland, now Juniata, county. In 1763, he
removed to Sellers Mill. He was a Democrat.
Jacob Sellers manied Barbara Pile, and had
a family of sons and daughters. One of these,
William Sellers, was a farmer and miller. He
was a Democrat, and served as school director
and was for forty years justice of the peace
in Greenwood and Monroe townships. Wil
liam Sellers was married to Annie, daughter
of John Eagler, of Snyder county, Pa. They
had eleven children: Isaac; Joseph E. ; Alary;
John; Elizabeth; Samuel; Susan; Solomon;
Amanda; Annie; and Henry. Mr. Sellers
died at the homestead in 1863.
Joseph E. Sellers attended the public
schools, the Tuscarora and Freeburg Acade
mies, and subsequently taught school three
terms. He learned milling with his father
and worked at the trade for fifteen years. For
four years he was clerk in Atr. fiolderman's
store, and while thus engaged received the ap
pointment of postmaster from President Bu
chanan. He was the first postmaster and
named the station Evendale, selecting the
name because the surrounding country was
unusually even or level. Returning to the
mill, he remained until 1870, when he turned
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to surveying and civil engineering. Mr. Sel
lers succeeded his father as justice of the
peace and still retains the office. In 1876, he
was a candidate for associate judge of Juniata
county, on the Democratic ticket, but was
defeated at the nomination. He has filled
various offices in the township, supervisor for
two years, auditor for eighteen years, and sec
retary of the school board for nine years.
Joseph E. Sellers was married in 1858, to
Eva, daughter of Abraham Kepler, of Snyder
county, Pa. Mrs. Sellers was a native of
Montgomery county, Pa. They have three
children: Stephen Arnold, proprietor of the
Evendale flouring-mill; William H, of Fay
ette township, married Mary Smith, has two
children; and James M. Mr. Sellers and his
family are members of the Lutheran church.
Stephen A. Sellers, Evendale, Juniata coun
ty, Pa., son of Joseph E. and Eva (Kepler)
Sellers, was born in Monroe township, Juniata
county, March 6, 1862. He was educated in
the public schools of Evendale, and of Cross
Roads, Snyder county. He assisted his father
on the farm until he Avas twenty. He then
learned milling and has been constantly en
gaged in that business. In 1886, he rented
the home mill, and six years later purchased
the property. He owns and cultivates a small
place, but gives his attention principally to
his mill. He is a Democrat, and has served
as inspector of elections, and for three years
was auditor of the district. Stephen A. Sel
lers was married in 1892, at Mifflintown, Pa.,
to Emma, daughter of Jonathan Bottiger, of
Snyder county. They have one child, Anna
Clarissa. Mr. Sellers and his family are mem
bers of the Lutheran church.

REV. GEORGE J. SCHAEFFER, son of
James and Mary (Folk) Schaeffer, was born
at Emaus, Lehigh county, Pa., January 22,
1858. His great-grandfather, John George
Schaeffer, born February 23, 1742, was mar
ried to Miss Eva Bater, emigrated to America,
and died in Lehigh county, November 13,
1823, a member of the Lutheran church. Mr.
¦Schaeffer's grandfather, Frederick Schaeffer,
was born July 18, 1783, in Lehigh county,
where he passed his life. He was a Democrat.
Frederick Schaeffer married Catbarina
Marcks, daughter of Jacob Marcks. They had
eight children: Joel; Nathan; Anna (Mrs.
Benjamin Strouss); Sarah (Mrs. Heilich);

Lydia; Julia; James; and Frank; all de
ceased, except James. Mr. Frederick Schaef
fer and his wife were active members of the
Lutheran church, and died in Lehigh county,
the former on March 18, 1841, and the latter
June 25, 1852. Mr. Schaeffer's father, James
Schaeffer, farmer, was born at Emaus, Lehigh
county, September 16, 1822. In 1889, he re
tired from active farm life, and removed to
Allentown, where he has since resided. He
is a Democrat. James Schaeffer wa3 married
September 30, 1849, in Long Swamp town
ship, Berks county, Pa., to Mary, daughter
of Daniel Folk. They have five chUdren:
Catherine (Mrs. T. M. Kemmerer), of Lehigh
county; Alaria; Daniel, living on the home
stead; George J.; and Amanda (Mrs. John
Schweitzer). Mr. James Schaeffer is a mem
ber of the Lutheran, and his wife of the Ger
man Reformed church.
George J. Schaeffer was educated in the
public schools and the Keystone State Nor
mal School at Kutztown, Berks county, Pa.
After leaving the Normal School, he taught
for two terms in Lehigh county, and at the age
of tAventy-two, entered Muhlenberg College
in Allentown, Pa., graduating in 1884. In
1887, he graduated from the Theological
Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran church
at Philadelphia, Pa., and in the same year,
was ordained to the ministry in Zion's Lu
theran church at Philadelphia. For ten years
he was the faithful pastor of "Richfield Mis
sion." Rev. George J. Schaeffer resigned on
June 1, 1897; and, having accepted a call to
the Line Alountain charge, settled with his
family on June 10, 1897, at Hepler, Schuyl
kill county, Pa. Rev. Schaeffer owns a farm
of fifty acres in Monroe township. He is a
Democrat. George J. Schaeffer Avas married,
November 1, 1888, to Sarah E., daughter of
Henry Burns. They have three children:
Mary E.; Charles H; and Sylva N. Mrs.
Schaeffer's parents were of German and
Scotch-Irish descent. Her father was mar
ried to Sarah J. Kellogg. They had eight
children. He died November 6, 1896.

EDWARD G. SHEAFFER, Oriental, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born in Perry township,
Snyder county, Pa., July 14, 1846, son of
John and* Sophia (Garman) Sheaffer. His
paternal grandfather, John Sheaffer, Sr, was
a native of Germany, who came to this coun-

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try, and settled near Fremont, Snyder county,
Pa., then Union county. He was a cooper,
and followed his calling throughout his life.
His political views were Democratic. He mar
ried Miss Dubbs, a native of Snyder county,
of German descent; their children were:
John; George; Mary; Susan; and two whose
names are not recorded. The grandfather
died in Snyder county; he was a member of
the Lutheran church. His eldest son, John
Sheaffer, Jr., had only five months of school
instruction, but being intelligent and ambi
tious, he obtained for himself a better educa
tion than many can boast of whose advantages
are far greater. He read and wrote German,
as well as English; had much general infor
mation, and was deeply interested in the study
of the Bible. He learned his father's trade,
cooperage, at which he Avorked for a number
of years in Snyder county, before turning his
attention to farming. In 1852, he removed
to Susquehanna township, Avhere he farmed
three years for Michael Shetterly, and three
years for Judge Weiser, after which he bought
105 acres in the same township, part of the
tract being cleared. With the aid of his sons,
he cleared the remainder, and cultivated that
land until the year of his death, 1882. He
improved the dwelling house, and erected a
neAV barn and other buildings ; he also planted
an apple orchard, and added stock-raising to
his agricultural labors. John Sheaffer,- Jr.,
Avas married in Snyder county, to Sophia,
daughter of John Garman, a well-known resi
dent of Mt. Pleasant, in that county. Aliss
Garman Avas bom in Perry township. Their
children are : Israel, of Greenwood township,
Peny county; EdAvard G, of Susquehanna
township; Percival G., who resides on the
homestead; John, deceased; Barbara (Airs.
Aaron Karstetter), of Susquehanna township;
Susan (Atrs. Charles Fritz), of Akron, 0.;
Sarah (Mrs. A. M. Barner), of Susquehanna
township; Annie (Atrs. J. E. Hockenbr ought),
of Northumberland county; and three who
died in infancy. The father of this family
Avas a member of the Lutheran church. He
was in early manhood a Democrat, but later
became warm in the support of Republican
views, though he did not seek office. Mrs.
John Sheaffer still resides on the homestead,
having passed her seventieth year.
Edward G. Sheaffer, in bis childhood, at
tended the public schools; but in order to ob

tain the necessary books, be was obliged to
knit mittens and make split brooms. The
school term -in Susquehanna township was
three Avinter months; in Turbett toAvnship,
Avhere he lived for some time with his uncle,
Israel Garman, it was four months in length.
Here he worked on the farm and fed his
uncle's cattle for his board, thus learning
practically the lesson of self-reliance at a very
tender age. When he was eleven years old,
he began driving a team on the toAv path,
along the Pennsylvania canal, receiving six
dollars per month as his wages. This he con
tinued for about two years, and then spent
two years in Avorking on the farm, after Avhich,
being now about fourteen, be became a deck
band on the canal freight boats, plying be
tween Pittston and Baltimore. At this em
ployment he spent two seasons; the last boat
on which he was engaged Avas the "St. Law
rence," of Liverpool, Pa., Captain AValker.
After this, he worked on his father's farm
until 1864; in that year, he enlisted at Harris
burg, Pa., in Company G, Two Hundred and
Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel
Heintzelman, Capt. B. F. Miller. The regi
ment came under the command of General
Meade, of the Army of the Potomac, being
assigned to the Third Division, Ninth Corps.
Here Air. Sheaffer's active disposition, as well
as his patriotic impulses, had full scope. Al
though in the service barely nine months, the
regiment to which he was attached was in mo
tion during most of the time, and took part
in much important work. It distinguished it
self at Fort Steadman, March 25, 1865, by a
splendid attack on the enemy's line, and by
the capture of a formidable battery, with three
hundred prisoners. This regiment also did
important duty at the engagement of April
2, at Petersburg, where it held a point in front
of Fort Sedgwick against many desperate as
saults. The regiment also performed much
picket duty, which, though less brilliant, re
quired no less courage and deArotion. At the
close of the war, Mr. Sheaffer Avas mustered
out, and returned home; but not before he
had participated in the grand and ever-memor
able review at Washington, D. C.
Mr. Sheaffer now returned to the scene of
his early labors, the canal ; but only for three
months, during which he served as boatswain
on the "Alargaret Weiser," at thirty-five dol
lars per month. This engagement having ex-

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pired, he attended an examination for teach
ers at the Seven Stars Hotel, Greenwood town
ship, the examiner being John Porter, county
superintendent, from whom he obtained the
necessary certificate, and then taught school
in Liverpool township, Perry county, for three
terms. During the summer of 1866, he
studied at Freeburg Academy, under Profes
sor A^anDyke; he attended also a second ses
sion, teaching during the winters of 1868,
'69, and '70, at the Eden school, in Susque
hanna township. In the summer of 1869, he
attended the Juniata Valley Normal School,
at Millerstown, Pa., taking a course in Latin,
algebra and other studies, and giving instruc
tion for thirteen weeks in German and high
grade studies to a class in the Normal school.
The other summers he spent on the farm. In
the spring of 1871, Mr. Sheaffer became a
clerk in the general store of H. Freed, at Liv
erpool, Perry county, and passed a year and
five months in that position. Then, having
saved some money from his earnings by farm
ing and teaching, and war bounty for enlist
ment, he bought the stock and goods of H. W.
Shuman, merchant at McKee's Half Falls, and
conducted business there for five and a half
years, meeting with fair success. Selling out
his interest there, he came in 1878 to Orien
tal, where he purchased the stock of Augustus
Dinger, and real estate property of the Miller
heirs, and has carried on business here ever
since, his affairs having flourished so as to en
able him to buy and enlarge the store
property; the store room is one of the largest
in the county, being 65x25 feet in dimensions,
two and one-half stories high. Mr. Sheaffer
owns five farms in Juniata county; three in
Susquehanna township, aggregating over 200
acres; one in Perry county of 131 acres; and
one in Greenwood township, Juniata county,
of 225 acres; and one in Monroe township of
100 acres; besides extensive tracts of timber
land in Centre county, with a saw-mill, in
Susquehanna township. In 1882, he built at
a cost of $4,000, a fine dwelling bouse, con
structed of brick manufactured on one of bis
farms. He has expended in improvements
of various kinds upwards of $7,000. Mr.
Sheaffer was postmaster for five years and a
half at AIcKee's Half Falls, and for eleven
years in Oriental. He is a Republican. He
was for nineteen years auditor of Susquehanna
township. He is a member of Ben. Benford

Post No. 316, G. A. R., at Oriental, and is
quartermaster of the Post.
Edward G. Sheaffer was married in Liver
pool township, in 1867, to Melinda, daughter
of Jacob AA'eiser, farmer and merchant, of
Susquehanna township. Their children are:
John Elmer, of .New York City, graduate of
the Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie,
N. Y.; Alargaret (Airs. J. AL Light), of Green-
Avood township; Canie, graduate in music at
Freeburg College, residing at home, has passed
an excellent examination, and holds a certifi
cate from the county superintendent of
schools; William IL, proprietor of the Orien
tal House, married Lillie Lebkicher; 11. Clay,
residing at home; John and Annie, both died
young. The same laudable ambition that in
cited Air. Sheaffer to such persevering efforts
to gain an education for himself has led him to
afford his children every advantage in his
power, of which they have availed themselves
so conscientiously that all of the family are
exceedingly well-informed, and prepared for
the requirements of business or of society.
From early boyhood, Atr. Sheaffer has Avorked
Avith indomitable perseverance towards his
present influential and respected position in
the community. His has been a career full of
Araried experiences, but he has faced hardships
with courage, and difficulties Avith determina
tion, and the end of his efforts is well-merited
success. He is a member of the Lutheran
church, and has served in the Sunday-school
both as teacher and as superintendent.

JOHN S. APP, son of Walter and Bar
bara (Swineford) App, was born in Susque
hanna toAvnship, Juniata county, December
29, 1859. His grandfather, Leonard App,
aaIio Avas of German descent, Avas a farmer.
He Avas manied three times, and had nine
children. He was a member of the Lutheran
church, and died at his home in Snyder coun
ty. Walter App, father of John S., was a
farmer, and was born near Selinsgrove, Sny
der county, Pa., Atay 21, 1820. He also was
a Democrat, and served as overseer of the poor,
school director and tax collector. In 1869,
he was elected commissioner of Juniata coun
ty but died before his term of office had ex
pired. AAralter App was married to Barbara,
daughter of Jacob Swineford, a tailor and dro
ver of Aliddleburg, who was murdered in Leb
anon, Pa., where he had taken and sold a

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drove of sheep. They had these children:
Harriet, avUoav of Wesley AAratts, who has five
sons, James D., William AV., Robert S.,
Norman A., and Keener E. AAratts; Mary A. ;
John S. ; Robert IL ; Alice; William B. ;
James D. ; and Jacob S. Mr. and Mrs. App
were members of the Lutheran church. He
died February 18, 1871, and his wife in 1885.
John S. App attended the public schools,
and the Alissionary Institute, now called the
University, of Selinsgrove, and now farms the
homestead. John S. App was married in
1880, to Ida, daughter of Henry and Abby
(Moretz) Grubb. They have three children:
Alarcia D. ; Helen A.; and Harriet S. Mr.
App and family are members of the Lutheran
church.

A. J. FISHER, M. D. McAlisterville, Ju
niata county, Pa., son of Rev. Peter S. and
Veronica (fieckart) Fisher, was born in Pax-
ton township, Dauphin county, Pa., Febru
ary 2, 1830. William Fisher, the first an
cestor in this country, emigrated from Arsen-
burg, Prussia, in 1733, he married a daughter
of George Hain; they had seAren sons ; Peter,
great-grandfather of Dr. Fisher, married Aba-
lona Heckart; they had six sons and one
daughter; his son, William, Avho married
Alargaret Spohn, Avas the father of fifteen
children, and was the grandfather of Dr. A.
J. Fisher; the aforesaid ancestors Avere all
members of the Reformed church, and Avith
the exception of Rev. Peter S. Fisher, were
buried at Harris Church near Wernersville,
Berks county, Pa.
Peter S. Fisher was born in Berks county,
near Reading, Pa.; his father, also a native
of that county, was a farmer. Peter S. Fisher
having enjoyed an education in both the Ger
man and English languages, strongly desired
to continue his studies, and to devote himself
to the holy ministry. This desire he carried
out Avith such earnestness and diligence that
he Avas ordained at the age of twenty-two, as
a pastor of Avhat was then called the German
Reformed church. His first charge Avas at
LinglestoAvn, Dauphin county, Pa., and his
subsequent ones at Spring Alills and Boals-
burg, Centre county, Pa., and in 1857, he re
moved to Bucks county where he remained
until his death. Mr. Fisher's activity and
missionary spirit impelled him to the estab
lishment of neAV congregations, of AA'hich sev

eral in Penns valley, Sugar valley, Brush
A-alley and Nittany valley owe their existence
to his efforts. For nearly half his life, he min
istered to the Avants of the people of that re
gion, preaching almost everywhere in Centre
county. In 1857, he removed to Sellersville,
Bucks county, Pa. ; here he Avas instrumental
in the erection of a fine stone house of worship;
his ministrations to that congregation and
two others continued until 1873, when this
faithful servant of the Lord was called to his
eternal reward. His wife, Veronica (Heck
art) Fisher, was a native of Dauphin county,
daughter of a fonner resident there. She
died in 1877. Both are buried at Sellersville.
Their children are: Dr. Alfred J., of Mc
Alisterville; Dr. Calvin W., of Boalsburg,
Centre county, graduate in medicine of the
medical department of the University of ,
Pennsylvania; was a surgeon- in the late re
bellion, died in 1889 at the age of fifty-seven
years; Gen. B. Frank, Chief Signal Officer
in the late rebellion, but now practicing law
in Philadelphia; Charles, Avho died in the
year 1845, aged eight years; Margaret E.,
Avif e of Dr. I. J. AAlreback, of St. Petersburg,
Clarion county, Pa.; John IL, who enlisted
during the Avar of the Rebellion in the One
Hundred and Thirty-eighth Pennsylvania
Volunteers, Avas killed at the battle of the
Wilderness in 1864, and at the time of his
death was acting colonel of the Sixty-seventh
Pennsylvania Volunteers, aged twenty-one
years; Dr. P. S., of Bellefonte, Centre
county, Pa., graduate of the medical depart
ment of the University of Pennsylvania;
Rev. Nevin II. , superintendent of the Cath
olic High School at Philadelphia, is a priest,
was well educated and completed his studies
at Rome, Italy; Aaron A., was a fine painter
by trade, and died in 1872, at the age of
twenty years; James, who died in 1858 aged
three years; Ada Y., married Mr. C. S. Cor-
die, of Oil City, an extensive manufacturer.
After attending the common schools of
Centre county during boyhood, A. J. Fisher
became a student at college, in the pleasant
little mountain village of Ale'rcersburg, Pa.,
and Avas a member of the Diagnothian So
ciety of the college. For two years after fin
ishing his college course, he worked at tan
ning in Penn valley, Centre county. He
then read medicine for two a. ears, under the
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Boalsburg, Centre county, following this with
two terms at the University, Philadelphia,
from which he was graduated in 1852. He
immediately began practice at Oakland, Ju
niata county, and remained there until 1857,
when he removed to McAlisterville. Here be
has passed forty years in the active duties of
his noble profession; he is regarded with re
spect and the confidence that his thorough
knowledge and his long experience inspire.
To these qualifications, united with a genial
and kindly manner, he owes his extensive prac
tice. The Doctor is a member of the medical
society of Juniata county. His politics are
Democratic. He has served as school director,
and has been a candidate for Congress.
Dr. A. J. Fisher was first married in 1857,
at AlcAlisterville, to Hannah, daughter of
William Crozier, of that borough. She died
March 4, 1861. The Doctor was again mar
ried in AlcAlisterville, in 1867, to Jane A.,
daughter of Rev. David Myers, of the Ger
man Baptist church; she is a native of Fayette
township. Their children are: Alfred M.,
M. D., of McAlisterville, practicing with his
father, educated in the public schools, read
medicine with Dr. A. J. Fisher, is a graduate
of Jefferson Medical College; John N., in
the United States mail service; Annie, who
was killed by the falling of a stone wall in
1887; Margaret (Mrs. Herman Dock), of
Philadelphia; Mary; Bessie; and Nellie.
Dr. Fisher's family attend the Presbyterian
church.

STEPHEN L. McALISTER, McAlister
ville, Juniata county, Pa., was born in that
borough, November 25, 1840, son of Hugh
T. and Julia Ann (Alexander) McAlister.
The McAlister family settled in the valley at
an early period. The first comer was Hugh
McAlister, great-great-grandfather of Stephen
L. ; he was born in Ireland, but as the name in
dicates, was of Scotch descent. He was a res
ident of Lancaster county, where he was en
gaged in farming, and where he died. His.
son, Hugh McAlister (2), married Sarah Nel
son, and had several children, among whom
was Hugh McAlister (3), who took up a
large tract of land in Juniata county, where
McAlisterville now stands. He OAvned be
tween two and three hundred acres. He was
the first postmaster at McAlisterville, and in
his honor the town was named. He was

widely known and much respected. He was
married, March 12, 1795, to Catherine
Elliott. Their children were: John E.;
Sarah N. (Airs. Richie); Jane (Airs. John
North); Hugh, Elizabeth E. (Mrs. Robert
Aloore) ; and James S. Hugh McAlister (3),
died in McAlisterville in 1843; his wife also
died there. He was a member of the Presby
terian church, and in politics, decidedly
Democratic. His son, Hugh T. McAlister,
was born about one-third of a mile south of
McAlisterville, in March, 1804, on the farm
now owned by Hon. Samuel Watts. He
learned the trade of tanning from John
AVright, in MifflintoAvn, and carried it on for
eighteen years; during fourteen of those
years, he resided at McAlisterville. Besides
this, he cultivated and improved a fann of
130 acres. He Avas a prosperous man, and
built himself a fine dwelling in McAlister
ville. For seventeen years, he was justice of
the peace, receiving his first commission from
Governor Wolfe, in 1831, it being the first
commission issued by the governor to any
officer of Juniata county, after its erection.
After the adoption of the new constitution in
1838, he was elected justice of the peace for
five years, and then re-elected, served the term
and then refused the nomination again. He
was an ardent Whig, and after the change of
party lines and names, an equally ardent Re
publican. He was an extensive reader, an
intelligent man, skillful in argument, and
being much interested in political affairs, was
instrumental not onr7 m settling the convic
tions of those who wavered, but in some cases,
in changing the opinions of his opponents. He
was a candidate for the Legislature in 1876,
but was defeated. His wife, Julia A. (Alex
ander) AtcAlister, was a daughter of John and
Ann (Taylor) Alexander, of Mifflin county.
Their children are: Rhoda A., died young;
Oliver IL, M. D., was killed by the kick of a
horse; Charlotte, died young; May J., died
young; Josiah A., deceased; Theodore A.,
deceased, was a soldier in the war of the Re
bellion; Jane, died young; Stephen L; and
Caroline, wife of Dr. D. C. Rothrock, of
Snyder county, Pa. Hugh T. McAlister died
September 4, 1889; his wife died October
4, 1873. He was a good citizen, well liked
and respected.
Stephen L. McAlister attended the com
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until the Civil Avar had broken out. He en
listed, November 10, 1862, in the Third Penn
sylvania Heavy Artillery, Battery E. He was
stationed during most of the term of enlist
ment at Fortress Monroe, not indeed taking
part in any battles, but nevertheless doing his
part as a good and faithful soldier. After
spending over three years in the service, Mr.
AIcAlister received his discharge at Fortress
Monroe, and returned to the homestead. He
has for some time past lived a life of retire
ment and leisure in McAlisterville, where in
1892, he built a pleasant home for his
family. He is a Avorthy citizen, and stands
high in the regards of his neighbors. Al
though a warm Republican, and interested in
public affairs, he does not seek or desire office.
Stephen L. McAlister was manied at Ick
esburg, Peny county, Pa., May 24, 1882,
to Anna AL, daughter of James and Jane
(Linn) Elliott, born near Ickesburg. Mr.
Elliott is of Scotch-Irish descent, and a farmer.
The children of this marriage are : Jane E. ;
Alary R.; and Hugh. Atr. McAlister is a
member of the Presbyterian church, its
trustee, and secretary and librarian of the
Sunday-school.

WILLIAAt H. KNOUSE, Swales, Ju
niata county, Pa.; was born in Susquehanna
township, Juniata county, August 15, 1836,
son of Daniel and Catherine (Zeller) Knouse.
Christian Knouse, his grandfather, who was
of Prussian descent, but a native of Mont
gomery county, Pa., removed to Northum
berland county, Pa., while he was a young
man, and was there engaged in farming.
There, also, he manied Catherine Oberdorff,
of Adamsburg, Snyder county, Pa. He re
moved to Juniata county in April, 1830.
They had nine children: Elizabeth, wife of
George Lehr, both deceased; Daniel; Cath
erine, wife of Henry Zellers, both deceased;
Sarah, widow of Abraham Wilt, of Juniata
county; Alary, widow of Henry Lightner;
Herman, deceased; Samuel, deceased; David,
deceased; and Margaret, widoAV of Joseph
Kain, of Susquehanna township. Mr. Chris
tian Knouse died in 1850, and his wife died
in 1852. Mr. Knouse was a Democrat. He
was a respected member of the Lutheran
church, in Avhich he was chosen to the elder
ship. His son, Daniel Knouse, born in North
umberland county in 1811, received a common

school education, but by diligent reading in
his hours of leisure, he has accumulated a
great store of useful and interesting infonna-
on. He is especially a close student of the
Bible; has read it through over and over
again. He is fond of discussing Scrip
tural questions, and has cultivated his nat
ural talent for argument to a high degree.
He began business on his father's farm, and
the cultivation of the soil has been his voca
tion throughout life. By prudent and judi
cious purchases made from time to time, he
has become the owner of a farm of 120 acres
in Susquehanna township, on which he _ has
made many improvements, building a fine
dwelling, barns, etc. His political views are
Democratic. Daniel Knouse was manied in
Susquehanna township to Catherine, daugh
ter of Frederick Zellers, a farmer of Snyder
county, where she was born. Their children
are: Eliza (Mrs. William Chubb), of Sus
quehanna toAvnship; John, of Greenwood
township; William H. ; Christian, of Sny
der county, Pa. ; Sarah, wife of Amos Miller,
both deceased; Daniel, of Sunbury, Pa.;
Lucy, deceased; Kate (Mrs. Henry Hen-
drick), of Snyder county; Solomon, of Mon
roe township; and Leah (Mrs. Pontius), of
Elkhart, Ind. Mrs. Catherine Knouse died in
1851. Mr. Knouse manied as his second
wife Eliza Haas, of Susquehanna township,
Juniata county; their children are as fol
lows: Eli, of Mifflin county, Pa.; Fianna
(Mrs. George Long), of Peny county, Pa.;
Amelia (Atrs. Abraham Long), of Peny
county; Nelson, of South Bend, Ind.; and
Amanda, Avho died young. Mrs. Eliza Knouse
died in 1895. Mr. Knouse still resides on the
homestead, a venerable and respected inhab
itant of the toAvnship; he has reached the age
of eighty-six. He was formerly a member of
the United Brethren church, and although
not attached to any denomination, endeavors
to regulate his life according to Christian
principles. The education of William II. Knouse con
sisted of a course in the common schools, sup
plemented by two terms in the academy at
Marklesville, Pa. He remained on the farm
with his father until he became of age; he
then Avent to work on another farm for two
years, saving his wages to pay for his tuition
at school; after a term in school, he taught
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himself as clerk in a store during the sum
mers, and taught in the winter season, alter
nating the two occupations in this way for
several years. He taught school in Perry and
Juniata counties, and was occupied in this
way for eleven years. During the war of the
Rebellion, he enlisted, in February, 1864, at
Philadelphia, in the One Hundred and
Twelfth Pennsylvania, Second Heavy Ar
tillery, Battery B, under Colonel Gibson and
Lieutenant Geissinger. He was in the battle
of Petersburg. During the most of the period
for Avhich he enlisted, he was detached from
his company for clerk's duty in the hospital
department. After a service of twenty-five
months, Mr. Knouse was mustered out at
City Point, Va. Returning home, he con
tinued his useful work of teaching, and later
turned his attention to farming, in Susque
hanna township. There he cultivated ninety
acres of land, and made improvements upon
the tract, erecting a house, barn, etc. In
January, 1877, he removed to the farm on
which he still resides, and which measures
seventy-one acres. Here he has made many
improvements, and has been very successfully
engaged in raising live stock, of which he pos
sesses many valuable species. He is careful
in the selection of his stock, employing the
best blooded cattle, etc.; his prime Jersey
coavs and excellent horses are deservedly ad
mired by competent -judges. Mr. Knouse
was elected sheriff of Juniata county in 1873,
on the Democratic ticket, by a good majority.
He served three years, and bis efficiency as an
official, added to his worthy personal charac
ter, procured him many friends. He is a
charter member of Lost Creek Grange, P. of
H., is Master, and has held all other offices in
the Grange.
In 1879 he conceived the idea of organiz
ing a local farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance
Company for the county of Juniata. After
about six months of incessant effort, contend
ing with prejudice and suspicion on the part
of those whom he meant to benefit, be suc
ceeded in completing an organization for
which the farmers of the county owe him
their lasting gratitude, as it affords them
cheap insurance in a perfectly reliable com
pany. He was the efficient secretary of the
company for fourteen years after organiza
tion. William H. Knouse was manied in Oc

tober, 1867, in Perry county, to Nancy
Mickey, widow of George Kempfer. The
children of this marriage are: Austin, died
young; Oliver P., farmer, married Ada
Kauffman; Kate, died young; and Mervin,
now a young man and resides with his father.
Mr. Knouse is a member of the Lutheran
church. George Kempfer, the first husband of Mrs.
Knouse, was a native of Centre township,
Perry county, where he was all his life en
gaged in farming. He was of German de
scent. Nancy Alickey, his wife, was born in
Perry county. They had one child, William
IL Kempfer, a carpenter; he married Ella B.
Sansaman, and has children, Ida, Annie and
George; his wife died October 15, 1891.
George Kempfer was killed in the battle of
Petersburg, April 2, 1865; he belonged to
Company I, Tavo Hundred and Eighth Penn
sylvania Volunteers. He was a Republican.
He held membership in the Lutheran church.

ISAAC G. HEADINGS, M. D., McAlis
terville, Juniata county, Pa., was born in Ar
magh township, Mifflin county, Pa., Septem
ber 27, 1869. He is a son of Isaac G. Head
ings, a native of Menno township, Mifflin
county, whose father, Jacob Headings, was
a carpenter of that township. The Doctor's
father was educated in Menno township, and
chose farming as his vocation; with steady
perseverance he has continued in the same oc
cupation all his life. After his marriage, he
removed to Armagh township, Mifflin county,
where he and Mrs. Headings now reside on
a farm which he purchased and has improved.
He was married in Menno township, to Maria,
daughter of John K. Metz, an old resident of
that township. Their children are: Robert;
Samuel; Oliver; Dr. Isaac G; James; Amy;
Marshall; Prestie; Rhoda; and Hany. The
father is a Democrat. He is a member of the
Lutheran church.
Dr. Isaac G. Headings was educated in the
public schools of Armagh township, in the
Milroy High School, at the Juniata Valley
College, where he studied for two terms, and
at the high school of Armagh township, which
he attended for two years. The harvest
months he spent on the farm, faithfully as
sisting his father in its onerous labors. He be
gan the study of medicine at Reedsville, un
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be entered Jefferson Aledical College, in
Philadelphia, from which he was graduated
with honor on May 7, 1893. In the fall of
that year, he succeeded to the practice of Dr.
Hoops, now of Newport, Pa., and settled at
McAlisterville. Dr. Headings is regarded as
a very skillful physician and surgeon; he
has a large practice in the village of AlcAlis
terville and surrounding country, and has
many friends. He is a member, and the treas
urer, of the medical society of Juniata county.
His politics are those of the Democratic
party. He is a member of McAlisterville
Lodge, No. 716, I. 0. 0. F., and of the Mc
Alisterville Lodge, A. P. A.

W. HARRY AIOORE, McAlisterville, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born in Walker town
ship, February 13, 1836. His parents were
Robert and Elizabeth (McAlister) Moore.
His grandfather, John Moore, was a native of
Ireland, of Scotch descent, who settled in
Adams county, Pa., before the Revolution,
and took the part of his adopted country in
that struggle. He was a major under General
Washington. After the war,, he settled in
the beautiful valley of the Juniata, taking up
land in what was then Mifflin, and is now Ju
niata county, the tract being between four
and five hundred acres of what is now Walker
township. John Moore farmed to some ex
tent, but was less interested in agricultural
pursuits than in the pursuit of game and fish;
he cared for his land principally as hills, woods
and water, a good hunting and fishing ground.
He lived to the age of ninety-four; he had
then for some years enjoyed his "second
sight;" at the age of ninety, he shot a squinel
sixty feet from the ground; his eye was as
keen and his hand as steady as in his youth.
He was a popular man, and widely known.
John Moore married Rebecca Cunan, of
Walker toAvnship; they had six children:
Dr. James, deceased, had seven sons in the
United States army in the war of the Rebel
lion; AAllliam, deceased, had three sons in
the same army; Margaret, was killed by the
falling of her horse; Jane (Mrs. John Ten
nis), of Walker township; Ellen (Mrs. Joel
Kinzer); and Robert. John Moore was a
Whig. He was a good man, as well as a popu
lar one, and much respected. His wife died
in Walker township; her great-grandmother,
Ellen Curran, died December 25, 1823, and

Avas supposed to be one hundred and three
years of age.
Robert Moore, youngest son of John Moore,
was educated in subscription schools, learned
the business of tanning, and owned a tannery
at Van Wert, which he conducted all his hf e.
Besides this, he cultivated a small farm in
AA^alker township. Like his father, he was a
supporter of the AATiig party. He married at
AlcAlisterville, Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh
and Elizabeth (Elliott) McAlister, the former
a major in the Pennsylvania militia. Their
children are : John, deceased, was a justice of
the peace, and was an elder in the Presbyter
ian church for twenty years; Hugh, died at
Fort Union, New Mexico, was colonel of the
Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry in the war of the
Rebellion, and had a horse shot under him
during the battle of Wilson Creek, in which
General Lyon was killed; B. Franklin, was
among the earliest settlers of Topeka, Kas.,
died in 1857; W.Harry; Ellen, wife of Hon.
Samuel P. AViskart, member of the Legisla
ture from Fulton county, and an ardent Re
publican; Catherine, wife of Dr. W. F.
Sharrer, of Delphi, Ind., who was a colonel
in the late war; Rebecca, died young; Mat
thew A., deceased; and Elizabeth, who now
resides with and keeps house for her brother,
W. Harry Moore. The father was born No
vember 5, 1798, and died November 16,
1850. He was a member of the Presbyterian
church, faithful in his attachment to that
communion, and active in church work. Mrs.
Robert Moore, who was born April 20, 1806,
died June 14, 1889, at the home of her son,
W. Harry.
After attending the public schools of Van
Wert, and finishing bis studies at the high
school of McAlisterville, W. Harry Moore
learned tanning with his father, and was oc
cupied in working at that trade for a number
of years. After the death of his father, he
farmed in AA^alker toAvnship. Entering into
partnership with his brother, John, they con
ducted the tannery and the farming interests
together until the death of John Moore. Mr.
W. II. Aloore has since carried on the farm
ing. He is an excellent manager, attending
successfully to the cultivation of three farms,
two in Walker and one in Fayette township,
on which are several productive orchards, and
to the raising of the stock, in Avhich he is
largely interested as breeder and as dealer.

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He has made various improvements on his
farms; is enterprising, but judicious, and con
sequently prosperous in his undertakings. Mr.
Aloore's recollections of the pursuits and em
ployments of his earlier years are interesting.
He is a lover of music; for years, he taught
singing in the district school, thus exerting one
of the happiest and most beneficial influences
that can be brought to bear upon young peo
ple; he was also for a long time leader of the
choir in the Presbyterian church at McAlis
terville. Like many others of his family, he
has a war record. He enlisted in August,
1862, at Mifflintown, Pa., in Company I,
One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Pennsylva
nia Volunteers, first under Colonel Elder, af
terwards under Col. D. Watson Rowe, of
Chambersburg, Pa., and Captain Martin. He
took part in the battles of Antietam, Fred
ericksburg, Cbancellorsville, May 3, 1863,
and several minor engagements at other
places. He was wounded in the chest, the
bullet passing through twenty-one folds of
blanket, through his coat, vest and shirt, be
fore striking his breast-bone, making twenty-
seven holes on its way. It was a narrow es
cape; but he was only for a short time in the
hospital. After ten months of gallant and
patriotic service, he was discharged at Har
risburg, Pa., June, 1863. Another narrow
escape was his fall from a load of hay, in June,
1893, which, however, seriously crippled him,
his right hip being fractured, which resulted
in the permanent shortening of the leg, by an
inch and a half.
In 1893, Mr. Moore was elected commis
sioner of Juniata county on the Republican
ticket, receiving a large majority. He won
respect by his conduct in office, and was pres
ident of the board. He has also been assessor
and tax collector. He is a charter member of
Wilson Post, No. 134, G. A. R., Mifflin
town, and is an enthusiastic member of the
A. P. A., of the same place. Mr. Moore is a
member of the Presbyterian church; has
been treasurer and trustee of the church for
nine years. He is liked by his neighbors, and
universally respected.

ABRAHAM SWARTZLANDER, Mc
Alisterville, Juniata county, Pa., was born
near New Mexico, Juniata county, Novem
ber 16, 1836, son of Abraham and Elizabeth
(Allen) Swartzlander, His paternal ances

tors were German, and those on the mother's
side Scotch-Irish. Abraham Swartzlander,
the elder, Avas a native of Juniata and a
farmer of Walker township; he died in the
spring of 1837, and was interred near Thomp
sontown, Juniata county. He was an old line
Whig, and was a man of upright and worthy
character. Mrs. Swartzlander, who was a na
tive of Juniata county, died in Fermanagh
toAvnship, where she had resided with her
daughter. Their children were: Adeline,
Avidow of William Chestnut, who was a sol
dier in the late war, and died at Port Royal;
Martha, widow of Philip Sheibley, of Lewis-
town, Pa.; Newton, of Fayette township;
and Abraham, Jr.
Abraham Swartzlander, Jr., attended
school at Thompsontown, and Spruce Hill, Ju
niata county. His father died when be was
only seven months old. At the age of ten,
be was afflicted with a white swelling, which
left him permanently lame; in spite of this
infirmity, he has lived a life of industry, and
achieved success, working his way from pov
erty to a condition of ease and competence.
At the age of eighteen, be worked away from
home for two years; then was steadily em
ployed in a tan-yard at McAlisterville for five
years, after which he learned the trade of car
riage painting and upholstering, which has
ever since been his calling. He was in part
nership with Mr. Benner for four years as
carriage builder and upholsterer. In 1891,
he began business in McAlisterville, with his
two brothers-in-law, constituting the firm of
Swartzlander & Shirk, carriage builders and
upholsterers. They still carry on this busi
ness with abundant success, and to the satis
faction of all who deal with them. Mr.
Swartzlander has built a pleasant and attrac
tive frame dwelling for his family, at a cost of
over a thousand dollars, and has made other
improvements. He is a Republican; has
served the township as tax collector and as
judge of elections, but is by no means eager
for office, preferring a quiet domestic life.
Abraham SAvartzlander has been twice mar
ried. His first marriage, at Mifflintown, in
1867, was to Margaret Knouse, born near
Richfield, Juniata county. They had two
children: Stewart; and Lema, both died in
infancy. Mrs. Swartzlander died in 1870.
His second marriage took place at Richfield,
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Michael and Frances (Beyer) Shirk, of Mc
Alisterville ; their children are : Ida J. (Mrs.
Nathan Bailey), of Philadelphia; Margaret
A. (Airs. Homer Beny), of Aiifflin; Lila, at
home; Edward, teaching in a school at Mc
Alisterville; Prudie; and Charles.

PHILIP AL SHIRK, junior partner of the
firm of Swartzlander & Shirk, carriage build
ers, AlcAlisterville, Juniata county, Pa., was
born in Fayette toAvnship, Juniata county,
November 15, 1850, son of Michael C. and
Frances (Beyer) Shirk. His grandfather,
Peter Shirk, a farmer of the Juniata valley,
was born in Germany. He married Miss
Ziegler; they had four children, one of whom
was Alichael C. Shirk. Both parents died in
Lost Creek A-alley, Juniata county. Michael
C. Shirk received his education in both Ger
man and English. In his earlier youth, he
was employed at farm work; he afterwards
learned carpentry, which became his occupa
tion for life. He built many of the large
barns of the county. He was a Republican.
His wife, Frances, was a native of Montgom
ery county, Pa. Their children are: Sarah
(Mrs. Abraham Swartzlander), whose hus
band" is Air. Shirk's partner; Zitella (Mrs.
Elias Landis), of Richfield, Juniata county;
David, partner with his brother and brother-
in-law; Philip At. ; Willis, resides Avith his
brother, Philip Al. ; Abner and Alvin, twins;
Hany and Ida, both died young. Mrs.
Shirk died in the fall of 1893; her husband
survived her only until March, 1894. He
was a good man, a Avorthy member of the
Dunkard church.
.After receiving his education in the schools
of AlcAlisterville, Philip M. Shirk was em
ployed for a year as tracklayer on the Penn
sylvania Railroad, and was then employed for
a year upon a railroad in Indiana. On return
ing to his home, he learned the trade of
coachsmith Avith Thomas Winey, and con
tinued to work in his establishment for two
years; he then Avent west again, and worked
at painting in Indiana and other States.
Coming home once more, he worked at his
trade until 1889, and then for one year more
in Indiana, before the firm of Swartzlander
& Shirk Avas organized, in which Philip M.
Shirk was interested Avith his brother-in-law,
Abraham Swartzlander, and his brother,
David Shirk. They have been for six years

in the business of carriage building and up
holstering, and have established a flourishing
trade. Mr. Shirk is a Republican. He is
popular and cordially liked by his neighbors
and acquaintances.
Philip M. Shirk was married at Harrisburg,
Pa., in 1881, to Cordelia, daughter of Benne
ville Heinly, a farmer of Berks county, near
Reading, where Mrs. Shirk was born. The
children of Air. and Mrs. Shirk are: Al
berta; Foster; Nora; Jessie; Eugene; and
Arthur, who died young. Mr. Shirk is a
member of the Presbyterian church.

ADDISON J. SAUSMAN, son of John K.
and Barbara (Smith) Sausman, was born in
Fayette township, Juniata county, Septem
ber 5, 1863. His paternal grandfather, John
Sausman, was a farmer. John K. Sausman,
also a fanner, was born February 29, 1834.
Mr. Sausman was first manied to Barbara,
daughter of Daniel and Christiana (Koons)
Smith, who died in 1867, leaving the follow
ing children: Henry C. ; Catherine; Ad
dison J.; and Ella. Mr. Sausman was after
wards married to Susan Wise. Their chil
dren were: Maggie; Peter; Minnie; Ida;
Laura; and William. Mrs. Sausman died in
July, 1895.
Addison J. Sausman attended the public
schools and an orphans' school. He remained
on the homestead until he was twenty-four
years of age, when he became a general mer
chant at McAlisterville, and later removed
to Oakland Mills, where he conducts a suc
cessful business. Atr. Sausman is a Republi
can, was postmaster, and held the office for
seven years. Addison J. Sausman was mar
ried in Camden, N. J., September 21, 1890,
to Emma, daughter of Peter and Alary
(Smith) Wetzler. Mrs. Sausman is a mem
ber of the Evangelical church.

WILLIAM SPITLER, son of John and
Mary (Moyer) Spitler, was born in Centre
county, Pa., March 26, 1842. His grand
father, John Spitler, of Gennan descent,
moved from Maryland to Huntingdon county,
Pa., where he farmed until his death. He
was a Whig, and also a member of the Dunk
ard church. One of his eight children was
John Spitler, Jr., father of William Spit
ler. John Spitler, Jr., farmer, married Mary
Moyer, born in Union county, Pa. ; their chil-

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dren were: Perry; John L. ; and Susanna.
Mr. Spitler died in 1850, and his wife in Feb
ruary, 1886.
AVilliam Spitler attended the public schools
of Huntingdon county. When seventeen
years old, he learned the trade of miller in
Blair county, and worked there for two years
and a half. He then enlisted at Tyrone, in
Company A, One Hundred and Tenth Penn
sylvania Volunteers, under Colonel James
Crowther and Capt. D. Al. Jones. Air. Spit
ler took part in the battles of Winchester,
Port Republic, Second Battle of Bull Run,
Fredericksburg, Cbancellorsville, the Wilder
ness, Petersburg, Spottsylvania, North Anna,
Poe River, Cold Harbor, and Deep Bottom.
In the last named engagement, July 27, 1864,
he was struck by a ball in both legs, which in
jury necessitated the amputation of the left
limb above the knee. After a few months'
stay in the hospital he was discharged and re
turned to Hannah Furnace, Centre county,
where he taught school one term. He then
attended the Iron City College, learned tele
graphy, and Avas in the employ of the Penn
sylvania and of the East Broad Top Railroad
companies for eight years. .He is now living
a retired life in McAlisterville. Mr. Spitler
belongs to the Union Veteran Legion of Ty
rone, Camp 36, and the I. O. O. F., of Mc
Alisterville, Lodge No. 716. He is a Repub
lican. Mr. Spitler was manied in 1869, to Har
riet Trout. They have these children: W.
North, a carriage blacksmith of McAlister
ville, manied Jennie Tennis, has two chil
dren, Gertrude (Mrs. J. C. Bitzler), of West
Salem; Augustus, in Iowa; and Lewis, at
tending school at Mifflintown. The family
are Atethodists, Mr. Spitler holding the office
of steward and trustee in the church.

_ JOHN W. SPEDDY, Port Royal, Ju
niata county, Pa., was bom August 16, 1846,
in Mifflintown, Pa., son of Alexander and
Angelihe (Wright) Speddy. His great-grand
father was William Speddy, the daring and
resolute, but unsuccessful agent of the Con
necticut colonists in pressing their claim to
lands in Pennsylvania. He was a native of
Connecticut, and was sent from that colony
about 1771, to take and hold possession of
land claimed by them under their charter,
which specified the forty-first parallel of

north latitude as the southern limit of their
grant from the crown of England. By way
of asserting the New England claim, Air.
Speddy chose as his residence a particularly
fine tract in Union county, and settled upon it
under a Connecticut warrant. He also took
occasion to warn those whom he knew to be
contemplating a purchase from the Penns,
to take care that they had likeAvise New Eng
land rights, maintaining the claim of Con
necticut with great positiveness. It proved
afterwards that he was the harbinger of more
warlike envoys, as in 1773, a band of armed
men from Connecticut appeared in the valley
of the Susquehanna, to dispossess the settlers
there; the expedition, as might be supposed,
Avas futile. Mr. Speddy had been peacefully
ousted, by a decree of a Pennsylvania court;
he, however, remained as a settler and citizen
of the colony, soon to be the State of Penn
sylvania. He had undergone much for the
sake of pushing the claims of his native col
ony. In 1771, a riot occurred at a fort in
AVyoming valley, in the course of which one
Nathan Ogden was murdered; AAllliam
Speddy, who was in the fort, or blockhouse,
was suspected of haAing fired the fatal shot,
and a proclamation offering a reward of fifty
pounds for his arrest, was issued by Gov.
John Penn. Mr. Speddy was actually appre
hended, and suffered a long imprisonment in
Philadelphia. He was finally brought to
trial, and on November 4, 1771, acquitted,
mainly through the testimony of a Mrs. Ben
nett, Avho, being cited as a witness for his de
fense, had made a journey of one hundred
and twenty miles on horseback in order to
appear. Such a journey, through unsettled
wilds, and over the primitive roads of that
period, was no trifle, and the gratitude of the
released captive knew no limits. Mr. Speddy
served during the severe Avinter of 1776 in
the Continental army, in the campaign in
NeAV Jersey. About 1785, he removed from
Union county to Lost Creek valley, Juniata
county, and spent his last years near AlcAlis
terville, at what is known as Speddy's Gap.
His grandson, Alexander Speddy, Avas edu
cated in the subscription schools of Mifflin
town. He went afterwards to Alilford town
ship to learn tailoring with Patrick AIcKen
nan. After he had worked at that trade for a
number of years, he became agent for Adams
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man to occupy that position, and did so for
seventeen years, "dying in the harness." He
was also for thirty-two years court crier of th6
several courts of Juniata county. Alexan
der Speddy was a Democrat. He enjoyed the
regard and confidence of his fellow citizens,
and was chosen to responsible positions in the
borough ; he was for some time overseer of the
poor, and also served in the town council. He
was first manied in Alifflintown to Angeline,
daughter of John and  (McNaughton)
AVright, born in Mifflintown. Her father,
Atr. AAlight, was of English ancestry, and was
a tanner. At iss McNaughton, a native of Ju
niata county, was of a Scotch-Irish family.
The children of this marriage are: Jane G.
(Mrs. Adam H. Weidman), of Mifflintown;
Robert G, of Indiana, was in the Thirty-third
Illinois Infantry during the late war; John
AV.; Samuel A., of San Francisco, Cal, for
merly proprietor of the Occidental Transfer
Company. The rest of the children died in
early life. Mrs. Angeline Speddy died at
Alifflintown in 1856. Mr. Speddy was again
married, in Turbett township, in 1859, to Mar
garet, daughter of Jacob Suloff, of that town
ship. Three of their children died young;
the only survivor is James M., a train dis
patcher of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Har
risburg. Mrs. Margaret Speddy died in 1888
at Alifflintown; Mr. Speddy had died in Sep
tember, 1879. He was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church, was class leader,
trustee and steward.
John W. Speddy received his education in
Alifflintown. At the age of fourteen he was
employed in the office of the Tuscarora Reg
ister, of Mifflintown, A. G. Bonsall, proprietor
and editor. Mr. Speddy spent three years at
the case in that office, thoroughly learning the
trade, after Avhich he attended a select school
taught in Alifflintown by Prof. E. J. Way.
Among his schoolmates were: L. W. Doty,
now president judge of the Westmoreland
county courts; W. S. North, now freight and
ticket agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad
at Alifflintown; and the lady who afterwards
became the wife of Rev. T. A. Robinson,
of AAllmington, 111. Leaving the school at
the end of a year, Mr. Speddy was during the
next year clerk in the store of Joseph M. Bel-
ford, at Mifflintown. He then went to Phila
delphia, and was compositor and book-keeper
in a newspaper office for one year; next re

turned to Alifflintown, and after passing a
short time there, started the Northumberland
County Herald, at Milton, Pa., and conducted
it for a year; then removed the plant to Mif
flintown, and began publishing an independ
ent Democratic weekly paper, called the Inde
pendent. He continued to issue this paper
until, in August, 1872, his plant was destroyed
by fire, and he was obliged to suspend publi
cation for six months; after that time the
paper was resumed and issued without inter
ruption until January, 1876, when Mr.
Speddy sold out to Col. E. B. McCrum, of
Mifflintown, formerly proprietor of the Al
toona Daily and Weekly Tribune. In May,
1876, Mr. Speddy established the Port Royal
Weekly Times; the first issue appeared May
18, of that year; its dimensions were 24 by
36. In 1894 he enlarged it to an eight-col
umn sheet, 26 by 40. The Times is an inde
pendent paper, devoted to the interests of the
county, and Mr. Speddy has made it a success
in every way. He has a plant which is the
equal of any in the county, and he uses a
Campbell power press. Busy "newspaper
man" as he is, Mr. Speddy finds time and in
clination for other valuable public services.
He is and has been for two years president of
the borough council; was a school director,
and served on the high school building commit
tee. He is liberal in his political views, but
decided on all important questions. He is
ready to use the power of the press 'against
rings, combinations, etc., and to stand by the
people in every fight for right and fair deal
ings. Mr. Speddy is .warmly interested in
temperance reforms.
John W. Speddy was married, December
12, 1872, in Carlisle, Pa., to Mary P., daugh
ter of Robert Moore, of Carlisle, of which
place she is a native. Atrs. Speddy is of
Scotch-Irish descent. Their only child died in
early infancy. Mr. Speddy has been for thirty-
five years a member of the Alethodist Episco
pal church, and is a local preacher. He has
been a Sunday-school teacher since his youth.

AAf OS W. SHELLEY, physician and sur
geon, Port Royal, Juniata county, Pa., was
bom July 26, 1850, at East Salem, Juniata
county. He is a son of Henry and Catharine
(Gingrich) Shelley. The Shelley family are
of German descent, three brothers having
emigrated to Lancaster county very early.

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Henry Shelley was born, in 1815, near Co-
calamus, Juniata county, Avhere he spent his
boyhood days, afterwards removing to East
Salem, Delaware township, where he spent
the remainder of his life, following his occupa
tion as a farmer. He married Catharine
Gingrich, of German descent, born in Juniata
county. The Gingrichs had removed to Ju
niata county from Dauphin county, coming
from the vicinity of the Swatara creek. The
children of Mr. Shelley were: Nancy (Airs.
William Benner), deceased; Samuel AL, de
ceased; Isaac, deceased; Susannah (Mrs. Sam
uel Warner), of NeAvport, Pa.; Christian G.,
residing at East Salem; John H, of Galion,
0. ; Amos W., of Port Royal, Pa. ; and three
who died in infancy. Henry Shelley was a
minister of the Mennonite denomination.
Amos W. Shelley attended the Delaware
township public schools until fourteen years
of age, when he removed to McAlisterville,
where he also attended school. At the age
of fifteen he began teaching school, and con
tinued during the winter of 1866-67 and '68.
In the years 1869-70 he attended the State
Normal School at Bloomsburg, teaching
school the following winter at Galion, O. Mr.
Shelley had been quite successful as a teacher,
having those mental traits that indicate rare
aptitude for 'the important work of an edu
cator. But he had fixed his ambition on an
other field for his life work. Accordingly, in
the spring of 1872, he began to read medicine
with Dr. H. R. Kelley, of Galion, 0., which
was followed the same fall by his entrance to
the medical department of the university lo
cated at Ann Arbor, Alich., where he remained
for one year. In 1873 he entered the Belle
vue Hospital Medical College, from which he
graduated with an honorable standing in the
spring of 1874. In April, 1874, associated
with Dr. Graham, he began the practice of his
profession at Port Royal, Juniata county,
where two years were passed, after which he
removed to Harrisburg, practicing bis profes
sion there for several months. Returning to
Port Royal, he has remained there eA^er since,
building up a fine practice, and enjoying in
a high degree the confidence of his patients
and the respect of the community.
Dr. Shelley was married at Port Royal, De
cember 24, 1874, to Annie M. Hen, daughter
of Samuel L. and Sarah L. (Davis) Hen.
They have seven children: Sarah H, wife of.

Rev. David T. Neely; Gertrude; Edith, de
ceased; Alary D.; J. Wamen; Anna M.;
and Penrose 11. The Doctor has been for
fifteen years a member of the Port Royal
school board, in which important position he
has done much for the improvement of the
schools, and the advancement of educational
work. He is also the president of the board
of health. Dr. Shelley is a member of Union
Lodge, No. 324, F. and A. M., of Alifflintown;
of Newport Chapter, No. 238, R. A. M., of
Newport; and of Lewistown Commandery,
No. 26, K. T., of LewistoAvn. He is also a
member of the Juniata County Medical So
ciety. In his political views the Doctor is a
Republican. He is a consistent member of
the Presbyterian church, in which body he
is an elder.

REV. RICHARD M. CAMPBELL, pas
tor of the Presbyterian church at Port Royal,
Juniata county, Pa., was born January 4,
1842, in Tell township, Huntingdon county.
He is a son of Prof. Samuel and Mary (Mor
row) Campbell. For centuries the name of
Campbell has been illustrious in Scottish an
nals. Many of the Campbells have been
among the hardy, industrious and liberty-lov
ing sons of Caledonia who have sought the
Western World. James Campbell, the grand
father of Rev. Richard M., came from County
Derry, in the north of Ireland, where many
of the Scotch had settled, and upon reaching
America, settled in the Tuscarora valley,
where he passed the remainder of his days.
He was by occupation a farmer. One of the
sons of James Campbell was Samuel, the
father of Richard M. Samuel Campbell was
born September 7, 1817, in Huntingdon coun
ty, Pa. His early life was spent on his fath
er's farm, working hard early and late, and
going to the neighborhood sc'bool, during the
winter months. That he was an apt pupil,
who improved every opportunity, is evinced
by the fact that in 1835, Avhen but eighteen
years of age, he was engaged in teaching
school. He soon became a student in the
Tuscarora Academy, conducted by Prof. Da
vid AATlson, which he attended for several
summer sessions, teaching school during the
Avinter season. About 1838, he entered Miln-
wood Academy, at Shade Gap, Huntingdon
county, Pa., Avhere for six years he taught
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higher branches and made himself proficient in
the Latin and Greek languages and in mathe
matics. He was afterwards for five years
principal of the public schools of Cannons-
burg, AVashington county, Pa., whilst his own
sons Avere studying in Jefferson College. From
Cannonsburg he removed to Allegheny City,
Pa., where he became the principal of one of
the schools. He taught for a number of years
in this city and its suburbs. He subsequently
resided in Port Royal, Juniata county, Avhere
he was principal of the public schools, and
afterwards up until almost the close of his long
life, conducted a select school. He engaged
in the profession of teaching almost continu
ally from 1835 to 1894, a period of fifty-nine
years, being at the time of his death the old
est teacher in point of service in the United
States. ProfessorCampbell Avas married in
1838, to Mary Morrow, a daughter of Richard
Morrow, of Blairs Mills, Pa. Their children
are: J. J., who is vice-president of the War-
rensburg State Normal School, of Missouri;
and Richard AL, pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Port Royal, Pa. Professor Camp
bell was a consistent member of the Presby
terian church for sixty- two years, having
joined it when sixteen years of age. He was
a Sunday-school teacher for sixty-one years,
having taught his class the last Sunday of his
life. He was a ruling elder in the church
for forty-eight years. His faithful wife died
in November, 1870. From this time he lived
the greater part of his life Avith his son, Rev.
Richard AL Campbell, until his own demise,
which occurred July 24, 1895.
Rev. Richard Campbell after attending the
public schools of Huntingdon county, took a
course at Jefferson College, Cannonsburg,
Washington county, Pa., from which he grad
uated with high standing in the class of 1863.
Having determined upon the ministry for his
life work, in 1863, he entered the Western
Theological Seminary of Allegheny City,
from which he graduated in 1866; he was
ordained a minister, and installed as pastor of
the Presbyterian church of AAtest Kishaco
quillas, Mifflin county. He remained in Belle
ville for nineteen years, when he received a
call from the people of Port Royal, and in
August, 1886, assumed the pastorate of the
Port Royal Presbyterian church, where he has
remained ever since, a faithful pastor, a ju
dicious spiritual adviser and counsellor, an elo

quent pulpit orator, respected and beloved by
all the community.
Rev. Campbell was married at Reedsville,
December 15, 1870, to Elmira McFarlane,
daughter of William and Hannah (Means)
McFarlane, of Mifflin county. Their children
are: Walter H, born December 28, 1872,
died August 3, 1873; Mary AL, bom July
20, 1874, graduated from Wilson College,
Chambersburg, Pa., in 1895, and is now a
teacher of ancient languages in Alifflintown;
William McF., born January 27, 1876, is now
a medical student; Eleanor H, born October
22, 1877, is a student of Wilson College,
Chambersburg, Pa. ; Arthur L., born August
24, 1879, a student at the Aiifflin Academy;
and Annie C, born October 6, 1881.

WILLIAM C. POMEROY, son of Thomas
and Alary Ann (Wilson) Pomeroy, was born
at Roxbury, Franklin county, Pa., November
24, 1851. The Pomeroy family are of
French origin, the name signifying "Royal
Apple." The ancestry is traceable to a clas
sical teacher who was employed as a tutor in
the family of a French nobleman at the time
of the massacre of St. Bartholomew, in Au
gust, 1572. Intelligence of his dangerous po
sition — he being a Protestant — having been
previously conveyed to him by the daughter
of the nobleman in whose family he was teach
ing, he succeeded in making his escape to Ire
land, where he was afterward married to the
young lady who was instrumental m saving
his life. They supported themselves by
teaching. Some of the descendants of this
couple resided in Liverpool, England, where
they became merchants and business men.
Among their descendants Avas Thomas Pom
eroy, "a merchant of moderate business and
means" in Liverpool. He took passage for
America about 1730. Settling in what was
then a wilderness, near the present village of
Roxbury, in Franklin county, he became a
farmer. Here he married, bis wife's Chris
tian name being Alargaret, reared a family of
eight children, and died about 1770. His
widoAV died in 1777.
Thomas Pomeroy, the father of William
C. Pomeroy, was bom near Roxbury, Frank
lin county, Pa., July 11, 1801. He was reared
on the farm and received a limited common
school education. At an early age he learned
tanning under his uncle, William Reynolds.

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After completing his apprenticeship, he em
barked in business on his own account at Rox
bury. Several years later, Thomas Pomeroy
also engaged in mercantile business and in
lumbering, investing part of his gains in wood
lands near the North mountains and in farms
near Roxbury. He is described as a man "of
popular manners, of unbending integrity, of
considerable energy of character, and ardently
attached to the fortunes of the Whig party."
In 1844 he was elected to the office of county
commissioner, and discharged his duties for
three years with zeal and fidelity. In 1851
he was elected associate judge of Franklin
county. He filled the requirements of this
office in such a manner as to increase his popu
larity, and bring him into Avider notice and
influence. Thomas Pomeroy was married
March 18, 1832, to Alary Ann, second daugh
ter of Col. Stephen Wilson, born May 30,
1811. Thomas Pomeroy, the father, died
January 13, 1871, aged nearly seventy years.
In 1879, his widow removed to Shippensburg,
and died in 1882.
William Culbertson Pomeroy, the young
est of nine children of Thomas and Alary
Ann (Wilson) Pomeroy, was reared in Rox
bury, Franklin county, Pa. His early educa
tion was acquired in the village schools. At
the age of nineteen years he entered the Tus
carora Academy in Juniata county, from
which he graduated in 1873. The practical
knowledge of business acquired in bis father's
store, during boyhood and youth, was later
supplemented by a business college course.
Thus prepared for a successful business career,
he entered the Juniata A-alley Bank at Mif
flintown, Pa., as a clerk. In 1876 be was
transferred to the branch of that institution
at Port Royal, Pa., where he filled the posi
tion of cashier up to 1894. In the latter year
he was largely instrumental in organizing the
Port Royal Bank, under the firm name of
Pomeroy & Co. This institution has a capital
of $50,000 and a surplus of over $5,000. Mr.
Pomeroy has served as cashier and as a mem
ber of the board of directors since the organi
zation of the bank. He is also a member of
the board of directors of the Juniata Valley
Bank at Mifflintown, and of the First Na
tional Bank of Middleburg, Snyder county,
Pa. He is a trastee of the proposed Airy
View Academy Association, a company incor
porated and located at Port Royal.

From the very outset of his career, Air.
Pomeroy has proved himself a thorough busi
ness man, and has exhibited a high order of
executiA-e ability. His thorough and careful
early training manifests itself in the accuracy
and exactness of every transaction. He is a
master of practical finance, and uses the knowl
edge gained by long experience to safeguard,
not only the interest of the banks Avith which
he is connected, but those of the depositors
and others Avho do business through them.
His honorable and successful career speaks for
itself, and what he has thus far achieved en
titles him to a foremost place among the busi
ness men and citizens of the Juniata valley.
Atr. Pomeroy was married Alarch 20, 1879,
to Ellen B. Crawford, daughter of the late Dr.
E. D. Crawford, of Alifflintown, Pa. Their
children are: Mary Wilson; Darwin Craw
ford; Gertrude Murray; Ellen Culbertson;
and Pamelia Jackman. Airs. Pomeroy's
father was a prominent physician, a man of
education and intelligence, who stood high in
the community, and was respected and es
teemed by a large circle of personal friends.
He served a term in the State senate, making
a creditable record to himself and satisfactory
to the people of his senatorial district. His
public lifewas marked by a fidelity to duty,
an unsAverving integrity, and a devotion to
principle, such as can only be found in men
of character and conscience.
Mr. W. C. Pomeroy is a staunch Republi
can, and since arriving at manhood has taken
a deep interest in promoting the success of the
principles of that party. In 1882, he was
elected to the State legislature, and served dur
ing the sessions of 1883-84, being one of the
youngest members of that body. He has also
served in various borough and township offices.

D. C. RANNELS, of the firm of Ran-
nels & Co., general merchants, Port Royal,
Juniata county, Pa., was born July 20,
1860, near Patterson, Juniata county. He
is a son of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Spon-
hour) Rannels, both of whom still reside
in Port Royal. AAlien a boy, be removed
Avith his parents to McAlisterville, Juniata
county, where he attended the schools of Fay
ette township. He afterAvards took a course
in a business college of Columbus, O, after
which be learned the painting trade in the
Pennsylvania Railroad shops, at G'alion, O.

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In 1877, he removed to Port Royal, where he
engaged with his father in the mercantile bus
iness, in Avhich be has been ever since. In
this vocation Air. Rannels has manifested rare
business qualities.
Air. Rannels Avas married at Port Royal,
April 18, 1879, to Ada M. Gray, a daughter
oi Albert Gray. His wife died September
17, 1896. Five children were born to this
union: Walter C. ; Oscar G. ; Blaine; Mary;
and Hester; of whom the three latter died in
childhood. He is a member of the borough
council. He belongs to the order of K. P.,
having his membership in a Philadelphia
lodge; and is a stockholder in the Juniata
County Agricultural Society. In his politi
cal views Mr. Rannels is a Republican. He is
a consistent member of the Methodist Episco
pal church.

NOAH HERTZLER was born in Caern
arvon township one mfie east of Churchtown,
Lancaster county, Pa., June 29, 1815, and
died June 6, 1887, in Old Port Royal, Ju
niata county. He was a son of Daniel and
Barbara (Zook) Hertzler. His great-grand
father, Jacob Hertzler, Avas born in Switzer
land, in 1703, and died in March, 1786, in
Upper Bern township, Berks county. He was
a farmer and a bishop of the Amish Mennon
ite church, who removing from Switzerland,
settled in the Palatinate, noAV Bavarian, a
portion of the German Empire. Being
obliged to leave that country on account of re
ligious persecution, he embarked with his
family at Rotterdam, on the sailing vessel "St.
AndreAv," Capt. James Abercrombie, aniv-
ing in Philadelphia, September 9, 1749. The
children that accompanied him were, John,
Jacob, Fanny and Christian. From Phila
delphia he came to Lancaster county, where he
settled, and engaged in farming. His sons
having taken the oath of allegiance to King
George, of Great Britain, they and the Other
Amish Mennonites would not, during the
Revolutionary war, break their oath by par
ticipating in the conflict.
Jacob Hertzler (2), second son of Jacob
Hertzler, and grandfather of Noah Hertzler,
was born in Berne, Switzerland. Coming to
America with his father, he farmed in both
Lancaster and Berks county, and died in the
latter county in 1795. He Avas manied in
1773 to Barbara Yoder, and was the father of

eleven children, of whom seven died in early
life, the survivors being named Daniel, David,
Barbara, and Jacob. The eldest son, Daniel
Hertzler, father of Noah Hertzler, was born
in Upper Bern township, Berks county, in
1774, and was a farmer.
In 1834, he came to Turbett township, Ju
niata county, where he purchased a large tract
of land, on which be erected buildings, includ
ing a wove-mill, and in many ways greatly im
proved his purchase. He was married to Bar
bara Zook (Zug). Of their twelve children,
one died in infancy. The others were:
Christian; Jacob; Henry; Solomon; Daniel;
Samuel; David; Noah; Magdalene; Nancy;
and John. He was a member of the Amish
Mennonite church. He adhered to the Whig
party. He died in Turbett township, March
23, 1848.
Noah Hertzler, son of Daniel Hertzler, re
ceived a good education in both the German
and English languages. He remained on his
father's farm in Turbett township until twen
ty-three years of age. Then in 1838, with two
of his brothers, he went into a general mercan
tile business, which was quite successful. Af
ter some years he bought out the interests of
his brothers, and conducted the busines him
self during the rest of his life. Noah Hertz
ler Avas a man of remarkable enterprise and
thrift, possessed of rare business qualifica
tions. He was an extensive dealer in grain,
and besides bis mercantile operations owned
and conducted several excellent farms. He
was prominent in the community, being
a director in the Juniata VaUey Bank,
of Mifflintown, and the Port Royal Branch
Bank until be died. He held numer
ous township offices, and at one time was
the Republican legislative candidate in the
district composed of Juniata and Mifflin
counties. He was a zealous Republican, and
a consistent member of the Lutheran church.
He was universally respected for his integrity;
his word was as good as his bond. He was
manied in 1845 to Susan, daughter of John
Garman, a resident of Dauphin county, where
she was born. They had four children:
John G., of Old Port Royal; David, of Phila
delphia; Mary A. (Mrs. James N. Groninger),
of Turbett township; and William, of Old
Port Royal.
Hon. William Hertzler, son of Noah and
Susan (Garman) Hertzler, was born July 7,

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1858, in Old Port Royal, Juniata county, Pa.;
he laid the foundation of his education in the
public schools of Turbett township and in the
Airy View Academy, after which he took a
course in Washington and Jefferson College,
Washington, Pa., from which institution he
graduated with a meritorious record in the
class of '81. Having selected the law as bis
profession, he commenced reading with the
Hon. Lewis E. Atkinson, but his father's ill
health obliged him to abandon his legal
studies, in order to return home and take
charge of the business. In 1881, Mr. Hertz
ler embarked actively in politics, with a suc
cess that has made his name well-known
throughout the Keystone State. He was in
that year elected chairman of the Republican
county committee, being the youngest chair
man in the State, as he was at the time but
twenty-two years old. He held the same posi
tion in 1882. In 1888, he had the distin
guished honor of being elected to the legis
lature on the Republican ticket, by a ma
jority of 253, being the only successful can
didate on the ticket. Renominated in 1890,
he was defeated by only 149 votes, although
the popular vote of the county at that time
was heavily Democratic. In 1889, he was
nominated by the Republicans of Juniata
county for member of the Constitutional Con
vention, but declined the nomination. In
1892, he was nominated by the Republicans
of Juniata county for the State Senate, but
failed to secure the district nomination. He
was again the candidate, in 1896, for the same
position, and was elected by the handsome
majority of 927 votes over his opponent. His
course as a member of the lower and upper
branches of the State Legislature has been up
right, fearless, and for the best interests of
his constituents and of our great Common
wealth. He is one of the executors of his
father's estate, and is engaged in the manage
ment of the same. He has also been for five
years an efficient member and the secretary
of the local school board. Atr. Hertzler is a
member of Union lodge, No. 324, F. and A.
M., at Mifflintown; Newport Chapter, No.
238, R. A. M., at Newport; Lewistown Com-
mandery, No. 26, K. T., of Lewistown, and
Lodge No. 131, I. O. O. F., of Mifflintown.
JOHN G. HERTZLER, Old Port Royal,
Turbett township, Juniata county, Pa., was

bom in Turbett township, November 23,
1848. He is a son of Noah Hertzler, merchant
of Port Royal. He received his education in
the public schools and Airy View Academy.
At the age of sixteen, he entered his father's
store as a clerk, and has been connected with
the business ever since, being one of the exec
utors of the estate.
He Avas married in 1870, in Alilford town
ship, to Euphemia Groninger, a native of that
township, daughter of Jacob Groninger.
They have four children: William AL, a
cigar manufacturer of Port Royal ; Alary Al. ;
Helen J. ; and Noah. John G. Hertzler stands
high in the community in which he resides,
as a man of well-known probity combined with
sound judgment and excellent business quali
fications. He is a Republican in his political
views. He has been a director in the Port
Royal Bank since its organization.

ABRAHAM SNYDER, farmer and fruit
grower, Turbett township, Juniata county,
Pa., wasborn January 19, 1832, near Carlisle,
Cumberland county, Pa. He is a son of Ja
cob and Elizabeth (Carmany) Snyder. His
grandfather was a native of Switzerland, emi
grated to America and settled in Lancaster
county, Pa., where he engaged in farming
until the time of his death. Jacob Snyder
was one of the sons of the foregoing and the
father of Abraham Snyder, who was born in
Lancaster county. He having received a good
English and German education, he learned the
trade of Cabinet-making. He subsequently
also worked at carpentry and masonry until
he was complete master of three trades, at all
of which he worked from time to time, during
his entire life. After working for some years
in Lancaster county, he removed to Cumber
land county, Pa., where he -settled near New
Kingston, erecting for himself a substantial
home. He married in Lancaster county,
Elizabeth Carmany, a native of that county.
Their children were: Henry; John; Anna;
Leah; Lydia (Airs. John Gibb), of Cumber
land county; Rebecca; Jacob; Abraham, of
Turbett township; and Zebulon; all of whom
are deceased except Lydia and Abraham; and
one child who died in infancy. Jacob Sny
der's wife having died in Cumberland county,
he married, secondly, a Aliss Dockerman.
Their children, all of Avhom are now deceased,
were: Lizzie; Jane; an infant son; Sarah; and

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Samuel. In his political vieAvs, Air. Snyder
Avas a Republican at the time of his death.
He Avas a member of the Alethodist church.
Both he and his wife died in Cumberland
county. Abraham Snyder attended the public
schools of Cumberland county. At the age
of eighteen years he began to Avork with farm
ers and continued to be employed at farm
labors with various persons until he had at
tained the age of tAventy-seven, when he en
tered the employ of the PennsyLania Rail
road. His first service Avith the company Avas
as track hand, after which he Avas for twelve
years the foreman of a division at the LeAvis
town Narrows. He Avas also for a short time
in the car shops at Altoona. In 1876, he
removed to Turbett township, Juniata county,
where he purchased a farm of fifty acres,
which he has greatly improved.
He was married April 27, 1861, at Carlisle,
Pa., by the Rev. J. Fry, to Isabella AlcGaw, a
native of Upper Mifflin township, Cumberland
county, and daughter of Samuel McGaw, a
farmer of that section. They had two chil
dren, of whom one died in infancy; the other,
Anna B., received her education in the schools
of Turbett toAvnship, at the Airy AleAV Acad
emy, and at the seminary at Elmira, N. Y. ;
and was married, April 14, 1896, to Harry
Ritzman, of Turbett township. In his po
litical views, Mr. Snyder is a Democrat. He
is a member of the Presbyterian church. He
has belonged to the I. 0. 0. F. and to the I.
0. R. At. He is a man who has by industry
and integrity won the confidence and respect
of all with whom he has been associated.

WILLIAAI H. TURBETT, farmer and
stock-raiser, Turbett township, Juniata coun
ty, Pa., was born June 1, 1837, at Mexico, Ju
niata county. He is a son of William and
Nancy (Brandt) Turbett. William Turbett
was by occupation a stone mason. He was of
Scotch-Irish descent, and died in Mexico, Ju
niata county, when his son William H. Avas
but three Aveeks old. In his political views
he was a Democrat.
AVilliam M. Turbett attended the public
schools of Alexico, Walker township, after
which he became a moulder, learning bis trade
with S. S. Hen, of Alexico. After working
at his trade for eight years, he entered the
employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad as a

track hand, at which he continued for six
years. He was then employed for one year as
a brakeman and also as fireman, with the re
sult of a broken finger, after which he re
turned to moulding for two years. He was
then for two years a farm hand, at Mexico,
Juniata county, after which, removing to Tur
bett township, he purchased a farm of 150
acres, of which 100 were under cultivation.
This Mr. Turbett has greatly improved in va
rious Avays. During the Civil war he enlisted
in Company K, Eighteenth Regiment of
Pennsylvania Militia, in which service he re
mained three months, being at Chambersburg
and the Antietam battlefield.
Mr. Turbett was first married in Mifflin
town, to Alargaret Collins, born in the Tus
carora valley. Their children were: Ethel
(Airs. Elmer Kepner), residing in Turbett
township; Mary E. (Mrs. William Miller),
of the same township; and George, who died
in early life. His wife died in Mexico, Ju
niata county. He married, secondly, in Tur
bett toAvnship, Matilda Atkinson, born near
Blairsville, Indiana county. Their children
Avere: Annie; Lizzie (Airs. Hany Banett),
of Newport, Pa.; William, who resides on
the homestead farm; Mary Celia; and Ro
sanna M. His wife having died on the home
stead farm, he contracted a third marriage, at
Mifflintown, with Addie J. Karstetter, a na
tive of Walker township. Their children are:
Hany S. ; Brady A.; Bertha; Edna; Eva;
Florence; Steck; Grace; and one who died in
infancy. Mr. Turbett has ably filled the po
sition of school director for twelve years. He
is a member of the Grange, of which he has
filled the position of master, for two terms;
that of overseer, for one tenn; chaplain, one
term; and is at present holding the office of
steward. In his political views he is a Demo
crat. He is a consistent member of the Lu
theran church, of which body he was one of
the elders. He has been actively identified
with Sunday-school work, as a superintendent
and a teacher.

GEORGE W. FINK, general blacksmith
and justice of the peace, old Port Royal, Tur
bett toAvnship, Juniata county, Pa., was born
April 17, 1839, in Milford toAvnship, Juniata
county. He is a son of Frederick and Susan
nah (Goshorn) Fink. Frederick Fink was a
native of Pennsylvania, and had an English

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and German education. He lived in Hunt
ingdon county, and was a contractor by occu
pation. He afterwards made bis home in Mil
ford township, Juniata county, where he
owned a small farm. He made a contract
with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to
clear aAvay the timber for the construction of
the track. During the progress of this Avork
he was killed by the falling of a tree in the
year 1841. He married in Huntingdon coun
ty, Aliss Susannah Goshorn, a native of that
county. Their children were: Louisa, mar
ried Charles McNeil, both deceased; Jacob,
Avho was killed on the Pennsylvania Railroad ;
John, of Harrisburg; Alartha, widow of
Thomas Hamilton; David, of Thompsontown,
Pa. ; George, of Old Port Royal, Pa. ; Porter,
deceased; and Alargaret (Airs. Andrew Sny
der), of Perry county. Air. Fink was an en
terprising and industrious man, much respect
ed in the community. In politics be Avas a
Democrat. He was a consistent member of the
Alethodist Episcopal church. His widow died
in Alilford township, in 1867.
George W. Fink attended the public schools
of Alilford township. At the age of fourteen
he began working for farmers in the vicinity,
receiving very meager compensation. After
three years he secured employment on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, as a watchman, at
which he remained for two years, after which
he learned the blacksmith trade, and followed
it for three years, until the breaking out of
the Civil war. He then enlisted in Mifflin
town, in Company A, of the First Pennsyl
vania Cavalry, under Col. George D. Bayard,
and Capt. John K. Robinson. He was in the
service for over three years, during which
time he participated in most of the battles of
the Army of the Potomac, including such
prominent and bloody engagements as
Drainesville, Harrisonburg, Cross Keys, Ce
dar Mountain, Gainesville, the Second Bull
Run, Fredericksburg, Brandy Station, Aldie,
Gettysburg, and many others. He received
wounds in both arms and also in the stomach,
in consequence of which he was sent to the
Douglass hospital in Washington,' D. C, and
afterwards to the Chestnut Hill hospital in
Philadelphia. Atr. Fink returned home with
the proud record of a brave soldier, who had
on all occasions unflinchingly performed his
duty. After the war he settled in Port
Royal, where he has remained for more than

thirty years engaged at his trade as a black
smith. He Avas married July 4, 1865, at Hunting
don, to Alaria E. Kerlin, born in Alilford town
ship, May 27, 1845, a daughter of David and
Jane (Hardy) Kerlin, of whom the former
Avas a fanner and a blacksmith, of Alilford
township. Of Airs. Fink's parents the father
is eighty-three years of age and is of Scotch-
Irish descent, the mother, who is deceased,
Avas of Irish descent. To the marriage of Air.
Fink six children were born, of whom Alaude,
David, Frederick and Edward died in infancy.
The others are: Adessa, who has receiA^ed a
substantial education in the public schools and
in the Airy View Academy, and is now resid
ing Avith her parents; and Lenora May, Avife of
Walter Speise, a cigar manufacturer of Port
Royal. Air. Fink's integrity and sound judg
ment haAre been recognized by his felloAV-citi-
zens in his election to numerous responsible
positions. He has ably filled the office of
school director for nine years, during which
time he has been both secretary and president
of the board. He has also been the tax col
lector of the toAvnship; and in 1894, Avas
elected a justice of the peace, which office he
still fills with credit to himself and to the satis
faction of the community. He is an active
member of the U. V. L., and of Tuscarora
Lodge, No. 556, I. 0. 0. F., located at Port
Royal, as well as of Juniata Encampment of
the same order. In politics he is a Democrat.
Air. Fink is a zealous and consistent member
of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which
body he is a trustee and was for many years
a class leader. He has been closely identified
with the Sunday-school work, both as a teacher
and a superintendent; while his daughter,
Aliss Adessa Fink, is prominent in the work
of the Epworth League.
JOHN HERTZLER, retired manufac
turer, president of the Port Royal Bank, and
director of the Juniata A-alley Bank, of Alif
flintown, a resident of Turbett township, Ju
niata county, Pa., Avas born November 8,
1822, at five o'clock in the evening, in Caer
narvon toAvnship, near Churehtown, Lancas
ter county. He is a son of Daniel and Bar
bara (Zug) Hertzler. His great-grandfather,
Jacob Hertzler, or as originally spelled in
Switzerland, Hurshler, was bom in 1703, of
SAviss parents, in Switzerland. He Avas a far-

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mer and a bishop of the Amish Alennonite
church. By his first marriage he had one
son; and his wife died, and he married Cath
arine Ruegey. Their children were: Jacob,
manied Barbara Yoder; Fanny (Mrs. John
Kauffman); and Christian, married Elizabeth
Y^oder. His son by his first wife, John Hertz
ler, married Veronica Reichenbach. Jacob
Hertzler sailed from Rotterdam on the ship
"St. Andrew," Captain Abercrombie, landing
in PbUadelphia, Pa., September 9, 1749.
From that city he went to Upper Bern town
ship, at that time in Berks county, Pa., where
he purchased from the proprietors of Penn
sylvania, Thomas and Richard Penn, 404
acres of land, all wilderness, Avhich he im
proved; Thomas and Richard Penn presented
him with twenty acres of land adjoining his
farm, on which to build a church for the
Amish Alennonite congregation to worship in,
and a school house. Catharine Hertzler, his
wife, died in 1774; Jacob Hertzler died in
March, 1786, and both are buried in the
Amish Alennonite churchyard there. His
first child by his second wife, Jacob Hertzler
(2), was born in 1733; he was a fanner in
Berks county, and died in April, 1795, of con
sumption. He had been married in 1773 to
Barbara Yoder, who died in 1821, in Aiifflin
county. Their children were: Daniel, mar
ried Barbara Zug; John, married Catharine
Yoder; David, married Catharine Reichen
bach; Barbara (Mrs. John Stutzman); Sam
uel, who died unmarried; and seven children
who died young. The family were Amish
Mennonites. Daniel Hertzler, eldest son of
Jacob Hertzler (2), Avas born in Upper Bern
toAvnship, Berks county, Pa., June 26, 1774;
he was a farmer, and moved to Caernarvon
toAvnship, Lancaster county, in March, 1804.
He married in November, 1803, Barbara Zug,
born January 25, 1778, daughter of Rev.
Christian and Magdalene (Blank) Zug (now
spelled Zook), of Whiteland township, Chester
county. Both of them were descended from
Savjss Amish Alennonite families, that had
been pioneers in the settlement of Chester
county. They had twelve children born in
Lancaster county: Christian, married Cath
arine Shirk; Jacob, married Christiana Kep
ner; Henry, married Sarah Hertzler; Solo
mon, married Alary Trago; Daniel, manied
Mary Weaver; David, married Phebe A.
Kauffman; Noah, manied Susan Garman,

and was the father of State Senator William
Hertzler; Magdalene (Mrs. Casper Schwartz-
antruber); Nancy (Mrs. Jacob Kurtz); Sam
uel; one that died in infancy; and John, un-
manied; all deceased but Magdalene and
John. Daniel Hertzler sold and removed from his
130-acre farm in Lancaster county to Juniata
county, Avhere he anived April 5, 1834. He
settled in Turbett township, where he pur
chased from Jacob Rice a tract of 213 acres,
on which he erected suitable buildings. He
also built a avooI factory, and a saw-mill for
the production of finished lumber. Without
ever haAung attended school, Daniel Hertzler
had a good education, in both English and
German, obtained by his own energy and as
siduous application. He was a man universally
respected for his strict integrity and upright
ness of character, a model man of the olden
time, who practiced industry, economy and
virtue. In early life he was a Democrat, but
became a Whig in 1828, and voted with that
party for the remainder of his life. He was
a member of the Amish Mennonite denomi
nation. His death, caused by consumption,
occuned in Turbett township, March 23,
1848. His Avidow died on the homestead
farm, from the effects of cancer, December
29, 1852. *
John Hertzler attended the schools of Lan
caster county, in an old still house, where he
was taught in the German language, two
months in the year, and later in the stone
school house in Lancaster county. He worked
on the farm in Lancaster county, and when
his father remoAred to Juniata county he was
still employed at farm labor. In this county
he also attended a subscription school, kept
at the Church Hill school house, of Turbett
township, by John Knox, an Irish schoolmas
ter, and was a pupil at the Mt. Hope school for
two months, the first term of free school held
in Turbett township. The school building
was an unsightly log structure, furnished with
rude and uncomfortable plank benches. He
continued at farm labor and in the wool fac
tory with his father until the age of seven
teen, Avhen he learned carpentry with Jacob
Frank, of Port Royal, then called Penyville.
After two years spent in learning the trade,
he began journey Avork, receiving for the first
two years a compensation of ten cents a day
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went to Lewistown, where he worked as a car
penter, for one year, under instructions, with
John Zigler, and was paid ninety dollars for
the year's work. Returning to Turbett town
ship, he built a dwelling house for his brother
Noah. In 1846, Mr. Hertzler went west,
traveling from Juniata county to Pittsburg on
a section boat on the canal, that required five
days to make the trip; and from that point
to St. Louis by the steamboat "Blue Ridge,"
on which he made the passage in twelve days,
at the expense of ten dollars, for cabin pass
age. After passing one week in St. Louis, he
went to Peoria, 111., where he was offered work
at one and a half dollars a day, all in trade,
which refusing to accept, he returned to St.
Louis, remained there two weeks, and then
went to Lafayette, Ind., where he worked for
several months with John Skinner, contractor
and builder. On account of sickness, be re
turned to Old Port Royal, Juniata county,
where he worked until the following spring.
He then contracted for the erection of a dwell
ing house in Walker township, also worked
for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and
helped in building the first temporary bridge
across the Tuscarora creek. Going to Phila
delphia in 1848, he worked as a carpenter for
one year, with Van Kirk & Leeds, then with
John Ferguson & Co., contractors and build
ers of that city, for whom he was foreman for
eight years. Returning to Turbett township,
he engaged in milling, changing the wool fac
tory into a flour-mill in 1856, at an expense
of over $3,000 besides bis own labor. He
also erected a saw-mill for the manufacture of
lumber. He then worked again for John Fer
guson & Co., Philadelphia, until 1861; then
went to Old Port Royal. He conducted the
flour-mill for upwards of thirty years, and at
the same time worked at his trade throughout
the smrounding country. In 1867, be erected
for himself, at a cost of $2,500, a very com
plete dwelling house, adding other improve
ments at a heavy expense, and planting a fine
orchard. Mr. Hertzler was one of the first
stockholders in the Juniata Valley Bank, of
Mifflintown, of which he is now a director; he
is also president of the Port Royal Bank. His
work in promoting the foundation of these
banks, in aiding to place and keep them on a
sound basis, administered on business princi
ples, has been of immense advantage to the
agriculturists and all other classes of Juniata

county. _ Mr. Hertzler at one time held a large
interest in a Venango county oil well, which,
however, failed. In the township he has held
the positions of overseer of the poor, and of
treasurer. Having never married, Mr. Hertz
ler has abundant opportunities for extended
travel, both in the eastern and western parts
of the United States, as well as in Canada.
He has taken a keen interest in the genealogy
of the Hertzler family, having interested other
branches of the family in the subject, and
having himself spent eight years in the pre
paration of a very complete genealogical ta
ble. With a mind enriched by travel and by
the keen practical observations that he has
made on men and things wherever he has been,
Atr. Hertzler is a great reader and a profound
and accurate reasoner on the affairs of the day,
and its great social and economic problems.
With shreAvd common sense and an evenly
balanced judgment, he has been eminently
successful as a financier. Mr. Hertzler is a
member of AVelcome Lodge, No. 229, I. O.
O. F., in Philadelphia; as also of the Daugh
ters of Rebecca and the Encampment, con
nected Avith the same order. He is a Republi
can; and when human slavery existed in this
country, he was a bitter foe of that institu
tion, having been led to these views by read
ing Cassius AL Clay's neAvspaper entitled "The
True American." He is a consistent member
of the Lutheran church, and has been an elder
for a number of years. He was director from
the Central Synod of Pennsylvania of the
theological seminary in Gettysburg, from
1886 to 1896 inclusive.

WILLIAM A. McCAHREN, contractor
and builder, Turbett township, Juniata coun
ty, Pa., was born June 23, 1840, in that town
ship. He is a son of Henry and Sophia
(SteAvart) AlcCahren. His paternal grand
father, James McCahren, of Scotch-Irish de
scent, followed the occupation of a farmer.
He was a resident of Juniata county, and is
buried in Turbett township, where he spent
the latter part of his life. Henry McCahren,
son of James McCahren, was born in Juniata
county, in 180S. He had a good English edu
cation, and followed farming and various
forms of lumbering, principally wood-chop-
ping. He made his home in Turbett town
ship, where he OAvned a fine residence. He
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a native of Juniata county. Their children
Avere: Alary, who remained unmarried; Jane
(Airs. John B. Aleloy), of Patterson; William
A., of Turbett township; Elizabeth (Mrs. Jo
seph Hubler), of the same township; Stewart,
Avho is a resident of Peoria county, 111. ; Sarah
(Airs. AV. S. Weimer), of Turbett toAvnship;
James, deceased; Alatilda (Airs. Jacob Bos-
sart), deceased; and one who died in infancy.
Both Henry McCahren and his wife died in
Turbett township. They were consistent
members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Mc
Cahren held the position of road supervisor
and other township offices. In politics he Avas
a Democrat. AAllliam A. McCahren attended the public
schools during the Avinter months, working
among the farmers in the vicinity in the sum
mer for a compensation of fifty cents a day,
Avhich labor was continued up to his seven
teenth year, Avhen he learned the trade of a
carpenter with C. B. Bartley, of Mifflintown,
with whom he remained three years. He
spent the following years, except when in the
military service of the United States, as a
journeyman carpenter. ' In 1866, he started
in Port Royal as a contractor and builder, at
which he has continued ever since, meeting
with encouraging success. He has erected the
school house and many of the prominent resi
dences of Port Royal, as well as many fine
farm houses in Turbett and adjoining town
ships, giving employment to a large number
of men. Mr. McCahren has a good war rec
ord. He first enlisted at Mifflintown, in Au
gust, 1862, in Capt. Amos 11. Alartin's Com
pany I, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Penn
sylvania Volunteers, Col. James G. Elder
commanding. Mustered in at Harrisburg, the
regiment was assigned to the Army of the
Potomac. The term of service was nine
months, during which time Mr." McCahren
participated, with credit, in the bloody battles
of Antietam and Fredericksburg, besides many
minor engagements. After the regiment had
been mustered out at Harrisburg, be worked
for a time at his trade, at home, and then
again enlisted, in Alarch, 1865, in "Company I,
One Hundred and First Pennsylvania Volun
teers. The active Avork of the company was
confined principally to guard duty in North
Carolina. Mr. McCahren was taken sick dur
ing this time, but did not go to the hospital.
He was mustered out with his regiment at the

close of the Avar, and returning home in 1866,
removed to his present home, where he pur
chased a small farm, Avhich he cultivated, in
addition to attending to his. business as a con
tractor. On January 18, 1865, Mr. McCahren Avas
married to Alctoria Brackbill, born in Spruce
Hill toAvnship, and daughter of John Brack-
bill, a laborer residing in the township. Their
children were: Charles E., Avho is a carpenter
in Turbett township; Blanche (Mrs. S. A.
Kepner), residing in Turbett township; Clara,
at home; Thomas and Nancy J., twins, both
of whom died in infancy. Mr. McCahren is
universally respected in the community, in
which he has won a high position by his in
dustry and integrity. He has filled accept
ably, in the toAvnship, the offices of assessor,
school director, and treasurer. In 1896, he
was the Democratic candidate for county treas
urer, but was not successful. He has been
for thirty-two years an active member of
Lodge No. 131, I. 0. O. F., of Mifflintown.*
The family attend the Lutheran church.
Charles E. McCahren, only living son of
AVilliam A. McCahren, was born, on the home
stead farm, September 3, 1866. He was edu
cated in the toAvnship schools and Airy View
Academy, of Port Royal, and during this time
worked on the farm, and at the carpenter trade
with his father. After completing his appren
ticeship, he made this trade his occupa
tion through life, devoting a portion of his
time, boAvever, to the care of the farm. He
was married in Port Royal, October 21, 1891,
to' Junie Isenberg, daughter of William A.
and Lydia Isenberg, of Port Royal. Their
children are : Ruth; William; and Irene. He
is a member of Tuscarora Lodge, No. 556, I.
0. O. F., of Port Royal. In political views
he is a Democrat. He attends the Presbyte
rian church.

GEORGE P. AtcCONNELL, farmer and
stock-raiser, Turbett township, Juniata coun
ty, Pa., was bcrn September 15, 1859, in the
same township. He is a son of Daniel and
Annie (Sailor) McConnell. His grandfather,
John McConnell, a native of Ireland, emi
grated to America, settling- in Turbett town
ship, Juniata county, where he purchased a
small lot on Avhich he erected buildings. He
had been a farmer in Ireland, but in this coun
try be followed tailoring, which he had learned

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in his native land. He spent the remainder of
his days in Turbett township, where both he
and his wife died. He was the father of three
children: Alargaret, who died unmanied;
Elizabeth (Airs. John Stephenson), deceased,
of Port Royal, Juniata county; and Daniel.
The latter was two and a half years old when
he came with his parents to this country. He
received his education in the subscription
schools kept in the old log houses of that
period. For some years, in early life, he Avas
hired to farmers in the vicinity, receiving the
meager compensation of one and a half dollars
per month. He continued at farm labors until
he learned the trade of a stone mason, in Tur
bett township, which trade he made his life
occupation. He also OAvned and cultivated a
farm of 150 acres, on which his son, George
•P., now resides. He also owned the farm at
Church Hill, now belonging to the Hertzler
heirs, as well as other properties, some of
which he disposed of at various times. He
dealt extensively in farm stock. Mr. McCon
nell married Annie Sailor, a native of that
portion of Turbett toAvnship which is now
Spruce Hill. Their children were: William
E., deceased; Armina (Airs. George W. Kil
mer), of Turbett toAvnship; C. Luther,
pastor of the Lutheran church at Belleville,
Mifflin county; John S., a farmer of Turbett
township; George P.; and Elliott, deceased.
Daniel McConnell held several township of
fices, including overseer of the poor, and road
¦supervisor. In politics, he was a Democrat.
He was a prominent member of the Lutheran
church, in which body he held the positions
of elder, deacon and treasurer. He was
active in promoting the building of the
Lutheran church at Port Royal, of which he
laid the corner-stone. He was at all times
both active and efficient in church work. Mr.
McConnell was a prominent member of the
Grange. Through life he commanded the un
limited confidence of all who knew him. He
died October 29, 1892, aged seventy-one, and
his Avife on October 2, 1890, aged seventy
years. George P. McConnell attended the public
schools at the 'Church Hill school house, and
also the Airy View Academy, of Port Royal,
conducted by Professor Wilson. He began
active life on the farm with his father, with
whom he remained until the latter's death,
when he took charge of the homestead farm.

On this he has made great improvements, and
has giA^en special attention to raising valuable
stock, in Avhich he is an extensive dealer. He
Avas married, in Spruce Hill toAvnship, Decem
ber 29, 1887, to Miss Sarah E. Wisehaupt, a
native of that toAvnship, the daughter of John
and Alary J. (Rise) AVisehaupt, of whom the
former was a farmer of Sprace Hill township,
of German descent. Their children are:
Charles D.; Annie Al; and Frank AV. Air.
AlcConnell is a hard-working, industrious and
upright man, Avhose probity and sound judg
ment have won the esteem of all in the com
munity. He has ably filled the position of
school director, being the president of the
board; he has excellent practical ideas on all
educational matters, and has done much for
the advancement of educational Avork in the
toAvnship. He is a member of the Grange.
Politically, Air. McConnell is a Democrat. He
is a consistent member of the Lutheran de
nomination, and has for two years held the of
fice of deacon in the church. He has also been
a teacher, and is at present superintendent of
the Sunday^chool.

CAPT. AVILLIAAI STEAVART, farmer
and tobacco grower, Turbett township, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born January 3, 1834,
in that part of Turbett toAvnship which is now
Spruce Hill. He is a son« of John and Eliza
beth (Stayner) SteAvart. John SteAvart, of the
Scotch-Irish race, was born in the north of
Ireland. Coming to America, he settled in
Juniata county, where he owned a small farm,
which he greatly improA-ed; also' Avorked as a
laborer for the fanners in the vicinity. He
married Elizabeth Stayner, a native of Juniata
county, aaIio was the daughter of Capt. Rodger
Stayner, a native of Scotland, who, coming to
America before the Revolutionary Avar, took
an active part in that struggle, being a captain
in Washington's army. Captain Stayner lo
cated in Turbett township, Juniata county,
where he lived and died. To the marriage of
John Stewart Avere born seven children, of
Avhom one died in infancy. The others were :
Jane, Avho died unmarried; Martha, unmar
ried, who is a resident of Chicago; Elias S.,
of AlcVeytown; William, of Turbett toAvn-
ship; Joseph, deceased ; and Sarah (Airs. AVil
liam Umholtz), of Perry county. Both the
parents of these children died in Turbett town-

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ship. In his political views, John Stewart was
a Democrat. William Stewart attended the public
schools of Turbett and Spruce Hill townships.
He began his active life by laboring among
the farmers of the vicinity. Losing his father
at an early age, he continued to be thus em
ployed until the age of seventeen, when he
learned tanning in Turbett township, at which
he remained four years. He then worked in
his native township until the outbreak of the
Civil war opened up to him a glorious career
in behalf of his native land. Captain Stew
art's war record is replete with glory and hon
ors. On February 10, 1863, he enlisted in
Capt. Frederick Korte's Company M, of the
One Hundred and Fifty-second of the Penn
sylvania line, or Third Pennsylvania Volun
teers, heavy artillery, Col. Joseph Roberts
commanding. This regiment, during the lat
ter part of the war, Avas stationed along Grant's
Federal line betAveen the cities of Richmond
and Petersburg, Va., and played a conspicuous
part in the siege of these strongholds of the
Confederacy. Mr. Stewart vras in the service
over two years, during which time he never
lost a single hour from duty. After the dis
charge from the army, he returned to Juniata
county, locating where he now resides. He
became a sawyer in steam-mills, working for
eighteen years in the saw-mills of Juniata and
Mifflin counties, all the time for one employer.
He finally discontinued on account of ill-
health, devoting bis entire time to the farm,
on which he has made the raising of fine to
bacco a specialty, with most gratifying results.
He manied in Alifflintown, Juniata county,
in 1856, Rhoda AL Stephens, a native of Mif
flin county, who was a daughter of Jonathan
Stephens, a resident of that county. Of their
eleven children, three died in infancy. The
others are: Thomas A., residing on the home
stead farm; Laura M. (Mrs. Robert Kerlin),
of North Dakota; Alice M. (Mrs. John Ker
lin), of Altoona, Pa. ; William B., of Altoona;
Annie (Mrs. Henry Fraker), of Fulton coun
ty; Joshua, an engineer on the North West
ern Railroad; Gracie; and Juniata, who died
in early life. Mr. Stewart has acceptably
filled various township offices, including over
seer of the poor, judge of elections and auditor.
He is at present high constable of the town
ship. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a
consistent member of the Alethodist Episcopal

church, of which he is one of the trustees.
He has been both a teacher and a superintend
ent in Sunday-school work.
The Stayners from whom William Stewart
comes on the maternal side, were a prominent
Scotch family, of remarkable heroism. Cap
tain Stayner, the maternal grandfather of Mr.
Stewart, was confined to his bed by sickness,
when the British army occupied Philadelphia.
His wife, who was an English woman, sur
rendered her husband to Tory soldiers attached
to the English army, who taking him out of
his sick bed, incarcerated him in a loathsome
dungeon. Captain Stayner never saw her
after this deed of treachery. In the course
of time, he was manied again, his second wife
being the grandmother of William Stewart.

HENRY RITZA1AN, deceased, who was'
one of the most progressive farmers of Turbett
township, Juniata county, Pa., was born in
1816, in Snyder county. He is a son of John
and Catharine Ritzman. Atr. Ritzman owned
an excellent farm in Turbett toAvnship of more
than 160 acres, which he improved and cul
tivated to a very high degree. Upon this land
he erected the commodious dwelling in which
his widow still resides. Mr. Ritzman's first
maniage was with Sarah Boyer, of Snyder
county. They had eight children, of Avhom
two died in infancy. The others are: Jacob,
of Clearfield county; Samuel, deceased; Cath
arine E. (Mrs. William H. Groninger), of
Turbett township; Percival, deceased; George,
of North Dakota; and Jackson, of Turbett
toAvnship. Mrs. Sarah Ritzman died in Tur
bett township, in 1863. In 1864, Mr. Ritz
man Avas married in Perry county, to Eliza,
daughter of Henry Hipffle, a blacksmith of
that county; she was the AvidoAV of John Peck.
They have one child, John C, telegraph opera
tor for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
at Van Dyke Station. Mr. Ritzman was an
old line AATiig, and subsequently a Republi
can. He Avas a consistent member of the Lu
theran church. He was a man of upright char
acter, honored and respected by all. His death
occurred in 1878.
John Peck, the first husband of Mrs. Eliza
Ritzman, the AvidoAV of Henry Ritzman, was
born in Perry county, and was of German de
scent. He was a farmer, owning a farm in
Peny county. He was manied to Eliza Hip
pie in Perry county, March 4, 1847. They

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had four children, of whom but one is now
living, AAllliam H. Peck, of Huron county,
O. j. hose deceased were: Alary E. ; Alargaret
J.; and Samuel Al. Air. Peck Avas a Demo
crat, and held numerous offices, including the
responsible position of justice of the peace,
which he filled for several years. He was a
member of the (German) Reformed church.
His death occurred in 1863.
Mrs. Eliza Ritzman, the Avidtow of Henry
Ritzman, is a remarkable instance of physical
and mental strength at the age of seventy-
two. She is universally respected for her
many excellent qualities. She was a faithful
and devoted wife, and a loving mother, not
only to her own children, but also to her step
children. She is a consistent member of the
Lutheran church.

CHARLES T. BALSBACH, agent of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and the
Adams Express Company, at Port Royal, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born Atarcb 6, 1862, at
Port Royal. He is a son of John and Rhoda
(Taylor) Balsbach. His grandfather, John
Balsbach, a native of Dauphin county, Pa.,
was a farmer, following that calling in his na
tive county. He married Aliss Ziegler, of the
same county, who was of German descent.
They had nine children : John; Henry; Solo
mon; Elijah; George; Valentine; Sarah;
Mary; and Ann. John Balsbach, Sr., was an
old line AVhig. He was a member of the (Ger
man) Reformed church. His death occurred
in Dauphin county, where he had passed his
entire life. John Balsbach (2), his eldest son,
horn in Dauphin countv. Pa., received a good
English education in the public schools. In
early life, he worked for a time on his father's
farm, and was afterward for some time clerk
in a store in Middletown, Dauphin county.
He then kept store for several years at Water
Street, Monis township, Huntingdon county,
and then for some time at Newton Hamilton,
Pa. His next engagement was as clerk in one
of the stores of Port Royal, then called Perrys-
ville, where he remained until he was appoint
ed agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad, a po
sition which he ably filled for twenty-five
years. He was afterAvards agent for the
Adams Express Company, which position was
also filled with credit to himself and to the sat
isfaction of the company. He was married in
Mifflin county, to Rhoda, daughter of Mat

thew Taylor, of Aiifflin county. They had
eight children: John, Avho died Avhilst he was
a young man; Mary, widow of Fred. Green,
of Iowa; George, residing at home; Martha;
Rhoda, deceased; Charles T., of Port Royal;
Annie; and AAr. Fred, editor of the Bellwood
Bulletin, of Belhvood, Pa. John Balsbach
was highly esteemed in the community. He
Avas a staunch Republican. A consistent and
devoted Presbyterian, he served bis church in
important positions, including that of treas
urer. His death occurred in 1882, at his
home in Port Royal. His widow still resides
with her family in the same town.
Charles T. Balsbach attended the common
schools of Port Royal and the Airy AleAV
Academy, after which be became bis father's
assistant in the Pennsylvania Railroad office of
Port Royal, which position he held until 1894;
he then received the appointment as agent
which he has held ever since. He was at the
same time appointed agent for the Adams Ex
press Company. Both places have been filled
by him in a creditable and satisfactory man
ner. He has exercised due care in regard to
the interests of the companies he represents,
and at the same time has shown a courtesy
to the public that has made him many friends.
He is a stockholder in the Port Royal Bank,
and in the Agricultural Society. Air. Bals
bach is a Republican. He is an active member
of Lodge No. 324, F. and A. AL, at Mifflin
town.

JOHN C. MOORHEAD, superintendent
of the Tuscarora Valley Railroad, Port Royal,
Juniata county, Pa., was bom October 4,
1857, at Jersey Shore, Lycoming county, Pa.
He is a son of the Rev. John and Elizabeth J.
(Sweeney) Moorhead. The Moorhead fam
ily is of Scotch-Irish descent. At an early
period several brothers emigrated to this coun
try, of whom some settled on the Potomac
river and the Antietam creek, and one in Dau
phin county, Pa. James Moorhead. grand
father of John C, was a farmer and exten
sive land owner of Waynesboro, Franklin
county. Pa., where he spent his entire life.
He had five children: John; Isaac; James;
Thomas; and Jane (Mrs. Golden), whose
husband was a lawyer of Armstrong county.
James Moorhead was a Jacksonian Democrat.
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Both he and his wife died in Franklin county.
Rev. James Aloorhead, his eldest son, lost his
father when quite young, and was self-educat
ed. He began business by learning the trade
of hatter, at which he worked for several
years. Feeling it his duty to enter the minis
try, he prepared himself by a course of theo
logical reading and study, and Avas ordained
in Franklin county, as a minister of the Meth
odist Episcopal church. He was stationed for
several years in different portions of Maryland
and Virginia, but on account of his strong op
position to human slavery, it became neces
sary for the Conference to withdraw him from
that section of the country and give him a
charge in Pennsylvania. For more than half
a century, he preached effectively in different
portions of the State. He became a poAver in
upholding the denomination to Avhich he be
longed in central Pennsylvania, being a bril
liant orator as well as a man of rare executive
ability. He was the means of founding many
new congregations and erecting many houses
of worship. He would never alloAV a church
under his charge to remain in debt, and had
extraordinary tact and perseverance in raising
the funds necessary to pay for the erection of
church buildings. He died at Mt. Union, at
a ripe old age, in July, 1890, having led a re
tired life for the nine preceding years, on ac
count of increasing infirmities of age.
ReAr. John Moorhead was married at Mil
ton, Northumberland county, to Elizabeth J.,
daughter of John Sweeney, who was an ex
tensive land owner and mill owner of Milton,
of Scotch-Irish descent. His family name
was originally spelled McSwiney. Atiss
Sweeney was a lineal descendant of Brian
Boru, the great King of Ireland, who ex
pelled the Danes from that island. Mr. and
Airs. Aloorhead bad four children: Rev.
Isaac, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
church at Alt. Carmel, Northumberland coun
ty; Thomas S., proprietor of the Tuscarora
Valley Railroad; John C-; and D. Cooper.
The ReA^. John Moorhead was noted for his
iron will and firm unswerving adherence to
Avhat he believed to be bis duty. He was a
Democrat, but in the latter part of his life
voted the Republican ticket. His wife, who
was of a sweet and lovable disposition, died in
1874. John C. Moorhead received his education
in the public schools of Huntingdon, the Lu

theran Institute at Selinsgrove, and the Dick
inson Seminary of Williamsport, Pa. After
teaching school for three years, he engaged
in telegraphy, which he learned at Espy, Co
lumbia county. He followed this vocation in
various places, for a number of years, spend
ing some time in Denver, Col, where he had
charge of the telephone line, and also pros
pecting for a time in New Mexico. He was
then for six years agent of the D. L. & W.
R. R., at Espy, Pa., after which he spent one
year at Watsontown, as assistant superintend
ent of the W. & W. R. R. He was the agent
for the D. L. & W. R. R., at Nanticoke,
until 1892, when he was appointed superin
tendent of the T. V. R. R. ; he was also a
stockholder and a member of the board of di
rectors of the company.
John C. Moorhead was married in 1882, in
Espy, Columbia county, Pa., to Effie, daugh
ter of J. M. Stookey; she was born at Beech
HaAren, Pa. They had two children: Lillian
I.; and John, who died in infancy. In his
various official positions, Mr. Aloorhead has
shoAvn ability, enterprise and courtesy, win
ning the commendation of his superior officers
and the respect and esteem of all Avith whom
he has been associated. He is a member of
Keystone Commandery, No. 234, K. of M.,
at Nanticoke. His politics are Republican.
He is a prominent and consistent member of
the Methodist Episcopal church, in which
he is steward and trustee.
D. Cooper Moorhead, youngest brother of
John C. Aloorhead, was born January 5, 1860,
in Atillheim, Centre county, Pa. He received
bis education in the public schools of Penn-
sylvania, at Dickinson Seminary, Williams
port, Pa., and at the Wyoming Seminary,
Kingston, Luzerne county, Pa. He engaged
in teaching in Columbia county, Pa., and was
also, for one year, in the office of the D. L. &
W. R. R. After several years spent in the
south, he came to Port Royal in 1895, where
he is now clerk and book-keeper for the T. V.
R. R., a place for which he is especially fitted,
both by natural business talent and a complete
course at the Eastman Business College, of
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., of which institution he
is a graduate. He is liberal in his political and
religious views. He is a member of Lodge
No. 677, I. O. O. F., at Mt. Union, Hunt
ingdon county, Pa.; and of Lodge No. 66, F.
and A. M., at Arcadia, Fla.

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GEORGE B. AL AVISEHAUPT, grain,
coal and lumber dealer, Port Royal, Juniata
county, Pa., was born January 22, 1865, in
Spruce Hill township, Juniata county. He
is a son of John and Jane (Rice) AVisehaupt.
John AVisehaupt Avas born in Spruce Hill
township, Juniata county, in 1832. »He was
a farmer, of German descent. He manied
Jane Rice, of Perry county. Their children
were: Sarah (Mrs. George McConnell), of
Turbett township; George B. M., of Port
Royal, Pa.; David, who died young; Laura
(Mrs. Horace Frazier), of Port Royal; and
Annie. John Wisehaupt is a Democrat. He
is a consistent member of the Lutheran
church, in which he has been for seventeen
years an elder.
George B. M. Wisehaupt attended the Cen
tre public school of Spruce Hill township, and
the Airy View Academy. He remained on
the home farm until he was twenty-five years
of age. He was then for two years engaged
in butchering at Port Royal. In 1892, he em
barked in the grain business, erecting an ele
vator at an expense of more than $6,000. He
rapidly enlarged his lines of business, until
he was also handling coal, lumber, railroad
ties and machinery. Mr. AVisehaupt is a
prominent stockholder and secretary in the
Port Royal creamery, and is also a stockholder
in the Port Royal Bank.
He was married in Port Royal, in 1889, to
Margaret, daughter of John Snyder, a mer
chant of Mexico, Juniata county. She was
born in Port Royal. Their children are:
Frank S.; Charlotte; John; Mary J.; Ger
trude; and Margaret E. Atr. Wisehaupt has
displayed remarkable enterprise and the pro
gressive ideas so valuable in developing the re
sources of every community. He is shrewd
and practical, and has done much to advance
the interests of Port Royal. He is a member
of Lodge No. 324, F. and A. M., of Mifflin
town; and of the Lodge of the P. O. S. of A.,
at Port Royal. His political views are Demo
cratic. He is a member of the Lutheran
church, and has been superintendent and
teacher in the Sunday-school.

JOHN WISEHAUPT, farmer, whose
postofflce address is Port Royal, Juniata coun
ty, Pa., was born in Turbett, now Spruce Hill,
township, Juniata county, February 16, 1834.
Valentine Wisehaupt, grandfather of John

Wisehaupt, Avas born in Germany, and came to
this country and settled in Lancaster county,
Pa., Avhere he was engaged in farming. Later
he bought a tract of land in Turbett township,
Juniata county, to which he removed, and
Avhich he improved and developed into a
farm, and cultivated it until his death. He
Avas married in Germany to Aliss Bender,
and their children are: John; AVilliam; Valen
tine; Al aggie; Airs. Piper, of Ohio. Airs.
AVisehaupt died on the homestead in Turbett
township, and he contracted a second mar
riage Avith Aliss Alyers, Avho died without is
sue. Air. AMsehaupt died and is buried on
the homestead in Turbett township. In his
political views he was a Democrat. He was a
member of the Lutheran church.
John AVisehaupt (1), father of John AAlse-
haupt, was born in Germany, and when quite
a young man came to this country Avith his
parents. He attended subscription schools in
Juniata county, Pa., and could speak both
English and German. He was reared to farm
ing and spent his entire life in Sprace Hill
township, where he owned 106 acres of land,
on Avhich he began in the woods, cleared the
land, erected chvelling house, barn and other
structures, planted an orchard and engaged in
general farming. His death occuned in the
toAvnship, and be is buried at Church Hill.
He was married in Alilford township to Su
sanna Groninger, of the same township. The
children of this marriage are : Valentine, died
a young man; Leonard, was a Lutheran min
ister and died in Alissouri; Sarah A., wife
of AVilliam Stewart; John; Jacob, a farmer
of Spruce Hill toAvnship; Caroline, deceased,
Avife of William Robinson; Jesse, died
young. In his politics, Mr. Wisehaupt was a
Democrat, and served in the offices of super
visor, school director, overseer of the poor, tax
collector and assessor. He was one of the first
members of the Lutheran church, and aided
in building the first house of Avorship, which
was constructed of logs, and he took a promi
nent part in all church matters.
John Wisehaupt attended the township
schools during three months each year, and
obtained a good common school education.
He learned the business of farming with his
father, and remained with him until he was
eighteen years of age, after which he learned
the trade of chairmaker with Joseph Kessler
at Port Royal. During the winter months for

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twenty-two years he worked at this trade, and
in the summer months was engaged in house
painting. HaAung come into possession of a
part of the homestead, he built a dwelling
house and bam and made the improvements
required for a first-class farm, and for" the re
mainder of his life gave his time solely to ag
ricultural pursuits. In 1862, Mr. Wisehaupt
was married in Saville township, Perry coun
ty, to Mary Jane Rice, a native of Peny coun
ty, and a daughter of Conrad and Elizabeth
(Noleshun) Rice, the former a farmer and of
German descent. The children born to Mr.
and Mrs. Wisehaupt are: Sarah E., the wife
of John McConnell; George B. ; David, de
ceased; Laura, Avife of Horace Frazier, of Port
Royal; Annie, at home. Mr. Wisehaupt was a
school director of the toAvnship for three
terms, and was a candidate for the associate
judgeship, but failed to secure the nomination.
He is a prominent member of the Lutheran
church, has filled the office of deacon and
elder for thirty-one years and was a teacher in
the Centre Sunday-school.

AtAJ. HENRY S. DIMM, Perry county,
Pa., was born August 29, 1836, in Greenwood
toAvnship, Juniata county. He is a son of Ja
cob find Evra (Stimeling) Dimm. His great-
great-grandfather, John Dimm, emigrated
from Germany, coming over in a sailing ves
sel and landing in Philadelphia, AAThere for a
time he worked at his trade as a carpenter, af
ter which he removed to Berks county, Avhere
he died. One of his sons, born on the Atlan
tic ocean, during the passage to this country,
was Christopher Dimm, great grandfather of
Henry S. Dimm. Christopher Dimm was a
farmer and stock raiser. After his marriage,
he purchased a large tract of land in Lycom
ing county, Pa., and resided there. He had
five sons and two daughters. One of his sons
was Henry Dimm, grandfather of Henry S.
Dimm. fie Avas also the grandfather of W.
W. Dimm, of Walker township, and of J. C.
Dimm, editor of the Mifflintown Star. Henry
Dimm Avas born in Lycoming county and re
ceived a good education in English and Ger
man. AATrile still a young man, he rode on
horseback to Juniata county and settled at
Seven Stars in this county, where he engaged
in farming. Here he manied Susannah,
daughter of Adam Wilt, a farmer of Green
wood township. He continued farming in Ju

niata county during the rest of his life. Mr.
and Airs. Henry Dimm had five children:
Adam, Avho met death by drowning; John;
Samuel and Jacob, twins; and Mary (Mrs.
Henry Stroup), of Snyder county. Henry
Dimm Avas a Democrat; be was an upright,
industrious and conscientious man, universal
ly respected in the community. He was a
zealous member of the Lutheran church.
Both he and bis wife died in Greenwood
township, Juniata county.
Jacob Dimm, son of Henry Dimm, was
born in Greenwood township, Juniata county,
Pa., July 6, 1806, and received his education
in subscription schools; be was all his life a
farmer, and in his old age resided with his son
Samuel, in Loysville, Perry county. He mar
ried Eva, daughter of David and Barbara
(Hook) Stimeling. She was of German de
scent, and Avas born in Snyder county. They
had seven children: Sarah A. (Mrs. Thomas
J. Cameron), LeAvistoAvn, deceased; Henry S.,
of Port Royal, Juniata county; Susannah
(Airs. John J. Graham), of Juniata county,
deceased; Samuel T., a farmer of Perry coun
ty; Elizabeth, AvidoAV of Christian Shelley, of
Nebraska; Louisa (Mrs. N. Rinehart), de
ceased; and Foster AA7., of New Germantown,
Perry county. Jacob Dimm was universally
respected ; he died at a good old age in Peny
county, in 1890. His faithful partner in life's
toils died in the same county, in Alay, 1894.
Mr. Dimm Avas a Democrat. He was a prom
inent member of the Lutheran church, and ac
tive in church work.
Henry S. Dimm, during the Avinter months,
attended a public school of Greenwood town
ship, in an old log school house. He began
life on the farm with his father, and at the
age of eighteen, learned the trade of mill
wright. He worked at his trade and also oper
ated his father's saw-mill until, at the age of
twenty-five the perils of the nation opened to
him a Avider and more exciting field of action.
Major Dimm's war record is of the most bril
liant and honorable character. September 11,
1861, he recruited in Juniata county in Com
pany I, of that brave and illustrious regiment,
the Fifty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers. He
took out a company of eighty men, whom he
bravely led through all the vicissitudes of
three years of bloody battle. At the battle of
the Po river, in 1864, he was promoted to the
rank of major. Besides many minor engage-

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ments, Mr. Dimm participated in nearly all
of the prominent battles of the Army of the
Potomac, including such fierce and bloody
battles as Yorktown, Gaines Mills, Peach Or
chard, Savage Station, Fair Oaks, June 1,
1862, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Cen-.
treville, South Mountain, Antietam, Bristow
Station, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and
Gettysburg, where he was wounded by a ball
passing through his thigh. After Gettysburg,
he was engaged at Mine Run, the Wilderness,
Po River and SpottsyLvania Court House, in
which engagement the Second Corps, with
which he was connected, covered itself with
glory by participating in the capture of five
thousand prisoners, including two Confeder
ate generals, Stewart and Johnson, and also
taking a large amount of artillery. The next
engagement in which be fought was the bloody
field of Cold Harbor, June 3, 4, 5, and 6,
1864, where he was Avounded by a ball passing
through his band. He was honorably muster
ed out, September 13, 1864. He desired to
re-enlist, but could not gratify his desire, and
accordingly returned home. Soon after, Ma
jor Dimm engaged in milling, at Liverpool,
Perry county, which he continued for six
years; he then returned to Juniata county,
and went into the lumbering business in Del
aware and Greenwood townships, running a
saAV-mill night and day until the great panic
of 1873. He then worked at his trade two
years, and afterwards he Avent to Newport,
Pa., where he was manager of Cook's saw-mill
until 1880. In that year he became foreman
of the planing mill, Avhich position he retained
until 1895, when he retired from active du
ties, and has ever since resided at Newport,
Pa. March 17, 1864, Major Dimm was manied,
in the State Capitol Hotel, at Harrisburg, by
the Rev. J. A. Hackenberger, of Liverpool,
to Miss Louisa E. Cox, born in Greenwood
township, Juniata county, a daughter of Wil
liam and Christina Cox, of the same township.
Their children are: Cora M., a merchant, of
Port Royal, Juniata county; Lewis G, en
gaged in mercantile pursuits; Harry, a watch
maker, of York, Pa.; Mary E., a school
teacher; Ataggie; and Isaac NeAvton, a clerk.
Mr. Dimm has held numerous offices both in
Juniata and Perry counties, having been
township tax collector in both; he has also at
various times, acted as judge of elections, in

spector of elections, and school director. He
is a member of Adams Lodge, No. 319, F.
and A. M., of New Bloomfield, Perry county;
and is also an honored comrade in Lieut. Ar
nold Lobaugh Post, No. 297, G. A. R., at
NeAvport. Alajor Dimm is a firm Democrat.
He is a consistent member of the Lutheran
church; he was deacon of the church at Liv
erpool, and Avas also a Sunday-school teacher.
Aliss Cora M. Dimm, eldest child of Alajor
Henry S. Dimm, the first lady in Port Royal
Juniata county, Pa., to engage in mercantile
pursuits, has been conspicuous in that thriving
and progressive borough, by the enterprise she
has displayed. She Avas born in Liverpool,
Perry county, and educated at Newport, in
the same county, where she also learned the
millinery trade, at which she worked for seven
years. In 1894, she removed to Port Royal,
and began Avork there as a milliner. After
some time, Miss Dimm enlarged her sphere of
operations, by branching out into a general
mercantile business, which she has conducted
with success without abandoning her trade of
millinery. She is an earnest member of the
Lutheran church.

IRVIN' S. KEPNER, hardAvare merchant,
Port Royal, Juniata county, Pa., was born
February 18, 1856, in Turbett township,
Juniata county. He is a son of Samuel D.
and Barbara (Alotze) Kepner. His grand
father, Jacob Kepner, Avas a Pennsylvanian
by birth, as his father had been, with whom
be came when quite young to the Juniata
valley, the family settling in Peny county,
near AlillerstoAvn. In this county Jacob Kep
ner carried on farming and boating on the
Juniata river. He was still a young man Avhen
be came to Juniata county, and purchased a
farm of 100 acres in Turbett township. He
subsequently made large additional purchases
and became a very extensive land owner, his
farms being improved by the erection of com
modious buildings and in other ways. He
manied Aliss Gross, born in Snyder county.
They had four children : David ; John ; Jacob ;
and Catharine. His wife having died in Tur
bett township, Mr. Kepner manied Sarah
Dups, a native of Perry county; two of their
nine children, Susannah and Solomon, died
young. The others were: Elizabeth (Mrs.
Samuel Aughey), of Milford township; Chris
tina, manied first to Jacob Hertzler, after-

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wards to George Heikes; Henry, deceased;
Sarah (Airs. Samuel Rice), of Turbett town
ship, deceased; Alary (Airs. George Boyer), of
the same township; Benjamin, of Milford
township; and Samuel D. Jacob Kepner was
a sound Democrat. He was a member of the
Lutheran church, and Avas deacon and elder.
His death occurred in Turbett township, in
1845. His widow survived until 1870.
Samuel D. Kepner, born in Turbett town
ship, Juniata county, August 5, 1824, attend
ed a subscription school at the Church Hill
school-house. He afterwards attended the
public schools of Turbett township. He grew
up on his father's farm, and remained there
for fifty-seven years, greatly improving the
homestead. He Avas an extensive stock raiser,
and possessed great enterprise and business ca
pacity. Samuel D. Kepner was married in Free
burg, Snyder county, in 1847, to Barbara
Motze, bom near Freeburg, Snyder county.
They had six children: John J., of Nebraska;
Irvin S., of Port Royal, Pa.; Mary A. (Mrs.
Joseph Varness), of East Salem, Juniata coun
ty; AAllliam F., of Nebraska; Sarah B.. and
Alatilda, both of whom died in early life.
Samuel D. Kepner's Avife having died in Tur
bett township, in 1861, he married Caroline
 , a widow. Their only child is George
AV. Kepner. Airs. Caroline Kepner died in
April, 1892. Air. Kepner is a Democart; he
filled Avith credit the office of school director
in the township. He is a consistent member
of the Presbyterian church; he was formerly
a Lutheran, and filled the offices of deacon and
elder in the Lutheran church, the former for
twenty-four consecutive years. He has been
known and respected all his life as an upright
and honorable man.
Irvin S. Kepner attended the public schools
at the Church Hill school house, of Turbett
township, and worked on the farm until he
was sixteen years of age. He then learned
carpentry, Avhich occupied two years. He
was then for one year clerk for A. J. Hertzler,
at Huntingdon, after Avhich he went to Phila
delphia, where he was clerk in the commission
business for the same employer. Owning
eighty acres of land in Nebraska, he farmed
there for thirteen years, AA'hen he sold out and
traveled for one year in the interest of the
Buckeye Alachine Company. He then return
ed to his father at Port Royal, and he worked

at carpentry for more than two years; then
again Avent west, and spent some time in Colo
rado and Alissouri. In 1895, he returned to
Juniata county, and in the following spring
engaged in the hardware business, in which he
has met with encouraging success.
Irvin S. Kepner was married in Milford
township, in 1881, to Alary H. Sherlock, born
in Tuscarora valley, Juniata county, a daugh
ter of David Sherlock, of that county. Mr.
Kepner is a man of energy and excellent busi
ness capacities, universally respected and
highly esteemed. He is a member of Rising
Star Lodge, No. 75, I. O. 0. F., of Osceola,
Neb., and of the P. O. S. A., of Port Royal.
He is a member of the Silver Democratic Club
of Port Royal, and is a strong silver Democrat.
He and Airs. Kepner are consistent members
of the Presbyterian church.

DAVID G. ALTER, chief burgess of Port
Royal, Juniata county, Pa., Avas born Septem
ber 19, 1841, at Alterton, Cumberland coun
ty, Pa. He is a son of David and Sarah (Gar
man) Alter. His grandfather, Jacob Alter,
Avas born in Cumberland county, near Alter
ton, and was of Swiss descent. He was a
farmer, miller, distiller, an extensive land
OAvner, and the proprietor of a clover mill.
His only sister was the Avife of Governor Rit
ner, of Pennsylvania. He was married in
Cumberland county to Elizabeth Foutz, and
had eight children, all of whom are now de
ceased: AVilliam; Benjamin; Simon; John;
Jacob; David; Eliza; and Mary. Jacob Alter
represented Cumberland county in the legis
lature twenty-one consecutive terms, being
elected on the Whig ticket. He was a man
of great ability as an orator and debator, and
his record as a member of the State legislature
Avas a most honorable one, his vote and influ
ence being in favor of just laws. He was a
Whig; he Avas universally respected and es
teemed for his integrity and good judgment.
He Avas a consistent member of the Lutheran
church. Both he and his Avife died in Cum
berland county. David Alter, born in Cum
berland county, received a fair English educa
tion. He was a merchant during the greater
part of his life in Cumberland and Dauphin
counties. For two years, he held from Gov
ernor Joseph Ritner the appointment of su
perintendent of the Pennsylvania canal. In
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he was in mercantile business until 1852. He
then began to read medicine with Dr. David
Clugston, of Perry county. Having com
pleted his medical course, he practiced first in
New Buffalo, Perry county, and subsequently
in Port Royal, Juniata county, in which place
he died in 1863. He was but a feAV years in
practice, but was in every way successful. Dr.
Alter was a Republican.
David Alter was married in Harrisburg,
Pa., to Sarah, daughter of John Garman, a
farmer of Dauphin county, where she Avas
born, and of German descent. Their children
were: David G., chief burgess of Port Royal,
Juniata county; James AL, of LeAvistOAvn,
Aiifflin county; John F., Avho died at the age
of ten years; and one child that died in in
fancy. Atrs. Sarah Alter having died in Peny
county, Air. Alter married Elizabeth Frank,
of New Buffalo, Perry county. They bad
two children: Elizabeth C; and Alice (Airs.
II. AL Engle), of Philadelphia. Airs. Eliza
beth Alter died in Port Royal in 1875. Dr.
Alter was a member of the Lutheran church.
Alterton, in Cumberland county, Pa., the
name of which has since been changed to
Kerrsville, was named in honor of David Al
ter, he having erected the first house. He
began business there, and displayed such en
terprise in its prosecution that be ran fifteen
cars to Baltimore to carry grain, lumber and
other products.
David G. Alter attended the public schools
of Turbett township, Juniata county, during
the winter months. As a youth, he passed
most of the time in the store of his uncle,
Noah Hertzler, in Old Port Royal, in which
town he spent the greater part of his life un
til 1870, when he removed to Port Royal.
Here for twenty years be superintended the
grain, lumber and coal business of the Hertz
ler firm. In 1890, he was appointed by Presi
dent Harrison supervisor of the census enu
meration for central Pennsylvania. The
twelve counties in his district were Adams,
Franklin, Fulton, Cumberland, Peny, Juni
ata, Aiifflin, Snyder, Union, Bedford, Blair
and Huntingdon. In 1890, he was appointed
gauger in the Ninth Internal ¦ Revenue Dis
trict of Pennsylvania, under Sam. Alatt. Fridy,
of Lancaster county; he held the position for
six months, but then resigned it, not finding
the duties congenial. In 1891, Mr. Alter en
gaged in the livery business, at the same time

farming in Perry county. About this time,
he purchased his fine residence in the town of
Port Royal. On July 11, 1864, Air. Alter
enlisted in Philadelphia, in Capt. William
Babe's Company K, of Col. John R. Ilaslett's
One Hundred and Ninety-seventh Pennsylva
nia AYlunteers. He Avas in the service one
hundred and ten days, during the greater part
of which time the regiment Avas employed in
doing guard duty at Rock Island in the Mis
sissippi river. He was mustered out with the
regiment at the expiration of the term of ser
vice. Alarch 7, 1865, he re-enlisted for one
year, in the One Hundred and First Pennsyl
vania A'olunteers. In this regiment he was
appointed sergeant. The regiment was on
duty at Roanoke Island, N. C, but at the end
of six months was mustered out of service, in
the same State, on account of the conclusion
of hostilities, when Air. Alter returned to Port
Royal. David G. Alter was manied in Port Royal,
April 10, 1868, to Hannah Isabella Thomp
son, born at AlcAlisterville, Juniata county,
a daughter of John and Hannah (Gilson)
Thompson, both of Scotch-Irish descent; Air.
Thompson was a coach-maker. They have
six children: Annie T., a very accomplished
music teacher, who was instructed by a promi
nent Boston musician; James T., assistant
cashier of the Port Royal Bank; David B.,
a student still attending school; Rebecca;
Hannah Isabella; and Ruth.
Air. Alter Avas elected a member of the toAvn
council in 1872, and seiwed in that capacity
for tAvelve years, during which time he Avas
twice president of the council and did much
valuable Avork for the best interests of the bor
ough. In 1882, he was elected chief burgess
of the town, for a two years' term. He was
again elected in 1893, and has held the office
ever since, discharging all the duties incum
bent upon him in an able manner. He has
also been a school director for four years. In
1894, he was elected a member of the board
of health; and in the same year, was appoint
ed health officer. He has been a member of
the I. O. O. F. Air. Alter is a Republican.
His family are consistent members of the
Presbyterian church.
The Family of Alteb.
I. Jacob Alter, a native of Switzerland,
a shoemaker by trade, came to America about

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the year 1765, locating in Lancaster county,
Pa. During the Revolution he made shoes
for the patriot army; in 1790 removed from
Lititz, Lancaster county, and settled at or near
Alters Alill on the Conodoguinet creek, where
he died in 1806. He represented Cumberland
county in the legislature six or seven terms.
He married, about 1768, Veronica Landis, of
Lancaster county. They had issue: i. Veron
ica, born October 9, 1769, married Lawrence
Lefevre; ii. John, bom September 13, 1771,
married Eleanor Sheetz; iii. Jacob, born Jan
uary 1, 1773, married Elizabeth Foutz; iv.
David, born February 7, 1775, married 
Mell; v. Esther, bom February 28, 1777, mar
ried Alichael Bear; vi. Samuel, born March 17,
1779, d. s. p.; vii. Susannah, born October
30, 1780, married Joseph Ritner; viii. Henry,
born October 25, 1784, manied Ataria E.
Rinehard; ix. Abraham, born Alarch 13, 1787,
died unmarried; x. Margaret, born March 23,
1790, manied Air. AlcCullough, of Washing
ton county, Pa., no children.
II. Veronica Alter (Jacob), born October
9, 1769, manied LaAvrence Lefevre. They
had issue (surname Lefevre): i. Jacob; ii.
John; iii. Isaac; iv. David; v. Joseph; vi.
Elizabeth; vii. Fanny, married George Whit-
myer ; Auii. Esther, manied Rev. J. W. Hann.
Mr. Lefevre married, secondly, Sarah Line;
no issue.
III. John Alter (Jacob), born September
13, 1771, manied Eleanor Sheetz; they bad
issue: i. Joseph, born March 19, 1795, died
August 17, 1816; ii. Esther, born July 14,
1798, died, 1880, married Isaac Vanardsdale,
had nine children; iii. John, born July 1,
1801, manied, first, Charity Vanarsdale, died
1835, second, Lucinda J. Black, died 1847,
third, Alary Ann Chamberlain, had eighteen
children, among them Louis Simon Alter,
civil engineer of Remington, Ind; iv. Jacob,
born February 27, 1804, manied Prudence
¦  , had fourteen children; v. David,
born December 3, 1803, married, first, •

Rowley, second Amanda Rowley, died 1S80,
had thirteen children; vi. Simon, born 1810,
manied Mary Braddock, died 1878, had seven
children; vii. Isaac, born 1813, died May 12,
1827; viii. Benjamin, born 1816, died May,
1849, married Anna Bell, no children.
IV. Jacob Alter (Jacob), born January 1,
1773, died June 29, 1839, in West Pennsboro'
toAvnship, Cumberland county, Pa., represent

ed his county in the legislature twenty-one
consecutive terms from the year 1814, mar
ried Elizabeth Foutz, born April 19, 1768,
near Hagerstown, Aid., died June 7, 1855, in
Cumberland county, Pa.; they had issue: i.
Susan, born December 19, 1797, died March
7, 1861, in Cumberland county, Pa., married
Samuel McCormick, of Mifflin township,
Cumberland county, Pa. ; ii. Eliza, born Jan
uary 16, 1805, died in Cumberland county,
Pa., manied George Graham, of West Penns
boro' township, Cumberland county, their son,
John Graham, represented his county in the
1885 legislature; iii. Alary (Polly, born
April 14, 1806, married December 3, 1844,
Dr. David Clugston, of Perry county, Pa.,
both deceased; iv. Jacob, born August 16,
1799, died in West Virginia, manied Eliza
Tice, of Maryland; v. Benjamin, born De
cember 25, 1800, died in Greencastle, Pa.,
married, first, Nancy Lindsay, second, Catha
rine Walters, and had eighteen children; vi.
William, born March 7, 1802, died in West
Pennsboro' toAvnship, Cumberland county,
Pa., married Sarah Sterick, his children oaati
the mill built by him on the Conodoguinet;
vii. John, born July 3, 1803, resides in Har
risburg, Pa., manied Mrs. Sarah Hardy,
daughter of Nicholas Brown, of Newbury-
port, Atass.; viii. Simon, born February 19,
1808, resides in Eldorado county, Cal, mar
ried Sarah Hardy, of Newburyport, Mass.;
ix. David, born February 7, 1810, died March
1, 1861, in Juniata county, Pa., married, first,
Eva Calvert, second Sarah Garman, third,
Eliza Frank.
V. David Alter (Jacob), born February 7,
1775, married  Mell. They had issue,
among others: i. David, manied Margaret
Ritner, his cousin; ii. Jacob.
VI. Esther Alter (Jacob), born February
28, 1777, manied Michael Bear, died at Plain-
field, Cumberland county, Pa., a Alennonite
preacher. They had issue (surname Bear) : '
i. Benjamin, manied and removed to the
Avest; ii. Esther, died at Mechanicsburg, Pa.,
manied  Stevenson.
VII. Susannah Alter (Jacob), born Octo
ber 30, 1780, died about 1840, at Mt.
Rock, married in 1800, Joseph Ritner, born
Alarch 25, 1780, in Berks county, Pa., died
October 16, 1869, near Mt. Rock, Cum
berland county, Pa., son of John Ritner, who
emigrated from Alsace, on the Rhine. Was

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brought up as a farmer with little advantages
of education. About 1802 removed to Wash--
ington county, Pa., elected a member of the
legislature, serving six years, and for two years
was speaker of the House of Representatives.
In 1835 was elected Governor of Pennsylva
nia as the Anti-Masonic candidate. Was a
candidate for re-election in 1838, but defeated
by David R. Porter. Was an earnest advocate
of the common school system, and a decided
opponent of human slavery. In 1848 was
nominated by President Taylor director of the
mint, Philadelphia, serving only a brief time.
He then retired to his farm in Cumberland
county, where he passed the remainder of bis
days. They had issue (surname Ritner): i.
Jacob, married first,  Scott, second,
Moore; ii. Henry, married Louisetta

Alter, daughter of Henry Alter; iii. Michael;
iv. Abraham; v. Peter, resides on the old
homestead at Mt. Rock, Cumberland coun
ty, Pa., married first,  Davison, sec
ond,  Davison, third Mrs. AlcKee-
han ; vi. Emma, died, unmarried ; vii. Susan,
married George Kriecbbaum, of Chambers
burg; viii. Margaret, married David Alter.
VIII. Henry Alter (Jacob), born October
25, 1774, married Maria E. Rinebard. They
had issue: i. Louisetta, resides at Danville,
111., married Henry Ritner, had eleven chil
dren; ii. Eliza; iii. David, married and had
five children; iv. Margaret; v. Sarah; vi.
Henry, married and had eleven children; vii.
Jacob, manied and had ten children; viii.
Solomon, manied and had two children; ix.
Isaac, married and had a son, Isaac ; x. Maria,
married and had seven , children ; xi. Jere
miah, manied and had ten children.

SAMUEL B. RITZA1AN", deceased, a
prominent farmer of Turbett toAvnship, Ju
niata county, Pa., Avas born Alarch 30, 1840.
He was a son of Henry Ritzman, also deceased,
Whose biography appears in this work. He
received a common school education and Avas
a farmer all his life, owning and cultivating
ninety acres of cleared and highly improved
land in his native township, on which he erect
ed a commodious barn. He was conspicuous
in that section as a raiser of superior stock.
At Port Royal, April 26, 1865, he married
Jennie AL. daughter of Samuel and Hattie
(Walker) Kepner. She was a native of Tur
bett toAvnship, Avhere her father- Avas a farmer;

he was of German descent; Mrs. Kepner was
born in Chester county, and was of English
descent. Air. and Airs. Ritzman had chil
dren: AAllliam P., born October 31, 1867, a
farmer of Turbett township, married to Miss
Carrie Wise; Jerome T., born July 18, 1868,
a farmer of Spnice Hill toAvnship, married to
Gertrude Koons; Harry A., born December
2, 1870, Avho noAv farms the homestead, and
who Avas married to Annie, daughter of A. B.
Snyder, of Turbett township; Samuel C,
bom June 28, 1875; and Alatilda B., born
August 28, 1878. Samuel B. Ritzman died
August 22, 1879, of consumption. He was
universally honored for his sobriety, industry,
integrity and sound judgment; a courteous
neighbor, a loving husband, an affectionate
father, and a true man in eA^ery sense of the
word. His children thus early deprived of
their father's care, greAV up to manhood and
womanhood, under the careful supervision of
a loving mother. Air. Ritzman was a staunch
Republican, but no office seeker, preferring
the duties and endearments of home life and
social pleasures to the anxieties of public sta
tion. He was a consistent member of the Lu
theran church, and a Sunday-school teacher.
Samuel C. Ritzman, fourth son of Samuel
B., Avas born and educated in Turbett town
ship, Juniata county, after which he worked
on the homestead farm for several years. He
was then for some time employed on the
Pennsylvania Railroad. He is a young man
of bright parts, highly respected by all his
associates. Mr. Ritzman is a Republican. He
is a member of the Pennsylvania Relief As
sociation.

ORLANDO 0. AIATHERS, general far
mer, Turbett township, Juniata county, Pa.,
Avas born Alarch 14, 1844, in AlifflintoAvn,
Pa. He is a son of James and Amelia (Evans)
Mathers. James Mathers, of Scotch-Irish de
scent, Avas born in 1803, in Fermanagh toAvn-
ship. After receiving a good education, he
read law, was admitted to the bar, and prac
ticed in Alifflintown. He was interested in a
large tannerv in Juniata county, and was an
extensive land owner, owning in Juniata
county alone more than 700 acres. In his
legal practice he stood at the head of the bar
in his countv, and had an emu able State repu
tation. He was elected to the State Senate,
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to himself and to the satisfaction of his con
stituents. James Mathers was married, in
Delaware township, Juniata county, to Amelia
Evans, born in ThompsontoAvn, January 2,
1816, daughter of Gen. Lewis Evans, a sol
dier of the Alexican war and a general in the
State militia. General Evans Avas a Avarm
personal friend of Andrew Jackson, who, as
a mark of esteem, presented General Evans
with a horse, Avhich attained the surprising age
of forty-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Mathers
were the parents of four children: Alargaret,
wife of Hon. L. E. Atkinson, of Alifflintown;
LeAvis E., who is deceased; Orlando 0., of
Turbett township; and Clara I. (Mrs. AV. D.
DaAis), of Sidney, Shelby county, O. Earlier
in life, Mr. Mathers had married Jane,
a daughter of Rev. J. Hutchinson, a
Presbyterian minister, of MifflintoAvn. By
this marriage, there were four children:
Rev. J. II. Mathers, D. D., of Bellwood, Blair
county, a Presbyterian minister; John H, a
lawyer, who was prosecuting attorney of Ju
niata county, and who died in Sidney, O.;
James, a lawyer Avho died when quite a
young man; and one child that died in in
fancy. James Mathers Avas a Whig. He was
a prominent and influential man in his county,
and was the clerk of the commission which
organized the county. He Avas a strict and
conscientious member of the Presbyterian
church. He died in 1850, at Peru Mills, Tus
carora township, Juniata county. His Avidow
manied SteAvart Turbett, who died in 1876,
Airs. Turbett surviving until November 13,
1895. Orlando 0. Mathers, third child of James
Mathers by his second marriage, attended the
public schools of AlifflintoAvn, Airy View
Academy, at Port Royal, and the Tuscarora
Academy, at which institution he graduated
at the age of eighteen. He afterwards attended
for two terms and graduated from Crittenden
Commercial College, Philadelphia. After
spending one year as clerk in a commercial
house, he removed to Sidney, 0., where he re
mained for tAventy-three years, during ten
years of Avhich time he was in a successful
and lucrative business; he Avas also for three
years cashier of the Citizens Bank of that
place. While in Ohio, he held various re
sponsible positions, having served faithfully
for five years as deputy auditor of the county,
and for six years as auditor. He has always

been a Democrat; he now favors the gold
•standard. In 1885, he removed to Topeka,
Kan., where be was for five years, engaged
in the cattle business and in farming. He
then returned to Pennsylvania, and now farms
the homestead of 240 acres in Turbett town
ship, Juniata county, as well as Bells Island,
at Alifflintown. He was formerly a member
of I. O. 0. F. and of K. P.
Orlando 0. Mathers was married, in 1869,
in Lancaster county, Pa., to Mary H. Clark,
born at Donegal, Lancaster county, daughter
of James Clark, of that county, a farmer of
English descent, who Avas a graduate of Prince
ton College, N. J. Mr. and Atrs. Mathers
have three children: James C, a student of
law in Mifflintown; Louisa E., who died in
infancy; and Catharine B. (Katie), a gradu
ate of Mountain Seminary, residing at home.
The family attend the Presbyterian church.

JOHN S. McCONNEL, farmer, stock-
raiser, cattle dealer and dairyman, Turbett
toAvnship, Juniata county, Pa., was born May
20, 1852, in the township in which he resides.
He is a son of Daniel and Alary J. (Sailor)
McConnel, who had six children: Armina P.
(Mrs. G. W. Kilmer), of Turbett township;
John S.; C. Luther, of Belleville, Mifflin
county; George P., of Turbett township; and
two deceased. He was educated in the public
schools of his native township, and has spent
his entire life on the homestead farm, taking
charge of the same upon the death of his
father. This farm contains more than 150
acres, and has been greatly improved under
his efficient management. He has for the past
eighteen years been successfully engaged in
buying and selling stock in Juniata county;
and has been interested in the dairy business,
as a large stockholder in the Port Royal
creamery. John S. McConnel was manied at Port
Royal, November 3, 1875, to Clara J., daugh
ter of John Rice, a farmer of Perry county,
where she was born. They have seven chil
dren: George S., residing on the homestead;
John R.; Sarah J.; Mary B.; Daniel W.;
Jesse H. ; and Margaret E. Mr. McOonnel's
sound judgment and capacity for public af
fairs have been recognized by his fellow-citi
zens in elevating him to many important and
responsible positions in the township. He
has ably filled the office of school director for

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six years, during three years of Avhich he was
treasurer of the board. He has also been as
sistant assessor and overseer of the poor. Both
he and his estimable Avife are members of the
Grange in Turbett township; Air. AlcConnel
is past master, and is at present lecturer. He
has also held the office of steAvard of the
Grange for three terms, and those of assist
ant steAvard, and of treasurer. Air. AlcCon
nel is a Democrat. He is a consistent member
of the Lutheran church and identified Avith
Sunday-school work. .

JOHN A. KOHLER, farmer, stock-raiser
and fruit-groAver, Turbett township, Juniata
county, Pa., Avas born Alay 22, 1851, in the
township in Avhich he noAV resides. He is a
son of AAllliam and Susan (Alotz) Kohler.
His grandfather, AndreAv Kohler, a native of
Adams county, Pa., removed to Thorn pson-
tOAvn, Avhere for several years he had charge
of the Evans mill. He then settled in Rich
field, Snyder county, Avhere he OAvned the
Kohler mill, and managed it prosperously for
a number of years. From this point he re
moved to New Berlin, Union county, AAdiere,
after leading a retired life for several years,
he died. Andrew Kohler married Anna Ala-
ria Brenishols, a native of Adams county, on
November 6, 1817. Their children were Ja
cob; John; Andrew; AVilliam; Frederick;
Catharine; Simon; Charles G. ; Thomas; and
Mary Ann. Andrew Kohler Avas a Demo
crat. He Avas prominent in church business,
and held the office of elder. His wife also
died in Union county. AAllliam Kohler, one
of his sons, was born in Juniata county, and
farmed in Snyder county until 1851, ^AA'hen
he bought a farm in Turbett township, which
he cultivated, besides raising stock. AAllliam
Kohler married a lady of Snyder county, Su
san, daughter of John Alotz, a farmer and dis
tiller, of German descent, born in Centre
county, and a resident of Snyder county.
They had five children: Annie B. (Atrs. J.
P. Shindle), of Lancaster city; Sarah E. ("Airs.
J. F. Jacobs), of Portsmouth, Va. ; John A.,
of Turbett township; Alary L. (Airs. AL L.
AIoul), of Peoria county, 111.; and Emelia,
who died when a young Avoman. William
Kohler was a Democrat, and Avas elected on
that ticket, in 1861, one of the commissioners
of Juniata county, which position he filled for
the best interest of the taxpayers. He also

filled acceptably the office of school director,
doing much in his neighborhood for the estab
lishment of the public school on a firm basis.
He Avas elected to several other important of
fices. He Avas a prominent member and an
elder of the Luthoan church, and Avas also
superintendent and teacher in the Sunday-
school. He died universally respected, Sep
tember 16, 1893. His wife, Susan (Alotz)
Kohler, died Febraary 5, 1894.
John A. Kohler attended the Alt. Hope dis
trict public school, in the Avinter months, and
Avorked on his father's farm during the sum
mer. At the age of sixteen he attended the
Airy AleAv Academy, of Port Royal, for two
winters; and at the age of twenty began to
teach school, in the Red Bank district of Alil
ford township, Juniata county. He taught
there one term, and four terms in Turbett
toAvnship. At the age of twenty-three, Air.
Kohler made a trip to Akron, O., where he
remained several months. After his return,
he began Avorking the homestead farm on
shares, and afterwards rented the farm of
James North, Avhich he cultivated for several
years. Purchasing the Robinson farm, he re
mained there for about seven years. He then
removed to the Jacobs farm, Avhere he has
ever since resided, and has been extensively
and prosperously engaged in stock feeding and
the dairy business.
John A- Kohler married in 1876, in Tur
bett township, Anna AL Jacobs, a native of
that toAvnship, daughter of Benjamin Jacobs,
a farmer, of Scotch-Irish descent. Their chil
dren are: AVilliam A.; Charles B. ; AVarren
Al. ; and John L. Air. Kohler has filled Avith
ability the office of school director, and was
the secretary of the board; he has been as
sessor, tax collector, and member of the elec
tion board. He is au active member of the
Grange, and has been its district master and
secretary. He is a Democrat. Air. Kohler
is a prominent member of the Lutheran
church, and was for a number of years deacon.
In Sunday-school Avork he has been both su
perintendent and teacher.
GEORGE HERMAN, tobacco-grower and
farmer, Turbett township, Juniata county,
Pa., Avas born August 6, 1831, in Selinsgrove,
Pa. He is a son of Frederick and Mary
(Crotcher) Herman. His grandfather, Philip
Herman, Avas a Pennsylvanian, who owned

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and cultivated a farm in Snyder county, Avhere
he died. One of his sons was Frederick, who
Avas born near Selinsgrove. He owned and
tilled a farm of 140 acres. He was a weaver,
having learned the trade in youth. Frederick
Herman Avas married in Snyder county, to
Mary Crotcher, bom near Crotchers Mills,
Pa. Their children were: Simon, of Union
county; Jacob, of Snyder county; George, of
Turbett township, Juniata county; Philip, of
Snyder county; Frederick, deceased; Phares,
of Snyder county; Frank, of Alichigan; John,
of the same State; Peter, deceased; Mary
(Airs. Harrison Row), of Snyder county; and
Harriet (Mrs. George Brouse), of Crotchers
Alills. Frederick Herman was a Democrat.
He was an active member of the Lutheran
church, taking a great interest in all church
matters. His death occurred near Crotchers
Mills, Snyder county.
George Herman attended the public schools
of Snyder county. He Avorked on the farm
until he Avas eighteen, when he learned car
pentry in Selinsgrove; at that business he
worked for twelve years. During the Civil
war he was employed as assistant foreman at
bridge building in West Virginia, under the
contractors Stone, Quigley & Bratton. He
then spent seven years in farming near Selins-
groAre, Snyder county, after which, selling
out, he came to Turbett township, Avhere in
1884 he bought the Kinneaky farm, and has
resided upon it ever since. Besides general
farming and stock-raising, he has made a spe
cialty of the culture of tobacco. He is also
famed for raising excellent peaches, in large
quantities, from an orchard planted by him
self. George Herman was manied in Freeburg,
Snyder county, November 3, 1854, to Hannah
E. Fisher, born in 1833, in Selinsgrove, daugh
ter of George and Rebecca (Kemberling)
Fisher, of that toAvn, and a grand-daughter of
Christian Fisher, who established Fisher's
Ferry on the Susquehanna river. Three of
their eight children, Alary A., AVillie A., and
Clara AA1, died young. Those Avho reached
adult years are : Albert, a farmer of Turbett
township; Emma (Mrs. William Romig), of
Snyder county; Elizabeth (Mrs. John Moyer),
of the same county; Sarah M. (Atrs. Dr. Sher
man Groninger), of Ickesburg, Perry county;
and Annie S. (Airs. Charles Groninger), whose
husband is a fruit-groAver of Turbett town

ship. Air. Herman has been a school director.
He has been a member of the Grange, and also
the order of I. O. O. F. His politics are Dem
ocratic. He is a consistent member of the
Lutheran church, and held in Snyder county
the office of elder.

LEAIUEL A. KEPNER, farmer and to
bacco-grower, Turbett township, Juniata coun
ty, Pa., Avas born February 3, 1837, in the
toAvnship in which he now resides. He is a
son of DaAld and Catharine (Kepner) Kepner.
His grandfather, Benjamin Kepner, was a na
tive of Germany, a farmer, who emigrated to
this country, and died in Turbett township.
One of his sons, David Kepner, was born in
1802, in Turbett township. He received a
fair education in English and German. He
Was a fanner, and resided most of his life in
Turbett township, where he owned and culti
vated a farm of 170 acres. For several years
he kept a hotel in Milford township, near Port
Royal. He dealt extensively in stock. David
Kepner married in Turbett township, his
cousin, Catharine, daughter of Benjamin
Kepner, of that township. Their children
Avere: Jane, deceased; Elizabeth, deceased;
Sydney (Airs. David Souloff), of Akron, 0. ;
Lemuel A., of Turbett township, Juniata
county; SteAvart; Thompson; James; and Ir
vin; the last four are deceased. His wife hav
ing died, Air. Kepner married Abigail Brack-
bill, daughter of Peter Brackbill, of Milford
township. To this marriage there was no is
sue. David Kepner was highly respected in
the community. He was a Democrat, and
held the offices of school director, judge and
inspector of elections, tax collector, and as
sessor. He Avas a consistent member of the
Lutheran church, and was for many years an
elder. He Avas also a deacon and a trustee of
the church, and Avas prominent in the estab
lishment of the Lutheran church in Port
Royal, and in the erection of a suitable church
edifice; he Avas a member of the building
committee. He was teacher and superintend
ent in the Sunday-school at Church Hill.
Lemuel A. Kepner attended in his boyhood
the public schools at Church Hill school house,
working also on bis father's farm. At the age
of twenty-tAvo he took 75 acres of the home
stead, on Avhich he erected a fine dwelling
house and barn, together Avith extensive to
bacco sheds. In 1892, he began the culture

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and curing of tobacco on an extensive scale,
in which he has been eminently successful.
He has also had success as a stock dealer.
On October 8, 1856, Lemuel A. Kepner
married in Mifflintown, Mary AL, second
daughter of Judge John Koons, of Port Royal.
Their children are : Juniata J. (Mrs. William
Crisman), of Milroy, Mifflin county; John
S.; and Benjamin F., who died in infancy.
Mr. Kepner has been honored with many of
fices. He was for seventeen years an able and
efficient school director, and Avas president,
secretary and treasurer of the board. He has
also been assessor, tax collector, and judge and
inspector of elections. He is a Democrat. He
attends the Presbyterian church, and has been
a Sunday-school teacher. His has been a busy
and useful life.
John S. Kepner, son of Air. L. A. Kepner,
an efficient and popular school teacher, was
born in Turbett township, August 12, 1863.
He attended the public schools of his neigh
borhood and the Airy View Academy, after
which he took a course in the State Normal
School at Alillersville, Lancaster county. He
has been engaged in teaching in Port Royal
and in Turbett and Alilford toAvnsbips for nine
years, devoting his time in the summer to agri
cultural pursuits. In 1891, he went into to
bacco growing, which he has continued to the
present time with great success. John S. Kep
ner married, September 7, 1891, in Turbett
township, Hattie M., daughter of Leman O.
Boyer, a resident of that township. They have
two children: Bertha E. ; and Homer A. Mr.
Kepner is a member of the P. O. S. A. He
is a Democrat. He has held the office of judge
of elections, and has also been a township au
ditor for nine years. He is a consistent mem
ber of the Presbyterian church, of which he
is a trustee, and is an efficient Sunday-school
teacher.

GEORGE B.M.KEPLER, dealer in cloth
ing and gents' furnishings, Port Royal, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born February 14,
1862, in Walker township, Juniata county.
He is a son of Ira and Hetty (Musser) Kepler,
both of whom are now living retired at Port
Royal. Atr. Kepler attended the public
schools of Walker township, and, for two ses
sions, the Airy View Academy, of Port Royal.
He then took a business course at the Union
Seminary, of Union county, graduating with

honor in the spring of 1881. Previous to his
attendance at the seminary, he bad taught
school tAvo terms in AValker township, thus
obtaining means to defray his educational ex
penses. He also worked for two years as track
hand on the railroad, Avith the same object in
vieAv. After graduating, he opened a small
general store, and conducted it with success
for three years. Commencing at the lowest
round of the ladder, he sold the first year that
he Avas in business goods to the amount of $3,-
000. In the fall of 1884, selling out his store,
he removed to ThompsontoAvn, and read medi
cine for one year with Dr. I. A'. Grubb, after
AAmich he took a medical course of one year in
the university in New York City, lie then
continued his medical reading in Thompson-
town until, in July, 1886, he bought the drug
store of R. Al. Sterrett, Avhich he conducted
for six years. Selling out this business, in the
spring of 1894 he embarked in the clothing
trade, Avhich he has continued, with success,
up to the present time. He is universally
esteemed for his fair dealing, business tact,
and enterprise.
George B. Kepler married, May 26, 1887,
Miss Annie E. Leyder, a native of Delaware
township, daughter of Jacob AA1 and Susan
nah (Alarten) Leyder; Mr. Leyder is a retired
farmer and carpenter of Thompsontown.
Their children are: Anna Gertrude; Irvin
Talmadge; and Herbert, who died in infancy.
Atr. Kepler has held various offices; he was
a member of the town council for three years,
and was also in the school board. He is at the
present time a member of the board of health.
He has been a member of the I. 0. O. F., and
of the P. 0. S. A. Air. Kepler is a Democrat.
He is a consistent member of the Lutheran
church, and is a deacon and a member of the
building committee. He is also a Sunday-
school teacher.

WILLIAM W. WILSON, retired rail
roader, Port Royal, Juniata county, Pa., was
bom August 19, 1823, in Mexico, Juniata
county. He is a son of John and Tabitha
(AA^allace) Wilson. His grandfather, William
Wilson, born in England, emigrated to Amer
ica before the Revolutionary Avar, and was
among the earliest settlers of Juniata county.
He was a carpenter, and also farmed the land
that he acquired in Juniata county. He mar
ried Aliss BroAvn, and bad eight children, of

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whom four died in early life. The remainder
were: John; Nathaniel; James; and Mary.
Air. AVilson Avas a Whig. He Avas a member
of the Presbyterian church. His eldest son,
John AVilson, Avas a carpenter, having learned
the trade with his father, and resided in Alex
ico, Juniata county, during his whole life. He
married Tabitha "Wallace, born in Perry coun
ty, daughter of AVilliam Wallace, a black
smith, of Scotch-Irish descent. They had five
children: Robert, who died in 1841; Abra
ham, a retired resident of Perry county, now
deceased; Alartha (Airs. Henry Umholtz), de
ceased; AVilliam AY, of Port Royal, Pa.; and
Prudence E., widoAV of Al. P. Howard, of Lew
istown. John AVilson was a AVhig; he was
universally respected and esteemed. He was
a consistent member of the Presbyterian
church. AVilliam AV. Wilson received his education
at a subscription school in a log school house
in Alexico. He began life by working on
farms at a meager compensation of $12 per
month, and continued at labor of this charac
ter until he had reached the age of tAventy,
when he learned plastering in his native town,
and continued to Avork at that business until
1847. From August of that year until 1855,
he was in the employ of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, as a track hand. He then took
charge of the Tuscarora wood and Avater sta
tion, where he remained until Alay 10, 1866.
From 1866 to 1869, he was again a track
hand. In the latter year he Avas appointed
foreman of Division No. 18, which place he
filled for twenty-one years and three months.
In December, 1890, he was appointed engi
neer for the engines at the Avater troughs, and
continued to be thus employed until he re
tired from active duties, in 1896 ; he Avas over
fifty years in the service of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, during all of Avhich time his record
Avas that of a faithful and trusted employee.
AVilliam W. Wilson was manied, in Path
valley, Peny county, to Miss Jane Brant, born
in Turbett toAvnship, daughter of John Brant,
of German descent, well known as "Alason
John." Of their ten children, two died in
infancy. The others were: George F., a con
ductor of local freight trains on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, residing at Hanisburg; Her
bert C, in the coal business at Peoria, 111.;
William A., telegraph operator at Port Royal;
Cora J., station agent for the Pennsylvania

Railroad at Rockville, Dauphin county; Ed
ward N., train runner, at Belhvood, Pa.;
Blanche C. ; Charles K., agent of the P. <fc N.
AV R. R. at AlcGees Mills, Clearfield county,
Pa.; and Jerome I., a telegraph operator at
Port Royal. Air. AVilson is universally re
spected for his industry and many good quali
ties. He has been for tAvo terms a school di
rector of Turbett township; and is a member
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Relief Associa
tion. He is a Democrat. He Avas at one time
a member of the I. 0. 0. F. He is a consist
ent member of the Lutheran church, and has
held the office of deacon. He has also been
a teacher in the Sunday-school, and was su
perintendent of a Sunday-school in Alexico,
Pa.

IRA T. KIPLER, retired railroader, Port
Royal, Juniata county, Pa., was born Novem
ber 19, 1837, at ThompsontoAvn, Pa. He is
a son of Absalom and Catharine (James) Kip-
ler. His grandfather, Jacob Kipler, was born
in Germany, came to this country Avith his
parents, became a distiller, and passed most
of his life in Thonipsontown, Juniata county.
Alarrying in Thompsontown, he was the father
of six children, one of Avhom Avas Absalom.
Late in life he Avent to Peoria, III, to live
with his daughter, and died there of cholera,
in 1852. He was a AVhig. Absalom Kipler
received a fair English education, and Avas
employed at fann labor, until the building
of the Pennsylvania Railroad. From 1850
to 1859, he Avas a track hand on sub-Division
No. 16. He married a lady of DelaAvare
toAvnship, Aliss Catharine, daughter of Alat-
thias James, a post-maker, and of Scotch-Irish
descent. Their children are: Ann Eliza,
widoAV of David Aledriath; Ira T, of Port
Royal, Pa.; Alargaretta (Airs. John Rem-
mell), deceased; AVilliam, Avho is in the em
ploy of the T. Al R. R. ; Ev©rard, a farmer of
Walker township, Juniata county; James, a
miller, of Lancaster county; Washington, of
Turbett township; and Sarah M. (Mrs. Rob
ert Smith), of Turbett township. After Ab
salom Kipler's death his widow married Henry
Musser. They had one child, Wilson, foreman
for the T. Y. R. R. Air. Musser died in
Walker township; his widoAV resides in Dela
Avare township. Absalom Kipler was in early
life a Whig, but afterAvards voted the Demo
cratic ticket.

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Ira T. Kipler attended the public schools
in Kurtz valley and in Thompsontown. He
worked on the farm until he was fifteen years
old, and then worked three years for the Penn
sylvania Railroad, as a wood sawyer, and sev
enteen years as a track hand. In 1869, be was
promoted to foreman, in Avhich position he
remained for twenty-six years, serving on Di
vision Ao. 17. During thirteen years of this
time he was the owner of a store at Van Dyke
Station. In 1895, be retired from active ser
vice, to enjoy in quietness and leisure the
means accumulated by an industrious life. He
built a fine store room in Port Royal, and has
also invested in a convenient dAvelling house
and other property.
Ira T. Kipler was manied, January 31,
1861, in AValker toAvnship, to Hattie Aiusser,
born in Snyder county, near Selinsgrove,
daughter of Henry and Rebecca (Fellmey)
Musser; the father was a farmer of Walker
township, of German descent. Their children
are: George B. McClellan; Ella S.; and Or
lando S., foreman of the Patterson yard, mar
ried Clara Kauffman, of Patterson, and has
two children, John D. and Hetty. Air. Kip
ler is a member of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Relief Association. He is a Democrat. The
family attend the services of the Lutheran
church. In all his long and busy life, no one
has ever given to Ira T. Kipler aught but
words of commendation.

WILLIAM TURBETT McCULLOCH,
deceased, a prominent citizen of Port Royal,
was born June 24, 1853, on a farm in Centre
township, Peny county. He was a son of
Samuel and Edith Beale AlcCulloch. His
grandfather, Samuel McCulloch, was a native
of Scotland, of Scotch-Irish extraction, and
emigrated to America, settling in Juniata
county, Pa., where he owned AlcCullochs
Mills. He married Aliss Turbett, daughter of
the man in whose honor Turbett toAvnship was
named. Their children were: John; James;
Thomas; Samuel; George; SteAA'art; Nancy;
and Jane. Both he and his Avife died at Alc
Cullochs Mills. Samuel AlcCulloch, the
fourth son, Avas born at McCullochs Mills, Ju
niata county, Pa., and farmed in Tuscarora
township, Juniata county, for the greater part
of his life, moving three years before his death
to Perry county, where he died, in 1853. He
married Edith, daughter of David Beale, a

farmer of English descent, for Avhose family
Beale toAvnship Avas named. Their children
were: Samuel, of Alichigan; David, of Port
Royal, Pa.; and William Turbett, also of
Port Royal. Samuel AlcCulloch Avas a con
sistent member of the Presbyterian church,
and Avas a strong Democrat.
AVilliam T. AlcCulloch received his educa
tion in the Airy Alew Academy, of Port
Royal, conducted by Professor AVilson, and
afterward he took a complete course in the
Iron City Business College, of Pittsburg,
from Avhich he Avas graduated Avith honor. He
then embarked in an extensive coal and grain
business in Port Royal.
In 1878 he opened a general merchandise
establishment and Avas er gaged in this busi
ness, Avith success, for thirteen years, retiring
in 1891. He took a deep interest in national
affairs and Avas active in political matters. He
Avas postmaster of Port Royal from 1889 to
1892. He was especially noted for his taste
and good judgment in horses, keeping some
of the finest stock to be found anywhere in
the State. He Avas an acth-e man of affairs,
and when he passed aAvay his loss Avas keenly
felt in the community Avhich he had so greatly
benefited by his enterprise. In addition to
his extensive farming enterprises in Turbett
township, he was a prominent stockholder and
director in the Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming
Street Railroad Traction Company.
Air. AlcCulloch was married at Port Royal,
in 1876, to Lucretia J. AlcAlanigal, bom in
Huntingdon, Huntingdon county, daughter of
John and Jennie (Rudy) AlcAlanigal, who
lived in Port Royal at that time. They have
three children: J. Hany, a student in the
Dental College of Philadelphia, having been
educated at the Airy Alew Academy of Port
Royal and the high school of Lancaster, Pa. ;
AY. Ross, attending school in Port Royal ; and
David II. Air. AlcCulloch was a Democrat.
He died in the city of Lancaster, Pa., in No
vember, 1894. There Avas not one among the
thousands that kneAV AVilliam T. AlcCulloch
that did not sincerely mourn Avhen, in the
midst of the success and prosperity produced
by his thrift and enterprise, he was taken
away, in the very prime of life.

WILLIAM H. COLYER, foreman on the
Middle Division, Pennsylvania Railroad, Tus
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county, Pa., was born November 17, 1860, in
Thompsontown, Juniata county. He is a son
of Amos and Alary (Meredith) Colyer. Amos
Colyer, of English descent, was born in 1831,
in Fayette township, Juniata county. He de
voted the greater part of his life to labor for
the Pennsylvania Railroad in the capacity of
a track hand, and is now leading a retired
life, with his wife at ThompsontoAAii. He
was married to Alary Meredith, born in Ches
ter county, Pa. Their children Avere: Nel
son, a resident of Thompsontown, the fore
man of sub-Division No. 16 of the Aliddle Di
vision of the Pennsylvania Railroad; Louisa,
deceased, who Avas the wife of John Deems,
killed in a railway Avreck; Robert, who is a
teamster; William H, of Tuscarora Station;
Charles, a railroad employee; George, sim
ilarly employed; and Herbert, deceased.
Amos Colyer has been all his life an indus
trious man, of unimpeachable integrity, who
enjoys the respect and confidence of all who
know him. In politics he is a Democrat. He
is a consistent member of the Lutheran church.
William H. Colyer attended the public
schools of ThompsontoAvn, after which he en
gaged in day laboring until he had attained
the age of eighteen, Avhen he obtained em
ployment on the Pennsylvania RaUroad, as a
track hand, at which he continued for eleven
years, a faithful and efficient employee. In
1890, he Avas promoted to foreman of sub-di
vision of No. 18, of the Middle Division, Avhich
position he has held ever since to the entire
satisfaction of the company. He was mar
ried, in 1880, in Thompsontown, to Jane H.
Bogenrife, born in Union county, the daugh
ter of IL E. Bogenrife, a blacksmith of
Thompsontown. Their children are: Her
bert; Cloyd; Alary; Annie; Florence; Nel
son and Roy. Air. Coyler is a member of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Relief Association,
and has been a member of the I. 0. 0. F. He
has filled in an acceptable manner, the office
of town council. In his politics he is a Dem
ocrat, but liberal in his views. He is a mem
ber of the Lutheran church. He has been
through life an upright and hard-working
man, universally respected, who now enjoys
the fruits of his labors in a fine dwelling house
which he has acquired through Ins industry.
CAPT. GEORGE W. LINTHURST, re
tired, of Port Royal, Juniata county, Pa., Avas

born September 17, 1823, at Landisburg,
Perry county, Pa. He is a son of Frede'rick
and Sarah (Albright) Linthurst. Frederick
Linthurst, bom in Germany, emigrated to
America, settling in Sunbury, Northumber
land county, Pa. ; he was a harness maker, and,
was accounted the best workman in that oc
cupation in the State. From Sunbury, he re
moved to Landisburg, Perry county, where he
continued to work at his trade until 1836. He
then tended a lock for three years, having
been appointed to that position by Governor
Ritner. In 1839, he removed to Port Royal,
Juniata county, where he followed his trade
until his death, in 1865. Frederick Linthurst
married in Sunbury Aliss Sarah Albright, born
near Philadelphia. They bad eight children:
Jacob; AVilliam; Eliza; Alargaret; Sarah;
and Frederick, all deceased; Henry, of Phil
adelphia; and Charles, of Denver, Col. Mrs.
Sarah Linthurst died in Port Royal in 1860.
Frederick Linthurst Avas an old line Whig;
he was much respected in the community. He
was connected with the Methodist Episcopal
church. George W. Linthurst had no school oppor
tunities, in bis youth, except those afforded by
a Arery poor subscription school, held in an old
log school house, and in session only a short
time during the winter. In summer, he as
sisted his father at the canal-lock. At the
age of sixteen, while residing at Port Royal,
he began business life as steersman on a canal
boat. At the age of eighteen, he took charge of
the Leach line boats, and retained that posi
tion for thirteen years; at the time of his ap
pointment, he was one of the youngest cap
tains ever given command of a boat. By the
time he had been on the canal three years, the
captain had saved enough money to buy a
home for his father and mother; he accord
ingly purchased for them a comfortable resi
dence in Port Royal. After thirteen years
Avith the Leach line, he bought a boat for him
self, named the "Flying Cloud," which he ran
for six years from Port Royal to Wilkes-
Barre, Harrisburg and Columbia. Then, sell
ing his boat, he rented a farm in Milford
township, Juniata county, on which he spent
seven years. The canal, however, had a fas
cination for Captain Linthurst which be could
not resist. He again purchased a boat, named •
the "AV. C. Pomeroy," which he ran until the

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time of the memorable flood that devastated
the city of Johnstown, when his staunch boat
Avas landed in an apple orchard; it was the
last boat that ever passed oA^er the Juniata
canal between Rope Ferry and Hollidaysburg.
Mr. Linthurst is the oldest line boat captain
now living, but withal, a hale and hearty man,
who would not, Avere boats now running, take
second place Avith any captain in their man
agement. Captain Linthurst was married in Port
Royal in 1848, to Christiana Hamlin, born
in Afilford township, a daughter of George
Hamlin, a farmer of that township, of Scotch-
Irish descent. Of their eight children,
four, Alary, Loretta, AVilliam and George
died in early life. The survivors are : Charles,
a lineman of the Pennsylvania Railroad, be
tween Marysville and Baltimore; Annie, re
siding at home; Beale, a lineman on the Penn
sylvania Railroad; and Albright B., a tele
graph operator. The Captain's faithful part
ner in life's toils died in July, 1896, from a
rupture produced by a fall. She was a avo-
man of most estimable character, universally
esteemed by her friends and acquaintances.
In the spring of 1865, Captain Linthurst,
then forty years of age, enlisted at Harris
burg, in Capt. Levi Musser's Company A,
of the One Hundred and First Pennsylvania
AYlunteers. During the greater part of his
term of service, the regiment was on guard
duty at Roanoke Island. Air. Linthurst was
here taken sick, and was for a month in the
Albemarle Hospital, from which place he was
transfened to Newberne, N. C. No man in
Juniata county is more universally esteemed
than Captain Linthurst. He is genial and full
of interesting reminiscences of the old canal
days. One incident of that period is deserv
ing of mention. Fifty years ago, during the
Mexican war, he conveyed Captain Moor
head, of Philadelphia, and bis company of
one hundred men, on their way to the seat of
war. Captain Moorhead was killed in the
first battle in which be participated. Captain
Linthurst is the only man now living who
was on the boat the day that he, as its captain,
transported the company. Captain Lin
thurst is a member of AVilson Post, G. A. R.,
at AlifflintoAvn. He was at one time a member
of the I. 0. 0. F. He is a staunch Republi-
*m, and a consistent member of the Lutheran
church.

AVILLIAA1 A. PATTON, Port Royal, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born April 8, 1857, in
Spruce Hill township, Juniata county, Pa.,
son of Thomas T. and Rebecca J. (Patterson)
Patton. The Patton family are of Scotch-
Irish ancestry. John Patton, great-great
grandfather of AAllliam A. Patton, settled
near Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pa. He
married Alary, daughter of AAllliam Ander
son, a native of Scotland. He owned land in
that portion of Cumberland county which is
now Juniata, and having gone there in the
summer of 1763, to harvest his crop, he was
killed by the Indians. His children Avere:
AAllliam, the great-grandfather of AVilliam
A. ; Robert; and Alary. His eldest son, AAll
liam, born in Cumberland county, April 10,
1758, Avas one of the earliest settlers of Spruce
Hill toAvn.liip, Juniata county, Avhere he
OAvned an immense tract of land. He Avas
through life engaged in agricultural pursuits.
At the age of seventeen, he took up arms in
defense of the liberties of his country, went
to Boston to join the Continental army, and
took an acthc part in the battles of Lexing
ton and Bunker Hill. He Avas afterwards de
tailed for service in the commissary depart
ment, Avith the rank of captain. He con
tinued to be a brave and efficient soldier dur
ing the Revolutionary struggle. His sword
is uoav in the possession of one of his grand
sons, the Rev. AA1 A. Patton. In 1786, he
manied Alargaret Silvers. Their children
were: Elizabeth; Alary; Alargaret; John;
Jane; John (2); Alaria; Sarah; and James.
His wife having died in Juniata county, Sep
tember 3, 1804, he was again married to Isa
bella Y^oung Patterson. Their children were :
Isabella J.; Rebecca A.; and William P.
William Patton held the office of justice of
the peace for many years. He was very in
fluential in the community, and belonged to
the AVhig party. He was a consistent member
of the Presbyterian church. His son, James
Pattern., grandfather of AAllliam A., was born
in Spruce Hill toAvnship, August 30, 1804.
He greAv to manhood on the farm, and made
agriculture his life occupation, in which he
was eminently successful, being industrious
and enterprising. On January 7, 1834, he
married Jame Gilliford; their children Avere:
Thomas T.; George G.; Rev. William A.;
Harvey, an engineer; Alartha E.; Anna AL;
Nancy J. AL ; and Joseph C. Air. Patton was

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a AVhig. He was a member of the Presby
terian church. His death occurred at his
homestead farm, February 3, 1874. Thomas
T. Patton, his eldest son, Avas born December
22, 1834, in Spruce Hill township. He ac
quired a good education in the common
schools and at Tuscarora Academy. His en
tire life Avas spent in agricultural pursuits, on
the homestead. He married in Spruce Hill
township, Rebecca J., daughter of Robert
Patterson, a miller, of Scotch-Irish descent,
residing in that township. Their children are :
William A., of the Port Royal Roller Alills;
John A., a resident of Indiana; Mary L, died
in early life; Robert P., of Altoona, Pa.;
Alartha (Airs. AVilliam Kelley), of Iowa;
Anna J. (Airs. J. F. Palmer), of Philadelphia;
James S., deceased; Harvey; Maria T., de
ceased; Joseph K., of Indiana; and Rebecca.
Thomas T. Patton Avas active and enterpris
ing, and warmly interested both in local mat
ters and in public affairs generally; he was en-
trasted by his fellow citizens Avith numerous
toAvnship offices. He was first a Whig, and
subsequently a Republican. Like his fore
fathers, he Avas a faithful son of the Presby
terian church. His death occurred in Spruce
Hill township, in 1888. His widow resides
with her son, William A.
Having received a common school educa
tion in his native township, William A. Pat
ton remained on the fann until he was four
teen years of age, Avhen he began to learn the
milling trade Avith his grandfather, Air. Pat
terson. At the age of seventeen, he began
business on his own account, taking charge of
the Spruce Hill mill, Avhich he conducted suc
cessfully for three years. He was then for
two years engaged at milling in Kansas. Re
turning to Juniata county, he was for some
time at the town of Pern, and afterwards for
one year at the Patterson mill, of Spruce Hill
township. He next conducted the Bealton
mill, in the Tuscarora Aralley, for three years,
after which he again resided at Peru, spend
ing four years there in the same occupation.
This was followed by four years more in
Spruce Hill toAvnship, and then, in 1892, he
bought the Hertzler mill, of Old Port Royal,
Avhich he has managed successfully since that
time. Mr. Patton is deservedly popular among
his fellow citizens, avIio recognize the advan
tage to the community of the enterprise in
which he is engaged. He is a Republican, and

has held several offices, among them that of
overseer of the poor, which he filled for two
years; he has also been judge of elections, and
member of the Republican county committee.
He is a member of the Mifflintown Lodge, F.
and A. M. ; and of Tuscarora Lodge, No. 556,
I. O. 0. F., at Port Royal.
William A. Patton Avas manied in 1877,
at AlcCoysvUle, Juniata county, Pa., to Cath
erine At., daughter of D. B. Drobsbaugh, a
farmer of Tuscarora township, Juniata
county, where she was born. Their children
are: Samuel, employed in the mill; Alary
C. ; Catherine M. ; Thomas T.; AAllliam A.,
deceased; and Rebecca. All of the family
are connected with the Alethodist Episcopal
church. Mr. Patton has been identified with
Sunday-school work as teacher and as super
intendent.

CHRISTIAN BENDER, Turbett town
ship, Juniata county, Pa., was born May 8,
1820, in Turbett township, Juniata county,
son of William and Barbara (Brandt) Bender.
His grandfather, John Bender, born in Lan
caster county, Pa., 'removed to Turbett town
ship, Juniata county, where he carried on his
occupation of weaving, also cultivating some
land of which he was the owner. He had
been married before leaving Lancaster county,
and had these children: William; George;
Peter; Henry; Jacob; Catherine; Barbara;
and Elizabeth. John Bender was a member
of the Gennan Reformed church. Both he
and his wife died in Turbett township. Wil
liam Bender, his eon, boni in Lancaster
county, received an English and German edu
cation. He was a cooper, and was also en
gaged in farm labor. His political views were
Democratic. William Bender manied in
Turbett township, Barbara Brandt, a native
of that township. Their children are: Chris
tian; John, residing in Michigan; Julia A.
(Airs. Peter Kilmer); George IL, residing
in the west; and Alartin, deceased. Air. Ben
der died in Turbett township in 1883; his
Avife had died in 1860.
In his boyhood, Christian Bender attended
the subscription schools of Turbett township.
He early engaged in labor Avith the farmers
of the neighborhood. He was also for a time
in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
His services were for the benefit of his parents
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bought his present place, Avhich he has greatly
improved by the erection of a commodious
barn, and in other Avays. He has made a
specialty of rearing excellent stock. Air. Ben
der enjoys the esteem of the community in
which he resides. His support is given to the
Democratic party, but he is no office-seeker.
Christian Bender was married in Turbett
township, in 1853, to Priscilla, daughter of
William and Judith (Rice) Saylor; Airs. Ben
der was a native of Turbett township, where
her father was a farmer and blacksmith. They
had four children: Alice J., deceased; Wil
liam IL, farmer, of Ohio; John C, of Da
kota; and Mary E., deceased. Mrs. Priscilla
Bender died October 20, 1880; and Air. Ben
der was again married, June 15, 1882, in
Tuscarora township, to Mary E., daughter of
AVilliam and Lydia A. (Wilson) Crighton, a
native of that township. Mr. Crighton, a
shoemaker, was of Scotch-Irish descent. The
children of this marriage are: Luther A. ; and
Clara Al.
William 11. Bender, eldest son of Christian
and Priscilla (Saylor) Bender, was born in
McAfeetoAvn, Turbett township, Juniata
county, Alarch 21; 1858. He was educated in
the common schools of the neighborhood, and
labored with his father on the homestead
farm, until he was twenty-one years of age,
when, going to Marshall county, 111., he was
engaged there in farm labor for eighteen
months. He next returned to Juniata county,
where he remained for one year, and then was
employed for nine years at Akron, O. Later,
he was employed at Tiffin, O., and then again
turned his attention to farming, which has
been his occupation ever since. AArUliam H.
Bender is a man of acknowledged integrity
and industry. He is a Democrat. He is a
member of Lodge No. 176, Junior 0. U. A.
M., of Tiffin, 0.

_ SAA1UEL DUFFIELD, Port Royal, Ju
niata county, Pa., was bom April 13, 1827,
m Saville township, Perry county, son of
Thomas and Susan (Yohn) Duffield. His
grandfather, Patrick Duffield, a native of Ire
land, emigrated to America Avith his brother,
George, landing at Baltimore, Md. George
Duffield settled in Cumberland county, Pa.,
while Patrick went to Perry county, pur
chased a farm in Saville township, and applied
himself to its cultivation. He manied, and

'Avas the father of six children, one of Avhom
Avas Thomas. Patrick Duffield was a AVhig.
Ho Avas a consistent member of the Presbyter
ian church. His death occurred near Ickes
burg, Peny county, Pa., November 20, 1831.
Thomas Duffield, born August 14, 1791, in
Saville township, Perry county, received his
education in the schools of his vicinity, and
had a mind Avell stored Avith knoAvledge by
extensive reading. He learned tanning,
Avhich occupation he foUoAved for some years
in Perry county. He was also expert as a
maker of post and rail fences, Avhich calling
he foUoAved during the latter part of his life.
His home Avas in Saville toAvnship, Avhere he
died Alarch 14, 1868. Air. Duffield was origi
nally a AATiig, afterwards becoming a Repub
lican. He Avas a useful and intelligent citizen,
and was esteemed accordingly. Thomas Duf
field was married in Perry county to a native
of that county, Susan, daughter of John
Yohn, a farmer of Gennan descent. Tavo of
their children died in infancy; the surviving
ones were: Alarg?ret (Mrs. John Sherlock),
of Beale township, Juniata county, born July
25, 1817, deceased; Susan (Airs. John Breck-
bill), born October 6, 1819, deceased; James
B., born October 24, 1822, deceased; Fan
nie, bom August 18, 1824, AvidoAV of Joseph
Kennedy, of Milford township; Samuel, of
Turbett township; Jonathan, born December
20, 1828, died in early life; Henry B., born
November 2, 1830; Elizabeth J. (Atrs. Jacob
Klinepeter), born September 20, 1832, de
ceased; and Sarah A., born April 23, 1834,
wife of Calvin Bartley, an architect of Al
toona, Pa. Thomas Duffield was a devout
member of the Presbyterian church.
In early youth, Samuel Duffield attended
the public schools of SaAille toAvnship, and of
Ickesburg, during their short winter terms.
At the tender age of nine years, he was put
out to work as a farmer's boy, in Lack town
ship, Juniata county. For two years he
labored for Joseph Robinson, after which he
returned home, and wrorked for two years
among the farmers in the vicinity of Ickes
burg. He then worked two years Avith James
Irvin, of Saville township, Perry county, also
two years with various farmers of the same
township, and then two years Avith Simon
Kell. During all this time, young Duffield
received but meager Avages, which he regu
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parents, having but fifty cents for himself du
ring a period of ten years. He then spent
twelve years as a farm laborer with Robert
Boden, of Saville township, Perry county.
This time having expired, he, learned plaster
ing with John Sanderson, remaining with him
in all eleven years, as apprentice, as journey
man, and finally as partner. They did con
tract work in various parts of Juniata and
Perry counties. Air. Duffield then engaged
in business for himself at Ickesburg, and
Avorked altogether in the tAvo counties just
mentioned, about forty consecutive years. He
plastered many of the church edifices of this
section of the State, including buildings at
Alarklesville and Loysville, Perry county,
and at Ickesburg and Reeds Gap, Juniata
county. In 1886, he removed to Port Royal,
where he purchased a fine residence, the sur
roundings of which he has greatly improved.
He retired in 1891 from active business, and
is now enjoying in quietness and leisure the
fruits of an industrious life, and the respect
and kind regards of his friends and neighbors.
On September 5, 1864, Mr. Duffield en
listed at Hanisburg, Pa., in Company G, Two
Hundred and Eighth Pennsylvania Volun
teers, Col. A. B. McCalmont commanding.
He had no opportunity to participate in any
but minor engagements; Avas present at the
second battle of Hatchers Run, Febmary 15,
1865. Before active operations opened up
around Petersburg in the spring, he Avas, un
fortunately, taken ill, and sent to the hospital
at City Point, Va. After three Aveeks there, he
was sent to a Washington City hospital, and
subsequently to one in Philadelphia, in which
city he was discharged. He was in Washing
ton at the time of the assassination of Presi
dent Lincoln. Mr. Duffield is a Democrat.
He has never sought office, but was honored
by his fellow citizens with an election to the
toAvn councU for two terms. He is a member
of Wilson Post, G. A. R., at Mifflintown, Pa.
Mr. Duffield holds membership in the Lu
theran church.
Samuel A. Duffield was first married in
Saville township, Perry county, to Alary A.,
daughter of Jacob Klinepeter, a fanner and
blacksmith; she Avas a native of Saville town
ship. Their children Avere : Catherine (Mrs.
Calvin Orris,) deceased; Alary Jane, deceased;
Calvin E., a plasterer, of Kansas City; Robert,
a plasterer, of Port Royal, Pa., married Annie

Ressinger; and Susan (Airs. Henry Bailor),
deceased, had two children. Mrs. Alary A.
Duffield having died in 1879, Air. Duffield
was married in 1882, to Alargaret SAveiger,
widow of William Yohn, of Perry county; to
this maniage there was no issue. His second
wife having died in October, 1894, Air. Duf
field married, July 26, 1895, Martha J., daugh
ter of Jacob Kauffman, and widoAV of John
BeaA^er. She was, born in AValker township,
Juniata county, and was married first to
Luther Dillman, of Walker toAvnship; to
AA'hich union were born four children: Wil
liam F., deceased; Minnie G, deceased; Jen
nie At. ; and Alary AL Mr. Dillman having
died, she married, secondly, John Beaver, a
blacksmith of Port Royal, who died in 1891.

DAVID NAYLOR, Port Royal, Juniata
county, Pa., was born November 7, 1834, in
Fayette toAvnship, Juniata county, son of
George and Elizabeth (Hippie) Naylor.
George Naylor, a native of Chester county,
came to Juniata county when a young man,
and settled in Fayette township, Avhere he en
gaged in farming. His wife, Elizabeth (Hip
pie) Naylor, still lives on the homestead farm,
at the venerable age of ninety-five. Their
children are : Jacob, an iron worker of Steel-
ton, Pa. ; David, of Port Royal ; Nancy, who
died young; Alary (Mrs. John Yoder), of Lew
istown, Pa., deceased; Henry, died in early
life; George, a farmer of Spruce Hill town
ship; Catherine (Mrs. Clinton Bowers), of
Port Royal;. Jane, residing on the homestead;
and Christian, of Delaware township, Ju
niata county. George Naylor was a Demo
crat. His death occurred September 1, 1854.
During their three months' sessions in the
winter season, David Naylor attended the
public schools, assisting on the farm for a part
of the time; this he continued to do until he
Avas nineteen years old, working partly at home
and partly for wages among the farmers of
the neighborhood. He then removed to Scot
land,' Franklin county, Pa., where he was en
gaged for five years in the manufacture of
lumber, after which he farmed for fifteen
years in the same section. He next farmed in
Turbett township, Juniata county, for seven
years, and then purchased the farm of 114
acres in Spnice Hill township, belonging to
Jonathan Swartz, where he spent several
years; then, selling out, he removed to Port

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Royal, and remained there a short time. He
finally settled in Port Royal, in 1891, and
has since remained there, engaged as a dealer
in produce. Air. Naylor is a Democrat. He
is not an office seeker, but was selected by bis
fellow citizens of Spruce Hill toAvnship, as
a member of the school board, Avhich position
he ably filled for six years. His useful ac
tivity and many excellent qualities Avin him
general regard.
David Naylor Avas married, in Franklin
county, in 1851, to Elizabeth, daughter of
John C. and Esther (Stewart) AViest, a native
of Amberson's valley, Franklin county, Pa.
John C. AATest Avas a farmer and shoemaker
of Franklin county, who came to America
from Germany when four years of age; Airs.
AViest was also of German descent. The chil
dren of Mr. and Airs. DaAdd Naylor are:
John, of Chester, Pa.; Dora; AAllliam, de
ceased; and George, deceased. Air. Naylor
is a zealous and active member of the Aletho
dist Episcopal church.

GEORGE SNYDER, deceased, who was
one of the oldest and most respected residents
of Juniata county, was bom in Jackson toAvn-
ship, Dauphin county, Pa., in 1808, son of
George and Frances (Gensinger) Snyder. Mr.
Snyder was educated in Dauphin county, and
could use both the German and English lan
guages. Losing his parents Avhen he was very
young, he Avas reared by his uncle, Air. Eshel-
man, of Dauphin county, with Avhom he re
mained until he Avas a young man. He then
embarked in the mercantile business in
Mexico, Juniata county, having as his partner
Mr. Cummings. Air. Snyder was one of. the
first merchants in the town of Mexico, where
he continued in business for thirty years. At
length, selling out bis store, he settled for
three years in AValker township, on a farm
which he had purchased from Rev. Mr.
Shields, a United Presbyterian minister of
Mexico. In 1865, having sold the farm, he
removed to Port Royal, and was for a short
time engaged in a general mercantile business,
which he was soon obliged to give up on ac
count of ill health; he then lived a retired
life until the time of his death, Avhich occuned
m 1871 at his home in Port Royal, after an
illness of three years' duration. Atr. Snyder
possessed business ability of a high order, and
was very enterprising, which ensured to him

a successful career. On removing to Port
Royal, he purchased a fine brick mansion, and
erected an elegant store room, which for twen
ty-one years has been used for the Juniata
Valley Bank, of Port Royal. He was a
staunch AVhig, and subsequently an equally
staunch Republican. He took an intense in
terest in political and national affairs, but
steadily refused all proffers of office for him
self. He Avas a devout member of the Lu
theran church.
George Snyder Avas married in AA^alker
township, Juniata county, October 19, 1859,
to Charlotte, daughter of David and Alargaret
(Kantz) Kloss, born in 1830, in Freeburg,
Snyder county, Pa. The children of Air. and
Mrs. Snyder are: Rebecca J. (Airs. AV. C.
Guss), of Guthrie, Oklahoma, bom NoA-ember
29, 1860; her husband is president of one of
the first banks of the Indian Tenitory; John
Lincoln, born July 21, 1862, died at Alexico,
Juniata county, in 1863; Emma L., born
July 21, 1864, died in 1868; Alargaret E.
(Airs. George B. AlcClellan AVisehaupt), of
Port Royal, born August 11, 1866; and
George Franklin, bom August 25, 1,867.
George Franklin Snyder received his prelim
inary education at the Airy AleAv Academy,
Port Royal, and at the AlifflintoAvn Academy.
He then took a course at Pennsylvania Col
lege, and at the Lutheran Theological Sem
inary, both at Gettysburg, Pa., graduating
with 'high honors from the latter institution
in 1894. He uoav resides at Williamsport,
Pa., .where he has a charge, and has already
become noted as an earnest and able preacher.
David Kloss, the father of Airs. Snyder, was
born in Lehigh county, Pa., and received an
education in both the English and German
languages. In early life he OAvned a brewery
and a mill in Union county, Pa., both of which
he conducted Avith success ; but for the greater
part of his life, he devoted bis attention to
farming, first in Union and afterwards in Ju
niata county. In the latter county, he owned
an extensive farm, noAv the property of his
son, Henry Kloss. He died on this farm in
1S60. He Avas manied to Alargaret Kantz at
Freeburg, Snyder county, Pa. They had
eleven children, six of whom are deceased.
The survivors are: Charlotte, Avidow of
George Snyder, of Port Royal; Daniel, of
Tyrone, Pa.; John, residing in Alichigan;
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theran pastor in Arizona; and Henry, of
Alexico, Juniata county. Mrs. David Kloss
died on the homestead farm in Walker town
ship, in 1876. Air. Kloss was originally a
Whig, and later a staunch Republican. He
was a faithful and consistent member of the
Lutheran church.

GEORGE T. KEPNER, Port Royal, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born in Turbett toAvn-
ship, Juniata county, June 10, 1862. He is
a son of Philip Al. and Harriet (Rickenbaugh)
Kepner. His grandfather, Benjamin Kepner,
was a native of Pfoutz valley, Perry county.
He Avas a soldier in the Continental army and
served under General Washington. After
farming for some time in Liverpool toAvnship,
Perry county, he removed to Juniata county,
and bought land about three miles in extent
in Turbett township. The Kepner family
may be called the fathers of Port Royal, since
the toAvn Avas built on a part of this land.
AAlien Air. Kepner purchased this land, a
large part of it AA^as covered with valuable
timber. He began to clear the land and build
a fine log house, the first one of the kind
erected in the township. This house is still
standing, and is more than one hundred years
old. In 1805, he built a stone barn, the first
in the township, Avhich is still in existence.
Mr. Kepner also erected the first brick dAvell
ing house and barn in the township. This
is on the homestead, and is owned by bis son,
Henry. Mr. Kepner Avas an old school Dem
ocrat, Avell-knoAvn and respected in the county.
He Avas married twice; his son, Philip, was
the child of the second wife, Avho died at the
homestead in Turbett township, aged seven
ty-six. Air. Benjamin Kepner died at the
homestead in Turbett township, where he re
sided Avith his son, Henry, at the age of nine
ty-six. His son, Philip Kepner, received a
fair education, and decided to turn his atten
tion to the cultivation of the soil. Inheriting
his father's enterprising spirit, his first im
provement, when at the age of thirty-five he
obtained the homestead, a farm of 255 acres,
was the planting of a large apple and peach
orchard; under his intelligent management,
it became one of the most productive orchards
in the township. He also bought and shipped
live stock; a.nd at one time owned a steer
which he sold for $300. At the age of fifty,
he retired from farming, and removing to Port

Royal, Pa., turned his attention to mercan
tile affairs, dealing in coal, grain and lumber.
He bought a convenient brick dwelling, cost
ing about $4,000, one of the most comforta
ble houses in Port Royal. Mr. Philip Kep
ner Avas interested in all the affairs of the
toAvnship. He adhered to the Democratic
party, and served as tax collector, and as a
member of the council of Port Royal. Mr.
Kepner was highly esteemed in the com
munity. His financial success and his bene
volent disposition made him prominent in the
county. He was one of the founders of the
Juniata Valley Bank and a stockholder in
the Mifflintown Bank, the Juniata Valley
Bank at Port Royal, the National Bank of
NeAA'port, Peny county, and in the bank at
Atiddleburg, Snyder county, Pa. Air. Philip
Kepner was manied near Mexico, Walker
township, Juniata county, to Henrietta,
daughter of David Rickenbaugh, of Mexico.
They haAre six children : Alice (Mrs. AVilliam
Copenhaver), of Chicago, 111.; Franklin
Pierce, of Pittsburg; Anna (Mrs. John Dif-
fenderfer), of Pittsburg, Pa.; George T;
Jeanette, lhdng at Harrisburg, Pa. ; and Bes
sie, residing at Hanisburg. Mr. Philip Kep
ner and his wife are members of the Presby
terian church. Air. Kepner died February 1,
1892, aged seventy-two; his AvidoAV resides
in Harrisburg, Pa.
George T. Kepner received his primary
education in the public schools of Turbett
toAvnship and of Port Royal. He completed
his course in the Airy View Academy at
Port Royal, under Professors Wilson and Pat
terson. After leaving school he worked with
his father in his business house in Port Royal.
When he Avas twenty-eight, he Avas made a
partner in the firm of Kepner & Son. In
1890, his father retired, and since that time
he has had entire control of the business.
He also cultivates the homestead, Avhich
has been in the possession of the family for
more than a hundred years. He has made
many improvements in the property. He
Avas among the first farmers to introduce the
culture of tobacco into Turbett township. He
has a large tobacco shed costing about $800,
and has now more than 200 acres under cul
tivation. He has also repaired his home in
Port Royal, heating it by steam and adding
all the modern improvements. Air George
Kepner is a member of the Democratic party,

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957

and is actively interested in local politics. In
February, 1897, he was elected tax collector
for Port Royal; he is also a member of the
town council. Mr. George Kepner is an en
terprising business man, and is interested in
the progress of the community. For more
than three years he has been a large stock
holder in and a director of the Juniata Val
ley Bank, at Port Royal, and of the National
Bank at Newport, Pa. He is also a stock
holder in the bank at Mifflintown and at Mid-
dleburg, Snyder county, Pa.
George T. Kepner was married, at AlcAlis
terville, Juniata county, December 10, 1885,
to Ella, daughter of Henry Sieber, of Alifflin
town. They have five children: Blanche
M., deceased; Ralph S. ; Paul AIcC. ; G. Ray
mond; and Frank B. Air. George T. Kepner
is a member of the Presbyterian church.

HENRY BERRIER, deceased, formerly
of Shade Valley, Huntingdon county, Pa.,
was born near GermantoAvn, Toboyne town
ship, Perry county, April 19, 1831. He is a
son of Henry and Alaria (Barnhart) Berrier.
He was one of six children ; his parents both
died in Peny county.
Henry Berrier received a very limited edu
cation. When he was only twelve years old,
he began to earn bis own living by driving
a team to and from Baltimore, Md., for the
firm of Foss & Elder, tanners of Peny county,
Pa. After driving for some years, he bought
a small farm in Perry county, which he culti
vated until 1864, when he enlisted in Peny
county, for one year, or until the close of the
war, in Company F, Two Hundred and Eighth
Pennsylvania Volunteers, Capt. G. C. Palm.
The regiment was assigned to the Army of
the Potomac and took part in some of the
most desperate battles of the war. As Mr.
Berrier was never either wounded or in the
hospital, he was with the regiment until the
end of the war. In 1866, he sold his farm
in Perry county and bought a farm of eighty-
eight acres in Shade valley, Huntingdon
county, Pa. He cultivated this farm until
the time of his death, and greatly improved
his property by building a comfortable frame
dwelling and a convenient barn. He also
planted an orchard. Atr. Berrier was inter
ested in the affairs of the township. He Avas
a member of the Democratic party, prominent

in Huntingdon county, and Avas Avell known
and esteemed by his neighbors.
Henry Berrier's first Avife Avas Aliss AIc-
Feeters, of Shade valley, Huntingdon county.
They had eleven children : Lucinda (Atrs. E.
AVallace), of Illinois; Alexander, living on
the homestead in Shade valley; Lillie 0. (Mrs.
John Culver), of Illinois; Elmer, deceased;
John, resides at Harrisburg, Pa. ; Richard, liv
ing in Huntingdon county; Emma, resides
in Illinois; Roland II. , of Tuscarora valley;
Nancy (Airs. David Biggs), of NeAV Philadel
phia, 0.; Alartha, of Illinois; and Wilbam,
of Lack, Juniata county, Pa. Air. Berrier
was afterwards married at Concord, Frank
lin county, Pa., to Alary, daughter of Jacob
and Elizabeth (Reisinger) Bender, who was a
native of Peny county. They have one son,
William, aaLo was born in Peny county. He
married Aliss Haniet Hess, of Perry county
and has one son, James AL Mr. Henry Ber
rier Avas a member of the Presbyterian church.
He died at his home in Shade valley, in 1890.
His disease was caused by the exposure he en
dured Avhile in the army. After the death of
her husband, Mrs. Benier sold the farm in
Shade valley, on which her husband's sons
are now living. In 1890 she removed to Port
Royal, Juniata county, where she bought a
home. She is an acthre member of the Presby
terian church.
Airs. Berrier's grandfather, George Bender,
was a native of Germany. He emigrated to
America when a boy and settled in Chester
county. He learned shoemaking, and after
working at his trade for several years in Ches
ter county, he removed to Perry county, Avhere
he continued shoemaking and also cultivated
a farm. George Bender was married to Susan
Carter, of Chester county. They had one
child, Jacob. Air. and Airs. George Bender
are buried in the graveyard in Saville town
ship, Peny county. Airs. Berrier's father,
Jacob Bender, was born in Chester county.
AVhen he was eleven years of age his parents
removed to Perry county, where he received
his education. He was able to use both Ger
man and English, and was a particularly fine
reader. He learned shoemaking with his
father and worked at his trade all his life.
He also owned and cultivated a farm of sixty
acres in Saville township, on which he built a
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and made many other improvements. Mr.
Bender was a Republican, interested in all the
affairs of the township.
Mr. Jacob Bender was manied in Saville
toAvnship, Peny county, to Elizabeth Reis
inger, who was born at New Ickesburg, Perry
county. They have thirteen children: Su
sanna (Airs. AVilliam Otto), of Perry county,
deceased; Alargaret (Airs. James Barrick), de
ceased; Elizabeth (Atrs. Jacob Fritz), of
Perry county; John, deceased; George W.,
deceased; Samuel, resides in Madison toAvn-
ship, Perry county; Alary (Atrs. Henry Ber
rier); Jacob, living on the homestead; Ben
jamin F., deceased; Alartha E. (Airs. Samuel
Everil), of Perry county; Catherine; Lu
cinda IT. (Mrs. AV. H. Bonder), of Alilford
township, Juniata county; and Sarah (Mrs.
G. J. De Lancy), of Madison township, Perry
county. Air. Bender was a member of the
(Gennan) Reformed church, and a diligent
student of the Bible. He died at the home
stead, April 13, 1882; his wife died in 1879.

HEZEKIAH McAFEE, deceased, Port
Royal, Juniata county, Pa., Avas born at Mc-
AfeetoAvu, Turbett township, February 22,
1828. He is a son of James and Sarah
(Brackbill) AicAfee. The McAfee family
is of Scotch-Irish descent. Air. McAfee's
grandfather, John AicAfee, carpenter and
merchant, Avas born in Dublin, Ireland, May
10, 1756. Air. McAfee Avas a Avealthy mer
chant in his native city, but having failed in
business in 1790, he and one of his brothers,
emigrated to America, and settled in a place
knoAvn as Jennie's Gap, in Avhat is now Tur
bett township. He spent his life at this place,
working at carpentry. In 1781, he married
Jane Stephenson and began housekeeping in
Dublin, Ireland. They had five children:
Rebecca (Mrs. John Lauver), born in Dublin,
January 17, 1782; Daniel, born in Pennsyl
vania, August 26, 1795; James, born in
Pennsylvania, June 15, 1796; Margaret
(Airs. AAllliam Richey), born in Pennsylva
nia, November 14, 1799; and Wilson, born
in Pennsylvania, March 21, 1803. Mr. John
McAfee was a good and useful man,' a con
sistent member of the Presbyterian church.
He died November 13, 1802; his wife died
March 12, 1841. Hezekiah McAfee's father,
James McAfee, Avas born on a farm in Tur
bett toAvnship, June 15, 1796. He had a

good education and could use both German
and English. James AicAfee spent the greater
part of his life in buying and selling cattle,
driving them himself. He was one of the first
settlers in Turbett township. In 1825, he
built a comfortable dAvelling house in Mc-
Afeetown; the town was named in honor of
his family. James AicAfee Avas an old line
Whig, interested in county affairs, and was
constable of the township for several years.
He was married to Sarah Brackbill, who was
of AVelsh descent. They have four children:
Hezekiah, deceased; Josiah, born August 8,
1830, resides in Topeka, Kas., Avas a dealer in
live stock, afterwards a minister of the Lu
theran church, and also a member of the Kan
sas Legislature, and mayor of Topeka; Aza-
riah Y., born April 2, 1833, a carpenter and
teacher in McAfeetown, married Mary Kil
mer, died in 1895, leaving four children; and
Keziah, born May 23, 1836. Atr. John Mc
Afee was Avell-knoAvn and respected in the
community. He and his Avife Avere members
of the Presbyterian church. He was a dili
gent student of the Bible, established the first
Sunday-school in the township at Church
HiU, and was superintendent of this school
for almost half a life time. He died Septem
ber 11, 1837, and is buried near his father
and mother in the old Kilmer graveyard. His
Avife died November 11, 1877.
Hezekiah AicAfee attended subscription
and afterwards the public schools at the old
Freedom school house in Turbett township.
The term lasted for three winter months, and
the building Avas of the most primitive kind,
Avith its huge stone fire place, and roughly-
heAvn slab benches. His first teacher was
David Powel, and his last David Shope. When
he Avas twelve years old, he hired as a laborer
to the neighboring farmers, receiving only
three dollars per month. He worked in this
Avay for many years. In 1856, Mr. McAfee
went to Kansas where he remained for one
year and a half working at fence making and
at farm labor. In 1865, he enlisted at Phila
delphia, Pa., in the Tavo Hnndred and Thir
teenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company
G, Capt. William Baker, and served for ten
months. The regiment was employed in guard
duty and was stationed in Maryland. After
he Avas discharged, at the close of the war, he
again worked for the farmers of Turbett town
ship. In 1875 Mr. McAfee began dealing in

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poultry. His energy and industry made him
successful in this business; he also cultivated
a small farm. He and his sister lived together
on the farm, and a part of his success is due
to her careful and intelligent assistance. The
brother and sister educated and cared for
French AicAfee, the son of their brother,
Azariah. This young man is now a promi
nent minister in the Presbyterian church, and
resides in Texas. Air. AicAfee was a sound
Republican, actively interested in local poli
tics. His genial manner Avon him many
friends. He Avas a consistent member of the
Presbyterian church, a zealous adA'ocate of
temperance, and an active Avorker in the cause.
He never used tobacco in any form. Heze
kiah AicAfee died of paralysis, AprU 1, 1897.

AVILSON CALHOUN, Turbett township,
Port Royal P. 0., Juniata county, Pa., was
born in Turbett toAvnship, November 15,
1829. He is a son of Armstrong and Abigail
(Hench) Calhoun. John C. Calhoun, grand
father of AAllson Calhoun, was born in one of
the southeastern States, but subsequently
moved to Pennsylvania, and settled in Peny
county. He married Aliss Dill, of Allegheny
county, Pa., to Avhom six children were born:
Armstrong; John C. ; Alartha J.; Alargaret
A. ; Jane, Avife of J. Speer, of Chambersburg,
Pa., both deceased; and Chambers, deceased.
Armstrong Calhoun, father of AVilson Cal
houn, was born in Perry county in 1800, and
died in Juniata in 1850. He married Abigail
Hench, to Avhom eight children were born:
Wilson; Jane, Avife of Frank Goodman;
Alary A., deceased; John, deceased; Wil
liam; Caroline, deceased, Avife of Josiah
Umholtz; James P., sheriff of Juniata
county; and Samuel, who died in the anny.
Wilson Calhoun received his education in
the public schools of Turbett toAvnship, and
has always been engaged in farm Avork. In
1857, he moved to his present home. He has
invented a hoisting machine, which Avas pat
ented in 1877, and is now used generally by
telegraph companies. In 1854, Air. Calhoun
was married to Hannah J. Darrh, daughter
of Henry and Alary (Wilson) Darrh. Their
children are: Elizabeth, deceased; Le
Clerc; Pliny; Du Vieney; Berenice, wife of
John AVharton; Anson; A^anini; and Cath
arine, deceased.

Air. Calhoun is a member of the Lutheran
church. Politically, he is a Democrat.
John C. Calhoun, uncle of AAllson Cal
houn, had a family of three sons and one
daughter, Avho, upon the death of their father,
removed Avith their mother to Illinois. Two
of the sons are ministers in the Alethodist
Episcopal church; AAlnfield Scott Calhoun be
ing located at Tuscola, 111., and John Dill
Calhoun at Cambridge in the same State. The
other son, AAllliam, is well known, being the
special commissioner sent by Presdent AlcKin-
ley to Cuba for the purpose of investigating
the real condition of affairs in that country.
AAllliam Avas born in Aladison toAvnship,
Perry county, Pa. For a number of years
he has been engaged in newspaper Avork, and
has also met with Avell-deserved success in the
political field, having served three terms in
the State Legislature, one term as speaker of
the House.

DAVID KILAIER, Avas born in Turbett
township, December 7, 1827. He is a son
of Samuel and Sydney (AlcCulloch) Kilmer.
Philip Kilmer, grandfather of David Kilmer,
a native of Germany, emigrated to America,
first settled in Lancaster and then in Juniata
county. His second Avife, Aliss Stoner, had
five cbildren: Philip; Isaac; Samuel; Alex
ander; and Elizabeth. Samuel Kilmer,
father of DaA-id Kilmer, was born and lived
on a farm in Turbett township. He married
Sydney AlcCulloch, and had a family of eight
children: AVilliam; Alary; Elizabeth; Susan;
Catharine; Alexander; and Sydney, all de
ceased; and David, still surviving.
David Kilmer was educated in the public
and subscription schools, and nearly his whole
life has been passed on the farm AA'hich he now
owns. His first wife, Elizabeth AIoss, had
one child, deceased. In 1850, he married,
secondly, Jane Boyer, to Avhom Avere born
six children: Catharine, deceased, Avife of
Jacob Seiler; James; Alice, wife of L. C.
Calhoun; Samuel; Delia,_who died young;
and Ira, who with his wife, formerly Bell
Barton, still resides at home. David Kilmer
is a Democrat, and has served as school di
rector, tax collector, supervisor, assessor and
overseer of the poor. He is a trustee in the
Presbyterian church, and has been superin
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AVILLIAM AV. LANDIS, treasurer of Ju
niata county, residing in Turbett toAvnship,
was born in AlcAlisterville, Fayette township,
Juniata county, September 17, 1835. He is
a son of John and Elizabeth (Witmer) Lan
dis. The great-great-grandfather of Air. Lan
dis Avas a native of Holland. His son, George,
great-grandfather of William Landis, was
born in Lebanon county, Pa., and married
Aliss Alter. Their children Avere : Abraham ;
Isaac; and Jacob. Isaac Landis, grandfather
of AAllliam Landis, Avas born in Dauphin
county, Pa., and married Barbara Lauver.
Their children were: John; Alichael; Jacob;
Henry; Abraham; Annie; Catiiarine; Eliza
beth; and Alary. John Landis, father of AVil
liam Landis, was bom in Snyder county, but
in 1811 removed to Juniata county. He mar
ried Elizabeth AAltmer, and had these chil
dren: AVilliam; Hannah; Thomas; Isaac;
Elizabeth; Mary; Alelinda; Susan; David;
John; and Annie. John Landis died in
Alarch, 1888.
AVilliam W. Landis remained at home until
he Avas twenty-five years old, then went to
Illinois. He participated in many engage
ments during the Civil Avar. In 1867, he re
turned to Turbett township, Avhere he has
ever since resided on his farm. In 1869, Air.
Landis married Katie Partner, of Milford
township, Juniata county. Their children
are: Charles; David; George; LeRoy; and
a child Avho died in infancy. Air. Landis was
elected county treasurer in 1896 on the Re
publican sound money ticket. He has also
held the township offices of supervisor, as
sessor, tax collector and judge and inspector
of elections.

DAVID K. KEPNER, was born in Tur
bett township, February 14, 1872; son of
Thompson AV. and Ida L. (Kilmer) Kepner.
Thompson AV. Kepner, Avas born in Turbett
toAvnship, October 6, 1847; received a com
mon school education, and during his boy
hood clays assisted his father on the farm,
which he subsequently cultivated himself.
When eighteen he enlisted in the State mili
tia, in the cavalry company commanded by
Captain Lambert. In 1867, Air. Kepner mar
ried Ida Lincoln Kilmer, daughter of Peter
Kilmer, a farmer and lumberman of Turbett
township. Their children Avere: Viola F.,
deceased; David K. ; and Alvin Thompson.
Mr. Kepner died July 23, 1884.

David K. Kepner was educated in the pub
lic schools of bis native township and in the
Airy View Academy at Port Royal. When
his father died David took charge of the farm,
and has cultivated it ever since. In Alay,
1895, Mr. Kepner was married to Nora B.
Koons, daughter of James Koons, and had
one child, Warren Thompson. Mr. Kepner
attends the Lutheran church. Politically he
is a Democrat, and has served his party as in
spector of election. He is a member of the
P. O. S. A.

REV. H. S. GILBERT, pastor of Port
Royal and St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran
congregations, Turbett township, Juniata
county, Pa., Avas born in Mercer county, Pa.,
February 1, 1868; son of V. and Anna
(Stoyer) Gilbert. V. Gilbert, born in Sny
der county, Pa., Avas of German descent, and
was educated in the subscription schools of
his native county. When a young man he
moved to Alercer county, where he worked
until the breaking out of the Avar, when he
was drafted, and served in the Army of the
Potomac for nine months. After being dis
charged he enlisted for three years in the
One Hundred and Ninety-ninth Pennsylva
nia Volunteers. Then returning to Alercer
county he farmed until 1896, and has since
lived retired. He married Anna Stoyer, to
whom nine children were born: H S. ; Al
bert; 'Clara; Charles; John; Ala'bel; Frank;
Ralph; and an infant who died.
Rev. Gilbert attended the public schools
in winter and worked on the farm in summer
until he was eighteen; then entered the Fre-
donia Institute. He graduated from the Edin-
boro State Nonnal School, and subsequently
also from the Fredonia Institute. He en
gaged in teaching in 1890, and continued
until 1894, when he entered the Lutheran
Theological Seminary of Selinsgrove, Snyder
county. He Avas received into the ministry
by the Pittsburg Synod in 1895. He Avas
called to the Port Royal charge in July,
1896. In 1893, Rev. Gilbert married Carrie
Steck, daughter of Rev. J. AL Steck, and has
one child, Paul.

SAA1UEL WHARTON, Spruce Hill, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born April 17, 1817,
in that portion of Turbett township, Juniata
county, which is now Spruce Hill township.
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AAliarton. His grandfather, Samuel AVhar
ton, was a native of Scotland, Avho came to
America in company Avith his brother, the
former settling in Bucks county, the latter, in
Philadelphia. Samuel AAliarton was a private
in AVashington's army during the ReA'olution-
ary war, after which he migrated to Juniata
county, becoming a resident of Turbett town
ship, where he died in the year 1823. He
married Aliss Wilson, of Cumberland county.
Their children were : John; Samuel; James;
AVilliam; Sarah; and two who died in early
life. Samuel Wharton was a Democrat. One
of his sons, William Wharton, who was born
in Berks county, received his education in Ju
niata county. In 1796, he enlisted in the
army, for service against the hostile Indians
of the Northwest Tenitory, and was quarter
master at Fort Wayne, Inch, under General
St. Clair. He had in early life learned carpen
try, and foUoAved that trade until after the
Indian Avar, when he purchased five hundred
acres of land, part of Avhich Avas timber; this
tract he improved with suitable buildings,
making farming his occupation for the remain
der of his life. William Wharton married, in
Turbett township, Jennie, daughter of Wil
liam Stewart, a farmer of Juniata county;
she was born in that township. Their chil
dren were: Priscilla, deceased; Alice (Airs.
John Gilford), deceased; Sarah (Airs. F. V.
Woods), of Peny county, deceased; William,
deceased; Margaret (Airs. Wilson Laird), de
ceased; Samuel, of Spruce Hill township;
Rebecca (Mrs. James Culbertson), deceased;
Nancy (Mrs. J. C. Gilson), of Spruce Hill
township; Emeline, widow of Samuel Alc-
Laughlin, of Spruce Hill township; and
Mary (Mrs. James McLaughlin), deceased.
William AVharton was a Democrat. He was
one of the first commissioners of Juniata
county, having also been a county commis
sioner when Mifflin and Juniata still formed
a single county. He also held numerous town
ship offices. He died March 24, 1836, and was
interred on the homestead farm.
Samuel Wharton, son of AVilliam Wharton,
attended in his youth the subscription schools
of Spruce Hill township, which were in ses
sion but three months of the year, in the rude
log school houses of that period. He has made
farming his life occupation, laboring with his
father until the death of the latter, which oc
curred when Samuel was nineteen years of

age. He continued to Avork for his AvidoAved
mother on the farm, until he Avas twenty-five
years of age, Avhen he removed to his present
farm. He has greatly improved it in A'arious
Avays, including the erection of a fine stone
house and barn, and the planting of an excel
lent orchard. He has been, Avith success, an
extensive dealer in stock of all descriptions.
After a long and prosperous life, he, in 1893,
retired from active duties.
Samuel AAliarton Avas married, in Spruce
Hill toAvnship, in 1845, to Elizabeth H.,
daughter of Alexander Patterson, a Juniata
county farmer, of Scotch-Irish descent. She
Avas born in that township in 1819. Their
children are: SteAvart P., avIio received an
academic and collegiate education, and who is
noAV a commission merchant in Philadelphia;
Dr. Sylvester A., of Chicago; Agnes (Airs.
John Kokehdaffer), of Peny county; and
Jane (Airs. Z. V. Gibson), of Spruce Hill
toAvnsbip. Air. Wharton has held the toAvn-
ship offices of school director, assessor, tax col
lector and overseer of the poor, in all of which
positions he has discharged the duties incum
bent on him ably and efficiently. He was
born and reared a Democrat, but became a Re
publican in 1861, and has voted the same
ticket ever since. He is a member of the
Academy Presbyterian church, in which body
he has held the offices of deacon and trustee.
Mr. AAliarton is universally esteemed for his
probity and integrity. In his old age, he is
able to produce the very unusual record of
having passed through a long life Avithout ever
using tobacco.
Sylvester A. AAliarton, AL D., second son
of Samuel AAliarton, was born in Spruce Hill
township, Juniata county, Pa., Alarch 27,
1848. After attending the common schools
of Spruce Hill township, he continued his
studies in an academy, and in the Eastman
Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., from
Avhich he graduated in 1867. For some years
he worked with his father on the farm, and
also dealt in stock in Juniata, Clearfield and
Centre counties. In 1870, he traveled over
every western State in the Union, as well as
through Canada and Mexico, in connection
with transactions in live stock. In 1872, he
took up the study of medicine in the St. Louis
Aledical College, where he spent two terms,
having previously read medicine in Chicago.
He also took a dental course in the same col-

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lege. He began practice in Rushfield, Ind:,
where he spent one year; he then removed to
St. Louis, AIo., Avhere also he remained a year.
In 1879-80, he was in West Baden Springs,
Inch In 1896, he Avas appointed superinten
dent of the dental department of A. Al. Rot-
childs A Co., which position he still occupies.
His former transactions in live stock havre de
veloped so great a fondness for the business
that he is still largely engaged in it, with head
quarters in Chicago. Dr. AAliarton is a mem
ber of the Chicago Aledical Society. He is
a member of the I. 0. 0. F., and a Free Alason
of the thirty-second degree.

LEONARD R. AIAUGER, Spruce Hill,
Juniata county, Pa., was born April 21, 1834,
in East Nantmeal township, Chester county,
Pa. He is a son of Alichael and Rebecca
(Hetherly) Alauger. Alichael Alauger, born
in Chester county, was a Avagon builder, and
foUoAved that occupation in his native county
until 1850, Avhen he removed to Spruce Hill
toAvnship, Juniata county, and purchased two
hundred acres of land. He manied in Chester
county, a native of that county, Rebecca,
daughter of Adam Hetherly. Their children
are: Leonard R. ; Elizabeth, deceased; and
two who died in infancy. Alichael Alauger
Avas a man of strong character, respected by
all avIio knew him. He Avas a AAliig, and sub
sequently a Republican. He Avas a consistent
member of the Alethodist Episcopal church.
His death occuned on the homestead farm in
1864. Leonard R. Mauger, in bis boyhood, attend
ed the common schools of Chester county,
after Avhich he Avorked in the shop Avith his
father, and came Avith him in 1850, to Juniata
county. Here he remained with his father
for three years, and then learned the trade of
a milhvright, at Avhich be has spent the greater
part of his life, Avorking not only in all parts
of Pennsylvania, but also in many other
States. He has erected tanneries in Mapleton,
Alount Union, Tyrone, Johnstown, Newport,
Alillerstown, Dauphin and Hanisburg, as Avell
as in A^arious towns in Virginia and Ataryland;
besides building many flour and sSw-mills.
He has, however, not neglected his farm,
which he has greatly improA^ccl by the erection
of many necessary buildings, and by the plant
ing of an excellent orchard; he was one of the
first in Spruce Hill toAvnship to cultivate the

peach on an extensive scale. He has also given
considerable attention to the raising of apples,
grapes and plums of a superior quality. He
has erected a cigar manufactory on his farm,
having been among the earliest tobacco grow
ers of the A'icinity. Air. Atauger's life has
been a busy one, characterized by enterprise
and practical business tact of a very high or
der. He has ably filled the position of school
director for two tenns. His political views
are Republican.
Leonard R. Alauger was married in Alifflin
toAvn, Pa., January 4, 1859, to Alelinda,
daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Rice)
SteAvart. She is a native of Spruce Hill town
ship ; her father Avas a farmer and stock dealer,
of Scotch-Irish descent, avIio died in 1888.
Their children are: Stewart, married Flora
Pennebaker, has two children; Rebecca, wife
of AAllliam A. Pennebaker, master mechanic
on the Tuscarora A-alley Railroad; Clara, who
died young; and Al. Ettie (Atrs. Irvin Brack-
bill). Mrs. Alauger is a member of the Metho
dist Episcopal church.

CYRUS AL BRACKBILL, Spruce Hill,
Juniata county, Pa., was born June 26, 1834,
in the township in Avhich he now resides. He
is a son of AAllliam and Ellen (Hartman)
Brackbill. His grandfather, John Brackbill,
born in Germany, emigrated to America,
settling in Avhat is now Turbett township, Ju
niata county, Avhere he lived for a number of
years. He subsequently removed to Fulton
county, Pa., Avhere he died. He married, and
Avas the father of five children. One of these,
AAllliam Brackbill, was born in Turbett town
ship. HaA'ing received a common school edu
cation, he learned stone-masonry, and followed
that calling for some years, assisting in the
erection of some prominent stone buildings in
the valley. He also engaged in the manufac
ture of clover hullers, which he made his prin
cipal occupation during the latter part of his
life. He was a Democrat. William Brack-
bill manied. in Turbett township, Ellen Hart
man, a natiA-e of Perry county. They had
eleven children: Elizabeth, who died young;
Luther, who also died in early life; Cyrus
Al., of Spruce Hill toAvnship; George, who
died young; SteAvart, deceased; John, of
Spruce Hill township; Lemuel, of Franklin
county, Pa.; Emeline, Avho died young; El
mira (Mrs. George AtcMeen), of Illinois, de-

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ceased; William, deceased; and Robert, of
Spruce Hill township. AVilliam Brackbill
was a consistent member of the Alethodist
Episcopal church. His death occurred in
Spruce Hill toAvnship, April 13, 1863; his
wife survived until Alarch 14, 1892.
Cyrus At. Brackbill attended the public
schools of Turbett and Spruce Hill townships.
In early life he labored among the farmers,
receiving but meager Avages. At the age of
twenty-five, he learned carpentry, at which
trade he worked until 1876; having then, by
industry and economy, saved sufficient money,
he purchased the farm belonging to Air. Pome
roy, which he greatly improved in value by
the erection of suitable buildings and the
planting of a choice orchard. Mr. Brackbill
has held the offices of school director and tax
collector, and has also been supervisor for two
terms. He Avas at one time a member of the
Grange. He is a Democrat.
Cyrus M. Brackbill was married, in Spruce
Hill toAvnship, April 14, 1858, to Mary G.,
daughter of George and Elizabeth (Patton)
Martin, of that township. They have the fol
lowing children: William L., miller and rail
road employee, married, August 16, 1882,
Ella J. Cassner, of Spruce Hill township, has
four children, one deceased; George A., far
mer, of Spruce Hill township, married, Janu
ary 1, 1889, Elmira At. Patterson, has five
children, one deceased; Anna J., at home;
John Samuel, who died young; James M., of
Sprace Hill township, married, in September,
1894, Sarah Yoder, has one child; and L.
Irvin, who, after completing his academic
course, has been for six years a capable and
successful teacher; he Avas married June 3,
1897, to Al. Etta Alauger. His Avife having
died in 1885, Air. Brackbill, February 24,
1887, contracted a second marriage, in Spruce
Hill township, Avith Sarah A., daughter of
David and Elizabeth (Reed) Barton, born in
Spring Run, Franklin county, Pa. Her father
was a native of Ireland, and a blacksmith.
Mr. Brackbill is a faithful member of the
Presbyterian church.

WILLIAM P. GRAHAM. Sprace Hill,
Juniata county, Pa., was born in Spruce Hill
toAvnship, October 29, 1842, son of Samuel
and Isabella (Patton). Graham. His great
grandfather, William Graham, of Scotch-
Irish extraction, who spelled his name Ghrame,

came to the Juniata valley, settling in Alilford
township, Cumberland county, now Spruce
HiU toAvnship, Juniata county, where be took
up a large tract of land; the same tract is noAV
divided into five farms, owned by the Esh
brothers, AV. Washington Hench, J Swartz,
and the Graham family. He erected a log
bouse and bam, and cleared a considerable
portion of his extensive farm. He was one
of the first settlers of the Tuscarora valley,
having for years Avolves, bears and other Avild
animals as almost daily visitors. He married,
and Avas the father of these children: AVil
liam, grandfather of AAllliam P.; John;'
James; Alice (Airs. William SteAvart), of
Turbett toAvnship; and Rebecca (Airs. AVil
liam Lyons), of Carlisle, Pa. AAllliam Gra
ham was a devout member of the Presbyterian
church. His eldest child, AVilliam Graham,
Jr., Avas born in that part of Cumberland
county noAV included in Juniata county. He
Avas through life a farmer, cultivating and
improving the extensive land purchase of his
father. He also OAvned a flour-mill and a dis
tillery, and erected the first stone building in
that section. He Avas for many years a justice
of the peace, and was known far and wide as
'Squire Graham. He participated in the Rev
olutionary Avar, being a captain in the Conti
nental army. 'Squire Graham married Fanny
Lyons, a native of Ireland, who' came to this
country Avhen she was twelve years old, and
was a sister of William Lyons, the husband
of Rebecca, sister of AAllliam Graham. The
children of AVilliam and Fanny Graham were :
John; James; AAllliam; Samuel; Alexan
der; and Nancy (Airs. James Turbett).
'Squire Graham Avas a consistent member of
the Presbyterian church, in which he held
the positions of elder and trustee. He voted
Avith the Whig party. His death occuned
April 4, 1813; his Avife died Alay 4, 1839.
Samuel Graham, fourth son of 'Squire Wil
liam Graham, Avas born in Juniata county,
and received bis education in the subscription
schools of Spruce Hill township. On attain
ing manhood, he made farming his occupa
tion, in Avhich he continued throughout his
life. He owned and cultivated 184 acres of
land in Sprace Hill toAvnship, which he great
ly improved. Air. Graham held various town
ship offices, including that of school director.
He was a Whig, and subsequently became a
member of the KnoAA'-Nothing party. Samuel

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Graham was married, on the farm on which
AVilliam P. Graham now resides, to Isabella,
daughter of AAllliam Patton, a native of
Spruce Hill township. Her father was an en
sign and quartermaster in the Revolutionary
war, under Generals Porter and Armstrong.
This Air. Patton was the great-grandfather of
W A. Patton, of Port Royal, Juniata coun
ty. The children of Samuel and Isabella
(Patton) Graham are: Rebecca, deceased;
Frances; Alartha; AAllliam P.; Samuel, of
Spruce Hill township; and Payson, Avho re
sides on the homestead farm; besides tAvo Avho
died in infancy. Samuel Graham was a prom
inent member of the Academia Presbyterian
church, of Beale toAvnship. His death oc
curred in Spruce Hill toAvnship, in 1854.
His eldest son, AAllliam P. Graham, re
ceived his education in the common schools
of Spruce Hill township, and at the noted Tus
carora Academy in Beale township, and then
remained at home with his mother on the
farm until his enlistment in the United States
army. He Avas enrolled at Carlisle, Pa., in
Capt. D. B. Jenkins' Company F, Twelfth
Pennsylvania Cavalry. He took part in a
number of engagements, including actions at
Harper's Ferry, Frederick City, and differ
ent engagements through the Shenandoah
valley. He was in the service for nineteen
months, and although at one time he received
severe injuries by a fall from his horse, he re
mained Avith his command. His record as a
soldier Avas a good one, as Avas recognized by
bis superior officers by his promotion, after
the battle of Winchester, to the rank of cor
poral. The exposures and severities of the
service caused the hearing of Mr. Graham to
become defective. He was mustered out at
Philadelphia, July 25, 1865. After the war,
Air. Graham remained on the homestead farm
until 1870, when he removed to the farm of
ninety-one acres on which he still resides. It
Avas formerly owned by his grandfather, AVil
liam Patton, and subsequently by John Gilli-
ford. On it he has continued to enjoy success
both as a peach groAver and a stock-raiser. In
1890, he added sixty acres to this farm. Mr.
Graham is universally respected for his indus
try and many good qualities. He is a man of
the most regular habits, and has never used
either alcoholic drinks or tobacco. He is a
member of AVilson Post, No. 134, G. A. R.;
also of Spruce Hill Grange, P. of IL, in Avhich

organization he holds the office of treasurer.
He is a Republican. AVilliam P. Graham was
manied in 1870, in Spruce Hill township, to
Annie E., daughter of John and Alice (Whar
ton) Gilliford. She was born in that town
ship. Their children are : Alice I. ; John G. ;
and Fannie L. Air. Graham is a consistent
member of the Presbyterian church, and has
been connected Avith the Sunday-school work
as superintendent.
John Gilliford, father of Airs. William P.
Graham, was born October 6, 1810, in Spruce
Hill toAvnship, son of George and Elizabeth
(Gray) Gilliford. George Gilliford, born
in Westmoreland county, Pa., in 1775,
settled in the Tuscarora valley, in that
part of Cumberland county which is now
Juniata. Purchasing a tract of land from
a family named Hogg, be lived for some
years in a log house, but in 1820 erected
a fine stone mansion. George Gilliford was
manied, April 16, 1799, to Elizabeth Gray.
They had nine children: John, born January
20, 1800, died young; AVilliam, born in De
cember, 1802; James, born April 30, 1805;
Robert, born November 4, 1807; John, born
October 6, 1810, father of Mrs. William P.
Graham; Jane, born December 4, 1815;
Nancy, born December 14, 1817; George,
born February 14, 1820; and Elizabeth, born
Alay 8, 1826. His wife died Atay 14, 1826;
and he manied, secondly, Alargaret AVharton,
a native of Spruce Hill toAvnship. Their chil
dren Avere: Margaret, born August 4, 1828;
Alartha, born October 22, 1830; Leslie, born
January 24, 1833; and Isabella, born Febru
ary 23, 1835. Air. Gilliford's second wife
died August 25, 1843. He contracted a third
marriage, November 26, 1844, Avith Annie
Stayner. He died February 24, 1855; his
AvidoAV lived until August 28, 1861, when she
passed aAvay at the age of sixty-one. George
Gilliford Avas a member of the Presbyterian
church. In his political views he was a Demo
crat. John Gilliford received a common school
education, but was largely self-educated. He
began life on the home farm, but while yet a
young man, removed to Baltimore, entering
the commission house of J. M. Girvin, of that
city, Avhere he spent one year. At the expira
tion of that time, he returned to the home
stead, on account of his brother's having left
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superintend the affairs of the farm during his
father's old age. He cultivated with success
the farm of more than one hundred acres,
erecting a new barn, also a saw-mill, and mak
ing other improvements. He engaged exten
sively in the preparation of finished lumber
and in the manufacture of clover bullers,
meeting Avith great success in both enterprises.
Mr. Gilliford Avas in early life a Democrat,
but later became a Republican. He filled at
various times all the township offices. He was
a man of versatile talent, and Avas universally
respected. John Gilliford AA'as married, October 15,
1840, in that part of Turbett toAvnship, Avhich
is noAv Spruce Hill, to Alice, daughter of AVil
liam Wharton, born March 20, 1812. She is
a sister to Samuel AVharton. Seven of the
nine children of Mr. and Mrs. John Gilliford
died in infancy; the two surviving are: Annie
E. (Airs. William P. Graham); and Robert
W., residing on the homestead, married Pris
cilla, daughter of Boyd Gibson, has three chil
dren, Alary A., John, and Nancy Alice. John
Gilliford was an active and respected member
of the Presbyterian church, of which he was a
trustee. He was also for some years librarian
of the Sunday-school. His death occuned
February 3, 1890, at the home of William P.
Graham, who tenderly cared for him in his
old age. His wife expired suddenly, at the
same place, in the following year, her death
occurring while she was seated in her chair.

SAAIUEL AtOWERY, Sprace Hill, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born March 10, 1828,
in Adams county, Pa., son of John and Mary
(Peters) Mowery. His grandfather, John
Mowery, was a farmer, residing near Gettys
burg, Adams county, one of whose sons was
John Atowery, the father of Samuel. He cul
tivated the homestead farm of nearly two
hundred acres, which he inherited from his
father. He was a Whig. John Mowery mar
ried a native of Adams county, Mary, daugh
ter of Elric Peters, who bad been a brave sol
dier under Washington in the Revolutionary
war. Their children were: Maria, who died
unmarried; John, deceased; Jacob, of Big-
lerville, Adams county; and Samuel, of Ju
niata county. John Mowery was a deacon and
elder in the Lutheran church.
In his youth, Samuel Mowery attended the
schools of Adams county, and afterwards la

bored on his father's farm until he had at
tained the age of seventeen. He then learned
the trade of a blacksmith, Avith Samuel Eich-
boltz, at which he Avorked for thirty-one years,
in Adams county, Virginia, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and in other places. Air. AIoAvery
also Avorked as a coach maker, in Balti
more and in AVashington. In 1858, he
settled in Spruce Hill township, Juniata coun
ty, Avhere in 1888, he opened, at Seven Pines,
the first store ever conducted there; he has
ever since carried on business in that place
with success. In 1861, Air. Mowery enlisted
in the First Pennsylvania Light Artillery,
Col. Charles T. Campbell commanding. He
Avas a member of the celebrated battery F,
better knoAvn as Ricketts' battery, from its
heroic captain, R. Brace Ricketts. He partic
ipated, with honor, in the battles of Winches-'
ter, Cedar Alountain, Snicker's Gap, Second
Bull Run, Fairfax Court House, South Moun
tain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellors-
ville, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Bridge,
Bristoe Station, Aline Run, Wilderness,
Spottsylvania Court House, North Anna, Po
River, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Front Royal,
Dutch Gap, AAteldon Railroad, and Danville,
besides -many minor affairs. Through all
these, Mr. Atowery passed safe, without receiv
ing a wound; although attacked by illness,
he refused to leave the regiment, going home
at the expiration of his three years' tenn of
service without having passed a single day in
a hospital. He Avas captured at Gettysburg,
and sent to Richmond, Va., where he was in
carcerated for thirty-three days in the notori
ous Libby prison; there he almost died of
starvation in consequence of insufficient ra
tions. He Avas mustered out of the service
in front of Petersburg, Va., August 12, 1864.
Mr. AIoAvery is a member of Wilson Post, No.
143, G. A. R., of Alifflintown, Pa.; also of
the U. Al L., of the same place. He is a
staunch Republican. Air. Mowery is esteemed
by every one as an upright and industrious
man; his reputation as a skilled mechanic has
been amply tested. That he enjoys the confi
dence of his fellow citizens is evident from
his election to the responsible office of school
director, the duties of Avhich position he has
ably and faithfully discharged.
Samuel Alowery Avas married at Bealton,
Juniata county, in 1864, to Rachel, daughter
of John McCullough, of Beale township.

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Their children are : Annie; and Clara J., de
ceased. Mr. Alowery is a member of the Pres
byterian church.

WILLIAM B. GILSON, Spruce Hill, Ju
niata county, Pa., Avas born November 14,
1819, in Turbett toAvnship, Juniata county.
He is a son of David and Margaret (Hender
son) Gilson. The Gilson family is of Scotch-
Irish descent. AAllliam B. Gilson's grand
father, Thomas Gilson, a native of Pennsylva
nia, and a farmer, married Mary, daughter of
David Boyd, a farmer of Cumberland county,
Pa., who had been a Revolutionary soldier
under Washington, and Avas present when
Cornwallis sunendered. Their children were :
William; David; Richard; Boyd; James;
Thomas; Jane; Elizabeth; Hannah; and
Nancy. After his marriage, Thomas Gilson
settled near Carlisle, Pa., where he engaged
in farming. He removed later to that part of
Cumberland county which is noAV in Turbett
township, in Juniata county, where he pur
chased a tract of land, abounding in deer,
wolves and other wild animals. He cleared a
portion of this land, erecting buildings, and
at a later period, a stone flour-mill and a saw
mill, Avhich Avere among the first mills con
structed in the toAvnship. In addition to farm
ing, he managed a distillery of his own erec
tion. He met a sudden and tragic death in
1813, by droAvning in the Juniata river, while
returning from Lewistown, where he had been
in attendance at court as a juror, the boat in
which he Avas crossing the river being upset.
His body was not recovered until March,
1814, when it was interred in the burial
ground of the Academy Presbyterian church.
His widow was afterwards manied to Thomas
AleKee. Thomas Gilson was an active mem
ber and a ruling elder of the Presbyterian
church. David Gilson, son of Thomas Gilson, was
born in Turbett township, in 1791, and edu
cated in the schools of his native toAvnship.
After working for a time on the farm with
his father, he learned the fulling trade, which
he made his life long occupation, erecting a
factory in which to cany on his business.
David Gilson Avas married, in Turbett toAvn-
ship, in 1815, to Alargaret, daughter of
Thomas Henderson, a merchant of Turbett
toAvnship. Avho met bis death in the Juniata
river in 1825. Their children Avere : Thomas,

born in 1817, deceased; AVilliam B., of Spruce
Hill township; Zerah C, M. D., who died in
1851; Hannah E., died in early life; James
C, of Spruce Hill township; Alexander J.,
deceased; and Alary R., who died while very
young. David Gilson was of the AVhig party
in politics. He Avas a devout member of the
Presbyterian church, and was universally es
teemed. He died in Turbett township, in
1836, at the age of forty-five. His wife sur
vived him until 1849.
Their second son, AVilliam B. Gilson, at
tended the subscription schools kept in the log
school house on his father's property, which
building is still standing, having been convert
ed into a dwelling. He worked with his
father in the fulling-mill, until, at the age of
nineteen, he learned of John Maffett the
trade of a millwright, which was his occupa
tion for the six ensuing years, during which
he was engaged in the erection of a number of
mills in the county. He then went into the
machinery business, devoting his attention es
pecially to the manufacture of clover hullers,
for fifteen years, and meeting with great suc
cess. He then engaged in farming, having
purchased from Judge Pomeroy a farm of
eighty-two acres, which he greatly improved
with buildings and orchards. He gave con
siderable attention to the rearing of excellent
stock, and still owns the farm, which is one
of the finest in that section of the State, and
Avhich is conducted by his son. Mr. Gilson
has held numerous township offices, including
that of school director; for three years he was
president of the school board, fie has been
overseer of the poor, tax collector and town
ship auditor, which last office he held for two
terms. He was nominated for associate judge
of the county, but was defeated. Mr. Gilson
is a Democrat; he cast his first presidential
vote for James K. Polk, in 1844.
AVilliam B. Gilson manied, in Beale town
ship, February 12, 1845, a lady of Scotch-
Irish descent aaIio was a native of that town
ship, Nancy, daughter of Stewart Laird, a
carpenter of Beale toAvnship, who erected the
first church at Academia. Their children
are: David, a Union soldier in the late war,
Avho died from the effects of the hardships of
army life; Margaret, who died young; Pris
cilla (Atrs. Robert Gilliford), of Spruce Hill
toAvnship; Walter Lowrey, deceased; Annie
At. (Atrs. Dr. D. C. Smith), of LemstoAvn,

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Pa. ; and William, residing on the homestead,
manied to Annie McCoy, has seven children.
Airs. AAllliam B. Gilson died in 1895. Mr.
Gilson is an influential member of the Aca
demia Presbyterian church, having for more
than forty years been an elder and a member
of the session. He has been for a lifetime con
nected with the Sunday-school work, as su
perintendent and as teacher. He has the
unusual record of having always abstained
from tobacco and from alcoholic beverages.-
James C. Gilson, brother of William B.
Gilson, was born October 6, 1827, in Spruce
Hill township, Juniata county. He is a son of
David and Alargaret (Henderson) Gilson. His
education was received in the schools of his
native township. His father dying when
James C. was but eight years old, he remained
with his mother, laboring for her until he was
twenty-one years of age, when he began to
work at carpentry with his brother, Boyd, and
continued in that employment for several
years. He then purchased his present farm of
seventy-five acres, in partnership with his
brother, Alexander. The brothers worked the
farm jointly for a number of years, after
which James C, took entire charge of the
property, which was greatly improved under
his management. In 1865, Air. Gilson enlist
ed at Hanisburg in Company E, One Hundred
and First Pennsylvania A^olunteers, which was
connected with the Army of the Potomac.
He was in the service four months, during
which time he did not take part in any battles,
the regiment being employed for guard duty
in North Carolina. After being mustered out
at Harrisburg, be returned to bis home, where
he has ever since resided. Air. Gilson is a
Democrat. He has never been connected with
any society or association, except the Grange.
He is known as a prosperous farmer and skill
ful raiser of live stock.
In 1871, James C. Gilson was married, in
Spruce HUl township, to Nancy Wharton, a
sister of Samuel Wharton. All who are ac
quainted with Mr. Gilson and his estimable
wife deeply sympathize with them in the afflic
tion which has clouded her life ever since
1895, when she fell near her home, and sus
tained injuries which have made her a cripple.
James C. Gilson is a consistent member of the
Academia Presbyterian church; he has the
esteem and unlimited confidence of all who
know him.

JOHN A. AIcLAUGHLIN, Spruce Hill,
Juniata county, Pa., Avas born June 12, 1834,
in Spruce Hill township. He is a son of Jacob
and Isabella (Alexander) AIcLaughlin.
Jacob AIcLaughlin, born in Spruce Hill town
ship, was a shoemaker, and owned a small
farm in the township. He first married Isa
bella Alexander; their children Avere: Re
becca (Airs. James Casner), of Spruce Hill
toAvnship; and John A. His wife having
died in 1836, Air. AIcLaughlin married sec
ondly Alary Casner, a native of Spruce Hill
toAvnship; they had six children: Isabella
(Airs. Joshua Delaney), of Huntington, AV.
Va.; Alary (Airs. Joseph Yohn), of Spruce
Hill township; Alfred, deceased; James, de
ceased; Elmira Jane, deceased; and Alice
(Airs. Robert Jeffries), of Fayette county, Pa.
Jacob AIcLaughlin died at his home in Spruce
Hill township, Alay 21, 1885; his wife also
died in the same township. Air. AIcLaughlin
was a AATiig, and subsequently a Republican.
He Avas a prominent and active member of
the Presbyterian church.
In his youth, John A. AIcLaughlin attended
the township school in the old log house at
Spruce Hill, after which he hired out among
the farmers of the township, and also under
took A'arious jobs of wood chopping and clear
ing land. This continued until 1858, when
be began farming on what Avas known as the
Dr. Kelly farm, where he has remained ever
since, having greatly improved the place, e?
pecially in the matter of planting orchards.
He has been both a stock raiser and stock
dealer. In 1865, Air. AIcLaughlin enlisted at
Hanisburg, in Company E, One Hundred
and First Pennsylvania Volunteers, Corne
lius AlcClellan, captain. The regiment was
stationed at Roanoke Island, NeAvbern and
Moorhead City, N. C, until after the close of
the war, being employed for guard duty. Af
ter four months' service, during which time
he suffered much from exposure and sickness,
he was mustered out, with his regiment, at
Harrisburg. Mr. AIcLaughlin is a Republi
can in his vieAvs.
John AIcLaughlin was married, in Spruce
Hill township, in 1866, to Hannah J., daugh
ter of Thomas and Alargaret (Foose) Butler,
the former of whom is a native of Turbett
township, of Irish descent, the latter of Ger
man extraction. Aliss Butler was born in
Turbett township. Their children are : Wil-

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liam, formerly a school teacher, now a fore
man in the car shops of Huntington, W. Va. ;
George, also formerly a school teacher, and
now a foreman in the car shops at Huntington,
W. Va., and a member of the Second Regi
ment Band of that place; Joseph, a teacher,
married Aliss Myrtle Alilliken, has one child,
Elda Lenore ; Aiinnie, a teacher of music, and
an accomplished mandolin player; and Mar
garet, a chorus singer, and also a proficient
player on stringed instruments. Of the above
children, AAllliani, the eldest, married Aliss
Elsie Rosensteel, and has one child, John Mc
Laughlin, Jr.; the second son, George, mar
ried Miss Starkey, and has one child, Vivian
A. McLaughlin. Air. McLaughlin is a mem
ber of the Presbyterian church, and has been
identified with Sunday-school work, having
led the singing in the school and prayer-meet
ing for a number of years.
HIRAAI P. STEWART, Spruce Hill, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born September 29,
1846, on the SteAvart homestead, where he uoav
resides. He is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth
(Rice) SteAvart. Atery early in colonial his
tory, three brothers of the Stewart family,
named AAllliani, James and John, came from
Scotland to settle in America. One of these
brothers bad a son, William Stewart, who was
the great-grandfather of Hiram P. This Wil
liam Stewart, Avho was born in Cumberland
county, Pa., removed to Tuscarora valley, tak
ing up a tract of land near Tuscarora creek,
at which place he met with a tragic death, hav
ing been kUled by Indians while searching
for bis horses on the Allen farm. His son,
William SteAvart, the grandfather of Hiram
P. Stewart, was a farmer, and purchased from
the Renneson heirs a tract of land in the Tus
carora valley, comprising 109 acres. He Avas
also a tailor, which occupation he followed at
night, after the farm labors of the day had
been concluded. He married, in the Tusca
rora valley, in 1778, Alice, daughter of Sam
uel Graham, a farmer of that valley. To this
union were born ten children : William, who
married Margaret Copeland; James, married
Rebecca Bell; Robert, married Margaret
Grove; John; George, who removed to the
west; Mary (Mrs. Peter Hench); Rebecca
(Mrs. Nicholas Arnold) ; Annie (Mrs. William
Wharton); Alargaret; and Thomas. William
Stewart (2) was a man of great influence, con

spicuous for his enterprise and good judg
ment. His politics were those of the Fed
eralist party. He was a strict and conscien
tious member of the Presbyterian church.
His death oecumed in 1810.
Thomas Stewart, youngest son of William
Stewart (2), was the father of Hiram P. Stew
art. He Avas born October 24, 1796. He at
tended school in an old log school house in
Spruce Hill toAvnship, furnished with rude
slab seats and diminutive windows, the light
being admitted through panes made of oiled
paper. He also, for several terms, attended
the Freedom school, in Turbett township, the
teachers being Samuel AlcFadden, Samuel
Wharton and Mr. Lane. Young Thomas
Stewart soon became conspicuous in these
schools for his excellent penmanship. He was
but thirteen years of age when he lost his
father. He remained with his widowed
mother until be was seventeen years old; he
then went to Mifflintown, Pa., to learn sad
dlery with James Kenney, with whom he
spent three years, after which be began busi
ness for himself in Spruce Hill township.
Some years later he remoA^ed to Turbett town
ship, where he continued to work at his trade
until compelled by ill health to give it up;
he then took up his residence upon a farm in
the same township, and kept a hotel in addition
to his farm labor. In 1828, he purchased the
homestead farm in Spruce Hill township, on
which Hiram P. Stewart now resides, which
he continued to cultivate for the remainder of
his life. He spent five years on the Juniata
river as a boatman; the boat was his own
property. He was always an extensive dealer
in nearly all kinds of live stock. Mr. Stewart
was a AVhig, and subsequently a Republican.
He held, at various times, numerous township
offices, among which Avere those of overseer
of the poor, tax collector, and assessor. In
1821, he was commissioned by Gov. Joseph
Hiester as a first lieutenant in the Pennsyl
vania Alilitia.
Thomas Stewart was married in Turbett
township, in 1824, to Elizabeth, daughter of
Peter Rice, a fanner of that township. Their
children are: Calvin, deceased; Angeline;
Orin, died in California; Ephraim, deceased,
was a lawyer of Mifflintown, and afterward
a Methodist Episcopal minister; Hiram P.;
Melinda (Mrs. L. R. Mauger), of Spruce Hill
township; Frances, widow of Hiram Knox,

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of Hanisburg, Pa. ; and Robert, residing at
home. Air. Stewart was a consistent member
of the Presbyterian church. He was a prac
tical and progressive man, highly respected;
a good citizen, a loving husband and a kind
father. He had the proud record of never
having used liquor or tobacco. His death oc-
cuned on the homestead in the year 1888.
Hiram P. Stewart first attended the home
public schools, Avhich preliminary education
was followed by three terms in the Tuscarora
Academy and one in the academy at AlcAlis
terville. Beginning life on the farm of bis
father, he remained with him until the death
of the latter. At the age of eighteen he en
gaged in teaching, his first school being at
Matamoras, in Spruce Hill township. He has
since that time given twenty-five years to edu
cational work, having been employed in Mif
flin and Juniata counties. Since the death of
his father, he has also, in connection with his
brother, conducted the homestead farm.
As an educator, his career has been eminently
successful. Among the young men who have
been fitted for the practical duties of life un
der his tuition are many who now bold respon
sible and influential positions. He has for
many years been a prominent and useful mem
ber of the teachers' institutes of the county,
and of the literary societies of his vicinity.
He is an ardent Republican.
Hiram P. Stewart married, in Turbett town
ship, in 1889, Susan, daughter of John and
Elizabeth (Whitmer) Landis, and sister to
William Landis, of Turbett township. The
only child of this marriage died in early in
fancy. Mr. Stewart is a member of the Pres
byterian church, and has been a teacher in
the Sunday-school.

SAMUEL A. GRAHAM, Spruce Hill, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born December 21,
1845, on the old Graham farm in Spruce Hill
township. He is a son of Samuel and Isabella
(Patton) Graham, and a brother of William
P. and of E. Payson Graham. He obtained
his elementary education in the schools of his
native township, which was supplemented by
two terms in the Tuscarora Academy, and a
course in the Eastman Business College, of
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., from which be was
graduated with honors in the spring class of
1868. His father having died when he was a
little over eight years old, he and his older

brother managed the farm until the outbreak
of the Civil war, when his brother enlisted.'
Samuel A. then conducted the affairs of the
homestead for his AvidoAved mother until he
was thirty-eight years of age. During this
time he also spent one year in Alifflintown,
Pa., as a clerk in the general mercantile estab
lishment of Tilton A Espenshade, of that
place. After his maniage, he Avas associated
with his brother, E. Payson Graham, in the
purchase of a farm of 110 acres, belonging to
the heirs of John Smucker, to Avhich he re
moved. He has resided on this farm ever
since, having in the course of time bought out
the interest of his brother. The place has been
very much improved under his skilful man
agement. In politics, he is a Republican. He
has been for six years a school director of
Spruce Hill toAvnship, having been also secre
tary of the board during that time. He has
besides held other township offices, including
those of assistant assessor, judge of elections
and clerk of the same. In 1891, he received
the Republican nomination for register and
recorder of the county, and came within seven
votes of an election, although the popular vote
at that time gave the Democratic party a ma
jority of about 250. Mr. Graham was at one
time a member of the I. O. O. F.
On February 1, 1883, Samuel A. Graham
was manied to Jennie E., daughter of John
P. Kelley, farmer and merchant of Doyles
Mills, Juniata county; she was born in Mil
ford township. Their children are: Lucinda
Belle; Edgar Thompson; Harry Alexander;
Charles Kelly, who died young; and one that
died in infancy. Air. Graham is an esteemed
member of the Academia Presbyterian
church, in which he is a ruling elder, and has
served as a trustee. He was, before removing
from the old home, closely identified with the
Sunday-school work. Mr. Graham is respected
for his many good qualities, and for the in
dustry, assiduity and integrity by which his
success in the world has been attained; the
same honorable ambition and perseverance by
which he made his own way in early manhood,
earning the means to pay for bis higher edu
cation, have marked his entire course.

HON. JOSIAH L. BARTON, Pleasant
VieAv, Juniata county, Pa., was born March
27, 1834, at Waterloo, Juniata county. He
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ton, both of Juniata county. His grandfather,
Samuel Barton, was the first of the family Avho
resided in the Tuscarora valley. He was a
native of Ireland, of Scotch descent, who, de
siring to live in a land free from proscription
or persecution on religious grounds, came from
County Derry to America, landing in Phila
delphia in 1811. His friends wished him to
settle in Canada, but he had had enough of
British domination in Ireland, and preferred
to spend the rest of his life where the English
flag does not float. Accordingly, embarking
at Queenstown in a sailing vessel, with his
wife, six sons and three daughters, he reached
America after a rough passage of six weeks.
After spending some time in the Quaker city,
he proceeded to Lancaster county, Avhere he
purchased a wagon to convey himself and fam
ily to their future home among the mountains
of Tuscarora valley. He went as far as Wa
terford, Juniata county, at that time a part of
Mifflin, where he settled in Lack township,
purchasing about 110 acres of land, a part of
which Avas in timber. Here he built a home,
and made farming his occupation for life, im
proving his property in many ways. The fam
ily name of his wife, to Avhom he was manied
in County Deny, Ireland, was Peny. Their
children were: James; John; Robert; David;
AVilliam; Samuel; Nancy; Eliza; and Airs.
Wilson. Mr. Barton attached himself to the
Democratic party. He was an active member
of the Presbyterian church.
Their son, David Barton, received only a
subscription school education; he was largely
a self-educated man, being a great reader, and
thoroughly informed on cunent topics. He
worked on the farm with his father, and also
served an apprenticeship at the forge with
James Kirk, Avith Avhom he remained for five
years. He then began on his OAvn account at
McCoysville, Pa., where he remained for sev
eral years. He next foUoAved his trade for
eleven years at Spring Run, Franklin county,
Pa. In 1846, he returned to the Tuscarora
valley, purchasing 100 acres of land near East
Waterford, on Avhich he erected suitable build
ings, and here carried on blacksmithing, to
gether with the culture of his farm, until the
time of his death, which occurred in 1880.
Like his father, David Barton Avas a Democrat,
and held various township offices, including
that of school director. He manied Eliza
beth, daughter of Samuel Reed, a fanner of

Perry county; she was born in Cumberland
county. Their children were: Robert, de
ceased; Alary (Mrs. David Dean), both are de
ceased; Samuel, deceased; Calvin, died
young; Judge Josiah L. ; David, a farmer of
Spruce Hill township; Eliza J.; and Sarah
(Mrs. C. AL Brackbill), of Sprace HiU town
ship. David Barton Avas an active and es
teemed member of the East Waterford Pres
byterian church. He was deeply versed in
biblical history; by .constant study of the Bi
ble, which he read through every year, he had
committed the greater part of it to memory.
His Avidow survived him three years, dying in
1883, in Spruce Hill township.
In his boyhood, Josiah L. Barton had no
educational opportunities except those af
forded by the short winter terms of the town
ship public schools. Desiring a more thor
ough education, he attended the Tuscarora
Academy for two terms, at the age of twenty-
three, at his own volition. He also taught for
three years in Tuscarora township, working
during the intervals with his father on the
farm and in the blacksmith shop, where he
received a general idea of the trade which has
been of much subsequent use.
The military record of Josiah L. Barton
during the war of the Rebellion Avas honor
able, and somewhat remarkable. He enlisted,
September 7, 1861, as a private, in Capt. Cal
vin DeAAltt's Company I, of the celebrated
Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers, under
the command of Col. W. H. Irwin. The regi
ment was assigned to Hancock's brigade, of
"Baldy" Smith's division, Sixth Anny Corps.
On November 24, 1861, Air. Barton was de
tailed to assist in the regimental commissary
department. September 30, 1862, he was
promoted to the position of quartermaster-
sergeant of the regiment. On March 10,
1864, he was discharged as a non-commis
sioned officer, and commissioned as first lieu
tenant of Company F. As such he entered
the bloody spring campaign, when Grant con
ducted his mighty army on its advance toward
the capital of the Confederacy. He passed
safe through the battle of the AVfiderness; but
at Spottsylvania Court House, May 10, 1864,
he was Avounded in the right shoulder, and
taken prisoner. The treatment he received
while in the hands of the enemy was of a most
cruel character. He Avas taken first to Macon,
Ga. ; then successively to Savannah, Ga.,

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973

Charleston, S. C, Columbia, S. C, and Ra
leigh, N. C. He was finally exchanged at Wil
mington, N. C, March 1, 1865, having been
a prisoner of war for nearly ten months, and
in the service for almost three and one-half
years. On Alarch 31, 1865, he Avas commis
sioned as captain of Company H, Forty-ninth
Pennsylvania Volunteers, his commission dat
ing back to November 9, 1864; but the war
ending a few days after, he was never mus
tered. Lieutenant Barton is one of the few
who have had an opportunity to read their
own obituaries and the panegyrics of friends
at their supposed demise. Wben he was seen
to fall at Spottsylvania Court House, he was
reported as dead in the dispatches from that
field; and as such he was for months mourned
by his comrades of the Forty-ninth, as well as
by his family and friends at home. A short
time after the bloody battle of Spottsylvania,
in which the Forty-ninth lost its colonel, lieu
tenant-colonel, and other brave officers, a meet
ing of the surviving officers of the regiment
was held in a rifle-pit near Cold Harbor, Va.,
to adopt suitable expressions of condolence,
recognizing the valor and worth of their de
ceased brother officers. The part of the reso
lutions refening to the supposed death of
Lieutenant Barton Was as follows: "In the
death of Lieut. Josiah L. Barton we have lost a
most valuable officer, a man Avhose memory
will be held in honor by eA^ery soldier in this
regiment, because of his unassuming and gen
tlemanly deportment, his quiet, but real cour
age, his consistent and Christian character, il
lustrated by the purity of his life and the re
finement of his conversation. To those at
home to whom his loss is that of a brother and
son, Ave offer our sincere sympathy, together
with the assurance that their loved one left
no stain on his name as a soldier, a Christian
or a man." This minute Avas signed by the
president and secretary of the meeting, and
duly published.
Beturning home from the army, Air. Barton
embarked in a general mercantile business at
Pleasant View, Sprace Hill township, in
which he succeeded Judge Morrison. This
business, which has been continued for thirty-
two years, has been a success. He has also
during this time managed a farm in Spruce
Hill township, which he has greatly im
proved. In 1870, Atr. Barton Avas appointed
postmaster at Pleasant View, which position

he has held ever since, under all the changes
of national administration, to the satisfaction
of the entire community. Air. Barton is a
member of AVilson Post, No. 134, G. A. R.,
of AlifflintoAvn, Pa., and of the U. V. L, No.
37, of the same place. He Avas for one term
a school director in Spruce Hill township,
during Avhich time he was secretary of the
board. In early manhood, he voted the Demo
cratic ticket, but the eA'ents of the Civil war
converted him into a Republican. He has
been affiliated with that party ever since, and
is very influential in its counsels. Devoted
to business, in Avhich he has attained to emi
nent success by means of scrupulous integrity,
business tact and genial manner; retiring and
aA'erse to prominence, Air. Barton has always
shunned the official positions which, for years,
his political associates desired to thrust upon
him. He might have represented his county
in the legislature long ago had he consented
to accept a nomination; but he modestly pre-
fened the quiet and conscientious discharge
of his duty as a private citizen. In 1891, how
ever, in spite of his protests, he received the
nomination for associate judge of Juniata
county, to Avhich office he Avas triumphantly
elected in November of that year by a ma
jority of one hundred and ten, Avhile the aver
age majority of the Democratic State ticket
at the same election Avas over one hundred.
In fulfilling the duties of his office, Judge Bar
ton has fully justified the hopes and anticipa
tions of his friends, and he is regarded as one
of the most efficient incumbents of the judicial
bench ever elected in the county.
Josiah L. Barton Avas married in Beale
toAvnship, September 28, 1865, to Temper
ance, daughter of Elias and Isabella (Taylor)
Graver, of Tuscarora township. Their chil
dren are: Clara B., widow of CraAvford Oke
son; Elizabeth G. ; Ida AL, a graduate of AVil
son College, Chambersburg, Pa., now princi
pal of the~St. Paul Academy, in East Tennes
see; Theresa A., a teacher in the St. Paul
Academy; J. Frank, a clerk in his father's
store; Hany IL, a student; Alay T., a student
at AAllson College; and Irene, avIio died in
infancy. The eldest daughter, Airs. Okeson,
is noAv a teacher; she has one child. Judge
Barton is a prominent and consistent member
of the Presbyterian church, in which he has
been an elder for twenty-four years. He has

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also been both teacher and superintendent in
the Sunday-school.

A1AJ. JOHN D. HOAVELL, Pleasant
View, Juniata county, Pa., was born Septem
ber 10, 1819, in Lack township, Juniata coun
ty, which Avas at that time a part of Mifflin
county. He is a son of Memucan J. and Ra
chel (Rhea) Howell. The first of the Howell
family emigrated to America from AVales.
They were three brothers, John, Daniel and
HoAvell, Avho were Quakers or Friends, came
over with William Penn, settled in New Jer
sey, near Trenton, and Avere extensive land
holders. John HoAvell, a grandson of one of
these, born near Trenton, N. J., was the
grandfather of Alajor Howell. He lived and
died in Noav Jersey. One of his sons Avas
Memucan L, born and reared in New Jersey,
and a graduate of Princeton College. He
read medicine, and practiced for a time in his
native State, Inning been commissioned as a
surgeon during the war of 1812. He after
wards removed to Northumberland, Pa., where
he practiced his profession, and where he was
manied to a daughter of Christian Bowers,
of Northumberland county. They had one
child, LeAvis, noAv deceased; he was president
of the Second National Bank of Peoria, 111.
From Northumberland, Dr. Howell removed
to Concord, Franklin county, Pa. ; after prac
ticing there for some time, he went to Lack
township, Juniata county, in April, 1819. His
wife haA'ing died early in their married life,
Dr. Howell was again married, in Turbett
township, Juniata county, to Rachel, daugh
ter of James Rhea, a farmer of the Tuscarora
valley, where she was born. Their children
were: twins, of whom one died in infancy,
the other being Amantus J., of Nebraska;
John D. and James R., tAvins, of whom the
latter was a saddler, and died in Beale town
ship in 1892; and one other child that died
in infancy. After the death of Dr. Howell,
whose remains Avere taken to Concord, Frank
lin county, for interment, his widow manied
secondly, Samuel AAllliams, to which marriage
there Avas no issue. Dr. HoAvell, who Avas uni
versally respected in the community, Avas a
member of the Alethodist Episcopal church.
John D. Howell never saw his father, as the
latter died five months before John D. was
born. In early life he attended the subscrip
tion school in Lack township, which Avas

taught by his mother. In consequence of her
impoverished condition, she was unable to af
ford her son any further education, and Ma
jor Howell is largely a self-educated man.
Beginning life in very straitened circum
stances, he remained with his mother- and step
father until he was eighteen years of age.
Having learned tailoring in Spruce Hill town
ship, he continued to work at this trade until
1855, when he engaged in mercantile busi
ness at Pleasant VieAv, and was in this occu
pation when the war of the Rebellion broke
out. Alajor Howell's army record is of the
most honorable character. Early in the war
he enlisted in Capt. Calvin DeWitt's Com
pany I, Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers,
Col. AV. H. Irwin, connected with the Army
of the Potomac. He spent four years in the
service, and participating bravely in many
important engagements, among which were
the terrific battles of the AVilderness and
Spottsylvania Court House. In the latter en
gagement he was wounded in the abdomen,
on May 12, 1864, Avas sent to the hospital at
Fredericksburg, Ara., for ten days, and then
sent to Annapolis, Aid. After remaining there
five weeks, he was transferred to a private hos
pital at Alexandria, Va., where he was de
tained for one month. Receiving a commis
sion as first lieutenant, he rejoined his com
mand at City Point, Va., but was so badly
shattered physically that he felt as if it would
be necessary for him to leave the sendee, when
he Avas promoted to the position of acting quar
termaster in the First Division of the Sixth
Corps, by General Wright, commander. He
was mustered out in 1865, at Halls Hill, Va.,
and, proceeding to Washington, D. C, wit
nessed there the magnificent pageant of the
grand review of the victorious Union armies.
Alajor HoAvell then returned to Pleasant
View, Avhere for several years he dealt in live
stock. Some years ago he retired from active
business, making his home at Pleasant View.
Alajor Howell cast his first vote for President
Hanison, in 1840. After voting the Demo
cratic ticket for a number of years, he voted
in 1860 for President Lincoln, and has ever
since been a Republican. Major Howell
served for fifteen years as justice of the peace
of Turbett township, of which Spruce Hill is
noAv a part. Upon his election, he Avas com
missioned, in April, 1845, by Gov. Francis
R. Shunk; then in April, 1850, by Gov. Wil-

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liam F. Johnston ; and finally by Gov. James
Pollock, in May, 1855. By the last named
governor he was also commissioned first lieu
tenant of Tuscarora Artillery, Sixth Brigade,
of the Fourteenth Division, Uniformed Mi
litia of Pennsylvania, composed of the militia
of Juniata, Mifflin, Centre, Huntingdon and
Clearfield counties. His commission expired
about the time of his enlistment in the Civil
war. In 1860, he filled the position of census
enumerator, doing his work in a manner emi
nently satisfactory to the officials in charge.
Notwithstanding his advancing years, Atajor
Howell is still a keen sportsman, able to hold
a gun and pull a trigger with the best and
youngest. John D. Howell was married in Spruce Hill
township, in 1841, to Mary, daughter of Isaac
Yohn, a farmer of Juniata county; she was
a native of Spruce Hill township. Their chil
dren are: Ellen J. (Mrs. Aliller McDonald),
of Mifflintown, Pa., deceased; Anna B. (Mrs.
Enoch Beale), of Earlville, III; Frances;
Emory W., coal dealer, of Albany, N. Y.,
married on September 10, 1879, Emma,
daughter of John G. White, of Albany; Eliza
beth (Mrs. Joseph Nangle), of Albany, N.
Y; and Lillie (Atrs. James Sherlock), of
Beale township, Juniata county. Alajor How
ell is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church, in which body he has been a class
leader. He has filled every office in the
church, and has been for fifty-five years con
nected with the Sunday-school, as teacher and
as superintendent.

JAMES A. FITZGERALD, farmer and
stock-raiser, of Spruce Hill township, Juniata
county, Pa., Avas born October 29, 1837, in
the township in which he now resides. He is
a brother of the late William H. Fitzgerald,
of Greenwood township, Peny county; a
sketch of his father is given in this work.
James A. Fitzgerald received his education
in the public schools of Spruce Hill township,
beginning life as a farmer on his father's
place, where he remained until, in 1864, when
he enlisted in Capt. Levi M. Coover's Com
pany E, of the Two Hundredth Pennsylvania
Volunteers, Col. Charles W. Diven command
ing. The regiment was assigned to the Army
of the Potomac, and participated with great
credit in several of the bloody engagements
around the city of Petersburg, Va. At the

close of the war Air. Fitzgerald returned home
and foUoAved farming on the homestead until
1879, when selling out, he purchased his pres
ent farm, in which he also conducts a flour-
mill. He lost both the mill and dwelling
house by fire, some time since, but has re
placed the destroyed residence with a com
modious building, besides improving the prop
erty in other Avays.
In 1879, James A. Fitzgerald was manied,
in Tuscarora toAvnship, to Aliss Nancy A.
Reed, a native of that toAvnship, and a daugh
ter of Robert and Diana (Enslow) Reed, both
of whom were of English Quaker descent. To
this union of Air. Fitzgerald there has been
born one child, Bessie V., still attending
school. James A. Fitzgerald is universally respected
in the community in which he lives, as a man
of industry, integrity and sound judgment.
In his political views he is a Democrat, but op
posed to the free silver theory. He has held
the position in the township of overseer of the
poor.

JESSE RICE, deceased, was one of the
oldest and most highly respected citizens of
Sprace Hill township, Juniata county, Pa.,
and was bom June 14, 1814, in that portion
of Turbett township which is noAv Spruce Hill.
He was a son of George and Catharine (Gin-
rich) Rice. George Rice, born in Chester
county, Pa., in 1770, removed to Peny coun
ty, settling in Atadison township, where he
purchased a farm, near the Bixler dam, on
which he remained for some years. He then
removed to Juniata county, settling in what
is now Spruce Hill toAvnship, where he pur
chased a tract of land of 108 acres, on Avhich
he erected buildings. He was married to Aliss
Catharine Ginrich, of Chester county. Their
children were: Alary, Avas manied to a Air.
AVilson: John, deceased; William, deceased;
George, deceased; Catharine (Airs. Henry
Kepner); Sarah (Mrs. Samuel Rice), de
ceased; Benjamin; Jesse; and Zachariah, of
Illinois. George Rice, in politics, was a Dem
ocrat. He was a member of the Lutheran
church. His death occuned January 3, 1841;
his wife also died in Sprace Hill township.
Jesse Rice received his education in the
township schools of the period, but richly in
formed his mind by extensive and varied read
ing. He commenced life on the farm with bis

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father. At the death of the latter, Jesse ob
tained possession of the homestead farm, also
purchasing another farm soon after. By in
dustry, economy and the exercise of a rare good
judgment in all his business transactions, his
means continued to increase until, at the time
of his death, he was the owner of five farms
in the county, besides large investments in
other directions. Jesse Rice married, in
Spruce Hill township, Miss Alargaret Rice,
daughter of John Rice, of Turbett township.
They had two children, both of whom died in
infancy. In politics Mr. Rice was a staunch
Republican. He was a consistent member of
the Lutheran church. His death occuned in
1894, has Avife having died in 1891.
B. F. Rice, of Sprace Hill township, Ju
niata county, Pa., Avas born November 2,
1846, in Aladison township, Perry county.
He is a son of Benjamin and Alice (Stewart)
Rice, of whom the former was a brother of
Jesse Rice, deceased. Of the parents of B. F.
Rice, the father is deceased, but the mother
still survives, residing in Spruce Hill town
ship. B. F. Rice attended, in boyhood, the
public schools of Sandy Hill, Madison town
ship, Perry county, and began life on the
farm, where he remained until twenty-three
years of age, when he removed to Jackson
township, Perry county, where he rented a
farm for one year from David Sheeler. He
then removed to Centre township, where he
farmed for one year for D. C. Clark. After
this he purchased a farm of eighty acres in
Saville township, Avhich be sold after re
maining on it for three years. He then
conducted the farm of James Elliott for
three years, after which he purchased
the Ickes farm of 180 acres, which he
sold, after remaining on it for seven years.
He then purchased the Rice farm, in the same
township, on which he remained for fourteen
years, during Avhich time the property was
greatly improved in many ways. In 1892,
he came to Juniata county, residing on the
farm of his uncle, Jesse Rice, for whom he
cared up to the time of his death. He has re
mained in Spruce Hill township, cultivating
the fami of 180 acres, on which he has re
cently made improvements, aggregating $1 -
500. B. F. Rice Avas married in 1863, in Saville
township, Perry county, to Miss Susan J.
Ickes, of German descent, a native of that

township, and a daughter of Michael and Sa
rah (Rice) Ickes, and grand-daughter of Mi
chael Ickes, a farmer of Peny county, who
was the founder of Ickesburg. Their children
are: Rufus R., a farmer of Spruce Hill town
ship, who married Alary J. Meminger, of
Spruce Hill toAvnship; Sadie A. (Atrs. Wil
liam Kell), of Blam, deceased; Maggie (Mrs.
John Peck), of Madison township, Perry coun
ty; Emma J., deceased; Minnie E., deceased;
and Annie L., unmarried. In his political
views Atr. Rice is a Republican. He is a
prominent and active member of the Metho-"
dist Episcopal church, in which he is trustee.
He is also one of the instructors of the choir,
and a teacher and assistant superintendent in
the Sunday-school.

GEORGE W. NAYLOR, Spruce Hill
township, Juniata county, Pa., was born in
Fayette township, Juniata county, Pa., Octo
ber 11, 1841. George W. Naylor, Sr., father
of George W. Naylor, was born in Chester
county, Pa., and was engaged nearly all his
life in agricultural pursuits. He was married
to Elizabeth Hopple, a daughter of Jacob
Hopple, a farmer, of German descent. Their
children are: Jacob, of Steelton, Dauphin
county, Pa.; DaAid, of Port Royal, Pa.;
Mary (Mrs. John Yroder), deceased; Harry,
deceased; George AV., Jr.; Sarah J.; Cath
erine Amanda (Atrs. Thomas C. Bowers), of
Port Royal; Nancy, deceased; and Chris
tian, of Fayette township. Mrs. Naylor still
lives on the homestead in Fayette toAvnship,
aged ninety-six. In political views, Atr. Nay
lor Avas a Democrat. He was a member of the
United Brethren church. His death occurred
in 1854.
George W. Naylor, Jr., received his educa
tion in the public schools of Fayette township,
and Avorked on the farm Avith bis father until
he Avas twenty-three years of age. He has
made fanning his life work. Mr. Naylor was
manied near Richfield, Alonroe township, Ju
niata county, Pa., by Rev. J. K. Snyder, to
Nancy J. Stewart, who was bom August 12,
1840, in Letterkenny toAvnship, Franklin
county, Pa., and was a daughter of John and
Elizabeth (Steach) SteAvart, the former of
English and the latter of German descent.
The Stewarts had a family of six children, two
sons and four daughters. Air. and Mrs. Nay
lor had three children: William W., manied

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L. Isabella Kellar, of Port Royal, has three
children, Carrie E., Nancy J. and one de
ceased; Elizabeth; and John J. Mr. Naylor
is a free sUver Democrat, and his sons are
members of the P. 0. S. A., at Port Royal.

WILLIAM CONN, Spruce Hill, Juniata
county, Pa., was born in East AVaterford, Ju
niata county, Pa., August 22, 1855. David
Conn, father of AAllliam Conn, Avas born in
Tuscarora township, and is of Scotch-Irish de
scent. He opened the first store in Spruce
Hill toAvnship, and for thirty years has con
ducted a successful business as a general mer
chant and a dealer in produce. Air. Conn
was married in Spruce Hill township to Han
nah J. Beale, of that toAvnship. Their surviv
ing children are: Alary A. (Mrs. Theodore
Meminger), of Pleasant VieAv, Pa. ; John C,
of Spruce Hill; AAllliam; Elmer, of McKean
county; and Annie (Mrs. William Shearer),
of AIcKean county. Eight children died in
infancy. Air. Conn was a Democrat in poli
tics, and was postmaster of Spruce Hill for
thirty-seven years. He was also school di
rector and served in other township offices.
He was a steAvard of the Alethodist Episcopal
church, and was a teacher in and superintend
ent of the Sunday-school.
AAllliam Conn received bis education in the
public schools and in the academy of his na
tive township. He was then employed in the
store of his father until 1875. Five years
later he formed a partnership with his brother,
and for eleven years they conducted the store
of their father at Spruce Hill. In 1895, Mr.
Conn acquired full control, and has since con
ducted the business. He was married Janu
ary 23, 1889, to Annie AL Reed, a daughter
of John Reed. Their children are: D. Mar
ion; Frank; Guy; and George. In his politi
cal views Atr. Conn is a Democrat; he was
appointed postmaster at Spruce Hill in 1895,
and has also served as auditor of the toAvnship.
He holds the office of steward in the Aletho
dist Episcopal church, and is a teacher in and
superintendent of the Sunday-school.

F. R. HARNES, druggist, of Port Royal,
Juniata county, Pa., was born in Germany
township, Adams county, Pa., September 6,
1862. He is a son of Sylvester and Ellen
(Weikert) Harnes, both of German descent.
Sylvester Harnes Avas born in Adams county,

and Avas a son of John Harnes. Sylvester f ol-
loAved the occupation of a merchant. His first
wife Avas Ellen Weikert, and had tAvo chil
dren: Kansas; and F. R. Airs. Harnes died
in 1860. Air. Hames manied as his second
Avif e Athalia E. "Weikert, Their children are :
Russel; Alorris; Scott; Jordan; Guy; Jennie;
and Prudence. Atr. Harnes died in Littles-
town, Adams county, in 1884. Politically,
he was a Democrat. He attended the Lu
theran church.
F. R. Ilarnes attended the public schools
of Adams county. At the age of thirteen
years he entered the drug store of Francis Jor
dan at Danville, Montour county, Pa., AA'here
he remained thirteen years, after which he
went to Hazleton, Luzerne county, Pa., where
for several months he was clerk in a drug store.
In 1892 he removed to Port Royal, where he
succeeded to the business of G. B. Kepler.
Atr. Harnes married, April 4, 1892, Carrie
Reep, a native of Carlisle, Cumberland coun
ty, Pa. Air. Harnes is a member of the F. and
A. AL, No. 224, and I. 0. O. F., No. 109, of
Danville; and of the P. 0. S. A., of Port
Royal. He attends the Alethodist Episcopal
church. In politics, he is a Democrat.

AVILLIAAI L. COOK, Pleasant Alew,
Spruce Hill toAvnship, Juniata county, Pa.,
Avas born in Lack township, Juniata county,
Pa., September 20, 1830. Christian Cook,
grandfather of AAllliam L. Cook, was a native
of Franklin county, Pa. Upon removing 'to
Juniata county he settled on the Pomeroy
farm in Lack township. He manied a Miss
Wolfkill, of Franklin county. Their children
are; Peter; Elias; Christian; Alary (Mrs.
Thomas AlcVitty). Elias Cook, father of Wil
liam L. Cook, was born in Franklin county,
Pa. He owned a small farm in Lack town
ship. In 1840, he removed to Alilford town
ship, where he farmed one year, after Avhich
he bought a farm in Horse valley, Perry coun
ty, upon which he built a tannery. He oper
ated both farm and tannery until his death in
1862. Air. Cook was manied in 1823, to
Catherine Lyon, a daughter of John Lyon.
Their children are: William L.; Alary (Airs.
Dr. John Campbell); Thomas, Alexander and
Augustus, all deceased; and two children who
died in infancy. Airs. Cook died at the home
of her son, William L, in 1884. Air. Cook
was a Democrat. He was a member of the

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Methodist Episcopal church, in which be was
a class leader.
William L. Cook attended the public schools
of Lack township until nine years old. In
1862, he enlisted in Company F, One Hun
dred and Seventy-seventh regiment, Pennsyl
vania Volunteers, and served nine months. He
then fanned in Perry county until 1868, when
he went to Juniata county, and settled on the
farm where he now resides. Mr. Cook was
manied at Concord, Franklin county, Pa., in
1866, to Elizabeth J. Harris, a daughter of
Thomas Hanis, a shoemaker by trade. Their
children are: Mary L., at home; and two
children died in infancy. Airs. Cook died
December 21, 1893. Mr. Cook is a sound
money Republican, and has filled the offices
of school director, tax collector, overseer of
the poor and assessor of the township. He is
a member of the Alethodist Episcopal church.

REV. ISAAC BOOK, pastor of Farmer's
Grove German Baptist church, AVarble,
Spruce Hill township, Juniata county, Pa.,
was born near Logan, Mifflin county, Pa.,
March 15, 1835. John Book, grandfather of
Rev. Isaac Book, Avas born in Lancaster coun
ty, Pa., and removed to Juniata county. He
married Miss Wbitmer; they had nine chil
dren: Abraham'; John; Samuel; Daniel; Da
vid; Henry; Elizabeth; Martha; and Hettie.
Mr. Book died on the farm about 1848; he
had been a member of the River Brethren
church. Samuel Book, father of Rev. Isaac
Book, received an English education. He
learned the trade of a cooper and made this
trade his winter occupation and worked on the
farm in the summer. Several years after leav
ing home he rented land near Logan, where he
remained two years, and then bought a farm
of 140 acres near Orbisonia, Huntingdon
county, Pa. He was married in Beale township
to Annie Coder, daughter of Richard Coder.
Their children are: Rev. Edmond, of Perry
county, Pa.; Rev. Isaac; Elizabeth (Mrs.
James Seibert), of Williamsport, Pa.; John,
deceased; Samuel, Huntingdon county, Pa.;
Kate (Mrs. Jacob Long), Riverton, Cumber
land county, Pa.; Henry L., of Tell township,
Huntingdon county, Pa. ; Alary A. (Mrs. Wil
son Rowe), of Hagerstown, Md. ; and David,
of Peny county, Pa. Mr. Book died in
Huntingdon county, Pa., in 1886, his Avife
having died in the same county several years

before. In politics, Mr. Book was a Repub
lican. He was a member of the German Bap
tist church.
Rev. Isaac Book was educated in the com
mon schools of Huntingdon county. In 1860,
be rented a farm in Lack township, Juniata
county, and retained it three years, after which
he spent five years on a rented farm in Hunt
ingdon county, and then returned to the home
stead, where he remained six years. Then he
bought his present farm of 150 acres. In
1872, Mr. Book was ordained to the ministry
of the German Baptist church, since which he-
has served congregations in both Huntingdon
and Juniata counties. He was married to
Mary Shearer, daughter of Michael Shearer.
Their children are: Maggie (Mrs. Samuel
Rohrer), of Tuscarora toAvnship; John H;
Samuel S. ; Kate M. (Mrs. David Stambaugh),
of Blaine, Peny county, Pa.; Elmer, of
Iowa; Charles, a school teacher of Adel, la.;
Isaac, of Tuscarora township, married Effie J.
Milligan; Bruce, at home; Hayes, school
teacher in Tuscarora township; Lottie, at
school; Oscar and Linnie IL, both at home;
William N., Mary B., Ellie, Henry and Lizzie
all died young. Mr. Book is a Republican,
and has served as school director seven years,
officiating as president and secretary of the
board, and also served as overseer of the poor
and as supervisor. The family attend the
German Baptist church.

CHRISTIAN YODER Avas born in Spruce
Hill township, September 29, 1840. The first
representative of the Yoder family who came
to this country Avas Jacob Yoder (1), Avho was
familiarly called "Strong" Yoder. He was
born in SAvitzerland, and landed in Philadel
phia, September 21, 1742. He settled in Lan
caster county, Pa., and died there. His son,
Jacob Yoder (2), a native of Lancaster county,
Pa., married Christina Blank, of Lancaster
county, by whom he had several children, one
of whom Avas John Yoder (1), the grandfather
of Christian Yoder. The family Avere all
members of the Mennonite church.
John Yoder (1) married Elizabeth Kurtz,
and their children are: John (2); Jacob;
Christina; and Catharine.
John Yoder (2), Avas born in Lancaster-
county, Pa., January 25, 1802, and was en
gaged in farming in that county until 1837,
when he came to Juniata county, and bought

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from the AleKee estate a tract of 280 acres
of land in Spruce Hill township, on which he
died Alarch 15, 1869. He was manied to
Magdalene Zook. Their children are: Eliza
beth; Henry; Magdalene; Christina; John;
Jacob; Catberine; Samuel; Christian; Isaac.
Mrs. Yoder died October 16, 1864. The fam
ily were members of the River Brethren
church.

DAVID B. ESH was born in Alilford toAvn-
ship, Juniata county, Pa., December 25, 1851.
Christian Esh, grandfather of David B. Esh,
was a native of Prussia, Germany. He came
to this country and finally settled on a farm
which he purchased near Af cAteytown and on
which he spent the remainder of his life. He
was a member of the Mennonite church. He
married Miss Zook, of the Kishacoquillas val
ley, and they had a family of eight children.
John Esh, father of David B. Esh, was born
in a hotel near the "Narrows," in Aiifflin coun
ty, Avhile his father and mother were on the
Avay to Juniata county. He obtained a good
common school education, and was engaged all
his life in agricultural pursuits. His death
occuned in 1879. Air. Esh Avas a member
and a minister in the Amish Alennonite
church, of Juniata county. Air. Esh was mar
ried to Leah Yoder, a daughter of Yost Yo
der, a farmer. Their children are: Nancy;
Elizabeth; Mary; Sarah; Lydia; Shem; Katie;
Susan; David B. ; and Noah H.
David B. Esh attended the schools of his
native township and greAv up on the farm.
In 1873, he took charge of the homestead, and
has managed it continuously since that time.
In 1883, Mr. Esh was married to Mary J. Pat
terson, a daughter of Judge Kelly Patterson.
Their children are: Helen E.; Alabel K.; and
Edgar P. Atr. Esh is a member of the Repub
lican party, and h in favor of the free coinage
of silver. He is a well recognized leader of
the Grange interest, in State, county and lo
cal organizations, is master of the county
grange, and has held all the offices in the local
grange. Mr. Esh is a member of the Presby
terian church, and is a trustee. He has been
treasurer of -the church, has taught in the
Sabbath-school, and is a member of the Y. P.
S. C. E.

John Sterrett, grandfather of Seth C. Ster
rett, was born Alay 5, 1780, in Ireland. He
came to America and settled in Franklin coun
ty, Pa., near Chambersburg, and there he
lived and died. In his religious faith he was
a Presbyterian. He married and had eleven
children. John A. Sterrett, father of Seth C. Stenett,
Avas born near Chambersburg, Pa., December
15, 1801. His primary education was receiv
ed in the schools of his locality, and he read
law in the office of Judge Cunningham, after
Avhich he Avas graduated from the law school
at Litchfield, Conn. His practice of law was
begun at Sunbury, Pa., and after a few years
he remoA^ed to Lewistown, Pa., where after a
few years' practice he abandoned the laAv, and
embarked in mercantile business, which be
conducted a short time. During the last
twenty years of his life he Avas engaged in
settling up estates in various parts of the coun
try, and died in April, 1872. He married
Alary R. Chapman, a native of Cumberland
county, and a daughter of Judge Seth Chap
man of English descent, judge of the Eighth
Judicial District of Pennsylvania. The chil
dren of Air. Stenett are: Seth C; Marion;
Elizabeth; Louisa; James AL; John K.
Air. Stenett was a member of the Presby
terian church of LeAvistoAvn, Pa., aided in
erecting the first house of worship, and was a
trustee of that church. He was the first mem
ber of the Masonic fraternity at Lewistown.
Seth C. Sterrett attended the schools in
Northumberland, Pa., and his first teacher
was Jane Lyon. He was married to Mary 0.
Worman. Two children Avere born to this
union: Charles, at home; John A., educated
at the academy, and now a hardware merchant
at Great Bend, Kas. John A. manied a Miss
Deighton, and they have two children, Seth
S., and Ruth L.
Seth C. Stenett enlisted in Lewistown,
July, 1861, in the Home Guard, did guard
duty at Shade Gap for tAvo months, and aided
in capturing some rebel soldiers. In bis
political vieAvs he is a Republican; be Avas
elected to the office of justice of the peace,
but declined to serve. He was a member of
the Presbyterian church.

SETH C. STERRETT was born at New
Berlin, Union county, Pa., July 2, 1827, and
died May 28, 1897.

JAMES OKESON, deceased, son of Wil
liam, and brother of AVilliam B. Okeson,

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of Chicago, 111., was bom in Concord,
Franklin county, Pa., where his father was
engaged in mercantile business, and from
Avhich place he came, when quite young, to
Beale toAvnship, Juniata county, Pa., where
he attended the public schools and also the
academy under Professor AAllson. After his
marriage, he removed to Spruce Hill township,
where he owned a farm of 300 acres, and
Avhich he continued to cultiA'ate until his
death, Avhich occurred Alarch 26, 1889. Mr.
Okeson Avas married in 1853, to Alargaret R.
Alason. Their children Avere: Jennie B., un
married; Alartha, died when a young woman;
Charles, born February 2, 1858, died in 1867;
Anna L. (Airs. Noah Esh) ; Rebecca M. (Mrs.
Elmer Conn), of McKean county, Pa. ; James
C, Avho died April 6, 1893, Avas married to
Clara Barton, daughter of Judge Barton, of
Spruce Hill toAvnship, and had one child, Re
becca; Horace K., of Altoona, Pa., married
Irene Kilgon, of that city, and has one child,
Alargaret; AVilliam IL, unmarried, a farmer
of AfcKean county, Pa. Mr. Okeson Avas a
Republican in his political vieAvs. He Avas
a consistent member of the United Presbyte
rian church of AtcCoysville, Pa.
Dr. John Alason, grandfather of Airs. Oke
son, Avas a native of New York and of Scotch-
Irish extraction, and Avas a distinguished min
ister in the Reformed church. He died in
New York City. He was married to Anna
Liffinds, of New York City. Their children
are: John; Amelia Knox; Catherine; Abra
ham; Ebenezer, a minister; and Erskin, also
a minister. Abraham Mason, father of Mrs. Okeson,
Avas a merchant in NeAV York City, and died
there. He married Elizabeth AAteir, a daugh
ter of Silas E. AATeir, Avho Avas a native of Ire
land. Their children are: Martha (Atrs. Jon
athan Okeson), deceased; Anna (Mrs. Daniel
Okeson), deceased; Sarah (Airs. Col. AV.
Bell), of Alifflintown, Pa.; Alargaret (Mrs.
James Okeson); and Abraham, Avho died in
infancy. Atr. Mason Avas an old line AVhig.
He Avas a member of the Presbyterian church,
and died Alarch 19, 1834. His widow mar
ried, secondly, Silas Smith, a farmer of* Tus
carora valley, and had two children: Eliza
beth (Airs. Robert Patterson); Euphemia
fAIrs. S. Pomeroy), of Mill Hall, Pa. Atrs.
Smith died April 6, 1879. Mrs. Okeson sur

vives and lives on the farm, and is a worthy
representative of her distinguished ancestors.

THOMAS RAMSEY, son of Samuel and
Mary (Black) Ramsey, was born in Juniata
township, Perry county, November 6, 1817.
His grandfather, John Ramsey, of Scotch-
Irish descent, born in County Derry, Ireland,
married a Afiss Power, also' a native of Ire
land, came to this country, and settled about
five miles from New Bloomfield, Peny coun
ty. At his death he owned nearly 300 acres
of improved land. He was a lieutenant under
AA^ashington, in the Revolution; he died in
Perry county, in 1822. The children of Mr.
and Airs. John Ramsey were: Catherine;
Alary; Sarah; Elizabeth; Annie; and Samuel.
Samuel Ramsey, father of Thomas Ramsey,
attended the subscription schools, and was a
farmer all his life. Samuel Ramsey married
Alary, daughter of John Black. They had
nine children : Thomas, now the only survivor;
John; James; Martha; Mary; Annie E. ; Cath
erine; and two who died in infancy. Samuel
Ramsey died in 1835 ; and his widow in 1846.
They Avere members of the United Presbyte
rian church.
Thomas Ramsey was educated in the sub
scription schools, and remained on the home
stead until 1848. Subsequently he fanned
for fifteen years; then spent one year in busi
ness at Port Royal, Juniata county; one year
as steAvard of the Juniata almshouse; one
year on Dr. Sterrett's farm in Milford town
ship; one year on Samuel Allen's farm,
Beale township; and in the folowing year he
bought his present farm of 96 acres. Since
1892, Atr. Ramsey has lived a retired life on
his fann, and is still active, although over
eighty years old. He is a Republican and
Prohibitionist, and has been school director
and tax collector.
Thomas Ramsey was married, in 1850, to
Alargery A., daughter of David Porter.
Their children are: Clara; Lizzie; Calvin;
and Alary. Atr. Ramsey is a member of the
United Presbyterian church at AtcCoysville.
He is a teacher in the Sabbath-school, and for
several terms Avas its superintendent.

DAVID BEALE Avas born April 18, 1829.
The Beale family is widely known in the coun
ty, and gave the name to Beale township. The

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first representative to come here was David
Beale (1), grandfather of David Beale. He
was born in Chester county, Pa., and was of
Scotch-Irish descent. He came to the Tusca
rora valley when a young man, making the
journey with team and wagon, and cutting a
road as he came. His wagon was, perhaps,
the first that crossed the Tuscarora mountain.
Atr. Beale took up a large tract of land in what
was then Cumberland county, a part of which
lay in Spruce Hill, and a part in Tuscarora
township. He cleared the land, built a saw
mill and cut lumber for his buildings, and
also erected a grist-mill, the first built in that
county. He carried on the farm and the mills
until his death in 1828. The Governor of the
State appointed him judge of Aiifflin county,
which then included Juniata county. David
Beale (1) married Miss AlcConnell, whose
family were among the earliest settlers of
Tuscarora valley, and in her girlhood they
were twice driven out of the valley by the In
dians. David Beale (2), Avas bom in Tuscarora
township, and received only a common school
education. AVhen he reached manhood his
father gave him a good farm of 180 acres in
Tuscarora toAvnship, on Avhich he spent his
life. His wife was Alary Beale. Twelve chil
dren were born to this union.
David Beale (3) received his education in
the public schools of Tuscarora township, was
reared on the farm, and followed that occupa
tion all his life. He Avas married in 1859 to
Martha Crawford. Their children are: Da
vid B. ; Ida; Jennie; John; HoAvard.
In 1890, Mr. Beale was elected to the office
of county commissioner of Juniata county, on
the Democratic ticket, having received a-hand-
some majority, and during his occupancy of
the office the bridge at Port Royal and Mexico
and many other substantial improvements
were made. The family are members of the
United Presbyterian church.

JOHN L. PATTERSON was born in
Spruce Hill township, January 3, 1829. The
first of the Patterson family who came to this
country was Alexander Patterson, who was
born in the north of Ireland in 1722, and was
of Scotch-Irish descent. He was first married
in Ireland and after the birth of five sons he
brought them and their mother to America,
settling first in York county, Pa., where he

Avas for a short time engaged in farming, and
later removed to Bucks county, Avhere he be
came a large land OAvner. His sons are:
Nicholas; Andrew; Solomon; James. The
fifth son Avas lost at sea, and his name is not
knoAvn. A daughter Rachel Avas born in this
country, and manied Air. AlcCord., Atr. Pat
terson's Avif e died in Bucks county and he mar
ried for his second Avife Phoebe Carroll, of
French descent, and by her his children are:
Diana; Jemima; Jane; Alary; Andrew; John.
In religious faith and fellowship he was a
Presbyterian. In bis political vieAvs he was
an old line AATiig.
John Patterson, grandfather of John L.
Patterson, and also of George C. Patterson,
was born in Bucks county, Pa., October 6,
1772, and Avhen two years of age came with
bis parents to the Tuscarora valley. He grew
up a farmer, and came to be the OAvner of over
500 acres of land, and was the largest land
owner in that section of the State. He built
the first frame barn erected in the valley and
also built a stone dwelling and made many
improvements, fully developing the farm,
which he eventually divided among his sons,
carrying on the farm, however, until his
death, October 10, 1843. He married Agnes
Lyons, born in Aiifflin county, Pa., August
14, 1794, and died April 10, 1855. They
had these children: Alexander; James; An
dreAv; Elizabeth; Phoebe; Rachel; John; AVil
liam; and Robert. In politics Air. Patterson
was a AAliig. He served as justice of the
peace for a number of years, fie was an earn
est and active member of the Presbyterian
church at Academia, Pa.
Alexander Patterson, father of John L.,
Avas born in Tuscarora valley, February 6,
1796, and secured a good education in the
subscription schools of that locality. He was
married to Elizabeth Hackett, a native of Ju
niata county, and a daughter of William
Hackett, and to them was born one child,
Elizabeth, who married Samuel Wharton.
Airs. Patterson died on the farm, and Air. Pat
terson married as his second wife, Alary Ster
rett, a native of Lancaster county, Pa., and a
daughter of James Sterrett, a prominent
farmer of Juniata county, and they have six
children: Alargaret; Nancy; John L; James
S.; Robert; and AAllliam. AVhen a young
man, Air. Patterson joined the Presbyterian
church, but later became a member of the

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United Presbyterian church of McCoysville,
Pa. His first political alliance was Avith the
AVhigs, but he became a Republican. He Avas
captain of the Juniata county militia a num
ber of years, and served as school director, su
pervisor and in other minor township offices.
In agricultural movements and society he was
a leader, and was a prime mover in the organ
ization of the first temperance society in the
Tuscarora valley.
John L. Patterson attended the toAvnship
schools and Tuscarora Academy, and also the
Airy View Academy at Port Royal, under Pro
fessor Wilson. In 1865, he took the chair of
Agriculture in the State College in Centre
county, then under Professor Wilson, which
position he occupied two years. He resumed
farming for a short time, and later became su
perintendent of an oil company in Venango
county, Pa., where he spent four years, and
then returned and took charge of the home
stead, Avhere he has since remained.
John L. Patterson was married in 1872, to
Ellie Al. Stoneroad, a daughter of Thomas and
Margaret (Sigler) Stoneroad, both natives of
Mifflin county. To this union Avere born three
children: Grace E., wife of Harvey Henry,
a merchant of Honey Grove, Pa. ; Thomas A.,
died in 1890; John J.
Air. Patterson is a Republican. He was a
member of the school board and its president
and secretary, and Avas also tax collector. He
is a member and trustee of the United Presby
terian church of McCoysville. In local and
county grange he has been prominent as mas
ter and lecturer, and his wife is now lecturer
of the grange. John Patterson, the grand
father, Avas elected three times to the State
House of Representatives, and exerted a
strong influnce in some good legislation.

ISAAC NEAVTON GRUBB, Thompson-
town, Juniata county, Pa., was born August
25, 1845, in AAlld Cat valley, near Liverpool,
Perry county, Pa. He is a son of Henry and
Margaret (Charles) Grubb. Christian Grubb,
grandfather of Isaac N. (the name was orig
inally spelled Grubbs), Avas born in Chester
county, Pa., of Gennan descent. He, in com
pany Avith four brothers, removed from his
native county, settling on a farm near Liver
pool, Perry county. One of the brothers, Da
vid, was a minister of the United Brethren
church at Liverpool, and also a cabinet-maker.

Christian Grubb married Aliss Pfoutz, a sister
of Isaac Pfoutz. Their children were : Henry;
Joshua; Barbara; Susan; Isaac; Josiah; and
Christian, now of Northumberland county.
He died at Liverpool at the age of ninety-one.
In politics he was a Democrat. He was a con
sistent member of the Lutheran church.
Henry Grubb, the eldest son of Christian
Grubb, was born in 1818, at Liverpool, Peny
county. He obtained his education in the sub
scription schools of his neighborhood, being
especially noted for his superior penmanship.
He followed farming as his life occupation,
OAvning a tract of land on which he resided up
to the year 1870, when he removed to Liver
pool, leading a retired life. Four years before
his death he removed to Thompsontown, mak
ing bis home with his son, the Doctor. Henry
Grubb married, in Perry county, Miss Mar
garet Charles, a native of the county, and a
daughter of Jacob Charles, a farmer, of Eng
lish descent. Their children were: Alary,
noAV deceased, married Ephraim Long, an at
torney, of Noav Bloomfield, Perry county; Dr.
Isaac N., of Thompsontown; Jacob, who died
young; Ellen (Atrs. Frederick Nipple), of
Perry A-alley; Valentine B., wholesale manu
facturer, Philadelphia; Elmira, wife of Rev.
L. L. Logan, a Alethodist Episcopal minister,
of Clearfield county; Lizzie (Mrs. John K.
Blattenberger), of Liverpool, Perry county;
and Viola, who died in infancy. Henry
Grubb was a man respected and highly es
teemed by all Avho knew him on account of
his many sterling qualities. He was a good
citizen, a kind husband and a loving father.
In politics he was a Democrat. He died in
ThompsontoAvn in 1894. His faithful partner
in life's joys and sorrows had passed aAvay in
1870. Dr. Isaac N. Grubb attended, in boyhood,
the public schools of his native township,
Avhich Avas followed by two terms at the
academy at Freeburg, Snyder county, of
which George F. McFarland was principal,
and two terms at the Marklesville academy.
During the winter seasons he taught school
for the meager compensation of twenty dol
lars per month, yet saved money enough from
his salary for the purpose of defraying the
expenses of a collegiate course. But a dark
cloud Avas surging over the land, and Isaac
N. Grabb Avas not the man to be idle in the
crisis of Columbia's fate. His war record is

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of the most brilliant and honorable character,
replete with deeds of valor, which won for him
high commendation. He went into the ser
vice a private; he came out a captain, whose
every step of promotion had been won by
merit, lie had spent 1861 and part of 1862
on the farm. On September 26, 1862, be
enlisted in Capt. J. B. McAllister's Company
I, of the Seventeenth Pennsylvania CaAralry,
commanded by Col. J. H. Kellogg. He was
appointed a corporal the same year. He was
made a sergeant-major soon after and was
commissioned first lieutenant, dating from
June 5, 1863, and as captain, from the date
of September 8, 1864. Having been wounded
at Benyville, Va., August 21, 1864, he was
sent to the hospital, where he was obliged to
remain until discharged, at Annapolis, Md.,
January 13, 1865, having participated in
every battle in Avhich his regiment was en
gaged from the time it joined the Army of
the Potomac up to the time of his being
wounded, which comprised most of the promi
nent battles of the east during that period.
Among the great engagements and opera
tions in which Captain Grubb took part were :
Gettysburg, Brandy Station, Upperville, Wil
derness, Sheridan's raid around Richmond,
Petersburg, Deep Bottom, and the operations
In the Shenandoah valley, besides many others
not here enumerated. So much was his health
broken down by the severe campaigning and
his wound that Captain Grubb was obliged to
remain at home for a year before be could re
sume active work in any direction. Cap
tain Grubb then taught school for two
terms. The war disarranged the plans of
thousands of young men and he was among
the number. He found that be must forego
his cherished desire for a collegiate course.
He accordingly began the reading of medicine
with Dr. P. L. Greenleaf, in 1866, which he
continued for three years, during which time
he entered the medical department of the Uni
versity of New York City, from which he
graduated with high honor, March, 1869. He
immediately entered into a partnership with
his former preceptor, Dr. Greenleaf. This
was continued until the death of his partner,
When he assumed entire control of the prac
tice. He has erected a fine dwelling house
and office, both tasteful and commodious, in
their anangements. In connection with his
professional duties the Doctor has found time

to devote considerable time to fruit culture,
in a fine peach orchard in which he is inter
ested. Dr. Grubb's ability as a practitioner, and
courtesy and suavity as a man, his worth as
a citizen, and his interest in all that concerns
the public weal, have all contributed to make
him universally popular and esteemed. He
enjoys the unbounded confidence of his
many patients. He has been called upon
to take an active part in public affairs. For
five years he has been a member of the Thomp
sontown town council, and for two years sec
retary of the school board. Dr. Grubb is an
active member of Encampment No. 37, U. V.
L., of Alifflintown, of which he is a past colo
nel, and is, at present, the adjutant. He is an
active and prominent member in Sincerity
Lodge, No. 357, I. 0. O. F., of Thompson
toAvn, Pa.; of Lamberton Lodge, No. 371, F.
and A. M., of Thompsontown; of Chapter No.
238, R. A. M., of Newport, Pa., and of the Pil
grim Commandery, No. 11, K. T., of Hanis
burg, in most of which bodies he has held
prominent offices. He has been for twenty
years a member of the Delaware township
Literary Society of Thompsontown. The
Doctor is also a prominent and useful member
in the Juniata County Aledical Society. In
political views Dr. Grubb is a Democrat.

HENRY A. GRUBB, farmer and dairy
man, Avas born in Greenwood township, Perry
county, Pa., September 30, 1850.
Henry Grubb (1), grandfather of Henry
A. Grubb, was a fanner in Perry county, and
died in that county. Henry Grubb (2) was
born in Greenwood township, where he owned
and cultivated a farm of two hundred acres,
on which he died in 1862. He married Abbie
Mentz, a native of Northumberland county.
Their ohUdren were: Susan; William; So
phia; and Sarah J.; all deceased; Abbie
(Mrs. Henry Long), Perry county; Angeline
(Mrs. Joseph Ulsh) ; Abraham, of Perry coun
ty; Henry A.; Mary (Mrs. Henry Grubb),
Perry county; Ida (Airs. John App). Airs.
Grubb died in Perry county, February 10,
1892. Mr. Grubb was a Republican. He was
a zealous member of the Lutheran church, and
took an active part in its enterprises.
Henry A. Grubb was married, in Lykens
township, in 1874, to Isabella Hess, a native
of Lykens toAvnship, and an adopted daugh-

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ter of Abraham Hess, a hotel keeper. Their
children 'are: WUliam, on the farm; Annie;
EdAvard N.; Charles; Canie; and one that
died in infancy. Air. Grubb is a Republican,
and is active in public affairs. He has been
school director for three years.

WILLIAA1 IL HAINES, M. D., junior
partner with Dr. I. N. Grubb, Thompson-
town, Juniata county, Pa., was bom May
12, 1862, in AValker township, Juniata
county. He is a son of Isaac N. and ¦ Sarah
E. (Smith) Haines.
Frederick Haines, grandfather of William
H, was a farmer of Snyder county, Pa., of
German descent, Avho farmed a tract of fifty
acres, combining with his farm labors the
business of a millwright. He was the father
of seven children: Joseph; Jackson; Mina;
Caroline; Henry; Isaac N. ; and Melinda.
Five of the above still survive; one child was
burned to death. Frederick Haines Avas a
Democrat in politics. He was a consistent
member of the Lutheran church, old school.
Both he and his wife died in Snyder county.
Isaac N. Haines, a son of the foregoing,
was born in 1849, in Beaver township, Snyder
county, Pa. He received a fair education in
both the English and German languages. He
spent the earlier part of his life as a farmer,
first in Snyder county, and subsequently in
Walker township, Juniata county. He then
spent twenty-two years as a track hand on the
Pennsylvania Railroad. He is now living re
tired in Thompsontown with his son, William
H. Haines, At. D.
Mr. Haines was married in Walker town
ship, Juniata county, to Miss Sarah E.
Smith, a native of Snyder county, a daughter
of John F. Smith, a farmer of Walker town
ship. She is also a sister of Prof. John H.
Smith. Their children were. Dr. William
H, of ThompsontoAvn; Mary, deceased; Ida;
and one who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs.
Haines reside in ThompsontoAvn. He is a
member of the Evangelical congregation
at Locust Run, Walker township, Juniata
county. In earlier life he was a class leader
and an active Sunday-school worker. In his
political views, he is a Democrat.
William H. Haines received his primary
education in the AValker township public-
schools, supplemented by one term in the
Lock Haven Normal school. He taught

school during seven Avinter terms, in Juniata
county. He also taught several terms of sum
mer school, worked as a track hand on the
Pennsylvania RaUroad and among the farm
ers of Walker township. By these means,
with heroic determination and indefatigable
industry, Mr. Haines amassed the means to
take the medical course on which he had de
termined. In 1889 he commenced a course
of reading under Dr. I. N. Grubb of Thomp
sontoAvn, which was continued for three years,
in connection with attendance upon the medi
cal department of the University of New
York City, from which institution he gradu
ated with honor in the spring class of 1892.
He then entered into partnership with his
fonner preceptor, Dr. Grabb. By close appli
cation to his profession he has built up a large
and lucrative practice, and gives brilliant
promise of greater successes in the future.
The Doctor is deAroted to his profession and
the good of his patients, and he has their
unbounded confidence.
Dr. Haines was married at Mexico, Ju
niata county, in 1891, to Aliss Anna B. Oyler,
born in ThompsontoAvn, a daughter of AV. D.
Oyler, a foreman on the Pennsylvania Rail
road. To this union have been born three
children: Ethel AL; Sarah E.; and a son,
Harold I. The Doctor is a member of the Ju
niata County Medical Society, and of Sin
cerity Lodge, No. 357, 1. 0. 0. F., of Thomp
sontown. In politics he is a Democrat. He
is an earnest member of the Evangelical
church.

JOHN STEWART LUKENS, deceased,
aaLo was one of the oldest and most re
spected citizens of Thompsontown, and was
for twenty-two years a justice of the peace,
was born August 1, 1819, near Thompson-
town, Delaware township, Juniata county,
Pa. He Avas a son of Abraham and Annie
(Stewart) Lukens, both of Scotch-Irish de
scent. The former was a farmer of DelaAvare
toAvnship; the latter the daughter of Squire
John Stewart, of the same township.
His great-grandfather on the maternal
side, Archibald Stewart, came from Ireland
to this country in 1752, making the passage
on the sailing vessel "Happy Return," James
Boggs, captain.' The SteAvarts settled in that
portion of Lancaster county, which is now
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hundred acres of land. They afterwards re
moved to a point on the Juniata river, Avhich
is now DelaAvare township, Juniata county,
where they located on a large tract of land
known as "the Stewart purchase." On this
farm it is said, the last Indian was killed in
the concluding hostilities between them and
the settlers of the frontier settlements.
John Stewart Lukens lost his mother when
he was but twenty-three days old, he being
her only child. His grandfather, John Stew
art, reared him from babyhood. In early life
he attended the subscription schools of Walker
and DelaAvare townships. He grew up with
his grandfather, as a farmer, and made farm
ing his life occupation. He owned and culti-
tivated a tract of more than four hundred
acres, which he greatly improved. In 1846
he removed to Thompsontown, where he
lived a retired life. His services, however,
were placed in requisition by his fellow citi
zens, who in recognition of his well known
probity and sound judgment, bestowed on
him the position of justice of the peace, which
place he held with credit to himself and to
the satisfaction of the entire community, for
more than twenty years. His decisions were
always based on sound principles and were so
equitable that none were ever reversed by the
higher courts. He delighted in allaying ani
mosities, and in giving litigants the benefit of
his ripe judgment and wise counsel. Late in
life, by the advice of Dr. Crawford, be went
to Florida, remained two years, and partially
recovered his health. His death, which oc
curred May 21, 1895, was the result of the
grippe, of which he had seven attacks in the
course of two and one half years. His widow
survives, living in Thompsontown, highly re
spected and esteemed by all.
Mr. Lukens was manied September 29,
1839, in Thompsontown, to Miss Adalene N.
Thompson, bom in DelaAvare township, Ju
niata county, February 29, 1824, a daughter
of Mitchell and Jane (Allen) Thompson, of
whom the former was a highly respected
farmer of Delaware township of Scotch-Irish
descent, and the latter was the daughter of
David Allen, of English descent, who was a
brave soldier in the Revolutionary war. To
Mr. and Mrs. Lukens were born three daugh
ters: Martha J. widow of Elijah P. Hender
son, of Minnesota; Lavenia Annie, and Ada
Marion, both of whom died young.

Air. Lukens Avas not only a man highly re
spected in the community, but also one whose
enterprise was of material benefit to his fel
low citizens. He Avas one of the incorporators
of the borough of Thompsontown, in which
place he erected, at a cost of more than $4,-
000, a fine brick dwelling house, the first of
the kind in the town. He was a good citizen,
a courteous neighbor, a kind husband and
a loving father. As he and his estimable
wife journeyed through life, side by side, for
so many years, they presented a spectacle of
conjugal felicity which has rarely been
equalled. In politics Mr. Lukens was an old
line AVhig, and then a Republican. He was
a consistent and devoted member of the
United Presbyterian church, formerly the
Associate Reformed or Seceders church.

DAVID H. FINK, Thompsontown, Ju
niata county, Pa., was bom October 17,
1837, in Huntingdon county. He is a son
of Frederick and Susannah (Goshorn) Fink.
Frederick Fink was of German descent, and
a day laborer by occupation, bom in Chester
county, Pa., from which place he removed to
Huntingdon county. Here he manied Susan
nah Goshorn, born in Huntingdon county.
Their children were: Louisa, now deceased;
Jacob, deceased; Alargaret, who is the wife
of John Keiser; John R., a resident of Har
risburg; Alartha G, widow of Thomas Ham
ilton; David H, of Thompsontown, Juniata
county; George W., a blacksmith of Port
Royal, Pa.; and Rittenhouse P., deceased.
Both of the parents died in Juniata county.
David H. Fink in his boyhood attended the
public schools of his vicinity. His first labor
Avas with farmers in the neighborhood, his
compensation being very meager. When
twenty-one years of age, he entered the em
ploy of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
and was a track hand for two years. In August,
1862, Air. Fink enlisted in Capt. John P.
Wharton's Company F, of the One Hundred
and Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers,
Col. James G. Elder commanding. The term
of service Avas nine months, during which
time Mr. Fink passed honorably through the
battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg and
Ohancellorsville, together with other lesser
engagements, during all which time he was
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occasions the commendations of his officers as
a faithful and efficient soldier. At the expi
ration of the term of service the regiment was
discharged at Harrisburg, May 20, 1863. Mr.
Fink re-enlisted in August, 1864, in Capt.
Louis Degan's Company B, Two Hundred
and Second Pennsylvania Volunteers, Col.
Charles Albright commanding. He partici
pated in the battle of Piedmont and several
minor engagements in the Shenandoah valley.
After twelve months of service he was mus
tered out at Hazleton, Pa., where he was
stationed after 'the close of the war. Return
ing home Mr. Fink again obtained employ
ment with the Pennsylvania Railroad, being
appointed foreman on section No. 24, which
position he filled for ten years, after Avhich be
Avas transferred to section No. 14, as foreman,
in which place he remained for fourteen years.
During all this long period of time his services
were of a faithful and satisfactory character.
In 1892, he was appointed to his present posi
tion as engineer of the Thompsontown Water
station. Mr. Fink has acquired a comforta
ble property in ThompsontoAvn, which he has
greatly improved.
He was married in Lewistown in 1865, to
Miss Mary Shreffler, who Avas born in Ju
niata county and died in 1867. Of their two
children, one died in infancy. The survivor,
named Harry, is a fireman on the Central divi
sion of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Mr. Fink
was married, secondly, at Port Royal, Pa., in
1870, to Miss Mary Lowe, a native of Perry
county, and a daughter of Dr. Lowe of that
county. Of their six children, two died in
infancy. The survivors are: David E. ; La-
venia E. ; Mary B. ; and Howard D. Mr.
Fink is a member of the G. A. R. at Newport;
K. P. at Mifflintown, K. G. E., of Millers
town, and of the Railroad Relief Corps. He
is a man of high repute in the community in
which he has so long resided, greatly esteemed
and respected for his industry and unsAverv-
ing integrity. Relying on bis sound judg
ment, his fellow citizens have availed them
selves of his services as a member of the bor
ough council, which position he has held for
a period of two years. In politics he is a
Democrat. He is a consistent member of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and is promin
ently identified with the Sunday-school work
and the Epworth League.

GUSTAV E. HANZIG, M. D., East Sa
lem, DelaAvare township, Juniata county, Pa.,
was born January 12, 1852, in the town of
Jarotschin, State of Posen, Germany. He is
a son of Ernest and Amalie (Bothe) Hanzig,
natives of the above State, the former of whom
was the postmaster in the town in which Dr.
Hanzig Avas born, and a soldier during the
Revolution of 1848.
Ernest Hanzig died in Germany in 1895.
He Avas the father of five children, of whom
Gustav E., M. D., and Albert, who is a pay
master in the artillery of the German army,
are the only survivors. The deceased are:
Paul and Clara, who died in early life; and
Julius, who was assistant postmaster in the
city of Berlin, a telegraph operator, and also
a member of the celebrated body-guard of the
German Emperor. He died at home. The
mother still survives, and resides at the old
home. Dr. Hanzig's ancestors came originally
from Sweden, during the memorable religious
war between the Lutherans and Catholics,
known in history as the "Thirty Years' War."
His early education was obtained in the pub
lic schools of his native place, which was fol
lowed by a complete course in the high school,
from which he graduated in 1872. He here
learned to speak and write both the English
and French languages. At the age of twenty
he began teaching in the public schools of
Miloslaw, Provinz of Posen, State of Prus
sia, at Avhich he continued for ten years, being
at the same time, organist and choir leader of
the Lutheran church. He was also, during
this time, enrolled as a member of the Ger
man army. In 1882 he emigrated to Amer
ica. After remaining in Philadelphia for a
short time be came to East Salem, Juniata
county, where he practiced medicine, which
he had read in his native land. In 1885, he
returned to Philadelphia, where he completed
a course in the Hahnemann Medical College,
graduating in 1888 with high honors, both in
medicine and in surgery. He then opened an
office at AVaynesboro, Franklin county, Pa.,
where he remained for a short time, sold out
and went to St. Louis, Mo., and then made
an extended tour through Kentucky, Missis
sippi and Louisiana. After spending some
time in New Orleans, where he was engaged
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where he practiced two years. He next visited
Florida and the island of Cuba, remaining
some weeks in Havana. From Havana he
took passage in a Spanish steamer for Spain,
landing at Corunna, from which place he pro
ceeded to Lisbon, Portugal, where he remained
for a few weeks, and then embarked on a Ger
man liner for Brazil, South America, landing
at Rio de Janeiro. Here he remained for a
year, filling the position of second clerk in the
office of the United States minister. From
this point he returned to his adopted land,
locating at East Salem, where he has ever
since remained, building up an extensive and
paying practice. AATaile at New Orleans he
lost his trunk, containing among other things,
his diploma. It was never recovered.
Dr. Hanzig is a highly educated man, an
accomplished physician of acute powers of
observation, possessed by a versatile genius,
which has led to a high degree of excellence
in many widely separated acquirements.
Deeply read and with a mind enriched by ob
servation in extended travels, he has proved
himself an able and reliable practitioner.
Aside from his medical work the Doctor is
especially noted for bis proficiency in music,
the result of natural inclination assisted by a
thorough musical training. He both com
poses and writes the music for the East Salem
band. Dr. Hanzig is a member of Sincerity
Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., of Thompsontown; and
of the Blue Lodge, No. 371, F. and A. M., of
the same place. In his political views the
Doctor is liberal.

B. FRANK OLLVER, East Salem, Ju
niata county, Pa., was born July 11, 1834, in
Bucks county, Pa. He is a son of Benjamin
and Mary (Hellings) Oliver. Benjamin Oli
ver, father of B. Frank, born in Pennsylvania,
of Welsh descent, was by occupation a fuller
and weaver. He followed his trade in Bucks
county, and later in Peny county, where he
also gave some attention to farming. He was
married in Bucks county to Miss Mary Hel
lings, a native of that county. Their children
were: John, deceased; William, of Bucks
county; Edmund, deceased; Rachel, widow
of Samuel O'Neill, of Missouri; Sarah, de
ceased; Charles, deceased; Benjamin Frank
lin, of Delaware township, Juniata county;
Mary (Mrs. John Bardell), of Tuscarora val

ley; Emily (Airs. John Cross), of Philadel
phia; Alargaret, who died young; Nathan,
deceased; Alartha (Airs. Daniel Kepner);
and Frances J. (Airs. Isaac J. Baldwin). Ben
jamin Oliver was a Democrat, and died in
1856, a good old AVhig. He Avas a member
of the Christian church.
B. Frank Oliver attended the public schools
of Alillerstown, Perry county. For three
years he lived Avith his uncle, James Belair,
in Philadelphia. He then learned the black
smith trade at Oakland Alills, Juniata county,
AA'ith Peter Diffendaupher, Avith whom he re
mained three years. He next started in busi
ness for himself in East Salem, being one
of the first blacksmiths in that section,
and has resided there nearly all of his subse
quent life. In 1884, he Avent to Nebraska,
where he conducted a store for two and one-
half years, and then resumed work at his trade
in Juniata county, Pa. In 1878, he retired
from active labor. Air. Oliver Avas first mar
ried, in 1858, to Aliss Alargaret Harner, born
in Delaware township, Juniata county. Of
their five children tAvo died in infancy. The
survivors are: John, of Louisville, Ky. ; Jo
seph K., of Alonterey, Cal.; and William,
residing in New Jersey. His Avif e died in East
Salem, in August, 1880, and he married, sec
ondly, in 1882, Anna Eliza AVestfall, Avidow
of Abraham Harner, of East Salem. His
second wife died in East Salem, in Alay, 1889,
and on January 8, 1891, he married Elizabeth
Wert, born in Snyder county.
Atr. Oliver has an army record of the most
brilliant character. He enlisted at AlcAlister
ville, in October, 1862, in Company D, One
Hundred and Fifty-first Pennsylvania Volun
teers, Capt. AValter L. OAven and Col. Har
rison Allen. He participated in the battle of
Ohancellorsville, and on July 1, 1863, was
wounded in the shoulder at Gettysburg, where
the regiment performed deeds of valor AA'hich
have seldom, if ever, been surpassed in history.
At the expiration of nine months, the regi
ment was mustered out, with a most honorable
record, and of all of its brave soldiers, none
were braver than Mr. Oliver. He has been
supervisor for nine years, was assessor, and
served as census enumerator for the township
in 1890. For forty years be has been a con
sistent member of the United Brethren
church. He is a trustee of the church and also
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ADAAI K. MARKEL, Delaware town
ship, Juniata county, Pa., was born in Co-
dorus township, York county, Pa., March 31,
1833. He is a son of Henry and Elizabeth
(Killdon) Markel. His grandfather, Henry
Markel, of German descent, was born in York
county, Pa., where he passed his entire life,
following his trade, which was blacksmithing.
One of the sons of the above-named Henry
Markel, was Henry Markel, the father of
Adam K. He was born in Codorus township,
York county. After receiving a fair English
and German education, he learned the black
smith trade, with his father, which occupa
tion he followed in York county, his entire
life, combining it with farming. He mar
ried in York county, Miss Elizabeth Killdon,
a native of the same county. Their children
were : Sarah, who is the widow of David Mar
kel; Solomon, residing in Monroe township,
Juniata county; Catharine (Mrs. Dennis De-
vinney), of York county; Rebecca (Mrs. Jo
seph Baird), of Huntingdon county; Eli, who
died in the United States service, during the
Civil war; and Adam K., of Delaware town
ship, Juniata county. Henry Markel was a
Democrat in politics. He was a consistent
member of the Lutheran church, in which
body he was for many years one of the elders.
His Avife, as well as himself, died in York
county. Adam K. Markel never bad the opportu
nity of attending school, as there were no pub
lic schools in his section of the State, in his
boyhood days. At a very early age he was
obliged to engage in hard labor, driving a team
before he was fourteen years of age, and doing
all kinds of farm work for his father, until he
was twenty-one years old. He then hired out
among the farmers of the vicinity, until he was
twenty-four, when he spent the following
years working at common labor by the
day, in various parts of York county. In
1859, he came to Juniata county, locating in
Greenwood township, where be purchased a
small tract of land, with the money which he
had saved by years of hard labor. Cultivat
ing his own little farm he also worked for other
and larger farmers in the vicinity, and thus
increased his means. In 1877, he sold out,
removing to Delaware township, where he
followed fence-making for several years. In
August, 1886, he purchased bis present place,
near East Salem, Avhich he has cultivated ever

since, also dealing in and rearing live stock.
Mr. Markel was married in 1856, in York
county, and had these children: Sarah J.
(Mrs. Samuel Shellenberger), of Juniata
county; AVilliam H, a farmer of Mifflin
county; Mary A. (Mrs. E. R. Landis), of
East Salem, Juniata county; Benjamin F.,
residing in Snyder county; and Charles D.,
a store keeper.
Mr. Atarkel has an honorable and glorious
army record. He enlisted at Hanisburg,
February, 1864, in Capt. Joseph J. Lawson's
Company C, of the honored Seventy-seventh
Pennsylvania Volunteers, commanded by
Col. Thomas E. Rose, which regiment was at
tached to the western army. Shortly after
the opening of the war he received a wound
by which he was disabled. After spending
two nights in the field hospital, he was again
sent to the front. He participated in the
memorable siege of Atlanta. As a part of
General Thomas' army, he took part, with his
regiment, in the terrible and bloody battle of
Franklin and the terrific battle of Nashville,
which lasted for two days. He also partici
pated in many minor engagements. When,
at the conclusion of the Civil war, the regi
ment was sent to Texas to participate in the
contemplated movements along the frontier
of the Rio Grande, he was detailed for special
service at brigade headquarters. After almost
two years of service he was mustered out at
Victoria, Tex., December 6, 1865. During
all this time Mr. Markel preserved the record
of a brave and willing soldier, whose every
duty was cheerfully and honorably performed.
Returning home, he resumed his former oc
cupations. There is no feature of his army
experience more creditable to himself than the
fact that applying himself diligently, Mr. Mar
kel, while a soldier for "Uncle Sam," learned
to read and write. In politics Air. Markel is a
Democrat. He has filled the position of in
spector of elections for two terms. He attends
the United Brethren church.
Charles D. Markel, the youngest son of
Adam K. Markel, Avas born Alay 6, 1876, in
Greenwood township, Juniata county. He re
ceived his education in the public schools of
East Salem, Delaware township, working, in
the meantime, when school was not in session,
on the farm with his father. He has shown a
remarkable degree of enterprise, which argues
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of the United Brethren church and a teacher
in the Sunday-school.

JOHN M. WINEGARDNER, Delaware
township, East Salem, Juniata county, Pa.,
was born May 28, 1847, in Juniata county.
He was a son of Zacheus and Barbara (Hostet
ler) Winegardner.
Mathias Winegardner, grandfather of John
M., was a native of Germany, who emigrated
to America, and settled in Juniata county.
Here he followed farming and also taught a
German school. He manied a Miss Durst,
born in Pennsylvania, whose father was the
first member of the Lutheran church in Mif
flintown. They had these children. John;
Zacheus; Mathias; Catharine; Susan; James;
and Mary (Mrs. Jacob Slagle), of Delaware
township. All, except Mary, are deceased.
In politics, Mathias Winegardner was a Whig.
He was a zealous member of the Lutheran
church. Both he and his wife died in Fayette
township, Juniata county.
Zacheus Winegardner, a son of Mathias
Winegardner, was born in Juniata county.
He received an education in both English and
German, and made farming his life occupa
tion, living in Fayette and Monroe townships.
He owned a farm which he greatly improved.
He was married in Delaware township to Bar
bara Hostetler, a native of Monroe township.
Their children were: Sarah, wife of Jacob
Page, of Monroe township; John M., de
ceased, Juniata county; Hannah and Zacheus,
both of whom died in early life; and Jacob
T., also deceased. Zacheus Winegardner was
an industrious, upright man, and highly re
spected in the community. He was a consist
ent member of the Lutheran church. In poli
tics he was a Democrat. He died at an ad
vanced age, December 5, 1891, in Fayette
township. His aged widow still survives, re
siding with her son, John M.
John M. Winegardner received an English
education in the public schools of his native
county. He grew up on the farm with his
father, where he remained until twenty-one
years of age; he then settled on the home
stead, and resided there until 1891. At
that time, still retaining the ownership of the
homestead farm, he removed to East Salem,
where he engaged in the harness-making busi
ness. He erected a fine dwelling house, for
himself in the town, besides placing a very

substantial new dwelling on the farm, which
he also greatly improved in other respects.
In July, 1892, he was appointed postmaster,
which office he filled to the general satisfac
tion of the community until his death.
Air. AVinegardner was married in 1868, in
Snyder county, to Aliss Sarah Page, bom in
Monroe toAvnship, Juniata county, and a
daughter of Abraham Page, a farmer of Mon
roe toAvnship. They have eight children: AVil
liam II, a farmer of Fayette township, Juniata
county; John L, also a farmer; Emma L.,
wife of Sylvester Stuck, postmaster of Cocola-
mus, Juniata county; Barbara L., the wife
of William Browand, of MifflintoAvn; Mary
Ada; Hannah AL; Gertrude E.; and Sadie.
Mr. Winegardner was a genial and upright
man, who enjoyed the unlimited confidence
and respect of all who knew him. He was the
tax collector of the township, and, in 1887,
was a candidate for county commissioner of
Juniata county, which he lost by but eight
votes. He was an earnest and zealous member
of the United Brethren church, which he had
done much to advance, having been both a
steward and a class-leader. He Avas also closely
identified, for many years, with the Sun
day-school work, in the capacity of a superin
tendent and a teacher. Air. AAlnegardner died
June 16, 1897.

ABRAHAM H. KURTZ, Delaware town
ship, Juniata county, Pa., was born Alarch 21,
1842, in Kurtz valley, Delaware township.
He is a son of Jacob and Nancy (Hertzler)
Kurtz. The first of the Kurtz family to emi
grate from Germany to Pennsylvania was
Abraham Kurtz, the great-great-grandfather
of the present Abraham H. Kurtz. He came
over on the ship "Robard," Capt. Allison W.
Goodman, plying from Rotterdam to Philadel
phia. Arriving in 1740, he proceeded to
Chester county, Pa., where he engaged in
farming and the dairy business, until the time
of his death. He was first married to Miss Bol
linger, a native of Germany, and had two chil
dren, Christian and Jacob. His wife having
died in Chester county, he returned to Ger
many in 1749, and there married Barbara
Bollinger, a sister of the first wife. He re
turned to this country on the ship "Phoenix,"
John Mason, master, sailing from Rotterdam,
September 15, 1749. The children of his sec
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Joseph; David; and Samuel. Mr. Kurtz was
a member of the old Amish church. His son
John Avas the great-grandfather of Abraham
H. Kurtz. He was born in Chester county,
and removed to Juniata county, which was
then a part of Cumberland, in the year 1812.
He there took up two hundred and fifty acres
of land, at a price of forty-five dollars per
acre, buying it from Charles Cookson, Avho
was one of the first settlers of the valley. The
farm Avas situated in what is noAV known
as the "Kurtz Valley" of Delaware township.
By faithful work he erected a log house and
barn, and cleared a considerable portion of the
land. He continued to- reside on this farm
until the time of his death. His children
were: Abraham; Samuel; John; Joseph; Da
vid; and Sarah, who was the wife of a man
named Kauffman. Mr. Kurtz was a man up
right and influential, and a member of the
old Amish church. He died in DelaAvare
township and was interred in the Renno
grave-yard at Mifflintown. His son, Abraham,
grandfather of Abraham H. Kurtz, bom in
Kurtz valley, had a German and English edu
cation. Following farming all his life he
greatly improved the farm on which he resid
ed. In 1826, he built a fine stone house, the
first structure of that kind in the valley. The
fann, which he brought to a high degree of
cultivation, contained over two hundred and
fifty acres. Like his ancestors, he was a mem
ber of the Amish church. He was a man of
influence in the community, holding, as he
did, a poAver of attorney to settle up all the
old estates in the valley. He was married,
first, to Miss Elizabeth Kauffman, and had
one child, Jacob, the father of Abraham H.
His wife dying young, he was married to an
other Aliss Kauffman, to whom were born tAvo
children, Lydia and Catharine, both deceased.
Mr. and Airs. Kurtz both died on the home
stead, his death occurring April 14, 1863.
His son, Jacob Kurtz, born on the home
stead farm, in the Kurtz A-alley, 1817, was ed
ucated in the subscription schools of the toAvn-
ship, and spent his entire life on the farm.
He OAvned one hundred acres of cultivated
land and sixty acres of timber. He was mar
ried at Port Royal to Miss Nancy Hertzler, a
sister of John Hertzler. Their children Avere :
Abraham H, of Delawere township; Sarah
(Airs. John Sieber), deceased; Elizabeth
(Mrs. Joseph Gayman), deceased; Catharine

(Mrs. Peter Lyder), of Juniata county. Ja
cob Kurtz in politics was a Whig, and subse
quently a Republican. He was an honest, up
right member of the Mennonite church, in
which he was a preacher for forty-two years.
He held various toAvnship offices, and was uni
versally respected for his integrity. He died
November 2, 1890, and' his wife, who was
born October 12, 1818, died August 12, 1881.
Abraham H. Kurtz, in youth, attended the
public schools of the Kurtz valley. He has
spent his entire life on the homestead farm,
which he has brought into a most excellent
condition; he also devotes much attention to
the raising of superior stock. In 1873, he
made an extended trip to the State of Kansas,
and to other portions of the west. Mr. Kurtz
was married December 20, 1866, to Mary E.
Bergey, born in Greenwood township, Juniata
county, and a daughter of Enos and Nancy
(Sieber) Bergey, the former a tailor, farmer
and mill owner of Fermanagh toAvnship, and
of German descent. The father of Atrs. Kurtz
died February, 1886, the mother still survives,
residing with Mrs. Kurtz. The children of
Abraham H. Kurtz are : Jacob Banks, a law
yer, residing at Altoona, Pa., who was edu
cated at Dickinson College, and afterwards
graduated in 1893 from the Dickinson Law
School, Carlisle, Pa.; married on September
4, 1895, Jennie Stockton, daughter of Dr. and
Atrs. T. C. M. Stockton, of Washington coun
ty, Pa.; Annie, married Lincoln Kauffman,
December 21, 1890, had four children, Ethel,
Lincoln, Roscoe and Mary Elizabeth; Min
nie, manied in March, 1895, to Dr. Stanton
Diffenderfer, a dentist, graduated from the
dental department of the University of Mary
land; Charles AL, attending school; Russel
and Stanley, twins; and Abraham P., avIio
died March, 1883. Mr. Kurtz is a Republi
can. He was a school director for seven terms,
and treasurer of the board. He has also been
collector of State and county taxes. He is a
member of the United Brethren church. Ju
niata county contains no more progressive or
practical man than Abraham H. Kurtz.

DAVID B. DIMM, Delaware township,
Juniata county, Pa., Avas born February 9,
1835, near Dimmville, Greemvood township,
Juniata county, Pa. He is a son of John and
Susannah (Cox) Dimm.
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was also the grandfather of Maj. H. Dimm,
of Newport. One of the sons of Henry Dimm
was John, born in Greenwood township, where
he owned a fine farm of two hundred and
nineteen acres, and a saw-mill. He subse
quently removed to a town in Greenwood
township, named Dimmville, after the Dimm
family, where he opened the first store in the
township. A postoffice was established at this
place, and he was appointed the postmaster.
He married Miss Susannah Cox, a native of
Greenwood township, and a daughter of Paul
and Susannah Cox. Their children are : John
T., a merchant of Dimmville; David B. ; Mary
J.; and Thomas P., residing at Dimmville.
His wife having died, Air. Dimm marrie/1 her
sister, Mary Cox, and had three children:
Calvin, who died young; Louis A., residing
at Dimmville; and Minerva (Mrs. David
Sieber), now deceased. John Dimm was a
good citizen, and highly respected in the com
munity. In politics, he was a Democrat. He
was a zealous member of the Lutheran church.
He died in Dimmville in 1864. His widow
survives, and resides in Dimmville.
David B. Dimm attended the public and
subscription schools of Greenwood township.
He commenced life with his father on the
farm, and remained with him until he attain
ed the age of twenty-three, when he removed
to the Kurtz valley, in Delaware township,
where he purchased the old Nancy Bowl farm
of one hundred and forty acres, on which he
still resides. He greatly improved this prop
erty, erecting in 1869-70 a handsome and
commodious residence, costing more than
$3,000. He is an extensive breeder of and
dealer in stock.
Mr. Dimm was manied in 1858, at Dimm
ville, to Aliss Hannah Puntius, born in Green
wood township, and a daughter of Henry Pun
tius, a farmer of the township. Their children
were: Emma, wife of David E. Spicher; D.
Harvey, a farmer; Elmer E., a farmer; Atag-
gie, wife of W. R. Cline, of Missouri; Wil
liam, a merchant in Philadelphia; Mollie E.,
residing in Philadelphia; Cora E., wife of
M. Bastress, residing in New Jersey; Ibra L.,
of Philadelphia; Annie; Albert; Clara, de
ceased, wife of H. P. Speakman; and John,
who died in early life. Mr. Dimm's wife died
in 1877. On November 11, 1879, he manied
as his second wife Miss Amanda Spicher, who

is the mother of three children: Laura A.;
Mertie; and Charles R.
David B. Dimm is a man highly respected
throughout Juniata county for his integrity
and sound judgment. In politics, he is a Dem
ocrat. He has filled the position of school di
rector for three terms, and has served one term
as a county commissioner. His administration
of the financial affairs of the county was
marked by needed improvements, combined
with strict economy, and gave general satisfac
tion to the taxpayers. During his term of of
fice the first iron bridges in Juniata county
Avere erected and the present court house
built. He is a devout member of the Lutheran
church, in which he has been an elder for more
than twenty years. The church building of
the Lutheran denomination at Thompsontown
was erected under his supervision, he being a
member of the building committee. He has
also been identified with the Sunday-school
work.

DAVID E. SPICHER, Delaware town
ship, Juniata county, Pa., was born June 15,
1854, in the same township in which he now
resides. He is a son of Daniel and Sarah
(Ickes) Spicker. The grandfather of David
E., was a native of Berks county, of German
descent, who, after his marriage, removed to
Juniata county, settling in AValker township,
Avhere he purchased a farm on AA'hich be re
mained until the time of his death. He was
manied to Miss Mary Kauffman. Their chil
dren were: Joseph; Jacob; Alichael; Eman
uel; William; Jonas; John; Alary; Barbara;
Phoebe; and Elizabeth. Both the grandpar
ents died in AAllker township. Daniel
Spicher, born in AAlUker township, received
both an English and German education, in
the subscription schools. In boyhood he la
bored on the farm, with his father, who died
when he was but eighteen years of age. Con
tinuing on the homestead until thirty years of
age, when he removed to Delaware township.
Here he purchased a tract of woodland, which
he cleared and greatly improved, erecting on
it comfortable and commodious buildings.
He married Sarah Ickes, born in Snyder coun
ty. Their children Avere : Ephraim and Alice,
both deceased; Amanda (Mrs. David B.
Dimm); Rebecca; Edward, residing on the
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Pa.; Alary A.; and David E. ; William; and
Samuel, all of whom reside in the same town
ship. Daniel Spicher was a man of the high
est probity and integrity, universally esteemed
and respected in the community. In politics,
he Avas a Whig, and subsequently a Republi
can. He was a consistent, upright member of
the Alennonite church. Among other town
ship positions, which he filled in an efficient
manner, was that of school director. Both
be and his Avife died in Delaware township,
the date of his death being 1879.
David E. Spicher attended the public
schools of Delaware township, and also spent
one term at the normal school, located at
Thompsontown. His early life was passed on
the farm. At the age of seventeen he taught
the Lack school of Delaware township. After
teaching one term he attended school the fol-
loAving summer, and then resumed teaching,
at which he spent twelve of the best years of
his life, laboring on the farm during the sum
mer, when school was not in session. Nothing
but words of praise were ever heard in regard
to Atr. Spicher's career as a teacher. He pos
sessed rare qualifications for that important
work, and many a young man was fitted, un
der his tuition, for the high positions which
they have since filled. In 1879 he purchased
the old Yeager farm, which be now owns.
On this he erected commodious and substan
tial buildings, the improvements he made ag
gregating a cost of $2,500. Mr. Spicher is a
man of enterprise, who has been successful in
every avenue of life to which he has devoted
himself. He has been prominent as a stock
raiser; and is now conducting a wholesale
butchering business, which has been attended
with marked success.
Mr. Spicher Avas manied on the Dimm
homestead, in 1876, to Miss Emma Dimm.
Their children are: David F.; Edna P.;
Charles; Chester A.; Margie A.; and Ruth.
Air. Spiher has held the office of tax collector
in the township. In politics, he is a Republi
can. He is a consistent member of the Luth
eran church, in which he holds the office of
deacon.

JOHN WEBSTER, Thompsontown, Del
aAvare township, Juniata county, Pa., was
bom August 24, 1838, at Thompsontown. He
is a son of Charles and Mary Webster. His
grandfather, William AAtebster, was a veteran

. of the war of 1812. He was a native of Ju
niata county, and followed blacksmithing,
having been one of the first blacksmiths in
Thompsontown. Here he died and was buried
in the Thompsontown cemetery. In politics,
he was a Whig. He married a Miss Meredith,
and had a family of four children: Priscilla;
William; Charles; and one daughter whose
name is not known. Charles Webster, son of
William Webster, was educated in Thompson-
town, and learned blacksmithing with his
father, Avhich occupation he followed during
his entire life. He worked at first in a shop
which he owned, in Thompsontown, and later
removed to another shop in Delaware town
ship. He was manied to Miss Mary  ,
a native of Dauphin county, Pa. Their chil
dren were: Mary (Mrs. George Kline), of
Hanisburg;, John, of Thompsontown; Kate
(Airs. Henry Speece), deceased; Daniel, de
ceased; William, of Patterson, Pa.; Tillie
(Airs. James Graham); Ellen (Mrs. Jacob
Deitrick), deceased; Charles, in the United
States anny; and Walter, deceased. Charles
Webster was a man highly respected in the
community. In politics, he was a Republican.
He died in the year 1876. His widow died
in Thompsontown, at the home of her son
John. John Webster, in boyhood, attended the
public and subscription schools in Thompson-
town, and at a later period worked for a time
on the farms in the vicinity. From the age of
fourteen until he was twenty-one he worked
with his father in the blacksmith shop. He
then worked at his trade in the township, un
til he enlisted in the United States service. In
September, 1861, he enlisted in Company I,
Fifty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers, Col.
John R. Brooke and Captain Dimm. He spent
three years and eight months in the service,
with a record of the most honorable character.
He participated in the battles of Yorktown,
Fair Oaks, the series of seven days' battles on
the Peninsula, South Mountain, Antietam
and Chancellorsville, besides many minor en
gagements. He was then detailed for ser
vice as 'a blacksmith with the teams of
the division. Alustered out at Harrisburg,
he returned home and commenced work at his
trade in Thompsontown, where be has been
most of the time since. Mr. Webster has the
reputation of being one of the most expert
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State. He was married at Thompsontown, to
Miss Alice Brandt, born in Delaware town
ship, and a daughter of John Brandt, a farmer
of that township. Their children are: Her
bert Kline, of Harrisburg, Pa. ; and one that
died in infancy. In his political views, Mr.
Webster is a Republican. He is prominent in
both the U. V. L. and the G. A. R., in the
former of which he is the colonel commanding
the camp.

NATHANIEL S. HENKELS, retired,
Thompsontown, Juniata county, Pa., was
born October 8, 1844, in Delaware township,
Juniata county. He is a son of John and
Elizabeth (Lautz) Henkels. His father, John
Henkels, of German descent, was born in
1817, in Dauphin county, Pa., where he fol
lowed farming. While still a young man he
removed to the Juniata valley, settling in
Delaware township, Juniata county, where he
passed the remainder of his days as a farmer.
He manied, in Dauphin county, Elizabeth
Miller, a native of that county. Their chil
dren were: Susan (Mrs. Henry Weltmer), of
Kansas; George, of Nebraska; Mary (Mrs.
Israel Seiders), of Harrisburg; and John, who
died young. Mr. Henkel's wife died in Dau
phin county, and he manied, secondly, in
Delaware township, Elizabeth Lautz, born in
Lancaster county, and a daughter of John
Lautz, a miller and farmer of Lancaster coun
ty, who had removed to Juniata county. Their
children were: Daniel, deceased; Samuel, of
Missouri; Nathaniel S. ; Annie, deceased; Erie
M.; Daniel, deceased; Elizabeth (Mrs. Austin
Woods), of Corning, N. Y.; Fenton, of Mif
flintown; William, deceased; Elsie (Mrs. R.
J. Mickey); and one who died in infancy.
Mr. Henkels was an exemplary member of
the Church of God, taking a deep interest in
all church matters. In bis political views he
was, in early life, a Whig, and subsequently
a Republican. He died January 26, 1887,
and his widow on March 1, 1897, aged
seventy-four, at the residence of her son, Na
thaniel S.
Nathaniel S. Henkels attended the public
schools of Thompsontown, and began work on
the farm of his father, with whom he remain
ed until the breaking out of the Civil war.
Mr. Henkel's war record is one of a most hon
orable and glorious character, to which he can
point with justifiable pride. His first enlist

ment Avas in Company F, One Hundred and
Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers, Col
onel Elder, and Capt. John P. Wharton.
With this regiment he participated with
honor in the bloody battles of Antietam
and Fredericksburg. In the latter he received
a severe skull wound, by which he was obliged
to remain in a hospital, at various points, for
four months, being first, for two weeks, in the
field hospital, then at Douglas Hospital, Wash
ington, D. C, and finally two months in the
Chestnut HUl Hospital. He then rejoined
his regiment, and at the expiration of nine
months' term of service, was mustered out at
Harrisburg, in May, 1863. He then enlisted
at Hanisburg, in Febmary, 1864, in Company
C, Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry, Col.
Oliver B. Knowles and Captain Vondersmith.
AVith this regiment he participated in the bat
tles of Cold Harbor, Petersburg, the Wilder
ness, the Weldon Railroad, Poplar Spring
Church, Boydton Road, Bellefield and several
minor engagements, remaining with the Army
of the Potomac till the close of the war, when
he was mustered out and returned home. Mr.
Henkels spent some time in West Virginia as
a wood-chopper. Returning to the place of
his birth, he spent a short time there and then
went to Philadelphia, where five years Avere
passed as a Aveighmaster for a coal dealer of
that city. He Avas then express agent in the
State of Alissouri for eighteen months, when
he returned to Philadelphia, where he Avas
again, a coal weigh-master for one year. Re
turning home, Atr. Henkels has remained
there ever since, suffering to such an extent
from diseases resulting from the exposures
and hardships of army life, that be is practi
cally disabled from participation in the active
duties of life.
Mr. Henkels has held, the office of assessor
of Delaware township for two years, and of
auditor of Thompsontown for six years. He
is an honored member of Sincerity Lodge, No.
357, G. A. R., of Mifflintown; and has been
connected Avith the K. P. ; I. O. R. M. ; and P.
O. S. A. In his political views he is a Republi
can. Air. Henkels is a devout and consistent
member of the Methodist Episcopal church,
who shows a deep interest as a teacher in the
Sunday-school work. He has never married.
JAMES A. CAMERON, Thompsontown,
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1868, in Thompsontown. He is a son of Noah
and Eliza (Wilt) Cameron.
No name is more illustrious in the history
of Scotland than that of the clan of Cameron.
Many of the name have sought honor in the
neAV world, and have, in the country of their
adoption made it equally conspicuous. Noah
Cameron, whose ancestors came to America
at an early period, Avas a lumbennan in
Thompsontown, shipping to Baltimore, Phil
adelphia and New York. In his younger days
Mr. Cameron gave some attention to farming.
He married in Juniata county Miss Eliza
Wilt. Their children were: Erasmus B., a
carpenter; Sarah, Avife of H. Z. Sowers, of
LeAvistown, Pa.; Agnes, wife of Charles
Roberts, of Steelton, Pa.; Ledman G., of
Perry county; Ida -A., wife of Wanen S.
Ward, of Pennsylvania Furnace, Huntingdon
county, Pa.; S. W. ; and James A., of
Thompsontown; Katie, died at the age of
twenty- three ; AVillie and two other children,
who died young. In politics Mr. Cameron
was a Whig, and later a Republican. Among
positions which he filled Avas that of constable
of ThompsontoAvn. He was an earnest mem
ber of the Lutheran church, in which he was
an elder. He died in ThompsontoAvn in 1880.
His widow died at the residence of her son,
James A., in 1896.
After attending the schools of Thompson-
town, James A. Cameron was employed as
a clerk in the store of J. P. Wickersham, re
maining three and a half years, after which
he learned telegraphy and was for two years
in the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad
in the Thompsontown station. In 1892 he
purchased an interest in the general store of
J. H. Harman & Co. He subsequently bought
out the firm, and entered into a partnership
with S. S. Stroub. The new firm have met
with abundant success, doing an extensive
business in general merchandise, including
transactions in coal and grain. Mr. Cameron
is a member of Sincerity Lodge, No. 357, I.
O. 0. F., of Thompsontown; and the Blue
Lodge of the F. and A. M., of Newport. In
politics he is a Republican. Mr. Cameron is
a progressive and practical business man, who
has shown himself adapted for mercantile af
fairs. He is universally regarded as a liberal-
minded citizen of sound judgment, and oc
cupies a deservedly high standing in public
estimation.

DR. PETER L. GREENLEAF, deceased,
who was an accomplished physician and sur
geon, of Thompsontown, Juniata county, Pa.,
was bom March 25, 1830, in Salisbury town
ship, Lancaster county, Pa. He was a son of
John and Anna (AVorrest) Greenleaf.
Jacob Greenleaf, grandfather of Dr. Green
leaf, was a native of Switzerland, and came to
this country when a boy. He settled in Berks
county, and followed farming. After some
years, he removed to Lancaster county. He
was married to Frances Bruner, a native of
Berks county, and of German descent. Their
children were: Jacob; Martin; John; Fran
cis; Mary; Barbara; and Elizabeth. In pol
itics he was a Democrat. In his church rela
tions he was a Presbyterian. His death oc
curred in Lancaster county.
John Greenleaf, son of Jacob Greenleaf,
and father of Dr. Peter L. Greenleaf, fol
lowed farming nearly all his life. He re
moved from Lancaster county to Juniata in
the year 1850, and settled in Delaware town
ship, where he purchased a farm which he cul
tivated for six years. In 1856 he removed
to Thompsontown. He was manied in Lancas
ter county, to Anna. Worrest, a native of that
county, and a daughter of Peter Worrest, a
fanner, of Gennan descent. Their children
were: Frances, who died unmarried in 1892;
Anna B., unmarried; Dr. Peter L., and one
that died in infancy. John Greenleaf was a
life-long Democrat. The family attended the
ministrations of the United Presbyterian
church. He was a man highly esteemed in
the community, a good citizen, a loving hus
band and father, who strictly attended to his
own affairs, and was no office seeker. Both
he and his wife died in Thompsontown in
1874. Peter Greenleaf, after attending the public
schools in Lancaster county, was clerk in a store
for two years. After the removal of the fam
ily to Juniata county, he taught school for one
year in Thompsontown. He then read medi
cine with Dr. Crawford, for three years, be
ginning his medical studies at the age of
twenty. He attended the medical department
of the University of NeAV York, from which
institution he graduated with high standing
in the year 1854, and entered into partnership
with his former preceptor, Dr. Crawford.
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and continued the practice of his profession in
Thompsontown until his death, which occur
red October 2, 1876. Alany young men com
menced their medical career under the wise
and careful tuition of Dr. Greenleaf, one of
whom, Dr. Grubb, he subsequently took into
partnership. Dr. Greenleaf was a man well known
throughout Juniata and adjoining counties,
and was highly respected and esteemed. As
a physician he Avas an able and conscientious
practitioner, who had the unlimited confidence
of his many patients. As a citizen Dr. Green
leaf was characterized by enterprise, zeal for
the public Avelfare, and sound, practical judg
ment. He ably filled the position of school
director, doing much for the advancement of
the schools. It was through Dr. Greenleaf's
instrumentality that Thompsontown was made
a borough. He was a prominent and honored
member of the lodges of the F. and A. M., and
of the I. 0. 0. F., at Thompsontown. In his
political views he was a strong Democrat.
The Misses Annie B. and Frances Green
leaf — 'the latter deceased — the respected sis
ters of Dr. Peter L. Greenleaf, deceased, were
marked with the same excellent qualities of
heart and mind which distinguished their
brother. All the members of the family have
been renowned for their charity and their
many excellent qualities. The sisters erected
in Thompsontown, at an expense of more than
$3,000, one of the most complete residences
in that thriving borough, a building replete
with elegance and all modern conveniences,
which is an ornament to the town. Miss An
nie B. Greenleaf is a devout and consistent
member of the United Presbyterian church.

JOHN THOMPSON, Delaware township,
Juniata county, Pa., was born September 9,
1824, in the township in which he now resides.
He is a son of John and Jane (Gilfilen)
Thompson. The Thompson family are of the
hardy and industrious Scotch-Irish race. The
grandfather, John Thompson, Avas born in
the north of Ireland. Emigrating to America
he settled at the Furnace, in Delaware town
ship, Juniata county, where he engaged in
farming, fishing and hunting. He owned a
farm of more than two hundred acres, the
greater part of which he cleared, erecting on
the place a commodious log house and making
other improvements. He was married three

times, and Avas the father of a number of chil
dren. He died on the property in Delaware
township on which he had lived, and is in
terred in the Thompsontown graveyard. John
Thompson, son of the said John Thompson,
was born on the farm at the furnace. He ob
tained his education in the subscription
schools, after which he foUoAved farming and
fishing, being also employed as a pilot for the
arks and rafts on the Juniata river. He was
prominently connected with the construction
of the canal, and boarded over one hundred
Irish laborers who were employed in building
it. He OAvmed two boats, which he built him
self, and which he used to convey his produce
to Harrisburg and other points. John Thomp
son erected one of the first brick houses that
was seen in that portion of the State, the bricks
for its construction being made and burnt on
his oAvn farm. He was an industrious, enter
prising citizen, and a progressive man. Mr.
Thompson first married a Atiss Stewart; their
children are: Jane, married Mr. Claybaugh,
both are deceased; Alary (Polly) (Mrs.
Alichael Benner); and Martha, who died in
early life. His wife having died at the home
in DelaAvare township, he Avas married, sec
ondly, in Peny county, to Miss Jane Gil
filen, a native of that county, and a daughter
of James Gilfilen, a respected farmer of
Scotch-Irish descent. Their children were:
William; James; Robert; John; Rebecca; all
of whom are deceased; and John, of Delaware
toAvnship, Juniata county. In politics Mr.
Thompson was a strict Whig, but no office-
seeker. He was a consistent member of the
United Presbyterian church. After a busy
and industrious career he was cut off in the
prime of life, in the year 1829. It was the
good fortune of John Thompson to have for
his wife a woman of more than ordinary abil
ity and enterprise, who was a valuable help
meet while he lived, and a devoted mother
in caring for the orphans he left behind him.
She Avas a woman of rare business skill, and
was the owner of a boat on the canal named
the "Dove." She died on the old homestead
farm. John Thompson, the only surviving child,
is almost entirely a self-educated man, having
had but limited school facilities. He attended
subscription schools for a short time, and also
spent one year in the public schools. At the
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time he was compelled to make his own way
through the world. At the age of seven years
he was obliged to earn his own bread and but
ter by laboring for his uncle, at a compensa
tion of fifty cents a month and board. A
rather dreary outlook for future life, one
would suppose. But John Thompson pos
sessed that combination of industry, integrity
and perseverance that will win success under
the most adverse circumstances, and he even
tually Avon, in a manner most creditable to his
sterling manhood. At the age of eleven,
young Thompson was driving on the canal for
his mother, and from that time until her de
mise he never ceased to assist her with support
and care. At the age of twenty-four he left
the homestead, making his residence at the
old still house, where as a poor man he
began his married life. He farmed his
mother's land on shares until her death,
and then purchased a portion of the home
stead property, which he has cultivated
ever since. In 1855, he erected on his
property a fine stone dAvelling house, costing
more than four thousand dollars. This com
fortable and commodious residence was de
stroyed by fire in 1891, which entailed on the
proprietor a heavy loss, ranning into thou
sands of dollars, in consequence of the de
struction of clothing, furniture, thirty beds,
and, most serious of all, valuable papers which
never can be replaced. The following year
he rebuilt at an expense approximating $2,-
000. At one time Mr. Thompson was en
gaged in the hotel business, having conducted
successfully for eleven years the Thompson
House at Mcchanicsburg, Cumberland county,
Pa., the hotel property situated near the rail
road station, which is uoav owned by the Cum
berland Valley Railroad Company. Mr.
Thompson has been very successful as a
breeder of excellent stock, in which he is also
an extensive dealer. Mr. Thompson was mar
ried in 1847, to Atiss Sarah Rodgers, born in
Walker township, and a daughter of Matthew
Rodgers, of Scotch-Irish descent. Their chil
dren are: Jennie R. (Mrs. John Atilleisen),
of Quincy, 111.; James L, of Walker town
ship; John, a merchant in Topeka, Kan.;
Cerrilla; Hulde and Lewis, both of whom died
in infancy ; and Cloyd, of Colorado. His wife
died in 1893 on the homestead from the effects
of spinal disease. All the members of Air.
Thompson's family attend the Presbyterian

church. He is a Republican, but is not an
office-seeker.

PHILIP HARLEY, Delaware township,
Juniata county, Pa., Avas born January 6,
1822, in Chester county, at or near Kauffmans
Mill. He is a son of Joseph and Sarah (Mark-
ley) Ilarley. The Harley family came from
Germany, settling in Chester county, Pa.
Air. Harley's grandfather, Samuel Harley, was
born, it is thought, in Montgomery county,
where he followed farming, and kept a
store and a tavern, at a place called Harleys-
ville. He married Miss Catherine Sowers, a
native of Montgomery county, and a daughter
of Christopher SoAvers, the first German prin
ter to come to America. He conducted an
immense printing establishment in Philadel
phia, in the Avork of which was included the
publication of the edition of the Bible in Ger
man. During the Revolutionary war, he re
fused to take any part in the struggle, which
led to the confiscation of his property and the
destruction of his printing establishment.
Restitution was subsequently made to his chil
dren. Samuel Ilarley had these children: Dan
iel; Samuel; John; Joseph; Jacob; Abraham;
Alary; Sarah; Catharine; and Elizabeth. He
Avas a member of the German Baptist church.
In politics he Avas neutral. Both he and his
Avife died in Atontgomery county.
Joseph Ilarley, a son of Samuel Harley,
received his education in the subscription
schools, and could speak both the English and
German languages. His occupation was that
of a butcher and drover. He made Montgom
ery county his home for the greater part of his
life, but spent a few years in Chester county,
where his son Philip Avas born. He manied
in Atontgomery county, Miss Sarah Markley,
a native of that county. Their children were:
Samuel; Philip, of Delaware towns-hip;
Nancy; Edwin; Deborah (Atrs. W. Moyer);
Sarah (Atrs. Benjamin Z. Alderfer); Jonas
AL ; John At. ; Daniel, residing in Mifflintown;
and Joseph, who died in the United States
service during the Civil war. The death of
Joseph Harley occurred in Montgomery coun
ty, December 22, 1837. His widow was mar
ried, secondly, to Joseph Moyer, of Montgom
ery county, and had one child, Lydia (Mrs.
Jacob Booz). Both Mr. and Mrs. Moyer died
at Harleysville, Atontgomery county. Joseph
Harley was a man of sterling integrity, uni-

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versally respected. In poUtics, he was neutral.
He was a consistent and zealous member of
the German Reformed church.
Philip Harley, son of Joseph, received a
subscription school education, in Montgomery
county, after which he attended a boarding
school for one year. At the age of fourteen
he began to learn cabinet-making with an un
cle, Air. Sell, with whom he continued twenty-
five years as a journeyman, first in Montgom
ery county, and subsequently in Juniata, to
which county they removed in 1846. Air.
Sell located at AlcAlisterville, at which place,
with the assistance of Mr. Harley, he opened
a factory. Air. Harley remained in his un
cle's employ most of the time until 1868.
While thus employed he had also learned the
business of an undertaker. About the year
1868, be spent some time at driving in various
parts of Pennsylvania and in Virginia. In
1868, Mr. Harley removed to Delaware town
ship, where he purchased, for five thousand
dollars, a farm of eighty-two acres, which he
has greatly improved. He has given consid
erable attention to stock-breeding, and was an
extensive stock dealer. During eleven years
he engaged largely and successfully in raising-
poultry, which was disposed of principally in
the Philadelphia markets.
Mr. Harley married in Alontgomery coun
ty, Deborah Anderson, a native of the county,
and a daughter of John Anderson, of Scotch-
Irish descent. Their children are: John S.,
residing on the homestead farm, manied Miss
Clara Cox, has three children, one of whom,
Ernest, died October 31, 1895; Sarah (Mrs.
John Musser), of Fayette township, Juniata
county; Elizabeth (Mrs. W. Brantboffer), of
Delaware township; AVilliam E., a carpet
manufacturer of Mifflintown; Mary, a gradu
ate of the Millersville State Normal School,
taught school in Juniata county, and is now
the principal of the schools at Helena, Mont. ;
B. Franklin, a merchant of Freeburg, Sny
der county; and Amanda, who died at the
age of twenty-two. The mother of these
children died in 1881, after suffering for seven
years with cancer on the breast. She was a
faithful wife and a devoted mother, and, as
a woman, was universally respected and be
loved. Mr. Harley is a man distinguished for
integrity, benevolence and kindness. He has
the confidence and esteem of all as an upright
man and a good citizen. In the social rela

tions he has shoAvn himself a model husband
and father, as was evinced by the liberal man
ner in Avhich he provided for the education
of his children. He filled acceptably for three
years the office of jury commissioner of Ju
niata county. He has also held in the town
ship the position of school director for twelve
years, being for a considerable portion of that
time secretary of the board. He has been the
tax collector in both Delaware and Fayette
townships, and is treasurer of the school, poor
and special need funds. He has also been a
prominent candidate for the place of county
commissioner, but was not successful at the
primaries. Atr. Harley was born a Whig and
is now a staunch Republican. He is a con
sistent member of the German Baptist church,
in which he has also been conspicuous in Sun
day-school work.
John S. Harley, the eldest child of Philip
Harley, was born in Fayette township, Ju
niata county, Pa., January 20, 1848. He at
tended the public schools, followed by several
terms at the excellent AlcAlisterville Acad
emy. He assisted his father for some time on
the farm, and at the age of seventeen he
taught his first school, the "Red Bank" school
of Fayette township. He continued teaching
for eight winter terms, in the townships of
Fayette, Monroe and Delaware, assisting on
the farm during the summer. In 1868, he
removed with his father's family to the present
home in Delaware township. For two years
he was employed as a clerk with Mr. Beaver,
of AlcAlisterville. In 1877, going west, he
first spent a year in Kansas as a farm laborer,
and then went to Alontana. After being in
this State for some time, he, in connection
with his uncle, Harry Fulton, bought a ranch,
Avhich he conducted for one year. Selling out
his interest, he returned to Juniata county, in
1880, where he has remained ever since, tak
ing charge of the homestead farm in the year
1885. In addition to farming, be has also
carried on poultry business extensively and
successfully. In 1881, Mr. Harley was mar
ried in Fermanagh township, to Miss Clara
Cox, born in Greenwood township, Juniata
county, and a daughter of John Cox, a farmer,
of English descent, residing in the last men
tioned township. Their children are: James
Blaine; LeRoy; and Ernest, who died young.
John S. Harley is a man of bright mind, sound
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commands the respect of all who know him.
As a teacher he Avas eminently successful,
many of the pupils Avho began their education
al work under his tuition holding prominent
and responsible positions. His patriotism was
shown, Avhen, near the close of the Civil Avar,
his father was drafted for military service.
John S., Avho Avas then but sixteen years of
age, Avas anxious to take his place, but could
not be accepted on account of bis youth.
AVith a well-informed mind, keeping abreast
of the topics of the clay by close reading, John
S. Ilarley takes a deep interest in public af
fairs. He has filled the offices of assessor,
judge and clerk of elections, and township
auditor, the latter office for a period of sixteen
years, having first been elected in 1880. In
political views, he is a staunch Republican.
He is a consistent member of the German Bap
tist church.

JOSEPH G. LONG, East Salem, Juniata
county, Pa., was bom Friday, January 15,
1819, in Greenwood township, Perry county.
He is a son of Christian and Nancy (Gable)
Long. The original German spelling of the
name was Lang. The great-grandfather of
Joseph G. Long came from Baden, Germany,
to Lancaster county, Pa., at a very early
period in the history of the colony. David
Long, grandfather of Joseph G, born in Lan
caster county, was a farmer by occupation,
and removed to Perry county in 1814, settling
in Pfoutz valley, where he purchased a large
tract of land, on which he passed the remain
der of his days. At his death the land was di
vided among his children. He was married in
Lancaster county to Miss Catharine Hershey,
a native of the county. To this union Avere
born eight children: Christian ; Abraham;
David; John; Benjamin; Catharine (Atrs.
John Ulsh); Elizabeth (Atrs. Henry Kauff
man); and Nancy (Mrs. Simon Harter). In
his early life Mr. Long Avas a AVhig. He Avas
a member of the Mennonite church, and after
wards became a member of the United Breth
ren church, in Avhich body he was an elder and
minister. A man of prominence in the com
munity, he was universally respected. Both
he and his wife died on their farm in Pfoutz
valley. Christian Long, eldest child of David Long,
had only a German education, which he re
ceived in Lancaster county, Avhere he remained

until he removed Avith his parents to Perry
county. Owning tAvo hundred and thirty
acres of land, he made farming his life occu
pation. He was married in Lancaster county,
to a native of that county, of German descent.
To this union Avere born fourteen children:
Abraham, deceased; Henry, deceased; Chris
tian, deceased; DaAid, residing in Michigan;
John, deceased; Joseph G, of Delaware town
ship; Benjamin, deceased; Isaac, residing in
Alichigan; Daniel, of Pfoutz valley, Peny
county; Jonas, deceased; Samuel, deceased;
Emanuel, residing in Perry county; AVilliam,
residing in Pfoutz valley, Perry county; and
Hannah, widoAV of Charles Grubb, of Peny
county. In politics Mr. Long was a Whig.
In the United Brethren church, of which he
Avas a consistent and zealous member, he held
the office of elder. Highly respected by all
Avho knew him, Air. Long died in Liverpool
township, Perry county, in 1856.
Joseph G. Long, son of Christian Long, at
tended none but the subscription school of Liv
erpool township, Perry county, in the old log
school house furnished with slab seats and with
plank writing desks extending the length of the
house. He remained on the f arm withhis father
until he Avas twenty-one years of 'age, when,
after boating on the canal for a time, he began
burning lime in Liverpool township, Peny
county, Avhich he continued for sixteen years,
owning three kilns in the township. He then
removed to near Shippensburg, Cumberland
county, Pa., Avhere he spent one year in farm
ing, after which he removed to Juniata coun
ty, settling in Fayette township, where he re
mained for tAventy-four years, cultivating a
farm of fifty acres Avhich he bad purchased.
In 1888 he removed to Delaware township,
where be now resides, cultivating ninety acres
of land, the greater part of which is devoted
to apples, peaches and other species of choice
fruits. Joseph G. Long was married at Liverpool,
Perry county, in 1845, to Miss Mary A.
Kauffman, a native of Greenwood township,
Peny county, and a daughter of Henry Kauff
man, a farmer of that township. To this
union seven children Avere born: Isaac, re
siding in the Avest; Susannah, unmanied;
Herman, residing in the State of Missouri;
Lizzie, who is the Avife of Frank McCall, of
Missouri; Nora, unmarried; Joseph, a fruit,
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ceased. His wife having died, his second mar
riage took place in Fayette township, Juniata
county, January, 1874, with Miss Rose Isen
berg, born in Huntingdon county, and a
daughter of David and Agnes (Mooney) Isen
berg. To this marriage one child was born,
David I., residing on the homestead.
Mr. Long has filled various offices. He was
for one term a school director of Fayette town
ship, Juniata county; for two years he was
a justice of the peace in Liverpool township,
Peny county, and in 1891 he Avas elected to
the same office in Delaware township, Juniata
county, which he filled for a term of five
years, his judgments always giving satisfac
tion to the community, and never being re
versed by the higher courts. While holding
this office he united several couples in the
bonds of matrimony. In politics Mr. Long
is a Republican. He is a consistent member
of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was
also for many years identified with the Sun
day-school work. He has been a member of
the I. 0. 0. F.

ROBERT W. HUMPHREY, deceased,
formerly of Maze, Juniata county, Pa., was
born in Chester county, Pa., October 15, 1841,
son of Jacob E. and Lucilla V. (Dougbton)
Humphrey. Jacob E. Humphrey, who was
a descendant of a Scotch-Irish family, was
born in Chester county in 1807. He was a
farmer, and lived for many years upon a farm
which he owned in Delaware township, Ju
niata county, but finally returned to Chester
county, where he died in 1881. His first wife,
Mrs. Lucilla V. Humphrey, was also a native
of Chester county; their children are: John,
deceased; Lucilla (Atrs. E. C. Lewis), of
Montgomery county, Pa.; Mary, widow of
Hugh Harlan; Robert W. ; Joseph, was killed
in battle during the war of the Rebellion ; and
Annie. Mrs. Humphrey died in Juniata coun
ty, February 18, 1857. Mr. Humphrey mar
ried as his second wife Hannah Stutz; they
had one son, Wanen N., of Fermanagh town
ship, Juniata county. Jacob E. Humphrey
was a Democrat.
Robert W. Humphrey attended school in
Delaware township, as his parents had re
moved to Juniata county during his boyhood.
After his education was finished, he learned
stone-cutting, and worked at that trade for
several years, after which he turned his atten

tion to agricultural pursuits. He bought a
farm of 165 acres in Delaware township and
cultivated it up to the time of bis death. In
cluding woodlands, his property consisted of
320 acres. He made many improvements on
the farm, and conducted a saw-mill, where he
manufactured lumber for sale throughout the
county. In connection Avith his farming
operations, Air. Humphrey was interested in
stock raising; he was a good judge of stock,
especially of horses, of which he owned some
very fine breeds. Air. Humphrey, when not
yet quite twenty years of age, enlisted
in Chester county, August 30, 1861, in
the Ninety-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers,
Company B, Colonel Guss and Capt. W. B.
McCoy. He was in many of the most cele
brated battles, among which were: James
Island, July 16, 1863; the siege of Fort
AVagner, Aloores Island, in July, 1863;
Swifts Creek, Alay 9, 1864; Cold Harbor,
June 7 and 12, 1864; James River; Peters
burg, June 16 and June 30, 1864; Deep Bot
tom, August 15, 1864; and Bermuda Hun
dred, August 25, 1864, where he received a
gunshot Avound in the left foot. After this
Mr. Humphrey was detailed for duty in the
commissary department, until be received bis
honorable discharge, August 30, 1864. He
was a brave and faithful soldier; he after-
Avards became a member of the G. A. R. Mr.
Humphrey belonged also to the F. and A. M.,
the I. O. O. F., and the K. P. He was a Dem
ocrat, and took an active part in politics; was
interested in the affairs of the country at large,
as well as those of his own neighborhood. He
served the township as school director. He
was a good citizen, and universally esteemed
for his many excellent qualities.
Robert AV. Humphrey was first manied in
Philadelphia, in 1867, to Grace A., daughter
of Hanson Thornberry, of Chester county, her
native place. They had one child, E. Viola
Humphrey; she Avas born in Delaware town
ship, and educated partly there, and partly
at the high school in Thompsontown, Pa. She
was manied, in November, 1896, to Victor
A. Harris, a native of Snyder county, Pa., and
now a merchant at Maze, Juniata county. His
father is Jacob Hanis, a prominent farmer of
Monroe township. Airs. Grace A. Humphrey
died December 2, 1876, and is buried at Mar-
shallton, Chester county, Pa. Mr. Humphrey
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ata county, in 1880, to Annie E., daugh
ter of Newton H. and Sarah (Smith) Wicker
sham, a native of East Marlborough township,
Chester county. Mr. Wickersham was a well-
known farmer of Chester county; he and his
wife now reside at Patterson, Juniata county,
aged respectively seventy-eight and seventy-
three years. Their children are: Judge J.
P. Wickersham, of AlifflintoAvn; D. W. Wick
ersham, of Tucson, Ariz.; Annie E. (Mrs.
Humphrey); and Alary T. (Mrs. J. W. Hobb),
of Patterson, Pa. Of the second marriage of
Mr. Humphrey there was one child, Jennie
W., who died young. He died on the farm,
December 12, 1892, and is interred at Mar-
shallton, Chester county.

JONATHAN KISER, Delaware town
ship, Juniata county, Pa., was born June 8,
1836, in Delaware township, at Evans Mills.
He is a son of Jonathan and Catharine S.
(Aurand) Kiser. Peter Kiser, grandfather of
Jonathan Kiser (formerly Keiser), was born
in Germany. He emigrated to this country
and settled in Union county, Pa., where he
engaged in milling. He married, and was the
father of four children, one of whom was
Jonathan. In his political views he was a
Whig. He died in Turbett township, Juniata
county. Jonathan Kiser was born in Union
county. He received a German and English
education, and was, by occupation, a miller.
He Avas also engaged in farming for the six
years preceding his death. He was employed
in Walker, Turbett and Delaware townships,
having been for five years the miller at Evans
Mills in Delaware township. He manied
Catharine S. Aurand, born in Snyder county.
Their children were: Eli, of Altoona; Han
nah (Atrs. Thomas Quay); EdAvard, of Dela
ware township; Lydia (Mrs. Samuel Hack),
of Mexico, Juniata county; John, deceased;
Mary A. (Mrs. James Rickenbaugh), of Al
toona; Jonathan, of Delaware township;
Catharine (Airs. Robert Woodward), de
ceased; and two who died in infancy. Mr.
Kiser was a man highly respected by all who
knew him. In politics, he Avas a life-long
Whig. He Avas a consistent member of the
Lutheran church. His wife died in Delaware
township, Alarch 23, 1873, aged seventy
years, seven months and ten clays. His oavu
death occurred in Turbett township.
Jonathan Kiser attended the public schools

of Walker township during the winter months
until he was fifteen years of age, when he
started out to make his own living. He was
employed for one year on the railroad, driving
a cart for the meager compensation of seven
dollars per month, and then for two years on
the Pennsylvania canal, after which he was a
driver on the tow-path of the canal, which was
followed by five years of farm labor in Walker
township. Air. Kiser then began to farm for
himself, renting the Hamilton farm in Walker
toAvnship, on which he remained six years.
He then farmed for one year at Van Wert,
when, crossing the river, he spent two years
in the Tuscarora valley, after which he re
turned to Walker township, where he re
mained for one year, which was followed by
eight years on the Lukens farm of Delaware
township. In 1874, he purchased the farm
on which he uoav resides, which he has greatly
improved, in many ways, especially by the
erection of substantial and commodious build
ings. Atr. Kiser was first married December
28, 1859, in Walker township, to Miss Cath
arine Patterson, a native of Juniata county,
and a daughter of William Patterson. Their
children were: George, a fireman on the
Pennsylvania Railroad; Mary (Mrs. Samuel
Spicher), deceased; and Catharine. His wife
was born June 4, 1841, and died January 25,
1865. He was married secondly on February
23, 1866, to Miss Jane Smith, daughter of Da
vid Smith, Sr., born in Fayette township, Ju
niata county. Their children were: Luther,
a school teacher; Hulda (Mrs. J. Holmes
Book), of Walker township; Bertha (Mrs. Si
mon P. Cameron), of Thompsontown; David
S., who resides on the homestead; Rosa; and
Vertie C. Mr. Riser's second wife died April
12, 1887. He was manied, thirdly, Septem
ber 23, 1889, to Mary E. Kearns, widow of
Thomas G. Kearns, and daughter of Thomas
and Susan (Bastress) Patton. They have one
child, Bertha, a student of the State Normal
School at Millersville, Lancaster county, Pa.
Mr. Kiser has a most honorable war record.
In 1862, he enlisted at Harrisburg in Com-.
pany K, One Hundred and Fifth Pennsylva
nia Volunteers, Capt. James Miller, and Col.
Calvin A. Craig. With the regiment, he
passed through the battles of the Wilderness,
Poe River, Spottsylvania, Bottom Ridge,
North Anna, and Cold Harbor. In the last
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ball passing through his left forearm, and was
compelled in consequence to spend four
months in the hospital. Honorably discharged
in 1865, he returned home with an established
record as a good and brave soldier. Air. Kiser
has ably served his district for eighteen years
as a school director, during five of Avhich be
was president of the board, and its treasurer
for the remainder of the time. He has also
been the township assessor for two terms, and
the tax collector for two years. He is presi
dent of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of Juniata county, a position to
which he was elected in 1895. In bis political
views, he is a Republican. He is a consistent
and devout member of the Lutheran church,
in which he has been an elder for the past
twenty-five years. He has for many years
been prominently identified with the Sunday-
school work as a teacher and superintendent.
David S. Kiser, son of Jonathan Kiser, was
born September 12, 1869, in Delaware town
ship, Juniata county. He attended the public
schools of the township, and has since fol
lowed farming on the homestead. He is a
prominent and active member of Lodge No.
357, I. 0. 0. F., of Thompsontown, haA'ing
been selected as their representative to the
meeting of the Grand Lodge in AAllliamsport,
Pa. He was honored by being selected as
a member of the State Board of Inspection
of the exhibition at Chicago.
Thomas Patton, father of Mrs. Kiser, was
born in Lancaster county, Pa. He was a wa
gon-maker in Thompsontown, where he passed
his entire life, highly resepcted by all in the
community for his integrity and many good
qualities. He manied in Thompsontown, Su
san Bastress, born in Montgomery county, Pa.
Their children were: John, deceased; Mary
E. (Airs. Jonathan Kiser) ; Alice (Airs. II. ii.
SoAvers), deceased; Annie; Emma (Atrs. AVil-
lis Kearns); AVilliam, of Aiifflin county; and
Samuel. Mr. Patton Avas a soldier in the Civil
war, being in the service six months, during
which time he saw great hardships, including
many severe marches. He Avas a Democrat
in early life, but at a later period voted the
Republican ticket. He was a consistent mem
ber of the Lutheran church, prominent in
Sunday-school efforts and in all good Avorks.
He took great pleasure in home life and the
social circle. He was always deeply inter
ested in making his home, on which he spent

more than $5,000, replete with comfort and
elegance. He died April 14, 1896, and his
Avife January 6, 1895.
ROBERT Al. THOAIPSON, deceased, was
born in Delaware township, February 14,
1822, son of John and Jane Thompson, of
Tbonipsontown, Juniata county. Robert
Thompson was engaged in farming in Dela
ware township, Avhere he died December 24,
1879. He manied his first Avife, Amelia
North, December 20, 1853. Their children
were: Clara Jane; Alary Agnes; Ida Bell;
Amelia North; and Calvin North; all de
ceased; and Dallas Clinton, of Dennison,
Jackson county, Kan. Air. Thompson Avas
married, secondly, in New Bloomfield,, Perry
county, Pa., on September 11, 1860, to Sarah
E. Toomey, Avho Avas born in Juniata town
ship, Perry county. She is a daughter of
Henry Toomey, a farmer of Scotch-Irish de
scent, who Avas a native of York county, Pa.
Their children are: Ida AL (Airs. E. E. AIc-
Cauley), of Harrisburg, Pa. ; Rettie AL (Airs.
R. AV. Grubb), of Perry valley, Perry county;
Annie L. ; Robert AL, of Perry county; Nora
E., deceased; Harry T., of ThompsontoAvn;
Domer, of Hanisburg; and Lottie A., of
ThompsontoAvn. Air. Thompson Avas a Re
publican, politically. He Avas a consistent
member of the United Presbyterian church,
and was highly esteemed and respected in the
community in which he lived.

JACOB SCHLEGEL, of East Salem, Del
aware township, Juniata county, Pa., was born
in Adams county, Pa., January 26, 1821. He
is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Spitler)
Schlegel. Jacob Schlegel is of German de
scent. His father, Jacob Schlegel, was a far
mer of Adams county. He manied Eliza
beth Spitler, and had children: Catharine
(Mrs. Peter Gemberling), deceased; and Ja
cob. Jacob Schlegel was killed in 1823. His
widow married Jacob Gemberling, and had
three children: Alathias; David; and a child
who died in infancy.
Jacob Schlegel attended the subscription
schools of Union county, and then the public
school of Delaware Hill, Juniata county. He
has been engaged in farming all his life. In
1844, he Avas married at Mifflintown, Juniata
county, to Mary A. Winegardner, daughter of
Mathias Winegardner. Their children are:

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Catharine (Mrs. Nathan Van Horn), deceased;
Jacob; Alary, deceased; Amanda (Atrs. Jacob
Brubaker); George; John; Sarah (Mrs. Jo
seph Long); Milton; and William. Jacob
Schlegel is a member of the Lutheran church,
of Avhich he Avas an elder five years. In poli
tics, he is a Republican.
AVilliam Schlegel, son of Jacob Schlegel,
was born Alarch 31, 1869. He learned the
trade of tinner, which occupation he follows
in addition to cultivating the homestead
farm. In 1894, he married Anna Houtz, of
Fayette township, Juniata county.

A. BRADFORD EVANS, farmer, Dela
ware toAvnship, Juniata county, Pa., was born
in DelaAvare toAvnship, August 14, 1857. He
is a son of S. Owen and Amelia (Kramer)
Evans. The Evans family came to this coun
try about 1650, Avhen five or six brothers of
that name left Wales, their native land, for
America. Arriving here they located at
Trappe, Montgomery county, Pa., where they
engaged in farming. George Evans, the
great-grandfather of A. B. Evans, was born
in Montgomery county. One of his five chil
dren, Louis, grandfather of A. B. Evans, was
born at Trappe. He married Aliss GAvlehause,
and had six children: Julia; S. Owen; Lydia;
Mary; Amelia; and Harriet. S. Owen Evans,
father of A. B. Evans, was born in Delaware
township in 1807. He manied Amelia Kra
mer, and had three children: George; Louis,
deceased; and A. Bradford.
A. Bradford Evans was educated in the pub
lic schools of his native township, in the sub
scription schools of ThompsontoAATi, and in the
Airy View Academy at Port Royal, Juniata
county. After leaving school Mr. Evans
studied telegraphy for one year, and then for
two years read law, after Avbjch he went to
Denver, Colo., where he remained seven years.
At the death of his father, in 1887, he re
turned to and has since resided in Delaware
township. In politics, Atr. EArans is a Re
publican.

THEODORE S. THOAtPSON, of Thomp
sontown, Delaware township, Juniata county,
Pa., Avas born in ThompsontoAvn, December
21, 1829. He is a son of William and Char
lotte (Patterson) Thompson. The ancestry of
Theodore Thompson is Scotch-Irish. In 1 730,
the great-grandfather, John Thomson, came

from Ireland to America, and settled in Lan
caster county, Pa., from which place he re
moved to Juniata county in 1765. He was
twice married, William Thomson, grand
father of T. S. Thompson, being one of the
children of his first wife, Miss Greenlee.
William Thomson was born in Lancaster coun
ty. He married Jane Mitchel, and had nine
children, one of whom was William, father
of Theodore S. Thompson. William Thom
son was born in Thompsontown in 1785. He
married Charlotte Chambers Patterson. Their
surviving children were: Edward P.; The-
opbilus; and Josephine (Airs. Thomas Bell),
of Lancaster county.
Theodore S. Thompson received his educa
tion at the Thompsontown, Mt. Joy and Tus
carora Academies, and at the Jefferson Col
lege, in AVashington county. After leaving
school he spent three years at Pottsville,
Schuylkill county, where he learned the trade
of a machinist. In 1866, he entered upon his
present occupation as a grain merchant and
miller at ThompsontoAvn. In 1861, Mr.
Thompson married Annie Cassel, of Marietta,
Lancaster county, Pa. Their children are:
Emilie (Atrs. Thomas Haldeman); William;
Herbert M.; and Edward Shippen. Mr.
Thompson is a member of the Episcopal
church. Politically he is a Republican.

AVILLIAM H. ROBINSON, East Water
ford, Juniata county, Pa., son of Robert and
Catherine (Hench) Robinson, was born at
Newport, Perry county, June 17, 1856. His
grandfather, Robert Robinson, a native of Ire
land, came to this country and settled in Perry
county, buying a farm on which he lived the
rest of his life. The farm was situated in that
part of Perry county known as- Raccoon val
ley. Mr. Robinson was manied, and one of
his six children was Robert, father of William
H. Robinson. Robert Robinson, the younger,
farmed for some years in Raccoon valley, and
then removed to Newport, where he kept ho
tel for two years. Having bought a farm of
310 acres in Lack township, he removed
thither, and in 1851 built a very comfortable
house, cleared more of the land, and made
many improvements. After a seven years
residence in this place, Mr. Robinson removed
to Waterloo, Lack township, where be bought
a farm of 175 acres. In connection with farm
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postmaster in that place for over twenty years.
With characteristic energy and progressive-
ness, he turned his attention to the improve
ment of his farm and land, erecting new
buildings, including a house and barn, plant
ing an orchard, and in many ways adding to
the value of the place. Air. Robinson Avas
married in Raccoon valley, to Catherine,
daughter of John Hench, a farmer of Peny
county. They had these children: Nancy,
Avidow of AAllliam Piles, of Lack toAvnship;
John, deceased; AVilliam H. ; Ephraim, de
ceased; Rachel (Mrs. George Campbell), of
Lack township; Jason, of Lack toAvnship;
Elizabeth, died young; Anna (Airs. Samuel
Montgomery), of Shade Gap, Huntingdon
county; Ross, of Shade Gap; 'and Alargaret
(Airs. AVilliam Williams), of Phillipsburg,
Centre county. Both Air. and Airs. Robinson
died in AVaterloo. They were members of the
Presbyterian church, and Air. Robinson was
all his life a friend and advocate of the cause
of temperance.
AVilliam H. Robinson received bis educa
tion in the public schools of Lack township,
whither his parents removed when he was only
two years old. At the age of twenty-three
years he left the homestead and went to Wa
terloo, Avhere he spent two years in a store.
He then started a store in East Waterloo,
which he continued for four years, after which
he removed to Ickesburg, Peny county, and
-opened a store. Here he remained four years,
and at AVarriors Atark, Huntingdon county,
three years, when, having sold out his store
in the latter place, he came back to Lack
toAvnship, and settled on his father's farm. In
connection Avith farming, Mr. Robinson is now
giving considerable attention to raising live
stock. Since 1894, be has also been engaged
in business as a general merchant in East
Waterford, his son, Frank, having charge of
the store. In his political vieAvs he is a Re
publican, and has served as tax collector of
Lack township.
Air. Robinson was manied in 1868, to
Mary, daughter of John Bower, a blacksmith
¦of Tuscarora township, Juniata county. Their
children are: Ira, resides on the homestead;
Frank, formerly a school teacher, noAv a mer
chant in East Waterford; Effie; Blanche;
Banks; Nellie; Herbert; Edward; and one
died in infancy. The family axe members of
the United Presbyterian church.

SAMUEL LEONARD, AVaterloo, Juniata
county, Pa., son of John and Alary (Swarner)
Leonard, Avas bom in Perry county, Pa., Feb
ruary 15, 1839. His grandfather, John Leon
ard, a native of Ireland, of Scotch-Irish de
scent, came to this country and settled on a
farm in Perry county, spending there the re
mainder of his life. He married and one of
his children was John, the father of Samuel
Leonard. John Leonard (2) had only a'com-
mon school education. For some years he
farmed in Buckwheat valley, Perry county,
Pa., and in 1838, he came to Lack township,
Juniata county, where, having bought 221
acres of improved land, he built a frame house
and a barn, and planted an orchard. In 1855,
he built a saw-mill and operated it up to the
time of his death, which occunecl January 1,
1891, on the homestead. He was an old line
Whig, and later a Republican. Air. Leonard
was married in Perry county, to Alary (Swar
ner) Bryner, AvidoAV of Atr. Bryner, of Peny
county. Their children are: Samuel; David,
of Lack toAvnship; Rebecca; Alary; Alargaret;
and Ellen (Airs. George Armstrong), of
Lack toAvnship. By her former marriage
Mrs. Leonard had two children: Henry, of
Illinois; and Alary, widow of John Swarner.
Airs. Leonard died in 1884, just seven years
prior to the death of Air. Leonard. The fam
ily were members of the, Presbyterian church.
Samuel Leonard attended school only dur
ing the short winter terms held in his native
township. He was raised on the farm, spend
ing bis earlier years on the old homestead of
over 200 acres, which he still further im
proved, and also overseeing the management
of 500 acres of mountain land. Besides this
he has operated his father's saw-mill since the
latter's death. He is a Republican; in the
spring of 1897 be was elected tax collector for
a term of three years.
Air. Leonard Avas married in 1894, to Sarah,
daughter of David Williams, a farmer of Lack
township. They are members of the Aletho
dist church, Air. Leonard holding the office
of trustee. He is an enterprising and pro
gressive man, and has many friends.
ROBERT II. PATTERSON", Peru ALUs,
Juniata county, Pa., Avas bom at Academia,
Beale township, Juniata county, Alarch 12,
1844. He is a son of John and Ellen (Van
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John Patterson, farmer and merchant, Avas a
native of Ireland. He emigrated to America
and settled in Red Bank, Bucks county, Pa.,
where he spent the remainder of his life. Air.
Patterson's grandfather, John Patterson, re
ceived a good education and Avas trained to
business habits in his father's store in Bucks
county. AVhen he Avas quite a young man his
father died and he removed to the Juniata
valley, intending to open a store where Alil
ton now stands. But finding the river frozen
over, and being advised by his uncle, he
changed his plans and settled in Tuscarora
valley, Avhere Academia is now located. He
was the first merchant in the Tuscarora val
ley, if not in the county. Up to this time
the people had been obliged to travel as far
as Carlisle to purchase goods. Mr. John Pat
terson decided to make his home there, and
built a comfortable brick dwelling, and also
a building for his store. Not content with
his business and his farm, his energy and en
terprise incited him to new efforts. He estab
lished three flouring mills, at Academia, Pern,
and at Waterloo, at which places he also
opened stores. He owned a number of rafts
on the Juniata and Susquehanna rivers and
traded as far as Port Deposit and also sent
teams to Baltimore, and was the largest land
owner in the Tuscarora valley, having in his
possession fourteen farms comprising upwards
of ten thousand acres. Mr. Patterson Avas ex
ceedingly anxious for improvement in the val
ley; knowing the value of education, he used
his influence for the founding of the academy
at Academia, contributing money and also the
grounds for the necessary buildings. He was
a member of the Whig party. Mr. Patterson
was manied June 20, 1793, near Pleasant
View, Sprace Hill township, to Isabella,
daughter of James and  (Alartin)
Lyon, who Avas born near Lewistown, Aiifflin
county, August 14, 1770. The Lyon family
is of Scotch-Irish descent, and is related to the
family of James G. Blaine. Her father,
James Lyon, a farmer of Mifflin county, was
a native of Ireland. Mr. John Patterson had
eleven children: James, died Avhen a young
man; Sarah (Mrs. W. C. Kelly), deceased;
Alargaret (Airs. Robert Stenett), mother of
Chief Justice Sterrett, of the Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania; AVilliam Hart, deceased,
was merchant and tanner at Peru Alills; Rob
ert, died at AATashington, D. C, was married

first to Jane AAllson, and afterwards to Lu
cinda Blaine; Elizabeth, deceased; Andrew,
deceased, was a merchant and farmer, was
married first to Annie L. AAralker, and after
wards to Alary Brazer, had six children; Mary
L. (Airs. Robert Patterson), deceased; John;
Isabella; and Jane (Airs. Preston Cochran),
deceased. Mr. Patterson Avas an earnest and
liberal member of the Presbyterian church
and gave the ground on Avhich the Presby-
' terian church in Academia was erected. He
died at his home in Academia in October,
1836. His widow died on the Judge Sterrett
farm in Alilford township, June 28, 1858.
Atr. Patterson's father, John Patterson, at
tended school in Academia and in Mifflintown,
completing his education at the grammar
school in New London, Chester county, Pa.
After leaving school he entered his father's
store, and in 1836 inherited the business. In
1847, he removed to Peru Mills, Lack toAvn-
ship, Juniata county, where he, in connection
Avith his brothers, AVilliam and Robert, and
James Mathers, built a large tannery. He
conducted the business, and twenty-one years
before his death became the owner. Mr. John
Patterson inherited his father's enterprising
disposition; he not only superintended the
tannery, but built a flour-mill, and in 1861
opened a store; he also found time to culti
vate a farm of 175 acres, and to attend to the
building of several fine dAvellings in Peru.
From 1849 to 1851, he resided in Milwaukee,
AVis. He was a member of the Republican
party, actively interested in the affairs of the
township, and was postmaster for twenty-eight
years. Mr. John Patterson was manied at
Mercersburg, Franklin county, Pa., October
6, 1836, to Ellen, daughter of William and
Nancy (Duncan) Van Dyke, who was a native
of Mercersburg. Her mother Avas of Scotch
descent. Her father was a farmer and tanner
in Mercersburg; his ancestors were natives
of Holland and England. Air. John Patter
son had eleven children : Isabella (Mrs. David
D. Stone), Avhose husband is a real estate
agent at Washington, D. C. ; James J., of
Oklahoma, married Elizabeth M. Jack, of
Centre county; Ellen Van Dyke (Mrs. James
C. Patton), of Franklin county, both are dead;
Alary, died aged twenty-six, unmarried; Wil
liam II. , died in youth; Robert IL; Charles
W., of Huntingdon county; Adelia F.; Clara,
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town, Fayette county, Pa. ; Lillie L. (Mrs. T.
P. Carson), Prescott, Ariz.; and Annie D.,
died in early womanhood. Air. John Patter
son was an earnest member of the Presbyte
rian church, in which he was a trustee. He
was active in all church enterprises, ghing lib
erally both time and money. He Avas a mem
ber of the building committee and gaA'e the
ground on which the present church noAv
stands. He died at Peru, June 30, 1886; his
wife died October 13, 1865.
Robert II. Patterson attended the public
schools of Lack township, and completed bis
education at Boalsburg Academy, in Centre
county, of which institution his brother James
was principal. While at school be enlisted,
August 6, 1863, at Boalsburg, in Company
G, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Pennsyl
vania Volunteers, under Col. J. A. Beaver,
now ex-Governor of Pennsylvania, and Capt.
James J. Patterson, brother of Robert H. Pat
terson, and was mustered in at Hanisburg,
Pa. The regiment was assigned to the Second
Army Corps, under General Hancock, and be
longed to the Army of the Potomac. He was
at Chancellorsville and at Gettysburg, where
he was wounded in the left arm and sent to
the Turner Lane hospital at Philadelphia, Pa.
Three months after, be rejoined his company
and took part in the battles of Auburn Alills,
Bristow Station, Kellys Ford, Mine Run, the
Wilderness, Poe Run, Spottsylvania, North
Anne River, Cold Harbor, and another which
occuned soon after they had crossed the Pa-
munkey river. At Cold Harbor he was
wounded in the knee, and on June 4, 1864,
was taken to the hospital at White House
Landing, thence to Alexandria, Va., and af
terwards to Satterlee hospital at Philadelphia,
Pa. After eight months in the hospital,
he was discharged from the service as
disabled. Returning to his home, he en
tered Marshall College at Mercersburg,
Franklin county, Pa. He afterwards at
tended the -Quaker City Business College at
Philadelphia, graduating in 1866. After leav
ing the college he was employed as clerk at
Mifflintown, Pa., for Sulouff, Frow & Parker,
and remained with the firm until December,
1866, when he began business as a general
merchant at Peru, Juniata county. He also
cultivates a farm of 175 acres, and besides is
a peach grower and manufacturer of lumber.
Mr. Robert Patterson is a member of the Re

publican party, prominent in local political
circles. He has been president of the school
board for six years, postmaster of Peru since
1886, and treasurer of the township for ten
years. Robert II. Patterson Avas married in 1883,
in Lack toAvnship, to Laura, daughter of John
and Alary A. (Clark) Henry, avIio Avas bom
in Lack toAvnship. They have one child, John,
at school. Air. Patterson is a member of the
Presbyterian church, in Avhich he has been
an elder since 1874. He is also an earnest
worker in the Sunday-school, of which he has
been superintendent half a life time. Airs.
Patterson's father, carpenter and contractor,
is of Scotch-Irish descent.

JOHN GROUSE was born in Path valley,
Franklin county, Pa., July 28, 1823. He is
a son of John and Alary (Sharer) Crouse.
His grandfather, John Crouse, a native of Ger
many, emigrated to America Avhen a young
man, and settled on a farm in Franklin county,
Pa. The father of Air. Crouse, John Crouse,
was a shoemaker and farmer, and in 1845 re-
moA^ed to a farm in Lack toAvnship, Juniata
county. He was married to Alary Sharer.
They had eleA'en children: John; Alichael;
William; Ann; Dewalt; Jonas; Kate; Alarga
ret; Alary; Lizzie; and one who died in in
fancy. Mr. Crouse and bis family attended
the Presbyterian church. Air. Crouse died in
1869, and his wife in 1880.
John Crouse received his education at
Spring Run, Franklin county. In 1853, he
removed to the Tuscarora valley, Lack town
ship, to a farm of 180 acres, which he culti
vated on shares for more than thirty years.
In 1886, he bought the property on Avhich he
noAV resides. Air. Crouse is a Republican and
has served as supervisor.
John Crouse was married in 1851 to Sarah
S., daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Cramer)
BroAvn. They have seven children : Alary E. ;
AAllliam B.; Nancy E.; Ida C; John A., de
ceased: Carrie C; and Sarah L. Air. Crouse
and his family attend the Presbyterian church.

JASON T. ROBINSON Avas bom near
Waterford, Juniata county, Pa., Alay 11,
1844. He is a son of Robert and Catherine
(Hench) Robinson. Jason T. Robinson was
educated in the district schools of Lack town
ship. He grew up on the farm and for ten

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years was a clerk in his father's store. After
being engaged for nine years in merohan-
ical pursuits, he bought, in 1883, the home
stead farm of 110 acres, where he now re
sides. Air. Robinson is a Republican; and
also a member of the I. O. O. F.
Jason T. Robinson was married in 1867, to
Uretta C, daughter of James and Elizabeth
(Graybill) Gray. Her father, a native of
Perry county, is of Scotch-Irish, and her
mother, a native of Lancaster county, is of
German descent. Air. Jason T. Robinson has
nine children: Ataude E., teacher, a graduate
of New Bloomfield Academy, and also of the
State Normal School at Shippensburg, Pa.,
was a candidate for county superintendent in
1896; Grace, died in 1893; AValter M., at
home; Fred AL; Cloyd; Effie Pearl; Harry
S. L. ; E. Guy T. ; and Goldie. The family
attend the Presbyterian church.

THOMAS MURPHY, son of Andrew and
Alary (Wherry) Murphy, was born in Lack
township, Juniata county, May 21, 1830. His
grandfather, Patrick Murphy, born in Ire
land, of Scotch-Irish descent, came to this
country, and finally engaged in farming. He
married Aliss Work, and their children were:
Andrew; Patrick; Alexander; Mary; Han
nah; and Alyra. Both Atr. and Atrs. Patrick
Murphy Avere members of the Presbyterian
church, and died in Lack township. Andrew
Murphy, father of Thomas Murphy, was a
farmer. He was manied to Mary Wherry.
Their children were: Alexander; John; An
dreAv AV. ; James; Mary; Thomas; and Joseph
I. The family were Presbyterians. Mr.
Murphy died in 1860, and some years later
his wife died at the home of her son, Thomas.
Thomas Murphy attended school in Lack
township, and worked on his father's farm un
til his eighteenth year, then he learned the
trade of cabinetmaker with Alexander Given,
of AtcCoysville, at which, in connection with
carpentry, he Avas employed for many years.
Returning to Lack toAvnship later in life, he
bought from his father a farm of 109 acres,
and also bought two tracts of timber land suit
able for grazing and stockraising, which he
carried on very successfully. In his political
views, he is a Democrat, and an advocate of
free silver. For seA'en years he served as
school director in Lack township, and also a
number of terms as auditor and township clerk.
Air. Alurphy Avas married in IoAva, in 1857,

to Margaret P., daughter of James Lauther, of
Lack township. They have these children:
Andrew AV., of Iowa; Sylvia (Mrs. George
Thompson), of Lack township; James, mar
ried Ella Thatcher, has three children; Sam
uel C; Anna B.; and Mary. Air. Murphy
and his family are members of the Presbyte
rian church, in which he has been an elder and
a Sunday-school teacher.

ALBRIGHT S. BOSTWICK, Nekoda
Perry county, Pa., was born in Milesburg,
Centre county, Pa., July 2, 1830. He is a
son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Fultz) Bostwick.
The father of Isaac Bostwick was English by
birth, and a ship carpenter; Isaac, who was
born in Pennsylvania, learned that handicraft
from his father, and worked at it for several
years. He removed to Greenwood township,
Juniata county, Pa., in 1852, and was there
occupied with general carpentry during the
rest of his life. His wife, Elizabeth (Fultz)
Bostwick, was born in Snyder county. Their
children are: John, living in the west; Su
sanna, manied John Shank, both deceased;
Eliza (Atrs. Edward Wetzel), of Northumber
land county, Pa.; Robert, died while serving
in the United States army; Mary (Mrs. D. G.
AViney), of Elkhart, Ind.; Albright S.; Mar
garet, deceased; Samuel, died in Indiana; and
Thomas, also died in Indiana; Isaac Bost-
Avick died in 1857, in Richfield, Pa. He was
of the Democratic party.
Albert S. Bostwick, having obtained his ed
ucation in the common schools of Richfield,
learned the business of tilling the soil on the
homestead, and for fourteen years made his
living by working for different fanners. He
then for two years cultivated a farm which he
rented in Liverpool township, Perry county,
and during the next year farmed in DelaAvare
toAvnship, Juniata county. Since that time,
he has continuously cultivated fifty acres of
good land in Greenwood toAvnship, which byc
skillful cultivation he has made very produc
tive. He has built upon his farm a comforta
ble home and convenient farm buildings, and
is counted among the successful agriculturists
of Greemvood toAvnship. His occupations
have not always been so peaceful. In 1864,
he responded to the call to anns by enlisting
on February 24, at Hanisburg, Pa., in Com
pany C, Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania Volun
teers, Colonel Rose and Capt. J. J. LaAVSon.

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He was in the pioneer corps, and, near At
lanta, Ga., in June, 1864, he lost three fingers
of his right hand by a shot from a rebel gun.
He was first in the field hospital, and after
wards in the general hospital, and was then
sent to Camp Denison, O.^ where he received
an honorable discharge, May 12, 1865. Since
that time, he has spent his years in Juniata
county. Like bis father, he is a Democrat;
he has served on the school board of Green
wood township, and as supervisor. Mr. Bost
wick is an excellent neighbor and a worthy
citizen, and has the respect and kind regard of
those who knew him.
Albright S. Bostwick was married in 1854,
to Hannah, a daughter of Adam Wilt, a na
tive of Greenwood township. Of their six
children, two died in infancy; another, El-
wood, is also deceased; the survivors are : Mor
ris, farmer, on the homestead; Seemon, of
Bloomfield, 0. ; and Isaac, fanner, married to
Anna Rumbaugh, has two children, Franklin
A. B., and Katie. Mrs. BostAvick, who Avas
a good woman, a faithful and devoted wife
and mother, died May 12, 1896; her loss was
not only mourned by her family, but deeply
regretted by her many neighbors and friends.
Mr. Bostwick is a member of the Lutheran
church.

FREDERICK A. WILT, Nekoda, Perry
county, Pa., was born in Greenwood township,
Juniata county, Pa., Febraary 27, 1863. He
is a son of Adam and Margaret (Freet) Wilt.
His paternal grandfather, Adam Wilt, who
was a native of Lebanon county, came with his
parents to the Juniata valley when a boy, and

followed farming in Aiifflin county on a large
tract of five himdred acres. He was a Demo
crat. Adam Wilt Avas married to Catharine
Heiser. They had these children: John;
Mary; Joseph; Adam; Eve (Mrs. Elijah
Steele); Eliza (Airs. Noah Cameron); Jacob;
Sarah (Airs. George Lutz); Hannah (Mrs. A.
S. Bostwick); Frederick; and Catharine (Airs.
John CrisAvell). Air. and Mrs. Wilt died in
Greenwood toAvnship, Juniata county; both
were members of the Lutheran church. Adam
Wilt (2) was born in Greenwood township in
1832, and attended the common schools, after
which he engaged in teaching for thirty years.
Air. AVilt was active in politics, being a mem
ber of the Democratic party. He served as
county surveyor for two terms, and was tax
collector of the township. Aclam WUt Avas
married in 1855, to Margaret, daughter of
Alichael and Catharine (Clair) Freet. Their
children are: Arvin, married Ella Clair, died
in 1891, leaving one child, Emily; John, of
Harrisburg; Frederick A.; and Catharine
(Mrs. Atatthias Swartz), of Millerstown. Mr.
Wilt died in 1885. He was a member of the
Lutheran church, in which he served as trus
tee, and was also a teacher in the Sabbath-
school. Frederick A. Wilt, after attending the pub
lic schools of his native township, became a
student of the Alillerstown Normal School in
Peny county. Since 1888, he has been
teaching school with much success. During
the summer he cultivates the homestead farm.
Air. Wilt is a Democrat, and has served as au
ditor. He is a member of the Lutheran
church, and a teacher in the Sunday-school.

PERRY COUNTY.

ALEXANDER BLAINE GROSH, editor
and proprietor of the Perry County Freeman,
was born March 12, 1846, in Andersonburg,
Atadison toAvnship, Perry county, Pa. His
father, Benjamin F. Grosh, Avas bom in Ma
rietta, Lancaster county, Pa., January 4,
1818, and was a son of Judge Jacob Grosh, a
prominent citizen and business man of Ala-
rietta. The family is of German origin and
were among the early settlers of Lancaster
county, where Judge Grosh grew to maturity
and became known as a man of energy and en
terprise, and where he filled the office of asso
ciate judge of the county. His son, Benjamin
F., received a good English education, supple
mented by a course in the medical department
of the University of Vermont , from which he
graduated, and at once began the practice of
his profession in Lancaster county, Pa. With
in a year or two be removed to Utica, N. Y.,
Avhere he remained but a short time. In 1843,
he came to Perry county, settled in Anderson
burg, and pursued the practice of his profes
sion until his death, November 9, 1857. He
was recognized as a leading physician and a
progressive, public-spirited citizen; he was
one of the organizers and the first secretary of
the Peny County Aledical Society. Dr.
Grosh was married June 5, 1845, to Alary El
len, daughter of Judge AVilliam and Isabella
(Blaine) Anderson, of Andersonburg. They
had five children: Alexander B. ; Alary Isa
bella; William A., who died young; Benjamin
F., Avho died at the age of twenty-six; and
Charles L, avIio died in youth. Airs. Grosh
died June 10, 1856. Her father, William
Anderson, Avas a leading citizen, and served
as associate judge of Perry county. Dr. Grosh
was originally a Democrat, but AA'hen the Re
publican party Avas organized, he embraced its
principles and remained steadfast to them dur
ing the rest of his life. Though not an office-
seeker, he took an active interest in politics,

and devoted his efforts to the success of his
party. Alexander Blaine Grosh received good ed
ucational advantages in his youth. After the
usual instruction in the common schools of his
native town, he entered Loysville Academy,
taking a partial course. He then became a
student in Bloomfield Academy and later in
Lafayette College, where he studied with a
view to becoming a civil engineer. In 1863,
being then but seventeen years of age, he en
listed in Company E, First Battalion, Emer
gency Alen, and served one hundred days. In
1864 he again enlisted for one year, in Com
pany G, Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and
participated in the battle of Nashville, De
cember 15 and 16, 1864, Avhich resulted in
the defeat and practical annihilation of Hood's
army by the Union forces under Maj. Gen.
George H. Thomas. In June, 1865, Mr.
Grosh Avas honorably discharged with his
command. In 1867 he embarked in the mer
cantile business in Blain, Jackson township,
Perry county, continuing for seven years. He
then devoted six years to farming in Madison
township. In the fall of 1879, Mr. Grosh
was elected to the office of prothonotary of
Perry county on the Republican ticket, and
was re-elected in 1882. He made a faithful
and efficient public servant, and filled the of
fice to the satisfaction of the people of the
county, irrespective of party. After retiring
from office, be engaged in lumbering, and is
still identified with lumbering enterprises. On
January 21, 1895, he became the editor and
proprietor of the Perry County Freeman,
Avhich was established in 1839, and is the old
est Republican paper in the county. Al
though without previous newspaper experi
ence, Air. Grosh has conducted his paper in
an able and successful manner, and made it
a recognized factor in the local affairs and
politics of the county, of which he has long

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been a representative and a popular citizen.
Mr. Grosh is a Republican, and since arriv
ing at manhood has labored earnestly in be
half of the recognized principles of that party,
giving to its platform and its candidates a
faithful and unfaltering support. He is one
of the leaders of the party in the county, and
is personally popular with the citizens of every
township. On October 8, 1868, Mr. Grosh was mar
ried to Alary C, daughter of Samuel and
Julia (Sheibley) Smith. Only one of their
four children, Samuel L., survives; the other
three died young. A man of education and
a lover of books, he has surrounded himself,
in his comfortable home, with a Avell selected
library of the works of standard English au
thors, and with the best current literature.
His genial, companionable nature and his un
failing courtesy have Avon him widespread re
spect and esteem, and have given him a secure
place in the friendship and regard of all who
know him.

JOHN H. SHEIBLEY, the veteran editor
and proprietor of the Advocate and Press,
New Bloomfield, Peny county, Pa., was born
in Landisburg, Pa., November 17, 1827. His
grandfather, Peter Sheibley, the ancestor of
the family in America, was a native of Switz
erland. He crossed the ocean to the New
World Avhile yet a young man, settled in
Northampton county, Pa., and served as a sol
dier in the Revolutionary war. After resid
ing for. a number of years in Northampton
and Berks counties, he came to Perry county,
and about 1793 settled near Green Park,
where he cleared and cultivated a farm, on
which he resided until his death in 1824, at
the age of eighty-two. He was the father of
twenty children, seventeen of whom grew to
maturity and lived to old age, the majority
passing the four score mark. The descendants
of this unusually large family are very numer
ous, and embrace many of the most reputable
and respected citizens of Perry county. Bern-
hard Sheibley, a son of Peter Sheibley, and
father of John H, was born in what is noAV
Tyrone toAvnship, Peny county, Pa., August
18, 1794, and was reared on the old family
homestead. He received his education in the
early subscription schools, and prepared him
self for a life of practical industry by learning
the Avheelwright trade at Avhich he worked in

Landisburg from 1824 to his death in 1876.
He Avas also for a time in mercantile business
in Landisburg. Air. Sheibley enlisted during
the Avar of 1812, at Landisburg, and marched
with his command to Carlisle and Philadel
phia. In early life he Avas a Democrat, but
became a Republican after the organization
of that party, and ahvays remained steadfast
to its principles. In 1814, he Avas confirmed
as a member of the Gennan Reformed
church, and from that time forward lived the
life of a consistent Christian. He Avas an earn
est, industrious man, and Avas honest and up
right in all his dealings. The respect and es
teem that he enjoyed Avere fully merited, and
his memory is reA'ered by his descendants, to
Avihoni he left the priceless heritage of an un
sullied name. Air. Sheibley was manied to
Mary, daughter of Conrad Holman. Their
children are: Peter AL, Avho died in 1892 in
Rome, Ga. ; Harriet M. (Airs. Lewis Grubb),
of Buffalo, Sangamon county, 111. ; John H,
of New Bloomfield, Pa. ; Elizabeth Ann (Airs.
Samuel Kast), of Kingston, Cumberland
county, Pa., deceased; Sarah H. (Mrs. Samuel
A. Lightner), of Aladison township, who died
October 5, 1894; Henry S., Avho died in 1839;
William H, who died at Landisburg, in 1892,
from the effects of a Avound received at Fred
ericksburg, Avhile serving as captain of Com
pany G, One Hundred and Thirty-third
PennsyLania A^olunteers in the late Rebel
lion; Alary Jane, avIio died in childhood, in
1839; Samuel IL, a grocer in Philadelphia;
James P., a physician of Landisburg, who
served during the Civil Avar in Company D,
Seventh Pennsylvania Reserve, and Avas
wounded at Gaines Alills; Alary Ellen; and
Ada; the last tAvo reside on the old homestead
at Landisburg.
John H. Sheibley was reared in Landis
burg, Avhere he received a common school edu
cation. At sixteen years of age he became a
printer's apprentice in the office of the Re
formed Messenger, at Chambersburg, Pa. Af
ter serving five years, and acquiring a thor
ough knowledge of the "art preservative of all
arts" he Avent to Aladison Court House, A7a.,
in 1849, and there attended an academy for
one year. In 1850, he Avent to Philadelphia
and worked in the old Johnson Type Foun
dry as a printer until 1853, Avhen he pur
chased the necessary material, came to NeAV
Bloomfield, and began the publication of the

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People's Advocate and Press. This paper he
has edited and published to the present time,
a period of forty-four years, giving him an ex
perience as printer, editor and publisher, of
fifty-four years. Originally a Democrat, Mr.
Sheibley became a Republican when that
party was organized. During President Lin
coln's administration, he was appointed an as
sessor of internal revenue, and in 1873 was
elected to the legislature from Perry county
and served one tenn. He has also filled the
offices of school director and councilman, and
is regarded as a representative citizen of the
county. He has conducted his paper with
marked ability, and has made it a valuable
exponent of the doctrines and principles of
the Republican party. The local field is well
gleaned, and the neighborhood news written
in readable and interesting manner.
Air. Sheibley Avas married June 24, 1858,
to Alary, daughter of Nimrod and Eliza
(Drexler) Eby. Of their three children, one,
Charles N., is deceased. Two sons, William
B. and Horace E., are living. Both are gradu
ates, the former of the class of 1881, and the
latter of the class of 1882, of Franklin and
Atarshall College, Lancaster, Pa., and both
have acquired a thorough and practical
knowledge of the art of printing, and are ca
pable editorial assistants, performing much of
the work both in the local and editorial de
partments. The family are members of the
Reformed church, and are earnest supporters
of everything tending toward the advance
ment of the community in which they live.

HON. JOHN A. MAGEE, editor of the
Peny County Democrat, and one of the oldest
active newspaper men in Pennsylvania, both
in years and length of service, was bom at
Landisburg, then the county seat of Perry
county, October 14, 1827. Alexander Ma-
gee, the father of John A., was born Septem
ber 20, 1791 in Philadelphia, and was of
North-of -Ireland ancestry. He learned print
ing and bookbinding in Carlisle, Pa., and dur
ing the war of 1812 enlisted in Captain Alex
ander's company of volunteers. He came to
Landisburg, Perry county, in 1820, and es
tablished the Perry Forrester, the pioneer
neAvspaper of the county. He continued the
publication of this paper until 1832, when he
sold it to David A. Reed, of Cumberland, and
embarked in the mercantile business in New

Bloomfield, then recently made the county
seat. He remained engaged in mercantile
pursuits until 1841, when he was elected
sheriff. After faithfully and acceptably fill
ing this office, he lived retired until his
death, July 8, 1845, at the age of fifty-four
years. Mr. Magee was a prominent and rep
resentative citizen during the earlier years
of the country's history, and shared in a large
degree in the work of its material upbuild
ing. He was also a friend of education, and
of every movement or enterprise calculated
to promote the moral or intellectual advance
ment of the people. He was a delegate from
Perry county to the convention which framed
the constitution of 1837-38, which remained
the fundamental laws of Pennsylvania until
1874. A man of character and of conscience,
he commanded respect and esteem, and was
recognized as one Avhose aim in life was to
perform the duties of each day fearlessly faith
fully. Mr. Magee was married about 1815,
to Sarah Crever, born August 4, 1795, a
daughter of John and Eve Crever, of Carlisle,
Pa. She was of Pennsylvania-German de
scent, and was a model wife and mother. She
died January 24, 1855. The children of this
marriage were: Anna Catherine (Mrs. Ed
Avard S. Swartz), of Berks county, Pa., de
ceased; Eleanor (Atrs. James G. Sample), of
Crawford county, Pa., deceased; Mary A.
(Mrs. Matthew McBride), of Perry county,
Pa., deceased; Eliza (Mrs. Samuel G. Morri
son), of Lycoming county, Pa., deceased;
Margaret (Mrs. Joseph M. Shatto), of Perry
county, Pa.; John A., of New Bloomfield;
Sarah J., who makes her home with him; Em
ma J., widow of Addis McVeagb, of AVil-
liamsport, Pa. ; and James Black, who died in
infancy. John A. Magee received a common school
education, supplemented by a course at the
New Bloomfield Academy. In August,
1845, in order to give his education a more
practical turn, he entered the office of the
Perry County Democrat as a printer's ap
prentice, the editor and publisher at that time
being George Stroop. After the usual ap
prenticeship, he went to Harrisburg in 1850,
and there set type in the office of the Keystone
and of the Daily American. In 1851, he
taught school a portion of the time. In 1853
he was a type-setter in the office of the
National Era, Washington, D. C. On the

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death of George Stroop, in January, 1854, he
became the editor of the Perry County Demo
crat. He is still "at the helm" of this parper;
is one of the oldest editors in point of service
in the Commonwealth, and expects to die with
the harness on. In the conduct of the Perry
County Democrat, Air. Alagee has exhibited
marked ability as a thinker and writer. A
Democrat of the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian
stamp, he has earnestly devoted himself to
the advocacy of the recognized principles of
his party, which have been set forth by him
in the editorial columns of his paper in a clear,
forcible and logical manner. He has for many
years taken an active and prominent part in
the political affairs of his native county and
State, and of the country at large. In 1862,
he was elected to the legislature, and served
through the sessions of 1863, making a credit
able record. He served as a delegate in 1868
in the National Democratic Convention,
which met in New Arork, and nominated
Horatio Seymour for President. In 1872 he
was a candidate for Congress from the district
then composed of Cumberland, Perry and
York counties, and notwithstanding the great
Republican landslide of that year, received a
majority of 1,826 out of a total of 28,890
votes, thus attesting his popularity with the
people of the district. He was a delegate in
1876 to the National Democratic Convention
which met at St. Louis and nominated Samuel
J. Tilden. He was the unanimous choice of
his county for Congress in 1874 and 1878,
and has been many times a delegate to the
State conventions of his party. In 1891 he
was one of the candidates of the district com
posed of the counties of Juniata, Aiifflin and
Perry to the proposed convention, which was
not held, to revise the constitution of the
State. In the summer of 1896 he was a del
egate to the Democratic State Convention,
held at Allentown, and was there chosen a
delegate to the Chicago Convention that nom
inated William Jennings Bryan as the Dem
ocratic candidate for President. In 1894, Mr.
Magee was elected chairman of the First Di
vision Democratic State Executive Com
mittee, embracing the counties of York,
Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Dauphin,
Lebanon, Peny, Juniata and Aiifflin, and was
re-elected in 1895-96, serving three consecu
tive terms. He declined to be a candidate in
1897.

It will be seen from the foregoing that
aside from his position as the editor of a Dem
ocratic newspaper, of acknowledged value and
influence, Air. Alagee has been intimately
connected Avith the political affairs of Penn
sylvania and the nation for more than a third
of a century, and has, during that time, ren
dered to his party and to the people, able, ac
ceptable and important service. His life has
been one of unremitting activity. Loyal to
the principles he believes in, he has fully mer
ited the unreserved confidence reposed in him,
and to-day is respected and esteemed by his
fellow citizens of Perry county as a man Avhose
life has been characterized by an unfalter
ing fealty to bis convictions, an unremitting
deA^otion to duty, and an unswerving adher
ence to honesty, uprightness and integrity in
all bis dealings.
John A. Alagee was married, June 10,
1857, to Alargaret Hettie, daughter of Wil
liam D. Ramsey, Esq., of the bar of Cumber
land county. Four of their children are de
ceased: Alexander R. ; John A.; Benjamin
C. ; and Louis A. The living are: Charlotte
Annie; and AVilliam R., a graduate of La
fayette College, who reside at home; and
James S., who is a cashier under Collector R.
E. Shearer, in the internal revenue office of
the Ninth Collection District at Lancaster,
Pa. He manied Mary, a daughter of Frank
Aiortimer, of New Bloomfield, editor of the
Perry County Times, and is the father of
three children: John A.; James S.; and
Frank Al.
Although well advanced in years Air. Ala
gee still gives his personal attention to the
editorial management of his paper, which has
a large circulation throughout Perry county.
Questions of public interest are dealt with in
an able and thoughtful manner, and local
news receive care and attention their import
ance demands. The question of retiring from
active service has not even been considered by
this veteran writer in the neAVspaper field,
and, as has already been stated, he purposes,
"dying in the harness."
ROBERT McCLELLAN ALEXANDER,
New Bloomfield, Perry county, Pa., son of
Randall and Sarah H. (Carothers) Alexander,
was born January 10, 1840, at Shirleysburg,
Pa. The families on both the paternal and
the maternal sides are of Scotch-Irish origin,

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and have been long settled in this country, so
that their history is identified with the growth
and development of this Commonwealth,
and, indeed, with that of the nation. Col.
AAllliam Alexander, Dr. Alexander's grand
father, fought for- the maintenance of the
American Republic, enlisting as a captain in
the Avar of 1812, and being promoted to
colonel and given the command of a regiment.
He Avas afterwards sheriff of Franklin county,
Pa., and also represented that county in the
State Legislature. The honored veteran died
Alarch 4, 1838. He Avas married to Aliss
Aloore, and had children: Thomas; Robert;
AVilliam; James; Alargaret (Airs. AlcKinley);
 (Airs. AndreAv AAllson); Jane
(Airs. John Templeton); and Randall.
Samuel Carothers, Dr. Alexander's maternal
grandfather, was a settler in Huntingdon
county, and a farmer. He was an influential
citizen, and Avas one of the first elders of the
Presbyterian church at Shirleysburg. He
married Miss Zimmerman, a descendant of an
old family of York, Pa., Avho are supposed to
have come to this country from Holland.
Their children were: James; LeAvis; Abra
ham; Samuel; Sarah, the mother of Robert
AlcC. Alexander; Ataria (Airs. AlattheAV
Campbell); and Ann (Mrs. Richard Gal
lagher). All of the family are deceased.
Randall Alexander Avas a native of Frank
lin county, and removed to Huntingdon
county, where he passed the active years
of manhood in tilling the soil. Three of the
children of Air. and Airs. Randall Alexander
are deceased: John T; James Aloore; and
an infant. Those surviving are: ReA'. Wil
liam, D. D. ; Rev. Samuel C, D. D. ; Thomas
Jefferson; Dr. Robert McClellan; Ann J.,
Avidow of John Adams; Alary E., Avife of Rev.
P. H. Denning; Dr. Randall AtcGinley; Dr.
George E. ; and David N. Randall Alexan
der, the father, died about 1854. At the
time of his death, he Avas justice of the peace,
and had held that office many years. Both he
and his wife were members of the Slhirleys-
burg Presbyterian church, in which Mr. Alex
ander served long and well as an elder. Mrs.
Alexander died May 30, 1894, at the vener
able age of eighty-eight. Their son, Rev.
Samuel C. Alexander, was for nearly two
years pastor of the church to AA'hich they had
given so much of their deA'out care and ser
vice. The eldest son, Rev. AAllliam Alexan

der, D. D., resides in California, where he is
professor of Church History, &o, in the San
Francisco Theological Seminary, of which he
Avas one of the founders.
A resident of Huntingdon county during
his boyhood, Robert McClellan Alexander
acquired bis education in the common schools
of Shirley township, and in the academy and
Juniata Seminary in Shirleysburg, complet
ing his course at the Tuscarora Valley Col
lege. AAliile still a pupil in these institutions,
he also acted as schoolmaster, teaching during
three winter terms. One term was when he
Avas yet a youth, scarcely emerged from his
"teens," and before the Avar broke out. In
the early days of the Rebellion, in 1861, he
enlisted in Company G, Fifth Pennsylvania
Reserve AUunteer Corps, and served three
years, receiving his discharge June 11, 1864.
During that time he saw much active service,
taking part in the hottest and most memora
ble engagements of the Army of the Potomac:
Fredericksburg, Avhere he was slightly dis
abled by being struck in the right leg by a
spent ball; Richmond; the Seven Days' fight;
Alechanicsville ; Gaines Hill; Charles City-
Cross Roads; Malvern Hill; Second Bull Run;
South Alountain; Antietam; Bristow Station;
Gettysburg; the Wilderness; Spottsylvania
Court House; Bethseda Church; the North
Anna, and other battles and skirmishes. The
Doctor's gallant and patriotic performance
of his soldierly duty may be easily in
ferred from the promotions which were
his more immediate reward. Entering the
army as a private, be served successively
as corporal, fourth sergeant, first sergeant,
second lieutenant, and first lieutenant. Re
turning from the stirring scenes of the war
to the no less useful and . patriotic service
of student and teacher, the Doctor completed
his seminary and academy courses, and taught
during two winter terms. In 1865, be began
studying dentistry with Dr. G. AV. SteAvart at
Dry Run, Franklin county, Pa., and con
tinued Avith his preceptor for three years. He
then opened an office at Landisburg, Perry
county, and after practicing there for a year,
removed to Loysville, Perry county, where he
Avas the only dentist, and Avhere he resided,
very profitably occupied, for nine years.
Since 1879, he has been established at NeAV
Bloomfield, Avhere he has been very success
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of patients. Dr. Alexander is an active mem
ber of Sergeant John Jones Post, No. 448,
G. A. R., at New Bloomfield. He has also
been for some years a member of the I. O.
0. F., and belongs to the Junior O. U. A. AL
Robert McClellan Alexander Avas first mar
ried to Mary W., daughter of George B. and
Elizabeth (Scott) Rakerd, in June, 1868.
Three of tbeir children died, two in infancy,
and Charles at the age of five years. Tbe
others are: Alary (Airs. J. H. SAveger); Ar
thur C. ; William L. ; and Robert Alalcolm.
Airs. Mary W. Alexander died Alarch 4, 1887,
aged forty years. She Avas a member of the
Presbyterian church. The Doctor's second
maniage, to Laura V., daughter of Hon.
Jacob and Caroline (Emerick) Sheibley, took
place March 5, 1891. They have one daugh
ter, Laura Jeannette. Dr. Alexander and his
wife are members of the Presbyterian church.
FRANK MORTIMER, editor and pro
prietor of the Perry County Times, New
Bloomfield, Pa., was born in Franklin, Mass.,
Alarch 4, 1829. His parents, Samuel and
Eleanor (Richardson) Mortimer, lived and
died in Massachusetts, the former when their'
son Frank was between tAvo and three years
old, and the latter in 1851. Air. Alortimer re
ceived a common school and academic edu
cation in his native State, where he resided
until 1849. He then went to New York
City, and entered upon the study of the laAv
in the office of his brother, Samuel Alortimer.
He was admitted to the bar in 1853, but, oav-
ing to failing eyesight, never entered upon
active practice, but devoted himself to other
pursuits until the breaking out of the Rebel
lion in 1861, when he entered the service in
defense of the Union as captain of Company
L, Ninth New York Alilitia. He participated
in the battle of Cedar Alountain, and in De
cember, 1862, was taken prisoner near Oat-
lett Station, Va., by a detachment of Stuart's
Cavalry. He Avas detained in Confederate
prisons at Culpeper and Lynchburg, Va., and
at Atlanta, Ga. In April, 1863, Avhile being
taken as he supposed to Selma, Ala., he man
aged to effect his escape, during the con
fusion attendant upon a railroad Avreck, and
reached the Federal lines in safety. He then
resigned his commission, and returned to New
York City. In January, 1864, he came to
Perry county, Pa., and embarked in mercan

tile business at Green Park, remaining until
Alarch, 1865, when he came to New Bloom
field. Here he continued in mercantile busi
ness until 1889, Avhen he sold out to John
Arnold, and has since given his entire atten
tion to the business and editorial management
' of the Perry County Times, Avhich was es
tablished by him in Aug-ust, 1867. This
paper, Avhich until 1892 was independent in
politics, has since that year been an able ad
vocate of Republican principles. Air. Alorti
mer is a virile and forcible Avriter, and has
kept his paper abreast of the progress of the
clay, dealing with public questions with can
dor and courage, and giving the local neAvs
the prominence it deserves in a paper in
tended for home reading. As a business man
and citizen, Air. Alortimer has exhibited an
enterprising and progressive spirit, and stands
high in the esteem of the people of Perry
county. Though an ardent Republican, he
has never held public office, but has ever been
ready to do his part in forwarding the best in
terests of that great party.
Air. Alortimer is manied and is the father
of five children: Eleanor Alary (Airs. James
S. Alagee), of New Bloomfield; Harry,
AVho died in Alarch, 1896; Alice (Airs. E. B.
Welcomer), of NeAV Bloomfield; and Adel
aide. In addition to his newspaper work, Mr.
Alortimer finds time to keep in touch with
the literary thought of the hour, and is well
informed on all questions of general public
interest. He is of a genial, sociable nature,
and has many Avarm personal friends in all
parts of the county. Those who know him
best like him best and respect him most.

CHARLES L. JOHNSON, New Bloom
field, Perry county, Pa., was born in AA7atts
township, Perry county, Pa., Alay 18, 1868,
son of Jesse and Elizabeth (Schatto) John
son. His grandfather, Jesse Johnson, Sr.,
was a native of the State of New York, and
for many years a farmer. He married Sarah
Hummel; their only child was Jesse, the
father of Sheriff Johnson. The maternal
grandparents, Alichael and Elizabeth (Leedy)
Schatto, Avere born in Perry county, Avhere
Air. Schatto pursued the business of farming.
One of their four children, Alary, is deceased;
those surviving are: Samuel; Alichael; and
Elizabeth (Airs. Johnson). Both Air. and
Airs. Schatto were members of the United

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Brethren church. Airs. Schatto died Alarch
28, 1856, and her husband in 1891, aged
eighty-seven. Their daughter, Mrs. Johnson,
is a native of Peny county. Her husband
was born in New York; came to Perry
county about 1850, became one of the indus
trious and substantial farmers of central Penn
sylvania, and passed the rest of his life here.
He was a public-spirited and useful citizen,
and was called upon by bis felloAV-citizens to
fill various township offices; he was tax col
lector, supervisor, inspector of elections, and
served for several years on the school board.
His children are: Alary (Airs. John A. Al
bright); Laura J. (Airs. A. Al. Albright);
Jesse B. ; Samuel W. ; Emma E. ; Charles L. ;
George H. ; and Otto B. He, as well as his
wife, belonged to the United Brethren church.
Air. Johnson died June 14, 1892, aged sixty-
seven years, ten months and seven days. Mrs.
Johnson, who has almost reached the goodly
age of three score and ten, enjoys good health,
and resides with her son.
After a course of study in the common
schools of Perry county, and at Bloomfield
Academy, Charles L. Johnson taught for one
Avinter term, and in 1878, he taught for one
term in his native township, Watts. Again
he became a student, this time at the State
Normal School, Millersville, Lancaster
county, Pa., and his course there being com
pleted, was engaged with his father on the
farm until 1892, when he went to Dauphin
county. There he taught one entire term, and
two months of a second term, after Avhich be
resigned his position, in order to assume charge
of a school at New Buffalo, Perry county,
which he taught for six months. About this
time, his father dying, Air. Johnson bought a
farm near the former homestead, and turned
his attention to farming, to keep the family
together. To his agricultural labors he added
the business of trading in live stock, and con
tinued in these lines of work until 1895. In
the fall of 1895, Air. Johnson was elected
sheriff of Perry county, in Avhich office he is
still faithfully and impartially serving. He
is an active member of Duncannon Lodge, No.
54, Senior Order 0. U. A. M., and in religion
he is a member of the Alethodist Episcopal
church.

^ HENRY CLAY SHEARER, New Bloom
field, Perry county, Pa., Avas born July 17,

1843, in Tyrone toAvnship, Peny county, son
of the late Jacob and Amelia (McGowan)
Shearer. His paternal grandparents were na
tives of Frederick City, Md., the grandfather
being a farmer of that vicinity. The grand
parents on the maternal side were of Cum
berland county, Pa.; Atr. McGowan also a
farmer, and for some years an iron master.
Jacob Shearer Avas born at Frederick City,
Aid. ; he learned the business of tanning, and
was occupied Avith it until 1849. The gold
discoveries in California now lured thousands
all over the country to the Pacific shore, and
Air. Shearer, having by this time become a
resident of Perry county, set out with a num
ber of other gentlemen of that county for the
land of gold. Establishing himself at Parks
Bar, in Yuba county, he remained there nearly
eight years, mining and keeping store. Dur
ing two years of that time, he represented
Yuba county in the California Legislature.
Returning in 1857 to Perry county, he set
tled down to farming for a few years, then
superintended a steam tannery for three years,
and after a few more years passed in farming,
retired to enjoy the repose that ought to
crown an active and diligent life. Jacob
Shearer Avas twice married. His first wife was
Amelia, daughter of David McGowan; their
children were: Alverda; Harvey; Susan E.;
Emily J.; George L. ; and Henry Clay, now
the only survivor of the family. The mother
died December 25, 1859, at the age of fifty- ,
three. Mr. Shearer was again married to
Sarah A. Stockton, daughter of John Black.
She, too, died in 1868; and Mr. Shearer de
parted this life June 10, 1872, aged seventy
years. Both were members of the Presby
terian church.
The education of Henry C. Shearer Avas
begun in the common schools and finished.
Avhen he Avas twenty-three years of age, at
the Bloomfield Academy. In the interval of
the school term, Mr. Shearer assisted his
father in the cultivation of his fann. He en
listed for the defense of the country against
rebellion, August 11, 1862, in Company G,
One Hundred and Thirty-third Pennsylvania
Volunteers, for a term of nine months. In
the battle at Fredericksburg, Va., December
13, 1862, he' received a gun-shot wound, by
Avhich he Avas disabled for three months; he
Avas mustered out at the close of his time of
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25, 1864, Mr. Shearer re-enlisted, in Company
D, One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Penn
sylvania Volunteers, as a veteran, and served
until the close of the war. He took part in
the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor, Petersburg
from June 18 to 22, and on July 30, 1864;
he was also in the fight at AVeldon Railroad,
August 18 to 21, and under fire most of the
time. At the close of this time of perilous
and gallant service, he was mustered out as a
veteran, August 3, 1865.
Having partially learned tanning before
his enlistment, Mr. Shearer, on bis return
home, assisted in his father's tannery for a
year. He then spent nearly two years in
study at the Bloomfield Academy, af terAvards
working again at the tanning business for
about three years, in different places. At the
end of that time, his father having died, he
began farming the homestead on his OAvn ac
count, and continued eleven years in that em
ployment. In 1883, he was elected to the
office of sheriff of Perry county on the Repub
lican ticket, and entered upon the duties of
the office on the first Monday in January,
1884. For three years, he filled that import
ant and responsible office Avith judicial im
partiality, and when his term had expired, he
took a year of retirement and leisure. In
1888, Mr. Shearer was appointed deputy
register and recorder of Perry county, and
served until his appointment as postmaster at
New Bloomfield, in 1889. He still holds that
office. Mr. Shearer was actively interested
in the construction of the Perry County Rail
road, of which he is a director, and has always
been a large stockholder. He is prominent
and influential in Sergeant John Jones Post,
No. 448, G A. R. department of Pennsyl
vania, and has for the past six years acted in
the capacity of post commander. For many
years he has belonged to the Atasonic fra
ternity. Henry Clay Shearer was first married in
Alarch, 1872, to Julia C, daughter of Wil
liam and Rebecca Powers; two of their chil
dren died in infancy, and one, Edward, at the
age of eight years and a half. Those surviv
ing are: Mary; and Julia. Mrs. Julia C.
Shearer died in July, 1884, aged thirty-six
years. The second marriage of Mr. Shearer
was to Margaret, daughter of David and Re
becca Eaton, and widow of Robert I. Dwen,

in July, 1889. Their children are: Henry;
Anna Belle; James; and George Lewis. Atr.
Shearer and his family are members of the
Presbyterian church.

ANDREAV P. NICKEL, New Bloomfield,
Perry county, Pa., was born near Oak Grove
Furnace, Perry county, June 27, 1845. He
is a son of the late Casper and Susan (Car
roll) Nickel. His grandfather, Henry Nickel,
came from Germany in early life, and lived
at Alt. Holly, Cumberland county, Pa. He
Avas a cooper, and besides making kegs, he
manufactured rakes and forks, which he used
regularly to take to Carlisle for sale. A vig
orous constitution and a simple, healthy life
made him still able to carry on this business
at the age of ninety-three. His Avife died in
Germany; Casper, and two other children,
who accompanied him to this country, Avere
the only ones Avho lived to mature years. At
last, one day, the familiar figure of the good
old cooper was missed from the streets of Car
lisle; he had died, lacking only four years of
having lived a century. The maternal grand
parents of Mr. Andrew P. Nickel were among
the early settlers of Perfy county. Casper
Nickel, who was only about twelve years old
when he came with his father from Hesse
Darmstadt to New York, in 1829, came at a
later date to Perry county, and here met and
manied Susan Carroll. Of their nine chil
dren, two died in infancy: Catherine, died
at the age of six years; and John H. was ac
cidentally killed in 1858, at the age of six
teen. Those surviving are: Joseph V.;
Eliza; Andrew P.; Sarah (Mrs. Samuel Eby);
and Alfred. Air. Nickel maintained his
family by general labor. He died in January,
1867, aged fifty; his wife survived until 1888,
dying at the age of seventy-eight. Both were
members of the Lutheran church.
AndreAv P. Nickel attended the public
schools until he was thirteen years old. He
was brought up on a farm, and of course gave
his aid as a strong and willing lad to the Avork
going on around him. He remained on the
farm after leaving school until he Avas six
teen, and then Avas apprenticed for three years
to John Roop, a cabinetmaker of Alechanics-
burg, Pa. During the time of his apprentice
ship, he enlisted in the United States army,
July 18, 1864, being enrolled in Company I,
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Arolunteers; he served for one hundred days,
and was discharged in November, 1865. This
patriotic service rendered, Mr. Nickel went
back and perfected himself in his trade, and
then Avorked as a journeyman in Carlisle for
three years, after Avhich he returned to Ale-
chanicsburg for three months. In 1866, he
was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company at Altoona upon the inside finish
ing of passenger cars; he remained at this oc
cupation a little over a year. In 1868, he
went to Duncannon, Perry county, and
worked at his trade with S. H. Aloses, but af
ter a year spent there, he went back to Al
toona, and was employed until 1870 in the
same department in Avhich he had worked
before. In 1870, he bought out the under
taking and furniture establishment of Air.
Fenstemacher, then located in the principal
square. In 1871, he removed to his present
establishment at the corner of Alain and
Church streets, Avhere he has ever since car
ried on his business with great success. He
has one of the largest establishments in his
line of business in New Bloomfield. Mr.
Nickel is an active member of New Bloom
field Lodge, No. 380, I. O. O. F.
Andrew P. Nickel Avas manied Alarch 24,
1870, to Ellen, daughter of S. II. and Alary
(AVade) Aloses. Their children are: Elsie
V. ; Mary A. ; Carrie.; Haniet ; Helen H. ;
Samuel M. ; Casper; and Virginia. The
family are members of the Lutheran church.

HON". BENJAMIN" F. JUNKIN, New
Bloomfield, Perry county, Pa., was born in
Cumberland county, Pa., November 12,
1822, son of the late John and Maria (Adams)
Junkin, of Cumberland county. In 1823,
they removed from Cumberland to Perry
county, where John Junkin bought the
Stroop farm, near Landisburg; here they re
sided until 1853, when Mr. Junkin sold the
property, and removed with his family to
Aluscatine county, la. Mrs. Ataria (Adams)
Junkin dying, Atr. Junkin was married again,
to Susan Guss.
During their residence upon the Stroop
fami, Benjamin F. Junkin attended a select
school. In 1838, he became a student at
Lafayette College, Eastern, Pa., under the
presidency of Rev. George Junkin, D. D.
He began the study of laAv in 1841, his pre
ceptor being Hon. Samuel Hepburn; he Avas

admitted to the Cumberland county bar in
August, 1844. In the ensuing year, he re
moved to Perry county, and began practice
at New Bloomfield. In 1852, he was selected
district attorney for a term of three years.
He was elected to Congress on the Republican
ticket in 1858, to represent the district which
embraced Perry, Cumberland and York
counties. In 1871, he was made president
judge of the Ninth Judicial District, then
composed of Cumberland, Juniata and Perry
counties. In this office he was the successor
of Judge Graham. Judge Junkin resumed
practice at the close of his term, and still de
votes to it much time and attention. In 1884,
he was a representative of the Republican
party as presidential elector from Pennsylva
nia. Belonging to the old school of laAvyers,
whose training was such as to ensure absolute
mastery of every point presented for their
consideration, Judge Junkin is noted for the
soundness and the thoroughness of his legal
knowledge. His reputation as a lawyer and
as judge is wide and substantial. He is care
ful and thorough in searching out the merits
and the bearings of a case, and possesses, out
side of his legal acquirements, a fund of gen
eral information which is often happily sub
servient to the purposes of legal investiga
tion. His intellect is quick and penetrating,
and this characteristic, combined with a good
memory, an active imagination, and great
fluency and elegance of diction, make him a
very effective orator. Judge Junkin's kindly
and genial disposition and his keen sense of
humor make him a most agreeable companion,
and have won for him the regard of many
friends. Hon. BenjaminF. Junkin was married April
12, 1848, to Annie E., daughter of James and
Eliza McGowan, of Perry county. Their
children are: Alary F. (Mrs. Jacob Stick
ler), of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ; and John E.,
Avho married Elizabeth E., daughter of AAll
liam Willis, Esq., of New Bloomfield. Judge
Junkin is a member of the Presbyterian
church.

WILLIAM HENRY KELL, district at
torney, New Bloomfield, Perry county, Pa.,
was bom November 21, 1869, near Alinda,
Spring toAvnship. Peny county. The ances
tor of the family in the county was Philip
Kell, who came from York county at an early

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dav and settled in Spring township, where
four generations have since resided. Abra
ham Kell, a son of Philip, and the grandfather
of WilUam H. Kell, was a mason and farmer,
and passed his life in Spring township, where
he died. His wife, Elizabeth, survived until
1884. John W. Kell, Sr., father of W. H.
Kell, was born on the old homestead in Spring
township, December 1, 1842. There he grew
to manhood, and followed farming and black
smithing until after the breaking out of the
war of the Rebellion, when he entered the
service of the Government as a teamster, and
was afterwards promoted to wagon master.
His service was with the Army of the Potomac.
In 1864, he enlisted as a private in Company
E, Two Hundred and Eighth Pennsylvania
Volunteers, and served until after the close
of the war, participating with his regiment in
the battle of Fort Steadman, and the engage
ments before Petersburg. After being honor
ably discharged from the service, he returned
home, cultivated his farm and practiced as a
veterinary surgeon for several years. In 1876,
he embarked in mercantile business in Elliotts-
burg, and continued until 1880. The acci
dental loss of a band, however, in 1875, so
interfered with his efforts in performing the
heavier work on the farm that he retired af
ter a few years, and has since devoted him
self to the care of his property. In 1890, he
was elected county treasurer on the Republi
can ticket and filled that office with fidelity
and efficiency for three years. Mr. Kell is
highly esteemed throughout the county for
his unquestioned integrity.
Mr. Kell is a Republican, and has given a
faithful adherence to the doctrines and prin
ciples of that party since arriving at man
hood. His personal efforts have ever been
m behalf of the party's success, and be stands
high in the party councils of the county. Mr.
Kell is a member of the G. A. R.
John W. Kell, Sr, was married in Decem
ber, 1867, to Susanna, daughter of Benjamin
and Susanna Rice, of Spring township. Their
children are: William H, of New Bloom
field; Catherine (Mrs. Frank E. Crist), of
Harrisburg, Pa.; Susan Elizabeth (Mrs.
Harry W. Robinson), of Shermansdale, Peny
county, Pa.; and John W., Jr., a teacher in
the public schools of Spring township. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Kell are members of the United
Evangelical church.

William H. Kell was reared to manhood
in Spring township. His early education
was acquired in the public schools, and was
supplemented by a special course, with a view
to entering the legal profession, taken in the
NeAV Bloomfield Academy. This course was
pursued during the spring terms, from 1886
to 1892, Air. Kell teaching during the winter.
His last term before devoting himself en
tirely to the study of law, was as principal of
the New Bloomfield schools. In the spring of
1891 he became a law student in the office of
James AV. Shull, and after the prescribed
course, Avas admitted to the bar of Perry
county in June, 1894. After his admission
he began practice for himself. In November,
1896, Air. Kell was elected district attorney
of Perry county, on the Republican ticket, by
the largest majority ever accorded a candi
date for that office. He assumed the duties
of the office January 1, 1897, and has since
discharged them in an able and efficient man
ner. On April 12, 1894, Atr. Kell was mar
ried to Alary E. Tressler, a daughter of David
and Catherine M. (Ensminger) Tressler. To
this union there have been born two chil
dren: one that died in infancy; and Myrtle
Marie, born February 15, 1897. Air. Kell is
a Republican, and is an active and influential
member of his party in the county. Though
yet a young man, he has shown himself to be
possessed of decided abUity. He has a good
legal mind, and those who know him best pre
dict for him a brilliant career at the bar. He
is a man of studious habits, careful and meth
odical in business matters. He has won dis
tinction as a public speaker. Besides doing
effective Avork in his own and other counties
in Pennsyh'ania he was called in 1896 into
the State of Ohio on a lecture tour in the in
terest of the Junior Order of United Ameri
can Mechanics. His integrity is beyond ques
tion, and he fully merits the high respect and
esteem accorded him. In addition to his pres
ent position, he has served three terms as
clerk of the borough council of New Bloom
field, and has also filled the office of school
director. He is a member of New Bloom
field Council, No. 626, Jr. 0. U. A. M., in
which he has filled the position of deputy
State councillor, and has served as represen
tative to the State convention, and represen
tative to the National Funeral Benefit Asso
ciation. He is also a member of Mackinaw

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Lodge, No. 380, I. 0. 0. F., of New Bloom
field. Air. Kell is a member of the Lutheran
church.

HON. CHARLES H. SA1ILEY, New
Bloomfield, Perry county, Pa., was born at
Shermansdale, Perry county, May 9, 1844,
son of Samuel and Sarah (AlcMurray)
Smiley. His paternal grandfather was oc
cupied during most of his life in farming, be
sides serving many years as justice of the
peace. He was for more than fifty years an
elder in the Presbyterian church. He mar
ried a lady who bore the same family name as
himself; she was a daughter of George Smiley.
The Smiley family is of Scotch-Irish descent,
and its progenitors in this country were among
the pioneer Presbyterian settlers. Samuel
Smiley was a teacher in early life ; he Avas af
terwards engaged in mercantile business in
Carlisle, Pa. In the early fifties he purchased
a farm in Peny county which had been owned
in the name of Smiley for one hundred years;
on this farm he passed the rest of his life.
While a resident of Carroll township, he
served for a number of years as justice of the
peace. He was a citizen of prominence and
influence. His wife, Sarah, daughter of Wil
liam and Nancy AlcAIunay, was, like himself,
of a Scotch-Irish Presbyterian family. Their
children are: Charles H. ; Mary A. (Mrs.
John S. Weaver), of Harrisburg, Pa. ; Phebe
(Airs. B. G. Zimmerman), of Osborne county,
Kas., where her husband is engaged in mer
cantile business; Belle (Mrs. Lloyd Kistler),
whose husband is a farmer in Marshall county,
Kas.; David, a machinist, of Allegheny
City, Pa.; Thomas, died aged tAventy-one;
Gertrude, died aged twenty; and twin chil
dren, Avho died in infancy. Samuel Smiley
died November 7, 1857; his wife survived
him for thirty years, dying in Alay, 1887.
Their daughter, Gertrude, being a little child
at the time of her father's death, her elder
brother, Charles H. Smiley, took her under
his care, and educated her. She Avas teaching
in Marshall county, Kas., at the time of her
death. In his early youth, Charles H. Smiley at
tended the public schools of Carlisle, Pa. ; he
afterwards studied at the academy at New
Bloomfield, Perry county; but for the greater
part of his literary education, he is indebted
to his own intellectual taste and ambition, his

well-chosen courses of reading, and his habits
of independent study. He is a self-educated
man, the possessor of a large fund of infor
mation on various subjects. Intercourse
through reading Avith the master minds of all
time has combined with native wit and an
amiable disposition to mature his conversa
tional powers, and to make his society a pleas
ure and a helpful stimulus. Mr. Smiley
served in the war of the Rebellion under Gen
erals Sheridan, Hunter and Sigel, as a mem
ber of the Signal Corps, which rendered such
valuable service in the valley of Virginia. The
corps Avas honorably discharged, August 2,
1865, at Winchester, Va.
Mr. Smiley has also rendered much public
service in time of peace; from 1867 to 1870,
he filled the office of prothonotary and clerk
of the courts of quarter sessions, and of Oyer
and Terminer, of Peny county. He was in
1880 elected to represent the Thirty-first Sen
atorial District (Aiifflin, Juniata and Perry
counties), in the Legislature of Pennsylva
nia, and served until December, 1884. Dur
ing his term of service, he was chairman of the
Judiciary (both local and special) Committees,
and secretary of the committees on Education,
the Library, Insurance, etc. In 1892, Mr.
Smiley was elected president of the Perry
County Railroad Company, and still holds
that position. His legal practice dates from
August, 1872, when be was admitted to the
bar of Perry county. Since 1884, he has de
voted his attention almost exclusively to his
profession, in which he has been conspicuously
successful. Charles H. Smiley was married in October,
1876, to Emily, daughter of John and Mary
(Sheibly) Ferguson. Mrs. Smiley was born
in Washington, D. C, but her family were
natives of Perry county. Their children are:
Charles II. ; and Mary H, a student at Wil
son College, Chambersburg, Pa. The family
are members of the Presbyterian church.

WILLIAM B. ANDERSON, New Bloom
field, Perry county, Pa., son of Alexander B.
and Mary A. (Lackey) Anderson, was born in
Perry county, December 17, 1856. His
grandfather, AVilliam Anderson, was born in
Scotland in 1771. He was among the early
settlers of this region, and one of the most ex
tensive land owners; he took up land in Perry
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land county, and during that early time, rep
resented Cumberland county in the State
Legislature. Andersonburg received its name
from his family, and some of his descendants
still reside on the Anderson farm in that vi
cinity. In 1820, when Perry county was or
ganized, AAllliam Anderson's property had
the highest valuation on the assessment list
of Toboyne township; he was the only per
son in tbe township assessed with a negro
slave. In the same year, he Avas made one of
the associate judges of the neAV county, and
held that post of honor at the time of his
death in 1832. William Anderson was mar
ried to Isabella Blaine; their children are as
follows: AAllliam B., for three years in the
State Legislature as representative, and for
three years as senator; Matilda, wife of Rev.
Lindley Rutter, of Lancaster county, Pa.;
Alargaret (Mrs. Stuart Turbett), of Juniata
county, Pa.; Hon. Alexander B. ; and Mary,
wife of B. F. Grosh, M. D., for many years
the principal physician of the county. A. B.
Grosh, only surviving son of Dr. and Mrs.
Grosh, was for six years the efficient prothono
tary of Perry county, and is now editor of tbe
Perry county Freeman.
Alexander B. Anderson, eldest son of Wil
liam and Isabella (Blaine) Anderson, was
born in Perry county, December 25, 1819.
His scholastic education was begun in tbe
common schools of his native county, and com
pleted by graduation from Dickinson College,
Carlisle, Pa. He immediately began reading
law with Benjamin Mclntire, Esq., was ad
mitted to the bar in April, 1846, and practiced
with distinction until he was elected associ
ate judge of Perry county, in which office he
served for five years. His term having ex
pired, he removed to his farm in Madison
township; there he was again and again elect
ed justice of the peace, filling that office for
many years. His conciliating manner made
him popular; and his information and excel
lent judgment were so fully appreciated that
persons of all classes and ages sought his ad-
rice. Alexander B. Anderson was married in
1853 to Mary Ann, daughter of William and
Elizabeth (Titzel) Lackey. Of their six chil
dren, two are deceased: Isabella (Mrs. T. H.
Butturf); and Annie E. Those surviving
are: William B.; Alexander L, of Nevada;
Charles A.; and Benjamin H. Mr. and Mrs.
Anderson were both faithful members of the

upper Presbyterian church at Blain, Perry
county; he held various offices in the church,
and was ruling elder at the time of his death.
Atrs. Anderson still resides on the homestead.
Atost of the boyhood of AAllliam B. Ander
son Avas passed on his father's farm, and after
attending the common schools and the Bloom
field Academy until he Avas twenty years of
age, he continued to be occupied with farm
ing until 1887. AteaiiAvhile, he had filled
several township offices, and in 1883, Ava3
elected justice of the peace, in Avhich capacity'
be served five years, less two months. In
April, 1888, he went west Avith the intention
of locating a land claim. Having gone as far
as Chicago, his plans underwent modification,
and he engaged with Mr. Kepner, formerly of
Peny county, to run a paper wagon. About
six months later, in October, he returned to
his home in Madison township, where he re
mained until the following spring. He then
became engaged in the business of machinery
and farming implements with his brother-in-
law, T. H. Butturf, at Newport, Perry county.
In 1891, while still employed in this business
Mr. Anderson was appointed to bis present
office, clerk of the county commissioners of
Perry county; he proved efficient and reliable,
and was re-appointed in 1894. He is a staunch
Republican. Both in business and in social
circles, Mr. Anderson is highly esteemed.

DAVID M. RHINESAIITH, Spring
township, Perry county, Pa., son of Henry
and Elizabeth (Garber) Rhinesmith, was born
December 31, 1831, near Blain, Perry county,
Pa. His father, Henry Rhinesmith, came
with his parents to Peny county from Le
high county, Pa., Avhen a small boy. He grew
to manhood and learned weaving, at which
he worked for a number of years, and after
wards became a farmer. He married Eliza
beth Garber; their children were: Margaret
(Mrs. Solomon Gutshall); John D., who died
at the age of sixty-eight years; Elizabeth, who
died single at the age of twenty-three; Susan
(Airs. Frederick Gutshall); David M.; Sam
uel, a resident of Blain; and William, of Car-
lyle, 111., who are twins; Henry, of Jackson
township; and George, a dealer in tinware
and stoves in Carlisle, Pa.
David M. Rhinesmith spent bis youth near
Blain, Perry county. He secured a fair Eng
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reaching manhood, worked for some time at
carpentry, and then became a farmer. He
lived near Blain until he was thirty years old,
and then removed to Spring township. His
life has been one of energy, activity and suc
cessful effort. He has been a successful and
popular landlord, as well as a prosperous
farmer. He has kept hotel at different times
in Blain, Landisburg and NeAV Bloomfield.
In the latter place he was landlord, first of the
Mansion House, and more recently of the
• Perry House, which was rebuilt in 1895, and
the name changed to the Hotel Rhinesmith;
it is now owned and carried on by his son, H.
B. Rhinesmith. Mr. Rhinesmith's services
have for years been in demand as an auc
tioneer; he has probably sold more property
at public sale than any other man in the
county. Whatever he has undertaken, he
has made a success of, combining energy and
enterprise with a genial and sociable disposi
tion that has won for him a veritable legion
of friends. In the spring of 1897, he re
turned to his fine farm of nearly 400 acres in
Spring township, to the care and cultivation
of which he now devotes his attention.
Mr. Rhinesmith is an earnest Democrat.
In 1871, he was elected sheriff of Peny
county; he served one term, and was an effi
cient and popular officer.
David M. Rhinesmith was married March
14, 1854, to Sarah, daughter of John Smith,
of Mannsville, Perry county, Pa. Their chil
dren are: Charles W., editor of the Shelby
county Republican, Harlan, Shelby county,
la.; James, who died at the age of seventeen
months; Annie, at home; Sallie (Mrs. George
Crozier), of Carlisle, Pa.; and Harry B., of
New Bloomfield. Mrs. Rhinesmith, who is
a most estimable lady, is a member of the Re
formed church.
Harry B. Rhinesmith, youngest child of
David M. and Sarah Rhinesmith, was born in
Blain, Perry county, Pa., March 2, 1867. His
education Avas acquired in the common schools
and in the Bloomfield Academy. He early
acquired a practical knowledge of the hotel
business as a clerk from his father, for whom he
worked until the spring of 1895, when he pur
chased from him the old Perry House. This
he rebuilt and remodeled throughout, and
changed its name to the Hotel Rhinesmith.
It is now one of the best hotel properties in
Perry county. Mr. Rhinesmith enjoys a well

deserved reputation as a first-class landlord
and is exceedingly popular with the traveling
public. On March 15, 1892, Mr. H. B.
Rhinesmith was married to Miss F. H.
Sheibley, a daughter of Hon. David H. and
Matilda Sheibley, of Spring township. They
have one daughter, Anna Ernestine, born
March 3, 1896. Mr. Rhinesmith is an ardent
Democrat, but has not held public office. He
is a member of Mackinaw Lodge, No. 380, I.
0. O. F., and has passed all the chairs.

SAMUEL H BECK, New Bloomfield,
Perry county, Pa., a native of Perry county,
was born January 24, 1848; he is a son of
Christian and Eliza (Shull) Beck. His grand
parents on the paternal side were of German
descent; the grandfather died at the age of
eighty-two. Mr. Beck's paternal grandpar
ents were English by birth, and came to this
country in early life; Mr. Shull was a black
smith. Their children were: Thomas, de
ceased; Abraham, deceased; Elijah, de
ceased; Margaret, widow of C. Hoover; and
Chauncey M.; the last two reside at Lewis-
town, Mifflin county, Pa. Mr. Beck's father,
Christian Beck, was born in Lebanon county,
Pa. He early learned the business of tailor
ing, and, coming to Perry county while a
young man, canied on his business there for
many years. In whatever place be resided,
he proved a worthy and useful citizen, and
soon obtained the good will and confidence of
the citizens. He was for many years justice
of the peace, both in Mifflin and in Perry coun
ties. He removed to Reading in 1868, and
continued in business there for the remainder
of his life. Mr. Beck married Eliza, daughter
of Abraham and Elizabeth Shull. Their chil
dren are; Margaret, who died in 1850; Clara,
died July 4, 1862, aged eleven years; Chaun
cey, died in 1855, aged two years; Elizabeth
(Mrs. E. L. Gillette); Samuel H; and Wil
liam, residing in New York. Christian Beck
died May 22, 1875, aged fifty-six years and
six months; his wife survived him until March
20, 1884, when she died at the age of sixty-
five. Both were consistent members of the
Presbyterian church.
Samuel II. Beck Avas educated partly in
Ohio, where the family resided for a very
short time during his early youth, and partly
in the schools of Pennsylvania. He finished
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Perry county. He was then clerk in a gen
eral store at McVeytown, Mifflin county, Pa.,
for about four months. Then came the days
of the Rebellion, when the patriotic Ameri
can boy could scarcely restrain his eagerness
to be at the front, fighting for the Union,
"raUying round the flag." Samuel H. Beck
was but sixteen when he enlisted, in July,
1864, and was enrolled in Company G, One
Hundred and Ninety-fourth Pennsylvania
Volunteers. He served one hundred days,
and was honorably discharged, November 9,
1864. His first employment after his duty
to his country had been discharged, was in the
store of Joseph Abram, of New Bloomfield,
an engagement which lasted two years. The
next was with the well-known and genial
Frank Mortimer, and lasted six years. He
then gave two years to perfecting himself in
tailoring, which he had partially learned with
his father before the war, and at the end of
those two years, returned to Air. Alortimer,
with whom he now remained five years. From
1879 to 1880, Atr. Beck was traveling sales
man for the wholesale house of J. H. Long
& Co., of Philadelphia. He then bought out
the coach-making establishment of Stouffer
& Crist, in New Bloomfield, and carried on
that business for five years. During that time
he was appointed deputy sheriff of Perry
county, in which capacity he served five years.
In the fall of 1884, Mr. Beck sold out his
coach shop, and again became a traveling
salesman, representing tbe MaysAdlle Shoe Co. ;
the engagement was broken off by tbe failure
of the company in 1 8 8 9 . Mr . Beck then lived
retired for a short time. In 1880, he was ap
pointed to fill out an unexpired term as justice
of the peace at New Bloomfield, and in 1882,
he was elected to that office for a term of five
years. Before the term had expired, he went
to Bedford county, Pa., to assume the charge
of the office of B. Green & Co., as head
clerk; this was in December, 1886, and he
remained until September, 1887. In the
mean time, his term as justice of the peace at
New Bloomfield having expired, the voters
of that borough, fully assured of bis return,
re-elected him without bis knowledge, so that
on coming home, he had but to step into the
old familiar routine. He served as magistrate
in all about twelve years. He also held tbe
office of deputy register and recorder for five
years. From 1889 to 1893, Air. Beck served

tbe Perry County Railroad Company as gen
eral agent; be was then promoted to superin
tendent of the road, which position he stUl
holds. All connected with the road, officials
and employees of every degree, hold Air. Beck
in high esteem; his faithful and efficient ser
vices are rewarded with full confidence. He
has for many years been an active member of
the I. 0. 0. F., the K. of P., and of Sergeant
John Jones Post, No. 448, G. A. R.
Samuel H. Beck was first manied in Alay,
1868, to Margaret, daughter of Samuel and
Elizabeth (Shuler) Roath; their children were
two daughters, Annie and Alary. Airs. Mar
garet Beck died January 29, 1875, aged
twenty-six. On June 6, 1876, Air. Beck was
manied to Rebecca Roath, sister of his first
wife. Their children are : Clara, died in Oc
tober, 1893, aged six years; Blanche; Alice;
Marian; Howard; Catherine; and Sarah.
Mr. Beck's family are members of the Metho
dist church.

PROF. E. H. BRYNER, county superin
tendent of schools, and a resident of New
Bloomfield, is a native of Perry county, Pa.
His great-grandfather, John Bryner, was a
native of Northampton, and while yet a
young man became one of the first set
tlers of Aladison township, and later a
resident of Toboyne toAvnship, Cumber
land county, Pa., where he passed the re
mainder of his life and died on the old
homestead in 1842. Joseph Bryner, son
of John Bryner, and grandfather of Prof.
E. II. Bryner, was born on the homestead at
Sandy HUl, Toboyne township-, Cumberland
county, in 1798. At the death of his father
he succeeded to the home farm, which he cul
tivated for many years and finally sold. He
died at the home of his son, George AL Bryner,
in 1879, his wife having died in 1850. He
was the father of thirteen chUdren. George
At. Bryner, father of Professor Bryner, was
bom in Atadison township, Perry county,
April 9, 1832. His education was acquired
in the common schools. He remained on the
farm until he was eighteen years of age, when
he went to Ickesburg to learn the blacksmith's
trade. He later married and afterwards re
sided and for eight years conducted a smithy
in Elliottsburg. Desiring to open a shop on
a larger scale, he removed to Cisneys Run, in
Perry county, where he has since resided. In

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August, 1864, he enlisted in the Two Hun
dred and Eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Vol
unteers, in the company of Captain McKee-
han, and with this regiment was assigned to
the Ninth Army Corps, in which he served
until the close of the war. He manied Fanny
Peck; their children are: Theodore M.,
blacksmith at Cisneys Run, Pa.; Albert K.,
foreman, in Perry county, and county com
missioner; NeAvton, a graduate in medicine
of the University of NeAV York, who died at
Cisneys Run; Elmer E., died in infancy, at
EUiottsburg; Prof. E. H. ; and Ira L., super
intendent of the Cumberland county schools.
Prof. E. H. Bryner Avas born at EUiotts
burg, Perry county, Pa., February 13, 1864.
He pursued the regular course in the public
schools, and in 1887 entered the Millersville
State Normal School, from which he. was
graduated in the class of 1890. Prior to his
graduation from the normal school, he had
been engaged in teaching in the schools of
Perry and Lancaster counties. For three
years after his graduation he continued teach
ing in the schools of Lancaster county, spend
ing the last year of this period in the high
school at Maytown. His next engagement
was at Newport, Avhere he served as principal
of the schools for three years, and on the 1st
of September, 1896, he was appointed county
superintendent by Dr. N. C. Schaeffer, State
Superintendent of Public Schools. Mr. Bry
ner is a gold standard Republican.
Professor Bryner was married at Maytown,
Lancaster county, Pa., June 6, 1893, to Miss
Minerva Brandt, daughter of Samuel and Ma
ria (Stauffer) Brandt; their children are: Gail
Leone, who died in infancy; and Helen. He
is actively interested in all church matters, as
a consistent member of the Presbyterian de
nomination.

AMOS HAIR, New Bloomfield, Perry
county, Pa., was born January 11, 1864, son
of David and Ellen (Sweger) Hair, both na
tives of Peny county. They Avere manied
in 1853; Mrs. David Hair is a daughter of
George and Mary Sweger. They now reside
in Carroll townsbip, Perry county, where Mr.
Hair is engaged in farming. Both are mem
bers of the Methodist church; Mr. Hair has
been for a long time an office-bearer in the
church; he Avas steward and treasurer for
many years, and is noAv a trustee. Of their

thirteen children, nine are deceased: Mary;
Daniel; John; Henrietta; Sarah; Annie;
Clara; Alice; and Emma. Those surviving
are: Amos; Hany AL; William AV.; and
Adam F.
Brought up on a farm, and familiar with
the work of cultivation, Amos Hair received
also a good plain education in the common
schools, Avhich he attended until he was eight
een. For three years from that time he
worked on one of the neighboring farms, and
then, having attained his majority, he thought
to try his fortune in the "great west." In
1885 he went to Ohio, and remained there
seven months; then further west, as far as
Illinois, where he was occupied for a short
time, and then decided to return to the east.
On his Avay he stopped in Ohio, and was em
ployed in farming there for a year, coming to
New Bloomfield at last in the fall of 1888.
In the following spring Mr. Hair embarked
in tbe mercantile business, which has pros
pered so well that he has carried it on ever
since. In 1891, he built a spacious and con
venient residence and store on the corner of
Carlisle street, in Ne-Av Bloomfield, where he
does a large and steadily increasing business.
His success is due to his careful attention to
the wants of his patrons, and his judicious and
strictly honorable business methods. In addi
tion to this establishment, Mr. Hair in 1893
opened a livery stable, one of the finest and
best equipped places of the kind, well pro
vided with buggies and other conveyances for
pleasure driving, and with well trained saddle
horses. Reasonable charges, and the presence
of all the latest adjuncts for convenience and
utility, make Mr. Hair's establishment a pop
ular one. His patrons include many business
men, farmers and professional men; and all
are sure of gentlemanly and obliging treat
ment. In 1892, Mr. Hair was elected auditor
of the township, and served for three years.
In 1895, he was elected justice of the peace
of New Bloomfield, and still holds that posi
tion. He is a staunch Republican. He be
longs to Mackinaw Lodge, No. 380, 1. 0. 0. F.
Amos Hair was manied, July 28, 1889, to
Anna V., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
B. Matlack. Their children are: David Stan
ley; and Leslie E. The family are members
of the Alethodist Episcopal church.
The ancestry of Atrs. Hair in America is
traceable to AAllliam Matlack, Avho emigrated

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to the New World, from Cropsell Bishop, Not
tinghamshire, England, in tbe ship "Kent,"
Capt. George Marlow, in company with Dan
iel Wills and Thomas Olive. This ship came
to Sandy Hook, near Perth Amboy, and
thence to Chester on the Delaware, arriving
June 14, 1677. Here the immigrants left the
ship, and went up the river to the settlement
now called Burlington. The "Kent" was the
second ship that brought settlers to New Jer
sey. William Matlack, being a carpenter,
built the first and second houses in the city
of Burlington. After having served four
years with Thomas Olive, he manied Afary
Hancock, who came with her brother, Timothy
Hanock, in the ship "Paradise," Captain
Evele. They arrived Alarch 7, 1781. Wil
liam Matlack s mother came from Brayles, in
Warwickshire, England. AAllliam settled on
the south side of Penshawkin creek in Burling
ton. The foregoing account of his coming to
America and settlement at Burlington, Avas
given in 1728 by William Aiatlack to one of
his children. He had six sons and three
daughters, and he lived to see his youngest
daughter the mother of seven children. The
children of William and Mary (Hancock)
Matlack were as follows: John, who manied
Hannah Homer in 1709, and whose second
wife was Mary Lee; Timothy, who married
Mary Haines, in 1720, and Avhose second Avife
was Mrs. Martha Haines, who had one son,
Beuben Haines, born in 1728, by her first
marriage; George, Avho manied Mary Foster,
in 1709, and his second wife, Mary fiancock,
in 1729; William, who manied Ann Antrim,
and settled on the patrimonial estate ; Joseph,
who married Rebecca Haines, in 1722, and
settled at Goshen, Pa.; Richard, who mar
ried Rebecca Haines, in 1721, and his second
wife, Mary Cole, in 1745, and settled near
Haddonfield; Mary M., who married Jona
than Haines, in 1731, and Avhose second hus
band was Daniel Morgan; Jane Al. (Mrs. Ir
vin), manied in 1710, and settled in Chester
county, Pa.; and Sarah AL (Mrs. Carlisle
Haines Everhard), married in 1721.
Timothy Matlack, third child of William
Matlack, whose wife was Mary, a daughter of
Richard and Mary Haines, Avas the father of
the following children : Priscilla, who married
Isaac Wanen, in 1739, and whose second hus
band was John BroAvn; Letitia, who manied

Samuel Alichle, in 1742, and whose second
husband Avas Thomas Flinchman; Ascha, who
married Job Siddon, in 1744; Obi, supposed
to have died unmanied; and Timothy, who
married the widow of Josiah Haines, a daugh
ter of Henry and Elizabeth Burr, in 1730.
Their children Avere: Timothy, born April
20, 1734, in Haddonfield; Titus; Seth; Jo
siah; AVhite; Alarius; Alary; Tauxper, Avho
settled in AW York; Sybil (Airs. David
Cooper) ; and Elizabeth (Airs. John Chandler).
Timothy Aiatlack, as shoAvn by Friends' cer
tificate, February 12, 1740, moved from Had
donfield to Philadelphia, where his son Tim
othy and bis second Avife Avere married in the
Friends' meeting house, November 5, 1758.
She Avas a Aliss Ellen Yarnall, daughter of
Atordecai Yarnall. Their children Avere : Wil
liam B., Avho married Hannah Cornwall, in
August, 1759; Atordecai, who does not ap
pear to have ever married; Sybil, who mar
ried Ataria Jostrech, in 1764; Catherine (Airs.
AVilliam Alunay); and Ataria (Atrs. Guy
Bryan). Timothy, the father, served as a
colonel in the Revolutionary war, and AVil
liam B., the eldest son, served on a privateer
during the same straggle. He was captured
by the British, taken to London as a prisoner,
and there confined in a dungeon, where he con
tracted rheumatism in the limbs, from the ef
fects of which he was a cripple for the rest
of his life.
The children of AVilliam B. and Hannah
(CornAvalt) Aiatlack Avere: Timothy, born
February 11, 1788, died in October, 1839,
unmanied; James, born February 14, 1791,
married Elizabeth Reestine, and their chil
dren Avere, T. C, John AVilliam, James, Guy,
Thomas, Joseph, Samuel B., father of Mrs.
Hair, and Louise.
Samuel B. Aiatlack, the father of Airs.
Amos Hair, was a native of Philadelphia. His
wife, Alary Ann Fry, Avas born February 13,
1832, in Perry county, Pa., and died Novem
ber 21, 1875. Air. Aiatlack is now a resident
of Aurora, 111. One of their children, Alary
Elizabeth, is deceased; those living are:
Louisa (Airs. C. Hamish), ShiremanstoAvn,
Pa. ; Timothy, Lake View, la. ; Martha (Mrs.
Benjamin Hamish), AATaterman, 111. ; Emma,
a widow, residing in Chicago, 111. ; Annie V.
(Airs. Amos Hair), New Bloomfield, Pa. ; and
James G, a resident of Aurora, 111.

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HENRY MEYERS, New Bloomfield,
Peny county, Pa., was born in York county
Pa., February 11, 1829. He is a son of Dan
iel and Margaret (Swanger) Meyers. His pa
ternal great-grandfather, George Meyers,
came from Germany to America when a young
man, and settled in Lancaster county, Pa.,
where he manied. In 1810, he removed to
York county and engaged in farming. His
son, George Meyers, grandfather of Mr.
Henry Aleyers, was born in Lancaster
county and removed with his parents to York
county. He married a Aliss Kreider; only
two of their ten children are now living : Cath
erine, widow of Joseph Eshelfeldter; and
Samuel, a resident of Ohio. Those deceased
are: Jacob; John; George; Daniel; Nancy;
Fanny; Elizabeth; and Lydia. George Mey
ers died in March, 1838, aged sixty-four years.
His wife died in 1864, aged eighty. Mr.
Meyers was a member of the Mennonite
church, in which he was for many years a
deacon. Mrs. Meyers was a member of the
German Reformed church. Their son, Dan
iel Meyers, was born in York county. He was
a cooper and farmer, working at the former
business in the winter and the latter in the
summer. He was an intelligent and indus
trious man, finding time and opportunity not
only for his own two-fold occupation, but also
for some attention to tbe affairs of the com
munity, by which he Avas chosen to fill some
township offices, serving as supervisor and for
several years as tax callector. Daniel Meyers
was twice manied. His first wife was Mar
garet Swanger. Her parents, who were life
long residents of Cumberland county, are both
deceased. Mr. Swanger died in July, 1841,
aged eighty-four. Two sisters, Susan and An
nie, are also deceased. The children of Daniel
and Margaret Meyers were : George, who died
in 1857, aged twenty-three; Henry; Sophia,
widow of George Hoffman; Daniel; John S.;
and Margaret (Mrs. David Rivers). Mrs.
Ateyers died December 27, 1855, aged fifty-
four. In 1864 Mr. Meyers married as his sec
ond wife Mrs. Esther Blank, widow of Jacob
Blank. She is now a resident of New Bloom
field. Mr. Meyers died April 13, 1875, aged
sixty-seven. Henry Meyers attended the public schools
of York county until he was sixteen years of
age. At this time, 1845, his father removed
to Perry county, where he assisted in the work

on the farm. Mr. Meyers is a Republican;
has served the township as auditor, inspector
of elections, assessor, supervisor, judge of elec
tions and school director; he was a member
of the school board for twenty years. During
the Civil war he was drafted, but paid his com
mutation and did not enter the army, his farm
and his family requiring his presence at home.
On October 24, 1852, Mr. Ateyers was mar
ried to Margaret, daughter of David and Sa
rah (Hippie) Smee. Their children are: Dan
iel E. ; Maggie (Mrs. George Brunner), of Il
linois; AVilliam; John A.; Addie (Mrs. Jacob
Pottiger); Hiram; Edward G. ; Harry H;
Atay J.; Wilson H, who died at the age of
two; and Sarah E., aaIio died at the age of
five. Mr. Meyers and family are members of
the Alennonite church. Mr. Meyers' farm, on
which he has resided since 1864, is a part of
the old family homestead of his father. It is
well improved and carefully cultivated and is
one of the best farms in the county.

DANIEL MEYERS, New Bloomfield,
Perry county, Pa., was born in York county,
Pa., July 27, 1832, and is a son of Daniel and
Margaret (Swanger) Meyers. In his youth he
attended the common schools, first of York
and afterwards of Perry county, and between
the terms acquired a practical knowledge at
home of both farming and coopering. After
leaving school, he continued to work on the
farm with his father until he was twenty-three
years old, and then for two years longer, on
wages. He was about twenty-five when he
married. In the spring of 1876 he removed
to the farm on which he now lives, and which
he cultivated until 1883, when he retired from
active business. Besides giving the careful
attention to his o-Avn affairs which rendered
them prosperous, Mr. Ateyers has served the
township as tax collector for one year, and has
also been administrator and guardian for six
different families, some of them containing
several children. He has attended to the set
tlement of five assigned estates. He is a sys
tematic and accurate man of business. Dur
ing the war of the Rebellion he enlisted, first
carefully settling up all the affairs he had on
hand at the time. He was enrolled August
31, 1864, in Company G, Tavo Hundred and
Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers; after serv
ing for nine months, during which time he saw
much active and perilous service, especially

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before Petersburg, Va., he was honorably dis
charged in June, 1865, and returned to the
quiet care of his farm and family. He still
resides upon the farm, although enjoying a
life of leisure. He is a Republican, and a de
cided opponent of "free silver."
Daniel Meyers was married November 29.
1856, to Elizabeth AL, daughter of David and
Matilda (Wise) Horting. Their children are:
Annie (Airs. Benjamin Fetterhoff); Priscilla
E. (Mrs. John S. Hoffman) ; and Melinda M.
(Mrs. Jacob Powell). Mr. Meyers is of the
Mennonite persuasion.
The parents of Mrs. Meyers, David Horting
and his wife Matilda, daughter of George
Wise, were both natives of Perry county. Atr.
Horting was a farmer, and also had charge of
a saw-mill. Six of their children are deceased:
Michael; Amelia; and four infants. The sur
viving children are : Elizabeth (Mrs. Meyers) ;
Mary (Mrs. Ephraim Jones), residing at Pat
terson, Pa.; Isaiah; Julia (Mrs. William
Stall), resides in Virginia; Angeline (Mrs.
William Rice), and Adeline (Mrs. William
Nesbitt), twins; Ellen (Mrs. Charles Diener);
Emma (Mrs. Jacob Fetterhoff); and Kate
(Mrs. Hoover Jones). Mr. Horting died in
August, 1873. The venerable mother, eighty
years of age, resides in Hanisburg, Pa., with
her youngest daughter. Both parents were
members of tbe Lutheran church.

JOHN S. MEYERS, Newport, Peny
county, Pa., was born in Monaghan township,
York county, Pa., March 8, 1836. He is a son
of Daniel and Margaret (Swanger) Ateyers.
Until he reached the age of seventeen years,
John S. Meyers was a pupil in the common
schools of his township. From that time until
he was about twenty-two years of age he as
sisted in the work on his father's farm. He
then began laboring by the day, as a moun
taineer. Some time after his marriage he was
for one year engaged in the manufacture of
hoops for cooperage. In 1864, he bought the
farm upon which he now resides. It was at
that time all timberland. He afterwards
added to his farm by purchase. He cleared,
cultivated and improved it; by industry and
careful, judicious management be has made
it a very productive and valuable farm, and
a desirable home. Mr. Meyers is a contractor,
and is still doing a profitable business with
his timber. He is regarded in bis neighbor

hood as an active and reliable man, and has
been chosen for several toAvnship offices, in
spector, judge of elections and supervisor, all
the duties of which he has faithfully and ef
ficiently performed. He belongs to the Re
publican party.
John S. Meyers was manied, September 17,
1857, to Catherine, daughter of John and
Leah (Gardner) Hostetter. Mrs. Meyers was
born October 2, 1837. Three of their children
are deceased: Ida, who died September 8,
1878, at the age of fourteen; Emma, died
September 19, 1878, when three years old;
and one that died in early infancy. Those
who survive are: George AV., married Cath
erine Beard; Atinnie (Atrs. Jacob Beny); Ja
cob, manied Ellen Holabaugh; John; and
Cora. The parents of Mrs. Meyers, Mr. and
Atrs. John Hostetter, Avere both natives of
Perry county. Mr. Hostetter's life-long oc
cupation was farming. His wife was Leah,
daughter of William and Catherine Gardner.
They had nine children, of whom six are liv
ing: William; Catherine (Mrs. Meyers); Ro
sanna (Aire. Jonas Null); John; Joseph; and
Elizabeth (Airs. David Stutzman). Those de
ceased are: Abraham; Jacob; and George.
The father Avas killed on tbe railroad near
Newport, January 2, 1871, aged sixty years.
His wife died January 9, 1880. They were
members of tbe Reformed church.
George AV. Meyers, eldest son of John S.
Meyers, is a telegraph operator in the employ
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company sta
tioned at Rope Ferry tower; he resides near
Newport, Perry county, Pa.
WILLIAM EMERICH, New Bloomfield,
Perry county, Pa., is a native of Northumber
land county, bom September 22, 1840. His
parents were Benjamin and Susan (Forney)
Emerich. Three generations of Emeriohs, be
ginning with John George Emerich, grand
father of William, were bom in Northumber
land county; the ancestors in the preceding
generation came there from Lancaster county.
John George Emerich, a farmer, married
Mary Ann, daughter of David and Mary
Zorteman. They had twelve children, of
whom seven are deceased: George; Rebecca;
Benjamin; Elias; Sarah; Susan; and John,
who died Febraary 16, 1896, aged seventy-
four years, one month and twenty-five days.
The survivors are: Jacob; Catherine, widow

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of John Stine; Alary, Avidow of Isaac Metz;
Joseph ; and Michael. John G. Emerich died
in 1873, aged eighty-three years and a little
more than six months; his wife died in 1876,
at the age of eighty-one years and eleven
months. Both Avere devout members of the
Lutheran church, in which Mr. Emerich was
for many years an office-bearer, first deacon
and afterwards elder. William Emerich's ma
ternal grandparents Avere Peter Forney and his
wife Catherine, a daughter of David and Paul
ine Rumbarger. Atr. Forney, a native of
Berks county, Pa., removed to Dauphin coun
ty in his youth. He was for many years a
mason, but later bought a farm, and cultivated
it up to the time of his death. His children
are: Susan, deceased; John, deceased; Cath
erine, wife of Alichael Metz; Alary, widow of
George Spotts; and Hannah, wife of Rev.
John G. Adams. Atr. and Mrs. Peter Forney
were faithful members of the Alethodist
church; the latter died in 1868, aged seventy-
nine, and the former in 1871, at the age of
ninety-three. Benjamin Emerich, the father
of William, was a native of Northumberland
county, whose life-long occupation Avas farm
ing. He died May 4, 1842, aged twenty-four
years, five months and eight days. His chil
dren are: AVilliam; and Isaac, who resides in
Northumberland county. His wife, Susan
Forney, survived him, and in 1848 was mar
ried to Adam Zorteman. She died March 19,
1894, aged seventy-four.
Being only one year and a half old when
his father died, William Emerich was brought
up by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John
G. Emerich. He attended the common schools
of his native county until he reached the
age of seventeen, after which be remained
Avith his grandfather, assisting in the cultiva
tion of the farm, until he Avas twenty-five. At
that age he was married, and has made fanning
his chief occupation. In 1888, he bought the
farm in Perry county which has ever since
been his home. Since 1895, Air. Emerich has
represented the Alassillon Atachine Company,
of Ohio. He has always been an industrious
man, with the desire and ability for acquiring
any useful handicraft; he has accordingly, by
bis OAvn exertions, become a skilful shoer of
horses, as Avell as an expert carpenter. He
adheres to the Republican party.
AVilliam Emerich's first marriage, in 1865,
AA'as to Susan, daughter of Samuel and Anna

Alary (Zorteman) Trego. Their children are:
B. Frank; Lizzie I. (Mrs. Frank Foltz);
Charles; and Samuel, who died in June, 1871,
when three months old. Mrs. Emerich, who
was a member of the Reformed church, died
April 6, 1873, aged twenty-nine years, one
month and seventeen days. Her parents, na
tives of Northumberland county, were also
members of the Reformed church. Samuel
Trego was for many years engaged in boat
ing. His wife, Anna Mary, was a daughter of
Alartin and Alary (Eisenhard) Zorteman.
Seven of their children are deceased: Alary;
Sarah; John; Sophia; Isaac; Louisa; and
Susan; the only surviving one is Eliza J.
(Atrs. Henry Witmer). Both Mr. and Mrs.
Trego are deceased.
The second marriage of William Emerich,
to Jane, daughter of David and Elizabeth
(Kell) Stambaugh, took place June 12, 1875.
Two of their children died in infancy, one of
them, Sarah, when only seventeen days old.
The others are: Clara G.; Alartha M.; Cal
vin Luther; Katie C. ; and Arden Vestal. Mrs.
Jane Emerich's paternal grandparents were
natives of Berks county, Pa., and had a famdy
of eleven children; her grandparents on the
maternal side were born in York county, and
had ten children. Both grandfathers were
farmers, and all lived to an advanced age.
Airs. Emerich's father, David Stambaugh, was
also a farmer, and he and his wife were natives
of Perry county. Seven of their fourteen chil
dren are deceased: Mary; Martin; Caroline;
Sarah; Ellen L. ; Henry; and Margaretta.
Those living are: Catherine (Mrs. Jacob
Shearer); Julia (Mrs. David Reeder); Jacob,
married Catherine Louchman; John, married
Henrietta Bellman; David, married Martha
Ernest ; Jane (Mrs. Emerich) ; and Anna Belle
(Mrs. David Reapsomer). Mrs. David Stam
baugh died in 1858; she was a member of the
Reformed church. Mr. Stambaugh belonged
to the Lutheran church, in Avhich he served as
an elder. He died in 1886, at .the age of eigh
ty-two-.

CHARLES TRESSLER, New Bloomfield,
Peny county, Pa., a son of David and Cather
ine (Ensminger) Tressler, was born April 25,
1858. He is a native of Perry county, as
were his parents also. David Tressler, his
grandfather, was born in Berks county, Pa.,
and came to Perry county early in life, set-

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1033

tling in the northern part of tbe county. He
was a blacksmith, but afterwards turned his
attention to farming, and purchased and cul
tivated the farm which is still the homestead
of the family. He was an honored and
tmsted citizen; for a number of years he was
coroner of Perry county, and later justice of
the peace. He married Aliss Bernheisel; three
of their children are deceased : Rebecca, died
at the age of sixty-seven; Catherine (Airs.
John Dunn) ; and Solomon. Those now liv
ing are: John; Samuel; David; Elizabeth,
widow of George Leonard; Susan, avLIoav of
David Billett; Andrew; William; George;
and Sarah J. (Airs. George Billett), of
Springfield, 0. Air. and Atrs. David Tressler
are both deceased; they were members of the
Lutheran church and Avere intened in the Lu
theran cemetery at Loysville. David Ens-
minger, Charles Tressler's maternal grand
father, was a farmer, and came to Perry
county at an early day to locate a land claim.
He took up land near Dellsville, which at that
time was a wilderness. Clearing and gradu
ally improving his chosen tract, he succeeded
in making of it a fine and profitable farm;
none more desirable as a home or as an invest
ment could be found in the township. David
Ensminger married Barbara Afessenger, of
Cumberland county. Their only child now
living is Mrs. Tressler; those deceased are:
David, died in July, 1892; Henry, died in
Ohio; and George. Mr. and Airs. Ensminger
were both members of the Lutheran church;
Air. Ensminger died about 1860; his wife
in August, 1876, aged seventy-seven years;
both died on the homestead.
David Tressler, Jr., the father of Charles
Tressler, is a farmer, and now cultivates the
farm adjoining tbe homestead, on which his
son resides. He is a gentleman of known in
telligence and fidelity, to whom more than
one important trust has been committed, in
the church and in the community. He has
held for several years each, the offices of su
pervisor and school director in the township;
has settled up many estates, as administrator,
and is now in charge of the settlement of the
Ensminger estate; and in the Lutheran church,
of which he and his wife are members, he has
for years been deacop, and is now also trustee.
The children of David and Catherine (Ens
minger) Tressler are: Charles; Margaret

(Airs. Oharies Fritz); Emma (Airs. Albert
AleKee); John W., married to Jessie L.
Owens, and resides in Victor, Col. ; Catherine,
widow of James Brindle ; Lillie; Mary E., wife
of AAllliam Kell, attorney-at-laAv, of New
Bloomfield; David A.; Elmer R.; Ellen R.;
Laura ; and one that died in infancy.
Charles Tressler was educated in the pub
lic schools and the academy at NeAV Bloom
field. From his majority until the age of
twenty-five, he Avorked on the home fann Avith
his father; he then began farming for him
self on the place Avhich is now his home. He
is a skilful and diligent farmer, whose land ii
Avell tilled and productive. Air. Tressler has
held more than one position of responsibility;
he is a Republican in sentiment; while by no
means an office-seeker, he has been elected in
spector of elections for his township, auditor
for three years, and tax collector for one year.
In 1881, he was elected to tbe school board,
on AA'hich he served three years; and in 1896,
he was made supervisor, for a term which has
not yet expired.
Charles Tressler Avas manied, December
21, 1882, to Ellen AL, daughter of John and
Sarah (Comp) Shearer. Their children are:
William B.; Alary A.; and Frank A. Airs.
Tressler died July 23, 1895, at the age of
forty-one. She was a consistent member of
the Lutheran church, to which her husband
also belongs, and in Avhich he exercises the
office of deacon.
John Shearer, Atrs. Tressler's father, was
bom in Peny county, October 2, 1813. He
was a mason; for a number of years be was
engaged in tanning, and later in life turned
his attention to farming; at the time of his
death, in September, 1891, he had retired
from active business. His wife, Sarah, was
the daughter of Air. and Airs. Andrew Comp;
their children are: Andrew, died in October,
1894; John W., died in infancy; AVilson, died
in 1873; Ellen (Airs. Tressler), deceased;
Alary Ann (Airs. Henry Biseline); Eliza
(Airs. LeAvis Haver); Sarah Jane (Airs. Ezra
E. Fleischer); Willard; and Dr. A. L.
Shearer, residing at Duncannon. Airs.
Shearer, who, in spite of having almost
reached her eightieth birthday, enjoys good
health, resides with her son-in-law, Mr. Tress
ler. She is a faithful member of the Lutheran
church.

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SAMUEL D. SHUAIAKER, Newport,
Perry county, Pa., was born April 20, 1854,
in Perry county. He is a son of Henry and
Margaret (Kessler) Shumaker, also natives of
Peny county. His grandfather, Henry Shu
maker, was a native of Berks county, Pa., who
came to Perry county in early life, and was
a farmer. He married Miss Sitler; their
only surviving child is Henry Shumaker, Jr.,
father of Samuel D. Both of the grandpar
ents lived to a venerable age, and passed their
last clays in the home of their son Henry.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kessler, maternal grand
parents of Mr. S. D. Shumaker, were among
the early settlers of this region. Air. Kessler
was a farmer. Their children are: Maria,
deceased; Adam, deceased; Michael, de
ceased; George, left home in his youth, and
has never been heard from; Margaret (Mrs.
Shumaker); Elizabeth (Mrs. George Stam
baugh); David; and Andrew. Henry Shu
maker, the younger, has led from his boyhood
the industrious and useful life of a farmer, and
is noAv enjoying well-earned leisure, both he
and his wife still residing on the fann. Of
their family of ten sons and two daughters, two
are deceased: Henry, who died in September,
1882; and Peninna, who died Avhile an infant.
The others are: Mary (Mrs. Samuel Long);
Elizabeth (Mrs. Daniel Minnich); Samuel
D. ; Luther M. ; Peter H. ; John L. ; Margar-
etta I. (Mrs. Charles Kistler); and Andrew
S. Henry Shumaker has been an active
worker in the community and the church, as
Avell as in his business. He has served the
township as supervisor and school director,
and the county as commissioner. He has been
deacon in the Lutheran church, of which be
and his wife are members.
The early years of Samuel D. Shumaker
were passed in attendance at the common
schools, and work on the home farm. Af
ter leaving school, he continued to work for
different fanners until he was twenty-one
years old. In 1878, he went west, and spent
about seven years. He was engaged in farm
work for a year in Illinois, besides six months
which he passed in Chicago; in Tennessee,
he was for about three months engaged in va
rious kinds of labor; but most of the time was
spent in Ohio, where he remained five years,
principally occupied with farming. Samuel
D. Shumaker was married, December 28,
1880, in Newport, Peny county, Pa., Avhere

he arrived that day, to Martha J., daughter
of Philip Reis, a native of Perry county.
Mr. Reis was in his younger days both black
smith and farmer; the latter vocation he fol
lowed all his life. Eight children of Mr. and
Mrs. Reis are living: Elizabeth, widow of
John Sunday; Henry; Margaret (Mrs. Nich
olas Resinger); Philip; Jacob; Mary Ellen;
Martha J. (Airs. Shumaker) ; and Levi. Both
parents are deceased; Mr. Reis died in 1889.
They were members of the Lutheran church,
as are also Air. and Mrs. Samuel D. Shu
maker.

EUGENE G. SHOAVVAKER, Manns-
ville, Perry county, Pa., is a son of Jacob R.
and Anna Elizabeth (Bradfield) Showvaker,
and was born in Chester county, Pa., April 9,
1857. His grandfather, Charles Showvaker,
was of German descent, and was born in
Atontgomery county, Pa., December 17,
1789. His marriage took place December
18, 1813, to Annie Reaver, born Febru
ary 16, 1795. Their children were: Isaiah;
Samuel; Susan (Mrs. John Bergh); Margar-
etta (Mrs. William Ginnodo); Jacob R.;
John; Charles and Reiter, twins; Hester M.
(Mrs. Samuel J. Hill), of Kent county, Md. ;
Sarah Ann (Mrs. Benjamin Phiffer), of Phil
adelphia; and Elizabeth (Mrs. Alfred
Springer). Of this numerous family, the lady
last named and John are now the only living
members. Charles Showvaker died August
23, 1857, at the age of sixty-eight; his wife
survived him until January 10, 1868. In
early life both were members of the Lutheran,
in later years of the Methodist church.
Abner Bradfield, maternal great-grand
father of Eugene G. Showvaker, was of Eng
lish descent, a native of Montgomery county,
Pa., and inherited those robust qualities of
character which win for their possessor suc
cess and the respect of his fellows. He was
intelligent and thrifty, and became a useful
and valued citizen. His father was a native
of England, who came to America about the
time of the Penns, but it is not known where
he first settled. At the time of the birth of
Abner, he appears to have been a resident of
Montgomery county. He married Phoebe
West; their children are: William; Samuel;
Isaac; Mahlon; John; and Rachel (Mrs. John
Scheaffer). Abner Bradfield and his wife

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both attained to a good old age. They were
of the Society of Friends, and brought up
their children in that staid and peaceful
faith. Their son, John Bradfield, was a na
tive of Montgomery county, born October
17, 1783. He was all his life engaged in the
business of agriculture, except during three
years, when he conducted a hotel. He was
manied, September 12, 1807, to Elizabeth,
daughter of John and Mary (McFadden)
Byeriy. Elizabeth Byeriy was born in Doyles-
town, Bucks county, July 23, 1789, and like
Mr. Bradfield, was brought up a Friend. Two
of their children did not live beyond their in
fancy; George W., was born in 1808, and
died in 1888, in his eightieth year; Harriet,
born in 1810, died in March, 1845, aged
thirty-five years, was tbe wife of Jonathan
Baldwin; Thomas C, bom July 23, 1812;
Priscilla, born in 1814, died in April, 1846,
aged thirty-two, was the wife of Charles Car
penter; Alfred, born in October, 1818;
James F., born July 23, 1820, died in Novem
ber, 1891, at the age of seventy-one; John B.,
born in November, 1824; and Anna E. (Mrs.
J. R. Showvaker), March 8, 1829. The
father, John Bradfield, died May 20, 1841,
aged sixty-two; his wife survived him more
than twenty years, dying March 5, 1864, at
the venerable age of seventy-five.
Jacob R. Showvaker was born February
20, 1820, in the suburbs of Philadelphia. He
received a common school education, and af
terwards learned cooperage with his father;
he worked at his trade for about twen
ty years, and was for three years in the
grocery business in Philadelphia; but after
coming to Peny county, he gave his attention
exclusively to fanning. The volunteer fire
department of Philadelphia, during the earl
ier part of the present century, was composed
of stalwart and public-spirited young men
of the best families, and was a very service
able and highly esteemed organization; to it
Mr. Showvaker belonged, as a member of the
Diligent Hose Company, and often in
dulged in pleasant reminiscences of his
comrades, and of the many thrilling scenes
through which he had passed with them.
The family to which he belonged was much
respected in the city and vicinity, and is con
nected by more than one intermarriage with
the most substantial class. Jacob R. Show
vaker was married, July 3, 1844, to Anna

Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth
(Byeriy) Bradfield, and had children: James
R.; Josephine B. (Mrs. James Lewis), of
Philipsburg, Pa.; Eugene G.; Anna E. (Mrs.
George B. Shields), of Shippensburg, Pa.;
and Henry C, married Anna E. Harper. In
the fall of 1855, Atr. and Mrs. J. R. Show
vaker removed to Chester county, and in 1859
to Toboyne township, Perry county, where
Atr. Showvaker continued farming until 1893,
and then removed to Centre township. He was
for more than twelve years in the Toboyne
township school board, and was also supervisor
and judge of elections. During his residence
in Philadelphia, Mr. Showvaker became a
member of the Disciples of Christ, and was
for some time sexton of the church. Although
far from his church, he still retained his mem
bership until his death; this oecumed January
28, 1896, in Centre township; his age was
seventy-two years, eleven months and eight
days. Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Showvaker, now
over sixty-eight years of age, resides with her
son, Eugene G. She', too, holds her cherished
membership) in the congregation of Disciples
of Christ in Philadelphia.
Being only two years of age when the
family removed to Toboyne township, Eu
gene G. Showvaker passed all his boyhood
there, and received his education in the com
mon schools. He Avorked for his father on
the farm Avithout interruption until he was
nineteen years old; he then passed a year in
learning the business of milling, after which
he went back to agricultural work, and has
made it his occupation ever since, except dur
ing 1883-4, when he Avas running an express
wagon between NeAvport and New German-
town. At the same time, he was proprietor
of a confectionery store, his industrious young
wife assisting him by taking charge of the
store during his absence. But in 1885, he
had returned to the plough, and they have
since that time resided upon the farm, with in
creasing prosperity.
Eugene G. Showvaker Avas married, Feb
ruary 9, 1882, to Annie J., daughter of Jacob
and Sarah (Snyder) Rickard, natives of Peny
county. Air. Rickard is a saddler, and is act
ively employed at his business. He is well
known and well regarded in his neighborhood;
was for many years postmaster at Loysville,
Perry county, and was justice of the peace
for fifteen years, having been three times

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elected. He still resides in Loysville. Jacob
Rickard Avas married, May 25, 1847, to Sarah,
daughter of Jacob and Mary (Bower) Snyder.
They had ten children; three are deceased:
David; John; and an infant. Those surviving
are: James C; Samuel L.; Mary E. (Atrs.
Joseph D. Kistler); Benjamin F., of Lewis
toAvn, Mifflin county, Pa.; Annie J. (Mrs.
ShowA'aker); and Emma H. and Sarah A.,
twins. Mr. Rickard and his wife are es
teemed members of the Reformed church at
Loysville, in which he was for many years
deacon, and has for some years past been an
elder.

JOHN RAFFENSPERGER, Mannsville,
Peny county, Pa., was born in Juniata town
ship, Peny county, Febraary 28, 1820, son
of John and Magdalena (Klinepeter) Raffens-
perger. Christian Raffensperger, bis grand
father, was of German descent, and a native
of York county; he took a double share in the
business of life, being both weaver and black
smith; an industrious and thrifty father of a
family. His children, now all deceased, were:
Christian; Peter; Martin; Rudolph; John;
David; Daniel; Catherine; and Christine.
John Raffensperger's maternal grandfather,
Adam Klinepeter, was also a native of York
county, Pa.; he was a soldier of the Revolu
tion. He manied Anna Maria Long, and had
children: Jacob; John; William; Mary;
Magdalena; Elizabeth; and Sarah. All of
these are noAV deceased, as well as the grand
parents, who lived to a very advanced age.
John Raffensperger, Sr., was born in York
county in 1783. His principal trade was that
of a blacksmith, to which he devoted most of
his life; but, following his father's thrifty
example, he added to his income by butcher
ing during the winters. His wife, Magdalena
Klinepeter, was also born in York county,
in 1786. They had six sons and six daugh
ters, none of whom reached adult years, and
only one son, John, is now living. Those de
ceased are: John; Caroline; Catherine; Eliz
abeth; Mary Ann; Samuel; William; Sarah
J.; Jeremiah; Daniel; and an infant. The
father of the family died June 5, 1842, aged
fifty-nine years, six months and fifteen days;
the mother lived to see her eighty-fourth birth
day, and departed this life June 22, 1870.
They were members of the Reformed church.
Brought up on a farm, John Raffensper

ger, Jr., enjoyed only such advantages as were
afforded by the common schools of the rural
districts; but possessing one of those active
and inquiring minds that find means for im
provement in spite of discouragements, he
succeeded in acquiring a good education, and
in preparing himself to teach. He became a
schoolmaster in 1844, and taught for six con
secutive tenns, alternating the quiet work of
the schoolroom with the invigorating exer
cises of the forge. In 1839, Air. Raffens
perger removed to Centre township, where he
continued his business; in 1843, he purchased
the farm on which he now resides, and which
he cultivated prosperously until 1892. Dur
ing his active years, he served the township as
clerk, auditor, and judge of elections; in
1863, he was elected assessor, but did not serve
out his term, on account of having enlisted
for a more urgent and stirring service. In
August, 1864, he was enrolled in Company
E, Two Hundred and Eighth Pennsylvania
Volunteers; he served until the close of the
war, participating in the battles of Fort Stead-
man, and of Petersburg, and in other soldierly
service. He Avas honorably discharged in
June, 1865. At the time of his enlistment,
he had served almost nine years as justice of
the peace; his second term in that office ex
pired before he Avas discharged. Returning
to his farm, he was elected to the offices of
assessor, auditor, and school director, serving
in the last named capacity for three years.
Mr. Raffensperger's life has been one of con
stant activity, and full of varied experiences,
recollections of usefulness Avhich are calculat
ed to add much to the enjoyment of his pres
ent life.
John Raffensperger was manied May 9,
1848, to Mary, daughter of Jacob Shoemaker,
and had children: Ezra Alvin, died March
31, 1851, aged two years, one month and
eleven days; Annie G, died July 4, 1852,
aged one year, two months; and Franklin P.,
died in October, 1853, when two years old.
Mrs. Mary Raffensperger, who Avas a faithful
member of the Lutheran church, died De
cember 4, 1852, at the age of twenty-eight,
Mr. Raffensperger Avas married again, May
25, 1853, to Margaret, daughter of Andrew
and Sarah (Messemer) AicAfee. They had
four children, of whom two are living, Mary
K. (Mrs. J. IL Atorgan), resides in Illinois;
and David W., manied to Olive P. Atogel.

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Thomas J. and Jacob, twins, died, the former
in his nineteenth year, in 1872, the latter in
infancy. Mrs. Margaret Raffensperger died
May 30, 1859, aged twenty-nine years. Mr.
Raffensperger was married September 15,
1861, to Anna Catherine, daughter of David
and Catherine (Bailer) Fry. Three of their
children are deceased: Clara, who died
March 17, 1869, aged four years, eight months
and six days; Levi and Frank, twins, died in
infancy. The surviving members of the
family are: E. Ellsworth; Maggie J. (Mrs.
Ervin Fryfield); Andrew G. C; William E.;
Charles I.; Hayes B. ; Cora A.; and Alinnie
E. Mrs. Raffensperger is a member of the
Evangelical church.
David Fry, Mrs. Raffensperger's father, is
a farmer, and a native of Adams county, Pa.
His family were among the earliest settlers of
central Pennsylvania. His wife, Catharine
Bailer, was born in Cumberland county.
Their children are: Ellen (Airs. Nicholas
Bitner), deceased; Annabella, deceased; Jane
(Airs. Aaron Woods), deceased; Samuel, de
ceased; John; Catherine (Atrs. Raffensper
ger); Wesley; Andrew; Mary (Mrs. Henry
Sunday). Mrs. Fry died in the prime of life,
at the age of forty-four; her husband died in
1885, aged about sixty.

JACOB KUHN, Mannsville, Peny
county, Pa., was born in Juniata county, Pa.,
August 14, 1831, son of Jacob and Rachel
(Nipple) Kuhn. Jacob Kuhn, Sr., was a na
tive of Chester county, Pa., and was a fanner;
he removed to Peny county about 1839, and
there passed the remainder of his life, always
employed in cultivating the soil. Both he
and his wife, who was a daughter of Frederick
Nipple, were members of the Reformed
church. Their children are: Frederick and
Catherine, who died in infancy; Andrew;
Mary, widow of Levi Haulsbaugh; Jane,
widow of Abraham Snyder; William; Jacob;
John; Sidney (Mrs. Samuel Robinson);
Samuel; and Alfred. Jacob Kuhn died in
1859, aged eighty-three; Mrs. Kuhn, who
was born in Mifflin county, died in 1872, at
the age of seventy-eight.
The family became residents of Liberty
valley, in Peny county, when the younger
Jacob Kuhn was eight years old; he accord
ingly received his education in the schools of
that vicinity. After leaving school, he

was apprentice to Richard Adams, a mill
wright, for a period of tAvo years, after Avhich
he continued to be occupied in the same busi
ness until 1882, with good success. He was
before that date a resident of Aladison toAvn-
ship, but removed at that time to the farm
in Centre county which he has ever since oc
cupied and diligently cultivated, besides
carrying on successfully the business of his
mill. He has served the township for one
year as inspector of elections, and his church,
the Reformed, in various capacities. In the
congregation at Sandy Hill he was a deacon,
and was on the building committee; in the
congregation at New Bloomfield, he Avas or
dained to the office of elder.
Jacob Kuhn was first married, Alarch 1,
1855, to Angelina, daughter of  and
Catherine (Aliller) Fry. Their children are:
three who died in August, 1861; Haniet,
aged four years; Amanda A., aged three
years; and Alary Bell, aged four months; Har
rison; Alargaret N. (Mrs. Amos Garling);
Minerva (Airs. Frank Budd), her husband a
merchant of Johnstown, Pa.; Howard; Syl
vester; and Clara. Atrs. Angelina Kuhn died
November 18, 1893, aged fifty-seven years,
one month and twenty-seven days. She was
a member of the Reformed church. Both of
her parents were natives of Mifflin county;
her father was a general laborer. Atr. Fry
was for years a class-leader in the Alethodist
church, of which he and his Avife were mem
bers. They had five children, one of Avhom,
George, resides in Kansas City. Atr. Fry died
in 1871, at the age of seventy-eight. Atr.
Kuhn's second marriage, to Mrs. Nancy Long,
Avidow of Henry Long, took place June 26,
1895. The father of the second Airs. Kuhn
was born in Perry county, where he was for
many years a farmer and general merchant.
He married a Miss SAveigert, and had chil
dren, of whom the following are noAv living:
Margaret (Mrs. Jacob Flickinger); Nancy
(Airs. Kuhn); Hamilton; Ellen (Atrs. John
Onis); Amanda (Mrs. Robert Orris); Keziah
(Mrs. John Kohr). Mrs. Kuhn's parents are
both deceased. They were members of the
Reformed church, in which he was long an
elder, and also served on the building com
mittee.

J. CALVIN BAKER, New Bloomfield,
Perry county, Pa., was bom in Peny county,

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July 3, 1859, son of William and Lucy
(Reber) Baiter. The paternal grandparents
were of German descent; the grandmother's
family name Avas We-ibly. They were en
gaged in farming. Their children were:
John, deceased; Samuel, deceased; William;
James; Peter; Abraham; Joseph; Elizabeth;
and Catherine (Mrs. James Lochford). George
Reber, Mr. J. 0. Baker's maternal grand
father, was German by descent; he lived in
Perry and Cumberland counties, dying in the
latter county. His children are: William;
Benjamin; George; Lucy (Mrs. William
Baker); Annie (Mrs. Hany Sweiner); Eliza
beth, widow of Mr. Comp; and Henry, de
ceased. Mr. and Airs. William Baker are both
natives of Peny county. Mr. Baker was for
years a shoemaker, which trade he had
learned in his youth; he also engaged in
farming, and finally turned his attention to
mercantile business, at Donnallys Mills, in
Tuscarora township. He is stUl prosperously
carrying on that business. Mrs. WilUam
Baker is a daughter of George Reber; the
children of William Baker and his wife are:
Harry; Elizabeth (Mrs. William C. Leonard);
George; J. Calvin; Charles; Alice (Mrs. D.
C. Flickinger); Nora (Mrs. Frank Baser);
John W.; Priscilla (Mrs. E. Mickey); Clara
(Mrs. John Baker); and Gertrude. Both
parents' are members of the Baptist church.
J. Calvin Baker attended the common
schools until he was fifteen years old. In
1875, he went west, and there engaged in
farming for six years. He then gave a year
to the marble business, with the intention of
learning it, but resumed farming at the end
of that year, and two years later, in the winter
of 1884, returned to his native township,
bought a half interest in the mill property,
and a tract of land, upon which he has ever
since been successfully engaged in farming
and milling. He is a Republican, and has
served one year as judge of elections.
J. Calvin Baker was married, August 21,
1886, to Annie AL, daughter of John and
Mary (Weibly) Schwartz. They have two
sons: Ralph E.; and John W. Mr. Baker
belongs to the Presbyterian church, and his
wife is a member of the Reformed church.
Her father, John Schwartz, was born in
York county, Pa. He was a very successful
farmer, and in this his lifelong pursuit, has
laid up a competency for his declining years,

so that he is now enjoying well-merited rest.
During his years of activity, he served the
township as supervisor, and for three terms of
three years each, as director of the poor. He
was first married to Miss Keyser; their chil
dren were: Jonathan; George; and Jacob,
deceased. His first wife having died, Mr.
Schwartz manied Mary Weibly; their chil
dren are: David; William; Annie (Mrs.
Baker); Charles; and Elizabeth, died in 1894.
Both Mr. Schwartz and bis wife were mem
bers of the Reformed church. She is now de
ceased.

DAVID W. RAFFENSPERGER, New
Bloomfield, Perry county, Pa., was born in
Centre township, Perry county, October 19,
1857, son of John and Margaret (Mehaffie)
Raffensperger. He received a common school
education, and was brought up on a farm, ac
customed to its routine of work, and to the
labors of the forge. From the time he was
twenty until he reached his majority, he
worked with his father. After that, he took
charge of the home farm, using his father's
stock, and receiving one-third of the profits;
this arrangement lasted for six years. In
1885, the year after his marriage, he began
farming on the property of John Ken, of Sa
ville township, which he had rented; here he
continued for one year, and removed in 1886
to the farm of C. Swab, which be cultivated
for two years. In the spring of 1888, he left
Saville for Tuscarora township, taking charge
of the farm of Abraham Frey, deceased; he
cultivated this place for one year, and then
removed to Airs. Lyon's farm, in the same
township, and in the Juniata valley. In the
spring of 1890, he removed to his father-in-
laAv's farm in Centre township, and managed
it until the spring of 1894, when he removed
to the fann Avhich is his present home. In
1893, Atr. Raffensperger became agent for
the P. C. and Lewis Mfg. Co., of Catskill, N.
Y., which he still represents. He is an active
member of EUiottsburg Grange, No. 626, P.
of H. His politics are those of the "free sil
ver" division of the Republican party.
David W. Raffensperger was married De
cember 18, 1884, to Olive, daughter of Jacob
and Mary (Clouser) Mogel. Their children
are: Merwyn A.; and Leroy V. Mrs. Raff
ensperger was born January 8, 1863. Valen
tine Mogel, her grandfather, was a native of

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1041

Berks county, Pa., a carpenter, and later a
farmer. His wife, Catherine Kline, was of
the same county; in 1830, they removed from
Berks to Perry county, and continued farm
ing, which Mr. Aiogel had begun in "old
Berks." During the last years of his life, he
cultivated the farm on which Mr. and Mrs.
Raffensperger now reside. He was for several
years supervisor. He died in February,
1848, aged sixty-five; his wife survived until
1851, dying at about the same age. Four of
their children are deceased: Catherine;
David; Mary Ann (Mrs. Wilson Sauseman);
and Lucetta. The others are: Margaret
(Airs. John Wagner); Esther (Mrs. Daniel
Meyers); Elizabeth (Mrs. Michael Weaver);
Jacob; and Valentine, who resides in Iowa.
Mrs. Raffensperger's maternal grandparents,
Simon and Catherine (Hostetter) Clouser,
were of German descent, and engaged in
farming. Their children are enumerated in
the following sketch of A. H. Clouser.
Jacob Mogel, son of Valentine and Cather
ine (Kline) Mogel, was born in Berks county,
September 26, 1826. The children of Jacob
and Mary Ann (Clouser) Mogel are : Annie
Frances, died April 4, 1857; Elizabeth Alice,
died March 23, 1862; Mary Louise, died June
26_, 1865; an infant that died June 25, 1866;
Minnie Minerva, died July 1, 1870; Emma
J., (Mrs. Samuel Q. Snyder); Cyrus K.; Jes
sie M.; Olive P. (Atrs. Raffensperger); and
Carrie E. (Mrs. James Kirkpatrick). Jacob
Mogel has been continuously engaged in
farming up to the present time. He has been
chosen inspector of elections; is a Republican.
Mr. Mogel was formerly a member of the Re
formed church, was deacon, and afterwards
for several years elder; he is now an active
member of the Methodist church. His first
wife was a consistent member of the Lutheran
church; she died January 22, 1888, aged fif
ty-eight. Mr. Mogel married, on March 24,
1891, Jane A., daughter of David and Bar
bara (Clark) Miller.

A. H. CLOUSER, New Bloomfield, Perry
county, Pa., son of the late Simon and Eliza
beth (Hostetter) Clouser, was born in Centre
township, June 23, 1847. His grandfather,
Phnip Clouser, was a native of Perry county,
and a farmer. He married Miss Keener, and
their children were: Simon; Michael;
George; Mary; and Susan Jane, all of whom

are noAV deceased. Abraham Hoatetter, Mr.
A. IL Clouser's maternal grandfather, was
a native of Adams county, Pa. ; he was a far
mer, to which he added the business of burn
ing lime. He married Elizabeth Wellet;
their children were: Alary (Mrs. John Ben
der); John; George; Elizabeth; Christine
(Mrs. David Gardner); Lydia (Mrs. Henry
Souder); Abraham; Lucetta; and an infant
that died. Abraham Hostetter died at the age
of thirty-eight; his wife died aged seventy-
six; both were members of the Reformed
church. Simon Clouser, father of Mr. A. H.
Clouser, was born April 5, 1800, in Perry
county. AVhen a young man he was for a
short time engaged in shoemaking, but turned
his attention to farming, and meeting with
success, continued for the remainder of his
Ufe in that calling. He was a Democrat, and
for a few years held the office of supervisor.
His wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Abraham
and Elizabeth (Wellet) Hostetter, was born
in Adams county, Pa., May 10, 1810. Their
children are: George, died September 8,
1858, aged twenty-six years, five months and
eleven days; Mary A., deceased; John S.,
died October 21, 1861, aged twenty-five years,
one month and twelve days; Jane B., died
August 1, 1871, aged nineteen years, one
month and twenty-eight days; Elizabeth, de
ceased; Catherine (Mrs. Abraham Fleurie);
David; Cyrus; William A.; A. H; and W.
K. Simon Clouser died October 8, 1867; his
age was sixty-seven years, six months and
three days. Mrs. Clouser died May 22, 1883,
at the age of seventy-four years and eleven
days. Brought up on his father's farm, A. H.
Clouser was educated in the common schools
of his township, and after leaving school, was
from time to time engaged in assisting his
father on the farm, so long as the latter lived.
In 1870, he began farming for himself on
a part of the homestead, which he still culti
vates, and where he has his home. He has
not been engrossed with 'his own business to
the exclusion of the interests of the township,
but has filled the office of inspector of elec
tions, that of supervisor, to which he was
elected in 1883, and various other posts of
responsibility. He is a member of Bloom
field Lodge, No. 30, 1. O. O. F. A. H. Clouser
was married, January 8, 1881, to Catherine,
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roll) Garlin. Their only child is Ross K. Mr.
Clouser's family are members of the Lu
theran church.
Peter Garlin, Airs. Clouser's paternal
grandfather, was born in Perry county, and
was a farmer. He manied Miss Smith; of
their sixteen children, the following survive:
William; John; Abraham; Jonas; Daniel;
Catherine; Elijah; and Rebecca (Mrs. Charles
Dunkelberger). Peter Garlin died at the
age of eighty-five years; his wife died at
about fifty years of age. They were mem
bers of the Church of God. Mr. Carroll, the
maternal grandfather of Airs. Clouser, was al
so a farmer; he manied Catherine Miller.
Their children Avere as follows: Samuel,
died in Febraary, 1888; Sarah, deceased;
Alary, deceased; William; John; Susan (Mrs.
Leonard); Lydia; and Ann (Mrs. George
Kulp). Mr. and Mrs. Carroll are deceased,
the latter died at the age of seventy-nine. They
were members of the Lutheran church.
Mrs. Clouser's father, William Garlin, has
also been all his life engaged in cultivating
tbe soil; he added to his calling for some
years that of constructing post fences. The
children of William and Alary (Carroll) Gar
lin are: Catherine (Mrs. Clouser); and
Amos. Mr. Garlin Avas for one year tax col
lector of Centre township. Atrs. Garlin died
March 3, 1895, at the age of sixty-six years,
five months and nine days; she was a congre
gational member of the United Brethren
church ; Air. Garlin is a member of the Church
of God. He resides in Canoll township, and
is still engaged in farming.

HENRY KIRKPATRICK, New Bloom
field, Perry county, Pa., son of the late Alex
ander and Mary (Fritz) Kirkpatrick, was born
in Perry county, May 5, 1833. His great
grandfather, Richard Kirkpatrick, who Avas
of Irish extraction, was one of the early set
tlers of Cumberland county, Pa., where he
took up, in 1751, a tract of land within three
miles of the present site of Carlisle. His son,
Joseph Kirkpatrick, was born in Cumberland
county. He settled on Shermans creek before
the Revolutionary Avar. He served in the
Continental army during seven years of that
war. He married Aliss Hayes, and had chil
dren: John; Joseph; William; James; and
Alexander. Henry Kirkpatrick's maternal
grandfather, John At. Fritz, a native of Berks

county, Pa., came early in life to Cumberland
county. He was a farmer, and for a few years
kept a hotel near New Bloomfield. Later, he
bought a farm, upon which he erected a large
and commodious house of entertainment,
called at that time the New Bark Tavern. He
resided there during the latter part of his life.
John M. Fritz married Elizabeth Robinson,
a lady of English descent. Their children
were: Israel; John; Thomas; William;
Stanett; Richard; Robertson; George;
Sarah; Mary; Catherine; these, with one that
died in infancy, are all deceased.
Alexander Kirkpatrick, son of Joseph, was
born September 8, 1796, near Shermans
creek, Berry county. He was nearly all his
life employed as a foundryman. His wife,
Mary, daughter of John M. and Elizabeth
(Robinson) Fritz, was born in Cumberland
county, April 12, 1792. Their children are:
John, deceased; Catherine, deceased; Mag
dalena, deceased; Sarah, deceased; Ann, re
siding in New Bloomfield; Mary, widow of
William Rauch; and Henry. Alexander
Kirkpatrick died in December, 1868, aged
seventy-two ; his wife departed this life twelve
years earlier, dying at the age of sixty-four
years, and seven months, November 13, 1856.
Both were members of the Presbyterian
church. After attending the common schools for
some years, Henry Kirkpatrick, at the age of
seventeen, applied himself to learning car
pentry, as an apprentice to Mr. Simon Shull,
with whom he worked for two years, receiv
ing as tbe wages of those two years only thirty
dollars. His term of apprenticeship ended,
he continued working at his trade until he
was about twenty-eight years old. At this
time he was married, and bought a tract of
land in Raccoon valley, Perry county, on
which he erected necessary buildings, and
Avhich he cultivated for nine years. He
then sold his farm, and went to Callaway
county, Ato., where he was engaged in agri
cultural business for twenty-four years, not
only tilling the soil, but also raising stock.
In the spring of 1892, Mr. Kirkpatrick re
turned to Perry county, bought a small farm,
and cultiArated it for a year, after which he
disposed of that property, and purchased the
homestead on which he now resides, and the
culture of Avhich he still manages. He has
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ble position, being respected not only for those
qualities which ensure financial success, but
for characteristics Avhich inspire confidence
and friendly regard. He has been called up
on by his fellow citizens to perform various
public services; in Alissouri, he was one of the
organizers of public schools in Callaway
county, and served for nine years as a director.
In Perry county, he has been inspector and
judge of elections, and in 1861, Avas elected
to the school board, on which he seiwed for
three years. He is a decided Republican, an
advocate of the "gold basis."
Henry Kirkpatrick was first married, Jan
uary 29, 1857, to Elizabeth, daughter of John
and Alartha (Cobb) Gingrich. Their chil
dren are: Tabitha (Airs. Edward Ulrich), of
Callaway county, Mo. ; Lewis A., also residing
in Missouri; Martha (Mrs. Silas Bradley);
John AAr., partner with his brother LeAvis in
Missouri, in the grocery business; Sarah, for
the past five years a teacher in an asylum for
the deaf and dumb in Missouri; James L., re
sides with his father on tbe farm; WilUam
G., farmer, of Fulton, AIo. ; Mary E., died in
1858, one year old; Hannah M., died in 1869,
also aged one year; and Charles H, died in
infancy. Airs. Elizabeth Kirkpatrick. died
September 9, 1890, at the age of fifty-four
years, eleven months and twenty-seven days.
She was a consistent and devoted member of
the Methodist Episcopal church. Her par-
entej Mr. and Airs. Gingrich, were both na
tives of Lancaster county, Pa. ; about the year
1810, they removed to Juniata county, and
became engaged in farming. Seven of their
children are deceased: Jacob; Lewis, died
September 21, 1891, at the age of seventy-
four; Alary Ann; DaAld; AVilliam; Elizabeth
(Mrs. Kirkpatrick), and Tabitha, who were
twins. The surviving members of the family
are: John, residing in California; Philip, in
Missouri; and George W., of Polo, HI. Mr.
and Mrs. John Gingrich are both deceased;
the latter died at the age of seventy-four.
Mr. Kirkpatrick's second maniage took
place October 14, 1891. He married Cather
ine G, daughter of John and Margaret (Lup-
f er) McKeehan, both natives of Peny county.
Capt. John McKeehan was for many years
in the insurance business, and was also for a
long time in the furnace business. His wife
Margaret is a daughter of Casper Lupfer.
Some account of their family is given in the

sketch of Francis AL AlcKeehan in this
work. Air. Kirkpatrick is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church, a trustee and
class-leader; in Alissomi, he Avas for many
years superintendent of the Sunday-school.
S. S. AVITHEROAV, New Bloomfield,
Peny county, Pa., Avas bom September 19,
1836, son of John and Alargaret (Sunder
land) AAltherow. His paternal grandparents
Avere of Scotch descent. Their family con
sisted of six children: Sarah (Mrs. Cyrus
Stine); Samuel; John; Rebecca; Robert; and
Thomas, all of whom are deceased. Their
son John AAltherow Avas born in Chester
county, Pa., in 1803. He was a miller, and
removed to Perry county in 1836; he re
sided there during all the rest of his life. He
was three times manied. His first wife was
Margaret Sunderland; of their seven chUdren,
four are living: Sarah (Airs. AAllliam AIc-
Gowan), of Baltimore, Aid.; Alary E. ; Re
becca (Airs. H. C. Dern); and S. S. Airs.
Alargaret AAltherow died in 1838. Atr. With-
erow afterwards manied her sister, Sarah
Sunderland. Their children are : Clara (Mrs.
J. AA1 Klinepeter) ; John Al ; Alice V. (Mrs.
Philip Strauss), of Juniata county; and Cy
rus S., who Avas drowned in the Alissouri
river. Airs. Sarah AVitherow also dying, Air.
AAltheroAV was manied in 1852 to Alaria,
daughter of Philip and Sarah (Fritz) Roth.
They haAre one son, C. Thomas, residing in
Altoona, Pa. Air. Witherow died November
18, 1890, at the venerable age of eighty-seven.
He Avas a consistent member of the Presbyter
ian church; his wife surrives him.
After attending the public schools for some
years, S. S. Witherow finished his education
at the Bloomfield Academy. He left school,
at the age of fourteen, learned from his
father the management of a woolen-mill,
and continued in that employment until
his enlistment in the Union army, in Au
gust, 1864. He was enrolled in Company
G, Two Hundred and Eighth Pennsylvania
Volunteers, and served until the close of the
war. Returning after rendering this gaUant
service to his country, he continued in the
woolen business until the death of his father,
Avhen he rented the mill for two years. He is
at present leading a life of retirement and
leisure. Air. Witherow's pobtical convic
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S. S. Witherow was married, February 23,
1860, to Marcella, daughter of Thomas and
Ann (Rumbaugh) Clark. Their children
are: William M., business manager of the
Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., manied
Laura Adams, of Lancaster, Pa.; and Laura
C. Air. WitheroAV is a member of the Pres
byterian church, of which he has for some time
been a trustee.
Mrs. Witherow's paternal ancestors were
Scotch. EdAvard Clark, her grandfather, set
tled in Cumberland county, Pa., early in life,
and afterwards came with 'his family to Peny
county. He was a farmer. He married Alag-
dalena Phillips, and has children: Anna
(Atrs. Thomas Hollipeter); Benjamin; Solo
mon; David; and Robert; all of whom are de
ceased. The Rumbaugh family, Mrs. AAlth-
erow's maternal ancestors, were Gennan; her
grandparents, David and Elizabeth (Miller)
Rumbaugh, had five children: Julia;
George; Julia Ann; Leah; and Allen. Her
father, Thomas Clark, was born in Cumber
land county; he was a plasterer. For a num
ber of years, he was treasurer of Perry county;
he resided nearly all his life in New Bloom
field. The children of Thomas and Ann
(Rumbaugh) Clark are: six deceased, as fol
lows: James B.; Thomas; Edward; Charles;
George; and one that died in infancy. Those
living are: Marcella (Mrs. Witherow); and
Annie (Mrs. Luke Davis), of ThompsontoAvn,
Juniata county, Pa. Atr. Clark died in 1881,
aged seventy-five years; his Avife died May
18, 1887, at the age of seventy-nine; both
were members of the Presbyterian church.

JOHN W. WAGNER, New Bloomfield,
Peny county, Pa., Avas born in Perry county,
January 12, 1839; be is a son of John Wag
ner, Avho was born in AVurtemberg, Germany,
came to America Avhile he was young, and set
tled in Chester county, Pa. He afterwards
removed to Saville township, Perry county,
where he passed the rest of his life in
farming, fie Avas twice married; the chil
dren of his first Avife are: Jacob, deceased;
Catherine, deceased; Samuel, enlisted, was in
service, and was among the missing; Mary
Ann (Mrs. Henry Harshberger), deceased;
Dorothy (Mrs. Henry Tumbaugh); John
W. ; and George, resides in Chester county.
Mr. Wagner's first wife died, and he was
married again to Mrs. John Miller, a Avidow,

daughter of Air. and Mrs. Jacob Mogel.
The children of the second marriage are:
David, died May 22, 1896; Margaret (Mrs!
Solomon Gatshaw); Elizabeth (Mrs. Henry
Hoover), of Steelton, Dauphin county, Pa.;
William; and Emma (Mrs. Frederic Morgen-
thal), of Harrisburg, Pa. Mr. Wagner died
September, 1876, aged seventy-three years.
His second wife survives him, residing in Har
risburg. Both were members of the Reformed
church, in AA'hich Atr. Wagner was elder and
deacon for many years.
Educated in the public schools of his town
ship, and taking in the intervals of attendance
at school, practical lessons in farming, John W.
AA'agner grew up to be an intelligent and cap
able agriculturist. Except during one year
given to the service of his country in the time
of her sorest need, Air. Wagner has spent his
Avhole life in the important pursuit of farm
ing. He enlisted in August, 1864, and served
until the close of the war, being honorably
discharged June 1, 1865. He was constantly
detailed on special duties, and was therefore
not a participant in any battles. Since that
time he has continuously resided upon and
cultivated the homestead.
John W. Wagner was married October
24, 1861, to Sarah, daughter of George and
Elizabeth (Woomer) Eby. Their children
are: AVilliam AV., deceased; George W.,
died September 1, 1887, aged twenty-four;
LeAvis L. ; Edward M. ; John C. ; Scott R. ; and
Clara M.
Mrs. Sarah (Eby) Wagner Avas born June
12, 1843, in Dauphin county, Pa. Her
father, George Eby, a native of Lancaster
county, Avas a farmer throughout his life, ex
cept during six years when he was engaged in
the coal mines. He was a well known and
highly esteemed man; besides filling other
township offices, he was for a number of years
in the school board. An active member of
the Lutheran church, he was successively dea
con and elder, bearing office for many years.
He was married February 18, 1838, to Eliza
beth Woomer,- daughter of John and Eliza
beth (Kentner) Woomer, born Alarch 19,
1819. Their children are : John, died in Au
gust, 1885; Peter, died in 1880; William H,
died in February, 1893, aged fifty-two; Sarah
E. (Mrs. Wagner); Benjamin F. ; George D.;
Thomas J.; and Susan 0. (Mrs.. Calvin
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sides at the home of Air. Wagner, enjoy
ing excellent health at the venerable age
of seventy-eight. She is a consistent member
of the Reformed church. Her father, John
Woomer, was a native of Schuylkill county,
Pa., where he was engaged for many years in
the coal mines. The coal used then to be
transported by rail, the cars being drawn by
horses; Air. Woomer used to take coal to
Schuylkill Haven in this Avay. He removed
later to Dauphin county, and continued to be
employed in the coal business there. Both
he and his wife, Elizabeth (Kentner) AVoomer,
were earnest members of the Reformed
church. Several of their family died A'ery
young; others deceased are: Catherine;
George; Susan; Alaria; those now living are:
Lucy, widow of Joseph Burger; Elizabeth
(Mrs. Eby) ; and John. Air. AVoomer died at
the age of eighty-five; his wife also lived to a
very advanced age; they were members of the
Reformed church.
Peter Eby, Mrs. AVagner's paternal grand
father, was a native of Dauphin county, well
known as a farmer, having passed his life
there. He and his wife spent their declin
ing days with their son, and died at his home,
at a good old age. Their children were:
George; William; Peter; Elizabeth; Sarah;
Pollie; Annie; Susan; and Catherine.

J. AVESLEY GANTT, Newport, Perry
county, Pa., was born in Centre township,
Alarch 19, 1829, son of the late Joseph and
Mary A. (McGowan) Gantt. His grand
father, Joseph Gantt, who was of Scotch de
scent, was born December 12, 1769. He was
a farmer. His wife, Mary (Laubach) Gantt,
was bom August 28, 1775. Their children
are: John, born July 5, 1794; Joseph, March
9, 1796; Daniel, March 28, 1797; Elizabeth,
June 25, 1798; David, October 31, 1799;
Jacob, June 13, 1803; Hiram, Alarch 17,
1805; Frederick, March 23, 1807; Jesse,
November 5, 1808; Jesse (2), October 17,
1810; Samuel, July 30, 1812; Daniel, June
28, 1814; Alary Ann, May 19, 1816; Agnes,
July 26; 1818; and one that died in infancy.
Joseph Gantt died at the age of seventy-two;
his wife departed this life at the same age, in
1840. They were members of the Presbyter
ian church. Mr. J. W. Gantt's maternal
grandfather, Dennis McGowan, was a native
of Ireland, and came to this country at

eighteen years of age. His wife, Catherine,
crossed the ocean when she Avas eight years
old. Air. AIcGowan was for some years a col
lier. Their children were: Aloses; Daniel;
James; Alary A.; Alargaret (Airs. Solomon
Baxter) ; and David. Mr. and Mrs. AlcGoAvan
haA^e been dead many years; they Avere mem
bers of the Alethodist church. Joseph Gantt,
Jr., second son of Joseph and Mary (Laubach)
Gantt, was, like his father, a farmer. He mar
ried Alary A. AIcGowan; their children are:
Isaiah, who died January 6, 1893, aged fifty-
eight; J. AVesley; Catherine (Airs. Samuel
Reed), of Perry county; Jacob, resides in
Alissouri; Alary Ann, AvidoAV of John Swartz;
Alargaret, widow of Philip Bailey; Elizabeth,
resides in New York; William E., of Sioux
City, la. Joseph Gantt died in January,
1872, aged seven ty-tAvo years; bis wife in
1876, aged about seventy-three. Both were
members of the Alethodist church.
After studying the elementary branches of
education in the common schools, J. Wesley
Gantt attended the Bloomfield Academy. He
was accustomed from his early years to farm
work, but prefening the no less difficult
work of teaching, he obtained by persevering
effort the knowledge necessary for his accept
ance, and in 1850, at the age of twenty-one,
he was placed in charge of a school in AVheat-
field township, where he taught for two con
secutive terms. He was afterwards engaged
for two terms in Miller township, and then re
turned to the business of cultivating the soil.
He remained with his father until the year of
his marriage, 1856; from that time, he Avas
occupied in farming on his own account. In
1860, Air. Gantt removed to the farm which
has eA'er since been his home. In 1864, he
left these peaceful fields for the field of battle,
enlisting in Company E, Two Hundred and
Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, in which he
was appointed second sergeant. He was in the
battles of Petersburg, Fort Steadman, and
Hatchers Run; in the former engagement, he
received a flesh wound in the right shoulder.
During his term of enlistment, Air. Gantt per
formed his duty as a patriot with fidelity and
efficiency, and was honorably discharged, in
June, 1865. He has served his township in
many responsible positions. In 1860, he was
first elected assessor, and is noAv serving his
sixth term in that capacity. He was auditor
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during nine of which he was secretary of the
board, and for one year president; he was su
pervisor for three terms, and tax collector for
some years, besides filling election offices. He
has been jury commissioner, and served two
terms as county commissioner. His good
judgment and business tact have been fre
quently in demand for the settlement of es
tates, and he has acted as guardian for a child.
He is a Republican; he cast his first presi
dential vote for General Scott, and has not
missed voting at any election since.
J. Wesley Gantt was married, September
27, 1855, to Catherine, daughter of Henry
and Elizabeth (Atarkle) Smith. Their chil
dren are: Clara E., died December 16, 1856,
aged three months and thirteen days; Harry
C. ; Laura E. ; Amos L. ; Alary Ann (Mrs.
John E. Sheibley) ; Florence E. (Mrs. James
L. Frank), of Harrisburg, Pa.; and William
S. Mr. Gantt is a member of the Evangelical
church, in which he was for some years stew
ard and assistant class-leader, and for many
years superintendent of the Sunday-school.
Airs. Gantt's parents, Atr. and Mrs. Henry
Smith, were of German ancestry; her father
was a native of Peny county, and a farmer.
They are more fully spoken of in the sketch
of Amos Smith, which appears in this work.
Harry C. Gantt, son of J. AVesley and Cath
erine Gantt, Avas born in Centre township,
Peny county, October. 8, 1857, and received
a common school education. He farmed on
the home place until he was twenty-six years
of age, then went to Lockport, N. Y., and
later to Snyder county, Pa., where for a short
time he engaged in various occupations. Re
turning to Peny county, he embarked in the
sewing machine business, continuing three
years. He next did carpenter Avork for the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company for two
years, and then became a conductor on the
Shermans Valley Railroad. This position he
held for five years. In the fall of 1896 he was
elected treasurer of Perry county on the Re
publican ticket. He had previously served
for two years as a member of the Centre town
ship school board. Mr. Gantt was manied
September 22, 1886, to Annie D., daughter
of Cornelius Showalter, deceased. Mr. Sho-
walter was a resident of Landisburg. He was
twice manied. His first wif e was Miss Spohn ;
his second AA'ife, aaIio Avas Atiss Alice Fetter,
is still living. Air Gantt is a Republican;

he is a member of Newport Castle, No. 300,
K. G. E.

ROBERT AL OWINGS, New Bloomfield,
Perry county, Pa., was born July 22, 1859,
in Franklin county, son of the late John and
Catherine (HoUenbaugh) Owings. John
Owings, Avho Avas a native of Perry county,
was in early life engaged as a teamster, but
later became a farmer. The children of Mr.
and Airs. John Owings are: Elizabeth (Atrs.
John Adams) ; Robert M. ; Frank J. ; Jennie
L. (Mrs. John Tressler), of Alctor, Col.;
James L., deceased; and Lillie B., deceased.
Atr. John Owings died in Alay, 1888, from the
kick of a horse.
During his boyhood and youth, Robert M.
Owings attended the public schools in the win
ter, assisting on his father's farm during the
summer. Time passed thus, until he reached
his majority in 1880. He then Avent to Ohio,
and remained there, engaged in farming, for
one year. In 1881, he returned to his father's
farm in Centre township, and remained there
for a short time; then he went to Colorado,
where for a year he drewe a team for Patter
son Gutschall. After again returning for a
short time to his father, he Avent out to Bird
City, Kan., where he bought 160 acres of
land; then went to Colorado again, and
Avorked another year for his former employer.
Next, in the spring of 1888, Air. OAvings came
east, to his native place. His father Avas about
building a neAV barn, in which Air. R. Al.
OAvings helped ; but not long after his return
home, the accident occurred which cost Air.
John Owings his life. Robert M. OAvings then
took charge of the farm; in 1889, he settled
his father's estate,. and in the same year began
farming for himself, in which occupation he
Avas engaged until the spring of 1893. At
that time, he sold his stock, rented out the
farm, and went to a point in Illinois about
twenty miles south of Rock Island; he re
mained, however, only until the fall of the
same year, coming then to NeAV Bloomfield,
where he lived with his mother, at leisure from
business, until the folloAving spring, 1894. He
then embarked in the livery business, Avhich
he has since canied on Avith profit to him
self and satisfaction to his customers. Mr.
Owings has his office on the corner of McClure
and Church streets. Here he makes a special
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weU-appointed equipages for private hire, car
riages for balls and other assemblies, buggies
for pleasure driving, and well-trained horses
for hire at reasonable rates. There are in the
establishment all tbe modern adjuncts for con
venience and utUity. The establishment is
deservedly popular, has won public confidence,
and is patronized by many of tbe most sub
stantial business men and families of tbe bor
ough. Besides this flourishing business, Air.
Owings has also established a brisk and lucra
tive trade in buggies, which be buys and sells
with reference to the wants of the community.
He owns one of tbe finest farms in Peny
county, about two miles from Bloomfield.
Mr. Owings is a Democrat. He still resides
with his mother in New Bloomfield.

R. BANNISTER GIBSON, ESQ., New
Bloomfield, Peny county, Pa., was born May
19, 1864, in Spring township, Perry county.
He is a son of Francis and Tabitha (Kennedy)
Gibson, natives of Perry county. Francis
Gibson was born in Alarch, 1821; he was a
cabinet-maker and a dealer in lumber; the
latter business received bis principal atten
tion during the later years of his active life;
since 1885, he has given up the cares of busi
ness, and lives a retired life. Air. Gibson mar
ried Tabitha, daughter of Thomas Kennedy.
Their children are: Francis, died an infant,
in 1865; Laura, died in September, 1885,
aged thirty-one; Cora, died in April, 1894, at
the age of twenty-five; Lula, died in July,
1874, when two years old; James R., of Sber-
mansdale, Perry county; Sarah; George E.,
a prominent lawyer of Erie City; R. Bannis
ter; Frances, wife of Professor Richards, of
Lebanon, 0.; Maud; and Olive. Atrs. Fran
cis Gibson died in November, 1876, at the
age of forty-eight; she was an excellent
mother, and a consistent member of the Re
formed church. Mr. Gibson, now seventy-
five years of age, but still in good health, re
sides in New Bloomfield with his son and
daughter. The birthplace of R. Bannister Gibson was
the old Gibson mansion, the same in which
Governor Bigler, of Pennsylvania, and Gover
nor John Bigler, of California, first saw the
light; the celebrated Chief Justice Gibson, so
widely known for his profound erudition and
almost unerring legal judgment, was born in
the same house; he was a granduncle of Mr.

R. B. Gibson. The latter, after pursuing his
elementary studies in the public schools, and
supplementing them by an academic course in
the Bloomfield Academy, devoted himself to
the study of law. Having read for three years
in the office of Judge R. AL Henderson, of
Carlisle, Pa., and taken a course in the law
school of Dickinson College, graduating in
the class of 1894, he was admitted to the bar
June 4, 1894. Air. Gibson has had varied ex
periences of life and Avork. In his boyhood
and youth, he learned much of agriculture by
helping in farm work, and passed two years in
acquiring the trade of carpentry, with Eli H.
Crum. At the age of eighteen, he became
a teacher, and for seven successive winters
taught in different townships; three terms in
Spring township, one term in Wheatfield
township, one term in Atarysville, and two
terms in Page township, industriously filling
up his summer vacations with work at the car
penter's bench. In 1889, he engaged in the
lumber business, and did not begin his legal
studies until the spring of 1891. In the fall
of 1896, Air. Gibson, already noted for his
skill in the law, was a candidate for the office
of district attorney. He is a Democrat and an
active member of the P. 0. S. A., of Marys-
ville. He belongs to the Dickinson Chapter
of the Delta Chi legal fraternity. Air. Gibson
resides with his father and sister in New
Bloomfield ; he is a member of the Reformed
church, and secretary of its Sunday-school.

JACOB FRITZ, New Bloomfield, Perry
county, Pa., was born Alay 7, 1836, in Perry
county. He is a son of the late George and
Rebecca (Christ) Fritz. His grandfather,
John Fritz, was born November 11, 1754, son
of an immigrant from Germany. Besides
working as a blacksmith, John Fritz was a far
mer, in the days when to find a market for his
produce, he was obliged to haul it to Baltimore
by team. He was manied, April 26, 1785,
to Elizabeth Robinson, bom December 4,
1764. Their children were: John; Sallie;
Richard; Israel; Henry and Alary, tAvins;
Robinson; Thomas; William and Catherine,
twins; Stewart; Richard; and George. John
Fritz died February 4, 1832, aged seventy-
seven years, two months and twenty-tAvo
days; his Avife had died January 13, 1828, at
the age of sixty-three years and nine months.
Their youngest son, George Fritz, was born

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December 21, 1803, in Perry county; he was
a plasterer. His wife, also a native of Perry
county, was a daughter of Jacob Christ. Their
children were: Rebecca, died September 3,
1855, aged fifteen; John AL, when one year
old Avas droAvned in a tub of water, November
19, 1834; AVilliam, died August 19, 1850,
two years old ; Jacob ; Mary (Mrs. George A.
Smith) ; Sarah, first wife of George A. Smith,
is deceased; Harriet; George; and Henry.
Air.. Fritz, the father, died March 10, 1858,
aged fifty-five; his wife survived until June
27, 1862. They were members of the Luth
eran church.
The eldest of this family, Jacob Fritz, now
one of the older citizens of Centre township,
and greatly respected there, was a pupil in tbe
common schools during their winter sessions
until he reached the age of fifteen; during the
rest of tbe year, he gave Avilling and service
able aid in farm labor. At the age of seven
teen, he applied himself to learn the trade
of blacksmith; he was an apprentice for two
years and a journeyman for one year at Liver
pool, Perry county. He then bought a lot in
New Bloomfield, on which he built himself
a house and a smithy, and canied on his busi
ness there for sixteen years. He then gave his
property in part exchange for the farm which
he now owns, and which formerly belonged
to his uncle. In the spring of 1863, he re
moved to the farm, and cultivated it for four
years ; at the end of that time, bis health be
coming impaired, Mr. Fritz sold his stock,
rented his farm, and removed to New Bloom
field; one year later, hoAvevrer, he returned
to the farm, and remained there until he went
in 1877 to Cumberland county, Pa., Avhere he
resided for six years. He has ever since re
sided on the homestead. He gave the cultiva
tion of the farm his personal attention until
1889; since that time, it has been managed
by his son. It is one of the finest and best
cultivated farms in Centre township. In
1880, Mr. Fritz undertook the sale of ferti
lizers, in which he is still engaged, and is also
agent for mowers, reapers, and other agricul
tural implements. He has acted as supervisor
for his township, has been on the school board
for ten years, and filled other offices. He is a
Republican. Jacob Fritz was married, August 21, 1856,
to Caroline, daughter of Abraham and Anna
(Bonsall) Fickes. Two of their children are

deceased, an infant, and Frank, who died May
22, 1876, aged five years. The others are:
Charles; William; Richard; Hannah (Mrs.
Calvin Bressler); and George. Atr. Fritz is
a faithful member of tbe Lutheran church, in
which he is a deacon.

J. W. KLINEPETER, New Bloomfield,
Perry county, Pa., was born in Perry county,
June 8, 1834, son of the late Samuel and Alary
(Fowler) Klinepeter. Adam Klinepeter, his
grandfather, a native of York county, Pa.,
came to Juniata township, Perry county, in
early life. He was for many years a black
smith, but later turned his attention to farm
ing, and made that his occupation during the
rest of his life. He married Miss Crist; their
children were: Jacob; John; Samuel; Wil
liam; Mary; and Elizabeth. Mr. and Atrs.
Adam Klinepeter both lived to a venerable
age. Mr. Klinepeter's maternal grandfather,
Atr. Fowler, came from London, England, to
this country when a boy, and settled in Perry
county; the date is not exactly known. He
made farming his occupation. Samuel Kline
peter, third son of Adam, was born in York
county, Pa. He was a farmer, but for about
twenty years had been a contractor. He came
from York to Perry county, while a young
man. About 1834, he bought the farm then
lately owned by Mr. Shuman, and now the
homestead of the Klinepeter family. He mar
ried Alary Fowler, and had children: Caro
line, deceased, wife of Capt. P. Zinn, of Har
risburg, Pa.; William, deceased; A. S., died
in Alarch, 1888, aged fifty-five; J. W.; and
Anna (Atrs. R. M. Skinner), Tontogany,
AA^ood county, O. Mr. Klinepeter belonged to
the Reformed church, bis wife to the Presby
terian. He died in July, 1868, aged seventy-
two; she survived him until she reached her
seventy-ninth year.
Educated in the common schools and on the
farm, Air. Klinepeter became a skillful farmer.
He resided at home until bis father's death,
assisting in the management of the farm.
After that event, which occurred in July,
1868, he took charge of the farm, and settled
his father's estate. Since that time he has
been without interruption occupied with
farming. He is the only surviving son of his
father's family. Mr. Klinepeter's farm is
northwest of tbe borough of New Bloomfield,
and is one of the finest properties in Centre

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township; the buildings are within the bor
ough limits. Air. Klinepeter is a Democrat,
but not a politician, in the sense of desiring
public office. He has, hoAvever, been inspector
of elections.
J. AV. Klinepeter was first married October
8, 1867, to Alelinda C, daughter of William
and Alary (McAlister) Aloore, of New Bloom
field. They had one son, Rothwell, who died
while an infant. Airs. Alelinda Klinepeter
died at the age of twenty-five, in August,
1868; she was a consistent member of the
Presbyterian church. Atr. Klinepeter was
again married, December 22, 1887, to Clara
C, daughter of John and Sarah (Sunderland)
Witherow. Air. Klinepeter is a member of
the Presbyterian church.

CLARION T. RICE, New Bloomfield,
Peny county, Pa., was bom at Ickesburg, Sa
ville toAvnship, Perry county, December 16,
1846, son of the late Samuel and Mary J.
(Ritter) Rice. His grandfather, John Rice,
was first a merchant, and afterwards turned
his attention to farming. He was for five
years associate judge of the Peny county
courts. He married Atiss Ickes. Their chil
dren Avere: Samuel, deceased; Margaret, de
ceased; George, deceased; William; Oliver;
David; John; and Catherine. Jacob Ritter
and his wife, maternal grandparents of Mr.
C. T. Rice, were both born in Perry county,
and both of German descent. Jacob Ritter
was for some years a manufacturer of spin
ning-wheels, and afterwards for a number of
years was a farmer. He married Mary, daugh
ter of John Billman. Their children were:
Elizabeth, deceased; Diana, deceased; George,
deceased; and Mary J., deceased; those who
survive are : John B. ; and Susan (Airs. Henry
Eringer). Mr. Ritter died April 7, 1877, aged
seventy-seven years. His wife died in 1879.
Mr. and Atrs. Samuel Rice were both born in
Peny county; he was engaged throughout
his active years in mercantile business. Mrs.
Rice was a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Bill-
man) Ritter. They had two children:
Clarion T. ; and Jerome, deceased. Both
parents are deceased.
Being left an orphan in- his infancy by the
death of his father, Clarion T. Rice was during
his boyhood under the care of his maternal
grandfather. Mr. Ritter, who lived in Tyrone
township. In that township, the boy attended

the common schools. His mother also dying
while he was quite young, he remained with
his maternal grandfather until he was twenty-
one. He then took charge of his grand
father's farm, and managed its cultivation
for six years. He is a skillful farmer, a man
of industry and good judgment, and having
followed the same calling, that of a farmer,
throughout life, his experience and persever
ing diligence have been croAvned Avith ample
success. He cultivated a farm in the north
eastern part of Atadison township for sixteen
years. In the spring of 1896, he removed to
the farm lately owned by Joseph Alills, which
he had purchased, and which he has ever since
occupied and farmed. He was for two years
supervisor of Madison township. He adheres
to the Republican party.
Clarion T. Rice Avas married, January 16,
1868, to Elizabeth A., daughter of Jeremiah
and Alary Ann (Leidy) Minnich. Their chil
dren are: William M., married Ellen Hollen-
bach; and Daisy, a proficient in music, resides
at home. Mr. Rice is a member of tbe Luth
eran church. Airs. Rice's parents were born in
Perry county. Air. Alinnich was a farmer,
and was also engaged in butchering. He was
steward at the county almshouse for six years,
and filled other county offices. His first wife
Avas Alary Ann, daughter of Jacob Leidy;
their children were: Cyrus W. ; Josiah; Ja
cob ; and Elizabeth A. (Mrs. Rice). Airs. Min
nich died in 1851. Atr. Alinnich was again
married, to Lydia, daughter of Jacob Bal-
thauser; their children are: Alice; Margaret
(Mrs. Snyder); Charles; Ellen; George;
Henry; Hooper; Cora; Daniel; and Annie,
deceased. Atr. Minnich died in September,
1896, aged seventy-three years. He Avas a
member of the Lutheran church, in which he
held different offices.

J. F. AALLE, New Bloomfield, Perry coun
ty, Pa., was born in Lancaster county, Pa.,
December 27, 1842, son of Henry and Cath
erine (Brenneman) Ayle, who were natives of
that county. Henry Ayle was a farmery he
removed to Peny county, where for some time
he was supervisor of Centre township. Hav
ing been during his years of strength and ac
tivity a skillful and successful agriculturist, he
has now retired, and resides, with his wife, in
Harrisburg, Pa. They are members of the
Mennonite church. Mrs. Henry Ayle is a

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daughter of John Brenneman, of Lancaster
county. Their children are: Elizabeth, who
died in 1844; one that died in infancy; Annie,
died in 1861; Benjamin, died aged four years;
J. F., who is the eldest of the family; Mary
(Mrs. Augustus Seeger); Susan (Mrs. David
Swope), of Harrisburg; Jacob; Martha (Mrs.
Daniel Fickes); Sarah (Mrs. George Kling);
Catherine (Airs. John Owings); Hany; and
Margaret (Mrs. William Rafton). Henry
Ayle is of Irish descent; his father Avas a
Aveaver, and canied on that business all his
life, except that for some years he was engaged
in butchering. He was a man so robust and
so habituated to industry, that he was still in
active business at the age of ninety; he died
in 1872, aged ninety-six years and eleven
months; his wife, who was Miss Shoop, died
about 1851. They had two sons, of whom one
died when an infant; Air. Henry Ayle is the
only survivor of the family. Mrs. Ayle's
father, Atr. John Brenneman, was also a wea
ver Avho during the winter attended to butcher
ing. He married Miss Aliller. Their children
are: Catherine (Mrs. Ayle); Elizabeth (Atrs.
Christian Hahn) ; Mary (Mrs. Joseph Miller) ;
Nancy; Fanny (Mrs. Isaac Herr); John;
Daniel; Joseph; Henry; the last four are
deceased. Having received a common school education
in Lancaster county, and learned much of
farming, J. F. Ayle removed with his parents
to Peny county in 1860, and worked with his
father until the Avar of the Rebellion broke
out. He was not quite twenty-one when, in
August, 1862, he enlisted in a regiment of
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served until
June 16, 1863. In August of the next year,
he again enlisted, and served until the close of
the Avar, being honorably discharged in 1865.
Mr. Ayle saAv much hard service during his
gallant participation in the defense of the
Union. He was in some of the most desperate
battles, among them those of Petersburg,
Chancellorsville, and Fort Steadman. At
Petersburg, April 2, 1865, a shell struck him
on the right side of the head, causing him to
spend a month in the hospital, and leaving a
wound which did not entirely heal for over two
years. After the war, he continued to reside
Avith his parents until he was married. In
1866, the year after his marriage, he began
cultivating the farm on AA'hich he still lives;
at that time, there was a flourishing business

done in the saw-mill which is still standing on
the place. Atr. Ayle has greatly improved the
farm, by the erection of a new dwelling, barn,
and all other necessary buildings. He has at
present a fine garden and nursery, well cared
for and very profitable. He has found time
and inclination for some public business, in
addition to his private concerns; has filled
efficiently several township offices, and been
inspector and clerk of elections; he served
one term as school director. He belongs to
the Jr. O. U. A. AL, Lodge No. 626. Since
1874, he has been a member of Sergt. John
Jones Post, No. 448, G. A. R., and is a quar
termaster. J. F. Ayle Avas married, October 26, 1865,
to Catherine, daughter of William and Mary
(Fry) Baker. Their children are: Hany;
Annie (Airs. John Rothmaker); Addie; and
David A. Mr. Ayle is a Republican.

OTHNIEL KITNER, New Bloomfield,
Peny county, Pa., son of the late George and
At ary Ann (Wox) Kitner, was born in Carroll
township, Peny county, June 5, 1858. His
grandparents, John and Sarah R. (Rigleman)
Kitner, spoken of more at length in the sketch
of their son, Henry Kitner, of Carroll town
ship, had eleven children, three of whom are
Irving: Peter; Sarah (Mrs. George McCul-
lough); and Henry. Those deceased are:
John, who served in the regular army, and
was drowned while out boating on the river;
Jacob; George; William; David; Samuel;
Abraham, who was in the army. William and
David both served in the war of the Rebellion,
in which the latter was killed. Mr. Kitner's
parents receive fuller notice in the sketch of
Joshua Kitner, on another page.
Othniel Kitner Avas educated in the public
schools of his native township, was brought up
to farming, and continued to assist his father
in cultivating his fields until the latter died.
After that, the children remained together on
the farm until the estate was settled up, in
1883; then Joshua, one of the brothers, came
into possession of the homestead as his share
of the patrimony. Othniel Kitner remained
until 1888, when he bought and took posses
sion of the farm of 350 acres in Centre town
ship, lately owned by Dr. Strickler, to which
he has since made additions by purchase. This
farm be has kept rented to good tenants, devot
ing time to overseeing its improvements. He

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enjoys the free and leisurely life of a bachelor,
doing just as much work as suits his pleasure
and convenience. Mr. Kitner is a staunch Re
publican.

FRANCIS AL AlcKEEHAN, deceased, of
Ferguson, Perry county, Pa., was born Octo
ber 20, 1834, in Perry county. He was a son
of John and Alargaret (Lupfer) AlcKeehan.
His paternal grandfather was a native of Ire
land; but John AlcKeehan, his father, Avas
born in Perry county, and for many years was
in the furnace business. He served several
terms as register and recorder, and was the
agent of certain insurance companies. His
wife was a daughter of Casper and Barbara
(Clouser) Lupfer, Avell-knoAvn citizens of
Peny county, who Avere of German birth.
Air. Lupfer was a farmer. The Lupfers be
longed to the Dunkard church. The children
of Mr. and Airs. John AlcKeehan are : Alary
(Airs. George Spahr) ; Catherine (Airs. Henry
Kirkpatrick); Margaret, Avidow of Isaiah
Gantt; Sarah (Airs. Levi Smith); Addie
(Mrs. James Richards) ; ReA'. John L. ; Annie
(Mrs. Joseph B. HaAvley); Ellen (Airs. Henry
G. Swartz) ; Charles N., residing on the home
stead; Elijah, deceased; and Francis AL, de
ceased. Mr. John AlcKeehan and his Avife
were members of the Reformed church; both
have departed this life.
Having acquired his education in the com
mon schools and the Bloomfield Academy,
Francis M. AlcKeehan became a teacher at tbe
age of eighteen, and continued teaching until
he was twenty-three. From the time of his
marriage, in 1855, he was occupied with farm
ing. In September, 1864, he left his farm,
his wife and little family, to serve under "the
stany flag," in defense of the Union. He Avas
enrolled in Company E, Tavo Hundred and
Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and serA'ed
for nine months. AAliile in the army, Air. Alc
Keehan contracted a disease Avhich eventually
caused his death. Upon receiving his honora
ble discharge, he resumed farming, and fol
lowed that vocation during the rest of his life.
Mr. McKeehan's upright character and good
judgment were appreciated by his neighbors,
and he was chosen to fill various responsible
positions among them. Besides holding other
township offices, be was for some time a school
director, and for many years justice of tbe
peace.

Francis AL AlcKeehan Avas manied, Alay
29, 1855, to Margaret A., daughter of John
and Catherine (Smith) Bealor. Their chil
dren are : Henry, married Addie Beaver, and
resides in Scranton, Pa.; Samuel, also of
Scranton, married Kate Lutz; Bella (Airs.
EdAvard AVhitcomb) ; Scott, married Ella Aic
Afee, resides in Centre township ; Lillie (Airs.
Francis Alinnich), of Steelton, Pa.; Curtin, a
printer, resides in California; Kate (Airs.
Emory Young), of Scranton; AAllliam, resid
ing on the homestead ; Annie L. (Airs. Samuel
Clay); Ada C; John A.; and Dunn 0. Air.
AlcKeehan was a member of the Reformed
church, and served her faithfully, first as dea
con, afterwards as elder. He was active in the
latter office, and Avas serving the consistory
as secretary at the time of his death. Air.
AlcKeehan, like a good soldier, died at bis post
of duty. He had long been superintendent of
the Sunday-school ; on the last day of his life,
he taught the Bible class, and died on his way
home from school. It was Alarch 25, 1894,
and his age was sixty years, five months and
five days. Thus closed a life of earnest devo
tion to duty.
Airs. Margaret A. (Bealor) AlcKeehan was
born October 22, 1832. Her parents were na
tives of Perry county, Avhere her father, John
Bealor, had all his life been a farmer. He had
held the township offices of supervisor and
school director. Airs. John Bealor was a
daughter of John and Elizabeth Smith. Their
children were: Samuel, deceased; David,
died aged fourteen; Catherine, deceased;
John, died when a year old ; Elizabeth, widow
of Alichael Crist; Benjamin; Bernard; Alary
(Airs. Jacob Koons); Alargaret A. (Airs. Alc
Keehan) ; and Joseph. The parents were both
members of the Union Lutheran and Reform
ed church. Air. Bealor Avas trustee, elder and
secretary, and for a year superintendent of
the Sunday-school. He died in Alarch, 1855,
at the age of sixty-two ; his wife died in Feb
ruary, 1874, aged seventy-seven years. Alark
Beaior, father of John Bealor, Avas born in
Germany, and came to America in his youth.
He was a farmer. He settled at Toughkena-
mon, Pa., manied, and reared a family of
eight children: John; David; Daniel; Joseph;
Benjamin; Elizabeth (Mrs. John McDowell);
Margaret, wife of Philip Raymond; and
James Blair. Airs. McKeehan's maternal
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many, who settled in Perry county; he was
engaged in milling. Tie married Elizabeth
Smith; their children were : John; Margaret;
Elizabeth (Airs. James Polk); Martha (Atrs.
George Keiser); Catherine (Airs. JobnBealor);
and Daniel. Air. and Mrs. Smith are both de
ceased; the latter died in 1840. They were
members of the Lutheran church.
Airs. AlcKeehan still resides on the home
stead, the cultivation of AA'hich she has superin
tended since her husband's death. Her daugh
ter, Atrs. Annie Clay, Avas postmistress at Fer
guson from the fall of 1892 until Afarch 1,
1897, when she was succeeded by her sister,
Ada C. AlcKeehan. Her son, AVilliam Alc
Keehan, born March 2, 1865, has, since his
education in the common schools was com
pleted, given his attention principally to the
farm. In 1893, he went to Chicago, 111.,
Avhere for six months be Avas in the steel works.
In 1895 he was elected supervisor in Centre
township, and served for a year. His politics
are Republican. He is a member of the Re-
fonned church, and a worker in its Sunday-
school.

MISS CATHERINE J. ILESTON, New
Bloomfield, Perry county, Pa., was born in
Delaware county, Pa., July 7, 1832; she is a
daughter of Morris W. and Esther (Davis)
Heston, both of English ancestry. Her great
grandfather, Edward Heston, was born in
Philadelphia county in 1745; he Avas twice
manied, having by the first marriage six chil
dren, and by the second, eight. He was a
prominent and useful citizen. He aided in the
Avar for American independence, serving as
captain in the Continental army. In peace,
his services were no less distinguished; he
represented his district for many years in the
State Legislature, and again for many years
Avas judge of the Court of Common Pleas of
Philadelphia county. His son, Abraham Hes
ton, was also a native of Philadelphia county,
born in Hestonville, a suburb which, though
now incorporated with the city, still bears the
family name. He was a millwright, and the
owner of a large mill ; be became a successful
business man, being intelligent, industrious
and frugal; he was well known throughout
that part of the State, especially among the
Society of Friends, of Avhich he was a mem
ber. Abraham Heston was twice manied;
his first Avife was Hannah Supplee. Their

children were : Priscilla; Edward; Mary (Mrs.
Thomas Hall), who lived to the age of one
hundred and three years; Ellen; Jonathan;
Morris W.; Sarah; and Abraham. Mr. Hes-
ton's second wife was Alartha Kinsey; they
bad one son, AVarner. Abraham Heston de
parted this life at the age of eighty-seven.
George DaA'is, maternal grandfather of Aliss
Heston, and his wife, Esther (Griffith) Davis,
Avere natives of AA^ales. Atr. Davis was the
OAvner of a large plantation. He was for many
years a successful classical teacher. The chil
dren of George and Esther (Griffith) Davis
are: Rebecca (Atrs. Benjamin Thomas);
Louisa (Atrs. George Trites) ; Sarah (Mrs. Ed
ward Levis); Serena; Esther (Mrs. Morris W.
Heston) ; Susan (Airs. Charles Barnard) ;Mar-
garet (Atrs. John IL Barnard); and Lydia.
Air. and Atrs. Davds were members of the New
Jerasalem church.
Alorris W. Heston learned in early life the
business of pump-making, which he carried on
for many years. In 1866, he removed to
Perry county, becoming a resident of Centre
toAvnship, and cultivated from that time until
the year 1876, the farm which is still the
homestead of the family. He married Esther,
daughter of George Davis; of their eight chil
dren, four have departed this life: Hannah;
Sarah; Margaret, in 1871, aged forty-one; and
Jonathan S., in 1882; the others are: Martha
K. (Atrs. Alfred A. Lister), of Philadelphia;
Catherine J.; Abraham, married to Martha
Simpson; and Alary H. (Mrs. Francis Thurs
ton), of Nebraska. The Heston family were
all members of the New Jerusalem church, in
Philadelphia, in which Mr. Heston was an
office-bearer. Tbe father, Atoms W. Heston,
entered into rest August 29, 1876, at the age
of seventy-one; his wife, March 5, 1878, aged
seventy-four. Alfred A. Lister, who married Martha K.
Heston, is a manufacturer of pumps, in busi
ness in Philadelphia. Three of their children
have passed away: Morris; Alary, aged nine
months; and Sallie L., in 1878, aged twenty-
three years. The others are: Hettie (Mrs.
John McPhinony); Maggie L., who has for
the past thirty years resided with her aunt,
Miss Catherine J. Heston; Joseph J.; Alfred
T. ; AVilliam IL ; John J. ; and Charles 11. Mr.
and Atrs. Lister are members of the NeAV Jeru
salem church, in Philadelphia. Francis
Thurston, husband of Mary IL Heston, also

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belongs to an old and well-known family of
PhUadelphia. Air. and Airs. Francis Thurs
ton now reside in Nebraska, and are engaged
in farming. In earlier life, Air. Thurston was
for many years a lithographer. Four of their
cluldren departed this life at a very tender
age: Lizzie; Rebecca; John; and Kate. Those
remaining are: Alorris; Annie (Airs. William
Pine), resides in Alichigan; David H, a grad
uate of Bloomfield Academy, and now promi
nent at the bar in Nebraska; and George, liv
ing at home.
Jonathan S. Heston, son of Atoms W and
Esther (Davis) Heston, followed the vocation
of carpentry until, inspired by love of country,
he enlisted under the flag of the Union, in
AprU, 1861, for the three months' service. In
• 1862, he enlisted again, in Company F, Sixty-
eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and took
part in some of tbe great battles of the war;
among them the fight at Gettysburg, and the
Seven Days fight. During the latter, he was
shot through the right lung. Mr. Heston was
enrolled as a private; but, in reward of his
gallant and faithful service, he was at its close
honorably discharged as lieutenant. Jonathan
S. Heston was married first to Emma, daughter
of Clarence and Emma White. Of three chU
dren: Florence; Arthur; and Bertha; only
the last-named survives; she resides with her
aunt, Miss Catherine J. Heston. Mrs. Emma
Heston died in 1874. Air. Heston afterwards
married Mrs. Kate Eberly, who now resides,
with their two children, Edward L. and Lillie,
in New Bloomfield, Pa. Jonathan S. Heston
and his family were members of the Alethodist
church; he died in 1882, at the age of forty-
two.

SINGLETOA" SHEAFFER, New Bloom
field, Perry county, Pa., was born in Aladison
township, Peny county, July 1, 1846. He is
a son of the late William and Mary Ann (Lit
tle) Sheaffer. His paternal grandfather was
a farmer, Avho with his wife, came from Ger
many, and settled in Adams county, Pa. Be
sides farming, Air. Sheaffer was engaged in
hauling produce, &o, between Pittsburg and
Baltimore. He was the first man in Adams
county to use a brake on his wagon. Only one
of his family of five children is now living,
John Sheaffer, of Adams county. On the ma
ternal side, the grandparents of Singleton
Sheaffer, were also of German birth, natives

of the city of AAlirtemberg; and they, too,
settled in Adams county, Avhere Air. Little was
a general laborer. They Avere members of the
Catholic church. William Sheaffer, who was
all bis life a farmer, took up his residence in
Jackson toAvnship, Perry county, about sixty
years ago; after pursuing his important call
ing there for many years, he removed to Ty
rone township for one year, then to Centre
toAvnship for two years, and lastly to Saville
township, Avhere he passed the last part of his
life, dying in 1872, at tbe age of sixty-eight.
His Avife is living, a venerable but still active
Avoman of eighty-three, and resides in A"ew
Bloomfield. These worthy parents were both
earnest and faithful members of the Lutheran
church. Their children are: George, deceas
ed; Oliver, died in 1857, aged twenty years,
eleven months and fifteen days; Emeline
(Airs. Henry Bailor), died in 1864, at the age
of twenty-four; Lavina, manied first to Benja
min Ziegler, secondly to James P. Flickinger,
both deceased; Caroline (Airs. George Sheaf
fer), of Harrisburg; Singleton; and Amos,
also of New Bloomfield.
Until he Avas eighteen years of age, Single
ton Sheaffer attended the common schools dur
ing the winter months, helping on the farm
as a robust and Avilling son can do during the
busy seasons of the year, and continuing after
his school days were over to be his father's
helper, so long as the latter lived. Almost the
only interruption to this busy and useful life
was caused by the war of the Rebellion, which
called so many patriotic youths from quiet
pursuits to the battlefield. He entered the
service as a teamster in 1861 and served for
three years, lacking but twenty days. On ac
count of illness, he was discharged at City
Point, Va., but after a very short stay at his
home, he re-entered the service in the same ca
pacity and served until the close of the war.
His duties in hauling ammunition exposed
him to the perils of the battlefield, and he saw
service of this kind at Fredericksburg, the
Wilderness, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Spott
sylvania Court House, and many other points.
In the year before his father died, Air. Sheaffer
began running a team from Loysville, carrying
all kinds of produce, which enterprise he con
tinued for a year. After that he was for four
years in the business of farming and hauling
in Centre township. His principal business
since 1871 has been dealing in stock, with

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which he connected the livery business. From
1885 to 188S, he resided in Carlisle, Pa., oc
cupied with stock dealing through the warm
seasons, and in conducting a restaurant in the
winter. He then removed to New Bloomfield,
which has since been his home; here he car
ried on his trade in live stock, and for three
years, ran a team. In 1892, he embarked in
the livery business, in Avhich he is prospering
well; he has many patrons, who are among
the best classes of people, he having Avon the
confidence of all who deal with him. He has
handsome and comfortable equipages for
private hire, and well trained horses; his es
tablishment is popular, and his enterprise
flourishing. On January 18, 1897, he took
charge of the Eagle Hotel, New Bloomfield,
Avhich he has since successfully conducted.
Before his removal to Carlisle, Atr. Sheaffer
was constable of New Bloomfield for seven
successive years; after his return to Perry
county, he Avas again elected constable, serving
three years; he was afterwards elected high
constable of New Bloomfield, and served one
year. Singleton Sheaffer Avas married, June 9,
1871, to Margaret E., daughter of John A.
and Alargaret (Bower) Fisher. Their children
are: AVilliam; James F. ; Henry L. ; Alary;
Eliza; Emily E. ; and George O., who lived
but a single day. Mrs. Sheaffer's parents were
natives of AAlirtemberg, Germany. On com
ing to this country, about 1845, they landed
in Philadelphia, near which city Mr. Fisher
was at first engaged in working on a truck
farm; later, he was in a general store in the
city. From the time of his removal to Perry
county, he gave his attention entirely to farm
ing. Mr. Fisher was three times manied;
his first two wives were sisters, of the BoAver
family, one of whom, Margaret, Avas the
mother of Mrs. Sheaffer, and of Emily Fisher,
avIio resides in Chicago, 111. Air. Fisher's
third Avife was Miss Sarah Sweiger. He died
in June, 1887, aged sixty-six years. He Avas
a man of intelligence and of excellent charac
ter, and exerted a good influence in the com
munity and in his church; he was a member
of the Lutheran denomination, and was chosen
to the A^arious offices of the congregation.

HENRY J. LUPFER, New Bloomfield,
Perry county, Pa., was born in Perry county,
July 28, 1843, son of the late John and Eliz

abeth Anna (Hohenshildt) Lupfer. His great
grandfather, Jacob Lupfer, was born in AVit-
tenburg, Saxony, October 31, 1725, came to
America in 1757, and soon afterward settled
on the site of NeAV Bloomfield, Perry county,
Pa. He died September 10, 1803, aged seven
ty-seven years, ten months and ten days, and
lies buried in the old cemetery at New Bloom
field. The cemetery lot and the sites occupied
by the Reformed and Lutheran churches were
presented by him during his life time. His
Avife Anna Lupfer, who lies buried beside him,
Avas born in Nassau, Germany, February 22,
1732, and died September 12, 1805, aged
seventy-three years, six months, and twenty
days. His son, Casper Lupfer, grandfather of
Henry J. Lupfer, was born November 10,
1760, and was a native of Perry county. He
was a farmer, a saw-mill owner and operator,
a brickmaker, having one of the first brick
yards in Centre township, and was also a large
OAvner of real estate. He died March 5, 1846,
aged eighty-five years, four months and
twenty-five days. His wife, Elizabeth Loy,
died October 23, 1827, aged fifty-five years
and three months. Their children, now all
deceased, were: Jacob; Henry; Samuel; Da
vid; Michael; Alary; Margaret; John; and
Catherine. John Lupfer, son of Casper Lup
fer, Avas born in Peny county, in September,
1815, and died November 17, 1878, aged
sixty-three years and two months. He made
farming his life occupation. He was first mar
ried to Elizabeth Anna, daughter of Henry
Hohenshildt; besides their son, Henry J.
Lupfer, they had only one other child, Sarah
J., who Avas burned to death while her mother
Avas milking in the barn, April 5, 1843, in her
early childhood. After the death of Mrs.
Elizabeth Anna Lupfer, Mr. Lupfer manied
Alargaret J., a daughter of William Reed.
She died July 24, 1879, aged sixty-three years
ten months and four days. Their children are:
Charles C. ; and Wilson, who in his short ca
reer of eight years at the bar won great esteem
and admiration, and gave promise of a success
ful future. He died February 27, 1882, leav
ing a widow, Amelia (Hyde) Lupfer. John
Lupfer was a respected citizen, and a highly
esteemed member of the Reformed church, in
Avhich he was long an office-bearer. Henry
Hohenshildt, the father of Airs. Elizabeth
Anna Lupfer, died June 12, 1849, aged sixty-
seven years, two months and twenty-two days.

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His wife, Sarah, died June 20, 1866, aged
eighty-five years, two months and three days.
After receiving his education in the com
mon schools, Henry J. Lupfer continued as
sisting his father, as he had done from an early
age, in the work of cultivating his farm. Ar
rived at the age of twenty years, he still re
sided at the homestead, but supported himself
by work obtained in his own vicinity. The first
employment for which he left his home was in
a large tannery, where he remained for one
year. In 1868, he visited various localities in
the west, with the hope of obtaining a good po
sition there. He first remained for a short time
in Johnson county, Aio., and then went to
Leavenworth, Kan.; thence to Harper, and
then back to Leavenworth. He then for a few
months worked at harvesting, on the prairies.
Air. Lupfer gave the "great west" a trial of
seven years' duration. He Avas in Golden
City, Col., for a year, member of the firm of
Soper, Lupfer & Lee, furniture dealers. He
then went to Denver, Col, and was employed
as a clerk by Messrs. Smith & Doll; then
in Leavenworth, Kas., by Abernethy Bros.
In 1875, he returned to the old Keystone
State, and to New Bloomfield, where for nine
months he was in tbe foundry business, one
of a firm known as Snyder & Lupfer. Atr.
Snyder failing, the firm changed at the end
of that time to Lupfer & Evinger. The busi
ness was canied on for another nine months
by the new firm; meanwhile the real estate
of Mr. Snyder was sold, and became the prop
erty of ex-Sheriff Cooper; this circumstance
caused the firm of Lupfer and Evinger to re
linquish the business. In 1878, Mr. Lupfer
engaged in the cigar and tobacco business in
New Bloomfield, and while stUl carrying it
on, bought a half interest in the Duncannon
Record. After he had been for some time
connected with that paper, he bought the
whole stock, but later sold a half interest in
it to Rev. George W. Crist; the paper then
remained for a few years in the hands of
Lupfer & Crist, and was eventually sold by
them to Prof. John L. McCaskey. Mean
while, Mr. Lupfer's tobacco establishment had
grown into a general store, which in 1888 he
sold to Messrs. Smee & Hair. For one season
Mr. Lupfer was manufacturing brick, on the
farm of Frederick Barnett. In 1886, he
bought a half interest in the marble and gran
ite works at Duncannon, since conducted un

der the firm name of Lupfer & Flickinger.
This firm opened a branch office at Bloom
field, where Atr. Lupfer resides and manages
the business. Air. Lupfer is noted in the com
munity as a prominent and enterprising busi
ness man, a member of an old, respected fam
ily, and a worthy citizen.
Henry J. Lupfer Avas married, October 11,
1876, to Emma T., daughter of Henry and
Alary A. (Sweger) Rice. They have had
three children: Frank S., who died when he
was tAvo years and a half old; Benjamin B.,
a prominent jeweler of Reedsville, Miffiin
county; and Frederick W., at home, attend
ing school. Mr. Lupfer and his family are
members of the Reformed church. The fore
fathers of Airs. Lupfer emigrated from Ger
many to America about 1786. Her grand
father, Henry Rice, was born April 1, 1812,
and died July 2, 1883. In the days before
railroads, he conducted a team between Perry
county and Baltimore, Aid. Her father, also
named Henry, was born in Perry county, and
became one of its best known merchants. Dur
ing the war he kept a successful livery stable,
but later was occupied exclusively with mer
cantile pursuits. He held the office of county
treasurer, and other positions of trust. He
was married first to Fannie Weary, born No
vember 13, 1818, and died July 11, 1848, by
Avhom he had five children: Eleanora, de
ceased; Mary, died aged nineteen years;
Elizabeth (Atrs. Samuel Reed), died in 1877;
Alargaret (Airs. William Alarsnall) ; and Fan
nie (Mrs. John A. Griffith). His first wife
dying, Mr. Rice married Alary A., daughter
of John and Annie (Aliller) Sweger. She was
bom February 25, 1827, and. died January 11,
1876. Four of their children survive : Henry;
Annie (Mrs. Frank Aturphy); Emma T.
(Atrs. Lupfer); and Rebecca (Mrs. J. Al.
B.Jackson). Those deceased are : Henrietta;
Jane; Martha; Jackson; and Clara (Mrs. Sam
uel Bentzel). Mr. Rice was an active mem
ber of the Lutheran church, in which he held
various offices. He died at the age of seventy-
six; his wife departed this life in 1876, aged
forty-nine.
LUTHER MELANCTHON SHUMA
KER, AL D., Elliottsburg, Perry county, Pa.,
was bom in Perry county, April 26, 1856, son
of Henry and Alargaret (Kessler) Shumaker.
His paternal grandfather, Henry Shumaker

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(1), was of German birth. Henry Shumaker
(2) is a native of Peny county, and a promi
nent farmer; he has served as supervisor, and
was a member of the board of school directors
for many years. In 1883, he was elected
county commissioner, and served a term of
three years. Henry Shumaker was married to
Alargaret, daughter of Peter Kessler. Their
children are : Alary (Atrs. Samuel Loy) ; Eliza
beth (Airs. Daniel K. Minich); Samuel D.
Luther M.; Peter H, of Marklesville, Pa.
JohnL. ; AndreAv; Ida (Mrs. Charles Kistler)
AndreAv S. ; Henry, died when a student at
Gettysburg College; and Peninna, died when
a child. Mr. and Mrs. Shumaker are mem
bers of the Lutheran church. Air. Shumaker
has been in service as a trustee, a deacon, and
an elder for many years.
Luther M. Shumaker attended the public
schools until the age of sixteen, when he en
tered the academy at Bloomfield, and later
the college at Gettysburg. In 1882, he be
came a student of Carthage College, Carthage,
111., but his health failing, he returned home
and did not resume his studies for several
years. In 1883, he began teaching school,
and taught four years in his district, and three
years in Wyoming valley. In 1887, he en
tered Jefferson Medical College at Philadel
phia, and was graduated in 1889. He began
the active work of his profession at Elliotts-
burg, and there has established a good prac
tice. He is a member of the Perry County
Aledical Society. Luther M. Shumaker was
married, September 10, 1891, to Lizzie K.,
daughter of John K. and Henrietta (Billman)
Stambaugh. Their children were: Luther,
died aged twenty-eight days; Eugene, died
aged eleven months; and Morris M., died aged
two years, three months and eighteen days.
Dr. Shumaker is a member of the Lutheran
church.

SMILEY DUNKELBERGER, Falling
Spring, Spring township, Peny county, Pa.,
was born in Perry county, September 13,
1853, son of Samuel and Mary (Loy) Dunkel
berger. His parents were residents of Peny
county; his father was engaged in farming,
and served one term as a member of the board
of directors of the poor of Perry county.
Samuel Dunkelberger was married to Mary,
daughter of William Loy. Their children
are: Kate, formerly Mrs. George Dentler,

now Mrs. Henry C. Paine; Josiah; Susan
(Mrs. Frank Gallagher); Smiley; Frances
(Airs. James Wilkin); and Mary, deceased.
Mr. Dunkelberger died April 1, 1892; his
Avife died .when her son Smiley was three
weeks old.
Smiley Dunkelberger, after attending tbe
public schools, assisted his father in cultivat
ing the farm. In 1874 he went to Blair coun
ty, and learned shoemaking. He then worked
in the Blair county furnace, and afterwards
went to Livingston, 111., where he spent one
year in farming. He next engaged in busi
ness in Brooklyn, N. Y, remained one year,
and returned to the homestead, which he now
farms. Mr. Dunkelberger served one term
as inspector. He is a Republican.
Smiley Dunkelberger was married April 1,
1892, to Clara I., daughter of Abraham and
Mary (Garman) Wertz. They have one son,
Gordon C. P.

AVILLIAM R. DUAL, EUiottsburg, Perry
county, Pa., was born in Tyrone, now Spring
township, Peny county, March 10, 1842, son
of Jacob and Sarah (Reapsomer) Dum. The
paternal grandfather, Frederick Thommen
(the name was contracted to Dum), pre
ceded his father from Switzerland to Harris
burg, Pa., in 1805, when he was eighteen
years of age. In his native country, he was
a silk weaver, and Avas for some time employed
by a weaver of Harrisburg, then came to
Centre township, Peny county, and followed
his trade for many years. He then bought a
farm in Spring toAvnship, now owned by
Sheriff Gray, and occupied it until his death.
He married Elizabeth Souder; they have four
teen children ; two only survive : Lydia (Airs.
Henry Smith), of Newport, Pa. ; and William,
of EUiottsburg, Pa. Those deceased are:
Catherine (Mrs. Samuel Loy), of Centre;
Frederick, now thirty years of age; Mary
(Mrs. John Tressler), of Marklesville; Caro
line (Mrs. David Adams) ; Susan (Mrs. John
Fosselman); John; Jacob; Elizabeth (Mrs.
Abram Kell); and three infant children.
Atr. Dum died October 1, 1856, aged seventy
years; his wife died in 1873, aged eighty-
seven. They were for many years members
of tbe Reformed church, but later in life
joined tbe Evangelical Association. The ma
ternal great-great-grandfather of William R.
Dum, Daniel Piper, came from Germany and

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engaged in farming in Perry county, and was
among the early settlers of that section.
He Avas manied to Catherine Alarkel; they
had one child. The maternal great-grandpar
ents, John Reapsomer and wife, were Ger
mans. They had two children. John, the
son, came to America in 1803, and began
farming in Spring township, Perry county, on
the farm that is still the Reapsomer home
stead. John Reapsomer Avas manied to Cath
erine Burrel. They had five children, one
survives: Elizabeth (Airs. Franklin Leonard),
of Rye township,. Peny county; John, died
in infancy; Alary (Airs. Joseph Biseline), died
in 1880, aged sixty -seven; Sarah, died October
20, 1884;' and Daniel, died in October, 1887,
aged seventy-one. Air. Reapsomer died April
9, 1840, aged sixty-five years; his wife died
March 9, 1840, aged fifty years.
Jacob Dum was born in Aladison township,
December 20, 1819. He was a large land
owner, and an able financier. In connection
with his occupation of farming, he held a fire
insurance agency; he served as school director
for many years. Jacob Dum was manied to
Sarah, daughter of John and Catherine Reap
somer. Their children are : AAllliam R. ; Cath
erine (Mrs. Henry L. Tressler); Sarah (Atrs.
Josiah W. Dunkelberger); Emma (Airs. O.
L. Hench); and Dr. J. AL, of Alackeyville,
Clinton county, Pa.; Daniel C. A-, died
March 9, 1863, aged six years and three
months; and Jacob F., died in Kansas, Sep
tember 29, 1872, aged twenty-one. Air. Dum
died November 17, 1893, aged seventy-four;
his wife died October 20, 1884, aged sixty-six.
Mr. Dum was a member of the Reformed
church, and Mrs. Dum of the Evangelical As
sociation. Mr. Dum was in service as deacon
and elder.
After attending the public schools, William
R. Dum entered the Alt. Dempsey and Loys
ville Academies. Until he was twenty-one
years of age he assisted his father on the farm,
and when eighteen was engaged in school
teaching. August 13, 1862, he enlisted in the
army and was assigned to Company H, One
Hundred and Thirty-third Pennsylvania Vol
unteers. He was discharged in June, 1863.
He re-enlisted August 30, 1864, and with tbe
rank of fifth sergeant was assigned to Com
pany E, Two Hundred and Eighth Pennsyl
vania Volunteers, and served until the close
of the war, being discharged June 1, 1865.

Atr. Dum took part in the battles of Antietam,
Fredericksburg, Chaneellorsville, Hatchers
Run, in the capture of Fort Steadman, and in
all the engagements in front of Petersburg.
He returned home and engaged in farming,
and in teaching during the Avinter. In the
fall of 1866, he entered the mercantile busi
ness, and continued until 1870, when he began
farming, which is his occupation at the pres
ent time. Air. Dum is a Republican. He was
appointed postmaster in 1869, under Presi
dent Grant, and seiwed for two years. He is
a director of the Farmers' and Alechanics' Alu-
tual Fire Insurance Company of Perry coun
ty; he is a member of Sergt. John Jones Post,
No. 448, G. A. R., and of the O. U. A. M.
AAllliam R. Dum was married, Alay 2,
1867, to Alary C, daughter of AVilliam and
Catherine (Stone) Fuller, of Saville town
ship. Their children are: Alary Alice (Airs.
Elmer Ricedorf); Alfred, married Emma Si-
ler; Amanda (Airs. John Ritter), of New
Kingston, Cumberland county, Pa.; Jacob
M. F., married Elizabeth L. Garber, occupies
tbe homestead; Grace V.; James A. G. ; Jo
siah F. ; Alabel Sarah AL, died March 1, 1885,
aged one year, five months; and one child
died in infancy. Air. Dum and family are
members of the United Evangelical church,
in which he serves as trastee, and has served
as Sunday-school superintendent.

DAVID H. SAIITIT, EUiottsburg, Perry
county, Pa., son of William and Hannah (Corn-
man) Smith, was born in Canoll township,
Perry county, Alarch 25, 1846. His father
was of Scotch-Irish descent. The records of
the family show that John Smith was born in
Ireland in 1668, and that in 1720 he and his
wife Susannah emigrated to the United States
and settled in Uwchland township, Chester
county, Pa. John Smith brought Avith him
his sister Alary, who some time afterwards
married Alexander Fulton. Alexander and
Mary (Smith) Fulton became residents of Lit
tle Britain, Lancaster county, Pa., where Rob
ert Fulton, the inventor of the steamboat, was
born. Robert Fulton married Alary Smith,
who was probably his cousin. John and Su
sannah Smith had fifteen children; in his will,
dated Febraary 12, 1761, he mentions sons:
James; John; Abraham; Robert; and Isaac.
Robert was known as Col. Robert Smith. The
third of these sons, Abraham Smith, removed

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first to Berks and afterwards to Perry county.
He served in the Continental army; but from
which county he enlisted is not known. Abra
ham Smith had the following sons: Fred
erick, who died in the beginning of tbe pres
ent century, and is buried at Loysville, Pa.;
John, who is buried at Plymouth, Ind. ; Abra
ham, Jr., buried at Sandy Hollow, Pa.; and
Solomon, the grandfather of David H. Smith.
Abraham Smith is buried at Loysville, Pa.,
beside his son. When he died, there was no
hearse in the country, so his body was con
veyed to the grave on the bed of a large four-
horse wagon, the friends riding on the same
Avagon. Solomon Smith Avas born October 21, 1791,
and died August 7, 1884; he is buried near
Dellville, Pa. He was a noted hunter; he
sometimes killed as many as three deer in one
day on ground where to-day you could hardly
find a squirrel. He took great delight in tell
ing his grandchildren about the last Indian
massacre, on Shermans creek, as he was near
the place at the time it occurred; he often
pointed out the graves of the Adctims. Solo
mon Smith had sons: Abraham, who seiwed
in the Avar of 1861 to 1865 with his six sons;
Frederick, who died at Plymouth, Ind. ; John,
who lost his life in the army; David, now of
HoguestoAvn, Cumberland county, Pa., who
served faithfully with the Seventh Pennsyl
vania Reserve; and William, tbe father of
David H. Smith. Solomon Smith lived the
life of a zealous Christian; and it was said
of him that he had not an enemy in the world.
William Smith was married to Hannah Corn-
man, of Carroll township, Perry county, by
Jacob Shull, January 24, 1843. They had
eight sons and &ve daughters. The eldest of
the sons is David II. In April, 1871, Wil
liam Smith moved to Cerro Gordo, Piatt coun
ty, 111., where he died, April 18, 1887, aged
sixty-seven years, nine months and eight days.
Hannah Smith also died there, September 7,
1890, aged sixty-five years. They lie buried
in the cemetery at Cerro Gordo, 111., beside
their son James, who died April 28, 1879,
aged twenty-nine years.
David H. Smith attended the public schools
of Spring township, whither his father had
moved in 1855, and also helped his father on
the farm until he Avas seventeen years of age.
He then enlisted, June 23, 1863, in Company
F, First Battalion of Pennsylvania Volun

teers, for six months, under Capt. Joseph Ege,
of Newville, Pa. During this term of service,
he acted as a guard to President Lincoln, and
stood behind him when be spoke at Gettys
burg, Pa., on the 19th day of November,
1863. He Avas discharged January 9, 1864.
On February 19, 1864, he again enlisted, in
Company D, Twentieth Pennsylvania Volun
teer Cavalry, for three years, or during the
Avar. This company was commanded by Capt.
Frank Dolles, a Prussian. On June 5, 1864,
Mr. Smith was shot through the head from
ear to ear, at the battle of Piedmont, Va.,
while serving under General Hunter, fie lay
unconscious on the field for three days and
nights. On the third day he was found by
bis comrades and taken to Staunton, thirteen
miles distant, where he was captured by the
enemy and taken to Andersonville prison.
There be lay on the sand for five months
and nineteen days, no one to hand him a drink
or give him shelter of any kind. Finally, on
November 20, 1864, Mr. Smith was ex
changed at Savannah. His wound is still open
and very severe; he has lain screaming with
pain as much as thirteen days and nights at
a time, without food or sleep. Tbe ball is still
in his head, although he was under treatment
at Annapolis, Aid., and in Philadelphia, where
he was at the Chestnut Hill hospital. He
was treated by surgeons like Agnew and Pal
mer, but could not obtain relief from the in
tolerable suffering with which his years are
to be burdened. He was discharged from the
service June 13, 1865. He then returned to
his home and assisted his father until the spring
of 1866, when he went to Decatur, 111., and
remained there eight months. Then once
more he returned to his father, and remained
with him until his marriage.
Atr. Smith is a member of Sergt. John Jones
Post, No. 448, G. A. R, at New Bloomfield,
Pa., and Avhen his health permits, travels and
lectures for the Grand Army. He is a Re
publican ; he voted for Lincoln when eighteen
years of age, the ballot being a black soup
bean. David II. Smith was manied Novem
ber 12, 1 868, to Alargaret At. Foose, of Spring
township. They have had seven children;
two of them, Harry Milton and Mary Frances,
died of diphtheria, December 23, 1876; they
Avere buried in one coffin at the Ludolph
church, near the place Avhere they died, and
where the parents still live. William A. and

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Florence live near Ceno Gordo, 111.; David
H, Jr., is a painter, and lives in Alarysville,
Pa.; Jesse Alvin and Roy Edwin are still at
home. Air. Smith is a Christian, a faithful
member of tbe church, and has often served as
class leader and superintendent of tbe Sab
bath-school.

ABRAHAAI BOAVER, Falling Spring,
Perry county, Pa., was born in Atadison town
ship, Peny county, on Avhat was knoAvn as the
Ulrich farm, October 11, 1833. He is a son
of Joseph and Anna Alary (Arnold) Bower.
His great-grandfather, Stepben BoAver, Avas
a native of Germany ; the time of his emigra
tion is not known. His grandfather, Abraham
Bower, Avas among tbe early settlers of Perry
county. He came from Franklin county, Pa.,
in 1790, bought a farm and cultivated it for
many years. He was also a distiller and used
to haul his whiskey to Baltimore, Aid. He
was married to Aliss Jane Billman. They had
a large family of sons and daughters. Atr.
Abraham Bower was one of the first commis
sioners of Perry county, and serA'ed for many
years. He died at the age of sixty-two. Atr.
Bower's maternal grandparents were natives
of Berks county, Pa. His grandfather, Jacob
Arnold, came to Perry county a poor boy,
but by hard work and careful saving he be
came a successful farmer, and at the time of
his death owned several fine farms in Madison
township. He was married to Atiss Tressler,
and had a family of sons and daughters. Mr.
Bower's father, Joseph BoAver, a native of
Perry county, spent his life in tbe cultivation
of the soil. He was married to Alary Ann,
daughter of Jacob and At alinda (Tressler) Ar
nold. They had six children: Abraham; Sa
rah (Atrs. John Yoder), living near Chambers
burg, Franklin county, Pa. ; John A., a mer
chant at Bridgeport, Perry county; Esther
(Atrs. David B. Dromgold), of Landisburg,
Pa.; Alary Ann (Atrs. Emanuel Souders);
and Alary J., died aged nine years. Air. Jo
seph BoAver died Alarch 1, 1845, aged thirty-
four; his Avidow is eighty-two, and resides with
her youngest daughter. She is an active mem
ber of the Lutheran church, in which her
husband was an office-bearer. At the time of
his death he was an elder.
Abraham Bower owes much of his useful
ness in life to the careful training of pious
parents. His educational advantages were

limited. He grew up on the farm, and at his
father's death, Avhich occurred Avhen he Avas
twelve, Avent to live Avith bis grandfather Ar
nold in Aladison toAvnship, Avorking on the
farm during the summer. The next summer
he hired as fann laborer to Jonathan Arnold
for several years. But in the following spring
his mother decided to cultivate the farm of the
heirs of Joseph BoAver, that she might be able
to keep her family at home. As Abraham
was the eldest, he was made manager for five
years. At the end of five years he bought out
the interests of the other heirs and began fann
ing for himself. Air. Bower is an enterprising
citizen and has done much for the improve
ment of the township. He Avas actively inter
ested in the construction of the Perry County
Railroad, of which he is a director and a large
stockholder. He owns the Perry County
AArarm Springs, Avhere he has erected a large
and convenient dwelling, making it an attrac
tive summer resort. An analysis of the AVarm
Springs water is given below. He is inter
ested in all tbe affairs of his township, has
served as auditor, and was a school director
for twelve years. In 1888, he was nominated
for congressman on the Democratic ticket, for
the Fourteenth District of Pennsylvania, com
posed of the counties of Lebanon, Dauphin
and Peny.
Abraham BoAver was manied, February 22,
1855, to Alary Ann, daughter of Jeremiah
and Susan (Bernheisel) Dunkelberger. Their
children are: Alice B. (Mrs. Snyder), of
Spring township; Annie N. (Airs. John AV.
Kennedy), Harrisburg, Pa.; David L., cash
ier for the Boston Merchants' Association,
married Addie B., daughter of ex-Sheriff
Clouser, of Bloomfield; Edgar T., at home;
Jeremiah D., clerk in the Bhiladelphia
Bourse, room K, Philadelphia; and Samuel
A., Avho Avas killed in the railroad yards at
Harrisburg, Pa., in 1886, aged twenty-eight.
The family belong to the Lutheran church,
of which Air. Bower has been a member since
he was twenty-one. He has been deacon and
elder, and is noAV secretary of the church
council. Following is -a copy of the analysis of the
Warm Springs water, made by the chemist
of the Board of Health of Philadelphia, and
dated at the chemical laboratory, City Hall,
Philadelphia, February 19, 1897. Since tbe
receipt of this letter, the water has been placed

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on the Philadelphia market, with satisfactory
results. "Analysis No. 1556. Sample of water from
the Peny county, Pa., Warm Springs, lo
cated on tbe banks of Shermans creek, at the
foot of Quaker Hill, furnished by Air. AAralter
Byrnes, February 12, 1897.
Condition: Clear, Colorless.
Reaction: Slightly Alkaline.
There is a small quantity of Carbonic Acid
Gas in solution. The mineral constituents are
probably combined as f oIIoavs :
Parts in a Million.
Calcium Sulphate,  8.84
Calcium Carbonate,  77.50
Magnesium Carbonate,  10.71
Silica,  11.00
Sodium Chloride,  8.00
Oxide of Iron,  0.80
Alumina,  1.20
Organic matter (of vegetable origin), 20.00
Total solids,  138.05
"It contains no Nitrates, Nitrites, Free Am
monia or Albuminoid Ammonia. It is thor
oughly aerated, palatable and wholesome Ava
ter of great purity with mildly laxative prop
erties. Respectfully submitted,
"(Signed) Wm. 0. Robinson, Jr.,
"Chemist to the Board of Health,
"Room 713, City Hall."
HENRY BILLAIAN, Falling Spring,
Perry county, Pa., son of Daniel and Cath
arine (Wentzel) Billman, was born in North
umberland county, Pa., September 13, 1835.
His paternal grandparents were natives of
Lancaster county, and farmed. The grand
mother's maiden name Avas Mower. They
had these children: David; Peter; Daniel;
Jacob; Solomon; and Rebecca, Avife of Jacob
Tressler. Both grandparents Avere members
of the Lutheran church, the grandfather hold
ing office in the same. Air. Billman's mater
nal grandparents Avere natives of Northumber
land county. The grandfather, Abraham
Wentzel, a farmer all his life, married Miss
Catharine Cobel. They reared a family of
eight children: (Mrs. Henry Ilepler); Dan
iel, resides at Blain, Peny county; John,
died in 1858, aged fifty-five years; Polly
(Mrs. Isaac Sortman), died in 1874; Sallie
(Mrs. Honicle Conrad), died in 1874; Eliza
beth (Mrs. John Adams), died in 1888, aged

seventy-four; Hannah (Mrs. Jeremiah Ad
ams), died in 1894; and Catharine (Mrs.
Daniel Billman). Mr. and Mrs. Abraham
Wentzel were members of the Reformed
church, Mr. Wentzel serving as deacon and
elder. He died in 1837, his wife surviving
until 1861, when she died at the advanced age
of eighty years.
Daniel Billman, father of Henry Billman,
was born in Schuylkill county, Pa., and was
a shoemaker. He Avorked at his trade for a
number of years and later engaged in farm
ing. Coming to Peny county, in 1858, he
settled on the farm adjoining that on which
his son Henry now resides, both farms being
OAvned by the latter. The farm first refened
to was formerly knoAvn as the Lightner farm,
and was OAvned by John Shumaker: Air. Bill-
man was married in 1833 to Catharine, daugh
ter of Abraham AAtentzel. They had eleven
children, seven of whom survive: Henry;
Daniel, resides in Carroll township ; Isaac, re
sides in Spring township; Adam; Rebecca
(Mrs. Daniel Serphing), of Landisburg, Perry
county; Henrietta (Mrs. John Stambaugh);
Mary (Airs. David Campbell); Jordan, Avas
killed by lightning in 1872, aged twenty-one
years; John, died in 1890, aged fifty-six
years; Arasman, died in 1891, aged forty
years; and Eli, died young. Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Billman were members of the Lutheran
church, in which Air. Billman held various
offices. He died in 1885, aged seventy-seven
years; his wife died in 1889, at the age of
seventy-five years.
Henry Billman received his education in
the public schools, which he attended up to
his seventeenth year. He was raised on the
farm, but at the age of seventeen he appren
ticed himself to a carpenter. He served two
years, and in all worked at his trade for six
teen years. In 1858, he returned to his fath
er's farm in Spring township, and there
Avorked at carpentry. In 1869, he removed
to his present farm, and here his mechanical
skill served him Avell, enabling him to erect
all the buildings on his farm himself.
Atr. Billman Avas manied, in 1862, to Sarah
J., daughter of John and Elizabeth (Bower)
Shumaker. The grandfather of Airs. Billman
was Henry Shumaker, a native of Lancaster
county, a farmer and distiller, who came to
Perry county in 1806, and settled in Spring
toAvnship. He had been married three times.

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His son John, father of Airs. Billman, Avas
born in Perry county, and followed farming
all his life. He was married to Elizabeth,
daughter of Solomon and Alary (Briner)
Bower. They had these children: Sarah J.;
William, resides in Washington City; Eliza
(Airs. Henry Sheibley), of Decatur, 111;
John; Kate (Airs. AAllliam Sperra); and Su
san (Mrs. Henry Yohn), died in 1882, aged
fifty-six years.
Mr. and Airs. Shumaker Avere members of
the Lutheran church, the father having held
all the offices. He died in 1880, at the age of
seventy-eight years. Atrs. Shumaker then
made her home Avith her daughter, Airs. Bill-
man, Avhere, in 1886, she died, lacking just
one year of being four score.
Mr. and Atrs. Billman have six children:
Clara (Airs. Walter AVeibly); John; Daniel
H.; Aaron H; Minnie M. ; and Albert, died
in infancy. Mr. Billman is a member of the
Lutheran church, and has been a trustee and
an elder for twelve years. He is one of the
most .highly respected citizens in his toAvn-
ship.

EDWARD L. REAPSOA1ER, EUiotts
burg, Perry county, Pa., son of Daniel and
Susan (Foose) Reapsomer, Avas born on the
old homestead in Peny county, January 11,
1863. His great-grandfather came from
SAvitzerland in 1754, took up land in Peny
county in 1756, and began farming. This
farm has been in the possession of the Reap
somer descendants from that early date to tbe
present time. John Reapsomer, grandfather
of E. L. Reapsomer, was a farmer all bis life.
His maternal grandparents were also farmers,
natives of Perry county. Daniel Reap
somer Avas born on the old homestead, and
there he lived and die'd. He Avas twice mar
ried, first to Miss Biseline. Of their three
children, only one survives, Alatilda (Airs.
John Long), of Kansas. Air. Reapsomer's
second wife was Susan, daughter of Mi
chael and Susan (Shoner) Foose. They
had ten children: Daniel; David; Adeline;
Edward L; William; Maclada (Airs. David
Bitter) ; Maggie, deceased ; and three that died
m infancy. Mr. Reapsomer Avas a prominent
man in his day, and was chosen to fill positions
of ^ honor and trust. Possessed of business
ability in an unusual degree, he was appointed
to settle up many estates. He Avas a faithful

member of the Lutheran church, holding of
fice continuously, and helped to build the old
stone church, lie died in 1887, aged sev-
enty-tAvo years and three months. The mother,
Avho has passed the age of seventy, resides Avith
her son Edward L.
Echvard L. Reapsomer Avas educated in the
public, schools, which he attended until he was
eighteen years of age. He Avas raised to farm
ing, in Avhich occupation he is still engaged,
cultivating the same farm that was managed
not only by his father, but by his ancestors for
four generations.
EdAvard L. Reapsomer was married, Decem
ber 3, 1889, to Elizabeth, daughter of James
A. and Annie (Snyder) Gray. They have
these children: James At. ; Daniel E. ; Ralph
G. ; and Clara B. The family are members
of the Lutheran church.

GUSTAVUS BOLZE, deceased, formerly
of Alinda, Peny county, Pa., was born in
Germany, February 10, 1832. Air. Bolze was
twenty years old when he came to this country
and settled in Spring toAvnship, Peny county ;
there he engaged in making post fence and in
Avorking among the fanners of the neighbor
hood. He was twice married; first to Sarah
A., daughter of John Faulk. They had two
children: LeAvis P; and John AL, both of
Avhom died in November, 1863, Avhile still
young. Airs. Bolze died September 2, 1863.
Mr. Bolze Avas married the second time to
Alary AL, daughter of Philip and Dorothy B.
(Wagner) Stuber. Airs. Bolze's paternal
grandfather Avas Joseph P. Stuber, a native
of AALirtemberg, Germany, who lived there
all his life. Mrs. Bolze's maternal grandpar
ents, Christopher and Alary Al. (KartzaAvadel)
Wagner, were also bom in Ylirtemberg, and
came to America in early life, settling in
Chester county, Pa., Avhere Mr. Wagner en
gaged in farming. They had these children,
only one of Avhom surviA'es: Hannah (Airs.
Jacob Utely), resides at Ickesburg, _ Perry
county; Christopher; Christian; Lewis; Do
rothy B. (Airs. Philip Stuber); and Christina
(Airs. John Flickinger). Air. and Airs. Wag
ner were members of the Lutheran church.
The parents of Atrs. Bolze Avere both born in
AAAirtemberg. They came to this country at
the age of twenty years, and farmed first in
Chester county, but in 1820 they came to
Perry county, continuing to farm near Ickes-

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burg. They had these children: Mary AL;
Rebecca, who has been a cripple for twenty-
nine years; Joseph; Sarah (Atrs. Henry San-
serman); Alartin Luther, married Ellen Bix-
ler; Daniel, died aged three years; and Han
nah, died at the age of fourteen years. Mr.
and Airs. Stuber were members of the Lu
theran church at Loysville, Perry county,
where he held all the offices connected with the
church. He died in September, 1873, bis wife
surviving until the year 1888.
Mr. and Atrs. Bolze had twelve children:
Annie (Airs. Benjamin L. Dunkelberger);
Wilhelmina; Joseph M. ; Oscar H; Walter
M. ; Jacob S. ; Lenens W. ; David G. ; Martin
Luther; Philip Lewis, died June 9, 1866, aged
two years; Ataria Emma, died January 17,
1881, aged two months; and Frederick W.,
died January 11, 1883, aged eight months.
Mr. Bolze came to this country a poor boy,
but through industry and careful saving his
work prospered, and he became the owner of
a fine farm. He was highly esteemed by all,
and for many years held the office of deacon
in the Lutheran church. He died January
30, 1895, aged sixty-two years, eleven months
and twenty-nine days. Mrs. Bolze resides with
her family on the farm Avhere they have lived
since 1885.

FRED SOUDER, Alinda, Peny county,
Pa., Avas born in Spring toAvnship, Perry coun
ty, October 15, 1821. His paternal grand
father, Henry Souder, was born in Germany
and came to this country Avhen only seven
years of age. He worked as a day laborer.
His children Avere: Jacob; John; George;
William; Mrs. Gameman; Mrs. Shull; Mrs.
Turnbaugh; and Mrs. Miller. The grand
father died at the age of seventy-five years.
The maternal grandparents of Mr. Souder
were natives of Maryland, who came to Perry
county in 1805 and engaged in farming in
Tyrone township. They had two children:
William; and Alary; both now deceased. Both
grandparents were members of the Reformed
church, and both lived to an advanced age.
Jacob Souder, carpenter, Avas born in Perry
county. He followed that occupation for
thirty-five years, and then engaged in farming,
being the OAvner of a very fine farm. He was
married to Alary, daughter of Fred Sowers.
They had a family of seven children: Mary
Ann (Mrs. Henry Sigener), of YoungstoAvn,

O. ; Fannie (Mrs. Henry Rhinesmith), of Lan
disburg, Peny county; Fred; Jacob, died in
1852, aged forty-three years; John, died while
returning by sea from California, in 1852,
aged forty-four years; Samuel, died in April,
1886, aged seArenty-six years; and Magaret
(Mrs. Henry AVatson), died in 1894, aged sev
enty years. Air. and Airs. Jacob Souder were
members of the Reformed church, the father
serving as deacon and elder for many years.
He died in December, 1S42, aged sixty-two
years. Mrs. Souder died in 1825, at the age
of thirty-four years.
Fred Souder was educated in the subscrip
tion schools, and in the public schools after
their establishment in 1834. He greAV to man
hood on bis father's farm, working at home
until he reached his majority. On the death
of bis father, he rented the place and there
fanned for himself for five years. Then the
farm was sold, the elder brother having in
charge tbe settlement of tbe estate. In 1848,
Air. Souder removed to Cumberland county,
where for six years he gave his attention to
farming. Returning to Perry county, in
1854, be bought the farm on which he now
lives, a retired farmer. He has filled very ac
ceptably the offices of of inspector, township
auditor, school director for six years, assessor
for six years, and justice of the peace for ten
years. Mr. Souder Avas manied, November 9,
1843, to Elizabeth, daughter of Christian and
Frances (Heckendorn) Kell. Their ten chil
dren are all living : Alfred, married Margaret
Sheibly, is engaged in mercantile business at
Alinda; Francis, manied to Mary Rosenber-
ger, resides in Chambersburg, Pa.; Lewis
Morris, of Whatcom, Wash. ; John W., a pho
tographer at St. Joseph, Mo. ; Sarah E. (Mrs.
Zachariah Dock), of Tyrone township, Perry
county; Samuel, manied to Mary Scott, is a
druggist in Dayton, 0. ; Mary Alice, wife of
Rev. S. S. Snyder, a missionary to Japan;
Oliver, a printer, resides in Seattle, Wash.;
Henry AL, also a printer, manied to Elizabeth
Williams, resides in the State of Washington;
and Frederick H, resides in Dayton, 0. The
family are members of the Reformed church.
The father Avas a deacon and is now elder, and
takes a prominent part in the work of the Sun
day-school. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Fred Sou
der, John Kell, a native of York county, was

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a farmer all his life. He was married to Cath
arine Kulp. Their children were: Henry;
John; Christian; Philip; Jacob; Clarissa (Airs.
Jacob Sunday); Kate (Mrs. John Jacobs);
Sarah (Airs. Joseph Coler); Elizabeth (Airs.
David Stambaugh); and Alary (Airs. Philip
Maul). The grandparents were members of
the Reformed church, Air. Kell serving as
elder and deacon. He helped to build the
first church that was erected in Spring town
ship. He died in 1827, at the age of seventy
years. Mrs. Souder's maternal grandparents
were natives of Snyder county, Pa. Besides
working at carpentry, Air. Heckendom also
engaged in farming, and later in the ho
tel business at Wagners Gap. He was
married to Frances Darby. Their children
are: Alary (Airs. David Wunderlich) ; Eva
(Mrs. Simon Moses); Elizabeth; Catherine
(Mrs. A\7agner); Adam; David; Francis; and
Joseph. Mr. Heckendom and his wife were
members of the Reformed church, in Avhich
he held successively all tbe offices. He died
at the age of seventy-four years ; his wife sur
viving until 1846, Avhen she died aged eighty-
nine years. The parents of Mrs. Souder were
born in York county, and came to Perry
county in early life. There they engaged in
farming, although her father's trade Avas that
of a weaver. Mr. Kell was married to Frances
Heckendom, daughter of Christian and Fran
ces (Darby) Heckendom. They had nine chil
dren: Elizabeth (Mrs. Fred Souder); Mary,
Avidow of Daniel Hallman; Levi; John; Cath
arine (Mrs. Stenett Shaeffer) ; Frances, widow
of John AVagner; Sophia (Mrs. Jacob Shu
maker); AAllliam, died in 1853, aged twenty-
eight years; Sarah (Mrs. Philip Thumma),
died in April, 1895, aged sixty-six years. Mr.
Kell was township supervisor for some years.
The family were members of the Reformed
church, the father holding all the offices. He
died in 1863, aged seArenty-four years and five
months; his wife survived until 1880, dying
then at the age of eighty -six years, two months
and five days.

JOHN R. SHEIBLEY, Alinda, Peny
county, Pa., son of John and Elizabeth
(Probst) Sheibley, Avas born in Franklin coun
ty, Pa., August 12, 1814. His grandfather,
Peter Sheibley, removed from Berks county
to Peny county, and settled in Tyrone town
ship. He was a farmer all his life, and Avas

twice married. The children of the first mar
riage Avere as folloAvs: Fred; Solomon; Abra
ham; John; David; and Alargaret (Airs.
Henry Kline). Air. Sheibley was manied the
second time to Aliss Lynn, and they had nine
children: Daniel; Elizabeth (Airs. Jacob
Stambaugh) ; Sarah (Airs. Jacob Bernheisel) ;
Susan (Airs. Henry Lightner); Catherine
(Airs. Fred Shaeffer); Jacob; Bamett;
George ; and Peter. The maternal grandpar
ents, Air. and Airs. Probst, Avere natives of
Berks county, Pa., Avho, coming to Franklin
county, settled near Chambersburg, and en
gaged in the hotel business. They raised a
family of four children: Nancy (Airs. Daniel
Kramer); Susan (Airs. Christian Shearer);
Elizabeth; and John.
John Sheibley, father of John R., Avas born
in Perry county. His trade was that of black
smith, which he followed as long as he Avas
able to work. He married Elizabeth, daugh
ter of AndreAv Probst, of Franklin county.
They had these children: John R. ; Eliza
beth (Airs. Stenett Lightner); Belle (Airs.
Andrew Eiker), of Chambersburg; Jacob;
Peter; AVilUam; Mary (Mrs. AVilliam Al
len); Sarah (Airs. William Stone); Hen
rietta (Atrs. Gabriel Kline) ; and David. All
are deceased except the first three. The par
ents were members of the Reformed church.
The father died in 1839, aged eighty-three;
the mother died at the age of forty-nine years.
John R. Sheibley received his education in
the subscription schools, which he attended
until he was sixteen years old. His parents
being poor, he hired out among the farmers
in his neighborhood, and thus was able to con
tribute to the support of the family. This he
did until he Avas twenty-seven years of age.
During this time, when about sixteen years
old, he Avent to AArayne county, O., and there
drove a team for tAvo months. He remained
.in Ohio for seven years, employed at intervals
in blacksmithing and tanning, and then re
turned to Peny county, Pa. Mr. Sheibley Avas
married, October 6, 1842, to Alary, daughter
of John and Elizabeth (Ernest) Rhinesmith.
They have had eight children: Mary Ellen
(Mrs. George A. Wagner); David; John A.;
Margaret J. (Atrs. Samuel Dunkelberger);
James G, died December 4, 1894, aged forty-
three years; and three that died in infancy.
Atrs. John R. Sheibley was born in Perry
county, October 16, 1815. Her paternal

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grandfather was a native of Germany, who
came to this country and settled in Little Ger
many, Spring township, where he engaged in
farming. He married Susan Zimmerman;
they had these children: John; Henry; Jona
than; Elizabeth; George; and Susan. The
family Avere Lutherans. The maternal grand
parents were farmers in Perry county. The
grandfather died in 1830, aged seventy-three
years; bis wife died some years before, at
the age of thirty-seven years. The father of
Atrs. Sheibley followed the trade of blacksmith
for a number of years, but later bought a farm
and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was
married to Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and
Mary (Kramer) Ernest. They had the fol
lowing children: Elizabeth (Mrs. John R.
Sheibley); Henry; Samuel; David; E. Jane
(Mrs. John Wetzel), of Harrisburg; John,
died aged tAventy-three ; Maria, died at eigh
teen years; and George, died July 25, 1894,
aged sixty-seA^en years. Both parents Avere
members of the Lutheran church, the father
holding the office of deacon and elder. He
died in 1831, at the age of eighty-three.
Since his marriage Atr. Sheibley has been
engaged in farming, and in 1844, he removed
to the farm on which he now resides. He is
one of the oldest and most highly respected
residents of the township. He is a member of
the Reformed church, and has been a deacon
for many years.

JOHN EMLET, Alinda, Perry county,
Pa., was born in Adams county, Pa., NoA'em-
ber IS, 1830. He is a son of John and Mary
(Hinkel) Emlet. His paternal grandparents
were natives of Germany. His father, John
Emlet, a native of Adams county, was a far
mer and distiller; for many years he drove a
team between Baltimore, Md., and Pittsburg,
Pa. Mr. John Emlet Avas married to Mary
A. Hinkel, a native of Carroll county, Md.
They had ten children: Lucinda A., deceased;
Annie (Mrs. George Sheely); David, de
ceased; Jacob, deceased; George, manied
Leah AVolf , died in Adams county, Pa. ; Henry,
deceased; Maria (Airs. Jesse Roser); Cath
erine, deceased; John; and one who died in
infancy. Mr. John Emlet and his wife were
members of the Lutheran church. He died
in April, 1845, aged sixty-two; his Avife in
January, 1866, aged seventy-three.
John Emlet received a limited education in

the public schools of Adams county. He
worked with his father on the farm until he
was fifteen, when his father died and his eld
est brother rented the farm. After working
for his brother for two years, be hired as a farm
laborer in Adams county for two years. At
the age of nineteen he learned carpentry with
his brother, serving an apprenticeship of two
years and three months. He worked at his
trade for ten years, four of which were spent
in Virginia. In 1863, Mr. Emlet removed
from Virginia to Adams county to work in
the machine shop's; a few months afterwards
the battle of Gettysburg was fought, the shop
was closed, and he returned to farm labor.
Six months later he removed to Washington,
D. C, to take charge of a farm and dairy. In
1865, Mr. Emlet renuyved to Perry county
and rented a farm in Spring township, culti
vating the land and engaging in hucksterage.
In 1885 he bought the farm on which he now
resides; bis son-in-law farms the land, and
he gives all his attention to hucksterage. His
farm is in good condition, and is one of the
finest in Spring township.
John Emlet was married, December 7,
1858, to Mary Ann, daughter of John and
Sarah (Sugert) Bear. They had four chil
dren: Sarah E. (Mrs. Augustus Ellerman),
resides in Spring township; William, mar
ried Cora Snavely, resides in Alissouri; Ma
mie E. (Mrs. Richard Thompson); and one
who died in infancy. Atrs. Emlet was a mem
ber of the Reformed church; she died April
23, 1863. Air. Emlet was married to his sec
ond wife, Leah, daughter of Andrew and
Elizabeth (Kochenhour) Beitzel, October 31,
1865. They have four children: Annie C.
(Atrs. Charles Kennedy), her husband is a
huckster in Spring township ; David, married
Emily, daughter of Isaac Billman, has been
engaged in hucksterage with his father ,since
he was twelve, and in 1894 removed to Loys
ville, where he canies on the same business;
Ida (Airs. Rudolph Billman), her husband is
a huckster in Loysville; and T. Calvin, died
May 28, 1867, aged six months and eight days.
Atrs. Emlet is a member of- the Reformed
church and a teacher in the Sunday-school.
Since he was eighteen, Atr. Emlet has been an
active member of the Lutheran church, in
which he has been deacon, trustee and elder.
He is also connected with the Sunday-school,
of Avhich he has been a teacher for many years.

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HON. DAVID H. SHEIBLEY, Landis
burg, Peny county, Pa., son of Jacob and Sa
lome, (Harman) Sheibley, was born July 14,
1835, on the old homestead where he still
resides. His paternal grandfather, Peter
Sheibley, a native of Switzerland, came to this
country when a young man, and resided in
Northampton, Berks, and finally in Perry
county. He was a farmer all his life, was
twice married and had a large family of chil
dren. His second wife was Miss Lynn. Peter
Sheibley was a member of the Reformed
church. Hon. D. H. Sheibley's maternal
grandfather was a farmer. He owned the
farm on which Mr. Sheibley now resides, and
reared six children. Mr. and Atrs. Sheibley,
the parents of Mr. Sheibley, were both born
in Peny county. In early life bis father had
learned carpentry, but worked at it only a
few years and then went to farming. He mar
ried Salome Harman; they had seven chil
dren, only two of whom are living: David
H.; and Angeline (Mrs. Charles K. Smith).
Those deceased are: John; Peter; Mary Ann
(Mrs. Francis Gibson) ; Caroline, wife of Reu
ben Spotts, and later of Jesse L. Ganett; and
one that died in infancy.
Jacob Sheibley, fatber of David H, was
prominent in his community. Besides serving
in many of the township offices, he was county
commissioner for a term of three years, and
associate judge for a term of five years. He
was active in church affairs also; a member
of the Reformed church, he was deacon and
elder for many years. He died February 14,
1882, at the age of eighty-three years and four
months. His wife died April 5, 1848, aged
thirty-eight years.
David H. Sheibley received bis education in
the public schools and the academies of Bloom
field and Landisburg. He was reared on a
farm belonging to his fatber, for whom he
worked until he was twenty-six years of age;
then he began farming for himself, and that
occupation still engrosses his time and atten
tion. He is one of the most highly esteemed
citizens of the county. Capable and popular,
he has filled creditably all the township of
fices. He has served as school director for_
twenty years, and as assessor for three terms;
m 1876 he was elected to the State legislature
for two sessions. In 1883, Mr. Sheibley Avas
made treasurer of the Farmers' and Mechan
ics' Fire Insurance Company, and held that

position for fourteen years; and in 1895, he
was made president of the same company. He
has been connected Avith tbe Peny County
^Agricultural Society since its organization in
1885, and during tbe last six years has been
its president. Air. Sheibley is an active mem
ber of Aft. Dempsey Lodge, No. 172, I. 0.
O. F.
On December 25, 1872, Air. Sheibley was
married to Alatilda L., daughter of Frederick
and Susan (Lenker) Boger. Frederick Boger
was born in Germany, and on coming to Amer
ica he settled in Berks county. He was a clerk
nearly all his Ufe. He married Susan Lenker,
and they had eight children: Amelia, widow
of John Cree; Frederick; Matilda L.; Vic
toria, widow of Jacob Thudium, resides in
Baltimore; EdAvard, died young; Virginia,
wife of John Calio, and later of Joseph Wert,
died in 1880, aged thirty-eight years; Amanda
(Atrs. George Shearer), died in California;
and Albert, died in June, 1893, aged forty-
eight years. Mr. Boger was a member of the
Lutheran church, and Mrs. Boger of the Re
formed. He died in 1876, at the age of sev
enty-nine years; his wife preceded him to the
grave, dying in 1869, at the age of forty-eight
years. Mr. and Mrs. Sheibley have three children:
Charles, manied to Miss Milligan, resides in
Iowa, where he is engaged in farming; Sal
lie, wife of H. B. Rhinesmith, the well-known
proprietor of Hotel Rhinesmith, Bloomfield;
and Jacob L., who is not married and fives at
home. The family attend the Reformed
church.

JOHN PREISLER, Lebo, Perry county,
Pa., son of John and Susan (Burtnette) Preis-
ler, was born November 11, 1845, in Perry
county. His paternal grandparents were born
in Germany and came to this country when
quite young. They settled in Lancaster coun
ty, and removed to Cumberland, and later to
Perry county. In bis early life, the grand
father was a school teacher; for many years
he was a local preacher; later he engaged
in farming. He was married to Maria Mussel-
man; they had a family of seven children:
Daniel; John; Henry; George; Mary, died
in 1862, aged fifty years; Joseph and Cath
erine, died in infancy. He died in Perry
county. Mr. Preisler's maternal grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burtnette, were

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natives of Pennsylvania. His grandfather, a
farmer all his life, was married to Miss Grove;
they had eleven children: Kate (Mrs. Daniel
Preisler); Susan: Nancy (Airs. John Keck), .
deceased; Alary (Mrs. David Neely), deceased;
John, also deceased; AVilliam, died in Michi
gan; Jacob, deceased; Samuel, deceased; Eliza
beth (Mrs. Jonathan Rejelman), deceased;
Thomas, deceased; Sarah (Airs. Charles Bress-
ler), died December 25, 1896.
John Preisler, Sr., was born in Union coun
ty. He followed his trade of stone mason
nearly all his life. He was married to Susan,
daughter of Thomas Burtnette, and had these
children: John; Susan E., Avidow of J. C.
Frink; J. C; Joseph, deceased; Sarah, de
ceased; Anna Alary, died in infancy; George,
died in March, 1891, aged thirty-seven years;
and Catharine, died June 27, 1894, aged fifty
years, taught school for a number of years.
Mr. Preisler was a member of the Lutheran
church and an office-holder. He died Novem
ber 21, 1870, aged seventy-three years. His
wife resides in Bloomfield, Perry county.
John Preisler received his education in tbe
public schools. His trade Avas that of a saw
yer, and be Avorked at it for many years. He
spent a number of years in Virginia, employed
there at his trade, also in Centre county for
ten months. During the war he was driving
a team in Washington City, and later drove
in Cumberland and Franklin counties. After
this he again engaged in sawing. In 1893 he
turned his attention to farming, and in 1894
removed to his present place, which he man
aged with much success.
Mr. Preisler was married, February 22,
1879, to Mrs. Sarah, daughter of Samuel and
Hattie (Nailer) Allen, and widow of Harvey
Shirpening. They had three children: Charles
R. ; Frank T. ; and Alary K. The family are
members of the Reformed church, Air. Preis
ler holding the office of elder in his congrega
tion, and superintendent of the Sunday-
school. Airs. Preisler died March 1, 1897,
aged fifty.
Mrs. Preisler's father, Samuel Allen, was
born in Lancaster county. In his youth he
was a carpenter, but later went to farming.
He was twice manied; his wives were sisters,
daughters of George Nailer. The first wife
was Catharine Nailer, whom he married Feb
ruary 15, 1821. They had seven children, two
of whom survive : Mary (Mrs. Solomon Sitze) ;

and Samuel. Those who died were: Catharine-
died in February, 1839, aged one year;
George, died in 1864; John; Josiah; and
Elizabeth (Airs. John Green). On the 12th
of March, 1838, Mrs. Preisler died, aged
thirty-eight years. The second wife was Hat-
tie Nailer. The five children of this maniage
are all living: Rebecca, widow of Benjamin
Lunk; David; Jacob; Sarah (Mrs. John
Preisler); and Yost S. live of Atr. Allen's
sons served in tbe late Avar, viz: John, Jo
siah, Samuel, David and Jacob. Though
John was imprisoned for a long time, and
David bad a horse shot under him, all lived
to come home in safety. Atr. Allen and his
wife were members of the Evangelical church,
in Avhich the former was a class ' leader for
many years. He died Alarch 9, 1873, aged
seventy-six years and six months; his wife
died April 17, 1883, aged seventy-eight years,
two months and fourteen days.

JOHN DUNKLEBERGER, Lebo, Perry
county, Pa., son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Bau-
sum) Dunkleberger, was born in Perry county
March 17, 1851. His paternal grandfather,
John Dunkleberger, was a native of Berks
county, and came to Perry county in 1814.
He was a farmer all his life, and was married
to Miss Sunday. Their children were : Catha
rine, widow of William Loy; Jonathan; John;
Elizabeth (Mrs. Jacob Kell); Jeremiah;
Charles; Samuel; Hannah (Mrs. Solomon Bern-
heisel); and Joseph. All are uoav deceased
except the first named. The grandparents
were both members of the Lutheran church.
Mr. Dunkleberger's great-grandfather on his
mother's side was Henry Bausum, a native
of Perry county and carpenter by trade. He
married Atiss Olinger, and raised a large fam
ily, among whom Avas Jacob, the grandfather
of John Dunkleberger. Jacob Bausum was
a shoemaker for a number of years, but
later engaged in farming. He was mar
ried twice, the first time to Rebecca Keiner.
Of their eleven children, only six survive:
Catherine (Mrs. David Banick); Elizabeth
(Atrs. John Dunkleberger); John; Jacob;
Margaret (Mrs. David Flickinger); Julia
(Mrs. Henry Menion). These have died:
Leah; Sarah; Susan; Alary (Mrs. Moore);
and AVilliam. The first Avife died in 1836, at
the age of thirty-six years. Mr. Bausum was
married the second time to Elizabeth Shu-

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maker, and their children Avere: Ilettie
(Mrs. William Bitner); and Hannah (Mrs.
David Bitner, deceased. Mr. Bausum died at
the age of forty-seven; his Avife has also
passed away. Both were members of the Lu
theran church.
Joseph Dunkleberger, fatber of John Dun
kleberger, was born in Berks county, April
19, 1814. In that same year his parents re
moved to Perry county, and settled on the
farm on which John Dunkleberger now re
sides. He was a fuller and Avas thus employed
for twenty years; then he engaged in farming,
and so continued until 1870, when he retired
and his son John took charge of the farm.
He was married Alarch 13, 1845, to Elizabeth,
daughter of Jacob and Rebecca (Keiner)
Bausum. They had these children: John;
David; Harrison; Charles; Alary A., died Oc
tober 6, 1850, aged two years and eight days;
Catherine E., died November 13, 1850, aged
four years, and one month; and Alargaret,
died February 26, 1869, aged five years, four
months and fifteen days. Air. Dunkleberger
died August 13, 1895, at tbe age of eighty-
one years. He was an active, faithful mem
ber of the Lutheran church, in Avhich he held
all the offices. His widow, an active lady of
seventy-two, resides on the home farm with
her son.
John Dunkleberger grew up on his father's
farm in Spring township, and attended the
public schools of his district. He worked for
his father until he attained his tAventy-frrst
year and then began farming for himself. In
connection with his farming interests, Mr.
Dunkleberger, has for four years, given some
time to thrashing, and has also for two sea
sons sold farming implements and machin
ery. During the winter months he is en
gaged in butchering for the neighboring
farmers. Besides this, bis services are fre
quently called for as veterinary surgeon, as
his skill in the treatment of diseases among
domestic animals is very great. He is a mem
ber of the Democratic party, and during the
years 1875-76, filled various township offices.
Mr. Dunkleberger was married, February
8, 1872, to Mary, daughter of John and Lydia
(English) Klinepeter. Their children are:
Martin L, bom May 2, 1873, married to Nan
nie Hassinger, is a farmer in Spring township ;
Joseph E., bom October 14, 1874, married
Annie Kitner, resides in Spring township;

William 0., born AYvember 16, 1875, died
October 11, 1876; Sallie V, bom July 5,
1880; Harvey, born December 31, 1883; Jo
seph C, born May 11, 1885; Walter Scott, bom
October 5, 1886; Emma Jane, died Septem
ber 29, 1878, aged one year, one month and
twenty-nine days; Elsie, born January 22,
1888, died September 23, 1888; Viola, bom
Alarch 16, 1890, died July 25, 1890. On
the 14th of October, 1891, Airs. Dunkleber
ger died, aged forty-one years. She Avas a
faithful, earnest member of the Lutheran
church. Air. Dunkleberger is also a member,
and filled the office of deacon for many years;
he is noAv superintendent of the Sunday-
school. Some years ago he organized a Sun-
clay-school at Oak Grove, of Avhich he Avas
superintendent for three years. He is highly
esteemed by all Avho know him.

JOAAVIHAN DUNKELBERGER, Alin
da, Perry county, Pa., son of John Dunkel
berger, Avas born in Spring toAvnship, Decem
ber 22, 1818. He was raised on the farm,
and educated in the common schools. At
Lockport, N. Y., he learned the trade of
cooper, which he followed for a short time,
and then engaged in farming. He was mar
ried three times. The first wife was Catha
rine Campbell, Avhom he manied January 9,
1843. They had four children: Caroline
(Airs. John D. Souder); William; John, died
October 24, 1845; and a child that died in
infancy. The first Avife died April 4, 1851,
aged thirty-seven years and fifteen days. She
was a member of the Lutheran church. Atr.
Dunkelberger was manied the second time to
Caroline Beitzel; they had one son: Charles
R. Atrs. Caroline Dunkelberger having died,
Mr. Dunkelberger was married again, Sep
tember 3, 1885, to Leah, daughter of
William and Barbara (Banch) Keiner. Atr.
Dunkelberger Avas a farmer the greater part
of his life, and a hard working, industri
ous man. For over a year his mental poAvers
had been weakening, the result of a stroke
sustained in January, 1895, from which time
until his death, February 9, 1897, he was un
able to speak. Like his parents, Mr. Dun
kelberger was a Lutheran, in which church his
father was deacon and elder.
The parents of Air. Dunkelberger's third
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mers. Her father, AAllliani Keiner, married
Barbara Banch. They had five children:
Alary, Avidow of Jesse Kell; Sarah, avlcIoav of
John Shoner; Leah (Airs. Jonathan Dunkel
berger); Samuel, died young; Eliza (Airs.
Abraham Rhodes), died January 8, 1896,
aged seventy-eight years. Mr. and Airs. Kei
ner were members of the Lutheran church.
Charles R. Dunkelberger, son of Jonathan
and Caroline (Beitzel) Dunkelberger, Avas
born November 17, 1862. He AA'as reared on
a fann and educated in the public schools.
In 1886, he began farming on shares and is
still thus engaged.
Charles Dunkelberger was married, Sep
tember 22, 1885, to Rebecca, daughter of
Peter and Rebecca (Smith) Garlin. They
have tAvo children: Lillie Alay; and Rose
Emma. The family are Lutherans. Mrs.
Dunkelberger's father, Peter Garlin, was a
native of Perry county, and married Rebecca,
daughter of Abraham and Catharine Smith.
They had a large family of children: William;
Abraham; Daniel; John; Jonathan; Catha
rine; Elijah; Jennie; Rebecca (Airs. Charles
Dunkelberger); and several that died in in
fancy. The mother died in 1862, aged fifty-
two; tbe father in 1891, aged eighty-seven
years.

RICHARD ADAA1S, Lebo, Perry county,
Pa., son of John and Susan (Aloore) Adams,
was born in Spring township, Perry county,
January 23, 1839. His paternal grandfather
Avas a native of Berks county and reared a
family of seven children: David; John; Mar
tha; James; Mary (Airs. Chester Zigler);
Richard; and Joseph. His maternal grand
father, John Aloore, a native of Germany,
was a weaA^er. He was married to Mary
Shearer; their children Avere: Susan; Kate
(Atrs. Joseph Bailer); Jane (Mrs. John
Croll) ; Ilettie (Mrs. Samuel Shettler) ; David,
deceased; Lena, died in 1865; Peter; and
Mary (Airs. Abraham Hopple). In 1866, Mr.
Moore died at the age of eighty-four years.
John Adams, father of Richard Adams,
Avas born in Berks county, and followed
farming all his life Avith tbe exception of a
feAV years during Avhich be kept hotel in
Spring toAvnship. He was twice manied.
His first wife was Sarah, daughter of James
Bell, and of their six children only one sur
vives: Elizabeth, widoAV of Peter AAlarner.

Those that died were: Mary; Martha;
Samuel; and tAvo that were twins. His first
Avife having died, Air. Adams manied Susan,
daughter of John and Alary (Shearer) Aloore.
They had four children: Henry; John;
Richard; and Sarah (Atrs. John Reiber). Mr.
and Airs. Adams were members of the Lu
theran church. Air. John Adams died aged
eighty-one years and seven months. His
widoAV is eighty-three and resides in Spring
toAvnship. Richard Adams received his education in
the common schools. He Avas reared on a
farm, and Avhen eighteen years of age learned
the trade of stone mason, with Stephen Losh.
He seiwed an apprenticeship of three years,
and this being oA'er, Air. Losh gave him em
ployment for six consecutive years.
Air. Adams continued to- work at his
trade until the second year of the war, when
he Avent to Duncannon, Perry county, and
Avorked at puddling for tAvo years. On Sep
tember 14, 1864, he enlisted in Company F,
Tavo Hundred and Ninth Pennsylvania Vol
unteers, and served for nine months. Dur
ing that time he participated in the battles of
Fort Steadman and of Petersburg, Va.
While serving in the army a log fell on his
arm, and broke several bones in his right hand,
disabling him for ten Aveeks. The war being
ended, Air. Adams again found employment
Avith Air. Losh, Avith whom he continued for
four years, after which he spent two years in
the puddling mills in Duncannon. Subse
quently he engaged in farming on the place
Avhere he uoav resides, and on Avhich he has
built a neAV house. He is a successful fanner,
and an esteemed friend and neighbor. He is
serving his third year as school director.
Air. Adams Avas married, March, 1859, to
Abigail, daughter of Adam and Eliza J.
(Stonesifer) Fenical. They have had these
children: Susan (Airs. Emanuel Shearer);
AAllliam; Charles; George; Thomas; Harry;
Albert; Alatilda; AAUter; Flossie; HoAvard;
Edward Logan, died in infancy, 1862; Eliza
J., died in 1866, aged three months and five
days; and Chester, died October 29, 1894, aged
nineteen years and seven months. Mrs.
Adams and children are members of the
United Brethren church.
Airs. Adams' grandfather, Matthias Fenical,
Avas a native of Perry county and a fanner.
He Avas married to At ary, daughter of Andrew

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and Mary (Haines) Losh. They bad these
children: John; Amanda (Atrs. AVilliam
Alartin); Edward, died aged thirty-seven
years; Alargaret (Atrs. Jacob Deusler), de
ceased; Peter, deceased; Susan (Airs. Joseph
Carmichael), deceased; Adam, deceased;
Stephen, deceased; Elizabeth (Airs. Jonathan
Aiurphy), deceased. Both Air. and Airs. Fen
ical were members of the Church of God.
Adam Fenical, father of Airs. Adams, Avas
born in Perry county. He was a puddler, and
also worked at blacksmithing in bis younger
days, but later in life he Avent to farming.
He was married to Eliza J. Stonesifer, a na
tive of Alaryland. They bad a family of
eight children: Abigail J. (Airs. Richard
Adams); Margaret (Mrs. Samuel Brubaker),
of Lancaster, Pa.; AVilliam; Alary (Airs.
Isaac Ateger); Edward, died aged tAventy
mopths; John W., deceased; and Charles
Morgan, who was killed on the railroad near
Bailey Station, in the year 1890. Air. Feni
cal died in November, 1892, aged seventy-
one years. Airs. Fenical died very suddenly
in January, 1894, at the age of sixty-eight
years.

FREDERICK S. COOPER, Lebo, Peny
county, Pa., was born in Tyrone township,
Perry county, July 13, 1851. He is a son
of Henry and Sarah (Schaeffer) Cooper. His
paternal grandfather was of Scotch descent,
a native of Wilkes-Bane, and settled in Cum
berland county, Pa. His maternal grandfa
ther was a farmer, and married Catherine,
daughter of Peter and Ellen Sheibley. They
had ten children: Addie (Airs. George
Strohm), of Carlisle, Pa.; Jane; Peter; John;
AVilliam; George; Sarah; Alary (Airs. Jacob
Kennedy); and Catherine, wife of the Rev.
Mr. Shull. All except the first tAvo are dead.
His father, Henry Cooper, was born in Cum
berland county, Pa. In his youth he was
bound out to a master, who taught him tailor
ing at which he Avorked for many years. Af
terwards he became a dealer in live stock,
paying particular attention to tbe sale of cat
tle and sheep. Air. Cooper is a progressive
man, prominent in county affairs and has
served as school director and as superA'isor, and
m 1841, was elected sheriff of the county.
He was the founder, and, for many years, one
of the directors of the Farmers' Fire Insur
ance Company. He manied Sarah, daughter

of Frederick and Catherine (Sheibley;
Schaffer, a native of Spring toAvnship, Perry
county. Their children are: Alary J. (Airs.
Frederick Lynn), of Youngstown, 0. ; Josiah
K; George A.; John D.; Samuel C, Harris
burg, Pa.; Frederick S.; Andrew, died in
18G5; AVilliam, died hi 1S73; and Catherine,
died in youth. Air. and Airs. Henry Cooper
Avere members of the Reformed church, in
which he Avas for many years a deacon. He
died in 1881, aged seventy-three; his wife, in
1884, aged seventy-four.
Frederick S. Cooper received his education
in the public schools and at Landisburg Aca
demy. He remained at home learning prac
tical farming Avith his father, until 1870,
Avhen he found employment in a foundry,
but after Avorking there for twenty-one months
he removed to Tyrone township, and began
to deal in live stock, principally cattle and
sheep. In 1884, he began farming on the
place Avhich he noAv cultivates.
Frederick S. Cooper was manied, June 14,
1888, to Elizabeth J., daughter of Frederick
and Alartha (Johnson) Shull. They have
three children: Henry R. ; Josiah W. ; and
Clark Shull. He and his family are members
of tbe Reformed church at Landisburg, Pa.
Air. Cooper has held the office of deacon for
ten years.
Mrs. Cooper's parents were natives of Peny
county. Her father spent his life in the cul
tivation of the soil. His wife was Alartha
Johnson. They have ten children: Eliza
beth J. (Atrs. Frederick Cooper); Henry S. ;
George; Alinnie (Airs. Enoch Harmon);
Ruth (Airs. Christian W. Comp); Rilla; Wil
liam F.; Hook; Clarence; and Ben P. H.
Both parents Avere members of the Lutheran
church. They reside at Lebo, Spring town
ship', Perry county.
AAHLLIAA1 H. SCHLUSSER, Lebo, Perry
county,Pa., was bom in Spring township,
Perry county, Alay 28, 1843. He is a son of
Peter and Jane AL (Jones) Schlusser. His
paternal grandfather, Henry Schlusser, a na
tive of Adams county, Pa., was of German
descent. His Avife was Alargaret Fitzel.
They had twelve children: John; Henry;
Catherine; Annie (Airs. Joseph Lab);
Alichael; Daniel; Alary; Leah; Peter; Sarah;
Isabella; and one Avho died in infancy. Only
four are living. Air. Schlusser's maternal

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grandfather, Benjamin Jones, a native of
Wales, emigrated to America and settled on
a farm in Spring toAvnship. He married Re
becca Sutch. Their children are: William;
Robert; Israel; Benjamin; Joseph; John;
Sarah; James; Elizabeth; Rebecca; Alartha;
and Alargaret. Air. Jones Avas a member of
the United Brethren church, in which he was
an office bearer. He died in 1856, aged eigh
ty-two; his wife died in 1857, aged seventy-
seven. Air. Schlusser's parents were natives
of Perry county. His father was a moulder,
and although he cultivated a farm, he never
abandoned his trade. He was married to
Jane, daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca
(Sutch) Jones. Their children are: David;
Benjamin; William H. ; Sarah (Airs. Archi
bald Wells); Joseph; Hiram; and John,
starved to death in the prison at Anderson-
ville, in 1864. Mr. Schlusser and his wife
were members of the United Brethren church
in which Mr. Schlusser was a class-leader.
He died November 5, 1879, aged sixty-six;
his wife died January 20, 1896, at the age of
eighty-six. AVilliam H. Schlusser was educated in the
public schools of Spring township. He re
mained at home, Avorking Avith bis father on
the farm, and as a stone mason, until he Avas
twenty-seven. He enlisted August 30, 1864,
in Company II, One Hundred and Eighty-
fourth Pennsylvania A^olunteers, and served
for one year. He took part in the battles of
Hatchers Run, Amelia Court House, YelloAv
Swamp, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Reams
Station, Appomattox Court House, and Rich
mond. After he was discharged, Air.
Schlusser returned to Spring township, and
rented a farm which he cultivated until 1888,
when he removed to the farm on which he now
resides. AVilliam H. Schlusser was married, Alarch
9, 1871, to Alary, daughter of John G. and
Elizabeth (Hoover) Nickey. Their children
are: Alatilda (Mrs. James Morrow); AVil
liam E. ; M. Lizzie; Harrison C. ; John B., died
aged eight months and six days; and Emma
G, died aged eighteen months. Mr. Schlusser
and his family are members of the United
Brethren church.
Airs. Schlusser's paternal grandparents
Avere Gennan by birth; her maternal grand
parents were natives of Lebanon county.
They removed to a farm in Cumberland

county, Avhere they spent the remainder
of their lives. Her parents were born in
Cumberland county. Her father was a tailor
but also owned and cultivated a farm. He
manied Elizabeth, daughter of John and
Julia (Livingston) Hoover. Their children
are: Susan (Mrs. Jacob Mountz); Alary
(Mrs. William 11. Schlusser); Caroline, died
July 27, 1856, aged one year; Sarah Ann,
died Alarch 16, 1872, aged twenty; Levi, died
June 10, 1894, aged forty-nine years, eleven
months and seventeen days; John G, died
January 3, 1887, aged thirty years, six
months and twenty-two days; and Emma G,
died October 10, 1891, aged twenty-nine
years, nine months and five days. Mr. Hoover
and his wife were members of the United
Brethren church. Air. Hoover died October
11, 1878, aged fifty-six; his wife died, March
31, 1874, aged seventy-four years, two months
and sixteen days.

JOHN McBRIDE, Lebo, Peny county,
Pa., was born in Canoll township, Peny
county, August 11, 1836. He is a son of
Hugh and Sarah (Murphy) McBride. His
grandfather, John McBride, was a native of
Ireland. The date of his emigration is un-
knoAvn. He settled in Springfield, Cumber
land county, Pa. He was a weaver and was
never without employment. Mr. McBride's
father, Hugh AtcBride, a native of Cumber
land county, was a wagonmaker and worked
at that trade all his life. He Avas manied
to Sarah, daughter of William and Mary
(McKee) Murphy, who was a native of Perry
county. Their children are: John; AVil
liam; Thomas At.; AAtesley; Elizabeth, died
in 1850, aged eighteen; Alary, died aged
eighteen; and Annie, died at tbe age of six
teen. Atr. Hugh McBride was a member of
the Lutheran, and bis wife of the Alethodist
church. He died at the age of eighty; his
Avife died aged fifty-nine.
John McBride Avas educated in the public
schools of his native township. He learned
wagon-making, serving an apprenticeship of
three years, and afterwards worked as jour
neyman. He enlisted August 8, 1862, un
der Captain Tressler, Company H, One Hun
dred and Thirty-third Pennsylvania Volun
teers, and served for nine months, taking part
in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chan-
cellorsville. Mr. McBride never desired of-

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fice. In 1876, heretired from business and re
moved to his present home in Spring town
ship. John McBride was married, January 14,
1864, to Margaret, daughter of Jeremiah and
Susan (Bernheisel) Dunkelberger. Their on
ly daughter died in infancy. Mr. AtcBride
and his wife are members of the Lutheran
church in which he has been deacon, trustee
and elder.

GEORGE A. BISTLINE, EUiottsburg,
Peny county, Pa., was born in Toboyne town
ship, Peny county, January 28, 1856. He
is a son of John and Alargaret (Stump) Bist
line. His paternal grandfather, George Bist
line, a native of Peny county, was a wagon-
maker and farmer. He died in 1863, aged
seventy-years. He manied Aliss Jennie Lai-
ser, who died May 10, 1877, aged eighty-one.
Their children are: Michael; Sarah (Mrs.
Samuel Hassinger); Alargaret; Kate; John;
Eliza; Susan; Fannie; and George. All ex
cept the first two are dead. Mr. George Bist
line and his family were members of the Lu
theran church, in AA'hich he held many offices.
Mr. Bistline's maternal grandparents were al
so natives of Perry county. His grandfather,
Mr. Stump was a blacksmith and worked at his
trade nearly all his life. He married Aliss
Barbara Neighic. They haA^e seven children:
Margaret (Mrs. John Bistline); Matthew;
Alexander; Mary (Mrs. AAllliam Anderson);
John; Thomas; and Simon. All except the
first three are dead. Mr. Stump and his wife
were members of the Lutheran church. He
died while quite a young man; his wife lived
to be sixty-seven. Air. George A. Bistline's
father, John Bistline, wagon-maker and far
mer, was a native of Perry county. He was
interested in local affairs and was supervisor
of Spring township for three years. He Avas
married to Margaret, daughter of John and
Barbara (Neighic) Stump. They have nine
children: Mary (Atrs. David Kistler);
George A. ; Sarah (Mrs. John Steward) ; Sol
omon, deceased; Margaret, died September
22, 1877, aged eight years, two months and
thirteen days; Jane, died aged twenty-one
years; Matilda, died in November, 1880,
aged thirty-one; and two that died in infancy.
Mary, who manied David Kistler, had chil
dren: Tillie; William; Charlan; Ramon and
one infant, deceased. Sarah, who married

John SteAvard, had children: Florence;
Charlie; Alabel. Air. John Bistline and his
family Avere active members of the Lutheran
church, in Avhich he was an office bearer for
many years. He died November 20, 1879, #
aged fifty-seven; his widoAV is still active in'
church Avork; she resides at the homestead
with her son, George A.
George A. Bistline received his education
in the district schools of Spring township.
When he Avas two years old his father removed
to Spring toAvnship, to the farm on which Air.
George A. Bistline noAv resides. This farm
had been owned and cultivated by his grand
father, George Bistline. He learned farming
Avith his father, and has never left the home
stead. His father also taught him wagon-
making and at this trade he found profitable
employment during the intervals of farm
work. He is a prosperous farmer and has im
proved the property which he inherited.
George A. Bistline was manied January
8, 1883, to Jennie, daughter of John and
Catherine (Reapsomer) Rice, bom Alarch
17, 1861. They have five children: Alar
garet, born November 23, 1883, died Septem
ber 28, 1885; Annie G, born July 9, 1884;
Josiah, September 25, 1886; Aaron, born
May 22, 1889; Ateles G., bom June 14, 1896.
Air. Bistline and his family are members of
the Lutheran church.
John Rice, Mrs. Bistline's father, was bom
in Tyrone toAvnship, Peny county, Pa., Oc
tober 28, 1834. His wife, Catherine, died
May 28, 1871, aged thirty-three years, leav
ing six small children: Jennie; Daniel;
Adda; Horace; Maggie, died September 2,
1888; Susan, died November 10, 1884.
HENRY RINESAHTH, Landisburg,
Peny county, Pa., was bom in that part of
Cumberland county now embraced in Aladi
son township, Perry county, December 28,
1819; he is a son of the late John and Eliza
beth (Ernest) Rinesmith. Both the Rine-
smiths and the Ernests were of German de
scent, and Avere among the early settlers of
Pennsylvania. Mrs. John Rinesmith's grand
father Avas for many years a resident of Madi
son township. John Rinesmith's calling, in
his earlier years, Avas that of a blacksmith ; but
he afterwards turned his attention to agricul
ture, and was for the greater part of his life
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part of Tyrone. Here he resided at the time
of his death.
Brought up on his father's homestead,
Henry Rinesmith was educated in the common
schools of the township, and after his school
days were over, continued to follow agricul
tural pursuits. After some years, he bought
the Souder farm, and cultivated it with suc
cess for many years. From 1889 to 1895,
Mr. Rinesmith served the county efficiently
as associate judge. He has also been elected
to various township offices, among them those
of director of the poor and justice of the
peace. With the exception of rendering these
public services, he has devoted his attention
exclusively to his farm. He is an adherent
of the Democratic party.
Henry Rinesmith was married in Spring
township, March 23, 1843, to Frances, daugb-
ter of Jacob and Mary (SoAvers) Souder. Two
of their children died young; those surviving
are: William; Elizabeth M. (Atrs. George
Patterson) ; James P. ; Alice (Atrs. Thomas T.
Graham); and Ida (Mrs. Charles H. Eaton).
The family attend the Ref omied church.

SAMUEL R. LIGHTNER, Landisburg,
Perry county, Pa., was bom in Madison town
ship, Perry county, January 12, 1828. He is
a son of Jacob and Susanna (Sheibley) Light
ner, both deceased. The Lightner family is
of German origin. Mr. Lightner's grandpar
ents, Matthias and Eve Lightner, Avere natives
of the fatherland, and early settlers of Perry
county. It is supposed that they resided in
what is noAV Spring township. They had seven
children, all of whom are deceased. Tavo of
their sons, Loudy and Michael, lived in Ohio;
two, Adam and Matthias, Jr., in Huntingdon
county, Pa.; and the remaining two, Jacob
and Henry, spent their lives in Tyrone town
ship. The seventh child was a daughter, who
died young, and Avhose remains, with those of
her parents, repose in the Power graveyard,
Tyrone township. Their son, Jacob Lightner,
was born in 1776; he was a prosperous farmer
of Perry county. His wife, Susannah (Sheib
ley) Lightner, Avas born in Tyrone township,
August 15, 1787. Their children are: John
S., bom December 4, 1806; Nancy (Atrs. Pe
ter Schaeffer), bom May 22, 1808, both she
and her husband are deceased; Henry, born
March 1, 1810; Peter, born March 6, 1812;
Sterrett, bom August 14, 1814, died while

serving in defense of his country; Elizabeth
Jane, widoAV of Jacob Lay, born February 23,
1817; Eva Ann (Mrs. Jacob Dick), deceased,
bom November 12, 1819; William Lightner,
deceased, exact date of birth not known; Ja
cob, born July 4, 1825, died August 27, 1831;
and Samuel R. Jacob Lightner died sud
denly, February 18, 1861, at the age of eighty-
seven; his wife survived him until May 1,
1874, dying at the age of eighty-six years,
eight months and seventeen days.
During his boyhood, Samuel R. Lightner
had only the advantage of the brief winter ses
sions which were then considered a sufficient
allowance for the common schools; during
the remaining three-quarters of the year he,
like most farmers' boys, was kept abundantly
busy at farm work and lumbering. Manied
in 1853, at the age of twenty-five, he made a
home for himself and bride in Tyrone town
ship. In this early home he lived until 1890,
Avhen he remoAred to the farm on Avhich he
now resides, and Avhich he had purchased in
1884. Since his removal Mr. Lightner has
relinquished the active supervision of farm
duties to his son Frank. He has been ener
getic and progressive, very successful, upright
in his dealings, and is universally honored and
esteemed. He has served in various township
offices; is a director of the Perry County Rail
road, and takes an active part in matters per
taining to the welfare of the county. He was
formerly a Whig, and now belongs to the
Republican party.
Samuel R. Lightner was married, October
6, 1853, in Tyrone township, to Julia Ann,
daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Donald
son) Stewart, old and honored residents of Ty
rone toAvnship. Their children are: Ada
Kate (Mrs. John S. Patterson); Eliza Jane
(Airs. William H. Neely), deceased; George
P., deceased; and Frank P., agent for the
Perry County Railroad at Landisburg. The
family attend the Church of God.

SAMUEL M. LIGHTNER, Landisburg,
Perry county, Pa., was born in Tyrone town
ship, February 15, 1852, son of Williain and
Frances (Shaeffer) Lightner. William Light
ner, a native of Madison township, Perry coun
ty, spent most of his life in Tyrone township.
He was a carpenter; his deatb was due to his
accidentally falling from a building upon
Avhich he was engaged, September 13, 1875.

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One of the children of Mr. and Mrs. William
Lightner died very young; those surviving
are: Joseph B. ; Bamuel M. ; Jacob; Laura
(Mrs. Frank Swamer); Annie (Mrs. George
Kutz), and Jane (Mrs. Albert Davidson),
twins; Reuben; Mary (Mrs. William Power);
and Benjamin. Mrs. Lightner, the mother,
is also deceased.
A life-long resident of Tyrone township,
Samuel M. Lightner was educated in its pub
lic schools, and has come to the prime of man
hood among its serviceable and prosperous
workers. He early learned carpentry with his
father, but has devoted most of his time and
attention to agriculture. He is a well-known
and successful farmer. Mr. Lightner is a
stockholder in the Perry County RaUroad.
His political preference is for the Republican
party. Samuel M. Lightner was manied in Ty
rone township, October 14, 1870, to Mary
Ellen, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca
(Shearer) Adams, of Spring township, Peny
county. Their children are as follows : Annie
B. (Mrs. William Pollette), of Menoken, N.
D.; Clara F. (Mrs. Harvey Clouse); Frank
R., at home; and Lily AL, at home. The fam
ily attend the Churcb of God.

SAMUEL A. DUAI, Landisburg, Perry
county, Pa., was born in Spring township,
Peny county, December 22, 1856, and is a
son of the late John and Mary C. (Tressler)
Dum. The Dum family are of Swiss or Ger
man ancestry. Mr. Dum's grandfather, Fred
erick Thumma (for so the name was originally
spelled), came to America at an early date,
settled in Perry county, and was for many
years a resident of what later became Spring
township; he died there. He is referred
to in the sketch of W. R. Dum, of Spring
toAvnship, in this work. He manied Elizabeth
Souder, of Canoll township, Perry county;
their family consisted of thirteen children, of
whom the only ones now living are: Lydia
(Mrs. Henry Smith), of Newport, Peny coun
ty; and William, of EUiottsburg, Pa. Their
son, John Dum, was born in Madison town
ship, Perry county, in 1816; his parents re
moving to Spring township while he was a
child, he resided in that township until 1870.
At that date, he, in connection with Amos
Smith, purchased an interest in the White

Hall Soldiers' Orphan School, at Camp Hill,
Cumberland county, Pa. Mr. Dum became
principal of the school, Alarch 1, 1875, and
served in that capacity until 1877. In that
year he removed to Tyrone township, where
he passed the remainder of his life. The chil
dren of John and Mary C. Dum are: Mary
C. (Airs. Amos Smith), of Camp Hill, Pa.;
Frederick E., deceased; Elizabeth R., widow
of Atoses F. Noll, residing at Americus, Kan. ;
David T, Avho Avas killed in battle, having
enlisted for the defense of the Union; Wil
liam H, of Tyrone township. Perry county;
Mary E. (Airs. John B. Hench), deceased;
Anna S. (Airs. John H. Noll), of Greenwood
township, Perry county; John AAtesley, de
ceased; Susan B. (Airs. David R. Kane), of
Spring township, Perry county; Samuel A.;
Margaret J.; and George B., of Landisburg.
John Dum ended a life of usefulness, March
2, 1897; bis wife followed him in death, April
19,1893. The education of their son, Samuel A. Dum,
was acquired in the common schools of his
native township, and in the high schools of
Landisburg, Bloomfield and Millerstown.
This course of training completed, he taught
for some time in the public schools of Spring
township, and has since that time been con
tinuously engaged in agricultural pursuits; he
has been a resident of Tyrone township since
1877, and ranks among the progressive and
prosperous men of the township. Mr. Dum
has served as tax collector, and is now assessor
of the township. He is a member of Mt.
Dempsey Lodge, No. 172, 1. O. 0. F., of Lan
disburg, and is secretary of the lodge. He is
a stockholder in the Peny County Railroad.
Ii e votes with the Republican party.
Samuel A. Dum was married in the bor
ough of Blain, December 30, 1880, to Jennie
B., daughter of Peter and Eliza Jane (Kiner)
Lightner. Their children are : Edith I. ; Mary
E.; and Amos. Mr. Dum and his wife and
daughters are members of the Church of God.
ROBERT A. MORROW, Landisburg,
Peny county, Pa., son of Thomas W. and
Mary (Aleredith) Morrow, was born in Tyrone
township, February 2, 1841. His grand
father, Robert Morrow, with six brothers, was
a resident of Juniata county, the Monow fam
ily having settled there at an early date. Rob-

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ert Alorrow removed to Landisburg, where he
carried on the business of tanning, and also
taught school; he died in Landisburg in 1865.
His son, Thomas AV. Alorrow, was born in
A\raterford, Juniata county, and Avas still a
young man at the time of the removal to Ty
rone township. He chose farming as his vo
cation, and passed the rest of his life in Perry
county, dying in Carroll toAvnship in the fall
of 1885, an honored resident of that toAvn-
ship. The children of Thomas AV. and Alary
Alorrow are: Sarah Jane (Atrs. John Light
ner), deceased; Mary Ann (Atrs. Thomas
Kennedy), deceased; Robert A.; DaAdd T. ;
John W. ; Samuel McL. ; and Joseph M.
Educated in the schools of Tyrone town
ship, and brought up to the calling of his
father, Robert A. Morrow has always been a
citizen of Tyrone township, and is one of the
substantial and prosperous farmers of tbe re
gion. For a time he exchanged the plough
share for the sword, to aid the Union in its
hour of peril. In August, 1862, he enlisted
in Company G, One Hundred and Thirty-
third Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served in
that regiment for nine months. After receiv
ing his discharge, he again enlisted, at Har
risburg, Pa., July 28, 1863, in Company I,
Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Emergency Troops;
the term of this enlistment was also ninety
days. Mr. Morrow saw some of the hardest
conflicts of the war, taking part in the battles
of Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancel-
lorsville. Being discharged and mustered out
at Harrisburg, Mr. Alorrow returned to his
home in Tyrone township, Avhere, with this
exception, he has resided all his life. The
twenty-three years previous to April, 1897,
he spent on his farm in Schaeffers valley.
Since the latter date he has resided in Landis
burg. He has served satisfactorily in several
township offices. His political views are Re
publican. He is a member of Eli Rice Post,
No. 529, G. A. R., of Landisburg.
Robert A. Morrow was married in Madison
township, February 2, 1864, to Frances H,
daughter of George AV. and Elizabeth (Shat-
to) Shaeffer. Their children are: Lilly Maud
(Mrs. Robert Eaton), of Landisburg; George
T.; J. Geary, graduate of AtUlersville State
Normal School, residing and teaching school
in Bellwood, Blair county, Pa.; and Ida F.,
who died in infancy. The family attend the
Church of God.

HENRY SHEAFFER, Landisburg, Perry
county, Pa., was born in Spring township,
about a mile west of Falling Springs, Septem
ber 2, 1840. He is the youngest child of
Peter and Nancy (Lightner) Sheaffer. The
Sheaffer family is German by descent. Mr.
Sheaffer's grandfather, Jacob Sheaffer, emi
grated to America at an early date, and settled
on a farm in Tyrone township, where he
spent the remainder of his life. He died in
the house in which his grandson, Sterrett, now
resides. Atr. Sheaffer's father, Peter Sheaffer,
was born in Tyrone township, and, with the
exception of two years which he spent in Cum
berland county, his whole life was passed in
Tyrone township, Perry county, where he is
honored and esteemed by his fellow-citizens.
He was married to Nancy Lightner. They
have four children: Sterrett; Francis, re
siding in Saville township, Peny county;
Eva Ann (Mrs. John H. Jones), residing in
Carroll township, Perry county; and Henry.
Mr. Peter Sheaffer died at his home in Tyrone
township in 1890; his wife died in 1889.
When his parents removed from Spring to
Tyrone toAvnship, Henry Sheaffer was but a
year old; he may, therefore, be called a life
long resident of the latter township. After
receiving his education in the schools of the
township, he learned the business of fanning
in the most practical way, and, with the ex
ception of three years passed in Cumberland
county, Pa., has cultivated the soil of Tyrone
toAvnship ever since. Air. Sheaffer is a worthy
and substantial citizen. He has served the
township as school director and as supervisor.
He is a stockholder of the Peny County Rail
road. He adheres to the Republican party.
Henry Sheaffer was married in Shermans-
dale, Carroll township, December 5, 1865, to
Alargaret E., daughter of John and Susan
(Henderson) Smiley. Their children are:
John S., bom September 11, 1866; and Fran
cis, bom October 18, 1869, died August 14,
1870. John S. Sheaffer was married in Spring
township, Perry county, to Adeline, daugh
ter of John and Susan C. (Reapsomer) Rice,
the former still residing in Spring township,
the latter deceased. The children of this mar
riage are: George Henry, born November 25,
1890; and Teresa Jane, born October 3, 1893.
Part of the Sheaffer family attend the Church
of God; but Mrs. Henry Sheaffer is a mem
ber of the Presbyterian church.

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STERRETT SHAEFFER, Landisburg,
Perry county, Pa., was born at tbe Shaeffer
homestead in Tyrone township, Perry county,
in October, 18;J2. He is a son of Peter and
Nancy (Lightner) Shaeffer. He received his
education in the public schools of Tyrone
township, and remained at home learning
farming under his father's thorough training.
From 1855 until 1863, he resided in Arorth
Aliddleton township, Cumberland county, and
then returned to his home in Tyrone tOAvn-
ship, Peny county. Air. Shaeffer is interested
in local affairs, is a Republican, and has
served acceptably in various township offices.
He is a prosperous business man and a stock
holder in the Perry County Railroad.
Stenett Shaeffer was married in Carlisle,
Cumberland county, Pa., Alarch 5, 1857, to
Catherine, daughter of Christian and Frances
(Heckendom) Kell. They have five children:
Andrew; Jennie (Mrs. George B. Aliller), of
Tyrone toAvnship; Daniel, of Franklin coun
ty, Pa.; John E., at home; and Sarah, died
at the age of seven. Mr. Shaeffer's family at
tend the Reformed church.
The Kell and Heckendom families are of
German ancestry. Mrs. Shaeffer's grandpar
ents, paternal and maternal, were among the
original settlers of Northumberland county,
and afterwards removed to Spring township,
Perry county. Her father, Christian Kell, was
a native of York county, Pa., but spent the
greater part of his life in Spring township.
He had ten children: Levi, of Landisburg;
Eliza (Mrs. Frederick Souders), of Spring
township, Perry county; William, died in
early manhood; Mary (Mrs. Daniel Hollman),
of Harrisburg, Pa. ; Catherine (Mrs. Stenett
Shaeffer); Sarah, died in early womanhood;
John, of Spring township; Frances (Mrs.
John AAragner), of Cumberland county, Pa.;
Sophia (Atrs. Jacob Shoemaker), of Cumber
land county, Pa.; and a son who. died in in
fancy.

SAMUEL NUNEA1AKER, SR., Landis
burg, Perry county, Pa., one of the oldest liv
ing residents of Tyrone township, was born
in ShreAvsbury township, York county, Pa.,
January 30, 1809. He is a son of Jacob and
Mary (Miller) Nunemaker. The Nunemaker
family first settled in Easton, Pa.; but the
grandfather of Samuel Nunemaker removed
to York county, and there spent the remainder

of his life. His son, Jacob Nunemaker, Avas
born in Easton, but passed most of his life in
1 ork county, and died in Shrewsbury town
ship, February 24, 1852, at the age of eighty-
four years; his Avife, Alary (Miller) Aune-
maker, also died in York county, December
25, 18-19, aged eighty-one. Their children
Avere twelve in number, of whom two now
survive: Samuel; and Alargaret, widow of
Jacob Snyder, residing in Cumberland county.
^ Spending his youth upon the farm, Samuel
Nunemaker received his education in the
short Avinter sessions of the primitive country
school. Aleanwhile, hoAvever, body and mind
received strength from the practical lessons
and robust exercise of farm duties. From
early youth until 1887, he was engaged in til
ling the soil, and as the result of an active and
manly course of life, be is stUl sound and
hearty, at the age of eighty-eight. His mem
ory is wonderfully retentive, and his many ex
periences and companionable disposition ren
der his society entertaining. He removed
from York county to Tyrone township, Perry
county, in 1832, and has been a citizen of this
toAvnship ever since; for forty-four years he
has occupied his present farm. Since 1887,
he has relinquished the active business of farm
ing. He has always held Democratic prin
ciples. Samuel Nunemaker, Sr., was married in
York county, January 12, 1832, to Susanna,
daughter of Abraham and Alary Snyder, of
that county. Of their nine children, five are
noAV living : Lydia (Mrs. Jacob Keck), of Ode-
bolt, Sac county, la.; Daniel, also of Ode-
bolt, la.; Jacob, of Spring township, Perry
county; John, of Churchtown, Cumberland
county, Pa.; and Samuel, Jr., of Tyrone
toAvnship. Atrs. Susanna Nunemaker died
November 29, 1886, at the age of seventy-
seA'en. Atr. Nunemaker attends Atount Zion
Lutheran church.
Samuel Nunemaker, Jr., of Tyrone town-
ship, son of Samuel and Susanna Nunemaker,
Avas born in Tyrone toAvnship, February 1,
1843. He was educated in .the common
schools of the township, and in his boyhood
worked upon the homestead farm. In 1862,
he enlisted for the defense of his country in
Company F, Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cav
alry, and served three years, taking part on
many a hard-fought field. Among the impor
tant battles in which he participated was that

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of Gettysburg. After his discharge, he re
turned home, and has ever since resided in
Tyrone township. Air. Nunemaker is a mem
ber of Elias Rice Post, No. 529, G. A. R.
Like his father, he is a Democrat.
Samuel Nunemaker, Jr., was manied in
Tyrone township, to Eliza Jane, daughter of
John and Elizabeth (Reisinger) Sunday.
Their children are : Alice (Mrs. John E. Swe
ger), born October 1, 1866, resides in Car
lisle, Pa.; Louis E., born February 14, 1877;
and Susanna E., born June 1, 1878; both the
latter residing at home. The famUy attend
the Church of God.

GEORGE WEAVER, Loysville, Perry
county, Pa., was born in East Brunswick town
ship, Schuylkill county, Pa., September 22,
1830. He is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth
(Kleckner) Weaver. His paternal grand
father, also a native of Schuylkill county,
married Miss Bensinger; they had six chU-
dren, three sons and three daughters. The
sons, John, Jacob, and Daniel Weaver, were
all very large men, weighing over two hundred
pounds each. Daniel Weaver was born in
Schuylkill county, and there spent his entire
life, during the greater part of which he was
in the milling business. He died in East
Brunswick township, in January, 1867. His
wife, Elizabeth (Kleckner) Weaver, died in
May, 1881. They had thirteen children, of
whom five are deceased: Annie (Mrs. George
Hummel; Daniel; Henry; Martin; and one
that died in infancy. Those surviving are:
William; Mary (Mrs. Israel Stamm); George;
Benjamin; John; Elizabeth (Mrs. Henry
Reed); Charles; and Joshua.
On account of adverse circumstances,
George Weaver could receive only a limited
education. During his boyhood, which was
passed in his native township, he worked much
in his father's mill, and finally adopted the
same vocation, which he has followed through
out his life. In the spring of 1855, he re
moved to Loysville, Peny county, where he
farmed during the summer, and was engaged
at his trade during the winter. In the spring
of 1857, he rented a mill in Atadison township,
Perry county, which he conducted for three
years. In 1860, he returned to Loysville, and
remained there about twenty years. About
1880, he went back to Madison township, and

was there for two years. During 1882-83, he
resided in Cumberland county, Pa., and in the
latter year, he purchased his present mill and
business in Tyrone township. By unremitting
diligence and judicious management, Mr.
Weaver has made his way from a very modest
beginning to his present comfortable position,
and in contending against difficulties, has
shown exemplary patience and determination.
His mill property has been twice destroyed
by floods. In 1883, he met with a severe
loss; and in the June flood of 1889, he sus
tained another heavy loss; but in spite of re
verses, he has persevered and won merited
prosperity. To-day, he owns and operates one
of the most convenient and completely equip
ped roller flouring-mills in the county. Mr.
Weaver forms his political opinions and votes
independent of party control.
George AVeaver Avas manied in Loysville
in April, 1855, to Susanna, daughter of
George and Catherine (Loy) Ritter, of Loys
ville. Their children are: Catherine (Mrs.
Jacob Lightner); John Calvin, a miller in
his father's employ; and Annie (Mrs. D. H.
Atinich), of Chambrsburg, Pa. Mr. and
Atrs. Weaver are members of the Reformed
church. John Calvin Weaver, only son of George
and Susanna (Ritter) Weaver, was born in
Madison township, Peny county, Pa., De
cember 8, 1857. He was educated in the
common schools of Tyrone township, and
learned house-painting, besides acquiring
knowledge and experience in milling under
his father's instructions. For fifteen years,
he conducted a milling business on his own ac
count in West Pennsboro township, Cumber
land county, Pa.; he is now engaged in his
father's mill. His politics are Republican.
John C. Weaver was married in New Jersey,
January 25, 1887, to Atabel, daughter of
Jacob and Annie (Heikes) Bixler. They
have three children: Annie R. ; Lynn M.;
and Beulah. Mr. and Atrs. J. C. Weaver at
tend the Reformed church.

JOSEPH 0. WAGNER, Landisburg,
Perry county, Pa., son of the late George and
Mary (Stambaugh) Wagner, was born Sep
tember 23, 1849, on the homestead in Tyrone
township, where he still resides. His mater
nal ancestry was German, but the Wagner

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family is of Swiss descent. Its progenitor in
America came here in 1740, a lonely little
child, only seven years of age, orphaned on the
passage across the sea by the much-dreaded
"black plague;" both his parents were con
signed to ocean burial. On arriving in Phila
delphia, little Jacob AVagner was taken in
charge of the directors of the poor in that city,
and bound out to a farmer, to remain until be
was eighteen. At the expiration of that time,
he became apprentice to a blacksmith, and
having acquired his trade, canied it on in
Rockhill township, Bucks county, Pa., until
about 1780; be then removed to North Alid-
dleton township, Cumberland county, Pa.,
where he passed the rest of bis life, conduct
ing both a smithy and a farm. He resided
near what is called "Wagner's Gap." Jacob
Wagner was married in Bucks county, Febru
ary 15, 1758, to Mary Catherine Bauer. Their
children were : Jacob, born January 16, 1760 ;
John, born May 11, 1762; Catherine, born
May 2, 1764; Philip, born January 27, 1767;
Alary Magdalena, bom March 26, 1769;
Henry, born Alay 1, 1770, died October 22,
1777; Martin, born January 2, 1773, died
October 6, 1777; George, born November 18,
1774; Margaretta, born November 18, 1778;
Elizabeth, born August 10, 1780; Abraham,
born January 19, 1784; and one child, of
whose birth no record has been preserved.
Jacob Wagner died May 25, 1808, at the age
of seventy-five; his remains are interred in
the old graveyard at Carlisle, Pa.; his wife
survived him about a year, and is buried in the
same place.
George Wagner, eighth child of Jacob and
Catherine Wagner, who was born November
18, 1774, in Bucks county, was consequently
about six years old at the time of the removal
of the family to Cumberland county. He be
came a farmer, and removed to a part of Cum
berland county, which was afterwards includ
ed in Tyrone township, Perry county; there
he passed the last years of his life on the farm
now occupied by his grandson, Joseph C.
Wagner. George Wagner married Catherine
Heckendom; they had twelve children, as
follows: Samuel, bom March 9, 1804, died
April 23, 1889; George, born Febraary 19,
1806; Nancy (Mrs. Jacob Yohn), deceased;
Elizabeth; Sarah (Mrs. John Sloop), deceas
ed; Sophia (Mrs. John Swarner); John;
David; Frances (Mrs. John Hager), deceas

ed; Julia (Mrs. John Stewart); Mary (Mrs.
Thomas Stewart) ; and Susan. George Wag
ner, Sr., died December 10, 1824.
His son, George Wagner, Jr., who was bom
in Tyrone township, February 19, 1806,
passed his life in the same township, engaged
in the quiet and useful pursuit of farming;
in connection with which, he also conducted
a saw-mill. One of the eight children of
George and Mary (Stambaugh) AVagner died
in infancy; those who attained to mature
years are: Jacob S., bom January 2, 1832,
resides in Montgomery county, Kan.; Susan
C. (Airs. AV. H. Roddy), of Landisburg, Pa.,
born September 14, 1834; Emily E., born
February 27, 1837, died in childhood; Jen
nie M., born December 12, 1839, died Febru
ary 3, 1891; James M., born March 1, 1842,
is a minister in the Church of God at Lingles-
town, Dauphin county, Pa. ; George C, born
September 29, 1847, resides in Alamosa, Cob;
and Joseph C. George AA^agner, Jr., died
September 22, 1885. Mrs. Wagner was born
July 23, 1807, and died January 18, 1880.
The elements of an English education hav
ing been acquired in the public schools of the
township, Joseph C. Wagner applied himself
to a more extended course of studies, first
at Alt. Dempsey Academy, and then at the
academy of New Bloomfield. His curricu
lum completed, he taught in the common
schools of Tyrone township and in those of the
borough of Landisburg for nine years. Since
that time, Atr. Wagner has given his whole
attention to farming. He has served on the
school board, and efficiently filled the office
of secretary of that body. He is a director
of the Landisburg Alanufacturing Company,
and a stockholder in the Perry County Rail
road. His political views are Democratic.
Joseph C. Wagner was married in Spring
township, Peny county, in January, 1889,
to Lilly E., daughter of Michael and Elizabeth
Shelley. They have one daughter, Clara M.,
bom April 2,' 1890. Atr. and Mrs."- Wagner
are faithful members of the Church of God;
Mr. Wagner is an elder of that church.
CHARLES A. WIDLE, Loysville, Peny
county. Pa., was bom in Butler county. Pa.,
Atay 15, 1860. His early youth was passed
on a farm, and his elementary education re
ceived in tbe common schools, after Avhich
through his own effort he became a student

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of Grove City College. His curriculum fin
ished, he taught school for eight years, and
during the same years took a course of in
structions at Duff's Commercial College,
Pittsburg, Pa. In 1888, Mr. AVidle was
chosen superintendent of the boys' department
in the Soldiers' Orphans' School at McAlis
terville, Pa. After serving there for one
year, he Avas transferred to the same position
in the Chester Springs School, Chester county,
Pa. AVhen that institution was closed, he was
transferred to the school at Harford, Susque
hanna county, Pa., Avith the same duties; and
after serving there for about a year, he was
appointed, in July, 1890, to his present posi
tion, serving for the first year as superintend
ent of the boys' department only, and on the
retirement of the general superintendent in
1891, succeeded to his vacated office, that of
general superintendent of the Tressler Or
phans' Home.
This noble institution, an outgrowth of the
Christian benevolence of the Lutherans of the
General Synod of the United States, occupies
the building originally erected and owned by
Col. John Tressler, of blessed memory, as a
home for the Loysville Academy. Here, in
1865, a primary school for soldiers' orphans
was founded by his son, the late Rev. Prof.
David L. Tressler. As first organized, the in
stitution was successively under the care of
Mr. AAllliani Minnich, Mr. G. V. Tressler,
and Rev. J. Kistler. In 1866, after examina
tion of the property by Rev. Philip Willard
and Daniel Eppley, Esq., it was decided to se
cure it as a home for orphans of the Lutheran
church. In this enterprise, the Synods of
East, West and Central Pennsylvania and Al
legheny became the charter Synods; many
besides these are now interested in its support
and represented in its management. Tbe del
egates of the above-named Synods, except
West Pennsylvania, organized and adopted a
constitution at Loysville, in October, 1867;
and an agreement was entered into on Febru
ary 20, 1868, for the purchase of the academy
building, at the sum of $5,000 for the house
and its five-acre campus, David L. Tressler,
then an attorney-at-laAv in New Bloomfield,
giving his share of inheritance in the academy,
$500, as his subscription towards the purchase.
Twenty-five acres were added to the land per
taining to the academy building, at a cost of
$90 per acre; and thirteen acres more have

since been purchased. The amount necessary
for tbe original purchase and for the equip
ment of the building for its destined use was
apportioned by the members of the board upon
tbe four Synods which they represented; and
Rev. Air. AVillard, Avho was appointed by them
as the first superintendent, immediately start
ed out to obtain subscriptions. The school
was leased for a year to Mr. P. Bosserman, of
NeAvport, Pa.; and when, on June 1, 1869,
Air. AVillard assumed the duties of the super
intendency, he had received subscriptions to
the amount of about $4,000. His efforts in
behalf of the Home were not relaxed until the
entire indebtedness was paid.
The building has since been enlarged, so
that it has accommodations for 225 children.
Its situation is charming and salubrious; it
enjoys an abundant supply of pure water, from
a spring on the property; has a very thriving
orchard and a farm, small, but fertile and Avell-
cultivated. The Tressler Orphans' Home has
been adjudged by the State inspectors as one
of the finest, most complete and best equipped
institutions of its kind in the country. Care
is exercised to make it really a home for its
wards; a place Avhere not only their physical
needs are supplied, but where provision is at
hand for the harmonious development of every
part of their nature. To religious training
and intellectual culture is added the formation
of habits of industry, with such instructions
in handicrafts suited to their age, strength
and A^aried capacities as tend to prepare them
for the practical duties of life. The number
of children now inmates of the Home is one
hundred and fifty. Its officers are: Rev. W.
II. Dunbar, D. D., president, 667 W. Frank
lin street, Baltimore, Md. ; Rev. A. S. Hart
man, D. D., secretary, 1914 N. Carrollton
avenue, Baltimore, Md. ; and J. H. Wolf, Esq.,
treasurer, Carlisle, Pa.

MARTIN J. BERNHEISEL, Green Park,
Perry county, Pa., was born in Tyrone town
ship, Perry county, December 29, 1839, son
of the late Solomon and Hannah (Dunkel
berger) Beniheisel. The first of the Bern-
heisel family to settle in Perry county was
Alartin Beniheisel, great-grandfather of Mar
tin J. ; he was a resident of Tyrone township,
and at one time owned all the land now oc
cupied by the Perry county almshouse; he
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William McClure, the original warrantor. In
1794, Air. Bernbeisel, conjointly Avith Mi
chael Loy, gave to the Lutheran congregation
of Shermans valley the land on which their
first church building was erected. Mr. Bern-
heisel's sons were: Adam; John; Samuel;
and Jacob. Adam Bernbeisel was married
to Eve Loy; they moved west, having sold the
farm, April 12, 1810, to the directors of the
poor. John Bernheisel was married to Cathe
rine Loy, a sister of Mrs. Adam Bernheisel;
both were daughters of Michael Loy. Jacob
Bernheisel married Sarah, daughter of Peter
Sheibley. All the brothers, except Adam,
were residents of Peny county. John Bern
heisel passed his entire life in Tyrone town
ship; his farm, situated between EUiottsburg
and Green Park, is still in tbe possession of the
family. Upon it was a saAv-mill, built some
time in the "thirties;" and a clover-mill erect
ed in 1826, which Avas changed by Solomon
Bernheisel into a grist-mill, about 1874, and
refitted with steam power in 1878. John
Bernheisel was an active business man, and in
terested in the progress of his neighborhood.
The first store property in Green Park was
built by John Bernheisel, a cousin of Martin
J. Bernheisel, in conection with Judge Moot-
zer, and the post-office at that point was estab
lished about the same date, 1860. Solomon
Bernheisel, also a life-long resident of Tyrone
township, was born there in 1808. His prin
cipal business enterprise, up to 1836, was a
carding and saw-mill; in that year, he erected
the mill now occupied by his son, Martin J.,
in which clover seed and sumach were ground;
about 1874, it was converted into a grist-mill,
and operated by Mr. Bernheisel until near the
close of his life. He also owned and cultivat
ed a farm of sixty-six acres. Of the ten chil
dren of Solomon and Anna Bernheisel, two
are deceased; those surviving are: Alvina
(Mrs. Emanuel Sheibley); Caroline; Martin
L; Luther; Solomon; David; Annie (Mrs.
Oliver Baird); and Samuel H. Solomon
Bernheisel died August 7, 1889, aged eighty-
one years, one month and eleven days. His
wife, Hannah Bernheisel, died October 31,
1892, aged eighty years, three months and
five days.
A citizen all his life of Tyrone township,
Martin J. Bernheisel was educated in its
schools, has carried on his business of milling
here, and here has married and reared his fam

ily. He is one of the useful and substantial
residents of the county, possessing influence,
and regarded with respect and confidence. He
has served as clerk of the township, and been
for two terms a school director. He is a sup
porter of the Republican party. On June 19,
1863, Air. Bernheisel enrolled as a private in
Capt. E. Spencer Aliller's Independent Bat
tery, Emergency Alen, and served until July
25, 1863, when he Avas honorably discharged,
his term of service haAdng expired. Martin
J. Bernheisel Avas manied in September, 1865,
to Catherine, •daughter of William and Su
sanna Ileim. They have nine children; one
was accidentally drowned when only three
years old ; those remaining are : Ora H. ; Aus
tin S.; Mary H. ; Susan C; Frederick S.;
Catherine E. ; Luther A. ; and Edith E. The
family attend the Lutheran church, in which
Air. Bernheisel is a deacon.

NEWTON J. BRINER, Green Park,
Perry county, Pa., was born near Loysville,
Pa., March 18, 1865. He is a son of Solomon
and Annie (Kiner) Briner. He received his
elementary education in tbe common schools
of Tyrone township, and afterwards attended
the Tressler Orphan Home School, the acad
emy at Bloomfield, Pa., and the Cumberland
Valley State Normal School, Shippensburg,
Pa. He was a graduate of the normal school,
in the class of '92, and since that time his en
tire attention during the school term has been
given to teaching. During the interim be
tween school terms, Air. Briner is occupied in
agricultural pursuits, Avhich ¦ is not only di
rectly profitable to him, but by affording relief
from the sedentary life of the school room,
no doubt conduces to his physical health, and
helps him to maintain his standard as a teacher.
He has taught three terms in the Loysville
public schools, and is now in his second term
in the schools of Green Park.
Newton J. Briner was married at his wife's
home, his present residence, December 7,
1893, to Charlotte, daughter of WUUam and
Fannie (Noll) Bernheisel. Mr. Briner is a
member of Landisburg Lodge, No. 707, Jr.
O. U. A. M. He is an adherent of the Demo
cratic party. Atr. and Atrs. Briner attend the
Refonned church, of which they are. members.

THE BRINER FAA1ILY, Loysville,
Perry county, Pa. George Briner, the first

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member of the family of whom there is any
record, was a farmer of Tyrone township. He
was married to Miss Mary Hemmer, who was
a native of Tyrone township. They bad eleven
children: Johnson; John; Mary Ann; Julia;
Andrew; Samuel; Solomon; Elizabeth; An
nie, widow of John Thumma, residing in Loys
ville; Alargaret; and Leah (Mrs. Emanuel
Freeman), of Tyrone township. Annie and
Leah are the only survivors.
Solomon Briner was born in Tyrone town
ship, February 24, 1820. His whole life was
spent on his farm in Tyrone township, where
his labors were rewarded by financial success.
He was married to Annie, daughter of George
and Sarah (Ebert) Kiner. They have four
children: Elmer, residing in Spring town
ship, Perry county; Margaret A.; Newton J.;
and Edward G., residing in Tyrone township.
Mr. Briner was a member of the Reformed
church. Mrs. Briner's parents, George and Sarah
(Ebert) Kiner, reside in Tyrone township.
They have ten children: Lydia, widow of Pe
ter Kaizer; Sarah, deceased; John, residing
in Huntingdon, Pa.; Henry, residing in Sa
ville township, Perry county; Catherine, de
ceased; George, residing in Tyrone township;
Eliza, deceased; Annie, widow of Solomon
Briner; Alvina, widow of William Gensler;
and William.

PETER G. KELL, Loysville, Peny coun
ty, Pa., was born in Tyrone toAvnship, August
31, 1845. He is a son of the late Andrew
and Alargaret (Kochenderfer) Kell. The
Kell, as Avell as the Kochenderfer family, are
of German descent. John Kell, great-grand
father of Peter G., emigrated from the Pala
tinate in Germany sometime in 1700, and set
tled in Chester county, Pa. There he married
Miss Culbertson, whose family was noted as
a tall, hardy race of people, which is still their
characteristic in the present generation. Sub
sequently he removed Avith his family to York
county, Pa., and thence to Spring township,
Peny county, having purchased the Gamber
farm, near the St. Peter's church, part of
which is now owned by Frederic Souder.
Mr. Kell being a stranger in the community,
Gamber was advised not to let him have pos
session until he had made his first payment.
It was raining at the time Avhen the Kell fam
ily arrived at their neAv home, and the iron-

bound chest containing the valuables was
stowed away in the bottom of a wagon, so that
they were placed at some inconvenience, but
finally the chest was reached and payment
made, largely in silver coin, which assured
possession of the home. John Kell passed the
remainder of his days on this farm, and his
body and his wife's both rest in the cemetery
of St. Peter's church, of which they were
members. Henry Kell, son of John Kell, who
was born in York county, and had married
Esther Baker prior to coming to this county,
bought a house and lot adjoining St. Peter's
church, and carried on weaving. He after
wards bought a farm in Saville township,
where he continued to reside. He and his wife
are interred in the Buffalo graveyard. They
had twelve children, who all attained to ma
ture years; only two now survive: William,
residing in Blain; and Alary, Avidow of Henry
Hartman, of Saville towmship. Their son,
Andrew Kell, was born in York county, Pa.,
in 1809. He was a farmer, an industrious
worker, and progressive in his ideas. He spent
many years of his life in Tyrone township, and
died suddenly of apoplexy while away from
home attending a sale in Saville township, in
1881. He and his wife are both buried in the
Loysville graveyard. Of the six children of
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kell, three died in in
fancy; those now living are: William, of
Loysville, Pa.; Henry; and Peter G.
His education Peter G. Kell received
in the common schools of the township and
the academy at Loysville. After leaving
school, he learned carpentry. His apprentice
ship ended, he worked at his trade during the
summer, and taught school in the winter.
This industrious and useful course he followed
until the spring of 1882, Avhen be was ap
pointed steward of the Perry county alms
house; be held that position for eight years.
During the year 1890, Mr. Kell- returned to
look after the interests of his farm. For the
ensuing two years, he was in tbe agricultural
implement business at Loysville; in 1893, he
Avas appointed to his present position, that of
agent for the Perry County Railroad at Loys
ville. He is still engaged in the efficient and
faithful performance of his important duties.
Mr. Kell is a stockholder of the Perry County
Railroad, and of the Shermans Valley Rail
road. His political views are Republican.
Peter G. Kell Avas married in Hanisburg,

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Pa., in 1874, to Sarah E., daughter of Isaac
and Susan Long, of Saville township, Perry
county. They have four children : Harry H. ;
Elmer A. ; Ralph L. ; and Mary L. The fam
ily are members of and attend the Reformed
church, of which Mr. Kell is an elder.

JOHN R. BODEN, Loysville, Peny coun
ty, Pa., was born in Saville township, Perry
county, January 18, 1840. He is a son of
Robert C. and Susan (Rice) Boden, his father
being of Scotch-Irish and his mother of Ger
man descent. His grandfather, John Boden,
who Avas at one time prothonotary of Peny
coimty, and also served as justice of the peace,
resided during the latter part of his life at
Duncannon, Pa., where he died. His son,
Bobert G Boden, who was born in Cumber
land county, came to Perry county early in
life, and spent bis boyhood in Duncannon.
He became a farmer of Saville township, and
died there about 1865, while yet in the prime
of life. The children of Robert C. and Susan
Boden are: Jennie, deceased; Margaret,
widoAV of Sampson King; Styles K. ; Hugh
S., deceased; Robert C, Jr.; William H;
Harry G; Charles E., deceased; Mary C.
(Airs. John Snyder) ; and John R.
Born and educated in Saville township,
John R. Boden has passed there the greater
part of his life. After bis course in tbe public
schools was finished, he devoted himself dili
gently and successfully to the business of
farming. He possesses the respect and confi
dence of his fellow citizens; he was elected
county treasurer, and served one term in that
office. In 1890, he was appointed to his pres
ent position, that of superintendent of the
Peny county almshouse. Atr. Boden is a Re
publican. John R. Boden was married in
1862, to Henrietta, daughter of Peter and
Jane Baker, of Tuscarora toAvnship, Perry
county. Air. and Atrs. Boden attend the
Presbyterian church.
Harry G Boden, seventh child of tbe late
Robert and Susanna (Rice) Boden, was born
on the homestead farm in Saville township,
Perry county, July 1, 1855. He was educated
in tbe common schools of the township, and
has spent his entire life since that time as a
cultivator of the soil. He now resides upon
and farms the homestead, and is known as a
good farmer and a Avorthy and honorable citi
zen. He votes Avith the Republican party.

Harry C. Boden was married in Wilkes-Barre,
June 28, 1892, to Harriet J., daughter of John
and  (Hess) Berrier. Mr. and Mrs.
Boden have one son, John Arthur, born Sep
tember 5, 1895. They attend the Presby
terian church.
Styles K. Boden, fourth child of Robert C.
and Susan Boden, was born on the homestead
farm in Saville toAvnship. After a common
school course, he went to Airy View Academy
at NeAV Bloomfield, and afterwards to the
Quaker City Business College, Philadelphia,
Pa. He married Nettie, daughter of A. J.
and Ellen Beal Ferguson, of East Waterford,
on February 18, 1875. They had three chil
dren: John F. ; Ellie; and Robert J. The
oldest child died and was buried at McCul
lochs Mills, Juniata county, Pa. They
moved to Juniata county, where Mr. Boden
farmed and taught school in winter. Both
are members of the Presbyterian church at
Academia, Juniata county, Styles K. Boden
being an elder in the church, and superintend
ent of the Sabbath-school.
Robert C. Boden, Jr., was born at the home
stead, and Avas educated at New Bloomfield
Academy. After teaching school several terms
he cultivated a farm at Ickesburg. He was
married, February 7, 1893, to Emma E.,
daughter of Dr. D. B. and Elizabeth (Mc
Coy) Alilliken; they removed to Landisburg,
Pa., in April, 1897. Both attend the Pres
byterian church.
JOHN DALLAS COOPER, Green Park,
Perry county, Pa., son of Henry and Sarah
(Sheaffer) Cooper, was born in Bloomfield,
Perry county, March 15, 1846. In 1848,
Henry Cooper's term as sheriff of Perry
county having expired, the family removed
to the farm near Green Park, Tyrone
toAvnship. Here John D. Cooper spent
his youthful days. After receiving his pri
mary education in the common schools of
the toAvnship, he studied first at Mt. Demp-
sey Academy, at Landisburg, and afterwards
at the Loysville Academy. His course being
completed, he first taught for some time in
the public schools, and then spent one year
in the business of milling. Since that time
he has devoted all his attention to farming.
Mr. Cooper has served efficiently in several
township offices. He is a director of the
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ance Company. His political views are Dem
ocratic. John Dallas Cooper was married in Tyrone
toAvnship, January 27, 1870, to Susan E.,
daughter of William and Mary Ann (Bower)
Brickley; both parents are deceased. Mr. and
Airs. Cooper have three children: Alice Lynn,
born October 9, 1872; Sarah Frances, born
February 21, 1875 ; and Floy Ella, born April
4, 1880. All tbe family are members of the
Lutheran church.
George A. Cooper, son of Henry and
Sarah (Sheaffer) Cooper, Avas born in Bloom
field, Perry county, April 25, 1841. He
AA'as educated in the public schools. Since
boyhood his occupation has been farming, and
his life of quiet diligence and usefulness has
been spent in Tyrone township. He was mar
ried at Shermansdale, Perry county, Septem
ber 22, 1885, to Mary E., daughter of George
and Susanna (Rowe) Faust. Their children
are: Frank M., born January 23, 1889; Ruth
V., bom May 24, 1890; Marion L, born Feb
ruary 23, 1892; and Clarence, born June 7,
1894. Like his brother, Atr. Cooper is a Dem
ocrat. He attends the Church of God.

EMANUEL GARBER, Loysville, Perry
county, Pa., was born in Madison township,
Perry county, December 18, 1842. He is a
son of John and Hannah (Balthasar) Garber,
whose families were both of German origin.
Atr. Garber passed his boyhood on the home
stead, and was educated in the public schools
of Aladison township. He chose and has fol-
loAved throughout life the important and hon
orable Avocation of a farmer. Since March,
1892, he has been a resident of Tyrone toAvn-
ship. Air. Garber votes with the Republican
party. He is a Avorthy and respected citizen.
Emanuel Garber was married at Sandy Hill,
Perry county, September 28, 1868, to Me-
linda II, daughter of John W. and Nancy
Jane (Kochenderfer) Rice. Their family con
sists of eight children : Hannah Jane Gertrude
(Airs. Edward G. Briner); Emma Catherine
W. ; Charles EdAvard; John Clinton; Eliza
beth Lucretia (Airs. Jacob M. Dum); Samuel
Rice; Dora Edith; and Minnie Mary Estella.
The family attend the Lutheran church.

in Perry county, April 18, 1869. He was
educated in the common schools of his native
township. His calling from his boyhood has
been the cultivation of the soil. He is an ex
perienced and judicious farmer, as well as a
useful and honorable citizen. Mr. Briner is
a member of Landisburg Lodge, No. 757, Jr.
0. U. A. At. He votes the Democratic ticket.
Edward G. Briner- was married in Carlisle,
Cumberland county, Pa., to Gertrude J.,
daughter of Emanuel and Melinda H. (Rice)
Garber. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Briner
are: Harriet May, born Alay 16, 1893; An
nie Hope, bom September 29, 1894; and Sa
rah Grace, born January 3, 1896. The fam-
ilv attend the Reformed church.

EDWARD G. BRINER, Loysville, Perry
county, Pa., son of Solomon and Annie
Briner, was born upon the homestead farm

DAVID BEALE AtlLLIKEN, M. D.,
Landisburg, Perry county, Pa., was born near
Academia, Juniata county, Pa., January 1,
1833. He is a son of Thomas J. and Rachel
(Beale) Milliken. The Alilliken family is of
Scotch-Irish descent. Thomas Milliken, the
Doctor's great-grandfather, was an early set
tler, and a farmer of what is now Jfrniata
county, but was at that time a part of Cum
berland county. James B. Milliken, son of
Thomas, a native of that county, also devoted
his attention to agriculture. He married Miss
Boggs; their children are : Thomas J.; John;
James B.; Joseph; Francis; Mary; Amelia;
Margaret; Martha; and Jane. The eldest of
the family, Thomas J., born in Juniata county
in 1794, passed his life there, and was also a
farmer. He was a Democrat, and very de
cided in his convictions. He was elected to
various public offices; among them, he filled
those of county commissioner and associate
judge. He was married to Rachel, daughter
of Judge David Beale, of Chester county, Pa.
Their children are: Jane (Mrs. William
Neely); James B.; Mary Ann (Mrs. John
Barnard); David B.; and John D. Mrs. Ra
chel Milliken died March 20, 1848; her hus
band survived her until September 19, 1876.
In the common schools, which he attended
until he was fourteen years old, David B. Mil
liken acquired the elementary branches, and
laid a good foundation for further studies.
His literary education was completed at Tus
carora Academy, where he was for five years
under the tuition of Professor Wilson. In
1850, he began the study of medicine at Mc
Coysville, Pa., under the direction of Samuel

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Crawford, AL D. He attended two courses
of lectures, besides taking a course of private
study under tbe preceptorship of Dr. Aylette,
of the medical department of the University
of New York, from Avhich celebrated school
he Avas graduated in 1854. Dr. Alilliken at
once commenced practice in Landisburg, and
has continued the same Avith success and honor
in that borough for forty-three years. He
was commissioned, November 18, 1862, by
Surgeon-General King, of Pennsylvania, to
care for disabled soldiers of the State in the
Army of the Potomac, in general and regi
mental hospitals ; this service he rendered un
til February, 1863. He is examining phy
sician of the board of pensions of Perry coun
ty, and a member of the Peny County Aledi
cal Society, of which he has been treasurer
since 1888, besides having several times been
president. He is also a member of tbe Penn
sylvania State Aledical Society and of the
American Aledical Association. He is a mem
ber and Past N. G. of Alt. Dempsey Lodge,
No. 172, I. 0. 0. F.; a director, since 1893,
in the National Bank, of Duncannon, Pa.;
and a director in the Perry County Railroad.
He was, in February, 1885, a delegate to the
meeting of the American Agricultural Asso
ciation, at New Orleans, La. He represented
his county in the State Legislature during the
terms of 1871 and 1873, and served during
that time upon some important committees.
His political convictions are Democratic.
Dr. David Beale Alilliken was first mar
ried, May 2, 1853, to Elizabeth, daughter of
Neal and Mary McCoy, of McCoysville, Pa.
Their only child is Emma E. (Atrs. Robert
C. Boden). Mrs. Elizabeth Milliken died
February 20, 1856. The Doctor was again
married, in 1858, to Alargaret J., daughter
of Daniel and Jane Okeson; she died in 1889.
He married, in 1891, Rebecca C. Jones, widow
of the late David Eaton. The Doctor and his
family attend the Presbyterian church. His
long and honorable career as a physician, com
bined with his estimable personal qualities,
have won for the Doctor not only many pa
tients, but a large circle of friends.

JAMES P. SHEIBLEY, At. D., Landis
burg, Perry county, Pa., son of Bernhard and
Mary (Holmon) Sheibley, Avas born in Lan
disburg, April 11, 1843. He was educated
at Alt. Dempsey Academy, of Landisburg.

He was barely eighteen years old when, on
Alay 4, 1861, he enlisted in Company B,
Seventh Pennsylvania Reserve, a company
raised at Liverpool, Pa., and commanded by
Capt. John Jamieson. Air. Sheibley served
in this regiment for three years, and at the
expiration of his term of enlistment, June 16,
1864, was discharged at Philadelphia. Dur
ing this time, he had taken part in the battles
of Alechanicsville, All., Gaines Hill, Va., and
Charles City Cross Roads, A7!.; in the last
named engagement he was Avounded in the
thigh, taken prisoner on the field, and conveyed
to Savage Station, where a month later he was
exchanged, and Avent to the Crozer Seminary,
Chester, Pa. During the time be lay Avounded
on the field, the ball Avas extracted from tbe
bone by a Confederate surgeon; it is now in
Dr. Sheibley's possession. After convales
cence, he returned to his regiment and served
tbe remainder of bis time of enlistment, taking
part in all the battles under General Grant,
from Rapidan to Cold Harbor. He was dis
charged at Philadelphia, June 16, 1864, and
went home to Landisburg. During the follow
ing year, he worked in the printing office of
the Advocate, at New Bloomfield. In 1866,
he Avas appointed to a clerkship in the War
Department, at Washington, D. C. He occu
pied this position for one year, during the
same time attending lectures at the medical
department of Georgetown College. In 1867,
he entered the medical department of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, graduated in 1868,
and on Alay 6 of that year was appointed act
ing assistant surgeon, United States Army,
and filled this position in the Fourth Atilitary
district for about a year. Dr. Sheibley then
returned to Philadelphia, and took a post
graduate course at the university. Since 1871
he has been in continuous practice at Landis
burg, one of tbe honored and trusted guard
ians of the health of that borough. He is a
member, and the surgeon of Elias Rice Post,
No. 539, G. A. R.; he served four years as
post commander. He has been a school direc
tor for twelve years; was treasurer of the
board for three years, and is now its presi
dent. He is a Republican. Dr. Sheibley at
tends the Reformed church.

ZACHARIAH AL DOCK, Landisburg,
Perry county, Pa., was bom in Freeburg, Sny
der county, Pa., November 24, 1847. He is

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a son of Benjamin F. and Margaret (Atenges)
Dock. His ancestors, both paternal and ma
ternal, were German, and were among the
pioneer settlers of Snyder county. Benjamin
F. Dock was a native of Snyder county, and
resided there throughout his life, engaged in
farming. The surviving children of Benja
min F. and Margaret Dock are: Benjamin F.,
of Freeburg, Snyder county; Margaret (Atrs.
AVilliam Strayer), of AVaterloo, Black Hawk
county, la.; Jacob AL, of Kantz, Snyder
county; Peter, of DuBois, Clearfield county,
Pa.; Abbie (Airs. Samuel AVatt), of Williams
port, Pa.; Catherine (Atrs. Henry Holtzap-
ple), of Kantz, Snyder county; and Zachariah
M. Elizabeth (Mrs. Nathan Roush), of Sny
der county, died, leaving a son about three
years old; George Washington, died aged
twenty. Benjamin F. Dock died when his
youngest child, Zachariah AL, was but four
weeks old.
Until he was fifteen years of age, Zachariah
M. Dock attended the common schools of Free
burg, and helped in cultivating the farm. Af
ter that, for five years, he was engaged in
boating on the canal; he then went into the
mill of his uncle, Samuel Haas, of New Mex
ico, Juniata county, Pa., to learn tbe business.
He followed tbe calling of a miller for about
nineteen years, and at the end of that time re
turned to his early occupation of farming. In
1875, he removed to Spring township, Peny
county, where he resided for four years; for
the last seventeen he has been a continuous
resident of Tyrone township. He is widely
and favorably known, and is a skilful and
progressive farmer. He has served tAvo terms
as school director of Tyrone township; he is
Republican in his political views.
Zachariah Al. Dock was married in Free
burg, Pa., June 16, 1873, to Catherine, daugh
ter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Turner) Custer;
she died September 18, 1892. Mr. Dock was
married the second time, October 26, 1893,
to Sarah E., daughter of Frederick and Eliza
beth (Kell) Souder, of Spring township, and
widow of A. At. Billman. Mr. and Mrs. Dock
have one daughter, Orpha Elizabeth, born Au
gust 31, 1 894. By Mrs. Dock's first marriage
she had six sons, four of whom survive : Fred
erick IL Billman; Daniel M. Billman; Irvin
S. Billman; and Erasmus M. Billman. Air.
Dock and his family attend the Lutheran
church.

ALFRED SIGLER, Falling Spring, Perry
county, Pa., was born in Cumberland county,
Pa., July 11, 1852. He is a son of Samuel
and Alary Ann (Dunkelberger) Sigler. His
grandfather, John Sigler, was a tailor of Perry
county. He married Susan March and had
four children; they are: Jacob; Joseph, de
ceased; Sarah (Airs. John Dunkelberger), de
ceased; and Samuel, deceased. Mr. and Mrs.
John Sigler were members of tbe Reformed
church. The maternal grandparents, John
Dunkelberger and his wife, were natives of
Berks county, but came to Perry county early
in life and settled in Spring township, where
they spent their lives in farming. John Dun
kelberger married Susan Sollenberger. Their
children are : Jeremiah ; Sarah, widow of John
Hair; Eliza (Mrs. Isaiah Carl), deceased;
Catherine (Mrs. AVilliam Dunkel), deceased;
Caroline (Airs. William Shatto), deceased;
David, deceased; AVilliam, deceased; and
Alary Ann (Mrs. Samuel Sigler), deceased.
Samuel Sigler Avas a blacksmith, but later
turned bis attention to farming, in which he
continued until 1878, when he retired from
business. He seiwed in different township of
fices; Avas constable for some years, and also
school director, and director of the poor of
Perry county. Samuel Sigler was married to
Mary Ann, daughter of John and Susan (Sol
lenberger (Dunkelberger. Their children are:
Julia (Atrs. Joseph Eberly); Sarah (Mrs. Ja
cob Killinger) ; Alary Ann (Mrs. Robert Cam
eron); Keziah (Atrs. George W. Alessenger) ;
Alfred ; Alice (Airs. Daniel Stone) ; John D. ;
Oliver, deceased; Emma, deceased; Samuel,
deceased; Caroline, deceased; Smiley A., de
ceased; and Susan, deceased. Atr. and Mrs.
Sigler Avere of German descent. They were
both faithful members of the Reformed
church. Samuel Sigler died July 9, 1895,
aged eighty-two years, seven months and
twenty-seAren days. His wife died October 11,
1893, aged eighty-one years and four months.
Alfred Sigler attended the district schools
of Perry county, and farmed with his father
until he reached his twenty-fourth year; he
then married, and has farmed ever since. Mr.
Sigler's political views are Republican.
Alfred Sigler was married April 22, 1877,
to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary Ann
(Crocier) Foster. Their children are: Mary
E. ; Emma; Sarah Ann; Kate; Arabella;
John; Bertha F.; Charles D.; and Anna May.

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Mr. Sigler and family are members of the Re
formed church.
John Foster, tbe father of Airs. Sigler, is a
farmer and a native of York county. He mar
ried Mary Ann, daughter of Robert and Mary
Ann (Rice) Crocier, of Perry county. Their
chudrenare: William; John; Elizabeth (Airs.
Sigler); Catherine (Mrs. Thomas Lebo); Sa
rah Ann (Mrs. Joseph Wesley) ; Robert, died
aged four years; James C, was struck on tbe
head by a falling limb of a tree and killed,
August 29, 1884, he was twenty-one years of
age; and three who died in infancy. Mr. and
Atrs. Foster were both members of the Lu
theran church. Atrs. Foster died December
15, 1880, aged fifty-seven years, two months
and fifteen days. Atr. Foster is seventy-five
years old and resides in Tyrone township, Pa.
Mrs. Sigler's paternal grandfather came from
York county; he Avas of Irish descent, and a
farmer all his life. He manied Catherine
•Sollinger; their children are: John; Alarga
ret (Mrs. Joshua Hair) ; Catherine (Mrs. Nich
olas Hench); Alary Ann (Airs. George Hop
ple); William; Abraham; Henry, deceased;
Letta L, deceased; Eliza (Mrs. George Ester-
line), deceased; and Sarah Ann (Mrs. Samuel
Hench), deceased. Mr. Foster died in 1872,
aged eighty-seven years. His wife died at the
age of eighty-six years. Both were members
of the Reformed church. Robert Crocier,
Mrs. Sigler's maternal grandfather, was a na
tive of Chester county. He was a miller and
also farmed. He was justice of the peace for
many years. Robert Crocier was married to
Mary Ann Price. Their children are: Ara
bella (Mrs. Alfred Brennaman); Robert;
Elizabeth (Mrs. Andrew Haymaker); Arm
strong, deceased; William, deceased; Mary
Ann, deceased; Nancy (Mrs. William Koons),
deceased. Robert Crocier and wife are mem
bers of the Lutheran church. They were both
of German ancestry. He died in October,
1856. His wife died March 7, 1873, aged
seventy-two years.

JOHN SOLOMON ZIMMERMAN, Fall
ing Spring, Peny county, Pa., was born in
Cumberland county, November 9, 1848. He
is a son of ¦William and Margaret (Bower)
Zimmerman. His grandfather, John Zimmer
man, was a farmer, and also kept a hotel for
a number of years in Andersonburg, Peny
county, Pa. His children are: Henry; Mary

(Mrs. Henry Kell); George; Alatilda, wife of
Judge Joseph B. Garver, of Perry county;
David, deceased; John, deceased; Alargaret
(Atrs. James Black), deceased; Eliza (Atrs.
Ewing), deceased; and WUliam. Mr. and
Atrs. John Zimmerman are both dead. Atr.
Zimmerman's maternal grandparents were of
German ancestry. Solomon Bower was a
farmer; he manied Alary Fosselman. Their
children are: Margaret, widow of William
Zimmerman; John; Isabella (Mrs. F. Gray);
Sarah (Atrs. John Gray), mother of Sheriff
Gray; Eliza (Airs. AAllliam Skinner), Air.
Skinner was a major in our late war; Susan
(Mrs.  ); Solomon; and Alary
(Atrs. William Bickley), died Alay 10, 1896.
These children are all dead but Airs. Zimmer
man. Air. and Airs. Bower are both dead.
William Zimmerman was a farmer, and a na
tive of Perry county. He served the township
as school director and supervisor. He married
Margaret, daughter of Solomon Bower, of
Perry county. Their children are: Lizzie
(Airs. A. F. Hohenshilt); B. F. G.; John;
William H. ; Reuben A. ; Sarah A. (Airs. Dan
iel Bosserman) ; Alary AL (Airs. Stewart Light
ner); and Dr. George L., of Bloserville, Cum
berland county; Aladison F., died in 1881.
Air. Zimmerman was a member of the Luth
eran church, in which he was for many years
an elder. He died in 1887. Airs. Zimmerman
resides with her children, and is a Lutheran.
John S. Zimmerman attended school until
he reached the age of twenty-one, and re
mained with his father until he was twenty-
five; then, in 1873, he began to farm for him
self. For nine years he rented the Nelson
farm above New Bloomfield, in Centre town
ship. Since then he has lived on his farm
in Spring toAvnship, which he has made one
of tbe finest in the county. Mr. Zimmerman
is a Republican; he has served as school di
rector in Centre township, for three years, and
in 1893 was elected to a three years' term of
the same office in Spring township.
John S. Zimmerman was married Novem
ber 12, 1874, to Mattie, daughter of George
Washington and Fannie (Rice) Hench. Their
children are : Daisy A. ; Robert M. ; Sallie J. ;
William N.; Roy H; Eulalia T.; Rebecca
Alay; Della F.; Ruth Esther; and Jacob L,
died April 2, 1886, aged one year, one month
and one day. Mr. Zimmerman and his family
are all members of the Lutheran church. Mr.

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Zimmerman is deacon, and has held this of
fice for six years. He has been superintendent
of the Sunday-school for five years. He is a
good citizen and is much respected.

JOSHUA KITNER, New Bloomfield,
Perry county, Pa., was born on the old home
stead in Carroll township, Peny county,, No
vember 22, 1848. He is a son of George and
Mary M. (AVox) Kitner. His paternal grand
father, John Kitner, a native of Cumberland
county, removed to Perry county Avhile a
young man and settled in Tyrone toAvnship.
For some time he found employment as a
blacksmith, but he afterwards turned his atten
tion to farming. He manied Rebecca Sprig-
gleman. They had thirteen children, all of
whom lived to be men and Avomen. Three
are still living: Sarah (Mrs. McCullough);
Peter; and Henry. Mr. Kitner lived to mid
dle and Airs. John Kitner to old age. They
were members of the German Reformed
church. His maternal grandparents, Philip
and Alary Al. AVox, Avere-of German descent.
His grandfather was a native of Cumberland
county, and spent his life in the cultivation
of the soil. They have eight children : John ;
Christine (Mrs. Thomas Huston); Catherine
(Mrs. John Snoke); Peter; Hannah (Mrs. Si
mon Aliller); Alary At.; Anthony; and one
who died in youth. All are dead except John.
Atr. AVox and his Avife Avere members of the
United Brethren church. Mr. Kitner's par
ents Avere natives of Peny county. His father,
George Kitner, Avas a blacksmith, but also
OAvned and cultivated the fann on Avhich he
resided. He Avas interested in the affairs of
the toAvnship, and was for one term a school
director. He vras married to Alary AL, daugh
ter of Philip and Alary At. AArox. Their chil
dren are : Caleb, deceased ; Fianna (Airs. John
F. Stouter); Joshua; Enos, deceased; Simeon;
Wilhelmina J., deceased; and Othniel. Air.
George Kitner Avas a member of the Church
of God, in which he Avas an elder; his wife
belongs to the United Brethren in Christ.
Joshua Kitner received his education in the
district schools of his native toAvnship. He
remained at home Avorking Avith his fatber on
the farm. He attended school during the Avin
ter months until he Avas nineteen and after-
Avards taught for several terms in Centre and
Carroll tOAvnships. When he Avas eighteen his
father died; tbe family, however, remained

on the farm until 1883, when the estate was set
tled. Mr. Joshua Kitner was one of his father's
executors and received the old homestead as
his share of the estate. He has identified him
self with the Republican party, is actively in
terested in local politics, and has held the of
fices of auditor and assessor. He was elected
school director in 1892. Atr. Kitner is an ac
tive member and a deacon of the Church of
God. He is also a worker in the Sunday-
school.

GEORGE KLIATG, ATew Bloomfield,
Perry county, Pa., was born in Lancaster coun
ty, Pa., May 24, 1842. He is a son of George
and Mary (Miller) Kling. His paternal grand
father, LeAvis Kling, a native of Switzerland,
emigrated to America while quite young, and
settled in Lancaster county, Avhere he found
Avork of various kinds. He died while on a
visit to Ohio; his wife died in Lancaster at
an adA^anced age. Their children are : Lewis;
George; Philip; Alichael; Daniel; and Bern-
hard. His maternal grandfather, Andrew
Aliller, a native of Lancaster county, Avas a
tanner and worked at his trade all his life.
He was married to Miss Kochenaur. They
had twelve children: Jacob; Henry; Solo
mon; Philip; Alargaret; Christina; Alartha;
Nancy; Alary; and three whose names are not
known. Mr. Aliller and his Avife were mem
bers of the Christian church. Mr. Kling's
parents were natives of Lancaster county, Pa.
His fatber, George Kling, was born April 6,
1800. He Avas employed in general labor, and
Avas married to Alary, daughter of AndreAv
Aliller. They have three children: George;
Philip; and Susanna (Atrs. Benjamin Good),
died in November, 1868, aged twenty-eight.
Atr. George Kling died June 29, 1862, aged
sixty-two; his Avife, NoA'ember 18, 1856, aged
forty-nine. Both Avere members of the Pres
byterian church.
George Kling received his education in the
public schools of his native township. When
he Avas tAventy he was apprenticed to a mason,
but before his term had expired the war of
the Rebellion broke out and he enlisted in
August, 1862, in Company B, Second Penn-
syhrania Volunteer Cavalry. Mr. Kling
served until June, 1865, and took part in
nearly all the battles Avhich were fought in
Virginia. After his return from the army,
he completed his term of apprenticeship, ami

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has worked at his trade nearly all his life.
Mr. Kling spent one year in Peny county
and was so pleased with the country that after
returning to Lancaster county for eleven
months, he removed to Peny county and
bought a farm in Carroll township. He now
resides on this farm, cultivating it and also
working at his trade. Mr. Kling is a self-made
man, active and energetic, and has won the
respect and esteem of his neighbors. He has
identified himself with the Republican party.
George Kling was married, Alarch 20, 1874,
to Sarah, daughter of Henry and Catherine
(Brenneman) Ayle. They have five children :
David G, Benjamin S.; Catherine; Elizabeth;
and Philip. Mr. Kling and bis family are
members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

JOHN E. BRUNER, New Bloomfield,
Peny county, Pa., was born at the old home
stead in Canoll township, Peny county, Au
gust 27, 1854. He is a son of Jacob and
Elizabeth (Hippie) Bruner. His paternal
grandfather, Abraham Braner, was a mer
chant and farmer, and for many years kept a
hotel in Wheatfield township, Peny county.
He was married three times. The children of
the first maniage were: John; Samuel; Eliza
beth; Jacob; and Susan. Only the first two
are living. Three children were born to the
second maniage: Mary; AVilliam; and La-
vinia. His third wife was Mrs. Wox. Mr.
Bruner's maternal grandfather, John Hippie,
was a cooper and fanner. He was married to
Elizabeth Silor. They had eleven children:
Kate (Mrs. John Bauman); Sarah E. ; Susan
(Mrs. James McCarter) ; Margaret (Mrs. Dan
iel Wallet); John; Wesley; Rebecca; Jere
miah, killed in the army; Elizabeth, deceased;
William, deceased; and Lavinia, deceased.
Mr. Hippie and his wife were members of the
United Brethren church. He died about
1858; his wife died in October, 1875, aged
seventy. Mr. Bruner's father, Jacob Bruner,
plasterer and farmer, was born in Cumberland
county, Pa. He was a member of the Repub
lican party, prominent in the county, and was
elected to various township offices, serving as
supervisor and school director. He enjoyed
the esteem and confidence of bis neighbors and
was frequently called upon to settle estates.
Mr. Jacob Bruner was married three times.
His first wife was Miss Jane Ann Owen. They
had one son, Oliver. His second wife was

Miss Murphy. They had one son, Isaiah, Avho
resides in Ohio. His third wife was Eliza
beth, daughter of John and Alary (Siler) Hip
pie. They had five children : John E. ; Cyrus ;
Annie (Mrs. Elmer Smith); Frank; and
Charles. Air. Jacob Bruner Avas a member
of the United Brethren church. He died Feb
ruary 14, 1876, aged sixty-five years, one
month and fourteen days; his Avife, April 27,
1891, aged sixty-five.
John E. Bruner received bis education in
the district schools of Carroll township. He
attended school during winter and Avorked
with his fatber on the farm until he was seven
teen, Avhen he began to learn carpentry. Af
ter working at his trade for several months,
he changed his plans and learned plastering
with his father, serving a two years' appren
ticeship. He Avorked at this trade for a few
years, but the attractions of farm life proved
irresistible and he returned to the homestead
where he now resides. Although not promi
nent in local politics, Atr. Bruner has identified
himself with the Republican party.
John E. Bruner was married, March 22,
1881, to Alary A., daughter of J. B. and Sa
rah (McCoy) Owen. They have five children :
Olive Pearl; Cyras AL; Cora A.; Sarah A.;
and one who died in infancy. Mr. Bruner
and his family are members of the United
Brethren church, in which Air. Bruner is a
deacon; he is also connected Avith the Sunday-
school.

JOHN BAIR, New Bloomfield, Peny
county, Pa., was born in Perry county, August
18, 1829. He is a son of John and Sarah
(Sugard) Bair. His paternal grandfather,
who was a native of Germany, emigrated to
America and settled in Lancaster county, Pa.,
where he afterwards owned a large farm and
a grist-mill. Later he removed to Perry
county, of which county he was one of the
early settlers. Mr. Bair's maternal grand
father, Hartman Sugard, was born in Hesse
Cassel, Germany. Mr. Sugard's wife was a
native of Switzerland. Shortly after their
marriage they emigrated to America and set
tled on a farm in Cumberland county, Pa.
Mr. Sugard bad learned weaving and worked
at bis trade in the winter, giving his attention
to the farm during the summer. He was a
soldier in the Continental army, thus proving
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large family of sons and daughters. Mr. Su
gard and his wife Avere members of the Re
formed church. He died in 1842, aged eighty-
eight. Atr. Bair's father, John Bair, a native
of Lancaster county, was a carpenter and
worked at his trade in his native county for
many years. 1809, he removed to a farm in
Perry, then Cumberland county, where he
spent the remainder of his life. He was mar
ried to Sarah, daughter of Hartman and Sarah
Sugard. They had twelve children, all of
whom are dead except one son, John, Jr. Mr.
John Bair and his Avife were members of the
Reformed church. He died in June, 1853,
aged fifty-seven.
John Bair received his education in the pub
lic schools of his native township. Until he
was sixteen he attended school in winter and
worked with his father on the farm in sum
mer. One year after his father's death, he
left home and Avent to seek his fortune in
Juniata county, Pa. At first he found work
as a wood-chopper, and was afterwards em
ployed in various ways. In 1858, he went to
the place on which he now resides, then forest
land, and at once began to clear and cultivate
it. He built a large house and barn, and im
proved the land in various ways. His labors
have been well repaid, and he has now a valu
able property. For some years he was also en
gaged in the manufacture of shingles. Mr.
Bair is a self-made man and owes his present
ease and comfort to his own industry and
economy. He is one of the oldest citizens of
Carroll township, highly honored and es
teemed by all who know him. He is a mem
ber of the Republican party.
John Bair was married, March 4, 1852, to
Ann, daughter of John and Mary (Ervin) Mc-
Gill. Their children are : Catherine F. (Mr9.
Joseph D. Arnold), and Mary M. (Mrs. David
L. Hess), twins; AVilliam S.; James M.; Ellen
B. (Mrs. John Kohr); Nettie E.; Tirzah G;
John S.; and Sarah J., deceased. Mr. John
Bair and his family are members of the Pres
byterian church.
_ Airs. Bair's paternal grandparents were na
tives of Ireland Who emigrated to America
and settled in Juniata county. Her grand
father Avas a minister of the Presbyterian
church. Her maternal grandparents were na
tives of Ireland who settled on a farm in Perry
county. Her parents were born in Juniata
county. Her father, John McGill, spent bis

life in farming. He married Alary, daughter
of Moses Ervin. They have nine children:
Alargaret; Moses; Martha J. (Mrs. Madison
How); Hugh, deceased; Mary J. (Mrs. Sam
uel McMinn); William; Elizabeth, deceased;
Ann (Mrs. John Bair); and Sarah J. (Mrs.
Thomas Cracken).

JOHN L. SMITH, Falling Springs, Peny
county, Pa., was born in Perry county, June
4, 1861. He is a son of H. F. and Catharine
(Kochenaur) Smith. His paternal grand
father, A. P. Smith, carpenter and shoemaker,
is eigbty-four years old and resides in Perry
county. Air. A. P. Smith was married to
Catherine Fry. They have eight children: H.
F. ; John G; Samuel B. ; Susan (Mrs. Josiah
Hertzel); Elizabeth (Mrs. George AV. Pal
mer); Sarah (Mrs. Abraham Kitner), de
ceased; and Catherine, deceased. Mrs. A. P.
Smith died December 7, 1894, aged eighty-
She was a member of the Church of

one.

God, to which Air. Smith still belongs. John
L. Smith's maternal grandfather, Peter Koch
enaur, spent his life in farming. He manied
Miss Bair. Only six of their children are liv
ing: Daniel; John; Peter; Washington; Cath
erine; and Alartha (Atrs. Thomas Shearer).
Mr. Smith's parents were natives of Perry
county. His father, a mason and bricklayer,
Avas a successful business man, and from a la
borer became a contractor. He was interested
in toAvnship affairs and served as supervisor
and as judge of elections. He was frequently
drawn as a juror. He Avas married to Cath
erine, daughter of Peter and Catherine Koch
enaur. Their children are: Annie (Mrs. Oli
ver Schaeffer) ; John L. ; Mary (Mrs. Samuel
Keiner); Henry; Samuel; Elizabeth (Mrs.
Kochenderfer); Nora; Curtis; and Catherine,
who died in March, 1890. Mr. Smith and his
wife are members of the Church of God.
They reside at Landisburg, Perry county.
John L. Smith received his education in the
district schools of his native township. He
remained at home, learning farming with his
father until he was twenty-one, when he began
farming for himself. Industrious and thrifty,
he saved money, and in 1895 purchased from
his father the farm on which he now resides.
Mr. Smith is a member of the Republican
party. John L. Smith was manied October 11,
1888, to Margaret, daughter of George and

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Hannah (Page) Shoop. They have six chil
dren : Henry F. ; Mase ; Elmer E. ; Curtis A.
C. ; John L; and Katie E., died at the age of
one year, one month and thirteen days. Mrs.
Smith's parents Avere natives of Perry county.
Her father, George Shoop, spent his life in
the cultivation of the soil. He Avas married
to Hannah, daughter of Joseph Page. They
had two children: Ellen (Atrs. Joseph Ad
ams); and Alargaret (Mrs. John L. Smith).
Mr. Shoop's Avidow resides in Centre township,
Perry county.

HENRY KITNER, New Bloomfield,
Peny county, Pa., was born in Carroll toAvn-
ship, Peny county, May 4, 1832. He is a
son of John and Sarah Rebecca (Rigleman)
Kitner. His paternal grandfather, Jacob
Kitner, farmer, Avas a native of Germany.
Mr. Kitner's maternal grandparents Avere na
tives of Peny county and spent their lives on
the farm. His parents were born in Perry
county. His father, John Kitner, was a black
smith and farmer. Tbe children of John and
Sarah Rebecca (Rigleman) Kitner are : Peter ;
Sarah (Airs. George AlcCullough) ; Henry;
John; Elizabeth; Jacob; George; AVilliam;
Samuel; Mary; Isaiah; Abraham; and David,
who was killed fighting in defense of his coun
try. Only the first three survive. Atr. John
Kitner and his Avife were members of the Re
formed church. He died aged forty-four ; his
wife died in 1866, aged seventy-seven years,
two months and twenty-two days.
Henry Kitner grew up on his father's farm,
working with his father in the summer and
attending the district school in winter. When
he was twelve years old his father died, but
his mother retained the farm and Henry re
mained at home working for her until he was
twenty. In 1852, he went to the west and
spent three years in Illinois, working as a
farm laborer. He returned to his home in
Perry county, and enlisted, in February, 1862,
in Company A, One Hundred and First Penn
sylvania Volunteers. He served for three
years, and took part in twenty-five battles,
some of them the most severe of the war. In
the Seven Days' battle before Richmond, he
was shot through the neck, and was taken pris
oner, July 20, 1864, at Plymouth, N. G, and
for eleven months and twelve days endured
all the honors of Andersonville. After his
return from the army, he bought the farm on

which he now resides, and turned his attention
to the cultivation of the soil. Mr. Kitner has
identified himself Avith the Republican party,
and is a member of Sergt. John Jones Post,
No. 448, G. A. R., New Bloomfield, Pa.
Henry Kitner was married, February 22,
1865, to Ann, daughter of William and Sarah
M. (Losh) Petrie. They have ten children:
Mary (Mrs. Jesse Cooper) ; Frederick B. ; Da
vid and AAllliam, residing in Iowa; Rosa (Mrs.
Henry Foose); George, resides in Ohio; Sam
uel; Jesse; Lizzie J., died January 23, 1868,
aged three months; and Sarah R., died Au
gust 29, 1862.
Airs. Kitner's father, AVilliam Petrie, shoe
maker and farmer, was born in Dauphin coun
ty, Pa. He Avas married April 27, 1829, to
Sarah, daughter of Andrew and Mary (Hain)
Losh, who was a native of Perry county.
Their children are: Lucetta (Mrs. Philip Om-
holtz); Lavinia, widow of Frederick Smith;
Ruth (Airs. Franklin Hartz) ; Ann Eliza (Atrs.
Henry Kitner) ; Jemima (Mrs. Houser Koon) ;
Catharine, died Alay 9, 1831; Margaret, de
ceased; Nancy, died in 1861; Peter, died Oc
tober 5, 1869; and Ataria, deceased. Atr. Wil
liam Petrie and his wife were members of the
Methodist Episcopal church. He died April
22, 1885, aged seventy-eight years; his wife,
August 8, 1884, aged seventy-seven years.

H. AV. RAA1BO, Dellville, Peny county,
Pa., son of Nathan and Martha (Robinson)
Rambo, was born in Lancaster county, Pa.,
May 29, 1847. His grandfather, Joshua
Rambo, was a miller and farmer. He raised a
family of six children. H. W Rambo's ma
ternal grandfather, John Robinson, was a
farmer. For many years be held the office of
justice of the peace. He was married to Alar
tha, daughter of Alexander Grad. They had
five children, all of whom are now deceased:
Martha; Jane (Atrs. Robert Alartin); William;
Alargaret; and AAllson. Both Air. and Airs.
Robinson were members of the Presbyterian
church, in Avhich the former was elder for
many years. Nathan Rambo, father of 11. W.
Rambo, was born in Lancaster county. For
many years he worked at milling, but later
in life engaged in fanning. In 1868, he re-
moA-ed from Lancaster county to Centre toAvn-
ship, Perry county. Here he lived a retired
life for a year, and then removed to Canoll
township, and bought tAvo farms lately OAvned

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by George Albright, deceased. Mr. Nathan
Rambo was married to Alartha, daughter of
John Robinson, of Peny county. They bad
these children: John R. ; Isabella (Atrs. An
drew B. Comp); H. AV. ; Ellen, deceased; Wil
liam, deceased; and DaAdd, deceased. The
parents were members of the Presbyterian
church; Nathan Rambo was an elder. Both
are deceased.
H. W. Rambo received his education in the.
primary and high school of his native county.
He was raised to farming and worked for his
father until he was twenty years of age. He
then removed from Lancaster county to Car
roll toAvnship, Perry county, where he en
gaged in farming. Atr. Rambo is one of the
most prominent and prosperous farmers in his
township. He is a member of the Republican
party. Mr. Rambo Avas married, December
22, 1874, to Nancy G, daughter of John and
Elizabeth (AtcCord) Henderson. Their chil
dren are: Lizzie; and James R. AtcC. The
family are members of the Presbyterian
church, Air. Rambo holding the office of elder,
assistant superintendent of the Sunday-school,
and teacher of a Bible class.
Mrs. Rambo's paternal grandfather, Hog-
den Henderson, a native of Ireland, came to
this country when about ten years old, and
settled in Peny county. He was a weaver by
trade, but the greater part of his life was
spent in farming. He married Nancy White,
and of their seven children six still survive:
John; William; Sarah (Mrs. Wilson Smiley);
Alexander; James; and Samuel; Susan died
in 1894. Hogclen Henderson and wife were
members of the Presbyterian church. He died
in 1858; his wife also is deceased. His father,
William Henderson, also a native of Ireland,
was one of the early settlers of Perry county.
He was a weaver for many years, but later
engaged in farming. His children were : Sam
uel; James; Nathaniel; William; Hogden;
Catharine (Atrs. James McCord); and Ellen
(Mrs. Samuel Eckels). The parents of Mrs.
Rambo Avere natives of Peny county. Her
father, John Henderson, Avas born September
26, 1823, and her mother, Elizabeth (McCord)
Henderson, in 1828. Atr. Henderson Avas a
weaver for forty years, but the latter years
of his life were spent in farming. He Avas tax
collector for tAvo years. Atr. Henderson was
manied Alarch 6, 1857, to Elizabeth, daughter
of James and Catharine (Henderson) McCord.

They had these children : Nancy C. (Mrs. H.
AV. Rambo) ; and Sarah A. (Atrs. Daniel Gale-
baugh). Air. Henderson has been an elder in
the Presbyterian church for many years, and
is also connected with the Sunday-school.
Since the death of Airs. Henderson, which oc-
cuned Alarch 8, 1890, in her sixty-second
year, Atr. Henderson has resided with his
daughters.

JOHN R. RAMBO, New Bloomfield,
Perry county, Pa., son of Nathan and Martha
(Robinson) Rambo, was born in Lancaster
county, February 1, 1837. His paternal
grandfather, a native of Ireland, came to this
country and settled in Lancaster county. He
Avas a miller and farmer. He married Ellen
Robinson; they had eight children, all of
whom are deceased except one son, John. The
others were: Nathan; Eliza; Margaretta; El
len; Hugh; William; and David. Mr. Ram
bo's maternal grandparents, John Robinson
and wife, were also natives of Ireland. Mr.
Robinson was a farmer and a very prominent
man. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary
war, and filled all the township offices. He
was married to Isabella Gault, and had five
children, all now deceased: Martha; Wilson;
Jane; Alargaret; and William. Nathan
Rambo, father of John R., was born in Lan
caster county, Febraary 17, 1812. He learned
milling, which occupation he followed for
many years, until be came to Carroll town
ship and engaged in farming. In 1835, he
was married to Martha, daughter of John and
Isabella Robinson; their children were : John
R. ; Isabella (Mrs. Andrew B. Comp) ; H. W. ;
AAllliam, died November 1, 1846, aged four
years, five months and twenty days; Ellen,
died August 6, 1860, aged ten years, two
months and tAventy days; and David, died
December 20, 1862, at the age of twenty-
three years, three months and twenty-two
days. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Rambo were
members of the Presbyterian church, in which
he held the office of deacon and elder for many
years. John R. Rambo received his education in
the public schools of his native county, and
at the age of twelve years he was apprenticed
to a miller. At this business he worked for
about fifteen years in Lancaster county, and
in 1871 came to Perry county. He settled in
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now lives retired. He is a Republican, but
has never sought political preferment.
Mr. Rambo Avas married, January 2, 1868,
to Margaret, daughter of Samuel and Katie
(Bare) Comp. They have two children : Sam
uel; and Frank. The family are Lutherans.
Airs. Rambo's paternal grandfather was a
native of Perry county, and a farmer. He
manied Alary Shoner, and had twelve chil
dren: AloUie (Airs. John Keighter); Sarah
(Airs. John Shearer); Eliza (Airs. AAllliam
Fosse); Fannie (Mrs. Samuel Clouser); Alary
(Airs. Samuel Shull); Sophia (Airs. Henry
Bentsel); Daniel, deceased; Samuel, de
ceased; AndreAv, deceased; and three that died
in infancy. Air. Comp died in 1875, aged
ninety-four years, his Avife having preceded
him to the grave one year. The maternal
grandparents of Airs. Rambo were natives of
Germany. Her grandfather, John Bare, mar
ried Sarah Sugard, and coming to this coun
try, engaged in farming. Of their twelve chil
dren, only one survives, John. The others
Avere: Fannie; Nancy; Alargaret; Sarah;
William; Jacob; Christina; and three that
died young. Air. and Airs. Bare were mem
bers of the Reformed church. He died while
yet a young man ; his widow lived to the age
of seventy.
Airs. Rambo's father, Samuel Comp, born
in Peny county, was a farmer, working also
at shoemaking and blacksmithing. He was
married, January 16, 1834, to Catharine,
daughter of John and Sarah (Sugard) Bare.
Their children were: Alary J. (Mrs. David
Beaver); Sarah (Mrs. Henry Souder); Cath
arine (Mrs. D. J. Long) ; Margaret (Mrs. John
R. Rambo); John; Andrew; Samuel; Frank;
Francis E., died April 30, 1885, aged twelve
years; Helen W., died June 13, 1855, aged
one month; Cassandra, died January 16, 1867,
aged eighteen years; and two that died in in
fancy. Mr. Comp and wife were members of
the Lutheran church, in which he served as
deacon and elder for many years. The wife
died December 22, 1874, aged sixty-two years.
Mr. Comp survived until January 9, 1896,
when he died at the advanced age of eighty-
eight years and five months.

JOHN S. RICHEY, New Bloomfield,
Perry county, Pa., son of William and Mar
garet (McAfee) Richey, was bom in Juniata

county, Alarch 10, 1825. His maternal grand
father, John AicAfee, Avas a native of Leland,
who came to this country and settled in the
Tuscarora valley, just at the foot of the moun
tain. In this favorable position he engaged
in milling, and continued in that vocation for
the rest of his life. He married Jennie, daugh
ter of John Stephens, and raLed a family of
five children: Daniel; Rebecca; James; Alar
garet; and AVilson. Air. and Airs. AicAfee
Avere members of the Presbyterian church.
AAllliam Richey, father of John S. Richey,
was born in the north of Ireland. He came to
this country in early life, and settled in Ju
niata county. He was a weaver, having
learned that handicraft in Ireland; at a later
date, he carried it on in connection with farm
ing. He was married to Alargaret, daughter
of John and Jennie (Stephens) AicAfee, of
Juniata county. Their children were: John
S. ; Daniel, a printer, died at the age of nine
teen years; Samuel, deceased, was a prominent
lawyer; and five who died in infancy. Air.
William Richey and wife were members of
the Alethodist church. He died at the age of
sixty-five years; his wife died in 1869, aged
sixty. John Richey received his early education
in the public schools, completing his course in
the Alarklesville Academy. His parents be
ing poor, his boyhood was spent among strang
ers, farmers who lived in the neighborhood.
At the age of eighteen he became a learner
with William AicAfee, manufacturer, in Ty
rone township, Perry county. Having served
an apprenticeship of three years, he continued
in the same employ for five years, working as
a journeyman. In 1863, Atr. Richey entered
the State service at Gettysburg, Pa., Company
I, Thirty-sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Emer
gency Alen, and served for six weeks. In tbe
fall of 1864, he became brakeman and flag
man for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
and served in that position for seven years.
He then came to Carroll township, Peny coun
ty, and bought the fann on which he now re
sides, superintending its cultivation.
Mr. Richey was manied, September 2,
1852, to Alcinda, daughter of Benjamin and
Susan (Rod) Hubler. Mr. Richey is an active
Prohibitionist, and a member of the Alethodist
church. He is one of Peny county's oldest
and most highly respected citizens.

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JACOB Al CLAY, Dellville, Perry coun
ty, Pa., AA'as bom January 24, 1854, son of
Martin and Leah (Kasner) Clay. His
grandfather, Nicholas Clay, was a farmer,
and a native of Cumberland county. He had
a family of nine children. Tbe only surviAang
member is Caroline (Airs. Christian Rath-
ford). Those deceased are: Elizabeth; So
phia; John; Alartin; Henry; Kate; Solomon;
and Atary. Nicholas Clay and his wife Avere
members of the Methodist church. Mr. Kas
ner, Atr. J. N. Clay's maternal grandfather,
was a farmer and the fatber of four children.
One survives, Sarah Theresa.
Martin Clay was born in Cumberland coun
ty in the part since included in Perry. He
came to Carroll township when a young man,
and here engaged in farming. He married
Sarah Kasner, of Perry county. Their chil
dren are: William; Samuel; Jacob N. ; Kate
(Mrs. David Gussler); Sarah (Atrs. William
Rathfon) ; and Henry, who was made prisoner
during the war and starve'd to death at An-
dersonville. Atr. Clay died at the age of sixty-
seven years. He was a member and a trustee
of the Alethodist church for many years. His
wife survives, and resides with her son Jacob.
Mrs. Clay is a member of the Alethodist
church. Jacob N. Clay attended the public schools.
He assisted his father on the farm until he
was twenty-one years of age. He then began
farming on his OAvn account, and has contin
ued since with much success. Air. Clay is a
Democrat; he served as assessor of the toAvn-
ship for one term.
Jacob N. Clay was manied, July 29, 1883,
to Alaggie, daughter of Robert and Isabella
(Caldwell) AicDonald. Their children are:
Olive; Florence; Clara; Elsie; and Grover.

J. AV. BURKHOLDER, Dellville, Carroll
township, Perry county, Pa., was born in
Perry county, May 24, 1859, son of John H.
and Caroline (Leiby) Burkholder. His pater
nal grandfather came to America in 1845, and
was a farmer of Canoll toAAmship. In 1863,
he enlisted in the army, and was killed in bat
tle. His wife, noAV eighty-two years of age,
resides in AAlieatfield township. Air. Burk-
holder's maternal great-grandparents were na
tives of Perry county. They had five chil
dren, two of Avhom survive; Caroline; and
Frederick. Those deceased are: Alexander;

Samuel; and Benjamin. His maternal grand
parents resided first in Adams, afterwards in
Perry county; the grandfather cultivated a
farm in Juniata township, two miles north of
Milford. They had a family of eight children.
Those surviving are: Alfred; Lydia (Mrs.
William Foltz) ; and Abraham. The deceased
are: John; Hannah (Mrs. Alfred Fickes); Jo
seph; Elizabeth (Airs. George Leiby); and Re
becca. John H. Burkholder was a miller and
a farmer of Perry county; he spent a feAV
years in Ohio. Mr. Burkholder was a Repub
lican. He served in various township offices;
he Avas a justice of the peace for a number of
years, and Avas constable in Howe township.
He married Caroline, daughter of George and
Eliza Leiby. They had one child, J. W. Mr.
Burkholder died aged fifty-four years, eleven
months and nine days. Both he and his wife
Avere members of the United Brethren church;
she now resides in Peny county.
J. W. Burkholder attended the public
schools. He learned his trade with Alichael
Miller & Co., potters, Avorking tAvo years. In
1878, be entered the employ of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company at Hanisburg, as a
trackman. After two years, he was transfer
red to the AYrthern Central Railroad, Balti
more Division, Avorking four years as brake-
man. He returned to Hanisburg, and Avorked
a Avhile in the railroad "yards. In 1884, Atr.
Burkholder came to Perry county and was for
tAvo years engaged in farming. He was next
track foreman on the Perry County Railroad
for about five years; he then resumed farming
in Carroll toAvnship. In 1895, he moved to
the farm on which he noAV resides. Air. Burk
holder is a Republican. He has served as
clerk of elections.
J. W. Burkholder was manied, January 1,
1882, to Ida, daughter of Samuel and Ellen
(Durham) Fry. They have one child, Ellen.
Airs. J. AV. Burkholder's parents Avere resi
dents of Perry county. Her father was en
gaged in farming until his death, Avhich oc-
cuned in December, 1881, at the age of forty-
one years. Samuel Fry was married April 30,
1863, to Ellen, daughter of John and Mary
(Stone) Durham, who died Alarch 21, 1874,
aged twenty-nine years, six months, and
t,Aventy-six days, leaving six children: Ida
(Mrs. J. AV. Burkholder); Harry S.; Eliza
beth; Kate (Mrs. Charles Askins); Emma,
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Amy, who died Alarch 2, 1874, aged one year
and six days. Air. and Airs. Fry were mem
bers of the United Brethren church.
Daniel Fry, Airs. Burkholder's paternal
grandfather, was a farmer. He married Ann
Sunday. They bad four children; the only
one surviving is Catharine, widow of Thomas
Stone. Those deceased are: Henry, Avho Avas
killed in battle; Alary Ann (Airs. Samuel
Matloe); and Samuel. John Durham, mater
nal grandfather of Airs. Burkholder, Avas a na
tive of Chester county, and for a number of
years was a sailor. He married At ary, daugh
ter of Ganett and Sarah Stone. They had
eleven children. Those surviving are: Clara
(Airs. William Shearer); William; David;
Lewis; and Jacob. Those deceased are:
Jane; Emma; Sarah; Annie; John; and Ellen.

JACOB W. GUTSHALL, Dellville, Perry
county, Pa., was born in Cumberland coun
ty, Pa., September 19, 1844, son of George
and Sarah (Gutshall) Gutshall. His grand
father, Henry Gutshall, fanner, was a na
tive of Germany. His maternal grandparents
were natives of Cumberland county. The
grandfather was a mason; but after follow
ing his trade for a number of years, en
gaged in farming. They had six chil
dren; only one survives, Leonard. Those de
ceased are: Mary; Elizabeth; Sarah; John;
and Jacob. The grandparents were members
of the Lutheran church. George Gutshall
was a native of Berks county. He was a ma
son, and worked at that trade for many years.
In 1841 he removed to Cumberland county,
where he bought a property and engaged in
farming, retiring in 1876. George Gutshall
was manied to Sarah, daughter of Jacob and
Susan Gutshall, of Cumberland county.
Their surviving children are : George ; Sarah
(Mrs. Henry Miller) ; and Jacob W. Those
deceased are: Catherine; David; William
F.; Susan; and John. Mr. Gutshall died
aged seventy years. Mr. and Mrs. Gutshall
were members of the Lutheran church.
Jacob W. Gutshall obtained his education
in the public schools. Until he was twenty-
one, he assisted his father on the farm. At
this time he took charge of the homestead and
continued nine years managing tbe farm with
much success. He then moved to Perry coun
ty, and bought the farm on which he has since
resided. Mr. Gutshall is a progressive farmer,

and is highly regarded in the community. He
is a Democrat.
Jacob AV. Gutshall Avas married in July,
1876, to Alatilda, daughter of John and Alary
(Souder) Foulk. Their children are: Harry
Clarence; Alinnie Adella; Susan; Elizabeth;
and Russell Raymond. Air. and Airs. Gut
shall are members of the Lutheran church.

SAMUEL Y. WEAVER, Dellville, Peny
county, Pa., son of Jacob and Hannah (Yo-
cum) AAYaver, was born in Berks county, Feb
ruary 18, 1823. His great-grandfather, Ja
cob AVeaver (1), born in Germany, was one
of the earlier settlers of Berks county, Pa.
He erected a large sandstone 'house in Berks
county, which is still standing. He Avas a
farmer. ' Jacob Weaver (2), grandfather of
Samuel Y. AVeaver, Avas a native of Berks
county, and a farmer. He reared a family of
ten children, of whom the only survivor is
Lydia (Airs. Samuel Knabb). Both parents
lived to an advanced age. Air. Samuel
AVeaver's maternal grandparents, George Yo-
cum and Avif e, were also natives of Berks coun
ty, and farmers. They bad four children.
Air. and Airs. Yocum were members of the
Lutheran church. Jacob AVeaver (3), father
of Samuel Y. Weaver, was born in Berks coun
ty. He was a farmer and distiller. He was
married to Hannah, daughter of George Yo
cum, of Berks county. Of their .ten children
tAvo survive: Alary (Atrs. Jacob Hartranft)
and Samuel Y. Those deceased are: Rachel
Susan ; Ann ; Sarah ; John ; Caroline ; Rebecca
and one that died in infancy. Jacob Weaver
died in 1857, aged seventy-three years; his
Avidow passed away in 1863, at the age of
seventy-seAren. Both were members of the
Lutheran church.
Samuel Y. AVeaver enjoyed no superior edu
cational advantages. In his youth he attend
ed the short winter term of Avhat Avere knoAvn
as the pay schools, in Berks and Montgomery
counties. He Avas reared on a farm, and
worked for his father until he was twenty-one
years old. In 1851, Air. Weaver left Berks
county, and settled in Carroll toAvnship,
Perry county, Avhere he has since lived, and
AAhere he oAvns two fine farms. In 1876, he
took up his residence on one of these farms,
erecting upon it a large and commodious
house; he noAv lives a retired life. He served
in the late Avar from August, 1864, to June,

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1865, a member of Company G, Two Hundred
and First Pennsylvania Volunteers, receiving
his discharge at Hanisburg. He is a Repub
lican, and has served in various township
offices, among them being that of school direc
tor. Air. AVeaver was twice married. His first
wife Avas Leah, daughter of Jacob and Eliza
beth (Kress) Atoser. They had these children :
Hannah (Atrs. Samuel Briggs); Henrietta
(Atrs. John A. Zigler), died at the age of
thirty-six years; and Emma (Mrs. John A.
Durham), died at the age of forty-eight. Mrs.
AVeaver died in June, 1875, at the age of
forty-two years. She was an active, faithful
member of the Lutheran church. Mr. AVeaver
Avas manied the second time to Ann, daughter
of Henry Eagle. He and his wife are mem
bers of the Lutheran church, in which he has
been deacon for twelve years.

DANIEL W. BILLAIAN, Dellville, Perry
county, Pa., son of Daniel and Catharine
(Wentzel) Billman, was born in Northumber
land county, Pa., September 16, 1836. His
paternal grandparents were natives of Ger
many, who came to America in early life, and
settled in Northumberland county, where they
engaged in farming. They had six children:
David; Peter; Jacob; Solomon; Daniel; and
Rebecca. Both grandparents were members
of the Lutheran church. Mr. Billman's ma
ternal grandfather, Abraham AVentzel, Avas
also a native of Germany, and an early settler
of Northumberland county. In his younger
days he Avorked at weaving, but his later years
were spent in farming. He married Atiss Co
ble, and they had these children: Hannah
(Mrs. Jeremiah Adams); Daniel; John, de
ceased; Sarah (Mrs. John Snyder), deceased;
Mary (Mrs. Isaac Sortman), deceased; and
Elizabeth (Mrs. John Adams), deceased.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Wentzel Avere Lutherans.
Daniel Billman, fatber of Daniel W. Billman,
was born in Northumberland county. He
was a shoemaker, but later engaged in farm
ing. He was a Democrat, and filled various
township offices. He married Catharine,
daughter of Abraham Wentzel. Their chil
dren are: Henry; Daniel W. ; Rebecca (Mrs.
Daniel Zerphie); Henrietta (Mrs. John K.
Stambaugh); Isaac; Alary (Mrs. Daniel
Campbell); Adam; Elias, deceased; Jordan,
was killed by lightning, in 1873, aged twenty-

one; John, died at the age of fifty; and Her
man, died in 1889, aged forty. The father
died at the age of seventy-eigbt; the mother
also is deceased. Both were members of the
Lutheran church.
Daniel AV. Billman was educated partly in
the common schools of Northumberland coun
ty, and partly in those of Perry county.
whither his parents removed in 1858. He
spent two years in learning masonry, after-
Avards Avorking at that trade for nine years,
but since his marriage he has been engaged in
farming. In 1878, he removed to his farm in
Carroll township, where he has since resided.
He is a Democrat, but has never sought politi
cal preferment.
Mr. Billman was married, January 10,
1865, to Rebecca, daughter of Samuel and
Elizabeth (Tressler) Wagner. Their children
are: Charles V., resides in South Dakota;
George A., also of South Dakota; Lizzie A.;
Hany S.; Mary C; Daniel E.; David W.;
and Cora R. Mr. Billman and his family are
members of the Lutheran church, in which
the former was deacon for many years, and is
at present trustee, and a member of the Sun
day-school.

DAAHD HAIR, Shermansdale, Perry
county, Pa., son of Peter and Sarah (Smeigh)
Hair, was born in Perry county, July 20,
1831. His paternal grandfather, Jacob Hair,
was born in York county, Pa., and came to
Perry county when a young man. He was a
carpenter, but later engaged in farming. He
was married and reared a family of nine chil
dren: John; Joseph; Levi; Jacob; Thomas;
AAllliam; Peter; Eliza (Mrs. Samuel Shatto);
and Susan (Mrs. Henry Lackey). David
Hair's maternal grandparents, George Smeigh
and Avife, were natives of York county, of
German descent, who came to Perry county,
and settled in Canoll township. Besides
farming, Mr. Smeigh worked at shoemaking.
He Avas married to Miss Messimer, and they
had nine children, all of whom have died ex
cept tbe first named: David; Benjamin; Ja
cob; John; AVilliam; George; Sarah; Rachel
(Mrs. Joseph Kain); and Ann (Atrs. Jacob
Starper). His wife having died, Mr. Smeigh
married again, his second wife being Miss
AVox. Peter Hair, father of David Hair, was
a native of Perry county, a laborer and farmer.
He Avas married to Sarah, daughter of George

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Smeigh, and had eight children: David; Wil
liam, of Dickinson county, Kas; Carson; Eliz
abeth (Mrs. Washington Keller); Susan, died
July 14, 1860, aged nineteen years and four
months; Jacob, died in one of the hospitals
of Washington, D. C, March 31, 1862, aged
twenty-four years, eight months and thirteen
days; Sarah, died March 31, 1876, aged
twenty-seven years; and Mary (Mrs. William
Enswinger), deceased. Air. and Mrs. Peter
Hair were members of the Lutheran church.
The father died February 5, 1865, at tbe age
of fifty-one years; and the mother died No
vember 23, 1874, aged sixty-eight years.
David Hair's only chance for obtaining an
education was found in the public schools of
his district, which he attended for a few
terms. He was reared on a farm, and at the
age of thirteen years began to work in a saw
mill, where he continued for eight years. At
the end of that time, Atr. Hair became inter
ested in farming, and was thus engaged until
the breaking out of the war. In August,
1864, he enlisted in Company G, Two Hun
dred and First Pennsylvania Volunteers, and
served for ten months and fifteen days. Re
turning from the war, he resumed farming.
For four years he lived a retired life, but once
more returned to fanning, and is still in that
calling. He has devoted some time, too, to
settling up the estate of his father and mother.
Mr. Hair was married, November 11, 1853,
to Ellen N, daughter of George and Mary
(Hallebaugh) Sweger. Their children were:
Amos; Harry M.; William W.; Adam F.;
Mary L, died April 13, 1858, aged eight
months and sixteen days; Sarah E., died Au
gust 15, 1863, aged one year; Henrietta, died
February 6, 1864, aged five years and six
months; Daniel S., died February 25, 1864,
aged six years, nine months and eighteen days;
Annie S., died May 21, 1871, aged three years,
two months and eleven days; Clara E., died
May 25, 1871, aged one year, one month and
twenty-five days; Alice M., died September
6, 1878, aged two months and nine days;
Emma Al, died August 6, 1880, aged one
month and twenty-two days. Mr. Hair is a
member of the Alethodist church. At present
he holds the office of trustee and treasurer.
The parents of Airs. Hair, George and Mary
(Hallebaugh) SAveger, were natives of Peny
county, where Atr. Sweger was a farmer and
distiller. They had these children: Mary

(Atrs. AVilliam Shearer); Ellen (Atrs. David
Hair); Sarah (Airs. Carson Hair); David;
Rebecca, widow of William Smith; AVilliam;
and Henry. The above named are the chil
dren of Atr. Sweger's second marriage. He
was first married to Aliss Markel; their chil
dren were: Elizabeth, widow of Aaron
Daugherty; George; Samuel; Levi; John;
Daniel; and Catharine (Airs. George Smeigh).
The family are members of the Lutheran
church, in which Air. SAveger held the office of
trustee. He died on August 27, 1851, and bis
wife in 1883.

JOHN B. ZORGER, Shermansdale, Peny
county, Pa., son of Adam H. and Elizabeth
(Bair) Zorger, was born in York county, June
25, 1844. His paternal grandparents were
natives of York county, of German descent,
and were farmers. Their children were:
Michael; Charles; Jacob; Susan (Atrs. Burk
holder), deceased; and Adam H, deceased.
Mr. Zorger's maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Atrs. Bair, Avere also of German extraction,
and natives of York county. Atr. Bair was a
miller and worked at that trade until be engag
ed in farming. The children of Mr. and Mrs.
Bair were: David; Alartin; Samuel; John;
William; Nancy; Eliza (Mrs. Adam H. Zor
ger); and Polly; all deceased except the first
two. Adam H. Zorger, father of John B. Zor
ger, was born in York county. He was a
farmer, but later in life he was also interested
in mercantile business and dealt in grain.
Besides this he conducted a large saw-mill for
a number of years. He filled tbe office of
school director in Carroll township for nine
years, and in Rye township for one year; he
was also supervisor and tax collector for two
terms. Mr. Zorger was manied to Elizabeth
Bair; they had these children: John B.;
Alary E. (Mrs. W. A. Ateyers); Lydia A.
(Atrs. Daniel Stine) ; Jacob; and Susan (Airs.
William Sweger.) The mother died in 189.0,
aged sixty-nine years ; the father survived un
til October 17, 1893, when be died at the age
of seventy-four.
John B. Zorger received his education in
the public schools of Cumberland and Peny
counties, whither his parents bad removed
when he was a year old. He worked on his
father's farm until he was twenty-one, and
then began to cultivate the place on shares,
continuing this for some years. In 1878, he

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removed to his present farm, which is one of
the finest in Carroll toAvnship. Mr. Zorger
is a Republican, and has filled the office of
judge of elections, and school director, in
which latter position he is now serving, having
been appointed, in 1896, to fill an unexpired
term. Air. Zorger was manied, in Alarch, 1866,
to Sarah, daughter of Amos S. and Susan
(Ferry) Green. They have had two children;
both died in infancy. Atr. Zorger is highly re
spected and esteemed by all.

JOHN F. STOUFER, Falling Spring, Per
ry county, Pa., son of Christian and Mary
(Noy) Stoufer, Avas born in Perry county,
February 7, 1844. His grandfather, Jacob
Stoufer, carpenter and miller, was also inter
ested in the lumber business. He was married
to Aliss Elizabeth Miller ; their children Avere :
Christian; Alary (Airs. Abraham Spotts);
Eliza (Airs. Francis Alickey); and three that
are deceased. Jacob Stouffer died in 1850,
aged sixty-eight years; bis Avife died the next
year, at the age of seventy-two years. Both
were members of the Lutheran church. The
maternal grandparents of John F. Stoufer,
Air. and Mrs. Adam Noy, Avere natives of Dau
phin county. Mr. Noy Avas a shoemaker, and
worked at his trade besides farming. Chris
tian Stoufer, father of John F. Stoufer, mill
wright and carpenter, is a native of Perry
county. For many years he had charge of the
saw-mill that is now operated by his son, John
F., and was also engaged in the lumbering
business. He has served his township as con
stable, and as school director for three years.
Mr. Stoufer married Mary J., daughter of
Adam Noy. Of their seven children five sur
vive: John F. ; Alartha J. (Mrs. Martin
Mickey); Sarah (Atrs. John Rupp); Martin;
Emma (Mrs. G C. Lupfer); Francis, died in
1856, aged one year and five months; and
Adonijah -Bigler, died October 27, 1877, aged
twenty-seven years. On the 27th of August,
1895, Airs. Stoufer died, aged seventy-two
years. Atr. Stoufer resides on the old home
stead in Carroll township.
John F. Stoufer received his education in
the public schools of bis district. He learned
carpentry, and Avhen he was nineteen entered
the saAV-mill that had been built by his father
in 1863. Some years after, this saAV-mill was
washed aAvay by a flood, and rebuilt the same

year. Later it Avas destroyed by fire, and again
rebuilt. In .1884, Air. Stoufer built on the
present farm and Avas engaged in agricultural
pursuits until 1893, Avhen he again assumed
the management of the saw-mill, and is so em
ployed at the present time. For three years
he has served as county auditor, and for three
terms as justice of the peace. Since his
twenty-fifth year, he has been a member of
Shermansdale Council, No. 186, Sr. 0. U.
A. At.
Mr. Stoufer was married, January 16, 1883,
to Fianna, daughter of George and Mary
(Wox) Kitner. They have one child, Alary
C. Air. Stoufer is an active member of the
Church of God, in which he has been elder for
several years.
Airs. Stoufer's parents, George and Alary
(Wox) Kitner, were natives of Perry county,
and farmers. Their children were: Fianna
(Airs. Stoufer); Joshua; Simeon; Othniel;
AAllbelmina, deceased; Caleb, deceased; and
Enos, deceased. Air. Kitner was a member
of tbe Church of God and his wife of the
United Brethren church. Mr. Kitner died
at the age of fifty-five years; his widow sur
vived until December 31, 1893.

T. M. DROMGOLD, Shermansdale, Perry
county, Pa., son of Alanasseh and Sarah (Loy)
Dromgold, was born in Perry county, August
27, 1843. His great-grandfather, on his fath
er's side, Avas a native of Ireland, but his
grandparents on the same side were born in
Perry county, and Avere farmers. The mater
nal grandparents of Mr. Dromgold, Mr. and
Atrs. Alichael Loy, Avere natives of Perry coun
ty. They had these children: Annie (Atrs.
David Zimmerman); Samuel, resides in Ohio;
Elizabeth; George; John; AAllliani; Cath
arine; and Susan; all being deceased except
the first two. Mr. and Mrs. Loy were mem
bers of the German Reformed church. Mr.
Loy enjoyed the distinction of haAdng the
town of Loysville, Perry county, named for
him. Manasseh Dromgold Avas born in Perry
county. In early life he Avas a laborer, but
later became a farmer. He was married to
Sarah, daughter of Michael Loy, and they
had six children: Alary J. (Mrs. Lewis Paul);
T. AL; John W.; David B.; George G, de
ceased; and Jemima (Mrs. Michael Aker),
died in 1875, aged thirty-three years. Manas
seh Dromgold died in August, 1857, at the

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age of forty-three years, Airs. Dromgold sur
viving him until 1893, Avhen she died aged
seventy years. Both parents were members
of the Lutheran church.
T. At. Dromgold received his education in
the public schools, and Avas reared partly on a
farm. At the age of eleven years, he began
an apprenticeship of tAvo years Avith a tanner,
and Avorked at the tannery for about twenty-
eight years. In August, 1862, Atr. Dromgold
enlisted in Company IT, One Hundred and
Thirty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers, and
served for nine months. Re-enlisting Sep
tember, 1864, in Company G, Ninth Penn
sylvania Volunteer Cavalry, he served until
the end of the Avar. During his first enlist
ment, he was taken prisoner and retained for
ten days. He fought in the battles of Antie
tam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville.
In his second enlistment, be took part in the
engagements at AAlaynesburg, and Savannah.
He received an honorable discharge at New-
beme, N. G, in June, 1865. Having returned
from the war, he resumed the tanning busi
ness, in which he continued until 1893, when
he began farming. Besides farming, he is at
present engaged in the sale of tombstones.
He is a Republican, and has seiwed as tax col
lector for two years, as school director and
treasurer of school board, as inspector, and
as clerk of elections.
Air. Dromgold was married, December 16,
1869, to Annie, daughter of Benjamin and
Amelia (Henderson) Cunningham. Their
children are : Alartha Atay (Airs. Lewis Robin
son); Amelia Pearl (Mrs. Harry S. Brown);
Bessie Al. ; Lettie V. ; Lewis T. ; and Thomas
Roy. The family are members of the Pres
byterian church, Mr. Dromgold having for
merly held the office of elder. Mrs. Drom-
gold's father, Benjamin Cunningham, was
born in Perry county, and was a farmer all his
life. He married Amelia Henderson, and
they had the following children: Margaret
(Mrs. George Robinson) ; Annie (Mrs. T. M.
Dromgold); Elizabeth, deceased; James, de
ceased; and Benjamin, died in the army, in
1864, aged about twenty years. Both parents
were members of the Presbyterian church.
The father died in 1874, aged seventy years.

REV. JOHN GARMAN, Shermansdale,
Perry county, Pa., was born in Franklin coun
ty, December 5, 1826. He is a son of Conrad

and Rebecca (Kramer) Garman. His mater
nal great-grandfather, John Kramer, was of
German ancestry; he Avas a farmer of Leb
anon county, and had served in the Revolu
tionary war. Air. Garman's maternal grand
father, John Kramer, Avas a native of Lebanon
county, and was a farmer, miller and distiller
in Franklin county. With him Air. Garman
lived from the time of his father's death, which
occurred Avhen he was but three years old, till
he Avas a young man. John Kramer was mar
ried to Alary Killinger; their children are:
Jacob; Eliza (Airs. John Lyons); Susan (Airs.
Jacob Gelwix); Catherine (Airs. Jacob Shu-
gart); John, a salesman, died at the age of
forty-eight years; Pollie, deceased; and four
who died in infancy. John Kramer died in
1851, aged seArenty-seven years. Airs. Kramer
died in 1866, aged eighty-four years. One
Avas a member of the Reformed church and
the other of the Lutheran church. Both were
earnest and faithful Christians. Conrad Gar
man, Air. Garman's paternal grandfather, was
a farmer of Lebanon county. Conrad Gar
man, the father of John Garman, Avas a miller.
He manied Rebecca, daughter of John and
Mary Ann (Killinger) Kramer. Their chil
dren are: John; and Alary (Airs. George
Thomas), of Cumberland county. Air. and
Mrs. Garman were both members of the Lu
theran church. Air. Garman died in 1828.
Airs. Garman died at the age of eighty-six
years, in October, 1891.
John Garman acquired his education in the
public schools of Cumberland county, which
he attended until his nineteenth year. He
then served an apprenticeship of three years
in learning wagon and coach-making. For
ten years be worked at bis trade, and then
famied until 1872; during all these years he
was studying to prepare himself for the min
istry. Air. Garman also served in various
township offices in this period of his life ; he
Avas constable for one year and justice of the
peace for five years in Cumberland county,
and school director for three years. In Peny
county he served three years as director of the
poor. He settled many estates. Mr. Garman
enlisted in the Avar of the Rebellion, under
Captain Lynn, in the One Hundred and Fifty-
eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, but served
only a short time, as he was constable at that
time, and was required as a Avitness in several
criminal cases; he was therefore discharged.

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Air. Garman entered the ministry of tbe
United Brethren church in 1872. His first
charge was in York, where he remained one
year; his next call was to Yocumtown, York
county, here he served three years. In 1876
be came to Perry county and served Sher
mansdale church for two years; he was then
transferred to Carlisle, where he remained
three years. In 1878, Rev. Mr. Garman Avas
permanently established in Carroll township,
and purchased the farm which is his present
home; from that date he has had charge of
the Pleasant Grove church, Snyder church,
Cherico charge and Pisgah charge, for tAvo
years. His adAranced years rendered these
charges too burdensome for his strength, so
he relinquished all but the church at Pisgah.
Here he did efficient work until 1884, when
he announced his resignation on account of
failing health. He is now living on his farm
near Shermansdale, with his son, resting after
many years of labor.
John Garman was married December 2,
1851, to Margaret, daughter of AVilliam and
Alargaret (Rhoads) Ferguson. Their children
are: William F., of Harrisburg; John L. ; An
nie M. (Mrs. Harry Trauger); Sheridan;
Harry, who farms at home; Susan E. ;
Zephaniah; and Ina Pearl, died in 1878, aged
three months.

JOHN AV. HUGHES, Shermansdale,
Perry county, Pa., was born in Franklin
county, 0., August 21, 1848. He is a son of
J. B. and Atarian (Dougherty) Hughes. His
grandfather, AAralter Hughes, was of Irish de
scent, and farmed all his life in Ohio. He
married Nancy Haines, of English ancestry,
and had a family. AValter Hughes died of
cholera; his wife lived to the age of ninety
years. Atr. Hughes' maternal grandfather,
Caleb Dougherty, was also a farmer. He mar
ried Keziah Needles. Their children are:
Mariam; John; Sarah Ann; George; and Bar
rett. Atr. and Atrs. Dougherty are both de
ceased. J. B. Hughes, the father of John W.
Hughes, is a native of Ohio. He was a butcher
for forty-five years; he also gave his attention
to harness-making. At present he is farming
in Hancock county, 0. He has served in vari
ous township offices.
J.B.Hughes was married to Atarian, daugh
ter of Caleb and Keziah (Needles) Dougherty.
Their children are: John AA7". ; Barrett J.;.

James V. ; Marian (Atrs. Charles Stewart);
Rozilla C. (Mrs. John Coleman); Sarah J.,
died aged eighteen months; and Perry, an in
fant, died in 1857. Mr. J. B: Hughes is a
trustee and elder in the Methodist Episcopal
church. His wife died at the age of forty-
five years.
J ohn W. Hughes Avas educated in the public
schools and at Alt. Blanchard Academy, 0.
He remained on his father's farm until he
reached the age of seventeen years. At that
age he commenced to teach, the next year he
began to learn harness-making, and after
teaching seven terms, he gave his entire atten
tion to his trade. In 1872, Mr. Hughes open
ed a harness shop in Alonroeville, Ind., but
remained only a short time, then he returned
to Alt. Blanchard, 0., and then to Whartons-
burg, and was in business in these places for
about two years, after which he taught school
one term in the county near Alt. Blanchard.
The following year he took an agency for
pianos and organs; after one year spent in the
business, Atr. Hughes went to Baltimore and
engaged in butchering, and with the capable
assistance of his wife established a good busi
ness. He sold out at the end of a year. In
1881, Mr. Hughes and his brother, in partner
ship, opened a store for general merchandise,
and conducted the business one year; they
then returned to Alt. Blanchard and continued
the store there for eighteen months. Mr.
Hughes then again went to Baltimore and con
ducted a general store until 1891. At this
time he came to Perry county, and bought the
Loy farm, lately owned by William Bonoll,
in Carroll township. Mr. Hughes has great
ly improved this estate. Mr. Hughes was a
member of the school board in Baltimore for
four years. He belongs to the I. 0. O. F.,
Hayward Lodge, No. 333, North Baltimore;
to Marius Encampment, No. 196, and to
Lodge No. 196, 0. U. A. M., of Shermans
dale. Mr. Hughes is a Democrat.
John W. Hughes was manied November 9,
1872, to Emma, daughter of John and Ger-
aldine (Picket) Colman. Their children are:
Charles J. ; Bernice M. ; Nellie and Stella, in
fant twins, deceased; Wallace, died aged six
weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes attend the
Alethodist Episcopal church.

JAAIES GIBNEY, Shermansdale, Perry
county, Pa., was born in Chester county, Pa.,

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January 27, 1858. He is a son of Thomas and
Margaret (Conrad) Gibney. His paternal
grandfather, Luke Gibney, a farmer and sur
veyor, Avas a native of Ireland. He came to
America with his son, and settled on a farm
near the old Perry Furnace in Centre town
ship, Perry county. He Avas the fatber of the
foUoAving children: Thomas; Alichael;
Catherine (Mrs. Michael Rhine); Patrick;
Bryan; James; Margaret; Alary (Airs. Pat
rick Smith); John; Bryan (2); and two whose
names are not recorded. Air. Luke Gibney
and his wife were members of the Roman
Catholic church. He died in 1867; his wife
in 1863. Mr. Gibney's maternal grandpar
ents were also natives of Ireland, who came
to America in early life, and settled in West
Chester, Chester county, Pa. They had two
children; Margaret and Alary (Airs. Patrick
Gaston). Mr. Conrad was killed by an in
furiated bull; his Avife died in 1884, aged.
seventy-five. Both were members of the Ro
man Catholic church. Air. Gibney's parents,
natives of Ireland, came to America in their
youth, and settled on a farm in Chester coun
ty, Pa. Air. Thomas Gibney not only culti
vated his farm, but was also a drover for many
years. In 1862, he enlisted in Company E,
Forty-ninth PennsyL"ania CaA-alry, and served
for three years. He was married in 1865,
to Margaret Conrad. They have twelve chil
dren: John; Mary (Atrs. James L. Brown);
James; Sarah (Atrs. Charles AfcClinn); Ed
ward; William; Bryan; Harry; Margaret, de
ceased; Thomas, deceased; Christopher, de
ceased; and one who died in infancy. Air.
Thomas Gibney and his wif e reside in Spring
township, Perry county, on his farm, which he
still cultivates.
James Gibney was educated in the public
schools of Perry county, whither his father
had removed when James was a mere boy. He
learned farming with his father, and when he
was twelve he left home to work as a farm
hand. In 1881, he began farming for himself.
He also dealt in live stock. For a short time
he lived in New Bloomfield, Pa., where he
kept a livery stable. In 1895, he removed to
his parents' home, one of the finest farms in
Carroll township, situated on the main road
between NeAV Bloomfield and Shermansdale.
In addition to the cultivation of his farm, he
still deals largely in live stock, and during the
last year has also had a thriving business as a

butcher. Air. Gibney is enterprising and is
interested in all the affairs of his township.
He is a member of the Republican party.
James Gibney was maried, December 15,
1881, to Alary, daughter of John G. and
Louisa (Fritz) Shearer. They have two chil
dren: Parker, died in infancy, in 1882; and
John E. Air. James Gibney and his family
are members of the Presbyterian church.

GEORGE ZEITER, Shermansdale, Perry
county, Pa., was born in Dauphin county, Pa.,
June 23, 1835. He is a son of George and
Sophia (Cassel) Zeiter. His paternal grand
parents were natives of Germany. His mater
nal grandparents were natives of Dauphin
county, Avhere his grandfather, Alichael Cas
sel, was a farmer. Air. Cassel was married to
Elizabeth, daughter of John Ebersole. They
had four children: Henry; Jacob; Daniel; and
Sophia. Air. Zeiter's parents Avere natives of
Dauphin county. His father, George Zeiter,
Avas a wagonmaker, but after working at his
trade for many years, he turned his attention
to farming, and about ten years before his
death retired from business. Air. George Zei
ter Avas married, to Sophia, daughter of Mi
chael and Elizabeth (Ebersole) Cassel, who
was born in Dauphin county. Their children
are : Alary Ann (Atrs. Samuel Ateeban) ; Da
vid; Jacob; George; William; Frederick; Cy
rus; Elizabeth (Airs. John Ebersole); Alichael;
Henry; Solomon; Sarah; and four who died
in infancy. Air. George Zeiter and his wife
were members of the Lutheran church, in
which he held various offices. Both Air. and
Airs. Zeiter died at tbe age of eighty-four.
George Zeiter received his education in the
public schools of Dauphin county. He grew
up on his father's farm and remained at home
working with his father until he was twenty.
He learned milling and worked at the trade
for a short time, but his health failing, he
turned his attention to farming. In 1871, he
removed to Peny county, to the farm on
which he now resides. Air. Zeiter is highly es
teemed in the county. He is a Democrat, ac
tively interested in local politics, and has ser
ved as inspector of elections and as supervisor
of Carroll township.
George Zeiter was manied to Elizabeth,
daughter of Jacob and Catherine (SAviles)
Hoover. They have eleven children: Alary
J. (Airs. Peter Smith); AAllliam H, married

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Alary Callender; Jacob YI., married Alice
Johnson; Kate; Edward 0., manied Esther
Stine; Sarah E. (Atrs. Charles Adams); John;
James, manied Annie At. Morrow; Albert;
Agnes; and Joseph C. Air. George Zeiter is
a member of the United Brethren church, in
which he is a class-leader, and superintendent
of the Sunday-school.
Atrs. Zeiter's parents were natives of Dau
phin county. Her father, Jacob Hoover, Avas
a weaver, and although engaged in farming,
neArer abandoned his trade. He Avas married
to Aliss Catharine SAviles. Their children
are: Elizabeth (Airs. George Zeiter); Sarah,
AvidoAV of Jacob Hoover; Lydia, Avidow of
Frederick Atinich; Peter; Rebecca (Airs. John
Cassel); Cyrus; Linda (Airs. Samuel L. Lease) ;
Valentine; Mitchell; Simon; and one who died
in infancy. Atr. Hoover died in 1886; his
wife in 1883, aged sixty-three years.

GEORGE AV. ROBINSON, Shermans
dale, Perry county, Pa., Avas born in Tyrone
township, Perry county, Alay 12, 1841. He
is a son of John and Alary (Rice) Robinson.
His paternal grandfather, Charles Robinson, a
natiA'e of Ireland, came to America Avhen a
boy. He Avas a Aveaver and Avorked at his
trade all his life. Air. Charles Robinson Avas
married to Aliss Alary Duncan. Their chil
dren are: Hannah; James; Elizabeth; Sam
uel; Alexander; David; and John. All are
dead except Hannah. Air. Robinson's mater
nal grandparents were natives of Perry coun
ty. His grandfather, Samuel Rice, wheel
wright and farmer, was married to Atiss Alary
Shull. Their children are: Sarah, widow of
John Sanders; Elizabeth (Atrs. Samuel Or
ris); Mary, widow of John Robinson; Fanny
(Atrs. George W. Hench); Samuel; Susan,
widow of Joseph Kell; Ellen (Mrs. James
Meminger); Josiah; Conrad; Catharine, de
ceased; and Phoebe, deceased. Air. Robin
son's parents Avere natives of Perry county.
His father, John Robinson, tanner and farmer
was an enterprising business man, interested
in improved methods of farming. He brought
the first reaper into Perry county in 1849. fie
was actively interested in county affairs, and
filled various township offices. Air. John
Robinson was married to Mary, daughter of
Samuel and Mary (Shull) Rice. Their chil
dren are: George AV. ; Alary J., died at the age

of twelve; Emma (Atrs. Enos Young), died in
1891, aged forty-five; and David AVilson, died
in 1895, aged forty-six. David AV. Robinson
was a carpenter, and afterwards entered the
employ of the Perry Valley Railroad as di
vision foreman. After holding this position
for several years, he removed to Iowa, and
secured a position on a railroad as roadmaster.
Ten years later he removed to New Bloom
field and took charge of the division between
NeAvberry and Alilton. He was well-known
and highly esteemed among railroad men. Mr.
John Robinson was a member of the Presby
terian church, in which he was for many years
an elder. He died in 1849, aged thirty-one
years; his widow married Atr. Thomas Me-
haffey. She resides with her son George.
George AAA Robinson was educated in the
public schools of his native township. He re
mained at home, attending school in winter
and Avorking on the farm in summer. His
father died when he was nine years old. After
his mother's maniage to Mr. Mehaffey,
George continued to work for her on the farm
until he Avas tAventy-five, when he began farm
ing for himself; he now owns two of the finest
farms in Peny county. In 1893 he retired,
and is enjoying the fruits of his labors. Mr.
Robinson is a member of the Democratic
party. He is highly esteemed as a neighbor
and as a citizen.
George AA1 Robinson was married, March
1, 1866, to Catherine, daughter of John and
Alary (Souder) Foulk. They had five chil
dren: Alice (Airs. James Baer); Lewis; Harry
W. ; Dellie; and Annie C. Mrs. Robinson was
an active member of the United Brethren
church; she died May 20, 1887, aged forty-
five years. Air. Robinson was married a second
time, August 29, 1889, to Margaret, daughter
of Benjamin Cunningham. He and his wife
are members of the United Brethren church,
in which Atr. Robinson has held numerous
offices. The grandparents of Mrs. George
Robinson (Catherine Foulk), were of German
descent. Of their seven children only two
survive: John; and George. Her parents
were natives of Perry county. Her father,
John Foulk, a farmer in Peny county, was
married to Miss Kozier, and afterwards to
Mary, daughter of John Souder. Six of their
children are living: Amos; John; Mary (Mrs.
Wesley AVallace); Kelley; Henry; and Eliza
beth (Mrs. Charles Henderson). Mr. Foulk

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died in 1880, aged sixty-four; his Avife died in
1889.

ALLEN CLELAN, Shermansdale, Perry
county, Pa., was bom in Carroll township,
Perry county, August 6, 1843. He is a son
of David and Eliza (Reinsberger) Clelan. His
paternal grandparents were natives of Lan
caster county, Pa. His grandfather remoA-ed
to Carroll township, Perry county, and bought
the homestead. He had three children: Airs.
Jacob Shearer; James; and David. Air. Clel-
an's maternal grandparents Avere natives of
Perry county. His grandfather was a farmer
and had a large family of sons and daughters.
Mr. Clelan's parents Avere born in Perry coun
ty. His father, David Clelan, spent his life in
farming. Air. David Clelan Avas married to
Eliza Reinsberger. Their children are : Alary
¦(Mrs. John Boyer); Robert; Alargaret, widow
of George Shatto, who died in Libby prison;
Agnes (Airs. AAllliam Bayer); Allen; Annie
E. (Mrs. William Bench); Lemuel; Clara, de
ceased; and Wilson, died in September, 1896,
aged forty-one. Air. DaAud Clelan and his
wife were members of the Lutheran church.
He died in 1874, aged seventy-five; his widow
is living at Carlisle, Pa., at the advanced age
of ninety.
Allen Clelan received his education in the
public schools of his native county. He re
mained at home working with his father on
the farm until he was twenty-five. He learned
masonry, serving a three years' apprenticeship
and afterwards working as a journeyman for
two years. In August, 1861, he enlisted in
Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-third
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served for nine
months. He took part in the battle of Antie
tam, September 17, 1862, and in the battle
of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. In
this battle he received a Avound in the shoul
der which disabled him for a year. He re
ceived his discharge in Atay, 1862. After his
return- from the army be "worked at his trade,
but finding that his wound had unfitted him
for such labor, he began farming on the
homestead, where he now resides, cultivating
the land which his grandfather bought. Air.
Clelan is interested in the affairs of his toAvn
ship, and has served as school director for
three years.
Allen Clelan was manied, Atay 24, 1866,
to Louisa, daughter of David and Louisa

(Ault) Black. They have seven children:
Alinnie (Airs. Henry Yard); Emma; Sarah;
Susan; Alice; Frank; and one who died in in
fancy. Airs. Clelan's paternal grandfather
was a carpenter, a native of Lebanon county,
Pa. He Avas married to Elizabeth Bricker.
Their children are : Rosanna ("Airs. Henry Ser
geant); Sarah (Airs. John Rudy); Henry; Hi
ram; Elizabeth; Louisa; John; and Adam.
The last four are dead. Her maternal grand
parents were natives of England, who came to
America in early life, and settled on a farm.
Her parents Avere natives of Lebanon county.
Her father, David Black, marble-cutter, was
married to Louisa, daughter of David and
Elizabeth (Aliller) Ault. Their children are:
Elizabeth (Airs. John Ebersole) ; Sarah (Airs.
Ezra Roland); Louisa (Airs. Allen Clelan);
John; Emma (Airs. Jacob Imboden); Samuel;
Annie; Aaron; Norman; Rosanna; and Alaria.
Atr. Black and his wife were members of the
Lutheran church. He died December 18,
1871, aged sixty-one; his Avife December 11,
1893, aged eighty-four years.
JOILN L. SHATTO, Shermansdale, Perry
county, Pa., was born in Perry county, June
28, 1848. He is a son of Samuel and Eliza
beth (Lackey) Shatto. His paternal grand
father, Jacob Shatto, a native of York coun
ty, Pa., spent his whole life on the farm. His
maternal grandparents were of Irish descent.
His grandfather, Alexander Lackey, was a
farmer and also owned and managed a saAv-
mill. Alexander Lackey was married to Aliss
Albright. They bad ten children: Elizabeth;
Henry; John; Alexander; Benjamin; Alarga
ret (Mrs. Andrew S. Loy) ; Alary (Airs. Enoch
Young); Sarah; William; and Alincy. Air.
Alexander Lackey and his wife were faithful
members of the United Brethren church, in
which Air. Lackey held various offices. He
was a prominent man in his denomination,
and during the latter part of his life was a
local preacher to a large congregation, assem
bled in a school house. In the act of an
nouncing his text, "Blessed are the dead who
die in the Lord," he dropped dead. Mr. Shat-
to's parents are natives of Peny county. His
father, Samuel Shatto, was a farmer, but has
noAv retired from business. He and his wife
are living in their native county. Although
he has passed his eighty-ninth birthday, he is
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affairs of life, and caring for his wife, who is
very feeble. Atr. Samuel Shatto was married
three times. His first Avife Avas Atiss Hair.
They had two children: Levi; and Jacob, de
ceased. His second wife Avas Miss Annie
Shade. Atr. Shatto Avas married the third time
to Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Lackey.
Their children are: Isaac; John L. ; Benjamin;
Maria (Atrs. Daniel Comp). Atr. Samuel
Shatto is a member of the Dunkard church.
John L. Shatto grew up on his father's farm
attending the district school in winter, and
working with his father in summer. AVhen he
Avas nineteen he Avas apprenticed to a stone
mason, and has worked at this trade in connec
tion Avith farming all his life. In 1875, Air.
Shatto bought the land on which he now re
sides, then forest land, and began to clear and
improve it, building a comfortable house and a
convenient barn. He has now a valuable prop
erty, Avhich has well repaid him for his labor.
Air. Shatto has identified himself with the
Democratic party, and is actively interested in
local politics, fie has been inspector of elec
tions for a number of years.
John L. Shatto was married, October 17,
1872, to Annie F., daughter of Isaac and Alar
tha (Perry) Noy. Their children are: Clara
L. (Atrs. Elmer Loy); Annie At.; Elmer L.;
and Effie L. Atr. Shatto and his family are
members of the United Brethren church.
Mrs. Shatto's parents were natives of Peny
county. Her father, Isaac Noy, wagon-maker,
was married July 3, 1853, to Atiss Alartha
Perry. Their children are : Annie (Airs. John
L. Shatto); Charles; Andrew; Theodore;
Sarah; John; Ellen, died August 14, 1857,
aged one year; William, died Alarch 21, 1860,
aged two years; Alargaret, died March 22,
1864; Laura G, died May 4, 1875, aged fif
teen; and two who died in infancy. Airs. Noy
was a consistent member of the Alethodist
church; she died at the age of fifty-one. Mr.
Shatto resides Avith his son in Perry county.

CYRUS W. SMITH, Shermansdale, Perry
county, Pa., Avas born February 24, 1851, in
Carroll township, not far from his present
home. He is a son of John and Elizabeth
(Smiley) Smith. His paternal grandfather
was of Scotch-Irish descent. He Avas a tailor,
and came from Baltimore to Perry county,
where he took up land and farmed, and be

came one of the early settlers of the county.
He had five children: Margaret; John; Annie;
Smiley; and AAllliam; all deceased. He and
his wife lived to an advanced age. John Smith
Avas a native of Perry county and a farmer.
He married Elizabeth Smiley, and had tAvo
sons: Cyras AY; and Elmer E., a farmer of
Carroll township. John Smith died in his
sixty-sixth year, Alarch 3, 1870. Mrs. John
Smith Avas a deAroted mother and an earnest
Christian; she was an active worker in the
church and Sunday-school. She professed her
faith early in life, and all those that kneAv her
felt the influence of her piety. Her death,
which occurred in 1889, was peaceful; she was
then sixty-eight years old.
Cyrus AV. Smith attended the public schools
of Shermansville, and remained with hi?
father until the death of the latter, Avhich oc
curred Avhen Air. Cyrus Smith Avas in his
twenty-ninth year. He continued to cultivate
the homestead for four years, and then bought
a small farm of Enoch Young, on which he
lived for three years. In 1892, he bought his
present farm of Jacob Billow. Mr. Smith i=
a Republican; he has served the township as
assessor for three years, being elected in 1888,
and as auditor, to Avhich office he was elected
in 1893 for three years; he is now county
auditor. Cyrus AV. Smith was married in 1879, to
Elizabeth, daughter of John McAllister. Their
children are: Cora; Charles; Blair; and Bes
sie. Mrs. Smith died in February, 1890, aged
thirty-five years. She was a faithful member
of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Smith Avas
married in 1892, to Elizabeth, daughter of
Peter and Elizabeth Shaeffer. They have one
daughter, Grace. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are
members of the United Brethren church.
The parents of Mr. Smith's first wife, Mr.
and Mrs. AIcAUister, came from Ireland,
when their daughter Elizabeth Avas a child,
and settled in Duncannon, Perry county. Mr.
McAllister was an iron-Avorker. John McAl
lister had five children: Mary (Mrs. Oharies
Detra); Alartha; David; Annie; and Eliza
beth (Ali-s. Smith.)
Atr. and Mrs. Peter Shaeffer, the parents of
Air. Smith's second wife, Avere farmers of
Perry county. Their children are: Jemima
(Mrs. Trostle); Columbus; Amanda (Mrs.
Trego); George; Rudolpbus; Elizabeth; and
Sarah (Mrs. Nixon Bixler).

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1109

HENRY L. CROLL, Shermansdale, Peny
county, Pa., was bom in Perry county, April
11, 1846, son of Joseph and Jane (Porter)
CroU. Henry CroU, his paternal grandfather,
was born in Philadelphia in 1773. He learned
the trade of miller and settled in Centre town
ship, Perry county, where he died Alay 1,
1847. His wife died Alarch 4, 1849, aged
seventy-five years. They bad four children:
Joseph; Elizabeth (Airs. Shearer); Kate (Airs.
Weirich; and William. His maternal grand
parents were natives of Ireland.
Joseph CroU was a native of Bucks county;
he was a miller for a number of years, and at
length retired from the business. He mar
ried Jane, daughter of James and Alary (Atc-
Cafferty) Porter, and niece of ex-Governor
Porter. Their children are: Sarah (Atrs.
Joseph Leonard); and Henry L. Mr. CroU
died in 1854, aged fifty-four; his wife died
December 7, 1890, aged eighty-seven years,
seven months and seven days.
Henry L. CroU, after attending the public
schools, entered the academy at Marklesville,
where he was a student until he was twenty-
two years of age. He then began teaching,
and taught three terms in Centre, Saville and
Tuscarora townships, working at carpentry
during the summer months; he is now engaged
as farmer and carpenter. Mr. CroU is a Re
publican. In 1868 he was elected justice of
the peace, and has continued in the office
twenty-six years.
Henry L. CroU was married in 1868 to Ada-
line, daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Bark
ley) English. The parents of Mrs. CroU were
natives of Perry county. Her father, when
he was a young man, taught school. He en
gaged in farming, but retired from active life
in his later years. He was a local preacher of
the Methodist church. He married Margaret
Barkley. They had ten children, of whom
four died in infancy. Those surviving are:
Martha (Mrs. Jacob Kleinpeter); James; Ada-
line (Mrs. Henry L. CroU) ; Lydia (Mrs. John
Kleinpeter) ; and Margaret. Mr. Barkley died
aged sixty-one years and three months ; his
wife died at the age of seventy-five years.
They were earnest members of the Alethodist
church. Mrs. Croll's paternal grandfather,
who was of Irish descent, was born in America.
He married Lydia Worley. They had eleven
children: Samuel; John; Margaret (Atrs. Wil
liam Robinson) ; Linda (Mrs. Frank North) ;

William; Abraham; Frank; AA^ashington;
A^ancy (Airs. George Patterson); Nellie (Airs.
John Baker); and Jane. Her maternal
grandparents, Air. and Airs. Barkley, natives
of Ireland, who came to America at an early
period. They bought land in Saville town
ship, Peny county, and there began farming.
Airs. Barkley's maiden name Avas Alartha
Smith. Their children were: Nancy; John;
Andrew; AAllliam; Alargaret; James; and
Martha.

THEODORE JONES, Sterretts Gap,
Perry county, Pa., was born in Carroll tovra-
ship, August 27, 1832, son of Robert and
Jane (Hart) Jones. His paternal great-grand
father came from Wales to America when a
young man. Nathan Jones, grandfather of
Theodore Jones, Avas among the early settlers
of Peny county, and was engaged in farming
all his life. He served the township as su
pervisor and inspector. Nathan Jones was
married to Alartha, daughter of Alatthew
Adams. Their children are: Robert; Eliza
beth (Airs. John Henderson); Alattie (Atrs.
George Sutch); Sarah (Airs. George Hender
son); Isaac; and Nancy (Airs. AAllliam Leeds).
Mr. Jones died April 11, 1855, aged seventy-
four years; his wife died April 16, 1858, aged
seventy-four. Air. Hart, maternal grand
father of Theodore Jones, was born in Ire
land, came to America with his parents when
five years of age, and settled in Chester coun
ty, Pa. He was a distiller and fanner. He
was manied to Alargaret Anderson. They
had eight children: Alartha (Airs. Alexander
Lackey); Elizabeth (Airs. Abraham Long);
Sarah; Ellen; Jane (Airs. Robert Jones); Mar
garet (Atrs. Louis Ferry); David; and Alary
(Atrs. Henry Faust). Mr. Hart died in 1830;
his wife- died in November, 1849, aged seven
ty-six years. They were members of the
United Brethren church.
Robert Jones was born in Perry county.
All his life was spent in Carroll township, in
his occupation of fanning. He served the
township in the office of constable for one
year, and for one term as assessor. Robert
Jones was married to Jane, daughter of David
and Margaret (Anderson) Hart. They had a
family of thirteen children. • Those surviving
are: Nathan; Theodore; Margaret (Atrs. Fred
erick Leiby); Alartha; Rachel (Mrs. Isaac
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Tabitha (Airs. John Lehn); Jane E. (Mrs.
John Pickerel); Harriet Ann (Mrs. Calvin
Swander); and Clara. Samuel died August
7, 1852, aged eighteen; an infant child died
in 1854; Harrison was killed in the battle of
Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864. Air. Jones
died Alay 4, 1870, aged sixty-four; his wife,
who Avas born January 19, 1812, died Alarch
15, 1856, aged forty-four years and two
months. Theodore Jones attended the common
schools only a few months of the Avinter
term until he was seventeen years of age. He
helped his father until he was twenty, when
he learned stone-masonry. He served an ap
prenticeship of two summers, receiving the
first summer twenty-five cents a clay, and fifty
cents per day the second summer. He then
worked as a journeyman until 1854, when be
went to Macon county, 111., and was for a year
engaged in fanning and carpentry. He then
returned home, and worked at his trade until
he entered the army. Air. Jones first enlisted
October 16, 1862, and was assigned to Com
pany E, One Hundred and Seventy-third
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served nine
months; he re-enlisted September 1, 1864, in
Company I, Two Hundred and Eighth Penn
sylvania Volunteers, and served until honor
ably discharged at Alexandria, June 1, 1865.
Air. Jones was in the engagements at Fort
Steacbnan and Hatchers Run, and in the bat
tle in front of Petersburg, April 2, 1865. His
health has been much impaired by his service
in the army. At the close of the Avar Mr.
Jones returned home, and then removed to
Carlisle, Pa., where he engaged in the restau
rant and hotel business for about thirteen
years. Since April 1, 1891, he has resided
in Carroll township, on the old homestead
farm upon which his grandfather erected the
first buildings, and cleared and cultivated the
land. Mr. Jones is one of the oldest residents
of the township, and is highly esteemed by all
Who knoAv him. He has been a member of tbe
board of school directors for twelve years.
Theodore Jones Avas first married Decem
ber 17, 1863, to Alary, daughter of John and
Elizabeth (Souder) Smee, who died in Janu
ary, 1865, at the age of twenty-eight, leaving
a daughter, Alary, who died in July, 1865,
aged six months. He afterwards was married
October 16, 1866, to Susan, daughter of Ster
rett and Elizabeth (Sheibley) Lightner, who

died October 3, 1873, at the age of thirty-
two, leaving three children: Harry, a clerk;
David; and Blanche. Airs. Jones was a con
sistent member of the Lutheran church at Car
lisle. Mr. Jones was afterwards married to
Airs. Shenk, daughter of Elias and Catharine
(Leaf hard) Brownewell. They had one child,
Bertie Ann, who died aged eighteen months.

GEORGE W. KELLER, Shermansdale,
Perry county, Pa., was born in Perry county,
July 13, 1862, son of Emanuel and Elizabeth
(Bashinger) Keller. His paternal grandfather
was born in Germany ; he lived to the remark
able age of ninety-nine years. His maternal
grandparents were natives of York county,
and Avere engaged in farming. Emanuel Kel
ler was born in York county, Avhere he farmed
until 1856, Avhen he removed to Rye toAvnship,
Perry county, where he now lives. He retired
from the active business of agriculture a num
ber of years ago. Air. Keller has filled the
office of supervisor in Rye township for a long
term. Emanuel Keller was married to Eliza
beth Bashinger. They had eleven children.
The surviving are: B. F. ; Henry; Alary (Airs.
William Gutshall); Annie (Mrs. John
Rhoades); DaA'id; George AV. ; Samuel; John;
and Amos. Air. Keller and his wife have
reached the advanced age of eighty years.
They are members of the Evangelical church,
in which Air. Keller has been a class leader
and a steAvard.
George W. Keller, after attending the pub
lic schools, entered the Seminary at New Ber
lin, where he Avas a student for six terms. He
then taught school two terms in Wheatfield
township, and one year was spent in fanning.
In 1886, he removed to the old homestead,
where he now resides. Atr. Keller still holds
the office of assessor, to which he Avas elected
in 1895.
G. W. Keller was married March 26, 1885,
to Harriet, daughter of AndreAv and Rebecca
(Keiner) Loy. The surviving children are:
Benjamin F. ; and Ataggie E. Charles W.
died January 7, 1889, aged two years and ten
days; one child died in infancy. Atr. Keller
is a member of the United Brethren church,
holds the office of steAvard, and has served five
years as superintendent of the Sabbath-
school. Mrs. Keller's paternal grandfather
was a native of Perry county and a fanner.
He married Mrs. Shuman. They had a family

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of eight ehUdren. Her maternal grandparents
also were residents of Peny county. Her par
ents were born in Perry county; her father
served as assessor of the township. He was
first manied to Rebecca Keiner, who died,
leaving five children; Lewis; Addie (Airs.
Harry Wallace); Harriet (Mrs. George AA1
Keller); Alice; and Ida (Airs. B. S. Smiley).
He afterwards married Margaret Lackey.
They had one son, Elmer. Air. Loy died Feb
ruary, 1895, aged sixty-two years; his wife
died in 1895, at the age of sixty. Mr. Loy
was a faithful member of the United Brethren
church; he served in all the offices. Airs. Loy
was a member of the Lutheran church.

LEAVIS SWEGER, Shermansdale, Perry
county, Pa., was born in Saville township,
Perry county, June 9, 1836, son of William
and Mary Ann (Bausum) Sweger. John
Sweger, his paternal grandfather, was of Ger
man descent. He was a shoemaker and
farmer. He was manied to Aliss Weary, who
had been a school teacher. Lewis Sweger's
maternal grandparents were of German de
scent, and resided in Peny county. His
father, AVilliam Sweger, was a gunsmith, and
was also engaged in farming. He was mar
ried to Alary, daughter of Philip Bausum.
Their surviving children are: Lewis; Joshua;
L. Kane; Ellen (Airs. Alichael Loy); Emma
(Mrs. Henry AVolfort); Tillie (Airs. Alfred
Kane); John C. ; and George AV. Those de
ceased are: Sarah; Absalom; and William H.
Mr. Sweger died in June, 1892; his wife died
in 1889. They were members of the German
Reformed church.
Lewis Sweger attended the public schoor-
until the age of eighteen. He then learned
carpentry with AVilliam Bausum, of Juniata
county, serving an apprenticeship of one sum
mer. Four years he worked as a journeyman.
and in 1859 engaged in business for himself,
and continued until August, 1862, when hs
enlisted in the army. He was assigned to
Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-third
Pennsylvania Volunteers. He served nine
months, and when discharged Alay 26, 1863,
returned home and worked at bis trade until
January 9, 1865, when he enlisted in Com
pany H, Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Volun
teers. He saw active service in the battles of
Antietam, Fredericksburg and Cbancellors-
ville, and was honorably discharged July 18,

1865. Air. Sweger returned home, and fol
lowed his trade until 1895, when he retired.
LeAvis Sweger was manied February 4,
1858, to Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin
and Sarah (Low) Reiber. Their surviving
children are: Clara (Airs. John Wilson);
Sarah Ann (Airs. George AV. Alace); Alaggie
(Airs. Sherman T. Dunkelberger) ; Harry E. ;
Lewis E.; and Charles AL, a teacher. Those
deceased are: Oliver 0., died AprU 2, 1859;
A. T, died Alarch 24, 1859; Benjamin Lu
ther, died September 4, 1860, aged six
months; Thomas E., died January 4, 1881,
aged twenty; and Bessie, who died August 26,
1880, aged tAvo years. Air. Sweger is a dea
con in the Lutheran church.
Airs. SAveger's paternal grandparents, Air.
and Airs. Reiber, were natives of York coun
ty, and removed to Perry county, where they
engaged in farming. Air. Reiber married
EUzabetb Arnold. The maternal grandpar
ents resided in York county, and farmed. Her
father, Benjamin Reiber, was born in Peny
county. His occupation was that of farming;
he served as assessor a number of years. He
was married to Sarah, daughter of Peter and
Elizabeth Low, of Cumberland county. They
had five children. Those surviving are : Mar
garet (Airs. C. F. Davenport) ; Elizabeth (Mrs.
Lewis Sweger); and Ellen (Airs. Elias Dun
kelberger). Those deceased are: Susan (Mrs.
William Zimmerman); and an infant. Mr.
Low died in 1886, aged seventy-six; his wife
died in 1884, aged seventy-seven. They were
members of the Lutheran church. Air. Low
was a member of the council for many years;
he served as an elder and deacon.

JEREAILAH SA1EE, Grier Point, Perry
county, Pa., was born in Perry county, No
vember 16, 1849. He is a son of the late
Jacob and Sarah (Corman) Smee. His grand
father, George Smee, was a native of Mary
land. He came at an early date to Pennsyl
vania, and settled in Canoll township, Peny
county, where he engaged in farming. He
was married twice. His first wife was the
mother of nine children, only one of whom,
David, is living. Those deceased are as fol
lows: Benjamin; Jacob; George; William;
Sarah; John; Ann; and Rachel. After the
death of his first wife, George Smee married
Miss Wox. He and his second wife both lived
to a very advanced age. Ludwig Corman, the

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maternal grandfather of Jeremiah Smee, was
born in Lancaster county, Pa. He was a la
borer. He removed to Perry county, and re
sided in Rye township. He married Mary
Foulk; of their eight children, only two are
living: Eve (Mrs. L. W. Thompson); and
John. Those deceased are: Samuel, Avas ac
cidentally killed in a well; Mary (Mrs. AVat-
kins); Elizabeth (Airs. Jonathan Corman);
Hannah (Airs. AVilliam Smith); Philip; and
Sarah (Mrs. Jacob Smee). Atr. and Mrs. Cor
man were consistent members of the Lutheran
church. Mr. Corman died in 1872, at the
venerable age of ninety-one. Ten years later,
in 1882, his wife died, having attained the
same age as her husband.
Jacob Smee, the father of Jeremiah Smee,
was born in Ataryland, March 5, 1815. He
was a son of George Smee by his first marriage.
When a young man, he came to Pennsylvania,
and settled in Carroll township, Perry county.
He was a plasterer, and followed that occupa
tion as long as he was able to Avork. He mar
ried Sarah, youngest daughter of LudAvig and
Mary (Foulke) Corman. They had nine chil
dren: John T, died April 6, 1858; Mary
(Mrs. John Richards), died July 2, 1872;
Lucia Ann; Francis; Jeremiah; Rebecca
(Airs. Charles Troup) ; Jesse ; Sarah (Airs. Ja
cob Dietch) ; and Hiram. Jacob Smee and his
wife were both members of the Lutheran
church. The former died November 2, 1866,
aged fifty-one; the latter passed away in De
cember, 1895, aged nearly seventy -six years;
she was bom April 27, 1820.
Jeremiah Smee received his education in
the public schools of the township, which he
attended until he was about nineteen. He
then for a few years assisted his father at his
business of plastering, and also Avorked at
farming. Since 1871, the year of his maniage
Mr. Smee has been chiefly occupied with farm
ing. After cultivating the same farm for
about sixteen years, he removed in 1884 to
Canoll toAvnship, on the farm Avhere he has
ever since continued to live. He was also for
a number of years engaged in post fence mak
ing. During his residence in Carroll town
ship, Atr. Smee has held different offices. In
1892, he was elected supervisor for the term
of one year. In 1895, he was inspector of
elections. He is a Democrat.
On January 1, 1871, Jeremiah Smee was
manied to Alary Ann, daughter of Frederick

and Mary Ann (Floyd) Pillard. They have
had eight children, three of whom are de
ceased, as follows: Adella, died April 12,
1878, when one year old; Chester A., died
April 1, 1882, aged three years; and Charles
F., died December 5, 1889, aged fourteen
years. The others are: Elmer H; Canie A.
(Mrs. David Wetzel) ; Clarence A. ; Laura E. ;
and Dora Al. The family are all members of
the United Brethren church, Mr. Smee being
one of the most active Avorkers in his congre
gation. He was steward of tbe church for one
year. He is also zealously engaged in Sun
day-school Avork, and was for two years su
perintendent of the school. He has been class
leader, and still holds that office.
Samuel Floyd, the maternal grandfather of
Atrs. Jeremiah Smee, was a native of York
county, Pa. He was for many years a maker
of spinning-wheels. He died in 1866, at the
age of seventy-two.
Frederick Pillard, Atrs. Smee's father, was
born in Saxony, Germany. When a young
man, he emigrated to America, where he be
came a resident of Baltimore, Md. He had
learned Aveaving, and made that his occupation
for several years. Mr. Pillard married Mary
Ann, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Hawn)
Floyd. Their only child now living is Mary
Ann (Mrs. Jeremiah Smee). Those deceased
are: John; Charles; Amelia and Salome.

JOHN SMEE, Shermansdale, Peny coun
ty, Pa., was born in Perry county, March 4,
1835, eon of John and Elizabeth (Souder)
Smee. His paternal grandfather, George
Smee, came from Maryland to Peny county,
and settled in Canoll township, Avhere he en
gaged in farming until his death. He held the
various township offices. Air. Smee served in
the war of 1812. He Avas manied to Miss
Messmer. They had ten children, one only
survives, David. Those deceased are: John;
George; William; Benjamin; Jacob; Sallie;
Rachel; Ann; and one infant child. Mr. and
Mrs. Smee were members of the German Re
formed church. His maternal grandfather
Avas a native of Perry county, and a farmer.
He was the father of six children. Those sur
viving are: John; and George. Those de
ceased are: Jacob; Henry; Elizabeth; and
Susan. John Smee was born in Maryland, and
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was in the butchering and huckstering busi
ness, and also that of agriculture. He was
supervisor for many years and served in other
township offices. John Smee Avas manied to
Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Susan Sou
der. Their children are: George; Jacob;
John; and Alary (Airs. Theodore Jones), Avho
died in 1864. Air. Smee died aged seventy-
seven; his wife died at the age of eighty. Air.
Smee was a member of the German Re
formed church. Airs. Smee was a member of
the Lutheran church.
John Smee attended the common schools
until he was seventeen. He assisted his father
until he Avas twenty-two, when he learned car
pentry, serving an apprenticeship of two
years with Jacob Smee, and being afterwards
his partner for five years. On August 17,
1863, Air. Smee enlisted, and was assigned to
Company G, One Hundred and Forty-ninth
Pennsylvania Volunteers. He served until
the close of the war, and Avas discharged at
Alexandria, All., June 24, 1865. AATiile in
the United States service Air. Smee took part
in ten battles. He was with General Grant's
army in the thirty days' campaign from tbe
Wilderness to Cold Harbor. In the first bat
tle of the Wilderness, he was struck by a ball,
and in the engagement at Laurel Hill, he was
wounded by a shell ; he was in the severe fights
at Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Cold
Harbor, Weldon Railroad, Hatcher's Run,
Bellfield, and in front of Petersburg. After
the close of the Avar, Air. Smee was employed
at his trade until a few years ago, when he
engaged in farming. He is a Democrat, and
has served as inspector for a number of years.
He is a member of Post No. 480, G. A. R., at
Bloomfield. John Smee was married January 2, 1862,
to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Alary
(Smith) Shatto. Their children are: Jacob
W. ; John W. ; and George M. Mrs. Smee's pa
ternal grandfather, Benjamin Shatto, bad a
family of three sons: Abraham; Jacob; and
John. Her maternal grandfather was a na
tive of Peny county, and engaged in fann
ing. He was manied to Mary Shearer. They
had ten children, only one surviving, David.
Those deceased are: Catharine; John, died in
the late war; Susan (Mrs. Ephraim Day);
Elizabeth (Mrs. William Souder); Frederick;
Rebecca (Airs. Henry Snyder) ; and Mary M.
Mr. Smith died at the advanced age of ninety-

four; his wife died aged fifty-eight. They
Avere members of the Evangelical church, of
which Air. Smith Avas an office bearer. Jacob
Shatto Avas a native of Peny county. In early
life he was a miner. His occupation for many
years was farming. He was manied to Alary,
daughter of Solomon and Eve Smith. They
had twelve children: those surviving are:
Susan (Airs. Joseph Bender); Elizabeth (Airs.
John Smee); Isabella (Airs. AVashington
Kochenderfer) ; Samuel and Amos. Those de
ceased are: Catharine; John C, died in in
fancy; Solomon; Henry; Abraham; AAllliam;
and Alary (Airs. Allen Hassinger), who died
June 10, 1890, aged forty-four years. Air.
Shatto died November 22, 1891, aged seventy-
eight; his wife died November 1,4893, aged
seventy-seven years, six months and eighteen
days. Air. and Airs. Shatto were members of
the Lutheran church.

ISAAC SHATTO, Shermansville, Perry
county, Pa., was born October 28, 1845, and is
a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Lackey) Shat
to. His great-grandfather, Nicholas Shatto,
was a native of York county, but came to
Perry county and Avas one of the first settlers
there. He lived in Tyrone township, and
spent his life in farming. He married and
had the following named children: Joseph;
David; Benjamin; and Jacob. He died at an
advanced age. Jacob Shatto Avas born in York
county; he farmed and operated a saw-mill.
He married Miss Rensberger. Their children
are: Samuel; Joseph; Sarah and Susan, twins;
Hester ; and Hettie. All are dead but Samuel.
Air. and Mrs. Jacob Shatto Avere members of
the Dunkard church. He died Alarch 8, 1856,
aged eighty-eight years. His wife diefl Febru
ary 17, 1853. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
Lackey, Air. Shatto's maternal grandparents,
were both natives of Peny county. Mr.
Lackey was a farmer; he manied Margaret
Renbright; their children are: Elizabeth
(Airs. Shatto); William; Sarah; Nancy;
Benjamin; Alexander; Alary (Atrs. Enoch
Young); Henry; John; and Margaret (Airs.
Andrew S. Loy). All are deceased but Atrs.
Shatto. Mr. and Mrs. Lackey were members
of the United Brethren church in which Mr.
Lackey served as local preacher. They are
both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shatto
are natives of Peny county; Mr. Shatto, who
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Tyrone township. Mrs. Shatto was born No
vember 22, 1821. Samuel Shatto was mar
ried in 1836, to Eliza, daughter of Jacob Hair.
Their children are: Levi; and Jacob, who
died April 17, 1850, aged eleven years. Mrs.
Shatto died August 10, 1840. Mr. Shatto
was manied in 1842, to Annie Shade. Their
only child died in infancy. She died July 10,
1843. Mr. Shatto was married January 9,
1845, to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander Lackey. Their children are:
Isaac; JohnL. ; Benjamin F. ; Mary E. (Mrs.
Daniel Comp); Maria, first wife of Daniel
Comp, died in June, 1889, aged thirty-eight.
Mr. and Airs. Samuel Shatto reside with
their son, Isaac. Isaac Shatto attended the
public schools, and learned farming with his
father. At the age of twenty-three years he
began to farm for himself. He farmed in
Dellville and Cumberland until 1877, when he
returned to the homestead, and has cultivated
it to the present time.
Isaac Shatto was manied May 25, 1869, to
Elmira A., daughter of Peter and Catharine
(Aultland) Beacher. Their children are:
Benjamin F. ; and Alary E. (Mrs. David
Hamman). Mrs. Shatto died May 8, 1877,
aged twenty-seven years, eleven months and
nine days. Isaac Shatto was again married,
January 8, 1884, to Susan, daughter of Jacob
and Elizabeth (Myers) Drawbaugh. Mr.
Shatto and his family are members of the
United Brethren church ; Mr. Shatto has been
steward for several years.

JACOB DRAWBAUGH, Shermansdale,
Perry county, Pa., son of Jacob and Elizabeth
(Meyers) Drawbaugh, was born in Perry coun
ty, November 12, 1852. His grandfather,
Peter Drawbaugh, was a native of York coun
ty, and a fanner all his life. He was married
to Mary Gilmore, and they reared a family of
ten children, all of whom were members of
the United Brethren church. Mr. Draw-
baugh's maternal great-grandfather, George
Meyers, born in Germany, was one of the
early settlers of York county. He had a fam
ily of six children: George; Jacob; John;
Margaretta; Ataria; and Mary. John Meyers,
grandfather of Mr. Drawbaugh, was bom in
York county, and was a wagon-maker by
trade. He married Catharine Weinman;
their children were: Elizabeth; Henry; John;
Joseph; Andrew; Valentine; George, died

at the age of twelve years; Daniel, deceased;
and Jesse, deceased. Both grandparents were
members of the Lutheran church, and both
lived to be over four score years.
Jacob Drawbaugh, the elder, was born in
York county, and coming to Perry county,
settled in Carroll township, on the farm where
his widow still resides. He had formerly
been a distiller, but after his removal to Peny
county was engaged in fanning for the rest
of his life. In 1837, he was married to Eliza
beth, daughter of John and Catherine (Wein
man) Ateyers. They had these children:
DaAdd; Ann; Elizabeth (Atrs. John Stude-
baker); Susan (Mrs. Isaac Shatto); Jacob;
Sarah (Mrs. Reuben SteAvart); Catharine
(Mrs. George Kunkle), died aged forty-four
years; and Andrew, died in 1892. Mr. Draw
baugh was an office-holder in the Lutheran
church, where his widoAV, at the age of eighty-
eight, still holds membership. He died in
1862. Jacob DraAvbaugh, Jr., received a limited
education in the common schools. He worked
on the farm for his father until the death of
tbe latter, after which he and his brother, Da
vid, undertook the management of the farm
for their mother, who still lives Avith them.
Besides being a successful farmer, Jacob
Drawbaugh is also a skilled veterinary sur
geon, and has a large practice. He is one of
the most highly esteemed citizens of the town
ship.

JAA1ES A. WHITE, Shermansdale, Perry
county, Pa., son of A. G. and Margaretta
(Robinson) White, was born in Penn town
ship, Perry county, February 16, 1855. His
grandfather, Elder Thomas White, of Irish
ancestry, Avas bom in Peny county, and for
many years was largely engaged in the lumber
business. He Avas married to Alary Taylor,
and they had three children: James M.; A.
G, died in 1886 ; and Elizabeth, died in April,
1895, aged seventy-two years. The family
were Presbyterians, Atr. AVhite being an elder
in the church at the time of his death. The
maternal grandfather of James White was
Maj. George Robinson, a native of Perry coun
ty, and a cooper. He served in the late war,
was. inspector of military service, and then pro
moted to the rank of major. He married Mar
garetta Graham, and their children were
these: Esther (Mrs. Robert Wilson); Sarah,

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widow of Andrew Pannell; David; and Syd
ney (Mrs. John Smith), deceased. Both Atr.
and Mrs Robinson were members of the Pres
byterian church. He died in 1874, aged
eighty-five years, and his wife died in 1879,
aged eighty-five years.
A. G. AVhite, father of James A. White,
was born in Peny county and engaged in
farming and the lumber business. At Al
iens Cove, now known as Cove Forge, Perry
county, he built tbe Good Hope tannery and
there canied on tbe tanning business. He
was a prominent and influential citizen, filling
many township offices, among them being
those of supervisor and school director. He
also served in the late war. For many years
he was a member of the I. O. O. F., at Dun
cannon, Perry county. He was manied to
Atargaretta L., daughter of Alaj. George and
Atargaretta (Graham) Robinson. They had
eleven children: James A.; Margaretta;
DaAdd; Richard; Ann (Airs. Henry Bran-
yan); William; Thomas, died at the age of
one year; Ravada, twin sister of James A.,
died in infancy; George, deceased; Mary
(Mrs. Joseph Hawley), died aged thirty-eight
years; Nancy (Atrs. Lynn Shull), deceased.
The parents were members of the Presbyte
rian church, the father serving as elder. He
died in 1886, aged sixty-five years; Mrs.
AA Trite having died ten years before, at tbe
age of fifty-five.
James A. White attended the public schools
of his district during the winter term, and at
other seasons he Avorked on the farm. In the
spring of 1878, he went to O'Brien county,
la., where he secured a position on the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, remain
ing there for a year and a half. After an ab
sence of two years in tbe west, he returned
home. Since then he has been engaged in
farming. For four years he farmed in Penn
township, and then removed to his present
place which he purchased of John McCord.
He served on the election board, and as su
pervisor. Mr. White was married in March, 1880, to
Jane S., daughter of Wilson and Alargaret
Smiley. Their children are: Jesse M.;
James W. ; and Clara, died in infancy. Atr.
White and family are members of the Presby
terian church, and he is also connected with
the Sundav-school.

JACOB ANTHONY, Shermansdale,
Perry county, Pa., son of Charles and Agnes
(Losh) Anthony, was bom in Wbeatfield town
ship, Perry county, April 2, 1852. Mr. An
thony's paternal grandfather was a native of
Northampton county, and lost his life while
serving in the war of 1812. His only chUd
Avas Charles, the father of Jacob Anthony.
The maternal grandfather of Jacob Anthony
Avas Andrew Losh, a native of Northumber
land county. He was a carpenter, at which
trade he Avorked in addition to farming. He
Avas married twice. The first wife was Miss
Haines, and their children were: George;
Alary (Airs. Alathew Finical); Adam; and
Sarah (Atrs. AVilliam Petery). Atr. Losh was
married the second time to Sarah Such, and
their children were Agnes (Mrs. Charles An
thony); Jacob; and Amanda (Mrs. YI. Mat-
lack); Air. Losh and his wife were members
of the Lutheran church. Charles Anthony
was born in Northampton county. While
very young he learned the trade of a shoema
ker, and Avorked at it for many years, after
which he began farming. He was married in
1849, to Agnes, daughter of Andrew and
Sarah (Such) Losh; they have had five chil
dren: Jacob; Charles; George, who resides
in Virginia; Sarah E., deceased; and Wes
ley, deceased. Mr. Anthony and his wife re
side with their son, Jacob. Since 1892,
Charles Anthony has been afflicted with blind
ness, caused, it is supposed, by working at his
trade at night. He is eighty-four years old.
Mr. and Airs. Anthony are members of the
German Baptist church.
Jacob Anthony received his education in
the public schools, which he attended until
his eighteenth year. Heworked for his father
for seven years, and then began farming for
himself on the old homestead, on Avhich he still
resides, his parents living with him. He is a
member of the Church of God.

MARTIN F. FORRER, Bloomfield, Perry
county, Pa., son of Christian and Caroline
(Kendig) Foner, was born in Lancaster coun
ty, Pa., December 31, 1842. His grandfather,
Martin Foner, Avas born in York county, and
was a carpenter, but also worked as a distiller
for many years. He manied and reared a fam
ily. He was a member of the Alennonite
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his Avife died at a Arery advanced age. Mr.
Forrer's maternal grandparents, George Ken
dig and wife, were natives of one of the eastern
counties of Pennsylvania, but were of German
ancestry. They had the foUoAving children:
Annie, widoAV of Henry Souder; Amelia
(Atrs. Henry Foner), of Ohio; Caroline (Mrs.
Christian Foner); and Christian, deceased.
Mr. and Airs. George Kendig were members
of the Alennonite church, and both died while
yet young. Christian Foner, father of Mar
tin F., was born in Lancaster county, and
reared on a farm. He Avas a blacksmith, and
worked at his trade for fifteen years, but after
his removal to Perry county in 1855, he en
gaged permanently in farming. During his
residence in Peny county, he served as school
director for many years, and at different
times as juryman. He Avas married to Caro
line, daughter of George Kendig, and their
children Avere : Alartin F. ; Amelia (Mrs. John
AAteaA^er); Catherine (Atrs. John Comp);
Mary, widow of John Hen; Alargaret, de
ceased; Christian, deceased; and Henry, de
ceased. The father and mother were members
of the Mennonite church. He died Alarch 14,
1881, aged sixty-one years and nine months.
Airs. Foner died at the age of ninety-nine
years and five months.
Martin F. Forrer was educated in the pub
lic schools of Lancaster and Perry counties.
He Avas reared on a farm, and worked for his
father until he Avas thirty years of age. He
resides on the same farm that his father occu
pied on coming from Lancaster county to
Peny. Martin F. Forrer was married Decem
ber 26, 1872, to Catherine, daughter of Chris
tian and Mary (Rasphen) AVeaver. They have
had these children: Mary K. (Atrs. Samuel
Bruner; Christian, avIio resides in DeKalb
county, 111; John Al; Thomas; Jane;
Samuel; and Maggie E., who died when five
years old. Since Atr. Forrer's marriage, he
has been very successfully engaged in farming.
He is a member of the United Brethren
church, and is one of the most highly respected
citizens of Carroll township.

WILLIAM II. SWEGER, Shermansdale,
Peny county, Pa., Avas born in Carroll toAvn-
ship, Perry county, February 18, 1856. He
is a son of John and Elizabeth Reed Sweger.
His paternal grandfather, George SAveger,
distiller and farmer, was a native of Peny

county. George Sweger was married twice.
Seven children were born to the first maniage:
Elizabeth (Airs. M. Daugherty); George;
Samuel; Levi; John; Daniel; and Catha
rine (Airs. George Smee). The last three are
deceased. George SAveger's second wife was
Aliss Alary Hollebaugh. Their children are:
Mary (Mrs. William Shearer); Ellen (Mrs.
David Hair); Sarah (Mrs. Carson Hair);
DaAid; Rebecca, widow of AVilliam Smith;
William; and Henry. Air. George Sweger
and his wife were members of the Methodist
church. Air. Sweger's maternal grandfather,
Peter Reed, was employed in general labor.
He married Miss Alary SAvartz. Their chil
dren are: Adam, deceased; George; AAll
liam; Anna; John; Peter; Susan. Mr. Reed
and his Avife are members of the Lutheran
church. Air. Sweger's father, John Sweger, was born
in Perry county, February 10, 1815. He
Avorked Avith his father in the distillery until
he Avas twenty-two. He afterwards engaged
in farming, and Avas for a time a partner in
a mill at Dellville, Wheatfield toAvnship,
Perry county. Atr. John Sweger was promi
nent in the affairs of the township. He was
¦ tax collector and assessor, and was made ad
ministrator of many estates. He Avas married
December 8, 1842, to Elizabeth, daughter of
Peter and At ary (Swartz) Reed, who was born
in Peny county, November 4, 1818. Their
children are: William IL; George AV., died
December 18, 1862, aged nineteen years, one
month and seven days; and Alexander, died
December 25, 1862, aged sixteen years, three
months and six days. Mr. John Sweger was
a member of the Alethodist church, in which
he was a trustee. He was actively engaged
in church work and was very liberal ; he gave
the ground on which the church building Avas
erected. For many years he held the position
of sexton. He died February 5, 1890, aged
seventy-four years, eleven months and twenty-
four clays; his wife died February 9, 1893,
aged seventy-three.
AAllliam H. SAveger grew up on the farm.
Until he was seventeen, he attended the dis
trict schools of Perry county and worked with
his father during the summer. He afterwards
farmed for his father for one-third of the
profits. For some time he cultivated the old
homestead on Avhich he was born, and at the
same time Avorked at carpentry. In 1882, he

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removed to tbe farm on which he now resides.
He cultivated this land for a one-third interest,
until his father's death in 1890, when be rent
ed the farm and retired from business.
William H. Sweger was married, November
28, 1878, to Susan, daughter of Adam and
Elizabeth (Bair) Zorger. They have one son,
John H, a pupil at the New Bloomfield Acad
emy. Mr. Sweger and his family are members
of the Methodist church, of which he has been
steward for the last nine years, and president
of the board of trustees since 1890. He is
also very active in Sunday-school Avork, of
which he has been assistant superintendent,
secretary, and treasurer. He is at present su
perintendent of the Sunday-school, in Avhich
his wife is an active worker; be has held the
office of treasurer since 1893. For many years
Mr. Sweger was sexton of the church.
Mrs. William Sweger was born April 1,
1862. Her paternal grandparents spent their
lives on the farm. They had five children:
Michael; Susan (Atrs. Henry Brubaker), de
ceased; Jacob; Charles; and Adam H, de
ceased. Her maternal grandparents were na
tives of York county, Pa. Her grandfather
was a farmer in his native county. They had
eight children: David; Martin; Nancy (Mrs.
Jack Festenbaugh) ; Alary; Elizabeth; John
Samuel; and George. All except the first two
are dead. Airs. Sweger's parents were natives
of York county. Her father, Adam Zorger,
a merchant and dealer in grain, removed to
his farm in Carroll toAvnship, Peny county,
in 1881. He Avas interested in the affairs of
the township, and for some years served as tax
collector, fie was manied to Aliss Elizabeth
Bair. Their children are: John; Elizabeth
(Airs. William Meyers) ; Lydia (Mrs. Daniel
Stine); Jacob; and Susan (Airs. William H.
Sweger. Mr. Zorger died October 17, 1893,
aged seventy-four; his wife, December 10,
1890, aged sixty-nine.

WILSON SMILEY, Shermansdale, Perry
county, Pa., was born at the old homestead in
Carroll township, Perry county, Alarch 17,
1820. He is a son of AVilliam and Ann (Wil
son) Smiley. His grandfather, John Smiley,
was one of the early settlers of Peny county,
at the time when Indians were numerous in
the county. He married Miss Mehaffie and
brought her to the farm on which they spent
their lives. They had seven children: Eliza

beth (Airs. Benjamin AlcCord); Ruth (Mrs.
Jesse Kirkpatrick); Sarah (Airs. AAllliam
Smith); Nancy (Airs. John AlcKenzie);
Alartha; AAllliam; and John. Air. John Smi
ley and his wife Avere members of the Presby
terian church. He died at the advanced age
of ninety-seven; his Avife died very suddenly.
Air. Smiley's maternal grandfather, Air. James
AAllson, a native of Lancaster county, Pa.,
learned tailoring and Avorked at his trade all
his life. He owned and resided upon a farm
in Cumberland county, Pa. He Avas married
to Jane Ramsey, of Lancaster county, Pa.
Their children are: Alary (Airs. Partington);
Ann (Airs. AAllliam Smiley) ; and Eliza (Airs.
John Davidson). Air. AVilson was a member
of the Society of Friends, and his wife a mem
ber of the Presbyterian church. He died aged
eighty; his Avife died in 1831. AAllson Smi
ley's father, William Smiley, was a native of
Peny county, and a farmer; he married Aliss
Anna AAllson, of Cumberland county. They
had seven children: AAllson; John; Jane,
widoAV of Joseph AfcCaskey, who died in the
army ; Alargaret (Airs. John Henderson) ; Wil
liam; Benjamin; and Rev. James, died aged
sixty-nine years. Air. William Smiley and
his wife were members of tbe Presbyterian
church, in which he held various offices. He
died at the aged of eighty-one; his wife died
aged seventy-five.
AAllson Smiley Avas educated in the public
schools of Perry county. He remained at
home, Avorking with his father on the farm
until he was eighteen. After serving a two
years' apprenticeship at New Bloomfield, Pa.,
Avith Air. John AlcBride, blacksmith, he
worked at his trade for two years in Cumber
land county, and in 1843, returned to his home
and began business for himself, in a forge
which his father had built for him in Sher
mansdale. Air. Smiley devoted his whole at
tention to his business. His industry and en
terprise have made him financially successful,
and have won for him the respect and confi
dence of the community. In connection with
his forge, he is now the OAvner of a foundry in
Shermansdale and a farm, part of the original
Smiley tract. He is actively interested in the
affairs of the township and has served as in
spector of elections.
Wilson Smiley was married, October 28,
1849, to Alargaret, daughter of James and
Martha (Smiley) Smiley. Their children are:

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Jane S. (Mrs. James A. White) ; Martha, de
ceased; and James, deceased. Atrs. AVilson
Smiley died in 1857, aged thirty-eight. Mr.
Wilson Smiley's second wife Avas Sarah,
daughter of Hodgen and Nancy (White)
Henderson. They have six children: Annie
(Airs. Peter Kell); Emma, a missionary in
India since 1894; Alexander; Elizabeth (Mrs.
John Souders) ; Ellen (Mrs. Charles Murphy),
her husband is a prominent laAvyer in Philippi,
TV. Ara. ; and John. Mr. Wilson Smiley is a
member of the Presbyterian church in which
he was for many years a deacon, and is at pres
ent an elder and trustee. He is also connected
with the Sunday-school and the Society of
Christian Endeavor. Air. AAllson Smiley is
kindhearted and benevolent, and a liberal sup
porter of all church enterprises.

JOSEPH B. AtcCLINTOCK, Shermans
dale, Perry county, Pa., Avas born on the home
stead in Carroll township, Perry county, De
cember 24, 1844. He is a son of John and
Sarah (Jones) AtcClintock. His paternal
grandfather, John McClintock, was a native
of Ireland. He emigrated to America when
a young man, and settled on a farm in Canoll
toAvnship, Perry county. He also engaged in
lumbering. He had seven children: Alexan
der; James; Sarah (Mrs. McKinsey); John;
Elizabeth (Mrs. John Finley); Margaret
(Airs. James White) ; and David. David Mc
Clintock removed to the west. After the de
cision of a case in court in which he had been
one of the principal witnesses, one of the men
concerned came to his house, called him to the
door, and shot him dead. Of these seven chil
dren, Alexander is the only survivor. Atr.
McClintock's maternal grandfather, Benja
min Jones, a native of Wales, emigrated to
America during the last century, and settled
on a farm in Spring township, Perry county.
He Avas a prominent man in the county and
held various offices. He had ten children:
Joseph; Israel; John; William; Rebecca
(Atrs. Benjamin Jones); Sarah; Alartha (Mrs.
David Wickerd); Jane (Airs. Peter Sowers);
and two Avho died in infancy. All are dead.
Mr. Jones died aged eighty-three; his wife
at the age of seventy-seven.
Mr. McClintock's parents Avere natives of
Perry county. His father, John McClintock,
spent his life on his farm in his native county.

Mr. John McClintock Avas married to Sarah,
daughter of Benjamin Jones. They had ten
children: Benjamin; Alartha (Mrs. R. M.
Jones) ; Sarah (Atrs. Thomas Smiley) ; Joseph
B. ; Alary (Mrs. Thomas Farmer); Washing
ton; Rebecca, deceased; Joshua, died in
1863, aged twenty-four years and six months;
John, was killed in the army; and Elizabeth
(Mrs. Jacob Caulter), died July 4, 1893, aged
fifty-eight. Mr. John McClintock and his
wife were members of the United Brethren
church, in which he was trustee, steward and
class-leader. He died July 16, 1877, aged
seventy-five years, one month and twenty-two
days; his wife died aged eighty-one years.
Joseph B. AtcClintock received his educa
tion in the public schools of his native county,
studying in winter and working with his father
on the farm during the summer. When he
was twenty, he learned carpentry, serving a
two years' apprenticeship with his brother.
He worked at his trade for ten years, four of
AAdiich were spent in Harrisburg, Pa. Later,
Mr. AtcClintock turned bis attention to mer
cantile pursuits ; for one year he had a grocery
store in Steelton, Pa., after Avhich he removed
to Carroll township, Perry county, and opened
a general store; he also engaged in huckster-
age and in farming. Since 1889, be has been
agent for the sale of phosphates in Carlisle,
Cumberland county. Mr. McClintock takes
an active interest in local affairs, and has filled
various township offices. In 1881, he was
elected constable, and in 1888 supervisor. He
is a member of the Senior 0. U. A. M., No.
168, Shermansdale Lodge.
Joseph B. McClintock Avas married April
20, 1871, to Lydia, daughter of Amos and Sa-
linda (Struder) Millhouse. Atr. McClintock
and his wife are members of the United Breth
ren church, in which he holds various offices.
He is also superintendent of the Sunday-
school.

FRANCIS SMEE, Shermansdale, Perry
county, Pa., was born May 15, 1847, son of
Jacob and Sarah (Corman) Smee. His pater
nal grandparents were natives of Maryland;
his maternal grandparents were Germans by
birth. Ludwig Corman was a cooper, and
Avorked at his trade the greater part of his life.
He married Miss Foulk. Their living children
are: Eve (Atrs. L. AVayne Thompson); and

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John. Air. and Mrs. Corman are both de
ceased. Jacob Smee was a native of Alary-
land, and came to Perry county Avhile yet a
young man. He was a plasterer and worked
at his business all his life. He married Sarah,
daughter of Ludwig Corman. Airs. Smee was
an earnest member of tbe Lutheran church.
Francis Smee acquired his education in the
public schools, and remained on his father's
farm until he reached the age of twenty-four.
He has farmed continuously since his mar
riage. Mr. Smee served on the election board
for several years.
Francis Smee was manied April 9, 1871,
to Julia Hanna Frances, daughter of Alexan
der and Elizabeth , (Reed) Lackey. Their
children are: Charles L.; Daisy Atyrtle;
Florence; Sarah; Henry Alexander, died
April 12, 1872; Elizabeth May, died January
24, 1880, aged six years, eleven months and
five days. Air. Smee and family are members
of the United Brethren church. Air. Smee
served his church as steward for fifteen years,
is now trustee, which office he has held for
twenty years. He is also a faithful worker in
the Sunday-school, and has been superinten
dent since 1892.
Alexander Lackey, Atrs. Smee's father, was
a native of Peny county. He taught school
for a number of years, but afterwards gave his
attention to farming. He had also learned car
pentry, and worked at it for a time. Mr.
Lackey filled various township offices; he was
a member of the election board, and also served
as assessor. Mr. Lackey was an earnest mem
ber of the United Brethren church, he was
steward, trustee and class-leader for many
years; in the spring of 1871, he was ordained
as a minister, but on account of ill health he
could not serve long.
Alexander Lackey was married to Eliza
beth, daughter of Naaman and Julia (Fair)
Reed. Their children are: Julia Hanna
Frances; Ida May (Mrs. William Adams);
Margaret E., died in May, 1892, aged thirty-
two years; eight died in infancy. Mr. Lackey
died September 18, 1875, aged fifty years,
four months and twenty-seven days. Mrs.
Lackey has reached the age of seventy years ;
she resides on the homestead.
Mrs. Smee's grandfather, Alexander Lac
key, was a native of Germany; he came to this
country and spent his life in farming. He

was during the latter part of his life a local
preacher. He Avas the father of ten children,
mentioned elsewhere in this work. Atrs.
Smee's maternal grandparents, Air. and Mrs.
Reed, had a family of seven children: Con
rad; David; Jacob; John; Alary; Cathe
rine; and Julia.

WILSON SHEARER, Shermansdale,
Perry county, Pa., was born in Carroll town
ship, December 10, 1849. He is a son of
George and Mary E. (Beissel) Shearer.
George Shearer was a native of Perry county
and farmed all his life; he learned blacksmith
ing when young, but neved worked at it. He
was a respected citizen and filled various town
ship offices; he was constable for many
years. George Shearer married Rosanna
Johnson. Their children are : Samuel; Mar
garet (Airs. John Ank); Alary A. (Airs.
Samuel B. Smith); William, deceased; John,
deceased. Mrs. Shearer died, and Mr. Shearer
manied Mary E., daughter of Philip Beissel.
They had two children; G. Thomas; and
Wilson. Mr. Shearer died in 1877, aged sev
enty-six years. Mrs. Shearer has reached the
age of eighty-two ; she has been afflicted with
blindness since 1890.
Wilson Shearer was educated in the public
schools, and then worked for his father on the
farm until he reached the age of twenty, when
he began to farm for himself, and has farmed
ever since. For the last thirteen years he has
given his attention to threshing.
AAllson Shearer was manied to Catherine
E., daughter of George and Sarah (Zimmer
man) AAragner. Their children are: George
T.; Hany T; and Sarah F. Both sons are
machinists; the second son, Hany T., showed
great mechanical ability while yet a child.
AVhen but twelve years old, he built without
assistance a perfect model of an engine. At
the age of seventeen he began to learn his
trade, and served three years and six months.
Though but twenty-four, he now holds the
position of foreman in the machine shops at
Waynesboro. He is married to Laura Reed.
Mr. Shearer and his family are members of
the United Brethren church.
The parents of Mrs. Shearer, Mr. and Airs.
George Wagner, are natives of Perry county,
but now reside in IoAva, where they cultivate
a farm. Atr. Wagner learned moulding, and

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in his younger days worked at his trade. They
have several children.

JOHN" A. BENTSEL, Grier Point, Perry
county, Pa., was born July 22, 1858, in Perry
county. He is a son of William and Sarah
(Fair) Bentsel. His grandfather, John Bent
sel, was a contractor and bridge builder of
AYrk county, who came to Peny county and
settled near Shermansdale, in Carroll toAvn-
ship. He was one of those who built the first
bridge across Shermans creek at Shermans
dale. John Bentsel was married and was the
father of the following children : Sarah (Mrs.
George Finical) ; John; Peter;  (Mrs.
Sunday); William; Mary (Mrs. David Shat
to); Margaret; Henry. They are all de
ceased except Mrs. Finical. The maternal
grandparents of John Bentsel, Mr. and Mrs.
Conrad Fair, were natives of Peny county.
Air. Fair was a farmer all his life, and one of
the early settlers of the county. Conrad Fair
married Susan, daughter of John Finical.
Their children are: Sarah (Airs. William
Bentsel); Margaret (Mrs. Charles Seibert);
and Jeremiah, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Fair
were of German ancestry. They were both
members of tbe Lutheran church; both died
at an advanced age.
William Bentsel was a native of York coun
ty; when be was four years old his parents
removed to Perry county. He was reared on
a farm. After attaining his majority he went
to California, and spent eight years as a miner.
He had learned masonry, and after his return
from California, Avorked at his trade for a few
years, but was obliged to give it up on account
of his health. He then farmed from the time
of his marriage until his death. He had also
been engaged in the huckstering business for
a few years. Atr. Bentsel served the township
for several years as supervisor. William Bent
sel Avas manied to Sarah, daughter of Conrad
and Susan (Finical) Fair. Their children
are: John A.; Wilson; Ida (Mrs. John
James); Ervin II. ; Annie, deceased; James,
died in 1891, aged thirty; William, who was
accidentally shot while gunning, December
23, 1892, at the age of twenty-eight, had mar
ried Lizzie Pike, of Kansas City, who is also
dead. Mr. Bentsel was a member of the Unit
ed Brethren church. He died in 1874, aged
fifty-two. Airs. Bentsel resides on the home

stead in Carroll township. She is an earnest
member of the United Brethren church.
John A. Bentsel attended the public schools
of Berry county, until he reached the age of
fifteen. He then worked on the farm with
his father for a year. Then he went to the
mountain and worked at lumbering until he
reached the age of twenty- three; at this time
he began the lumbering business for himself,
in which be continued until 1892. In 1883,
he spent seven months visiting in Minnesota,
Dakota and Iowa. In 1892, Mr. Bentsel
bought his present farm. Besides' farming he
deals in railroad ties, and is also an extensive
dealer in stock. Air. Bentsel is a Republican;
he has been elected to various township offices,
but declined to serve, as he prefers to devote
his time to business.
John A. Bentsel Avas manied January 17,
1884, to Laura, daughter of John K. and
Alaria (McAllister) Gaudy. They have one
son, William II. , a very promising youth.
Mrs. Bentsel's father, John K. Gaudy, was a
natiA'e of York county, but came to Perry
county early in life, and settled in Carroll
township. He was a stone-mason and worked
at his trade all his life, though at the time of
his death he was farming. Atr. Gaudy enlisted
in the late war, in 1861, and served three
years; he then re-enlisted, and was honorably
discharged in 1865. He Avas one of the first
men from Carroll toAvnship to respond to the
call of his country for soldiers. John K.
Gaudy was married to Ataud, daughter of
David and Al ary (Long) AlcAUister, of Perry
county. Their children are: Mary (Airs. Da
vid Baxter) ; Laura (Mrs. Bentsel) ; Elizabeth
(Airs. Elmer Buchan), of Iowa; David, of
California; Annie (Mrs. Lincoln Dunkle
berger); LeAvis, of Iowa; Susan; Maria;
Alaggie; Pearl; John, died February 25,
1893, aged twenty years and eight months.
Mr. Gaudy died February 27, 1894, aged fif
ty-seven years. Mrs. Gaudy resides in Carroll
township. The paternal grandparents of Mrs.
Bentsel were natives of York county. Their
children are: Nancy (Mrs. William Brown),
of Carlisle; Susan (Atrs. John Adams), of
Carlisle; Henry, of fiarrisburg; Ellen (Mrs.
John Shatto), of Mechanicsburg; Lewis;
Kate (Mrs. Reuben Sailor), of Carlisle; Wil
liam, deceased; Samuel, deceased. Mrs.
Bentsel's maternal grandparents, Atr. and Mrs.
David McAllister, were natives of Perry coun-

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ty; they farmed all their lives. Their chil
dren are: Christian; John; David; Maria
(Mrs. John K. McAllister); Margaret, mar
ried first to Samuel Alartin, and now widow
of John Barrick; Frank; Eliza, deceased;
Annie (Mrs. Hany Holmes), deceased. Mr.
McAllister died in 1872, aged sixty years.
Mrs. McAllister has reached the venerable age
of eighty.

CAPT. ANDREW LOY, Centre, Perry
county, Pa., was born April 9, 1816, in Tyrone
township, then in Cumberland county, but
now in Perry. He is a son of Nicholas and
Mary (Kuhn) Loy. His grandfather, Alichael
Loy, was a native of Germany, aaIio came to
this country, and passed here all the later
years of his life. His son, Nicholas Loy, born
in Germany, also came to America, and settled
first in Berks county, and afterwards within
the present limits of Perry county. He Avas a
farmer, and died in 1840 on the fann; he
was interred at Loysville. Nicholas Loy Avas
first married to Aliss Aliller; their children
were : Margaret ; John ; Susan ; Eliza ; Samuel ;
Jacob ; and William. By his second marriage,
with Mary Kuhn, he bad two sons, George M.,
of Andersonburg, Pa., born in 1812; and
Andrew. Andrew Loy, after acquiring a good plain
education in the public schools, remained at
home, giving attention to the cultivation of
his father's farm. In 1837, two years after
his marriage, he bought the home farm, in
partnership with his brother, George Al. Loy.
Their association in the management of the
farm continued until Andrew Loy bought his
brother's interest, and became sole owner. In
the same year, 1837, Mr. Loy built the dwell
ing which he occupies. This farm now con
tains 200 acres; it was originally 300 acres
in extent, and was first settled by George Rob
inson, from who Fort Robinson took its name.
Mr. Loy has rendered efficient public service
in both civil and military offices. He has been
supervisor of his township, and school director;
in 1835, he was commissioned by Governor
Wolfe as captain of the Pennsylvania State
Militia. He is a Democrat. Captain Loy has
reached a patriarchal age, and is respected not
only as one of the most venerable residents of
the township, but for his worthy character.
Andrew Loy was married in 1835, to Maria
Wormly, of Toboyne township, Peny county.

Their children are : John, of Chicago, 111. ;
Catherine, died young; Ann (Airs. AAYst
Lesh), of Kansas; Samuel, of Spring town
ship, Perry county; Alargaret D. (Atrs. Samuel
Bixler), of Blain, Pa.; George, machine agent,
of Loysville, Pa. Airs. Aiaria Loy dying in
1858, Air. Loy Avas again manied, in 1861,
to Ann Eliza Linn. Their children are as fol-
Ioaa's: Linn L., of Alinnesota; AVilliam, re
porter on the Great Falls Tribune, Great
Falls, Alont. ; James, manufacturer of woolen
carpets, Carlisle, Pa. ; Alary (Airs. James AVil
son), of Landisburg, Pa. ; and Edwin, at home.
Captain Loy is a Presbyterian; he acted for
twenty years as trastee of his congregation.

GEORGE SAYLOR, Sandy Hill, Perry
county, Pa., was born November 3, 1823, near
Port Royal, Juniata county, Pa. He is a son
of Joseph and Elizabeth (Shreffler) Saylor.
His grandfather, Philip Saylor, came from
Scotland, and settled near AlifflintoAvn, Ju
niata county, where his family greAV up; he
afterwards removed to Ohio, and died there,
aged ninety-nine years. Joseph Saylor, son
of Philip, became a resident of Aladison toAvn-
ship, Peny county, in 1839; he died in that
locality in his eightieth year. His wife had
preceded him to the grave. Their children are
as follows: Isaiah, of Nebraska, is eighty-six
years old; Naomi (Atrs. Thomas Wohler), of
Nebraska, is over eighty; AAllliam, died in
Perry county, aged seventy-six; Margaret
(Airs. Ulric Keyser), deceased; George; Jo
seph, died in Illinois; Peter, Avent away from
home, and was never heard from ; Henry, died
in Harrisburg, Pa., in June, 1896; and Eliza
beth (Airs. AVilliam Creek), of Snyder county,
Pa. George Saylor received his education in
tbe schools of Madison township. At the age
of twenty-two, he learned tanning with Alilli-
gan & Bell, of Liberty valley, serving an ap
prenticeship of nine months. He was then
employed successively at Pera Mills, Juniata
county, and at Nossville, Huntingdon county.
In 1851, he went to Decatur township, Aiifflin
county, as superintendent of a tannery, and
remained there until 1857. He then bought a
half interest in the tan-yard at AlcAlisterville,
Juniata county; after carrying on _ business
there for seven years, he returned to his former
position as superintendent, in Decatur town
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and carried on business in it until 1871, baring
meanwhile been burnt out, in 1868, and erect
ed neAV buildings. In 1871, after disposing
of the Decatur township tannery, he went to
Bedford county as superintendent in tbe same
business, at a salary of $1,200; be remained
there for two years, then worked two years
for F. Burt & Sons, in Mannington, W. Va.,
and then rented a yard in Palatine, AV. Va., for
five years. These engagements having been
lucrative, Mr. Saylor returned to Decatur
township, bought back his former stand, and
continued in business there from 1887 to
1895. In the spring of 1896, he bought the
place upon which he resides, a farm of over
180 acres, to which he removed in December,
of the same year. He still retains an interest
in the Decatur township tannery, Mr. Saylor
has always been an active and enterprising
man of business, and occupies an honored and
influential position. He is a Republican. He
belongs to the Masonic order, a member of
Lodge No. 203, Lewistown, Pa. ; be was for
merly a member of tbe K. of P., and I. 0.
O. F.
On October 27, 1844, George Saylor mar
ried Jane, daughter of Peter Keyser, of Perry
county. Their children are: Joseph H, of
Mattawana, Pa. ; Mary (Mrs. William Miller),
died in Indiana; George F., tanner, superin
tendent of yard in Beavertown, Pa.; Belle
(Mrs. David Midcllesworth), of BeaA^ertown,
Pa.; John, of Mattawana, Pa.; Kate (Mrs.
Robert Middleswortb), of Snyder county; and
Emma (Mrs. Oharies Riley), of Wheeling, W.
Va. Mr. Saylor has been for forty-five years
a member of the Methodist church.

JOHN BIXLER, Sandy Hill, Perry coun
ty, Pa., Avas born April 10, 1832, in Saville
township, Perry county, Pa., son of Joseph
and Mary Bixler. He passed his youth on the
farm of his father, and Avorked there as long
as his father lived. At the age of twenty-one,
he went as a learner into the grist-mill with his
brother, DaAdd Bixler; this he did in order to
be prepared to take charge of his father's mill,
according to his father's directions, in case his
brother should decide not to remain in that
business. Mr. Bixler was thus occupied from
1853 to 1855. At the age of twenty-five, he
became clerk in a store in Ickesburg, Avhich he
bought in 1857, and in which he carried on
business very prosperously until 1860. He

then entered into a partnership with Frederick
Hartman, at Blain, Pa., which lasted for three
years, and in the spring of 1862 he removed
to the place on which he now lives, a property
of 150 acres. In the fall of that year, Mr.
Bixler was drafted for service in tbe United
States army. When his company was made
up he marched with it to Hanisburg, Pa.,
where he Avas elected captain. The company
Avas chiefly composed of Democrats who, al
though he is a Republican, were friendly to
him. Among the members of the regiment,
however, he had opponents who preferred to
see him in the ranks. Having engaged a farm
er to take charge of his place, Mr. Bixler before
proceeding to the seat of war, had started to
make a visit at home, in order to see that all
was going on well there, when he received
Avord that his company had been consolidated
with one from Lancaster county, and that one
of the Lancaster men had been made captain.
He immediately returned, and found the in
formation conect, and himself superseded.
The majority of his company advised him to
petition for another election, but he declined
to insist, and walked out of Camp Curtin. Be
ing challenged by the sentinel, he threw back
his coat and showed his stripes, and was allow
ed to pass. His enemies endeavored to per
suade ProA'ost Marshal Benjamin Atclntire,
of Perry county, to arrest him for desertion,
but Mr. Atclntire refused. A similar attempt
Avas made with Hiram Fertig, who succeeded
Atclntire as provost marshal ; but he told Mr.
Bixler that he could not and would not arrest
him, but would lay the case before Governor
Curtin, which he did; and Governor Curtin,
learning the facts, decided that Mr. Bixler was
to be allowed to remain at home. In the same
year he opened a general store, was appointed
postmaster at Sandy Hill, and has held the
office continuously ever since, being the only
man in Peny county who has had the honor
of so long a tenure of office. In the early years
of his life, he taught school for several terms.
He is a staunch Republican, having made that
party his deliberate choice from boyhood. He
was led to this choice by finding in the course
of his geographical studies at school that Vir
ginia, a slave State, was less wealthy than
Pennsylvania, a free State, with no greater
natural advantages; and desiring to belong to
that party whose ideas would most benefit the
country at large, his reasoning from the above

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fact led him first into the AVhig, and after
wards into the Republican party.
John Bixler was manied in 1859 to Eliza
beth Long, of Eshcol, Pa. Their children
are: Lemuel Curtin, at home, engaged in the
cultivation of his father's farm; Elmer IL, an
instructor in the high school at Carlisle, Pa. ;
Clara (Atrs. D. R. Flickinger), of Madison
township. ; Annie Lulu, of Philadelphia ; Clin
ton J., died an infant; Alinnie E. (Atrs. Alilton
Kline), of Hanisburg, Pa.; and Calvin R.,
died in infancy. Mr. Bixler was ordained an
elder in the Reformed church, but declined
to be continued in active exercise of the office.

A. K. DOBBS, Kistler, Perry county, Pa.,
son of John R. and Rebecca (Arbuckle)
Dobbs, was born November 2, 1838, in Tus
carora township, Juniata county, Pa. His
paternal ancestors were Irish, and those on his
mother's side, Scotch. Thomas Dobbs, his
paternal grandfather, was born and reared in
Juniata county, in Tuscarora township, where
he died in 1840, at a very advanced age; his
wife had died some time earlier. They were
devoted members of the United Presby
terian church, worthy and consistent Chris
tians. Their children were: Thomas, went
to Ohio, and settled first in Richmond coun
ty, afterwards in the town of Mansfield;
John R.; Martha, died unmarried; and Mary
(Mrs. William Borton), deceased, whose hus
band died in the west. The second of this
family, John R. Dobbs, was a native and life
long resident of Tuscarora township, Juniata
county. He was a farmer. He married Re
becca, daughter of William M. Arbuckle, of
the same township with himself. Both were
active and devoted members of tbe United
Presbyterian church. Mr. Dobbs died on the
farm on which he was reared, September 14,
1839, at forty years of age. Mrs. Dobbs, with
her infant son and only child, returned to her
father's house, and lived there a widow for
seventeen years. At length she was married
to Joseph Wallace, and spent the latest years
of her life near Johnstown, Pa. She was al
ways faithful in her attendance on church
worship, and would often go nine miles to at
tend a service at McCoysville. She died July
4, 1891; Mr. Wallace still survives her.
Her only child, A. K. Dobbs, who was, as
has been seen, not yet a year old at tbe time
of his father's death, was brought up in the

house of his maternal grandfather, AAllliam
M. Arbuckle. He first attended the common
schools, completing his educational training
at Tuscarora Academy, Academia, Pa. In
1856, he began work as a clerk at AtcCullochs
Mills, Juniata county, where he remained one
year. He then occupied similar positions in
the employ of Samuel Alilligan, Sandy Hill,
Perry county, for nearly three years; of A. J.
Ferguson, AVaterford, Juniata county, for two
years; and of J. B. Okeson, of Port Royal, Pa.,
with whom he remained until some time in
1863. He would gladly have enlisted in the
Union army for the war of the Rebellion, but
being an only child, and not in vigorous
health, he complied with his mother's wish,
and remained at home. Air. Dobbs spent part
of 1863-64 in the west. On Alay 4, 1864,
he manied Sarah E., daughter of Samuel and
Sarah (Rice) Rice, of Aladison township,
Perry county. After their marriage, they
lived for seven years on their present farm,
which was owned by Mrs. Dobbs' father. Air.
Dobbs then bought a farm in Madison toAvn-
ship, near the Pine Grove school; here they
lived from 1871 until 1883, when they moved
back to the Rice farm, as the parents of Mrs.
Dobbs were growing aged and infirm. In
1891, Mr. Dobbs sold his other fann. He
now owns and cultivates 250 acres. He stands
high in the estimation of his fellow-citizens,
as may be inferred from his having been elect
ed to several township offices. He served as
justice of the peace, and being a candidate for
re-election, claims that he had a majority, but
was deprived of the office by a miscount of
the votes. He is a staunch Republican.
The children of Air. and Airs. A. K. Dobbs
are: Annie V. (Mrs. B. T. Holabaugh), of
Harrisburg, Pa.; Oharies H, was accidentally
killed on the railroad at Lewistown Junction
in 1893, at the age of twenty-five; Samuel R.,
of Madison township, married Rebecca Kist
ler, is a school teacher; Sarah J., also a teacher;
Edward At., a farmer, at home, married Clara
At. Showers. Mrs. Dobbs is a member of the
Reformed church, and Mr. Dobbs of the Lu
theran; be is a trustee of the congregation at
Kistler, with which he is now connected, and
was formerly an office bearer in the church at
Buffalo Mills.

DAVID KISTLER, familiarly known as
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was born in Tyrone toAvnship, on the farm
noAv owned by AAllliam R. Dum, Atay 23,
1827. He is a son of John and Salome (Tress
ler) Kistler. His great-grandfather, George
S. Kistler, a native of SAvitzerland, came to
America when a young man, some time before
the Revolutionary war, and settled in Berks
county, Pa. There his son, Abraham Kistler,
was born; Avho removed in the latter part of
the last century to that part of Cumberland
county now called Perry county. Abraham
Kistler was first married to Maria Loy, a lady
of a prominent family in central Pennsylva
nia. Their children were: Jacob, resided at
Waterloo, N. Y., where he died; Abraham, of
Centre township, noAv Spring, where he died;
Susan (Mrs. Jacob Stambaugh), resided and
died in Tyrone township; John; William, resi
dent of Tyrone township, deceased; Samuel,
also died in Perry county; and Elizabeth (Mrs.
Frederick Dum), of Juniata township, Peny
county, where she and her husband died.
After the death of bis first Avife, Abraham
Kistler married again; his second wife was
Jane Ruprecht; they had no children. His
third child, John Kistler, was born in 1800,
at Loysville, Pa., where he was reared, re
ceiving his education in the rural schools of
the neighborhood. He married Salome,
daughter of Andrew Tressler, of Kutztown,
Pa., who had been a Revolutionary soldier.
He and bis brother, DaAid Tressler, having
enlisted in the patriotic army, under Wash
ington, David was taken ill; Andrew brought
him home on horseback, and when they
reached Berks county, they were obliged to
hide themselves to escape being killed by some
of their German neighbors, Avho were Tories.
The children of John and Salome Kistler are :
Rev. John; Alary (Mrs. AV. W. Snyder);
Catherine (Airs. John Alinnich); Elizabeth
(Mrs. D. M. Garland); David; Samuel; Sarah,
wife of Rev. George S. Rea; William, de
ceased; Andrew T; and Rebecca Jane (Atrs.
George Settle Moyer). Mr. John Kistler, a
man of sound sense and intelligence, rightly
appreciated those educational advantages
Avhich had been denied to himself, even the
common school system having been established
too late to be available for him. He was there
fore determined that, so far as lay in his
poAver, his children should have the benefit of
the improved and more easily accessible facili
ties of their day. Two of his sons, John and

Andrew F., desiring to prepare themselves for
the work of the ministry, were sent to Penn
sylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa. John
graduated in theology, and was sent to Africa
as a missionary; four years later, he returned,
in broken health, having buried his wife in
that far-off mission field. He was then for
some time superintendent of the Soldiers' Or
phans' Home at LoysA'ille, Pa., after which,
his health being in a measure restored, he ac
cepted a call to a pastorate in Blair county,
where he remained seven or eight years. He
next Avent to Orrstown, Franklin county, Pa.,
thence to Carlisle, Pa., and he is now preach
ing at Riverton, Cumberland county, Pa., be
sides having an agency for the New York Life
Insurance Company. Andrew T. Kistler en
tered the Theological Seminary at Gettysburg;
through over-application to study, his mind
became temporarily unsound, and he was
forced to relinquish his purpose; but he is to
day considered the ripest Latin scholar in
Perry county. Air. David Kistler was for ten
years a justice of the peace. The mother,
Airs. John Kistler, Sr, died at Loysville, Pa.,
after which her husband passed the remainder
of his life in the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Elizabeth Garland, in Atadison township.
David Kistler's educational opportunities
were no more than such as are afforded by the
common schools; but his OAvn ambition and
taste accomplished more for him than in many
cases is the result of an extended scholastic
course. By diligent application at home to
standard Avorks in various departments, he ob
tained a large and Varied fund of information,
and prepared himself for a successful career
as a teacher. Entering that profession in the
fall of 1847, Atr. Kistler taught for fifteen
years, and was considered one of the most su
perior instructors in the county. In 1853, he
bought a farm, and from that time, he alter
nated the healthy employments of agriculture
during the summers with the sedentary Avork
of teaching that occupied his winter months.
He had much fondness and considerable talent
for debate; accordingly, in 1855, he organized
a debating society in his school. He has al
ways been, and is still, Avamily and actively
interested in educational work. He is promi
nent as a speaker in farmers' and teachers' in
stitutes; eloquent, keen-Avitted and genial, he
is ahvays listened to with pleasure and profit.
He has been called upon to address assemblies

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in all parts of Pennsylvania. In the fall of
1896, a Sunday-school convention Avas held at
Carlisle, at which tbe 'Squire's brother was to
be present. 'Squire Kistler Avished very much
to attend this convention; and as be had a
horse which he wanted to sell, he planned to
accomplish his trade on the same trip. At
first sight, the two errands may seem incon
gruous; but as there is no absolute reason why
they should be, no one who knows Air. Kist
ler is likely to wonder at his associating them.
During tbe session, he made some remarks,
which not only were Avell-received by the au
dience, but elicited congratulations, accom
panied with a kindly shake of the hand, from
John Wanamaker, who presided over the con
vention. 'Squire Kistler was in his earlier
years a Democrat, of the Jeffersonian type,
but upon the organization of tbe Republican
party, he became one of its first supporters.
He voted for Gen. John C. Fremont for the
presidency. He has never sought office for
himself. David Kistler was married in 1847, when
only twenty years old, to Susan, daughter of
George Rice, of Madison township. They had
the following children: Lloyd Knight, went
to Kansas in 1867, is now a farmer near
Waterville, Kan.; Prof. John L., of Hart-
wick Seminary, in New York, a brilliant
scholar; George R., went to Kansas about
1873, and is farming near AVaterville; Sarah
E. (Mrs. Dorsey Fulton), of Trego county,
Kan. ; David A., of Chicago, 111, graduate of
Carthage College, 111., studied law and was
admitted to the bar, but never practiced, has
the general agency of the State of Iowa for a
publishing house, is connected with the edi
torial staff of the New York Tribune, married
an artist who studied painting in Europe;
William A., farmer of Waterville, Kan.;
and Susan R., went to India as a missionary in
1884, returned home on a visit in 1895, and
after going back to the mission field in Febru
ary, 1896, was manied there to Rev. Dr.
Chester, of the Presbyterian church. Mr.
Kistleris first wife died in the fall of 1863.
After several years of widowerhood, he mar
ried Maria Slocum, daughter of William An
derson, Jr., of Blain, Pa. Tbe children of
this union are: Oscar, a mechanic, resides in
Kansas; Charles Edward, died aged sixteen;
Mary S. (Mrs. Charles Kyner), at home; How
ard A., at home; Isaac N., deceased; Jacob

AL, deceased; Benjamin F., deceased; Cathe
rine A., deceased; Rebecca I. (Airs. Samuel R.
Dobbs), of Aladison township.; Ida B., at
home; and Frank G, deceased. Air Kistler
is a member of the Lutheran church, in which
he has held several offices.

GEORGE AVASHINGTON AIITCHELL,
AL D., Avas born January 4, 1834, in Perry
valley, in Greenwood township, on the farm
now OAvned by Air. Douglas. He is a son
of AVilliam and Alice (AIcBlair) Alitchell.
His grandfather, George Alitchell, who Avas
of Scotch-Irish descent, married after coming
from Ireland to America; his wife was
Elizabeth (Taylor) Alitchell. They had one
daughter, who became Airs. AlcGoAvan, and
nine sons, all now deceased: John; David;
Isaac; Joseph; James; Samuel; Hugh;
George ; and AVilliam. AAllliam Alitchell, the
youngest son, was born on the old Joseph Alit
chell farm in Peny valley, and Avas brought
up to farming. His father, owning six or
seven thousand acres of land, Avas able to give
each of bis sons a farm. After cultivating tbe
farm which was his portion for some time,
William Aiitchell removed about 1840 to Ju
niata township, Perry county, where he died
about 1881, in his eighty-fifth year. His Avife
had died in the previous year. Their chil
dren are: Isabella (Airs. Jacob Gantt), of Alis
souri; Margaret Ann (Airs. AAllliam C.
Brown), of Liverpool, Pa; George AV., AL D. ;
William, had been Avith the Pike's Peak ex
pedition in 1858, and started to return home,
when be was drowned in tbe Platte river;
Alice (Airs. James Adams), of Juniata coun
ty, Pa.; Isaiah, farmer of Juniata county,
was for three years county commissioner;
Naomi (Airs. H. Clay Aieredith), of Quincy,
111. ; and Arthur, fanner on the homestead in
Juniata township.
At the time when his parents removed to
Juniata township, George AV. Alitchell was
five or six years old. He attended the com
mon schools of that township, and afterwards
the academy at New Bloomfield. He had en
tered Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in
tending to study there for three years, when,
the Kansas excitement being at its height, his
father wrote him to come home and go west
with him. It was in 1856; they went by rail
to Pittsburg, thence by steamboat to St. Louis,
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to Kansas City. Not being pleased with the
country, the older Mitchell remained only a
week, and then set out for home. His son ac
companied him as far as Jefferson City, where
he decided to stop, and from which place he
went to California, Ato, and taught a sub
scription school there for three months. At
the end of that time a man having come from
Miller county, AIo., to ask him to come to that
county and teach, Mr. Mitchell complied.
After teaching there for three months, he re
turned home, having made up his mind to
study medicine. This he did until the follow
ing October under the- preceptorship of Dr.
Brown, of Newport, Pa. In -that fall, he
matriculated at Jefferson College, Philadel
phia, Pa., and graduated March 12, 1860. He
practiced at Newport, Pa., from that time un
til December, 1861, when he removed to An
dersonburg, Peny county, where he has now
a very successful and lucrative practice. On
February 8, 1863, Dr. Mitchell enlisted as as
sistant surgeon in the One Hunched and Nine
teenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, a Philadel
phia regiment. He remained Avith the army
until the close of the war, being present at the
battle of Ohancellorsville, then at Gettysburg,
and from that time, at all of the principal bat
tles in which the Army of the Potomac was
engaged, until General Lee's surrender. After
the close of the war, the Doctor returned to
Andersonburg, Avhere his practice has since
been unintermpted. He is a member of the
medical societies of Peny county and the
State of Pennsylvania. Dr. Mitchell is a
farmer as well as a physician, owning and cul
tivating a farm of 75 acres. He is a warm
supporter of Democratic principles..
Dr. George Washington Mitchell was mar
ried, January 29, 1861, to Ellen 0., daughter
of Israel and Catherine (Livingstone) Carpen
ter. She was born in Halifax, Dauphin coun
ty, Pa., November 22, 1845; her parents were
both natives of Cumberland county, Pa. The
children of Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell are: Wil
liam, attorney-at-law, of Alliance, Neb.;
Catherine J. (Mrs. B. F. North), of Oompton,
Va.; George Arthur, printer, of Pittsburg,
Pa.; Oharies G, broker, interested in rail
roads in Nebraska; Frank P., railroad em
ployee in Nebraska; Mary Alice, attending
school; and Bessie May, at home. Dr. Mit
chell is a member of the Presbyterian church,

and has been in the eldership for the past ten
years.

JOSEPH B. GARBER, Andersonburg,
Perry county, Pa., was born March 2, 1830,
in Atadison township, Perry county, son of
Daniel and Mary (Bower) Garber. His ances
tors all came from Germany. His paternal
grandfather, John Garber, was born in Berks
county, Pa., where he grew up and married
Miss Holabaugh. After his marriage, he re
moved to what is now Madison township,
Peny county, and there passed his later
years. His son, Daniel Garber, was born in
Berks county. He came to Perry, then Cum
berland county, in 1806. He learned the
business of farming in early life, was pains
taking and skilful in his calling, and at his
death, left two valuable farms. He died in
April, 1840; his wife, Mary (Bower) Garber,
died about 1866. Their children are: Joseph
B. ; Diana (Atrs. Samuel Arnold), went to Mis
souri, Avhere both she and her husband died;
Margaret (Mrs. John Hench), is widowed,
and resides on the old Garber homestead;
Elizabeth (Mrs. William Keck), became a
widow, and after some years married Henry
P. Lightner; John A., farmer, of Tyrone
township, Perry county; Daniel E., fanner,
of Tyrone township.
Joseph B. Garber obtained his education in
the schools of his township, and of Anderson
burg. He was but ten years of age when his
father died, and he was obliged to live among
strangers. For the first few years, he earned
his board by doing such work as a child can
do; but being willing and capable, he began
before long to receive wages, and thus made
his beginning in self-support. In 1850, when
he was twenty years of age, he began work on
his own account on one of his father's farms,
at Cessna's Run. He cultivated that farm un
til 1854, and in that year, entered into a part
nership with George A. Zimmerman, in a gen
eral store at New Germantown. A year later,
the firm removed to Newport, and at the ex
piration of a second year, Mr. Garber sold his
interest to Peter Bensel, returned to the farm
he had left, and continued work there until
1860. He then removed to another farm,
belonging to his father's heirs, cultivated it
for two years, and in the spring of 1862, once
more took up his residence on the old place.

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In September of the same year, Atr. Garber
was drafted into the army, became a member
of Company F, One Hundred and Seventy-
seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, Captain
Filbert, and was elected second lieutenant of
the company. His connection Avith the army
was rather uneventful, involving only the
monotonous life of the camp, with its priva
tions, loneliness and exposure, often harder to
endure than the perils of an active campaign.
After a short stay at Camp Curtin, in fianis-
burg, Lieutenant Garber's regiment was sent
into camp near Norfolk, and performed the
guard and other duties assigned to them dur
ing the nine months' service for which they
were enrolled. Having received an honor
able discharge at the end of that term, Mr.
Garber, with health much impaired, came
home. In December, 1863, he went to Phila
delphia, and laid in a stock of goods for a
store, which he and his brother, Daniel E.
Garber, were about to open at Cessna's Run.
After they had canied on the business there
jointly for two years, Joseph B. Garber bought
his brother's interest, and continued the store
by himself until the spring of 1868, when he
purchased his present property, including
store-room and dwelling. Putting in the re
maining stock from the store at Cessna's Run,
he added to it, and conducted the store, with
gratifying prosperity, until 1874. He then
sold both stock and real estate, and moved into
the house he had built at Newport in tbe fall
of 1873. This removal was made with the
opening of a hardware store in view; but Mr.
Garber changed his intention, and went into
the drug business with Dr. Richardson. Be
fore the end of the year, however, he sold his
interest in the business to Dr. Richardson,
and his property to Dr. Orris, and bought
back the old property at Andersonburg. He
has carried on the business there with excel
lent success ever since the spring of 1875.
Mr. Garber was elected associate judge for a
term of five years, in the fall of 1884. Before
that time, he had served one term as county
auditor. Mr. Garber is a Republican, and de
cided in hi3 political opinions. He is a worthy
and reliable citizen, and owes his success in
life to his own diligence, good judgment, and
honorable reputation.
Joseph B. Garber was marrid January 5,
1854, to Alatilda, daughter of Major John
Zimmerman. Their children are: Beatty, de

ceased; Luther, deceased; William G, re
sides with his father, and is clerk; Mary E.,
at home. Air. Garber is a member of the Lu
theran church; he was formerly a deacon, and
has now been for many years an elder.

THOAIAS F. AIARTIN, Andersonburg,
Perry county, Pa., was born June 24, 1849,
on the homestead in Madison township, which
has now been in the family for three genera
tions. He is a son of John and Sarah (Spotts)
Martin. His grandfather, Thomas Alartin,
was without doubt of English birth. He set
tled at an early date in Madison township, on
the farm now owned by his grandson and
namesake. He married Miss Hobaugh; their
children were as follows: John; Ellen (Mrs.
Isaac Butturf), of Chambersburg, Pa.; Jane
(Mrs. AVilliam B. Stambaugh), now residing
in Wayne county, Neb. ; and George, a clerk,
at Steelton, Pa. The eldest of this family,
John Martin, born on the homestead in 1826,
was obliged to be content with the slender
educational advantages offered by the sub
scription schools, and, his father dying in his
thirty-eighth year, while his children were
still young, the boy had to face the stern reali
ties of life at an early age. He was for a time
hired out to various persons, among whom he
met with little sympathy and a great deal of
exaction. But severity and hard work were
met with the sturdy endurance which belongs
to the strong English character. The boy per
severed in his work for his masters until he
was eighteen or twenty years old; he then re
turned to the home farm, and managed it for
his mother, who had stocked it, until his mar
riage. After that time, he worked it on
shares for some time; but owing to some dis
satisfaction on the part of his brother, Mr.
Martin left the homestead, and worked the
old McClure farm for three years. At the
end of that time, the Martin farm was sold by
the heirs, and John Martin, purchasing it, once
more came into charge of it, and made it his
home until he died in 1891. Mr. Martin was
a Republican. In his political and religious
convictions he was as firm and decided as he
was faithful in his discharge of duty. His
wife, Mrs. Sarah (Spotts) Martin, now re
sides with her daughter, Mrs. Stroup. Their
chilren are: Thomas F.; Mary (Mrs. George
Stroup), of Jackson township, Perry county;
Sarah (Mrs. Miles Bower), of Jackson town-

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ship, deceased; William, farmer, of Madison
township; Laura (Atrs. W. F. H. Garber), of
New Bloomfield, Pa. ; J. Calvin, merchant at
Andersonburg, Pa.; and George D., farmer,
of Jackson township. Mr. Martin was a mem
ber of the Reformed church.
Thomas F. Alartin received his education
in the common schools, which, although they
afforded opportunities somewhat superior to
those at hand in tbe subscription schools, were
as yet by no means liberal in mental culture.
They were open only eight weeks out of the
fifty-two, and the teaching force was by no
means equal to that of the present day. At tbe
age of fourteen, Mr. Alartin began to follow
the plough, and continued on the farm until
he was twenty-two. He then tried the effi
cacy of Horace Greeley's well-known pre
scription, "Go west, young man!" and being
industrious and thrifty, found it a salutary one
for him. He obtained employment in a saw
mill in Colorado, at $45 per month, with
board; and so satisfactory was his work and
his general conduct in that position, that his
wages were soon raised to $92 per month. At
the end of a year, he had saved $250. He
then returned home, his father having re
peatedly written, urging him to do so, and
cultivated the farm for his father until he was
twenty-five years old. At that time he pur
chased a farm of 203 acres in Turbett town
ship, Juniata county, being helped by his
father to a part of the purchase-money, and
leaving a part as a debt. This farm he culti
vated for three years, then sold it, and bought
the Grosh farm, in Atadison township, which
he cultivated for nearly sixteen years. At
length, selling this farm, he bought the home
stead, which has since continued to be his
dwelling place. It consists of 162 acres of
good arable land. Mr. Martin began dealing
in cattle about 1885. He buys fat cattle for
shipment in the spring, and in the fall buys
feeders. Mr. Alartin makes numerous busi
ness trips to Buffalo and New York City, N.
Y. ; to Pittsburg, Chicago, the State of Tenn
essee, and other points. He has one of the
finest and best managed farms in the county,
and in all his business displays prudence, en
terprise and shrewdness, combined Avith fair
and just dealing. He finds time in the midst
of his business activities for public services;
has served bis township as assessor, for nine

years, and also for some years as school direc
tor. Thomas F. Martin was married November
12, 1874, to Anna Beda Frances, daughter of
George M. and Lydia Ann (Bower) Loy. Mrs.
Martin was born December 2, 1855. Their
children are: Sally Grace; Clarence Loy; An
nie Mary; and Russell John; all at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin are members of the Re
formed church.

SOLOAION GRAY, deceased, of Madison
township, Perry county, was born June 17,
1840, in Toboyne township, Perry county,
son of Hugh and Isabella (Bower) Gray.
When he was eight years old, his parents re
moved to Madison township, where he finished
the education begun in the common schools
of Toboyne township. He might, indeed, be
styled a self-educated man, as he owed more
knowledge to his own observation and reading
and his retentive memory, than to the in
structions receive*! at school. During his
youth and early manhood, he was the faithful
assistant of his father in the cultivation of the
home farm. He enlisted for the defense of his
country's flag, June 6, 1863, as a private
in Company A, Twentieth Pennsylvania
Cavalry, for a term of six months, during
which he acted as orderly sergeant. Before
moving to the seat of war, while his regiment
was quartered in Cumberland county, Pa., he
made a hurried trip across the mountains to
visit his home. Mr. Gray saw active and per
ilous service, and had to endure exposure and
hardships. He took part in several battles,
among which were those of Gettysburg and
of Cedar Creek. He was discharged at the
expiration of his term of enlistment, January
8, 1864, and returned to his home; but in that
short period he had contracted chronic rheu
matism, and doubtless impaired his constitu
tion. Hugh Gray, his father, who was born March
7, 1804, died December 30, 1876, bequeath
ing his farm to his sons Solomon and John.
In 1877 or 1878, Solomon Gray bought his
brother's interest in the farm, and continued
to cultivate it until his own death, which oc
curred May 21, 1895, after several years of
ill health. Mr. Gray was decidedly Republi
can in his political views. He served on the
school board of the township. He was very

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widely and favorably known in the valley;
a man of kind disposition, helpful to his
friends and to those in need of his assistance.
Solomon Gray was married, February 9,
1871, to Lydia, daughter of John and Han
nah (Balthasar) Garber. Their children are:
Mary A., born December 12, 1875, resides at
home; and William Musser, born November
25, 1878, educated in the common schools of
Madison township, cultivates tbe home farm.
Mrs. Lydia Gray was born April 26, 1849;
she received her education in the common
schools of Madison township; she is one of a
family of nine children. Atrs. Gray is a mem
ber of the Reformed church, with which Mr.
Gray also was connected.

S. W. BERNHISEL, Blain, Perry county,
Pa., was born October 11, 1842, in Madison
township, on the farm- which he now owns,
and which his father owned before him. He
is a son of Cornelius and Margaret (Burrell)
Bernhisel. His grandfather, Samuel Bern-
hisel, was a native of the eastern part of Penn
sylvania. Removing to what afterwards be
came Perry county, be settled on the farm now
owned by Henry P. Lightner, and lived there
until his death. He manied Susan Bower,
who attained to the remarkable age of ninety-
six years. Their children are : John, who went
to Utah, and became a Mormon; WUliam,
died in Madison township ; Fanny (Mrs. John
Kell), died in Saville township; Samuel, died
while traveling, on his way to tbe west; Cor
nelius; and Diana (Atrs. Jacob Bunell), died
in Madison township. Cornelius Bernhisel
was born August 17, 1814, on tbe farm now
occupied by Mr. Lightner, in the brick house,
now one hundred years old; it is in Tyrone
township. Here he attended subscription
schools. His father died while he was still
very young, but his mother, being left in com
fortable circumstances, afforded him tbe best
educational advantages tbe neighborhood had
to offer. He lived at home until he was about
seventeen, and then, coming into what is now
Madison township, he obtained employment
from Abraham Bower, and remained with
him for six years, receiving from four to six
dollars per month. Out of this small stipend
he prudently managed to lay by some money,
and Mr. Bower dying at the end of six years,
he and his brother WUliam rented the farm,
and cultivated it for two years. He then re

moved to the farm of James Clark, in Jack
son township. A year later, in the spring of
1842, he bought the farm now owned by his
son, S. AA1 Bernhisel. Here he remained
until the spring of 1869, when be relinquished
farming, and removed to that property of his
which is noAv OAvned by James Stewart and
Airs. Peter Stroup. An old saAV-mill stood on
the place, which Mr. Bernhisel began to re
build; but that work was interrupted by his
death, July 17, 1870. His son afterwards
finished the structure, and sold it Avhen set
tling the estate. Oornelius Bernhisel, in ear
lier days a AATiig, afterwards espoused the
principles of the Republican party. He was
almost continuously in toAvnship offices. He
was active and attentive to business, either
public or private, and was endowed with a de
gree of intelligence and good sense which
made him an influential person. Oornelius
Bernhisel was twice married; the first mar
riage, contracted while he was still in the em
ploy of Atr. Bower, was with Margaret Bur
rell. Their children are: Susan, widoAV of
George T. Rice, resides in Kalamazoo, Alich. ;
S. W.; Emma (Mrs. W. A. Wylie), of Phila
delphia; and Margaret Ellen (Mrs. Chance),
of Philadelphia. Mrs. Bernhisel died April
17, 1861. Mr. Bernhisel afterwards manied
Catherine Smith, who survives him. He was
a member of the Lutheran church.
S. W. Bernhisel passed his youth on the
farm, receiving his elementary education in
the common schools, and completing his
course under the tuition of Prof. David Tress
ler, later Captain Tressler. His vacations
were by no means seasons of idleness, being
employed in active duties on the farm. After
his school education was ended, he taught for
five terms. On September 2, 1864, Air. Bern
hisel enlisted at Hanisburg, Pa., in Company
F, Tavo Hundred and Eighth Pennsylvania
Volunteers, Capt. G. C. Palm. The regiment
formed part of the First Brigade, Third Divi
sion, Ninth Army Corps; their division com
mander was General Hartranft. After en
listment, the regiment remained one week at
Camp Curtin, and then proceeded to Balti
more, Md., from which point it was transport
ed by steamer down the Chesapeake Bay to
City Point. For one month, they were en
camped at Bermuda Hundred, doing picket
duty; the next move was to the front of
Petersburg, Va., where again they were on

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picket duty. From that place they were or
dered to Hatchers Run, Avhere they arrived
just after the battle. Afterwards, they raided
through to Nottaway river, to intercept Mos-
by and his men, who were coming up to cut
off communications with City Point, the base
of supplies for the Union army. On the
morning of March 25, General Lee tried to
accomplish the same design; he took Forts
Steadman and Haskell. Air. Bernhisel took
part in the battle of Fort Steadman for five
hours. The division took 1,700 prisoners.
After the fight at Fort Steadman, his regiment
was in the battles of Richmond and of Peters
burg. On April 2, 1865, a charge was made
on the first line of breastworks, tbe Two Hun
dred and Eighth occupying a prominent posi
tion. By four o'clock of the same day, three
lines of breastworks had been captured. The
nearest that Atr. Bernhisel ever came to being
wounded was having the visor of his cap
struck by a minie ball, and the left side of
his cape penetrated by another. On the morn
ing of April 3, 1865, the regiment followed
General Lee to Appomattox Court House,
where he surrendered; they then returned to
Alexandria, Va. They took part in the grand
reriew at Washington, D. C. ; and were dis
charged at Alexandria, A^a., June 1, 1865,
and mustered out at Harrisburg, Pa.
Having thus served his country through
many scenes of hardship and privation, as well
as of difficulty and danger, and having per-
fonned his duty with gallant fidelity, Mr.
Bernhisel returned to his home, and resumed
the quiet pursuits of the farm. After a series
of years marked by success and increasing use
fulness, he was in 1893 obliged by impaired
health to relinquish active employment. He
still, however, deals to some extent in stock,
buying cattle in the fall, fattening them, and
disposing of them in summer. He is also, as
he always has been, much interested in the
work of the Republican party, of which he is
an enthusiastic and influential member. His
farm, Avhich contains 161 acres, is one of the
best equipped in the county. Among other
convenient structures, for various uses, the
barn is conspicuous. It is one hundred and
sixteen and a half feet long by forty-seven in
depth, and contains all the latest improved
appliances. The farm is stocked with the
finest cattle, etc., and with Kentucky bred
horses. The home, which is the crowning orna

ment of his farm, is an ideal one. The house
is of brick, forty-eight feet by thirty feet, and
two and a half stories in height, comfortable,
cheerful, Avell supplied with convenient and
elegant furniture, and with books and what
ever else may serve to gratify the mind and
the taste, it is the model of what a farmer's
house should be. In all its appointments, it
is the outcome and expression of the refined
and courteous hospitality of its master and
mistress. S. W. Bernhisel was married, September
17, 1868, to Emma S., only daughter of Hugh
Gray, deceased. Their children are four in
number: Laura Belle, born January 3, 1870,
died in her third year; Harry Grant, born
September 13, 1871, at home; Charley Wil
liam, born December 24, 1875, at home; Lil
lie May, born August 4, 1882, at home. Mr.
Bernhisel is a member of the Lutheran
church at Blain, Pa., and is active in the work
of his congregation.
Atr. Bernhisel has served, his township as
judge of elections, tax collector, inspector, au
ditor and school director. During 1894, he
was mercantile appraiser.

WILLIAM H. GARBER, Andersonburg,
Perry county, Pa., was born October 18, 1840,
in Madison township, in the old Garber man
sion, then owned by his father. He is the son
of John and Hannah (Balthasar) Garber.
John Garber was born in Berks county, Pa.,
October 19, 1803. At the age of three years
he was brought by his parents to what is now
Madison township, Perry county, where he
grew up and received his education. After
his marriage, he bought the farm now owned
by William Boyd, and later the one now
owned by Harry White, where he died, Sep
tember 15, 1887, at the age of eighty-four.
He was in early life a Whig, but afterwards
became a supporter of the Republican party.
He held several township offices, in which he
rendered intelligent and efficient service. His
Avife, Hannah (Balthasar) Garber, who was
bom in 1809, died November 5, 1893. Their
children are enumerated in the sketch of their
son, Emanuel Garber, of Tyrone township, in
this work. Mr. Garber was an active member
of the Reformed church, in which he held suc
cessively the offices of deacon and elder.
Attending school in an old log school
house, for a very few months of every year,

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William H. Garber has not much for which to
thank his early opportunities. But as he grew
up, he became a diligent reader of worthy and
useful books, and stored his mind by his own
efforts with much useful information. In
1863, he enlisted at Gamp Curtin, Harris
burg, Pa., for six months' service, in Com
pany A, Twentieth Pennsylvania Cavalry,
Captain Thorpe. His regiment was engaged
in no regular battle, and was discharged at
Chambersburg, Pa., at the expiration of its
term of enlistment. Mr. Garber returned
home, but stayed there only until September
1, 1864, when he again enlisted at Harrisburg,
in Company F, Two Hundred and Eighth
Pennsylvania Volunteers. During this en
listment, he was in active service in Virginia.
In the midst of a charge on the works at
Petersburg, Va., he was knocked senseless,
and after recovering, found that his regiment
had left him. Joining himself with another
regiment, he took part in tbe charge that was
then being made. At the end of the war, Air.
Garber was discharged at Alexandria, Va.,
and mustered out at Harrisburg. He then re
turned home, and resumed his former pur
suits. He is a staunch Republican. He has
served the township as assessor for three years,
and as judge of elections for one year. He
still resides on his property of 131 acres, but
does very little active work, leading a rather
retired life. Mr. Garber is an excellent and
much esteemed citizen.
William H. Garber was married in 1878
to Annie Lesh, of Atadison township. Their
children are: Laura Atay, died May 3, 1894,
aged fifteen; Lawrence M. and Maggie Jane,
twins, both deceased; Grier E., at home;
Clark Blaine and Ira William, twins, at home ;
Minnie Ruth; and John McKinley. Mr.
Garber is a member of the United Evangelical
church.

W. S. GRONINGER, M. D., Ickesburg,
Perry county, Pa., Avas born in Patterson, Ju
niata county, Pa., July 20, 1865. He is a
son of William H. and Catherine (Ritzman)
Groninger. The father of Dr. Groninger was
a teacher in the common schools, under whose
tuition he was during a large part of his ele
mentary course, in Patterson, Milford, and
Turbett township. As a boy, tbe Doctor was
a diligent and enthusiastic student, applying
himself closely to the pursuit of knowledge,

during the school terms, Avhile the vacations
were employed in farm work. From this he
obtained a double benefit; Avhile renewing his
health and strength by athletic exercise in the
open air, he Avas earning the means for
academic training. At the age of sixteen, he
entered the Airy View Academy, then con
ducted by Dr. David Wilson, where he studied
for four or five terms. During the Avinters
immediately following his academic course,
he was engaged in .teaching, thereby adding to
his store. While at the academy, he had al
ready begun preparing himself for his chosen
profession, by reading medicine with Dr. A.
W. Shelley, of Port Royal, under whose pre
ceptorship he had studied for two years; so
that in 1886, at the age of tAventy-one, he was
prepared to enter the Medical College; he
matriculated at the Jefferson, in Philadel
phia, in the fall of that year, and graduated
in 1889. After practicing for a year and a
half at AtcEwensville, Northumberland coun
ty, Pa., Dr. Groninger removed, in the fall of
1891, to Ickesburg, where he has since had
his home, and having won the confidence and
kind regards of the citizens, has built up an
extensive and successful practice. The Doc
tor is a staunch Republican; he was elected
coroner of Perry county in the fall of 1896,
and in the spring of 1897, was elected school
director for a term of one year. He is a
friend of education, and a warm advocate of
the compulsory law.
Dr. W. S. Groninger was married at Port
Royal in the fall of 1889, to Sarah At. Her
man, daughter of George Herman. Their
children are: Frank McClure, aged six years;
and Nellie Louise, three years old.
J. II. BRYNER, At. D., Ickesburg, Perry
county, Pa., was born February 18, 1861, at
Andersonburg, Peny county, in the house
now occupied by Dr. Mitchell. He is one of
the two children of John and Margaret A.
(Rice) Bryner. John Bryner was a native of
Atadison township, Peny county, and was
nearly all of his life engaged in mercantile
business. He had a large establishment, with
an extensive trade, at Blain. In business, in
social relations, in the church, in fact in every
relation of life, Air. Bryner Avas exemplary,
and was much esteemed by all who knew him.
He was a Republican, and warmly attached
to his party. As a member of the Lutheran

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church, he took an active part in her affairs,
promoting her work to the best of his ability.
He was married first to Margaret A. Rice, wbo
died in 1864. Three years later, he was mar
ried to Emma Ernest, by whom also he had
two children. Atr. Bryner was nominated for
the office of register and recorder, but died in
1869, before the election.
Dr. Bryner was a child of three years when
his mother died. At the time of his second
marriage, Air. John Bryner removed to Blain,
and the son was but eight years old when his
father, too, was taken from him by death. His
grandfather, Atr. Rice, of Atadison township,
then took charge of him, and with this kind
relative the boy remained until be was old
enough to make his own way in the world.
The foundation of his education was laid in
the common schools of Madison township, af
ter which his grandfather sent him for three
years to the academy at Bloomfield, Perry
county. In 1879, having for some time read
medicine under the direction of Dr. M. B.
Strickler, of Bloomfield, he entered the medi
cal department of the University of Pennsyl
vania, attending lectures there during that
winter, 1879-80, and during the ensuing win
ter, 1881-82, at the medical college of Colum
bus, 0., where he was graduated in 1882. Dr.
Bryner began practice at New Germantown,
Perry county, and in 1886, removed to Ickes
burg, Where he has a very fine practice, not
only in the borough, but throughout a large
extent of surrounding country. He is an ex-
president of the Perry County Medical So
ciety; a permanent member of the Pennsyl
vania State Medical Association, and a mem
ber-elect of the American Medical Associa
tion. Dr. Bryner is a Republican, of decided
convictions, but so far from seeking the po
litical loaves and fishes, he has refused to ran
for office, when solicited. He is a member of
the Jr. 0. U. A. M.
Dr. J. II. Bryner was manied in 1888, to
Lila J. Wilson, of Ickesburg. They have five
children, four daughters and a son. Mrs. Bry
ner is a member of the Lutheran church.

DAVID 0. KELL, J. P., Ickesburg, Peny
county, Pa., was born January 26, 1867, in
Saville township, Peny county, son of Henry
and Julia (Rice) Kell. His great-grandfather,
Philip Kell, came to this country from Ger
many, and settled in York county, Pa., where

he passed the rest of his life. His son, Henry
Kell, who was a farmer, removed from York
to Peny county, and resided there perma
nently. He died at the age of eighty-two;
his wife, Esther Kell, survived him for many
years, and died aged ninety-three. Their chil
dren were: Fanny, deceased; Mary (Mrs.
Hartman), of Saville township; Sarah, de
ceased; Catherine; John; Jacob; Andrew;
Jesse; Peter; Henry; and William. Henry
Kell, Jr., was born November 17, 1822, in
Saville township, where he always resided.
After his marriage, he bought the homestead
on which he was born, but later sold the old
mansion and part of the land. On the part
which he retained, he erected a new dwelling
and other buildings. Henry Kell was a strong
Republican. He was of a kind and amiable
disposition, and bad many friends. As a
faithful member of the Reformed church, he
took an active part in church work. He died
in 1889. Mrs. Kell still resides on the farm.
Their only child, David C. Kell, was edu
cated in the common schools and at the acad
emy of Bloomfield, Pa. His youth was
passed on the farm, where during his vacations
he assisted his father, sharing in the labors of
the field and cheerfully rendering all the ser
vices within the powers of a boy. After his
marriage, in 1887, he moved with his young
wife into a property which his father pur
chased in Ickesburg, and in which he opened
a store for the sale of confectionery, cigars and
tobacco. In 1891, he sold out this business,
and assumed the duties of postmaster, to which
position he was appointed by President Harri
son. He resigned the office during President
Cleveland's administration, and was elected
justice of the peace in the spring of 1895, for
a term of five years. To the duties of this of
fice he is still giving his undivided attention,
serving faithfully and efficiently. He is a Re
publican, and labors conscientiously for the
success of that party.
David 0. Kell was manied, June 2, 1887,
to Annie L., daughter of Solomon E. and
Catherine (Barnes) Bower. They have had
two children: one, Arthur L, is deceased;
the living child is Harry A. Mr. Kell is a
member of the Reformed church, and is active
in its work. He is now serving the congrega
tion as deacon for the second term, and is in
his fourth year as superintendent of the Sun
day-school.

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THADDEUS STEVENS ZIMMER
MAN, Ickesburg, Peny county, Pa., was born
November 19, 1848, in Thompsontown, Ju
niata county, Pa. He is the only child of
Isaac and Mary Ann (Gutshall) Zimmerman.
Isaac Zimmerman, who was a native of Juniata
county, died while his son Thaddeus S. was
very young. His widow was manied to Ja
cob Kauffman, who is also deceased, and Mrs.
Kauffman resides with Mr. Zimmerman. She
has besides one son by her second marriage,
James Kauffman, who resides in Juniata
county. Attending the common schools in his boy
hood during the very brief winter terms which
were then considered abundant measure,
Thaddeus Zimmerman spent bis vacations in
doing any honest work by which he might ac
cumulate a sum sufficient to procure for him
broader educational opportunities. He worked
as a farm hand; he was not above chopping
wood for his neighbors, or doing stable work
at the hotel — anything to further his cherished
purpose. He succeeded, as he deserved to do.
People were glad to employ the willing lad.
Before he Was twenty he was one of the "float
ing gang," working at repairs on the railroad
at $1.60 per day; he was thus employed be
tween Patterson, Juniata county, and Hunt
ingdon, Pa., for about three years. He ac
complished his desire, studied for a term at
the normal school at Thompsontown, Pa., at
the age of twenty, and then taught for a year
in the free schools, thus at once reviewing and
giving form to the knowledge he had acquired,
and earning a modest livelihood. He received
his first training for mercantile life as a clerk
in the store of George S. Mills & Co., of
Thompsontown, for which position he gave up
teaching. He was some time later employed
in the establishment of John G. Halderman,
for whom he was clerk until Mr. Halderman's
interest was merged into the firm of Halder
man & Sellers, Mr. Zimmerman continuing
for one year as a clerk to the firm. At the
close of his engagement with George Mills &
Co., that firm sold out to Alessrs. Kelley &
Smith, and Air. Zimmerman remained one
half year with them, in order to assist them
in learning the business. He was very suc
cessful as a clerk, being capable and strictly
attentive to duty, and his services were always
in demand. After leaving the establishment
of Halderman & Sellers, be spent a year on

the Bradford fruit farm, and then engaged
with Hench & SteAvart, wholesale notion deal
ers, of Harrisburg, Pa., as traveling salesman.
His business was to go Avith a two-horse team
through Cumberland, York, Peny and Ju
niata counties, supplying the storekeepers with
goods. This he continued to do for four years,
and was then in the store of Hench & Stewart
for one year, after which Mr. Hench placed
him' in charge of his store at Ickesburg; in
this place Air. Hench was bom and reared.
The engagement Avas for one year, but Mr.
Zimmerman managed the business for four
years, after which he purchased the property,
stock and good will of Air. Hench, and has
carried on business here ever since. He has
greatly increased the original trade, and has
remodeled the dwelling, which is now a beau
tiful and convenient home. Mr. Zimmer
man's business methods are noted for honor
and fairness, so that his customers are more
than satisfied Avith his dealings. His political
opinions are decidedly Republican; he could
not belong to any other party, he thinks, as
a namesake of Thaddeus Stevens, of whom it
was said, among many other jokes perpetrated
on that distinguished man, that he was so
"black" a Republican that he could have none
but a black housekeeper.
Thaddeus S. Zimmerman was married, De
cember 22, 1873, to Lucinda, daughter of
Jesse and Susanna (Seiders) Baker, of the
vicinity of Thompsontown, Juniata county.
Their children are: Olive M., a teacher, resid
ing at home ; Alason S. ; Alervin G. ; Janet and
Thersa, twins; all the children reside with
their parents. Atr. Zimmerman was formerly
an attendant on the services of the United
Presbyterian church, but is now active in the
Lutheran denomination; he is an elder in the
church, and has for four years been superin
tendent of the Sunday-school.

ISAAC LANE LONG, Eshcol, Perry
county, Pa., son of Isaac and Susan (Bern
heisel) Long, Avas bom in Saville township,
Peny county, November 27, 1865. His
grandfather, Henry Long, came from either
York or Adams county, about 1795, and set
tled in what is now Saville township, purchas
ing a tract of land Avhich was very little im
proved. Besides clearing and cultivating his
land, he carried on, with the assistance of his
sons, the business of Avagon-making. He died

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August 25, 1842, at the age of seventy-eight
years, six months and twelve days; his wife,
Catherine Long, was in her seventy-ninth year
when she died, September 30, 1848. Their
son, Isaac Long, was born on the homestead in
Saville township, June 5, 1813. He received
a good education, making the best of the
scanty facilities then afforded. Although he
partly acquired the trade of wagon-making in
his father's shop, he preferred farming, which
he learned at the same time, and followed it
as his calling throughout life. After his
marriage, he bought the homestead of his
father, with the condition that, besides paying
a stipulated sum, he was to maintain his par
ents so long as they should live. Isaac Long
was twice married. His first wife was Eliza
beth Smith, and they had four children : Jona
than, deceased; Henry, resides in Georgia;
Catherine O. ; and Peter, of Lecompton, Kan.
After the death of Atrs. Elizabeth Long, Mr.
Long married Miss Bernheisel, February 25,
1847. Their children are: AAllliam and Sam
uel, twins, born November 10, 1847, both de
ceased; Alary Jane (Atrs. Solomon Burd), of
Saville township, born December 20, 1848
Jacob At., born November 8, 1850, went west
about 1884, and now resides in Exeter, Neb,
Sarah Ellen (Atrs. Peter Kell), of Loysville^
Pa., born April 29, 1852; Cornelius, farmer
of Exeter, Neb., born June 3, 1854; Lucinda
(Mrs. Isaiah Campbell), residing on the home
stead, born November 23, 1856; George Mc
Clellan, born June 7, 1861, married Ida Lesh,
resides at Steelton, Pa., was for six years a
partner with his younger brother; and Isaac
Lane. The father, Isaac Long, was in early
manhood a AVhig; he afterwards attached
himself to the Republican party. He died on
the place on which he Avas born, June 25,
1883. His wife, Atrs. Susan Long, survived
him until October 5, 1895. They were devout
Christians, faithful members of the Lutheran
church, in which Mr. Long was for many years
an office-bearer.
Their youngest son, Isaac L. Long, attended
the common schools until he attained to his
eighteenth year, and then studied for one term
at the academy in Bloomfield. During his va
cations he assisted in the cultivation of the
homestead. His scholastic course finished, Mr.
Long taught for two terms in Saville town
ship, and for two in Spring township. He
then, in connection with his brother, George

AIcC. Long, bought his present property,
erected a dwelling and store, where they began
business, March 25, 1889. In the same year
George McC. Long was appointed postmaster
at Eshcol. The enterprise was successful, and
the partnership continued for six years; at the
end of that time, Isaac L. Long bought his
brother's interest and share in the property,
and in the same year (June 5, 1895), was ap
pointed postmaster in his stead. He still car
ries on the business, and is a popular as well
as a successful merchant. He is a "straight
out" Republican, but does not seek or desire
office. Isaac Lane Long was married, August 22,
1889, to Kate, daughter of Daniel and Re
becca (Billman) Zerfing, of Landisburg, Pa.
Their children are: Ida Z., attending school;
Susan B., at school; Ruth E. ; Arthur Ray
mond; and Mary K. Air. and Mrs. Long are
members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Long
is a deacon, and is also superintendent of the
Sunday-school.

HENRY BIXLER, Eshcol, Perry county,
Pa., Avas born at Eshcol, November 18, 1827.
He is a son of Joseph and Mary M. (Long)
Bixler. His grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Bixler, came from Lykens valley, in Dauphin
county, Avith their family. Atr. Bixler bought
a mill at Eshcol, Avhich was afterwards burned
down; he erected another mill, biit did not
live very long after. His wife, Mrs. Barbara
Bixler, survived him for many years, attain
ing to a very advanced age; she was married
a second time, to John Miller. Their son,
Joseph Bixler, was still a young man at the
time of his father's death. Shortly after that
event, the mill property was sold by the
sheriff; and for some years Joseph Bixler cul
tivated rented farms, on shares. Through his
industry and good management, he at length
became able to purchase, in partnership with
his brothers, a farm of 232 acres; he after
wards purchased his brothers' shares in the
property, and became its sole owner. He was
born in 1802; about 1825 be married Mary
M. Long; their children are: David, de
ceased; Henry; Elizabeth (Atrs. John Lyons),
of Tuscarora township; John, farmer and mer
chant at Sandy Hill, Perry county; Jacob,
deceased; Mary (Mrs. Ross fiench), deceased;
Catherine, married to Daniel Shuman, who
died, afterwards to Peter Baker, of Hunting-

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don county; Lydia Ann (Mrs. Thomas Harki-
son), of Juniata county, Pa. ; and Barbara E.
(Mrs. J. II Baker), of Eshcol. Joseph Bixler
was a Whig, and later a Republican. He died
March 7, 1854; his wife in July, 1862. They
were good members of the Reformed church.
The common schools of SaA'ille township,
with their scanty three months' terms in the
winter season, afforded Henry Bixler all the
educational advantages that he enjoyed; and
in harvest seasons, threshing times, and other
busy days, his assistance was indispensable on
the farm. He was set at work as soon as he
was able to give any help at all; his knowledge
of agriculture therefore became more intimate
and thorough than his acquaintance with
books. It was in the spring of 1829, when
Henry was about a year and a half old, that
his father and two uncles bought the farm
which Henry Bixler now owns. Upon it stood
an old log house, in which he passed much of
his boyhood; in 1846, his father replaced
that primitive dwelling by a better house, still
of logs, but weather-boarded. In the spring
of 1852, the year after his marriage, he began
farming for himself, on a part of the home
stead. AVhen the property was appraised, in
1863, he bought 129 acres of the farm, and
resided in the old dwelling until he built his
new home, on the same farm, in 1890, and
moved into it the next year, in the spring.
By economy and careful management, with
diligent and persevering effort, Mr. Bixler has
made his way to his present position of ease
and comfort. He is a Republican; he served
the township for one term on the school board.
Henry Bixler was married, December 2,
1851, to Sarah A. Hench, of Tuscarora town
ship, Perry county. Their children are : Mary
Alice (Mrs. James L. Campbell), of Tuscarora
township; Joseph A., farmer on the home
stead, married Annie McVey; John N., teach
ing a school at Maiden, 111; Sarah Almira
(Airs. Martin L. Stuber), of Saville township ;
Kev. Cassius C, missionary of the Presby
terian church in Brazil, South America, sent
out in the fall of 1896 ; and Anna T., at home.
The excellent wife of Henry Bixler, the part
ner of his cares and labors, died in July, 1872 ;
she was a devout Christian, a member of the
Reformed church.

JOHN A. BARNS, Ickesburg, Perry coun
ty, Pa., was born December 22, 1851, in

Ickesburg, son of Alexander and Isabelle
(McKinley) Barns. His ancestors on both
sides are descendants of the worthy Scotch set
tlers whose influence on the history of the
State, its manners and its characters, has been
so salutary. His grandfather, Aliller Barns,
was born in York county, where he died at
the age of fifty-five. His wife survived him,
and accompanied her son to Perry county.
Their children were: Alexander; Elizabeth
(Airs. John Power), deceased; Catherine (Airs.
Frank Alateer), deceased. Alexander Barns,
the eldest of the family, Avas born near Delta,
in York county. He learned saddlery. After
bis father's death he came to Perry county,
accompanied by his mother and two sisters;
they resided first in Landisburg and afterwards
in Ickesburg; in both places Air. Barns worked
at his trade. After carrying this on for a num
ber of years, he relinquished, it for a more ac
tive employment, and from 1850 to 1862 he
drove a stage between Alillerstown and New
port. In 1863, he engaged in hotel business,
and continued it for four years ; then returned
to his trade, and Avas occupied with that for
several years. He was next for some years on
the farm with his son John, and his last resi
dence Avas in Ickesburg, where he kept a con
fectionery store, and was postmaster. Air.
Barns was a Democrat, and was elected on the
ticket of his party to several township offices.
He died January 14, 1886, aged seventy; his
wife survived him until 1894; both Avere ex
cellent people, members of the Reformed
church. Their children are : Annie, deceased;
Kate J., widow of Solomon E. Bower, of
Ickesburg; John A. ; and Alice, deceased. Al
exander Barns had many friends, and was
much esteemed.
John A. Barns was a pupil in the commot
schools of Ickesburg. AVhen, in 1863, his
father undertook to keep a hotel in that bor
ough, John, as the only son, just coming into
his teens, manly, willing and alert, was de
pended upon for much work about the house.
It is among his boyish recollections that when
rebel raids upon Pennsylvania were antici
pated, or actually took place, many fugitives
from the border counties made their appear
ance in Ickesburg, and he was kept busily at
work attending to their horses. In 1869, Atr.
Barns purchased the farm upon which he still
resides; its extent is 120 acres; he has erected
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buildings. Here he has for many years been
successfully engaged in agricultural business.
He is an active worker in the Democratic
party, and influential, largely on account of
his kindly and generous disposition, his intelli
gence, and the fund of general information
that renders his conversation interesting.
John A. Barns was married in 1878, to
Eunice L., daughter of AVashington Hench,
of Liberty valley, Madison toAvnship. Their
children are: Annie Belle; Gurney, deceased;
Lee, deceased; Bessie A.; Olive F. ; Emma
A.; Lillian May, deceased; John Arthur;
George L.; and Charlotte. Atr. Barns is a
member of the Reformed church.

GEORGE B. SHEAFFER, Ickesburg,
Peny county, Pa., Avas born July 24, 1818,
in Tyrone township, two miles from Loysville,
Pa. He is a son of Daniel and Catherine
Sheaffer. His grandfather, George Sheaffer,
came from Germany; he emigrated without
the means to pay his passage, and on his ar
rival here, was sold — that is, his services for
a number of years were sold — to defray the
expense of his voyage. But he was a willing
and steady young man, and in spite of so hum
ble a beginning, he died a wealthy man, in
Landisburg, at the age of eighty-two. His
wife, Avhose maiden name was Peck, attained
to the same age. Their son, Daniel Sheaffer,
father of George B., was born in Berks coun
ty, Pa. He Avas a small boy when his parents
removed to Perry county, and was reared in
what is noAV Spring township, then part of
Tyrone. He was brought up to the business
of farming, and always followed the same vo
cation, fie was twice married; his first wife
was Catherine Miller; their children are: Su
san, deceased; Julia, deceased; George B.;
Kate, deceased; William, resides in Pittsburg,
Pa., has retired from business; and Samuel,
deceased. The mother died at the age of forty-
two, leaving her children young, and greatly
in need of her maternal care. Mr. Daniel
Sheaffer afterwards married Sarah Kiner, by
whom he had four children: Leah; Kate;
Lewis; and one that died young. The father
died near Loysville.
The small farm owned by his father, and the
hotel which he conducted, kept George B.
Sheaffer busily employed until he was seven
teen years of age. He then began a two years'
apprenticeship at carpentry, with Jacob Sou

der. These two years were the beginning of
a struggle with the world in which the lack
of a mother's sympathy and advice were long
and keenly felt. During those two years Mr.
Sheaffer received no wages, but by careful
management he incurred but little debt. He
was obliged to bonow money in order to clothe
himself, but paid off his indebtedness with the
first money that he earned. His first earnings
at his trade were $14 per month. During the
second year after his apprenticeship ended, he
Avas engaged in Mifflintown to help in the
building of two churches and a hotel. He
then returned home, and worked there until
he was twenty-five. By that time he had
saved $500, and thought he could afford to
take a wife; so he married a very excellent
lady, and they kept house near Loysville for
four years. They managed their expenses so
prudently that at the end of those four years
they had $1,050, which sufficed to purchase a
home, Avith seven acres of land, one mile be
low Landisburg, at a place called Blue Ball.
Here they resided for twenty years. Air.
Sheaffer had added the business of undertak
ing to his other work, and sometimes had as
many as five or six hands employed. He built
a hotel, and managed it for seven years in ad
dition to his other interests. After following
his calling for thirty years, he had $5,000
laid up. Meanwhile, his boys had grown up,
and to provide them with healthy and profit
able employment, he purchased bis present
farm, in the spring of 1867, at a valuation of
$11,000. It was not long before the debt of
the farm was paid, and a substantial dwelling
built upon it. Mr. Sheaffer, who is a Demo
crat, has found time to be interested and some
what active in public affairs. He has been a
defeated candidate for county commissioner
and for director of the poor, but has served in
some township offices, to the satisfaction of
his constituents.
George B. Sheaffer was manied, May 31,
1842, to Eliza, daughter of Jacob Ritter, of
Tyrone township. Of their family of twelve
children, seven are deceased: Mary C. (Mrs.
David Dunkelberger), died in Perry county;
David Walter, died aged twenty; Jerome;
Daniel; Clara; the three last named died very
young, and two others before being named.
The surviving children are: George N., far
mer; Charles J., yardmaster for the railroad
company at Scottdale, Pa.; John William,

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employed by the railroad company at Junction
City, Kan.; Margaret (Atrs. Samuel Simon-
ton), of Concord, Franklin county, Pa.; and
Jane (Mrs. George Shuman), of Hall county,
Neb. After fifty-one years of peaceful and
happy married life, Atrs. George B. Sheaffer
died, March 3, 1894. Tbe story of Air. Sheaf
fer's life of success speaks for itself; and noth
ing about it is more plainly indicated than the
aid and influence of the good wife in forming
the fortunes of her husband and children. She
was a very devout Christian woman, a mem
ber of the Lutheran church. AVith this de
nomination of Christians Air. Sheaffer also
united himself at the age of seventeen, and he
has always been liberal in bestoAving his time,
his efforts and his means for tbe promotion of
the welfare and work of the church. He has
for many years served his congregation as
trustee, as deacon and as elder.

LEWIS BARNETT KERR, Saville, Perry
county, Pa., was born March 19, 1830, in Ju
niata township, now Tuscarora, on the farm
now owned by the heirs of AtcClelland Kerr.
He is the only son of William and Eliza (Post-
lethwaite) Ken. The Kerr family is of Scotch-
Irish descent. Mr. Kerr's great-grandfather,
Matthew Kerr, was probably born in Ireland;
he came to this country accompanied by two
brothers, who settled and lived for tbe re
mainder of their lives, in western Pennsyl
vania. Matthew Kerr settled in Perry county,
within the present limits of Tuscarora town
ship. His family consisted of two daughters,
Mrs. Carson and Mrs. Nelson, and five sons:
Matthew, Jr.; John; Alexander; William;
and Robert. His son, Alexander Kerr, was a
farmer, and resided on the farm afterwards
owned by his son William, father of Lewis B.
Kerr. Alexander Kerr and three of his
brothers held over 300 acres of land in Rac
coon valley, in Juniata county. On this farm
he resided until his death, which occurred in
1852, when he was about sixty years old. His
wife, Ruhamah (McCall) Kerr, lived to be
about eighty. Their children were : William ;
Robert, died at Shirleysburg, Huntingdon
county, Pa.; James, died young; Alexander,
Jr., farmer, Raccoon valley; John Nelson,
died in Juniata county; Thompson W., died
in Raccoon valley; Elizabeth (Mrs. Robert
Work), died in Juniata county; Margaret
(Mrs. Daniel Long), died in Tuscarora town

ship, Perry county; Letitia, deceased; Mary-
Ann (Airs. AVilliam Frantz), died in Saville
township; and Ruhamah (Mrs. Peter Reisin
ger), died in Tuscarora township. The eldest
son, William Kerr, born October 26, 1803,
lived and died on a part of the farm on which
he Avas born. He was both farmer and black
smith. He was a man of active mind, and
interested himself in public affairs — an old
line Whig. He was first married about 1828,
to Aliss Postlethwaite, who became the mother
of Lewis B. Kerr. She died July 5, 1841,
when scarcely thirty-two years of age; she
was born July 9, 1809, in Juniata toAvnship,
Peny county. William Kerr was again mar
ried, in 1843, to Ann L. Frankenberger, bom
in Saville toAvnship in 1822. They had four
teen children, who are all deceased but three
daughters: Elizabeth Ellen (Airs. James
Kreamer), of Tuscarora toAvnship; Elbina
Jane (Airs. John Rouse), of Ickesburg, Pa.;
and Lucinda Alabala. Air. Ken was a mem
ber of the Presbyterian church.
The youth of Lewis B. Ken was passed on
a farm adjoining the one on which he was
born. He Avas educated principally in the
common schools, but attended the Airy View
Academy, Port Royal, Pa., under the princi-
palship of Dr. David Wilson, for one summer,
and the academy at Bloomfield, then' con
ducted by Charles A. Barnett, afterwards
Judge Barnett, for three terms. Every dollar
paid for his tuition Mr. Kerr earned himself.
From his twenty-second year until 1880, he
was in one Avay or another engaged in the busi
ness of education. For seven years of that
time he was county superintendent of Perry
county. During three summers he taught at
Mt. Dempsey Academy, Landisburg, Pa. It
has always been his aim to advance the cause
of education as far as might lie in his power,
and to promote improvements in methods, etc.
He has during his experience seen many
changes in the common school system. In
1878, Mr. Kerr turned his attention to farm
ing, having purchased a tract of 122 acres.
He still, however, taught for two winters after
making this purchase; but since that time he
has devoted all his energies to tbe work of till
ing the soil, and has been very successful. He
has greatly improved bis farm, in various
ways; most conspicuously, by the erection of
fine and convenient buildings. The first cost
of the land was $6,100. Air. Kerr is a Re-

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publican; he was on the school board of his
toAvnship for three years. He is respected as
a worthy and useful citizen.
Lewis Barnett Kerr was married, April 12,
1860, to Eliza J., daughter of Samuel and
Elizabeth (Tressler) Wagner, born in Juniata
township, Perry county, September 10, 1836.
Their children are : Rev. David Wagner Kerr,
born February 6, 1864, now a Reformed pas
tor in Jefferson county, Pa. ; Annie Gertrude,
born October 1, 1865, teaching in a school in
Steelton, Pa. ; Samuel William, born Decem
ber 5, 1866, a man of fine mind, a professor
of German, Latin and mathematics at Frank
lin and Marshall College; Rev. Frank Lewis,
born September 14, 1869, a pastor of the Re
formed church, in Dauphin county, Pa. ; Eliz
abeth Jane, born April 7, 1872, manied Au
gust 21, 1895, to David E. Rimer, of Clarion
county, Pa., has one child, Paul Eugene, born
August 18, 1896; and Elmina Mahala, born
September 25, 1878, a student of Smith Col
lege, Northampton, Mass. One son, Alvin,
died in infancy. Lewis B. Kerr is an elder and
an active member in the Reformed congre
gation at Saville.

PHILIP JACOBS, Roseburg, Perry coun
ty, Pa., son of Samuel and Catherine (Reisin
ger) Jacobs, was born May 30, 1825, in Sa-
Aille township, Perry county. His grand
father, Peter Jacobs, a veteran of the Revolu
tion, came with his wife Elizabeth from Ches
ter county, Pa., to Perry county, where they
settled in Saville township, and there passed
their remaining days. One of their sons, John
Jacobs, fought for the honor of his country
in the war of 1812. Samuel Jacobs, born in
Saville township, farmed there during his en
tire life. He died in that township many
years ago, his wife, Catherine, surviving
him for several years. She was a member
of the Lutheran church. Their children are:
Peter, died in Illinois; Philip; Elizabeth
(Mrs. John Bitner), of Illinois; Sarah, widow
of David Dougherty, of Lycoming county,
Pa.; Jane (Mrs. David Robinson), of Saville
township; William, farmer, of Saville town
ship ; and several that died in early life.
After spending his boyhood on the farm,
attending the schools of the vicinity, and aid
ing in the work of the homestead, Philip Ja
cobs, at the age of twenty, began an appren
ticeship of two years with George Weaver, of

the same township, at carpentry and cabinet-
making. He Avorked at his trade for fifteen
years, and then bought the farm of seventy
acres which he now owns, and which he culti
vated until 1896. Here he erected a dwelling
house, of tasteful and comfortable style, and
other convenient buildings, besides improv
ing the soil. He managed the Egolf farm, at
Bridgeport, Perry county, for four years. Mr.
Jacobs has served as postmaster at Roseburg
for three years, giving uniA'ersal satisfaction.
He is a Democrat of decided convictions; he
has served several times as judge of elections,
and also as school director.
Philip Jacobs was married, September 21,
1854, to Rachel, daughter of John and Mary
(Utley) Wagner, of SaAdlle township. Mr.
Wagner is deceased; but Mrs. Wagner, a ven
erable lady, far advanced in years, is still liv
ing. Mrs. Jacobs, who was born in Saville
township, December 23, 1832, died June 14,
1890. She was a devout Christian lady, a
member of the Reformed church; her death
was widely and greatly regretted. She left
the following children: Samuel Allen, born
June 23, 1855, carpenter, in Ohio and Illi
nois; George U., born in 1857, farmer, of, Sa
ville township; John William, born Novem
ber 5, 1859, died in 1863; Cyrus P., born
November 24, 1861, farmer, of Saville town
ship; Charles D., born September 27, 1863,
blacksmith, at Eshcol, Pa.; Andrew Ernest,
born June 16, 1865, died young; Jennie
Belle, born June 22, 1866, wife of WUUam
Peck, of Saville township; Ward Edward,
born December 2, 1868, is a nurse at the
asylum in Hanisburg, Pa.; Ada O. (Mrs.
Cyrus Egolf), of Carlisle, Pa., born June 19,
1870; Mary Ellen (Mrs. Martin Burd), of
Byron, 111., born August 19, 1871; and Sa
rah Elizabeth, born October 25, 1872, died
October 28, 1872. Atr. Jacobs is an active
and esteemed member of the Reformed
church; he served on the building committee
of the congregation with which he is con
nected.

GEORGE WILLIAM KOCHENDER
FER, Ickesburg, Perry county, Pa., was born
September 10, 1841, in Saville township,
Perry county, son of John and Mary Ann
(Ritter) Kochenderfer. His grandfather, Pe
ter Kochenderfer, was descended from a Ger
man family; he became a resident of Perry

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county many years ago, coming from an east
ern county of Pennsylvania, while this central
region was still very wild. He died compara
tively early in life, leaving his wife burdened
with the management of the farm, as well as
with the rearing of their large family of chil
dren. But she was a woman of great energy,
and was equal to the emergency. She super
intended the farm, employing laborers, and
giving attention to stock raising, besides the
cultivation of the soil. Thus she maintained
her young family in comfort, and trained them
to industry. Their children were: George;
John; David; Jacob; William; Elizabeth
(Mrs. John Shuman); Mary (Airs. Jacob
Kell); Margaret (Mrs. Andrew Kell); and
Catherine (Mrs. George Hall); all now de
ceased. The second son, John Kochenderfer,
born in 1815 in Saville township, then Tyrone,
was a farmer. He continued for some time
after his marriage to work as a laborer for oth
ers. From 1844 to 1846, he was in mercantile
business in Loysville, Pa. ; from 1846 to 1852,
he was tenant of the farm left by bis fatber,
which in the latter year be bought from the
heirs of the estate, making it from that time
forth his permanent residence. John Kochen
derfer was a Democrat, and was elected to va
rious township offices, besides serving one term
as county commissioner. His wife, Mary Ann
Ritter, was born in 1814. Their children are:
Peter, a workingman of Newport, Pa. ; George
WUliam; John R., farmer, of SavUle town
ship; Martin L., clerk for Pennsylvania Rail
road Company in Philadelphia for many
years; Amos, farmer of Saville township;
Oharies L., a resident of Iowa since 1881, is
now a dealer in wood at Sioux City; Edgar
M., postmaster at Ickesburg; Rebecca A. (Mrs.
D. 0. HoUenbaugh), of Lancaster county, Pa. ;
and Alary J. (Mrs. Henry Lenig), of Milford,
Pa. John Kochenderfer was a member of the
Reformed church. He died on the homestead
in 1877; his wife survived him until 1890.
A lifelong resident of the home farm,
George W. Kochenderfer obtained his educa
tion in the common schools of his vicinity,
completing his course at the high school in
Landisburg, Pa., and at the Loysville Acad
emy. He taught school in Centre county, Pa.,
during the winter of 1864-65, and subsequent
ly for about seven terms in Saville township.
In 1870, he rented the home farm, of which in
1884 he bought 86 acres. In 1895, he built

a new dwelling, a comfortable and convenient
home, in which he now resides. Besides this
farm, Atr. Kochenderfer oAvns two tracts of
land, containing respectively 43 and 21 acres.
He has much improved his property. He is
a staunch Democrat; has served in several
township offices; has been auditor, and is now
fulfilling his sixth year as tax collector. He
has been a member of the election board.
George AVilliam Kochenderfer was first
married in 1867, to Alargaret Dromgold, who
died in 1872. In 1875, he married Alatilda
Bernheisel, of Green Park, Perry county, Pa.,
who is still living. Their only child is Sarah
Ann, but they are rearing a little girl, whose
name is Alary Ellen Garman. Air. Kochen
derfer is an esteemed and useful member of
the Reformed church, with which he has been
connected since his boyhood. He is a deacon;
for two terms he acted as elder. His wife is
also a member of the same church.

WILLIAA1 W. WOODS, Blain, Perry
county, Pa., son of Francis W. and Sarah
(Wharton) Woods, was born in Turbett town
ship, Juniata county, Pa., May 6, 1833. His
grandfather, Robert Woods, came from Ire
land during the latter part of the eighteenth
century, and settled in what is now Turbett
township, Juniata county. Having purchased
a tract of land, he began farming. In Ireland
he had learned and worked at shoemaking, but
after coming to America he gave the greater
part of his time to farming, making occasion
ally, however, a pair of fine boots or shoes for
some friend. He was a very intelligent man,
and was highly esteemed. For many years he
filled the office of justice of the peace in his
township. Robert Woods was manied to Miss
Lyle, of Chester county, Pa., and they had
these children: John, died in early manhood;
Eliza (Mrs. Thomas Elliott), has a family of
five children and resides in Iowa since 1843;
Joseph, manied to Miss Smith, who died, then
to Margaret Adams, and had a family of six
children; Mary, died at the age of eight years;
Thomas, married, and had four children; Mar
tha, died aged over eighty years; Hetty, died
aged sixty-five years; Francis Wayne; James,
married Louisa Brickley, has nine children;
and one child that died in infancy. Mr.
Woods died in February, 1837, aged seventy-
eight years; his wife died in 1813, at the age
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Francis Wayne Woods was reared in Tur
bett township, and received his education in
the subscription schools sustained by the neigh
boring farmers. At the age of thirty years
he came to Jackson township, Peny county,
and purchased a tract of land from David and
John Alooreland. This tract consisted of about
175 acres, and was tbe site of the present bor
ough of Blain. Here Mr. AAtoods began a suc
cessful career as a farmer. He was a Demo
crat, of the Jeffersonian type, and although
never aspiring to public office, he consented to
serve his township in various capacities. Mr.
Woods was manied February 1, 1832, to Sa
rah, daughter of William and Annie (Stew
art) Wharton. They had these children : Wil
liam W. ; Ann Eliza (Mrs. George Martin),
died in early womanhood; two sons died in
infancy; Emmeline (Mrs. John Skinner), re
sides at Dry Run, Franklin county, Fa., Avith
seven children, Clara, Frank, Samuel, Hany,
Alice, Cora and Edith; Samuel, married Ag
nes Stambaugh, resides in Jackson township;
Francis W., married Mary Klouse; Annie,
died aged ten years; Harry and Sallie, twins,
the latter married Arthur Garber; Cloyd;
John; and Samuel. Francis W. Woods died
August 23, 1873, aged sixty-five years, six
months and twenty-tAvo days; Mrs. Woods
died in December, 1857, aged forty-seven
years and nine months. She Avas a consistent
member of the Presbyterian church.
AAllliam W. Woods came with his parents
to Jackson township, April 1, 1838. He at
tended the district schools during the winter
months, and assisted on his father's farm dur
ing the rest of the year. He remained at home
until his twenty-fourth year, but after his mar
riage he removed to Middle Springs, near
Shippensburg, Cumberland county, and farm
ed for three years. Having bought a farm
in Fannett township, Franklin county, he re
moved to that place and remained three years.
In 1864, he returned to Jackson township, and
bought the old Robert Woods farm, which he
operated very successfully until 1880, when
he purchased his present homestead. He has
been very successful as a farmer. Like bis
father, he is a Democrat, and is interested in
all local affairs.
William W. Woods was married, August 4,
1857, to Catherine Jane, daughter of George
M. and Lydia Ann (Bower) Loy. Their chil
dren are: Francis Blaine, died aged three

years; George L., married Mary Schoeffler
has six children living and one dead; Emma
Adella (Mrs. William F. Stambaugh), has two
children living and one, David, died aged
three years; and Robert AV., a student at
Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa. On
November 1, 1891, Mrs. AVoods died. She
was born June 16, 1839, and was a faithful
member of the Lutheran church. On January
23, 1896, Mr. AVoods married again, his sec
ond wife being Martha, Avidow of Robert El
der. Mr. Woods is one of the most enterpris
ing fanners and progressive citizens of his
township.

WILLIAM G GUTSHALL, Blain, Peny
county, Pa., was bom near Blain, Jackson
toAvnship, Peny county, November 24, 1837.
He is a son of Daniel and Sarah (Bower) Gut
shall. His grandparents, George and Barbara
(Spohn) Gutshall, were natives of Berks coun
ty, Pa. They removed to Cumberland, now
Perry, county, and bought a homestead sit
uated on Shermans creek, Jackson township,
about tAvo and a half miles west of Blain.
Their son, Daniel, born in 1808, was educated
in a subscription school in Jackson township,
Avhere he was taught very little English.
AVhen a young man, he worked as a farm la
borer in Juniata county, for William Okeson,
and other farmers of the neighborhood. Mr.
Gutshall began farming on his own account
in Jackson township, west of Blain. He af
terwards sold his property and bought his fath
er's farm on Sherman creek. Here he built a
new house and bank barn, and made many
other improvements; by careful and intelli
gent cultivation, be so increased the value of
his property that it was considered one of the
finest farms in the valley. In 1869, he bought
an adjoining tract of land, which he improved
in the same judicious manner; this farm is
noAV OAvned by his son, William B. Later, he
retired from farm life and removed to Blain.
He was a just and conscientious man, highly
esteemed by his neighbors. Interested in all
the affairs of the township, he was always ac
tively engaged in local politics, and was a Dem
ocrat of the true Jeffersonian type. Mr. Dan
iel Gutshall was manied to Sarah, daughter
of Abraham and Jane Bower. They have
twelve children: Jane (Mrs. John Tressler),
of Jackson township; Alary (Mrs. George
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Solomon B., married Margaret Waggoner;
Caroline (Mrs. Amos Watts), of Oliver town
ship; Wilson, an employee of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company, married Sarah Dra-
venstadt, of Hanisburg, Pa.; Abraham, has
resided at Pueblo, Col, for more than twenty
years, and is engineer on the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad; Sarah (Atrs. David Bower),
of New Bloomfield; Henry, married Alary
Johnson, died from the effects of a kick from
a horse; Diana (Airs. Wilson Atonison), of
Toboyne township; George W., married Miss
Bennett, of Juniata county, resides on the
homestead in Jackson township; and Melinda,
died in 1865, aged eleven. Mr. Daniel Gut
shall and his wife were devout members of the
Lutheran church. He died at the age of sev
enty-seven; his wife died in 1878, aged sev
enty-nine. William B. Gutshall grew up on the home
stead, attending the public schools of the town
ship when he could be spared from home. He
began farming for himself, May 6, 1869, in
Shermans valley, on land belonging to bis
father, and four years later removed to the
homestead, where he remained for seven years.
In 1880, he purchased a home, and after his
father's death, bought additional land, which
he improved and cultivated until 1891; he
then retired from farm life, and removed to
Blain. He formed a partnership with Wil
liam Bower and they opened a warehouse as
commission merchants; they were also the
agents of the Newport and Shermans Valley
Railroad at Blain. Mr. Gutshall shared his
father's political views, and has always been
a Democrat. He is prominent in local poli
tics and has held various borough offices. In
• 1896 he was nominated for the office of county
commissioner and was elected by a good ma
jority. William B. Gutshall was married, in 1869,
to Emma, daughter of Benjamin Rice. They
have no children, but with true generous be
nevolence, Mr. Gutshall has shared his com
fortable home with two children, his wards,
whom he has cared for and educated. Mr.
Gutshall and his wife are members of the Lu
theran church at Blain, Pa.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER and JAMES
B. MOORELAND, Blain, Perry county, Pa.,
are sons of David L. and Sarah 0. (Hollings-
head) Mooreland. The former was born Jan

uary 3, 1837, in Blain; the latter at Spring
Run, Path valley, Franklin county, December
16, 1841. Their grandfather, David Moore
land, came from Ireland, in the latter part
of the eighteenth century, and settled in Sher
mans valley, near the present site of Blain.
Here he bought a tract of land, and began to
cultivate and improve it. He was industrious
and thrifty, and established a comfortable
home and income for his family. David
Mooreland was married January 14, 1804, to
Elizabeth Lemon. Their children are : Diana
(Airs. Dr. Gitt), of Missouri, bom Alarch 15,
1805, has five children; Sallie (Airs. Anthony
Black), of Jackson township, born November
8, 1806, has four children; John, born March
3, 1809, manied Atiss Hetrick, and removed
to South Bend, Ind., where bis descendants
now reside; David L., born July 27, 1811;
Lemon, born in September, 1813, married and
removed to Washington, AVashington county,
la.; James, born in 1816, manied and re
moved to Iowa City, la., had three children;
Mary, wife of Rev. George Porter, of Illi
nois, born November 6, 1818, has two sons
and two daughters; Alexander, born in June,
1821, went to Missouri and married there.
David Mooreland was an earnest member of
tbe Presbyterian church, and was a just man.
He died October 25, 1821, aged fifty years.
His wife died April 30, 1837, aged fifty years,
ten months and two days. The father of the
Messrs. Mooreland, David L. Mooreland, was
born and reared in Jackson township. He re
ceived his education in the district schools, and
at tbe early age of sixteen entered the employ
of the Oak Grove Furnace Company, in
Spring township, Perry county, as book
keeper. Upon attaining bis majority, be re
turned to Blain, and began business for him
self, as a merchant; after a short time, how
ever, he removed to Spring Run, Franklin
county, and continued in prosperous business
there for five years. Mr. Mooreland then pur
chased a farm in Fayette township, Frank
lin county; after nine years he sold it, re
turned to Jackson township, and farmed the
David Black estate for a number of years.
Mr. Mooreland was a man of advanced ideas,
and like bis father, honorable in all his deal
ings. He was highly respected by all who
knew him. In his later years he retired from
business and lived with his sons in Blain. Da
vid L. Mooreland was married October 5,

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1833, to Sarah C, daughter of William and
Hope Hollingshead, Quakers of New Jersey.
Their children are : William Alexander, born
January 3, 1837; David Schaffer, born May 2,
1839, died January 25, 1840; Mary E. (Mrs.
E. B. Lesh), of Lyon county, Kan., Avas born
Afarch 25, 1843, has two sons, David K. and
Charles AL; George M. Deems, born May
18, 1845, died July 9, 1845; Margaret Ann,
born March 29, 1847, died January 22, 1851.
Mrs. David Alooreland Avas born March 8,
1808. She ended a beautiful Christian life,
November 27, 1884. Mr. Mooreland's death
occurred April 18, 1894.
AVilliam A. and James B. Mooreland at
tended the district schools, and William A.
also attended Shade Gap Academy for one
term. James B. served a full apprenticeship
with Stewart & Zollinger, tinsmiths, of Har
risburg. He then returned to Blain and con
ducted a business until 1863. At the breaking
out of the late war, both of these brothers re
sponded to their country's call. William A.
Mooreland enlisted at Camp Curtin, at Har
risburg, September 3, 1861, in Company I,
Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers. He
served three years and participated in many
engagements and struggles, in those memora
ble years of our country's history. He was
discharged at Winchester, Va., in 1864.
James B. Mooreland enlisted in the Twentieth
Pennsylvania Cavalry, under Captain Bald
win, April 4, 1863. He served one and a half
years, and was honorably discharged at Cloud
Mills, Va., in 1865. After their return from
the war, the Messrs. Mooreland together
opened a tin, stove and hardware store in
Blain. Early in this business career they had
the misfortune to be burned out, but by in
dustry and good management, they have now
a large and prosperous business. They are
both members of the Samuel Baker Post, G.
A. R., in Blain. William A. Mooreland also
belongs to Lodge No. 706, I. O. 0. F., at
Blain. James B. Mooreland was married March 11,
1886, to Elizabeth W., daughter of William
D. and Maria (Fritz) Boyer. The Messrs.
Mooreland and family are members of the
Methodist Episcopal church.

FRANK A. GUTSHALL, M. D., Blain,
Perry county, Pa., was born at Carlisle, Cum
berland county, Pa., March 15, 1844. He is

a son of John and Catherine (Wunderlich)
Gutshall. His grandfather, Peter Gutshall,
of German descent, was born in 1790, at Har
risburg, Pa. When he was five years of age
he was brought to Carlisle, Pa., and received
his education in the district schools of that
place. He learned carpentry and became a
skilful mechanic and master workman. Just
and conscientious in his business transactions,
he was universally respected. He was mar
ried to Sarah Hagan, who was of Irish descent.
They had two sons: John; and Joseph, mar
ried Sarah Myers and in 1849 went to Cali
fornia, returning to the east for his wife in
1851. Both died soon after settling in Cali
fornia, and Mr. Gutshall's estate, the proceeds
of which amounted to several thousand dol
lars, was divided among strangers. Mr. Peter
Gutshall was a consistent member of the Lu
theran church; he died at Carlisle in 1863.
His wife was a member of the Roman Catholic
church. Patient and charitable in dispo
sition, a friend to all in distress, she was a true
helpmate to her husband, and was beloved by
all who knew her.
John Gutshall, father of Dr. Gutshall, was
born October 9, 1818, and received a limited
education in the public schools of Carlisle.
He learned carpentry with his father, and
while working at his trade, cherished the hope
of becoming an architect. Industry, perse
verance and conscientious workmanship pre
vailed. He became prominent in his chosen
profession throughout the counties of eastern
Pennsylvania. The jail, the county alms
house, the barracks, and many of the finest
houses in Carlisle were built by him. In 1856,
he planned and built the jail at Lewistown,
Mifflin county, Pa. Many other buildings in
different counties show his skill as a workman.
Mr. John Gutshall was a Whig, but on the
formation of the Republican party, he became
an ardent Democrat. He is actively interested
in all local affairs, and has held various bor
ough offices; he was assessor of the borough
for twenty years. He was nominated for
treasurer of Cumberland county, and was
elected by a very large majority. Mr. Gut
shall was a Knight Templar, and a member
of the F. and A. M., and of the I. O. O. F. He
was married in 1843, to Catherine, daughter
of Simon and Sarah (Crane) Wunderlich.
They have three children: Frank A., M. D.;
Joseph At., builder and contractor, removed

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to South America in 1870, and has never been
heard from; and John Charles, died aged
eleven. Mrs. Gutshall died in 1851, aged
twenty-seven. Quiet and retiring in manner,
she was noted for her charities and for her gen
erous hospitality, and her untimely death was
deeply mourned by her numerous friends.
Mr. Gutshall's second wife Avas Hettie, daugh
ter of James Graham. Their children are:
Georgia, died aged eighteen; Catherine (Mrs.
Oharies Eppley), of Cumberland county, has
one son, Alervin; Sarah F. (Mrs. James
Moose), Andersonburg, Peny county, Pa.,
has one son, Roy; and James, residing at Car
lisle, Pa., manied Julia Claudy, has two chil
dren, William and John. Air. John Gutshall
was a consistent member of the Presbyterian
church. He died September 12, 1890.
Frank A. Gutshall received his education
in the public schools of Carlisle, graduating
from the high school in IS 62. In the same
year he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred
and Thirtieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, Capt.
William F. Porter. In 1863, he had an attack
of typhoid fever, and was discharged as dis
abled, February 20, 1863. Returning to his
home, he began to read medicine with Dr. J.
J. Zitzer, of Carlisle, and shortly after entered
the medical department of the University of
Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, and graduated
in March, 1866. Dr. Gutshall began the prac
tice of his profession in Carlisle, but shortly
after removed to New Germantown, Toboyne
township, Peny county, where he had a large
practice. In 1881, he removed to Blain, Jack
son township, Perry county, where he has an
extensive and constantly increasing practice,
and has become prominent in professional cir
cles. He is a member of the Peny County
Medical Association and of the State Medical
Society. Dr. Gutshall is actively interested
in all the affairs of the community; he is en
terprising and anxious for improvement in
every direction. Like his father, he is a firm
adherent to the principles of Democracy, and
although not an office-seeker, has held various
borough and township offices. He is a mem
ber of the Samuel Baker Post, No. 543, G. A.
R., at Blain. He is also medical examiner for
the Mutual and Equitable Life Insurance
Company, of New York, and for the North
western Mutual Life Insurance, of Milwaukee,
Wis. Frank A. Gutshall, M. D., was married,

June 1, 1867, to Mary E., daughter of Levi
and Alargaret (Kunkle) Swartz. They have
two children: John Charles, at home; and
Daisy B. (Airs. Newton K. Bistline), has one
child, Elsie. Dr. Gutshall's family attend the
German Baptist church. He is a liberal sup
porter of all church enterprises.

WILLIAAI H. HALL, deceased, formerly
of Blain, Peny county, Pa., was bom in Mad
ison toAvnship, Peny county, in August, 1839.
He Avas a son of Daniel and Nancy (Hartman)
Hall, who was a farmer of Madison township,
was industrious and enterprising, managed his
land well, was successful in his undertakings,
and by his intelligence and upright character
maintained a position of respect and influence
in the community. He was an earnest mem
ber of the Methodist Episcopal church. The
children of Air. and Mrs. Daniel Hall are:
Benjamin F., married Mary Ann Hippie;
Eliza( Airs. Conrad Hench), has five children;
Diana (Mrs. Isaac F. HoUenbaugh); Sarah
(Airs. Samuel Bechtel); Wilhelmina (Atrs.
John Seeger); Rebecca, married first to Wil
liam Campbell, who died, and afterwards to
George Rice; Ataria (Atrs. Nicholas Loy), re
moved to Kansas; Nancy and Caroline, twins,
tbe former married to Jacob Flickinger, the
latter first to Nixon Bixler, who died, and
then to Joseph Walker; and William H.
Beginning life on the farm, William H.
Hall, attended first the common schools of his
township, taking afterwards courses of study
in the academies of Loysville and Landisburg..
Having thus become qualified to be an in
structor, he taught for a number of years in
Shermans valley. The value of his intelli
gence and careful preparation for the duties
of bis profession, of his executive abiUty, and
above all of his purity and integrity of char
acter, was not long in being recognized. He
was considered a very superior instructor, was
for seven years teacher and afterwards prin
cipal of the Andersonburg Soldiers' Orphan
School, Andersonburg, Pa. He was of a gen
erous and kindly nature, exemplary in his do
mestic relations, and a faithful member of his
chosen denomination, the Presbyterian. For
the last seventeen years of his life, Atr. Hall
was engaged in agricutural pursuits. He had
been to some extent interested in that busi
ness in Madison township, and in 1879, he
bought the Captain Gutshall farm in Jackson

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township, near Blain, Avhere he died while at
church, July 12, 1896. He ardently sup
ported the Republican party; he served the
township in various responsible positions. His
death was sincerely and universally regretted.
AAllliam H. Hall Avas married, in 1869, to
Airs. Elizabeth Kinsloe, widow of S. E. B. P.
Kinsloe. Air. and Airs. Hall had four chil
dren, three of whom died in early life. The
only survivor, Harry Atotzer Hall, Avas born
near Andersonburg, Atadison toAvnship, and
lived there until he was about ten years old,
when, in 1879, his parents removed to Jackson
toAvnship. Here he attended school, supple
menting his curriculum at the common schools
by a term in the State Normal School in Mans
field, Tioga county, Pa. Harry Al. Hall Avas
manied in June, 1890, to Florence V., daugh
ter of Andrew and Sarah (AVentz) Shreffler;
they have one child, AAllliani Franklin. Mr.
Hall is a Republican, and he and his Avife are
members of the Presbyterian church.
The first husband of Airs. Hall, Air. S. E. B.
P. Kinsloe, to whom she Avas manied July 12,
1858, enlisted for the Avar of the Rebellion
in Company E, Two Hundred and Eighth
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and died in the
Carver Hospital, Washington, D. C, from the
effects of gunshot Avouncls received in the bat
tle of Petersburg. The children of that rnar-
• riage are: Thomas West Kinsloe, married
Ella D. Sheafer, of Blain, has tAvo children
living, Edmund Burke and Grace Elizabeth,
besides Ida Gertrude, avIio died Avhen about
six years old; S. E. Burke Kinsloe, married
Ella E. Simons; and Annie AL, manied Rev.
John IL Cooper, of Jefferson county, Pa., has
children, Clyde C, Ethel Alargaret, William
IL, Florence E., and Burke. Kinsloe. Atrs.
Hall is a member of the Presbyterian church
at Blain; she is a good neighbor and friend,
helpful and kind in times of need, and faith
ful to duty.

JOHN A. KISTLER, Blain, Perry county,
Pa., son of Samuel and Catherine (Kline)
Kistler, Avas born in Spring township, Perry
county, February 8, 1832. Samuel Kistler
was also a native of Spring township, where he
was educated in the early subscription schools,
the instractions there imparted being princi
pally in the German language. His Avife's ed
ucation Avas similar to his; she did not learn
to read English until after their marriage.

They were an excellent couple; they resem
bled each other in generosity, both always
ready to assist the needy to the extent of their
ability; Samuel Kistler, indeed, went beyond
it, involving his estate to a considerable extent
by loans and endorsements. He was equally
kind and indulgent to his family. Mr. Kistler
was in earlier life a Whig, and afterwards be
came an ardent supporter of the Republican
party. Their children are: AVilliam, married
Emeline Gates, has five children living; Alary,
died aged about tAventy-four years; Abraham,
manied Sarah Eby, avIio died, leaving two
children, after Avhich he manied Fanny Koch,
and they had five children; Jacob, married
Alary Whistler, has seven children; John A.;
Caroline, manied AAllliam Loy, and had chil
dren, of whom three are living, after bis death
married Aloses Jeffries, Avho also dying, she
became Mrs. Getter; David, manied Caroline
Alyers, has sons and daughters, removed to
Colorado; and Margaret (Mrs. Jonathan
Bistline), of Dakota, has five children. Sam
uel Kistler was bom in 1802; his wife Avas
born September 13, 1804, and died September
12, 1890. She Avas a consistent member of
the Alethodist Episcopal church.
While John A. Kistler Avas very young, his
parents removed to Jackson township, where
he attended the common schools. At the age
of twenty, he began to leam his trade of James
Magee, tanner, at Huntingdon, Pa. His ap
prenticeship ended, he Avorked at the business
for some time as a journeyman, and then, after
a few changes of occupation, he turned his at
tention to fanning, in Jackson township, and
has continued to follow that vocation, - Avith
but little interraption, ever since. In the first
year of the great Rebellion, Mr. Kistler num
bered himself among the gallant defenders of
his country. He enlisted, September 14,
1861, in Company I, Forty-ninth Pennsylva
nia Volunteers; after three years of service,
having taken part with his regiment in every
battle in Avhich it Avas engaged, he was wound
ed in 1864, in a fight on the Rapahannock
river, and Avas soon after honorably discharged
at Winchester, ATa. Desiring to re-enlist, he
was rejected on account of disability. He then
spent about a year in AVashington, D. C, after
Avhich he returned home. Mr. Kistler has al
ways been an ardent Republican. He is a
member of Samuel Baker Post, No. 543, G.
A. R., at Blain.

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John A. Kistler was married, January 5,
1866, to Caroline V., daughter of Samuel and
Elizabeth (AVolf) Sheibley. Their children
are: Milton, graduate of the State Normal
School at AAYst Chester, Chester county, Pa.,
and of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., class
of 1894, is noAV an instructor in the State
Normal School at Edinborough, Erie, Pa.;
Alila Irene (Airs. Abraham Bucher), has one
son, Lloyd Day; Olivia; Clark, married
Blanche AlcCord, has one child, Carrie Alar
garet, resides at AicAYytoAvn, Pa. ; Alary J., a
graduate of the Edinborough State Normal
School, Erie, Pa., now doing good service as
a teacher in the borough school of Blain ; Ed
win, also a qualified teacher, engaged in the
same important work at the Alonterey school,
in Toboyne township, Perry county; and
Frederick Blain, married Alary HoUenbaugh,
has one child, Irene. Air. and Airs. John Kist
ler are members of the Alethodist Episcopal
church at Blain.
Air. and Airs. Samuel Sheibley, tbe parents
of Airs. J. A. Kistler, have a family of eight, as
follows: Afary (Airs. Samuel Smith); Rebec
ca (Airs. Daniel Schaeffer); Jane Elizabeth
(Airs. Alexander Atetz); Anna; Leah (Atrs.
Benjamin Bistline); Carrie V. (Atrs. Kistler);
Matilda (Mrs. Henry Bear) ; and David Alex
ander, married a lady in Kansas, and resides
at Americus, Kan. Airs. Sheibley, an excellent
lady, died in 1881, aged three-score years; her
husband survived her until 1886, when he
died, in February, aged about seventy.

AVILLIAAI SAAIUEL ENDSLOAV, Blain,
Peny county, Pa., was bom in the Endslow
homestead, where he now resides, March 18,
1843, son of Samuel Simmison and Eliza (Atc
Neal) EndsloAV. William and Isabella (Sim
mison) Endslow, his paternal grandparents,
were both of Scotch-Irish descent; they re
sided in Juniata county. Their children were :
William, first married to Miss Junk, of Juniata
county, Avho died leaving five children, next
to a lady in Ohio, who also died leaving sev
eral children, and lastly to another lady, by
whom he had children, making in all, includ
ing step-children, a family of twenty-three;
John, married Martha Milliken, had children,
William, Samuel and Harvey, who both en
listed in 1861, in Company I, Forty-third
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and the latter died
from the hardship and exposure of camp life ;

Alilliken, Annie B., Afary and Alattie, Avho
were twins, and one son and one daughter who
died very young; James, married Jane Eaton,
resided in Aladison toAvnship, Peny county,
for years conducted the AlcFarland mill, had
no children, and adopted Henry Zeiders, who
succeeded to their estate, and noAv resides in
St. Louis, AIo; Samuel Simmison; Catherine
(Airs. Butler); Elizabeth (Airs. AAllliam AIc-
Killip); and Isabella.
James AtcNeal, maternal grandfather of
AAllliam S. Endslow, came from Virginia in
Alarch, 1795, and settled upon a tract of land
Avhich he purchased in Jackson township, now
Peny, but then a part of Cumberland county.
Here he became a very successful merchant,
bringing his goods on wagons from Baltimore,
Aid. He acquired considerable property, and '
reared a family of nine children: Alartha,
lived unmarried to the age of eighty-one; Dan
iel, married and removed to Indiana, had two
children, Emily and Alary; David, married
and had a large family; resides in Ohio;
Maria, became the second Avife of Samuel S.
Endslow; James L., married Jane Ann Quig-
ley, has daughters, Alatilda, Nancy, Eliza and
Jane Ann, and one son who died in early life;
Eliza, first wife of Air. Endslow, and mother of
AAllliam S. EndsloAV; John, died aged about
sixteen; Emily, died in early womanhood;
and Alatilda, Avho also died young.
Samuel Simmison EndsloAV, born in 1809,
passed bis early life in Juniata county, attend
ing the common school, which was at such a
distance from his home that he not unfre-
quently found himself obliged to stay there
all night. He Avas afterwards apprentice to
his brother, James Endslow, a miller in
Kishacoquillas A'alley, in Aiifflin county. Dur
ing his apprenticeship, he received $37 per
year, and had one week at his own disposal
during the harvest season. After becoming
well acquainted with the milling business, Mr.
Endslow rented the old Towsey mill, in Atad
ison township, afterwards OAvned by Air. Bix
ler, and noAV the property of G E. Beck. Here
he remained one year, and then rented An
thony Black's mills, at Blain, which he con
ducted for tAvo years, during which time he
manied. In 1837, he bought the mills and
property of his father-in-law, James McNeal,
and here conducted business successfully until
1869, Avhen he retired from active employ
ment. It was well known that the products

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of Air. Endslow's mill were never rejected in
the Baltimore market. The mill was destroy
ed by fire in 1857, and rebuilt in 1858. Mr.
Endslow was an honorable man, exemplary in
every relation. He was a consistent and active
member of the Methodist Episcopal church;
his home or his mill frequently afforded a
place for meeting for worship. Samuel S.
Endslow was first married, March 9, 1837, to
Eliza, daughter of James and Alice (Gregory)
McNeal, born July 9, 1811. Their children
are: Alice Maria (Mrs. Wilson Alexander
Sterrett), of Cumberland county, born Janu
ary 20, 1838, had one child, and both mother
and child died; Isabella Jane, second wife of
AVilson A. Stenett, born May 9, 1839, has
two children, Wilson A. and David Kerr;
James, bom August 29, 1840, enlisted in Com
pany I, Forty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers,
died while in service, at Camp Griffin, Va.,
January 2, 1862; Martha Emily (Mrs. Da
vid P. Elder), of Topeka, Kan., born October
9, 1841, has children, Flora, Addie S., Alice
E., Samuel E. and David P.; and William
Samuel. Mrs. Eliza Endslow died July 12,
1843, in her early prime, having just passed
her thirty-second birthday; she was amiable
and kind, a faithful Christian, and was deeply
mourned. In the foUoAving year, February
22, 1844, Mr. Endslow manied her sister,
Maria McNeal, born July 4, 1800. He died
November 23, 1885, and she survived him un
til July 2, 1888. '
Brought up in- Jackson township, William
S. Endslow received his primary education in
the public schools, and then for tAvo terms at
tended the Mt. Dempsey Academy, at Landis
burg, Pa. He learned the management of a
mill under his father's instructions, and resid
ed with his father until the latter part of 1868.
Being married at this time, he soon after
bought the mill property and the farm from
his father, and began business on his own ac
count. He has shown himself to be energetic
and persevering, as well as conscientious in
his business dealings. His mill was destroyed
by fire July 13, 1883, and he rebuilt it in
1886. He has enjoyed a large share of patron
age, and in return has always interested him
self heartily in the welfare and progress of
the community. He is an ardent Republican,
as was also his father; the latter was a AVhig
in his earlier years.
William Samuel Endslow was married Oc

tober 15, 1868, to Addie S., daughter of
George and Arabella (Stambaugh) Stroup.
Their children are : George Stroup, born Sep
tember 18, 1870, a graduate of Palm's Busi
ness College, Philadelphia, manied March 7,
1895, to Jenny E. Bryan, has two children,
Isabella and an infant; Samuel Simmison,
bom June 10, 1872, now a student at Dickin
son College, Carlisle, Pa. ; Wilson Alexander
Stenett, born April 29, 1874, now teaching a
school in Jackson township; Elsie Alay Stam
baugh, born September 6, 1876; and James
MattheAV Simpson, born November 22, 1882.
Mr. EndsloAV is an earnest member of the
Alethodist Episcopal church at Blain, and has
served as an officer in the congregation for
some years. Atrs. Endslow is a member of the
Lutheran church at Blain.

WILLIAM B. GRAY, Blain, Berry coun
ty, Pa., was born in Jackson township, near
Blain, September 20, 1836, son of Hugh and
Isabella (Bower) Gray. His grandparents
were James and Emily (Walker) Gray. James
Gray was born in Scotland, and came to Amer
ica with his parents, who settled in one of the
counties of Eastern Pennsylvania, probably
Montgomery. He was a weaver. He married-
Miss Walker in 1800, and in the following
year, settled within the present limits of Perry
county, in the Sandy Hill district of Madison
township. He was a pioneer settler, and a very
active business man. Besides carrying on the
Aveaving business, he also conducted a still.
He was not only a just man, and reliable in all
his transactions, but was liberal to persons in
need of assistance, and to the church. He
contributed largely to the erection of the Pres
byterian church at Centre, one of the earliest
church edifices in Shermans valley. His chil
dren were: Fanny, unmarried, lived to pass
her eightieth year; Hugh; James, married
Elizabeth Graybill, of Centre county, had
seven children; John, married Sarah Bower,
bad four children, one of whom, James A.
Gray, was elected sheriff of Perry county in
1878, on the Democratic ticket; Mary (Mrs.
David Adams) ; Jane (Mrs. AVilliam A. Mor
rison), has six children; William, married
Eliza Elder, of Franklin county, Pa., had three
children; Thomas, married Catherine Crisp-
lip, of Cumberland county, Pa., had four chil
dren; and Ellen (Mrs. Benjamin Norton), of
NeAvton Hamilton, Pa., had four children.

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James Gray died aged about forty-seven; his
good wife survived, to reach the venrable age
of eighty-six.
Their son, Hugh Gray, received the limited
education then ordinarily obtainable by farm
ers' boys, worked with bis father both at the
loom and in the still until he married, in
1835. After that event, he turned his atten
tion to farming, and cultivated a tract in To
boyne township for ten years. He then re
moved to Aladison township, continuing to
follow the same calling, Avhich he did Avith
good success. He was progressive in his meth
ods, and of a disposition and character that
won him many friends. His wife also
was highly esteemed for her many virtues and
consistent life; she was a very kind and hos
pitable woman. Mr. Gray Avas a Presbyterian,
and his wife a Lutheran. Airs. Isabella Gray
was a daughter of Solomon and Alagdalena
(Fosselman) Bower; she was born in 1811,
and manied to Hugh Gray in September,
1835. Their children are: AVilliam B.; Solo
mon, manied Lydia A. Garber, and died May
21, 1895, leaving two children, Alary Aurelia
and William Musser; Emma Susan (Airs. S.
W. Bernheisel), has three children living,
Hany G., Charles W. and Alay; and John G.,
married Alary Smith, has three children, Delia,
William H, and Grace. Mrs. Hugh Gray
died in February, 1868. Atr. Gray, who was
born Alarch 7, 1804, died December 31, 1876.
Passing his boyhood in Aladison township,
William B. Gray attended tbe common schools
of his neighborhood, and resided at home, as
sisting his father in the management of tbe
farm, until he was twenty-five, at which time
he was married. He was very successful as a
farmer. He began on bis own account on the
farm of his father-in-law, John Stumbaugh,
the place on which he now resides. In 1865,
he bought the homestead at public sale. He
has made many judicious improvements, such
as erecting farm buildings, in addition to bis
spacious and comfortable residence, construct
ing fences, etc., besides so managing the culti
vation of the land as to render the farm highly
productive. He has been actively interested
m local political affairs, and public improve
ments. He is of the same political party as
his father, who was in early life a Whig, and
afterwards became a Republican. He was
nominated on the ticket of that party in 1890,
for the office of county commissioner, and

elected by a very flattering majority. He was
chosen president of the board of commission
ers, and was instrumental in making many
improvements; among these were the annex
to the court house, and the improved fixtures
and facilities in the various offices in the build
ing. During the administration of Air. Gray,
seven new iron and steel bridges Avere built in
the county, and one stone arch bridge, at
Alontgomerys Ferry, besides three covered
wooden bridges along Shermans creek. In
1892, the famous bridge across the Juniata at
Alillerstown was rebuilt. Taken altogether,
Atr. Gray may congratulate himself upon hav
ing had a very useful and popular administra
tion. He has also served in various township
offices. He is a member of Lodge No. 706, 1.
0. 0. F., at Blain.
William B. Gray was manied in 1861 to
Alargaret Jane, daughter of John and Nancy
(McKee) Stumbaugh. Their children are:
James H, conductor on the Northern Central
Railroad, between Alarysville and Baltimore,
Aid., manied Ella Mann, has one child, Lena;
Scott AL, of Kingston, Cumberland county,
Pa., manied Annie Freman; W. Frank; and
Arthur G. The family attend the Reformed
church at Blain.

WILLIAM A. KLINTE, Blain, Peny coun
ty, Pa., was born in Tyrone township, near
Loysville, January 5, 1846, son of Peter and
Sarah (Smith) Kline. His grandfather, Henry
Kline, Avas a stone mason, a contractor and
builder; he was well known throughout the
county for his work. He was an intelligent
and well-read man, particularly on the sub
ject of Biblical history; during his later years,
he became a preacher in the Church of God.
He was noted for his kind and generous dis
position; he was tall and of a large figure,
and it used to be said of him that he was "as
good as he was great." He was twice married,
the first time to Aliss Sheibley, who died, leav
ing a large family of children; he afterwards
married again. Their children are: Alary
(Mrs. Peter Smith), has eight children; Eliza
beth (Airs. Daniel Smith), has seven children;
Catherine (Atrs. Samuel Kistler), has seven
children; Alargaret (Atrs. Jacob Kyner), has
nine children; Diana (Airs. Henry Ebert),
has three children; Susan (Atrs. AtcCartney),
had three children; Lydia (Airs. John Col
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Kepner), has two children; Jacob, manied
and remoAred to Illinois; John, manied Miss
Fleischer, has three sons and four daughters;
William; and Peter. Peter Kline was born
November 8, 1810, and brought up near Loys
ville ; he attended the schools of Tyrone town
ship, receiving a somewhat limited education.
In the year in Avhich he was married, 1839, he
bought the homestead upon which his son,
William A. Kline, resides, from William
Blackburn. He had already made a begin
ning in farming on his OAvn account, on his
father's farm; he noAV left his early home,
and devoted his attention to the land which he
had purchased, on which he built a comforta
ble house, and made many other improve
ments. He was prosperous, and was consider
ed to deserve his prosperity, being a man of
upright character and liberal spirit. He was
warmly interested in church affairs, and in
the general concerns of the community. He
was a decided Republican. Peter Kline Avas
married Alarch 19, 1839, to -Sarah, daughter
of Air. and Airs. Jacob Smith. Their children
are: George, born April 4, 1840, manied
Mary Bailor, has had seven children, William,
deceased, EdAArard, deceased, Amina, Clara,
Alvin, Lilly and Orville; Alargaret E., born
August 22, 1842; Jacob H, born October 23,
1843, resides in Illinois, manied Elizabeth
Burd, has seven children, Harry, Charles,
Pearl, Edward, Cloyd, Eva, and one that died
very young; William A.; and Caroline S.
(Mrs. John A. AleKee), has five children,
Charles, deceased, Sallie, Harry, Alay and
Floy. Peter Kline died June 3, 1875. His
wife, who was born March 15, 1807, died in
March, 1880, after a life of usefulness, kind
ness and faithful devotion to duty.
At the age of seven, William A. Kline was
brought by his parents to the homestead in
Jackson toAvnship. He attended the public
schools and assisted in the cultivation of the
farm until he reached the age of twenty-four.
He then went to Illinois and worked there as
a farm hand for tAvo years, coming back at the
end of that time to Jackson toAvnship. He
began fanning on the homestead in 1877, and
in the same year came into possession of that
property. In 1889, he built a large and con
venient barn, and has made many other im
provements. He has served in various toAvn-
ship offices, but has maintained bis independ
ence of any political party.

AVilliam A. Kline Avas married January 18,
1874, to Catherine, daughter of William and
Sophia (Roth) Atumper. Their children are:
Alyra (Atrs. George A. Spohn), has one child,
Alyrtle; Irvin Eugene, graduate of the State
Normal School at Lock Haven, Pa., now teach
ing in Jackson township; Emma F., born Feb
ruary 23, 1876; Ella N., born July 30, 1877
Sallie M., born Atay 3, 1879 ; George A., born
July 27, 1880; John R., bom Atay 27, 1882
Bertha S., born April 11, 1885; Annie Pearl
bom February 25, 1888, died January 27
1893; Mary At., born December 21, 1889; Ida
M., born June 6, 1893; and Margaret Edith,
bom April 10, 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Kline are
members of the Methodist Episcopal church
at Blain.

DAVID ROAVE, Blain, Peny county, Pa.,
Avas born near Germantown, Pa., Alarch 10,
1830, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Himes)
Roavo Jacob Rowe was a native of Philadel
phia ; both his parents died when he was very
young, and be became the ward of a family re
siding at Sunbury, Pa., and received his edu
cation in the schools of that place. At the age
of eighteen, he began to learn carpentry with
the gentleman in whose family he had been
reared, and after acquiring a knoAvledge of
his trade, foUoAved it for some years in To
boyne toAvnship, Perry county, Avith encourag
ing success. He took contracts for building,
and having made for himself a good reputation
as a skillful and reliable mechanic, besides be
ing fragal in his expenditures, it Avas not many
years before he had saved enough to purchase
a farm in Toboyne township. The cultivation
of this land noAV became his main occupation,
and continued to be so during the rest of his
life. . By his integrity and perseArering indus
try, he had, although he began life poor, at
tained to a position of ease and comfort, en
abling him to bring up his large family well,
and to assist others who Avere in need. He Avas
tAviee married; his first Avife Avas Aliss Seeger,
and their children Avere as f oIIoavs : Alary Ann
(Airs. Samuel HoUenbaugh); Julia (Airs. Jon
athan Kontz); Alary (Airs. Daniel Bloom);
II annah (Mrs. Jacob Kramer) ; Susanna (Mrs.
George Pfoutz); Isabella (Mrs. Alichael Alurn-
ber); Joshua, married Sarah Sheibley; John,
married and resided in Northumberland coun
ty, Pa.; Jeremiah, married Jennie Showers;
Jacob, married Alary HoUenbaugh; and Wil-

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ham, married Aliss Foltz. After the death of
his first wife, Jacob RoAve manied Elizabeth
(Himes) Smith, daughter of William and
Elizabeth Himes, and widow of George Smith.
The chUdren by this marriage are: David;
and George, who married Mary Marshall, and
has children, Arthur, Edward, and Elizabeth
(Mrs. William Gutshall). Jacob Rowe died
at the age of seventy-two; his wife survived
him for many years, reaching the age of
eighty-six. She was an excellent woman,
kind and charitable, and a consistent member,
with her husband, of the Lutheran church at
Blain. Reared in Toboyne township, and educated
in its common schools, David Rowe continued
to be his father's assistant in the management
of his farm until after bis marriage, Avhich
took place in 1849. He manied Sarah, daugh
ter of Henry and Elizabeth (Kiner) Aiumper,
and after this event, farmed tbe homestead in
Toboyne township for bis fatber for four
years, after which he removed to Jackson
township, and worked as a farm hand until
1857, when he purchased a small home in
Toboyne township. After a residence of four
teen years there, he bought his present home
in Jackson township, has made many improve
ments upon it, and can boast of a well-ordered
and profitable farm. Mr. RoAve has not only
been diligent in his business, but has served
his township with fidelity in several offices.
Like his father before him, he is a Democrat.
The children of Mr. and Airs. Rowe are:
Elizabeth, born May 25, 1850; is married
to William Henry, and has five children;
Mary W. (Mrs. Philip A. Boll), bom July 4,
1851, has five children; Sarah Jane (Mrs.
Sylvester Shields), born February 10, 1854,
has six children; Albert A., living in Texas,
was bom March 18, 1855; Matilda Ann (Mrs.
William DeLancy), born March 5, 1857, has
seven children; David M., born in December,
1860, married Ellen Wilt, has two children;
Catherine (Mrs. Andrew J. Wentz), born
December 13, 1862, has seven children;
William E., born September 18, 1869, manied
Elizabeth S. Shuman; and Ira J., born June
1, 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Rowe are both mem
bers of the Reformed church at Blain.

GEORGE HOLTZ, deceased, formerly of
Blain, Perry county, Pa., was born ,on his
father's farm in Toboyne township, January

1, 1829, son of John and Alary (Gutshall)
Holtz. His grandfather, Frederick Holtz, a
native of Germany, settled in the provinces of
Pennsylvania some time in the last century.
Among his sons and daughters were: John,
father of George Holtz; Jacob, married and
went to Ohio, Avhere his descendants are now
living; Frederick, married and removed to
Adams county, Pa., had children, some of
whom are now residing on the old homestead;
Alargaret (Airs. Border), of the vicinity of
East Berlin, Pa.; Alary (Airs. Snyder), lives
near New Chester, Pa. ; Airs. Henry Cbronis-
ter, of Bermudian, Pa. Tbe eldest of the
family, John Holtz, attended the public
schools of Adams county, and while still a
young man, began farming in Toboyne town
ship, Perry county. Some time later, he pur
chased and improved land in Jackson toAvn-
ship, which he cultivated very successfully.
He was regarded as a skillful and substantial
farmer and a Avorthy citizen. By his maniage
Avith Aliss Gutshall, he bad three children:
Susanna (Airs. Samuel Crider), has children,
Alary E. (Airs. George HoUenbaugh), Lydia
Alelinda (Airs. John A. Snyder), and John,
married Laura Baker; David, who died at the
age of twenty-five; and George. The father,
John Holtz, Avas a member of tbe Lutheran
church. Having been educated in the common
schools of Toboyne township, George Holtz
continued to reside with his father until he
was thirteen years old, when be began farming
on the place which is now the home of his
family. He Avas prosperous in his undertak
ing, and by reason of his well-merited success
and his excellent character, was much respect
ed in the community. George Holtz was mar
ried, December 16, 1856, to Alary A., daugh
ter of Daniel and Sarah A. (Smith) Ebert.
Their children are: William Alexander, died
when four years old ; a son aaIio died in early
infancy; Susan E.; Sarah P. (Airs. AVilliam
H. Trostle), of Aladison township ; Annie A.,
now instructor in a school in Aladison toAvn-
ship; Alary E., teaching in Toboyne town
ship; Daisy A. ; ancl Emma AIcC. Air. Holtz
died April 28, 1890. A good husband and
fatber, a consistent Christian, and faithful to
tbe obligations of a citizen, a neighbor and a
business man, bis loss was universally re
gretted. Mrs. George lloltz is a great-great-great-

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granddaughter of Jacob Ebert, who was born
in AAlirtemberg, Germany, in 1676. He mar
ried Aliss Drenkel, and emigrated to America,
landing here December 12, 1713. They took
up their residence near the old English settle
ment of Jamestown, Va., and there brought
up their little family of two sons, John and
AVilliam, and one daughter. William went to
Pennsylvania, and settled in what is now
Northumberland county; here he married
Catherine Kretzinger, the only remaining
member of a family who had fallen victims
to an Indian massacre ; they had five sons and
three daughters. Their youngest son, Joseph,
was married in 1767 to Catherine Smith, of
Northumberland county; they had four
daughters and three sons: Lawrence; Adam;
and Conrad. LaAvrence Ebert went in 1793,
to Berks county, Pa., Avhere he married Cathe
rine Keck; in 1810, they removed to Lan
disburg, Pa. They had eight daughters ; their
sons were: Daniel; Peter; John; Henry;
Samuel; and William. Samuel manied and
resided in Juniata county, Pa., Avhere he died
about 1863. William manied Nancy Wag
goner; he died at Martha Furnace, Centre
county, Pa.
Daniel Ebert went to Loysville, Perry coun
ty. He married Elizabeth Smith, a native of
Germany, in 1832; they had one son and one
daughter; the latter died when eighteen
months old, and the mother died when she
had been manied only four years. The son,
John Ebert, who Avas born March 21, 1833,
went west, and settled at Indianapolis, Ind.,
May 1, 1854. There he worked at carpentry
until 1876. From 1864 to 1867, he was part
ner with W. A. Bristor in tbe Carmel shoe
store, Avhich is still carried on. In 1863, he
entered into partnership Avith AV B. Owens
in the lumber business. This connection was
dissolved January 6, 1880, and Air. Ebert
went to Mineral City, Ind., where he became
a member of the firm of Jones & Benner, also
lumber merchants; the two original partners
withdrawing at different times, Atr. Ebert was
left sole proprietor of the business, after
which, May 5, 1884, he removed to Portland,
Ind., transferring bis lumber interest to that
place. John Ebert was married, August 28,
1850, to Mary Clark, a native of Ireland; be
sides one daughter, they had four sons, as fol
lows: William H, born September 11, 1857;
John L, born Alay 23, 1861; Charles D.,

born March 7, 1863; and George W., born
November 8, 1866. AVilliam became a clerk,
and married Louise E. Sherman, of Green
ville, 111., November 21, 1863.
The second maniage of Daniel Ebert was
with Sarah A. Smith, a sister of his first wife.
Their children are: Alary A. (Airs. George
Holtz); Sarah Elizabeth (Mrs. Abraham
Hostetter); Samuel; George A.; and AVil
liam D. Samuel was married in December,
1879, to Augusta AtcCarthy, and has one son,
Charles A., and one daughter; George A.,
married Miss Hostetter, has- one son, Elwyn
A., and three daughters; William D., also
married a Miss Hostetter, and has one daugh
ter and one son, Samuel.

ISAAC STOKE, Blain, Beny county, Pa.,
was bom in Harford county, Md., October 2,
1831, and is a son of George and Sarah C.
(Trostle) Stoke. His paternal grandfather
was a pastor of the Refonned church; he re
sided near Dublin Springs, Cumberland coun
ty, Pa. His children were: Joseph, married
and removed to Marion, 0., had one son and
one daughter; Peter, married and removed
to Zanesville, 0., had a family of children;
Samuel, manied and resided in Franklin
county, died in Chambersburg, Pa.; George;
and Annie (Atrs. Fuhrnall), of Cumberland
county, where her descendants now reside.
The youngest son, George Stoke, was brought
up and attended the common schools in Cum
berland county. He learned the trade of
fuller, in Avhich business he was skilled and
successful; he was occupied with it during
most of his life. He married Sarah Catherine,
daughter of Abraham and Catherine (Brough)
Trostle. One of their children died while an
infant; tbe others are: William, of Jackson
toAvnship, married Margaret AAtentz, has nine
children; Abraham, of Mt. Vernon, 0., mar
ried a lady of that State, has nine children;
Isaac; George, of Adams county, Pa., married
first Atiss Hullinger, had five children, and
after her death manied another lady of the
same county; Samuel, unmarried, an inmate
of the Soldiers' Home, Upper Sandusky, 0.;
Jacob Franklin, now of Kansas, manied Miss
Kennedy, of Adams county, Pa., resided in
ToAva, Avhere she died, leaving two children,
and he married again; Rev. Harry A., an
Evangelical minister, resides in Fulton county,
Pa. ; Catherine (Airs. Alfred Wilt), of Adams

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county, has a large family, both sons and
daughters; and twins, Joseph and Sarah Ann,
the former married a lady of Huntingdon
county, Pa., and resides at Altoona, Pa., tbe
latter married Charles Schaffer, of Adams
county, has sons ancl daughters, resides in
Alarion county, Kan. All the sons of George
Stoke, except Isaac, served in the Union army
during the war of the Rebellion; George was
wounded in the service. George Stoke, Sr.,
spent his declining years in Tyrone township,
Adams county. He was a worthy man and
a good citizen, and much respected. He and
his wife were faithful members of the Evan
gelical church. Mrs. Stoke died in 1852,
aged about forty-five years; Air. Stoke died
April 7, 1877, aged about seventy-seven years.
The education of Isaac Stoke was obtained
in the common schools of Adams county, after
which he became apprentice to a miller, and
thoroughly acquired the knowledge and prac
tice requisite for carrying on that business.
He worked as a journeyman in A'arious places,
among which were Harrisburg and towns in
Cumberland, Huntingdon, Mifflin and Lan
caster counties. In 1857, be came to Perry
county, and purchased tbe mill property of
Thomas Woods, where he now resides and
conducts a flourishing trade. He has made
many improvements. In 1875, he built a
new mill, fitting it up with new and improved
machinery, of a larger capacity than the mill
had ever before had. In 1895, he added a
powerful engine and boiler in addition to his
water-power, yielded by two iron turbine
wheels. He is enterprising and progressive in
his ideas, and this, combined with his just and
reliable dealings, has brought him unbound
ed success. His comfortable and convenient
dwelling was erected in 1864, and has a rather
peculiar history. During its erection, the
seven men employed in the work all decided
to enlist; they did so, leaving Mr. Stoke to
cany on the building as best be might ; after
serving their term of enlistment, however,
all returned to tbe work except one, Sylvester
McElhenny, who died from a gunshot wound
received in battle. . Besides the house and mill,
Mr. Stoke has built a fine large barn, and add
ed other facilities. He is a Republican, and
interested in politics, but not an office-seeker.
Isaac Stoke was manied. April 14, 1857,
to Susan Elizabeth, daughter of John and
Mary (Trimmer) Howe. Their children

are: Alary Eugenia, deceased ; David P., mar
ried Phebe Alorrow, has children, Elizabeth
E., Alay, William, Frank S., Minnie and
Alartha; Isaac HoAvard, manied Ellen Sny
der, has eight children, Georgiana, Bessie,
ToAver, Laura, Grace, Ruth, Roy, and an in
fant; AATirren J., married Sarah Biseline; and
Harry D. Atr. and Airs. Isaac Stoke are mem
bers of the Methodist Episcopal church at
Blain.

DAVID STAMBAUGH, Blain, Beny
county, Pa., was born on the homestead, July
7, 1849, son of John and Sarah G (Foust)
Stambaugh, and grandson of John and Mary
Aiagdalena (Bower) Stambaugh. The elder
John Stambaugh came between 1815 and
1820, from the eastern part of Pennsylvania,
and settled in Shermans valley. He was a
farmer, and a citizen of excellent repute. His
children were: John, Jr.; Arabella (Mrs.
George Stroup! had four children; Anna
(Airs. Bloom), of Juniata county, Pa., had
one child; Samuel S., was reared by his grand
parents at the old Stambaugh farm in Jack
son township, and is now practicing law in
Richland county, 0.; and William B., mar
ried Jane Martin, and resided in Jackson
township, until 1878, and now live in Ne
braska; their children are: Martin B., Ade
line and Robert. Alartin B. Stambaugh is
married and resides in the State of AVashing-
ton. The eldest of this family, John Stam
baugh, bom May 10, 1819, passed bis youth
on the home farm, and was educated in the
district schools. He became a skillful and ex
perienced farmer, having assisted in the cul
tivation of the homestead from early youth;
to this property he succeeded upon the death
of his father, and resided in the same place
throughout his peaceful and prosperous life.
He was a good neighbor and friend, and was
much esteemed. His wife, a daughter of
Jonathan and Catherine (Himes) Foust, Avas
born in 1820; she was an excellent lady, and,
like her husband, a consistent member of the
church. Their children are: Samuel F., of
Atchison, Kan., manied Afary E. Aloore, has
three children, John Carrollton, Grace Aloore
ancl Luther Earl; David; Mary E. _ (Airs.
Simon E. Harkins), of Jackson township, has
three children, Sarah Eveline, and twins,
John Franklin and Annie Florence; Sarah C.
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John, of AtcGuffy, 0., married Margaret J.
Johnson, has children, Alexander Armstrong,
Sarah Letitia, John, Margaret and Annie;
William F., married Della AVoods, has tAvo
children, resides in Madison township; and
Annie R. (Mrs. Tower McConnell), residing
on the homestead, has one child, Thomas Dale.
The father, John Stambaugh, died April 26,
1869; his wife survived him until July 28,
1894. A resident all his life of the pleasant and
productive homestead Avhich has now been
the dwelling place of three generations, David
Stambaugh was educated in the schools of the
neighborhood, and was from boyhood a helper
in the work of cultivation; he assisted his
father during his life, and succeeded to the
homestead after the father's work on earth Avas
ended. Mr. Stambaugh is a Avorthy and in
telligent man, and well maintains the respect
able position of his family. He is a supporter
of the Democratic party. David Stambaugh
Avas married in 1872, to Mary E., daughter
of James and Louisa (Brickley) Woods. Their
children are: Jesse Lisle; Samuel Himes;
Della Woods; John Wayne; and Annie
Bertha. Mrs. Mary E. Stambaugh died March
16, 1889, aged about forty -four years. Mr.
Stambaugh was again married, May 31, 1893,
to Atinerva K, daughter of Isaac and Mary
(Shearer) Book. Of this marriage there is one
child, David Book. Atr. Stambaugh is a mem
ber of the Lutheran church.

JOHN C. SNYDER, Blain, Perry county,
Pa., Avas born November 18, 1838, in Toboyne
toAvnship, son of David and Mary (Stump)
Snyder. Abraham Snyder, his grandfather,
came from Northumberland county, Pa., and
settled in Toboyne township, Avhere he Avas oc
cupied for some years both with farming and
with tailoring; but during the latter part of
his life he did very little at the latter business,
devoting almost exclusive attention to farm
ing, especially after his removal to Adams
county, Avhere he died at the age of eighty.
Abraham Snyder Avas twice married, in To
boyne toAvnship. His first Avife was Alary
Kern; they had children, as follows: David;
Simon; Joseph; John; George; William;
Hannah; Alary; Sarah; ancl Susan. To his
second marriage, Avith Aliss Holtz, were born
three daughters and two sons. Air. Snyder Avas
a Avorthy ancl respected citizen, a member of

the Reformed church, and of good character
and influence. His son, David Snyder, hav
ing been educated in tbe common schools of
Toboyne township, continued to reside with
his parents until he reached manhood. He
became a cooper, and worked at that trade
in addition to farming during most of his life.
In 1858, he purchased the farm in Jackson
township, on which Mr. John C. Snyder now
lives, and made it his permanent residence
during his later years. Like his father, he
Avas a good citizen, and well regarded by his
neighbors. He was a Democrat, of the Jeffer
son school, and warmly interested in the af
fairs of the country and of his vicinity. David
Snyder was married in 1834, to Mary, daugh
ter of Alessias Stump. Their children are:
Abraham, married first to Elizabeth Baker,
who died, then to Lydia Ann Gray, who also
died, leaving three children, and lastly to
Annie Reed, of Cumberland county, Pa. ; Wil
liam, married Sarah Loy, has two sons and
seven daughters; Simon, manied Sarah Bist
line, has seven children; John G; Sarah
(Mrs. John Swartz), has ten children; Mag
dalena (Mrs. Jacob Allison), has five children;
Barbara (Mrs. David Hollenbaugh), has two
children; Angelina (Mrs. George Ensmin
ger), has two children; and Jemima (Mrs.
Alpheus Neidicb), has eight children. David
Snyder, who was born in 1805, died December
9, 1872; his wife survived him until 1881,
reaching the age of about seventy-seven. Both
were consistent members of the Reformed
church. Their third son, John 0. Snyder, attended
the schools of Toboyne township, and assisted
in the work of his father's farm, thus acquir
ing skill and experience as a tiller of the
ground. He married at the age of twenty-
three, ancl in the same year began farming for
himself on his father's property in Jackson
township. Here he has passed a life of activ
ity and usefulness. He has so improved his
land and buildings as to have a neat, conven
ient and A-ery productive farm. The home
stead became bis property after his father's
death. Mr. Snyder is interested in local af
fairs, and is ahvays ready to promote any
Avorthy enterprise.
John C. Snyder was married, November 21,
1861, to Alary A., daughter of Jacob and Mary
(Sheibley) Deach. Their children are: Am
brose, died Avhen about three years old;

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Samuel, died at the age of twenty-three;
Pierce B., died aged twenty-five; David M.,
married Delilah Shoemaker, has four daugh
ters, Gertrude S., Mary G., Ida F., and Vera
M.; Florence (Mrs. William Sheaffer);
Charles F. ; Rose E. ; Ada L. ; and William
D., died aged four years. Mr. and Airs. Sny
der are members of the Church of God.

GEORGE S. BRINER, Blain, Peny coun
ty, Pa., son of George and Alagdalena (See-
ger) Briner, was born July 7, 1841, at Alt.
Pleasant, Jackson township, on the place
where he now lives. His great-grandfather,
a German by birth, setled in Pennsylvania be
fore the Revolutionary war. He enlisted in
the Continental army, and served under Gen
eral Washington in the conflict that secured
American independence; his name is written
in the archives of his adopted country. He
reared his young family in Berks county, Ba. ;
but his son, Jacob Briner, grandfather of
George S., left home at the age of eighteen,
made his way westward to where the borough
of Middletown is now, and there found em
ployment with a farmer named Young. Here
he remained for several years; then he re
turned to Berks county, married Alagdalena
Hammer, and, accompanied by his brother,
George, came to Perry county, and settled
in Shermans A'alley, about two miles south
west of Loysville, where the brothers began
farming. This took place in 1806 or 1807.
Somewhat later, George Briner also returned
to Berks county on a matrimonial errand, and
taking to himself another daughter of the
Hammer family, a sister of Mrs. Jacob Briner,
brought her out to the settlement in Perry
county, where the brothers continued farming
together for about two years longer. Next,
a third brother, Peter Briner, manied a third
Miss Hammer, a sister of the two earlier
brides, and settled on the Briner homestead,
near Loysville. Peter Briner was endoAved
with a variety of talents. He soon became
widely known throughout Cumberland and
the adjoining counties as a skillful veterinary
surgeon. He also seiwed for some years as
constable, and was an acute and successful de
tective. He made persevering efforts for the
capture of horse thieves, sometimes following
them as far as Ohio, and seldom failing to ap
prehend them. He passed the remainder of
his life on the farm near Loysville, and reared

a family of six daughters and three sons. One
son and one daughter were drowned in the
Himes mill-dam, now AAYaver's. Jacolj and
George Briner remoA'ed in March, 1809, to
the homestead in Jackson township. Here
they bought from a man named Hunter a tract
of 226 acres, improved their purchase, and
became prosperous farmers. The children of
George Briner were: Jonas; John; Alary
Ann; Julia; Andrew; Samuel; Solomon;
Elizabeth (Airs. George Kiner); Annie, avIio
became the second wife of John Thumma, and
who still resides at Loysville ; Alargaret ; Leah
(Atrs. Emanuel Freeman) ; and Rebecca (Mrs.
AndreAv S. Loy). Annie and Leah are the
only survivors.
Jacob Briner had his agricultural interests
in common with his brother, George, for twen
ty-two years. They at length separated, buy
ing the old property near Loysville, on which
they had formerly lived, and to which George
Briner now removed. He passed the rest of
his life there, and bequeathed the farm to his
sons, John and Solomon; after their death,
it passed into the hands of Solomon's son, Ed
ward Briner. Jacob Briner Avas 'a man of ex
cellent character and of high reputation, be
sides being a good farmer and business man.
His known integrity procured for him univer
sal confidence. While still a young man, he
became a member of the Lutheran church at
Loysville, ancl after becoming a resident of
Jackson township, connected himself Avith the
congregation at Blain, and, with bis wife,
Magdalena (Hammer) Briner, continued a
faithful participant in its work and its privi
leges. Their children are: George; Cathe
rine, died unmarried, aged about seventy-
three; Alary (Airs. George Seeger), of To
boyne township, near New GermantoAvn, has
children, Jacob, Alelinda, Alagdalene, Cathe
rine and George; Elizabeth (Mrs. Jesse Say
lor), of Juniata county; Susan (Airs. J. P.
Armold), removed first to Shelby, 0., resides
noAV in Richland county, 0., has children,
George, Alary, Ellen, and John; Jacob J.,
married Amelia Ritzman, of Juniata county,
removed to Springfield, 0., in 1865, has chil
dren, Alinerva, who died and is buried at
Blain, another that died aged two years,
Samuel Ritzman, George Atilo, William, Ida,
ancl Alartha; Anna Alagdalena (Airs. Simon
Kern), resided in Toboyne township, had two
children who died very young, ancl one now

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living, Anna AL (Airs. Elmer Willhide) ; and
AVilliam, avIio died when about five years old.
The mother, Airs. Magdalena (Hammer) Bri
ner, died aged about forty-one; her husband
survived her until August, 1842.
Their eldest son, George Briner, Avas bom
November 18, 1807, on the Briner farm near
Loysville, the homestead now in the possession
of EdAvard Briner. He was educated in the
schools maintained by the citizens of the town
ship, in which instructions were given in Ger
man and English. He became a farmer of
skill and experience, being accustomed to the
care and management of the homestead from
his early youth. At his father's death, he
succeeded to the property in Jackson township,
Avhere the family then resided. He was a man
of intelligence, good moral character and
sound judgment, which gave him an excellent
standing in the community, and led to his
being called upon for important services, both
in the public offices of the township, and in
business affairs, as in the settlement of estates,
etc. He was a Democrat, and was warmly in
terested in political and general local con
cerns. George Briner Avas married September
2, 1820, to Magdalena, daughter of John and
Catherine (Koontz) Seeger. Their children
are: Sarah A. (Mrs. Henry Miller), resided at
Harrisburg and MiddletoAvn, Avhere her hus
band died, after which Airs. Aliller became
successively matron of the laundry department
at the Harrisburg Asylum, matron of the
Emaus Orphan School, of Aliddletown, and
manager at the Alorganza Reform School,
near Pittsburg, and now resides on tbe home
stead in Jackson township; Magdalena, re
siding in Toboyne township, widow of Jacob
Eby, Avho died January 1, 1858, of typhoid
fever, has one daughter, Mrs. Charles N. Mc
Keehan, of New Bloomfield, Pa. ; Jacob, un
manied, a shoemaker, residing on the home
stead, enlisted October 21, 1862, for the nine
months' service, in the One Hundred and
Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers,
Company F, Capt. Isaac S. Filbert, Avas dis
charged at Harrisburg, August 5, 1863, went
to Ohio in October, 1864, Avhere he Avas en
gaged in various occupations for four years,
and returned home in 1868; John IL, of
Jackson township, married Diana E. HoUen
baugh, of Shelby, 0., has children, William,
who died young, Anna and Mary, twins, and
Harry J.; George S.; Elizabeth C. (Airs.

Adam Foust), of Madison township; Hannah
At. (Mrs. AndreAv Brown), of Mifflin town
ship, Cumberland county, Pa., has three chil
dren, Alary, George B., and Sarah; and
Daniel, formerly of Shade valley, Huntingdon
county, since 1886, in insurance business
at NeAV Bloomfield, Pa., married Elizabeth
Parsons, of Nossville, Pa., has three children,
John, avIio died young, Ira G., a student at
Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa., and
Dora. The fourth member of this family,
John H. Briner, who learned cabinet-making
at Landisburg, Pa., and worked as a journey
man at that trade for some years, enlisted,
like his elder brother, Jacob, for nine months'
service in the Union army; he was enrolled
September 2, 1864, in Company F, Two Hun
dred and Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers.
He experienced some active and perilous ser
vice, taking part among other engagements in
the battle of Fort Steadman, March 25, 1865,
and in that of Petersburg, April 2, 1865. He
was discharged in June of that year.
After receiving his education in the com
mon schools, George S. Briner, at the age of
eighteen, learned carpentry, serving an ap
prenticeship of two years, and afterwards per
forming journey work at Hanisburg and
AVashington, Pa., and at Shelby, O., one year
in each place. He filled out the patriotic re
cord of his family by enlisting at the same
time with his brother, John H. Briner, and in
the same regiment and company, Company F,
Two Hundred and Eighth Pennsylvania Vol
unteers. The regiment was attached to the
First Brigade and Third Division of the Ninth
Army Corps. Air. Briner did faithful and
courageous service from September 2, 1864,
to June 2, 1865, Avhen he was discharged at
Harrisburg, Pa. He then went home to the
labors of the farm and the gathering in of the
harvest, ancl in the fall went to Huntingdon,
Pa., and Avas employed at the business of his
trade by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
from that time until 1866. After another
summer of agricultural work, he engaged as
a journeyman carpenter; in 1868, he began
to erect the framework for the house in which
he now resides, in Jackson township, for which
he prepared all the woodAvork himself. In
the fall of 1868, he built for Samuel Endslow
the dAvelling in which William S. Endslow
uoav lives. Air. Briner worked at carpentry
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home, and went in that year to Shelby, 0.,
where he was engaged in the same occupation
until January 4, 1870. He then returned
home, and became actively engaged in con
tracting and building. He built the hall at
Blain; a bouse for Solomon Bowers in Jack
son toAvnship; a large barn for Samuel A.
Johnson, and a number of other structures.
On December 19, 1870, he fell from the roof
of Mr. Johnson's barn, sustaining a compound
fracture of the left leg, which disabled him
for some time for the work of his trade. In
February, 1874, he was appointed mercantile
appraiser of Perry county; he also received
the appointment of tax collector of Jackson
township. In 1875, he resumed Avork at his
trade, and built a barn for his uncle, George
Seeger, and a school house in Horse valley.
In 1875, he received the Democratic nomina
tion for register, recorder and clerk of the
Orphans' Court of Perry county, was elected,
and served for three years. Being renominat
ed in 1878, he was elected by a majority of
437, and again served for three years. In
1881, he became engaged in the insurance
business at New Bloomfield, Pa., and in 1886,
removed to Newport, Avhere he continued in
the same business, in partnership with bis
brother, Daniel. The firm was in successful
operation until 1890, when George S. Briner
sold his interest, and returned to the home
stead, where he turned his attention to farm
ing. He lived in one of bis father's houses
until 1894, when be removed to the one Avhich
is now the home of his family. His father
died in 1893, and Jacob and George S. Briner
succeeded to the homestead. Atr. Briner's ac
tivity in business, his progressive spirit, his
good judgment and fair dealing have made
him prosperous in his own business undertak
ings, and useful in the affairs of others and of
the community. Like his fatber, he has been
sought as trustee, guardian, and for other re
sponsible positions. As already intimated, he
is a Democrat. He is a member of Toboyne
Lodge, No. 625, I. O. O. F., and of Sergt.
John Jones Post, No. 448, G. A. R., at New
Bloomfield. George S. Briner was married, January 17,
1876, to Susan B., daughter of William and
Rebecca (Balthaser) Aloose. Their children
are: Laura S., died aged four years, ten
months and twenty-seven days; Mary R.;
Sarah E., died in infancy; George M.; Wil

liam Grier; Jacob Frank; and Charles S.
Atr. Briner and his wife are members of the
Lutheran church at Blain, of which Air. Bri
ner has been a trastee since 1890.

JOHN C. REEDER, Blain, Perry county,
Pa., son of Solomon ancl Hannah (Smith)
Reeder, was born in Spring township, Cumber
land county, Pa., January 27, 1856. His
grandfather, John Reeder, came from Berks
county, Pa., to the lower part of Perry county,
Avhere he Avas a farmer, and reared a family of
sons and daughters. Among these was Solo
mon Reeder, bom near EUiottsburg, Perry
county, and educated in the schools of that
vicinity. Like his father, he Avas a farmer;
he Avas a Avorthy and useful man, respected
ancl esteemed by his neighbors ancl acquain
tances for his many excellent qualities. In
1841, Solomon Reeder married Hannah,
daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Kern)
Smith. Their children are: Elizabeth, born
April 5, 1843, died unmarried Atay 6, 1886;
George AAA, born December 19, 1844, mar
ried Jennie Gilles, of Indiana, had one child,
Alabel E., and, his wife dying, he manied
again, and now resides at South Bend, Ind.;
Daniel and Samuel, twins, born November
4, 1846, Daniel married Laura Spotts, of Cum
berland county, ancl resides in Brooklyn, N.
Y., has daughters, Rettie and Catherine, and
Samuel manied Nellie Pack, of Kings coun
ty, N. Y., resides in New York City, and has
one daughter, Jennie, whose mother haA'ing
died, Samuel Reeder married Alary Coleman,
of NeAV York City, by Avhom he has two daugh
ters; Francis Alarion, farmer, of Alanitoba,
B. A., born February 19, 1849; Alatilda, born
July 3, 1851, died in infancy; David, of Fort
Aladison, la., born November 11, 1853, mar
ried Jennie Smith, of Indiana; and John C.
The father, Solomon Reeder, died in Febru
ary, 1856, aged about forty-two years. He
was a faithful member of the Reformed
church, and an exemplary husband and father.
AVhen John C. Reeder was about a year old,
his AvidoAved mother came Avith her young fam
ily to the homestead in Jackson township,
Avhere he was reared, attending the common
schools of his neighborhood. He Avas early
accustomed to the work ancl management of a
farm, and Avhen he became a young man, was
¦ placed in charge of his uncle's land, which he
cultivated with care and success. He is con-

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sidered a skillful agriculturist, and an honor
able and reliable man of business. Like bis
father, he is a Democrat. He adheres to the
Reformed church, in which he was brought
up.

W. J. ALLEN, M. D., New GermantoAvn,
Perry county, Pa., son of Ephraim R. and
Isabella A. (Leach) Allen, was born in
Juniata county, Pa., December 27, 1861.
AV. J. Allen Avas three years old Avhen
his parents removed to AlcCoysville, Juniata
county, Pa., where he received his early edu
cation. After teaching for two years, he bor-
roAved money enough to complete his educa
tion at Airy AleAv Academy, Port Royal, Ju
niata county. During his vacations he Avork
ed for the neighboring farmers, and drove the
stage on his father's route, thus earning money
to pay in part for his tuition. In 1881, he
began the study of medicine at AlcCoysville,
Pa., where he remained for three years, dur
ing Avhich time he also taught school to de
fray his expenses. In the autumn of 1883, he
entered the University of Baltimore, Balti
more, Aid., and graduated in the class of 1886.
During the last year of his medical course, lie
lived in New GermantoAvn, Pa., and was the
assistant of Dr. Gutshall, of Blain, Pa. After
his graduation he opened an office in NeAV Ger
mantown, where he is noAV a well-knoAvn and
successful physician. Dr. Allen is a self-made
man, and a firm friend and supporter of higher
education. His attention is turned to ad
vanced medical Avork; Avith untiring zeal he
prosecutes his studies, and labors for the ad
vancement of his chosen profession. He has
taken special courses in surgery and medicine,
has a constantly increasing practice, and be is
a prominent member of the Perry County
Medical Association. He is a staunch Demo
crat, and has been Senatorial conferee ancl a
member of the county convention for six
years. For one term he Avas clerk of the coun
ty, and is now serving his third term as audi
tor. He is a member of the P. 0. S. A., has
passed all the chairs in the lodge in NeAV Ger
mantown, and is highly esteemed and re
spected. W. J. Allen, M. D., was married at Atc
Coysville, Pa., Atay 27, 1886, to Flora L.,
daughter of John H. and Hannah (Kepner)
Randolph. Their children are: Roy Ran
dolph, aged ten; Hannah Belle, aged eight;

and Helen May, aged seven. Dr. Allen was
a member of the Presbyterian church. There
being no church of that denomination in New
Germantown, he has not connected himself
Avith any church, but contributes liberally to
all. Mrs. Allen was born in McCoysville, Ju
niata county, Pa., Alay 31, 1861. She was
educated in the public schools and in the acad
emy at AlcCoysville under Professors AVilliam
Gill and AVilson Kidd. At her graduation
she received a high-grade certificate, and
taught for one term.

GEORGE KERN, New Germantown,
Perry county, Pa., a son of Simon and Alag-
dalene (Gutshall) Kern), was born in Toboyne
township, Perry county, in 1835. His grand
father, Simon Kern, a native of Berks coun
ty, died in Toboyne township, Perry county,
in the house uoav owned by his grandson,
George. Air. Kern's father, Simon Kern, a
natiA'e of Berks county, was one of the early
settlers of Avhat is now Toboyne township,
Perry county. At that time the Indians were
A^ery troublesome, and kidnapped two of his
sisters, of whom nothing was ever heard. Si
mon Kern was married to Miss Gutshall.
Their children are: David, died in Perry
county; John, died in Perry county; Simon,
a soldier in the Civil Avar, died in Toboyne
township; George; Polly (Mrs. Samuel Kern),
both are dead; Sarah (Airs. David HoUen
baugh), a widoAV of Blain, Pa.; Peggy (Mrs.
AVilliam HaU), died in Toboyne township.
Air. Hall resides in Kansas; Susan, married
first to AndreAv HoUenbaugh, and afterwards
to AViliam Dumshe, died at EUiottsburg,
Perry county, Avhere Mr. Dumshe now resides;
and Esther (Atrs. Barney Rhodes), both de
ceased. George Kern Avas born in the house in Avhich
he now resides. He had no opportunities for
acquiring an education, and began Avork on
the farm when he was A'ery young. They had
little or no farm machinery; wheat and clover-
Avere throAvn on the barn floor and trodden out
by horses, and farmers worked early and late.
He remained at home, and at his father's death
he and his brother, Simon, divided the home
stead. Air. Kern is a staunch Democrat, but
not an office-seeker. Hearing ramors of the
battle of Antietam, he and five companions
drove over the mountains to Avitness it. They
reached the place at night and some whiskey

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which they had brought with them was stolen
by the soldiers. George Kern is in the prime
of life, a man of fine physique, with iron-gray
hair. The lines of his smooth face reveal the
resolute, genial gentleman. He was manied
in Jackson township, Peny county, to Alary
Barbara, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Bow
er) Gutshall. She was born in Jackson town
ship, in 1842. Her parents, Avho are both
dead, had these children: Jane (Atrs. John
Tressler), of Jackson township ; Alary Barbara
(Airs. George Kern); AAllliam, county com
missioner, resides at Blain, Pa.; Solomon, a
farmer in Blain; Caroline (Airs. Amos AAxatt),
of Newport, Ba.; Wilson, of Harrisburg, Pa.,
is a foreman in the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company's shops; Sarah (Mrs. David Bower),
of Bloomfield, Pa.; J. Diana (Airs. AAllson
Morrison), of New Germantown, Pa.; Abra
ham, resides in Pueblo, Col; Harry, died
from the effects of a kick from a horse ; George
W., of Jackson township; Malinda, died aged
eleven.

PETER G. BEICHLER, New German-
town, Perry county, Pa., son of Adam and
Elizabeth (GreenaAvalt) Beichler, was born in
Hesse Darmstadt, Prussia, April 26, 1842.
Adam Beichler, weaver and farmer,, was a na
tive of Hesse Darmstadt, Prussia, and served
for six years in the German army. He mar
ried Elizabeth Greenawalt, also a native of
Hesse Darmstadt. Their children are: Peter
G. ; William, an employee of the Pennsylvania
Railroad at Altoona, Pa., who served as a sub
stitute for his uncle for one year during the
Civil war; and Alargaret (Airs. John Crouse),
of Altoona, Pa. In 1852, he and his son,
Peter, emigrated to America. Crossing to
London, England, they took passage for the
United States in a sailing vessel, the voyage
occupying fifty-two days. Air. Beichler made
his way to AVest Hempfield toAvnship, Lan
caster county, Pa., Avhere he had relatives,
with whom he remained for one year, finding
employment in the ore mines. In 1853, he
sent for his wife and remaining children, and
*fche re-united family made a home for them
selves in their adopted land. He continued to
work in the mines until 1861, when be re
moved to Perry county, and bought a farm in
Toboyne township, where he spent the re
mainder of his life. He died in 1871, aged
fifty-five; his wife died in 1894.

Peter G. Beichler attended the schools of
Hesse Darmstadt, Prassia, until he Avas ten
years old, Avhen he came Avith his father to
Lancaster county, Pa., and there attended
school for a short time. His educational ad
vantages were very limited, as he Avas obliged
to aid in the support of the family. For a
short time he drove a cart in the mines in
which his father was employed, but he Avas
too small ancl was forced to give up the place.
He then hired out among the neighboring
farmers, receiving his board and $1.50 per
month, all of which Avas used for the support
of the family. He has earned his own living
from boyhood, most of the time among stran
gers. AVhen the Civil war broke out, and the
Government called for volunteers for three
months, he Avas eager to enlist, but his par
ents would not consent. AA nen the two-years
men were called, he again asked and was again
refused. He learned blacksmithing in Lan
caster county, and was working at his trade
in Toboyne toAvnship, Peny county, when the
nine-months men were called. He now deter
mined to go, and enlisted at New Bloomfield,
Perry county, in August, 1862, under Cap
tain Shively. Tbe regiment hastened to
Washington, D. C, thence to Fairfax, and was
hunied forward to Antietam. During the
battle they Avere detailed to guard the baggage
trains, and afterwards encamped at Sharps-
burg, Aid. Later they crossed the Potomac,
and marched up the Shenandoah A-alley to
AVhite Plains, where Mr. Beichler was taken
sick and sent to the hospital. After some time
spent in different hospitals, he Avas discharged
in February, 1863. fie returned to his home,
and being unable to work at his trade, his un
cle in Lancaster county wrote, inviting him to
come to the mines and learn to manage' the
stationary engine. He Avas living three miles
from Columbia, when the Confederate troops
appeared on the other side of the river. This
so fired his enthusiasm that he re-enlisted at
Lancaster, in 1864, in Company F, Seventy-
ninth Pennsylvania AYlunteers, under Cap
tain AVisner; and joining his regiment at At
lanta, Ga., took part in several battles. He
was wounded at BentonvUIe Avhile rendering
gallant service. They Avere lying on their faces
before the enemy's works, when the order
was given to retreat twenty paces, no more,
this "was done, ancl shortly after they were
again ordered to retreat. As Atr. Beichler was

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rising he tripped and fell; just as he rose again
a ball struck his right hand tearing away two
fingers; hurrying to overtake his company, he
was struck in the right thigh. Still pressing
on, in a few moments he was again hit in the
left leg above the knee. It almost seemed
as if the enemy were making him a target, for
as he limped wearily along, weakened by loss
of blood, a fourth bullet pierced his left thigh
coming out on the inside above the knee. See
ing the Union line again moving to attack, and
fearing that he would be killed by his friends,
he rallied bis failing strength for a last des
perate effort, and had almost reached his goal,
when another ball entered bis shoulder pass
ing out through his left arm; he tottered for
ward and fell exhausted, but within the Union
Unes. His comrades tenderly lifted him to a
litter hastily constructed from some saplings
ancl his gum blanket, and bore him to the
wood, Avhere he was placed in an ambulance
and taken to the hospital. Here he remained
from that day, March 19, until July 6, when
he was discharged, after refusing to accept
promotion. He returned to his parents in To
boyne toAvnship; his wounds were still un
healed, and for many days he was unable to
walk without a cane. As soon as possible, he
returned to his former position as engineer at
the ore mines in Lancaster county, Pa., where
he remained for six years. His health failing,
he turned his attention to agriculture, and
bought his father's farm, which he cultivated
for some years, and afterwards farmed in dif
ferent parts of the toAvnship. In 1880, he
purchased his present home, a farm of 40
acres, which he has greatly improved. He has
erected all the buildings on the property. He
is a Republican, and a member of the Sergeant
John Jones Post, G. A. R., at New Bloom
field, Pa.
Peter G. Beichler was first manied in 1867,
to Sarah Gutshall, of Lancaster county, Pa.
Their children are: William, of Philadelphia,
Pa.; Norman, removed to the west; Annie 0. ;
Grace At. ; ancl Charles. The last three died
in youth, and Airs. Beichler died in 1875. In
1877, Air. Beichler married secondly, Frances
J. Bower, of Blain, Pa. Their children are:
Ira Irving; Grace M. ; Luella; and Benjamin
H. Atr. Beichler is a member of the Lutheran ¦
church, in which he is a deacon.

REV. ISAAC EBY, New Germantown,
Perry county, Pa., son of John and Elizabeth

(Alyers) Eby, was born near Doylesburg, in
Path Valley, Franklin county, Pa., October
16, 1827. When be was two years old his par
ents removed to Letterkenny township, Frank
lin county, and seven years later to Dickinson
township, Cumberland county, Pa. Isaac
Eby's education was begun in an old log school
house in Letterkenny township. Some of the
masters were very severe. Among them was
an Irishman, Mr. Patterson, who used to sleep
in the school house when the storms were too
severe to permit him to return home. On one
such occasion, he lay too close to the stove and
his clothing took fire and burned to the knees.
In the morning the merry children enjoyed a
hearty laugh at the master's plight, and he
soothed his wounded feelings by thrashing the
culprits soundly. In 1843, the family re
moved to the farm on which Mr. Eby now re
sides, in Toboyne township, Peny county,
and Isaac attended the school at Fair View
school house, under Hugh Campbell, who was
afterwards sheriff of Peny county. During
his vacations he worked on the home farm,
spending his evenings and leisure moments
poring over such books as their small library
contained. In these studies the Bible Avas not
forgotten. In the spring of 1850, he began
farming for himself, living in the tenant's
house on his father's farm. Two years later,
he removed to tbe mansion, and in 1866
bought the farm. He has 113 acres under
cultivation, and 280 acres of mountain land.
In 1868, he Avas elected to preach in the Dun
kard church in Avhich he had held the office
of deacon for several years. For many years
he preached regularly, but is now heard only
occasionally. He has not Aroted for thirty
years. AArhen" studying the doctrines of the
Dunkard church, he decided that he could not
conscientiously take part in politics; he has,
hoAvever, seiwed his township as school direc
tor for twenty-eight years.
Isaac Eby Avas married, December 20, 1849,
to Sarah Shambough, of Toboyne toAvnship.
Their children are: Josiah, a minister of the
Dunkard church, stationed in Toboyne town
ship, married Agnes G. Berrier; Henry, at
home; John, died in youth; and Maud, died
aged twenty. Airs. Eby died January 30,
1897; she Avas an active member of the Breth
ren church, charitable, kind-hearted, and
noted for her hospitality; no one, rich or poor,
ever left her house hungry. A loving mother

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and a devoted wife, she is deeply mourned by
her family.

EDWARD C. JOHNSTON, New Ger
mantown, Peny county, Pa., was bom De
cember 2, 1842, in Toboyne township, on the
farm which he now OAvns. He is a son of
George and Alargaret (Russell) Johnston. His
grandfather, James Johnston, was a native of
County Armagh, Ireland. He emigrated
to this country between 1760 and 1770, and
settled in Toboyne township, Perry county.
James Johnston married Alargaret Anderson,
of Madison township, Perry county. Their
children Avere: William; John; Ann; Jane;
James; George; Alexander; ancl Elizabeth, all
deceased. The second son, John, Avas a mem
ber of the legislature AAlien the law establish
ing the free school system was passed, and
supported the Hon. Thaddeus Stevens in its
passage. Being at one time asked Avhat they
raised in Peny county, he ansAvered, "we
raise men." He had a fine physique, being
over six feet in height, and weighing more
than two hundred pounds. George Johnston
was born, December 14, 1802, on the old
Johnston farm. He received a part of his edu
cation at Andersonburg school, which was six
miles from his home. He learned farming,
but began business for himself by dealing in
cattle, buying in Ohio, and tbe western part of
Pennsylvania, and selling in tbe east. In this
way he made enough money to buy the farm
now owned by his children. Mr. Johnston
was a Republican ; and seiwed as school direc
tor for several years. George Johnston mar
ried Alargaret Russell, of Aliami county, O.,
in May, 1835. Their journey home was made
via Cincinnati; there they took a boat up the
Ohio river to Pittsburg, then went to Mifflin
toAvn by canal and inclined planes. They set
tled on the homestead which they bought, and
began life in a simple manner, having but lit
tle furniture. Atr. Johnston spent his life in
farming and stock-raising. They were mem
bers of the United Presbyterian church. Mr.
Johnston died January 26, 1872; his wife sur
vived him about three years. Their children
are: Samuel A., a fanner of Spring Run,
Franklin county, Pa., where he settled in
1887; Margaret; Edward C. ; Alexander A.,
a farmer of Toboyne toAvnship; Mary A., died
aged two years; and Letitia (Mrs. James An
derson), died in Jackson township.

Edward C. Johnston received his primary
education in the public schools of his native
town-ship, and completed his course at Loys
ville Academy under Prof. George W. Lesher.
He was very studious and devoted all his
spare time to his books. He was twice pre
pared to enter college, but was forced to aban
don these plans, as his father needed his as
sistance on the fann. When Atr. Johnston
was thirty, his father died; since then he and
his brother Alexander, and their sister Alar
garet have held the estate in equal shares. Mr.
Johnston is a Republican; he has never sought
office. He is a member of the United Pres
byterian church.

ROBERT H. CAMPBELL, New Ger
mantown, Peny county, Pa., Avas born Feb
ruary 7, 1845, in his present home. He is a
son of Thomas and Margaret (Adams) Camp
bell. James Campbell, the paternal grand
father, was born in 1772. He emigrated from
Ireland, his native country, in his youth ; set
tled in Carlisle, Pa., and later removed to what
is noAV Toboyne township, Perry county. He
was twice married. The children of the first
marriage Avere: John; Robert; and Alary. His
first wife dying, he married Atrs. Martha Wa-
dell. She was born in January, 1780, and
was the daughter of Alexander Fleming, an
officer in the English army, who died toward
the close of the eighteenth century in active
service, and it is thought upon the field of
battle, leaving herself and an older sister,
Alary, without paternal care. After the
father's death they went to live in the North
of Ireland Avith their maternal grandfather,
who Avas named AAlitson. Here Mary mar
ried an Englishman, a weaver by trade, and
went to live in England. At the age of six
teen years, Alartha married William Wadell.
In 1798, she being then eighteen years of age,
her husband, herself ancl their infant son, Wil
lie, set sail for America. On the way over
yellow fever broke out on the ship, and before
they Avere permitted to land in New York, her
husband and child, as well as nearly all the
other passengers were dead, and she found
herself a widow in a strange land and among
strangers. As soon after landing as she was
able, she proceeded to Carlisle, Pa., Avhere in
December, 1801, she was manied to James
Campbell, then a young widower. Soon after
ward they settled in Toboyne township, where

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Air. Campbell acquired many hundred acres
of land, owned and operated a grist-mill and
died wealthy. The children of James and
Margaret Campbell were: James Jr., born
December 20, 1802, died February 19, 1854;
Elizabeth, born February 20, 1805; Nancy,
born June 11, 1807; Samuel Pencil, born Au
gust 9, 1809; Banee, born February 21, 1812;
Alexander F., the only one now living, born
October 4, 1814; Thomas, born March 1,
1817; Alargaret Jane, born July 22, 1820,
died January 19, 1842; William, born March
28, 1822, and Lucinda, born July 9, 1826.
James Campbell, the father, died March 8,
1842; his wife survived him several years.
Thomas Campbell, father of Robert H, was
a native of Horse valley, Toboyne township.
He enjoyed no educational opportunities, but
farmed all his life. About 1840, he bought
the farm now owned by his son Robert, Avhich
was then a wild tract; he cleared and cultivated
it, building a stone house and making other
improvements. To this property be added at
intervals, until he owned 300 acres. He was
a steady and industrious worker. Thomas
Campbell married Alargaret Adams. Their
children were : Robert H. ; Lucinda (Mrs. John
Wolf), of Bedford county, Pa. ; and two who
died in infancy. Mrs, Campbell died in 1859 ;
and her husband in February, 1893.
Robert H. Campbell attended the schools of
the township. His fatber was anxious to edu
cate his children, but Robert preferred an ac
tive life to a studious one. At the beginning
of the war of the Rebellion, he ran away to
Harrisburg, and tried to enlist, but was re
fused, on account of his youth and of his not
having the consent of his parents. He re
turned home much crestfallen, but a short
time after, he Avrote a recommendation for
himself, went to Hanisburg, and enlisted Au
gust 10, 1862, as a private in Company K, One
Hundred and Thirty-third Pennsylvania
Volunteers, a Bedford organization, to which
he had been assigned, although he had hoped
to enter a Perry county regiment. This regi
ment went to Fredericksburg and took part in
the battle December 16, 1862, when Mr.
Campbell Avas wounded in his right elbow by
a minie ball. He went to Mt. Pleasant Hos
pital, Washington, D. C, on December 17,
1862, and remained there until March 31,
1863. He was then discharged on account of
disability, and returned home. During the

summer, he studied under Professor Lesher
at New Germantown, and assisted his father
on the farm. In September, 1864, he again
enlisted, in Company E, Two Hundred and
Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, under Cap
tain Palmer, for nine months. He took part
in the battles of Fort Steadman and Peters
burg, ancl in the grand review at Washington,
D. C. He was discharged at Alexandria, Va.,
whence he went to Harrisburg, Pa., and then
to his home, where he fanned for his father
until his maniage. In 1867, he bought a
small tract of land Avhich he farmed for two
years, then bought the farm adjoining the
homestead, and in February, 1891, he bought
the homestead from his father. Mr. Campbell
is a Republican. He has served his township
as supervisor.
Robert IL Campbell was married in June,
1867, to Alary Edith, daughter of David
Kern, of Toboyne township. Their children
are: Lucinda Lucetta (Mrs. John Kennedy),
of Bedford county, Pa.; Daisy Iona (Mrs.
Hany Pierson), of Colorado Springs, Col;
and AA-a Ola (Mrs. Dr. Lightner), of Lancas
ter county, Pa. Air. Campbell is a trustee of
the Methodist Episcopal church at New Ger
mantown.

EPHRAIM McLAUGHLIN, New Ger
mantown, Peny county, Pa., was born in
Providence township, Bedford county, Pa.,
February 13, 1821. He is a son of Charles
and Sarah (Akers) McLaughlin. His grand
father, Charles (or Robert), AIcLaughlin, was
a native of County Armagh, Ireland. He and
his family emigrated to America shortly after
the Revolution, and bought a large tract of
land in Providence township, Bedford county,
Pa., where he farmed until his death. He had
three sons and one daughter. His son, John,
served as a captain in the Avar of 1812.
Charles McLaughlin, the father of E. A. Mc
Laughlin, was born in County Armagh, Ire
land, and came to this country Avith his par
ents when he was twelve years old. He at
tended school in Ireland, under Catholic
teachers, and completed his education in the
schools of Bedford county. At bis father's
death, the homestead was divided into three
farms, for the three sons; Mr. McLaughlin in
herited one of these, and bought another from
one of his brothers. For two terms he was
commissioner of Bedford county. Charles

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McLaughlin Avas manied in Providence town
ship, Bedford county, to Sarah Akers. Their
children were : Cynthia Ann (Airs. John Bar
ton), born June 6, 1809, died November 9,
1844; Nancy (Airs. Stiles Jackson), born
Alarch 21, 1811, is deceased; John LaAvson,
merchant, married Sarah Foulk, born April
16, 1813, died in Rainsburg, November 9,
1847; Rachel (Airs. AAllliam Lysinger), born
April 24, 1816, died in 1891; Theresa G.,
wife of Rev. George Stevenson, born October
22, 1819, deceased; E. A.; Charles J., born
October 26, 1824, fanner, married Alartha
Campbell, died in Shelby, la., in July, 1888.
Charles AIcLaughlin died in 1877; and his
wife on Alay 23, 1846. She was of Scotch-
Irish ancestry. Before the Revolution, her
family resided in Alrginia, but afterwards re
moved to Bedford county, Pa.
E. A. AIcLaughlin received a limited edu
cation in the schools of Bedford county, but
he improved his mind by studying at home.
He began to Avork for himself at an early age.
In 1848, he bought two tracts of land in To
boyne township, Peny county, one of 93 acres
and one of 83 acres from Roland Brown, who
a few years before had bought it from James
Campbell. The land Avas almost Avild, but by
energy and perseverance he brought it into a
fine state of cultivation. He was an old line
Whig, and cast his first vote for William
Henry Harrison, but is now a staunch Re
publican, and has served for some time as
school director. E. A. McLaughlin was mar
ried, June 1, 1848, to Lucinda Ann, daughter
of James and Alartha (Fleming) Campbell.
Their children are: Alartha, died in her fifth
year; Charles J., a teacher at East Waterford;
Emma Jane, of Hollidaysburg, Pa., Avas mar
ried to Rev. Luther F. Smith, who died Janu
ary 4, 1893; Alexander Campbell, district at
torney of Yuba City, Cab; Mary Lucinda
(Airs. Rev. John L. Leilich), of fiarrisburg,
Pa.; Sarah Louella; and E. William Lincoln,
who died in Lincoln, Neb., July 4, 1888. Atr.
McLaughlin is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church, and has served as trustee,
steward, class-leader, and Sunday-school su
perintendent. Mrs. McLaughlin was born in
Horse valley, Perry county, Pa., July 9, 1826,
and died October 27, 1878. Her mother,
Alartha Fleming, was born in England. AAlien
she was fourteen she went to Ireland, where
at the age of sixteen she was married to Mr.

AAllliam AATadell. On their way to America,
Air. AATadell and their infant child died. Airs.
AATaclell came to her uncle, Dr. Carleton, of
Carlisle, Pa., and Avas married at Carlisle in
December, 1801, to James Campbell. She
was his second Avife, and bore him ten chil
dren.

AVILLIAM FRY, JR., New Germantown,
Perry county, Pa., a son of AAllliam and Alar
garet (Anderson) Fry, was born in Jackson
toAvnship, Perry county, Pa., February 28,
1845. His father, AAllliani Fry, a native of
Saville toAvnship, Peny county, after living
for many years in Toboyne township, removed
to Jackson toAvnship, Perry county, where he
noAV resides. His children are: George, de
ceased; William; Alary (Airs. AAllliani Hock-
enbeny), of Cumberland county, Pa.; John,
a carpenter, of Jackson township, and Alartin,
of Toboyne township. Airs. Fry died in 1885.
Air. Fry's second wife is Airs. Amanda Baus-
man, a Avidow. He is a Republican.
AAllliam Fry was educated in the public
schools of Jackson ancl Toboyne toAvnships,
and lived with his father in Toboyne township,
on the farm now occupied by Airs. Broadfield.
He farmed for his father from boyhood until
the Civil war broke out, Avhen he enlisted at
Carlisle, in 1863, for three years, in Company
M, First Pennsylvania Cavalry, under Cap
tain Gast. This regiment Avas stationed at
Nashville, Tenn., for some time, and Air. Fry
took part in many skirmishes, and in one se
vere battle near Columbia. He Avas detailed
as scout for a great part of the time, and at the
close of the war Avas discharged at Harrisburg,
Pa. He returned to his home, but owing to
illness, could not Avork for a year. Air. Fry
removed to a small place after his marriage,
and Avorked as a laborer. In 1897, he bought
his present farm of 100 acres. AVilliam Fry-
was married in 1869, to Elizabeth Henry, of
Toboyne township. Their children are : Alary
(Airs. Emmert Trostle), of Toboyne township;
James Edward, who farms for his father;
Charles, a fanner of Jackson township; John;
and Bertha Alary.

ALEXANDER G SMITH, deceased, was
born near New Bloomfield, Peny county, Pa.,
October 2, 1831. He was a son of Daniel and
Elizabeth (Kline) Smith, who had seven other
children: John; Joseph; and William, all de-

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ceased; David; Samuel; Jackson; ancl Su
sanna. Alexander G. Smith was educated in
the schools of Loysville and of Toboyne town
ship. He Avas not fond of study, preferring
manual labor. When he was a boy, his par
ents removed to Jackson township, Peny
county, 'and later to the fann now occupied
by his son, John, where he grew to manhood.
After his first marriage, he removed to the
home in which his widoAV noAv resides, a farm
of 119 acres, where he spent the remainder
of his life. During the Civil war, he enlisted
at Hanisburg, Pa., in Company B, Tavo Hun
dred and Second Pennsylvania Volunteers,
and took part in many skirmishes. He was a
Republican, and served his township in vari
ous offices. Air. Smith was a member of Sam
uel Baker Post, No. 543, G. A. R., at Blain,
Pa.; and always took an active part in the
ceremonies of Decoration Day, and delighted
to honor the memory of his departed comrades.
Alexander G. Smith was first married Novem
ber 16, 1852, to Alargaret E. Beaston. Their
children are: James A., born February 19,
1854, died March IS, 1879; Emeline (Mrs.
William Shields), of Shelby, O., born Alarch
4, 1856; John R., born December 10, 1858,
resides on the homestead; AAllliam F., born
February 21, 1863, works in the orange groves
of California; Elmer E., born July 19, 1866,
a farmer of Perry county; and Eugene, bom
September 18, 1872, resides in California.
Airs. Smith died January 30, 1874. Mr.
Smith Avas married, January 19, 1875, to his
second wife, S. Jennie Trostle. Their chil
dren are: Ora G, born January 28, 1876;
Carry Alay, bom August 4, 1879, died Au
gust 24, 1879; Ira L, bom May 17, 1880, re
sides in Shelby, 0.; and Alyrtle Gertrude,
born June 24, 1883. Air. Smith Avas a mem
ber of the Church of God, and held the offices
of deacon ancl elder. He Avas a Christian gen
tleman, much esteemed by all who knew him,
and a devoted husband and father. He closed
a good and useful life September 15, 1896.
Atrs. S. Jennie Smith Avas born in Madison
township, Peny county, Alarch 25, 1844.
She is a daughter of AndreAv and Sarah (Ken
nedy) Snyder. Her parents had nine chil
dren: Maxy Ann (Airs. George Walton), of
Juniata county; S. Jennie; James B. ; a
farmer near Shelby, O.; DaAnd C, a fruit
grower in Michigan; Hannah C. (Mrs. John
Kline), of Greenwich, O.; William, at home;

John R., a farmer of Madison township; Ida
SoAvers; George F., of Madison township, mar
ried Jennie Barkey, has two children, Arthur
and Ethel Atay, deceased; and Elizabeth (Mrs.
Grant Campbell), of Toboyne township.
Atrs. Snyder died in Atadison township, where
Mr. Snyder now resides. S. Jennie Snyder
was married February 22, 1870, to Daniel
Trostle, of Atadison township. Their children
are: Harry E., born January 8, 1871, married
Alary Fry, resides in Toboyne township; and
Sarah E., born April 9, 1872, died in January,
1879. Air. Trostle died aged about twenty-
three.

PERRY KREA1ER, Alillerstown, Perry
county, Pa., Avas born Alarch 14, 1818, at Mc-
Kees Half Falls, then in Union, now in Sny
der county, Pa. He is a son of Frederick and
Alary (Hill) Krenier. The first settlers of the
Kremer family came to this country from Ger
many. Mr. Kremer's grandfather, Frederick
Kremer, Sr., was a native of Berks county, and
a farmer. He ancl his wife, Alary Elizabeth
Kremer, removed Avith their son, Frederick,
and his family in 1812, to Union county,
traveling in Avagons, and going by way of
Pottsville, Pa. The father and son were
associated in the purchase of property
near AIcKees Half Falls, but from the time
of the removal, the old gentleman lived at
leisure, exempt from actiA^e duties. He died
at the age of eighty-three, about the year
1829 ; his Avife survived him for ten years, and
was a nonagenarian Avhen she died. They had
several children whose names are not on any
existing record. One of their daughters, Mrs.
Snyder, died near Pottsville; another child
married and removed to the State of New
York. Their son, Frederick Kremer, Jr., was
born on a farm in Long Swamp township,
Berks county. He was educated by German
school masters, and in that language; in nar
rating the circumstances of his boyhood, he
used often to tell of the pupils going to school
in the morning furnished with provisions
enough to last over night, so that if a heavy
storm came on, they need not venture to take
the long walk home. Those- were the days
when a farmer had to be also a teamster, and
carry bis produce by Avagon to the city mar
kets; this Frederick Kremer did, and
brought back supplies for the family in his
market wagon. He married in Berks county,

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and at the time of his removal to Union coun
ty, had eight children. Passing through
Schuylkill and adjacent counties, they ob
served black spots in the road, but Avere far
from suspecting their nature, or the value of
the treasures of coal that they revealed. The
property purchased by the Kremers in Union
county consisted in part of the mill property
now OAvned by the AAYisers, of Juniata county.
Here Frederick Kremer spent the last years
of his life, dying in June, 1850; his first Avife,
who was the mother of all his children, died
about 1826. He was again manied, to Alary
Fisher, who survived him for forty years. Air.
Kremer was a Democrat. His religious belief
was that of the Lutheran church. His chil
dren Avere: Peter, deceased, lived in Seneca
county, 0.; Joseph, died in Stevenson coun
ty, 111. ; Benjamin, Al. D., of Brighton, AVash-
ington county, la., died there, and his AvidoAV
died in 1894, aged eighty years; John, resided
first in Ohio, later in Stevenson county, 111.,
where he died; Eliza, died just before the time
appointed for her marriage; Peny; Benne
ville, resided on the homestead, where be died;
and Frederick, resided in Stevenson county,
111., where he died. The wife of Dr. Benja
min Kremer was Elizabeth, daughter of Dr.
Samuel Maley, of Alillerstown, Pa., a promi
nent citizen, and for one term a member of the
State legislature.
During the boyhood of Perry Kremer, the
common school system was established in
Pennsylvania, so that the education begun in
the subscription schools was finished under the
neAV institution. The first schools Avhich he
attended Avere taught in German. His studies
often had to give way to the requirements of
farm work; such business as tending stock,
riding the horse on the barn floor, in threshing
time, etc., naturally falling to the share of the
strong and willing boy. In those days, the
modern labor-saving agricultural implements,
being as yet unknoAvn, more hands were re
quired to perform the Avork of cultivation than
are needed now. Mr. Kremer continued to
live at home until his maniage, Avhich took
place in Pfoutz valley, Peny county. He
married Nancy, daughter of James and Sarah
(Jones) Gilfillan, who was born in Greenwood
township, April 21, 1821. Air. Gilfillan was
a native of Peny county, but his Avife had
come from Chester, Pa. Atr. and Atrs. Krem
er first resided for seven years on the Kremer

homestead, Snyder county, and next on James
GilfiUan's farm in Greenwood township,
Perry county, for three years. Air. Kremer
then bought his present home, a farm of about
200 acres; this \A'as a venture, as he had no
money, but by his diligence and excellent
management, he had paid all his indebted
ness in the course of a f eAv years. He has very
much improved the place, by erecting new
farm buildings, &c. His home was destroyed
by fire in the summer of 1875; but it was in
sured, and he immediately set about rebuild
ing. He owns a half -interest in a brick build
ing at Alillerstown. During the Avar, Atr.
Kremer made considerable money on wheat,
Avhich sold then at tAvo or three dollars per
bushel. Atr. Kremer is a staunch Democrat. In
1865, he was elected county commissioner,
and served a term of three years. He was
twice nominated for associate judge. He has
served in several township offices, and always
efficiently. From 1872 to 1883, he resided
in Alillerstown, during which time he served
as burgess of the borough for two terms. He
was treasurer of the Bridge Company at Mil-
lerstoAvn; was also president of the Farmers'
Bank at Alillerstown from 1873, and, not
withstanding the great panic of that year, the
bank continued for six years or more, when
the banking company dissolved, 'and the bank
was removed to Newport. Atr. Kremer is now
enjoying the leisure and repose which fittingly
crown a career of useful activity. His robust
appearance bespeaks a sound physical consti
tution. He has many friends, and his varied
experiences and excellent memory make him
an entertaining companion.
The children of Air. and Airs. Kremer are:
James G., famier, born November 22, 1843,
lives in Tuscarora township, married Ellen
Kerr, and has one son and four daughters, of
whom one, Nancy, is married to Prof. A.
P. Diffenderfer, and tAvo are teachers; Henri
etta H, bom Alarch 10, 1846, married J. R.
Black, and both are deceased, leaving one
daughter and six sons; William F., farmer, of
Fullerton, Nance county, Neb., married Jen
nie Aldrich; Charles D., farmer, bom April
14, 1850, manied in Tuscarora toAvnship, to
Ephelia ATohn, who died in Alillerstown, after
which he went to Green county, la., manied
Sarah Bordner, and finally removed to Nance
county, Neb.; Thomas J.; Sarah Alice, was

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married in 1881 to Dr. G. AV. Campbell, of
Newport, Pa.; Alary Alargaret, born March
11, 1858, and died Avhen a year and a month
old. Thomas J. Kremer was educated in the
common schools of Tuscarora township, and
the high school and select school at Millers
town. In 1874, he entered the Fanners'
Bank at Alillerstown as clerk, and soon ex
hibited marked ability in the discharge of his
duties. By faithful and diligent application
to business, in which he was strictly honest
and upright, he soon won the confidence ancl
esteem of the patrons of the bank, and of the
officials of the same. The latter, to show their
appreciation of his worth, promoted him with
in two years to the responsible position of
cashier, in which he continued to render cred
itable service to the institution. When the
banking firm went out of business, Mr. Krem
er was selected to settle its affairs, which he
did in a manner eminently satisfactory to all
concerned. In 1883, he came back to live on
the farm with his father, and conducted the
farm until 1890, when he and his wife re
moved to Alillerstown, and resided there for
three years. During part of that time, he was
in the grain and coal business. He was mar
ried, Alarch 11, 1880, to Alyra E. Keely, of
MillerstOAvn, Avho died August 29, 1893. She
Avas an active and consistent member of the
Presbyterian church, in which Air. Kremer is
an earnest worker; he has been a trustee since
about 1885 or 1886, and was on the building-
committee having in charge the remodelling
of the church. Upon the death of his wife,
Air. Kremer returned to the old home at the
request of his aged parents, and noAV has gen
eral charge of his father's business interests.
He is a Democrat, and has always done his
share towards the success of his party. Peny
Kremer Avas brought up in the Lutheran
church, but after his removal to Tuscarora
toAvnship, joined the Presbyterian church, to
which he still adheres. He is active in pro
moting the welfare ancl Avork of the church;
Avas a trustee, and held other offices also.

WILLIAAt BAKER, Donnallys Mills,
Peny county, Pa., son of Samuel and Eliza
beth (Sheibley) Baker, was born at Swartz
Mills, near Landisburg, Perry county, Febru
ary 27, 1827. Samuel Baker was a native of
Pfoutz valley, in Perry county, but after his
father's death went with his mother to

SAvartz At ills. Atrs. Baker was married again
to Air. Swartz, and had one child, John
Swartz, avIio maniecl Miss Rice; both are de
ceased; the mother also died, ancl is buried at
Atarklesville. Samuel Baker was educated in
the common schools, and was a farmer of ac
knowledged superiority. He cultivated Ew-
ings' farm for some time, then removed to
Bowers Hill, then back again to Ewings'
farm. About 1851, he removed to Buck
wheat valley, in Tuscarora township, and
bought a farm upon which he resided for the
rest of his life. He Avas a Democrat, decided
in his convictions, and filled several toAvnship
offices. He married Elizabeth Sheibley,
whose grandfather Avas one of three brothers,
emigrants from Germany, who all at first
liA'ed near Landisburg; two of the brothers
removing to other localities, left Mrs. Baker's
ancestor the only representative of the family
in the neighborhood. Their children are : Isa
bella (Atrs. Henry Kyner), died, leaAing two
children; AVilliam; Abraham, of Oak Grove
Furnace, Pa., was a soldier in the late war,
and manied a Atiss Aloses ; Samuel, also enlist
ed in the Union army, was shot in the battle
of the Wilderness, and brought to AVashing-
ton, D. C, where he died, and is buried in
the Alarklesville cemetery ; Peter, of the vicin
ity of Olinda, Peny county, a soldier in the
Avar of the Rebellion, manied Aliss Kell;
Catherine (Airs. James Latchford), resides
near Alarklesville; Joseph and James, twins,
both served in the late war, tbe former mar
ried Aliss Kepner, and resides in Altoona, Pa.,
and the latter married Atiss Frye, and lives on
a part of the homestead in Buckwheat valley;
and Elizabeth. This family presents a noble
Avar record, five of its sons having enlisted un
der the Union flag, one of whom laid doAvn his
life for the preservation of the Union. The
parents are both deceased, Atrs. Baker having
survived her husband for some years; they
are buried in the cemetery at Atarklesville.
They Avere members of the United Brethren
church. HaAlng taken the usual course of studies
in the common schools of his township, Wil
liam Baker became engaged in farming and in
the manufacture of shingles, etc. He had no
capital, and was entirely dependent upon his
own exertions; but as the time for his mar
riage approached, he had saved about $300,
on Avhich to begin housekeeping. Thinking

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to increase this modest store, be speculated in
wheat, was unfortunate, and lost all the fruits
of his economy. Nothing daunted, however,
the young couple set out to make their way
together, although the bridegroom had scarce
ly more than enough to pay the wedding fee.
William Baker was manied, March 15, 1853,
to Louisa Reiter, of Oak Grove Furnace, near
which place they resided for four years, and
then removed to Peter Shaffer's farm in Shaf
fers valley, which Air. Baker cultivated for
two years. They next passed a year on the
homestead in Buckwheat valley; then three
years on the Dewees fann; and then Air.
Baker purchased a part of the property on
which they now live. Upon his purchase
there stood a dwelling and a shoe shop; here
he did shoemaking for two or three years,
and then built a store room, and laid in a gen
eral stock. He has built up a substantial and
profitable business, and has admitted his son,
Hany, to partnership in the enterprise. Mr.
Baker, having added to his original purchase
of land, now owns a good farm of some seven
ty or eighty acres. He is a Republican,
strongly attached to his party; has served as
assessor for the township, but never accepted
any other office.
The children of Air. and Mrs. William
Baker are: Harry, born February 19, 1854,
his father's partner in business ; Elizabeth Ann
(Airs. AVilliam C. Leonard), born September
1, 1855, manied November 8, 1877, resides
in Juniata county, Pa.; George W., of
Omaha, Neb., born August 2, 1857, married
Susan Dana; James, born July 8, 1859, mar
ried Annie Swartz, resides near Bloomfield,
Peny county; Charles, born June 12, 1861,
married Annie Krist, lives in Perry county;
Mary Alice (Atrs. Dr. Flickmyer), born June
10, 1863, and resides in Perry county; John
Wesley, of Newport, Pa., born August 18,
1866, manied Bertha Rice; Drusilla (Mrs.
Edward Mickey), of Hanisburg, Pa., born
August 17, 1868; Ellen Nora (Mrs. Frank
Baker), of Donnallys Mills, born October
12, 1870; Clara M. (Atrs. John Baker), re
sides in Peny county, bom June 3, 1873;
and Gertrude (Mrs. Charles Orms), of Juni
ata county, bom August 18, 1876.

JOHN H. GABLE, Donnallys Mills,
Peny county, Pa., son of Henry L. and Eliza
beth (Sellers) Gable, was bom March 20,

1852, in AliddletOAvn, Dauphin county, Pa.
His great-great-grandfather came from Ger
many alone, when only nine years of age, hav
ing in some way managed to conceal himself
on board of a vessel bound for America; it
was about the year 1750. After reaching
America the little stoAvaAvay slipped out into
the country, and bravely made his way to
Lancaster county, where be grew up among
the farmers, supporting himself by such work
as he Avas able to do. He married in Lancas
ter county, and there his son, Henry, Avas born
about 1766. Henry Gable Avas a fanner; he
Avas manied in Lancaster county to Aliss Bow
man; some years later, they removed to
Pfoutz valley, where he died at the age of
sixty-five. His son, John Gable, born August
26, 1791, in Lancaster county, came to Perry
county with his parents, but on reaching man
hood, returned to Lancaster county to seek
as a wife one whom he had left there a Uttle
maiden, Magdalene Lane, born August 31,
1793. The young couple first resided six
miles east of Hanisburg, where he owned a
small farm; all their marketing was done in
Harrisburg. Later, Air. Gable bought and
resided on a farm of 120 acres in Howe town
ship, Peny county, now owned by Lewis Ales-
sersmith. It was partly improved, and they
made their home in an old log house that
stood on the place, until a more commodious
dwelling could be built. John Gable enlisted
for the war of 1812, and was detailed to act
as teamster, hauling supplies. His first mar
riage took place September 18, 1817, and his
children Avere: Samuel, a farmer, bom April
25, 1819, married first to Mary J. Varnes,
and tAvice afterwards, lived on Duncan's Is
land, Dauphin county, and later removed to
Selinsgrove; Barbara, born June 4, 1821, mar
ried Daniel Ward, resided in Pfoutz valley,
where both died; Henry L, born December
6, 1823; John, bom November 5, 1826, mar
ried Elizabeth Eby, of New Germantown, Pa.,
Avent to Illinois after 1860, ancl later to New
Sharon, la. ; Alagdalene, widow of John Hop
ple, bom August 2, 1829, resides in Howe
toAvnship; Alichael, born October 18, 1831,
manied Lucinda Geyer, of Juniata county,
who died, ancl he married again, and now re
sides at Richfield, Pa. ; and Alaria, bom Atay
17, 1834, died young. Mrs. Magdalene
(Lane) Gable died February 1, 1849, aged
fifty-five years. Some years later, Mr. Gable

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married Atrs. Sarah (Ataurer) Grubb, a widow;
of this maniage there was no issue. John
Gable died on the homestead, October 11,
1875. His second son, Henry L. Gable, was born
in Pfoutz A'alley, but during his boyhood bis
parents went to live near Harrisburg, where he
obtained work as soon as he was old enough,
in lumber yards and other places about the
city. His opportunities for education were
limited; but he Avas an ambitious and intelli
gent boy, and supplemented the small amount
of school training that fell to his lot by in
dependent reading and study, Avith such suc
cess that he was able to teach, and was several
times given positions in Dauphin and Perry
county schools. Between the school terms,
he acted as clerk in a store east of Middletown,
Pa. About 1852, his fatber sent for him to
come home 'and take charge of the farm ; he did
so, and for ten years cultivated his father's
land on shares. He then fanned on the same
terms for four years in Perry valley, and next
near Newport, Pa., for three years. After
this be returned to the homestead, and con
ducted the farm until the death of his father;
he then bought the place at the appraisement,
and continued to farm it until near the end
of his life, when he sold it to his sons, John
and Hiram. He died January 9, 1888. A
few years before his death he became a mem
ber of the Dunkard church. Henry L. Gable
was married, December 5, 1850, to Elizabeth,
daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Bow
man) Sellers; she was born September 8,
1828, near MiddletoAvn, Dauphin county Pa.,
where she lived at the time of their maniage.
Their children are: John H. and Jeremiah D.,
twins, bom Alarch 20, 1852; Annie AL, of
Peny county, born Alarch 1, 1854; Hiram
S., of Hebron, Thayer county, Neb., born
January 12, 1856, married Alargaret Mc
Naughton, of Newport, Pa.; and Josiah S.,
born December 23, 1857, married Annie Mil
ler, of Mechanicsburg, Cumberland county,
Pa., and is in the lumber business in Lincoln,
Neb. John 11. Gable attended the common
schools until he reached the age of twenty-one.
When he was seventeen, he began running a
steam engine for George Fleischer, in his
planing-mill ; he was thus employed for four
teen years. His next engagement was in the
furnace of Marshall Brothers, at Newport, for

seven years; then in the position of locomotive
engineer for the Newport and Sherman's Val
ley Railroad Company, for four years and
four months. During this time, he became
joint OAvner Avith his' brother of the homestead.
He had manied at the age of twenty-six, on
September 24, 1878, Isaphene L, daughter
of David and Martha (Stevens) Grubb. They
first resided with Mr. Gable's parents on the
homestead for a year and a half, and then
built a house on a lot belonging to Mr. Gable
in Newport, where they resided for four or
five years, and then returned to the home
stead, which the Gable brothers bought at this
time. In the purchase was included a brick
house in Newport. They afterwards disposed
of the farm at public sale. During these
years, Mr. Gable did not of course give per
sonal attention to the cultivation of the land,
being almost constantly employed as an en
gineer up to the spring of 1895. He resided
in Newport after the sale of the homestead,
until he bought in 1895 his present farm in
Tuscarora township, Peny county, Pa., con
sisting of 197 acres, and formerly known as
the John Yohn farm. Sharing his father's
political opinions, Mr. Gable has always been
a Republican. He has never sought office, but
served one term as school director in Howe
township. On June 23, 1896, Mrs. John H.
Gable died. She Avas a member of the Lu
theran church, an estimable Christian lady,
whose kindly and sympathetic nature won her
many friends. Her loss is deeply regretted
by all who knew her. She left two children:
Annie Elizabeth, bom April 17, 1879; and
II. Blaine, born June 1, 1884. Mr. Gable is
a member of the Brethren church.

AVILLIAAt FOSSELA1AN, Donnallys
Alills, Peny county, Pa., son of John and
Susan (Dum) Fosselman, was born May 17,
1835, in EUiottsburg, Perry county. He is a
great-grandson of Daniel Fosselman, who with
a brother, John Fosselman, anived in Phila
delphia during the year 1700, on the ship
"Rink," from Bavaria, Germany, they being
Germans by birth. They settled in Berks
county, where they died, and where Daniel
Fosselman, Jr., Avas bom. He learned car
pentry in his youth ; he and two brothers, John
and Philip, settled in Perry county, and here
Daniel Fosselman married Jane Weitzel, a
native of Perry county. Philip Fosselman

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built, owned and managed a tannery. He was
a member of the Lutheran church. Daniel's
clnldren are: Philip; Airs. AAllliam Sheibley;
Mrs. AVilliam Kistler; and John. His Avidow
was manied to 'Squire Titzel, and had chil
dren: Henry; and Airs. AAllliam Shaffer. John
Fosselman, youngest son of Daniel, Jr., was
born in Tyrone township, Peny county, in
1805. He received an ordinary common
school education, but by diligent study ac
quired an extensive knowledge of books. He
excelled also as a penman and a mathemati
cian. As a boy, he learned the business of
tanning from his uncle Philip. He was mar
ried to Aliss Susan Dum in Spring toAvnship,
and commenced housekeeping there; about
1837 he removed to Juniata township, buy
ing the farm of Samuel Wagoner, now owned
by Benjamin F. Clouser. The land was near
ly all cleared and a log dwelling Avas on the
place, which Mr. Fosselman remodeled and en
larged. He introduced also other changes,
making considerable improvements. In 1866
he engaged with his son, AAllliam, in conduct
ing a 'tannery, which he continued until his
death. Originally a Democrat, Mr. Fossel
man was during his later years a Republican.
His children are: Daniel, served during the
late war in the Fifty-third Pennsylvania
Volunteers, married Catherine Fleck, died in
Juniata county; Elizabeth, died young; Sarah
(Mrs. William Arnold), a widow, resides on
Middle Ridge; John, served during the Re
bellion in Company G, Two Hundred and
Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, manied
Catherine Rice, resides in Juniata toAvnship,
Peny county; David, died at the age of
twenty; Alary (Mrs. B. F. Clouser), of Juni
ata township, Peny county; Susan (Mrs.
Josiah Fickes), of Newport, Pa. ; MUlard, an
Evangelical preacher in Alilton, Pa., married
Miss Garner; Martha (Airs. William Wilt), of
Newport, Pa.; and Joseph E., of Tuscarora
township, married to Martha Minnick. John
Fosselman was a member of the Evangelical
church. His wife survived him until 1889.
At the time when the family removed to
Juniata township, Perry county, William
Fosselman was a small boy. He obtained bis
education in the common schools under nu
merous disadvantages; they were only in ses
sion during three months of the year; the
branches taught were spelling, reading, arith
metic and geography; the buildings were fair

ly comfortable, but the course of instruction
was not yet well devised, nor were the teach
ers, as a rale, very competent. Nor could the
boy make full use of the opportunities that he
had, because the condition of farming was
such as to require the help of many hands, and
he Avas often obliged to stay at home and as
sist his mother in the household duties. From
the age of eighteen to that of twenty, he was
employed in learning the trade of millwright
Avith Richard Adams ; during the first summer
he was paid $4.00 per month, and during the
second, $6.00. He continued to follow this
vocation until 1866. In August, 1864, while
still in his early married life, AAllliam Fossel
man enlisted at Harrisburg, Pa., in Company
G, Tavo Hundred and Eighth Pennsylvania
Volunteers, as priA^ate, but Avas elected second
lieutenant at Hanisburg. The regiment went
to Baltimore, thence to City Boint, and thence
to Bermuda Hundred, Avhere it was encamped
in a peach orchard. It Avas assigned to Colonel
Potter's brigade, in Gen. B. F. Butler's de
partment, and remained at Bermuda Hun
dred, doing picket duty, until December, when
the regiment Avas ordered to the Avery House,
in front of Petersburg. There the company
was detailed to act as provost guard to General
Hartranft, until spring. On April 2, 1865,
it was in the battle of Petersburg, and after
wards foUoAved up General Lee in his retreat
towards Nottaway Court House. The Two
Hundred ancl Eighth was in the center of the
Union line, Avhich extended thirty-eight
miles. It charged the rebel line on April 2,
1865, at four o'clock in the morning in front
of Fort Hell, broke through and captured
Fort Damnation. These forts were christened
thus because they kept up an almost continual
artillery fire or duel day and night. Lieutenant
Fosselman has a SAvord which was captured _ at
Nottaway Court House, and presented to him
by his company. It was formerly owned by a
Confederate officer, Lieut. AVilliam H. Horst-
maiin. Tbe Two Hundred and Eighth Avas
discharged at the close of the war, ancl mus
tered out of service June 1, 1865, at Hanis
burg. Air. Fosselman returned to Juniata town
ship, where, just before his enlistment, he had
taken up his residence on the farm of Air.
Jones, having purchased a part of that farm,
as well as part of his father's. In Febraary,
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Jones, for a steam tannery and saw-mill, in
Tuscarora township. He removed to this
property, and conducted both until 1884,
when he disposed of it, and removed to his
present home, the place known as the Bull
farm. Here, in the same year, he erected a
new and beautiful dwelling. He has upon his
land one of the finest springs in this region.
Since 1884, Mr. Fosselman has devoted his
exclusive attention to fanning his one hun
dred and fifty acres. He is a Republican, and
has served as assessor, school director and au
ditor. He was nominated without his knowl
edge or solicitation as a candidate for the
legislature on the Republican ticket in 1868,
but was unsuccessful. He is a member of the
G. A. R. Post at Newport, and of the local
Grange. William Fosselman was married,
November 8, 1860, at the home of his bride,
near Milford, Pa., to Rebecca M., daughter of
John and Hettie (Meredith) Jones; she Avas
born in Juniata township, March 31, 1834.
They settled first at Milford, Pa. Their chil
dren are: Hettie (Mrs. William C. Lyons), of
Tuscarora township, born March 31, 1862;
Charles S., born AprU 18, 1866; Jessie AL,
bom April 3, 1872, died in August, 1875;
and John J., teacher, born October 18, 1878.
Mrs. Fosselman is a member of the Presby
terian church, Avhich Mr. Fosselman also at
tends.

west. He was appointed a justice of the
peace and held the office until incapacitated
by old age. He Avas the father of four chil
dren: Griffith; Benjamin; John; and Mar

garet.

The Oaven Family.
GRIFFITH OWEN, a native of Wales,
came to America about the same time as WU
liam Penn, and settled in the vicinity of Phila
delphia. He vras one of the members of Gov
ernor Penn's council, his name appearing in
the minutes of a meeting of that body held
October 28, 1701. These minutes, which are
recorded in Pat. Book A, Vol. 2, P. 125, are
signed by Joseph Crowden, speaker.
Griffith OAven, Jr., married Alargaret
Thomas. Levi Owen, son of Griffith Owen, Jr., was
born February 24, 1744, and was manied to
Ann Smith, of English descent, March 10,
1767. They moved to Perry county about
1770, and -entered a large tract of land be
tween Duncannon and New Bloomfield. This
was when the Onez and Owendot Indians
roamed over the Juniata valley. He helped
convey these Indians over the Allegheny
mountains, when they were removed farther

Griffith Owen (3), son of Levi and Ann
(Smith) Owen, married Nancy Sbortis, and
bad children: Levi; Susan; Polly; Nancy;
Joseph; and Phoebe.
Levi Owen, son of Griffith Owen (3), mar
ried Catherine, daughter of Rev. John Sny
der, and sister of Mrs. Mary Numsen, of Bal
timore, Md. Their children were: Mary Ann;
John Snyder; Catherine; Susan Rebecca;
Sarah; Isaiah. The mother died in 1844 or
1845, and Levi manied as his second Avife
the widoAV of John Smith. Her maiden name
was Elizabeth Leppard. They had one son,
George Dickson, named partly for Bishop
Dickson, then a young United Brethren
preacher on the Perry circuit. Mary Ann,
eldest child of Levi and Catherine (Snyder)
Owen, married Eleazer Owen, and had chil
dren: Ezra, who married Mary Harnish;
Catherine A., unmanied; John L. ; Sophia,
widow of a Mr. Rose; Ira Benjamin.
John Snyder Owen, deceased, second child
of Levi and Catherine (Snyder) Owen, mar
ried Esther Kiikpatrick, maiden name, Esther
Owen. Their children were: Francis; Jose
phine; John Wesley; Elmira. Catherine
Owen, deceased, third child of Levi and Cathe
rine (Snyder) Owen, was manied twice. Her
first husband was Griffith Owen, a cousin.
Their children were: Erastus G. and Mary
Isabel. Erastus G. moved to White City,
Kan., where he married Miss Shilling and
died, leaving one child, Nellie. Mary Isabel
married Isaac Miller, of Wheatfield township.
Their children are: Erastus Walter; Elsie
Louisa; Cora Alay; Olive P.; Clayton; and
Emest. The second husband of Catherine
OAven was Samuel Wallace, who survives.
Their chilren are: Rebecca; Ira; John;
Emma. Rebecca is the wife of Charles Zig
ler, of Wheatfield township. Ira, who mar
ried a daughter of Andrew Loy, resides in
Wheatfield township. John, who married a
Miss Speas, resides in Carroll township.
Emma is the wife of Harry Liddick, of Wheat-
field township. Susan Rebecca, fourth child,
of Levi and Catherine (Snyder) Owen, re
moved to near Waterman, 111, and married
a widower named Dickson. He died and she

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is now keeping house for her two step-sons.
Sarah, fifth child of Levi ancl Catherine (Sny
der) Owen, resides in Baltimore, Aid., and is
married. George Dickson OAven, son of Levi
Owen, by his second wife, Avas a school teach
er. He manied Sadie AlcFarland, of Alans-
field, 0.. who survives him. He died in De
cember, 1882. His children Avere: John L. ;
Jesse Milton, deceased ; Noble Alctor ; George
Dickson. Susan Owen, second child of Griffith Owen
(3) manied Thomas Shortis, and raised a'large
family. They remoA'ed to Richland county,
0., where her husband died at an adA-anced
age. She died in Alansfield, 0., a feAV years
ago, aged ninety-two.
Polly Owen, third child of Griffith Owen
(3), married John AlcCaskey. Their chil
dren were: Amos; Rachel Jane; and Freder
ick, who was killed in battle during the Avar
of the Rebellion. The parents and the other
children removed to near AAraterman, Uh,
Airs. AlcCaskey died and he married the
widoAV Kirkpatrick, a former resident of Perry
county. Amos, son of the first maniage, mar
ried a daughter of widoAV Kirkpatrick by her
first husband. The wife is deceased. Rachel
Jane remained single.
Nancy Owen, fourth child of Griffith
Ovren (3), married Joseph AIcBride, of
AVheatfield township, who later removed to
Iowa. He was a farmer ancl lumberman.
Both are deceased. Their children were:
John; Afary Ann; Jesse; Israel; Ezekiel;
Gideon. Jesse L. Owen, youngest son of Griffith
Owen (3), learned blacksmithing with Capt.
Samuel AlcKenzie, of Duncannon, and moved
to Ohio. He manied a Aliss Rathbun, and
had one son, Eleazer OAven, Avho Avent to
Texas. The mother died, and Jesse L., mar
ried as his second Avife Susan Snyder, a
daughter of Rev. John Snyder. They became
the parents of several children.
Phoebe, youngest child of Griffith Owen
(3), died single.
Benjamin Owen, second son of Levi Owen,
and brother of Griffith Owen (3), married
Mary McBride, a sister of Joseph AtcBride.
They were the parents of tweh^e children:
I. Lemuel, married Emily Shortis. They
moved west, reared a large family, and died
at an advanced age.
II. AAYsley, moved to Ohio and later to

Iowa, Avhere he married, reared a family and
died Avell advanced in years.
III. Alary, remained single.
IA1 Peggy, married Rev. John G. Sny
der, a United Brethren minister. Their chil
dren were: Alary Catherine, burned to death
in infancy; George S., married and removed
to Iowa, Avhere he held a position in the AAtest-
ern College of the United Brethren church;
John AVesley, graduated in medicine and sur
gery in AYav A'ork, after the Rebellion, and
moved from Iowa to Pueblo, Col, where he
married ancl died, leaving a Avidow and these
children; Almira J., who married a Air.
Thatcher, of Perry county, afterwards one of
the judges of the Sivpreme Court of Colorado;
Sarah; George A\r. ; Simon D., a United
Brethren minister; ancl Daniel.
Al John Fletcher, manied Sarah AIcKin-
ney, and had several children.
YI. Jane Ann, manied Jacob Bruner.
She died, leaving one son, Owen Bruner.
AMI. Esther, married John Kirkpatrick, a
carpenter. They had one child, Avho died
young. Air. Kirkpatrick Avas accidentally
killed at Bametts Alill. The wHoav married
John S. Owen.
A71II. Jesse Smith, a plasterer, removed to
Schuylkill county, Pa., Avhere he manied and
died, leaving a small family.
IN. Seth, removed to Burligton, la., where
he died about 1842.
N. Reuben, became a minister of the
Alethodist Episcopal church, and located in
the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference.
NI. Benjamin.
NIL Josiah.
Alargaret OAven, third child and only
daughter of Levi Oavcii, manied Alexander
Shortis, of Carroll toAvnship. She died and
is buried in AAlieatfield township. He lives
near Shermansdale. Their children Avere:
Thomas, Avho married Susan OAven; Wesley,
a tanner, Avho married Atiss Diven, Avho with
her two children died in 1832, and were all
buried at the same time in Smith's graveyard,
Wheatfield township; Alary Ann, married
Robert Atilligan, of Afilligan Station, near
Pittsburg, Pa., and died at an advanced age,
leaving a large family; Emily, married Lem
uel Owen, ancl moved Avest; John, married a
Atiss AlcCaskey. They moved Avest.
John OAven, youngest child of LeAU Owen,
married Amelia Owen, a second cousin, and a

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daughter of Abel and Isabella Owen. Their
children are: Eleazer; Samuel; Ann; Griffith;
Tirza; John Thomas; Abel Davis; Esther E. ;
Rachel Jane; Isabella; Joel B.
Eleazer Owen, eldest child of John Owen,
manied Mary Ann Owen, daughter of Levi
Owen (2), already noted. Eleazer Owen was
a member of the State legislature in 1845, and
a justice of the peace for many years.
Samuel OAven, second child of John Owen,
married Tirza Casner. Their children were:
Edward, married Susan Mickey, whose chil
dren were Ida, Avho manied George Leppard;
AAllliam, married and lives in Ohio; Elmer;
and Alinnie, single; Alary Ann, married James
Martin, an engineer, has one daughter, Tirza;
Esther, manied John Craig, superintendent
of railway signal service, Harrisburg, and has
children; Lizzie, married to Mr. Trostle;
James, drowned near Aliddletown, leaving a
widoAV; Jessie, at home; and Charles, who
married Aliss Toomy, and has one child;
Elizabeth, deceased, married Jacob Berk-
stresser, of Duncannon, Avho had seven sons in
the Union army, all of whom came home.
Ann Owen, third child of John Owen, mar
ried Samuel Gross, a gunsmith and silver
smith. They settled near Bloomville, Seneca
county, 0., about 1830, Avhere they died,
leaving three daughters: Alartha Ann;
Amelia Jane; Alary E.
Griffith Owen (4), fourth child of John
OAven, manied Catherine Owen.
Tirza OAven, fifth child of John Owen, died
single. John Thomas, sixth child of John OAven,
manied Alargaret Searer and had two chil
dren: Alfred, a merchant at Chicago Junc
tion; and Alary Amelia (Airs. Ateyers), Avho
lives in Ohio. Atrs. OAvens died and he mar
ried Sarah Newman, and had three children:
David; Margaret; and Esther At.
Abel Davis Owen, seventh child of John
Owen, is deceased. He married Alargaret
Finley. Their children were: James Thomp
son; Alartha Ann; Rebecca Jane; Mary Isa
bel, and several that died young. James
Thompson lives near Duncannon. His first
wife Avas Aliss Ellenberger, Avhose children
were: Charlie and Elmer. His second wife,
widoAV of a Mr. Sheaffer. Alartha Ann, de
ceased, Avas the wife of Abram Freese. Re
becca Jane manied Abraham J. Ellenberger,
of Marysville, a sketch of whom appears else-

Avhere in this work. Mary Isabel is the wife
of William Reamer, of Harrisburg. They
have tAvo children: Hany and Emest. Wil
liam Davis, married Alartha Mitchner. He is
a restaurant keeper in Duncannon.
Esther E. Owen, married Joseph Young,
son of Rev. Henry Voting. They were the
parents of these chUdren: Alargaret Ann;
Levi; John Henry; Fanny E. ; Enos Franklin.
Alary Ann married Andrew Layman. They
reside in Iowa ancl have four children. Levi
Avas a Lnion soldier and, was killed near Fort
Steadman. John Henry married Sarah Jane
Leppard; they live in Wheatfield township.
Fannie A. married Jacob Ayle. They moved
to Iowa. Enos Franklin is married and lives
in Alissouri.
Joel Benjamin Owen, youngest son of John
Owen, Avas bom in Wheatfield township, Au
gust 6, 1825. He received a common school
education and Avas raised on the farm. During
his young manhood he taught school four
terms in Penn township and two in Wheat-
field township. His life has been devoted to
lumbering and farming. On June 24, 1847,
Air. OAven married Sarah Ann McCoy, and
has ten children: John; David; William;
George AAT. ; Alary A.; Eleazer; Annie; Liz
zie C; Thomas J.; Benjamin F. ; John, a ma
chinist, resides in Carroll township. He mar
ried Catherine Ayle. Their children were:
Gertrude F. ; Harry G. ; Jennie Atay, de
ceased; Clarence B. ; John Thomas; Oscar
Alilton, deceased; Lucy Kate, deceased;
Sarah Ann; Alary Amelia; Edna Emily; Su
sie Naomi. DaA'id manied Susan Harnish.
They reside in Harrisburg, and have children:
Christian B., manied to Luella Johnson, live
in Harrisburg, and have one child, Robert
Ray; Bertha Alay, married June 3, 1897, to
Jesse Stephens, of Harrisburg; Charles; Wil
liam died in infancy. George W. married
Anna Rathfon, resides in Carroll township,
and has children: Joel B. ; Laura Emma;
Ella; and John. Alary A. is the wife of John
E. Bruner. Eleazer resides in Hanisburg,
and is married to Sarah C. AAlallace. Their
children are: Robert; Sarah Myrtle; Anna
Grace; Nellie Florence; Edna, deceased; Wil-
mot A. Annie married Austin J. Rathfon,
a produce and commission merchant in Chi
cago. Lizzie C. is the wife of Franklin P.
Leppard, of AVheatfield township. Thomas J.
and Perry F. are at home.

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Amelia OAven, mother of Joel B. Owen,
was the oldest child of Abel and Isabella
(Davis) Owen, whose other children were
Tirza; Joanna; Owen OAven; John; Zelophe-
had. Tirza married Isaac Glover, of Rye
township. She died leaving one son, John,
who moved west with his father. Joanna
married James Casner. Their children were:
Tirza; Abel D., deceased; Sarah, deceased.
The latter manied Alartin Clay, deceased, of
Carroll township. Their children were:
Henry, Avho died, in the army; John Griffith;
Samuel, manied to Irene Donnally, of Carroll
toAvnship; William, who manied Airs. Benja
min Alclntyre, Jr., resides in Jersey City, N.
J.; Alary G, the wife of AAllliam Rathfon, of
Canoll township; Kate, wife of David Gus-
sler, of New Bloomfield; Jacob, who manied
Margaret AicDonald, of AAlieatfield township.
OAven Owen, deceased, married Catherine
Long; John lives in Philadelphia, Avhere he
conducted an academy for many years. He
was married twice. His oldest son, John, was
an Indian agent in Bitter Root valley, Wash
ington Territory, during Buchanan's admin
istration. Zelophehad married Rebecca Cas
ner, moved to Alarion county, 0. Their chil
dren were: Edmund; Ira; Eleazer; Owen 0.;
Davis; Kate A.; Alay Isabel. By his second
maniage he had one son, Zelophehad.
Sarah Ann McCoy, wife of Joel B. Owen,
was born February 11, 1826, in Penn town
ship, Peny county, Pa., and is a daughter of
David and Alary (AlcKinney) McCoy. Her
father was a contractor. Her brothers and
sisters were : William ; David ; Kate ; Matthew
P.; Hacket; Elizabeth. AAllliam resides in
Penn township, married Margaret Kirkpat
rick, whose children were: Jesse K., who mar
ried Emma Aughinbaugh; Mary, single, em
ployed in asylum in Hanisburg; Matthew, re
sides at Big Island, Dauphin county, Pa.;
William, married Miss Gamble, and resides in
Duncannon. Isaac married Miss Green, re
sides in Altoona. Minnie, married Allen
Thompson, resides in Watts township. David
McCoy married Mary J. Gray, both are de
ceased. Their children were: Hany B., mar
ried Tenie Dunkle, of Duncannon; Richard
M., married Carrie Moses, railroad ticket
agent at Lewistown, Pa. ; Jones, married Car
rie Green, is a telegraph operator at Altoona,
Pa. Catharine McCoy married Rev. John
Kistler, a Lutheran minister. They went to

Africa. She died. Their son Henry is liv
ing in Denver, Col. Air. Kistler married
again, and resides in Carlisle. Alatthew P.
AlcCoy, a carpenter, went to Arkansas in
1861, and has not been heard from since.
Ilacket AlcCoy was a soldier in the Union
army, is single. Elizabeth AlcCoy manied
Robert Bothwell, deceased. He Avas a soldier
in the Bucktail regiment. Their children
are: Jennie Alay, Avife of AVilliam Boyd, a
railroad employee at Sunbury, Pa.; Ralph
Samuel; Harvey F.; Francis AAT.; Alay;
Alary; Elliott; Nellie AlcCoy. Joel . B.
and Airs. Sarah Ann (AlcCoy) OAven cele
brated their golden Avedding June 24, 1897,
upon Avhich occasion one hundred and seven
teen guests Avere entertained at the family
home in AVheatfield township.

GEORGE AV. SNEATH, Newport, Perry
county, Pa., son of AAllliam and Elizabeth
(Albright) Sneath, of Lancaster county, was
born in that county, December 15, 1838. His
educational advantages were limited, and
early in life he began earning his own liveli
hood, for which he at first worked by the
month. He was for some time a boatman on
the Pennsylvania canal and on the Juniata
canal; for one year he was employed in a
boat-yard. In 1865, Air. Sneath enlisted in
Company H, One Hundred ancl Ninety-sec
ond Pennsyh'ania AYlunteers, served six
months, and was honorably discharged, Sep
tember 1, 1865. After this he was for three
years engaged in farming in Buffalo township,
Perry county; then he removed to Upper San
dusky, 0., and was occupied for one year with
bridge building, and for the ensuing three
years in farming. Returning to Pennsylvania
he worked in a saw-mill at Williamsport for
two summers, and then for four years farmed
in Buffalo township, Perry county. In 1879,
Atr. Sneath went to Kansas, and remained
there until 1891, engaged in stock raising. He
then came back once more to the old Key
stone State, and purchased the farm in Wheat-
field township, which is now his home. He
was a member of Allison Post, No. 196, G.
A. R., of Duncannon. He votes with the
Democratic party, and has served sixteen years
as school director.
George W. Sneath was married in 1862 to
Catherine E., daughter of Henry Schultz, of
Buffalo township, Perry county. Their chil-

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dren are: Adam 0., teacher in Wheatfield
township; William Henry, a ranchman in
Kansas; LeAvis; Eva Ellen; and John B. Air.
Sneath and family are members of the United
Brethren church, of which he is a trustee.

JOHN HEFFLEY, Duncannon, Perry
county, Pa., was born in New Bloomfield,
Perry county, April 2, 1841. He is a son of
Leonard and Ev^-a Catherine (AVeaver) Hef-
fiey, natives of Germany. His parents Avrote
their names Huftt in German. They came
to America in 1832, and engaged in the
butchering business in York, Pa. They re
moved from that town, first to NeAV Bloom
field, and afterwards, in 1842, to Duncannon,
where they carried on the same business.
Leonard Heffley died there in 1851; Airs.
Heffley survived him until Alarch 5, 1888.
They were members of the Lutheran church.
Of their children, the following are deceased :
Fred-erica (Airs. Isaac Smith), of Hanisburg,
Pa. ; Catherine (Mrs. Andrew Burd) ; Charles,
a teacher ancl merchant of Duncannon; and
Isaiah, Avho died young. Those who survive
are: Elizabeth (Atrs. AAllliam Ataley), of Har
risburg; and John.
John Heffley attended the common schools
until he had anived at the age of twelve. He
then learned the trade of a nailer, which he
pursued until 1892. In that year, having by
steady industry ancl frugality acquired a com
petence, he relinquished laborious business,
and retired to the farm Avhich is uoav his home.
He is a stockholder of the Perry County Rail
road. Air. Heffley is a Republican; he has
served as a member of the borough council in
Duncannon. He belongs to the Sr. O. U. A.
At., and to Lodge No. 205, I. O. 0. F.
John Heffley Avas married in 1883 to So
phia, daughter of Jacob and Frances A.
(Freet) Aliller, of Peny county. Their chil
dren are : John AAr. ; and William B. H. Mrs.
Heffley is a member of the United Brethren
church.

ISAIAH HARTZELL, Dellville, Perrv
county, Pa., Avas born in Perry county, Decem
ber 10. 1841, son of Samuel and Elizabeth
(Clay) Ilartzell. His grandfather, John
Ilartzell, Avas a native of Adams county, Pa.,
and a miller. George Clay, maternal grand
father of Air. Isaiah Ilartzell, was a farmer,
born in Cumberland countv, Pa. He mar

ried three times; his first wife was Aliss
Shultz, and their children were : Jacob ; Alarv
(Airs. George Galebaugh); and Elizabeth
(Airs. Samuel Ilartzell). Atr. Clay was again
married, to a widow, Airs. Buck; the children
of this marriage were: Annie (Mrs. John D.
Dickel) ; and Rev. J. Clay. The third Avife of
Atr. Clay was Airs. Bear. He Avas a member
of the Refonned church; he died in 1866,
at the age of eighty-four.
Samuel, son of John Ilartzell, Avas born in
Alary land, ancl came to Perry county in 1827,
becoming a resident of Rye township, for one
year; then in Penn township, Avhere for five
years he conducted a mill; he aftenvards
turned his attention to fanning. He enjoyed a
position of respect and confidence in the com
munity, and Avas elected to various township
offices. Nine children composed the family
of Samuel and Elizabeth (Clay) Hartzell, of
Avhom the following are deceased: John; Su
san ; Haniet At. (Atrs. Andrew J. Bird) ; Sam
uel, a soldier of the One Hundred and Eighty-
eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, in the late
Avar, Avho lost his life in the defense of his coun
try; and Mary E. (Atrs. John M. Grabill).
The surviving children are: Henry J., lives
in Dauphin county, Pa.; George A., and
Isaiah, reside in Perry county, Pa. ; and Jere
miah S., of Newport, Pa. Samuel Ilartzell
Avas a member and a trustee of the Methodist
Episcopal church; he died in August, 1884,
aged seventy-nine; his Avife died in 1891, aged
seventy-nine years.
After fighting the schoolboy's battles with
"sums" and other tasks for several years, in
the common schools of his neighborhood, and
the farmer's battle with the soil and the pow
ers of nature, Isaiah Ilartzell enlisted, before
he was out of his teens, for the more exciting
battles of the Avar of the Rebellion. He was
a member of the well-remembered "Bucktail"
regiment, the Forty-second Pennsylvania Vol
unteers, a rifle regiment, which did splendid
service. Mr. Hartzell was mustered in as a
private in Company B, April 19, 1861, and
after faithful performance of his patriotic duty
for three years, Avas mustered out, June 11,
1864, with his company. He then returned
to his chosen pursuit of farming, in Avhich he
has ever since been successfully engaged. He
has resided upon and cultivated his present
farm since 1868. Besides having been inspec
tor of elections, he has filled various township

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1181

offices. He was elected to that of supervisor
in 1877, and in 1894 was appointed assessor
to fill an unexpired term, and was subse
quently elected to that office. He is a member
of the John Jones Post, G. A. R.
Isaiah Hartzell was manied, Febraary 8,
1866, to Susan, daughter of Abraham and
Catherine (Frey) Smith. Only one of their
large family is deceased: John AL, aaIio died
August 14, 1873, aged ten months and two
days. The others are: Ida Al. (Airs. LeAvis
S. Manum), of Harrisburg, Pa.; Catherine
B. (Atrs. Alorris AVall) ; Abraham S. ; Newton
S.; Hany V.; Herbert AL; Datie A.; Jessie
W. F.; Clara E.; Pearl E.; Bertie A.; and
Mary B.

GEORGE I. CROUSE, Logania, Perry
county, Pa., Avas born in Snyder county, Pa.,
October 15, 1855. He is a son of Dr. George
J. and Alary (Shaffer) Crouse, natives of Sny
der county. George J. Crouse, Al. D., Avas a
gentleman of excellent education, a graduate
of Jefferson Aledical College, Philadelphia.
He practiced medicine first in Snyder county,
Pa., then for three years in Kansas, and after
wards successively in Philadelphia, Snyder
county, Juniata county, Pa., and Atlantic
county, N. J. From tbe last named place he
removed with his family in 1886 to Wheat-
field township, Peny county; there he died
October 24, 1890. Mrs. Crouse survives him.
He was an adherent of the Republican party.
He sent a substitute to the war of the Rebel
lion. Dr. Crouse served as postmaster at Rich
field, Juniata county, Pa., and at Logania.
The children of Dr. and Mrs. Crouse are:
John, at home, -married Emma Hertz, who
died in 1887, leaving three children, Edith,
Lizzie and Jackson; George I., who is a pros
perous and well known farmer of Wheatfield
township; James N., at home; Mary M. (Mrs.
Uriah Winey), of Wheatfield township ; Ben
jamin F., of AVheatfield township, married Ida
C, daughter of Christopher G. Shelley, has
three children, B. F., Jr., Sarah and Charles;
Annie M. (Mrs. Adolph L. Metzger), of PhU-
adelphia ; and Emma R., at home. Dr. Crouse
attended the Lutheran church, and contributed
to its support.

ISAAC BAKER, Logania, Pony county,
Pa., was born near Campbellstown, Pa., Feb
ruary 1, 1821, son of Frederick and Catherine

(Eshelman) Baker, natives of Dauphin coun
ty, Pa. They Avere members of the Dunkard
church. Their children were named as fol-
Ioavs: Henry, of Dauphin county; Elizabeth
(Airs. John Crossley), of Dauphin county, de
ceased; Isaac; John, of Dauphin county; Ru
dolph, of Indiana; Jacob, of Dauphin county;
Frederick, also of Dauphin county; and Cath
erine (Airs. StraAv), of Indiana. "Atrs. Baker
died in 1851, and her husband in 1862.
The youth of Isaac Baker Avas passed in
Dauphin ancl Lancaster counties, where his
education was obtained in the common schools.
He learned shoemaking, but later turned his
attention to farming, in Dauphin county. In
1866, he removed to his present farm, where
he has since resided. He is a worthy and sub
stantial citizen; a Republican in his political
convictions, and has served the township as
supervisor. Isaac Baker was married in 1851
to Susan, daughter of Frederick Straw, of
Dauphin county. She Avas killed on the rail
road at Logania in 1892. The children of
Air. and Airs. Baker are: Kate (Airs. Charles
Seibert), of Hanisburg; AVilliam F., of AAratts
township, Peny county; Frederick F., of Mil
ler township, Perry county; Susan, of Harris
burg; and Florence, at home.
HARRY H. HAIN1 editor of the Duncan
non Record, Duncannon, Perry county, Pa.,
Avas bom in Buffalo toAvnship, Perry county,
July 25, 1873. He is the youngest of five
children of Henry and Elizabeth (Huggins)
Hain. Henry Plain is a grandson of Casper
Hain, an early settler of Berks county, whose
son, John Hain, became a resident of North
umberland county. John Hain married Kath
arine Snyder, and their son, Henry Hain, was
born in Northumberland county, September
2, 1833. He removed at an early age to Perry
county, where for the greater part of his life
he has been engaged in farming. He has
served in many offices in the gift of his town
ship. His children are: JohnL; George G;
Hany H; Alice AL; and Emma G _ The
first tAvo are employed in the railway mail ser
vice. Henry Hain is a gentleman in good
standing and held in great esteem in his com
munity; but his greatest satisfaction is found
in the success of his children.
At the early age of sixteen, Harry H. Hain
successfully passed a teachers' examination,
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for newspaper Avork, he was employed on the
Greencastle Pilot and the Harrisburg Patriot.
In 1891, forming a partnership with a brother,
he purchased the plant of the Duncannon
Record. By the dissolution of this partner
ship, in 1894, H. H. Hain secured entire con
trol of the paper, of which he is still both pub
lisher and editor. He became an enthusiastic
party worker while yet in bis teens, and his
inclinations are strongly political. He is well-
known in patriotic circles, being past president
of the county organization of the Junior 0.
U. A. AL, and having served two successive
years as chairman of the State appeal com
mittee of that organization. He is also a mem
ber of Iron Conclave, No. 136, I. 0. H, and
of Evergreen Lodge, No. 205, I. O. O. F.
Mr. Hain was secretary of the board of trade
for several years, having been the leading
spirit in its organization in 1892. But his
"hobby" is the newspaper business, and in it
all his hopes for the future are centered.
Early in 1896, Harry H. Hain was united in
marriage to Atiss Fannie Swartz, an estimable
young lady of Hanisburg, Pa., but a native of
NeAV Bloomfield, Pa. One little daughter,
Martha Amelia, Avith her parents, constitutes
the household. Atr. Hain is a "home" man,
arid is fond of his family. His wif e is a mem
ber of tbe Lutheran church, where the family
are wont to attend services.

ARTHUR C. LACKEY, attorney-at-law,
Duncannon, Pa., was born at Aliens Cove,
Penn township, Perry county, June 16, 1868.
He is a son of David ancl Sarah (Sheibley)
Lackey, both natives of Perry county, of
whom the former is deceased; Mrs. Lackey
still resides in Penn township. Both parents
were distinguished in the community for sterl
ing and estimable qualities, which endeared
them to all their acquaintances.
The boyhood of Arthur C. Lackey Avas
passed on the homestead farm amid the invig
orating influences of rural life. He first at
tended the public schools of his native toAvn-
ship, and possessing a vigorous mind and a
thirst for knowledge, soon mastered their cur
riculum. His public school work was supple
mented by a course at the Shippensburg Nor
mal School, Avhere he ranked high as a clili-
gent^ and successful student, of keen, practi
cal judgment and exemplary deportment.
During the year 1886, he was persuaded to

accept the charge of the public schools at Al
iens Cove, in which he had formerly been a
pupil. He served acceptably, and continued
in this position for five successive years. He
then obtained, at a more lucrative salary, a
similar position in the flourishing town of
Afarysville. While teaching, Atr. Lackey car
ried on his work at the Normal school with
the energy inherent to his nature; his appli
cation Avas crowned, in 1889, with a meritori
ous graduation.
Having determined to make law his profes
sion, he entered the Dickinson Law School, at
Carlisle. His labors here were characterized
by the same earnestness and thoroughness
which had distinguished his former work; and
in 1895, after the completion of a full course,
he Avas graduated with high honors. Soon
after graduation, Air. Lackey began the prac
tice of his profession in Duncannon, where
his worth and ability commanded respect, and
won tbe confidence of the substantial citizens
of the community. This has been evinced by
the steady constant growth of his lucrative
practice, and by the responsible positions
which have been conferred upon him. He is
secretary and attorney for the borough, and
has filled those positions most satisfactorily.
He has also filled with much credit, for two
successive terms, the office of township auditor.
Air. Lackey is an earnest advocate of the views
of the Republican party. His energy, practi
cal sense, and close application, together with
his exemplary conduct in the varied relations
of life and in the discharge of bis professional
duties, ensure his success. The people of
Duncannon naturally take great pride in the
achievements of the rising attorney, and pro
phesy for him a brilliant future. Mr. Lackey
is a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church,
and a faithful and regular attendant upon its
services.

SAA1UEL SHELLER (Schiller), a leading
and popular merchant of Duncannon, and one
of its oldest living residents, Avas born near
Churehtown, Cumberland county, Pa., June
24, 1827. He is a son of George and Rebecca
(Stover) Sheller (Schiller). Both paternal
and maternal ancestors Avere of the hardy,
frugal and industrious German stock which
have been so prominent in the development
of the great Keystone Commonwealth. His
grandfather, Daniel Sheller (Schiller), Avas

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born in Germany, in 1762, and married Eliza
beth Long, born in the same year. As immi
grants to Pennsylvania they first settled in
Lancaster county, and subsequently removed
to a farm two miles from Greencastle, Frank-
fin county. There the two sons, John and
Daniel, Jr., greAV to manhood; and there,
life's fitful fever over, the patriarch and the
lifelong companion of his joys and sonows
died within less than a month of each other,
the one in March, the other in April, 1829.
Samuel Sheller (Schiller), spent his boy
hood under the family roof in Cumberland
county. Not enjoying the educational facili
ties now at hand for young people, Air. Shel-
ler's education was limited to a few months,
during the winter season, in the common
schools of his neighborhood. After leaving
school, he worked as a farm band, and at the
age of eighteen engaged in tbe manufacture
of flour banels. Removing to Duncannon,
in 1846, he was for seven years engaged in the
manufacture of nail kegs for the extensive
works of Morgan, Fisher & Co., now known
as the Duncannon Iron Company. Active
and keen as a man of business, and giving evi
dence of a probity that secured to him the re
spect of the community, Mr. Sheller (Schiller)
was successful in enlarging his business rela
tions and rendering himself useful in the com
munity. He engaged in the butchering busi
ness, and continued it with success for nine
years. In 1860, he entered into a partnership
in mercantile business with Daniel Rife, under
the firm name of Sheller & Rife. In 1862,
having sold out bis interest to the junior part
ner, he again engaged in butchering, besides
carrying on an extensive flour and feed estab
lishment. This was continued for two years,
until, in 1864, he disposed of both interests,
and has been since that time, for more than
thirty years, in mercantile business. In 1862,
during the dark days of the Civil Avar, Air.
Sheller enlisted in Company B, Sixth Penn
sylvania Volunteers. His standing among his
fellow-citizens was shown by his immediate
election as captain of the company, in which
position he served with honor and credit to
himself and to the satisfaction of those under
his command, until the discbarge of the com
pany. Samuel Sheller (Schiller) was married in
Duncannon, January 3, 1850, to Margaret
Haines Lewis, born March 29, 1831, daughter

of Guyan and Elizabeth (Bamett) Lewis.
Their children are: Rebecca Jane, bom Oc
tober 24, 1850, died December 24, 1882;
Elizabeth Gainer, widow of Joshua North
Gladden; Sylvester Snow, manied Agatha
T. Sweger, of New Bloomfield, deceased;
Catharine Alrginia, who died in infancy;
Alary Emma (Airs. J. J. Aliller), of Philadel
phia; Clara Cordelia; Francis Stover, bom
August 1, 1862, is a grocer of Philadelphia,
and manied Alary E. Eprigbt, of Norristown,
Pa. ; Letitia Stella, Avho died in infancy; Lula
Josephine, a graduate of the musical depart
ment of the University of Pennsylvania, is
now a successful music teacher in Philadel
phia; Ada Viola; Samuel Barnett, chief bur
gess of Duncannon; and Charles Sturdevant,
born September 24, 1872. The first daughter,
Rebecca Jane, was a young lady of more than
ordinary ability, gifted alike in mathematics,
music and poetry. She was educated in the
public schools, Susquehanna Institute, of Dun
cannon, and Irving College, of Alechanics-
burg, and during this period developed marked
literary ability. She was the author of a num
ber of poems, and for over tAvo years was edi
tress of the Duncannon Record.
For several terms Air. Sheller acceptably
filled the office of chief burgess of Duncannon,
and also served as secretary of the town council
and secretary and treasurer of the Duncannon
school board. Air. Sheller (Schiller) has been
for many years an influential and valued mem
ber, and for over twenty years treasurer, of
Evergreen Lodge, No. 205, I. O. 0. F., being
one of its past noble grands. He is also a stock
holder in the Duncannon National Bank, and
has been a director in this institution since its
organization. He has been a staunch, unswerving Repub
lican. The family attend the Methodist Epis
copal church. After a busy and useful life,
whose every record has been one of honor,
probity and devotion to duty, Air. Sheller
(Schiller) in a ripe and cheerful old age enjoys
the unlimited respect of all who know him.
Mrs. Aliller, who is the fourth daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sheller (Schiller), and
who now resides at No. 17 South Fortieth
street, Philadelphia, was educated at Millers-
A'ille, Pa., studied sight sinking under Dr.
Lyte, teacher of music in the school at that
place, and also receiA^ed instructions in voice
culture ancl in artistic singing from the teacher

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of that department. She Avas afterwards a pu
pil of the celebrated teacher, Alme. Seiler, of
Philadelphia, a lady eminently successful in
developing the vocal powers and studied the
theory of music and harmony under Hugh A.
Clarke, Alus. Doc, and Professor of Music
in the University of Pennsylvania, and under
the celebrated Alichael Cross, also of Philadel
phia. In 1897, Atrs. Aliller had the honor of
being elected one of the six assistants to the
Supervisor of Alusic in the Public Schools of
Philadelphia. Lines written for the Soldiers' Reunion,
held in New Bloomfield, Pa., October 18,
1877, by Rebecca Jane Sheller, deceased:
The first faint notes from my untutored lyre
In early youth were breathed to Freedom's
¦ name,
And years haA'e taught that bard cannot as
pire
To loftier theme or more ennobling strain.
Ah, then, thou Atuse ! who dost inspire my
song
To Freedom, let thy thoughts be consecrate.
Welcome this phalanx of the soldier throng,
Who fought to keep her shrine inviolate.
Be thine, 0 Avilling muse, the grateful task
Their many deeds of valor to recall;
Pour out the wine of mem'ry's fragrant flask
And let it shimmer o'er tbe deeds of all.
2. No more the din of Avar is in the air,
Its cruel echoes long have died away;
Knapsacks are dusty, sabres rusting where
They long have rested from the bloody fray.
The brilliant battle-flags, grimy and torn,
Are folded, and each glittering SAVord is
sheathed
Muskets are stacked, and through the fields
are borne
The melodies by peaceful workers breathed.
And homes are happy; then upon this day,
Forget not, these are of the soldier boys
Who, in the weary march and deadly fray,
Wrought for our land the peace she now
enjoys.
3. They tramped through tangled wood and
mountain glen,
Through fevered swamp and baleful black
bayou;
Languished perhaps in dreary prison pen,

For Freedom's flag — the red, the white and
blue.
Theirs are the tears of many a battle plain,
The memories of great privations borne,
Of patient sacrifice and hours of pain,
Afar from home and loving kindred torn.
What now our fortune, had their sturdy arms,
And those of their brave comrades failed
us, when
Black treason filled the land with dire alarms,
And reared her hydra-head in every glen.
4. What would it brook us this autumnal day
That plenteous crops are garnered east and
west,
That sunrise clouds of gold and coral ray
Portend a dawning with rich promise blest?
For all the lands we till, the homes we claim
Were then the haughty foeman's whom we
dread.
Ours were a heritage of grief and shame,
And we were slaves and Liberty were dead.
Our glorious flag now floating high and higher,
AAtere trailed in dust, trampled 'neath das
tard feet,
While in its place on sunlit tower and spire
Were hung the banner we disdain to greet.
5. 0, hopeless picture! shrinkingly we turn
AVith deeper gratitude to those -who wore
The true blue colors, and with sorrow burn
For all the dead ones avIio can come no more.
In southern everglade, by southern stream
'Neath blue waves where the Cumberland
went down,
These heroes, slain for Liberty, now dream
The endless sleep, having attained the
crown.
On Fame's escutcheon Avritten are their deeds
Embalmed in faithful hearts their memories
dAvell,
Who answered with their lives their country's
needs,
And won the meed "Servant, thou hast clone
well."
6. To-day we cannot greet them — mute they
lie,
Heedless of hopes that in our bosoms stir,
Nor peal of drum, nor horn, nor bugle cry,
Can be to them a thought's interpreter.
But when these soldiers, having mission still
To fight for truth in years of civic rule,

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Have further striven with brave and virtu
ous will
To break the teachings of dark error's
school :
AAThen they in life's great battle faint, and
fold
Their pallid hands and close their Aveary
eyes,
The comrades whom they uoav no more be
hold,
Will Avelcome to reunion in the skies.
— Rebecca J. Schiller.

SAMUEL BARNETT SCHILLER (Shel
ler), chief burgess of Duncannon, Perry coun
ty, Pa., was born in the borough of Duncan
non, August 21, 1871. He is a son of Samuel
and Alargaret H. (Lewis) Schiller. Educated
in the schools of his native place, he early dis
played the vigorous mind and keen aptitude
for affairs which has led to his present elec
tion, so early in life, to the highest office in
the gift of his fellow-citizens. After tbe com
pletion of his education, be became a salesman
in the extensive mercantile establishment of
his father, where his dealings with cus
tomers Avere characterized by his usual good
judgment and probity. With progressive
views on public affairs, and favored Avith uni
versal esteem, it is not surprising that, when
he had barely passed his majority, the voters
should turn to him as the one to fill accepta
bly the office of chief burgess, which his father
had already occupied for several terms, in a
most satisfactory manner. He was nominated
for this office in 1893, and triumphantly elect
ed. His administration Avas acceptable, and
he has been continued in tbe office, by success
ive re-elections, to the present time. Nothing
but words of praise have ever been heard in
regard to Mr. Schiller's conduct of municipal
matters. He has treated the many problems
presented in connection with his responsible
position with a constant view to the welfare
of the borough; and it may be anticipated,
Avith confidence, that it will be a stepping-
stone to higher honors in the future. Mr.
Schiller is a sincere Republican.

_ ALFRED L. SHEARER, M. D., pharma
cist, Duncannon, Pa., was born near Blain,
in Toboyne township, Perry county, Pa., Au
gust 31, 1859. He is a son of John and Sarah
(Comp) Shearer, both natives of Peny county.

The mother is still liA'ing, residing with her
son, D. A. L. Shearer, in Duncannon, with
whom she expects to make her home the re
mainder of her life. The father of Dr.
Shearer, Avho resided for his entire life in
Perry county, was a stone-mason and brick
layer. The latter part of his life was passed
in farming in Centre township, Avhere he died
September 18, 1892, after an active and use
ful life, during all of Avhich he enjoyed the
confidence ancl respect of all Avho knew him.
The Doctor Avas the youngest of ten children,
who Avere: Alary (Airs. Henry Biseline), of
Jackson township. Perry county; Jane Eliza
beth (Airs. William Haver), of Emporia,
Kan.; John William, died in infancy; Paul,
died in infancy; AndreAv, died in September,
1894; Sarah (Mrs. Ezra A.Flasher),of Juniata
township, Peny county; AAllson, a young
man of great promise, who died at the age of
tAventy-one; Ella (Airs. Charles Tressler),
Avho died in July, 1895, sincerely mourned by
a large circle of friends; Williard B., residing
at Trenton, N. J. ; and Alfred L.
Tbe boyhood and youth of Dr. Shearer Avere
passed in his parents' home. His elementary
education was received in the common schools,
and Avas supplemented by a full course in the
New Bloomfield Academy. Here he displayed
great aptitude for mental training, and ability
and j>recision in scholastic work, which re
sulted in his graduation from his Alma Mater
Avith distinguished honor and credit. Having
chosen medicine as his profession, he read first
with the late Dr. Arcl, of New Bloomfield,
and after his decease, with Dr. Hunt, Dr.
Ard's successor. Atr. Shearer completed his
studies by a four years' course at the celebrated
Medical University of NeAV York, graduating
Avith high standing, in the year 1883. He be
gan practice at New Bloomfield, where he re
mained but three months, removing, July 1,
1883, to Duncannon, in which place he has
been in continuous practice since that time,
with marked and gratifying success; he now
ranks among the best physicians in the county.
Some time after his removal to Duncannon,
Dr. Shearer also opened a drug store in con
nection with his professional labors.
Dr. A. L. Shearer was married at New
Bloomfield, March 9, 1883, to Ella R., daugh
ter of Rev. P. P. and Sarah Lane, both of
whom are now deceased. Dr. and Atrs.
Shearer have one daughter, Helene May, bom

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August 19, 1886. His felloAv-citizens recog
nizing his worth, have shown a disposition to
shower upon him many honors, most of which
he has been obliged to decline on account of
imperative professional duties. He, however,
accepted an election to the borough council,
where he sensed Avith great credit to himself
and satisfaction to his constituents for three
years, during two of which he Avas president
of that body. The Doctor is a member of the
Peny County Aledical Society, of Avhich asso
ciation he has been president and vice-presi
dent. He is a charter member of Iron Con
clave, No. 136, I. 0. H, of Duncannon, and
has contributed in a marked degree to its suc
cess. The Doctor is a staunch Republican.
He has been from boyhood a useful and con
sistent member of the Lutheran church, regu
larly attending its ministrations.
Of the same hardy German stock which has
done so much to the development of our State,
both his grandparents having been born in
Germany and moving to Perry county early
in life, Dr. Shearer has shoAvn in his life work
and in all his social and business relations
those qualities of probity and close attention
to duty that invariably bring success and win
the respect and confidence of associates.

HARRY D. REUTTER, Al. D., a promi
nent physician and surgeon, of Duncannon,
Pa., ancl one of the Pension Board Examiners
for Perry county, Avas born at Duncan's Is
land, Dauphin county, Pa., November 18,
1861. He is a son of Dr. George N. and Alar
garet S. (Smith) Reutter, both deceased. The
Reutter family forms a part of the immense
influx from the German nationality which has
been so conspicuous in the development of
Pennsylvania's resources and wealth, and so
renowned throughout our country for its char
acter of sturdiness and thrift.
Dr. Reutter's great-grandfather, Alichael
Reutter, was born in Germany and came to
America in 1762. Daniel N. L. Reutter, son
of Michael Reutter, Avas born in Philadelphia,
in 1800, was at one time a large contractor and
helped to build the PennsyLania canal. For
several years, he conducted a drug store in
Market Square, Harrisburg, Pa. In the year
1843, he settled inWatts township, Perry coun
ty, Avhere he resided the remainder of bis life.
His son, Dr. George N. Reutter, tbe father of
Dr. II. D., Avas born at Buffalo Cross Roads,

Union county, Pa., in 1835 ; when but a child,
he removed with his parents to Watts town
ship, Perry county, where be spent his entire
life. He had an extensive practice in Dauphin
and Perry counties, and possessed those ster
ling qualities of heart and mind that gained
him hosts of friends ancl the warm esteem of
all his extensive acquaintances. He was of a
genial temperament,- and Avas an earnest poli
tician in the ranks of the Democratic party;
he represented his county in the State Legis
lature in 1875-76. After an active and useful
career, he passed away, regretted by all who
knew him, in 1890; his faithful Avife had died
in 1878. They had seven children, two of
whom died in infancy. Those surviving are:
Kate G, wife of Joseph C. Hawley, superin
tendent of tbe Duncannon Nail Works; Dr-
Harry D. ; Alary E.; Carrie B.; and Thomas
G. The early life of the present Dr. Reutter
was spent with bis parents, his education was
received in the public schools of AATatts town
ship, and in the Duncannon and Harrisburg
high schools. Dr. Reutter afterwards read
medicine in the office of his father until the
year 1882, when he entered the Jefferson Med
ical College, Philadelphia, Pa. From this in
stitution he Avas graduated in 1884, with an
enviable and honorable record of meritorious
work. In Alay, 1885, he began the active
practice of his chosen profession, selecting as
his location the borough of Duncannon, where
be has ever since been engaged in active pro
fessional duties. He is a member of the Perry
County Medical Society, and of the Pennsyl-
Arania State Aledical Association. The Doctor
is a Democrat. He is prominent and influen
tial in Evergreen Lodge, No. 205, I. O. 0. F.
August 3, 1885, Dr. Reutter was married to
Clara L., daughter of AAllliam J. SteAvart, Sr,
and Hannah SteAvart, of Duncannon. Dr.
and Atrs. Reutter have one daughter, Margaret
II, born in the following year. They are
both consistent and devoted members of the
Presbyterian church.

P. F. DUNCAN, cashier of the Duncannon
National Bank, Avas born on Duncans Island,
Dauphin county, Alay 27, 1859. He is a son
of Benjamin Stiles and Priscilla (Aliller) Dun
can. Benjamin 1. Duncan is deceased. Mrs.
Duncan, who is of German descent, resides at
Duncannon with her son, Mr. P. F. Duncan.

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For many generations back, even long be
fore authentic hbtory, the Duncan family
occupied an honorable place in Scotland.
AVith the opening of the NeAV AAArld to
Europeans, many of the hardy and frugal
sons of Scotland came to this Western land,
where they and their descendants have been
among our most valued citizens, many of them
rising to high positions in church and Slate.
Not only in Pennsylvania, but also in many
other parts of the Union, this influx of tbe lib
erty-loving sons of Caledonia has left a lasting
impress for good. None of those families have
become more Avidely spread or more potent in
their influence than the Duncan-.
Thomas Duncan, great-great-great-grancl-
father of the subject of tin- biography, emi
grated from Scotland to Pennsylvania with
his family prior to 1740. Settling for a
time in the Avestern part of Lancaster county,
he died in Cumberland county, in tbe year
immortalized by tbe Declaration of American
Independence, 1776. His sons AA'ere: AVil
liam; John; David; Stephen and Daniel,
twins; and Samuel. AAllliam died in Cum
berland county in 1794; Samuel in 1778; of
John and DaA'id there is no authentic record;
Stephen died in Carlisle, Pa., in 1794; Dan
iel, in Shippensburg, Pa., in 1791.
The line of descent from the original
Thomas Duncan, who came from either Aber
deenshire or Perthshire, to the subject of tbe
present biography was as folloAvs: (1) Thomas
Duncan, who emigrated; (2) Stephen, son of
Thomas; (3) Thomas, grandson of Thomas;
(4) Robert C, great-grandson of Thomas; (5)
Benjamin S., great-great-grandson of Thom
as; (6) P. F., great-great-great -grandson of
Thomas. Robert C. Duncan and Stephen
Duncan, Avere sons of the celebrated Judge
Thomas Duncan, of Carlisle, the third in order
of the above genealogical table. Robert G,
the grandfather of Air. P. F. Duncan, remoA'
ed to Duncan's Island about the year 1806.
Here he spent the remainder of hb days, and
it is from him that this beautiful and Avell-
knoAvn island takes its name. His brother
Stephen resided in Perry county, near the
mouth of Shermans creek, and was the founder
of the Duncannon forges. He subsequently
removed to the city of AAAashington, Avhere be
died. Robert G Duncan had two sons; one
of these Avas Dr. Thomas Duncan, who Avas
born in 1814, and died on Duncans Island in

1879. He Avas one of the most prominent
medical practitioners of Pennsylvania; and
Avas conspicuous as a member of the State leg
islature. I he other son of Robert C. was Benjamin
S. Duncan. Born on Duncans Island in 1816,
he Avent in his boyhood to Arkansas Avhere he
rolled until 1858. He Avas a prominent pol
itician, and held the office of sheriff, and other
responsible positions. He dealt extensively in
real estate. Among his operations in this line
Ava- laying out a suburb of Arkadelphia, which
is still known as Duncans Addition. AA nen
he finally left Arkansas, in 185 S, he returned
to Duncans Island, and engaged in farming,
residing in the house in Avhich he had been
born, until his death, which oecuned in Feb
ruary, 1870. Benjamin S. Duncan was tAvice
married. Hi, first bride was Elizabeth Car
penter. They had two children, one of whom,
Alary, widow of the late DaA'id Heikel, resides
at Ocean Grove, N. J. Air. Duncan's second
maniage was with Priscilla Aliller; they had
fiA-e children, of Avhom two died in childhood.
Three suiwive, as folloAvs: Patrick F.; Jane
Al. Olrs. William Wills), of Duncannon; and
Ali-s Priscilla AL
Air. P. F. Duncan passed through a full
course of studies in the public schools of his
vicinity, after which he entered the office of
the Duncannon Iron AVorks in a responsible
position, which he filled most acceptably and
with the greatest fidelity for ten years. Upon
the institution of the Duncannon National
Bank, January 1, 1890, he Avas appointed to
his present office, he being at the same time a
stockholder in the bank. He has been a resi
dent of Duncannon since 1883.
Patrick F. Duncan was married at Duncan
non to Ida Alay, daughter of AAllliam J. and
Hannah Stewart. Air. Stewart Avas for many
years manager of the Duncannon Iron Com
pany's Store, and a leading and influential
member of the Presbyterian church. Air.
SteAvart is deceased; Airs. SteAvart still resides
in Duncannon. Air. and Airs. Duncan have
six children: Benjamin Stiles; AAllliam Stew
art; Helen Huling, deceased; Priscilla Alay;
Patrick F., Jr.; ancl Jean Stewart. Air. Dun
can and his family attend the Presbyterian
church. Air. Duncan is an advocate of the
Democratic party. Honored and respected
by all his fellow-citizens, he has been entrusted
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tions, in addition to his situation as bank
cashier. Among these may be mentioned
those of director of the Duncannon National
Bank; of the Perry County Railroad; and of
the Trout Run Water Company. With an
ancestry distinguished for generations for the
responsible positions they have ably filled, Atr.
Duncan has apparently started on a career
which promises to add new laurels to the bril
liant record of bis progenitors.

JOHN WISTER, Duncannon, Peny coun
ty, Pa., was born in GermantoAvn, Pa., July
15, 1829. He is a son of William and Sarah
Logan (Fisher) Wister, now both deceased.
Mrs. William Wister was a descendant of an
English family, who settled in Pennsylvania
at an early date ; the family name is still prom
inent among the most substantial and honora
ble citizens of Philadelphia.
The Wister family, distinguished from a
collateral branch, the AVistars, by only a single
vowel of its patronymic, is also Philadelphian
by a residence of one hundred and seventy
years. Both these families are descended from
one ancestor, Hans Casper Wuester, chief
jaeger, or huntsman, in the service of the
Prince Palatinate, who Avith bis wife, Anna
Catherina AVuester, resided in the village of
Hilspach, near Heidelberg, in the Rhenish
Palatinate. The first of their family to emi
grate to America Avas Casper, born February
3, 1696, who, declining the inheritance of his
father's comfortable position, and asked only
for an outfit and the payment of his passage
to the NeAV AVorld, crossed the sea, and landed
in Philadelphia, September 16, 1717. His
possessions upon landing consisted of his mod
est wardrobe, his double-barrelled gun, and a
pistareen (about twenty cents). His first meal
consisted of apples, earned by helping to gath
er the fruit of an orchard somewhere in what
is noAV Sixth street, in Philadelphia. Alert
and industrious, the young adventurer pros
pered; he became a merchant, and Avas inter
ested in the early iron manufactures of the col
ony. In 1740, he began manufacturing glass,
his being the first enterprise of that nature in
the country. On Alay 25, 1726, Casper Wues
ter, now Wistar, as he had Anglicised his name
on taking the oath of allegiance to King
George, married Catherine, daughter of Dirck
Jansen, of Germantown. He was popular,
ancl was elected to public offices. He became

wealthy, and during the latter part of his life
resided in Market street, east of Third, at that
time one of the most aristocratic neighbor
hoods of the young city. He died in 1752.
His son, Richard Wistar, was also prominent
in municipal affairs, and was especially noted
as a pioneer in prison reforms, having been in
fluential in introducing many important and
much needed changes. Dr. Casper Wistar,
son of Richard Wistar, born in 1761, and edu
cated in that city and in Scotland, rose to great
eminence as a physician and as a naturalist.
He Avas early elected one of tbe presidents of
the Royal Medical Society of Edinburg, Scot
land, and was president of the Society for the
further investigation of Natural History. He
was the colleague, in the American Philosoph
ical Society, of such men as Thomas Jefferson,
Benjamin Franklin and David Rittenhouse,
and in 1815 succeeded Thomas Jefferson as
president of that society. He Avas not only
honored for his splendid abilities and thorough
culture, but beloved for his genuine kindness
and unfailing urbanity. He was instrumental
in the consolidation of the College of Pennsyl
vania with the university. He was a student
of many branches of natural history. Perhaps
none of the benefits he has conferred upon
posterity has Avon for him more wide-spread
gratitude than the introduction of the beauti
ful vine known to all lovers of flowers, and
named in his honor Wistaria.
It was in 1726 that the pioneer of the fam
ily, Casper Wuester, sent for his brother,
Johannes, or John, who, in conforming his
name to English orthography, still adhered a
little more closely to its original form, and
made it Wister. He was born in 1708, and
was a lad of eighteen Avhen he came, on the
ship William and Sarah, from Rotterdam to
Philadelphia. He, like his elder brother, was
prosperous, and a feAV years after settling in
Philadelphia, bought property on Market
street, between Third and Fourth streets, on
which "Wister's Row," consisting of a num
ber of stores, was built. In 1741, he purchas
ed an extensiA^e tract in GermantoAvn, on At ain
street. On this land he built, in 1744, the first
country seat erected by a citizen of Philadel
phia. Plain, comfortable and substantial, a
good specimen of the quiet and dignified taste
of the times, the bouse still remains, and al
though it has been to some extent remodeled,
it preserves enough of its original style to

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make it a most interesting relic. For thirty
years before the Revolutionary war, the Wis
ter family occupied this mansion every sum
mer; and on Saturday, distributions of bread
baked in its great oven were made to the poor.
John Wister died in the city of Philadelphia
in 1789, in his eighty-first year. After his
death, his son, Daniel Wister, returned to the
mansion in Germantown, and occupied it dur
ing the remainder of his life. He was succeed
ed by his son, Charles J. Wister, who was mar
ried in 1803 to Rebecca, daughter of Joseph
Bullock, of Germantown. Charles J. Wister,
Jr., his son by a second marriage, is now the
occupant of the house, thus the home of four
successive generations. The interior of the
mansion, which contains many curious relics
of colonial times, is even more interesting than
the exterior.
The Wisters are distinguished for literary
culture, and some of the family have won fame
as writers; among these is Airs. Annis Lee
Wister, wife of Dr. Casper Wister, a very su
perior translator of German classic fiction.
Among writers of short stories, Owen Wister
has recently come to the front, having attract
ed much attention by his forcible and dramatic
portraitures of western life.
William Wister was a native and lifelong
resident of Philadelphia. He was prominent
as a manufacturer, and during the last twenty-
five years of his life, was treasurer of tbe
North Pennsylvania Railroad. A thoughtful
and earnest man, maintaining well the high
character of his old and honored family, he
was always found on the side of true progress;
the public school system, by which the bless
ings of education are diffused among all classes
of people, found no wanner advocate or more
active promoter than he; and for this reason
he was chosen among tbe first members of the
Board of Education. He was a strong "old
line" Whig, a personal friend of Henry Clay;
he afterwards became a Republican, but al
though interested in public affairs, it was with
the sentiment of a patriot, and not of an office-
seeker. After a useful ' and active life, he
passed away in 1883; his wife died in 1891.
They had eight children, of whom two died in
infancy; Gen. Langborne Wister died in
1891; and those surviving are: William;
John; Francis; Jonas; and Rodman. All ex
cept John are residents of Philadelphia.
John Wister passed his boyhood in that city,

and was educated at the Germantown Acad
emy. He removed to Duncannon, Pa., No
vember 1, 1845. Here he was at first employ
ed by the Fisher Alorgan Company. At the
organization of the Duncannon Iron Com
pany, Mr. AVister Avas made its treasurer, and
at the death of his father, succeeded him as
president. He is also president of the Trout
Run AArater Company, vice-president of the
Peny County Railroad Company, and presi
dent of the Duncannon National Bank. Mr.
Wister is in his political vievA's an ardent Re
publican. John AAlster Avas married in Harrisburg,
October 19, 1864, to Sarah Tyler, daughter of
Daniel D. and Margaret Boas. Their children
are: Jane, Avho died in infancy; Elizabeth
(Atrs. C. Stewart Wurts), of Germantown,
Philadelphia; Sarah Logan; and Alargaret.
The family attend the Episcopal church.
Marcus Hulixgs akd His Family.
From data in our possession we are able to
give the year of the location of an early
settler at the mouth of the Juniata, that of
Alarcus Hidings in 1753. Day and Rupp,
relying upon tradition, give the time "possi
bly as early as 1735." It is a matter of his
tory that all the settlers on Shearmans
creek and the Juniata had been removed by
the sheriff, Andrew AVork's posse, in 1750,
and tbe houses of tbe settlers burned; so that
it Avas not for two or three years at least after
wards that the hardy frontiersman ventured to
build his rude cabin on the forbidden land.
It is stated by AAratson that Alarcus Hulings
came from Alarcus Hook on tbe Delaware.
Nevertheless, the Hulings were among tbe
earliest settlers on that river, settling there
long before the founder came over and consti
tuted the grand old Commonwealth called for
him. The name is spelled Uhling, Hewlings
and Hulings, and is Swedish.
A few years after Air. Hulings' settlement
on the Juniata came Braddock's defeat, and
all the horrors of an Indian war followed. In
the spring after (1756) the savages had reach
ed the Susquehanna; but the feAV scattered
frontiersmen Avere unequal for the conflict,
and were obliged to flee. Some lingered too
long, for the Avily red man came down sud
denly and the tomahawk and scalping knife
were reeking with the life-blood of the hardy,
but unfortunate, pioneers. Air. Hulings, on

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being apprised of tbe near approach of the
savages, hurriedly packed up a few valuables
ancl, placing his wife and youngest child upon
a large black horse (the other children having
previously been removed to a place of safety)
fled to the point of the island, ready to cross
OA^er at the first alarm. Forgetting something
in the haste, and thinking the Indians might
not have arrived, Atr. Hulings ventured to re
turn alone to the house. After carefully re-
connoitering, he entered, and found, to his sur
prise, an Indian upstairs "coolly picking bis
flint." Stopping some time to parley with the
savage, so that he might retreat Avithout being
shot at, the delay, to his Avife, seemed unac
countable and, fearing he had been murdered,
she Avhipped up her horse and swam the Sus
quehanna. The Avater was quite high, but,
nowise daunted, she succeeded in reaching the
opposite shore in safety. Mr. Hulings soon ap
peared, and finding the animal vrith his Avife
ancl child had disappeared, in turn he became
alarmed, but a signal from the eastern shore
of the stream relieved his anxiety, and he him
self, by means of a light canoe, Avas safe from
pursuit. The fugitives succeeded in reaching
Fort Hunter, where the Baskins and others of
their neighbors had congregated and the in
habitants of Paxtang had rallied for a defense.
It Avas not until the fall of Fort Duquesne,
and the erection of Fort Pitt, that Marcus
Hulings returned to his farm with his family.
A year after, hoAveA^er, Ave find him at the
Forks of the Ohio, Avhere he took up a tract of
land. In the meantime, encroachments were
being made upon his lands on the Juniata,
and in 1762 we have the following letter, pro
testing against the same:
"Fort Pitt, May the 7th, 1762.
"To William Peters., Esq., Secretorey to the
Propriatorries in land office in Philadel
phia, &-c. :
"The Petitioner hereof humbly showeth
his grievance in a piece of uncultivated land,
laying in Cumberland county, on the North
west side of Juneadey, laying in the veny
Forks and Point between the two rivers, Sus
quehanna and Juneadey, a place that I Em-
proved and lived on one Year and a half on
the said place till the enemeyes in tbe begin
ning of the last Wans drove me aAvay from it,
and I have had no opertunity yet to take out
a Warrant for it ; my next neighbor wass one
Joseph Greenwood, who sold his improvement

to Mr. Neaves, a merchant in Philadelphia,
avIio took out a warrant for the s'd place, and
gaye it into the hands of Collonel John Arm
strong, who is Surveyor for Cumberland Coun
ty; and while I was absent from them parts
last summer, Mr. Armstrong runed out that
place Joyning me, for Mr. Neaves; and as
my place layes in the verry point, have en
croached too much on me and Take away part
of Improvements; the line Disided between
me and Joseph Greenwood was up to the first
small short brook that empyed into Susque-
hannah aboA^e the point, and if I should have a
strait line run'd from the one river to the other
Avith equal front on each River from that
brook, I shall not have 300 acres in that sur
vey; the land above my bouse upon Juneadey
is much broken and stoney. I haA^e made a
rough draft of the place and lines, and if
Your Honour will be pleased to see me right
ed, the Petitioner hereof is in Duty bound
ever for you to pray; from A'erry humble
serv't, "Marcus Hulings."
With the foregoing he sent the following
note to Mr. Peters: "May ye 17th, 1762.
"Sir: I have left orders for Mr. Mathias
Holston living in Upper Aterrion of Philadel
phia county, to take out two warrants for me,
one for the Point betAveen the tAvo Rivers, and
one for tbe Improvements I have in the place
called the Onion bottom on the south side of
Juneadey right opposite to the other, where I
lived six months before I moved to the other
place; from your humble servant,
"Marcus Hulings."
Directed to "William Peters, Esq., Secre
torey to the Propriatories land office in Phila
delphia." With these letters is the "rough draught"
of the land at the mouth of the Juniata, which
Avould be worth reproducing, as no description
Ave can give will com^ey an accurate idea of it.
Three islands are noted. One noAV knoAvn as
Duncans Island is marked "Island" and the
house upon it as "AAlddow Baskins." The
large island in the Susquehanna known as
Haldemans Island, containing three houses —
the one to the southern point, "Francis Bas
kins," one-third further up, on the Susquehan
na side, "George Clark," while about the cen
ter that of "Francis Ellis." On the north
point is the Avord "Island." Almost opposite,
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"James Reed's" house ; while between the cen
ter of the island and the western shore is a
small triangular "island," so marked. On "the
point" between the "Susquehanna River" and
the "Juneadey River," near the bank of the
latter stream is "Hulings' house." Some dis
tance from "the point" is a straight line run
ning from river to river on which is written
"this is the way I want my line;" while be
yond on the AVest Branch of the Susquehanna
nearly opposite "James Reed's" bouse is "Air.
Xeave's bouse." Farther up tbe river, oppo
site a small island is "Francis Ellis' " house.
A circuitous line denominated "Air. Neave's
line," crosses the straight line referred to,
which- included "Part of Hulings' Improve
ment." On the south side of tbe Juniata be-
Ioav the mouth thereof is "AAllliam Kerbs"
house; opposite the point of Duncans Island,
"James Baskins' " house, Avhile "Hulings'
house" (another improvement) is farther up —
in what is named the "Onion bottom." Be
yond this on the south side of the Juniata is
a house marked "Cornelius Acheson, who has
encroached upon Hulings' Improvement in
the Onion bottom — settled there last spring."
Opposite the islands on the east bank of tbe
Susquehanna are "Peter's mountain" and
"narroughs." AAre suppose Air. Hulings was
"righted," as he desired.
Becoming discontented Avith the situation
at Pittsburgh, Hulings sold his claim for £200
and returned to his home at the mouth of the
Juniata, where he made considerable improve
ments. He established a ferry, and built, says
Watson, a causeway at the upper end of Dun
cans Island for pack horses to pass.
Alarcus Hulings' home was lately in the pos
session of Dr. George N. Reutter. He origi
nally owned all the land betAv,een the Susque
hanna and Juniata below New Buffalo, and
had also a tract of land at the mouth of Shear-
mans creek, then in Rye township, Cumber
land county, but uoav Penn township, Peny
county. Atr. Hulings died in September, 1788, and
is buried in a graveyard nearLosb's Run. Airs.
Hulings, whose maiden name has not come
down to us, Avas a remarkable woman, and on
more than one occasion forded the Susquehan
na and wended her way to the mill at Fort
Hunter with a small bag of grain ; after wait
ing till it was ground, she hastened homeward.
This, however, Avas only in the first years of

her pioneer life, for shortly after a grist-mill
was erected on Shearmans creek. She Avas a
braA-e and intrepid pioneer Avoman, and a no
ble Avife for the hardy frontiersman. She died
prior to tbe Revolution and is buried in the
same graveyard with her husband, but their
graves are unmarked. They had five children
who survived their parents :
I. Alarcus, the eldest, born in 1747, possi
bly never returned Avith his father from Fort
Pitt. He erected a large stone tavern and es
tablished a ferry on the south side of the AIo-
nongahela river, opposite the foot of Liberty
street, Pittsburgh. It was afterwards, says
Air. Isaac Craig, for half a century known as
Jones' ferry house, and as frequently noted in
the journals of travelers about the commence
ment of the present century. He seems to
haA-e been quite prominent on the western
frontiers and is frequently made mention of.
Gen. Richard Butler, one of the commissioners
appointed to hold treaties Avith the Northern
and AATestern Indians, in his journal of Octo
ber 1, 1785, says: "I fortunately recommend
ed the employment of one Air. Huling, who I
find to be a very useful, active and ingenious
man, he goes ahead with a small canoe to
search out the channel, Avhich we find to be
very crooked." This was no doubt Alarcus
Hulings. In the journal of Gen. Joseph
Buell, the arrival at Fort Harmar of "Uhling,
a trader on the river," is mentioned three
times, November 5 and December 3, 1786,
and on the 4th of January, 1787. For more
than ten years subsequent to 1790, Alarcus
Hulings Avas employed by Alajor Isaac Craig,
quartermaster at Pittsburgh, in transporting
military stores up the Allegheny to Fort
Franklin and to Presqu' Isle, and doAvn the
Ohio and Alississippi to tbe military posts on
those streams. Alajor Craig's letter-books and
papers contain ample eA'iclence that Alarcus
Hulings Avas a faithful and reliable man in
all his undertakings. We have no knowledge
as to his subsequent career, although Ave are
informed that he died in Tennessee. He left
descendants. II. Alary, born in 1749; married, first,
Thomas Simpson; second, on January 18,
1780, AAllliani Stewart. They had four chil
dren. She died February 22, 1790. Air.
SteAvart afterwards married Alartha Espy,
widoAV of James Espy.
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the Ohio. He owned an island in the Alle
gheny called Hulings', and we presume it is
yet known by that name. Samuel Hulings
married and left issue.
IV James, born in' 1753; Ave have no
knoAvledge whatever.
Al Thomas Hulings, youngest son of Mar
cus Hulings, Avho succeeded to the paternal
estate, born Alarch 3, 1755; died in Buffalo
township, Perry county, March, 1808. He
was a prominent man in the locality, and serv
ed on several important State commissions.
He was twice married, first, to Elizabeth,
daughter of Gen. Frederick Watts, of the
Revolution, and Jane Alurray, his wife, born
July 7, 1749; died July 15, 1801. They had
issue: i. Rebecca, born March 25, 1789; mar
ried May 21, 1811, Robert Callender Duncan,
son of Judge Duncan, of Carlisle, from whom
Duncans Island derives the name. She died
in April, 1850, leaving two children: Dr.
Thomas Duncan, who died in 1879, without
issue; and Benjamin Styles Duncan, who
died in 1870, leaving four children now resid
ing on Duncans Island. It may be here re
marked that Atrs. Duncan, in her will, says,
"of Isle Benvenue." ii. Marcus, born Febru
ary 11, 1791; removed to the south; married
and left issue, iii. Frederick Watts, born
Afarch 9, 1792; married and settled in Ten
nessee, where he became quite prominent, be
ing at one time speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives of that State. He was a captain
in the Confederate army, and while attempt
ing to get on a train of cars during the Rebel
lion Avas severely injured, from the effects of
which he died at his then residence, New Or
leans. He left issue, vi. David Watts, born
1793; married Ataria Patton, of Lewistown.
He studied laAv and was admitted to the Dau
phin county bar April 21, 1823. He became
the possessor of the old homestead, but after
wards disposed of it and purchased largely
near Lewistown. He bought Hope Furnace,
which he greatly improved. He represented
Mifflin county in the legislature. Subsequently
he removed to Baltimore, Avhere he died leav
ing children, Thomas, Maria, Ellen, Mary and
Lizzie. Thomas married a daughter of Gen
eral Thomas, of Washington, D. G; was a
colonel in the Civil Avar, and killed in the bat
tle of the AVilderness. Maria married Lloyd
Williams, a laAvyer, of Baltimore. Ellen mar
ried Charles Denison, of Wilkes-Barre. Alary

married Goodwin Williams, of Baltimore, and
Elizabeth married Chauncey Reynolds, of
Wilkes-Barre. The latter are both widows,
residing at Baltimore, v. Mary, bom May 8,
1798; married James S. Espy, of Harrisburg,
and bad two children, both of whom are de
ceased. Thomas Hulings married, secondly, Re
becca, daughter of Andrew and Rebecca Ber
ry hill, of Harrisburg, and had issue: vi.
Eleanor, born 1803; married John Keagy, of
Harrisburg, and had issue: Thomas and Re
becca, both residing at Baltimore. After Mr.
Keagy's death, she married Dr. Joseph Ard,
of Lewistown, whom she survived. She died
at Baltimore in June, 1880. vii. Elizabeth,
born 1805; manied James Dickson, of Lew-
istoAvn, and had issue: Annie and William.
The latter died in Philadelphia in 1875, leav
ing Annie, Avho resides at New Bloomfield.
Airs. Dickson, tbe last surviving child of
Thomas Hulings, died at New Bloomfield on
the 25th of July, 1881. viii. Julia; married
AAllliam Bringhurst, of Clarkesville, Tenn.,
and had issue, three boys and three girls; two
of the former are" dead; tbe remaining chil
dren married and are residing in Tennessee.

JOSEPH E. JACKSON, cashier and book
keeper of the Duncannon Iron Company, of
Duncannon, Pa., was born in Roaring Creek
toAvnship, Columbia county, Pa., November
30, 1833. He is a son of Benjamin S. and Sa
lome (Atetz) Jackson, both deceased. Mr.
Jackson is of English origin, bis great-great
grandfather, Ephraim Jackson, having come
from Leicester, England, to America in 1687,
five years after the founding and original set
tlement of our great State, of which his de
scendants have ever since been honored citi
zens. He settled in DelaAvare county, Pa.,
where he died. Samuel Jackson, great-grand
father of Joseph E. Jackson, was born in Del
aAvare county, Pa., in 1704. In the latter part
of his life he removed to Leacock town-
ship, Lancaster county, where he died. His
son, Joseph Jackson, was born in Leacock
township, Lancaster county, in 1748, but re
sided in Berks county until about 1800; he
then removed to Columbia county, where he
passed the remainder of his life. His wife was
Alary Bonsall, descended from Richard Bon
sall, Avho came to this country in 1683 and set
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Jackson, was born in Roaring Creek township,
Columbia county, in March, 1806. He was
a blacksmith, but was engaged in teaching for
the last twelve years of his life. He was mar
ried in Columbia county to Salome Metz ; they
had five children: Eliza, widoAV of James
Brown; Joseph E. ; Henry C. ; Alary (Airs.
John A. Smith), of Atedf ord, Ore. ; and Annie,
who died at the early age of seven years. Their
fourth child, Henry C. Jackson, Avas among
the thousands who, during tbe Civil Avar, re
sponded to tbe call of an imperiled country
and rushed to its defense. As a lieutenant of
Company G, Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Vol
unteers, he fell for the flag beneath Avhich he
fought, at the bloody battle of Spottsylvania
Court House, May 12, 1864.
The early life of Joseph E. Jackson, the
subject of this sketch, was passed in St. Clair,
Schuylkill county, to which place he had re
moved with his parents Avhen quite young.
He received his education in tbe common
schools ancl subsequently in the Arcadian In
stitute, at Orwigsburg. At the age of thir
teen he became an apprentice to the tailoring
trade. He worked at this for about five years,
but a thirst for larger acquisitions of knowl
edge, induced him to return to school, Avhere
he continued his studies for five years, in tbe
meantime paying bis oAvn tuition and ex
penses by teaching as assistant in the academy
during three years. Recognizing his attain
ments and his ability, the school authorities
of Pottsville elected bim principal of the Male
Grammar School. After fifteen months his
success as a teacher led to his promotion to be
principal of the high school of the same place,
which position he ably filled for four consecu
tive terms to the satisfaction of the school au
thorities and patrons. He finally resigned his
place to engage in book-keeping in Pottsville,
and subsequently in Philadelphia, thus enter
ing on a career for which his whole life has
shown him to be most eminently fitted. On
January 14, 1867, he removed to Duncannon,
and at once entered upon his duties as cashier
and book-keeper of the Duncannon Iron Com
pany, which important position he has faith
fully and honorably filled for more than thirty
consecutive years. This fact alone is a suffi
cient tribute to the high character and great
ability of Mr. Jackson.
Joseph E. Jackson was married in St. Clair,
Schuylkill county, July 8, 1863, to Isabella

A., daughter of Scott and Ann Steell. Their
children are: Annie I. (Airs. II. C. AIcKen-
zie), of Scranton, Pa. ; Harry B. ; and William
S. Air. Jackson ancl his family attend the
Presbyterian church.
AVhen the presence of immense armed in
vading forces north of the Potomac, during
the great Rebellion, appealed to Pennsylvania
patriotism for the defense of homes and fire
sides, Air. Jackson served for six weeks in Col
onel Prick's Emergency Regiment, until the
retreat of tbe invaders rendered the further
service of the regiment unnecessary. Air.
Jackson is an honored and valued member of
Pulaski Lodge, No. 216, F. and A. AL, at
Pottsville, Pa. He is allied with the Repub
lican party. During the thirty years that Air.
Jackson has been a resident of Duncannon,
there has been within its bounds no more pub
lic-spirited citizen or more honorable man.
GEORGE PEATATELL, superintendent of
the Duncannon Iron Company, of Duncan
non, Pa., was born about two miles from Dun
cannon, in Wheatfield township, Peny coun
ty, Pa., April 29, 1840. He is the son of
Andrew and Alargaret (Homketh) Pennell,
both deceased. Atr. Pennell is descended from
the Irish ancestry that has done so much to
deA^elop the vast latent resources of our coun
try. His father Avas born in Ireland, and came
to this country Avhen about twenty-three years
of age. He first resided in Norristown, Pa.,
but in 1836 removed to AArheatfield township,
Perry county, where he passed the remainder
of his days in agricultural pursuits. Mr. Pen-
nell's mother was of German ancestry. She
was born in Nonistown, Pa., Avhere she was
also united to the husband of her choice. They
had -eleven children, two of whom died in in
fancy. Those who survive are: John, resid
ing in Harrisburg, where he occupies a trusted
position AAith the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany; Robert, a resident of AAllliamstown,
Pa.; George; William, of Duncannon;
Thomas; Andrew; James; and Alary; these
four are still residents of the homestead farm
in Wheatfield township; and Hanson, who
resides at Newport, Perry county.
The early life of George Pennell was passed
upon the homestead farm of his father. His
education, begun in the public schools of the
vicinity, Avas completed by a course in the
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called for armed defenders, from no source
Avas the ranks of her armies more freely re
cruited than from those of Irish blood; and
noAvhere did she obtain braver or better sol
diers. It is not, therefore, surprising to find
that Air. Pennell has a long and brilliant rec
ord of war service. In 1862, he enlisted for
nine months, in Company H, One Hundred
and Thirty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers,
and with them went honorably through the
lurid fires of the tenible battles of Antietam,
Fredericksburg and ChancellorsviUe. Re
turning home at the expiration of his term of
service, he soon enlisted again, this time in
Company A, Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry.
He served with his regiment to the close of the
war, being honorably mustered out at New-
berne,N. C.,in 1865. AAlth this regiment Atr.
Pennell participated in Sherman's famous
march from Atlanta to the sea, and, during
his services in the Avest, was a participant in
numerous engagements. Having served his
country faithfully and well, without a single
blot on his record, Air. Pennell at the close
of the Avar returned home. In July, 1865, he
entered the service of the Duncannon Iron
Company, in which he has continued for
thirty-one years; during the last twelve years
he has faithfully ancl efficiently filled the po
sition of superintendent, performing all the
arduous duties of the place with an alacrity
ancl zeal that have won for him high and de
served commendation.
George Pennell Avas married in Duncannon
to Aliss Rebecca G, daughter of George and
Alaria Bruner, of Penn township, Peny coun
ty, both of whom are deceased. Their children
are three sons: Frank; Charles B. ; and Harry.
The family are faithful attendants at the ser
vices of the Alethodist Episcopal church.
A man of Air. Pennell's integrity, ability
ancl good judgment could not fail to be recog
nized by his felloAV-citizens as a proper man
to whom to entrust the guidance of municipal
affairs. He has acceptably filled the positions
of chief burgess, councilman, and school direc
tor. He is a director in the Duncannon Na
tional Bank, and of the Trout Run AVater
Company, being also a stockholder in both of
these institutions. Air. Pennell is a promi
nent and influential member of Alandelburg
Lodge, No. 288, K. of P. ; and of Pcrrv Coun
cil, No. 59, Senior Order U. A. AL Air. Pen
nell is a staunch and devoted Republican.

His career illustrates the benefits arising
from honorable dealing, industry and thrift.
Genial in all his social and business relations,
and of acknowledged probity, Mr. Pennell is
justly appreciated by many devoted friends.
EDGAR K. GRABILL, foreman in the
rolling mill of the Duncannon Iron Company,
Duncannon, Perry county, Pa., was born at
Alontebello, Perry county, Atay 22, 1844. Ho
is the son of Marcus and Margaret (Graffe)
Grabill, both of Avhom are deceased. Atr.
Grabill is of German ancestry on both paternal
and maternal sides. His father was born in
Lancaster county, in 1809; and when about
eighteen years of age removed with his mother
and other members of the family to that por
tion of Cumberland county which Avas later
erected into Perry county. Entering the ser
vice of the Duncannon Iron Company, he con
tinued in the same to the time of his death.
It is stated that he hauled the timber for the
first building erected at Alontebello. Early in
life he had shown his fitness for receiving
many delicate and important commissions of
the highest trust, all of which were most faith
fully executed. He was frequently employed
to carry money and valuable packages be
tween Harrisburg, Duncannon, Duncans
Island and other points. Air. Grabill's mother
was born in Peny county, was married and
passed her entire life there. She was the
daughter of Jacob and Alary Graffe. There
Avere eight children, namely: Washington ;
AAllliam, deceased; Jacob, deceased; John;
Alary, deceased; Edgar K. ; Margaret; and
Alarcus, Jr., deceased.
Edgar K. Grabill's boyhood Avas spent in
Duncannon, his education being received in
the public schools. When but ten years of
age, he entered the employ of the Duncannon
Iron Company, and has been with them for
a period of more than thirty years. For the
past ten years he has held his present responsi
ble position, the duties of which have always
been faithfully and efficiently performed; the
same may truly be said of Mr. Grabill's ser
vices throughout life, wherever he has been
called upon to act. Burning Avith patriotic
ardor, Air. Grabill Avas anxious, when war con
fronted the nation, to do something for the
cause of his country. Extreme youth pre
vented his enlistment at the opening of hos
tilities; but in 1804 he entered Company A,

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Two Hundred and First Pennsylvania AYlun-
teers, with which regiment he served honor
ably and efficiently for a year, until at the
restoration of peace it was mustered out at
Harrisburg, in 1865. Atr. Grabill is a char
ter member of \randelburg Lodge, ATo. 288,
K. P. He is also a prominent and efficient
comrade in Lieut. William Allison Post, ATo.
196, G. A. R., of Duncannon. Air. Grabill
is a Republican.
Edgar K. Grabill Avas married at the old
homestead in AVheatfield township, Perry
county, in 1866, to- Louisa J., daughter of
William and Effie Krieger, natives of Bedford
county, both of whom are deceased. Tbe chil
dren of Air. and Airs. Grabill are : Olive Al. ;
Hanson E. ; Harry C. ; Jessie Y. ; AVilliam At. ;
Anna; and Grace; the last two died in in
fancy. The family regularly attend the
Church of God.

ELLIS H. ALLANDER, puddler, Dun
cannon Iron Company, of Duncannon", Peny
eounty, Pa., was born about four miles from
Wrightsville, York county, Pa., September
10, 1834. He is the son of John K. and De
borah Jane (Harlan d) AUander, both de
ceased. John K. AUander was born in Ches
ter county, July 19, 1809. He was manied
and resided in York county, and, at a later
time, removed to Duncannon, Peny county,
where his life terminated, December 28, 1873.
Mrs. John K. AUander was born in Lancaster
county, June 28, 1811; she died at Duncan
non, August 27, 1849. They had six children,
besides Ellis H. The other members of the
family Avere: Henrietta, widoAV of tbe late
David Black; Alary, deceased; Elizabeth
(Airs. Jeremiah Sailor); Sarah, deceased; Car
oline (Atrs. Jonas Gray); and Alatilda, de
ceased. By a second marriage, John K. Al-
lander had one child, John C, who now resides
in Cincinnati, 0.
At ten years of age, Ellis H. AUander re
moved to Duncannon with his father's family,
and for fifty-two years has been a continuous
resident of this borough. Mr. AUander's edu
cation was received in the public schools, and
for the greater part of his life he has been in
the employ of the Duncannon Iron Company,
where his services have been most faithful,
and have been highly appreciated by the heads
of that great corporation. Atr. AUander's rec
ord is one of which he and bis descendants

may justly be proud. Ellis H AUander was
married in Duncannon, Alarch 10, 1859, to
Aliss Susan R., daughter of Jacob Aliller, of
Penn toAvnship. Both the father and the
mother of Airs. AUander are deceased. The
children of this maniage are: Deborah Jane;
Thomas R., deceased; Jonas AV.; Alargaret K.
(Airs. AAllliam Alessimer); AVilmer AV.; Har
vey AV. ; and John AV. Air. AUander is a Re
publican. The family attend the services of
the Alethodist Episcopal church.

THOAIAS B. AIUTZABAUGH, puddler,
Duncannon Iron Company, Duncannon, Pa.,
was born in Penn township, Perry county, De
cember 14, 1835. Be is a son of Jacob G.
and Alartha (Bonner) Alutzabaugh, both de
ceased. Jacob G. Alutzabaugh Avas of Ger
man ancestry, and Avas born in Lancaster
county. At a A-ery early age he removed to
Perry county, where he married and spent
the remainder of his life, being during the
entire time in the employ of the Duncannon
Iron Company. His wife Avas of Scotch-Irish
ancestry, born in Perry county. There Avere
five children besides Thomas B., who Avere
as follows: Joseph At. ; George AAf. ; Jacob G. ,
who lost his life in the service of his country
during the Civil war; Anna L. (Airs. John
Greek); and Ada (Airs. Alichael Foose).
Thomas B. Alutzabaugh, who was the eldest
of the family, has spent his entire life in Peny
county and in Penn toAvnship. His education
was received in the public schools. He spent
his boyhood as a farm hand, and in service on
the canal boats, which Avere an important me
dium of commercial exchange and traffic at
that period. For over forty years he has
worked at his present business in the employ
of the Duncannon Iron Company. His long
term of service with the same employers speaks
volumes for Air. Alutzabaugh's integrity, and
the value of his sendees. He is a Republican.
Thomas B. Alutzabaugh was married, April
21, 1865. to Alary, daughter of John and Cath
erine Roth. Their children are : Alartha Cath
erine (Airs. Henry Fritz), of Duncannon; Ger
trude (Airs. Benjamin Lightheiser), of Colum
bia, Pa.; Thomas G, residing in Erie, Pa.;
Ada, widow of Samuel Ream, of Duncannon;
Anna (Airs. Harvey AUander), of Duncan
non; Rov E.; Jacob G.; Rachel; and John
G., all of Avhom are still residents of Duncan
non. The members of the family attend the

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ministrations of the Methodist Episcopal
church.

SAMUEL NOSS, of Duncannon, Pa., Avas
bom in Rye toAvnship, Perry county, Pa., Feb
ruary 2, 1826. He is a son of LeAvis and
Catharine (Foulk) Noss, both of German de
scent. His paternargfandfather, bom in Ger
many, emigrated to the New World before
the Revolutionary war, and took part in that
great struggle; and some of his descendants
have participated in every great conflict in
which the country has been engaged since in
dependence Avas secured. George Noss, grand
father of Samuel AToss, was born in Lancaster
county, Pa., and enlisted in the war of 1812
against Great Britain. His son, Lewis Noss,
Avas bom in Lancaster county, Pa., in 1793,
ancl removed to Peny county about 1840. He
was a farmer in Perry, Cumberland ancl York
counties. His death occurred in Peny county,
April 7, 1855, at the age of sixty-two years.
Mr. Noss's maternal ancestors, the Foulks,
were early residents of Peny county; his
mother's parents lived for many years in Rye
township. Catherine Foulk was bom Alarch
8, 1801, and was united in marriage to LeAvis
Aross in 1821. They lived together happily
for thirty-four fears. Mrs. Noss died April
20, 1874, nineteen years after her excellent
husband had preceded her across the river of
death. She was the mother of eleven children,
and had forty grandchildren and thirteen
great-grandchildren. At the age of twenty,
she united with Alt. Zion Evangelical Lu
theran church, and remained a consistent and
devoted member of that communion through
out her long life. Of the eleven children of
Lewis and Catharine Noss, three, besides Air.
Samuel Noss, still survive. They are: Sarah,
widow of Cyrus Gamber; Elizabeth, widow
of Daniel fioudyshell; and John- IL, who,
through disabilities incurred Avhile fighting in
defense of his country during the Civil war,
has been an invalid for fourteen years.
Samuel Noss was a year old when his par
ents removed to Cumberland county; in 1840
he returned with them to his native township.
He acquired his education in the public schools
of Perry and Cumberland counties, and after
leaving school, learned the blacksmith trade
in ShiremanstoAvn, Cumberland county. Af
ter the completion of his apprenticeship, he
worked as a journeyman until April, 1848,

when he started in the same business for him
self, and conducted it successfully for eighteen
years. Following this, he was for sixteen
years in tbe retail shoe business; for the past
fourteen years he has conducted a general
merchandise business in Duncannon. He has
been a continuous resident of the place for a
period of fifty-two years. As might naturally
be expected, a man of Mr. Noss' universally
acknowledged ability, probity and integrity,
has been the recipient of many flattering tes
timonials from his fellow-citizens of Duncan
non and Perry county. Among the most im
portant offices confened upon him may be
mentioned tbe following: in 1854, he was
elected chief burgess of the borough of Dun
cannon, in which capacity he served ably and
acceptably for one year; in 1878, the voters
of Peny county elected him to the high office
of associate judge, Avhich he filled with credit
for five years. He is a Democrat to the back
bone, and a prominent member of Evergreen
Lodge, No. 205, I. O. O. F.
Samuel Noss was manied in Carlisle, Pa.,
February 22, 1849, to Alelinda, daughter of
John and Anna (Frye) Green, old and hon
ored residents of Perry county, both now de
ceased; their memory is still revered by those
who knew their many virtues. The children
of Air. and Atrs. Noss are: Linus, bom Au
gust 15, 1852, a sweet floAver early trans
planted by the reaper Death to fairer worlds,
on Afarch 30, 1855; Caroline M., born Au-
bust 29, 1850, died September 24, 1894;
Binus H, born November 27, 1855, and now
residing at Radford, Va. ; Annie S. (Mrs. Wil
liam F. Reed), of Dauphin county, Pa.; and
George B. The estimable mother of these
children, Mrs. Alelinda Noss, was called away
from her husband and family, and from a large
circle of friends to whom she was endeared by
a thousand tender recollections, February 15,
1892, at the age of sixty-two years, five months
and tAventy-tAvo days. The family are con
nected Avith the Lutheran church, and attend
its worship.
Any sketch of the Noss family Avould be
incomplete without a fuller account of George
B. Noss, youngest child of the venerable Sam
uel Noss, than could be given while speaking
of the father. Born in Duncannon, December
2, 1861, he received his education in the
public schools of that town and in a private
school located at Millerstown, Pa. Since

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leaving school, he has been continuously en
gaged in his father's business, with which he
is so identified as to make his name a household
word throughout the borough. Like his
father, he is a member of Evergreen Lodge,
No. 205, 1. 0. 0. F., and in political vieAVS is
a Democrat. Mr. George B. Noss was married in Dun
cannon, September 15, 1885, to Elizabeth
Ann Fritz, daughter of David and Sarah
Fritz, of Penn township, Perry county; and
this union has been crowned with one son,
Oscar Fritz, bom August 3, 1886. George
B. Noss attends the Presbyterian church.

HENRY MORLAND, chief engineer,
Duncannon Iron Company, Duncannon, Pa.,
was born in Northumberlandsbire, near Noav-
castle-upon-Tyne, England, October 24, 1832.
He is the son of Charles and Ann (Leslie)
Morland, both deceased. Air. Alorland's
father was of Irish extraction; the ancestors
of his mother were English. Both parents
spent their lives in England; his father was
a general storekeeper, and died while his son,
Henry Morland, was still an infant.
Henry Morland passed his early life in his
native town, his education being acquired
principally in the public schools. After leav
ing school, he went to the city of York, where
he was employed by the Darlington and York
Bailway Company at such repairs on their
locomotives as could be done in the round
house, without going into the machine shops.
After a year thus spent, he returned home to
accompany a brother to America. This was
in 1853; they landed at New York, and Atr.
Morland proceeded at once to Pittsburg, and
he was there employed for three years as a sta
tionary engineer. In 1856, he remoA'ed to
Duncannon, where be has been for more than
forty years continuously in the employ of the
Duncannon Iron Company as an engineer;
since 1867, he has been their chief engineer.
This continuous employment, for much more
than an average generation, at a place and in
a position such as this, bears sufficient testi
mony to Mr. Morland's integrity, ability and
worth. Henry Morland was manied in Duncannon,
July 8, 1858, to Mary Ann, daughter of
George Bruner. They have seven children:
Annie Leslie (Mrs. William E. Miller); Wil
liam B. ; Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles Crow) ; Myr

tle T., deceased; George B. and Emily, twins,
the latter is deceased; Alaud (Airs. Harvey
Liddicks). The family attend the Alethodist
Episcopal church, of Avhich Air. and Airs.
Henry Alorland are faithful and active mem
bers. _ Recognizing Air. Alorland's integrity, up
rightness and sound judgment, the citizens of
Penn township have elected him to the re
sponsible position of justice of the peace, a
tribute Avell deserved. It is unnecessary to
say he has filled the office most justly and ac
ceptably. AL. Alorland is a worthy member
of Adams Lodge, F. ancl A. AL, at New
Bloomfield, Peny county, Pa. He is a staunch
adherent to the doctrines of the Republican
party. This sketch of a man distinguished for his
many good traits can not be better concluded
than by a brief outline of the life of the eldest
son, Air. AVilliam B. Alorland, who was born
in Duncannon, and educated in the public
schools of that place. After completing his
term at school, he learned Avith his father the
business of stationary engineer, and since that
time has been in the service of the Duncannon
Iron Company, for a term of twenty-five suc
cessive years. Air. William B. Alorland is an
active member of Vandelburg Lodge, No. 2SS,
K. of P. He supports the Republican party
and its policy in public affairs.
AAllliam B. Alorland was married in Har
risburg, December 26, 1883, to Annie, daugh
ter of Stewart and Elizabeth Smith. They
have four children: Harry; Emily, deceased;
Margaret; and James.

GEORGE B. MOELAND, engineer, Dun
cannon Iron Company, Duncannon, Pa., was
born at Duncannon, September 3, 1870. He
is a son of Henry and Alary Ann (Bruner)
Morland. After receiving his education in
the public schools of Penn township, he
learned the business of engineering, which has
been his occupation ever since; he has been
for the past twelve years in the employ of the
Duncannon Iron Company. He is a member
of Vandelburg Lodge, No. 288,_K of P., and
is a strong and earnest Prohibitionist.
George B. Morland Avas married in Duncan
non, Alarch 10, 1892, to Annie, daughter of
Washington and Ruhama Charters. Air.
Charters is deceased. Air. and Atrs. Alorland
have one child, Myrtle Alay, born Atay 16,

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1893. They are consistent members of the
Methodist Episcopal church.

JOHN W. BROWN", blacksmith, of Dun
cannon, Perry county, Pa., was born in Peters
burg, now the borough of Duncannon, July
6, 1850. He is the son of the late Henry and
Sarah (Helsel) Brown. Henry Brown be
came a resident of Duncannon in 1840. He
was a blacksmith, and after carrying on busi
ness for a number of years on his OAvn account,
was for thirty years employed as blacksmith
by the Duncannon Iron Company. He had
nine children, of whom four survive: Jane
At. E. (Mrs. William Pennell), of Duncan
non; John AAA; Annie At. (Mrs. William J.
Nepp), of Kansas City, AIo.; and Harry E.,
an employee of the Philadelphia and Reading-
Railroad, who resides in Philadelphia.
The boyhood of John W. BroAvn was spent
under the parental roof, his education being
acquired in the public schools of his native
borough. After leaAung school, he learned
blacksmithing Avith his father, and has fol
lowed that occupation continuously since that
time. Since 1885, he has been in the employ
of the Duncannon Iron Company, the officials
of which regard him as a skilled workman and
a man Avorthy of their highest confidence. He
is a staunch and earnest supporter of Republi
can principles and policy. Mr. Brown has
been honored by an election to the borough
council, in which he has ably and worthily
served to the entire satisfaction of his con
stituents. John AV. Brown was married in Duncan
non, August 2, 1893, to Rebecca E., daughter
of John II. and Elizabeth J. Harman, resi
dents of Peny county. Their children are:
Henry Paul, bom October 24, 1893; and Sa
rah Elizabeth, born March 17, 1896, died Oc
tober 5, 1896. Air. Brown attends the Metho
dist Episcopal church.

ABRAHAM FENSTEMAKER, deceas
ed, of Duncannon, Perry county, Pa., Avas
born in Lancaster county, Pa., November 26,
1819, son of Christian and Fannie (Eshel-
man) Fenstemaker. His ancestors were of
German descent; his paternal grandfather
was born in Gennany, and came to America
at an early date, settling in Pennsylvania.
Christian Fenstemaker was for a number of
years a resident of Chambersburg, Franklin

county, Pa. He was engaged in farming and
in coopering. He was the father of ten chil
dren, four of whom survive: Jacob, of New
Bloomfield; Abraham; Charles AV., of Phila
delphia; and Fannie, widow of Jacob Sny
der, of Chambersburg, Pa.
At about six years of age, Abraham Fenste-
maker's parents removed to Lewistown, Mif
flin county, Pa.; some years later they re
turned to Chambersburg. He acquired his
education in the schools of his native place
and of Lewistown. After leaving school, he
learned harness-making, at which business he
worked for about seven years. In 1853, he
renmved to Duncannon, and Avas employed by
the Duncannon Iron Company; his continu
ance in the same employ during forty-four
years sufficiently indicates their high appre
ciation of his service and worth. He is an
adherent of the Republican party.
Abraham Fenstemaker was manied in New
Bloomfield, December 26, 1848, to Isa
bella, daughter of William and Phebe Boyle,
old and much respected residents of Peny
county. They had ten children, four of whom,
William E., Hany, Fannie and Phebe, died
in childhood. The names of the six who sur
vive are: Charles A.; Mollie; Lydia; Eliza
beth L. ; Frank; and Annie. The family at
tend the services of the Presbyterian church.
Abraham Fenstemaker died January 12,
1897, aged seventy-seven years. He was a
consistent member of the Lutheran church.
His wife, Isabella Fenstemaker, died Janu
ary 4, 1884, at the age of 'fifty-nine.

JOHN G. KUGLER, engineer, Duncan
non, Perry county, Pa., was born in West
Pikeland township, Chester county, Pa., Feb
ruary 19, 1843, son of David and Ann
Broom) Kugler. His paternal great-grand
father was bom in Germany, and emigrated
to Pennsylvania early in colonial times. John
Kugler, grandfather of John G, was born on
the old Kugler homestead in Chester county.
David Kugler was also born on the same farm,
and was through life a farmer; the greatest
part of it Avas spent in his native county. He
was a soldier in the Florida Avar, and died in
1855, in Chester county. His wife, Ann
Broom, Avas born in England, and was mar
ried to David Kugler after her arrival in this
country. They had six children, of whom
John G. was the second. AU six still survive.

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The brothers and sisters of John G. in the
order of their ages are: Charles D., of Elk
. county, Pa. ; Joseph, of New Freedom, York
county, Pa.; Sarah P. (Mrs. Charles Tona-
silles), of Secane, Pa.; Hannah E., widow of
Roger Shunk, station agent at Green Hill,
Chester county, Pa. ; Clara A., widow of Mad
ison Howard, of Philadelphia.
The early life of John G. Kugler was spent
on the homestead farm, his education being
acquired in the public schools, amid the peace
ful surroundings of the teeming industry and
magnificent agricultural development of Ches
ter county. But when he had reached the age
of eighteen, tbe dark billows of war came
sweeping across all our fair land. Animated
by a high patriotic impulse, Mr. Kugler was
among the first to leap to arms, at the call of
an imperilled nation. He enlisted in Com
pany K, Fourth Pennsylvania Reserves, and
with that wonderful organization whose fame
can never die as long as history lasts, he went,
with a brilliant record, through three years
of service. Among the most prominent en
gagements in which Mr. Kugler participated
were Atechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Charles
City Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, and Hani-
sons Landing, of the AlcClellan Peninsular
campaign ; Gainesville, and Second Bull Run,
of the Manassas campaign under General
Pope; South Mountain, and Antietam, of Mc
Clellan's Maryland campaign; Belle Plain,
Warrentown, and Fredericksburg, of the Vir
ginia campaign that followed. Up to this
time he had been in the Army of the Potomac.
Being transfened to the army operating in
West Virginia, he participated in Mulligan's
campaign in Hardy county, in January, 1864,
and in Crook's campaign in Kanawha county,
in April, 1864. Among the battles in West
Virginia in which Mr. Kugler took an active
part were: Princeton, fought May 6, 1864;
Fayetteville ; Beverly; Fort Breckenridge ;
Lloyds Mountain, fought May 9, 1864; New
River Bridge, fought May 10, 1864; Salt
Pond Mountain, May 12; Meadow Bluff, May
19; and Mineral Springs. Honorably mus
tered out with his regiment, June 17, 1864,
at the expiration of their term of service, Mr.
Kugler was able to return home with a con
sciousness of duty well and nobly performed.
He received his final discharge in the city of
Philadelphia, and wended his way to his home
m Chester county. For a year or two he was

engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1867,
he was employed by the Union Pulp Com
pany as assistant foreman at McCalls Feny
and Peach Bottom, York county, Pa. Re
maining here about eight months, he then re
turned to Chester county; in January, 1868,
he removed to Stillmans Swamp, Perry coun
ty; and in November, 1870, to Duncannon,
since which time he has been continuously in
the employ of the Duncannon Iron Company.
Naturally, a man of Mr. Rugleris ability
has been recognized and honored by his fel
low-citizens, who have called him to fill the
responsible office of school director in both
the township and the borough. Mr. KugleT
is a member of Adams Lodge, No. 319, F.
and A. M., at New Bloomfield; of Vandel
burg Lodge, No. 288, K. of P., at Duncannon;
and of Lieut. William Allison Post, No. 196,
G. A. R., at the same place. Mr. Kugler is
a staunch Republican.
John G. Kugler was married in Lancaster,
November 28, 1867, to Mary G, daughter of
John and Sarah (Bradley) Carter, prominent
and respected residents of Chester county,
both deceased. Of eight children of Mr. and
Mrs. Kugler, three, Myrtle A., Francis L. and
Francis W., died in infancy. Those who sur
vive are: Nora Blanche; John Wesley; Da
vid Paul; Sarah E.; and Emily A. Mr. Kug
ler and his vrif e are faithful and devoted mem
bers of thj Alethodist Episcopal church, and
• punctual in their attendance upon its services.

HORACE W. McKENZIE, M. D., homoe
opathic physician, Duncannon, Perry county,
Pa., was born in Wheatfield township, Perry
county, July 2, 1863, son of John H. and
Mary (Bergstresser) McKenzie. By paternal
ancestry Dr. McKenzie belongs to the hardy,
conscientious and liberty-loving Scotch-Irish
element that has given so many distinguished
men to every department of national life and
progress, fiis paternal grandfather came to
America at an early date, and settled in Car
lisle, Pa. ; he afterwards removed to that por
tion of Cumberland county which at a later
period became Peny. Dr. McKenzie's grand
father and father were born in Perry county.
His maternal ancestry was German.
The Doctor's early life was spent at home,
bis primary education being received in tbe
public schools at Duncannon. Here be al
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also distinguished his collegiate course. After
leaving the common school, he entered Dickin
son College, at Carlisle, from which he grad
uated in 1886, with a most honorable record.
Having determined upon the medical profes
sion for his life work, he commenced a course
at the celebrated Hahnemann Medical College
of Philadelphia, where his earnest labors and
close application were crowned Avith a success
ful grariuation in 1889. On Alay 30, of tbe
same year, he began the practice of his pro
fession in Duncannon.
As tbe only homoeopathic physician in the
thriving toAvn of Duncannon, Dr. AtcKenzie,
of course, has a large and lucrative practice,
which is still further increased by his genial
and cultured manners, and the general popu
lar appreciation of his worth. The voters of
the borough have shown their esteem for him
by electing him to the responsible position of
school director, to the duties of which the Doc
tor faithfully attends, notwithstanding his nu
merous and arduous professional engagements.
Dr. AicKenzie is a member of tbe B. of H.
He is a staunch advocate of the doctrines of
the Republican party.
Dr. McKenzie was married at Steelton,
Dauphin county, Pa., July 26, 1894, to Miss
Oatharine S., daughter of Abraham and Ma-
linda Hess; Mr. Hess still resides at Steelton;
his wife is deceased. The Doctor attends the
Methodist Episcopal church.

ISAAC BASHORE, engineer at the nail
works, Duncannon, Perry county, Pa., was
born near Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pa.,
January 4, 1841. He is a son of Darid and
Sarah (Miller) Bashore, both of German an
cestry, and both natives of Lebanon county,
Pa. The father, who was a prosperous and
successful farmer, spent most of his life in
Cumberland county, where he died in 1869,
his Avife having preceded him to the other
world in 1851. Both were highly esteemed
ancl respected. Of their seven children, Isaac
Avas the youngest. The other members of the
family were: Henry, who died in Philadel
phia, at the age of sixty-five; John, who was
accidentally killed in St. Louis, at the age of
fifty; Elizabeth (Mrs. Daniel Kutz), died in
Carlisle, Cumberland county, in 1872; Sarah
(Mrs. Andrew Kutz), is a resident of Newville,
Cumberland county, Pa. ; Daniel, a physician,
of West Fairview, Cumberland county, Pa.;

and David G., residing on a farm near Boiling
Springs, Cumberland county, Pa.
The early life of Isaac Bashore was passed
upon the homestead farm, and he was edu
cated in the public schools of his native county.
After leaving school, he learned the business
of flour milling, in which he continued for
fourteen years. In 1871, he removed to Al
toona, Pa., and there learned engineering, in
the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He
was for four years in the employ of the rail
road company, after which, for three years,
he worked as an engineer in different sections
of Pennsylvania. Since 1879, he has been
continuously in the employ of the Duncannon
Iron Company.
Mr. Bashore has a brilliant war record.
Heeding the call of Columbia for her patriotic
sons, he enlisted, in 1862, in Company F, One
Hundred and Thirtieth Pennsylvania Volun
teers, for nine months. With his regiment he
passed, with honor and credit, through the
tenible and bloody battles of Antietam, Fred
ericksburg and Chancellorsville. After being
mustered out, in Hanisburg, in 1863, he re-
enlisted in Company I, of the One Hundred
and Ninety-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers,
with which regiment he served for three
months, after which he returned to his home
in Cumberland county. The citizens of Dun
cannon have recognized the personal, worth
and business ability of Mr. Bashore by his
election to the school board, and the board of
health. He is also an influential member in
the deliberations of Evergreen Lodge, No.
205, 1. 0. O. F., of Duncannon. Mr. Bashore
is a Republican.
Mr. Bashore was manied in Carlisle, Sep
tember 17, 1868, to Mary Frances, daughter
of David and Elizabeth Haverstick, of Oar-
lisle. Their children are: Nellie Frances,
who died in infancy, at Altoona; and Harry
Edgar, residing in Jersey City, N. J. Mr. and
Mrs. Bashore are faithful members of the
Alethodist Episcopal church.

WILLIAM J. BLACK, machinist, Dun
cannon, Perry county, Pa., was born in the
same town in which he now resides, September
11, 1848. He is a son of James and Margaret
Jane (Allison) Black. James Black died in
1876; Mrs. Black still lives in Duncannon,
at the advanced age of seventy-six. All of
Mr. Black's ancestors were of the hardy and

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industrious Scotch-Irish race. His paternal
grandfather resided for many years at Hali
fax, Dauphin county, Pa., but at an early date
removed to Duncannon. James Black, father
of William J., was a gunsmith; he resided
in Duncannon from boyhood to the time of
his death. Air. and Airs. James Black had six
children : two daughters, who died in infancy,
and four sons: Thomas J., of Philadelphia;
Archibald Allison, of Altoona; AAllliam J.;
and John, of Altoona.
Except about two years, tbe entire life of
William J. Black has been passed in Duncan
non, but his fame as a master mechanic has
spread among the trade throughout the nation.
He was educated in the public schools of his
native town, and learned his trade, that of
machinist, with the Duncannon Hon Com
pany. For thirty-two years he has been con
tinuously in the employ of this company.
During this time, Air. Black has come to be
recognized as one of the most intelligent and
thorough mechanics on the continent, second
to none in any State. He built and set up the
nail making machine that was placed on ex
hibition by the Duncannon Iron Company
at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, in Phil
adelphia. In connection with J. C. Hawley,
he is the patentee of an underground trolley
for street railways that may, ere long, make a
complete revolution in the modes of city tran
sit. Air. Black is a Democrat. He is a mem
ber of Peny Council, ATo. 57, O. U. A. AL
William J. Black was married at Duncan
non, June 10, 1873, to Sarah Ellen, daugh
ter of Joseph At. and Alargaret Shatto. They
have two children : Charles A. ; and Alargaret
E. Air. Black and bis family are consistent
members of the Presbyterian church; he is
a mling elder in the congregation, of which
he has for a long time been a devoted adherent.

DAVID S. NICKUM, puddler, Duncan
non, Peny county, Pa., was bom at Caledonia
Furnace, Franklin county, Pa., February 8,
1846. He is a son of John and Rebecca (Fos
ter) Nickum, both deceased. They were na
tives of Virginia. John Nickum was a forge-
man, and passed his life partly in Virginia
and partly in Franklin county, Pa. They had
four children: Joseph VI, who was acci
dentally drowned in the Susquehanna river;
David S.; James E.; and Sarah Catherine,
who died in infancy. After the death of John

Alckum, his widoAV married James Kirkwood,
and had eight children, of whom four survive:
AVilliam; Peter; Eliza; and Sally (Airs. Wil
liam Paig).
David S. Nickum has been a continuous
resident of Duncannon since 1857. Before
that time he had, for a sliort time, during his
childhood, lived Avith bis parents in the same
place. Owing to circumstances, his educa
tional opportunities were limited to a rather
short course in the Duncannon public schools.
Air. Nickum has been for more than thirty-
five years in tbe employ of the Duncannon
Iron Company, by the officials of which he
is regarded as one of the most able and reliable
workmen in his line to be found anywhere.
By industry, integrity and thrift, Air. Nickum
has Avon tbe respect of all in the community
in which he resides. He endorses the prin
ciples and policies of the Democratic party.
David S. Nickum was manied in Duncan
non, November 11, 1869, to Anna C, daugh
ter of Henry and Frances H. Kline. Their
only child is John H, who was born Novem
ber 3, 1870. Tbe family attend the services
of the Methodist Episcopal church.

JAAIES E. NICKUA1, puddler, Duncan
non, Peny county, Pa., was bom January 2,
1848, at Loyal Forge, Adams county, Pa. He
is a son of John and Rebecca (Foster) Nickum,
natives of Virginia, both deceased. His father
died when James E. Nickum was a mere
child. His brothers are : Joseph AV., who was
accidentally drowned in the Susquehanna ; and
David S., of Duncannon; his only sister, Sarah
Catharine, died in infancy. The widowed
mother subsequently became Mi's. James Kirk
wood. After the death of bis father, James E.
Nickum went with his mother to Aiaryland,
where he remained until he was eleven years
of age. He went to Hughes Furnace, Frank
lin county, Pa., and afterwards to Duncan
non, in 1859; he has resided in the latter
place ever since. He has been for thirty-five
years in the employ of the Duncannon Iron
Company, and has been noted by the officials
of the company for industry and assiduity in
the discharge of his duties, and by the com
munity for his integrity and good citizenship.
His intelligence and good judgment have been
readily recognized by his fellow-citizens. This
is evinced by the fact that he is now serving

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his third tenn as a school director of Penn
township, and has discharged the duties de
veloping upon him ably and faithfully, and
to the full satisfaction of tbe patrons of the
school. Mr. Nickum is an active member of
Evergreen Lodge, No. 205, I. 0, 0. F., of
Duncannon. He is also a member of the Dun
cannon Iron Company Workman Burial As
sociation. Mr. Nickum is a staunch Repub
lican. James E. Nickum was married in Duncan
non, September 2, 1872, to Matilda A., daugh
ter of Daniel and Mary A. Remsburg, natives
of Frederick county, Md. The children of
Mr. and Mrs. Nickum are: Anna R. (Mrs.
John Mutzabaugh) ; Isabel J. ; Daniel E. ; and
Victoria Virginia; all are living. Mr. Nickum
and several of his family are connected with
the Methodist Episcopal church.

JACOB LOSH, deceased, of Duncannon,
Perry county, Pa., was born in Carroll town
ship, Peny county, Pa., February 4, 1826.
He was a son of the late Andrew and Sarah
(Such) Losh. His paternal ancestry were
Welsh; those upon the maternal side were
Irish. His father, born in 1751, was a brave
soldier in the Revolutionary war. He was a
carpenter, and passed a large portion of his
life in Perry county, where he was universally
respected. He died in Wheatfield township,
Peny county, Pa., April 12, 1849, at the re
markable age of ninety-eight. His death and
funeral obsequies attracted general attention,
as he was one of the very few survivors of the
perilous times in which our national existence
was secured. The mother of Jacob Losh was
born in what is now Penn township, Perry
county, in 1792. She was the daughter of
George Such, one of the early settlers of Perry
county, and was the second wife of Andrew
Losh. By his first marriage, to Mollie Haines,
he had eleven children, all of whom are now
deceased. By the second marriage there were
four children, one of whom died in infancy,
and three are still living: Nancy (Mrs. Charles
Anthony), of Carroll township, Peny county;
Amanda, widow of the late Thomas Matlack,
who is a resident of Duncannon; and Jacob.
When Jacob Losh was eight years old, the
family removed to Wheatfield township, Perry
county. Here he spent part of his boyhood,
receiving a fair education in the public and
private schools of that township. After leav

ing school, he learned the trade of millwright,
at which be worked all bis life in various parts
of Pennsylvania. Erom the year 1870, he
was continuously in the employ of the Dun
cannon Iron Company, and was one of their
most faithful and efficient workmen. Mr.
Losh was married in Carroll township, Janu
ary 1, 1856, to Mary, daughter of Jacob and
Mollie Brown, old and much respected resi
dents of Perry county. All of their six chil
dren are living; they are: Lucy Ann (Mrs.
Josiah Knaub), of Rye township; Mollie;
Adam; Sarah; Margaret; Jane; and Amanda.
The family attend the ministrations of the
Presbyterian church. Jacob Losh died at his
home in Penn township, March 12, 1897, of a
paralytic stroke. His age was seventy-one
years, one month and eight days. He was in
terred in the Lutheran graveyard at Duncan

non.

ROBERT S. AIcCANN, roller, Duncan
non, Perry county, Pa., was born at Monte-
bello Furnace, Perry county, July 23, 1842,
son of the late EdAvard and Martha (Graybill)
McCann. His grandfather, Torrence Mc-
Cann, was born in Ireland, and settled in
Perry county at an early date? where Edward
McCann was born. The latter lost his life by
accident, in 1846, at the early age of thirty-
four, while in the employ of Fisher & Morgan,
at Alontebello Furnace. Atr. .McCann's mater
nal ancestors were of German origin, but were
among the earliest settlers of Perry county.
Robert S. McCann, after the untimely death
of his father, went with his mother to Dun
cannon, he being then four years old; he has
been a continuous resident of Penn township
since that time. He received his education in
the public schools, and since the age of ten
years has been in the employ of the Duncan
non Iron Company. During all these forty-
five years, Mr. McCann has enjoyed a high
reputation for industry, integrity and a faith
ful and efficient discharge of all the duties de
volving upon him.
Mr. McCann was manied in Penn township,
December 24, 1867, to Susan, a daughter of
Evan and Mary Jones, for many years respect
ed residents of Penn township, but both now
deceased. Mr. and Mrs. McCann have had
twelve children, four of whom are deceased.
The survivors are: Edward; William;
Thomas; Naomi (Mrs. Charles Loper); Jere-

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miah; Martha; Charters; and Delina. Mr.
McCann and his family attend the church of
the United Brethren in Christ.
Mr. McCann's war record is a most credit
able one. He early listened to the nation's
call for defenders; and in September, 1861,
enlisted in that magnificent regiment, of glo
rious record, the Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry,
becoming a member of Company A, under
Capt. Griffith Jones. With this regiment he
served for nearly four years, during which
time he participated, with honor, in almost
all the prominent engagements of the Western
armies. He was one of the escort to the flag
of truce, when, in North Carolina, Gen. Joe
Johnson surrendered the last of the army of
the Confederacy to the victorious Sherman.
He was mustered out of service at Lexington,
N. C, June 6, 1865, after a period of faithful
service covering nearly the entire duration of
the war; in all that time, Air. AtcCann's valor
and heroism was unstained by a single blemish.
He is a member of Lieut. William Allison
Post, No. 196, G. A. R. Mr. McCann is a
staunch Republican. Both be and his family
are attendants upon the service of the church
of the United Brethren in Christ.

AVILLIAM MORRISON, roller, Duncan
non, Perry county, Pa., was born September
16, 1842, in the most romantic part of Ireland,
the beautiful and picturesque country County
of Longford. He is a son of Charles and
Elizabeth (Fitzimmons) Morrison, both of
whom were natives of the Emerald Isle. In
1847, when he was but five years of age, his
parents, following tbe example of thousands
of their countrymen, crossed the blue sea to
find a permanent home beneath the Stars and
Stripes. They immediately settled at Dun
cannon, where they lived, industrious, frugal
and respected, until called away by death with
in one year of each other, the demise of
Charles Morrison occurring in 1867, and that
of his wife in 1868. They were the parents
of eleven children, of whom six died in in
fancy. James, Eliza, Alargaret, and William
attained maturity, but William is the only
one now surviving.
William Morrison has been a continuous
resident of Duncannon since his arrival there
m 1847. He received his education in the
public schools of Penn township. From nine
years of age, for a period of forty-six years,

he has been in the employ of the Duncannon
Iron Company. During all that time, Mr.
Monison has been conspicuous for his indus
try, thrift and conscientious and faithful dis
charge of duty. He is a member of Adams
Lodge, No. 319, F. and A. M., at New Bloom
field, Pa. He is a sincere advocate of Repub
lican principles.
Atr. Atorrison has been twice manied. He
Avas married in Patterson, Juniata county, Pa.,
in 1865, to Mary E., daughter of Elkanah and
Alary Fuller, of Sandy Hill, Perry county,
Pa. They had one son, George AA^ashington,
Avho died in 1885. Airs. Alary E. Atorrison
died in the year 1884. Mr. Morrison was mar
ried the second time in Penn township, in
1885, to Margaret B., daughter of John
Heishley, of Philadelphia. By this maniage
he has bad six children, of whom three, Ida,
AAllliam, and Blake, are deceased. Those
noAV living are: Thomas L.; Annie Lizzett;
and Mary K. Air. Monison and his family
attend the services of the Lutheran church.

JOHN AV. PARSONS, carpenter, Dun
cannon, Perry county, Pa., was born in Watts
township, Peny county, August 6, 1838, son
of James S. and Eliza (Monison) Parsons,
both now deceased. His grandfather, James
L. Parsons, was born in Somersetshire, Eng
land, and emigrated to this country in early
life. He settled in Perry county, Avhere be
passed the remainder of bis days. Air. Par
sons' maternal ancestry was German; his
grandfather, Air. Morrison, was bom in Ger
many, and his grandmother in Lebanon coun
ty, Pa.
James S. Parsons Avas born in Watts town
ship, on the romantic banks of the beautiful
Juniata river, about five miles above Duncan
non. His entire life was spent in his native
county. He was a Aveaver, but passed the
greater portion of his life in fishing and boat
ing on the Juniata. His death occurred at the
age of seventy-seven years, eleven months, and
fourteen days. After a useful and well-spent
life, he passed away with the profound re
spect of all with whom he had been associated.
James S. Parsons was the father of twelve
children: James F., deceased, of Penbrook,
Dauphin county, Pa.; Margaret (Mrs. James
Wood), of Harrisburg, Pa.; John W.; An
nie V. (Mrs. John Whitmery), of Ohio; Wil
liam A., of Duncannon; Leonard W., of Ala-

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bama; five that died in infancy; and George
B., who fell Avhile fighting in the defense of
his country in tbe Avar of the Rebellion.
John W. Parsons Avas educated in the pub
lic schools of Watts township, after which he
learned carpentry. He early displayed sterl
ing qualities, integrity, good judgment, and
ability in various directions; this excellent
endowment secured for him success, and gen
eral respect. When the tocsin of war sound
ed, Mr. Parsons was of an age to be influenced
by the great tide of patriotic ardor then sweep
ing over the land. His bleeding country did
not appeal to him in vain; early in 1861, Mr.
Parsons responded, by enlisting in the historic
regiment, the Forty-second of the Pennsyl
vania line', whose fame under the name of
"Bucktails," has become world-wide. As a
member of Company B, of this regiment, he
went honorably through the campaigns and
marches of the Army of the Potomac, until he
received a desperate wound on the bloody
field of Chancellorsville. Upon becoming
convalescent, he was placed in charge of the
hospital in Hanisburg. In this city he was
mustered out, in 1863, after two years of ser
vice. After the war, Mr. Parsons remained
for some time in Duncannon, working at his
trade. In 1866, he removed to Nebraska,
where he remained one year. After staying
two years longer in other portions of the west,
he again came to Duncannon, where he ever
after resided; he was for more than twenty
years a trusted and faithful employee of the
Duncannon Iron Company.
Mr. Parsons was manied, by the Rev. Mr.'
Zeigler, at Duncan's Island, March 4, 1863,
to Leah, daughter of Lawrence and Annie
Gross, of Penn township. They had six chil
dren: Annie V. (Mrs. Otho Bowers), of Har
risburg, Pa.; Julia E. (Mrs. Elmer Foster);
George L, of Altoona; AV. E., who died when
three years old; Charles G, who lost his life
by an accident, at twenty years of age; and
Harry E., still at home. Atr. Parsons was a
member of Lodge No. 57, Senior 0. U. A. M. ;
of Lodge ATo. 27, of the Knights of the Alystic
Chain, at Altoona, Pa.; and of the Duncan
non Iron Company Burial Association. He
was killed December 18, 1896, while coming
home from his work.
The citizens of Duncannon, recognizing the
ability ancl Avorth of Air. Parsons, called upon
him repeatedly to fill the various offices within

their gift. He was chief burgess of the bor
ough, member of council, and judge of elec
tions. He was a Republican. In the church
with which he was connected, he served in al
most every office connected with the congrega
tion. He and his family were connected with
the church of tbe United Brethren in Christ.
Mr. Parsons lived and died in the faith, hon
oring it by his regular and exemplary con
duct.

SAA1UEL FINKENBINDER, heater,
Duncannon Iron Company, Duncannon,
Perry county, Pa., was born in Newville,
Cumberland county, Pa., July 17, 1845. He
is a son of John and Elizabeth (Barnetts)
Finkenbinder, both natives of Cumberland
county; the former is deceased, but his wife
still lives in Newville, Cumberland county,
having reached the advanced age of eighty-
one. Their children are: Joseph; Samuel;
Sarah A. (Mrs. Benjamin Wolf); John; An
drew; Catharine (Mrs. Michael Smith); and
Samuel. Samuel Finkenbinder was reared as a far
mer's boy, receiving a limited education in the
public schools of Cumberland county, during
their short winter terms. His early life was
principally devoted to agricultural pursuits.
In 1876, he removed to Duncannon, and since
that time has been continuously in the employ
of the Duncannon Iron Company. He has
acquired among those with whom he daily
mingles a reputation for integrity of Avhich
any man may justly feel proud.
Samuel Finkenbinder was married, at Car
lisle, Cumberland county, February 9, 1871,
to Sarah Ann, daughter of John and Margaret
Deam. They have seven children, all now
living: John A.; William I.; Elizabeth;
Bertha; Grace; Alice; and Alartha. Atr.
Finkenbinder and his family attend the Meth
odist Episcopal church.
Although not yet seventeen years of age
when the Avar of the Rebellion began, Samuel
Finkenbinder was not the man to remain tame
ly at home Avhen the nation was calling loudly
to her patriotic sons for defenders. He soon
enlisted and served for over three years, mak
ing an honorable record for valor and efficient
service. He Avas a member of Company F,
Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and par
ticipated in many of the most important en
gagements of the Avar. Atr. Finkenbinder is

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a worthy and efficient member of Evergreen
Lodge, No. 205, I. O. O. F., and an active
comrade in Lieut. William Allison Post, No.
196, G. A. R. He is a Democrat.
JOSEPH GRIFFITH, engineer, Duncan
non Iron Company, Duncannon, Pa., was born
July 24, 1843, at Alontebello, Peny county,
Pa., son of John and Eve Ellen (Claydon)
Griffith, both deceased. John Griffith was
born in Mt. Holly, Cumberland county, Pa.,
January 1, 1815. In 1838, he entered the
employ of the Duncannon Iron Company, in
which he remained until a short time before
his death. Mrs. John Griffith was a native of
Perry county. They bad four children:
Mary A. (Mrs. John Pierce), of Altoona;
Joseph; Elmira Jane, widow of Henry Jones;
and Samuel, who died in infancy.
Joseph Griffith acquired his education
in the public schools of Penn township. For
thirty-four years he has been in the employ
of the Duncannon Iron Company, more than
thirty years of which time has been in tbe ca
pacity of an engineer. His record has been
one of duties faithfully and efficiently per
formed, to the entire satisfaction of the offi
cials at the head of this great industry. He
supports the Republican party.
Air. Griffith was married in Duncannon,
January 17, 1877, to Amanda E., daughter of
Jacob and Frances Miller. Of their nine chil
dren, two died in infancy. Those surviving
are: Margaret May; Anna Mary; John;
Jacob; Amanda Ellen; Joseph Samuel;
Thomas Winter; and Charles William. Tbe
family attend the Methodist Episcopal church.

AVTLLIAAt I. REED, heater, Duncannon
Iron Company, Duncannon, Pa., was born in
Duncannon, Perry county, Pa., February 27,
1827, son of Samuel and Mary (Flickner)
Reed, of whom the former was a native of
Cumberland county, the latter of Peny. Mr.
Reed's paternal ancestry was Scotch; his
grandfather, who was greatly respected, set
tled in Cumberland county at quite an early
period. His son, Samuel Reed, became a resi
dent of Peny county in early life. He was for
many years a trusted employee of the Duncan
non Iron Company.
William I. Reed was educated in the public
schools of Duncannon. From early youth,
for more than fifty years, he has been in the

employ of the Duncannon Iron Company. In
all its departments, the company has no more
reliable or trastworthy man than Mr. Reed.
He is especially noted for his vigor and activ
ity, reminding one of the hardy Highlanders in
the rugged mountains of bis ancestral coun
try. Although more than seventy years of
age, his agility is almost that of a boy; with
out special effort, he can do a day's work that
would cause many much younger than he to
flinch. Air. Reed is an active member of Van
delburg Lodge, ATo. 288, K. of P., and of the
Duncannon AAArking Men's Burial Associa
tion. He is a staunch Republican.
William I. Reed was married in Duncan
non, June 29, 1848, to Catharine, daughter of
William and Alary Bosler. Their children
are: Samuel 0.; William B. ; Christian F.;
Mary A. (Airs. Charles Hague); Catharine
(Airs. Joseph Kime); Emma (Airs. Isaac
Daniels); Charles N. ; Thomas R., who was
accidentally killed by a horse ; ancl Myrtle V.
Mr. Reed attends the United Brethren church,
while most of his family are attendants of the
Methodist Episcopal church.

HON". WILLIAAt R. SAVARTZ, mer
chant, Penn township, Perry county, Pa., was
born September 14, 1840, in Watts township,
Perry county. He is a son of George and
Elizabeth (Fesler) SAvartz. On both sides
his ancestry is of hardy German nationality.
His father and mother were born in Cumber
land county, but settled in Perry county at an
early date, and there passed the remainder of
their days, universally respected and esteemed
for their many excellent qualities. George
Swartz was a farmer. He died in 1872. His
partner through the journey of life had pre
ceded him in death, September 25, 1866, being
then seventy-two years of age. Mr. and Airs.
George SAvartz had eleven children, of whom
five are known to survive at this date:
Amanda, Avidow of the late Joseph Steele;
Susan (Atrs. John P. Steele) ; Leonard ; Eliza
beth (Atrs. John AV. Charles); and AVilliam
R. With the exception of two years spent in
mercantile pursuits in Harrisburg, the entire
life of Hon. William R. Swartz has been
passed in Peny county, in every part of which
he is well-known. He received his elementary
education in the public schools of Watts town
ship; it was supplemented by a course in the

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Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pa. After
leaving school, he taught for one term in
Watts township, and was subsequently en
gaged for a time in clerical work in general
stores at West Fairview, Cumberland county,
and at Newport, Peny county. In 1863, Mr.
SAvartz began business for himself, and has
since that time successfully conducted a gen
eral mercantile business, which has been built
up into very large proportions by tact, indus
try and fair dealing. Air. Swartz ranks to
day among the solid business men of Perry
county. He has also, since July 1, 1885, rep
resented the Mutual Life Insurance Company
of New York, having had charge of their
Johnstown office during three years of that
time. William R. Swartz was married, in New
Buffalo, January 29, 1863, to Ada F., daugh
ter of Jacob and Mary S. (Urben) Steel; Mr.
Steel is a native of Perry county, and Mrs.
Steel, of Northumberland. The children of
Mr. and Mrs. Swartz are: John B., who died
in infancy; Stiles J., superintendent of agen
cies for five States for the Fidelity Mutual
Life Insurance Company, of Philadelphia;
Alary E.; AVilliam K, a young man of much
promise, now a student at Dickinson College;
Ada Josephine; Anna B.; Roberta E.
It is not to be supposed that a man of Mr.
Swartz's well-known ability and uprightness
would fail to attract the attention of his fel
low-citizens, and that they should wish to util
ize his service for the public good. In 1888,
he was sent to Hanisburg, to represent Perry-
county in the State legislature. So upright
was his course, and so satisfactory to his con
stituents that he was re-elected in 1890. Atr.
Swartz is a member of Adams Lodge, No. 319,
F. ancl A. M., of New Bloomfield; also of
Evergreen Lodge, No. 205, I. O. O. F., of
Duncannon. He is a staunch supporter of the
principles and policy of the Republican party.
He has been for many years a consistent and
devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal
church, in which he is a licensed local preacher
and the superintendent of the Sunday-school.
His family are consistent members of the
same church.

WILLIAM H. AVILLIS, farmer, Duncan
non, Perry county, Pa., was born July 23,
1847, on the farm on which he noAv resides
in Penn township. He is a son of James D.

and Mary (Hunter) Willis. The Willis fam
ily was of English origin; the Hunters were
Irish. Both families settled early in Peny
county, and were among the most respected
and substantial families of the county. The
great-grandfather and father of William H.
AAlllis Avere both born in Perry county and
passed their entire lives within its bounds, de
voting their attention to farming. They were
interred in the Presbyterian cemetery at Ju
niata Bridge. James D. and Mary (Hunter)
Willis had seven sons, of whom three now sur
vive: AVilliam H; Toktuga H, of Miller
township, Perry county; and Adolphus H,
also a resident of Miller township. Those de
ceased are : Delavan F. ; Alphonsus A. ; Win
field S. ; and Samuel C.
With the exception of two years spent in the
service of the United States, during the war
of the Rebellion, the entire life of William
II. Willis has been passed in the county and
township in which he was born, his employ
ment at all times having been agriculture.
Atr. Willis Avas twice married. The first
marriage was celebrated at Carlisle, where he
was united to Elizabeth Barrett; they had
two children: Delia (Mrs. Peter Kirk), of
Harrisburg, Pa. ; and Grant D., of Penn town
ship, Perry county. Mrs. Elizabeth Willis
dying, Atr. Willis was manied the second time
in Philadelphia, December 13, 1882, to Mary
W., daughter of AVilliam C. and Matilda
Hench. To this union there is one daughter,
Lillian Grace, born January 19, 1884.
Universally respected for his integrity, and
enjoying the pleasures of rural life, there was
in Mr. Willis, quality powerful enough to
tear him from his neighbors and his peaceful
employments, and to send him in the presence
of the deadliest dangers. That quality was
patriotism. On February 21, 1864, when he
Avas a youth of less than seventeen years of
age, Mr. Willis enlisted in Company C, Twen
ty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry, of which the
gallant William H. Boyd was colonel. With
this regiment young Willis served, with credit
and distinction, for seventeen months, partici
pating honorably in many battles, among
Avhich were such fields of death as Cold Har
bor, Poplar Grove Church, the Explosion of
the Mine in front of Petersburg, Boydton
Plank Road, Stony Creek Station, the Belle-
field raid, Hatcher's Run, Dinwiddie Court
House, Amelia Springs, Flat Creek, and Ap-

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pomattox. Mr. Willis was mustered out and
honorably discharged, at Lynchburg, Va.,
¦ July 18, 1865. Mr. Willis has been a school
director for a period of eleven years. During
all that time the duties of his important office
have been ably and faithfully discharged.
Mr. Willis is a staunch Republican. Like his
ancestors, he is connected with the Presby
terian church.
William Hench, the father of Mrs. Willis,
was born September 8, 1823, in AUlford,
Peny county. He is a son of George and
Mary (Campbell) Hench. His grandfather,
George Hench, was a German, came to Amer
ica before the Revolutionary war, and settled
in what is now Perry county. He served as a
fifer in the Continental army. He was a
wagon-maker, at which business he worked
after his return from the army. At the time
of his death, he resided in Tuscarora township,
Peny county. One of his sons was George
Hench, father of William C. Hench. Born in
Juniata township, Perry county, he passed
his entire life within his native county. On
the maternal side the ancestry of William C.
Hench was Scotch, the Campbells having been
early settlers of Perry county. The parents
of Mr. AVilliam Hench had eleven children,
of whom but two now survive: William; and
Samuel, of Pittsburg, Pa.
William Hench spent his early life in
Greenwood township, Perry county, acquir
ing his education, during the winter months,
in subscription schools, supplemented by a
course in the public schools of the township.
After leaving school, he learned ship carpen
try, which occupation be followed until 1861.
In 1862, he began farming in Wheatfield
township, Perry county, and has followed the
same vocation ever since. He is a staunch
Republican. William C. Hench Avas married, at Holli
daysburg, Pa., Febraary 4, 1850, to Matilda,
daughter of Nathaniel ancl Mary (Sharer)
Williams, old and honored residents of Hunt
ingdon county. They had four children, three
of whom died in early life, the only survivor
being Mary, the estimable consort of William
H. Willis. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hench are
members of the Presbyterian church.

ALLEN D. MICHENER, farmer, Dun
cannon, Perry county, Pa., was born July 1,

1867, on the homestead farm in Penn town
ship, on which he now resides. He is a son
of Jonathan and Hannah (Carnes) Michener.
The Alichener family is of German extraction.
Eleazer Alichener, grandfather of Allen D.,
Avas born June 20, 1794. He was manied in
Plymouth, Montgomery county, Pa., to Alary
Fie, February 27, 1817. Their children were:
Jonathan, father of Allen D. ; Katharine, died
unmarried, Alarch 17, 1866; Philip, died
July 30, 1889; AVilliam, died in infancy;
Lewis, died in the bloom of manhood, in his
twenty-eighth year; Doan Michener, was ac
cidentally hurt on the railroad at Atarysville,
ancl died from the effects, December 7, 1879;
Joseph, residing in Duncannon; Susanna
(Mrs. Starett Fritz), died October 13, 1859;
Alartha A.; George W. ; and Eleazar; the
last three reside in Philadelphia. Eleazar
Alichener, Jr., served in the war of the Re
bellion, and returned home safe, never having
received so much as a scratch during the
whole war. About 1840, Eleazar Michener,
Sr., came from Plymouth, and settled in what
is now Penn township, Avhere he resided for
the remainder of his days. His death occuned
April 2, 1850.
Jonathan Michener was born in Plymouth,
Montgomery county, Pa., November 27,
1817. In 1840, be came with his father to
Perry county, where he spent the greater part
of the remainder of bis days, being a prosper
ous and successful farmer, well and favorably
known throughout the community. He was
married in Penn township to Hanna, daughter
of David and Jane (AtcBride) Carnes. David
Carnes was a native of York county ; his wife
was of Scotch-Irish descent, and was born in
Perrv county. Hannah Michener wras born
in this township. Jonathan ancl Hannah
(Carnes) Alichener had three children : Allen
D. ; Ida J. P.; and one that died in infancy.
Jonathan Alichener died full of years and
honors, Alay 27, 1887. David Games came
when a young man from York county to Perry
county, where he passed the remainder of his
life in farming. He had seven children : John,
avIio died at the age of thirty-seven years;
Alary Ann, who died in infancy; Catharine,
widow 'of the late Cattleberry Harris, and Avho
resides in Penn toAvnship; David, who died
December 27, 1893, at the age of sixty-eight
years; Eliza Ann, who died in childhood;
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mother of Allen D. ; and Maria, the widow of
Doan Michener.
Allen D. Michener, oldest child of Jonathan
and Hannah Alichener, has passed his entire
life as a resident of Penn township. His edu
cation was received in the public schools of
his native township. Reared a farmer, his life
has been spent in agricultural occupations, and
by a life of industry on the homestead farm,
he has attained success in an eminent degree,
while he has developed a character which
commands the respect and confidence of all
who know him. Mr. Michener is a staunch,
unwavering Republican. He and the other
members of his mother's family are connected
with the Presbyterian church. Mr. Michener
is unmarried.

HENRY SNYDER, a prosperous farmer
of Penn township, Perry county, Pa., was born
November 15, 1837, upon the homestead farm
in Penn township, where he still resides. He
is the son of John T. and Christiana (Schreck)
Snyder, both of German descent; their grand
parents and parents were born in Germany.
John T. Snyder came to America about 1825,
settling in Perry county. He ' engaged in
farming, and passed the remainder of bis days
in Penn township. He was the father of a
family of eight children, of whom George and
one other died in childhood. The six who
reached adult years were : AVilliam, who died
in Penn township; Jacob G, who died in
Perry county; Catherine (Mrs. John Rath
fon), of Penn toAvnship; Mary (Mrs. William
Boslier), of Penn township; Henry; and Car
oline (Airs. George W. Wetzell), of Penn
township. The entire life of Atr. Henry Snyder has
been passed in his native township, his atten
tion having been exclusively devoted to agri
cultural pursuits. In this line of life he has
been eminently successful. He is not only a
practical and prosperous farmer, but an active
ancl energetic citizen.
Appreciating the ability and good judgment
of Air. Snyder, his felloAV-citizens of Penn
township have sought his services in the re
sponsible positions of assessor and school di
rector, Avhich offices he has ably and judicious
ly filled. He is a member of Vandelburg
Lodge, No. 288, K. of P., of Duncannon. Mr.
Snyder is a Republican. The family attend

the Reformed church, of which body Mrs.
Snyder is a consistent, devoted member.
Mr. Snyder was manied, in Penn township,
August 13, 1877, to Jane B. Lesher, widow of
Henry Graham and daughter of Gerhardt and
Christina Lesher, of Bedford county. All
their seven children are living; they are:
John T., born September 2, 1879; Luvilla,
born December 17, 1881; Charles L., born
April 12, 1883; Marietta, born September
12, 1885; Annie B., bom June 17, 1888;
Blanche V., born September 17, 1890; and
Margaret, born January 14, 1893. By Mrs.
Snyder's marriage with Henry Graham, she
had one son, Edward, who was accidentally
drowned at Riddlesburg, Bedford county, Pa.

WASHINGTON FRITZ, one of the most
successful and prominent farmers of Penn
township, Duncannon, Peny county, Pa.,
was born September 10, 1837, on the home
stead where he still resides. He is a son of
Israel and Elizabeth (Siders) Fritz, the former
a native of Perry county, the latter of Dauphin
county, both of whom are now deceased. All
of Atr. Fritz's ancestors were of German ex
traction. The Fritz family settled in Perry
county, near New Bloomfield, at a very early
date. Israel Fritz, father of Washington
Fritz, spent all his life in Perry county. He
was a stone-mason, but passed the greater part
of his life in farming. He died in Penn town
ship, April 19, 1872, in the eighty-second year
of his age. His wife, Elizabeth Fritz,
had long preceded him to the other world;
she died June 1, 1847, in her fiftieth year.
They had ten children, of whom four now sur
vive: John; Sterrit; Lingley; and Washing
ton. Those deceased were: Elizabeth, who
died September 23, 1821, aged three years,
one month and eleven days; Robinson, who
died January 3, 1833, aged four years, six
months and six days; George and Henry, who
died in infancy; Thomas, who died October
30, 1886, at the age of sixty -five years; and
David, who died in 1892, aged sixty-five years
and ten months.
Washington Fritz has, like his father, spent
his entire life in his native township. He was
educated in the common schools; and, since
boyhood, has made farming his occupation.
He is a staunch and uncompromising Repub
lican. Mr. Fritz was twice manied. His first mar-

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riage took place at Carlisle, Cumberland coun
ty, where he was united by the Rev. Jacob
Frye, to Lydia Ann, daughter of Emanuel and
Margaret Duggan, on February 18, 1864.
Mrs. Fritz died at their home in Penn town
ship, November 30, 1875, in her thirty-fifth
year. Mr. Fritz was manied tbe second time,
at Shermansdale, Carroll township, Perry
county, December 28, 1880, to Sarah F.,
daughter of John and Sarah Bartruff, of Peny
county. They have three children: John
Boyer, born Thursday, April 12, 1883; Ida
Gertrude, born Sunday, March 8, 1885; and
Edwin L. B., bom July 4, 1888. Mr. Fritz
and his family attend the Lutheran church.
WILLIAM IL GAA1BER, farmer, of Penn
township, Perry county, Pa., was born June
28, 1848, in Fishing Creek valley, Peny
county. He is a son of Henry and Polly
(Ensminger) Gamber, both deceased. All the
ancestry of Mr. Gamber was German. Both
the Gambers and the Ensmingers were among
the earliest settlers of Fishing Creek valley,
where his parents were born and spent their
entire lives. Both 'parents reached an ad
vanced age; Henry Gamber died in 1873,
aged seventy-seven years; his wife in 1882,
at the great age of ninety-two years.
They had nine children: Margaret, resid
ing in Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pa.;
Eliza (Airs. Jacob Sloop), deceased; John, re
siding in Kansas; Susan (Mrs. David Sher-
iffe), deceased; Regina, widow of Henry Sou
der, residing in Fishing Creek valley, Perry
county; David, of Fishing Creek valley; Ellen
(Mrs. David Sheriff e), of Cumberland county,
Pa.; Mana, widow of John Campbell, resid
ing in Cumberland county; and William H.
The entire life of Air. William H. Gamber
has been spent in his native county. He ac
quired his education in the common schools
of Fishing Creek valley, after which he learn
ed the blacksmith trade in his father's shop,
and followed that vocation for twenty-six
years. He cultivated a farm at the same time
in the Fishing Creek valley. Mr. Gamber
subsequently removed to Duncannon, and
there worked at his trade for several years;
but, for the past six years, he has devoted his
entire time and attention to the management
of his farm in Penn township. Mr. Gamber
is a Democrat.
William H. Gamber was married, at Car

lisle, Cumberland county, Pa., to Fredericka,
a daughter of George and Fredericka Pipple.
One of their children died in early life; those
who survive are: George; Henry; Franklin
A.; Adeline Alay; Edgar T, and Charles Wil
liam. The family attend the Lutheran
church.

GEORGE AV. SLOUGH, a prosperous
farmer of Penn toAvnship, Duncannon, Perry
county, Pa., was born September 6, 1856, near
Newport, Perry county. He is a son of Jacob
and Julia A. (Alickey) Slough, natives of
Perry county, of Avhom the former is deceased,
and the latter resides in Carroll township.
Jacob Slough, a prominent farmer of Perry
county, and a man who enjoyed the confidence
of all, passed away, after an industrious and
useful life, in June, 1888. He had five chil
dren, all of whom are now living. They are:
Sarah (Airs. George W. Shearer), of Carroll
township; William, residing in the same
township; Barbara E. (Mrs. James E.Atickey),
also of Canoll township ; George W. ; and An
nie (Airs. George E. Albright), of Carroll
toAvnship. George W. Slough spent his boyhood in his
parents' home, and has resided, for the greater
part of his life, in Perry county. His educa
tion was acquired in the public schools of the
county, and since leaving school, he has always
been a farmer. He maintains Democratic
principles and policy.
George AV. Slough was married in Canoll
township, January 22, 1880, to Sophia, daugh
ter of Daniel and Alary Ann Comp;. Mr.
Comp, who is deceased, was a native of Peny
county, and Mrs. Comp of York county; the
latter is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Slough have
had nine children, two of whom died in in
fancy. The seven Avho survive are: Charles
A., born Alarch 13, 1881; Eva Al, born Au
gust 14, 1882; Rebecca P., born October 14,
1883; Elsie Al, born September 21, 1885;
George AL, born November 17, 1887; James
D., born August 8, 1891; DaA-idson V, born
August 26, 1894. He and tbe members of
his family attend the United Brethren church.
WILLIAA1 A. ACHEAD3ACH, one of the
most prosperous and progressive farmers of
Penn toAvnship, Perry county, Pa., was bom
February 6, 1852, in the same township in
Avhich be noAV resides. He is a son of John

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ancl Frederica Achenbach. He has spent his
life in Penn township, where he acquired his
education in the public schools. From boy
hood he has been engaged in agricultural pur
suits. Mr. Achenbach is a Republican.
AAllliam A. Achenbach was married, in
Philadelphia, October 20, 1892, to Hannah
S., daughter of George and Sophia Elinora
Schade. They have three children, all now
living: Louisa E., born July 11, 1893; George
William, born February 21, 1895; and How
ard A., bom July 29, 1896. The family at
tend the ministrations of the Reformed
church.

JOHN 0. COLLIER, a prominent and en
terprising farmer of Penn township, Perry
county, Pa., was born in the Fishing Creek
valley, Rye township, Perry county, Decem
ber 21, 1846. He is a son of Nathan and Su
san (Ogle) Collier, both deceased. Nathan
Collier Avas bom in Perry county, and settled
in Penn township early in 1847, having pur
chased from the heirs of Isaac Ogle the farm
now occupied by John 0. Collier. Nathan
Collier was a farmer of thrift and enterprise.
His children Avere as follows: Sallie (Atrs.
Brown), of the vicinity of Columbia, Union
county, Pa.; John 0.; Zachariah T., of
Atarysville, Perry county; Nathan A., who
died at the age of twenty-two years; George
W., residing at Atarysville; and Mary Jane
(Mrs. Amos Glendenning), of Riverton, Cum
berland county, Pa.
The entire life of John O. Collier has been
passed in Penn township, upon the homestead
farm. He was educated in the public schools
of Penn township, and has, since boyhood,
been engaged almost exclusively in agricul
tural pursuits. Animated by patriotic im
pulses, he enlisted in 1863, in Company H,
One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Pennsylva
nia Volunteers, in whicb regiment he served
with honor and credit for sixteen months. At
the expiration of his term of enlistment, he
received his discharge at Harrisburg, Pa. His
fellow-citizens of Penn township have shoAvn
their appreciation of Mr. Collier's good judg
ment and practical business management by
electing him for one term, to the office of
school director, and for two terms to the office
of supervisor. Mr. Collier is a Republican.
John 0. Collier was manied in Penn town
ship, December 24, 1869, to Margaret E.,

daughter of Joseph and Susan Dissinger, old
and honored residents of Penn township, both
deceased. Mr. and Atrs. Collier have five chil
dren : Joseph N. ; John M. ; Harry H. ; George
G., deceased; and Florence P. The family at
tend the Lutheran church.

SAMUEL IL DERICK, a progressive
farmer, of Penn township, Perry county, Pa.
was born July 1, 1853, in Centre township,
Perry county. He is a son of Harry and Mary
(Bird) Derick; the former is a native of
Adams county, and the latter of Peny. Hany
Derick came to Perry county early in life and
spent there the greater part of his days. He
was a shoemaker, but was also engaged in
farming. He still survives ; but his wife pass
ed aAvay in the year 1882. Of their eight chil
dren, one died in infancy. Those surviving
are : Catharine (Mrs. George Shearer) ; George
W. ; Christian C. ; Michael; Samuel fi.; Sarah
(Mrs. Jacob Laman) ; and Mary (Mrs. George
W. Arthur).
The entire life of Samuel 11. Derick has
been spent in Perry county. After receiving
his education in the public schools of Penn
toAvnship, he entered, while still a mere boy,
the employ of the Duncannon Iron Company,
in which he continued for eleven years. For
the past eighteen years, however, he has been
engaged exclusively in farming. He is a mem
ber of Vandelburg Lodge, No. 288, K. P., of
Duncannon; and of the Duncannon Iron Com
pany Burial Association. His politics are
Democratic. Mr. Derick Avas manied, in Penn toAvnship,
January 14, 1875, to Alice, daughter of Ben
jamin and Sarah Jane (Hench) Pee. They
have eight children: Leah E., born March 22,
1876; Anna G, bom April 14, 1879; Henry
At., born January 22, 1882; Benjamin F.,
born October 3, 1884; Thomas W., bom
January 22, 1888; Grace Pearl, born Octo
ber 23, 1889; Oliver McCurdy, bom June 3,
1892 ; and Margaret May, bom May 18, 1896.
The family attend the Presbyterian church.

SAMUEL A. E. RIFE, manager of the
store of the Duncannon Iron Company, Dun
cannon, Perry county, Pa., was born February
7, 1849. in East Pennsboro township, Cum
berland county, Pa. He is the son and
only child of John and Elizabeth (Erb) Rife,
both deceased, the former haring passed away

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in 1856, the latter in 1869. Mr. Rife's pater
nal ancestry were English; on the maternal
side it is German. His father, who was a pros
perous farmer, was born in Cumberland coun
ty, and remained there during his entire life.
Samuel A. E. Rife passed his boyhood in
his native township, on the homestead farm,
receiving his education in the public schools.
After the completion of his school days, he
was engaged as salesman. In Alarch, 1870,
he removed to Duncannon, where, for the past
twenty-six years, he has been continuously in
the employ of the Duncannon Iron Company,
filling ably and efficiently the responsible po
sition with which he has been entrusted. Mr.
Rife has served his fellow-citizens of the bor
ough faithfully and well as school director and
member of tbe council. His political views
are Republican.
Samuel A. E. Rife was married at Carlisle,
Cumberland county, July 17, 1869, to Elmira
B., daughter of Jacob and Joanna (Trout)
Weaver, natives of Lancaster county, who had
removed to Cumberland county. They have
two children: Blanche, who died in child
hood; and J. Arthur, the only surviving child.
Mr. Rife attends the Presbyterian church.

LEVI M. SELLERS, Duncannon, Perry
county, Pa., was born Alarch 12, 1831, in
Penn township, Perry county. He is the son
of Levi and Mary (Carmichael) Sellers. His
paternal ancestors were German; the mater
nal, Irish. Mr. Sellers, who was the only
child of his parents, passed his boyhood in
Wheatfield township, Peny county, on the
farm of Jacob Rathfon. At fourteen years
of age, he was employed at the Juniata fur
naces, but for more than forty-seven years
past, he has been continuously in the employ
of the Duncannon Iron Company, a record
that indicates a most faithful discharge of
duty. Mr. Sellers is a Republican.
Levi M. Sellers was married in Duncannon,
April 6, 1854, to Mrs. Catharine Aiasters,
daughter of Jacob Shearer, and widow of Jo
seph Masters. They have four children:
Levi, who died in infancy; Josephine Mary
(Mrs. Francis Daniels), deceased; Alice V.
(Mrs. Amos Hoffman) ; and Minnie M. (Mrs.
Joseph Kearns, of Steelton, Dauphin county,
Pa.

JEROAfE SUNDAY, AL D., agent for the
Perry County Railroad, at Duncannon, Perry-
county, Pa., Avas bom July 11, 1852, in what
is now East Aladison township, Peny county.
He is a son of John B. and Sarah A. (Shope)
Sunday, both deceased. Both of his parents
were born in Peny county, and spent their
entire lives in their native county, the father
being a prominent farmer, highly respected
in the community. The parents had a family
of six children, of whom three died in infancy,
and one, Alary Ellen (Airs. Samuel HoUen
baugh), died in later life. The only members
of his father's family now surviving are Je
rome and David.
Jerome Sunday was educated in the public
schools of Madison township. From the age
of eighteen to twenty, he was engaged in vari
ous occupations. From 1876 to 1879, he read
medicine with Dr. Lewis E. Rogers, of Sandy
Hill. He then attended Cleveland Aledical
College for two terms, graduating in the
spring of 1880. After practicing for one year
at Waterloo, Juniata county, Dr. Sunday re
turned to New Bloomfield, Perry county,
where he was in practice during 1881-82. In
1882, he removed to Marysville, and was en
gaged in mercantile business for two years.
Removing to Duncannon in 1884, he was in
similar business there for three years. On the
opening of the Perry County Railroad, Dr.
Sunday was appointed to his present position,
which he has efficiently filled. Dr. Sunday is
a staunch Republican.
Jerome Sunday was manied in Penn town
ship in 1876, to Rebecca G, daughter of Sam
uel and Lavina Shall; the former is still living
and the latter is deceased. They have eight
children: Robert; Sarah; John; Annie;
James; Jennie, deceased; Earl; and Vere.
The family attend the Presbyterian and Luth
eran churches.

WILLIAAI Al. BROTHERS, retired, Dun-
canon, Perry county, Pa., was born November
20, 1830, in AlcVeytown, Mifflin county, Pa.
He is a son of Joseph and Catharine (Steele)
Brothers. His paternal ancestry is German;
the family settled in New Jersey previous to
the Revolutionary war, in which Atr.
Brothers' great-grandfather was a valiant sol
dier, and gave his life for the cause of Ameri
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Brothers, Sr., and John, son of Joseph, both
fought in the war of 1812-15 against Great
Britain. Joseph Brothers removed from New
Jersey to Aiifflin county, Pa., where he engag
ed in the lumber business. He continued to
reside in that county until his death, which oc
curred in 1838. Joseph Brothers, Jr., father
of AAllliam AL, was born near Newport, Perry
county, Pa., Alarch 31, 1801, and resided
there until 1814, when he removed to Aiifflin
county. In 1858, he removed to Perry coun
ty, and resided in Duncannon until his death,
in 1886. He was married in Mifflin county,
to Catharine, a daughter of Paul and Sarah
(Byers) Steele; of their nine children, four
are now living: AVilliam M. ; Ann Elizabeth
(Mrs. John Y. Willis), of Duncannon; James
S.; and Joseph.
William M. Brothers spent his boyhood
with his parents in Mifflin county, receiving
his education in the public schools and learn
ing the butchering business. This employ
ment he followed until 1891, since which time
he has lived retired. He has been a worthy
and much respected resident of Penn town
ship since 1865, a period of more than thirty
years. William AL Brothers has been twice mar
ried. His first marriage took place in Mifflin
county, October 4, 1854, when he was joined
in matrimony to Mary E., daughter of John
and Christina Wiels. They had two chUdren:
Catharine, who died at the age of thirty years.;
and Mary E., who died in childhood. Mr.
Brothers lost his wife by death in 1865. His
second marriage Avas solemnized in Perry
county, December 21, 1866, when he Avas
united to Sarah, daughter of James and Eliza
beth Coulter. Their children are : David, who
died in infancy; and AVilliam Ross.
William Ross Brothers, At. D., was bom
January 8, 1869, in Penn township, Peny
county, Pa. He received his education in the
public schools and the New Bloomfield Acad
emy. He read medicine with Dr. A. L.
Shearer, of Duncannon, after which he enter
ed the Jefferson Aledical College, graduating
from that institution Avith a meritorious stand
ing in 1891. During the foUoAving year, he
was resident physician in the city hospital, of
Altoona, Pa. From 1893-95, Dr. Brothers
practiced his profession in Ramie, Clearfield
county, Pa., during which time he was com
pany surgeon for the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Subsequently he was examining physician at
Philadelphia for the Pennsylvania Railroad
and for the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad.
On November 1, 1896, he began practice at
Duncannon, with every promise of a brilliant
and successful future. Dr. Brothers is a mem
ber of the II. II. Hare Medical Society, of
Philadelphia, and of the Alumni Association
of Jefferson Medical College. He was also
late Ausiting physician to the Lying-in-Hospital
of Philadelphia. Dr. Brothers is a Republi
can. Dr. Brothers was manied at New Bloom
field, Peny county, Pa., in 1894, to Ma
tilda S., youngest daughter of George and
Mary Swartz. Mr. Swartz is deceased;
his widow resides in New Bloomfield. Dr.
and Atrs. Brothers have one child, Elizabeth
Swartz, born May 3, 1895. The family attend
the Presbyterian church.

WILLIAM AIIFFLIN SMITH, Markles
ville, Perry county, Pa., was born in Philadel
phia, Pa., July 23, 1836. He is a son of Wil
liam T. and (Mary Grant) Smith. His pater
nal ancestors came to America with the
Swedes, in 1643, and settled along the Dela
ware river. His grandfather, Thomas Smith,
a native of Delaware county, spent his life on
the farm. He was first married to Maria,
daughter of Gov. Thomas Mifflin. They had
four children: William T.; Maria (Mrs. Rob
ert EAving); Israel; and Thomas M. His sec
ond Avif e was Miss 0. Broome. Their children
were: Aubrey; Maria; Henry; Edmund; Al
exander; Elizabeth; Henrietta; James B.;
Emily; and Francis. They lived to a ripe old
age. Mr. Smith's great-grandfather on the
maternal side, John Grant, crossed the Atlan
tic with the Pilgrim Fathers in the historic
"MayfloAver." Moses Grant, one of his great-
uncles, assisted at the Boston Tea Party, De
cember 16, 1773. His maternal grandfather,
Samuel Grant, was a native and a merchant of
Boston, Atass. His wife was Judith Richard
son, bom on the Island of St. Kitts. Their
children were: Alary; Julia, wife of Richard
C. Moore, D. D.; Frances (Mrs. John S.
Twells); Sarah; Amelia (Atrs. Stephen S.
Deblois) ; Samuel G. ; Louisa (Mrs. L. T. Salig-
nac) ; William S. ; and Henry. All except the
last three are dead. The grandfather died in
Philadelphia, aged ninety-four, and his wife
aged seventy-six. Both were members of the

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Episcopal church. Mr. Smith's father, Wil
liam T. Smith, was a native of Delaware coun
ty. He received his education in the public
schools, and while still a boy began to read
law. In due time be was admitted to the bar,
and devoting his life to the practice of his
chosen profession, became prominent among
the lawyers of Philadelphia. At the time of
his death he was a member of the State Senate.
William T. Smith was married to Mary,
daughter of Samuel and Judith (Richardson)
Grant, who was a native of Boston, Alass.
They have two children: Samuel G., of Phil
adelphia; and William Mifflin. William T.
Smith died December 14, 1837, aged thirty-
three; his wife died Alarch 28, 1896, aged
eighty-seven. Both were members of the
Episcopal church.
WUliam Mifflin Smith was educated at the
Bolmar Academy, West Chester, Pa. At the
age of fifteen he entered the Norris Locomo
tive Works, where he served a four years' ap
prenticeship. In the spring of 1855, he went
to California and engaged in mining, he also
dealt in cattle and horses. In 1861, he enlist
ed in Company I, Fifth California Infantry,
and served until April 8, 1865. Mr. Smith's
courage and faithfulness were rewarded by
regular and rapid promotion. He was cor
poral, sergeant, first sergeant of his com
pany, sergeant-major of the regiment, sec
ond lieutenant, first lieutenant, and later
captain of the First New Mexico Infantry.
This captaincy he resigned to accept the office
of first lieutenant of his old regiment. Shortly
after he was made a captain and sent to south
ern New Mexico, where he remained until
February, 1865. He resigned his commission,
April 8, 1865, and returned to the mines,
where he speculated until 1866; then returned
to Philadelphia for one year. In 1867, Mr.
Smith went to the West Indies, but remaining
only a short time, he returned to Philadelphia,
and was appointed chief clerk in the office of
the assessor of the second internal revenue
district. In 1872, he resigned his position,
and for three years engaged in manufacturing.
In 1877, Air. Smith again went to New Mex
ico, and spent two years in speculating at the
mines. Returning to his native city he lived
in retirement until 1885, when failing health
induced him to leave the city and try the in
vigorating air of the country. He went to
Peny county, Pa., intending to remain three

months, but be was so delighted with the place,
and with his physical improvement, that he de
cided to make it his home. In 1887, he built
a large and convenient dwelling and brought
his family to their new home. Mr. Smith was
his own architect; his bouse is one of the finest
buildings in Perry county and has all the
modern improvements. It stands on a hill,
open on all sides to the pure fresh air. Mr.
Smith is highly esteemed in the community.
He Avas for one term a member of the legisla
ture of California. William Aiifflin Smith
was married, June 26, 1883, to Mary, daugh
ter of John and Ann M. (Sierer) Lash, of
Cumberland county, Pa. They have four chil
dren: Jessie; AAllliam T.; John AAA; and
Anna, who died in September, 1893, aged two
years and six months.

JOSEPH HOWAAWINE, Alarklesville,
Juniata township, Peny county, Pa., was bom
in Franklin county, Pa., February 14, 1826,
son of  and Elizabeth (Wilson) How-
anstine. His grandparents were of German
birth, who came to America in early life. Air.
Howanstine was a native of Franklin county,
and a cabinetmaker; he married Elizabeth
Wilson. They had ten children, one only sur
vives, Joseph. Those deceased are: Nancy;
Samuel; Leah; John; Jackson; William;
George; and two infants. Mr. Howanstine
died January 4, 1865, aged eighty years. His
wife also is deceased.
When Joseph Howanstine was a boy the
family removed to Peny county, where be at
tended a subscription school. Until he was
twenty-one, he assisted his father on the farm,
and then began farming on bis own account.
He has served the township for a number of
years as supervisor and school director. Joseph
Howanstine was first married January 31,
1856, to Catherine, daughter of John and
Margaret (Keiser) Biseline, who died in Alay,
1884, aged fifty-five, leaving these children:
Margaret (Mrs. Joseph Van Camp), of Har
risburg, Pa.; John; David; Wilson; Alary
(Atrs. Dr. Manning), of Harrisburg, Pa. ; Ed
Avard; Celesta, died in February, 1861, aged
four years; William, died February 11, 1869,
aged ten years, six months and four days; and
Frank S., died July 18, 1872, aged fourteen.
Air. Howanstine was afterwards manied, No
vember 11, 1886, to Alary, daughter of George
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is a member of the Lutheran church, and for
a number of years was a deacon.
The parents of Catherine (Biseline) Howan
stine were natives of Perry county, whose an
cestors of German birth, settled in Juniata
township. Their children were: Elizabeth;
Susan; Jonas; Alargaret; Catherine (Mrs. Jo
seph Howanstine); Peter; John; David; Sam
uel; Isaac. Mr. Biseline filled the office of
supervisor, and was a deacon in the Lutheran
church. George Camp and his wife, the parents of
Alary (Camp) Howanstine, were natives of
Darmstadt, -Germany, who came to Pennsyl
vania about the year 1832, and settled near
Carlisle. Mrs. Howanstine's grandfather,
George Camp, Sr., also emigrated to America,
and became a resident of Perry county, where
he foUoAved the handicraft he had learned in
Germany, carpentry, and was also engaged in
general merchandise. Her father removed to
the State of Indiana, and there died; his wife
died in 1866, aged fifty-one. Their surviving
children are: Mary" (Mrs. Joseph Howan
stine); George; Elizabeth (Mrs. William
Jones); and Louisa; Sarah, John and two in
fants died. Mr. Camp was a member of the
German Reformed church, and his wife was a
member of the Lutheran church. Mrs. How
anstine's maternal grandfather, Henry Deitz,
was of German birth; he had two children:
Henry and Catherine.

AARON LENKER, Newport, Perry coun
ty, Pa., Avas born in Dauphin county, Pa., Au
gust 20, 1858, son of William P. and Mary
(Landis) Lenker. His grandfather, Philip
Lenker, has always been a farmer. He mar
ried Miss Holtzman, and of their thirteen chil
dren these are living: Leah; William P.;
Henry; Edward; Hannah (Mrs. Jacob Zim
merman); David; Amelia; Elizabeth; Mary
(Mrs. David Lark). Those who died are:
Sarah; Katherine; Jonathan; Nathaniel. Mr.
and Atrs. Philip Lenker are members of the
Lutheran church. Their son, William P.
Lenker, is a native of Dauphin county. He
spent his earlier years in railroad business, but
has given his attention to farming for some
years, in Howe township. He is a Republican,
and a much esteemed citizen. William P.
Lenker was first manied to Mary Landis ; their
children are: Aaron; Salome; James M. ;
Mary (Mrs. Millard Flickinger); Katie Ann,

deceased; Sarah J., deceased; William H, de
ceased. Mrs. Alary Lenker was an earnest
member of the Dunkard church. Mr. Lenker
was married the second time, to Margaret,
daughter of Benjamin and Katherine Horting.
Mr. and Mrs. Lenker are members of the
Lutheran church, where Mr. Lenker holds the
office of elder.
Aaron Lenker received his education in the
district schools of Dauphin and Perry coun
ties, his parents having removed to the latter
county in his tenth year. He learned to farm
and worked for his father until he was twenty-
nine years of age. In 1888, Mr. Lenker be
gan farming, for himself on his father's farm
in Howe township, where he remained for
seven years. In the spring of 1895, he re
moved to his present home in Juniata town
ship. This farm also belongs to bis father,
and is one of the finest in the township. Mr.
Lenker is a Republican, and an advocate of
sound money. Aaron Lenker was married,
December 15, 1887, to Hannah, daughter of
John and Martha (Gable) Hopple. Their
children are : William H. ; Clara At. ; Andrew
J. Atr. Lenker is a deacon in the Lutheran
church and a worker in tbe Sunday-school.

JOHN FOSSELMAN, Juniata, Peny
county, Pa., was born December 4, 1840, son
of John and Susan (Dum) Fosselman. His
paternal grandfather, Daniel Fosselman, Jr.,
was a farmer. He married Miss Weitzel.
Their children are: John; Philip; Kate (Mrs.
William Sheibley) ; and Mrs. William Kistler.
The maternal grandfather, Frederick Dum,
came from Germany. He was a weaver, and
worked at that business all his life. He mar
ried Aliss Souder; their living children are:
William; and Lydia (Mrs. Henry Smith), of
Newport, Perry county; those deceased are:
Alartin; Frederick; Mary Ann (Mrs. Samuel
Loy); Susan (Mrs. John Fosselman); John;
Jacob ; Pollie (Mrs. John Tressler) ; Elizabeth
(Mrs. Abraham Kell);  (Mrs. Daniel
Adams) ; and Caroline. The parents, Mr. and
Atrs. Fosselman, were both natives of Perry
county. The father was in the tanning busi
ness for a feAv years; he then turned his at
tention to farming, in which he Avas engaged
until 1865. At this date, he resumed the
tanning business, continuing it until his death.
Mr. Fosselman served the township for a num
ber of years as tax collector and assessor. He

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was a good and respected citizen. John Fos
selman married Susan, daughter of Frederick
and Elizabeth (Souder) Dum. Their children
are: William; Sarah, widow of William Ar
nold; John; Mary Ann (Mrs. B. F. Clouser);
Susan; Wesley; Alartha (Mrs. William
WUdt); Millard F.; Joseph; Daniel, deceased;
Elizabeth, deceased; David, deceased; Ala
tilda, decased. John Fosselman died August,
1869. His wife lived to the age of seventy-
two, and died in May, 1889. Both were mem
bers of the Evangelical church, of which Mr.
Fosselman was a trustee.
John Fosselman was educated in the district
schools ancl learned farming. He attended
school until he reached the age of twenty; he
assisted his father until he was twenty-two and
then worked his father's farm for three years
on his own account. During the war of tbe
Bebellion, Mr. Fosselman served in Company
G, Two Hundred and Eighth Pennsylvania
Volunteers, having enlisted August 30, 1864:
His regiment participated in the battles of
Fort Steadman and Fort Hale. He received
an honorable discharge June 9, 1865. Mr.
Fosselman is a Republican. He has given his
attention to farming since his return from the
war. John Fosselman was manied February
24, 1863, to Catharine, daughter of William
and Mary Ann (Orris) Rice. Their children
are: Matilda (Mrs. Henry WUdt); Ulysses
Grant; William; John; Robert; Myrtle Na-.
omi; and Effie. Mr. Fosselman is a member
of the Evangelical church; is one of the trus
tees, and has been a class leader for a number
of years. He is held in high esteem by all his
associates.

JESSE M. MOGEL, Alarklesville, Perry
county, Pa., was bom Alarch 26, 1860, son of
Jacob and Mary (Clouser) Mogel. He at
tended the public schools of Centre township,
Perry county, and took one course at a select
school. After learing school, Atr. Mogel turn
ed his attention to farming and remained with
his father until be reached his twenty-eighth
year. After his marriage, he farmed for three
years, for his father, and then worked as gen
eral laborer for two years. In 1893, Mr. Mo
gel cultivated Mr. Alitchell's farm, and in the
same year purchased the estate on which he
now fives. He is a Democrat, and served one
term as clerk of elections.
Jesse M. Mogel was married, March 6,

1888, to Lennie, daughter of Samuel and Ma
tilda (Reamer) Cork Their children are:
Charles L. ; and Bertha A., died September 12,
1892, aged one year, one month and four
days. Mr. and Airs. Mogel are members of
the Lutheran church, in which Mr. Mogel has
served as assistant Sunday-school superintend
ent and as teacher.
Mrs. Mogel Avas born in Juniata toAvnship.
Her father, Samuel Corl, was born April 11,
1823, and died Febraary 2, 1888. He was a
farmer. His first marriage was to Miss
Hamaker. Their children are: John; Theo
dore; and Kate (Mrs. William Borall). His
second wife was Matilda, daughter of Philip
Ramer. She was born August 10, 1832, and
died September 2, 1876. Their children are:
Abbie (Mrs. Wesley Fosselman); Philip Cy
rus; Amos; Alice (Mrs. Henry Smith); Me-
linda (Atrs. Atogel), and an infant, deceased.
Mr. Corl's third wife was Mrs. Mollie Graham.
Mr. Corl was an active member of the Luther
an church, and was much respected. His
widow still lives on the homestead.

F. M. SHADE, Marklesville, Mifflin coun
ty, Pa., son of Jacob S. and Maria (Postel-
thwaite) Shade, was born in Mifflin county,
December 19, 1864. Her grandparents were
native farmers of Peny county, Pa. His
father was born in Berks county, in 1825, and
his mother in Mifflin county. In early life,
the father taught school in Mifflin county, and
engaged in business as a druggist. He was a
soldier in the Mexican war. Later in life he
engaged in farming, which he made his per
manent occupation. He married Maria Pos-
telthwaite, and they had one child, F. M. The
father died April 11, 1894, aged sixty-eight
years, ten months and twenty days; the mother
died January 31, 1892, aged sixty-two years.
Both were members of the Presbyterian
church. F. M. Shade received his education in the
-public schools of his native county, which he
attended until he was sixteen years old. He
then Avent to Altoona, and worked for two
months in the car shops of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. When past seventeen, he
went to Indiana, where he was employed for
six months in grading a railroad. After liv
ing in the west for two years and a half he
came back, and remained for more than a,
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parents had removed. In 1886, when his par
ents left Huntingdon county and took up their
residence on a farm in Perry county, he went
with them and remained two years. He then
became brakeman on the Pennsylvania Rail
road at Hanisburg, serving for five years, af
ter which he went back to his parents and en
gaged in farming, which he has continued
ever since. He is a Democrat, and has filled
the office of inspector. F. M. Sfiade was mar
ried, in 1887, to Hattie, daughter of William
and Sarah (Fosselman) Arnold. Mr. Arnold
was a farmer in Perry county, ancl his Avife
was a daughter of John Fosselman. Their
children are: John; Annie; Harry; Hattie;
George; Kate; Frank; Esther; Ethel; and
Blanche, who died aged six months. Air. Ar
nold filled the office of school director for two
terms. He died in August, 1891, aged fifty-
seven years. Mrs. Arnold resides in Juniata
township, and is a member of the Evangelical
church. Mr. and Mrs. Shade haA^e two chU
dren : Clyde At. ; and Harold L. The parents
are members of the Reformed church, in
which Air. Shade has been a trustee.

JOHN II. HORTING, Alarklesville, Perry
county, Pa., son of Benjamin and Catharine
(Harman) Horting, was born in Perry coun
ty, Pa., May 16, 1837. His grandfather, Mi
chael Horting, was a native of Lancaster coun
ty and a farmer. He was married twice and
reared a family of eight children, two of
whom are still living: Eliza (Mrs. Henry
Smith); and Mary (Airs. Christian Long).
The others were: David; Michael; Benjamin;
John; Abraham; and Margaret, all deceased.
Alichael Horting died September 19, 1834,
aged fifty-two years, one month and twenty
days. Mr. Horting's maternal grandfather,
Jacob Harman, was a blacksmith. He had
five children: Rebecca (Mrs. John Grove);
Eliza (Airs. Jacob Kipp); Catharine (Mrs.
Benjamin Horting); Mary (Mrs. Jacob Lin-
thirst); and Sarah (Airs. Thomas P. Runyan).
All are deceased except Mrs. Grove. Benja
min Horting was born in Perry county, in
1806, and made farming his occupation. Be
ing a popular man, and interested in local af
fairs, he was chosen to fill various township
offices, serving as supervisor as many as five
terms, and also as school director. He mar
ried Catharine, daughter of Jacob and Eliza
beth Harman, of Perry county. They had ten

children: Elizabeth (Mrs. John Bonsall);
Margaret (Mrs. William P. Lenker); Sarah
(Airs. Jeremiah Baer); John H.; Catharine
(Mrs. John Fickes); Mary J. (Mrs. Eli
Grubb); Harry IL, married to Susan Turn-
baugh; Abraham, married to Alary Hol-
ley; Benjamin, deceased; and Emma, de
ceased. Air. and Mrs. Benjamin Horting were
consistent members of the Lutheran church.
Mr. Horting held successively all the offices in
the congregation. He died in 1873, aged
sixty-seven years, eleven months and twenty-
one days. Mrs. Horting died in 1885, aged
seventy-two years, nine months and five days.
John H. Horting attended the public
schools of Howe township, Peny county, dur
ing the short winter term, and during the sum
mer he worked on the farm. When he was
twenty-six years old, he began farming for
himself, first cultivating his father-in-law's
farm for three years, then the farm on which
he now lives for two years ; after which he re
moved to Atillford, Peny county, where he
remained three years, fie then bought his
present farm, lately owned by Henry Fickes,
and has made it his home ever since. He has
held various township offices, including that of
school director for twelve years, and super
visor in Juniata township for one year, and in
spector for two terms. The Hortings have al
ways been active Republicans.
Mr. Horting was manied December 22,
1863, to Sarah, daughter of Henry and Re
becca (Hoffman) Fickes. They have these
children: Benjamin F., who married Annie
J. Fickes, March 17, 1896; Harry F., who
married Mary E. Toomey, December 27,
1892; William; Amia Belle, who died Febru
ary 24, 1879, aged twenty-one days; and three
others who died in infancy. The family are
adherents of the Lutheran church, in which
the father held the office of deacon.

HENRY C. SAHTH, Marklesville, Perry
county, Pa., son of Henry and Elizabeth
(Smith) Smith, was born in Perry county,
Pa., February 23, 1829. His paternal grand
father, Henry Smith, was . a native of Ger
many. His children were: Peter; John;
Henry; Martin; Barbara; Mary (Mrs. Jacob
Lenig); and Catherine (Mrs. Henry Lenig).
Mr. Smith's maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Smith, were natives of Berks coun
ty, and farmers by occupation. They had

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these children: Valentine; Jacob; Jonas J.;
Samuel; Henry; Alaria (Airs. George Saucer
man), of Saville township; Elizabeth (Airs.
Henry Smith); Sarah (Mrs. Peter Kline), of
Blain; Lydia (Mrs. Levi Burd); Catherine
(Mrs. John K. Smith) ; Alargaret (Atrs. Peter
Sheibley), of Germantown; and Afolly (Airs.
Christian Swaub), of Saville township. The
parents of Airs. Elizabeth Smith died in Juni
ata township, the mother dying some time be
fore her husband, who lived to a very advanc
ed age. Both were members of the Lutheran
church, and both are buried in Bloomfield,
Peny county. Henry Smith, father of Henry
C, was born in Berks county, came to Perry
county when a boy, and resided with his
mother in Juniata township. He learned
carpentry, which he canied on in addition to
farming. He was manied to Elizabeth,
daughter of Jacob Smith, formerly of Berks
county, and had these children: Lydia (Mrs.
Michael Stutsman) ; Henry C. ; Joseph, of Ne
braska; Peter E., of Atillford, Juniata town
ship; Isaac, also of Alillford; Catharine, de
ceased; John W., died February 20, 1889,
aged sixty-four years; Sarah, died in 1887;
and Jacob, deceased. Mr. Smith died in 1858,
aged sixty-seven years, his wife on January 1,
1869, aged sixty-nine years. He was a promi
nent member of the Reformed church, filling
at different times the office of trustee, deacon,
and elder. Airs. Smith was a member of the
Lutheran church.
Henry C. Smith received his education in
the common schools, attending as a pay scholar
during the first two terms. The house in
which he first went to school, in Alillford, is
still standing. Leaving school at the age of
sixteen years, he remained with his parents
until he was twenty-eight. He then farmed
on his own account until 1884, when he re
tired. The years between 1869 and 1872, he
spent at farming in Bureau county, HI, re
turning to Perry county in July of the latter
date. He now leads a retired life on his farm
near Marklesville. He has served his township
as school director and supervisor for a number
of terms.
Mr. Smith was married, December 11,
1856, to Joanna G. Willis. They had nine
children: Alice (Mrs. Werden Robinson);
Reuben, married Adeline Simpson; William
H., married Ada Smith; George, of Colorado;
Annie B. (Mrs. Clark Stentson); Willis Long,

died October, 1857; Grace, died December,
1891, aged twenty-two years; Alary E., de
ceased; and Aielham G., also deceased. Mrs.
Smith died in February, 1891, aged fifty-five
years. She was a member of the Alethodist
church, and a most estimable Avoman. Mr.
Smith has for many years held the office of
deacon and elder in that church.

SAMUEL T. WATTS, Marklesville, Perry
county, Pa., Avas born October 28, 1836, son
of James and Sarah (Earley) Watts. James
AVatts Avas a Scotchman and came to this coun
try in early life. He Avas a distUler and fol
lowed this business until his death. James
AA'atts married Sarah, daughter of Samuel
Earley. Air. Watts died in 1836, before the
birth of his only child, Samuel T. Mrs. Watts
was married again to Valentine Quaterman,
who resides in Orlean, Ind. Their children
are: James; Catherine, widow of John Price;
Alartha; William, deceased; George, died in
1895. Samuel Earley, Air. Watts' maternal
grandfather, was of Irish descent, and was
among the early settlers near Shippensburg.
He was for many years a merchant. He was
manied to a daughter of Peter Keiser, and
had a family.
Samuel T.Watts attended the public schools
of the township, and at the age of sixteen be
gan a two years' apprenticeship at blacksmith
ing. After this, he took a course in the Alar
klesville Academy. He then resumed black
smithing, and continued in this business until
1866. For the next thirteen years, Mr. Watts
farmed on an estate which he bought in
Juniata township. Air. Watts then removed
to Atarklesville and resumed business as a
blacksmith; after six years be bought his pres
ent home and retired from business. Mr.
AVatts has served his township in various offi
ces; in 1860 be was elected constable but de
clined the commission. Mr. Watts enlisted
August, 9, 1862,in Company I, One Hundred
and Thirty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers,
and served for nine months. He took part in
the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13,
1862, and in the battle of Chancellorsville on
the second, third and fourth of Atay, 1863.
During his services in the army, Air. Watts
contracted a disease, on account of which he
draws a pension. In 1870, he was elected
auditor and served three years; in 1874, he
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served three years; and in 1879, he was elected
school director, served six successive years, and
afterwards three years more. In 1884, Air.
Watts was elected justice of the peace, and
holds this office at the present time, haAdng
been re-elected in 1895. He belongs to Lieut.
Arnold Lobaugh Post, No. 297, G. A. R., of
Newport. Atr. Watts has won the confidence
and esteem of his fellow-citizens by bis faith
ful service and honest dealings.
Samuel T. Watts was manied to Susan
E., daughter of Samuel and Susan (Keiser)
Lupfer. Their children are: L. AA1, of
Altoona,; Ida (Mrs. John A. Fleisher);
and Anna Bell. Mr. Watts is a member
of the Methodist Episcopal church, and
has for many years held the office of trus
tee and steward. Mr. and Mrs. Lupfer, the
parents of Mrs. Watts, were natives of Perry
county. Mr. Lupfer was a farmer; he also
held the office of supervisor and tax collector
for many years. Samuel Lupfer was married
to Susan, daughter of John and Susan (Hersh-
berger) Keiser. Their children are: Jesse K. ;
Susan E. (Mrs. Watts); Margaretta (Mrs.
Oharies Whitekettle) ; Mary B. (Mrs. John S.
Kerr), died September 12, 1864; and Dr. Sam
uel P., a graduate of tbe Jefferson Medical
College of Philadelphia, who served in the late
war, and contracted a disease, which resulted
in bis death, July 12, 1864. Mr. and Mrs.
Lupfer were both members of the Reformed
church, in which Mr. Lupfer served as deacon
and elder for many years. Mr. Lupfer closed
a useful Christian life on March 6, 1882, aged
seventy-eight years. Mrs. Lupfer, who was a
highly esteemed lady, died December 23,
1881, aged seventy-six years. Mrs. Watts's
maternal grandfather was a native of Berks
county. He came to Peny county early in
the eighteenth century, and. settled on Buffalo
creek, in Juniata township.

HENRY S. LENIG, Juniata, Perry coun
ty, Pa., was born in Juniata township, April
16, 1850. He is a son of Thomas and Mary
(Stambaugh) Lenig. Peter Lenig, his great
grandfather, a native of Berks county, Pa.,
removed to Peny county, settled in the south-
em part of Juniata township, and was a far
mer all his life. Peter Lenig married Miss
Walbom; their children were: Jacob; John;
Henry; Alary (Mrs. William Lenig); and Mrs.
Michael Smith. Henry Lenig, grandfather of

Henry S., was a native of Perry county, and
a farmer; he was in early life a weaver. He
married Kate, daughter of Peter Smith. Their
children were: Thomas; and Barbara (Mrs.
Samuel Tressler), who died in 1881. Henry
Lenig died in 1850; his wife survived him
seven years. He was a member of the Lu
theran church, his wife of the Reformed.
Their son, Thomas Lenig, was born in Peny
county, December 25, 1821, and was a far
mer. He served his township in various of
fices. For some time he was connected with
Air. Fickes in the business of baling hay.
Thomas Lenig married Mary, daughter of Da
vid and  (Kell) Stambaugh. Their
children are: Kate (Mrs. Jerome Toomey);
Henry S.; and Cornelia (Mrs. John Stroup).
Mr. and Atrs. Thomas Lenig were faithful
members of the Lutheran church, in which
Air. Lenig was deacon and afterwards elder.
He died alrthe age of seventy-one years, seven
months and thirteen days, on July 19, 1893.
His wife also lived to the age of seventy-one;
she died October 13, 1895. Tbe maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Darid Stambaugh,
were both natives of Perry county. Mr. Stam
baugh was a farmer and distiller. He married
Miss Kell. Their children are: Kate (Mrs.
Jacob Shearer); Julia (Mrs. David Reeder);
Jacob; John; David; Henry; Jane (Mrs. Wil
liam Emerich); Bella (Mrs. Daniel Reap
somer); Alartin, deceased; Caroline (Atrs.
Frank Spotts), deceased;' Margaret, died in in
fancy; Henry, was killed in the war of the
Rebellion; Ellen (Mrs. John Long), de
ceased; Sarah (Mrs. David Adams), deceased;
and Alary, deceased. Air. Stambaugh was a
member of the Lutheran church; he lived to
the age of eighty-four years. Mrs. Stambaugh
was a member of the Reformed church; she
died in 1858. Henry S. Lenig's great-grand
father, David Stambaugh, was a native of Le
high county, and a farmer. He came to Perry
county and settled in Spring township.
Henry S. Lenig received his early education
in' the public schools and attended Bloomfield
Academy. He learned farming, and remain
ed with his father until he reached his ma
jority. Atr. Lenig then took charge of the
homestead fann and has lived there ever
since, with the exception of four years. Mr.
Lenig has interests in the lumber business, and
has given his attention to threshing. He was
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chine in Perry county. Mr. Lenig is also a
builder and contractor. He has served the
township as auditor for three years and for
one year as supervisor. In 1885, he was elect
ed school director, and served three years.
Mr. Lenig belonged to EUiottsburg Grange,
No. 626, P. H.
Henry S. Lenig was married November 15,
1877, to Mary J., daughter of John and Mary
(Ritter) Koughderfer. Their children are:
Thomas; Clara M.; and Mary C. Mr. Lenig
holds the office of deacon and trustee in the
Lutheran church and is also a faithful worker
in the Sunday-school. He is an industrious
and enterprising citizen and has the respect of
his associates. John Koughderfer, the fatber
of Mrs. Lenig, was a native of Peny county,
and was bom AprU 25, 1816. fie was a
farmer and was also in the mercantUe business
for some years at Loysville and Ickesburg.
Mr. Koughderfer served the township as su
pervisor, county commissioner and school di
rector. He was an honored citizen and enjoy
ed the esteem of his fellow men. John Kough
derfer was married to Mary, daughter of John
and Rebecca Ritter. Their children were
Peter Al; G. William; John R.; Martin L.
Amos; Rebecca C. (Mrs. David fiaulbaugh)
Mary J. (Mrs. H S. Lenig); Charles L.; Ed
gar At.; and David, died April 17, 1851, aged
five months and one day. Mr. Koughderfer
was a member of the Reformed church, in
which he held the office of deacon and after
wards that of elder, for many years. He died
in January, 1877, aged sixty-one years. His
wife lived to the age of seventy-two, and died
January 23, 1890. Peter Koughderfer, Atrs.
Lenig's grandfather, came to Peny county in
his youth, settled in Smull township, and spent
his long life in farming. He married Cathe
rine Hubaugh; their children were: Elizabeth
(Mrs. John Shuman) ; Margaret (Mrs. Andrew
Kell); George; Mary (Mrs. Jacob Kell); John;
David; Jacob; Catherine (Mrs. George Hall);
and William, all deceased.

JACOB S. SUPER, Newport, Perry coun
ty, Pa., was born in Oliver township, Perry
county, April 12, 1840, son of George and
Margaret (Stutsman) Super. His grandfather,
Jacob Super, a native of Germany, came to
this country with his children in 1833, after
the death of his wife. He had been a member
of the legislature while in Germany. Jacob

Super was a carpenter, and worked at his trade
as long as he was able to Avork. His wife was
Miss Aisley; their chUdren were: Jacob; Mi
chael; John; George; Daniel; Dorothy; Alary;
and Elizabeth, all deceased. Jacob Super died
at an advanced age. The maternal grandfather,
Adam Stutsman, was a native of Berks coun
ty, and came to Peny county about 1814, and
settled in Tuscarora township, where he spent
the rest of his life in farming. Adam Stuts
man married Barbara, daughter of John
Smith. Their children were :Alargaret (Airs.
George Super) ; Catherine (Airs. John Lenig) ;
Elizabeth (Airs. Samuel Biseline); Charles;
AUchael; Daniel; Jonas; Lydia, first married
to John BiseUne, then to William Weibley;
all are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Stutsman were
members of the Reformed church. He died
in February, 1867, aged seventy-nine years;
his wife in November, 1866.
George Super, the father, a native of Wur-
temberg, Germany, emigrated to this country
in 1833, and resided in Oliver township until
his death. He was a carpenter, but spent most
of his life in farming. George Super was mar
ried to Margaret, daughter of Adam and Bar
bara (Smith) Stutsman. Their children were:
Barbara (Mrs. George Wilson); Elizabeth
(Airs. Henry Zeigler); Jacob S.; Lydia (Mrs.
Isaac L. English); John A.; Margaret (Mrs.
B. F. Smith); Mary, died in 1848, aged five
years; and three who died in infancy. Mr.
and Mrs. George Super were members of the
Lutheran church. Mr. Super died February
24, 1881, aged seventy-six years, two months
and twenty days. Mrs. Super's death occuned
August 21, 1889; she was aged eighty years
and seven months.
Jacob S. Super was educated in the public
schools, and farmed with his father until the
war began. He enlisted September 18, 1862,
in Company F, Seventeenth Pennsylvania
Volunteer Cavalry, and was honorably dis
charged June 29, 1865. During his service •
he was engaged in the following fights: Ohan-
cellorsville, April 30, to May 2, 1863 ; Beverly
Ford, June 9, 1863; Aldie, June 16, 1863;
Upperville, June 21, 1863; Goose Creek, June
22; Gettysburg, July 1, 2, and 3; Williams
port, July 6; Funkstown, July 7; Beaver
Creek, July 8 ; Boonsborough, July 9 ; Falling
Water, July 14; Brandy Station, August 1,
and September 14; Raccoon Ford, September
15; Barnetts Ford, September 22; Mortons

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Ford, October 11; Rappahannock Station, Oc
tober 12; Oak Hill, October 13; Stephens-
burg, October 14; Thoroughfare Gap, Octo
ber 20; Liberty, October 24; Bealton Station,
October 28 to 30; Ricksville, November 8;
Mine Run, November 29 to December 1,
1863; Barnetts Ford, February 5, 1864; Kil-
patrick's Raid to Richmond, February 27 to
March 15; Todds Tavern, May 7 and 8; Yel
low Tavern, Atay 11; AteadoAv Bridge, Alay
12; Hanovertown, Alay 27; Haws Shop, May
28; Old Church, May 30; Cold Harbor, Atay
31 to June 1; Trevilians Station, June 11 and
12; White fiouse, June 21; Jones Bridge,
June 23; Darbytown, July 28; White Post,
August 11; Cedarville, August 15; Benyville,
August 22; Reamsville, August 25; LeetoAvn,
August 28; Smithfield, August 29; Winches
ter, September 19; and Summit Point, Sep
tember 21, 1864, which was Atr. Super's last
engagement, for he there received two
wounds; one ball struck him in the right knee,
and the other on the right thigh, disabling him
for nine months. He was taken prisoner and
was in captivity for eight weeks of this time.
He has suffered much from rheumatism,
which he contracted from his exposure in the
army, and from his old Avounds, on account
of winch he receives a pension. Atr. Super
has farmed ever since his maniage. He is a
Democrat, and has served in various township
offices; he was elected school director for
Juniata township in 1873 and served for.
three years; in 1880, he was chosen super-'
visor for two years ; served one year as annual
assessor, ancl in 1888 was elected triennial as
sessor, ancl served until 1892. He is a member
of Lieut. Arnold Lobaugh Post, No. 297,
Newport. Jacob S. Super was married January 3,
1867, to Mary, daughter of Jacob and Alary
(Clouser) Flisher. Their children are: Elsie
V.; Katie; William; Emma; George, died
March 3, 1873, aged one year, eleven months
and three days; Charles O., died February 3,
1884, aged eleven months ancl five days; Sam
uel G, died October 23, 1895, aged ten years,
six months ancl twenty-six days; and two Avho
died in infancy. Atr. Super and family are
members of the Lutheran church, in Avhich he
has been deacon for nineteen years, and has
also been superintendent of the Sunday-school.
Mr. Jacob Flisher, the father of Atrs. Super,
was a farmer of Perry countv, and married

Alary Clouser, also a native of Peny county.
Their children are: George; John; Jacob;
Henry; Amos; Daniel; Simon; Catherine
(Airs. W. W. Jacobs); Mary (Mrs. Super);
Elizabeth (Mrs. Arthur B. Mitchell). Mr.
Flisher filled various township offices. He
died in Alarch, 1867, aged sixty-two years; his
wife in May, 1863, aged forty-nine years.
They were both faithful members of the
Lutheran church.

JEREMIAH D. GABLE, Newport, Perry
county, Pa., was born in Lancaster county,
Marcb 20, 1852. He is a son of Henry L. and
Elizabeth (Sellers) Gable. His grandfather,
John Gable, Avas of German ancestry, was a
farmer, and spent most of his life in Lancaster
county. He married Miss Lane, daughter of
Abraham Lane. Their children are: Samuel;
John; Aiagdalene, widow of John Hoppel;
Michael; Barbara, deceased; Henry L.; and
Maria, deceased. John Gable was a member
of the Gennan Baptist church. He died in
1876, aged eighty-five. Jeremiah Sellers, Mr.
J. D. Gable's maternal grandfather, was a
Aveaver, but later in life became a farmer. He
manied Atiss Bowman. Their children are:
Mary (Mrs. John G Demming), of Illinois;
Elizabeth (Mrs. Henry Gable); Samuel;
Sarah, deceased; and John, deceased. Atr.
and Mrs. Sellers are both dead. Henry L.
Gable was an intelligent and esteemed citizen.
While residing in Lancaster county, he taught
school for three terms, but afterwards turned
his attention to farming. He served the town
ship as supervisor, auditor, tax collector and
school director, and in other offices. Henry L.
Gable was manied to Elizabeth, daughter of
Jeremiah Sellers. Their children are: Jere
miah D. and John H., twins ; Annie Al. ; Hiram
S. ; and Josiah S. Atr. and Atrs. Henry L. Ga
ble Avere both members of the Gennan Bap
tist church. Mr. Gable died January 9, 1888,
aged sixty-four years ancl one month. Mrs.
Gable resides Avith her son; she is sixty-nine
years of age.
Jeremiah D. Gable received his education
in the public schools of Perry county, whither
his parents had remoA^ed when he was one year
old. He attended school until he reached his
twenty-first year, ancl learned to farm. Mr.
Gable held a position in a planing-mill in
NeAvport for twenty-six years. In 1893, he
removed to his present home, Avhere he is en-

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gaged in farming. Mr. Gable is a Republican,
and has served tbe township as auditor.
Jeremiah D. Gable was married December
25, 1877, to Mary Ann, daughter of David
and Mary Marshall Stephens. Their children
are: Hany D. ; Nelson B. ; Josiah S. ; Hiram
J. ; and Canie V. Airs. Gable's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. David Stephens, are natives of Perry
county. Mr. Stephens was a farmer; he
served the township as supervisor and school
director, and in other offices. He married
Mary, daughter of John and Margaret (Buck-
waiter) Atarshall. Their children are: Mar
garet (Mrs. Henry Kraft); Mary Ann (Mrs.
Gable); John W.; Kate (Atrs. George W.
Moretz); Louisa, died aged fourteen years;
and George W., died aged about three years.
Mr. Stephens was a member and an office
bearer in the United Brethren church. He
and his wife are both deceased. Mrs. Gable's
grandfather, David Stephens, was married to
Miss Bair. Their children were : Susan (Mrs.
Abraham Howe); John; Simon; Elizabeth;
Mary Ann; Kate; Mattie; and David; all are
dead but Mrs. Howe. Her maternal grand
parents were natives of Chester county; they
came to Howe township, Perry county, where
they cultivated a farm. John Marshall was
married to Margaret, daughter of Henry
Buckwalter. Their children were : Jane (Mrs.
Jacob Siegrist); Margaret, widow of Charles
Fry; Alexander; AVilliam; John, deceased;
Elizabeth, deceased; Mary, deceased; and
Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall are both de
ceased.

ABRAHAM J. ELLENBERGER, the
genial proprietor of the Commercial Hotel,
and one of the oldest and most popular resi
dents of Marysville, was born in Susquehanna
township, Dauphin county, Pa., February 18,
1844. He is the son of Abraham and Cathe
rine (Sheets) Ellenberger, both deceased.
Abraham Ellenberger, Sr., had been for years
a miller in Dauphin county; but when Abra
ham, Jr., was three years old, the family re
moved to the present site of Marysville, in
Peny county. After leaving Dauphin coun
ty, Mr. Ellenberger did not again engage in
his former business. He and his faithful wife
both died in 1851.
Abraham J. Ellenberger was educated in
the public schools, where he applied himself
diligently to his studies. At thirteen years of

age he left school, ancl entered tbe service of
tbe Northern Central Railroad Company,
shoAving the same faithfulness at work as at
study. Patriotism inspired him, in 1862, to
enlist for three months' service at Camp Cur
tin. He enlisted again in 1863, this time for
three years, in the Seventh Pennsylvania Cav
alry, and endured much hard service under
Generals Wilson and Kilpatrick. His career
as a soldier was rendered brilliant when near
the close of the war he made one of Sherman's
heroic band on his memorable and famous
march from Atlanta to the sea. The war be
ing ended, he Avas mustered out at Macon, Ga.,
August 17, 1865, and finally discharged at
Harrisburg, Pa., September 5, 1865. He then
returned to Atarysville, and re-entered the ser
vice of the AArthern Central Railroad Com
pany as brakeman in the yard. His faithful
attention to his duties was rewarded by promo
tion to the post of freight conductor, and later
to the position of yard master at Atarysville.
He remained in the service of the Northern
Central Railroad Company until December,
1880, when he resigned his position after fif
teen years' service. He was considered one of
tbe most efficient and painstaking employees
of the company. During the four years fol
lowing his resignation, he was in the insurance
business; but in June, 1884, he abandoned
this for the restaurant business, which he fol
lowed for the next six years. His friendly
manner and generous disposition made him
exceedingly popular. These qualities have
been still more clearly manifested since, in
1890, he became proprietor of the Commercial
Hotel. On account of the pressing duties con
nected with his business, Atr. Ellenberger has
been compelled to decline various responsible
positions, which his fellow-citizens have urged
upon him ; but for three years he has served
ably as school director.
Abraham J. Ellenberger was married, in
Atarysville, April 23, 1867, to Rebecca J.,
daughter of Abel D. ancl Margaret (Findlay)
Owen, Avell-knoAvn and highly respected citi
zens. She Avas born in Wheatfield toAvnship,
May 18, 1848. Their children are: Calvin C.
W., born June 25, 1868 ; Harry D., born Sep
tember 4, 1870; Alaggie May, born February
28, 1873; Annie V., born December 14,
1874; Blanche B., bom Atay 27, 1877; Virgie
E., born November 24, 1879 ; Cora Effie, bom
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Mabel 0., born March 11, 1886; and Mary
Rebecca, born January 24, 1889. Mr. El
lenberger is a prominent and active member
of Egyptian Commandery, No. 114, K. M.
In politics, he is very liberal, casting his vote
for the men and measures he thinks most ben
eficial for the country which he helped to save.
His family are all members of the Methodist
Episcopal church.
Few men of Rye township are more widely
known, or more highly honored by their fel
low-townsmen than Mr. Ellenberger. The
confidence and esteem of his many friends has
been won entirely by his sterling faithfulness
in the performance of his duties; his readiness
to befriend and help those around him, and
his promptness to serve his native country, in
peace, as well as in the dark days of the war.

WILLIAA1 S. RUCH, AL D., Marysville,
Perry county, Pa., was born in Northumber
land county, Pa., September 2, 1862. He is
the son of Charles and Emma J. (Phillips)
Ruch; the former still surviving and residing
in Northumberland, the latter having died at
her home, March 13, 1865, while the Doctor,
her only child, was almost an infant. On his
father's side, Dr. Ruch is descended from the
hardy German stock, while from his mother,
he received the Irish blood of her ancestors.
Charles Ruch has spent the greater part of his
life in Northumberland county, and for over
thirty years has been in the employ of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. In July,
1886, he was married again to Susan Welker,
and by this marriage has one daughter, Mar
garet. Upon the early death of his mother, Dr.
Ruch was sent to reside with his paternal
grandmother. Until he was fifteen years of
age, he continued to live upon the farm with
his grandparents where the pure, invigorating
influences of nature helped in a great degree
to mould his character and form his boyish
mind. The foundation of his education was
laid in the public schools of Northumberland
county. This was supplemented by a thorough
course in the high school. During his whole
school life, he was distinguished as a bright
pupil, apt and diligent. After leaving the high
school, he devoted his time for a few years to
private study, as a preparatory course to his in
tended profession. He spent two years in the
drug business, and finally began the study of

bis chosen profession with Dr. William B.
Stoner, a well-known physician of Northum
berland. In 1885, Dr. Ruch entered the Jefferson
Medical College, and devoted himself with so
much of his characteristic application to his
college course that his class standing was al-
Avays high, and he graduated Avith honors,
April 4, 1888. In May, 1888, one month af
ter bis graduation, he began practice in bis na
tive toAvn, Northumberland. A few months
later, much to the regret of bis fellow-towns
men, he moved to Hickory Corners, North
umberland county, where he continued in
practice for two years. On July 3, 1890, Dr,
Ruch moved to Marysville, and during his
seven years of residence in that borough, has
obtained a large and flourishing practice. The
Doctor is an influential member and a past
officer of Beulah Lodge, No. 269, K. P., of
Marysville. He is a staunch supporter of the
principles of the Republican party. Recog
nizing the Doctor's ability, his fellow-citizens
have elected him to the board of school direc
tors, where he has so discharged the duties as
to reflect great credit upon himself and to
give the fullest satisfaction to his associates.
Dr. Ruch was married at Northumberland,
November 29, 1888, to Alice M., daughter of
John and Mary Connelly, highly respected
citizens of Northumberland. On September
4, 1889, Edith A., the first child of Dr. Ruch,
was born; she died January 3, 1894, at the
tender age of four years and four months.
One year after this afflicting event, Robert E.,
their only surviving child, was born, January
7, 1895. Dr. Ruch and his family worship
at the Lutheran church of Marysville.
He is considered one of the most useful and
prominent citizens of Marysville, taking an
active part in all matters tending to advance
the welfare of the borough. Cultivated,
highly educated, a thorough gentleman in
every respect, his fellow citizens feel that he
is well worthy of their esteem and merits the
confidence which they place in him.

WILLIAM W. JACKSON, yard master
of the Northern Central Railroad, Marysville,
Peny county, Pa., was born in Marysville,
October 11, 1827. He is the son of the late
Lyman and Mary (White) Jackson. On the
father's side, Mr. Jackson inherits the well-
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whUe from his mother, he received the mixed
blood of her English and Gennan ancestors.
The Jackson family first settled in Massachu
setts, but later, Lyman Jackson, father of Wil
liam W., with his two brothers, William and
Hubbard, moved to Chemung county, New
Vork. Some years later, William and Lyman
Jackson removed to Peny county, Pennsyl
vania, where the two brothers met and manied
two sisters, Lyman marrying Mary, and Wil
liam, Elizabeth, daughters of James White, of
Peny county. Hubbard Jackson, meanwhile,
had remained in New York, where William
after a time joined him; there, after a long
and useful life, William Jackson died.
Lyman Jackson, father of William W.
Jackson, after his removal from New York,
passed nearly all of his life in Perry county.
He was an able and efficient school teacher;
and, when not teaching, he was engaged in
boating on the Susquehanna river, and in the
construction of keel-bottomed boats. This
useful life was prematurely cut short, as he
was accidentally killed in 1831, whUe manag
ing a boat. Of the five children of Mr. Jack
son, but two survie: William W. and Mary
Ann, widow of David H. Stahler. Those de
ceased were: Melinda; Jahial; and Margaret
J. (Mrs. Henry Musser). Mrs. Lyman Jack
son married, secondly, John A. Humes, of
Carlisle, Cumberland county, and had two
children: Sarah A. (Mrs. P. J. Nevins), of
Marysville; and Lyman A., of Harrisburg,
who married Annie Butt.
With the exception of ten years, the entire
life of William W. Jackson has been spent in
Marysville. He received his education in a
select school and in the common schools of
Perry county and, during his school course,
he proved himself an earnest and persistent
seeker after knowledge. Leaving school, at
the age of fourteen, he learned with his step
father the blacksmith trade, at which he
worked for two years. In 1843, he was em
ployed on Charles Hiester's farm, in Dauphin
county, where he continued for three years.
From 1848 to 1850, he was engaged in boating
on the Pennsylvania canal.' He assisted in
grading the road-bed of the Pennsylvania
Railroad when that railroad first penetrated
into Perry county, and remained in the same
employ for ten years. Since March, 1859, he
has been employed by the Northern Central
Railroad Company, rendering service of the
most faithful and efficient nature.

William W. Jackson was married, October
22, 1850, in Dauphin, Dauphin county, Pa.,
to Miss Catherine M., daughter of Levi and
Mary (McKenney) Adams, of Dauphin coun
ty. Tbeir chUdren are: Levi Allen, deceased;
Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. George Tuckey), de
ceased; Emma Alice (Airs. R. Q. King); of
fioboken, N. J. ; and Sarah Catherine (Mrs.
J. William Flickinger), of Harrisburg.
Mr. Jackson's sound common sense was
never more clearly shown than during the
thirteen years he has served as a director of
the pubUc schools, and as a member of the
borough council. During this period, his chief
aim was to improve the educational advan
tages, and to promote in every possible way the
Avelf are of the borough. He is a charter mem
ber and past noble grand of Marysville Lodge,
No. 590, I. O. 0. F., Avas its first master, and
first representative to the Grand Lodge of the
State, Mr. Jackson is an ardent Democrat.
He has served as judge of election board for
three terms, has been a member of council,
and for thirteen years, of the school board.
He and his family attend the Methodist Epis
copal church. By his integrity, his fidelity to
duty, and his stern, uncompromising sense of
right, Mr. Jackson has won the respect and
esteem of all with whom he has come in con
tact.

CHARLES A. FALK, manager of the
Railroad Hotel, Marysville, Peny county, Pa.,
was born in Baltimore City, Md., September
11, 1856. He is a son of J. George and Anna
Barbara (Fox) Falk. J. George Falk and his
wife were both bom in the Kingdom of Ba
varia, Germany; the former December 15,
1822, and the latter February 4, 1821. They
were united in marriage in their native land,
and in 1846 emigrated to America and settled
in Baltimore, where they resided for fourteen
years. In 1860, they moved to Harrisburg,
Dauphin county, Pa., and from that city went,
in 1865, to Coxestown, Dauphin county,
where they lived for eleven years. In 1876,
they returned to Harrisburg, and for three
years made that place their home, after which
they removed to Marysville. Here, in June,
1894, fifteen years after their removal from
Hanisburg, the aged couple celebrated the
fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. Scarce
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occasion, the faithful wife was separated from
her husband, who died May 23, 1896, at the
advanced age of seventy-three years, five
months and eight days. His widow still re
sides in Atarysville. During this long mar
ried life, the parents were made happy by the
birth of ten children, of whom four died in
childhood. The six who survived to cheer the
declining days of their parents, and to partici
pate with them in their golden wedding anni
versary, are: Mary R. (Mrs. H. H. Richards),
of Atarysville; John S., passenger engineer,
on the New York, Syracuse & Buffalo Rail
road, residing in Syracuse, N. Y. ; Catherine
At. (Atrs. G. W. MUler), of Lebanon county,
Pa.; George W., engineer on the Syracuse
and West Shore Railroad, also residing in
Syracuse; Anna B., (Mrs. Thomas Fahey),
whose husband is a conductor on the Northern
Central Railroad, residing in Marysville; and
Charles A.
Charles A. Falk was only about four and a
half years old, AAdien his parents came from
Baltimore to Hanisburg. Before he was ten
years old they had removed to Coxestown, and
it was in the public schools of that place that
his education was principally acquired. Af
ter leaving school, Atr. Falk was for a while
engaged in milling. At a later period he be
came a railroad employee; but for the last
seven years, he has been conducting the hotel.
Atr. Falk's political views are Democratic.
Charles A. Falk was married, in Harrisburg,
April 15, 1880, to Mary G, daughter of John
M. and Dora Al. Hoyler, residents of that
place, and natives of Germany. Their chil
dren are: George II. , died in infancy; John
G; Charles A.; Frederick II. ; Mary C;
Anna B. ; Herman; and Dora M. Mr. Falk
is a member of the Marysville Lodge, No. 590,
I. O. 0. F., and of Beulah Lodge, No. 269,
K. P. He is also a charter member of the
German Lutheran Beneficial Society, of Har
risburg. He attends the South Second Street
German Lutheran church, of Harrisburg.

ARTHUR D. YNN DYKE, At. D., Marys
ville, Perry county, Pa., Avas bom near Mc-
VeytoAvn, Aiifflin county, Afarch 22, 1860.
He is a son of Nelson D. and Catharine (Klose)
Van Dyke, both residing in Philadelphia.
The Doctor's ancestors on both sides were Ger
man. His grandfather settled at a very early
date in Aiifflin county, Avhere he became a

prominent fanner. His son, Nelson, father
of Arthur D., moved to Juniata county about
1861. During his four years' residence here,
be taught school, both at Patterson and Port
Royal. About 1865, he moved to Freeburg,
Snyder county, where he became principal of
the Freeburg Academy, and retained this posi
tion for three years. He afterwards removed
to Oentreville, Juniata county, where he en
gaged in mercantile pursuits. In the same
county, he was also postmaster of Van Dyke,
the town that bears his name. Since the fall of
1889, Nelson Van Dyke has lived a retired
life in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson
Van Dyke had nine children, one of whom
died in infancy. The eight surviving are;
Dr. Arthur D.; James K.; William G; Al
fred N. ; J. Burt; D. Elmer, of Philadelphia;
Carl H, of Huntsville, Ala.; and Clare, of
Philadelphia. The Doctor's early life was spent in his
parents' home, which was for most of the time
in Juniata county. His education was begun
in the public schools, and supplemented by a
course in the Airy View Academy, of Port
Royal. He then taught school in Juniata
county for five years, and at the expiration of
that time, commenced the study of medicine
with Dr. I. N. Grubb, of Thompsontown, Pa.
In 1888, Dr. Van Dyke entered the medical
department of the University of the City of
New York. After three years of earnest, care
ful work, he graduated from that institution
in 1883. He at once entered into partnership
with his former preceptor, Dr. Grubb, of
Thompsontown, and commenced practice at
that place. He moved to MarysvUle in Octo
ber of tbe same year, and since that date has
continued to be a resident of the borough.
That Dr. Van Dyke ranks high in his profes
sion, is evident from the various offices which
he holds. He is secretary of the board of
health of Marysville ; a member and secretary
of the Perry County Medical Society; a mem
ber of the State Medical Society of Pennsylva
nia; a member of the Harrisburg Academy
of Atedicine, and the American Medical Asso
ciation. The Northern Central and Pennsyl
vania Railroad Companies have both appoint
ed him as their surgeon at Marysrille. He is
also a member and secretary of of the Board of
Pension Examiners. For the past six years,
Dr Aran Dyke has been secretary of the school
board of tbe borough, Avhich position he still

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holds. He belongs to Perry Lodge, No. 458,
F. and A. M., of Marysville. His political
views are those of the Democratic party.
Dr. Van Dyke was married at Newport,
Perry county, Pa., on March 22, 1888, to
Laura Jane Leiby, a daughter of Joshua and
Susanna A. (Holman) Leiby, who was born,
November 18, 1862. Their children are:
Maurice Leiby, born Alay 14, 1889, died Au
gust 11, 1889; Nellie Holman, born Alay 2,
1890; Charles William, born October 16,
1891; Eugene Nelson, born January 7, 1893;
and James Richard, born April 5, 1895. Dr.
and Atrs. Van Dyke are members of the Re
formed church.

JOHN A. KRICK, foreman carpenter of
the Northern Central Railroad, at Alarysville,
Peny county, Pa., was born in Liverpool,
Perry county, March 28, 1834. He is a son of
Jacob and Catharine (Rouse) Krick. Both the
paternal and maternal ancestors of Air. Krick
were German. His maternal grandfather,
John Rouse, was born in that part of Union
county, Pa., which is now Snyder county; but
the birth place of his paternal grandfather is
unknown. Jacob Krick, father of John A.
Krick, was born in Scioto county, O., May 11,
1807. In 1814, when he was but seven years
old, his parents removed to Union county.
Mr. Krick went, in 1830, to Perry county,
where he passed the remainder of his life. He
was a carpenter, but devoted many years of his
life to agricultural pursuits. He died at New
port, Perry county, in November, 1865, when
about fifty-eight and a fialf years old. Jacob
and Catharine Krick had ten children: one
who died in infancy; Elizabeth, Michael G.,
Barbara and Sarah, all of whom lived to ma
turity, but are now deceased; John A.;
George G, of Duncannon, Perry county;
Jacob H, of Penn township, Pa.; Mary L.
(Mrs. John BothAvell), of Duncannon; and
Margaret Alice (Mrs. Thomas J. Pines), of
Alarysville. The boyhood of John A. Krick was passed
with his brothers and sisters at home, and in
attending the public schools of Buffalo town
ship. After leaving school, be learned boat
building, and followed this occupation for
about nineteen years. On October 19, 1876,
he removed to Atarysville, and entered the ser
vice of the Abrthern Central Railroad Com
pany. During the past twenty years, in which

he has continued in the same employment, he
has proved himself a most trustworthy, faith
ful and efficient employee. While residing
in NeAv Buffalo, he served as school director
and as assessor. He is a good, honest Republi
can. Air. Krick is a member of New Buffalo
Lodge, No. 628, I. 0. 0. F., and of Beulah
Lodge, AIo. 269, K. of P.
John A. Krick Avas manied in New Buffalo,
Perry county, February 12, 1857, to Eliza
beth, daughter of Isaiah and Catharine Gam
ber. Their children are : Emma G, who died
in childhood; George F., of Baltimore, Aid.;
and Amanda E. (Atrs. Charles H. Free), of
Baltimore. After twentA' years of wedded
life, Airs. Krick died, Alarch 1, 1877. Air.
Krick is a consistent member of the Alethodist
Episcopal church.

JOSEPH F. HEISHLEY,, of the firm of
Heishley & Rupley, dealers in coal, railroad
ties and wood, was born in Hepburn township,
Lycoming county, Pa., November 5, 1855,
and is a son of Philip and Margaret (Shuch)
Heishley. Air. Heishley is of German descent,
all his grandparents having been born in Ger
many. At an early date they came to America
with their children, and settled in Lycoming
county. Philip Heishley and his family
moved to Rye township, Perry county, about
1872. Here be passed the remainder of his
days in farming, which had been his occupa
tion from childhood. He died November 13,
1883. His wife is now living at Marysville,
although she still owns the old Heishley farm,
in Rye township. Their twelve children are :
Peter; Christian; Joseph F.; Harriet (Airs.
George R. Alyers); Catharine (Airs. H. E.
Gault); Philip; William; Charles; George;
Daniel; Alatilda; and Edward.
Joseph F. Heishley received his education
in the public schools of Lycoming county.
When he was about eighteen, the family
moved to Peny county; he there learned mill
ing, ancl Avas engaged in that occupation for
some time. He Avas afterwards in a warehouse
and in the stationery business. Since 1892,
he has been in partnership with Air. Rupley.
Mr. Heishley is now serving his second term
as councilman of the borough, in Avhich he has
resided for the past fifteen years. He is a
member of Perry Lodge, No. 458, F. and A.
At.; and of Alarysville Lodge, ATo. 590, I. O.
O. F. He adheres to the Democratic party.

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Joseph F. Heishley was married in April,
1891, to Margaret, daughter of William and
Amelia Gingrich, residents of Marysville.
Mr. and Mrs. Heishley attend the Reformed
church.

JOHN RUPLEY, of the firm of Heishley
& Rupley, dealers in flour, grain, coal and
wood, Marysville, Perry county, Pa., was bom
in East Pennsboro township, Cumberland
county, Pa., December 27, 1857. He is a son
of John and Leah (Forry) Rupley.
Joseph Rupley, the father of the subject of
this sketch, was bom in East Pennsboro town
ship, Cumberland county. His wife was born
in Lancaster county, Pa. Both parents are
still living, and reside in the borough of Marys
ville. Of the ten children born to them, four
died in childhood. Those surviving are: John;
Frank; Frances, wife of John Geib; Harry;
Mary, wife of James Halbaugh; and Mattie.
The Rupley family came to Marysville
when John Rupley, Jr., was but five years old.
He attended the public schools of that place.
From the time of leaving school, until the year
1892, he was engaged in the service of the
Northern Central and the Pennsylvania Rail
road Companies. In August, 1892, he en
tered into his present partnership Avith Mr.
Heishley. Atr. Rupley is a member of Beulah Lodge,
No. 269, K. of P. His political views are
Democratic. He has never manied.

JOHN KAHLER, car inspector for the
Northern Central Railroad Company, Atarys
ville, Peny county, Pa., was born in York
county, Pa., August 3, 1834. He is a son of
Henry and Elizabeth (Houdeshell) Kahler,
both natives of York county, and of Pennsyl
vania German descent. Henry and Elizabeth
Kahler had four children, but only two are
now living: John; and Elizabeth, widow of
William Hartman. John Kahler was brought
up by his parents on the farm. He received
his education in the common schools of his na
tive county. But Avhile yet a child, he had the
great misfortune to lose his father by death,
and was thus compelled to go forth from the
home roof at a tender age to begin life's battles
for himself. Until he was sixteen years old,
be lived the hard life of a boy bound out to
farm labor. At that age he began a two
years' apprenticeship at shoemaking. Having

iioav two occupations, he devoted himself to
each in turn, resuming farm work during the
summer, and in winter, carrying on his trade
of shoemaking. In 1861, he removed to
Atarysville, and became an employee of the
Northern Central Railroad Company. In this
service he has remained for the past thirty-
five years, proving himself always faithful,
painstaking and trustworthy. Mr. Kahler has
always been a staunch Republican. He owes
his present position to his own persistent ef
forts, his perseverance, and his faithful per
formance of his duties, from the day when, as
a fatherless lad, he first commenced the strug
gle of life, until the present time, when he is
one of the most respected and trusted em
ployees of the Northern Central Railroad
Company. John Kahler was married in York, Pa., May
28, 1858, to Rebecca, daughter of John and
Mary (Spahr) Kunkle, of Cumberland coun
ty, Pa. Their children are : Mary (Mrs. Frank
Van Camp), deceased; and Emma. Mr. Kah-
ler's religious preferences are for the Lutheran
church.

THOMAS W. MORLEY, a prominent
merchant and representative man of Marys
ville, Perry county, Pa., Avas born in Luzerne
county, Pa., September 22, 1831, a son of the
late Thomas and Harriet (Potter) Morley).
His paternal grandfather was born in England,
but came to America while a young man, to
escape military duties. He first resided in
Luzerne county, Pa., but subsequently re
moved to Susquehanna county. Here be be
came a farmer, and passed the latter days of
his life. His wife survived him until she had
reached the remarkable age of one hundred
years. Thomas W. Alorley's maternal grand
father was a native of New York State, but
passed bis later years in Wyoming county, Pa.
He died at a very ripe old age.
Thomas Morley, the father of Thomas W.,
was bom in 1802 in Luzerne county, where he
resided for fifty years, and represented that
county in the State legislature during the
years 1844-45. In 1852, be moved to Perry
county, tbe place where Marysville uoav
stands. He was a contractor and assisted in
building the Northern Central Railroad.
After a residence of some years in Peny coun
ty, he went to Harrisburg, and was some time
in the grocery business. He was a resident of

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Hanisburg until his death, which occurred in
May, 1874, after a long and useful life. He
had been one of the largest land owners of
Perry county, and at one time owned the land
now covered by the borough of Marysville.
Thomas Morley was the father of eight chil
dren: four who died in childhood; Hiram P.,
died in Atlanta, Ga., August 6, 1896, at the
age of sixty-nine years; Alonzo, died in Har
risburg about 1875 ; Thomas W. ; and Stephen
H., Avho is in the employ of tbe Northern Cen
tral Railroad.
The boyhood and youth of Thomas W. Mor
ley was spent in his native county, where, in
the common schools, he received a limited edu
cation. After leaving school, he learned the
moulding business in his father's foundry. In
1854, he removed to Alarysville, and farmed
for about six years. For the next five years he
was in the service of the Northern Central
Railroad Company. Since 1865, he has been
very prosperously engaged in mercantile busi
ness. Atr. Morley was married in Oswego,
N. Y, November 19, 1873, to Alary E.
Smith, a daughter of Lester and Sarah
(Clark) Smith, both natives of New York
State. Their children are : George Weston, a
book-keeper in the employ of the Swift Pack
ing Company, stationed at HaverstraAV, N.
Y., Avho was born Wednesday, January 20,
1875; Nellie Jayne, born Friday, June 2,
1876; Sarah Grace, born Saturday, Septem
ber 7, 1878; and Mary Harriet, bom Sunday,
December 7, 1879. The family are all con
sistent members of the Reformed church. Atr.
Morley served as treasurer of the borough of
Marysville, since its incorporation, but on ac
count of failing health, resigned the position
April 1, 1897. He is a stockholder in the
Marysville cemetery. He is a charter 'mem
ber, and a past master of Perry Lodge, No.
458, F. and A. M-, also a past noble grand
of Marysville Lodge, No. 590, at Marysville,
and a member of Dauphin Encampment, No.
10, Harrisburg, I. 0. O. E. Air. Morley is a
Democrat, but he is not a politician in the
common acceptation of the word, as he is not,
and never has been, an office seeker. He is
well-known as one of the solid business men
of the borough, and stands high in the esti
mation of the citizens, admired for his honor
able business methods, and his sterling char
acter.

GEORGE AV. DICK, yard master of the
Northern Central Railroad, at Alarysville,
Perry county, Pa., was born in New Free
dom, York county, Pa., November 1, 1847,
son of Israel and Elizabeth (Stine) Dick. All
his ancestors were German. The families
came to America before the war of 1812, in
which struggle his grandfather, Philip Dick,
took part, fighting for the land in which he
had come to make a home. Israel Dick was
born in York county, Pa. He was a black
smith, but spent most of his life in fanning
and fruit growing. About 1852, he removed
to Rye township, Perry county, where he en
gaged extensively in fruit growing. The re
mainder of his life was spent in this township.
He died at his home, June 27, 1884, four
months after the death of his- wife, which oc-
cuned February 28, 1884. Of their seven
children, Sophia (Mrs. George W. Stahler),
is the only one deceased. Those living are:
Josiah S., residing near Columbia, Ore.;
George W. ; Calvin J., of Berwick, Columbia
county, Pa.; Rev. Jeremiah, a Congrega
tional minister, now residing at Hillsborough,
Ore.; Eli E., baggagemaster on the Northern
Central Railroad, residing in Baltimore, Md. ;
and Mary At. (Airs. Christian I. Heisley), of
Steelton, Pa.
George W. Dick first came to Perry county
with his parents, Avhen he was five years old.
Since that time, for a period of over forty-
four years, he has continued to be a resident
of the county. He was educated in the public
schools of Rye township, and the Millersville
State Normal School. After leaving school,
he engaged in teaching during the winter
months, and in farm work during the summer.
He was thus occupied until 1868, since which
time he has been a faithful and trustworthy
employee of the Northern Central Railroad
Company. Mr. Dick is now serving his four
teenth year as a school director of the borough
of Marysville. During his term of office, two
brick school houses have been erected. He is
a member and past master of Perry Lodge,
No. 458, F. and A. AL, and a member of Beu-
lah Lodge, ATo. 269, K. of P. Mr. Dick is
a Republican. Mr. Dick married, in Alarysville, May 5,
1872, to Miss Marie AAteods, a daughter of
Samuel and Sarah Woods, of Newport, Perry
county. They have five children: Emma

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Alice Jackson (Atrs. Charles B. Sellers), of
Alarysville; Alilton G; Iantha Edna; Nellie
May; and Pierce W. The family attend the
Lutheran church, of which Atr. and Mrs. Dick
are members.

JOHN C. F. GEIB, yard master of the
Northern Central Railroad, Marysville, Perry
county, Pa., Avas born in Atiffiintown, Juniata
county, August 24, 1860, son of David and
Anna (Ilackenberger) Geib. Through both
his father and bis mother, Mr. Geib is of Ger
man descent. His paternal grandfather came
to America before the Revolutionary war, and
settled in Lancaster county, Pa. His ma
ternal grandfather, Mr. Hackenberger, was
bom in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. At an
early date, he likewise emigrated to America,
and settled in Lancaster county. Both grand
parents were farmers, and both spent the re
mainder of their lives in the place where they
first established their homes in the New
World. David Geib, father of John G F.
Geib, was bom near Atanheim, Lancaster
county, Pa., March 12, 1828. He was edu
cated in his native county, where he also
learned the milling business, with which he
Avas occupied until 1864. In that year he en
listed in the One Hundred and Seventy-first
Pennsylvania Volunteers, was appointed a
second lieutenant, and served bravely and
faithfully until the close of the Avar. After
being honorably discharged, he returned to
Juniata county, Avhich had been his home for
several years before his enlistment, and again
pursued the trade of milling. In the spring
of 1866, he entered the service of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, as . warehouse
man at Mifflintown Station. About 1868, he
was transferred to Alarysville as assistant
agent, and in a short time was appointed agent
at the same place. He continued in this posi
tion until the time of his death, which was
occasioned by an accident on the Northern
Central Railroad, Febraary 28, 1880. David
Geib was married in Lancaster county to
Anna, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Ilack
enberger. Of their seven children, one died
in infancy. Those surviving are: Amanda
(Airs. AVilliam H. Eppley), of Marysville;
Jane (Mrs. John II. Ellenberger), of Sun
bury, Pa.; Annie, manied first to the late
G. L. Davis, and now the Avife of AVilliam
Patterson, Atarysville; Samuel G.; John C.

F. ; and William D. C, all residing in Marys
ville. John C. F. Geib came to Marysville with
his parents, in 1868, when but eigbt years old,
and has been since that time a resident of the
borough. He received his education in the
public schools of the district, and was after
wards engaged for about three years as a sales
man. In 1880, he entered the employ of the
Northern Central Railroad Company, in
which he has ever since continued. For the
past thirteen years he has filled his present
position of yardmaster. Mr. Geib is a member
¦and past master of Perry Lodge, No. 458, F.
and A. M. ; a past noble grand of Marysville
Lodge, No. 590, 1. O. O. F.; and a member of
MarysviUe Camp, No. 218, P. O. S. of A. His
political views are Republican.
David Geib was married, at Marysville,
June 21, 1883, to Frances, daughter of John
and Leah Rupley. They have four children:
Lizzie E.; David E.; Harry R.; and Chattie.
The family attend the Reformed church.

HENRY H. FISHER, a prominent mer
chant of Atarysville, Perry county, Pa., was
born in Hellam, York county, Pa., March 15,
1838, son of Daniel and Rebecca (Hindel)
Fisher, natives of York county, both now de
ceased. They spent their entire lives in their
native county, Avhere Daniel Fisher was en
gaged in butchering. They had four chil
dren: Henry H; Daniel, resides at Atarys
ville; Frederick, formerly an engineer on the
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad; and Leah,
•who died when about eleven years old.
The boyhood days of Henry H. Fisher were
passed in his native county, where he received
his primary education in the common schools.
He spent the year 1857 at the State Normal
School, AlillersAllle, Lancaster county, Pa.
In 1858, he entered White Hall Academy,
Cumberland county, Pa., and in the fall of
the same year became a teacher in the public
schools of York county. During the next two
years, he spent his time alternately in teach
ing and studying. In the spring of 1859, he
again entered the Millersville Normal School,
resuming his duties as teacher in the fall of
that year. In the spring of 1860, he attended
school in York county, for one term, return
ing to the Millersville Normal School for the
fall term, at the expiration of which, he again
engaged in teaching. For' the following six

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years, he taught in the public schools of York
and Peny counties. The terms of 1862, 1863
and 1864 Avere devoted to the schools of
Marysville. During the spring of 1862, he
also engaged in the lumbering business, in
Marysville, and in the same year, became a
contractor and builder. In 1865, he erected
a planing-mill at Marysville, which he con
ducted very successfully until 1889, when it
was destroyed by fire. Mr. Fisher was very
successful as a contractor. A large number
of buildings of the borough have been erected
by him; he also built the first new school
house, which was situated on the bank of the
river. After tbe destruction of his mill in
1889, he entered upon his mercantile career,
in which he has ever since continued. Air.
Fisher has been twice elected chief burgess of
the borough of Alarysville, and while in office,
he performed all bis duties in the most satis
factory manner. He has served one term as
councilman, and is now serving his ninth year
as tax collector. He is a member of Peny
Lodge, No. 458, F. and A. M., and of Alarys
ville Lodge, No. 590, I. O. O. F. Atr. Fisher
is a Democrat.
Henry H. Fisher was married at York, in
March, 1862, to Elizabeth, daughter of John
and Elizabeth (Keller) Ruby. By this mar
riage there were eight children, all of whom
are living: Alice E. (Mrs. James Benfor), of
Marysville; Annie R. (Atrs. William Heish
ley), of Rye township ; Harry AV. ; Peny R. ;
Minnie M.; Wesley D.; Cora E.; and Amos.
Mr. Fisher and his family attend the Evan
gelical church.

JOHN C. SWEGER, Marysville, Perry
county, Pa., was born in Saville township,
Peny county, May 12, 1851. He is a son of
the late William and Mary (Bousman) Swe
ger. Both parents were natives of Peny
county, and were of Pennsylvania German
ancestry. William Sweger was a gunsmith,
which occupation he followed, and also cul
tivated a small farm in Saville township. On
this farm John Sweger was born; and here,
amidst the sunoundings incidental to farm
life, his boyhood was passed. During the win
ter months, he attended tbe common schools
•of the township, receiving such limited educa
tion, as could be obtained in this way. At
about seventeen years of age, he was appren
ticed to a shoemaker. This business, which has

been his occupation through life, he has fol
lowed in several States of the Union. Air.
SAveger is a member of the council of the bor
ough of Atarysville. In his politics he is a
Republican. John C. Sweger was married in LoysA'ille,
Perry county, Pa., to Jennie AVax, a daugh
ter of Henry and Rebecca Wax, Avho were na
tives of Peny county. There were six chil
dren by this union, four of whom survive:
Bessie A.; Clara Atay; Benjamin F.; and
Charles L. Atr. Sweger's church fellowship
is with the Reformed congregation.

WILLIAAI H. LEONARD, a prominent,
progressive merchant, of Marysville, Peny
county, Pa., was born in Juniata township,
Perry county, February 4, 1855. He is a son
of Benjamin F. and Elizabeth Leonard, na
tives of Perry county. Benjamin Leonard
died April 27, 1894. His wife resides with
her daughter in Cumberland county, Pa.
Their four children survive, and are: Alary
E. (Airs. John R. Albright); John P., and
Levi L., both residing in Rye township; and
William H.
AAllliam H. Leonard was but seven years
old when his parents removed to Rye town
ship, in 1862, and here he continued to reside
until 1889, a period of twenty-seven years.
He received his education in the public schools
of the district. After leaving school, he was
for ten years in the employ of James Bell.
In 1890, he engaged in the feed and coal busi
ness, at Marysville, and Avas for over two years
in this occupation. Removing to New Bloom
field, Peny county, in 1892, he resided there
for about eight months, and then Avent to Lan
disburg, Perry county, purchased the Demp
sey Hotel, and conducted it for two years.
For one year following, he was engaged in
the lumber business. In the spring of 1896,
Mr. Leonard entered upon his present career
as a grocer and manufacturer in Atarysville.
The factory which he has opened is the only
one of its kind in tbe Juniata valley, the ma
chinery is ran by steam. He manufactures
shirts, wrappers and overalls, which are sold
in different parts of the State. He has been
successful in this enterprise, and employs from
sixteen to twenty hands. Mr. Leonard has
served one term in the borough council of
Landisburg. He is a staunch Republican.
AVilliam H. Leonard was married in Marys-

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ville, September 24, 1885, to Alinnie F.,
daughter of Jesse S. and Jane Nace. They
have had three children: Jesse F. ; Benjamin
H, deceased; and Hugh B., deceased. Mr.
Leonard attends the Evangelical church.

JOHN W. BEERS, a lumberman, and
one of the representative men of Marysville,
Perry county, Pa., Avas born in Horse valley,
Toboyne township, Peny county, December
27, 1848.- He is a son of Joseph B. and Anna
(Kelley) Beers. Andrew Beers, his grand
father, Avas born in Ireland. At an early date
he came to America, and engaged in farming
near Concord, Franklin county, Pa. The re
mainder of his life was spent in that place. He
was twice married, both of his wives being na
tives of the Emerald Isle. Joseph B. Beers,
the father of John AV. Beers, was the young
est child to the second union. Joseph B.
Beers was born near Concord, Franklin coun
ty, in June, 1815, and received his education
in the schools of that district. After leaving
school he learned tanning. He removed to
Horse valley, in Toboyne township, Peny
county, where he purchased a farm and culti
vated it until 1863, when he removed to New
Bloomfield, Perry county, where he worked
for one year at his trade of tanning. In 1864,
he went to McVeytown, Mifflin county, Pa.,
where he continued for about three years in
the tanning business. Later, he engaged in
the manufacture of patent medicines, in which
he Avas very successful. He became widely
known as the maker and proprietor of "Beers'
Famous American Liniment," a sovereign
remedy for headaches, colds, etc. After con
ducting the patent medicine business for
eighteen years, he retired and spent the re
mainder of his days with his son, John W.
Beers, in Marysville. Here, after a well-
spent and useful life, he passed away, Decem
ber 2, 1889, at the age of seventy-four years,
five months and sixteen days. Joseph Beers
was married in Toboyne township, January
22, 1846, to Miss Anna, daughter of John
and Margaret Kelley; she was born July 23,
1817, and died at the residence of her son,
John, in Marysville, March 1, 1895. Their
children were: Andrew Jackson, born Octo
ber 19, 1846, now residing in Oliver town
ship, Mifflin county; John W.; Margaret E.,
born March 26, 1851, died August 29, 1851;
Joseph Alexander, bom March 1, 1853, resid

ing in Oliver township, Mifflin county; Sarah
E., born September 13, 1855, died September
18, 1856; and Cambridge Graham, born No
vember 29, 1857, residing in Sunbury, North
umberland county, Pa.
J ohn W. Beers received his early education
in the public schools of Toboyne township.
This was supplemented by a course at the New
Bloomfield Academy, after which he studied
telegraphy. He was then a news agent on the
Pennsylvania Railroad for about six months,
after which he Avas engaged as a salesman in a
general store at Mattawana, Mifflin county.
In 1869, he entered the employ of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, at Altoona,
Blair county, Pa., and was soon after ap
pointed foreman in the Maintenance of Way
Department. In the following year, he was
transfened to Marysville, and on March 1,
1873, was appointed foreman of sub-Division
No. 4, which position he filled until his resig
nation in September, 1880. In 1877, he was
nominated by the Republican party for sheriff
of Perry county, and was defeated by only
nine votes. In 1880, he was renominated for
sheriff, and was elected. During his term of
three years, he fulfilled all his duties in the
most satisfactory manner. At the expiration
of his term of office, he was engaged with the
Bell Telephone Company. Since 1884, he has
carried on the lumber trade. Air. Beers was
tbe contractor for furnishing the water sup
plies to New Cumberland and Marysville.
He is a member of the borough council; has
served as school director; and has filled other
minor offices. He is a member of Peny
Lodge, No. 458, of Marysville; of the F. and
A. M., of Newport, Perry county; and of
Beulah Lodge, No. 269, K. P.
John W. Beers was married in Lewistown,
Mifflin county, September 16, 1873, to Re
becca E., daughter of Samuel and Martha
Kauffman. Their children are: Joseph G,
bom November 27, 1874; Pearl M., bom
December 4, 1876; Albert W., and Walter
B., twins, born October 14, 1879. Mr. and
Mrs. Beers are faithful members of the Lu
theran church.

JACOB ZANG, Marysville, Perry county,
Pa., was born in Friedewald, Kreis Hersfeld,
Hesse Cassel, Germany, October 29, 1832,
son of Nicholas and Anna Barbara Elizabeth
(Reimiller) Zang, both natives of Germany.

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Jacob Zang spent his early life in his native
country, where he received the thorough edu
cation of the German schools. He also ac
quired the trades of masonry, stone-cutting
and wood-turning; and worked for some years
as a mason. On his twentieth birthday, Octo
ber 29, 1852, he left his native land for
America, landing at Baltimore, Aid., Janu
ary 24, 1853. Here he remained for a short
time, in the employ of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company. He went to Bridgeport,
Cumberland county, Pa., Alarch 17, 1853,
and there worked for a year on the construc
tion of what is now the Northern Central
Railroad, after which he remained in Bridge
port until the fall of 1854, engaged in various
occupations. In September of that year he
began a service of over forty-two years, as a
valued employee of the Northern Central
Railroad Company. He has held various po
sitions, and is one of the oldest locomotive en
gineers on the road, having served in that
capacity for thirty-three years. Air. Zang,
Avas among the earliest settlers of Alarysville;
his house was the third one built Avitbin the
present limits of the borough. For thirteen
years, he has served the borough as school di
rector, and for eleven years of that time Avas
treasurer of the board. He is a member of
Perry Lodge, No. 458, F. and A. AL, and of
Beulah Lodge, ATo. 269, K. P., both of
Atarysville. He has been a member of Alonu-
mental Division, No. 52, Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, of Baltimore, Md. Since
September, 1867, he is a supporter of Demo
cratic principles.
Jacob Zang was first married, June 30,
1861, at Bridgeport, Cumberland county, to
Susan, daughter of John ancl Anna N. (Gar
ber) Eppler, of Rye toAvnship. Airs. Susan
Zang died December 23, 1874. Of their
eight children, five died in infancy. Three
sons survive: William F. ; George W.; and
John Wesley. Jacob Zang was married the
second time in Alarysville, October 3, 1875,
to Elmira B., daughter of John D. C. and
Henrietta (Jones) AlcNaughton, born in
Oliver township, Peny county, April 22,
1847. Their children are: Jacob Milton, born
December 4, 1881; and Foster R., bom April
11, 1886. Mr. Zang and his family are mem
bers of tbe Reformed church, of which Rev.
J. David Miller is pastor.

JOHN H RHOADS, Alarysville, Perry
county, Pa., son of the late George and Alar
garet (AIcLaughlin) Rhoads, Avas bom April
24, 1843, very near his present residence.
His paternal ancestors were German, while
those on his mother's side Avere Irish. Both
parents^ however, were born in America, bis
father in Alaytown, Lancaster county, Pa.,
ancl his mother in Dauphin county, Pa. The
eldest of their six children, James, died Au
gust 5, 1865; tbe others are: Cyrus, of Alarys
ville, Perry county, Pa.; Joseph AV., of Rye
toAvnship; George AAT., of Alarysville; John
H; ancl Alargaret Jane (Airs. Elijah David),
of Rye toAvnship.
Except during sixteen months, spent in the
defense of his country during the Avar of the
Rebellion, John IT. Rhoads has passed all his
life in Rye toAvnship. He was educated in the
public schools, and then worked for some
years at wood-chopping and basket-making.
Later, he was employed by the Northern Cen
tral Railroad Company for about five years.
On February 23, 1864, he enlisted in "Com
pany Al, Seventh Ateteran Pennsylvania
Cavalry, ancl for about sixteen months served
in this regiment, displaying great bravery in
action and endurance in hardships. He was
honorably discharged at LouisA-ille, Ky., June
30, 1865. Unhappily, Air. Rhoads has en
tirely lost his sight, and is thus incapacitated
for work of any kind. He is of the Demo
cratic party. John H. Rhoads Avas manied
in Hanisburg, Pa., April 29, 1861, to Louisa,
daughter of John F. and Alargaret Dale, of
Rye township, Perry county. They have
one daughter, Anna Alary (Mrs. John H.
Shone), of Rye township. After thirty-five
years of manied life, Mr. Rhoads Avas separ
ated by death from his faithful AAufe, April
9, 1896. He attends the Bethel church.

CHARLES BARSHINGER, Keystone,
Peny county, Pa., Avas bom in York county,
Pa., August 23, 1834, son of Henry and Alary
(Austine) Barshinger, both of German an
cestry, and natives of York county. Hon. Air.
Austine, father of Aire. Henry Barshinger,
represented York county in the State legisla
ture in 1834. Henry Barshinger died in
1845, and his Avife in 1880, both in York
county, Avhere they had passed their entire
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are deceased; the survivors are: Henry, of Red
Lion, York county; Elizabeth (Mrs. Emanuel
Keller); Samuel, of AAlndsor township, York
county; Charles; Alary Jane (Airs. Henry Ty
son), of York county; and Amos, of York
county. The youth of Charles Barshinger was spent
upon his father's farm, in his native county,
where he continued to reside until he was
twenty-five years of age. He' Avas educated
in the public schools. After leaving school,
he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until
1859, when he removed to Rye toAvnship, and
has ever since been a resident and a merchant
of Perry county. He has proved himself a
useful and trustworthy citizen; has senred for
eighteen years on the school board of Rye
township, besides filling the offices of asses
sor and tax collector. For thirty-six years, he
has been postmaster at Keystone. He sup
ports Republican views. Charles Barshinger
was married, January 5, 1860, in Mechanics-
burg, Pa., to Elizabeth, daughter of Francis
and Elizabeth Idel. Their children are: Mary
Jane (Airs. John Shaffer); Clara V. (Mrs. D.
W. Sunday); Alilton A., deceased; and Tal
bot A., of Rye township. Mr. Barshinger
ancl family attend the Evangelical church, of
which he has been a trustee for twenty-five
years; for the same length of time he has
been superintendent of the Sunday-school.

CHAUNCEY S. WISE, Marysville, Perry
county, Pa., was born in Frankstown, Blair
county, Pa., September 6, 1857, son of Eli AV.
and Margaret At. (Quigley) Wise. Eli W.
Wise, who was a son of Michael and Mary
Wise, was born in February, 1839, in Cumber
land county, Pa., where he spent his early life.
After reaching mature years, he went to
Frankstown, Pa., where he engaged in busi
ness as a tailor. Later, he became proprietor
of the Frankstown Hotel. Some years after,
he removed to ShiremanstoAvn, Pa., and there
carried on mercantile business until 1870.
From that year until his death, Avhich occur
red April 23, 1889, he Avas in the same busi
ness In Alarysville. During the nineteen
years of his residence there, he took a promi
nent and active part in borough affairs, lend
ing his aid to all worthy enterprises, and es
teemed in the community for his many sterUng
qualities. He Avas married to Miss Quigley
in Cumberland county. They had four chil

dren, of whom two are now living: Chauncey
S. ; and Emma E. (Mrs. Samuel G. Geib).
It was during the early childhood of
Chauncey S. Wise that his parents removed
from Blair to Cumberland county. He re
ceived his early education in the Cumberland
county public schools, and at the age of eigh
teen, went with the family to Atarysville. A
few years later, he entered the employ of the
Northern Central Railroad Company, and re
mained in the same for eight years, part of
the time stationed at Marysville, and the re
mainder at Baltimore. After severing his con
nection with the railroad company, he em
barked in mercantile business, in which he
has ever since been successfully engaged.
Since the death of his father, he has carried
on the business formerly conducted by him.
Mr. AVise is a member and the secretary of
Atarysville Lodge, No. 458, F. and A. M.; a
member and also treasurer of Beulah Lodge,
No. 269, K. P.; and a member of Washing
ton Camp, No. 218, P. O. S. A., of Marys
ville. He gives his support to the Republi
can party. Mr. Wise is tbe superintendent of
Chestnut Grove cemetery.
Chauncey S. Wise was manied, in Rye
township, October 1, 1874, to Ellen G, daugh
ter of EdAvard C. and Louisa Gault; Mr.
Gault is deceased, .but his wife still resides in
Marysville. The children of Mr. and Airs.
Wise are: Romaine At., died August 9, 1892,
aged seventeen years; Bertha L., died July
22, 1892, aged ten years; Walter E.; Delia
At. ; Elsie E. ; Marvin S. ; and Helen P. ; Mrs.
Wise died October 25, 1892. Mr. Wise is a
member, and has for years been a trustee, of
the United Evangelical church. For the past
seventeen years, he has been superintendent
of the Sunday-school connected with the
church which he attends.

HARRY J. DECKARD, Marysville,
Peny county, Pa., was born in Liverpool,
Perry county, April 10, 1869. He is a son of
Samuel R. and Elizabeth (Jordan) Deckard,
still residents of Liverpool. In the same bor
ough, Samuel R. Deckard was born; he has
always resided in Perry county. He was for
many years a furniture dealer and undertaker,
but two years ago retired from business, and
is enjoying well-earned leisure. His wife,
Elizabeth (Jordan) Deckard, Avas born in
Mexico, Juniata county, but has been a resi-

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dent of Liverpool since her marriage. Their
children are : one who died in infancy ; Harry
J.; Nita (Airs. J. N. Roush); ancl Rebecca
(Airs. AV. AV. Ritter.)
Passing his youth in his native borough,
Harry J. Deckard received his education in its
common schools. He afterwards learned cabi
net-making in his father's shop, and from
1890 until 1894, was his father's partner in
the business at Liverpool. In the latter year,
Samuel R. Deckard retiring from business,
his son removed to Alarysville, where be has
already built up a flourishing trade. His
worth as a substantial business man and as a
citizen having been realized, he is regarded
with respect and confidence in the borough.
While a resident of Liverpool, he was for some
time" auditor of the borough; he now occupies
the same office in Marysville. Air. Deckard
is a Democrat. He is a member of Beulah
Lodge, No. 269, K. P., of Alarysville.
Henry Deckard was married at Liverpool,
September 19, 1889, to Alargaret H, daugh
ter of Isaac N. and Alary Aturray; Atr. Alur-
ray is deceased; bis wife still resides in Liver
pool. The children of this marriage are:
Elizabeth E.; Jennie Blanche; Stella S. ; and
Harry M., born Alarch 11, 1897. The famUy
attend the Lutheran church.

Elizabeth Jane (Mrs. S. S. Leiby). Atr.
Schools is a member of the Lutheran church.

WILLIAM M. SCHOOLS, Alarysville,
Peny county, Pa., was born in Lebanon, Pa.,
September 27, 1824, son of William and
Elizabeth (Moore) Schools, both deceased.
He grew up in his native county, and after
receiving a somewhat Umited education in its
schools, he became an apprentice at carpen
try, while yet in his early "teens." This trade
has been his only occupation through life ; ten
years ago, he relinquished active work, and has
since then led a life of retirement and leisure.
He has for thirty-three years been a resident
of Marysville, to which place he removed in
June, 1863. Mr. Schools has served one year
as a member of the borough council, and two
years as tax collector. He gives his support
to the Democratic party.
In Union township, Lebanon county, in
1851, William Al. Schools was manied to
Caroline, daughter of Daniel and Catherine
(Hess) Stein. After thirty-nine years of mar
ried life, Airs. Schools died in 1889. The
children of Mr. and Airs. Schools are : Cathe
rine Ann (Atrs. George Strasbaugb); and

JAA1ES BELL, Keystone, Perry county,
Pa., was born in Wheatfield township, Perry
county, Alarch 8, 1842, son of the late Hugh
and Jane (Bell) Bell. All of his ancestors
Avere Irish. Hugh Bell ancl his wife Avere
both natives of County Down, Ireland, and
came to America about 1835. They became
residents of AVheatfield township about 1840,
and subsequently removed to Penn township,
Perry county, Avhere they passed the remain
der of their lives. Jane Bell died in November,
1870; her husband survived her almost tAvelve
years, dying Alarch 8, 1882. Of their five
children, four are living: Agnes (Airs. Wil
liam Barnett), of Dakota county, Neb.;
James; Isabella (Airs. David Boyd), of Dun
cannon, Pa.; and John H, of Rye township.
As his parents removed to Penn township
Avhile James Bell Avas but an infant, he grew
up in that district, and there received his pre
liminary education. He was afterAvards for
two or three terms a student at the academy
in New Bloomfield, Pa. The knowledge thus
acquired, he systematized and fixed more per
fectly in his memory by teaching for three
terms in Penn and Rye townships. But most
of his life has been spent in the lumber busi
ness, to which, during later years, he has ad
ded that of agriculture. Air. Bell has been for
three terms a school director, besides having
served as county surveyor, and in Penn town
ship as tax collector. He is a member of
Alarysville Lodge, No. 458, F. and A. AL
He votes the Democratic ticket. James Bell
was 'manied in Rye township, January 2,
1868, to Susan B., daughter of William and
Alargaret (Messinger) Sloop. Their children
are: Hugh W.; Alargaret; Jane; Arthur, who
died in childhood; Archie; George; Cathe
rine; Isabella; Agnes; and Susan. Mr. Bell
and his family attend the Evangelical church.
WilUam Sloop, Mrs. Bell's father, was bom in
Rye township, and was a life-long resident
there. He was a cooper, but gave his princi
pal attention to husbandry. His wife, Alar
garet (Messinger) Sloop, was a native of York
county, Pa., but passed the greater part of her
life in Rye township. She died December 4,
1863, honored and beloved by a large circle
of friends. Atr. Sloop died December 20,
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DAVID P. LIGHTNER, Grier Point,
Perry county, Pa., son of Sterrett and Eliza
beth (Sheibley) Lightner, was born in Ty
rone township, Perry county, May 1, 1840.
His parents also were natives of Peny county.
His paternal great-grandfather Avas born in
Germany, and at an early date, emigrated
with two brothers to America, and lived in
Pennsylvania. Jacob Lightner, grandfather
of David P., settled while a young man in
Atadison township, Perry county, and resided
there during the rest of his life. During the
Avar of 1812, he enlisted in the United States
army, and served with great Aralor. His son,
Sterrett Lightner, was born in Madison toAvn-
ship, where he resided during his whole life.
He Avas a farmer. At the beginning of the
Avar of the Rebellion, in 1861, he enlisted for
tbe defense of his country in the Forty-sev
enth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served for
three years. At the expiration of his term of
enlistment, Avhile on his Avay home with the
regiment, he was taken ill in Philadelphia,
ancl died shortly after in a hospital in that
city. His Avidow, Elizabeth (Sheibley) Light
ner, a native of Franklin county, Pa., and a
daughter of John Sheibley, resides in Lan
disburg, Pa. Nine of their ten children are
living; they are: William, who after three
years' service in the Ninth (Lochiel) Cavalry,
was honorably discharged, now resides at Lan
disburg, Pa. ; David P. ; Columbus, of Spring
township, Perry county; Joseph, of AVheat
field township, Perry county; James; Theo
dore, Al. I).; Alartha (Airs. David Stam
baugh), of Spring township; Alelinda (Airs.
Theodore Bryner), of Atadison township,
Perry county; ancl Harriet (Atrs. William
Neily), of Tyrone township, Perry county.
David P. Lightner was a resident of Ty
rone, his native toAvnship, until he was twenty-
five years of age. He attended the public
schools, and afterward took a course of study
at Alt. Dempsey Academy. After this, he
taught school for three terms, in Cumberland
ancl Perry counties. During the Civil Avar,
Atr. Lightner, like his father, served in the
Union army. He belonged to Company H,
One Hundred and Thirty-third Pennsylvania
Volunteers. After, receiving an honorable
discharge, at the end of nine months' faith
ful service, he returned to Tyrone township.
Shortly after, he embarked in mercantile busi

ness at Good Hope, Cumberland county, Pa.
He subsequently purchased the Dellville
property, in AVheatfield township, to Avhich
he removed, and continued in his former vo
cation for thirteen years. Since 1880, he has
carried on business in Rye township. While
a resident of Delville, Mr. Lightner served as
postmaster for six years. On his removal to
Rye toAvnship, in 1880, he was appointed
postmaster at Grier Point, and filled that
position efficiently for thirteen years. In
1893, he Avas elected county commissioner,
and was on that account obliged to resign his
position as postmaster. He has also served
for one term as auditor of Rye township. He
is a supporter of the Republican party.
At Grier Point, on November 10, 1864,
David P. Lightner Avas married to Mary Jane,
daughter of Samuel C. and Annie (Bretz)
Greer. One of their chUdren died while still
quite young. Those surviving are: Annie E.,
wife of John F. Sheibley, At. D., of Sher
mansdale, Pa.; Elsie May; and Charles D.;
the last two reside at home with their parents.
Mr. Lightner is a member of the United
Brethren church, and his daughter, Mrs.
Sheibley, belonged to tbe Evangelical church.

AAIOS AV. BILLOW, Keystone, Perry
county, Pa., was born upon the homestead
farm, where he still resides, July 1, 1857. He
is a son of Henry and Leah (Elgenfritz) Bil
low, both deceased. His ancestors, both pa
ternal and maternal, were Gennan; his grand
father, Billow, Avas one of the earliest settlers
of Rye township. Henry Billow, father of
Amos W., Avas a native and life-long resident
of Rye township, and was a farmer. His wife
died July 17, 1886; he survived her nearly
two years, dying in June, 1888. Four of their
nine children are deceased: Rebecca (Mrs.
David Fertenbaugh) ; AAllliam, died young;
Harvey, also died in his boyhood; and Lydia
Ann, died in childhood. Those still living
are: Lucetta (Mrs. Joseph Hemp); Mary
(Airs. John AA7eitzel); Emma (Mrs. Henry
Carman); Pierce; and Amos W.
The whole life of Amos W. Billow has been
passed in Rye township. He attended the
common schools, receiving a fair education.
At an early age, he acquired a practical knowl
edge of farming, and has devoted his life to
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a Republican and has several times been elect
ed on his party's ticket to office; he has also
served as judge and inspector of elections.
Amos AV. Billow was married in Rye town
ship, to DrasiUa A., daughter of Henry and
Barbara Kocher, old and honored residents
of the township. Mr. and Airs. BUIoav attend
the Evangelical church.

GEORGE SIIROA1, Newport, Perry coun
ty, Pa., son of Joseph and Rebecca (KenoAver)
Shrom, was born in Carlisle, Pa., February 4,
1841. His ancestry can be traced back no
further than to his great-grandfather, avIio
came with his wife from Gennany. Air.
Shrom's grandfather, Joseph Shrom, Sr., set
tled in Carlisle, Pa., Avhere he carried on the
business of a tanner ancl currier. He Avas mar
ried May 31, 1766, to Barbara Ann Uhler.
They died only four days apart, Joseph Shrom
September 14, 183.8, at the age of seventy-
six years, and his wife September 18, 1838,
aged seventy-two. They had thirteen chil
dren, one of whom, Joseph Shrom, Jr., was
born June 8, 1792, and died Alarch 2, 1865,
at the age of seventy-three. He was twice
married, the first time to Mrs. Ann Fleming
Bandolph, the second time to Rebecca Ken-
OAver. Like his father, he followed the voca
tion of a tanner and cunier in Carlisle, re
siding in the house in which he was born,
throughout his life, except Avhen, for about
six weeks, he worked as a journeyman at his
trade, in Baltimore, Aid. fie served as a pri
vate soldier in the war of 1812, and besides
his pay, received as a pension two land Avar-
rants for 80 and 160 acres respectively of
Government land.
George Shrom is tbe seventeenth child,
the tenth of his father's second marriage.
In his fifth year, he met with an acci
dent that deprived him of the sight of
his right eye; it was a gun-shot wound,
the Aveapoh being in the hands of a boy
about twelve years old, named Benjamin
Spicer. The little sufferer was canied from
the tan-yard, where the shooting occurred, to
his home at the other end of the lot, by a
neighbor named Timothy Sullivan, and Avas
laid on a table. Doctors were summoned, but
all shook their heads, pronouncing the case
hopeless. But an old army officer, Maj. Ed
ward Armor, asked permission to take care of
the supposed dead boy. After cleaning the

blood and dirt from the face and the Avound,
and applying restoratives, the child began to
breathe visibly, ancl the doctors returned to
render aid. For seven Aveeks the little lad
was totally blind, and it was feared that he
would remain so. But by tender nursing, he
was rapidly restored to strength. AVhen only
a little more than five years old, he entered
the public schools of Carlisle, and passed from
one grade to another until he reached the
high school. But he was obliged to relinquish
his studies before graduating, to enter the
office of the Carlisle American, a "Know-
nothing" paper published by George Zinn, to
learn the art of printing. After serving four
years' faithful apprenticeship, he started out
in the world to make his own Avay. He Avork
ed as a journeyman printer in Carlisle, Pitts
burg, Greensburg, JohnstoAvn, Philadelphia,
UniontOAvn, Harrisburg and other places, un
til the winter of 1869, when he purchased the
office of the Newport News, which paper had
been suspended. He placed it upon a sound
footing, and published it successfully until
June, 1S74, when he sold the office to W. H.
Minick, who in turn sold it to H. B. Zimmer
man & Son, who conducted the paper for
about two years. The business of the office de
clining, the Zimmermans sold the plant to
James II. Ferguson and Frank A. Fry, the
latter of whom is still the editor and publisher.
George Shrom proposed moving to Iowa, but
his family refused to accompany him thither,
which obliged him to try his luck at job print
ing, and he established a small plant in New
port in the fall of 1874. In Alay, 1875, Air.
Shrom established the Millerstown Ledger,
in Alillerstown, five miles west of Newport.
After a year and a half, he removed the plant
to Newport, and changed the name of his
paper to the Newport Ledger, AVhile he has
not realized a fortune, he has made a com
fortable living for his family, and is in easy
circumstances. George Shrom's marital ventures Avere two.
He was first manied in Newport, February
2, 1865, to Aliss N. Ellen Singer, who died
July 20, 1889, shortly after the great flood
that will be an historical landmark for gener
ations to come. They had seven children,
three of whom died in infancy; those living
are: Lorena S.; George Elmer, of Altoona,
Pa.; Harry Kenower; and Nellie R., at home.
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of Dover, Del.; of this marriage there is no
issue.

JAMES B. EBY, M. D., Newport, Perry
county, son of Nimrod and Eliza (Drexler)
Eby, was born at New Bloomfield, Berry
county, Pa., Febraary 24, 1840. Abraham
Eby, his grandfather, Avas also a native of
Pennsylvania, and spent his entire life at Car
lisle, where he Avas a Avell-knoAvn and highly
respected citizen; his vocation was carpentry
and cabinet-making. His son, Nimrod Eby,
was born in Carlisle, Pa., in 1810, but in early
boyhood removed to New Bloomfield, Pa.,
where he learned printing, which he made his
occupation during his life. At the same place
he married Miss Eliza Drexler, and their chil
dren in the order of their birth were: Mary,
married John 11. Sheibley, an editor at New
Bloomfield; Helen, died young; James B. ;
Annie, died young; AAllliam, died at New
Bloomfield. The father died in 1847; his
wife survived him and was united in a second
maniage with Air. Samuel Wiggins, of NeAV
Bloomfield. James B. Eby enjoyed the educational ad
vantages of the common schools and of an
academy, in his native town. In 1863, he be
came a student of medicine with Dr. Strick-
ler, and pursued with him the regular course
of instruction until he entered the University
of Pennsylvania, from which institution he
received his medical diploma in 1866. Im
mediately upon his graduation he opened an
office for practice at NeAvport, where be re
mained one year, after which he removed to
NeAV Buffalo, Peny county, but in a short
time returned to Newport, where he has since
remained, in the enjoyment of a large ancl lu
crative practice. Dr. Eby is also considered
a good business man, and has given important
personal service to several branches of com
mercial enterprise. In 1893 he became the
president of the First National Bank, and has
held that position to the present time. The
Citizens Passenger Railway Company, of
Harrisburg, Pa., annually elects him as one
of its honored directors, and in the Newport
Home AVater Company, he is both director
and treasurer.
The military record of Dr. Eby shows laud
able patriotic devotion. He responded to the
first call for volunteers at the breaking out of
the war, and served for three months in the

Second Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,
after which he re-enlisted for nine months in
the One Hundred and Thirty-third Pennsyl
vania Wolunteers, Company G, Captain
Sheibley, in which he was promoted to sec
ond lieutenant. He served with his company
in the battles of Fredericksburg and Ohancel-
lorsville, and was throughout his term of ser
vice with his company and regiment in all its
active duties and campaigns. The NeAvport
Post, G. A. R., now enrolls him as one of its
honored comrades. In all political issues he
stands firmly with the Republican party, and
has served as school director and in other lo
cal offices.
The marriage of Dr. Eby occurred in 1875,
when he AVas united to Atiss Emma S. Toland,
daughter of Atrs. Ellen A. Frederick. Mrs.
Eby died in 1881 ; she had been a worthy mem
ber of the Alethodist church and actively em
ployed in all the benevolent and charitable
works of the community. On account of her
womanly and Christian A'irtue, she was es
teemed and beloved by all who knew her.
Two children were born to Dr. and Mrs. Eby;
Oharies McIIenry, who is a West Point cadet
from this district under an appointment from
the Hon. E. M. Woomer; and Bertie H, who
died in January, 1896.

S. IL AVHITA1ER, D. D. S., Atewport,
Perry county. The Whitmer family origin
ated in Sweden, and some of its members
came to America before the ReA^olutionary
war, in which they took an active and honor
able part. John Whitmer, great-grandfather
of Dr. Whitmer, served in the Continental
army, and lost his life in the battle of the
BrandyAvine. Samuel Michael, the maternal
great-grandfather of Dr. Whitmer, was also
in the Revolutionary army, and was killed at
the battle of Princeton, N. J. Henry Whit
mer, grandfather of Dr. Whitmer, was born
in Pennsylvania, and spent his life in agricul
tural pursuits. He married Miss Byeriy, of
Northumberland county, and died at the age
of eighty years, his wife living to be ninety
years old. Two of their children, Benjamin
and Elizabeth, lived to old age. Elizabeth
manied Atr. Daniel Wolf, with whom she re
sided at Uniontown, Pa., Avhere they remained
until 1870, when they removed to Lykens,
Pa. Here Atr. Wolf died, but his widoAV still
survives. Samuel, another son of Henry

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AVhitmer, was a farmer, and died at the age
of twenty-six years, leaving one daughter, who
married Emanuel Spotts.
Benjamin Whitmer, father of Dr.- Whit
mer, was born east of Georgetown, in Stone
valley, Northumberland county, Pa., in 1811.
He was reared a farmer, and continued at this
occupation until 1858, when he removed to
Alifflintown, Pa. His first removal to Juniata
county was after the death of his grandfather
in 1851, when the old homestead in Northum
berland county Avas sold. His wife, the
mother of Dr. Whitmer, was born in 1812,
and died April 5, 1894, and was buried at
Alifflintown, Juniata county, by the side of her
husband. He was originally an old line Whig,
but joined the Republican party at its
formation. He lived a consistent Christian
life in the membership of the Lutheran
church, in which he held important official
places. He was most charitably inclined, and
on many occasions substantially befriended
the poor. The children of Benjamin Whit
mer are: Reuben W., died Alarch 24, 1885,
at Goshen, Ind., where he conducted the
largest planing-mill in that part of the State;
he married Mary Hackenberger, of Selins
grove, Snyder county, Pa.; Hany W., who
went to Decatur county, 111., in 1859, where
he is employed in manufacturing brick and
tile, married Anna At. App, of Selinsgrove,
Snyder county, Pa.; Alary A. (Mrs. Daniel
Pannebaker), of Atiffiintown, Pa.; Isaac D.,
merchant, of Selinsgrove, Pa., enlisted in the
One Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylva
nia Volunteers, in 1862, and was killed at
Fayetteville, N. G, Alarch 14, 1865; John,
died in infancy; Dr. S. H. ; Elizabeth, died in
infancy; Benjamin F., died in infancy; and
' one infant died unnamed at the age of three
days. Dr. S. H. Whitmer was born near George
town, Northumberland county, Pa., Septem
ber 14, 1844. At six years of age, he removed
with his parents to Peny county, where he
remained one year, the family tben removed
to Juniata county, where he first attended
school at Horningbown. For the next two
years the family occupied a farm at Cuba
Mill, owned by Airs. Forrey, and after that,
until the spring of 1858, rented the farm of
George McCullough, near Jerico Alills, where
the Doctor attended the Big Run school. Atif
fiintown next became the place of family resi

dence, and here the Doctor attended school
and completed his education at the age of
fourteen years, most of his instruction having
been received in the common schools. His
next removal was to Decatur, 111., where he
resided in the family of his brother; but soon
after his arrival he entered the printing office
of the Decatur Weekly Gazette, edited by A.
J. Davis, where he remained until February,
1862. At the request of his father, he then
returned to Alifflintown, Pa., and at once en
listed in the army fc* a term of nine months,
Joining Company F, One Hundred and
Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania ATolunteers. The
regiment was sent to the front and placed as
a part of the reserved line in the second battle
of Bull Run, after which it proceeded in pur
suit of Lee's army, reached the battlefield of
Antietam, September 18, 1862, and was placed
in line of battle. Subsequently, the regiment
participated in the battle of Fredericksburg,
and Avas also in the grand charge made by
Humphreys' Division on Alary's Heights, De
cember 13, 1862. Shortly after this the regi
ment took part in the great Aleade march, and
in Alay of the same year proceeded to Chan-
cellorsville, by Kelly's Ford, was taken to the
extreme left of the army, and occupied the
intrenchments during Friday and Saturday;
on Sunday morning it Avas moved to the front
and engaged the enemy, to the right of the
Chancellorsville House. Here the Doctor was
wounded in the head by a buckshot, after
which he was conveyed to the Fifth Corps
Hospital, near Potomac Creek bridge, where
he remained till the discharge of the regi
ment; he was taken by his comrades to Har
risburg and honorably discharged by reason
of expiration of term of service, in Atay, 1863.
Returning to his home, his wound was skil
fully dressed by Drs. Light and Crawford.
In the fall of 1863, he entered the office of
Dr. G. L. Den, where he pursued the study
of dentistry until April, 1864. At this date
he removed to Landisburg, Peny county, Pa.,
where he opened a dental office. He was not
quite twenty years of age, but was possessed of
plenty of pluck and energy. In the spring of
1866, he sold his practice ancl removed to
Shippensburg, Pa., where he opened a new
office ancl remained in practice until 1868; he
then sold out ancl removed to Alillersburg,
Dauphin countv, Pa. Here he Avas engaged in
practice until April, 1870, when he sought a

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neAV location at NeAvport, Pa.; here he has
since been employed in professional work,
with the most gratifying success. Dr. AVhit
mer is one of the organizers and a director of
the First National Bank, ancl is also a pro
moter and a director of the AVater Company.
In society circles he is prominent, holding
place in the,various ranks of the Masonic Or
der, and membership in the NeAvport Bost,
No. 294, G. A. R. In religious preference he
naturally leans towards the Lutheran church.
He is a Republican, and has served as school
director, being now president of the school
board. He is a firm advocate of compulsory
education. Dr. AAliitmer Avas married NoArember 25,
1865, to Alary E., daughter of Maj. William
and Rebecca (Kennedy) Power; their chil
dren are: Frank P., a graduate in the class of
1890. of Pennsylvania College of Gettysburg,
ancl private secretary of J. M. Tamphton,
general yardmaster of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad; and Dr. S. EdAvard, also a
graduate of Gettysburg College, and a prac
ticing dentist located at Troy, Bradford coun
ty, Pa.

CHARLES E. DeLANCEY, M. D., New
port, Perry county. Francis DeLancey,
grandfather of Dr. Charles E., Avas born in
Paris, France, Avhere he was educated for the
priesthood in the Roman Catholic church, but
abandoned his calling and came with General
LaFayette to America, serving under him in
the anny -during the continuance of the Revo
lutionary war. At the close of the war he
purchased a large farm near Kissler, Perry
county, upon Avhich he resided during the rest
of his life, and where he died from the effect
of injuries, at the age of eighty-three years.
He was married first to a French Avoman, by
whom he had several children. William and
Oliver DeLancey, lawyers, of New York, are
sons of Bishop DeLancey, of New York, by
his first marriage. In his second marriage be
was united to an American woman ; they had
seA^eral children, among whom was AVilliam W.,
the father of Dr. DeLancey. The second wife
of Francis DeLancey survived him a number
of years. William AA1 DeLancey, the father
of Dr. Charles E., Avas the youngest of twenty-
one children, and was bom on the homestead
near Kistler, Perry county, Pa., in 1810,
where he was reared ancl Avhere he remained

until after the death of his father; the home
was then sold by his mother, and the family
removed to Landisburg, in the same county.
His educational opportunities were few and
slender; he became apprentice to a weaver
while quite young, and worked at that occu
pation during the winter months; in the sum
mer season be Avorked as a mason in brick and
stone, and followed the latter branches of busi
ness until his retirement from active pursuits.
His public profession of religion was made by
connecting himself with the Presbyterian
church, and this profession he abundantly
adorned by a devoted Christian life. His
death occurred in 1883, and was universally
lamented by his friends and neighbors, by
Avhom he was highly esteemed and beloved.
AVilliam W. DeLancey was married first to
Miss Mary Lightner ; their children are : Mary
J., widow of David Aliller, Odebolt, la. ; Wil
liam P., bricklayer, Newport, Pa.; Catharine
(Mrs. Patton), Bennington, Kan. His second
wife was Susan Wilant, and the children of
this union are: Margaret (Mrs. David Bitt-
ner), of Loysville, Pa.; Charles E. ; James
O., bricklayer, Loysville, Pa.; Jerasha (Mrs.
George Wolf), residing near Loysville; Jo
seph, bricklayer, EUiottsviUe, Pa.; Clara
(Mrs. Samuel Kline), residing near EUiotts
burg, Pa.
Dr. Charles E. DeLancey was born at Lan
disburg, Perry county, Pa., August 20, 1846.
He first attended school at the Oak Grove
school house, and found his first teacher, Atr.
Graham, a very strict disciplinarian. At
eight years of age he Avent to live on a farm
in Juniata county, Avith his uncle, Jacob De
Lancey, for whom he worked on the farm in
the summer time; his compensation was his
board and clothing and the privilege of attend
ing school in the Avinter. Here he remained
until he was sixteen years of age, and then
returned to Perry county. In 1863 he en
listed in the anny, becoming connected with
the emergency service in Captain Jones'
Company, called the Curtin Horse Guards,
doing duty in Pennsylvania and Maryland;
he Av'as discharged at the end of two months.
After this, he enlisted in the regular service
in the quartermaster's department, under
Ataj. E. C. Rickenbaugh, his duty being to
look after horses and teams and their manage
ment and supply; in this service he remained
until June 4, 1866, and was among the last

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men discharged from the service. At the
close of his military career, he returned to
Perry county and learned bricklaying with
his father and brother. He devoted tbe sum
mer months to this business, and in the winter
season attended school, following these pur
suits in different parts of the United States
until 1875. In 1868, he worked at Williams
port for two months, then was at Parkersburg,
West Virginia, for three months; in the fol
lowing spring he returned to Parkersburg,
and in the summer of tbe same year, went to
Pleasant Hill, Mo., thence to Lafayette, Ind.,
and thence to Harrisburg, Pa. At AAllliams-
port he worked several years, returning dur
ing the winters of these years to attend school.
Finally, September 13, 1875, be went home,
and during the ensuing winter took a course
of study in the Bloomfield Academy; in Sep
tember of the next year, 1876, he was en
rolled as a student in the medical department
of the University of New York, Avhere he re
mained until the spring of 1877; he then re
turned home, and taught penmanship at the
Bloomfield Academy during tfie summer
term. In the autumn of the same year, be re
joined his class at the University, and in Feb
ruary, 1878, was graduated and received his
medical diploma. Milltown, Peny county,
Pa., was chosen as a location for beginning
his professional Avork, and here be remained
for eighteen months, after which he formed a
partnership for medical practice with Dr. W.
R. Cessna, at Ickesburg, in the same county.
At the expiration of eighteen months, this
partnership was dissolved, and Dr. DeLancey
entered the University of Pennsylvania for a
post-graduate course. In Alarch, 1887, he be
gan practicing at Loysrille, Pa., continuing
there until Alay 8, 1889, when he removed to
Millmount, Union county. Here he remain
ed until October 8, 1891, when he removed
to AeAvport, and has since been engaged in
professional work in that place. While at
Loysville, Dr. DeLancey was physician at the
Tressler Orphans' Home and at tbe County
Almshouse at Newport. He has secured an
extensive and profitable practice. The Doc
tor is a Democrat. He is a member of the
Masonic Lodge, at Williamsport, Pa., of the
K. G. E., the K. P., and of Elias Rice Post,
No. 529, Landisburg, Pa.
Dr. DeLancey was first married Alay 15,
1884, at Hartleton, Union county, Pa., to

Aliss E. Arabella Moyer, who died October 5,
18S8, at Loysville, Pa. She was a music
teacher at the Orphans' Home, where she had
been a pupil. They had tAvo children: Fairlie
AL, born Alarch 5, 1887; and Irene A., bom
July 15, 1888, died July 4, 1889. In his
second marriage, Avhich occurred April 27,
1893, Dr. DeLancey was united to Aliss Alary
L. Baker, a native of Juniata county; they
have one child, Carrie A., bom August 1,
IS!) 5. In his religious profession, Dr. De
Lancey is a Lutheran. In every fair sense of
the word, he is a self-made man, having work
ed his Avay from early boyhood, secured his
OAvn education, and attained a most honorable
position in society.

REV. AVILLIAAI DORWART, of the
Church of Nativity, Newport, Peny county,
Pa. The ancestors of Air. Dorwart came orig
inally from Gennany, and Avere among the
very earliest settlers at Lancaster, Pa., where
John Dorwart, his grandfather, was born,
lived, and died many years ago. John Dor
wart manied Aliss Stone, and had nine chil
dren, among whom was Alartin Dorwart,
the father of Rev. William Dorwart. Alartin
DorAvart was born at Lancaster, Pa., in 1828,
attended the common schools of that city dur
ing his childhood, and there in youth learned
plastering, which was his occupation until
1881; in that year he retired from active busi
ness, but still has his home in his native city.
Although retired and comparatively relieved
from active pursuits, he is still interested in the
building of houses. The mother of Rev. Wil
liam Dorwart is AAllhelmina, daughter of
Adam and Susan (Hoover) Debet, who also
still resides in Lancaster, Pa. ; she is a cordial
adherent of the Episcopal faith and order.
Her father, Adam Debet, was a contractor.
He died at Pittsburg, Pa., having fallen a vic
tim of the black small pox scourge which raged
in that city some years ago. Her mother, Su
san Debet, lived to the advanced age of
eighty-five years. The children of Alartin
Dorwart are: Emma (Airs. Wilson Shriver),
of Lancaster, Pa.; Adam, a compositor, of
Lancaster, Pa., married Aliss Mary G Bare;
Ida (Airs. William F. Humble), of Lancas
ter, Pa.; Rose (Airs. Arthur B. Clark), of
Reading, Pa.; Rev. William; and Rev. George
AL, Rector of the Church of the Holy Com
munion, Paterson, N. J.

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Rev. William Dorwart was bom at Lancas
ter, Pa., July 20, 1864. His primary edu
cation was received in the public schools of his
native city, which he attended until he was
fifteen years of age, and then took his college
preparatory course at the Yeates Institution
of Lancaster. In September, 1883, he was
admitted to St. Stephen's College at Annan-
dale, New York, from which institution he
Avas graduated in June, 1887. His theological
training Avas received at the General Theolo
gical Seminary of New York City, where he
completed the prescribed course of study in
1890. AVhile pursuing his studies in New
York, he was engaged as a lay reader at St.
Mary's church at Haledon, N. J. The diac-
onate was conferred upon him June 1, 1890,
in the Church of the Nativity, at South Beth
lehem, Pa., by the Rt. Rev. Al S. Rulison.
D. D., bishop of the diocese of central Penn
sylvania. On July 1, 1890, he took charge
of Trinity church at Steelton, Pa., and was
advanced to the priesthood December 22,
1890, by Bishop Rulison. In August, 1891,
he Avas called to the Church of the Nativity
at Newport, Pa., accepted the call, and at once
took charge of the church, but did not remove
his residence to the place until the following
October. At this time he also took charge of
St. Stephen's, Thompsontown, where he re
vived a church organization which had been
abandoned since 1839. The labors of Atr.
Dorwart in this field have been abundantly
successful, the proof of Avhich is seen in many-
signs, both material and spiritual. The
church property, seriously damaged by the
floods of 1889, has been restored, and a sub
stantial and beautiful rectory has been built,
which is a credit to the parish and an orna
ment to the town. Mr. Dorwart's political
views are decidedly Republican; he is a
staunch upholder of the single gold standard
in finance.
On June 7, 1891, Mr. Dorwart was married
in St. James' Church, Lancaster, Pa., to Miss
Katharine E., daughter of Jacob M. and
Elizabeth 0. (Hen) Marks, both of Lancaster,
Pa. Their children are: Elizabeth; Frederick
G ; Albert Leonard; and George Marx.

REV. AV. R. H. DEATRICH, D. D.,
NeAvport, Perry county, Pa., was born at St.
Thomas, Franklin county, Pa., June 28, 1834.
He is a son of John and Alary (Brazier)

Deatrich. fiis ancestors, paternal and mater
nal, came from the Palatinate, on the Rhine.
His grandfather, John Ludwig Deatrioh, was
well educated, and was intended by his par
ents for one of the learned professions, but
such was not his own incUnation. In early
life, he turned his attention to the New World
and as he grew in years, its attraction for him
increased, till at length he bade farewell to the
Fatherland, and set out for America. He
sailed from Rotterdam, clearance at Cowes,
England, in the ship "Minerva," John Spur-
iers, master, and landed at Philadelphia, Oc
tober 29, 1767. He was married in this coun
try to a lady who, with her parents, crossed
the ocean in the same vessel with him. With
an eye to business, John Ludwig Deatrich,
with a little colony of his countrymen, moved
westward, and took up their abode in what
was called, at that early day, the "Conoco-
cheague Settlement," in the "beautiful and fer
tile Cumberland valley. This settlement is
mow embraced in the territory of Franklin
county, Pa. Here Mr. Deatrich became a
prosperous farmer. He loved his new home
ancl his adopted country, showing his patriot
ism by becoming a soldier in the Revolution
ary army; as such, he passed through many
trying scenes. He had a family of twelve
children, of whom John, .born at the home
stead in Franklin county, February 2, 1796,
was the youngest. It is clear that, although
the elder Deatrich declined a professional
career, it was not through lack of ability, or
an appreciation of learning. These traits
were his, and became the heritage of his pos
terity. Thus we find that, although an arti
san, John Deatrich enjoyed a liberal educa- "
tion, and was a warm friend and supporter of
popular education, as afforded by the common
school system.
John Deatrich was twice married; his only
child by his first Avife is James Deatrich, Esq.,
of Roaring Spring, Blair county, Pa. Of the
second maniage, the first child is Rev. W. R.
Humphrey; the others are three daughters,
and two sons: Oharies McCauley, a merchant,
of St. Thomas, Pa.; and John Calvin. Prof.
John Calvin Deatrich, A. At., died very sud
denly, in the midst of his life-work, August
8, 1896, at Chambersburg, Pa. He was un
married. The following kindly tribute to his
memory says no more than is well known to
Mr. Deatrich's large circle of acquaintances in

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the valley: "Professor Deatrich belonged to a
large and honored relationship, about all of
whom are members of tbe Reformed church.
He was a life-long member, and during the
fifty-one years of his life, devoted himself to
all the interests of the church, and greatly en
deared himself to all with whom he associated.
He was the leading member of the St. Thomas
church. From a scholar in the Sunday-
school he became a teacher, then an officer, and
ended his labors as superintendent. He had
been honored with the sacred offices of deacon
and elder in the church, and Avas known far
and wide for his faithfulness in everything he
undertook. But Professor Deatrich was best
and most widely known as a teacher, than
whom there was no better in the county of
Franklin. For a number of years he was
principal of a select school in St. Thomas, in
which he prepared pupils for teaching and for
college. In this Avork he was successful, and
Avill be lovingly remembered by the many
young men and women who sat at his feet.
His kindness of heart, amiable disposition,
humble spirit, correct judgment and honesty
of purpose, won him many friends, and made
him a valuable citizen." The father and
mother also rest from their labors. They were
devoted Christians, whose supreme delight it
was, by precept and example, to train up their
children in the true knowledge and fear of
God, according to the articles of tbe Chris
tian faith and doctrine as laid down in the
Old and New Testaments and in the symbols
of the Reformed church.
In accordance with their pious practice,
their son, W. R. H. Deatrich, was baptized
when less than three months old, September
14, 1834, by Rev. Frederick Rabauser. After
having been instructed in the doctrines and
duties of the Christian religion, he was ad
mitted to his first communion, May 4, 1850,
under the ministry of the Rev. Nicholas Gebr,
D. D.-, who catechised and confirmed him in
the faith of the Reformed church at St.
Thomas. The boy received his secular in
struction in the common schools ancl in two
schools of higher education, the Franklin and
Marshall Collegiate Institute, at Alercersburg,
Pa., whose principal was the Rev. Prof. John
R. Kooken, A. At., and the Franklin Acad
emy, at Chambersburg, then under the care
of that wonderful linguist, John Knight
Shryock, A. M, His theological preparation

was made in the study of the Rev. Samuel
Philips, A. AL; he also received valuable as
sistance from the Revs. Samuel R. Fisher, D.
D., Benjamin S. Schneck, D. D., and Benja
min Bailsman, D. D. He was licensed to
preach the gospel by the Classis of Alercers
burg, Synod of the Potomac of the Reformed
Church in the United States, at its annual
meeting, in Chambersburg, Pa., Alay 22,
1860, and was ordained to the holy ministry
in the church at Grindstone Hill, near Cham
bersburg, November 17, 1860, by the same
classis, through a committee consisting of the
Revs. Henry AV. Super, D. D., Thomas G.
Apple, D. D., and Samuel Philips, A. M.
During a ministry of thirty-six years, Rev. Dr.
Deatrich has served four pastorates: Grind
stone Hill, three years and six months; Get
tysburg, Pa., nine years ancl six months; Ale-
chanicsburg, Pa., eight years; and NeAvport,
fifteen years; he is still in the active work of
the Christian ministry at the last-named place.
His charge comprises three congregations,
Trinity, at New Bloomfield, Pa., organized
about 1798 by ReA'. Anthony Houtz, the
Church of the Incarnation, Newport, Pa., or
ganized in 1820, by Rev. Jacob Scholl, and
St. John's, at Alarklesville, Pa., organized
about 1835 by Rev. Jacob Scholl; all in a
prosperous condition, ancl free from debt.
The congregation at Newport has the most
valuable and attractive church property in the
county. Its trustees have recently contracted
with a New York manufacturing company
for a first-class pipe organ to be built in the
church edifice, Avith bellows operated by a
water motor.
For seventeen years, Dr. Deatrich was stat
ed clerk of the Classis of Zion, embracing the
parishes within the counties of Adams, York,
Cumberland and Perry. On June 9, 1868,
Franklin ancl Alarshall College, Lancaster,
Pa., the leading institution of learning in the
Reformed church, conferred upon him the
honorary degree of Ai aster of Arts; on June
9, 1896, he received from the same institu
tion that of Doctor of Divinity. He has served
upon the various boards of the church, but
takes especial pleasure in the memory of "nine
delightful years" on the Board of Visitors of
the Theological Seminary at Lancaster, Pa.
He has more than once presided at the sessions
of the Classis of Carlisle, and was president of
the Synod of the Potomac of the Reformed

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church in the United States at its annual ses
sions, held in October, 1888, at AAAodstock,
Va. That part of the Reformed church which
is of German origin is now denominated by
the above title, to distinguish it from the "Re
formed Church in America," formerly known
as Dutch Reformed, which took its rise, as in
dicated by its earlier name, in Holland. Dr.
Deatrich was, June 30, 1875, elected an alum
nus of Franklin and Marshall College; he has
also been made an honorary member of Alar-
shall Literary Society, of Mercersburg Col
lege; of the Phrenakosmian Society of Penn
sylvania College; and of the Diagnothean
Literary Society of Franklin and Marshall.
He has frequently lectured with acceptance
before literary societies, county ancl district
teachers' institutes, and church societies. The
Doctor's kindly presence and genial humor, a
perennial characteristic of his, go far to render
his presentation of truth striking and effective
He is well-known, especially in his own de
nomination, as a sincere, faithful and untiring
Christian worker, whose long and devoted
services have endeared him to many friends.
Rev. Dr. Deatrich learned to admire the
Masonic and Odd Fellows' fraternities on the
battlefield at Gettysburg, where amid danger
and death their members persisted in their
quiet ministries to the sick and dying. Seek
ing their society and felloAVship, he was init
iated into Good Samaritan Lodge, 336, Ma
sonic, in Alay, 1864, at Gettysburg; was ad
vanced to companionship in Samuel C. Per
kins R. A. Chapter, 209, at Atechanicsburg,
Pa., in February, 1878, and knighted in St.
John's Command ery, No. 8, at Carlisle, Pa.,
in April, 1880. He became a member of
Lodge ATo. 124, I. O. 0. F., at Get
tysburg, in Febraary, 1867. As to politics,
he Avas formerly an "old-fashioned Democrat,"
but finds now so much of confusion and cor
ruption everywhere, that he finds it difficult
to define his position. This pastor of many
experiences has a bit of a war record, which
we will give nearly in his own words: "In my
early ministry, I Avas arrested, near Chambers
burg, Pa., July 1, 1863, by order of General
Imboden, of the Confederate army, on sus
picion of robbing his mail, and marched on
foot with his cavalry and mounted infantry
to the battlefield of Gettysburg, a distance of
24 miles. The day Avas extremely Avarm; the
thermometer indicated ninety degrees. I

weighed over two hundred pounds, and wore
a silk hat. I saw the famous charge of Pickett
from the Confederate side, and I had all the
'poetry of war' knocked clean out of me. I
Avas finally discharged, and given a pass to my
home, dated on the battlefield, in Adams
county, July 3, 1863, Avhich I have pasted,
for preservation, on the front lid of my Bib-
lia Polyglotta; I prize it as a souvenir of Avar
times. On my return from the battle ground,
I got mixed up with General Lee's retreating
army. The common soldiers, looking at my
aldermanic proportions and silk hat, regarded
me as a high official. They asked me many
questions; among these were: AAliere did you
git that hat?' 'Come down out of that big
hat — needn't say you ain't in it, — I see your
feet hanging out!' "
It remains only to speak of Rev. Dr. Dea-
trich's maniage. He was united in holy wed
lock to Alary Clark MaxAvell, May 3, 1855, by
the Rev. Jacob Hassler, D. D., of Ft. Loudon,
Pa. Dr. and Airs. Deatrich have one child,
Airs. Julien E. Epping, of Portland, Ore.

MAJ. PETER HIESTAND, superin
tendent of the Juniata Furnace and Foundry,
East Newport, Perry county, Pa. In 1708,
3,600 Germans Avere transferred from their
native land to Ireland, among whom were
sonie Who bore the family name and were an
cestors of Major Hiestand. Some years later
it is recorded that Dennis Hiestand, with his
mother, aged eighty-five years, was evicted
from the miserable hovel they occupied on an
estate in that country. Some of these German
emigrants on their arrival in Ireland, were
settled upon improved land in the County of
Limerick, near Arbela and Adair, and others
settled in the town of Rothkeale, Avhere their
descendants still reside, and are knoAvn as
German Palatines, preserving their German
characteristics of industry, thrift and honest
dealing. Jacob and Johannes Hiestand emi
grated with their families from Germany to
America in 1727, being accompanied by other
emigrants, described as 46 Palatines with their
families, constituting a company of 200 souls.
They landed in Philadelphia from the ship
"Friendship," October 16, 1727, and were
among those emigrants who came to America
on the invitation of AVilliam Penn; he had
several times visited the part of Gennany
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them to find peaceful homes in the great
Commonwealth he was founding in the wilder
ness of America. In this land of Penn, they
found that freedom to live and labor and
build up homes for themselves and their de
scendants which Avas denied them in the
Fatherland. Johannes Heistand, from whom
Major Heistand is descended, signed a declar
ation of citizenship, and settled upon a farm
of 150 acres, situated in Alanor township, five
miles Avest of Lancaster, on tbe south side of
the Lancaster and Columbia turnpike. He
made his will in 1781, and died in. 1784. He
had one son, Henry, and six daughters. Henry
Hiestand, avIio it is supposed was born in Ger
many, succeeded to the farm, it having in fact
been given up to him some time before his
father's death. At the death of Henry, AVhich
occurred on the same farm, in 1805, there sur
vived his widow, Esther (whose maiden name
was Reiper), two sons, John ancl Peter, and
two daughters, Elizabeth ancl Barbara. The
elder son, John, married Annie Hiester, who
survived him many years, dying in 1855, at
the age of 93 years. They resided in Done
gal township, Where John Hiestand died.
Their children are: Jacob; Andrew; Henry,
father of Alajor Hiestand; these three died in
Donegal township; John, who removed to
Germantown, Alontgoniery county, 0. ; Theo. ;
Joseph, died young; and Peter, who died
after reaching manhood.
Henry Hiestand, a wealthy and influential
farmer, who Avas the third son of John and
father of Alajor Hiestand, married Margaret
Cochran, September 1, 1818, and died Janu
ary 12, 1864, at the age of seventy-four years,
eight months and five days. His Avife died
September 20, 1868, aged seventy-three years,
three months and tAvo clays. Their children
are: Hon. John A., deceased, who will be
further noticed below; Samuel; Henry; Pe
ter; Jacob; Abraham; ancl Elizabeth, the
youngest of the family, who died young.
Alaj. Peter Hiestand Avas born in East Don
egal township, Lancaster county, Pa., Febra
ary 11, 1831. His education was received in
the common schools of the vicinity, and he
remained with his father on the farm until
he was twenty-three years of age, when he
determined to leaA^e home ancl try his fortune
in the great west. His first stopping place
was Freeport, 111, which be reached in the
spring of 1854, and where he remained a short

time; he then made a tour through the State
of Iowa, but finally returned to Freeport, and
was employed in a store until February, 1861.
AAlien the call was made for volunteers to put
down the Rebellion, he responded at once, re
ceived a captain's commission, and Avas made
assistant quartennaster, soon after which he
Avas ordered to AVashington and assigned a
place in the Army of the Potomac; he ac
companied the army in the march through
Alary land, participating in the battles of An
tietam and South Alountain. His meritorious
services and brave conduct were recognized,
and he was rewarded in 1863 by a major's
commission. After the second battle of Fred
ericksburg, the Ninth Army Corps, to which
he belonged, Avas transfeired to the Avest, and
participated in the march through Kentucky,
ancl afterAvards aided in the siege of Alcks-
burg. Upon the capture of this stronghold,
the corps returned to Kentucky and took part
in the brilliant campaign of General Bum-
side's anny through East Tennessee, culmi
nating in the siege of KnoxA'ille, after which
it was transfened again to the Army of the
Potomac, then on the heights back of Arling
ton, and participated in the battle of the AVii-
derness; moving thence to Petersburg, it re
mained in camp a short time. After the sur
render of Lee, Alajor Hiestand Avas on duty
in AA7ashington, D. G, for a year, and then be
came a clerk of Colonel Pierce, Avho AA"as com
missioned to visit the important points which
had been the seat of army operations, and set
tle up all business pertaining to the war. Un
der this commission, they visited in turn Alcks-
burg, Chicago, Alontana, Ft. Snelling, where
they remained one year, Little Rock, Ark.,
and Alcksburg, Aliss., where Colonel Pierce
resigned in 1868, and Alajor Hiestand re
turned to his home in Lancaster county, Pa.
After a short stay with friends and relatives,
he came to Newport, where for two years he
Avas engaged in mining ore, after AA'hich
he Avas appointed to his present position,
that of superintendent of the Juniata Fur
nace and Foundry Company. Alajor Hiestand
is a Republican, but refrains altogether from
officoseeldng, content with being a private
worker and voter. He is recognized as a citi
zen of sterling character, and universally es
teemed as a gentleman of Avorth and ability.
October 26, 1876, Alajor Hiestand was mar
ried at Lewistown, Pa., to Aliss Sarah AL Kerr,

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born May 23, 1837, at Aliffiin, Juniata county,
Pa., and daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth
(Selheimer) Kerr. At the age of eighteen
years, she studied telegraphy at Lewistown,
after which she was put in charge of the
Pennsylvania Railroad office at Spruce Creek,
where she served during the war, and was soon
after transferred to the office at Newport, Pa.,
which she held until her marriage to Major
Hiestand in 1876. While at Spruce Creek,
Airs. Hiestand was in an office near that of
Mr. Cull-en, the raUroad supervisor, who at
the beginning of the war was a staunch Demo
crat, and was regarded by the Republicans as
a Southern sympathizer. On one occasion,
while Mr. Cullen was absent, Atrs. Hiestand
received tidings that a company of soldiers
newly enlisted in the neighborhood were com
ing to raid the office, provided they found no
American flag displayed on the building. The
news filled her with great distress, as she knew
that Atr. Cullen was, in fact, loyal to the na
tional cause; she accordingly hastened to pro
cure the needful material and make a flag,
which she flung to the breeze from the build
ing. When Mr. Cullen arrived, and was in
formed of the proceeding and the situation,
he warmly commended the prudence and pa
triotism of Mrs. Hiestand. During the first
year of their marriage, Major and Mrs.
Hiestand remained in Lancaster, Pa., but
early in 1878 they went to housekeeping at
Newport, where they now have a beautiful
and commodious residence. Both Alajor and
Mrs. Hiestand are adherents and supporters of
the Episcopal church — the Major having been
baptized in that communion and Mrs. Hiestand
having been the first Episcopalian in NeAvport.
She has always been actively engaged in
church work, and in connection Avith Airs.
Bechtel collected enough money to build the
church edifice at Newport.
The parents of Airs. Hiestand, Thomas
and Elizabeth (Selheimer) Kerr, were both
born in Juniata county and there spent their
early life. They were united in marriage at
Mifflintown in December, 1822; some sixteen
years later, or about 1838, they took up their
residence in Lewistown, Mifflin county, Pa.
Both died in this borough, Mr. Kerr in 1854
and Mrs. Kerr in 1873. They had eight chil
dren, one of whom, a daughter, died in child
hood. Their first child was a son, who was
named in baptism George. He was born Sep

tember 26, 1823, and resided with his parents
until be had attained the age of seventeen
years, receiving the advantages of a moderate
education in the best schools of that day. On
the 4th day of July, 1840, he became an ap
prentice with Henlock & Bratten, printers, of
Harrisburg, Pa. In 1843 he went to New
Orleans, and Avas there engaged as a com
positor on the Bee and Courier, and also on
the Delta from its first issue in October, 1845,
until the breaking out of the At exican war.
On the first requisition made upon the gov
ernor of Louisiana for troops by General Tay
lor, after the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca
de la Palma, he enlisted and served three
•months on the Rio Grande as a private in the
Andrew Jackson regiment. On August 7,
1847, he was elected first lieutenant of Com
pany C, First Battalion, Louisiana Alounted
Volunteers, and was subsequently chosen cap
tain of this company. That he served with dis
tinction may be interned from the fact that
he was mentioned in dispatches by General
Scott. The regiment was disbanded July 17,
1848, and after a short visit to his family in
Pennsylvania, he returned to New Orleans
and embarked for California via Panama, in
the steamer "Galveston," reaching San Fran
cisco in the steamer "Panama. He shortly
after proceeded to Stockton, and engaged in
various pursuits in that place and vicinity un
til May, 1851, on which date he purchased
the material of the Stockton Times, and com
menced the publication of the San Joaquin
Republican, which under his management be
came the leading Democratic newspaper of the
San Joaquin valley. In February, 1853, he
Avas elected State printer, and in June of the
same year became associated in the publication
of the Placon Times and Transcript, of San
Francisco, of which paper he continued to be
one of the proprietors up to the date of his
death, which sad event occurred Atarch 5,
1854. The second child born to the parents of Mrs.
Hiestand was Elizabeth H, who married Jo
seph Mount; they were both mutes, and died,
leaving one child, a daughter named Eliza
beth, a bright and intellectual young lady.
Their third child, James D. Ken, served in
the late Rebellion as a corporal in Company
D, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Pennsyl
vania Arolunteers, and died from the effects of
exposure during his service in the army, Jan-

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uary 19, 1865. The remainder of this family
are: Aliss Jean A., a teacher in the public
schools of Lewistown, Aiifflin county; Nancy,
deceased; Sarah M. (Airs. Peter Hiestand);
Mary C. (Mrs. T. L. Johnson); and Alartha
E., wife of Rev. T. AV. Alartin, at present re
siding on Long Island.
Miss Jean A. Kerr, teacher of tbe grammar
school of Lewistown, Pa., was born at Lewis-
town, Mifflin county, Pa., and received her
education in the borough schools and at the
Lewistown Academy. At the age of seven
teen, she was appointed a teacher in the bor
ough schools, and has served in that capacity
unintenuptedly since that time. Miss Kerr
was one of the first teachers qualified by the
first school superintendent of Aiifflin county,
in 1850, Superintendent Ross. She has held
certificates under each succeeding county su
perintendent, up to the reception of her pro
fessional and final certificate, from the State
and county superintendents jointly. Aliss
Ken is not only acknowledged as an able
teacher, but is personally esteemed by the
many who have the privilege of acquaintance
with her.
Hon. John A. Hiestand, son of Henry
Hiestand, Avas born in East Donegal town
ship, Lancaster county, October 2, 1824.
He first attended the public schools in the
neighborhood of his home, and subsequently
entered Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg,
from which he was graduated. After studying
law with the late Judge Champneys, he was
admitted to the bar in 1849. In early life
he took an active interest in politics, associat
ing himself with the Whig party, by Avhom he
was Chosen as representative of the Lancaster
district in the House of Representatives in
1852, 1853 and 1856.
October 20, 1838, in company with John
F. Huber and Francis Heckert, Mr. Hiestand
purchased from Edward C. Darlington, the
Lancaster Examiner and Herald. Tbe paper
was published under the firm name of
Hiestand, Huber & Heckert until 1862, when
on the death of Air. Huber, an interest was
purchased in the firm by Edmund M. Kline.
Other changes in the firm occurred until in
1874, AVhen Mr. Kline withdrew and Mr.
Hiestand became sole proprietor. In the Hart
ranft campaign of 1872, the Daily Examiner
first made its appearance. This paper Mr.
-Hiestand continued to publish until 1888,

when he sold it to its present proprietors.
AATien he made his appearance in the news
paper field, Air. Hiestand relinquished the
practice of the laAv and devoted his entire time
to his newspaper. He Avas conspicuous in poli
tics, and in 1860 Avas sent to the State Senate,
remaining there for a term of three years. In
1864 he was a district Lincoln and Johnson
elector, and Avas appointed by the electoral col
lege to carry the vote of the State to AVash-
ington. In 1869 he was the Cameron candi
date before the Republican State convention
for the nomination of Auditor General, but
was defeated by Gen. John F. Hartranft. In
1871 he Avas appointed by President Grant,
upon the solicitation of Senator Simon Cam
eron, a warm personal and political friend,
naval officer at the port of Philadelphia, a
position which he held for two terms of four
years each.
In 1884 he entered the field for the Repub
lican nomination for Congress against Hon. A.
Hen Smith, who had served several terms in
the National House of Representatives, but
Air. Hiestand defeated him easily. Two years
later he Avas given his second term without
opposition. In 1888 he was a candidate for
a third term, but was defeated by Hon. Aiar-
riott Brosius.
For many years he made his home at the
Cooper House, and after the death of Gen.
James L. Reynolds, he purchased the old man
sion, No. 125 North Prince street, where he
lived until Alarch, 1890. Here about his
board were frequently gathered men of the
most prominent positions in the State and na
tion. Statesmen, authors, lawyers and actors
often assembled in his bachelor home and en
joyed his generous hospitality. He died De
cember 14, 1890. Air. Hiestand was kind and
generous to a fault. His purse was ahvays
opened to the poor, needy and distressed, and
to do a mean act would have been in direct
opposition to his nature. He died as he lived
— calm and at peace with the world. His
death was deeply regretted and closed the ca
reer of one of nature's noblemen.

RUDOLPH H. WINGERT, Newport,
Perry county, Pa., was born September 24,
1826, at Annville, Lebanon county, Pa., son
of Henry and Alary (Shindle) Wingert. His
grandfather, Loretz Wingert, was born in Al
sace, then a French province, and was de-

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scended from a Huguenot family. During po
litical disturbances in Europe, he left his na
tive country, and came to America, landing at
Charleston, S. C. From that city he made his
way north to Lancaster county, Pa., where he
became engaged in farming, and later came to
Perry county, at that time included in Cum
berland. Here he settled on a farm near
Landisburg, at St. Peter's church. Loretz
Wingert was married January 14, 1766, to
Barbara Gamber. Their children were: 1.
Simon, born November 29, 1768, died unmar
ried. II. Elizabeth, bom May 27, 1771, died
unmarried. III. John, born February 14,
1773; some years after removing from Lan
disburg, John married Miss Moore, of Balti
more, Md., he was a merchant in Landisburg
when he died, a short time after his
father's death. His widoAV afterwards went
back to her friends in Baltimore with their
only child, Mary, and later removed with her
friends to Cincinnati, O. IV. Jacob, born No
vember 6, 1776, removed to tbe State of New
York, and thence to the State of Indiana. V.
Eva, bom October 26, 1778. VI. Annie
Mariah, bom April 13, 1781. One of these
daughters became Mrs. Hacket, and tbe other
Mrs. Fulweiler. VII. Barbara, born January
2, 1785, married Dr. Benjamin Phreanor, of
Lebanon, Pa. VIII. Valentine, born October
16, 1787, married Miss Todd, of Carlisle, Pa.,
had children: i. Isaac; ii. Rebecca, became
Mrs. Bingham, and they . with her brother,
Samuel, live in the State of Washington; they
changed the spelling of the family name to
Wingard; iii. Eveline, manied to General
Albright, of AllentoAvn, Pa., Avho was in the
iron business; iv. Samuel; v. John; vi. Ed-
mond; Samuel and another brother were
graduates of Dickinson College, in Carlisle,
the home of their mother. IX. Henry, born
January 16, 1790. Loretz Wingert died in
Landisburg about 1802 or 1803 ; his wife died
at the home of her son, Valentine, in Peters
burg, Huntingdon county, Pa. Loretz Win
gert became a member of the German Re
formed church in 1798.
Their son, Henry Wingert, Avas endowed
with fine natural abilities, and great force and
decision of character; he was a consistent
Christian, and as an elder in the Church of
God, gave much time and attention to study
ing and imparting Scripture truth, and exert
ed a powerful influence in his denomination.

He had received a common school education,
and learned the trade of hatter, which calling
he followed all his life. Henry Wingert Avas
married to Mary Shindle, of the town of Leb
anon, Pa., her father being a prominent citi
zen of that place. Their children are: Jere
miah, married Hetty Gunday, a daughter of
John Gunday, a leading citizen of Union
county, living near the town of Lewisburg,
Union county, Pa. ; be died some time in 1867
or '68, leaving one child, John G Wingert,
uoav living near Lewisburg; Mary Ann, mar
ried to Dr. George Brickley, a homoeopathic
physician, who died in the town of York, Pa.,
some years ago, had three sons and two daugh
ter, of whom Dr. Obadiah C. Brickley is still
a practicing physician, and one sister, Rebec
ca, unmarried, is yet living at the same place;
Louisa Ann (Mrs. Henry Preisler), had four
sons and one daughter, the parents are both
dead, their oldest son, Rudolph H, served in
the Union army during the war of the Rebel
lion, in Company B, Seventh Pennsylvania
Volunteers; Peter S., married Miss Mariah
Rynard, moved to Illinois in 1866, thence to
Cameron, Neb., and their eldest son, Salmon
M., served in the Union army in Company G,
One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Pennsyl
vania Volunteers ; Andrew S., manied to Miss
Mary Hotz, of Lancaster, also served in the
Union army in Company F, Ninth Pennsylva
nia CaA'alry; John F., was married to Anne
Eliza, daughter of Robert McKee, of Fulton
county, Pa., and was a practicing physician
from 1850 till 1873, when his health failed,
and he has since acted as a justice of the peace,
and served as postmaster in Landisburg under
the administration of President Harrison;
Elijah, the youngest child, was in the Union
army in Company D, One Hundred and
Eighteenth Corn Exchange of Philadelphia,
Pa., Avent west and died in the State of AVash-
ington several years ago ; Susan, married first
to Mr. Shelley, after his death to Philip Zig
ler, and after his death to Zacbarias Rice; Isa-
belle, married first to Jofin Bingham, of Alary-
land, afterwards to Air. Sanderson, of New
port, Pa. ; and Rudolph H. Henry Wingert
died in 1873, at Landisburg; his wife, who
was an excellent Christian woman, had preced
ed him to the grave.
Being only nine years old when his parents
removed from Lancaster, Wolf's Hill, to Lan
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was educated in the schools of the latter place.
After learning his trade, Avhich was that of
shoemaking, he Avent to work at Loysville, but
finally, after his marriage, he opened a store
at Newport, manufacturing and selling boots
and shoes. His skill and honorable methods
of business made him prosperous, and his trade
increased, enabling him to give employment
to many workmen. He is what may very well
be called a "self.-made" man, meriting all the
credit which tbe term implies. He has served
in all the offices of the borough ; is a "free sil
ver" Democrat, and very decided in his politi
cal opinions. He was elected justice of the
peace first in 1868, when he served five years.
Although a Democrat, he was elected on the
Bepublican ticket, with a majority of nine.
His second election was on the Democratic
ticket, in 1889; majority nine. In 1894, his
term of five years having expired, he was again
elected with a majority of fifty-four.
Rudolph H. Wingert was married May 19,
1853, to Mary Oren; their children are: Oren
D., merchant at Millerstown, Pa.; Harvey
H., butcher, resides with his father. The fam
ily are connected with the Church of God.

DAVID GRING, superintendent of the
Newport and Shermans Valley Railroad, and
extensive lumber dealer, Newport, Peny
county, Pa. His grandfather, David Gring,
was a native of Berks county, Pa., and was
both farmer and miller. He accumulated a
handsome property and died in his native
county in 1890. The Gring family came orig
inally from Holland and settled in Berks coun
ty, Pa. David Gring manied Catharine Hill,
who died in 1886. Their son, Samuel H,
Gring, was born in the village of Sinking
Spring, Berks county, Pa., where he attended
the common schools ancl learned the trade of
miller. He followed this vocation until 1871,
"when he engaged in the lumber business. He
went in 1854, from Berks county to the vicin
ity of Denver, Lancaster county, Pa., where
he owned and operated a grist-mill and tan
nery. In 1871, be removed to Newville,
Cumberland county, Pa., where be carried on
the lumber business until 1876, at which date
he removed to Reading, Pa., his present
place of residence. In 1890, he began tbe
construction of tbe Newport and Shermans
Valley Railroad, which was completed in
1892. He also took the contract for the con

stmction of the Path Valley Railroad, an ex
tension of the Newport and Shermans Valley
Railroad, upon Avhich he began work in the
fall of 1893, and continued until the fall of
1894, at which date he suspended work;
nothing has since been done. It is proposed to
resume the construction of the road in 1897,
and to push it to a speedy completion. Since
1894, Samuel H. Gring has not been engaged
in any business of his own, but is occasionally
tbe assistant of bis son, David Gring. He was
formerly a AATiig, but has been a member of
the Republican party since its organization.
During the late Avar he served as captain of the
Home Guards. His religious faith and fellow
ship are with the Reformed church. He mar
ried Catharine Hoyer, who is still living; their
children are: David; Catharine (Mrs. Sny
der), of Berks county, Pa.; Lizzie, married
and resides near Reading, Pa. ; and three boys
and two girls who are deceased,
David Gring was born at Denver, Lancaster
county, Pa., June 10, 1857, and was educat
ed in the common schools. At the age of four
teen years be began work in bis father's saw
mill; he Avas employed continuously with his
fatber until 1876, and went Avith him to Cum
berland county in 1871. In tbe fall of 1876,
he embarked in the lumber business on his
oavu account in Huntingdon county, Pa., buy
ing up large tracts of land in Huntingdon,
Blair, Aiifflin, Bedford and Juniata counties,
from Avhich he cut the lumber. In 1881, he
bought a home in Newport, which he has
since remodeled. In 1886, he built the Dia
mond Valley Railroad, and operated it, open
ing up extensive lumber districts along its line.
In 1891, after the lumber had been removed
from these regions, he took up the railroad.
Mr. Gring was also instrumental in promoting
and building the Newport and Shermans Val
ley Railroad, the construction of which was
begun in 1890; he became the president of
the company, and still holds the office; he
also became general manager of the road. He
is also president of the Path Valley Railroad.
In Perry county alone, he owns very exten
sive tracts of land. Air. Gring was married,
July 21, 1880, to Miss Emma G Caldwell, of
Renovo, Pa. Their children are: Elizabeth;
Robert Bruce; Rodney; Wilbur; and Ed
ward Milton, the twin brother of Robert
Bruce, who died in infancy. Atr. Gring is a
staunch Republican.

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MILTON B. ESHLEMAN, Newport,
Perry county, Pa., son of Jacob and Juliette
(Witmer) Eshleman, was born in Paradise
township, Lancaster county, Pa., February 4,
1835. The earliest record of the family in
America is that of the great-great-grandfather
of Atr. Eshleman, John Jacob Eshleman, who
was born in Germany in 1707, and came to
this country in 1729. He settled at Strasburg,
Lancaster county, Pa., where he bought a
tract of land; he was a millwright. He was
married in Lancaster county to Barbara Barr.
They had but one son, Jacob Eshleman, born
in 1742. The father, John Jacob, was a
Mennonite; he died in Strasburg, Pa. His
son, Jacob, married Barbara Groff ; their chil
dren were: Jacob; John, resided at Strasburg,
married first to Mary Weaver, afterwards to
Alice Groff; Susan (Mrs. Henry Breckbill),
of Lancaster county; Fanny (Mrs. Joseph
Potts), died at Strasburg; Benjamin, married
Fanny Hen, both died at Greenland, Pa.;
David, married Mary Groff, both died at Stras
burg; Barbara, manied Jacob Bachman, both
died at Strasburg; and Mary, married David
Miller, of Carlisle, Pa.
The eldest son of this family, Jacob Eshle
man, who was born in 1768,- conducted a mill
ing business, having purchased a flour-mill at
Leaman Place, Lancaster county. He mar
ried Mary Breckbill, and resided at Paradise,
Lancaster county. Their children are : Susan
(Mrs. Alichael Barr), of Quincy, 111. ; Benja
min, manied Elizabeth Stauffer; Maria (Mrs.
John Warfel), of Lancaster, Pa.; Barbara
(Mrs. Jacob Frantz), of Leaman Place, Lan
caster county; Jacob; Ann (Mrs. George
Groff), of Strasburg, Pa.; Fanny, died un
manied; Dr. John K., of Downingtown, Pa.,
manied Fanny Edge; Eliza, died unmarried;
and Martha (Mrs. Christian L. LeFevre), of
Lancaster, Pa.
Jacob Eshleman, Jr., fifth child of the
above family, was born in 1802. He entered
his father's mill Avhen a boy, and acquainted
himself thoroughly with its management. Af
ter his maniage, he took charge of tbe milling
business of his father. He continued to con
duct it until about 1866, when his youngest
son, Silas Eshleman, assumed the charge.
Jacob Eshleman (3) married Juliette Witmer.
Their children are: Alilton B.; Ferree, who
manied Clara Musselman; Amos L., of Para
dise, Pa., married Esther Hoover; Elam W.,

of Leaman Place, Pa., married Belle Lightner;
Eliza, deceased; and Silas K., of Leaman
Place, Pa., married Emma Slaymaker. The
father was a member of the Episcopal church.
He died in Lancaster county, Pa., in 1880;
his wife survived him about .six years.
Milton B. Eshleman received his education
in the common school and at Lititz Academy,
which he attended for one term. During his
vacations, and after his course of study was
ended, he assisted his father in many ways
both on the farm and in the mill, and was al
ways a willing and industrious helper. For a
short time before the war of the Rebellion
broke out, he had charge of his father's mill.
"At his country's call," like many other brave
young Americans, he enlisted, in October,
1861. He went as a private in Company D,
Second Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was as
signed to the Army of the Potomac. His regi
ment lay for one winter in Philadelphia, and
in the spring was ordered to Washington,
where the men were mounted and armed, after
Avhich they were sent to the front. Their first
battle was at Cedar Mountain, under General
Pope. They were afterwards attached to
General. Sheridan's command, and were in the
battle of the Wilderness. In 1864, Mr. Eshle
man was discharged, his time having expired.
Upon his return to his home, his father pur
chased another mill in their vicinity, called
the "Evergreen Mill," which Mr. M. B. Eshle
man managed until 1876. He then removed
Avith his wife and family to Peny county, and
bought bis present mill in East Newport.
Here be has ever since carried on business with
profit to himself and satisfaction to those who
have business relations with him. Mr. Eshle
man is a member of tbe G. A. R. Post at New
port. He is a "free silver" man, and an ear
nest advocate of Prohibition. He takes a sin
cere interest in the welfare of others, and de- ,•
sires true progress for his own neighborhood,'
and for bis whole country.
Milton B. Eshleman was first married to
Jennie Williams, who died in Lancaster coun
ty, leaving one son, Victor E. In 1874, he
was married a second time, to Annie Lightner.
Their children are ; Fannie E. ; and a son, J.
Edwin. Mr. Eshleman is a member of the
Episcopal church.

O. IL P. RIDER, meat dealer, Newport,
Peny county, Pa., son of Paul and Dorothy

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(Frank) Rider, was born December 9, 1837,
on the homestead in Oliver township, Perry
county. Among the ancestors of Air. Rider, there
were three brothers of the name who came
from Germany during the progress of the war
for American independence, and rendered pa
triotic service as Revolutionary soldiers. They
.settled first inNeAvYorkState, and subsequent
ly removed to York, Pa, where some of
their descendants still reside. Paul Rider,
grandfather of O. H. P. Rider, with his
brothers, John, Henry, Abraham and David,
came to Perry county, Pa., and bought all the
land lying between Little and Big Buffalo
creeks, on which they built a mill and laid out
the town of Newport, which they then called
Ridersville. The brothers were engaged in
boating on the river, and in transporting farm
products and commercial supplies. After
some time they dissolved their business con
nection and divided their property. They
were members of the Lutheran church. Paul
Rider married Miss Clouser, and their children
are: Paul, father of O. H. P. Rider; Abra
ham; George; John; Margaret (Mrs. John
Gensler); Mrs. Kumler; Mrs. Pool; and
Mary. The eldest of this family, Paul Rider
(2), was bom in 1806, and died in 1886. For
a number of years he was engaged in agricul
tural pursuits, but about 1847, he sold the
farm inherited from his father, and embarked
in the butchering business at Newport, Avhich
he conducted until he retired from active pur
suits. His education was received in the com
mon schools, which he attended in tbe winter
months, during his childhood and early youth.
He was originally a Whig, but later identified
himself with the Republican party, only hoAv-
-ever, as a private voter, never having sought
any political office. He was a member of the
Baptist church. He married Miss Dorothy
Frank, who preceded him to the grave by some
years. Their children are: Paul F.; David,
died aged fifty-six years; O. H. P. ; Thaddeus
C., died with brain fever at Hagerstown Hos
pital, during the war, a member of Company
D, Second Pennsylvania Volunteers; Jacob
B-, of Harrisburg, Pa.; and Margaret Jane
(Atrs. Alilton Clemson), of Newport, Pa.
0. H. P. Rider enjoyed very limited educa
tional advantages, as he was but three months
at school. His first occupation was on his
lather's farm, Avhere he was engaged until

1848; his father then sold the farm, and he
Avas employed as a mule driver on the canal
between AAllkes-Barre and Pittsburg. When
President Lincoln issued his first call for vol
unteers in April, 1861, Mr. Rider promptly
enlisted in Company D, Second Pennsylvania
A^olunteers. This regiment was ordered to
Hanisburg, -Pa., and thence to Baltimore,
where it did duty in guarding the railroad be
tween that city and Washington, D. C. From
that place the regiment was moved to York,
Pa., thence back to Virginia, and at the expi
ration of its term of service in July, 1861, it
Avas discharged at Harper's Feny. Upon re
turning home, Mr. Rider was prostrated with
camp fever, and remained in a critical condi
tion for three months. After convalescence,
he resumed his occupation on the canal, in
which he continued to be engaged for some
years. In 1874, he opened a meat market in
Newport, Pa., which he has successfully con
ducted since that time. He is also interested
in town property. Mr. Rider is an indepen
dent Republican. Be is prominent among
the substantial and honored citizens of New
port. O. H. P. Rider was united in marriage in
1864, to Miss Jane Wilson; they had the fol
lowing children: William S., motorman at
Hanisburg, Pa. ; Gertrude (Mrs. William Ma
son), of Harrisburg, Pa.; Osias Paul, shoe
cutter, Philadelphia, Pa. ; and Clara, at home.
Mr. Rider's second marriage occuned Novem
ber 7, 1875; he was then united to Eliza J.
AVertz, born March 31, 1845, at Lewistown,
Pa., daughter of John and Mary Frey, who
was brought by her parents to Newport when
she Avas two years of age.

PAUL F. RIDER, blacksmith, Newport,
Perry county, Pa., son of Paul and Dorothy
(Frank) Rider, was born in Oliver township,
Perry county, inl832. A history of his ances
tors is given in connection with the sketch of
Mr. O. II. P. Rider. His education Avas such
as could be secured in the subscription and
public schools of the neighborhood, which he
attended during his early boyhood; but his
school days were somewhat shortened by his
desire to be engaged in the active work of life.
In early youth he displayed the energy, indus
try and ciose application, which in their fuller
deA'elopment soon made him a prosperous
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on his father's farm, but finding himself
endowed, with a native liking for mechanical
work, he learned later the trade of black
smith. AVhen the work of building the Penn
sylvania Railroad was begun, he joined the
ranks of the workmen engaged in that grand
public improvement, and Avas found sometimes
among those doing the excavating and grad
ing, and sometimes among the mechanics em
ployed in the various branches of the work.
Finally, in 1853, he was gratified by obtain
ing ample scope for the exercise of his me
chanical tastes and faculties in a situation in
the blacksmith shops of the Pennsylvania
Railroad at Altoona, Pa., where he was con
stantly employed during the next six years.
Here his skill and energy as a mechanic and his
excellent qualities as a man, secured for him
the abiding confidence and respect of his em
ployers. At the end of six years, Mr. Rider
was transferred to a situation in the company's
shops at Allegheny City, Pa., where he main
tained and increased his reputation as an
able, skillful and reliable workman. He has
held the position of foreman blacksmith for
the past twenty-three years in the Pennsyl
vania Railroad shops.
Paul F. Rider was married in March, 1859,
to Atiss Matilda Grove, Avho was born in Blair
county, Pa.; their children are: Otis; Do
rothea; Vesta; Luzetta; Margaret; Jeannette;
and William. Mrs. Matilda Rider died in
August, 1878, and Atr. Rider Avas married
the second time to Atrs. AV. H. Troup, of New
port, Pa., in 1881. The children of this mar
riage are: George; and F. T.
In his political views Mr. Rider is a decided
Populist, and a firm believer in free silver.
He was once a candidate on the Greenback
ticket for State Senator, but failed of election.
The "Golden Rule" is the laAv by which he
earnestly strives to regulate his life, but he is
not connected with any church. In personal
. appearance, Mr. Rider is tall, fine-looking,
with clear cut features; he Avears a full gray
beard, and has an air of intelligence and re
finement.

J. AV. FRANK, hardware merchant, New
port, Perry county, Pa., son of George ancl
Catherine (Rathford) Frank, was born in Tur
bett toAvnship, Juniata county, Pa., April 4,
1825. Of the ancestors of Mr. Frank little is
known, excepting that his grandfather, Jacob

Frank, settled on what became the homestead
farm in Howe township, Perry county, which
he cultivated during his life, and on which he
died. George Frank, the father of J. W.
Frank, was born on this place, which he after
wards inherited, and on which he spent his life
in agricultural pursuits. In religious faith
and church membership he was a Presbyterian.
Politically, he was first associated with the
old Whig party, but afterwards became a
Republican, fie was married to Catharine
Rathford, Avhose death occurred before his
own. Their children are: J. W. Frank;
Samuel, resides in NeAvport, Pa. ; Hiram, was
a soldier in the Mexican war, and died soon
after he returned to bis home; Martha Jane,
married Jacob Bender, of Perry county, and
both are deceased; Jemima (Mrs. Jacob
Flesher), resides near Newport; Ellen (Mrs.
Robert Mc Williams), of Harrisburg, Pa. ; and
Fatima (Mrs. Abraham Fetroe), deceased.
J. W. Frank early attended subscription
schools in his native county, but when he
was ten years old, his parents removed
to Perry county, and occupied the old
homestead in Howe township; here he fin
ished his education in the public schools.
When quite young, he was employed on the
home farm, Avhere he remained until the death
of his fatber; he and his brother, Samuel, then
took charge of the farm, which they cultivated
for some years, until Samuel Frank disposed of
his interest in the farm to George W. Bretz.
J. W. Frank continued the business with his
new partner until 1848, when he, too, sold his
interest to Mr. Bretz, and became a clerk in
tbe general store of Keim & Demaree, where
he continued fourteen years. Three or four
years after, the firm was changed to J. S. De
maree, ancl Atr. Frank eventually became in
terested in the business as a partner of Mr.
Demaree. In 1868, in partnership with Mr.
J. P. Clark, Mr. Frank embarked in the hard-
Avare business in Mifflintown. This arrange
ment continued until 1871, Avhen the business
was sold; he then bought the hardware store
of B. F. Miller & Son, in Newport, and short
ly afterwards erected the building which he
now occupies, and in which he has since con
ducted his business.
The Republican party has no more loyal
and ardent adherent than Mr. Frank. Under
Atr. Lincoln's administration he was appoint
ed postmaster in 1860, and he has acceptably

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and faithfully filled the offices of burgess,
councilman and school director. By his own
efforts he has secured his business success and
social standing. He is highly esteemed and is
regarded as a leading citizen.
In 1858, J. W. Frank was manied to Cathe
rine E., daughter of John and Catherine
(Horfnogel) Bretz. Their only child, Floy,
manied G A. Stoger, a railroad agent at
Philadelphia.

ADOLPHUS VINCENT HOA1BACH,
senior member of the firm of Hombach &
Sons, proprietors of the marble works, New
port, Peny county, Pa.
William Louis Hombach, father of Adol
phus V., was bom in Prussia, studied medi
cine in Berne and Berlin, and became an able
and successful practitioner. He emigrated to
America, landing at Baltimore, first practiced
four years at Jefferson, York county, Pa., and
subsequently removed to AlcSherrystown,
Adams county, Avhere he was in practice forty-
two years, and where he died in 1864, in the
sixty-fourth year of his age. He was a mem
ber of the Catholic church. He manied Miss
Eve Ax, a native of Germany, and she survived
him ten years. Their children are: Charles,
read medicine with his father for nine years
and practiced at McSherrystown, Pa., until
his death, which occurred in 1877; Caroline
(Mrs. John Busby), of Adams county, Pa.;
Mary (Atrs. Small), of Adams county;
Louisa (Mrs. E. X. Smith), of Adams county;
Adolphus V. ; Clara (Airs. John A. Poist), of
Adams county; Josephine (Airs. Harry Alt-
hoff), of Adams county; William, served four
years in the late war, died at AtcSherrystown,
July 10, 1889; ancl Louis, who died young.
Adolphus Vincent Hombach was born at
Berlin, Prussia, OctoberU, 1838, and when
nine months old was brought by his parents
to America. He first attended the public
schools at McShenystown, and afterwards
pursued a course of study at the Oxford Col
lege, Adams county, Pa., upon the completion
of Avhich he read medicine with his father and
brother for two and a half years. Not being
inclined to the medical profession, he aban
doned his preparation for it, and served an
apprenticeship of three years at marble cut
ting, at McSherrystown, Pa., after which he
worked at his trade as a journeyman at Bal
timore for two and a half years. At first his

wages were $1.25 per day, but they were ad
vanced to $2.50 per day. From Baltimore he
returned to AtcSherrystown and began the
marble business, with Atr. Kerr as his partner.
This partnership continued for four years;
then the business was sold, and Atr. Hombach
embarked in the same business at Harrisburg.
After three years he sold this interest also,
and in 1866, came to Newport Avhere he
worked with S. 11. Brubaker as a journeyman
for one year, and after that bought the place
and began business for himself, in which he
has since continued. He has also a branch
shop at Port Royal, Juniata county, Pa. For
some years he has had his sons associated with
him in the business. Air. Hombach is a free
silver Democrat. He was formerly a member
of the K. of P., but has severed his connection
with that order.
Adolphus V. Hombach was manied at New
port, Pa., June 6, 1866, to Aliss Katura Pris
cilla Miller, of Pfoutz valley, Perry county,
Pa., daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Pfoutz)
Aliller. Their children are: William, died
at Lincoln, Neb., where he was pursuing his
studies in preparation for the ministry in the
Alethodist church; Paul Rider Hombach, in
business with his father; Walter; Francis,
Bessie, and Adolphus, all died young. Mr.
Hombach is a member of the Methodist
church, and has served as president of the
board of trustees for sixteen years.
Paul Rider Hombach, son of Adolphus V.,
was born in Newport, Perry county, Pa., in
1871. He attended the public schools untU
he was fifteen years of age, Avhen he learned
marble cutting with his father, with whom he
has continued to the present time. In 1889,
he was admitted to partnership in his father's
business. His political views are Democratic.
He is a member of the K. G. E., and of the
I. 0. 0. F., at Newport. On December 6,
1894, he was married to Carrie G., daughter
of T. J. and Annie E. (Bair) White, who died
April 27, 1897. She was a lovely Christian
woman, a devout member of the Methodist
church, and dearly beloved by all who knew
her.

JAMES B. LEIBY, merchant, Newport,
Perry county, Pa., son of Samuel and Eve
(Smith) Leiby, was born at Newport, May 11,
1836. The 'great-grandfather of Atr. Leiby
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a man of reputation and influence) and at one
time possessed of much property. At the close
of the Revolutipnary war he sold much of his
property and received his pay in Continental
scrip, the depreciation of which caused him
much loss and left him in comparatively
straitened circumstances. Frederick Leiby,
grandfather of James B. Leiby,- was a native of
Berks county, and resided there for many
years, but eventually purchased a farm in Ju
niata township, Peny county, Pa., upon
which he passed the remainder of his life, dy
ing about 1845, aged between sixty and sixty-
five years. To develop a farm in the new coun
try demanded great exertion, industry and en
ergy, and sometimes great courage as well;
because, as in Mr. Leiby's case, the pioneer
farmer must sometimes rise at midnight and
go out with torches to rescue the sheep from
the wolves and other wild animals. Mr.
Leiby was a devout member of the Reformed
church. His children are : John, resided for a
time in Perry county and afterwards removed
to Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pa., where he
died; Sarah, married Jacob Bird, and resided
at Middle Ridge, Peny county, where they
both died; Samuel, resided in Newport; Wil
liam, lived on a farm three miles west of New
port, Pa., where he died; Mrs. Weary, died at
Green Park, Peny county, Pa.; George, set
tled after his marriage in the neighborhood of
Scranton, and died there; Jacob, lived first at
Carlisle, and later at Middletown, Dauphin
county, Pa., Avhere he died; James, a physi
cian, married and went to LaAvrence, Kas.,
where he was engaged in the practice of his
profession until his death. William Leiby,
mentioned above, had three sons who served in
the late war; Benjamin, a gunner on a gun
boat, was captured and died in Libby Prison;
Alexander, served in the Pioneer Corps, was
seriously wounded and died at Aliddletown,
Pa. ; Samuel, the third son, also rendered val
iant service in the war.
Samuel Leiby, father of James B. Leiby,
was born in 1804 on the old homestead in
Centre township, Perry county, Pa. While
he enjoyed very limited educational advan
tages in his youth, he had bright native talents
and secured at least a practical education.
He learned plastering and bricklaying and
foUoAved these occupations in Perry county.
For two seasons he AA'as at Geneva, N. Y,
walking thither in the summer and returning

in the autumn, there being no public means of
transportation in those days. Upon becoming
of age he built a hotel in New Bloomfield, and
before it was completed, exchanged it for store
goods at Newport, where he finally settled and
remained in business until about 1850, at
which time he sold out and retired to his farm,
which included the grist-mill owned now by
Mr. Eshleman. He cultivated his land, and
also conducted the mill and continued farming
until his death, in 1867. Samuel Leiby mar
ried Eve, daughter of John and Catherine
(Lesh) Smith. They first met on an occasion
when Miss Smith rode on horseback from her
home to New Bloomfield to attend a class for
catechetical instruction; Mr. Leiby assisted
her from her horse, and from the intercourse
there begun their marriage resulted. Their
children are: Catherine, married first F. Rol
ler, second, Dr. R. S. Brown, and third, Dr.
J. P. Fishbum; Alargaret, widow of Dr. Wil
liam HoAve, resides in NeAvport and has two
daughters, Annie, married Rev. W. B. Gland-
ing, who has a charge at Ashland, and Cath
erine, manied Horace Beard, resides at New
port ; James B. ; John, died an infant ; Joshua
S. ; Samuel, merchant at Marysville; Elias B.,
a lumberman at Marysville, Pa., and one child
who died in infancy. Mrs. Samuel Leiby died
in 1876, aged sixty-five years. Mr. Leiby was
a Democrat. He was one of the oldest mem
bers of the Reformed church in that region
and was highly esteemed for his many virtues.
James B. Leiby received his education
in the public schools and at the Cumber
land Valley Institute, Atechanicsburg, Pa.
He entered his father's store at the age of
ten years and was employed there until the
business was closed out in 1850, when he
became a clerk in the general store of Dem
aree & Frank. Later, he held the same posi
tion with Mr. Demaree, until the spring of
1861, Avhen he opened a small general store
in a large modern structure on the corner of
Market and Canal streets, and conducted it
until he sold out to his brother Joshua. He
remained out of business one year, after which
he bought his present property, which he re
modeled and refitted. The brothers, not wish
ing to antagonize each other in business, form
ed a partnership under the firm name of J. B.
Leiby & Brother; this partnership continued
for several years, after which James B.
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tinued alone. Owing to an increase of trade,
demanding larger accommodations and new f a-
ciUties, he has been compelled to construct
substantial additions to his store room, and
has also erected a large modern brick residence
adjoining his store. Mr. Leiby was a director
in the Peoples' Bank untU it was reorganized
as the National Bank.
In his political preferences and actions he
is a staunch Democrat, but having large busi
ness interests which demand his entire time
and attention, he has never sought any public
or political office.
AVhile a clerk for Mr. Demaree, James S.
Leiby was married, January 22, 1861, to Cath
erine A., daughter of Henry L. and Mary A.
(Ickes) Smith. Their children are: Annie
(Mrs. J. L. Butz, Jr.), of Newport, Pa.; Wil
liam H, resides at home; John S. ; Mary, died
in infancy; and James Edgar.
Mr. Leiby has been a liberal contributor to
the Reformed church, in which he is a consis
tent member and in which he has held the
office of elder since 1881. He is also secretary
of the congregation, and served for several
years as deacon.

W. A. SMITH, Music Dealer, Newport,
Peny county, Pa.
Adam Smith, great-grandfather of W. A.
Smith, was a native of France, and in his boy
hood emigrated to America, just before the
breaking out of the Revolutionary war. He
found a home and employment with a man
who proved to be a" very severe taskmaster,
and from whom he shortly ran away. When
he reached manhood, he was tall and fine
looking, with a decidedly military appearance,
and was a splendid equestrian, fie enlisted in
the Continental army and served valiantly
through the war for independence, being one
of those noble heroes, who barefooted, half
starved and almost destitute of clothing, mark
ed the frozen ground in their winter marches
with the blood which oozed from the wounds
of their lacerated feet. Three sons survived
him: Jacob; Henry; and Samuel. Jacob
Smith, grandfather of W. A. Smith, when a
young man, lived near Mannsville, Perry
county, Pa., but later bought a farm in Oliver
township, in the same county, which he culti
vated until the approach of old age. His dis
position was peaceable and very amiable. His
wife was a Miss AVeary, and their children

were: Jacob; Jonas J.; Henry L.; Betsey
(Mrs. Swab); Mrs. Kline; and Mrs. Bird.
Towards the end of his life he found a very
quiet and comfortable home with his eldest
son, Jonas J. Smith, who resided on what was
known as the Fair Hill Farm, now owned by
his grandson, Levi Smith. Both Jacob Smith
and his wife are deceased, Mrs. Smith having
died before her husband, and both are buried
at Marklesville, Pa. In religious preferences
he was a Lutheran; he was universally belov
ed and esteemed.
Jonas J. Smith, father of W. A. Smith, was
born on the old homestead farm, near Atanns-
ville, Perry county, Pa., in 1812. His educa
tion was obtained in subscription schools. He
grew up on the farm, and was engaged in agri
cultural pursuits during his entire life. After
his maniage, he bought a farm, situated six
miles west from Newport, known as the Fair
Hill Farm, and now owned by his son. He
was a staunch Democrat, and filled with credit
and acceptance many township offices. The
religious and charitable interests of the com
munity always deeply interested him. He
was a consistent member of the Lutheran
church, and his wife, Catherine (Meyers)
Smith, of the German Reformed church. She
survived her husband, and died in April, 1896.
Their son, W. A. Smith, was born in Ju
niata township, Peny county, Pa., December
29, 1853. His earlier instruction was received
in i!he public schools of the neighborhood, and
later he attended the select school at New
Bloomfield, Pa. Having decided musical tal
ent, he concluded to follow this natural bent,
and in pursuance of this object took a course
of instruction at the New England Conserva
tory of Music, Boston, Mass., which he supple
mented by a course of private tuition under
Professor Monison, of Philadelphia. The ex
pense of his musical education was met Avith
money which he had earned by teaching pub
lic schools in the winter months and select
schools in summer. His strong, native love of
music naturally drew him into business con
nected with his art and its appliances. His
reputation as an able 'and successful musical
conductor is wisely established, and he has
rendered distinguished services in this capacity
at the county institute and in many churches
and musical conventions. In 1879 he was
first employed as an agent for prominent mu
sical firms, and in the pursuance of this occu-

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pation, by strict attention to business and the
exercise of prudent economy, he found him
self in 1887 with sufficient means to embark
in business on his own account. In this year
he bought what is known as the Alarshall prop
erty on Second street, which, by remodeling
and refitting, he has converted into a very fine
musical Avareroom. His stock consists of a
general line of musical instruments and sup
plies, which he buys in large quantities directly
from the manufacturers, and is thereby en
abled to afford his patrons the opportunity of
getting the very best goods at bottom prices.
His stock of musical supplies is supplemented
by an excellent line of stationery goods and
office furnishings. In the gratification of his
musical taste, Mr. Smith has been a public
benefactor, since he has been largely instru
mental in elevating the standard of musical
culture in the country.
W. A. Smith was married August 3, 1887,
to Frances C. Thomas, of Waterloo, N. Y.,
daughter of Mr. Michael Thomas. Mr.
Thomas was born on the Sulphur Spring farm
and was taken to Buffalo, N. Y., in 1811.
Owing to the threatening attitude of the
French, the family went to the central part of
the State of New Arork and bought from De
Witt Clinton, governor of New York, a large
tract of land, near the site of the town of Wa
terloo. Mrs. Smith is the youngest of six chil
dren. She has as decided native taste and tal
ent for art as her husband has for music, and
this talent was liberally cultivated in the line
of painting. Attractive and artistic specimens
of her skill adorn the walls of her home. To
the union of this worthy couple was born,
January 7, 1892, a son, Thomas Leslie. Atr.
and Airs. Smith are members of the Lutheran
church. Mr. Smith has always held and advocated
independent views in political matters, and
casts his vote for the men he deems best quali
fied for the offices they seek, regardless of
their party connection. Mr. Smith is a mem
ber of Masonic Lodge No. 381, and of I. 0.
O. F. Lodge No. 102. In all social circles he
is prominent, being a fluent talker and very
intelligent on all current topics of interest to
society.

JACOB BOWERS, merchant, Newport,
Perry county, Pa., Avas born June 17,
1846, in New Bloomfield, Perry county,

Pa., son of John and Elizabeth (Peifer)
Bowers. His grandfather, Andrew Bow
ers, was bom at Wurtemberg, Germany.
He was a hotel-keeper, and died in his
native place at the age of ninety-five years.
John Bowers, father of Jacob Bowers, was
born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1821.
When a young man, he emigrated to America,
making the trip of four months across the
ocean in a sailing vessel, and entering port at
New York. He was a tanner, and first found
employment for six months at Philadelphia,
after which he worked at Columbia for seven
years; he then removed to New Bloomfield,
Berry county, Pa., where he owned and oper
ated two tanneries. Disposing of his property
and business at New Bloomfield, he built a
new tannery at Mannsville and carried on the
business there for seven years. His next
change was to a farm of 90 acres, which he
purchased in Howe township, Perry county,
and which he cultivated during the following
nine years. Returning then to Mannsville,
he canied on the tannery until his death,
Which occurred seven years after, in 1871.
He was a Democrat, and for four years was
the postmaster at Mannsville, Pa. His church
fellowship was with the Lutherans. He mar
ried Elizabeth Peifer, a native of Lancaster
county, who died in April, 1896. Their chil
dren are: Jacob; John, born at New Bloom
field, Pa., April 25, 1849, has been occupied
on the farm, in the tannery and as a laborer,
married and has two children, Theodore, em
ployed in the railroad car shops at Harrisburg,
Pa., and Mary (Mrs. John Habecker), who
died at East Newport; Daniel, born August
20, 1856, educated in the public schools, was
associated with his brother in boating, etc.,
built in 1889 the dwelling and store occupied
by his brother, manied Isadore Fleick, and
has had six children, two of whom are de
ceased; David, died young; Lizzie, married
first Charles Smith and afterwards James
Weaver, resides at Newport; Annie and
Aaron, twins, Annie died young and Aaron
is a barber at Newport, Pa.
Jacob BoAvers attended the schools in his
native place and in Howe township. During
his vacations, he was engaged in farming and
in hauling timber from the mountains. When
he was eighteen years of age, bis parents re
moved to Mannsville, where his father opened
a store and a tannery. During the seven years

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they remained there, Jacob Bowers did most
of the business for his father, and during the
last year he had charge of the store himself.
He then removed to East Newport, where he
worked as a laborer for eight years, after
which he and his brother Daniel were engaged
together in boating for ten years. Their line
was from Huntingdon to Philadelphia, Balti
more, Nanticoke and Williamsport. The first
boat they owned was tbe "Frank E. Billings."
They next added the "T. H. Alilligan," next
the "Mina" and "Minnie" and "John Hoffer,"
and the next was the "Mollie." In 1889, the
brothers abandoned the boating business and
Jacob in 1890 embarked in his present busi
ness, a general store kept in the building
erected by his brother Daniel. He began on
a small scale, but the increase of trade has
since compelled him to enlarge his store twice.
Mr. Bowers is a Democrat, and an advocate
of the free coinage of silver. He has been a
member of the Lutheran church for eighteen
years.

GEORGE FLEISHER, NeAvport, Perry
county, Pa., was born August 17, 1833, in
Saville township, Peny county, on the old
homestead upon which his grandfather settled.
When George Fleisher was but a few months
old, his father removed to Oliver township,
one mile and a half from Newport. Here his
opportunities for an education were rather
meager. All tbe knowledge which the teach
ers of that day were able to impart was soon
acquired, and whatever problems, mathemati
cal or otherwise, presented themselves for so
lution to an inquiring young mind, had to be
worked out independently. Young Fleisher
felt himself challenged by some such knotty
questions, and probably the necessity for self-
reliance in solving them was a wholesome
stimulus, serving to develop a habit of inde
pendent reasoning and a resolute persever
ance in the face of difficulties. Such as it was,
"school kept" only three months in the year;
the long vacation was passed for the most part
in helpful labor on the farm. At the age of
nineteen, Mr. Fleisher became an apprentice
for two years at carpentry, under the instruc
tions of his uncle, George Fleisher, of Mark
lesville, Pa. For one year more, he continued
working for his uncle as journeyman; then he
worked in the same capacity for a year in Blair
county, Pa. Then, after a year's work at

home, he began business for himself. He was
married when about twenty-four years old,
and soon after rented a small property in
Oliver township, which a little later became
his own by purchase. He then began con
tracting, and his business rapidly extended.
In 1866, Mr. Fleisher became a member of
the Newport Manufacturing and Building
Company, which began business in May of
that year. The company was at first an asso
ciation of eighteen or twenty gentlemen, but
in the summer of 1867, the style of the firm
changed to the Newport Planing Mill Com
pany, and the number of partners Was re
duced to five. The interest was purchased by
William Bossennan, John W. Smith, Henry
C. Smith, B. F. Miller, and George Fleisher.
The interests of Henry C. Smith, William
Bosserman, and B. F. Miller Avere bought out,
one after the other, and for several years, the
business was conducted by John AV. Smith
and George Fleisher; finally, on Atay 5, 1883,
the latter bought out Atr. Smith's share in the
concern, and has ever since been the sole
owner and manager. He has enlarged the
business, including the machinery and capa
city of the mill, to three or four times its ori
ginal extent. He furnishes employment to
thirty or forty men. As a boy, Mr. Fleisher
Avished very much to be OAvner of a planing
mill, but scarcely ventured to hope that the
Avish would be realized. But the same
straightforward, manly resolution that made
the schoolboy successful in spite of difficul
ties, lias secured the prosperity of the man.
Besides his mill, Mr. Fleisher owns consider
able real estate in Newport, Altoona and
Steelton, and also several good farms. He
adheres to the Republican party.
George Fleisher was manied in January,
1857, near Marklesville, to Mary E. Long.
Their second child, Jerome Alilton, died when
very young; those living are: Ella, at home;
Jennie (Airs. Oharies Shutter), of Steelton,
Pa. ; and J. Emery. J. Emery Fleisher, now
twenty-eight years of age, was educated in the
public schools, and is a graduate of the East
man Business College, of Poughkeepsie, N.
Y. He is a popular young man, active in poli
tics, and much esteemed. Mr. George
Fleisher is a member of the Lutheran church.

J. 0. FRANK, coach manufacturer, New
port, Perry county, Pa., son of Philip

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and Mary S. (Glace) Frank, was born in
Buffalo township, Perry county, January
1, 1837. His great-grandfather came from
France, and served in the army during the
French war. His hair which was very long
was shot off in an engagement. Alichael
Frank, grandfather of J. C. Frank, was born
in Berry county, was reared a farmer and con
tinued in that occupation through life. He
married Aliss Macklin; they lived first in
Howe township, Peny county, but later in
Buffalo township, same county, where they
both died. Their children are : PhUip; Bar
bara; George; David; and Eliza. Philip
Frank, father of J. G Frank, was born in
Howe township, Perry county, in 1807. Very
little of his youth was spent in schools, but he
was industriously employed on the farm
during his boyhood. His natural talents
were of a mechanical turn; be mastered
the art of wagon-making entirely by himself,
ancl Avas acknowledged as the most skillful
man of his time in that business. He married
Mary Sophia Glace, who was born in Berks
county, Pa., and reared partly in Perry, and
partly in Northumberland county, Pa. In
1843, he settled at Gertys Notch, on the Sus
quehanna river, four miles from Buffalo, Pa.,
where he opened a wagon shop and remained
until his death, which occurred in 1882. His
first wife died in 1850. Their children are:
John, of Lock Haven, Pa.; Hannah Eliza
beth (Mrs. Matchert), residing near Halifax,
Dauphin county, Pa.; J. C. ; Samuel, served
in the late war and died of disease during h'is
term of service ; Sarah Catherine, died in in
fancy; Mary Emma (Mrs. Shaff ner), of Mil
lersburg, Pa.; Alexander, was killed, in the
Red River Expedition during the late war;
Rebecca Jane (Mrs. Rhodes), of Harrisburg,
Pa. Philip Frank was again manied, in 1852.
The children of his second wife, Mrs. Ellen
Frank, are: Maggie (Mrs. Vetting), whose
husband is a merchant residing on Duncan's
Island; Agnes (Mrs. Klinger), of Liverpool,
Peny county, Pa.; George, was manied in
1881 and died in 1883. Mrs. Ellen Frank
now resides at Liverpool, Pa. Mr. Frank was
not connected with any church, but was a
strictly moral man, and was highly esteemed
by a large circle of friends.
J. G Frank did not attend school until the
family, had settled at Gertys Notch. The
school house was situated three miles from the

home, and was a very primitive edifice, its
furniture consisting solely of slab benches.
The teachers were very incompetent, and were
sorely deficient, both in intellectual and equip
ment and in morals. One was much addicted
to drink, and frequently during school hours,
making some plausible excuse to the scholars
for leaving the room, would resort to the
bushes nearby, to take inspiring draughts from
his bottle, which he had concealed there. He
was closely watched on such occasions; his
much loved bottle often disappeared myster
iously, and only fragments of broken glass
were found near the place where he had hid
den it. Another teacher would sometimes be
come so much intoxicated that he could not
sit in his chair, and on one such occasion the
scholars resorted to the wood pile and brought
in cord wood with which they propped him in
his seat. As soon as he was old and strong
enough to work, Mr. Frank was employed in
boating on the canal, and afterwards on the
Susquehanna river. His father later took him
into the shop, where he worked for two years,
during which time he acquired the trade of
wagon-making. After his marriage he be
came a resident of Port Royal, Juniata county,
Pa., Avhere he bought a lot and built a shop;
in order to accomplish this he was compelled
to bonow money, but such was his success in
business that he 'was able, at the expiration of
three and a half years to return his loan and
clear eleven thousand dollars. For the next
two months, he worked in a saw-mill at Wil
liamsport, Pa., at two dollars per day, his wife
in the meantime remaining with her father.
He next wont to the oil fields, and was em
ployed for one month at Oil City, Pa., in
building tanks, after which he was made fore
man and received five dollars per day. He
went to the oil fields by way of Pittsburg, Pa.,
where he took passage on a steamboat run
ning on the Allegheny river. Having ex
hausted their fuel before they reached the end
of the trip, the crew were compelled to burn
the empty oil barrels which constituted the
cargo of the boat. On reaching Bradys Bend,
the Avater in the river was so low that the boat
could proceed no further, and Mr. Frank
was compelled to leave his trunk on the boat,
and, with several companions, to make the re
maining forty miles of the journey on foot.
His trunk reached him about a week later.
At the end of two years, he resigned his place

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as foreman at Oil City on account of an in
jury to his leg, which necessitated the use of
crutches for three months. In the fall of
1866, he returned to the vicinity of NeAvport,
Pa, buying a farm of twenty-nine acres there,
which he cultivated for a time, and on Avhich
he later built a shop. His business increased
to such proportions that he was obliged to
sell this place and remove to Newport, where
he rented a dwelling and shop, which he oc
cupied until 1875. At this date, he bought
three lots, on which he erected a shop and
dweUing house, which were completed in the
spring of 1876. He had built two houses, a
blacksmith shop and a coach shop.
The Republican party has a loyal adherent
in Mr. Frank, and he classes himself with the
gold standard wing of the party. For two
terms, he has acceptably filled the office of
common councilman. It has eA'er been the
pleasure of Air. Frank to aid every worthy en
terprise. His business has ahvays been con
ducted with industry and energy, and on the
most upright principles. He is highly es
teemed, and is very popular.
J. C. Frank was married in April, 1860, to
Miss Christiana Miller, of Perry county, Pa.
Their children are: Ida G, died aged eight
years; Maggie Jane (Mrs. Charles Sefton), of
Newport, Pa.; Samuel, died in infancy;
Harry Ohisley, born in 1872, married Effie
R., daughter of Resler and Esther Buck; Gil
bert Horace, born in 1874, at home; Alary
Emma, at home; Alaud V., at home; Annie,
at home. Mr. Frank is a member of tbe Aleth
odist church, and has for many years served
his congregation as trustee, class leader, and
steward.

AIRS. T. H. BUTTURF, Newport, Perry
county, Pa., was born in Centre township,
Perry county, August 9, 1855, daughter of
David and Mary (Earhart) Clark. When she
was fifteen years of age her parents removed to
Newport, Avhere Miss Clark's education was
finished. In 1876, she was married to Frank
Fitzgerald. He was bom June 28, 1846, in
Philadelphia, Pa., son of Horatio Nelson and
Susan Fitzgerald, was educated in the common
schools, and graduated from a business college
of that city. His first position in business was
in the employ of Stanley G. Flagg & Co.,
manufacturers of brass fixtures, etc. He first

married Alary A. Tarode, who lived only a
feAV months after her marriage. Atr. Fitzger
ald engaged in business on his own account
in Philadelphia, and held a high position
among manufacturers in his line in that city.
His health becoming impaired, he retired from
business before the year 1876. After his mar
riage with Atiss Clark, he continued to reside
in Philadelphia, and died there in Alay, 1881.
Before 1880, Atr. Fitzgerald had attended the
Presbyterian church, but in that year, he be
came a member of the Reformed church, of
which he was a faithful member for the re
mainder of his life. He Avas a man of very
estimable character and of a kind disposition;
he had many friends, by whom he was greatly
esteemed. Air. and Atrs. Fitzgerald had two
children: Charles Nelson, died in infancy,
August 24, 1878; and Alary Clark, bom July
19, 1879, is attending the Hollidaysburg
Seminary. Horatio Nelson Fitzgerald was born in
Philadelphia, and resided all his life in that
city. His first Avife, Airs. Susan Fitzgerald,
died many years ago; their children are:
Horatio N, Jr., deceased; Frank; Charles, re
sides in Philadelphia; Linda (Airs. Thomas
Huston Craig), of PhUadelphia. The father
of the family died in bis native city in 1894.
In the fall of 1881, Airs, and Aliss Fitzger
ald removed to NeAvport, where the former
made her home with her parents, Air. and Mrs.
Clark, until her marriage with Mr. Butturf.
Mrs. Butturf is one of a famUy of nine chU
dren. She has considerable talent for paint
ing, which seems to be inherited by her daugh
ter, Aliss Mary C. Fitzgerald, who not only
draAA-s and paints well, but is also a clever elo
cutionist. The maniage of Air. and Airs. But
turf took place at Abwport, March 24, 1884;
they have one child, Linda G, who is eleven
years of age. Airs. Butturf is an active mem
ber of the Reformed church.

JOHA C. HETRICK, farmer, contractor
and builder, East Atewpprt, Pa., son of John
and Elizabeth (Wagner) Hetrick, was bom in
Aliller township, Perry county, Pa., August
23, 1828. His grandfather, Nicholas Het
rick, Avas born in Germany, and Avith his wife
and children emigrated to America, settling
at an early day in Greenwood township, Perry
County, Pa., where he died. John Hetrick,

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father of John G, was born in Greenwood
township, Peny county, in 1803. He became
a fanner, and after his marriage to Elizabeth
Wagner, remoA^ed to Aliller township, where
he rented a farm and cultivated it until his
death in 1828. His widow married David
M. Derickson, by whom she had three chil
dren : Alary (Mrs. Jacob Troutman), of New
port, Pa.; Henry B., farmer, Greenwood
township, Peny county; and William W.,
baggage master for the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, Hanisburg, Pa. John C. Hetrick
was her only child by her first husband. She
died in 1858, in GreenAvood township, where
Mr. Derickson also died.
In his early infancy, John C. Hetrick had
the misfortune to lose his father. His educa
tion was obtained in the common schools and
at White Hall Academy in Cumberland
county, Pa. At the age of seventeen years,
he began a three years' apprenticeship at car
pentry; at the end of that term, he went west
ancl worked at his trade as a journeyman in
Columbus, 0., and Springfield, 111. On his
return from the west, after spending a short
time at home, he found employment at his
trade in Philadelphia, Pa., and in NeAV Jersey
and Tennessee. In 1866, he came to NeAvport
where he has ever since been engaged in con
tracting and building. The excellence of his
work is attested by the numerous substantial
and elegant structures he has built, among
which may be named tbe edifices of the Epis
copal, the Presbyterian and the Reformed'
churches in Newport, the court house in Ju
niata county, the Alethodist church at Dun
cannon, Pa., and the beautiful Mann residence
at Lewistown, Pa. In 1884, he bought the
Leiby farm of sixty acres, in East Newport.
In his maniage, Avhich occuned in 1864,
he AA^as united to Elizabeth M., daughter of
William Howe, and to this union there is no
issue. Mrs. Hetrick died in 1890, and her
death was universally mourned. She was a
worthy member of the Methodist church, and
adorned her profession by a life of active be
nevolence and devoted piety. She had a wide
acquaintance and was greatly beloved by all
who knew her. Her remains are interred in
the cemetery at Newport. The Methodist
Episcopal church roll bears the name of Mr.
Hetrick. He is a staunch Prohibitionist, but
was formerly a Republican.

JOHN WERTZ, Sr., Newport, Perry
county, Pa., son of Peter and Mollie (Foose)
Wertz, Avas born at Landisburg, Peny county,
April 24, 1819. His great-grandfather,
Daniel Wertz, came from England and set
tled near Landisburg. He was a farmer, and
became well known in this community, where
he passed his entire life. His son, the grand
father of John Wertz, Sr., settled with his
parents at Landisburg, was a carpenter, and
died at the age of eighty-six years, his wife
surviving him a few years. Peter Wertz,
rather of John Wertz, Sr., also had his resi
dence at Landisburg and worked at carpentry.
He married Mollie Foose.
John Wertz, Sr., was not favored by oppor
tunities in securing an education. At Little
Germany, he attended a subscription school
when he was twenty years old, paying for his
tuition himself. When only a small boy, he
drove a cart in the ore banks of his father. At
sixteen years of age, he began to learn shoe-
making, but not liking the work, he did not
complete his apprenticeship. At nineteen
years of age, he ran away from home, having
only nineteen cents in his pocket, and Avent to
Alt. Arabella Furnace, where he was em
ployed in chopping wood for six months. Af
ter this, he drove a team on the canal for one
season, and then came to Newport, where he
arranged to learn carpentry with Mr. Fos
ter, his wages to be six dollars per month.
His next engagement was with Mr. Beatty,
for whom he worked on the canal as a carpen
ter, receiving thirteen dollars per month and
his board. While engaged here, in 1838, he
learned that John Musser, of Lewistown, Pa.,
was employing carpenters, and going to that
town he agreed to work for Mr. Alusser one
week on trial. As a result of this experiment,
he Avas employed pennanently at twenty dol
lars per month, and Avorked for nine months.
During the next two years he worked in the
boat yard at Lewistown, and then for two or
three years following, was employed by diff
erent persons in the boat yard at" Newport.
In 1850, he aided in constructing the bridge
spanning the Juniata river. In the same year,
he went to Illinois and for five months was
employed in the construction of the Burling
ton and Peoria Railroad. At the end of this
time, he returned to Newport where he
worked at house carpentry in the summer,
and in the Avinter found employment on the

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canal. Later, he bought a farm, which he
cultivated for a time and then sold. In 1884,
he built his present home, which he occupied
the following year, and opened the store
which he still conducts, having for some time
prior to that year carried on a small business.
Mr. Wertz is an adherent of the Democratic
party, and advocates "free silver."
On December 22, 1842, John AVertz Avas
married to Atiss Alary Frye, of Tyrone, Pa.;
their children are: AAllliam, born October
31, 1843; Alary Jane (Airs. Perry Rider), of
Newport, Pa., born March 31, 1845; Cather
ine (Mrs. John Barrick), Newport, born De
cember 11, 1846; Emma Rebecca (Atrs.
Joseph Murphy), of Miller township, Peny
county, Pa., born September 9, 1849; Alary
Ellen, born September 29, 1847, died young;
Martha Eve, born June 15, 1853, died aged
twenty years; John, of Hanisburg, and Mar
garet (Mrs. John Hanes), of Altoona, Pa.,
twins, born June 17, 1856; Peter, born No
vember 13, 1858, resides at Newport, Pa.;
Charles, born June 4, 1860, farmer in Iowa;
James, born December 26, 1863, farmer in
Dakota. Mrs. Wertz died in 1886. She was
the daughter of Abraham Frye, and was born
in Peny county in 1824. Mr. Wertz mar
ried as his second wife Atrs. Catherine Zim
merman, a widow. He is a member of the
Lutheran church.

WILLIAM AVERTZ, stockholder and di
rector of the Newport National Bank and
canal boatman, Newport, Perry county, Pa.,
was born October 3,1, 1843, at Lewistown,
Mifflin county, Pa., son of John and Alary
(Frye) Wertz, the former a native of Perry
county, Pa. His parents removed to New
port, Pa., when he was four years of age. He
has a faint recollection of the flood of 1847,
as he was impressed by the unusual sight of
the people sailing to their houses in boats.
His education was received in tbe common
schools of NeAvport; he did not follow a very
extended course of study, as he began at nine
years of age to drive mules on the tow path.
He was at this time so small of stature that it
was necessary for him to take the mule to the
fence in order to mount. This occupation
furnished him continuous employment until
he was competent to take charge of a boat.
August 9, 1862, he enlisted for nine months
at Newport, Pa., in Company I, One Hun

dred and Thirty-third Pennsylvania Volun
teers, and Avas sent with his regiment to the
front, where he participated in the battles of
Fredericksburg and ChancellorsviUe. At the
expiraticm of his term of service, he was hon
orably discharged, May 28, 1863. After re
turning from the army, in September, 1863,
he bought from Thomas Shellenberger an in
terest in the boat "Abraham Collins" of Avhich,
Avith its team of five mules, he had the sole
charge, day and night, until the spring of
1865. In the summer of 1864 he conducted
another boat, called "The Lizzie Dugan," for
A. Collins, of Falmouth. In 1865, he became
sole proprietor, and manager of the boat
"Parish No. 35," which, with its team, he
bought from Alajor Dunbar. From time to
time he made other purchases in this line, un
til he found himself the owner of nine boats.
Some of these he used until they were worn
out, and the others be disposed of. His boats
plied between Nanticoke, Baltimore, New
York and Philadelphia. He made two trips
to Lake Ohamplain and Fort Henry, which
consumed one month and five days, and
cleared him above all expenses the handsome
sum of three hundred dollars. The business
of boating employed him until 1892, when he
retired from its active management, but still
retains the ownership of five boats. AArhen
the People's Bank of Newport was organized,
Mr. AArertz became a stockholder and was
chosen one of its directors; he continued in
this office for seventeen years. AVhen this
bank was reorganized and became the Na
tional Bank, he became a stockholder and di
rector in the new organization, and has con
tinued in this relation to it up to the present
time. Until 1884 Mr. Wertz had his resi
dence in Oliver township, at which date he re
moved to Newport, and bought a dwelling,
which he has since occupied. "A Democrat .
with free silver views," is the way in Avhich he
designates his political preferences. Office-
seeking has not occupied much of his atten
tion, although he has held several toAvnship
offices. Air. AVertz is a member and past com
mander of Lieut. Arnold Lobaugh Post, No.
297, G. A. R.
AVilliam Wertz was manied August 12,
1863, to Catherine, daughter of Rev. Samuel
Glaze, who was killed on the railroad cross
ing at Newport, Pa. Their children are: W.
Hany, shipping clerk in the office of The

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United Colliers Co., of West Moshannon, Pa.,
married Oo-ra Noll, of Newport, Pa. ; Maggie
W. (Airs. Silas J. Clark), of NeAvport, Pa.;
Carrie L. (Airs. Hany B. Miller), removed to
Pendleton, Ore., in 1895; Laura Myrtle, mar
ried Herman E. Snyder, of Harrisburg, Pa.;
J. Price, married Ada Barrett, and resides at
Donnallys Mills, Peny county, Pa.; Victor
H. and Fannie Elmer, both at home. The
church of Mr. Wertz's choice, in which he has
served two terms as deacon, is Zion Lutheran;
he has been all his life a member of its Sab
bath-school.

ALVIN JONES, grain dealer, Newport,
Perry county, Pa. Joseph Jones, great-grand
father of Alvin Jones, was of Scotch-Irish
descent, and came to this country about the
year 1735, settling in Chester county, Pa.
He afterwards came to what was then Cum
berland, now Perry, county, and settled in
Juniata township; he was the founder of
Milford, which was then called Jonestown;
he Avas the father of five sons and two daugh
ters : Joseph, farmer, married Miss Marshall,
his second Avife was Miss Smith; John, far
mer, married Martha Monroe; Thomas, hotel
keeper, of Harrisburg, married Margarey
Donnelly; Benjamin, farmer, married Miss
Luckens, of Thompsontown; Joshua, distil
ler, married Julia Brown; Rebecca (Atrs.
Philip Miller); and Nancy, married John
Alncent, a hatter. Two of these sons served in
the Avar of 1812.
John Jones, second son of Joseph, and
grandfather of Alvin Jones, died in 1848, at
the age of seventy-four years; his children
were: John, married to Hettie Meredith;
Joseph, married to Elizabeth Himes; and
Alartha (Atrs. Robert Stephens).
John Jones (2), son of the John Jones last
_ named, and father of Alvin Jones, Avas born
in Juniata township, Perry county, Pa., De
cember 25, 1809, and died'in 1880. His edu
cation Avas obtained in the common schools,
and he grew up on the farm. On reaching
maturity he bought a part of the old home
stead which was settled by his grandfather and
which he cultivated until 1866, when he re
moved to Newport and formed a partnership
with Mr. B. Himes, which continued for three
years. At the end of this period, Atr. Jones
bought the interest of Mr. Himes. A little
later, he took his son, D. Meredith Jones, into

partnership with himself, and later still ad
mitted his son, Alvin, to the business. His
wife was Miss Hettie Meredith, of Madison
township, Perry county, who died in 1856.
Their children are: Rebecca (Mrs. William
Fosselman), of Tuscarora valley; John,
served in the cavalry under General Fitzpat-
rick, in the late war, was killed at the age of
tAventy-six years, was a brilliant scholar and
had been studying law at New Bloomfield,
was active in politics, was highly esteemed,
and his untimely death sincerely lamented;
D. Aleredith died in 1885, had married Miss
Alary E. Gantt, who survives him; Martha
(Mrs. G. W. Simpson), of Indiana county, Pa.,
died in October, 1896, was a gifted woman, a
writer of some note and the author of some
beautiful poems; Mary B. (Mrs. Amos Flei
sher), of Oliver township, Perry county, Pa.;
Ahdn; and AVilliam, who died in infancy.
Air. Jones is actively interested in political
matters, in connection with the Republican
party, and has served in local offices. He was
reared in the Presbyterian faith, and is es
teemed and honored hj all.
Alvin Jones was born on a part of the old
homestead farm in Juniata township, Perry
county, Pa., October 15, 1850. His first at
tendance at school was in his native township.
His mother having died when he was six years
old, he was brought by his father to Newport,
Avhere his instruction was completed in the
public schools. In 1869, he was employed by
the firm of John Jones & Son, his fatber being
the head of the firm. In 1871, an interest in
the business was given him, and the firm
then became John Jones & Sons. His father
died in 1880, and himself and his brother, D.
Aleredith, took charge of the business, buying
the interests of the remaining heirs, and estab
lishing the firm of Jones Brothers, which part
nership continued until the death of his
brother in August, 1885. After this event,
Ahin Jones continued the business under the
old firm name until 1890, Avhen he bought the
interest of his brother's estate, and has since
conducted the business alone.
On Alay 25, 1876, Alvin Jones Avas married
to Miss Mary Sheats, daughter of John Sheats,
of Newport. Their children are: S. Jessa
mine; Mae M.; Helen W. ; Charles A.;
RuthE.; John Howard; and Janet. Frank,
the second child, died in infancy, also one
son, unnamed. Mr. Jones has always voted

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the Republican ticket; he has served in the
borough council and in the school board. He
is a member of tbe Presbyterian church in
which he has been uniformly an active worker.
The beautiful and commodious residence of
the family was designed by Mrs. Jones. It
is built of brick with brown stone trimmings,
and is one of the finest residences in Newport.

CHARLES L. VAN NEWKIRK, New
port, Perry county, Pa., was born in Howe
township, Peny county, September 29, 1845.
He is a son of John C. and Charlotte (Beatty)
Van Newkirk. The family originated in Hol
land, and the prefix Van was formerly Von.
John C. Van Newkirk was a native of Balti
more, Md., who came to Perry county, and
settled in Howe township before his marriage,
occupied as a day laborer. He was twice mar
ried; his first wife died, leaving three daugh
ters; he afterwards manied Charlotte Beatty,
and had children, as follows: Charles L. ;
Mary (Mrs. Samuel Bosom), of Newport;
Wilbelmina, married James L. Gardner, both
deceased; and Susan, widow of Oliver B.
Smith, resides at Harrisburg, Pa. The father
of the family was killed in 1854, by the fall
ing of a tree.
As Charles L. Van Newkirk was only about
nine years of age at the time of his father's
death, and his mother, by this disaster, was
left with three young children, and without
resources, to meet the trials of life, the boy
was obliged to do without a school education;
he was never at school more than six months
in his life. He was bound out to a farmer,
a German, who was of so harsh and cruel a
temper that the child could not stay in his
house; so for the following six or seven years,
he paid his board by working for different
farmers. He at first received two dollars a
month; the very first earnings that he brought
home consisted of two gold dollars and six bush
els of buckwheat. The entire property of the
little family was their small house and one acre
of land, the whole estate of the deceased
father. At the age of sixteen, Charles Van
Newkirk enlisted in Company I, One Hun
dred and Thirty-third Pennsylvania Volun
teers, Capt. A. B. Demaree, for the nine
months' service. Being discharged at the ex
piration of that time, he came home, but re-
enlisted in the United States Signal Corps,
and served until the close of the war; he was

finally discharged in August, 1865. Of his
three half-brothers, one was killed at Malvem
Hill; the other two were both in the western
army, both marched to the sea with Sherman,
and both died later from the effects of wounds
received in the service. Once more at home
after four years of patriotic and gallant ser
vice, which had matured the boy into a man,
Mr. Van NeAvkirk, for one year, worked in
Newport at brick-making; he was then for
three years employed on the railroad; then
for two years at Marshal Furnace; finally, he
returned to railroad work, and has been occu
pied in the same ever since. In 1877, he was
made foreman of the floating gang; in 1881,
he was promoted to foreman of sub-Division
No. 12. During the years of his railroad ser
vice, his family has resided in Newport. He
has built for them a pleasant residence at New
port, besides two other beautiful dwellings,
both of which he has sold. In early life, he
was under Democratic influence, but having
formed his own judgment as to political ques
tions, he adheres to the Republican party.
He served the borough three years as council
man. Atr. Van Newkirk is a member of the
I. O. O. F., holding the rank of past grand in
the subordinate lodge, and of past chief pa
triarch in the Encampment.
Charles L. Van Newkirk was married, Feb
raary 1, 1866, to Catherine Franklin, of New
port. Their children are : J. Frank, telegraph
operator at Davis, AV. Va.; Mary I. (Atrs.
Charles Oren), of Newport; Ralph G., a tan
ner, resides with bis father; Blanche At., at
home; John G, at home; and Victor Lee.
Mr. Van Newkirk is a member of the Episco
pal church.
M. E. HELLER, telegraph operator for the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, West New
port, Perry county, Pa., son of Martin L. and
Elizabeth (Reynolds) Heller, was bom at
Thompsontown, Juniata county, Pa., July 10,
1858. His grandfather, John Heller, was
bom in Adams county, Pa., and there spent his
life in farming; his death occuned in the
early sixties. His wife's family name was
Warren; she lived to Ihe venerable age of
over ninety years, her death occurring in the
spring of 1 8 9 6 . Martin Luther Heller, father
of M. E. Heller, was born in Adams county,
Pa., in 1828. When a young man, he came to
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but subsequently found employment on the
railroad as a section hand, and after a few
years' service in this capacity, was advanced
to the position of foreman, in charge of the
Thompsontown division, which post he occu
pied until his death in 1879. He was reliable
and skillful, and the work put into his charge
was always done in a manner most satisfactory
to his employers. Mr. Heller was a Democrat.
He manied Aliss Elizabeth Reynolds, who sur
vives him, and lives at Thompsontown. Their
children are: James W., book-keeper, residing
at Colorado Springs, Cob; M. E.; George
McAlleland, telegraph operator at Thompson-
town; John and two other children are de
ceased. Mr. Heller's religious faith was that
of the Methodist church.
M. E. Heller received his earliest instruc
tion in the common schools of his native place;
later, during two summer terms, he attended
the State Normal School at Millerstown, Pa.,
under Prof. Silas AAlight, and during three
summer terms, the Normal School at Mifflin
toAvn, under Messrs. Garman and Harman.
Mr. Garman is at present chairman of the
State Democratic Committee. Upon the com
pletion of his education, Air. Heller was em
ployed in the railroad freight office at Thomp
sontoAvn, but not finding the duties of the po
sition congenial to him, he gave up the place
and learned telegraphy, receiving a part of
his training at Tuscarora and completing his
preparation at Aiifflin, Pa. The same day on
which he completed this course, he received
orders to come to Harrisburg, Pa., in order to
be examined as to his proficiency and compe
tency for the work of telegraphy. Having
creditably sustained this examination, he Avas
taken into the service of the company and Avas
sent first to Tuscarora; thence for two
weeks to ThompsontoAvn; thence for a short
time to Petersburg, ancl thence to McVey
town, Avhere he remained a short time ¦ he was
then assigned to a permanent position as extra
man on the Middle Division of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad. After three months in this
place, he was appointed to his present position,
and was later sent to Narrows, where he Avas
continuously employed from July, 1880, to
March, 1887. On the latter date, he accepted
the appointment to the position he now holds,
the duties of which he has efficiently and ac
ceptably performed up to the present time.
By his skill ancl reliability he has Avon and re

tains the utmost respect and confidence of his
employers. His political views are Demo
cratic. His name is not on the roll of any
church organization, but he adopts the Golden
Rule as tbe law of all his transactions. Mr.
Heller was married in 1879, to Miss Lizzie
Hall, daughter of Peter Hall, of Greenwood
township, Perry county. Their children are:
Pearl Elizabeth; Olive May; and Banks
Keifer.

CAPT. ALBERT B. DEMAREE, de
ceased, of Newport, Perry county, Pa., was
born in Newport, January 29, 1839. The
ancestors of Captain Demaree came from
France. His father, Abraham Demaree, was
born in Adams county, Pa., and came to New
port, Pa., when quite a young man. Here he
embarked in the mercantile business, in which
he was continuously engaged until his death
in 1849. He married Miss Margaret Van
Horten, of Baltimore, Md., whose death oc
curred before his own. They had several
children, but Albert B. was the only one who
lived to maturity.
In his boyhood, he attended the common
schools and took an academic course at New
Bloomfield, Pa. Not being studiously in
clined, he did not seek to acquire a liberal edu
cation, but early sought employment in busi
ness pursuits. In 1858, he was received into
tbe store of his uncle, John S. Demaree,
where he was carefully instructed and trained
in business methods. He afterwards formed
a partnership with his brother-in-law, John R.
Lowther, and bought the store of his uncle.
At the breaking out of the war, he was instru
mental in forming a company, of which he
was commissioned the captain. This company
became Company I, of the One Hundred and
Thirty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers, which
was attached to the Army of the Potomac.
At the battle of Fredericksburg, Captain De
maree received a serious wound, by which he
Avas disabled for a short time, and was sent to
the hospital at Washington, D. G When
partially recovered, he Avas sent home on a
furlough, and in about six weeks his wound
was so" far healed that he was able to rejoin
his regiment in time to take part in the battle
of Antietam. At the end of his nine months'
term of enlistment, he was honorably dis
charged from the service, upon which he re
turned to his home and resumed the manage-

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ment of his business. About 1870, he sold
his interest in the store and removed with his
wife and family to Stockton, Cedar county,
AIo., where associated with a partner, he
opened a general store and was occupied with
its management for seven years. At the end
of this time, he disposed of his interest ancl
came east, again taking up his residence at
Newport. A boot and shoe house at Philadel
phia gave him employment as traveling sales
man, in which capacity he was continuously
engaged until his death, December 1, 1891.
In political matters he acted with the Republi
can party. He did not hold membership in
any religious organization. In character and
reputation he was a type of noble manhood,
exact in the duties and genial in the ameni
ties of life. He won and retained the regard
and confidence of all associated with him. His
remains are interred in the cemetery at New
port, Pa.
In 1869, Captain Demaree was married to
Aliss Victoria Lowther, daughter of Capt.
AVilliam Lowther. of Concord, Juniata coun
ty, Pa. Captain Lowther was reared at New
ton Hamilton, Aiifflin county, Pa., and came
to Newport when he was quite a young man.
In early life, he was engaged in boating on the
canal and was afterwards employed as a rail
road contractor, in which business he con
tinued until his retirement. His death oc
curred at Newport. Captain LoAvther was
three times married. The mother of Mrs. De
maree was Christiana Rider; they had two
children : John R., builder and contractor in
New York City; and Victoria (Mrs. De
maree), who was but two years old when her
mother died.

JOHN W. ALBRIGHT, farmer, Newport,
Peny county, Pa., son of John G. and Susan
(Bitner) Albright, was born at Loysville,
Peny county, June 15, 1831. His paternal
ancestors came from Germany, his grandpar
ents being the first in their line to emigrate
to this country. John G. Albright was born
December 25, 1800, in York county, Pa.,
where he lived until just before his marriage,
when he came to Peny county, Pa., and set
tled near Loysville; he removed later to
Centre township, in the same county. He was
a shoemaker, and worked for some years at
this occupation, but abandoned it, and bought

a farm in Centre township. Later he sold
this place and removed to ATewport, where he
died in 1872, aged seventy-five years.. In tfie
Avar of 1812, he served as a drummer boy, and
Avas stationed at Baltimore, Md. John G.
Albright married Susan Bitner, of Perry
county, Pa., who survived him many years,
and died at Hanisburg, Pa., December 25,
1889. Their children are: William, deceased;
Alary A., widow of George C. Smith, Harris
burg, Pa.; Catherine (Mrs. B. P. Bador),
Harrisburg, Pa.; Simon, deceased, served in
the late Avar; John W.; Henry AV., served
in the late Avar, resides at Harrisburg, Pa.;
Laura (Atrs. Richard Latchford), of Oliver
township; George, Avas a soldier in the late
war, resides in Hanisburg.
When John W. Albright was a little boy,
his father removed with him to Centre town
ship, where he received his education in the
public schools. At the age of sixteen years,
he began driving mules on the tow path of
the canal. He soon mastered the whole busi
ness of boatin.<r and finally took charge of a
boat, ancl in this occupation was employed for
twelve years. In 1862, he enlisted for nine
months' service in Captain Tressler's company
H, One Hundred and Thirty-third Pennsylva
nia Volunteers, and was mustered in at Camp
Curtin. Hanisburg, Pa. He participated Avith
his regiment in the battles of Antietam and
Fredericksburg, and in the latter battle was
wounded in the breast, the abdomen and the
hip. These wounds confined him to the hos
pital until tbe following spring, when he was
honorably discharged from the service on ac
count of disabilities resulting from them. He
was brought home on a stretcher and lay in
bed for six months before he was sufficiently
recovered to be able to Avalk. Some time af
terwards, be went to Philadelphia and had his
hip replaced, and in the course of three or four
years was able to begin business in a grocery
store, which he kept for four years. During
the next two years, he was a hotel-keeper at
Newport, having charge first of the Dunkle
House and then of the Ninth Ward House.
In the spring of 1889, he bought the fann he
now occupies, formerly called the Wertz farm,
which contains eighty-six acres, and the
greater part of which he has much improved.
For several years he worked at shoemaking.
Mr. Albright is a staunch Republican, a«d has

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served for some years as supervisor and as no
tary public. In 1851-52, he was under-sheriff
of Luzerne county, Pa.
On Alarch 21, 1861, Atr. Albright Avas mar
ried to Margaret Roth, of Bloomfield, Perry
county, Pa., daughter of John ancl Elizabeth
(Aliller) Roth, both deceased. The children
by this marriage are: John Edward, born in
Centre toAvnship, April 10, 1862, died August
23, 1864, aged two years, four months and
thirteen days; AV. IL, born in NeAvport, Feb
ruary 25, 1864, is in the employ of the Penn-
sylvania Railroad Company, at Harrisburg;
Emma E., born in Newport, October 2, 1865,
died June 9, 1871, aged five years, eight
months and seven days; Charles T, born in
Newport, March 18, 1S66, farms at home;
Francis R., born in Newport, September 28,
1868, works for the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company at Altoona, Pa.; George S., born in
NeAvport, July 9, 1870, is a day laborer;
Jennie Bell, born in Newport, December 13,
1873, died May 20, 1875, aged one year, five
months and seven days; Milton S., born in
Newport, May 6, 1876, died December 15,
1893, aged seventeen years, seven months and
eight days; and Curtis J., born in Newport,
March 18, 1878.

WILLIAM H. HOPPLE, furniture dealer
and undertaker, Newport, Perry county, Pa.,
is a son of Jacob and Jane (Horting) Hopple,
and was born at NeAvport, April 29, 1842.
Jacob Hopple was born in Lancaster county,
Pa., and removed first to Dauphin county and
later to Perry county. At NeAvport, Pa., he
learned cabinet-making with Mr. Sowders.
This occupation he followed through life,
conducting the business in a shop of his own
at Newport, until his death, March 26, 1890.
His first wife was Jane Horting, by Avhom his
children are: William H; Almira (Mrs.
George Rider), of New Buffalo, Pa.; Amos
B., married Ada, daughter of Jackson Rhodes,
and resides at Newport, Pa.; Nancy (Mrs.
David Shade), deceased; Charles AV., married
Hannah AlcOomb, of Harrisburg, Pa.; and
James, who died young. Mr. Hopple's second
wife was a widow, Atrs. Alonroe; they had
two children: Frank and Wilson, both of
whom died young.
William H. Hopple attended the public
schools, and when fourteen years of age,
worked during the summer months in the

brick-yard. His father took him into the shop
and taught him cabinet-making. This has
been bis chief occupation. In 1862, he enlist
ed in Company I, One Hundred and Thirty-
third Pennsylvania Volunteers, for nine
months, and was mustered into the service at
Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, Pa. The regiment
Avas equipped and sent to the front, becoming
a part of tbe Army of the Potomac. After
having been drilled along the Appomattox
for a short time, it took part in the engage
ments at Fredericksburg, Antietam and Chan
cellorsviUe, and .was drawn up in line of battle
at South Mountain, but was not sent into the
fight. At the end of the term of enlistment,
the regiment Avas ordered to Harrisburg and
mustered out of service. While at Camp Cur
tin, Mr. Hopple was prostrated by a severe at
tack of camp fever, and was carried home on
a stretcher, and compelled to lie in bed several
Aveeks. After convalescence he worked as
bowman on the canal boat for three months,
at the end of which time he re-enlisted in the
Seventh Ward of Philadelphia, joining the
Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry. For the first
nine months, he was on detached duty at
Philadelphia. Then the war closed, and after
his discharge he returned home and worked
with his father until 1888, when he succeeded
to the business, and has since conducted it
alone. He is also interested in the Budding
and Loan Company, Avith branch offices at
Baltimore and New York. By tradition and
by preference he is a Republican, and has
served as councilman for three years. He
was largely instrumental in getting the water
works for the town. In fraternal societies, he
is prominent and active, being a member of
the I. 0. O. F., of Newport; of the Junior
Order U. A. M., and of the Lieut. Arnold
Lobaugh Post, No. 297, G. A. R., at Newport.
Soon after his return from the army, Mr.
Hopple was married to Atiss Mary Jane Frank,
daughter of Jacob Frank. Their children
are: Clara (Mrs. John Musser), of Newport,
Pa.; Amanda, at home; and two, Frank and
Annie, who are deceased.

AVILLIAA1 HEATRY SMITH, postmas
ter, NeAvport, Perry county, Pa., is a son of
Emanuel and Alary (Miller) Smith. His
father Avas twice married; his first marriage
Avas to Atiss Alary Aliller, aaIio died in 1868.
Their children are: Lizzie (Mrs. Long), has

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twelve children; William Henry; Catherine
(Airs. J. Specht), resides in Virginia; John
F., postmaster at Aiannsville, Perry county,
an able ancl eloquent advocate of the free coin
age of silver; Samuel, At. D., of Carlisle, Pa.;
Ella; Lucy, widow of George AAYight; and
Lyda AL, at home. The second Avife of Air.
Smith was a widow, Airs. Aliller, Avho survives
hirn, Emanuel Smith being deceased.
William Henry Smith is one of the promi
nent and prosperous men of NeAvport. His ad
vancement and success are due for the most
part to his strong native talents and his indom
itable pluck and persistency. His opportuni
ties for acquiring an education were limited,
and while they were as Avell improved as his
busy boyhood would alloAv, were insufficient
to prepare him for the work of life. But this
lack of opportunities was made up by indus
trious application, quick and accurate observa
tion, and tbe untiring energy with which he
sought useful knowledge outside of schools
and books. Few men are more ready and ac
curate in the use of figures than Atr. Smith,
yet this skill was acquired after be had em
barked in business. Until he reached his
nineteenth year, he was employed in tbe
mountains, peeling bark, cutting wood and
hauling logs; after which he entered upon an
apprenticeship of three years with Samuel
Paffensberger, blacksmith, at Alarklesville,
Pa. Having completed his trade, he conclud
ed to try bis fortune in tbe Avest, and went to
At organ county, AIo., where he Avorked at
the forge. Here he had been employed but a
short time when he had the misfortune to sus
tain a fracture of the wrist. This discouraging
accident compelled him to seek for a time
some other occupation. His pluck availed
him here. He had still two good legs, one
good arm and a strong will, and these enabled
him to accept an offer made him by a farmer
to take charge of and drive a team of oxen,
another man guiding the plow in breaking up
prairie land. After nearly a year in this place,
Air. Smith fully recovered his strength, and
returned to the east, where he found employ
ment at his trade at Cunningham, Luzerne
county, Pa., for one year. Afterwards, for
eight or ten years, he conducted business in
a shop of his own at New Bloomfield, Pa.
Next, forming a partnership Avith Air. Young,
he embarked at NeAvport in the business of
¦selling implements, as agents of tbe Triumph

and Osburn companies, Air. Smith taking the
road as a traveling salesman. At the same
time, he became an agent of the Standard Oil
Company. In these ventures he met with
gratifying sucess.
As a life-long Democrat, Air. Smith has
been active and has become prominent in the
party. In 1884, he was called to the chair
manship of the Democratic county committee,
and in 1885 Avas honored by being made the
candidate of his party for the State legisla
ture, but was defeated at the polls by a small
majority. In 1896, he received his appoint
ment ancl commission as postmaster at NeAv
port, Pa.
Air. Smith was married at New Bloomfield,
Pa., to Aliss Alaggie, daughter of Solomon
Baxter, who lost his life in battle. Atrs. Smith
died Avithout issue. After remaining a wid
ower four j^ears, Air. Smith was manied to
Atiss Clara E. Clark, of Perry county, Pa.,
by whom he has two children: Ralph T. ; and
Viola Alay. The popularity of Air. Smith is
due to his kindness of heart, his abounding
good will to everybody, and his jovial and
companionable disposition. He is universally
esteemed.

JOHN BAIR, ex-president of the People's
Bank, now the First National Bank, Newport,
Perry county, Pa., is a son of John and Alary
(Aloore) Bair, and was born in Buffalo town
ship, Peny county, November 14, 1821. John
Bair, Sr., was also a native of Buffalo town
ship. He was a prosperous farmer, and spent
his entire life in his native township. The
children of John and Alary (Aloore) Bair are:
Susan, wife of Solomon Alatter, both de
ceased; Jacob, died in Buffalo township;
John; Samuel, died in Buffalo township in
1896; Jesse, was killed in the battle of the
Wilderness;- David, died in Illinois; Sarah;
Alary; Jerry; and Isaac; the last four all liv
ing. Mrs. Bair died, and Air. Bair was again
manied, to Atrs. Susan Higgins, a widow;
they had one son, Horace, who resides in Buf
falo township.
John Bair, Jr., received his education prin
cipally in the subscription schools of his neigh
borhood. His father was opposed to the free
school svstem, and after its adoption by the
State, kept his children out of the school for
two terms. As soon as John was old enough,
and had sufficient strength, he was set to work

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on the farm, and as his father owned a large
extent of timber land, there was always much
chopping ancl hauling to do in addition to the
ordinary work. As the youth wished to learn
a trade, his father consented to his leaving
home for that purpose. At twenty years of
age, accordingly, he went to Liverpool, Pa.,
and served an apprenticeship of tAvo and a half
years at plastering with Joel Huggins. His
ambition soon led him to branch out into
larger ventures. One of his first undertakings
was the building of a hotel, on leased ground
at Gertys Notch, in which he proposed to pro
vide entertainments for the 'Yankees," as all
the raftsmen and lumbermen were then called.
AVhen the hotel was completed, he installed
himself as landlord, and for eight years was a
successful and poular tavern keeper. Some
years after, he bought the lease of the ground
on which the hotel stood. His next enterprise
was fanning, and in connection with his agri
cultural operations he became a buyer and
seller of lumber; in these operations he was
reasonably successful. He came to NeAvport
in December, 1868, and here at once em
barked in the lumber trade, continuing his
operations Avith most satisfactory results until
he disposed of his business. He has a farm of
140 acres in Buffalo township, but gives it
no further attention than to keep it rented to
a good tenant. In 1882, Mr. Bair's financial
soundness and ability were recognized by his
election to the presidency of the People's
Bank, which trust he administered to the ut
most satisfaction of the directors, stockholders
ancl patrons of the bank, until 1893, at Avhich
date the People's Bank was merged in the
First National Bank of Newport. Since 1893
he has given up participation in active pur
suits, and lives retired, in the quiet and com
fortable enjoyment of the fruits of his labor
in former years. Atr. Bair is a staunch Demo
crat, but he has never sought any political of
fice and would never accept any public po
sition. On February 18, 1847, John Bair was mar
ried to Atiss Louisa A. Coam, Avho was born
in Lancaster county, Pa., October 22, 1826.
Their children are: Mary E. (Atrs. AVilliam
H Zeigler); and Clara Louisa, vridow of Isaac
Barnes, Avho resides in Hanisburg, Pa. Mr.
Bair's religious opinions are Lutheran, and he
maintains active fellowship Avith that church.
The father of Atrs. Bair died in Lancaster

county, Pa., and her mother subsequently mar
ried Mr. Albright.

ABEL LOATGACRE, dealer in imple
ments, NeAvport, Perry county, Pa., was born
in Pikeland township, Chester county, Pa.,
March 11, 1837, son of Joseph and Sarah (Es
sick) Longacre. Joseph Longacre was born
in Chester county, Pa., in 1800. He was a
carpenter; about 1839, he removed to Juniata
county, where he died in 1854. His political
views were Democratic. In religious faith and
connection, he Avas of the Reformed church.
His wife, Sarah (Essick) Longacre, died in
1876, aged seventy-four years. Their children
are: Edward, died in Philadelphia in 1893;
Isaac, served three years in the late war, was
captured at the second Bull Run battle, and
now resides in Juniata county; Joseph, died
in 1894 in Juniata county; Peter, of Mt.
Union, Huntingdon county, Pa.; Abel; and
Jacob, who served in the late war, and died
of cancer, caused by wounds received in the
battle of ChancellorsviUe.
Abel Longacre, at two years of age, wa3
brought by his parents to Juniata county,
where they settled about one mile and a half
from Thompsontown. His school days were
feAV, as he early became a bread-winner, being
set to work while quite young, on the farms
throughout the valley. He remained at home
until his marriage, after which event he set
up a home of his own in the neighborhood,
where he remained until 1864; he then re
moved to NeAvport, Pa.
The military record of Mr. Longacre shows
him to be a patriotic citizen and a soldier of
pluck and valor. He enlisted, September 3,
1864, at Philadelphia, Pa., in Company H,
Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry, known as the
"Cameron Dragoons." From that date he was
in active sendee until the close of the Avar,
doing all that was demanded of him, and that
was within his power, in camp, on the march
and in the fight, to defend the nation and pre
serve free institutions. During a week or ten
clays, just at the close of the war, his regiment
Avas a part of General Sheridan's army, but
prior to that it was an independent brigade,
which made a part of the cavralry forces so ef
ficient in raiding in the rear of the rebel forces.
The first raid in which Atr. Longacre partici
pated was in that made toward the city of
Richmond, during which several of the brig-

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ade were wounded and killed. On the 7th of
October, the Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry was
in the fight in front of Richmond, on the
Chapman farm. During the remainder of the
winter this brigade did picket duty, and Mr.
Longacre was detailed as night scout for six
weeks. After leaving winter quarters in the
spring of 1865, the regiment was in active ser
vice from Alarch 29 until April 9, all of this
time under fire. It took part in the battle of
Five Forks and fought against General Lee
until he surrendered to General Grant at Ap
pomattox, Alay 19, 1865. The regiment was
honorably discharged, ancl Air. Longacre re
turned home, suffering from heart disease con
tracted while in service. He Avas under the
doctor's hands for two weeks and for several
weeks was almost totally disabled. During
the summer of 1865, he was engaged in blast
ing rock, in day labor and in farming. For
a time he was foreman at the Eagle iron ore
banks, for the furnace company at Newport.
During two years of the time since the Avar,
Mr. Longacre has resided at Thompsontown,
Pa. In the spring of 1896, he opened business
at Newport as a dealer in implements.
In March, 1858, Atr. Longacre Avas married
to Miss Mary A. Kenzer, of Perry county.
Their children are : Alice ; Katherine ; Harry,
killed on the railroad; Carrie, died aged six
teen years; Edward; Etta; Frank and Alyrtle.
Mr. Longacre is in favor of the free coinage
of silver. He is a member of the Alethodist
church.

PETER DEARDORFF, foreman Penn
sylvania Railroad, Newport, Perry county,
Pa., is a son of Abraham and Susanna (Ehr-
hart) Deardorff, and was born in Oliver town
ship, Perry county, January 2, 1839. The
ancestors of Air. Deardorff came from Ger
many. Abraham Deardorff Avas born in Ad
ams county, Pa., and Avas educated in the
common schools and reared on the farm. He
learned wagon-making, and Avhen a young
man came to Perry county. He Avas a man of
large frame and of great muscular strength.
After marriage, he settled on a farm in Oliver
township, which his wife inherited from her
father, where he died in 1871, bis wife having
died in December, 1861. He was an old time
Whig. His first wife was Miss Zeigler, by
whom he had the following children : Sarah ;
Jacob; Eva; Mary; and John; all of whom

are deceased; and Catherine, a maiden lady re
siding at Newport. Abraham Deardorff's sec
ond wife was Susanna Ehrhart, and their chil
dren are: William, track hand on Pennsyl
vania Railroad, residing in Newport, Pa., mar
ried Lavina Myers ; and Peter. Air. Deardorff
was a member of the Lutheran church.
Peter Deardorff received his education in
the common schools of Alt. Fairview, Perry
county, Pa., which he attended only three
months in the first year, ancl four months in
the succeeding years of his boyhood, being
engaged in the intervals upon the farm. In
1863, he secured regular work on the Penn
sylvania Railroad, and Avas continuously em
ployed until 1869, when he Avas promoted to
the position of foreman, and assigned to the
thirteenth section of the Atiddle Division of
the Pennsylvania Railroad. The duties of
this important position he has most acceptably
performed since that date, and he is noAV one
of the oldest employees in this division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. At the
time of the invasion of this State by the army
of General Lee, Air. Deardorff served for six
weeks with the State Emergency forces. Mr.
Deardorff is a staunch Democrat, and a firm
believer in the expediency of a free coinage of
silver. For one term he was inspector of elec
tions. Peter Deardorff was first manied December
24, 1863, to Aliss Julia Stringfellow, of New
port, who died August 17, 1875. Five of
their children are deceased, and two living:
Alctorine Demaree (Airs. Harry Baker), of
Donnallys Alills; and Annie Belle, at present
a trained nurse in Frankford, Philadelphia,
Pa. Air. Deardorff's second marriage occurred
September 10, 1878, in which he Avas united
to Aliss Sabina Titzel, born in Juniata town-
ship, Peny county, Pa., October 27, 1855,
daughter of George AArashington and Sarah
(Bealor) Titzel, both deceased. They have
one child, Alinnie Pearl, at home. Air. Dear
dorff's religions faith is that of the Reformed
church, of which he is a consistent member.

GEORGE W. TAYLOR, farmer of New
port, Perry county, Pa., son of Robert and
Sarah (Brown) Taylor, was born at Newport,
June 29, 1853. His paternal grandfather
was born in England, and lived there until
after his marriage, when he .emigrated to
America. During the voyage he lost a part

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of his effects. He landed at Baltimore, Aid.,
with his wife and family he came to Middle
Ridge, Perry county, Pa., where he pursued
his occupation of confectioner, and where his
wife died, leaving a family of several chil
dren. Here he married his second wife who
was Miss Kline, and by whom he had several
children. He died here and is buried in the
cemetery of the Old Stone church. His son,
Robert Taylor, Avas born in Baltimore, Aid.,
in 1813. After reaching manhood, he came
to Perry county with his father and Avas for
some time engaged in teaming between Mid
dle Ridge, Pa., and Baltimore, Md. Subse
quently, he bought property in Newport,
where he worked at house carpentry until the
partial failure of his sight compelled him to
change his occupation. In 1855, he bought
the farm now owned and occupied by his son,
George AV. Taylor, on which he built a log
house; in 1870 that primitive structure gave
place to the modern and substantial residence
which is now tbe home of his son. Robert
Taylor continued to give his attention to
farming until his death in 1891. The flood
of 1889 proved very disastrous to the family,
causing them a heavy loss, the water having
risen to the height of nine feet on the first
floor of the dwelling. Mr. Taylor was a mem
ber of the Lutheran church. On December
25, 1837, he Avas married at Newport, Pa., by
A. W. Monroe, justice of the peace, to Aliss
Sarah Brown, born August 5, 1820, in Oliver
toAvnship, Perry county, Pa., on the farm now
occupied by Isaiah Carl. She Avas a consistent
member of the Alethodist church, and died in
the triumph and comfort of the Christian
faith, April 28, 1889. Their children are:
LeAvis, born October 24, 1840, died June 2,
1848; Sarah F., born April 1, 1844, died
July 20, 1844; Emma B., born May 13, 1846,
died June 6, 1876; and George W.
George AAr. Taylor was two years old when
the family removed to the farm where he was
reared, and Avhere he found employment as
soon as he was old and strong enough to give
assistance in the farm Avork. His education
was received in the public schools, which he
was permitted to attend during the winter
months, when he could be spared from the
farm work. In 1870, he Avent to work in the
tannery of John A. Bechtel and Son. Here
he improved his opportunity and became a
complete master of the trade, continuing to

work for the firm for several years. When
the time came for his father to retire from ac
tive work, he took the farm and has continued
to cultivate it up to the present time. Mr.
Taylor is a staunch Republican; he has served
as auditor for onelerm, and in 1893 was tax
collector. George W Taylor Avas married August 5,
1875, to Miss Mary C. Toomey, of Juniata
toAvnship, Perry county, Pa., daughter of
Cornelius and Alary (Smith) Toomey. Their
children are: Harry B., attending school at
Hanisburg, Pa.; Laura At., at home; and
Frank E., at home. The family are members
of the Lutheran church at Newport, and in
the work of which Mr. Taylor is very active;
he is a member of the executive committee of
tbe Sunday-school.
The Toomeys, to which family Mrs. Tay
lor belongs, came originally from England,
but her maternal ancestors came from Scot
land. Her father, Cornelius Toomey, was
born in York county, Pa., and in early boy
hood was brought by his parents to Perry
county, where he grew up on the farm and re
ceived a good common school education.
His special efforts were directed towards pre
paring himself for teaching, and he finally en
tered upon that occupation and pursued it for
twenty years. After his marriage, he became
a resident of Juniata township, Perry county,
where he died August 10, 1880. He married
Alary Smith, Avho still survives him. Their
children are: Louisa (Atrs. T. AV. Tressler),
of Juniata township ; John G, of Harrisburg,
Pa.; Alary C. (Mrs. George W. Taylor);
Alonzo, died young; Elmira (Atrs. John New-
lin), of Newport, Pa.; Belle (Mrs. E. S.
AVhitekettle), of Afiffiin county, Pa. : Loac
Newton, died November 18, 1894; Sally M:
(Mrs. John P. Oonstine), of Harrisburg, Pa. ;
Olive R. (Airs. John Shaffer), of Bloomfield,
Pa.; and Harry AL, of Harrisburg, Pa.

DAVID AlcCONKEY RICKABAUGH,
merchant, Alillerstown, Berry county, Pa.,
son of David 'and Sarah (Neagley) Ricka-
baugh, was born July 2, 1833, on the home
stead near Oakland Mills, Juniata county.
His great-grandfather came from SAvitzerland,
and on reaching this country bought land
from John Penn and settled in Chester county,
Pa. He Avas one of fourteen brothers, and

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had one sister who married Air. Graybill, of
Lancaster county, Pa.
Henry Rickabaugh, grandfather of David
AL, was born and reared in Chester county;
after his maniage he removed to Juniata
county. He was a farmer, and was one of the
old Mennonites, who were noted for their
honesty. ' He first married Miss Annie Gar
ver, in Chester county; their children are:
John, married Margaret Christoff, settled near
Niagara Falls, where be died ; David, married
Sarah Neagley; Elizabeth, married William
Harmon, settled in Juniata county, Pa., where
they both died ; Nancy, married Andrew Har
mon, went west, as it is supposed, and was not
heard from afterwards.
David Rickabaugh, father of David M.,
was born June 3, 1795, in Chester county,
Pa., and when a young man came with his
parents to Juniata county. He married Miss
Sarah Neagley January 11, 1821, and settled
on the old homestead, which he inherited from
his father; he resided there until about 1839,
when he sold the homestead to Jacob Lapp and
removed with his family to Millerstown, Pa.
Here he opened a store and later bought and
conducted a hotel, called the Mansion House.
The store was in charge of his eldest brother,
George, until his death, after which it was
sold, but David Rickabaugh continued to
conduct the. hotel during the rest of his life.
His death occurred April 28, 1847, when he
was fifty-two years of age, and was the result
.of a severe cold, which developed into rapid
consumption. In addition to his mercantile
and hotel interests, he was also extensively en
gaged in raising and dealing in live stock. His
wife survived until 1873, Avhen she died aged
seventy-four years. Mr. Rickabaugh was an
old time Whig; in religious faith and worship
he was a Lutheran. He was a man of fine
physique, stout, well built and of command
ing appearance. His children are: George
Henry, died May 14, 1843, aged twenty-one
years; Anna Elizabeth (Mrs. Samuel H.
Baker), of Pfoutz valley, Perry county; Mar
garet (Mrs. William Rothrock), died February
16, 1851, one year after her marriage, in Mil
lerstown, Pa.; Jacob Whiteside, died in in
fancy; James Snoden, a merchant of Altoona,
Pa.; David McConkey; John Neagle, postal
clerk on Pennsylvania Railroad for many
years, and subsequently employed in the com
pany's office at Altoona, Pa., where he died

in 1871; Sarah Jane, Avidow of Martin Long-
enecker, residing at Altoona, Pa.; Albert
Cramer engineer at Altoona, Pa.; ancl Han
nah Virginia, died in infancy.
George Neagley, maternal grandfather of
DaArid At. Rickabaugh and son of George
Neagley, Sr., emigrated from Wittenburg,
Germany, to America, settled in Lykens val
ley, Pa., and later removed to Pfoutz val
ley, where he died. He manied Atiss Snyder,
a full cousin of Governor Snyder, of Penn
sylvania, ancl they reared a family of five
daughters: Magdalene (Atrs. David Kepner),
of Pfoutz valley; Hannah (Atrs. Henry Hes-
ser), of Juniata county, Pa. ; Lydia (Mrs. Jo
nas Rothrock), Avho died in Alichigan; Sarah
(Mrs. David Rickabaugh); and Catherine
(Mi's. David Long), of Pfoutz valley.
When Darid AtcConkey Rickabaugh was
about six years of age, his parents removed
to Millerstown, Pa., where he at once entered
the primary school, ancl eventually completed
his education in the common schools of the
toAvn. His father died when he was quite
young, and be assisted his mother in the man
agement of the hotel, which she . conducted
successfully for twenty years after her hus
band's death. Atrs. Rickabaugh then sold the
hotel, and removed to Altoona, Pa., where
she died, November 26, 1873. At about eigh
teen years of age, D. McC. Rickabaugh began
to learn tailoring with Christian Beck, but
never worked much at his trade. Having a
natural liking for mercantile pursuits, he be
came clerk in a store, in order to learn busi
ness methods thoroughly, and Avas employed
for two years in this way by Mr. George Bly-
myer atLeAvistovra, Pa. In 1861 he left the
employ of Mr. Blymyer, and began business
on his own account, opening a general store in
Pfoutz valley, Pa., which be conducted suc
cessfully two years, and then sold his stock
of goods to Jacob Eshelman, of Alillerstown,
Pa. In partnership with C. E. Patterson, he
then started a store at Altoona, Pa., which
they sold at the end of one year; both part
ners came to Alillerstown, bought the stock of
goods of Bobletts, and conducted a business
at this stand for two years. They then re
moved to a building which occupied the site
of Mr. Rickabaugh's present store, and which
was erected by AAllliam Lease, Sr., and occu
pied by him as a store. It was an old frame
structure, Avhich they afterwards demolished,

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ancl erected in its place a more modern and
substantial edifice. Both partners were bach
elors, and occupied living apartments above
the store, having an old lady for housekeeper.
The partner of Atr. Rickabaugh died Janu
ary 17, 1871. In 1882 he remodeled his
frame building, which was burned doAvn
April 17, 1894, and six months after the
fire, began building his present substan
tial and spacious structure of brick, with
a large room above, rented for a town hall.
Mr. Rickabaugh married Miss Sophia Alice,
daughter of George Beaver, of Pfoutz valley,
June 20, 1872. Their children are : Margaret
Kramer; Catherine Long; George Beaver;
Alice Sophia; Sarah Neagley;. and David Gil
bert, all at home. His choice of political par
ties is the Republican, the principles and pol
icy of which he cordially approves, and for
the success of which he is an active worker.
He is a member of the Presbyterian church.
In the character ancl conduct of Mr. Ricka
baugh there is presented the example of hon
orable success, attained by his own efforts.
Cast early upon his own resources, he devel
oped sterling qualities of head and heart, the
exercise and discipline of which have brought
him a comfortable competency, and have won
for him the confidence and esteem of his
neighbors.

THOMAS PRESTON COCHRAN, re
tired, Millerstown, Perry county, Pa. Thomas
Cochran, father of Thomas P. Cochran, Avas
born at Londonderry, Ireland, in 1776. He
and his three brothers, Samuel, Robert and
William, Avere Protestants, and were pos
sessed of considerable property, but were com
pelled to leave their property behind them
and flee to this country. A priest of the Cath
olic church Avas a true friend to them, and
took charge of their property interests in Ire
land. The Cochran brothers bought land in
Chester county, Pa., laid out a town Avhich
they called Cochransville, and which still bears
that name. The three brothers of Thomas
Cochran remained in Chester county, where
they reared families and died, but he moved,
in 1801, to Alillerstown, where he ta.ught
school, and afterwards engaged in mercantile
business; here also he kept the first, tavern
opened in the town, in the building now owned
by Airs. Goodman, and continued in the man
agement of both branches of business until

1813. Being postmaster during the war of
1812, he could not enlist in the army. In
1813, he disposed of the hotel, and continued
bis mercantile pursuits until 1835, when he
was succeeded in the business by his son,
Thomas P. Cochran. He and his wife were
the principal promoters and supporters of the
Presbyterian church at Millerstown, whose
house of worship was built in 1831. Giving
up his business to his son, Thomas Cochran
retired from active pursuits and died in 1847.
His wife died Alarch 29, 1852. Her maiden
name was Sophia Ataria Porter, and she was
born near Londonderry, Ireland, October 16,
1776. She came Avith her parents to America
when she was seventeen years old. Her father,
Robert Porter, an uncle of Governor Porter,
of Pennsylvania, settled at Lewistown, Pa.,
where he engaged in mercantile business.
During the war of the Revolution, he loyally
supported the cause of the colonies; having
enlisted as a private and being shortly pro
moted to the rank of colonel, he was assigned
to AVashington's army, then on the Brandy-
Avine, and was a participant in the famous bat
tle of that name.
The eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Cochran, William Cochran, died in Boone
county, Mo, in 1886. He was a Presbyte
rian minister, and was sent as a home mission
ary to that State in 1831, to labor among the
slaves. For some time he Avas engaged in this
philanthropic Avork at Palmyra, Mo., when
one of the slave OAvners welcomed him to his
house, and showing him to his room, told him
he might occupy that room as long as he de
sired to stay, and pray all he wished inside of
that room, but not outside of it. The other
members of their family were: Robert Bol
ton, resided in Franklin county, Pa., where he
died; Eliza Jane, married Robert McDowell,
an attorney, of Chambersburg, Pa., where
they both died; James Aladison, resided at
Liverpool, Perry county, Pa., and there died;
Mary Ann (Atrs. Charles Thompson), of Mex
ico, Juniata county, Pa. ; and Thomas Preston.
Thomas Preston Cochran was. born at Mil
lerstown, Pa., April 10, 1813. His primary
education was received in the common schools
of his native town, Avhich he attended until
he was ten years of age, and then for two
years pursued studies preparatory for. college,
at West Nottingham Academy, near Port De
posit, Cecil county, Aid. After a three years'

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course at Cannonsburg College, now AA^ash-
ington College, AA'ashington, Pa., be Avas
graduated, after which he studied medicine
for eight months with Dr. AlcClellan, at
Philadelphia, but on account of failing sight
was obliged to give up preparation for profes
sional life and return home. This enforced
change in his plan of life did not deter him
from forming plans for activity and useful
ness. He became a clerk in bis father's store,
where he soon mastered the details of mercan
tile business, and on his father's retirement
in 1835 succeeded to the establishment, and
was successful as a merchant. Later in life,
Mr. Cochran disposed of the store and bought
a farm in GreenAvood township, AA'here be
busied himself in agricultural pursuits, in the
course of time coming into tbe possession of
several farms. In 1846, be gave up farming
for a short time, but afterwards resumed it,
and continued in this occupation until 1864,
when he pennanently retired, and took up his
residence at Alillerstown. He has since sold
five of his farms, but still retains possession
of two. He also owns the property built by
Isaiah Clark in 1818. Air. Cochran is a gen
uine Democrat of tbe Jeffersonian school; he
was county commissioner from 1842 to 1845,
and has also served in borough and township
offices. Thomas Preston Cochran was married Feb
ruary 12, 1835, to Atiss Jane Patterson, of
Juniata county, daughter of John Patterson,
merchant. She died in 1836, leaving one son,
Robert P., Avho resides in Alillerstown, Pa.
In 1839, Thomas P. Cochran was manied to
his second wife, Rebecca, daughter of John
Black, of Tuscarora township, who died about
1884; their children are: Alary Ann, mar
ried William Alann, resides at Aiifflin, where
he died, and she is now the wife of Thomas
Frow, of Mifflin county, Pa. ; Josephine, mar
ried Robert Cathcart, of Carlisle, Pa., re
moved to Chicago, where he died, and she is
now the wife of Thomas Cluck, of that city;
John, Thomas and William, triplets, John died
when six months old, Thomas at the age of
eight years, and WUliam aged eighteen years.
In his third marriage, Alarch 16, 1886, Air.
Cochran was united to Hannah Ataria Kauff
man, widow of David Vincent, and daughter
of Samuel Kauffman, of Juniata county, Pa.
For many years he has consistently maintained
his membership in the Presbyterian church,

in which also he has long served efficiently as
an elder.

THOMAS P. CATHCART, merchant,
Alillerstown, Perry county, Pa., son of Rob
ert and Josephine (Cochran) Cathcart, was
born in Greenwood township, Peny county,
September 9, 1861. The Cathcarts came orig
inally from Scotland. Alexander Cathcart,
grandfather of Thomas P. Cathcart, was born
in Cumberland county, Pa. He was a far
mer, and accumulated a large amount
property, after Avhich he lived retired
from active pursuits, at Carlisle, Pa.,
for many years. Robert Cathcart, father
of Thomas P. Cathcart, also a native
of Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pa., re
ceived bis primary education in the common
schools, and was a student at college. After
completing his course, he entered a store at
Hanisburg, where he learned the details of
mercantile business, after which, in connec
tion with his brother AAllliam, he opened a
general store. This business Avas continued
for some years, but was eventually sold. Air.
Cathcart, after being for several years con
ductor on a passenger train on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, settled on a farm in Green
wood township, Peny county, and cultivated
it for two or three years; he then opened a
general store on the site now occupied by his
son. He continued to manage the store in
Alillerstown until the close of his business
career in 1871; after retiring from the bur
dens and cares of active life, he passed the re
mainder of his days in Millerstown and Car
lisle, where he died amid the scenes of his early
childhood, in 1883. He was a Republican.
Air. Cathcart Avas a man of great personal
Avorth, and was highly esteemed. He mar
ried Josephine Cochran; their children are:
Laura, resides with her mother in Chicago,
111.; Thomas P.; Alexander, married Alary
Elliott, resides in Chicago, 111; and Mary, at
home. Airs. Cathcart survived her husband,
became the wife of Thomas Cluck and now
resides in Chicago, 111.
Thomas P. Cathcart attended the common
schools at Alillerstown, Pa., until he was six
teen years of age, and then devoted three
years to learning a trade at Cochransville, Pa.,
after which he worked at his trade for eight
months at Oxford, Chester county, Pa.
Thence he went to Rising Sun, Cecil county,

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Md. Returning to Cochransville, he re
mained there until December, 1883, at which
date he came to Alillerstown, Pa., and erected
his present store room, in which he placed a
general stock of goods. Here he has built up
the largest and most profitable trade in the
place. Air. Cathcart is a Democrat; he has
served one term as councilman. He is a mem
ber of Golden Eagle Lodge, No. 289, of Mil
lerstown, Pa.
Thomas Preston Cathcart was married Sep
tember 23, 1885, to Lynda Holman, daughter
of Jacob and Sarah Ann AVallace, of Liver
pool, Perry county, Pa. Their children are:
Laura, died in infancy; and Stanley Holman,
at home, and attending school.

EDWARD AL KELLEY, general mer
chant, Millerstown, Perry county, Pa., son of
John P. and Lucinda (McAllister) Kelley, was
born in Aliffiin township, Juniata county, Oc
tober 18, 1850. Moses -Kelley, his grand
father, was born in Ireland and was a Pres
byterian in his religious convictions. With
his two brothers, he came to this country and
settled in Alilford township, Juniata county,
Pa., one of his brothers settling at Easton, Pa.
He reached the advanced age of eighty-six
years. John P. Kelley, father of EdAvard M.
Kelley, was born in Milford township, Ju
niata county, Pa., in 1816, and was reared on
the farm, but later developed a liking for
other business and was engaged in mercantile
business at Academia, Pa., and afterwards
at Doyles Mills, Juniata county, Pa., where
he is now carrying on an extensive trade. He
first married Lucinda, daughter of 'Squire
John McAllister, of AlcAlisterville, Pa., by
whom his children are: Edward M. ; Jennie
E., married Samuel Gorham, resides in Spring
field township, Juniata county, Pa. ; J. Aus
tin, died aged twenty-seven years, in Milford
toAvnship, Juniata county, Pa. ; Mary L., mar
ried George Aloyer, resides in Milford town
ship. Mrs. Kelley died seA'eral years ago, and
Mr. Kelley then manied Mrs. Ken, a Avidow,
and by her he has no children. In politics his
affiliation was with the Republican party,
while in religious faith and practice he was a
Presbyterian. EdAvard At. Kelley was born in Alilford
toAvnship, Juniata county, Pa., October 18,
1850. He attended the schools in his native
toAvnship until he was about fourteen or fif

teen years of age, and then was for three years
a student in Tuscarora Academy at Academia,
Pa. Having been brought up on the farm
and having a natural liking for agricultural
pursuits, after completing his education he
turned his attention to farming as an occupa
tion, and for eight years conducted his father's
farm. At the end of this period he removed
to Fayette township, Juniata county, Pa.,
where for fifteen years he was engaged in
managing the store of Mr. McAllister. In
the spring of 1896, he bought the Hopple
property in Millerstown, Pa., and having re
paired and remodeled the building, took W.
C. Aloore as a partner, and occupied the store
room with a general stock of merchandise, and
here he has since continued in the enjoyment
of a large and increasing patronage, and a pros
perous and profitable trade, fie also has a
substantial interest in several large peach or
chards in Perry and Juniata counties. As a
staunch Republican, Air. Kelley is active and
prominent in his party, and has been postmas
ter at Swales, Juniata county. In church fel
lowship he is with the Presbyterians.
On November 14, 1872, he was married to
Miss Jennie McDonald, of Beale township,
Juniata county, Pa., and their union is with
out issue.

AMOS BOYER, furniture dealer, Millers
town, Peny county, Pa., was bom in Susque
hanna township, Juniata county, Pa., May 7,
1863, son of Joseph and Mary A. (Schaff-
stalle) Boyer. Joseph Boyer was born near
Millersburg, Dauphin county, Pa. Having
learned several trades and kinds of business,
he was variously occupied; among other
things, he was for some time a farmer, at one
time had a saw-mill, and also worked more or
less at carpentry. He remained in Dauphin
county until after his marriage, when he re
moved to Snyder county and bought a farm,
and cultivated it until he removed to his pres
ent residence in Susquehanna township, Ju
niata county. He manied Miss Mary A.
Schaffstalle in Dauphin county; they are both
living and in the enjoyment of good health,
and both are members of the United Brethren
church. Atr. Boyer is a Republican. Their
children are: Penrose, in the furniture busi
ness with his brother in Millerstown; Amos;
Ella, married and resides in Duncannon ; Wil
son, manied, and resides in Snyder county,

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Pa. ; Frank, at home ; Annie, residing in Har
risburg; Lydia and Charles, both at home;
Priscilla, the eldest born, died in infancy.
Amos Boyer was reared on the farm and
educated in the common schools. About the
age of twenty-three or twenty-four years, and
before his maniage, he went abroad in the
world to make his Avay in life. For one season
he found employment at peeling bark in Rac
coon valley, then returned home and remained
a short time, spending two years in learning
carpentry. His apprenticeship being finished,
he worked about three years at his trade as
a journeyman, at Shamokin, Pa., after which
he was for two years engaged in farming on
his own account in Juniata county. At the
end of this period, he formed a partnership
with his brother Penrose, and embarked in
the furniture and undertaking business at Alil
lerstown, Pa., which has prospered, and their
trade is extending and is altogether satisfac
tory in its results. Air. Boyer is enrolled as an
active worker in the Republican party, but
does not sustain membership in any fraternal
order or in any church. By his own efforts,
industriously and wisely put forth, ancl by the
exercise of the homely virtues of frugality and
economy, acconrpanied by the display of social
qualities, Mr. Boyer has attained an honorable
success and enjoys an honorable name.
Amos Boyer manied Atiss Louisa Cox, of
Juniata county, and their children are : Ralph
Paul, at home; Willis J., at home; and a
bright infant boy, not named at this writing.

JAMES ROUNBLEY, proprietor and
operator of ore mines, Alillerstown, Perry
county, Pa., son of William and Jane (Nanki-
vell) Rounsley, was born at Marytavy, Devon
shire, England, March 21, 1851. Richard
Rounsley, his grandfather, born in 1797, was
a native of Devonshire, where he was reared
by an aunt, having been left an orphan at tbe
age of two years. Upon reaching manhood,
he found employment as an engineer at the
mines, and in 1834, while thus engaged, lost
his right arm. About the years 1815 and
1816, he engaged in cod fishing off the coast
of Newfoundland. His death occurred in
1873, in DeAronshire, England. He married
Mary Weeks, who was also born in Devon
shire, November 30, 1802, and died June 22,
1891. They reared a family of seven sons and
four daughters, the eldest child being Wil

liam, father of James Rounsley. Of the sons,
John and Samuel died at Houtzdale, in Clear
field county, Pa.; James died at Atooresburg,
Atontour county, Pa. ; Richard, Thomas and
Francis died in England. Of the daughters,
Ann ancl Alary died in England; Jane mar
ried John Fuge; and Elizabeth married John
Crocker, and both are Avell known residents
of Houtzdale, Clearfield county, Pa.
AAllliam Rounsley, father of James Rouns
ley, Avas born in Devonshire, England, August
18, 1S22. He manied Jane Nankivell in
1846, and she died Alarch 26, 1859. On Jan
uary 10, 1862, an expedition of tAventy men,
of whom AAllliam Rounsley Avas made leader,
was sent to the west coast of Africa to explore
for minerals. He was seized Avith the African
fever, which caused his death, Atay 14, 1863,
at the town of Benguela, State of Angola,
Africa; only one man of the expedition lived
to return and tell the story of fatality. Dur
ing his absence on this expedition, his wife
died, and his children being young, his mother
took charge of his family of four sons, Rich
ard, James, William and Samuel. The two
daughters, Salina and Jane, had died. The
sons remained with their grandmother until
Richard, the eldest, who was as yet only eigh
teen years of age, went to south Africa to take
charge of a copper mine. After a short time
in the copper fields of Cape Colony, he went
to the diamond fields of the same region, Avhere
he remained until 1874. As a result of these
ventures, and also of his mercantile business
at Spring Bok, Africa, he accumulated con
siderable means. He was fond of adventure
and travel, and visited many interior points
in the country, at the same time making these
expeditions profitable in the Avay of trading
with the natives in cattle, ivory, and other
objects of barter.
In the spring of 1874, with ample means
at his command,' he resolved to gratify his love
of travel and have the pleasure of seeing his
native land and his home friends. He first
went to England and met his two younger
brothers, now young men, and Avith them
came to America, his object being to . settle
these brothers in business in the new country,
and to pay a visit to his brother James, who
had already been some time in this country.
They took passage on the steamship Indiana,
and reached port at Bhiladelphia about July
20, 1874, Avhere James met them, and the two

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younger brothers went to their uncle at
Bloomsburg, Columbia county, Pa. In Oc
tober of the same year, Richard Rounsley re
turned to Africa, became interested in railroad
construction, and was one of the earliest pro
moters of railroads in that country. He died
at Cape Town, Africa, January 22, 1879. He
married Aliss Castles, who Avas hom at Cape
Town, and whose parents were natives of Ger
many. Samuel, the younger of the two broth
ers, came to AlillerstoAvn in February, 1878,
and has been employed by his brother James
since that date. AAllliam came in 1879 and
is also employed by his brother James.
James Rounsley, his parents having died
while he Avas quite young, was reared by his
grandmother, attended school until he was
ten years old, and then remained Avith his
grandmother until 1867. On December 7 of
this year he sailed from Liverpool for Glas
gow on the Princess Royal, ancl on De
cember 9 embarked at GlasgOAv on the
Europa, a steamer of the Anchor line,
arrived at Londonderry, Ireland, the next
day, and reached New York December 28,
after encountering severe storms and haA'ing
a rough voyage. From NeAV York he -pro
ceeded to Bloomsburg, Columbia county,
where his uncle, Samuel Rounsley, Avho had
come from England in 1862, had settled and
was engaged in business. Later, October 4,
1869, he came to Alillerstown, Avhere he
worked at any chance job which presented
itself, his chief employment, hoAvever, being
in the mines which he now owns. Being
anxious to learn all he could, Air. Rounsley
attended school at Alillerstown for one year,
ancl industriously employed his evenings and
all the time he had free from work in reading
ancl study, being especially interested in his
tory. He Avas public-spirited, and aided as
far as lay in his poAver to promote the cause
of education in the community, demonstrating
his interest in the cause by serving as school
director for tAvelve consecutive years. His fit
ness for other offices Avas recognized, and he
was elected town clerk for three years. In
August, 1877, he bought the mines in Avhich
he bad been employed, the purchase money
haA'ing been accumulated from his earnings,
Avhich he had carefully laid by for this pur
pose. These mines are situated in Greenwood
and Tuscarora townships. Air. Rounsley is
also superintendent of the AicDonald estate,

of which ex-Governor Beaver is an heir. The
skill and success of his management are dem
onstrated by the fact that since work began
in these mines it has never been suspended,
but has given constant employment to many
men. James Rounsley was married October 26,
1875, to Aliss Ella M. Thompson, of Watts
township, Perry county, Pa., who taught
school several years before her marriage. His
children by this marriage are: William T,
principal of the Alillerstown schools, not yet
twenty-one years of age; James E., a student
at Dickinson College; Annie At., Leland E.,
and Edith AL, all at home; and one son not
named, died in infancy.
Robert Fulton Thompson, father of Mrs.
Rounsley, iioav liAung on the fann on which
his father settled, was a colonel in the Home
Guards fifty years ago, and is a descendant of
Robert Fulton, inventor of steamboats,
through a maternal ancestor, whose maiden
name was Nancy Fulton. Robert F. Thomp
son was born near Londonderry, Ireland. He
came to America with his widowed mother
Avhen seven years of age, settled first at Baskin-
ville, near Duncannon, Pa., and after reaching
manhood resided in AVatts township, on the
farm which bis son, Atrs. Rounsley's father,
now owns, where he died in the early forties.
His wife, Christiana (Howe) Thompson, is on
her father's side of English descent, and on her
mother's side of German descent, her grand
father, Henry Yingst, having been a native of
Germany.

ABRAHAA1 LONG, retired, Millerstown,
Peny county, Pa.
The great-grandfather of Abraham Long
came from France and settled in Lancaster
county, Pa., Avhere he engaged in farming.
Like most of his nationality, he sympathized
with the colonists in the Revolutionary strug
gle, and served as a soldier during the war.
David Long, grandfather of Abraham Long,
AA'as born in Lancaster county, Pa., where he
lived until he had a family, with which he re
moved to Perry county in 1814, and bought
the old Spahr farm in Greenwood toAvnship,
Avhere he resided until his death. He was suc
cessful in business, and came into the posses
sion of large tracts of land; he gave a farm
to each of his sons. His death occurred on
the homestead about 1858, at the age of about

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eighty years. He married Miss Catherine
Hershey, of Lancaster county, Pa., Avhose
death occuned previous to his own. Their
sons are: Christian, died in Liverpool town
ship, Perry county; Abraham; David, died in
Tuscarora township, Juniata county; and
Benjamin, died in Greenwood township.
Their daughters are: Catherine, married John
Ulsh, and died in Liverpool township, he re
moved to Indiana, married again and died
there; Nancy, married Simon Harter, and
both died in Ohio; Elizabeth, married Henry
Kauffman, and both died in Greenwood town
ship. Atr. Long was one of the organizers of
the United Brethren church, it having been
formed in his house, and he was an itinerant
minister in that denomination as long as he
was able to travel.
Abraham Long, Sr., father of Abraham
Long, was bom in Lancaster county in 1796,
and when eighteen years of age, came with his
parents to Peny county, where he married
Mary Kauffman, who was bom in Peny coun
ty in 1794. They settled on a part of the farm
which his father bought from Air. Spahr, and
resided there until his death in 1853. He
also owned another farm. He was an old line
Whig. His spiritual fellowship was with the
United Brethren church. His wife's death oc
curred five years before his. Their children
are: Elizabeth, died aged fourteen years; Da
vid G, married and reared two children, both
of whom are living, he died in 1855; and
Abraham, Jr.
Abraham Long, Jr., was born October 4,
1825, on the old homestead in Greenwood
township, Peny county, Pa., where he had
his residence until 1892. He then retired
from active business and took up bis residence
at Alillerstown. His education was received
in the common schools, but his assistance be
ing almost always needed on the farm, he bad
only limited opportunities for pursuing his
studies. He became a farmer and pursued
this occupation through life, succeeding to the
old homestead at the death of his father. On
November 13, 1851, he was manied to Miss
Catherine Kepner, born in Greenwood town
ship, daughter of David and Susanna Buser.
Their children are: Mary C.,' married Dr. J.
C. Oellig, and resides in Greencastle, Franklin
county, Pa.; Theodore K., graduate of the
Yale College Law School, now an attorney-at-
laAv, Chicago, 111., practiced for some years

Dakota, married Kate Carson, of Eau Claire,
Wis. ; Ida (Atrs. Adam Holman), resides on
the old homestead, has six children.
The Republican ticket has always had Mr.
Long's cordial support; he has served as direc
tor of the poor, and in several minor offices;
he is at this time president of the toAvn council.
As a member of the Presbyterian church, he
is active in religious and philanthropic work.
In personal appearance, Air. Long is very ven
erable, having white hair and whiskers. He
is genial and Avarm-hearted. Being a fluent
and agreeable talker, he is counted good com
pany, and is highly respected.
WILLIAM KIPP, justice of the peace,
Alillerstown, Perry county, Pa. Peter Kipp,
his grandfather was of Holland descent, and
was born in the State of New York. The rec
ords of the war department sIioav that he en
listed January 1, 1777, in the Continental
army, and served as sergeant in the Sixth
Company, Captain Fleming's Company, Sec
ond New York Artillery, that he first held the
rank of corporal, ancl that his name is on the
rolls until June 10, 1783. His brother Jacob
enlisted in the same regiment at the same date.
They Avere with the army at Valley Forge,
and Jacob was killed in the battle of the
Brandywine. At the close of the war, Peter
came to Bucks valley, Peny county, Pa., and
married Miss Margaret Einton, of that valley.
He was a tailor, and in accordance Avith the
custom of that time, plied his vocation as a
journeyman from house to house, carrying his
"goose" and other implements with him.
Later, he settled in Greenwood township,
Avhere he died about 1827. His wife Alarga
ret survived him, and died in Delaware town
ship, Juniata county, in 1840, having been a
pensioner as the AvidoAV of a Revolutionary
soldier. Air. Kipp was not a member of any
church. His children are: Peter, a farmer,
settled in Perry county, removed later to Ju
niata county, where he died; Isaac, a miller,
settled in Aiifflin county, Pa., and died in
Juniata county; William, wagon-maker, set
tled and died" at Alillerstown, Pa.; Jacob;
John, wagon-maker, settled in Centre county,
Pa., and later at Newport, Pa., where he died;
and Alargaret, married Atr. Parsons and set
tled in Bucks valley, where both died.
Jacob Kipp, father of William Kipp, was
inborn in Bucks valley, Perry county, Pa., Feb-

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ruary 6, 1806. He AA'as educated in subscrip
tion schools and ranked Avell in scholarship,
considering the slightness of the advantages
he enjoyed. For two tenns he Avas engaged in
teaching, but afterwards turned his attention
to mechanical pursuits, learning wagon-mak
ing with John Shull at Millerstown, Pa. Af
ter marriage, he removed to Milroy, Aiifflin
county, Pa., Avhere he followed his trade for
twelve years, and Avas for the ensuing three
years engaged in fanning. In 1851, he re
moved to Greemvood township, where he cul
tivated a farm for ten years, and then for five
years farmed in Tuscarora township. In 1866
he returned to GreeiiAVOod toAvnship and
bought the Daniel Kauffman farm, near
Wardville Postoffice, on which his father died,
and which he occupied until his own death,
Avhich occurred Alarch 10, 1896, at the age
of ninety years, his wife haA'ing died some
years previous. Air. Kipp was a Presbyterian,
and was an elder in that church for many
years. He served in several township offices.
He Avas of commanding appearance, being six
feet in height, well proportioned, and Aveigh
ing 200 pounds. He was intelligent and pro
gressive, and wielded much influence in the
community. His children are: Alargaret,
died young at Aiilroy, Pa.; AVilliam; Mary
E., married Samuel Beaver, a cousin of Gov
ernor Beaver, resides in LiArerpool toAvnship,
Perry county, Pa. ; J. Calvin, of AlillerstoAvn,
Pa.; James At., farmer on the old homestead;
Sarah Jane (Airs. J. Coler Peck), of Snyder
county, Pa.; and J. Harmon, farmer, of
GreenAvood township. •
William Kipp Avas born at Milroy, Aliffiin
county, Pa., August 12, 1836, where he at
tended the common schools and the academy
of which Rev. James Nourse Avas the princi
pal. He also continued his studies in the
night schools at Alillerstown, after the family
removed to that place. His love of books and
of study was always strong, and he diligently
improved every opportunity for acquiring in
formation. He remained at home until he
was twenty-six years of age, and in October,
1862, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred
and Seventy-third Pennsylvania Volunteers,
with the rank of corporal. The regiment Avas
ordered to Norfolk, Va., ancl Avas in camp
there some time. It was on the Avay to Get
tysburg when the battle ended, and was a part
of the force which followed General Lee in

his retreat from that great struggle. Air. Kipp
was discharged at Hanisburg, Pa., August 17
1863. Immediately upon his return he
rented a farm at Alillerstown, and was en
gaged in cultivating it for a year, when the
ore business revived, and he took contracts for
hauling and loading ore on boats and cars,
and followed this business until 1885.
On February 21, 1867, he married Miss F.
Eva Hirsh, of Alillerstown, who died July 6,
1879. Their children are: Sarah A. and
Alary B., both at home; Edith May and Wal
ter, both died young; Jessie, attending the
normal school at Shippensburg, Ba. ; and Lois,
at home. He married secondly, September
30, 1885, Elizabeth Y Clemens, of Chester
valley, Chester county, Pa., who died June
24, 1896, Avithout issue.
In 1878 Atr. Kipp was made justice of the
peace, and has continued in the office since
that time. His attention is given in part to
insurance and real estate, buying, selling and
settling estates he is also the agent of the
Reading Iron Company. In 1871, he bought
his present home, which he has since remod
eled and made a beautiful residence. Air.
Kipp is a staunch Republican; has held all
borough offices, and has been clerk of council
for the past fourteen years. Since he was
eighteen years of age he has been a member
of the Presbyterian church, and for thirty-five
years has held the office of elder; he has al
ways cherished the deepest interest in the Sun
day-school. He is a member of Lieutenant
Arnold Post, G. A. R., Newport, and has
filled the office of senior vice commander of
this Post. Mr. Kipp is of fine personal appear
ance, large build, six feet tall, with iron gray
beard. He is of genial manner, and kindly
disposition, and is popular and highly es
teemed.

A1ARTIN NOLL, saddler, Millerstown,
Peny county, Pa., son of Alichael and Lydia
(Shaffner) Noll, was born in Upper Paxton
toAvnship, Dauphin county, Pa., June 28,
1836. His grandfather, John Noll, was born
in Berks county, Pa., and emigrated after his
marriage to Upper Paxton toAvnship, where
he was engaged in farming, and Avhere he died
about 1850, aged eighty-one years. His son,
Michael Noll, was born and reared in that
township; his life-long occupation was farm
ing. His religious views were those of the

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United Brethren church, of which be was a
member. Before the war he was in the Demo
cratic party, but after that event he became a
Republican. His death occurred in 1884. He
manied Lydia Shaffner, of Upper Paxton
township, Dauphin county, Pa. Their chil
dren are: Henry, died in Ohio; Alartin; Su
san (Airs. John Bernheisel), of Greenwood
Park, Perry county, Pa., died in Perry county,
leaving tAvo children; Jonas, of Green Avood
Park, Pa., served in the Emergency Troops
of Pennsylvania; Aloses, died in Kansas,
served ten months as a private in Company
G, One Hundred and Thirty-third Pennsyl
vania Volunteers; Fanny (Mrs. AVilliam
Bernheisel), of Greenwood Park, Peny coun
ty, Pa.; Samuel, of Newport, Pa., was a cav
alryman with General Sherman's army in the
late war; Katy (Mrs. John Showers), of Kist
ler, Perry county, Pa.
Martin Noll removed from Dauphin county
to Greenwood township, Perry county, Pa.
His education was received in the public
schools, ancl at about seventeen years of age,
he learned saddlery at Millersburg. After
working at his trade at that place for a short
time and afterwards at Union Deposit, he
came, in 1859, to Millerstown and opened a
shop; in the following year received D. S.
Snyder as a partner, and the firm has contin
ued the business here ever since.
Mr. Noll enlisted, August 6, 1862, in Com
pany I, One Hundred and Thirty-third Penn
sylvania Volunteers, and went with the regi
ment immediately to the front. His first im
portant engagement with the enemy was at
the second battle of Fredericksburg, and the
next was ChancellorsviUe, in April, 1863. In
June, 1863, he was honorably discharged,
and immediately upon his return home re
sumed his business, which was at that time
very prosperous. Mr. Noll was reared and re
mained in the Democratic party until the war,
and then joined the Republican. Mr. Noll
is a member of the Methodist church; is a
member of Post 297, G. A. R.
Alartin Noll was married, December 27,
1860, to Atiss Jane E. Hoffman, of Millers
town, who died in March, 1885. Their chil
dren are: Emma E. (Mrs. Frederick Pillow),
of Houtzdale, Pa. ; Laura S. (Mrs. John Bran
son), of Philadelphia, Pa.; Charles H, at
home; Sally, at home; John S., telegraph
operator at Altoona, Pa.; Mary, died in 1888,

aged fifteen years; and Fanny, at home. Atr.
Noll is a member of the Alethodist church.
One of Air. Aoll's uncles attained the ven
erable age of ninety-one years.

JEROME BONAPARTE LAHR, shoe
maker and ex-sheriff, Alillerstown, Perry
county, Pa., son of George and Elizabeth
(Knouse) Lahr, was born in Liverpool, Perry
county, Pa., July 11, 1841. His grandfather
was an Englishman, and his grandmother was
of German descent. George Lahr Avas born in
Lancaster county, Pa. After his marriage
to Elizabeth Knouse, of Northumberland
county, Pa., he settled in Liverpool, Perry
county, where he died in August, 1842. Their
children are: Peter, of Harrisburg, Pa.,
served in the Sixteentfh Pennsylvania Cavalry
in the late Avar; Hannah (Atrs. Jacob Zeig
ler), died in Howe township, Perry county, in
1871; Louisa (Mrs. George Huggins), of Wil
liamsport, Pa.; and Jerome B. After Atr.
Lahr's death, Atrs. Lahr married Philip
Peters; they resided in Buffalo township,
Perry county, where she died in 1873.
Jerome Bonaparte Lahr enjoyed very
limited opportunities for securing an educa
tion, ten months in school being the only in
struction that he received. His father died
when be was thirteen months old, and he lived
with his grandfather, until he was six years
old; then his grandfather died, and at that
tender age he was left without a home. He
worked on a farm in Juniata county for two
years, then returned to Perry county where
he was employed at farm work until Octo
ber, 1856, when he became an apprentice to
Daniel P. Long, shoemaker, in Greemvood
toAvnship, Avith whom he served six months.
He then worked at Donn'allys Alills for Air.
Hufford, until June, 1862, when he Avent to
Lancaster and worked at his trade as a jour
neyman until the following August. From
Lancaster he went to Hanisburg, Pa., and en
listed as a private in Company I, One Hun
dred and Thirty-third Pennsylvania Volun
teers. At the battle of Fredericksburg, he
was wounded by a ball which passed through
the bridge of his nose; he was in the hospital
at Point Lookout for six weeks, after which
he rejoined his regiment at Camp Falmouth,
near Frederickstown, ATa. His next great bat
tle was at Ohancellorsville, and soon after,
about May 6, his term of enlistment expired,

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and he received an honorable discharge. Af
ter a short stay in Perry county, he went to
West Donegal township, Lancaster county,
where he worked on a farm for two months.
He then opened a shoe shop on his own ac
count in Pfoutz valley, and continued there
until August, 1864, at which date he enlisted
at Carlisle, Pa., in Company C, Ninth Penn-
sylvania Oavalry, and served until the close
of the war. He joined his regiment at Chat
tanooga, Tenn., and thence moved to Atlanta,
Ga., reaching that place a few days after its
'fall. The regiment Avas made part of Gen
eral Kilpatrick's division, was on picket duty
at Atlanta, and followed Sherman on the fa
mous march to tbe sea. They were in a hotly
contested engagement at Greenwood's Sta
tion, Avhen a number of men belonging to the
regiment were taken prisoners. They moved
next to MilledgevUle, Ga., then the capital of
the State, where they captured the town and
got possession of a large amount of Confed
erate money, of which each soldier obtained a
share. AVithin a few miles of Andersonville,
they were joined by thousands of the unfor
tunate Union troops who had been imprison
ed ancl reduced to starvation by the inhuman
and infamous commander of that slaughter
pen, and AArere now naught but living skele
tons, Avhose deplorable condition ancl mani
fest sufferings were appalling to the beholder.
At A~"aynesborough, they had a sharp fight
with the enemy, after which they moved to
Louisville, and a few clays after marched by
way of AVaynesborough to Savannah, where
they Avitnessed the capture of Fort McAllis
ter. They then proceeded northward by Avay
of Barnwell, S. G, Aiken, S. C, near Avhich
they fought another battle, Columbia, S. G,
where they were present at the burning of the
town, and Lancaster, S. G, into North Caro
lina; from Rockingham, N. G, they went
to the battle of Fayetteville, where there was
a fight, thence to AverytoWn, Avhere several
cavalry engagements took place, thence to
Bentonville, and in the battle at this place
occupied the extreme left; thence they
marched to Goldsboro, N. G, Avhere they
rested three weeks, and then went in pursuit
of Johnson at Durham's Station, where John
son surrendered, the regiment served as body
guard to General Sherman on that important
occasion. Mr. Lahr was discharged Atay 10,
1865, returned and resumed business at

Pfoutz valley, and continued there until
March 26,. 1867, when he bought property
and opened a shop at Millerstown. In the
following July, he occupied his present place,
where he has since enjoyed a prosperous trade.
He was burned out April 17, 1895, but at
once rebuilt and proceeded with his business.
Mr. Lahr is a Republican. In 1886, he was
elected sheriff, and served three years in that
office. Jerome B. Lahr was married, November
9, 1867, to Miss Frances Graham, of Millers
town, who died July 16, 1890, since which
date he has remained a widower. Their chil
dren are: Charles AA7"., of Millerstown, en
gaged in the postal sendee; Olara, manied
Dr. E. A. Afoore, of New Bloomfield, Pa.;
Dorff, a druggist at Millerstown; John, died
in infancy; and Jerome Banks, at home. Mr.
Lahr is a Presbyterian, in which church he
is an elder and superintendent of the Sunday-
school.

ISAIAH HUNTER, cabinet-maker and
undertaker, Millerstown, Perry county, Pa.,
son of Robert and Alary (Aturray) Hunter,
Avas born in Hunters valley, Perry county,
September 8, 1825. His grandfather, James
Hunter, was born in Ireland, of Scotch-Irish
parentage. He emigrated to America when
a young man, and settled in a valley in Perry
county, which is called Hunters valley to this
day. His business prospered well and he be
came the OAvner of several farms. There was
a peculiar halt or catch in his speech, Avhich
caused him to utter and repeat the letter "C
C C" several times before each sentence he
spoke, and from this peculiarity he was called
"G Jimmie" to distinguish him from the
many other James Hunters, one being desig
nated "Oxen" Jimmie, another "Long" Jim
mie, and another "Short" Jimmie, etc. They
were all Presbyterians in those days. He was
twice manied, and the maiden name of the
grandmother of Isaiah Hunter Avas Buchanan.
His children are: James; John; Robert;
Joseph; Samuel; AVilliam; Sally (Atrs. John
Elmaker); and Atrs. Thompson. His son,
Robert Hunter, was bom in Buffalo town
ship, Perrv county, Pa., in 1799. He was
reared a farmer and made farming his princi
pal occupation through life. He 'vns a Demo
crat. In the former part of his life he was a
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Lutheran. He married Alary Aturray, who
died some thirty years before him. When he
was advanced in years, the home farm in
Buffalo township was sold, and he made bis
home among his children. His death occurred
in 1888, at the home of his daughter, Jane
Shuler. The chUdren of Robert and Alary
Hunter are: Isaiah; Martha, widoAV of J.
B. Can, of New Florence, AArestmoreland
county, Pa.; Jane, married first .George
Wells, and second, Joseph Shuler, who died at
Liverpool, Pa., and his widow now resides at
Newport, Pa.; Maria (Mrs. Abraham Hort
ing), of Howe township, Perry county, Pa.;
James, a boatman, was drowned at Philadel
phia; Sally Ann (Airs. Samuel Reeves), of
Newport, Pa.; Robert, when last heard from
was in the coal regions; Johanna (Mrs. David
Shellenberger), of Chicago, 111. ; Amos, died at
Duncannon, Pa.; Lavina, manied first Wil
liam Agley, and secondly, Isaac Grubb, both
of whom died in Perry county; and Rachel,
died unmanied.
Isaac Hunter was a very industrious and
useful boy, and found time to attend the pub
lic schools three months each year. The mem
ory of many happy hours passed on the farm
still lingers with him, but none are more
fondly recalled than those spent in riding the
horses while they tramped out the wheat on
the barn floor, which was the process of
threshing grain in those days. At eighteen
years of age he became an apprentice to the
trade of cabinet-making with his maternal
uncle, Jacob E. Atunay, at Liverpool, with
whom he served three years, and then worked
tAvo years longer as a journeyman, after Avhich
he followed this occupation at several places.
After his marriage he resided in Liverpool
until the spring of 1867, then at Newport for
tAvo years, and then took up his residence at
Millerstown, where he has been since that
time. Mr. Hunter enlisted March 7, 1865, in the
United States Army, and was assigned to
Company K, Eighty-third Pennsylvania Vol
unteers, joining his regiment at Hatchers
Run. He was in line at several battles, and
was kept on heavy marches during the battle
of Five Forks, after which he was engaged
in guarding wagon trains until the close of
the war. He participated in the grand review
of the army at Washington, D. C, was mus
tered out at Arlington Heights, and paid off

at Harrisburg, Pa. After returning home,
he was employed for several seasons at his
trade, and was also engaged in constricting
canal boats and in building houses and barns.
For the past tAventy-eight years Air. Hunter
has combined the occupations of cabinet-mak
ing and undertaking. His party membership
is with the Democrats, and he strongly ad
vocates the free coinage of silver. He has
served as councilman and burgess one term,
and also as school director. He is a member
of Post 297, G. A. R. at Newport.
Isaiah Hunter Avas married September 29,
1853, to Catharine Foley, born November 30,
1826, in Liverpool, Perry county, Pa., daugh
ter of Alartin and Elizabeth (Keeny) Foley.
Their children are: James AL, died at Liver
pool, Pa., aged two and a half years; Robert
B., employed in the Pennsylvania Railroad
shops at Altoona, Pa.; John AV., employed
as gateman at the railroad depot, Altoona,
Pa.; George AL, was employed in the Penn
sylvania Railroad shops at Altoona, where he
died August 28, 1896; Harvey H, employed
in the Western Union Telegraph office at
Pittsburg, Pa. Isaiah Hunter is now a mem
ber of the Alethodist church; he was formerly
connected Avith the Reformed, and aftenvards
with the Lutheran church.

EA1AAHJEL TROUTMAA1 farmer, Alil
lerstown, Perry county, Pa., son of David and
Sarah (Alertz) Troutman, was born in Liver
pool township, Peny county, October 20,
1841. His grandfather, Peter Troutman,
was born and reared in Dauphin county, Pa.,
where he also spent his life and died. Isaac
Mertz, maternal grandfather of Emanuel
Troutman, was also a native of Dauphin
county. David Troutman was born in Dau
phin county, Pa., in 1798, where he grew to
manhood; after his marriage he sold his small
farm in Dauphin county, and bought a larger
one in Liverpool township, Peny county.
Here, beginning on a small scale and prac
ticing the virtues of industry and frugality,
he prospered, and accumulated a comfortable
property. This farm continued to be his res
idence until 1860, when he sold it to his two
sons, and removed to a farm in Greenwood
township, where he remained until his death
in 1870. His wife, Sarah (Alertz) Troutman,
was born in Dauphin county, Pa., in 1804,
¦and died in Greenwood toAvnship in 1876.

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Mr. Troutman was a Republican. He held
his church membership with the Lutherans.
His children are: Isaac, died in Greenwood
township; David, a farmer in Greenwood
township; Charles, a farmer in Peny county;
Phoebe (Mrs. Joseph Lebkicbler), of Liver
pool township; Katy (Airs. Henry A oil), oi
Carey, 0.; Sarah (Airs. Jeny Bare), died at
Newport, Pa.; Jacob, of Newport, Pa., re
tired; Henry, died at NeAvport, Pa.; Eman
uel; Susie (Atrs. Frank Buckwalter), died
at Mexico, Pa.; and Mary (Atrs. Lewis
Mitchell), of GreenAVood township.
The education of Emanuel Troutman was
begun in the schools of his native township,
and completed in Greenwood township. He
was reared on the farm, and made fanning his
occupation. He enlisted, September 9, 1864,
in the Union army, at Harrisburg, Pa., was
assigned to Company I, Two Hundred and
Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and at once
proceeded with his regiment to Virginia, go
ing into camp at City Point, near the Ap
pomattox river. The first battle in which he
was engaged was at Fort Steadman and the
next was in front of Petersburg, Va. He was
honorably discharged at Harrisburg, Pa.,
June 12, 1865, and reached home June 16,
when he resumed farming, and remained at
home until his marriage. He then made his
home on the farm which he now occupies,
which comprises 255 acres, which he farmed
on shares for eight years. At the end of this
period the farm came into his possession,
partly by purchase, and partly by inheritance,
from his father. On this farm he has made
substantial and extensive mrprovements, re
modeling and enlarging the dwelling and in
creasing the fertility of the soil. In addition
to his farm he purchased from the Brandt
heirs a farm of 250 acres, adjoining his ovra.
Mr. Troutman is an advocate of Republican
principles. He is at present supervisor of
roads, and it is to his credit that the high
ways of his district are always found in firm
condition. Emanuel Troutman was married Decem
ber 12, 1865, to Atiss Linda E. Aumiller, born
at Selinsgrove, Snyder county, Pa., March
14, 1841, daughter of Benjamin and Mary
Detrich. Aliss Aumiller became a teacher at
the age of fourteen, and taught school six
years. Their children are: Alary Emma
(Airs. AAllliam Beaver), of Academia, Ju

niata county; John David, at home; Jesse
Franklin, a school teacher in Greemvood town
ship, a graduate of Lock Haven State Normal
School; Sara A., at home; Emmett Theodore,
aged eighteen years, attending school. The
roll of the Lutheran church at Liverpool con
tains Air. Troutman's name, and for years he
has served that congregation very acceptably
as deacon.

WILLIAM JEFFERSON HARTER,
farmer, Millerstown, Beny county, Pa., son
of Joel and Elizabeth (Baker) Harter, was
born in Greenwood township, Perry county,
January 22, 1844. His great-great-grandfa
ther, Frederick Harter, was of German de
scent. At a Arery early day he took up large
tracts of land in Pfoutz and Perry valleys,
where he lived after the most primitive style
of tbe pioneers, maintaining himself by hunt
ing and living as best he could until farms
could be made out of the wilderness. The
name of the great-grandfather of William J.
Harter, is not known. His grandfather,
Frederick Harter (2), was born in Peny
county, Pa., where he was reared and always
continued a farmer. After his marriage he
resided in Greenwood township, where he
reared a family. His chUdren are: Simon,
died at East Salem, Juniata county, had chil
dren, a number of whom married and re
moved west; Joel, father of William J.;
Catherine, married Daniel Frye, a fanner,
who died in Juniata county, Pa., and after
his death she married Jacob Smith in Perry
county, and removed to Juniata county,
Avhere she died; Barbara, manied David Long,
who. died in Greenwood township, and she
died at the home of her daughter at Harris
burg, Pa. After the death of Frederick Har
ter (2),, his widow married Mr. Frye, and the
children born to this union are : Lydia, mar
ried Mr. Frye, who had the same name as her
self but was not related; Susan, married Atr.
AtcQuillan, who had previously been married
to her half-sister, the second daughter of
Frederick Harter.
Joel Harter, father of William J. Harter,
was born in Cumberland county, now Perry
county, in 1794. He learned masonry, and
followed that business until the latter part of
his life, when- he engaged in fanning. In
1841, he bought the farm on which his son,
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built the house which his son occupies as his
residence. Here he died in 1870, and is in
terred in St. Michael's cemetery in Green
wood township. He married Elizabeth Baker,
born in America, who died in 1881, aged
seventy-six years. Mr. Harter was a Demo
crat, and served in several township offices.
He was a member of the Dunkard church.
His children besides William J. are: Caleb
North, a merchant at Covington, Fountain
county, Ind., married Annie Wertz; Jesse
M., married first Miss Kimports and resided
in Indiana county, Pa., and secondly, Emma
Patchen, a native of Indiana county; Absa
lom B., a retired merchant, married Mary
Buckwalter, and resides in Indiana county,
Pa.; Oatherine (Mrs. Harry Long), of Green
wood township; Mary, deceased, wife of
Abram O'Brien, who was a soldier in the late
war, and was killed in battle near Richmond,
Va.; Frederick, died aged thirty-five years;
Lydia, married Joseph Hesser, removed to
Iowa, where they both died; Joel, died un
manied; Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles Sly), of
Andersonville, Pa.; and Samuel B., went to
Indiana county, Pa., and thence to Ohio,
where he married, removed later to Colorado,
and now resides there.
William Jefferson Harter was reared on
the farm and attended the schools of his native
township. Naturally, he fell into agricul
tural pursuits, but of late years has worked
at carpentry. He remained at home until his
marriage, and then settled on the homestead,
which he bought at the administrator's sale,
and on which he has made many great im
provements. In politics, Mr. Harter is ac
tive and prominent as a worker in the Demo
cratic ranks, and has served in township offi
ces, as supervisor, tax collector and assessor.
In the winter of 1861-62 he was engaged in
teaming for the government, hauling supplies
for the city of AA^ashington, in which service
he often suffered great hardships. Mr. Har
ter was married March 5, 1874, and when on
his wedding trip had the misfortune to lose
his trunk, and to get in exchange the trunk
of an old Irish woman, which upon being
opened displayed a lot of dried frait and some
infant's clothing. The children of Mr. and
Atrs. Harter are: Pearl Viola (Atrs. Otis B.
Ward), of Greemvood toAvnship; Leona May,
at home; and Jessie Belle, at home.

GEORGE E. BEAVER, farmer, Alillers
town, Perry county, Pa., was bom in Liver
pool township, Perry county, Pa., September
24, 1843, and is a son of George and Maria C.
(Long) Beaver. George Beaver, great-great
grandfather of George E. Beaver, emigrated
from Germany in 1740 and settled in Ches
ter county, Pa. He participated in the Indian
wars and fought in the Revolutionary war
under Gen. Anthony AVavne. His occupa
tion was that of fanning. His children were:
George; Jacob; Abraham; Hannah (Atrs.
Rosenberger), of Lebanon county, Pa.;
Houdeter and Benjamin, both killed in the
Revolutionary war. George Beaver, great
grandfather of George E. Beaver, was bom
Alay 1, 1755, in Chester county, and removed
to Franklin county, settling at Keefers
church, near Strasburg, where he died. He
married Catharine (or Barbara) Keefer, and
their children were: Peter; Alary (Mrs.
Gudekuntz); Samuel, died in South America;
Hannah, also married a Mr. Gudekuntz;
Betsey (Mrs. Edwards) ; Peggy, who was also
Mrs. Gudekuntz; George, died in Shippens
burg, Pa., in 1868; Sarah (Mrs. Delaney);
David; and three daughters whose names are
not known.
Rev. Peter Beaver, grandfather of George
E., was born December 25, 1782, in Lebanon
county. He Avas ordained in 1809 at Elkton,
Aid., by Bishop Asbury, of the Alethodist
Episcopal church. For many years he
preached in both the English and Gennan
languages, so that all in his congregation
might be equally benefited. He was also en
gaged in mercantile pursuits in Pfoutz val
ley, where he died August 25, 1849; his
wife, who was Elizabeth Gilbert, having died
before him. Their children were: George;
Samuel, born in 1804, married Ataria Leh
man and died March 20, 1834; Jacob, mar
ried Eliza Adams, engaged in mercantile
business at Millerstown, Pa., and died in
1840, aged thirty-five; Jesse, born Alarch 8,
1811, manied Mary Ann Schwartz and died
December 9, 1892; Thomas, bom AArvember
16, 1814, and died in Danville Alay 16, 1891;
Peter, born June 28, 1816, manied first Miss
Simonton, and then Mrs. Elliott, and died
June 13, 1890; Sarah (Mrs. Aaron Nevins),
born November 25, 1808, and died in Ohio,
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ary 1, 1818; Catharine, born June 25, 1819,
widow of Rev. Archibald Greenlee; Mary,
born November 22, 1820, widow of Henry
Miller; Elmira, bom May 9, 1839, died De
cember 13, 1859; Amanda and Lydia, both
deceased. George Beaver, father of George E., was
born in Lebanon county, September 24,
1802, but soon removed to Peny county. Af
ter receiving an education in the public schools
he learned the trade of tanner at Stumpstown,
in his native county, and then conducted bus
iness in Pfoutz valley, Perry county. In
1830, he purchased the farm now the home
of his son, Samuel, and continued to devote
his energies to its cultivation until his death,
December 31, 1878. One year before his
death, he also bought the farm on which his
son, George E., now resides; both places had,
about 1800, been owned by John Long, grand
father of Atrs. Beaver. Mr. Beaver was a
Democrat until 1854, belonged to the Know-
Nothing party during its brief existence, and
then became a Republican. In company with
several others, he at one time conducted an
independent Democratic journal which after
wards became the Republican People's Advo
cate and Press. Mr. Beaver served efficiently
in the State legislature, being elected in
1841; he also served as county commissioner
in 1883-34. He was married April 15, 1827,
to Maria G, daughter of Jonathan Long.
Their children were: Mary Ann, deceased;
Elizabeth (Mrs. George M. Brubaker), de
ceased; Samuel L. ; Sarah Catharine, de
ceased; Sophia (Mrs. D. M. Rickabaugh);
Peter, deceased; George E. ; and Ellen Jane
(Mrs. Uriah Shuman), deceased. Mr. Beaver
was a very influential citizen, because of his
sound judgment and integrity. He was a
supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church,
of which -his wife was a consistent member.
Mr. Beaver's lot, in his boyhood, was that
of the majority of farmer boy3, busy days of
farm work in the summer, and a few months
of study in the common schools in the winter.
In addition to this schooling, it was his good
fortune to enjoy for a time more extended
tuition in the Bloomfield Academy. These
means of education were diligently employed,
and other sources of information Avas found in
the few good books and periodicals Avhich
fell into his hands. Being quick and observ
ant, he read many useful lessons in the books

of nature and of human nature, and in his
training on the farm he was every year pre
paring for the work of life. He reached man
hood Avith a fair amount of intelligence, and
with habits of industry and familiarity with
practical affairs, which made it safe to pre
dict for him a good degree of success. Ac
cording to his view two people are better and
stronger than one, and hence he early sought.
marriage with one who would be a genuine
helpmeet in his coming battle with the world;
this helper he found in the person of Miss
Elizabeth Sieber, to whom he was united in
maniage, January 18, 1870. Fortunately
for the young people, there was room and em
ployment ready for them on the farm of his
father, and there they lived prosperously for
nine years. By the exercise of a wise econ
omy, they accumulated a fund which added
to the means received from Mr. Beaver's
father, enabled them to purchase a good
piece of land, on which is the home where he
now lives. Buildings were lacking, but in
dustry, perseverance and prudent management
have supplied this lack, and they now have a
farm and a home, furnished with necessaries,
conveniences and comforts, adequate to their
wishes and tastes. They have also been
blessed with a family of bright children,
whose names are : Margaret, at home; James
S., manied Katie Gayman, and resides in
Greenwood township; Mary (Mrs. William
Kearns), of Mifflin county; Katherine, at
home; Charles E., at home; and George G.
ABRAHAM CAUFFMAN, retired far
mer, Nekoda, Perry county, Pa., son of Henry
and Elizabeth (Long) Cauffman, was born
January 21, 1822. The family name was ori
ginally spelled Kauffman; the ancestors were
from Switzerland. Peter Cauffman, grand
father of Abraham Cauffman, was a native of
Germany, and with his two brothers emigrat
ed to America. One of his brothers settled in
Lancaster county, Pa., and the other in Ohio.
Peter Cauffman came to Perry, then a part
of Cumberland county, took up 300 acres of
land, became a very successful and thrifty
farmer, and died here about 1836. He mar
ried Alary or Elizabeth Fistle, a small but en
ergetic and active woman, who died before
her husband. Their children are: Michael;
John; Joseph; Peter; Henry; Solomon; Mrs.
Long; and Catherine, who died in girlhood.

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Henry Oauffman, father of Abraham Cauff
man, was bom on the farm now owned by
Mr. Barner in Liverpool township, Perry
county, Pa., August 14, 1796. He obtained
a fair education, partly in the schools of his
locality, but in great measure through read
ing. He had a love for good books, and Avas
very fond of reading aloud. He read the
German Bible through five times, and the
English Bible seven times. It was his custom
to have family worship every morning, he was
a warm hearted and devout Christian man.
In all business transactions he was prompt
and exact, and his word was as good as his
bond. In person he was about five feet ten
inches in height, and of stout frame. After
Henry Cauffman's maniage, he bought the
farm his son Abraham now owns, ancl first oc
cupied an old log house on the place for six or
seven years, after which he built a stone house
in which he resided until his death, in June,
1875. He was a staunch Democrat, and
served as supervisor. He married Elizabeth
Long, who died about 1830, when their son,
Abraham Oauffman, Avas a mere boy. The
children by this maniage are: Sarah, died
in girlhood; Abraham; Eliza, married
Thomas Shellenberger, died in Perry county,
and her husband died near Steelton, Pa. ;
Catherine, died in childhood; Benjamin, mar
ried Rebecca Stewart, of Indiana county, Pa.,
and lived first in Perry county, afterwards in
Indiana county, and then again in Perry
county, where Mrs. Rebecca Cauffman died;
Benjamin then married Alary Ann Aleredith,
and they removed to Kansas, and thence to
Oregon, where they now reside. Henry
Cauffman married secondly Elizabeth Dun-
myer, from the vicinity of McVeytown, Pa.
She was born in March, 1800, and died Alay
17, 1871, without issue.
Abraham Cauffman was born on the home
stead, in the old house which was built many
¦years ago. He had limited opportunities for
securing an education, since he was the only
boy at home and was sometimes helping to
do the winter threshing when other boys were
in school. On this account he received dur
ing some winters only two weeks' schooling.
Nor were the teachers always competent. His
first teacher was Ann Watts, who afterwards
became a preacher. Mr. Porter was also for
a time his instructor. When fourteen or fif
teen years of age Abraham Cauffman ob

tained a good set of text books in various
branches, and was often after working hours
engaged until far into the night in studying.
He also took up surveying and by independent
study, made himself proficient in this useful
science. For many years he remained with
his father, and was engaged in farming. In
1866, in partnership with his brother Ben
jamin, he opened a store at Nekoda, Green
wood township, where the postoffice was es
tablished through his instrumentality In
1874 or '75 the store was sold, and he went
back to his farm, and about that time erected
the buildings on his present farm, which con
tains about 210 acres. In 1885, he bought his
brother's farm of ninety acres; he also owns
180 acres of cleared land in Liverpool town
ship, Peny county. Abraham Cauffman was
married December 29, 1870, to Miss Alary
House, of Mahantango valley, Juniata county,
Pa. She was born August 14, 1848, and is
a daughter of Ephraim and Elizabeth Cather
ine House. Three of the children died in in
fancy, unnamed. Their other children are:
Ella Atay, at home, was a pupil at Annville
College, and later at the State Normal School
at Millersville, Pa.; and Annie Elizabeth, at
home. They have also an adopted daughter,
Emma Jane, now Mrs. Cloyd Ulsh.
In local politics Mr. Cauffman is an inde
pendent voter, but on national and State is
sues votes with the Democratic party; he has
never sought office. He was for many years
a member of the United Brethren church, but
later became connected with the Evangelical
church, in which he has served in all offices.

LOUIS H. ZEIGLER, farmer, Alillers
town, Perry county, Pa., son of Daniel and
Alary (Keiser) Zeigler, was born in Liverpool
township, Perry county, November 13, 1858.
Daniel Zeigler was bom near Atarklesville,
Peny county, Pa., December 25, 1816. At
the age of six months he was left by the death
of his father to the sole care of his widoAyed
mother. There is no information concerning
bis early years, but the character developed
by him shows clearly enough that his mother's
care and training were faithful and judicious.
When he was twelve years of age, his mother
manied Atr. Huff ord, a shoemaker, Avith whom
Daniel Avorked for some time, and acquired
a knowledge of the trade, but as soon as he
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he abandoned the bench and shop, and in con
nection with his brothers, secured a contract
for chopping and began work on 'his own ac
count. The scene of their labors was some
where west of Duncannon, and the wood was
designed for the Mbntabello Furnace, being
cut and delivered in the winter. The brothers
kept bachelors' hall in a log house, built and
furnished in primitive style, with a chimney
built on the outside and occupying almost the
whole of 'one end of the cabin, which with its
large open flue furnished all the ventilation
needed ; their beds were of straw covered with
a blanket. There was laborious occupation
here, and slender means of comfort, but gen
uine contentment and happiness were not
Avanting, 'and a review of life fails to show
any happier days than these passed in the old
log hut in the woods. In the course of several
years the contract was fulfilled, the timber
camp Avas deserted, and Mr. Zeigler found
occupation at Duncannon with Isaac Keiser,
who kept a hotel, in connection with which he
cultivated a small farm. Mr. Zeigler's part
was to manage the farm, and at times also to
attend tbe bar in tbe hotel. The hotel was
well patronized by the employees of the Dun
cannon Iron Works, and Avas the scene of
much conviviality, and it was not strange
that sometimes the hilarious proceedings
passed the bounds of propriety. While in
Duncannon, tbe Clarks Ferry dam was con
structed, on Avhich Air. Zeigler found em
ployment, first as a hand, and later as a boss,
his employees having discerned in him the ca
pacity and sober habits which qualified fiim
for the position. As tbe result of his five
years' stay at Duncannon he accumulated five
hundred dollars. The next business venture
of Air. Zeigler was the purchase and occupancy
of a large tract of heavily Avooded land in
Susquehanna township, Juniata county, Pa.,
from Avhich he cleared the timber, converting
it into railroad ties, lumber and cord wood,
•the sale of Avhich netted him a handsome
profit. He also improved the golden days of
canal boating, by owning a boat of his own,
with which he realized large returns for the
transportation of freight. After the timber
was cut, the land Avas sold, and Mr. Zeigler
removed to Liverpool toAvnship, Peny county,
taking with him about seven thousand dollars,
the fraits of his judicious investment, Avise
management ancl frugal habits. Here for

only a short time he was the tenant of Chris
tian Leiter, on the farm now owned by Isaac
AVitmer; but being desirous of possessing a
fertile farm of his own, he was induced by
the urgent representations of the late John
Holman, Esq., to buy the John Ulsh farm,
two and a half miles west of Liverpool, which
Avas then on the market, and on which he spent
the remainder of his life. This proved a for
tunate investment, for although it adjoined
the farm on which lie was living, he had not
even noticed its good points until his friend
urged him to make the purchase. Under his
judicious management the capabilities of the
farm were speedily developed, and here the
foundation of his fortune were so securely
laid that no panic in the business world could
shake them.
The Democratic party of which Mr. Zeigler
was an active and prominent adherent hon
ored him and itself, by making him candidate
for the associate judgeship and his neighbors
manifested their confidence in his probity and
intelligence, by electing him repeatedly, dur
ing the course of twenty years, to the respon
sible position of justice of the peace.
Mr. Zeigler was first married to Mary,
daughter of Isaac Keiser, who died in 1859;
their children are: Elizabeth (Atrs. George
Martin), of McAlisterville, Pa. ; Isaac K., re
sides on the old home in Pfoutz valley, Pa.;
Emma, married first Emanuel Lebkieher, and
resided on his father's farm two and a half
miles east of Liverpool, where he died, after
which she married Joseph L. Kline, and they
now reside at Academia, Pa.; Mary Ellen,
died in infancy; E. D., resides in Missouri;
and Louis IL, the youngest of the family re
sides in Pfoutz valley, near Alillerstown,
Pa. Air. Zeigler passed peacefully to his
final reAvard February 19, 1894, aged sev
enty-seven. At tbe time of his death his
family consisted of five children, nine grand
children and five great-grandchildren. His
funeral Avas an impressive event, attended by
a large concourse of the best citizens of Perry
ancl Juniata counties, all of whom had been
his finn and life-long friends, and Avho desired
to pay the last tribute to one whom they rec
ognized as possessing every attribute of hon
orable manhood. Alany men have been more
Avidely known, but few have been more
highly esteemed in their immediate circle than
was Air. Zeigler. His business methods were

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characterized by unspotted righteousness, and
not one dollar of his fortune was acquired
through injustice or oppression. Having to
struggle in early life he learned the value of
judicious help, and was always ready to aid
those who were hindered by poverty. His
good name and his fragrant memory are a
richer heritage bequeathed to his descendants
than the great estate which he left them.
The birthplace of Louis H. Zeigler was the
Lighter farm, now owned by Isaac Witmer.
AVhen he was a year old, his parents removed
to the neighborhood of the Lebicher school
house, where he received his primary educa
tion, after which he enjoyed the advantages of
a select school. He was reared on the farm,
and lived with his father until March, 1882,
when he left home for a tour, being desirous
of seeing other sections of the country. He
visited different parts of Indiana, Iowa and
Kansas. After spending eighteen months in
travel he returned home and resumed ' work
with his father; after his marriage, he resided
on one of his father's farms, near Mexico, Ju
niata county, Pa. In the spring of 1890, he
removed to a farm in Perry valley, purchased
from Samuel Beaver, the father of his first
wife. This farm he sold in the spring of 1889,
when he took up his residence on his present
farm, known as the Robert Cochran farm,
which he has greatly improved, and on which
he now has a model home; he has one of the
finest farms and residences in the county.
Mr. Zeigler inherits the political views of his
honored father, and is a staunch Democrat.
His life and conduct have been such as to se
cure to him the good will and esteem of the
community, and he is recognized as one of the
progressive and prosperous men of the town
ship. Louis H. Zeigler was first manied October
27, 1887, to Laura, daughter of Samuel Bea
ver, who died June 14, 1890; they had one
child, Lola, who died in infancy. Mr. Zeigler
was married again October 10, 1894, to Jen
nie, daughter of Francis and Susanna (Trout
man) Bookwalter, of the vicinity of Mexico,
Juniata county, Pa. ; their children are : one
daughter, deceased, and one son living, born
February 28, 1897, Owen Paul. Mrs. Zeig-
ler's mother died December 12, 1886; her
father is still living.

JAMES LEWIS GILFILEN:, deceased,
was a prominent " farmer near Millerstown,

Perry county, Pa. James Gilfilen, his grand
father, was bom in Ireland and emigrated to
America with his brother, who settled in east-
em Pennsylvania, while James settled in
Greenwood township, Perry county, Pa., and
there he was engaged in farming until his
death. His son, Louis Gilfilen, father of
James Lewis, was born in Greenwood town
ship. He was reared a farmer, and made farm
ing his life occupation, in which he was pros
perous, and accumulated much property, be
ing the owner of three of the best farms in
Peny county, all of which became the inher
itance of his granddaughter, H. Jennie Gil
filen. He was a prominent and influential
man, and was highly esteemed. His death oc-
cuned in April, 1892, in the eightieth year
of his age. Air. Gilfilen manied Phanna
Ulsh, who was reared and died in Pfoutz val
ley, and their children are: William H, died
young; James Lewis; and Alary Emma, died
young. His wife was a devout Christian wo
man, and a member of the Church of God,
but he was not connected with any church or
ganization. James Lewis Gilfilen was born in Green
wood township, Perry county, Pa., in De
cember, 1844. His boyhood was passed on
the farm; he attended the common schools,
and also select schools. After his marriage
be resided on his father's farm, and gave much
attention to agricultural pursuits. For nearly
two years he was in mercantile business in
Millerstown, Pa., and his death occuned in
1873, while thus engaged. In political mat
ters, Mr. Gilfilen acted with the Republican
party. His religious faith and fellowship Avere
with the Presbyterian, and in that church he
maintained a consistent membership.
In 1869 Air. Gilfilen was manied to Miss
Mary M. Jones, daughter of William J. and
Susan B. (Milford) Jones. They had two
children: Helen Mary, who died in infancy;
and H. Jennie, who is now at home.
WILLIAA1 HAMILTON FITZGER
ALD, deceased, was a farmer and miller, _ of
Millerstown, Perry county, Pa. John Fitz
gerald, his great-great-grandfather, came from
the north of Ireland, his ancestors having been
driven from Scotland by religious persecution.
When a young man, he emigrated to America
and took up land in Tuscarora valley, Spruce
Hill township, Juniata county, where he en
gaged in agricultural pursuits, and where he

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died. No biographical data concerning the
great-grandfather of AVilliam H. Fitzgerald,
are at hand, but John Fitzgerald, his grand
father, was born near Blain, Peny county,
Pa. He married Miss Nelson, and they re
moA'ed to Ohio, where he died. Their children
are: John, removed when a young man to
Alabama; William, married Miss Innis, of
Juniata county, removed to near Logansport,
Ind.; James; Mary, lived to old age, and died
unmanied; Margaret, deceased, manied Mr.
Wallace, who died in Juniata county; Nancy
also married a Mr. Wallace, and resided in Ju
niata county, where they both died. After
the death of John Fitzgerald in Ohio, his
widow and her family returned to their old
neighborhood, near Blain, Pa., where she
married Mr. Lemon, and where she died. She
had one child by her second marriage, Susan
na, deceased.
James Fitzgerald, father of William H.
.Fitzgerald, was born near Blain, Perry
county, Ba., in 1803, and accompanied his
parents to Ohio, the journey being made in
Avagons. Here he engaged in fanning. He
married Miss Rachel Grey, and they settled
in Spruce HUl township, Juniata county, Pa.,
on a fann his wife inherited from her father,
and which was first occupied and cultivated by
her grandfather, who was one of the first set
tlers in Tuscarora valley. On this farm Mr.
Fitzgerald died in 1883; his wife died a short
time before him in the same year. Their chil
dren are: John, manied Atahala Randolph,
resides in Juniata county; WUUam H. ; James,
of Spruce Hill township, Juniata county, Pa.,
was a soldier in the late war; Samuel, married
Almira Cross, of York county, Pa., is a min-
ittcr in the United Presbyterian church, and
lives in Philadelphia, Pa.
AAllliam Hamilton Fitzgerald was born in
Spruce Hill township, Juniata county, Pa.,
Feb/iuny ;>, 1S35, where he had his home until
his marriage in 1873. His education was ob
tained in tbe common schools and at Tusca
rora Academy, after which he taught school
for several terms. lie was reared as a farmer
boy. In October. 1862, be enlisted at Har
risburg, Pa., in Com] >any F, One Hundred
and Seventy-first Pennsylvania Volunteers,
and at once proceeded with the regiment to
the front. The first battle in which he par
ticipated was at White Oak River, North
Carolina, in 1863; he Avas also in the latter

part of the battle of Gettysburg, Pa. In Oc
tober, 1863, he was honorably discharged
from the service, on the account of the expi
ration of his term of enlistment, after which
he immediately returned and took charge of
the farm while his brother James went into
the army. In 1873, William Fitzgerald and
his wife took possession of the farm, which the
latter inherited. It contains 100 acres of
land, on which there is a good grist-mill. Hav
ing learned milling, he managed both farm
and mill, with good success. W. Fitzgerald
Avas married in 1873 to Martha Hart, of
Greenwood township, Perry county, Pa. She
was born in Tuscarora valley, Juniata county,
and came with her parents to Perry county
when she was three weeks old, where she has
had her home ever since. She is the daughter
of Joseph and Sarah Irvin. One child of Mr.
and Mrs. Fitzgerald's is living: Sarah Flor
ence, wife of J. J. Mars, of Boston, Mass.,
who completed her studies at Irving College
in 1893.
Mr. Fitzgerald was a Democrat and an in
defatigable worker for the success of his party.
He was defeated for director of the poor in
1895, by only a small majority. He filled
the office of school director for twelve years,
was also auditor and assessor. The United
Presbyterian church at Thompsontown, Pa.,
bears his name on its roll of members. He
was known as a thorough gentleman in every
respect. His friends were legion. He pos
sessed a soldierly bearing, standing six feet
high, and weighing two hundred pounds. His
grey beard and moustache gave him a schol
arly appearance. He rendered valuable as
sistance to those in distress, and was ever
ready to help any charitable undertaking.
His kindness of heart and gentlemanly quali
ties won for him a warm place in the hearts of
his fellow men. One of his favorite studies
was astronomy. He was thoroughly versed
in Biblical lore. As a soldier in the late war,
he served with much bravery, and his comrades
left behind tell of the many good deeds he
performed towards the sick and wounded on
the field of battle.

PETER LAUVER, farmer, Millerstown,
Perry county, Pa., was born in McAlisterville,
Juniata county, Pa., July 19, 1826, and is a
son of Henry and Nancy (Auker) Lauver.
His grandfather, Michael Lauver, traces his

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lineage back to Germany, from which country
his immediate progenitors came, and settled
in Virginia. From this State be removed to
the location now occupied by Evendale, Ju
niata county, Pa., Avhere he engaged in farm
ing. His son, Henry Lauver, was born in Ju
niata county, and was brought up on the farm.
He learned blacksmithing when a young man,
and made this his principal occupation. Af
ter his marriage he resided at Liverpool, Peny
county, and worked at his trade for some time ;
he then moved to McAlisterville, Pa., where he
conducted a shop until 1831. In that year,
he came to Greenwood township, where he
bought and farmed the Terry property,
and in the same year he erected the house
which his son Peter now occupies, and in
which Henry Lauver spent the remainder of
his life, dying in 1879. He was a Republi
can. His church membership was with the
Atennonites, and he was widely known and
highly esteemed for his many virtues. He
manied Nancy Auker, whose death occured
in the 70's, and they are both interred in the
Auker cemetery in Pfoutz valley. Their
children are: Catherine, married Joseph
Brubaker, and both died in Snyder county,
Pa. ; Annie, married first, Robert Gilfilen, and
secondly, Enoch Eby, and they reside in Kan
sas; Margaret, married Jacob Smith, and both
died in Juniata county, Pa.; Peter; John,
married Susan Hoffman, and resides in Mont
gomery county, O.; Henry, manied Han
nah Landis, and in 1879 removed to Kansas,
where he still resides; and Frances, died
young. Peter Lauver was five years of age when
his parents removed to the farm he now occu
pies in Greenwood township, Perry county,
Pa. For three months of each year, public
schools were maintained in this township, and
in these schools he received his first instruc
tion in books. But as there were many busy
weeks even during the winter months when
farm jobs demanded all the force the family
could muster, he was sometimes kept from at
tendance upon the brief annual session. The
most important of these winter jobs was the
threshing of the grain, which before the intro
duction of machinery, when it was all done by
the trampling of horses or the stroke of flails
on the barn floor, was a protracted process ; in
certain parts of the work it gave employment
to even the youngest boy on the farm. At

the age of nineteen years all Peter Lauver's
schooling was over, and he was regularly em
ployed on the farm. After his marriage, he
took up housekeeping with his father, and af
ter his father's death in 1879, succeeded to the
old homestead, which consisted of 176 acres,
on which he now lives in the house built in
1831. His political views accorded with those
of the Republican party, and he was repeated
ly called to fill township offices. He was a
member of the German Brethren congrega
tion at Lost Creek, Juniata county, Ba. His
genial countenance and cordial manner were
the outer manifestations of his benevolent
heart. In 1864, Mr. Lauver was married to Su
sanna Keagle, of Liverpool township, daugh
ter of Frederick Keagle, who died in 1888.
She was a devout Christian woman, perform
ing faithfully and in a most loving spirit, all
the duties of her varied relationship in life.
She was a member of the German Brethren
congregation. Their children are: Louisa
(Airs. Isaac Bunows), of Juniata county, Pa. ;
Maggie (Airs. Charles Emerson), resides near
Chicago, 111.; Milton, married Sarah Long, is
a farmer in Juniata county, Pa.; Maurice,
died aged twenty-one years; Emma (Mrs.
Stalesmith), resides in Alercer county, Pa.;
Laura; Lewis, married and resides at Spring
field, 0.; Alina (Atrs. Joseph Gist), resides at
Enid, Okh; and Cloyd, died aged two and a
half years.
The life of Mr. Lauver has been one of
earnest and persistent effort, prosecuted from
early life with industry, perseverance and ad
herence to right principles. His lack of ad
vantages at the outset has given him warm
sympathy with the young Avho are similarly
placed, and have made him willing to assist
all in his power. The loss of his estimable
wife caat a shadow upon his way and left him
many hours of loneliness. Nearly all his chil
dren have gone to homes in various parts of
the country, but his son Alilton remains and
cultivates the farm.

LEONARD K. ULSH, farmer, Alillers
town, Perry county, Pa., son of Joseph and
Susanna (Kline) Ulsh, Avas born in Liverpool
township, Peny county, Alay 6, 1830. His
grandfather, Henry Ulsh, came from Germany
Avhen a young man, and settled in Liverpool
toAvnship, the country at that time being in

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its primitive state and occupied by the forest,
the Indians and the wild beasts; here he built
his cabin and attacked these enemies in true
pioneer style, cutting down the forests, driv
ing away the Indians, and slaying the wild
beasts. His son, Joseph Ulsh, was born in
Liverpool township, January 13, 1804. He
was reared on the farm and educated in the
common schools, and for two terms was en
gaged in teaching. At forty-five years of age,
he met with business reverses and lost his
property. In order to retrieve his fallen for
tunes, he accompanied his sons to California
in 1851, and having seen them settled in a
promising mine, returned to his home, after
one year's absence. The search for gold by
his sons soon proving successful, they were
able to send him money for the purchase of a
farm, where he spent the remainder of his
life, his death occuning January 8, 1888. He
first married Susanna Kline, who died in
1838; his children by this marriage are:
Alary Ann; Reuben, married Alargaret Mil
ler, and resides in California; Leonard K. ;
and John W., married Susan Rickabaugh, de
ceased. Mr. Ulsh manied secondly Elizabeth
Bow; his third wife was Elizabeth Pfoutz; to
neither of these maniages was there any is
sue. Leonard K. Ulsh received some instruction
in the common schools, but he and his brothers
were frequently employed on the farm ancl in
the saw-mill, and some of the time usually em
ployed in attending school was occupied with
Avork. He remained on the farm until Feb
raary, 1851, when his father ancl his two
brothers, John W. and Reuben went in search
of gold to California. They sailed from New
York on the United States mail steamship,
Ohio, reached Aspimvall, and proceeded up the
Jaguars river to Archipelago, where Joseph
Ulsh was made captain of the mule train
which transported the baggage of the 600 pas
sengers to Panama, and made the trip mount
ed on the back of one of the mules. The boys
were obliged to make the journey on foot,
starting early in the morning, traveling hard
all day, and reaching Panama in the evening,
almost exhausted by the walk. They also met
with startling adventures and narroAV escapes
on the way. At Havana, a toAvn on the
route, they Avere ordered to halt by the native
soldiers, and, disregarding the order Avere
fired upon, but happily escaped, no one being

hit. At Panama they took the steamer "Isth
mus of Panama" and reached San Francisco
in forty-two days from the time they left New
York. They proceeded thence by water to
Stockton, and thence by teams to tbe South
ern Alines; here fifteen of the party hired
a team of four mules, with which they cov
ered the distance of twenty-two miles to
Daily's Halfway House, and from there pro
ceeded on a two days' journey to Murphy's
Camp, where they pitched their tents, and on
the second day afterwards began digging for
gold. They occupied their tents for a short
time, but the father and sons built a log
cabin, which was considered the most com
fortable habitation at Murphy's Camp.
Joseph Ulsh having returned home the next
year, the sons remained and worked the mines
for four years, meeting Avith enviable success,
and sending home amounts sufficient to pur
chase two farms.
1 As a respite from their exhausting work in
the mines, they frequently went out on hunt
ing expeditions to a region nineteen miles
distant from the camp, where deer abounded.
On one of these expeditions, Leonard K. Ulsh
and Joe Sheffler, of Louisville, Pa., met Avith
a thrilling adventure. They had been* a short
time separated when Mr. Ulsh heard his com
rade calling lustily for help, and hurrying to
the spot Avith all possible haste, found him in
a life and death struggle with a monster buck.
He at once proceeded to render all the assist
ance in his power, but fearing to shoot lest he
might hit Joe instead of the buck, he gaA^e the
animal several thrusts with his bowie knife
with apparently no results save that of increas
ing its rage, and his friend's peril. At length,
seeing no other way of rescuing his comrade
ancl securing the game, he seized the buck by
the horns, and in this way took the place of his
comrade in the fierce struggle with the beast,
which they finally despatched by cutting his
throat. By this time darkness had overtaken
them, and they could find their way back to
camp only by firing a gun, and listening for
a return shot from their companions in camp.
Fortunately, the gun in reply was soon heard,
ancl they got back Avith their fine trophy, in
due time and in fine shape. Atr. Ulsh killed
eight deer on this trip, but his brother, J. AV.,
came in ahead of him on the honor list, hav
ing nine to his credit.
On Friday, February 16, 1855, they took

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passage on the steamer "Golden Age" at San
Francisco, and reached New York in twenty-
four days, the time across the isthmus being
shortened by the completion of the railroad,
from four weeks to four days, and they
reached home March 28. Air. Ulsh resumed
farming on one of the places purchased with
the money they had sent home from the mines;
after marriage, he went to housekeeping on
this place, where he also opened a store, and
conducted it for six years.
Leonard K. Ulsh was married February 16,
1857, to Caroline Rickabaugh, of Juniata
county, Pa. Their children are: Emma C.
(Mrs. W. W. Dimm), of Juniata county, Pa.;
Willis W., married Aliss Cox, and resides in
Altoona, Pa.; Joseph E., manied Maggie
Oauffman, and resides in Altoona, Pa.; Levi
R., married Emma Zearny, and resides in
Greenwood township; Alberta; Harvey L. ;
and Oharies; the last three at home. Their
deceased children are: Ida Alay; Minnie
Alice; and Jay At. ; all died young. Mr. Ulsh
is prominent in local politics, and is a Dem
ocrat. He has been president of the school
board for fourteen or fifteen years. He is a
member of the Lutheran church.

SAMUEL L. BEAVER, farmer, Millers
town, Berry county, Ba., son of George and
Maria G (Long) Beaver, was born March 2,
1831. The history of his ancestors is found
in this volume in connection with the sketch
of Atr. George Beaver, of Greenwood town
ship. The birthplace of Samuel L. Beaver was
an old log house on the farm he now owns,
which is" the old Beaver homestead. AVhen
he was fifteen years, be helped to carry the
brick for the house in which he now lives.
He attended the common schools, held for
three months in the winter season, but his
schooling was sometimes shortened by his be
ing called upon to do extra work on the farm,
and during busy seasons bis assistance in the
farm work was given constantly. He contin
ued at home until he was twenty-one years of
age, when he became a clerk in tbe store of his
brother-in-law, at Millersburg, Dauphin
county, Ba. His tastes naturally inclined
him to mercantile business and he might per
haps have found his life occupation in that
fine; but at the end of seven months spent in
the store, i!he bay harvest came Avith its ur

gent demand for additional help on the farm,
and his father sent for him to come home.
His return proved to be the determining move
of his life, for he never again left the farm,
but continued with his father, and took charge
of the farming operations until he was thirty-
one years old.
_ This brought him to the important event of
his maniage, which occuned June 12, 1862,
when he Avas united to Miss Alary E. Kipp,
born at Aiilroy, Mifflin county, October 14,
1838, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Har
mon) Kipp. After their maniage Mr. Bea
ver conducted their old home farm for three
years; he then bought a farm of 100 acres in
Perry valley, which he cultivated for twelve
years; he then returned and purchased and
occupied the old homestead, taking care of
his parents as long as they lived. Atr. Bea
ver is a staunch and true Republican; he has
served acceptably as school director and as
county auditor. Formerly, he was connected
with the Alethodist church, but is now a mem
ber of the United Brethren church, and has
ahvays contributed generously to the cause of
benevolence and religion. During the Avar he
was drafted for service, but after medical ex
amination at Carlisle, Pa., was rejected. His
children are: Thomas K., manied Fanny
Seiber, of AlcAlisterville, Avas born January
8, 1864, Avas first a fanner and is now a mer
chant at Academia, Juniata county, Pa.;
AAllliam A., born Atay 5, 1865, married
Emma Troutman, of Greenwood township,
Perry county, Pa., and is noAV a farmer at
Academia, Pa.; Laura (Atrs. Lewis Zeigler),
born November 22, 1866', is deceased; George
E., born June 10, 1868, at home; Jennie,
born Alay 25, 1871, died in infancy; Samuel
G., born August 6, 1873, is a clerk in his
brother's store at Academia, Pa. ; Bessie, born
August 1, 1875, died in infancy; Afary Ella,
born November 2, 1877, at home; Lizzie,
born December 1, 1880, at home; Alinnie G,
born August 8, 1884, at home.
JOATATHAN WERT, shoemaker and far
mer, MillerstoAvn, Perry county, Pa., son of
John and Elizabeth (Aliller) Wert, was born
on the old homestead near Alillersburg, Dau
phin county, Pa., September 23, 1814. John
Wert (1), his great-grandfather, was born and
reared at AVurtemberg, Germany. After his
maniage, he emigrated to America, settling

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first in Lancaster countv, Pa., and later re
moving to Lykens valley, Daupfiin county,
Pa., wfiere, surrounded by Indians, he built
his house in the woods, under a big white oak
tree, and there passed the remainder of his
life. He accumulated a large amount of
property, and reared nine sons and two daugh
ters. Ills son, John Wert (2), Avas born, it
is supposed, in Lancaster county, and re
moved with his parents to Lykens valley. He
was a soldier in the war of the Revolution,
after 'which he settled on one of his father's
farms in Lykens valley. As the result of the
hardships and exposure he endured in tbe
army, he died comparatively early, being
about forty years old. His family consisted
of two sons and five daughters. The sons are :
John; Adam, married at Carlisle, Pa., where
he had a store and a tavern, removed to Aiiff
lin county, Pa., where he kept a tavern for
some time, after which he engaged in the
grain business at Massillon, 0. The daughters
of John AVert (2), are: Eve (Mrs. John
Neatter), she and her husband died; 
(Airs. John Fetterhoff), resided with her hus
band near Halifax, Dauphin county, Pa.,
where both died; Catherine (Mrs. John Sny
der), settled and died south of Berrysburg,
Dauphin county, Pa.; Christiana, died un
married; Elizabeth (Mrs. John Yeagle), set
tled near Benysburg, Dauphin county, Ba.,
removing to the State of New York, and there
died. John Wert (3), father of Jonathan Wert,
was born on one of his grandfather's farms,
adjoining the old homestead, and situated in
the Lykens valley about three miles from Mil
lersburg, in 1784. His opportunities for se
curing an education were not abundant, but
such as they were, he diligently improved
them, and having much natural talent, he
prepared himself for usefulness, and was for
several years a teacher. But he was chiefly
interested in agriculture, and when, as he ap
proached his majority, his grandfather died,
he took the farm at its appraisement. He en
listed in the war of 1812, and was stationed
for six weeks at Baltimore. His death oc
curred in 1859, his wife surviving him nine
years. He manied Elizabeth Miller, a na
tive of Dauphin county, Avhose father came
from Germany. She Avas born in 1786 and
died aged eighty-tAvo. Their children are:
Simon, married a lady of Lebanon, Ba., and

settled at AliUersburg, Pa.; Eli, married
Sarah Weaver, and occupied his father's
farm, where he died in 1895, and where his
widow now resides; Alary, died aged forty
years, unmarried; Jonathan; Joseph, mar
ried at Indianapolis, Ind., a lady from Phila
delphia, Pa., and both are deceased; Josiah,
manied a native of Northumberland county,
Pa., where they now reside; Susanna (Mrs.
George Shaffer), of Georgetown, Pa.; Amos,
married in Pottsville, Pa., and moved to Phil
adelphia, where he now resL.es; Rebecca, mar
ried first Mr. Martin, and second, Mr. Yeag-
ley, now deceased, and resides at Georgeto . n,
Pa.; John B., removed to Massillon, married
and resides there, his wife being deceased.
John Wert (3), Avas prominent and active in
the Democratic party, and was justice of the
peace for several years. In religious views
and felloAvship he was a Lutheran.
The education of Jonathan Wert was car
ried on in the German subscription schools,
and he could speak no English until he was
twenty-two years of age. Much of his in-
fonnation was obtained by reading useful
books after he reached manhood. When he
was seventeen years of age, he began an ap
prenticeship with Henry Lebo, shoemaker,
near AliUersburg, Pa, serving two years, and
afterwards worked at this trade. At twenty-
two years of age, he went to Massillon, 0.,
making the journey from Lykens valley to
Bucyrus, 0., on foot, carrying his kit of tools
with him, and being accompanied by cousins,
John and Henry Wert. During a two years'
stay in Ohio, be was able to save one hun
dred dollars. The return journey was begun
on foot, but on the way be fell in with an
aged couple who Avere making Ue journey by
team, and they offered him a ride. This he
gladly accepted, accompanied them to heir
home near Pittsburg, Pa., and remained with
them until the old man died. After reach
ing home, Atr. Wert was for a year ancl a half
engaged in farming, after which he came to
Perry county, Pa., and bought twenty-six and
a half acres of land in Perry valley, Green
wood township, where he opened a shop.
This tract he sold after a time, and bought
and sold several places, until finally he set
tled on his present place of fifty-three acres,
Avhich was then in the woods. Atr. AArert is an
independent A'oter with leanings toward the
Prohibition party.

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In 1840, Jonathan Wert married Miss
Catherine Derrick, born in Northumberland
county, Pa., and reared in Perry county, Pa.,
Avho died December 3, 1863, and by whom
his children are: Joseph Henry, Greenwood
township; George W., Greenwood township;
Benjamin I1'., South Bend, Ind.; Mary E.
(Airs. John Bitting), Greemvood township;
John A'., of A'e-w Cumberland, Pa.; William
A., died young; Sarah Jane, died aged nine
teen; Jonathan R., of Greenwood township;
Catherine, died young; David E., of Marys
ville, Pa.; and Samuel T., died young. In
1864, Mr. Wert was manied the second time
to Atiss Catherine Pines, born in Perry val
ley, December 31, 1838. Their children are:
Amos AL, resides in Colorado; Rebecca E.,died
young; Alice B. (Atrs. Aaron Aloyer), of Al
toona, Pa.; Susanna Viola (Mrs. James Sny
der), of Greenwood townsnip; Martin Lu
ther, resides in Iowa; Cora, married Lewis
Sturdevant, a barber, born at Liverpool, Pa.,
June 15, 1873; Simon Lewis, at home; and
Jesse Moody, died young. Mr. Wert is a
member of the Lutheran church. In personal
appearance he is dignified and -venerable, hav
ing white hair and a white flowing beard.

GEORGE WASHINGTON WERT, far
mer, Millerstown, Perry county, Pa., was born
in Greenwood township, Perry county, March
28, 1843. His education was received in the
common schools. At the age of eight years,
he went from his home to earn his own living,
and for a number of years was in the employ
of George Ulsh doing chores on the farm, and
in the winter attending school, his compensa
tion being his board and clothing, excepting
for the last two years, during which he was
paid three dollars per month in addition.
For the next two years he worked for Isaac
Lenkard for eight dollars per month, after
which he came home and worked on the farm
for his father until September, 1861, when
he enlisted in the United States military ser
vice at Duncannon, Pa., being assigned to
Company A, Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer
Cavalry, First Brigade, Third Cavalry Divi
sion. The company was commanded by Capt.
Griffith Jones, who was later promoted and
his place filled by Capt. Charles A. Appel,
who being also promoted, his place was taken
by Capt, John Boal, killed Alarch 16, 1865,
at Averysboro, N. C. Captain Boal's place

was filled by Capt. William M. Better, who
was wounded at Ready ville, Tenn., September
6, 1864. At Carters Station, Mr. Wert was
struck by a ball; and again at Cripple Creek,
a ball having passed through his captain's arm,
struck Mr. Wert in the right hand. His next
wound was received at Griswold Station; a
minnie ball entered his left leg near the hip,
and passing downward, lodged in his leg and
still remains. This wound Avas received in a
hand to hand encounter with a rebel soldier,
who thrust a revolver into Mr. Wert's face
and called on him to sunencler, but seeing, as
he looked directly into the muzzle of the re
volver, that it contained only one ball, Mr.
Wert resolved to risk all and make a desperate
fight. He quickly raised his hand and struck
the revolver just as the shot went off; and the
ball entered his leg as described. Then he
wheeled his horse and made a dash for liberty
through the rebels who had come in between
him and his regiment, and as he spurred his
horse to utmost speed, received from the
rebels a volley of bullets, nine of which
pierced his overcoat, and one scaned his back.
After reaching his regiment his colonel asked
him where he was wounded; he did not want
to tell, as they were about to make an assault
on the rebels, and he wanted to take part and
secure revenge for his wounds. But his col
onel, seeing that Mr. AArert was faint from loss
of blood, sent him back to the field hospital,
Avhere he lay for one day, and was taken thence
in an ambulance, with the army, to Savannah,
Ga., there he lay in a rice house for two days,
whence he was conveyed to Beaufort, S. G,
lay there for two weeks, and was then taken to
Davies Island, New York Harbor, where for
two months he was under the care of Dr. De
Witt, called by the soldiers "Dr. Witless."
In April, 1865, he was released from the hos
pital, rejoined his regiment at Lexington, N.
C, and remained with it until he was mus
tered out of the service, at this point, in July,
1865. He received an honorable discharge
at Harrisburg, Ba.
At Greenwald Station, one of the regiment,
William Cauffman, having had his right leg
shot off, was lying on the field, almost perish
ing for water, and begged his comrade, John
Fritz, to get, him a drink; but as the nearest
place for obtaining the cooling beverage
was a point within tbe rebel lines, Fritz
refused to go for it, saying be would

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not risk his life for a drink of water
for anybody. Cauffman then said, "If
AVert were here he would go through h — 1
to do it for -me," and Wert, overhearing the
remark, and determined not to fall below the
estimate of his comrade for courage and self-
sacrifice, forthwith dashed into the rebel
camp, snatched a bucket of water and two
tin cups from a table, and returned to his com
rade with the refreshing draught. Such deeds
of unselfish heroism were not infrequent dur
ing the memorable days of conflict. Mr. Wert
had a wide and well sustained reputation
among his comrades as a practical joker, and
they tell many stories of his mirth-provoking
proceedings. One such incident is the fol
lowing: on an occasion when he was detailed
to aid in harnessing and hitching up a mule
train, one of the mules was very refractory,
unmanageable and even vicious. AVhen Mr.
AVert was proceeding to put the harness on
this animal, he reared on his hind legs and
placed his forelegs on Wert's shoulders, one
on each. AVert instantly caught the mule's
hoofs, one in each band, and resolutely and
firmly held the animal in this position until
his comrades had buckled on the harness.
Upon reaching home at the close of the war
Mr. Wert resumed work on the farm, and
cleared seven acres for his father, with whom
he remained for three years. In the fall of
1868, he was thrown under a team and was
severely kicked in the breast and shoulders by
a horse. In the spring of 1867, after his mar
riage, he settled on the farm he now owns,
resided there three years, then removed to
Reading, Pa., and lived there two years, dur
ing which time he Avas engaged in general
work. His next removal was back to his
farm; there he remained until 1876, and then
returned to Reading, where he was employed
in railroad business for several years. In
Alarch, 1877, he met with the painful acci
dent of having his two fingers mashed be
tween couplers, and in July, 1878, he had his
right heel crashed in the same way. On Feb
ruary 25, 1879, he was struck by a locomo
tive ancl thrown under moving cars, thus be
ing disabled for twenty-six days. At Womels-
dorf, Pa., September 2, 1879, he had three
fingers crushed while coupling cars, ancl on
account of this accident lost one week's time.
At Lebanon, Pa., on February 25, 1882, his
leg was crushed under the wheels of a Penn

sylvania Railroad stock car, and this laid him
up for four months. On March 17, 1883, Mr.
Wert returned to the farm which he bought
from his father two years before. In the fall
of 1886, while threshing at the home of his
father, he was struck on the cheek by a piece
of casting and received a painful wound.
While he was splitting rails, Friday, January
28, 1887, the axe rebounded with great force
and struck him above the eye. While haul
ing lumber February 16, 1887, the wagon
overturned badly breaking both of his wrists.
Only a wonderfully strong constitution and
remarkable vitality coupled with the splendid
pluck of Mr. Wert have sustained him under
these injuries and secured his recovery. He
holds membership in the Duncannon Post G.
A. R.
Mr. , Wert takes an active part in politics,
and is one of the hard workers of his party.
He served as tax collector in 1885. Many ac
cidents, reverses and disappointments have
fallen to his lot, but his successes and good
fortunes have been more numerous and uni
form, and he is perennially jovial, and kindly,
enjoying his own blessings and delighting in
the Avelfare of his friends; he is therefore pop
ular and highly esteemed.
In the spring of 1867, Atr. Wert was mar
ried in Greemvood toAvnship, to Anna M.
RoAve, born in Lancaster county, Pa., Sep
tember 14, 1848, daughter of Henry and
Anna Mary (Clark) Rowe. The parents of
Mrs. Wert were natives of Lancaster county,
Pa. In 1864, Mr. Rowe and family removed
to Juniata county, Pa., and in the following
year to Pfoutz valley, where their daughter
Avas married in 1867, after Avhich her parents
removed to Berks county, Ba., and there died.
The following is the list of battles partici
pated in by Air. Wert: Tompkinsville, Ky.,
July 19, 1862; Paris, Ky., July 29, 1862;
Richmond, Ky., September 2, 1862; Berry-
ville, Ky., October 8, 1862; Oarter's raid into
Tennessee, twenty-one days; Franklin, Tenn.,
Alarch 4, 1862; Thompsons Station, Tenn.,
March 4 and 5, 1862; Spring Hill, Tenn.,
Alarch 10, 1863; Brentwood, Tenn., March
,25, 1863; Franklin, Tenn., April 10, 1863;
Harpeth Creek, Tenn., June 4, 1863; Triune,
Tenn., June' 11, 1863; Rover, Tenn., June
24, 1863; Middletown, Tenn., June 25, 1863;
Shelbyville, Tenn.; La Fayette, Ga. ; Chick-
amauga, Tenn., September 19, 20, 21, 1863;

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New Market, Ala., October 6, 1863; Dan-
dridge, Tenn., December 24, 1863; Mossy
Creek, Tenn., December 26, 27 and 29, 1863;
Dandridge, Tenn., January 16, 1864; Se-
vierville, Tenn., January 26, 1864; Fair
Garden, Tenn., January 27, 1864; Ready-
ville, Tenn., September 6,. 1864; Lovejoy
Station, Ga., November 16, 1864; Macon,
Ga., November 20, 1864; and Griswold Sta
tion, Ga., November 22, 1864.

WILLIS W. CAUFFA1AN, farmer, Re
ward, Perry county, Pa., son of Wesley M.
and Barbara (Hoffman) Cauffman, was born
in Greenwood township, Perry county, No
vember 9, 1860. His grandfather, Daniel
Cauffman, was a native of Pfoutz valley, and
a grandson, on the maternal side, of tbe Atr.
Miller, who founded Millersburg, Dauphin
county, Pa. He was reared on the farm, and
made farming his occupation. After his mar
riage to Sophia Long, he settled on the farm
on which his son, Wesley M., was born, and
died there in 1844, aged thirty-seven years,
having been a prominent and influential man.
His children are : Josiah, manied Mrs. Stein-
metz, and settled in Bureau county, 111.,
where she now resides, a widow; Mariah, died
aged eighteen years ; Wesley AL ; Cyrus, mar
ried in Illinois, and lives in Bureau county, in
that State; John, died in infancy; Sarah
J. (Mrs. Ard Brant), died in Raccoon valley,
Perry county, Pa. Wesley AL Cauffman,
father of Willis W. Cauffman, was born on the
old homestead in Greenwood township, Febru
ary 2, 1833. His education was received in-
the common schools, and being possessed of
good natural ability and a taste for good read
ing, he became a well-informed man. His
proficiency in the art of spelling was unusual ;
in all spelling contests in that region he in
variably came out first in accuracy. He was
chiefly occupied throughout life with farming,
but he had much native mechanical skill, eas
ily learning the use of all tools, and was
usually his own carpenter and shoemaker.
He remained at home with his mother, his
father having died when he was eleven years
old, and the other children having married
and removed to the west. His mother was a
prudent and practical business woman, and
they lived together very comfortably and
prosperously. In due time, he brought his
bride to the old home, and for eight years car

ried on the farm for his mother. In 1865,
he settled on a farm which he had bought in
the previous year, the same which his son,
Willis AV., now owns and occupies. His
mother remained on the old farm for a few
years, after which she sold it, and visited her
children in the west, in turns, making her
home with each one for a time, and journey
ing to and from the west as she felt inclined.
Finally she was taken sick, and after a short
illness, died at tbe home of her son, Josiah,
in Bureau county, 111. Atr. Cauffman was
engaged in agricultural pursuits up to the
time of bis death, which occuned Atay 23,
1871. He Avas a strong, muscular man but
was short in stature, standing only five feet,
five and a fialf inches. In political matters
Air. Cauffman was prominent and active, as
a member of the Republican party. He was
of a firm and determined disposition, and was
eminently honest and upright. He had many
friends and won and held the respect and es
teem of all. His wife was Barbara Hoffman,
now living with her daughter, Airs. Sheesley.
Their children are: Clara (Airs. Sheesley),
Susquehanna toAvnship, Perry county, Pa.;
Alary J. (Atrs. Elbert fiufferd), Green county,
la; Willis VI; and Ada B. (Mrs. William
Hebel), Buffalo toAvnship, Perry county, Pa.
Air. Cauffman was an honored member of the
Alethodist church.
The old homestead on which Willis AA7".
Cauffman was born, was the farm now OAvned
by James Kipp, in Pfoutz valley, Greemvood
township, fie spent his early youth on the
farm, and being the only boy, bis services were
in great demand, leaving him only a limited
portion of time for schooling. But he wisely
improved his opportunities, and obtained the
best education the schools of the locality af
forded. At eleven years of age, he was left
to the care of his widoAved mother, from
which time he bought and paid for all his own
clothing. For four summer seasons he hired
out for work, three seasons with Air. Derrick-
son and one with his grandfather, Samuel
Hoffman, returning each Avinter to work with
his mother and attend school. He was frugal,
and saved money, which he used to buy stock
for his mother's farm. In the spring of 1877,
when he was seventeen years of age, he began
farming for himself, and being full of energy
and courage, he determined to succeed. That
spring, he took his father's farm, which he

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managed independently, but received "many
valuable suggestions from his kind neighbor,
Samuel L. Beaver. The farm continued un
der his management until April 18, 1888, at
which date he bought it from the heirs of his
father's estate. It consists of eighty-seven
acres, sixty-four of which are cleared, and
greatly improved. Air. Cauffman is wide
awake and intelligent, and keeps himself well-
informed on current topics, by carefully read
ing the best papers and periodicals of the
times. His special interest centers in political
matters, and as a member of the Republican
party he is prominent and active. For one
term of three years he served as school direc
tor, and has always demonstrated his belief in
liberal education.
Willis W. Cauffman was married, January
15, 1891, to Sarah A., daughter of Lewis and
Alary (Troutman) Mitchell, of -Greenwood
township, who by her many womanly excel
lencies has materially aided him in his suc
cessful and prosperous career. Their children
are: Wesley M., born April 12, 1892; Lewis
M., bom May 30, 1893; AVilbur Harold,
born March 28, 1895 ; and Leslie Gerard, born
March 24, 1897. Mr. Cauffman is a member
of the Alethodist church at Liverpool, Pa., and
liberal in support of that organization and of
every beneficial public enterprise.

HENRY B. DERICKSON, farmer, Alil
lerstown, Perry county, Pa., son of David and
Elizabeth (Wagner) Derickson, was born No
vember 29, 1838. His grandfather, William
Derickson, born March 26, 1779, was drowned
while boating on the Susquehanna river,
April 25, 1805. He married Jane Buchanan,
who was born April 12, 1775, and died Feb
ruary 17, 1853. Their son, David Derickson,
was born in Buffalo township, Perry county,
Pa., August 4, 1803. He was left to the care
of his widowed mother when not yet two years
old, by the sad accident that terminated his
father's life. He received as good an educa
tion as could be obtained in the schools of that
period, and learned the trade of tinsmith at
Milton, Pa., where he afterwards worked sev
eral years as journeyman. After his marriage,
he bought fifty acres of wood land in Green
wood township, and cleared a space upon it
large enough for the site of a log house. There
in summer he grubbed and cleared and
farmed, and in winter taught school, keeping

up these varied occupations for thirty-one
years. His death occuned January 1, 1884,
at the age of eighty years, four months and
twenty-seven days. He was a very worthy
and peaceable man, and was highly esteemed,
never making an enemy. David Derickson
was married in Liverpool township, October
1, 1832, by Rev. Byron E. Collins, pastor of
tbe Reformed church, to Mrs. Elizabeth
(Wagner) Hetrick, widow of John Hetrick,
and daughter of John and Elizabeth Wagner,
who was born in Liverpool township, Perry
county, Pa., May 15, 1802, and died July 13,
1858, in her fifty-sixth year. Their children
are: an infant, born August 20, 1834, died
unnamed; Afary (Mrs. Jacob Troutman),
born May 23, 1836, resides in Newport, Pa.;
Henry B. ; and William W., manied Alice
Earnest, resides at Harrisburg, Pa.
The house in which Henry B. Derickson
was born is the one in which he now lives,
and which was built in the year of bis birth.
He was educated in the common schools,
which he attended in the winter season until
he was fourteen years of age. His father was
engaged in teaching school, and he was kept
at home to do the work on the farm. He con
tinued on the farm for about seven years, and
until he Avas of age, when his mother died, and
his father broke up housekeeping. The next
summer he spent in the employ of George
Ulsh, from whom he received as wages ten
dollars per month and his board. In the fall
of the same year, he went to work for Samuel
Grubb, of Greemvood township, with whom
he remained four years, and succeeded in sav
ing most of his money, which he put out at
interest. After his marriage, he went to
farming in Greenwood township with his half-
brother, J. C. Hetrick. At the end of three
years he had cleared fifteen hundred dollars,
Avith which he bought the old homestead; he
has made substantial improvements upon it.
Mr. Derickson voted the Republican ticket
for twenty years, but has supported the Prohi
bition ticket for several years past, and has
served as supervisor for two terms. He is a
consistent member of the United Brethren
church, and is a trustee of his congregation.
Henry B. Derickson wa"s married first Au
gust 4, 1862, to Sarah Jane, daughter of
Henry A. and Abbie (Moretz) Grubb, of
Greenwood toAAmship. Avho died Atay 27, 1875,
and by whom he had six children: Mary E.

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(Mrs. John W. Furtney), born June 19,
1863, resides at Farmer City, 111.; David M.,
born January 29, 1865, married Maggie Barr,
of Germantown, O., is a farmer, near Gales-
burg, lib; Lincoln PL, born April 17, 1866,
married Etta Barr, resided first at Farmer
City, 111., lives now at Trenton, O. ; Edward
E., bom December 25, 1868, married Mary
E. Shaffer, of Greenwood township, resides at
Farmer City, 111. ; Clara May, manied May
6, 1871, to AViley Smutz, and resides at Dan
ville, 111.; and John Holman, born April 18,
1875, at home. Mr. Derickson was married
the second time, November 4, 1875, to Miss
Lizzie N. Hoffman, born in Greenwood town
ship, Perry county, Pa., November 22, 1840,
daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Good)
Hoffman. She received a good common
school education in Greenwood township, af
terwards attended the academy at New Buffalo
and then the academy at New Bloomfield, af
ter which she studied for four terms at Mil
lersville State Normal School. She then
taught school in Lancaster county, Pa., and
then for five years in Dayton, O., after which
she remained at home until her marriage. The
only child of Mr. and Mrs. Derickson is
Samuel Hoffman, bbrn April 9, 1879, attend
ing school at Newport, Pa.
John Hoffman, grandfather of Mrs. Derick
son, was born in Germany and emigrated to
the United States in his early boyhood. He
resided in Greenwood township, Pfoutz val
ley, was a minister in the United Brethren
church, and as the custom of those primitive
times was, he traveled around the circuit on
horseback. His first wife was Magdalene
Lembert, by whom he had twelve children;
she died in Greenwood township. Three of
their children settled in Perry county. They
are: Henry, manied Catherine Swartz, both
are deceased; Samuel, father of Mrs. Derick
son; Magdalene, married Ulrich Rumbaugh,
both are deceased. Mr. Hoffman manied sec
ondly Susanna Long, in Greenwood township;
they had three children. She died, aged sev
enty-two years, in Ohio, whither he removed
in 1838. He lived to be seventy-two years
of age.
Samuel Hoffman, father of Mrs. Derickson,
was born October 30, 1811. He was educated
in subscription schools and reared on the farm.
After his marriage he bought and occupied his
father's farm, on which he died, January 25,

1879. Honesty and uprightness characterized
all his business transactions; he was genuinely
benevolent, and very considerate of all in
want, kindly relieving their needs, and in all
bis social relations he manifested an amiable
and kind disposition. In his religious views
he inclined toward the United Brethren
church. His death resulted from heart dis
ease, and occurred suddenly while he was driv
ing from home in a sleigh with his wife. The
mother of Mrs. Derickson was born March 9,
1815, daughter of Christian and Barbara
(Groh) Good, of Lykens valley, Dauphin
county, Pa. She was a kind mother and a
devout Christian woman, maintaining her
membership in the United Brethren church.
Her death occuned at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Derickson, September 9, 1893. The
children of Air. and Mrs. Hoffman are : Bar
bara (Mrs. Wesley At. Cauffman), born July
25, 1835; Susanna (Atrs. John Lauver), born
January 23, 1837, resides in Montgomery
county, 0.; Kate A., born January 23, 1838,
died February 23, 1884; Henry M., born
April 23, 1839, manied Susanna Long, re
sides at West Baltimore, O.; Mrs. Derickson;
John, born July 15, 1843, died young; Ma
ria, died aged two years; Rachel (Mrs. B. C.
Wakefield), born April 2, 1845, resides at Chi
cago, 111. ; Bhenie S. (Mrs. J. At. Acker), born
May 7, 1846, died in Dauphin county, Pa.;
Lewis J., bom March 29, 1848, married Alary
Thomas, resides at Poast Town, 0. ; and Sam
uel G., born September 18, 1853, died aged
five years. Mrs. Derickson is a lady of fine
natural endowments, and is highly educated
and cultured. She is of affable manner and
easy bearing, and in every word and deed dis
plays a heart full of the most kindly senti
ments. In conversation, she has the advan
tage of a very retentive memory, and the com
mand of a large and varied vocabulary.

G. FRED NIPPLE, farmer, of Greenwood
township, postoffice Millerstown, Perry coun
ty, Pa. Frederick Nipple, his grandfather, is
supposed to have been of either Irish or Eng
lish descent. He removed with his wife and
family from one of the lower counties of Penn
sylvania to Greenwood township, Perry coun
ty, Pa. He was accidentally killed by a rail
road train, while crossing the track above New
port. His wife survived him some years.
Their children are: Tillie, married Mr. Keim,

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who is deceased, and she has her home with
her daughter, near Newport, Pa.; Narcissa,
also married a Mr. Keim, and now lives, a
widow, at Newport, Pa.; Henry; and John,
died Avhen a young man in the west. Henry
Nipple, father of G. Fred Nipple, Avas born
in Perry county, Pa., and was a farmer. He
was a staunch Democrat. His death occuned
in Greenwood township in 1890, at the age of
eighty-one or eighty-two years. He married
Mary Orner, who died in 1881. Their chU
dren are: Rebecca, living on the old home
stead; Henry, M. D., of Selinsgrove; Snyder
county, Pa., married Miss Snay, of Fremont,
Snyder county; G. Fred; Mary, living on
the old, homestead.
G. Fred Nipple was born in Buffalo town
ship, Peny county, Pa., January.4, 1841, and
was but a small boy when his father removed
to Greenwood township, where he attended
the public schools, and in the summer months
assisted Avith the farm work at home. In
1864, he enlisted at Harrisburg, Pa., for one
year, or during the war, in Company G, Two
Hundred and Eighth Pennsylvania Volun
teers, and at once proceeded with his regiment
to the front, encamping in Virginia, along the
Potomac river. The first battle in which he
participated was at Petersburg, Va. He came
back to Alexandria, where he was discharged
on account of the close of the war. Returning
home he resumed fanning. After his mar
riage he settled at Millersburg, Dauphin coun
ty, Pa., and engaged in carpentry, at which
trade he had some years previously served an
apprenticeship with George Fleisher, at Mark
lesville, Pa. He remained at AliUersburg for
six months, then resided for six months at Liv
erpool, Pa., then removed to his father's farm
in Greenwood township, which he cultivated
for eleven years, after which he bought his
present place of 160 acres. Mr. Nipple is a
staunch Democrat.
Mr. Nipple was married, November 1,
1866, to Ellen J. Grubb, who was born in
Liverpool township, Perry county, Pa., Jan
uary 11, 1844, daughter of Henry and Mar
garet (Charles) Grubb. Their children are:
Canie (Airs. Bart Troutman), living near
Duncannon, Ba. ; Harvey, died aged eighteen
years; Clayton D., born May 30, 1872; and
Fern L., at school.

LEWIS BESOM, farmer, NeAvport, Berry
county, Pa., was born near Seven Stars, Green

wood toAvnship, Juniata county, Pa., Decem
ber 30, 1837, and is a son of Christian and
Jane (Heiser) Besom. His grandfather,
Christian Besom (1), was born near Richfield,
Snyder county, Ba., and resided in Greenwood
township. He was a cooper, and also owned
and occupied a farm in Greenwood township.
He became a prosperous man, and was widely
known and honored. His death occuned on
his farm, when he was about sixty-two years
of age. He married Susanna Long, a native
of Greenwood township, Perry county, Pa.
Their children are : Christian (2) ; Jesse, born
May 1, 1812, died unmarried; Mary (Mrs.
John Jopson), bom March 10, 1881, settled in
Millerstown, but died in Marysville, Pa., her
husband now resides in Harrisburg, Pa.; Sa
rah (Mrs. Samuel Chathams), born August
5, 1820, resided at Alillerstown, afterwards re
moved to the Pennsylvania oil regions, where
she and her husband died; Henry, born Octo
ber 11, 1822, manied Amelia Jones, and re
sides in Juniata county, Pa. ; John, born April
4, 1825, married Catherine Stahl and settled
in Altoona, Pa., where he was accidentally
killed. Christian Besom (2), father of Lewis Be
som, was born in Juniata county, Pa.,
March 15, 1810, and died at Newport, Pa.,
February 3, 1894. He manied Jane Heiser,
who Was born in Juniata county, Pa., Febru
ary 9, 1810, and died near Newport, Pa., July
30, 1892. After his marriage, Mr. Besom re
moved to Greenwood township, where he
worked in the country as a journeyman cooper.
He had a limited education, but was a man
of much natural ability. He always adhered
to the Democratic party. His children are:
Sarah (Mrs. Henry Kines), born November
13, 1835, resides in Juniata township, Perry
county, Pa.; Lewis; John, born Febraary 6,
1840, manied Elizabeth Oren, resides in Oli
ver township, Peny county, Pa., served in the
Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry during the late
Avar; Susanna (Mrs. William Cook), born
October 17, 1841,resides at Wilmington, Del.,
where Air. Cook died; Samuel, born June 16,
1844, served with the one hundred days men
in the late war, manied Mary Van Newkirk,
and resides at Newport, Pa. ; William, bom
October 6, 1846, married Margaret Troup,
and resides at Newport, Pa. ; Isaac, bom April
2, 1852, married Mary Fortney, resides at
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1855, manied Alice Gelnet, and removed to
DeWitt county, 111., where they now reside.
Lewis Besom was educated in the public
schools of Millerstown and sunounding town
ships. At the early age of fifteen years fie
became a mule driver on the canal between
Pittsburg and Columbia. In 1869, he was
able to buy a boat of his own, with money
saved from his wages, and he named his boat
"AVUliam Bosserman." His next boat be
called the "John W. Geary," which he ran for
two years. Next he owned the "Fikes and
Bro.," for four years, and next the "Kough
and Bro." In 1882, he sold his boat and
bought his present farm of 100 acres with all
requisite buildings. In 1862, Mr. Besom first
enlisted at Harrisburg, Pa., in Company I,
One Hundred and Thirty-third Pennsylvania
Volunteers, for a term of nine months. He
proceeded with the regiment to Arlington
Heights, Va. ; after being in camp a short
time they advanced to Antietam, but did not
take part in that battle; they were in the en
gagement at Fredericksburg, Va., and after
wards in the battle of ChanceUorsville, where
Mr. Besom saw Gen. Joe Hooker knocked
down by a rail which had been struck by a
cannon ball. After this battle he was dis
charged and came home, having in his nine
months of service encountered many perUs
and endured great exposure from long and
tedious marches. For a time, Mr. Besom was
employed again on the canal, but in the spring
of 1864, he enlisted at Hanisburg, Pa., in
Company G, Two Hundred and Eighth Regi
ment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, as first ser
geant, for one year, or during the war. The
regiment was sent to Bermuda Hundred, on
the James river; thence to Point of Rocks,
near Dutch Gap canal, where after a short
time in camp they went to the front of Peters
burg and took part in that battle, after which
they followed General Lee to Five Forks and
engaged with his army at that point, then
were brought to City Point, and thence to
Alexandria, Va., where they were discharged,
in June, 1865. After his return from the
army Mr. Besom returned to boating. He is
a member of Lieut. A. Lobaugh Post, No.
297, G. A. R., Newport, Pa.
On December 21, 1865, Lewis Besom was
married to Miss Mary Jane Troup, born in
Gliver township, Peny county, Pa., Alarch
9, 1845, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth

(Reed) Troup. Their children are: Henry
Milton, born September 1, 1866, fireman on
the Pennsylvania Railroad; Charles Lewis,
born July 6, 1868, died February 11, 1872;
Lizzie Jane (Mrs. Hiram Wright), of Home
stead, Pa., bom April 10, 1872, manied July
7, 1892; Philip, twin to Lizzie, died in in
fancy; and Thomas Garfield, bom December
4, 1880, at home attending school. Mr. Be
som is a member of the Presbyterian church in
Perry valley.

ISRAEL E. SHAEFFER, farmer, Alillers
town, Peny county, Pa. His grandfather,
John Shaeffer, was born in Snyder county,
then Union county, Pa. He Avas a day la
borer and died comparatively a young man.
He married Mary Doobs, who was born at
Middletown, Dauphin county, Pa., and when
a young girl removed with her parents to
Snyder county. Their family consisted of
five daughters and two sons. Their daughters
are: Mrs. Simon Hill, Snyder county, Pa.;
Airs. John Newman, died in Snyder county,
Pa. ; Mrs. John Moyer, died in Snyder coun
ty, Pa.; Mrs. Samuel Catterman, emigrated
to Three Rivers, St. Joseph county, Ind.;
Mrs. Sarah Gambay, died near McKees, Sny
der county, Pa. ; Mrs. Jacob Geistwhite, died
at AlcKees, Snyder county, Pa. Their sons
are: George, settled near McKees, Snyder
county, and died there; and John. John
Shaeffer (2), father of Israel Shaeffer, was
born near McKees, Snyder county, Pa., in
1819, and had the misfortune to lose his father
when quite young. Being the eldest of the
children, much of the care of the family fell
upon him. He early went oat from home to
make his own way and assist in the support of
the family. In those days, when so much
clearing was to be done, even very young boys
could make themselves useful at such jobs as
picking and burning brush. At the age of
seven years, he found employment with Mr.
Shetterly, of Snyder county, and at first
worked for his board; but Air. Shetterly soon
saw that he was an industrious and energetic
boy, and was quite willing to pay him wages,
which he turned over to his mother. He was
ingenious as well as industrious. In order to
make the soil slide off of the wooden mould
board of the plow more freely, he tacked the
skin of an animal over it. All farming
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in those early days. First sleds were used
for hauling the grain to the barn. Next
the ends of large logs were sawed off,
out of which wheels were made for the
primitive wagon, and finally, tfie modern
wheel made with spoke and hub and felloe
made its appearance. Mr. Shaeffer used the
first cast metal plow brought to that part of
the country. The grain was transported in
bags on the backs of horses to the mill near
Duncannon to be ground.
On account of the care of the family being
thrown upon him, Mr. Shaeffer was able to
attend school only seven weeks, in which time
he learned to read and write, and acquired a
little arithmetic. He remained with Mr. Shet
terly until he was fifteen years old, and then
went to Dauphin county, Pa., where he found
employment on the construction of the Wic-
onisco canal. While engaged at one place in
Avorking in a tunnel a body of earth fell upon
him, breaking one leg in three places, and
the other in two places, ..and also break
ing one finger; these injuries disabled him
for one year. After his recovery, he came
to Perry county, Pa., and was employed
by Jacob Kline, in a distillery near Liv
erpool, where for about three years he
was engaged in driving a team. After this,
he returned to Snyder county, Pa., and learned
coopering with his brother-in-law, Mr. New
man, near McKees, Pa. After learning his
trade he worked with Atr. Newman a number
of years, under the arrangement that he was
to make two barrels per day, that being con
sidered a fair day's work with the crude ma
terials then employed. This arrangement
continued until about 1840, when Mr. Shaef
fer removed to Fremont, Pa., and manied
Sophia Garman, a native of that place, and
a daughter of John Garman, a farmer and
distiller. Here he remained and did the
cooper work for his father-in-law's distillery,
and later operated a distillery himself. His
next removal was to a point tbree miles south,
where he bought a little land along the Ma-
hantongo creek, near Shadells Mill, which he
later sold, and went to farming for Judge
Leight for tAvo years, after which he culti
vated the farm of Michael Shetterly for three
years and then farmed for Judge Weiser three
years more. At this time, his wife inherited
a little money from her father's estate, with
which they bought a tract of land, mostly cov

ered with timber, in Susquehanna township,
Juniata county, Pa., which he and his sons
cleared and brought into tillable condition.
Here Mr. Shaeffer was engaged in farming
until his death, which occuned very suddenly
AprU 2, 1882. On the morning of this day
he rose full of life and in the best of spirits.
After breakfast, he went to the woodpile and
taking up the axe to chop, had made but two
strokes when he fell to the ground, and ex
pired in a few minutes. Mr. Shaeffer was a
member of the Lutheran church. He voted
with the Democratic party. His wife re
mained a widow a f eAv years and then manied
Perry Hare, of Snyder county; they now re
side on the farm in Juniata county, Pa. AVhen
the children were young, their mother made
all their clothes, spinning and weaving her
materials. She made each child one suit each
year. The suit for the first year Avas kept for
Sunday wear and for all dress occasions, and
for the second year it became the everyday
and working suit. The mother still survives
and enjoys perfect health. The children of
Mr. and Mrs. Shaeffer are: one that died
young, unnamed; Israel E.; Edward G., mar
ried Miss Aialinda Weiser, and resides in Ori
ental, Juniata county, Pa.; Percival, married
Angeline Heckart, of Dauphin county, Pa.,
resides o.n a farm in Juniata county, Pa.;
Johnny (so he was christened), died aged sev
enteen years; Alary Ann, died aged five years;
Barbara Ann (Atrs. Aaron Karstetter), of Ju
niata county, Pa. ; Susan (Mrs. Charles Fritz),
of Akron, 0. ; Sarah Ann (Mrs. Absalom Bar-
net), resides near Oriental, Pa.; and Annie
Sophia (Mrs. Houghenbrought), resides in Ly
kens valley, Dauphin county, Pa.
Israel E. Shaeffer was born on the old home
stead of his grandfather, near Fremont, Sny
der county, Pa., July 11, 1843. His first at
tendance at school was at Shadells Mill, and
his first teacfier was Nathan Ferry, afterwards
sheriff of Snyder county. When about thir
teen years old, Mr. Shaeffer came with his par
ents to Juniata county, where he completed
his education in Susquehanna township, and
attended Marklesville Academy for one term.
At the age of eighteen, he began teaching
school, and taught each succeeding winter un
til 1863. In August, 1864, he enlisted at
Carlisle, Pa., in Company A, Ninth Pennsyl
vania Cavalry, for one year. At Griswold
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vannah, Ga., thence to Charleston, S. C, and
thence to Florence, S. C, where he lay in a
rebel prison ninety-seven days, when General
Schofield came, and fie was released on parole.
He was almost a complete wreck, being un
able to walk, and had to be carried, because
he had been almost starved, had been exposed
to all kinds of weather, and had his feet frozen.
He was sent to Camp Parole at Annapolis,
Md., and thence sent home for thirty days,
after which he returned to Camp Parole; af
ter being there two days, he volunteered as
a nurse, and was sent to Annapolis for thirty
days, when the order came to rejoin his regi
ment. He proceeded to AArashington, D. C;
thence to Beaufort, N. C. ; thence to Raleigh,
N. G, and thence to Lexington, where he was
discharged on account of the close of the war.
After bis discharge he was sent to Roanoke
Island, where he was paid off, and sent to
Fortress Monroe, thence to Baltimore, thence
to Harrisburg, Pa., and thence to his home.
That summer he worked for Mr. Kauffman
at harvesting. On November 2, 1865, Israel E. Shaeffer
was married to Miss Ataria A. Criley, born in
Thompsontown, Pa., August 30, 1842, daugh
ter of John and Mary Ann AVilliams, both
of Chester county, Pa., and the latter a mem
ber of the Society of Friends. After his mar
riage, Mr. Shaeffer was engaged in farming
by the year, and in the winter season taught
school. In 1867, he bought his present place
of 120 acres and here made his home. His
house was built by the former owner, Henry
Witt. Marked improvements have been made
by Mr. Shaeffer since he occupied the place.
Mr. Shaeffer has taught school ten terms in
Peny county, and three in Juniata county,
for which the lowest salary received by him
was eleven dollars per month, and the highest
thirty-five dollars per month. He is promi
nent in connection with the Republican party,
and has served as township auditor for twelve
years. At nineteen years of age, Mr. Shaeffer
united with the Alethodist church on the New
port circuit, and has since taken an active in
terest in church and Sunday-school affairs,
having filled almost all official positions in the
organization. On principle, he is strongly op
posed to the use of intoxicating drinks, is
strictly an abstainer, and does not use tobacco
in any form. His children are : John Wesley,
died aged five years; Mary S. (Mrs. Edward

Derickson), of Farmer City, 111. ; George Ed
ward, died aged ten years; Israel Atoms, died
in infancy; Henry Alilton, born December
1, 1873, has always lived at home, with the
exception of two years when he was a nurse
at the Hanisburg Asylum; Jay Emerson,
born September 17, 1875, farmer at Farmer
City, 111. ; Alma Orissa, bom July 16, 1878,
at home; Chester L., bom April 9, 1882, at
tending school; and Edgar Grant, born Au
gust 2, 1884, attending school.
REV. SAAIUEL CAROTHERS ALEX
ANDER, D. D., Alillerstown, Perry county,
Pa., son of Randall and Sarah (Carothers)
Alexander, was born near Shirleysburg, Hunt
ingdon county, Pa., in 1833.
Samuel C. Alexander graduated from
AArashington and Jefferson College, Washing
ton, Pa., in 1858, and from the Theological
Seminary of Columbia, S. G, in 1861. He
was pastor of the Steel Creek church, Meck
lenburg county, N. G, until 1865. He was
actiA'ely concerned in founding and organizing
Biddle University, at Charlotte, N. G, and
received the degree of D. D. from that in
stitution in June, 1895. AVhile he was con
nected with the university, he was also ex
tensively engaged in literary Avork, writing for
the press in different parts of the country, and
for a time was editor of the Freeman's Jour
nal, published in Charlotte, N. 0. For four
teen years, he was the successful pastor of the
large Upper Bath Valley Presbyterian church.
His great-grandfather, whose descendants
have been represented in the ruling eldership,
in an unbroken succession, to the present time,
was one of the founders of this church. In
1887, Samuel Alexander removed to Millers
town, Pa., and became pastor of the churches
at Newport and Millerstown. He is scholarly
in appearance, eloquent and impressive in de
livery, greatly beloved by his people, and hon
ored in the community. He has acquired
property and noAv owns the homestead on
which he was born.
Rev. Samuel Carothers Alexander was mar
ried, March 25, 1862, to Nannie R. Price, of
Charlotte, N. C. Their children are: Alice
M.; AVilliam; Jessie L; Clara B.; George E.;
and Annie K.
The ancestral history of the Rev. and Mrs.
Samuel Carothers Alexander is as follows.
Reynold Alexander, a Scotch-Irish Presbyte-

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rian, is found, with a few others, a settler in
Path valley, one mile south of the present vil
lage of Dry Run, Franklin county, Pa., as
early as 1750. He was a man of good educa
tion, strong religious convictions, and great
personal courage. He was active in founding
the Presbyterian church at Spring Run, and
was one of the original trustees to whom Gov
ernor John Penn made a grant of land "for
a Presbyterian meeting-house and burial-
ground," in 1764. He took up and acquired
by purchase large tracts of land in the State.
This land is still occupied principally by his
descendants. He had three sons: Robert;
James ; and William ; and one daughter, Polly,
who married David Campbell, an elder in tbe
Presbyterian church.
Col. William Alexander, youngest son of
Reynold Alexander, born in 1767, was a prom
inent citizen of Franklin county, Pa. He was
county commissioner from 1810 to 1811, au
ditor from 1815 to 1816, and from 1825 to
1826 represented the county in the legisla
ture. In 1814 he raised a company of volun
teers in his native valley, and as their captain,
mustered them into service against the British
at Baltimore, just before Lord Ross appeared
against the city. He afterwards received a
colonel's commission. At the age of nineteen
he married Ann Moore. Their children are:
Thomas; William; James; Robert; Randall;
Margaret (Mrs. Ebenezer AlcGinley); Mary
(Mrs. David Elder) ; Anna (Mrs. Andrew Wil
son); Temperance (Atrs. Edward Kirkpat
rick); and Janett (Atrs. John Templeton).
Thomas Alexander, son of Col. William
Alexander, was sheriff of Franklin county
from 1814 to 1817, and later removed to the
west. He was married, in 1808, to Susan
(Walker) Elder. Their sons are: William;
ancl James. The Hon. William Alexander,
member of the legislature from Cumberland
county, Avas married to Miss Osborn. He died
at Newville, Pa., in August, 1837. Randall
Alexander, when a young man, removed to
Huntingdon county, Pa., where he served for
many years as justice of the peace. He was
an elder in the Presbyterian church. In 1836,
he received the Democratic nomination for
the legislature. He was married in Febraary,
1831, to Sarah A. Carothers. Their children
are: AAllliam; Samuel G; John T. ; Thomas
J. ; Robert M. ; George E. ; and David N.
Rev. William Alexander, D. D., son of

Randall Alexander, was born in 1831. Ba
1858, he graduated from Washington and
Jefferson College, and in 1861, from Prince
ton Theological Seminary; in the latter year
he was installed as pastor of the Newbury ,»
church, Williamsport, Pa. He afterwards ac
cepted a call to the Presbyterian church in
Beloit, Wis., and in 1869 to the church in
San Jose, Cal. In 1871 he was chosen presi
dent of City College, San Francisco, Cab, and
two years later, he and the Rev. Dr. Scott, by
the direction and under the auspices of the
Synod of the Pacific, founded the Theological
Seminary of the Presbyterian church in San
Francisco, Cab, in which institution he is a
professor. In 1876, he received the degree
of D. D. from Wooster University. He was
married in December, 1861, to Alinerva Os
born. They had three children: AVilliam;
Thomas Newton; and Paul Clifton. Randall
McGinley Alexander, M. D., graduated from
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa.,
in 1872, and is a successful physician in Fan-
nettsburg, Franklin county, Pa. He was mar
ried in 1871 to Alary J. McGaughey. Their
children are: Newton; Frank; and Archibald.
Hon. Thomas Jefferson Alexander was born
March 13, 1838. He is a merchant, residing
in Nebraska, and has served in the legislature
of that State. George Edmund Alexander,
At. D., born October 15, 1847, graduated from
Jefferson Medical College in 1874, and is a
prominent physician in San Ramon, Cal. ; he
has acquired some celebrity as a surgeon. He
was married to Mary Lynch; has one son, •
Archibald, and a daughter, named Mary.
AVilliam Alexander, son of John T., and
grandson of Randall Alexander, was born in
1859. He read law in Chambersburg, Pa.,
with the firm of Stenger & McKnight, and was
admitted to the bar in 1883. He was chair
man of the Democratic committee of Franklin
county, and is successfully practicing his pro
fession in Chambersburg, Pa.
John Alexander, son of James, and grand
son of Reynold Alexander, was born in 1800;
he owned ancl cultivated the mountain farm
which had belonged to his grandfather. His
education was conducted with a view to the
ministry of the Presbyterian church, but fail
ing health obliged him to relinquish all hope
of entering that profession, and to turn his
attention to agricultural pursuits. He has
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quired a large estate. He was commissioner
of Franklin county from 1862 to 1864. For
many years he was a ruling elder in the Pres
byterian church, and was universally es
teemed as a man of probity and honor. He
*was married to Annie McCurdy. Their chil
dren are: James; Mary J.; McGinley; and
Margaret Blair. He died in 1876. AVilliam
Alexander, a grandson of John Alexander, is
a merchant in Dry Run, Pa., and an honored
elder in the Presbyterian church. He was
manied, November' 26, 1885, to Nettie B.
Wolff. Joseph B. Alexander, a descendant of Rob
ert, son of Reynold Alexander, of the fifth
generation from the original settler, is a pros
perous citizen of Path valley, Franklin coun
ty, Pa.
Nannie R. Price, wife of Rev. Samuel Ca
rothers Alexander, is a daughter of Thomas
B. and Margaret (Neagle) Price. Thomas B.
Price was born in Mecklenburg county, N.
C, January 30, 1814. He resides on his plan
tation. For many years he has been an elder
in the Steel Creek Presbyterian church, near
Charlotte, N. C. Mr. Price served as justice
of the peace in Mecklenburg county until the
time of the Civil war. Before the secession
of North Carolina he was a strong Union man,
but like many others he decided that his alle
giance was due to his native State; he there
fore' supported the cause until the close of the
war. He was manied twice. His second wife
was Elizabeth Parks. Their children are : An
drew Parks, died at the old homestead ; Mar
garet Josephine Annetta, resides at the home
stead in North Carolina; Elizabeth J., died
aged nine years; Thomas K., died at the
homestead about 1893; and John Knox, re
sides on the homestead, married Essie Sum-
merville, has two children, Andrew Parks and
Sarah Annetta.
Isaac Price, Mrs. Alexander's grandfather,
bom in Mecklenburg county, N. C, August
2, 1778, was of Scotch-Irish descent, and in
herited his father's property situated on the
Catawba river, elevren miles from Charlotte,
N. C. He was married in 1811, to Nancy
Bamett. Their children were: Esther B.,
born Atay 30, 1812, died in her sixth
year; Thomas Barnett, father of Mrs.
Alexander, was born January 30, 1814,
died June 23, 1896; Ann G. (Mrs. James
Knox), born July 19, 1816, died Febru

ary 23, 1847; John James, bom Febru
ary 20, 1818, died in North Carolina, about
1889; Isaac Jasper, born December 25, 1819,
died ATovember 1, 1885; Mary Martha (Mrs.
William McDowell), born January 29, 1822,
resided in Tennessee, where she died in 1877;
Nancy Rebecca, born September 10, 1823,
died September 29, 1831; Joseph William,
bom July 6, 1825, died July 19, 1827; Jane
Alargaret Bamett (Mrs. Starr Neely), born
February 11, 1828, died in North Carolina,
in 1895; and Julius Giles, bom April 18,
1832, resides in North Carolina. Air. Isaac
Price died at the homestead, June 22, 1833;
his wife died in 1854, aged eighty-four.
Airs. Alexander's great-grandfather, Isaac
Price, was born in Mecklenburg county, N.
C, in 1747. He was a white-smith, and also
owned a large farm, which he bequeathed to
his son Isaac. During the Revolutionary war,
he made swords and presented them to the
Continental army. General Tarleton, of the
British army, hearing of his devotion to the
cause of freedom, sought to capture him, but
¦he was warned, and succeeded in making his
escape. He was married to Esther Bradley,
who was born in 1748, and died in 1811.
Their children are: Rebecca, born January
28, 1772, died in North Carolina; Joseph,
born May 24, 1775, died in North Carolina;
James, born June 20, 1778, died in North
Carolina; Alary (Airs. Benjamin Ormond),
bom July 12, 1780, died in North Carolina;
John, bom Alay 4, 1783, died in North Caro
lina; Esther, born January 5, 1786, married
a minister and removed to Tennessee, where
she died; Isaac, Atrs. Alexander's grand
father and Alartha, born May 5, 1791, died
in North Carolina.
Mrs. Alexander's great-great-grandfather,
John Price, of Scotch-Irish descent, was born
in Ireland in 1715. AVhen a young man he
came to America with a party of emigrants
who passed through Pennsylvania, and finally
reached what is now Mecklenburg county, N.
C, where they were the first settlers. He was
married to Alary White, who died November
25, 1804. The following inscription was taken
from his tombstone: "John Price, died Octo
ber 27, 1802, aged eighty-seven years, after
having lived to discharge the duty of a child,
a husband, a father, a citizen, a Christian, with
a great degree of respectability."

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J. F. THOMPSON, M.D., Liverpool, Perry
county, Pa., son of John and Lydia (Blake)
Thompson, was born on the homestead farm at
Stormstown, Centre county, Pa., October 8,
1839. His paternal grandfather was born in
Ireland, and emigrated to the United States
at an early day, settling on the present site
of Stormstown, where he died, having reared
a family of four sons and two daughters. His
son, John Thompson, was born at Stormstown.
A part of the old homestead property came to
him by inheritance, and he purchased the
shares of the other heirs. He was reared to
farming pursuits, and enjoyed the ordinary
adA'antages of the common schools. Endowed
with more than ordinary intelligence and ob
servation, he became a student, and attained
to unusual proficiency in mathematics and the
sciences. His taste for good literature was
liberally cultivated and indulged. He served-
one term in the office of sheriff of Centre
county; as a candidate for State Senator, he
was defeated by eleven votes, a result at
tributed by his friends solely to the circula
tion of false reports to the effect that he was
opposed to the floating of large logs in the
rivers. His associates and peers Avere such
prominent people as the AtcAlisters, the Cur-
tins and the Halls. For ten years he was en
gaged in mercantile pursuits, after which he
retired from active business. His death oc
curred about 1886, when be was about sev
enty-eight years of age. Mr. Thompson was
originally of the old Democratic school of poli
ticians, and when the "Know-Nothing" party
came into existence be joined in its organi
zation. Later be united with the Republican
party, having been an Abolitionist, in touch
with managers of the Underground Railroad,
and a constant reader of William Lloyd Gar
rison's anti-slaArery newspaper. .
Mr. Thompson married Lydia Blake, Avho
was born at West Chester, Pa. She bad a
brother, John Blake, and a sister, Hannah
(Atrs. Robert Monahan), who settled near
West Chester, Pa., where she died, leaving
an only daughter. John Blake is supposed
to have been a lawyer. The children of Mr.
and Mrs. Thompson are: I. Joseph, farmer
and wagon-maker, married Mary A. Johnson,
and resided in Clearfield county, Pa., after
wards in Centre county, Pa., where he died
about 1884, his wife still surviving and oc
cupying the old homestead in Centre county;

II. John K., Al. D., read medicine with Dr.
G. P. Engles, of Centre county, was gradu
ated from Jefferson Medical College about
1842, settled at Marion, Indiana county, Pa.,
where he became a successful practitioner, and
died in 1890, was married to Jane Thompson,
whose death occurred before his own; TIL
George W., M. D., graduate of Jefferson Med
ical College in 1853 or 1854, was in practice
for a number of years at Mill Creek, Hunt
ingdon county, Pa., now lives retired at Mt.
Union, Pa., manied first Rebecca Dougherty,
who died about 1866, and secondly Miss Mc-
Garvey, of Huntingdon county; IV. Andrew
Jackson, deceased, was a farmer, and remained
on the old homestead, of which he owned one-
half, married Mary Hartsock, of Centre coun
ty, and died in 1885; V. Henry Adams, re
mained on the old homestead until sixteen
years of age, prepared for college at the Pine
Grove Academy, was graduated from Jeffer
son College, and took the course at the West
ern Theological Seminary, Allegheny City,
Pa., was a professional teacher in several west
ern cities, and for twenty years was president
of Otterbein University at Westerville, 0.,
during which time he became deeply inter
ested in the temperance reform, and was a
prominent and popular leader in the Prohi
bition party, was nominated for Congress, and
for the vice-presidency on the ticket of. that
party, now resides at Dayton, O., and is editor
of the United Brethren Sunday-School Jour
nal; VI. Dr. J. F.; VII. Homer S., was
reared on the farm, attended Otterbein Uni
versity, O., enlisted in Company E, Forty-
fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, served till the
close of the war, returned a veteran. He was
wounded in* the side of the head at the battle
of the AVilderness, by a minie ball. At the
close of his military service, he embarked in
mercantile business at his old home, Storms-
toAvn, Pa., in which he remained for several
years, and afterwards went to Kansas, whence
he returned in 1879 to Pennsylvania, and kept
a store at Reeds Gap, Juniata county, for three
years, then opened a store at Pine Grove Mills,
Centre county, Pa., but owing to the failure
of his health, resulting from the severe hard
ships of his army life, he was compelled to
abandon business for a time. In 1887, hav
ing in a great measure regained his health,
he engaged in mercantile business at East
Waterford, Juniata county, Pa., where he

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still lives. He is. a large stockholder in the
bank at Port Royal, Pa. ; his wife is a native
of Lycoming county, Pa. ; VIII. Alartha, at
tended the common schools and prepared her
self for teaching, which occupation she fol
lowed until her declining years forced her to
seek a more quiet life; she died unmarried in
October, 1896, in the seventy-second year of
her age; she was a woman of strong intellect,
clear, common sense views, and a large and
loving heart, beloved by a host of ardent and
admiring friends, and was an active member
of the Presbyterian church; IX. Lydia (Mrs.
George Horacher), of Montoursville, Lycom
ing county, Pa.
Dr. J. F. Thompson attended the common
schools of his native place and pursued a
course of study at Pine Grove Academy, after
which he became a clerk in the store of Samuel
E. Isett, at Aetna Furnace, Blair county, Pa.
He then read medicine for two years with bis
brother, Dr. G. W. Thompson, at Mill Creek,
Pa., was graduated from Jefferson Medical
College in 1863, and immediately after pass
ing his examination, went into the military
service as assistant surgeon of the Sixtieth
Ohio Sharpshooters, and remained until mus
tered out of the service at Cleveland, O., in
August, 1865. He was wounded in tbe foot
by a shell at Cold Harbor. After his dis
charge from the army be practiced at Three
Springs, Huntingdon county, Pa., until 1876;
he then removed to Liverpool, Pa., where he
has established a large and lucrative practice.
Both professionally and socially, Dr. Thomp
son stands in the lead, enjoying the esteem
of the community. He is an active worker
in the Republican party, but not a political
aspirant. He served for three years of Presi
dent Hanison's administration, as pension ex
aminer. Dr. J. F. Thompson married first, at Jersey
City, in 1865, Jennie L. Neevetey, a native of
that place. Their children are: Lillie K.
(Mrs. Woods), of Huntingdon, Pa.; and
George Blake, graduate of Lock Haven Nor
mal School, now employed in the office of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Philadel
phia, Pa. Mrs. Jennie L. Thompson died in
February, 1886. Dr. Thompson was married
December 4, 1888, to Miss Nettie Pauling,
born in Chester county, Pa., and reared in
Philadelphia, daughter of Robert A. and
Fanny M. (Marduck) Pauling, the former

born in Berks county, Pa., and still living,
tbe latter bom in Chester county, Pa., and is
deceased. Dr. and Airs. Thompson are mem
bers of the Alethodist church, in which Mrs.
Thompson is a prominent worker.

E. WALT SNYDER, Al. D., Liverpool,
Perry county, Pa.
David Snyder, grandfather of Dr. Snyder,
always spelled his name Schneider. He was
born of German parentage in Mahantongo
valley, Pa., whence he removed to Wild Cat
valley, where he spent bis life in farming, and
where he died, fie was a member of the Lu
theran church. Charles Snyder, father of Dr.
Snyder, was born in Afahantongo valley in
1836. His parents removed during his boy
hood to Wild Cat valley, where he attended
school four months, and was reared on tbe
farm. He learned carpentry, and followed
that occupation, but for thirty-five years has
been employed on the Pennsylvania canal.
During the war, he served one year in Com
pany K, Eighty-third Pennsylvania Volun
teers. After his maniage, he resided at Liver
pool. He manied Mary E. Dietrick, of that
borough, who died of nervous disease in 1894.
Their children are: Dr. E. Walt; Lillie (Mrs.
Wagner), died aged twenty-five years; the
next two children died in infancy, unnamed;
Lena (Mrs. Snyder), of Liverpool; Sarah
(Mrs. AVelker), of Liverpool; George, of Liv
erpool; Reif, died young; and Nina, at home.
Mr. Snyder is a Democrat.
, Dr. E. AValt Snyder was born at Liverpool,
Pa., August 18, 1857. Until he was ten years
of age he attended school, and then engaged as
clerk with his uncle, George C. Snyder, a mer
chant at Penyville, now a part of Liverpool,
Pa., remaining until he was seventeen. The
next winter he taught school, and in the fol
lowing summer entered Millersville State
Normal School. This course be repeated dur
ing tbe two ensuing summers, and was grad
uated from the normal school in 1879. Dur
ing his second term, he was called home for
one week, to take charge of the business of
his uncle, who was then ill with pneumonia.
During the following three years, Mr. Snyder
taught school at Millerstown, Pa., and for
four months during the summer season had
charge of the normal school at that place. For
the next four years, he taught at Liverpool,
Pa., during which time he also had a summer

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school. Impaired health compelled him to
relinquish teaching for the years 1881 and
'82; in the former year, he made an extended
tour through the west for the recovery of his
health. He afterwards took a post-graduate
course at Millersville State Normal School.
In the meantime, he had done the reading and
study preparatory to a medical course, and in
1887, he entered Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia, from which he was graduated in
1889. His opportunities for study and pre
paration for professional work had been most
diligently improved, and had all been pro
cured by money he had earned for himself.
His reputation as a teacher was wide and well
established. The first class in Perry county
was graduated under him in April, 1884. One
of his pupils is president of the Strasburg
schools, another is president of Wiconisco
schools, and one gets a salary of one thousand
dollars as a teacher at Steelton, Pa.
After securing his diploma as a physician,
Dr. Snyder became a resident of his native
toAvn, Liverpool, Pa., where he had bought
property, before going to college; and here
his native and professional abilities and his
popular manners have been factors in his well
known success as a physician.
In 1884, Dr. E. AV. Snyder was married to
Miss Laura Ataynard, of Strasburg, Lancas
ter county, Pa., daughter of George and Sarah
M. Maynard. Mrs. Snyder was educated at
home in vocal and instrumental music, in pre
paration for a career on the stage, and later
was graduated from the State Normal School
at Millersville. Dr. Snyder has been a life
long Democrat, and is president of the school
board. His religious faith and fellowship are
with the United Brethren church.

REV. II. T. SEARLE, pastor of United
EA'angelical church, Liverpool, Perry county,
Pa., and in charge of four other appointments
in Peny and Juniata counties, is a native of
Cumberland, county of Surrey, England. His
grandfather, William Searle, was born in the
same town, and brought up to mercantile pur
suits. In his boyhood, he entered a store as
clerk and later became proprietor of a mercan
tile business of his own. His children are:
Emma, died in England; Eliza, died in Eng
land; and William. AVilliam Searle (2),
father of Rev. Air. Searle, was born at Cum

berland, and attended the Duke of York's
school in London. In training for mercantile
business, he entered the store of his grand
father, whom he eventually succeeded in busi
ness. He was remarkably prosperous, and be
came the leading merchant in the town. Mr.
Searle married Sarah Wiemot, of Walworth,
county of Surrey, England, who, as well as
her husband, is deceased; she survived him
only a short time. They were members of the
Baptist church, in which Mr. Searle served
as deacon for thirty years. Their children
are: William, assistant secretary of the Bank
of London, on Threadneedle street; Rebecca,
died aged twenty-two years; Rev. IL T;
Clement, London, Eengland, clerk in the Tea
Department, London Docks; Annie (Mrs.
Fred Fisher), of Boulogne, France; Ernest,
resides in Berlin, Germany, employed by an
English firm in a large woolen house; Emily,
resides in London, England; and Fred, a clerk,
London, England.
Rev. H. T. Searle was bom April 2, 1851,
At the usual age, he attended the local schools,
his father paying his tuition. At fourteen
years of age, he entered Dr. Yeates' Academy
at Camberwell, from which he was graduated
at the age of eighteen. Then he was for two
years clerk at the London Docks, after which,
at twenty years of age, he emigrated to Amer
ica, sailing from London on tbe merchantman
"Liverpool," and reaching New York after a
voyage of seven weeks. The first employment
be had in New York was as clerk in a dry goods
store; he afterwards filled several similar po
sitions in New York City and other parts of
the State.
About this time, he became interested in
the subject of personal religion, and was con
verted in the Methodist church, after which
he came to Pennsylvania, and joined the
United Evangelical church. In this connec
tion he received a license as a local preacher,
and began to study for the ministry. In the
spring of 1881, he joined the Central Penn
sylvania Conference, and was assigned to Jer
sey Shore circuit, for one year; then to Nit
tany valley circuit, for one year; and next to
Bendersville circuit, for two years. He went
next to Alberton circuit, Howard county, Aid.,
for five years, and then to New Berlin, Union
county, Pa., for two years; and next to El-
liottsburg, Peny county, where he served
three years. In the spring of 1895 he came

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to Liverpool, where he has been in charge
since that time.
Mr. Searle was manied in 1884, at Ben-
dersville, to Clarissa Savilla Meals, born in
Cumberland county, Pa., and lived near Car
lisle until fier marriage. She is a daughter
of Jeremiah and Sarah (Miller) Meals, both
of whom are living. The children of Mr. and
Mrs. Searle are: Samuel Franklin, bom Sep
tember 23, 1885; Mary Emma, born June
22, 1889; Sarah Ann, bom April 9, 1893;
and Clayton Stanley, born June 10, 1895.
Mr. Searle takes an active interest in political
matters, and is a staunch and tme Republi
can. As a man and a minister, his worth and
ability are acknowledged, and he enjoys the
good will and respect of the entire commu
nity. The churches under his ministrations
have uniformly prospered.

REV. W. H. MINGLE, pastor of the
United Brethren church, Liverpool, Perry
county, Pa., was born January 20, 1854,
at Warriors Mark, Huntingdon county,
Pa. His great-grandfather came from Ger
many as a Hessian soldier, and afterwards
espoused the cause of American independence.
After the close of the Revolutionary war, he
settled as a farmer in the Shenandoah valley.
His only son, Jacob Mingle, inherited the old
home in the Shenandoah valley, where he re
mained until after his marriage; he then re
moved to Morrisons Cove, Pa., where his wife
died. Later, he removed to Wamiors Atark,
where he was engaged in farming until he
retired from active work, and lived with bis
son George. His death occurred here about
1859. His children are: Elizabeth, died un
married; Jane, died unmanied; Jacob, mar
ried and was accidentally killed, leaving two
chUdren; William, was accidentally killed
when a young man, by falling off a barn;
George, married Rebecca Domer, and spent
most of his life in Waniors Mark township,
Huntingdon county, where he died. Joseph
Mingle, father of Rev. W. H. Mingle, was
born on the old homestead in Shenandoah
valley, Va., May 14, 1823. He grew to man
hood on the farm, and at the age of eighteen
years came to Scotch valley, now in Blair
county, Pa., where he worked among the far
mers for several years, and then went to Hunt
ingdon county, Pa., and rented a farm in War
riors Mark township. After a time he was

able to purchase a farm of 156 acres, with
money which he had earned and saved. Pros
perity attended his plans, and he accumulated
a handsome property, with which he retired
from active work and took up his residence
in 1888 at Tyrone, Blair county, Pa., at which
place his death occurred October 4, 1896. His
old homestead is now owned by two of his
sons. He was a prominent and honored mem
ber of the United Brethren church, active in
its work. His widow resides at Tyrone, Pa.
Their children are: John L, manied Aliss
Ermine, of Blair county, Ba., and now resides
in Sinking valley, same county; Mary (Airs.
W. H. Galbraith), of Birmingham, Pa. ; Rev.
W. H. ; Janie, widow of Rev. J. E. Shevers,
resides Avith her mother; A. D., in mercantile
business at Tyrone, Pa. ; Ellen (Mrs. William
Lower), of Altoona, Pa.; Minnie (Mrs. R. C.
Galbraith), of Altoona, Pa. ; David B., in busi
ness at Tyrone, Pa. ; Annie; Ada (Mrs. John
Lower), of Tyrone, Pa.
Rev. W. H. Mingle attended the public
schools of his township, where his father had
bought a farm. Having finished his primary
education, he next attended the Mountain
Seminary at Birmingham, Pa., after which
he entered the Union Biblical Seminary at
Dayton, 0.,. and, completing the full course
of study, was graduated from that institution
in 1883. An appointment was1 then given
him at New Baris, Bedford county, Ba., in
which he remained two years; he was then
in charge of a congregation at Madison, West
moreland county, for two years. Next, he was
sent to the First United Brethren church at
Johnstown, Ba., where he remained four
years, during which time the great flood oc
cuned, by which his church was partially de
stroyed. Mr. Alingle immediately secured the
remodeling of the church edifice, and the erec
tion of a beautiful parsonage. His next charge
was at Conemaugh, in Avhich he was engaged
for three years, after which he was at Pit-
cairn, Allegheny county, for one year, and
thence returned to his old charge at Madison,
where he remained until October, 1896; in
that month he took charge of the church at
Liverpool, in connection with which he fills
five other appointments in Perry county.
Rev. W. H. Mingle was married Septem
ber 20, 1883, to Miss Annie Campbell, of
Millersville, Lancaster county, Pa., and after
marriage began housekeeping in his new field

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of labor at New Paris. Mrs. Mingle's parents
are David and Mary Campbell, the former de
ceased, the latter residing at Millersville, Pa.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Mingle are:
Grace Ethel, died in infancy; Joseph Arthur,
at home; William Paul, at home; Charles
Tousten, at home; John Russel, at home;
and Mary, died in infancy. Mr. Mingle is
an original and cordial supporter of the prin
ciples of the Republican party; but inasmuch
as the influence of the liquor traffic on the poli
tics of the country is so harmful, and the open
saloon is such a menace to the peace and wel
fare of society, he strongly leans towards the
position of the Prohibition party. His intelli
gence and his devotion to humanity and re
ligion give him a power for good in the com
munity, and his personal Avorth engages the
esteem of all who knoAV him.

G. CAREY THARP, justice of the peace,
Liverpool, Perry county, Pa. The original
manner of spelling the name was Thorpe. The
ancestors of the family were Norman English;
one of them was lord mayor of London, and
another was chief justice of England. John
Tharp, grandfather of G. Carey Tharp, was
born in the toAvn of Moville, near London
derry, Ireland, and died in Ireland. He was
a gentleman, and owned an estate. He was
married and reared one child, George. George
Tharp, father of G. Carey, was born in Ire
land, and lost his father when a child. He
inherited his father's estate, and embarked in
the grocery business at Londondeny, where
he manied Mary Carey, daughter of John and
Rosetta Carey, of Norman English ancestry.
He emigrated to America with his wife in
1819, sailing from Londondeny and landing
at Philadelphia, whence he proceeded to Liv
erpool, Perry county, and engaged in mercan
tile business, which he carried on until his
death, in January, 1867. At one time he
failed in business and was left without prop
erty and with a heavy indebtedness, but later
he recoArered, and paid all his debts. He was
well known throughout the country and Avas
universally regarded as a thoroughly upright
and honest man. In Ireland, he was a mem
ber of the Episcopal church, but after coming
to America he affiliated with the Lutheran
church. His Avife having died in 1854, he
married Mary Ann Grubb; they had one
child, who died in infancy. By bis first Avife

he had five children, all of whom died in in
fancy. Mr. G. Carey Tharp is his child by
adoption. G. Carey Tharp was born at Mt. Patrick,
Perry county, Pa., September 7, 1830, and
was adopted by Air. and Mrs. Tharp when he
was three weeks old. His education was ob
tained in the public school, which he attended
until he was thirteen years of age. At this
age he was attacked by a nervous disease, on
account of which he was withdrawn from
school and placed under the treatment of Prof.
McClellan, M. D., father of Gen. George B.
McClellan, the late honored commander of
the Army of the Potomac. But he was never
able to resume his studies. From boyhood,
he was a diligent reader of good books, and
in this way practically became self-educated.
His business training was secured in his fath
er's store, in which he was employed as a
clerk and on becoming of age, he was admit
ted to partnership with his father, and con
tinued with him until within a year of his
father's death. On October 21, 1865, G. C.
Tharp purchased the business and conducted it
alone at the original stand. In 1873, his store
was burned and be suffered a heavy loss, but
at once resumed business at another stand and
continued in it alone until January, 1877,when
he formed a partnership with bis son, and the
firm carried on business until 1882, when he
sold the property to John Shank. Mr. Tharp
is a strong Democrat, and has served in the
office of justice of the peace for twenty-five
years, having been elected to this office for
five consecutive terms, and each time by an
increased majority. In this responsible office,
he has always given satisfaction by his im
partiality and the justice of his decisions. He
has also served many years as school director,
and has frequently been elected to the town
council; he was once a candidate for pro-
thonotary, but was defeated at the polls.
Mr. Tharp adopted the creed of the Lu
therans, and is a member of that church, in
which he fills the office of deacon. Mr. Tharp
is possessed of fine literary talent, and has
excelled as a biographical writer. He has also
a poetical gift, and has in his possession the
manuscripts of many beautiful poems, pub
lished and unpublished. Many magazines and
periodicals have been enriched by his contri
butions in both prose and verse.
G. Carey Tharp was married in 1853 to

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Miss Helen AL, daughter of Dr. James H.
Case, of Liverpool. Their children are: Lu
cius Alctor, married Mary A., daughter of
Joseph and Phoebe Lebkicher, of Liverpool,
and is engaged in carrying the mail ; George
J, at present postmaster at Liverpool, Pa.,
manied to Annie, daughter of George H. and
Mary Ann (Cochran) Martin; Mary C,
widow of Peter Reifsny der; Florence; Jessie
Blanche, at home; and six children that died
young. The maternal ancestors, the Careys, were
Norman English. The first of them who emi
grated to Ireland was Sir John Carey. Sir
Balph Carey was a godson of Queen Eliza
beth. Sir Lucius Carey was the Viscount of
Falkland, and was killed in fighting Oliver
Cromwell, under the standard of Charles I.
Mr. Tharp's mother had but one full brother,
and he was appointed to fill a crown position
at Port Philip, Australia. She had two half
brothers, both of whom emigrated to America.
James Carey settled in tbe west, and took the
name of Wilson. George settled in Florida,
and it is supposed was engaged in mercantile
business at Key West.

JOHN D. SNYDER, merchant, and dealer
in coal and in railroad ties, Liverpool, Peny
county, Pa., is a son of George C. and Mary
(Loring) Snyder, and was born at Liverpool,
August 31, 1863. His grandfather, David
Snyder, was an old resident of Liverpool town
ship. He was engaged in fanning all his life,
was twice married, and died on the old home
stead in Liverpool township. There George
C. Snyder, father of John D., was born, and
was reared on the farm. After reaching man
hood, he learned carpentry of Jacob A.
Smith, at Middleburg, Snyder county, Pa.,
after which he returned to Liverpool and was
for several years clerk in the store of H. W.
Silverman, for whom he worked several years.
After this he went into business on his own
account, on the site now occupied by his son
John D. The business prospered and became
too large for its accommodations, and be then
tore away the old building and erected a com
modious store room. In 1861, he manied
Alary Zaring, and built a large, substantial
brick dwelling, which is now occupied by his
son. Mr. Snyder was a prosperous business
man and was one of the leading men of the
town. He was a staunch Democrat, and

served one term as overseer of the poor. He
was a member of the United Brethren church
and for many years superintendent of the Sun
day-school. He died June 12, 1893, his wife
having died in the previous year, and both
are buried in the cemetery at Liverpool. Their
children are: Susan (Mrs. Peter 0. Owens),
of Liverpool, Pa. ; John D. ; Albert S., mar
ried Mrs. Katy lluttenstein from Shamokin
Dam, Pa., resides at Liverpool; Almeda, mar
ried Park Holman, merchant, Liverpool, Pa. ;
Miles O., manied Anna Sheets, of Liverpool,
Pa., and is in the coal business at Selinsgrove,
Snyder county, Pa.; G. Guy, attending Jef
ferson Aledical College, Philadelphia, Pa.;
Bertha, resides with her sister, Mrs. Holman;
Max O.; Stanley A.; Duke; and J. L.; the
last four at home; Artie Alma, died aged
eight years; Rufus AV., died aged two and a
half years; and Hilda, who died aged six
weeks. John D. Snyder attended the schools of his
native place, and in the spring of 1888, after
some training in his father's store, took a three
months' course at the business college of Bry
ant & Stratton. After the completion of his
commercial course, he spent two years in his
father's business, after which he went to Se
linsgrove, Pa., and began dealing in coal and
railroad ties. At the end of three years his
father died, and he returned and took charge
of the business, including a general store, and
a yard for coal and railroad ties. He fur
nished each year 50,000 ties to the Central
New Jersey Railroad.
John D. Snyder was married in 1884- to
Miss Lena Snyder, of Liverpool. Mr. Snyder
is an adherent of the Democratic party. He
is at present filling the office of burgess, and
is the first incumbent of the office to serve a
term of three years. He has also served as
borough auditor. He is a member of the
United Brethren church, and a trustee of his
congregation. Mr. Snyder is genial and pop
ular; he enjoys the confidence and esteem of
the community.
SAMUEL M. SHULER, hardware, gro
cery and drag store, Liverpool, Perry county,
Pa John Shuler, his grandfather, was born
near Quakertown, Montgomery county, Pa.,
whence he removed after his maniage to_ Mil
lerstown, Pa. He was a gunsmith; he died

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some time prior to 1827. In 1799, he married
Aliss Thomas, of Montgomery county, whose
death occurred before his own. Tbeir chil
dren are: Samuel (1); Lydia A., born in 1801,
married in New York City to Mr. Simon
Bradley; Polly, born in 1803; Leonard, a
gunsmith of Lewistown, Pa., married a na
tive of that place and died there; John, a gun
smith, was a giant in stature and size, manied
Elizabeth Inch, resided at Liverpool, where
they both died; Joseph, married first Miss
Yocum, of Liverpool township, and resided
in the borough of Liverpool, where his wife
died; he afterwards married Mrs. Wells, who
survives him and resides at Newport, Pa., Mr.
Shuler having died at Liverpool, Pa. Joseph
Shuler was a Whig, and in 1838, when Peny
county was Democratic by 1,000 majority, be
was elected sheriff of the county by a majority
of 38 votes. John Shuler, his father, was a
member of the Dunkard church.
Samuel Shuler, father of Samuel M. Shu
ler, was born in Quakertown, Pa., December
23, 1779. He learned the trade of gunsmith
with his father, and worked at this trade dur
ing the earlier part of bis life. Having re
moved to Millerstown, he married Miss Jones,
a native of Raccoon valley, and they resided
at Alillerstown until 1827; in the spring of
that year he removed to Liverpool, where he
followed the occupation of gunsmith until
1834. At this date he embarked in the gro
cery business, in which he continued until his
death in August, 1875. Mr. Shuler took a
prominent part in all borough matters, and
served as the first burgess of Liverpool. Some
years prior to his death, he united with the
Lutheran church. His marriage to Miss Jones
occurred September 16, 1823, and she died
November 10, 1872. Their children are : Ca
leb AAllliam, born June 26, 1825, a gunsmith,
married Isabella Charles in 1844, lived and
died at Liverpool; Elizabeth (Mrs. Samuel
Roath), born October 13, 1826, died in Liv
erpool, Pa., her husband now resides at New
Bloomfield, Pa.; John Ramsey, born March
2, 1829, manied Mary Rook, July 28, 1852,
and resided first at Liverpool, later at Bloom
field, Pa., where both died; Albert Joseph,
bom October 30, 1830, died May 8, 1833;
Preston, born December 8, 1832, died April
15, 1848; Alargaret, born April 30, 1834, was
reared in New York, where she manied Mr.
Ralston, and died there; Samuel At. ; Sarah

Jane, born September 13, 1842, married Wil
liam Harris, a native of Tennessee, and for five
years a soldier in tfie United States army, set
tled in 1863 at Liverpool, Pa., later removed
to New Buffalo, Ba., where he died, and she
now resides in Harrisburg, Pa., married to
Air. John H. Bishop; Rebecca Catharine,
born Alarch 2, 1845, married B. M. Eby, a
druggist, at Newport, where they reside.
Samuel M. Shuler was born in Liverpool,
Berry county, Pa., June 7, 1840, and received
his education in the public schools of his na
tive place. His first employment was as clerk
in his father's store, when he was eight or ten
years old; he continued there until the break
ing out of the late war. He enlisted, March
23, 1861, at Harrisburg, Pa., in the Seventy-
seventh Regimental Band, as a cymbal player,
went at once with his regiment to Kentucky,
and served until January 31, 1862, when he
was mustered out of the service by general
orders, at Camp Wood, on the Green river, in
Kentucky. He returned home, and in 1863
was drafted into army service, and paid three
hundred dollars for a substitute. He enlisted,
February 20, 1864, in the Third Heavy Ar
tillery, joined the One Hundred and Eighty-
eighth Infantry, October 25, 1864, at Deep
Bottom, Va., and served with the regiment
until mustered out at City Point, November
23, 1865. He was paid off at Philadelphia,
Pa., December 23, 1865, and reached home
on Christmas day, 1865. In 1866, Mr. Shu
ler became his father's partner in mercantile
business, which partnership continued until
1872, when he bought the whole business. In
1881, he increased the capacity of his store,
by the addition of a brick building 22-^x70
feet, at which time he dropped his dry goods
and clothing department, and in place of it
added harchvare; in 1896, he added a drug
department. Samuel M. Shuler Avas married, April 23,
1861, to Caroline, daughter of Harry Miller,
a farmer of Liverpool toAvnship. Their chil
dren are: Myrtie May, bom March 10, 1863,
died October 10, 1863; Albert Morris, bora
June 17, 1864, married Alice Zeigler, of Liv
erpool, Pa., where they now reside; Irvin G.,
born September 19, 1866, died November
5, 1870; Annie W. (Mrs. Oscar Beigh),
of Lorain, O., bom April 18, 1868;
Mary Violet, born November 5, 1869,
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delphia, Pa.; Sallie Kate, born Novem
ber 14, 1871, at home; Howard Augustine
Stevenson, born March 19, 1874, a graduate
of the Maryland College of Pharmacy; James
Shields, born September 29, 1875, died Sep
tember 10, 1877; Samuel Morris, born Sep
tember 9, 1877, at home; John Thomas, born
April 7, 1879, at home; and George Allen,
born January 27, 1881, died August 1, 1881.
Mr. Shuler has always been a strong Republi
can, has served as burgess, and at different
times has been a member of tbe town council.
He is a member and a trustee of tbe Methodist
church. Mr. Shuler is a member of Post No.
408, G. A. R.; a charter member of P. O. S.
A.; and was formerly a member of the K.
P. and the I. 0. 0. F.

H. B. STAILY, tinware, stoves, etc., Liv
erpool, Perry county, Pa.
The ancestors of Mr. Staily were prominent
people in Germany and left a large estate
there, which remains unclaimed for the reason
that their descendants changed tbe manner
of spelling their names after they emigrated
to America. The great-grandfather of H. B.
Staily came from Germany, settled in Penn
sylvania, and purchased a large tract of land
where Liverpool now stands. John Staily,
grandfather of H. B. Staily, bought the tract
of land after his father's death, plotted it in
four acre lots, and thus founded the town.
He erected a log house, covered it with
weather-boarding and occupied it as a tavern,
calling it the Liverpool Inn. He died about
1841. In his religious views he was a Lu
theran. He married Miss Rinebart, who sur
vived him some years. Their children are:
Frederick, manied Abbie Speece and settled
at Liverpool, Ba., where they both died; Eva
(Mrs. Jacob Bamer), resided at tbe upper end
of Liverpool for a few years, and then re
moved to Pfoutz valley, where her husband
died, and Mrs. Bamer, now aged eighty-six
years, has since then lived with her sister,
Mrs. Margaret Shellenberger, at Covington,
Miami county, 0. ; John ; Margaret, married
Dr. Shellenberger, a physician, a native of
Ritchfield, Juniata county, Pa., and they now
reside at Covington, Miami county, O.;
Henry, a saddler, married Fanny Shaffer and
settled at Liverpool, Pa., where his wife died,
and after a few years he manied again and
removed to Covington, O.; James, a boat

man, married first Annie Keagle and settled
at Liverpool, Avhere he now lives retired, with
his second wife, formerly Christine Lenhart.
John Staily, father of H. B. Staily, was
born at the old Liverpool Inn, December 15,
1814. He attended the common school only
a part of the time during his boyhood days,
as he was an expert fisherman and was able
to make considerable money at the business,
even in his early youth, which limited his
school days. He married Miss Harriet Shoe
maker, a native of Liverpool, who died in
May, 1896, aged seventy-six years. After his
marriage Mr. Staily went into the hotel busi
ness at the old stand, the Liverpool Inn. In
1865, he decided to have better accommoda
tions and extend the business. He erected a
large brick building and made preparations
to accommodate the traveling public in more
liberal and modern style, but in 1866, having
experienced a change of heart, he became dis
satisfied with, the bar, and without saying a
word to anyone, emptied all his liquors on the
floor and closed the bar room. The destruc
tion was first discovered by the family, when
his wife went to the bar to get some liquor for
her mince meat, and she told him he should
at least have spared her some liquor for the
mince pies. Some time prior to this he had
bought a small farm, to which he removed
and has since been engaged in farming. He
was a man of great muscular strength, was six
feet in stature, weighed 190 pounds, and in
his younger days was easily the champion in
all athletic feats. Once, while keeping tav
ern he entertained P. F. Barnum's circus
troupe, in which there were a number of
strong men. While the circus was in town,
the men of the troupe and the town boys got
into a hand to hand fight, in which all kinds
of weapons were used, from a pitchfork to
a tent pin. The circus men threatened to turn
the elephant loose, when the town boys pro
cured an old cannon, which they loaded with
scrap iron, and then told the showmen to trot
out their elephant; they were ready for the
fight. The town boys came out the winners.
Mr. Staily is a strong Democrat, and has served
as burgess and in other offices. He is a Lu
theran. Two or three of his older children
died young; Jeremiah James died at Liver
pool, Pa., in 1884, leaving a wife, Louise
(Kluck) StaUy, and two daughters. In May,
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Pennsylvania Reserves, and served within
thirty days of three years, when he was taken
prisoner at the battle of the Wilderness and
was sent to Andersonville Prison, and there
was stripped of all his clothing save shirt and
pants. Three months later, he was sent to
Libby Prison and had been there three months
Avhen a man came in and asked if any one in
the place could clean tripe and prepare it for
food. Mr. Staily had learned this at home,
and so informed the questioner; whereupon
they took him out of the prison, and he went
to work on the job. He soon improved in
health and strength, and desired to help his
fellow prisoners, so he would often conceal a
tripe in his clothing and carry it to his com
rades. Having been detected in this, he was
sent back to prison, and compelled to carry
a heavy billet of wood strapped on his back
for forty-eight hours. He was at Libby when
the prisoners had planned an escape by under
mining and tunneling, and were defeated in
their plot by the betrayal of one of the pris
oners. Air. Staily was paroled ancl sent to
Annapolis; he was in such an emaciated con
dition that he was unable to walk and had to
be carried. He was in many battles ancl re
ceived two small scratch wounds. The other
children of Mr. and Airs. John Staily are:
William Henry, manied Elizabeth Shoe
maker, resides at Liverpool, Pa. ; H. B. ; Sarah
Alice, manied Atanford Miller and resides at
Shamokin, Pa.; John J., married Catherine
Learie and resides in Liverpool, Pa.
H. B. Staily was born September 7, 1854,
and attended the common schools at Liver
pool, but obtained the better part of his edu
cation by travel. He learned the trade of tin
smith with Jesse Cauffman and Ramsey Wil
liamson, after which he left home and worked
as a journeyman in different parts of the coun
try; he was in Shamokin when the Molly
McGuires Avere in full force. He also worked
in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, spending six
months at Chicago. Ten years were passed in
this way, during which he was at home occa
sionally on a visit. In September, 1880, H.
B. Staily was manied to Alary Emma Aliller,
at Liverpool, where they began housekeeping.
At the time of his marriage he was working in
the coal mines at Shamokin, and was often
molested by the "Mollies." In 1884, he
opened a stove and tinshop, in the basement
of his father's place, with a capital of five dol

lars, but his credit was good and he bought
one stove at a time. He conducted his busi
ness in the basement for six years, and then
bought his present site and erected the store
be now occupies. In the flood of 1889, he
suffered much loss, but has recuperated, and
his business is steadily increasing.
Mr. Staily is a Democrat, and stands firmly
with the silver wing of tbe party. He has
served as member of tbe town council. He is
a member of tbe Lutheran church. His chil
dren are: J. Wanen, born Alay 14, 1881;
Madge Edna, bom February 21, 1883; Bes
sie Jane, born May 29, 1887.

At. H. GRUBB, merchant, Liverpool, Peny
county, Pa., was born in Perry valley,
Liverpool township, December 14, 1847. His
grandfather, Christian Grubb, was born in
Peny valley, his father having removed
thither from Chester county, Pa. He was a
farmer and an extensive landholder. He lived
to the advanced age of ninety-two years, and
died aboutl877. He married firstMiss Pfoutz,
and secondly Susanna Wagner. His children
are: Henry; Joshua; Barbara; Isaac; and Jo
siah, all deceased; and Christiana, who resides
in Sunbury. Joshua Grubb, father of M. H.
Grubb, was born in Perry valley, and became
one of the leading men of that valley. He
received a common school education, and was
reared on the farm. After his marriage his
father gave him a tract of land, entirely cov
ered with timber. He cleared the land, erected
all needful and convenient buildings, and
made himself a beautiful home. In 1864, he
died of typhoid feA'er, on the old homestead,
in the forty-fourth year of his age. Five other
members of the family were sick with the same
disease at the same time, but recovered. He
married Catharine Holman, who survives him
and resides in Liverpool township. Their chil
dren are: Ira, removed to Bellevue, 0., in the
spring of 1889, married Miss Pines, of Perry
valley; M. IL; Frances (Mrs. Cyrus A.
Frank), resides near Humboldt, Kan.; Han
nah (Mrs. John R. Deckard), of Liverpool
township, Peny county, Pa.; Susanna (Atrs.
John D. Grubb), in the 80's emigrated to
Kansas and resides near Ellsworth; Mary El
len (Atrs. Wesley At. Stevens), of Harrisburg,
Pa.; Annie (Airs. George Mickey), of Har
risburg, Pa.; Charles W., married Mary E.
Holman, resided at Liverpool, where he died

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in 1883; Jacob H, married Etta AToll, of
Perry valley, ancl still resides there ; and Min
nie Alay (Mrs. John W. Lutz), of Liverpool,
Pa. Air. Grubb took an active part in po
litical rnatters as a member of the Republican
party, and held several township offices. As
a member of the Lutheran church, he was
recognized as the leading spirit in all relig
ious and benevolent movements.
M. H. Grubb received his primary educa
tion in the public schools, and at the academies
at Marklesville and New Bloomfield. As a
boy, he was employed as clerk by Holman &
Grubb, and Avhen the firm was dissolved in
1864 fie returned and worked for his mother
on the farm in tbe summer. In tbe winter
months he taught school, his experience as a
teacher beginning when he was eighteen years
old. This round of employment he main
tained for seven years. In 1872, Mr. Grubb
married Laura, daughter of John and Mar
garet (Roath) Deckard, of Liverpool, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Grubb began housekeep
ing at Liverpool, Pa., where for the next
year and a half he was employed as
teller in the Farmers' Bank. For the
following three years, he was in mercantile
business at Centreville, Peny valley, after
which he returned to Liverpool, and became
cashier of the Farmers' Bank, which place he
occupied for a year and a half. He then
bought from his brother tbe original home
stead in Perry valley, and farmed it for two
years. In the spring of 1881, he opened a
general store. Later, be bought the adjoin
ing property, on which stands a warehouse
and a coal and tie yard. An important part
of his business is buying and shipping railroad
ties, his transactions reaching each year to
from 5,000 to 20,000 ties. He still owns the
homestead farm, and is a stockholder in the
Duncannon National Bank. Atr. Grubb has
never sought political office, but he is an ar
dent Republican. Thirty years' membership
in the Methodist church testify to his interest
in practical religion; during this time he has
held nearly all offices in the church, and at
present is steward and trustee. His gratifying
success in his social and business career is
mainly the fruit of his own exertions, by which
he has won and held the respect and esteem
of the community. His children are: Flor
ence Eusebia, at home'; an infant, died un
named; and Alvin, at home.

AV. L. LEAHART, owner of a saw-mill,
Liverpool, Perry county, Pa., son of LeAvis
and Deborah (Snyder) Lenhart, was born at
Shamokin Dam, Pa., Alarch 26, 1837. George
Lenhart, his grandfather, settled at Shamokin
Dam, then in Union, now in Snyder county,
Pa., Avhere he owned and managed the old
hotel, when the canal was being constructed;
be removed later to Perry county. His son,
Lewis Lenhart, Avas born October 20, 1805,
and was for many years a day laborer. He
kept a hotel at Shamokin Dam, where his
father Avas in the same business. He died at
Liverpool, Pa., Atay 1, 1885. He manied
Deborah Snyder, a resident of Sunbury, Pa.,
who was born January 23, 1810. Atr. Len
hart was a Democrat, ancl all his life voted
the ticket of that party. He consistently
maintained his membership in the Lutheran
church. His children are: Christiana, mar
ried first Frank Diehl, of Sunbury, and sec
ondly J. J. Staily, and they now reside at Liv
erpool, Pa.; Catherine (Mrs. Alichael Deck
ard), of Liverpool, Pa.; Elizabeth (Airs. J.
H. Hottenstine), of Snyder county, Pa.; W.
L. ; Susan, manied first Air. Serier, and af
terward Mr. Gardner, of Ohio, and she is now
a widow, residing at Marion, O. ; Isaac, who
after serving as a soldier in the late war, and
returning home, went away presumably to the
frontier, 'and has not since been heard from;
Margaret (Atrs. Isaac Sturtevant), of Liver
pool, Pa.; David L., manied Annie Lupfer,
resides at Harrisburg, Pa.
AV. L. Lenhart first attended scfiool at his
native place, and aftenvards in Buffalo town
ship. At Shamokin Dam he was employed
about bis father's hotel, in connection with
which there Avas a ferry to Sunbury, which
he assisted in managing. After coming to
Buffalo township, he Avas for a few years em
ployed on the farm, and when bis father
opened a grocery store, he held for a few years
a position in it as clerk, but at length resigned,
and engaged in boating, as that business ap
peared to afford superior opportunities for
profitable employment. He followed the
canal for two years, managing a boat of his
own, which plied mostly between Nanticoke
and Baltimore, Aid. For the next year, he
conducted a grocery store at Liverpool. In
1866, W. L Lenhart manied Miss Mary Ann
Cochran, born in Buffalo township, Novem
ber 9, 1835, daughter of James M. Cochran,

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a farmer of that township, and his wife,
Lavina (Thompson) Cochran. Mr. and Atrs.
Lenhart began housekeeping at Lower Liver
pool Lock, Avhere he opened a grocery store
on the property owned by his father.- Trior
to this he had been in partnership with his
fatber in the saw-mill, and on May 12, 1883,
he bought his father's interest in the mill
property. For one year he managed the store
in addition to the saw-mill, but now he de
votes his entire attention to the milling busi
ness. The tract of land he owns embraces
58 acres. In the summer of 1896, he erected
a new house. In connection with the mill,
he has also a hydraulic cider press and a plan-
ing-mill. Atr. Lenhart is a Democrat, and has
served as councilman, school director, burgess
and in several other minor offices. Both he
and his wife are members of the Methodist
Episcopal church, in all the work of which
they take a prominent and active part. Mr.
Lenhart is also a member of the B. 0. S. A.,
and was at one time a member of the K. P.
and of I. 0. 0. F. Atrs. Lenhart is a woman
of fine motherly appearance, with manners
betokening a warm heart and a good disposi
tion, and both she and her estimable husband
enjoy tbe regard ancl affection of their neigh
bors. Their children are: Lewis T., cashier
at the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa.;
John W. and Florence AL, twins, both at
home; Steward L. and Porter, twins, both
died young.

JOHN L. KLINE, associate judge, resid
ing in Liverpool toAvnship, Peny county, Pa.
The maternal great-grandfather of Judge
Kline was a soldier in the war of the Revolu
tion. He Avas a native of Germany, and when
he came to America he brought with him
many relics, AAdiich are iioav in the possession
of Alary, sister of Judge Kline. Leonard
Kline, grandfather of Judge Kline, was a na
tive of Berks county, Pa., Avho removed to
Perry county prior to 1800, and bought a
farm, on AA'hich he spent the remainder of his
life; here he died in 1845. He married Miss
AVagner, who survived him a f eAV years. Their
children are: Elizabeth (Mrs. Isaiah Jones);
Susan (Mrs. Joseph Ulsh); Barbara (Mrs.
Bbilip Keiser); Adeline (Atrs. Jacob Barto);
Catherine (Mrs. John Dietrich); Mary (Mrs.
Daniel Charles); Jacob; and Leonard; all of
whom are dead except Mrs. Daniel Charles,

who resides in Liverpool, Perry county, Pa.
In coining to Peny county Mr. Kline was
accompanied by his two brothers, one of whom
later emigrated to Canada and the other to
Ohio; they were never heard from. ,
Jacob AV. Kline, father of Judge Kline,
was born in Liverpool township, a half mile
from Liverpool borough, in 1801. His educa
tion Avas received in common schools, and he
was reared on the farm and brought up to
farming pursuits. He was married in Pfoutz
valley, on the farm now owned by Samuel
Beaver, to Miss Susanna Long, born in that
valley in 1806, and died in 1878. After mar
riage, they removed to AfcKees Half Falls,
Avhere he rented for one year, and
then, in 1827, .removed to the place
which his son, Judge Kline, now owns,
and where he died in 1877. Mr. Kline
was a Republican. He was an active mem
ber of the Lutheran church. His chil
dren are: Catherine S., was drowned at
three years of age; Leonard, died in Juniata
county, leaA'ing a wife and family; Daniel,
emigrated to Kansas in the spring of 1878,
manied Amelia Smith, of Juniata county,
Pa. ; Jacob L., emigrated to Kansas in 1882,
manied Mary Crow, of Perry county; Isaiab
L., died aged nineteen years; Jonathan L.,
died aged eleven years; Joseph L., resides in
Juniata county, Pa., married Mrs. Emma Leb-
kichler (nee Zeigler); George L., resides in
Liverpool township; Susanna, died aged
twenty-one years; and Mary (Mrs. EdAvard
Spicher), resides in Juniata county, Pa.
John L. Kline was born in Liverpool town
ship, April 13, 1841. He was educated in
the common schools of his native place and
was reared on the farm. He remained with
his father until his marriage, which occuned
in Liverpool township, in 1877. After his
marriage, he began housekeeping on the old
homestead. His wife was Sarah A. Aumiller,
born in Selinsgrove, Snyder county, Pa.,
March 5, 1852. Her paternal great-great
grandfather, with four sons, came to this coun
try from Prussia. Three of the sons, George,
John and Philip C. Aumiller, fought during
the greater part of the Revolutionary war.
George settled in Virginia, John and Philip
Conrad both settled in Snyder county, Pa.
John Aumiller, great-grandfather of Mrs.
John L. Kline, had three sons: John; George;
and Benjamin; and three daughters: Rebecca;
Susanna; and Catherine. George Aumiller,

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grandfather of Mrs. John Kline, was born in
Snyder county, about the close of the Revolu
tionary war. He had five sons : Jacob; Benja
min; George; John; and Alanassas; and five
daughters: Abbie; Annie; Eliza; Catherine;
and Deborah.
Benjamin Aumiller, bom in Snyder coun
ty, in 1813, was educated in tbe common
.schools. He was reared near Smith Grove,
on the farm which his father owned, now
owned by John Bickel and Charles Miller.
After his maniage, he cultivated his father's
farm a few years; afterwards he remoA'ed to
Selinsgrove, where he foUoAved the butcher
trade. He then moved to Perry county, in
1852, where he continued in the same busi
ness. He manied Miss Mary M. Dietrick, of
Selinsgrove. Their children are: Benjamin,
born in 1846, died aged sixteen years; Ed
ward A., born 1849, a teacher for twenty-five
years; Bmmett U., was superintendent of tfie
public schools of Berry county for nine years,
and is at present principal of the public schools
in AVrightsville, Pa.; Aialinda, born March,
1844, manied Emanuel Troutman, of Pfoutz
valley, and at present lives there; Mary Jane,
born in July, 1845, manied Absalom Goug-
ler, and is at present residing in Liverpool
township; Emma, bom in 1847, married
Louis B. Heilhecker, and at present resides
In Williamsport; Sarah A. (Mrs. Kline);
and Ella, born in October, 1855, died in 1863.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Kline
are: Daniel A., teaching at Thompsontown,
Juniata county, Pa. ; Benjamin A., at Lock
Haven Normal School; Edna A., at home;
George A., died aged two years; John Louis,
at home; Alary Jane, died aged four months;
and Susanna A., at home.
In 1878 Mr. Kline, in connection with his
brothers, bought the old home farm, and is
cultivating it with his brother George. The
farm contains 350 acres, and the house is a
substantial stone structure, built in 1778.
•Judge Kline is a staunch Republican, and has
taken a prominent part in township matters,
having served as school director and tax col
lector, and is now filling the important office
•of associate judge, to which he was elected in
the fall of 1894. In religious faith and fel
lowship he is a Lutheran, and in this church
he has served in various offices for fifteen
years. He was a school teacher in the early
part of his life.

ADAA1 GOUGLER, Liverpool, Beny
county, Pa., was born in Chapman township,
Snyder county, Pa., Alarch 29, 1839. His
father, Jacob Gougler, was born in what was
then Snyder county, now Union county, Pa.,
and died in Liverpool, Pa., in the spring of
1874, aged seventy-tAvo years. In boyhood
he attended school and became a good German
scholar. In his youth he learned the carpen
ter trade, but never f ollowed it as a regular
occupation. For four years he was engaged
in boating on the canal, and was the owner of
one-half interest in a boat. He married Bar
bara Wert,- .who died in 1851. The children
by this marriage are : Eliza, married and re
sided in Snyder county, where she died; Mrs.
Witmer, deceased; Daniel, married Susan
Canby and died in Liverpool township; May,
manied Levi Karstetter and resides in Mifflin
county; Fred, resides in DaupAin county, Pa.,
married Miss Castner; Amelia, married Sam
uel Barner, and resides in Liverpool townsfiip;
Absalom; and two children died in infancy.
Mr. Gougler's second wife was Airs. Gribble,
a widow. Absalom Gougler when young lived three
miles from the school house and was kept at
home a great part of the time on account of
sickness, consequently his educational advan
tages Avere limited, and be received only such
education as could be obtained under those
conditions in the public schools. AVhen he
was thirteen years of age his parents removed
to Perry county, Pa., and bought a farm in
Liverpool township, on which they settled,
and he then gave bis time and assistance to
the farm work. At times during the busy sea
son in the summer months he hired out among
the neighboring farmers, and received wages,
which he gave to his father, with whom he
remained until he was tAventy-one years of
age. He then went from home and for about
six years was engaged in boating on the canal,
at one time owning a boat -which plied be
tween Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and Baltimore, Md.
In 1862 be was drafted for the army and was
assigned to Company E, One Hundred and
Seventy-third Bennsylvania Volunteers, then
at Harrisburg, Pa., and tAvo weeks later pro
ceeded to the front with the regiment. They
Avere in camp at Norfolk, Va., and vicinity for
three months, and then moved to Suffolk,
where for some time they were on guard and
provost duty. From Suffolk they went to

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Washington and thence to Gettysburg, Pa.,
arriving too late to take part in the battle
there, but were ordered in pursuit of General
Lee's army. The regiment was discharged at
Harrisburg, Pa., at the expiration of bis ten
months' term of service. Mr. Gougler then
returned home and again engaged in boating.
In 1865 he was manied to Alary Jane Aumil
ler, born in Snyder county, Pa., July 2, 1842,
daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Deitrick)
Aumiller. They at once began housekeeping
in Liverpool township, where they were rent
ers for nine years, and then bought property
at Dry Saw Mill in the same township, where
he conducted a grocery store for the next nine
years, after which he disposed of the business
and bought his present farm of 214 acres. In
1892 the home was burned, and Avith it all
their goods and property, including the money
they had saved that summer. The loss was
a serious setback, but Air. Gougler has re
placed the demolished house with a new sub
stantial building, and is once more on the road
to prosperity and success. He gives his entire
attention to farming, in connection with cut
ting cord wood, bark and railroad ties. He
is a Republican, and has served as school di
rector, tax collector and in other offices. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Gougler are members of the Lu
theran church and take an active part in all
its religious ancl benevolent work. Their chil
dren are: B. Theodore, born August 29, 1865,
-manied Nora Troutman, and is an employee
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at
Harrisburg, Pa.; Mary E., born August 14,
1870, and died in 1871; Absalom D., born
September 14, 1883, attending school.

SAMUEL BARA1ER, Liverpool, Peny
county, Pa., was born at Barner's church, Liv
erpool township, April 4, 1821. Adam Bar-
ner, his grandfather, was born in SAvitzerland
and emigrated to America in early manhood,
before the period of the Revolution. He was
a tailor, and was hired out for seA'en years to
pay his passage across the ocean. When the
Revolutionary Avar broke out, he was pressed
into the military service, and continued in the
army until the close of the war, after which
he settled in Liverpool toAvnship, on the farm
noAv owned by Henry Kline. This place was
in the wilderness, and it caused much time and
hardship to clear the land and erect buildings
suitable for a home. But he had determina

tion and energy and soon had the soil under
cultivation, and a comfortable barn and dwell
ing. In addition to farming, he worked at his
trade. He was a member of the Reformed
church, and active in the promotion of aU re
ligious work. He married the widow of John
Bunn; they had five daughters, whose names
are unknown, and two sons, Henry and
George. George Barner, father of Samuel Bamer,
Avas born and grew up in Liverpool township,
Berry county, on the farm now owned by
Henry Kline. He had only six weeks' school
ing, but while not proficient in mathematics,
he was an excellent reader. Later, he bought
the mansion farm, now owned by his son Sam
uel. It was then principally in timber, and
he set to work to clear and improve the place.
He built a log house, Avhich still stands, having
been improved and Aveatherboarded by the
present occupant; in 1823, he built a log barn.
His energy and industry were unfailing; for
these traits and other excellencies of charac
ter, he was esteemed by all bis neighbors. He
was a member of the Reformed church. His
death occuned in 1862, in the eighty-third
year of his age. He married Alary Dups, who
died three years before him, in her eightieth
year. Their children are: Henry, died in
Liverpool toAvnship, married Elizabeth Smith,
deceased; Elizabeth, married first • Isaac
Pfoutz, and second Capt. Joseph Ultz, both
are deceased; Sarah, married John Kepner,
both died in Buffalo township, Perry county,
Pa.; Fanny, died unmarried; Jacob, died in
Liverpool township, his wife was Elizabeth
Wagner, deceased; Adam, deceased, married
Catherine Smith, who survives him; Mary,
manied Frederick Row, deceased, and she, a
widow, resides at Liverpool, Pa.; Samuel;
Lydia, widow of Samuel Shaffer, resides in
Liverpool township.
Samuel Barner attended the common
schools for a limited time. He was brought
up on the farm, and remained with his father
until he was thirty-eight years of age. In
1858, Mr. Barner was married to Aliss Amelia
Gougler, of Liverpool toAvnship. In 1862,
his father died and he bought the home farm
and cultivated it until the spring of 1887, but
as it contained 210 acres it seemed too large for
him to work; he therefore bought the Fultz
farm of 45 acres, occupied it for two years,
and then bought his present property, on

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which he has since made his home. Besides
this, he owns four other farms. Mr. Barner
has never been a seeker for office, but he is a
good Democrat and good offices have fre
quently sought him. In 1882, he Avas elected
county commissioner and served the term of
three years; he has served as school director
eighteen years, as tax collector tAvo terms, and
as assessor four terms. Originally he joined
the Reformed church, and served as elder in
that church for sixteen years, but of late years
he has been a member of tbe Lutheran church.
His children are: John C, farmer in Liver
pool toAvnship, manied Irene Huff ord; Liz
zie (Mrs. Ben. Rine), of Juniata county, Pa. ;
Jacob I., farmer in Liverpool township, mar
ried Aliss Rinehart; Alary (Mrs. G. AV. AVitt),
resides Avith her brother, Samuel Barner;
Alice, married J. E. Shaffer, a book-keeper in
Brooklyn, N. Y. ; and Annie, at home.

H. M. FREED, merchant, of Liverpool,
Perry county, Pa., is a son of Abraham and
Mary (Moyer) Freed, and Avas born near Free
burg, Snyder county, Pa. (then Union), Feb
ruary 2, 1842. The ancestors of Atr. Freed
came from Germany, and were among the
earliest settlers in Bucks county, Ba., where
they were engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Abraham Freed, grandfather of H. M. Freed,
was bom and reared near Richlandtown,
Bucks county, Ba., whence he removed about
1800. At tbis time, he was manied and had
two daughters, and was comparatively a poor
man, being able to load all his worldly pos
sessions into a two-horse wagon, which he
drove from Bucks county to Meiserville, Sny
der county, Pa. There he bought a farm,
which he afterwards exchanged for another
farm, near Freeburg, in the same county. This
farm he occupied until he sold it to his son,
Abraham, and then resided on a tract of four
teen acres adjoining the homestead, until he
went to live with his daughter Abigail, near
Mt. Pleasant, Pa.; there he died, about 1860,
in the ninetieth year of his age. He never
united with any church, but in his religious
views inclined toward the Mennonite church.
He was an old time Whig. By his first wife
he had three daughters and two sons; his
second wife was Catherine Stroup, widow of
William Ramstone; they had one daughter,
Abigail. Abraham Freed, father of H. Al. Freed,

was bom in Snyder county, Pa., where Meiser
ville noAv stands, in 1805; was educated in the
public schools, and reared a farmer. He was
married near Freeburg to Alary Aloyer, bom
in that locality. In 1842, he removed to the
neighborhood of Selinsgrove, Snyder county,
Pa., and for six years farmed as a tenant, after
which he bought the old homestead near Free
burg, on which, in 1854, he built a neAV bam.
He made considerable additions to tbe origi
nal tract of land. Here his death occuned
in February, 1876. Besides the homestead he
OAvned two other farms, and Avas one of the
most prosperous men of the region. His wife
died in 1886; she Avas a member of the Re
formed church. For some years before his
death, he had been a member of the Lutheran
church. Their children are: John, a farmer
near Freeburg, married Susan Craig; Eliza
beth, married Henry Garman, in Snyder
county; Abraham, farmer on the old home
stead, married Jane Apple, deceased ; George,
a farmer, died in November, 1888, in Snyder
county, married first, Ellen R-oush, and sec
ondly, Sarah Garman, who survives; PhUip
AL, farmer in Snyder county, married Caro
line Craig; and Mary A. (Airs. AAllliam Free
man), of Snyder county, Pa.
AAlien H. AL Freed Avas a year old, his
father removed to the vicinity of Selinsgrove,
Avhere he began his schooling. Six years af
terwards his father returned to Freeburg and
bought the old homestead, and H. AL Freed
finished his education in the Academy of
Freeburg. He remained with his father and
assisted him in farming until he was twenty-
three years of age, with the exception of the
last summer, during which he went to Trum
bull and Alercer counties, O., and bought cat
tle, Avhich he drove to Pennsylvania, and dis
posed of in Montgomery, Schuylkill and
other counties. For four Avinters previous to
his twenty-third year he had taught school in
Snyder county. In 1865, he formed a part
nership with Daniel Stuck and opened a gen
eral store at McKees Half Falls, Snyder coun
ty, Pa., and this partnership continued until
1867, Avhen he bought his partner's interest
in the business and conducted it until 1871;
he then sold the stock and bought his present
property in Liverpool, consisting of two dwell
ing houses, a warehouse and a store room.
Here he put in a general stock of goods and
has built up a large and profitable trade, con-

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etantly enlarging his stock to answer the de
mands of his increasing business. To the
original business he has added a clothing de
partment. In addition to his mercantile in
terests, he owns a farm and one-half of another
farm in Snyder county. Mr. Freed is a Re
publican, and has served as school director.
For twenty years he has been superintendent
of the Sunday-school of the Lutheran church,
of which he is an active member, and is now
one of the board of trastees. His genial man
ners and public spirit make him popular, and
his love of reading keeps him informed on all
current topics. He possesses those qualities
which secure to him the esteem and confidence
of the community.
Air. Freed was married February 17, 1867,
to Miss Louisa A. Sechrist, of Chapman town
ship, Snyder county, Pa., daughter of John
Sechrist, deceased. Their children are:
Annie, at home; Mary Jane (Mrs. Frank
Hamilton), of Liverpool, Pa.; Henry S. ;
Esther L. ; and Laura M. ; all at home ; George
A., died in boyhood; Arthur M., died aged
seventeen years.

SIMON S. CHARLES, Liverpool, Perry
county, Pa., son of Sebastian and Mary Mag
dalena (Long) Charles, was born on 'the farm
which he now owns, in Liverpool township,
Peny county, August 11, 1836, and is of
English and German descent. His great
grandfather, Christian Charles, came from
England to the American colonies long before
the Revolution, and settled in Lancaster coun
ty, where he manied a lady of German an
cestry. He was a farmer. Two of his family,
Christian Oharies, Jr., and George Charles,
"went west" from Lancaster county, as far as
the vicinity of Shippensburg, Pa., where they
remained for some time, and manied. They
subsequently took up a large tract of land in
Buffalo township, Peny county, which they
developed into, fine farms. The land is stiil
in the possession of their descendants. Chris
tian Cbarles, Jr., was a soldier of the Revolu
tion. He was of the Lutheran denomination.
He married Atiss Moore, and had children:
George; John; Sebastian; Simon; Jacob;
Elizabeth (Atrs. Ulsh); and Alary (Mrs.
Thomas Williamson). All are deceased. The
third son, Sebastian Charles, was born in Buf
falo township in 1803, received an ordinary
education, and Avas brought up as a farmer.

In 1826, he purchased the farm now owned
by Mr. S. S. Charles. It was a tract of wood
land, but the old tough trees were no discour
agement to the stout heart and strong, willing
arm of the young fanner. He built him a
log house in the wood, and soon had a good
part of his land cleared and under cultivation.
It measures sixty-eight acres, and is now near
ly all arable. He was well-known, and well-
liked; he was. a member of the Lutheran
church, as was also his wife, Mary Magdalena
(Long) Charles. Their children are: Eliza
beth, married Joseph Charles, a second cousin,
emigrated in 1851 to Missouri, where she
died; Susan, deceased, went to Missouri with
her sister, and there married William B.
Jones, a steamboat captain, who survives her;
Simon S.; Leah, resides in Hanisburg, Pa.;
Mary (Mrs. AVilliam L. Funk), of Liverpool
toAvnship; and Hannah E., married George C.
Munay, a member of the Hanisburg police
force. Sebastian Charles died July 31, 1846.
In the boyhood of Simon S. Oharies, there
stood on the farm of his uncle, Jacob Ulsh,
an old log school house. To this unpretending
place, open for only three months of the year,
in the winter, Simon, Avith the other young
people of the neighborhood, went to receive
instruction in the necessary branches of an
English education. Simon Charles possessing
an earnest and inquiring mind, made the best
of his slender opportunities. He managed to
find time to attend school until he had at
tained his majority, although he had more of
care and responsibility resting upon him than
is usual with boys in their teens. He was but
nine years of age when his father died, and at
thirteen, he took charge of the farm, and man
aged it Avith very encouraging success. He
Avas the only son, Avith his mother and five sis
ters, at once depending upon and aiding his
efforts. Simon S. Charles was married, June
10, 1860, to Mary Leiter, of Greenwood town
ship, daughter of John AV. and Elizabeth
(Snoke) Leiter.
LeaAdng his home and his young wife for
the defense of the Union, he enlisted, October
10, 1862, at Hanisburg, in Company E, One
Hundred and Seventy-third Pennsylvania
A^olunteers, as a private. He had the offer of
a lieutenancy, but modestly declined the rank.
His captain Avas Henry Charles, a cousin.
The regiment Avent into camp at Norfolk, Va.,
and Avas next ordered to Suffolk, where it was

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engaged in skirmishing. Some time later, it
was ordered' to Washington, D. C, and then
marched to Gettysburg, but arrived too late to
take part in the great battle there; following
up General Lee, a skirmish occuned at Ches
ter Gap. The time of enlistment having ex
pired, Mr. Charles's regiment was discharged
August 17, 1863. He at once returned home
and resumed his agricultural labors, to which
he has since devoted his exclusive attention.
At one time, he owned and operated two boats
on the canal, but placed them under the charge
of other persons.
Mr. Charles is a staunch Republican, but
has always declined office. He is not active
politically, not thinking it right to influence
the votes of others. He is fond of reading,
giving his preference to the Scriptures and
to standard authors; having a retentive mem
ory, he quotes freely, especially from the
Bible, and is interesting and entertaining in
conversation. Although not a member of any
church, he tries to live according to the dic
tates of his conscience, and is interested in
Christian doctrine. He believes that the
seventh day of the week should still be kept as
the Sabbath, and supports this belief from the
Scriptures. The children of Simon S. and Mary (Lei
ter) Charles are : William Edmund, a farmer
of Vernon county, Mo., to which State he
emigrated in the spring of 1885; George O.,
at home; Simon S., Jr., went to Vernon coun
ty, Mo., in the spring of 1890, and has mar
ried; John Austin, at home; Mary Ellen
(Mrs. Elmer Reiber), of Liverpool township;
Sarah 0. (Mrs. John Foster), of Wiconisco
township, Dauphin county, Pa.; Cora Alice
(Airs. George Kough), of Liverpool, Pa.;
Susan E., deceased; and Ida E., deceased.
In 1872 Mr. Charles visited his two sisters in
Vernon county, Mo, and remained two
months and a half.
The name Oharies was originally spelled
Carles by the German ancestors, and subse
quently changed to its present way of spelling.

FREDERICK E. GOTHEL, Peny coun
ty, Pa., was bom November 10, 1827, in the
Kingdom of Saxony, at a town near Leipsic.
He is a son of John David Gothel. John
David Gothel was born in 1765 or '66. When
a young man, he learned the trade of black
smith, but the labor being too severe for him,

he gaA^e it up for the business of weaving,
which he carried on all his life. He served
twelve years in the army, taking part in the
wars Avith A"apoleon. He was three times mar
ried; by his first Avife he had one child, Fred
eric Wilhelm, who died in Saxony. There
were no children of the second marriage; but
his third wife, whose family name was Stuck-
man, was the mother of four children, of
whom Frederic F. was one; another, Augus
tine, was accidentally killed at the age of
twenty-eight. John David Gothel died in
Saxony, aged ninety-two; his wife survived
him, dying at the age of seventy-two. One
of the great-great-grandfathers of Mr. Gothel
came to America, and settled in Pennsylvania;
He was a native of Hamburg. Mr. Gothel
has met some of that ancestor's descendants
in Franklin county, Pa.
Frederick F. Gothel attended school in his
native place until he was about fourteen years
old; he then learned spinning, weaving, and
the other branches of the manufacture of
woolen stuffs, serving a two years' appren
ticeship. This vocation he followed in many
parts of Europe. He was well accustomed to
traveling through the country, having earned
money when a child by going on foot through
the rural districts, selling pins, thread, and
other small necessaries. As a young man, he
worked not only in Bremen, Dresden, Berlin,
and other places in Germany, but also in Po
land, France and Italy. He traveled for
eighteen successive months, being unable to
find employment. He belonged to a trade
guild, which paid his traveling expenses until
he could find work. His father, at the age of
eighty-eight, once walked with him a distance
of twenty-four miles. In 1853, Mr. Gothel
went to Bremen, and waited there three weeks
for a ship on which to sail for America; he
sailed at last, June 29, on the "Hindoo," and
after a voyage of forty-three days, landed in
Baltimore, August 12. He was provided with
but little more money than sufficient to pay
his passage. At Danville, Ba., he worked for
a short time in the iron works, but could not
perform the Avork, not being robust enough
for that kind of employment. He was em
ployed for some time at ATorthumberland, on-
the railroad; next in a stone quarry at Sun
bury. When once more out of work, he went
to Baltimore, making part of the journey on
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countrymen there. His next employment was
at Williamsport, Pa., on a canal boat. He then
found work at his oavii trade in Lykens val
ley, and after that became a weaver in a
woolen factory in Perry county, where he
worked nine weeks for $8.00. He was in bad
health when he came to the county, and it was
some time before he recovered. All the
money he possessed, about $120, had been
used in paying doctor's bills, and he came to
Peny county Avith only five cents in his
pocket. His next employer was Joseph Kei-
fer, for whom he worked for five years, after
which he worked at his trade in Lykens val
ley, first with David C. 'Grosh, and then with
Mr. Hennicke; here he managed to save about
$300, but was attacked with brain trouble,
the result of overwork and anxiety; he had
worked day and night to lay up his little store
of money, and now had to pass a year in the
institution for the insane at Harrisburg. A
strange coincidence is, that he had seen that
building in a dream, during his passage across
the Atlantic. After rest and medical skill
had cured him, and he was discharged from'
the hospital, he went to work again with Mr.
Keifer in Perry county; he was somewhat
later persuaded by Atr, Grosh to transfer his
services to him; Mr. Gothel having become
known as an expert hand, his work was in de
mand. In the course of eleven months, he
had saved $200, and had a good suit of clothes.
He asked Atr. Grosh to alloAV him to peddle
his goods; Mr. Grosh at first hesitated, fearing
that Mr. Gothel's imperfect knowledge of the
English language would prevent him from
succeeding, but at last consented to allow him
a trial. Air. Gothel accordingly set out, pro
vided with a horse and vehicle, and a full stock
of goods; after spending a Aveek on the road,
he came home Avith all his stock disposed of.
His employer was elated. Mr. Gothel's wages
were $1.00 per day, but by retailing many of
the articles in the stock, he made $18.00 that
week. He then peddled with a pack upon
hi.s back, the goods being done up in a shawl.
In this way he traA^eled through several coun
ties. Later, he ceased to be employed by Mr.
Grosh, but bought his goods to sell again, con
tinuing this manner of doing business until the
war broke out, when he could not obtain the
goods. He had traveled for three months on
foot, carrying his pack; had then bought a
team, with one horse, but afterwards traveled

for seven years with two horses. In 1862, Mr. .
Gothel bought the farm upon, which he now
resides, paying for it $1,782. It was not in
good order when he made the purchase, being
without fences, and otherwise in disorder. He
carefully improved it by erecting new build
ings, fences and other necessary structures.
The farm contains over eighty acres, and is
in good productive condition. Mr. Gothel
has led a life of industry, patience and perse
verance under great difficulties, the recollec
tion of which must give him much satisfac
tion, as contrasted with his present condition
of ease and comfort.
While traveling through the country,
Frederic F. Gothel met the lady who after
wards became, his wife, Evelina Buchanan;
they were manied October 4, 1864. Their
children are: John D., farmer, of Greenwood
township, born October 27, 1865; Charles
Henry, deceased, born December 25, 1866;
Frederic F., Jr., deceased, born February'17,
1868; Edward Wilson, deceased, born June
15, 1869; Walter H, born July 29, 1872;
Joseph, born October 15, 1875; George Cal
vin, born July 2, 1878. Mr. Gothel was a
member of the Lutheran church in Germany.
He is a firm believer in the Bible, much of
which he has memorized.

JOHN C. HEBEL, Liverpool, Peny coun
ty, Pa., was born December 13, 1838, in Hali
fax township, Dauphin county, Pa. He is a
son of George and Rosanna (Matchett) Hebel.
His grandfather, Henry He'bel, came from
Germany some time after the Revolution, and
settled near Sunbury, Pa. His wife and son,
George, accompanied him. Early in the war
of 1812, they were attacked in their country
home by British soldiers, driven out, and
forced to hide themselves in a corn field. After
that occurrence, Henry Hebel enlisted, and
lost his life on the battle-field. His widow re-
moA^ed to Millersburg, Pa., where she resided
for the rest of her life. Besides their son,
George, they had one daughter, Rebecca, who
married Henry Rutter, and Avent to reside in
Ohio, where both died. George Hebel, who
was a child at the time of their crossing the
ocean, learned his trade, that of a millwright,
Avith Stephen McCauley, in Lancaster or
Berks county. Settling afterwards in Millers
burg, be pursued his vocation in Dauphin and
the adjacent counties. He built many of the

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mills now standing in Berry county. His
wife, Rosanna Matchett, was born in 1811,
and brought up near Halifax; after their mar
riage they resided for some time in Dauphin
county, and about 1840, removed to Perry
county, where Atr. Hebel bought a farm of
sixty-four acres in Buffalo township. He did
not, however, relinquish his former calling,
but cultivated his farm in addition to it; he
also made patterns for foundry work. He was
ingenious as well as industrious, and seemed
at home in any kind of work. He was active
in politics, voting and working with the Re
publican party. The children of Atr. and Airs.
George Hebel are: David, was in Company
B, Seventh Pennsylvania Reserves, and
served from 1863 to the end of the war of the
Rebellion, manied Aliss Thompson, and set
tled in Grand Rapids, Mich., where both
died; William, died unmanied; Alfred, was
also in the Avar, and a prisoner in Libby Prison
and at AndersonAdlle, manied Aliss Buchanan,
and now resides in Arkansas; James, enlisted
in the Union army, was captured, and taken
to Libby Brison, has married and resides in
Clearfield county, Pa.; Annie (Atrs. Sfioop),
lives in Ohio; Franklin S., is married and re
sides in Ohio; and seven children who died
very young. Mrs. George Hebel died in
1877; Air. Hebel died in Buffalo township,
in February, 1884. His life was one of activ
ity and usefulness. He Avas a member of the
Lutheran church, and in his later years he
took an active part in its work.
At the time of the removal of the family to
Buffalo township, John C. Hebel was two
years old. He attended school in that town
ship during the winter terms of three months.
As soon as he was able to work, he was ex
pected to give his help on the farm. At the
age of eighteen, he learned stone-cutting with
Joseph Eberly, at AliUersburg, Pa., serving
an apprenticeship of two years, and after
wards continuing for some time in Atr. Eber-
ly's employ as journeyman. In 1861, he en
listed at Liverpool in Company B, Seventh
Pennsylvania Reserves. The regiment being
made up, was ordered to AArest Chester, Pa.,
and from that point in about two months to
Washington, D. 0., where it was encamped
for a short time. They were next moved to
vrinter quarters where they were engaged in
drilling and doing guard duty. In the spring,
they were ordered to Manassas Junction,

Avhere the rebels had erected fortifications.
They took part in the battle at Atechanicsville,
in which engagement Company B had a few
men Avounded. After this, they performed
guard duty for a time at Alexandria, Va., and
Avere then ordered to White House Landing,
on the James river, and became a part of the
Army of the Potomac, under General AlcClel
lan. They next marched to Dranesville, and
fought through the first of the famous Seven
Days; the next clay they fought at Atalvern
Hill, Avhich Avas followed by Gaines Mill, June
27, 1862; Charles City Cross Roads, June
30; Alalvern Hill, July 1; Bull Run, Au
gust 28, 29, 30; South Alountain, September
14; Antietam, September 16, 17; and Fred
ericksburg, December 13, 1862. Air. Hebel
took part in eighteen battles, among them the
great engagement at Gettysburg. He was
discharged in Virginia, June 1, 1864, and
came first to Philadelphia, and then to his
home. He has ever since followed his early
calling through the summer months.
John C. Hebel was married, February 28,
1865, to Hannah Resinger, a native of Buffalo
township. Their children are: William
Henry, married Aliss Cauffman, and resides
in Buffalo toAvnship; Alilton R., married Atiss
Buchanan, resides in Liverpool township;
John Al, married Flora Grubb, lives in Howe
toAvnship; Ida Alay; and Charles R. Airs.
Hebel died in August, 1895, aged about forty-
two years. Air. Hebel is a deacon in the Lu
theran church. In politics he is independent.

ISAAC ZELLERS, Liverpool, Berry coun
ty, Ba., was bom Alarch 9, 1836, in Susque
hanna toAvnship, Juniata county, Ba., son of
Alichael and Mary (Huffer) Zellers. His
great-great-grandfather left England in 1747,
bringing his Avife and children, three girls
and five boys, to America on the ship
"Howard." After a voyage of seven weeks
and two days, during which the vessel con
tended for two days and a night with a heavy
storm, they landed September 7, and for three
months remained in Philadelphia. They then
went to Reading, Pa., where George Zellers
bought of Jacob Hoffer 300 acres of land for
£400. He died in Reading. His son, John
Zellers, was bom in Lancaster, England, Atay
8, 1742, and was therefore a child of five
when the family emigrated from the home
land. His boyhood and youth were passed

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in Reading, and there, on June 8, 1776, he
manied Alary Fisher. Before his maniage,
he had worked in Juniata county, then includ
ed in Cumberland, for two years. He bought
in that county about 900 acres of land, which
he divided into eight farms. Leaving his wife
after but a few months of wedded life, to fight
in the cause of his adopted country, he enlist
ed in the Continental army, October 9, 1776.
Four of his brothers were also serving under
General Washington. His brother, Tobias,
was taken prisoner, and shot. Jonas was cap
tured, and died of starvation on board of a
prison ship. After nine months in the service,
John Zellers obtained a month's leave of ab
sence, to see his first-born child, and to attend
the bedside of his wife, Avho was very ill. At
the close of his furlough he returned to the
army; but obtaining another month's leave
at a later time, she died during his visit. He
served until the end of the war, taking part
in seven battles and nine skirmishes. Some
time after his return to his home, he married
Ataria Fisher, a cousin of his first Avife. His
eldest son, the child of his first wife, was John,
Who resided in Sugar valley, Centre county,
Pa., where he died; the issue of the second
marriage were: Henry,- of Snyder county,
Pa. ; Alargaret, married John Wilt, inherited
part of the homestead; Mary, married John
Hoopes, resided on a part of the homestead
in Juniata county; Benjamin, of Snyder
county; George, resided in the State of New
York; Mary Magdalena, married George
AVilt, resided in Snyder county; Tobias, re
sided on the old homestead; Susan, manied
Solomon Karstetter, lived in Snyder county;
and Derickson, died at the age of fourteen.
One child died in infancy. John Zellers died
December 17, 1808; his wife preceded him
in death by two years.
Benjamin Zellers, grandfather of Isaac,
who Avas born June 14, 1781, on the homestead
in Juniata county, inherited a part of that
property, and lived and died where he had
first seen the light. He married Barbara
Shetterley, born in 1783. Their children are:
Abraham, born March 8, 1812, resides at Sil
ver Lake, Mich. ; Frances (Atrs. Peter Good-
ling), bom April 14, 1814, lived and died in
Juniata county; Alichael, born March 10,
1816; Barbara, widow of William Borfczline,
born Alay 9, 1818, resides in Snyder county;
Susan (Airs. Jacob Brooker), born December

6, 1821, lived and died in Juniata county; and
Rachel, born May 11, 1826, manied, and re
moved to Missouri, where she died. Benjamin
Zellers died Atay 2, 1840; his wife survived
him until January 6, 1847. They were mem
bers of tbe Lutheran church. Their third '
child, Michael, learned farming in his boy
hood, and made it his vocation throughout
life. After his marriage, he bought over 200
acres in Susquehanna township, Juniata
county, but he met with reverses, and lost all
his possessions. His children by his first wife,
Mary (Huffer) Zellers, are: Isaac; Jacob,
born July 10, 1838, was a soldier in the late
war, resides in Juniata county; Catherine
(Mrs. Jacob Tressler), bom October 20, 1840,
lives in Juniata county; Johanna (Mrs. Ben
jamin Franz), born July 4, 1844, resides in
Perry township, Snyder county; and Rachel
(Mrs. Daniel Brown), of Juniata county, born
April 7, 1847. His first wife died July 13,
1851. Mr. Zellers, on Febraary 14, 1853,
married Eve Kreps. Their children are : Alary
(Airs. Simon Fugleman), born December 14,
1853, resided in Juniata county, where she
died; Sarah, born March 14, 1855, died at
the age of fifteen; and Michael, Jr., born
March 14, 1859, died aged twenty-seven. Mr.
Zellers died September 12, 1873, aged fifty-
nine years.
At the age of nine years, Isaac Zellers went
to live with his maternal grandfather, Jacob
Hoffer, of Union, now Snyder, county. He
remained there three years, but had not begun
to go to school. He then lived three years
with Alichael Shetterley, in Susquehanna
township, Juniata " county, and attended
school thirty-six and one-half days. He was
kept at work on tbe farm and in the saAV-mill.
His next place of abode was the house of
Jacob Weiser, for whom he worked five years,
at farming, and on the canal. In 1856, he
undertook to learn carpentry with Daniel
Moyer, of Snyder county, and was under his
instructions for a year; but Mr. Moyer giv
ing up the business, in order to devote his at
tention to farming, there was an interval when
Air. Zellers was unemployed, and which he
very wisely made use of to attend school.
After this be worked one year with Jacob
Showers, millwright, of Snyder county; then
was employed for two years and a half by
John 0. Bums, of Juniata county; but dur
ing most of the time, Mr. Zellers' work lay in

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there, and afterwards removed to a farm be
longing to his father-in-law in Susquehanna
township, Juniata county, and now resides
in Chapman township, Snyder county. He is
a Democrat, decided in his convictions. He
has served several terms as justice of the peace,
has been a school director, and held other of
fices. His chUdren are: George A., a farmer,
of Pleasant View, Juniata county; James L.,
died in infancy; William H. ; Calvin J.,
died at the age of nine; Martha E., manied
Amason Spicher, and lives on her father's
farm in Juniata county. Mr. Lyter is a mem
ber of the Lutheran church.
AAllliam 11. Lyter, after attending the
common schools in his early years, took a
course at the academy at Mifflintown, and at
the Patterson high school. Until he was twen
ty-one years old, he worked on the farm dur
ing the summers. He then began teaching
in Juniata county, but after teaching only one
term, he went to Michigan, and worked for
seven months on a farm in Benien county.
Returning home, he taught again, for two
winter terms. William H. Lyter was manied
in Juniata county, in 1884, to Lillian, daugh
ter of Henry Barner. They remained at bis
home in Susquehanna township, until the
spring of 1886, when they removed to Beny
county, where Mr. Lyter bought his present
place, which originally contained ninety-five
acres; he has since added sixty-five, and has
built a new dwelling. He did not give up
teaching until the spring of 1896, having
taught ten terms since he has been a resident
of Perry county. Mr. Lyter is a staunch Dem
ocrat, and now takes much interest in poli
tics. He has served his township as auditor.
In addition to farming, he is agent for agri
cultural implements.
The children of Air. and Airs. Lyter are:
George Cleveland; Henry Alton; and Wil
liam Elmer. Although brought up in the Lu
theran church, Air. Lyter uoav attends the
United Brethren church.

ABRAHAA1 FLURIE, farmer, Newport,
Perry county, Pa., son of Abraham and Leah
(Trimmer) Flurie, was bom April 12, 1834,
on the homestead in Oliver township, Perry
county. Abraham Flurie, Sr., was bom in
Peny county, and died in Oliver township in
the spring of 1863, aged nearly eighty years.
He manied Leah Trimmer, whose death oc-

Seneca county, Al Y. By this time, his dili
gence and economy had enabled him to save
about $1,000; and in 1862, he began business
on his own account in Juniata and Snyder
counties, as a contractor for the construction
of saw-mills, grist-mills, houses and bams.
Since that time, he has built twenty-eight
barns and as many dAvellings. During the
winter of 1863-64, Mr. Zellers Avas working at
AVashington, D. G, for John E. Smith, who
was employed by the United States Govern
ment. This engagement lasted eleven
months; but Mr. Zellers was at the end of that
time obliged to go home on account of illness.
After his recovery, he Avorked for the United
States Government in Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania and
Ohio, on various structures, but principally on
repairing bridges. On Alarch 29, 1858, he
bought a part of the place on which he now
lives, and has added to the original tract by
successive purchases. In 1859, he bought the
Samuel Rhodes tract; in 1863, the Dillman
tract, and in 1864, part of the Lyter tract,
making in all 300 acres. In 1865, he bought
the Noah Seaman tract, in Juniata county.
In 1874, Air. Zellers lost all of his possessions
by bailing officers. It was in 1862 that he
and 'his wife began housekeeping on the farm
which is still their home. Air. Zellers began
at an early age to vote with the Democratic
party, and has never changed his mind or his.
custom. He has never been prevailed upon
to accept any public office. He is still a con
tractor, as well as a farmer.
Isaac Zellers was married in 1861 to Sarah
Sechrist, a native of Snyder county. Their
children are: Frederick, married Susan
Fahnestock, resides in Liverpool toAvnship;
Amelia; Henry, married Atiss McMichael,
resides in Liverpool township; Isaac, of Dau
phin county; John; Elizabeth (Mrs. James
Feister), of Liverpool township; William;
and Jacob. Atr. Zellers is a member of the
Dunkard church. He owns and prizes as a
relic, the Bible that belonged to his great
grandfather, printed in England in 1742.
AVILLIAAI H. LYTER, Liverpool, Perry
county, Pa., was born Febraary 4, 1861, in
Susquehanna township, Juniata county, son
of George W. and Susanna (Snyder) Lyter.
George W. Lyter was born in Snyder county,
in Alarch, 1832. He grew up and manied

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curred many years before his own. Their
children are: Henry, deceased; Barbara,
widow of Thomas Haney, resides in Oliver
township; Rosanna, widow of George Peter-
man, resides in Miller township, Perry coun
ty; Alargaret, resides in 01iArer township;
Abraham; Eleanor, deceased; Isaac; Jacob;
ancl Daniel; the last three reside in Oliver
township. A part of the old homestead on which Ab
raham Flurie, Jr., was born, is in his posses
sion. He attended the common schools when
he had the opportunity, but he was one of a
large family of children, and was kept busily
employed on the farm a greater part of the
time. When old enough to be put to regular
work, he was set to chopping wood for the
distillery which his father was conducting.
When his school days were ended, he remained
at home and worked with his father on the
farm until he was twenty-two years of age.
Not being able to come to an agreement with
his father as to his work and wages, he left
home, and for one season procured Avork at
painting bridges, but the Avork not proving
agreeable he returned ancl worked at any odd
job he could obtain.
About 1859, he was married to Aliss Cathe
rine Clouser and they made their home in
Howe township, Peny county, where for tAvo
years he was employed as a day laborer. In
1862, Air. Flurie was drafted into the United
States military service, and was assigned to
Company E, One Hundred and Seventy-third
Pennsylvania Volunteers. Joining his regi
ment at Hanisburg, he was sent with it to
Virginia, and was detailed on guard duty at
Kempsville. At this place he was taken sick
and was sent to the field hospital. Shortly
afterward, he was honorably discharged from
the service on account of physical disability,
ancl sent to his home, having been in the ser
vice four months. It was two years before he
recovered his health and strength, ancl then
he resumed work as a day laborer.. The doc
tors told him he could not live longer than
two years if he went into the army." When
he left home for the army the burden for pro
viding for his three children fell upon his wife,
and this duty, although it entailed great hard
ship, she cordially and faithfully performed
with motherly devotion and heroic patriotism.
At the death of his father in 1863, the home
farm, consisting of ninety-four acres, de

scended to the children, and it fell to the lot
of Mr. Flurie to take charge of it. It was
much run down ancl in very bad shape, but
proper attention and skillful culture resulted
in its great improA^ement. In 1883, Mr.
Flurie met Avith a severe accident by the fall
of the top of a tree upon his left leg, which
fractured the ankle joint. The -Republican
party has a loyal and stalwart adherent in the
person of Air. Flurie. He has served as in
spector of elections, and for six years as school
director. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Flurie are :
William, brickmaker, New Cumberland, Pa. ;
Ellsworth, brickmaker, Newport, Pa. ; Lizzie,
at home ; Curtis, Avorks at Newport, Pa. ; Paul
R., clerk at Hotel Central, Newport, Pa.;
ancl Charles, brickmaker, at New Cumber
land, Pa.

D. Al. EHRHART, farmer, Newport,
Perry county, Pa., son of John and Elmira
(Super) Ehrhart, Avas born in Sugar Run val
ley, Perry county, Pa., September 15, 1854.
The maternal great-grandparents of Mr. Ehr
hart came from Germany. His paternal great
grandfather died when a young man, and his
widow afterwards married Philip Shearer.
Alichael Ehrhart, grandfather of D. M. Ehr
hart, was born 'in York county, Pa., and re
mained there until shortly after his marriage,
when he removed to Oliver township, Perry
county, Pa., transporting his family and ef
fects in a wagon, owned and driven by a Mr.
Himes. He- was a man of slender means and
worked as a day laborer, living on a rented
fann. On reaching Perry county, he bought
a small home and occupied it for some years,
but sold it later and moved from place to place.
For some years the family lived in a log house
on the Bloomfield road. He died in Oliver
township and is buried at Altoona, Pa. His
wife Avas Miss Wolf, who died in AVest Hunt
ingdon, Pa. Their children are: John F.;
Afary, deceased; David, deceased; Alichael,
a Lutheran minister, deceased; George, de
ceased; William, died young; Sarah, resides
in the Avest; and Susanna, resides in the south.
John Ehrhart, father of D. At. Ehrhart,
was born in York county, Pa., July 10, 1818.
AVhen he was sixteen months old, his parents
removed to Perry county, Pa., where he re-
ceiA-ed his education in the subscription
schools. AAlien a boy, he drove an ore cart at

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the old Juniata Furnace ; at the age of eleven,
he was put out to work, and after this was
never at home, except to make short visits to
his parents. At the age of nineteen years, he
learned carpentry. Three years previous to
his marriage, he bought a tract of land in
Sugar Run valley, situated in the wilderness
and clothed in its native forests. Here he de
termined to make a home, and proceeded to
clear the land and build a bouse. A comfort
able log house was soon in readiness, and this
was their residence for many years. About
1865, Mr. Ehrhart exchanged this place for
the farm which his son, D. At. Ehrhart, now
occupies. In 1885, he relinquished active
pursuits, and retired to Juniata toAvnship,
where he now resides. Air. Ehrhart is a Pro
hibitionist; he has never sought any office.
In 1847, John Ehrhart married Elmira
Super. When a small girl, Airs. Ehrhart was
taken by her parents to Ohio, then considered
the far west. The journey thither and the re
turn were by wagon, and the road was through
the wilderness, still occupied by the Indians,
who gave the travelers much annoyance. The
children of John and Elmira Ehrhart are:
William, superintendent of schools in Schuyl
kill county, Pa.; Sarah Ella, manied, and
resides in Juniata township; Jacob H, re
moved to the Avest in 1874, is a contractor in
Alissouri; D. AL; Alary Jane (Airs. D. A.
Campbell), of Juniata township; George,
died in Perry county; Charles, died young;
Annie (Airs. Clell Black), resides at Harris
burg, her husband being employed by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company; and Ella
AL (Airs. Cyrus Magie), resides at Altoona,
Pa. Air. Ehrhart is a man who loves peace,
and does all in his power to- make social inter
course agreeable. He never sued a man in his
life, and was never sued but once, and then
his opponent had to pay tbe costs of the suit.
D. At. Ehrhart received his education in the
common schools, and was reared on tbe farm.
When he was about twenty-one years of age,
he worked at the blacksmith trade, and this
has been his occupation, at intervals, since
that time. After his maniage, he rented a
farm in Oliver township, and cultivated it for
five years, after which he removed to Newport,
Pa., where he resided for three years, working
at brickmaking in the summer seasons, and in
the winter doing such chance jobs as came in
his way. He bought property in Newport,

AVhich he sold in January, 1888, and removed
to the farm he noAV occupies, consisting of
eighty-five acres. Air. Ehrhart is a strong Re
publican; he has filled the office of school
director for six years. His church member
ship is in the St. Samuel's Lutheran church,
in which he holds the office of deacon.
D. AL Ehrhart was married, December 18,
1879, to Aliss Emma AlaNaughton, of Oliver
toAvnship, daughter of George W. and Lavina
(Rider) ALNaughton. Their children are:
Alary L., at home; and Solomon E. Air. Ehr
hart holds membership, and is a deacon, in St.
Samuel's Lutheran church.

JOHN BLACK, farmer, ATewport, Peny
county, Pa., son of Robinson and Eliza
(Noble) Black, was born in Raccoon valley,
Perry county, February 13, 1824. It is not
known whether his grandfather, John Black
(1), was born in this country or in Great Brit
ain. The earliest knowledge his descendants
have of him is that he settled on a farm above
Jacksburg, which is now owned by a Atr.
Hartman. At a later date he settled in Rac
coon yalley, and there bought three farms.
The Indians were still in that section of the
country in great numbers, Avere always
troublesome to the pioneers, and frequently
were hostile. For the protection and safety
of the new settlers, a fort Avas at that time built
near Jacksburg. Here Atr. Black passed his
life and here he died at about sixty years of
age. He married Atiss Robinson, a native of
Pennsylvania, who surviA-ed him some years.
Their children are: Robinson, died in Oliver
toAAmship; James, died in Bloomfield, Pa.;
Samuel, died in Raccoon A-alley; Jonathan,
died young, in Raccoon valley; Jane, married
DaAid Aleredith, both deceased; Aiolly, mar
ried Atr. Ramsay, both deceased; and Re
becca, married Atr. Alateer, both deceased.
Air. Black Avas an old time Whig. In religious
faith and communion he was a Seceder.
Robinson Black, father of John Black, was
born in Raccoon valley, Peny county, Pa., in
1779. His education Avas received in sub
scription schools, and he Avas reared a farm
boy. Upon becoming of age he occupied and
cultivated one of his father's farms in Raccoon
valley. He was a Democrat. He and his wife
were members of the Alethodist church. On
January 5, 1821, he was married to Eliza
AToble. Their children are: Alary, born in

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1822, died at about sixteen years of age;
John; Rebecca, died August 25, 1893, aged
sixty-five years, was tfie wife of John Smith,
deceased; Grace, died in childhood; Alartha
Ann, widow of Robert Monroe, resides in
Newport, Pa.; Adeline (Mrs. Joseph P.
Smith), of York, Neb.; Elizabeth (Mrs. W.
AAT. Lesh), resided in Washington, D. G,
where she died; James B., of Oliver township;
Margaret Jane (Mrs. Charles Swab), of Berry,
la. In 1869, Air. and Mrs. R. Black visited
their tAvo daughters living at Buda, Bureau
county, 111., and they remained two years.
Mr. Black was taken sick there and brought
home, and died in 1871. His wife died July
27, 1887, aged eighty-seven years.
John Black first attended subscription
schools, and later the public schools. His edu
cational opportunities were slender, as he was
¦ in school only two months out of the twelve.
There was much land to be cleared on his
grandfather's farm, and his 'assistance in this
work Avas often called for. He and his wife
lived for a year after their marriage on his
father's farm; for the next two years, they
rented and occupied the Josiah Fickes farm, in
Oliver township. They then rented a farm in
S'aAulle township for five years, after which
they bought a tract of seventy acres, lived one
year upon it, and then sold it, and bought of
Charles SAveezy a fann of sixty-nine acres,
which they still own and cultivate. They are
successful and prosperous and are very highly
esteemed. Atr. Black is a staunch Democrat;
he is active and prominent in local politics,
and has served as supervisor and as school di
rector for several terms.
John Black Avas married November 27,
1856, to Sarah Jane, daughter of David and
Alargaret (Rider) Pool, the former a native
of Carlisle, Pa., the latter of Newport, Pa.
The children of Air. and Airs. Black are:
James, died aged six Aveeeks; Mary Jane (Mrs.
Charles Wilson), of Harrisburg, Pa. ; Maggie,
die'cl aged seventeen months; Anna B., mar
ried Frank Bair, resides in Buffalo township,
Perry county, Pa.; Charles E., born in Oli
ver toAvnship, Perry county, Pa., November
6, 1868, was brought up on the farm and edu
cated in the public schools, went west in Feb
ruary, 1895, on a tour of observation, intend
ing to settle at some point which promised
well for business, but not finding a favorable
opening, returned the following July, and in

August, accepted a position as attendant in
the State Lunatic Asylum at Harrisburg, Pa.,
but was taken sick and returned to his home,
where he has remained up to the time of this
writing; and William G, fireman of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, residing at Harris
burg, Pa.

HENRY FLEISHER, farmer, Newport,
Perry county, Pa., was born February 18,
1842, on the homestead he now owns and oc
cupies, which was originally bought at sheriff's
sale by his father, and occupied as the family
residence. In his early boyhood, Mr. Fleisher
attended the common schools, but while still
very young, he began to help with the farm
work, which cut his school days short. Even
during the winter months, there were fre
quently jobs to be done, such as threshing the
grain, Avhich was then trampled out by horses
on the barn floor; and the small boy found
very congenial occupation in riding the horses.
After reaching eighteen years of age, his time
was wholly given to farm work. His mother
died during the Avar, and his father's death oc
curred soon after. Henry Fleisher and his
brother, Jacob, then took the homestead at
the price at which it was appraised for the set
tlement of the estate, and cultivated the farm
in partnership until about 1890, when he
bought his brother's interest in the place, and
has occupied it alone since that time. Under
his management, the old homestead has been
improved and remodeled, and has been ren
dered more valuable and comfortable. Mr.
Fleisher's political principles, which he claims
to have inherited from his father, are of the
staunch Democratic type. He has served as
school director one term, and is uoav serving
his third term as tax collector.
_ In Alarch, 1871, Henry Fleisher was mar
ried to Miss Christiana Kraft, born in Lancas
ter county, Pa., January 18, 1852, daughter
of Henry and Catherine (Miller) Kraft.
Henry Kraft, father of Mrs. Fleisher, was
born in Lancaster, Pa., and OAvned a farm of
eighty acres, now within the limits of the
city of Lancaster; a part of his land is included
in the grounds of Franklin and Marshall Col
lege. Here he lived until a short time after
his marriage. When his daughter, Christiana,
Avas six weeks old, he removed to Peny coun
ty, Pa., and bought a farm in Howe toAvnship,
now OAvned by Alfred Wright. On this place

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Mr. Kraft died in 1866, aged about fifty-five
years. His wife, Catherine, died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Fleisher, in January,
1891, aged sixty-two years. The children of
Mr. and Mrs. Fleisher are: Frank AV., born
Febraary 11, 1874, a telegraph operator
at Tyrone, Pa.; Catherine L., born August
7, 1877, a pupil at the Shippensburg Normal
School, preparing for the work of teaching;
Myrtle May, born May 16, 1881, attending
school in Oliver township; Margaret A., born
December 15, 1885, at school. The famUy
are members of the Lutheran church. Mr.
Fleisher is one of the solid men of the commu
nity, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of
his neighbors.

DAVID DECKARD, retired, Acker,
Peny county, Pa., was born in Buffalo town
ship, Perry county, Pa., in September, 1813.
His father, Philip Deckard, was born in one of
the eastern counties of Pennsylvania, and pre
vious to his marriage settled in Buffalo town
ship, Peny county, where he resided until his
death. He married Miss Alsbaugh, of Perry
county, whose death occurred one year before
his own. Their children were: Julia Ann;
Henry; David; Eliza; Sarah; and Alary;
all deceased, except David. He was a Demo
crat and was a member of tbe United Brethren
church. David Deckard was reared on the farm and
attended the public schools in the winter.
When he attained his majority, .he began work
on his own account, and in 1850, settled on his
present farm, of which he came into possession
at the death of his father. It contains 300
acres of excellent land, and under Mr. Deck-
ard's skillful management, has been vastly
improved. Among his most substantial im
provements is a commodious and beautiful
residence, which is a credit to his enterprise
and good taste. He has passed his entire life
on the place, and has something of value to
show for his many years of industry. He is
now quietly retired from active pursuits and
is enjoying the well-earned fruits of his labor
and frugality in former years. Mr. Deckard
is an adherent of the Democratic party. He
has served efficiently as school director.
David Deckard married Alifcs Barbara
Stenz, of Buffalo township, who died in Octo
ber, 1890. Their children are: Charles, at
home; John, a physician; and Calvin, a far

mer in Howe township. Mr. Deckard has won
the esteem of the community by his honorable
conduct in the various relations of life.
ALFRED WRIGHT, farmer, Newport,
Beny county, Pa., was born in Greenwood
township, Perry county, Pa., February 5,
1849, son of James and Melissa (Buchanan)
Wright. His ancestors came from England.
His great-grandfather, a bridge builder, lived
near Bhiladelphia, and while working at his
trade, fell from a bridge and was killed.
Charles Wright, grandfather of Alfred
Wright, it is supposed was born near Philadel
phia and was very young at the time of his
father's death. His mother then married a
Mr. Mitchell, after which the family came to
Perry county. Charles Wright married De
borah Van Camp, settled in Greenwood town
ship; became a prosperous farmer and a
prominent and honored citizen, and was
elected county commissioner for one term.
On retiring from active business, he settled at
Millerstown, Pa., where he resided for twen
ty years, and died about 1868, aged eighty-
six years, his wife having died some years be
fore, at the 'age of eighty-two.
James Wright, father of Alfred Wright,
was born in Greenwood township, Perry coun
ty, in 1813, and learned farming. He then
bought a farm from his father, which he occu
pied until 1867, when he sold it and removed
to a farm which he purchased in the north
western part of DeKalb county, Mo. After
holding this land for three years, he sold it,
returned to Perry county, Pa., and made his
home with his son, Alfred, until his death.
He married Melissa Buchanan, who was born
in Liverpool township in 1814. Their chil
dren are: Charles, a carpenter, of Alillers
town, Pa., served in the late war; John B.,
died in Alissouri in 1871, enlisted in the late
war in the Two Hundred and Eighth Pennsyl
vania Volunteers; Lucretia Ann (Mrs. Henry
Martin, resides on the old homestead in Green
wood township; James A., farmer, Liverpool
township, served in the late war in the One
Hundred and Thirty-third Pennsylvania Arol-
unteers, was discharged, and afterwards served
in the Signal Corps under Gen. Phil. Sheri
dan; and Alfred. Mr. Wright always voted
the Democratic ticket, excepting in 1864,
when he voted for Abraham Lincoln for a sec
ond term of the presidency. He died in 1874,

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his wife in Alarch, 1892. He was prominent
and active in the Presbyterian church, and
was highly honored.
Alfred AVright was educated in the common
schools, and grew up on the farm, and was the
only one of the children who accompanied his
parents when, in 1867, they removed to Mis
souri. He remained in that State only two
months, and then returned to Perry county,
Pa., Avhere he found employment with his
brother-in-law in Greenwood township. In
February, 1868, he rented a farm in Green
wood township, where he Avent to housekeep
ing, and on AVhich he continued to live until
the fall of 1871, when he bought his present
place containing 197 acres, once known as
the Trimmer farm and later as the Kraft farm.
Here he has been engaged in raising general
farm products and has made his business suc
cessful and profitable, and in the meantime has
added many substantial and valuable improve
ments to the farm. Mr. Wright has been ac
tive in politics in connection with the Demo
cratic party, and has served in all township
offices, having been school director six years,
supervisor three years, and member of the
election board almost continuously. The Gol
den Rule has been the governing law of his
life, although he never joined any church or
ganization. On November 24, 1867, he was married to
Miss Catherine Kraft, of Howe township,
daughter of Henry Kraft. Their children are :
Henry Harrison, fanner in Greenwood town
ship ; Alfred Ambrose, railroad track man, of
Oliver township; Naomi Ellen (Mrs. John H.
Hetrick), of Greenwood township; Clark
AArellington, resides in Howe township; Mag
gie AL, at home; Elmer H, at home; Grover
Cleveland; Nellie Frances; and Cyrus S.

MICHAEL OREN, farmer, Newport,
Perry county, Pa., son of Jesse and Catherine
(Horting) Oren, Avas born in Greemvood town
ship, Peny county, October 27, 1822. His
ancestors came from Germany, His grand
father died in Howe township, on the Humb
ler farm, named for his son-in-law, Mr. Humb
ler. Jesse Oren was born in York county, Pa.,
in 1804, and came to Peny county when a
young man, in the spring of 1828. In the
following spring, he married Miss Catherine
Horting, and they settled on a farm of ninety-
seven acres, now owned by their son, Michael.

This farm was probably bequeathed to Mrs.
Oren by her father, at least in part, as Mr.
Oren paid a balance on it to the other heirs of
the estate. At that time the land was nearly
all in timber; Mr. Oren cleared it, prepared
the soil for cultivation, and erected the needful
buildings. Another part of his occupation
was driving a team to and from Baltimore.
He was a man of fine physique, and of robust
health. He had a double row of teeth, not
one of which was decayed; to the end of his
life his sight was as good as it was in his youth,
serving him perfectly, without the aid of
glasses. His reputation was widely established
over the county as a capable and successful
business man, of unquestioned probity. His
religious views were clearly and firmly held,
and he maintained a consistent course of con
duct as a member of the Church of God. His
death occuned at the home of his son, Alichael,
November 12, 1893, his wife having died
eight years before, at the age of seventy-five
years; the remains of both are interred in the
cemetery of the Church of God in Howe town
ship. Their chUdren are: Alichael; Alary
(Mrs. R. H. Wingert), of Newport, Pa.;
Jesse, died near Milford, in Juniata towns-
ship; Margaret (Mrs. John L. Wingert), of
Howe township; William, died in Howe
township, aged seven years; George, died
young; Elizabeth (Mrs. John Basom), of
Howe township, whose husband served in the
late Avar; Annie (Mrs. Philip Zeigler), of
Howe township; Catherine (Atrs. John Free-
land), of Howe township; John, farmer,
in Juniata township; and Abraham, of New
port. Alichael Oren's parents removed when he
was five or six years old, to Howe township,
where he attended the district schools until he
was twenty-one years of age, and Avorked on
the farm. Being of a mechanical turn, he
readily learned carpentry without apprentice
ship, and rendered valuable service in the
erection of the home dwelling and other build
ings. His first employment was as cook on a
canal boat, for which he received one dollar
per day, after which he worked as a carpenter
with Mr. Horting at Newport. His readiness
and ingenuity at almost any kind of work
render it easy for him to keep in employment.
In the spring of 1861, he built a house for
himself on a lot on the river in Howe town
ship, and resided there until April, 1893, when

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he took possession of bis present home, which
was bequeathed to him and his brother, Abra
ham, by their fatber. Mr. Oren cordially
adopted the political views of the Republican
party, and served as auditor of the township
and as judge of elections. His life and char
acter are such as to beget the good will and
esteem of all his neighbors.
In the spring of 1848, Michael Oren was
married to Rachel Elizabeth Freeland, born
in Howe township, June 29, 1833, daughter
of John and Mary (Kumbler) Freeland.
Their children are: Ellen, widow of John
Lynch, resides in Harrisburg, Pa. ; John Wil-'
liam, died aged two years; George W., works
in the stone quany at Harrisburg, Pa. ; James
F., resides at Harrisburg, Pa.; Louise;
Charles H, drayman at Newport, Pa. ; Abra
ham Jesse, railroad hand on the Newport and
Shermans Valley Railroad; and Dotty, died
aged nineteen years.

JOSEPH A. WRIGHT, farmer and stock
man, Newport, Perry county, Pa., son of Wil
liam and Rebecca H. (Nipple) Wright, was
born in Howe township, Perry county, April
9, 1843. His grandfather, Charles Wright,
was born in Germantown, Philadelphia
county, Pa., November 17, 1781, bis father
having died three months previous to his
birth. He was reared in Greenwood township,
his mother having removed thither after her
marriage to David Mitchell, an Irishman.
Charles Wright married Deborah Van Camp,
settled in Greenwood township, and spent his
life in farming; he died in Millerstown, Pa.,
Alarch 27, 1868, aged eighty-six years, four
months and ten days. His son, William
Wright, was born in Greenwood township,
Peny county, Pa., June 12, 1809. He grew
up on the farm, ancl also learned shoemaking,
which, however, he did not follow. About
1829, he married Rebecca H. Nipple, and
shortly afterwards settled on a farm in Howe
township, where the remainder of his life was
spent. In 1855, he bought a farm on the river
and there he died, June 7, 1882, aged seventy-
two years, eleven months and twenty-five
days. He was active in politics, as a decided
Democrat. In 1863, he was elected county
commissioner, and served until 1866. He
also served in every township office, and for
thirty-five years was justice of the peace, in
Avhich office his administration was so wise and

just that he enjoyed the unusual distinction
of never having a case appealed from his doc
ket. In youth he joined the Presbyterian
church, and held to the faith and worship of
that denomination during life, an honored
communicant in the church at Millerstown.
No man in the community was better known
than he, and none more highly esteemed. His
upright character and blameless life were con
ceded by all who knew him, and his record
for fair dealing and cordial bearing was with
out exception. His friends were a host, and
his death was universally lamented. His wife
died August 15, 1861. She was at one time
a communicant in the Presbyterian church.
In all relations of life she was exemplary, and
sustained the character of a devout Christian.
Both are interred in Wright's cemetery, in
Perry valley. Their children are: Amos, of
Howe township; Mary Jane (Mrs. Lease),
Greemvood township; Deborah A. (Mrs.
Daniel Hilbert), Tuscarora township, Perry
county; John L., of Howe township; AVil
liam W., was accidentally killed by the cars
on the railroad crossing in Newport, Pa.,
January 3, 1893; Joseph A.; Cyrus N, died
in Howe township; George T, died at Har
risburg, Pa.; and Wesley N., who has been
absent about twenty-five years, and when last
heard from was at Perry, Oklahoma. In
1862, Mr. Wright was united in his second
marriage to Mary Jane Asper, who still sur
vives. Their children are: Elmira M. (Mrs.
Perry Grubb), of Howe township; and one
daughter, died in infancy.
Until he was seventeen years of age, Joseph
A. Wright was under instruction in the com
mon schools, attending three months each year
at first, and in later' years, four months. Be
fore the war, he served a two years' apprentice
ship at carpentry. He enlisted, September 23,
1861, at Harrisburg, Pa., in Company H, For-
ty-seArenth Pennsylvania Volunteers. This
regiment Avas at once ordered to the
front, and was among the first to cross
the Potomac and imrade Virginia. It
was here assigned to picket duty, and also
employed in building fortifications; it was at
the same time subjected to severe military
training, which sometimes occupied as much
as eight hours per day. About January 27,
1862, the regiment was transferred to the De
partment of the Gulf, and stationed at Key
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in garrison duty; the next six months were
spent in active mUitary duties at Port Royal,
S. C, during Avhich time several expeditions
were sent up the Savannah riArer. In
the first of these, the rebels were met
at Pocotalgo, by six hundred of the
Forty-seventh, and tAvo companies of the Sixth
Connecticut, in an engagement in Avhich the
loss fell heaA'ily upon Company IL From
Port Royal, the regiment was returned to Key
West and Fort Jefferson, where it remained
for fourteen months, doing garrison duty, af
ter which it was ordered to New Orleans and
went thence under General Banks on a cotton
expedition up Red river. On April 8, 1864,
in an engagement with the rebels at Sabine
Cross Roads, the Forty-seventh regiment lost
one hundred men, and was compelled that
night to fall back to Pleasant Hill, and take
a new position, where on the following day
another fierce fight occurred, and large losses
were sustained. Another backward move was
then made, to Grande Core, thence to Alex
andria, and thence to Morganza on the Mis
sissippi river, where they went into camp and
remained until July 1. The regiment was
then ordered to New Orleans, and thence to
AVashington, D. G, which they reached July
14, 1864. Having remained there one night,
the regiment was next sent to Snicker's Gap,
on the Shenandoah rivet, in the department
under the command of General AAlight, whom
General Grant shortly afterward removed,
placing General Sheridan in command of the
department. From Snicker's Gap, the regi
ment fell back to Washington, moving by Avay
of Leesburg and Chain Bridge, and from
Washington advanced by way of Frederick
City to Harper's Feny, and thence proceeded
with General Sheridan up the Shenandoah val
ley. They were in the battle at Cedar Creek,
ancl Air. Wright here witnessed the famous ride
of Sheridan down from Winchester. After
this battle, the regiment gradually advanced
up the Aialley, but Avas not again engaged in
any battle; in the winter of 1864-65, It was
again ordered to Savannah, Ga. Mr. AVright' s
tenn of service having expired, he Avas ordered
to Harrisburg, Ba., where he was honorably
discharged, Alarch 17, 1865. After reaching
home, Air. AAlight resumed his unfinished
apprenticeship and completed it in one year,
after which he worked at his trade as a jour
neyman until July, 1889, and then turned

his attention to farming. . In the spring of
1875, he bought his present place of sixty
acres, on which he erected a house and other
buildings. Mr. Wright is past commander of Lieut.
Arnold Lobaugh Lost, No. 297, G. A. R, at
Newport, Pa. He is an extensive reader, and
is a strong advocate of the free coinage of sil
ver; he has always been strongly Democratic
in his political views. He was elected to the
office of justice of the peace, but he did not
take up his commission. He has served three
years as school director; as judge of elections,
one term; and as supervisor, one term; he
was re-elected judge of elections for 1897.
Joseph A. Wright was manied, March 19,
1867, to Isabella, daughter of George Shull,
of Howe township. She died April 15, 1889,
aged thirty-nine years, three months and
twenty-five days, and her remains are buried
in the cemetery at Newport. She was a devot
ed Christian, and left a memory fragrant with
good deeds and loving service. Their children
are: George F.; William H; James G;
Wesley N.; and Emory E.; all at home; and
one daughter, who died in infancy. In his
second maniage, Mr. Wright was united, No
vember 24, 1892, to Elizabeth Bohner, widow
of Peter Chubb, born in Peny county. In his
religious views Mr. Wright is ardently non-
sectarian, believing that denominationl strife
and differences are an injury to the cause of
humanity, for which reason he has never
united with any church, but in heart and life
is a true Christian.

JACOB LIVINGSTON ARNOLD, de
ceased, formerly of New Buffalo, Peny coun
ty, Pa., was born at New Buffalo-, February
12, 1835, son of Peter and Catherine (Living
ston) Arnold. His grandfather, George Ar
nold, was a farmer of Watts township, where
he died. His children were : Peter; Samuel;
William; George; and Barbara (Mrs. George
Alirnes); all of Avhom died in Peny county.
Peter Arnold, like his father, was a tiller of
the soil ; he owned a farm adjoining the bor
ough of New Buffalo, where he died at an ad
vanced age; his wife preceded him to the
grave. Their children are: Susan (Mrs.
George AV. Lesher), of NeAV Buffalo; Jacob
L. ; and a twin sister of his, Caroline, who
died at the age of twenty-one.
After receiving a good common school edu-

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cation, Jacob L. Arnold, while yet a boy, be
came a clerk in the store of Mrs. Irving; he
continued there a short time, and then was
employed by John Swartz, at Newport, for
two years, in the same capacity. He next
held a clerkship in Philadelphia for some time,
after which he returned to his native town,
and opened a store in the same place, where
his wife now continues the business. He also
owned a boat yard, and conducted a store at
Buffalo Lock. In 1871, Air. Arnold sold out
his business, went west, and became engaged
in railroad contracting. His Avife and chil
dren joined him in Kentucky. He was very
successful in his line of business.
Jacob Livingston Arnold was first manied
to Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Alary
(Leidig) Mitchell, born in Greenwood town
ship, Perry county. Their chUdren were : an
infant, deceased; and Joseph Al. Arnold,
principal of the schools of Towanda, Pa., mar
ried to Florence Tomer, of Easton, Pa., has
two children. Mr. Arnold manied secondly,
March 19, 1867, Mary E., daughter of John
and Susan (Brothers) Mitchell, born in Green-
Avood township, October 24, 1834; they had
two sons: Jacob Livingston, Jr.; and John
William. Mr. Arnold died August 27, 1873,
at Enon, Pa., east of Pittsburg, where he, with
his partner, AVilliam A. Douglas, has a con
tract. He Avas a member of the Alethodist
•church in New Buffalo, but after removing
to the west, joined the Christian church, and
continued in that communion until he died.
He was a true Christian gentleman, benevo
lent in spirit and in manner; the cry of dis
tress never reached his ear in vain. He died
not only mourned by his family and imme
diate friends, but regretted by all who knew
him. He was 'intoned at the Hill cemetery,
AVatts township, Perry county. Mr. Arnold
was a staunch Republican. In the Atasonic
and Odd Fellows' fraternities, of Avhich he was
a member, he was held in high esteem; they
attended his funeral, and performed their sol
emn rites for the dead.
Jacob Livingston Arnold, Jr., was born
March 29, 1868, in New Buffalo, was edu
cated in the common schools and at Dickinson
Seminary, AVilliamsport, Pa. On the com
pletion of his studies, he entered his mother's
store. For one year he traveled through Ohio
and Michigan, handling high class paintings,
etc.; he next secured a position with the well-

known house of Dodd, Alead & Co., of ATew
York. On April 27, 1897, he was suddenly
taken ill with Bright's disease, and died Alay
19, 1897. He was interred in Hill cemetery,
AAratts township. He Avas a staunch Repub
lican ; he Avas of a kind and generous nature,
ancl Avas held in high esteem by a host
of friends, who mourn his loss. The younger
son, John AAllliam Arnold, born June 12,
1873, and educated in the common schools
and at Bloomfield Academy, resides at home.
. In the spring of 1873, Airs. Arnold and her
family returned from Illinois, where they were
then living, and again took up their abode in
New Buffalo, where, in 1877, she opened the
store formerly conducted by her husband, and
has ever since prosperously conducted the
business.

AATDREW GARNET, New Buffalo,
Perry county, Pa., was born November 17,
1834, in Turbot township, Northumberland
county, Pa., son of John F. and Alary L.
(Young) Garnet. John Garnet was a native
of Chester county, Pa., Avhence he removed
to Northumberland county, was manied
there and worked at carpentry. He died
about 1839; his wife survived him many
years, dying in her seventy-eighth year, in
Rush township, Northumberland county.
Their children are: Susan, deceased; Nancy
Ann; John, deceased; and Andrew. During
Andrew's early childhood, his parents re
moved into tbe town of Northumberland,
where he attended the public schools until he
was fifteen years old. He then became em
ployed on the canal, for the first two years as
driver, and for one year after as boatswain.
He Avas next occupied for one year in farming,
for Air. Campbell, of Rush township, North
umberland county, after which he went back
to the canal, this time as captain of a boat;
in this position he continued for seven years,
and then exchanged boating for boat-building.
He came to New Buffalo about 1858, and
learned the trade from George Lesher; for
several years he followed this calling, and
then for two years, he conducted his own boat.
In September, 1862, Air. Garnet enlisted for
nine months in Company E, One Hundred
and Seventy-third Bennsylvania Volunteers,
as a private. His regiment marched to Nor
folk, Va., and acted as provost guard until the
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tysburg, but arrived too late to have part in
the great battle at that place. Mr. Garnet Avas
discharged at Harrisburg, Pa., August 18,
1863. He then returned to his trade of boat
building. In the following spring, he Avent to
Freedom, Pa., where he was engaged in the
same occupation for one year; then came
back to New Buffalo, and continued at the
same for nine months longer; the next two
years he spent in farming in Northumberland
county, and then worked for other persons in
New Buffalo until 1875. In that year, Mr.
Garnet purchased a boat yard, which he has
ever since conducted.
Andrew Garnet first married the widow of
his brother, John Garnet; she died March 9,
1882. His second marriage, to Eliza J. (How
ard) Thurston, widow of T. A. Thurston, of
Lynn, Mass., took place October 26, 1887. In
1890, Mr. and Airs. Garnet removed to Lynn,
Mass., where he was for three years in the
grocery business; at the end of that time,
they returned to New Buffalo, selling out the
store; and Mr. Garnet has ever since devoted
his attention exclusively to his boat yard. He
is a Republican. He was formerly a member
of the K. P., I. 0. 0. F., and G. A. R. Air.
Garnet is universally honored and esteemed as
a man of great kindness and benevolence, not
in Avord alone, but in his actions. His affec
tionate care for the family of his brother is
well remembered by his neighbors. The
brother having by accident broken his leg,
Andrew Garnet faithfully tended him until
his death. There were nine children in the
family, left with his widowed mother; he
cared for them too; and after his mother's
death, when eight of the children were ill at
once with the diphtheria, and the neighbors
were afraid to do anything for them, fearing
the contagion for their own families, the un
cle took upon himself the trying task of nurs
ing and tending them. Mr. Garnet certainly
honors his profession as a member of tbe
Methodist church.
Mrs. Eliza J. (Howard) Garnet was born in
Melrose, Alass., March 21, 1844, daughter of
Joseph A. and Sarah (Penney) Howard. She
was educated in- the common schools of Afel-
roee and of Lynn, to which place the family
removed when she was eight years old. She
was first married in Lynn to Theodore Albert
Thurston, born in that city, December 14,
1844, son of John A. Thurston, who was for

many years city marshal of Lynn, and who is
still, at the age of eighty, a member of the
force, but is not on active duty. Mr. and
Airs. Theodore A. Thurston resided in Lynn;
but they had been manied only a few months
when Air. Thurston enlisted, and was in active
service for a year and a half. At the expira
tion of his term, he went home, but soon
enlisted again, in the heavy artillery, serving
nine months. He was a contractor for ma
sonry. Mr. Thurston was a member of the
G. A. R. Post, in Lynn; he died in that city.
Their children are: Rev. William Albert, a
Methodist Episcopal minister, in Beverley,
Mass.; and Ida Adelaide, died aged seven.
Airs. Thurston had adopted a boy, Charles
Walter, who succeeded to the masonry busi
ness of Mr. Thurston. Her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Howard, had seven children, of whom
the survivors are: Eliza J. (Mrs. Garnet);
Elizabeth Eldora (Mrs. Arthur Hawks), of
Lynn; and Joseph. Ethan, an overseer in the
shoe factory at Lynn. The grandfather of
Joseph A- fioward, Mrs. Garnet's father, was
a descendant of a noble family of England,
and was born in that country. Emigrating to
America, he became a resident of Litchfield,
Me., where he died, and where Joseph A.
Howard was born. His father, who died when
Joseph was two years old, was a seaman on
board the famous war A^essel "Constitution."
Following the paternal example, Joseph A.
Howard also went to sea, and visited all parts
of the world. He died in Lynn. His wife
Avas a native of Maiden, Alass., where they
were manied, removing afterAvards to Mel
rose. They were members of the Alethodist
Episcopal church.

JOHN A. HILBISH, New Buffalo, Perry
county, Pa., was born February 12, 1843, in
the borough of Liverpool, Perry county,
in the old stone house now occupied by
Air. Brown. His great-grandfather was
an immigrant from Germany, who land
ed in this country in 1790, settled first
in Montgomery county, Pa., and after
wards removed to Freeburg, Pa. There
the father of John A. Hilbish was born, and
did not remove to Liverpool until after his
marriage. He learned the business of tanning
while he was a young man, and Avas engaged
in that calling until after his removal to
Atontgomery's Feny, in 1848. He bought a

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hotel and a farm at the Ferry, and conducted
both until his death in 1850. Mrs. Hilbish
then gave up the hotel, and resided during the
rest of her life upon her farm. She died in
1872, in her fifty-eighth year; she was born
in Freeburg, Snyder county, Pa. Their chil
dren are: Sarah C. (Airs. AVilliam Moyer), of
Freeburg; Henry J., died in 1850; John A.;
Zachariah T., farmer, of Kansas, was a sol
dier in the Union army in the late war; and
one child, a boy, who died in infancy.
When his parents removed to Alontgom-
ery's Feny, John A. Hilbish Avas about five
years old; here he acquired the rudiments of
his education, and afterwards studied one year
in the Normal School at Freeburg, supple
menting these studies by a course at the acad
emy at New Berlin, Pa. Having completed
his scholastic training, he devoted his atten
tion to his mother's farm, which he cultivated
for her until his enlistment ; that is, for about
fiye years. In the fall of 1864, Mr. Hilbish
enlisted at Hanisburg, Pa., in Company I,
Two Hundred and Eighth Pennsylvania Vol
unteers, as a private. The regiment Avas imme
diately ordered to the front; for a short time
it was on provost guard at City Point, Va.,
then on picket duty before Petersburg, Va.
After this it took part in the Black Water raid,
which lasted about two days; was then order
ed back to Petersburg, and on March 25,
1865, was in the battle of Fort Steadman.
After the battle of Fort Sedgwick, April 2,
1865, it followed the southern army toward
Richmond, but while on the road was ordered
to Alexandria, Va., and after doing camp duty
for two weeks, was sent to Harrisburg, Pa.;
here the men received their discharge, and
were mustered out June 1, 1865. Mr. Hil
bish was slightly Wounded in the left foot by
a minie ball at the battle of Fort Steadman.
For a short time after bis return home, he
managed his mother's farm. He then bought
the old Montgomery farm at the Feny, which
he cultivated for two years, then sold it, and
for about three years occupied and farmed a
part of the homestead. He then bought his
present place, Avhich contains 150 acres of
good arable land. By careful and judicious
management, he has made constant and steady
advances in prosperity. He has built a new
barn, and has his farm in a thriving and pro
ductive condition. He is a director in tbe
Bank of Duncannon. Mr. Hilbish is a Dem

ocrat; he has been called by his fellow-citizens ,
to render various public services; has served
three years as supervisor, ten years as school
director, and nine years as assessor, Avhich last
position he still holds. He is a Avorthy and
highly respected citizen, and Avell merits his
prosperity and bis position in the community.
John A. Hilbish was married, June 7,
1871, to Alary J., daughter of Ross and Eliza
(Arnold) Finton, avIio Avas born in Buffalo
toAvnship, August 23, 1846. Their children
are: Arthur T., manied Dora Liddick, re
sides in Watts township; Bertha Alay, edu
cated in the common schools and at the high
school of Duncannon; Earle Edwin; Anna
J.; AVilliam B.; Edna P.; and Philip Roy,
all residing with their parents except the eld
est. Mrs. Hilbish is a member of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, and Air. Hilbish,
while he is not a member of- any church, pre
fers the same denomination.

ZAOHARY T. SHULER, Montgomery's
Ferry, Peny county, Pa., was bom July 2,
1848, in the borough of Liverpool. His par
ents were Joseph and Elizabeth (Yocum)
Shuler. Joseph Shuler was born in 1811. As
a boy, he learned the trade of gunsmith, but
did not follow that calling in later life. In
1838, he Avas elected sheriff of Perry county,
on the Whig ticket, being the first man not a
Democrat to hold any office of importance in
the county. He was postmaster at Liverpool,
besides occupying some minor offices. Erom
1842 to 1865, Air. Shuler was in mercantile
business; he then sold out his store, in order
to devote exclusive attention to the business
of his boat yard, which he had conducted for
some time in addition to the store. He was
twice a member of the State legislature, being
elected in 1872 and 1873. Joseph Shuler's
first wife was Miss Meek, by whom he had
two children, an infant that died, and AV.
AAlrt, who was killed in the battle of the Wil
derness. Elizabeth Yocum became his sec
ond Avife; their children are: Joseph R., of
Lykens, Dauphin county, Pa., served for six
months in Company 11, One Hundred and
Ninety-second Pennsylvania Volunteers;
Henry H, of Liverpool, Pa., served three
years in Company B, Seventh Pennsylvania
Reserve, Volunteer Corps; Zachary T; An
nie E., of Liverpool, Avidow of Dr. T. G. Mor
ris- and Ella J., deceased, manied Frank

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Jeft'ers, of Baltimore, Aid., and resided in
Staten Island, Al Y. Air. Shuler's third wife
was Mrs. Jane Wells; they had one child,
Mary 0., Avho Avith her mother resides in New
port, Perry county. Joseph Shuler died
Alarch 6, 1879. He Avas a member of the
United Brethren church.
Zachary T. Shuler was educated in the com
mon schools of his native place. At the age
of thirteen, he began spending his summers
in his father's boat yard, while still attending
school during the winter terms. His father al
lowed him what he could make, and the boy
earned seventy-five cents per day as a caulker.
Then came the war, with its irresistible fasci
nation for daring and patriotic boys. Zachary
T. had just entered his sixteenth year, when
one night he slipped away from home, walked
to Hanisburg on the towpath, and enlisted,
for one hundred days, in Capt. John Bell's
Company G, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth
Pennsylvania Volunteers, lying at Camp Cur
tin. fie had but twenty-five cents, five of
which he had invested in crackers at a small
grocery at Montgomery's Ferry. Aniving at
Camp Curtin, he asked an officer if they need
ed men, and on receiving an affirmative reply,
said that he was ready to go. The officer
smiled at his youthful appearance, but told
him to put his name on the roll. He bad not
told his parents Avhat he meant to do, but when
they learned where he was they made no ob
jection; they were warm patriots; Joseph
Shuler used to say that he wished he had more
sons to send to the army. Five of his boys en
listed; William W. was killed in the battle
of the Wilderness, and Henry H. wounded at
Antietam. The One Hundred and Ninety-fourth was
ordered to Mankin's AVoods, near Baltimore,
Aid., and was encamped there for three weeks,
and then distributed through the city of Balti
more, doing provost duty, until the term of
enlistment expired. Air. Shuler was dis
charged at Harrisburg, November 6, 1864, re
turned home and pursued his studies that win
ter as usual ; but in February of the next year,
he again enlisted at Harrisburg, in Company
H, One Hundred and-Ninety-second Pennsyl
vania Volunteers, for a term of one year, or
until the Avar should end. This time, he had
made up his mind not to enlist without his
mother's consent. It was on Monday that he
left home; his mother was at the wash-tub.

By much persuasion, he at last prevailed upon
her to say that he might go; "But feed your
chickens first," she added. The youth bade
her goodbye, fed his fowls, and passed out by
the garden gate, fearing to go back through
the house lest his mother might' change her
mind, and withdraw her consent. The com
pany in which he was enrolled was ordered to
Columbus, O., by way of Pittsburg; here they
did guard duty at Camp Chase, where a num
ber of rebel prisoners were confined. About
three Aveeks later, they were marched to Har
per's Ferry, by way of Cumberland, Md., re
mained there over night, then went to
Charleston, Va., where they joined their regi
ment. Mr. Shuler was witb the regiment only
a week after its organization, being detached
to serve on a provost guard at General Egan's
headquarters; this honor was confened on
only two out of each company in the regiment,
in order to fill out the General's body-guard.
The command was now ordered to move to
wards Lynchburg, Va. On the way, Mr.
Shuler was attacked by inflammatory rheu
matism; he and a comrade who Avas also ill
sought shelter in an old, deserted building at
Berryville, Va. Here his illness increased, so
that he became helpless; his comrade was not
as ill, and could wait upon him a little. A
boy, rambling about the country, found the
two sick men. It happened that the same lad
had overheard some guerillas telling their
comrads that they knew where there were two
Yankees, whom they intended to "fix" that
night. He went home and told his mother
what he had heard, and where the unfortunate
Yankees were. The mother, a kind-hearted
Christian lady, sent a wagon and had the sick
men conveyed to her house, where she and her
family took the best possible care of them,
and kept them concealed until a detachment
of Union cavalry came along, and removed
them in an ambulance. Tbe family were, of
course, Southern in their sentiments; the
father and one of the sons were in the Confed
erate army; but Mr. Shuler and his com
panion were not the only sick "Yankees"
nursed ancl saved from the hands of the guer
illas by them. Naturally, a warm friendship
sprang up between Atr. Shuler and his pre
servers, whom he now -regards Avith as warm
an affection as if they were members of his
OAvn family; a correspondence has ever since
been kept up. A daughter of the family, a

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child of about seven years, when Mr. Shuler
was in their more than hospitable home, after
wards became Mrs. A. E. Brecken, and went
to reside in Toronto, Canada. In 1891, while
on her way to visit her friends in Virginia,
Atrs. Brecken stopped to see Mr. Shuler; her
visit, we may be assured, was most gladly re
ceived. From the mansion of these "Good Samari
tans," the young soldier was conveyed to Win
chester, Va., where he Avas for a week in the
hospital; he was then transferred to the Jar-
vis Hospital, in Baltimore, and three weeks
later, as a convalescent, to Fort Federal Hill,
Baltimore. Thence he was sent to Washing
ton, then to Camp Convalescent, at Alexan
dria, Va., then back to Washington, where he
was put on a train with an Indiana regiment
on its way home, to go to Harper's Ferry. He
was obliged to hunt General Egan's head
quarters, and found them at Summit Point,
Va., where he reported to the provost marshal
for duty, and was assigned -to his former post.
Reaching his appointed place minus all his
. equipments, he was furnished with accoutre
ments, which, he says, were as dirty and rusty
as himself. On the next morning he was de
tailed for guard mount. The inspecting offi
cer, after taking an impression of Mr. Shuler' s
rusty gun barrel on his white glove, gave him
fifteen minutes in which to clean his gun,
brighten his buttons and wash his gloves. He
took advantage of the fifteen minutes; need
less to say that he did not accomplish much
"furbishing up," but he was not afterward Ob
served by the officer. About three weeks
later, the same provost marshal, Capt. John
Jones, selected Mr. Shuler as his orderly; this
position he held until after Captain Jones had
resigned; the bluff old captain parted from
him at Harper's Ferry with tears of sorrow.
The officer who took -Captain Jones' place mis
took the orderly for his hostler; Mr. Shuler
told him he was above that, but the officer in
sisted, and the young man resigned his posi
tion. Not long after this, on August 12,
1865, they were mustered out at Harper's
Feny, by special order. On his return home,
Atr. Shuler received from his father six hun
dred dollars in "5-20's" gold-bearing bonds,
the amount which he had saved while in the
service of "Uncle Sam." He now remained
at home and completed his education. At the
age of eighteen he began an apprenticeship of

two years and a half at„oabinet-making, with
Isaac Lutz, at Liverpool. He next worked for
six months in the car shops of the Philadelphia
and Erie Railroad, at Sunbury, Pa. ; and then
for a year in the planing-mill of Walker Bros.,
Osceola Mills, Clearfield county, Pa. He then
took a vacation of six weeks, and visited the
family of Air. Thomas Bragg, at Charlestown,
Va., the same who had befriended him during
his illness when in the army. After his re
turn, in 1874, he opened a cabinet-making
shop in Liverpool; here he had every prospect
of success and a flourishing trade; but, un
happily, in six weeks after opening, he was
burned out and lost all that he had. A few
months later, he became clerk to his cousin,
S. Al. Shuler, at Liverpool, and continued
with him for about eight years. At the end of
that time, he opened a store at Montgomery's
Ferry, with a full line of general merchandise.
This business, started in 1883, has grown to
an extensive and profitable trade, in which Mr.
Shuler is still engaged, enjoying the confi
dence of all with whom he is connected. He
is a Republican. He has never sought or de
sired public office.
Zachary T. Shuler was manied, May 28,
1876, to Ellen, daughter of Frederick Wendt,
of Snyder county, Pa. Their children are:
Charles L., a pupil at the State Normal
School, Lock Haven, Pa.; Chester E. ; and
twins, Wirt B. and Ralph 0., who died in in
fancy. J. B. JACKSOAT and WILLIAA1 H.
JACKSON, New Buffalo, Berry county, Pa.,
are natives of New Buffalo, ancl sons of Wil
liam and Margaret ( Steel) Jackson. Wil
liam Jackson was born January 29, 1815, and
settled in New Buffalo prior to 1837, the year
in which he was manied. He first began keep
ing a store in NeAV Buffalo, on the premises
now occupied by Atrs. Arnold, and some time
later bought and removed his stock to his pres
ent location. He also purchased a farm of
twenty-five acres, Avhich he had cultivated.
Mr. Jackson Avas in his earlier life a Demo
crat, but afterwards became a Republican, and
an active worker. He Avas appointed postmas
ter, and served for twenty-five years. He was
elected to almost all the borough offices. He
was a member of the Masonic lodge, and of the
K. P. AVilliam Jackson married Margaret
Steel, a grand-daughter of Jacob Baughman,

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the "original settler" of New Buffalo, whose
name the town bore during its early existence.
She was born in Watts township, then Buf
falo, October 10, 1815. Their children are:
Andrew, born April 29, 1839; Susan, born
December 24, 1840, married John Garnet,
both deceased; William H, born January 24,
1843; Mary E., bom Febraary 28, 1845,
married first to William H. Fessler, afterwards
to Joseph C. Fessler, resides in Hanisburg,
Pa.; J. B., born January 9, 1851; Margaret
S., born August 10, 1853, died in infancy;
Charles S., born September 18, 1858, resides
with his brother, J. B. ; and Milton F., born
August 6, 1860, merchant in Harrisburg, Pa.
William Jackson was a member of the Metho
dist Episcopal church, and interested in church
business; his house was a home for all visiting
ministers. His death occuned March 22,
1872; his wife died May 1, 1880.
J. B. Jackson attended the common schools
of New Buffalo until his twentieth year, and
received mercantile training in his father's
store. He then passed three years in learning
carpentry and undertaking Avith John Baugh-
man. He next turned his attention to boat
building, Avorking for his brother-in-law, John
Garnett. At this trade he spent several years,
having at the same time an interest in the firm
of Jackson Bros., general merchants, which
was established in 1872, the year of their fath
er's death, by AndreAv, AVilliam IL and J. B.
Jackson. In 1878, Andrew Jackson removed
to Harrisburg, Pa., Avithdrawing from the
firm, and began in the notion business; be
is now a druggist, and has a contract for de
livering the mails. The remaining partners
have since carried on tbe business, gradually
enlarging it. Air. J. B. Jackson is a staunch
Republican, and a Avorker in politics. He is
chairman of the town committee, and has been
assessor for nine years, tax collector, council
man, and school director, having served the
school board as secretary and as president.
J. B. Jackson was married January 15,
1880, in Buffalo township, to Caroline, daugh
ter of Josiah and Alary (Huggins) Bair, of
Buffalo township; they began housekeeping
in New Buffalo. Their children are: Julius
F., deceased; Ruth Virginia, deceased; Wil
Uam B., attends school in Nbav Buffalo, will
prepare for college and become a student of
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. ; Edith May,
is attending school, and is to receive a musical

education; and Josiah Roy, at school. Mr.
Jackson has been a member and an active
worker of the Methodist Episcopal church for
thirty-five years. After the death of his
father, who had been for some years a stew
ard, he was appointed to that office, which he
still holds. He has been for many years su
perintendent of the Sunday-school. Mr. Jack
son is a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M., and
held the office of D. S. Councilor for two
terms; he was also representative to the State
Council. William H. Jackson Avas educated in the
common schools, at the academy of Bloom
field, which he attended for one term, and at
Newport, where he studied during one term.
He was for ten terms a teacher in the public
schools, exchanging that vocation for mercan
tile pursuits in 1872, when the firm of Jack
son Bros, was organized. He is a Republican,
and active in political affairs; has served three
years as county auditor, has been tax collector,
assessor, school director and councilman, serv
ing two years as president of council; he is
noAV in his second term as justice of the peace...
William 11. Jackson was first married in
September, 1875, to Eliza Leopold, of Mifflin
county, who died August 27, 1877. He was
manied again, NoA'ember 13, 1879, to Lucy
A., daughter of N. C. and Margaret (Frank)
Heyd, of New Buffalo. Their children are:
Nelson H, died Alarch 12, 1886, aged four
years; Andrew, bom January 12, 1884, at
tends school; and Alargaret, born Febraary
5, 1889, attends school. Mr. Jackson is a
member and trastee of the Alethodist Episco
pal church; he is at present secretary of the
Sunday-school. He is treasurer of New Buf
falo Lodge, No. 628, 1. O. O. F.; and a mem
ber and trustee of Council No. 672, Jr. O.
U. A. M.

ISAAC CROW, Liverpool, Perry county,
Pa., is a retired farmer of Buffalo town
ship. His grandfather, Michael Crow, came
from Lancaster county, Pa., to Peny county,
and bought 400 acres of land, situated along
the Susquehanna river, in Buffalo township.
He built a log cabin, in which he lived while
clearing the land and developing a farm. He
married Miss Howard, in Lancaster county; *
they had three sons and two daughters.
Jacob Crow was the third child, received a
common school education, and was brought

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up as a farmer. After his marriage he settled
on the home farm, and was all his life en
gaged in farming. He was an old line AVhig,
and afterwards a Republican; be served in
several township offices. Jacob Crow died in
1847, in his fifty-fourth year. He manied
Elizabeth Kanagy, whose death occuned two
years previous to his own. Their children are :
Jacob, married Miss Bruner, settled in Buffalo
township, and died, leaving four children;
John, now of Clarence, la., married first Miss
Sarah J. Grubb, who died, leaving two chil
dren, and secondly Hannah Williamson;
Abraham, married Mary Bair, and resides in
Buffalo township; Mary (Mrs. Jesse Bucher),
resides near Mechanicsburg, Pa.; Michael,
married Ruth Foreman, resides in Cumber
land county, Pa. Mr. Crow was a Methodist.
Isaac Crow was born on the old homestead,
which he now occupies, and which has be
longed to the Crow family nearly a hundred
years, July 5, 1830. He was educated in the
public schools, and set to work on the farm
at a very early age. When he was seventeen
years of age, his father died, and he and his
brothers, after farming the homestead for sev
eral years, divided it, he getting the home
dwelling and 87 acres of the land, which he
continued to cultivate. He was also employed
a short time on the canal. He is a Republi
can, and has held some township offices.
Isaac Crow was married in October, 1851,
to Miss Elizabeth Holman, born in Green
wood township, Perry county, Pa., September'
1, 1830, daughter of Adam and Frances
(Bunn) Holman, both deceased. The children
of Mr. and Mrs. Crow are : Louisa Ellen, died
in infancy; J. Pierce, born September 24,
1854, farms with his father; Helen Jane, died
aged nine years; Frazier, born December 5,
1858, a farmer; Clarence, born March 9,
1861, a miller, married Miss Annie Kauff
man, and resides at Milford, Pa. ; and Laura
G, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Crow are members
of the Alethodist Episcopal church.

JACOB STEELE, New Buffalo, Perry
county, Pa., was born April 10, 1810, in Watts
township. He is a son of Morris and Cath
erine (Liddick) Steele, old and highly re
spected residents of that township. Morris
Steele was a farmer, and a Democrat. His
father, Eberhardt Steele, came from Ger
many, settled in Watts township, and died

there. The family belonged to the Lutheran
church. The children of Alorris Steele and
his Avife are: John, deceased; Samuel, de
ceased; Elizabeth (Mrs. John Shaffer), of
New Buffalo, deceased; Catherine, widow of
Rev. Mr. Erlenmoyer, pastor of the Lutheran
church at Freeburg, Pa., for thirty-four years;
she still resides there.
Jacob Steele was educated in the common
schools, learned shoemaking Avith his father,
and foUoAved that calling for some time. He
grew up on the farm, and with his brother
conducted it until his marriage. After that,
he resided in New Buffalo, and was for seven
teen years in mercantile business, keeping the
store now occupied by Atrs. Arnold; he sold
out to J. L. Arnold, and has since lived re
tired. He built a home for his family in New
Buffalo; owns two farms, and a large tract
of mountain land. He is a member of Halifax
Lodge, I. 0. O. F., in Dauphin county. He
has been an active Democrat all his life, but
never sought office.
Jacob Steele was married, April 28, 1842,
to Mary Salome, daughter of Jacob and Mary
(Liebrick) Urban, of Northumberland, Pa.,
where she was born on January 13, 1820.
Their children are: Ada F. (Airs. Swartz), of
Duncannon, Pa.; Emma Al. (Mrs. David A.
McAllister), deceased, had five children, Car
roll James, Jacob Steele, AVilliam A., David
A. and Lizzie At. Jacob Steele and David A.
AlcAUister are in Holyoke, Alass. Air. and
Mrs. Jacob Steele are members of the Metho
dist Episcopal church; the latter has taken
an active part in church and Sunday-school
work since she was sixteen years old; she has
been and still is a teacher. She contributes
her means, time and personal efforts to mis
sions and other benevolent enterprises. Atr.
and Mrs. Steele early opened their house to
Methodist ministers who came to preach, be
fore a congregation had been organized.
Nicholas Urban, her grandfather, was bom
and died in Lancaster county, Pa. Her father,
Jacob Urban, and her mother, Mary (Lie-
brick) Urban, Avere natives of the same county.
Atr. and Mrs. Urban removed to Northumber
land, where Mr. Urban was a tanner, and be
came one of the most prosperous and sub
stantial business men. After selling his estab
lishment, he removed to ATew Buffalo, carry
ing on a tannery there for some time, and
then retired from business, and died in 1850,

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aged seventy years. His wife had died two
years before, aged sixty-four. They were
members of the Lutheran church, in which
he held office. Their children are : Catherine,
married John Bowes, of Halifax, Pa., both
deceased; George W., merchant, formerly of
Dauphin, Pa., now of Jefferson City, Mo,
married Mary, now deceased, daughter of
Judge Green; Frances Ann, widow of Air.
AlcFadden, of Lewisburg, Pa., died in Vir
ginia; Ambrose, died at the age of seventeen;
Mary Salome (Atrs. Steele); and John L.,
died in Burlington, la.

A. R. JOHNSTON, M. D., New Bloom
field, Pa., was born January 26, 1856, son of
Alexander and Letitia Ann (Russell) John
ston. His grandfather, James Johnston, was
born in 1766, son of John and Jane Johnston,
who came from Ireland. James Johnston
manied Margaret Anderson. They had eight
children. Alexander Johnston married Le
titia A. Russell. Their children are: James;
A. R. ; Alargaret J. ; and Mary.
A. R. Johnston was educated in the public
schools and at the New Bloomfield Academy.
He graduated from Jefferson Medical Col
lege, Philadelphia, March 12, 1881. He
spent one year in a Philadelphia hospital;
practiced in Germantown one year, came to
New Bloomfield in 1884, opened a drug store
in 1887, and has practiced here ever since.
Dr. A. R. Johnston was manied, Septem
ber 4, 1884, to Laura T., daughter of Ze-
phaniah and Catherine (Sheibley) AVillhide.
Their children are: Russell W. ; Frank A.;
Clarence E. ; and Catherine. Dr. Johnston
and family are members of the Presbyterian
church; the Doctor is an elder.
Mrs. Johnston's father, Zephaniah AVill
hide, married Catherine Sheibley. Their chil
dren are : Albert E. ; William L. ; Arnold R. ;
Aliles N. ; Elmer E. ; Laura T. ; Alary E., died
September 9, 1884.

DARIUS J. LONG, New Bloomfield, Pa.,
was born Febraary 19, 1830, son of Peter and
Rebecca (Hall) Long. His grandfather,
Henry Long, came to Perry county in 1800;
he was a wagon-maker and farmer. Henry
Long manied Catherine Utz; their children
are: Peter; Henry; John; Daniel; Isaac;
Pollie; Catherine; Atargaretta. Henry Hall,
a native of York county, became a farmer of

Perry county. He married Catherine Leiby.
Peter Long was born in Berlin, Adams county,
and came to Perry county when he was eight
years old. He learned wagon-making, but af
terwards farmed. He manied Rebecca,
daughter of Henry and Catherine (Leiby)
Hall. Their children are: Darius J.; Eliza
beth; Catherine; David; John; George;
Henry; Peter; Johanna. Mr. and Mrs. Long
were members of the Lutheran church. Mr.
Long died June 7, 1861. Mrs. Long died
aged ninety-two.
Darius Long attended the public schools.
He taught several terms of school, and has
followed farming. Mr. Long was school di
rector in Centre township for three years. In
1877, he was elected triennial assessor and tax
collector, and in 1883 justice of the peace,
served five years, and was re-elected in 1888,
and again in 1893, and resigned in January,
1896, when he became director of the poor.
He has served as auditor, and settled many
estates; he was appointed guardian of a fam
ily of ten children. Mr. Long is a member of
Grange No. 626, P. of II.
Darius J. Long was manied, November 29,
1860, to Catherine, daughter of Samuel and
Catherine (Bear) Comp. Their children are:
Alary R. ; Catherine; John I.; Margaret E.;
Frank T. ; Anna Bertha; Samuel; and Cora
May. Mr. and Mrs. Long are members of the
Lutheran church.
Mrs. Long's father, Samuel Comp, married
Catherine, daughter of John Bear. Their
children are: Mary J.; Sarah Ann; Cath
erine; Alargaret; John; Andrew B. ; Samuel
AV. ; Franklin; Eliza; Angeline; Helen; and
twins. Mrs. Comp was a member of the Re
formed church. . She died December 12, 1874.
Air. Comp was a Lutheran, and for six years
was a director of the Theological Seminary
at Gettysburg. Mr. Comp died January 5,
1896.

JACOB O. KEPNER, New Bloomfield,
Pa., was born September 14, 1850, son of
Henry and Catharine (Rice) Kepner. Henry
Kepner was born in Juniata county; he re
moved to Peny county in 1841, where he
engaged in farming. He married Catharine
Rice; their children are: Sarah; Emmeline;
George W.; Mary E.; Margaret E.; Malinda;
Henry T.; Jacob O.; Frances; Alice; and
Phebe IL Air. Kepner died in his seventy-

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fifth year; his wife died in 1892. They were
members of the Lutheran church.
Jacob 0. Kepner attended public school,
and continued to assist his father on the farm
until 1872; then he went to Colorado and
also to Chicago, returning home in 1873. In
1875, he began farming on his own account,
and later was engaged in the general merchan
dise business for three years at Kistler. In
1896, he bought the farm of Jacob Ritter, on
Avhich he now resides. Mr. Kepner is a Re
publican. Jacob O. Kepner was married, December
30, 1875, to Alice R., daughter of Isaac F.
and Diana (Hall) HoUenbaugh; have one
daughter, Olive. Atr. Kepner is a member
of the Lutheran church.

Kate S. (Sanderson) Eberly. Atr. Atotter was
a Presbyterian, but is now a member of the
Lutheran church.

JOHN C. MOTTER, New Bloomfield, Pa.,
was born in Buffalo township, November 3,
1870, son of John P. and Sue E. (Albright)
Motter. His grandfather, William Aiotter,
came from Dauphin county and settled in
Buffalo township, where he farmed. He mar
ried Susan Radle; their children are: Daniel
W. ; John P.; George W., deceased; Kate
(Mrs. Frederick Buck), deceased; Sue (Mrs.
Henry Freeland). John P. Motter was on
the Pennsylvania canal, and for many years
was foreman of a division. In 1878, he
bought a farm in Watts township, on which
he has since lived. Air. Motter has served as
school director, constable and tax collector.
John P. Atotter was married to Sue E., daugh
ter of Benjamin and Mary (Baughman) Al
bright. Their only child is John C. Mrs.
Motter is a member of the Methodist church.
John C. Motter attended the public schools
and Bloomfield Academy, graduating from
the latter in June, 1887. He is a graduate
of Brinceton, class of '91. In 1890 he was
appointed enumerator for the Two Hundred
and Twenty-third Census District of Penn
sylvania. On June 15, 1891, Air. Motter be
gan the study of law with W. A. Sponsler,
Esq. He was admitted to the bar in June,
1893, and has practiced ever since. In 1892,
while pursuing his legal studies, Mr. Aiotter
assisted Prof. J. Al. Arnold in the Bloomfield
Academy. He was elected chief burgess of
NeAV Bloomfield in 1895. Atr. Motter be
longs to Adams Lodge, No. 318, A. Y. A. M.
John G Atotter Avas manied September 4,
1894, to Haniet B., daughter of John and

JACOB CRIST, deceased, was born May
1, 1818, son of Jacob and Alary M. (Stover)
Crist. Jacob Crist, Sr., was bom in York
county. His children are: Polly; Jacob;
Henrietta; Sarah; Alargaret; John; Henry;
Samuel; and one who died in infancy. Atr.
Crist died in 1854; his wife died at the age
of seventy-nine. Both were members of the
Lutheran church.
Jacob Crist, Jr., attended summer subscrip
tion schools. He afterwards worked for dif
ferent farmers and at the brickyard. He
learned wagon-making, and worked at that
business, besides farming, until he was sixty-
six, Avhen he retired. Air. Crist served as
school director for Tyrone township, and as
councilman of Bloomfield borough. After his
retirement from business he Avrote for the
newspaper; his poems number five hundred.
Jacob Crist Avas married, January 26, 1843,
to Alary Ann, daughter of Joseph and Etta
(Koser) Tressler. Their children are : Willis;
Emily; Emeline; Mary; J. IL; Annie;
George. Airs. Crist died in December, 1879.
Atr. Crist died Alarch 11, 1897; both were
members of the Lutheran church.

ISAIAH C. FOOSE, Alannsville, Fa., was
born in Spring township, Berry county, July
26, 1835, s®n of Alichael and Susan (Shover)
Foose, and grandson of John Foose, farmer
and distiller, a native of Germany, who was
an early settler of Spring township. His ma
ternal grandparents, also of German descent,
resided in Spring township. His parents were
natives of Berry county. Alichael Foose, far
mer ancl distiller, served in the war of 1812.
He married Susan, daughter of Sebastian
Shover. Their children were: Catharine;
Susan, AvidoAV of Daniel Reapsomer; Eliza
beth, widoAV of George Albert; AVilliam; Mi
chael; Henry; Isaiah; David, was burned to
death; Sophia, died in infancy; Daniel, died
in the army; AndreAv; Sarah (Mrs. John Gar
lin) ; and two who died in infancy. Only the
first seven are living. Atr. Alichael Foose and
his A-vife Avere members of the Lutheran
church. He died in January, 1858; his Avife
in October, 1881.
Isaiah Foose attended common schools and

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the Loysville Academy. Until he was eigh
teen, he worked a farm. He served one year's
apprenticeship with his brother, a blacksmith;
ancl taught in Spring township for five suc
cessive terms. He enlisted, September 3,
1864, in Company E, Two Hundred and
Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served
until the close of the war. He took part in
the attack on Fort Steadman, Alarch 25, 1865,
but was detailed for special duty at the time
of the battle of Petersburg. He was dis
charged June 1, 1865. Atr. Foose taught
during the winter of 1866 at EUiottsburg. In
the spring of 1867, he Avent to Oil City and
spent seven months in the employ of tbe Al
legheny Valley Railroad, teaching again in
Peny county during that winter. In the
summer of 1868, he collected taxes, and again
taught in Avinter. In 1870 Mr. Foose began
farming. He has served as inspector of elec
tions, and school director for one term. In
1880 he served as census enumerator for the
borough of Bloomfield and Centre toAvnship.
Isaiah G Foose was married, Atay 30, 1866,
to Eliza J., daughter of Daniel and Susan
(Sheaffer) Foose. They have seven children:
Austin D.; Kate A.; Agnes N. ; Lorena May;
Afary A. ; Emma J. ; and Ella Al. Atrs. Foose
died April 15, 1884, aged forty-one years. She
was a member of the Church of God. Mr.
Foose was married October 5, 1886, to Mar
garet, daughter of John Long. Mr. Foose
and his family are members of the Lutheran
church.

JACOB MOGEL, New Bloomfield, Peny
county, Pa., was born in Berks county, Pa.,
September 26, 1826, son of Valentine and
Catherine (Kline) Atogel, and is of German
descent. Valentine Mogel was a carpenter
and farmer, born in Berks county, and in
1830 removed to a farm in Perry county,
which he cultivated until his death. His chil
dren are: Margaret (Mrs. John Wagner);
Esther (Mrs. Daniel Meyers) ; Elizabeth (Mrs.
Michael Weaver); Jacob; Valentine; Cath
erine; David; Mary Ann (Mrs. William San-
seman); and Lucetta. Atr. and Atrs. Mogel
were members of the Reformed church. He
died in 1848, and his wife in 1851, both aged
about sixty-five.
Jacob Mogel was educated in Centre town
ship, Peny county, worked with his father on
the farm, and afterwards cultivated a small

farm. Air. Mogel is a Democrat. Jacob Mo
gel was married November 30, 1854, to Mary
Ann, daughter of Simon and Catherine (Hos
tetter) Clouser. Their children are: Emma
J. (Atrs. Samuel G. Snyder) ; Cyrus K. ; Jesse
AL; Olive P. (Airs. D. W. Raffensperger);
Carrie E. (Mrs. James Kirkpatrick); Annie
L. ; Lizzie Alice; Alary Louisa; Minnie M.;
the last four, and an infant, are deceased.
Atrs. Atogel died January 22, 1888, aged
fifty-eight. Jacob Atogel was married March
24, 1891, to Jane A., daughter of David and
Barbara (Clark) Miller. Airs. Mary Ann Mo
gel was of German descent. Her parents had
eleven children: David; Catherine (Mrs.
Abraham Flurie); Abraham; Alfred; Cyrus;
Willis; George; Elizabeth (Mrs. Samuel Mc-
Ginnis); Mary Ann (Mrs. Jacob Mogel);
John; and Jane. Only the first six are living.
Mrs. Jane A. (Aliller) Mogel is of Irish de
scent. Her maternal grandfather, John
Clark, farmer, removed from Adams to Berry
county when the country where New Bloom
field now stands was a Avilderness. He mar
ried Elizabeth Geise, and had seven children:
John; Catherine; Alichael; Barbara; Mary;
Adam ; and one who died in. infancy. Atrs.
Atogel's father, David Miller, shoemaker and
farmer Avas born in Berry county. He OAvned
and managed a saw-mill. The children of
David and Barbara (Clark) Miller are : Eliza
beth (Airs. Samuel Lutman); Jane A. (Mrs.
Jacob Mogel) ; and David C. Mr. Miller died
in 1866, aged sixty; his wife in 1886, aged
seA'enty-eight.

AIIOHAEL W. CLARK, New Bloomfield,
Pa., was born in Perry county, October 15,
1845, son of Alichael and Catharine (Sterner)
Clark. His grandfather, John Clark, was of
Scotch-Irish descent. His father, Michael
Clark, stone-mason and farmer, was a native
of Perry county. Michael Clark manied
Catharine Sterner, of Adams county. They
had seven children: Annie (Mrs. WUliam
Kepner); Alary; Michael AV. ; John; Marga
ret; Catherine; and Susan. The last four are
dead. Mr. and Mrs. Clark were members of
the Lutheran church. He died in March,
1887, aged seventy-one; his Avife died in July,
1863. Alichael W. Clark attended the public
schools until he Avas nineteen. He enlisted
February 24, 1864, in Company L, Third

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Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery, and Avas
discharged in November, 1865. In Alarch,
1866, Mr. Clark went west, and was employed
on a farm in Ohio for four years. In 1870
he returned to Centre township, and farmed
the homestead, which, after his father's death,
he bought. He is a Republican, and has filled
various township offices.
Michael W. Clark was married in Novem
ber, 1868, to Emma, daughter of Alcana
Mary (Stultz) Crider, of Ohio. Their chil
dren are Emma E. ; AAllliam; Ella D.; and
Alaggie B. Air. Clark ancl his family are
members of the Lutheran church. Airs.
Clark's parents are dead. They had five chil
dren; Emma (Airs. Al. AV. Clark); Sarah;
Ellen; Robert Emmet; and Albert, deceased.

RICHARD L. A1AGEE, ATew Bloomfield,
Pa., was born in Adams county, January 5,
1818, son of Richard and Alary (Swartz) Ala
gee. His maternal grandfather, John SAvartz,
born in Germany, settled in Adams county,
Pa. His father, Richard Magee, a native of
Ireland, was a clerk at York Springs, Pa. He
manied Mary, daughter of John and Alary
Swartz, who was a native of Germany. They
have one son, Richard L. Richard Magee
died in 1818, his wife in 1862.
Richard L. Alagee attended the public
schools in York and Perry counties, and af
terwards learned cabinet-making. In 1839,
he began teaching. He was the first person
who taught in the old log school house at
Comps, in Centre township. His last engage
ment was in 1866, in Centre township. Since
then, he has farmed and worked at cabinet-
making. Mr. Alagee served as justice of the
peace in Canoll township, from 1855 until he
removed to Centre township. In Centre town
ship, he served in that office for ten years ; he
was also a school director of Centre township,
was president and secretary of the school
board for four years, and assessor for one term.
Richard L. Magee was married in 1841, to
Margaret, daughter of William and Catharine
(Mohler) Black. Their children were: John
W., married Jessie Garrett; Stephen A.
Margaret (Airs. James F. Ruth); Ambrose
William; Lafayette; Sarah G. ; Francis H.
and Henry C. Ambrose Magee enlisted, May
27, 1861, in Company B, Forty-second Penn
sylvania Volunteers, "Bucktail" regiment.
He was in the battles of DranesvUle, the

Seven Days' Battle, Gaines Alill, Second Bull
Run, South Mountain, Antietam, and Fred
ericksburg. In the last named battle Ambrose
Alagee Avas severely wounded; he died Feb
ruary 27, 1863. Airs. Alagee died in August,
1869. Atr. Alagee was manied March 3,
1870, to Atiss Atahala Alorton. They have
three, children: Florence; Alorton; and
Charles. For fifty-six years Air. Alagee has
been a "member of the Alethodist church, in
which he Avas a class-leader, and superintend
ent of the Sunday-school.

JOHN W. SOULE, A^ew Bloomfield, Pa.,
son of John and A'ancy (Lackey) Soule, was
born in Peny county, Alarch 23, 1865. His
paternal grandfather, Jacob Soule, a native
of Holland, settled in Buffalo township, where
he engaged in lumbering. He married and
reared a family, among whom Avere: George;
John; and Elizabeth. The maternal grand
father of J. AA1 Soule was Henry Lackey, a
native of Ireland, and a farmer of Carroll
toAvnship, Peny county. He married, and
had children: William; Alexander; John;
and Nancy. John Soule, father of J. W.
Soule, was born in Peny county, Avas a car
penter and farmer, and for some years tax col
lector in Carroll toAvnship. He married
Nancy, daughter of Henry Lackey; their
children are: Jacob B.; Henry L.; Nancy
(Airs. John D. Carberry); John W.; and one
deceased. Atr. and Airs. Soule were members
of the Church of God; Mr. Soule served as
elder. He died aged seventy-three, his wife
at the age of eighty-four.
John W. Soule -attended the schools of
Perry county, and learned masonry, working
at it during the summer. At the age of
twenty-two, he entered the Alt. Dempsey
Academy at Landisburg, and has since taught
school, having given over thirty years of con
scientious labor in the school room. He is a
Prohibitionist, and has served as auditor.
Mr. Soule was manied Alarch 26, 1862, to
Margaret, daughter of John and Elizabeth
Smith. Their chUdren are: Harry L.; Ed
win; Alary G; Lizzie G; Blanche; Margaret
J.; Herbert J.; and Harvey AL, deceased.
The family are members of the United Breth
ren church.

A. B. COMP, New Bloomfield, Pa., son
of Samuel and Oatharine (Ban) Comp, was

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born where he now resides, February 26,
1845. His paternal grandfather, Andrew
Comp, was a native of Perry county, a black
smith and farmer. He married Miss Shover;
they had these -children: Mary (Mrs. Keagy);
Sarah (Mrs. John Shearer) ; Eliza (Mrs. Wil
liam Foose); Fannie (Mrs. Simon Clouser);
and Sophia (Airs. Henry Bentsel). Mr.
Comp's maternal grandparents, John and
Margaret Barr, were natives of Perry county.
Their children were: John; Mollie (Mrs.
David Messinger); Catharine; Margaret (Mrs.
William Sheaffer) ; Fannie (Mrs. John Sheaf
fer); Sarah (Mrs. Carson Lackey); Nancy
(Mrs. Jesse Beitzel); Mary (Mrs. John Em
let); William; and Shull; all deceased except
John. Samuel Comp, father of A. B. Comp,
was born in Berry county, was a blacksmith,
shoemaker, mason, and later in life, a farmer.
He served as constable, supervisor and school
director. He married Catharine, daughter of
John and Maggie (Sohugert) Barr; they had
children: Mary J. (Mrs. David Beaver); Sa
rah (Mrs. Henry Souder); Catharine (Mrs.
D. J. Long); Margaret (Mrs. John Rambo);
John; Andrew B.; Samuel; W. F.; Eliza; An
geline, and Helen, deceased. Mr. Comp was
a deacon and elder of the Lutheran church,
and Airs. Comp a member of the Reformed
church. He died in 1896, his wife in 1875.
Andrew B. Comp was educated in the pub
lic schools, and has Avorked on the fann and
at carpentry. He is a Republican.
Atr. Comp was married December 26, 1867,
to Belle G, daughter of Nathan and Martha
(Robinson) Rambo, of Lancaster county.
Their children are: John W.; N. Edgar;
Frank F. ; Alargaret R. ; Robert N. ; Samuel,
deceased; Andrew B., and an infant, de
ceased. The family are members of the Pres
byterian church.
Mrs. Comp's parents, Nathan, a miller and
farmer, and Martha R. Rambo, were natives
of Lancaster county. Mr. Rambo Avas a miller
during the last five years of his life. Their
children were: John; Belle (Mrs. A. B.
Comp); David, died in the army; AVilson;
William; and Ellen, deceased. Atr. and Mrs.
Rambo were members of the Presbyterian
church.

(Voung) McPherson. His paternal grand
father was a blacksmith. He had five chil
dren; Robert; Godfrey; Jane; Richard; and
Margaret. His maternal grandparents had
eleven children: Milton; Sarah; Hannah;
Rebecca; Lydia; John; Jane; Ruth; Mary;
James; and Elizabeth. Mr. AloPherson's
parents had four children: M. A.; Eda; Re
becca; and Richard. Air. and Mrs. Richard
AlcPherson were members of the Presbyterian
church. Both are deceased..
Al. A. McPherson attended the public
schools of Chester county, and worked with
his father on the farm. In 1881, he began
cultivating his present farm in Perry county;
he deals largely in live stock; he has served as
school director for eleven years.
AL A. McPherson was married in February,
1880, to Elizabeth, daughter of Lewis and
Mary (Markley) Davis. Their children are:
Robert E.; Della E.; Mary H; and Ben
jamin D.

Al. A. McPHERSON, New Bloomfield,
Pa., was born in Chester county, Pa., January
'20, 1854, a son of Richard and Elizabeth

J. F. SA1ITH, Mannsville, Pa., son of
Emanuel and Alary J. (Miller) Smith, was
born in Perry county, July 23, 1853. His
grandfather, Henry Smith, a German farmer,
had nine children; Mary; Emanuel; Eliza
beth; Henry; Kate; Amos; Sarah; Samuel;
and John Al. The maternal grandparents of
J. F. Smith, natives of Germany, farmers,
were early settlers of Perry county. Emanuel
Smith, also a farmer, was born in Perry coun
ty, lie manied Mary J., daughter of John
Aliller; their children were: Elizabeth; Wil
liam H. ; Catharine ; J. F. ; Ellen M. ; Lucinda ;
Minnie A.; Lydia M.; Edwin; S. At. Atrs.
Smith died in December, 1868.
J. F. Smith was educated in the public
schools and tbe Bloomfield and Millerstown
Academies. He learned blacksmithing and
shoemaking, worked at each for a time and
also foUoAved teaching school and farming. In
the fall of 1893, he became brakeman on the
Middle Division, Pennsylvania Railroad.
Three years later he began business with
George Markel, at Alarysville, Peny county;
but in January, 1887, the partnership was
dissolved; Mr. Smith has since continued the
business alone.
Mr. Smith was married April 4, 1878, to
Carrie N., daughter of William F. and Salome
(Freeburn) Patton. Their children are:
Helen M.; Mary E.; Ray P.; and Carrie S.

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Robert M. Patton, of Scotch-Irish descent,
farmer in Perry county, married Hannah Gil
fillan, and had six children: Ezra; William;
Nancy; Jane; Augusta; and Alichael. Irwin
Freeburn manied Sarah Eshelman. Their
children were: Mary; Salome F. ; George S. ;
Jesse B.; Susan C; and William H. The
family were Methodists. AVilliam F. Batton
married Salome, daughter of Irwin and Sarah
(Eshelman) Patton; their children are: Sarah
M. ; Nannie C. ; Rebecca M. ; James G. ; Wil
liam C. ; Grant E. ; Horace E. ; and Jane E.

DAVID SAVARTZ, Mannsville, Pa., son
of Daniel and Sophia (Aloyer) Swartz, was
born in Perry county, March 13, 1845. His
grandfather, John Swartz, married Miss En-
ders, and had nine children, all now deceased.
His maternal grandparents, Messiah and Han
nah (Keltner) Moyer, had these children:
Catharine; Rebecca; Christiana; Sarah; Ja
cob ; Hannah ; and John. Mr. and Mrs. Moyer
were members of the Lutheran church; both
died at the age of eighty-five. Daniel Swartz,
who was a carpenter, was born in Perry coun
ty, in 1801. He owned a farm, which was
worked by his sons. The children of Daniel
and Sophia Swartz are: George; Mary; Mar
garet; Sophia; David; Samuel; Sarah; Cath
arine; Daniel; and John. Mr. and Mrs.
Swartz were members of the Lutheran church.
He died in 1879, Mrs. Swartz in December,
1882. David Swartz Avas educated in the public
schools of Perry county, and worked Avith his
father until the death of the latter. In Sep
tember, 1864, he enlisted in Company L,
Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and served for
nine months, receiving his discharge in May,
1865. He is a Democrat.
Mr. Swartz was married in April, 1864, to
Sarah, daughter of AVilliam and Anna (Bous-
man) Sweger. Their children are: Ira M. ;
Clara; Anna F.; William H; and Charles D.
Mrs. Swartz died October 11, 1875. She
was a member of the Lutheran church. Mr.
Swartz afterwards married Carrie C, daugh
ter of Samuel and Hannah (Byers) Bealor.
Their children are: Daniel E.; Samuel; Sarah
Malinda; Jesse E.; Mary E.; and Hannah L.
The family are Lutherans; Mr. Swartz is a
trustee, and superintendent of the Sunday-
school.

AMOS SMITH, New Bloomfield, Ba., son
of Henry and Elizabeth (Markel) Smith, was
born in Centre townsk'p, Perry county, De
cember 7, 1832. His grandfather, Adam
Smith, was a native of Germany, who settled
in the eastern part of Pennsylvania, and
served seven years in the Revolutionary war.
He then became a farmer in Perry county.
He was twice married; his children were:
Jacob; Daniel; Henry; and Benjamin, all de
ceased. The maternal grandfather of Amos
Smith was Adam Markel, a German, for six
years a blacksmith, and later a farmer. His
wife was also a natiA'e of Germany, and their
children Avere: George; John; Elizabeth; So
phia; and Susan. Henry Smith was born in
Peny county and was always a fanner. He
manied Elizabeth, daughter of Adam Atarkel;
their children are: Mary; Emanuel; Henry;
Elizabeth; Amos; Catharine; Samuel; Sarah;
and John.
Amos Smith attended the public schools.
He has followed farming all his life. He has
served as school director, judge of elections,
traverse juror twice, and grand juror once.
Although elected justice of tbe peace, he de
clined to accept the office. He is a Prohibi
tionist. Mr. Smith was manied in February, 1861,
to Catharine, daughter of Benjamin and Su
san (Powell) Rice. He is a member of tbe
Evangelical Associated Church, has been a
class-leader, exhorter, and Sunday-school su
perintendent. Mrs. Smith's paternal grand
father was Henry Rice. He married Miss
Thomas; they had twelve children, one of
whom survives, Susan (Mrs. Hinkel). Benja
min Rice was a farmer, and for eight years
steward of the Berry county almshouse. He
manied Susan Snyder; their living children
are: John; Catharine; Annie; Susan; EUza-
beth; Benjamin; Francis; and George AV;
Henry died aged twenty-seven. Mr. Rice died
in May, 1878; his widow died January 25,
1887. She was a member of the Methodist
church, and her husband of the Lutheran
church.

SAMUEL H. MOSES, Duncannon, Pa.,
son of Simon and Annie (Heckendom) Moses,
was bom in Tyrone township, Peny county,
July 9, 1829. His grandfather, a tool maker,
came from Switzerland and settled in Tyrone

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township. His brother, Peter Moses, settled
in Perry county; another brother in Chester
county; a sister remained in Philadelphia.
Simon Moses was born in Tyrone township.
He married Annie Heckendom. Their chil
dren were: Mary; Susan; Eliza; Joseph;
Daniel; Sarah; Levi; Andrew; Samuel IL ;
David; and Lydia.
After attending the common schools, and
spending a few years at farm work, Samuel
H. Aloses went to Landisburg, Pa., to leam
cabinet-making, in which he has since been
engaged. In 1853, he established himself in
business in Duncannon. Air. Moses is a Re
publican, and has served as school director
and councilman. He, is a member of Ever
green Lodge, No. 205, I. 0. O. F. Samuel
H. Moses was married November 1, 1853, to
Mary, daughter of John and Annie Wade,
and Avidow of Gideon Miller. Their children
are: Ella; Harry Wilson; Hannah S. ; Julia;
Carrie; Charles G. ; Letitia; and Minnie. The
family attend the Lutheran church.

S. Mr. AVhite is a consistent member of the
Presbyterian church.

JAMES AL AVHITE, Duncannon, Pa.,
was born in Peny county, September 18,
1825, son of Thomas and Alary (Taylor)
White. Three brothers, John, James and
WUliam White, emigrated to America before
the Revolution, and obtained land grants in
Cumberland and Perry counties. William
AVhite removed to Mercer county, Pa., but
John and James lived and died in Perry coun
ty. Atr. White's grandfather, James White,
a native of Rye township, married Elizabeth
McMaster, born near Sunbury, Pa. His son,
Thomas White, was born November 8, 1797,
and was a farmer. Thomas White was mar
ried September 18, 1821, to Mary Taylor,
born Febraary, 1790. Their children were:
Alexander G. ; James M. ; and Elizabeth.
James At. White was educated in the pub
lic schools, and Avas a farmer, but sixteen years
ago retired from active work. Mr. AVhite is
a Democrat. He is a member of Perry Coun
cil, No. 57, S. 0. A. M., and of Evergreen
Lodge, No. 205, 1. O. O. F.
James M. AVhite was married October 17,
1850, to Sarah E., daughter of William and
Hannah (Milliken) White. Their children
are: Mary Hannah; Thomas W.; Alexander
R. Mrs. White died and Air. White was mar
ried to Mrs. Catherine (Shaffer) Coup. Their
children are : Sarah C. ; Addie M. ; and James

DANIEL RIFE, Duncannon, Pa., was
born in Cumberland county, Pa., August 3,
1837, son of Jacob and Susanna (Wharton),
Rife. Jacob Rife was born in York county,
Pa, in January, 1800. He married Susanna
AVharton, and had eight children: Joseph;
Susan; Jacob W. ; Samuel; Alary; Daniel;
Catharine; and John. Having attended the
public schools, Daniel Rife entered AVhite
Hall Academy, at Hanisburg. He studied
also at Mt. Pleasant College, Westmoreland
county, and taught school in Cumberland and
Peny counties. In 1860, he engaged in mer
cantile business, and is a fire and life insurance
agent. Mr. Rife is a Republican and a justice
of the peace; has been county surveyor, and
has held borough offices. He is a member of
Iron Conclave, No. 136, I. O. of Heptasophs.
Daniel Rife was married June 21, 1860, to
Elizabeth A. Jones. Their children are:
Emma C. ; Alma J.; Susan W. ; Alartha J.;
Mary E. ; and Robert Jones. The family at
tend the Methodist church.

JAMES W. HOLLAND, Duncannon, Pa.,
was born in Penn township, Perry county,
July 8, 1858, son of Isaac J. and Alatilda
(Mader) Holland. He attended the public
schools, and has been employed by the Dun
cannon Iron Company for twenty-five years.
He is a Republican. James AV. Holland was
married February 26, 1884, to Anna R.,
daughter of Samuel and Mary (Brooks)
Brooks. Their three children all died in in
fancy. Air. and Atrs. Holland are members
of the Presbyterian church.

SYLVESTER SHELLER, Duncannon,
Pa., was born in Duncannon, April 21, 1854,
son of Samuel and Margaret Lewis Sheller.
He attended the public schools and learned
printing in the office of the New Bloomfield
Advocate and Press. From 1874 to 1876 he
was editor and publisher of the Duncannon
Record. In 1876, he removed to Carlisle, and
was for three years in the grocery business.
He returned to Duncannon, and has for four
teen years dealt in coal, lumber, etc. He is
a Republican. Sylvester Sheller married Oc
tober 9, 1883, to Jennie, daughter of Henry
and Anna R. SAveger, of New Bloomfield,

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who died July 20, 1884. He attends the
Methodist church.

JOHN H. YOUNG, Duncannon, Pa., was
born October 24, 1839, son of Jacob and Sa
lome (Wax) Young. His paternal great
grandfather, born in Manheim, Germany,
settled in Philadelphia before the Revolution.
His grandfather, Abraham Young, settled in
Lebanon county, and afterwards on the land
now occupied by the Duncannon Iron Com
pany, in Perry county. His maternal grand
parents were natives of Cumberland county,
but settled near New Bloomfield, Pa. Jacob
Young was born in Lebanon county, was a
wheelwright and wagon-maker, and spent his
life in Duncannon. Of his ten children those
surviving are: John H. ; Elizabeth; Jacob
A.; Sallie; and Emma.
John H. Young attended the public schools,
learned cooperage, and for thirty-two years
has been in the employ of the Duncannon
Iron Company. Mr. Young is a Democrat,
and a member of Evergreen Lodge, No. 205,
I. 0. 0. F. John H. Young was married to
Margaret, daughter of Hugh and Ellen
(Lightner) WUson. Their surviving children
are: WUliam and Charles. Harvey, Ralph
and Ernest died in childhood.

EDWIN S. BARTRUFF, Duncannon,
Pa., was born February 5, 1861, son of John
A. and Sarah (Royer) Bartruff. John A.
Bartruff was born at Manheim, Pa., October
19, 1818. He taught school and was a mil
ler. In 1860 he began farming in Perry
county. Mr. Bartruff was married in 1847,
to Sarah Royer. Their children were:
Henry; Catherine; John A.; Albert B.;
David E. ; Sarah; Edwin S. ; Ida A. ; and Min
nie L. Mr. Bartruff died March 31, 1896.
He was a member of the River Brethren
church. Edwin S. Bartruff attended the schools of
the township. He learned carpentry, ai which
he worked eight years, and then engaged in
farming. He is a Republican. Edwin S. Bar
truff was married in 1893, to Sarah E., daugh
ter of Henry Lower. Their children are:
Raymond C; and John Andrew. Mr. Bar
truff is a member of the United Brethren
church.

HENRY J. SECRIST, was bom in Perry
county, April 12, 1855, son of Jacob and
Elizabeth (Dice) Secrist. He attended the
public schools and completed his course at
Alt. Dempsey and New Bloomfield Acad
emies. He taught in the public schools of
Wheatfield and Penn townships, and for four
terms in Duncannon, Pa. Ten years ago he
took charge of the dairy farm on which he
now resides. Air. Secrist is a staunch Repub
lican, and is secretary of the school board of
Penn toAvnship.
Henry J. Secrist was married June 23,
1874, to Alary Frances, daughter of John and
Frederica Achenbach. They have two sons:
John AAr. ; and one avIio died in infancy. Mr.
Secrist is an elder in the Reformed church.

JAMES ROSBOROUGH, Duncannon,
Pa, was born in County Deny, Ireland, in
1860, son of James and Elizabeth (McClel
lan) Rosborough, of Scotch ancestry. James
Rosborough, Sr., resides in County Deny,
and is engaged in butchering. He married
Elizabeth McClellan, and had sixteen chil
dren. Six reside in America : John ; Edward ;
James; William; Hamilton; and Robert.
Archibald; Margaret; Alary; Thomas; Annie;
David; Joseph; Malinda; and Charles are in
Ireland. James Rosborough attended the common
schools in his native land. At the age of
twenty-two be came to America, has been an
employee of the Duncannon Iron Company
for fifteen years. Mr. Rosborough is a Repub
lican. He was married in County Derry, to
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Mary
Rosborough. Their children are: Mary;
Leslie; Hamilton; Emma; Casper; and Frank.
Mr. Rosborough is a member of tbe Presby
terian church.

JOHN A. ZIEGLER, was bom in Dun
cannon, Pa., March 28, 1843, son of John S.
and Mary A. (Rhoads) Ziegler. John S.
Ziegler, born in York - county, removed to
Peny county, and spent tbe remainder of bis
life on his farm in Wheatfield township. He
was a Republican. John S. Ziegler was mar
ried December 5, 1839, to Mary A. Rhoads.
They have seven children: John A.; Wil
liam H. ; Naomi S. ; Charles E. ; F. L, of Dun
cannon, Pa., and two died in childhood. Tavo

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married daughters, Mrs. Green and Mrs.
Sheaffer, are also dead. John S. Ziegler and
his wife were members of the Lutheran
church. John A. Ziegler worked at carpentry for
fourteen years. In 1862, he enlisted in Com
pany H, One Hundred and Thirty-third Penn
sylvania Volunteers, and Avas in the battle of
Fredericksburg and ChancellorsviUe. In
1890, he established his present business at
Dellville, Pa., and was appointed postmaster
April 1, 1890. He is a Republican.
John A. Ziegler was married October 25,
1864, to Henrietta Weaver. They had three
children: Samuel C. ; William II. ; and An
nie T. Mrs. Ziegler died and Mr. Ziegler mar
ried Alary E. Heller. They have two chil
dren: Mabel E. ; and John C, deceased.
Mrs. Ziegler is a member of tbe United Breth
ren church.

JOHN AVELDON, Dellville, Ba., was
born in New Jersey, June 10, 1817, son of
Joseph and Mary (Flowers) Weldon. In
1837 he came from New Jersey to Perry
county. Here he cleared woodland, and at
tended school in the winter until he was
twenty-five. He afterwards cultivated the
farm on which he resides and which he pur
chased from John Steward. Mr. Weldon is
a Democrat. He has held township offices;
he served as constable forty years, and Avas
director of the poor one term. John AVeldon
was manied December 1,1842, to Susan Stew
ard, avIio died October 8, 1874- Their chil
dren are: Mary; George Washington;
Martha; Joseph; Edward; Jane; Hannah;
and William. He was again manied to Julia
Ann Caffey. Mr. Weldon is a member of the
Alethodist church.

HIRAAI POTTER, Logania, Pa., son of
Samuel and Ruth (Willis) Potter, a native of
Germany, and a blacksmith, was first of his
family to come to Peny county. His chil
dren were: John; George; Jacob; Samuel;
Jonas; and Mrs. John AtcConnell. Samuel
Potter Avas born in 1801. His children are:
James; Silas; Hiram; William; ancl Ruth
Ann. In 1862, Hiram Potter enlisted in
Company A, Sixth Pennsylvania. Volunteers.
Re-enlisting in 1864, in Company A, Ninth
Pennsylvania CaA^alry, he served until the
close of the war. In the battle of Black Run,

N. C, he was wounded. He received hon
orable discharge in August, 1865. After the
war Mr. Potter engaged in farming. He is
a Republican. Hiram Potter was manied in 1867, to Em
ma Jane Moyer. Their children are:
Charles; Fillmore; Samuel A.; Beulah AL;
John; Clarence; Russel; Bertram; and Dex
ter.

ELMER S. LOY, DellvUle, Pa,, was born
in Wheatfield township, Perry county, Pa.,
December 31, 1870, son of Andrew and Mar
garet (Lackey) Loy. His grandfather,
Michael Loy, settled in Andersonburg, Perry
county, in 1832. Andrew Loy, born at An
dersonburg, removed to Wheatfield township
in 1867. He was manied to Margaret Lackey.
Their children are: Lewis A.; Leonora A.;
Harriet; Clara; Ida; and Elmer S. Andrew
Loy and his wife were members of the United
Brethren church. Both are dead. Elmer S.
Loy was educated in the public schools, he
spent his life in the cultivation of his farm.
Elmer S. Loy Avas manied in 1895, to Clara
Shatto. Mr. Loy and his wife are members of
the United Brethren church.

DAVID F. QUIGLEY, Dellville, Fa.,
was born in Perry county, December 14,
1844, son of Hugh W. and Sophia (Frey)
Quigley. Hugh W. Quigley was born in
York county in 1801, went to Perry county
when a young man, and was a collier. He
was a Democrat. He first married Sophia
Frey, who died in 1853. They bad seven
children: William; Mary E.; Abraham;
David F.; Hugh Ross; Nancy Ellen; and
Martha C. Mr. Quigley afterwards married
Catherine M. Frey, and had three children:
Sarah; Lizzie; and John.
David F. Quigley attended the public
schools, the New Bloomfield Academy, and
the Academy at Landisburg. He then taught
school for some time. Since 1886, he has
been engaged in farming.
David F. Quigley was first married in 1873,
to Elizabeth J. Turner, who died February
17, 1874, leaving one child, John Martin.
In 1879, Mr. Quigley married Emma Roth.
Their children are: Bessie A.; Hugh W.;
Lizzie A.; Effie M.; Caroline B.; Ida Flor
ence; Alcena R.; and David F. Mrs. Quig
ley is a member of the Lutheran church.

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GEORGE D. RAFFENSPERGER, Mar
klesville, Pa., born September 5, 1845,
son of William and Elizabeth (Frantz) Raff
ensperger. His father, William Raffensper
ger, a stone mason, was married to Elizabeth,
daughter of Isaac Frantz. Their surviving
chUdren are: Mary A.; John; George D. ;
AAllliam H. ; Isaac Newton; and Samuel L.
Air. Raffensperger was a member of the Lu
theran church. He died April 22, 1876; his
widow died January 27, 1897. George D.
Raffensperger was educated in the public
schools. For one year he was engaged in
boating between AVilliamsport and Philadel
phia, Pa., and in 1863, entered the service of
the Pennsylvania Railroad as trackman. . Two
years after he took charge of a grocery store
for one winter. In 1868, he became a stone
mason, and he also owns and cultivates a fine
farm. He is a Republican.
George D. Raffensperger was married in
April, 1869, to Sarah E., daughter of George
and Barbara (Fickes) Wise. Their children
are: Ora S.; Price O.; Carrie M. ; Austin
A. ; Harry L. ; AArarner G. ; Millar F. ; Annie
0.; and Tamar S. Air. Raffensperger and his
wife are members of the Lutheran church.

GEORGE CAMPBELL, Juniata, Pa.,
Avas born July 4, 1817, son of William and
Annie (Oellig) Campbell, both natives of
Peny county. His father a shoemaker and
carpenter, was married to Annie Oellig.
Their children were: George; Nancy; Jane;
Annie Pollie; Sarah; Elizabeth; William;
Margaret; and Catherine. Air. Campbell and
his wife were members of the Lutheran
church. He died in 1859; his wife in 1831.
George Campbell was educated in a sub
scription school, and being a poor boy was
early hired among strangers. When he was
sixteen he learned weaving, which he fol
lowed for a few years. In 1838, he removed
to Ohio, worked for one year on a farm,
then returned to Perry county, and hired for
one year to Robert Nelson, on a farm near
Bloomfield. In 1841, he, began boating be
tween Newport, Philadelphia and Baltimore,
Md., and continued for six years. Ten years
later Mr. Campbell bought his present farm.
Air. Campbell was school director for three
years, supervisor for one year, and treasurer
for several terms. During the war of the Re
bellion, he was treasurer of the bounty fund

for the township and also collected the school
tax. In 1875, he was elected commissioner of
Perry county, and in 1879 tax collector of the
township. George Campbell Avas married January 12,
1843, to Catherine, daughter of John and
Catherine (Lesh) Smith. Their children are:
John S.; George AV., AL D.; James A.;
Robert B.; Samuel J.; James Elias; Benja
min F.; Annie G; and Theodore G Airs.
Campbell, who died April 27, 1893, was a
consistent member of the Reformed church.
Air. Campbell was an elder in the Presbyte-
rian, but is now a member of -the Reformed
church.

JEFFERSOA" E. SUPER, Juniata, Pa.,
was born Alay 19, 1845, son of Henry and
Mary (Diener) Super. His great-grand
father was born in Wurtemberg, Germanv in
1700. Henry, a brother of his grandfather,
emigrated to America and landed at Balti
more, Aid. Mr. Super's paternal grandfather,
John Jacob Super, also a native of Wurtem
berg, was a member of the King's body guard.
In 1819, he emigrated to America and set
tled near Liverpool, Berry county. About
1806, he was married to EUinora Ruediger.
Their children were: John; Christiana;
Jacob; Rudolph; Henry; EUinora; Kate;
Barbara; and Henry (2). John Jacob Super
and his wife were members of the German
(Lutheran) State church. Air. Super's ma
ternal grandparents were natives of Berks
county, Pa. His grandfather, Peter Diener,
a tailor, was of German descent, and had ten
chUdren. Henry Super, blacksmith and farmer, was
born near Liverpool, Pa., September 13,
1820. In 1841, he married Alary, daughter
of Peter Diener. Their children are:
Charles W., president of the Ohio University;
Jefferson E.; Ovando B., professor in Dick
inson College; Daniel R., merchant in St.
Louis, Mo. ; John H. ; Alvin D. ; and Irving
H, in business in or near Pottsville, Pa.
Henry Super and his wife were members of
the Evangelical church in which he was a
class leader for many years. He died June
13. 1864; his Avife December 26, 1892.
J. E. Super grew up on the farm and at
tended the district school. After his father's
death he took charge of the farm, and in 1866
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purchased the farm which he now occupies.
He is a Democrat, and has served as auditor,
and as supervisor, and is now school director.
Mr. Super Avas married November 28, 1865,
to Salome B., daughter of George W. and
Lavena (Rider) McNaughton. Their chil
dren are : George H. ; Atildred E. ; and Roav-
land E.
Mrs. Super's grandfather, Abraham Rider,
married a Miss Troup. Their children are:
Lavena; Hannah; Ephraim; Josiah; Rebecca;
and Isaac. Mrs. Luper's fatber, George W. Mc
Naughton, farmer, was manied to Lavena,
daughter of Abraham Rider. Their children
are: Salome; Solomon; Alary AL; Emma;
Margaret; and Joseph. Mr. McNaughton
and his wife were members of the Dunkard
church. He died September 11, 1880. His
widow resides with her son Solomon.

Samuel; John; Mary; and seven who died in
infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were members
of tbe Lutheran church. Jle died January 1,
1884; his wife in July, 1882.

WILLIAM H. RAFFENSPERGER, Ju
niata, Pa., Avas born April 24, 1849, son of
William and Elizabeth (Frantz) Raffensper
ger. His maternal grandfather, Isaac Frantz,
a carpenter, was married to Anna Mary Crist.
Their children are: Elizabeth; Susan; Mary;
John; AVilliam; Jonas; Margaret; and Sarah.
Isaac Frantz and his wife were members of
the Lutheran church. He died in 1869; his
wife in May, 1874. She had been blind for
eighteen years. Mr. Raffensperger's father,
a stone mason, was married to Elizabeth,
daughter of Isaac and Anna Mary (Crist)
Frantz. Their children are: Mary; John;
George; William H ; Isaac N. ; Samuel L.;
Jonas; and five whose names are not known.
Mr. William Raffensperger is deceased.
William H. Raffensperger attended the
public schools, and then learned stone ma
sonry, at which he was employed for seven
teen years. In 1884, he began farming.
AVilliam II. Raffensperger was married
February 29, 1872, to Ellen, daughter of
John and Catherine (Lenig) Brown. Their
children are: William L. ; John H; Edith
H. ; Samuel F. ; Charles S. ; Harry 0. ; Miles
B. ; and one who died in infancy. Mr. Raff
ensperger and his family are members of the
Evangelical church.
Mrs. Raffensperger's parents were natives
of Perry county. Her father, John Brown,
blacksmith and farmer, was married to Cath
erine, daughter of Jacob and Catherine
Lenig. Their children are: Jacob; Ellen;

HENRY H. BLACK, Juniata, Ba., was
born February 8, 1859, son of Henry and
Sophia (Vantz) Black. His maternal grand
father, Atr. Vantz, blacksmith and merchant,
was a resident of Newport, Ba., for sixty
years. He was married to Miss Gabel. Atr.
Vantz and his wife were members of the
Church of God. Mr. Black's father, Henry
Black, carpenter, was manied to Sophia,
daughter of George Vantz. Their children
were:' Olive; Henry H.; Philma G.; Eliza
beth; Sarah; and Margaret. Mr. Henry
Black and wife .were members of the Meth
odist church.
Henry H. Black received his education in
the public schools. In 1874, he obtained em
ployment with the Bennsylvania Railroad
Company, and continued one year. In 1881,
he returned to the company's service as brake-
man, and eleven years later received a con-
ductorship which he still holds. In 1888
he bought a farm and although he cultivates
the land, he still holds his position on the
railroad and is a member of the Bennsylva
nia Railroad Relief Association.
Mr. Black is a Republican. Henry H.
Black was married January 15, 1880, to
Clara A. Smith. Their children are: Wal
ter E.; Alice S.; William H; Mary E.;
Katie and Harry, twins; Carry, born January
8, 1893.

ISAAC D. DUNREL, Newport, Peny
county, Pa., was bom in Halifax, Dauphin
county, Pa., January 2, 1828, and is of Ger
man descent. His father, Jacob Dunkel, a
native of Dauphin county, was a farmer and
weaver. He died in 1849, aged sixty-two.
He married Mary Bower. Mr. Dunkel was
a strong Democrat. He served during the
Avar of 1812. His children are: Michael;
Elizabeth; Mary; two that died in infancy;
John; Isaac D.; William; and Joseph.
Isaac D. Dunkel first attended a subscrip
tion school, and afterwards public school. He
begain farm wiork when thirteen years old,
receiving five dollars per month, and his
board. In 1859, he opened a hotel at Halifax;
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New Bloomfield, and the following year the
hotel at Atontgomery Ferry. In 1862, Mr.
Dunkel enlisted in Company E, One Hundred
and Seventy-third Pennsylvania Volunteers,
was promoted to first lieutenant, and served
in Virginia until his discharge, August 17,
1863. He again enlisted, in Company I, Two
Hundred and Eighth Pennsylvania Volun
teers, and was promoted to the first lieutenancy
before leaving camp. His first battle was at
Fort Steadman. His next at Fort Hill or Pe
tersburg; he took part in all other fights until
the surrender of General Lee, and was at the
grand review in Washington, D. C. He kept
successively the Ninth AVard Hotel in New
port two years, the Farmers' and Drovers'
Hotel for ten years, and a hotel at Alillerstown
three years. He was in other business there
for three years, and after one unoccupied
year, opened a restaurant. In 1889, he re
turned to New Bloomfield, and con-ducted a
hotel five years; he has since been in the
wholesale liquor business in Newport.
Isaac D. Dunkel was married in 1847, to
Miss Mary Ann Charles. Their children are:
Michael F.; Mark Jones; Catherine E.; and
Alary V. Atr. Dunkel is a decided Democrat,
and advocates the gold standard.

AAiOS W. ROUGH, Newport, Perry
county, Pa., was born in Perry county, No
vember 14, 1854. His grandfather, John
Kough, settled at Sulphur Springs, where he
inherited a large tract of land from his father.
He was a member of the firm of Kough, Ever-
hardt & Lloyd, in the foundry and furnace
business. He was an old line Whig. He mar
ried Eleanor Hallerpeter, and had eight chil
dren. After his wife's death, he retired to
Newport, where he died in 1869, aged seven
ty-nine years. His son, WUliam Kough, on
account of his father's failure, began as a poor
boy. In 1867, he and Mr. Everhardt formed
a partnership in the grain business. Later tbe
firm became William Kough & Sons, and this
continued for two years; he then sold his in
terest to his sons, farmed the homestead four
years, and removed to Newport, where he died
in 1893, aged eighty years; his wife died
eight years before. William Kough was a
militia captain. He voted with the Republi
cans. His children are: John W. S.; Sarah
(Mrs. Ephraim Weise) ; Mary, widow of John
Acker; Maggie (Mrs. Watson Gantt) ; Katy,

married Rev. H. A. Stoke; WUliam H; Am
brose; and Amos W.
Amos W. Kough was educated in the pub
lic schools, in Air. Wright's select school, at
Alillerstown, Pa., and at Newport. At nine
teen years of age, he began teaching school
and was so engaged for five terms. He was
then for one year in the merchant tailoring
ancl ready-made clothing business at Carlisle,
Pa., then worked on the farm with his father
three years and a half, and then came to New
port, and in 1881, bought the stock of goods
of Air. Weise. Six years later he bought the
ground on which are situated two houses and
store room, where he has since canied on his
business. Air. Kough was married, January 8, 1880,
to Annie, daughter of A. K. Long, of New
port, Pa. Their children are: Harry M. ;
Nellie AlcKenzie; Ralph Long; Irene Loy;
and Jessie Maria. Mr. Kough is a RepubU-
cam, and is serving as school director. He is
a deacon in the Lutheran church. On Octo
ber 1, 1896, Mr. Kough suffered a serious loss
in the death of his trustworthy clerk, Russel
Harting, who was killed at a raUroad crossing.
ABRAHAAI FREDERICK KEIM, New
port, Pa., was born at Newport, Pa., June 14,
1842. His father, John Keim, was bom in
Berks county, Ba., January 25, 1818, and
when about two years old was brought to Sny
der county, -and later to Beny county. He
was a relative of General Keim, of Reading,
, Pa. After his marriage, he embarked in mer
cantile business at Newport, in which he con
tinued until the business panic of 1857. He
died January 16, 1888. John Keim married
Narcissa Nipple. Their children are: Oliver
T.; Abraham F.; Zaeh. T; Madge; and
others who died in infancy.
Abraham E. Keim attended school until he
was fifteen. After his father suspended busi
ness, his brother, Oliver T.,- started a small
general store at Newport, in 1860, in which
he Avas clerk for five years. He enlisted Janu
ary 31, 1865, in Company D, Forty-seventh
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was detailed
for clerical duty at Philadelphia, where he re
mained until his discharge on May 23, 1865.
After his marriage he was a day laborer at
Newport for some years. From 1871 to 1875,
he conducted a store in ATewport. He then
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a stock of dry goods, and continued the busi
ness until the fall of 1876, when he sold it
to J. H. Kumler. From 1878 to i893, he
Avas justice of the peace, and has since been
a notary public. From 1878 to 1881, he kept
the books of Jones Bros. He is also local agent
of four fire insurance companies. Mr. Keim
is a staunch Republican.
Abraham F. Keim was manied in June,
1865, to Julia A., daughter of Philip Zeigler,
of Oliver township. Their children are: A.
Atyrtie; Harry T.; Loyette; and Charles E.
Pugh. Air. Keim is a member of the Metho
dist church.

AV. H. DIVEN, Newport, Pa., was born
in Juniata county, Pa., April 4, 1832. His
father, Peter Diven, was bom in Dauphin
county, Pa., and was a miller. About 1812,
he removed to Mexico, Juniata county. He
was a Democrat. He died at Mexico, Pa., in
1836. Mr. Diven married Sarah Kearns, who
died in 1865. Their children are: George;
John; Thomas K. ; David; W. H; and Jo
seph P.
W. H. Diven attended the public schools,
and the Tuscarora Academy. In 1852, he
entered Pennsylvania College, at Gettysburg,
but left college in the junior year, and taught
school for two years, after which he studied
theology for two years in Gettysburg Theo
logical Seminary, preparatory to entering the
ministry in the Lutheran church. In 1890,
Air. Diven retired from the ministry, and took
up the business of fire insurance. While in
the ministry he had charge of the church at
Duncannon, Pa., four years, at Liverpool, Pa.,
seven years, and of the Salona church in Clin
ton county, thirteen years, after which he
traveled as financial agent of a college for
four years.
In 1857, W. H. Diven was manied to Sarah
A., daughter of Simon and Sophia Stroup,
of Lewistown, Pa. Their children are:
George S.; Carrie A.; David H; Luther
E.; Charles A.; William A.; Robert W.; and
Laura E., who died in 1881.

EPHRAIM: B. AA'EISE, Newport, Pa.,
Avas born Alarch 25, 1833, son of George and
Afary Elizabeth (Apple) Weise. George
Weise was born in Cumberland county, Pa.,
in 1783, and was a farmer. In 1815, he
bought a tract of land in Centre township.

In 1845, he removed to Juniata township and
farmed on shares. His death occuned
January 4, 1855; bis wife died about 1868.
Their children are : William; Matilda; Mag
dalene; Catherine; Elizabeth; Joanna;
Mary; Keziah; George; Rebecca; Caroline;
Susanna; Amelia; and Ephraim B.
Ephraim B. Weise attended the public
schools, the academy at New Bloomfield, and
the Marklesville schools. In the winter of
1855-56 he taught -school, and in the succeed
ing spring went to Illinois, where he worked
on a farm for eight months, and then returned
home. After his marriage, he taught in winter
and worked on the farm during the summer,
until August, 1864, when he enlisted in Com
pany E, Two Hundred and Eighth Pennsylva
nia Volunteers, with the rank of orderly ser
geant. He participated in the battles of Fort
Steadman and Petersburg, and in numerous
skirmishes. He was honorably discharged,
June 7, 1865. In the spring of 1866, he set
tled in Newport, and was employed in the
planing-mill until September, 1873, when he
embarked in mercantile business. He now
lives retired. - Mr. Weise is a Republican, and
served as county treasurer from 1882 to 1885,
and in several borough offices. He is a mem
ber and a trustee of the United Evangelical
church. He is also a member of the G. A. R.,
at Newport. Ephraim B. Weise was married
in 1857, to Sadie, daughter of William and
Mary (McKenzie) Rough

W. H. GANTT, Newport, Pa., was bom
January 25, 1853, son of Jesse L. and Ellen
(Kough) Gantt. Jesse L. Gantt was born in
1810. He was a merchant at Duncannon, and
Newport; he has for thirty years kept a hotel.
He built the Gantt House, which was burned
in 1875; he then erected the present brick
structure, the Central Hotel, fie was a Re
publican. He first married Ellen Kough, who
died in 1853; their children are: John G;
Ellen; Sarah; and W. H. Mr. Gantt after
wards married Caroline Sheibley, widow of
Mr. Spotts; they had two children: Jacob;
and Jesse. Mrs. Gantt was accidentally
burned to death. Air. Gantt died in 1880.
He was a Presbyterian.
AV. II. Gantt attended the public schools
at Newport until he was sixteen, and then
served an apprenticeship of three years with
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port, he opened a jewelry store. In 1875, W.
H. Gantt was married to Olive, daughter of
Jesse S. Butz; they have one child, Frank
C. Mr. Gantt is a Republicam He is a mem
ber of tbe Presbyterian church.

Mr. Fickes is a Repubfican. He is a mem
ber of the Lutheran church.

D. H. SPOTTS, Newport, Pa., son of Reu
ben and Caroline (Shivery) Spotts, was born in
December, 1850. Reuben Spotts, farmer,
was born in Peny county, in 1811. His wife
is now deceased. Three of their four children
died young; the only survivor is D. H.
D. H. Spotts attended the common schools,
and when sixteen years old, became a clerk in
a dry goods store at Harrisburg, where he con
tinued for several years, and was then clerk
in a clothing store in Philadelphia for a year.
He came to Newport about 1884, and worked
for Mr. Dukes, the clothier, for ten years.
He then bought the stock of his employer,
and has ever since continued tbe business,
enlarging the stock and increasing the trade.
He manied Emma, daughter of Israel Tennis.
Their children are: Charles H. ; and Albeit
O. Mr. Spotts is a "'gold RepubUoan;" is a
member of the F. and A. AL, the I. O. O. F.,
and the K. G. E., at Newport.

GIBSON FICKES, Newport, Ba., son of
Henry and Rebecca' Leah (Hoffman) Fickes,
was born April 10, 1850. His grandfather,
Benjamin Fickes, a farmer in Adams county,
came to Peny county, and acquired a large
estate. Henry Fickes received as his share
of his father's estate, that part of the farm on
which the buildings stand, and also bought
the shares of some of the other heirs; he be
came the owner of more than 900 acres. He
died in 1893 ; his wife's death occuned before
his own. He was a member of the Reformed,
and she of the Lutheran church. Their chil
dren are: Josiah; Benjamin; Sarah; Ann;
Andrew J.; Gibson; Jane F. ; and Belle M.
Gibson Fickes attended the public schools
and worked on the farm up to his twenty-first
year, when he embarked in the grain business,-
at Newport, with his brother, Andrew J. In
1886, Gibson built his present warehouse, and
has since conducted the business alone. He
is also interested in farm lands. Gibson
Fickes was manied in December, 1873, to
Mary Eby. Their children are: Nellie R. ;
Andrew '0. ; Flo M. ; Susan R. ; Sarah L. ;
Mary Gertrude; and Stanley G.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER MEMINGER,
Newport, Pa., son of Theodore and Cath
erine (Hopple) Meminger, was born De
cember 17, 1840. His great-grandfather,
Theodore Meminger, a practicing physician
at Philadelphia, Pa., desiring when advanced
in years a more quiet home, went to Liberty
valley, Perry county, Pa., in 1815, accom
panied by his wife, Hannah (Fell) Meminger,
and their only child, Theodore, Jr. Here the
Doctor bought a place, and passed the remain
der of his days. He and his wife were mem
bers of the Society of Friends; she died in
1847. Theodore Meminger (2), grandfather of
AVilliam A., was born in 1790. In 1815, he
manied Susannah McKean, bom in 1792.
Their children are: Theodore; George; Mary;
Rev. William; John; and James G.
Theodore Meminger (3), was born Novem
ber 10, 1816, and educated in the common
schools and in the Lewistown Academy. He
taught school one term. He was equally skill
ful as a shoemaker, mason and blacksmith.
His death occuned in 1882. In 1840, Air.
Meminger married Catherine Hopple, who
died in 1884. Their children are: AVilliam
Alexander; George T. ; John M. and James
H, twins; Theodore; Samuel H. ; Mary J.;
Aquilla R. ; and Alem L. Mr. Meminger
was a Republican. He was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
William Alexander Meminger attended the
common schools, and the Tuscarora Academy.
In November, 1862, Mr. Ateminger began to
teach, and pursued that vocation for thirty-
one consecutive terms. His principal occupa
tion before removing toNewport, was farming:
for twenty-three years he was in demand as a
surveyor. He served thirteen years and a half
as justice of the peace in Tuscarora township,
and in 1893 was elected to this office at New
port. He is a Republican. Mr. Meminger
is a member of the K. G. E., and secretary of
bis castle; at one time, he was a. member of
the I. 0. O. F., O. U. A. AL, and Red Men.
AAllliam A. Meminger was married March
16, 1866, to Mary C. Jacobs, who died Sep
tember 28, 1868, leaving one son, John G.
Mr. Meminger was married October 10, 1872,
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Bertha J.; and Ira M. Air. Meminger is a
member of the United Evangelical church.

PERRY K. BRANDT, Newport, Pa., son
of Oharies G -and Jane (Gilfilen) Brandt, was
born July 5, 1851. His ancestors came
from Germany. His grandfather, Anthony
Brandt, was born in 1785, and died in 1855.
He married Elsie Cox, of Juniata county. He
was a farmer and blacksmith, and for a time
kept a hotel at Millerstown, Pa. He was a
Democrat. His son, Charles C. Brandt, was
bom in Millerstown, Pa., in 1818, and reared
on the farm. His children are: Ard;
Jefferson; Charles; James; Josephine; Mary;
Perry K.; William; Delphine; Milton; and
George. Mr. Brandt -Avas a Democrat; he
served one term as county commissioner, and
was a member of the legislature in 1856-57.
His death occurred in 1884. His wife Avas
born in 1819, and died in 1893.
Perry K. Brandt attended public schools
and select schools at Millerstown, after which
he taught school for seven terms. He then
took a course in 1he Iron City Oommersial
College, was graduated in 1872, and again
taught school two terms. Then he was cashier
of the Peoples Bank, until the National Bank
was organized, July 1, 1893, in which he has
since held the same position. Mr. Brandt was
married, Febraary 5, 1880, to Catherine
Long; their children are: Edith; Charles;
Mary; Annie; James; Edgar; and Gertrude.
Mr. Brandt is interested in farm lands. He
is -a Deiu-jcrat, has served as president of the
council two years, and has also serve 1 three
years on the school board. He is a trustee of
the Presbyterian church of Newport.

GEORGE W. ZINN, Newport, Pa., son of
George and Eliza (Hartzell) Zinn, was born
December 6, 1834. His ancestors came from
Holland. Joseph and Elizabeth (Suavely)
Zinn, his grandparents, were natives of Leb
anon county, an d died in Perry eoun ty. T heir
son, George Zinn, was born near Cornwall,
Pa., and came with his parents to Perry coun
ty. He was a farmer, and conducted saw and
grist-mills. He died in 1842. His wife died
at the age -of seventy-five. Their children are:
Joseph; John H. ; George W.; Levi; Wil
liam; and Alargaret.
George W. Zinn was educated in the public
schools and in the Cumberland Valley Insti

tute, and Avas for many years a teacher. In
1859, he went to Pikes Peak on a prospecting
tour. In 1861, Mr. Zinn enlisted in Compmy
H, Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers,
as corporal, and served until September 18,
1864, when his term expired. On his return,
he opened a livery stable at Newport. In
1866, Air. Zinn was appointed Deputy Inter
nal Revenue Assessor, and held the office until
1870, still continuing his livery business. He
served as justice of tbe peace for ten years,
and has served since that time as notary pub
lic; he was also an attorney in the Pension
Department, as claim agent. An insurance
agency is a branch of his business. Mr. Zinn
is a Democrat.
George W. Zinn was married in 1866 to
Annie Alary, daughter of J". D. Hight; they
have one child, Effie Viola. He is a member
of the Methodist church.

REV. SAMUEL W. SEIBERT, Newport,
Pa., son of Lawrence W. and Mary A. (Miller)
Seibert, was born in Shenandoah county, Va.,
April 1, 1824. The Seibert family originat
ed in Wurtemberg, Germany, whence the
representatives emigrated to England, and
thence to America, and settled in Virginia.
Jacob Seibert was a soldier in the Revolution
ary war from the beginning to the close. He
married Jeretah White Lawrence, of Scotch-
Irish descent. Their children were: John;
AAllliam; Lawrence W. ; Margaret; and
Sarah. Lawrence W. Seibert was born near
Strasburg, Va. He studied law and was a noted
stump speaker, but became a planter and
did not practice law; he died in 1866. He
manied first Mary Ann Miller, who was born
in 1801, and died in 1834; they had eight
children. Mr. Seibert afterAvard married
Amelia Marshal, and had six children.
Samuel W. Seibert was the fourth of eight
children. He attended subscription schools,
and the FairvieAv Academy. In 1841, he
studied for one year at Cambridge College,
Ind. He entered the ministry of the Evan
gelical church, in which he rendered over
forty years of service. Through his instru
mentality, over a score of church edifices have
been built, and a number of parsonages, and
he has given the right hand of fellowship to
over 2,000 new members. He has a comfort
able home at Newport, and preaches as oppor
tunity and strength permit. He also super-

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intends his farm of 196 acres, and he is one
of the stockholders and a director in the New
port National Bank. Mr. Seibert is a staunch
Democrat, and advocates free silver, but al
ways respects the views of opponents.
In 1846, Rev. S. W. Seibert married Elea
nor K. Nelson. Then" children are : William
N., Esq., New Bloomfield; James L., M. D.,
Bellefonte, Pa.; Virginia R. ; and Virginia,
Ann and Charles, all deceased.

JONAS SMITH, Newport, Pa., was born
in Peny county, November 9, 1818. His
grandfather, Peter Smith (1), a fanner, was
born and lived in Berks county, Pa. His
brother, Martin Smith, was a Revolutionary
soldier. Peter Smith (2), father of Jonas
Smith, was born and reared in' Berks county,
where he died. He manied Margaret Lesb;
their only surviving children are: Jonas;
Daniel; and Margaret. Mr. Smith was a
Democrat. He died in Perry county. He
was a member of the Reformed church.
Jonas Smith attended both subscription and
public schools. He learned shoemaking, but
relinquished it for farming. In 1842, he mar
ried Mary Ann Bender, of Cumberland coun
ty, Pa. He has always been a staunch Demo
crat. He is a member of the Reformed
church. His chUdren are: William H, died
at Newport; Lewis, on the home farm; and
Jacob, died young.
Jonas Smith served in the late war, being
enrolled November 2, 1862, in Capt. Henry
Charles' Company E, One Hundred and Sev
enty-third Pennsylvania Drafted Militia, and
was honorably discharged June 19, 1863, at
Norfolk, Va., by reason of disability. Jonas
Smith died January 7, 1897, in his seventy-
ninth year. His wife, Margaret Ann Smith,
born Alay 5, 1820, died March 21, 1897.

SIMON, FLEISHER, Newport, Pa., was
born in Perrj county, March 17, 1857. His
mother died in 1864, and his father in 1867.
He engaged in farming, and when twenty-
three years of age bought one hundred acres
of land, which be improved and cultivated.
In 1880, he was married to Elizabeth Toomey.
Their children are: Charles Russel; Ralph
Benton; Peny; Gertrude F.; Clarence E.;
Hany Roy, died in infancy; and Cloyd S.
Mr. Fleisher is a Democrat. He is a member
of the Lutheran church.

MICHAEL SMITH, Newport, Pa., was
born February 26, 1827. His grandfather,
Wendal Smith, Avas born and reared in Berks
county, Ba., married Barbara Heverling, re
moved to Perry county, and settled on the old
homestead about ninety years ago. For fifteen
years before his death he was bUnd, and his
grandson, Alichael, when five years old, led
him about by the hand. He was one of the
foremost men of the county. He died aged
seventy-five years.
Alichael Smith, Sr., born in Berks county,
Pa., came with his parents to Perry county
in 1806. After reaching manhood he settled
on a part of the AAllson farm, which is now
owned by his son, Alichael. He was a Demo
crat. He first manied Catharine Lenig; their
children are: Elizabeth; David; Alichael;
Jacob; Catherine; Julia; and Barbara. Airs.
Smith died, and Air. Smith married Elizabeth
Fickes, Avidow of Air. Brown. Air. Smith
died in 1844; his wife, 1884. He was a mem
ber of the Lutheran church.
Alichael Smith attended, subscription and
public schools. He worked at home until his
father's death, after which, remaining on the
farm with his four sisters,' he became the sup
port of the family. At his majority, he bpught
the homestead farm, and has cultivated it
ever since. In 1858, he manied Miss Harriet
Crist, of Ncav Bloomfield. His children are:
Newton Kurtz; and Annie E. Air. Smith,
formerly a Republican, is now a Prohibition
ist. He is a member of the Lutheran church.

J. AV. ULSH was born April 8, 1832, in
Perry county, son of Joseph, a miller and far
mer, and Susan (Kline) Ulsh. About 1852,
J. W. Ulsh went with his father and his two
brothers, Leonard and Reuben, to California,
by way of the Jsthmus of Panama. They re
mained in CaUfornia about four years, and
then returned to their home.
J. AV. Ulsh was married in 1857, to Susan,
daughter of Joel Rickabaugh. Their children
are: Alorrow; William R.; Effie S.; Mary G;
Caroline; Annette; JohnW.; and Edna M.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Ulsh were brought up in
the Lutheran church, but became Methodists;
Mrs. Ulsh, who was an excellent woman, a
good wife and mother, died in 1896, and was
interred at the Hill church. Air. Ulsh is ac
tive in church work, and is a trustee. He is a
Democrat.

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SAMUEL II. BAKER, Millerstown, Pa.,
son of John and Afary (Shull) Baker, was born
January 1, 1821. His grandfather, Daniel
Baker, a farmer, Avas bora in Philadelphia
county, Pa. His children were: Daniel;
John; and Alary. John Baker was born in
Philadelphia county. He inherited half of
his father's large farm in Greenwood town
ship. He manied Alary Shull; their chUdren
are: Elizabeth; Joshua; Mary; , and Samuel
II. Air. Baker died about 1825; his wife in
1862. Samuel II. Baker attended the common
schools untU he was sixteen, and was then
clerk in tbe store of J. and T. Beaver, New-
port, Pa.; in 1841, entered the store of J. &
D. Strawbridge, Sharon, Pa., and two years
later the store of Alajor Haines at Newport.
In the ensuing spring, he was married, and
until 1862, occupied the homestead. He then
had charge of the store of Eshelman & Ricka
baugh for one year, and next bought his pres
ent place of thirty-five acres, which he rented,
and was for two years clerk for D. M. Ricka
baugh, at Millerstown, Pa., after which he
returned to his OAvn place and opened a gen
eral store, which he has since conducted.
Atr. Baker is a staunch Democrat; was jus
tice of the peace for fifteen years, and has
served as county auditor. He has been post
master at Nekoda, Peny county, since 1877.
He is a member of the United Brethren
church. Mr. Baker was manied Atay 1, 1844, to
Eliza Rickabaugh. Their children are:
Joshua, manager of the Hotel Lafayette, Phil
adelphia, Pa., married Jennie Atorrison, have
two children, Harry U, and a daughter, Ray;
and Valeria G. (Airs. Charles 11. Hopple), of
Alillerstown, has one child, Jennie.

DAVID R. ACKER, Acker, Pa., was bom
September 15, 1860. Casper Acker, great
grandfather of D. R. Acker, settled in Green
wood township, and died there in 1813. He
married .Maria Brandt. Their son, Joseph
Acker, was born in Perry county, Pa., and
was a farmer and weaver. He died in 1871;
his wife, who Avas Catharine Rupp, died in
1882. Their children were: Nancy; Lewis;
William; Elizabeth; Ephraim; Reuben;
Susanna; Isaiah; and Joseph R.
Lewis Acker was born in September, 1826.
He was a farmer, wagon-maker and brick-ma

ker. He was a staunch Republican, a mem
ber of the Lutheran church, and his death
occurred in 1889. He was married to Susan
na Portius; their children are: Hannah L. ;
FianaF. ; N. Jane; Joseph AL; Samuel; Wil
liam II. ; David R. ; John L. ; and Minnie G
D. R. Acker was educated in the common
schools, worked on the homestead during va
cations, and at the age of twenty years taught
school for tAvo tenns, after which he Avorked
for his father on the farm and in the store.
In 1887, he bought his father's store and has
been thus engaged except during two years
spent on the farm. Mr. Acker was appointed
postmaster in 1890.
On December 23, 1886, Air. Acker Avas
married to Lumma Grubb, daughter of AVil
liam M. Grubb. Their children are: Alyrtie
T; RhetieE.; Edgar G; and Millard R.

JOHN HIPPLE, Marysville, Pa., was
born June 30, 1843, son of George and Eliza
beth (Bentzel) Hippie. His father, George
Hippie, was a farmer in Berry county.
George Hippie was married to Elizabeth
Bentzel. Two of their seven children are liv
ing: Amanda and John. Mrs. Hippie died
about 1857; Air. Hippie, November 11, 1872.
John Hippie was educated in the public
schools, and learned masonry, at which he
Avorked for ten years, but has spent most of
his lif e\ on the fann. Mr. Hippie is a Repub
lican. John Hippie was married December
8, 1874, to Alary J. Freed. Their children
are: Cora May; Arbie E. ; Sadie E. ; Nettie
J. ; Walter J. ; and Richard B. The family at
tend the Evangelical church, of which Mrs.
Hippie and two' daughters are members.

AVILLIAA1 A. LIGHT NER, Landisburg,
Pa., Avas born Alarch 27, 1848, son of Peter
ancl Eliza Jane (Kiner) Lightner. He at
tended the public schools, and Mt. Dempsey
Academy, Landisburg, Pa. For seventeen
years he taught in the schools of Perry and
Cumberland counties. From 1885 to 1888 he
was the efficient treasurer of Perry county.
From 1874 to 1886, he was a partner with his
brother, James F. Lightner, in a grist and
saAV-mill. Since 1891, he has given his at
tention to mercantile business. He is a stock
holder of the Perry County Railroad, and a
member of the Shermans valley Grange. Mr.
Lightner is a Republican.

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William A. Lightner was married Decem
ber 29, 1885, to Margaret (Irvine) AlUligan,
widow of Thomas AlUligan. They have one
.son, Noy Irvine. Air. Lightner attends the
Church of God; his Avife is a member of the
Presbyterian church.

JOHN A. BOWER, Landisburg, Pa.,
was born in Spring toAvnship, October 7,
1840. He was educated in the public
.schools, and at Loysville Academy. In 1859
he began teaching. He enlisted August 12,
1862, in Company H, One Hundred and
Thirty-third Pennsylvania Arolunteers, and
took part in the battles of Antietam and
Fredericksburg. He owns and cultivates a
farm in Spring township. In 1885, he was
elected justice of the peace. For many years
he was a director of the Home Fire Insurance
Company, of which he is now secretary. He
is a member of the G. A. R.
John A. Bower was married to Annie B.
Sheaffer. Their children are: Annie S.;
Joseph N. ; Charles S.; Harry; Alilton; Alin
nie AL; and Sarah.

GEORGE PATTERSON, Landisburg,
Pa., was born March 12, 1846, son of Creigh
.and Sarah (Stambaugh) Patterson. His an
cestors were Scotch-Irish. His grandfather,
Francis Patterson, spent his life on the home
stead in Tyrone toAvnship, and died about
1844. Creigh Patterson, farmer, was born in
the same township. He was married to
.Sarah Stambaugh. Their children are:
Francis; John; George; and three who died
in infancy. George Patterson attended the
public schools. He then taught school, and
also farmed for some time, but for the last
fifteen years he has been a merchant. Air.
Patterson is a Republican. George Patterson
was married to Elizabeth Rhinesmith. Their
children are: Creigh; Harry; Frederick; and
Maria. The family attend the Reformed
church.

J. CALVIN" SHEIBLEY, Landisburg,
Pa., was born September 17, 1849, son of
John C. and Elizabeth (Kern) Sheibley. His
paternal ancestors were Swiss and his maternal
ancestors natives of Holland. His father,
John C. Sheibley, carpenter and farmer, was
:a resident of Peny county. He married Eliza
beth Kern, and has six children: Mary M. ;

Sarah K.; Simon B.; David H; Alargaret;
and J. Calvin.
J. Calvin Sheibley attended the public
schools, the Alt. Dempsey Academy, and then
taught for some years. For one year be man
aged a drag store in Thomasville, Ga. He
has since been engaged in farming. Air. Shei
bley is a stockholder in the Peny County
Railroad, and a member of Alt. Dempsey
Lodge, Ao. 172, I. O. 0. F. He is a Demo
crat. He attends the Reformed church.

EAIAAUEL SHEIBLEY, Loysville, Pa.,
Avas born February 21, 1830, son of AVilliam
and Catherine (Fosselman) Sheibley. AVU-
liani Sheibley was a fanner. He manied
Catherine Fosselman, and have seven chil
dren: Elizabeth; Jane; Peter AV.; Daniel;
Emanuel; Absalom; Edmund; and Mary Ag
nes. AVilliam Sheibley died in 1892; his
wife died several years earlier.
Emanuel Sheibley was educated in the pub
lic schools, and learned carpentry, but in a
few years turned his attention to farming.
He is a Democrat. Emanuel Sheibley was
manied to Elvina At. Beniheisel. Their chil
dren are: Anna At.; Bertha Kate; Bessie
Alay; William B.; and Carrie E. Air. Shei-
bley's family attend the Lutheran church.

DAVID B. DUNKELBERGER, Landis
burg, Ba., was born in Spring township, son
of Jeremiah and Susan (Bernheisel) Dunkel
berger. His grandfather, John Dunkelber
ger, removed to Beny county in 1814. His
children were: Catherine; Jonathan; John;
Charles; Jeremiah; Samuel; Hannah; and
Joseph. Atr. and Atrs. John Dunkelberger
were members of the Lutheran church. Jere
miah Dunkelberger, farmer, was born in
Berks county, and came to Berry county in
1814. The children of Jeremiah and Susan
(Bernheisel) Dunkelberger are: Mary Ann;
Margaret; Briscilla; John; David B. ; Susan,
and four others died in infancy. Jeremiah
Dunkelberger and his wife Avere members of
the Lutheran church.
David B. Dunkelberger attended the public
schools and the academies at Landisburg and
Loysville, and taught for six terms. He be
gan farming on a property of his father's.
He was married to Catherine Shaeffer.
They have seven children: George; Susan
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Charles; and Annie J. Mrs. Dunkelberger
died and Mr. Dunkelberger was manied to
Catherine Chubb. They had two children:
Jeremiah; and Forest. Atrs. (Chubb) Dun
kelberger died June 15, 1895, aged thirty-
five. Mr. Dunkelberger is a member of the
Lutheran church.

Emma; Amelia; Mary; Ida; Charles; Milton;
and EdAvard. Atr. Wertz and his wife are
members of the Lutheran church.

ABRAHAM WERTZ, Falling Spring,
was born in Peny county, July 6, 1837, son
of Peter and Mary (Foose) Wertz. Peter
Wertz, carpenter, butcher and farmer, was a
native of Adams county. He settled in Spring
township, Perry county, on a farm which he
cultivated until his death. The children of Pe
ter and Mary (Foose) Wertz are: Peter; Mar
garet; Elizabeth; Catherine; Pollie; David;
Henry; Mollie; John; Daniel; Sarah; Annie;
Abraham; and Isabel. Mr. Wertz and his
wife were members of the Lutheran church.
Abraham Wertz attended the public
schools, and has worked at carpentry, in a
tannery and at farming. Abraham Wertz was
married in 1865, to Mary Garman.- Their
children are: William; Clara; David; Sarah;

JOSIAH K. COOPER, Green Park, Pa.,
was bom March 28, 1836, son of Henry and
Sarah (Sheaffer) Cooper. Henry Cooper,
grandfather of Josiah Cooper, married Jane
Steel. Their children are : Charles; Jesse;
John; Mary; William; Ruth; James; Simon
R.; and Henry. Henry Cooper, Sr., died in
1837. fienry Cooper, father of Josiah K.
Cooper, was a tailor. In 1844 he was elected
sheriff of Perry county. He afterwards en
gaged in fanning until his death. He married
Sarah Sheaffer. Their children are: Wil
liam H; Mary Jane; Josiah K. ; Andrew W.;
George A.; John D.; Samuel G; and Fred
erick S.
Josiah K. Cooper received his education at
Mt. Dempsey Academy, Landisburg, and has
since been engaged in farming. Mr. Cooper
is a stockholder of the Perry County Railroad.
He was married to Annie, daughter of the
late Benjamin and Susan (Snyder) Rice.

INDEX.

Achenbach, William A.,  1211
Acker, David R  1354
Adair, John,  871
Adair, John C  872
Adair, W. C  861
Adams, John,  375
Adams, John,  1070
Adams, Richard,  1070
Africa, B. F.,  269, 37
Africa, Daniel  20
Africa, James M.,  143, 32
Africa, J. Simpson,  17, 20
Aiken, Matthew,  726
Aiken, John,  726
Ailman, Jerome T.,  898
Akers, Timothy H., . . .,  251, 69
Akers, Uriah,  69
Albright, John  469
Albright, John G  1265
Albright, John W.,  1265
Alden, John,  452
Alexander Family,  1301
Alexander, Hugh  590
Alexander, James  755
Alexander, John,  590
Alexander, John,  755
Alexander, Randall,  f016
Alexander, Robert McC,  1015
Alexander, Samuel C,  1165, 1301
Alexander, William,  1016
AUander, Ellis H.,  1197
Allen, Samuel,  1068
Allen, W. J  1162
Alleman, David  691
Allison, Family  9-14
Allison, Matthew  780
Allison, James G  314
Allison, Joseph  637
Allison, William,  637
Allison, William McC,  805, 779
Alter, Abraham,  464
Alter, David,  939
Alter, David G.,  1200%, 938
Alter Family  '. . 939
Alter, Jacob  938
Alter, Joseph H  464
Altman, Gustav,  205
Altman, Wilhelm  205
Anderson, Alexander B.,  1025
Anderson, William  1024
Anderson, William B.,  1024
Anthony, Charles,  1117

Anthony, Jacob  1117
App, John S  907
Appleby, Alexander  172
Appleby, George S.,  176
Appleby, John  353
Appleby, John,  172
Appleby, John S  381
Appleby, Thomas A.,  353
Arbogast, W. S  793
Arbogast, William,  793
Armstrong, William  223
Armstrong, William L  223
Arnold, George,  209
Arnold, George,  1330
Arnold, Jacob,  1061
Arnold, Jacob L.,  1330
Arnold, John C,  209
Ashman, Family,  5-9
Ashman, George,  412
Ashman, H. H.,  411
Ashman, John,  412
Ashton, David,  157
Ashton, George,  157
Ashton, Thomas,  157'
Askin, Thomas,  500
Aughey, Henry,  831
Aughey, Lyman,  831
Aughey, Samuel,  831
Ault, Harry,  300
Auman, John S  829
Auman Philip,  829
Auman, William,  829
Aumiller, Benjamin,  1315
Aurand, C. E  651
Aurand, Henry,  681
Aurand, Isaac  >  681
Aurand, Isaac,   719
Axe, Isaac  753
Axe, William,  753
Ayle, Henry,  1049
Ayle, J. F  1049
Bagshaw, Adam,  302
Bailey, Samu'el N.,  28
Bailey, John M.,  35, 28
Bair, John,  1°91
Bair, John,  1267
Bair, John, Jr.,  I267
Baker, Andrew J.,  297
Baker, Benjamin F  277
Baker, Daniel,  731
Baker, Frederick,  l181

Baker, George McC,  278
Baker, George W.,  280
Baker, Isaae,  1181
Baker, John,  277
Baker, J. Calvin  1037
Baker, Joseph,  731
Baker, Joseph A.,  277
Baker, L. Brinsley,  297
Baker, Reuben T.,  280
Baker, Samuel,  1172
Baker, Samuel H  1354
Baker, Walter,  427
Baker, Walter  722
Baker, Walter S.,  427
Baker, William,  1172
Baker, WilUam McC,  427
Baldwin, Francis W  179, 69
Ball, J. Nelson,  98
Ballentine, John,  810
Bales, George W  98
Balsbach, Charles T  933
Balsbach, John,  933
Banks, William H  801
Bardine, John,  541
Bardine, Samuel C,  541
Barefoot, William R.,  668
Barkle, John,  334
Barkle, Richard,  334
Barner, Adam,  1316
Barner, Samuel  1316
Barner, George,  1316
Barnes, Thomas,  94
Barnett, Nathan P.,  401
Barnett, Philip,  401
Barns, John A.,  1139
Barns, Alexander  ,.1139
Barr, Daniel,  142
Barr, Henry A  568
Barr, Samuel,  141
Barr, John C,  141
Barr, John D.,  597
Barr, William,  597
Barr, William R  568
Barshinger, Charles,  1233
Bartley, Francis,  857
Bartley, R. M.,  857
Barton, David,  972
Barton, Josiah L.,  971
Barton, Samuel,  972
Barrick, David,  197, 227
Barrick, Henry,  227
Barrick, Jacob,  64

1358

INDEX.

Barrick, James M.,  65
Barrick, John,  '  65
Barrick, William II.,  64
Bartruff, Edwin S.,  1345
Bashore, David,  882
Bashore, David,  1202
Bashore, Irvin,  803
Bashore, Isaac,  1202
Bashore, Michael R.,  881
Bausum, Jacob,  1068
Bayer, T. Franklin,  74
Bayer, John X.,  74
Beale, David,  980
Beale, James M.,  870
Beale, Joshua,  870
Beale, Thomas  870
Bealman, David M.,  169
Bealman, Peter C,  169
Bear, Benjamin,  '  385
Beashoar, Michael,  881
Beaver, Anthony,  80
Beaver, Anthony,  261
Beaver, Anthony J.,  261
Beaver, Francis O.,  82
Beaver, George,  1283
Beaver, George E.,  1283
Beaver, Isaac,  692
Beaver, John G.,  80
Beaver, Peter,  1283
Beaver, Thomas K.,  812
Feaver, Samuel,  261
Beaver, Samuel L.,  1291
Beck, Christian,  1026
Beck, Daniel,  132
Beck, David,  123
Beck, Isaac,  132
Beck, Martin L.,  123
Beck. Miles,  122
Beck, Samuel H,  1026
Beck, AV. F.,  132
Beers, Anderson,  352
Beers, Andrew,  1232
Beers, Edward McM.,  352
Beer's, Lemuel H.,  64
Beers, John W.,  1093, 1232
Beers, Joseph,  337
Beers, Joseph B  1232
Beichler, Adam,  1163
Beichler, Peter G.,  1147, 1163
Bell, Gruber H.,  441
Bell, Hugh,  1235
Bell, James,  1235
Bell John  349
Bell, John,  712
Bell, John IL,  7-12
Bell, John M.,  ¦'¦i'>
Bell, Thompson G.,  441
Bell, William S  742
Bell, William T.,  349

Bender, Christian,  952
Bender, George,  957
Bender, Jacob,  779
Bender, Jacob,  957
Bender, William,  952
Bender, William IL,  953
Benkert, Louis  66
Benner, Abraham A.,  890
Benner, Christian,  890
Benner, Philip, Sr.,  135
Benner, Philip, Jr.,  135
Benner, Thomas,  890
Benner, Thomas M.,  215, 135
Bennett, Harvey,  356
Bennett, Seneca H.,  356
Bennett, William,  356
Benson, Clayton E„  282
Benson, Nicholas,  279
Benson, Nicholas,  282
Benson, Perry,  282
Benson, William H.,  282
Bentsel, John A.,  1122
Bentsel, William,  1122
Bert, George D.,  56
Bergantz, Louis,  94
Bergantz, John L.,  233, 94
Bernhisel, Cornelius,  1133
Bernheisel, Martin,  1082
Bernheisel, Martin J.,  1082
Bernheisel, Solomon,  1083
Bernhisel, S. W.,  1133
Berrier, Henry,  957
Besom, Lewis,  1298
Besom, Christian,  1298
Bice, James,  365
Bice, William,  365
Bigelow, Brown A.,  749
Bigelow, Eliphaz,  145
Bigelow, Israel,  145
Bigelow, James,  145
Bigelow, L. 1  184
Billman, Daniel  1062
Billman, Daniel,  1100
Billman, Daniel W  1100
Billman, Henry  1062
Billow, Amos W.,  1236
Billow, Henry,  1236
Bistline, George A.,  107.1
Bistline, John,  1073
Bixler, Henry,  1138
Bixler, Joseph,  1138
Bixler, John,  1124
Black, Frank L.,  199
Black, Henry IL,  1348
Black, Jacob IL,  84
Black, James,  196
Black, James,  •.  1202
Black, John.,  1325
Black, Robert,  196

Black, Robinson  1325
Black, Thomas M  70
Black, William,  70
Black, William J.,  1202
Blain, John, Sr  61
Blain, John, Jr.,  61
Blair, James,  301
Blair, John IL,  182
Blair, John M.,  182
Blatt, Reese M.,  303
Blett, Daniel,  419
Blett, William J.,  419
Blymyer, Jacob C,  470
Blymyer, James N.,  469
Boden, Harry C,  1085
Boden, John R  1085
Boden, Robert,  817
Boden, Stiles K  817
Boden, Styles K.,  1085
Bolinger, Jacob,  392
Bolinger, Philip  392
Bomgardner, David,  367
Bolze, Gustavus,  1063
Bonsall, Amos.G.,  776
Bonsall, Benjamin  776
Bonsall, Harry E  1003, 775
Book, Henry  692
Book, Henry L.,  17?
Book, Isaac,  978
Book, John,  178
Book, John,  692
Book, John,  978
Book, Samuel,  I78
Book, Samuel,  978
Borst, George C,  355
Bossinger, Frederick,  473
Bossinger, Henry,  473
Bossinger, Henry  679
Bossinger, John H.,  469
Bostwick, Albright S.,  1010
Bostwick, Isaac,  •  101°
Bousum, R. Louis  : 811
Bower, Abraham,  1061
Bower, John A.,  1355
Bower, Joseph,  1°61
Bower, Stephen,  1061
Bowers, George,  839
Bowers, Jacob  125G
Bowers, John  I256
Bowser, George W.,  384
Bowser, Samuel  384
Boyer, Amos  I2'"*
Boyer, Joseph,  I274
Brackbill, Cyrus M.,  962
Brackbill, John,  962
Brackbill, William,  962
Bradfield, Abner,  1°M
Bratton, Andrew,  608
Brandt, Daniel,  374

INDEX.

1359

Brandt, Perry K  1352
Brandt, Joseph A.,  374
Bratton, Charles,  787, 552
Bratton, Samuel  552
Bratton, Samuel,  554
Bratton, William B  554
Breneman, Jacob,  .'  506
Brennon, Finley  839
Brewster, Henry,  159
Brewster, J. C,  395, 159
Brewster, William,  159
Brindle, John,  754
Brindle, Richard,  754
Briner, George  1160
Briner, George S.,  1159
Briner Family,  1083
Briner, Edward G.,  1086
Briner, Jacob  1159
Briner, Newton 3 .,  1083
Brisben, Samuel,  424
Brisben, Samuel J  424
•Brothers, Joseph,  1213
Brothers, William M.,  1213
Brothers, William Ross  1214
Brought, Daniel  690
Brought, John  689
Brought, Joseph G.,  696
Brought, Sylvester,  689
Brought, William H  691
Brown, Alexander  756
Brown, Caleb,  158
Brown, Edward S.,  76
Brown, Harry,  43
Brown, Hiram,  165
Brown, James M  644
Brown, John,  165
Brown, John,  1348
Brown, John A.,  43
Brown, John W.,  1200
Brown, Joshua  158
Brown, Joshua,  165
Brown, L. Richter,  84
Brown, Louis R.,  43
Brown, Philip  42
Brown, Thomas,  667
Brownlee, John,  406
Brownlee, Thomas,  406
Brumbaugh, Andrew B.,  77
Brumbaugh, George,  ¦. . . . 78
Brumbaugh, Hans H  78
Brumbaugh, Martin G.,  77
Brumbaugh, Jacob,  78
Brumbaugh, George,  273
Brumbaugh, George B.,  273
Bruner, Owen F  231
Bruner, Jacob,  231
Brumbaugh, Jacob,  273
Bruner, Abraham,  1091
Bruner, Jacob,  1091

Bruner, John E  1091
Bryner, E. H  1027
Bryner, George,  814
Bryner, George M.,  1027
Bryner, Jessse W.,  814
Bryner, John,  1135
Bryner, Joseph,  1027
Bryner, J. H.,  1135
Bucher, John C,  192
Bunn, George W.,  , . . . 73
Bunnell, W. C,  644
Burkholder, Henry,  713
Burkholder, Henry,  714
Burkholder, John H.,  1098
Burkholder, Joseph,  713
Burkholder, J. W.,  1098
Burnham, A. P.,  316
Burnham, Dudley IL,  316
Burns, George W.,  582
Burns, Jacob,  582
Bush, Christian,  301
Bush, Silas,  302
Butturf, Mrs. T. H  1259
Butz, Howard E  25
Caldwell, Andrew, . .'  529
Caldwell, Andrew,  700
Caldwell, John T.,  529
Caldwell, Robert,  731
Caldwell, William S., Sr.,  700
Caldwell, William S.,  700
Calhoun, Armstrong  959
Calhoun, John C  959
Calhoun, Wilson,  959
Cameron, James A  995
Calhoun, James P.,  801
Cameron, Noah,  996
Camp, John,  645
Camp, George,  1216
Campbell, Andrew  376
Campbell, Andrew W  763
Campbell, Charles,  219
Campbell, David H.,  359, 358
Campbell, George,  1347
Campbell, Hance R.,  320
Campbell, Hans,  394
Campbell, James,  •  762
* Campbell, James,  9r9
Campbell, James,  H67
Campbell, John,  75S
Campbell, John,  761
Campbell, John O.,  762
Campbell, John,  475
Campbell, Lizzie M.,  763
Campbell, Margaret O.,  762
Campbell, Mary R  763
Campbell, Rachel J.,  762
Campbell, Richard M.,  91°
Campbell, Robert,  358

Campbell, Robert,  758
Campbell, Robert,  759
Campbell, Robert D  763
Campbell, Robert H,  1167
Campbell, Samuel,  219
Campbell, William,  475
Campbell, William,  219
Campbell, William J.,  320
Carothers, Alfred L.,  340
Carothers, James G.,  312
Carothers, H. R.,   312
Cassady, Owen J.,  535
Cassady, Thomas,  535
Casner, Jacob,  532
Casner, Joseph,  532
Cassey, Andrew L.,  554
Castor, Andrew,  173
Castor, John A.,  173
Castor, Philip,  173
Cathcart, Alexander,  1273
Cathcart, Thomas P.,  1273
Cauffman, Abraham,  1284
Cauffman, Daniel,  1295
Cauffman, Henry,  1285
Cauffman, Peter  1284
Cauffman, Willis W.,  1295
Chamberlain, Daniel,  124
Chamberlain, James,  127
Chaney, Frank B.,  299
Chaney, Andrew M.,  299
Charles, Christian,  1318
Charles, Simon S.,  1318
Chilcoat, B. F.,  333
Chilcoat, John,  333
Chilcoat, William M.,  333
Childs, George T.,  495
Childs, Nathan,  495
Chisolm, Cornelia J.,  23
Chisolm, Henry Clay,  125, 21
Chisolm, William J. M.,  21
Chisolm, William W.,  21
Cisney, James,  373
Clark, Edward,  1044
Clarke, John, Sr.,  477
Clark, Michael W.,  1340
Clarke, Robert,  477
Clarkson, David,  425
Clarkson, James A. C,  425
Clay, Jacob N,  1098
Clay, Martin,  1098
Clayton, William,  726
Clelan, Allen,  H°7
Clelan, David,  H°7
Clemens, Henry,  591
Close, James H.,  660
Close, Peter,  660
Close, Peter, ...-.  652
Close, William T.,  652
Clouser, A. H.,  1041

1360

INDEX.

Clouser, Simon,  1041
Cloyd, John,  335
Cloyd, Samuel J.,  335
Cochran, Thomas P.,  1272
Cochran, William,  '  1272
Coldren, Isaac  418
Coldren, Michael  949,886
Coldren, Samuel,  886
Coldren, Samuel D  418
Colgate, Daniel,  384
Colgate, Oliver,  384
Coller, Abraham  263
Coller, Charles E.,  262
Coller, Jonathan,  263
Collier, John 0.,  1212
Collins, James  479
Collins, James T  479
Collins, Joseph,  479
Colony, Charles W.,  60
Colony, George,  60
Colyer, Amos,  948
Colyer, James  843
Colyer, William IL,  947
Comp, A. B.,  1341
Comp, Samuel,  1338
Comp, Samuel,  1097
Comp, Samuel  1341
Conn, David  977
Conn, William,  977
Contner, Davis McK  633
Conrad, Edmund,  603
Conrad, Henry  603
Cook, Christian,  977
Cook, Elias,  977
Cook, Isaac  286
Cook, Isaac,  293
Cook, Oliver E.,  293
Cook, Samuel W.,  286
Cook, William L.,  977
Coons, It. J.,  327
Coons, Solomon,  327
Copeland, John M„  797
Copeland, Willis  797
Copenhaver, Henry,  371
Cooper, Frederick S.,  1071
Cooper, George A.,  1086
Cooper, Henry,  1071
Cooper, John D.,  1085
Cooper, Josiah K.,  1356
Corbett, James,  538
Corbett, Joseph,  538
Corbin, Abraham,  3S
Corbin, Nathan B.,  233, 38
.Corkle, David,  619
Corkle, John,  619
Corkle, Joseph J.,  620
Corman, Ludwig,  1113
Couch, F. Andrew,  300
Couch, John P.,  299

Coueh, William L  300
Cox, Edward  299
Cox, John,  299
Craig, John A.,  147
Craig, William,  147
Cramer, S. Blair,  799
Cramer, Daniel F.,  798
Cramer, David T.,  798
Cramer, Daniel F., Jr.,  832
Cramer, Herman L.,  799
Cramer, Wilson D  799
Crawford, Samuel B.,  869
Cremer, Theodore H.,  68
Cressman, George W.,  429
Cressman, Mark S.,  ...733, 429
Crissman, Adam  664
Crissman, John M,  664
Crissman, James M.,  658
Crist, Jacob  1339
Croll, Henry L  1109
Croll, Joseph,  1109
Crouse, George 1  1181
Crouse, John,  1009
Crow, Isaac,  1336
Crow, Michael  1336
Crowley, Daniel,  380
Crowley, Jeremiah,  380
Crownover, Hezekiah,  99
Crownover, Harrison C  106
Crownover, Robert A.,  99
Crownover, Thomas,  106
Crownover, Thomas  392
Crozier, Armstrong,  812
Crozier, Benjamin F.,  812
Crum, Allison H.,  275
Crurn, Frederick,  278
Crum, lienry,  ztb
Crum, Nicholas,  275
Crum, Reuben IL,  278
Cummins, Alexander B.,  672
Culbertson, F. W  423, 449
Culbertson, F. W.,  449, 423
Culbertson, Horace J.,  467, 421
Culbertson, James,  422
Culberson, John,  659
Culbertson, Samuel,  422
Culberson, Samuel  659
Cummins, Robert,  672
Culbertson, William,  421
Cullen, James,  215, 133
Cullen, John,  133
Cumming, Alexander  527
Cummins, Francis F.,  331
Cumming, James,  527
Cummins, Robert,  588
Cummins, Samuel,  588
Cummins, Thomas,  331
Cunning, David S.,  127
Cunning, John,  127

Cunning, Thomas  127
Cunningham, David S  149
Cunningham, Jeremiah  195
Cunningham, Jesse A  591
Cunningham, John,  149
Cunningham, John B.,  150
Cunningham, Richard,  150
Cunningham, Robert  195
Cunningham, Theodore H.,  589
Cunningham, William  590
Dachenbach, Jacob M  634
Dachenbach, William  634
Dasher, David,  880
Dasher, William,  880
Davenport, John,  813
Davenport, Silas A.,  813
David, Amandus,  313
David, Rachel  312
Davis, Henry, Sr  210
Davis, Lewis  210
Deal, Christopher  221
Deal, Hieronymus,  221
Deardorff, Peter  1269
Deatrich, John,  1242
Deatrich, W. R. H,  1242
Deckard, David,  899
Deckard, John W.,  899
Deckard, Harry J.,  1234
Deckard, Samuel R.,  1234
Decker, David, . ...  1327
Decker, Isaac,  440
Decker, William H  :  440
Defrehn, William  322
DeLancey, Charles E  1210
DeLancey, William W.,  1240
Dellett, Hugh  655
Dellett, W. S.,  655
Demaree, Abraham  1264
Demaree, Albert B.,  1264
Deppen, Isaac  888
Deppen, William H  888
Derickson, David,  1296
Derickson, Henry B.,  1296
Derick, Harry  1212
Derick, Samuel H  1212
DeVor, B. J  356
DeVor, Jesse,  379
DeVor, James,  356
Dick, Alexander,  93
Dick, George W  ...1229
Dick, Israel,  I229
Dick, John K.,  93
Dickey, James  225
Dickey, William,  225
Dickson, James,  23°
Dickson, Samuel  230
Dickson, Thomas E.,  230
Dietz, George  900

INDEX.

1361

Diffenderfer, John W  626
Diffenderf er, Samuel,  626
Dimm, Christopher,  936
Dimm, Cora M.,  937
Dimm, David B.,  992
Dimm, Henry  993
Dimm, Henry S.,  936
Dimm, Jacob,  936
Dimm, John,  993
Dimm, John C  805, 774
Dimm, John T  774
Dimm, Samuel,  888
Dimm, Wilson W  887
Diven, W. H  1350
- Dobbs, A. K  1125
Dobbs, John R  ;  1125
Dobbs, Thomas, ...!  1125
Dock, Benjamin F.,  1088
Dock, Zachariah M.,  1087
Dopp, Jacob,  218
Dopp, John T.,  218
Dopp, John,  218
Dorwart, William,  1241
Doughtrey, Joseph N.,  869
Drake, D. Sterrett,  49
Drake, Franklin  514
Drake, James,  50
Drake, John P  515
Drake, Samuel, Jr.,  514
Drake, Samuel, Sr.,  49
Drake, Thomas I.,  50
Drawbaugh, Jacob,  1110
Drawbaugh, Peter,  1116
Dreyer, Peter,  497
Dromgold, Manasseh,  1102
Dromgold, T. M.,  1102
Duff, John  102
Duff, John,  153
Duff, Mordecai,  153
Duff, Reuben,  102
Duffield, Samuel  953
Duffield, Thomas,  953
Dull, Casper P.,  629, 605
Dull, Hannah C,  608
Dum, Jacob,  1059
Dum, John  1077
Dum, Samuel A  1077
Dum, William R.,  1056
Duncan, Benjamin S.,  1188
Duncan, P. F.,  1075, 1188
Duncan, Thomas  1189
Dunkel, Isaac D.,  1348
Dunkelberger, Charles R.,  1070
Dunkelberger, D. B  1355
Dunkelberger, Jonathan,  1069
Dunkelberger, Smiley,,  1056
Dunkelberger, Samuel,  1056
Dunkleberger, Joseph,  1069
Dunkleberger, John  1068

Dunn, Cloyd E  884
Dunn, David,  84
Dunn, Eli  804
Dunn, Ellsworth  804
Dunn, Horace B.,  S4
Dunn, James,  804
Dunn, Thomas,  884
Dysart, James A.,  517
Dysart, James C,  395, 520
Dysart, John,  517
Dysart, Joseph,  517
Dysart, William,  520
Eberle, Henry,  232
Eberle, John,  232
Eberle, Jacob,  232
Eberle, J. Byron,  235
Ebert, Daniel,  1156
Ebert, Jacob,  1156
Eby, George,  1044
Eby, Isaac,  1164
Eby, James B.,  1238
Eby, Nimrod,  1238
Eby, Peter,  1045
Edmiston, David S.,  241
Edmiston, David,  240
Edmiston, John, Sr.,  240
Edmiston, John, Jr.,  240
Edmiston, John H.,  241
Edwards, John,  292
Edwards, Joshua,  292
Edwards, Allen,  38
Edwards, Lemuel E.,  179, 38
Edwards, Wilson,  292
Eckbert, William F., Jr.,  495
Ehrenf eld, George F.,  661
Ehrenfeld, James C,  661
Ehrenfeld, W. J  662
Ehrhart, D. M.,  1324
Ehrhart, John,  1324
Eichman, Peter,  884
Eichman, William H.,  883
Eisenbise, Daniel,  462
Eisenbise, Samuel,  462
Elder, George W.,  488
Eley, Michael,  ."  Is2
Ellenberger, Abraham J., ..1093, 1223
Elliott, Alexander,  53, 52
Elliott, Benjamin,  52
Elliott, Family,  I"5
Ellis, David C,  551
Ellis, William,  551
Emerich, Benjamin,  1032
Emerich, John G.,  1°31
Emerich, William,  1°31
Emery, Perry,  534
Emery, Thomas J.,  534
Emlet, John  1°66
Endslow, Samuel S.,  1151

Endslow, William S.,  1151
Enyeart, Jackson,  110
Enyeart, William S.,  377, 116
Enyeart, William,  116
Enyeart, William,  366
Ervin, Alexander,  373
Ervin, McC,  373
Erwin, William H.,  609
Erwin, William,  609
Ervin, William,  373
Esh, David B.,  979
Esh, John,  979
Eshleman, Milton B  1250
Etnier, Peter,  310
Evans, Abraham  70
Evans, A. Bradford,  1006
Evans, Amos,  284
Evans, Jonathan  284
Evans, Joseph,  284
Evans, Joseph F.,  285
Evans, John,  436
Evans, John, Sr.,  436
Evans, Micaiah R  161, 76
Everts, John,  102
Everts, Nicholas,  102
Ewing, Anthony,  142
Ewing, James,  100
Ewing, James,  142
Ewing, Samuel,  5-10
Ewing, Thomas,  100
Ewing, William,  233, 100
Ewing, William,  142
Ewing, William H.,  507
Ewing, William G.,  398
Eyer, Christian,  122
Eyer, John,  I22
Fair, Conrad,  H22
Falk, Charles A.,  1225
Falk, J. George,  1225
Farleman, Eli,  880
Farleman, Joseph,  880
Faust, Alvin D.,  394
Faust, Richard J.,  394
Fear, Samuel E., . . . :  709
Felix, Anthony,  458
Felix, Henry A.,  ¦ • 493
Felix, Stephen,  458
Felix, William H,  458
Fenical, Matthias,  1°70
Fenstemaker, Abraham,  1200
Fenstemaker, Christian,  1200
Fichthorn, Daniel,  482
Fichthorn, Joseph A.,  482
Fickes, Benjamin  1351
Fickes, Gibson,  135"1
Fields, C. C,  5i9
Fields, Cyrus C,  36»
Fields, E. Clark,  365

1362

INDEX.

Fields, James,  310
Fields, William  519
Fike, Charles B.,  556
Fike, Henry,  556
Fink, Benjamin F.,  48
Fink, Daniel W  48
Fink, David H.,  987
Fink, Frederick  924
Fink, Frederick,  987
Fink, George W.,  924
Finkenbinder, Samuel,  1206
Finley, William A  502
Finley, William E  502
Finney, Henry G.,  346
Finney, Robert L  346
Finney, William G.,  346
Fisher, A. J.,  908
Fisher, Daniel,  1230
Fisher, David,  137
Fisher, David H.,  ;i47
Fisher, Godfrey  137
Fisher, Henry H  1093, 1230,
Fisher, Jesse O.,  137
Fisher, John C,  247
Fisher, Ludwig,  247
Fisher, Peter S.,  908
Fisher, Thomas,  29
Fisher, William,  908
Fitzgerald, Horatio N.,  1259
Fitzgerald, James,  1288
Fitzgerald, James A.,  975
Fitzgerald, John,  861
Fitzgerald, John,  1287
Fitzgerald, William H.,  1287
Fleisher, George  1257
Fleisher, Henry,  1326
Fleisher, Simon,  1353
Fleming, Elizabeth  '  382
Fleming, James,  24
Fleming, James,  390
Fleming, James R.,  772
Fleming, John,  631
Fleming, Joseph, ....'.  739
Fleming, Joseph M.,  631
Fleming, Joseph W.,  739
Fleming, Robert  :  578
Fleming, Robert T.,  631
Fleming, Samuel E.,  24
Fleming, William W  578
Fleming, William McE.,  578
Floyd, John B.,  773
Floyd, Moses,  773
Flurie, Abraham  1323
Flurie, Abraham, Sr.,  1323
Foose, Isaiah C,  1339
Foose, John,  1339
Fosselman, William,  1174
Fosselman, John,  1174
Fosselman, John,  1216

Forgeus, Solomon F.,  58
Foster, Rogers K.,  80
Foster, Milton K  80
Focht, Adam,  130
Focht, George  129
Focht, Samuel D.,  129
Foreman, George,  380
Forney, Peter,  1032
Forrer, Christian,  1118
Forrer, Martin F.,  1117
Forsythe, Matthew,  738
Forsythe, Robert,  738
Forsythe, Robert B.,  738
Fosnot, H. J.,  647, 416
Fosnot, Jacob,  416
Foster, Abraham R., . . .'  321
Foster, George  S21
Foster, J. W.,  307
Foster, John,  1089
Foster, Stewart,  307
Foster, Stewart F.,  304
Fouse, Adam,  247
Fouse, William S.,  247
Foust, Benjamin R.,  310
Foust, Julia,  310
Fowles, David  885
Fowles, William,  885
Frank, George,  '  1252
Frank, J. C,  1257
Frank, J. W.,  1252
Freed, Abraham,  1317
Freed, H. M.,  1317
Freeman, George C,  154
Freeman, Horace N.,  154
Fritehey, E. C,  43
Fritchey, Edward A  44
Fritehey, Frank,  323, 43
Fritchey, William H.,  44
Fritz, George,  "1"047
Fritz, Israel,  1210
Fritz, Jacob,  1047
Fritz, John,  1047
Fritz, Washington,  1210
Frontz, George C,  59
Frontz, Howard C, .,  341, 59
Fry, Daniel,  1099
Fry, David,  1037-
Fry, Jesse  873 "
Fry, William,  949, 873
Fry, William, Jr  1169
Frysinger, George, Sr.,  497
Frysinger, George,  497
Fuller, Jeremiah,  364
Fuller, W. W.,  364
Fultz, Charles,  312
Funk, John  883
Funk, Samuel,  883

Gable, Henry  1173
Gable, Henry L  1174
Gable, Jeremiah D.,  1222
Gable, John,  1222
Gable, John H.,  1173
Gamber, William H  1211
Gantt, Harry C,  1046
Gantt, J. Wesley  1045
Gantt, Joseph,  1045
Gantt, W. H.,  1350
Garber, Daniel,  1128
Garber, Emanuel  1086
Garber, Joseph B.,  1128
Garber, John  1134
Garber, William H  1134
Gardner, Abram)(l  771
Gardner, William C,  771
Garlin, Peter ,  1042
Garman, E. Adam,  904
Garman, Conrad,  1103
Garman, John,  1103
Garnet, John,  1331
Garner, John G.,  245
Garner, John M.,  268
Garner, Philip,  245
Garnet, Andrew,  1331
Garnet, Mrs. Eliza J  ; . . . .1332
Garrett, Emanuel W  550
Garrett, Milton W.,  550
Garver, Abraham B  772
Garver, Benjamin,  765
Garver, John R.,  765
Gearhart, David,  101
Gearhart, Jacob S  100
Gearhart, Levi,  100
Geib, David,  1230
Geib, John C. F.,  1230
Geissinger, John,  73
Geissinger, Luther S  73
Gerlock, Edward,  44
Gerlock, Franz G.,  45
Gerlock, Henry W.,  45
Getter, George  744
Getter, John P.,  744
Getter, Philip,  745
Gettis, Patrick,  101
Gettis, William,  101
Gibboney, Albert  596
Gibboney, Albert  768
Gibboney, Alexander  150
Gibboney, Benjamin A.,  150
Gibboney, Granville M.,  596
Gibboney, Henry,  717
Gibboney, James,  - 151
Gibboney, John,  103
Gibboney, Joseph,  104
Gibboney, Silas W.,  103
Gibboney, Thomas  717
Gibboney, William H  714

INDEX.

1363

Gibboney, William M.,  768
Gibney, James,  1104
Gibney, Luke,  1105
Gibney, Thomas  1105
Gibson, Abraham,  46
Gibson, Francis  1047
Gibson, Orlando,  46
Gibson, R. Banister,  1047
Gifford, Isaac,  393
Gifford, John,  393
Gifford, Robert G.,  393
Gift, Jacob  732
Gift, Levi,  732
Gilbert, H. S.  960
Gilfilen, James L  1287
Gill, Samuel W.,  265
Gill, Robert,  1  265
Gilliland, Andrew,  345
Gffliland, Samuel, . . . .  345
Gilliford, John  .'  964
Gilmore, Sarah A.,  667
Gilson, David,  966
Gilson, James C,  969
Gilson, Thomas,  966
Gilson, William B.,  966
Gingrich, John,  889
Gingrich, Josiah,  889
Glasgow, James,  695
Glasgow, John  '  623
Glasgow, Matthew,  623
Glasgow, Silas,  695
Godard, B. Frank,  316
Godard, George, Sr.,  :  317
Gonzales, Jacobus,  614
Goodman, Benjamin F  311
Goodmun, J. M.,  313
Goss, David  628
Goss, George  706
Goss, Isaac L  717
Goss, Jacob,  706
Goss, Robert E.,  628
Goss, William H.,  706
Gothel, Frederick F.,  1319
Gothel, John D.,  1319
Gougler, Adam,  1315
Gougler, Jacob  1315
Grabill, Edgar K  1196
Graff, Abram W  647, 646
Graffius, Abraham,  228
Graffius, Edmund W.,  139
Graffius, John  ¦. . . 139
Graffius, John,  228
Graffius, John  229
Graffius, Martin  229
Graffius, Nicholas M.,  229
Graham, James,  518
Graham, James M.,  518
Graham, Robert C,  -. . 731
Graham, Samuel,  963

Graham, Samuel A.,  971
Graham, William  963
Graham, William P.,  903
Grassmyer, Abram M.,  560
Grassmyer, Adam,  560
Grassmyer, Daniel,  560
Gray, Hugh,  1153
Gray, Hugh,  1132
Gray, James,  551
Gray, James,  1152
Gray, Joseph,  552
Gray, Joseph,  30.';
Gray, Joseph B.,  551
Gray, Solomon,'  1132
Gray, William B.,  1152
Graybill, Joseph,  902
Grabill, Marcus,  1196
Graybill, Menno S„  902
Grazier, Daniel,  120
Grazier, Joseph,  120
Grazier, Michael,  121
Green, Edward A.,  314
Green, Joseph,  314
Greene, Calvin,  521, 429
Greene, George,  257
Greene, Henry S.,  283
Greene, Kenzie,  429
Greene, Maxwell I.,  284
Greene, Samuel B.,  257
Greene, Samuel L  283
Greene, Thomas,  25S
Greenland, A. Clayton,  255
Greenland, Aaron W.,  255
Greenland, Moses,  255
Greenleaf, Jacob,  996
Greenleaf, John,  996
Greenleaf, Peter L.,  996
Greenwood, Alfred W  320
Greenwood, Ralph,  326
Greenwood, William,  326
Gregory, John,  237
Gregory, John,  2-!-»
Gregory, Samuel,  237
Gregory, Wesley,  2,15
Gregory, Wesley, Sr.,  235
Griffith, David A.,  297
Griffith, John,  29~
• Griffith, Joseph,  1207
Grimison, Thomas,  179, 48
Gring, David,  I249
Gring, Samuel H.,  1249
Groninger, George W.,  834
Groninger, Jacob,  834
Groninger, Leonard,  8'4
Groninger, W. S.,  H35
Grosh, Alexander B.,  1039, 1012
Grosh, Benjamin,  1°12
Grove, David,  79
Grove, David C,  -. • 371

Grove, John,  372
Grove, John M., .'  313
Grove, Samuel,  371
Grove, Samuel B.,  313
Grubb, Abraham,  185
Grubb, Andrew,  183
Grubb, Andrew B.,  186
Grubb, Christian,  1312
Grubb, Harry,  184
Grubb, Henry,  ' . . . 982
Grubb, Henry A  :  983
Grubb, Isaac N.,  982
Grubb, M. H.,  1312
Grube, Martin, Jr.,  55
Gi ubb, Samuel,  184
Gumbert, Frederick,  339
Gumbert, John A.,  339
Gushard, John F.,  797
Gushard, Samuel S.,  797
Gutshall, Daniel,  1144
Gutshall, Frank A.,  1146
Gutshall, George,  1099
Gutshall, Jacob W.,  1099
Gutshall, John,  1146
Gutshall, William G.,  1144
Haffly, George W.,  344
Haffly, John,  345
Haffly, Joseph,  750
Haffly, Miles,  750
Haffly, Samuel,  345
Hain, Harry H.,  1129, 1181
Hain, Henry,  1181
Hair, Amos,  1028
Hair, David,  1100
Hair, Jacob,  1100
Hair, Peter,  1100
Haines, Frederick,  984
Haines, Isaac N,  984
Haines, William H.,  984
Hall, Albert J.,  276
Hall, Daniel,  II49
Hall, Laban  276
Hall, Thomas L  270
Hall, William H.,  1149
Haniaker, David C,  484
Hamaker, Adam,  484
Harman, George D.,  81
Harman, Lewis,  81
Harner, Michael,  I20
Harner, Moses,  12°
Harner, Thomas, Sr.,  243
Harner, Thomas Jr.,  243
Hamor, Collins, Jr.,  201
Hamor, Collins, Sr.,  201
Hammond, Jacob,  337
Hammond, Peter,  337
Hamilton, Alfred J.,  257
Hamilton, Robert,  257

1364

INDEX.

Hanzig, Gustav E.  988
Hanzig, Ernest,  988
Harley, John S.,  999
Harley, Philip,  967, 998
Harley, Samuel,  998
Harley, Joseph,  998
Harnes, F. R  977
Harnes, Sylvester,  977
Harnish, Christian,  191
Harnish, Samuel,  191
Harnish, Tobias,  191
Harper, William H.,  156
Harper, William,  156
Harper, John L.,  721
Harper, Robert,  721
Harper, Glass D.,  721
Harper, John,  156
Harter, Joel,  1282
Hartzell, John,  1180
Hartley, Daniel W.,  701
Hatfield, B. R.,  194
Hatfield, Charles P., . .*  192
Hatfield, John,  192
Hatfield, Samuel,  194
Hatfield, Samuel,  192
Harter, William J  1282
Hartzell, Isaiah,  1180
Hartzell, Samuel  1180
Harvey, Edwin P.,  653
Harvey, Samuel,  537
Harvey, Samuel, Jr.,  537
Hayes, A. R., . . :  439, 449
Hayes, A. R.,  449, 439
Hayes, Andrew,  755
Hayes, John,  755
Hayes, William J.,  755
Hare, David,  96
Harley, Daniel W  801
Harris, Elisha,  836
Harris, George C,  836
Harris, Robert,  447
Harris, Robert,  836
Harshberger, Alexander S.,  420
Harshberger, Abraham,   421
Harshberger, Joshua,  561
Harshberger, William,  56}.
Harenicame, Emanuel B.,  369
Harencame, John,  369
Harencame, John S.,  368
Harencame, John  368
Hartman, Christian,  655
Hausburg, Henry,  502
Hazlett, Ephraim  633
Heading, James G.,  818
Heading, John M.,  818
Heading, William M.,  818
Headings, Isaac G  967, 911-
Headings, Isaac G.,  677
Headings, Jacob  677

Heaton, George A.,  399
Heaton, W. W.,  399
Hebel, George,  1320
Hebel, John C,  1320
Heeter, Calvin S.,  281
Heeter, George,  281
Heeter, John,  281
Heffner, Benjamin,  186
Heffner, William,  186
Heffley, John,  1180
Heller, M. E.,  1263
Heller, Martin L  1263
Hench, William,  1209
Henderson, David P., '.  39
Henderson, George E.,  131
Henderson, George  457
Henderson, Hogden,  1096
Henderson, Thomas K.,  131
Henderson, Warren M.,  39
Henderson, William,  1096
Henkels, John,  995
Henkels, Nathaniel S  995
Henry, Davis,  579
Henry, Harry,  387
Henry, John T.,  244
Henry, John  579
Henry, John,  587
Henry, James B.,  863
Henry, Mordecai,  244
Henry, Richard  863
Henry, Robert,  864
Henry, William M.,  :  387
Henry, William,  579
Henry, William,  863
Herman, Frederick,  944
Herman, George,  943
Hermon, Frederick,  347
Hermon, AVilliam,  347
Herncane, Benjamin F.,  45
Herncane, George B.,  45
Herncane, Walter S.,  45
Hertzler, Daniel,  926
Hertzler, Jacob,  922
Hertzler, Jacob,  925
Hertzler, John  985, 925
Hertzler, John G.,  923
Hertzler, Noah,  922
Hertzler, William  877, 922
Heston, Catherine J.,  1052
Heston, Edward,  1052
Heston, Jonathan S.,  1053
Heston, Morris W.,  1052
Hess, Henry,  ,  113
Hess, Jacob  113
Hetrick, Howard,  95
Hetrick, George F.,  95
Hetrick, John  1259
Hetrick, John C  1165, 1259
Hetrick, Nicholas,  1259

Heishley, Joseph F.,  1227
Heishley, Philip,  1227
Hicks, John  319
Hicks, Joseph G  319
Hickes, Andrew  112
Hickes, Peter,  112
Hiestand, Henry  1245
Hiestand, John A  1247
Hiestand, Peter,  1021, 1244
Hiestand, Thomas  1245
Hilbish, John A.,  1332
Hileman, David A.,  130
Hileman, Frederick  131
Hileman, William  131
Himes, L. A  311
Himes, Rachel,  310
Hiney, Michael, '.  353
Hippie, John  1354
Hockey, Robert,  692
Hoffman, George S  439
Hoffman, John F.,  472
Hoffman, John  1297
Hoffman, Samuel,  1297
Hoffman, William H  439
Hoffman, William B  439
Holman, W. H. J.,  847
Holt, Thomas,  417
Holtz, Frederick,  1155
Holtz, George, '  1155
Holtz, John,  1155
Holland, James W.,  1344
Holman, David  847
Holmes, R. E.,  134
Holmes, J. H.,  134
Hooley, John D.,  589
Hooley, Jonathan B  589
Hooman, William J.,  498
Hoopes, Ezra M.,  653
Hoopes, Ezra M  791
Hoover, Ludwig,  263
Hoover, Jacob F.,  263
Hoover, John,  263
Hoopes, William L  791
Hoopes, William,  863
¦Hoot, Amos  462
Hombach, Adolphus V.,  1253
Hombach, William L.,  1253
Hopple, Jacob,   1266
Hopple, William H  1266
Horning, Enoch,  807
Horton, Ephraim,  281
Horning, H. Cloyd,  837
Horning, John W.,  837
Horning, William B.,  807
Horrell, George F  632
Horrell, William W.,  632
Horting, John H  1218
Horting, Michael,  1218
Horton, Henry F  281

INDEX.

1365

Houck, William,  279
Houck, Michael,  296
Houck, Ulysses S  279
Houck, Bryson  296
Houck, Elijah  279
Houck, Lazarus  110
Hostetter, Abraham,  1041
Hottenstein Family  711
Houck, Amon,  110
Houck, Benjamin F  279
Horton, Josiah,  281
Hough, David J.,  680
Houghton, Eliza N  315
Householder, Adam,  189
Householder, David  189
Householder, John F.,  189
Householder, John,  274
Householder, John W  274
Householder, Michael,  274
Howell, John D  974
Howell, Memucan J  974
Hower, George L.,  794
Hower, George, Sr.,  794
Hower, Francis,  810
Hower, Jacob,  794
Hower, J. Clarence  ,.  810
Howanstine, Joseph  1215
Hudson, E. A  399
Hudson, Henry,  400
Hudson, George D.,  374
Hudson, George,  399
Hudson, George,  401
Hudson, R. W.,  395, 403
Hudson, W. C,  374
Hudson, William,  374
Hughes, John W.,  1104
Hughes, J. B.,  1104
Huling, Marcus, Family,  1191
Hunt, J. J.,  444
Hunt, Joseph,  444
Hunter, Isaiah,  1280
Hunter, James,  737
Hunter, John R  423
Hunter, John,  423
Hunter, Rpbert  1280
Humphrey, Robert W.,  1001
Humphrey, Jacob E.,  1001
Huey, Andrew,  635
Huey, William,  635
Huyett, John,  214
Huyett, Winfield S.,  214
Ingram, Augustus M  708
Ingwers, Charles  366
Ingram, William,  708
Innis, Robert  894
Innis, James,  894
Innis, Ebenezer,  894
Irvin, James  140

Irvin, John,  140
Irwin, John  789
Irvin, Samuel H.,  140
Irwin, Thomas Van,  789
Isenberg, Abraham,  40
Isenberg, B. F.,  40
Isenberg, Enoch,  186
1st nberg, Henry,  187
Isenberg, John,  200
Isenberg, Joseph,  186
Isenberg, Manasseh,  200
Isenberg, Milton W.,  231
Isenberg, Samuel,  231
Isenberg, Samuel,  398
Isett, James K.,  272
Isett, John A.,  272
Jackman, William J.,  805, 783
Jackson, Benjamin S.,  1194
Jackson, Ephraim,  1194
Jackson, George,  83
Jackson, Henry C,  769, 506
Jackson, Lyman,  1225
Jackson, J. B.,  1335
Jackson, Joseph,  102
Jackson, Joseph . C,  82
Jackson, Joseph E.,  -.  1194
Jackson, Robert A.,  506
Jackson, William H  1335
Jackson, William W.,  1093, 1224
Jacobs, Samuel  1142
Jacobs, Philip,  1*142
Jenkins, David,  543
Jenkins, David B.,  543
Johnson, Charles L.,  1017
Johnson, Jesse  1017
Johnson, John,  613
Johnson, Thomas,  476
Johnson, Richard M  751, 603
Johnson, William,  604
Johnson, William,  647, 476
Johnston, A. R.,  1338
Johnston, Edward C,  1167
Johnston, Edward V  727
Johnston, George,  1167
Johnston, James,  109
Johnston, James,  109
Johnston, Peter  727
Johnston, Samuel,  109
Jones, Alvin,  1183, 1262
Jones, Benjamin,  1120
Jones, John,  1262
Jones, Nathan,  H°9
Jones, Theodore  H°9
Jones, Robert,  H°9
Jones, William,  568
Junkin, Benjamin F  1020
Junkin, Joseph,  489
Junkin, Robert H  481

Kahler, John,  1228
Kanagy, Jacob,  635
Kanagy, John,  635
Kaseman, D. C,  650
Kauffman, Banks W.,  802
Kauffman, Christian,  766
Kauffman, .Daniel,  51
Kauffman, Daniel,  97
Kauffman, Daniel J.,  97
Kauffman, David,  766
Kauffman, Elizabeth,  766
Kauffman, Frany,  767
Kauffman, Jacob  766
Kauffman, John  767
Kauffman, John W.,  '  51
Kauffman, Jonas,  802
Kauffman, Jonathan,  617
Kauffman, Martha,  766
Kauffman, Nancy,  767
Kauffman, Samuel,  767
Kauffman, Solomon,  617
Kearns, Philip S.,  702
Kearns, Willis F.,  702
Keatley, Matthew G  117
Keatley, Zachary,  117
Keefer, Joseph  119
Keefer, Sydney A.,  119
Keim, Abraham F  '.  1349
Keith, Adam,  286
Keith, Adam,  298
Keith, Eli  287, 286
Keith, George  289
Keith, Isaac P  298
Keith, John,  289
Keith, John,  298
Kell, David C,  1136
Kell, Henry,  1136
Kell, John,  1064
Kell, John  1084
Kell, John W.,  1023
Kell, Peter G.,  1084
Kell, William H.,  1020
Keller, Daniel,  128
Keller, David,  904
Keller, Emanuel,  1H0
Keller, Harry D  136
Keller, George W.,  1110
Keller, Michael,  12S
Keller, Jacob,  128
Keller, Jacob  786
Keller, Jeremiah N.,  786
Keller, Samuel,  136
Keller, Samuel,  786
Keller, William  904
Kelley, Edward M.,  1147, 1274
Kelley, John P  826
Kelley, Moses  I274
Kelley, William C,  826
Kelly, John P  8i6

1366

INDEX.

Kelly, Moses  816
Kemberling, Robert,  718
Kendig, George  1118
Kennedy, James,  501
Kennedy, John,  481
Kennedy, William F.,  500
Kephait, Jacob R  183
Kepler, George B. M.,  945
Kepner, Benjamin,  956
Kepner, Benjamin D.,  829
Kepner, Benjamin F.,  779
Kepner, David,  944
Kepner, David K,  960
Kepner, George T.,  949, 956
Kepner, Irvin S  937
Kepner, Jacob,  937
Kepner, Jacob 0  1338
Kepner, John S.,  945
Kepner, Lemuel A.,  944
Kepner, Philip,  i  956
Kepner, Samuel D.,  938
Kern, George,  1162
Kern, Simon,  1162
Kerr, Lewis B.,  1141
Kerr, Matthew,  1141
Kerr, Thomas,  1246
Kerr, William,  1141
Ketterman, George, Jr.,  246
Ketterman, John E.,  246
Kidd, James  872
Kiefhaber, Ferd.,  530
Kiefhaber, Frederick J.,  530
Kilmer, David,  959
Kilmer, Philip,  959
Kimberly, Andrew J.,  620
Kimberly, George S.,  620
Kimberly, James R.,  620
Kimmel, Josiah,  411
Kimmel, S. W.,  411
Kimmel, William,  411
Kiner, George,  546
Kiner, John,  546
Kiner, William E.,  547
Kinsloe, Lemuel A.,  894
Kinsloe, Michael,  894
Kinsloe, S. E. B. P.,  1150
Kipler, Absalom  946
Kipler, Ira T.,  946
Kipp, Jacob,  1277
Kipp, Peter,  1277
Kipp, William,  1277
Kirk, Howard,  846
Kirk, James,  847
Kirkpatrick, Alexander,  1042
Kirkpatrick, Henry,  1042
Kirkpatrick, Richard,  1042
Kiser, David S.,  1005
Kiser, Jonathan,  1002
Kiser, Peter  1002

Kissinger, Charles F.,  454
Kissinger, George,  267
Kissinger, Jacob,  454
Kissinger, Samuel,  267
Kistler, Abraham,  1126
Kistler, David,  1125
Kistler, John,  1126
Kistler, John A.,  1150
Kistler, Samuel,  1150
Kitner, George,  1090
Kitner, Henry,  1095
Kitner, Othniel,  1050
Kitner, John,  1050
Kitner, John,  1095
Kitner, Joshua,  1090
Kline, Abraham,  729
Kline, Alfred,  728
Kline, Benjamin  694
Kline, Henry,  1153
Kline, Jacob W  1314
Kline, John L.,  1314
Kline, Peter  1154
Kline, Rudolph,  694
Kline, William A.,  1153
Kling, George,  1090
Kling, Lewis,  1090
Kling, Jacob,  181
Kling, W. B.,  181
Klinepeter, Adam,  1048
Klinepeter, J. W.,  1048
Klinepeter, Samuel,  1048
Kloss, David,  955
Knight, John A.,  452
Knisely, Abraham,  328
Knisely, Joseph K.,  328
Knisely, Samuel,  328
Knode, George E.,  259
Knode, Daniel P.  260
Kncde, Jacob,  259
Knouse, Christian,  910
Knouse, Daniel,  910
Knouse, William H.,  910
Koch, Louis J.,  455
Koch, Magnus,  455
Kochenaur, Peter  1092
Kochenderfer, George W.,  1142
Kochenderfer, John,  1143
Kochenderfer, Peter,  1142
Kohler, Andrew,  943
Kohler, Benjamin R,  733, 564
Kohler, F. S.,  638
Kohler, Henry,  566
Kohler, Jacob,  566
Kohler, John A.,  943
Kohler, William,  : . . 943
Kohler, William H  733, 638
Kough, Amos W.,  1349
Kough, George,  366
Kough, Jacob  366

Kough, John,  1349
Kough, W. E.,  366
Kremer, Frederick  1170
Kremer, Perry,  1170
Krepps, Moses,  683
Kreps, Simon,  713
Krick, Jacob  1227
Krick, John A.,  1227
Kreps, James,  471
Krugh, Joseph  394
Krugh, Michael,  394
Kugler, John,  1200
Kugler, John G.,  1200
Kuhn, Jacob,  1037
Kulp, Darlington R.,  649
Kulp, G. Gilbert,  650
Kulp, Howard C,  649
Kulp, Monroe H.,  649
Kurtz, Abraham,  991
Kurtz, Abraham H,  991
Kurtz, Jacob,  897
Kurtz, Jacob,  992
Kurtz, William H.,  897
Kyle, Crawford,  584
Kyle, McFarlane,  583
Kyle, John,  563
Kyle, Joseph,  583
Kyle, Joseph,  584
Kyle, Joseph W.,  563
Kyle, William B.,  583
Kyper, Daniel, Sr.,  302
Kyper, Daniel,  302
Kyper, Harry W.,  385
Lackey, Alexander,  1107
Lackey, Alexander,  1115
Lackey, Alexander,  1121
Lackey, Arthur C,  1129, 1182
Lahr, George,  1279
Lahr, Jerome B.,  1279
Laird, Jacob,  194
Laird, John M.,  55
Laird, Robert A.,  194
Laird, William,  194
Landis, W. W.,  960
Lang, Joseph H.,  341, 60
Lang, Patrick  190
Lang, Washington,  60
Lang, Washington,  190
Lantz, Howard 0.,  449, 499
Lantz, J. Max,  499
Latherow, Samuel,  381
Latherow, W. N  381
Lauver, Christian  832
Lauver, Jacob  ,  832
Lauver, Michael,  832
Lauver, Peter,  1288
Lawver, Jacob,  718
Lawver, John,  718

Leach, John A.,  847
Leader, Charles W.,  164
Leader, George,  164
Leader, Jefferson K.,  164
Leffard, Adam  624
Leffard, Adam R.,  93
Leffard, John,  555
Leffard, John,  625
Leffard, Joseph S  555
Leffard, William S.,  93
Leffard, William S  555
Leiby, James B  1253
Leiby, Samuel,  1254
Lenig, Henry S.,  1220
Lenig, Peter,  1220
Lenhart, Lewis,  1313
Lenhart, W. L.,  1313
Lenker, Aaron,  1216
Lenker, Philip,  1216
Leonard, Andrew  65
Leopold, George A.,  701
Leonard, John,  1007
Leonard, Samuel,  338
Leonard, Samuel,  1007
Leonard, William A.,  65
Leonard, William C,  845
Leonard, William H.,  1231
Lewis, Henry C,  493
Lewis, Nathan H.,  493
Lightner, David P.,  1236
Lightner, Jacob,  1074
Lightner, Samuel M  1074
Lightner, Samuel R.,  1074
Lightner, Sterrett  1236
Lightner, William A.,  1354
Likens, Isaac,  59
Likens, John H.,  59
Lincoln, Aoel,  188
Lincoln, Robert G.,  j.88
Lincoln, William S.,  , . . 188
Lindsay, Hugh,  25
Linthurst, Frederick;  948
Linthurst, George W.,  948
Lister, Alfred A.,  1052
Locke, Harrison,  166
Locke, Seale,  166
Locke, William,  166
Long, Abraham, Sr.,  1277
Long, Abraham  1276
Long, Albert B.,  464
Long, Arthur B  697, 463
Long, Christian  1000
Long, Darius J.,  1338
Long, David,  1000
Long, Henry  862
Long, Henry;  1137
Long, Isaac L.,  T137
Long, Joseph G.,  1000
Long, William H  862

INDEX.
Longacre, Abel,  1268
Longacre, Isaac,  827
Longacre, Joseph,  827
Longacre, Joseph,  1268
Longacre, Peter,  355
Longacre, Robert M  359, 355
Longenecker, Henry, Jr.,  227
Longenecker, Samuel D.,  227
Losk, Andrew,  1117
Losh, Jacob,  1204
Lotz, John,  329
Lowder, Joel,  211
Lowder, Jonas S.,  210
Loy, Andrew,  1123
Loy, Elmer S.,  1346
Loy, Nicholas, .'.  1123
Lukens, John S.,  984
Lupfer, Casper,  236
Lupfer, Casper,  1054
Lupfer, George W.,  236
Lupfer, Henry J.,  1054
Lupfer, Jacob,  1054
Lupfer, Jesse K.,  237
Lupfer, John,  1054
Lupfer, Samuel,  237
Lutz, Abraham M.,  385
Lutz, Samuel,  385
Lyons, Jeremiah,  789
Lyons, Nicholas,  790
Lyter, William H.,  1323
Lytle, Benjamin,  Ill
Lytle, John W.,  Ill
Lytle, Milton Scott,  25
Lytle, Nathaniel,  25
Lytle, P. M.,  30
Machamer, John,  390
Macklin, George,  < . 614
Macklin, James,  492
Macklin, James,  613
Macklin, William,  611, 613
Maclay, Joseph H.,  768
Maclay, Samuel,  746
Maclay, William B.,  748
Maclay, William B.,  764
Magee, Alexander  1014
Magee, John A.,  1039, 1014
Magee, Richard L.,  1341
Magill, Charles,  267
Magill, Jacob,  267
Magill, James,  155
Maguire, James,  195
Maley, Thomas J  314
Mann, Harvey, Sr.,  743
Mann, James H.,  743
Mann, Joseph R  496
Mann, Stephen G.,  743
Mann, William, Jr.,  743
Mann, William, Sr  743

1367
March, John,  -  g53
Markel, Adam K,  990
Markel, Charles D.,  990
Markel, Henry,  990
Marshall, Denney M  822
Marshall, James,  822
Martin, Andrew,  501
Martin, James,  742
Martin, John,  1131
Martin, Robert,  501
Martin, Robert M.,  290
Martin, Michael J.,  090
Martin, Thomas F.,  1131
Masemore, Eli  388
Masemore, Theodore,  388
Masemore, Valentine,  388
Mason, Abraham,  980
Mason, John,  980
Mateer, Joseph,  106
Mateer, Joseph B.,  106
Mathers, James,  941
Mathers, Orlando 0  941
Matlack, Samuel B.,  1029
Matlack, Timothy,  1029
Matlack, William,  1028
Mattern, George,  117
Mattern, George,  124
Mattern, George W.,  117
Mattern, J. H.,  123
Mattern, Jacob  118
Mattern, John S  118
Mattern, Jacob S  124
Mauck, Joseph,  658
Mauger, Leonard R.,  962
Mauger, Michael,  962
Maxwell, Andrew,  352
Maxwell, H. Wilson,  352
May, George,  819
May, Leonard,  -  819
Mayes, Andrew,  469
McAfee, James,  958
McAfee, John,  958
McAfee, Hezekiah,  958
McAlevy, William,  446
McAlister, Hugh T  909
McAlister, Stephen L  967, 909
McAteer, Matthew,  62
McAteer, Patrick,  62
McBride, Hugh,  1072
McBride, John,  1072
McBurney, Francis,  876
McCahan, David,  75
McCahan, John,  75
McCahan, John,  183
McCahan, Thomas S.,  183
McCahren, Charles E.,  928
McCahren, Henry,  927
McCahren, William A.,  927
McCall, Alexander,  239

1368

INDEX.

McCall, James  239
McCann, Robert S  1204
McCann, Torrence  1204
McCarthy, Alvin R.,  351
McCarthy, C. R  88
McCarthy, Charles R.,  89, 88, 91
McCarthy, Edwin Scott,  87
McCarthy, Eleanor L.,  89, 87
McCarthy, H. C  89, 92, 87
McCarthy, Henry  85
McCarthy, Henry L.,  86
McCarthy, Henry L.,  351
McCarthy, James W.,  92
McCarthy, John,  86
McCarthy, John R.,  87
McCarthy, S. L.,  485, 91, 87
McCarthy, William B.,  89, 88
McCartney, James,  148
McCartney, James B.,  96
McCartney, Jerry T  148
McCartney, John,  148
McCartney, John R.,  96
MeCauley, Anthony,  471
McCauley, Charles A  217
MeCauley, Daniel,  217
McCauley, Peter,  472
McClain, D. E.,  410
McClain, George W.,  296
McClain, Isaac,  285
McClain, J. Newton,  294
McClain, James  285
McClain, James,  296
McClain, James,  423
McClain, Samuel,  285
McClain, Samuel  294
McClain, Samuel,  410
McClenahan, George B.,  652
McClenahan, F. B.,  652
McClellan, James,  722
McClellan, John F.,  722
McClintic, Felix  657
McClintic, George K.,  445
McClintic, Howard H.,  445
McClintic, James,  459
McClintock, John,  1120
McClintock, Joseph B.,  L120
McClintic, K. H,  790
McClintic, Martin L.,  449, 459
McClintic, R. H.,  445
McClintic, R. H  790
McClintic, William,  657
McClure, Alexander K  724
McClure, Andrew,  231
McClure, Cassius N.,  231
McClure, James K.,  865
McClure, Thomas,  865
McClure, William,  232
McConnell, Daniel  929
McConnell, George P.,  928

McConnel, John S.,  942
McCool, George  307
McCool, Mary C  182
McCool, Robert  307
McCoy, Alexander  421
McCoy, David,  456
McCoy, David, Jr.,  456
McCoy, John  489
McCoy, Richard M.,  456
McCoy, Thomas F.,  539, 489
McCrum, George,  104
McCrum, James,  836
McCrum, John E.,  836
McCrum, Joseph R.  104
McCulloch, Samuel,  947
McCulloch, William T., ......913, 947
McCurdy, James H.,  474
McDonald, Andrew H., Jr.,  828
McDonald, Charles  168
McDonald. N. A.,  168
McDonald, William H,  304
McDowell, John,  669
McDowell, John,  676
McElwain, J. P.,  304
McEwen, Henry  531
MeEwen, John S.,  531
McEwen, William T.,  531
McFarlane, Andrew,  678
McFarlane, J. Howard,  678
McFarlane, James  674
McFarlane, Patrick,  675
McGarvey, Henry  375
McGarvey, Thomas,  375
McGarvey, William H.,  375
McGowan, Dennis,  1045
McGraw, Frank H  62
McGraw, John G.,  62
Mcllrpy, John E.,  65
McKay, Donald,  730
McKee, George,  688
McKee, Hugh,  688
McKee, J. Strode  483
McKee, Robert,  483
McKeehan, Francis M  1051
McKeehan, John,  1051
McKelvy, George,  344
McKelvy, Joseph P.,  344
McKenzie, Horace W.,  1129, 1201
McKim, James,  729
McKim, Vincent I.,  575, 729
McKinstry, James,  524
McKinstry, Joseph,  523
McLaughlin, Charles,  1168
McLaughlin, Ephraim,  1168
McLaughlin, Jacob,  969
McLaughlin, John A  969
McManigal, William,  427
McMeen, Elmer E  846
McMeen, Hugh L  867

McMeen, Josiah,  ; . 867
McMeen, Samuel,  846
McNabb, William  764
McNabb, William W  764
McNeal, James  177
McNeal, James,  1151
McNeal, Robert,  '.  177
McNear, John  538
McNitt, John  663
McNitt, Robert J  663
McNitt, Samuel B.,  669
McNitt, Thomas B  656
McNitt, William,  663
McNitt, William B.,  656
McPherran, Andrew  138
McPherran, John A.,  138
McPherson, M. A.,  1342
McVey, Elijah,  535
McVey, John R.,  535
Means, Robert A  741
Means, Robert. H  741
Meily, Henry J  64
Meily, Harry S.,  64
Meminger, Theodore  1351
Meminger, William A.,  1351
Menold, Albert M.,  312
Mertz, Peter  741
Mertz, Philip,  741
Mertz, Philip D  741
Metz, Jacob K.,  627
Metz, John,  314
Metz, John  627
Metz, John K  314
Metz, John K.,  678
Mertz, Charles C,  898
Meyers, Daniel,  1030
Meyers, George  1030
Meyers, Henry,  1030
Meyers, John S.,  1031
Meyers, Samuel,  624
Michener, Allen D.,  1209
Michener, Jonathan,  1209
Mierly, Abraham,  256
Mierly, Michael,  256
Mierly, Keefer W.,  256
Miles, Samuel  315
Miller, Christopher,  134
Miller, D. H  370
Miller, David C  710
Miller, David H  '  242
Miller, David M  133
Miller, George W.,  369
Miller, Henry,  242
Miller, Henry,  378
Miller, Jacob,  562
Miller, Jacob W.,  169
Miller, John,  242
Miller, John  509
Miller, John D  509

INDEX.

1369

Miller, Joseph  J46
Miller, Nicholas  562
Miller, R. Allison  33
Miller, Samuel,  62
Miller, Samuel G  169
Miller, Samuel J  62
Miller, Wesley,  146
Miller, Vv illiam M.,  146
Milliken, David B.,  1086
Milliken, Family,  584-587
Milliken, Francis  726
Milliken, James,  726
Milliken, James B.,  1086
Milliken, James L.,  866
Milliken, John  301
Milliken, John,  866
Milliken, Thomas O.,  301
Minehart, John,  694
Minehart, William G. C,  694
Mingle, W. H  1307
Minick, A. A  170
Minick, John,  170
Minick, Peter,  170
Minium, Harrison  826
Minium, George,  826
Mitchell, George W.,  1127
Mitchell, Michael,  845
Mitchell, Samuel  735
Mitchell, William,  735
Mitchell, William  1127
Mitchell, William W  845
Mogel, Jacob  1041
Mogel, Jacob  1340
Mogel, Jesse M  1217
Monihen, James,  259
Monihen, Patrick,  25fJ
Montgomery, Daniel,  409
Montgomery, Jacob C,  408
Montgomery, Ezra,  175
Montgomery, Richard,  408
Montgomery, Samuel C,  175
Moodie, Henry A.,  718
Moodie, Joseph  718
Moore, Archibald,  610
Moore, John  912
Moore, Orlando W.,  327
Moore, Robert,  912
Moore, Samuel,  327
Moore, Samuel T.,  645
Moore, Thomas W.,  681
Moore, William A  610
Moore, W. Harry,  912
Moorehead, D. Cooper,  934
Moorehead, James,  934
Moorehead, John C  933
Mooreland, David,  1145
Mooreland, James B.,  1145
Mooreland, William A.,  1145
Morgan, James,  338

Morgan, Joshua,  338
Morland, Charles,  1199
Morland, George B  1199
Morland, Henry,  1199
Morley, Thomas,  1228
Morley, Thomas W.,  1147, 1228
Morrison, Bower E  395, 515
Morrison, Charles  1205
Morrison, Elijah,  515
Morrison, Ephraim,  685
Morrison, Joshua,  515
Morrison, William,  685
Morrison, William  1205
Morrow, Thomas W  1078
Morrow, Robert A.,  1077
Mortimer, Frank  1039, 1017
Moses, Samuel H  1343
Motter, John C  1339
Motter, John P  1339
Motzer, Daniel,  875
Motzer, John  875
Motzer, Martin,  875
Moyer, George,  820
Moyer, Nathaniel,  820
Mowery, John,  965
Moyer, Samuel,  820
Mowery, Samuel,  965
Mundorff, Henry,  95
Mundorff, William  95
Murphy, Patrick  1010
Murphy, Thomas  1010
Muthersbaugh, Abraham,  461
Muthersbaugh, James K.,  682
Muthersbaugh, Johnson,  575, 461
Muthersbaugh, Samuel,  709
Mutzabaugh, Thomas B.,  1197
Mutzabaugh, Jacob G.,  1197
Myers, Daniel,  499
Myers, J. H.,  723
Myers, Michael,  66
Myers, Michael,  383
Myers, Peter,  499
Myers, Peter,  723
Myers, Peter S.,  684
Myers, Samuel,  383
Myers, Samuel C,  684
Myers, Reuben,  382
Myers, Robert H.,  499
Myers, Rudolph,  66
Myton, Alexander M.,  300
Myton, Samuel  34
Myton, Thomas W  34
Naginey, John D.,  671
Naginey, Robert A.,  671
Nash, John A.,  27
Naylor, David,  954
Naylor, George,  954
Naylor, George W.  976

Neal, Samuel,  308
Neal, John  308
Neely, John, Jr.,  785
ISeely, John H.,  859, 784
Neely, R. Harvey,  870
Neely, William,  7 84
Neff, Andrew,  202
Neff, Andrew,  211
Neff, Andrew C,  204
Neff, Daniel  202
Neff, Daniel,  213
Neff, Daniel,  243
Refl, Daniel G.,  202
Neff, David A.,  202
Neff Family,  204
Neff, Henry  242
Neff, Henry G.,  211
Neff, John,  202
Neff, John  213
Neff, Jacob,  203
Neff, Samuel,  212
Neff, William,  213
Nickel, Andrew P.,  1019
Nickel, Casper,  1019
Nickel, Henry  -.  1019
Nickum, David S  1203
Nickum, John  1203
Nickum, James E  1203
Nipple, D. Clark,  512
Nipple, G. Fred,  1297
Nipple, Henry  513
Noble, Calvin,  347
Noll, Martin,  1278
Noll, Michael,  1278
Norris, Jackson,  262
Norris, Joseph E.,  262
North, James  823, 795
North, William,  795
Norton, Felix;  550
Norton, Jacob,  550
Norton, John,  550
Noss, Samuel,  .'  H98
Notestine, Daniel E.,  687
Notestine, John K.,  687
Novinger, DeWalt  705
Novinger, Isaac  705
Novinger, Thomas J.,  575, 705
Nunemaker, Jacob,  1079
Nunemaker, Samuel, Sr  1079
Oaks, David McK,  226
Oaks, James S.,  -  226
Oaks, John  226
Oburn, Harrison  239
Oburn, Joseph,  238
O'Connor, Benjamin,  316
O'Connor, Frank,  30'.)
Odiorne, George,  56
Odiorne, Walter C  50

1370

INDEX.

Okeson, A. Stewart,  815
Okeson Family,  848
Okeson, James,  979
Okeson, Samuel,  815
Oliver, B. Frank  989
Oliver, Benjamin,  989
Orbison, Family,  14-20
Orbison, William P.,  985
Oren, Jesse,  1328
Oren, Michael,  1328
Orlady, George B.,  28
Orlady, Martin,  185
Orlady, Lambert M.,  185
Orner, William R., Sr.,  153
Orner, William R.,  153
Ort, John, Jr.,  680
Ort, Martin,  680
Owings, John, . .'  1046
Owings, Robert M.,  1046
Owen Family,  1176
Owen, Joel B.,  1178
Page, Abraham,  903
Page, Henry,  903
Palmer, David N  372
Palmer, James  372
Palmer, John,  114
Pannebaker, George M.,  865
Pannebaker, Samuel,  864
Pannebaker, Samuel E.,  864
Pannebaker, William,  864
Pannebaker, William A.,  865
Parker, Andrew H,  563
Parsons, James S., ."  1205
Parsons, John W.,  1205
Parsons, Joseph R.,  391
Parsons, Samuel  392
Partner, Abraham,  838
Partner, Jacob,  838
Partner, John  840
Partner, William M.,  840
Partner, William L.,  838
Patterson, Alexander  981
Patterson, Andrew,  868
Patterson, George  1355
Patterson, James,  825
Patterson, John,  981
Patterson, John,  825
Patterson, John,  1008
Patterson, J. Kelley,  825
Patterson, Robert H,  1007
Patterson, John J.,  791
Patterson, John J., Jr.,  841, 792
Patterson, John L.,  981
Patterson, Robert H.,  868
Patterson, William,  868
Patton, George W.,  83
Patton, James,  951
Patton, James R.,  37

Patton, Joseph,  37
Patton, Robert W  492
Patton, William,  951
Patton, William A.,  951
Patton, Theodore B.,  83
Patton, Thomas,  1005
Patton, Thomas T.,  952
Peachey, Christian,  636
Peachey, Jeptha H  632
Peachey, Jonathan,  632
Peachey, Solomon,  635
Pecht, John E.,  379
Pecht, William  379
Peck, John,  930
Peelor, David,  361
Pennell, Frank M. M  8.00
Pennell, George,  1195
Peters, George, . . k  599
Peters, Henry N  599
Petrie, William,  1095
Peterson, David S.,  176
Petrikin, Harry W.,  179, 47
Petrikin, Robert Bruce,  47
Pheasant, Abraham W.,  253
Fheasant, Samuel  253
Phillips, Benneville,  740
Phillips, Hardman,  ,  740
Pillard, Frederick,  1114
Pogue, John A.,  346
Pogue, Robert,  346
Pollock, John,  549
Pollock, John T.,  548
Pomeroy, Thomas,  920
Pomeroy, William C,  949, 920
Porter, David  110
Porter, Gen. Horace,  31
Porter, James,  110
Porter, James,  223
Porter, Samuel,  215, 223
Porter, William,  223
Postlethwaite, Joseph E.,  548
Potter, Hiram,  1346
Preisler, John,  1067
Preisler, John, Sr.,  1068
Pressler, Harris H.,  313
Price, Asaph,  . . 390
Price, Jacob,  601
Price, John B.,  740
Price, Isaac,  740
Price, Samuel,  390
Price, William,  601
Prout, John,  689
Prout, John, Jr.,  689
Puckey, John H.,  329
Puckey, Ralph,  329
Puffenberger, Frederick,  803
Puffenberger, William  803
Pyle, Andrew,  625
Pyle, Thomas S  625

Queary, Michael  367
Quig, Frederick,  ... 853
Quig, R. M  853
Quigley, David F  1340
Quinn, William,  241
Quinn, William L.,  241
Raffensberger, A. S  856
Raffensperger, Christian  1036
Raffensperger, David W  1038
Raffensperger, George D.,  1347
Raffensberger, Jeremiah,  856
Raffensperger, John,  1036
Raffensperger, W. H.,  134S
Rahm, William K,  51
Rambo, H. W.,  1095
Rambo, John R.,  1096
Rambo, Nathan  1096
Ramsey, David,  60
Ramsey, John,  980
Ramsey, Lemuel,  S54
Ramsey, Manasses,  854
Ramsey, Robert A.,  60
Ramsey, Samuel,  980
Ramsey, Thomas,  980
Ramsey, William H  677
Rannels, D. C,  921
Rapp, Barnett,    890
Rapp, Lewis E  890
Reapsomer, Edward L.,  1063
Reapsomer, Daniel,  1063
Reber, Daniel B.,  :  710
Reber, J. W. H.,  710
Reed, Abner,  581
Reed, Abner,  438
Reed, Alexander,  564
Reed, Andrew,  413, 438
Heed, George  260
Reed, George W.,  295
Reed, James,  580
Reed, James,  438
Reed, James P.,  295
Reed, John,  871
Reed, John  598
Reed, Joseph,  446
Reed, Ogleby J.,  580
Reed, Robert,  446
Reed, Thomas B.,  503, 445
Reed, William  260
Reed, William I.,  1207
Reeder, John C,  1161
Reeder, Solomon,  1161
Reiber, Benjamin,  1113
Reigh, Frederick,  46
Reigh, William H  46
Renecker, George,  345
Reiners, Henry D  56
Reynolds, Henry,  75
Reynolds, Jesse,  835

INDEX.

1371

Reynolds, Stephen,  75
Reynolds, William  835
Reutter, George N.,  1188
Reutter, Harry D.,  1188
Reutter, Michael,  1188
Rhinesmith, David M.,  1025
Rhinesmith, Harry B.,  1026
Rhinesmith, Henry,  1025
Rhoads, John H.,  1233
Rice, B. F.,  976
Rice, Clarion T  1049
Rice, Conrad, Jr  843
Rice, George  975
Rice, James M.,  843
Rice, Jesse,  975
Rice, John  1049
Richardson, Harris,  273
Richardson, William,  273
Richardson, William  391
Richey, John S.,  1097
Rickenbaugh, Jacob,  879
Rider, 0. H. P.,  1250
Rider, Paul F., i  1251
Riegle, George,  708
Riegel, George,  476
Riegle, Jacob  708
Riegel, John,  477
Rife, Daniel,  1344
Rife, Samuel A. E  1212
Rine, Henry,  899
Rine, John H  899
Rinehart, Charles A.,  426
Rinehart, Jeremiah,  426
Rinesmith, Henry,  1073
Eipple, Benjamin F.,  322
Ripple, John L  325
Ripple, Peter,  322
Ripple, T. J. C  347
Rittenhouse, Jacob,  699
Rittenhouse, Samuel  699
Ritter, Benjamin H.,  858
Ritter, Daniel,  858
Ritter, Jacob,  1049
Ritzman, Henry,  930
Ritzman, John C,  897
Ritzman, Samuel B.,  941
Robeson, David E.,  494
Robeson, Moses,  494
Robison, John,  802
Robison, John K,  802
Robinson, Charles  1106
Robinson, David,  1106
Robinson, Jason T.,  1009
Robinson; John  1106
Robinson, George W  1106
Robinson, Robert,  1006
Robinson, William H  1006
Robley, Elliott,  317
Robley, Matthew,  317

Rodgers, Henry IL,  800
Rodgers, Isaac H.,  751, 609
Rodgers, John,  892
Rodgers, Matthew,  931, 891
Rodgers, Samuel,  609
Rodgers, Sarah J.,  893
Rodgers, William,  891
Rodgers, William H.,  800
Rogers, Enos 0.,  336
Rogers, Hiram  598
Rogers, James,  598
Rogers, John  336
Roop, Henry,  511
Roop, John L.,  512
Roop, John T.,  511
Roper, Joseph L .,  686
Roper, William G.,  686
Rothrock, James Ti  739
Rothrock, John,  739
Rothrock, ' Samuel H.,  596
Rothrock, Zachariah,  596
Rothrock, Zachariah,  739
Rosborough, James,  1345
Rouse, John  1227
Rowe, David  1154
Rowe, Jacob,  1154
Ruble, George S.,  624
Ruble, John,  471
Ruble, Louis H,  470
Ruble, Michael,  470
Ruch, William S.,  1224
Rudy, George, Sr  220
Rudy, George, Jr.,  220
Rudy, Henry,  220
Rudy, Samuel G.,  74
Rumbaugh, David,  1044
Rumfeld, Jacob,  902
Rumfeld, Michael,  902
Rummel, John,  398
Rummel, William,  398
Runk, John V.,  528
Runk, Samuel,  529
Rupley, John,  1228
Rupley, Joseph,  1228
Russell, George,  115
Russell, Jacob,  116
Russell, John W.,  115
Riehabaugh, David McC  1270
Riehabaugh, Henry,  1271
Riehabaugh, David  1271
Rounsley, James,  1275
Rounsley, William  1275
Sample, David,  658
Satzler, Frederick,  696
Satzler, John,  696
Satzler, William,  696
Sausman, Addison J.,  916
Sayers, Grier,  533

Sayers, Grier,  561
Sayers, James,  533
Sayers, William,  561
Saylor, George,  1123
Saylor, Joseph,  1123
Saylor, Matthias,  294
Saylor, Samuel  293
Schaaf , Frederick,  567
Schaeffer, Frederick,  905
Schaeffer, George J.,  905
Schaeffer, James  905
Schatto, Michael,  1017
Schiller, Samuel B.,  1187
Schlegel, Jacob,  1005
Schofield, James F.,  382
Schofield, William,  382
Scholl, Henry S.,  793
Schott, Emil,  794
Scholl, Tobias,  793
Schools, William M.,  1235
Schools, William,  1235
Schlusser, Henry,  1071
Schlusser, William H.,  1071
Schum, Frank L.,  107, 40
Schum, Henry,  40
Schwartz, George,  84
Schweier, B. F  805, 782
Schweier, John,  782
Schweyer, Felix  782
Schweyer, Francis,  782
Schweyer, Conrad,  782
Schweyer, Wilberforce,  790
Searle, H. T.,  1306
Secrist, Henry J.,  1345
Seibert, Jacob,  1352
Seibert, Joseph,  167
Seibert, Samuel W.,  1352
Sellers, Joseph E.,  904
Sellers, Levi M  1213
Sellers, William,  904
Selheimer, Absalom B.,  487
Selheimer, John B.,  484
Selheimer, Joseph M.,  488
Selheimer, Napoleon B.,  487
Selheimer, Nicholas,  484
Selheimer, William,  484
Shade, F. M.,  1217
Shade, B. Frank,  549
Shade, John, Jr.,  549
Shadle, Henry,  443
Shaeffer, John  1299
Shaeffer, Peter,  1108
Shaeffer, Sterrett,  1078
Shahen, James,  602
Shahen, John C,  602
Sharer, Henry H,  371
Sharer, Jacob,  371
Sharer, Samuel,  371
Shatto, John L.,  HOT

1372

INDEX.

Shatto, Isaac,  , ... 1115
Shatto, Nicholas,  1115
Shatto, Samuel  1107
Shatto, Samuel  1115
Shaver, George D.,  367
Shaver, Jacob,  536
Shaver, Peter,  367
Shaver, J. West  536
Shaw, Robert G.,  787, 660
Shaw, Robert  660
Sheaffer, Daniel,  1140
Sheaffer, Edward G  905
Sheaffer, George B.,  1140
Sheaffer, Henry,  1078
Sheaffer, Israel E.,  1299
Sheaffer, John,  905
Sheaffer, Peter,  1078
Sheaffer, Singleton  1053
Sheaffer, William,  1053
Shearer, Alfred L.,  1111, 1187
Shearer, George,  1121
Shearer, Gideon,  113
Shearer, Henry R.,  113
Shearer, Henry C  1018
Shearer, Jacob,  1018
Shearer, John,  1033
Shearer, John,  1187
Shearer, Michael,  113
Shearer, Wilson,  1121
Sheibley, Bernhard,  1013
Sheibley, David H.,  1067
Sheibley, Emanuel,  1355
Sheibley, Jacob  1067
Sheibley, James P.,  1087
Sheibley, J. Calvin  1355
Sheibley, John R  1065
Sheibley, John H.,  1039, 1013
Sheibley, Peter  1013
Sheibley, Peter  ,,  1065
Sheibley, Samuel,  -.  1151
Sheller, Samuel  1129, 1182
Sheller, Sylvester,  1344
Shelley, Amos W  918
Shelley, Henry,  919
Shimp, Casper  474
Shimp, John  474
Shimp, William T., Sr.,  474
Shirk, Michael C,  916
Shirk, Philip M.,  916
Shirk, Solomon S.,  844
Shoop, Aaron M.,  787, 725
Shoop, Jacob  725
Shope, Benjamin  400
Shope, D. F  400
Shope, Jeremiah,  391
Shope, John,  391
Shore, David,  318
Shore, John,  318
Showvaker, Charles  1034

Showvaker, Eugene G  1034
Showvaker, Jacob R.,  1035
Shrom, George,  1237
Shrom, Joseph,  1237
Shuler, John,  1309
Shuler, Joseph  1333
Shuler, Samuel M  1309
Shuler, Samuel  1310
Shuler, Zachary T  1333
Shumaker, Daniel  673
Shumaker, Henry,  1034
Shumaker, Henry,  1056
Shumaker, John A.,  673
Shumaker, Luther M.,  1055
Shumaker, Samuel D.,  1034
Shunkweiler, Charles A.,  492
Shunkweiler, Daniel,  492
Shuss, Adam,  47
Shuss, Philip H.,  47
Sigler, Adam,  737
Sigler, Alfred,  1088
Sigler, Jacob V.,  737
Sigler, John C,  480
Sigler, John,  1088
Sigler, John  707
Sigler, Joseph  707
Sigler, Samuel  480
Sigler, Samuel,  1088
Silknitter, Dorsey,  103
Silknitter, Harry,  103
Silknitter, Philip  103
Simons, Alfred,  '. . 357
Simons, Samuel  357
Simpson, Alexander,  309
Simpson, David R.,  311
Simpson, George W  305, 309
Simpson, James,  309
Simpson, John M  303
Simpson, J. Randolph,  82
Slagle, John E.,  420
Slagle, Louis N  420
Slautterback, Jacob  887
Sleeman, George  402
Slonaker, Edgar M.,  81
Slonaker, John,  81
Slough, George W.,  1211
Slough, Jacob,  1211
Smee, Francis,  1120
Smee, George,  1113
Smee, George,  1114
Smee, Jacob  1114
Smee, Jeremiah;  1113
Smee, John,  1114
Smelker, Henry S  348
Smelker, Thomas A  34s
Smiley, Charles H.,  ...1021
Smiley, John,  mg
Smiley, Samuel,  1024
Smiley, William,  1119

Smiley, Wilson,  ,  1119
Smith, Adam  1255
Smith, A. P.,  1092
Smith, Alexander G  1169
Smith, Amos  1343
Smith, Andrew  290
Smith, Cyrus W  1108
Smith, David H  1059
Smith, George,  256
Smith, George,  29!
Smith, Henry C  ;  1218
Smith, Henry F.,  852
Smith, James D  723
Smith, James M. E.,  256
Smith, J. F.,  1342
Smith, Jesse P.,  290
Smith, John  1051
Smith, John  1059
Smith, John L.,  1092
Smith, John,  1108
Smith, John,  1250
Smith, John,  1353
Smith, John M  852
Smith, Jonas,  1353
' ' #
Smith, Jonas J.j  1255
Smith, Levi  250
Smith, Michael,  1353
Smith, Peter  1353
Smith, Ralph P  250
Smith, Samuel,  .'  250
Smith, Solomon,  1060
Smith, W. A  1255
Smith, William,  852
Smith, William H  1266
Smith, William M  1165, 1214
Smoker, Christian K  745
Smoker, Michael  745
Smucker, Amos  82
Smucker, David H  753
Smucker, John,  753
Smyser, M. L  '  437
Snare, Jesse,  266
Snare, Saxton,  ..„  266
Sneath, George W  1179
Snyder, Abraham  923
Snyder, Abraham  1158
Snyder, David  1158
Snyder, David S  370
Snyder, David,  1305
Snyder, E. Walt  1165, 1305
Snyder, George,  955
Snyder, George C,  1309
Snyder, Henry, ."'  . . . 1210
Snyder, Jacob,  923
Snyder, John C  1158
Snyder, John D.,  67
Snyder, John D  1309
Snyder, John H  -. . 683
Snyder, Joseph  684

INDEX.

1373

Snyder, Orlando C  67
Snyder, Simon,  370
Souder, Fred  1064
Souder, Jacob  1064
Soule, John W.,  1341
Soult, George W.,  466
Soult, Philip  466
Spangler, Charles  460
Spanogle, George  321
Spangler, John  375
Spangler, Peter,  460
Spanogle, Albert B.,  460
Spanogle, Andrew,  460
Spanogle, Andrew,  736
Spanogle, George,  736
Speck, Martin  187
Speck, William  187
Speddy, Alexander,  917
. Speddy, William,  917
Speddy, John W.,  985, .917
Spencer, John,  63
Spicher, Daniel,  993
Spicher, David E.,  993
Spitler, William,  916
Spotts, D. H.,  1351
Sprankle, George W.,  129
Sprankle, George,  199
Sprankle, Peter,  199
' Sprankle, Samuel,  129
Spyker, Samuel I.,  34
Stackpole, James,  417
Stackpole, James B.,  417
Stackpole, Richard  418
Staily, H. B.,  1311
Staily, John,  1311
Stair, Michael,  330
Stair, Samuel,  330
Stambaugh, David,  1157
Stambaugh, John,  1157
Starr, Amos,  76
Starr, John M  76
Starr, James W.,  728
Starr, John M  330
Starr, Patrick  728
Steel, Alfred G  97
Steel, Frank S.,  97
Steele, Jacob  1337
Steel, John,  '.  ¦. 97
Steel, Robert  422
Steel, Samuel,  97
Steese, Charles  332
Steese, J. M  332
Sterrett, John  668
Sterrett, John A  979
Sterrett, John R.,  669
Sterrett, Nathaniel  669
Sterrett, Nathaniel W  668
Sterrett, Robert,  703
Sterrett, Samuel  647, 703

Sterrett, Seth C  979
Sterrett, Timothy G  703
Sterrett, William A  657
Sterrett, Woods  669
Stever, J. C  409
Stever, Frank W.,  255
Stever, George,  254
Stever, Henry  254
Stever, John  409
Stever, Joseph,  254
Stever, Michael,  254
Stevens, Benedict, Jr.,  160
Stevens, Benedict,  160
Stevens, Benedict T.,  405
Stevens, William H.,  160
Stewart, Frank W.,  27
Steward, George,  833
Stewart, Hiram P.,  970
Steward, James L.,  833
Stewart, John  70
Stewart, John,  929
Stewart, John P.,  70
Stewart, J. Sewell,  27
Stewart, Oliver L.,  71, 70
Stewart, Robert  704
Stewart, Thomas,  970
Stewart, William,  929
Stewart, William,  970
Stine, David  618
Stine, Henry,  810'
Stine, John A.,  618
Stitt, Archibald,  174
Stitt, A. Dorris,  174
Stitt, Benjamin E  175
Stitt, Benjamin F.,  175
Stitt, James N  174
Stitt, M. C  176
Stoke, George,  1156
Stoke, Isaac,  1156
Stoufer, Christian,  1102
Stoufer, Jacob  1102
Stoufer, John F.,  1102
Stouffer, Henry,  804
Stouffer, William A.,  804
Stratford, Charles, Sr.,  362
Stratford, Chas.,  787
Stratford, Charles,  359, 362
Stratford, Charles J  451
Stratford, Daniel R.,  451
Stratford, E. R.,  359, 363
Stratford, Thomas  451
Stratford, William I.,  368
Strode, Amor,  600
Strode, Joseph  600
Stroup, John,  732
Stroup, John M.,  732
Stroup, Martin L  735
Stryker, Peter  213
Stryker, William S  212

Stubbs, Sarah H.,  318
Sugard, Hartman,  1091
Suloff, Turner B.,  809
Suloff, Samuel A.,  846
Sulouff, David,  808
Sulouff, Jacob  808
Summers, Henry,  244
Summers, Henry H  244
Sunday, Jerome,  1213
Sunday, John B.,  1213
Super, George  1221
Super, Henry,  1347
Super, Jefferson E  1347
Super, Jacob S.,  1221
Swan, John,  167
Swan, William  166
Swan, William C,  166
Swartz, Christian,  604
Swartz, Daniel,  403
Swartz, David,  1343
Swartz, David L.,  821
Swartz, George,  403
Swartz, George  1207
Swartz, John A.,  751, 604
Swartz, Jonathan,  821
Swartz, William,  821
Swartz, William R.,  1207
Swartzlander, Abraham,  915
Sweger, George,  1101
Sweger, George,  1118
Sweger, John  1118
Sweger, John C,  1231
Sweger, Lewis,  1113
Sweger, William  1113
Sweger, William,  1231
Sweger, William H.,  1118
Switzer, Thaddeus,  885
Swope, A. W.,  322
Swope, David  322
Swope, Isaac N  415
Swoope, George W. R.,  547
Swoope, Peter, Jr.,  548
Taylor, George W.,  1269
Taylor, Harrison,  293
Taylor, Henry,  569
Taylor, Henry,  574
Taylor, Henry,   577
Taylor, Isaac,  298
Taylor; James Henry,  592
Taylor, John,  171
Taylor, John,  580
Taylor, John C,  171
Taylor, John P.,  557, 570
Taylor, John, Sr  298
Taylor, John, Jr  298
Taylor, John W.,  580
Taylor, Joseph A.,  592
Taylor, Matthew,  171

1374

INDEX.

Taylor, Matthew,  580
Taylor, Matthew B.,  569
Taylor, Robert, Sr  569
Taylor, Robert,  570
Taylor, Robert,  1270
Taylor, Robert M  593, 581
Taylor, Samuel W  581
Taylor, Williamson D.,  580
, Taylor, William H,  575, 577 '
Telfer, John M  817
Telfer, William,  817
Temple, Oliver S.,  542
Temple, William,  542
Tharp, G. Carey,  1308
Thomas, Chester B  651
Thomas, Clifford S.,  457
Thomas, George McC,  505
Thomas, Jacob V.,  457
Thomas, James M.,  505
Thomas, Samuel A  809
Thommen, Frederick  1056
Thompson, Albert  638
Thompson, Edward A.,  130
Thompson, G. W  348
Thompson, H. S.,  855
Thompson, James,  637
Thompson, James F  236
Thompson, James W  318
Thompson, Jerome N.,  879
Thompson, J. A.,  130
Thompson, J. F  1147, 1304 ^
Thompson, John,  236
Thompson, John,  348
Thompson, John,  855
Thompson, John,  997
Thompson, John  1304
Thompson, Moses  426
Thompson, Moses R.,  426
Thompson, Ner,  654
Thompson, Robert M.,  1005
Thompson, Roland,  637
Thompson, Theodore S  1006
Thompson, William  1006
Thompson, William J.  147
Thompson, Willard H  147
Thurston, Theodore A.,  1332
Todd, John B. M.,  796
Todd, Thomas,  796
Treaster, George  673
Treaster, James R.,  673
Treaster, John,  643
Treaster, John,  673
Treaster, Leo F  643
Tressler, Charles  1032
Tressler, David, Sr  1032
Tressler, David, Jr  1033
Troutman, David  1281
Troutman, Emanuel,  1281
Troutwein, Nicholas  105

Troutwein, Solomon,  105
Troxell, Abraham,  541
Troxell, Samuel,  623
Turbett, William H  924
Ulsh, Jacob,  807
Ulsh, Joseph,  12*89
Ulsh, J. W  1353
Ulsh, Leonard K  1289
Ulsh, Simon  807
Urban, Nicholas,  1337
Van Dyke, Arthur D.,  1226
Van Dyke, Nelson D.,  1226
Van Newkirk, Charles L.,  1263
Van Newkirk, John C  1263
Van Sweringen, Evan  867
Van Sweringen, William,  867
Van Valzah, Robert  453
Van Valzah, Thomas,  453
Van Zandt, George,  525
Van Zandt, John,  526
Van Zandt, William I.,  525
Varner, George,  193
Varner, John  '  193
Varner, Stuffel,  193
Varner, William S  193
Varnes, Mitchell H.,  844
Wagner, Adam,  389
Wagner, Christopher,  1063
Wagner, George,  1121
Wagner, George,  1081
- Wagner, George, Jr.,  1081
Wagner, Henry,  599
Wagner, Jacob,  1081
Wagner, John  1044
Wagner, John W.,  1044
- Wagner, Joseph C  1080
Wagner, William,  389
Wakefield, George,  222
Wakefield, George P.,  222
Wakefield, George M  559
Wakefield, Eli  222
Wakefield, Eli  559
Wakefield, Matthew,  618
Wakefield, John D  559
Waldsmith, David  202 „
Walker, Henry,  428
Walker, Harry C,  428
Walker, Winfield A  376
Wall, John, Sr  224
Wall, John, Jr.,  224
Wall, Jonathan,  224
Wallace, George T.,  248
Wallace, Michael,  248
Wallace, Samuel P  249
Walsh, David J.,  67
Walters, Benjamin,  607

Walters, Charles S  420
Walters, Henry A  465
"Walters, Henry J  420
Walters, William  465
Warf el, Emanuel,  98
Warfel, John S.,  233, 98
Watson, James C,  189
Watson, Samuel,  ;  189
Watson, William  1S9
Watts, James,  1219
Watts, Samuel  748
Watts, Samuel T.,  1219
Watts, Thomas,  748
Weaver, Daniel,  1080
Weaver, George,  '.  1080
Weaver, Henry  115
Weaver, H. T  406
Weaver, Jacob  114
Weaver, Jacob  1099
Weaver, John B.,  985, 115
Weaver, Philip,  406
Weaver, Samuel Y  1099
Weaver, William,  114
Webb, John  627
Webb, Martin,  464
Webb, Thomas A. W  627
Webster, Charles, '  994
Webster, John  994
Weight, Henry,  407
Weight, Henry C  407
Weise, Ephraim B  1350
Weise, George,  1350
Welch, Allen S  361
Welch, David G.,  361
Weldon, John,  1346
Wert; George W  1293
Wert, Jonathan,  1291
Wertz, Abraham  1356
Wertz, Daniel  1260
Wertz, John, Sr  1260
Wertz, William  1261
Westbrook, Abraham V.,  310
West-brook, Thomas  48
Wharton, Benjamin C  397
Wharton, Harry B  525
Wharton, James,  397
Wharton, Samuel  960
Wharton, Sylvester A.,  961
Wharton, William,  961
Whipple, Osgood M.,  151
Whipple, Josephus,  152
White, Adolphus P., Sr  308
White, A. G.,  1117
White, James A  1116
White, James M.,  1344
White, Thomas  1116
White, John G.,  693
White, John M.,  304
White, John W.,  715, 639

INDEX.

1375

White, William  639
White, William  693
White, William, Sr  264"
White, William, Jr.,  264
Whitmer, Benjamin,  1239
Whitmer, John,  1238
Whitmer, S. H.  1238
Whittaker, John  196
Whittaker, Thomas  196
Whittaker, William A  195
Wian, Ephraim,  477
Wian, Solomon,  478
Wian, William  477
Wickersham, John P  800
Wickersham, N. H.,  800
Widle, Charles A  1081
Wierman, Thomas T.,  431, 434
Wierman, Victor  433
Will, Anson B.,  791
Will, Jacob,  791
Willard, Elias  874
Willard, Herman F.,  S..967, 874
Willard, Philip,  874
Willett, Allen  844
Willett, William H.,  844
Williams, James,  808
Williams, James D  80S
Williamson, William McK.,  29
Willis, James D  1208
Willis, William,  494
Willis, William H  1208
Wilson, George  148
Wilson, Henry,  621
Wilson, H. Latimer,  898
Wilson, Isaac,  208
Wilson, James B  343
Wilson, John  597
Wilson, John,  946
Wilson, John A.,  148
Wilson, John F  597
Wilson, Nathaniel,  616
Wilson, Robert,  149
Wilson, Robert,  343
Wilson, Robert,  898
Wilson, Samuel,  343
Wilson, William,   621
Wilson, William A.,  751, 615
Wilson, William H,  215, 208
Wilson, William W  945
Wilt, Adam,  1011

Wilt, Frederick A.,  1011
Winegardner, John M.,  991
Winegardner, Matthias,  991
Winegardner, Zacheus  991
Wingate, Franklin,  79
Wingate, Joseph P., . . 1  79
Wingert, Loretz  1247
Wingert, Rudolph H.,  1247
Wirt, Daniel,  622
Wirt, Jacob R.,  622
Wise, Chauncey S.,  1234
Wise, Eli W  1234
Wishart, Harvey, '.  424
Wisehaupt, George B. M  895, 935
Wisehaupt, John  935
Wisehaupt, Valentine,  935
Wistar, Casper  1190
Wister, John,  1057, 1190
Wister, William,  1181
Witherow, John,  1043
Witherow, S. S  1043
Witmer, Abraham,  646
Womelsdorf, Daniel,  183
Womelsdorf, Peter  183
Woods, Francis W  1144
Woods, George,  386
Woods, James S  31
Woods, John A  386
Woods, Joseph M.,  495
Woods, Robert,  1143
Woods, William H  31
Woods, William W.,  1143
Woodward, Jesse,  340
Woodward, Moses,  340
Woodward, R. S  340
Wox, Philip,  1090
Wray, James  720
Wray, John,  720
Wray, Warren B.,  136
Wray, William B  136
Wright, Alfred,  1327
Wright, George,  794
Wright, James  1327
Wright, Joseph A  1329
Wright, Levi  319
Wright, William  1329
Yeager, Oscar -W.,  704
Yeager, James M.,  566
Yeager, Jeremiah M.,  665, 565

Yeager, John,  565
Yeager, John G.,  704
Yeager, William J  566
Yetter, Edward,  719
Yetter, John  719
Yocum, George B  465
Yocum, Samuel  465
Yoder, Christian,  978
Yoder, David  595
Yoder, Jacob  595
Yoder, Jacob  744
Yoder, John,  595
Yoder, John,  744
Yoder, John  973
Young, John H,  1345
Zang, Jacob,  1232
Zeigler, Henry C  167
Zeigler, Isaac,  167
Zeiter, George  1105
Zellers, Benjamin  1322
Zellers, Isaac,  1321
Zentmeyer, David  119
Zentmeyer, John,  118
Zentmyer, Robert A  118
Zerbe, Henry  443
Ziders, David S.,  901
Ziders, William A  901
Ziegler, Louis H,  1285
Ziegler, John A  1345
Zimmerman, Alexander,  840
Zimmerman, David A.,  840
Zimmerman, John S.,  1089
Zimmerman, Thaddeus S.,  1137
Zimmerman, William,  1089
Zinn, George W  1352
Zinn, Joseph,  1352
Zook, Christian,  767
Zook, Christian,  811
Zook, David H  743
Zook, Enoch  744
Zook, Henry  830
Zook, John  744
Zook, John  811
Zook, John T.,  830
Zorger, Adam,  1119
Zorger, Adam H.,  1101
Zorger, John B.,  1101

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