Columbia-Philadelphia-Lycoming County PA Archives Biographies.....REDEKER, Theodore 1868 - living in 1899
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  THEODORE REDEKER, a prominent citizen and manufacturer of the town of Bloomsburg
  who is successfully engaged in the manufacture of furniture, was born in the
  city of Philadelphia November 2i, 1856, and is a son of Henry William and
  Caroline (Reimer) Redeker, and grandson of William Redeker.
  
    Henry W. Redeker, the father of our subject, was a native of Struken, Prussia,
  and his younger days were spent in learning the trade of a cabinetmaker. In 1854
  he left his native country and came to the United States. He located in
  Philadelphia, where he followed his trade.
  
    Our subject received a common school education and then worked with his
  father, learning the trade of a cabinetmaker. Attaining his manhood he became
  interested in the manufacture of furniture and was made superintendent of the J.
  K. Rishel Furniture Works at Hughesville, Lycoming County, Pa. In 1891 our
  subject removed to Bloomsburg and organized the Bloomsburg Furniture Company,
  the officers of which are as follows: Theodore Redeker, president; and W. H.
  Schuyler, secretary and treasurer. They erected a large brick factory 50 by 100
  feet on the corner of East Seventh and Spruce streets, near the tracks of the
  D., L. & W. R. R., and have successfully engaged in the manufacture of bedroom
  sets, sideboards, and all other furniture. The proprietors are both thoroughly
  reliable business men and by their honest business methods and excellent work
  they have established a large and paying patronage. In 1897 our subject
  organized the North Branch Furniture Company, formerly the Bloomsburg Furniture
  Company, whose officers are: W. M. Reber, president; F. W. Redeker, secretary;
  Theodore Redeker, superintendent; W. J. Correll, manager and treasurer; and W.
  H. Slate, assistant manager. The company has two large factories, one 60 by So
  feet and the other 50 by 100 feet; the machinery is operated by an engine of one
  hundred horse-power, and the plant has its own electric-light power. The company
  employs upwards of seventy-five men, who turn out a fine grade of work, and
  makes large shipments throughout the Eastern States.
  
    Mr. Redeker was united in the bonds of matrimony to Mary E. Van Buskirk of
  Hughesville, Pa., and as a result of this union four children bless their home,
  namely: Annie, Robert, Florence, and Marie. Mr. Redeker is now in the prime of
  life, enjoying the comforts of a neat little home and surrounded by a happy
  family. His strict attention to business has secured him a fair share of this
  world's goods, while his uprightness in all his dealings, combined with his
  genial deportment, has won him the respect and affection of all who know him. In
  politics he acts with the Democratic party. While at Hughesville he served as
  borough auditor and school director.
  
  
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  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
  
  
  
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