BIO: William DEFREHN, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative 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.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, page 322.
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  WILLIAM DEFREHN, Mount Union, Huntingdon county, Pa., was born April 
10, 1834, in Orwigsburg, Pa., son of Daniel and Susan (Noeaker) 
Defrehn. Daniel Defrehn was a carpenter, born in Bucks county. He died 
in 1855. Mrs. Defrehn was born in Schuylkill county in 1795; she died 
in 1876. Their children are: John, deceased; Sarah; Susannah, deceased; 
Joseph; Mary; Daniel; Catharine; Caroline; Louisa; William; and 
Charles. William Defrehn was educated in the public schools of 
Pottsville; was formerly clerk in a store, and is now superintendent of 
a chair manufacturing establishment that turns out on an average twenty 
dozen chairs a day.
  William Defrehn was married in 1855 to Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel 
and Elizabeth Hillegas, who are both deceased. Their children are: 
Robert A.; William A.; Edward D.; Charles H.; Emma Laura, deceased; 
Frank; Effie, deceased; Augustus; Walter, deceased; and George C. Mr. 
Defrehn is a Republican. He belongs to Harmony Lodge, No. 86, I.O.O.F., 
Tamaqua, Schuylkill county, Pa., and is a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal church.