BIO: Daniel WOMELSDORF, 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 183.
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  DANIEL WOMELSDORF, Huntingdon, Huntingdon county, was born in 
Womelsdorf, Berks county, Pa. He is the son of Peter Womelsdorf (1), 
was a commissary in General Washington's army, and sacrificed almost 
all his property in the struggle for freedom; he was a gallant soldier 
and has a noble record. The father of Daniel Womelsdorf, Peter 
Womelsdorf, born in 1788, was a turner and chair-maker. On his mother's 
side, he was a descendant of Conrad Weiser. His children are: Isaac, 
died at the age of sixty-five, buried in Womelsdorf, Berks county; Mary 
(Mrs. Coolbaugh); William, died young; Daniel; Susan, died in Berks 
county; Sarah, resides in Tamaqua, Schuylkill county, Pa.; Kate (Mrs. 
Boas), of Tamaqua, Pa.; Rebecca (Mrs. Daniel Siegfried); and John, 
deceased.
  Daniel Womelsdorf was educated in the common schools. He learned 
tailoring, but abandoned his trade, and taught school for some years. 
In 1860, he was elected register and recorder of Huntingdon county, 
which office he held for six years. Since 1866 he has devoted his 
attention to truck gardening. Mr. Womelsdorf is a steadfast member of 
the Republican party.
  Daniel Womelsdorf was married in Huntingdon county, February 16, 
1846, to Hannah Housekeeper, a native of Chester county, Pa. Their only 
child is John Howard; in the flood of 1889 he was imprisoned for 
fifteen hours in the second story of his house, and was rescued by a 
boatman. Mr. Daniel Womelsdorf is a member of the Methodist church in 
Huntingdon.