Bios: Henry Sassaman Dotterer, 1841-1903, Montgomery County

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Biographies
from - "Proceedings of Pennsylvania-German Society Volume XII, 1901

             Henry Sassaman Dotterer, 1841-1903

	Henry Sassaman Dotterer was born February 16, 1841, in Frederick
Township, of Montgomery County, Pa. He was the son of Philip
Dotterer, b. Aug. 4, 1809, d. July 21, 1884, who was the son of
Conrad Dotterer, b. Apr. 9, 1769, d. Sept. 29, 1827, who was the son
of Michael Dotterer, b. Oct. 31, 1735, d. Mar. 12, 1811, Captain
Sixth Battalion, Philadelphia County Militia 1777 and 1778, who was
the son of Michael Dotterer, b. May, 1698, d. Apr. 1786, who was the
son of George Philip Dodderer, d. Nov. 6, 1741, who came from Germany
to Pennsylvania prior to Dec. 22, 1722, on which date he purchased
land in Philadelphia County.
	His mother was Priscilla Sassaman, b. Jan. 6, 1819, d. Feb. 17,
1880, who was daughter of Jacob Sassaman, b. Aug. 16, 1795, d. Aug.
31, 1881, a soldier and pensioner of the war of 1812, who was the son
of Henry Sassaman, b. July 25, 1771, who was the son of Hermanus
Sassamanshausen.
	In 1865 Mr. Dotterer entered the employ of Peter Wright and Sons,
where he remained for more than eighteen years, during part of which
time he was their chief accountant. In 1899 he was the auditor of the
National Export Association, which gave an exposition in West
Philadelphia. For the past three years he had been the assistant
treasurer of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum.
	He took great pleasure in historical and genealogical research,
especially that of a local character, and published some noteworthy
works, among which was a monthly entitled "The Perkiomen Region, Past
and Present." On two different occasions he visited Germany where he
spent some time in gathering historical data.
	Mr. Dotterer was an officer and member of the First Reformed Church
in Philadelphia. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Society Sons of
the Revolution, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the
Montgomery County Historical Society, and the Presbyterian Historical
Society.
	Of kindly character, modest bearing and unquestioned ability, Mr.
Dotterer was well fitted to fill the position of private secretary
for which he had been selected by Governor Elect Pennypacker, to whom
his unexpected death was a severe blow.
	His decease occurred at 9 P.M. on Jan. 10, 1903, at the
Medico-Chirurgical Hospital, from uraemia, after an illness of but a
few days.
	He was elected to membership in the Pennsylvania-German Society on
October 2, 1902. H.M.M.R.