Local History: Chapter XLV - Part I: Biographical Sketches - MT. CARMEL Part I. Bell's History of Northumberland Co PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Tony Rebuck Tar2@psu.edu USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. Transcribed from Bell's History of Northumberland County Pennsylvania CHAPTER XLV Part I Pages 1013 - 1039 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES MT. CARMEL PATRICK DONOHOE was born in County Galway, Ireland, January 1, 1828. He landed in New York, July 19, 1846, and at once boarded the train for the Schuylkill mining region, and secured employment as a miner at Branchdale. He remained in that vicinity until 1853, when he made Mt. Carmel his home. In July, 1853, he was married to Julia Fahey, of Philadelphia, from which union a large family were born. At the time of Mr. Donohoe's arrival at Mt. Carmel a forest grew on the site of that prosperous town, and the coal trade, to which it owes its development, received but little attention. The Locust Mountain Coal and Iron Company, following the discoveries of Professor Rogers, geologist, had done some shafting; soon after Mr. Donohoe's arrival he was given the contract to drive two hundred yards of gangway at what is known as the Rough and Ready, and thus became the first miner of any consequence in the Mt. Carmel region. In 1854 he was given the contract to open the mine now operated by S. S. Beckel & Company. Later he opened the Skidmore at the Coal Ridge colliery and subsequently upon the failure of Eckle & Son, the operators, and the abandonment of the Rough and Ready by Beaver, Geddis, Marsh & Company, secured the lease of the entire tract and with George Schall and Richard Curnow operated very extensively until 1866, when their lease expired. Mr. Donohoe was very successful in his coal ventures and shortly after the war erected a fine stone mansion on the outskirts of the town, where at an advanced age he now lives END OF PAGE 1013 in retirement. He is a consistent member of the Catholic church, has filled various positions of public trust in the town, and enjoys the esteem of the entire public. ALFRED M. MONTELIUS, deceased, was born at Mifflinburg, Union county, Pennsylvania, son of John Montelius, a native of Philadelphia and grandson of Charles Montelius, the progenitor of the family in this State. The latter was a Frenchman of noble birth, who was educated for the French legislature, but during the French Revolution the opposing parties kidnapped him and sent him to America, where he was sold as a "redemptioner," serving over seven years for his freedom. He was purchased by a merchant on Market street Philadelphia, and by his natural business ability eventually became a member of the firm, and finally married the daughter of his former purchaser. During the "Buckshot war" he was a member of the legislature of Pennsylvania. Alfred Montelius was reared-and educated in Mifflinburg. and in his early manhood he was a clerk and teacher, and for several years a merchant at Curwensville, Pennsylvania. He served in the late war eleven months as a member of the One Hundred and Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and after leaving the service came to Mt. Carmel in October, 1802, as superintendent of what is now the Mt. Carmel colliery. He afterward operated this colliery as a member of the firm of Montelius, Righter & Company, and was also interested in the mercantile business of that firm until his death, November 27, 1885. He married Eliza J., daughter of Benjamin Hartshorn, a pioneer distiller of Clearfield county, Pennsylvania, where he settled in 1800. To Alfred M. and Eliza J. Montelius were born eight children: William T.; Ralph W.; Walton H.; Kate, Mrs. Henry Brown; Belle, Mrs. D. M. Hinkle; R. Clark; Howard H., and Frank S. BERNARD HARVEY, contractor and builder, was born in County Donegal, Ireland, January 1,1837, son of Jeremiah and Margaret (Harvey) Harvey. His early life was spent in his native land, where he received a common school education and learned the stone mason and bricklayer trade with his father. In 1864 he came to America and located in Mt. Carmel, Northumberland county, where, with the exception of two years spent in Kansas, he has ever since resided. He has been engaged in contracting and building, and has erected many of the largest public and private buildings in the borough, among them being the Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and the new public school building. He also erected the Catholic church at Locust Gap, and has laid the foundations of nearly all the principal buildings of Mt. Carmel and vicinity. Mr. Harvey was married, July 3, 1807, to Fannie, daughter of Frank and Margaret (Boyle) Cull, of Mt. Carmel. They are the parents of six children: Jeremiah; Frank; James; Joseph; Mary, and Kate. The whole family are practical members of the Catholic church, in the growth and prosperity of which denomination Mr. Harvey has always taken an active interest. He was a director for several years of the Mt. Carmel END OF PAGE 1014 Building and Loan Association, was one of the organizers of the First National Bank, and is at present a member of its board of directors. Politically he is independent, and is now serving his second term of three years in the borough council. Mr. Harvey is recognized as one of the enterprising and successful business men of the borough. RICHARD AND SARAH (GRIPE) CURNOW, natives of England, came to America about the year 1847, and settled in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, where the former worked in the mines until 1860, when he removed to Mt. Carmel and engaged in business for himself as a coal operator. He was one of the pioneer operators of the town, and died there in January, 1880, at the age of sixty-three years. He was the father of five children three of whom survived him: William; Henry, of Philadelphia and Sarah J., deceased wife of M. K. Watkins, of Mt. Carmel. WILLIAM CURNOW, station agent of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad, was born in Llewellyn, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, November 18, 1852, and is the eldest son of Richard and Sarah Curnow. He was reared in Mt. Carmel from the age of eight years, and received a common school education. He began his business life as a slate picker in the breaker, and later worked as a driver. At fifteen years of age he learned telegraphy, spending ten months in the local office of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company. One year later he was appointed station and telegraph agent at Mt. Carmel for the Northern Central Railway Company, and held that position seven years, later held positions as operator at Sunbury in the superintendent's office, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, at Susquehanna for the same company, at North Bend for the Standard Oil Company, and spent two years in Albany, New York in the employ of the Western Union Telegraph Company, thence to Norristown, Pennsylvania a short time, and October 1, 1883, was appointed station agent and telegraph operator for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company at Mt. Carmel which position he has since filled to the satisfaction of the company and the public generally. On July 6, 1870, he married Rebecca, daughter of John B. and Catherine (De Frehn) Reed, of Mt. Carmel, who has had five children: Harry E., deceased: Albert R.; Glenn N,; William R. C., and Russell Vivian. Mr. Curnow is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, I.O.O.F., P.O.S. of A., and R. A. Politically he is a Republican. JOHN YARNALL, retired, was born in Coal township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1828, son of Richard and Mary (King) Yarnall. The father of our subject was a carpenter and millwright by trade; in early manhood he located at Mt. Carmel, where he erected the Mt. Carmel Inn, one of the first dwellings within the limits of that borough. The subject of this sketch, who has been a resident of Mt. Carmel forty years, learned the carpenter trade with his father, and worked at that occupation for some years. In 1859 he married Henrietta, daughter of Henry B. and Elizabeth END OF PAGE 1015 (Winters) Mussina, of Centre county, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of eight children: Mrs. William H. Hinkel; Henry M.; Newton L.; Richard K.; Jerusha M., deceased; John W.; William, and Lizzie. RICHARD K. YARNALL was born at Mt. Carmel, February 6, 1865. After taking advantage of the education afforded by the public schools of his native town, he learned the trade of painter and paper hanger. After working as a journeyman five years he commenced business at his present location, March 1, 1889, since which time he has met with much success. He is a Republican, and now holds the office of constable of Mt. Carmel. DAVID J. LEWIS, justice of the peace, was born in Shropshire, England, October, 1824, son of David and Margaret (Naylor) Lewis. He came to America in 1832, with John Jones, an uncle, who located in Minersville, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, where our subject was reared and received a common school education. In 1853 he settled at Mt. Carmel, and embarked in the general merchandise business, dealing also in coal, until 1857. September 3,1861, he enlisted in the Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry; he was taken prisoner in the battle of Stone River, and spent two months in Libby prison. He was then paroled and detailed from tamp parole to make out a list of drafted men under Provost Marshal Clement, and was soon after exchanged, receiving an honorable discharge from the service, September 30, 1865. Mr. Lewis was first married to Carolina Price, of Minersville, Pennsylvania, by whom he has one daughter living: Margaret Mrs. J. Henry Merkle. He married for his second wife Amanda Hill, of Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, by whom he has four children: John, a druggist; Kate, Mrs. Albert Norsted; Josephine, Mrs. William Camp, and William H., a physician. Since the war Mr. Lewis has been elected three terms as justice of the peace. He is a member of the K. of M. and G.A.R., and politically is a Republican. JOHN B. REED, late justice of the peace, was born in what is now Minersville, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, April 10, 1819, son of Jacob and Rebecca (Bittle) Reed, both natives of Schuylkill county. His father served as justice of the peace in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, fifty-four years, and was a prominent citizen of his locality. He was a son of Thomas Reed, also a native of Schuylkill county, who was a son of Samuel Reed, a native of Scotland, and a pioneer of Schuylkill county. The maternal grandfather of our subject was Jacob Bittle, a native of Berks county, Pennsylvania, and of German descent. John B. was reared and educated in his native county, and began his business life in the mines, with which he was connected forty years as a miner and superintendent of mines. He resided at St. Clair, Schuylkill county, fifteen years, and during that time was justice of the peace ten years. In July, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, serving as a private four months, when he was promoted to regimental commissary, in which capacity he acted until the company re- END OF PAGE 1016 enlisted in 1864, when he was detailed as chief clerk and superintendent, Third division, Quartermaster General department, under Colonel T. R. Dudley, serving in that position until his discharge in September, 1865. He then located at Mt. Carmel, where he was superintendent of coal works three years, and also held the same position at Locust Gap one and a half years, when he became superintendent of Coal Ridge mines at Mt. Carmel until 1874. In 1876 he was elected justice of the peace at Mt. Carmel, and resigned in 1879 and removed to Mahanoy City, residing there three and a half years; he then returned to Mt. Carmel, where he resided until his death, February 22,1890. Mr. Reed was twice married, his first wife being Catherine, daughter of Jacob De Frehn, of Chester county, Pennsylvania, by whom he had eight children: Emma E., Mrs. David Huffman; Sarah J.; Mary A., Mrs. John Stahl; Rebecca, Mrs. William Cunrow; Clara, Mrs. William Umpleby, deceased; John E.; Jacob H., and Kate I., Mrs. H. P. Helwig. His second wife was Eleanor F. (Teague) Adams, daughter of William Teague, of England, who survives him. Mr. Reed was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and politically was a stanch Republican since the organization of the party. EDWARD C. HERB, deceased, was born in Eldred township, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, November 23, 1849, son of Decatan and Maria (Conrad) Herb, natives of Schuylkill county and Sunbury, Pennsylvania, respectively. His father was a merchant and hotel keeper in Schuylkill county and afterwards in Mt. Carmel, and was a son of Adam Herb, a native of Berks county, Pennsylvania. John Conrad, maternal grandfather of our subject, was a pioneer of Sunbury and resided there until his death. Decatan Herb and family moved to Mt. Carmel in 1868, where he was engaged in merchandising and subsequently in hotel keeping. Edward C. purchased the hotel from his mother in 1872, and erected the four-story brick, corner of Chestnut and Market streets, now known as the Locust Mountain Hotel, in April, 1886. He was engaged in the hotel and livery business, and also in the purchase and sale of horses, up to his death, December 5, 1889. Mr. Herb was married, April 18, 1870, to Mrs. Maria A. Detrich, daughter of Lemuel and Sarah J. (Malick) Chamberlin, of Northumberland county. Two children are the fruits of this union: Decatan E. and Clarence G. By her first husband, Harry Detrich, of Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, she had one child, Sarah J., wife of Harry Martz, of Mt. Carmel. Throughout his residence in Mt. Carmel Mr. Herb was recognized as a progressive and enterprising citizen. He served in the council for several years, was a director of the First National Bank, treasurer of the K. of M., and a member of the Lutheran church. Politically he was a Republican. He was an upright, honest man, and by close attention to his business affairs accumulated through the passing years a valuable estate. END OF PAGE 1018 MICHAEL HORAN, retired, was born in County Galway, Ireland, in 1815, son of Thomas and Maria (Grady) Horan. His father was a farmer by occupation, and our subject was reared upon a farm. He came to America in 1835, stopped in Philadelphia for a few months, and then went to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he remained one year. He then removed to Maryland, where he was employed on a tunnel by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company four years, after which he went to Indiana, where he was engaged for some time. He then returned to Ireland, remaining nine months, and in 1838 was married to Maria, a daughter of Bryan McDermott, of County Galway, Ireland, by whom he has three children living: Thomas J.; Hannah, Mrs. William H. Gallagher, and Bernard F. Mr. Horan returned to America in 1838 and located in Pottsville, where he worked in the mines for a time, subsequently engaging in the hotel business at Minersville, Pennsylvania, eleven years, after which he removed to Ashland, where he built the Union Hotel and conducted it ten years. In 1864 he was elected sheriff of Schuylkill county and filled that office three years. At the end of his term he resumed the hotel business for a period, and then engaged in the coal trade. He located at Mt. Carmel in 1870, where he has since resided. He was engaged for part of the time as a railroad contractor, but since the fall of 1888 has lived a retired life. He is a Democrat in politics, has served in the borough council one term, and is a member of the Catholic church. M. K. WATKINS, cashier of the First National Bank, was born in Minersville, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, June 11, 1851, and is a son of James and Mary A. (Kear) Watkins, natives of Wales, who came to America in 1851 and reared a family of five children, four of whom are living: Ann, Mrs. Robert Wilson; William; Lizzie, and the subject of our sketch, who was reared in his native county, educated in the public schools of Minersville, and at the age of fourteen years began life for himself as a telegraph messenger, the first in that place. While acting in this capacity he learned telegraphy, and in 1871 located at Mt. Carmel, where he received the appointment of ticket and freight agent of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad, which position he filled five years, to the satisfaction of the company and the public. In April, 1875, he embarked in the book, news, and stationery business in Mt. Carmel, conducting the same until November, 1878. In 1879 he established the Mt. Carmel News, which he successfully conducted alone until 1885, when he disposed of a half-interest to Professor E. E. White, and in 1887 disposed of the balance to his nephew, R. J. Wilson. January 29, 1889, he was elected cashier of the First National Bank of Mt. Carmel, which position he now holds. He was one of the main organizers of that institution, having disposed of a large majority of its stock, and is the largest stockholder. He was also one of the prime movers in the organization of the Mt. Carmel Water Company in 1883, and also in END OF PAGE 1018 Page opposite 1018 contains a portrait of Bernard Harvey. Page opposite 1019 is blank. the Edison Electrical Illuminating Company, of which he is president, and is the largest stockholder in both institutions. He is a member of the Citizens' Building and Loan Association, of which he has been secretary ten years. In fact there have been few public enterprises attempted at Mt. Carmel in which the aid and influence of Mr. Watkins have not been felt. He is a man of great business energy and commendable public spirit, and is always ready to extend substantial encouragement to every enterprise that has for its object the welfare or advancement of his adopted home. He was married, July 8, 1880, to Sarah J., daughter of the late Richard Curnow, a pioneer coal operator of Mt. Carmel. Four children were the fruits of this union: James Marshall; Shirley S.; Matthew K., and Richard Vivian. Mrs. Watkins died, December 27, 1889. She was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Mt. Carmel, and contributed liberally towards the erection of the present church edifice. Mr. Watkins is treasurer of the board of trustees of that church, is a member of the F. & A.M., chapter and commandery, the I.O.O.F., and R. A. He is an ardent and influential Republican, and is now (1890) president of the borough council. THOMAS M. RIGHTER, of the firm of T. M. Righter & Company, general merchants and coal operators, is one of the best known and most prominent citizens of the anthracite region. He is a native of Berwick, Columbia county, Pennsylvania, and a son of Dr. W. W. and Jane F. (McNair) Righter, natives of Dauphin county, Pennsylvania. His father was a well known physician of Berwick and Mauch Chunk, and died at the latter place at the early age of thirty-three years. Our subject was reared in Mauch Chunk and received a good education. He first engaged in clerking, and was afterwards appointed United States mail agent between Mauch Chunk and Janesville, Pennsylvania, and later was timekeeper in a foundry in the former city. He was an engineer of construction on the Lehigh and Susquehanna railroad, now a portion of the Jersey Central, and was afterwards weighmaster of the Lehigh and Susquehanna railroad at Upper Lehigh, and subsequently mining engineer and assistant superintendent of the Upper Lehigh Coal Company. From 1870 to 1882 he was superintendent of Sandy Run colliery, and in the latter year removed to Mt. Carmel and embarked in the coal business as a member of the firm of Montelius, Righter & Company, successors to Montelius, Robinson & Company, proprietors of the old Stuartville colliery. Mr. Righter has operated these mines very successfully, mining about one hundred fifty thousand tons of coal annually. In October, 1882, the present store was established by Montelius, Righter & Company, and on the 1st of January, 1886, T. M. Righter & Company succeeded the old firm. Mr. Righter is recognized as a man of enterprise and commendable public spirit. He is a director in the Edison Electrical Illuminating Company and president of the Mt. Carmel Water Company, and was one of the principal promoters of the latter enterprise. He has taken an active interest in educational END OF PAGE 1019 matters, and has been a member of the school hoard for six years and president of the board five. He is a member of the board of managers of the Miners' hospital, located at Ashland, Pennsylvania, and devotes much time to the interest and welfare of that institution. Besides his local interests he is also connected with the Midvalley Coal Company at Wilburton, and Oak Hill colliery, near Minersville, operated by Leisenring & Company; be is interested in the Moosic Mountain Coal Company and the Mt. Jessup Coal Company near Scranton, and is a director in the First National Bank of Shenandoah. He is politically a Republican, is a member of the Presbyterian church, and is connected with the Masonic fraternity. He has always taken a deep interest in the growth and progress of his adopted home, and is a liberal contributor towards the development of its social and material institutions. DANIEL D. BOLICH, dealer in boots and shoes, was born in Barry township, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, July 22, 1850, son of Charles and Sarah (Dengler) Bolich. His paternal grandfather, Michael Bolich, was a native of Pennsylvania and a pioneer of Schuylkill county. His great-grandfather, Andrew Bolich, was a native of Connecticut, a Revolutionary soldier, and one of the first settlers of Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania. His maternal grandfather, Daniel Dengler, was a son of George Dengler, a resident of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, as early as 1812, and there erected the first hotel in that town, now known as the Merchant's Hotel. His father, Charles Bolich, was born in Schuylkill county, learned the shoemaker's trade, and resided in his native county until the spring of 1864. He then came to Mt. Carmel and embarked in the boot and shoe trade, which he carried on until his death, July 27, 1872, at the age of fifty-two years. He was appointed postmaster of Mt. Carmel by President Johnson, September 27, 1865, and served in that office nearly three years. To Charles and Sarah Bolich were born the following children: Daniel D.; Susan E., wife of T. J. Klace; T. Eliza, wife of Dr. James L. Seibert; Charles I.; Newton A.; Michael O.; Sadie E.; Abraham L., and David W. Our subject came to Mt. Carmel with his parents in the spring of 1864. He worked in his father's Shop for a short time, and for two years served as deputy postmaster. He afterwards remained in his father's employ until the death of the latter, when he succeeded to the business which he has since conducted. Mr. Bolich was married, September 9, 1880, to Emily, daughter of Benjamin and Catharine (Burchfield) Hartshorn, of Clearfield county, Pennsylvania. Three children have been the fruits of this union: Charles; Wayne, deceased, and Newton. Politically Mr. Bolich is a Republican, and an enterprising and progressive citizen. HENRY T. JOHN, merchant, was born in Locust township, Columbia county, Pennsylvania, September 23, 1835, son of Abia and Jane (Teats) John. His paternal grandfather, Asa T. John, was a son of Abia John, a END OF PAGE 1020 native of Chester county, Pennsylvania, and later a resident of Northumberland county. Asa T. was born in Chester county, and lived and died in Ralpho township, Northumberland county. The maternal grandfather of our subject was John Teats, a pioneer farmer of Shamokin township, Northumberland county. Abia John, father of Henry T., was a tanner by trade, but in later years engaged in farming, and died in what is now Ralpho township, near Bear Gap. He reared a family of six sons: Daniel T., of Nebraska; Henry T., of Mt. Carmel; Asa T., a member of the Fourteenth United States Regulars, who died at Fairfax, Virginia, in the fall of 1863; Lloyd G., of Nebraska; Josiah E., who also served in the Fourteenth United States Regulars, and is now residing on the old homestead in Ralpho township, and Jeremiah M., of Mt. Carmel. The subject of this sketch was reared in Columbia and Northumberland counties, received a common school education, and at the age of sixteen began teaching in the public schools, which vocation he followed some time. In August 1862, he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Thirty- second Pennsylvania Volunteers, as second sergeant, and was honorably discharged at the expiration of nine months' service. In September, 1864, he enlisted in Company H, Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and served in the ranks until the close of the war. He participated in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Cedar Creek, Gordonville, Five Forks, and other engagements, and was present at the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. After the war Mr. John settled in Mt. Carmel, where he has resided up to the present. In 1869 he embarked in the general merchandise business, in which he has since been successfully engaged. In June, 1863, he married Mary E., daughter of Silas H. and Eliza (Bunk) Johnson, of Columbia county, Pennsylvania, and has seven children living: Silas C.; Charles L.; Clarence E.; William H.; George W.; Abia F., and Milton. Mr. John is a member of the F. & A.M. and the G.A.R., is vice-president of the Mt. Carmel Water Company, a director of the Electrical Illuminating Company, and a stockholder in the First National Bank Politically he is a stalwart Republican, and has served two terms as chief burgess of Mt. Carmel. WILLIAM McFEE, retired merchant, was born at Ayrshire, Scotland, January 26, 1831, son of George and Mary (Armour) McFee. He was educated in his native land, where he also learned the trade of carpet weaver, at which he was engaged seventeen years in Scotland. He immigrated to America in 1863, and first located at Branch Dale, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, where he remained six months. After removing to various places in this part of the State, he came to Mt. Carmel, July 1,1866, where he has since resided. During the first few years Mr. McFee worked in the mines and at his trade, and in 1868 embarked in the candy business on a small scale, enlarging his business from year to year. In 1870 he established a general mercantile business, which he continued until 1888, when END OF PAGE 1021 he retired in favor of his son George. December 31, 1851, he married Margaret, daughter of John and Mary (Gibb) Weir, of Ayrshire, Scotland, and to this union have been born five children: George; Mary, Mrs. James Shaffer; Jeannette, Mrs. Alexander Hunter; John, and William. Mr. and Mrs. McFee are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics he is a Republican. JOE GOULD, dealer in general merchandise, was born in Belmont, near Pottsville, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, April 21, 1840, a son of William and Catherine (Hill) Gould. His father was a native of Bristol, England. He came to America in early life, and enlisted in the United States Navy, in which he served eight years. He then located in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, where he was engaged as a huckster for many years, and in later life was boss and clerk for a coal company in Taylorsville, Pennsylvania. In 1866 he located in Mt. Carmel, and died there in 1870. His widow still survives him at the age of eighty. She was a daughter of John Hill, a miller of Berks county, Pennsylvania, whose wife, Mary Boone, was a descendant of Daniel Boone, the celebrated Kentucky pioneer. The family of Mr. Gould consisted of eight children: Maria, Mrs. A. B. Cochran; Joseph; Mary; William; Lizzie, Mrs. John Reith; John; Kate, Mrs. John F. Ostler, and George B. The subject of our sketch was reared in his native county; he served in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting September 21,1861, in Company F, Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and re-enlisted in the same company and regiment, January 1, 1864. He was honorably discharged, July 24, 1865, quartermaster sergeant of the regiment. In 1866 he located in Mt. Carmel, where he was contractor in a steam saw mill one year, when he accepted a position with the Coal Ridge Coal and Improvement Company, until 1867. He then located in Bath, Northampton county, Pennsylvania, where he held the position of superintendent of roofing slate quarries two years. He returned to Mt. Carmel, where he was station agent for the Lehigh Valley railroad two and one half years, when he accepted a position as clerk for William Montelius, which position he held until March, 1878. He then embarked in the general merchandise business with Frederick Gross, which partnership existed up to January, 1887, when he purchased his partner's interest, and has since conducted a successful business alone. Mr. Gould was twice married: his first wife was Elizabeth M. Laurie, of Easton, Pennsylvania; the second, Sarah D., daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Lerch) Culp, of Ashland, Pennsylvania, by whom he has had two children: Anna C., and Joseph W., deceased. Mr. Gould is a leading merchant of Mt. Carmel, and one of its most enterprising citizens. He is a member of the F. & A.M., G.A.R., and R.A. Politically, he is a stanch Republican. Oscar H. SILLYMAN, merchant, was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, January 26, 1830, a son of John and Margaret (Bobb) Sillyman. His paternal grandfather, James Sillyman, was a native of Pennsylvania, and an early END OF PAGE 1022 settler of Schuylkill county, where he died. His maternal grandfather, Conrad Bobb, was a pioneer hotel keeper of Schuylkill county. John Sillyman, the father of our subject, settled in Pottsville about 1818; he was one of the first rivermen to raft coal to Philadelphia, and helped to develop the coal interests of that section. He was superintendent of collieries for many years, and was recognized as one of the most successful superintendents in the Pottsville region. The last twenty years of his life he lived retired. Our subject was reared and educated in Schuylkill county, and began his business life when a boy in the mines, where he worked in different capacities with the view of being trained for the superintendency. In 1847 he became clerk in a general store in Pottsville and served in that capacity up to 1853. He then engaged in business for himself for a period, after which he had charge of stores for different persons in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, until 1865, when he came to Locust Gap and embarked in merchandising. In 1868 he removed his stock of goods to Mt. Carmel, where he has since done a general mercantile business. Mr. Sillyman has always taken a deep interest in the public schools, is a Mason, and has been an ardent, uncompromising Republican since the inception of that party. THOMAS SCOTT, manufacturer, was born in Northumberland county, England, February 24, 1836, and is a son of John and Mary (Patton) Scott, who came to America in 1837, settling at Mine Hill Gap, where his father was educated in mining ten years, when he removed to what was then known as Payne's Patch, where he sunk the second slope in that valley. After a residence of seven years at that place he removed to Plymouth, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, where he was superintendent of mines seven years. In 1861, after a short stay at Hazelton, he located at Locust Gap, this county, where he was superintendent of mines until his death in 1869. He had five children: Thomas; Mary A., Mrs. Henry Eckman; Elizabeth, Mrs. George Roudenbush; George, and James. The subject of our sketch settled at Locust Gap, this county in 1861, where he was outside superintendent of a breaker three years. He then engaged in the hotel business at that place until June, 1867, when he sold out and engaged in farming in New Britain, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, eighteen months. In 1869 he settled in Mt. Carmel, where for fifteen years he was engaged in the hotel business. In the spring of 1885 he embarked in the wholesale liquor business, in which he is still engaged. In June, 1889, the Progress Hat and Cap Manufacturing Company was established, of which concern Mr. Scott is president and treasurer. He was one of the prime movers and one of the charter members of the Mt. Carmel Water Company, and has been its efficient superintendent since its organization. He is a director of the Citizens' Building and Loan Association, and a stockholder of the Edison Electrical Illuminating Company. In 1862 he married Sarah, daughter of Christian Gunsett, of Locust Gap, and has seven children living: Minnie: Oscar: Frank; Alex.; George; Katie, and END OF PAGE 1023 Sallie. Mr. Scott is a prominent and leading citizen of Mt. Carmel, a member of the I.O.O.F., and in politics a Republican. SAMUEL A. BERGSTRESSER, hardware merchant, was born in Union county, Pennsylvania, December 26, 1816, son of John and Ann (Auchmuty) Bergstresser, of Scotch Presbyterian ancestry. His paternal grandfather was Philip Bergstresser, a native of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, a farmer by occupation, and a pioneer of Snyder county, where he died. His maternal grandparents were Samuel and Ann (McMahan) Auchmuty, who resided at Fisher's Ferry, Northumberland county, as early as 1772. Samuel Auchmuty was drafted in the war of the Revolution, in which he served four years, participating in the battles of Monmouth, Valley Forge, Long Island, Germantown, and elsewhere, under General Washington. He resided in this county until his death. John, father of our subject, was a millwright by trade. He settled at Fishers Ferry, this county, in 1817, and built a saw and grist mill, which he operated nine years. He then removed to Berrysburg, Dauphin county, and followed his trade in connection with farming up to his death in 1833. He was the father of ten children: Jacob; William; Mary, Mrs. Joseph Shipman; John; Lot; Phebe, Mrs. Jonathan Hoffman; Samuel A.; Hannah, Mrs. Daniel Rumbarger; Asa, and Julia, Mrs. A. B. Sprout, all deceased but Asa and Samuel A. The latter came to this county in 1817 with his parents, removed with them to Dauphin county in 1826, and returned to Northumberland county in 1834. He worked as a millwright until 1846; he then located at Elysburg, and embarked in the general merchandise business, which he successfully continued for twenty-three years. In 1870 he removed to Mt. Carmel and engaged in his present business; his son, Samuel B., has been associated with him since 1876. Mr. Bergstresser was married, June 9, 1846, to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Eleanor (De Witt) Case, of this county, by whom he had seven children, of whom two are living: James C., editor and proprietor of the Insurance World, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Samuel E. Mrs. Bergstresser died, April 27, 1869. January 16, 1872, he married Ann M., daughter of Dr. Joseph C. Robins, of Elysburg, Pennsylvania, who died, March 25,1873. Mr. Bergstresser is an elder in the Presbyterian church, of which he has been a member many years. In 1853 he represented Northumberland county in the legislature, and in 1860 he was a delegate to the national Republican convention at Chicago which nominated Abraham Lincoln for the presidency. Politically he has been a stanch Republican since the organization of the party. DAVID CAMP, merchant, was born in Elysburg, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, November 22, 1834, a son of Benjamin and Magdalena (Hinkle) Camp. His paternal grandfather, Henry Camp, and maternal grandfather, Abram Hinkle, were pioneer farmers near Elysburg; both died near Bear Gap and are buried in the Reed Church cemetery. Henry Camp had seven END OF PAGE 1024 children: Benjamin; Samuel; David; Lambert; Mary, Mrs. John Long; Sarah, Mrs. Daniel Hill, and a daughter who married Daniel Bloom, all of whom are dead. Benjamin Camp, a carpenter and farmer, removed from Elysburg to Columbia county, Pennsylvania, in 1839 and died there in 1873. He had ten children who grew to maturity: Abraham; William, killed in a breaker, August 8, 1854; Samuel; Benjamin; Daniel; David; Lavinia, Mrs. David Everett; Mary, Mrs. Jacob Culp; Hannah, Mrs. Joseph Moyer, and Sarah, Mrs. Joel Cox, all living except William. The subject of this sketch was reared in Columbia county, received a limited education, learned the carpenter trade with his father, and at the age of twenty- one years started out for himself. He was a resident of Centralia, Pennsylvania, thirteen years, where he worked at his trade eight years, and conducted a drug store five years. In 1872 he settled in Mt. Carmel and in 1875 embarked in the lumber business, in which he continued thirteen years. In November, l886, he engaged in the general merchandise business, and still continues at that occupation. His first wife was Lavinia, daughter of Peter and Mary (Taylor) Persing of Columbia county, by whom he has two children: Edward A. and Robert E. His second wife was Phebe Persing, by whom he has seven children living: Ida, Mrs. Robert Davis; Joseph; Stella; George W.; May; Carrie, and Garfield. Mr. Camp is a member of the Lutheran church, and is connected with the F. & A.M., I.O.O.F., and K. of M. He has served as councilman and member of the school board of Mt. Carmel several terms. Politically he is a Republican, and in November, l890, he was a popular candidate of his party and borough for the legislature, but was defeated. E. C. TIER, merchant, was born in Utica, New York, in 1840. He received his early education at the common schools, and at the age of seventeen left home and followed the sea for eighteen months; on his return he received further education at the Academy of Clinton, New York, a private school at Waterville, and under private tuition at Woodtown, New Jersey. In September, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Twelfth New Jersey Volunteers. He received a very severe wound in the battle of Gettysburg in l863, after which he was promoted to corporal, then to sergeant, and afterwards to first sergeant. Just before the siege of Petersburg he was honored with a first lientenancy, and with that rank was discharged at the close of the war. Mr. Tier is a Republican, and has served as councilman of Mt. Carmel; he is now a member of the school hoard, of which body he is treasurer. LOUIS JOHNKOWSKI, merchant, was born in Nakel, Reg Bezirk Bromberg, Province of Posen, Prussia, April 17, l857, and is a son of Louis and Mary (Smoczkiewicz) Johnkowski. He was reared and educated in his native country, and came to America in 1872, locating at Shamokin, this county; where he was occupied as a barber six months. In 1873 he settled in Mt. Carmel, where he conducted a barber shop five years. In 1878 be began teaching music, which vocation he followed until 1885, when be be- END OF PAGE 1025 came manager of the general merchandise business of Partica & Lubeski, which position he held until August, 1888, when he embarked in his present business. and has already built up a large and successful trade. August 31, 1876 he married Lizzie, daughter of Joseph and Susan (Weaver) Neal, of Mt. Carmel. Mr. Johnkowski is a member of St Joseph's Catholic church, of which he has been organist since 1884. Politically he is a Democrat. ISAAC GOLDSCHMIDT, clothing merchant, was born at Cincinnati Ohio, December 24, 1847, son of Henry and Hannah (Shoehouse) Goldschmidt, natives of Germany. His father came to America in 1840, and located in Baltimore one year; he then went to Cincinnati, where he remained fourteen years, thence in 1855 to Iowa, residing there thirty-two years, and in 1887 located in Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania, where he still resides. He is a cabinet maker by trade, and has followed that occupation fifty years. He is the father of five children: Isaac; Max; Dorothea; Abraham, and Lewis. His wife died in 1887. The subject of this sketch was reared in Cincinnati, where he received a common school education. He began business life at the age of fourteen as clerk in a general store, which occupation he followed for some time. In 1870 he located in Shamokin, where he was book-keeper for Strouse & Company seven years, when, on the dissolution of the firm, succeeded by W. H. Douty; he became manager of the business three years. In 1880 he removed to Mt. Carmel, where he embarked in business on an individual basis. He is now proprietor of the leading clothing house in Mt. Carmel. He married, October 5, 1873, Amelia, daughter of Solomon and Amelia Wolf, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of eight children, of whom six are living: Charles; Helen; Saidy; Hattie; Jennie, deceased; Amy; Solomon, and Joseph. Mr. Goldschmidt is a member of the I.O.O.F. and a director in the Edison Electrical Illuminating Company. Politically he is a Democrat. THOMAS J. HORAN, book-keeper, was born in Minersville, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1845, son of Israel and Maria (McDermott) Horan, natives of County Galway, Ireland. He was reared and received his education in his native county, and began life as clerk in the office of the superintendent of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, which position he filled one year. On his father's election as sheriff he was appointed deputy, which office he held three years, and at the expiration of his time he read law one year with John W. Ryon, of Pottsville. In 1862 Mr. Horan enlisted in the first nine months service in Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers. From 1871 to 1877 he acted as bookkeeper for railroad contractors, engaged in the construction of railroads, after which he removed to Kansas, where he was engaged in the same business three years. He located in Mt. Carmel in 1881, since which time he has held his present position. February 5, 1880 he married Martha C., daughter of Frederick G. Wallbridge, of Kansas City. END OF PAGE Page 1027 contains a portrait of Daniel D. Bolich. Page 1028 is blank. In politics Mr. Horan is a Democrat, and one of the respected citizens of Mt. Carmel. CHARLES K. MAURER, deceased, was born in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, in 1835, son of John K. and Catharine Maurer. He was reared upon the homestead farm and early engaged in butchering; in 1869 he located at Mt. Carmel and established the first meat market in that place, which he conducted until 1887, when he retired from business on account of failing health and removed to Shamokin, where his death occurred in February, 1889. Mr. Maurer was married in 1860 to Elmira, daughter of John Wolfgang, of Schuylkill county, who survives him and resides with her son, Dr. J. M. Maurer, of Shamokin. Mr. Maurer's family consisted of six children, three of whom are living: J. M.; May, and Valeria, all of whom reside at Shamokin. WILLIAM KIEFER, JR., was born in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, November 9, 1859, son of William and Ladora Kiefer, natives of Germany. His father came to America in 1850 and located at Pottsville, where he learned the butcher trade, which he followed several years. In 1885 he removed to Mt. Carmel, where he still resides. He is the father of seven children: Alice, wife of Mr. A. W. Samuels; William; Anna, wife of Oscar Scott; Thomas; Mary; Mark, and Emma. The subject of our sketch was educated in the public schools of Schuylkill county, and learned the butcher's trade with his father. In 1878 he located at Mt. Carmel in the employ of C. K. Maurer. October 20, 1885, he embarked in business for himself. Mr. Kiefer has been a successful business man, and in 1889 he erected a large three-story brick dwelling, on the first floor of which he has his meat market. He married, December 15, 1887, May, daughter of Peter and Lydia (Wolley) Eddy, of Shamokin, by whom he has two children: Ray and William. The family attend services at the Lutheran church; politically he is a Democrat. WILLIAM W. KLEES was born near Fountain Springs, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1855, a son of Isaac and Ann (Stevens) Klees. His paternal grandfather, a native of France, was a drummer boy under General Lafayette in the war of the Revolution, and settled in the Wyoming region of Pennsylvania. His maternal grandfather was of English descent, a pioneer of Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, and at one time was owner of a large part of Frackville. The father of our subject resided for many years in Schuylkill county, and died at Girardville, where he reared a family of seven sons and two daughters. The subject of this sketch was reared in his native county, began life picking slate in the breaker when seven years of age, and afterward engaged in mining ten years, when he served an apprenticeship of two years at the butcher trade. He came to Mt. Carmel in 1881, where for seven years he was employed in the meat market of C. K. Moyer; he then purchased the business, which he has since successfully conducted. Mr. END OF PAGE 1029 Klees married, December 12, 1883, Kate, daughter of John Tysher, of Mt. Carmel, and has two children: Anna and Della. He is a member of the K. of M. and P.O.S. of A., was elected to the borough council of Mt. Carmel in 1889, and politically is a Republican. OSCAR J. SCOTT, manufacturer and dealer in furniture, was born in Mt. Carmel township, Northumberland County, July 28, 1864, son of Thomas and Sarah A. (Gunset) Scott, of this borough. He was reared in Mt. Carmel and received his education in the public schools. At the age of thirteen he began clerking in a general store, and followed that occupation for five years. He afterwards served a three year' apprenticeship at the cabinet maker's trade. In the spring of 1881 he embarked in the furniture trade and has built up a fair business. Mr. Scott was married August 22, 1888, to Anna, daughter of William and Deborah (Zindel) Kiefer, of Mt. Carmel, who has borne him one son, Ralph. Mr. Scott is a member of the F. & A.M. and P.O.S. of A., and in politics he is a Republican. REV. MARK A. O'NEILL, pastor of the Church of Our Lady, was born at King James Battery, County Roscommon, Ireland, in 1844, a son of John and Alice (Dunn) O'Neill. His father was a major in her Majesty's Royal Artillery. The subject of this sketch first studied for the army at the Royal College, Woolwich, England, and later studied there three years at the Missionary College of All Hallows, Dublin. In 1866 he went at Rome to study for the priesthood, and remained four months at the Carmelite Convent. After spending two years at home he came to America, located at Windsor, Ontario, and taught in Sandwich College one year. He then went to Germantown, Pennsylvania, joined the order of St. Lazarus, and was connected with Lazarus College nine months, after which he went to Philadelphia, where he was ordained to the priesthood, November 4, 1870, and was assigned as assistant of St. Joseph's church, Danville, Pennsylvania, serving in that capacity six months, after which he was pastor one year. In 1871 he was appointed pastor of St. Joseph's church, Milton, and St. Michael's church, Sunbury, which charges he filled four years, with residence at Milton. He was then assigned to charges at Lykens and Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and resided at Lykens thirteen years, where he built a parsonage, and also erected a church at Williamstown. In 1887 he took charge of the Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, and under his supervision the present fine church edifice was erected. This church has a membership of fifteen hundred, and under the pastorate of Father O'Neill, has grown rapidly. REV. JEROME KLONOWSKI, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic church, was born in West Prussia, February 28, 1862. He received a classical education in his native land, and came to America in 1879. He studied theology three years and a half at St. Vincent's College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and a year and a half at the Catholic Seminary on Sylvan Heights, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Shanahan, END OF PAGE 1030 December 24, 1884, and was immediately appointed assistant of St. Stannislaus Catholic church at Shamokin, Pennsylvania. He remained in Shamokin until December 9, 1886, when he was appointed pastor of St. Joseph's church of Mt. Carmel, where he has since been located. Since coming to Mt. Carmel Father Klonowski has shown much energy, and made many improvements in the church property. He has fenced and painted the buildings, put in steam heating apparatus in both the residence and church, and has recently had the latter beautifully frescoed. He contemplates erecting a substantial brick school building on the site of the present parochial school, in l891, and is working hard for the spiritual and material interests of his congregation. WILLIAM N. LEHMAN, superintendent of the Mt. Carmel public schools, was born in Tremont, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, December 1, 1853, son of John F. and Sarah H. (Cressman) Lehman. His paternal grandfather, Jacob Lehman, was a native of Schuylkill county, and of German descent. His maternal grandfather was born in Montgomery county, and for many years was a resident of Schuylkill. His father is a native of Schuylkill county and is now engaged in the boot and shoe business at Tremont, Pennsylvania. Professor Lehman obtained his early education at local common and select schools, and began teaching at the age of sixteen. From that time until the present he has been continuously engaged in educational work, with the exception of one year. For twelve consecutive terms he taught in his native town, rising from the lowest grade to the position of principal. He was elected to the superintendency at Mt. Carmel in 1882, and has performed the duties of this responsible position in a manner creditable to himself and valuable to the community. On the 10th of July, 1871, he married Alice R., daughter of Amos and Lydia (Seltzer) Shirk, of Grantyille, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, and they are the parents of five children: Katie L.; John S.; Minnie G.; William C., and Emily. Mr. Lehman is a Republican in politics, and is connected with the P.O.S. of A. He is a member of the Lutheran church, in which he has served as superintendent of the Sunday school. ELIJAH WHITE was born in England in 1832. His early days were spent in superintending machinery in the mines of Cornwall and Devonshire. He came to America in 1866, and worked as a miner and mine contractor and foreman of mines in the anthracite coal regions. He has filled several positions of honor and trust in the borough of Mt. Carmel, and is a Republican in politics. Mr. White was married in his native land to Catharine Newcombe, a native of England, who is the mother of six children. He is a Methodist in religious persuasion, and a member of the Order of Foresters, I.O.O.F., and K. of P. ELIJAH E. WHITE, editor and school teacher, was born near the city of Plymouth, England, March 15, 1858, and is a son of Elijah and Catharine White, of Mt. Carmel. He came to America in 1869, and spent his early END OF PAGE 1031 days in the coal mines near Mt. Carmel. He received his education in the common schools of that borough and at Elysburg Academy, also from private instructors. In 1874 he began newspaper work as correspondent for the Shamokin Herald and seven years later accepted the editorship of the Mt. Carmel News, which position he filled in an able and efficient manner until his retirement in 1891. In 1876 he was appointed a teacher in the Mt. Carmel public schools, with which he has since been connected, and is now principal of the grammar school. In connection with his professional duties he is also engaged in the real estate business. He is a director of the Citizens Building and Loan Association, clerk to the borough council, and notary public for the First National Bank. Mr. White was married in June, l887, to Fannie, daughter of Tobias and Julia Bickel, of Mt. Carmel. One daughter, Julia Catharine, has been born of this union. He is a Republican in politics, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and is connected with the I.O.O.F. and Masonic fraternity. GEORGE A. STECKER, postmaster, was born in Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania, May 13, 1858, a son of A. F. and Mary A. (Beck) Stecker, natives of Northampton and Schuylkill counties, Pennsylvania, respectively, who settled at Mt. Carmel in 1856, where the father was identified with the coal interests in different capacities and for several years was postmaster. His family consisted of seven children: Charles Edward; William H.; George A.; Joseph O.; Mary E.; Ada, and Kate, Mrs. Frank Semmet. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in his native town, began his business life in the collieries, and was engaged at mining engineering twelve years. In 1881 he married Alma E., daughter of Elijah and Catharine White, of Mt. Carmel, formerly of England, and has three children: Leon; Mabel, and Raymond. In politics Mr. Stecker is an active Republican; he was appointed postmaster of Mt. Carmel, August 17, 1889, and confirmed by the Senate, December 20, 1889. JOSEPH DEPPEN, dealer in real estate, was born in Upper Mahanoy township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, December 2, 1837, son of Abraham and Mary (Snyder) Deppen. His father is a farmer, and resides in Jackson township, this county. He is the father of six children, four of whom are living: Louisa, wife of Dr. Reuben Mirth; George; Joseph, and Alexander. The subject of this sketch received a limited education in a school taught in a grist mill, situated in Dauphin county, close to the line of Northumberland; after attaining his majority he was engaged in the droving business three years, and afterwards in mercantile pursuits at Herndon nearly two years. In April, 1869, he removed to Mt. Carmel, where he was engaged in the hotel business fifteen years, being proprietor of the house now known as the Commercial. Mr. Deppen was one of the organizers of the Mt. Carmel Savings Bank, in which he is still a director. He was married, September 7, 1867, to Lizzie, daughter of Jacob and Eve Elizabeth (Weiser) END OF PAGE 1032 Hoffman, of Jordan township, Northumberland county. They are the parents of four children: Lizzie; Mary Ada, wife of Dr. F. D. Raker, of Shamokin; Joseph, and Gertrude. Mrs. Deppen has been a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church all her life, and November 2, 1890, her husband and four children united with that church. In politics Mr. Deppen is a Democrat, but has never taken a very active interest in political affairs. WALTON H. MONTELIUS, dealer in real estate, was born in Curwensville, Pennsylvania, July 13, 1856, son of Alfred M. Montelius. He was reared and educated in Mt. Carmel, and subsequently took a course, at Pierce's Commercial College of Philadelphia. He then became a partner of the firm of A. M. Montelius & Sons, merchants, in which he was interested three years, when the firm became Montelius, Righter & Company, in which our subject retained the position of manager. In November, 1887, he went to Slater, West Virginia, as secretary and vice- president of the Slater Creek Coal and Coke Company, with which he was connected until June, 1888. Returning to Mt. Carmel he afterwards entered the real estate business with headquarters at Charleston, West Virginia, in which he has since been engaged. Mr. Montelius was married, September 17, 1879, to Alice M., daughter of Abraham Gates, of Curwensville, Pennsylvania. Two children, Ella and Jennie, are the fruits of this union. Politically he is an independent Republican, a member of the F. & A.M., Lodge No. 378, and Griscom Chapter, No. 219, also Prince of Peace Commandery, the last two of Ashland, Pennsylvania. WILLIAM B. FAUST, attorney at law, was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, a son of Samuel and Margaretta (Miller) Faust, August 5,1853. His father was a hatter by trade, and removed to Sunbury, this county, in 1863, where he died, January 1, 1888. The early education of the subject of this sketch was received in public and private schools. In 1809 he entered Mercersburg College, Franklin county, Pennsylvania, for a preparatory course, remaining there until 1873. The same year he entered Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he remained one year. In 1875 he began the study of law with A. N. Brice, of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, and was admitted to the bar, June 8, 1877, remaining with Mr. Brice until September, 1878, when he located at Mt. Carmel, where he has built up a successful practice. Mr. Faust is a prominent member of the F. & A.M., and I.O.O.F., and, politically, he is a Republican. VORIS AUTEN, attorney at law, was born in Chillisquaque township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, July 8, 1856, son of William Maxwell and Sarah (Allison) Auten. His paternal grandfather was a native of this county, and a miller by occupation; his maternal grandfather was a pioneer of this county. His father was born in this county, was a millwright by trade, and resided in Chillisquaque township until his death in January, 1891. He and his wife were both married twice, and reared a family of thirteen children. The END OF PAGE 1033 subject of this sketch was reared in his native township, and educated in the common schools, the Lewisburg Academy, and the University at Lewisburg, receiving at the latter institution a partial scientific course. He taught school several terms in his native township and six years in the public schools of Sunbury. He began the study of law with Frank Marr of Sunbury, in April, 1879, and was admitted to the bar in September, 1881. In 1883 he located at Mt. Carmel, where he has since been in active practice. He married, June 9, 1887, Jennie, daughter of Dr. George M. Renn, of Sunbury. Mr. Auten was elected district attorney for this county in the fall of 1889. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. and F. & A.M., and in politics is a Democrat. JEREMIAH SNYDER was born in Penn township, Snyder county, Pennsylvania, June 18, 1832, a son of George A. and Catharine (Schoch) Snyder. He was reared in his native county, and was nearly twenty years of age before he could read or write. The first twenty years of his life were passed on the farm and in the saw and grist mill of his father. He then began to attend a common school during the summer months, and worked in the mill during the winter. He had now arrived at an age when he felt most keenly the need of an education, and therefore applied himself with great diligence, both in and out of school. In a short time he became qualified to impart instruction to others in the common English branches, and taught school for a few winters in the vicinity of his home, and also for a short time in New Berlin. While thus engaged in teaching he began the study of law by himself, bending all his energies in that direction, and improving all the spare time therein. During this time he received occasional instructions from Isaac Hanker. When about twenty-five years of age he entered the law office of Charles Hower, at Selinsgrove, where he finished the preparation for his profession, and in March, 1861, was admitted to the bar at Middleburg, Snyder county, Pennsylvania. The summer previous he had served as a delegate of the Democratic party to the Charleston convention. In April, 1861, when the call was issued by President Lincoln for seventy-five thousand volunteers to aid in quelling the Rebellion, Mr. Snyder was the first man to enlist from Snyder county. He was elected corporal of Company G, Fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and after three months' service was honorably discharged and returned to his home in Middleburg. In June, 1862, he recruited Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers, and, although the unanimous choice of the company for captain, yet, owing to political influences, he yielded the honor to George W. Ryon, of Snyder county, who obtained the position. Mr. Snyder was then elected lieutenant of the company; unfriendly political influences, however, were brought to bear against him, and he resigned his position at Hagerstown, Maryland, and returned home. During the winter of 1863 he removed to Shamokin, where he entered upon the practice of his profession. The follow- END OF PAGE 1034 ing April he located in Sunbury, and in 1865 he was elected district attorney, and re-elected in 1868, and served six years. In August, 1866, he was a delegate from the Fourteenth congressional district of Pennsylvania to the Union convention at Philadelphia. In 1873 be was elected justice of the peace, and resigned his position to enter the lower house of the Pennsylvania legislature, to which he had been elected by the Democratic party of Northumberland county in the fall of 1876. In 1884 he purchased the Commercial Hotel at Mt. Carmel, which he still owns, remodeled it into a first-class hotel, and conducted it two years. He then removed to Sunbury and remodeled the Fairmount Hotel, which he had purchased in 1879, conducted it one year, and sold it in 1889. He returned to Mt. Carmel in the spring of l889, where he now resides. Mr. Snyder was first married, April 24, 1862, to Harriet, daughter of Henry A. Smith, of Middleburg, Snyder county, Pennsylvania, and May 1, 1879, to Emma, daughter of Jonathan and Catharine (Byerly) Rupp, of Mt. Carmel. WILLIAM T. WILLIAMS, physician and surgeon, was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, April 27, 1854, a son of Thomas T. and Margaret (Hughes) Williams. They immigrated to America in April, 1855, and located at Scranton, Pennsylvania, where the father, who was a stone mason by trade, followed his vocation several years. In 1864 he removed to Northumberland county and engaged in mining and contracting; he is now living in Mt. Carmel where he has resided since 1865. He reared a family of four children: William T.; John R., for several years a merchant of Mt. Carmel, where he died in August, 1886; Maggie, a teacher in the public schools, and Mary who is clerking in E. C. Tier's dry goods store. Our subject was educated in the public schools of Mt. Carmel. In 1872 he began the study of medicine under Dr. H. Gulick, with whom he studied two years, after which he read with Dr. D. V. Boynton, of Knoxville, Tennessee. He then attended two courses of lectures at the Louisville Medical College, and in September, 1874, entered the Medical University of the City of New York, from which he graduated, March 14, is 1875. The same spring he began the practice of his profession at Plains, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, where he remained one year. In January, 1876, be removed to Mt. Carmel, where he has built up a large and successful practice. He has also been engaged in the drug business with Dr. R. W. Montelius since November, 1886. He married, April 13,1880, Jennie, daughter of Howell and Sarah Jeffries, of Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, and has had two children: Thomas Lamar, and Harold, deceased. Doctor Williams is a member of the Congregational church, the F. & A.M., K.T., and I.O.O.F. He is a member of the Schuylkill County Medical Society, is ex-president of that society, member of the executive committee on medical State law, the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association, and was a member of the International Medical Congress of 1857. Politically he is a Republican, and one of the enterprising citizens of the county. END OF PAGE 1035 RALPH W. MONTELIUS, physician, was born in Curwensville, Clearfield county, Pennsylvania, February 5, 1854, son of Alfred L. and Eliza J. (Hartshorn) Montelius. After reaching the age of nine yeas his parents removed to Mt. Carmel, where he was reared and received a common school education. He also attended the academies at Mifflinburg and Elysburg, and the State Normal School at Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. He began the study of medicine under Dr. W. J. Haas, of Mt. Carmel, in 1871, and graduated from Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, March 1l, 1876, at the head of his class. In the autumn of the same year he entered upon the practice of his profession at Mt. Carmel, where he has since successfully prosecuted its active duties. October 17, 1876, he married Carrie E., daughter of O. H. Sillyman, and they are the parents of two children: Carrie E. and Katharine. Doctor Montelius is a member of the F. & A.M. and R. A., the Schuylkill County Medical Society, the State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He is a Republican in politics, and one of the best known and most progressive citizens of his adopted home. EDMUND W. SAMUEL, physician and druggist, was born at Blanavon, England, November 27, l857, son of Edmund and Mary (Bower) Samuel, who came to America in 1860 and located at Scranton, Pennsylvania. In 1861 they removed to Schuylkill county and in 1863 settled in Ashland, where they resided until 1872; after changing about to different parts of the county they finally returned to Ashland in 1886, where they now reside. The Doctor's father occupied the position of superintendent of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company fifteen years, and in 1889 was a member of the State board of mining examiners. He was the father of seven children, three sons and four daughters: Dr. Edmund W.; Lizzie, wife of Samuel McConnell; Thomas P.; William C.; Mellie; Emma, and Gertrude. The subject of this sketch received his early education at the public schools, and was under private instructors four years. In 1874 he entered the drug store of J. H. Pritchard & Company, Ashland, Pennsylvania, and while engaged in the drug business he also pursued his medical studies with Dr. William B. Owens of the same place. He entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in October, 1878, and graduated from that institution, March 13, 1880. He commenced practice in Ashland in April of the same year, and the following November located in Mt. Carmel, where he has since been engaged in the active duties of his profession. In 1887 Doctor Samuel became a member of the firm of Dr. E. S. Heiser & Company druggists, which partnership existed until July 25, 1889, when he purchased Doctor Heiser's interest and has since conducted the business alone. Doctor Samuel was married, April 25, 1556, to Alice, daughter of William and Deborah Kiefer, of Mt. Carmel, who has borne him two Sons: Frank and Roger. The Doctor is a member of the Schuylkill County Medical Society and the State Medical Society. Politically he is a Republican, and is END OF PAGE 1036 a member of the school board, taking a deep interest in the growth and progress of the public schools. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, the I.O.O.F., K. of M., and R. A. GEORGE W. HARPEL, homoeopathic physician, was born at Nazareth, Northampton county, Pennsylvania, November 12, 1849, son of Mark and Martha (Morgan) Harpel, of German and Welsh descent, respectively. Mr. Harpel was educated at the State Normal School at Millersville, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and began the study of medicine with Dr. M. H. Harpel at Shamokin, Pennsylvania. In 1879 he entered Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, from which he graduated in 1881, and began the practice of his profession at Lititz, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, the same year. In January, 1882, he located at Mt. Carmel, where he has since been in active practice. In May, 1882, he married Annie R., daughter of George and Lizzie (Kennedy) Garrett, of Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, and to this union one child has been born, Bessie E. Doctor Harpel is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and politically is a Republican. B. F. BARTHO, physician, was born in Halifax, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania July 4, 1862, son of Gabriel and Magdalena (Kessler) Bartho, natives, respectively, of Berks and Schuylkill counties, Pennsylvania, and of German origin. His father is a miller by trade, and resides in Schuylkill county. John Bartho was the father of Gabriel Bartho; the father of Magdalena Bartho was Michael Kessler, a pioneer of Hegins township, Schuylkill county, where he owned and improved a tract of three hundred acres of land which acquired the name of Kessler's District It was with him that B. F. Bartho was reared, obtaining an elementary education at the public schools, after which he attended Berrysburg Academy and the Millersville State Normal School. He taught three terms of school in Schuylkill county. In 1882 he began the study of medicine with Professor H. R. Barnham, demonstrator of anatomy at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, Maryland; he entered that institution in 1884, and was graduated with honors in 1886, receiving the gold medal in gynaecology. He was at once appointed resident physician to the Maryland Lying-in Asylum, Baltimore. Resigning this position in 1887 he came to Mt. Carmel, where he has since been engaged in the active duties of his profession. He is a member of the Schuylkill County and State Medical Societies, and while in Baltimore he belonged to the Medical Chirurgical Society. He is a member of the K. of M., and in politics is a Republican. Doctor Bartho was married, June 10, 1890, to Annie, daughter of Tobias Bickel of Mt. Carmel. WILLIAM H. LEWIS, physician and surgeon, was born in Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania, August 2,1860, son of David J. and Amanda (Hull) Lewis, mentioned in this chapter. He received his education in his native town, and began the study of medicine with Dr. W. T. Williams, of Mt. Carmel, in 1884. He entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania END OF PAGE 1037 in 1885, and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1888. He began the practice of medicine at Locust Dale, and in 1889 came to Mt. Carmel, where he has since been in active and successful practice. In politics he is Republican. H. H. GEIGER, of the firm of Geiger, Hinkel & Company, proprietors of planing mills, was born in Port Carbon, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1851, son of Michael and Mary A. (Handwork) Geiger, natives of Berks county, Pennsylvania. Our subject was reared in Port Carbon, and served an apprenticeship of three years at the carpenter business. He worked as a journeyman up to February, 1883, when he located in Mt. Carmel and in connection with his brother William established a planing mill under the firm name of Geiger Brothers. They operated the mill four years, and in March, 1887, William H. Hinkel and John P. Gibson were admitted into partnership, since which time the business has been conducted under the name of Geiger, Hinkel & Company. It is the only planing mill in Mt. Carmel, and is doing quite a successful business. Mr. Geiger was married, December 18, 1888, to Lizzie, daughter of George and Catherine (Marquardt) Gwinner, of Port Carbon. He is one of the representative and well known business men of the borough. WILLIAM H. HINKEL, of Geiger, Hinkel & Company, proprietors of a planing mill, was born in West Delaware, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, November 28, 1851, son of Michael and Lydia (McCord) Hinkel. His paternal grandfather, Abraham Hinkel, was a pioneer stone mason of Northumberland county. His maternal grandfather, John C. McCord, was a native of Schuylkill county and of Irish descent. He was a carpenter, wheelwright, and cabinet maker by trade. Michael Hinkel, father of our subject, was born near Elysburg, Northumberland county, is a brickmaker by trade, but has spent most of his life working in the mines. He has been a resident of Mt. Carmel since 1866, and is the father of the following children: Elizabeth, wife of John D. Frank: William H.; Daniel M.; Lydia, wife of James Gibson; Samuel; Elmer; George and Sherman, deceased, and James. The subject of this sketch was educated in the common schools of Schuylkill and Northumberland counties. After working in a machine shop six months, he learned the carpenter trade in Ashland and Shenandoah, and has ever since followed that occupation. Mr. Hinkel has been a resident of Mt. Carmel since 1866, a contractor since 1881, and a member of the firm of Geiger, Hinkel & Company, since March, 1887. On the 16th of September, 1880, he married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Henrietta (Mussina) Yarnall, of Mt. Carmel, and to this union have been born four children: Fremont Newton; Henrietta; William, and Daniel. In politics Mr. Hinkel is a Republican, and is serving his second term as overseer of the poor. He is a member of the I.O.O.F.. K. of M., and P.O.S. of A. END OF PAGE 1038 DOMINICK OATS, contractor and builder, was born in County Roscommon, Ireland, in 1825, son of Dominick and Jane (Logan) Oats. His father came to America in 1846 and enlisted in the United States Army for the Mexican war, but whether he was killed in battle or died of disease was never known, as nothing was learned of his subsequent history. Our subject was reared in England, where his mother died. After reaching manhood he returned to Ireland and learned the carpenter trade with his uncle, and in 1869 immigrated to this State and located at Locust Gap, where he remained about two years. He then went to Green Ridge, where he spent twelve years, coming to Mt. Carmel in 1883. He has followed contracting and building since that time, and has carried on quite a successful business. Mr. Oats married Catharine Burns, a native of Ireland, and has one daughter, Jane. The family are members of the Catholic church, and politically Mr. Oats is a stanch Democrat. GEORGE MORSE, architect and carpenter and builder, was born in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, December 23, 1841, son of Alexander and Jane (Llewellyn) Morse, natives of the same shire. He grew up in his native land, learned the carpenter trade, and worked there as master-builder until the spring of 1882, when he immigrated to Philadelphia. He worked there one year and then returned to Wales for his family, which he brought out in October, 1883, and located in Mt. Carmel, where he has since resided. He has followed his trade up to the present, and since September, 1887, has been foreman and architect for Bernard Harvey, the leading contractor and builder of the town. Mr. Morse has been twice married, first to Margaret Morgan, of Pembrokeshire, June 2, 1862, who bore him one son, George Arthur. She died, January 4, 1863. He was again married in April, 1867, to Mrs. Susanna Lewis, nee Thomas, of Carmarthenshire, South Wales, who had three children by her first husband: Esther J.; James J., and Henry E. By her marriage to Mr. Morse the following children have been born: William T.; Alexander; Elizabeth T.; Charles; Laura; Gertrude; Letitia; Melicent, deceased; Clara S., and Alfred. The family are adherents of the Methodist church, but originally belonged to the Church of England. Politically he is a Republican, and a member of the K. of G.E.