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GEORGE FERTIG, ESQ.,* a Civil War veteran, retired merchant, and justice of the

peace of Northumberland, Northumberland County, was born January 20, 1847, at

Kratzerville, Snyder County, Pa., and is a son of John and Catherine (Klinger)

Fertig, and a grandson of Jacob Fertig.



  Jacob Fertig, our subject's grandfather, was a native of Berks County, where

he was a farmer for some time. Later he moved to Montour County. His children

were: Polly; Sally; Susan; Elizabeth; and John.



  John Fertig, our subject's father, was born in Berks County, Pa., and died in

March, 1864. His first wife was Eva Harmon; after her death he was united in

marriage with Catherine Klinger, who died in 1849. He was the father of the

following children: Elizabeth B., who married William Hare of White Springs,

Pa.; Sarah, now deceased, who married L. R. Miller; Polly, who died at an early

age; John, who served his country in the Civil War for three years, was a member

of Company D, 52nd Reg., Pa. Vol. Inf., and was taken prisoner and died at Fort

Johnston, S. C.; Adam, a member of the 47th Reg., Pa. Vol. Inf., who was shot in

the battle of the Wilderness; and George. Our subject's father was a farmer by

occupation, a strong Republican, and held many township offices. In religious

views he was an old school Lutheran.



  George Fertig, our subject, received his education in the common schools. In

the fall of 1862 he enlisted in Company F, 122nd Pa. Reserves, for nine months'

service. He received his discharge at Harrisburg, returned home and after his

father's death operated, in company for a short time with S. R. Yerick, a

general store at Kratzerville, Pa. He then went into partnership with John S.

Beaver at Selinsgrove, Pa., and later was in business one and a half years in a

general store with George Wirt. He then sold out his interest and removed to

Indiana, where he operated a flouring mill, returning in the fall of 1865 to

marry Mary Ann Showler, a daughter of John and Catherine (Harmon) Showler, both

now deceased. Mr. Showier was a blacksmith and farmer. Our subject and wife are

the parents of two children: G. Howard, who is shipping clerk in the novelty

works, but is a hat maker by trade, married Elizabeth Poeth of Lewisburg, Pa.

William E. is a grinder in the novelty works, married Elizabeth Van Kirk of

Point township, and had one child, Annie, now deceased. After our subject's

marriage he settled in Northumberland and formed a partnership with W. T.

Forsythe in a general store, where he remained seven years. Then for a few years

he was with Van Allen & Company. At a later period he assumed the responsibility

of the business alone. He has now retired from business life, with the exception

of performing the duties of justice of the peace, to which office he was elected

in 1894. He has held many offices in the borough. Socially he is a member of the

I. O. O. F.; K. of P.; Red Men; and James Taggart Post, No. 350, G. A. R.







Additional Comments:

* The information contained in this biography was supplied by the subject of

this sketch. A type-set copy of the biography was sent to the subject to be

proof-read, but the subject did not edit and return the copy, so this biography

may contain typographical errors.



  Extracted from:

    

    Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District

    Published by 

    Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)





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