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	DRUMM. There are many representatives of the Drumm family in Lower 
Augusta township, Northumberland county, the posterity of Charles and 
Christiana Drumm, whose three surviving sons are all interested in 
farming in that section.  A number of the family have been successful 
school teachers, notably John Drumm, one of the three brothers 
mentioned, who has taught there since 1880. 
	
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	Charles Drumm was born in Dauphin county, Pa., and from the age of 
eleven years lived with the family of the late Dr. Peter Tryon, in 
Washington township, Northumberland county, remaining with them until 
some years after his marriage. He then moved to Uniontown, where he 
followed his trade of shoemaker for some years, after which he removed 
across the Mahantango mountains into Lykens Valley, in Dauphin county, 
where he lived until he entered the army during the Civil war. He served 
nine months, in Company I, 177th Regiment Pennsylvania Drafted Militia, 
and in 1866 he returned to Northumberland county, settling at Mile Run, 
in Lower Augusta township, where he occupied the property now owned by 
his son Jacob, remaining there until eight years before his death.  He 
then purchased a house and lot at Asherton, this county, where he died 
April 25, 1897, aged seventy-three years, two months, seventeen days. 
After the war he devoted all his time and energies to farming.  He was 
an esteemed citizen of the locality, and active in the life of the 
Hollowing Run Lutheran Church, in Lower Augusta township, which he 
served for many years in the capacity of deacon, and also held the 
office of elder.  He married Christiana Beck, daughter of John Beck, a 
substantial citizen of Dauphin county, who also owned property in 
Uniontown; his wife was from Northampton county, Pa.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Charles Drumm are buried at the Hollowing Run Lutheran Church. She died 
Nov. 27, 1906, aged eighty-one years, four days.  They were the parents 
of the following named children: Henry is mentioned below; a daughter, 
twin of Henry, died in infancy; Mary married Levi Conrad and (second) 
David Conrad, half-brothers; a son, twin of Mary, died in infancy; 
Charles. died June 9, 1910, aged fifty-six years, nine months, one day 
(he was a blacksmith in Augustaville and had a farm in Plum Creek); 
Louise married Emanuel Fox and (second) Jacob Knouse, of Kratzerville; 
John is mentioned below; Jacob E. is mentioned below; Annie married 
Charles Bucher and they live in Sunbury.
	Through his mother, who was a Diehl, Charles Drumm was related to 
that early Pennsylvania family of the Mennonite faith, identified with 
Lehigh and Berks counties from Colonial days.  In Northumberland county 
they lived south of Line Mountain.

	HENRY DRUMM, son of Charles and Christiana (Beck) Drumm, was born 
June 8, 1848, in Washington township, Northumberland county. When 
nineteen years old he commenced to learn shoemaking with Isaac Clements, 
at Bull Run, this county, but after completing his trade he took to 
railroad work, being car inspector at Sunbury for the Northern Central 
Railroad Company for three years. In the spring of 1870 he commenced 
farming, which he followed the rest of his life, having a tract of 
thirty-eight acres in Lower Augusta township. It was formerly the 
homestead of Henry Conrad, who took up the land by warrant from the 
Commonwealth, and it later came into the possession of his son Peter, 
from whom Henry Drumm, his son-in-law, acquired it. The latter, however, 
owned only part of the original Conrad tract. He bought this place in 
1868. On Oct. 6, 1868, Mr. Drumm married Matilda Conrad, daughter of 
Peter Conrad, and to them were born five children: Sarah died in 
infancy; William Harvey is a resident of Sunbury; Henry C. is mentioned 
below; Katie E. married Edgar D. Wagner, of Sunbury; Tillie married 
Grant Witmyre and they live at Herndon. Mr. Drumm died Feb. 14, 1911, 
and is buried at St. Elias Lutheran Church, Hollowing Run. He was a 
Lutheran, and his family also adhere to that faith. He was a Republican 
in politics.

	HENRY C. DRUMM, son of Henry Drumm, was born Sept. 27, 1872, in 
Lower Augusta township, where he is now engaged in farming. He was 
reared there, and obtained his primary education in the local common 
schools, later attending Berrysburg Academy; Prof. R. D. Renn's summer 
normal school, at Patricksburg; the high school at Middleburg; and the 
State normal school at Bloomsburg. When only seventeen years old he was 
licensed to teach, and during his first and second terms was engaged in 
Washington township. For six terms he taught in his native township, 
completing eight years of successful work as an educator.  For the next 
two years he was employed as clerk and bookkeeper in the warp department 
of the Susquehanna Silk Mill, being obliged to relinquish the position 
just a few days before the completion of the second year because of 
failing health.  His next work was as traveling salesman for C. C. 
Seebold, dealer in musical instruments, his territory being in central 
Pennsylvania, for one full year having charge of thirteen counties of 
the State. Besides selling instruments he did collecting and helped to 
look after all the office work of the concern. In the spring of 1901 Mr. 
Drumm came to his present home, one mile east of Asherton, where he has 
forty-five acres of fertile land which was formerly part of the Henry 
Conrad and Jacob Renn properties It is nicely and advantageously 
located, and Mr. Drumm has made the most of its possibilities in its 
development. He is particularly interested in the growing of choice 
fruits, in which line he has gained a high reputation by his success. 
His present set of buildings are among the improvements he has made on 
his property, he having erected the house in 1896 and the barn in 1900.  
He is an enterprising, intelligent wide-awake citizen, and has been 
called upon to use his ability in the public service as well as in his 
private affairs, having been tax collector of his district since 
	
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1902 and being also township treasurer under the new road law. In 1909 
he took an active part in the organization of the Asherton and 
Augustaville Telephone Company, of which he has been an officer from the 
beginning, and he is serving the company as secretary at present. In 
politics he is a Democrat. He and his family are Lutherans, members of 
St. Elias Church in Hollowing Run, of which he has been deacon and 
trustee, holding office for six years. He has been particularly active 
in Sunday school work in his community, having served as superintendent 
or teacher for the past fifteen years.  In 1910 he was elected secretary 
for the district Sunday school convention.
	On March 25, 1894, Mr. Drumm married Rebecca Geise, daughter of 
Daniel and Froena (Trautman) Geise, of Jordan township, and they have 
one daughter, Grace E., who has completed the course in the graded 
schools of Lower Augusta township.

	JOHN DRUMM, son of Charles and Christiana (Beck) Drumm, is one of 
the oldest school teachers, in point of length of service, in 
Northumberland county. He was born Feb. 24, 1860, in Lykens township, 
Dauphin county, where he lived until six years old. His parents then 
returned to Northumberland county, settling in Lower Augusta township, 
where he was reared on the farm and obtained his early training in the 
common schools.  Later he attended the summer normal school held by 
Prof. Saul Shipman, at Augustaville, for several terms, and another 
summer normal, at Elysburg, conducted by Prof. W. W. Wolverton and. his 
wife Chidistor and a Professor Boyer, where he was likewise a student 
for several terms; he also studied at the normal school at Milton, 
conducted by Prof. W. W. Wolverton and a Professor Geho, and has taken 
several courses by mail.  He has a State teacher's permanent 
certificate, granted by State Superintendent N. C. Shaeffer in 1899.  
Mr. Drumm began teaching in the fall of 1880 in Lower Augusta township, 
where he has been engaged for seventeen years in all; he was at one 
school in Upper Augusta for five years, and for seven years in 
Rockefeller township. His long continuance in the profession, and his 
long service in each of the localities named, would be sufficient 
evidence of his ability and of the confidence he has inspired in his 
methods and results. Thoroughly prepared for his work, progressive, 
conscientious, and having the true love for teaching which is one of the 
best elements in a born educator's make-up, he has followed his 
profession with an earnestness which would insure success in any line.  
As farmer he is well known in his community, owning and cultivating a 
large tract of 190 acres situated four miles south of Sunbury, what was 
formerly the homestead of Henry Shipe, in whose family it had been owned 
for several generations. The present house and barn thereon were built 
by the Shipes.
	Mr. Drumm served ten years as justice of the peace, refusing a re-
nomination in the spring of 1910. He is prominent and well known in the 
councils of the Republican party, in which he has been an efficient 
worker for many years, and has traveled all over the county in its 
interest, his services being highly valued.
	In 1883 Mr. Drumm married Lydia Trego, who died April 13, 1896, 
aged thirty-two years, two months, fourteen days.  Five children were 
born to this union, as follows: William, Josephine, Mary Alice, George 
and Daniel E.  Mr. Drumm and his family worship at the Lutheran Church, 
which he has served as deacon.  For two years he was president of the 
Luther League, and he has also served as secretary of the church 
council.

	JACOB E. DRUMM, son of Charles and Christiana (Beck) Drumm, was 
born July 1, 1865, on the farm at Mile Run, in Lower Augusta township, 
where he now lives. There he grew to manhood, meantime receiving a 
practical training to farm life as well as a good foundation for his 
education in the local public schools. Later he attended the State 
normal school at Bloomsburg, where he perfected himself in the 
elementary branches, and at the age of twenty-two he was licensed to 
teach, entering the profession in which so many of his family have won 
success and reputation.  In the fall of 1887 he began his first term, in 
Washington township, and with the exception of one term, 1900-01, he has 
been engaged in teaching continuously since, being now ranked among the 
veteran teachers of the county, in point of service. By hard work and 
unselfish devotion to his profession he has gained and maintained high 
standing, as the demand for his services indicates, and he deserves the 
enviable reputation he enjoys. Since 1900 Mr. Drumm has been sole owner 
of the homestead, which he had previously owned in partnership with his 
brother John. Before his father acquired it, it belonged to Joseph 
Trego. It contains seventy-five acres of excellent land, well cultivated 
and improved, though Mr. Drumm had a severe setback in October, 1894, 
when his barn, containing the full year's crops, three horses and three 
head of cattle, was totally destroyed by fire.  It was only partially 
covered by insurance.  Mr. Drumm is a substantial and valuable citizen, 
though he has not been active in the public affairs of his locality 
directly.  In political matters he is independent.
	On Aug. 7, 1895, Mr. Drumm married Alice Gertrude Culp, daughter of 
Peter F. and Anna (Heilman) Culp, of Rockefeller township, and 
granddaughter of Daniel Heilman, of Lower Augusta. Mrs. Drumm has been 
well educated, and though she has never taught school received a 
	
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license when nineteen years old; she obtained three certificates.  An 
accomplished musician, she has played the organ for church and Sunday 
school since she was fifteen years old, and since 1904 has been organist 
for the Hollowing Run Lutheran Church; she also plays for the United 
Brethren Sunday school, and gives lessons on the organ.  Seven children 
have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Drumm, namely: Edna, Dora (who has 
completed the course in the graded schools of Lower Augusta township), 
Clyde, Arthur (who died when two and a half years old), a daughter that 
died in infancy, Franklin and Elizabeth.  Mr. Drumm and his family are 
members of the Lutheran Church at Hollowing Run.

	GEORGE F. WISE has been engaged in tailoring in the borough of 
Sunbury since 1872, and he is one of the substantial and respected 
residents of that place. Mr. Wise was born April 28, 1855, in Juniata 
county, Pa., son of William Wise, who was also a tailor by occupation, 
and was but a youth when he came to Sunbury, in 1872. Here he has since 
made his home, and his industrious life and upright character have 
gained him the esteem of all who know him.  He is at present serving as 
a member of the school board of Sunbury.
	On Oct. 2, 1879, Mr. Wise was married to Mary A. Weiser, daughter 
of Jacob and Martha (Potts) Weiser, and a direct descendant of Conrad 
Weiser, the famous pioneer and Indian interpreter.  Mr. and Mrs. Wise 
have had the following named children: William J., Sarah L., Rachel L. 
and Ida Leah (twins) and Myrtle S. The son, who has taken up his 
father's calling, married Adda Heffner, and they live in Sunbury; they 
have two children, Charles J. and William M.   Rachel L. and Ida Leah 
Wise, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Wise, are singers of 
considerable local reputation, and they sang at the exercises in 
connection with the unveiling of the monument at Fort Augusta, Sunbury, 
in 1907.  As they were direct descendants of Conrad Weiser, the 
principal figure in the erection of this historic old fort, in 1756, 
their participation in the ceremonies was particularly appropriate.  The 
Wise family are Lutherans in religious connection.

	WILLARD D. LEIBY, proprietor of Leiby's Rest, which is situated 
near the Pennsylvania railroad station in Sunbury, has been a resident 
of the borough since 1898 and established himself in business at his 
present location in 1904.  He is a native of Union county, Pa., born 
Dec. 6, 1878, son of William A. Leiby.
	The Leiby family is of good old Berks county stock and of Swiss 
origin. Early in the eighteenth century the progenitors of the family in 
America left their native country, Switzerland, to go to South America, 
but people along the Rhine river, to which place they came in their 
journey, advised the wife not to go there.  One night while they were at 
the Rhine, she entreated her husband so earnestly not to go, because 
people had told her they would forever be sorry, that he abandoned the 
trip, and so they remained for twenty years in the Rhine country, in 
Germany. In 1733 they came to America on the good ship "Samuel," 
qualifying at Philadelphia Aug. 17, 1733. Rupp in his 30,000 names of 
immigrants gives the pioneer's name as Friederich Leiby, and the second 
series of Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. XVII, also gives the name 
Frederick Leiby; but the tax list of Greenwich township (Berks Co., Pa.) 
for 1754, published in Rupp's history of the county, gives the name as 
"Dietrich" Leiby, which probably was an error. The names Friederich and 
Dietrich might sound nearly alike to the untrained ear. Rupp in his 
30,000 names records the following: Palatines imported in the ship 
"Samuel," of London, Hugh Percy, master, from Rotterdam, last from Deal, 
males, eighty-nine above sixteen; females, eighty-six; males under 
sixteen, fifty-four; females, sixty-two; in all 291.
	It appears that Frederick Leiby died about 1754, as the tax list 
has this item: "Frederick Leiby's Widow," and also the names of their 
children: George Michael Leiby and Jacob Leiby. The latter was assessed 
six pounds tax, and his younger brother and widowed mother each five 
pounds in 1754.  The descendants of Frederick Leiby are quite numerous 
and are scattered all over Pennsylvania as well as in other States. In 
central Pennsylvania are settled several branches of this family. The 
pioneers are buried at Dunkel's church, in Greenwich township, Berks 
county, and were members of the German Reformed congregation.  Willard 
D. Leiby is a grandson of David Leiby, both of whose grandfathers served 
as soldiers in the Revolutionary war.  The paternal grandparents of 
David Leiby lived in Albany township, Berks county, where their son John 
J. Leiby, father of David, was born and reared.  On April 1, 1800, John 
J. Leiby was married there to Christiana Neifert, a native of the same 
township, daughter of Jacob and Eliza (Stumnin) Neifert.  In 1811 Mr. 
and Mrs. Leiby moved to Union county, Pa., settling in Limestone (then 
Union) township. He was drafted during the war of 1812, but furnished a 
substitute. By occupation he was a dyer. A man of strong and decided 
character, he acquired great influence in the community, was chosen to 
various local offices, and was also prominent in religious circles, for 
twenty-five years serving as elder in the Reformed Church.  In early 
life he was a Democrat, later joining the anti-Mason faction and 
eventually becoming a Whig. He died March 22, 1856, aged eighty-one 
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July 8, 1852, in her seventy-eighth year. They were the parents of six 
children: George, born Nov. 11, 1802; died in 1872 in Union county; 
John, born Jan. 4, 1805, died in Mifflinburg in 1872, eleven weeks from 
the time of his brother's death; Mary, born Jan. 12, 1809, married John 
Benner, and died in Buffalo township, Union county, in 1865; Jacob, born 
May 16, 1812, died in Limestone township, Union county, at the age of 
seventy-one; Catharine, born Dec. 5, 1814, married John Norman, and died 
in Snyder county, Pa., at the age of seventy-three; David was the 
youngest of the family.
	David Leiby was born Jan. 14, 1819, in Union county, and there 
spent his entire life. At the time of his birth his parents were 
residing in Union (now Limestone) township, and there he lived until 
1857, when he settled at the home in Kelly township, near Lewisburg, 
where he passed the remainder of his life, living to a venerable age.  
He was the last Survivor of his parents' family. Mr. Leiby's fine farm 
was first settled in 1769, by William Patterson, and he purchased it 
from Thomas Comley. Mr. Leiby was considered a good manager, and was one 
of the best farmers in his section, and he was also one of the useful 
citizens of his day, serving as overseer of the poor and as supervisor. 
He took a prominent part in local politics as a member of the Democratic 
party, in religious faith was a Lutheran and for many years of his 
active life held office as deacon and elder in the church.
	On Feb. 15, 1844, Mr. Leiby married Elizabeth Moyer, who was born 
in 1820 in East Buffalo township, Union county, daughter of Jacob and 
Sarah (Gemberling) Moyer. Her father was born in Union county, where he 
became an extensive farmer and landowner and prominent citizen; her 
mother was a native of Snyder county; both died in Union county.  Mrs. 
Leiby died Aug. 29, 1892 the mother of six children,  namely: William A. 
born Jan. 5, 1845, conducted a grocery and meat market at Lewisburg, 
Union county, and later had a restaurant at Sunbury, Northumberland 
county; Sarah J., born March 30, 1846, married George Noll, a farmer of 
Kelly township, Union county; Margaret Matilda, born Dec. 29, 1850 made 
her home with her father, for whom she cared faithfully in his declining 
years; Harriet C., born July 4, 1853, married Charles A. Moll; John F., 
born Sept 14, 1857, died March 21, 1858; Mary C., born March 15, 1860, 
died March 16, 1861.
	William A. Leiby was born in Limestone township, Union Co., Pa., 
Jan. 5, 1845, and receive a public school education. He followed farming 
and the cattle business in Union county, and coming to Sunbury in 1898 
engaged in the restaurant business, where the "Aldine Hotel" now stands, 
for five and a half years. He still resides in Sunbury. He married 
Otillia Pollender, daughter of Frederick Pollender, and she died Dec. 
11, 1909. They had four children, Maynard, Willard D., Sarah (married 
Harry Shuck) and Jennie May (married John M. Steffen).
	Willard D. Leiby received his education in the public schools of 
Lewisburg, attending the high school, from which he was graduated in 
1896. He assisted his father in his butcher business there, and coming 
to Sunbury in 1898 was associated with his father in the conduct of a 
restaurant at the present location of the "Aldine Hotel." In 1904 he 
established his present place of business at No. 42 North Third street, 
near the Pennsylvania railroad station. It has become one of the leading 
restaurants of the borough, being conducted along strictly modern lines, 
and Mr. Leiby has gained a profitable patronage. He is obliging and 
accommodating, and has been successful because of his efforts to please 
his customers, who are steadily increasing in numbers.
	Socially Mr. Leiby holds membership in Lodge No. 267, B.P.O.E., of 
Sunbury; the Order of Moose at Sunbury; Aerie No. 503, Fraternal Order 
of Eagles, of Sunbury; the Order of Owls, Home Nest, Indiana; B.P.O. of 
Beavers, and No. 7 Fire Company. He is a member of the Lutheran Church, 
and in political matters a Democrat.
	Jacob Leiby, grandson of the ancestor Friederich, was a farmer near 
Dunkel's church and owned the farm now the property of Wilson Heffner. 
This was one of the original Leiby homesteads. His wife was Margaretha 
Dunkel, and they had issue: Daniel settled in Schuylkill county; Jacob 
settled in Windsor (now Perry) township, Berks county; George had a 
grandson Oscar J., who died in 1907, at Reading; Benjamin settled in 
Ohio; Catharine married George Heinly; Polly married Heinrich Moyer; 
Peggy married John Kobler; Luzena married Isaac Wagonhorst; Hettie 
married Adam Bachman; Salome married Heinrich Lenhart.
	Jacob Leiby, son of Jacob, was born Dec. 14, 1798, in Windsor 
township, Berks county, and died April 5, 1884. He was a popular man in 
his day, and being possessed to a high degree of psychical powers, was 
known to relieve many ailments of the flesh by the laying on of the 
hands, for which he gained wide repute. He was known in the Pennsylvania 
German as "der ward fulbraucher und Heckoa Doctor." He was regarded as a 
useful man in his community. In 1825 he bought the homestead farm, on 
which he built the present stone house in 1829. Isaac U. Leiby was the 
first person born therein, his birth occurring Aug. 14, 1830. Jacob 
Leiby also built four houses in Reading, Pa.  He was a blacksmith, 
stonemason and stone dresser and farmer, an all around good mechanic. He 
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Capt. George Heinly's company of the old State militia, and always 
attracted marked attention on battalion days.  In 1833 he witnessed the 
"falling of the stars," about which heavenly phenomena he often talked 
to his descendants, speaking of it as the "snowing of fire from heaven."  
He was a member of St. Peter's German Reformed Church, which he served 
as deacon and elder for many years.  Jacob and Hannah (Ulrich), his 
wife, had eleven children, viz.: Hettie married Benjamin Banks; Jacob 
married Ann Miller; Ephraim married Polly Strasser; John married Harriet 
Wagonhorst; Hannah married Ephraim Miller; Isaac U. married Elizabeth 
Mengel; Joseph married Matilda Fraunfelder; Henry married Sophia Berg; 
Helena married Jacob Miller; Lucy Anna Margaret married Frank Goldstein; 
Joshua died young.
	Isaac U. Leiby, son of Jacob, was born Aug. 14, 1830, in Windsor 
township, on the farm where he spent all his life. He lived three 
fourths of a mile north of Virginville, in Berks county, and was the 
proprietor and owner of "Leiby's flagstone quarry."  A stone-mason by 
trade, he followed that occupation for some years at different places. 
He sold his flagstone in Philadelphia and in Schuylkill and Carbon 
counties, Pa., many being used for curbstones in the cities and towns. 
Mr. Leiby died of apoplexy at his home Nov. 13, 1910, at the age of 
eighty years, and was buried at Dunkel's church.  He was a member of the 
Reformed congregation at that church, to which his family also belong, 
and was a Democrat in politics.
	On Feb. 7, 1855, Mr. Leiby married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas 
and Catharine (Gruber) Mengel, of Windsor township, who survives him.  
They had a large family, namely:  Catharine Ann married Mahlon Miller, 
of Pottstown; Hannah married James Baer, of Reading; Samuel married 
Priscilla Adam; Mary Ann married Alfred Stertzler; Hettie Ann married 
Jacob D. Dreibelbies, of Virginville; Susanna married Thomas G. Gruber, 
of Pottstown; Elizabeth died in infancy; Emma died in infancy; Jacob, 
who lives at home, married Amelia Schappell; Sarah died in childhood; 
Thomas died in childhood; Milton married Mary Wagaman and they live in 
Tipton; Sarah E. married Horace Smith, of Reading.

	CAPT. JOHN BRADY, one of the most distinguished of the early 
settlers of the West Branch Valley, was the second son of Hugh Brady and 
Hannah Brady, and was born in 1733 near Newark, Del., where he received 
a good education and taught school.  He came with his parents to 
Pennsylvania, and soon won the love of Mary Quigley. At twenty-two, the 
age of his marriage, he was six feet in height, well formed, with black 
hair, hazel eyes and a dark complexion. Fearless, impulsive and 
generous, he was one whom friends loved and enemies hated. Soon after 
his marriage the breaking out of the French and Indian war caused him to 
enlist in the service and defend his country from the merciless 
invaders. On July 19, 1763, he was commissioned captain, 2d Battalion of 
the Pennsylvania regiments; commanded by Gov. John Penn and Lieut. Cols. 
Asher Clayton and Tobias Frances.  In 1764 he received his commission of 
captain in the 2d Pennsylvania Battalion, in Colonel Bouquet's 
expedition west of the Ohio, in which campaign he participated, and he 
took part in the land grant to the officers in that service during the 
year 1766. He was actively engaged against the Indians who made 
desperate slaughter in Bedford and Cumberland counties, and killed many 
of the settlers. When his regiment reached Bedford, the officers drew a 
written agreement wherein they asked the proprietaries for sufficient 
land on which to erect a compact and defensible town, and give each a 
commodious plantation on which to build a dwelling.  Capt. John Brady 
was one of the officers who signed this petition. In 1768, "urged by the 
restless, mysterious impulse that moulds the destiny of the pioneer of 
civilization," he removed his family to Standing Stone, now Huntingdon, 
Pa. The following year he again changed his location to a site opposite 
the present town of Lewisburg, Pa. At that period titles to uncultivated 
lands could be secured by erecting a house, and by cutting a few trees 
by way of improvement.  In this manner he took up a vast tract of land 
on the West Branch of the Susquehanna, and had he lived longer he would 
have been one of the wealthiest men in the State.  Owing to the 
carelessness of those connected with the management of his affairs, his 
family was deprived of much benefit from his exertions.
	In 1776 he took his wife and children and belongings to Muncy 
manor, where he built a semi-fortified log house, known later as 
"Brady's Fort." It was a private affair and was not classed among the 
provincial fortifications.  The spot on which it stood is in the borough 
of Muncy and a slight elevation in a field is pointed to as the exact 
plot of ground.  After Northumberland county was formed, Capt. John 
Brady was appointed foreman of the first grand jury, and served in many 
such capacities afterwards.
	Not slow to respond to the call to arms in defense of home and the 
independence of the nation, he marched to the front in some of the 
bloodiest engagements of the war of the Revolution.  He fought with 
Washington at Brandywine, where his two sons, Samuel and John, were with 
him, and he was wounded in the mouth.  The loss of some teeth was the 
result but he was disabled by an attack of pleurisy and sent home.
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pedition to the Wyoming Valley, and John Brady was one of his ablest 
assistants.  The Connecticut settlers claimed under their charter the 
territory of the Province of Pennsylvania as far south as the 41st 
degree of latitude, which ran a mile north of Lewisburg, and determined 
to enforce their rights. In 1772 a party of them reached the present 
town of Milton, but were driven back by Colonel Plunkett. The settlers 
were not subdued and the contest was waged many years. They advanced to 
the Muncy Valley and made a settlement where the town was later located. 
In order to punish the intruders for their presumption it occupying this 
part of the West Branch region blood was shed and lives were lost.
	John Brady was a surveyor of land in Cumberland, Buffalo and White 
Deer Valleys, and in the possession of his descendant, Mrs. Charles 
Gustav Ernst, nee Mollie Brady Cooper, of Punxsutawney Pa., is a 
surveyor's guide book, entitled "Table of Difference of Latitude and 
Departure" to navigators, land surveyors, etc., "compiled at the 
instance of a committee of the Dublin Society, by John Hood, Land 
Surveyor. Published in Dublin in 1772."  She has also an account book 
which has on the inside of the leather cover the words printed in ink, 
"John Brady, his book, Cumberberland County, 1765."
	On March 3, 1776, he was commissioned major of the battalion 
commanded by Colonel Plunket and on Oct. 14, 1776, captain in the 12th 
regiment of the Pennsylvania Line, commanded by Col. William Cooke, 
whose two daughters became wives of two of Capt. John Brady's sons. In 
1778 on the invasion of the Wyoming Valley, he went with his family to 
Sunbury, and Sept. 1, 1778 returned to the army. In the spring of 1779 
he received orders to join Colonel Hartley on the West Branch, and on 
the 11th of April, 1779, was killed by a concealed body of Indians.  He 
had taken an active part in efforts to subdue the atrocities, and his 
daring and repeated endeavor intensified their hatred and desire to 
capture him resulting fatally on that springtime morning. With a guard 
and wagon he went up the river Wallis to procure supplies. His family 
was living at the "Fort" at Muncy during the winter and early spring, 
and from his home to the provision house was only a few hours ride. On 
their return trip about three miles from Fort Brady, at Wolf Run, they 
stopped to wait for the wagon, which was coming another way.  Peter 
Smith, whose family was massacred on the 10th of June, and on who's farm 
young James Brady was mortally wounded, was by his side.  Capt. John 
Brady said:  "It would be a good place for Indians to hide. Smith 
replied in the affirmative, when the report of three rifles was heard, 
and the Captain  fell without uttering a sound. He was shot with two 
balls between the shoulders.  Smith mounted the horse of his commander 
and escaped to the woods unharmed, and on to the settlement.  It was not 
known what Indians did the shooting, but proof was evident that a party 
had followed him with intent to kill. In their haste, they did not scalp 
him, nor take his money, a gold watch, and his commission, which he wore 
in a bag suspended from his neck, his dearest earthly possession. Thus 
perished one of the most skilled and daring Indian fighters, as well as 
one of the most esteemed and respected of men, on whose sterling 
qualities and sound judgment the pioneers of the entire settlement 
depended.
	Carried to his home at Fort Brady, which he built and is now within 
the borough limits of Muncy, his heroic little wife looked the second 
time upon the blood-stained form of one of her family, her son James 
having met the same fate on the 8th of August of the preceding year.
	Laid to rest on the hillside, where few internments had been made, 
his grave was well nigh forgotten, and weeds and briars hid the lonely 
mound of earth, until the spot was identified through the efforts of a 
granddaughter of Capt. John Brady, Mrs. Backus, wife of Gen. Electus  
Backus, U. S. A. Prior to 1830, at Halls, a heavy granite marker was 
erected bearing the inscription
	
	     Captain John Brady 
	Fell in defense of our forefathers 
	  at Wolf Run, April 11, 1779 
	       Aged 46 years

	An old comrade who was present at his burial pointed to the site 
and requested that he be laid by his side.  His request was granted, and 
near by it Capt. John Brady's grave is that of his friend Henry Lebo.  
The Lycoming Chapter, D. A. R. recently honored his memory by placing an 
appropriate marker between his grave and that of his is faithful 
comrade.
	A hundred years after his death, through a dollar subscription 
fund, raised by Mr. J. M. M. Gernerd, a monument was placed in the 
cemetery at Muncy, and unveiled Oct. 15, 1879. The date 1779 is on the 
front of the shaft, the name "John Brady" in the die, and the date of 
erection, 1879, in the sub-base.  In closing his oration at the 
unveiling of the monument, Hon. John Blair Linn, of Bellefonte, Pa., 
said:  "To Captain Brady's descendants, time fails me in paying a proper 
tribute. When border tales have lost their charm for as the evening 
hour; when oblivion blots from the history page the glorious record of 
Pennsylvania in the Revolution of 1776, then and then only will Captain 
Samuel Brady of the Rangers be forgotten. In private life, in public 
office, at the bar, in the Senate of Pennsylvania, in the House of 
Representatives of the U. S., in the ranks of battle, Captain John 
Brady's sons and grandsons and  great-grandsons have flung far forward 
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	Capt. John Brady was foremost in all expeditions that went out from 
the West Branch settlement, and his untimely death was a sore 
affliction. When the inmates of the fort heard the report of the rifles 
that ended his life, they, with his wife, ran to ask Smith, who was with 
him, where he was, and his reply, "In heaven or hell or on his way to 
Tioga," showed his rapid flight for, he did not wait to see whether 
Captain Brady was killed or taken prisoner.  His was a remarkable 
career, and death, claiming him in the prime of manhood, robbed the 
earth of one of her strongest sons, and the nation of one of her most 
loyal subjects, but in the lives and life work of his children were 
continued and completed the blessings and benefits to mankind commenced 
so unselfishly by him.
	Capt. John Brady had an older brother, Samuel, who was also, a 
noted Indian fighter. He was one of the two men who escaped from Fort 
Freeland at the time of its capture by the Indians. He afterward moved 
to Indiana county, where he died in 1811, after having spent more than 
thirty years in defense of the Pennsylvania frontiers.
	Capt. John Brady and his wife were the parents of thirteen 
children: Capt. Samuel Brady, the noted Indian fighter; James Brady, 
who was mortally wounded by the Indians near Muncy in 1778; William, who 
died in infancy; John Brady, afterward sheriff of Northumberland county, 
and who was the father of Hon. Jasper Ewing Brady, and of William Perry 
Brady and Samuel Brady, both of whom distinguished themselves in the war 
of 1812; Mary Brady, who married Capt. William Gray, of Sunbury; William 
P. Brady, who was, the father of Col. Hugh Brady and grandfather of 
Capt. Evan Rive Evans Brady; Gen. Hugh Brady, who distinguished himself 
in the war of 1812 and rose to a major generalship in the regular army; 
Jane Brady, who started the first Sunday school in Sunbury; Robert 
Brady; Agnes Brady, who died in infancy; Hannah Brady, who married Maj. 
Robert Gray, of Sunbury; Joseph Brady, who died in infancy; and Liberty 
Brady, who married Maj. William Dewart, of Sunbury.  Cyrus Townsend 
Brady, the author, is a direct descendant of Capt. John Brady. 
Contributed by W. G. Murdock.

	HON. SIMON P. WOLVERTON, late of Sunbury, who ranked among the 
leading attorneys of that borough, was one of the most successful 
corporation lawyers in this State, and as a former representative in 
Congress from the Seventeenth Congressional district was widely known in 
this section. He was born in Rush township, Northumberland county, Jan. 
28, 1837, son of Joseph and Charity (Kase) Wolverton, and on the 
paternal side is of English Quaker origin.
	According to well authenticated tradition three brothers emigrated 
from Wolverhampton, England, about 1700, and settled on Long Island, New 
York. The family was then, as now, one of distinction, and its coat of 
arms bore the wolfs head. The descendants are scattered, being found in 
nearly every state in the Union, and many are residents of Canada. Many 
members of the family have attained prominence in business, political 
and professional circles.  Of the three brothers who originally came to 
this country Charles Wolverton, the lineal ancestor of Simon P. 
Wolverton, in 1714 moved to Hunterdon county, N. J., where the family 
resided for several generations.
	Charles Wolverton, a descendant of the Charles Wolverton who was 
one of the original immigrants, was the great grandfather of Simon P. 
Wolverton. He served in the war of the Revolution. He owned a large 
tract of land in Hunterdon county, N. J., which he granted to his son 
Isaac on Feb. 12, 1816.
	Isaac Wolverton was born in Hunterdon county, N. J., Aug. 11, 1777, 
and in 1800 came with his father and family to Augusta township, 
Northumberland county, where he died.  The father died in Augusta 
township, as did the son, who passed away in 1855. Isaac, was a 
prosperous and successful farmer.  He was a Democrat in politics and 
served as county commissioner.  He was a devout Baptist and filled 
numerous offices in the church society of which he was a member. He 
married Lucretia Chamberlain and reared a family of five children, two 
sons and three daughters.
	Joseph Wolverton, son of Isaac and father of Simon P. Wolverton, 
was born in Augusta township, Northumberland county, Sept. 25, 1803, and 
died in Sunbury in the eighties. He spent his lifetime in his native 
township and in the neighboring township of Rush, and was engaged in 
agricultural pursuits. He was a Baptist.  He married Charity Klase, also 
a native of Northumberland county, daughter of William Klase, who was of 
German descent and resided in Rush township, where he was a farmer and 
also served as a justice of the peace. The family of Joseph and Charity 
Wolverton consisted of two sons and three daughters. Mrs. Wolverton died 
in 1862.
	Simon P. Wolverton was truly a self-made man. Starting out to make 
his way in youth he had as his resources an unusually brilliant 
intellect, a sturdy physique and a constitution which seemed to have 
been built as of iron. From comparative obscurity, by his untiring 
industry and his personal merit and effort, he rose to a position in the 
front rank of Pennsylvania's men of great attainments, and all who knew 
him and realized his worth as a man and a citizen rejoiced that he won 
the honors and the success to which he was so justly entitled. In his 
youth Mr. Wolverton, who had secured a fairly good schooling, taught 
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receiving a meager salary, determined to earn enough to pay his expenses 
through college.
	In his young manhood Mr. Wolverton completed his education at 
Danville Academy and Lewisburg University, where he doubled his studies 
and by hard work and persistent effort accomplished the work of the 
junior and senior courses in one year, doing that which ordinarily 
requires two years study in a single year, and graduating from the 
institution in 1860.  Following his graduation from the university he 
entered the law office of Hon. Alexander Jordan in Sunbury, Mr. Jordan 
then being the presiding judge in the Eighth Judicial district as then 
constituted. He read day and night so eager was he to enter the 
profession to which he was attracted and for which his strong and 
logical intellect seemed so well to fit him. As in his youth, Mr. 
Wolverton in his young manhood continued to be a diligent student and a 
hard worker, and the same traits of character served him well through 
the remarkably successful career he enjoyed as a lawyer and as a 
statesman. He was admitted to the bar in April, 1862, and immediately 
entered upon the practice of law. His practice was interrupted by two 
periods of service during the Civil war, the first when General Stuart 
made his raid into the State, Mr. Wolverton raising a company of 
emergency men (of which he was captain) who did effective service. When 
a second invasion of the State was threatened by Lee's army, Mr. 
Wolverton again went out as captain with the emergency company known as 
Company F; 36th Pennsylvania Regiment. The company was mustered into the 
service July 4, 1863 and mustered out August 11th of the same year. 
While in the military service Mr. Wolverton kept in touch with his law 
business, and on his discharge from the army immediately resumed it and, 
he afterward followed it to the exclusion of practically all else. He 
acquired a very large and lucrative clientage. A man of even temper, of 
indomitable will and possessing the best of health he knew no such thing 
as failure, nor did he encounter defeat. As a lawyer Mr. Wolverton was 
very thorough in the preparation of his cases and in the courts he 
handled then with masterly skill.
	Political honors were forced upon Mr. Wolverton, the demand for his 
services being of such nature as to be imperative. In the fall of 1878 
he was elected, as a Democrat to fill out the unexpired term of State 
Senator A. H. Dill, Senator Dill having resigned to be a candidate for 
governor. Twice Mr. Wolverton was reelected, and he served ten years in 
the State Senate. He declined a re-nomination in 1888 because he 
preferred to resume the more active practice of his profession. During 
his term in the State Senate he was prominent in securing the enactment 
of many of the most important laws. For the ten years he was in the 
Legislature he was a member of the committee on Judiciary. He introduced 
and secured the passage of what is known as the "Married Woman's Act" in 
1887.  Mr. Wolverton's great popularity with the people of the Twenty-
seventh Senatorial district may be estimated by his election to the 
Senate for three successive terms in a district which had a normal 
Republican plurality of over 1,000.  For two years after his retirement 
from the State Senate Mr. Wolverton devoted his entire time to his 
profession.  Then he was again obliged to respond to the popular demands 
of his friends and neighbors, and in 1890 he was elected representative 
in Congress from the Seventeenth district, which includes 
Northumberland, Columbia, Montour and Sullivan counties.  He served in 
the Fifty-second Congress and in 1892 was reelected, to the Fifty-third 
Congress. As representative he was an untiring worker in the interest of 
his district faithfully and most ably representing those who had so 
strenuously insisted upon again bestowing upon him political honors. At 
the expiration of his second term in Congress Mr. Wolverton's legal 
business had attained such magnitude that he realized he either must 
abandon law and its practice or give up political position. He decided 
to abandon politics, except as he might participate in political affairs 
as a citizen, and to devote his entire time and energy to the practice 
of his profession.
	No better indorsement of the great ability of Mr. Wolverton as a 
lawyer could be put forward than the statement that he was attorney for 
a number of very large corporations, including the following:  
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company; Philadelphia & Reading Coal & 
Iron Company; Lehigh Valley Railroad Company;  Lehigh Valley Coal 
Company; Cox Bros. & Company, the largest coal operators in 
Pennsylvania; the Delaware, Sunbury & Schuylkill Railroad Company, and 
many other corporations of less magnitude.  He was among those prominent 
in organizing and constructing the Sunbury, Hazleton & Wilkes-Barre 
railroad and the Shamokin, Sunbury & Lewisburg railroad, of which he was 
president and which is now a part of the Reading system.  Mr. Wolverton 
built the Sunbury & Northumberland Electric railway and continued to be 
interested in it. He was also interested in the Sunbury Electric Light & 
Power Company, the Northumberland Illuminating Company, and other local 
enterprises which are of a semi-public and beneficial character as 
greatly aiding in the development and growth of Sunbury.  He died Oct. 
25, 1910.
	On March 23, 1865, Mr. Wolverton was united in marriage with 
Elizabeth D. Hendricks, daughter of Benjamin Hendricks, of Sunbury.  
They reared a family of three charming children: Mary G., wife of Biddle 
Arthurs, of Pittsburg, Pa.; Elizabeth K.; and Simon P., Jr., who was  
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ciated with and succeeded his father in the practice of law. The family 
belong to the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Wolverton was a Mason and an Odd 
Fellow in fraternal connection.

	JOHN E. BASTRESS, attorney at law, and president of the Guarantee 
Trust & Safe Deposit Company, at Mount Carmel, Pa., was born in Shamokin 
township, Northumberland county, Nov. 29, 1865, a son of Milton 
Bastress.  His grandfather, Solomon Bastress, resided in Montgomery 
county, Pa.  On April 6, 1830, he married Rachel Miller, of Bucks 
county, Pa., and they had one son, Milton, who was born April 16, 1833, 
in Montgomery county, where he spent his early life. Coming to 
Northumberland county he located in Rush township, following his trade 
at Wolverton's tannery, near Snydertown.  He was also a rural mail 
carrier in Rush township and became well known.  He was a member of the 
Reformed Church and in polities a Republican. He married Catherine 
Brocious, of Schuylkill county, Pa., in 1857. Mrs. Bastress now makes 
her home with her daughter, Mrs. B. F. Culp, near Snydertown. Mr. 
Bastress died May 25, 1900. They had these children:  Alinerva E., 
deceased wife of L. Parry; William, living in Shamokin township; Samuel, 
living in Williamsport, Pa.; Alice, the wife of Benjamin F. Culp, and 
John E., whose name introduces this sketch.
	John E. Bastress attended the public schools of his native township 
and Central Pennsylvania College, at New Berlin, Pa., thence going to 
the Ohio Normal University, at Ada, Ohio, and graduating from the latter 
institution in 1886.  With this preparation he felt himself fitted for 
the duties of schoolmaster, and was employed as teacher at the Shipman 
school in Rockefeller township, holding an engagement for one year. He 
was next in Union county, near Mifflinburg, teaching there one term; 
thence went to Point township, where he taught four terms, concluding 
his career in the field of pedagogy as normal school instructor for four 
succeeding terms at Dalmatia, and making his final bow on retiring from 
his profession after three years engagement in the high schools of Mount 
Carmel. He then took up the study of law with Hon. Von  Auten as 
preceptor and was admitted to the Northumberland county bar in 1892, and 
since 1895 has been located in the Samuel building at Mount Carmel, 
doing a general law practice in connection with his numerous and varied 
enterprises.  He was one of the original directors of the Mount Carmel 
Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Company, which was established in 1902, 
he serving as president since 1906, and also as chairman of the finance 
committee. He is president of the Mount Carmel Gas Company, and was at 
one time president of the Mount Carmel Iron Works, of which he is still 
a director. He is solicitor and a director of the People's and Central 
Building and Loan Associations of Mount Carmel.
	Upon the formation of the Bastress, Vought & Co. organization in 
Brooklyn real estate, in 1906, Mr. Bastress assumed the management.  
Since then the Bastress Vought Company have merged with another concern, 
forming the largest and strongest real estate concern within the limits 
of the Empire State, the management of which rests upon the shoulders of 
John B. Bastress. The light and power plant of Cambridge, Md., was built 
and personally owned by Mr. Bastress, who sold it in 1910.
	Socially Mr. Bastress belongs to the I.O.O.F., local lodge of Elks, 
K. of M. and P.O.S. of A. He is a member of the Lutheran Church.
	Politically Mr. Bastress is a Republican, served one year as county 
chairman, and for a time was one of the executive committee. For twelve 
years he was solicitor for the borough of Mount Carmel.
	His first wife, whom he married June 10, 1890, was Sarah Brocious.  
She died in 1897, leaving two children, Edgar R. and Clyde O.  On Jan. 
16, 1900, Mr. Bastress married Blanch M. Green, daughter of John Green, 
of Bainbridge, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.
	Mr. Bastress has had a busy life from boyhood till now, and in 
whatever office, whether as tutor or student, lawyer, banker or business 
man, his ambitions and capabilities have assigned him to high places.

	JOHN JUNIUS REIMENSNYDER, A. M., attorney at law, Sunbury, Pa., was 
born in Augusta county, Va., June 2, 1812, son of Rev. George Henry and 
Christina Reimensnyder. His father, a graduate of the University of 
Gottingen, Germany, was a theologian and author of note. The family has 
been a professional and literary one for more than a century and a half, 
the sisters as well as the brothers being engaged in educational work.
	J. J. Reimensnyder received his education under the tuition of his 
father and at local academies. He was largely a self-made man, but went 
over the entire collegiate course, including the Latin, under private 
tutors.  He was a fine German scholar, frequently acting as interpreter 
in the court. He was the first superintendent of public instruction in 
Northumberland county, laying the foundation for the system of graded 
schools. He served in this capacity for six years. He retired from the 
ministry after a service of twenty-one years because of a throat 
affection.  He received the honorary degree of A. M. from Roanoke 
College, Salem, Va.  He was twice nominated for Congress in his own 
county. He was elected prothonotary of Northumberland county and served 
two terms.  During this period he was admitted to the practice of the 
law, having studied law in his earlier years, Hon. Alexander Jordan, 
president judge, stating that he passed the most brilliant examination 
of any applicant in his experience. In 1838 he was married to Susan 
Margaret Bryan, daughter of Benjamin Bryan, the first captain in the war 
of 1812. He was the father of eight children, all of whom received a 
liberal education. Of the five sons two practiced law, two became 
ministers of the Gospel and one was a druggist. Hon. J. J. Reimensnyder 
died in Sunbury May 2, 1899.
	Cornelius Reimensnyder, the eldest son, practiced law in the West.
	Rev. J. B. Reimensnyder, D. D., LL. D., the second son, has been 
for the past twenty-six years pastor in New York City, and was this year 
(1911) elected president of the General Synod of the Lutheran Church in 
the United States at its session in Washington, D.C.
	Rev. J. M. Reimensnyder, D. D., pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, 
Milton, Pa., is the third son. He was born at Smithsburg, Washington 
Co., Md., Jan. 5, 1847, attended the public schools of Milton, and 
prepared for college at the old McEwensville Academy.  In 1870 he 
graduated at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa., taking the full 
college classical course.  He then studied theology, passing the best 
examination of his class, and was ordained in 1871. His first charge was 
Espy, Columbia Co., Pa. He then served as pastor for twelve years at 
Lewistown, Pa. On Sept. 2, 1911, he entered the twenty-fifth year of his 
present pastorate at Milton, Pa., where he is still serving one of the 
largest congregations in central Pennsylvania. During his college course 
he was chosen orator in the great literary contest historian of his 
class and literary society and speaker at the literary anniversary of 
the institution. He was two years president of the Pennsylvania State 
Sabbath School Association and seven years editor of its organ, the 
"Pennsylvania Sabbath School Review."  He was four years chairman of the 
Sunday School committee of his denomination in this country. He has 
served for years as director of the Theological Seminary at Gettysburg 
and frequently as delegate to the General Synod of the Lutheran Church. 
He has served as president of each Synod of which he has been a member. 
He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Wittenberg College, in 
1896. In 1908 he was selected by the board of directors of the 
Gettysburg Theological Seminary to deliver the endowment lecture on the 
Augsburg Confession, before the Theological Seminary. He is a prominent 
lecturer and speaker on many important occasions in public gatherings. 
For the past ten years his Sunday morning sermons have been published 
weekly in the local city daily and have a large circulation. He is a 
regular contributor to Lutheran periodicals and the author of several 
books and pamphlets. His books on "Reason, History and Religion" and 
"Ancient History and the Chronology of the Bible" have a large 
circulation and are used in teacher training classes and have the 
indorsernent of many of the best educators and professors in the church. 
On Sept. 2, 1873, he was married to Miss Clementine C. Creveling, of 
Espy, Columbia Co., Pa.  Five children were born to them, Anna C., Mary 
V., Luther M., Thomas C. and Florence I.
	George B. Reimensnyder, A. M., Esq., attorney at law in  Sunbury, 
Pa., born at Smithsburg, Washington Co., Md., July 27, 1849, is the 
fourth son. He was educated in the public schools and academy of Sunbury 
and received the honorary degree of A. M. from Pennsylvania College, in 
1886. He began life as an apprentice in the office of the Sunbury 
Democrat. In 1863 he entered the prothonotary's office at Sunbury as 
deputy clerk, retaining that position until 1870. After teaching one 
year he entered the office of the register and recorder, in which he was 
employed nine years, seven years as deputy clerk. This laid the 
foundation of his study of the law. He was admitted to the bar Aug. 6, 
1877. He rose rapidly in the practice of his profession until he reached 
the highest point as an able and efficient attorney, having a legal 
practice equal to any attorney in central Pennsylvania. He has been a 
member of the examining committee of the local bar association since 
1881; was borough solicitor, 1888-89; is a director of the Sunbury Trust 
and Safe Deposit Company, and solicitor for that institution.  He stands 
high in the church and is one of the, most prominent clergymen in his 
denomination. He was president of the Pennsylvania State Convention of 
the Young Mens Christian Association at its session in Bellefonte, in 
1881. He is a director in the Lutheran Theological Seminary at 
Gettysburg, Pa., and associated with many other religious and benevolent 
organizations.  On Nov. 22, 1887, he was married to Miss Clara B. 
Stackhouse, of Philadelphia. He has one daughter, Miss Lillian, born at 
Sunbury March 23, 1889.

	GOODWILL.  The name Goodwill has been closely associated with the 
coal and coke interests of Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and Shamokin, 
Northumberland county, has been the home of the family for many years, 
here dwelling the late Robert Goodwill, founder and in his lifetime 
president of the Goodwill Coal & Coke Company of West Virginia; and his 
sons, Anthony G. Goodwill, now a hardware merchant at Shamokin, member 
of the firm of Boughner, Goodwill & Co.; and William F. Goodwill, who 
retains his mining interests.
	Robert Goodwill was born in October, 1827, in the County of 
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Anthony G. and Margaret (Freeman) Goodwill, and was tenth in their 
family of twelve children. When but nine years of age he went to work in 
the mines, and at thirteen was mining coal. His home during the last 
years he spent in the old country was in Scotland. He was married in his 
native land, and his eldest son was born before the emigration to 
America. In May, 1852, Mr. Goodwill with wife and son, sailed for the 
New World, landing at Philadelphia on June 30th of that year. He went to 
Gold Mine Gap, and was employed there three years, mining coal.  From 
there he moved to the Shamokin coal fields, and was employed at the 
Lancaster colliery, about three miles east of town. In 1857 he located 
at Trevorton, Pa., about eight miles west of Shamokin, where he worked 
both as a miner and contractor. At the end of eight years, in 1865, with 
A. A. Heim as a partner, he leased the tracts of coal lands three miles 
west of the town, tracts that were familiarly known as the Greenough and 
Bear Valley tracts.  They operated these until Nov. 15, 1887, when they 
sold out to the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company. Heim & 
Goodwill leased the Diamond Gas & Coal Company's colliery, and the 
Pentecost, both at Reynoldsville, Jefferson Co., Pa., which they 
operated for ten years. In December, 1869, they acquired a quarter 
interest in the Monitor colliery, and in March, 1870, disposed of this 
interest with profit. During 1877 Mr. Goodwill occupied the position of 
superintendent with the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company, and 
in 1878 he built the Carson colliery, operating it three years, after 
which he retired from active business. He was, however, of too active a 
temperament to remain long in retirement and in 1886 he organized the 
Goodwill Coal & Coke Company, of Philippi, W. Va., and leased a colliery 
from the Blue Stone Coal Company, in connection with which he operated 
fifty coke ovens. The first shipment of coal was made in September, 
1887, and the capacity of the mines was increased to one thousand tons 
per day.
	Mr. Goodwill was reared by parents who were faithful members of the 
Church of England, but he departed from the faith of his fathers and 
became a Methodist, being a trustee of the Methodist Church for fifteen 
years, and of the Second Methodist Episcopal Church for four years. In 
his political faith be was a Republican. He died Dec. 17, 1899.  On July 
27, 1847, he married Catherine Wake, born Dec. 28, 1827, died May 20, 
1902, daughter of Philip and Margaret Wake. She is also deceased, and 
both she and her husband rest in the cemetery at Shamokin.  Five 
children blessed their union, of whom the two daughters died in infancy; 
the sons were, Anthony G., Philip (of Bramwell, W. Va.) and William F. 
all of whom were members of the Goodwill Coal & Coke Company. Mr. and 
Mrs. Goodwill celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding July 
27, 1897. 
	ANTHONY G. GOODWILL, son of Robert, was born in Scotland in August, 
1848, and accompanied his parents to America in 1852. He attended the 
public schools and was graduated from Dickinson Seminary, at 
Williamsport, Pa. He was only nine years of age when he worked for a 
time as a slate picker.  In 1869 he became a clerk for W. R. Kutmer, 
selling hardware and drugs, remaining in that position until 1885, when 
he engaged in business for himself, at No. 228 East Sunbury street, the 
original firm name of Boughner, Goodwill & Co. being retained to the 
present time.  When the Goodwill Coal & Coke Company was incorporated he 
became a member of the company, and is still interested in the mining 
business.  He has built up a good trade in the hardware business, and 
ranks among the leading citizens of Shamokin.  In 1873 he married Regina 
C. Klase, of Ashland, Pa., daughter of Abraham Klase, and they have one 
son, Robert W., of Shamokin. In his political faith Mr. Goodwill is a 
Republican, and in his religions faith a Methodist. Fraternally he is a 
Mason, being a member of Shamokin Lodge, F. & A.M.  He also belongs to 
the B.P.O. Elks and to the Cresco Club.
	WILLIAM F. GOODWILL, son of Robert, was born in Dauphin county, 
Pa., and was educated in the public schools and in Dickinson Seminary, 
Williamsport, graduating from the latter in 1875, and taking a 
commercial course at the same institution the following year. He worked 
from an early age in his fathers mines during the summer vacations, and 
after completing his business course became a bookkeeper at his fathers 
colliery, remaining until the business was sold to the Philadelphia & 
Reading Coal & Iron Company. For one year he was employed by L. M. 
Shuman & Co., grocers, and then became a member of the firm of Derby & 
Goodwill. This venture was followed by three rears in the mail service, 
after which be was bookkeeper for J. Langdon & Co., at the Neilson 
colliery, Shamokin. In 1889 he became buyer for the Goodwill Coal & Coke 
Company, and in 1905 returned to Shamokin, where he erected a 
comfortable home at No. 153 North Eighth street. He is still interested 
in the mining business, but is practically retired from an active 
participation in the work.  In 1879 Mr. Goodwill married Ida R. Klase, 
of Ashland, and their children are: John J., born Mar 26, 1885, 
graduated from the University of Virginia in June, 1908: and M. B., born 
April 13, 1893, a member of the class of 1910, Shamokin high school.  
Mr. Goodwill has never been an active politician, but was elected in 
1888 to the Shamokin borough council. While in West Virginia he was 
notary public for Mercer county.  
	
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	WILLIAM FIELD SHAY, of Watsontown, who as solicitor, and a former 
chief executive of the borough, and in other relations, has been one of 
the most prominent citizens of that place, was born at Northumberland, 
this county, son of Philip and Mary E. (Wallis) Shay.
	Philip Shay was born in 1813 in Pittston, Kennebec Co., Maine. In 
his early manhood he went to Baltimore, Md., to assist his brother-in-
law, Abiathar Field (formerly of Brookline, Mass.), in the establishing 
one of the pioneer oyster packing houses there, and in the interest of 
this business Mr. Shay subsequently located at Northumberland, Pa. Later 
he became connected with the packet company, in which connection he was 
popularly known as "Captain" Shay. He finally settled at Muncy, Pa., 
where he engaged in the mercantile and lumber business. In 1868 he 
removed to Watsontown, Northumberland county, and again engaged in 
merchandising.  He became one of the foremost men in the community, in 
official as well as business circles, served with credit as a member of 
the school board and in 1871 was elected chief burgess. He was much 
interested in many of the developments, affecting the early growth of 
the borough. He was one of the corporators and charter members of the 
Watsontown  Bank, was appointed by Governor Geary the first notary 
public of the bank and town and, at the close of his administration, was 
re-appointed by Governor Hartranft. For eleven years he acceptably 
filled the position of postmaster at Watsontown, he being the first 
Presidential appointee of the office, serving until his death, which 
occurred Feb. 2, 1885. Mr. Shay was one of the organizers and 
influential members of the First Presbyterian Church of Watsontown, in 
which he held the office of trustee for many years.
	He was first married to Mary Elizabeth Wallis, daughter of Dr. 
Samuel H. and Elizabeth (Cowden) Wallis, and granddaughter of Samuel 
Wallis, the noted pioneer of the West Branch Valley surveyor and land 
owner, who was so important a figure in the early life of that region. 
By this marriage there was one son, William Field Shay. After the death 
of his first wife Mr. Shay married Priscilla M. Llewellyn. To them were 
born four children, Charles, P., Edward E., Mary V. and Priscilla L. 
The mother died when the latter was an infant. He was married the third 
time to Emma J. Stoughton, and two children, Frank S. and Emma E. 
Montgomery, wife of James M. Montgomery, blessed their union. Frank S. 
Shay died in 1898.
	William Field Shay received his elementary education in the public 
schools. He clerked for his father as a young man, and subsequently 
became a law student with Oscar Foust, Esq., of Watsontown (now Judge of 
the Allen and Woodson county, Kans., courts), under whose instruction he 
remained three years. Soon after attaining his majority he was admitted 
to the bar, and commenced practice at Watsontown, where he has ever 
since been established. He has been admitted to practice in all the 
courts of the central Pennsylvania counties, as well as in the Superior 
court, the Supreme court of Pennsylvania, and the United States Circuit 
and District courts.  He became solicitor for the Central Pennsylvania & 
Western (Susquehanna, Bloomsburg & Berwick) Railway Company at its 
inception, and has held the position many years.  He has been solicitor 
for the borough of Watsontown for many years, and also for the 
Watsontown National Bank.
	Few citizens of Watsontown have done more for the best interests of 
the municipality than Mr. Shay. Its important public enterprises have 
had his aid in their fostering and development, notably the waterworks, 
electric light and sewer systems, and educational facilities.  He has 
served on the school board, and in that relation took the deepest 
interest in the cause of public education, serving as chairman of the 
State Association of School Directors when Supreme Justice John P. Elkin 
was president of that body, and succeeding him in that office in 1901. 
It was through his efforts that the terminus of the Central Pennsylvania 
& Western railroad (now S. B. & B. railroad) was secured to the town. He 
has been a member of the town council, and in 1906 he was honored with 
election to the office of chief burgess, the nomination and election 
coming without solicitation on his part.  His administration was 
progressive and effective. Mr. Shay has acquitted himself creditably in 
every public trust, and has justified the flattering support accorded 
him on every occasion when he has been a candidate for official honors. 
His public spirit and intelligent insight regarding the affairs of the 
community are best illustrated in the measures brought about through his 
influence.  On political questions he is identified with the Republican 
party.
	Mr. Shay has long been an active and prominent member of the 
Masonic fraternity.  He is a member of Watsontown Lodge, No. 401, F. & 
A.M., of which he has been Worshipful Master, served as secretary for a 
long period, and is still acting as treasurer, an office he has held for 
years; he is Past High Priest of Warrior Run Chapter, No. 246, R.A.M., 
of Watsontown, has been secretary of that body and is now serving under 
his twelfth annual appointment as the Deputy to the Grand High Priest in 
the Eighth capitular district which comprises the counties of 
Northumberland, Montour, Columbia, Union and Snyder.  He is also a 
member of the Council, and the Commandery; the A.A.S.R. and the Shrine, 
and has attained the thirty-second degree.  He is a member of the Grand 
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	For a number of years Mr. Shay has been a member of the Board of 
Trustees of the State Hospital for the Insane at Danville and is now 
President of that body. As chairman of the committee of legislation he 
has done efficient work in the securing of large appropriations for the 
improvement of the institution, now having the care of over sixteen 
hundred patients, it being the second largest in the State.
	He has been foremost in the general State movement for good roads, 
advocating the log drag generally for dirt roads, and the building of 
the more substantial highways between all the towns and other main 
points.  As solicitor for Delaware township he secured the two roads at 
the north and south of Watsontown, and has been consulted and has 
received departmental approvement of local roads of great moment for the 
locality in the bill just passed, contemplating the taking over of all 
the roads under the care and management of the State Highway Department.
	With all his interests, involving much work and requiring much time 
for their successful continuation, Mr. Shay has found time for enjoyment 
of literature and for researches into local historical matters, in which 
line he has found pleasure and recreation, though his labors have been 
serious enough to command recognition, a number of leading articles from 
his pen having found their way into print. He has compiled and 
contributed much historical data which will be useful for future 
reference, and is regarded as an authority in the lines which he has 
followed.
	Mr. Shay has been happily married to Mary Alice Hower, only 
daughter of the late Hon. Charles Hower, of Selinsgrove, Pa., who was a 
leading member of the bar in Snyder county. Mr. and Mrs. Shay are 
members of the First Presbyterian Church of Watsontown, and occupy a 
comfortable home in the beautiful Main street in Watsontown.

	JAMES STARRETT DOUGAL, M. D., of Milton, Northumberland county, is 
a member of the Dougal family which has had a representative of the 
medical profession there ever since the time of his great-grandfather, 
Dr. James Dougal, who was the first physician to locate permanently at 
that point. As a family of physicians the Dougals are known all over the 
State of Pennsylvania, their personal and professional worth having won 
them unquestioned standing, maintained without interruption or 
diminution during the century and more of their residence here.
	The Dougal family is of Scotch-Irish origin and has a history well 
worth recording.  The first of whom we have definite record is one James 
Dougal, who came to this country from Cookstown, Ireland, and took up a 
large tract of land in the Cumberland Valley.  Returning to his native 
land, he sent his son James out to look after the estate.
	James Dougal, son of James and Mary Dougal, was born June 4, 1769, 
at Londonderry, Ireland, and was a young man when sent by his father to 
look after his property in America. The vessel on which he made the 
voyage was wrecked off the coast of Delaware, James Dougal and a man who 
later lived at Muncy, Pa., being the only two passengers who were saved. 
Young Dougal was robbed of all his money and other valuables and left 
stranded among strangers. But he was a young man of fine personality, 
and being able to speak French was given a position as tutor to the son 
of a man whom he met being thus engaged until he earned enough money to 
take him back to his native land. After finishing his literary and 
professional training, graduating from the College of Surgeons at 
Edinburgh, Scotland, he settled in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, 
and began the practice of medicine.  He married, and his two children 
were born there. But he became involved in the political uprising led by 
Emmet his friend, and when Emmet was captured he escaped in disguise to 
the United States, leaving his native land with a price on his head. 
Being a friend of the well known Dr. Priestley, who was then located at 
Northumberland, Pa., he went to him for advice, on the strength of which 
he settled at Milton.  As previously mentioned, he was the first 
physician to settle there, and his success was immediate and lasting.  
He soon (1803) erected the stone mansion at Front and Mahoning streets 
which remained in the family for one hundred years (being now occupied 
by Dr. E. L. Keiser), and continued in active practice until his death, 
July 18, 1818, caused by a fall from his horse. His practice extended 
over a large part of the territory now embraced in the counties of 
Northumberland, Montour, Columbia, Lycoming, Union and Clinton, and he 
was naturally one of the most widely known men in his section of the 
State in that day, his broad mind and energetic personality winning him 
the friendship and esteem of the forceful characters of the day. He 
retained his patriotic spirit and impulses to the end of his days, and 
during the war of 1812 sent his son James into the ranks of the American 
army to fight for the liberty so dear to all of this name.
	On Oct. 14, 1793, Dr. Dougal had married Jane Starrett, like 
himself a native of Ireland, and they had two children, James and 
Margaret, both born at Cookstown, Ireland. His wife and children 
followed him to America a few years after his escape.
	Dr. James S. Dougal, son of Dr. James and Jane (Starrett) Dougal, 
was born Oct. 7, 1794, at Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, and was 
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and also received private tuition under Rev. Thomas Hood. He read 
medicine with his father, and graduated in medicine from the University 
of Pennsylvania in 1817. When his father died, the following year, he 
succeeded to the extensive practice and continued actively engaged in 
the duties of his profession for fifty-eight years, dying May 23, 1878, 
in his eighty-fourth year.  His reputation and patronage were 
widespread.  In politics he was originally a Democrat later joining the 
Republicans, and as previously mentioned he served when but a youth in 
the war of 1812.
	On July 2, 1818, Dr. Dougal married Sarah Pollock, who was born 
July 16, 1799, daughter of William Pollock and a sister of the late ex-
Governor Pollock, and she died April 1, 1873. They had a family of eight 
children: James, a physician who died at Milton Feb. 20, 1847; William 
P.; Sarah Jane, widow of James Gilmour and living in Milton; Mary 
Louisa, wife of R. H. Duncan, of Washington, D. C.; Caroline, deceased, 
who was the wife of Horace A. Beale, of Chester county, Pa.; Margaret 
P.; Charles Hammond; and Elizabeth E., wife of Robert Bailey, of 
Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
	Capt. William P. Dougal, second son of Dr. James S. Dougal, was 
born Dec. 28, 1823, in the stone mansion built by his grandfather. He 
attended the old Milton Academy, and became a prosperous farmer, 
settling in Union county, Pa., when a young man, and there engaging in 
agricultural pursuits until 1860. At the breaking out of the Civil war 
he gave his active support to the Union cause, and on Sept. 4, 1862, was 
commissioned first lieutenant of Company D, 150th Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, better known as the Bucktail Regiment and celebrated as one 
of the fighting regiment's of the Army of the Potomac. He had recruited 
his company in Union county, Pa., where he had his home at the time.  
The command was sent to the front at once, and did notable service, in 
which he bore his full share. He was promoted to captain July 1, 1863, 
on the field at Gettysburg, where he received injuries so severe as to 
necessitate his retirement, and he received his discharge Feb. 1, 1864. 
He became a member of the firm of Murray, Dougal & Co., which was 
organized that year and established the Milton Car Works, with which he 
was actively identified until the year 1878, when he withdrew from the 
firm.  He lived retired thereafter until his death, July 8, 1890. He 
always took a deer interest in the advancement and betterment of the 
borough and was instrumental in promoting the success of other 
enterprises besides his main responsibility; he was a director of the 
Milton National Bank.  His many friends in Milton felt that the place 
had lost one of its best citizens in his decease. He and his family were 
members of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics he was a Republican.
	By his first marriage, to Sarah Clingan, of Union county, Pa., 
Captain Dougal had one daughter, Sarah, who is the wife of William C. 
Lawson, Jr., of Milton. His second wife, Agnes (McCormick), daughter of 
Robert and Eliza (Montgomery) McCormick, of Milton, was a descendant of 
two well known families of the West Branch Valley.  Seven children were 
born to the second union: James, Robert, William, Eliza, Charles, Agnes 
and Margaret.
	Charles Hammond Dougal, M. D., son of Dr. James S. Dougal and 
brother of Capt. William P. Dougal, was born Sept. 20, 1838, in Milton, 
where he received a good preliminary education in the common schools.  
He then took a course at Princeton, graduating from that college in the 
spring of 1859, after which he began to read medicine in his father's 
office.  His professional studies were interrupted by the outbreak of 
the Civil war, as he entered the Union service in 1861 under General 
Stoneman, as a medical cadet. He was captured July 1, 1863, and taken to 
Libby prison, being held there five weeks.  At the end of that time he 
was exchanged and assigned to duty at Eckington Hospital, near 
Washington, D. C., where he remained until the following September.
	Returning to Milton at the close of his army service, Dr. Dougal 
resumed his medical studies, entered the University of Pennsylvania, and 
was graduated in March, 1864.  He at once entered upon practice at 
Milton, building up a large patronage, and finding himself with the 
ability and inclination to do as his father and grandfather before him 
had done, to win and hold the confidence and esteem of the entire 
community. Such a record of usefulness and service, of well sustained 
personal and intellectual standards, is held by few families.  Though a 
busy man he found time to serve the borough in various public 
capacities, as member of the school board, member of, the town council 
(for three terms) and chief burgess.  In politics he was a Republican, 
on national questions. He was a Presbyterian in church connection and 
socially held membership in the G.A.R. and in the Masonic fraternity.
	Dr. Dougal married, Jan. 4, 1866, Annie M. Oakes, daughter of 
Samuel Oakes, of Montour county, Pa., and they had two children, Charles 
(who died young) and James Starrett.  Mrs. Dougal died March 26, 1873, 
and on March 19, 1891, the Doctor married (second) Emma Clinger, of 
Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
	James Starrett Dougal, son of Charles Hammond Dougal, was born in 
Milton Feb. 1, 1871. He received his early education there in the public 
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1889, after which he entered his father's office and read medicine for 
three years. His formal preparation was made in the University of 
Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1898, since which time he 
has been engaged in successful practice at Milton, keeping up the 
traditions of the family in every relation of life.  His location is at 
No. 146 South Front street.  It is sufficient to say that he enjoys the 
patronage and rank which the Dougals have been accorded for generations.  
He is a member of the Lycoming County Medical Society and of the State 
Medical Association.  Fraternally he is well known, being a charter 
member of Milton Lodge, No. 913, B.P.O. Elks, and a member of Milton 
Lodge, No. 256, F. & A.M.  He is a Republican in political sentiment.
	In 1900 Dr. Dougal was united in marriage with Mary Emma Johnson, 
daughter of M. P. and Ann Johnson, of Milton, Northumberland county.

	EAGLE.  The name of Eagle is synonymous with progress and 
prosperity in Shamokin, and the Eagle Silk Mills, owned by John H. and 
Charles K. Eagle, have a reputation that extends the length and breadth 
of the land. To the city of Shamokin the mills are most important. They 
have proved of inestimable value to the community, affording employment 
to more than six hundred operatives.
	The history of the Eagle Mills reads like a romance. Mill No. 1 was 
erected at Edgewood by Shamokin capitalists, and was operated with such 
indifferent success, closely bordering on failure, that in 1896 Mr. John 
H. Eagle, then a New York banker, was obliged to take the mill to save 
himself from financial loss. Mr. Charles K. Eagle, also of New York, 
came to Shamokin to assume personal management and his executive ability 
soon changed the balance to the proper side of the ledger, and spread 
the fame of the mills from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Many extensions 
and additions were made in the Edgewood mill; in 1898 the Trevorton 
mill, employing 125 hands, was started, and since then the Rock street 
mill - modern in every respect - has been built.  The last named mill is 
the best equipped of its kind in the country. It is a three-story brick 
structure, fireproof, run entirely by electricity, each loom having its 
individual motor, while the ventilation is perfected by a blower and 
humidifier which change the entire cubic contents of the building every 
fifteen minutes.  The rise of the firm has been rapid.  A wholesale 
house has been established in New York.  When the Messrs. Eagle took the 
mills it was thought that local capitalists were fortunate in getting 
rid of such property, but the outcome has proved what close application 
of brain and energy can do, and both John H. and Charles K. Eagle are 
looked upon as benefactors to this borough.  They are both well known 
and genuinely liked.  The mills are now managed by Mr. James C. Brown, 
sketch of whom follows.

	JAMES C. BROWN, general superintendent of the Eagle Silk Mills, is 
a native of Scotland, born at Glasgow Oct. 25, 1870.  He was brought to 
America by his parents in his childhood, and was but thirteen when he 
began working in the silk mills at Patterson, N. J., as bobbin boy, for 
$2.50 a week.  He applied himself diligently to his task, and with the 
untiring perseverance and thoroughness of the true Scot learned all 
branches of the silk manufacturing business. His reputation spread and 
in 1904 he came to Shamokin from Phillipsburg, N. J. to take charge of 
the mills for J. H. & C. K. Eagle. Not only has he a thorough 
understanding of the manufacturing end of the business, but he has 
superior executive and business ability, and the mills have prospered 
under his wise administration.
	Mr. Brown is a Mason of high degree, belonging to Delaware Lodge, 
No. 52, F. & A.M., of Phillipsburg, N. J., of which he is past master; 
Eagle Chapter, No. 30, R.A.M., of Phillipsburg; Shamokin Commandery, No. 
77, K.T.; Williamsport Consistory, thirty-second degree; Rajab Temple, 
A.A.O.N.M.S., of Reading; and the Temple Club. He also belongs to Lodge 
No. 355, B.P.O.E.  He has a beautiful home at Edgewood.

	PROF. SAMUEL B. KNISS, an educator of long experience now engaged 
in teaching at Herndon, Northumberland, county, is an influential 
citizen of that community, justice of the peace, active in church work, 
and interested in all things that concern the good of the people 
generally. He was born Sept. 22, 1852, in Upper Augusta township, this 
county, son of Peter Kniss and grandson of Michael Kniss.
	Michael Kniss, the grandfather, lived near Sunbury, in Upper 
Augusta township, where he followed farming.  He died at the age of 
eighty-two years, and is buried at Lantz's Church.  To him and his wife 
Juliana were born: Peter, John, Harry, Samuel, and two daughters.
	Peter Kniss, son of Michael was born Dec. 8, 1818, in Lower Mahanoy 
township, this county, and when a young man settled in Jackson township, 
where he passed the remainder of his long life.  His death, which 
occurred Jan. 21, 1898, was sudden, being caused by a railroad accident 
at Shamokin, this county. On Sept. 12, 1847, Mr. Kniss married Lucy Ann 
Batdorf, daughter of John and Mary Batdorf, and she survives him, being 
now (1911) in her ninetieth year. She makes her home with her daughter 
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children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kniss: Hattie, now the wife of 
Rev. F. E. Erdman, of Reading, Pa.; Franklin, who died young; Samuel B.; 
and Willie, who died young.
	Samuel B. Kniss was reared to farm life, which he followed until 
eighteen years old, at that time taking up the trade of painter and 
paper hanger. He has continued to do such work at times ever since, but 
for many years he has been well known as a teacher in this vicinity, 
having begun teaching in 1871 in Jackson township.  Up to the present 
time he has taught thirty-two terms, all in the one township, Herndon 
borough, where he is now engaged, being located in that township. In 
1890 he obtained his professional certificate, and in 1895 was granted a 
State teacher's permanent certificate.
	Mr. Kniss has the confidence of his fellow citizens, and has long 
served them in public capacities, having been assessor of Jackson 
township for fourteen successive years, and he is now filling his second 
term as justice of the peace of Herndon borough.  He is agent for a 
number of fire insurance companies and has done considerable business in 
that line.
	On Oct. 18, 1877, Professor Kniss married Mary A. Albert, daughter 
of John and Amelia C. (Stroh) Albert, and to them have been born five 
children: Charles S., Arthur E;, Myrtle V. Clarence A. and Lester C.  
Professor Kniss and his, family are active in the work of the United 
Evangelical Church at Herndon, and he is one of the pillars of the 
church, which he is serving in several official capacities, as trustee, 
steward and class leader.

	GEORGE E. HANCOCK, who is at present serving as county commissioner 
of Northumberland county, has been identified with the public service in 
various capacities. He was engaged in the hotel business for several 
years, and in these different associations has come in contact with a 
large number of the residents of this section and become very well 
known.  He was born in this county June 15, 1872, in Coal township, near 
Shamokin.
	Mr. Hancock is of Welsh extraction.  Thomas Hancock, his 
grandfather, was born in 1819 in Pembrokeshire, Wales, and came to 
America in 1849, his family following him two years later.  His first 
location was in Dauphin county, Pa., where he followed mining, and he 
came them to Northumberland county, where he was employed at the mines 
during the greater part of his active life. He died in Shamokin in 1895, 
at the age of seventy-six years, and is buried in the Shamokin cemetery.  
Mr. Hancock took an interest in the general welfare of his adopted 
community and served as supervisor of Coal township, where he was a well 
known and respected citizen.  He married Patience Haines, who died in 
1860 at Locust Gap, this county, and is buried at Shamokin.  They were 
the parents of eleven sons, only three of whom grew to manhood, namely: 
John, who is living in Shamokin; Edward; and George, who lives at Mount 
Carmel, this county.
	Edward Hancock, son of Thomas, was born July 15, 1846, in 
Monmouthshire, a county on the border of South Wales, and died in Coal 
township, Northumberland Co., Pa., Jan. 22, 1911. He came to America 
with his mother in the fall of 1851.  The family landed at New York City 
and came thence to Dauphin county, Pa., thence moving to Herndon, 
Northumberland county, about the time the first bridge was under 
construction at that point. The next removal was to Trevorton, this 
county, where they lived for three and a half years, at the end of that 
time going to Big Mountain, in Coal township, where they remained five 
years. From that place they moved to Beaverdale, in Mount Carmel 
township.  Edward Hancock began work at Big Mountain, picking slate at 
the mines for about four years, and he began regular mining at 
Excelsior, in Coal township, where he was employed about six years.  
About 1856 he went to Shamokin, where he continued at the same kind of 
work, following mining for about thirty-five years in all, at different 
collieries, until his retirement therefrom in 1900. After that he was 
engaged for five years at the Luke Fidler colliery, as machinist, and he 
was afterward employed in Coal township.  He was a very active citizen 
in that township, having served three years as member of the school 
board of the township (during which time he was secretary of the board 
two years and president one year), one year as assessor and three years 
as poor director. He was a Republican in political sentiment, a member 
of the Methodist Church (to which his family also belong), and socially 
belonged to James A. Garfield Lodge, No. 1623, I.O.O.F., and to the 
Knights of Malta.
	On Dec. 11, 1869, Mr. Hancock married Sylvia Tiley, who was born 
April 16, 1848, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Tiley (her parents were 
first cousins), and died May 3, 1908; she is buried in Shamokin 
cemetery.  Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hancock: Thomas S. 
died when two years old; George E. is mentioned below; John died when 
one year old; Jacob C. died in infancy;  Adam D. is engaged in teaching 
in Coal township, this county; William W., a blacksmith, lives at home; 
Oscar died when three months old; Samuel died when seven months old; 
Benjamin A.  is employed with the York Bridge Company; Eva M. lives at 
home.
	George E. Hancock attended public school during his early boyhood, 
but he was only ten years old when he began to pick slate at the 
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ler colliery.  He then learned the barber's trade,  which he followed 
for six years at Shamokin, his next venture being in the hotel business 
in Coal township at Springfield, where he was located for four years.  
About this time he was elected Republican county chairman, and he was 
appointed deputy sheriff, serving two and a half years in that capacity 
under Sheriff Dietrich.  He was then made jail warden, holding that 
position for three years.  In 1904 he bought the "Van Kirk House" at 
Northumberland, which he conducted for three years, selling out at the 
end of that time.  In 1908 he was elected county commissioner, and is at 
present filling that office.  During his residence in Coal township he 
was elected to the school board, of which he was a member three years, 
and he served the same length of time as tax collector.  He is a member 
of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Order of Moose, the Owls and the 
Red Men, and his acquaintanceship in this region is wide.
	Mr. Hancock married Elizabeth Perry, daughter of Lewis Perry, of 
Coal township, and they have had children as follows: Olive, George, 
Violet M., William S. and Clinton.  The family are Methodists in 
religions connection.

	GEORGE M. CONRAD, of Sunbury, a citizen of that borough in touch 
with its best interests, commercial, official, social, and one whose 
intelligent activities have made him a power in all those circles, bears 
a name which has been identified with this region for several 
generations.  Jacob and Adam Conrad are shown by the records to have 
been taxables in Augusta township, Northumberland county, in 1774.  In 
the maternal line Mr. Conrad is a member of another prominent family, 
the Fasold family, the branch to which his mother belongs having been 
settled in Northumberland county for about a century.
	At the Sunbury courthouse are recorded wills of two Jacob Conrads.  
One lived in Sunbury borough, and his will, made May 20, 1811, was 
probated July 7, 1812.  He purchased the home-stead on which he died, a 
property of 150 acres, from  George Harrison.  Mention is made of nine 
children: Nicholas, Jacob, Peter, Henry, John (who was given the 
homestead), Mary (married David Melick), Elizabeth (married Jacob 
Henbrook), Susanna (married George Hall) and Catharine  (married (George 
Long).  The daughter Susanna was given the plantation where she and her 
husband, George Hall, lived.
	The other Jacob Conrad, farmer of Augusta township, "being sick and 
weak," made his will July 8, 1815, and it was probated Aug. 29, 1815.  
His wife's name was Catharine, and the following sons and daughters are 
mentioned: Catharine (married John Zerfoss), Jacob, Elizabeth, Henry, 
John Nicholas (under twenty-one), John, George, Peter. Christian and 
David.
	Of a later date is the will of Peter Conrad, Senior, pioneer, who 
lived in Augusta township Northumberland county, and whose wife was 
Magdalena.  He evidently died advanced in years, and his will, made May 
30, 1837, was probated June 12, 1837. The children were: Jacob, John, 
Henry, Christian, David; Daniel (obtained homestead), Catharine (Mrs. 
Wagner, deceased), Magdalena (married Samuel Kreager), Elizabeth (Mrs. 
Kreidinger, who lived in French Creek, Crawford Co., Pa.) and Mary (Mrs. 
Barger).
	Taking up the early records of the Conrads, we find that John 
Conrad, the great-grandfather of George M. Conrad owned a farm of some 
four hundred acres east of Sunbury.  This John Conrad, born Nov. 18, 
1777, died June 11, 1839. He married Julian Cooper, who was born June 1, 
1778, and lived and died in Augusta township, passing away Dec. 22,  
1841, aged sixty-three years, six months, twenty one days.  They had 
children as follows: Susanna, married Samuel Herb; Ann Maria married 
Decaton Herb and had Julia, Maria, Daniel, Decaton (married Mrs. Maria 
Dietrich) and Samuel; William married Susan Huey and (second) a Miss 
Bartholomew, and had a son George; Eli married Polly Geringer; George 
married Hester Reeser; Daniel married a Miss Wolfe; Sarah married Samuel 
Garinger; Julia Ann married Henry Gass; Catharine (Kate) married a Mr. 
Cooper; Elidia married a Mr. Schrader; Molly married William Miller.
	One Henry Conrad, who is buried at the Augustaville Church, was 
born Oct. 8, 1779, and died March 29, 1854.  He had a brother John - 
possibly the John mentioned above.
	George Conrad, son of John, born Aug. 26, 1808 died May 17, 1877. 
He owned a large farm, comprising some two hundred and fifty acres, upon 
which what is now the eastern portion of Sunbury is built.  He married 
Hester Reeser, born July 26, 1811 died Nov. 11, 1886, and they became 
the parents of the following children: Catharine married Albert Beckley 
and had four children, Florine (married Charles Zerbe), Clara (married 
John Evert), Alice (died young) and Hattie; William died young; Harriet 
married Philip Eckman and had a daughter Esther; Henry H. married 
Sophia Fasold;  Gideon was the next in the family, Silas married Ellen 
Clark; Amandus Aaron, the youngest, married Mary Wise.
	Henry H. Conrad, son of George, was born in 1843 and died Oct. 16, 
1894.  He and his wife Sophia (Fasold), daughter of George and Mary 
(Kreiger) Fasold, who survives him, were parents of seven children: 
George M., who is mentioned fully below; Cora I., wife of W. P. G. 
Hoffman; Esther; Charles A.; Ida M., who is 
	
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the wife of J. B. Gould; Emily, who died in 1906, and who was the wife 
of William Scott and the mother of two children, Thomas and Henry; and 
William, teller in the Sunbury National Bank, who married Maud Reitz.
	George M. Conrad, son of Henry H. and Sophia (Fasold) Conrad, was 
born in 1864 in what was then Upper Augusta township, Northumberland 
county, in which region the Conrads have long been numerous and 
prominent. In 1898 he established himself in business at Sunbury, with 
which borough he is now identified as one of its foremost residents.  
Mr. Conrad is an extensive dealer in coal, flour, grain and feed, making 
a specialty of the commodity first named, in which line he has built up 
so large a trade that he is now the largest dealer in anthracite coal in 
the borough.  His place of business, on South Third street, has been 
enlarged to meet the demands of expanding trade until it now covers 
nearly half of a city block. The office is at No. 135 South Third 
street, adjoining the warehouses, yards and switches, the whole plant 
being well adapted to the handling of the immense business carried on.
	Although his business affairs have attained such large proportions, 
Mr. Conrad has shown himself an able manager, and he has found time for 
public-spirited service to the borough in spite of the heavy demands 
made upon him by his private interests.  His name has been associated 
with almost every project of local importance for years, and he has 
taken an active part in the civil administration in various important 
capacities.  For two years he served as member of the school board; for 
one year filled the office of borough treasurer; and for four years was 
a member of the borough council,  during the last two years of his 
service in that body being its efficient president. He has always been 
identified with the Democratic party, of which he is an ardent and 
influential supporter.
	In 1903 Mr. Conrad assisted in organizing the Sunbury National 
Bank, and has since been one of the directors of that institution. He 
has long been a prominent member of the First Reformed Church, of which 
he has been treasurer for a number of years, also taking a leading part 
in the work of the Sunday school, which he has served as superintendent 
for about fifteen years, still holding that position.  Socially he is a 
member of the Patriotic Order Sons of America and of the Masonic 
fraternity, in the latter connection belonging to Maclay Lodge, No. 632, 
F. & A.M. of Sunbury; to Mount Hermon Commandery, K.T., of Sunbury; and 
to Williamsport Consistory, A.A.S.R.
	On May 21, 1890, Mr. Conrad married Della A. Burns, daughter of 
Dennis and Kate (Kramer) Burns, of Boise City, Idaho, and to this union 
has been born one daughter, Ruth, who is still attending school. The 
family occupy a handsome residence on East Market street, Sunbury, which 
Mr. Conrad built in 1900 and enlarged and remodeled in 1908, further 
beautifying what was already a charming home.  It is one of the 
attractive homes which adorn the "Hill" in Sunbury.
	In the fall of 1906 Mr. and Mrs. Conrad visited her mother in Idaho 
and took a trip to the Pacific coast. Her father died in 1874.

	CHARLES A. CONRAD, member of the firm of Conrad & Shotsberger, 
proprietors of the "Fairmount Hotel," Sunbury, was born in that borough 
Feb. 12, 1870, son of Henry H. and Sophia (Fasold) Conrad.
	Mr. Conrad attended the public schools of Sunbury and in his early 
years was employed with his father at farming and teaming. He also 
clerked for his brother George M. Conrad, in his store, for a period of 
twelve years. He then engaged in the hotel business in 1894-95, after 
which he was associated with his brother George M. in the coal business 
for a period of seven years. In 1901, in connection with Galen 
Shotsberger, he began to conduct the "Fairmount Hotel," which has had a 
prosperous existence under his efficient management.
	Socially Mr. Conrad is a member of the P.O.S. of A., F.O.E., 
Sunbury Lodge of Elks, Conclave, and No. 1 Fire Company. He is a 
Democrat in politics.
	Mr. Conrad married (first) Emma E. Lawrence,  daughter of Abraham 
Lawrence, and after her death, which occurred in 1901, he married 
(second) Bertha Oyster, daughter of George Oyster. They have three 
children: Helen, Ruth and Charles.

	MARTIN MARKLE, late of Shamokin, was a resident of that city for 
over thirty years and during that time maintained business connections 
which placed him among the most successful as well as progressive men of 
his day.  For over twenty years he conducted the Eagle Run Brewery, 
located in Coal township, near Shamokin; he was one of the builders and 
part owner of the "Hotel Graemar," one of the finest hotels in the 
State; he was interested in the First National Bank (now the National 
Bank of Shamokin), and in the promotion of various public utilities; and 
he will always be remembered as a man whose public spirit was a 
perceptible factor in the city's advancement throughout the period of 
his residence there.
	Mr. Markle was a native of Germany, born Feb. 12, 1835, in Werlhim 
Ober Balingen, Wurtemberg, son of George and Barbara (Souter) Markle, 
and grandson, on the maternal side, of Jacob and Katharine Souter.  
George Markle, who died in Germany about 1890, held a civil office under 
the government for forty years. He had the following 
	
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children: George Jacob, who came to America two years after his brother 
Martin and settled in Greenfield, Mass., where he conducted the 
"Germania Hotel" for twenty years (he died Sept. 22, 1898); Casper, who 
came to the United States in 1857 and settled in Greenfield, Mass., in 
1866 (he learned the cutler's trade, following same throughout his 
residence in this country); John; George and Christina, who remained in 
Germany; and Martin.
	Martin Markle received a common school education in his native land 
and remained there, on the home farm, until he was seventeen years old. 
In April, 1852, he came to the United States, arriving at New York April 
23d, and after a short time in that city came on to Pennsylvania, where 
he ever afterward made his home. His first location was at Slatington, 
where he entered the employ of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation  Company as 
lock-tender, holding that position for nineteen years. Having decided to 
enter business life he engaged in the general mercantile business at the 
lock (which is still known at Markle's lock) in 1862, continuing at that 
point for several years.  On Dec. 1, 1871, he settled in Shamokin, where 
he was in business until his death.  He purchased the John B. Douty 
Brewery, in Coal township, which for many years was well known under his 
management as the Eagle Run Brewery, operating it until 1895, when he 
sold his interests therein to P. H. Furmann and relinquished the more 
exacting duties of active business.  But he by no means gave up his 
participation in the life of the city. In 1896, in connection with Mr. 
George C. Graeber, of Shamokin, he built the popular "Hotel Graemar" 
(the name being made up of the first syllables, of both proprietors' 
names) in Shamokin, which has the reputation of being one of the best 
hostelries in the State of Pennsylvania.  Mr. Markle laid the first 
brick himself, and he always took great pride in the hotel and its 
management. He was a director of the First National Bank of Shamokin 
(now the National Bank of Shamokin), which he also served as treasurer; 
a director of the Shamokin Powder Manufacturing Company; a director of 
the Shamokin & Mount Carmel Street Railway Company (which he helped to 
organize);  and a director of the Shamokin Street Railway Company. In 
politics he was a Democrat, in religion a Lutheran.
	On June 17, 1852, Mr. Markle married Helena Eith, daughter of 
Casper Eith, a native of Germany, and to them were born eight children, 
namely:  Anna is the wife of Pius Schweibenz, proprietor of a brewery at 
East Mauch Chunk, Pa.; William M., born Aug. 18, 1854, died Aug. 18, 
1898; Amandus S. was born Aug. 20, 1856, and died May 5, 1910; Helen 
married Daniel Stahl, foreman in the Eagle Run Brewery, and died Feb. 
11, 1905; George F., born Aug. 14, 1861, died March 29, 1906; Sarah A. 
married (first) Charles Tretter and  (second)  William Philippi and 
resides in Shamokin; Cecelia married Francis O. Rankey, a paper box 
manufacturer of South Bethlehem, Pa.; Henry died in infancy. The mother 
of this family died Nov. 9, 1898, and in 1900 Mr. Markle married 
(second) Mrs. Emily Allen, daughter of Isaac May, of Shamokin. Mr. 
Markle's death occurred Jan. 18, 1905.

	WILLIAM M. MARKLE, son of Martin and Helena (Eith) Markle, was born 
Aug. 18, 1854, at Lockport, Northampton Co., Pa. During the greater part 
of his life he was in his father's employ, but during his last years, 
for about  three years before his death, he was in the hotel business, 
conducting the "Central House" of Shamokin. He died at Shamokin Aug. 18, 
1898.  Mr. Markle was a good business man and had all the qualities of a 
substantial citizen.  He married Catharine Snyder, daughter of Simon and 
Mary (Burgner) Snyder, and they became the parents of eleven children, 
viz.:  Sarah C., who is deceased; William P., deceased; Mary M., 
deceased; Sarah J., wife of Joseph Sockolwski and mother of two 
children, Joseph and Catharine (Mr. Sockolwski is proprietor of a cigar 
store in Shamokin); Amandus A.; Albert M., deceased; Evelyn A.; George 
S.; Charles D.; Catharine A., who is still in school; and Annie, 
deceased.  The family reside at No. 601 Franklin street.  Mrs. Markle 
and her children are members of St. Edward's Catholic Church.
	Simon Snyder, father of Mrs. Markle, lived and died at Pottsville, 
Pa.  In early life he learned shoemaking, but did not follow that trade 
long, being employed as a tanner for many years. He married Mary 
Burgner, and their children were: John, Elizabeth, Mary M., Catharine  
(Mrs. Markle), and Theodore, all living; and three deceased, Sophia, 
Philomena and Frank.

	AMANDUS A. MARKLE, son of William M. and Catharine (Snyder) Markle, 
was born May 5, 1885, in Shamokin, where he has passed all his life.  He 
received his education in the public schools of his native city and at 
Tharptown, and during the first five years he worked was employed at the 
silk mill.  He then changed to the Reitz & Hilbush planing mill where he 
remained until 1905, since when he has been engaged as carpenter at the 
Big Mountain Colliery.
	In 1905 Mr. Markle married  Sallie  Jordan, daughter of James 
Jordan, and they have had two children: James William, born Dec. 9, 
1907, and Dorothy K., born Sept. 3, 1909. The family home is at No. 719 
East Sunbury street. The Markles are members of St. Edward's Catholic 
Church.

	GEORGE F. MARKLE, son of Martin and Helena (Eith) Markle, was born 
Aug. 14, 1861, and after receiving his education became interested, like 
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for him practically all his life. For about one year he was a dairyman 
in Uniontown, this county. Like the members of the family generally, he 
had excellent business ability and was a good manager being highly 
esteemed wherever known. He died March 29, 1906, and is buried in the 
Shamokin cemetery.
	On May 24, 1885, Mr. Markle married Miss Catherine E. Batman, 
daughter of Augustus and Mary (Messner) Batman, and to this union were 
born two daughters: Lena N., now the wife of Charles Rogers and 
residing at Tamaqua; and Lillie M.  Mrs. Catharine E. Markle continues 
to make her home at Shamokin.
	Augustus Batman, father of Mrs. Markle, was a farmer in Shamokin 
township, Northumberland county, where he died.  He married Mary 
Messner, and they had a family of seven children: Edward, a farmer in 
Rush Valley, Northumberland county, married Mary Witmer;  Ellen  married 
Daniel Zartman; Sallie married Monroe Bitterman; Mary married George 
Radle; Elizabeth married Daniel Smith; Catharine E. married George F. 
Markle; Polly married Gideon Kremer.

	WILLIAM PENN KEMBLE, of Mount Carmel, Northumberland county, editor 
of the Mount Carmel Item, was born in Tower City, Schuylkill county, 
April 5, 1876, son of Isaac and Matilda (Bickel) Kemble.  When he was 
four years old his family removed to Ashland, the subject of this sketch 
becoming a resident of Mount Carmel at the age of six. His paternal 
ancestors were identified with the early history of Northumberland 
county, the old Kemble homestead being located in Jackson township. His 
maternal ancestors were prominent in Dauphin county. Mr. Kemble is of 
long  American  lineage, having ancestors who fought in all the wars of 
the Republic and in the Colonial and Indian wars.
	Educated primarily in the public  schools of Mount Carmel and in 
the Shamokin Business College, Mr. Kemble studied civil engineering 
under his father, the late Isaac Kemble, C. E.  Later he studied law, 
but abandoned that to take up newspaper work in 1896, when he entered 
the employ of William B. Wilson, editor of the Mount Carmel Item. On 
Feb. 1, 1897, he and his father purchased the paper.  Later his brother, 
Edward B. Kemble, joined the publishing firm.  On Nov. 1, 1902, their 
newspaper became a daily.
	Mr. Kemble enlisted in Company F, 4th Pennsylvania Infantry, May 8, 
1898. He participated in the first invasion of Puerto Rico, where his 
command was engaged in skirmishes and outpost duty. He was honorably 
discharged at the end of the Spanish American War. 
	On Dec. 31, 1902, he was married to Bertha E. Doty Miller of 
Shamokin. He has two children, Robert Penn and Frances Elizabeth.

	ROBERT B. TULE, M. D., of Milton, Northumberland county, has been 
engaged in practice in Northumberland county ever since his graduation 
from medical college, but he is a comparatively recent comer to the 
borough, having settled there in 1907.  He had considerable patronage in 
this locality before his removal hither, and he has established himself 
thoroughly in the confidence of his fellow citizens during his residence 
in the neighborhood.
	Dr. Tule is a native of Lycoming county, and a member of a 
prominent old family of that section, his grandfather, John Tule, having 
been a well known farmer at Montoursville, where he followed 
agricultural pursuits until his death. John Tule married Mary Bubb, and 
they are buried in the lower cemetery at Montoursville.  Their children 
were: Abraham, Charles, George, William, Kate, Elizabeth and Maggie.
	Abraham Tule, son of John, was born at the old homestead in 
Lycoming county in 1831, and there he still resides, having now a fine 
farm of eighty-acres, near Muncy, one of the finest places in the 
valley. He has engaged in farming all his life, and is still active and 
able to look after his own affairs, though his long life has been one of 
constant industry. Mr. Tule married Ann Diggan, daughter of Edward 
Diggan, and to them were born five children, viz.: Kempton, who is a 
resident of Muncy; Edward; Robert B.; Bella; and Virgie, who married 
Frank Gortner.
	Robert B. Tule was born July 8, 1866, and attended the public 
schools of his home district in Lycoming county and the Muncy Normal 
School. Like many other professional men, he preceded his preparation 
for the medical profession by teaching, being thus engaged for three 
terms in his native county.  Entering Jefferson Medical College, he was 
graduated in 1891, and immediately afterward settled in Northumberland 
county, which has since been the field of his work. His first location 
was at Montandon, where he built up a large practice, his personality 
and success combining to create a demand for his services which was most 
gratifying, for he has been painstaking and thorough in his work, and 
his skill has been demonstrated in numerous cases. Conscientious 
devotion to his patients, regardless of any consideration but the fact 
that they needed attention, has won him the good will of the community 
to a marked degree.  In l907, when he came to Milton, he purchased a 
fine home on Elm street, where he also has his office.  Dr. Tule is a 
member of the Lycoming Medical Society, the State Medical Association 
and the American Medical Association; socially he holds membership in 
Milton Lodge, No. 256, F. & A.M.  He is a Republican in politics, and in 
religious matters is identified with the Baptist Church.
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James Warn, of Lycoming county. They have two children, James O. and 
Hazel I.

	ISAAC C. BURD, president  of the Burd & Rodgers Company, 
incorporated, vice president of the American Filter & Cooler Company, 
and one of the most prominent and influential citizens of the borough of 
Shamokin, was born in Union county, Pa., July 9, 1863, son of Isaac P. 
and Susannah (Collier) Burd.
	The early home of the Burd family was in Scotland, where Edward 
Burd, gentleman, lived on his estate of Ormiston, near Edinburgh.  His 
wife was Jean Haliburton, daughter of George Haliburton, Lord Provost of 
Edinburgh.
	Col. James Burd, third son of Edward Burd, was born at Ormiston in 
1726, and came to America long before the Revolutionary war.  For many 
years he was in the military service of the Province of Pennsylvania, 
being one of the noted military men during the French and Indian war, in 
which he commanded the 2d Battalion of a Pennsylvania regiment of 
Provincial troops. He completed the building of Fort Augusta (now 
Sunbury), Northumberland county, in 1756-57.  He was with the Forbes 
expedition, and was in command at Fort Pitt. In 1748 Colonel Burd was 
married at Philadelphia to Sarah Shippen, daughter of Edward Shippen, 
and sister of Chief Justice Edward Shippen.
	Isaac P. Burd, father of Isaac C., was born in Union county, and 
always lived in the vicinity of Swengel. He was but a boy when his 
father died, and he grew up in the care of strangers. He had one 
brother, John, and two sisters, Mary and Margaret. He was a carpenter by 
trade. During the Civil war he gave nine months of service to his 
country.  His death occurred March 20, 1900, when he was nearing his 
eightieth birthday.  He married Susannah Collier, born Jan. 28, 1822, 
died Jan. 10, 1903, daughter of Aaron Collier, a shoemaker and early 
settler of Union county, and his wife, Catherine Catheman, one of the 
large family of children born to David Catheman, a wealthy farmer. Aaron 
Collier and wife were the parents of George, Joseph, Sophia, Susannah 
and Lizzie. To Isaac P. Burd and wife were born seven children: George, 
of Ohio; Isabella, married to John Fry, of near Allenwood, Pa.; 
Catherine, who married Adam Diehl, of Swengel, Pa.; William, who 
conducts a general store at Swengel; Samuel, manager of the Winfield & 
New Berlin Railroad at New Berlin; John C., who died Dec. 4, 1902, at 
Shamokin; and Isaac C., of Shamokin.
	Isaac C. Burd attended the common schools in Union county, and at 
the age of fifteen began clerking at Swengel, where he  remained  four 
years.  He then came to Shamokin, and for two years was engaged as a 
clerk, at the end of that time forming a partnership with Mr. W. H. 
Zaring. They conducted a general store for nearly two years, and then 
Mr. Burd sold his interest to his partner and started a small store of 
his own at No. 233 Spruce street. He has been very successful in his 
work, and has branched out until he has one of the finest stores of its 
kind in Shamokin. In August, 1907, the business was incorporated as the 
Burd & Rodgers Company, with Mr. Burd as president, the other members 
being some of his reliable employees.
	Mr. Burd was united in marriage to Ida Rogers, daughter of H. L. 
and Susan (Reitz) Rogers. Two children have come to brighten their home, 
Walter H. and Catharine R.  Mr. Burd is one of the original directors of 
the Market Street National Bank, and is vice president of the American 
Filter & Cooler Company. Fraternally he is a member of the P.O.S. of A., 
and his religious connection is with the Evangelical Church.  He belongs 
to the Shamokin Auto Club.

	BLOOM. The Bloom family now numerous in Northumberland and 
Clearfield counties, Pa., is descended from two brothers who came into 
Pennsylvania from New Jersey. In the archives of that State are recorded 
the names of five Bloom brothers who served in Backster's Brigade of New 
Jersey Volunteers. One was killed in action. After the war one remained 
in New Jersey, the other three coming to Pennsylvania.  Of these, 
Stephen Bloom, the ancestor of Urias Bloom, of Sunbury, settled in Lower 
Augusta (now Rockefeller) township, in Northumberland county; William, 
the ancestor of Amos Bloom, now also of Sunbury, took up a large tract 
of land in Clearfield county; the third settled in a valley near 
Bellefonte in Center county, where a large number of his descendants 
have since lived.
	Stephen Bloom  settled  in  Northumberland county prior to 1795, as 
shown by his will, and was therefore a pioneer in this part of the 
country. The name has since appeared frequently in the county archives.
	Samuel Bloom, son of Stephen, was born March 21, 1772, and died in 
what is now Rockefeller township, this county, July 8, 1837.  He lived 
on the old Bloom homestead in Lower Augusta (now Rockefeller) township 
now owned by Urias Bloom, his great-grandson, a property which consisted 
of nearly two hundred acres and which he purchased in 1797 from Martin 
Raker and wife.  Samuel Bloom was a prominent man of his day, taking an 
active part in the work of the Democratic party and holding various 
important offices with honor and credit.  On Feb. 28, 1809, he was 
commissioned justice of the peace and served many years; from 1813 to 
1815 he was county commissioner; and he was county treasurer in 1834-36. 
He served as postmaster at what was then known as Augusta, but which 
office has since been abandoned. 
	
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He and his wife were Lutherans, and he was particularly prominent in the 
organization of the Zion Lutheran and Reformed Church at Augustaville, 
toward the erection of which he contributed generously; he was a charter  
member of  this church and was serving as its treasurer at the time of 
his death. He and his wife are buried there.
	Samuel Bloom married Magdalene Dunkelberger, who was born in 
Northumberland county July 20, 1773, and died Aug. 19, 1843.  Their 
children were: John; Daniel, born Jan. 20, 1798, who died June 4, 1895 
(wife Maria, born Sept. 8, 1798, died July 7, 1841; his second wife, 
Mary, died Jan. 1, 1903, aged eighty-four years, eleven months, eleven 
days); William, born Nov. 24, 1802, who died May 17, 1856; Samuel who 
moved to Akron, Ohio, and died there aged about eighty years; Jacob, who 
is mentioned below; Henry, who died Nov. 22, 1880, aged sixty-four 
years, ten months, eight days (wife Maria, born Jan. 2, 1826, died April 
16, 1904); Catharine, who married Jacob Bartholomew; Magdalene, who was 
married to George Keiser; and Elizabeth (1813-1901), who married George 
Keiser, after the death of his first wife, Magdalene.
	Jacob Bloom, son of Samuel, was born on the farm later occupied by 
his son Hiram. He became a prominent farmer in his native township, 
where he settled after his marriage, in 1836 making his home permanently 
on the farm where he was born. Like his father he was a Democrat and a 
Lutheran and prominent in political and religious matters in the 
locality, serving ten years as justice of the peace and also holding the 
office of school director.  He served his church as deacon, elder and 
treasurer.  He married Julia Ann Bartholomew, who survived him, his 
death occurring in 1876. Nine children were born to them, viz.: (1) 
Deborah married D. D. Conrad of Rockefeller township.  (2) Sarah married 
Samuel Sober, of Shamokin township.  (3) Mary died unmarried. (4) Julia 
Ann married S. P. Malick, of Sunbury. (5) Hiram is mentioned below.  (6) 
William settled in Lincoln county, Nebr.  (7) Peter also settled in 
Lincoln county, Nebr. William and Peter are both living.  (8) Magdalena 
married Harry Wolf and is deceased. (9) Martin L. enlisted in the 
service of the United States during the Rebellion, serving about three 
years, and died at the home of his father Dec. 7, 1864, from disease 
contracted in the army, at the age of about twenty-five years. He was 
unmarried. He was mustered in Oct. 8, 1861, in Company I, 58th Regiment, 
Pa. Vols., Capt. John Byers, Col. J. Richter Jones. This company was the 
first to enter Richmond after the surrender.
	Hiram Bloom, son of Jacob, was born Oct. 22, 1831, in what is now 
Rockefeller township, and died Dec. 10, 1892. He learned the trade of 
carpenter, which he followed in connection with farming, also operating 
a custom sawmill. A prominent man in this township for many years, he 
held various positions of public trust with honor and to the full 
satisfaction of his fellow citizens, serving as township auditor (over 
twenty years) and as school director, and was elected a justice of the 
peace but did not serve. He was a leading member of the Lutheran Church, 
which he served as deacon, elder and treasurer.  In 1852 he married 
Maria Hileman, daughter of Daniel Hileman, of Rockefeller township, and 
nine children were born to them, namely: Urias, of Sunbury; Mary 
Catharine, who died when about three years of age; John F., of 
Purdytown, who learned the trade of carpenter, was a teacher in the 
public schools and is now employed in the First National Bank of 
Sunbury; William E., who served as county superintendent of schools from 
1886 to 1892 and is now engaged in the practice of law; Laura, wife of 
Daniel Long, of Rockefeller township; Daniel E., of Sunbury, assistant 
cashier in the First National Bank there; Frances, the wife of C. E. 
Dagle; Adella, wife of Elmer F. Troutman; and Florence Gertrude, who 
married Norman Sheetz and resides near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
	URIAS BLOOM, president of the Sunbury Trust & Safe Deposit Company, 
one of the most important financial institutions of the borough of 
Sunbury, has a record as a public official and business man which 
entitles him to place among the leading citizens of this section of the 
county. He was born April 1, 1854, in Lower Augusta (now Rockefeller) 
township, son of Hiram and Maria (Hileman) Bloom, and received his 
education in the common schools. He made such good use of his time that 
at the age of sixteen he was able to begin teaching. When a young man of 
about twenty he became a clerk in the office of the county recorder, 
Lemuel Shipman, remaining with him to the close of his service, in 1880, 
after which he was engaged by his successor, George D. Bucher, under 
whom he served until 1886, when he assumed the duties of the office 
himself. He was elected in 1885, running about two hundred and fifty 
votes ahead on his ticket, and upon his reelection, in 1888, he ran over 
twelve hundred votes ahead of his ticket.  In Northumberland county the 
duties of register of wills, recorder of deeds and clerk of the Orphans 
court are performed by one official.  Mr. Bloom held the office for six 
years, giving the highest satisfaction in every respect. For many years 
he has been associated with the Sunbury Trust & Safe Deposit Company, 
having  been  secretary  and treasurer of that institution for a number 
of years before assuming the duties of president, which office he now 
fills. As such he is one of the foremost figures in financial circles in 
the borough, and he is a man of irreproachable business and personal 
standing.
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Lower Augusta township to Anna M. Wintersteen, and four children have 
been born to their union: Essie Uarda; Grace Imogene; Goldie Edna, who 
married J. Landis Strickler, of Hummelstown, Pa.; and Charles Eugene.
	In religious connection Mr. Bloom is a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church.  Socially he belongs to the I.O.O.F., Conclave No. 11, 
Sovereign Patriotic Knights (having served a term as Grand Master of the 
State of Pennsylvania), the Royal Arcanum and the Masonic fraternity.  
He is a Democrat in politics.
	William Bloom, son of Samuel, was born Nov. 24, 1802, and died May 
or Nov. 17, 1856. His wife, Elizabeth (Bartholomew) was born May 26, 
1806, and died Nov. 13, 1886. They were farming people, living on the 
place now owned by George Rebuck, which adjoins the old Bloom homestead 
in Rockefeller township. Mr. Bloom was a prosperous man, owning four 
farms, and was quite prominent in the township's public affairs, serving 
as constable (many years) and overseer of the poor. In political faith 
he was a Democrat and he and his family were Lutheran members of the 
Augustaville Church; he was one of the pillars of the congregation, and 
served many years in the church council. His children were: Diana 
married Isaac Wolf; Julian married Martin Heim; Lydia married Moses 
Reitz; John is mentioned below; Peter lived at various places; Maria 
married Lemuel Shipman.
	JOHN BLOOM, son of William, lived retired on his farm in 
Rockefeller township after a busy and useful career.  He was born June 
20, 1835, in Lower Augusta township, was reared to farm life, and 
followed farming throughout his active years, beginning on his own 
account when he reached his majority. He retired in 1907, and died Jan. 
5, 1911. Mr. Bloom's farm, which is located on the Tulpehocken road, is 
an old-established business stand, formerly owned and conducted by 
William Deppen. After him one John Schmick had a tannery on the 
property, and a tavern was also conducted there in a stone house many 
years ago; it is probable that William Reeser ran the tavern at one 
time. Mr. Bloom always led a quiet and unassuming life, refusing all 
offers of public position. He was a Lutheran member of the Augustaville 
Church, to which his family belong.
	On April 12, 1859, Mr. Bloom married Matilda Shipman, daughter of 
Abraham and Elizabeth (Yoxtheimer) Shipman, and ten children were born 
to their union, viz.: Valeria married William E. Bloom; Thamar married 
Daniel L. DeWitt; Irene married John F. Bloom; Flora died in childhood; 
Emma died at the age of twenty-nine years, unmarried; Charles S. died in 
infancy; George E. died in infancy; Ella married William E. Reitz; 
Lottie married Dr. John H. Snyder; Mabel married Leroy L. Fegley.
	William Bloom, brother of Stephen (ancestor of the foregoing 
Blooms), took up a large tract of land in Clearfield county, Pa., at 
what is known as the "Peewee's Nest."  He was born in New Jersey in 
1752, and lived to the age of 104 years; he is buried at Curwensville, 
Clearfield county. He followed farming on land which he himself cleared, 
and where he erected a log house and barn. His wife, like himself a 
native of New Jersey, also attained an advanced age, living to be 
ninety-eight.  They were the parents of eleven children, seven sons and 
four daughters: Abraham, James, Isaac, John, William, Benjamin, Pete, 
Mary  (married Matthew Caldwell) and three daughters whose names are not 
recalled.
	From the above source there is a large posterity, and we quote the 
following from the Philadelphia North American of Aug. 18, 1909, as 
being of interest in this connection: 
	"The Bloom reunion was held at the 'Peewee's Nest' on the bank of 
the Susquehanna river, near Curwensville, Pa. The Bloom clan is one of 
the largest in Clearfield county. They are descendants of William Bloom, 
a native of New Jersey, and a Revolutionary war veteran, who came to 
Clearfield county with his wife in 1796. They came up the west branch of 
the Susquehanna river in a canoe and settled on the spot where the 
family reunion was held. The ancestor Bloom and his helpmate had eleven 
children, seven sons, four daughters, and from them are descended the 
many hundred of Blooms of Clearfield and surrounding counties. The 
eighth generation of the family participated in the reunion in 1909. The 
Blooms have figured extensively in the affairs of Clearfield county 
since its organization.  They are a hearty and tall people, noted for 
longevity and multiplicity.  Ross Bloom, of near Curwensville, who was 
eighty-eight years old, attended the gathering of the family. Benjamin 
Bloom, who attended the reunion, has a record of which he is proud.  He 
is seventy-seven years old, and the father of thirteen children, eleven 
of whom are living. He has so many grandchildren that he fears of 
missing some should he endeavor to count them, scores of great-
grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
	The Blooms are members of the  Democratic party.  During the Civil 
war the family sent many of its sons to do battle for their country.
	Isaac Bloom, son of William, was like all his brothers and sisters 
born in Clearfield county. He was a farmer by occupation, and owned the 
farm on which he died. He married Mary (Polly) Apgar, who survived him, 
dying in 1870 at a ripe old age, and they had a family of twelve 
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sons and six daughters, namely: John, James A., William, George, Reuben,  
Benjamin, Caroline (Mrs. Owens), Priscilla (married John Norris and had 
eighteen children), Geneise (married Samuel Taylor), Mrs. George Ogden, 
Margaret (married Nicholas McCracken) and Mrs. George Garrison.
	James A. Bloom, son of Isaac, was born in 1808 and lived to the age 
of ninety-four, dying in 1902. He is buried in the country graveyard at 
Bloomington, in Clearfield county.  A man prominent in the business and 
public affairs of his day, he was a well known and substantial citizen. 
He had the farm of 160 acres now owned by his son Harvey, and in 
connection with farming followed lumbering, rafting down the West Branch 
of the Susquehanna river to Marietta, in Lancaster county. He filled the 
township offices of constable, supervisor and school director. His wife, 
Mary Ann (Hile), of Shamokin Hills, died aged seventy-nine years. They 
were the parents of twelve children, as follows: Naomi married Robert 
Owen; Frampton, a retired railroad man, is a resident of Sunbury; Harvey 
lives on the old homestead in Clearfield county; Jane is a resident of 
Cleveland, Ohio; Edward is a resident of Grampian, Clearfield county; 
Amos is mentioned below; Julia died of whooping cough; Hattie lives in 
Binghamton, N. Y.; Mary died in September, 1910, at Philipsburg, Pa.; 
Alfred is a resident of Luthersville Pa.; Daniel was accidentally killed 
by a tree, at the age of twenty-six years; one daughter died in infancy.
	AMOS BLOOM, son of James A. Bloom, is one of the foremost merchants 
of the borough of Sunbury where he has been doing business for the past 
twenty-five years. He was born July 14, 1846, in Clearfield county, was 
brought up on the farm and had such educational advantages as the 
schools of his day in that locality afforded. The district was then a 
typically rural section and the school and its equipment typical of the 
times.  Slabs were used for seats, goose quills for pens, the old 
Sanders reader and an old-fashion "ciphering" book were the manuals of 
instruction and the schoolmaster ruled with the rod, whippings being 
common.  Mr. Bloom's mother was a woman of unusual intelligence and 
taught her children at home, so that by the time he was seventeen Amos 
was able to teach school.  He taught in all ten terms of four months 
each, and received $35 a month for his services, which was considerable 
in those days, his board costing him but $5 per month. Meantime he also 
learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed during the summer 
months, school being held in winter, when the boys were not needed so 
badly at home to help with the farm work.  When twenty-two years old Mr. 
Bloom went to Iowa, where he followed his trade and also found 
profitable employment for a time binding wheat which was then selling at 
65 cents a bushel. He received $5 a day and his board, five meals daily 
and drink free, but eighteen to twenty hours constituted a day's labor.  
After two years in the West Mr. Bloom returned to Pennsylvania and 
resumed his former method of life, following carpentry in the summer and 
teaching in the winter, continuing thus until 1875. That year he engaged 
in the mercantile business at Northumberland, Northumberland county, 
whence in 1885 he came to Sunbury. He has since done an extensive 
general business in that place, having a well stocked store at No. 44 
North Fourth street, where he carries a good line of general merchandise 
and wall papers. Mr. Bloom is undoubtedly one of the busiest men in the 
borough, for he has acquired additional interests during the passing 
years which keep him thoroughly occupied. He is a director and secretary 
of the Sunbury Mutual Fire Insurance Company, having served as such 
since its organization, in 1896; has been Secretary of the North Branch 
Fire Insurance Company (capitalized at $300,000) since 1910; is a 
director and treasurer of the Sunbury Ice Company; and is treasurer of 
the Hydraulic Ram Company of Sunbury.
	Mr. Bloom has not taken an active part in the local administration 
except as member of the town council. Politically he is a Democrat with 
independent inclinations. He is a prominent member of the Ancient Order 
of United Workmen, and has been grand master of the jurisdiction of 
Pennsylvania since September, 1906. In religious connection he is a 
member of the Baptist Church at Sunbury.
	On Aug. 27, 1873, Mr. Bloom married Kate Lesher, daughter of Daniel 
and Sarah J. (Van Kirk) Lesher. They have had one daughter, Annie Irene.