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	TROUTMAN. The Troutman family, numerous and well known in the lower 
end of Northumberland county, particularly in and around Jordan 
township, has been long established in that region. At St. David's 
Church, at Hebe, in that township, are buried many of the name, and we 
find record there of one Heinrich Troutman, born Dec. 23, 1764, died 
Dec. 16, 1833; a farmer who lived in the South Jordan district and was a 
Reformed member of Hebe Church.  His children by his first wife were: 
Peter, Jacob, Anna (married Henry Bohner), Adam and Jonas. By his 
second marriage, to Catharine Hain, born April 10, 1774, died Oct. 23, 
1854, he had children: George, Benjamin (who married a Dreibelbis) and 
Abraham (who married Anna Schaffer, daughter of John).
	Abraham Troutman, brother of Heinrich, above, was born Dec. 9, 
1773, and died April 1, 1852. His wife Elizabeth, born Oct. 7, 1780, 
died May 9, 1844.  Their daughter Salome, born June 30, 1816, married 
Heinrich Troutman, and died April 15, 1848. 
	
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	Among the wills on record in Northumberland county we find (Will 
Book 2, page 97) that of Peter Troutman, Mahanoy township, filed April 
3, 1809, whose "dearly beloved wife," Eve, is appointed executor; names 
of children are not given, but all the estate is bequeathed to them. The 
will of one Jacob Troutman, who died early in November; 1844, appoints 
his wife, Anna Maria, as the executor, and shows the children to have 
been Catharine, Abraham, Mary, Christena, Lidia, Elizabeth ("shall have 
the cow she raised from a calf in advans"), Laha, George, Esther and 
Solomy. At the time of the father's death the family lived in Jackson 
township.  Another Jacob Troutman died in October, 1854; one John 
Troutman was his executor. One Moses Troutman died in July, 1868; 
executor, Solomon Troutman.
	Jacob Troutman, the known progenitor of many of the name now 
residing in Northumberland county, may have been a son of the Heinrich 
previously mentioned, though we have no definite records to substantiate 
the theory. But as Heinrich lived in the region in which the family is 
so well represented, and as Jacob had a brother Peter (also mentioned 
among Heinrich's children), it is possible they were of the same line.  
Jacob Troutman owned and lived upon a farm in Jordan township, near 
Uniontown, the property now owned by Phoebe Troutman, one of his grand-
daughters; the place now comprises eighty acres. He is interred in the 
Uniontown cemetery, the burial place of many Troutman's. He and his wife 
Magdalena (Brosius) were the parents of the following children: John; 
Polly, Mrs. John Lesher; Moses; Carolina, Mrs. Nathan Brower; Peter; 
Samuel; and Eve, Mrs. Isaac Wolf.
	John Troutman, son of Jacob, was born June 10, 1817, in Jordan 
township, near Uniontown, and was a lifelong farmer and one of the most 
prosperous men in his section, of which he was a leading citizen for 
many years of his long life. Besides his home place of 132 acres (which 
was given to his son John L. and his daughter Magadelene, he owned six 
farms, the one now owned by his son George L., another which his son 
Simon obtained, one given to his daughter Ellemina, Mrs. Jeremiah 
Peifer, another owned by his son Adam L., another owned by his son 
Henry, and another by Joel Kratzer, son of his daughter Ellemina by her 
first marriage, to Joel Kratzer.  Mr. Troutman was active in church 
work, the founder and leading member of Troutman's United Evangelical 
Church, so named in his honor. He built the meetinghouse of that 
congregation at Uniontown, was always a liberal contributor to the 
church and one of its pillars to the end of his life. Mr. Troutman 
served some years as treasurer of his township.  He died upon his farm 
March 17, 1900, and is buried with his wife in the family plot in 
Uniontown cemetery.
	Mr. Troutman was twice married, his first union being with Sarah 
Lesher, who was born Oct. 19, 1817, and died April 27, 1841.  Mr. 
Troutman subsequently married her sister, Harriet Lesher, who died April 
27, 1888.  They were daughters of Samuel and Magadelene (Smith) Lesher, 
who were from Berks county; Mr. Lesher was a large property owner.  Mr. 
Troutman was the father of fifteen children, Engeline and Simon by his 
first wife, and the following by his second: Magdalena (who died 
unmarried), Ellemina (wife of Joel Kratzer and second Jeremiah Peifer), 
Henry L., Isaac L., Moses L., Mary (who married Hiram Landis), Amos, 
George L., John L., Phoebe, one that died in infancy, Cornelius, and 
another that died in infancy.
	GEORGE L. TROUTMAN, son of John, was born June 21, 1858. He was 
reared to farm life, and worked for his parents until he attained his 
majority, after which he began farming on his own account in Upper 
Paxton township, Dauphin county, where he was a tenant for a few years. 
In 1881 he came to his present home in Jordan township, a 120-acre farm 
located on the road between Hebe and Klingerstown, formerly the 
homestead of John Eister, who built the present barn in 1840 and the 
house in 1836.  Samuel Wiest bought the property from Mr. Eister for his 
son Jacob, who occupied it for thirty-five years, since when it has been 
in Mr. Troutman's possession.  It has long been regarded as one or the 
most valuable farms in the valley, its successive owners having taken 
considerable pride in keeping it up, and it has not deteriorated under 
Mr. Troutman's management.  He is one of the industrious and thrifty 
farmers of his section.
	On Dec. 8, 1878, Mr. Troutman married Mary Wert daughter of William 
and Catharine (Riegel) Wert, and they have three children: Alice A., who 
married John Romberger and lives on the homestead (they have one son, 
Ralph T.); Victor, of Klingerstown, Pa., married to Sallie B., daughter 
of Tobias Wiest; and Dora A., who married William B. Wiest, Jr., and is 
now living in Alberta, Canada, where they settled on a homestead of 
their own and have prospered.
	Mr. Troutman and his family have been identified with the Troutman 
United Evangelical Church, of which his father was the founder. He is a 
Republican in political sentiment.
	Isaac L. Troutman, sixth son of John Troutman, and grandson of 
Jacob, was born Sept. 4, 1849, in Jordan township, and was reared on the 
paternal farm, working for his parents throughout his youth.  When about 
twenty-one years old he began farming for himself in Rockefeller 
township, at Seven Points, where he located about 1869, from that time 
for many years working for his father-in-law, Daniel Klinger, with whom 
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lived.  Mr. Troutman remained with Mr. Klinger until his death, and 
still lives on that place.  He and his family are Lutheran members of 
the Cross Road Church, in which he has been active, having held the 
office of trustee, deacon and elder, in which latter he is still 
serving.  Politically he is a Republican.
	Mr. Troutman married Mary Ann Klinger, daughter or Daniel and 
Caroline (Schadel) Klinger, and they have had children as follows: 
Lizzie married Theodore McKinney and they live at Sunbury, Pa.; Harvey 
Albert married Edna Long and lives at Sunbury, Pa.; Elmer F. is 
mentioned below; Lillie married Elmer Zimmerman and they live in 
Rockefeller township; William H. died aged fourteen years.
	Daniel Klinger, father of Mrs. Troutman, was born Nov. 2, 1824, and 
married Caroline Schadel, who was born May 22, 1827.  They came from the 
vicinity of Klingerstown, Schuylkill county, after their marriage, and 
settled in Rockefeller township, where they passed the remainder of 
their lives, and there they are buried, at Emanuel Lutheran Church.  Mr. 
Klinger died Aug. 21, 1908, Mrs. Klinger on Oct. 22, 1907. They were 
farming people and among the prosperous residents of their section.
	ELMER F. TROUTMAN, son of Isaac L., was born Nov. 22, 1876, in 
Rockefeller township, where he attended the local schools and was 
brought up to farm life.  Working for his parents until be reached his 
majority, he began farming for himself in the spring of 1898, on the 
tract of sixty-seven acres in the Plum Creek district in Rockefeller 
township, where he has since lived.  This was formerly a Furman 
homestead, later owned by a Klinger, and the present set of buildings on 
the place was erected by William Furman.  Mr. Troutman has improved the 
property materially since it came into his ownership, and the barn and 
stables have been equipped with modern appliances and are kept 
scrupulously clean, his live stock being a matter of pride and probably 
the finest in the township, this being true of his cattle and horses 
both.  He has made a specialty or dairy farming, keeping fifteen milk 
cows in the summer season and in winter usually as many as twenty-three, 
running a milk team to Sunbury daily. He has been enterprising and 
industrious, and his intelligent methods and good management have 
brought their own reward.
	On Dec. 22, 1899, Mr. Troutman married Adella Bloom, daughter of 
the late Hiram Bloom, who was a farmer of Rockefeller township. Two 
children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Troutman, Gertrude and Russell.  
Mr. and Mrs. Troutman are Lutheran members of the Plum Creek Church. He 
is a Republican in political connection, and has several local elective 
offices.
	Joseph Troutman, great-grandfather of William L. Troutman, of Hebe, 
in Jordan township, was a farmer of that township.
	George T. Troutman, son of Joseph, born Jan. 27, 1804, was a farmer 
in Jordan township, owning the place which he occupied and cultivated. 
It is now the property of S. W. Reed, a farm of about 130 acres. He 
married Jestina Klark, who was born Nov. 22, 1811, and died June 4, 
1876, surviving Mr. Troutman, who passed away Feb. 14, 1869. They are 
buried at Hebe. Their children were: William K., Henry K., Joseph K 
(died Dec. 27, 1906, aged sixty-six years, eight months, two days; wife 
Esther died May 31, 1888, aged forty-three years, three months, fifteen 
days), Aaron K., Harriet, Catharine, Louisa, Helena, Mary and Sarah.
	William K. Troutman, son of George T., was born in Northumberland 
county, and was a farmer of Jordan township, where he had a tract of 125 
acres which he cultivated during his active years. Later, when he 
retired, he moved to a small place near Hebe. During his early years he 
was a tenant farmer, but by hard work and thrift he became well-to-do, 
and he was one of the respected citizens of his township, which he 
served as tax collector. Politically he was a Republican, and during the 
Civil war he served in the Union army, as a member of Company K, 172d 
Regiment. He and his family worshipped with the Reformed congregation at 
Hebe, and he served as elder and trustee of the church.
	Mr. Troutman's first wife, Lydia (Leitzel), daughter of Benjamin 
Leitzel, was born Jan. 15, 1834, and died Nov. 26, 1868, the mother of 
seven children: Amelia married Peter Kratzer; Elizabeth married William 
Bohner; Catharine married Peter Boyer; Lydia married William Hoffman; 
Emma married John Long; Cossom married Maggie Shaud; William L. is 
mentioned below. The father died Nov. 2, 1897, aged sixty-six years, 
nine months, fourteen days, and is buried at Hebe by the side of his 
first wife.
	WILLIAM L. TROUTMAN, son of William K. and Lydia (Leitzel) 
Troutman, was born May 5, 1864, in Lykens Valley, Dauphin county, and 
like the average farmer's son was trained to agricultural pursuits from 
boyhood and worked for his parents until he became of age.  His early 
literary training was obtained at home and in the schools at Pillow, 
Dauphin county, and when twenty years old he was licensed to teach, by 
Prof. M. J. Wolverton, then superintendent of schools in Northumberland 
county.  His first experience was at the Grove schoolhouse, No. 2, in 
Jordan township, and he has taught twenty-five years in all in that 
township, where he was engaged for twenty years consecutively.  For two 
terms he was located at Leck Kill, in Upper Mahanoy township. His first 
professional certificate was granted in 1900, his 
	
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second in 1909, by Prof. W. W. Fetzer, county superintendent.  Mr. 
Troutman was not only regarded as a successful educator, but also as an 
executive officer, for while teaching he was appointed school director 
of his township, serving as such about a year, and during that time he 
was secretary of the board of health in his township; the district had 
three cases of smallpox in his term.  In the summer season Mr. Troutman 
followed farming, for the most part as a tenant farmer, though he at 
present owns a farm of ninety-eight acres and oversees the work of 
cultivation.  In 1885 he moved to near Hebe, and in 1906 moved into the 
village, where he built his present home in 1909.  He has for a number 
of years been active in public affairs in the locality having served one 
term as assessor of Jordan township and two terms as justice of the 
peace, to which office he was first elected in 1897, being reelected 
five years later by a large majority.  In politics he is a Republican.  
He has been a most active member of the Reformed congregation of St. 
David's Church at Hebe, of which he was deacon for twelve years and 
elder for six years, and he has been secretary of the consistory for the 
past twenty. years, being still the incumbent of that position.  For 
fifteen years he was the efficient superintendent of the Sunday school.
	On Christmas Day, 1886, Mr. Troutman married Susan M. Lahr, 
daughter of Josiah and Harriet (Rebuck) Lahr; and they have a family of 
ten children, born as follows: Grant, June 21, 1888 (he has been engaged 
in teaching public school in Jordan township and in the spring of 1910 
entered the Keystone State normal school, at Kutztown, Pa.  Clarence, 
Nov. 30, 1889; Earl, Sept. 25, 1891; William, Dec. 31, 1892; Ammon J., 
June 29, 1894; Eva G., May 30, 1896: Nettie, June 4, 1898; Rosco R., 
June 30, 1900; Ruth F., May 12, 1902; Paul L., Nov. 2, 1906.

	EDGAR O. SEAMAN, of Watsontown, dealer in vehicles of all kinds, 
harness, farm implements, and a number of allied commodities, has found 
an excellent field for that business in the borough, which is situated 
in the midst of a prosperous agricultural community from which he draws 
a large trade.  He is a native of Watsontown, born Sept. 30, 1878, and 
he comes of a family which has been located in Pennsylvania since the 
middle of the eighteenth century, for over a hundred and sixty years.  
The form Seaman is the English spelling of a "surname of occupation" 
denoting a sailor or one connected with the navigation of a vessel, and 
was applied to officers as well as common sailors, although technically 
restricted to those without rank.  The German spelling is Seemann: 
Middle English, Seamon; Anglo-Saxon, Seaman; Dutch, Zeeman; Icelandic, 
Sjomathe; Swedish, Sjoeman; Danish, Soemarid.
	Johan Ludwig Seaman, the ancestor of the Seamans here under 
consideration was a native of Germany, and prior to coming to America  
was for eight years a member of the bodyguard of Frederick the Great of 
Prussia.  He emigrated to America in 1748, landing at Philadelphia Oct. 
25th of that year, and soon thereafter removed to Bern, which later 
became Upper Bern and is now Tilden township, in Berks county, Pa.  He 
had children: Eberhart, born in 1752, John, born in 1753; Henry; 
Margaretta, who married a Real; Mary Magdalena, born in 1759,  who 
married Philip Kauffman; Ludwig (Lewis) born in 1764; George, and 
Michael.
	On Nov. 18, 1793, one Lewis Seaman received a warrant for 400 acres 
of land in Northumberland county, Pa.  [Pennsylvania Archives, Third 
Series.]
	John Seaman, son of Johan Ludwig, married Elizabeth Schlappig, and 
to them were born children as follows: John, Christian, Samuel, 
Catharine, Elizabeth, Magdalena, Christiana, Maria and Johan George.
	Johan George Seaman, son of John, who owned the old homestead in 
Upper Bern (now Tilden) township, a tract which then consisted of 275 
acres, lived on the place now occupied by John Becker. He was in 
comfortable circumstances and was well and favorably known in upper 
Berks county.  He married Magdalena Kauffman, and to them were born 
these children: John; William K.; George, Jr.; David; Reuben; Mary, who 
married Samuel Kline; Rebecca, who married William Loeb; Hester, who 
married Benneville Machimer; Catharine, who married William Machmer; and 
Eliza, who married John Geschwindt.
	William  K. Seaman, the grandfather of Edgar O. Seaman, was born  
in Tilden township, Berks county, and after his marriage and the birth  
of some of his children moved to Northumberland county, Pa., settling on 
a farm at Pottsgrove, in Chillisquaque township, where he built up a 
fine set of buildings.  He prospered in his own undertakings, but lost 
considerable money going bond for others.  He died in July, 1898, at the 
age of eighty-four years. and is buried in Harmony cemetery at Milton.  
Mr. Seaman was a Lutheran in religion and a Democrat in politics. He and 
his wife Mary had children as follows: Penrose, who settled in Union 
county. Pa.; Caroline, Mrs. Charles Hoy; Manassa, who died when almost 
fifty years old; and William B.
	William B. Seaman, son of William K., was born May 5, 1838, in 
Chillisquaque township, this county, and received his education in the 
schools of Pottsgrove.  He was reared to farming, and began on his own 
account after his marriage on a place in his native township, where he 
farmed on shares until he moved to Delaware township to the farm of his 
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He was at that location for about forty years, thence moving to another 
farm in the same township, which he cultivated for eight years.  In 1907 
Mr. Seaman retired from active pursuits and settled in the borough of 
Watsontown, where he remained only two years, however.  He has since 
lived in Washington, D. C., with his daughter, Mrs. McCardle.  Like the 
members of his family generally, he is a Democrat and a Lutheran.  Mr. 
Seaman married Barbara L. Miller, who was born in 1844 and died in 
November, 1898; she is buried at Watsontown.  Four children were born to 
Mr. and Mrs. Seaman, namely: Franklin died when fourteen years old; 
William H. died in infancy; Mary Emeline married U. F. McCardle; Edgar 
O. lives in Watsontown.
	Edgar O. Seaman, son of William B., received his education in the 
public schools of Delaware township, and at the Watsontown high school. 
He farmed for his father until 1902, since which year he has been in 
business in Watsontown, where he was a coal dealer for three years.  For 
the next year and a half he was in the livery business in the borough, 
and then conducted a grocery store for two years, in 1909 embarking in 
his present line.  He handles all kinds of vehicles and farm implements, 
including cream separators, as well as harness and fertilizers, and has 
the local agency for the famous Weber heavy wagons, finding a steady and 
profitable demand for all his goods in the territory adjoining 
Watsontown, where many prosperous farmers are located.  He understands 
his customers and their wants, and by obliging and intelligent service 
has built up a large trade. Socially Mr. Seaman is a member of the 
Knights of the Golden Eagle, and he is a member of the Lutheran Church.
	John Seaman, evidently of the same stock as above, was a native of 
Berks county, Pa., who settled in Butler county, this State, at an early 
day.
	Samuel Seaman, son of John, came from Berks county, and died in the 
Mahantango Valley, where he owned a home.  His house standing near the 
site of the present residence of his grandson, Adam H. Seaman.  His son 
Adam also lived there. Samuel Seaman is buried at Zion's Church in Stone 
Valley, in Lower Mahanoy township, Northumberland county. He married in 
the community in which he lived and died.  He was an excellent wood 
worker, and made many grain cradles, some of which are still in use in 
the Mahantango valley.  They were considered as good as any made.
	Adam  Seaman, son of Samuel, was born Jan. 24, 1819, and passed the 
greater part of his life in the Mahantango Valley, engaged at laboring 
work. He owned his home, which was located along the Mahantango creek, 
not far from County Line, Northumberland County. He died Nov. 5, 1899, 
while living with his son Adam H. Seaman, in Northumberland county, and 
he and his wife are buried at Zion's Stone Valley Church.  Mr. Seaman 
was a member of the Reformed denomination, his wife of the Lutheran 
Church.  Her maiden name was Phillipine Hepner, and she was born Jan. 
17, 1825, daughter of Jacob Hepner.  She died Sept. 6, 1882.  Mr. and 
Mrs. Seaman had the following children: Isaac; Aaron, who married Lucy 
Klinger; Rebecca; Mrs. Fetter; Levi, who died unmarried; Sarah, Mrs. 
Adam Spotts; Elias, who married Sarah Ann Michael; Frank, who married 
Molly Aurand; Adam H.; Jere, who married Lucy, widow of his brother 
Aaron; and a son that died in infancy.
	ADAM H. SEAMAN, son of Adam, is a farmer in Lower Mahanoy township, 
this county. He was born July 21, 1862, across the Mahantango creek in 
Dauphin County, Pa., and spent all his boyhood in this vicinity.  His 
education was begun at home and continued in the local public schools 
and at Uniontown high school, which he attended for two terms.  Later he 
took a business course at Delaware, Ohio, graduating in 1886 from G. W. 
Michael's business college at that point. When twenty-one years old he 
began to teach public school in Mifflin township, Dauphin county, and 
was thus engaged for two terms.  Sawmilling, however, was his principal 
vocation during his young manhood.  For fifteen years he was thus 
engaged at different points in central Pennsylvania - Williamsport, 
Danville, Harrisburg and Marysville - as well as in Snyder county and at 
Tuscarora.  Then he went to Boiling Springs, Cumberland Co., Pa., where 
he took a contract to operate a double stave and shingle mill for the 
South Mountain Land Company for five Years.  During three and a half 
years of this period he lived with his family at Boiling Springs.  In 
the spring of 1907 Mr. Seaman settled in Northumberland, not far from 
his birthplace, purchasing a tract of twenty-seven acres on which, the 
same year, he erected a large modern home.  Here he has since engaged in 
farming, being an up-to-date agriculturist, enterprising and able to 
make the cultivation of his property profitable.  He also owns twenty-
five acres of timberland in the locality, across the Mahantango creek in 
Mifflin township, Dauphin county. Mr. Seaman is a useful citizen, and 
has twice been elected auditor of Lower Mahanoy township, on the 
Republican ticket.  He and his family are members of Zion's Stone Valley 
Church,  Mr. Seaman belonging to the Reformed congregation his wife to 
the Lutheran.  He has served as deacon.
	On Feb. 25, 1888, Mr. Seaman married Emma E. Radel, daughter of 
Isaac and Mary (Lenker) Radel, and they have had a family of six 
children, namely: Gurney G.; Grace V., who married Scott L. Dundy and 
lives at Ismay, Mont. (they have 
	
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two daughters, Edith Irene and Edna May); Loyetta Ruth, who died in 
childhood; Mabel M., who is a mute and at present a student at the 
Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Mount Airy, 
Philadelphia; Emery V.; and Jennie M.

	JOHN WESLEY FRYLING, of Sunbury, who serves as clerk for the 
Sunbury Water Company and is interested in fruit growing in that region, 
having a tract of thirty acres in Rockefeller township, is a son of the 
late John Wolverton Fryling.
	John Wolverton Fryling was born at Sunbury July 4, 1817, and in his 
early life did farm work. He taught private school and singing school, 
and later, in Sunbury, did private tutoring, in Latin and mathematics, 
for boys entering college.  He then became a clerk at Sunbury in the 
employ of his father-in-law, Henry Yoxtheimer, one of the first 
wholesale and retail merchants in that place, remaining with him ten 
years, at the end of which time he bought out the business. After 
conducting it alone for several years he took Mr. W. T. Grant into 
partnership, and Fryling & Grant continued the business successfully for 
several years.  Mr. Fryling then became interested in the manufacture of 
caskets and building supplies as a member of the firm of Fryling, Bowen 
& Engel, being thus engaged until 1874, when he went to Upper Augusta 
township, Northumberland county, and commenced farming, carrying on 
agricultural pursuits there for a period of four years.  His next move 
was to Newton, Harvey Co., Kans., where he bought a farm of 160 acres 
which he cultivated for three years. Returning to Sunbury, he clerked a 
few years and then took the position of tax collector for the borough, 
holding same until his death, which occurred May 22, 1888.  Mr. Fryling 
was one of the best known citizens of Sunbury in his day, and he held 
the respect of the many who knew him.  He was an ardent Republican and 
during the Civil war enlisted in Company D, 3d Regiment, Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, then known as "minute-men" with whom he was out for service 
a short time; but owing to business demands he called upon his son Harry 
to take his place, the young man serving with credit and honor, Mr. 
Fryling was an active and generous member of St. John's Methodist Church 
at Sunbury and served as a member of its building committee.  He married 
Margaret Yoxtheimer, who was born Nov. 30, 1821, daughter of Henry 
Yoxtheimer, of Sunbury, and died Jan. 11, 1901 Mr. and Mrs. Fryling are 
buried in the old Sunbury cemetery.  They were the parents of eleven 
children: (1) Henry Yoxtheimer, born July 17, 1841, was a member of 
Company D (Capt. C. J. Brunner, Lieuts. A. J. Stoah and Jacob Rohrbach), 
3d Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, mustered in at Harrisburg Sept. 
11-13, 1862, was detailed for special duty on the staff of Gen. John W. 
Rennolds, and served after the balance of the company was mustered out.  
He is now general manager of the Elk Graphite Milling Company, of St. 
Mary's, Pa.  He married Frances Hettrick, of Hummels Wharf, and they 
have three children, George, Helen and Frances.  (2) William A., born 
Feb. 12, 1843, died Aug. 29, 1843.  (3) Rebecca A., born July 17, 18__, 
married Capt. Andrew N. Brice, of Punxsutawney, Jefferson Co., Pa., and 
their children are Mayme, William and Edward.  (4) Mary E. married Capt. 
E. Torrington, and they reside at Topeka, Kans.  (5) Emma married Prof. 
J. H. Black, well known as one of the first principals of the Sunbury 
high school, and they now make their home at Huntingdon, Pa.  (6) John 
Wesley is fully mentioned below.  (7) Charles Wesley married Alice 
Dundore and they have had six children, Elsie M., Ruth, Charles and 
Harry, living, and two deceased; this family lives at Sunbury.  (8) 
Annie, twin of Charles Wesley, married David McMahan and they live at 
Walton, Harvey Co., Kans.  (9) Sarah, born Jan. 30, 1850, died Aug. 2, 
1858.  (10) Willie P., born June 19, 1860, died May 9, 1867.  (11) 
Elsie, born May 10, 1863, died June 5, 1873.
	John Wesley Fryling was born Feb. 11, 1855, at Sunbury, and in his 
early years attended Colonel Rohrbach's private school in the old 
Statehouse building, Sunbury, then Prof. N. Foster Brown's Academy at 
Klines grove: later the academy moved to Sunbury.  Subsequently he 
attended Dickinson Seminary, at Williamsport, for two terms, after which 
he did farm work for his father until 1878. That year he went to 
Columbia county, Pa, where he farmed one year, in 1879 going out to 
Kansas, where he remained one season; he was the only man in his 
district who raised his own cabbage plants.  Coming back to Sunbury he 
was engaged in selling sewing machines for a time, until appointed 
assistant postmaster there, in 1880.  His service in that capacity 
covered four years and nine months.  In October, 1885, he went to work 
for the Pennsylvania Railway Company, in the shops as carpenter, and the 
following year was transferred to the freight office of the Philadelphia 
& Erie road, where he kept all the accounts.  He was a trusted employee 
of that company until he left its service, in 1906, on Sept. 1st of 
which year he became a clerk for the Sunbury Water Company. 
	In 1903 Mr. Fryling bought thirty acres of valuable land in 
Rockefeller township, this county, and he is making a specialty of apple 
growing, having already set out a thousand apple trees.  He is an expert 
in this particular branch of fruit culture, and has also had success 
with other fruits, finding the business both agreeable and profitable. 
He has thirty-five acres of timberland adjoining this thirty-acre tract.  
On April 16, 1910, he bought the Rohrbach farm, 255 acres in Upper 
Augusta township, a mile from Sunbury, 100 acres 
	
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of which are in timber.  In the spring of 1911 be planted a fifteen-acre 
orchard, one thousand peach trees.
	In church connection Mr. Fryling is a Methodist and well known for 
his untiring efforts in the interest of that denomination. He first 
joined St. John's Church, in 1869, and he handled all of the facing 
brick used in the construction of that edifice having the honor of 
laying the last brick. He served as steward of that church, and is now 
officiating in the same capacity in the Catawissa Avenue M. E. Church, 
in which he now holds membership. He is a Republican in politics.
	On Nov. 15, 1877, Mr. Fryling married Mary Catharine Seasholtz, who 
was born June 2, 1857, daughter of Christian B. and Lucinda (Yetter) 
Seasholtz, and died Oct. 4, 1887; she is buried in the Sunbury cemetery.  
Three children were born to this union: Robert Bruce, born Oct. 12, 
1878, died Jan. 4, 1879; Edith Mabel, a graduate of the Sunbury high 
school, class of 1900, is now buyer for the art department of Hennessy's 
department store, Butte, Mont.; Margaret Yetter graduated from the 
Sunbury high school in 1904 and from Ursinus College, at Collegeville, 
Pa., in 1909 (she made a special study of the classics, history and 
political economy) and taught in 1910-1911 in the public schools in 
Sunbury.  The family home is at No. 414 Catawissa avenue, Sunbury.

	BLASSER. The Blasser family has been settled in Northumberland 
county for about a century, and the brothers Abraham D. and Jacob D. 
Blasser, of Herndon, Pa., now living retired, are worthy representatives 
of a name which has been respected throughout that period. They are 
grandsons of John Blasser, who was one of three brothers (another being 
Abraham) who came from their native country, Switzerland, and settled 
along the Susquehanna river in Union township, Snyder Co., Pa. In 1812 
John Blasser crossed the river into Northumberland county, settling in 
Lower Mahanoy township with his wife and one child, a daughter, Betzy.  
He was a farmer, a man of good business ability and highly successful, 
and was an influential citizen, prominent in public matters as well as 
in the interest of his private concerns. He owned seven hundred acres of 
land, a large part of which he obtained by warrant from the State, and 
profitably operated Blasser's Fishery on the Susquehanna, at what is now 
known as Dalmatia. He caught shad by tons, single fish often weighing as 
much as nine pounds, and as the river then abounded with fish this 
business was very lucrative.  He served as general supervisor over the 
roads of five townships, making his trips over the roads of which he had 
charge on horseback. In religious faith be was a Mennonite, and attended 
services at a meetinghouse in Snyder county, though most of the meetings 
at that time were at the homes of those interested. John Blasser died 
about 1850, at the age of seventy-four years, and was laid to rest in a 
private burial ground on his farm, but in 1876 he was reinterred in the 
cemetery of the Stone Valley Union Church. His wife, Susanna Riegel, 
died in 1861, aged seventy years. They had three sons and one daughter:  
Betzy, who married Henry Latsha; John, who died aged twenty-one years; 
Jacob, at one time a resident of Lower Mahanoy township, who moved out 
to Indiana in 1858 and died there (he was a farmer); and Abraham.
	Abraham Blasser, son of John, was born April 10, 1816, in Lower 
Mahanoy township, and was a lifelong farmer there, dying April 7, 1876, 
on the farm where he was born. He was a man of high worth and held the 
confidence of his fellow citizens, who chose him to a number of township 
offices, in all of which he gave faithful service. Like his father he 
was a Mennonite in religion. He married Anna Mary Daniel, daughter of 
John Adam and Rosina (Wagner) Daniel, and they are buried at the Stone 
Valley Church.  They were the parents of three sons and three daughters:  
John died unmarried; Abraham D. and Jacob D., twins, are mentioned 
below; Mary married, David Wetzler; Sarah married John Seal; Susanna 
married Andrew Star.
	ABRAHAM D. BLASSER, son of Abraham, was born Dec. 9, 1837, on the 
Blasser homestead farm in the upper section of Lower Mahanoy township, 
this county, a large and valuable tract containing nearly five hundred 
acres, which he and his twin brother Jacob D. Blasser own in 
partnership.  It is nearly two miles long, and is the largest single 
farm in Northumberland county.  The brothers were reared to farming, 
which they continued to follow successfully throughout their active 
years, cultivating the farm in partnership and making many improvements 
on the property, which is in excellent condition.  Both lived there, 
there being two dwelling-houses, two large barns and two sets of 
buildings on the land.  Upon his retirement from active work, in 1891, 
Abraham D. Blasser settled in Herndon, of which place he has since been 
a much esteemed citizen.  He was instrumental in the organization of the 
borough, was one of the first councilmen, continuing to hold that office 
six years, and has done much to further the best interests of the place, 
where he is recognized as a man of intelligent public spirit. While 
living in Lower Mahanoy township he served as a member of the school 
board.
	On May 14, 1860, Mr. Blasser married Elizabeth Lenker, daughter of 
Adam and Sallie (Messner) Lenker, and to them were born two daughters: 
Sarah D., born in 1863, died in 1866; Mary Agnes, now the wife of Capt. 
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received her education in the local public schools and at Allentown 
(Pa.) Female College, meantime, before she entered college, teaching in 
the public schools of Lower Mahanoy township and at Berrysburg, Dauphin 
county.  Mrs. Hoffman has marked artistic talent, and has a gift for 
painting, doing creditable work as a scenic artist and china decorator; 
she is also a musician of rare attainments, holding several diplomas and 
medals of honor.
	Mr. and Mrs. Blasser live on Main street, in the borough of 
Herndon, their home being next door to that of his brother.  They are 
members of the Reformed Church. He is a Republican in political opinion.
	JACOB D. BLASSER, twin brother of Abraham D. Blasser, has 
practically the same history, the brothers have always lived together on 
the home place until they retired. Jacob D. Blasser, however, did not 
remove to Herndon until 1893.  They have always been on terms of ideal 
brotherliness, and their homes in Herndon are side by side.
	On Aug. 25, 1857, Mr. Blasser married Harriet Leader, daughter of 
Marks and Sallie (Wolf) Leader, of Jackson township, and granddaughter 
of John and Susanna (Marks) Leader of the same township; Susanna Marks 
was a native of Berks county.  Sallie Wolf was a daughter of Michael 
Wolf.  Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Blasser;  (1) 
Julius Frank, whose home is at Millersburg, Pa., married Minerva 
Emerick, and they have eleven children (including two sets of twins), 
Charles and John (twins), Mabel, Mary, Jacob, Hattie, Naomi, Julius and 
Alice (twins), Ray and Moses.  (2) Sarah A. married Andrew Bucher, and 
they resided at Mahanoy, where she died May 23, 1895, at the age of 
thirty-two years.  They had one son, Charles.  (3) Maggie D. married 
John Schwab, of Elizabethville, Pa., and died July 2, 1909, aged forty-
one years, the mother of three children, Dory F., Mary E. and Erma.
	Mr. and Mrs. Blasser are new Reformed members of the church at 
Herndon.  While in Lower Mahanoy township they were identified with the 
Stone Valley Church, of which Mr. Blasser was an elder for three Years.  
He is a Republican in politics, but he has always refused to run for 
public office.

	GEORGE W. YOXTHEIMER, who is now living retired in the borough of 
Northumberland, was born March 12, 1848, in Point township, and was for 
many years engaged in farming there. He is a great-grandson of Henry 
Yoxtheimer, Sr., a farmer who lived in what is now Rockefeller township, 
being a pioneer in the Plum Creek Valley. He was a Lutheran in religious 
faith. He and his wife Maria had children as follows: Maria, Mrs. Peter 
Sampsel; George, who lived in Lower Augusta township; Jacob, who lived 
in the vicinity of Milton, this county; Henry; Mrs. Zartman; Sallie, 
Mrs. Leopold; and Mrs. Campbell.
	George Yoxtheimer, son of Henry and Maria, was the grandfather of 
George W. Yoxtheimer.
	Henry Yoxtheimer, son of George, was born in 1809 in Rockefeller 
township, and died in 1857 in Snyder county, where he is buried, in the 
Schreiner graveyard. He was a laborer and farmer, and at the time of his 
death was living a half mile north-west of Shamokin Dam, in Monroe 
township, Snyder county. His wife, Elizabeth (Mayer), daughter of Peter 
Mayer, died in 1881, at the age of sixty-nine years, and is buried at 
Selinsgrove. Their children were as follows: Hulda, Charles W., George. 
W., Mary E., Benjamin T. and one that died young.
	George W. Yoxtheimer was educated in the public schools in the 
neighborhood of his early home and at Selinsgrove Institute.  He taught 
school at Selinsgrove for a time, but his active years were devoted 
principally to farming, to which vocation he had been trained from 
boyhood.  For six years he worked out among farmers, and after he was 
married began farming on his own account in Snyder county, living near 
the Union county line, in fact, some of his land was situated in that 
county. After renting four years he again crossed the Susquehanna, and 
buying a house in Northumberland borough was in the employ of the Van 
Alens for four years, running plate rolls.  At the end of that time he 
bought a tract of forty-five acres in Point township, to which he added 
as his circumstances and opportunity permitted, and later he bought a 
100-acre farm.  Twelve years later he sold his first purchase and the 
twelve acres mentioned to his son James H., who also bought nineteen 
acres of the 100 acre farm, and in the spring of 1910 he rented his home 
farm to his son-in-law.  He has since lived retired.  In March, 1910, he 
purchased a home in the borough of Northumberland, to which he removed 
early in 1911.  Mr. Yoxtheimer was an industrious man, and was 
successful beyond the ordinary.  He took an active interest in the local 
welfare, serving three years as school director and later three years as 
supervisor. He is a man who has the thorough respect of all who know 
him.
	On Aug. 17, 1875, Mr. Yoxtheimer married Mary C. Gibbons, daughter 
of Abel and Susan (Morgan) Gibbons, who occupied the place later owned 
and occupied by their son-in-law, Mr. Yoxtheimer, and six children have 
been born to this union: James H. married Anna V. Jones; Susan E. 
married John K. Young; Alvena married George E. Derk; Hattie M. married 
James Hopewell; Stella A. married John G. Brown; Margaret F. married 
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Mr. Yoxtheimer and his family are members of the Methodist Church at 
Northumberland.  Politically he is a Republican.
	Henry Yoxtheimer, another son of Henry Yoxtheimer, Sr., was born in 
Northumberland county in 1793, and died Nov. 27, 1849. He is buried in 
the Fourth street cemetery, at Sunbury. Mr. Yoxtheimer was a potter by 
trade, and followed that business on Arch street, in Sunbury, opposite 
the jail. There he began merchandising on a small scale, and he was a 
pioneer general merchant of Sunbury, also dealing in grain, which was 
shipped by canalboat to Philadelphia and there exchanged for merchandise 
which was brought from Philadelphia to Sunbury by the same means of 
transportation. In 1826-27 he erected a large brick building which had a 
frontage of sixty feet on the south side of Market street, the site 
embracing part of what later became the courthouse yard and the property 
where Judge C. R. Savidge now lives, At the eastern side was an archway, 
the only one embodied in a store at Sunbury; it led to a large warehouse 
at the rear of the lot, where grain and produce were stored. Mr. 
Yoxtheimer owned one of the first canalboats regularly engaged in the 
carrying trade between Sunbury and Philadelphia, and he was a pioneer 
coal operator at Shamokin.  After his death his store at Sunbury was 
continued by his sons-in-law, John W. Fryling and William T. Grant. It 
was one of the leading business establishments of the town for some 
years.
	Mr. Yoxtheimer was twice married, his first wife being Margaret 
Malick, who bore him two children: Margaret married John W. Fryling, 
who is now deceased  William (deceased) served in the Civil war and was 
a resident of Safe Harbor, Lancaster Co., Pa. Mr. Yoxtheimer's second 
marriage was to Mrs. Nancy (Bacon) Follmer, and they had one child, 
Rachel, who married William T. Grant, late of Sunbury.

	WIRT.  In business and agricultural life the Wirt family is 
represented among the substantial citizens of several portions of 
Northumberland county. Its members have been useful and worthy residents 
of the several communities with which they have been identified, and the 
name has always been associated with the qualities of integrity and 
thrift which characterize those who bear it. Benneville Wirt, now of 
Sunbury, was long engaged in the hotel business in the borough of Mount 
Carmel.  Daniel W. Wirt, his brother, is a prosperous farmer of Little 
Mahanoy township. John Wirt, their cousin, a resident of Rockefeller 
township, is one of the leading undertakers in his section of this 
county. We give the line of these Wirts as far back as the records show.
	The name is variously spelled Wirt and Wert by most of the present 
members of the family; the earlier spelling was probably Wirth, as shown 
by tombstone records.  The family is of German origin.  Adam, the first 
of this line to come to America from Germany, arrived in this country 
with his wife Eva before the Revolutionary war, and settled at what is 
now the site of Millersburg, in Dauphin county, Pa. These pioneers had 
nine sons, who settled in different parts of the country, the family 
becoming scattered over New Jersey, the Carolinas, Ohio and through the 
West, besides having many representatives in Pennsylvania.
	Henry Wirt (or Wert) was a pioneer farmer of the Mahantango Valley, 
in Northumberland county, having settled in that section when the 
Indians still roamed the forests, and the Red men were neighborly with 
"Henner" Wirt, to whom they bade farewell when they left the region. He 
and his wife Elizabeth are buried side by side at the Stone Valley 
Church in Lower Mahantango, where we find the following tombstone 
records Johann Heinrich Wirth, born Dec. 22, 1769, died June 2, 1846; 
his wife Elizabeth, born Nov. 30, 1771, died Sept. 6, 1838.  They had 
children as follows: John and Michael (born March 16, 1798, died Dec. 
27, 1872; wife Lydia, born June 18, 1809, died Sept. 2, 1884), who both 
lived in the Mahantango valley; Henry and Philip, who lived in the Sugar 
Valley, near Lewisburg, Pa.; Mrs. Philip Kerstetter; Mrs.  Michael 
Schaffer;  and Mrs. Peter Bischoff.
	John Wirt, son of Henry, lived for a number of years in the 
Mahantango Valley, in 1838 settling at Mandata, where he engaged in the 
milling business. That year he built the frame mill at Mandata, which is 
still standing, and he followed the business for a number of years, 
prospering continuously.  He acquired considerable land about Mandata.  
He and his family worshipped at the Stone Valley Lutheran Church, where 
he and his wife Barbara, daughter of Matthias Witmer, are buried, their 
tombstone records reading as follows: Johannes Wirth, born Nov. 16, 
1795, died Sept. 8, 1852; his wife Barbara, born Nov. 30, 1794, died 
July 30, 1871.  Their children were as follows: Lydia married David 
Campbell; Elizabeth was the second wife of David Campbell; Catharine 
married Jacob Garman; Anna married Frederick Snyder; Mary married Martin 
Harris; Michael died soon after his marriage to Mary Lesher; John 
married Judith Wentzel; Daniel married Rebecca Seiler; Moses married 
Mary Ann Spotts.
	John Wirt, son of John and grandson of Henry, was born April 26, 
1826, in Lower Mahanoy township, on his father's farm, and is now 
probably the oldest surviving resident of that district. In his earlier 
manhood he followed the milling business, but since 1875 he has lived at 
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successful as a merchant  he also farmed for some years, now living in 
retirement and the enjoyment of the rest he earned by years of industry. 
During the Civil war Mr. Wirt was drafted three times. He married Judith 
Wentzel, who died Oct. 1, 1902, aged eighty-one years, nine months, 
twelve days; she is buried at the Stone Valley Church.  Four children 
were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wirt, namely: Benneville; William of Mandata, 
who in his earlier life was engaged in cattle dealing (he married Sarah, 
daughter  of  Elias Bower, and has two sons and two daughters); Daniel 
W.; and Michael, deceased.
	BENNEVILLE WIRT, son of John and Judith (Wentzel) Wirt, was born 
June 29, 1848, in Jordan township, Northumberland county. He was reared 
to manhood under the parental roof, and during his youth assisted his 
father as clerk in the store, making himself generally useful.  At the 
age of fifteen he commenced to learn the miller's trade at Mandata from 
one William Good, following that work for seventeen years in all, 
working nine years for his father in the milling business after he had 
thoroughly mastered its details. He then rented a mill at the mouth of 
Mahantango creek, known as Boyer's mill, which he operated successfully, 
but he remained there only a short time, the following spring going to 
Millersburg, where for three years he ran a flour mill for Samuel Buck.  
The mill was sold at the end of that period and Mr. Wirt continued with 
the new owner for four years.  In 1882 he came thence to Mandata, where 
he lived while engaged in his cattle dealing operations, purchasing 
carloads of cattle in Crawford county which he sold at Herndon, this 
county. In this line he was associated with his brother William, under 
the firm name of Wirt Brothers, and they continued in the business two 
years. In the spring of 1884 Benneville Wirt located at Herndon, where 
he conducted the "Union House" (now the "Wiest Hotel") for one year, 
after which he settled in Mount Carmel. He was a resident of that 
borough for over twenty-five years, for a quarter of a century 
conducting a hotel there. When he gave up that business, after a 
successful career, he lived retired at Mount Carmel for two years, in 
September, 1907, coming to Sunbury, where he now makes his home. Though 
he has given up many of his responsibilities he still attends to the 
management of his property, owning considerable real estate which he 
acquired as he prospered in his other ventures, and he has valuable 
holdings in Mount Carmel and Hazleton, Pa., and in Brooklyn, N. Y. He 
also deals in real estate, and has been connected with a number of 
important transactions in that line. Mr. Wirt has always enjoyed 
excellent standing among those with whom he has been associated in 
business, having a high reputation for honor and straightforwardness in 
all his undertakings.
	On April 30, 1871, Mr. Wirt married Mary Malinda Witmer, daughter 
of Isaac L. Witmer, and to their union have been born eight children, 
six of whom are deceased.  The survivors are Alice, wife of U. J. Evans, 
of Scranton, Pa., and Charles of Sunbury.  Mr. Wirt and his family are 
members of the Reformed Church. He is a Republican in politics, and a 
Mason in social connection, holding membership in Mount Carmel Lodge, 
No. 378, F. & A.M.
	DANIEL W. WIRT, son of John and Judith (Wentzel) Wirt, was born 
April 11, 1855, at Mandata, and was reared at that place. He was trained 
to farming, and when quite young began driving his father's huckster 
wagon, being thus engaged until 1876, the year of his marriage. After 
that for many years he cultivated what was formerly the Scholly 
homestead, which he owns, a tract of 140 acres located on the Little 
Mahanoy creek, which has the reputation of being the finest and most 
valuable farm in Little Mahanoy township. It is unusually well watered, 
is in a high state of cultivation, and improved with substantial and 
convenient buildings, all kept in first-class condition. The Swiss barn 
on this property was built by Mr. Wirt in 1881, and replaced the one 
destroyed by fire that year.  The present dwelling was erected in 1882. 
Mr. Wirt retired from the active work of farming in the spring of 1908, 
since when the place has been carried on by his son-in-law, Conrad 
Raker.
	Mr. Wirt has not only become well known in his section as a 
successful farmer, but also in his connection with local public  
affairs, he  having served fourteen years as school director of Little 
Mahanoy township, five years as supervisor under the old law, and three 
years in that office under the new law.  For years his chief recreation 
has been found in fishing, and before the sulphur of the coal mines 
killed the fish of the Mahanoy creeks he caught large numbers.  His 
trips are usually successful, and he takes great delight in a good 
catch.
	In 1876  Mr. Wirt married  Amanda Swartz, daughter of the late 
David and Elizabeth (Shaffer) Swartz. To this union was born one child, 
Tama, now the wife of Conrad Raker, who as previously stated is now 
engaged in cultivating the Wirt farm. Mr. and Mrs. Wirt have one son, 
Fred.  Mr. and Mrs. Wirt are members of the Lutheran congregation of St. 
Paul's Church, at Urban, in Jordan township.  Politically he is a 
Democrat.
	Daniel Wirt son of John and grandson of Henry, was born May 6, 
1829, at Mandata, in Jordan township, Northumberland county, and died 
there Sept. 9, 1855, at the early age of twenty-six years. His death was 
caused by typhoid fever.  Early in life he began to learn the milling 
business, working at the Mandata mill for ten years, until his 
	
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death. He owned the property, obtaining it from his father, and was on 
the road to prosperity when put down so suddenly. He was a particularly 
well built and strong man, and his early death was deeply mourned.  On 
Jan. 10, 1853, he married Rebecca Seiler, daughter of Jacob and 
Elizabeth (Ebright) Seiler, residents of Jackson township, this county.  
Daniel Wirt is buried at Zion's Church in Stone Valley, of which he and 
his wife were Lutheran members. They had two children, John and Sarah, 
the daughter marrying Dr. Richard P. Haas; they reside at Williamstown, 
Pa. Ten years after Mr. Wirt's death his widow married Henry Dornsife, 
of Little Mahanoy township, and they moved to Kansas City, Mo. They had 
four children, Ervin, Elizabeth, Samuel and Daniel, all in Kansas City.  
Mrs. Dornsife is now (1911) seventy-seven years old.
	JOHN WIRT, son of Daniel and Rebecca (Seiler) Wirt, was born Oct. 
5, 1855, at Mandata, Jordan township. He received his education in the 
common schools, and when sixteen commenced to learn cabinet-making, 
which he has continued to follow to the present time. He served his 
apprenticeship at Sunbury, and at the end of eight years training and 
experience there began working for the Pennsylvania Railway Company in 
the shops at Renovo, Clinton  Co., Pa., remaining there six years. In 
the spring of 1885 he came to Rockefeller township, this county, 
settling near Seven Points, at the place where he has since made his 
home. Here he owns one of the best farms in the county, a level, fertile 
tract in a high state of cultivation, for though he has combined farming 
with his other interests he has made a success of both. He is a 
practical agriculturist, as his fine crops show, and his buildings and 
all the farm surroundings bespeak excellent management and a care in the 
details which betokens unusual executive ability. In 1904 Mr. Wirt 
erected a large hay barn, and in 1905 he remodeled the residence.  He is 
constantly making changes which improve the appearance of his property 
and enhance its value as a home as well as from a more material point of 
view.
	Meantime Mr. Wirt has followed the undertaking business, in the 
pursuit of which he has become one of the best known men in his section 
of the county, his patronage coming principally from Shamokin, 
Rockefeller and Lower Augusta townships, though he has had many 
customers outside of that particular territory.  Since he embarked in 
that business, in 1890, he has conducted 1,468 funerals.  He is an 
intelligent and esteemed citizen, and has high standing among his 
neighbors and friends.
	On Jan. 15, 1880, Mr. Wirt married Emma Caroline Weiser, and they 
have three children: Jennie M., now the wife of Frederick Drumheller, of 
Sunbury; Earl; and Beulah R.  Mr. Wirt and his family are members of the 
Reformed congregation at Augustaville. He is a Republican and has taken 
considerable interest in local polities, having served as judge of 
elections. He was constable for many years, and he also was a supervisor 
of his township.
	Mrs. Wirt is a descendant of Conrad Weiser, the celebrated 
interpreter and friend of the Indians, whose name is so closely linked 
with the Colonial history of this section of Pennsylvania. Her 
grandfather, Jacob Weiser, was a grandson of Conrad, and had brothers 
Peter, John, Jonathan and Thomas, and sisters Caroline, Lavinia, and 
five not named. Jacob Weiser was a native of near Womelsdorf, in 
Heidelberg township, Berks Co., Pa., was a carpenter by occupation, and 
lived near Herndon, in Northumberland county. He married Mary Magdalena 
Highhold, who was from Myerstown, Lebanon Co., Pa., and who was a member 
of the family generally known by its proper name of Eichholtz, of which 
"Highhold" is an Anglicized corruption; most of the family use the 
original spelling. Jacob and Mary Magdalena Weiser had a family of 
twelve children, six sons and six daughters, namely: Elizabeth Regina, 
Rebecca, Reuben, John, Caroline, Emanuel, Levi, Lavinia, Clementine, 
Sarah A., Jeremiah G. and Jonathan. Of these, Reuben, who married Esther 
Malick, was the father of Mrs. John Wirt.
	Moses Wert, son of John and grandson of Henry, was born Jan. 24, 
1832, in the Mahantango Valley in Lower Mahanoy township, Northumberland 
county  He was a lifelong farmer, living in Jordan township, near 
Mandata, where he had a tract of two hundred acres, until fourteen or 
fifteen years before his death, when he retired. Upon giving up active 
labor he settled in Herndon, where he died in 1904. His widow still 
occupies their home at that place. He was a man well known and highly 
respected, and though he devoted himself principally to the management 
of his own affairs, he served as supervisor.  He was a Democrat in 
politics and in religion a Lutheran, his family adhering to the same 
belief.  In his earlier years he belonged to the Stone Valley Church, 
but after removing to Herndon he became a member of the church there, 
and he is buried in the Wirt and Shaffer family plot at Herndon. He was 
a devout Christian and an enthusiastic church worker, serving in various 
church offices and taking a keen interest in the welfare of the Sunday 
school.
	Mr. Wert married Mary Ann Spotts and they had four children, 
namely: Clara Rebecca married George T. Shaffer, of Herndon, who is 
deceased; Emma J. married John P. Tressler, of Herndon; Alveretta, who 
died in 1886, was the wife of Dr. Fred D. Raker, of Shamokin; John A. 
married Ella S. Eisenhart. 
	
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	The following account of the Wirt was given by Mrs. Emma Wert 
Lentz, of Altoona, Pa.: My great-grandfather's name was John Wirt 1st 
and my grandfather's name was John Wirt 2d.  He was married to Elizabeth 
Miller. They had seven sons and two daughters (my father, Simon Wirt, of 
Millersburg, being the oldest), Simon, Elias, Josiah, Joseph, Jonathan, 
Amos, Benjamin, Susan and Rebecca.
	I glean from my father's obituary that his grandfather was a 
Revolutionary soldier, served seven years under George Washington and 
participated in the battles of Germantown and Brandywine. His father, 
John Wirt, 2d, was in the war of 1812 and had a son and grandsons in the 
Civil war. I have lost sight of some of my cousins and cannot give an 
accurate list. There were five in our immediate family: (1) Linda E. E. 
(2) Sarah A. married H. H. Moper, of Millersburg, and had three sons:  
Charles E., of Hughesville, Pa.; Simon, of Harrisburg, Pa.; and H. H. 
Neff, deceased. Her second marriage was to Jonas Garman of Lykens by 
whom she had two daughters, Jessie and Pauline, Mrs. William Ennis and 
Mrs. Russell Brodus, both of Bowling Green, Va.  (3) Mary C. married 
Cyrus Mark, of Lebanon county, and (second) Frank S. Bowman, of 
Millersburg, and had two sons: Hay Wirt, editor of the Millersburg 
Sentinel, and Rev. Dr. Linn, pastor of Park Avenue M. E. Church, 
Philadelphia.  (4) Rev. John A., D. D. married Martha Buehler, of 
Gettysburg, and had four sons, Ray and Edgar, deceased, John (married) 
and Guyon.  (5) Emma J. married Rev. D. S. Lentz, and has had four 
children, Suzanne, Linda Wirt, Marie, and David (deceased).
	Edgar, son of Dr. Wirt, of Des Moines, was married and had two 
children, a daughter and a son.

	WILLIAM F. STOFFLETT, jeweler and optician at Shamokin, Pa., has 
enjoyed a career in that city that is a good illustration of what may be 
accomplished in a very short time by true worth and the exercise of 
upright business principles. Mr. Stofflett came to Shamokin in 1902, and 
in these few years has won a merited place in the front rank of the best 
and most prominent citizens.
	The early home of the Stofflett family was in Alsace Lorraine, 
France, the emigrant ancestor coming from there to America and settling 
in what is now Northampton county, Pa., and in the latter place Josiah 
Stofflett, great-grandfather of William E., was born. He followed 
farming, and led a life of industry and integrity.
	Levi Stofflett, son of Josiah, was born in Northampton county, and 
he, too, became a farmer. He died in his native county.
	Joseph Stofflett, son of Levi, was born in Northampton county. In 
his young manhood he learned the bricklayer's trade, which he followed 
some time, and then began contracting and building. He was very 
successful and continued in active work until his death, April 12, 1906.  
He was buried at a church near Allentown. He married Susanna Heberly, 
who died in 1904.  They had four sons: Rev. Sefellen E., a graduate of 
Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa, is now a minister of the 
Reformed Church, and is located at Hazleton, Pa. Levi J. continued his 
father's contracting business, and  is located in  Northampton county. 
William E. is mentioned below. Joseph H., a graduate of Franklin and 
Marshall College, Lancaster, was admitted to the Northampton bar, and 
died in 1902, a young man of great promise.
	William E. Stofflett was born near Allentown, Pa., Aug. 7, 1870, 
and attended the local schools and Allentown business college.  He then 
began to learn the jeweler's trade, spending two years in Reading with 
G. A. Slichter. From Reading he went to New York City, where he was 
employed for twelve years. Coming to Shamokin in 1902 he established his 
present place of business, and now has the leading store of its kind in 
this section. His progressive spirit  and honorable  methods have made 
him exceedingly popular. His stock is large and of wide assortment, 
embracing everything to be found in a thoroughly up-to-date jewelry 
store.  He is himself not only a thorough watchmaker, competent to 
regulate the most intricate of timepieces, but he is a licensed 
optician, holding a diploma from the Spencer Optical Institute in New 
York City. His establishment is well equipped with all the appliances 
necessary for making eye examinations and fitting glasses.
	Mr. Stofflett is active in fraternal work. He is a member of Lodge 
No. 291, F. & A.M., Malone, N. Y.; Shamokin Chapter, No. 264, R.A.M.; 
Shamokin Commandery, No. 177, K.T.; Williamsport Consistory, thirty-
second degree; and Rajah Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., of Reading. He also 
belongs to the local lodge of Elks, and the Business Men's Association.
	Mr. Stofflett married Lydia Miller, daughter of Edward Miller, of 
Utica, N.Y., and they have one daughter, Ruth, who is still in school. 
Politically Mr. Stofflett is a Republican, but he has never taken much 
active part in party work.

	AMBROSE S. CAMPBELL, of Rush township, Northumberland county, 
engaged in farming, trucking and fruit growing, traces his ancestral 
line back to John Campbell, a native of the North of Ireland who came to 
America about 1775 and settled at Philadelphia, Pa. On March 4, 1786, he 
married Elizabeth Stauts, of Bucks county, Pa., who was born Nov. 25, 
1768.  They soon moved to Milton, Northumberland Co., Pa., where Mr. 
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until his death, which occurred Dec. 19, 1810. Mrs. Campbell  survived 
him almost  thirty-two years, meantime removing with some of her 
children to Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y., where she died March 10, 1842.  Mr. 
and Mrs. Campbell were stanch members of the Presbyterian Church. They 
were the parents of the following children: 
	(1) Mary born Jan. 5, 1787, married John Carpenter March 4, 1806, 
and died Aug. 6, 1847. She was the mother of eleven children, viz.: 
Eliza, born Dec. 29, 1806, married Andrew  Marshall March 4, 1823, and 
had twelve children; David, born April 8, 1809, married Mary Ware Aug. 
2, 1832, and had one child by that union, on Feb. 11, 1836, marrying 
(second) M. Mitcheltree, by whom he had five children; Priscilla, born 
May 6, 1811, married Jan. 24, 1828, John Pepperman, and had twelve 
children; Jesse B., born Oct. 10, 1813, married May 4, 1847, Phoebe 
Carpenter (no relative) and had four children; Nancy, born Nov. 14, 
1815, died April  1, 1819;  Susan A., born March 9, 1818, married Levi 
Tate July 29, 1838, and had nine children; Sophia, born April 16, 1820, 
married Jonas Newcomber Jan. 15, 1835, and had six children; Maria A., 
born Feb. 12, 1822, married Joseph L. Rank Jan. 15, 1839, and had ten 
children; John J., born May 1, 1824, married Mary Marshall Dec. 22, 
1846, and had seven children; William, born April 6, 1826, died in 
infancy; Rebecca, born July 29, 1829, died Jan. 26, 1847. John 
Carpenter, the father of this family, died at Williamsport, Pa., July 3, 
1865. 
	(2)  Jane, born Dec. 5, 1789, was married March 17, 1807, to Philip 
Goodman, who for many years kept a hotel at Danville, Va. He was born 
Sept. 8, 1785, and died at Danville Sept. 1, 1837, Mrs. Goodman dying 
there Dec. 23, 1847. They had five children: Peter S., born Dec. 24, 
1808, married Sarah Van De Mark July 20, 1828, and died Jan. 11, 1854 
(he had two children); Ann Eliza, born Nov. 22, 1810, was married March 
6, 1833, to Dr. Samuel G. Mans, of Danville, and died Dec. 6, 1882, in 
Chicago, Ill. (she had three children); John C., born Jan. 22, 1813, 
died young; Priscilla C., born Feb. 17, 1814, married Oct. 15, 1833, 
Isaac B. Ogden, and had nine children; Isaac C., born April 19, 1816, 
died in infancy. 
	(3) David, born Dec. 5, 1791, married Dec. 17, 1810, Elizabeth 
Wilson, and died April 24, 1821. His five children were: Jane, born May 
16, 1813, married Daniel Bradshaw and had two children; Philip, born in 
1815, died in 1855; Amy, born Dec. 24, 1817, married Willis Vertz, in 
August, 1838, and had thirteen children; John H., born in December, 
1818, was married in August, 1838, to Sarah Wortz, and had thirteen 
children, Margaret (born Sept. 1, 1839, died April 5, 1843), Ambrose 
(born June 30, 1841), Mary (born Nov. 19, 1843, died June 30, 1844), 
Ireoni (born Aug. 25, 1845, married Hiram Carl, had four children, and 
died March 4, 1879), Sara (born in December, 1846, died March 28, 1865), 
Sabina (born Nov. 13, 1847, married Dan. B. Brown in 1869 and had four 
children), David (born Feb. 9, 1849, died in infancy), Jane (born April 
17, 1850, died in infancy), George W. (born April 23, 1851, married 
Caroline Gearhart), Wilson (born April 18, 1852, died in infancy), 
Elizabeth (born Nov. 4, 1853, died in infancy), Lydia C. (born July 18, 
1855, married Jacob R. McGeily and had three children) and John H. (born 
Nov. 5, 1859, married Elizabeth Logan and had one child); Isaac S., born 
Oct. 4, 1819, married April 20, 1848, Jane A. DeHaas, and died Oct. 29, 
1864, at Fortress Monroe, the father of six children, Wilson (born Dec. 
5, 1848, died Dec. 1, 1850), William R. (born Dec. 5, 1851, died Sept. 
3, 1852), Luella (born Dec. 25, 1852, married Charles Baum Nov. 14, 
1872, and had one child), Sara J. (born Jan. 1, 1855, married William E. 
Wise Jan. 1, 1872, and had three children), Mary E. (born Jan. 15, 1857, 
married William Cleinfelter Jan. 15, 1874, and had one child) and Elvira 
F. (born Dec. 25, 1858, married William C. King Sept. 15, 1881). 
	(4) Priscilla, born March 17, 1794, died Jan. 2, 1883. 
	(5) Robert, born April 1, 1796, married Ann Moore Nov. 3, 1818, and 
they had two children: Susan A., born Dec. 29, 1820, who married James 
M. Thompson March 30, 1841, had three children, and died Sept. 28, 1849; 
and Elizabeth, born May 17, 1822, who married John S. Thompson Dec. 30, 
1843, and had seven children. On April 1, 1827, Robert Campbell married 
(second) Sara Brees, who was born May 31, 1808, in Sussex county, N. J., 
and died Dec. 16, 1853.  He died Aug. 18, 1841, in Elmira, N.Y. To them 
were born the following children:  Nancy, born June 30, 1828, who died 
young; John, born Sept. 20, 1829, who died young; Goodman, born Sept. 5, 
1830, who married Ada J. Elston Jan. 9, 1857, and died March 16, 1864, 
while serving in the army (his four children were Edward, who died 
young; Frances A., born Aug. 15, 1859, who married George Randal March 
15, 1880, and had one child; Sara Jane, born May 10, 1861, deceased; and 
Anna G., born May 10, 1863); Jeremiah, born Oct. 7, 1832, who died Aug. 
8, 1842; Phoebea A., born Jan. 27, 1835, who married Koran J. Parker 
Jan. 24, 1866, and had one child; Gelena, born Dec. 26, 1836, who 
married Samuel W. Hunt; and Miranda, born March 3, 1839, who married 
Abram Elston Jan. 9, 1857, and had three children.
	(6) Isaac, born May 12, 1798, married June 6, 1817, Sophia 
Garrison, and died June 1, 1854. They were the parents of nine children, 
viz.: Mary Ann, born April 7, 1818, married John Fortner May 4, 1848, 
and had two children; David S., born Aug. 5, 1821, married Eunice R. 
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5, 1844, and had children, Freeman (born Sept. 20, 1845), Marilla J. 
(born Aug. 11, 1849, married Lorenzo D. Smith and had four children) 
David O. (born Dec. 13, 1851, married Elmira C. Water April 7, 1874), 
Isaac W. (born Aug. 11, 1855, married Mary J. Reed Nov. 24, 1878, and 
had two children), Clark F. (born Sept. 8, 1857, married Ida Smith Dec. 
30, 1880), Sara A. T. (born Oct. 9, 1860), John J. (born Jan. 1, 1863) 
and George S. (born Feb. 12, 1868); Elizabeth, born Jan. 28, 1823, died 
March 28, 1825; Peter G. is fully mentioned later; Sophia, born July 25, 
1827, married Edwin Fox March 12, 1845, and had four children; Evan O. 
J., born Jan. 27, 1830, married Mary F. Anderson Sept. 2, 185-, and had 
three children, of whom Mary Ellen, born July 5, 1860, married 
Montgomery Conners; John G. born March 2, 1832, married Emma Sharp Sept. 
18, 1858, and died March 20, 1863 (they had three children); Isaac W., 
born Aug. 6, 1834, married Sara J. Hambert Oct. 30, 1862, and had four 
children; Sara F., born Dec. 31, 1837, married Everitt G. Pierce May 8, 
1866, and had two Children.
	(7) Elizabeth, born Oct. 18, 1802, was married March 18, 1824, to 
Evan O. Jackson. of Berwick Pa., and died March 12, 1871, in 
Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Jackson was born July 1, 1801, and died July 24, 
1869.  They had a family of ten children namely: Mary died young; Elisha 
B., born Dec. 18, 1826, married Lavina W. Barstow, of Hoops Valley, N. 
Y., Dec. 26, 1861 (who died Feb. 18 1862), and (second) Emma L. Foulon, 
Dec. 5, 1864 (they had four children); Josiah C., born Dec. 13, 1828, 
married Elizabeth Cruise May 1, 1872; Rebecca, born July 29, 1832, died 
young; Evan O., born March 3, 1836, died Aug. 4, 1863; Joseph, born June 
11, 1839, died May 13, 1856; Edwin F., born Feb. 13, 1842, married March 
14, 1873, Elizabeth Flore and died Oct. 19, 1876; Clara P. and John C., 
born July 30, 1844, died in infancy; and William C., born Feb. 21, 1847 
died July 3, 1847.
	(8)  Rachel, born March 22, 1807, died Aug. 22, 1807.
	(9) Rebecca, born Nov. 7, 1808 married Oct. 15, 1833, Joseph C. 
Bell, of New York, and was the mother of six children: Charles O., born 
Aug. 8, 1835, died June 25, 1855, at Chicago, Ill.; Will. A., born Sept. 
28, 183-, died Oct. 1, 1877; Fred R., born Feb. 1, 1839, died Oct. 25, 
1845; Joseph T., born. Jan. 1, 1841, was married in June, 1869 to Nettie 
Larison, and died April 6, 1871; Elizabeth R., born June 4, 1843, 
married Henry F. Benson July 18, 1876; Josephine C., born Jan. 8 1845, 
married Fred W. Hovey Sept. 29, 1869, and had three children.
	Peter G. Campbell, son of Isaac and Sophia (Garrison) Campbell, was 
born Feb. 16, 1825, and on May 20, 1850, married Susan Barlinger. To 
them were born nine children: Clarina J., born Aug. 6, 1851, married 
Jane Barr Dec. 20, 1874, and had three children, Emma, Harry and Pearl; 
Charles H., born June 24, 1853, married Mary Campbell and they have 
three children, Desda, Alma and Robert; Isaac, born Oct. 15, 1855, died 
in 1887; William, born May 22, 1858, died Aug. 28, 1860; Franklin, born 
Oct. 18, 1860, married Mary Reeder and has one child; Annie S., born May 
20, 1863, married S. Yeager and has three children, Helen, Howard and 
Elizabeth; Mary M., born Sept. 27, 1864, married Hudson Savidge and has 
one daughter, Edna; Katie, born Nov. 19, 1866, died Nov. 9, 1877; 
Ambrose S.  mentioned below.
	Ambrose S. Campbell, born Nov. 18, 1868, received his education in 
the public schools of Northumberland county and at Fort Wayne, Ind.  He 
now owns a farm of 103 acres in Rush township, Northumberland county, 
and is successfully engaged in farming, trucking and fruit growing. He 
married Ella Savidge, and they are the parents of two children, Margaret 
and Russell.  Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are members of the Presbyterian 
Church, and he is a Democrat in politics.
	The Savidge family, to which Mrs. Ambrose S. Campbell belongs, has 
long been settled in Northumberland county, Enos Savidge, the founder of 
the family in this region, coming hither from New Jersey between 1785 
and 1790.  He was the father of the following children: (1) John 
married a Miss McCloughan, and they had two children, Frederick S. and 
Caroline (Mrs. Minier). Frederick S. Savidge married Rachel Elizabeth 
Lamberson, daughter of Nicholas and Fannie (Kimbal) Lamberson, and their 
children are Frances Elma, who married Samuel Pretty; Caroline Rebecca, 
who married Joshua McDonnel (their children are Franklin, Ernest, 
Clayton C. and Elma); Ifa Eldora, wife of Samuel Cotner (they have one 
child, Charles C.); Rufus R., who married Laura Richie (they have 
children Ethel and Aldred); William, who married Sara Anderson (they had 
one child, who is deceased); Walter F., who married Lillian Haughawout 
(their children are Ellen and Harold); Hudson K.; Ralph, who married 
Ella Wyne (children, Russell and Martha); Anna wife of W. R. Burd (she 
has a son Samuel, daughter Elnora May and other children); Olive, Mrs. 
William Deibert; John H.; and Hattie, wife of Fred Snyder (three 
children, Paul; Rachel and John).  (2) Henry married Sarah Teitz and had 
one child, Mary. (3) William married Mary Ann Vastine and had a son 
Jared. (4) Samuel K. married Ellen Campbell and had three children, Hon. 
Clinton R., Harmon C. and Lizzie A., the latter the wife of Willard 
Robinson. (5) Enos, Jr., died at the age of thirty-six. (6) Frederick 
died young. (7) Elizabeth married Valentine Hausworth and had children 
John and Eliza (8) Susan married William Hile and they had six children, 
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George, Priscilla, John, Emma and Alfred. (9) Rachel married Solomon 
Hazel and had children Catherine and Isabella. (10) Mary married Philip 
Andrews and had children, Eliza, David and Amanda.  (11) Isaac.
	Isaac Savidge, son of Enos, was born in 1801, and died in 1862. He 
married Mary Campbell, who was born in 1803, and died in 1875, the 
mother of four children, as follows: (1) Rosetta married George Gonsar 
and had Emeline (who died young) and Mary C. (married Peter Statzell and 
had children Archie, Clyde, Frank and Harry). (2) Malissa married George 
Deibler and had two children, Emma (married D. Koder and had children, 
George and Ella) and Gertrude (unmarried).  (3) William died single.  
(4) Henry T.
	Henry T. Savidge, son of Isaac, born May 8, 1836, married Margaret 
Moore, daughter of Michael Moore, and they had two daughters: Anna M. 
married Percy Culp, and had children Sadie, Clyde and Nora; Ella married 
Ambrose S. Campbell.
	Mrs. Mary (Campbell) Savidge; wife of Isaac Savidge, was a daughter 
of John Campbell and granddaughter of Obadiah Campbell, who came with 
his family from New Jersey to Rush township, Northumberland county, and 
settled near Elysburg.

	CLARK. The Clark family is of early record in Northumberland 
county. One Jonathan Clark lived above Sunbury, in the vicinity of 
Klinesgrove, where be owned property and followed farming. He is buried 
in that section. His children were:  William, John, Samuel, Wesley, 
Peggy (married Robert Campbell) and Mrs. Kuhrs. Of these, William 
settled at Roaring Creek; he had a son William. John was a farmer in his 
early life, but moved to Sunbury, where he lived and died; he also had a 
son William and daughters Mary Ann, Jane, Elizabeth and Ellen.
	Wesley Clark, born above Sunbury, lived later where his son Frank 
is now located, in Lower Augusta township.  He was a farmer, and his 
home place consisted of thirty-five acres, besides which he had a tract 
of twenty-seven acres. He died where his son Frank now lives, and is 
buried at the Presbyterian Church near which he lived. His wife was 
Mercy Yoxtheimer, who came from the same vicinity as her husband, and 
their children were Benjamin, Malinda (died in infancy), Frank, Charles 
and Perry (of Juniata county, Pa.).
	Frank Clark is a farmer in Lower Augusta township, where he was 
born May 12, 1858, and educated in the local schools. When twenty-one he 
began farming on his own account, and after one year spent in the employ 
of others he became a tenant about 1895 acquiring, possession of the 
homestead. He built the present house and barn upon this tract, putting 
up the house in 1894, and has made a number of improvements on the 
property which have added materially to its value. He married Mary 
Adaline Renn, daughter of John Renn, and they have had a large family: 
Ira married Mary Conrad and lives in Rockefeller township; John married 
Mary Snyder and is living in Lower Augusta township; Dean S. married 
Lena Kimball and they live in Sunbury; Herbert married Esther Wolf and 
they live in Rockefeller township; William is married to Carrie 
Duttinger and living in New Columbia, Pa.; Walter married Jennie 
Wilkison and they reside in Rockefeller township; Frank married Maud 
Bobb and makes his home in Milton, Pa.; George, Ida, Hazel and Annie are 
unmarried.
	Ulrich Clark, the founder of one branch of the family now 
flourishing in Northumberland county, was a native of New Jersey, and 
came hither in young manhood, making the journey by wagon. He came by 
way of Reading and up the well known Tulpehocken pike through 
Harrisburg, and met with a band of Indians, whom he saw kill a small 
child, so that his first impressions of the new region were not 
reassuring. He settled in Upper Augusta township with his then small 
family, and devoted his time to clearing his land and farming.
	Jackson (or John, as he was also known) Clark, son of Ulrich, was a 
boy of twelve when he came with his father to Northumberland county, and 
he was reared to farming, which he in turn took up on his own account. 
He became the owner of seven hundred acres in Upper Augusta township, 
where he lived to the end of his days, dying there. He is buried in the 
Mount Pleasant Church cemetery in that township. Mr. Clark was a well 
known man of his day. He married Miss Thomas, who was a member of a 
Southern family, and they had a family of seven children: William K. is 
mentioned below; Mary married Jacob Haupt; Louisa married Ira Shipe; 
Jane was twice married, her second husband being George Beard; Rebecca 
married Moses Shipe (brother of Ira); Elizabeth married Henry Boyer; 
Ellen married Silas Conrad (brother of Mrs. Harriet Eckman, of Sunbury). 
(At Mount Pleasant Church are buried John Clark, who died April 28, 
1874, aged seventy-one years, seven months, nineteen days; and his wife 
Margaret, who died Nov. 25, 1876, aged seventy-one years, three months, 
twenty-four days.  It seems reasonable to suppose that these are the 
John Clark and wife referred to in this paragraph.)
	William K. Clark was born Jan. 25, 1830, in Upper Augusta township, 
and died May 1, 1895, in Sunbury.  He owned a fine farm in Upper Augusta 
township, where he followed farming for several years, and for a number 
of years he was also engaged in the mercantile business, eventually 
removing to Sunbury, where he ended his days.  He was a Republican in 
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religion a member of the Methodist Church. Mr. Clark married Mary Ann 
Newberry, who was born Dec. 18, 1831, in Point township, Northumberland 
county, and died March 4, 1906. Her father was a Revolutionary soldier. 
Mr. and Mrs. Clark were the parents of eight children, namely: Sallie 
married R. B. Campbell, and had three children, Fannie, Mary and Earle; 
Wilson Howard is mentioned below; John Sterling, born March 4, 1861, is 
a farmer in Upper Augusta township; Elmer E. is mentioned below; Maggie, 
deceased, was the wife of John Cassett (she left no children); Robert is 
a resident of Plymouth, Pa.; William C. married; Hunter J. married.
	WILSON HOWARD CLARK, who is now engaged in general farming in Upper 
Augusta township, was born in that township July 4, 1858, and there 
attended public school in his boyhood. For some years he was employed by 
the Sunbury Gas Company, and he followed the same line of work for a 
number of years, in Ohio, Indiana (at Goshen), New Orleans (La.) and 
Plymouth, Pa., where he lived for a number of years. He remained there 
until 1905, in which year he returned to his native township, where he 
has a farm of 137 acres. He is engaged in general agricultural work, in 
which he has been very successful, and is one of the most respected 
citizens of his section. He is a Republican in politics, and he and his 
family are Methodists in religious matters.
	On June 26, 1880, Mr. Clark married Hannah Shonk, daughter of Caleb 
Shonk, who lived at Plymouth, Pa.; the Shonk family came into this 
section from New Jersey. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Clark: 
Howard Wilson, Jr.; Caleb S.; William K.; Helen M., who is a student at 
Ursinus College, at Collegeville, Pa.; and Walter F.
	ELMER E. CLARK has been in business in Sunbury since 1907, in which 
year he bought out the well known and old established planing mill of 
the late Ira T. Clement, which he now conducts under the name of the 
Sunbury Lumber Manufacturing Company, doing planing mill work of all 
kinds. The plant is one of the important factors in the industrial 
prosperity of the borough, and Mr. Clark has, by his ability and 
enterprise, shown himself worthy to be classed among Sunbury's 
substantial business men.  He was born April 21, 1862, in Point 
township, Northumberland county, and received his education in the 
public schools of Upper Augusta township.  He worked for his father on 
the farm until he went to Danville, Pa., where he was employed in a 
rolling mill for two years, after which he went to Plymouth, Luzerne 
Co., Pa., where he also remained two years, engaged in the mines and as 
a clerk.  Following this he took a course at Coleman's business college, 
in Newark, N. J., from which institution he was graduated. He was 
married there and then went to West Virginia, where has acquired 
extensive interests in the lumber business, manufacturing all kinds of 
lumber, becoming president of a bank, and otherwise maintaining 
important business associations in his section.  Meantime he became a 
member of the firm of Clark Brothers, composed of himself and his 
brothers W. C. and H. J. Clark, who established their extensive plant at 
Plymouth, Pa., which through their experience, energy and ability has 
attained the distinction of being the largest of its kind in central 
Pennsylvania.  The business at Plymouth was under the direction of the 
other two brothers, Elmer E. Clark looking after their interests in West 
Virginia during his residence in that State. The Clark Brothers 
established the Sunbury Lumber Manufacturing Company on the property 
forming a part of the estate of the late Ira T. Clement, on Race street, 
adjoining the lines of the Pennsylvania railroad, at Sunbury.  The 
lumber business of that borough is one of its most valuable industrial 
assets, giving it high standing as a commercial and shipping center, and 
the Sunbury Lumber Manufacturing Company soon took its place among the 
most prosperous institutions of its kind.  Mr. W. C. Clark took the 
management of the Sunbury plant, which was equipped with all modern 
machinery and devices necessary to the production of high-grade 
woodwork, a sixty horse power engine supplying the motive force.  The 
lumber yard carries the largest stock of seasoned timber of any similar 
concern in Sunbury, and a switch connecting it with the railroad makes 
the facilities for transportation particularly good. The firm has 
handled some very large contracts.
	After a residence of nineteen years in Virginia Mr. Clark returned 
to his native county, in 1907, giving his time to the conduct of the old 
established planing mill purchased from the Ira T. Clement estate. He 
owns this mill, but it is now idle. The business, located at Third and 
Arch streets, is at one of the oldest stands in this district, and Mr. 
Clark has enjoyed a large trade in all kinds of mill work, giving 
regular employment to between thirty-five and forty mechanics.  He has 
made a specialty of hard wood interior finish, turning out rough and 
dressed lumber, the business being very comprehensive and meeting every 
demand of the local trade. He expanded the business steadily by 
progressive methods and honorable dealing, and has shown himself an 
exemplary member of a family which has long and excellent standing in 
this locality.
	On Nov. 23, 1888, Mr. Clark married Isabella Forrester; daughter of 
George and Ellen (Campbell) Forrester and granddaughter of James 
Forrester.  Mr. and Mrs. Clark have had two children, Chester D. (who 
graduated from Pennsylvania State College in 1911) and Flossie E. They 
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one of the finest homes of the borough, a beautiful Colonial residence 
which Mr. Clark built in 1905. Socially Mr. Clark holds membership in 
Ohr Lodge, No. 131, F. & A.M., and in Salem Chapter, R.A.M., of 
Cumberland, Md.  He is a Methodist in religious connection.
	One William Clark bought on Feb. 17, 1786, a warrant of land 
containing 298 acres, from George Pearson, land agent. Part of this 
tract is now owned by Jacob Keefer, at Keefer's station, in Upper 
Augusta township.  On Feb. 23, 1789, William Clark bought another tract 
of land in Upper Augusta township, from George Withington.  His son 
George Clark, lived in Derry township, Northumberland (now Montour) Co., 
Pa., and died Feb. 1813 in the house he had occupied for over two years 
before that event.  His wife's name was Mary; and her father, William, 
was then deceased.
	Robert Clark, pioneer of White Deer township, Northumberland (now 
Union) county, was one of the earliest of the family in this region and 
probably brother of William, above, as he was one of several brothers. 
Walter, William (?), James, Adam and himself, as well as some sisters; 
there may have been brothers John and Joseph also. In his will made Dec. 
30, 1790, probated May 31, 1798. his son George "and my brother" Walter 
Clark are appointed  executors, and he gives his beloved wife  Jean 
Clark twelve pounds yearly, the oldest mare, her saddle and bridle, 
milch cow, the case of drawers that stand in back room, her wheel and 
reel, 2 "chears," all the "citchen" furniture; his daughter Elonor Fruit 
fifty pounds; his daugher Margaret Clark one feather bed and bed 
clothes, new saddle and bridle and wheel and one hundred pounds money; 
he also mentions his daughter Agnes Clark, and sons Robert (to receive 
one hundred pounds when he comes of age),  George, Charles and John.  
There may have also been a son Jonathan.  Of these sons, 
	John Clark, who lived in White Deer township, Northumberland (now 
Union) county, died there prior to June 21, 1810.  He made his last will 
and testament May 1, 1810, and in it we find: "I nominate my uncle 
William Clark and my dear brother Robert Clark my executors."  His 
brother Robert was the executor.  Items of the will were "I bequest 225 
pounds to my brother Robert Clark. I bequest 125 pounds to be divided 
betwixt Polly, Jane and Charles Clark the children of my brother Charles 
Clark, deceased.  I bequest the same unto my brother George Clark and my 
sisters Elenor Frust, Margaret Donnaly and Nancy Finney."
	Adam Clark, who lived and died in what is now  Chillisquaque  
township  Northumberland county, left a large estate which he divided by 
will (made April 15, 1803) as follows: "To my daughter Jane Eustice 100 
pounds; to my daughter Mattie Clark 100 pounds; to grandsons Abner and 
Alexander Clark I bequest 458 acres of land in Bigtree township, Ontario 
County, N. Y.; to granddaughter Margaret Clark 100 pounds when she 
becomes eighteen; to grandson Adam Clark 300 pounds; to granddaughter 
Margaret Sayers 25 pounds; to my niece Ann Falkner 25 pounds; the 
balance of my estate I bequest unto my grand-children Abner, Alexander, 
Margaret and Adam Clark, and Margaret Savers." The executors were John 
Wilson, Esq., of Chillisquaque township, and John Montgomery, of 
Mahoning township.
	John Clark (e), of West Buffalo township, then in Northumberland 
county, made his will Dec. 9, 1807, and it was probated March 9, 1809.  
In it he mentions Jane, who married David Watson, and William and Jane, 
children of his son Joseph Clarke.
	John Clark (who it is said had a brother Jonathan in Northumberland 
county) came from New Jersey and settled in Upper Augusta township, 
Northumberland county. He is buried at Snydertown.  He was a member of 
the Presbyterian Church.  He was a farmer, and owned the place now the 
property of Daniel Kembel. He was twice married, but had no children by 
his second wife, whose maiden name was Guss.  His family was as follows: 
Elizabeth, who married Henry Cooner; Rebecca, who married Samuel 
Wallize; Jonathan; Mary, who married Solomon Sterner; Lukens; Samuel, 
who died in Rush township; John, who lived in Upper Augusta township; 
and William.
	William Clark, son of John, above, was born in Upper Augusta 
township and lived on Little Roaring creek, in Rush township, where he 
owned two farms, having about three hundred acres of land.  He was a 
member and trustee of the Rush Presbyterian church, and is buried at 
that church. He was quite active in local affairs, serving as overseer 
of the poor and in other offices.  To his marriage with Jane Moore were 
born seven children, namely: Lukens lived in Iowa: Asenath married John 
Bird; Hamilton lived in Catawissa, Pa.; Mary married  Clinton Kase; 
Margaret married John Wallize; William lived in Rush township; Sarah 
Ellen married Philip M. Forrester and is now (1911) past seventy years 
of age.
	Henry Clark, from whom another branch of this family is descended, 
was a farmer in Upper Mahantango township Schuylkill Co., Pa., owning a 
farm  in his earlier life, and later was a butcher and laborer. He was a 
member of Salem Church, where he is buried. His children were: John S.; 
Joel, of Pitman, Pa.; Frank, of Upper Mahanoy township; Polly, who 
married John Klock; Abbie, who married Chester Dressler; Elmira, who 
married Enoch Wehry; Angelina, who married Harry Bobbenmoyer, an 
extensive contractor of Lebanon, Pa.; and Amelia, who married Benjamin 
Fetter.
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Upper Mahantango township, Schuylkill Co., Pa., where he owns a fifty-
acre property which he cultivates. He has been a useful citizen of his 
locality, and has served a number of years as school director and 
supervisor. In politics he is a Democrat, and his religious connection 
is with Salem Lutheran and Reformed Church, of which he has been deacon 
and trustee and is at present serving as elder. His wife also belongs to 
that church. Mr. Clark married Sophia Romberger, daughter of Henry 
Romberger, of Upper Mahantango township, Schuylkill county, and they 
have had a large family: Mary, who married Charles Wiest; Jane, who died 
aged twenty-one years, three months, three days; Barbara, who married 
Albert Schwalm (brother of Mrs. H. Preston Clark); H. Preston; Daniel 
R., of Valley View, Pa.; Catharine J., who married William Fetter; 
Bertha, who married Robert Wolfgang; Mabel; John; and Gurney W.
	H. PRESTON CLARK, son of John S., was born April 27, 1874, in Upper 
Augusta township, where he obtained his education in the common schools. 
He was reared to farming, which he began for himself in the spring of 
1901, at his present home in Upper Mahanoy township, Northumberland 
county, where he owns eighty-nine acres.  This was formerly a Rebuck 
homestead, and part of the farm was owned by the Simmis family, who were 
colored people; they are buried in a private lot on the Ammon Knox farm. 
Mr. Clark built his barn in 1904.
	On Aug. 28, 1909, Mr. Clark married Ida Schwalm, daughter of, Fred 
and Sarah (Rubenthal) Schwalm, and granddaughter of Frederick Schwalm. 
Five children have been born to them Sadie E (who died in infancy), 
Carrie S., Edgar A., Della L. and Calvin A. Mr. Clark and his family are 
members of the Reformed congregation at the Salem Church, which, he has  
served as deacon.

	JACOB WARNER MIFFLIN, of Paxinos, Northumberland county, senior 
member of the firm of Mifflin & Miller, manufacturers of brick and 
dealers in lumber and other commodities, is also extensively engaged as 
a contractor and builder, his work in that line taking him all over the 
county. His interests in this region are varied, and he is recognized as 
one of its most progressive citizens, exercising a wholesome influence 
upon its industrial welfare and active in its best development. He is a 
native of the county, born Jan. 28, 1871, at Bear Gap; and comes of a 
family of English origin which has been settled in America since early 
Colonial times.  The generations of the family are numbered beginning 
with the first ancestor in this country.
	(I) John Mifflin was born in 1638 in Warminster, Wiltshire, 
England, whence he came to America with his son John in the year 1676, 
or between that year and 1679. It is probable that they sailed in one of 
the five ships containing colonists who were members. of the Society of 
Friends, who disembarked at what is now Burlington, N.J., in 1677 or 
1678.  They were prominent in the early history of Philadelphia, where 
they eventually settled.. After working some time among the Swedes, upon 
the banks of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, until they could fix 
upon a place to settle, they chose a tract lying on the east side the 
Schuylkill; which they took up on the Duke of York's patent. The title, 
dated from the court of Upland or Chester (then held at Kingsess), 8th 
month, 13, 1680, named the area as 300 acres, but it was resurveyed in 
1682 and patent taken under William Penn, the original title being 
confirmed by Penn 5th month, 18, 1684; the tract was then designated as 
containing 270 acres. The Mifflins settled there on the 13th of the 8th 
month, 1680, living in a small house near the riverside. John Mifflin 
named the place "Fountain Green" and it is now included in Fairmount 
park, in Philadelphia. The dwelling which stood until comparatively 
recent times was situated in the ravine below and to the west of the 
site of the Smith Memorial Children's Playhouse, and to the east of the 
Benedict Arnold house. A guard who was employed in the park for over 
twenty-five years remembered seeing the house in 1871 and described it 
as a large dwelling, with pillars supporting the front porch.  All that 
now remains to mark the site is the spring which is known to have been 
at the rear of the house and the stumps of two giant chestnut trees that 
stood in front of the house. The wife of John Mifflin, the elder, 
followed him to America, coming from England soon after the marriage of 
the son John, but she died soon after her arrival. He subsequently 
removed to Merion, Pa., where he married his second wife, Eleanora, 
about 1685. He died in Philadelphia on the 4th of the 7th month, 1716, 
when over seventy years old, his second wife surviving him.
	(II) John Mifflin, son of John, came to America with his father. He 
was born in 1661 in Wiltshire, England, and married Elizabeth Hardy, who 
was about twenty-one when she came over with William Penn on his first 
voyage, in 1682, from Derbyshire, England, with a shipload of Derbyshire 
people who settled on Darby creek, and called the place Darby Town.  
Soon afterward John Mifflin, who lived four or five miles distant, 
became acquainted with her, and their marriage was solemnized at a 
Meeting of Friends held at Chester or near it on the 6th of 12th month, 
1683 or 1684. Upon his father's removal to Merion, as above related, 
John Mifflin purchased the whole of the property and resided there until 
his death, which occurred the 4th of the 4th month, 1714, in his fifty-
fourth year. His wife, who was 
	
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born about 1663, survived him, dying in Philadelphia 21st of 6th month, 
1736. They had children as follows: (1) Edward, born in 1685, is the 
next in line to Jacob Warner Mifflin. (2) George, born in 1688, lived in 
Philadelphia, and was admitted a freeman of that city in April, 1717. He 
was a merchant, 1736; member of council 1730; member of governor's 
council, 1730; owner, 1731; and interested in the Colebrookdale Furnace, 
the oldest in Pennsylvania, erected in 1720. He was married in 
Philadelphia to Esther Codery, daughter of Hugh and Deborah Codery, and 
they were the grandparents of Thomas Mifflin, governor of Pennsylvania.  
Mr. Mifflin died at Philadelphia 10th of 4th month, 1758. By his 
father's will he received a house and lot on the south side of High 
street.  (3) John, born in 1690, was admitted a freeman of Philadelphia 
in April, 1717, and lived there and in Kent county, Del., dying in the 
latter place about 1733. His wife's name was Elizabeth. (4)Elizabeth, 
born in 1692, married Benjamin Oram about 1714, and died about 1732.  
(5) Patience, born in 1694, died unmarried in 1717. (6) Jane, born in 
1696, was married in Philadelphia in 1717 to John Waller.  (7) Samuel, 
born in 1698, died in Philadelphia in 1724.  His wife's name was 
Elizabeth. (8) Jonathan, born in 1699, died in 1700.  (9) Jonathan (2), 
born at "Fountain Green" 12th of 4th month, 1704, died 15th of 10th 
month, 1781.  He lived on a plantation near the Germantown road. In 1776 
he wrote a history of the Mifflin family. In 1723 he married in 
Philadelphia Sarah Robinson; in 1752 he married (second) Rebecca Evans, 
and in 1758 he married (third) Sarah Powell.
	(III) Edward Mifflin, eldest son of John, was born in 1685, and 
removed to Accomac county, Va.  He married Mary Eyre, daughter of Daniel 
and Ann (Neech) Eyre, of Northampton county, Va., and they had children: 
John, Daniel, Ann, Samuel and Southey.  Edward Mifflin died in 1743, his 
widow in 1775. Most of their descendants reside in Camden, Delaware.
	(IV) Daniel Mifflin, of Accomac county, Va., son of Edward, was 
born in 1722, and died in 1795.  He was the father of fourteen children, 
five by his first marriage, to Mary Warner: Warner, mentioned below; 
Edward, born in 1747, who died in infancy; Anna, born in 1748; Sarah, 
born in 1751; and Daniel, born 7th of 4th month, 1754, who married 
Deborah Howell in 1778 and died 31st of 12th month, 1812.  By his second 
wife, Ann, he had nine children, namely: Walker, Mary, Ann, Elizabeth, 
Sarah, Eyre, Rebecca, Patience and Elizabeth (2).
	(V) Warner Mifflin, son of Daniel, born in 1745, died in 1798. 
Through the interest and efforts of his descendants the fence 
surrounding the now abandoned Murtherkill or Motherkill burying ground 
was replaced (1904) and a stone bearing the following inscription placed 
on the lot: 
	
	Motherkill Burying Ground 
	  Within This enclosure 
	Are Interred The Remains 
	         of 
	   Warner Mifflin 
	Friend, Philanthropist, Patriot 
	   Born Aug. 21, 1745 
	 Died October 16, 1798

His plantation, an extensive one, was near Franklin City, and commanded 
a fine view of Chincoteague Bay and Island.  "Pharsalis," the residence, 
is still standing, and was described by a visitor in 1903 as a house 
which gave evidence of having been a fine place in its day;
	Warner Mifflin's first marriage, which took place in Philadelphia, 
was to Elizabeth Johns, and to them were born nine children,: (1) Mary, 
born 21st of 4th month, 1768, died 23d of 2d month, 1783.  (2) 
Elizabeth, born 14th of 2d month, 1770, died 29th of 2d month, 1770.  
(3) Elizabeth (2), born 26th of 1st month, 1771, married Clayton Cowgill 
in 1792.  (4) Sarah, born 4th of 4th mouth, 1773, died 7th month, 1773.  
(5) Ann, born 20th of 9th month, 1774, married Warner Rasin, of 
Maryland, in 1795.  (6) Warner is mentioned below.  (7) Susanna, born 
24th of 7th (or 8th) month, 1779, married John Cowgill, of Little Creek.  
(8) Hannah, born 30th of 10th month, 1781, died 11th of 5th month, 1785. 
(9)Sarah, born 9th of 12th month, 1784, married Daniel Neall, of 
Philadelphia, in 1810, and died 5th of 2d month, 1837.
	By his second marriage, which also took place in Philadelphia, to 
Ann Emlen, Mr. Mifflin had three children:  Samuel E., born in 1790; 
Lemuel born in 1792; and Mary Ann, born in 1795, who died the same year.
	(VI) Warner Mifflin, son of Warner, was born the 6th of 4th month, 
1777, and died in 1840. On 8th of 3d month, 1810, he was married to 
Sarah Ann Newlin, daughter of Thomas Newlin, of Chester county, Pa., and 
his second marriage, on 18th of 10th month, 1825, was to Elizabeth Laws, 
of Philadelphia, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (John) Laws.
	(VII) DR. GEORGE W. MIFFLIN, son of Warner, was born Dec. 30, 1834, 
and when a young man prepared himself for the dental profession at 
Philadelphia. He followed it for some time, at Catawissa and at Bear 
Gap, Pa., and finally settled at Paxinos, Northumberland county, where 
he built the well known "Paxinos Hotel." He conducted that hostelry 
successfully for about twenty-six years, and meantime was the main 
factor in the development of the place, building all but one of the 
houses in the village. Retiring from the hotel business he removed to 
Bloomsburg, Columbia Co., Pa., where he died March 23, 1901. During the 
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ice, from Erie, Pa. He was one of the best known residents of his 
district, a man of many friends, and well liked by all who knew him. On 
May 27, 1869, Dr. Mifflin married Mary F. Leisenring, who was born in 
1840, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Bucher)  Leisenring,  and  
granddaughter of Henry Bucher, of Sunbury, this county.  Jacob 
Leisenring was born July 14, 1794, and died May 11, 1878; his wife Mary 
(Bucher) died in 1873, aged seventy-three years, six months. Mrs. 
Mifflin died June 2, 1909, and was buried at the Blue church.  Two 
children were born to her and her husband: Jacob Warner and Elizabeth, 
the latter dying at the age of thirteen years.
	(VIII) Jacob Warner Mifflin attended public school in Shamokin 
township and later was a student at the Bloomsburg normal school and the 
Shamokin Business College.  From that time on he was engaged in 
mercantile business until he entered his present line, in 1908, at which 
time he formed a partnership with E. J. Miller, to engage in the 
manufacture of brick.  The firm of Mifflin & Miller conducts the 
brickyard founded by Daniel Swank, one of the first operated in this 
district, and does a large business, giving employment to about twenty-
five men.  They are also dealers in coal, sand, lime, cement and lumber.  
Mr. Mifflin has also been engaged in contracting and building for some 
years, doing a large business in that line all over Northumberland 
county. As a live, enterprising business man, one who possesses the 
qualities of leadership in the industrial world, he is regarded as 
second to none in his town and district, and his well directed energy 
has not only brought prosperity to him but to the community in which he 
resides.
	On June 24, 1897, Mr. Mifflin married Mary Moore, daughter of Capt. 
John and Emma (Barton) Moore, the former of whom was captain of Company 
I, 13th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, during the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. 
Mifflin have had two children: John Warner, born May 4, 1899; and 
Elizabeth, born Feb. 28, 1902.  Mr. Mifflin is a member of St. Peter's 
Lutheran Church, while his wife is an Episcopalian.  Socially he holds 
membership in the B.P.O. Elks (Shamokin Lodge), Knights of the Golden 
Eagle and Royal Arcanum.  He is a Democrat in his political views.

	TRESSLER.  The Tresslers of Northumberland county are a family of 
German origin which has been settled in Pennsylvania since 1749. The 
name is properly Dressler, but all save one of Jacob Tressler's children 
and their descendants have spelled it Tressler since 1854.  Squire John 
Tressler, for fifty years a justice of the peace of Washington township, 
Northumberland county - the oldest justice as regards length of service 
in that county; his brother Isaac B. Tressler, postmaster at Mahanoy; 
and the best known man in Jackson township and that part of 
Northumberland county; Cornelius M. Tressler, an intelligent citizen of 
Lower Mahanoy township, these men and their families all represent a 
type of citizenship which has made the name respected wherever known.
	Four Dressler brothers came to America during the middle half of 
the eighteenth century, John, Joseph David, Peter and Michael, the first 
named, who settled in Greenwich township, Berks Co., Pa., where he was a 
farmer, being the ancestor of the line we are tracing. He emigrated to 
this country in 1749. His son Michael was a soldier under Washington in 
the Revolutionary war.  Of the other three, Joseph David came to America 
in 1738; Peter came in 1739, when twenty-five years old; and Michael 
came in 1771.
	Andrew Dressler, son of John, was born May 28, 1746, in Germany, 
near a "dorf" called "Yakst," near the "Schwabeland." He was three years 
old when brought to America by his father in 1749, to Goshenhoppen, 
Berks Co., Pa.  The Federal Census of 1790 records Andrew and Mich'l 
Dressler;  George  Tressler;  Philip  Tressler (one son above sixteen 
and three daughters); Andrew Dressler, of Greenwich township, with two 
sons and three daughters; and David Dressler, of Greenwich township, 
with two sons and one daughter.  However, the. Andrew Dressler, (son of 
John) who was the ancestor of the Northumberland county Tresslers 
settled in early life at Loysville, in Perry county, Pa., where he 
married (first) Mary Loy, who bore him seven or eight children. All of 
these died but John Jacob Dressler, who is mentioned more fully below.  
For his second wife Andrew Dressler married Catharine Homan, of 
Germantown, near Philadelphia, and they had an only son, John.  Andrew 
Dressler died Oct. 21, 1828, aged eighty-two years, at Loysville, Perry 
county, where he is buried. His second wife died May 12, 1850.
	John Dressler, half-brother of John Jacob Dressler, was born July 
22, 1803, and lived and died at Loysville. He donated the land upon 
which Dressler's Seminary was located (as well as the seminary building) 
to the Lutheran denomination for an orphans home. In May, 1826, he 
married Elizabeth Loy, and they reared a family of thirteen children: 
John Andrew, Sarah Ann, Mary Catharine, Victor George, John William, 
Eliza Jane, Daniel Loy, Josiah Erva, Mary Ellen, Martin Luther, Matilda 
Emaline, Loyetta Elizabeth and Anna Margaretta. All but one of John's 
descendants who survive are scattered in the West, the exception being 
his daughter Loyetta Elizabeth, who was, born Feb. 14, 1848, at 
Loysville, Perry Co., Pa., and was married Sept. 16, 1874 (by her 
brother, D. L. Dressler), to Henry Lewis Lark, of Berrysburg, Dauphin 
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Millersburg, Dauphin county; Mr. Lark is a prominent attorney at law of 
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
	John Jacob Dressler, son of Andrew, was born Dec. 25, 1770, and was 
reared near Loysville, Perry county, being trained to farming, which he 
followed all his life.  Soon after his marriage he moved from Perry 
county to Northumberland county, locating in Mahanoy township, and 
continued to live in this county for fifteen or twenty years. But before 
1832 he had settled in Schuylkill county. While in Northumberland county 
he was a Lutheran member of St. Peter's Church at Mahanoy, and succeeded 
in obtaining a clear title for the church property by special act of 
Legislature. Mr. Dressler was married in Perry county to Susanna Homan, 
who was born March 15, 1773, and died Jan. 31, 1845; he died April 5, 
1852, and they are buried at the Salem Church, in Upper Mahantango 
township, Schuylkill county. They were the parents of ten children, as 
follows: Solomon, a farmer, lived and died in Washington township, 
Northumberland county; Elizabeth married William Dewitt and they lived 
in Lower Augusta township, Northumberland county; Catharine married 
George Lahr and lived in Jackson township, this county, where both died; 
Jacob is mentioned below; Lydia married a Mr. Smith and they moved to 
Venango county, Pa.; Rebecca married David Zartman and lived in 
Washington township; Jonathan settled near Center Hall, in Center 
county, Pa.; Hannah married Godfried Thomas and lived in Jackson 
township; Henry settled with his brother-in-law, Mr. Smith, in Venango 
county, Pa.; Peter remained on the homestead in Upper Mahantango 
township, Schuylkill county.
	Jacob Dressler, son of John Jacob, was born in Northumberland 
county in October, 1802, and died in October, 1850.  He is interred in a 
private burial ground on his farm in Jackson township, Northumberland 
county.  He was a stonemason and farmer, and prospered in his work, 
owning a farm of about 240 acres. Taking an active part in the public 
affairs of his community, he served as supervisor and in other local 
offices, and was a Democrat in political opinion.  He was a most 
esteemed member of the Lutheran denomination, he and his family 
belonging to St. Peter's Church at Mahanoy, which he served officially 
as deacon, elder and trustee, being one of the zealous workers of the 
congregation.  He married Mary (Polly) Billman, and they had a family of 
nine children, six sons and three daughters, namely:  (1) Joseph, born 
in Schuylkill county Nov. 17, 1825, lived at the homestead of his father 
in Jackson township, later moving to Herndon, where he died Feb. 24, 
1909. He, is buried in St. Peter's cemetery at Mahanoy.  He married 
Polly Peiffer, daughter of Michael Peiffer, and they had six children:  
William P., who is a farmer; John P., a retired merchant at Herndon, who 
married Emma Wert; Henry, who died unmarried when about twenty years 
old; Jane, unmarried; Katie, who married William  Deppen (who died 
leaving two sons, Irvin and William) and (second) Charles H. Raudenbush 
(she is now deceased); and Alice, who married George Ziegler, of 
Herndon.  (2) Sarah, born Aug. 6, 1827, married Adam Daniel, and they 
lived in Washington township.  Their family consisted of two sons and 
one daughter. Her husband dying, she married David Weary, of Schuylkill 
county, and died March 6, 1869. Her son John Daniel had died a few days 
previously, and her son Samuel Daniel a few days later. Mr. Weary died 
about the same time, the four deaths taking place in less than two 
weeks. All died of spotted fever. Malinda Daniel, the only daughter, 
survives; she was married to Isaac Schreffler, a farmer of Upper Mahanoy 
township, Northumberland county, now deceased.  (3) Harriet born March  
29,  1829,  married Benjamin Stepp, and died May 8, 1852, leaving one 
son, who died in infancy, and one daughter, Sarah, who married Benjamin 
Lenker.  Mr. and Mrs. Lenker are both deceased, as is also Mr. Stepp; he 
and his wife are buried at Mahanoy. (4) Daniel born Sept. 9, 1830, 
settled at Story City, Iowa, and died in 190-. He married Maggie Moser, 
who is still living in Story City, in the enjoyment of excellent health. 
Three sons were born to this union, Robert Daniel and Charles, of whom 
Daniel is deceased; Robert and Charles are prosperous farmers, each 
having a farm in Iowa. (5) Hannah, born Jan. 20, 1832, was married Jan. 
25, 1855, to Michael Emerick, who was born Nov. 27, 1832, and died Dec. 
26, 1899.  They lived in Jordan township. Mrs. Emerick now makes her 
home at Mandata. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Emerick: Sarah 
Minerva, born Jan. 29, 1856, is married to J. F. Blasser and resides 
near Millersburg, Pa.; Theodore, born July 22, 1857, married Rose Latsha 
and resides at Mahanoy, Pa. (they have no children); Louisa C., born 
Aug. 31, 1859, married Jonathan M. Byerly, who lives in Jordan township, 
and they reared nine children, Beecher N., Josephine, Claud Alvaretta, 
Hannah E., Elias Michael, Saloma E., Isaac T., Maude H., and Mark 
Jonathan; G. J. M., born Aug. 10, 1865, married Adeline Witmer; Dr. M. 
L., born Nov. 10, 1872, a resident of Hickory Corners, one of the 
leading physicians in his section of Northumberland county, married 
Katie E. Lenker, and they have had three children, their only son, John 
Paul Luther, dying May 18, 1902, aged two years, four months, two days; 
Ellen Miranda, born June 15, 1874, married Isaac R. Phillips, and they 
had one child, Hannah H.  (6) John is mentioned below. (7) Jacob B., 
born in Jackson township Sept. 25, 1841, died at Mahanoy Sept. 19, 1881, 
and is buried in St. Peter's graveyard in Jackson township.  
	
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He was a Lutheran member of St. Peter's Church, at Mahanoy.  By trade he 
was a plasterer, and for several years associated with his brother John 
in a general store business at Herndon. On Jan. 5, 1865, he married 
Susanna Hays, who survived him with eight children, Mary Sylvia (who 
died Jan. 7, 1882), Osmar Monitor, Eliza Irene, Edna Estie, Laura H, 
Isaac John, Kirby Jacob and Thomas Tilden. (8) Elias B. lives at 
Mahanoy. (9) Isaac B. is mentioned below.  With the exception of the 
oldest son, Joseph, all of this family wrote the name Tressler, changing 
from "D" to "'T" in 1854.
	JOHN TRESSLER, son of Jacob and Mary (Billman) Dressler, was born 
in October, 1835, on a farm in Jackson township two miles southeast of 
what is now Herndon, and there received his early education in the old 
subscription schools. He was only fourteen when his father died, so his 
youthful advantages were somewhat limited, but nevertheless, by industry 
and perseverance, he managed to secure a good education. His first work 
or his own account was on the farm of his brother-in-law, Adam Daniel, 
who paid him $35 a year. When sixteen years old he started to learn the 
trade of plasterer, with Jared Daniel, for whom he worked two summers, 
earning $40 besides learning the business. Part of this time he was 
employed at Mount Carmel, and at that time there was not a house 
standing that is there now. Mr. Tressler followed the plasterer's trade 
for about twenty-five years altogether, receiving a dollar a day and his 
board after he had completed his apprenticeship.  But in those days 
little or no plastering was done in the winter season, and he took 
advantage of this to improve himself mentally, during the winter of 
1855-56 attending the academy at Berrysburg, in Dauphin county, of which 
Keneda Carlile was then principal. Remaining there until October, 1856 
he returned to his old home and followed his trade, the following 
January going to Loysville, Perry county, where he also attended school, 
on the site of what is now the orphans' home at that point; the academy 
and a large tract of land about it were owned by his uncle, John 
Dressler, who, as above recorded, donated same for the orphans' home. At 
that time transportation facilities were so limited that Joseph 
Tressler, his older brother, took him to Loysville by team.  Having 
prepared himself for teaching Mr. Tressler followed that profession for 
a number of years during the winter season, his first year's work being 
in Lower Mahanoy township, where he had a subscription school. For the 
next two terms he was at Urban, in Jordan township, later for four terms 
in Jackson township, and the last two terms in Schuylkill county.  He 
taught nine terms in all, six in subscription schools and the last three 
under the free school system. For two years he was at Mandata. In the 
meantime, in the spring of 1857, he settled with his mother on the place 
where he still lives, in Mahanoy township, which he purchased at that 
time. With the exception of three years during which he was engaged in 
merchandising at Herndon he has lived there continuously since.  The 
property comprises between three hundred and four hundred acres, eighty-
five of which are cleared land. He has been a prosperous farmer, and 
since the fall of 1885 has also been engaged in the lumber business, 
running a steam sawmill.  In 1876, in association with other citizens of 
his township, he organized the Stone Valley Mutual Fire Insurance 
Company, which obtained a charter from the State department during 
Governor Hartranft's administration, Feb. 15, 1877, and which has 
enjoyed an unbroken career of prosperity.  Mr. Tressler has held the 
office of secretary ever since the organization. It is, however, in his 
capacity of justice of the peace that Mr. Tressler is best known to his 
fellow citizens and has been of the greatest service to his community. 
At the spring election of 1860, when he was but twenty-four years old, 
he was chosen justice of the peace for Washington township, and received 
his commission from Governor Packer, April 10th. He has been reelected 
to succeed himself at the end of each term since, having held the office 
now for fifty consecutive years - a record of long continued confidence 
which he has well merited.  He has tried many civil cases, but few of 
which have been appealed; has tried a number of criminal cases, the 
majority of which have been settled in his court; and, with all this, 
has always made it a rule, whenever possible, to settle cases out of 
court, not only because of the financial saving to those interested, but 
because it gives him more satisfaction to be able to adjust difficulties 
of any kind in that way. In hundreds of cases he has been successful in 
persuading people to settle their differences without resorting to the 
law, and he has saved his neighbors many dollars in legal costs in this 
way alone. Such is their confidence in him that he is constantly called 
upon to draw up deeds, and he has settled a large number of estates, 
either as administrator, executor or assignee, his services in this 
connection having proved most reliable in every instance. He has the 
patronage in matters of this kind of the residents of surrounding 
townships as well as those in his own neighborhood, his reputation for 
integrity, for intelligent council and as a disinterested adviser making 
him an authority consulted and respected by a very wide circle.  His own 
modest and unassuming ways, excellent habits and prudent living have won 
him the esteem of the many who know and admire him.
	Mr. Tressler has been a lifelong Democrat and quite active in the 
work of the organization, having served two years as member of the 
executive committee of the county and as delegate to three State 
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and Altoona. He has been mentioned for county office on several, 
occasions. For many years he has been a member of the Evangelical 
Lutheran Church, belonging to the Brick Church at Mahanoy, which he has 
served as trustee for over a quarter of a century.
	On Dec. 25, 1857, Mr. Tressler married Leah Bordner, daughter of 
Jonathan and Leah (Kiehl) Bordner, of Lower Mahanoy township, and to 
them were born eight children, four sons and four daughters  Hannah M., 
who lives at home; Adam B., late of Mahanoy, Pa., who died Oct. 6, 1908, 
leaving his wife, Millie, and two children, C. C. (now professor at the 
Trevorton high school) and Gertrude, who is also teaching school in the 
township; Henry A., a plasterer; Jacob F., a plasterer; Alvaretta, Mrs. 
John Kressinger; J. C., mentioned below; Leah S., Mrs. Samuel Diehl, of 
Mahanoy; and Emma J., Mrs. M. P. Bower, of Loyalton, Dauphin Co., 
Pennsylvania.
	J. C. TRESSLER, son of Squire John Tressler, was born July 15, 
1873, in Washington township, and was there reared to farm life. He 
attended the public schools of the township and later the Keystone State 
Normal, at Kutztown, in 1893, receiving his license to teach from Prof. 
Ira Shipman in 1895. When a mere boy he had learned the trade of 
plasterer, working at same with his father and brothers during the 
summer months for a number of years, and he continued to do plastering 
in the season and to teach school during the winter for some years, 
teaching seven consecutive terms of, school in Washington township.  On 
March 19, 1906, he became tax clerk in the county commissioners' office, 
and was thus engaged until March 1, 1909, when he was appointed deputy 
prothonotary of the county by I. T. C. Dissinger. He gives all his time 
to the duties of this office, in which he is giving great satisfaction.  
Like his father, Mr. Tressler is an enthusiastic worker in the 
Democratic party, in whose local councils he is quite influential. In 
1904 he was elected justice of the peace of Jordan township, but never 
took his commission. He is very well and favorably known all over this 
section.
	On Aug. 29, 1896, Mr. Tressler married Agnes L. Geise, daughter of 
Daniel and Froene (Troutman) Geise, the former a prominent farmer near 
Urban, in Jordan township. Two children have been born to this union, 
William J. B. and Edna Rachel. Mr. Tressler and his family worship at 
the Mahanoy Lutheran Church, and he has been quite active in the life of 
that congregation, having served as superintendent of the Sunday school.
	ISAAC B. TRESSLER, a prominent citizen of lower Northumberland 
county, residing at Mahanoy in Jackson township, was born April 10, 
1845, where he now lives. He received his early education in the public 
schools and later attended Freeburg Academy. In 1861 he became clerk for 
William Wiest, who then conducted his general store in the old building 
at Mahanoy, and in 1869 he became a partner of Mr. Wiest under the firm 
name of Wiest & Tressler.  Some years later the firm became I. B. 
Tressler & Co., and the store is now operated by Tressler, Schlegel & 
Co., who carry a full line of general merchandise. In 1874 the erection 
of the large brick store building, three stories high and 50 by 42 feet 
in dimensions, was begun, and the business has been established therein 
since Sept. 1, 1875. Mr. Tressler and Mr. Wiest erected the storehouse, 
warehouse, barns, etc., at Mahanoy. Mr. Tressler has prospered in all 
his undertakings, has been a director of the First National Bank of 
Herndon since 1905, and is regarded as one of the most substantial 
business men of Jackson township. He owns a farm of 140 acres in that 
township, a farm of ninety-five acres in Washington township and a farm 
of 138 acres near Gratz, in the Lykens valley. He is financially 
interested in the Aluminum Paint & Filler Company, whose plant is 
located at Dalmatia, this county.  Mr. Tressler served many years as 
assistant postmaster at Mahanoy before he became postmaster, having been 
identified with the office since 1861. On March 4th of that year he was 
appointed assistant postmaster by William Wiest, postmaster, at Mahanoy, 
and remained in that office until 1881, when he was appointed postmaster 
to succeed Mr. Wiest. He held the office until he resigned, in 1907, in 
which year Adam B. Tressler (son of John), who had been his assistant 
for a number of years, was appointed. The latter served until his death, 
Oct. 6, 1908, when Isaac B. Tressler was again appointed, and he is 
still serving, his son, Lloyd J. Tressler, acting as his assistant. He, 
is a Democrat in politics and a Lutheran in religion, holding membership 
in St. Peter's Church at Mahanoy, which he has served as deacon and 
treasurer for a number of years.
	On Sept. 10, 1871, Mr. Tressler married Wilhelmina Bower, daughter 
of the late Jacob Bower, and they had a family of four children, three 
of whom are deceased. The survivor, Lloyd J. Tressler, resides at 
Herndon, this county. In 1889 Mr. Tressler built the comfortable 
residence at Mahanoy which he has since occupied.
	Peter Dressler, son of John Jacob and Susanna (Homan) Dressler, was 
born in Upper Mahantango township, Schuylkill county, near Rough and 
Ready, and remained on his father's homestead in Upper Mahantango 
township, working as a farmer all his life. He had a property of 190 
acres, some of which has been sold since his day. That he was a public-
spirited citizen, and interested in the progress of his times, is shown 
by the fact that he served as clerk of Mahantango township, Schuylkill 
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he was a Lutheran in religion, and he served his church as deacon, elder 
and trustee. He married Catharine Maurer, daughter of Andrew Maurer, and 
to them were born eleven children, viz.: Maria Magdalena (Polly), Jacob, 
Josiah, Cornelius M., Anna, Harriet Joseph, and four that died young.
	CORNELIUS M. TRESSLER, son of Peter, was born May 24, 1846, at 
Rough and Ready, in Schuylkill county, and was reared to farming there, 
working for his parents until he attained his majority. He was then 
variously employed for some years, in different States, working on a 
farm in Kent county, Del., as a street car driver in Philadelphia, for 
the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company in Reading, and for five 
years as clerk at a hotel in Shamokin, Northumberland county.  After, 
his marriage he lived at Mahanoy, this county, for one year, until he 
purchased and settled upon his present farm, which consists of seventy-
two acres of excellent land in Lower Mahanoy township, near Mahantango 
creek. It was formerly the Frederick Heckert homestead, and the old 
granary bore the date 1740, which may have been the date when the first 
settlement was made on the tract. Mr. Tressler built his residence on 
the property in 1892, and rebuilt the barn in 1909. In addition to this 
place he owns four acres of mountain woodland and two limestone lots.  
He has been an intelligent and progressive worker, and deserves the 
prosperity which has rewarded his efforts. For three years he served as 
school director of his township, and though not an aspirant for public, 
honors is willing to do his part to help the advancement of his 
community, especially in the cause of public education and other 
movements calculated to benefit the masses. He is a large man 
physically, standing five feet nine inches, and weighing 269 pounds.
	On Christmas Day, 1878, Mr. Tressler married Louisa Ferster, 
daughter of Isaac and Catharine (Gonser) Ferster, and they have had a 
large family, namely: Ray E., Catharine (who died aged sixteen years), 
Sallie (married to Charles Wiest), Peter (a student at the West Chester 
Normal School, married to Sadie Kerstetter), Carrie E., Clarence, Isaac, 
Jennie, Bertha and Lee.  Mr. Tressler and his family are Lutherans and 
worship at the Vera Cruz (Malta) Church, which Mr. Tressler has served 
as deacon. He is a Democrat in political faith.
	RAY E. TRESSLER, of Lower Mahanoy township, living at Dalmatia 
(Georgetown), was born at Mahanoy (now Red Cross), Jackson township, 
Dec. 13, 1879. He was reared at the home place in Lower Mahanoy 
township, and attended the local public schools, at Vera Cruz (Malta), 
meanwhile assisting his father with the farm work. Later he attended a 
summer normal school at Dalmatia for one session, and he also attended 
one session of a summer normal school at Herndon, after which he took a 
course in the State Normal School at West Chester. He furthered his 
education by taking a commercial course at Susquehanna University, at 
Selinsgrove, Pa., from which he was graduated in June, 1904.  When 
nineteen years of age Mr. Tressler was licensed to teach public school 
in Northumberland county; being examined by Prof. Benjamin Apple, then 
county superintendent, and he has taught eleven terms, all in his native 
township, but at different schoolhouses. His first experience was at the 
Susquehanna school, where he was engaged for one term. The next term he 
was at Vera Cruz, the third term at the Susquehanna school again, the 
next two at Vera Cruz, the next three at Stone Valley and the next three 
at Hastings. He was very successful as an educator, and in that capacity 
is very well and favorably known in this district. In the spring of 1906 
Mr. Tressler was elected tax collector of Lower Mahanoy township, and 
was reelected to succeed himself in 1909. He is a Democrat, and well 
known in the party councils.  Since 1907 he has made his home at 
Dalmatia, where he purchased his house and lot the year after settling 
there. He is an upright and, able young man, and has an enviable 
standing in his community.
	On Dec. 12, 1903, Mr. Tressler married E. Minnie Rothermel, 
daughter of William and, Mary (Zerbe) Rothermel, and they have had one 
son, Allen Cornell.  The family are members of St. Luke's Church at Vera 
Cruz, belonging to the Lutheran congregation, which Mr. Tressler has 
served in the office of deacon.